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DOJ going after Trump's rape accuser. ICE detention is a for-profit gulag. And we why can't defeat Iran. In this episode: • Todd Blanche orders criminal investigation of E. Jean Carroll • Delaney Hall ICE detention — hunger strikes, $1 billion no-bid contract to GEO Group • Markwayne Mullin lies about who's actually being detained • US missile stockpiles depleted — 30 percent of Tomahawks gone, half of Patriots used since February • We cannot take Kharg Island or force open the Strait of Hormuz • Trump manipulating oil markets with Iran war threats • Lincoln Memorial — $13 million no-bid repair contract • California Governor primary: Becerra vs. Hilton vs. Steyer vs. Porter • Lindsey Graham's nine lies in 13 seconds about Iran • Stephen Miller's Office of Remigration — sending citizens "back home" • 60 Minutes' Sharon Alfonsi fired by Bari Weiss at CBS News Key Figures Covered: Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, E. Jean Carroll, Markwayne Mullin, Stephen Miller, Pete Hegseth, Lindsey Graham, Gavin Newsom, and Sharon Alfonsi.

From the phone that sits in his pocket, a person can now order almost anything online and have it delivered to his door the next morning. For all of human history, no one on earth had that kind of power, and now, within a single lifetime, every middle-class American has it. Walmart or Amazon or other major e-commerce platforms will bring you whatever you want: a vintage edition of a particular book, a specific article of clothing in a specific size, same-day delivery of kosher pastrami from Costco. Americans are now used to getting what they want, when they want it, with very little delay. That's because the interpretation of vast amounts of data has already told retailers that a person is likely to want diapers and baby formula, or the new Winston Churchill biography, or, having bought a new phone, an extra phone charger, already prepositioned in nearby warehouses, just waiting for someone to want it and press "ship." As a result, it's hard for us to understand intuitively why some things take time to manufacture, and why, when we read reports of missile and interceptor stockpiles, the American military, with all its might, can't just order up another arsenal and have it at the ready. After this spring's combat operations against Iran, the U.S. has used up a lot of missiles. Here are some numbers, drawn from analysis published this spring by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. In the course of Operation Epic Fury, the United States fired over 1,000 Tomahawk cruise missiles from a prewar inventory of approximately 3,100. Recent annual production is less than 200, and replacement is not projected until late 2030. Up to 1,430 Patriot interceptors were expended from a prewar inventory of roughly 2,330, at a production rate of 650 per year—half of which go to allied nations. And 290 of America's 360 interceptors for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense—the most advanced missile-defense system we field, known as THAAD—were fired. We produce about 96 of these interceptors per year. Needless to say, there are other things that we need those missiles for. And some strategists believe that China or another adversary might look at the state of American munitions and decide that a window of opportunity has opened up. How did the most powerful military in the history of the world arrive at this moment? What does the supply chain behind a Patriot missile actually look like, all the way down to the raw materials? And what would serious industrial mobilization require? These are among the questions that Mosaic's editor Jonathan Silver takes up with Ryan McBeth. McBeth spent twenty years in the U.S Army as an infantryman, and is now an intelligence analyst with a popular YouTube channel he uses to explain military affairs to non-specialists. You can learn more about him, and follow his work, at ryanmcbeth.substack.com. In today's podcast, McBeth explains why he is not quite so worried about the state of the American arsenal. This episode of The Tikvah Podcast is generously sponsored by Robert and Ilana Saposh. If you are interested in sponsoring an episode of The Tikvah Podcast, we invite you to join the Tikvah Ideas Circle. Visit tikvah.org/circle to learn more and join.

Marine Recon veteran Rob Blanton sits down with Urban Valor to share one of the wildest, funniest, and most honest Marine Corps stories we've ever had on the channel. From growing up in Santa Rosa, California, to joining the United States Marine Corps almost by accident, to becoming a Force Recon Marine.Rob served in the Marine Corps from 1993 to 2014, retiring as a Master Sergeant. In this interview, he walks us through the chaos of joining the Marines on the buddy program, getting stuck on open contract, becoming an 0311 infantryman, earning his way into Force Recon, and eventually deploying into some of the most intense moments of modern military history.

We started the day with a giant Tomahawk steak and ended it with a gas station giveaway and a certified Banger Bus. What better way to kick off a long weekend!? Klein cooked a Tomahawk steak for two hours last night just to bring it to Ally to help increase her red meat consumption for fertility success. If you want to see a lesbian handle 5lbs of rare meat, check out the YouTube livestream. While you're there, check out DJ Omar Khan in the flesh! He came in the studio and strapped in to a lie detector for his very first LIE DAY FRIDAY. It resulted in a health scare, some eye opening questions about selling drugs, and a plan for Omar and lie detector guy John Grogan to do Molly together after the show. We got an incredible unexpected delivery on the show today. The Print Gurus, who are big fans and incredible merch makers, delivered the first ever Klein Ally Show plushie. And not just any plushie, it was a Vanessa themed Chicken Lady plushie! This is yet another thing you have to watch YouTube to see. It even makes noise! We closed out this holiday week by giving away free gas to anyone listening to our show while filling up at a random gas station in LA. If you see Postmaster Johnny at the pump, hit him up!

The Tara Show spent Hour 3, Segment 2 on Friday, May 22, 2026, analyzing a terrifying crisis in the defense supply chain, questioning if America is structurally running out of the munitions required to sustain the conflict.The Munitions CrisisThe Empty Arsenal: The segment highlighted a brutal warning from military analysts that the Pentagon is rapidly burning through its stockpiles of precision-guided weapons and critical air defense missiles.The Two-Front Drain: The show broke down how years of supplying foreign conflicts, combined with the intense, sustained naval engagement in the Persian Gulf, has severely depleted U.S. reserves of Tomahawk cruise missiles and SM-6 interceptors.The Industrial Failure: It was emphasized that America's current defense industrial base is failing to keep up with wartime demand, as defense contractors lack the raw materials and manufacturing speed to replace spent ordnance rapidly.The Lever for Peace: Ultimately, the segment framed this manufacturing crisis as the real reason Donald Trump is pushing so aggressively for a peace deal, arguing that Washington may be forced to compromise because it simply lacks the ammunition to sustain a protracted, high-intensity shooting war.

Hour 3: Middle East Extortion, Military Shortages, and Global CrackdownsThe third hour of The Tara Show on Friday, May 22, 2026, exposed a series of escalating global and domestic crises, spanning maritime extortion, a depleted military arsenal, and controversial data rollbacks.9th: Iran's Strait of Hormuz Toll System: The hour kicked off with an emergency deep dive into Iran's sudden, aggressive creation of a "Strait Authority." The regime began demanding illegal transit fees ranging from $150,000 to $2 million per vessel [ay2tF62fvLE]. This extortion maneuver effectively violated territorial waters [ay2tF62fvLE], triggered warnings that commercial ships paying the toll would violate U.S. sanctions [p2vzwC1kkAo], and left the fragile weekend peace deal on life support.10th: America's Depleted Munitions Arsenal: The show analyzed a terrifying logistical crisis within the Pentagon. Analysts warned that high-intensity naval warfare in the Persian Gulf has rapidly exhausted U.S. stockpiles of Tomahawk missiles and air-defense interceptors, revealing that a severely weakened defense industrial base is unable to replenish the arsenal fast enough to sustain a protracted war.11th: UK Abandoned & Nick Shirley Prosecuted: Shifting to European turmoil, the segment discussed how the UK has increasingly been left to fend for itself against Russian aggression due to shifting NATO dynamics. Concurrently, the host reacted to the shocking political prosecution of independent UK journalist Nick Shirley, framing it as a direct assault on free speech and independent war reporting.12th: The Red State SNAP Data Showdown: Closing out the hour, the broadcast highlighted a highly partisan domestic battle over government assistance. Wrecker detailed how only conservative, red-state governors complied with federal demands to turn over state SNAP (food stamp) rolls, sparking a fierce debate over executive overreach, citizen privacy, and the weaponization of welfare data.

Full Show Summary: The Tara Show (Friday — May 22, 2026)Hour 1: Local Corruption, School Safety, and Media BiasSegment 1: The broadcast opened with a critical local update on corruption within South Carolina's judicial selection process, breaking down how powerful trial lawyers manipulate the system to protect favorable judges.Segment 2: The host reacted to a major security scare at a Greenville County school, analyzing the immediate response protocols and growing parent anxieties over campus safety.Segment 3 & 4: Media analyst Brandon Taylor joined the show to expose blatant institutional bias in national network reporting, highlighting how major media outlets systematically distort headlines to favor progressive political narratives.Hour 2: Political Brawls, Education, and the Dangers of AISegment 5: Wrecker slammed shifting ideologies within the Democratic party, focusing on controversial statements by Maureen Galindo and arguing that radical rhetoric is rapidly fracturing the party's traditional base.Segment 6: The show broke down an explosive primary feud between Donald Trump and SC Attorney General candidate David Pascoe. After Trump labeled him a "RINO and total fraud" on social media, Pascoe fiercely fired back, claiming Trump was being duped by outside influencers.Segment 7 & 8: The host contrasted the positive social effects of public school smartphone bans with the rising threat of ChatGPT cheating. The hour closed with an alarming new study revealing how hyper-personalized AI algorithms are actively turning citizens against each other.Hour 3: Global Extortion, Ammo Shortages, and Data BattlesSegment 9: The show provided an emergency look at Iran's sudden establishment of an illegal toll system in the Strait of Hormuz, demanding up to $2 million per vessel [ay2tF62fvLE]. The extortion maneuver left Donald Trump's fragile weekend peace framework on life support.Segment 10: Analysts warned that high-intensity naval warfare in the Persian Gulf has exhausted U.S. stockpiles of Tomahawk missiles, leaving a severely weakened defense industrial base unable to replenish the arsenal fast enough to sustain a protracted war.Segment 11 & 12: Shifting to Europe, the host discussed the UK being left to fend for itself against Russia and the political prosecution of independent journalist Nick Shirley. The hour closed with a domestic showdown over conservative red states being the only ones to comply with federal demands to turn over SNAP welfare rolls.Hour 4: Crime, Primary Conspiracies, and the War on GasolineSegment 13: The final hour opened with a blistering monologue targeting progressive justice policies, arguing that cashless bail and reduced sentencing for violent criminals have become a massive political liability for Democrats heading into the 2026 midterms.Segment 14: Caller Lucy in Greenville sparked intense debate by questioning if candidate David Pascoe is a closet Democrat, and if millionaire DOGE SC founder Rom Reddy is a political "plant" running for Governor to deliberately fracture the conservative vote.Segment 15 & 16: The broadcast exposed the corporate and political warfare between Chevron and California Governor Gavin Newsom over aggressive regulatory penalties. The show concluded by linking skyrocketing national gas prices back to local candidate platforms and how South Carolinians can navigate rising fuel costs.

