Episode Details

It's Emptywheel Friday — the one day a week where Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net and I sit down to connect the dots and try not to lose our minds. This week we dig into Trump's Iran capitulation: what's actually in the 14-point MOU, why the $300 billion "reconstruction fund" is a payoff to Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff and their Gulf state clients, and why the Strait of Hormuz was already shut again within hours of the announcement. We also cover the reflecting pool algae disaster, the Epstein files and what Todd Blanche was really doing in that Ghislaine Maxwell interview, Bill Pulte at ODNI, FISA 702 going dark, the Broadview 6, and Pete Hegseth's Juneteenth record. Plus — I found out my own voter registration was marked inactive. Check yours. Arizona primary is almost 29 days out (the deadline!). We end with one genuine piece of good news. You'll want to hear it.