Ep. 107: Trump Gave America Measles

The Opinionated Ogre Podcast is 100% listener-supported. Please help us continue to inform/amuse/outrage you by becoming a supporting subscriber today for only $5 a month or just $50 a year (a 17% discount!)! If not, it’s all good. Welcome to the Ogre Nation anyway!If subscriptions aren’t your thing, you can leave a one-time PayPal or Venmo tip instead!If it feels like America is being pummeled by rampant outbreaks of diseases, you’re not wrong. If it feels like you’re hearing about people getting sick because of diseases that shouldn’t exist in the richest nation in the world, you’re not wrong. If it feels like someone should be Doing Something, you’re not wrong.Republicans have deliberately and methodically crippled our national immune system by firing tens of thousands of government workers who kept our food clean and safe while also convincing millions of their inbred imbecile voters to stop vaccinating against diseases we had eradicated from this country.Now we’re seeing all of that hard work pay off: Americans are getting sick and dying. Exactly what Republicans intended all along. The midterms are going to be the largest dose of anti-parasitic relief America has ever received, and, wow, do we need it. Ogre Nation News Update!4:00 - 10:05 Republicans canceled billions in grants to blue states explicitly because they’re run by Democrats. The press that spent months crying about a fake IRS scandal under Obama? Completely silent. Funny how that works…10:06 - 19:16 Trump’s moronic “two-week” Iran War enters its SIXTH FUCKING MONTH! And it’s getting stupider and uglier by the day.19:17 - 27:10 I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream Because of Fucking ICE27:11 - 55:15 Headlines for Short Attention Spans!55:16 - 59:47 Self-care of the WeekThe Hotmess Unedited Livestream! Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe