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Rivera and Reeves

Meseidy Rivera and Rachel Reeves

Forget the media talking points—“Rivera and Reeves” is where the spin stops and the real talk begins. We tackle the news, politics, and cultural battles the mainstream wants you to ignore, all from a perspective that values truth, freedom, and common sense. Delivered with wit, humor, and a whole lot of coffee, this is the podcast for anyone who refuses to be spoon-fed narratives and is ready to think critically about the world around them. Think of it as coffee with two friends who aren’t afraid to

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R&R Ep. 226 | SPLC Indicted for Paying Nazis — And...

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2026/04/23

The Southern Poverty Law Center just got indicted by a federal grand jury — and the details are wild. Meseidy and Rachel break down the charges, the shell companies, the payments that allegedly went straight to a Klan leader and the guy who helped organize Charlottesville. If you’ve been wondering why the “Nazi” narrative against half the country never seemed to die, this episode connects some uncomfortable dots.Also on the table: Virginia’s mid-decade redistricting power grab, the judge who threw

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Ep. 225 | The Analog Comeback Is Real — But AI Is...

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2026/04/21

The kids want tin can phones. Gen Z is buying vinyl at rates we haven’t seen since 1983. And somewhere in the middle of all that, AI quietly became everything.Meseidy and Rachel skip the Iran cycle this week to talk about what’s actually shifting underneath it — the pull back toward analog, and the tech disruption that’s moving faster than any generation before has had to process. They don’t agree. Meseidy’s cautiously optimistic that AI frees up time for real human connection. Rachel wants to know

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Ep. 224 | The MAGA Civil War Is Manufactured — But...

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2026/04/16

The MAGA civil war narrative is getting a lot of airtime — but is it real, or is it a media-manufactured information war? This week, Meseidy and Rachel dig into an Axios piece claiming conservative women are "snatching the MAGA megaphone," and they have questions. Candace Owens isn't conservative. Bari Weiss isn't MAGA. And most normie Republican women couldn't pick Tomi Lahren out of a lineup. Then the conversation goes deeper: Tucker Carlson's slow-motion deconstruction,

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Ep. 223 | Swalwell Scandal: The Media Knew for Years...

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2026/04/14

Iran negotiations stalled, a partial blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, and oil prices climbing past $100 a barrel — Meseidy and Rachel break it all down without the spin. They also dig into the Eric Swalwell scandal: the allegations, the media's suspiciously convenient timing, the California governor's race implications, and what it tells us about Washington's open secrets and the total absence of accountability on the Hill. Plus — Trump's AI Jesus post, a DoorDash delivery to the

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Ep. 222 | Iran Ceasefire Chaos: Conflicting Plans,...

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2026/04/09

The ceasefire with Iran has a very big asterisk on it—and the media isn't helping anyone figure out what's actually in it. This week, Meseidy and Rachel break down the chaotic reporting surrounding the Iran negotiations: conflicting 10-point plans, a White House pushing back on its own president's statements, a mysteriously revived Ayatollah, and China quietly pulling strings behind the curtain. They also get into NATO's stunning refusal to open airspace during the conflict, why

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Ep. 221 | Trump's 8PM Ultimatum: End an Entire...

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2026/04/07

Trump issued a civilization-ending ultimatum. An airman hiked 7,000 feet through enemy territory. And Hegseth compared it all to Easter Sunday. This is the episode.Meseidy and Rachel break down the wildest 48 hours in recent memory — from the Good Friday jet shootdown over Iran to the Easter Sunday rescue mission that reads like a movie script, to Trump’s apocalyptic True Social post threatening to “end a civilization” by 8 p.m. Tuesday. They take apart Hegseth’s resurrection parallel (theologically

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Ep. 220 | The Democrat Party's Radical Alignment...

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2026/04/02

The FBI confirmed what we already knew about the Michigan synagogue attack — but the media conveniently buried the lead. Now meet Abdul El-Sayed: Michigan Democrat, Senate candidate, and a man so afraid of his Dearborn constituency he can’t even acknowledge the Ayatollah’s death. We’ve got the recordings.Then there’s Hassan Piker — the millionaire socialist in Cartier glasses the Democrats are betting on to win back young voters. Spoiler: the party is fracturing over it. We break down the Dearborn

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Ep. 219 | They Caught Him Twice and Let Him Go Twice

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2026/03/24

TSA agents are 40 days into working without pay, an 18-year-old college student is dead at the hands of an illegal immigrant Chicago refused to deport, Iran is firing ballistic missiles at U.S. bases, and a Twitch streamer is glamping at a Cuban government hotel in the name of socialism. This week, Meseidy and Rachel break down the DHS/TSA shutdown — including the inconvenient truth Democrats don’t want you knowing about ICE funding — react to the murder of Sheridan Gorman and Chicago’s outrageous

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Ep. 218 | Joe Kent, Chavez Bombshell & Democrat...

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2026/03/19

The news cycle is officially broken — and we’re here for it.This week, Meseidy and Rachel unpack the FBI investigation into Joe Kent, the former DNI chief of staff who resigned shortly after Tucker Carlson claimed he was being investigated by the CIA. Are these stories connected? The timing is hard to ignore.Then it’s back to campaign fundamentals: the Illinois primaries just handed a Senate nomination to a candidate backed by $14 million in PAC money who openly advocates abolishing ICE — and she’s

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Ep. 217 | Tucker's CIA Claim, Joe Kent Quits & Why...

