1-5-26 Afternoon Rush - Candace Owens Responds To French Arrests (Brigitte Macron UPDATE) & Trump Cuts Retirement From Senator Mark Kelly!
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🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Rush Hour Podcast — Afternoon Edition
Candace Owens is back in the headlines after reacting to the French president's first lady, as French authorities arrest 11 citizens for alleged cyberbullying. What does this unprecedented move mean for free speech, and how could it impact the defamation case the French first couple has filed against Owens? We break down the international legal stakes and why this story is bigger than just one commentator.
Plus, Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro pleads not guilty in New York City to federal charges—what his appearance in U.S. court signals for international relations, sanctions, and accountability.
And Senator Mark Kelly, American hero and astronaut, fires back after the Secretary of Defense targets him and moves to dock his retirement pay. We explain why Kelly's response is resonating across party lines and what this means for civil-military norms and political retaliation.
Fast, furious, and unfiltered—this is Rush Hour.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the rush hour, your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride. |
| 0:07.7 | Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal. |
| 0:13.9 | Good afternoon, everybody. Happy Monday to you. It's the 5th of January in the Good Lord's |
| 0:19.3 | year of 2026. |
| 0:23.6 | We have bombshell information I'm going to share with you. |
| 0:26.7 | Lots of news to get to for your rush hour ride home. |
| 0:38.3 | Candice Owens responds after the French president and the French First Lady spoke about the 11 people that were convicted of cyberbullying in France. This is important because the French First Lady is suing Candace Owens for defamation. |
| 0:43.3 | What does this all mean? I'm going to share that. |
| 0:45.3 | Plus, we have crazy information as the Secretary of War, Secretary of Defense Pete Hakeseth, |
| 0:51.3 | announces that they are demoting Mark Kelly. That's right, |
| 0:56.4 | American astronaut and hero Senator Mark Kelly. They're demoting him and getting rid of his |
| 1:01.5 | retirement all because he says like, hey, you shouldn't do illegal orders. And, you know, he |
| 1:06.5 | really did nothing wrong. This is an insane story we're going to get to. So stick around for that. |
| 1:11.3 | Plus, in the world of the NFL, we got Tom Brady hooking up with a influencer and a rookie |
| 1:17.6 | kicker finding out the hard way what happens when you miss the field goal that would send you to the |
| 1:22.7 | playoffs. So these stories and more starts right now on the rush. We are going to get to Venezuela |
| 1:26.7 | and President Maduro pleading not guilty. |
| 1:30.1 | That is a big story. But here it is, Xavier Pussard is the French version of Candice Owens. |
| 1:35.2 | He is the one who kind of wrote the becoming Brigitte book, whatever the hell the book was, that led to Candice Owens, taking the internet by storm in 2025 with her docu-series, |
| 1:47.1 | although it was really just like her telling of, you know, the conspiracy around whether or not |
| 1:51.8 | the French First Lady was born a man. Well, 11 French citizens have been convicted of cyberbullying, |
| 1:58.5 | and Brigitte McCrone has responded. She did this in French and |
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