This week we dive deep into the Abraham Accords: what they are, why they matter, and how a former terrorist on the US most wanted list might just launch Syria to the big kids table in the Middle East. We also cover some confounding updates on Kilmar Abrego Garcia and Mahmoud Khalil, take a look into a terrifying new tactic of the Russians, and, as always, wonder how the hell JD Vance invariably finds a way to irritate us.

Sources/Articles:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/06/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-provides-for-the-revocation-of-syria-sanctions/

https://2017-2021.state.gov/the-abraham-accords/

https://www.state.gov/the-abraham-accords#:~:text=Download%3A%20DECLARATION%20%5B448%20KB%5D,%5D%20%7C%20Sudan%20%5B215%20KB%5D

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/syria-willing-normalise-ties-israel-under-right-conditions-leader-says#:~:text=Syria%20willing%20to%20normalise%20ties,Sharaa%20says%20%7C%20Middle%20East%20Eye

https://orfme.org/expert-speak/syria-and-the-abraham-accords-recalculating-middle-east-power-equations/

https://www.orfonline.org/research/syria-and-the-abraham-accords-recalculating-middle-east-power-equations

https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/reconsidering-turkeys-influence-syrian-conflict#:~:text=Observers%20also%20emphasise%20that%20Turkey,strongest%20communication%20channels%20and%20enormous

https://www.chathamhouse.org/2024/12/fall-assad-has-exposed-extent-damage-irans-axis-resistance

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/30/russia-pays-ukrainians-suicide-bombers-shadow-war-you-now?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X75D0bE5TwOHFa4aupUQ1-u_MzqDWWW5/view

https://apnews.com/article/kilmar-abrego-garcia-maryland-tennessee-charges-deportation-c96844906793b35a80f9bbb4afa07e94?user_email=92bc3449781eed425b4f99e69ea51e8c0d0aa3f457676d4160e921b1bcac8241&utm_medium=Morning_Wire&utm_source=Sailthru_AP&utm_campaign=MorningWire_27June-2025&utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/nyregion/mahmoud-khalil-interview-trump.html

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/24/jd-vance-returns-to-ohio-to-celebrate-trump-tariffs-iran-attacks/84331566007/

https://www.cincinnati.com/story...

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We have a big show for you all this week as Seena is joined by Jonathan Panikoff, the Director of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council, and Rachel Brandenburg, the Managing Director of the Israeli Policy Forum, to discuss the nature of the current ceasefire between Israel and Iran and where things are likely to go from here. Before that, Seena and Travis wonder what the hell words like “war” and “ceasefire” even mean anymore and watch as JD Vance gets a little too slippery with language.

Our Guests:

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/jonathan-panikoff/

https://x.com/jpanikoff?lang=en

https://israelpolicyforum.org/about/staff/rachel-brandenburg/

https://www.cnas.org/people/rachel-brandenburg

Articles/Resources:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/politics/intel-assessment-us-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/iran-vance-intervention-skeptic-role-salesman-rcna214345

https://youtu.be/QeEN1uPiXF0?si=SQTPAWZIwa6Ex7vZ

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/iran-vance-intervention-skeptic-role-salesman-rcna214345

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-trump-iran-dumb-presidents-b2774935.html

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/06/23/iran-strikes-nuclear-program-00419268

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/06/22/repub/vance-dispatched-to-la-after-trump-administration-court-victory-in-national-guard-case/

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/06/24/as-veep-former-ohio-u-s-sen-jd-vance-just-cant-stop-trolling-gaslighting-and-flip-flopping/

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/trump-iran-israel-bomb-fordow-war/

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/after-israels-strikes-on-iran-these-four-questions-could-determine-the-middle-easts-future/

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/from-a-to-f-heres-how-to-grade-a-possible-nuclear-deal-with-iran/

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/gaza-cease-fire-is-over-whats-next-from-israel-hamas-and-the-us/

https://www.cnas.org/publications/podcast/the-israeli-iranian-war-how-we-got-here-what-it-means

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Marcus Parks joins Seena and Travis this week to discuss the escalating war between Iran and Israel. They dig into the context for BiBi’s decision to launch a preventative strike and project forward to where this may lead. They also find hilarity in Trump’s poorly produced birthday parade along with the various ways he was humiliated during the G7 and watch a gleeful Tucker Carlson eviscerate Ted Cruz.

Articles/Sources:

https://x.com/YourAnonCentral/status/1934909431613149199

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/world/middleeast/iran-islamic-republic-seyyed-ahmad-khomeini.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://x.com/tuckercarlson/status/1935136085266387417?s=46

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