Is This the End for Ilhan Omar?

Summary

Ruthless Podcast – April 21, 2026
Episode: "Is This the End for Ilhan Omar?"
Hosts: Josh Holmes, Comfortably Smug, Michael Duncan, John Ashbrook

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Episode Overview

The Ruthless crew dives into the Ilhan Omar financial disclosure controversy, critiques Democratic theatricality, and lampoons the state of modern politics and media. The show mixes serious conservative analysis with a signature irreverent tone, poking fun at Democrats’ “performance politics,” generational warfare, and the latest viral moments on the right.

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Main Themes

• Ilhan Omar’s Financial Disclosure Scandal: The episode’s focal point is the revelation and reversal regarding Rep. Ilhan Omar’s alleged multimillion-dollar net worth, and the broader implications for her credibility and the state of congressional ethics.
• Democratic Party’s Shift Left and Its Theatrics: The hosts mock various "performance politics" moments, from political singing and dancing to Obama's continued influence and alliances.
• Generational Warfare: A humorous, sharply competitive breakdown of generational grievances (Boomers vs. Millennials vs. Gen X).
• Media Hypocrisy: Critiques of selective media coverage of Democrat scandals and the role of establishment journalism.
• Listener Engagement: Ongoing engagement with audience comments, questions, and generational “battle” merch updates.

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Detailed Breakdown & Notable Moments

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1. Ilhan Omar’s Financial Fiasco

[00:00 – 13:10 | [06:29] Main Segment Begins]

• Headline: Omar was reported to have $29+ million in assets. After a year of media coverage, her office claims it was a clerical error—assets now rest between $18,000 and $95,000.

• Discussion:

  • The hosts dissect the timeline, claiming the error was left uncorrected “for a year,” and question whether it was an innocent mistake or deliberate misrepresentation.
  • Michael Duncan [07:12] (quoting Rep. Tom Emmer):
    “She went from 65,000 net worth...to reporting over 30 million in net worth in just a few years. And guess what? Now she comes out and says, oh, that was a mistake on our disclosures...Not only should her accountant be fired, but that girl should be fired, and she does not deserve to be in Congress.”
  • Josh Holmes [09:39]:
    “It’s not like, oh, the accountant put like a comma in the wrong place. This is just like a simple filing mistake for over a year...Now you have two sources for that information. Then when everyone’s like, wait a minute, how did this lady get 30 mil on her hands? —That original website then gets scrubbed and it disappears.”
  • The conversation connects Omar’s finances to longstanding Republican claims about her immigration status, referencing allegations she married her brother for citizenship.
  • John Ashbrook [12:41]:
    “The money, where’s the money, Lebowski?”

• Memorable Quote:

  • Michael Duncan [10:33]:
    “If you were to make an error as grievous as representing a thousand-aire as a 30-millionaire, it would take you...30 seconds to march your ass down to the disclosure office and...revise.”
  • Smuggler [16:15]:
    “It should immediately disqualify her.”

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2. Immigration Fraud Allegations and the VP's Comments

[14:06]

• Latest Twist: The vice president and Stephen Miller are “looking at remedies” for Omar’s alleged immigration fraud—implying the accusation is not just rumor but accepted by the administration.
• Michael Duncan [15:13]:
  “...Now that we know that she's committed immigration fraud, how do you go after her? How do you investigate her?...It’s pretty definitive.”
• Hosts express incredulity at the lack of Democratic or media attention, noting that Omar dismisses all such questions as racism/bigotry.

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3. The Viral Trump Photo: A Moment of Levity

[03:30 – 06:16]

• A viral press photo of Trump and the comedic allusions made about its composition (comparisons to Renaissance art, “rule of thirds,” Trump’s “unique stance,” and humorous speculation on Pulitzer-worthiness).
• Michael Duncan [04:11]:
  “Honestly, it just looks like Trump’s got an eight foot rod.”

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4. The Democratic Party’s "Theater Kids" Era

[21:54 – 36:27]

• Obama & Zoran Mamdani: Hosts lampoon Barack Obama singing “Wheels on the Bus” with socialist NYC Councilman Mamdani, using it to argue that the Democratic Party has fully embraced the far left.

  • Josh Holmes [23:22]:
    “Obama Inc. Is still calling the shots for the Democrat Party writ large...He just gave [Mamdani] the blessing.”

• Mallory McMorrow’s Embarrassing Stage Moment:

  • Hosts play and ridicule a Michigan Dem’s awkward convention dance as a symptom of “theater kid” politics.
    Josh Holmes [29:40]:
    “There’s nothing quite as humiliating as watching a politician sort of dance in a pure, culturally relevant...Democrat thing.”

• Michigan Senate Primary – Hamas Endorsements:

  • The crew jokes about candidates in Dearborn, MI, competing for the “Hamas endorsement,” mocking the far-left drift.
    Smuggler [29:10]:
    “...Going after that Hamas endorsement out of Dearborn like it’s the auto workers.”

• On Party Moderation:

  • Michael Duncan [27:48]:
    “Maybe it’s as we have contended—there’s no such thing as a moderate Democrat. It’s just that you lie to people better...”

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5. Generational Warfare: Boomers, Gen X & Millennials

[38:13 – 47:02]

• Hosts read and comment on audience submissions debating which generation “had it harder”—a mix of jokes and personal stories, with snarkily affectionate shots at Gen X’s “ignored” reputation.
• Notable Quotes:
  • John Ashbrook [42:47]: “The Gen X comments were my favorite...the first latchkey generation in America, right? Raised on hose water and Bill Cosby.”
  • Josh Holmes [44:26]: “Your big problem, dude? Boomers were sent to Vietnam...the millennials are crying about it. And Gen X is like, you know, I had to open my house with my own key. Oh my god, how did you survive?”

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6. Media Bias and Selective Attention

[53:02 – 55:34]

• On Eric Swalwell’s Absence from Late Night Comedy:
  • Hosts eviscerate Kimmel and Colbert for never covering Democratic sex scandals, despite previously hyping Swalwell’s career.
  • Josh Holmes [54:03]: “Swalwell was just deleted from there. They just photoshopped him out. He’s just not in the photo with Stalin anymore.”

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7. Christiane Amanpour’s “Major” Blunder

[55:37 – 61:54]

• The panel lampoons CNN’s Christiane Amanpour for referencing a “Major” rank on her Gulf War dog tags as if it conferred military status.
  • Smuggler [60:52]: “When I was 7...the captain gave me a plastic set of wings...Under no circumstances did I think I was the cap[tain].”

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8. Miscellaneous Grievances and Viral Clips

• Airline Rants: Smug’s signature complaint about American Airlines’ CRJs and surly flight crews.
  Josh Holmes [65:27]: “The worst plane to be on is American Airlines CRJs...you’re like in a sardine can.”
• Mets “Cursed” by Electing Socialist Politics:
  After meeting socialist NYC Councilman Mamdani, the Mets go on a losing streak.
  Michael Duncan [70:57]: “New York Mets $500 million team has lost 10 games in a row after meeting Zoran Mamdani.”
• Virginia Redistricting Controversy:
  • Hosts break down Democrats’ $100M push to gerrymander Virginia congressional seats.
    Michael Duncan [51:34]: “It literally is the exact antithesis...of what you have campaigned on for six, eight long years...except for this one case.”

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• [07:12] Tom Emmer on Omar’s Finances:
  “Not only should her accountant be fired, but that girl should be fired, and she does not deserve to be in Congress.”
• [10:33] Michael Duncan on Disclosure ‘Mistakes’:
  “...it would take you all of about 30 seconds to march your ass down to the disclosure office...”
• [12:41] John Ashbrook:
  “Where’s the money, Lebowski?”
• [16:15] Smuggler:
  “It should immediately disqualify her.”
• [23:22] Josh Holmes:
  “Obama Inc. is still calling the shots for the Democrat Party writ large.”
• [29:40] Josh Holmes:
  “There’s nothing quite as humiliating as watching a politician dance...”
• [44:26] Josh Holmes:
  “Boomers were sent to Vietnam...Gen X is like, I had to open my house with my own key. Oh my god, how did you survive?”
• [54:03] Josh Holmes referencing the USSR:
  “Swalwell was just deleted...They photoshopped him out.”
• [60:52] Smuggler on Amanpour's Dog Tag:
  “...the captain gave me a plastic set of wings...I didn’t think I was the cap.”

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Key Sections by Timestamp

• [00:00 – 13:10] Ilhan Omar’s disclosure debacle and fraud accusations.
• [14:06 – 21:54] Immigration allegations, media escape, and VP’s stance.
• [21:54 – 36:27] Democrat theatrics: Obama, Mamdani, and embarrassing campaign antics.
• [38:13 – 47:02] Generational comment wars and merch updates.
• [47:02 – 52:44] Virginia redistricting controversy and Democratic contradictions.
• [53:02 – 55:34] Media's selective coverage of Democrat scandals.
• [55:37 – 61:54] CNN’s Amanpour and her "Major" faux pas.
• [65:09 – 69:42] Airline grievances: Smug on CRJs and American Airlines.
• [70:21 – 72:41] The New York Mets and the “Mamdani curse”.

