-- On the Show:

-- Senator Cory Booker, Democrat from New Jersey, joins us to discuss Democratic strategy ahead of the midterms, the Iran war, and more…

-- Inflation reaches 3.8% as energy prices jump nearly 18% annually, gas prices stay near multi-year highs, and wages fall while prices increase

-- White House spokesperson Anna Kelly says Trump is “not in a rush” to address high gas prices, while Trump calls the oil crisis “amazing”

-- Donald Trump praises Xi Jinping for ruling China with an “iron fist” and calls Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko “fantastic”

-- A new poll finds millions of Americans question whether the assassination attempts against Donald Trump in Butler and DC were real

-- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warns that sperm counts have dropped while Donald Trump appears asleep before later praising McDonald’s

-- Trump delivers a rambling speech where he mocks Gavin Newsom and jokes about Secret Service agents lifting JD Vance “like a little boy"

-- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticizes Marjorie Taylor Greene as a “proven bigot and anti-semite,” sparking backlash from Cenk Uygur

-- On the Bonus Show: Calls for Democrats to pack the court return, a California mayor is charged with acting as a foreign agent for China, Trump weighs suspending the gas tax, and much more...

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(00:00) Start

(01:24) Inflation hits highest level in 3 years

(08:53) White House says it's in no rush to lower gas prices

(16:07) Trump praises authoritarians

(23:53) Polling shows Americans doubt Trump assassination attempts

(30:34) RFK warns about sperm count as Trump praises McDonald's

(40:01) Cory Booker Interview

(1:00:13) Trump mocks Newsom, JD Vance

(1:08:30) AOC warns about Marjorie Taylor Greene

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