Hard Factor

On Today's Hard Factor...   Jussie Smollett is officially in deep shit for filing a false police report claiming he was the victim of a hate crime, so either he is completely insane, or really really wants more fame, you be the judge. A woman who previously pledged her allegiance with the United States' biggest enemy, ISIS, says she wants to come back home to America. Sure, she could have changed...

On Today's Hard Factor... I hope America is ready to feel the Bern, because everyones favorite grumpy politician has declared he will be in-fact running for president, again... that's right the 77 year old Senator from Vermont is back for seconds. If he wins the democratic nomination he will have to go head-to-head against DjTrump - which I imagine would play out a lot like a third Grumpy Old Men...

Venezuela still has two presidents one has the support of the military and the other the support of the United States of America. Guess what side Hard Factor internet pundit Digger who lives by the motto "nothing much to say, let's ride" is on?  Pamela Taylor the woman who once got fired from her government official job for calling Michelle Obama an "ape in heels," is back in the news for defraudi...

President Trump has declared a state of emergency to enable him to pay for the border wall. Rapper YNW Melly is an alleged murderer. Another human/dog sex ring has been discovered in Houston. Finally, a lightning round of other headlines, including 11 year-old arrested for not saying the pledge, Anthony Weiner released from prison, a JetBlue passenger goes on an epic drunk rant, and Jussie Smollet...

NASA launches its new SPHEREx program during the same week they officially lost the Mars Opportunity Rover. Paul Manafort got his plea deal voided by the same judge who may slap a gag order on Roger Stone in the coming days. Cages in Texas: parents are trapping their kids in em, and stoners are walking in on tigers in em. Finally, a lightning round of other headlines, including cow killing blizzar...

Surprise, surprise…. El Chapo has been found guilty of absolutely everything, and it's a lengthy list, now we all get to wait for the prison break. The saga of who leaked Jeff Bezos' dick pics rages on; was it the girlfriend's brother, a friend, Saudi Arabia?? A Florida man (pictured) got caught assaulting his girlfriend in the face and chest area with a burrito; and a lightning round of other hea...

Pete Hegseth of Fox and Friends told everyone he hasn't washed his hands in 10 years, and then walked that back, basically explaining that it was a joke to try and own the Purell-inclined libs… nice one, Pete! Polar bears have taken over the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in Russia, eating all the trash and trying to break into everyone's house to find food. A batch of deadly homemade booze in India ha...

Surprise surprise, guys love to send dick pics and some "expert" broke down a bunch bullet points explaining why. Really they could just research Anthony Weiner's brain. Also on the show we discuss a disease in large woods based animals called "Zombie Deer Disease," another presidential candidate announcement, a woman was eaten alive by pigs and a Georgia lawyer who killed his mother is on the run...

The Attorney General of Virginia, Mark Herring, second in line to take over the Virginia governorship, took it upon himself to tell the world that he attended a party in 1980 in blackface, adding to the dumpster fire that is Virginia politics in 2019. President of Maduro in Venezuela has used a military blockade on a bridge to bock foreign aid coming from the US to feed the supporters of his chall...

A summary of the State of the Union address, complete with all the hilarious gags and entertaining plot twists… just kidding the speech was long and boring, so we condensed the highlights for you. The Catholic Church says it may have more than just an altar boy problem… turns out those same frisky priests have been sexually abusing nuns for years. A giant sewage spill on Miami beach shut down publ...

The Governor of Virginia isn't willing to resign over his blackface scandal, and new questionable sexual assault allegations against the possible replacement, Justin Fairfax, have come to light. A teacher in Florida went crazy courting a 16 year-old girl from his classes, going as far to suggest murdering his wife so they could be together. Liam Neeson gave an intense interview answer about a time...

Virginia's governor, Ralph Northam, is being asked to resign by almost everyone in America for his affinity for blackface jokes. Tekashi 6ix9ine pleads guilty to all of his charges and agrees to becoming an informant to authorities as part of his plea. Canada has been appropriating Pennsylvania groundhog culture for years, and they're taking a trip to the Soft Corner for that. Finally, a lightning...

Mueller investigation files that were shared as part of court proceedings ended up in the hands of Russian hackers, who then shared them online, and everybody knows now and is upset about it. Tyson Chicken is in hot water for including bits of rubber in one of their premier lines of chicken nuggets. New evidence suggests that parasites from cat piss can make you much more likely to develop schizop...

