Topic: Ripon

During a Senate hearing on the Dobbs decision, Representative Jamie Raskin incorrectly identified Abraham Lincoln as the founder of the Republican Party. The hosts provide a historical correction, noting the party was founded in 1854 in Ripon, Wisconsin, by disaffected Whigs and Free Soil Party members, six years before Lincoln's election.

The FCC has opened auctions for high-frequency spectrum up to 3 terahertz for future "6G" or "7G" networks. In Ripon, California, parents are protesting a cell tower at a school after several children were diagnosed with cancer. An electromagnetic radiation specialist found that the tower was transmitting high-power WiMAX frequencies, which have a much longer range and higher intensity than standard Wi-Fi.