The Rush Lindell Show

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  Wed: We Bet Cuts, The Fed Hiked—We Blew It 17.09.2026 20мин

  Thursday, September 17: Rush and Reagan finally admit it on air — the Fed just hiked rates instead of delivering the cut they called for months, and Trump is not happy about it. The vote landed 12-0 for a quarter-point hike to 3.75-4%, the first increase since 2023, with 16 of 18 officials signaling more hikes ahead. This episode breaks down where the prediction went wrong, why Trump's trade-threat pressure campaign on the Fed didn't force the cave everyone expected, and what his real-time fury at Fed chair Warsh actually reveals about his leverage. Rush and Reagan also translate the decision into real numbers: mortgage rates near 7.37%, rising car prices, and what compounding credit card debt means heading into the holidays. They close by connecting the vote to the midterm mailers already hitting mailboxes, spun in opposite directions depending on who's sending them. No hedging, no spin — just the call, the miss, and the fallout. Tell us how you think households respond, and catch tomorrow's episode for what's next. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Tuesday: We Bet Cuts—Now the Fed's About to Answer 15.09.2026 20мин

  This beat established the binary being graded tomorrow: a hike to 3.75-4.00% or a surprise hold, with no cut option left on the table despite the show's months-long cut thesis, and closed with an added exchange affirming they won't dodge their own scoreboard. Reagan's insistence on evidence before victory-or-defeat is spent and should not be re-litigated. Next beat must explain the mechanics of the meeting itself, not restate the two outcomes. In this episode, we cover The Thesis on Trial, The Meeting on the Calendar, Meet the Tell: Warsh at Jackson Hole, and more. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Wed: Trump's $5K Bribe or Genius Turnout Play? 10.09.2026 21мин

  Thursday, September 10: Trump closes his Dallas convention speech with a jaw-dropping promise — a $5,000 dividend for every American adult, contingent on Republicans sweeping the House and Senate this November. Rush and Reagan grade the bet live, and it's messier than it sounds. This episode breaks down the actual price tag on the pledge, the trillion-dollar funding gap nobody in the campaign has explained, and whether offering cash tied to an election outcome crosses into bribery territory under federal law. The hosts also dig into Fox News' own on-air skepticism, a budget expert's blunt fact-check, and the ready-made attack ad Democrats can build from a single on-record accusation. Rush calls it a turnout masterstroke; Reagan calls it a panic move dressed up as confidence. Their final grades land on opposite ends of the scale. Where do you land on this one — genius or desperation? Weigh in, and catch us for Thursday's convention finale coverage. } }}}} 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Tuesday: The GOP's Hail Mary Convention in Dallas 09.09.2026 17мин

  On Tuesday, September 8, Rush and Reagan tear into the GOP's first-ever midterm convention in Dallas and ask the question nobody in the party wants answered: is a 100-plus speaker lineup a show of strength or a five-alarm panic dressed up as strategy? From there, the show gets sharper. Trump's approval slide and the Democratic enthusiasm edge get measured against 2018's messy lessons. Reuters/Ipsos numbers showing 71% disapproval on cost of living force a hard look at whether Dallas's tax-relief pitch even matches what voters are angry about. Politico's list of no-shows and undecideds — including Thune, despite being in town — turns into a real fight over snub versus smart politics. DeSantis's warning about a one-man turnout machine gets tested against Nashville's special election numbers, and Paxton-Talarico's shift to toss-up shows cracks nobody's talking about yet. Rush and Reagan don't agree on everything here, and they don't pretend to. Tune in tomorrow to see who's right — and tell us where you land. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Thursday: Johnson Punts the Shutdown Past Nov. 3 03.09.2026 16мин

  The House passed a stopgap funding bill 370-48 on Thursday, September 3, and Rush and Reagan aren't buying the victory lap Speaker Johnson is taking. That lopsided margin looks less like consensus and more like both parties dodging a fight they knew they'd lose before the midterms. Rush and Reagan break down what's actually in the bill and what it means for the months ahead. They trace this year's two record-breaking shutdowns and call out the identical playbook both parties ran while blaming each other. They replay the near-collapse of the rule vote, where five Republican defections almost sank the bill before two Democrats bailed out the floor. And they dig into the fine print — a blocked OMB grant-review rule, a Border Patrol transfer ban, and the spending add-ons that bought enough votes to get this thing passed. The real fight lands December 11th, in a lame-duck session with none of the incentives that produced this week's landslide. Reagan's already daring listeners to push back on her take — drop your argument and tune in to see who's right. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Tuesday: Warsh's Jackson Hole Tell Guts Our Cut Call 01.09.2026 20мин

