Terminally On Thin ICE

About this episode

Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the implications of a government unable to staff airports and the rise of ICE agents, alongside various political issues including Trump's Iran ultimatum and nuclear strategies worldwide.

Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman take stock of a government too broke to staff its own airports and an administration whose solution is to flood them with ICE agents. An idea that originated, no joke, with a caller to the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. From there, the guys trace the authoritarian logic of filling institutional vacuums with paramilitary loyalists, and what that means for the next time you try to catch a flight. They also dig into Trump's Iran ultimatum that expired without consequence, the fake negotiations that briefly bounced the markets back up, and why every country on earth is currently doing the math on going nuclear. And if you think Russia planning a fake assassination of Viktor Orban sounds familiar, Jared and Nick have some thoughts on that too. Support the show by signing up to our Patreon to hear the full Weekender episode each Friday as well as special Live Shows and access to our community discord: http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast 00:00 Mercury in Retrograde 01:26 ICE at the Airports 07:23 Fascism Fills the Vacuum 09:20 TSA Was Always Security Theater 16:08 Iran's Ultimatum That Wasn't 20:20 Europe Bails, the Petrodollar Wobbles 27:33…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jared Yates Sexton, Nick Hauselman

Topics covered

• government funding
• ICE agents
• authoritarianism
• Iran ultimatum
• nuclear proliferation
• market fluctuations
• political commentary

Keywords

• ICE agents
• government funding
• Trump
• Iran
• nuclear
• Russia
• politics
• TSA
• authoritarianism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trump, TSA, Europe, Russia, Democrats, USS Gerald Ford

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