This week on The Necessary Conversation, Chad, Haley, and Mary Lou discuss the biggest topics in politics.
💊 News broke that the FDA's "compassionate use" program — reserved for patients with serious or life-threatening conditions — was used to give a single 79-year-old man access to an unapproved experimental drug called Retatrutide. Trump was 79 when the request was made. The drug treats obesity, sleep apnea, and pulmonary hypertension — conditions that can be fatal in combination. The White House is denying it's Trump. We ask: should the president get special access to treatments no other American can?
💣 Week 18 of Trump's war. New reporting reveals the Joint Chiefs warned Trump before the war that striking Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz. He ignored them. The memorandum of understanding he signed is already falling apart as Iran launched drones at ships in the strait this week. The Senate voted to limit Trump's war powers, then blocked its own vote the next day. We ask Mom and Dad: how many weeks of war before you turn on him? Or is forever okay?
👻 Trump's Great American State Fair kicked off and almost nobody showed up. Trump posted it was "packed to the brim, at least 45,000 people." NBC estimated roughly 1,000. We ask: is MAGA abandoning Trump?
🎨 We simmer down to talk about our favorite pieces of visual art.
🛂 Trump posted the design of a new passport featuring his image superimposed over the Declaration of Independence with the caption "Welcome, but be good!" — apparently not understanding that passports are issued to Americans leaving the country, not people arriving. No sitting president or world leader has ever put their face on a passport. Not even the most authoritarian governments.
⚖️ The Supreme Court issued two 6-3 rulings effectively ending asylum in America, giving DHS unchecked power to deport Haitian and Syrian nationals and allowing the administration to turn away asylum seekers before they reach the border. Meanwhile, over 6,000 white South Africans have entered the U.S. under a refugee program — each receiving a gift bag with a tablet, an American flag, Trump's 1776 Commission report, PragerU materials, and a children's book accusing South Africa of "favoring the Black population." Afghan allies who served alongside U.S. troops got nothing. Many are still blocked from entry.
📖 Texas voted to mandate Bible stories as required reading for all 5.5 million public school students — no texts from any other religion included. The same day, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick stood in the Oval Office and declared: "The separation of church and state is not in the Constitution, and from this day forward, that phrase should have no power over people of all faiths ever again." We ask Mom and Dad: should public schools force kids to read the Bible?
This one goes deep. Buckle up.
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