LIVE: TRUMP CONVENTION BACKFIRES… 9/10/2026

Welcome to Ben on breaking news. I'm Ben. Meelis. This is your breaking news. I've. got an incredible sidekick here for. today's Ben on breaking news. It's. Jessica Tarlov, everyone helping me make. sense of all of this madness. We've got. Jessica Tarlo. Let's bring in Jessica. She's the author of the new book I. Disagree: Winning Arguments Without. Losing Friends. Comes out September. 15th. pre-order it now, but make sure.

you get it on September 15th. I think a. book that is more preient uh than. perhaps you were even able to uh. predict, especially with everything. that's going on before the midterms. And. I want to ask you, Jessica, about how. you apply a lot of the learning uh and. the teachings from your book when you. live in a world where you have the Trump. regime not just having a debate about. policy and sides, but just making up. stuff. Everything is a lie. A barrage, a.

parade of lies were rolled out at the. so-called Republican midterm convention. So Jessica, I want to start there just. by getting your overall reaction to. everything we've seen up until this. point at the Republican Midterm. Convention. >> I mean, well, first of all, thank you. for having me and. I'm excited about the book and also for. your audience to get the book. I feel. like I've been in a parasocial. relationship with a lot of these folks.

for a long time and I really want it to. be helpful for those of you out there. that are trying to have some contentious. conversations. And I know maybe you want. to lose friends. That is totally fine. The book is for those that you would. like to keep in your life. Um rel. relationships that you might want to. repair. Uh life is longer than Donald. Trump. That's what I tell myself every. night before I go to sleep. Um, so the.

book, that's what it's all about. Uh, the midterm convention, so I had the. lowest of expectations. and it was even worse. Was that your. feeling? I We did a montage of. various aspects, you know, like Tim. Scott's speech, obviously, a lot of. Trump. I was sad they left Ken Paxton. out because I think we all know why Ken. Paxton doesn't do interviews. Um because. he's so absolutely terrible. And then.

Hassan Piker's junk on the jumbotron. Like what were they thinking that people. were going to be scared of him and think. that he's a terrorist? Like what what what do you think went on. in the programming room when they said, "Let's get that shot of Hassan?" Well, there was a grinder outage that we are. aware of in Dallas. So, it did seem that. there was a lot on the mind of MAGA that. was heading into Dallas. But,

>> you know, I I've seen some of these uh. videos of the movie Idiocracy. Um, and. and I wrote what I observed last night. was way worse than Icy. I'm not sure you. can do idiocracy or vep or anything like. this except the tragic reality Jessica. is that this stuff is hurting people. It. is whether you are a Trump supporter or. not Trump supporter or whoever you're.

paying record high gas prices, diesel. prices. We saw today the price of Brent. over $107 a barrel, WTI over $101 a. barrel. Treasury yield surging. This. stuff is hurting people. This is not. some, you know, just debate for the sake. of a debate. This is real life. And when. Trump says this was a golden age and. everything's amazing, it isn't. And so, how do you think that plays, you know, when when he's out there saying this is.

it, this is the golden age, everybody. It's so great. Well, I think the timing. of the convention kicking off and then. Tony Fbritzio releasing his poll of the. Texas Senate race with James Tarico up. four uh indicates that things are not. what Trump would tell you that they are. And I was thinking about, you know, the. big takeaway. We gonna have our fun with Tim Scott's. performance and the the jumbotron.

per situation, but obviously the promise. the bribe, the $5,000 if Republicans win. was the big takeaway because Donald. Trump didn't even really try to make a. case to anybody. He started off the day. with. after the election, the war is going to. magically stop and gas will be under $2. to think, okay, no one's taking that. seriously because he's been saying stuff. like that since what, 48 hours into a.

war that is now seven, eight months. plus. Um, but then that we have moved. just to straight I'm going to put cash. in your hand and people even being. skeptical of that because that stuff. used to work. this idea that you're. getting a Doge dividend or a subsidy. check after they got rid of the. Obamacare subsidies and there were. stimulus checks right uh in the first. term and yes Joe Biden should have put.

his signature on the checks that he gave. out but I feel like Americans even some. of the biggest Trump supporters are just. tuning the guy out and we'll see what. the ratings were obviously going up. against the NFL was a misguided. programming choice. But I do think we. have hit a kind of new threshold for how. seriously people are taking this guy. even if they like him. >> Sad because even though it's not a.

secret to my audience that I not just. dislike him, I despise him. You still. want America to be treated with respect. and you still want your captain, even if. he's not the one you ever wanted and. frankly the captain of your nightmares. to still be someone who at least carries. themsself with a cintillaa of I don't. aiccom of existing in reality. It's just.

everything is a lie. It just every every. word sound utterance syllable is a lie. It's a weird lie and it brings us down a. path of losing frankly like this guy had. done most of his life with the casinos. and the and you see why and it's like. now I'm a nonconsensual extra in this. dystopian reality. I don't want to be a. part. And I think so many people are.

saying that. Heck, Aaron Rodgers, Aaron. Rogers today put out a statement where. he said, I I don't know what the hell is. going on here. You know, Cash Patel. covering up the Epstein file. I mean, when you when you lose Aaron Rogers, you. you you've you've lost the MAGA plot, huh? >> I I actually hadn't even seen that. It. brings me a little bit of a joy uh that. it has broken through the Iawasa or. where whatever is going on with Aaron. Rogers uh to penetrate that this guy.

isn't delivering. He made a lot of. promises and the the difference between. how he used to craft and again he didn't. follow through on any of this but he did. have a platform right that people could. sink their proverb real teeth into and. they could say okay yes he's he's going. to give us the epsene files which we. knew he was never going to do but you. know prices will come down on day one. we're not going to be entangled in. needless wars.

um what are we going to do uh we're. going to deport everybody. Mass. deportations now. Uh which I mean they. have been getting a lot of people out. here. Uh most of them people who I you. know you or I think that uh deserve to. stay here and there have been a lot of. those self-deportations. But that's how he used to campaign and. now he just is like I'll pay you to like. me.

