Today's News with Larry Schweikart

TODAY'S NEWS, August 4-5, 2026

Episode Summary

Republicans continue to make gains in primaries and voter registrations, while the DemoKKKrat Party faces another round of internal reckoning after Abdul El-Sayed's narrow Michigan Senate primary victory. Trump's endorsed candidates are piling up wins, while DOJ and ICE continue aggressive fraud and immigration enforcement. AI is becoming a major workplace skill and investment driver, with Chy-na pushing hard on cheaper AI models. Economic and supply-chain stories point toward greater U.S. independence in critical minerals and energy. Meanwhile, the Dr. Fallacy saga keeps producing new revelations, including additional officials acknowledging the lab-leak possibility.

Episode Notes

Political

• Abdul El-Sayed narrowly won Michigan's DemoKKKrat Senate primary, with NBC calling the race, setting up what Larry sees as a favorable matchup for Republican Mike Rogers.
• Pollsters badly missed the Michigan result, with El-Sayed reportedly polling 10 points ahead but winning by less than one.
• Cori Bush's primary loss and El-Sayed's narrow win suggest the DemoKKKrat establishment is regaining some control, but the radical wing remains strong.
• Trump-hating Rep. Shri Thanedar also lost his primary.
• New Hampshire voter-roll maintenance produced another 4,000-net Republican gain, while independents declined by roughly 25,000.
• Republicans also gained in Wyoming and West Virginia.
• The suppressed DNC 2024 "autopsy" reportedly criticized the consultant class, Rutabaga's delayed departure, and the party's loss of key voting blocs.
• More than 15 Trump-backed candidates won primaries, bringing his endorsement record to roughly 85 wins with only one loss, according to Larry.
• Newly declassified documents allegedly show extensive FBI involvement in efforts surrounding Trump's first-term investigations.
• DOJ charged 19 people in Philadelphia in a roughly $4 million Medicare/Medicaid fraud scheme.
• Rep. Max Miller requested a House Ethics Committee investigation into allegations made by his ex-wife, potentially turning his race back into a Tossup.
• A man with a firearm and hollow-point ammunition was reportedly found near Trump National Golf Club in California before Trump's expected arrival, prompting concern over another potential assassination attempt.
• FBI Director Kash Patel says the bureau prevented more than 700 terror attacks last year.
• Trump created a Military Spouse Commission focused on improving support for military families.
• Public resistance to mass surveillance cameras is growing, with hundreds of Flock cameras facing opposition and all eight cameras in Winona, Minnesota reportedly stolen or destroyed.

AI

• AI skills are increasingly being valued above traditional MBA credentials, adding another reason Larry questions the value of conventional college.
• AI data-center investment continues to grow rapidly.
• Chy-na's DeepSeek is reportedly operating faster and dramatically cheaper than competing AI systems.
• AI may be rewriting jobs rather than simply replacing them, changing the skills workers need.

Immigration / Crime

• DOJ launched what it calls its largest-ever denaturalization effort, with 25 cases in two weeks.
• A federal court upheld the ability of ICE agents and federal law enforcement to wear masks, rejecting New Kabul's challenge.
• ICE arrested more than 51,000 people in July, an annualized pace of roughly 612,000.
• Including self-deportations, Larry estimates the U.S. could see more than 1.2 million illegal immigrants leave within a year.
• Federal authorities removed more than 800 illegal-alien truck drivers from the roads through Operation Highway.

Cultural

• MySpace is reportedly making a comeback, complete with a revival of the five-favorite-friends era.
• New Azteca (LA) apparently now has typhus-carrying rats. A fine city indeed.

Transoid

• Children's hospitals are increasingly offering restorative care to children harmed by previous gender-transition surgeries.
• The 11th Circuit revived Florida's ban on children attending drag shows.

Economic

• Paramount's stock chart reportedly resembles Donald Trump's signature.
• A Utah heavy-metals/rare-earth facility is expected to strengthen U.S. supply-chain independence.
• Salads to Go filed for Chapter 11 and closed all locations, blaming high food costs and overexpansion.

International

• More than 70,000 illegal migrants reportedly overwhelmed Cueta, Spain, with many still there and the Spanish government struggling to handle the influx.

Entertainment

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day reportedly crossed $1 billion worldwide in less than a week.
• Larry saw it Monday and liked it, despite a sparse 5:30 p.m. showing.

Medical

• Rand Paul released a contempt resolution targeting Dr. Fallacy ahead of a congressional vote.
• Rutabaga's former COVID czar now acknowledges that the China Virus likely originated from a laboratory leak.
• A prominent microbiologist says Fauci and his allies have "lost control of the narrative."
• Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers called Dr. Fallacy an "absolute coward" and declined to answer directly when asked about him.
• Jeffrey Tucker raises the larger question coming from the newly released files: what else remains hidden?

And Finally

• Brazil's first known anteater reintroduction project appears to be succeeding, prompting Larry to consider the obvious secondary application: local pest control.