The Russian Ministry of justice has proposed new legislation to make bribery allowable in “exceptional circumstances.” A police commander in Detroit got arrested by his own men for DUI after slamming into another vehicle. A security guard in California got fired by Best Buy for apprehending a felon with a beautiful form tackle; and a lightning round of other headlines, including the FaceTime bug,...

Former Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz, considers running for president as an Independent, and we cover the entire list of officially announced and rumored Democratic candidates. An international update, including praise for President Trump from NATO, Venezuela's active coup, and USA moving forward with charges on Huawei's CFO. The polar vortex is about to turn the mid-west into a walk-in freezer; a...

Roger Stone gets charges brought against him from the Mueller investigation, and fires back that Mueller only has a “nothing burger.” A dipshit from Louisiana killed his girlfriend, her dad and brother, and his own parents, before getting caught trying to hide out at his grandma's house. One cop is dead after another allegedly shot her after a game of “Russian Roulette”… but you don't shoot the ot...

VP of Hard Factor Football Operations, PFTCommenter, joins the show to discuss a group of poorly trained Boy Scouts turned terrorists in upstate New York. TRUMPDATE: the latest information on the State of the Union Address, Michael Cohen, Venezuela, rising disapproval numbers, and Lara Trump. Finally, a Lightning Round of other headlines, including a deadly bank robbery in Florida, nurses charged...

The Oscar nominations are out, and some of us are really excited for them, while others just make jokes at their expense. The government shutdown has now lasted 33 days and we cover why it's such a horrible fuck-up and what's going on to fix it. Finally, a Lightning Round of other headlines, including a touch up on the MAGA hat kid/Native American guy Lincoln Memorial situation, Jack Nicholson mak...

Rudy Giuliani, Attorney at Law Extraordinaire, is on a roll of making headlines with erratic statements. Recurring segment “What the Hell, China?!?” discusses a scientist who's been fired, and potentially facing legal trouble, for conducting gene editing experiments on human embryos. Finally, a Lightning Round of other headlines, including presidential photoshop work, Notre Dame attempting to fina...

An all boys high school field trip to march against abortion ended with an awkward stare down between a kid in a MAGA hat and a Native American demonstrator, and the internet went wild. A new docu-series is covering the Smiley Face Killers, an alleged group of serial killers targeting college aged males over multiple years and locations. Finally, a Lightning Round of other headlines, including gov...

A man in Ireland attempted to cure his back pain by injecting his own semen into his right arm for over a year… you'd never guess but it didn't work. Week 7 of the #HardFactorHardBody is in the books and the guys have lost a total of 128 pounds so far with 8 or 9 weeks left to go. Finally, a Lightning Round of other headlines, including Paris Jackson, Jonah Hill, ISIS attack in Syria, State of the...

The United Kingdom still can't quite figure out this whole Brexit thing, and Theresa May's ass is in the jackpot. A North Carolina man makes his way into the Soft Corner for being 6'5″ 250 lbs. and knocking out an 11 year-old girl with a vicious left hook instead of using his God-given skills in the ring. A woman in Kentucky got hammered and drove her son over 100 mph in the car to prove some kind...

Pacific Gas and Electric company is declaring bankruptcy after poor performance that has led to several wildfires, including the largest one in state history. A beloved mayor of 20 years from a town in Poland was stabbed to death on stage at a public event. Donnie Does World joins the show to discuss a Canadian being given the death penalty in China for smuggling meth, and a government project aim...

Jayme Closs escaped her abductor after 87 days, and that allows Hard Factor to go ahead and toss him in the Soft Corner now for being a grown man who kidnaps little girls after killing their parents. Meghan Markle lost another staff member, this time it was her security guard, and other issues that have Great Britain spitting out their collective tea and crumpets. A woman in Texas gets caught drin...

A moron in California thought he had won $10K on a scratch-off, turns out is was actually $10 million, but he told his roommates about it and got it stolen, now he may be getting it back… listen to find out. Another dog has shot and severely injured its owner, this time it was a former LSU football player on a duck hunting trip. Two women in North Carolina are charged with kidnapping and sexual ba...