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34:04

The push for Palestinian statehood.

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2025/08/07

On July 25, French President Emmanuel MacronsaidFrance will formally recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September. The next week, on July 30, British Prime Minister Keir StarmersaidBritain will also recognize a Palestinian state unless “the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza, agree to a ceasefire and commit to a long-term, sustainable peace, reviving the prospect of a two-state solution.” Tangle LIVE tickets are

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21:43

PREVIEW - Isaac talks with Noah Smith.

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2025/08/07

Today, we’re releasing Isaac’s interview with economist Noah Smith; it’s the third time Noah has sat down for an interview with Tangle, and it’s a fascinating conversation on the outlook for the U.S. debt and deficit in the wake of the One Big Beautiful Bill becoming law.By the way: If you are not yet a podcast member, and you want to upgrade your newsletter subscription plan to include a podcast membership (which gets you ad-free podcasts, Friday editions, The Sunday podcast, bonus content), you

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30:10

The EPA moves to repeal emissions regulations.

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2025/08/06

On Tuesday, July 29, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldinreleasedthe agency’s proposal to rescind a determination that previous administrations had used to set limits on greenhouse gas emissions. Both the Obama and Biden administrations used the determination, calledthe endangerment finding, to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, particularly from vehicle emissions. The EPA cited curtailing regulatory overreach as the primary motivation for

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29:30

Republican gerrymandering in Texas, and Democrats'...

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2025/08/05

On Sunday, a group of Democratic lawmakers in Texasleft the stateto deny the Republican-controlled state House the quorum necessary to vote on a new congressional map designed to give the GOP five additional seats in the U.S. House next year. In late July, President Donald Trumpspearheadedthe plan to redraw Texas’s Congressional map, years in advance of the typical decennial redistricting.Tangle LIVE tickets are available!We’re excited to announce that our third installment of Tangle Live will

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32:43

Trump fires labor stats head after shaky jobs report.

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2025/08/04

On Friday, President Donald Trumpfiredthe commissioner of labor statistics for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Erika McEntarfer, after the agency released a lower-than-expected July jobs report and revised May's and June's numbers downwards. The BLSreportedthat nonfarm payrolls increased by 73,000 in July, below Dow Jones’sestimated gainof 100,000 jobs.Tangle LIVE tickets are available!We’re excited to announce that our third installment of Tangle Live will beheld on October 24, 2025, at the

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1:50:16

The Sunday Podcast: Isaac, Ari, and Kmele talk about...

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2025/08/03

In this episode, Isaac, Ari and Kmele talk about Sydney Sweeney and her wonderful jeans, the stock trading ban, the latest on the Trump economy and some of the fractures in MAGA world with whats going down in Gaza. All of this followed by an extra good grievance section. Tune in for a thought-provoking discussion that challenges conventional perspectives and offers fresh insights into today's most pressing issues.Ad-free podcasts are here!Many listeners have been asking for an ad-free version of

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16:48

PREVIEW - The Friday Edition: What happened to: The...

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2025/08/01

In the early days of 2023, a group of researchers and activists published areportwith a shocking conclusion: Utah’s Great Salt Lake was losing water so fast that it was on track to effectively disappear within five years.Since the report was issued, the Great Salt Lake’s water loss not only slowed, but its water level actuallyincreased. In June 2024, the lake’s two sides — which are divided by an embankment — werethree feet higherthan they had been two years prior.So what happened here? At first

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30:01

The Senate confirms Trump's former attorney Emil Bove.

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2025/07/31

On Tuesday, the Senatevoted50–49 to confirm Emil Bove to a lifetime judgeship on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) joined all Democrats in opposing Bove’s nomination; Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN)did not vote. The confirmation follows a protracted fight over Bove’s nomination, which included whistleblower reports that Bove acted unethically and abused his power in previous roles.Tangle LIVE tickets are available!We’re excited to announce that our

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28:22

RFK Jr.'s food-dye fight.

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2025/07/30

In the past two months, several major U.S. food companies have voluntarily committed to removing artificial food dyes from their products, followinga planfrom the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to work with the industry to phase out petroleum-based synthetic dyes. In June, Heinz and General Millscommittedto removing synthetic dyes from all their products by the end of 2027, while Nestlécommittedto their removal by the end of 2026. Tangle LIVE tickets are available!We’re excited to announce that

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28:03

The U.S. and Europe agree to a trade deal.

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2025/07/29

On Sunday, President Donald Trumpannouncedthat the United States and the European Union (EU) had reached a trade deal following a meeting between Trump and the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The U.S. and the EU agreed to a 15% tariff on most European goods imported to the U.S., as well as a commitment from EU members to buy $750 billion worth of U.S. energy and increase investments in the U.S. by $600 billion, including through the purchase of military equipment. The deal comes

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31:14

Starvation in Gaza.

