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Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to Christopher Rufo about why he believes Donald Trump and Republicans suffered avoidable losses in the 2026 midterm elections; his criticism of Trump's Iran war strategy and why he believes the administration has failed to explain its endgame; how inflation, the cost-of-living crisis, and concerns about self-enrichment within Trump's inner circle alienated voters; why he believes Democrats will attempt to quietly revive DEI, critical race theory, and woke policies after their election victories; the future of the Republican Party and the growing divisions between Trump loyalists, Tucker Carlson supporters, and other conservative factions; JD Vance's complicated relationship with Tucker Carlson and why the vice president will eventually have to choose sides; the influence of Nick Fuentes, Alex Jones, Candace Owens, and other controversial right-wing influencers; the fight over education reform, DEI, and university policies; the growing political divide between red and blue states; and much more.

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look at the stories you need to know to start your day, including President Donald Trump pulling Vice President JD Vance from the Iran negotiations and ordering him to focus his "complete and total attention" on benefit fraud in Democrat-run states including Minnesota, California, and Illinois; Trump floating former Apple CEO Tim Cook to replace Jensen Huang at Nvidia following Huang's resignation, reports of multiple affairs, an alleged Chinese spy scandal, and an independent board investigation; ICE recording 483,200 deportations and more than 491,000 arrests in fiscal year 2026, the highest annual totals in the agency's history; and much more.
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Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks about NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang resigning from NVIDIA after his extramarital affair with Chinese spy Alice Huang was exposed, along with a second affair with NVIDIA employee Kimberly Powell; Elon Musk floating the idea of hiring former NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang; Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren exploiting NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's Chinese spy scandal to attack Donald Trump and attempt to create sweeping AI regulation; "The View's" Whoopi Goldberg ripping into the 11 Democrats who were absent for a vote on Pete Hegseth's impeachment; Democrat Robert Garcia telling CNN's Kaitlan Collins all the people he plans on launching investigations into as soon as Democrats take power, including Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and many more members of the Trump administration; Fox News cornering Ilhan Omar and getting her to give away some new details of the DOJ's investigation into her possibly committing immigration fraud by marrying her brother Ahmed Nur Said Elmi; Fox News' Laura Ingraham laying out the ambitious legislative agenda of the Republican-led Congress in its final two months of holding the majority; and much more. Dave also does a special "ask me anything" question-and-answer session on a wide range of topics, answering questions from the Rubin Report Locals community.
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Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks about former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt revealing what she saw behind the scenes that she believes will guarantee that the impeachment of Pete Hegseth will go nowhere; Pete Hegseth's angry reaction to Thomas Massie officially beginning the impeachment process against him; "The View's" Sunny Hostin looking desperate to smear new White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller by resorting to footage of him talking about torture when he was 17 years old on a school bus; Palantir CEO Alex Karp explaining to "The Builders" Walter Isaacson why a billionaire tax and other "tax the rich" schemes fail to help the poor; Bernie Sanders leading the charge of the Democratic Socialists to take out Chuck Schumer now that he is no longer useful to the Democratic Party; Donald Trump making a surprising admission to "60 Minutes" Ross Douthat that his aggressive push for the mass deportations of illegal immigrants may have gone too far; Fox News' Bret Baier telling John Thune that Republicans hate him for his failure to pass the SAVE Act or any legislation mandating voter ID; and much more.
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Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look at the stories you need to know to start your day, including Jim Jordan defeating Steve Scalise 106-73 to become House Republican minority leader as Tom Emmer wins the minority whip position and the GOP prepares for Democratic investigations; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders refusing to back Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader as multiple incoming Democratic senators demand new leadership; President Donald Trump considering Ben Ferguson and Scott Jennings for White House press secretary as sources say he is leaning toward the first man to hold the position since Sean Spicer; and much more.
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