The Young Turks - Peace Deal Panic - June 17, 2026

Episode Date: June 18, 2026

A growing split inside MAGA is putting pressure on Donald Trump’s Iran strategy, as hawkish voices turn against him over reports that he may avoid escalating the conflict. Meanwhile, Ron Dermer says an Iran deal is unlikely and claims Tehran’s military threat has been weakened, while Iran’s military warns of a “harsh response” if Israeli attacks on Lebanon continue. "Thanks to today's sponsors: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at shopify.com/tyt Get 40% OFF the Ground News Vantage Plan when you sign up at ground.news/tyt Stay informed without the media spin at ground.news/tyt Visit www.sleep.me/tyt to get up to $255 off your Chilipad 2.0 with code TYT Use less data, get paid by switching to Noble Mobile: https://go.tyt.com/getnoble " Hosts: Ana Kasparian SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE ☞  https://www.youtube.com/@TheYoungTurks FOLLOW US ON: FACEBOOK  ☞   https://www.facebook.com/theyoungturks TWITTER  ☞       https://twitter.com/TheYoungTurks INSTAGRAM  ☞  https://www.instagram.com/theyoungturks TIKTOK  ☞          https://www.tiktok.com/@theyoungturks 👕MERCH  ☞      https:/www.shoptyt.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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on the memorandum of understanding and the meltdowns that have ensued as a result of peace, potentially breaking out in the Middle East, something that the Israel Warhawks just cannot stomach. So you have a U.S.-born ambassador to the United States from Israel, basically saying, don't worry, don't worry. Everyone having to meltdown right now about this so-called impending peace deal. Don't worry about it. We'll tell you who that is and more in the first hour. We're also going to talk about the likelihood or unlikelyhood of the Federal Reserve, now with a fresh new chair, cutting rates.

Remember, Trump was adamant that after Jerome Powell is gone, we're going to get someone as the Fed chair who's going to get someone, going to do Trump's bidding and there's nothing Trump wants more than rate cuts, but is he going to get it? He might be his own worst enemy, to be honest with you. We'll also talk about how Trump's tariffs have impacted small businesses across the country and more. So there will be a lot more diversity in the show today just because I, along with, I'm sure many people in the audience, are just tired of feeling like a hamster on a wheel when it comes to the topic of Israel. You're just running in circles because we live under a government that prioritizes them over us.

Nonetheless, let's get started with this MOU. And if you like to support the show, like and share the stream, become a member, t-y-t.com slash join. I also want to kind of give you a warning ahead of time. I am in a bad mood. I spilled my entire newly, freshly made cup of matcha tea all over myself right before we went live. So let's get to it. Shall we say that this is not a popular MOU from what I understand in Israel?

And let me be very blunt about this. Israel does not owe its existence to any president. The Iranian regime, thanks to all those military strikes, is on its back. And a deal, even a good deal, helps them get up. Because, I mean, right now, we're opening up the straight, we're opening up, we're lifting the blockade. That's billions of dollars going into the Iranian regime's conference without them having done anything.

They'll be like doing a martial plan for Germany while the Nazis were still in power. Well, hard to imagine anything can help Thiessen get up. But nonetheless, you hear a number of pro-Israel individuals absolutely losing their minds about the upcoming signing of the Memorandum of Understanding, which we began the week hearing, is something that both the United States and Iran have agreed to. Now, while the Trump administration still hasn't formally published the MOU, the U.S. officials have been circulating a draft to their counterparts as the G7 summit in France is underway. And to be honest with you, everything that we have reported on the show so far goes along with what has been leaked. And I kind of hesitate to say leak. I mean, these are U.S. officials who are sharing this information with their counterparts at the G7 summit. That's where they're supposed to have these types of conversations.

So if you're wondering what is in the MOU, well, the Israel firsters do appear to have a reason to have the meltdowns because Iran won the war. we lost the war. They have leverage by controlling the Strait of Hormuz. That leverage, should they choose to use it, and so far they have used it, has a negative impact on the global economy. So with the United States quickly running out of its strategic petroleum reserves, which has been utilized in order to keep oil prices in check to some extent, Trump knows he's He needs to end this war and he needs to end it quickly. Now the Israel firsters are like, gas prices, you guys are crying about gas prices.

Who cares? Pretty much the entire world. You know, the people who are not devoting every waking moment of their life to Israel, a foreign nation state, that for whatever reason, we tend to have a ton of Israeli operatives within our own country, egging on our government for more war, even though it doesn't benefit the American people. So let's get to the details of the core tenants, if you will, of this MOU. And this is all assuming that something giant doesn't change things from now until Friday, when this MOU is supposed to be signed between the United States and Iran in Geneva.

So the MOU calls for a permanent end to all fighting on all fronts, including Lebanon. So let's pause there for a second. What happens if Israel decides we don't care? We have a right to defend ourselves and annex land that doesn't belong to us. What happens then? Let's say the MOU is signed. Israel continues engaging in their offensive military operations and land annexation in Lebanon. Well, Iran has promised to respond and respond very aggressively.

The real question is, will the United States come in and intervene on behalf of Israel, essentially protect Israel, even though Israel went out of its way to try to destroy a possible peace agreement? Because remember, the MOU is only meant to kind of provide a 60-day window in which the two parties, the United States and Iran, will be able to negotiate for a lasting peace deal. Israel is not going to want that. So I have no doubt that Israel will continue striking Lebanon. The real question is, after Iran retaliates as they've promised, what does the United States do? These are the questions you should keep in your mind as this whole situation develops.

Now, getting back to the MOU and what it says, it indicates that both the United States and Iran will agree to respect one another sovereignty. I don't know about you. I never felt that my sovereignty was ever jeopardized by the Iranians. our sovereignty is jeopardized by the Israelis. There's no question about that. But I think that part of the MOU was more about the United States respecting the sovereignty of Iran. Both the IRGC and Iran will negotiate and reach a final peace

within a maximum of 60 days. Although if both parties agree, they can extend that time period for longer than 60 days. The U.S. will withdraw its forces near the Strait of Hormuz. As you can imagine, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the lifting of the U.S. blockade on the strait will also be part of this deal. The United States will create a plan agreed upon both agreed upon by both parties for the rehabilitation and economic development of Iran.

Now, this in particular really has people like Ben Shapiro reeling. We're going to hear from them in just a minute. But as it's been repeated over and over again, it bears repeat. repeating once more, that the $300 billion that would be allocated to Iran in order to rebuild, essentially reparations for all the war damages, it would not come from the United States. It would come from the Gulf countries. And I would imagine the Gulf countries would have to agree to that as well. The U.S. will have sanctions on Iran on a schedule the two parties agree on. This would impact all, all sanctions impacting Iran. And we've been sanctioning Iran since the Iranian

revolution in 1979. So this is a pretty big deal. Honestly, it sounds a little too good to be true. And that worries me a little bit. But I'll continue. Iran agrees, in fact, reiterates that they will never produce a nuclear weapon. There's never been an indication that they were attempting to build a nuclear weapon. They enriched their uranium up to 60% after Trump pulled out of the JCPOA. But they did that in their mind. as leverage during the peace negotiations that were previously taking place. Instead, the Israelis effectively used the fact that they enriched geranium up to 60% as justification to wage war against Iran.

And there's more. So the United States undertakes that in light of the progress of negotiations towards a final agreement, a final peace deal, frozen or restricted assets and funds of the IRGC will be released and made fully available. Now again, you might be asking yourselves, seems like Iran is getting a lot out of this potential peace deal. And the answer to that is yes, that is, that's correct. And that's because Iran won the war.

It's undeniable. I know that here in America, as an American, I mean, I would love to be able to sit here and say, we won the war. But no, we were humiliated. they beat us. The war was a stupid idea and previous administrations, regardless of how much they love Israel, regardless of how devoted they are to Tel Aviv, did not enter a war against Iran because they knew exactly what would happen. Trump, unfortunately, is the only U.S. president who was bamboozled, if you will, by Netanyahu.

and Mossad and agreed to enter a war that has only hurt the American people, hurt our standing on the global stage. And the real conversation, the real debate that needs to be had in this country, this is where we need to move to. And I want to aggressively push to this place, where the thing we debate is whether or not it makes sense to have any friendly relationships with Israel. I'm not even talking about alliance. I don't think we should have an alliance at all. I'm not saying we have to go to war with them. I just, I want nothing to do with them. They're not our friends.

And I think that we have done a good job proving on this show over and over again, why they are not our friends. They see our soldiers as cannon fodder. They see our taxpayers as their personal ATM machine so they can pay for the military weaponry they used to commit atrocities and land grabs. They're not our friends. Starting something new is terrifying. When we launched our shop, TYT store, I was drowning in what ifs. What if no one buys anything? What if the site looks amateurish?

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That's Shopify. dot com slash tyt. And while you have people like John Pot Horitz, whining and crying about how, oh, will you, this war can't be one unless we put American boots on the ground. Those Israel firsters would never dare suggest IDF soldiers invade Iran, put their boots on the ground, and fight them. that war just really reinforces the notion that they do not see Americans as human beings equal

to Israeli civilians. They don't. They just don't. So with that in mind, it's worth hearing some of the more recent commentary, some of the concerns, if you will, from various Israel firsters. And I want to be clear about something very important here. We've been focusing on right-wing Israel supporters, as if there are no media figures on the left, the left for whatever passes as the left here in the United States. I'm talking about Dem establishment types, right? No, no, they absolutely wanted to go to the war against Iran. And in fact, now that there's word of a possible peace deal, you got to take a listen to what's going on over at MSNBC. Let's start with the first video.

