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The Final Word on all things Political and Pop Cultural. Comedic duo Frangela makes "Real News. REAL FUNNY!" Your positive "Back Up AND Black Up!" here to inspire you to #RESIST! Subscribe, review, and get a new episode each week! As a quick listen option, we also give you our classic "Idiot of the Week" in a separate podcast.
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- Yesterday1h 0m
Routed, Ruined, and Rattled: The GOP Midterm Meltdown
Trump says he’ll cut off nearly $4 billion in annual U.S. military aid to Israel by the end of the year, so Netanyahu might want to check the couch cushions. Meanwhile, Democrats keep stacking up wins in the House, and Republicans have started the blame game after their midterm rout. Nothing says “party unity” like a circular firing squad. Senate Democrats are sending out document preservation letters ahead of expected investigations, so if anybody’s thinking about a shredder, think again. DeSantis calls the midterm results “close to an extinction level event” for the GOP. We agree. Ha ha. And after his historic win in the Senate, James Talarico says, “Love can heal what’s broken in America.” We hope he’s right. Become a Frangela patron at Patreon.com and get three exclusive Micro Idiot podcasts each week as our thank you for your support. Now in video! Frangela swag available at https://www.zazzle.com/store/frangela! Book a personalized video shout-out from Frangela at Cameo.com/frangeladuo. Check out Frangela every Friday https://sexyliberal.com/ Looking for Idiot of the Week? Frangela: Idiot of the Week - Podcast https://www.youtube.com/@Frangela2024 Zero Sane Days | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnM1khTffQyLH_wxatKAKZjDqy-XgaGeY&si=WrzZjJnTfMKBYLhg Cash App: $frangeladuo Venmo: @frangeladuoOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com* Check out Uncommon Goods and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.uncommongoods.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- 2 days ago55 min
Decency Won, Elon Lost, and the Data Centers Are Moving to Space
This week the Department of Something Ain’t Right got its first day off in ten years, and we had to call in workers from the Department of Things Are Getting Better!Y’all. We’re not even sure where the break room is.This episode, we look at the world’s reaction to Trump’s midterm defeat, and we are not being humble about it. We go through the best and worst moments of this historic midterm rout, and trust us, it was a buffet. President Trump spent the past two years trying to subvert American democracy. On Tuesday, voters stood up to him. Last night, decency won. Say it with us: DECENCY. WON. We’ll wait while you savor it.And then there’s Elon. He dropped nearly 500 million dollars to prop up Republicans, 224 million of it in Texas. Texas! He woke up to Tesla and SpaceX tumbling, and by morning he was posting, “Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now.” Sir, that is not a business plan. That is a man shopping for a different planet because this one’s voters had notes. Half a billion dollars, and the biggest return on that investment was a post about leaving.So grab your favorite beverage, and grab the good tissues for the happy tears. For one glorious week, something is right.Become a Frangela patron at Patreon.com and get three exclusive Micro Idiot podcasts each week as our thank you for your support. Now in video! Frangela swag available at https://www.zazzle.com/store/frangela! Book a personalized video shout-out from Frangela at Cameo.com/frangeladuo. Check out Frangela every Friday https://sexyliberal.com/ Looking for Idiot of the Week? Frangela: Idiot of the Week - Podcast https://www.youtube.com/@Frangela2024 Zero Sane Days | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnM1khTffQyLH_wxatKAKZjDqy-XgaGeY&si=WrzZjJnTfMKBYLhg Cash App: $frangeladuo Venmo: @frangeladuoOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com* Check out Uncommon Goods and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.uncommongoods.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- 1 weeks ago1h 3m
$47.1 Billion, More Methane, and a Grand Jury That Said “Nope”
$47.1 billion. That’s what Trump’s war with Iran has cost so far, and the end date is “whenever I want it to. . .” be. Great news! We’ll just mark it on the calendar next to “when we get a plan.” Trump and Netanyahu started this mess, and neither has bothered to de-escalate it. Meanwhile, we’re the ones getting the bill.The EPA wants to weaken a Biden-era rule on methane emissions, because what we DEFINITELY need is more methane in our atmosphere. The planet isn’t hot enough, apparently.We mourn the passing of Dolores Huerta and celebrate her life and work. She did more for working people in one lifetime than most of Washington will do in ten. ¡Sí se puede!A federal appeals court told the Trump administration it can’t force California to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots from voters it claims are noncitizens. Claims with no proof are called “making stuff up.” A federal grand jury also refused the Justice Department’s attempt to indict Cassidy Hutchinson over her Jan. 6 testimony. Even a grand jury, a group famously willing to indict a ham sandwich, looked at this one and said no.And Democrats are in “striking distance” in Maine, Texas, Kansas and Michigan, which sketches out a path to a Senate majority. Don’t get comfortable. Get registered, get your friends registered, and