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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com This is our last episode until September, and we packed it. The Supreme Court's Louisiana v. Callais ruling just rewrote how every congressional map in the country gets drawn, the 2026 Senate races are shaping up to be a Democrat strategy disaster, and Tucker Carlson sat down with the New York Times and got...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com Jim Acosta, Joy Reid, Mehdi Hassan, and Wajahat Ali walked into a group chat — and Meseidy listened so you don't have to. This month's Unfiltered Live unpacks the White House Correspondents' Dinner spectacle, the legacy media class that got fired and rebranded as Substack "independents," and the tidy little...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com 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 “N...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com 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...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com 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...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com 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 m...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com 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. Th...

Rachel just got back from CPAC—and what she saw behind the curtain is not the story you're being told. This month's Rivera & Reeves Unfiltered Live covers it all: low turnout, a boomer-heavy crowd, and a speaker who explicitly told attendees to stop listening to podcasters—while standing in a room full of them. Plus: the grifter class running the right-wing podcast space, why the GOP's "unity" pus...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com 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 a...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com 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 ignor...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com 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 medi...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com 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...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com 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, a...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com 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 numbe...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com 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 th...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com 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 th...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com 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 w...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com 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 creatin...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com 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, the Trump adm...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com 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...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com Tom Homan takes charge in Minneapolis as new video destroys the Alex Preti “peaceful nurse” narrative. We break down the footage showing Preti kicking federal vehicles and spitting at officers just days before the fatal shooting—and why the media won’t touch it. Plus, the FBI just raided Fulton County’s elec...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com The Minneapolis Border Patrol shooting has exposed a coordinated effort to obstruct federal immigration enforcement—and the administration’s response made everything worse. We break down what actually happened to Alex Pretti versus what DHS claimed, why Kristi Noem and Bovino’s press conference was a disaste...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com Anti-ICE protesters stormed a Minneapolis church during Sunday worship—and the media wants you focused on everything except what actually happened. This week, we break down the chaos in Minnesota: from the DOJ’s FACE Act investigation to the “rapid response” vigilante networks profiling random citizens as fe...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit riveraandreeves.substack.com Republicans have a second reconciliation bill ready—and we got four members of Congress to break it down. We traveled to Capitol Hill to sit down with Rep. Mark Alford , Rep. Eric Burlison , Rep. Stephanie Bice , and Rep. Ben Cline from the Republican Study Committee . They walked us through the “Make the Am...

Rivera and Reeves return for 2026 with their first episode, tackling the biggest stories from their month-long hiatus. Meseidy and Rachel break down Trump’s foreign policy moves in Greenland, Venezuela, and Iran—explaining why it all connects back to China and Russia. They analyze the Minneapolis ICE shooting that killed activist Rebecca Good, cutting through the political spin from both sides. Pl...