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Iran Says Peace Talks Halted Until US Upholds MOU Commitments
The head of the Iranian negotiating team says Tehran will not engage with Washington in peace talks until the US abides by its commitments under the Memorandum…
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6/26/26 Brandon Weichert on the Likely Legacy of Trump’s War with Iran
Download Audio. Scott interviews geopolitical analyst and author Brandon Weichert about the Iran war. They begin by reviewing the various reasons they’re…
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6/26/26 Bud Cummins on the ATF’s Killing of Bryan Malinowski
Download Audio. Scott interviews attorney Bud Cummins about Bryan Malinowski, a man who was killed by ATF agents in a poorly planned and entirely unnecessary…
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How I Busted the Ruby Ridge Coverup
On this day in 1995, I helped shatter the coverup of federal killings at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. For millions of Americans, those brazen killings epitomized how the…
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Is Taiwan’s President Playing with Political Fire?
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te (William Lai) appears to be missing signs from multiple sources that he lacks both international and domestic support for…
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64 Arguments Against Democratic Socialism
Watch on X Odysee Internet Archive Rumble Spotify Hyper-individualism Universality He Who Pays the Piper, Calls the Tune Welfare State Turns Humans From Assets…
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Trump Sends Kushner, Witkoff to Qatar for Talks with Iran
President Donald Trump said that he was sending his son-in-law Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff to Qatar for discussions with Iran. The President claimed…
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Defense Minister Says Israel Ready to Return to War with Iran ‘Tomorrow’
Defense Minister Israel Katz said Tel Aviv would conduct a large attack on Iran if Tehran fired a missile at Israel. Iran has attacked Israel over Israeli…
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Israel Dubs Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza the ‘Free Movement Plan’
Tel Aviv has a new Orwellian name for its genocide in Gaza: The Free Movement Plan. According to Israeli Channel 13, Tel Aviv will force the Palestinians to…
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The 250th Anniversary Of…What, Exactly?
In a few days, Americans will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. There will be fireworks, concerts, speeches, and millions of…
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Assessing a Memorandum That Never Should Have Been Necessary
Going into the illegal war against Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump had four key goals: regime change, ending Iran’s nuclear program, eradicating Iran’s…
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The Kyle Anzalone Show: Will Iran Force the US Out of the Middle East?
Tucker Carlson saying “I’m out” on the Republican Party is not just a headline, it is a stress test for how American voters think about loyalty, war, and who…
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Iran Rejects US-Backed Lebanon Deal, Demands Israel Withdraw
Top Iranian and Lebanese officials have rejected a US-brokered agreement between Israel and Lebanon. On Friday, the State Department announced an agreement…
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Iran Asserts Control Over Strait of Hormuz
Fighting flared in the Persian Gulf over the weekend after the US and Oman challenged Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz. On Wednesday, Oman announced a…
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Netanyahu: No Room for Palestinian State
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a two-state solution that gives Palestine independence is impossible. “Another principle of the government, of…
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The Kyle Anzalone Show: The White House Spin
Something big is shifting in the Middle East, and you can hear it in the gap between what US officials say publicly and what regional actors are doing quietly…
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Rape, Injustice, and Power in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom (UK) Rape Gang Inquiry was published on June 16. The report details the findings of a privately funded and non-statutory investigation led…
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The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Dave DeCamp: Israel First Republicans Are Turning on Trump
Trump says Iran is “being very nice” and “agreeing to everything,” but that sales pitch doesn’t survive contact with the actual reporting. We sit down with…
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Rubio: US Questioning Future in NATO Over Bloc Sitting Out Iran War
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Washington is questioning its involvement in the North Atlantic Alliance after some members of the bloc refused to…
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Iran Discussing Proposal With Gulf States to Establish Fees in Strait of Hormuz
Iranian officials are in negotiations with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) about creating a system to charge fees for ships transiting the Strait…
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Vance Touts Increased Ties Between Iran, GCC States
Vice President JD Vance said that the war against Iran has resulted in Gulf Arab states seeking deeper ties with Tehran. “Because of the conversations they’re…
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Kevin Warsh and the Limits of Monetary Theater
Good intentions and personnel changes at the Federal Reserve can’t rewrite the deeper structural reality of inflation and economic instability. Kevin Warsh’s…
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The High Price of Free Speech
In 399 B.C., Socrates chose to drink hemlock and suffer a painful death rather than submit to the state and live a life devoid of critical examination. He…
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The Kyle Anzalone Show with Larry Johnson: Trump, Iran, And The Real Leverage Behind A Deal
Netanyahu says Israel will stay in a security zone in South Lebanon as long as it takes. That single line turns out to be a stress test for everything else…
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Trump: Iran Agreed Not to Charge Any Fees in Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump said that Iran had agreed it would not charge any fees for ships transiting the Strait. During the war, Iran seized control of the…
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Israeli Defense Minister Declares IDF Will Not Withdraw from Lebanon
Top Israeli officials continue to say that Tel Aviv will not comply with the peace deal that President Donald Trump is negotiating with Iran. Tehran says a top…
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Qatar: Arab States Working on New Security Framework with Iran
The Qatari Prime Minister said that Gulf Arab states are speaking with Iran about developing a new regional security framework. The Gulf Arab states, which…
