Frangela: The Final Word

We’re playing a game: guess which country nearly every single refugee Trump has let in this year came from. You already know it’s South Africa, because we told you in the title. Meanwhile, the “most vulnerable people on Earth” are apparently all white and from one place. Something ain’t right. Then Iran is threatening to cut the Hormuz internet cables. That’s the same Iran conflict Trump and Netan...

Twelve senators, including six Republicans, are begging Trump to rescind the diesel deal with Putin, calling it a gift to our adversary and a betrayal of our allies. When Republicans are calling it a betrayal, we have to ask what Trump is even doing at this point. Trump declared an “energy ceasefire,” and Russia attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure hours later. We’re so surprised that we’re no...

Atlanta leads the nation in eviction filings in 2026, and nearly 70% of them hit Black households. So, the city that gave us the soundtrack of our lives is also giving us the most eviction notices. We’re not okay, and we’re not going to pretend we are. We meet Katie Zaharia, our new White House Press Secretary. Sorry, Secretary of Propaganda. And y’all, she is READY. She doesn’t need a briefing ro...

Nearly 9 in 10 Americans say there’s “widespread” corruption in the U.S. government, and y’all, that number sounds low to us. This week, Trump handed out $6 million in contracts to arms makers that his sons have invested in. Kimberly Guilfoyle, Don Jr.’s former fiancée, pushed a donor to wire $100,000 to her Amex account. A former CIA official pleaded guilty to wire fraud after diverting about $19...

Something ain't right, and this week it's everything. We start with Cornell, where we finally learned how the school "punished" each of the seven men accused of sexual assault. Those air quotes are doing a lot of work. Spoiler: the punishments don't match the accusations, and we're not letting the institution off the hook. Then we zoom out to the Middle East. Are we watchin...

Former special counsel Jack Smith sat down in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee and said he stands behind his decision to charge Trump, because his team's investigation "developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation." Pretty hard to top that. Then Republican Senator Eric Schmitt tried anyway, and we got the greatest Re...

Something ain't right, and this week we've got a whole list. A federal judge, U.S. District Judge William Young, is side-eyeing the Trump administration's policy that forces HIV providers to disregard their transgender patients. Judge, thank you for asking the question. We've been asking it since the policy dropped: how does ignoring a group of patients help anybody's health? T...

We're back, we're mad, and we've got a lot to get through this week. Eight sailors have attempted suicide aboard the USS Lincoln during its prolonged deployment — and we're asking why nobody in charge seems to be losing sleep over it. Iran says it'll fight "until our last breath" and won't "bow or bend the knee" — cool, cool, that doesn't sound at all li...

Girl, we have QUESTIONS this week and not nearly enough answers. First up: Representative Jasmine Crockett, we need to talk. You handed Chris Brown — currently touring stadiums with Usher, fine, we see the marketing synergy — an actual congressional record recognition? For what, boo? We're sitting here like, is this what the record is for now? We're asking for a friend. Multiple friends. A...

We're back and honey, we've got receipts. The Fed just jacked up rates for the first time since 2023 because apparently inflation didn't get the "please calm down" memo — and they're already teasing round two. Meanwhile the Trump administration yanked, froze, or straight-up ghosted $177 billion in federal grants, and somehow every single state got hit, including whatever re...

Tech leaders are out here casually mentioning there's a ten percent chance AI wipes out humanity — and then going right back to their keynote like they didn't just say that out loud. Ten percent! We don't like those odds on a weather app, let alone the entire human race. We're breaking down why the people building the thing are the same ones warning us about the thing, and what tha...

We need to talk about that emergency slide popping on the Qatari "gift" plane right before Trump's big convention entrance — sign, warning, or the universe's best joke this week? We're saying all three. Then it's "Trump-a-looza" night one: mocking Paxton, Tim Scott's full fit-and-prayer combo, and vibes we can only describe as "unhinged." Plus that $5,00...

Y'all, we need to talk. Trump's out here bragging about his billion-dollar super PAC war chest like it's a birthday card from Grandma — "this is my money," he says, and he's expecting to have some "left over" after tossing a few crumbs to Republican campaigns. We're breaking down the math on that one, and trust us, it ain't mathing. Then we head to In-N-Out,...