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Episode Tone and Audience Appeal

Full of biting wit, relentless jabs at the left, and insider conservative takes, this episode blends policy, media critique, viral gaffes, and raucous generational drama. The Ruthless crew’s chemistry and irreverence make the podcast accessible and engaging, with humor layered atop serious skepticism about the current political and media landscape.

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For listeners who missed this episode:
You’ll get a comprehensive tour through the latest Omar controversy, harsh takes on Democratic foibles, and the most entertaining take on intergenerational and political absurdities you’ll find anywhere—along with the show’s trademark quotable snark and audience engagement.

Transcript

[Josh Holmes]

Ilhan Omer in particular has been someone who's made it their business to essentially do everything they can to destroy this country.

[Michael Duncan]

She filed a disclosure saying that she is worth and has assets in excess of $29 million. Now she's claiming that that was. It was untrue.

[John Ashbrook]

The amended disclosure confirms what we've said all along. The congresswoman is not a millionaire. It's like, well, what happened to Buddy, where's the money, Lebowski?

[Michael Duncan]

I mean, this is literally the dict definition of the end of the republic. If these kind of people have grip and control on the direction of this country and it's in every race, like

[Smuggler]

where there's smoke, there's fire, it should immediately disqualify her.

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[Michael Duncan]

Well, hello and welcome. Good Tuesday to all of you. A new intro, fellas.

[John Ashbrook]

Sharp.

[Michael Duncan]

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[Josh Holmes]

It's a good one.

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[Michael Duncan]

Yeah, yeah. It hits well. I mean, I'm receptive.

[John Ashbrook]

Usually I'm more humble, but I'll not.

[Michael Duncan]

Usually.

[John Ashbrook]

I'll enjoy this.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah, I know. I like it. It's a good. It's good work, Wolf. Wolf and the team, excellent work. I am Josh Holmes, along with comfortably smug Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook. Left to right, across your radio Dial. Fellas, before we get into it, we're going to talk about Ilhan Omar. There's. She was obviously big news for many times over the last few years. Huge news during the whole Somali fraud discussion. Something came out here over the weekend that I think is worth putting a fine point on. But before we do, this would not be the ruthless variety program if we didn't immediately talk about graphic one.

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[John Ashbrook]

yeah, our great president.

[Josh Holmes]

That was all over X all weekend.

[Michael Duncan]

So. And in case you all missed it, and if you're audio only, what we're talking about is a photo that was taken of our great president out in front of Air Force One doing a press avail of some kind. And someone thought that they would get a unique shot.

[Josh Holmes]

Yeah. The audio guy was like, I gotta get a boom mic to get a comment from his belt buckles.

[Michael Duncan]

Put it back up, put it back up. Can you imagine? And here's the funny part. Like, look at the expression on the people over there.

[John Ashbrook]

They're in awe.

[Michael Duncan]

They all seem to be looking towards the end of the boom mic to whatever is being administered at the end of the boom mic. And honestly, it just looks like Trump's got an eight foot rod.

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Yeah.

[John Ashbrook]

And they're all staring at it. If we're being honest.

[Michael Duncan]

How could they not? But also in admiration. I mean, put it, put it back up.

[Josh Holmes]

It is. I mean, who is the photographer who got this? Because they must have been just minting off of gang.

[Smuggler]

We could be looking at a Pulitzer.

[Michael Duncan]

Well, if there was anything to be said about prizes for photography, this would be a short lister. I mean, you know, there are, there are moments that we've seen over the years captured.

[Josh Holmes]

Yeah. I think 2024 was, when was it a New York Times photographer, I think, who caught the bullet midair flying past.

[Smuggler]

Right.

[Josh Holmes]

Trump's ear.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah. And I would say second to that is, is something you're looking at right here. This is. It tells a story without any words

[John Ashbrook]

and it's just framed very well because you've got Trump on one side alone. The boom mic sort of almost points your eyes back to the array of reporters on the opposite side. They call it photography, the rule of thirds or whatever.

[Michael Duncan]

That's right.

[John Ashbrook]

It brings to mind like famous Renaissance paintings, you know, where you've got all of those people sort of looking towards triptych. Yeah. Towards the main subject of the piece. It's just a great photo. It's a great photo.

[Michael Duncan]

Also unique stance out of the President.

[John Ashbrook]

It's a power stance there.

[Michael Duncan]

Like, you know, most Times when you see the president doing this, he, he's closed stance, he's got a, you know, sort of a, this particular. He's outside of your shoulder radius and almost a, you know, a near back brace type stance. And

[Josh Holmes]

incredible time.

[Michael Duncan]

It's the funniest picture, I think, ever had to start the program with that on Tuesday. You get that kind of content, you just can't leave it on the sidewalk. That's right. All right, so should we get into the fraud?

[John Ashbrook]

Yes.

[Michael Duncan]

All right, so, Elon Omar, you may recall that previous years, she's been worth basically nothing. A lot of questions about her immigration status, whether there was some familial stuff in there. And then all of a sudden, she married somebody and they went from, like, worth a bag of nickels to like, tens of millions of dollars. Well, they've reversed all of that. In their new report, Fox News has an article. Top House Republican rips Omar as a complete fraud amid financial disclosure controversy. Tom Emmer, good friend of the program, puts a fine point on it here in this clip.

[Guest or External Clip Speaker]

And by the way, when we talk about Ms. Omar, I mean, she went from 65,000 net worth that she was on her congressional disclosures to reporting over 30 million in net worth in just a few years. And guess what? Now she comes out and says, oh, that was a mistake on our disclosures. I just took a quick look at it and missed it. You know, not only should her accountant be fired, but that girl should be fired, and she does not deserve to be in Congress.

[Josh Holmes]

Okay, he's right.

[Michael Duncan]

All right.

[Josh Holmes]

Well, no, he is right 100%.

[Michael Duncan]

I mean, so what this is about primarily is that she has essentially absolved herself over the reporting, the official reporting. When you are a member of Congress, you need to file what's called a financial disclosure that lists all of your assets. And having been in that line of work for some time, when you're a chief of staff or a general counsel or whomever, you want to make sure that the outside, whoever the accountants or whatever are that are putting this together are absolutely locked down because you want no allegations of impropriety. And you want to make sure that the integrity of your office is locked in. And you want to honestly just build a system that ensures that nobody can claim at any form or fashion that you are, like, on the take or, or that you've made money off of your office or whatever. You spend an inordinate amount of time on that because, you know, the journal journalists, even when you're a Democrat, you know that the, the Journalists at some level will take notice of a massive change in net worth when you're a filed member of Congress because you're not supposed to have like just a whole bunch of other jobs and sources of income. They apparently, it's just, they just missed a couple of commas in hers. So Amber's all over this and he starts talking about it. He zeroed in specifically in the controversy surrounding this disclosure, which drew scrutiny after a filing appeared to dramatically overstate her net worth. Omar's office has denied that she's a millionaire. Recall, she filed a disclosure saying that she is worth and has assets in excess of $29 million. Now she's claiming that that was, it was untrue. Let it lie, by the way, for a year, right? With headlines.

[Josh Holmes]

And that's the thing is like, this is not as her office and she is trying to do like, oh, you know, it was just like a number in the wrong column kind of a filing error. Because recall, we had previously covered all the reports of how there was like, I believe her husband's asset management company listing all the assets that they have. Like, yeah, we've got like 30 million. Yeah, like that's where these numbers came from. It's not like, oh, the accountant put like comma in the wrong place. This is just like a simple filing mistake for over a year. And that website was up claiming these numbers, which is then put in her filing. So now you have two sources for that information. Then when everyone's like, wait a minute, how did this lady get 30 mil on her hands? That original website then gets scrubbed and it disappears. And now they're like, oh, also the filing, it was an error. Like where there's smoke, there's fire, but

[Michael Duncan]

also a year later. I mean, the timeline is not insignificant here in that I'm just telling you as a former chief of staff who had to sort of preside over these kind of things, if you were to make an error as grievous as representing a thousand air as a 30 million plus an heir, it would take you all of about 30 seconds to March your ass down to the disclosure office and be like, we've made, we have to do today.

[Smuggler]

We just do a revise.

[Michael Duncan]

But we do it today, right? And I, and I need that notice out. And then you send a press release out saying there was a major problem. We are revising all of that. They took a year of a bath on that story with everyone reporting that she's now worth 30 plus million dollars. It was a subject like Sunday shows were doing. It wasn't just like, I mean, it was like mainstream outlets were like, how the hell is this woman now worth $30 million? They took that story to the face for as long as they possibly could

[Smuggler]

and never replied by saying, you know what? There was a mistake made on that form. And we never once revising, never once

[Michael Duncan]

was there a statement out of the office saying that was a mistake. But now, evidently it is. And just to give you a refresher on it, an amended filing review by the Wall Street Journal shows that Omar and her husband's assets were between 18,000 and 95,000, a sharp drop from an earlier disclosure that estimated their holdings between 6 and $30 million.

[Josh Holmes]

And that's the other thing is, let's say we take them at their word now that the filing is actually an error, then why is he running a business claiming assets that he doesn't have? Is the fraud there?

[Michael Duncan]

So where's the fraud?

[Josh Holmes]

It seems like there's a fraud somewhere here.

[Michael Duncan]

Where did the money go?

[Josh Holmes]

Where is it?

