Stephen Miller Melts Down Over 'Woke' War and These Dems Are Backing Trump's Plans?

5 Mar 2026 · 18 min · 6 chapters

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Episode Title Stephen Miller Melts Down Over 'Woke' War and These Dems Are Backing Trump's Plans?

Episode Description In this episode, hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan explore the implications of Stephen Miller's comments on war propaganda and the surprising stance of some Democrats in supporting Trump's military funding plans.

Key Themes

  • Political Hypocrisy: The episode discusses the historical context of Democratic support for military actions, contrasting it with their supposed opposition to war.
  • Bipartisan Complicity: The hosts highlight a concerning trend where both parties appear to support military actions and funding, despite public opposition and historical failures.
  • War Crimes: There is a strong condemnation of U.S. military involvement and the consequences of foreign interventions, particularly regarding Israel and Iran.

Main Points Discussed

  1. Historical Context of War Authorization
  2. Iraq War Authorization: Reference to Senators Edwards and Clinton's votes in favor of the Iraq War, juxtaposed with Barack Obama’s anti-war campaign.
  3. Current Stance of MAGA Republicans: The MAGA party’s shift from anti-war sentiments to supporting military interventions in Iran.
  1. Democratic Party's Stance on Military Funding
  2. Democratic Senators’ Support for Pentagon Funding:
  3. Mention of Senators such as Jack Reed, Gary Peters, Tim Kaine, and Alyssa Slotkin not ruling out increased military funding.
  4. Concern that Democrats are repeating historical mistakes (e.g., Iraq War) without learning from past failures.
  1. Critique of Democratic Leadership
  2. Chuck Schumer's Role: Criticism of Schumer’s hardline support for Israel, particularly in the context of funding for military operations.
  3. Alyssa Slotkin's Background: Skepticism about Slotkin's CIA background and her alignment with military actions instead of intelligence-led decisions.
  1. Political Manipulation and Military Industrial Complex
  2. Ruben Gallego's Flip-Flop: Gallego’s contradictory statements about the war and his ultimate decision to support military funding despite his earlier criticisms.
  3. Military Industrial Complex: Hosts express concern over politicians prioritizing military interests over constituents' welfare, labeling them as "fascist collaborators".
  1. Stephen Miller’s Propaganda
  2. Miller's Anti-Woke Rhetoric: Analysis of Miller's rhetoric on Fox News, framing it as preparation for accepting war crimes under a new administration.
  3. Danger of Anti-Woke Narratives: The impact of such narratives on public perception of military actions and war crimes.
  1. Criticism of U.S. Foreign Policy
  2. War Crimes in Gaza and Iran: The hosts discuss reported attacks on health infrastructure in Iran, linking these actions to U.S. military support for Israel.
  3. Call to Action: An urgent plea for listeners to recognize and challenge the complicity of U.S. leadership in international war crimes.

Conclusion The episode emphasizes the urgency of accountability within the Democratic Party regarding military funding and foreign policy. It critiques the complicity of both major political parties in perpetuating military engagement and undermining social justice, thereby calling for a more principled stance from elected officials.

Key Takeaways

  • The podcast sheds light on the cyclical nature of military intervention and political alignment in the U.S.
  • There is a call for activism against bipartisan support for military actions that contradict public opinion and humanitarian principles.
  • The episode underscores the importance of historical awareness in evaluating current political decisions.

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Final Note Listeners are encouraged to critically evaluate the actions of their representatives and remain vigilant against the narratives that justify military engagement and undermine democratic values.

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Chapters

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Democrats and Military Funding

0:46 to 1:26

Discussion on Democrats considering funding for Middle East wars.

“And so what lessons have the Democrats learned?”

Historical Lessons Ignored

1:27 to 2:55

Analysis of how historical lessons from the Iraq War are being overlooked.

“The Iraq war was wildly unpopular, did nothing but diminish our standing around the globe.”

Critique of Democratic Leadership

2:56 to 6:32

Criticism of Democratic leaders for supporting military actions and failing to learn from history.

“And just going along with this is not going to end well.”

The Role of Stephen Miller

6:33 to 10:16

Exploration of Stephen Miller's rhetoric and its implications for military actions.

“our already suffering economy from Trump's incompetence and missteps.”

War Crimes and Accountability

13:23 to 14:15

Discussion on the implications of military actions and potential war crimes.

“Important safety information and restrictions.”

Critique of Israel's Military Actions

14:15 to 17:40

Discussion on the military actions in Israel and the implications of war crimes.

“All right, so what's important here with this graphic, with this reporting from Reuters is they have verified 13 attacks on health infrastructure.”
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0:04In the early 2000s, Senator Edwards and Senator Clinton voted to authorize the Iraq War. Barack Obama ran his entire presidential campaign as being opposed to the war and schooled these two politicians and made it a central part of his campaign that they were pro-war. So right now we have, of course, the MAGA party that was like a month ago anti-war and all about the Nobel Peace Prize. Now, they are all for forever wars in Iran. They're all for this ridiculous regime change, which is not going to happen. This is going to end up being a forever war. And so what lessons have the Democrats learned?

