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Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Brian","text":"The Wall Street Journal just posted that the U.S. expelled a Cuban diplomat after a shouting match at the UN."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Expelled? That's a big step. What actually happened?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"Cuba's foreign minister, Bruno Rodríguez, interrupted Ambassador Mike Waltz mid-speech, and they went at it on the floor."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I saw the clip. Waltz was criticizing Havana's leadership, and Rodríguez just started yelling from the gallery."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The session was briefly suspended. But the expulsion part? The Journal says it, but I haven't seen it confirmed anywhere else."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Right. The Miami Herald has the shouting match, but no word on a diplomat being kicked out. So let's hold on that."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Still, the fact that it got that heated at the UN says a lot about where U.S.-Cuba relations are right now."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's not exactly the quiet diplomacy era. Waltz has been blunt about Cuba from day one."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And Rodríguez clearly decided he wasn't going to sit there and take it. You can argue about the decorum, but he made his point."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Made his point by shouting down a speech? That's not diplomacy, that's a tantrum."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Well, it got our attention. And now we're talking about Cuba, which was probably the goal."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Fair. But if the expulsion is real, that's a serious escalation. We'll update when it's confirmed."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Meanwhile, the Journal also has reporters aboard the USS George Washington in the Strait of Hormuz."},{"host":"Bella","text":"U.S. troops running around the clock to maintain the Iranian blockade and protect ships. That's a massive operation."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And it's been going on for weeks now. The Navy is basically the reason oil is still moving through there."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The Journal's reporting is solid, but the details are still coming in. We'll keep an eye on it."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Different world entirely: Senate Democrats are already planning their investigations if they win next week."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Reuters says they'd go after private equity's effect on living costs, data center taxes, and AI fears."},{"host":"Brian","text":"So the midterms aren't even over, and they're already writing subpoenas. That's confidence."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Or it's a message to voters: put us in charge, and we'll hold these industries accountable."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Private equity and living costs? That's a real issue. These firms bought up housing and drove rents through the roof."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But data center taxation? That's a new one. And AI fears? That's a whole can of worms."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I think it's smart politics. People are angry about housing costs, and private equity is an easy target."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Easy target, sure. But is it the right target? The housing shortage is mostly zoning and regulation."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Oh, come on. When a hedge fund buys a thousand homes and turns them into rentals, that's not zoning."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's a factor, but it's not the main driver. The main driver is we haven't built enough homes for decades."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Both can be true. But voters don't care about nuance. They care that their rent went up forty percent."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And Democrats are going to ride that anger. The question is whether investigations actually fix anything."},{"host":"Brian","text":"They rarely do. But they make good headlines, and that's half the game."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Speaking of headlines, the Spain train crash is getting worse. Leaked audio shows one train was cleared to move while another was stalled."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's from the BBC. And the victims include a young athlete and a former minister. The country is furious."},{"host":"Bella","text":"If that audio is accurate, someone in that control center made a catastrophic call. And now families want answers."},{"host":"Brian","text":"This is the kind of thing that brings down governments. Spain's rail system was supposed to be one of the best in Europe."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And one clearance decision, one moment of confusion, and dozens of people are gone. It's heartbreaking."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The investigation will be brutal. And it should be. Those families deserve the truth."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Meanwhile, in Alaska, the governor has ordered a probe into a Democratic campaign's alleged links to a spoiler candidate."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The New York Times reported Democrats recruited a guy named Dan Sullivan to split the vote from the Republican senator, also Dan Sullivan."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's... actually kind of brilliant in a cynical way. Same name, same ballot, confused voters."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It's also potentially illegal. If they coordinated with the campaign, that's election interference."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The governor, a Republican, wants answers. And honestly, so do I. This is exactly the kind of thing that erodes trust."},{"host":"Brian","text":"But let's be clear: the allegations are from the Times, and the probe is just starting. No one's proven anything yet."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Right. But if it's true, it's a dirty trick that should be prosecuted. If it's false, it's a smear. Either way, ugly."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And that's the thing about this week: from Cuba to Alaska, the fights are all about who gets to call the shots."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And whether the rules still matter. That's the argument underneath all of it."}]}