like that has been the transformation. And I don't know if that's a function of. just how dire it's gotten, age, exhaustion, whatever. But the guy is just saying the. quiet part out loud. I know I can't get. you to like me for any other reason, so. I'm going to put cash in your hand, which he's not even going to be able to. do. And then he leaves everybody else. out there dangling, having to defend it, having to deal with the actual math, right? JD Vance is gonna go do.

interviews after this and of course he's. gonna get asked like okay well how does. that work right $5,000 for every. American I mean I'm sure that I guess. they'll say 200 million are illegals or. something like that and they don't they. don't deserve the money but. >> so in your book I Disagree winning. arguments without losing friends you. talk about all right you're at the. Thanksgiving table and here's what's. going on what do you do though in a. situation like this look, somebody I. definitely disagree with. It's not a.

surprise as someone like Allora Ingram, but even she today uh you know, she's. releasing an interview she did with. Trump and she asked if she goes, "Okay, if you have this $5,000 that you're. promising and you believe the American. people are suffering and need the 5,000, but you also say there's a golden age. Why not just give the money now? If you. have it, just do it. Just do it. Do it. right now because people are hurting. right now. And I want you to listen to. what Trump's response was to Laura.

Ingram. Someone I disagree with with a. lot, but she at least asked a question. that needed to be asked here. Play this. clip. >> Why not just give the money now? If you. have the money, why not? >> Because they can't. I'll tell you what, because the Democrats can't do it. because with them, it's negative growth. With with us, it's so positive. So, we're taking in $21 trillion. Nobody no. country's ever taken in anywhere near. that. It's four or five times higher. than the next. All because of that. beautiful word that you and I love more. than most others. Tariffs.

>> Do you like do you. >> you know it's like having a discussion. with a Furby. Remember the Furbies when. we grew up and they would have. discussions with other Furbies. There. are words but they're not forming. sentences. And what he said there is not. a We can talk about non sequittors that. he just said five different words and. just placed some things in between it. What do you mean that the Democrats will. stop it? You control all branches of. government right now. What are you. talking about? What does it even mean?

So, start with that piece of it. And. then we can talk about this $21 trillion. fake number that he made, which makes no. sense if the debt is over $40 trillion. and our deficit is expanding. So, that. makes no sense. And then he just says, "You know, I love this word tariffs.". Okay. What does it have to do with. anything and it's been a disaster? So, talk about it. Um, yeah, all the same thoughts racing. through my head. I mean, happy that he's. going to be pushed about it and.

I think he is going to end up probably. wanting to talk less as a result because. this is one of the kind of, you know, gobsmacked ones, right? He says a lot of. things which you can kind of laugh at or. giggle at and move on. But this one is. sending shivers up the spine certainly. of all of the elected Republicans who. are about to get asked about this from. their constituents and in the press. Um. but really.

highlights. the downfall of. Trump swagger. Is that the right way to. say it? you like, you know how people. who liked him would always say, "Oh, but. his zigging and his zagging or you just. don't understand." Now, literally no one. understands, right? You don't have to be. a Trump whisperer for this one. Like, we. were all on the same page now where. you're raising an eyebrow to it's the. Democrat's fault. And he used all the. trigger words, uh, Democrats,

tariffs. If he had thrown in uh. socialists or communists, I guess that. that would have been the full uh. repertoire, but he's not with us. anymore. It feels like he's fully moved. to some other planet, I guess, that he's. having these conversations or thinking. that the country is on this kind of. glide path. And I tweeted this about uh. his comments there that you know we all.

have accepted and for those of us who. probably uh pushed the idea that Joe. Biden was up for a second term too long. and I I take responsibility for that. Um. though I certainly think that the policy. outcomes would have been better and I I. didn't think that the country was in. danger as a result of having Joe Biden. as president. But this is a level of. incoherence that certainly wouldn't have. been accepted from Biden. And this is how he's sounding now on a.

pretty regular basis. And I don't know. what we do about that. I mean, you have. an election and you all turn out to vote. and it has to be too big to rig. I know. that we've heard that they're not going. to send ICE to polling stations. Who. knows what's going to go on between the. USPS stuff sending people out there, intimidation, uh it's like a five alarm fire for the. next seven weeks. Um but he's still. going to be in office for another two.

years after that. And I don't know, it. just doesn't seem like he's operating on. the same plane that you and I are. >> Yeah. And the whole world sees it. Most. Americans see it now. Yet he goes out. there and every day he humiliates us. more and more here and abroad. I mean, you know, you take a look at this trade. war he started against Canada. Canada. obviously standing up for its.

sovereignty, but even when they watch. him with the memes and the threats and. the this and the that, they're just. like, "Bud, you you're weird. You guys. are like a weird loser country." Like. like this is sad for like no one's even. laughing. It's like it's sad for us to. see. I mean, you have these Iranian. leaders, whether it's MB Galibah, their. parliament leader, Aragchi, their. foreign minister, who's out there. mocking us and mocking us where I see. what they're saying and I'm like, that. is Trump's pattern. He does do that. I.

saw like MB Galab post, all right, here's what Trump's going to do. He's. going to say we're about to do a deal. and then he's going to do this and he's. going to do that and it's like. >> and then the market will rally. >> and the market will rally and then and. then we'll say this and then and and and. it is just a humiliation ritual that the. whole world looks at the United States. this way and so how do you how do we gra. how do we grapple with that? I mean, we. it's truly unchartered territory in this. country and I don't think we can. normalize this as just yeah, you know,

this is what the Republicans feel like. and this is what the Democrats think so. let's let's do how how do you deal with. that and say I see you you know duking. it out every day on the five and you go. this isn't normal guys this isn't normal. how do you deal with it? Well, part of. it is definitely highlighting the. reality of what's going on. And it's. always, I think, useful to be using the. language of Republicans themselves. because people, if you're talking across. partisan lines,

you know, like helpful to say, don't. take it from me, right? And then rattle. off the list of people um who are. concerned or skeptical. in the war in. Iran is a perfect example because there. has been so much criticism from people. who are traditionally very much in lock. step with the president. But I do think. and I write about this in I disagree. that. there is a a generosity and a humanity. with which I think we need to be having.

these political conversations. uh when you do get out there and talk to. people who feel differently about Donald. Trump than you do. um and rubbing it in. people's faces and gloating um. especially when that can be read as. being anti-American to some extent. because if you say you know gas prices. at record highs that has real. implications for people right that's not. just some political football that's.

literally your ability to get where. you're going uh with diesel you know at. $6 uh or wherever it is depending on. your state but up enormously. you know, that's truckers not being able. to do their jobs. And so, I think having. that keeping that generosity and that. humanity present in the way that you. communicate is something that is and. which I definitely try to do when I'm. talking to my conservative co-hosts. I I.

call it the soft start where you find. some way to create connective tissue and. olive branch where we see things. similarly or that we all want the same. things out of out of a policy out of a. presidency out of our leadership and. then you can more easily go into the. information that runs counter to the way. that they see the world. And a lot of. times, especially when it gets this.

dire, people are jonesing, right? To be. able to have these conversations without. having to recant their beliefs. wholesale, right? To be able to say, "Oh, this thing, you know, I'm not that. into this thing." And that's why I and I. talk about this a lot in the book. You. know, I don't see my job or people in. the space necessarily as trying to. change minds, but to open them up to the. possibility that there is an alternative. point of view worth considering. And. that's why I do, you know, so much.

research and so much preparation to be. able to talk about these very difficult. political issues because I know how. resistant we are naturally. And there's. social science behind this. This is in. the book too about our threat reflexes. going up when we hear information that. runs counter to our beliefs. Even your. pain reflex like you know that look. sometimes when you're telling someone. something that flies in the face of how. they see the world or what they've been. told and they look like they're in pain. Like they actually are. And the same.

thing works in reverse too. It is very. hard to break through with liberals, right? If you're saying well I don't. know like look at this. I mean, this was. the ongoing fight about immigration in. the first three years of the Biden. administration. So, you know, that. generosity and that humanity, the soft. start, creating the connective tissue, being super wellprepared and being. prepared not only to make your point, but that almost you could make the. alternative point. Um, and we could have.

hours of conversations about where our. algorithms take us and and all those. deep dark places. um makes for these. conversations uh to be possible and that. maybe you can open someone's mind up to. the idea that you're not batshit crazy. >> Look, you film in New York. And so you. think about it even like this way. There's, you know, the New York Mets and. then the New York Yankees. How difficult. would it be to make a Met fan into a.

Yankee fan? And that's baseball. That's. baseball. So then when you put people. into tribes of a political allegiance. which has defined not just a team you. root for but has defined what you. perceive to be a value set and then have. somebody say you know what your team. you're just the evil and the and the. worst people. You got to switch to my. team. And often times that process.

really speeds up 60 days before an. election. And you're not going to be an. authentic messenger to be able to. persuade anybody if you waited 60 days. to have I think this conversation. Go. You know what? You you got to be on this. team right now. And people, wait a. minute, I thought I was on this team. I. think and what you bring up in this book. is when you say, you know what, we're. not even playing a game of baseball. here. Politics is not this gamified. thing. Step back for a moment. This is.

just about us all being on one team. This is us being about Americans and. this is about us trying to do something. with our lives for the short period of. time that we're all here together. And. what do we care about? Don't we care. about family and compassion and building. things and leaving the world a better. place? And we shouldn't be afraid to. talk about that. And there's going to be. a lot of loud voices. You know about. that. There going to be a lot of loud. voices that are going to try to, you.

know, distract us from that. But I one. of the things we talk about here on this. network all the time is just trying to. say, you know what, let's we're gonna. talk about breaking news because that's. what we have to do. we're going to. respond to here's what Trump did and. here's what this person because that's. what we do. But we have to take a step. back and say why are we doing this? What. is like what is the point of all of. this? And it's not to pay higher gas. prices, live shitty lives and die um you. know be angry at each other all the time.

and hate. It's it's to build connections. and leave the world a better place. So. before we go that's what I got out of. your book and so if others want to get. that out you know that that's what I. take from your book. But but before we. go, talk to our audience, you know, you. know, just about the book and anything. else you want to tell them before we go. >> Yeah. Well, I love that that's what you. took from the book. And I would just add. to it that none of that or efforting. towards that goal means that you need to. be a polyiana or mushy about your. politics. And this isn't license uh for.

electeds to not be cutthroat. And I, you. know, I have a podcast called Raging. Moderates. Yes, we have the rage in. there, but you know, I've traditionally. been towards the more, you know, the. center of the party, center left, for. sure. Um, though us figuring out how. this big tent works has, I think, pulled. me a little bit to the left and in more. ways than I expected or at least.

understanding it better. Uh, which has. been a very healthy exercise for me. But. I disagree and it ends on a path forward. for our politics complete with a. platform that I think we can run on and. win on. Um there's nothing mambby pami. about it. So yes, while we share this. these goals and this vision for what our. time on earth is all about which is you. know so short uh in the grand scheme of.

things. It is also about maximizing. good outcomes while we are here and. democratic electeds and there's a. democratic administration. We have. better outcomes. The economy performs. better. We see this over and over again. and they try to tell us, "No, trickle. down economics. This is the best. It's. the best." And it's like, "No, actually, you know when it was better because you. all loved the Clinton years." And that. was not trickle down economics. So, I.

just want to be clear. It's not like a. kiss your neighbor, we're all going to. be best friends and and think exactly. the same thing. It is a roadmap for. building bravery to be better in these. conversations and to be able to maximize. the potential to get something out of. them to represent yourself better and to. also understand the person on the other. side better. Uh we have a listening. problem in this country. We have a big.

listening deficit and we all want to be. heard and we all want to be taken. seriously. And I believe that there is a. way to communicate to one another that. is just a lot higher quality than where. we are now and that you can make an. impression on the person that you are. talking to, the group you're talking to. If you're someone who goes on podcast or. goes on TV, there is ample opportunity. to disseminate a better message to the.

people out there about your values, your. morals, your politics, and the way you. see the world that won't feel. threatening um or that you're just. constantly trying to undercut the other. person. Um so that's what I disagree is. Everybody, make sure you pre-order it. right now. No matter what, make sure you. go and get your copy of the book I. Disagree when it comes out Tuesday, September 15th. My friend Jessica.

