Trump's Iran Quagmire, the Tate Brothers in Handcuffs, and the Great Lettuce Apology

Trump's Iran Quagmire, the Tate Brothers in Handcuffs, and the Great Lettuce Apology

The news got so absurd this week that we're doing a light episode, and it's still somehow about a captured government. Robin breaks down the domestic news stories you can't believe are real: the FDA apologized to Taylor Farms, a million-dollar MAGA donor, in the middle of a cyclospora outbreak that has sickened 7,000 Americans with explosive diarrhea tied to Taco Bell lettuce, while RFK Jr. ignores Jon Ossoff's letter about the gutted CDC surveillance program that should have caught it. Also this episode: Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested by US Marshals in Miami, facing 59 UK rape and human trafficking charges and doing their perp walk in tan jail jumpsuits. Trump's Iran war hits month five of a promised six weeks, with 17 American service members dead, as Rep. Carlos Gimenez calls it "the nature of warfare." Plus Trump crashing Spain's World Cup trophy celebration, the Qatari Air Force One getting "maxed out" over security problems, Kash Patel planning an FBI director trip to Moscow hosted by the FSB, 50 percent tariffs on Canadian hockey sticks, Pete Hegseth's Pentagon plan to hide unclassified records from FOIA, Megyn Kelly's 12-minute Michelle Obama rant, the racist MAGA meltdown over Lupita Nyong'o and Elliot Page in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (which just posted the biggest opening of 2026 anyway), John Fetterman's Israel red line, Bill Maher saying yes to JD Vance, and Lindsey Graham's Senate seat passing to his sister Darline Graham Nordone like a family heirloom. Political commentary with receipts, three times a week. Follow We Saw the Devil wherever you get podcasts, and visit wesawthedevil.com. Keywords: Trump news 2026, Tate brothers arrest, Andrew Tate extradition, cyclospora outbreak, Taylor Farms lettuce recall, Taco Bell parasite, RFK Jr CDC cuts, Iran war casualties, Trump Iran quagmire, Kash Patel Russia trip, Trump Canada tariffs, Hegseth FOIA, Pentagon transparency, Megyn Kelly Michelle Obama, The Odyssey casting backlash, Lupita Nyong'o Helen of Troy, Elliot Page Odyssey, John Fetterman Democratic Party, Bill Maher JD Vance, Darline Graham Nordone, Lindsey Graham Senate seat, political podcast, progressive political commentary Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.com [http://www.wesawthedevil.com] Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil [http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil] Robin's Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/robin_wstd [http://www.instagram.com/robin_wstd] Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil [http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil] Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast [http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast]. TikTok: tiktok.com/@wesawthedevilpolitics [https://www.tiktok.com/@wesawthedevilpolitics]

This is How Trump is Going to Steal the Midterms

Donald Trump does not need to stuff a ballot box to steal the 2026 midterm elections. He needs subpoenas, search warrants, and sixty one days of manufactured doubt between Election Day on November 3 and the swearing in of the new Congress on January 3. In this episode, I walk through the entire threat model, step by step, so you can spot the con before he runs it. We start with the January seizure of 656 boxes of ballots from Fulton County, Georgia, and Trump's July 16 televised address claiming China, noncitizen voting, and compromised election systems have already tainted the midterms. Then I break down how a stolen House majority would work in practice: manufacturing a presumption of fraud before votes are cast, turning close Democratic wins into federal criminal investigations, pressuring county boards to delay election certification, and exploiting the House clerk, credentials, and the opening roll on January 3 to keep an elected majority from organizing the chamber. No conspiracy corkboard, no fan fiction. Just what has already happened, what Trump has already said, and where the real choke points in the American election system sit. In this episode: 1. The Fulton County ballot seizure and why grabbing original election records mid-cycle matters 2. Trump's foreign interference claims vs. what the intelligence community found about 2020 3. How "election interference" became a magic phrase that replaces evidence 4. Federal election investigations across at least eight states and DOJ voter roll demands in roughly thirty 5. Election certification delays as a political weapon 6. January 3, the House clerk, certificates of election, and the credentials fight nobody is ready for 7. The Adelita Grijalva seven-week swearing-in delay and what it proved about procedural power 8. Why the 25th Amendment fantasy is bullshit, and what the real defenses are 9. The 2020 playbook: Raffensperger, fake electors, and the pressure campaign before January 6 10. Hungary's 79 percent turnout election and what blowout margins can and cannot do 11. What voters can do right now: registration checks, ballot curing, poll working, and evidence preservation Check your voter registration today at your state's official election website. Then check it again in October. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.com [http://www.wesawthedevil.com] Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil [http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil] Robin's Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/robin_wstd [http://www.instagram.com/robin_wstd] Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil [http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil] Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast [http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast]. TikTok: tiktok.com/@wesawthedevilpolitics [https://www.tiktok.com/@wesawthedevilpolitics]

