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Episode: Weekly Roundup: âKill the Enemyâ: Iran War Lies, "Killing" Talarico, + Calls For Political Violence
Description: âWelcome back to Straight White American Jesus. In this episode, Brad Onishi and co-host Dan Miller dig into the resignation of Joe Kent and the unraveling narrative around Iran. Kentâs claimâthat Iran posed no imminent nuclear threatâdirectly contradicts statements from figures like Mike Johnson and exposes what the hosts see as a familiar pattern: shifting justifications, vague timelines, and a disregard for expertise in favor of political loyalty. The conversation traces how dissent from within MAGA ranksâespecially from someone like Kentâsignals fractures in the movement, even as those critiques are quickly dismissed by Donald Trump. For O...