[John Ashbrook]

Where did the money go? Right, like that has to be asked. And she's obviously not answering that question. They think it will suffice to say the amended disclosure confirms what we've said all along. The congresswoman is not a millionaire.

[Michael Duncan]

It's like, well, what happened?

[John Ashbrook]

The money, where's the money, Lebowski?

[Michael Duncan]

What we've said all along, all along and when we didn't dispute. Yeah, maybe it's in Mogadishu. Who knows, you know, I don't know. I mean, it seems like there's a rich history for her constituency.

[John Ashbrook]

Somebody, you know, check the closet at the leering center.

[Michael Duncan]

Fox News Digital previously reached out to Omar's office for additional comment on the matter. They didn't hear back, fellas. I'm shocked they didn't hear back.

[Josh Holmes]

This is, and this is one of those things of this should not just be like a, oh, you know, it's a story of the week kind of thing. And then. And then that's that. No, this needs to be hunted down. This needs to be figured out because Ilhan Omer in particular has been someone who's made it their business to essentially do everything they can to destroy this country. And this is not even opinion. You can take her own words when they translate, cuz she's done these campaign rallies where she's speaking only in Somali and says straight up, in Somalia that like, I consider my job as your representative to do everything I can support Somalia.

[John Ashbrook]

Perhaps those assets have been moved to a trusted person Maybe like a. A blood relative, somebody you might allegedly marry in order to get citizenship in the United States. Allegedly.

[Michael Duncan]

So our vice president has weighed in on this in the last couple of weeks, and according to Como News, is Como, is that Seattle, right? Yeah, I think it's a Seattle outlet

[Smuggler]

west of the Mississippi. You always know if it starts with a K, it's west of the Mississippi.

[Michael Duncan]

Oh, well, he.

[John Ashbrook]

Radio expert.

[Michael Duncan]

Yep. That is. It is. So he was talking about this immigration fraud component. We were talking about maybe a brother, maybe a husband, whatever. He said he's spoken with Stephen Miller as the vice president about potential legal action against the congresswoman. We're trying to look at what the remedies are. Vance said, that's the thing that we're trying to figure out is what are the legal remedies. Now that we know that she's committed immigration fraud, how do you go after her? How do you investigate her? How do you actually do the thing? How do you build a case necessary to get some justice for the American people? Which I find completely fascinating because it's pretty definitive.

[Josh Holmes]

Yep.

[Michael Duncan]

Up to this point, every discussion about her immigration status as it relates to the allegation that she married her brother in order to get legal status in this country has been like, well, this is the rumor people are talking about. People are. Many people are saying. But nobody's actually been like, no, this is the thing. But if you listen to J.D. vance, he says, what are the remedies to this? It's almost like they've already established that they got.

[Josh Holmes]

They got the facts right there, that they have it in hand, which it

[Michael Duncan]

seems to me, like, why. Why aren't they talk. I mean, that shouldn't be like on a Como News deal.

[Josh Holmes]

Exactly.

[Michael Duncan]

If the administration has actually come to the conclusion that she in fact committed immigration fraud and now represents her district in the United States Congress and proceeds to vote against anything in America's interest. Like, why are. Why is this not like, national news? Right.

[Smuggler]

It should immediately disqualify her. And I think the fact that she doesn't have an easy answer for this, which is like, no, that's not the case. Here's the proof. You know what I mean? And it's the same thing with not responding to the Fox News inquiry about her vast wealth, where she claims that she doesn't have that vast wealth. If it were a simple explanation, as it would be, if she were telling the truth, she would easily, or her press secretary would easily say there was a mistake made by an accountant and we've gone back and here's a paper that explains it.

[Josh Holmes]

Yeah, if I had to guess. So the problem here is probably that, like, okay, they have the evidence that Elhan Omar committed immigration fraud and they're trying to figure out a remedy. And the remedy has to take place when, like, Judge Boasberg is asleep, or else he'll be like, no, turn that plane around and return her to Congress and make her the speaker. And so we gotta listen to some like, you know, city council judge tell us what we can do in this country.

[Michael Duncan]

But this is not like some private citizen that you have a political dispute with, at which point it would be relatively responsible for the federal government to devote resources to try to prove a negative against somebody who is problematic for them. What you're talking about is a sitting member of Congress. That's the thing, you know, you're talking about somebody who actually has a vote, who has determined the outcome of directions in this country.

[Josh Holmes]

It's like, how can we get swallow's ass dealt with in like 72 hours? You're right. And not like, well, this person's a fraud and due to that fraud, they're not eligible to serve in Congress and should be out of here asap. That seems extremely pressing.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah, well, of course the Democrats are going to say anything about it, but. But what's interesting is for years and years, Republicans have maintained that this is in fact the case, that she does have an immigration fraud issue that has never really been dealt with. And what makes me most suspicious about the whole thing, and I know nothing about whether or not that's factual or not factual, what makes me suspicious is that she only answers it in terms of like, you're a bigot or you're a racist for asking the question.

[Josh Holmes]

We're over that. That doesn't work anymore.

[John Ashbrook]

It was the same thing when Nick Shirley did the undercover videos at the leering center and all those places in Minnesota. One of the first things they say is they cry racist.

[Smuggler]

Right?

[John Ashbrook]

I mean, that's how they obfuscate all of this. I think it's also worth noting. I think the reason why this story hasn't been tracked down from day one about the allegation she married her brother is, I think most of mainstre journalism and the liberals that occupy it hate our immigration laws. And so they're not like climbing over each other to break this story because they don't care.

[Josh Holmes]

It goes right back to, why does Nick Shirley have to do that?

[John Ashbrook]

Right.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah. I mean, I don't know. I was just I was struck by how definitive same the vice President's statements are.

[John Ashbrook]

Yeah.

[Michael Duncan]

You know what I mean?

[John Ashbrook]

It tells you something.

[Michael Duncan]

There's some wiggle room. Generally when you're dealing with this, Trump provides. I mean, he, you know, he does it with. A whole lot of. Many people are saying, but like, you know, it is what it is. He is just saying, basically, we're trying to look what the remedies are. We've already established, in other words, that this is in fact the case. We're trying to figure out what you do about it.

[Josh Holmes]

I would love to see Stephen Miller's citizens arrest in the Capitol. Can we get that? That would be a remedy.

[John Ashbrook]

Maybe you could get like the sergeant of arms to like, not allow her on the floor. Like, there's this paper, it's in question.

[Josh Holmes]

Just Stephen Miller handcuffs, but frog marches are straight to the plane.

[Michael Duncan]

But also for a largely irrelevant member of Congress, what a lot. I mean, there's just a lot of stuff. I'm $30 million. I'm not. I married my brother. I didn't. I don't have any answers for any of it. But like, ba ba da ba ba. We're moving on and then just continues. She's a guest on every Sunday show. It's like, oh, for another perspective, let's go to this psycho from Somalia. You know what I mean? Like, I just can't. It's hard to just wrap your mind around it. But anyway, we come back. You know, one of our favorite things here on the Variety program is when Democrats get theatrical with things. Singing, dancing, entertaining. They're just such dorks that it's just you have to take a moment to sort of marvel over it. We have clips, some good things to react to right after this.

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[Michael Duncan]

Okay, so look, we've gone through the better part of a year where Democrats have tried to pretend as though Abigail Spanberger is sort of their model, which is the lie to your face model, and then do Zoran Mamdani stuff. And Zoran Mamdani, the mayor of New York City is an outlier in that he, you know, he's representing very liberal place. So you can be a little bit, bit more liberal. It's not indicative of the party as a whole. Clip 2. So that is former President Barack Obama with Zoran Mamdani singing Wheels on the Bus to a bunch of children. God bless this children. I hope that they were not too much indoctrinated by what it is that they were around. I feel like that's borderline child abuse in some ways dealing with those two in the same room. But I do think it ties the knot in a lot of ways and that this is the Democrat we've said forever. It's not. There's no such thing as a moderate Democrat. I don't care from where you come in the Democratic Party, Obama wing, Mamdani wing wheels in the bus.

[Josh Holmes]

That's the thing is I think you introing this with Abigail Spamberger was the perfect way to do it because the through line through that is Obama. And to this day, Obama Inc. Is still calling the shots for the Democrat Party writ large. Eric Holder's bag man. Everybody knows this. When you see Obama there with Mamdani, it gets rid of that whole farce that they've been trying to push of like. Well, Mamdani's just like this outlier. You know, it's like a New York City marathon. That's not who a party is. He just got the like, you know, Obama just gave him the blessing. He's showing up first with him. Who is in the ads for Abigail Spamberger's redistricting Virginia. It's Obama because it's the Obama seal of approval still works. People are still tricked into believing, oh, that's just like moderate Obama. He's showing you right there.

[Michael Duncan]

That's it.

[John Ashbrook]

I'm kind of shocked that socialist Bom Doni would appear with a president that deported so many illegal immigrants.

[Smuggler]

That's a great point.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah, it's worth thinking about.

[Josh Holmes]

There might be some like continental unity. You know, you got a Ugandan and a Kenyan and they decided they can work together on things.

[John Ashbrook]

That's right.

[Michael Duncan]

Do you think there were a lot of members of the press that asked whether Mamdani agreed with Barack Obama's deportation policy, drone strikes.

