Show Notes

Welcome to Freeform Friday, March 20, 2026—happy first day of Spring! We are broadcasting live from the Safety FM studios in Orlando, Florida, ready to catch up on all the chaotic news from across the multiverse that we didn't get to earlier this week. Since it's Friday, there is no main story today; instead, we are diving headfirst into the madness.

Here is what we are tracking today:

  • Military Strikes & F-35 Damage: A $100 million U.S. F-35 Lightning II jet was hit by Iranian fire and forced to make an emergency landing, poking a major hole in the administration's claims that Iran's air defenses were completely wiped out. Meanwhile, the U.S. has officially deployed the massive GBU-72 "bunker buster" bombs in combat for the first time, dropping 5,000-pound deep penetrators on hardened Iranian missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz.
  • The Joe Kent Bombshells: Former counterterrorism director Joe Kent didn't just resign—he went straight to Tucker Carlson's show to claim the U.S. was pressured into the Iran war by Israel. He also dropped massive conspiracy theories regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk, claiming Kirk was not killed by a lone gunman and was actively trying to stop the war with Iran just before his death.
  • D.C. Drama: Former FBI Director James Comey has been subpoenaed again by a new DOJ probe investigating Obama-era officials. Meanwhile, a federal arts panel just greenlit a 24-karat gold commemorative coin featuring Donald Trump for America's 250th birthday, breaking the long-standing norm of not putting sitting presidents on currency.
  • The Long Con: A 62-year-old woman was sentenced to a year in prison after running a 25-year scam, collecting $365,000 from her deceased mother's Social Security checks since 1996.
  • The World of the Weird: A TikTok user claims to have severe PTSD after taking a swig of an energy drink only to realize there was a dead mouse inside. Malta is offering young drivers almost $29,000 to give up their driver's licenses for five years to combat traffic. Down in Australia, an airport store was locked down after a live possum was found casually snuggling with a stuffed animal on a shelf. And in Seattle, a man went on a rampage at the Chihuly Garden and Glass museum, racking up $240,000 in damages by smashing delicate glass sculptures.

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