June 2, 2026 • 26 mins
1: U.S.–Iran
- Iran is in severe economic and political crisis
- Collapsing currency
- High inflation
- Economic isolation due to sanctions
- The Iranian government is:
- Internally divided
- Potentially unstable (mentions resignation rumors)
- Trump is negotiating from a “position of strength”
- The U.S. is holding leverage, while Iran is desperate for:
- Sanctions relief
- Access to global markets
- Frozen assets
2: Media Criticism
- Mainstream media
- Democrats
Core Argument:
- Media:
- Misleads the public
- Downplays Iran’s struggles
- Focuses on U.S. problems instead
- The public is being manipulated
- Media protects certain political figures
3: A Man Called Platner
- A Nazi SS tattoo (and denial of its meaning)
- Offensive online posts (racist, sexist, anti-LGBTQ, etc.)
- Association with inappropriate platforms/content
- Crude or explicit behavior
- Religious insults
- DUI and other personal conduct issues
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The White House giving an update.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
The President Trump says the talks with Iran are continuing.
The President making it clear on true social by saying,
talks are continuing at a rapid pace and the Islamic
Republic of Iran, thank you for your attention to this matter,
Signed President Donald J.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Trump. Now, what is clear is time is running out now.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
The media and Democrats would want you to think that
the time's running out on Donald Trump, but the reality
is Iran is the one running out of time. And
if you want to understand what's happening with a Ran
right now, then you need to stop listing the propaganda
that's coming out of Tehran and also out of the
mainstream media and start looking at the actual facts. Number One,
(00:40):
the Iranian regime is under extraordinary pressure. I'm not talking
about pressure from America. I'm talking about their economy. It's
in shambles. Its leadership also appears to be extremely divided.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Its nuclear program is.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Under unprecedented scrutiny on top of that, and now reports
are swirling about turmoil at the highest levels of their government,
including the claims in the last twenty four hours that
the Iranian president submitted a resignation letter amid growing infighting
between political leaders and those that are well technically running
(01:18):
the country, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. Whether that resignation ultimately
becomes official or not, the story itself tells you everything
that you need to know. The regime is feeling the
extreme pressure and heat because their economy is collapsing, and
that brings us to President Trump.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Now the media wants you to believe.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Now. While the media loves to portray every international showdown
as a crisis only for America because of Donald Trump,
the reality is that right now Iran is.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
The side facing the crisis.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Not only is their economy literally on life support, but
they're begging for money to be released in a deal.
They have frozen assets that they're desperate to get their
hands on in the hundreds of billions. Now, they also
have another problem. Their currency, because of the lack of
trade and oil leaving that country has been devastated. Inflation
(02:15):
has also crushed the average families in Iran. Investment has
dried up completely. Young people are literally fleeing the country
as fast as they can. Businesses are closing, and many
are just struggling to survive, and the regime They know
all of this, and that's exactly why President Trump is
(02:36):
negotiating from a position of strength instead of weakness. Let's
also be clear the Ayatolas, they don't need another speech.
They literally at this point just need money. They need
sanctions relief as fast as they can get it, which
is why it's part of the negotiation and the deal
that they're begging for. And they need access to the
global markets which have been shut off, and that's where
(02:58):
they get the majority of their money from oil. They
need their economy to simply stop bleeding out. In other words,
they need something from us far more than we need
something from them. And that is ultimate leverage. And Donald
Trump knows it. And even the president of Iranu resigned
apparently or gave a letter of resignation, understands it as well. Now,
(03:20):
the White House continues to make it clear that any
agreement must guarantee that Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon.
The administration has also maintained its position that Iran's highly
enriched uranium cannot remain a threat hanging over the world's head. Now,
what makes this moment different is that Tehran's options are
(03:42):
becoming increasingly limited. Now, for years the regimes survived by
exporting a massive amount of oil, and then that was
used to fund terrorist proxies, and that was used a
threat and its neighbors, and that was used to convince
its own people that suffering was, in theorynecessary. But all
of that reality is now caught up to them. You
(04:04):
can only tell people to tighten their belts for so
long before they ask why the ruling class that would
be the Iatola and his friends always seem to be
doing just fine. You can only blame America, by the way,
for so many problems before people start looking inward and
realizing maybe this isn't the evil, big Satan America. And
(04:25):
you can only prop up a failing economy for so
long before the cracks become impossible to hide or fix.
And those cracks are showing everywhere right now in Iran's government.
And again, this is why the resignation report matters, This
is why every statement coming out of the White House matters,
and this is why the negotiations actually matter now more
(04:47):
than ever, because what we're watching isn't simply a diplomatic dispute.
What we're watching is a regime being forced to confront
their own reality. Now this Trump's strategy appears to be
extremely straightforward. Keep the pressure on, keep the sanctions in place,
refuse to blink and refuse to surrender the leverage that
(05:08):
we've gained. And then finally you make it very clear
as President Trump is done, that America will not accept
a nuclear ran. The administration believes time is working against Tehran,
not Washington. No matter what the media the Democrats have
to say. In this country, every moment that passes is
another month of massive economic pain for those in charge
(05:31):
in Iran. Another month of inflation, another month of pressure
on the regime, another month of their currency disappearing in value,
and another month of people not getting their paychecks from
the government. And it also means that it's another month
where the people of Iran are reminded that their leaders
have sold them out. They've spent decades funding foreign adventures
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or those that are doing the terrorism on their behalf,
and their own account has deteriorated. And that's why the
next several days are so vitally important. Now the White
House is signaling that discussions are continuing, Iran is also
signaling urgency, and the entire world is watching to see
whether the regime finally accepts reality or continues down a
(06:17):
path that has brought it to the brink. There's one
thing that is certain, Donald Trump is holding stronger than
ever a hand and he's not going to fold it.
