Wednesday, July 8th, 2026 - Iran War Is Back On, Platner Won't Leave, Trump Is Redecorating Again

Wednesday, July 8th, 2026 - Iran War Is Back On, Platner Won't Leave, Trump Is Redecorating Again

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July 8, 2026 · 8 min

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The episode discusses the ongoing political turmoil surrounding Graham Platner, the resurgence of the Iran War, and Trump's controversial actions at the NATO summit.

Today's Headlines: Graham Platner still hasn't dropped out of the Maine Senate race despite Bernie withdrawing his endorsement and a second sexual assault allegation — this time from an ex-girlfriend who says he removed condoms during sex without her consent, which is classified as sexual assault in several countries — and his campaign's response was to call it politically motivated and bring up Brett Kavanaugh. Even better, Platner is now reportedly negotiating what he wants in exchange for leaving, including demanding his replacement come from Bernie's political orbit, while the Maine Democratic Party has told his campaign they have no role in the process. Trump is at the NATO summit in Turkey where he's mad at the alliance, mad at Meloni again, wants Greenland again, appeared to fall asleep and needed Erdogan to physically steer him around the room, and seems willing to sell Turkey the F-35 jets Netanyahu specifically asked him not to sell — so the girls seem to be fighting. Meanwhile the Iran war Trump declared over at Versailles last month is very much back on, with Iran attacking three ships in the Strait of Hormuz in the last 24 hours, the US responding with "powerful…

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Organizations: Maine Democratic Party, Lockheed Martin, Sikorsky

Places: Maine, Turkey, Iran, Strait of Hormuz

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