Episode Overview
Title: Trump Taking Orders From Nazi Stephen Miller? Schumer Caught with Traitor Marco
Hosts: Jennifer Welch & Angie “Pumps” Sullivan
Date: January 8, 2026
This episode takes a sharply critical, comedic progressive lens to current U.S. political developments. Jennifer and Angie skewer Democratic leadership's impotence, rail against rising authoritarianism and the militarization of American politics, and decry the mainstreaming of far-right Christian nationalist policies. Special focus is given to Stephen Miller’s allegedly outsized influence over Donald Trump, Chuck Schumer’s collaboration with Marco Rubio, the white evangelical movement, and the brutality of ICE, all with frequent references to the interplay between fascism, performative politics, and genuine human rights defenders like Zoran Mamdani.
Key Discussion Points and Insights
1. Schumer’s Leadership and Democratic Weakness (00:00–03:46)
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Schumer’s Ineffectiveness:
Jennifer opens with full-throated criticism of Senator Chuck Schumer, calling for his resignation and labeling his leadership as stuck in the past and unfit for today’s threats.“Step aside. This is not your moment. Nobody likes you. You are not the resistance leader that we need.” — Jennifer Welch (00:04)
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Performative Politics:
Both hosts argue that U.S. governance is mostly “all performance,” especially when it comes to prioritizing billionaire interests, military expansion, and performative gestures over real action for working Americans and the vulnerable.“Our whole country is performative, you guys, we are a performative joke.” — Jennifer Welch (01:16)
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Military Spending Hypocrisy:
They roast Trump’s call to increase the military budget and tie it to grifting by defense contractors and hollow right-wing posturing:“This is what Republicans always do. They come in, they cut taxes, they increase the deficit, they increase military spending, they start stupid wars. But then they say, we can’t afford health care...” — Jennifer Welch (01:36)
2. “Trump is Taking Orders from Stephen Miller” (03:53–07:31)
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Trump’s Cognitive Decline & Delegation:
Jennifer claims Trump (mockingly called “Kanks”) is no longer making decisions, but “calling all the shots" is left to Stephen Miller, essentially running policy from the White House.“There’s no way…we have reporting that everyone in the White House is saying that Trump works for Stephen Miller... his boss, Stephen Miller, is running wild.” — Jennifer Welch (04:25)
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Stephen Miller as Policy Architect:
Both hosts repeatedly evoke Nazi comparisons to Miller, focusing on the cruelty and ethnocentric approach of his ideology.
Angie delivers, in unequivocal fashion:“This man is an ethnocentric fucking neo Nazi. I’m not scared to say it. I think he is a sadist to the highest order.” — Angie Sullivan (06:35)
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Public and Intra-party Disdain:
They emphasize Miller is “unlikeable” even among Fox News viewers and “triple Trumpers.”
3. Bipartisanship and Establishment Corruption (07:31–10:39)
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Schumer and Rubio “Hamming It Up”:
Jennifer rails against Schumer’s chumminess with Marco Rubio, now “Secretary of State Little Marco,” despite Rubio’s alleged “war crimes” and traitorous conduct.“He is, Chuck Schumer, hamming it up with little Marco Rubio, the war criminal and the traitor to the United States of America.” — Jennifer Welch (07:39)
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Bipartisan Theatrics:
The hosts are appalled with the lack of genuine opposition, describing both parties as enthralled by performance and lacking moral courage.- “It’s all theater, you guys. It’s all bullshit. It is all total bullshit.” — Jennifer Welch (09:04)
4. Christian Nationalism and the “Death Cult” (10:39–16:31)
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ICE and State Violence:
Jennifer and Angie respond to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s defense of a deadly ICE shooting by lambasting ICE as “a taxpayer funded terrorist organization that behaves like ISIS.”“If they're treating people like this in broad daylight, how are they treating them in custody?” — Jennifer Welch (11:53)
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Weaponization of Faith:
An impassioned segment rips into evangelical Christian leaders (typified by “Moses Mike Grinder Johnson”), accusing them of masking cruelty and bigotry under the veneer of religion:"Evangelical Christianity is a death cult. All of their policies promote death.” — Jennifer Welch (13:06)
- They connect evangelical policy positions directly to social harms (lack of healthcare, deregulation, abortion access denial, etc.) and draw parallels with past criticisms of Islamism.
