Power doesn’t just show up in elections; it builds laboratories. We dive into how New York City became a proving ground for a fusion of finance, philanthropy, and policing that later spread across the country—then map how that same logic now shapes narratives around Israel, Gaza, and the American right. Our guest, investigative journalist Matt Wolfson, brings rare insider perspective on Zionist networks in media and politics, the rise of pro-finance governance dressed up as centrism, and the backlash that produced figures like Zohran Mamdani. From the Democratic Leadership Council era to Bloomberg’s rezoning, we connect the dots between real estate booms, federal security funding, and the normalization of urban surveillance.

We also follow the technology pipeline: Microsoft partnerships, NYPD’s expanding domain system, gunshot detection with weak performance, and facial recognition that misidentifies yet continues to scale. Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s ascent—and her family’s long shadow in New York power—anchors a candid look at how public safety becomes a pretext for private networks. When private cameras feed public grids and “surge policing” becomes policy, the result is a sleek apparatus that watches more than it helps, especially in neighborhoods already stretched by inequality.

Then we turn to the right’s cultural firefight. Mark Levin’s broadsides, coordinated messaging against Tucker Carlson, and a rush to equate Israel skepticism with antisemitism reveal a strategy: elevate extremes to stigmatize dissent and justify new speech controls. Matt explains how financiers, media platforms, and political intermediaries can co-opt both sides, shrinking debate to a spectacle while expanding the security state at home and endless support abroad. If New York is the lab, the rollout is coming to a city near you.

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A new round of nuclear swagger, a fraying arms control regime, and a grinding war in Ukraine have pushed global risk back into everyday conversation. We bring James Carden of The Realist Review back to map how we got here—starting with the choices made in 1992, when Washington bet on an inevitable democratic future and ignored repeated warnings from Moscow. That post–Cold War confidence collided with NATO expansion, economic turmoil, and a parade of torn‑up treaties, leaving both sides more suspicious and less protected.

We unpack the unraveling of ABM, INF, and Open Skies, and why New START’s uncertain future matters more than any headline sound bite. Carden argues that treating Ukraine as the single prism for U.S.–Russia policy is a mistake, and makes the case for delinking nuclear risk reduction from unresolved territorial questions. Expect clear-eyed takes on whether additional aid can change the battlefield, what a realistic endgame might look like, and how incremental agreements—prisoner swaps, deconfliction, infrastructure safeguards—can keep doors open when a grand bargain is out of reach.

Then we head south and interrogate the rhetoric branding Venezuela a “drug caliphate.” We trace the legal gymnastics behind labeling cartels as terrorists, the dangers of mission creep, and the historical record that shows kinetic strikes don’t fix supply chains or demand. Instead, we outline smarter tools: targeted financial enforcement, precursor controls, regional coordination, and avoiding regime‑change traps that rarely deliver lasting security.

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Headlines boast of ceasefires and peace plans, but the facts on the ground tell a messier story. We sat down with Daniel McAdams, executive director of the Ron Paul Institute, to map the pressure points driving today’s foreign policy—from a brittle Gaza truce to a confused Ukraine strategy and the quiet escalation in Latin America. It’s a tour through the narratives that sell well on TV and the incentives that actually shape decisions in Washington, Jerusalem, Moscow, and Caracas.

We start with Gaza, where “stage one” ceasefires keep collapsing before any real de-escalation can take root. Daniel argues Trump’s ego might briefly enforce discipline, but settlements, annexation votes, and daily violence make long-term calm unlikely without real leverage—like pausing arms or aid. He challenges the grip of Christian Zionism inside the GOP, calls out the politics of rebranding endless war, and questions whether a babysitter envoy strategy can control a partner intent on unilateral moves. The conversation then shifts to Russia and Ukraine: new weapons claims and nuclear signaling, policy whiplash that cuts funds while widening strikes, and Europe’s dwindling capacity to underwrite a prolonged conflict. With New START on life support, the risk of miscalculation rises as arms control guardrails fall away.

Closer to home, we dig into U.S. strikes linked to “narco-terror” and the revival of old regime-change habits in Latin America. Daniel lays out why a War Powers reckoning is overdue, how covert findings invite blowback, and why coups often strengthen, not topple, entrenched leaders. We also examine Argentina’s Javier Milei through a geopolitical lens—what it means to reject BRICS, embrace Washington’s line, and campaign as a libertarian while courting foreign leverage. Threading through it all is a challenge to the media’s selective outrage and a hopeful note: a growing anti-war current on the right may be ready to question sanctions maximalism, proxy conflicts, and undeclared wars.

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