Journalist Omar Baddar joins Kyle for a conversation on potential war between Israel and Iran/ Hezbollah. Is it inevitable? Will the US join on the side of Israel? We’ve got a full show for you this week! Watch below:

Since we last convened for an episode of KK&F, Kamala was still looking to fill the VP slot on the Democratic ticket. As of Monday, the choices were narrowed down to Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro and Minnesota’s Tim Walz. A flurry of online posting across Twitter (where else?) revealed Shapiro’s troubling record on Israel-Palestine, disturbing moments from his political career, and more — and while it seemed like Walz’s comparatively (comparatively!) progressive record would be more disqualifying, Kamala ended up going, as we all know, with Walz, announced Tuesday morning.

Since then, Walz has received an outpouring of enthusiasm from the left-of-center and relief from progressives, but at the same time, the right has looked for weak points to hit him on (and it must be said, Walz doesn’t make it as easy as Vance does). Now, after some comments from J.D. Vance calling Walz’s service and dedication into question, the right is attacking Walz, who served for over twenty years in the National Guard before deciding not to complete the preparation to retire as a command sergeant major. By his own admission, Walz was partially motivated by the desire to make political statements about events like the Iraq War. So it’s not that Walz has the kind of tawdry history in his service career that the right is implying — but it’s sure to be only one scandal the right tries to manufacture before November.

Omar and Kyle also speak at length about the awful revelations regarding the Israeli detention camps, where Palestinian prisoners are brutalized and sexually assaulted (as recently released footage documents), and about the Biden admin’s position on and response to this information. As they point out, Democrats and Republicans are in a perpetual race to see who can support Netanyahu’s genocidal regime more, and the right’s tactic is to paint Democrats as antisemitic, a claim that Democrats often scramble to reject in the wrong ways.

Thanks for tuning in. You can listen to this episode as a podcast when it’s released tomorrow on Spotify, Pandora, Apple Podcasts, and more.