230: Skepticrat230 - Veep State Edition

On this week's episode: We find out how much it costs to get Nigel Farage out of your town ... RFK Jr. puts an old bicycle on top of his campaign so nobody’ll know how it died ... And Donald Trump is gonna be hosting a treason-based awards show. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: https://mintmobile.com/skepticrat https://betterhelp.com/skepticrat https://trustandwill.com/skepticrat https://www.policygenius.com https://auraframes.com (code: SKEPTICRAT) https://factormeals.com/skepticrat50 (code: skepticrat50) Another amazing word of the day from Susie Dent: https://twitter.com/susie_dent Headline Sources: Obamas slay at the DNC: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/us/politics/michelle-obama-dnc-speech.html And Trump in a snit after getting roasted: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/us/politics/trump-reaction-harris-dnc.html Farage earns more than £1m a year for non-MP work: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wjgkr1750o Farage set to make third visit to US in two months since elected Reform MP: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/21/farage-set-to-make-third-visit-to-us-in-two-months-since-elected-reform-mp Kennedy suspends campaign, endorses Trump: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/23/rfk-jr-trump/ Trump will be hosting a "J6 Awards Gala" at Bedminster golf course: https://meidasnews.com/news/trump-will-host-january-6th-awards-gala-in-september Rioters attack hotel housing asylum seekers amid far-right violence: https://youtu.be/GT36LUdle-I?t=191 Mike Lindell gets absolutely schools by 12 year old at DNC: https://newrepublic.com/post/185161/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-fight-child-knowa-dnc

On this week's episode: Tim Walz is proud of you, slugger ... Eli texts us in an attempt to get special dispensation to say slur words on the air (we said no) ... And despite being part oompa loompa and part cotton candy, Donald Trump is baffled by the existence of multiple races. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/skepticrat https://trustandwill.com/skepticrat https://www.policygenius.com https://mintmobile.com/skepticrat https://auraframes.com (code: SKEPTICRAT) https://factormeals.com/skepticrat50 (code: skepticrat50) Headline Sources: JD Vance tries to Swift Boat Tim Walz: https://apnews.com/article/walz-national-guard-military-ae43d684bf1319e535f9f620552155d7 Liverpool Sends a Message to Far-Right Rioters - "Not Here": https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/09/world/europe/liverpool-protests-southport.html Trump said Harris "happened to turn Black" and he keeps talking about it: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/31/politics/donald-trump-kamala-harris-black-nabj/index.html Chinese company accused of stealing thousands of corpses over decades: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/chinese-company-steals-thousands-of-corpses-for-organ-transplants-and-rakes-in-53-million/ar-AA1ovFvK?ocid=BingNewsVerp MAGA Republican says anyone who didn’t vote for her is a “fa***t” after losing primary: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/maga-republican-says-anyone-who-didnt-vote-for-her-is-a-fat-after-losing-primary/ Trump threatens to sue the NYT over helicopter story he got wrong: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/us/politics/trump-helicopter-crash-willie-brown.html

On this week's episode: Our presidential candidate can touch their toes ... They somehow didn’t have a contingency plan if Brandon let’s goed ... And we find a movie nemesis for Cocaine Bear. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/skepticrat https://www.policygenius.com https://mintmobile.com/skepticrat https://trustandwill.com/skepticrat https://auraframes.com (code: SKEPTICRAT) https://factormeals.com/skepticrat50 (code: skepticrat50) Headline Sources: Kamala Harris takes over and the GOP is in a panic: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/24/us/politics/harris-biden-republican-reactions.html Newsom Orders California Officials to Remove Homeless Encampments: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/25/us/newsom-homeless-california.html Harris list of potential VP candidates: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/23/kamala-harris-vp-pick/ JD Vance doing badly despite delightful couch rumor: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jd-vance-couch-sex-rumor-explained-1235068142/ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/us/politics/27-facts-about-jd-vance.html Gab CEO says Trump shooter had a pro-Biden account: https://nypost.com/2024/07/25/us-news/trump-gunman-thomas-crooks-used-gab-to-support-biden-ceo/ Two words...Cocaine Shark: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/science/cocaine-sharks-brazil.html Also, komodo dragons have iron teeth: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/24/komodo-dragons-iron-coated-teeth And alligators are mustering for an attack: https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-hundreds-gators-swarming-georgia-140000080.html#:~:text=Hundreds%20of%20alligators%20swarmed%20Okefenokee,see%20it%20to%20believe%20it

