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Pantsuit Politics

Shutdown and Teardown

Pantsuit Politics

Lemonada Media

News, Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.54.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The East Wing of the White House being torn down during a government shutdown might be the most egregious physical manifestation of America’s problems right now. Corruption abounds, Congress is adrift, and our international impact is murky at best. Plus, healthcare costs are skyrocketing for millions of Americans.  Sarah and Beth break it all down together. They discuss the destruction of the East Wing, the government shutdown, ICE in Chicago, the Gaza ceasefire, the strikes on Venezuelan boats, the healthcare costs, and more. Topics Discussed Corruption at the White House Government Shutdown and Congress Adrift Donald Trump’s International Legacy and Actions Healthcare Cost Increases Outside of Politics: Our Switzerland Trip Ready to go deeper? Visit our website for complete show notes, exclusive premium content, chats and more. If you're not already subscribed, you can use this link to ensure you're getting our show notes, weekly newsletter, and more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Lemonada.

0:02.7

This is Sarah Stewart Holland.

0:16.1

This is Beth Silvers.

0:17.6

You're listening to Pantsuit Politics.

0:19.5

We're so glad to be back with you in real time today after our

0:24.1

trip last week with Coven Ground Pilgrimages to Switzerland. Today we're going to attempt to catch up on

0:29.7

the news, the good, the bad, the ugly, not necessarily in that order. And outside of politics,

0:34.8

we're going to talk about our trip. We did did a very strong response to the episode that we aired about soda and snap benefits.

0:43.8

And so we spent quite a lot of time on our bonus episode this week talking about that.

0:49.1

We are making that part of the bonus episode available to everyone, whether you are a paid subscriber or not.

0:55.1

So if you felt strongly about that episode, it would mean a lot to us if you also took in the

0:59.8

response. So we will link that directly in the show notes. Getting part of that spicy bonus episode

1:05.1

for free is something that we occasionally do, especially in times when it's really in conversation

1:09.4

with what we're doing here on the free feed.

1:12.1

But it is a great reason to make sure you're subscribed on Substack, even if you're not ready or

1:16.5

able to be a premium member at this time. So we'd love for you to join us over there in a community

1:21.4

that has extremely robust conversations. Yeah, we have made Substack our home base now for about a year. It's everything.

1:29.2

It's the newsletter. It's the show notes. It's the comments on episodes. It's a community of 24,000

1:35.6

plus people at this point. And it is free to subscribe and get our show notes in the newsletter.

1:41.8

And sometimes little extra bonuses like this week.

1:44.7

You know, it's really where we have centered our social media presence.

1:48.0

We really enjoy the platform.

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