Again, this is not Fox News. This is MSNBC or MS now. Apologies. Take a look. The Iranians got what they wanted. The Americans didn't. And that's where we're going from here. And then Hagar, what does that mean for the Lebanese?

Yeah, it's a disaster, actually, in so many ways. So Tom mentioned here that the Israelis are now being held back. And it sounds a lot of people, it sounds like a ceasefire would be a good thing, right? Normally that sounds like something you'd want in Lebanon or anywhere. But the fact is that if we focus on Lebanon specifically, it's not a seat. There's no, there's no deal. There's, it was, everybody was told to stop shooting, to put their arms down. We've now told one of our most important allies in the world that they, we don't want them

defending themselves. Did you just hear what that woman said? Did you just hear her? She just said that the peace deal would be terrible for Lebanon. really Lebanon meaning Israel's neighbor that's been absorbing Israeli aggression, bombings, the leveling of entire villages. You're telling me that those people who have been victimized by Israel, they wouldn't want this type of peace deal that would end all war in their own country.

Man, these people are sick. That woman is sick. She's sick. As she sits in a cushy studio, she's literally advocating for more war, which not only impacts people in Iran, but has been terrorizing civilians, certainly in southern Lebanon, but also in Beirut. Apparently the people of Beirut would love to continue getting bombed, according to the guest that MS now had on. These people are pathetic. They disgust me. But anyway, then you have Ben Shapiro, who not only loathes the MOU, unsurprising. He can't stomach an impending photo shoot, apparently, during the actual signing of the MOU, which is supposed to take place Friday of this week. Take a listen. I'm noticing that Mohamed Khalibov, who will apparently on Friday be literally in a photo op with the vice presidents of the United States. I cannot express to you how stomach turning that is.

I don't care who the Vice President is. I don't care who the President is. Leaders of the United States of America in a photo op with a mass murdering terrorist supporter like Muhammad Khalibov shaking hands six months after he blew away 42,000 innocent people in the streets. Benjamin Nanyahu is a war criminal who currently has a warrant out from the International Criminal Court for his arrest due to the atrocities he has committed. Yet he is invited onto our soil. He has made several visits to the Trump White House

to egg our government on for wars, for more military aid. I mean, this guy, hey, Ben, the people you support are the terrorists. They're the terrorists. The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, regardless of how much you loathe him, what you represent, what you support is terrorism. It's slaughter of innocence. It's border expansion to the detriment of innocent people.

Ben Shapiro watches the IDF blow up level, entire villages, not just in Gaza. Who cares about Gaza? Am I right, Ben? They all like to live in their own excrement, right, Ben? something he said earlier, and then apologized for, but I don't really care about your apology when your actions prove that you don't see these individuals as human beings. But let's move away from Gaza for a second. Entire villages in southern Lebanon just totally being flattened, level destroyed, over a million Lebanese people forced out of their homes, displaced. Some of them have tried to go back to southern Lebanon only to find everything they've ever owned, everything they've ever worked for, everything they ever had destroyed, gone.

How would Ben feel if his family home was leveled? Not such a big deal when it happens to those dirty Arabs, right, Ben? He disgusts me. Ghalibov? Ghalibov is Mother Teresa compared to Netanyahu. Okay? But let's get back to another point that Ben made there that really gets under my skin. because it's propaganda that members of our media, without even finding a shred of evidence,

just mindlessly regurgitate as if it's true. Because if you can remember, after the January protests that took place in Iran, we were to believe that 30,000, 30,000 Iranian protesters were brutally slaughtered by the IRGC. Then the number went up to 35,000. Then they're like, oh, but people don't seem to be heated about this enough. Let's say 40,000. Now it's 42,000. You guys need to pick a number.

I mean, all of it is fake. It's all made up. But simply increasing the number of people who the IRGC allegedly slaughtered isn't going to make your argument more convincing. In fact, there were people who were killed during those protests. No one knows the exact number. And I would like to see a credible source provide evidence, including names of the individuals who have been killed by the IRGC.

Showing me pictures of people in body bags is not evidence that 30 or 35,000 or 45,000, whatever number they're pulling out of their ass, it's not going to convince me of that. I want to see actual data. I want to see actual credible evidence. But if you are concerned about the Iranian protesters who were killed, I think you should blame a very specific group of people. Mossad. Why do I say that? Well, it's not just according to me.

It's according to publications like the New York Times, very Israel-friendly publication, if you will. And I don't know if you guys have read this piece. Israel thought it could spur rebellion inside Iran. That hasn't happened. President Trump's hopes that an Israeli plan to ignite, let me read that again, Israeli plan to ignite an internal uprising against Iran's theocratic government could bear, bring the war to a swift end. Okay.

Important words there, Israel's plan to ignite an internal uprising. Let's read some excerpts from the peace, shall we? David Barnaya, the Mossad chief, terrorist, said his service would likely be able to galvanize the Iranian opposition igniting riots and other acts of rebellion that could even lead to the collapse of the Iranian government. Didn't work out that way, did it? It did get a lot of people killed, though. There's more.

The belief that Israel and the United States could help instigate widespread revolt was a foundational flaw in the preparations for a war that has spread across the Middle East. In other words, Mossad got those protesters killed, but I'm not done yet. One element included supporting an invasion by Iranian Kurdish militia groups based in northern Iraq. So let's pause right there. So they were going to have armed Kurdish fighters in a completely different country invade Iran. and provide the appearance of Iranian opposition that's seeking to topple the regime. Do you see how this game is played and why I get so irritated, agitated,

when people repeat numbers that have never even been verified and don't even bother to understand what actually happened on the ground during those protests? But there's more. So let me go back to graphic four. one element included supporting an invasion by Iranian Kurdish militia groups based in northern Iraq. American officials have said that both the CIA and Basad have given arms and other support to Kurdish forces in recent years. So they've been cooking this up for a while, cooking up a totally incompetent strategy that led to, again, some number of Iranians getting killed.

Behind the scenes, Netanyahu has expressed frustration that Mossad's promises to foment revolt in Iran have not materialized. In one security meeting days after the war began, the prime minister vented that Trump might decide to end the war any day and that Mossad's operations had yet to bear fruit. Sorry your fake rebellion didn't work out for you, but it did get people killed. In fact, if you still don't believe me, if you think I'm just an unhinged lunatic despite all the receipts I show you, don't worry, I've got more. So both U.S. politicians and Israeli media confirmed that there were Mossad operatives, not just working on this little plot. They were on the ground in Iran to basically agitate, to be provocateurs in order to create this riotous situation. Now, one of the people who confirmed this actually is a U.S. politician, Mike Pompeo. Let's go to this Jerusalem Post screenshot that gives you a sense of what I'm talking about.

They quote one of Pompeo's posts on X. Happy New Year to Iranians and Mossad agents beside them, Mike Pompeo says, in social media post. The Iranian regime is in trouble, the former U.S. Secretary of State said, citing ongoing anti-regime protests that are occurring across Iran. I want to pause for a second because there certainly were Iranian protesters taking to the streets, expressing themselves out of sheer frustration over their economic situation. which is caused by U.S. sanctions against Iran. That's how the protest started. They didn't begin as anti-IRGC protests. They started as protests with Iranian demonstrators expressing sheer frustration and anger

over the devastating economic situation they're dealing with. Those protests were then co-opted by Mossad in order to give the appearance of an uprising against the IRGC. But what was really interesting about those provocateurs, you know, that were posing as legitimate Iranian protesters is some of what they did was destroy mosques. Weird, Iranian protesters, why would they destroy mosques if their real objective is to topple the IRGC? They also went in and attacked workers over in the offices of the Palestinian ambassador to Iran. I believe one person got hurt, but the ambassador was okay. Gee, that's a weird thing to do, isn't it? Anyway, in a separate Jerusalem post article, they write that the Mossad used its Twitter

account in Farsi to encourage Iranians to protest against the Iranian regime, telling them it will join them during the demonstration. So Mossad is like, yo, take to the streets. We're going to be right there with you. It's amazing how brazen they are with what they do. and then you have Ben Shapiro sitting there, pretending to be so concerned about the Iranian people, so concerned in fact, that he'd like to drop more bombs on their heads. Maybe more children's elementary schools will get destroyed.