Tarlov, the book's called I Disagree: Winning Arguments Without Losing. Friends. We appreciate all the work you. do, Jessica. And as you said, this was a. interview long time in the making. Our. audience always wanted to have you on. And um there's so many other questions. that I could ask like I want to ask you. about the South Carolina race and that. that's becoming very close. And there. are others there are others but why.

don't we save that for our next. appearance uh when we have you back. maybe next week or or the week you as as. that would be fantastic. Jessica Tarlo. everybody make sure you get your copy I. disagree. We'll put a link as well in. the description below. That's Jessica. >> Amazing. Thank you. It was great to see. you. Let's take our first quick break of. the show. Look, if you're in this community, you're paying attention. You know what's. happening. And a lot of what's. happening, it's directly affecting your. Medicare. Plans are being discontinued.

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What a great interview with Jessica. Tarlov. excited to have her back on the. Midas Touch Network and uh getting her. perspective as someone who dukes it out. every day when she's the lone liberal. voice at that table and she does such an. amazing job and uh I've always been in. awe of her great work and just how she. handles uh the debates and the. discussions and represents these issues. very very well. You know, I've been. spending a lot of time here on the Midas. Touch Network uh really since this Trump.

regime uh came back into power on. international developments. I mean, we. started Midas Canada, gave the uh. handoff to Charlie Angus to run with it. He's got full editorial control and. handles the operations there. But we. knew that we had to do outreach across. the world because we saw that the forces. of authoritarianism were international. in scope and we had to build a. pro-democracy media network that was.

international in scope as well forming. and forging alliances all throughout the. world. And you know, we've been really. in the weeds, um, which is where you. need to be in our coverage of the. various Trump wars, and there has been. quite a lot of them that have taken. place. Far from a peace president, far. from someone who has not engaged in. never-ending wars, he's been bringing. the United States into all of these. conflicts and making the world a far. less safe and far less stable uh, place.

uh spending a lot of his time attacking. our allies, destroying NATO, uh. destroying America's soft and hard. power, right? Destroying things like US. aid, soft power diplomacy, gutting the. State Department, and then our hard. power. We're out of weapons. We're out. of munitions. The United States military. has never been weaker. Our top generals. and admirals have been purged. We have. Hegsith of all people running the. defense department who spends more time.

mocking Canadian high school cadetses. and talking about I don't know injecting. yourself with testosterone than being. involved in the minutia of war strategy. and like again we should not be involved. in these catastrophic wars but also we. need to reflect on if you're going to do. it I mean are you going to do any. planning or or no you just want to talk. about injecting yourself with. testosterone. And we've been talking. about how there's been a rapidly. changing global world order that the US.

security umbrella in the Middle East, in. Asia, and Europe, and elsewhere has. pretty much all been destroyed. And fast. forward, Donald Trump managed to achieve. that. You want to talk about achieving. something, he's destroyed the US created. postworld war II architecture pretty. damn quickly. in its place. We're seeing. a multi-polar world with China being the. global hegeimon right now. Putin feeling. uh the ability to be more aggressive uh. in his invasion of Ukraine and and some.

of the other uh more surreptitious. operations that are taking place across. the world. And the Trump regime is out. there. Donald Trump wakes up and he. posts a meme of Venezuela and that's. his, you know, that's his plan. 65. billion barrels he claims go into the US. strategic petroleum reserve which we. know is just completely false. This is. what he does. I think he mocks in this. relatively racist xenophobic post his. Saudi friends in OPEC. He mocks Canada. over there. He claims that uh 65 billion.

barrels are going to find their way into. our salt caverns even though Venezuelan. oil doesn't even mix into our salt. caverns. And the reality here and abroad. is uh very bad. very very bad for the. for the United States and I mean even. today don't believe me listen to Hunga. Hunga the acting secretary of navy what. has he said he said yeah he admitted in. an interview this morning that was just.

released yes indeed Iran did blow up the. US military base in Bahrain of course we. knew that because Bahrain is the main. logistical center that feeds our. aircraft carriers and our ships in the. region. It's where the ships used to uh. dock. It's where our ships would get. their uh supplies from. And uh early on. in the war, Bahrain was not protected. the way it needed to be. Iran knew you. strike Bahrain, you can cut off a main.

logistical supply route to the US Navy. They did that and it was covered up by. the Trump regime. Throughout the war, Iran was able to successfully strike US. military bases in the region. pretty. much destroying all the US military. bases, right? From Bahrain to Jordan to. the UAE to Kuwait to Airbraq to Aluded. uh in Qatar. You know, these bases, multiple US bases, one by one, Iran was.

picking off and they were destroying our. uh aircrafts, our equipment, uh our. helicopters were being destroyed. I. mean, we're talking billions and. billions and billions. The true extent. is still being covered up just like the. true extent of the casualty count is. still being covered up. Stars and. stripes reporting this past week that 60. new casualties were added to the. Pentagon public list. No statement from. Hegsith or Trump, but 60 new additions. to people who were injured in this.

catastrophic war. Although the Trump. regime puts those 60 people on a. different list, not the list of epic. fury because Trump says, "We want epic. fury." This is miscellaneous conflict. And if you were injured and killed in. miscellaneous conflict, you don't get. benefits because Trump treats our. veterans like absolute crap. He did say. that they are suckers and losers. And so. throughout the world, you have Donald. Trump degrading US military. capabilities. And when we zoom in to see.

