# Short-Term Pain for Long-Term Pain

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Podcast: [Head in the Office](https://stenobird.com/podcast/head-in-the-office-4116104)
Published: 2026-05-20T16:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/headintheoffice/episodes/Short-Term-Pain-for-Long-Term-Pain-e3jig2h
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The same news is still happening: Iran war negotiations are fake, Trump is threatening genocide again (and admitting he doesn't care about our finances), gas prices are still high, and there is another Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire although fire has not ceased. Ka$h Patel stories keep hitting the timeline, this time it's about a “VIP snorkeling" trip at Pearl Harbor. Mallory McMorrow launched fake doctor allegations at Abdul El-Sayed, and Matt Walsh (Matt WASHED) is beefing with... Rosa Parks??? Early access on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/headintheofficepod Substack: https://headintheoffice.substack.com/ HITO Merch: https://headintheoffice.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4iJ-UcnRxYnaYsX_SNjFJQ Subscribe to second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3UoTN328OA7fK2dzicP-ZA TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headintheoffice?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/headintheoffice/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/headintheoffice Threads: https://www.threads.com/@headintheoffice Discord: https://discord.gg/hito Collab inquiries: headintheofficepod@gmail.com (0:00) Trump does NOT care about your financial situation (5:25) Intro (8:00) GEOPOLITICS: China, Iran, Lebanon, Cuba (45:10) Kash Patel's VIP Snorkel (51:32) Democrats & Republicans vote for surveillance bill (54:45) Abdul fake doctor allegations (1:04:20) Matt Walsh beefs with Rosa Parks (1:08:05) Reviews/ending Seen on this episode: Geopolitics update - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/business/oil-stocks-gas-trump-iran.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/business/energy-environment/iran-war-oil-countries-winners-losers.html https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/16/israeli-strikes-on-southern-lebanon-continue-despite-ceasefire-extension https://www.axios.com/2026/05/17/us-military…

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