Hey, everybody, it's Joe Trippy, and welcome back to that Trippy show with my co-host, Alex Sashlow.

This week, we're recording this, let's say, and I think Christmas Eve, yeah.

And so, of course, we are unwrapping gifts and humbugs for the year.

We'll keep it short so you can all spend some much-needed time with family,

and we'll look ahead to the next year.

Alex, where do you want to get started?

Are we the humbugs?

I mean, that's my question.

We are recording on Christmas Eve, and this will probably for most be dropping the day after Christmas.

But I guess, I guess, yeah, we're, I guess it's some more.

We're just bringing some more talking about politics back to people when they're trying to enjoy their time off it is all good we did get a

bunch of fun listener questions this week i've i've somewhat condensed them but the one i just want to

tee us up with joe and then we'll get into our humbugs and our gifts for the year uh janin florida

says i'm enjoying you give the best of 2025 superlatives. And I just want to put

out that's a way better name than what I've been calling it. But why are you so negative?

I just want to hear about the best things that aren't Trumpy. Fair enough, Jan. It has been kind of a

Trumpy year, but some of that can't be helped.

But I wouldn't say we've been negative.

I think we told people that there's a good chance Democrats win just the hell of a lot of seats next year.

I think we're pretty positive, man.

What do you think?

Look, I'm positive about politically where things are headed, but you have to understand that Trump has no intention

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