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It's no surprise that newsmakers try to manipulate the audience. They want you to believe that they are the one holding the line, and they'll use any trick they can to get you there. But don't let them fool you. Get unspun. I'm Amanda Sturgel. I've been a reporter, and today I teach future reporters to cut the spin and think critically about what newsmakers say. My podcast, Unspun, shows you how to know when you're being manipulated by the news, learn to spot the tricks, and how to make up your own mind about what's true. So if you're tired of being fooled by the news, subscribe to UNSPUN today. Unspun because you deserve the truth.
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Host Allison Gill is out for the day. I'm Dana Goldberg and I forgot the date, so we're going to start over. Or we could just give this to the listeners now. It's Monday, March 23rd. I'm Dana Goldberg and this is Beans Talk. See, everyone? You get to see how the sausage is made. Literally, what happened was my co host Allison did not expect to be out today. We had some troubles with the WI fi, so I jumped in, took over. We want to make sure you have your daily, your beans talk for the day, and hopefully you listen to the long beans already. So we're going to cover a few things today that we didn't get onto the podcast first. First off, Trump is preparing the 86 airborne for a ground war in Iran that should surprise no one, but it continues to lift sanctions on Iranian and Russian oil. This is where this whole thing is just completely fucked up. He's, he's lifting sanctions on Iranian, Russian oil, which is helping arm Iran as Russia shares our troops locations with them. Do you see what's happening here? Because no one knows which way's up. But we want to show you what's gone on in the past two weeks with regard to Russia. So here we go. On March 12, special envoy Steve Witkoff asked the Russians if they were helping Iran. And he said, and I quote us, can take Russia at their word. When they say they aren't helping Iran, can we take Russia at their word, everybody? Has it ever been something we've been able to do in the history of taking Russia for their word? No. No. Because four days later, Trump says, well, maybe Putin may be helping Iran a little bit. A little bit about the size of Trump's, little bit about that much. That's how much. Really. I think they're probably helping Iran more than that. And then on March 20, Putin came around and said he'll stop sharing intel with Iran if the US Cuts off Ukraine. So now we've got blackmail going on. This is just a clusterfuck. They had no plan. We knew they had no plan. The US Is one of the only countries that's not benefiting from this forever war that he started that he was bullied into by Iran and Saudi Arabia. And then the treasury secretary goes on the Sunday shows to defend lifting sanctions on Iranian oil. Watch this. On Friday, the Treasury Department lifted sanctions on Iranian oil stored on tankers, a move that would effectively allow Iran to get more than $14 billion of oil revenue. Why is the US helping to fund a country that it's currently at war with?