🎙️ There is an absolute horror show going on in Holmes' home state of Minnesota. We looked into the explosive New York Times story revealing a $1 billion fraud scandal involving the state's social service system under Governor Tim Walz. This wasn't just typical government waste; we dissected how members of the Somali diaspora allegedly stole hundreds of millions of dollars meant to feed children during the pandemic.
💥 These Mafia-style tactics used to perpetuate the fraud are a common tool of the left. The fellas discussed how the nonprofit group, Feeding Our Future, threatened state agencies with accusations of racism and negative press to force them into approving fraudulent applicants, proving that the left has weaponized these accusations as a shakedown racket. We explain how the Democrats have outsourced these tactics to NGOs to pressure and capture institutions like corporate America.
🐻 In Variety, the fellas got into a hysterical segment about a viral video of a lineman saving a black bear from a power line and debated the merits of the new holiday gift, "Guido on a Ledge," a Staten Island-inspired Elf on the Shelf alternative.
🐘 Then, Congresswoman Ashley Hinson is running for Senate in Iowa. She discussed her experience as a "mama bear on a mission" and how her background is helping her relate to Iowans on kitchen-table issues like affordability and school curriculum problems
00:00 - Serious Democrat Corruption In Minnesota
03:38 - How State Leadership Failed MN
05:51 - The NYT Details Fraud and Tim Walz's Involvement
24:44 - How "Mafia-style" Tactics Perpetuated Fraud
37:43 - Could the Stolen Money Potentially Fund Terror
47:48 - Thanksgiving Comments
51:07 - Tennessee’s Special Election and Democrat Extremism
01:06:22 - Congresswoman Ashley Hinson on her Senate campaign, political issues, and musical talent
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Can Trump Save Hollywood?
🎙️ The fellas explore the total collapse of Hollywood cinema and what it might mean for the American consumer. We all agree the movies just aren't what they used to be—you can't find a good, simple action flick or comedy anymore. Holmes points out how the shift happened during the Obama years, moving toward terrible, non-English, anti-American award bait.
🎬 The fellas drive home that Trump's greater influence lies not just in movie preferences but in reindustrializing the American film industry. We discussed how high taxes and regulations in California led to outsourcing production overseas, particularly to countries that incentivize making content with a cultural disposition that shows America in the worst possible light. If Trump provided competitive tax incentives to bring film production back home and coupled that with cultural benchmarks, it could reinvigorate American movies made for an American audience.
📱 Then, a new transparency feature comes to X and exposes the location of popular accounts. Many accounts posing as American patriots or constitutionalists are actually based in foreign countries. We explain how mainstream media journos rely on X's algorithm for "sentiment analysis" from "the base," which is easily polluted by these foreign accounts. Is it time to get rid of the algorithm entirely and return to a chronological timeline.
🐎 In variety: there’s a Namibian politician with the most unfortunate name as the most famous dictator in history. We can't believe a name like that not only exists but gets re-elected. Then, an absolutely insane clip of a rogue ambulance driving onto the inside rail of a track during a horse race in Louisiana
🐘 We wrap with Brent Gardner from AFP about the legislative agenda for the end of the year, focusing on energy permitting reform to boost American production and healthcare reform. We also hit on the importance of the NDAA as a vehicle for AI preemption legislation to ensure the US remains the global leader in technology.
00:00 - The Fellas on Hollywood's Decline and Trump's Cultural Reach
03:14 - Why Modern Movies Suck and Trump's Plan to Reindustrialize American Cinema
08:50 - Discussing Ben Smith's Semafor Article on Trump and Hollywood
15:59 - Hollywood Outsourcing Problem
28:52 - X’s New Transparency Feature
47:46 - Can We Fix X
52:32 - Unfortunate Politico Name and Wrong Way Driver In THE WORST Place
01:03:30 - Brent Gardner (AFP) on the Congressional Sprint to the End of the Year
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How to Win Thanksgiving - Your Ruthless Thanksgiving Spectacular
🦃 It’s our annual Thanksgiving Spectacular! This is the episode that made the Ruthless Variety Progrum famous. A reminder of the basic framework: you want your like-minded relatives excited to arrive, and the libs coming over to be stricken with fear. We dissect a cringe-worthy, anonymous USA Today op-ed from a person who dreads confronting their family’s “hateful politics“ since Trump’s election. We analyze the underlying issues when libs come to family dinner.
