The Worst Way to Spend $200 Billion
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🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 92 minutes
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The Pentagon requests an additional $200 billion in funding for Trump's war in Iran. Jon and Dan discuss how Democrats in Congress should respond to the request, the administration's insistence that rising gas prices are nothing to worry about, and the resignation of a high-ranking intelligence official, Joe Kent, over the administration's decision to go to war with Iran. Then, they talk about Tulsi Gabbard's and Markwayne Mullin's explosive hearings on the Hill, AIPAC's impact on Tuesday's Democratic primaries in Illinois, and Trump's latest money-making venture — putting himself on a commemorative gold coin. Then, Juliana Stratton, the new Democratic nominee for Senate in Illinois, talks to Dan about her simple, effective anti-Trump message.
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| 1:26.2 | I'm Dan Pfeiffer, former senior advisor to Barack Obama, and in message box, I break down what's actually happening in politics and what it's going to take to beat Donald Trump MAGA. If you follow every poll and every twist-in turn in the campaign, message box is for you. This isn't just hot takes. Every edition delivers clear analysis, behind-the-scenes insight and practical strategy you actually use, whether you're working on a race, organizing your community, or just trying to win the argument in your group chat. |
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| 2:01.4 | So go to crooked. I'm Dan Fifer. On today's show, we're going to talk about how the war in Iran is turning into a global economic crisis, |
| 2:36.2 | why the Pentagon thinks it'll cost us at least another $200 billion, and whether Congress will actually approve that funding, |
| 2:42.6 | the senior Trump official who just resigned over the war, the fight over confirming Trump's next Homeland Security Secretary that involves an actual physical fight, |
| 2:51.8 | the other actual physical fight that will take place on the White House lawn this summer, |
| 2:56.5 | Apex's role in this week's Democratic primaries in Illinois, |
| 2:59.7 | and then the winner of one of those primaries talks to Dan, |
| 3:03.0 | Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, |
| 3:04.6 | who's on her way to becoming the next Democratic senator from |
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