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339 w/Rep. Peter Meijer - "The RINOvirus, Insurrection Deflection, DeSantis Claus's Xmas Miracle!"
Back for his third (we think?) visit, the scourge of crackpots and charlatans, America's greatest ginger, and our favorite congressman...Rep. Peter Meijer!
- Look, it's not a great time for the Republican Party
- Unity! Now get the fuck out
- What Rep, Meijer wrong about January 6th
- Dear Congress: gimme some truth about January 6th
- Why Nancy Pelosi wanted impeachment to fail
- To get out of an anti-democratic moment, we must have even less democracy
- "You voted to impeach and your career has been weird ever since" - Matt Welch
- Was that terrorism? Or just a bunch of delusional losers
- Is the insurrection investigation the job of congress or...historians?
- He's "fucking furious"
- Exit question to Rep. Meijer: What say you about Julian Assange?
- "Just find out about the UFOs" - Kmele Foster
- An hour of post-Meijer postgame
- A mask for Dmitrios: remembering Kmele's trip to Greece
- Pack the court! / Kmele's insane Elizabeth Warren impression
- Unlike most rich people, Elon acts like a rich person
- Merry Christmas, wokeness is over (if DeSantis wants it)
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