August 13, 2026: Trump's Vaccine Order, Fauci's Pregnancy Texts, ICE’s Electric Shock Gloves, USS Lincoln Sailors Overboard, and More.

Episode Format:

1. Trump Issues Childhood Vaccine Executive Order. Here's What It Says and What It Means. (0:53)

2. What We Know About Trump's Decoy Plan Out of Turkey (~18:03)

3. DOJ Office of Legal Counsel Issues New Opinion Expanding Executive Privilege (~25:37)

4. ICE Intends to Purchase New Electric Show Gloves. Here's What to Know. (~33:38)

5. Senators Release Fauci's Text Messages About COVID Vaccines for Pregnant Women (~38:50)

6. Quick Hitters (~43:42)

7. Rumor Has It: Are Sailors Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln Jumping Overboard? (~48:43)

8. Critical Thinking Segment (~52:20)

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Trump Issues Childhood Vaccine Executive Order. Here's What It Says and What It Means.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/delivering-gold-standard-childhood-vaccine-recommendations-for-americans/

https://apnews.com/article/vaccine-research-autism-trump-kennedy-rfk-d10f81f221c4ae9f5b2f83dd0ee98b29

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-vaccines-schedule-executive-order-autism-287503e351b38ec01ac7377eadbc22c4

​​https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/10/trump-childhood-vaccine-executive-order-01031314

https://www.axios.com/2026/08/11/trump-vaccines-midterms-measles-order

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/child-vaccine-schedule-reduced-trump-moves-dramatically-shift-medical-power-parents

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/10/health/executive-order-vaccines-what-it-means

What We Know About Trump's Decoy Plan Out of Turkey

https://apnews.com/article/trump-air-force-one-nato-iran-qatar-6cb08dcb613a2d7f77d3b0a143f3b216

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/us/politics/trump-air-force-one-switch.html

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-catering-cart-plane-decoy-bbb78ca9

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/12/politics/missile-threat-trump-plane

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/10/politics/trump-secretly-transferred-planes-security-concerns-af1

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/trump-says-his-plane-faced-greater-risk-flight-change-2026-08-12/

https://www.axios.com/2026/08/11/trump-air-force-one-security-secret-plane-switch

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-a-catering-truck-helped-trump-secretly-switch-planes-amid-threat-from-iran

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/10/trump-flew-secrecy-amid-iran-threat-air-force-one-became-decoy/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/12/trump-says-secret-service-told-him-switch-planes-because-threat/

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116884409163416775

DOJ Office of Legal Counsel Issues New Opinion Expanding Executive Privilege

https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1457271/dl

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/11/politics/trump-justice-department-presidential-advisers-executive-privilege

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6022381-doj-executive-privilege-outside-advisers/

https://www.axios.com/2026/08/11/trump-doj-executive-privilege-democratic-probes

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-outside-advisers-executive-privilege-justice-dept-office-legal-counsel/

https://www.notus.org/agencies/trump-doj-private-adviser-executive-privilege

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-heavyweights-throw-monkey-wrench-dem-plans-put-trump-allies-hot-seat

ICE Intends to Purchase New Electric Show Gloves. Here's What to Know.

https://apfs-cloud.dhs.gov/record/74524/public-print/

https://apnews.com/article/ice-electric-shock-gloves-85ff746d3e0ee5f39e7a9a3f1f576252

https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/ice-electric-shock-gloves/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/12/us/ice-electrical-shock-gloves-agents-hnk

https://www.complianttechnologies.net/the-glove

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/ice-electric-shock-gloves

Senators Release Fauci's Text Messages About COVID Vaccines for Pregnant Women

https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2026/08/10/senators-johnson-paul-release-initial-texts-from-dr-faucis-government-iphone-2/

https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/text-message-Fauci-redacted_Redacted.pdf

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fauci-texts-covid-vaccine-pregnant-women-gop-rand-paul-ron-johnson/

https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/media/releases/2021/s0811-vaccine-safe-pregnant.html

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7101e1.htm

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7047e1.htm

Quick Hitters

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/karoline-leavitt-exiting-as-white-house-press-secretary-trump-adviser/ 

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117084211457388624 

https://abcnews.com/US/2-dead-army-apache-helicopter-crash-texas-officials/story?id=135591343 

https://apnews.com/article/primaries-wisconsin-minnesota-democratic-party-socialist-226b31e324cdd9b72200fb9abc9acb69 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdal/pr/second-superseding-indictment-adds-defendant-and-charges-southern-poverty-law-center

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/12/trump-truth-social-lawsuit.html 

https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/social-security-disability-list/

https://www.ssa.gov/news/en/press/releases/2026-08-11.html

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/13/tech/flock-cameras-police-auditing-controls 

https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/your-money/1-billion-powerball-jackpot-won-illinois/ 

https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/us-unemployment-claims-rise-remain-healthy-level-135607988

Rumor Has It: Are Sailors Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln Jumping Overboard?

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/08/11/multiple-uss-abraham-lincoln-sailors-have-tried-to-go-overboard-amid-extended-deployment-families-say/ 

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2026-08-11/abraham-lincoln-middle-east-mental-health-town-hall-meeting-22506344.html 

https://www.wkow.com/news/politics/sailor-went-overboard-from-the-uss-abraham-lincoln-last-month-as-conditions-on-the-ship/article_cfe26290-b3c3-5de8-b313-c982c77d635a.html 

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/13/politics/uss-abraham-lincoln-conditions-extended-deployment-hnk