About this episode

The episode discusses the Iran war, a Cyclospora outbreak, and implications of new policies affecting ICE investigations and foreign student visas.

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman open with the Iran war, where every incentive now runs against the United States: bases getting hit, stockpiles that were never replenished, the Houthis moving to choke off the Red Sea, and a president who responded to all of it with "I don't really care." Jared deteremines: Iran doesn't need to win anything, it just needs to keep bleeding a country that can't admit it lost. Then it's the Cyclospora outbreak sickening thousands across 34 states, and the FDA's suspiciously timed reversal clearing the mega-producer at the center of it, a case study in what monopolization plus a pay-to-play administration does to something as basic as being able to eat lettuce. Finally, two quieter stories with loud implications: the FBI has been told to stop investigating assaults involving ICE agents, and a new four-year visa cap for foreign students that could quietly demolish American PhD programs. If you want to support the show and get access to the Weekender every Friday, plus specials and live shows, become a patron at http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast. The Muckrake Podcast is independent media with no corporate backing, and it only exists…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jared Yates Sexton, Nick Hauselman

Topics covered

• Iran war
• Cyclospora outbreak
• FDA actions
• ICE investigations
• foreign student visa cap

Keywords

• Iran
• Cyclospora
• FDA
• ICE
• foreign students
• visa cap
• politics
• news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FDA, ICE

Places: Iran, United States, Red Sea

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