What the Democrats Actually Want to Add to the Funding Bill, What You Need to Know about the ICE Raid in Chicago, Why the Epstein Petition Can't Pass Until New Democrat is Sworn In, and More.

Episode Format:

1. Here's What the Democrats Want to Add to the Funding Bill and What Needs to Happen for the Government to Open (1:12)

2. Messages on Federal Agency Websites Blame Democrats for Shutdown; Do These Messages Violate the Hatch Act? Here's What to Know (14:34)

3. Epstein Petition Can't Pass in the House Until Newly-Elected Democrat is Sworn In (21:33)

4. What We Know About the ICE Raid in Chicago; Were Children Really Zip-Tied and Removed from their Parents? (26:54)

5. What to Know About President Trump's Proposal for Israel and Hamas (33:18)

6. Quick Hitters: Federal Judge in Oregon Blocks Deployment of National Guard Troops, Ghislaine Maxwell's Appeal Denied By Supreme Court (42:55)

7. Critical Thinking Segment (45:37)

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Here's What the Democrats Want to Add to the Funding Bill and What Needs to Happen for the Government to Open

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5371 

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/what-are-democrats-republicans-positions-us-government-shutdown-fight-2025-09-29/

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2882 

https://whyy.org/articles/government-shutdown-health-care-negotiations/?utm_source=chatgpt.com 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/01/jd-vance-government-shutdown-layoffs 

https://nypost.com/2025/10/01/media/mike-johnson-spars-with-george-stephanopoulos-over-government-shutdown/ 

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/10/5/white-house-threatens-mass-layoffs-amid-deepening-us-government-shutdown 

https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/national-debt/ 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-history-congress/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/20/25/10/democrats-betray-americans-with-government-shutdown/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/09/poll-most-americans-say-no-as-radical-left-drives-democrat-shutdown/#:~:text=It%E2%80%99s%20clear%20their%20deranged%2C%20Radical%20Left%20base%20is%20driving%20the%20Democrat%20Shutdown%3A

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/02/polls/times-siena-poll-registered-voter-crosstabs.html

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5558393/government-shutdown-trump-ethics-hatch-act

https://marylandmatters.org/2025/10/03/those-were-not-my-words-out-of-office-messages-changed-for-furloughed-feds/

https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/10/02/factchecking-on-medicaid-coverage-for-immigrants-government-shutdown-edition/

https://www.kff.org/faqs/faqs-health-insurance-marketplace-and-the-aca/immigrants/who-is-a-lawfully-present-immigrant-for-health-insurance-purposes/#:~:text=lawful%20permanent%20residents%20(or%20%E2%80%9Cgreen,Affordable%20Care%20Act

https://www.kff.org/quick-take/rolling-back-the-big-beautiful-bills-health-care-provisions-would-not-provide-health-care-to-undocumented-immigrants/

Messages on Federal Agency Websites Blame Democrats for Shutdown; Do These Messages Violate the Hatch Act? Here's What to Know

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

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/10/fact-democrats-shut-down-government-over-free-healthcare-for-illegals/

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5558393/government-shutdown-trump-ethics-hatch-act

https://osc.gov/Services/pages/hatchact.aspx

https://san.com/cc/former-bush-lawyer-trump-likely-broke-hatch-act-other-laws/

https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2025/10/does-agency-messaging-blaming-democrats-government-shutdown-violate-hatch-act/408597/

https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/OSCFiling-HolmanCraig-HA-10012025852.pdf

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2025/10/agency-shutdown-messaging-draws-hatch-act-antideficiency-act-challenges/

Epstein Petition Can't Pass in the House Until Newly-Elected Democrat is Sworn In

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5541517-mcgovern-republican-refusal-swear-in-grijalva-epstein/

https://san.com/cc/new-lawmaker-not-seated-during-recess-epstein-files-effort-stuck-at-217-signatures/

What We Know About the ICE Raid in Chicago; Were Children Really Zip-Tied and Removed from their Parents?

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/us/chicago-apartment-ice-raid

https://www.foxnews.com/us/hundreds-federal-agents-chicago-carry-out-operation-targeting-suspected-tren-de-aragua-gang-members

https://www.newsweek.com/ice-agents-dragged-naked-children-out-homes-chicago-raid-10823150

https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-federal-agents-surround-south-shore-apartment-building-dhs-requests-military-deployment-illinois/17908911/

https://gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/governor-pritzker-directs-state-agencies-to-evaluate-treatment-of-children-during-federal-raid-in-south-shore

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/suspected-tren-de-aragua-arrested-chicago/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-border-patrol-raid-sweeps-citizens-families-chicago-crackdown-intensifies-2025-10-04/

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB11336

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vFh5yBIxTpc&pp=0gcJCRsBo7VqN5tD

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6yLdyiRiCk4

https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1973796727615598738

https://www.reuters.com/pictures/inside-chicago-apartment-building-raided-by-ice-2025-10-03/

What to Know About President Trump's Proposal for Israel and Hamas

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70155nked7o

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/10/global-support-for-president-trumps-bold-vision-for-peace-in-gaza/

https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1972726021196562494

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxq7zp7002o

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-gaza-hamas-trump-10-05-25?post-id=cmgdemv31000h3b6nce5ol95h

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/29/what-is-the-trump-plan-for-gaza-and-will-it-work

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/hamas-says-agrees-release-israeli-hostages-part-trumps-gaza-peace-plan-rcna234632

https://san.com/cc/israel-and-hamas-to-hold-technical-peace-talks-in-cairo/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/3/hamas-says-it-agrees-to-parts-of-trumps-gaza-plan-but-more-talks-needed

Quick Hitters

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-ghislaine-maxwells-appeal/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/05/us/oregon-trump-california-national-guard