Devolution Power Hour Ep. 501: The New Press Secretary, the Omar Raid & Trump’s Diesel Deal

Jon Herold and Burning Bright open with a very Russia-heavy week, from Trump's and the Kremlin's tiger posting to Burning Bright's own summer training around Siberian tigers.

Then it's on to the new White House press secretary's rough first briefing and the bar exam question. The hosts argue it's fine to be critical without stretching the plan to explain every story, and play Trump's March comments on Kimberly Guilfoyle to make the point.

Next up is the raid on Ilhan Omar's home and the Justice Department investigation: the allegations about her records, why a cover-up could matter more than the original charge, and the tie back to the Minnesota fraud stories. They also get into Trump's fight with the White House press pool, the midterm predictions, and Trump governing in spite of Congress and the courts.

The back half turns to Russia and Ukraine, with Trump's diesel deal with Putin as more signal than supply, the push for a Zelensky election, oil prices, and Elon Musk on Ukraine's Starshield service. They close with recent right-wing wins in Latin America and Boris Johnson and Brexit as a warning that a red win isn't always an anti-establishment win.