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Jon is back in the spaceship studio after a weekend of fan boats, alligators and a surprise engagement party, and there is plenty to unpack. First up is Brazil, where Flávio Bolsonaro won the first round over Lula and heads to a runoff, and the online victory lap crediting the USAID cuts for a run of right-leaning wins across South America. Jon makes the case for keeping the same election standards whether your team wins or loses, and explains why the illusion of legitimacy matters more to the establishment than any single result.
Then it's the leaked Ken Paxton audio, in which the Texas Senate candidate says his campaign is "all coming from DC," and what that might say about who is steering the race. The newest declassified memos follow: Jack Smith's team quietly met John Brennan in 2023 and the FBI agents left their notes blank, while the Plasmic Echo probe tracked calls on Susie Wiles' phone. Plus Trump on a third impeachment, a suspected plague case in Russia and the timing of the fear, and why every FBI interview should be recorded.
