Ep. 71: We Said “No Kings, Motherfucker!”

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!America rose up to reject a wannabe king and the tinpot tyrant responded by destroying the White House. Just so we all know what the stakes are, yeah?Florida Woman Rants and I dig into as much of this week’s news as we can and, wooof!, it was a lot! Come join the conversation!OgPod Note: After we recorded this week’s episode, Trump went from punching a hole into the White House’s East Wing to tearing the entire thing down. That’s a whole lot worse than what we discussed in the show but the premise of what we discussed stands: Neither of us is attached to the specific historical value of any given part of the building, but we strenuously object to the obnoxious and incredibly illegal way Trump is doing this. If you prefer your news from a puppet, here you go!Ogre Nation News Update!1:14 -10:26 We said “No Kings, motherfucker!” and we meant it!10:27 - 15:19 The Republican Shutdown continues into its fourth week…15:20 - 27:00 Trump is literally destroying the White House and stealing $203 million of OUR taxpayer dollars.27:00 - 32:10 Your Weekly Epstein Files Update32:11 - 38:00 Scenes From a Crashing Economy and an urgent warning38:01 - 42:42 You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream Because Of Fucking ICE42:43 - 56:17 Headlines for Short Attention Spans!56:18 - 1:03:07 Self-care of the WeekThings We Discussed On The ShowScenes From Saturday’s Nationwide ‘No Kings’ ProtestsMassive “No Kings” protests short-circuit MAGA’s mockeryWhat is the 3.5% protest rule and what does it mean for the US?Lawmakers bemoan Trump’s latest power grab: Troop payMillions of Americans are at risk of losing food stamps next month amid shutdownHow the shutdown enabled the Trump administration’s mass firing spreeProject 2025 TrackerBig? Beautiful? Donald Trump is literally ripping apart the home of US democracy. Is anyone really surprised?Cornered Mike Johnson Scrambles as ABC Host Grills Him Over Epstein Vote SagaAlex Acosta cleared Trump of wrongdoing in the Epstein case, GOP saysTrump’s own Labor Department quietly admits his immigration crackdown risks ‘supply shock-induced food shortages’ and higher pricesEffective Ways To Prepare For Food ShortagesTrump Administration Deadlier for ICE Detainees Than COVID-19 PandemicICE is hiring dozens of health workers as lawsuits, deaths in custody mountBorder Patrol agents arrest 11 rideshare drivers at O’Hare Airport parking lotSNAP benefits will soon be tied to error rates. These states are in the biggest troubleArtillery shell exploded prematurely over California freeway during marines celebrationTrump suggests US will buy Argentine beef to bring down prices for American consumersIRS files tax lien against Jim JusticeJan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump charged with making death threat against Hakeem JeffriesTrump nominee reportedly boasted of ‘Nazi streak’ in group chatsVideo shows Graham Platner with ‘troubling’ tattoo that appears to be a Nazi symbolICE’s ‘Athletically Allergic’ Recruits Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe