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Jerks Progress Administration, News Update, October 12, 2025

Jerks Progress Administration, News Update, October 12, 2025

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In this episode we try to give you a run down of the goings on in the declining empire by starting off with some lighter fare about gruesome Gavin and the weather. We then briefly cover the tepid optimism around the most recent ceasefire and the strange choice of Tony Blair to oversee it. We also try to put in our final words on that awful thing that happened that everyone's already done talking about. From there we delve into some of the most annoying characters globally in the Trump orbit and who gets to be on the side benefitting from neocolonialism. As usual we dog on the democrats although producer Vane must field accusations of having a libbed up algorithm before we get into the ultimate digression. #releasethefeet #releasethefiles Check out our "Hell on the beach" series about Florida and check us out Bluesky @brokenwindpod @butlersghost Our intro and outro theme music are from the song "Sardines" by the band Stella Starfox. You can find them on Apple Music and Spotify, and check out the full song here. https://youtu.be/9kF6N0oA0o4?si=wswiL3WoQ2HCM_AO Corrections and sources listed below: (1:01) ARTICLE National Hurricane Center, Seven Day Graphic Tropical Weather Outlook, October 19. A tropical depression is likely to form in the Caribbean https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php (1:09) ARTICLE the Guardian, A visual guide to the damage caused by Hurricane Milton https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/10/hurricane-milton-maps-charts-graphics-damage (1:13) ARTICLE Associated Press, a new naming system was implemented by the World Meteorological Organization in 2022 to manage the increasing frequency of large, named storms https://apnews.com/article/no-greek-alphabet-hurricane-names-b504a7326955bb171530777c140103e2 (1:19) ARTICLE ABC News Hurricane Helene Updates: Death toll surpasses 230 as rescue efforts continue https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/hurricane-helene/?id=113931821 (2:01) Trump calls Zohran Mamdani a "Communist Lunatic" (3:57) ARTICLE CBC News/Associated Press Jimmy Kimmel Live! set to return Tuesday after suspension https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/jimmy-kimmel-return-1.7640407 (4:27) ARTICLE Esquire, There's Only One Way to Read the Data: Right-Wing Terrorism is an Existential Threat to American Life - 2 mass shootings motivated by right-wing politics within one week, including an attack on a Mormon church in Michigan https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a68115092/right-wing-terrorism-trump-shootings-michigan-north-carolina/ (4:53) ARTICLE Vox, Political violence scholar explains what the furor over Charlie Kirk's Killing is Missing - what studying hundreds of political assassinations has revealed https://www.vox.com/culture/461857/charlie-kirk-assassination-political-ideology-tyler-robinson (5:00) ARTICLE NY Post, Tyler Robinson was raised Mormon - and allegedly killed Kirk just moments after influencer praised the church https://nypost.com/2025/09/12/us-news/tyler-robinson-was-raised-mormon-and-killed-charlie-kirk-moments-after-he-praised-the-church/ (6:18) ARTICLE the Guardian, Oklahoma official says all high schools will have Turning Point chapters after Kirk killing https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/24/turning-point-oklahoma-high-schools (7:16) ARTICLE Journal of Democracy, The Rise of Political Violence in the United States https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the-rise-of-political-violence-in-the-united-states/ (7:39) ARTICLE Ken Klippenstein National Security Directive declares war on those who don't support Trump agenda, Trump's National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7) significantly expands the definition of "terrorism" to apply to "antifa" and "anti-Christianity", among other things. https://truthout.org/articles/national-security-directive-declares-war-on-those-who-dont-support-trump-agenda/ (12:43) ARTICLE The Independent/Yahoo News 'I do not work for you': MTG speaks out on growing rift withTrump's White House over Epstein files https://ca.news.yahoo.com/not-mtg-speaks-growing-rift-142249981.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIwmk0M0ViqxkSVneKswCZTc_nAUUIOCWA3UOCRzJId81nCVobnmgjYRD-tWlrVREfPRfORYNOZT1luIYlBcyY7gaUFb0MaStuim92q3pW5LczYemyffGKiJJp_886Y0lDQUELvtBD0QqjnkBR5-Tfme2CjcFolxiogMoDQnx4lZ (12:51) ARTICLE Daily Beast, MTG rips Trump's 'America Last' Moves https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-rips-trumps-america-last-moves/ (12:57) MTG acknowledges insurance premiums likely to double (13:31) Polling shows public blaming Republicans for shutdown (18:41) ARTICLE BBC News, Trump says 'war is over' in Gaza as he flies to Israel for release of hostages https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn409y125v3o.amp (19:05) ARTICLE BBC News, Tony Blair would help oversee Gaza transition under Trump Plan https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq5j989107lo (20:55) CORRECTION Brian Schatz is a Democratic Senator representing Hawaii (21:08) ARTICLE The Independent, ...
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