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Why are democrats defending criminals? Plus, Sen. John Thune Joins the Progrum

Ruthless Podcast

Ruthless Podcast

News, Politics

4.75.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

🎙️ There is absolute rot at the core of the Democratic Party, especially their constant need to defend criminals. We start with Senator Reed's baffling attempt to defend narco-traffickers, trying to paint them as mere "delivery drivers" in a discussion about supply and demand. We followed that with the unbelievably unhinged rhetoric from Debbie Wasserman Schultz. ⚡The left's entire ideology is now centered on opposition to Donald Trump, which leads them to support the indefensible, whether it's drug runners, domestic terrorists, or even murderers like Luigi Mangione, who now has his own fan club—the "Cougars for Luigi." This kind of political insanity is what we're up against. 🐘 Then, we got into a deep-dive conversation with Senate Majority Leader @JohnThune, who provided incredible insight into the unprecedented amount of Senate votes this year, driven entirely by the Democrats' desire to obstruct every one of the President’s nominations. Thune also broke down the Republican Party’s strategic message for the 2026 midterms 👑 We finished the show with the King of the Hill, pitting Smokin' Joe Walsh against Ron Filipkowski. Last, a variety story about a drunk raccoon that broke into a liquor store on Black Friday, passed out next to a toilet, and sparked a serious discussion about the dangers of trash pandas.️ 00:00 - Democrats Defending Criminals 03:22 - Senator Reed's Narco-Trafficker Defense 07:27 - Minneapolis Mayor Exploits Somali Clan Warfare 10:48 - Luigi Mangione's Expanding Fan Club 15:38 - Senator John Thune on Senate Obstruction, Record Votes, and Bipartisanship 24:08 - Thune Unveils the GOP's 2026 Midterm Election Message 46:39 - King of the Hill: Joe Walsh vs. Ron Filipkowski 58:48 - Drunk Raccoon Raids Liquor Store Our Sponsors: ➢The future won't wait, and TC Energy is moving forward confidently: https://www.tcenergy.com/ ➢John Deere is investing billions in American factories and launching new tools to help customers repair their machines: https://www.deere.com/ ➢Unleash American energy to be bigger and better than ever before, because when America builds, America wins. https://permittingreformnow.org/ ➢Insurance companies are threatening to raise your premiums and putting greed before patients. It's time to hold them accountable. https://www.americansforopengovernment.com/ ➢Want to make a difference in your community? https://takeonesmallstep.org/ Join AFP's grass-roots efforts at https://afpvolunteer.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I don't know if you guys have had this observation, but it turns out to the Democratic Party pretty enthralled with defending criminals these days.

0:06.7

Yeah.

0:07.1

It's wild.

0:07.9

It sort of reflects how much these folks have lost their brains in the era of Donald Trump.

0:12.2

They will oppose him on literally everything that he does.

0:16.0

He gets them to do narco-trafficking.

0:18.5

They have to be pro-narco-trafficking.

0:29.6

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0:36.6

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0:39.6

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0:46.3

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0:58.7

built to last machines with technology that reduces inputs and saves them money in time.

1:04.3

That's why John Deere is investing billions in American factories and launching new tools

1:08.8

to help customers repair their machines to keep building

1:12.0

for their future. Empowering our customers, building America, because our nation counts on our farmers,

1:18.5

and John Deere is proud they can count on us, paid for by John Deere.

1:25.7

Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please.

1:30.2

Keep the faith. Hold the line and own the lips.

1:33.2

It's time for our main event.

1:38.5

Good Thursday, you. Welcome back to the Ruthless Friday program. I'm Josh Holmes, along with comfortably smug, Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook. Left to right across your radio dial, as always. Fellas, it's been a hell of a week already. I have to pause just right off the top. You're wearing a fetching outfit, Michael. Hark how the bell, sweet silver bells all seem to say, throw cares away. I'm just in the spirit. Is that what's happening? And not the holiday spirit. I'm in the Christmas spirit. Oh, okay. As you know, Commander Barack Obama and the coalition of happy holidays lost the war on Christmas. Yes. We won. That's exactly right. Now you are having a Santa sweater of sorts.

2:27.1

And if you go to our store at store.ruithlesspodcast.com, you can get your sweater that says you survived the war on Christmas in addition to a lot of other festive merch.

2:31.3

I feel like, Smock, I feel like you spent like a better part of your life working on that.

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