257: Skepticrat257 - Eyes Wide Shutdown Edition

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