NSPM-7: The Domestic Terrorism Checklist Nobody's Talking About
Trump's National Security Presidential Memorandum #7 essentially creates a list of "domestic terrorists" by classifying anyone not aligned with MAGA ideology. The criteria include anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, anti-Christianity, extremism on migration/race/gender, hostility to traditional values on family/religion/morality, and support for overthrowing the government. As the hosts point out, nearly every single criterion is hypocritical—the administration itself is doing exactly what they're listing as terrorism.
ICE Goes After Military Families and a Sunday School Teacher
ICE arrested a Sunday school teacher and newlywed Army sergeant's wife hours after their wedding, citing a missed court hearing from when she was 22 months old as grounds for immediate deportation. In a separate incident, ICE showed up at a Marine graduation to deport family members who came to celebrate their relatives' military service. The hosts call out how deeply anti-American and anti-military this behavior is, especially given the new policy allowing armed military personnel on base—a decision historically reversed due to suicide rates.
Iran's Social Media Game Is Crushing It
Despite everything else going wrong, Iran's official social media accounts are producing genuinely hilarious content that's embarrassing the U.S. government. They're dropping Lego rap videos in English, responding to Trump's military threats with calendar scheduling jokes ("Tuesday at 8 PM doesn't work for us"), and generally out-meme-ing American diplomacy. The hosts admit they find themselves rooting for Iran's media team, even though they're not fans of the Iranian regime.
America First Means War, Not Healthcare
The hosts break down the hypocrisy of Trump's "America First" agenda: the administration claims it can't afford daycare, Medicare, or Medicaid, but somehow finds unlimited funding for military deployment and war with Iran. Despite campaign promises to protect Social Security and cut prescription drug prices, the opposite is happening. Trump is also planning to charge fees for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz—copying Iran's own strategy—while Americans remain without basic healthcare, education, and infrastructure.
Paywalls Are Destroying Credible Journalism
Tad goes off about how subscription paywalls on news sites are keeping important information from the general public, contributing to widespread misinformation. Robbbie offers solutions like archive.ph, but both agree that vital news should be freely accessible, even if it means more ads. The discussion highlights how the media's profit model is failing democracy.
The Mystery of NSPM-6: What's Being Hidden?
While cataloging Trump's eight National Security Presidential Memoranda, the hosts discover that NSPM-6 is classified—or possibly just forgotten. A Freedom of Information Act request was denied. The hosts speculate Trump literally forgot that six is a number and skipped it, creating a classified non-issue that's become suspicious by virtue of its secrecy.
Either way, this NSPM-7 is really concerning to me. The FBI is creating a list of domestic terrorists and you're probably on it. Whoever is listening to this, you're probably on it. You are a domestic terrorist. I'm sorry to tell you. I didn't mean to be the bearer bad news. — Robbbie← All episode posts