- Posted December 19, 2025
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Lionel dismisses the idea of an “unprovoked invasion” as false, arguing the conflict is the culmination of years of Western arrogance, broken promises, and NATO expansion. The program holds Washington’s “permanent foreign policy elite” accountable. The discussion features experts asserting Russia’s action was driven by perceived survival, not conquest, emphasizing Russia views Ukraine as kinfolk. The show highlights how failed peace attempts (like the March 2022 framework) only ensured “record profits” for the military-industrial complex. The show fiercely critiques the mainstream media for fostering public geopolitical ignorance by distracting with “low-hanging fruit” like Jimmy Kimmel stories and Kamala Harris’s “verbal incontinence”. It exposes severe systemic crises ignored because they offer “no profit” for arms manufacturers, including global sexual slavery and trafficking (citing the horrors in the DRC).Lionel highlights the decay of US infrastructure while billions are funneled abroad, examines the massive power demands of the $500 billion Stargate AI initiative, and debates controversies like Trump linking Tylenol to autism. Lionel dives into complex hypotheticals on race, prejudice, and preference and offers detailed analysis on the legal intricacies of self-defense and the Castle Doctrine. Lionel also calls for transparency regarding unexplained events, such as the Charlie Kirk autopsy, and condemns fear-based public actions like the push for universal mask mandates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices