“THE MORNING MEETING” DAYBOOK
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2025
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TODAY
* “The Morning Meeting” with Dan, Sean, and me is LIVE at 9am ET.
* Author Peter Moskos joins Michael Moynihan on “The Moynihan Report” for a LIVE taping at 4:30 pm ET, which will air on YouTube at 7 pm ET.
* Independent journalist Lyndsey Keith and Democratic commentator Aaron Parnass join me on “2WAY Tonight” LIVE at 6 pm ET.
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Peter Moskos, author of Back from the Brink: Inside the NYPD and New York City's Extraordinary 1990s Crime Drop, joins Michael Moynihan on “The Moynihan Report” — LIVE at 4:30pm ET on Zoom.
Watch LIVE by Zoom here.
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Independent journalist Lyndsey Keith and Democratic commentator Aaron Parnass join me for a conversation like no other on “2WAY Tonight,” LIVE at 6 p.m. ET.
Watch LIVE and interactive on Zoom here.
Watch LIVE and on-demand on YouTube here.
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Catch a new episode of “Next Up” later today!
I’ll be joined by Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice; Steve Krakauer, executive producer of “The Megyn Kelly Show”; and Drew Holden, managing editor of American Compass.
Plus, my reported monologue follow up on the Washington Post’s liberal bias — and the deep and wide reaction to last week’s interview with their longtime fact checker, Glenn Kessler.
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DAYBOOK, all Eastern Time unless otherwise noted
DONALD TRUMP
JD VANCE
The Vice President is the United Kingdom for a mix of meetings and recreation.
CONGRESS
The House and Senate are out until September 2.
JACKSON HOLE RETREAT
Speaker Mike Johnson gathers Republican lawmakers and donors in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for day two of a retreat featuring Homeland Security Chair Andrew Garbarino and Senator John Barrasso.
ECONOMY
8:30am: Consumer price index report due out.
“The Morning Meeting” topics:
* The economy.
* China.
* Russia-Ukraine.
* DC crime and politics.
* Epstein/Maxwell: the victims.
* Karoline Leavitt: case study.
* MAGA FIGHTS: Asymmetrical edge?
* Taylor’s version.