248: Skepticrat248 - Grafter Math Edition
The Skepticrat
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🗓️ 19 May 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Headline Sources:
Trump does a Middle East bribing tour: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/us/politics/trump-middle-east-visit.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/12/trump-plane-qatar-politics/ https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-administration-qatar-links-2072706
DHS Reviews Reality Show Pitch Where Immigrants Compete for US Citizenship: https://ground.news/article/kristi-noem-working-on-reality-show-pitting-immigrants-against-each-other-for-citizenship
Trump's big beautiful bill is doomed: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/16/gop-hard-liners-block-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-taxes-immigration/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-republicans-put-house-notice-wont-accept-trump-agenda-bill-chan-rcna206705
RFK Jr. goes swimming in sewage with his family: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/rfk-jr-rock-creek-bacteria.html
And openly admits you should NOT take health advice from him: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/us/politics/rfk-jr-hhs-overhaul-hearing.html
TX Democrats propose resolution to ban Cruz from college playoffs calling him a "well known curse": https://ground.news/article/houston-democrats-eyeing-to-end-cruz-curse-with-banning-of-senator
Trump’s fascism parade will cost well over $45 million: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/us/politics/trump-parade-army-birthday-cost.html
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday. |
| 0:13.5 | It's May 19th. |
| 0:15.7 | And the word of the day is barophobia, which means fear of gravity. |
| 0:21.0 | Used in a sentence, people with barophobia love the wicked soundtrack. |
| 0:25.6 | Sure. |
| 0:26.1 | Well, just the one song like everybody else. |
| 0:28.4 | Yeah, obvious. |
| 0:29.1 | I feel like barophobes are just pedantic acrophobes, no? |
| 0:33.0 | Yeah, and I feel like acrophobes should give those gymnasts a chance. |
| 0:36.3 | I'm no illusions. |
| 0:37.9 | I'm Eli Bosnick. |
| 0:39.1 | I'm Heathenright. |
| 0:40.2 | And broadcasting delayed from America's Far Center. |
| 0:42.5 | We are the skepticrats. |
| 0:44.3 | On this week's episode, Donald Trump is Qatared press to refuse a gift. |
| 0:49.6 | RFK Jr. goes swimming in water that had disgusting disease-causing sewage in it even before he got in. |
| 0:56.0 | And the White House has a very special birthday boy coming up. |
| 1:00.9 | But first, the rest of the intro music. Joining me for headlines tonight are my fellow skeptic rats, no illusions in Eli Bosnick. |
| 1:21.4 | Gentlemen, happy month of May. |
| 1:25.1 | Anything going on for the month of May? |
| 1:27.2 | Why, yes, Heath. It's Matrion that time of the year when we beg you for money extra super hard. |
| 1:33.0 | Please. Like that, just like that. All right. Very exciting. And how might the interested listener join in on all the revelry of the... |
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