2/19/26: Iran War Imminent, Israel Detains Tucker, Prince Andrew Arrested
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Jam-packed show. Trump officials say there is a 90% chance we are going to war with Iran as an insane amount of firepower is moved into the region. Tucker's producer is harassed in Israel after an interview with Mike Huckabee. We're getting the Israeli response on that one, which is interesting in and of itself. Former Prince Andrew arrested. This just breaking this morning. We have additional Epstein news as well. Les Wexner testified yesterday, so we'll break down what we know about that and some other developments as well. The Trump administration is seeking to block states from regulating Polymarket, Kelshi, and those types of betting apps. Don Jr. is fully embracing his corruption. Link to that previous story as well.
Dem base united, question mark, an interesting New York Times focus group that we're going to dig into to try to get a glimpse of what might happen in 2028, the type of candidates that Democrats are favoring at this point. And we're going to do a deep dive into the red state AI backlash, which is only growing.
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And if you're listening to this as a podcast, please share an episode with a friend and rate us five stars. Helps other people find the show. But let's go ahead and start off with Iran. Just a titanic amount of U.S. military assets arriving in the Middle East, some not seen since the Iraq War and the Gulf War before that. It's very much reminiscent of the military buildup around Venezuela before the operation to kidnap Nicolas Maduro.
What are the implications of an imminent war with Iran?
Professor John Mearsheimer was reacting to all of this yesterday. Let's take a listen.
And Israel wants zero enrichment capability. They want the whole nuclear enrichment infrastructure taken down. They want Iran to eliminate all the ballistic missiles it has that can hit Israel. They want Iran to give up supporting the Houthis, Hezbollah, and Hamas. And these are demands that there's no way the Iranians are going to accept. So even if Trump can work out a deal that's satisfactory to him along the lines I described before, it's not going to satisfy the Israelis. And the Israelis have made it very clear that they will attack Iran alone if that is necessary. And of course, if they attack Iran, there's no way we don't get involved because we're going to then have to help defend Israel when the Iranians start launching ballistic missiles at Israel.
And also, we're going to get involved because the Iranians are in all likelihood going to try to shut down the Straits of Hormuz and stop the flow of oil out of the Persian Gulf.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:37
2
What are the implications of an imminent war with Iran?
2:37–9:25
3
How does the U.S. military buildup affect tensions in the Middle East?
9:25–15:11
4
What happened with Tucker Carlson during his visit to Israel?
15:11–18:25
5
What are the latest developments regarding Prince Andrew's arrest?
18:25–20:56
6
Why has Leslie Wexner never been interviewed by the FBI?
20:56–1:05:13
Speakers
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