The Kinzinger Report

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  Central Casting | Trump's Pentagon Picks Generals for Their Looks — August 5, 2026 05.08.2026 13min

  Adam Kinzinger breaks down NBC News reporting that the Pentagon is drafting a new nuclear weapons strategy for a possible war with China or Russia, one that embraces tactical nukes, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's pick to lead the Army gets blocked by Senate Republicans. Plus Max Miller's disastrous CNN interview with Jake Tapper, Kansas and Missouri voters rejecting GOP power grabs, the DOJ dropping the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy case against Stewart Rhodes, and Senator Ron Wyden's report on Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and the money behind Jeffrey Epstein. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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  Intentional Discrimination | A Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Attack on New Citizens' Voting Rights — August 4, 2026 04.08.2026 12min

  A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's ban on voter registration help for newly naturalized citizens, ruling it was motivated by intentional discrimination. Adam breaks down the ruling and what it means for voting rights. Plus: RFK Jr. and Rand Paul turn the Fauci circus into a book-selling operation, Senator Bernie Moreno says Max Miller is unfit to serve as Trump looks the other way, a court lets ICE agents keep their masks on in New York, and Trump blames Big Oil for the gas prices his Iran war created. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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  Backfire | Capital One Cites Money Laundering in Trump Account Closures — August 3, 2026 03.08.2026 14min

  Capital One told a federal court it closed hundreds of Trump Organization accounts for anti-money laundering reasons. The bank never said why until Trump sued them for debanking, and his own lawsuit forced the answer into the open. Adam breaks down the court filing, plus Senators Cornyn and Tillis caving to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General, RFK Jr.'s meltdown with Dana Bash on CNN, Trump blaming Minnesota instead of Iran for the water system cyberattacks, and the DOJ dropping the Reflecting Pool vandalism case. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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  Shakedown | Inside Trump's $800 Million Money Machine — July 31, 2026 31.07.2026 12min

  The Wall Street Journal exposes Donald Trump's $800 million fundraising operation, where his personal fundraiser tells corporate executives "the boss wants this money" and companies believe donations buy access to the White House. Adam Kinzinger breaks down the shakedown, plus the Commerce Department taking equity stakes in seven more private companies, Trump walking back Ukraine's Patriot missile deal, the White House's claimed Hamas disarmament agreement, and the global revolt against FIFA's $20 billion World Cup sell-off linked to Jared Kushner. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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  Major Setback | GOP Holdouts Pull the Vote on Trump's Attorney General — July 30, 2026 30.07.2026 13min

  Todd Blanche's confirmation vote for Attorney General was pulled after Republican Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis demanded written assurances about the Trump-IRS settlement that shields the President's family from tax audits. Plus: Senate Republicans turn the Fauci COVID hearing into a spectacle, Alex Jones demands Trump's impeachment over the Iran war, Elon Musk brings back America PAC to spend big on the midterms, and the Secret Service admits it tracked James Comey over a seashell photo. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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  Broken Promise | Trump Ends the Medicare Program Holding Down Costs — July 29, 2026 29.07.2026 13min

  Medicare drug premiums are going up in 2027. The Trump administration is ending the Part D subsidy that held them down, and Dr. Oz is calling it the end of a bailout. Adam runs the real numbers for 25 million seniors. Also in this episode: Trump at Lindsey Graham's National Cathedral funeral, the Senate Russia sanctions vote, Jay Clayton's party-line confirmation as DNI, and the leaked GOP memo behind Trump's communist attacks. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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  Underwater | Trump's Political Operatives Tell GOP Candidates to Keep Their Distance — July 28, 2026 28.07.2026 13min

  With the 2026 midterms under 100 days out, Trump's own political operation is telling Republican candidates to keep their distance from him. Adam breaks down why the people running these campaigns already know they're in trouble, and why Speaker Mike Johnson is counting on prayer warriors at the Capitol instead. Also: new abuse allegations against Ohio Rep. Max Miller and the Republican silence around them, a new analysis showing Trump has made more money in two years than in the previous sixty, and Trump pressuring RFK Jr. to cut the childhood vaccine schedule. Adam closes on a personal note. Go deeper on AdamKinzinger.com
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  Awkward Silence | Trump Embarrassed at the Correspondents' Dinner — July 27, 2026 27.07.2026 13min

