Beer, Buds, and the Big Sky Podcast

The Cheesecake Factory White House

Beer, Buds, and the Big Sky Podcast

Show Notes

This week on Beer, Buds & the Big Sky, it’s just the boys, because apparently no one wants to come on the show anymore. Mike, Ryan, Ed, and Steve get into Obama mocking Trump’s White House renovations as a Cheesecake Factory, debut a new game called GOP Spin Cycle, dig into the property tax revolt, sort out Dan Sullivan vs. Dan Sullivan in Alaska, and break down a Michigan voter’s self-own on Abdul El-Sayed.

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