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Episode 500

Iran says FU to Trump—Seizes Ships. Gen.

Trump Wants to Send Afghan Allies to Congo to Die. Hegseth Bans Mandatory Flu Shot for Troops. Va. Passes New Dem-Friendly Map. The Mets Really Stink. 

The Brief

→ Four things from today’s episode
01

Why diesel and crude prices are cascading through every corner of the economy. and why AI can’t fix your grocery bill

02

The president’s two bad options on Iran. capitulate or escalate materially — and why escalation is the more likely bet

03

Seven Republicans break ranks and vote for a war powers resolution. including hard conservatives, not soft ones

04

Andy Harris vs. Sam Graves in a Freedom Caucus shouting matc. Andy Harris vs. Sam Graves in a Freedom Caucus shouting match over suspending the federal gas tax

Trump Wants to Send Afghan Allies to Congo to Die. Hegseth Bans Mandatory Flu Shot for Troops. Va. Passes New Dem-Friendly Map. The Mets Really Stink. 

Episode 500. Iran is seizing ships, Trump is shipping our Afghan allies to Congo, Hegseth is killing the flu vaccine mandate, and Virginia just turned gerrymandering into an arms race. Then Paul sits down with retired Air Force Major General Sarah Zabel — a 31-year veteran, cyber and strategy leader, and independent candidate for Congress in Idaho’s 1st District — for a no-BS briefing on what strategic incompetence actually costs the country. If you’re in the angry middle and wondering whether an independent veteran can really win in a so-called red state, this one is the proof of concept.

Major General (Ret.) Sarah Zabel is a 31-year Air Force veteran and independent candidate for Congress in Idaho’s 1st District. A graduate of the Air Force Academy with a computer science degree, she spent her career as a communications and cyber systems officer, deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, and served in senior roles at the Air Staff, Joint Staff, U.S. Transportation Command, and as vice director of the Defense Information Systems Agency. She retired as a two-star in 2018, worked as an adjunct researcher for the RAND Corporation, cared for her father through Alzheimer’s, and authored “Fighting Chance,” a book on the science of depression.