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S15 EP135: Hour 1 - Mamdani's Grocery ID, JD Vance's Post-Liberal Whisperers, and the Socialist Surge
Erick returns from a week at Lake Burton to a world still in chaos: Iran spurns peace as Trump halts strikes, the democratic socialists surge with Texas suddenly in play (James Talarico leading Ken Paxton), and New York's Zohran Mamdani demands a photo ID to buy subsidized groceries but not to vote. He connects the dots to JD Vance's post-liberal advisor Patrick Deneen, a Wall Street Journal corporate shakedown story, and a signature monologue framing socialism as a violation of the Tenth Commandment. Iran refuses peace as Trump halts strikes: the Strait of Hormuz leverage, Ukraine's runaway…
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