We begin our show talking about push back from residents in Pavilion Township against a new data center.
Lawrence joins us to talk a bit about election day and we spend time talking about the SNAP freeze, potential Michigan solutions and the politicians in its way, and an alarming development from Fox News who recently boosted AI generated videos- presenting them as real- that echoed racist welfare dog-whistles from the 80s.
Dick Cheney has died and as a couple of elder millennials who came of age in the Bush years we have a few things to say about it.
We spend the next part of our show in discussion with Josh Keiser of the Asylum Lake Preservation Association about the most recent efforts of an developer to rezone some adjacent land commercial and develop it. We talk about the existential threat this poses to the preserve and about why Kalamazoo residents have to had to keep pushing on this issue for the better part of a decade.
Lawrence and I discuss a Michigan Republican representative becoming hysterical over some sidewalk chalk outside their office, and close with a short discussion about Erika Kirk and JD Vance.*
*Due to connection issues this conversation was cut off and the audio was unable to be recovered.
03:55- 9:45 Pavilion Township Says No to New Data Center
10:00- 15:00 Election Day Chat
15:00- 27:25 EBT/ SNAP Updates
27:25- 37:00 CBS and Teen Vogue Have Journalism Departments Gutted By Conservative Owners
37:00- 48:30 Dick in a Box: The Legacy of Former VP Dick Cheney
49:00- 1:18:40 Protecting Asylum Lake Preserve w/ Josh Keiser
1:20:30- 1:25:20 Michigan Rep Calls Sidewalk Chalk and Cute Pumpkins "Vandalism"
1:25:20- 1:26:51 Erika Kirk and JD Vance
SOURCES/ FURTHER READING
Community concerns halt proposed data center project in Kalamazoo County https://wwmt.com/news/local/data-center-indistrial-hub-pavilion-township-community-concerns-halt-project-kalamazoo-county-franklin-partners-llc
Michigan Senate approves $71M for food aid ahead of SNAP benefits pause https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/10/michigan-senate-approves-71m-for-food-aid-ahead-of-snap-benefits-pause.html
Michigan House speaker rejects Senate’s $71M food aid bill ahead of SNAP pause https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/10/michigan-house-speaker-rejects-senates-71m-food-aid-bill-ahead-of-snap-pause.html
CBS News Guts Climate Team as New Conservative Management Takes Charge https://truthout.org/articles/cbs-news-guts-climate-team-as-new-conservative-management-takes-charge
Fox News criticized for publishing AI-generated videos of SNAP recipients https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/artificial-intelligence/fox-news-criticized-for-publishing-ai-generated-videos-of-snap-recipients/ar-AA1PK70L
Asylum Lake Preservation Association https://www.asylumlakepreservationassociation.org/
No Tom, sidewalk chalk is not ‘vandalism’ or even a crime. But gutting Medicaid and SNAP funding is https://michiganadvance.com/2025/11/03/no-tom-sidewalk-chalk-is-not-vandalism-or-even-a-crime-but-gutting-medicaid-and-snap-funding-is
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