Ep. 74: Shutdown Surrender? FML!

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!It’s OK to be angry at the eight back-stabbing assholes who bent the knee to Republicans when we were winning. It’s not OK to give up the fight because the regime is crumbling and we have to keep pushing until it falls. And while we’re at it, kick the quislings out of our party. We don;t have time for their bullshit. Anyway, lots of news to get to this week. Come listen to Florida Woman Rants and me, your favorite Opinionated Ogre, and join the Ogre Nation Conversation!Ogre Nation News Update!2:36 - 11:22 Eight assholes fuck us all by surrendering to Trump. Chuck Schumer has got to go.11:23 - 22:00 SNAP benefits are still being withheld by a cruel and sadistic regime and what you can do to help.22:01 - 24:28 SCOTUS sends mixed messages to the LGBTQ+ community24:29 - 28:32 You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream Because of Fucking ICE28:33 - 34:11 Scenes From a Crashing Economy34:12 - 39:54 Your Weekly Epstein Update39:55 - 1:00:23 Headlines for Short Attention Spans!1:00:24 - 1:04:55 Self-care of the WeekThings We Discuss In The ShowSenate passes bill to reopen the government as 8 Democrats join with Republicans to send it to the HouseTrump’s Hostage Taking WorkedTrump administration asks Supreme Court to intervene in SNAP fight againFirst Circuit rejects Trump’s effort to cut off SNAP benefits as Senate looks to reopen governmentUS agriculture department tells states to ‘undo’ Snap benefits for families in needJudge blocks enforcement of USDA memo that instructed states to ‘undo’ efforts to disburse full November SNAP benefitsTrump says “we can reform” SNAPThe Ogre Nation Feeding America Fundraiser!!!Supreme Court allows Trump to limit passport sex markers for trans and nonbinary AmericansSupreme Court rejects long-shot effort to overturn same-sex marriage rulingPope Leo speaks out on reports of ICE refusing Communion for detained immigrantsLayoff announcements surged last month: The worst October in 22 yearsPrivate sector added 42K jobs in October: ADPTrump Admits He Doesn’t Care About “Affordability” as Economy PlungesTrump downplays economic woes as partisan spin, saying, ‘Costs are way down’House Democrats release new Epstein emails referencing TrumpDemocrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’Court appears dubious of Trump’s tariffsCheryl Hines Says Democrats Have Been ‘Mean’ to Her During RFK Jr.’s Political Career | VideoCleaning Woman Killed Through Door After Arriving at Wrong Home, Police SayIRS Direct File won’t be available next year. Here’s what that means for taxpayersTrump proposes 50-year mortgage plan as housing costs soarTrump downplays economic woes as partisan spin, saying, ‘Costs are way down’Pettiness is a lifestyle, and I’m livin’ large! Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe