1-19-26 Morning Rush - Judge Wants Blake Lively Texts UNSEALED & Updates On Protests In Minnesota & WTF Is Up With Greenland
The Rush Hour With Dave Neal
Dave Neal
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🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
🎙️ Morning Rush — The Rush Hour Podcast
• Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni — Blake Lively brings on a new high-powered attorney as the case heats up, plus a major judge's ruling that could change the trajectory of the lawsuit
• What the latest legal moves signal as both sides prepare for the next phase of the battle
• Greenland tensions escalate — renewed threats of conflict over acquiring Greenland spark international backlash
• Canada and France respond — global leaders push back and warn against U.S. aggression
• Minnesota protests continue — demonstrations intensify amid mounting political and law enforcement pressure
• The broader implications for free speech, federal authority, and public trust
All that and more to start your day — The Rush Hour, morning edition.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the rush hour. Your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride. Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal. |
| 0:13.5 | Good morning, everybody. Happy Monday to you on this January 19th, 2026. I got all of your news for your rush hour ride to work. And our featured story |
| 0:22.9 | we'll start off with is Justin Baldoni versus Blake Lively as judges made a key ruling to unsealed |
| 0:28.3 | documents. This is going to lead to a lot of tea and drama this week, is my anticipation. |
| 0:34.6 | We might find out what was said between Ryan Reynolds and Blake lively. We'll get into |
| 0:38.6 | this story and a little bit more on a new lawyer that Blake lively has hired is making the news. |
| 0:44.6 | I'll explain why. And then we'll talk about the protests happening in Minnesota. Actually, |
| 0:48.8 | I have a little bit of a feel-good story, if you could even call it that that we'll share. |
| 0:53.2 | And then we'll talk about the possibility |
| 0:55.7 | that our country wants to invade Greenland. What does this mean as the Nordic Alliance and the |
| 1:02.3 | French are, you know, starting to declare that they're going to use their bazooka option? |
| 1:07.7 | I'll explain what this is. It could affect her pocketbooks as tariffs are being announced, |
| 1:12.1 | which is a tax tax on the American consumer, really, is what it is. But we'll get into all of that. |
| 1:18.2 | This and more starts right now on the rush. All right. So just dive right into the Blake Lively stuff. |
| 1:23.6 | Blake Lively hires Jeffrey Epstein's victim's lawyer ahead of Justin Baldoni trial. The actress |
| 1:29.1 | has brought on Sigrid McCauley, known for representing Epstein's accusers, as her legal fight with |
| 1:34.8 | Baldoni heads toward trial. Now, what's the strategy here? I don't know. Echoing Lively's allegations, |
| 1:41.3 | McCauley said the case at its core is about a woman who is subjected to a |
| 1:45.2 | hostile work environment and is being attacked for standing up to protect herself. Now, maybe she's |
| 1:51.3 | being attacked by random commenters online, but I think that's what it'll all come down to, |
| 1:56.6 | is she being attacked by Baldoni? Was there any sort of concerted effort to lead a campaign to sabotage their lead actor? |
| 2:06.4 | I don't know why they would want to do that, right? |
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