HH:

* Fascism scores a victory in Prairieland

* The partial gov’t shutdown makes itself felt

* Cesar Chavez turns out to have been a real jackass

* The oil embargo of Cuba becomes deadly

Artifact:

JP and Simone explore the fascist mindset of Hegseth and co via Emma Brockes Gaurdian article: Is anyone as ill-suited for great office as Donald Trump? Yes, Pete Hegseth – that’s why Potus likes him

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HH:

* Mid-East war expands to Lebanon

* Troops complain about being thrown into “Holy War”

* NLRB under attack

* WI Governor signs “Heartbeat” law

Artifact:

King’s College of London found that “Almost a third of Gen Z men agree a wife should obey her husband,” among other troubling findings.

RDP Articles mentioned:

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HH:

* War in Iran looking not so good

* Control of all things cyber handed to Hegsdeath

* The Americas have a Shield

Artifact:

The Trump Administration edges ever so close to open fascism via a chilling speech delivered by Rubio at the Munich Security Conference.

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HH:

Snowflakes in NYC

OpenAI sells out humanity

Trump continues to strangle Cuba (and inspires a little terrorism)

An indie car race is being set for DC

Investigation of Epstein drug trafficking ring suppressed by Trump admin

And of course, Trump attacks Iran

We did it. Our overdue (and quite long) exploration of AI via Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei interview with Ross Dootyhat at the NYTs.

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We overpromised. But you’re still here, listening, so maybe its not all bad.

Anyway, stay tuned for our AI artifact episode later this week and blame the teachers' unions for school vacation getting in the way of editing.

HH:

* Mexico/US collaborate on assassinating El Mencho

* Tucker Carlson asks Mike Huckabee a bunch of gotcha questions, and wouldn’t you know it, got ‘em

* Trump wonders aloud why Iran isn’t capitulating

* Trump crashes out on Supreme Court tariff ruling, almost as badly as John Barron

* Teacher Unions threaten to pull pension funds from Epstein buddies Leon Black and Marc Rowan of Apollo Global Management

* Kash Patel invited himself into the locker room of the US National Hockey team.

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Another week of horrors

HH:

* The draw down in the Twin Cities is real; where to next?

* The Board of Peace is activated

* Pam Bondi “testifies” to Trump’s greatness

* DHS concentration camps for pregnant girls

* Iowa law threatens to put doctors in jail for life for performing abortion

* CDC cuts funding for blue states

* Trump admin escalates Cuba Embargo

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In a meager attempt to locate a spine, the Atlantic published a piece called “Yes, It’s Fascism” by Jonathan Rauch, which makes the case that all the things that have always been true about Trump and MAGA have suddenly reached the threshold for fascism. Simone and JP dig in while giving some of their own analysis of the nature of fascism and the historical moment/

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