This week Ukraine goes big and blasts open the door to a whole new type of warfare. Not generally something we'd celebrate but the Baba Yaga demands respect. Seena and Travis go deep and break down why this drone attack is a huge deal and what it will mean for Ukraine, Russia, and the rest of the world. They also talk Elon's beef with Trump's big, beautiful bill--did he send his latest texts from the bottom of a k-hole? According to sources, it's quite possible--and cover the latest in Gaza, plus the possibility for Iran Nuclear deal 2.0. And because we missed it last week we're offering up a robust JD Vance corner. Can't keep a bad guy down for long!

Articles Referenced:

http://DIYdrones.com

http://404media.com

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/02/world/europe/ukraine-russia-drone-attacks.html

https://youtu.be/hVx_W-k4EDg?si=KbqTViZmWp0kDxoj&t=78

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/world/europe/ukraine-russia-drone-strike-what-to-know.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/02/world/europe/ukraine-russia-drone-attacks.html

https://www.ft.com/content/132e4327-11da-4412-b36b-7363604879e6

https://www.404media.co/ukraines-massive-drone-attack-was-powered-by-open-source-software/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SGSx-PBHEY

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/03/elon-musk-trump-white-house-relationship

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/world/middleeast/israeli-aid-sites-gaza.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/world/middleeast/gaza-cease-fire-negotiations-impasse.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/us/politics/iran-nuclear-deal-proposal.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-uranium-trump.html

https://www.thetimes.com/article/d1788dd7-da0c-4954-b838-716a8ad67959

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jd-vance-bitcoin-event-today-trump-administration-crypto-ties-grow/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-administration-german-politics-defense-afd-rcna209177

https://azmirror.com/2025/05/29/j-d-vances-campaign-plane-carried-anti-immigrant-rhetoric-now-it-carries-shackled-deportees/

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This week Seena welcomes Michael Albertus, professor at the University of Chicago and author of Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn't, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies to discuss how land ownership infiltrates society in surprising ways. They also dig into Trump's obsession with the South African “genocide,” how the US is falling behind, compared to other countries, in its planning for the effects of climate change, and why there’s still hope for greater land equity in the future.

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https://www.michaelalbertus.com/

Articles/Sources:

https://www.amazon.com/Land-Power-Doesnt-Determines-Societies/dp/1541604814/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ARG-V4C3wJazIsYOTPwKPqd6oSHNHbawcNwGlIzPyr0Ca33xVN3okh9yl_looaeiueK44MLI7Xvfr3hW1yex9DIB4JxZ9ROS6_sMSX1Q_d4ZujoHEkF2jYWEsUKXxWhJV01A4uaT6r0uhO9LtbtibZ4jwGtDSXSBltDjm2fWj0n29dCX5ESw1Eo96lbKvUpXdA_tm8zGZzzHGk013wlih60mNDPREmuFZWGUeIKU4rQ.eauf0hqz8Lydr8I4IQqjs9N8V15N9QaogaGK4nYp8iU&qid=1716571568&sr=8-1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9FGRkqUdf8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsDv6oNMVOs

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This week we had to bring Marcus Parks back to help us wrap our brains around the unthinkable. Could Trump’s upsetting of the Middle East apple cart, reordering alliances, and embracing autocracies somehow be a good thing? We run through the litany of deals made since the start of his second term, consider our recent about-face on Syria and the Houthis, and listen to a Hamas official express his belief that US envoy Adam Boehler, whom he met with DIRECTLY, really listened this time. Basically, we add up all the ways we’re creating distance from Netanyahu and wonder what it all means for the Palestinians. We know there’s no method to the madness, but could there be a silver lining? Then, just for fun, we listen to Kristi Noem make a fool of herself.

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Articles/Sources:

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/days-after-donald-trump-praises-former-al-qaeda-terrorist-an-old-video-on-9-11-goes-viral-8466254

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/14/middleeast/syria-trump-meeting-analysis-intl

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/20/trump-wants-netanyahu-end-gaza-war

https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-hostage-envoy-dismisses-report-israel-abandonment-threat-fake-news

https://youtu.be/GxfrJ5smAU8?si=eW_GOJUV8OxMS8Qt&t=2989

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqDzm-nEKkY

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/07/jd-vance-reinvention-power/682828/

https://www.propublica.org/article/sean-duffy-stock-sales-trump-tariffs

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-starts-gulf-visit-seeking-big-economic-deals-2025-05-13/

https://www.investors.com/news/technology/nvidia-stock-retakes-key-level-saudi-ai-deal/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqe93rz5qvo

https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2025/breaking-news-u-s-president-trump-signs-2b-deal-with-qatar-to-become-first-mq-9b-drone-operator-in-middle-east

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvcu2rIJBFk

https://www.youtube.com/@DropSiteNews

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