Iran needs a deal, a Ran needs economic relief. A
Ran needs sanctioned relief. A Ran needs a lifeline. The
question now is whether the regime is willing to pay
the price required to get one. Because every indication right
(06:40):
now is that the pressure campaign is in fact working,
and the people feeling the pressure the most aren't.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Sitting in Washington, They're sitting in Tehran.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Now, let's also be clear, the media wants you to
believe that you're the one who's suffering here. A perfect
example of that is Kevin Hassett being asked this question
on ABC News. Of course, it's about paint at the
pump and doom and Gloom saying Exon is warning that
the oil inventory is hitting really really low levels. By
the way, Exon will make a lot of money because
(07:10):
of that statement, So take a listen.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
Actually, the International Energy Agency said it could take several
months before the flow really gets going and prices come down.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
But the Exon mobile.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
Senior Vice President's Neil Chapman. I'm sure you saw what
he said to investors on a conference.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Call this week.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
He said, we're approaching unheard of infantry levels, I mean
really really low levels. You can debate whether it's going
to hit those really low levels in two weeks or
three weeks, but once you get to that point, you'll
see the price shoot up. So I mean, the concern
here is, I'm sure you must share it that if
(07:49):
a deal isn't struck, we could actually see those significantly
higher levels, not just oil prices, but of course gas prices.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
Right well, we track inventory every day. Started out with
billions billions of barrels of private and government inventories, and
we still are in the billions, and so.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
There's plenty of runway.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
But also you know, there's a lot of pressure on
Arian to finally agree to the president's terms. You know,
one way to think about it is that if you
look at the real you know, half a dozen years ago,
then one would four thousand of them would buy a dollar.
Right now, it's something like one point four million of
them buys something.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
The Irania currency. Well, their inflation is higher than ours, but.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
It also puts a lot of pressure on them, like
the people on fixed incomes and so on are really suffering.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Well, you notice how ABC News kind of laughs right there,
right They're like, oh, yeah, that's true. Their currency is
just a complete and utter disaster. You're right right now,
it's something like one point four million of them buys
one dollar American. Let me just say that right now again,
I'm going to read from the transcript. You know, one
way to think about it is that if it's if
(08:57):
you look at their ray out that's their currency, you know,
half a dozen years ago, then one would be four
thousand of them would buy one dollar. Right now, it's
something like one point four million of them buys one dollar.
Jonathan Carl, ABC News, He says the ranting currency hasse
tot says, yeah, Carl, Well, their inflation is higher than ours, Hassett,
(09:19):
but it also has a lot of pressure on them,
like the people on fixed income, so they're really suffering.
Of course, Jonathan Carl wants to end the interview, and
what does he say, Well, Kevin Hassett, you remain very optimistic.
Thank you for joining us this morning, because when the
year told the truth about how bad things are in Iran.
That is not the messaging that the media wants to
(09:41):
get out. They don't want you to know just how
bad their currency is, they don't want you to know
how much their economy in their country is teetering. They
want you to believe that we are suffering far more
than the people and the leadership of Iran, and the
reality is that is not true. And what that means
moving forward is the president has a lot of leverage
(10:04):
and there's a very good chance that a deal is
going to finally get done in the very near future.
We're going to start with Main's front running democrat, the
US synicandic Graham Nazi tattoo Platner. Here's a man that
democrats have just completely been infatuated with, and the corporate
(10:25):
media they love him. They don't care what he does,
they don't care about his background, they don't care about
his history, they don't care about the scandals until the
last twenty four hours. Why for one reason, because he's
a Democrat. And if you say you're a Democrat, you
can do and be and just about anything you want. Right,
you don't even have to know what a man is
or what a woman is. The Democrats will stand by
(10:46):
you the more radical you actually are. The corporate media
will also stand by you, unless the Democratic Party tells
you that then we need to turn on him. We
saw this happen in California with Eric Swalwell. Right, California
love the guy, the Democratic Party loved the guy. Then
all of a sudden he might lose and a Republican
(11:07):
might win.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
And what they do.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
They used all of the dirt they knew about him,
they protect him from, to then take him down. Well,
we're now living in a world where that same media
that created this individual, this Nazi tattoo guy, may actually
look to destroy him. Or maybe not why because well
even the Obamas seem to be trying to help behind
(11:29):
the scenes.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Now, let's just go through the list, all right.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
If you look at the list of things that this
individual has done, if Mike count is correct, now it's
at fourteen different scandals, all right, So let's start with
number one. And I hope, by the way, all of
you will take this information and I hope you will
share it wherever you can. I hope that not only
will you share it, but share the podcast, put it
anywhere you can on social media.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
So let's start at number one.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
This is a guy who had tattooed on his chest
a Naziss tattoo, and he said they didn't know what
it was, but he had the tattoo for eighteen years. Now,
you may not know about the Nazi SS and exactly
what they did. Like you can almost go even further
(12:19):
than just like there's generic Nazis in Germany and then
there's the SS.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
What did the SS do well?
Speaker 2 (12:26):
They were the major paramilitary organization under Hitler and the
Nazi Party in Germany. And these were the guys that
began as a small guard unit known as the Hall Security.
