<![CDATA[Adam Kinzinger: The Kinzinger Report Podcast]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/s/the-kinzinger-reporthttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cMqx!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F34850c1a-4723-4f31-ba1e-a0f3bfa2cbb6_443x443.pngAdam Kinzinger: The Kinzinger Report Podcasthttps://www.adamkinzinger.com/s/the-kinzinger-reportSubstackMon, 14 Sep 2026 01:56:44 GMT<![CDATA[He Quit | The Man Running Trump's Revenge Probe Walks Away — September 11, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/he-quit-the-man-running-trumps-revenge-082https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/he-quit-the-man-running-trumps-revenge-082Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:14:42 GMT Joe diGenova has resigned from the Justice Department's grand conspiracy investigation into Trump's enemies, saying on his way out that indictments without evidence are an ethical problem. Today's show breaks down why Trump's revenge probe keeps losing its own prosecutors. Plus, Republican election officials ask the Supreme Court to keep Trump's mail ballot order blocked, the FCC pressures Jimmy Kimmel into pulling his James Talarico interview off ABC, Democrats run competitive races in deep-red states like Kansas, and JD Vance distances himself from the Iran war.

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]]><![CDATA[Rigging the Census | How Trump's New Plan Redraws Political Power — September 10, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/rigging-the-census-how-trumps-new-a50https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/rigging-the-census-how-trumps-new-a50Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:07:13 GMTThe Trump administration wants to change who counts in the 2030 census. A new Commerce Department proposal would exclude millions of immigrants, including people here legally, and drop the race and ethnicity questions asked since 1790. The census decides House seats, electoral votes, and federal funding, and the Fourteenth Amendment says to count every person. Plus: Trump promises a $5,000 "Trump Dividend" if Republicans win the midterms, a mystery super PAC linked to MAGA Inc. spends $47 million without disclosing donors, Elon Musk's Vote Safe website harvests voter data, and the DOJ blocks European investigations into Jeffrey Epstein.

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]]><![CDATA[The 9/11 Lie | Trump Turns the 9/11 Anniversary Into a Story About Himself — September 9, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/the-911-lie-trump-turns-the-911-anniversary-0cbhttps://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/the-911-lie-trump-turns-the-911-anniversary-0cbWed, 09 Sep 2026 19:31:02 GMTTrump told a fake story about firefighters carrying him to safety at Ground Zero on 9/11, days before the 25th anniversary. There's no record he was there until September 13th, and on the day of the attacks he called a news station to brag that his building was now the tallest in downtown Manhattan. Adam Kinzinger breaks down the lie, plus the GOP convention Republicans are skipping, Canada's retaliatory tariffs and Trump's new import bans, a federal appeals court ruling that the IRS broke the law sharing tax returns with ICE, and the secret DHS predictive policing unit using Americans' financial records to trigger traffic stops.

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]]><![CDATA[The Shadow Secretary | The Unconfirmed Aide Who Ran DHS and Shopped It to Foreign Governments — September 8, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/the-shadow-secretary-the-unconfirmed-b3chttps://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/the-shadow-secretary-the-unconfirmed-b3cTue, 08 Sep 2026 20:58:18 GMTThe Wall Street Journal reports that Corey Lewandowski secretly ran Trump's Department of Homeland Security as an unpaid, unconfirmed adviser, controlling billions in DHS contracts, then offered his services to Qatar and the UAE on the side. Adam breaks down the shadow secretary scandal and the criminal referral now on the table. Plus: the White House marks Labor Day with AI videos that contain no workers, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff meet Putin in Moscow with nothing to show for it, the GOP's redistricting scheme starts backfiring in Texas and beyond, and Gallup gives Democrats their biggest party ID lead since 2008.

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]]><![CDATA[Workers Organize Anyway | A Labor Day Reckoning With Trump's War on Unions — September 7, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/workers-organize-anyway-a-labor-day-8c3https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/workers-organize-anyway-a-labor-day-8c3Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:27:30 GMTAdam Kinzinger marks Labor Day with a special episode on Trump's assault on organized labor, from stripping nearly a million federal workers of collective bargaining to firing career employees without due process. Then the 2026 midterm map, Democrats' path to the Senate, ICE at the polls, and what Adam learned running for Congress that every first time candidate needs to hear.

