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It\'s Hump Day! Sam and Emma speak with\\xa0Trita\\xa0Parsi, executive vice president at the\\xa0Quincy Institute, to discuss the state of play in Israel/Gaza nearly 3 months after October 7th. Then, they\'re joined by Paul Ortiz, professor of history at the University of Florida, to discuss how unions in Florida have been pushing back against Gov. Ron DeSantis\'s draconian anti-labor policy in the state.

First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the recent attack on Iran\\u2019s memorial for General Soleimani that killed 100, Israel\\u2019s drone strike in Beirut, Bernie\\u2019s call to block additional funding for Israel, the Fed\\u2019s case against Menendez, the House GOP\\u2019s consolidation around Trump as their majority thins, Texan fascism, and the Ivy president debacle, before parsing through Israel\\u2019s absurd escalation of their ongoing conflict to the wider region of the Middle East. After briefly tackling the growing indictments against Senator Bob Menendez, Trita Parsi joins to discuss Israel expanding its offensive to Beirut and Damascus alongside the unclaimed terror attack, all serving to reinforce Israel\\u2019s desire to bring this conflict onto the regional stage. Expanding on this, Parsi discusses Israel\\u2019s apparent tact of provoking a military response from Iran, or a greater escalation from Hezbollah, and why that hinges on the US\\u2019 unconditional support for Israel\\u2019s disproportionate responses. Next, Trita, Sam, and Emma parse through what this potential escalation means for direct US military action, including the clear alignment of Houthi attacks on US troops with Israel\\u2019s ongoing ethnic cleansing of Gaza, and what it means for Israel\\u2019s multi-decade attempt to inspire war between the US and Iran. Wrapping up, Parsi looks at the Biden Administration\\u2019s unwavering support for this conflict, and whether there\\u2019s any hope for his electoral coalition moving forward. Paul Ortiz then joins, as he walks through the history of the United Faculty of Florida, formed in the 1970s in response to decades of attacks against Floridian educators over criticizing the American right or supporting progressive causes, and contextualizes their current work within the Florida Education Association. After expanding on the ongoing bout of attacks against educational freedom by Ron DeSantis\\u2019 administration, with help from Chris Rufo, Ortiz dives into the union\\u2019s emphasis on the social justice model of organizing, using community ties and interaction to bolster their intersectional approach to supporting their teachers amid ongoing attacks, before wrapping up with an assessment of UFF\\u2019s incredible success in fighting back against fascism, and the hope that lies in the students they support. \\xa0

And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma watch Israel\\u2019s telling response to South Africa initiating a suit against them over crimes of genocide in the International Criminal Court, Michael Knowles pleads with his followers to make Nazi propaganda out of beloved animated children\\u2019s characters, and Tim Pool reflects on the pre-Mohammad era of humanity. Aaron Rodgers puts his bad foot in his mouth over the Epstein list, Nick from Michigan discusses pressuring Biden from the left (and the importance of the Democratic primaries in doing so), Aaron from Texas dissects the hypocrisy of Bill Maher, and Nick from Winnepeig on talking with conservatives, plus, your calls and IMs!

Check out the Quincy Institute here:\\xa0https://quincyinst.org/

Check out an interview Paul did with Bill Fletcher Jr. here:\\xa0https://inthesetimes.com/article/united-faculty-of-florida-paul-ortiz-bill-fletcher-ron-desantis

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