Blockades, Warsh, SPLC Bank Fraud, Battle for the Ballot

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The episode discusses U.S. foreign policy regarding Iran, the nomination of Kevin Warsh to the Federal Reserve, the Southern Poverty Law Center's funding practices, and voter redistricting in Virginia and Texas.

In a rare three-person show, Trey is joined by Justin and Mike. They start by looking at the United States’ standoff with Iran. The trio explores the strategic confusion of mission accomplished with the ongoing naval blockade. They also point to the not-well-publicized 30-day sanctions relief granted to Russia to mitigate global oil shortages. Next, they turn to Federal Reserve Chair nominee Kevin Warsh. The discussion covers the recent news of the ending of the 12-12 committee deadlock, along with a bit of disagreement over how much latitude Warsh has from President Trump. Mike and Trey agree there are positive aspects to Warsh’s positions while Justin is more hesitant, but Trey is worried Warsh was not willing to call out the winner of the 2020 election. After that, they move to the Southern Poverty Law Center and the groups’ alleged shell companies to fund informants. While those in MAGA see this as a way for SPLC to manufacture extremism, the guys agree that the bigger issue is with the way that SPLC has had mission creep and slowly expanded a more fully left-vision of hate. They close the show with a discussion on Virginia’s new voter-approved congressional map that could…

People in this episode

Host: Trey

Guests: Justin, Mike

Topics covered

• U.S. foreign policy
• Federal Reserve
• Southern Poverty Law Center
• voter redistricting
• Iran sanctions
• Kevin Warsh

Keywords

• Iran
• Kevin Warsh
• Southern Poverty Law Center
• voter redistricting
• 2020 election
• 2024
• sanctions
• Federal Reserve

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Southern Poverty Law Center

Places: Iran, Russia, Virginia, Texas

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