  On Tuesday, September 1, Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole speech puts Rush and Reagan's September rate-cut call in front of a firing squad. The hosts break down exactly what Warsh said, why his use of AI-driven productivity to justify staying tight flips the usual Fed playbook, and how markets reacted in real time as hike odds jumped from a coin flip to over 55% on CNBC and past 66% on CME FedWatch. They dig into the growing split at the top, with Bessent pushing back on a hike while Roger Ferguson calls for two more this year, and translate all of it into what it means for car loans, mortgages, and midterm politics. Rush stands by his on-record call for a September 16 cut. Reagan isn't so sure. Both agree to grade the call live next episode, loser buys the coffee. Tell us who you think is right before the Fed decides for both of them. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Thursday: We Called The Fed Wrong—Or Did We? 27.08.2026 21мин

  Thursday, August 27, the Fed might hike into an election and Rush and Reagan are here to admit their rate-cut-saves-the-midterms call may be flat-out wrong. They walk through how July’s softer inflation data set up their original thesis, then stack that against Kevin Warsh’s bruising confirmation fight and the summer oil spike that flipped market odds toward a September hike. From there, they unpack the tug-of-war between rate-cut hopes, hike fears, and a possible hold, all while a Hormuz scare and a gold rally rattle nerves. Along the way, they bring it back to kitchen-table math: health premiums, borrowing costs, and what the September 16 Fed decision actually means for regular families. - How their original Fed and gas-price prediction broke as oil ripped higher. - Why Kevin Warsh’s divided confirmation still shapes today’s rate debate. - What gold, Hormuz chatter, and debt buybacks signal about market fear. - How looming ACA premium jumps and Fed policy collide for middle-income households. Stick around to see how their call looks after September 16, and send in your take on whether the Fed should blink or hold the line. Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Tuesday: Kushner's Secret Meeting Has Johnson Panicking 25.08.2026 16мин

  On Tuesday, August 25, a closed-door meeting between Jared Kushner and Hakeem Jeffries becomes the prism for whether the White House is secretly hedging on who will control the next House of Representatives. The episode unpacks why this off-camera conversation matters, how it collided with progressive anger at Jeffries, and what it reveals about the gap between public confidence and private preparation in an election year. Listeners get a clear walk-through of Johnson’s on-air bravado, the polling and forecasting numbers he left out, and how recent Iran war-powers moves in the Senate fit the same hedging pattern. - The undisclosed Kushner–Jeffries sit-down and what it signals about 2026 House expectations - The left’s backlash against Jeffries and his attempt to reframe the meeting - Speaker Johnson’s “hedge” comments on Fox versus the data he avoided naming - How Iran war-powers votes mirror the quiet bets Washington is placing Stay tuned for the next episode as Rush and Reagan dig into who else in Washington is acting like the majority is already up for grabs. Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Thursday: 33% Approval and $4 Gas Is No Coincidence 20.08.2026 15мин

  Trump's approval just hit thirty-three percent on Thursday, August 20, and Rush Lindell and Reagan tear into what's actually driving the collapse. This episode digs into the Reuters/Ipsos crosstabs showing Democrats now beating Republicans on economic trust for the first time in a decade, then follows the money down to $527 in extra household fuel costs since the war began. Rush and Reagan clash over Fed nominee Warsh's split July decision and whether a September rate hike can even touch oil-shock inflation. They also stage a brutal parody of the White House's broken gas-price promises, with an OPIS analyst predicting no relief until 2027, before landing on three dates -- September 11th CPI, the September 15-16 FOMC meeting, and daily AAA gas averages -- that could decide the midterms. Reagan pushes back hard on Rush's inflation-crisis framing, forcing a real argument about who owns the blockade and its price consequences. Disagree with her take? Tell them. New episodes drop every weekday. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Wednesday: Trump Hits 33 and MAGA Starts Flinching 20.08.2026 15мин

  Trump's approval hit 33 percent on Wednesday, August 19, and Rush Lindell and Reagan aren't letting the White House spin it away. Five separate pollsters are landing in the same range, echoing the December 2017 floor Trump eventually clawed back from. This episode digs into whether MAGA erosion is real or just noise, testing old predictions against fresh NBC/Newsweek identification numbers and a Politico finding on Trump voters ditching the label. Rush and Reagan break down a historic shift in economic trust toward Democrats, sliding Republican support for the Iran war even among Trump's own base, and what Cook Political Report's House forecast means for the midterms. They close by staking specific, falsifiable predictions for Labor Day approval numbers. Topics covered: the 33 percent approval number and whether it's a pattern or a blip, the MAGA identification split and what's driving it, the economy and Iran war polling dragging Republicans down, and the House math behind 2026's midterm stakes. Think the numbers turn around by fall? Tell us your prediction, and tune in tomorrow to see who's closer. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Tuesday: Trump Called Off the Same Iran Strike Twice 04.08.2026 17мин

