This week Seena and Travis dig into the MOU, a seemingly last ditch escape hatch for the US coupled with a windfall for Iran. They discuss the particulars of what exactly Iran stands to gain and how Israel is doing its best to literally blow it up by continuing to flatten parts of Lebanon. They also check in on the latest in UK politics, how Trump made a jackass of himself at the G7, and the status of China’s race to a semi-conductor. Also, JD has a new book to shill so that’s good for a few laughs.

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Media/Links:

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/23/world/iran-us-trump-lebanon

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LC7c3bL7Jvc

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aW6pmny4o98

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/world/europe/keir-starmer-andy-burnham-prime-minister-britain.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20y1ygn707o

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/europes-biggest-chip-equipment-company-to-us-dont-blame-us-for-china-getting-/articleshow/131889900.cms

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/how-china-built-its-manhattan-project-rival-west-ai-chips-2025-12-17/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZquZSlkxs1/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZuBfGADXlh/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ5VFKHk6Kc/

https://open.substack.com/pub/rooster/p/jd-vance-downfall?r=3a66h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZldvs7u1Bd/https://www.ft.com/content/d4f89b6b-c213-4550-924b-a9ae45e24c37?syn-25a6b1a6=1

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/its-signed-us-iran-mou-officially-finalized-after-both-sides-digitally-sign-agreement/articleshow/131814879.cms

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/06/21/us-iranian-meet-switzerland-hash-out-peace-plan/

https://www.aninews.in/news/world/us/us-vp-vance-lands-in-switzerland-for-technical-talks-with-iran20260621112816

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/803166-jd-vance-and-iranian-officials-arrive-in-switzerland-to-launch-talks-on-tehrans-nuclear-program/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/vance-slams-israeli-freakout-over-iran-deal-

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This week Seena and Travis brave LA traffic to see the Iranian World Cup team take on New Zealand. They talk through who they should cheer for and why that question is so fraught, explain the history of the Iranian’s team and its relationship with the IRGC, and check in on what is happening in the countries of some former WC champions. After the game, they reflect on their experience (it was a journey, folks) and cast forward to guess how exactly JD is going to f*ck up the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding. Spoiler- Turns out he didn’t even have to travel anywhere!

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https://www.instagram.com/p/DZdMRt9DAm8/

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https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260615-what-we-know-us-iran-memorandum-understanding

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2026/06/15/as-he-is-headed-to-france-for-g7-trump-once-again-threatens-100-tariff-on-french-wines-over-digital-tax_6754508_19.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/anishasircar/2026/06/10/ai-owned-companies-argentina/

https://english.news.cn/20260613/85f52a7b99144c7db302fb130cb05ebd/c.html#:~:text=MEXICO%20CITY%2C%20June%2012%20(Xinhua,Secretary%20Josefina%20Rodriguez%20Zamora%20said.

https://www.nss-sports.com/en/lifestyle/45750/fifa-world-cup-2026-costs-security-geopolitics

https://x.com/Megatron_ron/status/2066539716019659098?s=20

https://archive.is/tr2UR

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This week Seena and Travis check-in on the Trump administration’s most recent foray into regional hegemony– the kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro. They dig into the reasoning behind it (faulty at best), the plan to rebuild Venezuela (pie in the sky forecasting), and where it might lead us in terms of our relationship with China (basically like planting mines under an already rocky road). They also discuss the on-again / off-again ceasefire between Israel, the US, and Iran, Congress rebuking Trump with more aid to Ukraine, and Germany losing its seat on the UN Security Council. JD also gave a speech to graduating cadets in Colorado Springs that was the definition of mealy mouthed, so basically no surprises there.

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Media/Links:

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05/the-striking-way-jd-vances-message-to-military-graduates-changed-in-just-one-year.html

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/06/05/joint-chiefs-head-makes-first-official-visit-to-post-maduro-venezuela/

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/06/05/joint-chiefs-head-makes-first-official-visit-to-post-maduro-venezuela/

https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/06/us-plan-venezuela-wont-work-without-rule-law-heres-how-make-progress

https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/06/us-plan-venezuela-wont-work-without-rule-law-heres-how-make-progress/summary

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This week we couldn’t help ourselves, we had to do it. This war is such a shitshow a collective “we told you so” just needed to be said. From the reaction of the proxies to the swiftness with which Iran took control of the Strait of Hormuz to the continued and ever deepening suffering of the Iranian people, all of this was foreseeable. We looked into Trump’s recent change of heart on troops in Poland and the danger of China procuring our AI tech. Who woulda thought that could be a bad idea? We also checked in on why Vietnam is beefing up its maritime footprint and why JD gave Dems fighting fraud the cold shoulder. Apparently simply being inept wasn’t cutting it anymore.

