The President announced a “deal” with Iran on his birthday, between a UFC fight and a Crypto promotion — except it isn’t a deal, it’s a memorandum of understanding, which is a fancy way of saying nobody agreed to much of anything yet. Sarah and Beth get into what’s actually happening in Iran, then turn to a Pew Research framework that breaks the country into nine political types instead of two parties. Plus: the surprisingly useful rule about when it’s worth staying up late.
Topics discussed:
– The Iran “deal” that’s really a memorandum of understanding
– Why JD Vance looks set up to take the fall if it collapses
– What we actually know (and don’t) about who’s in charge in Tehran
– Pew Research’s nine political “types” and the death of simple red vs. blue
– Taking the typology quiz live — and Sarah’s and Beth’s results
– The progressive litmus test and the voters Democrats leave on the table
– A rule for bedtime: don’t stay up for anything you wouldn’t wake at 5 a.m. to do
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