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Jennifer Welch
All right, I've been making the rounds in Magna Media, Fox News, the New York Post and a bunch of other rags. And now my stance on homeschooling, which Pumps and I talked about on our podcast. I've had it that the evangelical movement encourages homeschooling that discourages critical thinking, that teaches creation, creationism that teaches that dinosaur and man lived on the planet at the same time is stupid. And it is a policy of trickle down stupidity has reached the top levers of the United States government. The Department of Education has tweeted about me. Pop this up. This came out this morning. You can see they retweet the New York Post and the New York Post tweets. Far left podcaster Jennifer Welch blasts homeschooling is trickle down stupidity and a fundament fundamental crazy Christian problem. The Department of Education should be busy. But instead they tweet homeschoolers like the winner of the President's 7076 award have demonstrated their ability to succeed at the highest level time and time again. The proven value of homeschooling should never be dismissed as trickle down stupidity. The only thing that is stupid is your ignorance. And to this I have to say, Linda McMahon, your husband is credibly accused of sexual assault like everybody else in your regime. And it is widely known from the President's mouth that he likes the poorly educated. It is widely known that the fascist project likes to keep the electorate dumb. It's widely known that you want to close down the Department of Education. You are the ringleader of the trickle down stupidity. And if you're so all chips in on homeschooling, then I expect every single person in the MAGA regime, Katie Miller, Caroline Levitt, all of them, to go full trad wife and get out those dinosaurs and man booklets like the Duggars have and you homeschool your kids.
Co-host/Commentator
Wow. What do we say to that? We've talked about the Department of Education loves to dummy down American people. They want stupid people. Just as you point out, if you're educated, if you know anything about science or analytical thinking, you're not a friend of maga. So what is the Department of Education doing? By the way? It's a pretty hot photo of you, I must say.
Jennifer Welch
Thanks, darling.
Co-host/Commentator
It could have drummed up a lot of other photos that may have been less flattering. But. But seriously, what are they doing? What are they doing with their time when they're tweeting things about a podcast from the New York Post article? I mean, where the are we? What is this exactly?
Jennifer Welch
I appreciate the coverage it all it does is drives more traffic to all of our channels and we make more money. So I appreciate that Department of Education. But you don't need to be meddling in what podcasters say. And regardless, regardless of what you tweet, I double down, triple down, quadruple down. Homeschooling that the MAGA fascist project wants to promote is trickle down stupidity. And all your tweet did was prove my point because your tweet was stupid. It was stupid. And that's trickling straight on down. And speaking of breathtaking moves by the federal government, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett talks about explaining to her son why she had to wear a bulletproof vest. Let's play the clip.
Amy Coney Barrett
I would just share a little bit about how the threats have affected me and my family personally. They have required me to my children to think about and see things that children should not have to see or think about. One example is when threats to my life were particularly intense. A few years ago, around the time of the Dobbs leak, my security detail sent me home with a bulletproof vest and I carried it into my house, put it into my bedroom, dropped it down on a table, turned around and my 12 year old son was standing in the doorway of my bedroom and he wanted to know what it was and why I had it. And I didn't know how to respond because maybe I lack imagination, but I didn't expect that performing this service was going to put me in the position of explaining to my children What a
Jennifer Welch
bulletproof vest was and what, wow. Having to live in the world that she rolls on. Having. Having to live in the world that she has created. I, too, Amy Coney Barrett, had to pick up my son one day from school, and he came out to the car, and I said, how was school day? And he said, oh, we did our drills. I said, oh, tornado drills, because we're from Oklahoma. He said, no active shooter drills. And if only we had a Supreme Court that valued life over profit, as you claim your Catholic faith makes you do. Amy Coney Barrett, you actually have the power to change this, but every day you choose to value profit over human life because you're a hypocrite and you don't care about kids.
