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OCTOBER 28th 2025: NATIONAL CHOCOLATE DAY BIRTHDAYS: Annie Potts (1952-Still Living) – Actress known for her roles in Ghostbusters and Designing Women Bill Gates (1955-Still Living) - Co-founder of Microsoft Brad Paisley (1972-Still Living) - Country music singer of We Danced Joaquin Phoenix (1974-Still Living) - Eccentric actor known for his roles in Joker THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1919 - Congress passes the Volstead Act paving the way for Prohibition. 1986 - The 100th year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty is celebrated. 2021 - Facebook changes its corporate name to Meta SNAP GOES THE SHUTDOWN AGE: 39% UNDER 18 - ~31% LOW WORKING ADULTS – 20% SENIOR CITIZENS – 10% ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES RACE: 35.4% WHITE – 25.7% BLACK – 15.6 HISPANIC – 3.9% ASIAN – 1.3% NATIVE – 1% MULTIRACIAL – 17% UNKNOWN HOUSEHOLD: ~62% FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN - ~35% SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS – 10% EDERLY EMPLOYMENT: ~60% WORKING - ~20% ZERO INCOME – ~28% ASSISTED (4% GA, 20% SSI/SSDI, 3% TANF) CITIZENSHIP: ~95% US CITIZENS - ~5% ELIGIBLE NON-CITIZENS, REFUGEES, GREEN CARD HOLDERS INCOME: 86% ~$15K – 51% <50% POVERTY ~$7.5K – 20% AVERAGE BENEFIT AMOUNT: $187 PER PERSON/356 PER HOUSEHOLD TYPICAL RECIPIENT: ~ $12,400 TOTALS: 12.3% OR 41.7 MILLION OF 339 MILLION Thank you for listening to “The Best Morning Show on X“ Why? Because I say it is! and we always welcome you to join us and contribute to the XSpaces live recordings by following me on X @alsoknownasTWS. Please leave a comment, subscribe on any of your favorite podcast apps and if you have any comments you would like to send directly to the podcast, Send them here! [email protected] SUPPORT US BY JOINING OUR PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/c/WeatherdSoul OR, BUY US A CUP OF COFFEE! https://buymeacoffee.com/weatherdsoul Promotions: Colockum Craft Coffee: https://www.colockumcraft.coffee Tennessee Hot Sauce: https://tnhotsauceco.com Ask me about the “Pink Drink” [email protected] Get a modern podcast app here! https://podcastapps.com Contributors: HOST - Bruce Magee - Weather’d Soul https://www.weatherdsoul.com CO-HOST - Ken Madden - Maddk Studio https://maddkstudio.com PRODUCER - Jason Radosevich - Horrible Designs https://www.horribledesigns.com COLLABORATOR AND SHELABORATOR - John Jamingo and The Duchess – The Boomer Bunker https://www.boomerbunker.com COLLABORATOR - Aaron Deshotel – I Had to Say it https://ihadtosayitpodcast.com IMAGING AND CREATIVE SERVICES BY LORENZO MISANTHROPE RADIO 2.0