──────────────────────────────────────── [00:02:33] CRS Report: 42 US Aircraft Lost in Iran — Hegseth Refused to Provide Data, So Congress Built the List From News Reports The CRS compiled the list from news reports: 4 F-15Es, 1 F-35, 2 A-10s, 7 KC-135 tankers, 24 MQ-9 Reapers. Knight: if you're winning, you don't hide this information. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:08:39] UN: The World Has Six Months to Avert a Major Food Crisis — Hormuz Closure Is a Systemic Shock, Not a Disruption The UN food agency says Hormuz is a systemic shock to global food prices. Knight: the 1973 OPEC embargo was 15% of US supply — this is 20% of the entire world's oil. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:18:52] Lindsey Graham Calls for Bombing Iran's Civilian Energy Infrastructure to 'Hurt Them More' Graham said he would give up both houses of Congress for it — Knight: he asks South Carolina parents to send their sons and daughters to the Middle East, knowing he won't be among the Marines who land in Iran. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:29:36] Knight: We Are Playing the Role of the Nazis — Attacking Countries That Did Not Attack Us for Israeli Living Space Graham invokes Churchill; Knight invokes Lebensraum. We are attacking a country that did not attack us, backing a state that bases its existence on the concept of a master race. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:32:05] The School Strike Was a Double-Tap Tomahawk — First Missile to Flush Survivors, Second to Kill Them Scott Ritter identified it as a Tomahawk from day one. A loitering drone photographed the reaction, a second missile was sent when survivors emerged. A girls' gym was hit two hours later killing 21. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:37:39] Tony Arderman: The Monetary System Since 1971 Is an Experiment Built on Trust — and the Trust Is Gone Arderman: everything since 1971 has been based entirely on trust, and trust is evaporating. The thunder from the Iran war hasn't reached us yet — the full economic shock is still coming. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:24:28] Trump's Bunker Ballroom: Leaders Who Have Somewhere to Hide Think Differently About Starting Wars Knight: a leader with a bunker is more cavalier about foreign adventurism and dismisses rising prices as peanuts — gone from decadent extravagance to open preparation for domestic conflict. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:48:59] Senate Republicans Won't Fund the Ballroom Bunker — Trump Says He'll Build the 250-Foot Arch Without Congressional Approval Senate Republicans refused to fund the bunker. Trump declared he will build it anyway using the same emergency framework he uses to bypass Congress on wars and tariffs. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:52:41] Trump's $1.776 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund Reports Only to Him — He Picks the Administrators and Can Fire Them at Will The fund gives Trump $1.776 billion, run by administrators he selects and can remove without cause, reporting only to him. Knight: the J-6ers will get none of it. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:57:02] Trump Sued the IRS Then Settled With Himself to Get Billions — Even Soros Never Did That Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, then dropped it for the anti-weaponization fund — on both sides of the table. Knight: even Soros never paid himself this way. ──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code “KNIGHT” For high quality made in America products go to HomeSteadProducts.shop and use promo code “Knight” for 10% off your purchases Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.

──────────────────────────────────────── [00:02:33] CRS Report: 42 US Aircraft Lost in Iran — Hegseth Refused to Provide Data, So Congress Built the List From News Reports The CRS compiled the list from news reports: 4 F-15Es, 1 F-35, 2 A-10s, 7 KC-135 tankers, 24 MQ-9 Reapers. Knight: if you're winning, you don't hide this information. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:08:39] UN: The World Has Six Months to Avert a Major Food Crisis — Hormuz Closure Is a Systemic Shock, Not a Disruption The UN food agency says Hormuz is a systemic shock to global food prices. Knight: the 1973 OPEC embargo was 15% of US supply — this is 20% of the entire world's oil. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:18:52] Lindsey Graham Calls for Bombing Iran's Civilian Energy Infrastructure to 'Hurt Them More' Graham said he would give up both houses of Congress for it — Knight: he asks South Carolina parents to send their sons and daughters to the Middle East, knowing he won't be among the Marines who land in Iran. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:29:36] Knight: We Are Playing the Role of the Nazis — Attacking Countries That Did Not Attack Us for Israeli Living Space Graham invokes Churchill; Knight invokes Lebensraum. We are attacking a country that did not attack us, backing a state that bases its existence on the concept of a master race. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:32:05] The School Strike Was a Double-Tap Tomahawk — First Missile to Flush Survivors, Second to Kill Them Scott Ritter identified it as a Tomahawk from day one. A loitering drone photographed the reaction, a second missile was sent when survivors emerged. A girls' gym was hit two hours later killing 21. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:37:39] Tony Arderman: The Monetary System Since 1971 Is an Experiment Built on Trust — and the Trust Is Gone Arderman: everything since 1971 has been based entirely on trust, and trust is evaporating. The thunder from the Iran war hasn't reached us yet — the full economic shock is still coming. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:24:28] Trump's Bunker Ballroom: Leaders Who Have Somewhere to Hide Think Differently About Starting Wars Knight: a leader with a bunker is more cavalier about foreign adventurism and dismisses rising prices as peanuts — gone from decadent extravagance to open preparation for domestic conflict. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:48:59] Senate Republicans Won't Fund the Ballroom Bunker — Trump Says He'll Build the 250-Foot Arch Without Congressional Approval Senate Republicans refused to fund the bunker. Trump declared he will build it anyway using the same emergency framework he uses to bypass Congress on wars and tariffs. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:52:41] Trump's $1.776 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund Reports Only to Him — He Picks the Administrators and Can Fire Them at Will The fund gives Trump $1.776 billion, run by administrators he selects and can remove without cause, reporting only to him. Knight: the J-6ers will get none of it. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:57:02] Trump Sued the IRS Then Settled With Himself to Get Billions — Even Soros Never Did That Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, then dropped it for the anti-weaponization fund — on both sides of the table. Knight: even Soros never paid himself this way. ──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code “KNIGHT” For high quality made in America products go to HomeSteadProducts.shop and use promo code “Knight” for 10% off your purchases Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.

Deux mois et demi de conflit, un cessez-le-feu fragile, le détroit d'Ormuz bloqué, le commerce mondial perturbé, le pétrole toujours au plus haut, des négociations au point mort… Et un Donald Trump qui menace encore et toujours. Le président américain a prévenu dimanche soir : « Pour l'Iran, le temps presse, et ils feraient mieux d'agir rapidement, sinon il ne restera plus rien d'eux. » « Comment terminer le travail en Iran ? » : c'est le titre d'une tribune d'un expert militaire, Seth Cropsey, publiée dans le Wall Street Journal, qui propose une solution radicale. D'après lui, « si le régime de Téhéran refuse de capituler, alors Donald Trump devra déployer tout l'arsenal de la puissance américaine : (…) avec des frappes d'envergure menées par l'aviation américaine et israélienne contre les infrastructures iraniennes de communication, de transport et sur les industries restantes. Mais aussi des frappes aériennes contre les installations pétrolières et nucléaires de l'Iran. (…) L'objectif de Donald Trump ne devrait pas être d'intimider les Iraniens, affirme encore cet expert dans le Wall Street Journal. Il devrait plutôt être de démontrer que les États-Unis sont prêts à s'engager dans une confrontation décisive qui brisera l'État iranien sur les plans économique et politique ». À lire aussiD'après la presse américaine, l'Iran aurait conservé 70% environ de ses capacités balistiques Minab, ville martyre Trump va-t-il mettre ses menaces à exécution ? La guerre va-t-elle redémarrer ? Va-t-on vers une reprise des bombardements ? Les prochains jours nous le diront. En attendant, le régime iranien fourbit ses armes et la population, résignée, pleure ses morts. Le Temps à Genève nous propose un reportage exclusif à Minab, cette ville du sud du pays, sur les bords du détroit d'Ormuz. Minab « devenue le symbole de la souffrance des Iraniens soumis aux bombardements d'Israël et des États-Unis ». Minab, où « à peine une heure après le début des premiers bombardements le samedi 28 février, un missile américain Tomahawk s'est écrasé sur l'école primaire. 182 personnes ont été pulvérisées. Dont 168 enfants âgés de 7 à 12 ans, des fillettes en majorité ». Depuis, rapporte le quotidien suisse, « les familles continuent de se recueillir toutes les nuits sur les tombes de leurs enfants. Au cimetière, les parents arrosent abondamment les sépultures ; craignant que la poussière qui s'y dépose marque le début d'une forme d'oubli. Des pères et mères embrassent les portraits gravés sur les pierres tombales. D'autres étendent un morceau de tissu ou un petit tapis à proximité, s'y assoient puis prient, récitant les versets du Coran les plus réconfortants ». Pourquoi les Américains ont-ils frappé cette école ? Réponse du Temps : « L'agence Reuters et le New York Times ont révélé que l'armée américaine menait ce jour-là des frappes contre une installation voisine du Corps des gardiens de la révolution islamique. Mais les coordonnées de la cible, qui dataient de 2013, étaient obsolètes. (…) Si le lien entre l'intelligence artificielle et ce drame n'a pas été établi formellement, pointe encore le quotidien suisse, beaucoup d'experts internationaux estiment que la généralisation de son usage dans la guerre pourrait multiplier ce genre de tragédies. » À lire aussiIran: zones d'ombre et infox autour du bombardement de l'école de Minab Ukraine : les stations-service, îlots de normalité… Autre guerre, mais mêmes souffrances : Le Monde à Paris nous emmène près du front ukrainien, à Pavlohrad dans l'est du pays. Plus précisément à la station-service Okko : « Pour les soldats qui partent au combat et pour ceux qui en reviennent, ce lieu est devenu un îlot de normalité et un creuset social, où civils et militaires se ravitaillent et se détendent autour d'un café chaud ou d'un hot-dog gratuit. » Un établissement sous la menace constante des drones russes, pointe l'envoyé spécial du journal. Une autre station-service, dans le Donbass, « avait été détruite il y a tout juste un an, le 28 mai 2025, par une frappe russe. La nouvelle avait alors fait les gros titres en Ukraine, tant son destin résumait la résilience ukrainienne face à l'agression russe. L'équipe de la station-service continuait à servir les clients malgré l'intensité des bombardements, qui avait alors déjà ravagé une bonne moitié de la ville voisine. (…) Un temps, poursuit Le Monde, la chaîne Okko, qui possède plus de 400 stations-service dans le pays, a envisagé de fermer les stations proches du front. “Nous les maintenons, assure le vice-président de la compagnie, parce qu'elles sont cruciales tant pour les militaires que pour les civils. D'ailleurs, notre personnel veut continuer à travailler. Ils considèrent qu'ils servent ainsi l'armée et le pays“ ». À lire aussiUkraine: nouvelle attaque russe massive, Kiev et ses infrastructures visées

