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The Rush Hour With Dave Neal

2-12-26 Afternoon Rush - Blake v Justin Day 2 Settlement Hearing & Olympics Updates & More Trump/Epstein

The Rush Hour With Dave Neal

Dave Neal

Society & Culture, Relationships

4.5 β€’ 1.7K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Rush Hour Podcast – Afternoon Episode

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It's day two of Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni, and the tension inside the courtroom is building β€” but Blake herself is nowhere to be seen. We break down why she's absent, what her legal team is signaling, and whether this strategy helps or hurts her case as the drama escalates.

Plus, outrage in the Olympic world after a Ukrainian athlete is reportedly disqualified following a powerful tribute honoring fallen Ukrainians. Was it a political violation or a heroic act that crossed Olympic rules? We unpack what happened and why the backlash is growing.

On Capitol Hill, Nancy Mace makes headlines for forcefully standing up for Epstein's victims β€” cutting through partisan noise and demanding accountability. Meanwhile, Senator Mark Kelly scores a major political win over Pete Hegseth in a clash that could have bigger implications moving forward.

All that and more in a packed afternoon breakdown.

In this episode:

  • Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni, Day Two courtroom drama

  • Why Blake Lively isn't at the courthouse

  • Ukrainian Olympian disqualified after tribute controversy

  • Nancy Mace speaks out for Epstein's victims

  • Mark Kelly defeats Pete Hegseth in political showdown

  • The ripple effects behind today's biggest headlines

Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Ukrainian Olympian, Nancy Mace, Epstein victims, Mark Kelly, Pete Hegseth, Olympics controversy, courtroom drama, political news

Transcript

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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.

0:13.8

Good afternoon, everybody, on this Thursday, February 12th, 2026.

0:18.3

I have all of your news for your rush hour ride home.

0:20.5

Day two of the settlement

0:21.9

conference between Blake and Justin Baldoni. Blake no shows today will give you the updates

0:27.5

that we have, which aren't many, but we've got a few. And then we're also going to be talking about

0:31.9

the Olympics. As a Ukrainian is now being banned from the Olympics over his protest he wore on his helmet.

0:38.9

We'll have that, plus more on the fallout from the Epstein files

0:42.8

and the lawsuit that Pete Higgseth tried to have against Mark Kelly, the astronaut.

0:49.8

Well, that's been thrown out.

0:50.8

We'll share what the judge had to say.

0:52.2

It's absolutely wild out there.

0:54.4

And, of course, another bad bunny update. All this and more. It starts right now on the rush.

0:58.5

Here's a sort of pleasant update to get to you. James Vanderbeek, of course, passed away from cancer.

1:04.6

But how about this? His family has raised over $1.5 million. Let's do the refresh.

1:09.3

$1.599-985. So basically $1.6 million has been raised

1:15.4

for the family. Again, just highlighting how broken our system is that we have to even, oh, look at that,

1:20.5

$1.6 million. So good for them. Good for the 32,000 people that have donated. Wish it wasn't that way,

1:26.2

but nice to see that humanity does exist, even if our politicians and billionaires aren't paying their fair share and uh voting in the rule the voting in the health care system we need to uh really take care of all of us all right that's my soap box uh justin baldoni arrives for a second day in New York City court after unsuccessful settlement

1:46.6

talk with Blake lively. So there he is back in court. I'll share that video. He's not matching

1:52.4

Blake. She is not there today from all I could glean, but it's a pretty big deal. I mean, look at the

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