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On today’s show: The Organizer of an International Humanitarian Flotilla Delivering Aid to the Desperate and Starving People of Cuba We begin with the head of an international humanitarian effort underway to alleviate the suffering of the Cuban people whose country is falling apart all around them as they run out of food, water, gas … Continued
On today’s show: Today’s Blowback and the Historical Record of US Meddling in Iran We begin with the killing today of Iran’s top national security official and the head of the Basij militia who were hiding in a safe house struck by Israel, opening the way for even more hardline officials to take over since … Continued
On today’s show: Although the US Navy Won’t Go Into the Gulf, Trump is Demanding Other Navies Escort Tankers Through the Strait of Hormuz We begin with Trump doubling down on his delusion that tankers can pass through the Strait of Hormuz after calling on tanker owners to “show some guts” he is now … Continued
After Declaring Victory Over Iran, Trump Vows That Cuba Is Next We begin with Trump already having claimed victory in the war underway against Iran as well as already announcing that Cuba will be the next to fall in his crusade to assert the “Donroe doctrine.” Joining us is William LeoGrande, a professor of government … Continued
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on Trump, Epstein and Putin We begin with the latest examples of Trump’s fealty towards Putin who is providing Iran with targeting to kill Americans in the war underway which Trump and Witkoff are denying, along with having the US abstain from a recent overwhelming UN condemnation of Russia on the 4th … Continued
Trump Reverses Himself on Ending the Iran War After A Call With Putin We begin with yesterday’s press conference at Trump’s golf resort in Florida at which he made little sense and appeared to contradict himself after saying he would only accept an unconditional surrender from Iran, announcing that the war would be over in … Continued
On today’s briefing: A War Iran Only Has to Stay in While We Can Only Win At a Price We Are Unlikely to Want to Pay We begin with the question, how long can Trump and Hegseth use $4 million interceptors to shoot down $20,000 drones in an asymmetrical war that Iran just has … Continued
On today’s show: The U.S. Continues to Resort to Force at Growing Cost in a Region of Diminishing Importance We begin with the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran raging while Trump issues megalomaniacal orders to the Iranians that he will choose their next leader and that the recently killed Supreme Leader’s son, Mojtaba Khomenei, is unacceptable. … Continued
On today’s show: Could Kristi Noem be the First in the Trump Kakistocracy’s Clown Car Cabinet to be Impeached? We begin with today’s grilling of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem before the House Homeland Security Committee following scathing criticism of her from Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security Committee. Joining us to assess whether apparent … Continued
On today’s show: Trump is Caught Between Avoiding an Endless War and Needing to Keep the Iran War Going to Invoke the Insurrection Act to Rig the Midterm Elections We begin with the war in the Middle East expanding as jitters rattle Wall Street and the global markets with Trump announcing today that it’s … Continued