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]]><![CDATA[A True Warrior | Trump Salutes the Fox Anchor Fired for Serving Him — September 4, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/a-true-warrior-trump-salutes-the-fc1https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/a-true-warrior-trump-salutes-the-fc1Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:50:37 GMTFox News fired Maria Bartiromo after she leaked internal Fox guidance about Trump's 2020 election claims straight to the White House. Adam Kinzinger breaks down how she finally lost her job, and why Trump calling her "a true warrior" says it all. Plus: the DOJ fires the prosecutor who wanted to hold an ICE agent accountable for shooting a man in Minneapolis, the Missouri Supreme Court throws out Trump's gerrymander, construction begins on a 250-foot triumphal arch nobody approved, and House Republicans cancel the rest of September.

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]]><![CDATA[The Exodus Begins | Republicans Flee Trump's Midterm Convention — September 3, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/the-exodus-begins-republicans-flee-f4ehttps://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/the-exodus-begins-republicans-flee-f4eThu, 03 Sep 2026 18:23:24 GMTRepublicans are skipping Trump's first-ever midterm convention in Dallas. Politico surveyed more than 70 GOP candidates and most are staying away or won't answer, with swing-district Republicans leading the exodus sixty days before the 2026 midterms. Adam Kinzinger breaks down what it means for the election, plus DHS agents hunting voter fraud that doesn't exist, a whistleblower's report on ICE hiring failures, the federal judge who blocked Trump's birthright citizenship order, and the White House building an executive privilege strategy for a Democratic House.

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]]><![CDATA[Nobody's Buying It | Trump's Numbers Collapse and the GOP Blames Biden Again — September 2, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/nobodys-buying-it-trumps-numbers-fcehttps://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/nobodys-buying-it-trumps-numbers-fceWed, 02 Sep 2026 18:35:25 GMTTrump's approval rating just hit 33 percent, a record low for his second term and his worst numbers since January 6th. Republican approval is down 14 points, 71 percent of Americans disapprove of his handling of the cost of living, and Democrats now lead on the economy for the first time in a decade. Adam breaks down the polls Trump calls "Demoralization Operations." Plus: Pete Hegseth's Pentagon purge and the Army leaders sounding the alarm, the USS Abraham Lincoln docking in Thailand after a record 286 days at sea, European allies refusing to pose with Russia's finance minister at Trump's G20 summit, and the Tarrant County, Texas voters fighting the closure of 92 polling places ahead of the midterms.

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]]><![CDATA[The Pentagon Revolts | Army Secretary Resigns as Military Chiefs Warn Hegseth on Iran — September 1, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/the-pentagon-revolts-army-secretary-751https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/the-pentagon-revolts-army-secretary-751Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:20:41 GMTAdam Kinzinger breaks down the revolt inside the Pentagon. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned after telling President Trump how many generals Pete Hegseth has fired, and military chiefs are warning that the Iran war is unsustainable. The Army now has no Senate-confirmed civilian leader or top general. Plus, a USPS whistleblower says Trump's mail ballot system was built to fail ahead of the midterms, mass deportations are shrinking the American workforce, Republicans beg Trump to spend his $400 million super PAC war chest, and a GOP House candidate gets banned from Kalshi for betting on her own election.

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]]><![CDATA[They've Had Enough | Trump's Own Voters Revolt in Farm Country — August 31, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/theyve-had-enough-trumps-own-voters-6f3https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/theyve-had-enough-trumps-own-voters-6f3Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:09:10 GMTAdam Kinzinger breaks down why Trump is losing farm country. Cattle ranchers and farmers are furious over tariff-free beef imports, soaring fuel and fertilizer costs, and the trade war with Canada, and Republicans like Senator Kevin Cramer now fear a 2006-style midterm wipeout. Plus: fired three-star admiral Nancy Lacore runs as a Democrat in South Carolina, DHS gets caught using a 1930 customs law to spy on journalists, Trump threatens NBC's Kristen Welker with the FCC, secret State Department deals cut global health funding by 59 percent, and the Pentagon takes a 35 percent stake in a Venezuelan oil venture.

