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Minister Stein. We're here to try to make sense of all the nonsense we used to say in one of our DSR mugs that people used to love. Why don't we have mugs, Riley? We should have more mugs.
“We're working at mugs again. If people mugs, we can do mugs. Good. Yeah, we should. I think we should have”
swag. You know, people are loyal. They should be able to have some swag. Have their morning coffee
out of a month that says Riley's always right or something, you know, catch it. Anyway, what's the
first story of today? Well, getting things started with the latest developments in the war with Iran. After largely remaining sidelines, Yemen's Iran backed Houthi militia declared a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia, following reciprocal strikes linked to an airport dispute. The threat opens a potential new regional front as Iran seeks to expand its leverage to the strategic Bob Al-Mandab straight. By targeting a vital red sea shipping lanes, the blockade
in dangers of Saudi Arabia's primary alternative oil export route and threatens further disruption to global energy markets. Well, threatens a lot more than that because I was talking to somebody yesterday, we may actually do a podcast on this probably in the next two weeks, but it may threaten the expansion of the war in Africa. It looks like there moves a foot from the Saudis and others to a certain more control over the Horn of Africa, and because that helps them protect their access
“to transit points to the west of the Arabian Peninsula, and that's what this Houthi intervention”
is designed to block. The Saudis have a pipeline that goes across Saudi Arabia to the Red Sea, and that they created that specifically to avoid being sort of out of the oil business if there was a blockade of the Persian Gulf. Well, what intervention of the Houthi says is an effort to say about we're going to try to block that pipeline, and that'll have bad oil market effects and so forth. And if this war goes on for some time, and frankly, it's impossible to tell. It seems like
in nobody's interest, that would go on for some time, but it could. You could see strategic maneuvering designed to change the equation with regard to who controls the sea lanes that go up on the west side and through Suez or go down through the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Obama. All this is to say, this was a bad idea. It's had a huge toll so far, but the toll could rise, and the consequences could rise, and they could extend beyond Iran, Persian Gulf region, the Middle East,
oil consumers, but into other kinds of conflicts, and we need to, you know, be aware of that, are people in the White House aware of it? Heck no. Heck no. Because everything turns to one man, and that guy is oblivious to the realities and the consequences of what he does. Well, we haven't talked about tariffs in a long time. But yeah, let's talk about tariffs. And I say it's about time. We talked about tariffs again,
and so on. You know, we could do this to the tune of we don't talk about Bruno.
“But really, we would just say, we don't talk about tariffs. Would you sing this rightly while we're talking?”
Nah, okay. Okay. We don't talk about tariffs. Yeah, okay. Go on. We don't talk about Bruno. Yes. Send that message to Trump, because President Trump has escalated his trade war with Canada
by signing three proclamations and poking a never before-used depression era law to slap
50% tariffs on nearly $20 billion worth of Canadian imports. The new levies, which target hundreds of products ranging from dairy to alcohol to hockey sticks to electronics, serve as direct retaliation after Canada joined China as the only nations to counter Trump's initial tariffs rather than accept negotiation concessions. In response, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney defended his nation's proportional retaliation while expressing readiness to intensify talks,
even as provincial leaders struck a defiantone and warned that the aggressive levies will
ultimately, you guessed it, drive up costs for American consumers. The, well, that's a, they're not wrong.
You know, that's what happens.
tariffs. Joe Vitali are, you know, beloved other producer, buys hockey sticks. He's going to pay
more for his hockey sticks in the future. People who buy, you know, Canadian distilled beverages are going to pay more. People who are buying cars and other kinds of things that come in and out are going to pay more. But it's not the only tariff move they're making. They're talking about more
“across the board tariffs with, you know, key countries based on, you know, they were shut down on this”
because what they did was illegal. And the court said to go, go back and use the laws that has written. And so, apparently, they're doing a sweeping analysis of what countries have forced labor and are going to go and impose tariffs on a whole bunch of those countries. Why, you know, because Trump has three moves, three count of one move, steel, grift, corruption. Another move, tariffs, you know, flexing his muscles economically. Another move, attack, send in the military.
That's it. I suppose you could add a fourth move, which is redectorating. But that's all he's got. He just doesn't have any other ideas. And he doesn't care how this affects Americans. What he cares about, obviously, from each one of these moves is one thing and one thing only, which is how it
feels in his little brain. Like, does this make me feel like a powerful man? Does this make me feel
like I'm tall all? Did you see, by the way, at the World Cup, who is standing next to Rodray, that, you know, Rodray go the Spanish player, who's six foot three, who Trump is supposed to be six foot three. And this guy is towering over Trump. He wants to feel taller than he is. He wants to feel
“more love than he is. He wants to feel smarter than he is. And the only way he can do it is with”
lashing out in hostility, tariffs and wars and using the justice department to attack his enemies. It makes him feel powerful. It helps nobody in this country. Nobody, these might as well be foreign
attacks on us. And of course, prolonging the war pushes up prices, tariffs, push up prices.
There's an election. Republicans are freaking out. Why are they freaking out? Because what do people care about? How much money they're paying for stuff? And what is Donald Trump doing in the run-up to this election? Push it up prices. Send in the message, which he explicitly said, which is, I don't care about the consequences for average Americans. And that's what happens here. You know, elect a man who's deeply insecure and doesn't understand policy and has no good
“advisors around him. And this is what you end up with.”