Co-host/Commentator
She talks about the performance of her service and, and what she fails, I think, to address specifically is her position on guns in our society. And, and what. What's her previous history with that? And before she was a Supreme Court justice, she sat on the Seventh Circuit and one of her opinions involved actively, proactively arguing that the government cannot permanently disarm a nonviolent felon. And she goes into the whole doctrine of Second Amendment rights. And since she's been on the Supreme Court, she's ruled in numerous cases, one of which is nysr, Pennsylvania versus Bruin, where she joined the majority and recognized a right to carry handguns in public and requiring gun laws to fit the nation's historical tradition. She has been a part of the problem. And so when you're talking to your son about why you have to wear bulletproof vest, you need to explain to him that in America, it's way too easy for children, for mentally ill people to have access to firearms, to assault rifles. And there's a reason for that, because justices on this Supreme Court have allowed it, because, as you said, they're bought and paid for. And so tell that part of the story to your son. This isn't Mommy going to work? And she has to wear a bulletproof vest because we live in such a divisive culture. It's not just that. Now, the divisive culture part, you might also want to think about the person that appointed you and how he has made social media divisive and violent. That's another part of the discussion. But her record on. On guns and accessibility to the public doesn't leave her any room to complain about wearing a bulletproof vest. That just shows sort of her willful blindfold ignorance about this particular topic, her willful hypocrisy.
Jennifer Welch
I mean, an honest answer, Justice Coney Barrett would be to look at your child and say, because mommy and her friends vote for the rights of guns more than we do the rights for ourselves or for you. And that is the truth.
Co-host/Commentator
That's right.
Jennifer Welch
And moving along, here we have Todd Blanche and he was asked about anti weaponization fund fund at the Senate confirmation hearing. Let's play the clip. And then, Josh, I want to get your take on this.
Todd Blanche
Well, yes, it's an enforceable document. So I suppose if President Trump's counsel sought to enforce it, they potentially could,
Jennifer Welch
including, including the weaponization fund.
Todd Blanche
Well, they could try to enforce the contract. They can't force the Department of Justice to move forward with the weaponization fund. They could potentially say that, I suppose that we breached by not moving forward. They haven't done that and I'm not aware that they're planning on doing that.
Co-host/Commentator
What do you say about that? So if we know anything about Todd Blanch, we know that he doesn't tell the truth, right? I mean, if we objectively know anything about this man, we know that he lies at will. And I don't want us to forget the fact that just this past Monday, the court in Florida issued a scathing order against Mr. Blanche and referred, in fact, referred the clerk to issue this order to the pending bar complaints against Mr. Blanche in both the state of New York and D.C. based on his involvement in the Trump versus IRS lawsuit. So let's not forget that as he goes into this hearing, we have all of these pending issues, disciplinary proceeding issues about his honesty and integrity. Listen, he's answered that the slush fund, the $1.8 million slush fund is dead. Does anybody believe that? No, it's not in writing. There's an argument, and Senator Corn, I think, points this out, that there's nothing that prevents Trump from trying to enforce this so called agreement via a breach of contract action. There's nothing in writing there. There's lip service from him means absolutely nothing. Senator Corn even said after the fact, he basically confirmed that the $1.8 million slush fund is not dead. So I think anything else that you take away from this is the fact that Todd Blanche lies. He can't be taken at face value. And the fact that either of these senators think that he had a good day yesterday, to me is jaw dropping. We've raised the bar so low with this man that, that if he just comes across as somewhat competent and maybe tells the truth a fourth of the time, we want to say that he's having a good day.
Jennifer Welch
It's embarrassing, Completely embarrassing. And now the Trump administration subpoenas law firms. Pop this up new and breaking behind closed doors, a battle has erupted between Trump Admin and law firms that cut deals last year. The firms have lawyered up. DOJ is demanding the firm's leaders sit for depositions. At the center of it all are questions about the role Boris Epstein played in the deals. And I don't think this is any relation because of the spelling of Jeffrey Epstein. But Epstein, Trump's personal lawyer, not a government official, brokered the 940 million dollar deals. And the White House is fighting to hide his communications about them. If discovery exposes his role, it could confirm a private fixer ran a coercive pressure campaign against big law. Isn't this what happens when you bend the knee to Trump? And I just want to point out that one of the very first law firms that bent the knee to Trump, the main part of that law firm, surprise, surprise, appeared where? In the Epstein files. And I want to further remind every single one of you that resist every single day, this administration that do not obey in advance that all of these people that bend the knee are the most powerful and the most well positioned to resist. And the strongest in America are actually the weakest. The strongest on paper are the weakest. They bend the knee first. Of course, this was a coercive pressure campaign. Of course, that's what it was. Of course, it was a shakedown.
