# 523: They Eat Babies

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Podcast: [The System is Down with Dan Smotz](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-system-is-down-with-dan-smotz-1118706)
Published: 2026-02-05T10:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 8650

## Resource

Today, Dan Smotz & Dave Casey are joined by CRAIG!!! to watch the world burn, while laughing their way thru all the most important articles in the news… and a whole lot of unimportant ones as well. Question everything. Stay uncomfortable. Lets get weird. On the Docket: * They Eat Babies * Dan Bongino’s Cont’d Crashout * They Eat Babies * Why I Got Suspended * They Eat Babies * and more! * And They Eat Babies. Follow Craig: https://x.com/breakthebellpod Follow Dan: https://x.com/t...

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