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01 June 2026

#309 Megyn Kelly - "I Now Have to Worry About Getting Shot Because of My Opinion"

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Myth Buster· 1

Myth Buster1:15:00

The Tulsi Gabbard 'CIA Raid' Claim That Turned Out to Be False

Megyn corrects the record on a viral claim from Anna Paulina Luna that the CIA "raided" Tulsi Gabbard's office, explaining what actually happened was the CIA retrieving roughly 40 boxes of documents from the DNI's office tied to JFK/MLK/MK Ultra/UAP disclosure efforts, which Gabbard's office publicly denied was a raid.

  • Anna Paulina Luna claimed a CIA raid on cable news and had to retract it after Gabbard's office denied it in writing.
  • The real underlying event: a CIA whistleblower testified the agency had taken back roughly 40 boxes of materials it believed were its own from the DNI's disclosure unit.
  • Megyn frames this as the CIA resisting a presidential disclosure order rather than an attack on Gabbard.

We were not raided by the CIA. The CIA came in and said not true.

Megyn Kelly · 1:19:30
#tulsi-gabbard#cia#misinformation#disclosure

Hot Take· 1

Hot Take30:00

Why It Was 'Highly Irregular' for the War Secretary to Campaign Against a Sitting Congressman

Megyn and Shawn dig into Pete Hegseth's trip to campaign against Thomas Massie in his primary, calling it an unprecedented politicization of the Pentagon that risks the military's reputation for nonpartisanship.

  • Megyn says she can't recall another modern instance of a sitting defense secretary deploying to campaign against a member of Congress.
  • She argues faith in the Department of War's neutrality is one of the most important institutional norms left, and this crossed a line.
  • Shawn notes it sets a bad example since no one else in uniform is allowed to do this.

we've always tried not to do that because it's important that our military have the support of all parties

Megyn Kelly · 31:00
#pentagon#hegseth#military#politics

Explainer· 7

Explainer07:30

The Michael Jackson Evidence Megyn Kelly Says the New Biopic Ignores

Prompted by the billion-dollar "Michael" biopic that stops the story in 1987, Megyn Kelly lays out the physical evidence from the 1993 police raid on Jackson's home, including NAMBLA books with his handwriting and a minor's fingerprints on a porn magazine, plus the pattern of settlements and grifter-parent dynamics that muddied the criminal cases against him.

  • The 1993 raid found two NAMBLA books in a locked box in Jackson's bedroom with his own handwriting inside, plus a hustler magazine with a minor's fingerprints on it.
  • The family took a $20 million settlement in 1993 and refused to cooperate with police; a second accuser's mother was undermined on the stand in the 2005 trial that ended in acquittal.
  • Multiple accusers, including two from the 2019 documentary "Leaving Neverland," later filed civil suits years after previously denying abuse under oath.

There's no one who's not a pedophile who has that.

Megyn Kelly · 14:30

at least 200 million had been paid out by him to keep people quiet.

Megyn Kelly · 16:00
#michael-jackson#true-crime#child-abuse#legal
Explainer23:30

How the Israel Lobby Spent $30 Million to Defeat Thomas Massie

Megyn breaks down the unusually large sum, roughly 60x a typical race's spending, that AIPAC-aligned groups poured into defeating Congressman Thomas Massie, and argues the loss was really about Massie crossing Trump on Epstein disclosure and refusing to back unpaid spending, not just his Israel positions.

  • Normal House primary spending against an incumbent runs around $500,000; this race saw $30 million from the Israel lobby.
  • Massie's real offenses, per Megyn, were opposing the "one big beautiful bill" and Trump's Epstein-related pressure, not just Israel skepticism.
  • She argues Massie was actually holding Trump to his own promised Epstein disclosure agenda.

this one was $30 million piled against him by the Israel lobby.

Megyn Kelly · 24:00
#thomas-massie#aipac#congress#elections
Explainer53:00

The Full Breakdown of US Military and Financial Aid to Israel

With help from an AI-generated list, Megyn runs through the specific dollar figures behind US support for Israel, including annual military aid, the missile-defense memorandum, post-October 7th emergency packages, and total aid since 1948, contrasting it with the benefits Israeli citizens receive that Americans don't.

