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Foreign. The one thing you have to understand about these MAGA men is that they are titty babies. They are weak. The list of things that trigger them grows by the day. Now we've added Bad Bunny, a Puerto Rican playing at the Super Bowl. It's a stage five meltdown. Everybody knows the restaurant Cracker Barrel sent them into orbit. ABC News, 60 Minutes, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, these things really, really, these MAGA men because they are so terrified of accountability. Trump's still so mad that little Smokey, the failed drag queen vice president, got kicked off of ABC News because he's a liar, he's a hypocrite, and he's a piece of. And Trump is butt hurt by proxy over this. Play the clip.
Brian
You're ABC Fake News. Brian, please. I don't take questions from ABC Fake News. After what you did with Stephanopoulos to the Vice President of the United States. I don't take questions from ABC Fake News.
Host
Brian pops just.
Co-host
What a dick. First of all, the freedom of the press is no longer free because they want to control what is said. They just put in their, you know, handpicked person at CBS News because his big buddy bought it. They've got tick tock. They've got all of these news outlets because their policies are not popular. But what a titty baby. And we've talked about it before. These men that are so insecure, with such thin skin and fragile egos. JD Vance, you're the Vice President of the United States. You're going to be asked tough questions, especially when your administration takes bribes on tape. You're going to have to answer for that. That's a normal course of business. But these, it has to be propaganda or all the time. And if they're not expecting tough questions, they just need to sit and kiss each other's ass and fluff up Donald Trump. It's so repulsive what they're doing to the press. And he started this, you know, 10 years ago, but here we are now.
Host
All right, next up, we have the Pentagon situation where news organizations are refusing to sign the propaganda pledge. And so you have the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, Reuters, the Atlantic, cn, npr, the Guardian Newsma, the Washington Times, Washington Inquirer, Task and purpose, breaking defense, Defense won. The Financial Times. The only one that's signing it is one American news. Now listen, you guys, this is where the fissures are when you see Newsmax, right, signing with other organizations. This is where the capitalism of it all has to start battle with the authoritarian of it all. So when I say the capitalism of it all, the First Amendment is integral to our country, but it's also integral to our economy. Without the First Amendment, this podcast doesn't exist. Without the First Amendment, CNN doesn't exist. Without the First Amendment, even newsmac doesn't exist. So there are some, even though Newsmax is a news source, there are some smart people that are smart enough to say, we go along with this, at some point those knives will be turned at us. Nobody is safe. So remember this as we're fighting this. To all of our fiscal conservative friends, the First Amendment is an integral part of our identity. And to our fiscal conservatives that care more about money than they do human beings, it's an integral part of our economy.
Co-host
And here's the thing. This is the fact that these news organizations were standing up that gave me hope. But what was exactly on brand was the response from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth because he is an emasculated, impotent, little bitty man that has to pick on women to feel good about himself. This is what he was posting. Every news organization, they made a post about. We, we don't feel comfortable signing this. And he reposted the waving by emoji. This guy is on signal with war plans. They're doing emoji. I, I thought this was so juvenile and just showed what little dick energy he has all day long.
Host
Well, I mean, this surprises me. Zero. This is the same administration where you've got Kristi Nome making videos telling people at airports that the Democrats shut down the federal government, which is a complete lie. While the federal government is shut down, they're firing nonpartisan civil servants who have health insurance, who have salaries, who have families, and they don't care. And Pete Heg says own pastor thinks that we should do away with the 19th Amendment. Of course, the 19th Amendment is what allows women to vote. These people are bad actors, so expect more of this juvenile behavior. But this trickles down. There's no daylight between the young Republicans behavior and text messages and what pumps just put up that Pete Heth does. This is trickle down. A very big changing of American culture where the villains are celebrated, where immaturity and sophomore behavior is celebrated, where racism is celebrated, corruption is celebrated, Breaking the law is celebrated. Silencing the First Amendment is celebrated. And moving along, we have a video here of Trump says that he may want to pull the World cup from Democratic cities. Play the clip.
Donald Trump
I had some street takeovers that we saw.
Co-host
Are you.
Donald Trump
Is the. Are you going to work, work with or try and work with the mayor of Boston and then they have a World Cup. They have several World cup games. I know Argentina knows about World Cups. They have several World cup games. Could those games move to cities that do work?
Brian
We could take them away. I love the people of Boston. I know the games are sold out. But your mayor is not good. There are worse than her.
Host
Pops.
