Blockade! | DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou

DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas · Dec 17, 2025 · 58m

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Political cartoonist Ted Rall and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM EST.

Today we discuss:

• Declaring the Venezuelan government a terrorist organization, Trump imposes a naval blockade of sanctioned oil tankers.

• D.C. is talking about Chief of Staff Susie Wiles’ candid assessments of her White House colleagues, including the president, in Vanity Fair.

• WarSec Pete Hegseth is refusing to release that controversial double-tap killing…