  • Annual military aid is $3.8 billion; a 10-year MOU under Obama includes $33 billion in financing plus $5 billion for missile defense (Iron Dome, David's Sling, Arrow 2/3, Iron Beam).
  • Post-October 7th emergency packages totaled $16.3 billion over two years; total aid since 1948 is roughly $300 billion.
  • She contrasts this with Israel's universal healthcare, subsidized education, and child allowances that the US taxpayers funding it don't receive themselves.

Total aid since 1948, 300 billion.

Megyn Kelly · 54:00

They get universal health care, free education, subsidized universities... We don't get half this stuff.

Megyn Kelly · 54:30
#israel#foreign-aid#military-spending#budget
Explainer1:38:00

How Ibogaine Is Healing Veterans' Brain Injuries and Curing Addiction

Megyn explains the psychedelic-therapy landscape: psilocybin research out of Johns Hopkins, MDMA as a relational "empathy drug" she uses in couples therapy, and ibogaine's dramatic effect on veterans with blast-related traumatic brain injuries, including brain scans showing damaged regions light up again after treatment.

  • A Stanford study found veterans with blast-related black spots (no brain function) on scans showed the brain "lit up" again just two days after ibogaine treatment.
  • Ibogaine reportedly cures addiction to opiates and alcohol almost immediately by replenishing brain receptors, though it doesn't work on benzos.
  • Megyn does MDMA couples therapy roughly quarterly; a psychedelics specialist warned her psilocybin can trigger a permanent psychotic break in people with an undiagnosed family history of schizophrenia.

it is curing addiction immediately... it replenishes the receptors in your brain so you don't have the cravings anymore.

Megyn Kelly · 1:39:30

you can trip like your schizophrenia... and never come back

Megyn Kelly · 1:41:00
#psychedelics#veterans#mental-health#addiction
Explainer1:46:30

Megyn Kelly's Case for a 'Made by Human' Movement Against AI

Megyn lays out why she thinks AI will gut white-collar employment faster than people realize, citing bank executives warning AI can do the work of thousands of employees, and proposes a coming cultural split where consumers deliberately choose human-made goods, services, and journalism the way some choose "Made in the USA."

  • She says the first several years of her own legal career, case research and document review, are now fully automatable.
  • Bank executives are reportedly warning AI can replace the work of 2,000 employees, with layoffs projected to exceed a million by year's end per one source she cites.
  • She predicts a "modern day Amish"-style human-preference movement and eventual laws requiring AI content to be labeled, arguing true reporting (source-building, human trust) can't be automated.

we are at the beginning of something far more profound than the industrial revolution.

Megyn Kelly · 1:57:00

it's going to be like buy American, it's going to be like buy human.

Megyn Kelly · 2:08:00
#ai#jobs#automation#future-of-work
Explainer2:51:00

Megyn Kelly's List of Trump-Family Conflicts of Interest

Megyn runs through a list of what she sees as self-serving moves by the Trump administration, from a multi-billion-dollar malicious-prosecution settlement fund controlled by his own attorney to a defense-drone contract awarded to a company with family ties, arguing the pattern undercuts his populist branding.

  • Trump secured a settlement fund, reportedly around $1.8 billion, for people "maliciously prosecuted," overseen by a board handpicked by his own attorney with no set payout criteria or Congressional approval.
  • He arranged that neither he nor his family can be audited by the IRS.
  • Family-linked interests include a drone company with a Pentagon contract and unclear parties benefiting from oil-market shorting tied to war news.

it looks like a massive slush fund for Trump friends and family or anybody who just happens to come up with a claim.

Megyn Kelly · 2:54:00
#trump#corruption#conflicts-of-interest#politics
Explainer3:07:00

Is the US Actually Preparing to Invade Cuba?

Megyn walks through the timeline that has Polymarket pricing a near coin-flip chance of a US strike on Cuba by end of 2026, the oil cutoff after capturing Maduro, blackouts, and military assets moving into the region, while criticizing the administration for never stating an actual objective.

  • Polymarket had roughly 49% odds, on $3M+ volume, of a US strike on Cuba by December 31, 2026, after the US cut off Cuba's Venezuelan oil supply.
  • Cuba has reportedly faced up to 23 hours a day without power since the cutoff, but the regime hasn't collapsed.
  • Megyn draws a direct parallel to the Iran war's lack of a stated endgame, warning the US risks repeating the same mistake without a post-invasion plan.

we're going to run Cuba. Like, how's that going to go? Who's going to run it?

