Episode 111: This Happened In America This Week

Episode 111: This Happened In America This Week

From Larry's Rants Raves & Reviews by Larry E. Buttram

May 20, 2026 · 47 min

About this episode

Larry discusses shocking headlines from the week, including student loan fraud and crime crises in major cities.

This Happened In America This Week takes a hard look at some of the wildest, most unbelievable headlines making news across the country. Larry dives into the shocking uncovering of $60 million in student loan fraud, along with the suspension of $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments tied to California fraud investigations, raising serious questions about government oversight and abuse of taxpayer dollars. The episode also covers a controversial Texas sex therapist running for Congress, and the continuing crime crises impacting cities like California communities, New York, and Chicago. And just when you think the stories can’t get any crazier… Larry wraps up the episode with one of the strangest police incidents you’ll ever hear about — involving a man, a police car, and anatomy that defies explanation. Politics, corruption, crime, insanity, and absurdity — this is America this week. LarrysRRR #BreakingNews #Politics #America #Trending #NewsUpdate Youtube https://youtu.be/NRGKvHhpK3k

People in this episode

Host: Larry E. Buttram

Topics covered

  • student loan fraud
  • Medicaid payments
  • politics
  • crime
  • government oversight
  • Texas sex therapist
  • absurdity

Keywords

  • student loan fraud
  • Medicaid
  • Texas
  • crime
  • politics
  • government oversight
  • California
  • New York
  • Chicago
  • absurdity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: California, Texas

Places: New York, Chicago

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