{"podcast":{"title":"The David Knight Show","slug":"the-david-knight-show-1060966","podcast_index_feed_id":1060966,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/2653468/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://thedavidknightshow.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/870cf2904cf34b2ea31d2b094bf63e30.jpg","author":"David Knight","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Join the journey with David Knight, a true veteran in the realm of news and analysis, and become part of a community that values historical context, critical think, and spiritual insight in navigating the challenges of our era. LIVE every weekday morning at 9am Eastern where you'll find an honest, fresh perspective, not partisan cheerleading. WIth a background as an electrical engineer, David is focused on the interplay of technology & liberty from a Christian perspective. David has had decades of experience in the trenches of politics as an activist, organizer, candidate, reporter, analyst, and news anchor Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T08:17:49.505243+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966"},"episode":{"title":"Wed Episode #2307:  How Endless War Destroys a Republic","slug":"wed-episode-2307-how-endless-war-destroys-a-republic","published_at":"2026-07-15T19:42:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966/wed-episode-2307-how-endless-war-destroys-a-republic","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/wed-episode-2307-how-endless-war-destroys-a-republic--72999045","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72999045/dks_fs_07_15_2026.mp3","summary":"──────────────────────────────────────── [00:02:15] US Strikes Iran for the Fourth Straight Day — Trump Backs Off 20% Hormuz Toll Hours Before Escalating Wall Street jokes: Trump always \"chickens out taco.\" He threatened to destroy bridges and power plants next week while saying he's not interested in negotiating. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:04:40] Threatening Civilian Infrastructure Is Not a Legitimate Military Target — Brigadier General Confirms It on CNN Kimmett: bridges used primarily by civilians aren't legitimate targets; what Trump is threatening is a war crime under every legal framework. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:13:00] Rubio Wants to Dismantle the ICC \"Brick by Brick\" — To Protect War Criminals in This Administration They don't object to UN climate panels or parental rights destruction — only to the court that could issue arrest warrants for Trump, Rubio, and Hegseth. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:29:02] Democrat Socialists Plan to Abolish the Senate and Subordinate President and Courts to a Single Congress Madison: accumulation of all powers in the same hands is the very definition of tyranny; the DSA model is the Soviet Politburo. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:51:21] ICE Committed Two Murders in One Week — Houston and Maine — Masked Agents With No Identification A witness heard the Maine victim say \"I tried to stop\" after being shot through the windshield; experienced agents blew the whistle on 2,000-arrest-per-day quotas. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:56:24] 121+ Ex-Israeli Operatives Serving as ICE Agents in Chicago Alone — IDF Training Atlanta Police at Cop City Knight: we don't want IDF tactics brought here — they have no respect for human rights or civil liberties. ───────…","meta_description":"──────────────────────────────────────── [00:02:15] US Strikes Iran for the Fourth Straight Day — Trump Backs Off 20% Hormuz Toll Hours Before Escalating…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7308,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-david-knight-show-1060966/episodes/wed-episode-2307-how-endless-war-destroys-a-republic/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966/wed-episode-2307-how-endless-war-destroys-a-republic.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}