On a Boat! Chris Cuomo on Iran, ICE and Independents

Chris Cuomo dials in from Peconic Bay with some key insights on global affairs, the Tucker/Cruz meltdown, handling Trump attacks and the importance of a good fishing buddy

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Friends, if you weren’t able to make it Thursday for my Substack LIVE with Chris Cuomo, catch it here. He’s got some great, candid insights on the Trump administration’s dancing with Israel and Iran,

And yet no fishing stories. Because you can watch it live! (Chris and buddy John work a rip in Peconic Bay during our chat, the catches — there are indeed a few — range from useful to beer bottle. Srsly.)

Topics:

Iran, the Trump administration. How this is different from the Iraq War. Netanyahu has been saying for years that Iran has nuclear weapons.

Let’s say Trump does join Israel in attacking Iran, what then?

Treating Long Covid, why Chris donates parts of his subscription proceeds to treating Long Covid. (Check out Dr. Robin Rose, Chris urges.)

The importance of independent journalism relaying stories for the American majority (and avoiding the partisan extremes.)

When Trump attacked Chris’s family and he called Trump to say back off. (The old rule in politics for years was you don’t go after family.)

Give a watch, friends. If you caught our chat a few weeks ago, you have a good sense of how freewheeling and brutally honest the chat is.

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On Deck

Coming up next week, I’ve got THE Julie Mason on Wednesday at Noon ET.

I’ve got Mike Madrid expert on Latino voting trends, on next Thursday at 12p ET.

(Click those links to hop on when we go live.)

If you tuned out the week’s news (which, you know, I hear you) catch up with a lightning round Friday here on the Bill Press Pod. I joined Bill, Kirk Bado of National Journal and Maya King of The New York Times.

Reading

What’s it like working as an independent journalist? I highly recommend this read from Jon Passantino in Status News. It’s a good look at the nonstop work that goes into building a good, strong, trusted independent news operation.

This very thoughtful piece from Nicolae Viorel Butler of Migrant Insider on what it’s like covering the Trump administration’s immigration extremism.

And a reminder here that one week ago suspect Vance Boelter, an anti-abortion activist, allegedly murdered a top Minnesota Democratic lawmaker and her husband and had a list of other political targets — all while posing as a policeman.

Read this from longtime Christian leader Jim Wallis on the rise of political violence and strategies for de-escalation, in this highly polarized moment.

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