[Josh Holmes]

You know, there's a lot of things that the Dems are talking about these days.

[Michael Duncan]

Think there was any wedge questions that were asked?

[Josh Holmes]

No, that's the thing is, you know, for old heads or older folks among our audience, you'll remember the Journeau list, which, when it got revealed when Obama was running, there were journalists who had this, like, listserv group where they were straight up just working together to elect him openly. Being like, no, you shouldn't go with this angle because that'd be hurtful to Obama. They wanted to make sure they protected and helped elect Obama. That just still exists. And there's no need for the journalists because now that's just ingrained.

[Smuggler]

It's called bluesky.com?

[Josh Holmes]

yeah. Yeah, pretty much. And the fact that you have Obama appear with him at the same time that the redistricting, the voting is underway, is it not in Virginia today?

[John Ashbrook]

Today we're about to get to that.

[Josh Holmes]

And it doesn't matter because he's still shield. Like, you're not going to see on abc, NBC, cnn. They're not gonna be like, isn't it odd that Obama's showing up with Mamdani? Like, is this a. Has the torch been passed? Is this an acceptance of, like, the radical. Because there's nothing close to centrism on what Mamdani is doing. The people he's appointed, the policies they're putting in place, setting up socialist grocery stores, doing. They're trying to fix the real estate problem, which is people owning real estate. And he appoints these, like, communists from Elizabeth Warren's office who, when they get called out that, what, your parents own, like 10 million in real estate, they cry.

[John Ashbrook]

It does tell you everything.

[Josh Holmes]

Yeah. They're these spoiled brats who are trying to cosplay Stalin socialism.

[John Ashbrook]

It tells you everything about how far left the Democrat Party has moved over these past couple decades that Barack Obama comes on the scene and he's got that famous convention speech about how there's no red states, there's no blue states, just the United States of America. Right. And then, like, think about the way Mamdani and the party today views Republicans.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah.

[John Ashbrook]

You know what I mean?

[Michael Duncan]

Oh, totally. I mean, it's just a complete divorce from the way that Obama attempted to portray himself coming onto the scene. But I do find it interesting in that, from a journalist intrigue point of view, there's not a single Republican anywhere in Congress or anywhere in politics that hasn't had to answer a question about like Tucker Carlson. Right, Right.

[John Ashbrook]

Or did you see the President's tweet?

[Michael Duncan]

You know, but here we're dealing with somebody who very clearly is the last and only star power and uniting force within the Democratic Party in a former two term President of the United States and Barack Obama. And he can in one point at the same exact time be starring in ads to try to turn a 6, 5 congressional delegation into a 10 one under the guise of moderacy and fairness. At the same time, he's singing Wheels on the Fucking Bus with Zoran Mamdani and neither one of them have to answer a question about it like which one is it? Because it is one or the other.

[Josh Holmes]

Right.

[Michael Duncan]

Maybe it's as we have contended, there's no such thing as a moderate Democrat. It's just that you lie to people better than somebody else feels like they can lie to somebody. Or Zoram Mandani's case, you didn't really need to lie. You can just tell them exactly what it is that you're attempting to do. In Abigail Spamberger's case, you gotta like, listen, we're not gonna do any of that crazy stuff. And then you do the crazy stuff after they vote for you. But that's it. That's basically the modern Democratic Party and Barack Obama is the hub with all the spokes that go around that wheel. I mean that's, it's Wheels on the bus. Wheels on the bus. Just an amazing thing. Well, he's not alone in terms of theatrical performances. Mallory McMorrow, you followed this gal. A Democrat is going to lose a primary to Hamas? I think probably. You think so in Michigan? Well, a real surge for Hamas. Yeah, they're doing well in the state of Michigan.

[Josh Holmes]

They've got a great turnout operation in that state. I mean, you know, they've done a great job, well organized. They get boots on the ground.

[Smuggler]

She might, she might, she might win the primary because of Hamas. You know, these Democrats are going after that Hamas endorsement out of Dearborn like it's the auto workers.

[Michael Duncan]

It's true. Well, she got on stage and decided to do her own sort of like crowd work. Clip 3. So this is a Michigan Democratic Party convention where she is doing a. There's nothing quite as humiliating as watching a politician sort of like dance in a pure, culturally relevant.

[Josh Holmes]

So I, I think, I think the thing is there's a lot of politicians who actually can't dance. I, I think there's a lot of normal politicians. I mean, For God. After Trump won, you saw every college and NFL player hit the end zone and do the Trump dance. It's a Democrat thing of like the theater kid. This is another symptom of the theater kid thing of where they, they think they're being kind of like tongue in cheek, cutesy dancing like a dork. And it's, there's nothing cute or cool about it. You just look like a, like an idiot. Yeah. Like you're not gaining any votes there. The best part for me of the video for this is another reason why you should subscribe to YouTube and watch on the YouTube is the dude who just puts the like Abdul for Senate sign in her face when she's trying to dance.

[Michael Duncan]

That's the.

[Josh Holmes]

There's your answer.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah, that's the Hamas candidate. See, there it is. There it is. Look at her. She's. She's working it. These guys are doing their thing.

[Josh Holmes]

No, it's a dual.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah, right, Right up there. So it's a three way primary. The other candidate that's involved in this Michigan situation is Haley Stevens. Sort of, I would say more of the Chuck Schumer candidate.

[Smuggler]

Yeah, that's probably.

[Josh Holmes]

Boy, it's a tough time for the Chuck Schumer candidates. Yeah.

[Michael Duncan]

I mean, they're getting absolutely decimated. Nobody wants.

[John Ashbrook]

The clips of Haley Stevens have just been horrible because she's so awkward.

[Josh Holmes]

Yeah.

[Michael Duncan]

You know, but also she's carrying the weight of being the Chuck Schumer candidate, which is like maybe the most unpopular thing in Democratic politics these days. So she's got her own, you know, thing. They've got to go show up at the same event. How does it go for clip 7?

[Josh Holmes]

Thank you, my friends. I'm standing up here. Michigan Democrats. I'm standing up here with my friends.

[John Ashbrook]

Dude.

[Michael Duncan]

Whoa.

[Josh Holmes]

That's awesome.

[Michael Duncan]

Can't even talk.

[Josh Holmes]

Standing up here with my friends from UNITE Here who have endorsed my campaign.

[John Ashbrook]

Oh my gosh.

[Josh Holmes]

Did that guy in the. The crowd shout, who's the leader? It's like that feels like that's the acid test. Because like for the progressive wing, they're like, I. They will not support anyone who will.

[Michael Duncan]

Who'll.

[Josh Holmes]

Who'll allow Chuck Schumer to be leader again?

[Michael Duncan]

They won't.

[Josh Holmes]

They're pissed about that Seems to be the.

[Smuggler]

Unless she responded with the name Soleimani.

[Josh Holmes]

Yeah.

[Smuggler]

She would not have been applauded. That's Michigan.

[Josh Holmes]

You have to say Machad Bar.

[John Ashbrook]

You know, you know my favorite part of that. Yeah, my favorite part of that clip. And this is. You'll See, a lot of politicians do this. She can immediately hear the booze. And so the first introduction she makes is, I'm on stage with my grandson.

[Michael Duncan]

Oh, yeah.

[Josh Holmes]

No, no. Is that what she said?

[John Ashbrook]

Yeah. Think. Let's play it again.

[Josh Holmes]

I think she said, I'm here with my friends.

[John Ashbrook]

No, listen to it. Thank you.

[Josh Holmes]

Thank you, my friends. I'm standing up here, grandson. Dude, she's. She's not grandkids.

[John Ashbrook]

Oh, yeah.

[Josh Holmes]

Sons me. Who's leader? Tell me who's leader, Dude, Tell me who's leader.

[John Ashbrook]

Who's leader? So not her grandson. She says herself, big daddy, you better say the name.

[Josh Holmes]

But her cardboard leader, her whole instinct

[Michael Duncan]

is like, I got to deflect this.

[Josh Holmes]

Oh, yeah.

[Michael Duncan]

I got Unite 19 up here. Unite. Everybody loves Unite 19. Right? And everybody's like, whoa, Right? We hate you.

[Josh Holmes]

They're part of Arabella.

[John Ashbrook]

Don't you know?

[Michael Duncan]

Oh, my God, it's just incredible. Listen, things are not well.

[Josh Holmes]

And I think, you know, beyond the hilarity of her getting owned on stage is just what you had said is like, clearly, she's the Chuck Schumer candidate. And this is the welcome that they get. The left, there is no moderate Democrat. We've told you this. But it's not like they took the lesson from 2024 of, like, damn, like, every American thinks we're way too far left. We're weird. They're not with us on the, like, women and men's or the men and women's sports. They're not with transient kids or anything like that. Their lesson was, we gotta go further to the left, and it's Democrats on Democrat violence of, like, we want you to know and send back the message to Chuck Schumer that. Further left, way further left. And you're seeing it right in front of you.

[Michael Duncan]

God, totally. And look, I understand from a Republican perspective, like, maybe some of the things that you aren't. That you feel strongly about have not gotten done. You're not feeling great about the status of your party. It is worth a reminder that this is your alternative here. It's like, oh, I'm so mad, I'm just going to pop a cyanide capsule. I mean, this is literally the dictionary definition of the end of the republic. If these kind of people have grip and control on the direction of this country and it's in every race, I mean, we just show you. This is just clips that have popped across our radar. You can go anywhere in America right now and walk into a Democratic rally, and it's like, Hamas.

