What you'll learn

• 1 (03:41) **UFC Freedom 250: The Event** - Garrison and Bailey describe the Trump administration's UFC event at the White House for America's 250th birthday, including its crypto sponsors, fighter pay, and the Michelle Obama conspiracy theory stunt.
• 2 (07:58) **The Thwarted Attack: DOJ Announcement & Vance's Spin** - The DOJ announces five arrests for a mass casualty plot targeting the UFC event, which JD Vance immediately blames on "far left rhetoric."
• 3 (10:34) **The Conspirators: A Mom's Phone Call** - The plot was uncovered not by FBI brilliance, but because the mother of 19-year-old Tyson Proper called police, worried about his recent firearm purchases and online contacts.
• 4 (14:53) **The Group's Ideology: "Vanguard of the Old Republic"** - The group called themselves the "Vanguard of the Old Republic," seeing themselves as patriots starting a second American Revolution, not as left or right.
• 5 (21:38) **The Plan: A Week to Pull Off a Heist** - The attack on UFC Freedom 250 was only planned a week in advance, with a wildly unrealistic scheme involving snipers, drones, and explosives.
• 6 (24:52) **The Arrests and Aftermath** - The FBI arrests five individuals, including the alleged ringleader Abraham Alvarez, as the group's plan collapses due to lack of funds and a member's mental health crisis.
• 7 (55:01) **Belfast Riots: A Community Responds** - Lee Hurley reads an essay about racist riots in Belfast, focusing not on the violence itself, but on the community's grassroots mutual aid response to help displaced immigrants and refugees.

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