{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"America's Critical Infrastructure is Under Attack","description":"Eric and Eliot begin with reflections on recent domestic political developments and the \"horseshoe theory\" uniting political extremes around isolationism and anti-Israeli sentiment. They then discuss the ongoing negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz and the difficulties the Iranian government and Trump administration have created for themselves. From there they move to the recent cyberattacks on American water systems and the seemingly blasé response by both the Trump administration and the larger public. The two also highlight Russia's ongoing hybrid war with Europe and the tightening links among Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. They revisit the continuing degradation of Turkish democracy before wrapping up with thoughts on the recent migrant surge into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta.\n\nReminder: Shield of the Republic will be going independent soon! Subscribe at shieldoftherepublic.com (http://shieldoftherepublic.com/) and follow @ShieldPod on Twitter (https://x.com/ShieldPod) , Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/shieldpod/) , and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@ShieldPod) .\n\nCongressional Budget Office Analysis of the Trump-Class Battleship:\nhttps://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2026-08/62550-battleships.pdf\n\nCSIS Report on Low Munition Stocks:\nhttps://www.csis.org/analysis/six-reasons-why-united-states-low-munitions\n\nIISS Report on Russia's Hybrid War Operations:\nhttps://www.iiss.org/research-paper/2025/08/the-scale-of-russian--sabotage-operations--against-europes-critical--infrastructure/\n\nGarry Kasparov on the DSA:\nhttps://open.substack.com/pub/persuasion1/p/the-dsa-is-a-menace?r=24onkh&utm_\n\nKathy Gilsinan on the GOP's Groyper Problem:\nhttps://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/08/01/heritage-foundation-young-republicans-groypers-hiring-01006937\n\nTucker Carlson's Manifesto:\nhttps://www.axios.com/2026/08/06/tucker-carlson-third-party-israel-trump\n\nShield of the Republic is a Bulwark podcast co-sponsored by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.","author_name":"Shield of the Republic","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5114289-shield-of-the-republic","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/40834578/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}