[John Ashbrook]

Yeah.

[Michael Duncan]

And like, you know, the most psychotic amongst us people you wouldn't even dream of letting watch your children.

[Josh Holmes]

Obama appearing with Mamdani is like the most milquetoast of all of this. Like, you're seeing this, that Senate candidate Abdul was out campaigning with Hasan Piker. Like, these Senate candidates on the Democrat side are campaigning with Hasan Piker. Every day you're hearing stories about they have one with a Nazi tattoo who's like, I would like to now also apologize for the following 10 things. It's like his daily press conference of like, I also did this shit.

[John Ashbrook]

And it's easy to mock them, but these people are deadly serious about what they actually do if they get into power. I was just seeing Carville, who's usually a pretty moderating voice within the Democratic Party, focus on the economy, all this forget the culture war stuff. And what is he saying? He's saying, when Democrats take control of the Senate, we're gonna pack the supreme court, we're adding D.C. and Puerto Rico as states, so we have four more reliable Democrat senators, and we're gonna remake this country. I mean, they tell you that.

[Josh Holmes]

And there's a lot to be said about that. The fact that now it's really starting to gain steam again and being openly discussed. The court packing thing. Yeah. And adding D.C. and Puerto Rico. I really feel like a lot of Dems across this country are watching the Virginia redistricting to be like, if that's feasible. Let's go.

[Michael Duncan]

I totally agree. I absolutely agree. We're gonna talk more about that in a minute. But it leads us to our question of the day. When you like and subscribe to the Ruthless Variety program and do that now. Please, like subscribe and leave a comment for our question of the day. Our question of the day is what's your favorite Democrat humiliating themselves moment. We play a lot of them here on the Ruthless Friday program. Some have escaped our memory. Probably not yours. Put them on in the comments when you do. We read absolutely all of them. Get back to the very next episode. Like, subscribe, Add your comment. What's your favorite Democrat humiliating themselves? When we come back, your comments from last episode where we asked. We had a generational war here on the program. It was boomers and millennials. Real standoff on the Internet. I mean, it's been something to behold here over the last couple of years. We got into it and asked you for your responses, your comments, which are great. Right after this. It's a good thing that you in the audience are not subjected to the between break Commentary here in the Ruthless Friday program. I feel like it would be the end of our show relatively quickly. Thank you, Smuggler, for your entertainment. Remember, when you like and subscribe to the Ruthless Variety Program, you leave your comment. We read absolutely all of them. Like, subscribe. Leave your comment. Who had it worse, Boomers or millennials? And I think we've got this organized in a way where we're representative of each generation, not just the comments. Normally we look for either insight, hilarity. But there's some representation also in this because it is a real standoff. We sold some shirts, and so, you know, you like to come to a consensus on who's winning this battle. To do that, we always start with the voice.

[Smuggler]

Okay, first one comes from Selena. Selena writes, do kids even do chores to learn the value of a buck? Do they babysit and do yard work to earn a few dollars? We worked full time while going to college. Full time. Our college loans were paid while we were in college in zero balance when we graduated. Hmm. That was from Selena, old man. I feel like that's right back in your kitchen, pal.

[Michael Duncan]

Okay.

[Smuggler]

She took it to Michael Duncan in the best way possible.

[Michael Duncan]

Selena, she. Hot fire.

[Smuggler]

Hot fire. I don't think he can even respond. He can't even think of anything to say.

[John Ashbrook]

I gotta say, he lost. You know what was interesting in reading all these comments, and we're not joking, we actually do read.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah, we do.

[John Ashbrook]

All of the comments is the boomers who are, like, giving me life advice. Like, I'm just representing my generation. I don't. I don't need. I don't need to learn from you how I need to save money.

[Josh Holmes]

Can I say something?

[John Ashbrook]

I'm doing really well.

[Josh Holmes]

I am always open to have advice from people who've been there. It's like

[Smuggler]

you have to listen for

[John Ashbrook]

all the young, just the shameless, for

[Josh Holmes]

all the younger people listening.

[John Ashbrook]

So shameless.

[Josh Holmes]

This is a difficult lesson I had to learn is learn to take advice. When you're young, you think you're the smartest person in the world. You think you've got all the answers. Every dumb kid did. But if you actually sit and listen to the people who've been there and done that, you can save all the grief of having to go make the same mistakes. That's why they're telling you this advice.

[John Ashbrook]

That is Academy Awards winning.

[Michael Duncan]

The most placated statement, maybe the history of our program.

[John Ashbrook]

Right?

[Michael Duncan]

Well, there's other responses. Duncan, what do we got?

[John Ashbrook]

This from Sarah Bousfield. Sarah writes, Generation Jones, born 1955-1964 here. I didn't know. Is this one of those?

[Smuggler]

It's a tweener generation.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah. It's like, I would imagine there is a early silent generation, generation of kids that we're talking about.

[Josh Holmes]

I think that's Ashbrooke silent. That was like 1910s, the talkies.

[John Ashbrook]

Anyway, Sarah continues, I relate more to Gen X than boomers. I have millennial kids. I have to go with millennials. Wow.

[Smuggler]

Shock.

[John Ashbrook]

I owned a house at age 25, paid for college. Only one of my boys has a home and a ton of college debt. Job security doesn't exist. Both my boys have gone through layoffs with no jobs to be found. I'm retired with a pension, feeling blessed.

[Michael Duncan]

Interesting. So, a counterpoint there, Ashbrook.

[John Ashbrook]

Do you have a response to that, or are you speechless?

[Smuggler]

No, I think Sarah is very smart.

[John Ashbrook]

I think Sarah is identifying that maybe college is more expensive than when you,

[Michael Duncan]

Selena, went there and perhaps homes were more affordable.

[John Ashbrook]

It's just food for thought. Food for thought.

[Michael Duncan]

Something to think about.

[Smuggler]

College is outrageously expensive.

[Michael Duncan]

Something to think about. All right, Smuggles, what do we got for comment 3?

[Josh Holmes]

Comment 3 is from Steve Coadangelo. They write, I reject your question. The generation that has had it the toughest is Gen X. First of all, we are constantly forgotten, as evidenced by the question. Second, the boomers keep hanging around, protecting their own interests and jobs at the expense of the Xers. We also have to hear about the whining from the millennials about how bad they have it, but yet are more about living their best life. Their stress, their feelings, etc. But don't you worry about us Xers. We'll keep being independent and working like dogs, under the radar while no one is watching, while listening to everyone else's perceived problems. Love your podcast. And you gentlemen, keep on rolling. Can I say something about Gen X? So Gen X somehow has come up with this idea of, like, no one ever talks about us. We're Gen X. That's how you always introduce yourself to every discussion. You know what I mean? It'd be like, how do you know someone's a Gen Xer? Because that's the first damn thing they tell you. It's like, you know, you're at a cocktail party, everyone's having a nice drink. Did you know I'm a Gen Xer? No one pays attention to us. Where have I heard this one before? You know what I mean? The question of the day is, like, who's had it tougher, Millennials or Boomers? And then someone, a Gen Xer says, Gen X, it's like, dude, most surprising

[Michael Duncan]

response, I'll be honest. Like, and I read all of these. I found just eternal. The.

[John Ashbrook]

The Gen X comments were my favorite comments.

[Michael Duncan]

They were so fun because. Because it was such a typical Gen X comment. And it's not what you're saying that they led with. Like, Gen Xers are actually renowned for not being the people that everybody's talking about.

[Josh Holmes]

Their identity is based on being ignored, and they constantly bring that up. It's not true.

[John Ashbrook]

Gen X has exactly accepted it.

[Josh Holmes]

So, like, all the comments.

[John Ashbrook]

Because all the comments were like, no surprise we're left out of this once again. Doesn't bother us.

[Josh Holmes]

That's also, like, the thing is, like, they. They. They create this fake narrative that they're like, no one ever talks about.

[John Ashbrook]

He's just making it up.

[Josh Holmes]

They really. I don't know what they really were. Like, no one talks about us. You never hear them talk.

[John Ashbrook]

I don't know if it. What's more offensive to me, the slander about Gen X or.

[Josh Holmes]

Or the.

[John Ashbrook]

The shameless pandering to the boomers.

[Josh Holmes]

Yeah.

[Smuggler]

I don't know.

[Josh Holmes]

We love all of you either way.

[Michael Duncan]

What is the most H was how indicative the Gen X comments were to Gen X. And then basically, like, it boils down to the first latchkey generation in America, right? Where they were raised on, like, Hosewater and Bill Cosby, right? And it's like, yeah, we. I mean, we were forgotten pretty much all. And you guys are whining about you. Fuck you. I mean, I was like, basically, if you could summarize it, that was the tone and tenor of almost all the Gen X Con. And there is immediate generational warfare between the boomers and the millennials, like, ready to go oppo boppo on both, right? They're like, no, here are the stats.

[John Ashbrook]

Here are the receipts.

[Michael Duncan]

You guys suck for all this. And Gen X is me. Like, you all.

[John Ashbrook]

It's.

