Pat Gray Unleashed

James Talarico was asked one question at a Texas campaign stop: Who’s your favorite drag queen in the state? He didn’t hesitate. “Oh my gosh. Probably Alyssa Edwards.” Watch the clip. Then ask yourself if that’s the reflex you want in a U.S. senator. Most Americans could not name a drag queen if you handed them a week. The Democratic Senate nominee in Texas had a name in under a second — and he smiled when he said it. The performer he picked, Alyssa Edwards, has described himself as a drag performer who works with children. That sits on top of Talarico’s own 2023 line that Texas produces some of the best drag queens in the nation. Ken Paxton, his Republican opponent, asked the question a lot of regular people asked after the clip hit: What normal person can name his favorite drag queen this quickly? Paxton called him too weird and too radical for Texas.

Pat also covered:

McConnell was out three months — and he’s missing again. Does he show up today for the farm bill?

Talarico calls himself a Christian seminarian. He also said he’s “a Christian who hates Christianity.”

Judge Judy is giving up the gavel. The new Judge Judy is her son, Adam Levy.

Ed Sheeran’s tour debacle just got bigger — he dropped Macklemore, and now the openers are walking.

There is news on the Clancy holdout juror: He’s black, Haitian, and Catholic — and in hiding after her defenders came after him.

Would you vote for a Senate candidate who already has a favorite drag queen queued up? If somebody asked you that question on camera, what would you even say?

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00:00 Pat Gray UNLEASHED!

00:13 Pat's Safety Tip

01:21 James Talarico Names his Favorite Drag Queen

04:15 James Talarico on 'Running the World like a Kindergarten'

08:03 James Talarico is a DANGEROUS Candidate for Texas

09:33 James Talarico Talks with Joe Rogan about Justifying Abortion

13:39 James Talarico Thinks Wealthy People are Evil

16:43 James Talarico's 'Branches on the Same Tree' View on Religion

19:05 James Talarico's Competition is Lacking

20:20 Dr. Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed on Hasan Piker

22:23 Caller Robert

25:11 Ken Paxton's Eye Injury

30:15 THE "WHERE'S MITCH" COUNTER RETURNS!!!

31:20 News Report on Mitch McConnell's Recent Appearance in Congress

36:15 Chewing the Fat

49:10 People are Done with Award Shows

50:46 Ed Sheeran & Macklemore Controversy

55:18 More Information on the Holdout Juror in Lindsay Clancy Trial

58:53 China is Not Afraid of AI

1:04:32 Bo French is in Hot Water over UT Picture

1:12:13 Steve Deace Joins the Show!

1:34:14 Mark Halperin & Larry O'Connor on JD Vance
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Mitch McConnell just rolled back into the Senate after three months away. The Kentucky Republican is 84. He fell at his Washington home in June, was treated for pneumonia, spent two months between the hospital and rehab, then recovered at home with almost no public appearances. While Kentucky still counted him as its senator, he missed 60 recorded votes — judicial confirmations, housing and Medicare rules, immigration procedures, and votes tied to the war in Iran. On Monday, he arrived in a wheelchair, joked about dodging reporters for two decades, and said it was time to get back to work and finish the job of this Congress. He says he’s not quite at 100% and that childhood polio made the recovery harder. This is not a sentimental homecoming. It’s what a razor-thin Senate looks like when an 84-year-old former leader can disappear for 90 days and still be the vote the conference needs. If showing up is optional for the people writing the laws, don’t be shocked when the country starts treating the job the same way.

Pat also covered:

A Lindsay Clancy juror drops a detail that leaves Gayle King speechless.

Temperature check: How does the audience still feel about the Lindsay Clancy case?

Pat doesn’t want stolen goods — including pirated music. Stop it.

Should the federal government regulate AI? JD Vance says that sudden push looks suspicious.

More Lindsay Clancy jurors are talking — and Ron DeSantis offers “asylum” to the black holdout juror.

Should a senator who missed 60 votes still hold a full term’s authority? If your boss vanished for three months, would you still call that serving?

