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Episode Synopsis
Tom & Travis react to perhaps the funniest blunder in US Presidential history - a bunch of dummies in the cabinet discussing a classified military operation in a vulnerable commercial group chat app and accidentally inviting a prominent journalist to eavesdrop on their plans and later write up an exposé on the matter the following week. Listen as Travis & Tom's egos get stroked so hard into thinking they can run the country better and how much smarter they are despite the fact that Travis can't even say the name "Hegseth" correctly. Speaking of which, a clarifying addendum: Travis may have accidentally spread slander against our babyfaced Vice President J. D. Vance, saying he has a drinking problem. This was a mistake - he meant to say that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (or is it "Hesgeth"?) had the drinking problem, which is a well-known fact. Travis just misheard Tom and got them mixed up. Articles Cited (w/Paywalls)Goldberg, Jeffrey and Shane Harris. “Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal.” The Atlantic. 26 Mar. 2025, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/ Goldberg, Jeffrey. “The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans.” The Atlantic. 24 Mar. 2025, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151 Articles Cited (w/o Paywalls)Beaumont, Peter. “White House inadvertently texted top-secret Yemen war plans to journalist.” The Guardian 25 Mar. 2025, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/24/journalist-trump-yemen-war-chatMastrangelo, Dominick. “Atlantic editor suggests he’s open to sharing Hegseth’s full war plans texts publicly.” The Hill. 25 Mar. 2025, https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5212821-atlantic-editor-suggests-hes-open-to-sharing-hegseths-full-war-plans-texts-publicly/ Clips Cited“BREAKING NEWS: Pete Hegseth Attacks Atlantic Reporter After Group Chat About Yemen War Plans Leaks” YouTube, uploaded by Forbes Breaking News, March 24, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMqX0_ih9TU&ab_channel=ForbesBreakingNews “Trump says he knows “nothing” about defense officials texting war plans to journalist.” YouTube, uploaded by KHOU 11, March 24, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXSaEEpkwYQ&ab_channel=KHOU11
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