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  • Decoding The Iran War (3-8-26)

    Decoding The Iran War (3-8-26)
    Mar 8 2026
    01:00 Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History (2025), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174561 11:20 Vali Nasr Exclusive: 'War is being waged ': Vali Nasr on Israel-US campaign against Iran 25:00 The First Gulf War, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174605 28:00 Understanding The Elite Frame On The Iran War, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174625 35:00 Mark Halperin: Trump’s Iran Strategy Explained, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPUwk2I7hO8 40:00 Why Different Groups View The Iran War Differently, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174619 47:00 You Don’t Win Wars Through Logic & Rhetoric, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174615 50:00 When American Presidents Tell You To Rise Up, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174612 53:00 Why do elites love the word ‘dialogue’?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174610 55:00 Does Iran need to unconditionally surrender 1:39:00 Richard Haass: ‘America chose this war — and must now choose how to end it’, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174601 1:46:00 Why do elites argue that Iran’s war plans are super rational and coolly calculating while Trump’s plans are impulsive and crazy? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174592 1:59:00 Why Do Elites Love The Word ‘Fraught’?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174599 2:02:00 Why Do Elites Love The Word ‘Metastasized’?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174597 2:06:30 NYT: In War’s First Week, a Punishing Military Campaign With No Coherent Endgame, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174581 2:28:00 Why Has Trump Gone To War With Iran? | Christiane Amanpour Presents, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CFVlQ8ftVo 2:30:00 Journos Take Public Pronouncements Too Seriously, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174460 2:31:00 When The Search For Meaning Leads To War, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174445 2:37:45 Decoding CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174479 2:38:30 Richard Haass says Iran is not losing, https://politicalitems.substack.com/p/is-iran-not-losing 2:40:00 ‘The last thing the Middle East needed was another war’, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174458 2:43:00 Industrial Policy for the United States: Winning the Competition for Good Jobs and High-Value Industries (2024), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174500 2:47:00 Is It Truth Or BS?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174491 2:49:30 Decoding My Life, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169794 2:53:00 Everything shocking and big requires fuel, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174472 2:56:00 Decoding Washington Post Columnist David Ignatius, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174429 3:11:00 Where Is The Expert Herd Going On The Iran War?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174447 3:13:00 Why Do Elites Love Dubai?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174467 3:15:00 Where Will It Stop?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174464 3:18:00 Can Iran Kill Americans At Scale?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174505 3:22:00 Why do elites and journos love the word ‘predicate’?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174396 3:26:00 War With Iran: Why Now and What Comes Next, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ORmcvFYU68 3:27:00 Decoding Iran Expert Suzanne Maloney, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174388 3:36:00 Why does the MSM fetishize “seriousness” and dismiss Trump’s team for lack thereof?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174363
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    3 h et 38 min
  • Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26)

    Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26)
    Mar 1 2026
    01:00 Blogging vs Streaming, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173341 03:00 Gulf states are learning a tough David Pinsof alliance lesson — it is hard to stay neutral., https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173375 05:00 Iran’s Elites Slaughtered, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173386 06:00 How Eliminating Ayatollah Khameini Will Change The Middle East w/Michael Doran, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMEEVmJGUc0 10:00 Regime Change In Iran, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173325 17:00 Feelings About Trump Frame Iran War Commentary, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173336 22:00 Donald Trump’s Transactional Relationships, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173384 25:00‘I Know Things That You Do Not Know’, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173380 30:00 BBC Epistemics, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173366 40:00 Why did some elites focus on deaths in Gaza but not protester deaths in Iran and vice versa?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173361 45:00 War Results From Differing Reads On Reality, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173359 49:00 Why Tucker Opposes The War, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173356 55:00 Patricia Marins: What runs out first, the US-Israel interceptors or Iran’s ability to launch missiles?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173352 57:00 Is The Iran War All About China?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173349 59:30 General Avivi on US & Israel’s Next Move, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phnAKPPEMos 1:02:00 Is It Bad To Celebrate The Deaths Of Your Enemies?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173331 1:10:00 Calm Comes From Insulation, Not Wisdom, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173316 1:28:00 Cliches Dominate Iran War Coverage, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173308 1:41:00 Journalists intensely fear AI, push AI doomer narratives, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173306 1:43:00 Just Because Iran Was Negotiating Does Not Mean It Was Negotiating In Good Faith, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173302 1:49:00 The Pitt pushes expert ideology, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173300 1:53:00 Justification For This War Depend Upon Unverifiable Expert Claims, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173292 2:01:00 Why Are The High Status Pundits So Pained?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173271 2:02:00 Every Expert Has Had Their Priors Confirmed, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173290 2:09:00 Who can narrate? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=172725 2:11:30 Decoding Haviv Rettig Gur, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=173207
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    2 h et 15 min
  • Decoding Slopulism (2-15-26)

