Trump’s Venezuela Oil Deal, U.S. & Iran Trade Strikes, Kristen Welker/FCC Fight, “Lake America,” and More.

Episode Format:

1. USPS Mail-In Voting Rules Blocked Again (0:41)

2. What We Know and Don't Know About Trump's Venezuela Oil Deal (3:48)

3. Trump Signs U.S. Space Force Academy Executive Order (~16:19)

4. U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes for the First Time in Nearly a Month (~19:28)

5. Freedom Fuel Supplier Faces $4M Lawsuit (~21:38)

6. Judge Blocks Deportations Based on Protected Speech (~25:03)

7. Trump Threatens to Report NBC's Kristen Welker to FCC (~32:15)

8. Trump Administration Cracks Down on CDL Training Schools (~36:42)

9. Quick Hitters (~42:58)

10. Critical Thinking Segment (~46:20)

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USPS Mail-In Voting Rules Blocked Again

https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/massachusetts/madce/1%3A2026cv11549/298449/218

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-26/pdf/2026-17238.pdf

What We Know and Don't Know About Trump's Venezuela Oil Deal

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117175567133618952

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/experts-lawyers-puzzled-over-us-venezuela-oil-deal-call-contract-transparency-2026-08-31/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_proven_oil_reserves

https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-oil-trump-deal-unknown-questions-reserves-c229bc39b6e1a3d5dd16f7f9e67fef3f

Trump Signs U.S. Space Force Academy Executive Order

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/establishing-the-united-states-space-academy/ 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/08/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-establishes-a-commission-to-design-the-united-states-space-academy/ 

https://www.spaceforce.mil/about-us/

U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes for the First Time in Nearly a Month

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-forces-strike-two-iranian-launchers-irans-larak-island-us-official-says-2026-08-30

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/30/politics/us-iran-strikes-larak-island

Freedom Fuel Supplier Faces $4M Lawsuit

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.paed.660197/gov.uscourts.paed.660197.1.0.pdf 

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6059912-freedom-fuel-lawsuit-unpaid-gas/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Fuel

Judge Blocks Deportations Based on Protected Speech

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/29/rubio-immigration-first-fifth-amendments-01056086 

https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/5%3A2025cv06618/454120/108

Trump Threatens to Report NBC's Kristen Welker to FCC

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117184581053116309 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/kristen-welker-sent-trump-social-163406014.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGumRwV-2weTUGk7Ufw6lVmSQcdUEMdc9BPrnY1BHOuU0CUvYh4-LW746awdG0zY_pkq8i9pPlB4LDA1oVnsq4fZ8lz3SQXwxVXrI96IGMSIZJ9X76XsC8E-73RwB5tja2WJYpKKL_q1cWqAY4WKMCPjGZVvHjk3MhcsTJcoP_tI

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-08-940A2.pdf

https://tpr.fmcsa.dot.gov/FAQ/Topics/drivers%2Ctraining-requirements

Trump Administration Cracks Down on CDL Training Schools

https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-transportation-secretary-duffy-us-homeland-security-secretary-mullin-white-house

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-admin-shuts-down-270-driving-schools-fraud-crackdown

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/mullin-duffy-announce-crackdown-fraud-trucking

https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/6061278-dot-shuts-driving-schools/

Quick Hitters

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2026/08/31/lake-ontario-lake-america-google-apple-maps-waze/91543549007/  

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/grand-canyon-national-park-flood-evacuation-helicopter-rescue-phantom-ranch/ 

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/28/texas-greg-abbott-flock-cameras-order-state-money/ 

https://abcnews.com/US/prediction-market-kalshi-announces-lifetime-ban-former-rep/story?id=136088460 

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117190477440173795