what else is taking place with Iran's. access of resistance, we've been very. much focused on the Houthi advances in. Yemen. Now, just to give positioning. themselves all the not sure what that. was, but just to give you uh a little zoom. out on Yemen right there. Um, you have. the Houthis, which is part of the access. of resistance, Iran's access of.

resistance. Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas, some groups in Somalia, some groups, militia groups in Iraq that are actually. part of the uh Iraqi uh military. Um, Yemen is controlled by kind of two main. factions at this point. There is the. kind of Iranianbacked Houthis. Sana is. their capital. Uh, and they control much. of western Yemen, although they did not. control al- mocha until today. Um, and.

then you have the Saudiback government, which also gets some supplies from UAE. and this kind of interesting coalition. alliance that was existing uh in Yemen. They have their main base over in Aiden. Um, and there was this, you know, Yemen. was kind of divided into these two main. areas. And the Houthis did not really. get involved that much in the war that.

Netanyahu and Trump launched on Iran. like overtly until really July. What. happened in July? Saudi Arabia struck an. air base in Sana. It's the capital of. the Houthis control area of Yemen. And. then at that point for the Houthis, they. were like, "All right, game on. We're in. a full-fledged war now." Saudi Arabia. did that because Iran was potentially. giving supplies to the Houthis over. there. Saudi Arabia thought that the US.

had its back. So, it said, "Look, we're. going to project our power and strength. because we're allied with the US. Look, NBS gave Donald Trump and Jared Kushner. all of this money. they're going to have. our back, right? So, the Saudibbacked. group uh in Yemen um gets all of their. forces from Saudi Arabia. They struck. this airport in Sana. That really led to. the acceleration of the Houthis. basically doing um a blockade in the Red.

Sea. Right in western Yemen, you have. the Red Sea. The Babel Mandab Strait is. that area between looks like kind of. Somalia over there and Yemen. Um, and. then you have the Iranian control over. the straight of Hormuz, the Persian. Gulf, Gulf of Oman, uh, area over there. Um, and so the Houthis in Yemen said, "We're not going to let Saudi tankers. get out of the Red Sea." And we saw all.

of those strikes taking place. And then. the Houthi started to go on the offense. and I think they realized, wait a. minute, wait a minute, the once mighty. US military lost to Iran. And if the US. military is losing to Iran and Saudi. Arabia is getting its weapons from the. US military, wait a minute, we can surely take on. Saudi Arabia if the Saudi Arabian. government is backing the government. here in Yemen. Um, so the Houthis felt.

emboldened by all of this. And not only. that, but you know, I know I'm getting. in the weeds, but I think this is why. you come to the Midas Touch Network for. us getting in the weeds. Um, the Houthis. like Iran, Shiite, but there are a lot. of tribes in Yemen that are Sunni. Obviously, we know the clashes that have. taken place between the Shia and the. Sunni. But one of the things that we've seen. now, you know, whereas these Sunni.

tribes may look and have natural. allegiance to more Sunniun countries. like a Saudi Arabia say, they're seeing. weakness now and they're seeing, whoa, it looks like the Trump regime and the. United States are losing to Iran. And so. they're now saying this could be a way. to remove Western powers from having uh. control and dominance over uh Yemen or. or over other areas in the Middle East.

That's increasingly. becoming part of the calculus in the. area. And so a lot of the different. Yemen tribes are actually now welcoming. the Houthis also. And when we saw the. Houthis offensive that they were. launching in a very short period of. time, I mean, we're talking in the past. 24 hours, they were able to move from. Alcoa to Almoka and now they're heading. to Dubab. They're also able to take over.

the Hanish islands, this three or four. island group in the Red Sea as well. And. as they move closer to Dubab right there. that right now the Houthis are about 60. kilometers from the Babel Mandab. straight and they are moving quick. They're doing military parades in the. area and they're being greeted and. welcomed into Almoka by the local people. there. And so far, despite all of the uh. military supplies that have been given.

by the United States to Saudi Arabia and. Saudi Arabia to the Yemenbacked. government that Saudi Arabia that's. fighting against the Houthis, um that's. been no match for what the Houthis have. been able to to to accomplish. Now, CNN. did a report uh before we went live. where US intelligence officials said. that they believe there are hundreds of. IRGC military officers currently in. Yemen working with the Houthis who have. been helping them with this offensive.

Also, there appears to be more than a. 100 US military advisers on the ground. in Saudi Arabia, providing Saudi Arabia. with intel and targeting support for the. Saudi Arabian backed proxy group there. And what we see happening right now in. Yemen is the Iranian aligned Houthis are. winning and they're winning big. What we. also saw in the past 24 hours is the. Saudibbacked. uh group claiming that it was having.

these major victories, saying it was. going to take Sana, which is the Houthi. capital. And it was all It was. all lies. And they were saying that to. try to project strength. And the. Houthies called their bluff, maneuvered the troops in a way that uh. was able to basically flank uh the Saudi. back group who then retreated and they. are in full retreat right now. And so. what this could mean is with the Houthis.

now potentially fully controlling all of. Western Yemen, that gives them even more. control over the Babel Mandab Strait and. the Red Sea. And this places Saudi. Arabia, the monarchy, in grave danger as. well, exposing their weakness that their. ability to subsist is dependent on the. United States. That's and if you think. about the dynamic here, what Iran has. always said is that we don't want to.

exist where we would have to be. dependent on the United States or on. Western powers. We have to build our own. access. That's one of the main things, not just in the Trump regime, but just. going back decades and decades and. decades was clashing with US foreign. policy, which was controlling the. region. That was always a major issue. But now what you're seeing actually be. exposed is with the United States. military so utterly degraded. It's like.

