Wild Things | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

About this episode

Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas discuss the Trump Administration's controversial figures and the latest developments in Israel and Lebanon, featuring guest Dmitri Lascaris.

Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM EST. Today we discuss: • Between Pete Hegseth, Kristin Noem and Kash Patel, the Trump Administration was staffed with some real party animals ! Now Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out at Labor for boozing it up on the job while boning a subordinate. How did teetotaler Trump wind up with such a posse of wild right-wingers? • The US State Department will host a second round of ambassador-level talks between Israel and Lebanon on Thursday. Joining “Deprogram” to explain the latest in Israel’s invasion of Lebanon is Dmitri Lascaris . Dimitri Lascaris is a Canadian lawyer, journalist, and activist based in Montreal and Kalamata, Greece. A former Wall Street and class-action securities litigator, he now reports independently on foreign affairs, human rights, and global politics via his YouTube channel Reason2Resist, often from conflict zones, including Lebanon . • Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Iran is “prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield ” after Trump threatened Iran with “problems like they’ve never seen before” if the two-week ceasefire…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ted Rall, Jamarl Thomas

Guest: Dmitri Lascaris

Topics covered

• Trump Administration
• Israel and Lebanon talks
• Iran's military stance
• political analysis
• mainstream media critique

Keywords

• Trump Administration
• Dmitri Lascaris
• Israel
• Lebanon
• Iran
• politics
• mainstream media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US State Department

Places: Iran, Lebanon, Israel, Islamabad, Montreal, Kalamata

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