# All Tapped Out

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/politix-503929/all-tapped-out
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/politix-503929/all-tapped-out.md
Podcast: [Politix](https://stenobird.com/podcast/politix-503929)
Published: 2025-12-10T11:03:15+00:00
Episode link: https://www.politix.fm/p/all-tapped-out
Audio file: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/181185516/cb78159f1d3bfcd30b2183a7897f4220.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politix-503929/episodes/all-tapped-out
Duration seconds: 2529

## Resource

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fm Donald Trump is suddenly mired in a huge war-crimes scandal, complicating his desire to launch an actual war (also illegal) against Venezuela. In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss: * All the things that make the circumstances surrounding the order to murder shipwreck survivors so strange and suspicious; * How it all gels with Trump’s broader, corrupt foreign policy; * Whether the so-called Seditious Six Democrats, who first elevated the issue of illegal orders, laid a trap for Trump. * Also, is Pete Hegseth doomed? Then, what’s all that got to do with the midterms? Did left-wing politics doom Democrats in last week’s Tennessee special election? Was the outcome there actually bullish for Democrats? Could it be both things at once? And why is the Democratic establishment really so up in arms about Jasmine Crockett entering the Texas Senate Democratic primary? All that, plus the full Politix archive are available to paid subscribers—just upgrade your subscription and pipe full episodes directly to your favorite podcast app via your own private feed. Further reading: * Todd Zwillich on what Democrats in Congress did (and didn’t) know about Trump administration war crimes before they made a ruckus about it. * Matt on the bizarre march to war with Venezuela . * Brian on the problem of the missing antiwar movement .

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politix-503929/episodes/all-tapped-out/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/politix-503929/all-tapped-out.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.