# Ted Turner Broke America, Kuwait & Saudi Arabia Just Opened the Door to Bombing Iran & Rubio Meets the Pope — The News Nobody Is Connecting

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Podcast: [The Tom Sullivan Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show-7354798)
Published: 2026-05-07T20:40:19+00:00
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America was not always this divided. It started the day Ted Turner launched CNN and cable news chose sides forever. Before that Cronkite spoke and America listened together. Then CNN went left and Fox went right and here we are. Today we trace the origin of the divide and ask if it can ever be undone. Plus — Kuwait and Saudi Arabia just announced they will open their airspace and military bases to the United States. That is not diplomacy. That is a runway for a bombing campaign against Iran. And Marco Rubio sat down with the Pope today. Why now? Why does it matter? All of it connected today. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tom-sullivan-show--6632619/support .

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