7-16-25 Afternoon Rush - Trump Triples Down & Calls His Supporters Stupid & Blake Lively Takes BIG LOSS & Bachelor In Paradise Updates As Justin Reveals His Motivations!
The Rush Hour With Dave Neal
Dave Neal
4.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Rush Hour Podcast – July 16, 2025
Today's episode dives into the biggest breaking stories shaking up politics, pop culture, and reality TV:
🇺🇸 Trump Triples Down – The former president calls the Epstein files "a hoax led by Democrats," even as pressure builds from both parties for transparency.
📱 Elon Ghosts Trump – Sources reveal Elon Musk changed his phone number after a private fallout with Trump—burning the last bridge between the tech titan and MAGA elite.
⚖️ Blake Lively's Legal Blow – A judge dismisses her claims against a Texas PR firm, marking a major shift in the legal war surrounding her subpoena spree.
💔 Justice for Clayton – A GoFundMe campaign gains traction as Mike Maraccini defends himself against a restraining order in the wake of the Bachelor Nation drama.
🎙️ Justin Breaks Silence – Following his controversial Bachelor in Paradise exit, Justin opens up on the Bachelor Happy Hour podcast—what he said and who he's calling out.
All that and more on today's Rush Hour—your unfiltered dose of the real headlines behind the clickbait.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the rush hour, your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride. |
| 0:07.8 | Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal. |
| 0:14.0 | Hello everybody. Good afternoon on this hump day, July 16th, 2025. Is that right? Wow, the year is just flying by, isn't it? I'm Dave and I got all of your |
| 0:24.0 | stories for your rush hour ride home. On today's episode, on today's episode, we'll be covering |
| 0:29.2 | Mike Maruccini and the GoFundMe he's raising in order to defend himself against the frivolous |
| 0:36.2 | protection order against him by one scam artist |
| 0:39.5 | Laura Owens. And then I've got the Obamas, you know, kind of quashing the rumor that their |
| 0:45.7 | relationship is struggling. And then Blake Lively, a massive motion to dismiss announced by the judge |
| 0:53.3 | for Jed Wallace. What does this mean? We'll break that all down. |
| 0:57.2 | And of course, more on Epstein. It's an unbelievable story as Donald Trump has quadrupled down on |
| 1:04.0 | truth social and really going off in the Oval Office. It's leading everybody to say, |
| 1:10.3 | this is a little sketchy, isn't it? |
| 1:12.3 | People that didn't even believe in the conspiracy are now going, what's happening here as |
| 1:16.8 | Republicans vote unanimously to not release the Epstein files? Release them, baby. We got all that. |
| 1:22.9 | Then an ice strike may leave produce prices spiking. Lots to get into all this and more. It starts right now on |
| 1:30.2 | the rush. And the first thing we're going to talk about is I'm just, I'm so torn to be a part of |
| 1:37.5 | this justice for Clayton community. On one end, I love everybody I've met that has sought |
| 1:43.2 | justice for Clayton Eckerd and the other |
| 1:45.8 | victims. Greg Gillespie, Mike Maricini, Greg Wood, Nick, Matt, some say myself, Sean, |
| 1:51.2 | the contractor, Chase J. Jones, whoever else is out there. She is like a tornado and leaves a path |
| 1:57.2 | of destruction unlike anything else. So I'm torn because I'm so happy everybody continues |
| 2:02.3 | to come together to help defeat her, but how much money needs to be raised to tell this, |
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