October 23, 2025 • 10 mins
Everywhere you turn these days, it seems there’s another Republican staffer glazing Hitler. Jared and Mike break down why exactly this keeps happening – from the big GOP group chat, the Nazi flag caught on camera, and Paul Ingrassia’s faceplant in D.C. – and then check out some fresh apologist spin from repeat PTI offender Katherine Dee. The hosts also take a look at the "No Kings" rallies, the liberation of George Santos, and questions submitted by our listeners.
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(00:12):
Yeah, George Santos. So here's a quick story about
George Santos before we get intothe fact that Trump pardoned
him. So when George like went on
cameo for the first time? Oh yeah, yeah, that's an app
where you can pay and a celebrity will record like a
custom message for you. Yes, and I saw it at 6:00 in the
(00:34):
morning. I just happened to be up.
I just a bad night sleeping or whatever.
And I woke up and he announced it early and I got a cameo of
George Santos for my sister. Now I I like, do I regret giving
money to George Santos in any way?
It was $75. Yeah, maybe I do actually.
Well, look at it this way, Mike.That money almost certainly went
(00:59):
to. Like.
A good, honest, hard working lawyer who was trying to defend.
Or just went straight to only fans.
But but, but it was I will say it's like a very guilty pleasure
of mine that I did this because I think, yes, I know he's like
he's George Santos. But my for my sister, I did it
(01:20):
for her for her birthday was coming up or whatever or was it
Christmas? I can't remember.
I got to look at the date, but he's basically Hi Katie.
It's like I hear you from originally from New York three.
You can come back to LA from there anytime and all this stuff
and CNN that night Erin Burnett.She's like people have been
getting you know, and the price of the cameo has been going up
(01:42):
there this and then in the segment in the in between
things. It it started with my sister was
like hi, Katie. Yes, I got I got to I got to
find it in my in my tax. But anyway, series the
battlegrounds and George Santos apparently has already found a
new job. That's that's my, that's my
(02:04):
George. Sorry everybody, sorry
everybody. We'll get back to you.
So this is your fault. This is what?
I'm hearing on. Yeah, I, I, I got a little irony
pilled on George Santos. And I know everybody.
I know everything. I know that he's probably a
genocide denier and like, he's certainly a fascist accomplice.
And you know, I know. And I'm sorry, I'm not a perfect
(02:25):
person. So George Santos reached a plea
deal with prosecutors earlier this year, pleading guilty to
wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
At the time, they asked if he would appeal to Trump for rescue
in the form of a pardon, and George Santos said you bet your
(02:49):
sweet ass I would. That's the thing.
That's why I can't cover this guy with the with the with the
hard note. It just, he's too.
He's just like a big, like, he'slike a talking bowl of jello
that says silly things. And this dude was like a legit
fraudster. I, I, I just copied and pasted a
(03:11):
few things from different news stories I found.
I'm just going to read some of the stuff that he has admitted
to doing or been caught doing. He acknowledged using his
campaign fundraising apparatus for personal gain and admitted
to submitting false reports to the Federal Election Commission
during his congressional run. Can't do that.
(03:33):
He also admitted to stealing thepersonal identity and financial
information of elderly and cognitively impaired campaign
donors. Oh my God, you know, I mean, but
but it's also, but it's, it's just like he's just a con man.
It's just a he's just a criminal.
Oh, I've got more here. He admitted to stealing from
donors by persuading them to contribute money to a company
(03:56):
that he claimed was a social welfare organization, or super
PAC, and then using their contributions to put himself up
at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas shop at Hermes.
Yeah, let's go. Louis Vuitton and Brooks
Brothers pay off his credit cards and give himself thousands
of dollars in cash. He's like.
(04:19):
No taste by the way, I mean. He's like a contestant on AVH,
one reality show from like the, from like the early aughts.
You know what I'm talking about?Like he's, he's, he, he, he's
like, you know, like he, he, he's like one of the women from
from Flavor of Love. I'm sure he'd take that as a
compliment. That's, that's, that's that's
(04:39):
why he's so seductive to me, because he would be, he would
take that as a compliment. He's just like a knowing
villain. We're not done yet.
Allegations There's allegations he stole money from a fundraiser
for a dying dog and that he liedabout his mother surviving.
