Inside The Iran War Money Machine And The Epstein Files Fight

Send us Fan MailThe easiest way to spot propaganda is to follow the math. We start with Trump’s Georgia rally, where “affordability” turns into a grab bag of familiar villains, then we pull the thread into what’s actually hitting people’s lives: war costs, higher prices, and zero accountability when leaders make huge claims they can’t defend under basic questioning.From there, we take a closer look at the Iran War narrative whiplash. Officials keep insisting Iran is “obliterated” and victory is imminent, yet the Strait of Hormuz stays volatile, casualties mount, and Congress is left trying to extract straight answers from Pete Hegseth about strategy, objectives, and the true price tag. We break down how “Pentagon math” can understate costs by excluding munitions replacement and downstream spending, why audit failures matter, and how defense contractor incentives turn urgent requests into blank-check budgeting.We also zoom out to the accountability question with Jesse Ventura’s blunt standard for legitimacy: if leaders won’t send their own kids, how can they justify sending anyone else’s. And we close with a major domestic transparency fight as Representatives Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna explain their new push on the Epstein files, what’s still being withheld, and why survivors and state prosecutors are still fighting for access while Washington argues about intent and optics.Subscribe for more independent coverage, share this with someone who follows politics closely, and leave a review with the one question you want Congress to answer next. Support the show