Rick and Ben scour last week’s headlines pointing out the Headline Heroes and trying to find the purple area between the lines. Each week they sit down, ask questions, apply logic, and try to take a non-partisan look at some of the topics discussed in the media. If you enjoy this episode, please leave a 5 star rating and subscribe to the show. Follow us @rickandben and purplepoliticspodcast.com.

Topics:

1. Syracuse, NY has had too many shootings involving children. Police chief Franke Fowler wishes he had the opportunity to save the most recent victim, but the neighborhood refuses to call police until it’s too late.

2. Andrew Cuomo is now on the working families’ party line. Didn’t the part spend the whole primary calling him corrupt? Party Politics at its best!

3. More Cuomo news! Republican candidate Marc Molinaro wants a debate as well as Larry Sharpe, Stephanie Miner, and Howie Hawkins. Why does Cuomo refuse?

4. They just get dumber every week. Our Dumbass of the week decided it would be smart to shoot his pellet gun at training Navy Seals.

5. Banksy banks the art world in protest… Maybe Banksy got banksed.

6. Believe in something even if it means forcing criminals to wear Nike shirts in their mugshots!

7. ICE places a 4-year-old on a plane then informs the child’s father about 30 minutes before the plane lands. Can the father get to his child in time?