3635 - Trump's Iran Pretend Game; Corporate Dem Panic w/ Jeet Heer, Rep. Greg Casar
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The episode discusses the Trump administration's declining support, the War in Iran, and features interviews with Jeet Heer and Rep. Greg Casar on various political topics.
It's Casual Friday On today's program: Conservative pundits are failing to keep it together as the Trump administration's support continues to crater to record lows. One example is Scott Jennings live on CNN swearing Meidas Touch's wunderkind, Adam Mockler . Jeet Heer , national affairs correspondent at The Nation joins the program to recap the week's biggest stories. Topics include: The War in Iran, Trump's fixation on his own legacy, the buried DNC autopsy and more. For more from Jeet, check out his podcast " In the Time of Monsters ". Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) joins the show to discuss the CPC's new Affordability Agenda. In the Fun Half: Pete Hegseth appears before congress as a part of the military's budget request hearings, and it does not go well for him. Hegseth implies the soldiers that survived the drone attack that killed 6 servicemembers were lying when they said that they had almost no support. Also at the hearing, Rep. Jason Crow exposes Hegseth recommissioning his personal attorney and now top adviser at the Pentagon Tim Parlatore, who also represents clients that are in line for promotion by Hegseth so that he could…
People in this episode
Host: Sam Seder
Guests: Jeet Heer, Greg Casar
Topics covered
- Trump administration
- Iran
- DNC autopsy
- Congressional Progressive Caucus
- military budget
- economy
Keywords
- Trump
- Iran
- DNC
- military budget
- economy
- Congress
- progressive politics
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Organizations: CNN, Meidas Touch, The Nation, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Pentagon
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