On this week's episode, we’ll record a little too early to discuss the events in Pennsylvania. Missed it by just a little bit. Such a shame. That we recorded too early. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/skepticrat https://www.policygenius.com https://mintmobile.com/skepticrat https://trustandwill.com/skepticrat https://auraframes.com (code: SKEPTICRAT) https://factormeals.com/skepticrat50 (code: skepticrat50) 

On this week's episode: The Tory party will have some bad luck at the bookies ... Boeing will take aircraft failure to new heights ... And the New York Times editorial board wants to take Joe Biden to a farm upstate. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/skepticrat https://www.policygenius.com https://mintmobile.com/skepticrat https://trustandwill.com/skepticrat https://auraframes.com (code: SKEPTICRAT) https://factormeals.com/skepticrat50 (code: skepticrat50) Another amazing word of the day from Susie Dent: https://twitter.com/susie_dent Headline Sources: Biden vs Trump debate: https://apnews.com/live/presidential-debate-2024-updates#00000190-5cdc-dd31-aff9-fefed7f50000 https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/538-ipsos-june-2024-presidential-debate-poll https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/28/politics/debate-poll-cnn-trump-biden/index.html Sunak aide admits placing bet on general election: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722eyxxknro Nigel Farage claims "We provoked war in Ukraine": https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c8vv3vgngd0o    Reform UK defends candidates as more comments emerge: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx77lvd6e73o.amp  Boeing astronauts still stuck in space: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/27/why-are-two-boeing-astronauts-stuck-in-space

On this week's episode: Rishi Sunak shows us what the Normandy landing looked like in reverse ... Donald Trump tries his luck with word-saying again ... And a bombshell revelation in the world of cylindrical food contract law ROCKS the community. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: https://mintmobile.com/skepticrat https://trustandwill.com/skepticrat https://auraframes.com (code: SKEPTICRAT) https://betterhelp.com/skepticrat https://factormeals.com/skepticrat50 (code: skepticrat50) Headline Sources: Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill mifepristone: https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/13/politics/supreme-court-rejects-challenge-abortion-pill-mifepristone/index.html PM apologises for leaving D-Day commemorations early: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722zv2myjro Reform UK candidate apologizes over Hitler neutrality comments: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjmmrwexv4ko US ran anti-vax campaign under Trump: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/ Champion hot dog eater excluded from Coney Island contest over veggie franks: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/champion-hot-dog-eater-excluded-coney-island-contest-over-veggie-franks-2024-06-12/ Joey Chestnut to face rival Takeru Kobayashi in hot dog eating contest on Netflix: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5559677/2024/06/12/joey-chestnut-takeru-kobayashi-hot-dog-contest-netflix/ Gove’s replacement caught out on claim he moved to Surrey Heath as home found on Airbnb: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/conservative-general-election-surrey-heath-michael-gove-b2559359.html  Voters Laugh At Esther McVey After She Says 'Tories Always Get The Country Back On Its Feet': https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/voters-laugh-at-esther-mcvey-after-she-says-tories-always-get-the-country-back-on-its-feet_uk_66669940e4b0a01ba85b4df2 Trump’s teleprompter goes out again, leads to rant about sharks and electric boats: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/11/trump-electric-boats-sharks/

On this week's episode: Eric Adams turns Manhattan into an empty refuge for cyborg billionaires ... Alvin Bragg finds a witch ... And Rudy Giuliani gets served a witch indictment while hiding behind his broomstick. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: https://auraframes.com (code: SKEPTICRAT) https://betterhelp.com/skepticrat https://factormeals.com/skepticrat50 (code: skepticrat50) https://trustandwill.com/skepticrat Headline Sources: Trump convicted on 34 counts: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/31/hush-money-next-for-trump Congestion pricing in NYC: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/congestion-pricing-in-nyc-everything-you-need-to-know-including-start-date-exemptions-and-map-030124 Sunak has to call for election amid abject failure and the announcement is an abject failure: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/29/uk-general-election-what-you-need-to-know-4-july Google AI experiment goes not great: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/24/24164119/google-ai-overview-mistakes-search-race-openai Florida civics training links "cancel culture" to mass murder: https://popular.info/p/florida-civics-training-links-cancel Nothing is going well for Rudy Giuliani: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/two-hours-mocking-arizonas-attorney-general-rudy-giuliani-served-birth-rcna152905 https://www.newsweek.com/rudy-giuliani-donald-trump-ruby-freeman-bankruptcy-new-york-florida-debtors-rudy-coffee-1905811 https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/05/31/rudy-giuliani-disbarment-dc/

On this week's episode, the Tories will lose more seats than a Boeing jetliner, Justice Alito plans for his new job as inquisitor supreme a LITTLE too early, and we’ll debate the debates about the pre-debate debates. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat And check out the stuff you can make us do with your support here: http://www.maytreon.com To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Headline Sources: Biden and Trump agree to two presidential debates: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/us/politics/biden-trump-debates.html Justice alito flies his flag upside down in a nod to stop the steal https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share The Observer view on the London mayoral video: dog-whistles and lies show Tories will stop at nothing to win https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/31/the-observer-view-on-london-mayoral-campaign-video-dog-whistles-and-lies  Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting ID https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68947834  Nick Fuentes accidentally streams gay porn: https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-801627 Scottie Scheffler, hours after arrest, tees off in PGA Championship second round https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5500927/2024/05/17/scottie-scheffler-arrest-pga-championship/ Tory MP loses whip after claims he used party funds to pay ‘bad people’  https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/17/tory-mp-loses-whip-after-claims-he-used-party-funds-to-pay-bad-people 

On this week's episode: MTG swears revenge on things for happening ... The other side is literally killing their dogs now ... And we talk about the best worst campaign ad of all time. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat And check out the stuff you can make us do with your support here: http://www.maytreon.com To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: https://betterhelp.com/skepticrat https://auraframes.com (code: SKEPTICRAT) https://factormeals.com/skepticrat50 (code: skepticrat50) https://trustandwill.com/skepticrat Headline Sources: David Pecker's testimony at Trump hush money trial: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-trial-takeaways-key-moments-david-pecker-testimony-1235011613/ Trump's teleprompter turns sideways and he has a meltdown: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-teleprompter-meltdown/ MTG moves to oust Mike Johnson for doing a thing: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/05/01/house-gop-mike-johnson-speaker-mtg-vacancy/73261761007/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/30/marjorie-taylor-greene-mike-johnson-democrats Kristi Noem brags about puppy murder: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/03/kristi-noem-just-wont-stop-talking-about-killing-her-dog/ Alleged Ex-GOP evil CEO convicted felon Don Blankenship puts out INSANE campaign ads: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Blankenship https://www.facebook.com/DonLBlankenship TikTok ban: https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-divestment-ban-what-you-need-to-know-5e1ff786e89da10a1b799241ae025406 Ted Cruz tries to rebrand as bipartisan: https://www.alternet.org/ted-cruz-allred-democrats/

On this week's episode: People are DYING for loans in Brazil ... We finally break our silence on history’s most fuckable popcorn bucket ... And Donald Trump is losing bigly at everything...except for national polling somehow. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: https://auraframes.com (code: SKEPTICRAT) https://betterhelp.com/skepticrat https://factormeals.com/skepticrat50 (code: skepticrat50) https://trustandwill.com/skepticrat Headline Sources: Bipartisan coalition in the House pass aid for Ukraine and Israel: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/20/house-vote-ukraine-israel-aid-johnson/ AMC Exec: "We wouldn't have made the Dune popcorn if we knew you'd be sickos about it": https://gizmodo.com/dune-2-popcorn-bucket-amc-regrets-wormussy-1851397128 Truth Social is a giant failure: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/truth-social-drama-donald-trump-lawsuits-ipo-1234999198/ https://www.rawstory.com/trump-social-media-stock-2667811934/ https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/03/trump-media-is-the-most-expensive-us-stock-to-short-by-far.html High speed rail line between LA and Vegas breaks ground this week: https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2024/04/20/high-speed-rail-construction-california-las-vegas/ Lady takes her dead uncle to the bank for a loan: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/17/brazil-woman-corpse-bank-fraud Judge reads roasty memes from prospective jurors and Trump has to sit there quietly: https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-jury-selection-hush-money-case-social-media-rcna148168