Omnibus (5-30-26).
Unf*cking The Republic
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🗓️ 30 May 2026
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Max and 99 return to close out the month with another Omnibus. They hit headlines on the Jacobin AI debate, U.S. complicity in the flotilla torture, and USDA plans, then tackle listener emails on financial repression, mortgage rates, and a stablecoin question from the crypto heist episode. They rank their Top 5 fictional characters you'd want on your side in a crisis, and close out with some movie talk. Enjoy, Unf*ckers!
Chapters
Intro: 00:00:08
Headlines: 00:02:36
Emails: 00:42:29
Top 5: 01:02:01
Beyond the Bullshit: 01:12:46
Memberships: 01:24:25
Outro: 01:25:00
Resources
Common Dreams: Global Sumud Flotilla Urges Probe of US Complicity in Members’ Abduction and Torture by Israel
Jacobin: Democratic Governance of AI Is the Real Solution
Jacobin: Stop the AI Build-Out, Start the Fight
Bad Faith: Breaking Down Jacobin's MIND BOGGLING Pro AI Article (W/ Levine, Ongweso & Regunberg)
Mother Jones: USDA Plan to Jack Up Line Speeds at Meatpacking Plants Seems Like a Terrible Idea
UNFTR Resources
Episode: A (Mostly) Vegan World: Plantf*ckers Can Save Us All
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| 0:00.0 | This is Omnibus from UNFTR, the date Saturday, May 30. |
| 0:16.2 | But we're recording this on the 27th, which means anything's possible in between these times. But right now, |
| 0:24.7 | we're still at war. The Knicks are phenomenal. Cornyn went down in Texas massively to Ken |
| 0:35.1 | Paxton. some implications there. |
| 0:38.5 | Grant Platner in a poll is shulacking Susan Collins. |
| 0:44.1 | So things are a little weird right now. |
| 0:47.8 | The Knicks shouldn't be this good. |
| 0:49.8 | That's the strangest thing that's going on. |
| 0:51.8 | And I saw a wonderful, wonderful mashup of every sports commentator commenting on Brunson when he was first drafted saying that this is a terrible pick for the next. |
| 1:08.5 | And that's a lot of fun. |
| 1:10.7 | That sort of dovetails into how we kind of think for the next. And that's a lot of fun. That sort of dovetails into how we kind of |
| 1:14.4 | think about these races that are coming up as we get closer and closer to the midterms. |
| 1:18.9 | The Texas thing, very interesting. The main thing, less interesting, but has a significant |
| 1:26.6 | potential impact on the calculus in the Senate. |
| 1:28.9 | So lots to go over in the future. |
| 1:32.0 | But for today, you've got me, Max, with my buddy, my partner in crime, producer extraordinaire, and great human being, 99. |
| 1:44.1 | Hey, what's up, man? |
| 1:45.7 | Hi. |
| 1:46.7 | How you doing? |
| 1:48.2 | I'm superb. |
| 1:49.5 | How are you? |
| 1:50.4 | I'm fine, sad. |
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