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This week, Rick&#39;s Elephant in the Room unpacks TACO Trump. (And, kudos to the Wall Street Bros who coined the &quot;perfect&quot; term -- &quot;Trump Always Chickens Out.&quot;) As the anthropologist on Donald Trump, Rick (who has studied this man for over ten years -- thank you for your service!) sheds light on how TACO applies to all aspects of Trump. This flacid, feeble, fatuous fool is not the strong man he *t...
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This week, Rick&#39;s Elephant in the Room is Trump&#39;s mental decline. With the White House decidedly halting transcripts of Trump&#39;s speeches, and a rise of extreme political sharks circling the Oval Office, what&#39;s left of Trump&#39;s mental cognition has also apparently been deported without a court hearing. On a strict diet of Big Macs and Adderall, Trump&#39;s last &quot;cognition test&quot;  -- &#39;Person. Woman. Ma...
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Fighting for Virginia, Senator Aaron Rouse -- born and raised in Virginia Beach and from area code 757 -- has risen in politics from the local level to statewide office. In 2025, Aaron is excited to run for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, being a person of and for the people. A former safety for the NFL&#39;s Green Bay Packers, Aaron brings a team approach to politics -- we&#39;re all on the same team...
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This week&#39;s Elephant in the Room is exhaustion. You&#39;re feeling it, we&#39;re feeling it, and Trump and his administration are feeling it. Trump is falling asleep during meetings, and for his staffers, living in fear is draining. Overthrowing a democracy consumes a lot of energy from all sides. We knew another Trump term would mean another serious bout of adrenal fatigue, but this time, the array of...
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In this week&#39;s Friday episode of the Elephant in the Room, Rick recaps Trump&#39;s first 100 days in office. From the corruption to the chaos to the skyrocketing costs to the coercion to the cruelty to casting aside the constitution, Trump&#39;s damage to our country is utterly unbelievable. And we are only 100 days in. What do the next 100 days look like? 



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Author, journalist, documentarian, and television producer, Chris Whipple, is an expert on the political game and is always VERY plugged into DC&#39;s rumor mill. This week, Chris joins Rick to discuss everything from Trump&#39;s governing chaos to the formidable Susie Wiles, to a peek behind the curtains about what was happening in the White House at the end of Biden&#39;s term and how everything transpir...
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Rick is delighted to sit down with Senator-meets-influencer Sheldon Whitehouse, who is fed up and is &quot;not going to take it anymore!&quot; Chatting about Trump&#39;s flying monkey followers in the House, Senate, and in his administration, Sheldon and Rick unpack the three C&#39;s -- Cost, Chaos, and Corruption -- that are hurting Americans and will challenge Republicans in the upcoming 2026 race. 

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In this week&#39;s Elephant in the Room, Rick details the constitutional tipping point we find ourselves in as a democratic republic. If Trump and his administration continue to defy court orders, what can be done about this, and who else could they soon target?

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Rick Wilson reconnects with fiery, down-the-middle Congresswoman Julie Johnson of Texas&#39;s 32nd congressional district (i.e., the greater Dallas region) to discuss how Dems are trying to get their sh*t together as the face-eating leopards finally turn their gazes to MAGA. (Yes, Trump&#39;s actions impact EVERYONE, not just &quot;the other side.&quot;) 

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Rick Wilson breaks down the events of the week — including the chaos caused by his 18th century and immediate financial evaporation — caused by Agent Orange in the White House. Navarro, Lutnick, and Trump couldn’t successfully run a Dollar Store let alone America’s complicated and robust economy.

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Financial and Business Jedi Barry Ritholtz stops by to discuss Trump’s recklessness when it comes to America’s economy and our position in the global supply chain.

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After a second child dies of measles in Texas, we are re-releasing this episode from Rick.

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The Elephant in the Room this week is a welcome one -- it&#39;s courage. Rick reflects on the positive events of this week, highlighting Cory Booker&#39;s strength, courage, and conviction as he rewrote history by beating Strom Thurmond&#39;s record while sharing stories about what America has become under the current Trump administration. In the absence of fear, courage would not exist. Cory beating out a...
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In this week&#39;s episode of The Elephant in the Room, Rick addresses Pete Hegseth&#39;s ignorant, cavalier, and callous actions by taking communications about military special operations to a F*CKING Signal group chat. 

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Mark Cuban joins Rick to chat about his journey into politics, what it&#39;s like dunking on Big Pharma with transparency and his company, CostPlus Drugs, and how America must &quot;get smart&quot; and position itself at the forefront of the robotics frontier. 

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In this week&#39;s episode of The Elephant in the Room, Rick interprets Trump&#39;s pushback against courts and judges who do not rule in his favor and what that could mean for now, for judges, and for the future of the country. 

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Maryland’s All-Star Congressman Jamie Raskin joins Rick on the podcast this week. A constitutional law expert and key leader in the January 6th Investigation, Congressman Raskin shares his insights on how Trump &amp; Elon are dismantling the government, Trump’s clear desire to be a King, and how Democrats need to stick together and get tough if they expect to beat back the crazy.

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Seven weeks in, Trump has a laundry list of failures. 

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In a special double-header episode, Rick Wilson sits down with Alexander Vindman and Kenneth Harbaugh to discuss everything &quot;Ukraine.&quot; Given Trump&#39;s unbelievable utter disrespect toward Zelensky and Ukraine during his recent Oval Office meeting and Trump&#39;s ongoing salivation over his man-crush and wannabe penpal Putin, this episode features THE experts who understand the lay of the land in Ukra...
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As Rick points out this week, we are operating in an Attention Economy. Let&#39;s stop being junkies and focus on what matters long-term for our nation. From Marco Rubio&#39;s small D moment on the couch to Trump&#39;s dinner theatre speech, we need to remain focused on what we CAN do while this sh*tshow continues...

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Political scientist, author, and entrepreneur Ian Bremmer -- who&#39;s also the founder and president of Eurasia Group and the founder of GZERO Media -- stops by to chat with Rick about how we&#39;re fucked, and why we&#39;re fucked. There is nothing like sitting down with a good ole expert friend at the beginning of a potential World War to discuss the American economy, AI, global politics, and the growin...
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This week, Rick breaks down the Kabuki dance that Trump and his puppets are acting out in Washington. &quot;Playing house&quot; is cute; &quot;playing whitehouse&quot; is NOT. There are real-world consequences for these dumb dumbs&#39; &quot;playtime.&quot;

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Jason Crow, a working-man representative from Colorado&#39;s 6th Congressional District, a J6 hero, and an Army Ranger, sits down with Rick to explain how he flipped a historically red district blue. A big proponent of talking to and for everyday working people, Jason prepares for his first town hall of the year by shedding light on how the Democrats must reassess their identity and messaging to re...
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Rick dives deep with Brian Tyler Cohen about his explosive new book, ‘Shameless: Republicans’ Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy.’ Together, they unpack the glaring hypocrisy between the GOP’s ‘patriotic’ talk and their counterintuitive actions, while also stressing the urgent need for Democrats to stay focused and secure the necessary votes to preserve democracy.
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Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon joins Rick to discuss bipartisanship and getting sh*t done.
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Rick breaks down the news from today regarding the Supreme Court&#39;s ruling on Trump&#39;s sentencing. 

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Pediatric immunologist Dr. Paul Offit unpacks what RFK Jr.’s radical vaccine reversal could mean for public health and our children.
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Former acting and deputy director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe and Rick discuss what a potential Kash term could look like.

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