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Civilian Protection Center of Excellence

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UNICEF said more than 1,100 children have been killed or injured, and Bob puts that on Donald Trump.

1. Bob Cesca Show episode "Civilian Protection Center of Excellence" centers on Donald Trump’s Iran war and the policy fallout around civilian protection. 2. Bob Cesca hosts the show, Jody Hamilton joins him on mic, and David Ferguson is mentioned as another regular voice in the discussion. 3. The episode asks what happens when Trump treats war as a show of force and abandons safeguards meant to protect civilians. 4. Bob cites UNICEF’s report that more than 1,100 children have been killed or injured, with 175 tied to the Manab school bombing. 5. He says that figure is the equivalent of nine Sandy Hook massacres and contrasts it with Trump dancing to "YMCA" at a rally. 6. The discussion puts a dollar figure on the conflict, saying U.S. taxpayers have already spent $11.3 billion. 7. Bob and his co-hosts compare that war spending with the much smaller weekly cost of enhanced ACA subsidies at $577 million. 8. They argue that Republican leaders have not been forced to explain how war spending gets paid for. 9. Wired reporting comes up when the show notes Iranian warnings that Google, Microsoft, Palantir, IBM, NVIDIA, and Oracle could become targets. 10. The segment also mentions Iranian warnings about U.S. tech infrastructure, cloud systems, and banking interests in the region. 11. Bob says a cyberattack on a company like NVIDIA could have broader stock-market consequences because of AI investment. 12. The show reads a warning that people in the region should stay at least one kilometer away from banks. 13. A ProPublica report becomes the episode’s main policy pivot when Bob says Trump officials scrapped a U.S. program designed to reduce civilian casualties. 14. The program is identified as the "Civilian Protection Center of Excellence," and Bob notes that a former United Nations war crimes investigator supervised part of the effort. 15. The show says Pete Hegseth made "lethality" a priority and that Trump officials lowered lethal-force authorization while broadening target categories. 16. Bob connects that dismantling to what he calls a larger shift toward more aggression and less accountability. 17. The tone is angry, fast-moving, and talk-radio conversational, with Bob and Jody interrupting each other and reacting in real time. 18. The format mixes monologue, co-host banter, current-news citations, and a late break into breaking local news about Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. 19. People tracking Trump, Iran, civilian casualties, or U.S. war policy would get the most from this episode. 20. People wanting light politics, sports, or a low-conflict show probably should skip it.

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