9/11 & Mamdani's NYC, Trump's $5,000 Bribe, Aaron Rodgers Vindicated, & Tesla's Cybercab Takeover | TBNS 1098

9/11 25th anniversary, Zohran Mamdani's New York City, Trump's $5,000 GOP dividend, Aaron Rodgers vindicated on COVID, and Elon Musk's Tesla Cybercab takeover. Brian Nichols breaks down the 2026 GOP midterm convention and what it signals, then hands the mic to the PoliTicks crew.

Twenty-five years after the September 11th terrorist attacks, New York City is run by a Democratic Socialist. The GOP is holding midterm conventions for the first time since the 1980s and promising $5,000 checks. Aaron Rodgers is out talking about fake vaccine cards in the NFL locker room. And Tesla just dropped a $30,000 driverless Cybercab in Austin that might end Uber and big taxi for good.

In this episode Brian covers:

The 2026 Republican midterm convention and why the GOP is panicking without Trump on the ballot

Trump's $5,000 dividend promise, Thomas Massie's lone objection, and the inflation lesson nobody learned

Why the GOP's boomer-first, Israel-first posture is bleeding young voters ahead of 2028 and JD Vance

Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the 9/11 anniversary, and 25 years of demographic change in New York City

Tesla Cybercab vs Waymo, LIDAR vs full self-driving, and the fleet-ownership passive income play

Optimus, robotaxi networks, and what the Tesla economy does to small business

Then stick around for the full PoliTicks episode with Brian McWilliams, John Odermatt, Lou Perez, and Brian Nichols covering the 9/11 Islamophobia narrative, Saudi Arabia's role, boomers vs Gen Z, Mike Flynn's young men take, Aaron Rodgers and NFL fake vaccine cards, Flock surveillance cameras, the murder of Andrew Wimsatt in Round Rock, the Lindsay Clancy jury, Ross Ulbricht, and Sweet Baby Inc coming for Wolverine.

Heads up, the PoliTicks segment is R-rated. Earmuffs if the kids are in the car!

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