09-18-26 Part One - The War Department goes to War.

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, a popular women’s sports bar's hypocrisy shows as it disavows the very thing it was meant to support. The Sports Bra also expelled fans wearing XX-XY Athletics shirts, drawing national backlash over its stance on inclusion. The Pacific Northwest establishment first came under national scrutiny after it expelled a group of fans for wearing XX-XY Athletics T-shirts earlier in the month. This spawned a social-media firestorm, with myriad X users condemning the bar for its not-so-inclusive behavior. And upon a deeper look, it's uncertain how much the Sports Bra cares about women's sports at all.

Also a late night, last minute House Republican meeting turns into an all-out shouting match. Speaker Mike Johnson summoned top GOP members to discuss suspending the gas tax, but the session got ugly and personal / and Ed Sheeran faces growing backlash as radio station bans songs, protest groups respond to Macklemore's removal.

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