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S01:E35 - US strikes Iranian targets amid agreement talks


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These motherfuckers are at it again while we sit here watching the news cycle rot. FRANCE 24 is reporting that the US military just went on a shooting spree in southern Iran while President Donald Trump is out there pretending negotiations are proceeding nicely on social media. That is the biggest b…

SOURCES & STORIES COVERED:

Europe:

  • US strikes Iranian targets amid agreement talks (France 24)
  • https://www.france24.com/en/us-strikes-iranian-targets-amid-agreement-talks
  • Hunger increasingly used as weapon of war as ‘food-related violence’ surges, analysis shows (The Guardian World)
  • https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/24/hunger-weapon-of-war-food-violence-surges

    Latin America:

    • Elon Musk Leads Far Right Propaganda Blitz On Brazil’s Democracy (Brasil Wire)
    • https://www.brasilwire.com/elon-musk-leads-far-right-propaganda-blitz-on-brazils-democracy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elon-musk-leads-far-right-propaganda-blitz-on-brazils-democracy&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elon-musk-leads-far-right-propaganda-blitz-on-brazils-democracy

      US Independent Media:

      • Pax Silica, the Gaza genocide, and the crisis of global capitalism (Mondoweiss)
      • https://mondoweiss.net/2026/05/pax-silica-the-gaza-genocide-and-the-crisis-of-global-capitalism/

        Middle East:

        • Israeli army calls up reservists to expand operation in Lebanon: Report (Middle East Eye)
        • https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-army-calls-reservists-expand-operation-lebanon-report

          Oceania:

          • Anti-corruption commissioner resigns amid questions over conflict of interest (SBS Australia)
          • https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/anti-corruption-commissioner-resigns-amid-questions-over-conflict-of-interest/y2uzz5le0

            Asia-Pacific:

            • US immigration authority: This year’s H-1B season is wrapping up; here are three key highlights (Times of India)
            • https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/us-immigration-authority-this-years-h-1b-season-is-wrapping-up-here-are-three-key-highlights/articleshow/131325727.cms

              Africa:

              • Arsenal’s global community shows what social cohesion can still look like (Daily Maverick SA)
              • https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-05-26-arsenals-global-community-shows-what-social-cohesion-can-still-look-like/

                Duration: 8 minutes

                Generated: 2026-05-26
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                FULL TRANSCRIPT:

                These motherfuckers are at it again while we sit here watching the news cycle rot. FRANCE 24 is reporting that the US military just went on a shooting spree in southern Iran while President Donald Trump is out there pretending negotiations are proceeding nicely on social media. That is the biggest bullshit lie of the entire administration! They are striking missile launch sites and boats placing mines days before an agreement was supposed to be signed! This is not diplomacy! This is the fascist machine trying to strangle a deal that would have actually saved the planet! Trump wants to talk about destroying enriched uranium but his generals are busy planting bombs on Iranian soil! How many more motherfuckers have to die before you realize this is a game show host playing with human lives for entertainment ratings! The US is striking targets while the world watches, and the mainstream media acts like this is normal! Normal? You are living in a nightmare where war is the business model! The C I A and the military industrial complex are dancing around the table while the people of Iran get their lives destroyed by drones and missiles! This is the capitalist system in its purest, most violent form—profit over people, bombs over bread! Now check this out, because things get even more wild. BRASI WIRE is reporting that Elon Musk is leading a far-right propaganda blitz on Brazil’s democracy! This Tesla billionaire is instigating a digital proto-coup right now! Remember what happened on social networks in early 2013? This is that same shit, but now those behind the curtain are in plain sight! Musk is using all the bullshit money he can buy to rig the information ecosystem! He is trying to overthrow a government while sitting on his yacht in Boca Raton! This is the same energy as the fascist machine trying to dismantle democracy in every corner of the globe! While Trump is lying to the American people about Iran, Musk is lying to Brazilians about free speech! It is a coordinated effort to break our minds with algorithms designed to radicalize the weak! The I M F and the big tech oligarchs are working hand in hand to erase the sovereignty of nations! Brazil is not alone! The whole world is being pushed toward a new order where billionaires rule and everyone else is just data points to be harvested and exploited! This is Pax Silica, the merger of high-tech military surveillance and transnational finance that Mondoweiss is screaming about! Gaza was the first AI war of the 21st century and if this global Trumpism succeeds, it will become the testing ground for this new vision! They want to dominate the future by turning human beings into targets in a video game! The Guardian World is reporting that hunger is increasingly used as a weapon of war with more than 20,000 documented incidents of food-related violence in the past eight years! More than 20,000 attacks on markets, farmland, and food distribution systems! They are attacking markets used by families for daily groceries and killing workers who try to distribute food! This is the ultimate capitalist solution: starve the poor so the rich can own the land! The pigs in the Israeli army are calling up reservists to expand their operation in Lebanon according to Middle East Eye! They are mobilsing soldiers to renew strikes on Beirut while the UN watches and does nothing! This is the fascist machine at work, using starvation and bombs to redraw the map for their own profit! Meanwhile, SBS Australia is reporting that an anti-corruption commissioner resigned amid questions over conflict of interest! Paul Brereton, a former war crimes investigator, walked away because his ties to the military were too messy to ignore! The US is trying to scrub its own war crimes while the rest of the world screams! The I M F is pushing loans to countries that are already bleeding out in the streets! And then there is this gem from The Times of India: US immigration authorities are saying the H-1B visa season is wrapping up with 71.5% of selected applicants holding U S master’s degrees or higher! A substantial drop in registrations within the lowest wage category! They are successfully curbing low-wage applications to protect American jobs! This is the new racism of the 21st century: we need high-tech slaves but we will not tolerate low-wage workers! They are using the same language as the white supremacist movement to exclude anyone who does not fit their vision of a perfect world! This is the same energy as the fascist machine trying to build a wall around the American dream! And look at this from Daily Maverick SA! Arsenal’s global community shows what social cohesion can still look like! Sport has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to unite people across divisions of race, class, geography, and generation! This is what we are fighting for! We are fighting for a world where loyalty, belonging, and shared celebration can foster social cohesion in an increasingly fragmented world! This is the alternative to the fascist machine! This is the human spirit refusing to be crushed by the oligarchs! But let me tell you, the billionaires are not taking this lying down! They are using algorithms, surveillance, and bombs to break that spirit! The C I A is not just spying; it is weaponizing our very souls! The I M F is not just lending money; it is selling our future to the highest bidder! This is the crisis of global capitalism! The system is broken beyond repair! The only way forward is to organize, to resist, to demand justice! We cannot let these billionaires dictate the terms of our existence! We cannot let them turn our lives into a game show where the losers are the only ones who get to eat! We need to expose the lies, fight the fascism, and build a new world where all of us can thrive! This is what the billionaire-owned media will never tell you! They will keep spinning the lies, but we will keep telling the truth! We will keep fighting until the fascist machine collapses and a new world rises from the ashes of the old order! This is our moment! This is our time to stand up and say enough! The people will decide their own fate! The people will not be pushed around by the rich and powerful! The people will not be starved, bombed, or silenced! The people will rise! The people will win! This is the end of the fascist machine! This is the beginning of a new era! Join us in the fight against the fascist machine! Join us in the fight for a free and just world! The future is ours to take! The future is ours to build! The future is ours to save! Do not let them take it from you! Do not let them destroy it! Do not let them kill us! The time is now! The time is now! The time is now!

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