# When “National Security” Becomes a Blank Check

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Podcast: [The Politics Guys](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-politics-guys-547609)
Published: 2026-06-23T08:00:02+00:00
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## Resource

This supporters’ exclusive midweek episode takes on three fights over executive power, national security, and the rule of law. Mike and Jay dig into the Trump administration’s export-control crackdown on Anthropic’s newest AI models, asking whether this is a real national-security intervention or political retaliation dressed up as safety policy. They then turn to the U.S. strike that killed Tren de Aragua leader Niño Guerrero in Venezuela, and whether treating cartel members as wartime enemies blows past constitutional limits, due process, and congressional authorization. Finally, they look at a federal judge’s order forcing the Interior Department to restore national park signs and exhibits removed under Trump’s “restoring truth and sanity” history order—and why the Administrative Procedure Act keeps coming back to haunt this administration. The Politics Guys on Facebook | X Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support . On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys. The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group , a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.

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