  Rush and Reagan track Trump's whiplash on Iran — calling off history's biggest planned strike twice in a week, then branding Tehran "unbelievably duplicitous" — while Iran insists it's only talking to Oman about Hormuz, not Washington. In this episode, we cover Lead Story / Iran War, Economy / Energy, Accountability / Analysis, and more. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Thursday: Alex Jones Wants Trump Impeached Now 30.07.2026 16мин

  On Thursday, July 30, Alex Jones did the unthinkable and called for Trump's impeachment over the Iran war, and Rush Lindell and Reagan aren't letting the moment pass quietly. They pick apart whether the war powers argument holds up even as they question the messenger delivering it. This episode covers a lot of ground fast. Oil crossing $100 a barrel and Leavitt's unanswered draft comment get separated fact from fear. The actual congressional vote counts, a 214-208 House win and a failed 47-49 Senate resolution, expose defectors nobody's tracking yet. Rush's satirical mock floor speech on Article I lands some laughs before Reagan pulls things back to the human cost: American troops killed in Jordan, strikes on Aqaba, and a war Congress never actually debated. They close with three concrete things to watch heading into the midterms, plus predictions listeners can hold them to. Tune in tomorrow to see who's right. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Tuesday: $100 Oil, Split Votes, One Bad Prediction 28.07.2026 14мин

  On Tuesday, July 28, Rush and Reagan tackle a hard truth: Congress just voted twice on Iran war powers, and neither vote actually stops Trump from waging war. With three American troops dead in Jordan and a fourth in Iraq, the hosts dig into why a nonbinding resolution and a failed binding one both amount to Congress talking tough while ceding real authority. This episode covers a lot of ground. Rush and Reagan grade their own prior predictions on the ceasefire collapse, owning what they got wrong. They trace triple-digit oil prices and near-four-dollar gas straight back to the widening war, separating panic-driven spikes from real structural risk. They break down which Republicans are crossing party lines and why, including Trump's blunt insult toward defectors. And Reagan walks through the legal distinction between concurrent and joint resolutions that explains why Congress's votes are more symbolic than binding. Expect sharp disagreement, a few laughs at Trump's Truth Social threats, and a serious look at collapsing GOP support as prices climb and questions swirl around Hegseth. Next episode: watch for that new benchmark both hosts committed to on the record. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Thursday: Trump's Iran 'Peace Deal' Is a 12-Night War 23.07.2026 15мин

  Rush opens fired up over CENTCOM's twelfth straight night of strikes on Iran, framing it as a war dressed up as diplomacy, until Reagan corrects the record on how many separate waves of strikes there have actually been. In this episode, we cover Lead Story / Iran War, Callback / Accountability, Defense Spending / War Economics, and more. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Tuesday: Trump's Iran Deal Is Dead, Who Called It? 21.07.2026 16мин

  The Iran MOU is dead, and on Tuesday, July 21, Rush Lindell and Reagan tear apart exactly how it collapsed. Trump killed the deal himself at the NATO summit, and within weeks his rhetoric flipped from praise to calling Iran's leaders "scum." This episode covers the full timeline from tanker attacks to CENTCOM's 80-plus target strikes and Tehran's defiant response from Ghalibaf. Rush and Reagan break down oil's 6% spike, CFR's read on why prices still sit below prior war highs, and shipping data showing Hormuz is rattled but not shut. They also revisit their own MOU predictions with blunt self-criticism, dig into Max Boot's limited-war thesis, and expose the overlooked detail that the deal only guaranteed 60 days of toll-free shipping. A parody Yelp review of Iran's Foreign Ministry keeps things sharp before the final verdict: gas prices, not diplomacy, may decide what happens next heading into midterms. Who called it right? Listen and decide, then tell us where you land before the next episode drops. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Thursday: Dems Grab the House, But Can the Firewall Hold? 16.07.2026 15мин

