Welcome to Timcast IRL. I am Matt Gates, thrilled to be guest hosting here with some of the smartest people I know in Washington in the media and commenting on all of the interesting things going on in the news. We are, what, a week into this shutdown. And like many, one week old, the shutdown is getting crankier by the moment. And so we will analyze who is winning

that and how we're likely to get out of it. And if we even really care and is it going to affect

people, there's differing opinions on that subject and how we actually would address this

shutdown as a mechanism to fight some of the challenging concentrations of power that are

frequently discussed on this platform. Also, it is October

7th. We will talk about this day in history, what it means from a foreign policy standpoint,

from the U.S. Israel relationship standpoint. And a lot of folks are talking about these things

in the wake of Candace Owens releasing text messages showcasing a real disagreement between Charlie

Kirk and some folks who are trying to push him more in the direction of supporting a robust

U.S.-Israel relationship. Turning Point USA has responded to that. We will get into all of it, and we'll

just take a trip around the world and see what the United States is up to in places

like Somalia and Venezuela and Ukraine. It'll be terrific. Before we have that discussion,

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I've also been covering a lot of immigration stories. Let's go around the circle. What about you? Yeah, I'm Dave DeCamp. I'm the news editor for anti-war.com, where I cover the news. And I appreciate Mr. Gates having me on here. I'm a regular now in his show, the Matt Gates show, which is cool. and I'm very happy to be here.

Kurt Mills,

Executive Director of the American Conservative magazine. I'm a regular now on his show, the Matt Gates show, which is cool, and I'm very happy to be here.

Kurt Mills, executive director of the American Conservative magazine.

Likewise, a guest on Mr. Gates's new show, the new underground, as I've termed it,

and excited to be here in this new capacity, or at least this temporary capacity.

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