Government Shutdown: What You Need To Know, Durbin Declines Cupich's Award, And Paper Clips
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🗓️ 1 October 2025
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A government shutdown is upon us. Our voices have been heard—Senator Dick Durbin declines the award from Cardinal Cupich. And Pete Hegseth goes unfiltered in his fiery address to senior military leaders. All this and more on the LOOPcast!
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1:06:40 Twilight Zone
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| 0:00.0 | We're live. Welcome back to the Loopcast. It's Tom Erica and Josh. Lubbcast brought to you by the loop. Every Catholic American's favorite morning newsletter. Go sign up if you haven't already. Very excited to be here today. We have a great show for you. The government shut down. First time since 2018. And the lights are off. Lights are off. But it's reached the broader consensus now. And we need to explain it. So what does that mean? |
| 0:21.2 | Why did it shut down? |
| 0:38.5 | What are the insider negotiations? Josh, of course, I want to know about all the politics of it. It's going to be great. Senator Dick Durbin has declined his invitation to receive this award. We have a lot of insider information on that. I'm happy to share as well. It even reached Pope Leo. we have his answer there for you, so we're going to be covering that as well. |
| 0:38.5 | We got quite the speech from the new secretary of war that I'm happy to cover. We got New York Times interviews. I mean, it's just going to be a great show. Good news, Twilight Zone. Always. Buckle up. We got a ton. Happy Feastay, St. Terese of Lesu. I've that's got to be a that's a trendy saint pick and that's not talking down in St. |
| 0:56.8 | Treisville, Sue. She's great. |
| 0:58.2 | I feel like every girl I knew at a Catholic school growing up, that was their thing. |
| 1:03.2 | I mean, a shower of roses. Right. Who doesn't love a shower? |
| 1:06.7 | Who could go wrong with roses? So I had a feast day. |
| 1:09.0 | My wonderful grandmother passed away on this day, on this feast day, two years ago. |
| 1:13.9 | And I just love it because, you know, her middle name was Hildegard, which is a doctor of the church. |
| 1:20.6 | She dies on the feast of a day of a doctor of the church. |
| 1:26.1 | And her husband died on a feast day of the doctor of the church, |
| 1:29.9 | all female doctors. So just, I love your grandma. I miss you. |
| 1:34.5 | Shout her grandma. Shott of Grandma Mercer for real. Wow. Or is it grandma other side? |
| 1:39.2 | She's the answer. Oh, my. It was a 50-50 coin flip there. |
| 1:43.7 | Before we get in the show today, we have plenty to get to, but why we can do it. |
| 1:48.6 | Thank you to our sponsors. |
| 1:49.6 | First up, Avery Mutual Funds. |
| 1:52.3 | I'd like to introduce you to today's Loopcast sponsor, Avey Maria Mutual Funds. |
| 1:56.6 | Now more than ever, Catholics want to align their investments with their moral beliefs. |
| 1:59.8 | And a great way to do that is by investing in the pro-life, pro-family mutual funds from Ave Maria. |
| 2:05.1 | The professionals at Ave Maria have a morally responsible investment philosophy that's aligned with Catholic teaching. |
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