Ep 70: Young Republicans Exposed As Hitler Youth. Whoopsie!

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!WELP! This week’s show was quite the doozy! We have dozens of shitty little Young Republicans getting outed as Hitler-loving scumbags, Donald Trump worrying he’s going to burn in Hell for eternity (Hint: You are, Donny. Ha-Ha), and The Great Inflatable Costume Resistance of 2025 continues! And that’s just a tiny bit of this week’s craziness!Come join me and Florida Woman Rants as we serve up the news with a heaping dose of humor and anger because, honestly, it’s the only way to stay sane in these insane times!Don’t forget! This Saturday, October 18th, is the No Kings Rally across the nation. Find a protest and join it!!!Ogre Nation News Update2:30 - 8:40 The Trump Shutdown enters its third week. Republicans are abusing their power to make things worse, desperately hoping Democrats will break before Open Enrollment begins and everyone finds out how much the GOP is fucking them over on healthcare premiums.8:41 - 18:10 Well, well, well…someone leaked the private chats of a bunch of Young republicans and, SURPRISE!, it’s dripping with racism, homophobia, misogyny and Hitler worship. Almost like every time we call Republican Nazis and fascists and the worst people to ever exist, we’re not even slightly exaggerating.18:11 - 21:40 Remember that Measles outbreak that went away? Well, it didn’t and it’s spreading across the country to a 30-year high thanks to the hard work of RFK Jr. and a regime filled with anti-vaxxer murderers.21:41 - 30:33 You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream Because Of Fucking ICE31:10 - 35:28 Your Weekly Epstein Update35:29 - 38:27 Scenes From A Crashing Economy38:28 - 1:10:30 Headlines for Short Attention Spans1:10:31 - 1:17:09 Self-care of the WeekThings We Discussed In The ShowJohnson: ‘We’re barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history’The White House Is Already Walking Back Hundreds of Federal LayoffsAs the shutdown continues, Trump and his team advance plan for ‘Democrat-oriented’ firingshttps://x.com/RepMTG/status/1975337063697555652 ‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chatU.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the countryFired CDC staff say layoffs leave US ‘dangerously unprepared’ for future crisesPastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues Trump administration over First Amendment threats in ChicagoTrump admin pressured Facebook into removing ICE-tracking groupPortland’s Dancing Protesters Are Showing Us How to Stand Up to TrumpUndocumented father killed by ICE agent in Franklin Park shooting had no criminal background, lawyer saysFootage of deadly ICE shooting in Chicago suburb challenges official narrativeChicago ICE crackdown’s first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the USWhat is the controversy over Adelita Grijalva being sworn into Congress?Ghislaine Maxwell Keeps Getting Special TreatmentBlack Unemployment Is Surging AgainUncertainty over the economy and tariffs forces many retailers to be cautious on holiday hiringWe’re grateful for what Trump is doing for peace, Nobel winner tells BBCPressed on Tom Homan controversy, JD Vance and Pam Bondi struggle to answerLindsey Halligan didn’t coordinate NY AG Letitia James indictment with Pam Bondi’s DOJTrump Falsely Claims ‘Biden FBI’ Placed Agents in Jan. 6 CrowdEducation Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union saysArmed Florida agents visited Largo man over postcard critical of CFO IngogliaDonald Trump Says He Doesn’t Think He’ll Get Into Heaven Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe