Podpinions Episode 22 | Budgets, Bail & Bottles

We follow the money behind a “fake independent” Senate run, unpack a local explosives case, and ask why violent offenders keep getting released. Microplastics in everyday life, budget brinkmanship, immigration funding pathways, tearing down history, the White House ballroom story, and Venezuela/China/fentanyl — all on the grill.

Real talk. No fluff.

00:00 — Cold open: “Independent” Senate candidate & money trail (Nebraska → NYC)
04:20 — Local “balloon/explosives” case in the Poconos (charges & fallout)
09:40 — Microplastics, packaging, and the health question (water bottles, tarps, dyes)
16:30 — Federal budget, subsidies, “non-essential,” and debt vs. essentials
22:45 — Immigration funding pathways (state vs. federal)
25:30 — Crime + bail failures (the Jacoby Tillman example) and manufactured fear
31:40 — Erasing history: statues, cultural literacy, and jazz heritage
38:10 — Hillary, the White House ballroom, and media optics
42:00 — Venezuela ops, CIA, China, oil, and the fentanyl pipeline
49:30 — Final takeaways: courage, common sense, and fixing what’s broken

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