I just can't do this every other day pace anymore, so I am going to change things up a little. I discuss this and my thoughts on this whole ACA subsidies expiring thing in today's episode.

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Politico reveals racist text chains, JD Vance is just fine with it.

References:

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/vance-young-republicans-racism-lives-ruined-rcna237838

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pardoned-capitol-rioter-charged-threatening-hakeem-jeffries-nyc-trump/

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The Colonel and I attend the Beacon, NY No Kings rally on October 18th.

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The Colonel and I converse on a trip out to Harrisburg.

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Tomorrow millions will gather in streets and parks across America to demand an end to the authoritarian takeover of America...peacefully and with joy. Here are some tips to exercise your First Amendment right to free speech and peaceful assembly and what to do if things go sideways during the event you are attending. 

References:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/us/charlie-kirk-civil-war.html

https://naacp.org/resources/staying-safe-during-protest

https://drexel.edu/publicsafety/crime-reports-prevention/safety-tips/safety-tips-for-protests-rallies-marches

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights

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Republicans are using dangerous rhetoric to gin up violence against protesters at this Saturday's No Kings Rally. Don't let them intimidate you into inaction.

References:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/no-kings-republicans-hate-america-terrorists_n_68e93f7ae4b0a0b11bf2a30a

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_game

https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/zero-sum-thinking-and-political-divides

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1325

https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/us-immigration-tracker-follow-arrests-detentions-border-crossings-rcna189148

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Today I read two excellent letters from listeners and ramble on about a few things.

1907 Mitchell Corn Palace with Swastika:

https://www.facebook.com/TheDoctorregenerated/posts/the-corn-palace-in-mitchell-sd-1907these-magnificent-palaces-were-said-to-be-tem/689740226985038/

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Pam Bondi was grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee and it went as well as you might imagine.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/politics/bondi-senate-hearing-takeaways

https://www.citizensforethics.org/news/press-releases/crew-files-criminal-bribery-complaint-donald-trump-pam-bondi/

https://www.rawstory.com/pam-bondi-sheldon-whitehouse/

Curtis Yarvin might be leaving the country!

https://sfstandard.com/2025/10/07/citing-fear-democratic-vengeance-curtis-yarvin-says-may-flee-u-s/

His Substack screed:

https://graymirror.substack.com/p/you-cant-handle-the-truth

An explosion takes out the home of a judge who opposed Trump.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/06/isouth-carolina-judge-home-fire

https://www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-miller-loses-the-plot-as-maga-is-blamed-for-judge-attack/

Mike Johnson continues to refuse to seat a duly elected member of Congress.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mike-johnson-rejects-hakeem-jeffries-demand-to-debate-shutdown-in-primetime/ar-AA1NXJHu

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/politics/adelita-grijalva-house-epstein.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nbc-kristen-welker-presses-speaker-164926647.html\

Local elections are dominated by Republicans running unopposed.

https://www.orangecountygov.com/DocumentCenter/View/35218/Orange-County-Candidates-List-Cert-GE25?bidId=

Chicago Mayor wants her city to stop being terrorized by ICE

https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/chicago-mayor-creates-ice-free-zones-to-block-raids-by-rogue-arrest-teams/

The CDC continues its vaccine shenanigans.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/cdc-drops-universal-covid-vaccine-recommendations-suggests-separate/story?id=126255300

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Reminder, the No Kings II rallies countrywide will be on October 18th. Find one near you here:

https://www.nokings.org/

An article by Cory Doctorow about enshittification, using Amazon as the (pardon the pun) prime example.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/05/way-past-its-prime-how-did-amazon-get-so-rubbish

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