The Trump administration is generating a series of small October surprises ahead of the 2026 midterms, and no one is dissecting them more thoroughly than Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak on Episode 1911 of No Agenda, titled 'Surpriselets.' Published Sunday, October 11, 2026, the episode features Curry hosting solo from the Texas Hill Country, with Dvorak sidelined, and returning guest co-host Sir Rob Dew of Infowars. Over nearly three hours, the pair unpack what they call a cascade of 'surpriselets'—little October surprises stacked like stocking stuffers heading into the 2026 vote.
The most provocative thread is Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's announcement that convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will face a public, potentially live-streamed firing squad on December 3rd. Curry and Dew press hard on the implications, noting Jake Tapper's observation that the United States would join Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea, Somalia, and Yemen as the only nations conducting public executions. Dew offers a blunt reaction: 'I'm all for the execution. I don't know, the public execution, streaming it, you know, I'm kind of waffling. I definitely don't mind. I think it should have been done a long time ago.' The hosts also replay Vice President JD Vance dodging a question about how the Pentagon plan squares with his Christian faith, and revisit the 1936 Owensboro, Kentucky hanging, America's last fully public execution.
Beyond the firing squad, the episode examines a bizarre FlyDubai axe attack by pilot Hammam al-Hammami and ex-CIA analyst Larry Johnson's theory tying it to Benjamin Netanyahu; Trump's surprise diesel deal with Vladimir Putin and the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize going to Navi Pillay; a suspected plague death at Russia's Anti-Plague Research Institute in Irkutsk; and Walmart's electronic shelf labels and dynamic pricing. Curry flags Bret Weinstein's warning on DarkHorse that any plague outbreak traceable to the Irkutsk facility could involve gain-of-function engineering or a psyop exploiting IgG4 immune suppression in mRNA-vaccinated populations.
The deconstruction widens to Marco Rubio's sweeping speech in Athens defending Western civilization and sanctioning the International Criminal Court, Barack Obama's new midterm hope-and-change pitch for Democrats, and Mike Tyson's surprise endorsement of Trump at a Syracuse rally. The pair also eulogize Chicago Bears legend Mike Ditka, dissect Kimberly Guilfoyle's ethics troubles as ambassador to Greece, and salute Slovak MEP Milan Mazurek's fiery European Parliament speech on mass deportations.
For listeners and voters, the episode underscores how a cluster of controversial stories—each small on its own—could collectively shape the midterm narrative. The Hegseth execution plan, in particular, raises questions about American values on the world stage and the role of media in amplifying or ignoring such shifts. As Curry and Dew demonstrate, the 'surpriselets' are not isolated incidents but part of a broader pattern that demands scrutiny. The episode is available now wherever podcasts are heard.