[Michael Duncan]

It's true.

[Josh Holmes]

I think.

[John Ashbrook]

I think the millennials could win this generational war if we arm the moderate Gen Xers on the ground.

[Michael Duncan]

You might be right about that.

[John Ashbrook]

Yeah.

[Josh Holmes]

Seeing the Gen X comments where they're like, we were the first latchkey kids. And it's like, dude, that's your. That's your angst. Your. That's your big problem, dude. The boomers were sent to Vietnam. We had, like, a volunteer army for the millennials. The boomers didn't have a choice. They went and they fought communists in the jungle, and then they built this country into what it is today, and they handed it off to us, and then the millennials are crying about it. It's the craziest situation. And Gen X is like, you know, I had to open the key to my house with my own key. Oh, my God. How did you survive? How did you manage?

[John Ashbrook]

That's funny.

[Josh Holmes]

Is that true? You actually survived that?

[Michael Duncan]

I feel like. I feel like smug in a war of attrition here. Just got to the negative side of the ledger and that he's adopted two generations to hate that are core listeners to this. You know what I mean? Like, he now hates millennials and Gen X.

[John Ashbrook]

He traded all for the boomers to love him. That's all he wants in life.

[Michael Duncan]

He's gonna have to start pumping Alpha.

[Josh Holmes]

I am spiritually a boomer. That's the thing. There's no generation who I can so relate to. They just love hard work and having a good time.

[Michael Duncan]

Just alienating, just alienating.

[Josh Holmes]

They're the best people.

[Michael Duncan]

Alienating our audience.

[Josh Holmes]

I love it.

[Michael Duncan]

All right, so remember, graphic four, if you can pop this thing up, these are the shirts that we sold Blame a Boomer or Thank a Boomer. And this was a part of the debate that we had. And so far, it seems like the blame. Well, chart showing. Let's put graphic five.

[Josh Holmes]

There it is.

[Michael Duncan]

There it is. So the Thank a boomer right now in terms of purchases online is winning 65%.

[Josh Holmes]

To blame a boomer at 35%. And I think, you know, after, maybe

[Michael Duncan]

it's like a boomer they got on Social Security. It's like the after.

[Josh Holmes]

Think a boomer wins convincingly. We should just get rid of the blame a one boomer shirt because, like, that could give people the wrong idea. Like, there's no more need to target boomers. You know what I mean? Like, that could give people the wrong idea. The most aggrieved.

[Michael Duncan]

The most aggrieved.

[John Ashbrook]

The baby boomers.

[Michael Duncan]

Just make a third shirt. That's hose water and Cosby. Go yourself, Gen X. We're full of ideas here. Well, thank you for participating in that. Those shirts are still on sale, and we do honestly find great humor and all of this. All of you make incredibly impassioned defenses of your own generation. And I honestly, I had the time of my life reading all of them over the weekend, regardless of which generation.

[Josh Holmes]

We were texting back and forth.

[Michael Duncan]

So we were texting. It was fantastic. It was really great stuff. All right, so we need to talk a little bit about this. It's election day in Virginia. And we've talked the last couple of weeks about how significant this redistricting attempt is to take a 65 Democratic Republican breakdown, delegation, make it 10 1. It's beyond the pale in any form or fashion, but Democrats think that they can just go do basically anything when they have the votes. Particularly when you're talking about an off year type vote where you don't have to deal with a Donald Trump constituency. I think you can sneak one by the goalie. Well, Senator Kaine, Tim Kaine might remember him. He ran for vice president not too long ago. Not that anybody fucking remembers. Because he's like, he's even less interesting than, than walls in many ways. But you know, he was there at one point. Well, he's got some. I would say he's showing a little skirt here. Showing a little leg on that skirt clip for when.

[News Reporter]

Listen, let's talk about the last vote there in Virginia, the presidential vote. Vice President Kamala Harris won by about 5 percentage points. So this state is relatively split with a left lean. But 90% of House members from Virginia being from one party.

[Guest or External Clip Speaker]

90% of Virginians are not Democrats. That's true, but about 100% of Virginians want election results to be respected. We're deeply worried that Donald Trump will try to interfere with the election results this November or in 2028, because we saw him do it before and we have to have a Congress that will stand up to it. In 2021, all five Republicans in Virginia went along with Donald Trump in his effort to overturn election results. And so we're giving Virginians a chance to vote, which Republican states have not done about whether they want to have a congressional delegation that will stand up against Donald Trump's tyranny.

[Michael Duncan]

Did you hear that? Like, what are we even talking about?

[Josh Holmes]

We just openly lying.

[John Ashbrook]

We need a 101 map to stop tyranny.

[Michael Duncan]

I mean, the important part of demise, you have no democratic representation.

[John Ashbrook]

Just eliminate it and then we can get to the hard work of you, the people.

[Michael Duncan]

As long as our democratically elected representatives do not, in fact, exercise democracy, we're in good shape. Otherwise problematic. In some ways. They might side with Donald Trump, for crying out loud.

[Josh Holmes]

You know, the thing is, is I wonder how much do they see like polling or focus groups that tell them to keep rolling with this like, democracy message? Because we saw it get smoked repeatedly. Like in 2024.

[John Ashbrook]

It's a base turnout thing. So. So Holmes is right. It's 100% a base turnout thing. If you look a lot of the absentee in early vote in Virginia thus far, it's all the. The red strongholds that are showing up. They're counting on strong election day turnout today from those Northern Virginia suburb areas with a lot of base voters who are animated by a pro democracy anything

[Michael Duncan]

Donald Trump, quote, they will destroy whatever resemblance of democracy is left if it means that the end result is another notch on the belt of taking one to Donald Trump.

[Smuggler]

Yeah. And Democrats want this power so much, they've spent $100 million on advertising to get it.

[Josh Holmes]

More than they spent on Spanberger's race. I've heard more than they spent on the governor's race, they spent on this.

[Smuggler]

That's right.

[Josh Holmes]

Which tells you what their priority is. They're like, power, power. That's it.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah.

[Smuggler]

It's all they care about. And that's compared to Republicans who have spent about $20 million on their effort. But if you look at the polling and you look at the early vote, like Michael has said, this is actually very close. There is a chance that no wins this referendum. And I was driving through rural Virginia over last weekend, I saw a lot of signs that said, vote no, do not Fairfax, our county. You know, because these are people who do not want to be represented by some NGO consultant in Fairfax County. They want to be represented by somebody who they know from their own part of the state. And so not that yard signs mean everything, but I haven't seen a whole lot of yes signs in Northern Virginia.

[Michael Duncan]

No. To the extent that they come out and vote for it, I think it's in large part. It'd be pretty quiet. It's humiliating.

[Josh Holmes]

That's the thing.

[Michael Duncan]

I mean, if you're a Democrat, you're gonna vote yes on this deal, but you don't want to talk about it.

[John Ashbrook]

I'm going to be shameful about it.

[Michael Duncan]

I mean, it literally is the exact antithesis, opposite message of what it is that you have campaigned on for six, eight long years. It's like, no, democracy, democracy, people, Democracy, democracy. And it's like, well, except for this one case.

[Josh Holmes]

And that's why I think this is such.

[Smuggler]

We need the power.

[Josh Holmes]

I think that's why this is such an instructive and important example, is all that shit was a lie. All of it never was about that. Democracy has no meaning to them except for. It should just be translated as Trump bad. That's the message. We don't care about ethics. We don't care about disenfranchising voters. This isn't about fairness or anything. What this is about is we Saw we got smoked in an election.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah.

[Josh Holmes]

We told you guys for years, accept the election results. And they're not going to. They're not going to. They learned what happens when there's a fair and free election. They get smoked. And so now they will openly rob their neighbor's voice. And that's why you don't see signs in their yards. Because they are ashamed. Because they know they're cowards and liars and thieves.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah. No, I mean, look, it's true. It's gotta be a pretty humbling experience. Although they will show no humility.

[Smuggler]

Well put.

[John Ashbrook]

Smug.

[Michael Duncan]

Whatsoever. All right, so our friends over at Breitbart had an interesting observation. Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert, you know, those noteworthy comedians, make us laugh every night.

[John Ashbrook]

Well, they cover stuff that's topical.

[Josh Holmes]

Yeah.

[John Ashbrook]

Recent stuff in the news, scandalous things, newsworthy things, funny things, ironic things.

[Michael Duncan]

Well, what do you think that they did for Eric Swalwell?

[Smuggler]

Surely they talked about it, because it's.

[Michael Duncan]

I mean, there's no easier comedic button to push than somebody who's got a sex scandal many times over who represented themselves as a champion of women. Right.

[John Ashbrook]

Normally, these guys really got their finger on the pulse.

[Michael Duncan]

That's the kind of hypocrisy that is well worth poking fun at. Well, that's the case according to Breitbart. Neither far left late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel nor Stephen Colbert have mentioned the resignation of disgraced Democrat Eric Swalwell.

[Smuggler]

You're kidding.

[Michael Duncan]

In their monologues, despite showing big support for him in the congressman's before the scandals drove him out. They're both residents of California, and it's

[Josh Holmes]

beyond, I want to say, it was

[Michael Duncan]

happening in their fucking backyard.

