President Donald Trump takes center stage at the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas as the battle for control of Congress — and the increasingly competitive Texas Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico — heats up.

Matt Locke of WBAP joins Chris X LIVE from the Dallas convention with an inside look at the crowd, security, more than 160 scheduled speakers and the Trump-rally atmosphere surrounding the GOP's push toward the 2026 midterm elections.

The Texas Senate fight is also entering a new phase. Chris and Matt discuss Republican money moving behind Ken Paxton, Trump-aligned campaign spending, Elon Musk's America PAC and James Talarico's effort to appeal to moderate Texas voters.

Chris also plays Talarico's latest comments on transgender athletes competing in girls' sports and compares them with his previous legislative positions as women's sports becomes a major issue in Republican campaign advertising.

Then the conversation shifts to one of the biggest technology stories in America: researchers connected to Anthropic warning that increasingly powerful artificial intelligence could potentially cause catastrophic — even extinction-level — consequences. Chris asks whether AI really could become a real-world version of Skynet and why Generation X seems far less worried about it.

Plus, oil surges above $100 per barrel as fighting between the United States and Iran intensifies around the Strait of Hormuz, raising new concerns about gasoline prices and the political consequences heading into November.

Also on the show: Hunter Biden launches a new $LAPTOP meme cryptocurrency that reportedly crashes approximately 98% shortly after launch, Ron Reeder joins Chris for a rare cross-partisan conversation about free speech and media bias, and Harris County callers debate toll roads, taxes and government spending.

CHAPTERS — Approximate

00:00 Chris X Radio — Hump Day
07:03 Republican Midterm Convention kicks off in Dallas
08:10 Matt Locke joins LIVE from the GOP convention
10:25 Inside the Dallas convention & massive speaker lineup
12:10 Ken Paxton vs. James Talarico momentum
13:35 Trump & Elon Musk money enters the Texas Senate race
16:15 Why Trump is putting himself “back on the ballot”
17:30 Security surrounding Trump in Dallas
22:25 Ron Reeder preview & political civil discourse
26:30 Trump, Biden & the political divide
28:25 AI, $100 oil and Hunter Biden crypto preview
34:40 Ron Reeder joins Chris X
36:00 Free speech across political lines
38:05 Why politics became so polarized
40:00 Ron Reeder Digs the Universe
44:10 How television news manipulates emotion
46:30 Why reading news matters more than watching it
48:00 Liberals, conservatives & ideological echo chambers
53:00 Can Americans still disagree without hating each other?
57:20 Rock music, MTV & changing American culture
1:08:10 Hour 2 begins 1:10:20 Oil tops $100 & midterm pressure
1:11:30 Elon Musk's America PAC targets Senate Democrats
1:12:30 James Talarico on transgender athletes in girls' sports
1:13:45 Anthropic researchers warn AI could threaten humanity
1:15:25 “AI could kill all humans” warning
1:16:20 Could AI become Skynet?
1:17:00 Why Gen X isn't scared of AI
1:18:30 Can humans simply unplug artificial intelligence?
1:26:20 Chris asks Lucas if AI could wipe out humanity
1:29:30 How Gen X adapted from landlines to AI
1:30:25 Chris remembers his father's 90th birthday
1:31:20 Dementia, end-of-life visions & the afterlife
1:39:20 Final Dallas GOP Convention update
1:44:30 Oil breaks $100 amid U.S.–Iran fighting
1:46:30 Hunter Biden launches $LAPTOP cryptocurrency
1:47:00 Meme coin reportedly crashes 98%
1:54:40 Harris County budget & toll-road debate
1:58:00 Why are Texans still paying tolls?
1:59:30 Final thoughts

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