Oct. 8, 2025
Random Rant on a Random Day
We trace day eight of the shutdown, how power rewrites rules in real time, and why workers are being used as bargaining chips. We unpack reclassifications, the back pay reversal, Guard deployments, AG stonewalling, and the whispers about files that might blow it all open.
00:00 - Opening and Shutdown Context
01:08 - Who Holds Power and Why We’re Stuck
04:06 - Back Pay Rules Rewritten by OMB
06:09 - Accepted vs Competitive Service Explained
08:29 - Reclassifications and Manufactured Pain
12:05 - Politics Playing With People’s Lives
14:28 - The Epstein Files Whisper Theory
19:04 - National Guard Deployments and Media Blackouts
21:05 - AG Stonewalling and Power Without Answers
23:13 - What’s In the Files and Does It Matter?
