The Philip DeFranco Show - The Trump Betrayal No One Saw Coming

Episode Date: June 29, 2026

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made Donald Trump and saved mail-in voting, but also just gave him huge expanded powers. The Civil War and the Democratic Party just got worse. And a no-kill shelter was just found to have a mass animal grave. We're talking about all of that, and even more, on today's brand new Philip DeFranco show you daily dive into the news, starting with this.

The Supreme Court just dropped a bunch of absolutely massive decisions today, with one even being so big that you had Trump panic posting about it and calling it a tremendous loss. And actually, let's start with that one. It's about absentee voting and mail-in ballots. Or because in a five to four ruling,

They just dealt a major blow to Trump saying that mail-in ballots that arrive after election day can still be counted. You had the case in question here centering around a Mississippi law that set a grace period for mail-in ballots. It allows them to arrive five days after an election as long as they were postmarked by election day. But you had the RNC, the state's Republican Party, and the Libertarian Party of Mississippi, all filing lawsuits against the policy. Something, of course, the Trump administration backed. And they argued that it's illegal to count absentee ballots that arrive after polls closed because elections are set for a specific day under federal law. And in oral arguments, their lawyers push false claims that Trump himself has repeatedly taken claiming that allowing mail-in ballots to be counted after election day could increase fraud and undermine trust in election

Especially if the candidate who ultimately won the election was not ahead when polls close Of course, it's totally bogus. Honestly, the main reason that people distrust election is because Trump and his lackeys They've spread misinformation about mail-in ballots creating fraud and that's as even Trump himself has continued to vote by mail And to that point you had Mississippi Solicitor General hitting back arguing that federal law only requires voters to fill their ballots by election day And ultimately you had a majority of the court agreeing with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, though in instances like this, Maca likes to call her Amy Comey, Barrett joining the three liberals in support of the Mississippi law. And in fact, Connie Barrett was the one who authored the majority opinion, writing that federal election

laws just require votes to be cast by Election Day, but then adding, the Election Day statutes do not set a deadline for ballot receipt, so they do not prevent Mississippi from counting ballots postmark before Election Day yet received afterward. Though on the other side, you add Justice Samuel Alito echoing some of Trump's common talking points, writing in his dissent, The majority's holding spawns a slurry of troubling election law questions and risks further undermining Americans' confidence and election integrity. But then also, I gotta note that this ruling, it goes way beyond Mississippi. Because there are 18 states and territories that have mail-in ballot grace periods and about a dozen others of grace periods for ballots that were cast by voters overseas, including military members. Right, and this, it affects just a lot of people.

Right, just in 2024 alone, according to NBC, there were hundreds of thousands of people who cast mail-in ballots that were postmarked by election day, but arrived afterward. And so if this ruling had gone the other way, I mean, we would have seen absolute chaos breaking out in roughly half of the country, would have totally upended election systems just months before the midterms. But instead, even this overwhelmingly Republican Supreme Court, they affirm the power of states to have their own election laws. So here, at least for now, I'll put that asterisk on it, a huge loss for Trump. Still, you know, a lot of people on this actually includes myself, thinking that it's insane that this decision was so close. They're like, well, the Supreme Court, they handed Trump, major wins. There's no denying that. There's probably going to be more to come

in the future. Just over the last 10 years, it feels like we just keep narrowly avoiding by just like the skin of our teeth, a full-blown autocracy and just like killing of just hundreds of thousands, if not millions of votes. Or to put it another way, you had one person writing, a dark reminder that Scotis remains tempted to assert national power over elections despite the plain language of the Constitution. But then also, in different corners of the internet, you had Maga absolutely going off on Roberts and Barrett for signing with the liberals in this case. Or you had them calling Roberts corrupt saying he and Barrett, they've defiled the Constitution. Though definitely I'll say between the two, you have people really honing in on Barrett, saying things like she's the worst mistake at Trump's first term,

that she betrayed them with this decision. But, huge thing here, while some of the conservative justices did buck Trump on mail-in voting, they gave him a major win in another case. Breakers you at the court, ruling 6 to 3 along ideological lines that the president can fire heads of independent agencies without cause. But with that, seemingly just throwing out nearly a century of precedent aimed at protecting certain entities from political influence and dramatically expanding Donald Trump's long-standing efforts to concentrate power

