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Welcome to the politics, guys.

I'm Trey Orndorff, a political scientist at Oklahoma Christian University.

And I am joined by Ken Katkin, a professor of law at Chase Law School.

Ken, it has been far, far too long since we've been doing the show together.

Yeah, I almost forgot the whole Federalist paper since the last time we talked. I had to reread them, but it's great to be back. No, it is true. We've taken a little bit of a hiatus. The two of us, I've been on this show, but you've had a lot of things going on. And so as a result, I continue to release some things on our substack for listeners about the Federalist Papers. But I had to even go back and think, yeah, that was a couple of things ago. You know, I have to get back to that. So I'm excited about that, too. So just a reminder, if you want to be a part of those supporters exclusive shows, that's going to mean that you need to become a supporter of the politics. guys, you'll get to things like, well, Ken and I's substest – or not our substack – are a Federalist paper show, although you can also follow us on the substack, and that's going to be in the show notes. But, Ken, let's jump in. It's been a busy week. There's a lot of things to get to. Middle Eastern leadership was kind of, I don't know,

redrawn this past week when Mojitabha Kamani officially ascended to the role of the Supreme Leader.

Now, this wasn't a standard transition, Ken.

It's in some ways kind of a coronation in a combat zone.

The new leader takes power as the United States faces mounting evidence corroborated by

independent analysts that American Tomahawk missile was in fact responsible for a pretty horrific

strike on a girl's school that killed over 170 children, although Donald Trump suggested

that it could have been anyone's Tomahawk missile.

We'll talk more about that in a minute. Meanwhile, while the White House maintains that Iran probably

hit its own people, that still brings a new level of Iranian resolve. Meanwhile, today, six

more Americans were killed, in this case, crew members during a refueling,

on a refueling plane in Iraq in support of the Iranian war effort. Now, meanwhile, back at home in

the United States, there's been all kinds of economic shockwaves from the Iranian war, specifically

in oil. Right now, for example, the partial closure, now seemingly

almost near total closure of the Strait of Hermuz, has sent oil prices on a roller coaster,

rattling global brand markets and spurking fears of 2026 becoming the year of stagflation.

Meanwhile, in Washington, the debate has sometimes shifted from if

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