Bundeserteidigungsminister Boris Pistorius war gerade zu Besuch in der Ukraine, um neue militärische Partnerschaften auszuloten. Und das kurz nach der Ankündigung von US-Präsident Donald Trump, rund 5.000 US-Soldaten aus Deutschland abziehen zu wollen und nun doch keine Tomahawk-Marschflugkörper hier zu stationieren. Wie können sich Deutschland und Europa in Sachen Sicherheit neu aufstellen? Darüber sprechen wir in dieser 11KM-Folge mit Anna Engelke, Verteidigungsexpertin im ARD-Hauptstadtstudio. Hier geht's zu “Streitkräfte und Strategien”, unserem Podcast-Tipp, in dem Anna Engelke und ihre Kolleg:innen sicherheitspolitischen Fragen auf den Grund gehen: https://1.ard.de/Streitkraefte_und_Strategien In dieser 11KM-Folge gehts auch um deutsche Sicherheitsbemühungen, die allerdings im Verborgenen ablaufen. Wir klären, wie deutsche Geheimdienste gerade aus- und umgebaut werden und was sie künftig alles können und dürfen sollen: https://1.ard.de/11KM_Innere_Sicherheit_Live Diese und viele weitere Folgen von 11KM findet ihr überall da, wo es Podcasts gibt, auch hier in ARD Sounds: https://www.ardsounds.de/sendung/11km-der-tagesschau-podcast/urn:ard:show:4549910994dc2464/ An dieser Folge waren beteiligt: Folgenautorin: Marleen Wiegmann Mitarbeit: Stephan Beuting und Lukas Waschbüsch Host: David Krause Produktion: Konrad Winkler, Timo Lindemann, Jürgen Kopp und Marie-Noelle Svihla Planung: Laura Stuhlmacher, Nicole Dienemann und Hardy Funk Distribution: Kerstin Ammermann Redaktionsleitung: Yasemin Yüksel und Fumiko Lipp 11KM: der tagesschau-Podcast wird produziert von BR24 und NDR Info. Die redaktionelle Verantwortung für diese Episode liegt beim NDR.

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Like a monster you can't keep down...we're back! NQD is reviving our Patrick Wilson season with the cult classic Bone Tomahawk. Released in 2015 and the first feature film from director S. Craig Zahler, this slow-burn western horror is a delight for almost everyone. An all star ensemble rounds out this excellent movie: Kurt Russell, Matthew Fox, and the always endearing Richard Jenkins. The Girls are joined by friend of the podcast, Jeremy who HATES horror movies. What a cruel (and/or hilarious) movie to endure him to.

The scariest part of the U.S.-Iran standoff isn't the loud headlines. It's the quiet math of distance, missiles, and leverage at the Strait of Hormuz. We sit down with Larry Johnson to unpack Iran's reported “new” framework and why it may be the same core message: lift the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports, and Iran controls access through Hormuz while allowing shipping to move. From there, we get brutally practical about what the U.S. can and cannot do militarily. Carrier strike groups have to operate far offshore to avoid Iranian cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and drones, which pushes Washington toward standoff weapons like Tomahawks and JASSMs. That sounds clean until you ask the real question: what happens when those stockpiles are running thin and you still want credible deterrence against bigger priorities like China? We also talk about reports of improving Iranian air defenses, why that could force even more reliance on standoff munitions, and how reputational damage compounds when adversaries see limits in U.S. power projection. On the geopolitical front, we explore Russia and China's likely role in intelligence support and why diplomacy through intermediaries matters as much as public posturing. And yes, we react to the claim that Iran's oil system is days from catastrophic pipeline failure, and what it says about the quality of intelligence feeding top decisions. If you want clear-eyed analysis of the U.S.-Iran conflict, the Strait of Hormuz, sanctions and blockade dynamics, missile stockpiles, and the future of aircraft carriers in modern warfare, hit subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review. What's your read on where this goes next?

Max and Donatienne talk about the Trump administration's announced withdrawal of 5,000 troops from Germany while simultaneously delaying a planned deployment of long-range Tomahawk missiles. They then turn to a conversation with Dan Kelemen, McCourt Chair at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, on what the Orbán era in Hungary tells us about how the EU handles democratic backsliding. (00:00) Intro (01:25) U.S. troop withdrawal from Germany (14:45) Dan Kelemen

Weniger US-Soldaten in Deutschland und keine Tomahawk-Stationierung: Ex-General Bühler ordnet diese US-Pläne ein und erklärt, was es für die Sicherheit in Europa hieße.

Nach der Kritik von Friedrich Merz an den USA im Iran-Konflikt verschärft sich der Streit mit Washington: US-Präsident Trump kündigt den Abzug von mindestens 5.000 Soldaten aus Deutschland an - und er stoppt die geplante Stationierung von Tomahawk-Raketen. Reißt der Abzug ein Loch in die US-Präsenz in Europa, was bedeutet das Tomahawk-Nein für die Verteidigungsfähigkeit der Nato - und wie steht es um die Lage in Nahost? US-Korrespondentin Stefanie Bolzen und Bundeswehr-Experte Thorsten Jungholt ordnen die Situation im Gespräch mit Wim Orth ein. "Amerika-Effekt – Donald Trump und die neue Weltordnung" nimmt jede Woche unter die Lupe, wie die USA – und vor allem Donald Trump – die globale Politik neu vermessen. WELT-USA-Korrespondentin Stefanie Bolzen spricht mit den WELT-Redakteuren Antonia Beckermann und Wim Orth sowie internationalen Korrespondenten über Machtverschiebungen, Allianzen und Konflikte. Ob harte Handelspolitik und neue Zölle, der veränderte Umgang mit NATO-Partnern oder der Druck auf internationale Institutionen – der Podcast zeigt, wie Trumps Kurs bereits konkrete Folgen für Europa, China und den Nahen Osten hat. Analytisch, nah dran und verständlich erklärt, ordnet „Der Amerika-Effekt“ das tägliche Washington-Rauschen ein und macht klar, warum Entscheidungen im Weißen Haus die Welt weit über die USA hinaus verändern. Wenn Euch der Podcast gefällt, dann lasst gerne eine Bewertung für uns da. Feedback gerne auch an usa@welt.de Impressum: https://www.welt.de/services/article7893735/Impressum.html Datenschutz: https://www.welt.de/services/article157550705/Datenschutzerklaerung-WELT-DIGITAL.html

For review:1.  A high-level Trump administration official informed Iran on Sunday of the impending US operation to "guide" ships through the Strait of Hormuz and warned Tehran not to interfere, according to a U.S. official and a source with knowledge.2.  US President Donald Trump says the US will be pausing the operation it launched just one day earlier to assist vessels stuck in the Strait of Hormuz due to progress made in talks toward a permanent ceasefire with Iran. 3.  The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned on Tuesday it would respond firmly to any ships that diverge from Iran's approved route through the Strait of Hormuz, as Israeli television reported US President Donald Trump came close to ordering renewed strikes over the weekend before calling them off. 4.  Iran fired over a dozen missiles and several drones at the United Arab Emirates on Monday, renewing attacks on the Gulf state for the first time since a fragile ceasefire took hold last month. The UAE Defense Ministry said its air defenses had engaged 15 missiles and four drones fired by Iran. 5.  The United Arab Emirates' contracting authority has inked a deal with Brazilian firm Embraer to procure 10 C-390 Millennium military transport aircraft with an option to procure 10 more in the future. With this deal, the UAE is the first country in the Middle East to be on contract with the C-390 aircraft. 6.  Germany's ambitions to close a long-range strike capability gap are facing a fresh setback after the Trump administration moved to withdraw thousands of U.S. troops from German soil and effectively shelved a Biden-era plan to temporarily deploy Tomahawk cruise missiles and SM-6 missiles there. 7.  The U.S. Army Pacific's 1st Multi-Domain Task Force and the Philippine Army Artillery Regiment have test-fired a Tomahawk cruise missile from the Typhon Launcher in the central Philippines — and successfully hit a target around 600 kilometers away. 8.  USMC Commandant Gen. Eric Smith told audience members in Washington on Thursday that the demand for ARG-MEUs has exceeded the 3.0 presence he previously called for. Calls for ARG-MEUs are coming from the U.S. military's Southern Command, European Command, U.S. Central Command and U.S. Africa Command. A 3.0 presence indicates a three-ship ARG-MEU deployed at all times: one out of the East Coast, one out of the West Coast and the 31st MEU delivering periodic deployments out of Okinawa, Japan.  

Als “extrem beunruhigend” beschreibt die Politikwissenschaftlerin Claudia Major den von US-Präsident Trump angekündigten Abzug von (mindestens) 5.000 Soldaten aus Deutschland, vor allem aber die Nicht-Stationierung von Tomahawk-Marschflugkörpern und Hyperschallwaffen. Diese hätten die Europäer bislang nicht, insofern “schwächt dies die konventionelle Abschreckung der NATO und reißt eine Fähigkeitslücke”, so Claudia Major im Interview mit Kai Küstner. Das Vorenthalten der Mittelstreckenraketen hält Major aber nur für ein Symptom eines viel größeren Problems: dem Auseinanderdriften von USA und Europa. Man könne die Politik Trumps aber nicht ändern, diagnostiziert sie, deshalb sollten sich die Europäer darauf konzentrieren, “militärisch handlungsfähiger” zu werden. Stefan Niemann beschreibt die Lage im Nahen Osten, wo in der Straße von Hormus die Spannungen wieder zunehmen. Die von Präsident Trump angekündigte Eskortierung ausgewählter Handelsschiffe durch US-Kriegsschiffe hat begonnen. Dabei gab es Angriffe durch Schnellboote des iranischen Regimes, angeblich auch Raketentreffer auf einem US-Zerstörer und die Versenkung von sechs iranischen Booten. Ob es für die in der Meerenge festsitzenden Handelsschiffe nun einen sicheren Weg durch omanische Küstengewässer gibt, bleibt genauso offen wie der Fortgang der von Pakistan vermittelten Friedensgespräche. Unabhängig davon ist das Minenjagdboot Fulda mit etwa 40 Soldaten in Richtung Mittelmeer aufgebrochen. Die Marine soll später helfen, möglicherweise in der Straße von Hormus verlegte Minen zu räumen. Zunächst muss aber eine stabile Waffenruhe gewährleistet und ein internationales Mandat erteilt sein. In der Ukraine gehen die russischen Angriffe auf die Zivilbevölkerung weiter. Militärisch kommen die Aggressoren kaum noch voran, verlieren erstmals seit drei Jahren wieder ukrainisches Territorium. Ukrainische Drohnen bedrohen nun auch Moskau, wenige Tage vor der traditionellen Parade zum Jahrestag des Sieges der Sowjetunion über Nazi-Deutschland. Lob und Kritik, alles bitte per Mail an streitkraefte@ndr.de Interview mit Claudia Major, Vizepräsidentin für Transatlantische Sicherheitsinitiativen German Marshall Fundhttps://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/audio-3246728.htmlKanzler Merz zu Trumps Ärger über Deutschland bei Caren Miosga in der ARDhttps://www.ardmediathek.de/video/caren-miosga/ein-jahr-kanzler-wie-schwer-ist-regieren-herr-merz/ndr/Y3JpZDovL25kci5kZS8zZGFlMGExZS01MGYwLTQyZTYtYTc3Yy00MmFlZTQzNzVjZDBfZ2FuemVTZW5kdW5n Was Zurückhalten von Tomahawk & Co für Deutschland bedeuten könntehttps://www.tagesschau.de/inland/kiesewetter-usa-abzug-truppen-deutschland-100.html Podcast-Tipp: ARD Radiofeature: “Kampf der Geheimhaltung: Doku über Julian Assange, WikiLeaks und die Pressefreiheit”https://www.ardsounds.de/episode/urn:ard:section:7082323e515e82ae/Alle Folgen von "Streitkräfte und Strategien"https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/podcast2998.html

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Non tutti i missili sono uguali e capire la differenza tra un missile balistico, uno da crociera e un ipersonico è l'unico modo per comprendere davvero cosa sta succedendo nei cieli del Medio Oriente e dell'Ucraina. In questo video quindi andiamo oltre le immagini di repertorio dei telegiornali per analizzare la fisica, la tecnologia e i costi dietro le armi che stanno cambiando il volto della guerra moderna. Dai droni economici che mandano in crisi sistemi antimissile da milioni di dollari, fino alle caratteristiche tecniche degli ipersonici che sfidano le leggi dell'aerodinamica. Prendi parte alla nostra Membership per supportare il nostro progetto Missione Cultura e diventare mecenate di Geopop: https://geopop.it/ngCbN 00:00 Intro 02:02 Come si classificano i missili 03:08 I missili balistici 05:21 I missili da crociera 07:55 I sistemi di difesa 10:18 I missili ipersonici 13:08 Le armi dei Paesi interessati nei conflitti 14:13 Iran: HESA Shahed-136 e Kheibar Shekan 16:50 Israele: missili Sparrow e AGM-154 JSOW 18:16 Usa: missile Tomahawk e PrSM 19:33 Russia: il Kalibr 3M-14 e Kinzal 21:22 Ucraina: ATACMS e Neptune Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Der US-Truppenabzug und der Verzicht auf die Stationierung von "Tomahawk"-Marschflugkörpern stoßen in Deutschland weiter auf Kritik.

Send us Fan MailWelcome back to the Ready Set BBQ podcast, your go-to destination for the latest and most exciting happenings around the world! In this episode we talk about  the Shots fired, Wrestlemania 42, NBA Playoffs, NFL Draft, Vrabel, Jaime's BBQ, Tomahawk Steaks, Smoked Burgers and Air Fryer Wings.  0-20 mins: HeadlinesReal Shots Fired - We talk another attempted shot at the President. Wrestlemania 42-  We give our recap of the 2 nights of Wrestlemania.  NBA Playoffs- The guys gush over Lebrons nuts.  NFL Draft- We give some grades to our team's drafts. Mike Vrabel - The story get steamier as Vrabel admits to his affair. 25:45 mins: BBQ Time Jaime's BBQ: Jaime and I compete in a gold course cookoff and manage a first place chicken with the help from Johnny DeepWrestlemania Food- We talk about $142 Tomahawk Steaks Smoked Burgers-  We cook some burgers on the pellet grill Air Fried Wing Hack  Jenn gives us her air fried wing hack. Etsy/ShopReadySetBBQ - EtsyFacebook Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/readysetbbqFeedspothttps://podcast.feedspot.com/barbecue_podcasts/Etsy/ShopReadySetBBQ - EtsyEtsy/Shop ReadySetBBQ - EtsyFacebook Page https://www.facebook.com/readysetbbqFeedspot https://podcast.feedspot.com/barbecue_podcasts/

Well howdy there, partner! Welcome...to the Year of the Horse (YH)! That's right, folks, for the Night Shift's first horror western shift in our yearlong special, Kyle (Stück Cassidy) & Abby (Two Tart Jane) screened the American Western horror film BONE TOMAHAWK (2015). In the Old West, a small-town sheriff and his rag-tag posse set out to rescue several townspeople from a brutal cave-dwelling, cannibalistic tribe. So, is this film any good? Well, give this review a listen and find out...if you DAAAaaaare! Already seen it? Let us know your thoughts! OMINOUS MEDIA LINKS: Website Humming Fools - Podcast Evil Cast - Comic KYLE LINKS: Website Substack Patreon Instagram Letterboxd  ABBY LINKS: Instagram Letterboxd MUSIC: Short Intro - Just Me And My Horse by kaazoom Main Intro - Spaghetti Western by Positive_Sound Spoiler Transition - Cowboy Sting Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro - Folk harmonica bluesy touch by Moonpub

