G.K. opens this week's Mining the Media with two New Nuggets available exclusively at MiningTheMedia.com: an NIH-funded study finding that puberty blockers failed to improve youth mental health, and a striking comparison of the enormous land requirements of solar and wind energy versus nuclear power.

Then G.K. brings Dave something he hadn't seen: "A Mike Johnson power move can neuter the DSA — and make Democrats pick a side." What political maneuver is the Speaker considering, and why could it force members of Congress to publicly choose between the Democratic Socialists of America and the broader Democratic Party?

Then Dave takes the microphone for a deeply personal Crusty's Corner: "Who Had Access? — The Troubling Questions Surrounding Presidential Security." An armed man allegedly surveilled federal agents preparing for a presidential visit, falsely claimed to be part of a State Department security detail, and was later found with extensive writings reportedly containing schedules involving First Lady Melania Trump and Secret Service personnel.

Drawing carefully upon decades of experience in military aviation, airspace management, homeland defense, and classified environments—without revealing what should remain protected—Dave asks the question that refuses to go away:

How did he know?

This isn't about exposing the secrets that protect America's First Family. It's about demanding that the people entrusted with those secrets determine whether they remained secret.

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