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2025/07/28

The humanitarian situation in Gaza. On Sunday, the Israeli militarytemporarily pausedoperations in three parts of Gaza to allow aid groups into the enclave amid rising concerns over a hunger crisis. Separately, Israelairdroppedhumanitarian aid into Gaza for the first time since the start of its war with Hamas, one of several measures that government officials said were aimed at combatting “false claim[s] of deliberate starvation” in Gaza. Tangle LIVE tickets are available!Today we’re excited to

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1:43:45

The Sunday Podcast: Isaac, Ari, and Kmele talk the...

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2025/07/27

In this episode, Isaac, Ari and Kmele discuss the intricacies of political narratives surrounding the Epstein case and its implications, the candid revelations from Hunter Biden's recent interview, the dynamics of cancel culture, the complexities of climate change discourse, and the evolving landscape of political ideologies. Tune in for a thought-provoking discussion that challenges conventional perspectives and offers fresh insights into today's most pressing issues.Ad-free podcasts are here!Many

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14:39

PREVIEW - The Friday Edition: Five things I got...

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2025/07/25

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote aboutfive things I had gotten wrong about Trumpin his first six months in office. In all honesty, I’m not a huge fan of political prognostication, and I often try to avoid making predictions to focus more on my analysis and reporting. Still, predictions inevitably slip into that analysis; and my last retrospective, like many others I had written before it, was an exercise in the kind of accountable and analytical journalism we do here at Tangle. I’m a big fan of

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32:55

Congress claws back $9 billion in spending.

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2025/07/24

On Thursday, the Senatevoted51–48 to pass a rescissions package clawing back $9 billion in federal funding that had previously been approved for international aid and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). The next day, the Houseapprovedthe package 216–213, sending it to President Donald Trump, who hasyet to signthe bill.Tangle LIVE tickets are available!Today we’re excited to announce that our third installment of

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29:43

Tulsi Gabbard reignites "Russiagate."

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2025/07/23

On Friday, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbardannouncedthe release of files that allegedly show President Barack Obama and his national security cabinet members concocted a false narrative of Russian interference in the 2016 election. DNI Gabbard claimedthe documentsshowed a “treasonous conspiracy” to overturn Donald Trump’s electoral victory,posting on Xthat the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) will be turning the documents over to the Department of Justice

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32:03

"Crypto week" in Congress.

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2025/07/22

On Friday, President Donald Trumpsignedthe Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, the United States’s first major cryptocurrency legislation. The new lawestablishesa legal category and regulatory framework for stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency whose value is tied to a reference asset, like the price of gold or the U.S. dollar. As a result, banks, nonbanks, and credit unions will be able to participate in the stablecoin market and issue their own digital

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28:14

The new report on Trump and Epstein.

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2025/07/21

On Thursday, The Wall Street Journalpublisheda report claiming that President Donald Trump signed a letter containing a lewd drawing and sexually suggestive text as part of a birthday album for Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. The Journal says it reviewed the contents of the previously unreported album and letters but has not released any of the documents. President Trumpstrongly deniedwriting the letter and, on Friday,fileda defamation lawsuit against The Journal and its owners. Separately, the Department

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1:28:20

The Sunday Podcast: Isaac, Ari, and Kmele let it all...

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2025/07/20

Isaac, Ari, and Kmele really get into it about all the Jeffrey Epstein stuff for nearly an hour. Then they talk about their opinions on the Jerome Powell and President Trump situation. And, as always, the Airing of Grievances and a very good one at that.Ad-free podcasts are here!Many listeners have been asking for an ad-free version of this podcast that they could subscribe to — and we finally launched it. You can go to ReadTangle.com to sign up!You can subscribe to Tangle by clicking here or drop

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30:54

PREVIEW: The Friday Edition - The future of climate...

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2025/07/18

Hundred-year floods in Central Texas. Wildfires encroaching on the Grand Canyon. Powerful hurricanes, heat records, even winter storms — these events have many people sounding the alarm about climate change.But which is it? Wetter or drier? Hotter, or more extreme in general? Can one effect possibly be causing such a wide range of problems? Are humans contributing to severe weather, or are these mostly random and uncontrollable events that the media is putting under a microscope?Ad-free podcasts are

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26:47

Biden's autopen controversy.

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2025/07/17

Biden’s use of the autopen. On Tuesday, Fox Newsreportedthat the White House Counsel’s Office —in coordination with the Justice Department — is investigating former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen while in office. The Trump administrationsaysthe investigation will examine how Biden used theautopen, a machine that reproduces a person’s signature, over his presidential term, and whether the Biden administration had a policy in place to regulate its use. The Republican-controlled House

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