The 3 Guys Podcast breaks down the 2026 North Carolina primary results, focusing on New Hanover County’s commissioners and school board races, surprise wins and losses, and what low turnout says about local voter engagement. The guys also dig into Iran–US conflict, Trump’s political risks, media coverage of the war, and the Rick Sutherland scandal reshaping Democratic school board politics.

In this episode of The 3 Guy Podcast, Reuel Sample, Ben Schachtman, and Nick Craig unpack the Minneapolis shooting of Alex Priddy during an ICE operation and how it became a national Rorschach test for the Trump administration. They dissect “stupid on both sides,” including calling a freshly killed man a “domestic terrorist,” activists showing up armed, and mayors posturing on TV while refusing to cooperate with federal immigration law. They argue for letting real investigations play out, question ICE’s quasi‑paramilitary tactics and quota-driven enforcement, and wrestle with how much leeway armed agents should have when lethal force is used in chaotic protests.​

The conversation pivots to how this national story bleeds into New Hanover County, highlighting a controversy over a school-board attorney who shared an offensive Roy Cooper meme, deleted it, and apologized—only to become the target of intense backlash. The hosts hammer the school board’s dysfunction, apparent double standards compared to district employees who posted ugly comments after the Charlie Kirk shooting, and the media’s role in framing who gets canceled and who is quietly protected. They close by stressing that public figures are never really “off the clock” on social media, debating whether there is any consistent standard or grace in modern cancel culture, and previewing coming political fights from government shutdown drama to local DA and sheriff races.

“The 3 Guys Podcast: Episode 7 – Venezuela and the Board of Education Race” opens with a hard-edged conversation about Trump’s lightning raid to grab Nicolás Maduro, the slaughter of Maduro’s security forces, and the remarkable lack of U.S. combat deaths. The hosts hammer the left’s sudden concern for “international law,” walk through America’s ugly regime-change record, and debate whether Trump just executed a ruthless but effective reset in Venezuela or lit the fuse on another long-term entanglement.​

The episode then shifts to New Hanover County’s Board of Education primaries, where low-turnout, loud ideologues, and culture-war battles over book “porn,” DEI, and school closures collide with real issues like abuse scandals, overcrowding, and learning loss. The hosts profile Democratic and Republican contenders, question whether 2022-style anti-institutional anger will still sell, and lay out how incumbents and challengers on the right can run on having “fixed” schools while Democrats lean into book-banning narratives and anti-Trump energy.