Hey everybody. Welcome to a very special Memorial Day edition of the Bucking Podcast. Nick, they're listening to this on Tuesday. It's already over. I know. But listen, thank you everybody for who's sacrificed to serve our country. Absolutely. So we are here with the regular edition of the Muckrakeye podcast. Nick, I'm tired. I'm not going to lie.

We're also doing this earlier, but at least we're not yawning at each other. We've got that going for us. Well, you know what I'm worried about? It was when you do it earlier the day, all hell is going to break loose before this day's over. And who knows? But let's just say I'll take a break on this holiday.

We can kind of do it like one of,

like that S&L skit where it's like, This day's over. And who knows? But let's just say that maybe they'll take a break on this holiday.

We can kind of do it like that S&L skit where it's like Tom Brokaw doing all of the possible things that could happen during his vacation.

Gerald Ford dead after being attacked by wild dogs in an abandoned pool.

I mean, listen, we'll go ahead and try it.

We've invaded Cuba, everybody.

This is a bad idea. All right, everybody. Welcome to the McCraig podcast. I'm J.J. Sexton. Here at Nick Houseman, my friend, my co-conspirator. We're doing it. Head on over to patreon.com slash McCrack podcast. Support the show. Keep us editorially independent. We have no corporate backing whatsoever, and you trust us more than you trust the assholes at CNN.

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Patreon.com slash my Craig podcast. Also, you get the weekender, and we're killing it right now. So go listen to it. That's what you want to do. Nick, we start. I don't know if this is Groundhog Day. I don't know if I've had a break from reality, but hear this out.

The Trump administration is telling everybody who will listen that they are near a deal with Iran.

And by the way, we can't even tell if this is a deal to end the war completely, to expand the ceasefire, maybe by 60 days.

They say it's imminent. And guess what?

Oil futures? They're like, oh, that's great to hear. Let me see what Iran says. Oh,

there is no deal that is imminent at this point. So as this is being put out there in the world,

of course, we're manipulating stocks, we're manipulating prices. Meanwhile,

U.S. fuel reserves are running out. Prices are going up. A poll recently showed that 60% of Americans have cut back on groceries. I don't, I'm an old dog, Nick. I've seen a few

things. I've chased after a few cars. You know, I've got my tricks.

I keep looking at this, and it feels like I cannot believe how many times the same bullshit is

being pulled over and over by this administration. And meanwhile, it's being aired as if it's all

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