Today's Speeches: Donald Trump, Stephen Miller & the Fascist Plan for the 2026 Midterms

***This episode is not edited as it was recorded directly after Donald Trump's speech*** Donald Trump went on primetime television to tell the country that America’s elections are compromised. A few hours earlier, Stephen Miller gave a much quieter speech at the State Department that was far more alarming. While Trump ranted about voter fraud, voting machines, China, mail ballots and election “security,” Miller laid out a federal counterterrorism strategy aimed directly at the political left. In this episode, Robin breaks down both speeches, what NSPM-7 actually does, and why the administration’s plan for the 2026 midterms goes far beyond campaign messaging. The language is already in place: disrupt, identify, defund, debank, arrest and prosecute. Trump’s address got the live blogs, cable coverage and instant fact-checks. He repeated unsupported claims about noncitizen voters, Chinese interference, stolen voter data and compromised election machines. He also announced plans to involve federal agencies in state election systems, remove people from voter rolls and investigate officials tied to the alleged fraud. But while everyone was watching Trump, Stephen Miller was explaining what comes next. Speaking to foreign security officials at a State Department ministerial, Miller described the political left as a terrorism threat and defended NSPM-7, a national security directive that gives federal agencies a broad mandate to target organizations, activists and financial networks. And the scope does not stop with people accused of violence. It can reach donors, organizers, lawyers, bail funds, nonprofits and anyone the administration decides is supporting the wrong movement. The speech also went somewhere even darker. Miller attacked civil liberties, complained about juries refusing to convict people accused of assaulting ICE agents, and told the room that leftists do not look “normal” because their appearance reflects what is supposedly inside them. That language is not random. Robin traces its historical roots and explains why authoritarian movements so often describe political opponents as diseased, deformed, dangerous or visibly different. Once the enemy is defined by who they are instead of what they have done, there is no way to behave your way out of the category. Trump provides the spectacle. Miller provides the machinery and framework for what's to come.  Together, the two speeches point toward a broader strategy for the 2026 midterms: • Destroy confidence in election results before voting begins • Push federal agencies deeper into state election systems • Purge voter rolls in the name of election security • Threaten media outlets that refuse to cooperate • Treat protest networks and organizers as terrorism infrastructure • Intimidate donors, lawyers, nonprofits and bail funds • Use financial pressure and debanking without waiting for criminal convictions • Export the framework through international intelligence sharing This episode separates what the administration has actually done from what it has merely claimed. The franework is real. The evidence being used to justify it often is not. Trump’s speech was the distraction. Stephen Miller’s speech was the blueprint. The loud speech told America what to fear. The quiet speech explained what the government plans to do about it. Topics include Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, NSPM-7, the 2026 midterm elections, voter purges, election security, left-wing terrorism, debanking, civil liberties, ICE protests, jury trials, political repression, authoritarianism, fascism, voter fraud claims, media license threats and federal intervention in state elections. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.com [http://www.wesawthedevil.com] Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil [http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil] Robin's Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/robin_wstd [http://www.instagram.com/robin_wstd] Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil [http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil] Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast [http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast]. TikTok: tiktok.com/@wesawthedevilpolitics [https://www.tiktok.com/@wesawthedevilpolitics]

