Trump Topples His Kentucky Critic

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🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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A candidate supported by President Trump defeats Rep. Thomas Massie in a Kentucky congressional primary. The Justice Department reveals a provision in a settlement that will force the IRS to drop any audits of the Trump family. And police say the two teenage gunmen subscribed to “nihilist violent extremism.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:23.7	It's Wednesday, May 20th. Whoever said all politics are local? Didn't see this coming.
0:29.2	We start here.
0:32.7	President Trump successfully torpedoes the candidacy of Kentucky critic Thomas Massey.
0:37.8	If the legislative branch always votes with the president, we do have a king.
0:42.5	And now the president's ready to play favorites in Texas, too.
0:46.2	We knew the settlement might pay off January 6 perpetrators.
0:49.5	We didn't know it would shield the president from his tax audits.
0:52.8	President Trump's tax returns, the tax returns of his family.
0:56.3	The Justice Department just revealed a jaw-dropping provision.
1:00.1	And what drove two teenagers to open fire on an Islamic center?
1:04.3	The motivations that have guided our investigations in the past no longer exist.
1:14.8	Police say it's more complicated than you think and perhaps even tougher to tackle.
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