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Noam Blum joins the podcast today to discuss the strategy Hamas is pursuing to stave off the Israeli action in Rafah—the use of a hostage video to freeze Israeli society in place and turn the conversation away from victory and toward rescue. What are the consequences? Give a listen.
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In other news, the republican party is terribly splintered and demoralized as it has a low energy presidential candidate who agrees with the house speaker’s decision to side with democrats and send many $billions to UKR for it to continue an artillery war instead of demanding that both sides use politics to resolve their disagreements.
John’s mention of how dreadful it must be to serve as president of Columbia brought to mind the story of JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Barry Goldwater had already made clear is intent to run in ’64, and when he and other Senators visited the White House during the height of the crisis, JFK said to him, “Are you sure you want this (blanking) job?”