This week we talk about the Strait of Hormuz, oil, and Russia.We also discuss Patriot missiles, expensive weapons, and peer rivals.Recommended Book: Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le CunffTranscriptDuring 2025 and early 2026, about 20 million barrels of crude oil and other petroleum products was shipped through the Strait of Hormuz every day. That's about a quarter of the world's total seaborne oil, and essentially all of that oil, and gas, and those other energy products that pass through this strait are from Middle Eastern suppliers like Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, and Iran.Beginning at the tail-end of February 2026, however, the Iranian military has shut down the Strait by threatening to take out or capture any vessels that attempt to pass through it. This has had the practical effect of initially reducing tanker traffic through the Strait by about 70%, but in recent weeks traffic has dropped to nearly zero. As of April 2026, about 2,000 ships are stranded in the area as a result of this closure.As a result of this shutdown, though, other energy product suppliers have seen demand for their oil and gas and the like increase, and that's led to higher prices for these products.Russia, for instance, which doesn't rely on the Strait to get its oil and gas out to its customers, has seen its oil tax revenue double in April, and the price of one grade of oil that it sells increased by 73% from February, alone.That's a big windfall for Russia, which has had trouble selling its oil and gas at a significant profit, due in part to heavy sanctions that have resulted from its invasion of Ukraine. It's continued to sell to countries like China and India, but those customers have been able to pay lower prices due to the lessened demand for what Russia is selling.This increased demand has thus goosed profits for Russia at a moment in which it could really use those sorts of profits—its economy is not doing terribly well, again because of its invasion of Ukraine, which has also not been going terribly well—so while inflation caused by this gas price-spike has been near-universally not great for much of the world, because energy cost increases tend to increase the price of just about everything, Russia's government, at least, has been pretty happy with the shutdown of the Strait, and would probably love to see it continue.Another moderate benefactor of this shutdown has been the United States government. The US is the number one exporter of liquified natural gas, and one of the top exporters of oil and petroleum products. US export numbers are poised to hit new records with the closure of the Strait, too, because, just like with Russia, fewer products of this kind available on the global market means those who have such products to sell can charge higher prices for them.There's a good chance this disruption, even if it ended today, for good, will have permanently rewired at least some of the global petroleum industry, as companies and countries that have been left in the lurch have adjusted their risks analyses and determined that it makes more sense to buy from different suppliers, to sell to different customers, or, in some cases, to use fewer of these products and invest more enthusiastically in renewables, like solar and wind—so while the US and Russia and a few other players are somewhat pleased with how things are going, oil and gas price-wise at least, long term this could actually harm them, the most, as more of their customers decide to stop paying irregular prices for what they're selling and to opt for less turbulent solar and wind power, instead.What I'd like to talk about today is another knock-on effect of the war in Iran that could have significant international, possibly even military implications.—Since Trump first stepped into office, winning the US presidency back in 2016, allies have openly wondered whether the US could be relied upon as a military ally, should push come to shove.Trump has repeated said that he thinks NATO is a rip-off for the US, as the US has long provided the vast majority of funding and weapons for the alliance, and he's pushed European NATO members to step up their own investment, lest he decide to just led Russia or whomever else attack them; he's openly speculated that he might do exactly that.As a result of the US's pivot away from happily playing the role of world police and invasion deterrent, European governments have been hastily putting together contingency plans that don't include the US: if Russia turns its attention away from Ukraine and starts attacking the Baltics or Poland, they want to be ready, and they don't want to have to rely on the unreliable Trump administration for their survival.Other governments that have long assumed they would be protected, at least in part, by the overwhelming force of the US military, have also been rethinking things, based on Trump's stated, if not always practiced, isolationism.Taiwan, for instance, which is persistently menaced by China, which considers Taiwan to be a rebel asset that it will someday reclaim, has also been investing in its own defenses, no longer certain that the US will step up and help them out at their moment of greatest need, despite historical assumptions.Adding to that uncertainty, though, is the increasingly depleted state of the US military following its attack on Iran, which began in earnest in late February of this year.Since February, the US has expended around 1,100 long-range stealth cruise missiles, more than a thousand Tomahawk cruise missiles, more than 1,200 Patriot interceptor missiles, and more than a thousand Precision Strike and ATACMS ground-base missiles.For context, those Patriot missiles cost $4 million apiece, and again, 1,200 of them have been used since February, and the US military only buys about 100 Tomahawks a year, so the military has spent 10-years worth of them already during this new conflict in Iran. And those 1,100 stealth cruise missiles were built for a potential war with China, but now they're gone.This rapid depletion of armaments, weapons that take a long time to make and which are very expensive to procure, has required that stockpiles from elsewhere around the world be quickly packed up and shipped to the Middle East; and while the majority of what's been fired so far by the US have been missiles, these shipments include all sorts of bombs, vehicles, and personnel equipment like guns and bullets, too, because they have to be ready for anything.The military has also redirected assets, like missile systems and carrier strike groups, from other theaters, like the Pacific Ocean, to the Middle East, which leaves allies, like Taiwan and South Korea, less well-defended against potential incursions.The US has refused to release any estimates as to the cost of the attack on Iran so far, but a pair of independent groups have estimated that price tag to be somewhere between $28 and $35 billion, which is about a billion dollars a day.What's more, it's estimated that it will take about six years just to get armament stores back up to where they were in February, before this attack; it's not just costly, it also takes a long time to produce that many missiles and rockets. And notably, a lot of these weapons were already considered to be in short supply before this conflict, at levels not suitable for a full-on shootout with an enemy like China, according to military experts. So six years plus whatever would be necessary to get up to more suitable levels.This shortfall is partly the result of how the US military deals with defense contractors, and there are efforts by new military startups to remedy this sort of situation, making manufacturing a lot more nimble, while also shifting to cheaper weapons, like drones and inexpensive interceptors, to replace the pricy, conventional ones that the country has long relied on.This expanded production hasn't begun in earnest, though, and conventional military hardware suppliers have been slow to spin up new production because new funding hasn't yet been confirmed by the Pentagon.So the US military is currently low on the weapons it would need to defend its allies in Europe or the South China Sea against attacks by rival, near-peer nations, at a moment in which such nations are making big moves, like China's persistent expansion into the South China Sea, and Russia's adventurism in Ukraine.What's more, these stockpiles are unlikely to be resupplied any time soon, the capacity to produce what's needed simply doesn't exist, not in the US, anyway, and next-step options, like mass-scale drone production, also haven't kicked off in earnest, yet, and might not arrive for another 5 or 10 years.This already precarious moment has been made all the more precarious by the US government's decision to attack Iran, then, and that decision still hasn't been fully explained, the actual end-goal unknown. Consequently, there also doesn't seem to be a clear end-point to aim and plan for.Show Noteshttps://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/iran-war-complicates-contingency-plans-to-defend-taiwan-some-u-s-officials-say-4384f7c1http://nytimes.com/2026/04/16/world/middleeast/iran-war-cost-congress.htmlhttps://www.aei.org/foreign-and-defense-policy/epic-fury-costs-as-of-the-april-8-cease-fire/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/iran-war-cost-military.htmlhttps://gulfnews.com/world/mena/is-the-iran-war-depleting-us-weapons-too-fast-1.500517800https://www.moneycontrol.com/world/iran-war-drains-us-munitions-raises-taiwan-defence-concerns-report-article-13898019.htmlhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-rearms-iran-ceasefire-advanced-munitions-supplies/https://www.ft.com/content/1a5a2502-a45a-40c1-af6f-b30ecc34bacbhttps://archive.is/20260424042150/https://www.ft.com/content/1a5a2502-a45a-40c1-af6f-b30ecc34bacbhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/world/europe/europe-defense-nato-trump-eu.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/23/aircraft-carrier-bush-iran/https://archive.md/T9tD1https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-31/trump-s-iran-war-is-accelerating-the-global-energy-transitionhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/18/fossil-fuel-trump-green-revolution-us-iran-renewable-energyhttps://www.axios.com/2026/04/24/trump-oil-export-ceiling-iran-strait-hormuz This is a public episode. 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Trump is secretly shipping 1,100 Afghan refugees to the Congo. His DOJ just indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center. Trump extends the Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire and claims he can make a deal with Iran "immediately," while the Pentagon reveals the U.S. has burned through nearly half its precision missiles, THAADs, Patriots, and Tomahawks. Lebanon and Israel hold direct talks in Washington; Hezbollah says they won't honor any agreement. David also covers: • The world's largest condom maker raising prices 30% because of the Iran war ("I call five billion condoms a good weekend") • UK bans smoking for anyone born after 2009 • RFK Jr. blocking a CDC study showing COVID vaccines cut ER visits in half • The full Afghanistan betrayal: interpreters who risked everything for America now being shipped to the Democratic Republic of Congo by Trump • Southern Poverty Law Center indicted by Trump's DOJ right after they labeled Turning Point USA a far-right extremist group tied to hate groups • Trump reading the Old Testament in the Oval Office (not the Jesus parts) • Pete Hegseth's Pentagon purge, Hung Cao's Christian nationalist comments, Kash Patel's drinking scandals, and Lindsey Graham's alleged drinking problem • MAGA's "heritage American" obsession vs. Kash Patel, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Usha Vance's birthright citizenship • 2026 midterm outlook: Congress at 10% approval, massive gerrymandering wars in Virginia, California, Texas, and a looming Supreme Court Voting Rights Act case Dark humor, zero filter, three hours of unvarnished truth. Subscribe, like, and drop a comment: What story pissed you off the most this week?

April 24, 2026; As a permanent end to the war in Iran continues to allude President Donald Trump, new reporting reveals that the draining of munition stockpiles could take the U.S. military years to reverse, leaving us and our allies vulnerable in the interim. Nicolle Wallace discusses with Randy Manner, Tom Nichols and Amy McGrath. Also in the hour, the latest on the possible insider trading on the prediction markets and the Supreme Court's shadow docket with Jodi Kantor. For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewh For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever you get your podcasts.To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Speculation... blasted to the world as if it’s fact. And it’s telling America’s enemies we’re running low on weapons. A new "report" from the Center for Strategic and International Studies claims the U.S. burned through critical missile stockpiles in a war with Iran, hundreds of Tomahawks, over a thousand JASSMs. It claims it will take years to rebuild. Fox News jumps at the chance to push this treasonous propaganda based off a total guess by it's authors. Ask yourself, who benefits from putting that message out? China hears it.Russia hears it.Iran hears it. This isn’t analysis. It’s a narrative of weakness, built on hypotheticals and speculation pushed by Fox and others as reality. Even their own report admits America can still fight. But that part gets buried, because weakness is the story. The goal isn't to inform, it's to discredit the Trump administration and embolden our enemies. Today, I expose how the so-called “bipartisan” CSIS isn't bi-partisan at all. It's a DC think tank loaded with Trump hating Washington elites. Yet it's shaping a dangerous global perception that falsely questions American strength… While it invites our enemies to test it.

Schaarse Amerikaanse wapens | Wanneer zet Trump een nucleair wapen in tegen Iran? | Handelsakkoorden als levensverzekering Trump put in de Iran-oorlog Amerikaanse raketvoorraden uit en verzwakt zo de verdediging van Oekraïne en Europa. Arend Jan Boekestijn en Rob de Wijk schetsen hoe Patriots en Tomahawks op raken, terwijl Trump cruciale leveringen frustreert en Oekraïne naar dure drone-alternatieven en Europese productie duwt. De NAVO-afschrikking leunt op de VS die zijn munitie nu verspilt aan relatief goedkope doelen zoals Shahed-drones. Boekestijn en De Wijk plaatsen de strijd om de Straat van Hormuz in het bredere spel van asymmetrische oorlogsvoering en proxies in het Midden-Oosten. De optie van nucleaire inzet blijft in hun ogen onwaarschijnlijk, omdat die elke bondgenoot zou vervreemden en Iran in een radioactieve puinhoop zou veranderen. Europa reageert op het Amerikaanse onbetrouwbare leiderschap met versnelling van defensie en het zoeken van nieuwe partners. De Wijk pleit voor risicospreiding via handels- en veiligheidsbanden met India, Indonesië, Japan, Australië, Nieuw-Zeeland en andere middle powers. Die strategie moet de Europese autonomie vergroten in een wereld waarin machtsevenwichten sneller schuiven dan elke langetermijnvisie kan bijbenen, wat ongemakkelijke keuzes over waarden en bondgenootschappen afdwingt. [Samenvatting geschreven door AI en gecontroleerd door mens] Over de Podcast Arend Jan Boekestijn en Rob de Wijk gaan onder leiding van Hugo Reitsma op zoek naar de nieuwe wereldorde. Wat betekenen oorlog, machtspolitiek en economische verschuivingen voor Europa en Nederland? In elke aflevering duiken zij in de geopolitieke actualiteit. In 2022 werd Boekestijn en De Wijk uitgeroepen tot winnaar in de categorie Nieuws & Politiek tijdens de Dutch Podcast Awards Reageren? Op X: @ajboekestijn en @robdewijk Bluesky: @hugoreitsma.bsky.social Mail: boekestijnendewijk@bnr.nl Over de makers: Arend Jan Boekestijn is een Nederlands historicus en voormalig politicus. Hij studeerde geschiedenis en politieke wetenschappen aan de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Boekestijn is voormalig Tweede Kamerlid (tot 2009). Sinds 1989 is hij verbonden aan de vakgroep geschiedenis van de Universiteit Utrecht en sinds 2016 lid van commissie Vrede en Veiligheid van AIV. Rob de Wijk studeerde eigentijdse geschiedenis en internationale betrekkingen, promoveerde op kernwapenstrategieën, werd hoogleraar in Leiden en richtte in 2007 het Den Haag Centrum voor Strategische Studies op. Hugo Reitsma studeerde rechten en politicologie. Hij werkte eerder als politiek verslaggever en vanuit verschillende conflictgebieden. Hij is auteur van het boek ‘Boekestijn en De Wijk voorspellen de toekomst’ (november 2023).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In this episode, Dave discusses The Last Video Store, Bone Tomahawk, Videodrome, Men, and Sick.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac react to WrestleMania 42 selling almost $150 Tomahawks Steaks at their concession stands during their event this weekend, talk about how the bone on the steak had the WrestleMania 42 logo branded on it, discuss if they would keep the bone as a souvenir, and then close out hour three by answering people's questions about anything in the Morning Mailbag!

