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Second Amendment Absolutism, Border Realities & Epstein Transparency | Ep. 273 | Pt. 3

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Personal Journals

4.96.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this final segment of Mike Drop Ep. 273, host Mike Ritland sits down with Nick Tran. Expect a candid, no-filter conversation covering Second Amendment absolutism, border security & immigration realism, energy independence, transparency in government (including frustrations with the Epstein files handling), term limits, and what truly sets apart a citizen-legislator from career politicians. Raw, principled, and America First. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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there is a major one that I disagree with and that's the Epstein stuff.

0:43.3

From my perspective, there was a lot of emphasis put on

0:49.3

everything being released, total transparency, it's a big fucking deal. It's one of the core principles, again, from my perception. I'm not saying he necessarily would

0:56.2

say that, especially now, but watching the campaign, in my opinion, that was a core

1:02.1

principle of something that he ran on, that in a very, very short period of time, in a very

1:09.2

baffling manner to me, that he kind of completely flip-flopped on

1:15.5

of being very dismissive of it it went from yeah we're going to release everything here's these

1:21.2

binders we're bringing these you know social media influencers in and giving them these binders

1:26.6

with the Epstein files that didn't really

1:28.3

have anything in it that was new, a ton of redacted stuff, and then here fairly recently,

1:34.3

just kind of basically saying, you're still talking about that guy? Like, he's a douchebag. Let it go.

1:40.3

To me, there's an inconsistency there, and I think, and I'll be the first to admit, like,

1:46.5

I support most of what he does, not all of it, but most of it.

1:51.5

But I think it's crucial that every element of politics that if you're not willing to hold

1:59.6

your own side to the same standard that you're

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