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Two young conservative women who voted for Trump ask the questions their own side keeps dodging.
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24 episodes, newest first.
- The Tariff Fired, Then Vanished, Aug 25Week 35 of 2026: the Section 338 tariff Rachel and Jordyn called weeks ago actually fired, then paused, then turned into a 'deal' nobody can fully explain. They compare what the administration is calling a win to what a three-day pause before a midterm actually buys American consumers on dairy, alcohol, and cars. Rachel keeps pulling the fiscal thread: a $0.9 trillion deficit hit from trade policy that never gets a victory lap. Jordyn keeps circling back to whether Section 338 becoming a template for future executive tariff moves should worry conservatives who claim to believe in checks on power. They don't fully agree on how much credit the 'deal' deserves for cutting steel and aluminum tariffs, or whether that's real relief or a rounding error dressed up as a win. So which is it: trade policy, or theater timed for November?
- The Purge That Boomeranged, Aug 19Ten Trump-endorsed candidates have now lost their 2026 primaries. Rachel and Jordyn check the receipts on the loyalty-test strategy and ask whether the purge is eating its own.
- The 1930 Tariff Law Nobody Dared Use, Aug 4Trump reached back to Smoot-Hawley and pulled out Section 338, a provision no president had ever used, to hit Canada with 50 percent tariffs. Rachel and Jordyn track the receipt and follow the same week's quieter story: welfare data heading to ICE.
- The $825 Billion Tariff Gap, Jul 28Rachel and Jordyn dig into the new CRFB analysis showing Trump's Section 301 tariffs will raise about $825 billion less than the ones the Supreme Court threw out, while taxpayers still owe importers a $166 billion refund. A fiscal responsibility party that swapped a big illegal tax for a smaller one and called it a win.
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- The Tariff Cliff: Door Number Three, Jul 21Rachel and Jordyn cash in their own July 7 prediction as the Section 122 tariff hits its 150-day statutory expiration at 12:01 a.m. EDT on July 24, breaking down whether the GOP actually reclaimed its taxing power or the executive just pivoted to Section 301 and 232 authority instead.
- Six Justices Said No, Trump Did It Anyway: Jul 7Rachel and Jordyn revisit the tariff fight they've been tracking all year: the Supreme Court struck it down in February, Trump found a Nixon-era loophole, and that loophole expires July 24 unless Congress acts. They ask whether the GOP finally reclaims its constitutional tariff power or just watches the clock reset.
- They Folded in 24 Hours: Senate's War Powers Cave, Jun 30Rachel and Jordyn break down the week Senate Republicans proved they know the Iran war is wrong, said so publicly, then reversed course after Trump called them losers and lunatics. The $88 billion price tag is now Congress's problem too.
- 'I'm Out': What Tucker Carlson's GOP Exit Means, Jun 23Tucker Carlson just publicly quit the Republican Party, calling it 'treasonous' and 'immoral.' Rachel and Jordyn dig into what his exit actually reveals about the fractures inside the conservative coalition, whether his reasons hold up to scrutiny, and what it means for voters who are already stranded between a party they helped build and a direction they can't defend.
- 'Unpatriotic': The Four Republicans Who Read the Constitution, Jun 16Four House Republicans voted to rein in Trump's Iran war powers and got called traitors for it. Rachel and Jordyn argue they were the only ones in the room actually doing their jobs.
- 'I Didn't Promise Anything': The Iran War Receipt, Jun 9Trump ran on 'no more forever wars,' then launched Operation Epic Fury. Rachel and Jordyn run the fiscal and philosophical receipts on a $200 billion military adventure the party of limited government can't explain away.
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Each week, they hold MAGA accountable to its own promises: what was delivered, what was abandoned, and what got quietly walked back when nobody was looking. Conservative Reckoning is for the growing number of right-leaning voters who still believe in limited government, personal liberty, and fiscal responsibility but refuse to clap for a movement that forgot those values existed. If you feel politically stranded between a party you helped build and a direction you can't defend, pull up a chair. You belong here.
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