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The Necessary Conversation

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🗓️ 29 June 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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In this week’s fiery episode of The Necessary Conversation, the Kultgen family tackles some of the biggest political stories shaping America—and the world. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Join Chad, Haley, and their MAGA parents, Mary Lou and Bob, as they debate: 🧨 Supreme Court Power Grab The Court ruled that lower courts can no longer block executive orders nationwide. Is this the end of checks and balances—or the start of a dictatorship? 🇮🇷 Iran Nuclear Strike: Success or Spin? Trump claims the U.S. bombing "ob...

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0:00.0	In the aftermath of the 2024 election, America is even more divided than before.
0:07.2	Half the country fears the end of democracy and the other half welcomes it.
0:12.3	As America inches toward the brink of authoritarian rule, now more than ever, we must force ourselves to have the necessary conversation.
0:22.9	Welcome to the necessary conversation.
0:25.3	I'm Chad Colchin with me as my sister, Haley Pope, back from her trip abroad and my parents,
0:30.5	Bob and Mary Lou, both deep in the, what's on your hat, mom?
0:34.7	Oh, it's a Trump hat.
0:35.9	This is the one that you sent dad, but I have confiscated it.
0:40.8	Okay.
0:41.3	Nice.
0:43.5	It's weird that you never wear the two hive hats that I sent you.
0:47.1	I do have those two.
0:49.3	I can never wear them.
0:51.0	I wear them some days when I go to the barn.
0:55.5	So don't tell me I don't.
0:57.5	All right.
0:58.2	We are going to dive into the six, hopefully, biggest political issues of this week.
1:02.7	But before we do that, my mom likes to start this show with what she calls ditties.
1:06.5	These are small bits of business, small pieces of information that have come through the Internet to her over the past week.
1:13.5	Mom, do you have any for us this week?
1:15.8	Of course I do.
1:16.8	Oops, I just dropped one.
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