Iran-Contra wrote the Playbook for Presidential Lawlessness

The Gist

Mike Pesca

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🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Alan McPherson author of The Breach: Iran-Contra and the Assault on American Democracy joins to discuss the Iran-Contra affair and how it plagued both the end of Regans Presidency and George H. W. Bush’s, but also how it ties into the politics of today. Also, Pete Hegseth is a dirty dirty boy, or at least has a dirty dirty line. Plus, its an Antwentig. ⁠⁠⁠Join The Gist Team⁠⁠⁠ Produced by Corey Wara Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠To advertise on the show, contact ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠ or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://advertising.libsyn.com/TheGist⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The Gist: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The Gist Youtube Page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_bh0wHgk2YfpKf4rg40_g⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The Gist Instagram Page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠GIST INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow The Gist List at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Pesca⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.3	It's Friday, April 25th, 2025 from Peach Fish Productions.
1:07.8	It's the gist. I'm Mike Peska. And back to Pete Hegsef. That was my big mistake,
1:12.8	Mike. When I first got, we didn't know we had roosters. The Secretary of Defense is once again
1:17.5	embroiled in a scandal. Is it a new scandal? I look at his scandal 1B.1. So Scathes 2 and 3 might be
1:24.2	about leaks or if you want to go back to all the revelations of when he was confirmed.
1:28.5	But let's start with Heg-Seth actually being appointed Secretary of Defense.
1:33.1	The big scandal was that he discussed not classified, not war plans, just attack plans.
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