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select episodes two days early, access to live streamed episodes, and 50% off of David's need to know Sub-stack. Please consider joining us at DSR network.substack.com. That's DSR network. Sub-stack.com. Thank you and back to the show. Well, President Donald Trump declared that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not face arrest while visiting the United States following remarks by New York City Mayor
Zoran Momdani, who noted that his legal team is exploring ways to enforce a 2020-4 international criminal court arrest warrant against the Israeli leader. In response, Israel strongly condemned Momdani's comments and dismissed the ICC's jurisdiction as bogus, while Trump defended Netanyahu by emphasizing Israel's assistance in the Iran war. Yeah, thanks for that. Thanks, guys. That was a great idea. Thanks. It's great to think back
on Netanyahu in the situation room going, oh yeah, this war will be great. It'll be great for all of you. It'll be good for America, it'll be good for Israel, it'll be good for the region.
Let's go.
But he's not just a monster. He's also strategically, completely inact. All of his big strategic
moves have backfired. He doesn't care about strategy. He just goes like Trump impulsed to impulse and the consequences of it are have been catastrophic. Interesting article by the way this week in the New Yorker about the Biden administration and how they ended up letting Israel proceed with the hideous genocidal behavior in Gaza and how that happened. It's a kind of damning article,
“but I think it's well worth reading. In any event, you know, mom Donny will continue to look at this,”
but let's be honest here. It's not just the United States. The rest of the world takes the
ICC seriously. BB Netanyahu is not going to be a man who can travel. Just like Vladimir Putin is not
a man who can travel because they know what happens. They know what happened to Augusto Pinnoshan and others when they had ICC warrants out against them. They get arrested. They get thrown in jail. They get prosecuted. And sooner or later, that's going to happen to him in New York during the U.N. I don't know. I'm skeptical. But will that happen someplace sometime? I think it will. And I don't think losing the election in October, which seems likely to do.
I don't think losing the election in October is going to get him off the hook. He's the guy
“with blood on his hands. At least he's the current guy with blood on his hands. Could there be another one?”
Yeah, they're good. What else you got? The Trump aligned super PAC MAGA Inc has a mast over $400
million at the end of June to bolster Republican efforts in the upcoming midterm elections.
Recent federal election commission filings revealed major June contributions, including 10 million dollars in liquidated Bitcoin from billionaires Tyler and Cameron Winkovos, alongside $1 million from NASA Administrator Jared Isaac van. Republican allies plan to leverage this massive war chest to defend their narrow congressional majorities. Hey, thanks Supreme Court. Thanks for citizens united in subsequent decisions
that allow rich people to determine what the outcome of our elections are.
“And isn't it, you know, interesting that the Winkovos has actually”
did turn out to be villains in the long run? As it that was the correct part of the movie, the social network, and excellent movie, by the way. Well, we also were surprised to learn though over time was that Mark Zuckerberg was also a villain. Everybody was a villain in that movie as it turned out in the long run. Anyway, the point is, the Republicans are going to go and try and do this, and they're going to try and spend. I do think, you know, there's one
thing that happens in Washington. I have a little bit of a problem with, and that is, there's a sort of belief that comms can solve everything. You know, you've got, you're doing horrible stuff running at, do a press conference, do a press release, change your message, have daily talking points. You know, comms don't erase actions. I saw this with the Israelis the other day. They were like, "Well, we need a better comms plan," and that we saw that they were spending
money with Republican operatives, so that people would support what they did in Gaza and what they're doing in the West Bank more. That's not going to happen. Commes is not the solution. Not committing genocide as the solution. Commes is not the solution. Not starting wars that kill people unnecessarily and push up prices and send the global energy market into a tailspin. That's the solution. Not being the most corrupt president of American history as a solution. Not being the most
incompetent Congress in American history. That's the solution. And so, well, you know, I lament the fact that this will have some effect. I take some comfort from the fact that would really drive as election outcomes is what people see with their own eyes. And what they've seen here is not the kind of thing that leads to the reelection of the Republicans. And we're seeing that, by the way, in poll results. Every single day, new polls today. Dan results.
Well, to wrap things out, following her recent appointment to fill Senator Lindsey Graham's seat,
His sister, Darley Graham, and now she will run for a full term in South Caro...
special Republican primary. Backed by an endorsement from President Trump, her entry further complicates
a Russian nomination process sparked by her brother's sudden death. She joins a crowded field of candidates that includes representatives of Russell Fry and Ralph Norman with the primary election
“it scheduled for August 11th. Hey, that's great. That's what we should elect people. By the”
virtue of their last name. You know, the problem, Ilyas, that there was no President Fessler. There
was no Senator Fessler. If there was a Senator Fessler, you'd be a Senator Fessler right now. Because we live in a country with an aristocracy, and they just get to hand on their jobs to
“members of their family. I do lament that, Rally, you feel bad. What could have been? I would have”
made a great Senator. You're still time. You're still good, but you still could be Rally. When
you get the wave of support from the DSR Army, they're out there working for you, not gonna endorse. Calling people up, raising funds, establishing DSR Pack, put Rally in the Senate. Come on, come on, and actually put Rally in the Senate would be nice and I'm ugly, Rally. They ever have mugs. Rally some charge of mugs. Okay. We'll talk to you soon because we do this stuff every
“darn day. Weirdly, I think we're gonna do the words matter show today, and not I'm thirsty. We usually”
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