Shutdown Shenanigans & Clown Town Politics

The Rob Carson Show

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4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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-As Democrats flirt with a DHS shutdown, Rob blasts what he calls a “principled shutdown” and highlights Senator Eric Schmidt defending ICE funding while Minnesota politicians demand federal cash to clean up their own chaos- all complete with a Jim Gossett parody declaring the city a full-blown “Clown Town.” -On the Newsmax hotline, Christian Toto of Hollywood in Toto joins Rob to talk movie soundtracks, Sinners, James Van Der Beek’s tragic passing, media overkill in high-profile tragedies, and Michelle Obama’s eyebrow-raising podcast confession. Today’s podcast is sponsored by : RELIEF FACTOR - You don’t need to live with aches & pains! Reduce muscle & joint inflammation and live a pain-free life by visiting http://ReliefFactor.com QUINCE CLOTHING - Refresh your wardrobe with Quince. Go to http://Quince.com/NEWSMAX for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. BIRCH GOLD - Protect and grow your retirement savings with gold. Text ROB to 98 98 98 for your FREE information kit! To call in and speak with Rob Carson live on the show, dial 1-800-922-6680 between the hours of 12 Noon and 3:00 pm Eastern Time Monday through Friday…E-mail Rob Carson at : RobCarsonShow@gmail.com Musical parodies provided by Jim Gossett (http://patreon.com/JimGossettComedy) Listen to Newsmax LIVE and see our entire podcast lineup at http://Newsmax.com/Listen Make the switch to NEWSMAX today! Get your 15 day free trial of NEWSMAX+ at http://NewsmaxPlus.com Looking for NEWSMAX caps, tees, mugs & more? Check out the Newsmax merchandise shop at : http://nws.mx/shop Follow NEWSMAX on Social Media: -Facebook: http://nws.mx/FB -X/Twitter: http://nws.mx/twitter -Instagram: http://nws.mx/IG -YouTube: https://youtube.com/NewsmaxTV -Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/NewsmaxTV -TRUTH Social: https://truthsocial.com/@NEWSMAX -GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/newsmax -Threads: http://threads.net/@NEWSMAX -Telegram: http://t.me/newsmax -BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/newsmax.com -Parler: http://app.parler.com/newsmax Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.3	On air and on the World Wide Web, this is the Rob Carson Show.
0:51.2	And by the grace of God, it is finally Friday.
0:54.2	Also, by the grace of God, this year the Super Bowl season is over, or the football season
0:58.8	is over.
0:59.5	I'll be ready for it when it rolls around in the fall, but honestly, I had enough of
1:02.5	Roger Goodell and Bad Bunny and all that crap.
1:06.5	Do we care about the ratings?
1:08.0	I'll just put it this way.
1:09.1	Bad Bunny's ratings were down, down, down compared to previous Super Bowls, even lower than Kendrick Lamar, who, you know, honestly, really, Kendrick Lamar. You know, I listen, I understand it, but there are some people who like, you know, there are some groups that some people like, some people, you know, never heard of them. Kendrick Lamar. No, no, it's not because I'm a white guy. There's a lot of urban artists that I listen to.
1:31.5	Those are... groups that some people like, some people, you know, never heard of them. Kendrick Lamar. No, no.
1:27.6	It's not because I'm a white guy.
1:29.2	There's a lot of urban artists that I listen to.
1:31.5	Those are called black people, shh.
1:41.4	But I don't know Kendrick Lamar. And I don't know like new hip-hop, because a lot of new hip-hop kind of sucked. you know, although Snoop's been doing some good stuff.
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