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to assisting Iran. protesters in the field. Okay, you guys get the point. But if I hear another person try to challenge me with this fake nonsense of, oh, but what about the IRGC? They killed 40,000, no, 45,000, no, 50, they killed a million protesters. Like, for the love of God, just kick rocks. Don't come at me with that. Let's get back to more kovetching, shall we? So here's Mark Levin, who's been totally losing his mind. I mean, maybe someone should do a wellness check on this guy, but he says this, I am working on a much more detailed take on the MOU and related matters. Well, good for you, Mark. I find much to be concerned about in this MOU, and I am truly hopeful

that the next 60 days can be used to make important amendments to it. Namely, I would like more war. He didn't say that last part, but I'll continue. That's what he actually wants, though. I trust the administration is open to making some very important changes and not dug in as this negotiation continues. Since Israel is the only country, he writes, that actually fights this enemy with its soldiers and airmen. Let's pause. What? Say that again? Since Israel is the only country that actually fights this enemy with its soldiers and airmen, this guy is an enemy of the state.

we had our military involved in fighting Iran for three months straight. It has done nothing positive for us. And this hog, this pathetic excuse of a human, has the audacity to say like, oh, well, you know, the IDF soldiers are the real brave ones who are fighting Iran. What about that 12-day war? What happened to Operation Midnight Hammer, bitch? God, these the most ungrateful, untitled pieces of garbage on the planet, but there's more. And whose citizens are in the direct line of fire from missile and drone attacks,

nobody in their right mind will tolerate this. No amount of berating our ally or pressuring the prime minister, which is shocking, changes anything. It seems like it has though, Mark. It seems like it has. I always ask, why do people like Ben Shapiro, and Mark Levin live in the United States. Like you guys love Israel so much. Why don't you live in Israel? Like I live in the country, not just the country I was born in and I'm a citizen of. I live in America because I love this country.

I want to live here. I want to make this country better. I can't imagine sitting here constantly like obsessing over any other foreign country. And there are lots of other foreign countries I love. I love Italy. Okay. Never in a million years would I sit here and demand that every way, moment of the federal government's existence should be utilized in helping Italy.

But I will tell you this, Italy is certainly way more deserving than Israel is. Finally, we've got a few more videos. I don't take it a while with this. So deep breath, because we're about to go to a John Pod Horowitz video. Let's do it. Trump is now saying Beebe is indiscriminately murdering Lebanese, but the but the Iranians are nice and they only want to help their country. What's going on? I'm telling you what's going on. What's going on is he something happened and he decided that he went the wrong way

and he is ratcheting himself in the other direction. Once he turns tail, suddenly Iran's nice, gutter is brave. another thing that he said today, and you will always be my friend, and you are so brave and so wonderful in these talks. And Israel is the bad guy, which is where he's going. Like this, this, this is the opening south, this weekend he went from, Bibi is, you know, what the F are you doing? And you're without judgment. And now it's your blowing up apartment buildings in Beirut. And the Iranians are really nice. Life comes at you hard, John. Life comes at you hard.

But Trump is right. Trump is right. Israel is evil. Israel is leveling entire villages. There is no precision. There is no interest in targeted strikes. There is no interest in taking extra precautions to ensure that you protect as many civilian lives as possible.

Israel trains dogs to rape Palestinian detainees who have been charged with anything. Sorry, John, that's what Israel is. Now, is Iran innocent? I mean, I'm sure there are plenty of things I can point to with the IRGC that I don't agree with. I don't like. But let's just talk about their conduct during this war. Because you want to know what Iran did to retaliate? They struck military bases, for the most part.

You know, in the very beginning days of the war, they did hit a hotel, which I spoke out against. that's not the right thing to do. But compared to the war crimes committed by Israel, are we really having a conversation right now about that? Really? How many villages that did Iran level? I'd like to know. How much land in foreign territory is Iran attempting to steal, to annex?

What was the last time Iran was engaged in a border expansion project? It's about time. Israelis open their eyes, live in reality and realize we're the baddies. Unfortunately, since we're tied at the hip with Israel, we, meaning the United States,

are also, unfortunately, the baddies. And I'd like to change that paradigm. I don't want to be aligned with countries like Israel. But like what's amazing to me, and I'd love to hear what you all think, so please write in. is just this lack of self-awareness, lack of self-reflection.

They literally do think they're above everything and everyone, including the rule of law, including like universal values. It's really sick. But we do have one more video. And this one might make you a little bit hopeful. It's Batya Ungar Sargon. And here's how she reacted to the MOU. I don't have a problem with Trump getting annoyed at BB.

I don't have a problem with him sort of saying you guys overpromised and under delivered. We're great allies, us and Israel, but our interests are not identical. They frequently converge and they sometimes diverge. And if this was a great deal for the United States and a bad deal for Israel, I would not necessarily have a problem with that. If this was a real America first win, I would be cheering it on. It's Israel's job to try to get the most they can out of us, to squeeze us for as much as they can. And it's our job to say yes when it's in our interests and know when it conflicts with our interests.

I'm really just as an American, the idea that we have been brought to our knees over this is very, very horrifying to me, especially because of the cost that working cost Americans have already paid for it. So just based on that video alone, it seems like she has a pretty reasonable take, right? She's prioritizing what's best for the United States. She says that even if the deal is great for America but not great for Israel, she won't be upset about it. The thing is, if you follow her work and her posts on social media, she doesn't think it's a good deal. In fact, she minimizes why the U.S. would want to end the war in the first place, writing on X. The greatest superpower to ever exist brought to its knees by a few mines.

Just a disaster for America. Batia, I beg you, you're not a military expert, nor am I, nor am I. And so when you are so certain that there was a military, option at our disposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. You need to explain where you got that information of what that military option is. Because there is a chorus, a unanimous chorus of military experts, colonels, generals, who have said repeatedly, there is no military option to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

There is no military option for regime change in Iran. This goes beyond a few alleged minds that Iran allegedly placed along the straight of Horboos, which I'm not even fully buying. But even if that were true, that wasn't the reason why Trump is pursuing an MOU. And she talks a lot, by the way, about how much Americans are struggling, working class Americans are struggling. She considers herself left-wing maga because she cares so deeply about the working class. The working class has been battered by this war already. So a continuation of it wouldn't make the matter better, would it?

All right, we got to take a break. But if you are too optimistic, don't worry. When we come back, you're going to hear from someone who is urging you to not be optimistic and urging the Israeli firsters to just calm down because it's unlikely the MOU is going to happen. I'll tell you who that is when we come back. What's up, everyone. Welcome to our first social break of the day. Let's go to our t-y-t.com members, starting with Anonymous. Thank you for purchasing a TYT membership. We will have a member's only bonus episode tonight, which I'm really looking forward to. Definitely stick around for that. Wedge writes it and says, Macha tea, Anna, I must say you wear it well. I used to hate machete and then I don't know. Something happened and now I love it and I can't get enough of it. I have it every day. I don't like spilling it literally all over myself and my room. right before I go live. So I'm sitting in a puddle of macha latte right now.

Okay, like, it's a disaster. Let's go to Asimov Prophet, who says, I love how the whole world has been trying for peace in the Middle East my entire life. Now Israel has shown the hand, and we see Israel is the reason we've never had peace in the Middle East. Look, the one thing that I will say about just the devastating, like, events that have occurred over the last nearly three years is a lot of Americans have woken up. And that gives me so much hope. It really does. So keep fighting. Keep fighting. And it gives me hope

because it makes me realize something I already knew, but it reinforces. Most Americans, most people, in fact, are good people. And they don't want to see the slaughter of innocence. They don't want to fund it. They don't want to aid and abet it. I'll read more of your comments when we come back to the show, everyone. Mo Larry cheese in our members section is the absolute sweetest, but you don't need to do this. And if I knew where you were, I door dash a tea over to you, but tonight is beer night. Tonight is beer night. So not only are you a sweetheart, thank you, but you reminded me of Wednesday night, which is beer night in the Casparian slash Lopez household. Very exciting. All right. And I wanted to let you know about one of our wonderful sponsors, Noble,

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as the former Israeli ambassador to the United States. You heard that right, even though he was born in the U.S. He's the Israeli ambassador to the United States. Got it. Well, he just told a crowd of New Yorkers that he believes peace with Iran will fall through. Is he upset about that? Of course not. He's hoping for it. But he's basically putting this message out to ease the nerves of the Israel firsters who have been panicking ever since the announcement of the MOU was. made earlier this week. So I'll give you his remarks in just a moment. But first, I think it's important to understand who this guy is, if you're not familiar with him already.

So he served as ambassador to the United States from 2013 through 2021, meaning he served both under the Obama administration and the Trump administration. Now, he, he convicted traitor Jonathan Pollard loves this guy. In fact, he has stated that Dermar helped free him from American prisons after he was convicted of selling American secrets to the Israelis. It is amazing how many traders we have, like openly moving about the cabin, okay? Unchallenged. Dermar himself has said that his proudest moment as ambassador was Netanyahu's speech to Congress, this is back in 2015, when he was excoriating former president. Obama for accomplishing the JCPOA. Now, what was the JCPOA? It was the agreement, the deal with Iran that ensured that Iran would not be able to enrich enough uranium to build nuclear weapons.

And it didn't just involve the United States and Iran. Other foreign countries were involved. And the IAEA was regularly entering the country of Iran to ensure that they were following through with the JCPOA. Fast forward to 2018. Trump does Netanyahu's wishes of ripping up that deal, thus paving the way for the devastating war that we've just experienced and are still experiencing. It's not over quite yet. Now, it is rumored that Dürmer wrote Netanyahu's speech. Think about how disgusting that is, by the way. Obama was the sitting U.S. president. The prime minister of a foreign country comes onto our soil and totally trashes our president before Congress because he accomplished

a deal that would ensure Iran doesn't develop nuclear weapons. These people are just, I can't even use the words that I want to use, so I'll just move forward. So he is casting doubt now on the MOU actually coming to fruition. Okay, so Dermar casts even larger shadows over the Israeli politics, especially as Benjamin Netanyahu's right-hand man. So he helped Netanyahu get elected as prime minister back in 2008. He also was appointed by Netanyahu as his senior advisor. Since 2022, though, Dermer has served in a number of roles for the Netanyahu administration. For instance, he has led the Ministry of Strategic Affairs. He's acted

as a member of the Israeli War Cabinet during the ongoing genocide in Gaza, of course. And he led negotiations for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza. Now most recently, though, Netanyahu put Dermar in charge of dealing with Lebanon's government, while Israel just obliterates their country. So it gives you a sense of the blood lust someone like Dermer has. Okay, he oversees genocide and slaughter in Gaza. overseas ethnic cleansing and destruction in Lebanon. Homeboy can't get enough.