There are roughly two camps. One argues that there is an overarching grand plan behind America's actions in Venezuela, Iran, Greenland, and against Russia's shadow fleet – a coherent strategy to choke off China's industries and make Europe energy-dependent on the United States. The other, more plausible camp sees imperial decline and the chaos that decline inevitably brings.I explore both.John Mearsheimer argues that America has suffered a catastrophic defeat. The evidence is stark: Iran has published a ten-point plan that includes the removal of American bases from the Gulf, continued uranium enrichment, and reparations – and Trump accepted it as the basis for negotiations. America is running out of Tomahawk missiles, having burned through eight to ten years of stockpiles in weeks. Its capital ships have been withdrawn out of Iranian missile range. The world's key strategic waterway is no longer under US control.But journalist Richard Medhurst makes a compelling case that this is all about China – a brutal attempt to cut off Chinese industry from Persian Gulf oil and force Beijing to negotiate from weakness.The problem is Trump. According to the New York Times, he went into this war on a whim – a "yeah, sounds good" after Netanyahu's sales pitch – overruling his own generals. The White House has been systematically de‑professionalised. Institutional memory is gone. Decision‑making is chaos.I draw a careful parallel with Hitler's regime: the removal of experts, the promotion of sycophants like Ribbentrop, the deliberate creation of administrative chaos to concentrate power. Trump surrounds himself with the same kind of people – Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff – who tell him what he wants to hear.From Tehran, this looks like a once‑in‑a‑generation opportunity: remove the Americans from the Gulf forever, gain permanent leverage over the world, and finally deal with the threat of Israel. And Israel's standing in America has plummeted – not just among Democrats, but among the MAGA base as well.What we are witnessing is the end of a world order that began in 1991. Trump is not the cause of American decline – he is an accelerant. But the collapse is coming, and the consequences will be catastrophic.Topics covered:- Mearsheimer's thesis of strategic defeat- America's munitions crisis- Medhurst's blockade‑of‑China argument- Trump's chaotic, whim‑driven decision‑making- The de‑professionalisation of the White House- Hitler, Ribbentrop, and the parallel of sycophantic advice- Iran's once‑in‑a‑lifetime opportunity- Israel's collapsing popularity in the US- The end of the post‑Cold War order---*If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us. We're migrating from Patreon to Substack – more details soon.*Explaining History helps you understand the 20th Century through critical conversations and expert interviews. We connect the past to the present. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and share.▸ Support the Show & Get Exclusive ContentBecome a Patron: patreon.com/explaininghistory▸ Join the Community & Continue the ConversationFacebook Group: facebook.com/groups/ExplainingHistoryPodcastSubstack: theexplaininghistorypodcast.substack.com▸ Read Articles & Go DeeperWebsite: explaininghistory.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 245: This week we have a guest in Rob of The Cinemigos podcast, roughing it in the wild west of horror with S. Craig Zahler's Bone Tomahawk from 2015.Make sure to join us next week in our basement for the 2019 film Ma.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-cut-above-horror-review--6354278/support.

Hosts Chuck and Justin dig into the 2015 horror-western Bone Tomahawk, unpacking its surprise star power, low-budget production, and grisly practical effects. They discuss standout performances (Kurt Russell, Richard Jenkins), the film's tonal mix of classic Western motifs with 80s-style splatter horror, and memorable creature design. The episode covers strengths and flaws: effective sound design and unsettling kills against occasional continuity and pacing issues. Chuck and Justin debate character choices, the film's dark humor, and whether the unsettling finale and blood-soaked set pieces make Bone Tomahawk a modern cult Western worth revisiting. Hosted by Charles Phillips Co-hosted by Justin Morgan Mixing and Music by Scratchin' Menace Follow us on Facebook and Bluesky for updates. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and all major platforms. Please subscribe, rate, and review. We appreciate the support!

Send us Fan MailPeaches is back for the April 8 Daily Drop—and yeah, this one should wake you up.13,000 targets struck. 155 vessels hit. B-2 bombers flying 36-hour combat missions. And somehow people still think this is business as usual. We're talking missile stockpiles getting drained, the Navy begging for more Tomahawks, the Army scrambling to scale production, and real concerns about long-term sustainment if this keeps going.Then you've got SEAL teams dealing with brain injuries from years of abuse, AI weapons coming online, and Space Force trying to keep up with a fight that's already evolving faster than the system can handle.Oh—and now there's a ceasefire. Maybe. Probably. Unless it isn't.Bottom line: this isn't theoretical anymore. This is what modern war looks like when it actually starts moving.⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Daily Drop—This Is Getting Real 01:30 Army Wants MORE Missiles (Fast) 03:00 New Rifle System—Finally 04:30 Navy Burning Through Tomahawks 06:00 SEAL Teams & Brain Damage Reality 08:00 Marines in the Pacific—Why It Matters 10:00 OTS—Train for This Level 12:00 B-2 36-Hour Strike Missions 14:00 Future Weapons & AI Strike Systems 16:30 Space Force Playing Catch-Up 18:30 Ceasefire… Or Not? 21:00 13,000 Targets—Let That Sink In 23:00 War Pace vs Production Reality 25:00 Final Thought—This Isn't Slowing DownSupport the showJoin this channel to get access to perks: HEREBuzzsprout Subscription page:  HERERegister for our Operator Training Summit:  OperatorTrainingSummit.comCollabs:Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code:  ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code):  ATACLeteDanger Close Apparel - Promo Code:  ONESREADYDFND Apparel - Promo Code:  ONESREADYHoist - Promo Code:  ONESR...

Donald Trump claims we have "total air superiority" over Iran. Pete Hegseth calls our military operations "flawless." But the reality is an F-15 and an A-10 Warthog smoking in the Iranian desert on Friday. How did two of our most advanced jets get swatted out of the sky by a "decimated" enemy? Welcome to The Mop-Up. While Pete Hegseth is busy holding Protestant-only prayer services at the Pentagon and asking for "divine wrath," the actual US military is burning through 25% of our Tomahawk missile stockpile in just five weeks. It takes two years to restock. Do the math. We aren't just losing the hardware; we're losing the moral high ground. US troops are being pulled off airbases and blended into civilian populations — a move that, by any other name, is using human shields. Meanwhile, Trump is proposing a $1.5 trillion military budget to build "Trump Class Battle Ships" while gutting FEMA, education, and disease research. The Pope is calling for a ceasefire. Our allies in Europe and Japan are cutting their own deals with Tehran. We are isolated, overextended, and led by a man who thinks prayer is a substitute for a flight plan. In this episode: • The F-15 and A-10 Takedowns – What really happened in the skies over Iran. • Stockpile Collapse – Why we're running out of Tomahawks faster than we can build them. • Human Shields – The Pentagon's new strategy of embedding troops in civilian centers. • The $1.5T Grift – Who loses their social safety net to pay for "Trump Class Battle Ships." • International Breakaway – Why the world is leaving Washington behind. Key Figures: Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump, Seth Moulton, Pope Leo, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, Marco Rubio, Susan Collins, Pastor Doug Wilson, Paula White-Cain.

Send us Fan MailPeaches is back with another Daily Drop—and this one's not subtle.Thousands from the 82nd Airborne Division are now in position, the USS Tripoli is on station, and we've burned through 850+ Tomahawks in weeks. If you think this is just “posturing,” you're not paying attention. Peaches breaks down what's actually happening: pre-positioning vs invasion, why combat patches are already getting handed out, and how quickly this could turn into something ugly.Then he goes off—acquisition still sucks, we're late on nuclear modernization, and somehow we're just now figuring out micro nuclear reactors like it's a new idea.Oh—and yes, someone tried to steal a Javelin missile. Because apparently common sense is still optional.Bottom line: things are accelerating, stockpiles are getting stressed, and if this goes ground-war level… it's not going to look anything like what people think.⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Daily Drop—Here's What Actually Matters 01:30 82nd Airborne Arrives—Signal vs Reality 03:15 Combat Patches Already? That Was Fast 04:30 Mobile Command & Control—Or More Contracts? 05:45 USS Tripoli & Marine Presence Explained 07:00 Submarine Commissioned—Why It Matters 08:00 Javelin Theft—You Can't Make This Up 09:45 OTS Nashville—Get In While You Can 10:30 F-35 Arrival in Japan—Indo-Pacific Shift 11:30 Sentinel ICBM—We're Late (Again) 12:30 Micro Nuclear Reactors—Finally Moving 13:45 Space Force Wants a “Range”… For What? 14:45 Trump Wants Others to Pay—Good Luck 15:30 Ground War Planning—This Gets Ugly Fast 16:45 AWACS Hit—That Thing Is DONE 17:30 850 Tomahawks Fired—Stockpiles Strained 18:30 Red Sea Escalation—Here We Go 19:15 Peace Talks… Maybe

"God does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war. He rejects them." When the Pope issues a direct condemnation of a sitting U.S. Defense Secretary, we aren't just talking about policy failure — we're talking moral apocalypse. Pete Hegseth isn't just running a war; he's leading a Middle Eastern crusade, complete with his "Deus Vult" ink to prove it. But what happens when the "Holy War" you've been praying for finally arrives, and you're losing? In this episode, we expose the rot that is Christian Nationalism. The Vatican's Rebuke: Why Pope Leo just stripped the moral cover off Hegseth's "Operation Epic Fury." ⛪ The "Deus Vult" Pentagon: Inside Hegseth's Christian Nationalist monthly prayer service and the "Christian-based culture" being forced on our military in violation of the First Amendment.