  Trump attended the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner and bombed, rambling for an hour, insulting reporters by name, and mocking CNN's Kaitlan Collins. Then he watched Wall Street Journal reporters win the Katharine Graham Award for the Epstein birthday letter story he's suing them over. Also: fired 60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega says CBS pressured her to report things that never happened, Trump goes quiet on the Iran war as Patriot missile stockpiles run low, a DEA assessment finds the drug boat strikes haven't slowed cocaine, and a new executive order puts warning signs outside the Smithsonian. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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  Never Vance | The MAGA Revolt Against Trump's Own VP — July 24, 2026 24.07.2026 12min

  The 2028 fight has already started. Terry Virts, filling in for Adam Kinzinger, covers the "Never Vance" campaign against Vice President JD Vance, the online revolt inside MAGA, and what it means for the race to succeed Trump. Also in this episode: the DOJ backs down on its New York Times reporter subpoenas after a judge threatens to quash them, new tariffs take effect on 80+ countries covering 99% of US imports, Laura Loomer's Ukraine reversal, and the Pentagon's edited Iran war casualty count. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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  Running on Empty | Officials Flee Trump at a Record Pace — July 23, 2026 23.07.2026 12min

  Senior officials are leaving the Trump administration faster than under any modern president, and Trump is replacing them with acting officials who skip Senate confirmation entirely. Adam Kinzinger explains why that loophole matters. Also on today's show: $13 billion in missing Venezuelan oil revenue, the US-Saudi nuclear agreement and the Trump family's Saudi money, the dignified transfer at Dover, and why the White House is panicking over Jon Ossoff. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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  Special Episode: Introducing Astronaut Terry Virts — July 23, 2026 23.07.2026 27min

  Adam sits down with astronaut and former ISS commander Terry Virts, who'll be filling in on the daily show when Adam's on the road. They talk about his run for office in Texas, his passion for Ukraine, and the open corruption of this administration. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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  No Answers | Pete Hegseth's Brutal Day in the Senate — July 22, 2026 22.07.2026 14min

  Adam Kinzinger breaks down Pete Hegseth's disastrous Senate hearing on Iran war funding, where senators from both parties demanded answers on the $67 billion request and got none. Then: Republican midterm panic and the $530 million "hate election" plan, Trump's push to make FIFA president Gianni Infantino the UN Secretary-General, the court order opening Trump's financial records in the BBC lawsuit, and the Trump campaign's fake "failed application" donation scam. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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  Follow the Lettuce | The Trump Donor at the Center of a Nationwide Parasite Outbreak — July 21, 2026 21.07.2026 12min

  The worst cyclospora outbreak on record is spreading, and the lettuce supplier at the center of it, Taylor Farms, gave a million dollars to a pro-Trump super PAC and met with the White House days before the FDA reversed its only positive test. Adam also covers the 50 percent Canada tariff, Kash Patel's Russia trip hosted by the FSB, the Justice Department subpoenaing reporters' relatives over the Air Force One story, and electricity prices up 18 percent under Trump. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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  Change the Subject | The Speech Republicans Are Pretending Never Happened — July 20, 2026 20.07.2026 11min

  Adam Kinzinger breaks down the Republican backlash to Trump's primetime address on the 2020 election. His own party wanted a midterms message, Fox and Friends went three hours without mentioning the speech, and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is now threatening to prosecute state election officials. Adam also covers the Iranian missile strike that killed two US soldiers in Jordan and the attacks the Pentagon kept quiet, the FBI ending its investigations of ICE shootings, Trump inserting himself into Spain's World Cup celebration, and his tariff threat against Canada over wildfire smoke. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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  The Big Lie Is Still a Lie | Trump's Primetime Election Speech Falls Apart — July 17, 2026 17.07.2026 13min