(05:01):
Oh, I'm sorry, but this is what Trump.
This is what? This is what?
This is what Trump supporters deserve.
Honestly. So there's the dog fundraiser,
and he lied about his mother surviving the 9/11 terror
attacks. No fox, by the way, No Fox A.
(05:21):
Report from the House Ethics panel accused him of misusing
campaign funds for personal benefits, including Botox and
subscriptions on the Only Fans website.
I want to know who his only fanstargets were, Like who, who is
he throwing, throwing some cash on?
Which is he like foot content? Like what, what, what what is
(05:42):
George really interested in? You know, because you're because
for only fans, he's got to be like, maybe he's just just
completely smitten with one person or somebody who provides
for a like specialty type something.
And that's where I'm I'd be verycurious.
That's where I would lean with George.
Maybe he's lying about being gay.
He's just, he's just buying tonsof straight pornography.
(06:03):
That is the one thing I think hetold the truth about.
South In August, Trump told Newsmax that he was open to
intervening in George Santos's case not because he thought
George Santos was innocent, but because Santos was quote 100%
for Trump and quote, a solid partisan vote for the White
(06:27):
House when he was on Capitol Hill.
That's an insane thing to like, read in text.
That's that's actually crazy. I don't know it, it really is.
It's like because he's 100% for Trump.
Unbelievable. Trump announced his pardon of
George Santos in a Truth Social post.
Would you like to read it? Yeah, I'll do it.
(06:48):
In for a penny, in for a pound, as they say.
I say that all the time for somereason.
I don't even know what the fuck it means.
All right, George Santos was somewhat of a rogue in quotes.
He's he actually writes the sameway as Catherine D does this guy
Trump just putting shit in quotes.
He's just like, fuck it, let's just throw some quotes on that
thing. Yeah, George, George Santos was
(07:10):
somewhat of a rogue, but there were many rogues throughout our
country that aren't forced to serve seven years in prison.
I started to think about George when the subject of Democrat
Senator Richard Danang, Dick Blumenthal, came up again.
As everyone remembers, Danang stated for almost 20 years that
he was a proud Vietnam veteran, having endured the worst of the
(07:31):
war, watching the wounded and dead as he raced up the hills
and down the valleys, blood streaming from his face.
He was a great hero. He would leak to any and all who
would listen. And then it happened.
He was a complete and total fraud in all caps.
He never went to Vietnam, he never saw Vietnam, he never
(07:54):
experienced the battles there oranywhere else.
His war hero status and even minimal service in our military
was totally and completely made-up.
This is far worse than what George Santos did, and at least
Santos had the courage. Conviction Intelligence to all
caps Always vote Republican. Another insane thing to put in
(08:17):
writing. I guess we should be smart and
also point out that this is likethe clearest definition you have
of like the friend enemy distinction and fascism, right?
Right. He's my friend, so he's the the
law doesn't apply to him. The law applies to you because
you are not my friend, but it does not apply to him.
Anyway, we talk about this stuffall the time.
(08:38):
You guys already know George hasbeen in solitary confinement for
long stretches of time and by all accounts has been horribly
mistreated. I'd be very curious to see how
he's mistreated in jail, by the way.
You know what I mean. There's like there's, there's no
spin drift, there's no spin drift, there's no carbonated
anything over here. George Santos, you want to let
(09:00):
me out to my Botox appointment? This is important.
I want to watch the substance onDVD.
OK, Therefore I just signed a a a commutation releasing George
Santos from prison. All caps again immediately.
Good luck George, have a great life.
(09:20):
Have a great life, dude. I think I've been saying pardon,
there's a, there is a legal difference, but like.
We're good. I think everybody knows.
What you mean out of jail is thepoint.
He's out of jail. Last thing about George Santos,
I just want to point out, is that one of the things, like
you're a guilty pleasure sadist,really, who watches MSNBC every
(09:45):
day, Yes. I feel more I should feel more
guilty about watching that than than paying for the cameo from
George Santos, actually. Well, my my #resist Lib
indulgence is watching press conferences where Speaker of the
House Mike Johnson is asked about like, whatever stupid
thing Trump did and just seeing what he comes up with because it
(10:09):
seems like he's getting lazier and lazier with it.
