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Frangela: The Final Word

Big, Beautiful Deficits, GOP Amnesia, and the Art of the Unread Bill

Frangela: The Final Word

Frangela Duo

Society & Culture, News, Comedy

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Final Word, Frangela takes a deep dive into the latest wave of fiscal irresponsibility, bureaucratic nonsense, and barely concealed discrimination—now available in convenient executive order form!

First up, the Congressional Budget Office projected that Trump's Big Beautiful Bill™ will lead to $3.7 trillion in lost revenue and a $2.4 trillion increase in the deficit. So, naturally, we ask: Where did all the GOP budget hawks go? Oh right, they’re busy pretending math doesn’t exist.

Meanwhile, Marjorie Taylor Greene added her name to the growing list of GOP representatives who didn’t read the spending bill before voting on it. You’d think reading a bill before passing it would be basic governance, but apparently, it’s just another pesky suggestion—like ethics and facts.

Then, Trump decided that the tariffs on steel and aluminum imports weren’t punishing enough, so he’s doubling down—literally. The rates from March? More than doubled. Because why just disrupt trade when you can obliterate it?

And in yet another attack on reproductive rights, the Trump administration revoked federal guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions to stabilize patients in life-threatening conditions. Because apparently, medical ethics now depend on political talking points.

Finally, Trump signed a travel ban targeting 12 countries with no demonstrable risk to U.S. security—other than the inconvenient fact that they contain too many Black people and Muslims for his liking. Which, shockingly, is not a valid national security concern.

All this and more on The Final Word, where Frangela breaks down the chaos, the corruption, and the deeply unnecessary nonsense so you don’t have to.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Frances Calliard.

0:02.5

And I'm Angela V. Shelton.

0:03.9

And we're Franca.

0:05.6

You know what you need in your life?

0:07.1

The Final Word podcast.

0:09.4

Yes, you do.

0:10.3

That's right. It is the final word on all things political and pop cultural.

0:14.1

Where we make real news real funny.

0:16.5

We inspire you so you can hashtag resist.

0:19.8

Subscribe and get a new episode of the Final Word podcast each week.

0:23.7

It's the news we think you need to hear.

0:26.1

That's right. We think you need to hear it.

0:28.2

Okay.

0:28.9

Yeah, it's what we say so.

0:30.4

That's right.

0:30.9

And because all we do is give every Thursday you can listen to our hysterical podcast, Idiot of the Week.

0:36.5

We round up the stupid because you know what?

0:38.5

Somebody has to.

0:40.2

Okay.

0:41.5

All we do is give.

0:46.3

I'm Brian Karam and I've spent decades covering politics. Now I'm taking you behind the scenes one interview at a time.

0:58.1

Join us as each week Brian confronts the issues that matter, posing the questions you wish you could ask. No filter, no agenda, just the truth. We're not here for soundbites. We're here for substance. Join me, Brian Carrum, every week

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