🍗 Then, your Ruthless recipe for Thanksgiving domination. We go from setting to setting throughout the Thanksgiving Day experience to prep you for maximum impact and help you create the greatest pain for your overly woke guests.
🏈 For dessert, your NFL turkey day preview and the one game that the fellas cannot believe is a prime-time feature. Plus, a little guidance for those degenerate gamblers listening to make it through the afternoon of pure, drunken alpha dominance.
00:00 - Thanksgiving: A Ruthless Opportunity for Activism
01:13 - Your Framework for Creating Fear
03:22 - Dissecting the Woke Anxiety
10:16 - The Ruthless Recipe: Preemptive Strikes and Setting the Scene
17:05 - The Meal as an Achievement Contest
20:55 - Put the Conversation on Offense
31:48 - Thanksgiving Day Football and Degenerate Gambling Guidance
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AOC’s Thanksgiving Scam + ICE Director Todd Lyons
🎙️ AOC appears to be fundraising for her campaign under the guise of a turkey giveaway for the needy, which is beyond the pale. The fellas pointed out that while she has raised money for actual charities in the past, this latest move smells of a massive list-building operation with political transaction fees skimming off the top, leading to local critics calling it a "typical bait and switch."
🐻 Then, California has no good options for Governor. In the latest blow, Eric Swalwell filmed his California gubernatorial campaign launch video from his primary residence in Washington, D.C., a $1.2 million Victorian bungalow currently at the center of a mortgage fraud investigation. We’re having trouble figuring out if he even has a house in the state he wants to govern. Maybe a Chinese spy can help him out of this jam.
😘 Part two of the Olivia Nuzzi saga with her former fiancé Ryan Lizza dropping his follow-up article. More insanely, Lizza discovered a fake tabloid article Nuzzi had written about herself, fantasizing about her Mark Sanford affair becoming public. This is totally unhinged behavior, but typical of most Journos.
🧊 Then, ICE Director Todd Lyons discusses the crucial work his agency is doing under the Trump administration. Lyons shared his unexpected path to becoming the director and offered a stark compendium of how different administrations prioritized, or failed to prioritize, the agency's core mission. He highlighted the massive challenge of cleaning up the mess left by the previous administration's lax policies.
00:00 - AOC's Thanksgiving Day Scam
10:07 - Swalwell's DC Campaign Launch
19:50- Nuzzi and Lizza Part II
44:13 - Home Depot Protests
52:23 - ICE Director Todd Lyons
1:13:45 - The Horrifying Link Between Sanctuary Cities and Fentanyl
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This is why the liberal media is failing - DC Journo Scandal Explodes
🎙️ This might be the biggest, messiest, most custom-produced story for the Progrum: the saga of writer Olivia Nuzzi. There’s a bombshell dropped by her ex-fiancé, Ryan Lizza, and no one expected it. We cover how she left New York magazine, her overly dramatic book, and recent developments.
😘 The fellas discussed the absurdity of the new Mark Sanford revelations, noting that Nuzzi had apparently had a physical relationship with Sanford while profiling him for his 2020 GOP primary bid, and right in the middle of the COVID-19 lockdowns. Plus her Olbermann relationship and brief music career.️
🫏 Then, Jasmine Crockett gets caught in a humiliating lie about Lee Zeldin because there are two men named Jeffrey Epstein. We also covered her utterly terrible attempt at a TikTok meme.
00:00 - Olivia Nuzzi’s Shocking DC Allegations
07:07 - The Journo World's Inner Turmoil & Lizza's Substack Teaser
15:46 - Lizza's Account: Kimpton Stationery and The Shoe Closet
20:01 - Olbermann's Gift-Giving Math & The Light Stalking
25:21 - The Substack's Republican Twist
33:40 - Weiner, Olbermann, and Prophetic Tweets
42:52 - The Unhinged Myspace Pop Song
52:11 - Jasmine Crockett's Jeffrey Epstein Confusion
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