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The DSR Network
This podcast will take you on a smart, direct, sometimes scary, sometimes profane, sometimes hilarious tour of the inner workings of American power and of the impact of our leaders and their policies on our standing in the world. Hosted by noted author and commentator David Rothkopf and featuring re...
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Words Matter: Top House Dem: Trump’s Got No Good Options in Iran
Donald Trump’s war in Iran is turning into quicksand. With every decision he makes, we sink deeper into this conflict, and our President is nowhere cl...
The Daily Blast: Trump Explodes in Angry Panic over Midterms as Brutal Fox Poll Hits
Donald Trump is panicking about the midterm elections, leading him to unleash a series of rants on Truth Social. He raged at Republicans for failing t...
NTK: Jen Welch Gets It! It’s Time for Us All to Become ‘Dark Woke!’
With Trump careening from disaster to disaster in his horrific second term, the Democrats still aren’t doing enough to resist. It’s time to fight back...
DSR Daily March 26: Trump and Iran at Odds Over Peace Deal
On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we break down the gulf between Iranian leadership and Trump over a ceasefire, the DOJ paying a $1.25 million settlement...
The Daily Blast: Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as New Leaks on War Humiliate Him Badly
Officials are leaking to NBC News that Donald Trump gets updates on the Iran war in video compilations of successful strikes. One official describes t...
Searching for an Offramp to a Reckless, Irresponsible War
Trump is looking for a way out of this war, right? It seems as though the President is starting to realize that this war is an unmitigated disaster an...
DSR Daily March 25: The US Offers Puzzling Proposal to End Iran War
On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we discuss a US proposal to end the war with Iran, Democrats flipping a Florida House seat, Senate Dems rejecting a pr...
The Daily Blast: Trump Tirades on Iran Take Ugly, Sadistic Turn as Crushing Polls Hit
Donald Trump’s tirades about Iran are getting uglier. He let out one rant that positively relished U.S. military domination of Iran and seethed about...
Siliconsciousness: Democrats Need to Get Their Act Together on AI
The political allegiances of Silicon Valley have shifted. Tech bros are becoming more and more aligned with Republicans. So how can Democrats balance...
DSR Daily March 24: Israel Announces Occupation of Lebanon
On the DSR Daily for Tuesday, we cover Israel’s announcement that they will occupy southern Lebanon, the confirmation of Markwayne Mullin as the next...
The Daily Blast: Trump Accidentally Admits to Epic Iran Blunder as War Takes Worse Turn
Donald Trump’s war on Iran appears to be a fiasco, and speaking to reporters, he made a surprising claim: He insisted no one anticipated that Iran wou...
DSR Daily March 23: US and Iran Send Conflicting Signals on End to War
On the DSR Daily for Monday, we break down conflicting claims of negotiations to end the Iran war, a deadly collision at LaGuardia airport, ICE agents...
The Daily Blast: Trump’s Angry Tirade at Media Goes Haywire, Exposing a Dark MAGA Truth
Donald Trump is furious over coverage of his Iran war. During a speech, he let out a rambling tirade at the media, and in a revealing turn, he talked...
NTK: How Much Worse Can Trump’s Iran War Get? Don’t Ask.
The war in Iran is off to a terrible start — and it looks like it’s going to get even worse. The only person that really seems to be happy about all t...
Weekly Wrap-Up: Trump Swallows Own Foot in Embarrassing Meeting with Japan’s PM
On the DSR Weekly Wrap-up for March 20th, we discuss Trump’s disastrous meeting with the Japanese prime minister, the Pentagon considering sending mor...
Siliconsciousness: Everything You See on the Internet is a Lie—Except for This
Fake news has been turbocharged by AI — and it’s getting worse every day. Now with a massive conflict in the Middle East, there is a flood of fake con...
The Daily Blast: Trump War Takes Darker Turn as Unnerving Leaks Hint at Big Escalation
Everything we’re learning now strongly suggests that Donald Trump’s war is about to get worse. First, officials leaked word to The Washington Post tha...
Words Matter: A Fiasco Wrapped In A Disaster Inside a Catastrophe
Trump cannot avert a national embarrassment even if he tried. From alienating our closest European allies, to destabilizing the global economy with hi...
DSR Daily March 19: Iran and Israel Exchange Blows as Oil Prices Skyrocket
On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we break down the skyrocketing prices of oil, a strange and contentious confirmation hearing for Markwayne Mullin, an u...
Why is this Trump War Different From All Other Trump Wars?
If war truly is politics by other means, Donald Trump is failing miserably. His attacks against Iran have alienated our allies even further and destab...
