With Seena out this week, Ed Larson from the Last Podcast on the Left and the Brighter Side podcasts joins Travis to talk cowardly Dems, Epstein emails, and JD Vance memes. Ed also tells stories about his time in Iraq on a USO tour. What do the Chairman of the Joints Chief, an accidental midnight mass, and popping pills have in common? Listen and find out!

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ny___T1NZp0

https://x.com/BulwarkOnline/status/1986072964530381305?s=20

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP_xgjAjksM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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**NOTE The causality from the Al Fashir has been updated from when we recorded. As of Friday the numbers from just the last 10 days could in the tens of thousands. There's also word that the RSF has agreed to a ceasefire...JFC**

This week as Seena and Travis celebrate much-needed wins for the Dems, send off Dick Cheney, our political Darth Vader, with a too-many-to-be-brief list of his top “accomplishments,” and wrestle with the ick factor of agreeing with Nick Fuentes about JD Vance. They also dig into the current status of the tragedy that is the civil war in Sudan. Hard to make that bearable but they do their best to break it down and provide some context for the ongoing genocide.

Show Notes:

https://youtu.be/l-Qi8srR7co?si=zyVTUV4snCkA313R&t=36

https://youtu.be/xPtkpH1EUag?si=Z-k23heY8zSKD3h_&t=45

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvcayNd4lto

https://www.npr.org/2009/01/16/99433354/cheney-worked-to-expand-authority-secrecy

https://youtu.be/-hdtuu2QeC8?si=josXgiRPO8dCI5IH&t=33

https://youtu.be/-hdtuu2QeC8?si=ouILsLDaMdfggtWf&t=84

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/world/africa/sudan-el-fasher-burhan-rsf.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/world/africa/sudan-el-fasher-atrocities-executions-video.html

https://apnews.com/article/icc-sudan-darfur-elfasher-rsf-c0c4f64d31c7d8d518cfa47d3fb14566

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2025/10/30/jd-vance-at-ole-miss-turning-point-usa-abortion-israel-gaza-war-and-ai/86964142007/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb4dPM29QJ0&t=143s

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hindus-should-have-no-problem-if-usha-indian-origin-maga-activist-on-jd-vance-christianity-controversy/articleshow/125040199.cms

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQhMMr-Edfm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://x.com/ShadowofEzra/status/1984076670710710447

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hj-nn1lDgwo

https://www.reddit.com/r/CringeTikToks/comments/1o5p73u/everything_about_jd_vance_is_fake_even_nick/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDfhxMwoyWo&t=133s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wazxx7GqOd0

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This week Seena and Travis talk Trump’s tariff “strategy” and how the US appears to be losing out to China in most places. They weigh in on Canada’s Reagan commercial and Trump’s unsurprising overreaction, Israel’s blatant disregard for the ceasefire, elections in Argentina, and a devastating hurricane in the Atlantic. They also wonder why JD has nothing better to do with his time than make a fool of himself on Twitter.

Show Materials:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEsXMpb8s2M

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjxje2pje1o

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/29/why-did-israel-launch-air-strikes-on-gaza-then-resume-truce?utm_campaign=Weekly_2910/2025&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sendinblue

https://youtu.be/j4aM-6yGR2o?si=BVQxhkkxgdSCeC7g&t=121

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/world/americas/argentina-milei-election.html

https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-melissa-jamaica-cuba-landslide-rain-flood-d7d120b8443b1630d12c77e0a3fe25b0

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQWWDCKjUUN/

https://x.com/JDVance/status/1982065405423214724

https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1981785770659586431

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This week the hilarious comedian, podcaster, and former NYC mayoral candidate Corinne Fisher joins the show to talk through updates in the Caribbean–did we just bomb another boat?! They also dig into Trump's expected u-turn on Russia, but since we recorded he even made another u-turn! We also cover the absurd prospect of Jared Kushner & JD Vance stabilizing the Hamas-Israeli ceasefire, and the new Iron Lady of Japan. They question if JD will be the chosen one or if a new hereditary monarchy is in the works. There is no lesser of two evils anymore….

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/world/americas/trinidad-us-military-venezuela-boats.html

https://insightcrime.org/investigations/rise-criminal-hybrid-state-venezuela/

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ny___T1NZp0

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/21/nx-s1-5581255/sanae-takaichi-japan-prime-minister

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/jd-vance-racist-messages-young-republicans-chat-leak

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This week the incredible writer, comedian, and general provocateur Jena Friedman joins Seena and Travis to explain why being a public figure in our current online culture is scary as f***. The crew reacts to various Riyadh Comedy festival takes and tries to figure out when and why we became so reactive and polarized. Seena and Travis also break down the current state of the peace process in Gaza and locate the potential fault lines underlying the ceasefire.

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This week Seena and Travis take it back to the beginning to help us understand the exact moment when everything went to hell in Palestine. They cover the secret deals and broken promises that led us to where we are today, as well as explain what we’re all getting wrong when we call the region the Middle East. That colonialism is a real cock-up is no surprise, but the inanity of the language is wild. They also talk about Trump’s plans for regime change in Venezuela, Italy standing up for Gaza, and, of course, they monitor JD’s steady decline into despotism.

Sources/Extras:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Cn3UP6dp8d0

https://youtu.be/YM8i4LsW0hw?si=2KZMMJjB63yqq2s2

https://www.the-map-as-history.com/History-of-Middle-East-20th-century/the-sykes-picot-agreement

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8rdd5dzvro

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/politics/trump-venezuela-maduro.html

https://apnews.com/article/trinidad-us-military-venezuela-strikes-fishing-fcd24c441f58162b811a24b247334fc5?user_email=92bc3449781eed425b4f99e69ea51e8c0d0aa3f457676d4160e921b1bcac8241&utm_medium=Morning_Wire&utm_source=Sailthru_AP&utm_campaign=Morning%20Wire_7%20Oct_2025&utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eXqLgDF3Lak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZKKlZJqDU0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbdMz2wSY4I

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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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Sources:

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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