Gutfeld! Monologues - The WaPo Glory Days

Episode Date: January 28, 2026

As seen on Gutfeld!, guest host Tom Shillue discusses the rising value of gold, which has reached an all-time high. Meanwhile, staffers at ‘The Washington Post’ are turning to Hollywood for support as reports have emerged of Jeff Bezos unleashing massive job cuts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I'm Tom Shaloo. In for Greg on this very special edition of Gutfeld. Okay, let's do some jokes. The value of gold has surged to an all-time high, driven by reduced confidence in U.S. assets. It seems that everyone has now gotten in on the action. On Sunday, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson attended an anti-ice rally in his city. He didn't originally plan on marching, but was forced to after gang members stole his car. A woman who approached a snow leopard for a photo in Mongolia suffered severe facial wounds after the attacked her. Doctors say this proves depression isn't the only mental health risk associated with liking cats.

A West Virginia librarian is facing charges for allegedly trying to recruit people to assassinate President Trump. Sadly, after her arrest, West Virginia now has zero librarians. Wow. Last Saturday, Melania Trump hosted a sneak preview of her new Amazon studio film at the White House, and you can catch a replay of the last administration by streaming The Walking Dead. The musician Moby is calling for people to join him in boycotting companies that support Trump and ICE.

He'll boycott them along with the sun, muscles, and having testicles. Twilight star Kristen Stewart said she plans to move out of the U.S. because of Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Denmark, responded, offering us Greenland if she stays. And finally, Neil Young trashed Jeff Bezos and removed his entire music catalog

from Amazon, admitting his decision is, quote, harmful to my record company in the short term. By the short term, Mr. Young was referring to the rest of his life. We'll be back with more Gutfeld. This is Ainsley Earhart. Thank you for joining me for the 52 episode podcast series, the life of Jesus. A listening experience that will provide hope, comfort, and understanding of the

greatest story ever told. Listen and follow now at Fox News Podcasts.com, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Okay, to the monologue. Do you remember movies like all the president's men and The Post with Tom Hanks? Hollywood used to make movies about the glory days of the Washington Post. Now there is forgotten as this picture of pre-steroid Jeff Bezos. And now after reports that Bezos is set to unleash massive job cuts at the paper, staffers are actually turning to Hollywood for help. Yeah, according to a report, they're considering recruiting stars like Hanks and Merrill Streep to intervene on their behalf. And if there's one thing Hollywood stars are good at, it's helping a media company lose money with a horrible product.

Apparently, it all started in recent days after the post abruptly scrapped its plans to cover the upcoming Winter Olympics with possible plans to dump its entire sports section and some of the foreign desk. Just don't dump Sally Fourth or Kathy. Those ladies are hilarious. Meanwhile, the union representing staffers encouraged members to tag Bezos and his wife, Lauren Sanchez,

in social media posts to get their attention. Sanchez said, If you want to get my husband's attention, get fake boobs. But from there, apparently, the brainstorming continued, and staffers wondered if they should contact Hanks, probably because he's the closest thing

that Hollywood has, to a religious figure. But here's the problem. Bezos isn't a movie critic, although his wife is an expert in makeup and special effects. He's a billionaire. He knows how to make money. And the paper has been bleeding cash for years,

losing an estimated $100 million in 2024. Despite that, the journalists that work for the Post have been in revolt since last year, over what they see as a MAGA infiltration of their beloved newspaper. It all started when Bezos didn't want the paper endorsed Kamala Harris in the last election. Some staffers lost their minds, saying trust has been lost.

Editorial board members resigned as a result. Then Bezos asked the editorial board to provide some more balanced opinions, and more resignations ensued. They fled in droves, like Gutfeld viewers, when they see this. I didn't see that in rehearsal. So it seems that anything short of full-throated campaigning for the Democratic Party is considered maga-coded by the main. mainstream media. And let's be honest, Bezos didn't ruin the Washington Post. The Washington Post

ruined the Washington Post. They never had time for blue-collar voters from what they would call flyover states. People didn't cancel their subscriptions because of layoffs. Layoffs are happening because people stop subscribing because readers don't want lectures. And they don't want activist groupthink wrapped in journalism font. They don't want democracy dies in darkness written by people who would block anyone who disagrees with them. And what irony that Hollywood is being asked to come to the rescue of a dying media outlet when they're both on the same path. The Washington Post might just be like the Megaplexes and Big Budget Hollywood Blockbusters, a thing of the past.

And like Forrest Gump once said, life is like a box of chocolates and the Washington Post sucks. Listen ad-free with a Fox News podcast plus subscription on Apple Podcasts. And Amazon Prime members can listen to this show, ad-free on the Amazon Music app.