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The Young Turks

Cartel Chaos - February 23, 2026

The Young Turks

TYT Network

News, Politics, Government

3.95.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Steve Witkoff claims in an interview with Lara Trump that Iran could have bomb-making material in the next WEEK, as Lindsey Graham worries that Trump’s advisers are pushing him to make a deal. A U.S. ambassador sparks international backlash after suggesting Israel has a right to much of the Middle East, drawing condemnation across the region. Violence erupts in Mexico following the killing of a cartel boss, raising fears of broader instability. Thanks to Shopify and Zip Recruiter for today's episode: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at shopify.com/tyt Just go to this exclusive web address right now to try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE: ziprecruiter.com/tyt Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE ☞  https://www.youtube.com/@TheYoungTurks FOLLOW US ON: FACEBOOK  ☞   https://www.facebook.com/theyoungturks TWITTER  ☞       https://twitter.com/TheYoungTurks INSTAGRAM  ☞  https://www.instagram.com/theyoungturks TIKTOK  ☞          https://www.tiktok.com/@theyoungturks 👕MERCH  ☞      https:/www.shoptyt.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:12.2

There are some problems here.

0:13.7

Sorry, big time.

0:14.8

I'm so upset.

0:16.5

Oh my God.

0:17.5

Begha! Oh my god. Bagah! Thank you. I'm going to Well, the answer is Jake Ugar and a Cusparian with you guys.

1:14.6

The online new show, obviously, and hence we start with breaking news.

1:18.6

We start with the question, actually.

1:20.6

My question to you is, if the US isn't being pressured to fight a war against Iran on behalf of Israel. Why is it that anyone

1:30.6

who's against said war is referred to as a Jew hater? Or an anti-Semite, as I was a couple

1:37.4

of times this morning on Peers Morgan. That is weird, like wait, if we're not fighting a war

1:42.0

for Israel, why would anybody be opposed

1:44.5

to the war mean that they're in anti-Semite? Not only that, if the war isn't about Israel, which people are telling me that's the case. It has nothing to do with Israel, it's all about freeing the people of Iran. Okay, I was just now, I was gonna start on a much lighter note about how Taco Bell is- I'm in a mood, yeah. Taco Bell is underrated, but apparently we're-

2:02.1

Taco Bell is underrated. How Taco Bell is underrated. But apparently we're kidding. Taco Bell is underrated, number one. But we don't have time for fun today, okay? Okay, we don't have time for fun, that's tomorrow. All right. Anyway, so real quick, since you started and then we'll get to the stories. On the Pierce morning this morning, I mean, first of all, my heart's broken over General

2:18.3

Wesley Clark.

2:19.3

He's, I don't know who he's working for, but he's now changed his tune and is pro-war

2:24.3

with Iran.

2:25.3

It was so heartbreaking to see, okay?

2:28.3

But now everyone admits, even the pro-Israel people, to your point, Anna, they're like, well, of course Israel wants the war, any decent country would. I mean, Norway does, Israel does Taiwan. I'm kidding about Norway and Taiwan. But they're now, it's so obvious that they can't hide it anymore. So now what they're doing is, well, sure, Israel wants the war, but it but it's great for America too. How? How is it good? And so by the way, if it's so great for Israel and maybe tangentially beneficial laws, why don't you do the war and you pay for the war and you fight the war and we'll chip in around the edges like you're planning. No, how about we don't chip in at all. Yeah, yeah, of course.

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