This week on TFR, we go back in time to WWII and the Peleus Affair to explain why Hegseth is a war criminal. Once that was cleared up, we rolled our eyes at Netanyahu for his pre-emptive pardon request, threw our hands up at Trump for overtly meddling in the Honduran election and lament the continued school closings in Northern Nigeria. Then we look toward 2028 and the inevitable showdown between Cruz and JD. Who will be declared the least likeable?! We can’t wait to find out…

Media:

https://youtu.be/R0AN_1icmrw?si=1sOTsbghHFK9A260&t=40

https://theiceman.substack.com/p/the-peleus-war-crimes-trial-and-seal

https://x.com/mikenellis/status/1995964443532943761?s=46&t=loeg0xMcKLY6FjW7MavWWg

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/world/middleeast/netanyahu-pardon-request-israel.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/1/what-does-netanyahu-want-to-be-pardoned-for-and-is-it-possible

https://zeteo.com/p/trump-hernandez-pardon-honduras-election-drugs?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/2/honduras-election-why-has-trump-threatened-to-cut-off-aid

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/honduras-election-trump-asfura-hernandez-casto-moncada-libre

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/2/juan-orlando-hernandez-freed-after-trumps-full-and-complete-pardon

https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/nigeria/schools-shut-down-across-northern-nigeria-wake-mass-abductions

https://insiderpaper.com/adolf-hitler-uunona-wins-namibia-local-elections/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/erika-kirk-turning-points-support-jd-vance-2028/story?utm_social_handle_id=16815644&utm_social_post_id=597958242&id=127847720&cid=social_twitter_abcn

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2028-election/early-2028-fight-white-house-ted-cruz-rcna244987

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/11/who-were-ohios-8-presidents-vice-president-jd-vance-could-name-just-2.html

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/12/why-cant-we-remember-presidents-jd-vances-gaffe-highlights-the-science-of-forgetting.html

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This week on TFR, Seena and Travis clean out the fridge to talk Jeffrey Epstein’s odd relationship with Ehud Barak and the recent revelations of his geopolitical back-channeling. They delve into the growing global arms race and what it may mean for the world and then tackle the real tough questions: how to handle your family over this holiday season.

Show Notes:

https://www.dropsitenews.com/s/epstein-and-israel

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRJEa15jMJi/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://www.instagram.com/p/DRN2-L5AYpQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://www.instagram.com/p/DRQYtlujnzZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/inside-story/2025/11/20/what-are-the-consequences-of-an-escalating-global-arms-race

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What a week. Seena & Travis are back to talk lobbyists at COP30 and who exactly is getting screwed by climate change. They marvel at Trump’s embrace of the Saudi Crown Prince and what that may augur for the region, check in on raging corruption in the Philippines, and side-eye Trump’s baseless accusations against Nigeria. Oh, and, of course, they had to cover JD’s security detail running over a police officer. 😑

Show Notes:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Y4eNCjq_Jyw

https://www.instagram.com/thewhitehouseffect/reel/DQaGByvEg3x/

https://www.transparency.org/en/press/lack-of-transparency-over-lobbying-at-un-climate-talks-undermines-public-trust-new-analysis

https://thegoodlobby.eu/record-high-number-of-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-at-cop30/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/17/manila-philippines-corruption-protest-flood-funds?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

https://apnews.com/article/trump-saudi-crown-prince-mbs-505b32527e58d4bd49d5bc917efb4936?user_email=92bc3449781eed425b4f99e69ea51e8c0d0aa3f457676d4160e921b1bcac8241&utm_medium=Morning_Wire&utm_source=Sailthru_AP&utm_campaign=Morning%20Wire%20Nov_18_2025&utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/18/trump-hosts-saudi-arabias-mohammed-bin-salman-five-key-takeaways?utm_campaign=Weekly_1911/2025&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sendinblue

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/us/politics/trump-f35-jets-saudi-arabia.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20251118&instance_id=166653&nl=the-morning®i_id=61617578&segment_id=210819&user_id=938bf81e2a681e73b55de1f8ba3e8d23

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/18/nigeria-intensifies-search-for-25-abducted-schoolgirls

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/world/africa/trump-nigeria-military-christians.html

https://www.wvlt.tv/2025/11/17/maryville-officer-critically-injured-crash-during-jd-vance-motorcade-making-small-improvements-police-chief-says/

https://www.wkrn.com/video/bystander-recounts-crash-involving-jd-vances-motor...

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With Seena out this week, Ed Larson from the Last Podcast on the Left and the Brighter Side podcasts joins Travis to talk cowardly Dems, Epstein emails, and JD Vance memes. Ed also tells stories about his time in Iraq on a USO tour. What do the Chairman of the Joints Chief, an accidental midnight mass, and popping pills have in common? Listen and find out!

