2-20-26 Morning Rush - Trump Uses Aliens To Distract From Epstein Files & Megyn Kelly Goes After US OIympians & Interview With Norwegian Who Was Robbed In Ice Detainment!
The Rush Hour With Dave Neal
Dave Neal
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🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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🛸 Donald Trump teases releasing "alien files" as Epstein pressure builds — distraction tactic or strategic chaos?
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🏛️ Trump places his banner on the building of the United States Department of Justice — what message is being sent?
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🎤 Megyn Kelly goes after Olympic figure skater Amber Glenn over her political beliefs — should athletes stay silent?
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❄️ Culture war meets figure skating — when did the rink become a battleground?
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🚨 Exclusive interview: Norwegian tourist detained for nine days by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement claims her credit card was stolen while in custody.
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🔎 What this detention case reveals about oversight, accountability, and the bigger immigration debate.
Donald Trump, Epstein files, alien disclosure, Department of Justice, Megyn Kelly, Amber Glenn, ICE detention, immigration news, political media
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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. Good morning, everybody. Happy Friday to you on this February 20th, 2026. I have all of your news for your rush hour ride to work. So much to get into updates on |
| 0:23.3 | Epstein. Donald Trump actually wants to release all of the alien files. Yeah, the UFO files, |
| 0:30.0 | UAPs. He'll do anything to distract from the files that he has yet to release. We'll discuss that. |
| 0:35.8 | Plus our lead story is Donald Trump has a banner of his |
| 0:39.9 | headshot placed at the Department of Justice. Holy fascism, here we are. We'll have that for you. |
| 0:47.3 | And in the back half of the episode, I'm actually interviewing the Norwegian-born lady who was |
| 0:53.5 | detained by ICE and had her credit card stolen. |
| 0:58.0 | It's an insane story. She joins me for the second half of the show. I have all of this and more, |
| 1:02.7 | and it starts right now on the rush. Let's dive into the president's authoritarian takeover. |
| 1:08.0 | Here's Caitlin Collins reporting on the gaudy banner he has placed on the Department |
| 1:13.4 | of Justice Building. It's impossible to miss the new banner bearing President Trump's face that |
| 1:18.1 | just went up here at the Justice Department. If you've been in Washington in recent months, |
| 1:22.6 | you've seen similar ones at the Department of Labor or the Department of Agriculture, for example. |
| 1:26.7 | By the way, I just think maybe if Trump smiled more in these photos, they'd be more appealing. |
| 1:31.3 | This one seems to strike a different chord given it's the Department of Justice. |
| 1:35.3 | Historically, administrations have tried to stress a level of independence |
| 1:39.3 | between the West Wing and the White House and their Justice Department, |
| 1:42.3 | arguing that politics doesn't influence |
| 1:44.9 | who is being prosecuted. But it's safe to say that line has been erased since President Trump |
| 1:49.8 | has taken office in his second term. I mean, listen, everything about Trump is a participation |
| 1:54.1 | trophy. He says he's against cancel culture and then he tries to cancel anyone who has a different |
| 1:59.5 | opinion than him. He says he's like against the wussifying of America and yet he tries to cancel anyone who has a different opinion than him. He says he's |
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