* Fleeeeeeeee

* Don’t mess with the Zohran

* Andrew Cuomo, Shah of NYC

* Eric Adams to the rescue? (Oof)

* Post-colonial Disney movies

* Scarcity Democrats

* Pull the fire alarm on this drunk idiot

* This means nothing for national Democratic politics

* And isn’t about Israel

* Were the bunkers busted?

* Hot Ukrainians save lives

* NATO not so bad after all

* Joy Reid, smug master of Wikipedia

* OKC saluted

No listener mail this time. We’ll double up on the next Members Only. Just an hour-long conversation about Iran…

(Moynihan note upon relisten: Qasem Soleimani was the commander of the Quds Force within the IRGC, not the IRGC itself)

Two episodes in one! First, the lads discuss Iran, the legacy of the Iraq War, and MAGA’s internecine battles over foreign policy. And then Harry Siegel, the great chronicler of New York City politics, stops by to answer that hugely important question: will the financial capital of the world, the city with the largest Jewish population outside of Israel, soon be governed by an anti-capitalist weirdo who thinks that “globalize the intifada” is just another way of saying “give peace a chance”?

Moynihan and Welch talk to Nadav Eyal, senior columnist for Yedioth Ahronoth and one of Israel’s most prominent (and best-sourced) journalists. Typically, we would keep a bonus episode like this one behind the paywall. We were feeling generous today. But never rely on our continued generosity. So subscribe, cheapskate!

* Meetings cancelled, meetings kept

* How the attack on Iran unfolded

* James Bond is a Jew

* Taking out the IRGC leadership and partially neutering Iran’s missile capabilities

* Was Iran actually readying a nuclear weapon?

* Was Trump part of an elaborate ruse?

* Western Europe reacts…

* Does Israel actually drive American foreign policy?

* The Mossad stuff is impressive. But…

* Nadav’s Twitter thread

* The first 48 hours are the easy part

* Netanyahu’s political prospects

* And lots, lots more

Senator Rand Paul joins the lads to lament the big, beautiful bill; the big beautiful Soviet military parade; the Twitter halfwits waging war on him; his party’s descent into populist voodoo economics; whether or not he’s an advocate of “open borders”; and what he makes of Marines on the streets of Los Angeles. After the senator leaves, Foster, Moynihan, and Welch stick around to discuss…all those same issues.

* A grim anniversary

* Elon’s brilliant troll

* The big, ugly bill

* Bannon tells the truth. But is still a liar

* How dare they attack their attacker??

* They have cards

* Asymmetric and immoral

* Changing minds…by human sacrifice

* The blackest propaganda

* The New York Times v. Palantir

* And much, much more

* ABBA’s Vietnam

* Barnen i Nicaragua

* Mike Tyson, Ratso, and Cus the Communist

* Burning down the house / sort of scolded by a firefighter

* The rent is too damn free

* Everyone is contemptuous of everyone

* Is Trump the Bernie Goetz of Harvard?

* Rebutting “higher ed is just fine” revisionism

* From YAF to Students for Liberty to Turning Point…

* Dating apps, height discrimina…

* Racist Macca?

* Some bad names

* In praise of (trans?) Pee Wee

* Does Long Duck Dong denounce his past?

* Was that a Reaganite video game?

* Trade war nonsense: the court says…maybe not

* Moynihan’s $700 dress (including a $250 tariff)

* Kmele on CNN

* The end of Elon

* Just like Reagan and Thatcher but not all

* No suspects, no DNA, no fingerprints, no leads

* MI:7 DEI