Day: April 7, 2026

In the Next Hour Will Trump Pull the Trigger and “A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight?”

We begin with Trump’s 8 PM EST deadline today fast approaching with his latest threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight” hanging in the air. We discuss what is becoming a theocrat versus theocrat war as a man whose White House spiritual advisor likens him to Jesus, with victory over Iran as part of God’s plan, facing off against a theocratic regime encouraging its people to be human shields at power plants and other civilian infrastructure to be martyred if Trump unleashes hell tonight because the Strait of Hormuz is not opened. Joining us is Michael Weinstein, the founder and president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and a leader of the movement to restore the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state in the United States military. He served on active duty in the U.S. Air Force as a judge advocate (JAG) for ten years and is the author of With God on Our Side: One Man’s War against the Evangelical Coup in America’s Military and No Snowflake in an Avalanche: The Military Religious Freedom Foundation, its Battle to Defend the Constitution, and One Family’s Courageous War Against Religious Extremism in High Places.

As Attention Turns to the 25th Amendment, Will it be Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire With Vance?

Then we look into Trump’s replacement as our mad king’s dementia is increasingly on display and discuss VP Vance’s religious conversion that has him campaigning for a kleptocratic thug in Hungary today in support of Putin’s poodle who is a white nationalist champion of illiberal democracy. Joining us is Anne Nelson, an author and lecturer in the fields of international affairs, media and human rights who was the director of the international program at the Columbia School of Journalism where she created the first curriculum in human rights reporting. Her books include Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right, now out in an updated paperback version. The updated version of the film BAD FAITH: Christian Nationalism’s War on Democracy largely based on her book Shadow Network is now streaming on a variety of platforms.

A Final Update on Whether Peace Will Have a Chance or War “Hell” Will be Unleashed 

Then finally, just ahead of Trump’s deadly deadline we speak with Dr. Trita Parsi, the Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He has served as a professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University, New York University, Georgetown University, and George Washington University and he is the co-founder and former President of the National Iranian American Council. His books include, Losing An Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy and we get an update on whether there is a chance for peace or are we plunging into an even more bloody and destructive war.