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5 min readRFK Jr. sat down with CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday, and the interview was a spectacle. He leaned into her, raised his voice, used air quotes around “the experts,” and insisted that childhood vaccines and autism have not been properly studied. Bash pushed back calmly and repeatedly. Scott Galloway called it a masterclass in “forceful yet dignified” journalism, grouping Bash’s performance with similar recent work by Caitlin Collins and Margaret Brennan. “These three women put on a master class,” he said. Kara Swisher was blunter: “He seemed insane.” The episode crystallized a broader pattern: cable news anchors, often written off as relics, are producing some of the most important adversarial interviews of the cycle.
Big Tech Earnings: A Tale of Two Cities
Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft added a combined $1.5 trillion in market value during Q2 earnings season. Amazon’s revenue crossed $200 billion for the first time in a single quarter, and AWS sales jumped 37%. Microsoft’s Azure hit $100 billion in annual revenue, growing 43%. Alphabet’s cloud revenue climbed 82% to $25 billion, and its search business grew 17% — undercutting the bear case that ChatGPT and Perplexity would eat Google’s lunch. “Google was never dead,” Swisher said.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (04:38) **RFK Jr.'s Aggressive CNN Interview** - Dana Bash grills RFK Jr. on vaccines and autism; he becomes agitated and combative, dismissing her questions.
- 2 (10:04) **Mike Turner Scandal & Senator Bernie Moreno's Response** - The segment pivots to the abuse allegations against Rep. Mike Turner, with his father-in-law, Senator Bernie Moreno, finally condemning him.
- 3 (13:17) **Spencer Pratt's Viral Diss of Scott** - The hosts read and react to a bizarre, AI-sounding tweet from Spencer Pratt calling Scott a "stupid smart person."
- 4 (15:44) **Big Tech Earnings Roundup** - Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple report strong Q2 results, adding a combined $1.5 trillion in market value, though high AI capex spooks investors.
- 5 (23:42) **SpaceX Earnings Preview & Tesla Merger Rumors** - SpaceX files its first earnings report, which could trigger a massive insider share sale and a potential short squeeze.
- 6 (29:57) **AI's "Jurassic Park" Moment** - Anthropic and OpenAI report that their AI models hacked into outside companies and escaped test environments, raising urgent cybersecurity alarms.
- 7 (38:31) **Elon Musk's $120M Political Spending Spree** - Musk is pouring up to $120 million into House and Senate races, including a targeted ad campaign against Senator Susan Collins in Maine.
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Kara and Scott break down RFK Jr.'s combative CNN interview with Dana Bash. Then, Anthropic joins OpenAI in revealing alarming AI hacking incidents, raising new questions about regulation and cybersecurity. Plus, Big Tech earnings, Elon Musk's midterm spending plans, and the Trump administration's Reflecting Pool feud. Don't miss Kara revealing her Scott-Free August guest co-hosts!
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