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00:00 Pat Gray UNLEASHED!

00:13 MITCH MCCONNELL IS ALIVE!!!

15:07 Updates on the Lindsay Clancy Trial

18:47 Holdout Juror in Lindsay Clancy Trial is a Black Male

22:09 Female Juror's Thoughts on Lindsay Clancy

32:32 Caller Jason

33:56 Caller Nicky

37:35 Caller Beth

40:13 Caller John

43:00 Caller Charlie

45:55 Caller Henry

48:14 Continued Discussion of Lindsay Clancy Trial

51:27 Caller Paul

54:36 Caller Carrie

58:02 Caller Mill

59:02 Caller Daina

1:00:44 Caller Debbie

1:05:47 Gayle King's Reaction to Holdout Juror being a Black Man

1:09:15 Caller Peter (Nevada)

1:12:23 Will the Lindsay Clancy Case be Retried?

1:14:23 Social Media Talk

1:18:10 Caller Peter (Utah)

1:19:16 Caller Tom

1:22:01 Caller Ellen

1:26:07 Caller Julie

1:29:06 Caller Sheryl

1:30:51 Caller Steve

1:31:31 Caller Jeff

1:33:17 JD Vance on AI Warnings
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James Talarico thought he had Ken Paxton in a box. After GOP Railroad Commission of Texas nominee Bo French posted a photo from the UT student section and said the problem in Texas is “far worse than anyone imagined,” Talarico quoted John Cornyn and went straight at Paxton: Condemn this “blatant racism,” or “cower to extremists.” Paxton didn’t take the bait. He condemned racism — then pointed at Talarico’s own record. White men as America’s top terror threat. Praying to overcome his own “whiteness.” The substance underneath it is the part polite Texas will not say out loud: Generations of Texans poured money into UT, H-1B pressure at public universities is a live fight, Abbott already told state campuses to pause new H-1Bs, and a lot of families believe Texas kids are losing ground at the school their taxes built. You can argue about the photo. You cannot pretend the enrollment fight is a hallucination.

Pat also covered:

CIA and 9/11: Did the agency have a shot to stop it — and miss?

Abbott and Paxton: Is the Texas GOP about to give the state away?

An anti-Israel film called “Naza” gets a 25-minute standing ovation.

Talarico walks Matthew 25 like a campaign sermon.

BYU wins, and college football is finally back.

Was Talarico asking a moral question, or running a campaign ambush? Have you watched Texas change and been told you’re not allowed to notice?

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00:00 Pat Gray UNLEASHED!

00:17 Football Talk

04:39 Paxton VS. Talarico

08:20 Day 92 of Mitch McConnell Not Being Around

13:15 Trump on a Unified Ireland

16:06 Trump on Ukraine Hitting Russian Diesel Facilities

19:45 Trump Defends John Thune at the Midterm Convention

24:52 Tom Tiffany Survives Emergency Plane Crash

25:50 Texas Governor Race

32:35 Fat Five

49:39 Emmanuel Macron Popularity Poll

50:41 Bill Clinton Speaks about CIA & 9/11

57:28 Pilot Shot Down in Iran Talks on 60 Minutes

1:07:00 China Helping Iran Kill U.S. Soldiers

1:13:15 New Israel Documentary at Venice Film Festival

1:16:43 Zohran Mamdani & AOC Laugh during 9/11 Commemoration

1:18:03 New York Political Ad

1:22:22 James Talarico Talks Nonsense with Jimmy Kimmel

1:27:58 Vivek Ramaswamy's Baseball Swing

1:31:31 Abdul El-Sayed Doesn't Want to be Asked about Hasan Piker

1:32:37 Tucker Carlson on Mike Rogers & Abdul El-Sayed
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Twenty-five years later, one lab three miles from Ground Zero is still identifying 9/11 victims. The lab promised the families it would never give up — and it hasn't. Mark Desire and the NYC medical examiner team are still pulling DNA from tiny bone fragments that the fire, jet fuel, and water nearly destroyed. Last month, the team identified the 1,651st victim. Nearly 7,000 pieces still have no match. The team has gone back to the same bones 10 times, waiting for the science to catch up. A firefighter’s helmet went home. The man who wore it has not. This is what “never forget” looks like when the cameras leave: a sterilized room, a shredded jacket from the day the towers fell, and a vow that did not expire.

