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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: @frangeladuo Our Sponsors: * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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: @frangeladuo Our Sponsors: * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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: @frangeladuo Our Sponsors: * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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: @frangeladuo Our Sponsors: * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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: @frangeladuo Our Sponsors: * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nearly 9 in 10 Americans say there’s “widespread” corruption in the U.S. government, and y’all, that number sounds low to us. This week, Trump handed out $6 million in contracts to arms makers that his sons have invested in. Kimberly Guilfoyle, Don Jr.’s former fiancée, pushed a donor to wire $100,000 to her Amex account. A former CIA official pleaded guilty to wire fraud after diverting about $194 million in government funds to buy mansions and gold. Gold! Again, it's only nearly 9 out of 10 Americans that see widespread corruption? 86% of Americans disapprove of using taxpayer money for Trump’s $20 million campaign-style TV ads, and he’s doing it anyway. Meanwhile, Trump announced he’s sending $90 to 20.8 million Medicare beneficiaries to help offset their Part B premiums. That’s right, ninety dollars. Don’t spend it all in one place, grandma. Then Trump seemingly suggested we let Iran “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego if it develops a nuclear weapon. If the Black guy did it??????? He also announced a new “Super Intelligence Force,” which I’m sure is staffed by the same people who brought us the rest of this week. And Trump is feeling pretty sore that Republicans don’t want to campaign with him. Sir, they’ve seen the polls. We're laughing so we don’t cry. Join us. 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: @frangeladuo Our Sponsors: * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Something ain't right, and this week it's everything. We start with Cornell, where we finally learned how the school "punished" each of the seven men accused of sexual assault. Those air quotes are doing a lot of work. Spoiler: the punishments don't match the accusations, and we're not letting the institution off the hook. Then we zoom out to the Middle East. Are we watching the death of the old order and the rise of a dangerous new world replacing it? We take a hard look at who lit the match, who keeps feeding the fire, and who's doing nothing to put it out. Next is the horrific attempted execution of Christa Pike, and we have to talk about the absurdity of "humane" execution. You can't make killing someone gentle, and the state keeps trying anyway. If a procedure has to be called humane to make anyone comfortable with it, we should be asking why. And apparently people are asking ChatGPT how to vote in the midterms. Please, y'all, you have a brain, a ballot, and a library card. Use all three. It's a lot, we know. Press play anyway. 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: @frangeladuo Our Sponsors: * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Former special counsel Jack Smith sat down in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee and said he stands behind his decision to charge Trump, because his team's investigation "developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation." Pretty hard to top that. Then Republican Senator Eric Schmitt tried anyway, and we got the greatest Republican self-own of all time. He accused Smith of perjury over text messages about a basketball game in Atlanta that Smith supposedly secretly flew to. Except Smith was never at that game. He was at a women's basketball game in a different state, with US Marshals standing next to him. You can't make this up, and apparently Eric Schmitt couldn't check it. In other news, consumer expectations dropped, and for the first time in four years, more people described their finances as bad than good. Trump and the heads of the biggest AI companies signed a "morally binding" set of voluntary safety standards so they can "self-police" their own AI models. Yes, the fox is now the security guard at the henhouse, and he promised to be good. The US military formally pulled out of Iraq and ended its 12-year anti-ISIS operation. And the Supreme Court temporarily let Trump resume deporting migrants to "third countries" where they have no connections, so people can be sent to places they've never been, to live among people they've never met, because this administration said so. I'm laughing so I don't scream. Listen to 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: @frangeladuo Our Sponsors: * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Something ain't right, and this week we've got a whole list. A federal judge, U.S. District Judge William Young, is side-eyeing the Trump administration's policy that forces HIV providers to disregard their transgender patients. Judge, thank you for asking the question. We've been asking it since the policy dropped: how does ignoring a group of patients help anybody's health? Then there's the woman who sat in an emergency room for hours, never got treated, and left. The ER still sent her a bill. Let's be clear: you don't get to charge for a service you didn't provide. If we ordered a steak, waited all night, and walked out hungry, that restaurant wouldn't dare hand us a check. But healthcare in this country? Sure, why not. Next, Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten is reopening the case of an alleged gang rape at Cornell University, but only after news of a civil lawsuit sparked outrage. So it took public fury to get a second look? We're glad it's happening, but we have questions about why it took this long and what it took to get here. And to top it off, the White House released a new taxpayer-funded ad talking about the "final battle." Our tax dollars. Our money. Paying for that. Something is very, very wrong, and we're not letting it slide. 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: @frangeladuo Our Sponsors: * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We're back, we're mad, and we've got a lot to get through this week. Eight sailors have attempted suicide aboard the USS Lincoln during its prolonged deployment — and we're asking why nobody in charge seems to be losing sleep over it. Iran says it'll fight "until our last breath" and won't "bow or bend the knee" — cool, cool, that doesn't sound at all like they're ready to negotiate. The FBI got hacked and basically every agent and applicant's sensitive data walked out the door, so that's fun for national security. The first architect hired to design Trump's White House ballroom quit after saying the plans might violate basic safety codes — because apparently even the guy building it thought it might fall down. Nearly 760,000 people just got dropped from their Affordable Care Act coverage, no big deal, just their health insurance. And because we like to end on a "lighter" note that's actually terrifying, we're doing a medium dive into what a "super El Niño" is and why your weather app is about to become required reading. Grab a drink. We need one too. 