Co-host/Commentator
And part of this dealt with the law firms. There's some blowback on Jack Smith's affiliation, I believe, with several of these law firms. They're, they're, the law firms are trying to keep their security clearance. I mean, we knew when all this was happening in real time, it was nothing but a complete shakedown. And the American Bar Association, I think, was upset that these law firms were capitulating to Trump and agreeing to his demands. And the irony now is that those law firms back in time that stood up to President Trump, they won their cases in court, they litigated those cases, they won those cases. And the law firms that settled with Trump, well, guess what? You're stuck on your deal with the devil and you're having to bend over and take it now. And it's embarrassing. It was embarrassing in real time seeing this as a lawyer thinking that, you know, they're going to donate $940 million of pro bono work toward Trump. Yeah, yeah.
Jennifer Welch
Towards a criminal.
Co-host/Commentator
Yeah. And this is basically, think about this. This is basically Trump's personal lawyer dictating the demands of some of the biggest law firms. And it's his way or his effort to try to control these law firms and what they do and what they can't do. So, you know, you get in bed with him, you're stuck with him. The ones that litigated it and fought it in the courts, they're out.
Jennifer Welch
Yep. All right. And Larry and David Ellison, the father, son, failures, cheaters, liars, the people who want the system rigged exclusively for them,
Co-host/Commentator
they.
Jennifer Welch
We don't hate them enough. These are the people that ruined 60 Minutes. These are the people that allow and placate to Trump's fear of comedians. You know, he's so scared of Jimmy Kimmel, and he's so scared of Stephen Colbert because he's such a tough guy. Well, Trump is surrounded, as we all know, by a harem of trad wives. And these trad wives are men, submissive men that cannot grow a pair of and stand up for what is right. And David and Larry Ellison are sued now by a Paramount shareholder. Let's pop this up. Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison and his dad, Larry Ellison have been sued by a Paramount shareholder who alleges they cut an illegal deal with Donald Trump to secure US Government approval for the takeover of Warner Brothers. Discovery. Per the lawsuit, the Ellison's side deal with Trump included the opportunity to improperly funnel cash to the president by setting his legal claims against cnn, by settling his legal claims against cnn, as well as the alleged firing of CNN anchors whom Trump does not like. You know what this is? These are pussies. These are people that lie and cheat. They can't build their company without rigging it and doing a shakedown with the president and Donald Trump. Feelings hurt by a CNN anchor. You're the President of the United States, and a CNN anchor hurts your feelings like Jimmy Kimmel or Stephen Colbert does. These guys. I mean, this is a man who wears a full face of makeup every single day, is laser focused on his interior design projects, is in horrible health. And all of these men that have bank accounts and net worse, that could choke a bull, go and bend the knee. And just like you say, darling, once you start playing with him, you're stuck with him, you're stuck. And these guys are rich enough. They could have set it out. All right, listener, have you tried everything on the planet to lose weight and you feel stuck? Don't be so hard on yourself, because this summer it can be different. I want to introduce you to weight loss by hers. It is designed to support you in reaching your goals. They have access to an affordable range of FDA approved GLP1 medications and including the WeGov pill and the WeGov pen. And even better, with a range of affordable GLP1 options, hers makes it simple to find an approach that fits your needs and your budget. If eligible, you'll get a treatment plan personalized to you and unlimited dosage changes as needed. It's weight loss designed to work with your life listener. Are you ready to reach your goals? Visit for hers.ship to get personalized affordable care that gets you that's F O R H E R. Ihip weight loss by 4 hers is not available in all 50 states. WeGovy is the registered trademark of Novo Nordisk as to get started and learn more, including important safety information, WeGovy clinical study information and restrictions, visit for hers.com
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You see the common thread here is that Trump, it's almost like it's a hobby of his to see how many people he can totally bend, humiliate, humiliate and corrupt. And because every thread of every story that we've done just today has dealt with some in some way the Trump administration strong arming someone using using their power in a way to financially benefit themselves. This is no different. This is just basically, look, we'll squeeze this merger through with Paramount and Warner Brothers will do that. In exchange for, number one, we want you to settle the lawsuit against 60 Minutes for $16 million by the way, if you'll do that also, if you'll free up a bunch of money, millions of dollars in advertising. You know, he's got a. And of course, they're just agreeing to all of this stuff. There's no way that this merger would normally pass muster the way that it has without any scrutiny, unless everybody was told to turn the other cheek. There were DOJ lawyers that were wanting to raise issues about this that were told to stand down. You know, there's a whole antitrust division, the Department of Justice, that works on cases just like this to make sure that these mergers are fair and legal to the consumer, to the American people. Well, guess what? Nobody gives a about them. All we care about are profits and corporations and sidekicks and, you know, all the money kissing, ass kissing and funneling money here and funneling money there. And when are people going to wake up that. That's all this is. I mean, since we've covered these stories, it's just one grift after another grift. And you don't have to be intelligent to figure this out. Trump is making millions. I mean, I think a week or two ago is net worth, like, was in excess of $3 billion since he'd taken office. I mean, it's, it's, it's, it's right in front of our eyes. It's amazing.