and control the executive branch. And here what you had was the case in question centering around Rebecca Slaughter. She's a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission that Trump fired without cause in March of 2025 as part of his broader attempts to purge liberal leaders from independent agencies and install loyalists in their positions. And you had Trump firing Slaughter over an email where he said that keeping her in the position would be inconsistent with the administration's priorities. As you had Slaughter suing, arguing that under federal law, the president can only fire FTC commissioners for, quote, inefficiency, neglect duty, and malfeasance in office in claiming that

her own removal was purely for political reasons. And you then had a federal judge ruling in her favor and reinstating her job, citing a 91-year-old precedent known as Humphrey's executor. And under that precedent, the Supreme Court gave Congress the power to require that the president must have a good reason if they want to fire the leaders of around two dozen different agencies. And the idea there was that these agencies were designed by Congress to be independent. And so in order to ensure that independence, their leaders need to be insulated from partisan politics in order to function properly without undue pressure or influence from the president. And while then you had an appeals court upholding slaughters re-instatement under the precedent, the Trump administration then

took it to the Supreme Court, arguing that the high court should overturn Humphreys altogether. And today, Donald Trump got his wish. You had the six conservatives ruling that the protections for independent agencies were unconstitutional. And while this decision, it really focuses on a very technical matter, I cannot emphasize enough how important this is. Because the court, they overturned Humphreys as a whole. This decision was not limited to slaughter or the FTC. It impacts every independent agency that was previously covered by the precedent. You have places like the Washington Post explaining this decision will usher in one of the largest changes of the operation of the federal government in decades and fulfills a major goal of the Trump administration and many

conservatives who have long argued the president should exercise unfettered authority over the executive branch. And so you then, even had Trump himself cheering the move as a big win and describing it as a historic and unprecedented ruling, one of the most important ever given with respect to presidential powers. So apparently, his abilities are not completely unlimited. Or because the Supreme Court, they also handed down another decision today that preserved the independence of the Federal Reserve. And there what you had was a case centered around a similar situation, which is Trump's decision to fire Lisa Cook, who's a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Now, this case is a little different because Trump has used unproven claims that could committed mortgage fraud as an

explanation for his efforts to oust her. And he would cook, for her part, denying the allegations, arguing that they're bogus and saying that Trump, he only fired her because she refused his demands to lower interest rates. We're accusing Trump of trying to take control so that he can force it to carry out his own agenda. So she sued over her termination, claiming that she was fired without cause and that Trump did not give her due process to defend herself against the fraud claims. This morning, the Supreme Court agreed, ruling that Trump, quote, failed to afford Cook the procedural protections to which she was entitled by under federal law. And allowing Cook to stay at her judge. while the case is litigated by the lower courts, a process that experts say could take months or even years to resolve.

And so with all this, very notably, the decision also affirmed the central bank's unique independence from the president as well as the limits on his ability to fire its leaders at will. So seemingly marking a very significant carve out to the court's parallel ruling in the Slaughter's case. Right, but then the fourth Supreme Court ruling that we saw today is that the justices rejected Trump's push to throw out a $5 million judgment that was against him after a jury decided in 2023 that he sexually abused and defamed E. E. Gene Carroll in the mid-90s. And there, you had Trump looking to overturn the ruling with his lawyers arguing that the allegations were implausible and politically motivated. They also claimed that the judge overseeing the case had prejudiced the jury by improperly allowing evidence from two women who claimed Trump had also assaulted them.

But the Supreme Court, they declined to even take up the case announcing the decision with no explanation and no noted dissents. So of course, Trump, he dissented, chiming in on truth social, saying that the move was a surprise to him and claiming that the case was fake and adding, this case is really against the United States of America and all it stands for and should never be allowed

to happen to another president or candidate to be. With him then also going on to say he will continue the fight against this weaponization lawfare case against me, including the ridiculous claim of defamation with all of my power and strength. Apparently, regarding that last point, you had Trump's lawyers planning to ask Cotis to review another verdict by a different jury in a second defamation trial that awarded Carol $83.3 million. And then finally, in yet another blow to Trump, albeit a very minor one, you had the Supreme Court restricting the use of geo-fencing warrants that let law enforcement access location data from