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: @frangeladuo Our Sponsors: * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Girl, we have QUESTIONS this week and not nearly enough answers. First up: Representative Jasmine Crockett, we need to talk. You handed Chris Brown — currently touring stadiums with Usher, fine, we see the marketing synergy — an actual congressional record recognition? For what, boo? We're sitting here like, is this what the record is for now? We're asking for a friend. Multiple friends. All of us. Then we gotta pivot to Trump's arch, because apparently it's not just an arch anymore — now it's got a whole military complex tucked inside it, housing drones, snipers, AND their ammunition. A monument AND a fortress?! Sir, we said arch, we didn't say Fort Knox with a photo op. Meanwhile CNN, MS NOW, and Politico finally said enough is enough and are suing the administration after getting locked out of the White House — and listen, we love an underdog lawsuit, but what took y'all so long? And closing us out, Gavin Newsom's declared a statewide emergency ahead of an El Niño winter that is NOT playing around. So grab your go-bags, hold onto your congressional records, and stay away from any arches with a weapons cache — because something, and we cannot stress this enough, 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: @frangeladuo Our Sponsors: * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We're back and honey, we've got receipts. The Fed just jacked up rates for the first time since 2023 because apparently inflation didn't get the "please calm down" memo — and they're already teasing round two. Meanwhile the Trump administration yanked, froze, or straight-up ghosted $177 billion in federal grants, and somehow every single state got hit, including whatever red states were cheering the loudest.  Then Congress remembered it has a job! The House voted — for the THIRD time — to tell Trump to knock off the war in Iran, because apparently the first two votes were just for funsies. And Thomas Massie sent "eight articles of impeachment" to Pete Hegseth's face, which sent Mike Johnson running for the exits and cancelling votes till after the midterms. We see you, Mike. Also: Kash Patel won't say if he's sending FBI agents to your polling place (cool cool cool, very normal), the Senate torched the Clarity Act, and the Kennedy Center board slammed the doors shut right after a judge told Trump he can't slap his name on the building. We've got jokes, we've got outrage, we've got the final word. Let's get into 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: @frangeladuo Our Sponsors: * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tech leaders are out here casually mentioning there's a ten percent chance AI wipes out humanity — and then going right back to their keynote like they didn't just say that out loud. Ten percent! We don't like those odds on a weather app, let alone the entire human race. We're breaking down why the people building the thing are the same ones warning us about the thing, and what that says about, well, everything. Then we head to Ireland, where Trump decided neutrality is for suckers and called a united Ireland "fantastic" — tossing out decades of careful White House diplomacy like it was a room service menu. We'll tell you why that word choice is doing a LOT of heavy lifting and who's scrambling to clean it up. And finally, we're sitting with a federal court ruling that says there's no constitutional right to truthful information from officials during a public health crisis. Let that sink in. We're asking the question nobody wants to answer: if they don't have to tell us the truth, what exactly are we paying them for? Grab your something, because something ain't right — and we've got a lot to say about it. The Clarity Act failed in the Senate. 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: @frangeladuo Our Sponsors: * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We need to talk about that emergency slide popping on the Qatari "gift" plane right before Trump's big convention entrance — sign, warning, or the universe's best joke this week? We're saying all three. Then it's "Trump-a-looza" night one: mocking Paxton, Tim Scott's full fit-and-prayer combo, and vibes we can only describe as "unhinged." Plus that $5,000-for-every-adult offer — but only after the midterms, and only if the GOP keeps Congress, because nothing says no strings attached like a very specific string. Funny how the war in Iran's also wrapping up "immediately after" the midterms. Those midterms doing a lot of magic. Oh, and the Census Bureau wants to stop counting undocumented immigrants for 2030 — the people whose whole job is counting people, floating a plan to not count people. We close it out sitting with an Anthropic researcher quitting over AI safety fears, while another says there's better than a ten percent chance AI could kill us all within a decade. Cool, cool, cool. Grab something strong. 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: @frangeladuo Our Sponsors: * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Y'all, we need to talk. Trump's out here bragging about his billion-dollar super PAC war chest like it's a birthday card from Grandma — "this is my money," he says, and he's expecting to have some "left over" after tossing a few crumbs to Republican campaigns. We're breaking down the math on that one, and trust us, it ain't mathing. Then we head to In-N-Out, where a college kid grabbed a spatula and dove through the drive-thru window like he's auditioning for a superhero movie nobody asked for — protecting workers and customers from a woman losing it inside. We salute the spatula. The spatula is the real MVP. We also need to have a conversation about why grown adults are out here scared of Hasan Piker. We're unpacking that fear, because something about a guy talking politics on Twitch has half of cable news shaking in their loafers. And finally, we're diving into the Tradwife-to-teenager pipeline, because apparently kids are romanticizing homesteading and submission like it's a lifestyle brand and not a step backward with a nice apron. We've got thoughts. We've got a lot of thoughts. Grab your snacks — something ain't right, and we're getting into all of 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: @frangeladuo Our Sponsors: * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code FRANGELA for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code RosettaStone.com/TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy