Episode Details

Wondering what James Dobson and the fruit fly drowning in Abby’s iced latte have in common? They’re the newest inductees to our HALL OF SHAME!

Y’all, there’s a LOT going on. In this ep, we are circling back on a range of updates that we’d promised re: the militarization of DC, the newly proposed California district maps, and … American Eagle. Because it’s Labor Day (power to the people!!!!!!!), we also discuss the history of the “holiday” and how it’s “kinda just a capitalist scam,” and also give major props to high school students in North Carolina who are standing up for teachers and staff whose positions have been eliminated by budget cuts.

Looking for a Kilmar Abrego Garcia update? We’d hate to become repetitive, so you’ll have to head to lacarolina.info and subscribe to get Ben’s written analysis on the ongoing situation in your email inbox this Wednesday (9/3). If you’re seeing this after the fact? It’ll be uploaded to the Archive on the lacarolina.info site after it goes out.

AND (as always) GO DEACS!

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