Two More Weeks | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

<p>Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM EST. </p><p>Today we discuss:</p><p>• As we predicted, Trump TACOed again in the final hour, extending last night’s deadline for Iran to <strong>reopen the Strait of Hormuz and agreeing to a ceasefire for another two weeks</strong> to allow the U.S. and Iran to hash out an end to the U.S.-Israeli War Against Iran. <strong>Israel, with a history of scuttling ceasefires</strong>, says it will continue to invade and bomb Lebanon, and is reported to have attacked an oil refinery on the country’s Lavan Island in the Persian Gulf.</p><p>• <strong>Sticking points</strong> include: the US demanding zero <strong>uranium enrichment</strong> on Iranian soil with full dismantlement of capabilities and stockpiles versus Iran's insistence on its sovereign right to enrich; Iran seeking immediate full lifting of all <strong>US sanctions and asset releases</strong> versus the US offering only phased relief tied to verifiable compliance; disputes over Iranian control versus unrestricted access through the <strong>Strait of Hormuz</strong>; the US pushing limits on <strong>Iran's ballistic missiles</strong> and an end to support for <strong>regional proxies</strong> like Hezbollah and the Houthis versus Iran's refusal to negotiate these defensive elements; and Iran's demands for US <strong>non-aggression pledges</strong>, <strong>possible troop withdrawal, reparations, and a binding UN resolution.</strong></p><p>• <strong>Gulf countries</strong> are being forced to re-evaluate their relationships with Israel, Iran and the United States — their main security guarantor — now that the war has exposed the vulnerability of their oil fields, water desalination plants, hotels and airports.</p><p>• <strong>ICE shot another man</strong>, Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, in Patterson, 80 miles east of San Jose. ICE claimed Hernandez is a member of the Los Angeles 18th Street gang and was wanted for questioning in El Salvador related to a murder. In a video, three ICE agents were seen flanking a black sedan pinned between two other vehicles – respectively at its front and back – with flashing police lights. As the officers reached into the vehicle, the black sedan reversed with its right passenger door open. That door collided with the car behind it. The <strong>agents had their weapons drawn</strong> as the car reversed.</p><p></p><p>MERCH STORE: <a href="https://www.deprogram.live" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.deprogram.live</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://x.com/tedrall" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://x.com/tedrall</a></p><p><a href="https://x.com/JamarlThomas" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://x.com/JamarlThomas</a></p><p></p><p>LIVE ON RUMBLE: <a href="https://rumble.com/c/DeProgramShow" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://rumble.com/c/DeProgramShow</a></p><p>SPOTIFY: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2kdFlw2w8sSPhKI8NRx8Zu" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/2kdFlw2w8sSPhKI8NRx8Zu</a></p><p>APPLE MUSIC: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deprogram-with-john-kiriakou-and-ted-rall/id1825379504" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deprogram-with-john-kiriakou-and-ted-rall/id1825379504</a></p>