Beth is still on vacation, so Sarah drafted a guest co-host she's been married to for 23 years. Sarah and Nicholas run through the headlines — Iran's "low-key" chess game, the cost of absolutely everything, and the Flock cameras multiplying across the country — before digging into the state of the Democratic Party: the DSA's rise, AOC, purity tests, and why Barack Obama is somehow still the party's leader. Then, Outside of Politics, the full report on the Hollands' 3,000-mile RV trip from hell — eight states, four national parks, one brutal adenovirus, and a PSA about the rental company.

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Iran
<ul>
 <li>Trump to Axios: "We are low-keying it" with Iran (Axios): https://www.axios.com/2026/08/09/trump-iran-interview</li>
</ul>
The Economy
<ul>
 <li>July jobs report: US economy shed 23,000 jobs (NBC News): https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/july-2026-jobs-report-rcna591138</li>
 <li>The Employment Situation — July 2026 (BLS): https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm</li>
 <li>Chick-fil-A keeps winning over customers despite quietly increasing prices by 55% (Market Realist): https://marketrealist.com/how-much-have-menu-prices-of-chick-fil-a-gone-up/</li>
 <li>Substack essay on Chick-fil-A pricing that Sarah mentioned (add link)</li>
</ul>
Surveillance & Flock Cameras
<ul>
 <li>The New York Times on Flock cameras (add link)</li>
 <li>How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking (The Washington Post): https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/02/how-police-officers-used-vast-network-cameras-spy-their-exes/</li>
 <li>Police cameras tracked one driver 526 times in four months, lawsuit says (NBC News): https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/virginia-police-used-flock-cameras-track-driver-safety-lawsuit-surveil-rcna230399</li>
</ul>
The Democratic Party
<ul>
 <li>Platner's Top Strategist on What Went Wrong | The Ezra Klein Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xET1CqVTrNE</li>
 <li>Pantsuit Politics on the Reagan legacy (add link)</li>
</ul>

Outside of Politics: The RV Trip
<ul>
 <li>Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library — Plan Your Visit: https://www.trlibrary.com/visit</li>
 <li>Medora Musical: https://medora.com/medoramusical/</li>
 <li>Pitchfork Steak Fondue: https://medora.com/pitchforksteakfondue/</li>
 <li>Sun Tours — Blackfeet-owned tours of Glacier National Park: https://www.suntours.co/</li>
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