get to the polls. We have work to do, and we’re doing it right here on The Final Word.Become a Frangela patron at Patreon.com and get three exclusive Micro Idiot podcasts each week as our thank you for your support. Now in video! Frangela swag available at https://www.zazzle.com/store/frangela! Book a personalized video shout-out from Frangela at Cameo.com/frangeladuo. Check out Frangela every Friday https://sexyliberal.com/ Looking for Idiot of the Week? Frangela: Idiot of the Week - Podcast https://www.youtube.com/@Frangela2024 Zero Sane Days | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnM1khTffQyLH_wxatKAKZjDqy-XgaGeY&si=WrzZjJnTfMKBYLhg Cash App: $frangeladuo Venmo: @frangeladuoOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com* Check out Uncommon Goods and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.uncommongoods.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- 1 weeks ago45 min
Cops Called on a 3-Year-Old, Nicki Minaj for Press Secretary, and a Secret Spy Ruling
Something ain’t right, and this week we’re not even sure where to start. Some grown adults looked at a 3-year-old soccer player and thought, “You know who needs to handle this? The police.” Other parents complained, cops got called on a toddler and his parents, and we have questions. Then the prediction markets have Nicki Minaj surging to become Trump’s next Press Secretary. We’ve seen weirder things this year, but we’re having a hard time remembering what. Amy Acton took on Trump over her childhood trauma and schooled him. And apparently the US government is sitting on a secret court ruling about how it spies on Americans. A secret ruling about spying on us. We’d call that suspicious, but that’s literally the point. Grab a snack and keep your phone away from us. Something ain’t right.Become a Frangela patron at Patreon.com and get three exclusive Micro Idiot podcasts each week as our thank you for your support. Now in video! Frangela swag available at https://www.zazzle.com/store/frangela! Book a personalized video shout-out from Frangela at Cameo.com/frangeladuo. Check out Frangela every Friday https://sexyliberal.com/ Looking for Idiot of the Week? Frangela: Idiot of the Week - Podcast https://www.youtube.com/@Frangela2024 Zero Sane Days | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnM1khTffQyLH_wxatKAKZjDqy-XgaGeY&si=WrzZjJnTfMKBYLhg Cash App: $frangeladuo Venmo: @frangeladuoOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com* Check out Uncommon Goods and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.uncommongoods.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- 2 weeks ago1h 12m
Heat Rays, Farmer Bailouts, and Vivek’s Lowest Blow
This week, the Justice Department charged 28 legal permanent residents in California with voting-related crimes and arrested 11. We’d love to tell you how DOJ found these voters and what evidence it has, but DOJ didn’t tell us either. Maybe the evidence is in the same place as Trump’s plan for the Iran war.Speaking of the Iran war, Trump just announced an $8 billion Agriculture Department bailout for farmers crushed by fuel prices that his own war with Iran caused. So the USDA is bailing out farmers for voting against themselves... again. We’re not saying a farmer can’t change their mind, but at some point the receipt for a bad decision should come with a return policy.The Pentagon also gave DHS permission to test a heat ray weapon for potential use at the “border.” Quotation marks ours, because we know exactly who it’ll be pointed at, and it isn’t a threat.Then there’s Vivek Ramaswamy’s ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother calling her daughter a liar and telling voters not to vote for her. Amy Acton was raped by her stepfather, and she and her brother were removed from her mother’s care as children. This is the most disgusting, despicable, and reprehensible ad we have ever seen. And what did Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose say about it? He “probably wouldn’t run an ad like that.” Probably! A few other Republicans offered the same whisper of criticism. We have more to say, and we’re going to say it.Become a Frangela patron at Patreon.com and get three exclusive Micro Idiot podcasts each week as our thank you for your support. Now in video! Frangela swag available at https://www.zazzle.com/store/frangela! Book a personalized video shout-out from Frangela at Cameo.com/frangeladuo. Check out Frangela every Friday https://sexyliberal.com/ Looking for Idiot of the Week? Frangela: Idiot of the Week - Podcast https://www.youtube.com/@Frangela2024 Zero Sane Days | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnM1khTffQyLH_wxatKAKZjDqy-XgaGeY&si=WrzZjJnTfMKBYLhg Cash App: $frangeladuo Venmo: @frangeladuoOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com* Check out Uncommon Goods and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.uncommongoods.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- 2 weeks ago45 min
Pick a Country, Any Country (Spoiler: It’s South Africa)