They were made up of party volunteers. Then they got
even worse, right, they're like, all right, we start you there.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Now.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
The SS was the foremost agency on security, mass surveillance
and state terrorism within Germany and Germany occupied Europe. What's
even more interesting about the SS, all right, and how
hardcore these guys were, is they were in charge of.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
The concentration camps.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Right. They were the ones that were referred to as
the deaths head units. All right, They ran the concentration
camps and then they ran the extermination camps.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
So if you want to be a Nazi.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
That's one thing you want to level up and say,
oh no, no, I want to go pro with my tattoos.
I don't just want to swatskad No, no, I want an
SS tattoo. Then you are like, all right, well, here
we go. I'm a concentration extermination camp kind of guy.
They were also tasked with detecting actual or potential enemies
of Nazi Germany. They were in charge of neutralizing the
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oppression at all costs. And then they were also policing
the German people and they would kill them if they
thought you were getting out of line. They were committed
to quote Nazi ideology and then providing domestic and foreign intelligence.
Now the SS, and again I go back because I
think it's important to you understand why he chose this tattoo.
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The SS was the organization most responsible for the genocidal
murder of an estimated six million Jews and millions of
other victims during the Holocaust. Now, members of its branches
not only committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during
World War Two, we now know through history that the
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SS was also involved in commercial enterprises and exploited concentration
camp inmates as their slave labors. They could even make
cash off of them before they then exterminated them. Now,
as after Nazi Germany's defeat, the SS and the Nazi
Party were judged by the International Military Tribunals at Nuremberg.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
There's a great movie about it. You can go see
it right now.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
And what we learn is the highest ranking surviving SS
Main Department chief was found guilty of not only crimes
against humanity at the Nuremberg trials, but he was also
hanged in nineteen eighty six. So if you're going to
get a tattoo and you decide to go with the
SS insignia tattoo instead of just you know that the
Nazi you know, you know Swasika tattoo, you clearly understand
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that you're like on another level of understanding what a
Nazi is, right, And so this is the tattoo that
he chose. Now, of course he lied, He's like, I
didn't know what it was, are you kidding me? Of
course you knew what it was, and that's why you
got it. So that is the baseline for who he is.
So let's move on to something else. We also know
(15:29):
that he has an account on a what has been
described by the Your Times a predator sex site called kick.
He's married, everybody knows that. But this site is a
site that is for child exportation, underage sexual encounters, and
child pornography.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
That is what's there. You can go read the New
York Times on this.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
So so not only do we have a Naziss Death's
head tattoo that he had for eighteen years now he's like, oh,
I'm gonna get on this website. It is a predator's
safe haven for underage exploiting of children and child pornography.
We then find out, no surprise, that there's explicit sexting
(16:13):
or sex texts from with about a half a dozen
women in twenty twenty three, after you got married about
a year earlier. Moved past that real quick. Disparage all
black people as a population that doesn't tip. Yes, he
actually has it on social media where he was out
there and he was talking that they're saying that black
people don't tip. That is what you refer to as racism.
(16:34):
One oh one. The Democratic Party apparently has no problem
within disparaging all black people as a population, saying that
all black people don't tip. Number five, he blames sexual
assault victims for being sexually assaulted. Now you may look
at that and you go, hold on a second, what
do you actually mean by that? All right, you know what,
(16:56):
it's a great question. Graham Platner says sexual assault them
should take some responsibility in Reddit post that he had
throughout the years he made the disturbing comments about sexual
assault victims. Where then, And of course, of course he
deleted them right right before he launched his campaign. But
we had the they had the data, they had them, like,
(17:19):
it's there. We know it's there in the discussion. But
what's interesting is he said that assault victims should take
some responsibility for themselves to avoid attacks and act like
an adult for efing's sake.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
He said people should.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
Avoid alcohols they don't end up in a compromising situation,
and then downplay the challenges service members face and reporting
sexual assault. So he's like, look, if you got raped
in your chick and you got and you and you drank,
that's on you. And so I don't really care, and
signed I guess, you know, hole hitler, Like, I guess
that's how this works.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
Now.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
Now, these these comments came on the hills of the
similar reddit posts where that were uncovered, which included Platterner
saying people who live in role, Maine actually are racist
and stupid. He also is promoting violent political actions, including
saying an armed working class as a requirement for economic justice,
he said, deeming all police bastards and riding f these cops.
(18:16):
So now we found out he's against police. He was
promoting racist stereotypes by questioning, quote, why don't black people
tip quote unquote I mentioned that a moment ago, and
then using slurs and telling people to f off and
die when asked about a recent vote against a power
line in Maine. Now, these are just some of the
(18:37):
big things that he said online. So let's let's just,
you know, move past that for a second. I'm going
to go out in a limb and say, hey, if
you started attacking or smearing or mocking the LGBTQIA plus
plus plus population as a democrat in Maine, like, that's
(18:58):
got to get you in trouble, right, Scotta bee, apparently
not today. Quote I find that stuff abhorrent. That is
what Platner told the Advocate, and I'm sorry that I
ever used it, referencing he in admitting he used indefensible
anti gay slurs in his other Reddit posts. They even say.
(19:20):
In this Advocate dot com story quote, a progressive US
Senate candidate Maine, who has already apologized for earlier misogynistic
and racially insensitive remarks and said that he did not
realize that tattoo in his chest resembled a Nazi SS emblem,
is again under scrutiny, this time for anti LGBTQ plus comments.
