HOUR 1

• Speaker McCarthy ousted / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/10/04/1203462629/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-matt-gaetz-congress-vote
• Right Wing rebels score votes to oust Kevin McCarthy thanks to House Democrats / (ABC News) https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/mccarthy-speaker-vote-live-updates/?id=103692404
• Rep. Gaetz on McCarthy's removal / (ABC News) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bcTmPzJ724
• Reps Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Steve Scalise (R-LA)
• "Brian Todd looks at some of the contenders who could vie for the position of House Speaker, after the ouster of Speaker McCarthy." / (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/10/04/exp-tsr-todd-potential-next-house-speaker.cnn
• "The biggest healthcare strike in US history with more than 75,000 workers employed by Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest nonprofit healthcare providers in the US, plan to walk off the job for three days—starting today." / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/10/04/burnt-out-healthcare-workers-are-about-to-strike?

HOUR 2

• Tom reflects on this day being the day when the carving of Mt Rushmore in South Dakota began / (HC) https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/work-begins-on-mount-rushmore
• Chicago eliminates sub-minimum-wages / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/chicago-eliminating-subminimum-wages-tipped?
• Vatican tackles LGBTQ and women in ministry / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/10/04/1203312772/vatican-synod-gathering-tackles-women-in-ministry-lgbtq-catholics
• Mayor Glenda Ledford of Wasilla is re-elected and joins Tom