the dominoes are falling all throughout. the Middle East. And so yes, the big. story today, the Houthis um controlling. much of Western Yemen, controlling. Mocha, um now on the march to Dub, taking over the Hanes Islands, taking. over all of these areas nearby. uh 1500. kilometers controlled in the past 12. hours of additional territory. The main. question is do they now march on Aiden? Do they even need to march on? Is that.

even a strategic imperative to now move. east towards Aiden when they control the. areas that are in demand anyway? So. that's I think a question that will be. answered shortly uh as well which is the. Saudib government's kind of main area. Um, but also I think we're seeing a. weakened Saudi monarchy. We're seeing a. weakened Jordanian monarchy. One of the. things that I note and I showed this. video were the Jordanian people who were.

on the rooftops having dinner and they. were celebrating at the Iranian strikes. on US military bases in the region. They. were partying and celebrating and. cheering on the Iranians destroying US. military bases. And then what does. Donald Trump say? Ah, that never. happened. None of our military bases. were actually injured. None of it's all. a lie. What did the Jordanian government. say? Iran only shot 18 ballistics and we. intercepted all of them. And then there. were two that we didn't intercept, but.

they landed outside of the military. bases. No issues. And then what do we. learn about? Even CBS, which is its own. form of regime media, what does CBS. report? It was eight F-15s were damaged. They said lightly damaged. How could you. lightly damage an F-15? Okay, I think. that someone clearly leaked this to CBS. in order to put out some damage. assessment so that there's some credible. explanation, but they wanted to. understate it. We've seen these videos.

of damaged Blackhawks leaving the. region. And I've been showing, you know, today in my various videos more. satellite image showing Muafik Alti base. in Jordan, King Fisizel base that were. very uh significantly injured. And then. we get the new casualty report of 60. more casualties that are added to the. public database since August 31st. I mean, this Trump regime keeps covering. stuff up there. Remember Donald Trump's. civil trial before this regime took.

power? Remember what the issue was? He. lies about everything. He lies about. numbers. He makes up numbers. Tragically, that's what our sentcom has. become. And all of these lies, as I've. said before, like with the reflecting. pool, you know, you can paint it blue. and you can blame this person or that. person, but the algae always comes back. With the reflecting pool, it's just. algae. And it's, you know, devastatingly. the Trump regime went after people like. David Hearn and others and tried to like. prosecute people and they're still.

trying to prosecute people, right? Um, but we're talking about a reflecting. pool. You do those lies in geopolitical. affairs and you weaken irreparably the. United States. You put our service. members lives at risk with these heinous. lies that leads to our troops not being. able to eat. It leads to the conditions. we saw aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. It leads to logistics being broken down. like we saw after Bahrain was destroyed. Okay. the algae always comes back and. when it comes with the United States.

military that's deadly and that causes. irreparable harm and all of this one we. want to make sure our service members. are protected for and so that's. important in and of itself but then also. we want to make sure we always know that. this is connected to the horrific. economy here at home. Why do you think. it is that the price of oil is going up. the way it is to $107 a barrel, $110 a. barrel, exactly where we predicted? That. the salt cavern is in danger of.

imploding. Right? Remember when the. Trump regime said that the Iranian oil. infrastructure back in April was about. to just explode and be destroyed and it. was all a lie? Our salt caverns are. actually close because they're actually. caves and we don't have the right amount. anymore of petroleum and water mixture. in there. It could actually collapse and. destroy forever our petroleum reserves. That's the situation there. It wouldn't. shock me if that actually happens. And.

the inflation report, PPI inflation, what was it? 5.4% today. Um, it came in. hotter than expected. Tomorrow's CPI. will certainly come in hotter than. expected. Not hotter than not hotter. than we expected. We all know what we're. paying right now. And all Donald Trump's. going to do is lie and say, "I'll give. you $5,000. I'll give you $500." It's. all utter lies. So, thank you for. allowing me to give that detailed. overview of what's going on right now in.

Yemen with the Houthis, with the Saudi. back government, al- Moka, the the. islands that are nearby. I know that's a. lot to take in, but I want to give you a. full picture of what's happening right. there. Um, let's take our last quick. break of the show. When we come back, we've got a lot more to discuss. Let's. take our last break of the show. Are you tired of having a drink after a. long day only to wake up hung over and. bloated? That's why I've been loving. Willy's THC infused social tonic. Willies is a premium THC infused social. tonic crafted by the legendary Willie.

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get a copy of her new book, I Disagree: Winning Arguments Without Losing. Friends. I'd love to have Jessica back. on the show next week. I like having a. sidekick, Ben, on Breaking News. And I. think Jessica is uh really one of the uh. the the best out there and it's such an. honor to have her on the show. All. right, let's talk about just the. constant barrage of lies that Trump. keeps on spewing. So yesterday as he was. heading to Texas for that uh you know.

Republican midterm convention, it was it. looked right out of Donald Trump said. oil prices are going to come down. But. let me tell you when. Right after the. election. That's when. I promise you. this time. I know I promised you that. they were going to come down in March. and then April and then May and then. June, then July, then August. But after. the election, that's when he promises. Here, play this clip. >> But right after the election, oil prices. are going to be tumbling downward.

>> Tumbling downward. How convenient. What. about the war? The war? Remember the war. that you claim we won in March? When is. that going to come to an end? When are. you gonna when when when will the war be. over, Donald? Because you've been saying. that there's been deal deal deal. We've. done a deal over here. So, is the war. going to be over soon? He goes, I think. the war will end immediately after the. election. Got it. After the ele. Ah, got. even a good fraud. Not even a good It's.

just It just It's just dumb. It's just. really dumb at this point at all points. But here, play this clip. Mr. Mr. I think the war is going to end. immediately after the election. >> I think the war will end immediately. after the election. >> because they can't hold out any longer. They're desperate to try and affect the. election. >> Not only are they not desperate, they. have improved the quality of their. ballistics. They have also improved the.

quantity. They sufficiently, unlike the United States under the Trump. regime, stored enough ballistics to last. a very long time. And they're using. these new quesm uh ballistic missiles. and these new Kaibar shaken um castle. breakers that change direction in the. air. Um they continue to strike tankers.

in the straight of war moves. Everything. that Trump's saying is is a lie. We all. know. And he's and he looks like a crazy. person, man. When we all watch him. there, right? Even the press is like, "Because." Why? Why? Why is it going to. be over, Donald? Because. Because it Well, because. they're running out of time. That's why. Because Because what do you mean? This. You told us in April they were going to. surrender. In May they were going to.

They're not going to surrender. They. feel and they would be right. stronger than they were before this. Trump and Netanyahu invasion took place. That's the reality. Look at what's. happening in Yemen. It's why I spent all. that time talking about Yemen. They are. part of Iran's alliance. Look at what's. happening there. Look at what's. happening in the region. It ain't the US. winning, that's for sure, but it's going. to happen after the election, folks.

After the election. Okay. Then we heard. from MAGA Republican Senator Tim Scott. of South Carolina. By the way, have you. been following that other Senate race in. South Carolina between Darlene Graham. and uh Annie Annie Andrews, the. Democratic candidate right there? Yeah, Dr. Annie Andrews. This is a. neckand-neck race. And folks, based on. Democratic overperformance, I would not be shocked if in these. midterms you see a seat like South.

Carolina go Democrat. I would not be. shocked. because we've been seeing stuff like. that happen in special elections all of. the time. And I just think Americans by. and large look at somebody like a Tim. Scott or that Trump speech and they just. go, I can't I can't I can't I can't do. remember the example I gave with Jessica. when I said, you know, look, just think. about it. If you were a Met fan your. whole life and then the Mets started.

saying horrible things about you, would. you become a Yankee fan right away? Right? is to be a little bit difficult. to even do that. Even if the Mets were. saying, "We hate you. We hate you. We. hate you. We hate you." But eventually. it may break and you may go, "God, I. guess I guess I get the point." Now. imagine political allegiance and. political ideology that in theory. becomes every part of your fiber and. being. And now you're trying to get out. of that. It's not easy. It's it's why.

when people look at American politics. like how is this even possible? because. America has been divided for so many. decades that people are entrenched and. politics have been have been gified and. you see all of the money that's poured. into our politics to manipulate and. distort before elections. That's why. that's why you get these outcomes. But I. just think that we're in a new era right. now where people are like enough. I mean. look I they see Tim Scott. What the hell.

was this? MAGA Republican Senator Tim. Scott from South Carolina. Listen to. what he had to say. Play this clip. >> STANDING WITH OUR PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP. STAND FOR THE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP. THIS IS A BATTLE FOR THE HEART OF. OUR NATION. I SAID THE HEART OF OUR. NATION. BY THE WAY, as I was recording, another. vessel was struck in the straight of. Hormuz uh moments ago. We're sure I'll.

do a report on that later. Another. tanker struck in the straight of Hormuz. And. you know, this is the h this is what. happens when you have like a loser in. office. This is a political thing. You. know, he just he's been a lifelong. loser. He's been a lifelong liar. And. we're seeing what that looks like when. you have a loser and a liar as the. commander-in-chief. It's why before the. 2024 election, I was speaking so much. about moral character and backgrounds of. these people. I'm like, look, this guy's.

a sexual predator. I'm not saying that. to like debate you. It's like. undisputed. Like, he's been found civily. liable for sexual assault. It's. undisputed fact. He was found liable for. fraud separately in a criminal case. He's a convicted felon. He's a bad guy. He's a bad person. And he's and he. loses. And now we all have to be losers. because of this loser. And I think. Americans are like, "No, what are we. doing here?" And I don't see how it gets. better anytime soon. You know, back in. 2020, Biden won the election and Biden.

had to do difficult things to turn the. ship around and Biden got blamed for all. of the stuff that Trump was that Trump. screwed up. And the whole media machine, the whole mag, they all went right after. Biden. And Biden was all about bringing. people together. Kumbaya, let's get. beyond this. And that just crushed him. But he had to clean the mess. And it. took him four years, three and a half. really to clean it up. And then. everything started trending in the right. direction because he made the right. moves. He listened to experts. Not on.

everything. Let's be clear. Not on. everything. And there were some major. foreign policy problems. It's putting an. understatement. But on the economy, inflation was heading to 2%. Manufacturing jobs were increasing. We. addressed the issue of uh semiconductor. supply chains with the chips act. Um you. had a lot of um major legislation and he. would have gotten comprehensive. immigration reform passed except Trump.

killed it when Trump wasn't in office. He had all the MAGA Republicans block. comprehensive immigration reform, which. would have dealt with strong borders, which I do think most Americans want. strong borders, me included. But we also. want to have asylum seekers be treated. with dignity. We want people who have. been here for a long time and paying. taxes and de and who have families and. who contribute. We want them to be. treated with dignity and to have a. pathway to citizenship. There's a way.

that businesses can benefit, people can. be human beings can be treated with. dignity, and we can enhance border uh. control in the right way that that and. that's done in a way with dignity. Biden. had a deal, but Trump destroyed the deal. because that's what Trump does his whole. time. He's a deal breaker. He's a deal. destroyer. That would have actually been. good. Anytime we try to solve problems, either Trump destroys it or his. right-wing Supreme Court destroys it. Although for the very first time, the.

Supreme Court made a decent ruling, a. good ruling today, upholding the. right-wing Missouri Supreme Court's. unanimous decision that the. pre-jerrymandered maps before the MAGA. Republican AG and MAGA Republican. Secretary of State screwed with the. Missouri maps and made it a 7 to1 when. it was previously a six Republican, two. Democratic uh seat, congressional seat. state. Um, and what the Missouri Supreme.

