"24 years old, and her only job has been fluffing for the Trump administration?"

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30:36 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ap4E__bjqM&t=1836s) - Trump's $90 Checks for Seniors

The panel discusses Trump's plan to send $90 payments to millions of seniors and whether small direct payments can improve Republican turnout in the midterms. Trump is also taking a tour through red states to shore up Republican turnout.

"If you don't like Trump, is $90 going to change your mind? No," Bevan said. "These just look like sort of pointless gimmicks."

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36:44 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ap4E__bjqM&t=2204s) - Alito Warns of Court Intimidation

Justice Samuel Alito warns that political pressure and intimidation threaten the Supreme Court's independence, and that public confidence has been damaged by partisan attacks on the court.

Watch: Justice Alito Interview with FOX News (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/10/04/justice_alito_covid_was_a_stress_test_of_our_commitment_to_constitutional_rights--a_lot_of_people_failed.html)

"It seems to me like the two political parties have completely lost the plot on what the court is supposed to be," Cannon said. "They go around politicizing and personalizing the court, and then they wonder why it is not respected."

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41:44 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ap4E__bjqM&t=2505s) - Boulder vs. Big Oil at the Supreme Court

The group examines Boulder's lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor and whether local governments should be able to seek damages from energy companies over climate change. Is it an attempt to set national energy policy through the courts rather than legislation?

"Politics is war by other means. This is legislating by other means," said Cannon.

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46:56 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ap4E__bjqM&t=2816s&pp=0gcJCWMAwfN6Pr3D) - Will Alito Retire?

The episode ends with speculation about whether the 76-year-old Alito could retire while Republicans still control the White House and potentially the Senate - avoiding the Ruth Bader Ginsburg mistake.



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