After covering a dramatic political development out of Washington DC which saw Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin pull a fast one over on Mitch McConnell and the Republicans, resulting in a new hyper-funded IRS task force aimed at "Enforcement," whatever that means, amongst other things, Charlie is joined by Pedro Gonzalez from Chronicles Magazine to discuss America's latest medical emergency, Monkeypox. They cover the most recent developments, orgies and all, and it raises the question: Where is the condemnation and stigmatization of the behavior most responsible for driving much of the spread of this disease? Or is that not allowed like it was during COVID? All of that and so much more—asked and answered on another Friday Hot Take episode with the brilliant Pedro Gonzalez.