It used to be like, he used to like, kind of try to argue for
it. And now he's just like, you
know, I've, what can you say? What can you say?
And his line on the George Santos thing was very biblical.
It was, you know, Trump believesthat everybody deserves
redemption and extended that grace to George Santos.
Yeah, George Santos. So here's a quick story about
George Santos before we get intothe fact that Trump pardoned
him. So when George like went on
cameo for the first time? Oh yeah, yeah, that's an app
where you can pay and a celebrity will record like a
custom message for you. Yes, and I saw it at 6:00 in the
(00:34):
morning. I just happened to be up.
I just a bad night sleeping or whatever.
And I woke up and he announced it early and I got a cameo of
George Santos for my sister. Now I I like, do I regret giving
money to George Santos in any way?
It was $75. Yeah, maybe I do actually.
Well, look at it this way, Mike.That money almost certainly went
(00:59):
to. Like.
A good, honest, hard working lawyer who was trying to defend.
Or just went straight to only fans.
But but, but it was I will say it's like a very guilty pleasure
of mine that I did this because I think, yes, I know he's like
he's George Santos. But my for my sister, I did it
(01:20):
for her for her birthday was coming up or whatever or was it
Christmas? I can't remember.
I got to look at the date, but he's basically Hi Katie.
It's like I hear you from originally from New York three.
You can come back to LA from there anytime and all this stuff
and CNN that night Erin Burnett.She's like people have been
getting you know, and the price of the cameo has been going up
(01:42):
there this and then in the segment in the in between
things. It it started with my sister was
like hi, Katie. Yes, I got I got to I got to
find it in my in my tax. But anyway, series the
battlegrounds and George Santos apparently has already found a
new job. That's that's my, that's my
(02:04):
George. Sorry everybody, sorry
everybody. We'll get back to you.
So this is your fault. This is what?
I'm hearing on. Yeah, I, I, I got a little irony
pilled on George Santos. And I know everybody.
I know everything. I know that he's probably a
genocide denier and like, he's certainly a fascist accomplice.
And you know, I know. And I'm sorry, I'm not a perfect
(02:25):
person. So George Santos reached a plea
deal with prosecutors earlier this year, pleading guilty to
wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
At the time, they asked if he would appeal to Trump for rescue
in the form of a pardon, and George Santos said you bet your
(02:49):
sweet ass I would. That's the thing.
That's why I can't cover this guy with the with the with the
hard note. It just, he's too.
He's just like a big, like, he'slike a talking bowl of jello
that says silly things. And this dude was like a legit
fraudster. I, I, I just copied and pasted a
(03:11):
few things from different news stories I found.
I'm just going to read some of the stuff that he has admitted
to doing or been caught doing. He acknowledged using his
campaign fundraising apparatus for personal gain and admitted
to submitting false reports to the Federal Election Commission
during his congressional run. Can't do that.
(03:33):
He also admitted to stealing thepersonal identity and financial
information of elderly and cognitively impaired campaign
donors. Oh my God, you know, I mean, but
but it's also, but it's, it's just like he's just a con man.
It's just a he's just a criminal.
Oh, I've got more here. He admitted to stealing from
donors by persuading them to contribute money to a company
(03:56):
that he claimed was a social welfare organization, or super
PAC, and then using their contributions to put himself up
at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas shop at Hermes.
Yeah, let's go. Louis Vuitton and Brooks
Brothers pay off his credit cards and give himself thousands
of dollars in cash. He's like.
(04:19):
No taste by the way, I mean. He's like a contestant on AVH,
one reality show from like the, from like the early aughts.
You know what I'm talking about?Like he's, he's, he, he, he's
like, you know, like he, he, he's like one of the women from
from Flavor of Love. I'm sure he'd take that as a
compliment. That's, that's, that's that's
(04:39):
why he's so seductive to me, because he would be, he would
take that as a compliment. He's just like a knowing
villain. We're not done yet.
Allegations There's allegations he stole money from a fundraiser
for a dying dog and that he liedabout his mother surviving.
(05:01):
Oh, I'm sorry, but this is what Trump.
This is what? This is what?
This is what Trump supporters deserve.
Honestly. So there's the dog fundraiser,
and he lied about his mother surviving the 9/11 terror
attacks. No fox, by the way, No Fox A.