  Thursday, July 16: DDHQ's new 2026 midterm forecast has Democrats favored to retake the House while the Senate sits at a knife's-edge 50-50, with JD Vance as the tiebreaker "asterisk man." Rush and Reagan dig into what that 57% probability actually means before anyone calls it a done deal. From there, the show turns structural: mid-decade redistricting quietly padded the GOP's House position by roughly five seats, a shift Rush calls the party's "insurance policy" and Reagan insists gets separated from any Trump approval bump. The Senate breakdown maps all eight DDHQ-flagged races into Rush's "Firewall" thesis, stress-tested against North Carolina, Alaska, and Texas, where even a clean sweep leaves Democrats one seat short. A satirical DNC war-room bit gets deflated fast, and a look at Trump's climbing approval versus a shrinking generic-ballot cushion sets up both hosts' predictions, with a Lear Capital read in between. Rush stakes a number on the Senate map. Reagan reminds him a hundred-plus days is a long time. Tune in next episode as the Firewall thread gets tracked again, and weigh in with your own call on the eight races in play. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Thursday: SCOTUS Passed the Buck, GOP Has No Plan 09.07.2026 14мин

  The Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling isn't the 6-3 landslide everyone's reporting on Thursday, July 9 — it's actually a 5-4 constitutional squeaker, and Rush and Reagan break down why that distinction changes everything. This episode covers Trump's Truth Social demand for Congress to act despite the legal contradiction baked into his own request, Kavanaugh's concurrence that dodged the Fourteenth Amendment entirely, Stephen Miller's apocalyptic "knife wound" rhetoric versus what federal law may already handle, and the GOP's three-way strategy collapse between Rand Paul's state-by-state amendment push, the Lee-DeSantis-Johnson caucus, and competing statutory bills from Cotton and Cornyn. Listeners get a clear-eyed look at why none of these Republican plans solve the actual vote math, plus a satirical imagining of what happens when you put all these competing GOP factions in one room. The hosts close by weighing this ruling against Trump's other major losses this term, making the case that the real fight just moved from the Court to a gridlocked Congress ahead of the midterms. Next episode: what happens when the amendment caucus and the statute crowd actually sit down together. Got a theory on how this plays out? Send it our way. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Tuesday: Platner's Collapse Just Saved the GOP Firewall 07.07.2026 14мин

  On Tuesday, July 7, Graham Platner's Maine Senate campaign implodes overnight after a new sexual assault allegation from a former girlfriend sends Democratic leaders scrambling for cover. Rush and Reagan break down exactly how bad it is, why the party's outrage feels awfully convenient, and what happens next in a race that could decide control of the Senate. Topics covered: the allegation itself and Platner's denial, the pattern of past controversies (that Nazi-style tattoo, the texts, the Reddit posts) that made this feel inevitable, the Democratic exodus with Khanna and Gallego pulling endorsements while Warren and Sanders stay conspicuously quiet, Maine's tight legal deadlines for replacing him, and whether Susan Collins just got handed a free pass to reelection. Rush is already calling him 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Tuesday: The Birthright Ruling the Media Is Already Getting Wrong 30.06.2026 19мин

  Tuesday, June 30: The Supreme Court drops its ruling on Trump v. Barbara — the birthright citizenship case — on the final day of its term, and the legal arguments the government brought into that courtroom did not survive contact with the justices. Rush and Reagan walk through the government's failed attempt to redefine domicile within the 1898 Wong Kim Ark precedent, the two ruling paths the Court could take and why the narrow statutory route matters more than cable news will admit, and the documented reality of birth tourism versus the constitutionality of the executive order used to address it. They also pull apart the DOJ's parallel denaturalization push — 250 cases targeted by October 2026 against a 27-year average of 11 per year — and what it means when both tracks are running at the same time. The question underneath all of it: is American citizenship permanent, or does it now come with an asterisk? Tomorrow the analysis continues. Subscribe, leave a five-star review, and send this to someone who is only reading the headlines. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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  Monday: Trump Picked Warsh to Fix Rates. Now He's Eyeing a Hike. 29.06.2026 18мин

  Monday, June 29 — Trump launched a war that broke the Fed's rate-cut path, and now he's still demanding cheaper money. Rush and Reagan walk through Kevin Warsh's first FOMC meeting, where rates held at 3.5–3.75% and nine of eighteen officials flipped from projecting a cut to projecting a hike — a full reversal in three months. They trace the 4.2% CPI spike directly to the Strait of Hormuz oil disruption that began February 28th, the day the Iran war launched. They examine whether Warsh's five-task-force reform agenda is genuine central banking or political cover-building. And they perform a mock press conference that satirizes the contradiction of demanding rate cuts while running an inflationary war — then explain why the joke isn't really a joke. Closing out: what Warsh walks into at the July 29th FOMC meeting, with a fragile ceasefire already punctured and October hike odds climbing. If you have a take on whether Warsh survives the political trap, tell us — we're reading responses all week. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell