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LibservativeAuthor: Dan Griffin, Corey Walsh
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The State of Disunion 2026
Episode 240
Friday, 27 February, 2026
Hockey, Hot Mics & Skynet: Trump’s Winning Too Much, ICE Goes Rogue, and Iran Is “Weeks Away” (Again) Dan and Corey riff through a chaotic Libservative episode: a U.S. hockey gold win gets instantly politicized via a Cash Patel selfie and Trump’s comments, with both left and right accused of ruining sports and the women’s team dragged into the discourse. They call Trump’s State of the Union a boring, theatrical “WWE” event full of cherry-picked stats, hot-mic moments, and performative outrage, including a clip of Trump bragging about “winning too much.” They argue media manufactures consent for war, especially around repeated Iran nuclear scare narratives, highlighted by a montage of Netanyahu saying Iran is close for decades. The show covers fears of AI-driven surveillance and autonomous weapons as the Pentagon pressures Anthropic, plus whistleblower testimony alleging ICE training is gutted and cadets are taught to enter homes without judicial warrants. They praise a political stunt by NYC’s Zohran Mamdani leveraging Trump’s vanity to push housing, then end with TikTok clips about “schizos,” legal harassment of lawmakers, and JD Vance chair-humping memes. 00:00 Cold Open Banter 02:17 Hockey Win Gets Political 09:54 Trump Call Fallout 13:10 Iran War Drumbeat 13:36 State Of Union Theater 25:01 Winning Too Much Clip 27:06 SOTU Side Characters 30:48 Medals And Politicization 33:51 Wrap SOTU Loose Ends 35:00 Medicaid Cutoff Confusion 35:22 Handshake Mandela Moment 36:05 Iran Nukes and Netanyahu Clips 38:23 Deterrence and Who Uses Nukes 42:59 Bible Politics and Land Claims 46:52 Iraq War Playbook Returns 48:56 Media Manufacturing Consent 52:10 Venezuela Oil and Dollar Power 54:00 Pentagon Pressures Anthropic 01:03:14 AI Surveillance and Rights Debate 01:10:44 DHS Shutdown and ICE Oversight 01:15:44 Whistleblower on ICE Training Cuts 01:19:58 Warrantless Entry Memo 01:21:36 Constitution Over Deportations 01:25:44 Undertrained Agents Fallout 01:27:56 Catholic Church Tangent 01:29:42 Anti Federal Government Rule 01:32:23 Voter ID Debate 01:38:52 Trump Vanity Housing Play 01:44:32 TikToks Schizos vs Psychos 01:48:45 Harassing Congress Legally 01:51:50 JD Vance Chair Tell 01:55:03 Wrap Up and Plugs
