Trump vs. Netanyahu, the NYT Tries to Sink Platner, and DOGE's Plot to Mark Millions Dead

Nick and Rick break down a chaotic week in American politics. They open on the Trump-Israel rupture: Trump cursed out Netanyahu in a Monday phone call — "You're f***ing crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. Everybody hates you. Everybody hates Israel because of this" — and then confirmed it on the record to the New York Post. Days later the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency raised Israel's counterintelligence threat to "critical" — the highest level, same as Russia and China — after Israel was caught spying on Trump's top Iran negotiators to learn his negotiating positions. Then to Maine, where the NYT published a hit piece on Senate candidate Graham Platner days before his primary — surfacing allegations from an ex-girlfriend that the source herself later said the Times "twisted" into something it wasn't — while Sens. Hassan and Slotkin lined up to express "concerns" without calling on him to drop out. Plus the DOGE bombshell: a WaPo whistleblower revealed the Trump administration planned to falsely classify 2.7 million living people — including US citizens, lawful permanent residents, and teenagers — as dead, using the Social Security Death Master File to destroy their financial lives and force them to self-deport. Also covered: the House passed an Iran War Powers Resolution 215-208, the first time the chamber has voted to end the war, with four Republicans crossing over; Iran struck Kuwait's airport and US bases in Bahrain after the US disabled a Botswana-flagged oil tanker with a Hellfire missile; the Senate passed a $70 billion ICE/Border Patrol bill 52-47 after a 19-hour vote-a-rama, funding Trump's immigration agenda through the end of his term; Pam Bondi told House Oversight that Todd Blanche "was in charge" of the Epstein files decisions; Trump floated government equity stakes in top AI companies on Air Force One as Anthropic confidentially filed for IPO at $965 billion; Jill Biden's memoir revealed she thought Joe was having a stroke during the 2024 debate and that doctors checked him moments after — contradicting the White House timeline; Hunter Biden returned to X with 102 posts in a day; the Iowa Senate primary set up Ashley Hinson vs. Paralympian Josh Turek; Karen Bass advanced in LA with reality TV star Spencer Pratt and Nithya Raman fighting for the runoff spot; Trump named housing director Bill Pulte — with zero intelligence experience — as acting DNI; John Bolton reached a plea deal on classified documents; and Trump announced a $700M coal bailout in the Oval Office, then was caught dozing off mid-announcement the day after Rubio told Congress he'd "never seen" Trump fall asleep — and Ted Lieu played the video proving him wrong. We close with George Santos under DOJ investigation for insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi — he bet against himself attending the State of the Union, then posted videos saying he'd be there.