Ben Rhodes

You know what?

It was fun.

It was fun.

I loved it.

All right.

We do have more serious business to discuss.

We have a great show for you guys today.

We will get into...

All of the latest with the war in Iran, like the continued mixed messages from the administration, the military buildup in the Middle East, the very scary normalization of targeting civilian infrastructure.

And we'll talk about Pete Hegseth personally interfering in military promotions, the Russian government's attempts to block the messaging app Telegram and basically the Internet altogether.

The latest in Cuba and a little special treat from former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Ben, who did you speak to for the interview today?

Yeah.

And I mean, you actually have such a great network internationally, I feel like, of pro-democracy activists.

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