But you want to know something? He's cool as a cucumber. Cool as a cucumber. Why? Everyone else is freaking out about the MOU. Why is he so cool? So regarding the peace deal, here's what Dermar stated.

Count me among the skeptics who doubt they will succeed in making a nuclear deal because I don't see Iran making those concessions. They just did, bitch. In fact, they did it over and over and over again before the war even started. Let's continue. They did not make the concessions under pressure, and I don't think they will make them under less pressure. I mean, just lies.

But, you know, when it comes to Zionists, it's second nature. It's like breathing for them. As for there's more, Dermer said a good agreement would be one that removed all enriched uranium from Iran, dismantled the enrichment facilities and eliminated the enrichment program for a generation. Okay, that's a great thing you want that. So why don't you get the people in the country you're currently living in, the country you actually love and have devotion for, why don't you get them to do it? Since it's their objective, it's their desire, it's what they want to happen. The U.S. is not responsible for Israel. We don't owe, Dürmer, any Israeli,

a damn thing. Dermer said, I doubt that will happen. Take a deep breath. This is a corridor that may lead to something else in the future. In the meantime, Iran is far weaker than it was. I mean, they were still able to spank your ass, right? And the United States. So Jonathan Krenriquez, just yesterday in a conversation with Mario Nafal made it abundantly clear that Israel doesn't have the capacity to fight Iran unilaterally without the help of the United States. As for Israel's war on Lebanon, Dermar seemingly admitted that Israel does not obey ceasefires because guess what, they don't. This ceasefire was a disaster for Hezbollah. Hmm, why? Between November 24 and March of this year, Hezbollah lost 450 terrorists.

The number of soldiers killed, the number of civilians killed on this front. Zero. I mean, this guy, Israel wiped out entire families as they were sleeping at night. Entire families. Family of five lost, killed in an Israeli airstrike overnight. How many of those headlines have we read? Really? So like the five-year-old kid was a Hezbollah terrorist? Is that what that was? they don't see anyone other than fellow Zionists as human. So they don't see the Lebanese people, whether they're Christian, whether they're Muslim, but doesn't matter. They don't see them as human.

That's why he could sit there and literally spew out of his disgusting rotten mouth that not a single civilian was killed in Lebanon. Let me read you the entire statement again, because the whole point of his statement here is to say, We badly heard Hezbollah because we agreed to a ceasefire. They stopped firing and then we slaughtered. So tell me again, who's more trustworthy? The Israelis or Iran? Because on one hand, he's like, we can't trust Iran. No, we can't trust you.

We can't trust Israel. This ceasefire was a disaster for Hezbollah. Between November, 2024 and March of this year, Hezbollah lost 450 terrorists. The number of soldiers killed. The number of civilians killed. on this front, zero. This is a good ceasefire.

They stop. We fight. Because you're terrorists. You guys are the terrorists. There is no limit to your treachery. No limit to your treachery. Dermar warned that in order to finish the job against Hezbollah, as long as the Iranian regime remained on its feet,

Israel would have had to conquer all of Lebanon. I'm sure that's what they're attempting to do. They're failing. They're losing a lot of soldiers. But I'm sure that's what they intend to do. At least that's what they intended to do. And remain there for a prolonged period, including controlling the external border with Syria.

Do you guys get it now? Do you guys see the game that's being played? Is this really about Hezbollah or is this about taking Lebanon? We would need an army about twice the size of the IDF, understand that this is what we would have to do. Well, where are you going to get those soldiers? Where you get those soldiers? You need to double the size of the IDF to permanently occupy the entirety of Lebanon.

This is how these people think. Dürmer also made clear that the Netanyahu government will continue to rampage Gaza. Of course, I wouldn't expect anything else. The war ended on Israel's terms, but the work is not over. Anyone who thinks Israel will leave Hamas armed, two or three kilometers from our population, is fooling themselves. Israel accomplishes, or I should say, excels in one thing. And it is the multiplication, the repopulation of terrorists and terrorism. That's what they do.

They create terrorists. They love it. In fact, sometimes they'll even arm terrorists when they see it as useful for their own objectives. Remember when they were arming ISIS-linked terrorists in Gaza to further terrorize the Palestinian people there. Remember that? That was just last year. That was just last year. They actually love terrorists because they are terrorists. And Dermer proves it every day with his statements, with his actions, and what he favors in regard to conduct during wars. And while he

was born in the United States, I sure am glad that he got the hell up out of here. We got to take a break. We'll be right back. Everybody, welcome back to our social break. We've got Elliot Z.P. who says this deal is too good for Iran because it is not meant to be implemented, only extended over and over with Hormuz open, but I are not getting anything, Iran not getting anything beyond a few billion dollars. Look, I'm also pretty skeptical of, you know, this MOU really turning into a permanent peace deal. I don't want to be too negative, let's wait and see what happens. But here's the thing, even if Trump succeeds in getting a peace deal, the thing to know about the Israelis, which is why it's so important to decouple from them, is they're relentless.

They're relentless. You know, you heard Batya and Gar-Sargan in that clip talk about how like, it's Israel's job to squeeze whatever they can out of the Americans. Yeah, yeah, that's what they do. And they are relentless. So unless we end our alliance with that country, we're never going to. and a half piece. We're just not. Davy Mill says, which right listed in the Constitution is limited by bad actors like the Second

Amendment? Does one need a permit to speak because someone incited a riot, protests because mostly peaceful protests involving looting an arson? Dav, I'm not sure what your question is. Which right listed in the Constitution is limited by bad actors? Like, oh, I see what you're saying. Yeah, I don't think, I used to agree with, Oh, maybe we should consider gun control after there was a shooting. I've actually changed my mind on that. And it's because of the point that you're raising. All right, everybody, welcome back.

And special thanks to all of our members who are writing in and our super chatters, including James Kelly, who says, I never thought it would be Trump to start the break from our special ally. If by some miracle, this peace deal goes through, I will never second guess Jank again. Love, TYT, keep up telling the truth. I don't know, why does Jank get the plot? It's here. I mean, look, honestly, and by way, I love Jenk, but I will be so shocked if Trump actually follows through and pushes for a real peace deal. I think the real test is going to come when Israel inevitably continues slaughtering

people in Lebanon. Iran reacts or responds. What's the United States going to do? Is Trump going to intervene on behalf of Israel? And if he does, then none of the, This matters. This is all kabuki feeder. Ooh, we've got a comment in our X audience. This is Blue who says, I vote for Jank for Federal Reserve Chairman and I vote for Anna for President, 28. I don't, I'm not looking to be president. I would love to be a press secretary at some point.

Press secretary seems really fun. Anyway, all right, let's talk a little more about Lebanon. And then when we come back for the second hour, I promise you, we are going to switch gears entirely. There's a lot of other news that I want to get to, including, you know, members of Congress looking to check Hegsith, which I never thought would come. That's a really big story. Anyway, let's talk about Lebanon. I think they could do better with respect to Hezbollah. I'm not saying they shouldn't protect themselves. I'm saying when two drones are shot into the desert and drop harmlessly, you don't have to knock down buildings in Beirut.

They could behave better. And frankly, they could do a better job. You just heard it again, folks. President Donald Trump continues to take some pretty significant jabs at Israel over its conduct in Lebanon. And you should also keep in mind that he's doing this on the international stage as he's making these comments at the G7 summit in France. I welcome it. I love it. I especially love the backlash that he receives from the likes of Mark Levine. after he dares to tell the truth about how Israel conducts wars. Now with that in mind, as we all know, any possible peace deal between the United States and Iran would absolutely require an end to Israel's war on Lebanon, a permanent end to that war. But since the announcement of this MOU, well, as we know, Israel has continued terrorizing

the Lebanese people. And they're saying that they're doing this to defeat Hezbollah. In reality, when you carpet bomb a country, like literally dropping 100 bombs on Lebanon in a 10-minute time span, as they did last month after there was another scare that peace might break out, you get the sense that this has very little to do with Hezbollah and everything to do with destroying, leveling, flattening Lebanon, much like they did with Gaza, making it unlivable so they can take the land. By the way, how many Israelis are there? Like, why do you need all this land? The land you have isn't enough for you? I just, it's, okay, all right.

Well, if you want perpetual war and if you want to create extremism and terrorism, then have at it. The real question is, why does the United States need to be part of any of that? Now, Trey Yinks has more on what the Israelis have been up to over in Lebanon. Take a look. Here in Tel Aviv, we are tracking new reports of Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. Right now, there are Israeli ground forces in southern Lebanon, inside Hezbollah territory.