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In an interview on Wednesday afternoon, the Advocate, Graham, a
forty one year old marine an Army veteran running in
Main's Democratic primary seeking to become the nominated challenge Republican
US Inersusan Collins, confirmed that he offered a series of
Reddit comments and included homophobic slurs, anti lg ABTQ plus jokes,
and sexually explicit stories detigrating gay men. The existence of
(20:07):
the comments, posted under the handle p Hustle between twenty
sixteen and twenty twenty one, meaning he did this a
lot all right, had not previously been reported on. The
Advocate obtained the post independently this week. The revelation comes
on the same day Platner are scheduled to hold the
town hall in one part of the state, a seaside
resort long known as New England's most prominent LGBTQ plus destinations,
(20:33):
featuring a thriving gay community and pride celebrations that draw
visits from across the region.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
Quote.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
I have zero reason deny that the posts are mine,
Platner said in a Zoom interview. I made a lot
of comments over the years and talked a lot of
blank on the Internet. I have no reason to doubt
that at some point I use language that I would
not be using today. He paused, and then added its indefensible.
Now these posts that were obtained by the Advocate, all
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Right says they unearthed them and show a pattern of
homophobic language and rhetoric that mocked and demeaned.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
The LGBTQ plus people.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
In some cases, Platner appeared to use slurs casually in
discussions unrelated to sexuality. In others, he explicitly framed gay
people as the punchline. In June twenty sixteen, Platner wrote
in a thread about life on military guard duties, saying, no,
seriously flog the blankers as often as possible, write gay
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poetry about how gay your current job is. Congratulations, you
made it through one shift. Now do it all again
in twelve hours. Welcome to the world of standing posts,
where sanity is a sliding scale quote unquote. In March
twenty eighteen, two years later, he wasn't done. He recounted
explicit detail. What he described is a quote gay off
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between Marines and British sailors and Bahrain pull into Bahrain
and O seven at Amu, a Royal Navy submarine happens
to be imported at the same time. Before we even
realize what's going on, the other weird blank just leaned
down and licked the blank from the bottom of the
blank all the way up to the blank, stand up,
look dead at us and yelled beat that I probably
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withdrew our team on the grounds that one cannot play
gay chicken if one is actually gay.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
This is what he wrote online. Now you would think that.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
These explicit posts, and by the way, there's some in
eighteen and nineteen and twenty and twenty one, and even
in twenty twenty two. The Advocate, which is obviously advocate
advocating for gay lesbian communities, they.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Write all this stuff.
Speaker 2 (22:35):
But apparently it was just to help him get it
out there and we'll move on. So that doesn't even
disqualify him from being the Democratic nominee. Number eight, He
promoted an alleged Holocaust denier on social media. So not
only is this guy wearing an SS tattoo right the
death head tattoo and then claims it know what it is,
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but he also has a Holocaust denier, so someone who
believes the Holocaust never happened on social media. He also
and if you have kids ear muffs, all right, that's
my warning. He actually bragged online about masturbating in public
porta potties. Yes, those were his words. I'm sure he
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will tell you. Don't worry. I wouldn't say that.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Now.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
Are Democrats ashamed of this being their candidate? Nope, They're
still standing by him, even with the porta potty comments.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
So now like, surely that's it. Nope, that's not all.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Graham Platner also mocked a purple heart recipient as a
dumb mfor who didn't deserve to live, and then doubled
down on the comments when he was asked about it.
So doesn't believe he did anything wrong. Doesn't think you
that it's wrong to mock a purple heart recipient and
saying that the dumb m effort didn't.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Deserve to live. Interesting.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
He also encouraged military contray to bang hookers in Thailand.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Yeah, giving details.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
That you guys got to go out there and you know,
you should just bang some of them hookers. Yes, he
actually once lamited Thai prostitute loophole closing. The Democratic candidate
in Maine complained of a loophole closing that closing that
permitted military contractors to have relations with Thailand prostitutes. Under
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the name p Ussel, the Democratic candidate, Platner reportedly wrote
on a Reddit post in June of nineteen, the military
contactors could spend their time banging hookers in Thailand instead
of getting blanked at the wife back by the wife
back home. Spending your lead banging hookers in Thailand instead
of getting b itchstat by the wife at home, and
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you could sell it as avoiding federal income tax, Platner wrote.
Once the Afghan start using our paychecks as a personal piggybank,
the whole poll disappeared. Platner admitted to using the handle
after The Mad Monitor reported about his Reddit posts.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
There it is it's I mean, it's it's incredible. It is.
It's truly incredible.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
Now you would think that would be enough, right for
the Democrats to say, okay, like we got to stop,
like this guy can't be the guy.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
Nope, keep going. He also called.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
The Virgin Mary a skank, Yes, a skink. The Democrat
candidate refer to Jesus also as a zombie. The Virgin
Mary is a skank. And a Reddit post from twenty
twelve that is this man so he hates Christians, he
hates Jesus, he hates Mary, and this is the perfect
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guy for the Democratic Party. He also got a dui,
not that anyone cares. Right inside Grand Platner's controversial rise
another article talking about his dui. But it's totally fine,
not a problem at all.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
Right, He's just, you.
Speaker 2 (26:01):
Know, sometimes you gotta go out there and you gotta,
you know, get a dui. And finally the newest thing,
he appeared on an anti Semites podcast who says the
Jews killed Kennedy. Now this is just what we know.