    Decoding Slopulism (2-15-26)
    Feb 15 2026
    01:00 My Struggle With Connection, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169794 10:30 Alan Dershowitz Says Congress Does Not Want The Truth About Jeffrey Epstein, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169031 12:30 Revealing the TRUTH of the Epstein Files WITH Alan Dershowitz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ7AwsEDhaY 15:00 Decoding The Moral Panic Over Jeffrey Epstein, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169769 47:00 Decoding My Life With Alliance Theory, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169254 59:00 Decoding Slopulism, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169778 1:39:00 The Epstein Hysteria Is a Moral Panic | Michael Tracey, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENCPCBSDu0E 1:41:00 Why Is Opposition To Trump So Hyper-Moralized? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169767 1:57:00 Decoding Teal Swan, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/teal-swan-all-hail-source 2:04:00 LAT: Bass helped Raman win reelection. Now Raman wants to unseat her. Some call it ‘a betrayal’, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169744 2:11:00 How To Get Ahead By Being Anti-Racist, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169762 2:27:00 Morality As A Tool For Personal Advancement, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169759 2:29:00 Alternative Healers Offer You The Opportunity To Pay Someone To Care For You, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169792 2:33:00 Decoding Alexander Technique, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=168401 2:42:00 The Culture, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169752 2:47:00 Shrinking, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169606 2:53:00 The Ruling Elite’s Ten Favorite Narratives About Free Speech, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169665 2:53:00 The Ruling Elite’s Ten Favorite Narratives, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169661 2:55:00 The Ruling Elite’s Ten Favorite Narratives About Economics, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169663 2:59:00 Why Did The NFL Choose Bad Bunny For Its Halftime Show?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=168770 3:04:00 U.S. Military Build up and Protests Signals a BIG STORM Is Brewing, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnwO4hKJxcg 3:08:20 Has California Hit Rock Bottom? 3:10:00 The Ruling Elite’s Ten Favorite Narratives, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169661 3:18:00 Abide With Me, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169618 3:26:00 How Much Do We Value The Human Touch?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169609 3:32:00 Decoding Jacob Siegel, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=168629 3:37:00 Robert Alter, “A Literary Approach to the Bible,” from The Art of Biblical Narrative, https://manifesto.fireside.fm/22 3:42:20 The Class System is Static | Kate Fox
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    4 h et 6 min
  • Rooted Citizens vs. Mobile Capital: The Real Free Trade War (2-1-26)

    Rooted Citizens vs. Mobile Capital: The Real Free Trade War (2-1-26)
    Feb 1 2026
    01:00 Decoding the Free Trade Debate, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167511 07:00 The British civil war has already started? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vcHTYtm7mo 1:40:00 Not Born Yesterday: The Science of Who We Trust and What We Believe, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167522 1:41:00 DTG: Scott Galloway, Part 2: Peak Masculinity, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/scott-galloway-part-2-peak-masculinity 1:58:00 Decoding the American Revolution, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167446 2:01:00 Why don’t ruling coalitions do a better job of buying off their most dangerous opponents? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167664 2:08:00 Why Americans love rhetoric about freedom and Australians love rhetoric about fairness, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167659 2:12:00 Decoding Journalism Prizes, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167655 2:22:00 Decoding Decoding The Gurus, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167555 2:31:00 The Fight Over Rights, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167651 2:35:00 How Do You Explain The Prevalence Of HIV Ads On TV?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167642 2:41:00 Decoding Medicine’s Embrace Of Trans Mutilations, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167636 2:46:00 Decoding Matthew Joseph Continetti, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167488 2:48:30 Decoding Christopher Caldwell, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167484 2:53:00 Decoding Ezra Klein, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167478 2:56:00 Decoding The Misinformation Debate, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167476 2:57:00 Decoding Racial Profiling, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167474 3:01:00 Decoding Critical Race Theory, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167472 3:03:00 Decoding Q-Anon, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167470 3:07:00 Is Our Democracy At Risk?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167468 3:12:00 Decoding The Gay Marriage Debate, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167507 3:17:00 Why Religion Went Obsolete: The Demise of Traditional Faith in America, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167501 3:25:00 Decoding Christopher Lasch, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167499 3:31:00 The Politics of Expertise by Stephen Turner (2013), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167561 3:37:00 Decoding The Southern Poverty Law Center, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167602 3:39:00 Decoding Extremism Studies, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167576 3:46:00 Decoding The Anti-Defamation League, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167588 3:48:30 Decoding Brandy Zadrozny, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167572 3:56:00 Decoding Andrew Marantz, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167580 3:59:20 Decoding Renée DiResta, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167568 4:06:00 The Ten Most Intense Debates Within Orthodox Judaism Over The Past Decade, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167591
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    4 h et 7 min
  • Has Tucker Descended Into Madness? (1-30-26)

    Has Tucker Descended Into Madness? (1-30-26)
    Jan 30 2026
    01:00 Has Tucker Descended Into Madness? (1-30-26) 06:00 The Rise & Fall of the Enlightenment, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167426 18:00 The Trajectory Of Christian Nationalism, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167419 50:00 The Golden Age For Jews In America Was A Historically Contingent Alliance That Has Now Fractured, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167403 1:09:40 Video: Inside the New York Town Invaded by Welfare-Addicted Jews…, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167377 1:11:30 Rodney Martin joins to talk Israel 1:15:00 ICE killings in Minnesota 1:31:00 Will Trump hit Iran? 1:48:00 New Alex Pretti Footage | The NatCon Squad, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88iTJIm3sfc 2:29:00 The Jeffrey Goldberg Trajectory, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167401 2:32:00 The Trump-Tucker Relationship, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167397 2:36:00 Why is the MSM fascinated by Tucker?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167395 2:39:30 Why does Tucker get called a class traitor?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167392 2:43:00 Why Has Tucker Carlson Embraced Conspiracy Theories?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167385
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    2 h et 47 min
  • The Battle To Define Reality (1-28-26)

    The Battle To Define Reality (1-28-26)
    Jan 29 2026
    01:00 Who has the power to define reality? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167340 05:00 Mark Halperin: How MN Sparked a National Immigration Debate, and Intra-GOP "War" Fight, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSp_iBFc1Fk 18:00 Megyn Kelly Breaks Down Multiple Videos of Alex Pretti's Past VIOLENT Clash with Law Enforcement, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0L9JUjcwo0 23:00 The Vetting of Josh Shapiro, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167363 32:30 The Case For A Jewish Sovereign Wealth Fund, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167349 1:22:00 NYT: The strange “no U-turn” signs along Griffith Park Boulevard in Silver Lake were erected in the 1990s to ward off gay men, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167340 1:31:00 Dr. Oz investigating alleged hospice fraud in California, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpfH6uAkWF8 1:33:00 Trump Admin vs Medical Fraud Rings, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167336 1:37:00 Megyn Kelly Tells Protestors “Get Hot and Get Effed”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Hjy4QKarg 1:39:00 Scott Galloway, Part 2: Peak Masculinity, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/scott-galloway-part-2-peak-masculinity 2:07:00 The Top Ten Money-Making But Unnecessary Procedures Pushed By Dentists, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167326 2:08:30 Never do these procedures at the dentist! It's a WASTE of money, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfAlexNOEKg 2:11:00 Top Ten Unnecessary Surgeries, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167323 2:12:30 The Shooters Of Alex Pretti Placed On Administrative Leave, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167314 2:19:00 Top Ten Unnecessary Surgeries, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167323 2:25:00 The Shooters Of Alex Pretti Placed On Administrative Leave, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167314
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    3 h et 8 min
  • The Bridge and the Moat: Jewish Survival Inside Gentile Nationalisms (1-28-26)