And again, reports indicate they are still conducting airstrikes against Iran's largest proxy. Now, last night, the IRC threatened to bomb Israel if they continued these strikes. And we heard from Iran's foreign minister just two days ago saying that Israeli strikes against Lebanon would be a violation of the memorandum of understanding. Well, Trey is correct. In fact, at least, at least four people were killed by Israeli drone strikes in Lebanon on Tuesday. That was just yesterday. I mean, it's so obvious that they're going to continue striking Lebanon. They're going to continue occupying Lebanon. Because the Israelis don't want a peace deal. So Hezbollah has responded pretty aggressively to the Israeli attacks as they should. As they should, Israel killed four people after endless announcements from the Iranians

indicating if you keep striking Lebanon, if you keep killing people, we're going to retaliate. So Hezbollah retaliated. And they responded rather aggressively. So drop site news reports, reports are about. emerging of a serious Hezbollah attack on Israeli forces operating in southern Lebanon. Okay, not northern Israel, operating in southern Lebanon. The IDF soldiers are trespassing. They are in territory, in a country that doesn't belong to them. So you should expect resistance fighters to resist. And that's what happened here. And it looks like they put a hurtin on the IDF

soldiers. So it's in southern Lebanon with Israeli media and military watch telegram channels describing an exceptionally serious incident involving up to 10 injured Israeli soldiers. F around and find out, go home. Stop killing innocent people, stop leveling villages, go home. The reported attack comes after a day of Israeli artillery shelling drone strikes and air raids across southern Lebanon. Lebanon's national news agency reported Israeli forces struck several towns in Nabataya, Nabatia, Tyre, and Bint Jabil districts, at least four people, as I mentioned earlier, were killed in Israeli attacks in the Nabataya area on Tuesday. So, I mean, does the IDF think like, oh yeah, we're just going to carry out drone strikes, air raids, all sorts of terrible activity that gets

innocent people killed and there isn't going to be a response. Of course there's going to be a response. You are currently in territory that doesn't belong to you and you're killing innocent people and leveling homes and villages. Of course, there is going to be resistance. And I don't know what the outcome of those 10 injured Israeli soldiers happens to be. I don't really care. They need to go home. Journalist Hadi Hottit says that the operation came after Hezbollah largely held fire while Israeli attacks continued across southern Lebanon despite the ceasefire. And as I shared with you in a previous story involving Ron Dermer, Ron Dermer was bragging about the fact that after Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire with Israel in November of 2024, Hezbollah stopped firing, but Israel didn't. Israel didn't. And he was celebrating that.

Iran has reiterated that they absolutely will intervene if Israel refuses to stop. The Iranian military's Khatam al-Anbiyah central headquarters on Tuesday said in a statement that Israel has violated the ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran, which calls for an end to Israel's war in Lebanon, 84 times over the past two days, and that Israel had been continuing crimes and the killing of the oppressed people of Lebanon. Well, that's what they do. It's what they specialize in. The Iranians also added that if the child killing army of the Zionist regime does not end its evil acts in southern Lebanon, it must await a harsh response from the powerful armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Well, from their mouths to God's ears, because that's what the Israelis would

deserve. But here's the question. What does the United States do under that scenario? Do we intervene in order to protect the Israelis? Or do we recognize that this is what Israel has brought upon themselves? And if they don't want to get attacked by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, they should get the F out of southern Lebanon. This is not difficult. You can't invade foreign countries, get spanked, And then cry about it. I don't feel bad for the Israelis. All they do is spark new wars in the Middle East endlessly again and again and again. And again, I don't feel bad for them.

Go home. Look after your own country and the land you already have as opposed to constantly thinking about expanding your borders and slaughtering innocent people to do it. It's not hard. But they're entitled. They think they deserve everything, the whole world. No, sorry. It doesn't work that way. And if you don't like it, well, keep getting wounded, keep getting killed.

That's on you. We got to take a break. When we come back, we'll switch over to some other news, including a bipartisan effort to check Pete Heggzeth, but will it really go anywhere. And we'll also check in with the Federal Reserve to see if maybe we're going to get some rate cuts. Maybe, maybe not. We'll be right back. Indisputable is still. The fastest growing news show in America compared to CNN, Fox News, and 30 other networks.

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I'm very particular in the way I make the tea. So it's okay. I'm not upset that tea is no longer available for me to drink. I'm upset that I'm literally sitting in it and it's all over the room, but I'm doing the show, so I can't do anything about it. Let's go to barely funky, not the Monge tea. I'm reading these blinds, so let's go to, here we go. Green New Dealer Dragon says, Marshall Plan for Germany while Nazis were in power is exactly

like us giving billions to Nazi Israel now. I know, but I mean, you're trying to reason with unreasonable people. So let's go to our member section. How dare you tie me out, Marco, L.O. Oh, well, just kidding. Abby Normal says we owe Israel nothing. I totally agree. In fact, I think they owe us quite a bit.

Major Blood says maybe our president should stop giving money to Israel since they don't need to listen to the presidents. That's exactly right. I love how they're like, oh, we are a sovereign country and we have the right to defend ourselves and protect our citizens as we see fit. Fantastic, that's great. I have no interest in bossing Israelis around, but you don't get to. to take our money and then tell us that we don't have a say.

Okay, if we don't have a say, then we're not going to give you any money. We're going to stop bribing Egypt to play nice with you. Capish? No? No, you don't like that? Okay. Well, then we get to run our mouths as much as we want. That's how it works.

When I got married, I remember planning a wedding, I don't recommend it. Having a wedding, I do recommend it. But everyone wants to chirp about their demands. Everyone, I want this, I want to sit there. Are you paying for the wedding? Are you contributing to the wedding? Oh, you're not. Okay, your opinion doesn't matter.

My parents helped a little bit. They were the only ones who had to say in the wedding. That's it. I think we should run the country the same way. Okay, but anyway, let's move on to other news. Because I find this a little bit fascinating. As we know, Congress loves seating power to the executive branch. But I guess some of them are starting to realize that's a bad idea. Let's get into it. It appears as though a bipartisan group of senators are looking to revoke Secretary of Defense Pete Heggsett's travel budget over concerns about the way the military has carried out some of its operations, if you are.

will. And I'm talking about, you know, just deciding to bomb indiscriminately in the Caribbean sea. You see a little fishing boat. Don't ask any questions, just assume that they're drug smugglers and kill them all. That kind of stuff. Or, I don't know, doing a double-tap strike on in elementary school in Manab Iran. That's another example. The Trump administration, the Pentagon under the Trump administration still refuses to apologize or take any responsibility for it. And I I don't really think we have many lawmakers who have either a heart or a modicum of decency, morality, but it does look like a few are concerned, bothered, troubled by what they've seen our military carry out with the leadership of Pete Hegsith, of course.

And so here's what they're trying to do. The Senate is attempting to get more information regarding the strikes on those fishing boats in the Caribbean and the attack on the all girls elementary school in Iran. And they're leveraging the Pentagon's travel budget in exchange for that information. Now remember, Congress has the power of the purse, so they could actually make this happen. The real question is, will they? And will it get broader buy-in from the Senate as they look to pass the new National Defense Authorization Act? This would be a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act. As political reports, the provisions tucked into the Senate Armed Services Committee's defense policy bill would withhold a lot.

75% of the Pentagon Chief's travel budget until lawmakers receive the documentation. They want information about these specific military operations. Now, last year, Trump actually signed legislation that had been passed by the Senate. restricting a quarter, 25% of the Pentagon's travel budget over lingering requests made to the department. Clearly, that wasn't very effective because the senators aren't getting any answers. And interestingly enough, Republicans appear to be joining Democrats in this effort to basically curtail the Pentagon's war crimes and recklessness. So lawmakers, including some of Trump's GOP allies, have complained, Pentagon leadership has kept them in the dark on major national security decisions.

They've underscored that dissatisfaction as they've demanded more information about the nascent Iran peace deal Trump and his team have been trying to sell in Washington. So that excerpt from Politico's reporting makes me worry a little bit. Because it seems like these lawmakers weren't really willing to lay down the hammer until the MOU negotiations were happening behind closed doors and they were kind of in the dark about it. So is this really about our military carrying out war crimes and how you want to check the defense department? Or is this about retaliating because senators and members of Congress were left in the dark as negotiations were underway for the MOU. I don't know, but that excerpt kind of gives me pause. Hexas actions have long prompted

concerns from lawmakers, though, to be fair. Since September of last year, more than 200 individuals have been killed in these boat strikes in the Caribbean as part of a military operation dubbed Operation Southern Sphere. I'm sorry, Southern Spear, not Sphere, spear, like, you know, Hegsus justified the attacks by claiming that the military is targeting drug smugglers without providing a shred of evidence, as we all know. Now, lawmakers in particular were alarmed by revelations of a double tap strike. It looks like we're increasingly in favor of these types of war crimes. The double tap strike on the girls' school was also a problem, but nonetheless, the lawmakers

are alarmed by revelations of a double tap strike in September. killed survivors of an initial attack against a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean. Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker, a Republican, oh wow, what a convenience. After he reviewed the episode, he concluded that there was no evidence the U.S. committed a war crime with the attack. It's on tape. They struck a fishing boat, and then when they saw there was a survivor, they killed him in a doubles tap. strike. That's a war crime. So is Roger Wicker a moron or is he just lying about how no war crime was committed or both? I mean, it's a member of Congress. So it's definitely likely to be both.

