Jubes and Ames discuss the events of the week such as rising energy costs, the rising cost of Temu, Alligator Alcatraz getting shut down, and the Trump administration NOT invading Chicago.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3lwze2njo

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/desantis-florida-alligator-alcatraz.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/23/us/deportation-depot-florida-detention-center

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/alligator-alcatraz-florida-ruling.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/22/alligator-alcatraz-closure-appeal-immigration

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alligator-alcatraz-closing-desantis-deportation-b2813175.html

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5467713-homan-says-order-to-shutdown-alligator-alcatraz-not-going-to-stop-ice-operations/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/08/25/de-minimis-exception-end-date-shoppers-impacted/85744435007/

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/why-utility-bills-are-rapidly-rising-in-some-states/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/23/politics/dc-crime-immigration-arrests-trump

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/25/nx-s1-5515615/trump-national-guard-chicago-executive-order

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-sends-warning-to-trump-on-national-guard-threat-do-not-come-to-chicago/3814727/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/us/politics/trump-national-guard.html

Jubes and Ames discuss the events of the week including the latest on the Russia-Ukraine-US love triangle, good news in environmental science, a profile of our new star, Gavin Newsom, and the lates on Gaza.

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Sources:

⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm21j1ve817o⁠

⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckglxlx5vldo⁠

⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/us/politics/europe-trump-zelensky-putin.html⁠

⁠https://www.axios.com/2025/08/17/russia-ukraine-trump-peace-summit⁠

⁠https://apnews.com/article/european-leaders-white-house-meeting-zelenskyy-trump-d7b082bae4136ef8932e16ac2d166303⁠

⁠https://apnews.com/article/trump-putin-zelenskyy-russia-ukraine-war-d0ad768453210db23fe4b108f7b87135⁠

⁠https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-ukraine-zelensky-russia-putin-08-18-25?t=1755547587355⁠

⁠https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202504601⁠

⁠https://www.livescience.com/chemistry/scientists-transform-forever-chemicals-in-water-into-fluoride-with-new-process https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2018wx3zlgo.amp https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyvmmr154v2o.amp⁠

⁠https://apnews.com/article/gavin-newsom-california-governor-president-2028-moderate-7dfb281af0674e8b09304de94a6a8868⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/10/newsom-covid-california-00114888⁠

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Newsom

⁠https://www.nga.org/governor/gavin-newsom/ ⁠

Jubes and Ames discuss the events of the week including Trump's military takeover of DC, the Supreme Court is asked to look at gay marriage, Israel killing Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza, and PragerU's partnership with the White House.

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Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2110me5g4o

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/24/trump-homelessness-executive-order

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1kzz4m3ll1o

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/world/middleeast/al-jazeera-journalists-bios.html

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-strike-kills-al-jazeera-journalists-gaza-2025-08-11/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq688qz3rlro

https://www.amnesty.org.au/amnesty-condemns-the-deliberate-killings-of-al-jazeera-journalists-including-anas-al-sharif/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Jubes and Ames discuss the events of the week including Texas democrats having a wild Chicago summer, new scary tunnel in Nashville courtesy of Elon, Trump's bad jobs numbers, and how scary French people can sometimes be.

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Sources:

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/gop-success-new-texas-house-map-hinge-latino/story?id=124283755

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/31/republicans-texas-redistricting-latino-voters-00485890

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-democratic-legislators-flee-state-to-protest-gops-redistricting-plan/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/aug/04/donald-trump-texas-democrats-republicans-us-politics-live-updates-news

https://www.axios.com/2025/08/04/texas-democrats-flee-republicans-greg-abbott

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/greg-abbott-texas-democrats-redistricting-00492100

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/03/texas-quorum-breaks-history/

https://nashvillebanner.com/2025/08/01/elon-musk-music-city-loop/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wyp2kk1e5o

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/04/contentious-july-jobs-report-confirms-the-us-economy-is-slowing-sharply.html

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/labor-market-slowing-experts-explain/story?id=124340835

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FDOnxpViQxY&list=PLPW2eH9z9CUvJ0Iiv9AQqq2RVAWFFfNZR&pp=QACIAgGIBAE%3D&rco=1

https://www.them.us/story/candace-owens-tony-burke-australia-denied-visa? (https://www.them.us/story/candace-owens-tony-burke-australia-denied-visa?https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/06/29/the-subtle-messages-in-emmanuel-macrons-official-portrait/? (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/06/29/the-subtle-messages-in-emmanuel-macrons-official-portrait/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Gidehttps://www.snopes.com/fact-check/emmanuel-brigitte-macron-wife-teacher/ (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/emmanuel-brigitte-macron-wife-teacher/https://www.reuters.com/article/world/frances-macron-defied-parental-veto-on-schoolboy-love-affair-with-teacher-idUSKBN17E21U/ (https://www.reuters.com/article/world/frances-macron-defied-parental-veto-on-schoolboy-love-affair-with-teacher-idUSKBN17E21U/

Jubes and Ames discuss the events of the weeks, including the return of Andry Hernandez, Spotify funding weapons overseas, the latest on Trump and Epstein, and Elon Musk's air pollution in Memphis, TN.

Sources:

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/venezuelan-makeup-artist-returns-home-describes-torture-during-el-salvador-2025-07-23/

https://lulac.org/thedisappeared/andry_hernandez_romero/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/us/ghislaine-maxwell-trump-epstein.html

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/johnson-says-ghislaine-maxwell-deserves-life-sentence-over-epstein-crimes-rejects-potential-pardon

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/17/spotifys-daniel-ek-leads-investment-in-defense-startup-helsing.html

https://pitchfork.com/news/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-leave-spotify/

https://www.techradar.com/audio/spotify/loyal-spotify-users-are-angry-again-here-are-3-reasons-why-people-are-annoyed-with-sponsored-music-recommendations

https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/

https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/07/07/a-billionaire-an-ai-supercomputer-toxic-emissions-and-a-memphis-community-that-did-nothing-wrong/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/naacp-files-intent-to-sue-elon-musks-xai-company-over-memphis-supercomputer-air-pollution

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/06/elon-musk-xai-memphis-gas-turbines-air-pollution-permits-00317582

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VJT2JeDCyw

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/musk-xai-colossus-supercomputer-boxtown-memphis-tennessee-rcna206242

https://www.selc.org/news/resistance-against-elon-musks-xai-facility-in-south-memphis-gets-stronger/

https://naacp.org/articles/elon-musks-xai-threatened-lawsuit-over-air-pollution-memphis-data-center-filed-behalf

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/elon-musk-xai-pollution-memphis

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/25/air-quality-tests-around-xais-memphis-data-center-raise-questions/

Jubes and Ames discuss the events of the week, including Trump’s 6 month approval ratings, cuts to NPR and PBS, Texas Republicans gerrymandering, and updates on Israel and Palestine.

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Sources:

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/15/trump-five-seat-pickup-redraw-texas-congressional-map-00454301

https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-announces-special-session-agenda-

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5408985-trump-texas-redistricting-democrats/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/us/texas-flood-redistricting.html

https://foxsanantonio.com/news/instagram/texas-redistricting-battle-heats-up-as-trump-pushes-for-gop-gains

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/18/nx-s1-5469912/npr-congress-rescission-funding-trump

https://www.pbs.org/show/eyes-on-the-prize/

https://www.npr.org/2021/04/23/990088415/npr-podcast-throughline-examines-the-real-black-panthers

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/timeline-the-politics-of-climate-change/

https://www.carbonbrief.org/warming-warning-1981-tv-documentary-warned-climate-change/

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0289172/

https://arthur.fandom.com/wiki/Carl_Gould

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_Stonewall

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Stonewall

https://arthur.fandom.com/wiki/Sugartime! (https://arthur.fandom.com/wiki/Sugartime!)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Friday

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/

https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/

https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/why-did-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-vote-against-cutting-us-aid-to-israel-nyc-rep-issues-explanation-article-152310521/amp

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/7/21/live-israel-pounds-gaza-as-palestinians-mourn-aid-seekers-killed-at-zikim?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jul/12/israel-gaza-war-latest-news-updates-middle-east-hamas-netanyahu-iran?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/19/killing-of-young-siblings-at-gaza-water-point-shows-seeking-lifes-essentials-now-a-deadly-peril

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/07/19/james-talarico-texas-democrat-joe-rogan-interview-00441989

https://apnews.com/article/trump-taxes-spending-deficit-government-spending-79e6a1bd795e7f82ca39986a407ddbef

https://apnews.com/article/poll-trump-approval-policies-economy-health-immigration-45681b8cd07782ba7a143d323efe9dd7

https://apnorc.org/projects/the-public-expects-the-new-tax-and-spending-law-will-do-more-to-benefit-the-wealthy-while-harming-the-middle-class-and-lower-income-people/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/21/trump-poll-immigration-inflation-epstein-disapprove/85312361007/

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5407046-mixed-polling-democrats-trump/

Jubes and Ames discuss the events of the week, including updates on Alligator Alcatraz, what democrats would've wanted in the BBL, the Supreme Court allowing the Trump administration to dismantle the Department of Education, and Kristi Noem's FEMA scandal.