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2026/03/17

Tucker Carlson says the CIA is building a criminal case against him. Joe Kent just resigned from the DNI’s counterterrorism office with a letter that contradicts itself. And legacy media — the same outlets that cheerleaded the Iraq war without a single tough question — are now going wall-to-wall negative on Iran. Coincidence?Meseidy and Rachel break down Tucker’s pattern of CIA and NSA victim claims, Joe Kent’s scathing resignation letter (and his very different statements from just two years ago),

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Ep. 216 | They Tried to Bomb NYC & the Media Wrote...

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2026/03/10

Two Pennsylvania teenagers yelled “Allahu Akbar” and threw a homemade TATP bomb into a crowd in New York City — and the media called it a “normal day gone wrong.” We’re not doing that. This week, Mercedes and Rachel break down the NYC bombing attempt, Mayor Zoram Mamdani’s stunning non-response, and the media’s shameless cover for what’s clearly ISIS-inspired terrorism. Then: the Iran operation’s messaging crisis, the Tomahawk missile question Trump fumbled, and the Iranian women’s soccer team

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Ep. 215 | The Democrat's Fake Pastor, Tucker's Holy...

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2026/03/05

Texas just handed Democrats a weapon and they're already using it. James Telerico won the Texas Senate Democrat primary, and the media is rebranding this progressive seminarian as a "moderate Christian" — spoiler: he's neither. We break down his scripture cherry-picking, play the clip of a progressive pastor getting absolutely schooled by a congressman on the Bible she claims to represent, and then turn our attention to Tucker Carlson's increasingly unhinged holy war against

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Ep. 214 | Operation Epic Fury: What the Media Is...

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2026/03/03

Four days into Operation Epic Fury, and the takes are already outpacing the facts. We brought in our foreign policy nerd Amanda Peterson to sit down with Rachel and Meseidy and actually work through what's happening—the US-Israel coordination, the nuclear calculus, what "regime change" realistically means, and whether the administration's messaging is doing them any favors. This is the conversation the podcaster circuit doesn't want to have, because it requires more than 24 hours

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Ep. 213 | Democrats Refused to Stand for This....

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2026/02/26

Democrats sat on their hands for veterans, reunited families, and injured little girls — and Trump made sure the whole country saw it. Meseidy and Rachel break down the longest State of the Union in modern history: the viral moments the media buried, the policy wins nobody's talking about, the economic numbers that are actually moving, and why this speech was less about Congress and more about the 2026 midterms. Plus: Hillary Clinton's Epstein testimony, Kamala's 2028 dip back into the

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Ep. 212 | America Wins Gold, 50 Democrats Bail on the...

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2026/02/24

America is riding high — and the left can't stand it. Meseidy and Rachel break down the US Men's Hockey team's stunning overtime gold medal win over Canada, Cash Patel joining the locker room celebration, and why the media immediately tried to turn a national victory into a culture war. Then it's State of the Union prep: 50 Democrats staging a walkout, Joy Reid headlining a counter-rally on the National Mall, and what Trump must say about the economy to keep the midterms from

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Ep. 211 | AOC Froze on Taiwan, Prince Andrew Arrested...

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2026/02/19

Prince Andrew just became the first British royal arrested in 400 years — and it has nothing to do with what the media is telling you. This week, Meseidy and Rachel break down the actual Epstein file charge, AOC’s disastrous Munich Security Conference debut (Spain, Taiwan, and Venezuela — she got zero for three), Marco Rubio’s standing-ovation keynote that’s making people say the quiet part loud about 2028, and the $2.5M con James Telerico just pulled off using a fake FCC censorship story. Plus:

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Ep. 210 | Pam Bondi MELTS DOWN on Capitol Hill Voter...

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2026/02/12

Pam Bondi’s fiery testimony on Capitol Hill turns into a masterclass in what not to do under pressure. We break down her emotional clashes with Raskin and Nadler, the so-called “burn book” controversy, and why the Epstein files rollout has been a communications disaster. Plus: the SAVE Act passes the House with near-unanimous GOP support—so why are Democrats still screaming “Jim Crow 2.0”? We’ve got the Scott Jennings CNN clip that shut it all down. Also: Tom Homan’s Minnesota victory lap, the FAA’s

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Ep. 209 | Super Bowl Politics, Epstein File Chaos,...

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2026/02/10

The Super Bowl halftime show ignited a firestorm—but not for the reasons you’d expect. Mercedes breaks down Bad Bunny’s politically charged performance, the cultural messaging most Americans missed, and why she’s “annoyed with everyone.” Plus: the latest Epstein file chaos, why the document dumps are creating more confusion than clarity, and Howard Lutnick’s testimony on Capitol Hill. We wrap with a viral Megyn Kelly clip contrasting Michelle Obama’s complaints with JD Vance’s gratitude—and what it

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Ep. 208 | Are Republicans About to Blow the Midterms?...

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2026/02/05

Are Republicans losing the messaging war before the midterms even begin? This week, Meseidy and Rachel break down a Ross Douthat commentary that’s rattling normie conservatives—and why the anxiety might be overblown. They cover the Texas state Senate seat flip that has GOP strategists sweating, how the Trump administration adjusted course in Minneapolis after initial missteps, and whether the “far-right” label even applies. Plus: Washington Post lays off a third of its staff, and corporate

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Ep. 207 | Iran Is Collapsing, China's Getting Our AI...

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2026/02/03

Foreign policy expert Amanda Peterson returns to break down the most pressing global developments. With massive protests rocking Iran and a high-stakes meeting in Istanbul this Friday featuring Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, what’s Trump’s endgame? Amanda explains why these protests are different, whether the regime is truly threatened, and what US strikes might actually look like. Then the conversation shifts to China: Why did the Pentagon downgrade Beijing as a threat? And why are we selling

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