Episode 54

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Published on:

5th Mar 2025

Voting in Their Imaginary Tax Bracket

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Opening (0:00:00)

Introduction (00:01:24)

ICE Deporting Those Here Legally (00:02:44)

Trump, Musk & DOGE are ruining everything (00:19:48)

  •  How Much Has DOGE Really Saved? Here’s the Scorecard to Date (Wall Street Journal)
  • Trump administration tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers in DOGE reversal (AP)
  • National Park Service restores some jobs of fired employees, pledges to hire 7,700 seasonal workers (AP)
  • An agency targeted by DOGE reportedly halts cuts after backlash (MSNBC)
  • Obama cutting wasteful spending (YouTube)
  • USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them (NBC News)
  • Trump Repeats Claim That Biden Sent Condoms Worth $100 Million To Hamas (NDTV)
  • Nancy Mace confuses “transgender” with “transgenic (Patt Morrison on X)
  • Fact check: Musk, Trump deceive about a Trump-era Pentagon contract for ‘social deception’ defense (CNN)
  • Signed Nov 9, 2011, Executive Order 13589 -- Promoting Efficient Spending (obamawhitehouse.archives.gov)
  • Rep. Casar says fired inspectors general were investigating Elon Musk’s companies (PBS NewsHour on YouTube)
  • $600M on Sushi? (Harry Sisson on TikTok)
  • 'Catastrophic' education cuts could hit Trump's base (CNN)

MAGA but with Good Ideas (00:42:44)

  • The World Is Coming to An End!! Because I Agree With All of This!! (Aunty Wiggz on Instagram)
  • GOP Senators Spend Independence Day In Moscow (NPR)

Closing (0:49:31)

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A transplant from Atlanta to Columbia; Barrett has been using his voice and quick whit to entertain for decades. Starting out in Radio and Television in the late 20th century, Barrett finds himself entertaining again in the 21st Century via a media that's easily paused.