What happened in the last 24 hours?

Danbury expands police eligibility. Missouri gets trapped between competing congressional-map rulings. Jon Stewart takes aim at Donald Trump while appearing at a major 9/11-records event with NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Trump spends an hour speaking with Vladimir Putin. The media investigates Trump’s hair. A 1937 painting reignites “time travel” claims.

Then James Carville drops an extraordinary theory: Donald Trump actually wants Republicans to lose the midterms.

We test that claim against what Trump is actually doing—and Carville’s own argument.

But none of that prepares us for the final story.

Following the Lindsay Clancy mistrial, her defense attorney publicly appealed directly to President Trump for a pardon.

There’s just one enormous problem.

Restricted Republic with Justus Knight.