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EPISODE · Aug 14, 2026 · 1H 13M

Why Democrats Are Nervous About the Election

from Ruthless Podcast · host Josh Holmes, Comfortably Smug, Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook

Fun Time Friday brings Dr. Luke Thompson to the progrum to break down Democratic Party infighting, Abdul El-Sayed’s resurfaced videos, the media’s reaction to an Iranian assassination plot against President Trump, an SPLC fraud case, Karoline Leavitt’s White House departure, and plenty of Variety—from Italy’s cheese banks to college chaos and Hard Pivot fallout. #RuthlessPodcast #Politics #FunTimeFriday00:04:00 Democrats Turn on Each Other After Primary Chaos 00:04:39 Peggy Flanagan Dodges Minnesota Fraud Responsibility 00:07:40 Flanagan Refuses to Set an Age Limit on Gender-Affirming Care 00:10:31 Jamie Raskin Downplays the Democratic Socialists’ Agenda 00:12:06 Hakeem Jeffries Faces the DSA Takeover of the Democratic Party 00:15:00 How Democratic Party Elites Lost Control of Their Voters 00:20:44 Abdul El-Sayed’s Deleted Videos Reveal His Anti-Fireworks Agenda 00:24:21 El-Sayed Wants to Rewrite the Second Amendment 00:31:23 Journalists Melt Down Over Trump’s Escape From an Iranian Assassination Plot 00:39:25 Former SPLC Executive Charged in Federal Fraud Case 00:43:39 Karoline Leavitt Leaves the White House Press Secretary Role 00:48:25 Italy’s Billion-Dollar Cheese Banks Face a Melting Problem 00:53:27 The Economist Targets Paw Patrol as Authoritarian Capitalism 00:55:43 University of Michigan Drops First-Semester Grades 00:59:40 $20,000 SEC Dorm Rooms Are Apparently a Thing Advertise on the Progrum: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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