CD326: October 2025 — Slippery Barnacles

Congressional Dish

Jennifer Briney

News, Congress, Government, Politics, Corporations

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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In this episode, you'll hear what actually happened in Congress during October 2025, a month dominated by a record-breaking shutdown. While the House was on vacation, the Senate enacted mass confirmations of over 100 Trump-aligned nominees—many with extreme views, conflicts of interest, or industry ties—as well as the surprising bipartisan pushback against Trump's global tariff abuses. We also examine the Senate's failed attempt to stop Trump's unauthorized overseas boat strikes. View the show notes on our website at https://congressionaldish.com/cd326-october-2025-slippery-barnacles Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: [email protected] Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or [email protected] Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536. Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media!

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0:00.0	And so Mike Johnson is clearly still successfully protecting President Trump's abuse of power.
0:05.9	And as for his fellow barnacles in the Senate, how did they justify their votes to forfeit their taxation power to our Orange King?
0:13.6	Well, most of them didn't bother to defend the tariffs or their own votes.
0:18.2	The shamelessness of most of the Republicans, their dereliction of duty in field
0:22.5	teeted Donald Trump, it's just so pathetic. But I am holding on to the fact that majority leader
0:30.8	Thune allowed these votes. He didn't use any dirty tricks to stop him. And the resolutions passed.
0:36.8	And so there is some good news here.
0:38.9	The barnacles are starting to get slippery.
0:42.4	I am so damn tired of being lied to.
0:50.5	I don't think I can deny it anymore.
0:59.0	You can't stick to your story if you think it flies.
1:07.0	But I'm not going to buy it anymore.
1:18.5	Hello, my friend, and thank you for listening to the 326 episode of Congressional Dish.
1:20.1	I'm your host Jennifer Rainey.
1:27.6	And I'm actually very happy with this episode merely because 326 is my favorite number.
1:29.3	I was born on March 26th.
1:32.3	I attached 326 to everything.
1:35.5	My AOL screen name was Gen 326.
1:40.4	And so to hit this number, finally, I'm kind of getting a kick out of it.
1:43.4	But that is not what this episode is about today.
1:45.9	Today, I'm going to give you a summary of what happened in Congress in October 2025. And we're really only going to be talking about half of Congress
1:52.6	because the House of Representatives didn't work at all due to Speaker Mike Johnson playing
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