Nauseously Optimistic (feat. John Fugelsang)

Friday, October 16, 2026 Today, a backlog of 600K voter registration applications has Texas election workers scrambling to process them; according to sources, the investigation into Ilhan Omar aims to strip her of her citizenship and deport her; secret documents reveal the donors behind $330M for Trump’s Ballroom; there was a shooting at Silver Rail elementary school in Bend Oregon; the Justice Department’s demand for California voter information threatens warrant-based ballot seizure; Ukraine has run out of Patriot Interceptor missiles; Katie Zacharia admits that despite describing herself repeatedly as a lawyer and working as General Counsel for a non-profit she has never been licensed to practice law and failed the California bar; the White House is investigating claims of missing Kennedy Center donations; a group cheered as a woman was sexually assaulted at a frat house at the University of Chicago; Matt Gaetz is accused of rape and sex trafficking in a new lawsuit; Ukrainian president Zelenskyy resumes bombing Russian oil refineries in defiance of Donald Trump; the White House has canceled the livestream firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan; Senate Democrats will send 100 election observers to nine states in a first-of-its-kind election protection program; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. 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