The Grift is the Gift that the GOP Keeps Giving
The John Fugelsang Podcast
Crossover Media Group
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary
John discusses the Texas Senate race and the ever increasing disapproval ratings for Trump. He also talks about the implications of new non-disclosure agreements for government employees, the recent gerrymandering battles in Texas, and he touches on the unexpected good news regarding voting rights and the recent judicial decisions that challenge the status quo. Then, he discusses the corrupt slush fund proposed by Trump for those involved in the January 6th insurrection, John lays bare the implications of using taxpayer money to reward those who participated in an attack on our democracy. Joining him are comedians John Poveromo and Ron Placone,
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| 0:00.0 | This is the John Fuglesang podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | This is Sirius XM Progress, and I'm John Fuglesang. |
| 0:14.1 | Welcome to the Love Fest that continues to be Tell Me Everything. |
| 0:17.8 | Bring it good trouble to the right wing bubble. |
| 0:19.6 | It is so good to be back. I have not been here a long time. I had a week off for vacation. And when you have a life like mine, vacation means, oh, I have time to work now. So I'm writing a book. I'm on a deadline. I'm not leaving the house too much. And I hope you've been well. I want to praise the greatest production team in broadcasting |
| 0:39.1 | chris houseelt and thea harper i work with the best people and i want to thank uh joe sudbay for |
| 0:44.2 | filling in and max burns for filling in and michael shure epic politics man for filling in for me |
| 0:50.1 | last week on the show uh i thank you guys for all your lovely emails. I didn't really get to |
| 0:55.4 | avoid the news as much as I hoped I would, but I did see Springsteen right when my vacation |
| 1:01.0 | began, which feels like a long time ago. Today, we have a great show tonight. We have some of our |
| 1:06.2 | favorite guests on with us for a Tuesday. We got comedian John Poe Veromo's going to join us. Comedian |
| 1:12.8 | Ron Placone's going to join us, and comedian Keith Price is going to join us. We're going to have |
| 1:16.8 | some fun on our first night back. There's so much news that we need to cover and catch up on and mock. |
| 1:22.8 | Oh, just mock mercilessly and derisively. He's decomposing right now, folks. It's not going to end well. |
| 1:30.5 | Okay, let's let's let's let's do a show. There is a lot we want to get to with you on the show |
| 1:35.5 | tonight. Um, where to begin. John Cornyn and Ken Paxson are facing off and a Republican, Texas, |
| 1:41.2 | Senate Redolph today giving James Talariko his opponent for the November |
| 1:45.2 | election. |
| 1:45.9 | Will it be the horrible Bush Republican who gave up on everything he believed in to grovel for a |
| 1:50.7 | man he doesn't respect? |
| 1:52.0 | Or will it be the Nazi whose own wife despises him? |
| 1:58.0 | What do you think? |
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