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The Rush Hour With Dave Neal

8-26-25 Morning Rush - Blake Lively Comes For Lawyer In New Filing & Trump Makes Flag Burning Illegal

The Rush Hour With Dave Neal

Dave Neal

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.5 β€’ 1.7K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Rush Hour Podcast – Morning Episode

Sponsored by Tropical Smoothie Cafe

Big morning lineup today on the Rush Hour Podcast:

  • πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Donald Trump's New Ban – Trump announces a ban on burning the American flag, with harsh consequences for anyone who defies it. What does this mean for free speech and civil liberties?

  • βš–οΈ Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni – Blake isn't backing down. Her latest court filing seeks sanctions against Baldoni's attorney in their increasingly messy legal battle.

  • 🏈 Doug Flutie's Full-Circle Moment – The NFL legend gets a long-lost piece of personal memorabilia back after years apart, and it's a story fans will love.

  • πŸ‘» The Conjuring Meets Comedy – Stars of The Conjuring react to comedian Matt Rife's shocking purchase of the infamous haunted house.

  • 🍳 Cracker Barrel's PR Nightmare – An update on the Southern chain's ongoing public relations disaster and what it means for their brand's future.

All that and more, only on today's Rush Hour Podcast.

Tags: Donald Trump, American flag, free speech, Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, sanctions, Doug Flutie, NFL, Matt Rife, The Conjuring, haunted house, Cracker Barrel, PR disaster, pop culture 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. Buckle up and

0:08.5

enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal. Good morning, everybody. Dave here on this

0:16.1

Tuesday, August 26, 2025. I got all your stories for your rush hour ride to work. We'll be talking about

0:23.2

Blake lively in her attempts to get sanctions against the attorneys for Justin Baldoni. We'll share

0:29.6

what she has to say in that effort, claims that they're smearing her and tainting the jury pool.

0:36.4

It looks like they're already starting to make the

0:38.4

play that if they lose this case, it's because the jury's tainted. Well, the image of Cracker Barrel is

0:45.0

tainted after they've done a massive rebrand. We'll share some more thoughts as to why that

0:50.5

rebrand even happened. And then some info on the haunted house that Matt Rife bought.

0:56.3

And then we'll talk about the new law that's going to ban flag burning. Lots to get into. All this

1:00.8

and more starts right now on the rush. So before we get into this, I am going to read several

1:05.6

segments of Blake Lively's 15 page document here, reply in support of Blake's motion for sanctions against

1:13.5

defendant's counsel. I know, it's awarded title. Before we get into that, let's just open up on some

1:18.2

fun news like ghost hunting. Here's Patrick Wilson and Vera Farminga reacting to comedian Matt

1:24.6

Rife, buying the real-life Conjuring House. As you guys know, they played the

1:28.6

stars of, you know, the initial family that Ed and Lorraine Warren that owned the home in the

1:37.6

Conjuring movies. Have a listen. The Warren's house and artifacts were recently purchased by

1:42.4

Matt Rife, who is a comedian. Do you have any thoughts on

1:45.9

that or any advice for him or people who want to come visit the house? Don't do it.

1:49.7

I'd love to pick his brain. I saw that. I clocked that and I forwarded it to Patrick.

1:56.4

I was so curious as to what was going to happen with that piece of real estate.

2:05.5

And I'm curious as to what his intentions are.

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