Strait-Up Israelification - May 7, 2026

The Young Turks

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Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Donald Trump reportedly reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz after fierce backlash from allies, as soaring jet-fuel prices spark new fears inside the administration about economic fallout from the Iran conflict. Meanwhile, Thomas Massie is openly battling what he calls the treachery of Trump’s Republican Party, AIPAC, and the “Epstein class.” Thanks to today's sponsors: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at shopify.com/tyt Get 40% OFF the Ground News Vantage Plan when you sign up at ground.news/tyt Stay informed without the media spin at ground.news/tyt Go to cookunity.com/tyt or enter code TYT before checkout to get 50% off your first order. Use less data, get paid by switching to Noble Mobile: https://go.tyt.com/getnoble 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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1:04.1	later. He is late, but he will be back very soon. And we will be covering pretty much everything in the rundown
1:11.7	together. However, I will be discussing at the top of the show today, just more of the economic
1:17.7	fallout as a result of this now ongoing war with Iran. I say ongoing because one of the bigger
1:24.9	updates is that it appears that the kinetic hot war is back on.
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