How to Test Negative for Stupid w/ Sen. Kennedy

Ruthless Podcast

News, Politics

4.7 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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🎙️ Fun Time Friday with the always-hilarious Senator John Kennedy, who didn't hold back on the chaos in D.C. Kennedy broke down Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's move to shut down the government, calling it an obvious political vanity project intended to mollify the socialist wing of the Democratic Party and its leader. The fellas agree that Schumer walked into a box canyon with no plan or path to victory, and Kennedy lays out his prediction for how the Majority Leader will try to get out of it. 📖 Plus, Sen. Kennedy on revelations that Justice was granting Jack Smith access to senator records, DC politics and Kennedy’s new book: How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will - https://www.amazon.com/How-Test-Negative-Stupid-Washington-ebook/dp/B0DSFZ73LX ✈️ Then, what is happening in air travel?! Two bonkers clips of arrests, obnoxious behavior, and all around the plague that are budget airlines. And we break down the boomer hippies of Portland and why they don’t care about the ashes of democracy that they’re leaving behind. 00:00 - Senator John Kennedy on Schumer's Shutdown 10:25 - Kennedy on Sheldon Whitehouse and Schumer's Escape Plan 16:04 - Jack Smith's Spying: The FBI Targets GOP Senators 35:36 - The Minion Marriage 45:17 - The Liberal Boomer Hippies of Portland 49:09 - The Zoo in the Sky: Discount Airlines Meltdown Our Sponsors: ➢Go to https://zbiotics.com/RUTHLESS and use RUTHLESS at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics. ➢The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease wants to act sooner on Alzheimer's, not later. Learn more at https://www.pfcdalz.org/ ➢Find out the true power of America's oil and natural gas. Go to https://lightsonenergy.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You've heard me say this. My mama did not raise a fool. And if she did, it was one of my brothers.
0:06.0	And my colleagues felt the same way.
0:10.0	Here's how I predict Schumer's going to get out of it. I could be wrong.
0:14.0	But I think we're not going to budge. And he's going to be forced to go to six or eight of his Democratic Senate colleagues.
0:21.7	And Senghook, I need a favor. Vote to get me out of this shutdown.
0:28.7	Alzheimer's doesn't start when the memory fades. It can begin decades earlier, quietly in the brain.
0:34.8	Science is advancing to better fight this disease. New tools can help
0:38.9	doctors detect Alzheimer's early, when we have the best chance to slow it down. Early detection means
0:44.6	more time, more birthdays, more anniversaries, more moments that matter. Let's act sooner, not later. Learn
0:51.9	more at pfcdalz.org.
0:55.6	Paid for by the partnership to fight chronic disease.
1:00.5	Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please.
1:05.1	Keep the faith, hold the line, and own the lips.
1:08.0	It's time for our main event. Fun time Friday. Welcome back to
1:16.9	the Routhless Variety program. I'm Josh Holmes, along with comfortably smug, Michael Duncan and
1:21.7	John Ashbrook left right across your radio dial. When we do Fun Time Friday, you have something to
1:26.7	expect. And it's always
1:27.9	got to be a fun time. And we've thought long and hard about how we can continue to improve the
1:32.9	product. I can't think of a more fun way to improve the product with our guest, Senator John
1:39.4	Kennedy. How are you, sir? I am walking on sunshine. I'm just happy to be here. Always walking on sunshine,
1:47.3	despite your surroundings, which, uh, it's a little, look, it's a little glum around D.C. these days.
1:53.2	Well, you know what it's like. I mean, uh, the Senate is like high school, but no one ever graduates.
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