Participants: John Steppling, Cory Morningstar, Hiroyuki Hamada, and Dennis Riches. Topics covered: The US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran, USS Gerald Ford sails home, Marxism and environmentalism, data centers and electricity supply, A.I. proven mathematically to lead to rapid economic collapse, weird scenes inside the White House Correspondents Dinner, Japan ramps up military exercises in nearby seas, Iran lets a Japanese oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, the rehabilitation of Michael Jackson? the cultural legacy of the Marquis de Sade. Music track: “Stack O’Lee Blues” by Mississippi John Hurt (public domain).