Cassidy Loses, Massie Primary, Chud the Builder Shooting, Guest Ethan Rundell | 5/17/26

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🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 137 minutes

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Bill Cassidy loses his Senate primary election, Thomas Massie's primary looms, 'Chud the Builder' is charged with attempted murder, Ethan Rundell joins to discuss 'The Camp of the Saints, the Fitzgerald twins join to discuss their KKK sighting hoax, and much more. YouTube post of this episode: https://youtu.be/25m3Gyc5vzg https://www.mattchristiansenmedia.com/

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0:00.0	In this world, there's two kinds of people, my friend.
0:07.7	Those with loaded guns and those who dig.
0:15.0	Broadcasting from a Montana wilderness fortress at the headwaters of the Missouri.
0:21.3	This is Matt Christensen Live.
0:27.5	The final episode of the Colbert show airs in one week next Thursday, May 21st.
0:37.6	Good.
0:39.0	It was in the midst of the CBS Paramount merger last summer when Redstone and her company
0:45.8	decided, quite surprisingly, to cancel the late show with Stephen Colbert.
0:50.2	That's incorrect.
0:52.0	They attributed the decision to economic reasons.
0:55.0	They denied that it was political.
0:57.0	Try harder not to suck.
1:00.0	You can make of the timing what you will, but it is inescapable that the decision by CBS Paramount pleased Trump.
1:07.0	Standards, once eroded, seldom returned. Would a Democratic president want to use this precedent?
1:15.7	Spotify, when it comes to Joe Rogan. What pressure could be put on Fox when it comes to Fox News,
1:21.0	Jim? Who gives a crap? So who's next? And how long will corporate America's chiefdom
1:26.6	sully their reputations to please one man?
1:30.3	You are fake, too.
1:32.3	Ooh, don't do it.
1:35.3	Very fake, dude.
1:36.3	Please don't do it.
1:37.3	It's so great and I agree.
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