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EPISODE · Mar 8, 2026 · 1H 30M

Trump's Iran War, Noem Out, and the Epstein Cover-Up

from The Lonely Liberal · host Nick Zenkin

The United States is one week into a war with Iran, and things are already a mess. Nick and Rick break down everything you need to know: how we got here, what's actually happening on the ground, why oil prices are spiking and markets are tanking, and what Trump's "I guess" answer about attacks on American soil tells you about how seriously this administration is taking the consequences of a war it chose to start. They also cover the House and Senate's failed attempts to reassert congressional war powers, Trump's feud with Spain after the Spanish PM told him to go pound sand, and the CIA's plan to arm Kurdish militias as a new front in the conflict. Plus: Kristi Noem is out as DHS Secretary after a disastrous Senate hearing in which she threw Trump under the bus — and Sen. John Kennedy held the match. Markwayne Mullin is tapped to replace her. The DOJ admits to removing nearly 48,000 Epstein files from its public database, including FBI interview records tied to a woman who accused Trump of sexual abuse when she was a minor. Texas held its primaries — Jasmine Crockett lost to James Talarico, Dan Crenshaw is out, and Tony Gonzales admitted to an affair with a staffer who died by suicide and dropped out of his race. OpenAI's robotics chief resigned over the company's Pentagon deal. And a new global study finds nearly a third of Gen Z men believe a wife should obey her husband — twice the rate of Boomers. A lot happened this week. We cover it all.

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