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Cuando el ries go de incendio forestales alto cada segundo cuenta por eso en Pacific Power implementamos ajustes de seguridad que interrumpentacion de segundos. A silas. Pacific Power Puntonet barra Wildfire. We have the tech to get food delivered in 15 minutes, but we all have horror stories about buying tickets. The GameTime app gives fans the advantage. Get amazing tickets in just a few taps. Fees are included so what you see is what you pay. And the game time guarantee means authentic tickets at the best price every time. Take the guesswork out of buying tickets to concerts, sports, comedy and more with game time. Download the Gametime app and create an account for $20 off your first purchase term supply. Donald Trump is panicking and is in full cover up mode on Sunday as two nuclear sites in the Middle east have exploded in the past 24 hours. In Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, a nuclear facility was hit by a drone and there is currently a fire there. Fire and rescue services are in Abu Dhabi responding this morning to a drone strike resulted in a fire inside an electrical generator outside the inner perimeter of the Baraka nuclear power plant in Al Dhara region of the uae. Authorities right now are reporting no injuries, but we have the official statement right here from the UAE Defense Ministry. They say there were three drones that were in the direction of this facility, that they were able to strike down two of the drones. But one of the drones hit this nuclear facility. That nuclear facility is on fire. Then we turn to Israel. Yesterday we saw a massive mushroom cloud after this explosion that was reported near the start. Mika Air Base in Beit Shemesh. Israel claimed that this was a contained detonation and that it was preplanned. There's a lot of red flags there in that there were no prior notices if you were going to do a contained explosion at a nuclear facility that results in a mushroom cloud. I'll show you some B roll of what this looks like. You would normally tell the civilian population. And while Israel never announced this is their nuclear site, it is widely known that this is the area where they keep nuclear weapons. But Israel's going with controlled explosion at a civilian factory. Okay, so while Donald Trump says, oh, there's a ceasefire going on and we've moved on from epic fury, folks, in the past 24 hours, two nuclear sites in the Middle east are on fire. By the way, do you hear this being reported anywhere else? I mean, we can literally see the fires happening. So what is Donald Trump doing naturally, naturally trying to start a war with another country. Because this is what you do when you run a Ponzi scheme regime. You move on from one horrible problem to by creating another horrible problem. You move on from one set of war crimes to another set of war crimes and what do you do? You follow your same Ponzi scheme playbook. You go to your propaganda regime media that works with you to create pretexts for your war crimes in Iran and you just do it again right now in Cuba. I kid you not. Axios, you know, Barack Ravid, the guy who in my opinion works with Donald Trump before the markets open and then all of a sudden there's a mass breakthrough. Ravi denies that because I don't know, I think it's worse that he denies it and says he doesn't know. So you're just being used as a pawn. Let people form their own opinions about that. But now here's what Axios has reported and like clockwork, you've got the MAGA saying, aha. Now we must invade Cuba immediately. Cuba. This is the story from this morning. Exclusive Axios. Cuba has acquired more than 300 military drones and recently began discussing plans to use them them to attack the US Base at Guantanamo Bay. Military vessels of the United States and possibly Key West, 90 miles north of Havana. Exclusive on what the Trump administration is thinking. Well, I'll cut to the chase. What they're thinking, aha. Let's use this as a pretext to invade Cuba. We know that Ratcliffe, CIA Director Ratcliffe, was in Cuba at the end of last week talking about invading Cuba with We know that the Trump regime has issued or will be issuing formally an arrest warrant for the 94 year old Aling Castro, who's no longer even really the day to day. He's not the day to day leader anymore, but the spiritual leader, I suppose at this point it's the same playbook that they used in Venezuela, the same playbook that they tried to use in Iran and failed. And now Donald Trump is moving on to Cuba and saying, ah, by the way, you know, if you read the article, it says they got their drones and they got all of this equipment from Russia. Donald Trump's a Putin bootlicker. Donald Trump's removed the sanctions on Putin. Donald Trump helps, but Donald Trump has removed what, 4,000, 5,000 US troops from Poland that were supposed to be deployed there. Trump attacks NATO and then you're shocked, shocked. I tell you that Russia gave Cuba drones.
Donald Trump
Okay?
Tim Pool
Donald Trump allowed Russian ships to get through the US Blockade, as I said at that time. What do you think was in the ships in addition to aid to Cuba? You don't think they were going to bring drones and military weapons on there? Trump let the ship in. Remember when Trump let the. I have this blockade in Cuba and Russia's like, yeah, we're going to get there to Cuba. And Trump's like, it's only a blockade when it comes to the United States. Former allies like Canada and Mexico and other countries that want to help Cuba. But we'll let. We will let Russia in. And like clockwork, you've got the Magaz out there making their posts. MAGA Republican Congress Member Diaz Bellard, Congressmember Jimenez, Congresswoman Salazar, you know, these are the Cuban MAGA Republican Congress members who sold out their people in Florida. But now they go, aha, right in time for the midterms, the Cuba war. Maybe that's how we'll get Latino voters back who no longer support Donald Trump. Do you see how stupid they think we all are, right? They think we're all so stupid. In response to the Axios article, Diaz Balart goes Congressman MAGA Republican Congressman, we've seen the threat drones pose in the Middle East. Now they are 90 miles from our shores and near critical infrastructure. It's clear that the Cuba regime is a national security threat. Carlos HEIMEN as MAGA REPUBLICAN the regime in Cuba poses a dangerous national security threat to the United States of America. Congresswoman Salazar, the world has already seen what a hostile regime can do with drones. And those capabilities in the hands of the Cuban regime just 90 miles from Florida should concern every American. A dictatorship aligned with America's adversaries operating this close to our shores. Y' all were the one. You're starving. Whatever we think about the Cuban regime, whatever we. You are starving the people of Cuba to death with the blockade. And you are threatening war and total annihilation once again, not just on the Cuban regime, but on the people in Cuba. And then you go, oh, my God, we've just learned that they have drones. Well, now we need to invade the propaganda that comes out from this Trump regime. It's not even good propaganda. They just think that you are all that stupid. And by the way, do you hear corporate news talking about any of this? Wouldn't you think it's a big story? Two nuclear sites are hit. Maybe that should be a big story. Creating the pretext for an invasion of Cuba with these drones. And Axios puts it out there. Then the MAGA Republicans try to get the layup for their next war. And this is all absolutely related. Not to mention you have 11 US Air Force C17A aircrafts leaving the Middle east towards Europe. The same exact mass departure pattern happened right before the US and Netanyahu. Trump and Netanyahu invaded Iran back in late February. Late February. This is gonna be a never ending war. What's the plan, Donald? What the hell is the plan? Oh, are you just gonna try to social media post your way out of it? This is what Trump just posted. Bad. Congressman Tom Massie voted against tax cuts, the border wall, our military and law enforcement. Actually he voted against almost everything that is good. The worst Republican congressman history. He voted for you. Most times the guy's as conservative as you can get. Right wing as you can get. But MAGA ain't conservative. They're a Trump cult. And when Thomas Massie and Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy May said release the files to expose the child sex trafficking ring in the Epstein files, you Donald told Marjorie Taylor Greene, but that's all my friends, we can't do that. And then you and MAGA Republicans have systematically attacked the people who helped release the Epstein files. That right there folks, tells you everything you need to know about this sicko predatory regime. Oh, and then Lindsey Graham is like, yeah, let's bomb around even more. Here's what Lindsey Graham had to say this morning.
Lindsey Graham
And there's things we can do to hurt their. The energy infrastructure is their soft underbelly. If you go back to the fight, I put energy on top of the list.
Interviewer/Host
So you're calling for strikes on the energy infrastructure?
Lindsey Graham
Yeah, I'm calling to hurt this regime. If you do the same old thing, you're going to get the same result. Hurt them more. Maybe they'll make a deal if you hurt them enough. But right now I think they're trying to wait a cell. I think they're playing games and in the words of the President, I think they're crazy. I think he's right, Senator.
