Duane’s World 06/18/26: with James Lileks
Lots on whether the MOU is holding, and a look at Barack Obama’s grand opening of Azkaban in Chicago. Later, James Lileks brings his wit and wisdom to bear with another edition of the Magnificent Seven.
Lots on whether the MOU is holding, and a look at Barack Obama’s grand opening of Azkaban in Chicago. Later, James Lileks brings his wit and wisdom to bear with another edition of the Magnificent Seven.
Even with limited details about what is included in the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, Duane and former Senator Jim Talent analyze Iran’s position now versus what it was in January.
The latest on the rollercoaster that is the Iranian deal negotiations, and Ro Khanna walking as far out on the plank to defend Graham Platner as one can possibly go.
After trying to make sense of the Iran deal whiplash today, James Lileks joins in at the halfway point to bring color commentary to another edition of the Magnificent Seven.
After a Middle East update with Yoni, the program crashes to a halt after a tech issue.
Most of the hour is really the last 24 hours in review encapsulating the revelations in the New York Times about Graham Platner’s violent tendencies towards his many, many ex-girlfriends, and yet how the Times is trying to sanitize the story to keep Platner viable.
The New York Times, even while trying to sanitize Graham Platner’s problem with being abusive to women, still made things worse. Plus, James Lileks comes along with commentary on a new edition of the Magnificent Seven.
Lots on the Graham Platner implosion and Democrats still walking the plank for the guy, and a little update on the state of the Persian Gulf.
all the nuances about deal negotiations in Iran, and a look at Memorial Day and the American flag, and how James Talarico seems to view it as complicated.
The autopsy over the Democratic autopsy on what went wrong in 2024, plus a little bit of talk about the state of play in the Persian Gulf.
After updating on the President’s trip to China, and Democrats losing their minds nationally and locally in California, James Lileks come along to deliver commentary on another Magnificent Seven series of stories.
Lots of updates on the state of the conflict with Iran and the President’s trip to China with former Senator Jim Talent, plus the latest Democratic stupidity from the national down to the local level.