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]]><![CDATA[The Case That Wasn't | Rand Paul's Fauci Prosecution Stalls at the DOJ — August 28, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/the-case-that-wasnt-rand-pauls-fauci-79bhttps://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/the-case-that-wasnt-rand-pauls-fauci-79bFri, 28 Aug 2026 18:17:05 GMTAdam Kinzinger breaks down why the case against Anthony Fauci is falling apart. Rand Paul's committee held Fauci in contempt of Congress, but Trump officials at the Justice Department doubt the referral would survive in court, and nobody wants to prosecute. Plus: Trump signs an executive order renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America," the Iran war hits six months with 18 Americans dead and no end in sight, corporate donors who bankrolled Trump start writing checks to Democrats before the midterms, and fired Stars and Stripes journalists sue Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon.

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]]><![CDATA[The Panic Begins | Republicans Race to Fix an Economy Trump Says Is Fine — August 27, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/the-panic-begins-republicans-race-852https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/the-panic-begins-republicans-race-852Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:53:06 GMTAdam Kinzinger breaks down the White House's quiet admission that the affordability crisis is real. After a year of Trump calling high grocery prices a Democrat scam, a JD Vance fundraising text told donors the truth, internal polling shows the issue could sink Republicans in the midterms, and Congress is now scrambling for a last-minute stimulus. Plus: ICE arrests surge for people with no criminal record, the CIA Director's secret Moscow trip to warn Putin against attacking NATO, a Trump-appointed judge refuses to erase Steve Bannon's contempt conviction, and a Florida grand jury traces ten million dollars in Medicaid money to DeSantis political causes.

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]]><![CDATA[Not So Fast | Judges Throw Out the GOP's Plan to Flood the Airwaves — August 26, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/not-so-fast-judges-throw-out-the-680https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/not-so-fast-judges-throw-out-the-680Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:39:54 GMTA federal appeals court just blocked the Republican plan to buy midterm TV ads at the discounted candidate rate, throwing out Trump's FCC guidance days before the 60-day election window opens. Adam breaks down what the ruling means for the midterms. Also on today's show: a Trump-endorsed Kentucky candidate scrubs Trump from his website after a bad poll, MAGA influencer DataRepublican is exposed as a paid Pentagon employee, DHS withholds police and counterterrorism grants to force Trump's election rules, and new reporting ties the firing of Army Chief of Staff Randy George to the Kid Rock helicopter flyover.

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]]><![CDATA[Who Gets a Ballot? | Supreme Court Lets Trump's Mail Voting Order Take Effect — August 25, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/who-gets-a-ballot-supreme-court-lets-2b2https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/who-gets-a-ballot-supreme-court-lets-2b2Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:25:20 GMTThe Supreme Court just cleared the way for Trump's executive order restricting mail voting, lifting a freeze that covered 23 states, while the Postal Service says ballots should be handled like replica explosives. Adam breaks down what the order does, what the dissent warned, and what it means for the 2026 midterms. Plus: the US-Canada trade war and Trump's plan to rename Lake Ontario, America's refusal to sign a UN statement on Ukraine as CIA Director John Ratcliffe makes a secret trip to Moscow, the largest visa revocation in American history paired with a $100,000 H-1B fee, and a federal judge rejecting Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal while the DOJ fights to keep Epstein files redacted.

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]]><![CDATA[Election Integrity? | The DOJ's New Election Monitor Was Convicted of Hacking Elections — August 24, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/election-integrity-the-dojs-new-election-6b6https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/election-integrity-the-dojs-new-election-6b6Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:49:56 GMTAdam Kinzinger breaks down the DOJ's apparent hire of a convicted election hacker into the office that polices voting rights, plus the White House sitting on the 2024 foreign election interference report that federal law required to be public over a year ago. Also on today's show: Trump's June financial disclosure reveals more than 1,000 stock trades, including Boeing and SpaceX purchases timed to government contracts. Canada trade talks collapse into a trade war with 50% tariffs. A federal judge rules Trump's visa ban on 75 countries illegal. And Democrats prepare investigations and subpoenas ahead of the midterms.

