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MAGA Mondays: Alina Habba’s New Husband is a Very Strange Guy

October 19, 2026·44m

Sam Stein and Will Sommer break down the foreign money scandal involving Alina Habba’s new husband, Ric Grenell, and the Kennedy Center. They also examine the protests roiling Albania over Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s controversial resort project, and Bari Weiss’s pursuit of right-wing internet conspiracy theories at CBS News. Plus, the strange cast of characters gathering for a $3,000-a-ticket citizen journalist event at Mar-a-Lago, Laura Loomer’s White House ambitions, and Nick Fuentes’s online dating drama. Upgrade your sleep with Boll & Branch’s incredibly soft, breathable organic cotton sheets and bedding.