  Trump went on primetime TV claiming China stole the 2020 election, but the declassified documents he released prove him wrong. Adam breaks down what the intelligence actually says. Plus, the White House teleprompter operator caught betting on Trump's speeches on Kalshi, Trump Media selling Wall Street early access to Truth Social posts, the Washington Post debunking Trump's Reflecting Pool vandalism story, and Epstein survivors calling acting Attorney General Todd Blanche condescending after a tense meeting. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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  The Slip | Trump's Personal Lawyer Auditions for Attorney General and Tells On Himself — July 16, 2026 16.07.2026 12min

  Todd Blanche, Donald Trump's former personal defense lawyer, faced the Senate Judiciary Committee at his confirmation hearing to become Attorney General. He dodged questions on DOJ independence, the January 6th pardons, and investigations of Trump's enemies, then slipped on one unguarded question that revealed who he really works for. Adam also covers Jay Clayton, Trump's Director of National Intelligence nominee, refusing to say who won the 2020 election, JD Vance admitting on Joe Rogan's podcast that the White House botched the Epstein files, Pete Hegseth's testosterone screening video and blocked Navy promotions, and Pentagon planning for a military invasion of Cuba during the Iran war. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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  Keep Those Crime Stats Coming | Trump Orders ICE Traffic Stops to Resume After Two Deaths — July 15, 2026 15.07.2026 11min

  Trump overrules his own administration and orders ICE to resume traffic stops just one day after the agency suspended them over two fatal shootings in Maine and Texas. Adam breaks down Trump's Truth Social post, the deaths of two men who weren't even targets, and what "keep those crime stats coming" says about this president. Plus: a judge reveals ICE has 11,000 pages on putting agents at polling places after claiming it had zero, Wisconsin's bipartisan elections commission finds probable cause Elon Musk committed election bribery, the UAE gets license-free access to advanced AI chips after secretly buying a $500 million stake in Trump's crypto company, and a federal judge blocks the State Department's visa ban on disinformation researchers as a First Amendment violation. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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  The Slush Fund Is Dead | A Federal Judge Torches Trump's IRS Deal — July 14, 2026 14.07.2026 14min

  A federal judge just nullified Donald Trump's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund, ruling his IRS lawsuit was brought for an improper purpose and sanctioning his lawyers days before Todd Blanche's Attorney General confirmation hearing. Adam Kinzinger breaks down the ruling, plus ICE suspending vehicle stops after two deadly shootings in Maine and Houston, Trump's plan to release classified 2020 election documents ahead of a prime-time speech, the 20 percent Strait of Hormuz toll he abandoned in a day, and Marco Rubio's campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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  No Line He Won't Cross | Trump Uses Lindsey Graham's Death to Push the SAVE Act — July 13, 2026 13.07.2026 12min

  Adam Kinzinger remembers Senator Lindsey Graham, then breaks down how Donald Trump marked his friend's death: by going on Meet the Press within hours and turning it into a pitch for the SAVE America Act, his stalled voting bill. Also on today's show: the Justice Department subpoenas four New York Times reporters over the Air Force One story, Iran declares the Strait of Hormuz closed as Trump claims a 20 percent toll on all cargo, a Trump-appointed judge dismisses the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy case, and the FBI fires two analysts who refused to join the Georgia 2020 election investigation. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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  Platner Drops Out | Trump Casts Doubt on the Woman Who Accused Him — July 9, 2026 09.07.2026 12min

  On today's Kinzinger Report: Graham Platner is out of the Maine Senate race after a sexual assault accusation, and when Trump was asked about it, he didn't go after the Democrats. He went after the woman. Adam breaks down why he does this every single time in today's show. He also gets into why Trump refused to board his brand new Qatar-gifted Air Force One after the NATO summit, the Pentagon running out of money, the White House's new "Freedom Fuel" gas stations, and the President denying disaster relief to four states because they didn't vote for him. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com