Ruthless Podcast
Ruthless Podcast
Josh Holmes, Comfortably Smug, Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook
Minnesota Fraud: It’s Worse Than You Think + Jayme Franklin Joins the Progrum
1 hour 10 minutes Posted Dec 30, 2025 at 10:00 am.
— The Fellas Need to Get in on the Grift
— Nick Shirley’s Doing The Work Media Won’t
— Who Gets Hurt When Money Disappears
— Finding “Quality Learing” in MN
— Investigative Compilation from MN
— This System is Functioning as It Was Intended
— The New Tammany Hall
— Why “a few arrests” won’t fix this
— The DHS Shrug-fest
— Wisconsin Governor On Immigrants
— What Elizabeth Warren‘s Stumble S’ays about the Moment
— Jasmine Crockett’s Messaging Machine
— Kamala Doesn’t Pick Pete
— Jayme Franklin On building The Conservateur
— Why women’s media is so one-sided
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🎙️ The fellas should open a daycare—because apparently the easiest money in America is getting paid for childcare that doesn’t exist. Nick Shirley’s goes door-to-door in Minnesota: finding blacked-out windows, locked doors, no kids in sight, and big checks flowing anyway. We talk about how this kind of scheme doesn’t just rip off taxpayers—it also squeezes the real families. It’s embarrassing how local and national press frames this story, why “it’s just a few bad actors” doesn’t cut it, and why the incentives behind keeping this kind of grift alive.
🫏 Then, we recap the best 2025 Democratic faceplants and clips. From Kamala to Warren, Crockett to an unfortunate No Kings congresswoman - we show how messaging gets used as a shield by democrats.
🐘Then, Jayme Franklin joins the Progrum. We talk about her work in building The Conservateur and Sincerely American, what it’s like creating a space for conservative women in media. We also address how friendships—and real-life priorities like marriage, kids, and work—are a bigger part of the story than the usual press narrative.
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