Dem Breaks Ranks, Shocking Economy Numbers No One Expected | 6/29/26 FIRST LOOK
The Rubin Report
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🗓️ 29 June 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look to the stories you need to know to start your day including Democratic Senator John Fetterman breaking with his own party by warning that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is inviting a constitutional crisis after pledging to defy recent Supreme Court rulings that strengthen President Donald Trump's immigration agenda; new Commerce Department data showing the U.S. economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter as business investment, artificial intelligence spending, and exports helped offset slowing consumer demand; and France reporting roughly 1,000 excess deaths after one of Europe's most severe heat waves on record, with officials warning the death toll could continue to rise as extreme temperatures strain public health systems across the continent, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, I'm Dave Rubin and this is First Look. It's Monday, June 29th, |
| 0:09.4 | 2026. We've got a packed show for you today. Senator John Federman warns New York mayor, |
| 0:15.6 | Zoran Mamdani, is inviting a constitutional crisis by pledging to ignore a Supreme Court immigration ruling. |
| 0:23.4 | The U.S. economy grows faster than expected in the first quarter as investment and AI spending |
| 0:28.9 | help offset persistent consumer headwinds. |
| 0:32.7 | France reports roughly 1,000 excess debts after Europe endures one of the worst heatwades in its recorded |
| 0:40.3 | history. |
| 0:41.3 | Let's dive in. |
| 0:42.3 | We start with a remarkable warning coming not from a Republican, but from Democratic Senator |
| 0:48.3 | John Federman. Over the weekend, Federman accused New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani |
| 0:53.3 | of risking a constitutional crisis after |
| 0:56.8 | Mamdani vowed to ignore a recent Supreme Court ruling supporting President Trump's immigration |
| 1:02.8 | agenda. |
| 1:03.8 | Appearing on Fox News's Saturday in America, Federman pointed out what he called a glaring |
| 1:09.2 | double standard inside his own party. |
| 1:12.4 | For months, many Democrats warned that Donald Trump could trigger a constitutional crisis |
| 1:18.5 | if he refused to follow court rulings. |
| 1:21.4 | But now, Federman says, those same voices have gone quiet after Mamdani openly suggested he would refuse to honor a Supreme |
| 1:29.6 | Court decision. |
| 1:30.6 | Federman said, I haven't seen the freak out now that the mayor of New York is saying |
| 1:35.3 | I'm going to defy the Supreme Court ruling. |
| 1:38.1 | He continued, many members of my party are not calling him out, or they're defending him. Then Federman made his broader point. |
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