On America's Birthday, Congress Is Committing Treason in Plain Sight

The state took an anti-government, secessionist document and turned its anniversary into a celebration of itself. On America's 250th 4th of July, Matt and historian CJ Killmer start there — then trace that same inversion through the news.The Iran war that never actually ended: the shaky MOU, the $300 billion rebuild check, and Trump's pivot from threatening to level Iran's infrastructure to offering a slice of its own frozen money if it drops the Strait of Hormuz tolls — tolls worth an estimated tens of billions a year. Then the one that should be a national story and isn't: Section 219 of the NDAA, which would wire the U.S. and Israeli defense industrial base together, convert a votable annual aid package into a permanent structure, and strip Congress of the yearly check. Massie and Khanna tried to remove it. Leadership wouldn't allow the vote. CJ brings the history, right down to the wartime president who refused to let American troops serve under foreign command.