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The West’s Post-Soviet ‘Democracy’ Playbook
Envision the following scenario: it is the 2008 U.S. presidential election between Senator John McCain (R-AR) and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL). As the results…
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UN: Israel Continues to Target Children in Gaza
A UN inquiry into the Israeli war against Gaza found that the IDF is targeting children. “Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted…
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Rubio Says Iran Will Not Be Allowed to Charge Fees in the Strait of Hormuz
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Strait of Hormuz must be treated as an international waterway, and Iran is not allowed to charge ships tolls or fees…
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Trump Claims Unfrozen Iranian Funds Will Be Placed in Escrow Account Controlled By US
President Donald Trump said that any Iranian funds that are unfrozen by a peace agreement will be controlled by the US and limited to purchasing humanitarian…
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Usury and the Soul of Orthodoxy w/Fr Emmanuel Lemelson
Fr Emmanuel Joined me to discuss the financial world and Orthodoxy in America. YouTube @YearZeroPod LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new…
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My Bête Noire Just Passed Away
The general public wants to blame the United States president for the health of the U.S. economy, but there is a man behind the scenes who has much more…
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Thomas Massie Leads the Republican Revolt Against Trump’s Iran War
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) lost his primary in May, but before leaving Congress he accomplished something that has eluded war powers advocates for decades…
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UK Tests Long-Range Missile for Ukraine
The UK tested a missile with a range of 300 miles, with plans to send the munitions to Ukraine. The platform will allow Ukraine to deliver 500-pound warheads…
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US Issues 60-Day Sanctions Waiver for Iranian Oil
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that Washington has issued a 60-Day waiver for sanctions on Iranian oil. “In line with the ongoing productive talks…
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Mediators Say US, Iran Agreed to Roadmap for Negotiations
The Pakistani and Qatari teams leading the talks between the US and Iran said the two sides agreed to a roadmap for negotiations. Last week, Washington and…
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The Demented Origin of the War on Drugs and War on Terrorism Nexus
President Trump effectively claims that he is entitled to preemptively kill suspected drug traffickers anywhere on earth, or at least in the Western…
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The Surveillance State Normalizes Itself
The men who wrote the Fourth Amendment had watched a government treat a population as a thing to be catalogued. They had lived under writs of assistance —…
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The Spirit of ’68 and ’89 found at a Sunday market
Most Sunday’s, weather allowing, I set up a mobile comic book shop at local open air markets. I have done it for the good part of a decade, in doing so you…
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UN Ambassador Mike Waltz: White House Taking Pragmatic Approach to Iran Talks
US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz says that the White House is taking a “pragmatic approach” to Iran, but the President remains laser-focused on the nuclear…
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Former Israeli PM Olmert Warns of Jewish Terrorism in the West Bank
In an oped published by Israeli media, former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wrote that Tel Aviv needed to crack down on Jewish terrorism against Palestinians in…
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Trump Threatens to Attack Iran If Tehran Fails to Rein in Hezbollah
President Donald Trump threatened large-scale strikes on Iran if Hezbollah does not halt attacks on Israeli forces that invaded Lebanon. “Iran must immediately…
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6/19/26 William Van Wagenen on What It’s Like on the Ground in Lebanon
Download Audio. Scott interviews William Van Wagenen about what he’s been seeing in southern Lebanon as the fighting between Hezbollah and the IDF drags on…
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6/19/26 Larry Johnson on Trump’s Effort to End the Iran War
Download Audio. Scott interviews Larry Johnson about the ongoing, frequently broken yet somehow still holding ceasefire between the US and Iran, the Trump…
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6/19/26 Kit Klarenberg on the Unraveling of West’s Global Hegemony
Download Audio. Scott interviews Kit Klarenberg about some reporting he’s done on the looming political shakeup in Bosnia. That leads to a broader discussion…
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Supreme Court Ends Federal War on Gun-Owning Potheads
Yesterday, the Supreme Court unanimously struck down a pretext that the feds have used to nullify the constitutional rights of more than fifty million…
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Is Mike Huckabee Putting Personal Faith Above National Duty?
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said in his keynote address to the graduating class of Yeshiva University on May 28, “I want you to know I’m not…
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Rules for Radicals, Tactics (Pt 2) wJohn Weeks
John and I finish reading the chapter on tactics from Rules for Radicals
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CENTCOM Announces End of US Blockade on Iran
US CENTCOM announced that the Pentagon would lift its blockade on Iranian ports in line with the Memorandum of Understanding signed by President Trump and his…
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Netanyahu Reaffirms Israel Won’t Withdraw From Lebanon Despite US-Iran MoU
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed that Israel won’t withdraw from southern Lebanon, despite the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding that…
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Strategic Ambiguity (If We Must)
In recent years, critics on both sides of the aisle have taken aim at the longstanding policy of strategic ambiguity toward Taiwan. They argue that Washington…
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6/15/26 Trita Parsi on the Israeli Panic over Trump’s Peace Deal
Download Audio. Scott interviews Trita Parsi about the deal Trump has apparently made with the Iranians to end the war. They discuss the panic we’re seeing…
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6/12/26 Jason Jones on Life for Christians in the West Bank and Gaza
Download Audio. Scott brings Jason Jones of the Vulnerable Peoples Project back on the show for an update on life for Christians living under the thumb of…
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UFC Whitehouse Event and Politics
I give my take of the UFC Whitehouse event and the politics surrounding the even YouTube @YearZeroPod tommysalmons.com