01:00 Fox is playing down the Gaza story.
04:30 The Morning Meeting S4E23 | Trump’s First 100 Days, Democrat Realignment & Today’s Political News, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9sRJvNc4ek
24:00 How the Palestinians are like Trayvon Martin
30:00 Tyler Cowan: Trumpian policy as cultural policy, https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/02/trumpian-policy-as-cultural-policy.html
38:00 AXIOS: Trump’s Gaza shock wave stuns Middle East and some in White House, https://apple.news/A1PH7Kfn8RL6Pjj0Bv1mfJw
40:00 AXIOS: Behind the Curtain: Trump’s wild Middle East vision, https://apple.news/A93OKCeGDSf-ZEICbJJ-1Eg
45:00 Glenn: If You Want Another 9/11, Take Over Gaza, https://statesofexception.substack.com/p/if-you-want-another-911-take-over
53:20 World media has a negative reaction to Trump’s plans for Gaza
55:00 Conservatives were defending, MAGA is on the offensive
1:13:20 Trump wants to sell energy harvested from Gaza to Europe
1:19:00 Donald J. Nietzsche Solves the Gaza Crisis, https://www.commentary.org/john-podhoretz/donald-j-nietszche-solves-the-gaza-crisis/
1:26:50 Dooovid joins to discuss right-wing Jewish ecstasy over Trump’s plan
1:44:00 Mr. Netanyahu’s Opus, https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/mr-netanyahus-opus/
1:51:40 John Podhoretz and the Commentary magazine crew react to Trump’s Gaza proposal
1:55:00 Kip joins to discuss Trump’s dramatic moves
2:09:00 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
2:11:00 Covid deaths per year in USA
2:57:00 Rebecca Lobach’s special privilege
2:58:00 DEI Black Hawk pilot Rebecca Lobach
3:03:40 Ezra Klein: Don’t believe him
3:06:20 Pesach And Gaffney On Israel Being A Speedbump On The Way To America For Hamas, https://rumble.com/v6h1k0m-pesach-and-gaffney-on-israel-being-a-speedbump-on-the-way-to-america-for-ha.html
3:14:15 President Trump, Gaza, and the need for journalists and analysts to demonstrate a little humility, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc3zI30UEF8
3:22:00 Bombshell Announcement as Trump Says America Might “Take Over” Gaza, with The Fifth Column, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXpvi6W1ptk
3:30:00 Trump’s plan for Gaza – with Eylon Levy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAFP0uDdr8M
3:47:45 Senator Fetterman open to US OCCUPYING Gaza, calls it “provocative”
4:10:00 Romantic success is primarily a reflection, a symptom, of the overall quality of your life
4:25:00 VDH: What We Have Forgotten About War, https://mosaicmagazine.com/response/israel-zionism/2025/01/what-we-have-forgotten-about-war/
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