Lake America

No "Who Said It" this week — but we open with a Ford vs. Tesla comparison that is going to make you stare at the ceiling for a minute, and a JPMorgan SpaceX target that requires a very specific kind of optimism about the next four years.Ukraine took out a Lt. Colonel in St. Petersburg this week — precision being the operative word — and has also been quietly solving the problem of what to do when the other side has drones too. The solutions involve a net, a flare gun, and a bullet that nobody is explaining yet. Zelensky also handed out a medal to someone you wouldn't expect, and the strategic logic behind it is actually pretty brilliant once you hear it. And a joint Russian-Chinese facility — 3,700 miles from Ukraine, 11 billion dollars, seven years in the making — had a very bad day. No drone was present. Just like in St. Petersburg.John Radcliffe went to Moscow to tell Russia not to mess with NATO — and we walk through how that same speech went the last time someone tried it. He also never met with Putin, which raises some interesting questions about how seriously the message was received. The response from Russia and China can be summarized as "headphones back on."The Department of Education posted a presidential hype video that opens with a Churchill quote — and once you find out who Churchill was talking about in that scene, the whole thing becomes the funniest unintentional metaphor of the year. Canada tariffs are making aluminum and toilet paper more expensive, and the solution involves renaming a lake.We lost three legends this week — Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and Peter Cullen — and we take a moment to do all three justice. Republicans managed to make the Dolly Parton news worse within 24 hours, which is genuinely impressive. And we close with the former head of ICE telling Tucker Carlson he thinks the administration wants him dead — before immediately adding that Trump definitely doesn't know about it. The farmers and ranchers send their regards.Neal Brennan cliphttps://youtu.be/WOSqCjMRXWA?si=xjLEM249z1pK9XIpGot feedback? We want to hear it.