Trump's Iran Quagmire, the Tate Brothers in Handcuffs, and the Great Lettuce Apology

Trump's Iran Quagmire, the Tate Brothers in Handcuffs, and the Great Lettuce Apology

From We Saw the Devil: Crime & Political Analysis by We Saw the Devil

July 21, 2026 · 1h 32m

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This episode covers absurd news stories including the FDA's apology during a health crisis, the arrest of the Tate brothers, and ongoing issues with Trump's Iran policy.

The news got so absurd this week that we're doing a light episode, and it's still somehow about a captured government. Robin breaks down the domestic news stories you can't believe are real: the FDA apologized to Taylor Farms, a million-dollar MAGA donor, in the middle of a cyclospora outbreak that has sickened 7,000 Americans with explosive diarrhea tied to Taco Bell lettuce, while RFK Jr. ignores Jon Ossoff's letter about the gutted CDC surveillance program that should have caught it. Also this episode: Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested by US Marshals in Miami, facing 59 UK rape and human trafficking charges and doing their perp walk in tan jail jumpsuits. Trump's Iran war hits month five of a promised six weeks, with 17 American service members dead, as Rep. Carlos Gimenez calls it "the nature of warfare." Plus Trump crashing Spain's World Cup trophy celebration, the Qatari Air Force One getting "maxed out" over security problems, Kash Patel planning an FBI director trip to Moscow hosted by the FSB, 50 percent tariffs on Canadian hockey sticks, Pete Hegseth's Pentagon plan to hide unclassified records from FOIA, Megyn Kelly's 12-minute Michelle Obama rant, the racist MAGA…

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