On The Record (3-9-26).
Unf*cking The Republic
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🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Markwayne Mullin fails his first test. Lindsey Graham wants to blow the Iranian people. The markets are getting Blackrocked. OpenAI and Oracle have a bit of a cash crunch. Dario Amodei is full of shit. What Crude markets tell us about the war. Truth bombs from the House of El. Actual journalism on Iran from American Prestige and Dissent Magazine. ProPublica doin’ the lord’s work and Persopolis.
Chapters
Quick Takes: 00:00:36
Max Notes: 00:06:44
KLTW: 00:15:02
Headlines: 00:17:04
Pod Love: 00:18:26
Book Love: 00:19:27
Outro: 00:20:04
Resources
Bloomberg: BlackRock $26 Billion Private Credit Fund Limits Withdrawals
Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time: Charles Merrill and the Democratization of Stock Ownership
IRA Financial: Trump, Alternatives, and the Solo 401(k): The Retirement Plan That Paved the Way for Alts in 401(k)s
Bloomberg: BlackRock’s Retail Private-Credit Hopes Run Into Market’s Angst
House of El: DOLLAR COLLAPSE: Japan to DUMP $1.2T in US Treasuries After Trump Cuts 95% Oil Supply
Dissent Magazine: War, Revolt, and Iran's Unfinished Struggle
Grist: Kristi Noem all but killed FEMA. Will her departure save it?
ProPublica: Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees
ProPublica: Event: How to Use Our News App of Disclosures From Political Appointees
Pod Love
American Prestige: War in the Gulf and the Global Economy w/ Esfandyar Batmanghelidj
Book Love
Marjane Satrapi: Persepolis
UNFTR Resources
Video: On The Record (3-9-26).
Video: MTN Macro Take (3-7-26).
Episode: Trump Accounts.
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| 0:00.0 | Senator Dumbass is catching a ride on Christy Nome's Mile High Club jet. |
| 0:04.6 | Lindsay Graham wants to blow the Iranian people. |
| 0:07.3 | The markets are getting black rocked. |
| 0:09.5 | Open AI and Oracle have a bit of a cash crunch. |
| 0:12.1 | I am so over Dario. |
| 0:14.1 | Truth bombs from the House of Elle. |
| 0:16.1 | Actual journalism on Iran from American prestige and dissent magazine. |
| 0:20.5 | ProPublica doing the Lord work, and Persepolis. |
| 0:24.0 | All in a day's work over here at UNFTR with this week's On the Record. |
| 0:28.4 | I'm Max. You're you. Wonder Twin Powers! Activate! |
| 0:33.4 | UNFTR! |
| 0:36.7 | Gotta say, things are off to a great start for Senator Mark Wayne Mullen, who's ready for his close-up. |
| 0:41.3 | He's starting with the easy questions first, and he is just knocking the cover off the ball. |
| 0:46.3 | We have declared war. |
| 0:47.3 | Now, that's the confidence that we're looking for to defend the homeland. |
| 0:51.3 | You know, everyone else in this administration seems to be struggling with this |
| 0:55.9 | concept, but the new guy is just the medicine we need. Folks, we are not at war. This is war, |
| 1:03.5 | and we're taking out the threat. Oh, for the love of shit. All right, first day jitters, right? |
| 1:08.4 | They've called it war. What I was saying, okay, well, that was it misspoke. What I was saying that they've declared war on us, but war is ugly. Tell you what, let's go to someone a bit more seasoned to find out what in the Sam hell is going on. Senator Graham, what are our intentions in Iran? We're going to blow the hell out of these people. |
| 1:28.6 | Lindsay, you devil. Are you sure they're going to go along with that? |
| 1:31.7 | It is going to be on its knees. |
| 1:34.0 | Yeah, it's just another day in Trump's America where we're blowing a world on its knees and not declaring a not war. |
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