Y'all, we are exhausted and it's not even Friday yet. We got a postal whistleblower screaming "catastrophic failure" about mail voting right before the midterms — cool cool cool, love that for us. We got Commerce quietly deleting the words "no political interference" from its own science policy, like removing the smoke detector because you're planning a fire. We're...

Hold up — did DHS just accidentally do something correct? They're saying far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has "overstayed his welcome," and we are cackling, because that might be the first accurate sentence uttered under this administration. We'll take it! We'll frame it! We'll put it on a plaque! Meanwhile, we're once again reminding everybody that there are exa...

Y'all, we need a minute. First — our hearts are with Nepal, where at least 358 people are confirmed dead and over 1,300 are still missing after catastrophic flash floods along the Tibet border.  We've got a California man who apparently thought "guillotine in the truck bed" was a reasonable accessory for a drive near the U.S. Capitol. We're breaking down what we know and asking...

Y'all, we've got a lot to unpack this week. We're starting in Oregon, where the ACLU just rolled out their "No Federal Funding for Homeless Detention Camps" initiative to slam the brakes on a Trump backed plan — and we are here for it. Then we get into something that made us do a double take: The New York Times reports Hakeem Jeffries, who could be the next Speaker of the House...

Okay, buckle up, because we have got a LOT to unpack this week and none of it is good, but ALL of it is going to make you scream-laugh into your steering wheel. Trump says he's got "a deal" with Canada on tariffs — girl, no you don't. Mark Carney said "substantial progress," which in diplomat-speak translates directly to "absolutely not, but I'm not trying to start...

This week on Something Ain’t Right , we are side‑eyeing the national chaos buffet and honey… it is overflowing . Trump has decided the Navy should go back to the old jet‑launch system because apparently the future is too confusing for him. Nothing says “strong leadership” like rebooting technology the way your uncle reboots his flip phone. And speaking of exits, another major Trump official just n...

This week we learned that a sailor went overboard from the USS Abraham Lincoln — and the more you learn about conditions on that ship, the more this feels less like a warning. Over 200 days at sea. Moldy showers. Contaminated water. Rationed food. This is the United States Navy, and sailors are living in conditions that would get a landlord shut down. Then — pop the champagne, light the candles, d...

Y'all. We need to talk. There's a "TSA Gold+" program now, and we found out from a promotional flyer — not a hearing, not a memo, a flyer. Airport security with rewards tiers. So naturally we ask: how many steps away are we from the whole checkpoint going private with a logo and a mascot? Then we're in San Francisco, where a dad got stopped by park rangers for the crime of... t...

This week on The Final Word , we are fired up, caffeinated, and spiritually prepared to drag everybody who needs dragging. We kick things off with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who “formally rescinded” the $1.8 billion Anti‑Weaponization Fund — meaning he signed some papers, waved them around like a toddler with construction paper, and declared victory. We break down why this is the bureau...

Baby, Something Ain’t Right this week and we are in it . We start with Senator Bernie Moreno suddenly discovering a spine and calling on Representative Max Miller — his former son‑in‑law who is facing abuse allegations — to resign. And we have thoughts. Loud ones. Then we turn to the ACLU, which has clearly had enough and is launching a nationwide legal challenge over alleged ICE abuses. Because a...

This week on The Final Word , we are holding onto our wigs, our snacks, and our last shred of patience as Trump threatens to “beat the f* king sh t out of” Iran like he’s auditioning for Real Housewives of Foreign Policy . Baby, we asked for diplomacy, not a cage match. Five IRG ballistic missiles hit a U.S. base in Jordan, and instead of steady leadership, Trump is out here giving us Dollar Store...

This week on Something Ain’t Right , we are pouring ourselves a tall glass of “what in the entire hell.” First up, Andrew Tates gets arrested and Trump’s youngest son's friendship with him is getting problematic. We’re not saying the kid is sweating, but somebody better check on the White House HVAC.   Then we slide right into the U.S. government’s latest hobby: charging an American citizen fo...