[Josh Holmes]

It was on Kimmel's show that Swal announced his run for president, and it was on Colbert show that he announced his run for governor. And like, to not mention it at all is incredible.

[Michael Duncan]

Completely amazing. Right. It just goes to show, like, Brandon Carr's got that thing figured out, you know, and they're. Look, they're making changes. There's a long tail at the end of the year. At least Colbert's gone. I think Kimmel's gone, too.

[Josh Holmes]

Or is he? I think. I think his contract's ending, too.

[John Ashbrook]

Yeah, but it's proof, like, it's not a Democrat party anymore. It's like the communists, you know, and like the old ussr.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah.

[John Ashbrook]

You didn't go away. You were disappeared.

[Josh Holmes]

Exactly.

[Smuggler]

Yeah.

[Josh Holmes]

Swallow was just deleted from there. They just photoshopped him out.

[John Ashbrook]

He's just not in the photo with Stalin anymore.

[Josh Holmes]

Yep.

[Michael Duncan]

It's so true.

[Josh Holmes]

That's great.

[Michael Duncan]

So true. Media Research center noted that Swalwell is a frequent guest on left wing television, appearing on Ms. Now 26 times, CNN 24 times.

[Smuggler]

Wow.

[Michael Duncan]

Neither outlet ever press. Swell. Swell well at all.

[Josh Holmes]

And that's just this year. 26 and 24. Just this year.

[Michael Duncan]

Just this year.

[Josh Holmes]

April. I mean, it's just, he's just there all the time.

[Smuggler]

So he was going for 100 on each network.

[John Ashbrook]

Yeah, he's just being on TV and sexually harassing people. That's like all he did all year.

[Michael Duncan]

Well, I set up Fox the other day. It was like well noted that the, you know, second most dangerous place in D.C. was between Swalwell and a television camera. Little did we know the first most dangerous was actually sitting across from at a dinner table. Tough stuff.

[John Ashbrook]

Tough, tough stuff.

[Michael Duncan]

Another interesting. This is CNN's Christian Amanpour. This lady confounds me in a lot of different ways. She's been like sort of a CNN international person, sort of fashions herself as the expert on international affairs largely because she speaks with an accent. I remember.

[John Ashbrook]

I like the accent.

[Michael Duncan]

Do you? Yeah, it gives her credibility for me.

[John Ashbrook]

No, no, not really. But like, you know, it's nice to hear the international news read by somebody with such a beautiful accent. I like the accent.

[Josh Holmes]

I hate it. Wow, that's terrible.

[Michael Duncan]

What a hilarious, just buttoned up date.

[Josh Holmes]

That's terrible. I want to hear some like overseas reporter tell me international news. No, I don't. I want us to tell them the news.

[Michael Duncan]

Can I tell you?

[Josh Holmes]

This is what's happening in your little country. Here's what America did today.

[John Ashbrook]

We're dropping leaflets to tell you what we did to your country.

[Michael Duncan]

And another soundtrack from the Leonard Skynyrd. All right, so one backstory on this. Just a little preface some of this. So I don't know if you guys recall, but years and years ago, George Stephanopoulos had anchored to some success. Democratic operative George Stephanopoulos this Week, which was the Sunday show on abc. It continues to this day. But he had brought it in a post Russert era past Meet the Press into the number one spot back when Sunday shows matter. ABC decided to make a switch to bring him into Good Morning America and basically try to Wolf Blitzer himself to like make him give him like as much air time as they possibly could in terms of news and whatever. But they had to have a permanent anchor for ABC's this Week and so they unbelievably, which was a domestic political Talk show hired out from underneath cnn, Christiane Amanpour, which was like a baffling thing for those of us who were in politics at the time. Like, she knows next to nothing about domestic politics, but she is now going to be the voice of, at the time, the most highly rated Sunday show, talking about domestic politics as if her on camera presence is what really was doing the trick there. And so they asked for a meeting and this is when we were in Senate leadership and she was going to come in and talk to McConnell about her new role and why it is that his members and he needed to come on and talk to her about things. And I was like, man, I can't wait to see. I didn't take all of these meetings, but like, I went into this one because I just had to curious, had to know what it was that her pitch was going to be. And she sits down. And in this time frame, it was like 2010, there was a million things going on. Lot of like, interesting domestic fissures or whatever. There was only one that was problematic on the Republican side. The Republican Party was pretty ascendant because Obama had stepped in shit. And there was a huge, you know, mounting opposition to Obamacare and everything else.

[John Ashbrook]

Backlash, Tea Party movement, the whole thing.

[Michael Duncan]

So she's like, Mr. Leader, how do you potentially deal with the uprising of the Tea Party and your grip on power here in the United States? And I remember thinking to myself, if you never read a single thing about domestic politics at that particular period of time, it's the only question you would ask.

[John Ashbrook]

If an alien came into Mitch McConnell's office and was like, I'm gonna ask you a question.

[Michael Duncan]

He could have given her the keys to the kingdom on six different things that were actually impactful and noteworthy for her show, for the audience of her show and all that. But she was like, no. What's the one wedge question that has been asked and answered thousand times in the last 48 hours before I walked in? I'm going to come in and act as though this is like newsworthy and interesting because I've asked it with an accent.

[Josh Holmes]

That's the problem is they're like, well, there's probably some rubes who are like, she's got an accent. I should listen to her.

[John Ashbrook]

And to think I complimented you earlier in the show. To think, unbelievable.

[Michael Duncan]

Anyway, so she's gotten herself into a little bit of trouble because she has apparently. Well, let's put a graphic too. This is. Was this a tweet? Yeah, this is on X.

[Josh Holmes]

And then retweeted.

[John Ashbrook]

By yeah, retweeted by.

[Michael Duncan]

He's just an auto.

[John Ashbrook]

So you know it's bad.

[Michael Duncan]

He's just an auto. Well, at the beginning she's talking about using the Pentagon to podium to lash out at journalists as an extreme biblical terms, unprecedented, misguided, all this nonsense, Right? But at the end she says, I recall my dog tag in the first Gulf War had the rank of major. The very same rank. She's talking about Pete Hegseth comparing herself to the secretary of War in terms of their rank because of a dog tag she was given apparently as a journalist in the first Gulf.

[Smuggler]

And I remember when I was 7 years old and my parents took me on the first flight I ever sat on and the captain gave me a plastic set of wings that said captain on them. Under no circumstances did I think I was the cap.

[Michael Duncan]

But she gets a dog tag that

[Smuggler]

says major is a joke. And she's like, you know what? I'm a major. And they say, I mean, don't get.

[Josh Holmes]

I can't believe you like her because of the accent. Isn't that incredible?

[John Ashbrook]

I don't like her.

[Josh Holmes]

That's the thing is like they'll trick a rube with an accent.

[Smuggler]

Think about how hard our forefathers fought to prevent that accident. I'm just like, hold in this.

[John Ashbrook]

I think it's soothing. You ever listen to BBC radio?

[Smuggler]

Hell no.

[John Ashbrook]

It's soothing. It's soothing. I like the accent,

[Josh Holmes]

dude.

[Michael Duncan]

The pilot's wings and the airplane,

[Smuggler]

it's the same thing.

[Michael Duncan]

It is the same thing. Anyway, that's her critique of our highest ranking military victual is that she too has has dog tags.

[Josh Holmes]

I mean, that's CNN in a nutshell. It's pathetic.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah, it's just incredible. I mean, I think like Brian Williams got run out for less.

[American Petroleum Institute Advertiser]

He did.

[Michael Duncan]

You know what I mean? That guy, he got run out of NBC for less than that. But on we go. She's got an accent, but she has an accent. It's lovely. Soothing. Apparently.

[John Ashbrook]

It is soothing.

[Michael Duncan]

Okay. All right. So our partners over at AFP recall, we did the very first event that they had Celebrating America 250 up in Philadelphia. Great event at a really good time. They're continuing. They've had two or three others and they're going to do another one. This one is in North Carolina.

[Josh Holmes]

That's right. It's in Greensboro on April 25th. And you can also stream it. It's gonna be a huge event. It's part of the one small step. Everyone get on board, take One small step, help make sure we can keep this majority and make sure that we can keep conservative, you know, our conservative program going forward. We don't want to die in the tracks because of what the left has planned. You'll want to go to watchafp.com for that.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah, good guess. Trish Regan, Guy Benson, Senator Ted Butt, others. If it's anything like what we did up in Philadelphia, you're really going to enjoy yourself. You go to that website, log on to all that if you can't get tickets, because if you can go to that sucker, you should. It's a, it's a good time.

[John Ashbrook]

Philadelphia was a great time and Guy came to the event that we did in Philly. He's really, he's good at that.

[Michael Duncan]

Overtime celebrating America 250. Yeah, I love it. As is AFP. Our good friends over there celebrating as we go along. And there should be more of that. Isn't it unbelievably sad, by the way, that the only time that we're talking about America 250 is whether the Trump administration is arranging an event to celebrate, which they've arranged amazing amount of content over the summer to celebrate it, or AFP's stuff like why isn't it not the front page of every newspaper in the country every week of the year?

[Josh Holmes]

It really should be.

[Michael Duncan]

This is what we're doing to celebrate the 250th birthday of our great country. Because otherwise this pen to paper wouldn't fucking happen. Happen. But they don't. They don't want to. Instead, they're gonna listen to Christian. I'm in Poor Evan.

