A Putin Ally Paid for Don Jr.’s Wedding. Plus, Trump Just Picked the Wrong Side of The AI Debate

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On this week's podcast conversation, Charlie Sykes and Matt discuss: — A Putin-linked Russian oligarch spent hundreds of thousands on Don Jr. Bahamas wedding weekend. Why this would have been a career-ending scandal in any other era, and how it lines up with Trump’s posture toward Putin and Ukraine. — Trump goes all-in as cheerleader for AI data centers while polls show almost nobody wants them next door. — Midterm weather report: Mary Peltola’s good debate in Alaska, Roger Marshall’s Kansas mess, and Ted Cruz getting booed by college football fans. — The Senate is the real prize: blocking Trump’s Supreme Court and appellate appointments, and Cabinet-style MAGA appointments. — SCOTUS slaps down Trump’s Postal Service scheme on mail-in ballots, 7–2 — and why Alito and Thomas dissenting is the tell. — Mitch McConnell finally gets wheeled out for votes, and why we have to fix geriatric Washington.— And MUCH more! Subscribe to Matt Lewis on Substack: https://mattklewis.substack.com/Support Matt Lewis at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mattlewisFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MattLewisDCTwitter: https://twitter.com/mattklewisInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattlewisreels/