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“I'm your host Larry Swiker bringing you all the headlines. You get the full stories, all the links, everything below here at the wild world of politics. Don't forget that you need to like, share, buy Larry a coffee.”From the transcript

IN POLITICAL NEWS

  • Election outlook: The source says Florida is moving right while Virginia’s early-voting electorate is shifting left. It cites Republican advantages in spending and selected state races, while questioning polling accuracy and highlighting Republican mail-in ballot requests in Pennsylvania.
  • Military reforms: Pete Hegseth announced a new autonomous-warfare command, stricter military fitness and personnel standards, and the “FORTRESS America” initiative for energy- and water-independent military installations. Six more universities will establish cadet corps, and a new Office of Religious Affairs was announced.
  • Presidential pardons: Trump said he intends to pardon White House officials before leaving office.
  • Children’s savings accounts: Trump plans to automatically enroll more than 60 million children in “Trump accounts,” according to the roundup.
  • Supreme Court appointments: Trump said he regrets all three of his Supreme Court nominees. The source counters by pointing to their voting records on major issues.
  • Flock cameras: A Florida county removed all its Flock surveillance cameras.
  • FBI arrests: Kash Patel’s FBI has reportedly made nearly 9,000 arrests, an increase over the previous year.
  • Abdul El-Sayed: The Michigan political candidate reportedly blamed the women’s movement for excessive breast-cancer screening.

IN AI NEWS

  • Meta AI: Meta claims its AI business can become profitable while writing off billions in costs and seeking government research subsidies.
  • FTC investigation: The Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into major AI companies over potential consumer harms.
  • Workforce training: Technology companies are increasingly training employees themselves rather than relying on Ivy League universities.
  • Data centers: One proposal suggests repurposing abandoned shopping malls as data centers.
  • Grok and religion: The source highlights Grok’s reported acknowledgment of the Resurrection of Jesus as evidence that AI might develop the capacity to self-regulate.

IN ILLEGAL CRIMINAL ALIEN NEWS

  • University of Delaware: The Justice Department sued the university over providing in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants.
  • Visa revocations: The State Department has reportedly revoked more than 250,000 visas during Trump’s second term.
  • Minnesota judges: The Justice Department brought charges against Minnesota judges accused of obstructing Trump’s immigration policies.

IN CULTURAL NEWS

  • Church statue: The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case involving a zoning ordinance that prevented a church from erecting a statue of the Virgin Mary.
  • Education oversight: Department of Education data reportedly shows more than 1,100 allegations of sexual misconduct. The Justice Department also added UCLA’s law school to its list of institutions accused of unlawfully using DEI in admissions.
  • California holidays: Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation recognizing two Muslim holidays in California.
  • Campus religious groups: Virginia State University reportedly removed Christian ministry groups while allowing groups representing other religions to remain.
  • Social science research: An analysis argues that competition for academic publications encourages exaggeration, weak methodologies, and overstated findings, undermining public confidence in science.
  • School choice: Trump introduced a school-choice tax credit included in the BBB legislation. The roundup says around 30 Republican-led states have signed on, while 20 Democratic-led states have not.

IN TRANSOID NEWS

- Riley Gaines lawsuit: A federal judge dismissed the Olympic swimmer’s lawsuit against the NCAA, ruling that the organization was not a recipient of federal funding and therefore was not bound by Title IX in the same way as schools.

IN ECONOMIC NEWS

  • Employment: The U.S. economy is described as accelerating, with unemployment claims at their lowest level since 1969. Private employers added 46,000 jobs while government employment fell by 17,000.
  • Employment demographics: The source says employment among native-born Americans declined by nearly one million over the past year, while foreign-born employment increased by half a million.
  • Lawyer pay: High-ranking female lawyers reportedly earn 16% more than comparable male lawyers.
  • Industrial investment: Spending on manufacturing plants reportedly exceeds even the rapid growth in investment in AI facilities.

IN INTERNATIONAL NEWS

  • European energy and defense: A European biogas executive argued that military equipment requires diesel rather than biogas. With Europe operating roughly one-third fewer refineries than in 2009, pressure grew for European governments to release diesel reserves.
  • EU technology: The European Union launched an alternative to Microsoft Teams that reportedly received harsh criticism from insiders, with one warning that its shortcomings could undermine Europe in a technology competition with the U.S.
  • U.S. spy satellite: A 40-year-old American spy satellite reportedly broke apart, prompting speculation about possible outside involvement. The source is skeptical of sabotage.
  • Strait of Hormuz: Crude-oil exports through the strait have reportedly returned to pre-conflict levels.
  • United Kingdom: Authorities are investigating a mosque accused of teaching wife-beating and violence against homosexuals.
  • Air travel: David Kaye shared a proposal for what could become a new form of premium airline seating.

IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

  • Hollywood: Netflix’s head reportedly said Trump’s tax code is helping the Hollywood industry.
  • Tony Romo: The CBS NFL analyst is reportedly leaving his role following a DUI arrest. The source criticizes the decision, arguing that Romo is the best analyst in the field.

IN MEDICAL NEWS

- Obamacare refunds: The Trump administration is reportedly sending nearly one million $500 refund checks to cover insurance-cost increases associated with the Affordable Care Act.

AND FINALLY . . .

- California sea turtles: Sea turtle nests have reportedly been discovered on the California coast for the first time, prompting the source’s tongue-in-cheek observation that the turtles are among the few newcomers moving to the state.

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Today's News with Larry Schweikart — TODAY'S NEWS, October 1-2, 2026. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

Hi everybody, welcome to today's news for October 1st and 2nd, 2026. I'm your host Larry Swiker bringing you all the headlines. You get the full stories, all the links, everything below here at the wild world of politics. Don't forget that you need to like, share, buy Larry a coffee. I do believe we're going to be able to show you five or six minutes of our trailer, patriots, the pilgrims, probably next week. Alan Peterson, my director is getting very close to having a pretty finished product that we can share with you. I think you're going to love it. So help us get it to angel. We still could use a little more finishing money, but we're going ahead nonetheless.

So help us out and buy Larry a coffee. Don't forget also new book, American biography is out. If you want an autographed copy, you get the copy on Amazon, email me a Larry at wildworldhistory.com. I will send you an autographed book plate. Don't forget if you want the new chapters to Patriots history in the United States covering the years 2018 to 2025. Email me. I'll send them to you free. All right, let's get started. Use me. Wind is kicking up here in Arizona. I live a hundred yards from the Indian reservation and they have leased out large parts there to farmers who are growing. I think it's Al Falfa and Hay. Man, it's tough when the wind starts blowing everything kicks up and my throat clogs up and everything. We'll get through it. Okay, headlines. Secretary of War, hexeth announces big changes in the Department of War.

Tired of waiting for the media to help promote the children's accounts, Trump automatically enrolls 60 million kiddos. Rock admits the resurrection of Jesus is supported by historical evidence. Wow. So the news up today is the history of tomorrow and in political news. Just as Florida continues to move to the right, Virginia continues to move to the left. With early voting, they're about 4.5% further left than in the 2025 electorate. This is very much all of these unemployed government workers now trying to vote their way back into office. It's not going to happen. Oh, they're going to win Virginia. They're not going to win anything else. Trump and Musk can make this money up elsewhere, but the national GOP has pulled money out of the North Carolina Senate race. I still have what they're losing, but I have it much closer than what some of these other

outfits say. I think a little bit of money and a little bit of change of heart, especially regarding the economy can win that race. Seth Keshall's latest two state analysis says that both Kansas and Nebraska are safe for Republicans. And the spending gap continues to grow with Republicans leading. I keep saying I don't do polls and here's just one more reason why Patrick Rafini shows that 93% of polls overstate the Democrats share. I include this only because it's one of Seth Keshall's toss-ups, but the Republican here leads. This is New York 17, Mike Lawler. Right now Seth has Republicans at 214 bullish or safe and six neutral. Well, New York 17 is one of the neutrals. So as CD1, where I think Jay Feeley is going to win at any rate, right now Seth has Republicans

at 214 bullish, six neutral. So this is one of the six which would move the Republicans to 215 safe or just three from the majority already. It's so nice having a warrior mentality. Secretary of War Pete Hexif announced a new autonomous warfare drone command and said that the new Department of War will have, quote, no fatties and no trannies. I love it. He also announced that all future US military installations, including a brand new one planned will be self-sufficient in energy and water under the new Fortress America program. Also, six more American universities will have cadet core as well as announcing a new he announced a new office of religious affair. So big doings in Department of War. President Trump said that a la Ruta Vega, he will pardon White House officials before

he leaves office and boy that has a minute to see. Since the hoax news media wouldn't cover the Trump accounts for kids and help people enroll their kids, Trump will do it for him. He will automatically enroll over 60 million children. These are these $1,000 accounts that all of these businesses are adding into. It will probably end up being five or six or $7,000 per kid that will sit there until they are adults and can have access to it by which time the performance of the various investments should have them up to a couple million dollars. I don't know, a lot of money. Trump now says he regrets all three of his Supreme Court choices. That's kind of strange because Neil Gorsuch has voted along with Alito and Thomas well over 90% of the time.

And both Barrett and Kager Kavanaugh have voted on the key Trump issues in every single thing except tariffs and the birthright citizenship stuff. And in both cases, Kager outlined the proper framework to bring the case back again and probably see it win in the Supreme Court. So I think Trump's a little off here. I don't think those picks were bad at all. This Florida County ripped out all of its flock cameras. Cash Patel's FBI has arrested almost 9,000. This is a number way up from last year. Abdul Party like it's 1199 L. Syed blames the women's movement for too much breast cancer screening. Hmm, I guess he favors breast cancer. I don't know. You have to hold NFL saying this is important. So, uh, El Syed, you know, party like it's 1199 there.