What's even more shocking is he's still ahead in the polls,
which tells me something very clearly. The Democratic Party is solace.
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They only care about power. They only care about controlling you,
They only care about winning, and if it takes a
guy like this to do it or cover up for him,
they're totally fine with it. Thanks as always for joining
us on the show Don't Forget. You can grab the
Ben Ferguson podcasts wherever you get your podcasts, and I'll
(26:46):
see you back here on this radio station next week
and on the podcast all week long.
The White House giving an update.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
The President Trump says the talks with Iran are continuing.
The President making it clear on true social by saying,
talks are continuing at a rapid pace and the Islamic
Republic of Iran, thank you for your attention to this matter,
Signed President Donald J.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Trump. Now, what is clear is time is running out now.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
The media and Democrats would want you to think that
the time's running out on Donald Trump, but the reality
is Iran is the one running out of time. And
if you want to understand what's happening with a Ran
right now, then you need to stop listing the propaganda
that's coming out of Tehran and also out of the
mainstream media and start looking at the actual facts. Number One,
(00:40):
the Iranian regime is under extraordinary pressure. I'm not talking
about pressure from America. I'm talking about their economy. It's
in shambles. Its leadership also appears to be extremely divided.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Its nuclear program is.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Under unprecedented scrutiny on top of that, and now reports
are swirling about turmoil at the highest levels of their government,
including the claims in the last twenty four hours that
the Iranian president submitted a resignation letter amid growing infighting
between political leaders and those that are well technically running
(01:18):
the country, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. Whether that resignation ultimately
becomes official or not, the story itself tells you everything
that you need to know. The regime is feeling the
extreme pressure and heat because their economy is collapsing, and
that brings us to President Trump.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Now the media wants you to believe.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Now. While the media loves to portray every international showdown
as a crisis only for America because of Donald Trump,
the reality is that right now Iran is.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
The side facing the crisis.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Not only is their economy literally on life support, but
they're begging for money to be released in a deal.
They have frozen assets that they're desperate to get their
hands on in the hundreds of billions. Now, they also
have another problem. Their currency, because of the lack of
trade and oil leaving that country has been devastated. Inflation
(02:15):
has also crushed the average families in Iran. Investment has
dried up completely. Young people are literally fleeing the country
as fast as they can. Businesses are closing, and many
are just struggling to survive, and the regime They know
all of this, and that's exactly why President Trump is
(02:36):
negotiating from a position of strength instead of weakness. Let's
also be clear the Ayatolas, they don't need another speech.
They literally at this point just need money. They need
sanctions relief as fast as they can get it, which
is why it's part of the negotiation and the deal
that they're begging for. And they need access to the
global markets which have been shut off, and that's where
(02:58):
they get the majority of their money from oil. They
need their economy to simply stop bleeding out. In other words,
they need something from us far more than we need
something from them. And that is ultimate leverage. And Donald
Trump knows it. And even the president of Iranu resigned
apparently or gave a letter of resignation, understands it as well. Now,
(03:20):
the White House continues to make it clear that any
agreement must guarantee that Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon.
The administration has also maintained its position that Iran's highly
enriched uranium cannot remain a threat hanging over the world's head. Now,
what makes this moment different is that Tehran's options are
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becoming increasingly limited. Now, for years the regimes survived by
exporting a massive amount of oil, and then that was
used to fund terrorist proxies, and that was used a
threat and its neighbors, and that was used to convince
its own people that suffering was, in theorynecessary. But all
of that reality is now caught up to them. You
(04:04):
can only tell people to tighten their belts for so
long before they ask why the ruling class that would
be the Iatola and his friends always seem to be
doing just fine. You can only blame America, by the way,
for so many problems before people start looking inward and
realizing maybe this isn't the evil, big Satan America. And
(04:25):
you can only prop up a failing economy for so
long before the cracks become impossible to hide or fix.
And those cracks are showing everywhere right now in Iran's government.
And again, this is why the resignation report matters, This
is why every statement coming out of the White House matters,
and this is why the negotiations actually matter now more
(04:47):
than ever, because what we're watching isn't simply a diplomatic dispute.
What we're watching is a regime being forced to confront
their own reality. Now this Trump's strategy appears to be
extremely straightforward. Keep the pressure on, keep the sanctions in place,
refuse to blink and refuse to surrender the leverage that
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we've gained. And then finally you make it very clear
as President Trump is done, that America will not accept
a nuclear ran. The administration believes time is working against Tehran,
not Washington. No matter what the media the Democrats have
to say. In this country, every moment that passes is
another month of massive economic pain for those in charge
(05:31):
in Iran. Another month of inflation, another month of pressure
on the regime, another month of their currency disappearing in value,
and another month of people not getting their paychecks from
the government. And it also means that it's another month
where the people of Iran are reminded that their leaders
have sold them out. They've spent decades funding foreign adventures
(05:55):
or those that are doing the terrorism on their behalf,
and their own account has deteriorated. And that's why the
next several days are so vitally important. Now the White
House is signaling that discussions are continuing, Iran is also
signaling urgency, and the entire world is watching to see
whether the regime finally accepts reality or continues down a
(06:17):
path that has brought it to the brink. There's one
thing that is certain, Donald Trump is holding stronger than
ever a hand and he's not going to fold it.
