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Frangela: The Final Word

Memos, Meltdowns & Magazine Covers: Democracy on the Ropes

Frangela: The Final Word

Frangela Duo

Society & Culture, News, Comedy

51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Final Word, Frangela is fired up and breaking down the latest episode of “What Fresh Hell Is This?”

First, Trump signed a memo—yes, a memo—giving his administration expanded powers to repurpose unspent federal funds. We must’ve missed the part of the Constitution where laws get rewritten via sticky note.

Then, as the government shutdown drags into its third week, Trump’s threatening to permanently cut more “Democrat programs.” Translation: if you need help, he’s not here for it.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is out here sharpening its scissors to snip the last threads of the Voting Rights Act. Because apparently voting is just too democratic.

Over at the Pentagon, they tried to roll out a fascistic press policy, and nearly every major news outlet said “nah.” When Fox News is giving side-eye, you know it’s bad.

And in the “Sir, this is a Wendy’s” category, Trump is whining about his Time magazine cover photo. Because nothing says presidential like pouting over lighting and angles.

Oh—and just to round out the horror show, the administration is floating changes to immigration policy that would favor white people. Yep. That’s not a dog whistle—it’s a foghorn.

Frances and Angela are here to drag the madness, uplift the truth, and give you The Final Word on a week that proves democracy is hanging on by a thread—and that thread is rolling its eyes.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Jody Hamilton and Sean Smith Pierce.

0:03.0

Here's a taste of what you might have missed from the politics bar.

0:06.0

Jody, I was listening to you this morning.

0:07.7

Filling in for Steph.

0:08.6

You and Chris were debating.

0:09.9

And just for the record, Jody is right.

0:14.1

Chris's argument is that there is some truth to what's being said about the left being in their own information silo right.

0:21.1

Basically, we started talking about how Gavin Newsom has invited people on his podcast,

0:27.2

high up MAGA guys.

0:28.4

Yeah.

0:28.7

Well-known, right-wing propagandists.

0:30.3

That's what they are.

0:31.1

Yeah.

0:31.5

And my argument is he shouldn't be inviting them because nobody on that side is listening to

0:37.4

Gavin Newsom.

0:38.3

Right.

0:38.8

It doesn't help to bring propagandists into a sphere where truth matters because they're just going to lie their asses off anyway.

0:46.1

Right.

0:46.6

So here is a public service message for Chris LaVoy.

0:49.5

Jovey Hamilton is right.

0:51.5

Catch all that and more weeknights at the politics bar.

0:54.1

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