@TheHeartlandPOD on Twitter and ThreadsCo-HostsAdam Sommer @Adam_Sommer85  (Twitter) @adam_sommer85 (Post)Rachel Parker @msraitchetp   (Post) Sean Diller @SeanDillerCO   (Twitter and Post)https://heartlandpod.com/JOIN PATREON FOR MORE - AND JOIN OUR SOCIAL NETWORK!“Change The Conversation”Outro Song: “The World Is On Fire” by American Aquarium http://www.americanaquarium.com/ GOP Putting Jan 6 Back In The NewsGosar calls for Gen. Milley to be hunghttps://thehill.com/homenews/house/4221450-gosar-milley-hung/Polling isn’t great for them on that topichttps://www.axios.com/2023/08/16/americans-approve-trump-indictment-jan-6-poll Alabama Gets A New House Seathttps://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/u-s-supreme-court-rejects-alabama-republicans-bid-to-pause-ruling-on-congressional-map/Shutdown BoogieAP: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/shutdown-showdown-us-congress-time-running-short-fund-government-2023-09-26/The Democratic-controlled Senate plans to vote on a stopgap funding bill with bipartisan support that would keep the federal government operating after current money runs out at midnight on Saturday (0400 GMT Sunday), giving negotiators more time to agree on full-year spending numbers.Hill: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4223018-congress-shutdown-live-updates/Guardian piece on what it means to folkshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/26/what-government-shutdown-means-2023Thousands of federal workers go on furlough and lose payBodies that perform safety inspections like USDA can’t perform jobsHead Start, a federally funded program, can be cut off for thousands of kidsSenate has bipartisan plan to make 7 week bridge, meanwhile in the House a plan to have Borbert flash the Chinese to just maybe forgive some of the debt payments House finally able to get through a vote to allow for debate - just debate, not passing a bill1995, 2013, 2019 - Government shutdowns, all of which came from GOP controlled houseMissouri Impacts: https://missouriindependent.com/2023/09/20/a-disaster-nears-millions-of-federal-workers-paychecks-would-be-on-hold-in-a-shutdown/There are 36,181 civilian federal employees in Missouri who would be impacted by a government shutdownWhiteman AFB, major disruptions with our huge local baseBiden Stands In Solidarity With Labor-On Tuesday Sept 26 Biden went to Michigan to stand with UAW members on the picket linehttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/26/biden-joins-uaw-strike-update-detroit-Some theorize that Biden’s problems are deeper than surface level superficial issueshttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-issue-that-s-a-bigger-problem-for-biden-than-his-age/ar-AA1heXQAFrom article: But the comparison that my colleague Gabriel Debenedetti described earlier this year as old versus crazy may not tell the whole story, two highly influential new national polls suggest. The drag on Joe Biden’s reelection prospects may have as much to do with persistently dark perceptions of the economy as with concerns about a president who would turn 86 before a second term ended.-Biden holds steady on approvalhttps://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/approval/joe-biden/?ex_cid=abcpromoDem primary Biden has absolute choke holdhttps://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary-d/2024/national/ Side note: Hawley put on his “I’m a real boy” Green shirt and boots again to pretend like he sides with labor after a legacy of supporting right to workhttps://x.com/HawleyMO/status/1706414217241248051?s=20GOP Undercard Continues To Shuffle - Big Debate TonightDebate Stagehttps://www.cnn.com/2023/09/25/politics/second-republican-debate-line-up/index.htmlDeSantis, Haley, Scott, Ramaswamy, Pence, Christi and… DOUG BURGUM! All make the stageSean, sorry to say Asa is outTrump is skipping debate, because of course he isAt this point it appears Trump will either be THE candidate for the GOP or a convict, and possibly bothDeSantis appears done, struggling now in his own statehttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/