tech giants in order to see who is near a crime scene. And there, you had the justice's ruling six to three that the practice amounts to a search is outlined under the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and thus is subject to privacy protections afforded by the Constitution. And you would the court rejecting the arguments from the Trump administration, which defended the technique and kick the specifics of the case back down to an appeals court. And so clearly, a lot of the cases today, very, very consequential, especially for Donald Trump himself. But also, we're going to have to keep our eyes and ears open because we got a couple more biggies that are coming down the pipeline. Because the Supreme Court, they're set to wrap up its term

this week, and there are still a few outstanding decisions. And easily, one of the most anticipated is the ruling on birthright citizenship. At the Supreme Court, they're going to decide on the legality of Trump's sweeping executive order that prevents babies born in America from being granted U.S. citizenship if both of the parents are illegal immigrants. And then beyond that, you have the court expected to issue a ruling on a pair of cases from West Virginia and Idaho. With those challenging laws that prohibit trans girls and women from playing on public school and college sports teams that align with their gender identity, while those cases stem from two specific states, it's been reported that a ruling in their favor would uphold similar bans in other states. But for now, we're going

to have to wait to see what those decisions are. And then also, what do we see following all these decisions. Right, how is it all going to play out? Because, for example, Trump's loss on the mail and voting front, he's already using it as a reason to really push the Save Act. And then there's more we got to dive into in just a minute, but first let me thank a sponsor and say, you know, I'll be honest. I was a little embarrassed. Because within 30 seconds of using today's sponsor Rocket Money, it immediately showed me all the stuff that I was actively being charged for that I had completely forgotten about. To subscriptions, a free trial I never killed, and an app that I genuinely do not remember downloaded. And that's not only a money thing. It's an attention thing. And, you know,

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two Democratic Socialists, winning their primaries. And that sparked this whole redoed conversation over whether socialism is taking over the Democratic Party. Right, and these wins, they also came off as especially provocative because two of them, one against sitting, Democrats, and a third beat the chosen successor to the retiring incumbent. So as far as reactions, you had things like when a reporter asked House Minority Leader,

Hakeem Jefferies, whether Mamdani's endorsements were a fuck you to the party, he gave this not so friendly answer. Listen, the mayor and I agreed to strongly disagree about some of his endorsements, and he's got work to do in terms of the conversations that he's going to have with members of Congress moving forward. That response was also pretty tame compared to the response from Representative Josh Godheimer, because he said, quote, many of us believe, as I do, that if you're a socialist, You're not a Democrat.

And then, you had 15 moderate them signing this manifesto declaring, quote, politics forces false choices between extremes on right and left, we reject them. We believe in a growing, fair, and competitive economy that rewards hard work, innovation, entrepreneurship, and ownership. Saying we are proud, not ashamed of America. We are mainstream, not extreme. We are capitalist, not socialist. Which then, of course, beg the question of, well, what is Momdani's reaction to the reactions?

Well, yesterday, during an interview with ABC's Jonathan Carl, Mamdani addressed all the criticism from his fellow party members. They put out a manifesto today. I don't know. Have you seen this thing? Sounds pretty socialist to me. It's not a communist manifesto. It's a moderate manifesto. I mean, you know, that's great, but what's a party, if not it's voters?

And I'm proud to sit in front of you as the mayor of our city having received more than a million votes a little over a little less than a year ago. And for a lot of people who ask themselves, what does democratic socialism mean? We've seen a city with democratic socialist principles at the heart of it within our administration. And what we've delivered has been record lows when it comes to murders and sheds. shootings. I'm not interested in writing a manifesto or frankly in reading one. I'm interested in delivering. And that's exactly what we've been showing. And really quick opinion time, if I was those moderate Dems, I'd be pissed too. I'm Donnie. He seemingly came out of nowhere and just kind of exposed himself as a generational talent that could communicate to the masses.

So I will say it does feel like there is at least somewhat of a ceiling on the people that he can reach, at least whether it be independence and such. And that's because Republicans have really effectively for a certain chunk of the base made socialism like the boogeyman work. And so even saying democratic socialist, you're going to have people run the opposite direction. I've talked to people that are like, oh, I agree with that policy, but I know I'm again, socialist and I'm like that, that's a socialist policy. So this is just one idiot's pitch. I'm going to start a new party. It's going to be called new American populists. My slogan is that America needs a nap. This world has been crazy. This country has been crazy. We all need to

take a little nap and then get back to work. But then going back to those moderate dems, they did probably like at least one thing, Mom Dani said, and that was him addressing the question of 2028. Whether he would like to run for president or even be able to run for president, because as Carl pointed out, he cannot do so legally because the Constitution, bars immigrants from running. Do you think that that's, we should change that? No. No.

