We open with a Gen Z poll that turns into a serious argument over skilled trades, college debt, apprenticeships and whether a degree still matters in hiring. From there, we hit a South Jersey school fire, Jalen Hurts’ $600,000 gift for cooling upgrades at Northeast High School and the federal judge’s criminal referral involving Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner. We also start a long-running fight over Macklemore’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour, the rights of private venues and whether fans want politics mixed into a concert.
The Big Take centers on newly released FBI records involving Thomas Matthew Crooks, including packages sent under the name “Bob Dole” and an anonymous payment for his cremation. We separate those reported facts from Donald Trump’s unsupported claim that the Butler attack was a Democratic plot, then debate the security failures surrounding Butler and the protection of public figures. The conversation widens when federal authorities charge Jonathan Hunter Kramer in a separate Butler County case tied to an alleged ISIS-inspired attack plan.
Across the rest of the show, we cover Thomas Massie’s impeachment articles against Pete Hegseth, diesel and household energy costs, the Federal Reserve, Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak, the Shapiro-Garrity governor race, the deadly NBC4 helicopter crash in Los Angeles and the attack near York College. We mix in the Ed Sheeran-Macklemore fight, household laundry warfare, Fight Club, Arch Manning’s apology to Holly Rowe and Today in Music History before Dawn’s Big Three brings us a Pennsauken standoff, the Olney missing-women investigation, a wild courthouse escape, an Irvine installer accused of taking a customer’s private video and a Florida rescue under a truck.
Speaker Mike Johnson Allows Lawmakers to Leave Early and Return to the Campaign Trail...
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