# Quite Frankly Ep. 59: Russian Warlocks, NDAA Israel Fight & Best Rules to Break

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Podcast: [Badlands Media](https://stenobird.com/podcast/badlands-media-6674661)
Published: 2026-07-24T04:32:18+00:00
Episode link: https://badlandsmedia.podbean.com/e/quite-frankly-ep-59-russian-warlocks-ndaa-israel-fight-best-rules-to-break/
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Duration seconds: 7019

## Resource

Frankie Val scrapped the whole show at 3:45pm and went solo, which somehow makes for one of the more freewheeling nights in a while. Up top: Russian warlocks charging desperate motorists $210 to lift hexes off their fuel tanks, because alchemy beats a mechanic. Then things sober up with the $1.15 trillion NDAA, Section 219, and a bipartisan revolt over deeper US and Israel defense tech integration. From there it's a proper Frankie sprawl. Powerball goes international, Mamdani mails tax notices to second home owners, and Frankie explains why progressives keep flattening the middle class while missing the rich entirely. Plus a Yosemite influencer airlifted out at $70,000 taxpayer expense, mystery parasite outbreaks blamed on CERN, and a viral dad who shoplifts in front of his daughters to teach them rule breaking. That last one becomes the night's real question for callers: what are the best rules to break for the next generation?

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