I think the Constitution looks good the way it is. Just the way it is. Just the way it is. So even as inoffensive as that answer was, you still have the New York Post finding a way to spin that into a scary headline writing. Mom Dani weighs in on changing the Constitution so he can run for president. Though I will say, to the Post credit, they have at least been consistent in how much they hate Mamdani.

There's been a lot of switchups happen on the left and the right. But the New York Post, you can count on them, right? And they have been absolutely rabid in their cover. of Mamdani since day one, like even with the most innocuous of stories. So my favorite might have actually come from this weekend because you had headlines like, Zoran Mamdani jumps into New York City pool to kick off summer tradition while violating dress code rules, as well as Mumdani quietly attends Knicks game sitting in section where tickets cost around $700 or more. And ex-mayors join Hokal Tish and thousands at New York City's Israel parade while no show Mumdani bizarrely

rides bike around town and business suit no helmet. Right, since Tuesday's primaries, that panic on the right, it's just dialed up to an 11 with, for example, Ben, definitely not botting his view of Shapiro going off. The communist America hating revolution isn't coming. It's here. They want limitless taxation. Transing the kids is a matter of course. Limitless immigration.

No limits on immigration. Taxpayer funded abortion for all. Piker is running around now saying America is commie town. Do not cow to the commies. Let's say that there's an economic downturn. Let's say a bunch of corruption stories about the Trump administration break between now and 2028, which, by the way, is quite likely to happen. Let's say that from here, Democrats win in November.

They do well in November. And the entire media apparatus attributes that to the increasing radicalism of the Democratic Party. Do you really believe that the democratic immunity to full-scale third-world-dist communism is going to be strong enough to reject something like an AOC candidacy? Let's be very clear. Zoran Mamdani's world was built by Barack Obama. Barack Obama was step one, who is much better at hiding his politics. Now you don't have to hide your politics anymore because of Barack Obama.

But then when it comes to these kinds of attacks, Domani's response has always been the same. Judge me by my deeds, not by whatever boogeyman you have in your head. Republicans are going to make you the poster child for the Democratic Party. Let them. We don't have to ask ourselves what life looks like if a socialist wins. We've delivered free child care for two-year-olds for the first time in New York City history. We've delivered tens of millions of dollars back to tenants who were taken advantage of by bad landlords.

We've delivered 165,000 potholes being paved. You know, if you look at the polls, it looks like that pitch easy. is working. MomDani's approval rating, it's gone up in New York State as a whole. And actually, when you narrow it down to just New York City, 58% approve and just 26% disapprove. Though, of course, that's New York City when you're thinking about all the different places you gotta win. Not everywhere's New York City.

And in the meantime, you know, it is gonna be interesting to watch this play out, right? Does the DSA have growing influence in the Democratic Party? Is there a growing civil war there? Also, where the Republicans' efforts to make them the face of the Democratic brand? Is that gonna hurt Dems or give them maybe energy that they've needed really badly? I mean, Mike Johnson, he recently did the thing where he was warning, Republicans about what the DSA want and a lot of it sounded like he was doing promo for them. He was like these monsters at the DSA, they want to expand the House of Representatives to

implement proportional representation and the electoral college and all military and economic aid to Israel prosecute U.S. and Israeli leaders responsible for the genocide in Gaza. And among other things, they also want ranked choice voting. And I was like, did Mamdani pay Mike Johnson to say this? Because this very much felt like Mike Johnson believing in Democratic politicians more than the Democratic base believes in democratic politicians. And again, this part's my opinion, I think a lot of people just get scared by the socialism word. It's a boogeyman word for many. But the truth of the matter is two things. One, a lot of what Mamdani and a lot of these people, whether they're called Democratic

Socialists or whatever, like kind of the new upstarts that we've been seeing, a lot of the stuff that they are saying and they're promoting, it's stuff that like FDR would have wanted. FDR, I think, is like the sixth most popular president in U.S. history. And two, for that block of Democratic politicians that are trying to frame that what's happening is capitalism versus socialism. What I would say to them is that only ends up being a winning argument if capitalism starts working better for even more people. And right now, for the vast majority of Americans, it's not working fantastically. It's the failure of systems and the people that promote those systems that open the door for alternatives. And it feels like a lot of the politicians that are

complaining really didn't learn the lesson that Orange Man Bad was a losing strategy in 2024, and people want to hear what their politicians are going to do to make their lives better. And a lot of these new faces and voices that we're seeing, they're doing just that. But hey, We'll see how everything plays out. And of course, with all of this, I'd really love to know your thoughts, opinions, and reactions in those comments down below. Right, and then for our final block today,

let's do some more news you need to know quickly. Starting with just a little warning. If you're thinking about committing a crime in Mexico, think again, right? Because you might end up taped to a lamp post waiting for the police to come find you while Batman runs off into the night. And while it won't be the real Batman,

there is a vigilante in the Lagos de Moreno area. He's apparently just like him and he's wanted by police for doing all of that to alleged motorbike themes. And he's even been leaving sort of a calling car drawing moustaches and cat whiskers right in the Spanish word for thief on their faces once they're taped down. With that, he's also left some big

signs above some of the people he's captured saying what crimes they allegedly committed. And he's been propping up the bikes that they allegedly stole right in front of the alleged thieves to show off their crimes. So far, at least five men have been discovered like that in the last 10 days. Now, big things that the police, they're treating these men as the victims. Because while many, they're going to find this funny, we don't actually know if these men are guilty of any crimes. It's still unclear if any of them are even under investigation for stealing the bikes. So as far as what we do know is that Batman, he's caused some injuries. One person was even left bloodied and bruised after their encounter with them. The police

It's not clear how close they are to find in this person. They haven't landed any arrests and they've identified two vehicles that could be connected to the incidents, but that's kind of where we are right now. But then also, in much more serious news and it's an update this morning, you had Venezuelans waking up to the ground shaking under them again. It turns out it was an after shot from the twin earthquakes they had last week, though thankfully there haven't been any reports of any additional damage. But of course, you could just imagine how scary all that is,

given that their whole world was turned upside down since those earthquakes hit. You've got analysts estimating over 58,000 buildings have been damaged or destroyed and all this. The death toll at least has a recording, it's at 14. 150, though tens of thousands of people they're still unaccounted for. And that's on top of the thousands who have been injured and just so many who have been displaced. Right, and with us, you have their National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez saying, we are in critical hours and crucial hours to continue rescuing lives and to build camps where those people who have lost their homes or who cannot return for whatever reason,

do their residences, can stay. All while you've had rescue teams with shovels, ropes, even using their bare hands digging through the concrete to save people. And you've got countries like the US, Brazil, India, Mexico, France, the list really goes on and on, also sending aid teams to help. And with that, you had Venezuela's interim president, Delci Rodriguez, saying that their search and rescue operations found 33 people over the weekend. You're also seeing some stories pop up, like a dad and his teenage son being saved if days under the rubble. There's also a mom who was rescued with their 18-day old baby. But then also with this, you're seeing a lot of people complaining that the response from the government, it just hasn't been enough. Some have complained that officials should have had a better response plan in place or something like this.

Also claiming that they wasted time early on, which they say could have cost people their lives. Because the first 48 to 72 hours after a natural disaster, they're just so crucial. And that says, you're seeing reports of government rescue, workers taking selfies in front of flattened buildings. And then you also have some people saying that the ruling party's officials are politicizing the disaster, saying they're snapping pictures

to shape the optics around who's helping and who's not. And with that, you've had some civilian rescue workers saying they came to Ida Repas and take pictures to make it look like they were working, but adding they didn't even get their uniforms dirty like we have, we've been here for three days. And then also I'll add here that there have been some from the ruling party who have said the same

about other groups as well. But what I will say is while you're seeing all that play out, there's a lot of finger point and such. It does seem like the rescues that are happening, whether from the government teams civilian groups, they are giving people hope. With, for example, one civilian rescue worker who's been looking for her loved ones and anyone else she can find saying, it doesn't matter who it is, whoever, whether it's family or somebody else, if there is anyone alive, let's get them out.