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https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/05/iran-mass-arbitrary-arrests-and-political-executions-mark-intensifying-repression/

https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/congressional_testimony/ts161206_Dalton_Testimony.pdf

https://www.bakerinstitute.org/sites/default/files/2026-03/20260316-Maritime%20Chokepoints.pdf

https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/31445/1/Stuck%20on%20a%20hostile%20path%20%20US%20policy%20towards%20Iran%20since%20the%20revolution.pdf

https://www.newsx.com/world/why-us-suddenly-blocked-nvidia-ai-chips-from-reaching-chinese-firms-worldwide-228667/

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/22/g-s1-123596/trump-sending-5-000-troops-to-poland

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-south-china-sea-tensions-vietnam/?embedded-checkout=true

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/27/repub/democratic-state-ags-say-their-staff-excluded-from-vance-anti-fraud-meeting/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/vance-book-faith-journey-usha-central-role-rcna346453

https://www.instagram.com/p/DY3QecajUtr/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DY-q8MGoGG0/

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This week Seena and Travis talk through Trump and Netanyahu’s insane plot to return Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s loathsome former president, to power. The plot (thank all that is good) ultimately failed, but why it happened in the first place and how exactly it failed is a testament to how disconnected from reality the two men who started this war are.

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Media:

https://youtu.be/OD1PnbJwfSw?t=2628

https://newrepublic.com/post/210395/jd-vance-donald-trump-never-said-care-even-little-bit-americans

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYkW3YFCum7/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYk1t12mhfw/

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/vance-praises-redistricting-touts-efforts-to-bring-manufacturing-back-to-u-s-at-kansas-city-stop/

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/20/as-jd-vance-and-donald-trump-try-to-gaslight-ohioans-about-the-economy-working-families-suffer/

https://www.ptinews.com/story/international/us-israel-planned-to-instal-ahmadinejad-as-iran-president-in-regime-change-op-report/3684381

https://www.specialeurasia.com/2026/05/20/us-israeli-ahmadinejad-iran/

https://knpr.org/npr/2026-05-20/new-york-times-report-says-u-s-and-israel-planned-to-install-former-hardline-president-in-iran

https://www.timesofisrael.com/nyt-israeli-developed-plan-sought-to-have-ahmadinejad-run-iran-after-khamenei-killed/

https://www.aninews.in/news/world/us/someone-from-within-report-reveals-alleged-us-israeli-plan-to-install-hardliner-former-iranian-president-after-khamenei-strike20260520075144/

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This week, Travis and Seena eviscerate Trump’s claims about his “highly successful’ trip to China, going line-by-line through the White House’s “fact sheet” to get to the bottom of what, if anything, was actually accomplished. They also check in on Ukraine and Russia, pour some out for the UK’s Labour party, and look forward to the upcoming cage match between Marco Rubio and JD Vance. Get ready to rumble, folks!

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https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/05/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-secures-historic-deals-with-china-delivering-for-american-workers-farmers-and-industry/

https://youtu.be/Hrbq66XqtCo?si=0o6RG9jsIbfgucR_&t=4920

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/17/ukraine-war-briefing-us-allows-russian-oil-sanctions-waiver-to-lapse

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/kremlin-furious-after-zelenskyy-allows-may-1778274924.html

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/17/explainer-uk-eu-relationship-brexit-bid-rejoining

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz62dwe30wdo

https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/uganda-defies-world-bank-and-central-bank-warnings-to-enact-controversial-sovereignty/8bpye4z

https://www.justice.gov/nsd-fara/fara-enforcement

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05/jd-vance-invokes-the-apprentice-while-discussing-trump-succession-drama.html

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYX9wFolZoV/

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05/vance-task-force-targets-states-for-medicare-and-medicaid-fraud-crackdowns.html

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYVVk1JHw3j/

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Trae Crowder joins Seena and Travis in the studio for a lively discussion. They parse through the ever-changing objectives of the war, debate who scares them more: Hegseth or Patel, question the role of the comedian in politics, and offer some advice to the floundering Dems. And, of course, they top it all off with a little JD Vance corner.

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Wanna know where Project 2025 actually came from? Well, this week Seena and Travis welcome Mehrsa Baradaran to talk Lewis Powell– who he was, why he matters, and how he (maybe) ruined everything. They also dive into how Cuban Americans are responding to Trump’s latest overtures to Cuba (not well) and whether or not Trump’s Golden Dome can stop the rise of North Korea’s missile program.

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https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/02/trump-cuba-policy-florida-00902686

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/north-korea-nuclear-arsenal-us-capabilities/

https://www.leonardodrs.com/what-we-do/our-solutions/advanced-sensing/golden-dome-missile-defense/

https://x.com/DMichaelTripi/status/2051312960929210752?s=20

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