Bomb Voyage

Jared Yates Sexton is out of pocket this week, so co-host Nick Hauselman is joined by University of La Verne political science professor Jason Neidleman to break down the latest in the Iran quagmire as the 60-day MOU expires with no deal in sight. Trump threatened to "bomb the shit out of" Oman because it had the audacity to negotiate shipping lanes with Iran without giving the US a cut. Jason argues Iran has decided to squeeze Trump until the end of his term as a deterrent to whoever comes next, and that the war was lost the moment it began. They dig into Marjorie Taylor Greene's claim that officials are actively discussing dropping a nuclear bomb on Iran. Jon Ossoff's Atlanta rally speech made him the first federal elected Democrat to name Natalie Harp publicly and all but accuse the president of an affair. And Todd Blanche's Meet the Press appearance saw him flat out refuse to pledge DOJ independence from the White House, which lands differently next to a leaked July 30 call where he promised religious leaders he'd make the Dobbs decision "permanent in every single state." They close on the deteriorating conditions aboard the USS Lincoln, where sailors are running out of basic supplies and Trump's response was "no, not nearly long enough." 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