The week’s news gets personal for Ben and Dr D, as you shall see. But first! A roundup of the week’s events, including Aurora and the flag, Kevin Ryan’s plea, JB in London, and then…Ice comes to Dr D’s neighborhood. And one woman’s courageous stand.

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Turns out there are divisions in MAGA—who knew? Ben riffs. Mayor John Laesch explains what's going on in Aurora. Specifically... why he ordered flags flown at full mast after Trump ordered all flags everywhere lowered to half-mast to commemorate Charlie Kirk. Turns out Trump isn’t the absolute Boss of everything everywhere—though he thinks he is. John is the mayor of Aurora..

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Trump sues the New York Times for defamation. Ben riffs. Kevin Ryan talks about his long-shot campaign for the U.S. Senate. He’s a 33-year-old southwest side, Marine vet, public school history teacher, bartender, self described New Deal Democrat who wants to take money out of politics so billionaires don’t control the process. And what’s so wrong with that? Kevin’s taking his case to the voters, driving from one end of Illinois to the other—MAGA counties included—in a converted school bus inscribed with quotes from great thinkers, like Dr King.. All the experts scoff he can’t win. Here’s why you might want to vote for him anyway.

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