Court said is you can change the maps, but you got to do a referendum and we'll. do a referendum in November. And if the. voters want a new map, let them vote on. it the way they voted on it in. California. They do a new map. That's. what the Missouri Supreme Court said. and the MAGAC controlled Missouri. legislature and AG and Secretary of. State said, "No, we're going to just. push forward HB1, our own piece of. legis, we're going to push forward our.

own legislation and just do it." And. then we're going to say now you can't. rule against us because we've already. gone through a primary. Nothing you can. do now. And the Missouri Supreme Courts. and not only that, right-wing Supreme. Court, five right-wing justices, they. said, "Nope. and we're going to hold the. Secretary of State in contempt. And so. they held the Secretary of State in. contempt today until the Secretary of. State finally said and backed down and. said, "Okay, we're going to put in the.

original maps that were supposed to be. used for this election." But that was. after the Supreme Court said that the. Missouri State Supreme Court did the. right thing in a seven to zero decision. You had a Trumpapp appointed district. court judge and the eighth circuit. before this went up to the Supreme. Court. The district court judge tried to. overrule the Missouri state supreme. court and based it on some bizarre. interpretation of the constitution which.

says that elections are a time, place, and manner is a states rights issue. But. this Trump appointed judge is like, "Well, because the primaries already. took place, then we're just gonna say. the Constitution says you got to go. forward with it just because." Because. because primaries are important. I'm. like, "Well, what are you bas you just. making up fake law?" They were. The. Trump appointed judge made up a fake. law. Uh the eighth circuit claimed we. don't have jurisdiction. And actually.

the United States Supreme Court made the. right call and overruled the Trumpapp. appointed judge, overruled the eth. circuit court of appeal and agreed with. the state the state supreme court and. said it's the old map. Do your. referendum. That's it. So actually a. good development. And then let me just. leave everybody with this as well. Donald Trump during his speech. yesterday, he says that this has been. the most successful two years. economically in the history of the.

United States. One of his closing. messages from last night that this has. been the most successful two years we've. ever experienced. Listen to what he has. to say. Let's play you. four years of. disaster, bedum, and death under sleepy. Joe Biden. And I'm asking you to let us finish the. job we began with the greatest two years. in the history of the presidency. This. has been the most successful two years. financially and every other way in the.

history of the presidency. >> I mean, it's couldn't it be more false? And we all know it's more false. And. here's the thing. When you looked at the. crowd there, there were a lot of empty. seats. The way they set up the stage, it. really only utilized half of the stadium. where the Dallas Mavericks play. So. maybe there was 7,500 people, 7,000. people, you know, who were there, which, you know, people who.

are able to attract 7,000 people, you. know, I I I it's it's it is what it is. But I'll say this. I mean, the fact that. there's still a group of people. I was. watching the people behind him. I was. watching it was mostly ladies behind. him, and I think they set it up that way. on purpose as well, especially as Trump. is having more and more difficult issues. with women voters, which he always had. before, but um he's having issues with. all voters. But as I watch that and I. I'm thinking to myself, I just I know.

what the world is thinking about us, but. how shameful for our country that this. literal psycho. Like you can't get much. worse than this objectively. Not not I'm not saying this because I. don't like the guy, which I don't. I'm. not saying this because, you know, I. think MAGA is a dangerous movement, which I do think, of course, it's a. dangerous movement. I'm just saying. objectively as I'm recording this. September 10th, we're in a disa. objectively we're in a disaster. There's.

no other way around it. It's not a. talking point. It's not political. messaging that I'm doing. It's just the real we're in a disaster. Gas prices, diesel prices, the price of. crude WTI and Brent losing this. catastrophic war with seemingly no way. out. More tankers being hit in the. straight of Vermoose every damn day. The. Houthies now controlling mostly all of. Yemen. China asserting itself more than.

ever before. The war rages on with. Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The. strikes are only escalating there. It's. going to be a very, very deadly autumn. and winter there. That's for sure. You. look around the world, there's chaos. everywhere. The world is literally at. war. Whether future historians will call. this moment World War III, I leave that. to them. But objectively, the world is. in a war. Every country is somehow.

involved in some war right now, right. across the entire world, which is. exactly what Trump and MAGA were trying. to warn about with Biden, which never. actually happened. And healthc care has. been ripped away from American people. more people's Medicaid will be lost. after the midterms because the trigger. for a lot of the uh Medicaid cuts. happens after November and the. Republicans set it up that way so they. could try to claim, oh well, it wasn't.

all that bad. No, it was that bad and. it's only going to get worse there. People can't pay their rent. We're in a. dire I mean objectively we're in a dire. situation and he's out there saying it's. amazing and you still have people behind. him like like they're watching Shamu. catch a sardine in his mouth and it's a. very bizarre thing. It's a very bizarre. thing to observe and a very strange. phenomenon to observe that people can be. treated like absolute horseshit and then.

smear it on their face and then cheer. for and then cheer for the the the. infected horse. It's a very strange. thing to observe. But the rest of the. world, they don't see this. You know, it. was Governor Nuomo who once said, "Donald Trump is weakness masquerading. as strength." To me, it's weakness. masquerading as weirdness and weakness. And the world sees it and they're like, "Got it. They don't know what they're. doing anymore. They got rid of their top. people. They're losers. They're a.

loser." That's how the world sees us now. as a loser country because all we do is. lose. And all Trump does is post weird. memes and make threats. And I'm going to. do this and I'm going to do that. I'm. going to go after you Canada. I'm going. to go after you UK Faulland Island War. You know, it's just a it's a nightmare. It is. And look, I think as we approach. the midterms, I think more and more. Americans see it for what it is. I think. um I think Republicans are going to have.

a rude awakening in the midterms. I. think it's going to be way more of a. wipeout than anybody expects. that just judging by these special. elections. And if you look at the. trajectory of where things are going, it's just just going to get worse sadly. for this country, right? From here until. then. And what's the plan is? We're. going to give you $5,000 and it's going. to lie about giving you money and more. bribes, more lying about bribing the. American people. Sick, sick stuff. We'll.

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