Not My Debate, Not My Monkeys

The first Republican presidential debate took place in Milwaukee on Wednesday night. There was a lot of finger pointing and interrupting on the stage, but no Donald Trump. Instead, he appeared in a pre-recorded interview with Tucker Carlson that debuted on X at the exact same time. We’re joined by Crooked’s Editor-in-Chief Brian Beutler and Alyssa Mastromonaco of Crooked’s Hysteria podcast for their takes on who stood out. And in headlines: Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of Russia’s paramilitary Wagner Group, died in a plane crash, South Carolina’s Supreme Court upholds the state’s near-total abortion ban, and tickets for Fyre Fest 2 went on sale.