But the most harrowing incident was, of course, the bombing of the elementary school of Monab. That happened last February and 168 school children were killed. The total death toll was 175. And while the Department of Defense for months claimed that the incident is under investigation, we really haven't heard much from that investigation, have we? They haven't confirmed that it was the United States who carried out those strikes that killed all those little girls and teachers. Now, Democrats have drafted a letter to Senator Wicker, you know, the guy who said the double-tap strike on the fishing boat in the Caribbean wasn't a war crime.

Yeah, that guy. He chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee because we live in hell. And the Democrats drafted that letter to express concern over the bombing. And I love it when Democrats are concerned. You know, you really see the urgency in their concerns. They love to write letters when they're concerned. The February 28th, Manab strike on a school full of young girls may be remembered as one of the most devastating and tragic errors in modern American military history. That's correct.

That's a little excerpt. from their letter where they express their concerns. But look, I mean, okay, they want answers from Pete Hagsith, which is why they're threatening to cut his travel budget. But I want to hear what your deliberations are like as you discuss trillions being allocated to a Pentagon that has failed every single audit that has not made us more prepared for bolstering our national We couldn't even beat the Houthis in Yemen.

And then we were delusional enough to think we could beat the IRGC in Iran. Additionally, senators are also demanding more information on three American airstrikes against suspected Houthi military sites in April of 2025 and an unspecified investigation by U.S. Special Operations Command in January. Lawmakers are requesting that Hegsith notify Congress within five days of early departures. departures or firings of three or four star generals. Because as we know, Hegsitz's been firing people left and right in the military. He's been letting a lot of these generals go. And this is a response to his tendency to seemingly indiscriminately fire officials

without providing explanations as to why he is letting them go. But there are big obstacles to actually getting this provision passed as part of the NDAA. Ross story points out that the competing house version of the NDAA does not include similar language, meaning the travel freeze provisions would face lengthy conference negotiations before they could become law. I'm going to go ahead and preview what I believe is likely to happen. I could end up being wrong. This is just a prediction based on my own speculation. It will go nowhere because one thing Congress really has no interest in is, holding our, holding the Pentagon accountable, holding the Secretary of Defense accountable,

questioning whether or not we're committing war crimes. Congress really doesn't have interest in that. And it doesn't matter if you're talking about Democrats or Republicans. We aid in a bet the worst war crimes, genocide, ethnic cleansing, land annexation, imaginable with both Democrats and Republicans cheerleading it in the Middle East, of course. What these lawmakers like to do, and I would love if they prove me wrong, but they won't. They love Kabuki theater. They love giving you the illusion of governing, of governance. They love to pretend like they're doing their jobs as they meet up with their donors at some cheesy DC bar, knocking back dirty martinis, and conspiring over which group of

of Americans they're going to sell out on behalf of their donors. That's what Congress really is, which is why they have the lowest approval rating in American history. They deserve it. They earned it. But, you know, they want plotts. They want admiration for the theater they're engaging in here, where they're pretending like they're going to hold Pete Hags at the accountable. I'll believe it when I see it. And let me just be clear about one other thing. Your concerned letters don't mean. anything. They're not impressive. It's pathetic. All right. When we come back, we'll talk about interest rates. Are you going to get some relief on that mortgage? I don't know. You'd have to come back to find out. I got to read this super chat. It's so sweet. It's from Ali. I think you

might be in Brazil, which let me just tell you something about the Brazilian people. They're amazing. and Samba is the hardest type of dance that I've tried to teach myself. I don't know how you guys do it. You're amazing. But anyway, Ali writes in from Brazil and says, we Brazilians are grateful for all the work. The TYT team has done for the truth, especially against Israel. Anna, you are our goddess of truth. Thank you. That's too kind.

And Jank, you are our best warrior. You could always count on the Brazilian people. I would love to visit Brazil one day. Hopefully I can do that soon. And thank you for the kind words. Daft Mill says, endless war had brought down the Greek, Roman, Ottoman, British empires dragging down the U.S. Same will happen to every country defying the laws of history. I mean, I was led to believe that the whole reason why you learn about history is so you don't repeat the same mistakes.

But it seems like the opposite keeps happening. We learn about history and then repeat the same mistakes. It's amazing. But great point, DAF. Let's go to Berlitz. Thank you for the super chat. There's no comment, but I appreciate it. 37 and thriving Pakistani American,

I will read your comment when we get back from the break because I'm out of time. Super chats before we get to our story about interest rates. So we have 37 and thriving Pakistani American. Palestine and Lebanon lack Iron Dome Defense. So it'll be interesting to watch how Iran's missile situation develops there and Mark Levin. Yeah, I know. In fact, to your point, and we talked about it a little bit earlier this week when we had Trita Parsion, you know, Naftali Bennett is very candid about how he does not want Iran to have any defensive capabilities. It's amazing, man. I mean, that's basically letting the world know, no, we have the right to defend ourselves. Of course, we repeat that incessantly. Iran, they can't have the capability or capacity to defend themselves.

No, how dare you? It's amazing. All right, there's more. And there's more to his comment. And Mark Levin, Neocon, Winbag, who still gets hundreds of hundreds in pocket money to shush him like a slave and continue to be loyal. That's all. No, no, I think Mark Levin is a real believer.

I don't think he's getting paid. He is devoted to the Zionist project. Absolutely. Let's go to James Kelly, laughing my ass off. I just love seeing the Dems taking a break on attacking progressives to do nothing on Hegsith. Also, your best host ever, but you're the best host ever, but I have to give Jenk his cookies. Jank was on Pierce Borgon show today. Oh, just crushing it. So if you haven't seen it already, make sure you watch and send Jank some love in the comments if you don't mind after the show. show today. By the way, after the bonus episode for our members today, we will have more fun for you. Brett Ehrlich hosts Happy Half Hour on Wednesdays now. So it's immediately after the bonus episode, starting at 530 Pacific 830 Eastern. And it's over at Twitch. Twitch.tv slash TYT. The show is called Happy Half Hour if you're not familiar with it already. And I promise you, if you're looking for

content that isn't like ours. Okay. Like just definitely. devastating news about war, about the economy. That's not what Brett does. Brett focuses on fun. And we all need fun. We all need to like find comedic relief in our lives. And he's really, really funny, really talented. And so definitely check that out. Okay, let's get to the news. Let's talk about interest rates. If you could recall, Donald Trump loathed Jerome Powell, the former head of the Federal Reserve, because he refused to cut interest rates at Trump's behest. Now, Trump has installed a new guy. Kevin Warsh is his name.

And Trump specifically chose him because he's under the impression that Warsh will play ball and cut interest rates. That doesn't appear to be the case, though. And it's because the economy has changed rather rapidly over the last several months. We decided to enter a war that led to some inflationary pressures, if you will. But there's definitely more at play. So let's get into it. And keep in mind, everything I'm about to share with you is essentially setting the stage for a massive conflict between the Fed chair and the president of the United States. So inflation, as we all know, but if you didn't, the Wall Street Journal is reporting, is climbing instead of cooling.

It's now running above 3%. Something that we've covered on the show extensively. Then there are some, you know, or certain inflationary pressures you should know about. In fact, some of them I myself was unaware of, but it's important to know that the AI, artificial intelligence, build out, once expected to tame inflation by lifting productivity, instead looks like a source of it, straining supplies of semiconductor chips, electricity, and the materials to build data centers in a way that smacks of a boom rather than a slump. Now, it's a boom in regard to, I guess, increasing energy prices. But in this case, and by the way,

limiting supply of certain things, which means that the price of those certain things shoots up. That's what inflation is. But when I say that I didn't expect this with AI, I wasn't talking about the energy prices. We all know that these data centers have been a big problem and communities have been protesting them because energy prices for those communities rise significantly as soon as a data center is built. I already knew that. But I didn't realize how much the development of artificial intelligence was further limiting the supply of semiconductor chips, which are needed in almost everything. I mean, your car, for instance, your vehicle. If something happens to the electric system of your vehicle, chances are you're going to need to replace a semiconductor chip. And I had that happen to me during COVID when we had a shortage of said chips and my car could not be repaired for three months.

So anyway, my point is there's a limited supply of chips. It's being used up by those developing AI. And that's causing the cost of everything else to go up. So we also can't forget about the war, of course. The war Trump launched in Iran sent gasoline and commodity prices higher. A deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz will ease pressures, but slowly it's not going to happen overnight. And the economy that emerges won't be the one that existed before the war. The case for cuts, meaning cuts on interest rates, has gone with it. So remember, even with the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, it's still very likely

that Iran will charge a toll, which they've rebranded as like an environmental protection fee. It's kind of funny. That's going to mean that energy prices are going to be a little higher, even with the Strait of Hormuz open, because those transiting through the Strait of Hormuz have to pay that toll. That ultimately will get passed down to the consumer. So going to war with Iran was a really bad idea and hurt the global economy, hurt the American. people, and yet we still have Israel firsters cheerleading for more war anyway. But that's all the story is about. Let's get back to the rate cuts. Now, rather than cut rates today, which some were hoping for, the Fed actually decided to hold steady. The current benchmark rate

between 3.5 and 3.75% will remain in place. So there hasn't been a rate hike, just keeping it steady, okay? Rates, though, are expected to hold through the year based on this quarterly grid of rate projections. So that grid basically takes all these different factors into account, jobs, numbers, inflation, supply chain, disruptions, everything. And they are able to predict what the rest of the year is going to look like quarterly. And based on that, right now the prediction by the Federal Reserve is that the current rates will stay. There will not be rate cuts. But here's the thing, guys. There are individuals within the Federal Reserve right now who are holding steady is not good enough. We need to have a conversation about raising interest rates.

