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Citizen McCain with Meghan McCain

Wickedly Thin, Weirdly Cozy: Trump & Mamdani + MTG Quits

Citizen McCain with Meghan McCain

Citizen Cain Productions

News, News Commentary, Society & Culture

3.9692 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In this Thanksgiving week episode of Citizen McCain, Meghan and Miranda celebrate the season of giving, swap favorite holiday traditions, and talk about real ways to support families in need, from food banks and adopt-a-family programs to paying off layaways. The conversation gets heated as they dig into the viral discourse around Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande's dramatic weight loss during the press tour for 'Wicked,' and what feels like a cultural return to "heroin chic" just as Hollywood and social media glamorize Ozempic. They also break down Marjorie Taylor Greene's surprise resignation from Congress and the growing civil war inside the GOP, fueled by antisemitism, conspiracy obsession, and the sudden split between MAGA influencers and traditional conservatives. Meghan, Miranda, and guest Christine Rosen react to the shockingly cozy Oval Office meeting between Trump and Zohran Mamdani, now being dubbed a political lovefest, and what it signals for New York, the future of the party, and the pro-Israel fight on the right. Later, Ryan Manion joins to share how military families navigate grief during the holidays, the mission of the Travis Manion Foundation, and her new children's book, "Things My Brother Used to Say." Plus: Douche & Darling of the Week, advertisers we're thankful for, and a gravy-kayak goodbye to Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Save 20% Off Honeylove by going to honeylove.com/MCCAIN #honeylovepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, welcome to Citizen McCain. It's Monday, November 24th. We are inching just a few days away from Thanksgiving. I'm so excited. This is our last show before Thanksgiving. We're just not doing a Wednesday show. We'll be back next week.

0:12.8

We have a show. It's just not, it's not live. I'm sorry. We will have a show ever. So we're having one of our favorite shows that we're going to re-air. Right? You guys probably haven't seen it because it's from like old school times. So there will be something to watch if you're like at your mom's house. You've probably never seen it. So it's worth it's worth watching if you're bored and you want to catch something. It's a great interview. It's really fun. Yes. We just won't have a live show. So whatever, but feel free to,

0:38.7

feel free to watch. Yes, happy Thanksgiving to you all. Really quick, I read this tweet from

0:44.4

Laura Lumer of all people, and she had this great idea where she said, pay for groceries for someone.

0:50.9

You can either do it like, you know, throw a food bank or, you know, I know that people

0:55.0

can do like layaways. You can pay off people's layaways like at places like Walmart and Target

0:58.6

or just like if you know of any family like at your church or in your community that paying

1:04.5

for groceries for a week can really help ease the pain of, you know, the economic hardship.

1:10.4

So many people are going through.

1:11.7

I myself like to donate to food banks.

1:13.9

They just did it.

1:15.0

I personally like St. Mary's Food Bank in Phoenix.

1:17.8

That's always my go-to.

1:19.7

And obviously, we know some of you can't afford to pay for other people's groceries

1:23.4

and can't afford to donate.

1:25.0

So we don't include you in that.

1:26.6

But if you can, I just think even small,

1:28.9

even like a $5 donation or giving someone like, you know, a pie or whatever can ease up. And this is

1:35.9

the season for giving thanks and reflecting on all our blessings. And there's just so many people.

1:41.1

Yeah, go ahead. Check with your local elementary school because my daughter's

1:44.3

school is doing a thing where you can adopt a family. So where we live, there's a lot of low-income

1:49.3

families in the neighborhood. And they're doing adoptive families. So you can help with their

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