36 doctors, psychiatrists, and Nobel laureates just signed an open letter, now part of the official Congressional Record, saying Donald Trump's mental and physical decline makes him too dangerous to hold the nuclear codes.

Grant sits down with Dr. Henry Abraham, one of the letter's lead authors and a former Harvard Medical School psychiatrist, to break down exactly what they're seeing, why they're speaking out now, and what it could mean for millions of lives.

• Why these doctors broke the "Goldwater Rule," and why they say they had no choice
• The specific symptoms they're tracking: tangential speech, rage, grandiose delusions, impaired impulse control, and manic late-night posting
• How Trump's case compares to Biden's, and why the doctor says the Democrats "fooled us until they couldn't."
• The nuclear football problem: what happens when an impulsive president has unilateral launch authority
• Why the White House's cognitive test results are being hidden, and what that might mean
• Rep. Jamie Raskin's bill to create an independent medical panel for 25th Amendment proceedings
• What it would actually take to remove Trump from office

CHAPTERS:

0:00 - Trump's Health Is a Clear and Present Danger
2:27 - Intro: Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes
3:06 - Meet Dr. Henry Abraham
3:30 - How the Congressional Letter Came Together
8:51 - "Where Were You With Biden?" — The Doctor Answers
10:37 - Why Trump's Decline Looks Different Now
12:27 - Breaking Down the Symptoms: The Full List
14:16 - The Goldwater Rule — and Why They Broke It
17:44 - The Most Alarming Symptom
21:20 - Why Isn't This Movement Bigger?
27:03 - Authoritarianism and Denying What You're Seeing
29:15 - Three Physicals in One Year — What the White House Isn't Saying
31:08 - The Cognitive Tests and What They're Hiding
33:43 - Does the White House Doctor Have a Duty to Come Forward?
34:48 - Impeachment, the 25th Amendment, and What Comes Next
37:03 - The Raskin Bill: An Independent Medical Panel for Presidents
39:06 - Closing Thoughts

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Inflation just hit 3.8%, the highest in three years, and wages can't keep up. Gas is nearly $4.50 a gallon, groceries cost more than ever, and the war in Iran is in its 11th week with no end in sight.

Today, Grant breaks down what the numbers actually mean for your wallet, why last week's "good" jobs report is more complicated than the headline, and what Trump is trying to do about it before summer.

CHAPTERS
1:45 — Gas prices & the real cost at the pump
3:10 — Why wages aren't keeping up
4:30 — The jobs report explained (it's not as good as it looked)
6:00 — Trump's poll numbers on the economy
7:20 — The war in Iran: week 11, Hegseth testifies
9:15 — The Supreme Court vs. Trump's tariffs
11:00 — The gas tax holiday: a flip-flop breakdown
12:45 — Trump's trip to China and what it could change

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Why is the Democratic Party so lost right now, and is there actually a path forward?

Former presidential campaign manager and Democratic strategist Maya Rupert joins Grant Hermes to break down the real state of the Democratic Party six months out from the 2026 midterms. We get into the DNC's 208-page playbook that says almost nothing about voters, why Chuck Schumer's days as leader are numbered, the devastating Louisiana v. Callais Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act, and why Maya believes the answer to all of it starts with one word: authenticity.

Maya's new book, The Real Ones, digs into why authenticity in politics is a concept weaponized against candidates of color and women — and what it actually should mean for voters, candidates, and the media covering them.

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The Real Ones

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The White House is claiming a peace deal with Iran is close, but
The deal on the table looks almost identical to the Obama-era agreement
Trump tore up in 2018. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio
openly told the press that the administration doesn't feel bound by the
War Powers Act, and one Republican congressman from Michigan is
trying to force the issue with a new bill.

We break down what's actually in the proposed Iran deal, why the
legal authority for U.S. military operations is murky at best,
and what new intelligence reports say about Iran's missile stockpiles
and their ability to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed.

Topics covered:
- Iran peace talks and what's actually being offered
- How the proposed deal compares to the 2018 Obama deal Trump scrapped
- Rubio says the White House won't follow the War Powers Act
- Rep. Tom Barrett's AUMF bill and what it means
- Iran's missile stockpile is 70-75% intact, not 18% like Trump claimed
- U.S. has burned through nearly half its critical missile stockpiles
- Saudi Arabia suspended U.S. base access, here's why

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The president told Congress the Iran war was "terminated." The Secretary of Defense says there's still a ceasefire. Then Trump called it a "mini-war" on camera. So... which is it?

Today, Grant breaks down the War Powers Act deadline that forced Trump's hand, the new "Project Freedom" operation in the Strait of Hormuz, why gas just hit $4.50/gallon nationally, and what the polls say about where Americans actually stand.

⏱ Chapters:
00:00 Intro — Can't get the story straight
01:20 The War Powers Act deadline explained
04:10 What is "Project Freedom" actually?
07:30 Iran fires on US ships — is the ceasefire over?
10:15 $4.50 gas & the economic toll
14:00 What the polls say (and why Trump won't believe them)
17:30 What comes next

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It's like Looksmaxxing but for gerrymandering. GERRYMAXXING

The Supreme Court just finished what John Roberts started 45 years ago, gutting the Voting Rights Act. And the political earthquake it's about to cause will be felt in every state, in every race, all the way down to your school board.

In this episode, Grant sits down with Dave Daley, author and senior fellow at FairVote, to break down the Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, what it actually means for Black and Brown voters, and why this could lead to the largest reduction in minority representation in Congress since Reconstruction.

They cover:

• What the Voting Rights Act actually required and what Justice Alito just replaced it with
• Why the new "intent" standard is nearly impossible to meet
• The "Gerrymaxxing" wave that's about to sweep the nation.
• Why competitive elections could drop to single digits out of 435 congressional seats by 2028
• What real fixes exist, and whether any of them are politically possible
• What you can do right now

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Dave Daley at Fair Vote

Dave's Books

• Ratfucked
• Unrigged

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The Supreme Court just gutted the Voting Rights Act. Grant explains what that means for your vote, your district, and the next election. Plus: four massive government deadlines expire TONIGHT, Congress goes on recess, and we learn the truth about six Americans killed at a base in Kuwait with zero protection.

Today's episode breaks down:

• The Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais and why it sets American elections back 45–65 years
• Which Southern states are already redrawing district maps, and what that could mean for 12–14 House seats
• Why Chief Justice John Roberts has been working toward this moment since the Reagan administration
• DHS funding finally passing, what it covers and what it doesn't
• The Farm Bill, FISA/Section 702, and what's still unresolved tonight
• The Iran War Powers Act deadline: midnight tonight, and the House just went on recess
• The $25 billion cost of the Iran war and a Pentagon hearing about six Americans killed at an unprotected base

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Someone tried to assassinate the President at the White House Correspondents' Dinner — and the political fallout may be almost as dangerous than the attack itself.

On Saturday night, 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen traveled from California to Washington D.C. with a shotgun and a handgun — on Amtrak — checked into the hotel where the dinner was being held, and opened fire. Grant breaks down everything we know about the shooter, the security failures that made it possible, and the deeply strange political machine that kicked into gear within hours of the attack.

From the DOJ filing that reads like a Trump social media post, to senators suddenly demanding a taxpayer-funded White House ballroom, to the FCC going after Jimmy Kimmel for jokes he made before the shooting happened.

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