So what's important to understand about the different players or the two different groups within the Federal Reserves, as you have what's referred to as the doves and the hawks, kind of like foreign policy, but in this case, we're talking about interest rates. In the case of interest rates, there are doves who are more worried about the job market and are inclined to cut rates to spur job growth. Okay, so the doves are the rate cutters. The hawks are the opposite. So the hawks are the individuals who are worried about inflation, worried that the economy is running hot and they are inclined to hike rates. And increasingly, because of how our economy has gone in the last few months, they're broaching the topic of rate increases. So as the Wall Street

Journal notes, the story of the past few months is doves turning into something closer to hawks. And they give the example of Christopher Waller, who happens to be one of the Fed governors. Now, last year, he voted against most of, you know, the, I'm sorry. So last year, Fed Governor Waller voted against most of his colleagues to cut rates. In fact, he did so in January. He is now turned around, okay? Things have changed. Now Waller says that recent economic data just turned me the other way.

and that the Fed can no longer rule out rate hikes further down the road. So I'm going to pause just to kind of talk about this in a little more detail. Understand what rate heights mean. Now, if you are someone looking to apply for a mortgage to buy a home, that means that the cost of your loan is going to be far more expensive. You're going to be paying more interest on that loan. And honestly, a single percentage or even half a percentage makes a big difference. The same is true for those who take out personal loans.

You're not going to be able to do that at a super low interest rate because the benchmark is set by the Federal Reserve. So if they hike interest rates, that means the cost of your personal loan will be more expensive. Same with credit cards. Although credit cards, interest rates on credit cards are out of control anyway. I think they're at like 24, 25%, which is in. sane. But there is concern that over leveraged companies will suffer as a result of higher interest

rates, which is true. They do suffer. A lot of them are able to withstand it, but it makes it a lot more difficult to run a business when you have a ton of debt. And the interest rate tied to that debt is pretty high. So there is worry that this could lead to a rate hikes could lead to a loss in jobs, it could hurt small businesses. They might go under. So there are some downsides to rate hikes. There are also, in my opinion, there are also upsides to rate hikes other than, you know, kind of manipulating the economy at an inflationary period. When you have high interest rates and you are a worrywart like myself who's constantly planning for the future and you have like, you know, some money and savings, you can put it in a high yield savings account.

Although others will argue, no, just put it all in the stock market. The stock market's doing great. It is doing great. I worry about asset bubbles. But anyway, let me continue with what else we know. So as I mentioned, you know, Christopher Waller, who was like gung-ho about cutting interest rates, now is wanting to have conversations about raising interest rates. He says, of cutting by September, Waller was blunt. Quote, you can't be serious as a central banker and talk about. about that. It's a pretty strong statement. But guys, Trump insists on rate cuts. I mean, can you remember the pressure that he put on Jerome Powell to cut interest rates? He wanted to fire Jerome Powell because he was refusing to play ball with Trump's demands. As for the Hawks who were against rate cuts last year, they are no longer just resisting cuts, but they're talking openly about hikes. So Cleveland's

Beth Hammock just this month said that for now it is reasonable to hold, but if recent trends continue, it may soon be appropriate to act, meaning increase rates. Dallas's Lori Logan went further, quote, I am increasingly concerned that higher interest rates could be necessary later this year. And there is almost no one left on the committee arguing for a cut, all of which leaves Fed Chair Warsh presiding at his first meeting over the loudest signal in years that the Fed's next move could be to increase interest rates could be up. I can't wait to see how Trump reacts to that. Who knows? There's a possibility that he's fully aware of how disastrous his policies have been in ramping up inflation. And by the way, the tariffs, that's another example. The tariffs certainly

added to the inflationary environment that we're experiencing right now. So you've got the tariffs, you've got the war, you have the development of AI and the construction of these AI data centers. All of these things have played a role. And if Trump is fully aware of it and accepts it, maybe there won't be a big fight. Something tells me, though, there's going to be a big fight. Trump is not the kind of guy who cares about what does or doesn't make sense. He cares about what benefits him. And he wants low interest rates. So it's very likely that there will be a fight. And I can't wait to see it. I want to see how it plays out. For now, though, let's take our final break. Get that out of the way. And when we come back, we've got some more economic news.

I want to talk about what's transpiring with some of the small businesses in the country. Stick around. What's up, everyone? Welcome back to the show. Let's hear from some of our members. music, thank you for gifting a membership. And Ms. Frilly Knickers says all of this garbage that Trump deserves credit and he's still telling us that Israel needs ballistic missiles. Israel doesn't have ballistic missiles. That's kind of surprising. Look, I don't care. I I don't care what Israel needs at all, at all. In fact, it would probably be best for me to never we're here about what Israel needs because I'm going to advocate for the opposite of it. Silver Edge says, it's been obvious for a long time that Zionists would rather have money

than honor land equals money. Well, look, that's actually true. Because when I think about their border expansion project, I stupidly, my mind immediately wanders to, oh, they need more space for people. But no, that's not what that's about. It's about natural resources. land means more land means more natural resources. So yeah, you're absolutely right about that. Brahmin 83 says, LOL, I love using the phrase chirpin. I use the word chirping.

I don't remember. I got to tell you guys, like, obviously I'm not on a teleprompter. Sometimes you say things spontaneously and then immediately forget that you said it. Not concepts, but words. So anyway, let's get back to the show. Ready, welcome back to the show, Anna Kasparian with you. Just a reminder to check out happy half hour after the main show, after the bonus episode at 5.30 p.m. Pacific, 8.30 p.m. Eastern. Happy half hour with Brett Erlick, Twitch.tv slash TYT to watch, good news and good booze, just to kind of get your headspace in a lighter place after watching my show, which isn't as light as Brett's is. Let's talk a little bit about what's happening right now in the country.

So, you know, there was the whole White House thing that happened over the weekend. I barely care about it. But something did transpire that you should be aware of. Let's get into it. Notice the class warfare language amongst the plotters there that appears in this early stage to point to some type of motive. You know, that just, again, speaks to the unbelievably charged political rhetoric in the country and this, you know, demonization of people by either their politics or their wealth or their success.

So that was disturbing. A couple other things, you know, I've been mourning about, certainly not just me, but a number of people who have been in this space. You know, Dan Bongino, the former deputy FBI director, he's so concerned he could have actually done something about it had he not quit his job as deputy FBI director. But nonetheless, there he was, speaking of Fox News and sharing his concern about class warfare in the United States. Now, what triggered his concern? Well, apparently there was something a little scary happening over the weekend. So the notion of class warfare is back in the news after an alleged terror plot that was to be carried out during the White House UFC fight that took place this past weekend. I know people have strong feelings about it. I don't care other than it does look like bread and circuses to me a little bit. But I digress.

According to the feds, five individuals plan to attack government officials and wealthy attendees at the event. So I've been reading about this today and there have been some arrests, including a man from Ohio. His mugshot is available. Five individuals specifically plan to attack government officials and wealthy attendees at the event. They intended to force evacuations with explosive drones, then shoot targets as they fled. That was allegedly the plot that was luckily foiled. As for the alleged motive, the filings detail numerous grievances against the the government and federal officials, including U.S. support for Israel, the handling of the Jeffrey

Epstein files, and data centers. The potential targets laid out in the court filings include President Trump, Vice President Vance, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Elon Musk. The number of elected officials were also named, including Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn, What? Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton and members of West Virginia's congressional delegation. Now, the feds have reportedly seized weaponry and tactical gear from the suspects, but none of them have actually purchased any drones. And remember, the drone attack was a key part of their plot. Now, here's more about this whole situation from former deputy director, FBI director, when I was sitting in these briefings in the morning and you're getting classified briefings about

where this thread is going. You know, me and many others saw the writing on the wall a long time ago. This whole rebound in this collectivist guilt movement that you're somehow guilty because of whatever your success or your religion or your or your faith. It's grown. We have our own cleanup operation on the right that we've been engaged in for a long. time. And I'm proud that the right does that. Police is their own. But you really don't see a similar equivalent movement grip on the left. You just don't. And I get it. A lot of the leftist listeners of the show. So, you know, Dan was a conservative candidate. He can't be possibly be objective. But, you know, I promise. I was objective for the year I was there. And this is a real problem.

This stuff on the left. It's not only accepted, but, you know, but condone. You see it in just about every speech, this class warfare, collectivist guilt nonsense. It's really dangerous. with the language in this threat here. Of course, Dan Bongino uses an alleged terror plot to divide Americans and paint half of the country as dangerous terrorists. Because this is the bread and butter for scumbags like Bongino who purport to care so much about justice related to the Epstein files, but acts like a little bitch once he is in a position of power to actually do something about the Epstein files. So this is not a partisan issue. Okay, the notion of ordinary Americans being increasingly agitated and enraged because of the fact that they live under a system that doesn't give a damn about them, doesn't listen to them, doesn't, regardless of who you vote for, doesn't actually address their concerns.

Trump managed to get the popular vote. He managed to get a coalition of voters that included, you know, obviously indombs. independents, black males, Latino vote, people who typically would not vote for Trump. They voted for him because he claimed that he was going to do something about our affordability crisis. He ran on that. People that he appointed to his administration built careers off of discussing the Epstein files, including Dan Bongino. And then Trump and his cronies. in his administration, proceeded to engage in an obvious cover-up that a lot of Trump voters, by the way, found deeply insulting.

