Its the first Monday of the New Year! John and Gordy snap back to reality for their first full week of 2025. They cover the National Day Calendar as usual, but John, resident of Costco, buts in to expound on the news that the company is going to be building apartments above retail outlets. We check in with Sam for Today in History, and listen to the words of FDR (lost on many today) as we transition into Idiocracy. Today we get into Trump's lies about the American education system, and also domestic terrorism - with the example of Eric Swalwell, who now spends over $300,000 per year on security for himself and his family. Wrapping up the first hour, the guys talk through the news that another Madison institution, Short Stack Eatery, will be closing - to mixed reactions by the public.

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