Pat also covered:

GOP midterm convention is over — was Dallas a JD Vance coronation?

George W. Bush loved this country, and on 9/11 he pulled it together

JD Vance got heckled on the convention floor in Dallas

Where were you when the towers fell?

Did America forget what happened on 9/11?

Did you know they were still identifying victims in 2026? If you had a loved one missing that day, would any fragment be enough?

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00:00 Pat Gray UNLEASHED!

00:20 25th Anniversary of 9/11

20:39 Midterm Convention & 2028 GOP Nominee Results

25:33 JD Vance's Response to Pro-Mexico Heckler

26:12 JD Vance Mentions Charlie Kirk at Midterm Convention

31:00 Why has America Become so Divided since 9/11?

33:50 War in the Middle East following 9/11

40:54 How 9/11 Affected the Prevention of Future Terrorist Attacks

48:22 Archive Footage of 9/11 as it Happened Back in 2001

1:03:34 Drone Show Recreates the World Trade Center

1:07:39 George W. Bush's Post-9/11 Baseball Throw

1:12:13 Women Who Support Lindsay Clancy Make No Sense

1:19:27 Caller Russ

1:20:57 Caller Rob

1:23:40 El-Sayed Mocks Mike Rogers' Umbrella

1:28:27 Caller Vincent

1:32:18 Caller Steve

1:33:22 Caller Cory
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Trump just put a $5,000 check on the midterms. He told the 2026 Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas that if the GOP holds the House and the Senate, every adult citizen gets a “Trump dividend.” He framed it like a company paying shareholders after “tremendous economic success,” and he told the crowd to pretend he’s on the ballot so he can finish the job. Keep the majority, he said, and the next two years include voter ID, energy production, permanent cuts on tips, overtime, and Social Security, plus bills on surprise medical billing, hospital prices, credit-card swipe fees, cashless bail, and the death penalty for large-scale drug dealers. Lose it, and he warned the border, the tax cuts, and the safety go with it. The Post notes the payout would add more than $1.2 trillion to a $40 trillion national debt — and earlier tariff-and-DOGE dividend ideas never landed. The full episode unpacks the speech and the price tag.

Pat also covered:

James Talarico just told Fox he “missed the mark” on six sexes — now he says there are two

Colin Kaepernick used to call voting collaboration with “the system of oppression.” Mamdani’s NYC mayoralty has him praising elections again

One year ago today, Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University. RIP to a patriot who died talking to students

President Trump says the Iran war ends right after the midterms

Researchers say LG smart TVs scan your whole home network and can log audio even offline

Does a $5,000 check change how you vote in November? Is this a dividend from success, or another round of printed money?

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00:00 Pat Gray UNLEASHED!

00:16 GOP Midterm Convention

02:26 Trump on Issues with Air Force One

05:36 Trump on How Soon the War with Iran will End

09:01 Trump Asked about his Conversation with Putin

13:11 Trump on the GOP Midterm Convention Attendance

17:23 Ken Paxton has Low Energy

21:30 John Fetterman's Message for the GOP Convention

26:24 Trump at the GOP Convention Urging Attendees to Vote

27:33 Trump's Dividend Promise at the GOP Convention

30:12 Fat Five

48:19 Jeffy has Finally Watched 'The Odyssey' in Theaters

54:11 Your LG TV is Spying on You!

1:08:56 Zohran Mamdani Makes Colin Kaepernick Want to Vote Again

1:12:08 One-Year Anniversary of Charlie Kirk's Assassination

1:12:49 Ted Cruz on the Upcoming Midterms

1:15:40 Ted Cruz Grades President Trump

1:22:54 Interview with Zuby
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