The MeidasTouch Podcast

Thursday Afternoon Breaking News Updates with Ben — 2/26/26

February 26, 2026·58 min·5-min readnarrativenews
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This episode of Ben on Breaking News critiques Donald Trump’s State of the Union address as a dangerous, fact-deficient performance, contrasting it with the host’s own “People’s State of the Union,” which centered real Americans’ stories. The episode argues that politics has become a to

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People

Ben MeiselasDonald TrumpHillary ClintonMelania TrumpViktor OrbánMichael Wolff

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Midas Touch NetworkParamountWarner Bros.

Topics

AuthoritarianismBreaking NewsCriminal JusticeGeopoliticsInvestigative JournalismPolitical NewsUs Politics

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