So look, I don't think you accomplish anything by trying to carry out terrorist acts or drone strike during a White House UFC event. I don't think that accomplishes a damn thing. And I condemn it. It's stupid. However, I would like to address members of our government. This is a direct message to them. When you consistently tell the American people that their votes don't matter, and in fact,

they don't matter, and they don't see any avenue in which they can effectuate positive change in this country, when they realize that our whole democratic process is just a facade, what do you think is going to happen? Now, most people are going to feel powerless and do nothing, honestly, vast majority of people. But there's always going to be a small group of people who are going to be furious enough to want to carry out acts of violence. I'm not justifying that, but I really don't know what else government officials can expect. The wealth inequality in this country is out of effing control.

Elon Musk, I don't give a damn about someone's wealth. I do give a damn about someone hoarding wealth at the detriment of everyone else, right? So am I jealous of Elon Musk being a trillionaire? No, have you seen Elon Musk? I don't want that life. It's not about jealousy, okay? It's about the fact that you have the first ever trillionaire. Does you really need a trillion dollars?

And what is the causal effect of that? What is the causation? Elon Musk being a trillionaire, a handful of people being billionaires, means that you have increasing poverty among workers, among ordinary people. And as they become poorer and poorer and poorer, as the rich continue to hoard more and more of the wealth at the very, very, very top, what do you think is going to happen? So these people set the stage for unrest. They set the stage for violence.

They tell the American people to kick rocks. And then they go ahead and fearmonger about their political opponents as if it's the only Democratic voters' faults or only Republican voters' faults. No, it's your fault. This is not a partisan issue. Ordinary American workers left and right have been struggling more and more every passing year since the economic collapse of 2008, when Obama came in, bailed out the banks and told Americans whose homes were being foreclosed on to kick rocks. I'm explaining why political

violence happens. And I'm sure people are going, I was advocating for violence. I'm not. But I'm explaining the environment that was created to essentially encourage people to be so fed up, so agitated, that unfortunately, in some cases, they might think, hey, a solution is to take matters into my own hands and carry out acts of violence. I'd like to prevent that. But the only way you can prevent that is to take care of your damn people. Actually enforce antitrust laws. You know, actually have regulations in place to ensure that you don't have these robber barons hoarding all the wealth for themselves as everyone else suffers. I mean, what have we been hearing from Silicon Valley from all these tech demons for the last few years?

Oh, we can't we can't wait to get rid of the workers. We can't wait to get rid of the, we got to replace them with robots. We can't wait. It's going to be so awesome. Freaking Mark Zuckerberg laid off 10% of his global workforce and replaced them with freaking AI. And I'm real happy to see that his AI model is. is allayling. So what are we supposed to do with that? What are we supposed to do with that? When they're telling us, we can't wait until you are irrelevant in the workplace.

We can't wait to see you destitute. No job, no hope, no future. Maybe we'll give you like a thousand dollars to please you and make you go away. They're building a dystopian world. And then they're crying when people are agitated about it. If you don't want violence, then maybe don't have such an adversarial relationship with the people of your country. All right. Well, let's talk about small businesses because this is exactly what I'm talking about.

Small business owners told the New York Times that they're struggling to stay afloat. What a shocker. And that's at least in part thanks to Trump's series of policy blunders, his foibles, if you will. So Bruce, the owner of a home remodeling company in Missouri, says, it has been an incredible challenge for a small mom and pop operation to just simply keep the doors open. Seemingly endless disruptions since the COVID-19 pandemic have taken the enjoyment out of what I do for a living, he said. Let me be clear, Americans are super hard workers, like insanely hard workers. There is no leisure culture in America. You go to Europe and this is not a knock on Europeans.

They're hanging out at cafes in the middle of the day. In Spain, they be taking siesta still. Okay? That's not a practice of the past. It's five o'clock. They're taking naps. But you don't have that in America. We work constantly.

We work hard. So the people struggling in this country, aren't struggling because they're lazy bums. They're struggling over decisions that impact the economy that they have no control over. Like, I don't know, ham-handed, ridiculous tariffs. Obviously, that hurts small businesses. Obviously, that hurts consumers. Obviously, that leads to inflation. Francesca, who owns a cafe in Texas, has raised her prices, but still can't see a way out. We are very worried. It is a very real possibility that we could also have to close.

Take a walk outside your own business area in your neighborhood. How many empty storefronts are there? Seriously. I'm in L.A. There's a ton of empty storefronts. Four lease, four months, if not years. Small business owners are facing higher fuel costs, though in fairness, those are beginning to come down a little bit now that Trump claims that the war is coming to an end with Iran.

Rising inflation overall, dwindling hopes of interest rate cuts, which you shouldn't have hopes that interest rates will be cut at least this year. Right now, the Federal Reserve wants to keep the current rate stable where it is for the rest of the year. Workforce reductions for companies that use immigrant labor. And obviously a lot of people are also getting laid off and replaced by artificial intelligence and price hikes from tariffs. So it can't be understated how important small businesses are to the American economy. First of all, small businesses are like a million times better. They provide better service than mega corporations.

I mean, just think about renting an apartment. If you're renting an apartment from a mom and pop landlord, the service you get, the treatment you get is a million times better than a giant corporation that couldn't care less that you have black mold in your unit. I'm not saying all mom and pop landlords are great, but, I mean, if you're going to do a comparative analysis, where's the question? businesses with fewer than 500 employees account for nearly half, nearly half of all employment and 55% of job creation, according to the Census Bureau. In fact, in a survey conducted in May and early June by the small business majority, more than a third of small business owners said they had frozen hiring because of changes to expenses and other economic conditions.

this year and roughly one in 10 had laid off workers. So I get it. Biden's economy wasn't great, but it was on the way to recovery. All Trump had to do was come in and not eff it up. He hefted up. I mean, the tariffs, that was the first thing. And then came the war. Then came a cut, 20% cut in,

oil and natural gas supply thanks to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. A third of the world's fertilizer transits through the Strait of Hormuz. Fertilizer is necessary to grow food. Farmers are having difficulty getting their hands on it. These inflationary factors didn't just arise from nowhere. These were decisions made by our president and his administration. And I just really don't see an end in sight. Hopefully the war really does end. Obviously, I'm a little cynical about it because we've been lied to so many times before, but make no mistake, I am crossing my fingers. I really do hope the war ends. And even though the Supreme Court ruled that Trump's tariffs were unconstitutional, he is working so hard to find a loophole to implement them anyway.

It's just, guy is addicted to failure. It's amazing. All right. I'm going to read a few comments, and then we'll head on over to our bonus episode for our members. You can become a member by going to t.y.com slash join or just hit that join button if you're watching us live on YouTube. Progress for All says, Anna, did you see breaking points today? Ryan put sad piano music over pro-Israel people crying over this deal. It was absolute cinema. I did not see that, but I will look for it after the show today. Thank you for letting me know about it.

Johnny Moon 51 says the MOU needs to include the U.S. divorce from Israel. gets to be excited even thinking about it. I mean, it doesn't and it won't, but let us whisper of a dream, as Jank would say back in the day. Composting Hank says, the United States of America, 1776 to 2026, it was good while it lasted. No, we're still here. Okay, we're still strong, baby. Maybe not strong, but we're still here. Peters says Israel is and always has been.

an illegal, immoral, thuggish state. It knows that they are in the wrong and responds by doubling down on this evil behavior. They are so wrong and they know it but can't accept who they really are. They know who they really are. I think they celebrate it. I mean, Ron Dermer literally, I mean, he basically said, he cease fire. They cease, we fire. Isn't it great? Like he's bragging about it. They know what they are and they think it's good. They think they are entitled to behave that way without any condemnation. It's crazy, it really is. They blamed the colonized Arabs for creating this behavior.

It won't stop until Israel is totally defeated. Can't say I disagree. All right, Avenger Dragon, our Twitch section says we need to protect Lebanon. Best way to do that is to stop supporting Israel. Blues and rhythm says, I don't care what he says. Let's see what happens when it comes time to put up or shut up with Israel. You are my kind of guy or gal. I totally agree with you. Right. Like I don't want to be too cynical. I want to have at least a little bit of hopefulness. But I also don't want to prematurely celebrate it or prematurely give Trump any cookies or kudos. Birdland Dragon says, we are braver than we think. Hell yeah, definitely. Ford Country 420 says, suddenly the Tel Aviv Uber allies crowd isn't happy that Nuddy Yahoo found a puppet dumb enough to start this war? Look, all they want is a compliant president who does their bidding. And Trump has, for the most part.

It's just that you can only do so much until it becomes suicide. And I think Trump realizes, no, no, no, the economy is a lot. a disaster. This is not a good thing for my own purposes. So I think that's why he's urging for the war to end. The real question is, is he willing to do what it takes for the war to end? And that would require him checking Israel. We're going to wait and see if that actually happens. Through more than just rhetoric, by the way, through actions, not just words. All right, let me read one more. And then we can head on over to our bonus episode. Boomercat Dragon says, it is so insane how fast and how far this has gotten out of control.

It's hard to have hope. We can curb it back in. We should have hope. We will have hope. And we're heading over to our bonus episode. TYT.com slash join. We'll see you there. Look, I don't know where your plans are for the summer.

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