Iran Chaos and Rubio's Vatican Visit | Friday Five | 5/8/26
The A.M. Update
Aaron McIntire
4.9 • 833 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The Iran situation keeps spinning with Project Freedom on again, off again, and Saudi Arabia flip-flopping on U.S. air base access, while Marco Rubio met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican and received an unusually warm welcome that has Aaron's "spidey senses tingling." The episode also covers Tennessee Democrats melting down over congressional redistricting, Neil Gorsuch sparking debate with his "creedal nation" comments, a moving update from the mother of wounded National Guardsman Andrew Wolfe, a sharp satirical blog post on right-wing online catastrophizing, and listener questions on Trump's endorsement strategy and the 2026 midterms.
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| 0:57.6 | F-U-T-U-R-E. It's Friday, May 8th, 2026. Is Iran even real at this point? Chaos in Tennessee |
| 1:05.4 | and a little concern about Rubial. Next on the AM update. |
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| 1:45.5 | Let's get to our Friday five-pack leading off with, again, Iran. |
| 1:50.6 | This is such a dominant story, but I'm starting to get sick of it, as I've said. |
| 1:54.9 | And it's just a big old episode of Punkn now at this point? |
| 1:59.3 | Is Iran even real? |
| 2:02.1 | Is the Middle East even a real region? So I think it was Monday or maybe late Sunday. I can't remember. All these days are |
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