Dec. 2, 2025

Trump Goes Full Thumbs-of-Fury While DC Freaks Out Over a Missing Wedding Ring

Show Notes
Transcript

President Trump unleashes a late-night, one-hundred-sixty-post Truth Social rampage featuring conspiracy theories, political enemies, and his Home Alone 2 cameo… because why not. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth turns Franklin the Turtle into a festive war criminal. And Washington loses its mind because Usha Vance wasn’t wearing her wedding ring at a volunteer event. From DC where you should wear your wedding ring — seriously, wear it — this is Ballot. Portions of today’s show were made with the help of A.I.

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Callarogus shark media from Washington, d C. Where you should

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wear your wedding ring. This is valid, that's right when

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not wearing it as a story, you should wear it.

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Let's hit this. Donald Trump has discovered a new Olympic

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sport social media marathon. Posting on Monday night, this seventy

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nine year old decided to turn truth social into his

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personal diary, firing off more than one hundred and sixty

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posts between seven h nine pm and eleven fifty seven pm.

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Most people his age are trying to figure out how

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to send an email. Trump's over here, creating his own

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and communication. He's posting faster than most people blink. At

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one point, he was literally posting more than one message

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per minute, one message poor minute. And what's he sharing

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a Greatest Hits album of right wing content, Fox News,

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conspiracy theorists, random YouTubers. It's like a digital playlist curated

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by your angry uncle who just discovered the Internet. Highlight reel.

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He shared a video from Alex Jones claiming Michelle Obama

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might have used Biden's autopen to pardon people. Because nothing

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says totally normal presidential behavior like spreading wild conspiracy theories

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at midnight. Trump also went after his usual enemies list,

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which reads like a political burn book, Gavin Newsom, Tim Walls,

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ilhan Omar. He's collecting political nemesies like most people collect

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loyalty punch cards. He broke up his rage posting with

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a make Christmas Great Again video featuring his cameo in

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Home Alone two, because when you're in full attack mode,

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why not throw in a nostalgic movie clip. It's the

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political equivalent of a palette cleanser. And just when you

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thought it couldn't get more wild, he called Senator Mark Kelly,

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a Navy captain and NASA astronaut, a traitor for suggesting

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military personnel might have a constitutional duty to refuse illegal

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orders an astro called a trader by a guy who's

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closest encounter with national service was avoiding draft day. Trump's

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posting so much his thumbs must be more muscular than

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most people's entire bodies. Breaking news from the world of

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what were you thinking? Defense Secretary Pete Hegsath just turned

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a beloved children's book character into a war criminal. That's right,

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Franklin the Turtle is now apparently a special ops mercenary.

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Hegseth posted a meme showing Franklin, you know, the adorable

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cartoon turtle that teaches kindergarteners about friendship, firing a rocket

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launcher at drug boats the caption for your Christmas wish list,

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because nothing says holiday cheer like weaponized children's literature. Kids

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can press. Franklin's publisher was not amused. They basically said,

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excuse me. Our turtle stands for kindness and empathy, not

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marine warfare. Imagine being the person who has to write

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a press release defending a cartoon turtle's reputation. Apparently Hegseth

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ordered a military strike that killed eighty two people across

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twenty two boats, and his response a meme featuring a

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cartoon turtle. That's some next level accountability dodging. Most people

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would issue a statement, Hegseth chose violence and clip art.

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Breaking news from the Department of Marital Speculation. Usha Vance's

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wedding ring has gone a wall again. That's right. The

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second Lady has been spotted ringless at a military volunteer event,

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and Washington's rumor mill is spinning faster than a washing machine.

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Apparently she's been doing so many dishes that her wedding

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band is going into witness protection. The Vance spokesperson's defense,

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she does lots of dishes, gives lots of baths. Wow,

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nothing says romance like turning marriage into a household chore inventory. JD.

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Vance meanwhile, is out here hoping his Hindu wife will

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convert to Catholicism because nothing says happy marriage. Attempting a

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religious makeover. At a recent event, he basically said, Hey,

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I hope my wife eventually sees the light, my light romantic.

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To make things spicier, he got a tender hug from

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another woman on stage, because that's exactly what you want

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when marriage rumors are brewing more fuel for the gossip fire. Listen,

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If doing dishes is grounds for marriage speculation, half of

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America would be getting divorced every Tuesday. Maybe the ring

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is on vacation, maybe it's taking a personal day, or maybe,

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just maybe, sometimes a wedding ring is just a piece

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of jewelry and not a breaking news event. Stay tuned

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to Rings of Power, Washington. Addition, portions of today's show

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were made with the help of Ai