The Daily Herold: May 22, 2025 – Biden’s AutoPen Scandal, Afghan Stalling & the AI Psyop Frontier

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In this packed edition of The Daily Herold, Jon Herold welcomes OAN Pentagon correspondent Gabrielle Cuccia to dissect the Pentagon’s new memo on the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, a memo that, after three months of investigation, concludes... another review is needed. Cuccia pulls back the curtain on the real reason for the stall: protecting compromised DOD personnel who followed orders during the botched exit. They also revisit the AutoPen scandal, with Cuccia confirming that all uses of the president’s signature are traceable through internal records, blowing a hole in any claims of bureaucratic ambiguity.

Herold continues with a breakdown of Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” the suspected false flag shooting at a DC Jewish museum, and the geopolitical ripple effects of Israel pulling its hostage deal team from Doha. Other headlines include: a Supreme Court tie on religious charter schools, Biden’s judicial roadblocks on dismantling the Department of Education, and explosive reports confirming the government withheld myocarditis risks from COVID vaccines.

The episode closes with Jon exploring terrifyingly realistic AI video tools and riffing on their future role in both media and military deception. Packed with receipts, insight, and some dark humor, this is Jon Herold at full throttle.