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War on Christmas, News Update, December 1, 2025

War on Christmas, News Update, December 1, 2025

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 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: (1:29) ARTICLE NPR - Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race, in a historic victory for progressives https://www.npr.org/2025/11/04/nx-s1-5597788/election-results-zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mayor (2:05) ARTICLE NPR - Trump and Mamdani share a cordial White House meeting after months of trading attacks https://www.npr.org/2025/11/21/nx-s1-5615169/trump-mamdani-oval-office-communist-socialist (2:11) LINK Adam Friedland Show interview with Zohran Mamdani https://youtu.be/hsi5C_5HpoY?si=ZSHewEmBu6Tfyddw (2:53) LINK Conservative Wind Podcast collection: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1857832?view=expanded (3:48) TWEET Trump says "I am the affordability president" (4:05) TWEET @atrupar reposts Harry Enten segment on rising costs https://x.com/atrupar/status/1992984895824552016 (4:40) ARTICLE Axios - The shutdown-imposed data gap could be permanent https://www.axios.com/2025/11/13/government-shutdown-bls-report (5:33) ARTICLE Politico - It's official: NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch will lead department under Mamdani https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/19/its-official-nypd-commissioner-jessica-tisch-will-lead-department-under-mamdani-00658811 (6:26) TWEET @yousefmunayyer "Mamdani, regularly slammed for being a political novice, just pulled off an absolute political masterclass." (8:16) TWEET @qasimrashid "Find someone who looks at you the way Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani" (8:58) TWEET @allie4tn "I don't believe in coincidences. Trump dressed in very similar to a previous look of Zohran Mamdani today." (9:12) ARTICLE Associated Press - Mamdani goes to Washington: first face-off with Trump https://apnews.com/article/trump-zohran-mamdani-mayor-meeting-1770204af103afa00ee9b5d97cd401c7 (9:24) LINK Trump Mamdani meeting full video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDanzN1EUeE (10:04) ARTICLE New York Times - Mamdani's meeting with Trump scrambled the MAGA-sphere https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/style/mamdani-trump-reactions-fuentes-bannon.html (13:55) ARTICLE First Post - Kash Patel, Vivek Ramaswami and More: Why Republican Indian-Americans are coming under MAGA fire https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/kash-patel-vivek-ramaswamy-and-more-why-republican-indian-americans-maga-fire-13949424.html (15:40) LINK Trump Mamdani meeting full video (again) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDanzN1EUeE (15:49) ARTICLE New York Post - Trump jokes it's ok for Mamdani to call him 'fascist': 'you can just say yes' https://nypost.com/2025/11/21/us-news/trump-runs-cover-for-mamdani-after-mayor-elect-asked-to-explain-if-he-still-thinks-president-is-a-fascist-you-can-just-say-yes/ (16:25) ARTICLE Al Jazeera - What does Mamdani's win mean for the future of the Democratic Party? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/5/what-does-mamdanis-win-mean-for-the-future-of-the-democratic-party (16:30) ARTICLE NBC Washington - Democrat Jones wins Virgina AG race despite violent texts https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/politics/democrat-jones-wins-virginia-ag-violent-texts/4011409/ (16:36) ARTICLE Rappler - Voter turnout hits 82.2% in 2025, a record high for midterm polls https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/voter-turnout-comelec-report-may-2025/ (16:51) ARTICLE NPR - Democrats' 2025 election wins go beyond big races to places like Georgia, Pennsylvania https://www.npr.org/2025/11/05/nx-s1-5599185/2025-election-results-georgia-pennsylvania-democrats-win (17:04) ARTICLE Newsweek - Trump's approval rating negative in 20 states he won https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-negative-20-states-he-won-11105027 (17:26) ARTICLE Mass Live - A new low: Trump's approvals plunge in every major poll https://www.masslive.com/politics/2025/11/a-new-low-trumps-approvals-plunge-in-every-major-poll.html (17:27) ARTICLE Reuters - Trump signs deal to end longest government shutdown in US history https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-house-vote-deal-end-longest-government-shutdown-history-2025-11-12/ (17:32) TWEET @angry_staffer "the White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it's even worse today." (17:40) ARTICLE ABC News - Trump hosted 'Great Gatsby' Halloween party hours before SNAP funding lapsed https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-hosted-great-gatsby-halloween-party-hours-snap/story?id=127091016 (17:44) ARTICLE Bipartisan Policy Center - Who is missing paychecks in the 2025 shutdown – when and where? https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/who-is-missing-paychecks-in-the-2025-shutdown-when-and-where/ (17:47) ARTICLE Wall Street Journal - Appeals court won't let Trump administration limit SNAP benefits: ruling means administration will have to make payments unless Supreme Court intervenes https://www.wsj.com/politics/...
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