About this episode

The episode discusses US foreign policy regarding Iran, immigration enforcement issues, and the implications of climate change.

Conflict reporter/writer/cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM ET. Today we discuss: • For 24 hours after Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told Trump the US has lost to Iran and a US bomb attack killed at least 5 guests at a wedding party and wounded at least 67 , Trump’s familiar playbook for his war for/with Israel was on full display. The president went from boasting that Iran was defeated militarily, a “failed nation,” to threatening an apocalyptic attack that would leave “very little left” of the country. Then he was back to trolling, asking his followers whether the United States should name the Strait of Hormuz the “Trump Strait.” Foreign policy experts say he has run out of options . • Citing an “unprecedented lowering of standards,” a career ICE official who stepped forward as a whistleblower said that “systemic breakdowns” had allowed applicants to receive job offers before they had passed basic fingerprint, identity or credit checks in a preliminary vetting process . Political appointees had unjustly skirted background investigations and received national security eligibility. • Global heating will…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ted Rall, Jamarl Thomas

Topics covered

• US foreign policy
• Iran conflict
• immigration enforcement
• climate change
• media analysis

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran
• ICE
• climate change
• foreign policy
• wedding attack
• UN report

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ICE, UN

Places: Iran, United States, Strait of Hormuz

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