A few Fridays ago, I joined Dana DuBois and Lawrence Winnerman—hosts of genxy’s “The Daily Whatever Show.” Since it was the end of the week, I got to participate in their “Fucked-Up Friday” program, in which we chronicle the week’s worst events. It was a 10:00 spot, so my coffee had just kicked in. I rarely get the opportunity to drop f-bombs so early in the day.

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Dana and Lawrence’s opening focused in part on Taylor Swift’s latest album (sorry folks, I’m not a Swiftie). Once I joined the conversation, we pivoted to my favorite topics—markets, policy, and power.

As for our “Fucked-Up Friday” pitches, Lawrence flagged the alleged AI face-scanning of military brass summoned by Pete Hegseth. Dana pitched Chicago’s midnight ICE raid on a low-income apartment complex, and I bought up an anecdote about ex-cons possibly staffing ICE.

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