Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Nov 12 2025
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 11.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Dishonest Dems
A deep dive into the political fallout from the recently ended government shutdown, framing it as a strategic misfire by Democrats. The hosts argue that the shutdown was a cynical attempt to secure election gains and force permanent funding for temporary Obamacare subsidies, originally enacted during the COVID-era American Rescue Plan. They highlight commentary from Steven Miller and Hakeem Jeffries, dissecting the partisan blame game over healthcare costs and the broader implications for the 2026 elections.
If They Could Do This to You...
Conservative activist Robby Starbuck shares a disturbing account of AI defamation. Starbuck reveals that Google’s AI platforms, Bard and Gemini, falsely accused him of heinous crimes, fabricating court records, media articles, and even statements from public figures like JD Vance and President Trump. The discussion highlights the dangers of AI misinformation, the lack of accountability from tech giants, and the broader implications for political candidates and everyday Americans. Starbuck’s lawsuit against Google is positioned as a landmark case in the fight for AI transparency and fairness.
Chances of War
The show then pivots to foreign policy with guest Steven Yates, senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, who recently returned from a diplomatic tour across Asia with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Yates offers firsthand insights into U.S. engagement in the Indo-Pacific, emphasizing the Trump administration’s proactive stance against Chinese aggression. He praises Japan’s new leadership, discusses Taiwan’s strategic importance, and warns of the economic and geopolitical fallout if China were to invade. Yates also reacts to breaking news: China’s agreement to halt fentanyl precursor exports following direct negotiations led by FBI Director Kash Patel. He calls for even stronger measures, including labeling fentanyl precursors as weapons of mass destruction.
Cha Cha Change
The U.S. Mint ends production of the penny. Clay and Buck debate the future of physical currency in an increasingly cashless society, citing the high cost of coin production and the shift toward digital payments like Apple Pay, Venmo, and Zelle. They explore the implications for privacy, government tracking, and economic behavior, sparking a lively conversation with listeners about the sentimental and practical value of coins.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.5 | Welcome everybody to the Wednesday edition of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton show. |
| 0:11.3 | The shutdown has come to a shutdown, I guess, or they've unshut it down. |
| 0:19.1 | So that's good. |
| 0:20.2 | That's something that we can certainly have a moment of, well, if not satisfaction over. |
| 0:27.8 | We can definitely look at each other and say, what the heck was that about? |
| 0:31.8 | And we're going to do that. |
| 0:33.5 | Also got some discussion underway after appearances by the president himself and also his secretary of Homeland Security on H-1B visas, on immigration. |
| 0:43.6 | Some interesting points coming across, particularly in a interview with Trump and Fox News is Laura Ingram. |
| 0:52.5 | We will have those discussions. |
| 0:54.7 | We've also got hopefully an end to the flight delays or pretty close to an end |
| 0:59.5 | of the flight delays here. |
| 1:01.7 | So that's going on. |
| 1:03.2 | That is certainly a good thing. |
| 1:04.7 | Secretary of War, not to be confused with Secretary of Defense, Hegset, has some |
| 1:10.4 | thoughts about the reformation |
| 1:13.6 | of some of the military that he has put into effect and we will discuss that |
| 1:18.6 | too but clay i want to start with this stephen miller |
| 1:22.6 | had some thoughts to share on the democrat shut down the white house is on Stephen Miller. This is what he has to say, play 11. |
| 1:29.9 | It was worse than pointless. It was cruel. It was capricious. It was dangerous. It was radical. It was |
| 1:37.4 | extreme. The Democrat shut down the government in a failed attempt to extort $1.5 trillion for their |
| 1:43.9 | pet projects, including as has long been documented in black and white, full funding for health care for legal aliens for several hundred billions of dollars. |
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