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The U.S. is bombing Iran with shifting goals, a new hardline supreme leader, acid rain over Tehran, and a War Powers vote that just failed in Congress, and nobody in charge seems to know what winning actually looks like. Seena and Travis break down the moving target of war objectives, profile Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, and trace the growing fractures inside MAGA over a war Trump swore he'd never start. This is the episode that connects the dots between a rudderless military campaign and the domestic political fallout nobody's fully reckoning with yet.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/world/asia/afghanistan-pakistan-taliban-airstrikes.html?searchResultPosition=1

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/2/27/pakistan-afghanistan-release-conflicting-death-tolls-amid-open

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/2/27/what-we-know-about-clashes-between-pakistan-and-afghanistan

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/5/un-warns-of-humanitarian-collapse-in-cuba-as-us-seeks-to-block-oil-supplies

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/2/27/trump-says-friendly-takeover-of-cuba-possible

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/us/politics/trump-cuba-regime-change.html?searchResultPosition=1

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1216288957377562

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-humiliated-as-donald-trump-freezes-him-out-over-iran-split/

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Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You! We heard the rumblings but now it’s really here. For better or worse– we’re at war with Iran. Join Seena and Travis this week as they go deep into the whys, the hows, and the WTFs. We have plenty of information, lots of feelings, and a surprising amount of good jokes.

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JD Vance Corner Animation: Bridgit Connell

Media:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/world/asia/afghanistan-pakistan-taliban-airstrikes.html?searchResultPosition=1

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/2/27/pakistan-afghanistan-release-conflicting-death-tolls-amid-open

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/2/27/what-we-know-about-clashes-between-pakistan-and-afghanistan

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/5/un-warns-of-humanitarian-collapse-in-cuba-as-us-seeks-to-block-oil-supplies

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/2/27/trump-says-friendly-takeover-of-cuba-possible

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/us/politics/trump-cuba-regime-change.html?searchResultPosition=1

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1216288957377562

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-humiliated-as-donald-trump-freezes-him-out-over-iran-split/

 

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Seena’s back! Join us this week as he and Travis dig into Mexican cartels and wtf success looks like in the “war on drugs.” They talk tariffs and what the recent Supreme Court ruling means for consumers (spoiler alert - probably nada), why Charles Kushner is in the news and making an ass of himself, and offer a few suggestions to simplify the fate of Rodrigo Duterte. And, of course, there’s JD Vance Corner. Yay?

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Episode Notes:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/njUv9Y41mro

https://youtu.be/B4PmR-bPMFk?si=xkxq1m3rX1KTJOj6

https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/tracking-economic-effects-tariffs

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/world/asia/philippines-icc-duterte-supporters.html?campaign_id=346&emc=edit_wor_20260223&instance_id=171519&nl=the-world®i_id=61617578&segment_id=215707&user_id=938bf81e2a681e73b55de1f8ba3e8d23

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/07/world/asia/rodrigo-duterte-philippines-drugs-killings.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/world/asia/icc-philippines-rodrigo-duterte.html?searchResultPosition=3

https://apnews.com/article/france-us-ambassador-charles-kushner-648b599a32730b0e28a80329a1f45ba6?user_email=92bc3449781eed425b4f99e69ea51e8c0d0aa3f457676d4160e921b1bcac8241&utm_medium=Morning_Wire&utm_source=Sailthru_AP&utm_campaign=Morning%20Wire%20Tue%20Feb%2024%2C%202026&utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/02/17/jd-vance-ready-to-run-the-world-00785096

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This week Ed Larson joins Travis to talk ICE- it’s history, how it’s (de)volved under Trump, and what happens next. They also talk Rubio’s failed attempt to play good cop in Europe, Congress giving Trump a rare hand slap on tariffs, and JD standing by his statement acknowledging the Armenian genocide despite criticism from the right– oh, wait, that didn’t happen.
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Media:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DUlIKKHjbf_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/14/marco-rubio-us-child-of-europe-trump-munich
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/13/trump-sends-second-aircraft-carrier-middle-east-iran?utm_term=69902b96f78d693c6a2a6c5318de06d6&utm_campaign=SaturdayEdition&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=saturdayedition_email
https://apnews.com/article/congress-tariffs-trump-canada-db591b69fbc3d867a82c7ae22d7e308b?user_email=92bc3449781eed425b4f99e69ea51e8c0d0aa3f457676d4160e921b1bcac8241&utm_medium=Morning_Wire&utm_source=Sailthru_AP&utm_campaign=Morning%20Wire%2002/12&utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/12/repub/border-czar-tom-homan-announces-end-to-operation-metro-surge-claiming-success/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arrests-violent-criminal-records-trump-first-year/#
https://www.instagram.com/p/DUhsO8CjVj5/
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/06/repub/immigration-detention-passed-70000-in-january/
https://apnews.com/article/ice-agents-arrested-misconduct-crimes-abuse-corruption-45b0d2248c0add9523e0bf5a953faaea
https://abcnews.com/US/prosecutor-moves-dismiss-charges-migrant-shot-minneapolis-citing/story?id=130131578&cid=social_twitter_abcn
https://www.instagram.com/p/DUmDxigk9Uw/
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/10/repub/health-care-workers-want-ice-out-of-hospitals-and-blue-states-are-responding/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DUWkEzcD_Iw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA=

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