The truce isn't a truce. The U.S. Navy is firing on Iranian-flagged oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, gas is climbing toward five bucks a gallon in Ohio, and Trump is on record saying he's fine with $200-a-barrel oil — as long as the war grinds on. Meanwhile, the administration is hauling Senator Mark Kelly back into court to silence a decorated Navy combat veteran and astronaut, sending a clear message to two million military retirees and every troop in uniform: shut up and fall in line. Paul Rieckhoff delivers a solo Friday briefing on what the MAGA machine is actually doing while you're trying to plan Mother's Day brunch.
From the Pentagon's convenient new tranche of UFO files dropping the same week the Epstein files pressure builds, to Don Jr. and Eric landing Air Force drone contracts through their American Venture firm, to a Virginia court torching the Democrats' redistricting gambit — this episode lays out how the rigged two-party system keeps failing the angry middle. Paul also gets into Dana White's bogus apolitical act, Olivia Pichardo making NCAA D1 baseball history, and why the spirit of America's mothers — perseverance, humility, and the golden rule — is exactly the operating system this country needs right now. Country over party. People over politics. Light over heat.
In this episode
- Why the attacks on Sen. Mark Kelly are a direct assault on free speech for 2M+ military retirees
- The worst ceasefire in history: U.S. F-18s firing on Iranian tankers in the Strait of Hormuz
- Trump says $200-a-barrel oil is worth it — Ohio gas already at $4.99
- Friday news dump: 162 'new' UAP files released as Epstein pressure builds on the Hill
- Deal team six and the Trump sons' drone contracts with the Air Force via American Venture
- Virginia court strikes down the Democrats' redistricting map — never underestimate their capacity to fuck things up
- A trade court rules Trump's tariffs illegal — a win for the economy and our allies
- Charlamagne tha God puts Dana White on blast for pretending he doesn't do politics
- Olivia Pichardo becomes the first woman to pitch in an NCAA D1 baseball game
- A Mother's Day tribute to perseverance, the golden rule, and the women holding this country together
