October 27, 2025: SNAP Funding Set to Expire Nov. 1, Anonymous Donor Behind $130M Military Donation Revealed, Shutdown Fairness Act Fails, What We Know About a Third Term for Trump, and More.

Episode Format:

1. Shutdown Fairness Act Fails in Senate But So Do Two Other Measures That Would Pay Federal Employees (0:12)

2. Anonymous Donor Behind $130M Military Donation Revealed; Can the DoD Accept Such a Large Donation? (6:52)

3. SNAP Funding to Expire November 1; Here's What You Need to Know (15:33)

4. Will Trump Seek a Third Term? Here's What He Says and What the Constitution Says (27:58)

5. Democrats on House Committees Investigate Trump's $230M Claim Against DOJ (32:04)

6. Quick Hitters: Trump Undergoes MRI Scan, Republicans Urge Leaders to Consider ACA Credit Extension, Two U.S. Navy Aircraft Go Down in South China Sea, New Poll Shows Tightening Gap in NYC Mayoral Race, Judge to Issue Ruling on Tyler Robinson's Court Attire (36:45)

7. Critical Thinking Segment (39:36)

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Shutdown Fairness Act Fails in Senate But So Do Two Other Measures That Would Pay Federal Employees

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3012

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5569758-ron-johnson-chris-van-hollen-shutdown-pay-bill/

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/government-shutdown-latest-day-23-senate-federal-workers/

Anonymous Donor Behind $130M Military Donation Revealed; Can the DoD Accept Such a Large Donation?

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-ally-donated-130-million-pay-troops-amid-shutdown-revealed-reclusive-billionaire-heir

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/25/trump-timothy-mellon-military-donor-government-shutdown.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/politics/anonymous-donor-military-pay-shutdown

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2025/10/pentagon-accepts-130-million-donation-to-help-pay-the-military-during-the-government-shutdown/

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2024/08/heir-to-andrew-mellons-fortune-spends-over-165-million-to-support-trumps-reelection/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/us/politics/timothy-mellon-donation-troops.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVcnKTPn4oA

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/2601

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/why-donald-trump-move-pay-225302722.html 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Mellon

SNAP Funding to Expire November 1; Here's What You Need to Know

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5572490-usda-snap-funding-impasse/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/politics/usda-contingency-fund-november-snap

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5573685-usda-snap-benefits-democrat-blame/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/24/snap-food-aid-shutdown-usda-00622690

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-snap-benefits-delayed-usda/ 

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9a6bpd8w7rh0aky2b4x5k/November-Supplemental-Nutrition-Assistance-Program.pdf?rlkey=ngwpv8lc64jkrxoy2njgzm80z&e=1&st=fgdtzqdu&dl=0

https://www.axios.com/2025/10/24/gov-shutdown-snap-payments-emergency-funds

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administration-has-the-power-and-legal-obligation-to-pay-snap-benefits-during-the-shutdown/

https://frac.org/blog/how-will-government-shutdown-affect-snap-benefits

https://northplattepost.com/posts/bebce2d6-3f8d-4b0d-92b3-89e9b3595d96

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26196921-fy2026-usda-lapse-plan-sept30/?q=contingency&mode=document#document/p15

https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fns-2024-contingency-plan.pdf

Will Trump Seek a Third Term? Here's What He Says and What the Constitution Says

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Ik3Q0Rxzo

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BNvbyp0cSqs

https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-22/ 

https://www.ncsl.org/about-state-legislatures/amending-the-us-constitution#:~:text=Congress%20must%20call%20a%20convention,%2C%2038%20of%2050%20states

Democrats on House Committees Investigate Trump's $230M Claim Against DOJ

https://san.com/media-miss/house-democrats-investigate-trumps-230m-justice-department-settlement-demand/ 

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S1-C7-1/ALDE_00000233/

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/emoluments-clauses-explained

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26194347-raskin-garcia-trump-doj-230m/

Quick Hitters

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/27/politics/donald-trump-mri-health-walter-reed

https://san.com/cc/some-gop-lawmakers-push-to-negotiate-on-aca-subsidies-amid-shutdown/

https://nypost.com/2025/10/27/us-news/navy-fighter-jet-helicopter-based-off-uss-nimitz-aircraft-carrier-crash-into-south-china-sea-within-30-minutes/

https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/judge-ruling-tyler-robinson-charlie-kirk-court-attire/

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-still-leads-cuomo-narrowing-gap-new-new-york-city-mayoral-race-poll