0:51What are the Democrats going to do? Well, Politico is reporting the following, pop this up. We're in it. Democrats won't rule out giving Trump more money for Middle East war. And then moving into an excerpt from this article, several Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee aren't ruling out supporting more Pentagon funding. That includes the panel's top Democrat, Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, as well as Senators Gary Peters of Michigan, Tim Kaine of Virginia, and Alyssa Slotkin of Michigan. And it is as though history is lost on both parties. The Iraq war was wildly unpopular, did nothing but diminish our standing around the globe.

1:41And then we have Democrats that are supposed to be the opposition party that every single chance they get, it's like Schumer has a few that he can pull out to be the paid, controlled opposition, aka fascist collaborators. Rule number one with fascist regimes, never obey in advance, especially when we're partnering with war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu who committed a genocide. And does the Democratic Party think that their voters are this stupid? Have you not read the leaked autopsy reports that the Democratic base has a recoil-like reaction to the indiscriminate carpet bombing and killing of people with our taxpayer money?

2:33It's just like there's no lesson learned here whatsoever. Interestingly enough, Alyssa Slotkin was CIA. I would believe that she would want to depend more on intelligence than killing people, but apparently not. But I'm just profoundly concerned about all this. I do not think that we are getting good representation in this regard because I think that we're in an administration that has a lust for blood. They like it. And just going along with this is not going to end well. It's never ended well. And it's just it's a huge, huge problem. And Alyssa Slotkin has voted to confirm a lot of Trump's appointees.

3:26And so this is my thing. Like, there are some people that are establishment Democrats that aren't in politics, that are online saying you can't criticize Joe Biden, you can't criticize this person. And that is what we criticize MAGA for. We criticize them for just going along with this cult-like mentality. What it appears to me is happening more than anything is you have Chuck Schumer, who is a hardline Israel supporter. He said three weeks ago that one of his main jobs as senator was to make sure that Israel received all of the funding that it could. He's not coming out guns blazing, metaphorically speaking, saying, absolutely no more.

4:08We're not doing this. We learned a lesson. And sorry, Bibi, I know this has been your dream for 40 years. Not on our dime. Our infrastructure is failing. We are in the throes of a fascist takeover. But how do we defeat fascism? And how do we defeat authoritarianism when the second our fascist leader colludes with another fascist leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, and they start carpet bombing Tehran, a city that's densely populated with 10 million people. and they're obeying? It's stunning. And so this gets even worse. Ruben Gallego came out first, and he was all on Twitter and all on the news shows talking about this war is dumb, this is stupid, appeared like he had moral clarity.

4:55Well, of course, he's an establishment Democrat, and that was short-lived. Pop this up. Ruben Gallego was one of the few Democrats giving concise and clear statements about why this war is so bad, but he's going to vote to fund it. So all of those statements were just nom noms for gullible people desperately wanting some leaders of characters. All lies. Huffington Post reports Senator Ruben Gallego says he'll vote to fund Iran war one day after calling it dumb. While the Arizona Democrats said the conflict wasn't in America's best interest. He told CNN's Caitlin Collins, he'd have the Pentagon's back.

5:39So you're going to have the Pentagon's back. The Pentagon that is erasing black service members, the Pentagon that is saying women should not be on the battlefield, a racist, homophobic, misogynistic Pentagon. And our democratic senators are saying they're going to have the Pentagon's back and you're going to send, and they're talking about troops on the ground, having the Pentagon's back maybe would be, you're not listening to the Pentagon trumpet regime. Your joint chiefs advised you not to do this. If you start attacking Iran, they do not have a centralized military operation. They are set up for this.

6:22They've been building for this for 20 years. You will destabilize the entire region. Gas prices are going to hike. Inflation is going to happen out of the wazoo. You're going to destabilize an entire region and really impact our already suffering economy from Trump's incompetence and missteps. So maybe Senator Gallego supporting the Pentagon would be saying to the administration, listen to the joint chiefs. Don't listen to the untreated alcoholic, Fox News narcissist, Pete Hegseth, who is a compensatory narcissist that all he wants to do now is talk about what a badass he is because he's not woke.

7:04I feel like Pete Hexeth is playing battleship. Like he's a little boy that's moving his battleships around and he feels so tough. But when I saw that, that Gallego flip-flop, it just went, my head went to Mike Johnson, who said he was so moved by the victims of Epstein. He heard from the survivors and he wanted transparency and accountability. And then within hours went to protect the pedophile and the pedophile protectors. He just went all in on it. And I thought they're the same. That's that was my first thought. Well, and I just, I think that this problem, this bipartisan problem that we have with politicians that don't have conviction, that are always servicing the military industrial complex first, corporations first.

8:00It's more insidious for me because I know MAGA doesn't give a shit about marginalized people. I know they value profits over human beings. I know MAGA is a death cult. Their actions have proven it now. for a very, very, very long time. But the Democrats that prey on the empathy and the desire of social justice for so many in their base, and then when they see war crimes, and they see a war criminal named Benjamin Netanyahu that has broken so many international laws and has committed a genocide in Gaza. And then you know that autopsy was that a lot of people in the base felt like the Democratic Party was full of shit when it came to universal human rights.

8:48And that we just perpetuate, the Democratic Party just perpetuates the same neocon policies and or supports the same maniacal, bloodthirsty neocon policies. And so to see these Democratic senators fold like cheap suits and not stand for anything when the number one rule, and I'm going to say it again, is never obey in advance. On the foothills of everybody, most of us listening or watching this right now, remember 03 and 04. We remember the yellow cake debacle. Who was in the middle of that? Benjamin Netanyahu. Who said Iraq had weapons of mass destruction? Benjamin Netanyahu. who dog walked the United States into that, neocons and Benjamin Netanyahu.

9:41And here we are again. And you're not going to get your healthcare, tough titties on anything you need. And guess who's taking your jobs, MAGA? It's never the immigrants. It was never going to be the immigrants. It's always the oligarchs with their AI. But here comes Stephen Miller on Fox News. And it's very interesting what he says here, because I think he is laying the groundwork that the new administration is a-okay with war crimes. And keeping that in mind, listen to this propaganda and keep in mind, I'm telling you, they are prepping us that the new norm is war crimes. Play the clip. But what you're seeing right now, Sean, is a military under President Trump's leadership that's not fighting politically correct, that isn't fighting with its hands tied behind its back.

10:26One of the reasons I fear, Sean, that some people in this country lost faith in the military and the capacity to use that military to defend us is because we had a woke Pentagon, because we had a military who at the very highest levels, not the warfighters, was forced to fight a less than full fight. What you're seeing now. So as you can see, he's using the language that really speaks to the MAGA base. We're anti-woke. Woke is a mind virus. He's using that language as propaganda because that's their love language. They hear, oh, woke. Oh my God, you're right. Joe Biden had a black defense secretary.

11:09That's woke. And they were doing woke stuff. This is incredibly dangerous propaganda because what he is doing is teeing up the base to accept war crimes. And we saw the way Israel fights wars. We saw what happened in Gaza. And now the Gazification of Iran is already completely underway with our tax dollars. And President Trump is a make-a-wish president for Benjamin Netanyahu. Benjamin Netanyahu has tried for 40 years to get American presidents to march into bombing Iran. None of them were as stupid or as compromised, aka the Epstein files. Let's remember Jeffrey Epstein, widely reported, widely believed he's a Mossad agent.

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13:33We criticize every other country in the world, every single one, but not Israel. And now they seem to have a way that they conduct military operations that is a feature, not a bug. A feature of the way Israel conducts military operations is illegal. And the United States participates in and funds it. Pop this up. Geneva, March 5th, Reuters is reporting the World Health Organization chief said on Thursday that it has verified 13 attacks on health infrastructure in Iran amid a U.S.-Israeli campaign killing four healthcare workers and injuring 25 others. All right, so what's important here with this graphic, with this reporting from Reuters is they have verified 13 attacks on health infrastructure.

14:32This is the gauzification of Iran. This is the way Israel conducts military operations. This is not a liberation of people. This is they are taking the lifeline of a society. They are attacking schools. They are attacking hospitals and health infrastructures. These are war crimes. This is killing on an apocalyptic level for sport. Benjamin Netanyahu is a maniacal psychopath, and he deserves to be criticized, criticizing a war criminal, criticizing a country that has him as its leader, who should be in prison, just like Donald Trump should be in prison. As an American, I am telling the international community, criticize our provocations in Iran and the war crimes that our country is committing.

15:32You cannot be so blindly loyal to a sociopathic regime. We're past that. We are free thinkers. And the gauzification of Iran is clearly underway. Stephen Miller is paving the way for war crimes because he is priming the base. And of course, these things never would happen unless you have fascist collaborators. And a lot of scholars have pointed out that in a hyper unregulated capitalistic regime, when it's on its tail end, heading to kleptocracy, heading to oligarchy, fascists and liberals become collaborators. And this is very important that everybody understand. If you want to criticize me because I'm criticizing the Democratic Party, that's fine.

16:24I'm a big girl and I put my face on here. But it's very important and historically noted, fascists and liberals collaborate because they want to keep the economic system that is rigged for the elite in place. So that's what you see with Gallego. That's what you see with Alyssa Slotkin. That's what you see with these other Democrats that continue to play patty cake. They are collaborating to keep this rigged system in place. So to my friends that have been lifelong Democrats that kind of turn a little bit when I'm critical of the Democratic Party, this criticism is the most important. It is the most important that we not have members of our party that are the liberal collaborators with fascists.

17:13It doesn't end well for anybody. Just ask Mike Pence, white Christian Republican male. If that crew would have had its day, its way that day, he'd be dead. They would have hung him publicly. These people are dangerous. We cannot have a Democratic Party that collaborates with fascists and obeys in advance. It's really terrifying to me because I've heard Pete Hegseth get on there at his big Pentagon briefings about how tough he is. Talk about how, talk against the allies and against international laws. And I think if one thing we know, this administration, aka regime, does not give a fuck about, it is what is the law.

18:04Is it the US law? Is it international law? They do not care. They are all in. Completely agree. All right. Like, subscribe, comment. We'll be back later with more news.

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