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The John Fugelsang Podcast

The Rise of the Really Mean Idiots

The John Fugelsang Podcast

Crossover Media Group

Religion & Spirituality, Sanity, John Fugelsang, Arts, Sexy Liberal Podcast Network, News, Sexy Liberal

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

John discusses Trump's federal funding freeze and the backlash as states lose access to Medicaid payment portals. Then, he speaks with Professor Corey Brettschneider about Pete Hegseth, Pam Bondi, and birthright citizenship. Next, he welcomes back Bob Hennelly to talk about Trump illegally firing 2 Democratic EEOC commissioners and an NLRB board member. Then finally, he interviews Julie Burkhart who is the President of Wellspring Access, co-owner of Hope Clinic Illinois and founder and former CEO of Trust Women Foundation.

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0:00.0

This is the John Fuglesang podcast.

0:09.2

I'm John Fuglesang. Good evening and welcome. You made it through another Tuesday. Come on now. You're doing great. What is this? Eight days in? You got this. It's looking easy.

0:17.8

It's not easy being the sane person in a room full of racist and lunatics, is it? You're doing a

0:21.7

great job. Trust me. I'm watching you. We got a great one tonight. A lot of our favorite guests are here,

0:26.6

and there's a lot to cover. Listen, any hope I might have had that this was just a bunch of

0:32.0

oligarch grifters looking to bleed the treasury dry and enrich their coffers without being crazy fascists.

0:37.8

No, they're crazy fascists, too. They're making it look easy. So Professor Corey Brechtnyder is

0:41.2

here tonight to talk about the illegality of it all. Bob Henley, one of the finest labor

0:46.2

reporters in the country, is here tonight to talk about what happened today with the National

0:49.6

Labor Review Board, as well as what's going on 25 years later with victims of 9-11 disease here in

0:57.1

New York City. Julie Burkhart's going to be here to talk about abortion access in Wyoming and our

1:01.4

comedy daddy Keith Price joins us in our number three like he does. Our number is 866-997, 47-48.

1:09.6

866- 997 grit.

1:12.3

Let's all get together and let's move that doomsday clock just a little bit closer to midnight and have a good time doing it, shall we?

1:19.6

Congratulations on being on the right side of history, everybody.

1:23.6

You were right to oppose trickle-down economics.

1:26.2

You were right not to fire the air traffic controllers. You were right. It was not to fire the air traffic

1:28.2

controllers. You liberals were right when you said it was crazy to arm Saddam Hussein. You guys

1:33.2

supported Bill Clinton taxing the rich and that helped the economy. You guys opposed the

1:36.6

Republicans cutting taxes on the rich and that hurt the economy. You liberals, whatever you call

1:41.1

yourselves, you progressives, you moderates, you Democrats,

1:45.0

you, you, you anti-evil folk were right about not impeaching Bill Clinton.

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