We Can Do Hard Things Jared Kushner, CIA Coups & the Bananas Reason We’re at War with Iran: Amanda with Jeremy Scahill
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Mar 24, 2026 
Jeremy Scahill, investigative journalist and co-founder of Drop Site News, unpacks U.S. regime-change patterns and covert operations. He discusses why Iran is targeted, the Trump-Netanyahu alignment, Jared Kushner’s real-estate driven Gaza plans, and how “negotiations” often mask military escalation. Short, sharp, and full of historical context.
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Guatemala 1954 As The Banana Republic Origin Story
- Amanda uses United Fruit and Guatemala 1954 as a concrete origin story for "banana republics."
- Arbenz's land reform threatened UFC profits, triggering CIA-backed PBSuccess that installed Armas and decades of violence.
Regime Change Follows A Corporate Checklist
- U.S. regime change follows a repeatable six-step pattern linking corporate interests to intervention.
- Amanda traces Guatemala 1954: United Fruit's land threat led to CIA coup PBSuccess restoring profits and violent dictatorship.
1953 Iran Coup Set The Modern Playbook
- The 1953 Iran coup modeled later U.S. interventions by ousting Mossadegh to restore Western oil control.
- Operation AJAC used covert ops, propaganda, and installed the Shah so Western oil companies regained access.