Tim Pool
Folks, that's why having accurate media diet is so critical right now. And so I get my news and I think you know this by now from ground news where I analyze what's being reported by right wing media, what's being reported by left wing media, what's being reported across the political spectrum. Cuz I'm a data driven person and I want to see if certain media is pushing an agenda. I mean I looked at this this morning. Young Keev couple Ukraine killed in fierce Russian airstrikes. Hope to start a family Mourners say very little right wing coverage on this at all. Frankly, better. Very little coverage in American media at all. You know, I cover Ukraine almost every morning about how Russia very frequently also has escalated their civilian strikes. They've launched one of their ballistic missile strikes and drone strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv and surrounding areas, killing many people. We've reported on that extensively here. But very little right wing media covers this at all. And so I use Ground News to kind of track that. So Ground News is an app and a website that pulls in thousands of articles from around the world and organizes them by story to show you how's the left, how's the center, how's the right framing the story. For every story there's a color coded layout. It makes it easy to see the political bias of each source. I can filter for high factuality sources and see which sources are independently owned or owned by a large media conglomerate with corporate interest. This lets you compare reporting on the same issue in one place so you can come to your own conclusions based on all of the facts on this article. For example, I saw very little right wing media was covering it. Right. Ground News has this dedicated blind spot feature that I just used to show you that I believe in Ground News so much, we're going to offer you 40% off the same Vantage plan that I use for my research every morning. So just click the link in the description right here, go to ground.news/mtn or you can scan the QR code up here. It's one of the biggest discounts they've offered. One more time, go to Ground News mtn, or scan the QR code up here. If you want to support this channel and get a clearer understanding of the world, try out Ground News. Use the research tools that I use every morning to prepare for my videos. Now, going back to this video, what's MAGA Mike doing right now? Well, MAGA Mike Johnson is there in the Washington Mall and he's speaking with state regime media, which calls itself Fox. And he goes, look, I understand that people care about kitchen, kitchen table issues. We'll get there, we'll get to the kitchen table issues as soon as we get this straight of Hormuz opened, you're the reason it's closed, you are the reason it's closed, and you're the reason it's going to be closed probably this time next year as well, and the year after that as well, until we can get a competent leader. Here's what Mag and Mike says.
Interviewer/Host
Let's play it so CBS News had some polling out this morning showing 76% of people are concerned, 67 say they are stressed about their own personal financial situation. You know that generally the incumbent is punished in the midterms and people are feeling very uncertain about how they're doing personally. How do you campaign against that?
MAGA Mike Johnson
Well, this relates to the last segment we were talking about the street of Hormuz. Really. All points lead back to that. Gas prices are too high because of that. And then that has an effect on how goods are transported to the grocery store and all the rest. So as soon as we get that straightened out, we will get back to the kitchen table issues, the economic issues that we put in place to make the economy grow.
Tim Pool
And then Maga Mike's spreads this lie that you hear Trump say and Maga say the reason that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed is because Iran doesn't have any leaders and because all of their leaders don't exist. Now because we've been so successful, we don't know who to talk to. They have leadership. The Iranian regime is in place. The Islamic Republic is there. The IRGC is deeply injured. I know who all the leaders are. In fact, their leaders are being given heroes welcome at major international conferences every other damn country. Magamite knows who Iran's leaders are. They're calling them, Europe's calling them on a bilateral basis. Everyone's calling a foreign minister, Iraqi M.B. golubov, the parliament leader, Golubov, I should say, has just also been named a special envoy to China following Donald Trump's disastrous visit. I know who's in the courts in Iran. I know who their parliament leaders are. Heck, I know who their spokesperson is for certain parliament members. I know why. Because if you just do a modicum of damn research, you would all know this. So stop with the they don't have any leaders. They don't have any leaders. When you lie and lie and lie in everything is a lie, then all we can come to the conclusion is everything you say, no matter what you're going to do, is just based on Donald Trump's delusions of conquest, of conquering everything so he can have people in his golden ballroom. I don't even know what the. I don't even know what the outcome here is. You're making us so much damn weaker. Here's what Magabike says. Let's play it.
MAGA Mike Johnson
This is not time for wars. Powers Act. Operation Epic Fury has been declared concluded and it is. And now we're into a new project, and that is to get the Strait of Hormuz open. This is about diplomacy and negotiation. You don't have kinetic warfare right now. You don't have missiles flying around. And so we've got to allow the administration time to finish this and sort it out.
Interviewer/Host
How much time?
MAGA Mike Johnson
Well, we'll see. I mean, this is a day by day development. The President has his hands on this every single day. The Pentagon, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, everybody is involved. They're pushing it as aggressive as they can. The challenge has been in Iran, as I explained to everybody all the time is we took out about four layers of leadership there. So they've needed some time to sort out who has the authority to get this straight. But I'm very optimistic about it. I've talked to allied nations around the world. They want to assist in this as well. Getting commerce open so gas prices come back down to planet Earth. We get back to the economic issues and the conditions that we've set in place.
Jameson Greer
Place.
MAGA Mike Johnson
The Republican led Congress to allow all boats to rise, so to speak, in the economy. We're excited about that.
Interviewer/Host
What do you say to your Democrats?
Tim Pool
And then you had Jameson Greer, the trade representative, making his rounds and you know, he's being asked, he's like, hey, what did you do on this trip to China? Like, what did we get? Because there was no deals announced. China's made clear that they've done no deals. They preliminary discussions on soybean purchases.
Donald Trump
Yeah.
Tim Pool
Under Biden, they were buying 29 million metric tons of soybeans. We didn't have to hear about whether or not they were buying soybeans. So when they stopped buying soybeans and then buy half as many soybeans, that's not a win when what we're talking about in Iran now is opening up the Strait of Hormuz, which was opened before. That's not a win. It's these loser, entitled, privileged, you know, whatever you want to call these people, you know, you know, Trumpers who describe the biggest loss as a victory and they want like a participation trophy in geopolitical and geopolitical situations. It's like, what are you even talking about? Here's what Jameson Greer, Trump's trade representative, has to say.
Interviewer/Host
Let's play products. The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board questioned whether the summit achieved any of the stated wins because of how vague these things have been. They said Mr. Trump boasted about fantastic Chinese purchases of US soybeans and aircraft, but China didn't confirm the sales. And by our count, this is the second time China has bought the Same American soybeans Or is it the third? They're kind of arguing you're playing a shell game here with like re announcing past deals on past agreements to purchase over a period of time. Can you answer these conservative skeptics with any specifics?
Jameson Greer
So first of all, we've had a deal in place with the Chinese since October that they would buy 25 million metric tons of soybeans each year for the rest of the president's administration. So that deal is still in force. What we expect with the new purchase agreements where the specific number will be announced very soon. Double digit purchases of aggregate agricultural products. When I say aggregate, I mean everything else that could be soybeans, that could be beef, that could be grains, that could be dairy products, all kinds of things. So we have the existing soybean deal that they may be referring to. And then over on top of that we have these agricultural products as well. And all of that will be facilitated by board of trade discussions with the Chinese.
Interviewer/Host
So still not nailed down. Just an aggregate agreement.
Tim Pool
And then Lindsey Graham makes it very clear this morning that it is the Trump cult that MAGA Republicans, if you are not, if you don't pursue the Trump agenda, and the Trump agenda is hide the Epstein files that we will target you and we will kick you out of the Republican Party. So Senator Bill Cassidy, who voted for impeachment to Donald Trump, he lost his primary and now they're targeting Thomas Massie with what is it, $40 million in the primary with a candidate who refuses to even debate Massie. Cuz Massie had the audacity to call for the release of the Epstein files and was instrumental in that. So now you're disloyal. Here, play this clip.
Interviewer/Host
News overnight. Senator Bill Cassidy losing his primary in Louisiana. You worked closely with Senator Bill Cassidy on a range of different issues, including a plan to replace Obamacare. He of course voted to convict President Trump back in 2020, 21 and the impeachment trial. Now he's lost his seat. Are you glad that Senator Cassidy is no longer going to be your colleague, Senator?
Lindsey Graham
No, I like Bill. I thought he's a great senator, but he made a political decision. He tried to. He voted to impeach President Trump, which would have ruined his political life. He could never run for office again. Massey's in on the ballot Tuesday. He votes against Trump all the time. What's the headline? Trump strong. Those who try to destroy Trump politically stand in the way of his agenda are going to lose. Bill made a decision. What would LBJ do. Is it natural for a politician to go after people who try to destroy their, their political life? So, Bill, Cassie's lost because he tried to destroy Trump. Massey's going to lose because he's trying to destroy the agenda. You can disagree with President Trump, but if you try to destroy him, you're going to lose because this is the party of Donald Trump.
Tim Pool
And then finally, we've heard from Donald Trump's acting Attorney general. What's their big agenda, folks? They're focused on the 2020 election. And now our DOJ is doing a lot of work to make sure that they can prove to you Trump really won in 2020 and the7.8 million votes that Biden won by, oh, it was all one big mirage. And every one of these court cases that federal judges, Trump judges, George W. Bush judges, Reagan judges and Democratic judges that all these judges saw, they didn't really have the facts. You know who has the facts? The people who have the facts are the people who are hiding the damn Epstein files. Trust the Epstein class. No, thank you. No, thank you. I'm not going to trust the Epstein class. You are a bunch of frauds, con artists, losers and pathetic individuals.
Donald Trump
Play this clip hiding what they're doing. And so that's why we're very focused on finding out whether the right people voted, whether people who were supposed to vote voted, whether there was one vote cast per voter. And that's what we're doing in multiple states. And, and, and, and I expect, and again, people, you'll say to me, how long has it taken? Why is it taking so long? And the reality, the answer that is because it takes a lot of work to uncover what happened in 2020. It takes a lot of, of old, good old fashioned law enforcement, police work, which is what we're doing. And we have great prosecutors working on it as well. And, and I expect that, and I assure you, I assure the American people that as soon as we have something to, to, to say for it, whether it's charges, whether it's a report, whether it's the results of an investigation, the American people will learn about what we uncovered.
Tim Pool
Yeah, and this is how this Fox segment that ends with Maria Bartiromo saying, all right, we're going to find out 2020, huh? That's what Americans care about. We're going to find out 2020, huh? Yeah, we're going to find out 2022. What are you talking about? Americans just want their health care. Americans just want to be able to afford things, be able to afford gas and afford groceries. 2020.
Lindsey Graham
Huh?
Tim Pool
2020. Here, play this clip.
Interviewer/Host
The election was stolen.
Donald Trump
I don't. I'm not going to promise there's going to be a definitive answer. That wouldn't be fair to you or. Or anybody else. But we are looking at it and we're hoping to get one.
Interviewer/Host
Todd, Blanche, we appreciate your time and your work. Of course, our audience is very.
Tim Pool
There you have it, folks. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. You may think you're subscribed, but you may not actually be subscribed. So double check. Let's get to 7 million. Thanks for watching. You might as merch drop. Check out the latest pro democracy sticker packs. T shirts, hats, sweatshirts and more all@store.midas touch.com. i sold my car in Carvana last night.
Jameson Greer
Well, that's cool.
Tim Pool
No, you don't understand. It went perfectly. Real offer down to the penny. They're picking it up tomorrow. Nothing went wrong.
Interviewer/Host
So what's the problem?
Tim Pool
That is the problem. Nothing in my life goes to smoothly. I'm waiting for the catch. Maybe there's no catch. That's exactly what a catch would want me to think.
Interviewer/Host
Wow. You need to relax.
Tim Pool
I need to knock on wood. Do we have. What is this? Table wood? I think it's laminate. Okay. Yeah, that's good. That's close enough.
Interviewer/Host
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Jameson Greer
Pick up.
Interviewer/Host
These may apply.
