4/17/26: Iran OPENS STRAIT, Zohran Triggers Billionaire Crashout, College Grad Unemployment Apocalypse, AOC Flamed On Pelosi Replacement
Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
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🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 95 minutes
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The BP team looks at Iran opening the Strait of Hormuz in ceasefire agreement, Zohran triggering the rich in new Tax Video, and AOC giving a stumbling answer to a Drop Site reporter on who will replace Pelosi in California race.
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| 1:13.1 | That's right. The effing straight is open, apparently. |
| 1:15.3 | F, yeah. Crazy bastards. |
| 1:17.2 | You crazy. Crazy bastards open the street. |
| 1:19.2 | Crazy me to Allah. |
| 1:21.2 | Sensible bastards this weekend, or at least for now, the straight is open for the next 10 days or so during this Israel-Lebanon ceasefire. |
| 1:30.1 | We also have a Zoran tax video that was released that became his most watched video of all time with a lot of haters that we're going to get into. |
| 1:38.3 | College grad unemployment prediction from Senator Mark Warner. |
| 1:42.2 | He predicts it might hit 30% unemployment in the next two years. |
| 1:47.0 | Look forward to that. There's a new vote that happened overnight with the War Powers Resolution. |
| 1:52.8 | And we have a new clip of AOC and who declines to endorse Shikot Chakrabati. That and more. Her former chief of staff is why that's |
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