Iran needs a deal, a Ran needs economic relief. A
Ran needs sanctioned relief. A Ran needs a lifeline. The
question now is whether the regime is willing to pay
the price required to get one. Because every indication right
(06:40):
now is that the pressure campaign is in fact working,
and the people feeling the pressure the most aren't.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Sitting in Washington, They're sitting in Tehran.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Now, let's also be clear, the media wants you to
believe that you're the one who's suffering here. A perfect
example of that is Kevin Hassett being asked this question
on ABC News. Of course, it's about paint at the
pump and doom and Gloom saying Exon is warning that
the oil inventory is hitting really really low levels. By
the way, Exon will make a lot of money because
(07:10):
of that statement, So take a listen.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
Actually, the International Energy Agency said it could take several
months before the flow really gets going and prices come down.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
But the Exon mobile.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
Senior Vice President's Neil Chapman. I'm sure you saw what
he said to investors on a conference.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Call this week.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
He said, we're approaching unheard of infantry levels, I mean
really really low levels. You can debate whether it's going
to hit those really low levels in two weeks or
three weeks, but once you get to that point, you'll
see the price shoot up. So I mean, the concern
here is, I'm sure you must share it that if
(07:49):
a deal isn't struck, we could actually see those significantly
higher levels, not just oil prices, but of course gas prices.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
Right well, we track inventory every day. Started out with
billions billions of barrels of private and government inventories, and
we still are in the billions, and so.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
There's plenty of runway.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
But also you know, there's a lot of pressure on
Arian to finally agree to the president's terms. You know,
one way to think about it is that if you
look at the real you know, half a dozen years ago,
then one would four thousand of them would buy a dollar.
Right now, it's something like one point four million of
them buys something.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
The Irania currency. Well, their inflation is higher than ours, but.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
It also puts a lot of pressure on them, like
the people on fixed incomes and so on are really suffering.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Well, you notice how ABC News kind of laughs right there,
right They're like, oh, yeah, that's true. Their currency is
just a complete and utter disaster. You're right right now,
it's something like one point four million of them buys
one dollar American. Let me just say that right now again,
I'm going to read from the transcript. You know, one
way to think about it is that if it's if
(08:57):
you look at their ray out that's their currency, you know,
half a dozen years ago, then one would be four
thousand of them would buy one dollar. Right now, it's
something like one point four million of them buys one dollar.
Jonathan Carl, ABC News, He says the ranting currency hasse
tot says, yeah, Carl, Well, their inflation is higher than ours, Hassett,
(09:19):
but it also has a lot of pressure on them,
like the people on fixed income, so they're really suffering.
Of course, Jonathan Carl wants to end the interview, and
what does he say, Well, Kevin Hassett, you remain very optimistic.
Thank you for joining us this morning, because when the
year told the truth about how bad things are in Iran.
That is not the messaging that the media wants to
(09:41):
get out. They don't want you to know just how
bad their currency is, they don't want you to know
how much their economy in their country is teetering. They
want you to believe that we are suffering far more
than the people and the leadership of Iran, and the
reality is that is not true. And what that means
moving forward is the president has a lot of leverage
(10:04):
and there's a very good chance that a deal is
going to finally get done in the very near future.
We're going to start with Main's front running democrat, the
US synicandic Graham Nazi tattoo Platner. Here's a man that
democrats have just completely been infatuated with, and the corporate
(10:25):
media they love him. They don't care what he does,
they don't care about his background, they don't care about
his history, they don't care about the scandals until the
last twenty four hours. Why for one reason, because he's
a Democrat. And if you say you're a Democrat, you
can do and be and just about anything you want. Right,
you don't even have to know what a man is
or what a woman is. The Democrats will stand by
(10:46):
you the more radical you actually are. The corporate media
will also stand by you, unless the Democratic Party tells
you that then we need to turn on him. We
saw this happen in California with Eric Swalwell. Right, California
love the guy, the Democratic Party loved the guy. Then
all of a sudden he might lose and a Republican
(11:07):
might win.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
And what they do.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
They used all of the dirt they knew about him,
they protect him from, to then take him down. Well,
we're now living in a world where that same media
that created this individual, this Nazi tattoo guy, may actually
look to destroy him. Or maybe not why because well
even the Obamas seem to be trying to help behind
(11:29):
the scenes.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Now, let's just go through the list, all right.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
If you look at the list of things that this
individual has done, if Mike count is correct, now it's
at fourteen different scandals, all right, So let's start with
number one. And I hope, by the way, all of
you will take this information and I hope you will
share it wherever you can. I hope that not only
will you share it, but share the podcast, put it
anywhere you can on social media.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
So let's start at number one.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
This is a guy who had tattooed on his chest
a Naziss tattoo, and he said they didn't know what
it was, but he had the tattoo for eighteen years. Now,
you may not know about the Nazi SS and exactly
what they did. Like you can almost go even further
(12:19):
than just like there's generic Nazis in Germany and then
there's the SS.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
What did the SS do well?
Speaker 2 (12:26):
They were the major paramilitary organization under Hitler and the
Nazi Party in Germany. And these were the guys that
began as a small guard unit known as the Hall Security.
They were made up of party volunteers. Then they got
even worse, right, they're like, all right, we start you there.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Now.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
The SS was the foremost agency on security, mass surveillance
and state terrorism within Germany and Germany occupied Europe. What's
even more interesting about the SS, all right, and how
hardcore these guys were, is they were in charge of.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
The concentration camps.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Right. They were the ones that were referred to as
the deaths head units. All right, They ran the concentration
camps and then they ran the extermination camps.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
So if you want to be a Nazi.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
That's one thing you want to level up and say,
oh no, no, I want to go pro with my tattoos.
