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at conduit clothing.com. It's Thursday, October 2nd, 2025. Our Democrats actually digging in on

this whole shutdown thing. No firings yet, but Blue State Pet Projects are getting defunded.

And Pope Leo says a blessing for ICE next on the AM update.

At the White House yesterday, here's White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt, who says in a day or two,

if Democrats allow the shutdown to continue, they're going to see a lot of federal government employ firings.

I'm just trying to clarify the timing of these potential layoffs to federal workers.

You said imminent.

The vice president seemed to say in a couple of days.

It looks like Russ vote maybe said in two days.

What is, when would these layoffs begin? Two days imminent very soon. You will expect more

announcements right now. Is it just unclear or are you waiting? No, it's not unclear. All of those

things are very synonymous with one another. Well, the firings may not have started quite yet, but OMB director Russ Vote has already canceled Blue State Pet Projects, like funding for a subway project in New York City.

No, they're not just trying to turn the screws for turning the screws sake.

Russ Vote says there's suspicion of abusing DEI, which there's no use of using DEI

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