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Hey folks,
This one was heavy. Don Lemon and I went live as news broke of the Catholic school shooting in Minnesota. What followed was raw, emotional, and unfiltered—two dads and two citizens talking about grief, guns, and a government that refuses to act. This isn’t just another episode—it’s a moment that demands honesty. Watch it. Share it. Sit with it.
00:01:00 — Don and I react in real time to reports of the school shooting: three dead, 17 injured. The weight of what’s happening hits hard.
00:02:20 — I share the trauma of watching my 6-year-old son practice an active shooter drill and the heartbreak of explaining to him why it exists.
00:05:08 — Don recounts covering Newtown and the unbearable grief of watching parents bury their children—his most searing memory as a journalist.
00:08:04 — We draw the line between grief and trauma, and I explain why America is permanently scarring kids by refusing to act on gun safety.
00:22:30 — I play the clip of my viral showdown with Jesse Watters on Fox, where I remind him that Chicago has rejected Trump three times by 80%—and call out the hypocrisy of ignoring red states’ crises.
This episode is about truth. About pain. About the fight we have to wage for our kids. If you’ve ever felt numb about school shootings, this is the conversation to break through the noise.
With urgency,
—Mike
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