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Dem Candidate's WILD Texts Exposed, Lesbian Bar Drama, and Kamala's New Accent, with Glenn Greenwald | Ep. 1405

September 24, 2026

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In a Massachusetts lesbian bar called Last Ditch, the owners tried a modest change to save their failing business: make Saturday nights mask-optional in 2026. The response was hundreds of furious comments accusing them of "ableism" and "eugenics," a community meeting that devolved into chaos, and a campaign of online harassment that drove two of the three founders out—one to clown school. The story, broken by the Blocked and Reported podcast and picked up by the Boston Globe, became the week's most revealing political parable for Megyn Kelly and Glenn Greenwald.

The Woke Inquisition Comes for Its Own

Last Ditch opened in Greenfield, Massachusetts as a bar for "dykes, transsexuals, gender freaks, workers, and their friends." It required KN95 masks at all times, welcomed poor and unhoused people, and banned police. It was, in other words, as left-wing a business as one could imagine. When the bar announced it would make Saturday nights mask-optional to try to attract more customers, the backlash was immediate and savage. Commenters called for the venue to be "firebombed" and accused the owners of endangering immunocompromised people. The bar's groveling apology only made things worse. At a community meeting, a critic named Soe Noir dismissed the owner's tears as "white they/them tears" and refused to grant any grace, saying the bar was spreading "rhetoric that can and will g

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (03:38) **Mary Peltola: The "Katie Porter" of Alaska and Her Leaked Texts** - Megyn introduces the story of Democratic candidate Mary Peltola, whose former staffers leaked texts to the New York Times detailing angry outbursts, alleged mistreatment, and the use of slurs.
  • 2 (09:11) **Glenn Greenwald: Double Standards and the "Angry White Liberal Woman" Trope** - Glenn contextualizes the Peltola story within a pattern of similar accusations against figures like Katie Porter and Amy Klobuchar, and distinguishes between private language and abusive behavior.
  • 3 (15:18) **The "Nothing Him" Policy and the Language Police** - The hosts discuss Peltola's policy of cutting people out and the New York Times' focus on her use of the words "retard" and "faggot."
  • 4 (22:22) **The Meatball the Chameleon Saga: Aides Forced to Feed Live Crickets** - Megyn reveals her favorite part of the story: Peltola's staff was required to feed live crickets to her family's pet chameleon named Meatball.
  • 5 (27:24) **Why Is the New York Times Running This Story?** - The hosts question the timing and motive of the New York Times hit piece on a Democrat who is currently leading in the polls.
  • 6 (30:17) **The Lindsey Clancy "Holdout Juror" Fight: A "Legal Colonoscopy"** - The conversation shifts to the case of the holdout juror in the Lindsey Clancy trial, where the defense attorney is demanding the juror's cell phone records.
  • 7 (33:34) **The Inversion of Values: Why Is the Holdout the Villain?** - Glenn expresses shock at the public and legal attack on the juror who wanted to convict a woman who suffocated her three children.

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Guests on this episode

Glenn Greenwald Megyn Kelly

Show Notes

Megyn Kelly is joined by Glenn Greenwald, host of “System Update” on Substack, to discuss the controversy surrounding Alaska Democratic senate candidate Mary Peltola’s leaked private messages, her use of the word "retard" and comments against Planned Parenthood, Peltola’s staff being tasked with feeding her pet chameleon live crickets, the allegations against her and why the New York Times would be publishing this hit piece now, the lone holdout juror pushing back against the criticism he has faced, the ridiculous reaction from a "The View" host asking why Patrick Clancy moved on so quickly from Lindsay, the full trailer for the Elizabeth Holmes documentary now released, her husband’s crucial role in the film, the genius of Nathan Fielder, a bizarre dispute at a lesbian bar over COVID mask rules, the insane woke infighting and backlash that ensued after, the consequences of putting children in the public eye, the tragic case of Presley Gerber, Nikole Hannah-Jones using her daughter as a public symbol,  Kamala Harris’ recent rambling incoherent appearance alongside Abdul El-Sayed, the new accent she tried out, and more.

 

 

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