[Smuggler]

Right?

[Michael Duncan]

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[News Reporter]

5 new tonight, air traffic control scolded two pilots caught goofing off at Reagan National Airport. Pilots can be heard meowing at each other over the radio.

[Josh Holmes]

You need to be professional pilot. This is why he's still flying rj.

[News Reporter]

Now, an RJ is a regional jet, so the remark is meant as a dig at the pilots, who presumably don't have the experience to fly a larger jet.

[Smuggler]

Dude, man, she got him.

[Josh Holmes]

That's a great burn.

[Michael Duncan]

Yeah.

[Josh Holmes]

Because the worst plane to be on is American Airlines CRJs.

[John Ashbrook]

You do.

[Josh Holmes]

You never want to be on their CRJs. They don't. They essentially don't have an overhead compartment. Right. They've got, like, a thimble. Like, you're lucky if you could put a, you know, a bag of chips up in that damn thing. And God knows why they even put passengers in this. You're like in a sardine can. And then you don't even board the plane. You don't even have a shot of being like, okay, I'm gonna put my sensibly sized bag in the overhead. Cause they'll be like, 10 minutes before boarding. Everyone, you're either gonna gate check that shit, I'm gonna give you a hard time. We're gonna try our best to lose that goddamn bag. Good luck having your medications with you when you land. And we're gonna give you an attitude about this. It's not your fault we're putting you on this plane, but we're gonna treat you like garbage. That's like the American Airlines way. If you see a crj, and you're like, ah, shit. And the thing is, is that, like, I think not only, I guess, is it like, you know, these are only the pilots who can't fly like, the big boy planes. I didn't know that was the thing, but I believe it, because the staff on the CRJs is also, like, another thing to be held. It's like, you're gonna find that angriest stewardess ever. I had a flight that had to. It got delayed. I landed. I landed home in North Carolina, late as hell. And the stewardess is like, the plane's already on the ground, and we're at the gate. You can relax, lady. You've done your job. You didn't give us drinks. You didn't give a shit. It's okay.

[John Ashbrook]

Why was she so mad?

[Josh Holmes]

That I don't get. Dude, a guy in front of me was like. She was, like, chewing people out.

[John Ashbrook]

Wait, did you unbuckle your seatbelt?

[Josh Holmes]

No, that's the thing.

[John Ashbrook]

She was like, we're still taxing to the gates mug.

[Josh Holmes]

So we're. The plane has landed, right? One lady undid her buckle, and the stewardess jumps, do not take apart your seatbelt. The light is still on and we have to be towed up to the gate because this little CRJ is like a little toy plane and can't even pull up to the gate. It's a real plane.

[John Ashbrook]

That is the annoying thing.

[Josh Holmes]

And it's like, okay, this lady's like 70 and just undid her seatbelt. How about you relax, lady? Maybe you need a drink since you didn't serve us any. You know what I mean? Dip into the liquor and calm down. It's like 11 o'.

[John Ashbrook]

Clock.

[Josh Holmes]

We're supposed to be here two hours ago.

[John Ashbrook]

That is the annoying thing about a CRJ is it's such a small plane. And that jump seat that the stewardess,

[Josh Holmes]

or maybe just giving her eyes, has

[John Ashbrook]

great line of sight all the way

[Michael Duncan]

down the aisle in their eye, banging you the whole.

[Josh Holmes]

Yeah, no, I know. But the thing is, like, I saw you staring at your phone the entire flight. Now you want to play stewardess? Get the hell out of here. Get the hell out of here. I see those drinks up there. I paid for those drinks, but just open the goddamn door and let me

[Michael Duncan]

out with my bag, Preferably.

[John Ashbrook]

I will say they have a good maintenance record. That's why they use them a lot on the regional.

[Michael Duncan]

Is that right?

[Josh Holmes]

Yeah, well, they'll tell you that shit. I bet it's the same as the rest. Dude, they're just like, let's cheap out and send the smallest plane possible and make everyone worry if the stewardess is gonna lose her fucking mind because someone got up.

[John Ashbrook]

Yeah, but by you.

[Josh Holmes]

Someone got up. The old lady stood up. This is a panic attack for the stewardess.

[John Ashbrook]

But by using them, they can offer more frequent flights on a lot of these short hauls. That's from what I've heard.

[Josh Holmes]

Brother. Sununu's already doing the bidding of the airlines. We don't need you to do the same. I think they're at least paying him. You're doing it for free.

[John Ashbrook]

I don't really mind it that much.

[Josh Holmes]

It's like they're criminals.

[John Ashbrook]

You're in them for an hour.

[Josh Holmes]

You know, American Airlines is the worst.

[Michael Duncan]

Could use it.

[Josh Holmes]

They got to be held accountable.

[Michael Duncan]

A couple early. Early detection sirens for Blackhawk helicopters.

[Josh Holmes]

I know that the thing is like a dca.

[John Ashbrook]

Geez, that's dark.

[Josh Holmes]

I can't play games there, right?

[Michael Duncan]

It was a crj. What do you want from me? I will say I'm an American guy. I don't. I don't mind it because I, like, am a responsible human being where I don't Pack like a trunk to go in a regional aircraft.

[John Ashbrook]

Yeah.

[Michael Duncan]

So I can cleanly Smug travels like

[John Ashbrook]

he's going with Magellan.

[Josh Holmes]

But I checked the trunk in. I'm talking about. I have, like a carry on that fit the dimensions. I was like, this is approved by. By American Airlines on your website. Like you can look at it. Don't give me attitude, lady. But they'll give you attitude because it's American. It's like the most miserable experience you can possibly have.

[Michael Duncan]

I checked the trunk.

[John Ashbrook]

He says,

[Michael Duncan]

I like American. I like American. It's always treated me pretty well.

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[Michael Duncan]

in New York Mets. So they did this thing where obviously when you have a payroll that is like double the size of the rest of America or National League, other than the Los Angeles Dodgers, expectations are pretty high in baseball that you should, you know, maybe at least win your division. And all was going fine in the preseason in early season, right up until they met with Mayor Mamdani and the Momdani curse. So according to Al Kick, New York Mets $500 million team has lost 10 games in a row after meeting Zoran Mamdani. And they had a.

[Smuggler]

It's not just any games they lost. They were swept by the A's.

[Michael Duncan]

And it's the manner in which that he met with them, too. It's Mr. And Mrs. Matt. I didn't know that there was a Mrs. Matt, but apparently there is. Clip six. There's a big, big hug. Slapping it on Mrs. Met. And then there's Mr. Met. Make sure the genders are represented there. But there's only two, which I'm sure Mom Donnie might have a problem with.

[Smuggler]

Very astute.

[Michael Duncan]

Where is the gender fluid Met?

[Josh Holmes]

The Mets are so trash. And I'm glad that they're losing as a result of that. I feel bad for Steve Cohen because I think Steve Cohen's a good guy. He's accomplished many great things. But, like, I know you love the Mets, but this. This is a. This is a horrible Investment. Like, you know how to invest your money. Why would you invest in them? Like, identity is being losers. You know what I mean? Like, go with the big bucks and buy the Yankees. If you. If you want a New York team, go for the Yankees, but, like, the Mets. And then watching those mascots, like, jump around from Donnie, like, clearly, like, never forget, very quickly, New York became okay. Well, what this guy run amok?

[Michael Duncan]

I couldn't help but notice that most both Mr. And Mrs. Met were white. Hmm.

[Josh Holmes]

Donnie's gonna tax him for.

[Michael Duncan]

There was no Trans Met there either. Which I feel like is very exclusive.

[Smuggler]

Like, I sure is.

[Michael Duncan]

You know, like, maybe that's. Maybe he's cursed.

[Josh Holmes]

You're a baseball guy. Ashbrook is. Is. Do the Mets have a good roster? 500 mil?

[Smuggler]

Mets have a lot of star players. Of course, they lost Alonso in the off season, but you know who's playing really well? Cincinnati Reds.

[Michael Duncan]

Oh, Gonna ask.

[John Ashbrook]

You can't ask. Ash Brook.

[Michael Duncan]

You set it up.

[John Ashbrook]

He's more of a fan of, like, the Ty Cobb era of baseball.

[Michael Duncan]

Welcome here to the Polo Grounds where

[Smuggler]

big Onus Wagner guy, that's when they played ball.

[Michael Duncan]

The legendary Honus Wagner takes the mound. All right, so when you like and subscribe to the Ruthless variety program, we ask you a question, you get back to it us. And we read all of them and get back to the very next episode. Our question of the day is, what's your favorite Democrat humiliating themselves moment? Put it down there. We read all of them. Try to make it funny. We'll get back to the very next episode like and subscribe. Check out some merch while you there. Thanks to all the people that are invested in the generational war that we've developed here that continues. So get on board with all that. And with that, fellas, I think we might have done it.

[Josh Holmes]

I think so. Absolute banger of an episode. Gentlemen, thank you to the means. Remember, like Holmes said, if you have not yet, go to the YouTube and hit that subscribe because it's more fun in video. So until next time, minions, keep the faith, hold the line, and own the lids. We'll see on Thursday. Stay ruthless,

[Michael Duncan]

Sam.