EP 45: War Crimes, Troops Everywhere & JD's On A Boat
Hey TFRers,
So last week's show was super lighthearted, just a fun riff on the Geneva Conventions and quick stop to cover some troops in the nation's capitol. Some seriously fun stuff.
Ok, ok so the show wasn't a light one but we sure tried to make it funny. If you haven't already, give it a listen. It's all crazy and terrifying and very real, but mix the horrifying with a few drops of Seena's common sense and a fistful of Travis laughs and we'll get through this together.....somehow.
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What Seena's Following: “I did it. I threw the sandwich.”
Listen - I wanna talk about the rest of the world but the Foot Long Hero must get some spotlight. It should be noted that The Foreign Report’s official stance is anti-violence… except with foot long subs. From the original days of comedy, audiences have made their feelings known by throwing vegetables, today they throw subs at fascists. As our cities come face-to-face with the authoritarian foot solders of Master Trump - it is with these normal heroes, armed with gyros that we look to for hope.
For those not on the “Subways getting tossed” listserv, former DOJ employee and Air Force veteran Sean Charles Dunn was minding his own business when he saw a roving gang of super predators from ICE. The mere presence of these thugs was an affront to his patriotic sensibilities. So he did what any freedom loving American in salmon polo and khaki shorts would do - he started screaming at them. Not just a little, but bending at the knees to really flex his diaphragm screaming. The type of screaming my four year old likes to do when he really wants chocolate ice cream for breakfast. Was he under the influence…. of democracy? You bet. As his love for his country peaked, the unarmed vet used the only thing he had on him to stand up to these goons: his dinner.
Yes, that’s a Subway sandwich. And yes inside the Subway corporate offices, they are saying things like, “We’re back! People forgot about Jared now.”
What you may or may not be surprised at, is that our drinking-on-an-empty stomach hero - GOT AWAY. This man pegged a federal agent with a Subway sandwich at close range, and Trump’s personal army could not catch the man. Did he escape by a helicopter throwing a ladder down? NO. He ran away on foot! Could the “no age limit” or “ability to run” requirements at ICE be the reason? Who knows. Sean, a classy Vet, tried to turn himself in. But the DOJ was allegedly too busy in the paper shredder room to respond to him. The result - 20 US Marshalls conducted a David Koresh-style raid into his apartment to arrest our patriot.
While he’s currently being charged with felony (!) assault - in court documents this patriot came clean…
“I did it. I threw the sandwich.”
Sean Charles Dunn - you have reported for duty to America, to the world, and we salute you. It cannot be understated that deploying our military to US cities, in the words of another great American, Wayne LaPierre,
“gives jack-booted government thugs more power to take away our constitutional rights.”
Meanwhile, In Ohio: What Travis is Reading...
On the domestic front, The Trump Administration is blatantly asking red states like Texas and others to move forward with an unusual (but not unprecedented) mid-decade redistricting of their congressional districts to ensure that the 2026 midterms will not result in huge losses for the GOP in the U.S. House, as is the typical scenario for the party in control of the White House. However, there's only one state that's legally required to redistrict its congressional districts this year and that's Ohio –– yes, due to a quirk in its latest redistricting laws, the state's current congressional maps approved in 2021 can only last for 4 years since they were passed without bipartisan support, which means the Republicans who control the redistricting process in The Buckeye State could be even MORE brazen without any way for Democrats to stop them... So if you want to see how brutal the upcoming mid-decade redistricting battle is going to be, keep your eyes on Ohio!
What's Coming...
On this week's show we'll be talking the latest in the Trump/Putin saga. I'm sure it's all fine.
Also, Travis and Seena are doing a pod-swap (not sure that's a thing but lets go with it) with John Fugelsang. They'll be on Tell Me Everything, John's live Sirius radio show this Thursday evening and John will join TFR for the 8/29 show.
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