DSR Daily March 18: Iran Strikes Tel Aviv as Retaliation Escalates
On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we discuss Iranian strikes on Tel Aviv, TSA officials warning some airports could close in DHS shutdown continues, the...
The Daily Blast: Trump Case for War Undermined by Top Official as MAGA Crack-Up Worsens
Donald Trump’s case for invading Iran took a big blow Tuesday when top counterterrorism official Joe Kent resigned. Though Kent is a crazed extremist...
DSR Daily March 17: Assassinations and Resignations Shake Up Iran War
On the DSR Daily for Tuesday, we discuss the assassination of Ali Larijani, the resignation of a top counterterrorism official, the retirement of Greg...
The Daily Blast: Trump Erupts in Fury as Damning Leaks on Botching of War Hit Him Hard
Over the weekend, Donald Trump unleashed two crazed tirades at the media over Iran. In one, he angrily accused news organizations of rooting for the U...
DSR Daily March 16: Trump Flounders Again and Again and Iran Conflict Grinds On
On the DSR Daily for Monday, we cover the administration’s attempts to build a coalition to address skyrocketing energy prices, the FCC chair threaten...
The Daily Blast: Trump-GOP Tensions Erupt as 2026 Panic Grows: “I’m Ringing the Alarm”
Republicans are reportedly “incensed” at Donald Trump for pushing them to pass voter suppression measures when they don’t have the votes for it. Yet h...
DSR Weekly Wrap-up: Trump Admin Scrambles to Contain Iran Fallout
On the DSR Weekly Wrap-up for March 13, we discuss the administration’s attempts to contain the fallout from the conflict with Iran, the Senate passin...
Words Matter: Kleptocracy, Kakistocracy, Nihilocracy, Schemeocracy! This is a F**ckedupocracy
The Trump administration is a shining example of every terrible -ocracy you can imagine. As global oil prices skyrocket and conflict with Iran rages o...
NTK: The Most Likely Outcome of Trump's Iran War is More Chaos
The war with Iran has resulted in a lot of chaos and not much good. Civilian casualties are rising, Trump doesn’t seem sure if the war is almost over...
The Daily Blast: Trump Outbursts over Oil Shock Go Off Rails as His Aides Quietly Panic
Donald Trump has been all over the place on the global oil shock created by his war amid Iran’s closing of the Strait of Hormuz. Earlier this week he ...
Siliconsciousness: Why We Need Whole-of-Planet AI Solutions: A Look at AI in Africa
Conversations on AI typically deal with impacts in the US, Asia, and Europe. Yet the impact of AI on Africa, and Africa on AI, is immense. Professor a...
DSR Daily March 12: Oil Prices Soar as Iran Conflict Grinds On
On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we break down the soaring oil prices as a result of the Iran war, House Republicans’ attempt to pace a second major spe...
The Daily Blast: Trump’s Iran Blunders Suddenly Look Darker as Damning New Leaks Hit
For Donald Trump, the news is getting worse on his war against Iran. The New York Times reports that the Trump team badly miscalculated Iran’s respons...
The Post-Iran War Prognosis Is Deeply Unsettling
Trump’s war against Iran is shifting the geopolitical landscape in the Middle East - but how much has really changed in US foreign policy? What is dif...
DSR Daily March 11: US Destroys 16 Iranian Vessels
On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we cover the US military destroying 16 Iranian vessels, the results of a Georgia special election to replace Marjorie...
The Daily Blast: Trump Humiliated as Viral Exchange with Journo on Iran Backfires Badly
Donald Trump claims Iran is responsible for the bombing of an elementary school that killed scores of children, even though the evidence continues to...
AI, Energy and Climate: Economic Growth, Climate Change and AI: Lord Nicholas Stern and Dr. Mattia Romani
Lord Nicholas Stern, author of the landmark Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, recently released his new book The Growth Story of the 21...
DSR Daily March 10: Trump Unsure When Iran War Will End
On the DSR Daily for Tuesday, we break down Trump’s conflicting messaging on the Iran war, a special election in Georgia, Democrats vowing to shut dow...
The Daily Blast: Trump Accidentally Sabotages GOP’s 2026 Strategy in Two Crazed Tirades
In recent days, President Trump has angrily demanded that Republicans pass the SAVE Act, a massive voter suppression measure that already passed the H...
DSR Daily March 9: Iran Names New Supreme Leader
On the DSR Daily for Monday, we discuss the naming of Mojtaba Khamenei as the new supreme leader of Iran, Trump warning of imminent action against Cub...