Four stories today, none of them good for anyone in charge.

On Iran: Trump said the US was on the verge of its largest attack since World War Two. He called it off just before markets opened Monday. A CNN exclusive revealed the Pentagon is now asking rank-and-file troops for "creative and unconventional" ideas for how to punish Iran because there is no plan. A Reuters exclusive revealed the US has used virtually all of its interceptor missiles — not low, not running short, nearly all of them. There is no plan and no capability to respond to a counterstrike.

On the reflecting pool: Trump's hand-picked US attorney, former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, dropped charges against Olympic kayaker David Hearn because the Department of Interior's own engineer had inspected the pool a week before the arrest and documented that the peeling was caused by a botched installation, not vandalism. Trump admitted in the Oval Office that the job was rushed and he knew about it. Grant and multiple other journalists have asked for the surveillance video Trump claims shows vandalism. Nobody has it.

On Todd Blanche: around midnight Sunday, Blanche filed two pages agreeing that the slush fund is dead and that Trump's IRS immunity only applies retroactively — protecting the Trump family from audits or prosecution for anything before May 19th, 2026, which covers exactly the window in which they made billions in crypto deals. Legal scholars say the document may not be binding, is only signed by Blanche, and could be undone the moment he's confirmed.

On the DNC: the author of the Democrats' 2024 election autopsy gave the New York Times the 28-page chapter that was deliberately left out of the public report. That chapter found Biden's decision to run despite never cracking 50% approval was the central failure of 2024. The DNC disputes ever seeing it. Grant checked — the autopsy page on the DNC's own website has been taken down.

Support the show

Follow along on social media

SaySo: @GrantHermes
X: @GrantHermes

Insta: @Grant__Hermes

Tiktok: Grant_Hermes