Megyn Kelly · 3:09:00

There was no long-term plan on Iran. And I don't believe there's a long-term plan on Cuba.

Megyn Kelly · 3:11:00
#cuba#foreign-policy#military#polymarket

Story· 2

Story02:00

Megyn Kelly on the Real Story Behind the Trump Assassination Attempts

Megyn Kelly walks through her honest read on the two publicized attempts on Trump's life, including the Butler, PA shooting and the White House Correspondents' Dinner intrusion. She rejects the "MK Ultra" orchestration theories for lack of evidence while affirming the shooters were genuine, and ties the uptick in attempts to a broader normalization of political violence.

  • She believes the Butler shooter acted alone with no evidence of outside coordination, despite theories built on Tucker Carlson's reporting of the shooter's shifting political views.
  • She's skeptical anyone will ever fully investigate what happened at Butler.
  • Political violence and assassination attempts are increasingly "normalized and celebrated," which she sees as a driver of more attempts.

I don't really have reason to believe that Butler was orchestrated by anyone in particular because I haven't seen any evidence of it.

Megyn Kelly · 03:00

we live in an increasingly uh violent world where political violence and assassination is now getting normalized and celebrated in more and more corners

Megyn Kelly · 05:00
#trump#assassination#political-violence#butler-shooting
Story2:24:30

Inside the Real Story of the Megyn Kelly-Ben Shapiro Falling Out

Megyn gives her detailed account of how a years-long friendship with Ben Shapiro collapsed after he publicly called her a coward on stage at Turning Point, tracing it back to pressure over her continued friendship with Tucker Carlson and her refusal to publicly condemn Candace Owens on his terms.

  • She says the public break wasn't really about Candace Owens/Erica Kirk, but Shapiro's demand she cut ties with Tucker Carlson.
  • She was quietly trying to broker peace between Candace Owens and Erica Kirk at Erica's own request when Shapiro attacked her.
  • She frames the ongoing hostility as a proxy fight over Israel, where any refusal to fully condemn an Israel critic gets read as disloyalty.

he doesn't have the power to take all my friends away from me.

Megyn Kelly · 2:33:00

it's because you're an anti-semite. Like, even if you just say, 'Hey, Israel's gone pretty far.'

Megyn Kelly · 2:36:00
#ben-shapiro#media-feuds#israel#conservative-media

Tool· 1

Tool2:12:30

Megyn Kelly's Actual Daily News Diet, Podcast by Podcast

Megyn runs through the full stack of shows and outlets she listens to every day at 2x speed to stay ahead of the news cycle, deliberately including outlets she disagrees with, plus her one true-crime indulgence.

  • Morning rotation: The Daily (NYT), Up First (NPR), Morning Wire (Daily Wire), and her own team's AM update.
  • Also tracks National Review, Molly Hemingway at The Federalist, and the Wall Street Journal's Potomac Watch for the establishment-right view.
  • Her only non-news podcast is Dateline; she listens to most shows at 2x speed and via text-to-audio apps like Voice Dream to stay immersed all day.

it's my job to keep a tab on what the left is saying, too.

Megyn Kelly · 2:12:30

if you don't get excited to break news... you're not going to make it.

Megyn Kelly · 2:14:30
#media-habits#news#productivity#podcasts

Takeaway· 1

Takeaway06:00

How Megyn Kelly Deals With Death Threats and Being Called Every Name in the Book

Megyn describes what it's actually like to be a high-profile media figure under constant attack, from being called every slur imaginable to fielding real death threats that have brought in the FBI. She explains the mental discipline required to not let outside attacks define your self-worth, plus the security precautions she now takes.

  • She's been called racist, transphobe, antisemite, "pro-pedophile," and more, and says letting that define you in your own head will end your career in media.
  • Death threats tied to her Israel/Gaza commentary have escalated enough that the FBI has been involved multiple times.
  • She frames the current climate as literally having to worry about getting shot over a stated opinion.

if you're going to let outside attacks define you in your own head, you're in a lot of trouble. You're not going to last in…

Megyn Kelly · 06:30

I now have to worry about getting shot because of my opinion.

Megyn Kelly · 2:38:30
#media#death-threats#resilience#public-criticism