⚠️ Listener Warning: This episode includes explicit language, dark political satire, and commentary on sensitive topics such as war, immigration, race, and sexual misconduct. Not for the easily offended or the comfortably numb.
What do Call of Duty, Tucker Carlson, and World War III have in common? According to this episode—everything.
Joe, Chris, and guest Fatima unravel the increasingly surreal state of U.S. politics as they navigate the media madness around Iran, Israel, and America’s fragile ego. From Trump’s “TV cliffhanger” approach to global diplomacy to Evangelical end-times logic and the GOP's internal warfare, it’s chaos at every level of government—and this crew isn’t letting it slide.
Then, in a now-iconic lightning round, they tear through headlines faster than missiles through the Iron Dome: the Dodgers' ICE drama, a tanning-obsessed RFK Jr., anti-immigration bakery backlash, and why being mistaken for ICE is the newest L.A. police hazard.
With satire sharper than Cruz’s cowardice and riffs that’ll have you choking on your overpriced stadium pretzel, this episode is unhinged in the best way possible.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
02:09 – Blooper
03:31 – The Call of Duty prophecy & U.S. warmongering
07:30 – Iran, nukes, and American regime hypocrisy
08:05 – Citizen Trump returns
10:51 – Iran vs. Israel
13:08 – Trump’s party fractures over foreign policy
16:53 – Evangelical end-times logic & holy war politics
20:03 – Trump turns WWIII into a cliffhanger
23:09 – Trump vs. the courts: National Guard precedent
26:13 – How one protest could justify military force
29:06 – Pete Hegseth out, Pentagon in
32:22 – GOP slapdown of the year
35:50 – FOX News takedowns
38:09 – America First or Just First Strike?
41:39 – January 6th
44:50 – Ted Cruz gets obliterated
48:58 – Carlson’s villain origin story
50:02 – The Lightning Round
01:16:25 – Outro
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