State of Delusion: UFOs, Ivermectin, and the Iran Distraction

Welcome back to Political Malpractice! This week, Sasha and Chris try to make sense of a political landscape that feels more like a dystopian fever dream. Sasha brought pages of receipts to fact-check the State of the Union, but the administration decided to drop bombs on Iran—and our own weather balloons—instead.Was the sudden precision strike on Iran a calculated military move or a loud distraction from the Epstein files and a disastrous SOTU? We dive into the geopolitical clusterf*ck, the rapid depletion of US weapon stockpiles, and the human cost of regime-change wars.Back at home, the domestic updates aren’t any better. We’re breaking down the absurd rollbacks on child labor laws, the push to sell horse dewormer as a cancer cure, and the reality of a Surgeon General whose biggest qualification is being an Instagram vitamin influencer. Plus, Chris (@MidwestHomo77) talks about his ongoing political transformation, and we dissect that bizarre story about the New York cop, his 401k, and his sex life.In this episode:00:00 - The Iran bombing: Strategy or SOTU/Epstein distraction?12:43 - Rolling back child labor laws and lowering the minimum wage.21:47 - Healthcare horrors: Medical debt, voodoo magic cures, and an influencer Surgeon General.33:31 - Shooting down our own drones and the sudden UFO panic.37:49 - Trump’s SOTU lies, Melania, and the New York Cop story.46:14 - A viable middle-ground plan for the immigration crisis.58:24 - SOTU Fact-Check Lightning Round: Gas prices, taxes, and missing Venezuelan oil money.1:04:44 - How the administration actually taxed the military's $1,776 "bonus."The Political Malpractice Challenge: Are you a MAGA supporter collecting Social Security? The administration claims they passed the "no tax on Social Security" bill. We say it's a lie. Prove us wrong. Send a redacted copy of your Social Security pay stub showing ZERO taxes taken out to [email protected]. We'll gladly read it and apologize on the next show.