The Backstory's Rachel Blevins began Friday's show by hosting former Pentagon official Michael Maloof on the topic of the Ukrainian regime's attempts to obtain funding as US money dries up.
Later in the hour, Rachel spoke to cartoonist Ted Rall about Maine becoming the second US state to remove former US President Donald Trump from its 2024 ballot.
To open the final hour, journalist Esteban Carrillo joined Rachel from Beirut to discuss the Israeli military's expanded operation that includes several parts of the Lebanese border.
Rachel spoke to journalist Ricardo Vaz in the last half hour of the show, as they discussed a British warship's deployment to Guyana and Venezuela's decision to launch large-scale military drills.
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