Moynihan and Welch talk to Nadav Eyal, senior columnist for Yedioth Ahronoth and one of Israel’s most prominent (and best-sourced) journalists. Typically, we would keep a bonus episode like this one behind the paywall. We were feeling generous today. But never rely on our continued generosity. So subscribe, cheapskate!

* Meetings cancelled, meetings kept

* How the attack on Iran unfolded

* James Bond is a Jew

* Taking out the IRGC leadership and partially neutering Iran’s missile capabilities

* Was Iran actually readying a nuclear weapon?

* Was Trump part of an elaborate ruse?

* Western Europe reacts…

* Does Israel actually drive American foreign policy?

* The Mossad stuff is impressive. But…

* Nadav’s Twitter thread

* The first 48 hours are the easy part

* Netanyahu’s political prospects

* And lots, lots more

Senator Rand Paul joins the lads to lament the big, beautiful bill; the big beautiful Soviet military parade; the Twitter halfwits waging war on him; his party’s descent into populist voodoo economics; whether or not he’s an advocate of “open borders”; and what he makes of Marines on the streets of Los Angeles. After the senator leaves, Foster, Moynihan, and Welch stick around to discuss…all those same issues.

* A grim anniversary

* Elon’s brilliant troll

* The big, ugly bill

* Bannon tells the truth. But is still a liar

* How dare they attack their attacker??

* They have cards

* Asymmetric and immoral

* Changing minds…by human sacrifice

* The blackest propaganda

* The New York Times v. Palantir

* And much, much more