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WAR! US War With Iran FEARED As MASSIVE Deployment Heading To Gulf w/ Amber Duke
19 Feb 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the current situation regarding the US and Iran?
War with Iran. Reportedly around a third of the U.S. Navy is being deployed to the region. Donald Trump has called on the U.K. not to give some land back because it seems like we're going to be using that for war, perhaps. And I'm going to say it like this. You know, we're decently connected here at Timcast IRL.
And the messages that I'm hearing behind the scenes, nothing definitive, but it's very much like, yeah, the war is going to happen. And so, again, could be wrong because there's Beltway Scuttlebutt down here in, you know, D.C. area. But it's sounding very much like we are about to go to war with Iran.
You've got numerous corporate news outlets saying Donald Trump is prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend, but he has not made a final call. There's alleged leaks happening on 4chan, probably fake because the Internet, but they're saying the plan is for a joint U.S.-Israeli strike taking out all of their top leadership. And my speculation on this is it may be a psyop.
Indeed, the posturing in the media and these leaked state alleged leak statements may be just to terrify Iran into cutting a deal. saying, hey, look, everybody's saying Trump's going to do it. It's leaking. Oh, here it comes. And then maybe they cave and surrender before we actually have to go to war.
But based on the deployments that we are seeing with refueling tankers, troops getting called in and they're pulling troops out of Syria. Looks like Trump means business. And so this is going to be absolutely massive. Aside from that, we got massive news. The SAVE Act has reached 50 votes in the Senate. They got the votes only if they get rid of the filibuster. And as you all know, they won't.
So it's funny because the SAVE Act, which would massively aid and benefit this country, and literally everyone agrees with from Democrat, independent Republican, for some reason, they still won't pass it. Your guess is as good as mine. And our guesses are probably spot on because, you know, Democrats probably just want people to be able to vote without proving who they are.
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Chapter 2: What are the implications of Trump's military decisions?
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Chapter 3: How are leaks and rumors influencing perceptions of a potential war?
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Five stars and tell your friends about it. Word of mouth really, really helps and sharing really helps. And well, joining us tonight to talk about this and so much more, we've got Amber Duke.
Hey, guys, I'm Amber Duke. I'm the senior editor for The Daily Caller.
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Chapter 4: What are the broader political implications of military actions against Iran?
You can find me on X at Amber Marie Duke. Every Friday, I'm on Rising at The Hill, and I'm also on State of the Day on Substack.
Right on. What is going on, Patriots? This is Tate Brown here holding it down. I'm super excited. I'm excited to be on with you, Amber, because I think we've exchanged some hot takes over the past couple months on my show, which you can watch at noon live on TimCast Rumble channel. And I'm excited to get into everything.
Phil? Let me strip this from Phil. It's my turn. Hi, Phil.
Good.
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Hello, everybody. My name is Phil Labonte. I'm the lead singer of the heavy metal band All That Remains. I'm an anti-communist and counter-revolutionary. Carter?
What's up, everyone? Carter here, still mastering the stream deck and everything here, but holding it down as well. Let's get into this. I also have big news. We, for no reason, have ready to laugh track because not that anyone needs to know when to laugh, but it actually is funny to play it at inappropriate times. So, like, we'll save it for the uncensored portion of the show, most likely.
But anywhere that needs a little levity, we're going to make weird noises. I'm actually half kidding. I don't even know why we have it, but maybe it'll be funny. All right, let's jump into the story from CNN. U.S. military prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend, but Trump has yet to make a final call, sources say. CNN reporting the U.S.
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Chapter 5: What humorous comparisons are made about class and social status?
That is a killer move. So then they bring the bucket of beers out and then they go like, this one's on the house. Table gets hyped, morale improves. I think it's the poor man equivalent. That's the working class equivalent to the steakhouse with no label.
My favorite is when you go to the bar and you say, drinks for everyone. They all cheer, but then you just make them pay their own bills.
Yeah, that's a good one too. Tim, are you familiar with the poor man's first class? What's that? It's when no one books the middle seat.
Yeah.
I know it well. You get the window seat hyped up.
