Mon Episode #2257: $2 Trillion War, Zero Oil, and a Failing Blockade

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[00:02:10] Kuwait Exported Zero Barrels of Oil — First Time Since the 1991 Gulf War Kuwait declared force majeure four days after Trump's blockade — exports have fallen to zero for the first time since Saddam's forces invaded Kuwait in 1990.

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[00:09:55] Trump Is Bragging the US Is "Like Pirates" — Iran Used Exactly That Language First Iran complained to the UN the US is engaged in piracy — Trump agreed on stage, boasting it's profitable to be a pirate and admitting the US is a rogue state.

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[00:25:13] Spirit Airlines Gone — JetBlue, Frontier, Allegiant, and American Airlines All at Elevated Bankruptcy Risk Jet fuel up more than 50% has taken Spirit down — JetBlue's bankruptcy odds are over 75%, Frontier at 45–50%, Allegiant at 37%, American Airlines at 3–15%. Knight: Trump doing more damage to airlines than 9-11.

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[00:35:33] Ex-CIA Analyst: Hegseth Is Lying — 52 Iranian Vessels Crossed His "Ironclad" Blockade in 72 Hours Hegseth called the blockade "ironclad" — Larry Johnson says Iranian ships hug within 50 miles of their coast while the US Navy stays 200 miles offshore; 52 vessels crossed in 72 hours.

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[00:47:04] US Launched 45 Armed Attacks in International Waters Killing 157 People — Pentagon Says IACHR "Strayed Outside Its Mandate" The Inter-American Commission says the US launched 45 armed attacks killing an estimated 157 people in international waters — the Pentagon said the IACHR had "strayed outside its mandate." Knight: projection.

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[01:06:03] US Spent $2 Trillion in Two Months on the Iran War — Matching 20 Years of Afghanistan At $684 million per day — more than twice the Iraq War's $300 million per day — the US burned through roughly $2 trillion in two months, matching Afghanistan over 20 years.

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[01:10:24] War Powers Act 60-Day Clock Expired — Trump Declared "Conflict Over" to Sidestep Congressional Authorization The 60-day deadline arrived Friday and Trump declared the conflict over to avoid congressional approval — Republican allies argued ceasefire days don't count, extending the window indefinitely.

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[01:18:18] Eric Trump Backed a $1.5 Billion Merger With Israeli Drone Company Xtend AI Robotics — "Even a Child Can Fly It" Xtend, an Israeli AI drone company, announced a $1.5 billion merger backed by Eric Trump — the sales pitch: anyone, including children, can fly the killer drones.

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[01:26:34] Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire Lost Over 60% of Staff — YouTube Views Down 85% From Peak The Daily Wire shed over 60% of its workforce — YouTube views down roughly 85% from their late 2023 peak. Knight: Shapiro jumped the snark, becoming a lobbyist for Israel.

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[01:49:00] Richard Dawkins Declares Claude Conscious — Knight: Consistent With His Life's Work Conflating Intelligence With Consciousness Dawkins spent three days failing to convince himself that Claude is not conscious — calls the AI "Claudia." Knight: the man who attributed infinite complexity to random chance has been taken in by a text predictor; professing to be wise, he became a fool.

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