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2026 is already insane

January 2, 2026

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— Donald Trump faces a hard power cutoff in the 2026 midterms where losing the House would effectively halt his legislative agenda and severely weaken his leverage

— The United States dollar suffers its largest annual decline in nearly a decade due to Donald Trump’s tariffs, attacks on Federal Reserve independence, and destabilizing foreign policy

— Corporate bankruptcies hit a 15-year high as Donald Trump’s tariffs raise costs, squeeze margins, and push construction, manufacturing, and consumer businesses into collapse

— Gen Z men rapidly turn against Donald Trump as new polling shows collapsing approval driven by economic frustration and disillusionment with culture war politics

— Donald Trump remains in office despite actions that would remove leaders in functioning democracies, exposing institutional failures

— AI-generated impersonation scams are eroding trust and preparing the ground for large-scale election disinformation

— The Friday Feedback segment

— On the Bonus Show: The 10 most outrageous things Trump did in 2025, and much more…

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