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  • 258: Skepticrat258 - Young Republicans Chat the Bed Edition

    258: Skepticrat258 - Young Republicans Chat the Bed Edition
    Oct 20 2025
    On this week's episode: RFK Jr. tries to give Tylenol credit for Eli's son's puzzle skills ... It turns out Hitler was just a young guy making offensive jokes ... And Dr. Phil is a sad pile of failure.

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    Headline Sources:

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

    NYC mayoral race debate featuring Mamdani, Cuomo, and Sliwa: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/16/nyregion/nyc-mayor-debate-mamdani-cuomo-sliwa

    RFK Jr. v Tylenol continues: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/reupping-unproven-claims-about-tylenol-kennedy-claims-a-link-between-circumcision-and-autism

    DHS claims that Mexican cartels are offering bounties on ICE officers up to $50,000: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/16/mexico-sheinbaum-cartel-bounties-immigration-officials

    Bari Weiss is now editor-in-chief of CBS News:
    https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/queer-anti-woke-journalist-bari-weiss-is-now-cbs-news-editor-in-chief-thats-troubling/

    Everything going very badly for Dr. Phil: https://slate.com/business/2025/10/dr-phil-mcgraw-donald-trump-merit-media-maga.html
    https://www.nationalmemo.com/dr-phil-bankrupt
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  • 257: Skepticrat257 - Eyes Wide Shutdown Edition

    257: Skepticrat257 - Eyes Wide Shutdown Edition
    Oct 6 2025
    On this week's episode: Trump gives the troops a talking to ... Republicans get more frightened by a bunny than anyone since Arthurian England ... And ICE completely missed a big opportunity at the UN General Assembly.

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    Headline Sources:

    Hegseth and Trump lecture generals and admirals: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/us/politics/hegseth-military-officers.html
    https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/30/hegseth-meeting-pushback-00588181

    Government shuts down, Trump DESPERATELY blames Democrats: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrj1znp0pyo

    MAGA has racist, homophobic meltdown over Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/demonic-maga-has-homophobic-meltdown-over-bad-bunnys-super-bowl-performance/

    Trump claims the UN sabotaged his escalator and teleprompter at UNGA: https://www.npr.org/2025/09/25/nx-s1-5553272/trump-escalator-united-nations-investigation
    Iranian diplomats attending UNGA banned from Costco: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/world/middleeast/iran-diplomats-costco-ban-trump.html
    Stuck in Traffic, French President Macron Calls Trump About His Motorcade: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/us/macron-trump-unga-motorcade.html

    A zoo in Denmark asked patrons to donate their pets for food:
    https://www.npr.org/2025/08/06/nx-s1-5493363/denmark-zoo-donate-pets-feeding-animals

    Trump wants his face on a dollar coin: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/03/treasury-department-trump-dollar-coin-00593368
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  • 256: Skepticrat256 - NSFK Edition

    256: Skepticrat256 - NSFK Edition
    Sep 22 2025
    On this week's episode: The Trump administration sentences the country to Jimmy Fallon ... British racists will show off their patriotism in a roundabout way ... And we learn about the worst science of the year and then we talk about the Ig Nobel Prizes after RFK Jr.

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    Headline Sources:

    Kimmel got pulled because of government coercion:
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/us/politics/supreme-court-jimmy-kimmel-free-speech.html
    https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/business/timeline-jimmy-kimmel-suspension-vis

    Thousands of St George's flags have gone up in UK cities and towns: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626vxyxgj6o
    ‘Operation Raise the Colours’ Organised by Well-Known Far-Right Extremists: https://hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/operation-raise-the-colours-organised-by-well-known-far-right-extremists/

    Kennedy’s Vaccine Panel Votes to Limit Access to Covid Shots: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/health/cdc-vaccines-mmrv-hepatitis-b.html

    Far-right London rally sees record crowds and violent clashes with police: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/13/unite-the-kingdom-far-right-rally-london-tommy-robinson-police-assaulted
    Elon Musk calls for dissolution of parliament at far-right rally in London: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/13/elon-musk-calls-for-dissolution-of-parliament-at-far-right-rally-in-london
    Police seek man who called for Keir Starmer to be ‘assassinated’ at far-right rally: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/14/police-seek-man-called-keir-starmer-assassinated-far-right-rally

    Meet the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize winners: https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/09/meet-the-2025-ig-nobel-prize-winners/
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    51 m
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Their scalpel sharp insights cut pretty close to the bone. I've learned things here.

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The Skepticrat may be my favorite podcast. I've been listening for years and I am excited whenever a new episode is available. They work very hard to make podcasting look easy. They have a deep understanding of the political landscape and make it funny and entertaining. Fantastic show.

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Insightful and humorous these fellas never fail to make me laugh. Noah, Heath, and Eli never disappoint!

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I flipping love you guys, your insightful and hilarious podcasts always make my week so, so, so much better.

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