{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":300,"width":600,"title":"Lindsey Graham's life, Marsha Blackburn's fortune cookies, ICE &amp; National Guard deaths pile up","description":"  We interrupt our regular already-recorded podcast with the news that Senator Lindsey Graham has died at 71. We came back again in the mornin\u2019 for this one. Listen how sleepy!   We talk about his war-hawkin, &quot;if we nominate Trump we will get destroyed and we will deserve it,&quot; the Disneyland bubble wand photo, plus even more Mitch McConnell and Kash\u2019s copy-pastin\u2019.   Then in the second part that we recorded first:  \u00b7 ICE and immigration violence&amp;nbsp;\u2014 the deaths of Lorenzo Salgado and Mohammed Nazir Pateawal, National Guard shootings in Memphis, and Mark Wayne Mullin defendin\u2019 the indefensible.  \u00b7 &amp;nbsp;Tariffs, Iran, lost tourism money, the Big Beautiful Bill\u2019s big beautiful Medicaid and disability cuts\u2014how much is this costing us?  \u00b7 Marcia Blackburn's fortune-cookie ad&amp;nbsp;  \u00b7 Pete Hegseth targets Black people again, RFK\u2019s podcast features anti-vaxxer child murderers,  JD Vance still awkward, Trump\u2019s Qatar jet fails the Secret Service test, Trump\u2019s still mad about the Kennedy Center  \u00b7 Trump gets a bridge named after him in East Tennessee. Even Scott Bessent was at the ceremony!  \u00b7 Platner\u2019s out, Epstein files locked up, the Federal Election Commission is fired   Disability online advocates and influencers:   Allie Weelz   https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alliewheelz?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==  Kendra Depinto   https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kendrawesomeness?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==  April Lockhart (she\u2019s in Nashville)   https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aprillockhart?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==    Get 20 Extra minutes over at http:\/\/patreon.com\/redstateupdate &quot;The Magic Cowboy&quot; courtesy Seth Timbs:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;https:\/\/sethtimbs.bandcamp.com Red State Update theme &quot;Tasty Sorghum Biscuit&quot; by William Sherry:&amp;nbsp; https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/74j2AyMM9Qy2VhSQDajhfn&amp;nbsp;  &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Red State Update","author_url":"http:\/\/redstateupdate.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42062900\/height\/300\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/ff0000\/\" height=\"300\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/42062900"}