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This special Saturday edition of PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one⬇️ “What if I told you everything you know is a lie?” – Morpheus, The Matrix What if I told you that everything that you have been told about transgender issues was a lie? That none of the “just asking questions,” “protecting women’s sports,” and “we can’t afford to pay for their care” arguments were made in good faith? You were used. Duped.

In today’s PN Pod, Paul and I discuss the dud that was Trump’s primetime speech and how he’s lost whatever power of persuasion he once had, why his nominees have to obfuscate pathetically about who won the 2020 election, Low-T Pete Hegseth and his truly beyond parody testosterone announcement, and much more.

Trump dances for Scalise and other House Republican leaders in March. (Saul Loeb/AFP via GEtty) PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one⬇️ It looks like Republicans settled on a talking point about why the SAVE America Act is totally necessary to stop non-citizens from fraudulently voting by the millions and zillions — and you will not be surprised to learn that it is hilariously stupid.

Trump in Georgia yesterday. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty) PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one⬇️ “We are holding Canada responsible for the fact that they are not properly maintaining their Forests, and Brush therein, and the United States is being unnecessarily invaded by filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air, the quality of which is dangerous, and totally unacceptable!” Trump screeched on social media Friday afternoon.

Collins shakes hands with Pete Hegseth following a hearing she chaired yesterday. (Eric Lee/Reuters) PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one⬇️ CAMDEN, Me. — Here in Maine, Susan Collins yard signs are rare. Over the course of three days, driving about 150 miles, I saw just one featuring her simple, patented appeal: “Susan Collins: Our Senator.” But don’t assume the dearth of pro-Collins signage means she’s doomed for defeat this November.

RFK Jr. speaks at a White House event last year. (Kevin Lamarque/via Reuters) PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one⬇️ Donald Trump is the face of hate. He is the face of war. He is the face of a pandemic. And now he is the orange, sagging face of explosive diarrhea. This month, there has been a major outbreak of cyclosporiasis, a relatively rare food-borne illness caused by a microscopic single celled parasite.

Trump made sure to insert himself into Spain’s celebration of their World Cup championship on Sunday, (Evan Vucci/Reuters) PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one⬇️ Whenever President Trump does something alarming, disturbing, or seemingly ill-considered, his opponents immediately begin trading theories about what his true motivations are. Is today’s crazy statement or decision just a ruse to distract the public from something else, probably Jeffrey Epstein?

This special Saturday edition of PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one⬇️ As a weekend bonus, I connected this week with my friend Brian Tyler Cohen to discuss his new and highly recommended book, “The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World.” Brian needs no introduction to readers of this newsletter. But suffice it to say that on top of being one of the most influential left-wing creators on YouTube and TikTok, he’s a fantastic author.

Posters featuring a photo of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo pictured in Houston’s second ward on Tuesday. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chron via Getty) PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one⬇️ The nation is suffering through another spasm of shootings by ICE agents. It feels like we’re right back where we were in January, when federal agents went on a lawless, deadly tear in Minnesota. This time, however, the violence is more diffuse, spread out across multiple states.

An image Trump posted on Truth Social Tuesday depicts America taking over Canada, Greenland, Cuba, and Venezuela. (TS screencap) PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one⬇️ Depending on when you read this, Trump may be bombing Iran, claiming a peace deal is imminent, threatening to commit more war crimes against the civilian population, teasing a ground invasion, or some combination thereof. Nothing, though, has really changed.