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265: Skepticrat265 - Hellebuyck Stops Here Edition

The Skepticrat

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

News, Government, Politics

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode: The Supreme Court does a good thing to keep us on our toes ... Obama outs the aliens in hopes they’ll beam him up before it’s too late ... And RFK Jr. is the relatable kind of guy you wanna sit down and have a milk with.

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Headline Sources:

Trump’s tariffs ruled invalid: https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-tariffs-trump-0485fcda30a7310501123e4931dba3f9

How Mamdani’s Income and Property Tax Proposals Could Affect New Yorkers: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/nyregion/mamdani-millionaire-tax-property.html

Obama says we definitely don't have aliens at Area 51 wink:
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/16/politics/obama-clarifies-alien-comments-scli-intl

Cortina condom shortage: https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics-and-paralympics/cortina-condom-shortage-athletes-were-given-10-000-free-condoms-at-the-olympics-they-disappeared/article_6136a95e-d991-4e4d-95c1-332585a3ed00.html
https://youtube.com/shorts/3GF43uY2LkU?si=QOu31kbrpOkUo9W1

SHENANIGANS at the Olympics: https://www.startribune.com/feuding-curlers-slushy-ice-and-other-shocking-olympics-scandals/601583262

Trump hosts first “board of peace” meeting: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/19/trump-gets-his-board-of-peace-even-as-bigger-countries-steer-clear-00789617
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/azerbaijan-trump-board-peace-protestors

RFK Jr. and Kid Rock collaborate on MAHA video with hot tub and milk: https://www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jr-and-kid-rock-bizarrely-strip-off-to-push-maha-agenda/

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's Monday.

0:14.0

It's February 23rd.

0:16.0

And the word of the day is mono no aware, a Japanese term which means the poignancy and sadness of transient things.

0:25.6

Using a sentence, baristas watch people murder their latte art all day without even a hint of understanding for mono no aware.

0:34.4

Well, see, the first thing I thought of was Canadian hopes and Olympic gold medal hockey matches this year. But okay, yeah, yeah. I get the concept. Same concept. I have no illusions. I'm Eli Bosnick. I'm Heath-N-Rite. In broadcasting delayed from America's Far Center, we are the skepticrants. On this week's episode, the Supreme Court does a good thing to keep us on our toes.

0:56.1

Obama outs the aliens and hopes that they'll beam him up before it's too late.

0:59.8

And RFK Jr. is the relatable kind of guy you want to sit down and have a milk with.

1:06.4

But first, the rest of the intro music.

1:17.0

Yeah. But first, the rest of the intro music. Joining me for headlines tonight are my fellow skeptic rats,

1:20.0

No Illusions, and Eli Bosnick, a gentleman.

1:22.6

I mean, okay, lots of bad going on in the world.

1:25.9

But you can hear also two gold medals in hockey against Canada were better than

1:30.2

at hockey.

1:31.1

Both against Canada.

1:32.3

USA.

1:33.2

USA.

1:34.0

Overtime gold medal wins in four days.

1:36.6

My cardiologist is writing a strongly worded letter to the Olympic committee about this.

1:41.0

My God.

1:41.9

It's just you guys promised you would stop talking about sports when

1:44.6

football was over. No, we didn't. I said, dude, I didn't even, I didn't even agree to stop talking about

1:49.7

football when football was over. Fucking scouting combine starts on Tuesday, bro. Get ready.

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