last updated November 1, 2026Comments? Send email to: fny@freenewyork.net
Episode #1068: Hey, Stop That
First Broadcast: 11/2/26
Did you make it through the speed run of Halloween, the change from Daylight Saving Time, and the Marathon all in one piece? Good! Now, all you have to do is make it through the election, and you're home free (for now)! If you didn't vote early, don't worry! You can still vote on Election Day! Need some incentive to get to the polls? How about the revelation that a man from "DOGE" who cancelled so many USAID contracts and fired so many federal employees might not have been officially employed by the federal government in the first place? I'm no expert, but if you were fired by someone who doesn't work where you work, were you ever really fired? Almost sounds like a zen koan, doesn't it? Could mass firings like this explain why the FDA only made 5% of the inspections of foreign food facilities that it was supposed to make in 2025, which could also explain why so many food recalls have been happening since Trump's second term began? Could this be one of the reasons why food prices have increased so much recently, getting so high that some people feel hamburger is now just as much of a luxury as steak? I'm also aggravated by how Ito-en's iced teas have increased in price, but perhaps that's just a symptom of how practically everything is more expensive here now--and the tariffs, bad diplomacy, and the Iran War certainly aren't helping any! As Network famously put it, "Things are bad!" That's one of the many reasons why we need as many people as possible to vote to remove every Republican supporter of Trump out of office that you can, and vote in as many Democrats and others into office that you can in order to put the brakes on the shitshow that Trump 2.0 has become--you know, those "checks and balances" that we heard so much about, growing up? Perhaps, when Democrats control the Congress, they can help put a stop to more frivolous lawsuits like the ones the Department of Justice filed against California, or Alaska, or Cassidy Hutchinson, or whatever Trump has up his sleeve to claim that the 2026 elections are somehow "rigged"? Honestly, if you knew that your vote could potentially help stop Trump and his Republican cult's fascism directly in its tracks, why would you not do it? PLEASE VOTE, WHILE YOU CAN, ALREADY!
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last updated November 1, 2026
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