──────────────────────────────────────── [00:22:54] US Stole $126 Million from Switzerland's Fighter Jet Account Without Consent to Cover Iran War Missile Shortfalls The Pentagon redirected Swiss funds from a fighter jet purchase using a foreign military sales mechanism that allows reallocation without buyer permission — with Switzerland having already frozen payments after learning deliveries would be delayed 4-5 years, and having blocked US military flyover requests tied to Iran operations. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:25:42] In 4 Days of War: 943 Patriots Fired — 18 Months of Global Production Gone, One-Third of THAAD Stockpile Consumed The US burned through 18 months of combined Lockheed and Boeing Patriot interceptor production in the first four days of the war, consumed roughly one-third of the entire THAAD stockpile, and fired 850-950 Tomahawk cruise missiles representing 15-17 years of production — at a cost exchange ratio of 114-to-1 in Iran's favor. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:33:17] Trump Publicly Admitted to Saudi Donors He Doesn't Call It a War Because He'd Need Congressional Approval At a Friday investor summit, Trump openly stated he avoids the word "war" because it would require getting approval — then described Mohammed bin Salman as someone who now "has to kiss his ass" — confirming to the room that the constitutional war-making process was deliberately sidestepped. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:39:52] Day 27 of the Iran War: Philippines Has 40 Days of Oil Left, Power Plant Strike Deadline Approaching A situational summary at day 27 of the war lists: Iran just struck Israeli nuclear facilities, Iran is demanding Strait of Hormuz sovereignty as a peace condition, the Philippines has only 40 days of oil left, a power plant strike deadline is approaching, and Trump's response at a donor summit was to invite questions about sex. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:51:25] German Study: Zero Unvaccinated Children Died of Myocarditis — Every Child Death Was Vaccine-Related A large German population study of 84 million found that no healthy unvaccinated children died of myocarditis during the pandemic period — with every child myocarditis death linked exclusively to COVID vaccination. YouTube is actively removing accounts that reference the study, described as making the platform an accessory to ongoing harm. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:55:43] Rothschild Bank Raided in Paris as Part of Epstein Probe — Epstein Openly Claimed to Represent Them French authorities raided the Paris offices of the Rothschild bank as part of an Epstein-linked corruption investigation. In a 2016 email to Palantir founder Peter Thiel, Epstein wrote that he represented the Rothschilds — and so did Wilbur Ross, Trump's first Commerce Secretary, who worked for the Rothschild bank for 24 years. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:01:37] Record 36 House Republicans Announce They Won't Seek Reelection — Exceeding the 2018 Wave Election Number A record 36 House Republicans have announced they will not run for reelection, surpassing the 34 who quit before the 2018 midterm wave that handed Democrats control of the House — with analysts warning this harbinger signals an even larger political reversal driven by the unpopular Iran war and economic deterioration. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:02:47] Millions Protest in 3,300 US Locations and Across Europe — Communist Groups Embed to Hijack the Movement An estimated 8-9 million Americans protested across 3,300 locations in all 50 states, with simultaneous protests in London, Rome, Paris, Madrid, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Sydney. Socialist and communist organizations distributed flyers explicitly calling for revolution and embedding within the broader demonstrations — a dynamic described as Trump handing the radical left its best recruitment tool in decades. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:13:29] The Most Powerful Energy Crisis in Human History Is Now Looming — Russia Oil Exports Also Halting Beyond the Strait of Hormuz closure, Russian oil exports are now also halting due to Ukrainian attacks, compounding the global supply collapse. Oil opened above $100 and Brent crude was tracking its largest monthly gain on record, with gold consolidating as sovereign nations across the Gulf liquidate holdings for emergency liquidity. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:22:31] Trump Is Driving America Into the Arms of Communists — The Radical Left Is Capitalizing on Legitimate Grievances The argument is made that Trump's unconstitutional war, economic destruction, and open corruption are handing self-described Marxists and socialists a mass recruitment opportunity by attaching their revolutionary message to millions of people with genuine economic grievances — while MAGA and Fox News dismiss all protest as AstroTurf. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:45:35] Trump's DOJ Is Still Enforcing Biden's Pistol Brace Rule — Which Trump Himself Introduced in December 2020 Gun Owners of America reveals that Trump's Justice Department is continuing to enforce the pistol brace rule that Trump himself introduced by executive order on December 18, 2020 — five days before removing it under pressure — establishing the precedent Biden later used, which Trump campaigned on repealing and has now chosen to continue enforcing. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:55:43] RFK Jr. and MAHA Have Not Banned the mRNA Shot — Trump's Bioweapon Betrayal Continues Despite the German study confirming vaccine-exclusive childhood myocarditis deaths, RFK Jr. and the Make America Healthy Again initiative have not moved to ban or withdraw mRNA injections — described as a fundamental betrayal of their stated mission and the millions who supported them specifically to end what is characterized as a still-active bioweapon program. ──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHT Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.

──────────────────────────────────────── [00:22:54] US Stole $126 Million from Switzerland's Fighter Jet Account Without Consent to Cover Iran War Missile Shortfalls The Pentagon redirected Swiss funds from a fighter jet purchase using a foreign military sales mechanism that allows reallocation without buyer permission — with Switzerland having already frozen payments after learning deliveries would be delayed 4-5 years, and having blocked US military flyover requests tied to Iran operations. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:25:42] In 4 Days of War: 943 Patriots Fired — 18 Months of Global Production Gone, One-Third of THAAD Stockpile Consumed The US burned through 18 months of combined Lockheed and Boeing Patriot interceptor production in the first four days of the war, consumed roughly one-third of the entire THAAD stockpile, and fired 850-950 Tomahawk cruise missiles representing 15-17 years of production — at a cost exchange ratio of 114-to-1 in Iran's favor. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:33:17] Trump Publicly Admitted to Saudi Donors He Doesn't Call It a War Because He'd Need Congressional Approval At a Friday investor summit, Trump openly stated he avoids the word "war" because it would require getting approval — then described Mohammed bin Salman as someone who now "has to kiss his ass" — confirming to the room that the constitutional war-making process was deliberately sidestepped. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:39:52] Day 27 of the Iran War: Philippines Has 40 Days of Oil Left, Power Plant Strike Deadline Approaching A situational summary at day 27 of the war lists: Iran just struck Israeli nuclear facilities, Iran is demanding Strait of Hormuz sovereignty as a peace condition, the Philippines has only 40 days of oil left, a power plant strike deadline is approaching, and Trump's response at a donor summit was to invite questions about sex. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:51:25] German Study: Zero Unvaccinated Children Died of Myocarditis — Every Child Death Was Vaccine-Related A large German population study of 84 million found that no healthy unvaccinated children died of myocarditis during the pandemic period — with every child myocarditis death linked exclusively to COVID vaccination. YouTube is actively removing accounts that reference the study, described as making the platform an accessory to ongoing harm. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:55:43] Rothschild Bank Raided in Paris as Part of Epstein Probe — Epstein Openly Claimed to Represent Them French authorities raided the Paris offices of the Rothschild bank as part of an Epstein-linked corruption investigation. In a 2016 email to Palantir founder Peter Thiel, Epstein wrote that he represented the Rothschilds — and so did Wilbur Ross, Trump's first Commerce Secretary, who worked for the Rothschild bank for 24 years. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:01:37] Record 36 House Republicans Announce They Won't Seek Reelection — Exceeding the 2018 Wave Election Number A record 36 House Republicans have announced they will not run for reelection, surpassing the 34 who quit before the 2018 midterm wave that handed Democrats control of the House — with analysts warning this harbinger signals an even larger political reversal driven by the unpopular Iran war and economic deterioration. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:02:47] Millions Protest in 3,300 US Locations and Across Europe — Communist Groups Embed to Hijack the Movement An estimated 8-9 million Americans protested across 3,300 locations in all 50 states, with simultaneous protests in London, Rome, Paris, Madrid, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Sydney. Socialist and communist organizations distributed flyers explicitly calling for revolution and embedding within the broader demonstrations — a dynamic described as Trump handing the radical left its best recruitment tool in decades. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:13:29] The Most Powerful Energy Crisis in Human History Is Now Looming — Russia Oil Exports Also Halting Beyond the Strait of Hormuz closure, Russian oil exports are now also halting due to Ukrainian attacks, compounding the global supply collapse. Oil opened above $100 and Brent crude was tracking its largest monthly gain on record, with gold consolidating as sovereign nations across the Gulf liquidate holdings for emergency liquidity. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:22:31] Trump Is Driving America Into the Arms of Communists — The Radical Left Is Capitalizing on Legitimate Grievances The argument is made that Trump's unconstitutional war, economic destruction, and open corruption are handing self-described Marxists and socialists a mass recruitment opportunity by attaching their revolutionary message to millions of people with genuine economic grievances — while MAGA and Fox News dismiss all protest as AstroTurf. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:45:35] Trump's DOJ Is Still Enforcing Biden's Pistol Brace Rule — Which Trump Himself Introduced in December 2020 Gun Owners of America reveals that Trump's Justice Department is continuing to enforce the pistol brace rule that Trump himself introduced by executive order on December 18, 2020 — five days before removing it under pressure — establishing the precedent Biden later used, which Trump campaigned on repealing and has now chosen to continue enforcing. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:55:43] RFK Jr. and MAHA Have Not Banned the mRNA Shot — Trump's Bioweapon Betrayal Continues Despite the German study confirming vaccine-exclusive childhood myocarditis deaths, RFK Jr. and the Make America Healthy Again initiative have not moved to ban or withdraw mRNA injections — described as a fundamental betrayal of their stated mission and the millions who supported them specifically to end what is characterized as a still-active bioweapon program. ──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHT Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.

