Who Gets Saved When AI Assigns Value To Your Life

1:05 Cold Open, Banter, And Roll Call
2:26 USAID Cuts To Somalia And U.S. Deficit Talk
7:45 Health Care Funding Fight And Shutdown Leverage
16:15 Fetterman Breaks With Party On Reopening
22:30 New York Politics: Cuomo, Guardian Angels, Mandami
27:15 Russia Sanctions, Oil Flows, And India
31:12 Obama, Brennan, Comey, And Lawfare Claims
38:20 Platform Migration And Ad Read
41:20 Street Protests, Germany Comments, And Extremes
48:20 Bio-Weapons, Genetics, And AI Value Bias
56:20 Tracking ICE, Officer Safety, And Escalation Risks
1:03:20 Kyrie Irving, COVID Hindsight, And Pressure
1:08:00 No Kings Funding And Dark Money Networks
1:14:30 Crime In Memphis, National Guard, And Safety
1:17:20 Narco Boats, Border Cartels, And Strategy
1:23:20 Hopeful Close: Fetterman On Lowering The Temperature

Politics should feel like problem-solving, not a forever grudge match. Today we put that belief to the test, moving from aid cuts and deficits to the shutdown brinkmanship that’s holding families hostage. The turn you won’t see coming: John Fetterman urging Congress to reopen the government, fund SNAP, and stop branding voters as fascists. It’s a rare, clear call to lower the temperature and get back to work—and it lands hard.

We start with Somalia’s decades of U.S. development funds and the fresh reality of cuts. Do endless transfers build durable economies, or delay the moment of self-sufficiency? From there, we tackle the fiscal puzzle: if growth sits near 5 percent, can reined-in spending meaningfully shrink the deficit, or are we kidding ourselves? The numbers collide with a $1.5 trillion health care ask where Republicans see pork and Democrats see a safety net. Premium hikes and thin consumer choice make the stakes visible at kitchen tables, not just in CBO reports.

Then the episode widens. New York’s mayoral fight pits competence against maximalist ideology, while new Russia sanctions tighten the vise on oil revenues and test global alliances. On the home front, we hear from a Memphis kid who feels safer with the National Guard on his block, and we dig into the risk of crowd-sourced apps that expose ICE operations. It’s a snapshot of how policy, safety, and dignity intersect on real streets, not just in press releases.

We also go straight at the uncomfortable: lawfare fatigue and the sense that every transfer of power invites a new round of investigations “no matter how long it takes.” That mood shades our most futuristic thread—AI ethics—where a cited study suggests large models exhibit alarming bias when asked who to “save” in hypothetical triage. If algorithms will soon sit inside hospitals, benefits systems, and courts, auditing their values isn’t optional; it’s urgent.

What ties it all together is a simple, human throughline: people want safety, honest trade-offs, and leaders who respect voters they disagree with. Fetterman’s stance—reopen government, fund the basics, stop dehumanizing—offers a path back to pragmatic politics. If you’re hungry for policy over performance, you’ll find a lot to chew on.

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