    The Bridge and the Moat: Jewish Survival Inside Gentile Nationalisms (1-28-26)
    Jan 29 2026
    01:00 Will Trump push for mandatory e-verify? https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/the-trouble-with-trumps-deportations 02:00 Tucker Carlson is The Most Powerful Man on the Right (w/ Jason Zengerle), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6hcq2n26oY 10:00 Israel has never been stronger nor more unpopular, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167302 12:00 Yoram Hazony on Anti-Semitism and the American Right, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167290 14:00 What Drives Yoram Hazony & National Conservatism?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167008 1:33:00 Why Did The Pundits Who Supported The 2003 Invasion And Occupation Of Iraq Pay No Career Price?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167282 1:50:00 When Jon Stewart Humiliated Tucker Carlson On Crossfire In 2004, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167280 1:58:00 The Fred Barnes Trajectory, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167275 2:03:00 The Stephen Park Turner Trajectory, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167273 2:10:00 The Tom Wolfe Trajectory, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167266 2:18:00 The Seymour Hersh Trajectory, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167263 2:25:00 The Maria Bartiromo Trajectory, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167254 2:31:00 The Bill Kristol Trajectory, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167249 2:43:00 The Matt Labash Trajectory, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167246 2:48:00 Every Modern Orthodox Neighborhood in the USA is Steadily Becoming Haredi, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167238 2:53:00 Broadcast News (1987), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167229
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    3 h et 21 min
  • Oy Vey! They're Assaulting Our Norms! (1-27-26)

    Oy Vey! They're Assaulting Our Norms! (1-27-26)
    Jan 27 2026
    01:00 NYT: Employment Commission Chair Recasts Workplace Discrimination in Trump’s Image, https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/politics/eocc-dei-employment-discrimination.html 02:00 Trump targets anti-white discrimination, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167215 10:00 WP: Philip Glass pulls world premiere from Kennedy Center, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167213 15:00 How Do You Survive A Racist Text Published In The New Yorker?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167208 22:00 What Happened to Tucker Carlson? | Interview: Jason Zengerle, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mTOwKKtTbg 24:00 Tucker's nationalist crusade, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/02/tucker-carlsons-nationalist-crusade 42:00 The MSM's shift after Trump's election, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167143 47:00 The New Path For Journalism, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167205 55:00 Even Rebels Yearn For The Admiration Of Polite Society, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167192 58:00 Sarah Isgur’s Career Trajectory, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167143 1:08:35 Tucker Carlson's Long Slide, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167185 1:19:00 Publishing In Conservative vs Liberal Media, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167180 1:24:00 Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens & Israel, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167177 1:38:00 The Tendencies Of The Elite MSM, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167175, 1:51:00 The Blob Fights Back, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167157 2:00:00 NYT: Shootings Pose a Hard Question for the Right: Who’s a Conservative, Really?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167153 2:07:00 Why Did Sean Spicer & Dan Turrentine Create Their Own Show? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167145 2:09:00 The Mark Halperin Trajectory, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=167136
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    2 h et 16 min