Donnie T Goes East, Jerome Goes Home

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They said it was a quiet week. They were wrong.

This week, Jeezy, Manny, and Chuck break down three of the biggest stories shaping America right now:

TRUMP IN CHINA: Donnie T touches down in Beijing to meet Xi Jinping. No major breakthroughs, no major blowups, but the optics, the semiconductor vulnerability, the farmer betrayal, and the Taiwan question tell a much deeper story. Xi played chess. What was Trump playing?

JEROME POWELL’S LEGACY: After eight years as Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell is out. Did he save the economy, or leave us with a mess? The team breaks down COVID-era rate cuts, the inflation call that defined his tenure, the “transitory” moment, the soft landing, and what incoming Chair Kevin Warsh means for the Fed’s independence.

NC & NATIONAL VOTING RIGHTS: Seven constitutional amendments are moving toward North Carolina’s November ballot. Manny maps everyone. Chuck reports on voting rights marches from Montgomery to Atlanta, and issues a challenge to every organizer listening.

Plus: Bill Cassidy gets the Pickle (tried to thread the needle, discovered that the needle can’t be threaded in 2026), Jeezy keeps his eye on Mark Wayne Mullin at DHS, and Manny might be cheering for the wrong team in a Hurricanes state.

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