Roasting the Broligarchy: Money Laundering, Rampant Corruption, and the Miseducation of Todd Blanche and Pete Hegseth
High & LowShow Notes
After a quick rundown of some of the dumbest news of the week, we delve into the biography and background of Attorney General nominee, and Epstein files embarrassment, Todd Blanche. Newspaper archives provide valuable insight into pivotal years of his upbringing that seem to have shaped his world views. Then, we learn that "googly eyes" are fightin' words and merkins are making a comeback before delving into the aftermath of tariff mania, and learning how some financial grifters may have planned for this exact outcome. An impromptu side quest about Pete Hegseth leads us into a musty quagmire of booze and sexism, all under the weary eye of his disapproving mother. Lastly, why Capital One says they closed 300 Trump accounts for suspected money laundering, how DOGE helped America become the land of cyclospora, and how making Dr. Fauci's diary public uncovered the utter hypocrisy of a boring racist and her bald mayo rat who both grandstand about wanting him jailed.
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