<p>NEWS EP! We cover the true origins or the Warner Brothers buyout, Trump's new National Security manifesto, the death of the West, and say farewell to Asad Haider. </p><p></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckage"><strong>Sign up on patreon to hear the fun half!!</strong></a><strong> in which we discuss Death by Lightning, a miniseries about James Garfield and American crankery: </strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckage"><strong>http://patreon.com/c/thiswreckage</strong></a></p><p>Referenced articles:</p><p> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.endnotes.org.uk/palabre/angels-and-demons">https://www.endnotes.org.uk/palabre/angels-and-demons</a> </p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/world/europe/zelensky-ukraine-war-peace-talks-europe-london.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/world/europe/zelensky-ukraine-war-peace-talks-europe-london.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/world/europe/trump-europe-strategy-document.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/world/europe/trump-europe-strategy-document.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.ft.com/content/953635f0-4b87-41a4-a087-e8b1d71470b6?accessToken=zwAGRXR0h59AkdOVNjXwS4dBpNOgh-ix1xRwtg.MEYCIQCiIhSoXOIILWLPg-7ZjoHpI708TFPiQa5dgUpQcYcNOAIhAIMOrTTL9rQQWQgwir0APRqS6mXhN5TCt2yC234GZ2rX&sharetype=gift&token=30118284-df0a-41b5-bea7-ddfbb92fc2e9">https://www.ft.com/content/953635f0-4b87-41a4-a087-e8b1d71470b6?accessToken=zwAGRXR0h59AkdOVNjXwS4dBpNOgh-ix1xRwtg.MEYCIQCiIhSoXOIILWLPg-7ZjoHpI708TFPiQa5dgUpQcYcNOAIhAIMOrTTL9rQQWQgwir0APRqS6mXhN5TCt2yC234GZ2rX&sharetype=gift&token=30118284-df0a-41b5-bea7-ddfbb92fc2e9</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/us/politics/biden-immigration-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/us/politics/biden-immigration-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</a></p><p>Asad Haider's writing:</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/3972-mistaking-identity-politics-a-conversation-with-asad-haider-part-i">https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/3972-mistaking-identity-politics-a-conversation-with-asad-haider-part-i</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://viewpointmag.com/author/asad-haider/">https://viewpointmag.com/author/asad-haider/</a></p><p>Our interview with Asad from 2020: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/36803245">https://www.patreon.com/posts/36803245</a> </p><p>Song: Justice - Civilization</p>