Fort Hood Death Penalty, Porsche’s 20% Price Hike & Vance Bans Microsoft's Visas | PBD Podcast #870

October 9, 2026

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PBD Podcast #870: Fort Hood Execution, Porsche's Luxury Pivot, and JD Vance Takes on Microsoft

The episode opens with a striking statistic: the number of ninth-grade girls identifying as lesbian has dropped from 30% to 17% since the Biden administration ended. The hosts treat this as evidence that cultural pressure, not natural inclination, drove the earlier numbers. But that's just one of many stories in a packed episode that also covers Elon Musk's move into the phone service market, Porsche's radical new strategy, JD Vance's crackdown on Microsoft's H1B visa use, and the upcoming public execution of the Fort Hood shooter.

SpaceX Takes on the Telecom Giants

Elon Musk's latest move sent shockwaves through the telecommunications industry. When SpaceX announced it had purchased roughly $8 billion worth of nationwide 800 MHz low-band spectrum from Grain Management, Verizon's stock dropped 7.3%, AT&T fell 7.8%, and T-Mobile dropped 7%. The deal gives SpaceX up to 14 MHz of paired spectrum, building on prior acquisitions including roughly $19.6 billion tied to EchoStar spectrum purchases.

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1 (01:38) **Elon Musk Takes on Telecom Giants** - SpaceX announces a spectrum deal that will let Starlink compete directly with Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, causing their stocks to drop 7%
2 (15:05) **SpaceX's Flywheel Strategy** - The panel breaks down how Starlink fits into Musk's broader ecosystem and why Apple should be worried about a potential Tesla phone
3 (35:44) **Porsche's New CEO Cuts Production and Raises Prices** - The new CEO plans to slash output from 330,000 to 200,000 cars while hiking top-tier prices 20% and launching a supercar called the Mission S
4 (48:10) **JD Vance Suspends Microsoft's Green Card Program** - Vance gets furious over Microsoft laying off 6,000 American workers while filing for 6,000 H1B visas and obtaining roughly 3,000 green cards
5 (57:15) **Marco Rubio Refuses to Play Media Games** - Rubio shuts down a journalist trying to pit him against JD Vance, establishing that he won't be manipulated into on-the-record feuds
6 (62:47) **CDC Data Shows Sharp Drop in Teen Lesbian Identification** - Ninth grade girls identifying as lesbian dropped from 30% in 2021 to 17% in 2025, with the panel attributing it to cultural shift under Trump
7 (74:24) **Kentucky Abortions Plummet from 4,400 to 3** - A staggering chart shows the state's abortion numbers collapsing after new policies took effect, dropping from thousands annually to single digits

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Show Notes

Patrick Bet-David and the Home Team break down the Fort Hood shooter’s death penalty, Porsche’s plan to raise top-end prices 20%, and JD Vance’s visa showdown with Microsoft. The discussion tackles public executions, Porsche’s fight to restore profits, and the battle over American jobs and foreign labor.

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