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The Skepticrat
Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC
4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Headline Sources:
Insane, evil, and incredibly reviled One Big Beautiful Bill Act is now law: https://www.vox.com/politics/418599/one-big-beautiful-bill-act-details-explained
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0eqpz23l9jo
Priest, 83, arrested at Palestine Action protest: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vrjkev802o
New direct action group 'Yvette Cooper' emerges: https://www.thenational.scot/news/25291394.new-direct-action-group-yvette-cooper-emerges/
Grok goes full Mecha-Hitler, its words: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/09/grok-ai-praised-hitler-antisemitism-x-ntwnfb
Rift erupts among Justice, FBI leaders over Epstein memo: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/11/trump-bondi-patel-bongino-epstein-files/
https://www.wonkette.com/p/fbi-epstein-client-list-does-not
Reform UK puts teenagers in charge of vital public services: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/05/nigel-farage-reform-uk-teenage-councillors-vital-public-services
Reform councillor’s boast about removing ‘trans-ideological’ books from children’s library sections falls flat: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/04/reform-councillors-boast-about-removing-trans-ideological-books-from-childrens-library-sections-falls-flat
Reform UK to introduce less stringent ‘common sense’ vetting system for candidates: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/07/reform-uk-to-introduce-less-stringent-common-sense-vetting-system-for-candidates
Scammer clones Marco Rubio’s voice, fools disturbing number of people: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/08/marco-rubio-ai-impostor
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday. |
| 0:13.7 | And it's July 14th. |
| 0:15.7 | And the term of the day is bag of dicks, |
| 0:18.5 | an expression used to convey contemptuous dismissal, especially |
| 0:21.8 | to eat a bag of dicks frequently in the imperative. |
| 0:25.5 | Used in a sentence, the Oxford English Dictionary just added bag of dicks, and that was their |
| 0:30.6 | exact definition. |
| 0:31.8 | No. |
| 0:32.1 | Thanks to Charles for the tip. |
| 0:33.2 | I have never felt like we were making more of an impact. |
| 0:37.3 | Would a bag of dicks include the scrotums? |
| 0:40.8 | And if so, is it also therefore a bag of dick bags? |
| 0:44.4 | I'm asking the important questions here. |
| 0:47.0 | We'll have to inquire. |
| 0:48.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:48.5 | I'm no illusions. |
| 0:49.9 | I'm Michael Marshall. |
| 0:51.0 | I'm Heathenright. |
| 0:52.0 | And broadcasting delayed from America and across the pond. |
| 0:54.5 | We are the skeptocrats. |
| 0:56.2 | On this week's episode, we'll spend more time digging into the details of the one big, beautiful bill than most of the people who voted for it. |
| 1:02.9 | I'm going to try not to get us arrested by the UK government for terrorism. |
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