This week Jonathan Panikoff, the Director of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative, joins the show to talk through Trump’s proposed plan to end the war in Gaza. What are the potential pitfalls? Will Hamas agree? What does Bibi really want?! Seena and Travis also cover Trump’s $20 billion dollar bailout of Argentina and its effect on American farmers, as well as the recent deportations of Iranian asylum seekers back to Iran, where the regime promises they’ll be welcomed with open arms. Oh, yeah, and JD’s out there campaigning to be the new Joseph McCarthy. All good stuff.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/30/trump-netanyahu-gaza-war-ceasefire/

https://youtu.be/D4eZragtLRM?si=VLoBFZxk03pE99fR&t=52

https://x.com/ChopraUSA/status/1972681043095204221

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNTxCW06GiE

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/world/middleeast/us-iran-deportation-flight.html

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/09/29/repub/republican-push-for-tips-on-charlie-kirk-posts-drives-firings-of-public-workers/

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5526087-vance-more-indictments-comey/

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPEipcXjdT2/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MTZybjRwcXIycmZkaQ==

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Marcus Parks is back on the pod, folks! This week he joins Seena and Travis to rally against the crackdown on free speech and discuss Trump’s embarrassing UNGA appearance. They check in on some recent polling suggesting all is not hunky dory in MAGA world and ask a newly pressing question– are we all antifa now?! The gang also looks into why people in JD Vance’s hometown have been stocking up on toilet bowl cleaner!

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Sources:

https://youtu.be/l6KYixCBTJc?si=FN5XNv7hAaFf5HZC&t=1369

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-17OIBpolKM

https://youtu.be/-17OIBpolKM?feature=shared&t=85

https://youtu.be/TV6f1Oe3bJQ?feature=shared

https://apnorc.org/projects/pessimism-about-the-direction-of-the-country-is-growing-among-republicans/

https://youtube.com/shorts/TABrjoldbQ4?feature=shared

https://x.com/JimSwiftDC/status/1968271074472399232

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7HBmpUBx3U

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The Charlie Kirk assassination is global politics now, so that means we’re covering it on the show. From the connections between Kirk and Netanyahu to the conspiracy stew that’s arisen from his death, we did our best to make the terrible bearable. Saena and Travis unpack how foreign powers buy influence, how disinformation is shaping the battlefield of your mind, and why JD Vance filling in as Kirk’s podcast host might be the worst open mic set in history. Plus: Germany’s far-right gains, a Swedish pole vaulting hero, and a heavy dose of sarcasm along the way.

​​Sources:

https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/state-israel-continues-dis-information-campaign-against-unrwa

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/technology/israel-campaign-gaza-social-media.html#:~:text=The%20campaign%20also%20created%20three%20fake%20news%20sites%20with%20names,the%20posts%20remain%20on%20X.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/20/israel-to-fund-tour-for-maga-and-pro-trump-influencers-report#:~:text=The%20tour%20will%20be%20carried,Source:%20Al%20Jazeera

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/24/israel-fund-us-university-protest-gaza-antisemitism#:~:text=Haaretz%20and%20the%20New%20York,political%20debate%20over%20Israel's%20war.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/05/israel-targeted-lawmakers-in-disinformation-campaign-00161906

https://theweek.com/politics/israel-influence-campaign-us-gaza

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-23695896#:~:text=Students%20in%20Israel%20are%20to,with%20our%20reports%20via%20Twitter%20.

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/09/nx-s1-4994027/israel-us-online-influence-campaign-gaza#:~:text=A%20file%20photo%20of%20Minister,casualties%20and%20suffering%20in%20Gaza.

youtube.com/watch?v=03KASmLbDM4&t=131

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2024-06-05/ty-article-magazine/.premium/israel-secretly-targeted-american-lawmakers-with-gaza-war-influence-campaign/0000018f-e7c8-d11f-a5cf-e7cb62af0000

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