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Show Notes:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ny___T1NZp0

https://x.com/BulwarkOnline/status/1986072964530381305?s=20

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP_xgjAjksM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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**NOTE The causality from the Al Fashir has been updated from when we recorded. As of Friday the numbers from just the last 10 days could in the tens of thousands. There's also word that the RSF has agreed to a ceasefire...JFC**

This week as Seena and Travis celebrate much-needed wins for the Dems, send off Dick Cheney, our political Darth Vader, with a too-many-to-be-brief list of his top “accomplishments,” and wrestle with the ick factor of agreeing with Nick Fuentes about JD Vance. They also dig into the current status of the tragedy that is the civil war in Sudan. Hard to make that bearable but they do their best to break it down and provide some context for the ongoing genocide.

Show Notes:

https://youtu.be/l-Qi8srR7co?si=zyVTUV4snCkA313R&t=36

https://youtu.be/xPtkpH1EUag?si=Z-k23heY8zSKD3h_&t=45

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvcayNd4lto

https://www.npr.org/2009/01/16/99433354/cheney-worked-to-expand-authority-secrecy

https://youtu.be/-hdtuu2QeC8?si=josXgiRPO8dCI5IH&t=33

https://youtu.be/-hdtuu2QeC8?si=ouILsLDaMdfggtWf&t=84

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/world/africa/sudan-el-fasher-burhan-rsf.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/world/africa/sudan-el-fasher-atrocities-executions-video.html

https://apnews.com/article/icc-sudan-darfur-elfasher-rsf-c0c4f64d31c7d8d518cfa47d3fb14566

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2025/10/30/jd-vance-at-ole-miss-turning-point-usa-abortion-israel-gaza-war-and-ai/86964142007/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb4dPM29QJ0&t=143s

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hindus-should-have-no-problem-if-usha-indian-origin-maga-activist-on-jd-vance-christianity-controversy/articleshow/125040199.cms

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQhMMr-Edfm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://x.com/ShadowofEzra/status/1984076670710710447

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hj-nn1lDgwo

https://www.reddit.com/r/CringeTikToks/comments/1o5p73u/everything_about_jd_vance_is_fake_even_nick/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDfhxMwoyWo&t=133s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wazxx7GqOd0

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This week Seena and Travis talk Trump’s tariff “strategy” and how the US appears to be losing out to China in most places. They weigh in on Canada’s Reagan commercial and Trump’s unsurprising overreaction, Israel’s blatant disregard for the ceasefire, elections in Argentina, and a devastating hurricane in the Atlantic. They also wonder why JD has nothing better to do with his time than make a fool of himself on Twitter.

Show Materials:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWQRuRIxMBI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEsXMpb8s2M

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjxje2pje1o

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/29/why-did-israel-launch-air-strikes-on-gaza-then-resume-truce?utm_campaign=Weekly_2910/2025&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sendinblue

https://youtu.be/j4aM-6yGR2o?si=BVQxhkkxgdSCeC7g&t=121

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/world/americas/argentina-milei-election.html

https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-melissa-jamaica-cuba-landslide-rain-flood-d7d120b8443b1630d12c77e0a3fe25b0

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQWWDCKjUUN/

https://x.com/JDVance/status/1982065405423214724

https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1981785770659586431

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This week the hilarious comedian, podcaster, and former NYC mayoral candidate Corinne Fisher joins the show to talk through updates in the Caribbean–did we just bomb another boat?! They also dig into Trump's expected u-turn on Russia, but since we recorded he even made another u-turn! We also cover the absurd prospect of Jared Kushner & JD Vance stabilizing the Hamas-Israeli ceasefire, and the new Iron Lady of Japan. They question if JD will be the chosen one or if a new hereditary monarchy is in the works. There is no lesser of two evils anymore….

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Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/world/americas/trinidad-us-military-venezuela-boats.html

https://insightcrime.org/investigations/rise-criminal-hybrid-state-venezuela/

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ny___T1NZp0

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/21/nx-s1-5581255/sanae-takaichi-japan-prime-minister

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/jd-vance-racist-messages-young-republicans-chat-leak

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This week the incredible writer, comedian, and general provocateur Jena Friedman joins Seena and Travis to explain why being a public figure in our current online culture is scary as f***. The crew reacts to various Riyadh Comedy festival takes and tries to figure out when and why we became so reactive and polarized. Seena and Travis also break down the current state of the peace process in Gaza and locate the potential fault lines underlying the ceasefire.

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