The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services says it will temporarily bring all its furloughed employees back to work starting Monday to manage health insurance open enrollment
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California union proposes taxing billionaires to offset Medicaid cuts">California union proposes taxing billionaires to offset Medicaid cuts
California voters could decide next year whether to impose a one-time tax on billionaires to backfill federal funding cuts to health care
10.22.25–NLS–Shutdown Standoff, No Kings, Liberals on Crime">10.22.25–NLS–Shutdown Standoff, No Kings, Liberals on Crime
The podcast primarily focuses on the ongoing government shutdown, which the host frames as a standoff where Republicans are finally refusing to capitulate to Democrats. The host presents Speaker Mike Johnson’s argument that Republicans passed a “clean” continuing resolution to fund the government, which Democrats rejected in favor of a version with partisan additions. This theme of political division is further explored through a discussion of the “no kings” protests, with the host questioning their funding and highlighting interviews from a Boise rally. These interviews included a teacher who opposed Christian references in school but was upset she couldn’t use LGBTQ-positive books, and another protestor who openly advocated for political violence against perceived fascists.
The host also critiques the Democratic response to a raid on an illegal gambling operation in Wilder, Idaho, arguing that Democrats are focusing on the immigration status of those arrested rather than their criminal activity. This criticism extends to media figures like Jen Psaki, whose comments about JD Vance and his wife are portrayed as fear of a rising conservative star. In response to the shutdown impasse, the host conducts a flash poll asking if Republicans should eliminate the filibuster to reopen the government. The listeners unanimously reject the idea, supporting the position of holding firm against what the host describes as the Democrats’ bad-faith negotiating tactics.
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West Yellowstone Mayor McBirnie resigns following controversial Facebook posts">West Yellowstone Mayor McBirnie resigns following controversial Facebook posts
WEST YELLOWSTONE, Montana (KIFI) — Effective immediately, West Yellowstone Mayor Jeff McBirnie has resigned from his position. The move follows a public outcry over a series of highly controversial posts on his personal Facebook account.
The posts, which were confirmed as authentic by the Montana-based newspaper, The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, included statements such as, “I’m ANTIFA. F Trump and his Nazi followers.”
Mayor McBirnie addressed the controversy in another Facebook post announcing his resignation. “I owe the town an apology,” McBirnie wrote. “What I posted was mean and divisive. I have clearly fallen off the tracks. I have resigned from the council. Thank you and sorry to have caused such a drama.”
McBirnie was appointed Mayor of the Town of West Yellowstone earlier this year and had been up for reelection before his resignation.
The Town of West Yellowstone acknowledged the resignation in a press release, thanking McBirnie for his “time and efforts on behalf of the community.” The Town Council is scheduled to consider appointing a successor Mayor on November 4, 2025, as outlined by the Town Charter.