The Doomsday Fish, the Doomsday Plane, and the Dismantling of America

A Japanese oarfish washed ashore in Cabo San Lucas this morning, an ancient omen of catastrophe, while the United States Doomsday Plane was spotted flying overhead. On today's Ignition News, Dan covers five stories that together paint one picture: a country being dismantled in real time.WHAT WE COVER TODAY:Oil hits $104 a barrel, the biggest single-day surge since 1988, pushing crude back into triple digits for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine. The Dow has shed nearly 3,000 points since Pam Bondi told Congress the market was at $50,000. Gas is nearly $4.50 a gallon. The US lost 92,000 jobs in February. The White House calls it a "short-term disruption."A Tomahawk cruise missile struck a girls school in Manab, Iran on the first day of the US and Israeli bombing campaign. At least 175 people were killed, most of them young girls. The Tomahawk is exclusively manufactured and deployed by the United States. The president responded by blaming the victims.Iran has a new Supreme Leader. Majaba Khomeini, the 56-year-old son of the killed Ayatollah, has been named to lead the country. 1,200 people have been killed in Iran. Seven American service members are dead. Thousands of American citizens are stranded in the Middle East. We are spending $45 million per drone intercept at a 20% success rate. One week into this war, we are already where we were five months into Iraq.Trump has announced he will veto every piece of legislation until Congress passes the SAVE Act, a bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote and eliminating mail-in voting for most Americans. The Brennan Center found 30 suspected cases of non-citizen voting across 23.5 million voters. This is not about fraud. It is about making the 2026 elections unadministrable.Anthropic filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration this morning, alleging First Amendment retaliation after the White House blacklisted their AI for refusing to allow it to be used for autonomous weapons or domestic surveillance of Americans. Dan breaks down why this matters, why you should cancel your ChatGPT subscription today, and what it means when one CEO finally decides to show up.Dan closes the show with a personal story about his grandfather, a North Dakota milkman who became a state legislator, funded computer access for kids before anyone thought it was a good idea, and taught Dan everything he knows about why community leadership matters.Find the Ignition News on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Part of the Rebel Radio Network.