I don't just want to swatskad No, no, I want an
SS tattoo. Then you are like, all right, well, here
we go. I'm a concentration extermination camp kind of guy.
They were also tasked with detecting actual or potential enemies
of Nazi Germany. They were in charge of neutralizing the
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oppression at all costs. And then they were also policing
the German people and they would kill them if they
thought you were getting out of line. They were committed
to quote Nazi ideology and then providing domestic and foreign intelligence.
Now the SS, and again I go back because I
think it's important to you understand why he chose this tattoo.
(13:58):
The SS was the organization most responsible for the genocidal
murder of an estimated six million Jews and millions of
other victims during the Holocaust. Now, members of its branches
not only committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during
World War Two, we now know through history that the
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SS was also involved in commercial enterprises and exploited concentration
camp inmates as their slave labors. They could even make
cash off of them before they then exterminated them. Now,
as after Nazi Germany's defeat, the SS and the Nazi
Party were judged by the International Military Tribunals at Nuremberg.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
There's a great movie about it. You can go see
it right now.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
And what we learn is the highest ranking surviving SS
Main Department chief was found guilty of not only crimes
against humanity at the Nuremberg trials, but he was also
hanged in nineteen eighty six. So if you're going to
get a tattoo and you decide to go with the
SS insignia tattoo instead of just you know that the
Nazi you know, you know Swasika tattoo, you clearly understand
(15:08):
that you're like on another level of understanding what a
Nazi is, right, And so this is the tattoo that
he chose. Now, of course he lied, He's like, I
didn't know what it was, are you kidding me? Of
course you knew what it was, and that's why you
got it. So that is the baseline for who he is.
So let's move on to something else. We also know
(15:29):
that he has an account on a what has been
described by the Your Times a predator sex site called kick.
He's married, everybody knows that. But this site is a
site that is for child exportation, underage sexual encounters, and
child pornography.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
That is what's there. You can go read the New
York Times on this.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
So so not only do we have a Naziss Death's
head tattoo that he had for eighteen years now he's like, oh,
I'm gonna get on this website. It is a predator's
safe haven for underage exploiting of children and child pornography.
We then find out, no surprise, that there's explicit sexting
(16:13):
or sex texts from with about a half a dozen
women in twenty twenty three, after you got married about
a year earlier. Moved past that real quick. Disparage all
black people as a population that doesn't tip. Yes, he
actually has it on social media where he was out
there and he was talking that they're saying that black
people don't tip. That is what you refer to as racism.
(16:34):
One oh one. The Democratic Party apparently has no problem
within disparaging all black people as a population, saying that
all black people don't tip. Number five, he blames sexual
assault victims for being sexually assaulted. Now you may look
at that and you go, hold on a second, what
do you actually mean by that? All right, you know what,
(16:56):
it's a great question. Graham Platner says sexual assault them
should take some responsibility in Reddit post that he had
throughout the years he made the disturbing comments about sexual
assault victims. Where then, And of course, of course he
deleted them right right before he launched his campaign. But
we had the they had the data, they had them, like,
(17:19):
it's there. We know it's there in the discussion. But
what's interesting is he said that assault victims should take
some responsibility for themselves to avoid attacks and act like
an adult for efing's sake.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
He said people should.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
Avoid alcohols they don't end up in a compromising situation,
and then downplay the challenges service members face and reporting
sexual assault. So he's like, look, if you got raped
in your chick and you got and you and you drank,
that's on you. And so I don't really care, and
signed I guess, you know, hole hitler, Like, I guess
that's how this works.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
Now.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
Now, these these comments came on the hills of the
similar reddit posts where that were uncovered, which included Platterner
saying people who live in role, Maine actually are racist
and stupid. He also is promoting violent political actions, including
saying an armed working class as a requirement for economic justice,
he said, deeming all police bastards and riding f these cops.
(18:16):
So now we found out he's against police. He was
promoting racist stereotypes by questioning, quote, why don't black people
tip quote unquote I mentioned that a moment ago, and
then using slurs and telling people to f off and
die when asked about a recent vote against a power
line in Maine. Now, these are just some of the
(18:37):
big things that he said online. So let's let's just,
you know, move past that for a second. I'm going
to go out in a limb and say, hey, if
you started attacking or smearing or mocking the LGBTQIA plus
plus plus population as a democrat in Maine, like, that's
(18:58):
got to get you in trouble, right, Scotta bee, apparently
not today. Quote I find that stuff abhorrent. That is
what Platner told the Advocate, and I'm sorry that I
ever used it, referencing he in admitting he used indefensible
anti gay slurs in his other Reddit posts. They even say.
(19:20):
In this Advocate dot com story quote, a progressive US
Senate candidate Maine, who has already apologized for earlier misogynistic
and racially insensitive remarks and said that he did not
realize that tattoo in his chest resembled a Nazi SS emblem,
is again under scrutiny, this time for anti LGBTQ plus comments.