But then, in general, what the fuck news, a no-kill animal shelter was just found to have had a mass grave. Investigators in Northern California just found the remains of 117 dogs, with many appearing to have gunshot wounds at Miranda's rescue animal sanctuary. And you actually had Miranda's rescue coming under scrutiny after animal rights activist Jennifer Raymond decided to look into it after hearing rumors about cruelty at the for years. She tried to get documents on local authorities to intervene, but they ignored her. And so she actually bought a neighboring property to watch the rescue and then one day noticed a massive pile of dirt. And that's when she said, I decided that either I was going to give up on this project or I would have to break the law and I decided to break the law. So she and another activist, they trespassed onto the property and dug up the remains of eight dogs with what appear to be

bullet wounds to their heads. And so she took them to the police, who then decided to open an investigation for fraud and animal cruelty in the disappearance of about 730 animals. With then investigators using ground penetrating radar, locating burial sites and excavating 117 intact canine remains. Then then also finding 21 canine skulls, hundreds of additional bones, six loose microchips, and more than 600 dog collars. With investigators saying that they found an area inside a barn where they believe many of the dogs may have been killed. All while, the shelter described itself as a no-kill rescue and had accepted hundreds of dogs from both private owners and other shelters over the years.

Most of the time, it involved a surrender fee of $500 to thousands of dollars, which isn't uncommon in the industry and it is meant to cover the costs of sheltering the pets. So of course, kind of unneeded if you're gonna go on a mass Christy Gnome Sprite. Now, the founder of the shelter, Shannon Miranda, they publicly denied wrongdoing. He claims that he reported every euthanasia case and that it only occurred in rare cases involving terminal illness or dangerous behavior. So like if it was a dog that killed other dogs or attacked people. And actually, despite the name, no kill shelters do actually euthanize on occasions with stuff like this. They just don't do it to free up space.

So you have a masking the public not to rush to judgment while the investigation continues. And ultimately, we're gonna have to see what happens from here because so far, there are no criminal charges that have been filed. And the authorities say that identifying the dogs and reviewing the evidence, it could take considerable time. And then finally today, we've got the news that prices in the tech world, it's just going up. Now, one of the most recent examples being that Apple just raise its prices on some of their most popular products by $500. So you see increases on their MacBook Neo, the Air, the Pro, and their iPads. In fact, now you have tech analysts saying that the newest iPhones that are set to come out later this year, they're probably going to be more expensive too.

And as far as the reason, it's largely tied to AI. Because Apple, along with pretty much everyone, they're having a deal with the increased cost of memory chips, which have gone up with the AI boom. And that's why things like AirPods where memory storage really isn't a factor, they're not impacted by this. But you know, with prices going up, one of the questions out there is, is this going to affect sales? And so you've seen some tech analysts saying, if consumers are psychologically prepared for higher prices, it won't impact sales. And adding plus, an earlier announcement means the story at the fall launch is no longer the price hike, but the added value of the new devices. So you've also got other tech analysts saying psychologically, this is probably going to be a bigger shock to consumers than the rising price of eggs, for example, because sometimes eggs go up in price, whereas technology historically is deflation error, saying it gets cheaper. You know, with all this, while shocked, it's a fantastic word for a YouTube title,

one of the main reactions has been less that and more pissed off. Or you've got people like Bernie Sanders calling Apple out saying that the price hikes are unacceptable. You also have others saying Apple is screwing us over because it's addicted to greed, period. And along those lines, you had AOC also chiming in. We need to break up a lot of these companies that are far, far too big. And we also need to be instituting consumer protections for people. And as we've seen that reaction playing out, you then had Apple responding, saying we've never seen a component price increase this much this quickly.

We know this is not welcome news and we are working tirelessly to find solutions. So that, my friend, you beautiful bastard is the end of your Monday show. Though, I actually do have to do one last thing. I want to award maybe our first ever viewer of the day, our beautiful baster award, which will be represented by this Luigi's Real Italian Ice that I'm about to consume. That is the best comment on the last film of DeFranco show, which is not decided by upvotes, but by my passing glance. So this, it goes to Emperor for the comment,

poison resistant rats in DC, it's okay, Phil. You can just say Stephen Miller. Which yes, is slightly offensive to poison resistant rats, but I'll allow it. But hey, thank you for watching. Thank you for hitting that like button. Of course, I'll see you right back here tomorrow.