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I'm Steve Days alongside Todd Erz and Aaron McIntyre coming up on today's show.

What exactly is the reelection message for Republicans in the midterms? We're going to discuss that at the bottom of the hour with our good friend Bob Vanderplots. Next hour, your turn to ask me anything. How are we looking, Todd? There's lots of anything. So it's kind of a mishmash, it's kind of a goulash, a cornucopia, if you will. Yes, it is. I like that. All right. So we'll get through as many of those as we can. And then what remains we'll do in the overtime today for Blaze TV subscribers at blazTV.com slash days. Use the code dace for a discounted subscription today. But let's kick this thing off, as we always do, with Aaron's

rundown of what happened while we were away. What happened while we were away brought to you by

an Easter miracle. President Donald Trump hailed the rescue of a missing U.S. airmen from a downed F-15

in Iran as an Easter miracle after U.S. forces recovered the second crew member following a high-risk mission

behind enemy lines. The rescue followed the downing of the F-15, which triggered a multi-day search

operation inside Iran. U.S. forces had already recovered the first crew member before locating the

second who had been missing in a mountainous terrain region as large

numbers of Iranian forces searched the area. According to the New York Times, the CIA initiated

a deception campaign to try to confuse Iranian forces and convinced them the airmen had already

been rescued and was moving out of the country in a ground convoy. In a final twist after the weapons

officer was rescued, two transport planes that would carry the commandos and the airmen back to

safety got stuck at a remote base the U.S. had set up within Iran. Commanders, according to the

Times, decided to fly in three new planes to extract all the U.S. military personnel and the airmen,

and they blew up the two disabled planes rather than have them fall into Iranian hands.

Just an astounding story and a total humiliation for Iranian forces,

unable to locate an injured enemy to them, combatant on their own soil.

In other news, President Trump set yet another ultimatum for Iran.

What's the fucking ocean in the basket? Whoops, strong clip. Trump posted on truth social, quote, Tuesday will be power plant day and bridge day, all wrapped up in one in Iran. There will be nothing like it. Open the fucking straight, you crazy bastards. Or you'll be living in hell. Just watch. Praise be to Allah, President Donald J. Trump.

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