But in AI news, meta and meta means death in Hebrew is claiming its AI will be profitable. But it is currently writing off billions to get government subsidies for research, which is it meta? The FTC is launched investigation into the big AI firms for consumer harms. Tech companies are training their own employees because they can't rely on even the Ivy League to train them. It's a very sad. Good idea here. Why not fill abandoned shopping malls with data centers? Hey, remember when AI first became a thing and I said the options were really three, it's kind of the matrix or human control. Well, I also laid out a possibility that AI would realize it's not God and would self-regulate. Well, well, GROC admits the resurrection of Jesus was real.

In illegal criminal aliens use the DOJ as soon as the University of Delaware over in-state tuition for illegal criminal aliens. We match OMarco's state department has revoked over 250,000 visas in Trump's second term. Good here, the DOJ's launch charges against Minnesota judges who obstructed Trump's immigration policies. In cultural news, the soups have agreed to hear a case involving a zoning ordinance that has forbidden a church to put up a statue of the Virgin Mary. Department of Education data shows allegations of over 1,100 episodes of sexual misconduct in the schools. And the DOJ has added UCLA's law school to its list of schools that unlawfully use DEI for admissions. No money for you. The Alaginus-Bootie-Racist gruesome has signed into law to Muslim holidays in California.

Virginia State University kicked off campus ministries and conservative groups, but left groups representing the religion of peace intact. That would be trademark, TROP trademark. Sorry, I always got to put in the trademark. Why are so many social science claims false? For one thing this study says, exaggeration and storytelling have increased with more people competing for a smaller pool of journals. For another, quote, research results that are inconsistent based on poor methodologies or are limited or are of limited practical value are too often transformed into big, broad, and unreliable claims that over time reduce public's confidence in science. The incentive, therefore, is to lie about big results rather than bask in the glory or the glow of small incremental research gains.

President Trump ruled out a school choice tax credit program that was included in the BBB. Now states are going to be pressured to join the program. Americans rejoice. Teachers unions are furious. So, 30 red states have signed on and 20 blue states are still picking the lint out of their potato soup trying to figure out how to reject this money, which they won't be able to do. In Trans-Oyden News, a federal judge dismissed Olympic swimmer Riley Gaines' suit against the NCAA. Now, they said the NCAA was not the recipient of federal money and thus was not bound by Title IX as schools are. In economic news, U.S. economy is accelerating. Unemployment claims fell to the lowest level since 1969, but this isn't good. Employment for Native born Americans is down almost 1 million over the last year, while

foreign born employment rose about half a million. We have to get that fixed. Nevertheless, the private sector created about 46,000 jobs and government lost 17,000, which is really good news. Equal pay for equal work, high ranking female lawyers make 16% more than comparable males. While spending on AI plants has gone crazy, spending on manufacturing plants overall is even higher. So it's not just an AI boom, it's an economic boom. In international news, head of a European biogas company said the obvious that F-35s and leopard tanks don't run on biogas. They run on diesel and Europe today has about one-third fewer refineries than it did in 2009. President Trump was urging the Brussels sprouts to release their diesel reserves and finally

it appears today they are doing so. Meanwhile, the sprouts at Brussels have bygum released their alternative to Microsoft teams and it's so bad it's, quote, SHI, you know what, says one insider. And how bad do you have to be to be called excrement compared to Microsoft that officials warned the US could instantly win a tech war against the Euros? No excrement, Sherlock. A 40 year old US spy satellite came down and some are wondering if it was nefarious elements that were involved like chikams. I'm kind of skeptical. We can't even get a close washer to last 10 years let alone a satellite to last 40. So I don't know unless it's a Maytag, I don't think so. Crude exports through the straight omega or straight or hormones, sorry, are back to pre-conflict

levels. What do you know? Media corporate Britain is investigating a moss that teaches wife beating and throwing homosexuals off tall buildings. In other words, for being mainline Islamic, you know, the religion of peace, trademark. David Kays says this could be the new premium seating for air travel. Take a look at this plain schematic. I love it. An entertainment news netflix's head said Trump is helping Hollywood with his tax code. Tony Romo is out at CBS as an analyst after his arrest for a DUI. It seems pretty intolerant to me, especially as he was their best analyst out there, but he apparently wanted out for a while and they gave him a buyout. In medical news, the Trump administration sent out almost 1 million Obamacare refund checks of $500 each to cover increases in insurance caused by zeroes useless medical debacle.

And finally, great news for Guaduforna as the first ever sea turtle nests were found on the California coast. Apparently, they're the only ones moving to the garbage state. Anyway, that's today's news. The news of today's history tomorrow by Larry Coffey share like jewel at scuff. And I'll see you guys back here on Monday.

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