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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

5/8/26: Trump Says Ceasefire Still On After US Iran Bombing, Platner Brutal Ad & MORE

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

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Politics, News, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Government

4.310.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Krystal, Emily and Mac are joined by Jeremy Scahill to break down the latest on Iran as Trump says ceasefire is still on despite US strikes on Iran, Graham Platner torches Susan Collins in brutal ad & MORE.

Jeremy Scahill: https://x.com/jeremyscahill

Mac: https://www.youtube.com/GoodPoliticGuy\

 

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0:07.7

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0:33.5

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0:34.8

Hey guys, Saga and Crystal here.

0:36.4

Independent media just played a truly massive role in this election, and we are so excited about what that means for the future of this show. This is the only place where you can find honest perspectives from the left and the right that simply does not exist anywhere else. So if that is something that's important to you, please go to breakingpoints.com, become a member today and you'll get access to our full shows, unedited, ad-free, and all put together for you every morning in your inbox. We need your help to build the future of independent news media, and we hope to see you at breaking points.com. Hello, everybody. Happy Friday. How's everybody feeling? Good morning. Excellent. We've got Jeremy Scahill here, of course, of DropSight News, joining us at the top of the show to break down some fast-moving developments with regard to our war with Iran.

1:19.0

I'm still not entirely sure what happened yesterday. Jeremy, maybe you have more clarity, but it looks like perhaps the Iranians fired on some U.S.

1:25.5

ships, U.S. retaliated with strikes on Kargai

1:28.6

Island, among other locations. Trump is insisting, though, that all of this bombing does not

1:33.6

amount to a violation of the ceasefire somehow. Mack, if you could pull that up, we can take a

1:38.5

listen to that and then get Jeremy's reaction on the other side. After these strikes, is the

1:44.1

ceasefire with Iran still on? Yeah, it is. They trifled with us today. We blew them away. They trifled. They call that a trifle. I'll let you know when there's no ceasefire. You won't have to know. If there's no ceasefire, you're not going to have to know. You're just going to have to look at one big glow coming out of Iran.

2:03.0

And they better sign their agreement fast.

2:05.9

Could you give us an update on what is the latest in those talks?

2:09.3

No, the talks are going very well, but they have to understand.

2:13.0

If it doesn't get signed, they're going to have a lot of pain.

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