# The Rita Cosby Show: Hour 2 | 07-02-26

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Podcast: [The Rita Cosby Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rita-cosby-show-4484149)
Published: 2026-07-03T05:30:00+00:00
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Guest host Jake Novak fills in on the Rita Cosby Show, kicking things off with the bizarre and malicious vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and the 10-year felony indictment the culprit is facing. Novak contrasts the bitter cultural climate of America's 250th anniversary with the heavily "medicated" but more unified 1976 Bicentennial. He also weighs in on the Middle East, contrasting the media hype of the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding to the massive Iranian funeral for Ali Khamenei, and praises Marco Rubio for a strategic Lebanese peace deal. Finally, former Oklahoma Schools Chief Ryan Walters joins the show to discuss why red states need to act like red states, the necessity of teaching the Bible in public schools to understand Western civilization, and why Oklahoma oil drillers aren't sweating gas price volatility.

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