Thursday, July 9th, 2026 - Platner Is Out, Trump’s NATO Chaos, Mitch Watch Still On, Prince Harry Loses Daily Mail Suit

Thursday, July 9th, 2026 - Platner Is Out, Trump’s NATO Chaos, Mitch Watch Still On, Prince Harry Loses Daily Mail Suit

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July 9, 2026 · 9 min

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The episode discusses recent political events including Trump's NATO chaos, Mitch McConnell's health, and Graham Platner's exit from the Senate race.

Today's Headlines: Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear had to write his own senator a letter asking if he's alive, after Trump blew up the cover story that multiple Republican senators had "just spoken to McConnell" by telling reporters on Air Force One that he has "no idea" what condition Mitch is in. The clock is ticking to August 4th, when Kentucky's Democratic governor loses the ability to appoint a replacement, and the suspicion is that McConnell's office is very deliberately running it down. Graham Platner dropped out of the Maine Senate race Wednesday night with an 11-minute video blaming corporate media, the Democratic Party, and "large forces" — notably not himself — and Maine Democrats are now holding a 600-person convention to find a replacement for a must-win seat. At NATO, Trump declared the Iran ceasefire over, threatened to cut off all trade with Spain, begged for Greenland, called Zelensky "President Putin," reminded everyone he's number one on TikTok, and then wrapped up by affirming the US's "ironclad commitment" to Article 5 — so the summit ended better than it started, barely. He also had to fly home on the old Air Force One instead of his Qatari hand-me-down, and…

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Organizations: Republican Party, Democratic Party, NATO

Places: Kentucky, Maine, Greenland

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