Iran’s Next Supreme Leader, and the New Lucrative Pardon Industry for Rich Offenders
The episode delivers a rapid-fire update on escalating global and domestic crises, from a widening war in the Middle East and its economic fallout to a domestic immigration policy shift and a burgeoning scandal around presidential pardons. It lands as a snapshot of a nation under strain f
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