We’re playing a game: guess which country nearly every single refugee Trump has let in this year came from. You already know it’s South Africa, because we told you in the title. Meanwhile, the “most vulnerable people on Earth” are apparently all white and from one place. Something ain’t right.Then Iran is threatening to cut the Hormuz internet cables. That’s the same Iran conflict Trump and Netanyahu started and have shown zero interest in de-escalating. Those cables could shake global systems and financial markets, and we’re sure those same two geniuses have a plan. (We checked. They don’t.)England’s central bank is now warning about AI-powered cyberattacks, which is the most polite way a bank has ever said “we’re all doomed.”And France’s protests spiraled after the police “lost control.” We get into how that happens and why the people holding the batons are always so surprised.Grab a snack and a stiff drink. We’re going to need both.Become a Frangela patron at Patreon.com and get three exclusive Micro Idiot podcasts each week as our thank you for your support. Now in video! Frangela swag available at https://www.zazzle.com/store/frangela! Book a personalized video shout-out from Frangela at Cameo.com/frangeladuo. Check out Frangela every Friday https://sexyliberal.com/ Looking for Idiot of the Week? Frangela: Idiot of the Week - Podcast https://www.youtube.com/@Frangela2024 Zero Sane Days | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnM1khTffQyLH_wxatKAKZjDqy-XgaGeY&si=WrzZjJnTfMKBYLhg Cash App: $frangeladuo Venmo: @frangeladuoOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com* Check out Uncommon Goods and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.uncommongoods.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- 3 weeks ago1h 3m
A Ceasefire, a Court Order & a 14-Minute Briefing
Twelve senators, including six Republicans, are begging Trump to rescind the diesel deal with Putin, calling it a gift to our adversary and a betrayal of our allies. When Republicans are calling it a betrayal, we have to ask what Trump is even doing at this point. Trump declared an “energy ceasefire,” and Russia attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure hours later. We’re so surprised that we’re not at all surprised.A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to immediately stop airing taxpayer-funded pro-Trump TV ads. Ad-tracking data shows two of the ads kept running after the order took effect. Our money is paying for the propaganda, and a federal court order is apparently just a vibe.The White House forced Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign as US ambassador to Greece over concerns that she might have been selling access to the Trump family. Selling access to the Trump family? That’s the one business the Trump family doesn’t want competition in. Greece invented democracy, and we sent over pay-to-play. We’re just glad the Parthenon survived the visit.And Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, ended her first briefing after about 14 minutes and took exactly three questions, from Breitbart, Fox News, and the Daily Mail. That’s not a briefing, that’s a playdate with friends. We’ve had longer bathroom breaks.We’re breaking it all down, and we’re getting the final word.https://www.nokings.org/Become a Frangela patron at Patreon.com and get three exclusive Micro Idiot podcasts each week as our thank you for your support. Now in video! Frangela swag available at https://www.zazzle.com/store/frangela! Book a personalized video shout-out from Frangela at Cameo.com/frangeladuo. Check out Frangela every Friday https://sexyliberal.com/ Looking for Idiot of the Week? Frangela: Idiot of the Week - Podcast https://www.youtube.com/@Frangela2024 Zero Sane Days | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnM1khTffQyLH_wxatKAKZjDqy-XgaGeY&si=WrzZjJnTfMKBYLhg Cash App: $frangeladuo Venmo: @frangeladuoOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com* Check out Uncommon Goods and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.uncommongoods.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- 3 weeks ago41 min
Evicted, Lied To, Underpaid, and Pinged: Something Ain’t Right
Atlanta leads the nation in eviction filings in 2026, and nearly 70% of them hit Black households. So, the city that gave us the soundtrack of our lives is also giving us the most eviction notices. We’re not okay, and we’re not going to pretend we are.We meet Katie Zaharia, our new White House Press Secretary. Sorry, Secretary of Propaganda. And y’all, she is READY. She doesn’t need a briefing room, she needs a ring light and a loyalty oath.We also learned that even AI-generated women make less than their male counterparts. A woman who doesn’t exist, with no body, no bills, and no lunch break, still got the pay gap. The patriarchy found a way to discriminate against a made-up person. That’s dedication.And the Feds apparently got warrants to use fake cell towers to hunt down Don Lemon’s 21-year-old producer. A fake tower. For a 21-year-old. Somebody explain how that’s a good use of our tax dollars, because something ain’t right.Become a Frangela patron at Patreon.com and get three exclusive Micro Idiot podcasts each week as our thank you for your support. Now in video! Frangela swag available at https://www.zazzle.com/store/frangela! Book a personalized video shout-out from Frangela at Cameo.com/frangeladuo. Check out Frangela every Friday https://sexyliberal.com/ Looking for Idiot of the Week? Frangela: Idiot of the Week - Podcast https://www.youtube.com/@Frangela2024 Zero Sane Days | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnM1khTffQyLH_wxatKAKZjDqy-XgaGeY&si=WrzZjJnTfMKBYLhg Cash App: $frangeladuo Venmo: @frangeladuoOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com* Check out Uncommon Goods and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.uncommongoods.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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