We’re closing out our updates from this season with a true grab bag… central characters include Bryon Noem, Grok, Ash Trevino, Clavicular, and Michael Whatley. Now THAT’S what I call a Rich Text.

Oh! And per our 420 convo:

• Abby’s Reel
• FGTM’s Substack

You can stream Afroman’s album Freedom of Speech here: https://open.spotify.com/album/2sJx89RjMLtIo8wBDbexl5?si=878f4e1403a14897

We mention several states’ primaries in this ep. Up-to-date primary results can be found here: https://apps.npr.org/primary-election-results-2026/

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SOURCES:

Hays, Kali. 2026. “Teens Sue Elon Musk’s xAI Over Grok’s Pornographic Images of Them.” BBC, March 16.

Tolomia, Cris. 2026. “UK MP Jess Asato Sues xAI Over Grok Deepfake Images.” Yahoo News, June 4.