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5 min readThe CIA director, John Ratcliffe, took an unexplained, quick trip to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin. No readout was provided to the American public. At the same time, Donald Trump posted nostalgic photos of himself and Kim Jong Un, while his administration continued to deny Ukraine access to Starlink for targeting Russian missile launchers. Ben Meiselas opened his Tuesday afternoon update by framing these events together: the administration is sending its top intelligence official to a hostile capital without explanation, while the president himself fixates on old images of a dictator and undermines a wartime ally.
The Supreme Court and the Mail Ballot Rule
Meiselas spent significant time unpacking a Supreme Court ruling on Trump’s executive order concerning mail-in ballots. The Court issued a stay of lower court rulings that had blocked the rule, sending the case back on standing and justiciability grounds—meaning the states had not yet suffered a concrete injury. Many legal analysts advised against reading too much into the decision, noting that a separate injunction against the Postal Service’s implementation of the rule remains in place.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **CIA Director Ratcliffe’s Secret Moscow Trip** - Ben opens by revealing that CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unexplained quick trip to Moscow to meet Putin, with no readout provided to the American people.
- 2 (01:53) **Trump Rants Against Canada, Falsely Claims $60 Billion Loss** - Trump posts that Canada has been “ripping off” the U.S. for decades, claiming a $60 billion annual loss, which Ben calls made-up stats.
- 3 (05:40) **Supreme Court Ruling on Mail Ballots: Confusion Over Injury** - Ben shifts to the Supreme Court’s decision to stay lower court rulings on Trump’s executive order regarding mail ballots, with the majority citing lack of standing.
- 4 (12:45) **Trump’s Whining and the Farmer Destruction** - Ben returns to Trump’s trade war, calling his rants about Canada “whiny behavior” and noting Trump has repeatedly destroyed farmers’ livelihoods.
- 5 (17:26) **Trump’s Predator Language and Sovereignty Attack** - Ben dissects Trump’s post saying Canada “feels entitled to be a state,” calling it the language of a sexual predator.
- 6 (20:41) **Brooke Rollins Can’t Say Where Mystery Beef Is Coming From** - Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is asked which countries are supplying frozen beef imports that will undercut U.S. ranchers by 25%, and she says she’s “not privy to talk about that.”
- 7 (23:56) **Trump Lies About Strait of Hormuz Mines** - Trump posts that the Strait of Hormuz is now fully demined, which Ben calls a dangerous lie.
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Show Notes
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