Iran Escalates Greenlighting the Houthis as Trump Vows Revenge While Israel is Poised to Enter the War
We begin with the escalating U.S. war on Iran now expanding with Iran’s IRGC greenlighting the Houthis to close off the Red Sea Bab el-Maneb Strait choke point giving them additional leverage along with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Joining us to discuss the likelihood that Israel will soon join in Trump’s effort to avenge the deaths of American service members while he tries to bomb the Iranians back to the negotiating table is Nicholas Heras, the Interim Executive Director at the Middle East Policy Council and Senior Director for Strategy & Innovation at the New Lines Institute. The former Middle East Security Program Manager at the Institute for the Study of War where he was Director of Government Relations responsible for Russia and Eurasia, Nicholas served as the tenth 1LT Andrew J. Bacevich, Jr., USA Fellow at Center for New American Security and he’s conducted an extensive study on Iran’s proxies in the Middle East for the National Defense University.
Zelensky in Full Damage Control After Firing Popular and Innovative Defense Minister
Then we examine the blowback from Zelensky’s firing of the talented and popular Defense Minister Mykhailo Federov, the young innovator who was at odds with the Soviet era old guard head of the armed forces, and speak with Simon Shuster, a staff writer at The Atlantic. He has reported on armed conflicts and authoritarian regimes for nearly two decades, previously as a correspondent for Time based in New York, Berlin and Moscow and is the author of The Showman: Inside the Invasion that Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky. His latest article at The Atlantic is “Ukraine’s Dr. Strangelove.”
What Can Citizens Do to Stop Trump From Stealing the Next Election?
Then finally we assess how much Trump can get away with trying to rig the next election and what the citizens of this country can do to stop him. Joining us is Richard Hasen, Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a nationally-recognized expert in election law and campaign finance regulation and he served as founding co-editor of the quarterly peer-reviewed publication, Election Law Journal. He’s also the author of a number of books including The Voting Wars, Plutocrats United, The Justice of Contradictions, and Election Meltdown. His latest book is A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy.