End Game for Dems' Failed Shutdown?

Ruthless Podcast

News, Politics

4.7 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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🎙️ The Schumer Shutdown has some confusing goals. The fellas dissect the nonsensical argument from Democrats like Senator Chris Coons and Sheldon Whitehouse, who repeatedly call the plight of American workers their necessary "leeeverage" to push a bailout for insurance companies. The complete lack of strategy from the Democrats over the past six months proves their cynical politics have hit a new low, a low that even the mainstream media and CNN's Harry Enten are being forced to cover with brutal honesty. 🇺🇸 Brent Gardner from AFP joins us to give his expert take from under the dome and the doors, confirming that voters across the country see the Democratic Party’s position for the cynical mess that it is. ⚡ Then, Smug introduces us to a shocking left-wing podcaster who is celebrating political violence and using her platform to call out Democratic leadership for not being radical enough. All because of the utter lack of leadership from Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, who are terrified of their increasingly deranged base—a base that Politico reported would bring the "guillotine" to moderates. 🐵 Ben Stiller shot some sort of hostage video and a terrifying monkey update. And of course, we play King of the Hill, where David Frum takes on champion Sarah Longwell. 00:00 - The Madness of the Democrat Government Shutdown Strategy 03:54 - Democrats' "Leverage" Argument and the ACA Failure 07:40 - UnitedHealth, AARP, and the Insurance Company Bailout 14:38 - Rep. Stansbury's Intellectual Dishonesty and the Media 20:45 - Brent Gardner on the Shutdown: The State of Play and Republican Strength 39:35 - Question of the Day: Are Democrats Dumb or Crazy? 47:50 - Ben Stiller Gets Political, The Radical Left Speaks, and Monkey News Our Sponsors: ➢Beverage America believes in the promise that makes this nation great. Learn more at http://wedeliverforamerica.org/ ➢Find out the true power of America's oil and natural gas. Go to https://lightsonenergy.org/ ➢Want to make a difference in your community? https://takeonesmallstep.org/ Join AFP's grass-roots efforts at https://afpvolunteer.com/ ➢The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease wants to act sooner on Alzheimer's, not later. Learn more at https://www.pfcdalz.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	They'll straight face saying, like, you know, it's a big sacrifice that many millions of Americans are going to have to make, and we're willing to make that sacrifice.
0:09.0	That's exactly what they do.
0:12.0	Democrats are deathly afraid of a political base that has become way, way more radical than I think even they could have ever predicted. Let's try being honest once in a while. Tapper's trying his damnedest, and she's wondering, wait, what? Why are you trying to question this? This is the lie we've been pushing on the American people. Your job is to carry it for us. It's very funny that these Democrats came up in the era of Barack Obama and they try to mimic the way that he speaks.
0:39.9	Let me be clear.
0:40.9	That would be clear.
0:43.8	Our nation is standing up for American workers.
0:47.3	Restoring the pride of making products here at home.
0:50.3	That's what we do every day.
0:52.4	We're America's beverage companies. Making American products with American workers in America's hometowns, delivering brands that have been enjoyed for generations, creating good paying jobs, the kind that require only a strong work ethic, because we believe in the promise of America and the people who make it great.
1:13.6	Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please.
1:20.6	Keep the faith, hold the line and own the lives.
1:23.6	It's time for our main event.
1:31.3	Good Thursday to you.
1:33.6	Welcome back to the Routless Friday program.
1:39.3	I am Josh Holmes, along with comfortably smug, Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook, left to right across your radio.
1:41.8	You may have noticed that your government is still shut down.
1:47.6	Our president is doing deals overseas, of which will be the beneficiary of, but there's no deals being done in Washington, D.C., and the amount of clips the Democrats are providing
1:53.1	continues, a pace.
1:56.8	Well, I still have sort of one formulation as to why it is that the government is shut down.
2:02.3	Johnny, what is that again?
2:05.2	Leverage.
2:05.9	Yeah, that's it.
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