EPISODE · May 11, 2026 · 52 MIN
The Daily Herold: 5/11/26 - Fauci Clock Runs Out, Gas Tax Cut & Trump-Xi Summit
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Jon Herold comes in Monday on a slow news day and makes it work. Today is apparently the last possible day to charge Anthony Fauci under the standard statute of limitations, and Jon marks the occasion with the appropriate level of fanfare before explaining why the grand conspiracy angle might make the whole conversation moot. Trump announced a temporary suspension of the federal gas tax, and Jon immediately asks the obvious follow-up: once you take it away, how do you put it back? The Trump-Xi summit is set for Thursday and Friday this week, with a delegation that reads like a Forbes 400 reunion, and Iran is calling the current ceasefire proposal unacceptable while Trump calls it a very stupid response. Jon also dismisses the hantavirus hysteria in under sixty seconds, connects Hakim Jeffries calling for Supreme Court age limits directly to the Virginia redistricting loss, and reads a Trump Truth Social post tying Fox News to election failures that Jon has been saying for years. The second half of the show turns into an open chat discussion on election reform, redistricting, money in politics, and Jon's genuinely interesting draft lottery idea for congressional representatives.
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