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]]><![CDATA[He Made It Up | Trump's Census Bureau Caught Manufacturing Voter Fraud — August 21, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/he-made-it-up-trumps-census-bureau-8fehttps://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/he-made-it-up-trumps-census-bureau-8feFri, 21 Aug 2026 16:43:09 GMTTrump got caught manufacturing his own voter fraud. Adam Kinzinger exposes the Census Bureau's anonymous 2020 election report, built by partisan operatives, contradicted by Republican election officials, and debunked by DHS's own staff in Nevada. Also on today's show: the USS Doris Miller renaming controversy, the House Judiciary report on Trump's 1.7 billion dollar pardon giveaway, GOP hypocrisy on the 40 trillion dollar debt, and Trump's ground beef tariff suspension that leaves ranchers holding the bill before the midterms.

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]]><![CDATA[Who's Watching Your Food? | Trump Hollows Out the FDA as Recalls Hit the Highest Risk Level — August 20, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/whos-watching-your-food-trump-hollows-646https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/whos-watching-your-food-trump-hollows-646Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:19:25 GMTA record food outbreak has sickened more than 11,000 Americans, the FDA just upgraded a frozen blueberry recall to Class One over E. coli, and Trump's answer is to nominate Heidi Overton, a White House loyalist with no management experience, to run an FDA that's lost a fifth of its staff. Adam also covers the Moderna-Merck mRNA cancer vaccine breakthrough that RFK Jr.'s research cuts put at risk, the Army killing its Ukraine-inspired drone battalion, the NYT report on Jennifer Hegseth's role inside the Pentagon, and Trump admitting he's rooting for bad economic news.

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]]><![CDATA[The Base Is Breaking | Republican Voters Hand Trump's Candidates a Brutal Night — August 19, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/the-base-is-breaking-republican-voters-0f1https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/the-base-is-breaking-republican-voters-0f1Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:46:21 GMTTrump's handpicked candidates lost across the board last night. Catalina Lauf and Cory Mills went down in Florida, his pick for Wyoming governor lost her primary, and a Democrat flipped a Pennsylvania seat Trump carried by 18 points. Adam covers what it means for November, plus Darline Graham's Senate debate disaster, the court ruling unsealing Ghislaine Maxwell's Epstein files, the fake polling firm that fooled campaigns and newsrooms, and the $40 trillion national debt.

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]]><![CDATA[The Meltdown | One Question About Trump's Aide Sends the White House Into a Rage — August 18, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/the-meltdown-one-question-about-trumps-c32https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/the-meltdown-one-question-about-trumps-c32Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:00:02 GMTAdam Kinzinger breaks down Trump's Oval Office meltdown at CNN reporter Kristen Holmes after a question about aide Natalie Harp, the story Jon Ossoff put on the map, and the official White House statement attacking her children. Plus: Attorney General Todd Blanche creates a new path for convicted felons to get their guns back, Trump votes by mail in Florida after years of calling it fraud, Pete Hegseth and the Cabinet campaign in Iowa as Trump's approval hits 33 percent, and Russia moves warships into the Baltic while arming Iran.

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]]><![CDATA[A Fraud Unit Doing Fraud | Trump's Fraud Squad Caught Faking Its Own Numbers — August 17, 2026]]>https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/a-fraud-unit-doing-fraud-trumps-fraud-a41https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/a-fraud-unit-doing-fraud-trumps-fraud-a41Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:17:02 GMTThe Wall Street Journal reports that Trump's fraud enforcement operation is falling apart. DOJ officials are accusing each other of faking prosecution numbers, and court records show the unit took credit for cases charged before it even existed. Adam breaks it all down, plus a Trump-appointed regulator approving a bank charter for the Trump family's crypto company World Liberty Financial, the mystery of White House aide Natalie Harp, Trump canceling military drills with South Korea to please Kim Jong Un, and the Navy finally sending relief to the USS Abraham Lincoln.

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