Episode Details

The gang discuss a tree-sit on the border, massive student protests in France, a Supreme Court ruling on rendition, the Brazilian election, a Russian researcher who was accidentally exposed to the pneumonic plague, and the death of former House Speaker and pedophile Dennis Hastert.

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• https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-curo-churata-is-the-37th-person 
• https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/government-affairs/pdfs/ORDER%20GRANTING%2034%20Motion%20for%20Preliminary%20Injunction%20Signed%20by%20Judge%20Kathleen%20Cardone.pdf
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• https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2107444098806546566?s=20 
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• https://apnews.com/article/warner-bros-skydance-ellison-studio-hollywood-5f4326c083ca2fc084ff399c1b8aa035?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/092926zr2_1a7d.pdf 
• https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/05/third-country-deportations-ice-dhs-26-federal-plaza-west-africa/ 
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• https://crimethinc.com/2026/10/06/french-youth-fight-against-a-bleak-future 
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/2/protests-shutter-hundreds-of-french-schools-as-violence-flares?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialPulse 
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• https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-10-05/former-us-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dies-cbs-news-reports

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