(19:42):
In an interview on Wednesday afternoon, the Advocate, Graham, a
forty one year old marine an Army veteran running in
Main's Democratic primary seeking to become the nominated challenge Republican
US Inersusan Collins, confirmed that he offered a series of
Reddit comments and included homophobic slurs, anti lg ABTQ plus jokes,
and sexually explicit stories detigrating gay men. The existence of
(20:07):
the comments, posted under the handle p Hustle between twenty
sixteen and twenty twenty one, meaning he did this a
lot all right, had not previously been reported on. The
Advocate obtained the post independently this week. The revelation comes
on the same day Platner are scheduled to hold the
town hall in one part of the state, a seaside
resort long known as New England's most prominent LGBTQ plus destinations,
(20:33):
featuring a thriving gay community and pride celebrations that draw
visits from across the region.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
Quote.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
I have zero reason deny that the posts are mine,
Platner said in a Zoom interview. I made a lot
of comments over the years and talked a lot of
blank on the Internet. I have no reason to doubt
that at some point I use language that I would
not be using today. He paused, and then added its indefensible.
Now these posts that were obtained by the Advocate, all
(20:59):
Right says they unearthed them and show a pattern of
homophobic language and rhetoric that mocked and demeaned.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
The LGBTQ plus people.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
In some cases, Platner appeared to use slurs casually in
discussions unrelated to sexuality. In others, he explicitly framed gay
people as the punchline. In June twenty sixteen, Platner wrote
in a thread about life on military guard duties, saying, no,
seriously flog the blankers as often as possible, write gay
(21:26):
poetry about how gay your current job is. Congratulations, you
made it through one shift. Now do it all again
in twelve hours. Welcome to the world of standing posts,
where sanity is a sliding scale quote unquote. In March
twenty eighteen, two years later, he wasn't done. He recounted
explicit detail. What he described is a quote gay off
(21:47):
between Marines and British sailors and Bahrain pull into Bahrain
and O seven at Amu, a Royal Navy submarine happens
to be imported at the same time. Before we even
realize what's going on, the other weird blank just leaned
down and licked the blank from the bottom of the
blank all the way up to the blank, stand up,
look dead at us and yelled beat that I probably
(22:10):
withdrew our team on the grounds that one cannot play
gay chicken if one is actually gay.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
This is what he wrote online. Now you would think that.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
These explicit posts, and by the way, there's some in
eighteen and nineteen and twenty and twenty one, and even
in twenty twenty two. The Advocate, which is obviously advocate
advocating for gay lesbian communities, they.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Write all this stuff.
Speaker 2 (22:35):
But apparently it was just to help him get it
out there and we'll move on. So that doesn't even
disqualify him from being the Democratic nominee. Number eight, He
promoted an alleged Holocaust denier on social media. So not
only is this guy wearing an SS tattoo right the
death head tattoo and then claims it know what it is,
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but he also has a Holocaust denier, so someone who
believes the Holocaust never happened on social media. He also
and if you have kids ear muffs, all right, that's
my warning. He actually bragged online about masturbating in public
porta potties. Yes, those were his words. I'm sure he
(23:17):
will tell you. Don't worry. I wouldn't say that.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Now.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
Are Democrats ashamed of this being their candidate? Nope, They're
still standing by him, even with the porta potty comments.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
So now like, surely that's it. Nope, that's not all.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Graham Platner also mocked a purple heart recipient as a
dumb mfor who didn't deserve to live, and then doubled
down on the comments when he was asked about it.
So doesn't believe he did anything wrong. Doesn't think you
that it's wrong to mock a purple heart recipient and
saying that the dumb m effort didn't.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Deserve to live. Interesting.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
He also encouraged military contray to bang hookers in Thailand.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Yeah, giving details.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
That you guys got to go out there and you know,
you should just bang some of them hookers. Yes, he
actually once lamited Thai prostitute loophole closing. The Democratic candidate
in Maine complained of a loophole closing that closing that
permitted military contractors to have relations with Thailand prostitutes. Under
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the name p Ussel, the Democratic candidate, Platner reportedly wrote
on a Reddit post in June of nineteen, the military
contactors could spend their time banging hookers in Thailand instead
of getting blanked at the wife back by the wife
back home. Spending your lead banging hookers in Thailand instead
of getting b itchstat by the wife at home, and
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you could sell it as avoiding federal income tax, Platner wrote.
Once the Afghan start using our paychecks as a personal piggybank,
the whole poll disappeared. Platner admitted to using the handle
after The Mad Monitor reported about his Reddit posts.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
There it is it's I mean, it's it's incredible. It is.
It's truly incredible.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
Now you would think that would be enough, right for
the Democrats to say, okay, like we got to stop,
like this guy can't be the guy.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
Nope, keep going. He also called.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
The Virgin Mary a skank, Yes, a skink. The Democrat
candidate refer to Jesus also as a zombie. The Virgin
Mary is a skank. And a Reddit post from twenty
twelve that is this man so he hates Christians, he
hates Jesus, he hates Mary, and this is the perfect
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guy for the Democratic Party. He also got a dui,
not that anyone cares. Right inside Grand Platner's controversial rise
another article talking about his dui. But it's totally fine,
not a problem at all.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
Right, He's just, you.
Speaker 2 (26:01):
Know, sometimes you gotta go out there and you gotta,
you know, get a dui. And finally the newest thing,
he appeared on an anti Semites podcast who says the
Jews killed Kennedy. Now this is just what we know.
What's even more shocking is he's still ahead in the polls,
which tells me something very clearly. The Democratic Party is solace.
(26:25):
They only care about power. They only care about controlling you,
They only care about winning, and if it takes a
guy like this to do it or cover up for him,
they're totally fine with it. Thanks as always for joining
us on the show Don't Forget. You can grab the
Ben Ferguson podcasts wherever you get your podcasts, and I'll
(26:46):
see you back here on this radio station next week
and on the podcast all week long.
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