The A.M. Update

Aaron McIntire
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Aaron McIntire provides the morning news update you don't necessarily want but absolutely need. Aaron delivers the most relevant stories with his signature sarcasm and even adds a little "Aaron-analysis" to wrap things up.

  1. 11h ago

    Cassidy's Ugly Exit | Mamdani's Slate Sweeps | $2 Billion for a Video Game? | 6/25/26

    Trump and Senate GOP, NATO's Mark Rutte, Zohran Mamdani's primary sweep, and Grand Theft Auto 6 headline today's A.M. Update. Outgoing Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy reportedly gets into a shouting match with Trump at a Senate GOP lunch just weeks after losing his primary by a historic margin, and Aaron says picking that fight on his way out the door makes no sense. Trump also announces he won't sign the bipartisan housing bill until the Senate passes the SAVE America Act, even though it already cleared Congress with supermajorities, and takes a swipe at NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte over gas prices not falling fast enough at the pump. All three of Zohran Mamdani's endorsed candidates sweep their New York primaries, including a Democratic Socialist who knocked off a five-term incumbent, and Aaron lays out his theory for why the combination of Islamism and Marxism is proving so potent with young, secular voters. Grand Theft Auto 6 opens pre-orders for its November launch, and Aaron does the math on its reported $2 billion budget, more than it cost to build the Burj Khalifa, and questions whether that much talent and money going into a video game says something about misplaced priorities. Aaron closes the week with the poll of the week results on who's actually following the World Cup.

    16 min

  2. 1d ago

    Trump Gets Chipper, the Courts Are a Downer | Funny Guy Goes Off On "Empathy" | 6/24/26

    Trump's Pennsylvania speech, the Supreme Court, Todd Blanche's fraud sweep, and John C. Reilly headline today's A.M. Update. Trump sounds energized at a Pennsylvania factory speech focused almost entirely on cost of living and border security, briefly noting gas prices are down 60 cents a gallon, while Marco Rubio reaffirms no country can charge tolls on the Strait of Hormuz and crude oil drifts back toward $73 a barrel. The Supreme Court rules 6-3 that DHS can strip green card holders of legal status if they travel abroad while facing pending criminal charges, while two separate district judges, Amy Berman Jackson and Sparkle Sooknanan, block other Trump administration policies on SNAP benefits and a federal citizenship verification database. Acting AG Todd Blanche announces 455 healthcare fraud defendants charged since June 8th totaling $6.5 billion in false claims, and acting DNI Bill Pulte reportedly begins mass layoffs of Tulsi Gabbard-aligned staff. Actor John C. Reilly calls empathy a superpower and the cornerstone of civilization in a podcast clip, and Aaron picks the argument apart point by point, asking why that empathy never seems to extend to people like the Colorado baker who's been in court for over a decade.

    19 min

  3. 2d ago

    Iran Deal Holding | UK's 7th PM in 10 Years | Denver Teacher Fired Over Kissing Skits | 6/23/26

    Iran negotiations, Keir Starmer's resignation, Jennifer Honka, and Jeremy Clarkson headline today's A.M. Update. JD Vance says talks in Switzerland accomplished four key goals: keeping the Strait of Hormuz open, building a de-confliction mechanism for the regional ceasefire, securing UN nuclear inspections, and establishing a direct communication line with Iran, while Scott Bessent confirms a 60-day licensing window for Iranian oil sales and Trump says crude is flowing at record volumes through the Strait. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces his resignation, making him the seventh British PM in ten years, and Aaron ties the chaos directly to the country's collapsing Christian foundation, where only 6% of adults now identify as practicing Christians. A sixth suspect, Jordan W. Rinker, is publicly identified in the foiled drone and sniper plot against the UFC Freedom 250 event. A Denver Public Schools teacher named Jennifer Honka is fired after an administrative law judge finds she graded students on same-sex kissing skits in French class, and Aaron asks what kind of worldview produces an adult who thinks that's a reasonable lesson plan. Aaron closes with Jeremy Clarkson's cancer remission news and a deep dive into Clarkson's Farm, using a healthy pregnant cow killed over an inconclusive tuberculosis test as a window into Britain's broader collapse into bureaucratic self-worship.

    21 min

  4. 3d ago

    Strait of Hormuz Closes Again | Fauci Files Drop | Baseball Team Forfeits Pride Night | 6/22/26

    Iran's Strait closure, the Fauci files, JD Vance in Switzerland, and a forfeited pride night headline today's A.M. Update. Iran announces another closure of the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, citing continued fighting in southern Lebanon, even as JD Vance meets face to face with Iranian officials including President Masoud Pezeshkian's delegation in Switzerland to hammer out the technical details of last week's memorandum of understanding. Trump tells Axios that Netanyahu owes his job to Trump's restraint and admits he has to keep him "a little bit sane," and Aaron prays for fewer casualties as the whole situation continues to look messy. Outgoing DNI Tulsi Gabbard releases a trove of documents showing Dr. Anthony Fauci briefed CIA officials in 2021 on Wuhan gain-of-function research weeks after denying funding it under oath, and says she believes a path to prosecution still exists despite his Biden-era pardon. Pennsylvania's York Revolution forfeits its own pride night game and throws several of its players under the bus in a public statement after they refused to wear rainbow-themed jerseys, a story Aaron says is even better than last week's Giants scripture-hat saga. JD Vance also goes deep on the abolitionist versus incrementalist divide inside the pro-life movement on Allie Beth Stuckey's podcast, and Aaron closes with the rabbit hole he fell into this weekend chasing a mysterious tower on the Iowa horizon: a Cold War-era AT&T Long Lines microwave relay station.

