Government Shutdowns, Banned Words, and MAGA Missteps: This Week’s Biggest Stories

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The Democrats don’t like the House Bill to fund the government, and who would? But, will they shut down what little government we have left, and if they do, who gets hurt the most. We do.

Utah Banning Pride Flag. Trump adding LGBTQ to “banned words.” Where’s the outrage, the protests, the upset?

You get one question with the President of the United States, and Ireland, and you ask about...wait for it...Rosie O’Donnell? That sums up MAGA in one question.

And it’s the weekend how are you going to relax?

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What the US Government Truly Values – Shocking Insights! | Breaking News 2025 | Really Karel

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Trump cuts 1300 jobs at the Department of Education...EDUCATION. Do we not value education? Should we not be expanding education, schools, facilities, staff? Obviously not. So let’s face it, we don’t value education.

In fact, Social Security about to be staff reduced, so we don’t value taking care of our aging, our sick.

So in all honesty, what DOES the Trump Administration and AMERICANS now value?

And is it anywhere near what our founders thought we would value?

Plus, Rosie moves to Ireland. Tell the truth, you wish you could move, too.

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How did desegregation impact Black patients in America? What hasn’t changed? What does racism in medicine look like today? And what should we do when we see it?

To break it down, we spoke to Dr. Barbara Berney, project creator and producer of the documentary “Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution.” She’s also an emeritus professor at City University of New York School of Public Health and a distinguished scholar in public health, environmental justice, and the U.S. healthcare system. This is the second of two episodes with Dr. Berney.

Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!

Let’s Play Headline Roulette

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It’s time to be spontaneous. Let’s just grab the headlines and see what comes up. Will it be Musk’s Tesla failing around the world? The Friday Deadline for a debt bill or else the whole thing shuts down? ICE making people disappear?

Or will it be Wendy Williams gets bailed out of memory care by NYPD after dropping note for help? And who should be in a facility more, Wendy Williams or Elon Musk? Or RFKJr telling people to take Vitamin A and asking Quacks to help with the measles outbreak?

Maybe it’s all that and more as we play 30 minutes of headline roulette.

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The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.

Brad is first joined by CNN Military Analyst, Col. Cedric Leighton (USAF Ret.).

The pair analyzes U.S.-Ukraine relations following Trump-Vance's disastrous White House meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy.

Col. Leighton also outlines the threats to Poland, and the rest of Europe, now that Putin has been emboldened by Trump's favoritism of Russia over Ukraine.

They also talk about the latest fighting in Syria since the Assad regime was recently toppled.

Then, Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), discusses the Trump administration's expected Executive Order to close the Department of Education, whether that move would be legal, and the disastrous fallout that would occur if it were to happen.

She also details what actions that she'd recommend to concerned Teachers, parents and citizens in the face of these threats from the Trump administration.

Col. Cedric Leighton is the Founder and President of Cedric Leighton Associates, a strategic risk and leadership consultancy serving global companies and organizations. He founded the company in 2010, after serving in the US Air Force for 27 years as an Intelligence Officer and attaining the rank of Colonel. His website is www.CedricLeighton.com and his handle on BlueSky is @CedricLeighton. bsky.social.

Randi Weingarten is president of the 1.8 million-member AFT, which represents teachers; paraprofessionals and school-related personnel; higher education faculty and staff; nurses and other healthcare professionals; local, state and federal government employees; and early childhood educators. The AFT is dedicated to the belief that every person in America deserves the freedom to thrive, fueled by opportunity, justice and a voice in our democracy.

Their website is www.AFT.org and their handle on BlueSky is @aftunion.bsky.social.  Randi's handle is @rweingarten.bsky.social.

Brad writes a political column every Sunday for 'The Hill.'

He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles. You can read Brad's columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His handle on BlueSky is @bradbannon.bsky.social.

Broken Hearts Can Kill

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Gene Hackman literally died of a broken heart in one of the strangest celebrity stories of the year. It's everyone's worst nightmare, demented, alone, lost. How did someone so famous, and rich, end up this way?

From the "you learn something knew every day" file: Did our founders speak English, with no accent, or did they have British accents? Who, exactly, were these men, and where did their parents come from?

And from the music and entertainment file, Lady Gaga has returned to her roots with Mayhem the album. But, is it dated now?

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Should There Be a LGBTQ Exodus #MAGA | LGBTQ Under Fire 🔥

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I got a letter to day from Live Out Loud, a LGBTQ youth support organization. It’s bad. And HRC, and others, post every day about new horrors against the community.

THIS is why my perspective on the USA right now is different. Because no one is coming to help the LGBTQ community of America. No one came before. No one is coming now. And today’s youth have been protected, coddled, shielded from the homophobia of the 50s, 60, 70, 80s, 90s…they’ve lived in a world of Chappel Rhône and Sam Smith in lace on awards shows.

They’re in for a very rude awakening.

Is this time the time for an LGBTQ exodus?

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Lies, Bombast and Fascism: The State of the Union

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100 minutes of lies, bombast and fascism...that was what delivered as the State of the Union Address in the United States. But in recent polls only 34% of Americans think we are heading in the right direction. So what is their plan? Do they really believe there won’t be another election so the electorate doesn’t matter?

And the lies? Why didn’t more Democrats walk out, or not attend all together?

Canada, Mexico, now hate us. Are at a trade “war” with us. And his idiot followers think this is all great.

America is screwed. We are the titanic and Orangina a giant ice berg.

So...is it time to man the lifeboats?

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This time on HEAL California’s Medicare for All podcast, Code WACK!, we’re uncovering the shocking history of racial segregation in hospitals—and the fight to end it.

What did segregation in health care really look like? Was it just a Southern problem, or were hospitals in the North just as complicit? And what finally forced hospitals to desegregate—despite years of resistance?

Join us as we speak with Dr. Barbara Berney, public health scholar and producer of the documentary Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution, to explore the tragic consequences of hospital segregation—and how Medicare helped bring it to an end.

🔥 The Enemy is Winning – America’s Biggest Threat Yet 2025⚠️ | Really Karel 🎙️

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Russia is not a friend of the United States. If Russia had it’s way, we would be under the rule of Vladimir Putin. They do not like the West, and they do not embrace Western culture. At least no one a governmental level. The list of reasons why Russia is not a country to be emulated or befriended is too long for one show or editorial. And yet, it’s not only Donald MuskPutin that loves the Kremlin, there’s been a 30% jump in the number of Americans that no longer see Russia as the enemy.

And that’s how the enemy wins. And is winning. And now Musk is rallying for us to leave the UN and NATO playing every card Vladimir wants.

These are scary, horrifying times.

Either someone, anyone, begins to actually fight to remove this regime, or the world is about to change so profoundly that being an American will not be a desirable thing.

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