UPCOMING: Trump Takes Primetime & ICE Takes a Life (Promo)

A mask was tyranny. An unmarked SUV is freedom. This week's episode is for the “do not comply” crowd who suddenly discovered obedience the second government force was aimed at someone else. Trump takes over primetime Thursday. Robin breaks down the speech, the spectacle, and the deadly reality underneath it Friday in:All Roads Lead to Rome: Trump Takes Primetime, ICE Takes a Life New episode drops Friday. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.com [http://www.wesawthedevil.com] Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil [http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil] Robin's Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/robin_wstd [http://www.instagram.com/robin_wstd] Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil [http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil] Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast [http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast]. TikTok: tiktok.com/@wesawthedevilpolitics [https://www.tiktok.com/@wesawthedevilpolitics]

Lindsey Graham Dead, Trump Threatens Iran, McConnell Missing: One Hell of a Weekend

Lindsey Graham died Saturday night. He was 71. His office says a brief and sudden illness. The 911 dispatch audio says chest pains, a locked door, and CPR in progress. So this week I'm doing the obituary nobody on cable will touch: his real record on Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Iran, Gaza, the Confederate flag, Stand Your Ground, and voting rights. Plus the Laura Loomer poisoning conspiracy theories, Nancy Mace already eyeing his Senate seat, and how South Carolina's August 11 special primary works. And Mitch McConnell still hasn't been seen in almost a month. No photos, no diagnosis, just a copy-pasted statement and a bunch of senators swearing they talked to him on the phone. I get into the June 14 cardiac arrest dispatch audio, the CNN stretcher video, and the Kentucky special election law the GOP really doesn't want triggered. Graham's death got confirmed in hours. McConnell's health is a state secret. Same party. Ask yourself why. Also in this one: Trump posts that 1,000 missiles are locked and loaded to hit Iran if anyone assassinates him, which is not a real thing, because if he dies JD Vance is president and the missiles are his. The DOJ subpoenas four New York Times reporters over the Air Force One story. The $400 million Qatari jet still can't stop a missile. Trump fires the Democrats on the Election Assistance Commission right before the midterms, and his own former lawyer Ty Cobb calls it a deliberate plan.  Also, I brought the Gaza death toll numbers for everyone who keeps sliding into my replies with "what about Israel." ------------------------ Keywords:  Lindsey Graham dead, Lindsey Graham death, Lindsey Graham dies at 71, Lindsey Graham cause of death, Lindsey Graham 911 call, Lindsey Graham cardiac arrest, Lindsey Graham heart attack, was Lindsey Graham poisoned, Lindsey Graham conspiracy, Lindsey Graham replacement, South Carolina Senate special election, Nancy Mace Senate, Henry McMaster appointment, Annie Andrews, Mitch McConnell health, Mitch McConnell cover-up, is Mitch McConnell alive, McConnell cardiac arrest, Kentucky special election, Andy Beshear, Tim Burchett, Trump Iran war, Trump 1000 missiles, Trump Truth Social Iran, Khamenei funeral, Ayatollah Khamenei death, JD Vance president, dead man's switch, 25th Amendment, Strait of Hormuz closed, Iran ceasefire, Trump assassination plot, New York Times subpoena, press freedom, Fox News, Qatari jet Air Force One, Election Assistance Commission, Ty Cobb Trump warning, Trump health, Trump physical Walter Reed, White House ballroom cost, East Wing demolition, Gaza death toll, Max Planck Gaza study, Gaza genocide, Israel Hamas war casualties, political podcast, political comedy podcast, We Saw the Devil podcast Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.com [http://www.wesawthedevil.com] Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil [http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevil] Robin's Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/robin_wstd [http://www.instagram.com/robin_wstd] Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil [http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevil] Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast [http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast]. TikTok: tiktok.com/@wesawthedevilpolitics [https://www.tiktok.com/@wesawthedevilpolitics]