(05:21):
Report from the House Ethics panel accused him of misusing
campaign funds for personal benefits, including Botox and
subscriptions on the Only Fans website.
I want to know who his only fanstargets were, Like who, who is
he throwing, throwing some cash on?
Which is he like foot content? Like what, what, what what is
(05:42):
George really interested in? You know, because you're because
for only fans, he's got to be like, maybe he's just just
completely smitten with one person or somebody who provides
for a like specialty type something.
And that's where I'm I'd be verycurious.
That's where I would lean with George.
Maybe he's lying about being gay.
He's just, he's just buying tonsof straight pornography.
(06:03):
That is the one thing I think hetold the truth about.
South In August, Trump told Newsmax that he was open to
intervening in George Santos's case not because he thought
George Santos was innocent, but because Santos was quote 100%
for Trump and quote, a solid partisan vote for the White
(06:27):
House when he was on Capitol Hill.
That's an insane thing to like, read in text.
That's that's actually crazy. I don't know it, it really is.
It's like because he's 100% for Trump.
Unbelievable. Trump announced his pardon of
George Santos in a Truth Social post.
Would you like to read it? Yeah, I'll do it.
(06:48):
In for a penny, in for a pound, as they say.
I say that all the time for somereason.
I don't even know what the fuck it means.
All right, George Santos was somewhat of a rogue in quotes.
He's he actually writes the sameway as Catherine D does this guy
Trump just putting shit in quotes.
He's just like, fuck it, let's just throw some quotes on that
thing. Yeah, George, George Santos was
(07:10):
somewhat of a rogue, but there were many rogues throughout our
country that aren't forced to serve seven years in prison.
I started to think about George when the subject of Democrat
Senator Richard Danang, Dick Blumenthal, came up again.
As everyone remembers, Danang stated for almost 20 years that
he was a proud Vietnam veteran, having endured the worst of the
(07:31):
war, watching the wounded and dead as he raced up the hills
and down the valleys, blood streaming from his face.
He was a great hero. He would leak to any and all who
would listen. And then it happened.
He was a complete and total fraud in all caps.
He never went to Vietnam, he never saw Vietnam, he never
(07:54):
experienced the battles there oranywhere else.
His war hero status and even minimal service in our military
was totally and completely made-up.
This is far worse than what George Santos did, and at least
Santos had the courage. Conviction Intelligence to all
caps Always vote Republican. Another insane thing to put in
(08:17):
writing. I guess we should be smart and
also point out that this is likethe clearest definition you have
of like the friend enemy distinction and fascism, right?
Right. He's my friend, so he's the the
law doesn't apply to him. The law applies to you because
you are not my friend, but it does not apply to him.
Anyway, we talk about this stuffall the time.
(08:38):
You guys already know George hasbeen in solitary confinement for
long stretches of time and by all accounts has been horribly
mistreated. I'd be very curious to see how
he's mistreated in jail, by the way.
You know what I mean. There's like there's, there's no
spin drift, there's no spin drift, there's no carbonated
anything over here. George Santos, you want to let
(09:00):
me out to my Botox appointment? This is important.
I want to watch the substance onDVD.
OK, Therefore I just signed a a a commutation releasing George
Santos from prison. All caps again immediately.
Good luck George, have a great life.
(09:20):
Have a great life, dude. I think I've been saying pardon,
there's a, there is a legal difference, but like.
We're good. I think everybody knows.
What you mean out of jail is thepoint.
He's out of jail. Last thing about George Santos,
I just want to point out, is that one of the things, like
you're a guilty pleasure sadist,really, who watches MSNBC every
(09:45):
day, Yes. I feel more I should feel more
guilty about watching that than than paying for the cameo from
George Santos, actually. Well, my my #resist Lib
indulgence is watching press conferences where Speaker of the
House Mike Johnson is asked about like, whatever stupid
thing Trump did and just seeing what he comes up with because it
(10:09):
seems like he's getting lazier and lazier with it.
It used to be like, he used to like, kind of try to argue for
it. And now he's just like, you
know, I've, what can you say? What can you say?
And his line on the George Santos thing was very biblical.
It was, you know, Trump believesthat everybody deserves
redemption and extended that grace to George Santos.
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