We open the Labor Day edition with Shawn Farash, Jimmy Kelly and Phil Almquist running the show and immediately setting the stakes for the morning’s Fight Club. Shawn promises the eventual fight deserves Fight of the Week before moving to his anti-sushi crusade. A Brazilian study involving 53 skipjack tuna reports parasites in 96% of the fish tested, giving Shawn all the ammunition he needs to celebrate the skeleton crew’s unanimous refusal to eat sushi.
Phil moves into sports with a brutal Phillies finish against Atlanta. Philadelphia builds a 4-1 lead before Ronald Acuña Jr. ties the game with a three-run homer and Austin Riley gives Atlanta the lead with a ninth-inning triple. Penn State’s 45-0 win over Marshall follows, but the bigger college-football fight concerns Michigan getting one second restored before beating Western Michigan on a Hail Mary. Shawn also brings up Ole Miss beating Louisville 41-38 on Lucas Carneiro’s 48-yard field goal.
Immigration then takes over as Shawn focuses on ICE recording 50,925 arrests in August, topping July’s 50,208. We debate whether deportation efforts deserve more credit, the role of self-deportation, employer enforcement, immigrant commercial drivers and quieter tactics from federal agencies. Jimmy’s Mark Levin, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Mike Francesa impressions break up the politics before we close the hour by arguing that Republicans can run on border security, public safety and returning manufacturing work.