Co-host
Here's the thing about this. The World cup is bringing people from all over the globe to come and watch this and and Donald Trump. First of all, I think FIFA should pull the World cup from the United States because of the massive human rights violations that they are doing. But that's here. That's not. That's a different podcast for a different day. But for a president of the United States to say they I don't like their policies in Boston so I'm going to pull economic revenue. I'm going to pull something that's been planned forever because I don't like it. They're not kissing my ass enough and I don't like it. He goes on later in the clip. I couldn't, you know, make everybody listen to all the way to the end. He's talking about he's might pull the Olympics from Los Angeles. Here's the deal. This shit is planned in advance. It is an infrastructure nightmare. Like he no more is going to do this in the man in the moon. But it makes him feel like a big guy, like a big strong tough guy. And every citizen in America should be concerned when the President of the United States starts talking about punishing American cities because they don't kiss his ass. It, it repulses me. Please support us by supporting our sponsor. Today's sponsor is irore. As everyone who listens to the podcast knows, I'm constantly fighting the aging battle and aging skin and crepey skin is my nemesis. But not any more because of ir. So fall is here. It's the perfect time to reset your skin. The eye Restore Illumina face mask is dermatologist recommended at home treatment with 360 medical grade LEDs. It uses red, infrared and blue light to target fine lines, breakouts, sun damage and inflammation. No complicated routine required. I use this. I think it helps. I think you should give it a try. So give your skin the love it deserves. For a limited time get a huge discount on on the Irestore Illumina face mask with Code I hip@irestore.com that's code I hip@irestore.com for our exclusive offer on the Irestore Illumina face mask. Please support our show and tell them we sent you. Unlock your best skin with Irestore.
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The situation here is everything with this man is, number one, a humiliation exercise and number two, a shakedown, right? He shake down. He shakes down everybody. He tries to get the fix in on everybody so he feels like he has something that he can dangle over Boston, over la, over Harvard, over other universities, over law firms, over tech industry giants. And he uses these carrots to then facilitate a humiliation exercise. And what he is trying to accomplish here is to get the mayor of Boston to be humiliated. He thoroughly enjoys publicly humiliating people and putting on a display where everybody humiliates themselves. Look no further than all of the oligarchs that have shown up with trophies for the Oval Office show and tell. Look no further than all of the law firms and the universities and industry titans who have bent the knee to him. Look no further than his cabinet boardroom meetings where these people should be talking about their area of expertise. All they do is pile on a fuse of praise. The humiliation is the point of this. He wants to humiliate the mayor of Boston. He wants to humiliate the mayor of Los Angeles because he likes to do shakedowns that then produce a humiliation exercise. That's what the point of all of this is. And he will continue to do it upon every industry. And then, in closing here, Trump intends to punish Democratic cities, per the New York Times report, where funding is being cut for the shutdown. Put up this headline. Democratic districts by halting billions during shutdown. The Trump administration has frozen OR canceled nearly 28 billion primarily located in Democratic led districts, according to an analysis by the Times. And I just want to remind everybody of this. Name one big red city. Name one. Name one big red city that is an economic donor city. Name one. In the United States, one. One big city that votes red, that kicks ass and gives more to the federal government than it takes back. There fucking isn't one. It doesn't exist. So to all of you fiscal conservatives, this is economic suicide. He is attacking economic centers. For those of you that love to look at your stock market, love to look at your stock portfol. Those of you that vote your pocketbook and that only this will have a dramatic impact. Big blue cities are diverse, more tolerant. They are donor cities. They give more than they take back in. And if you could list three big red cities that are just economic sensations, I dare you to do it, because they don't exist. They're rural towns, that maga. You defund these blue cities, guess what then gets defunded these rural towns, these MAGA voters who Trump won by like 40, 50%. All right, that's all we have for this episode. Make sure you subscribe. Make sure you, like, pump. Show them the book.
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Here we go. Life is a lazy Susan of shit sandwiches. You can also get it on audio if you want to hear our voices.
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All right, we'll, we'll be back later with more news. It.
Hosts: Jennifer Welch & Angie “Pumps” Sullivan
Date: October 15, 2025
In this episode, Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan dive into the escalating standoff between major news organizations and the Trump administration’s aggressive attempts to control the news cycle. They sharply critique the administration’s hostility toward the press, highlight recent efforts to force media compliance, unpack Trump’s threats to pull major sporting events from blue cities, and examine the financial and cultural consequences of these moves. As always, their tone is comedic, candid, and deeply critical of MAGA politics, layered with exasperation, sarcasm, and moments of outrageous honesty.
As ever, Jennifer and Pumps employ heavy sarcasm, blunt language, and unfiltered emotion to drive their progressive message. The episode is a high-energy, cathartic vent against what they see as a collapsing respect for constitutional norms and a dangerous embrace of authoritarian tactics—and they use both humor and outrage to make their point.
This episode is a sharp, unapologetic indictment of the Trump administration’s latest moves against press freedom, economic logic, and the foundational principles of democracy. It’s both a call to vigilance and a celebration of resistance, laced with the duo’s trademark mix of comedic irreverence and furious honesty.