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House Oversight Democrats release THAT birthday book with Trump's message to Jeffrey Epstein, and it sends the White House scrambling to try and tamp down the story that Trump hasn't been able to shake.

Grant breaks down what's in the book, what we expect more of, how Trump and the GOP are reacting, and what it could mean for what Trump's administration does next to divert attention away from the Epstein files.

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Today's episode is something different. Grant is the one being interviewed on the Let's Pod This podcast, discussing how Make It Make Sense is created, his news-reading process, and which stories he thinks are overhyped or underreported in today's news.

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Dozens of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, their families, lawyers, and a bipartisan trio of lawmakers came to the Capitol to demand that leaders sign off on just voting to release the Epstein Files. While that's been happening, House Republicans tried to pull a bait and switch with the files, Trump called the women a hoax and "irrelevant," and has started attacking people who think about releasing the files.

Grant breaks it all down. What we learned from survivors, what they want, where Congress is, and why what happens next might be up to voters.

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After nearly a week of not being on video, rumors swirled over Labor Day weekend that Donald Trump might have had some kind of emergency. On Tuesday, the president held an Oval Office press conference about moving Space Command, but really, the world was watching for his health.

Grant breaks down what we learned in the press conference, why you should care about Space Command and that Trump said he's going to send in National Guard troops to Chicago.

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After another deadly mass shooting in a school in the US, Americans are looking for answers among the horror.

The White House and Conservatives are using the shooter's gender identity as a trans person to further try and criminalize being transgender, are offering "thoughts and prayers" to the victims while working to expand access to guns, and RFK Jr is using it to go after life-saving medicine.

Grant breaks down the White House response, the myth of widespread trans shooters, how we know that mass shooters are evil, but aren't necessarily mentally ill, and what it means for Trump's legacy as president.

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Donald Trump floats the idea of being a dictator as he threatens to send National Guard troops into Chicago and other cities. He also uses the DOJ to go after a high-level former advisor while giving himself a title he doesn't have under the Constitution.

Grant breaks down what that all means, how Trump could dispatch troops to American cities, and what it would cost in dollars... and our freedoms.

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Extreme gerrymandering is ruining American democracy and right now, the country is in the middle of a redistricting arms race. Essentially, it's politicians choosing voters instead of voters choosing politicians.

Grant talks to author and redistricting expert David Daley about just how extreme things are about to get after Texas and California vowed to change their maps, how and why Republicans have drawn more extreme district maps over the past 20 years, and what can be done to walk us back from the brink of our gerrymandering armageddon.

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The DOJ sent out dozens of subpoenas to hospitals and doctors demanding private information about their patients. social security numbers. Diagnoses. Prescriptions. Addresses. Even info about their parents and when treatment started.

All of these kids are trans.

Grant talks about what's in the subpoenas, how it's part of a bigger goal from the Trump Admin to go after people who need more protection, not less and how it actually affects all Americans, trans or not.

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