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Hypocrisy & Weakness:
Angie furiously rejects Johnson’s statements about law enforcement and public rhetoric, charging him with cowardice and blindly following Trump:“I'm so tired of Mike Johnson having no fucking balls. That man cannot pick his own dick up to pee. Donald Trump has to do it for him because he’s so weak…” — Angie Sullivan (15:26)
5. Human Rights, Sanctuary, and Zoran Mamdani (16:31–20:02)
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Contrasting Leadership Styles:
Jennifer contrasts “fake” Christianity in politics with Zoran Mamdani’s approach—focusing on universal human rights and community protection. -
Defending the Vulnerable:
Zoran Mamdani’s clips (see timestamps below) echo defending sanctuary city policies and linking the rights of the most vulnerable to everyone’s freedom.“When ICE agents attack immigrants, they attack every single one of us across this country. And this is a city and will always be a city that stands up.” — Zoran Mamdani (17:43)
“When somebody in our community is attacked or vulnerable, we all are attacked and vulnerable.” — Jennifer Welch (17:51)
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Practical Protections:
Mamdani describes rolling back cooperation with ICE, informing constituents of their rights, emphasizing “following the laws of New York City” and upholding sanctuary:“We are not here to assist ICE agents in their work. We are here to follow the laws of New York City.” — Zoran Mamdani (19:50)
6. Broader Progressive Call to Action and Closing (20:02–end)
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Humanizing the Policy:
Jennifer pushes for more talk about emotional, physical, and financial safety—and credits Mamdani for centering humanity. -
Critique of Media and Billionaires:
She accuses right-wing media and powerful interests of weaponizing bigotry, and calls for relentless progressive advocacy linking all forms of human rights (LGBTQ, racial justice, immigrants). -
Anti-Fascism as Summons:
The episode closes with an unrepentant call to continue making “Nazi comparisons,” push for abolition of ICE, and refuse to accept the far-right’s framing:"We will continue to call you fascist. We will continue to make Nazi comparisons. We will continue to say, abolish ice and we will continue to link all human rights. And that is a hill that I will die on.” — Jennifer Welch (20:41)
Memorable Quotes & Timestamps
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On Chuck Schumer’s leadership:
“Step aside...You can't call a genocide a genocide. You cannot your vote for Senator Marco Rubio. The American public demands step aside, Chuckles Schumer.” — Jennifer Welch (00:04) -
On performative U.S. politics:
“Our whole country is performative, you guys, we are a performative joke.” — Jennifer Welch (01:16) -
On Stephen Miller:
“This man is an ethnocentric fucking neo Nazi. I'm not scared to say it. I think he is a sadist to the highest order.” — Angie Sullivan (06:35) -
On Schumer and Rubio:
“Here he is, Chuck Schumer, hamming it up with little Marco Rubio, the war criminal and the traitor to the United States of America.” — Jennifer Welch (07:39) -
On ICE and policing:
"It is a taxpayer funded terrorist organization that behaves like isis." — Jennifer Welch (11:36) -
On evangelical Christianity:
“Evangelical Christianity is a death cult. All of their policies promote death.” — Jennifer Welch (13:06) -
On Mike Johnson:
“I'm so tired of Mike Johnson having no fucking balls. That man cannot pick his own dick up to pee. Donald Trump has to do it for him because he's so weak…” — Angie Sullivan (15:26) -
On universal rights:
"When ICE agents attack immigrants, they attack every single one of us across this country." — Zoran Mamdani (17:43) -
On linking social justice struggles:
“We will continue to call you fascist. We will continue to make Nazi comparisons. We will continue to say, abolish ice and we will continue to link all human rights. And that is a hill that I will die on.” — Jennifer Welch (20:41)
Important Segments & Timestamps
- Schumer’s failures, military spending, and performative politics: 00:00–03:52
- Stephen Miller’s control over Trump; “Nazi” comparisons: 03:53–07:31
- Rubio-Schumer camaraderie and critique of bipartisan complicity: 07:31–10:39
- ICE violence, Johnson’s rhetoric, evangelical “death cult” criticism: 10:39–16:31
- Contrast: Zoran Mamdani on sanctuary, rights, humanity: 16:31–20:02
- Call to action, progressive resistance, linking of struggles: 20:02–end
Tone and Style
The episode is urgent, profane, and unflinchingly direct, blending gallows humor with fierce outrage. Both hosts frequently break the fourth wall, encouraging activism and shaming both political and religious establishment figures with biting language and a penchant for dramatic, memorable soundbites. They express solidarity with marginalized communities, demand true progressive leadership, and refuse to cede moral ground even as they lampoon the spectacle and hypocrisy of mainstream U.S. politics.
