Center-right political news, social commentary, and opinion from Duane 'Generalissimo' Patterson, producer of The Hugh Hewitt Show. New episodes every Wednesday and Friday morning.
Duane covers the latest on the very fragile ceasefire with Iran, and how the President began moving from carrots to sticks again, and then James Lileks comes back to resurrect the Magnificent Seven.
Senator Jim Talent returns for the penultimate public edition of Duane’s World to break down where the Iran campaign stands at the five-week mark. With 13,000 targets hit, missile launches down from 170 to 3, and the defense industrial base obliterated, the conversation shifts to Phase Two — regime pressure, oil leverage, Strait of Hormuz negotiations, and Trump’s pursuit of a deal. Plus, the Senate fight over DHS funding, the SAVE Act, and reconciliation math.
Trump reveals Iran handed over a fleet of oil tankers as a “gift” — worth an estimated $3 billion — as back-channel negotiations continue with a 10-day deadline now on the clock. Plus: Trump’s extended call-in to The Five, what the CIA told him about Khamenei’s whereabouts, the Democrats vote against the very voter ID bill their leader said they supported, and of course, James Lileks is in the house for this week’s Top 10.