The U.S. is depleting its missile stockpiles in the Iran conflict. Is Taiwan now at risk? Ben Domenech breaks down the strategic shift in the Indo-Pacific and the "Champagne Socialists" defending Cuba's regime. In this edition of The Big Ben Show, Ben welcomes Michael Sobolik (Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute) to discuss how the Iran war is affecting China's global strategy and the critical depletion of U.S. Tomahawk and JASSM missiles. Next, legendary baseball historian and statistician Bill James joins the show to analyze the new MLB ABS challenge system, sports media, and the future of America's pastime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A preliminary report claims a U.S. Tomahawk missile strike mistakenly hit an Iranian school, killing dozens of children. The panel debates accountability, the tragedy of wartime errors, and why transparency matters as tensions in the Iran conflict continue to escalate.

A U.S. Tomahawk cruise missile struck a girls' school in the Iranian city of Minab during strikes on an adjacent Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval base. The attack killed at least 165-175 people, most of them children inside the school. The Pentagon has launched a formal investigation into the incident. President Trump was asked about the strike in multiple press interactions, where he suggested that Iran could be responsible and stated he did not know enough details while noting that the Pentagon is investigating. Iranian authorities have condemned the attack as a deliberate war crime carried out by the United States and Israel. No final conclusions from the ongoing Pentagon investigation have been publicly released. WE ALSO COVER: 172 million barrels of oil released from reserve. Trump declares victory in Iran. SAVE Act gets a 50th supporter? James Talarico is a DANGER for Texas. Zohran Mamdani hosts anti-Israel protester. 00:00 Pat Gray UNLEASHED! 01:14 BYU News 02:19 Oil Prices 04:20 Karoline Leavitt on Hormuz Oil 05:55 Oil Tankers Attacked by Iran 12:00 Iranian Girls' School Controversy 13:34 Trump on Iranian Girls' School 15:03 Fetterman on Iranian Girls' School 22:40 Trump Declares Victory? 25:50 More of Cardboard Ayatollah 28:25 Trump on Oil Release 31:26 Trump on Thomas Massie 32:43 Ed Gallrein Mocks Thomas Massie 34:15 Jake Paul Running for Office?! 36:41 In Defense of Thomas Massie 38:50 Trump on John Thune/SAVE Act 41:22 Lisa Murkowski on SAVE Act 42:10 John Cornyn on Filibuster 43:00 SAVE ACT/Filibuster Discussion 49:27 Proof Thomas Massie is Not a RINO 52:21 Caller Mikey 53:35 Caller Mitch (McConnell?) 54:53 Caller George 56:11 Caller Dennis 57:57 Who Really IS James Talarico??? 1:09:07 Eric Swalwell LIVES in California! 1:15:06 PAT41 1:16:42 Zohran Mamdani Hosts Mahmoud Khalil 1:18:44 NYPD Chief Aaron Edwards on NYC Attacks 1:20:32 Muslim Prayers in Mamdani's City Hall 1:21:19 Moving Muslims Out? 1:27:41 Bill & Hillary Clinton in NYC 1:31:39 JD Vance as Senate Majority Leader? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SEASON 4 EPISODE 68: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (2:30) SPECIAL COMMENT: Trump doesn’t REALIZE that he’s screwed in Iran. He can't decide if he's won and we should applaud now, or if he'll win later and we should applaud then - when the reality is, he's in a quagmire and about two weeks from handing the Democrats a majority that even White House strategists think might be enough to impeach AND remove him next year. Key Republicans and everybody behind the scenes in MAGA are looking for off-ramps. Does Trump know? Will he be temporarily not-a-moron and take one of them? Is Trump in a fugue state? Dissociative behavior? Temporary amnesia? No awareness that there are consequences? You know – his normal state – only WORSE. First about Iran he said “any time I want it to end, it will end." Now about Iran he says it will continue indefinitely until they quote “literally could never build that country back.” Is there a strategy? A plan? Anything? In the most important document of the war, Senator Chris Murphy told us what he could of a semi-confidential briefing about Iran by the administration. They seem to think all they have to do is destroy all of Iran's armaments and they'll never ever find a way to replace them. And while he’s demanding the world bend to his will, again he is helping the Russians help the Iranians try to kill our people and our allies. Monday I mentioned it was the Russians locating American Assets in the middle east for Iran's benefit. Now Trump is indirectly funding Russian advisors helping Iran with its drone strategy. Is Trump even aware he is awake? And what the hell is this with him trying to guess the shoe size of his cabinet members and buying them shoes that were already out of style in 1966? PLUS what is it with Pete PTSD Hegseth? He has now BANNED all outside photographers from Pentagon briefings because he thought the Associated Press images of him were unflattering. But ALL images of Pete Hegseth are unflattering. B-Block (32:00) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Poor Adnan Virk misses by an inch after trying to out-sing Michael Buble. Bill Maher gets run over at an NBA game. Alina Habba brings us her umpteenth malapropism; she can't tell her Cahoots from her Cajones; and the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee can't tell the difference between 1947 and 47 years. C-Block (45:00) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: Hardly that. Things I found on an ancient cassette. A bunch of radio sportscasts I did in my first 90 days in this business - just the other day (in 1979). Enjoy, or skip them, I won't be offended either way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

3. Retired Colonel Jeff McCauslandcritiques the conduct of the 2026 war with Iran, emphasizing the lack of a clear strategy or end state despite thousands of successful target strikes. He highlights a major messaging failure by the administration following a Tomahawk missile strike on a primary school that reportedly killed 170 people. McCausland warns that the U.S. entered this conflict with minimal international support, having only Israel as a formal ally in the initial stages. (3)1750 ISFAHAN PERSIA

Today's Headlines: Twelve days in, the Iran war has cost $11 billion and nearly 2,000 lives. The most damning number: 175 people — mostly children — killed when a U.S. Tomahawk missile hit an Iranian elementary school because the Defense Intelligence Agency used outdated targeting data. Trump is still blaming Iran. He spent yesterday in Kentucky rallying against Thomas Massie and bragging the war was over "in the first hour." US intelligence disagrees: Iran's government is intact and now led by a younger, more radical Supreme Leader. Trump and Netanyahu are also diverging — Trump wants a victory banner, Israel wants regime change. Hezbollah is firing rockets into Israel; Israeli strikes have displaced over 700,000 people in Lebanon. Iran has escalated in the Strait of Hormuz, hitting three commercial ships and threatening every regional port. The US and IEA announced one of the largest emergency oil reserve releases in history after the Trump administration reversed course in two hours. February inflation already showed fuel oil up 11.1% before any of this started.  The FBI is warning California law enforcement about potential Iranian drone strikes launched from ships off the coast, and thousands of Stryker employees — the company makes robotic surgery systems — arrived to find their devices locked with an Iran-linked hacking group's logo on their screens. A government watchdog found Hegseth's Pentagon burned $93 billion in September 2025 alone. The last five days of that month's spending exceeded Canada and Mexico's combined military budgets. Trump is threatening to veto all legislation until the SAVE Act — which would significantly restrict voting access — clears the Senate, while DHS investigates Arizona's 2020 election results and targets swing states ahead of the midterms. Epstein's accountant testified before House Oversight in a closed session; one detail leaked: a Trump accuser reportedly received a settlement from the Epstein estate. And a 12-foot gold statue appeared on the National Mall depicting Trump and Epstein in the Titanic bow pose — Epstein as Rose — with plaques noting their friendship was "built on luxurious travel, raucous parties, and secret nude sketches." Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: NYT: ⁠First Week of Iran War Cost More Than $11 Billion, Pentagon Tells Congress⁠ NYT: ⁠U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says⁠ ABC News: ⁠Iran live updates: US senators told Iran war cost $11.3B in first 6 days⁠  NBC News: ⁠Live updates: Trump goes after Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky congressman's district⁠ ABC News: ⁠Iran live updates: US senators told Iran war cost $11.3B in first 6 days⁠ Reuters: ⁠Exclusive: US intelligence says Iran government is not at risk of collapse, say sources⁠ WSJ: ⁠Trump Says the Iran War Is Nearly Won but Israel Has Other Ideas⁠ ABC News: ⁠Iran live updates: US senators told Iran war cost $11.3B in first 6 days⁠ Axios: ⁠IEA announces historic oil reserve release amid Iran war⁠ WSJ: ⁠President Trump's Head-Spinning Pivot on an Emergency Oil Release⁠ Politico: ⁠Energy, food prices surged in February — before Iran fighting started⁠ ABC News: ⁠FBI warns Iran aspired to attack California with drones in retaliation for war: Alert⁠ WSJ: ⁠Iran Expands War With Major Cyberattack Against U.S. Company⁠ The New Republic: ⁠Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab⁠ NYT: ⁠Thune Is in a Vise as Trump and Far Right Demand Fight on Voter Bill⁠ ABC News: ⁠Trump administration opens investigation into Arizona's 2020 election results⁠ NYT: ⁠Trump Wants to ‘Take Over' Elections. These States Are Prime Targets⁠ Mediate: ⁠BOMBSHELL: Trump Accuser Got Payoff from Jeffrey Epstein Estate, Says Dem Lawmaker⁠ The Guardian: ⁠New satirical statue depicts Trump and Epstein as doomed lovers from Titanic⁠ Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Axe and Murphy are joined by frequent flier in the Hackeroo Lounge, Jonathan Martin. JMart gives the Hacks a preview of his new Politico show, On the Road with Jonathan Martin, including his conversation with Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The Hacks also discuss the war with Iran — how it's affecting Americans at home, the administration's shifting rationales, and the U.S. Tomahawk strike that hit a school. Plus: Donald Trump firing Kristi Noem, the first cabinet dismissal of his administration, the Texas runoff, and the Hacks close with a tribute to Jesse Jackson. Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP via Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Retired Green Beret, Mark Grdovic shares the largely untold story of what came to be known as "Operation Viking Hammer", a 2003 U.S. Army Special Forces mission in northern Iraq that targeted the terrorist group Ansar al-Islam prior to the main invasion. Working alongside Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, 10th Special Forces Group conducted a coordinated assault on entrenched enemy positions in mountainous terrain near Halabja, following Tomahawk strikes. The operation dismantled Ansar al-Islam's stronghold and secured the Kurdish region, enabling follow-on coalition operations deeper into Iraq. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices