HH:

* Ceasefire Talks Break Down

* Economic Shocks Headed for US

* Orban gets ousted

Artifact:

“Will the Art World Go Post-Woke in 2025?” by Ben Davis via Artnet

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Apologies, a day late, we wanted to catch the unfolding events re: Iran on Tuesday night.

(An earlier version of this podcast had some audio markup left in, apologies)

HH:

* Bondi gets the boot

* Trump’s pulls back from genocide

* The Supreme Court gives the green light to “conversion therapy

* Israel passes an explicitly racist execution bill

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Sorry about JP sounding so tired… he comes by it honestly!

HH:

* Another No Kings weekend

* US troops amass in the Middle East, making ground operations in Iran more likely

* The FBI and NYPD stop a plot to assassinate a Palestinian activist

* ICE has started operating out of airports

* An Russian Oil tanker is going to make it to Cuba

Artifact:

As podcasters we are contractually obligated to discuss Clavicular and “looksmaxxing” so we read Christine Emba’s piece in the NYTs: “The Reason Gen Z Isn’t Dating”

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HH:

* Fascism scores a victory in Prairieland

* The partial gov’t shutdown makes itself felt

* Cesar Chavez turns out to have been a real jackass

* The oil embargo of Cuba becomes deadly

Artifact:

JP and Simone explore the fascist mindset of Hegseth and co via Emma Brockes Gaurdian article: Is anyone as ill-suited for great office as Donald Trump? Yes, Pete Hegseth – that’s why Potus likes him

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HH:

* Mid-East war expands to Lebanon

* Troops complain about being thrown into “Holy War”

* NLRB under attack

* WI Governor signs “Heartbeat” law

Artifact:

King’s College of London found that “Almost a third of Gen Z men agree a wife should obey her husband,” among other troubling findings.

RDP Articles mentioned:

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HH:

* War in Iran looking not so good

* Control of all things cyber handed to Hegsdeath

* The Americas have a Shield

Artifact:

The Trump Administration edges ever so close to open fascism via a chilling speech delivered by Rubio at the Munich Security Conference.

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HH:

Snowflakes in NYC

OpenAI sells out humanity

Trump continues to strangle Cuba (and inspires a little terrorism)

An indie car race is being set for DC

Investigation of Epstein drug trafficking ring suppressed by Trump admin

And of course, Trump attacks Iran

We did it. Our overdue (and quite long) exploration of AI via Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei interview with Ross Dootyhat at the NYTs.

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