    24 min

  5. 6d ago

    AOTMA Friday | 6/19/26

    It's AOTMA Friday on The A.M. Update. Aaron answers listener questions on faith, current events, and sports, including a viral Congressional Baseball Game catch, a closely watched abortion bill overseas, and an update on the show's ongoing podcast distribution issues.

    16 min

  6. Jun 18

    Were the Iran Deal Critics RIGHT?! | Uranium Found in SAN FRAN | Eight Named From B-52 Crash | 6/18/26

    Iran MOU, Kevin Warsh, B-52 victims, James Talarico, and John Kennedy headline today's A.M. Update. The 14-point Iran memorandum of understanding leaked via CNN and corroborated widely, and Aaron says the detractors were largely right — it reads like capitulation, though he pushes back hard on critics who can't answer what they actually wanted instead, and closes with a drill-baby-drill silver lining: WTI oil at $75 a barrel could mean $2.50 gas by Labor Day. Kevin Warsh chairs his first Fed meeting, holds rates for the fourth straight time, but nine members signal a rate hike is coming, markets sell off, and Trump says it keeps the country down before adding he's guided by his guy. Edwards Air Force Base releases the names of all eight men killed in Monday's B-52 Stratofortress crash: Col. Gregory Watson, Lt. Col. Gabriel Estrella, retired Lt. Col. Miles Middleton, Maj. Alexander Davis, Maj. Robert Dee, Maj. Brad Hovey, Jeromy Smith, and Christopher Rischar. Radiological materials including uranium and thorium samples are found stashed in a locked cabinet at San Francisco's Hunters Point Naval Shipyard by a rogue employee of Navy subcontractor RSI Antec. John Kennedy takes a shot at JD Vance's mother in a one-liner about the Iran deal, James Talarico surfaces old footage praising a radical anti-fossil fuel group called Third Act as the most important work in Texas, and an ICE officer in Pasco County dives fully clothed into a community pool to save an unconscious child.

    25 min

  7. Jun 17

    Terror Plot Foiled at UFC White House | SPLC Funded Its Own Neo-Nazi | Vance Owns The View | 6/17/26

    Tyson Proper, Heidi Beirich, JD Vance, Brendan Sorsby, and Hillary Clinton headline today's A.M. Update. The FBI disrupts a multi-state terror plot targeting the White House UFC event, arresting five people in Ohio, Missouri, Nebraska, and California after 19-year-old Tyson Proper admitted to planning drone-delivered explosive attacks with stage snipers, with Republican senators including Marsha Blackburn and Shelley Moore Capito named as targets. A DOJ superseding indictment identifies former SPLC Intelligence Project director Heidi Beirich as the official who allegedly funneled $1.2 million in donor money to her neo-Nazi informant lover, the same organization Aaron has been covering for weeks that refuses to remove TPUSA from its hate map. Fifteen Minnesota protesters face federal charges for using vehicles and blocks of ice to obstruct ICE operations. JD Vance goes on The View, rejects a vague Emmett Till premise by simply asking what specifically she is talking about, then flips the immigration inhumanity argument by pointing to tens of thousands of children sex trafficked under the previous administration. Brendan Sorsby folds under a Big 12 federal lawsuit and opts for the NFL supplemental draft, Hillary Clinton adds Joe Biden to her list of people she regrets, Trump promises to read the Iran MOU verbatim at a press conference, and a Chicago college student admits he built and burned his own cross in Grant Park to protest Trump.

    18 min

  8. Jun 16

    Iran Deal Details Trickle Out | UK Bans Kids From Social Media | Ruffy Preaches the Gospel | 6/16/26

    Iran deal terms, Keir Starmer, Mauricio Ruffy, B-52 crash, and Gavin Newsom headline today's A.M. Update. Trump says the full Iran deal text drops after Friday's signing ceremony in Switzerland, and Andrew Colvet of TPUSA reports from an admin briefing that the framework is basically if Iran acts like a normal country it gets treated like one, though the nuclear enrichment details are still unresolved. A B-52 Stratofortress crashes shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert, and an FA-18 Hornet from MCAS Miramar goes down off the Washington coast during routine training, with the pilot ejecting safely. Gavin Newsom claims the DOJ is investigating him because he is considering a presidential run, and Aaron says he finds it very rich coming from that party specifically. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer proposes banning social media for all children under 16, and Aaron agrees with the stated goal while pointing out that the real mechanism, mandatory adult digital ID verification, tells you what this is actually about. Mauricio Ruffy knocks out Michael Chandler in the first round at UFC Freedom 250 on the White House South Lawn, then quotes John 3:16 to the crowd and proposes to his girlfriend. Aaron closes with a viral X post listing everything that has gone right under Trump that doomers are ignoring, and a challenge to level your perspective before you despair.

    18 min
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Aaron McIntire provides the morning news update you don't necessarily want but absolutely need. Aaron delivers the most relevant stories with his signature sarcasm and even adds a little "Aaron-analysis" to wrap things up.

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  • Creator
    Aaron McIntire
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    299
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2023
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