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Sources:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/12/us/alligator-alcatraz-lawmaker-tour-conditions

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-lawmakers-expected-to-visit-alligator-alcatraz-after-weeks-of-being-told-no/

https://apnews.com/article/alligator-alcatraz-immigration-detainees-florida-dd1cd271b864a72e6fed1f95d62ee8f7

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-07-13/trump-says-he-wants-to-deport-the-worst-of-the-worst-government-data-tells-another-story?utm

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article310541810.html?utm

https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/how-will-the-2025-budget-reconciliation-affect-the-aca-medicaid-and-the-uninsured-rate/

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5443564/trump-supreme-court-education-department

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-sued-by-us-states-over-withholding-68-billion-schools-2025-07-14/

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/noem-defends-fema-response-texas-floods-amid-scrutiny-2025-07-13/

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/14/congress/kristi-noem-fema-cost-control-investigation-00452212

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/13/kristi-noem-fema-texas-flood-00450235

Jubes and Ames discuss the events of the week, including the flooding in Texas, Elon’s new America Party, the Jeffrey Epstein plot twist, and potentially monumental changes to California’s housing policy.

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Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dn04lvgpdo

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-political-party-america-party-trump-b2783446.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/05/elon-musk-america-party-democrats-trump.html

https://www.axios.com/2025/07/06/elon-musk-america-party-scott-bessent

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-says-america-party-is-formed-us-2025-07-05/

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/07/nx-s1-5459761/texas-flooding-deaths-rescues-camp-mystic

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/live-blog/rcna217165?page=4#live-blog

https://www.nj.com/news/2025/07/coast-guard-swimmer-from-nj-hailed-as-hero-who-rescued-165-people-from-raging-texas-floodwaters.html?outputType=amp

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-30/newsom-pushes-major-housing-reform-through-california-legislature

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/15/housing-dividing-california-democrats-newsom-00350811

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/newsom-signs-housing-bill-overhauling-california-environmental-law-rcna216380

https://www.vox.com/politics/418679/california-ceqa-housing-newsom

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-07-01/environmental-groups-outraged-by-newsom-overhaul-ceqa?_gl=1*1t1cqgx*_gcl_au*MTM5Nzc3Mzc2LjE3NTE4MjY4OTM.

https://www.latintimes.com/pam-bondi-leaked-epstein-secret-complete-stranger-hired-far-right-media-group-record-sneaky-582731

https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-jeffrey-epstein-pam-bondi-trump-fa39193d5b5ff91970428bf077a5ce44

Jubes and Ames discuss this week's news, such as the Senate passing the Big Beautiful Bill (barf), hypocritical representatives and ectopic pregnancies, Alligator Alcatraz, and the Supreme Court's latest rulings.

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Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/what-is-in-big-beautiful-bill-trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/01/least-17-million-americans-would-lose-insurance-under-trump-plan/

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-5451401/republicans-big-bill-could-hit-rural-hospitals-hard

https://www.cnbc.com/guide/the-big-beautiful-bill-act-senate-republican/#lower-student-loan-limits-fewer-benefits

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/ectopic-pregnancy-and-abortion-laws-what-to-know#The-bottom-line

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/09/later-abortion-clinics-colorado?

https://www.lawcommentary.com/articles/abortion-laws-and-restrictions-keep-changing-here-is-where-federal-and-state-abortion-laws-stand-in-january-2025?

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5453078/trump-alligator-alcatraz-visit-migrant-detention-center

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-play-up-alligator-alcatraz-deportations-florida-ahead-bill-deadline-2025-07-01/

https://www.nilc.org/articles/analyzing-scotus-trump-v-casa/

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/06/30/politics/transgender-health-care-birth-certificates-supreme-court

Jubes and Ames discuss the events of this week such as the US bombing Iran, Mike Lee's push to sell irreplaceable public land, what government-supported grocery stores could do for food deserts, and more.

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Sources:

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/mike-lee-senate-public-land-sell-off-rcna213763

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBr7RCAsFLA

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/climate/senate-gop-public-land-sale.html

https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/06/23/mike-lee-public-land-sale

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijab_in_Iran

https://foodtank.com/news/2025/06/city-owned-grocery-stores-a-bold-fix-for-food-insecurity/

https://newrepublic.com/article/193056/food-egg-prices-public-grocery-stores