To be honest, I'm all about steak night at the Eagle.
Let me tell you guys. See, sometimes it's all about the secrets. And the secret is a standard economy seat in a plane where no one books the middle or the aisle seat next to you is better than first class.
Oh, yeah.
You lift the arm up and you can lay down.
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Chapter 6: How does the discussion shift to UFOs and government secrecy?
Yep. And I think that should be if tears don't swell in your eyes.
The intimidator.
Oh, this is no laughing matter. This is no laughing matter. If tears aren't swelling in your eyes thinking about Dale Earnhardt, then I think you should be deported, quite frankly. Everybody. Everyone. I don't care where you're born.
If you're asked what your favorite sport is and you say anything other than baseball, you're gone. Yeah.
Any soccer fans.
Hockey. Oh, you better believe you're gone. Right back to Canada.
The SQ needs to be answered, the soccer question. What are we going to do with these people?
Get rid of them. Soccer is – I look at soccer like the Ow My Balls of sports because I remember – I don't watch it because it's stupid. And I like baseball and to a lesser extent football. But baseball, if I'm going to watch a sport, it's going to be baseball. But I remember when I was at Vice, we were watching the World Cup because Brazil got that blowout where they were crying.
And then people in the stands were losing their minds. And the thing about baseball is it's like there's strategy. The commentators are talking about, oh, they're going to switch the pitcher out. And then they're talking about the stats. And there's all these numbers. And we're doing math and writing things out.
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Chapter 7: What are the implications of the SAVE Act discussed?
And the right certainly is not. Yeah.
Colbert is another example like Tallarica of this guy who just does this like Christianity LARP and like actually has zero.
How does that make you feel?
It's offensive. I'm quite comfortable saying, yes, I am triggered when I see Tallarico, again, just wear my faith as a skin suit.
Same.
It's absolutely horrific to see because it's the complete opposite. He was like, you know, Christ wants you to be happy, et cetera, et cetera. It's like actually Christ's core message, what is the actual prerequisite for salvation? It's denying yourself.
The opposite of denying yourself is an abortion because an abortion, oh, wait, this baby is going to potentially cost me a promotion, so I should kill it. That is the complete opposite of denying yourself. You're literally sacrificing a human being at the altar of your life.
It's just like those anti-ICE protesters who went into the church and went after the pastor because they believed he was affiliated with ICE and all of the Democrats justified it by saying, well, he's hypocritical if he's working with ICE to deport people because we need to be welcoming and nice to people. And it's such this like surface level BS reading of the Bible. Yeah.
You pick and choose which little parts. This is literally a meme on the Christian right where we point out that people who don't actually care about the faith or read the Bible or go to church on a regular basis will intentionally manipulate to try to get Christians to do what they want.
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Chapter 8: How do the hosts critique media manipulation and political narratives?
It's the unmarried women you want to disenfranchise.
So why do the Democrats always fall back on our constituents are stupid? They were saying that black people can't get IDs. They were saying that women can't get IDs. Why is it that they constantly are just like, oh, you know what? Our constituents are stupid. They can't figure out how to do this.
They actually think that. They have contempt for everyday Americans. I mean... Why else would Joe Biden tell you you can't have a dryer that dries your clothes properly?
That's because Joe Biden's stupid.
But he hates us. They hate us, and they want us to be miserable. That's why you can't have good shower pressure, water pressure in the shower, because they hate us.
And then they make these toilets where— They can't flush properly. When you flush it, you've got to wash your hands above the toilet. You've seen these? That's evil. There's a toilet, and then there's a spigot that comes up, and the water comes down, and it fills the toilet up while you wash your hands.
And then when it's done, you either flush the toilet again, wasting even more water, or you don't get any more water.
Things can get even worse. Have you seen in Europe where on the caps and then it's like attached?
Yes. OK, I have a great story about this. OK, so I used to work for the Spectator, which is a British company. And so I had British co-workers and one of my co-workers, I was telling him about this because I saw it on Twitter and I was like, y'all are getting crazy with those water bottle caps over there. This is communism. And he was like, you're overreacting. It's not that bad.
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