Episode Title: Trump Panics as 2 Nuclear Plants Hit
Date: May 17, 2026
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas (MeidasTouch Network)
Featured Segments: Tim Pool, Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham, MAGA Mike Johnson, Jameson Greer
This episode dives into a tumultuous 24 hours in global politics marked by drone strikes at two nuclear facilities in the Middle East (UAE and Israel), the Trump administration’s intensifying efforts to shift attention with aggressive foreign policy moves—this time targeting Cuba—and the continued churn of political propaganda and infighting within the Republican Party. The Meiselas brothers, through their trademark mix of legal insight, humor, and clear-eyed analysis, expose the connections between international crises, right-wing media manipulation, and the Trump regime's ongoing domestic and foreign policy strategies.
Timestamps: 00:00–05:56
“While Donald Trump says, ‘oh, there’s a ceasefire going on…’ In the past 24 hours, two nuclear sites in the Middle East are on fire. Do you hear this being reported anywhere else?” – Tim Pool (04:30)
Timestamps: 05:56–10:34
“This is what you do when you run a Ponzi scheme regime. You move on from one horrible problem by creating another…” – Tim Pool (01:41)
“They think we’re all so stupid. In response to the Axios article… MAGA Republicans try to get the layup for their next war.” – Tim Pool (07:45)
Timestamps: 07:00–09:50
Timestamps: 09:50–10:34
“This is gonna be a never ending war. What’s the plan, Donald? Are you just gonna try to social media post your way out of it?” – Tim Pool (09:45)
Timestamps: 10:34–15:41
“MAGAs ain’t conservative. They’re a Trump cult... When Thomas Massie, Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Nancy Mace said release the [Epstein] files... you and MAGA Republicans attacked...” – Tim Pool (08:50)
“Energy infrastructure is their soft underbelly... Hurt them more. Maybe they'll make a deal if you hurt them enough.” – Lindsey Graham (10:06–10:18)
Timestamps: 10:34–13:33
Timestamps: 13:33–16:33
“I know who all the leaders are [in Iran]... If you just do a modicum of damn research, you would all know this.” – Tim Pool (14:09)
Timestamps: 16:33–19:11
“When they stopped buying soybeans, then buy half as many soybeans, that’s not a win.” – Tim Pool (16:58) “So still not nailed down. Just an aggregate agreement.” – Interviewer/Host (19:07)
Timestamps: 19:11–21:01
“Bill made a decision… Bill Cassidy’s lost because he tried to destroy Trump. Massey’s going to lose because he’s trying to destroy the agenda… This is the party of Donald Trump.” – Lindsey Graham (20:14–21:01)
Timestamps: 21:01–23:16
“What are you talking about? Americans just want their health care. Americans just want to be able to afford things… 2020.” – Tim Pool (22:39)
| Segment / Topic | Timestamp | |-----------------------------------------------------|----------------| | UAE and Israel nuclear incidents | 00:00–05:56 | | Media narrative manipulation & Cuba pivot | 05:56–09:50 | | Republican rhetoric, drone war pretext | 07:00–09:50 | | US military movements, war warnings | 09:50–10:34 | | Internal GOP conflict/Epstein files | 10:34–15:41 | | Ground News/media diet section | 10:34–13:33 | | Economic messaging & Strait of Hormuz | 13:33–16:33 | | China trade deal claims challenged | 16:33–19:11 | | Trump purges Republican disloyalty | 19:11–21:01 | | DOJ, 2020 election conspiracy push | 21:01–23:16 |
Throughout, the podcast maintains its distinctive blend of biting humor, fact-based analysis, and openly critical stance toward the Trump administration and its media apparatus. The brothers deconstruct right-wing narratives, highlight the dangers of emerging international crises being weaponized for political gain, and call for more robust, honest journalism—while never losing the dynamic, relatable banter that distinguishes the MeidasTouch style.
This summary covers all critical discussions and provides a roadmap for listeners new to the episode, highlighting the central themes, arguments, and key moments with full speaker attribution and timestamps for further listening.