Jennifer Welch
Don't worry, darling. They have JD Vance as fraud czar, and he's, he's getting right in on that. All right. And finally, our last story of the day. The Daily Beast is reporting about a new Peter Thiel lawsuit. Peter Thiel's bombshell private jet lawsuit revealed Peter Thiel's husband, Matt Denzensian, head of private investment at Teal Capital, is accused by a flight attend of assaulting her aboard Teal's private jet in July of 2024, allegedly injuring her ankle so badly she needed surgery and she, and he sued her first, which her lawyers call an attempt to weaponize the courts to silence her. Her federal counterclaim names both Danzian and Teal Capital and alleges at least two other flight attendants quit after similar treatment. And, you know, everybody knows that Peter Thiel, he is this really weird character. So he is a gay man and he is kind of like some weird sect evangelical. And he decided, Peter Thiel, that he doesn't think democracy is that great anymore. So a normal person would then put their name on the ballot and run and try to get elected and then invoke that change. Peter Thiel is a pimp and he just hires prostitutes. One of the prostitutes he hired was our frauds are J.D. vance. J.D. vance. Everybody saw him before he went to Peter Till's Silicon Valley. He was kind of sloppy, a little bit heavier, kind of said some normal things like Trump is America's Hitler. You know, which a four year old could say, I'm not giving him credit but because that's just as obvious as the day is long. Well, Peter th Till pays off, hires, hires J.D. vance. He goes out there and then comes back looking like he got queer eyed and talking like a Nazi. And so Peter Till has very dangerous plans for this country. So does it surprise me that his husband is slapping around flight attendants? Because these people think they're so entitled that they can probably treat somebody who they think is a job so beneath them as a flight attendant that they are to just service them. There's no respect or decorum. I mean this just, this is the way I think the whole lot of them all behave.
Co-host/Commentator
And it was on their shows how bad it must have been because this happened on their own private plane. Right? These were employees on his, his plane. So yeah, people like that, people that are so entitled, hypocritical, mean they're going to do and say whatever they want to. And this is just another example of that, of taking, you know, an action against someone like that, a flight attendant that's sort of serving at your mercy. And there's no doubt that, that people like that think that they can do pretty much anything they want to to this poor woman. So I hope that she gets her day in court. Have no doubt that he probably weaponized the court system. These, these Trumpers are so brazen about how they do things about I'll just sue her first. And that way it will, it will discredit any claims that she has. I'll just fuck with her first. And that's how they think they're diabolical. It makes perfect sense they would do that in this, in this instance, hopefully she gets her day in court and gets a judgment.
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Jennifer Welch
All right, that's all we have. Thanks for joining us, Josh. We'll be back later with more news.
Episode Title: Trump's Goon Crumbles Under Pressure As Hearing Turns To Chaos
Hosts: Jennifer Welch & Angie “Pumps” Sullivan
Date: July 16, 2026
In this episode, Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan deliver a spirited, comedic, and unapologetically progressive take on the latest political chaos. Primary topics include the federal government’s embrace of homeschooling, Amy Coney Barrett’s public recounting of Supreme Court security threats, legal drama involving Trump lawyers, the power dynamics between major law firms and Trump’s team, a bombshell lawsuit accusing the Ellisons of corrupt media deals, and a new sexual assault allegation involving Peter Thiel's inner circle. Throughout, the hosts critique the prevailing influence of right-wing power on American society, legal integrity, and the media, employing biting wit and heartfelt personal stories.
The tone is boldly progressive, irreverent, and at times biting—ranging from satirical jabs (“trickle down stupidity”) to heartfelt indictments of hypocrisy and corruption. The hosts rely on personal anecdote, legal analysis, and a throughline of dark humor to express frustration, solidarity, and urgency about ongoing democratic erosion.
For listeners wanting trenchant commentaries, sharp humor, and a progressive news fix, this episode delivers a lively and outraged breakdown of contemporary political dysfunction and the ongoing grift surrounding Trump’s orbit.