# Ep. 606 - Houthis Drag Saudi Arabia into War as Trump Threatens Bombing Iran's Power Plants, Democrats Fall Apart before Midterms Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tony-kinnett-cast-6677195/ep-606-houthis-drag-saudi-arabia-into-war-as-trump-threatens-bombing-iran-s-power-plants-democrats-fall-apart-before-midterms Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tony-kinnett-cast-6677195/ep-606-houthis-drag-saudi-arabia-into-war-as-trump-threatens-bombing-iran-s-power-plants-democrats-fall-apart-before-midterms.md Podcast: [The Tony Kinnett Cast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tony-kinnett-cast-6677195) Published: 2026-07-23T00:55:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.tonykinnett.com/ Audio file: https://mgln.ai/e/p827871/traffic.megaphone.fm/THEDAILYSIGNAL5146988167.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tony-kinnett-cast-6677195/episodes/ep-606-houthis-drag-saudi-arabia-into-war-as-trump-threatens-bombing-iran-s-power-plants-democrats-fall-apart-before-midterms Duration seconds: 5363 ## Resource Subscribe to our new YouTube channel for special clips, behind-the-scenes content, and more from the show!:  @TonyKinnettCast  Tonight on The Tony Kinnett Cast — live at 7PM ET on The Daily Signal's YouTube channel. President Trump just issued his most explicit ultimatum yet: every time Iran fires on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. will destroy one bridge or power plant in response — including targets in Tehran itself. Iran is already begging commercial vessels to take the long way around. Meanwhile, the socialist wave that's been sweeping Democratic primaries all summer finally hit a wall in Arizona, and the House just passed a stock trading ban that has Thomas Massie and nearly every Democrat furious — for very different reasons. TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN: - President Trump vows the U.S. will destroy one Iranian bridge or power plant for every ship Iran attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, even in Tehran — as Iran urges tankers to divert to a safer northern route and the Pentagon quietly briefs Israel on the scale of strikes to come - DSA-backed socialist Kai Newkirk gets crushed by pro-Israel Rep. Greg Stanton in Arizona's Democratic primary, two-to-one — a rare loss for the socialist wave after wins in New York and Colorado - The House passes the Stop Insider Trading Act paired with a federal voter ID requirement — Rep. Thomas Massie casts the lone Republican "no" vote while nearly every Democrat balks at the ID provision - Rep. Jasmine Crockett keeps calling her Senate primary loss "racist" weeks later while refusing to campaign for nominee James Talarico, who's leaning into his own culture-war rhetoric to try to salvage a longshot Texas run - More as news breaks — because somehow it always does The Tony Kinnett Cast is The Daily Signal's nightly flagship s… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tony-kinnett-cast-6677195/episodes/ep-606-houthis-drag-saudi-arabia-into-war-as-trump-threatens-bombing-iran-s-power-plants-democrats-fall-apart-before-midterms/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tony-kinnett-cast-6677195/ep-606-houthis-drag-saudi-arabia-into-war-as-trump-threatens-bombing-iran-s-power-plants-democrats-fall-apart-before-midterms.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.