Jul 14, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min · 10 segments
Jen and Noam record a day late because they were busy mourning the loss of Lindsey Graham. OK not really, but we did have to push back recording to make sure we could get a full headcount on current…
Noam BlumHost
Jen MonroeHost
And speaking of ignoring posts from people, I think the one thing, 'cause it's been a pretty big news weekend, right? Uh, but I think the-
I think the thing that we're, yeah, we're probably gonna talk about the least here, just 'cause it, th- this isn't exactly what this podcast talks about, i- is, like, the death of Lindsey Graham.
One, I know there was this whole instant, uh, uh, what do you call it, like, urge to, to say, "Oh, this must be suspicious somehow," right? 'Cause he, he died instantly.
Actually, you know, I, the one thing is, like, I, the one conspiracy I would say was not totally outlandish is that he got polonium poisoned by, like, Russia when he was in Ukraine.
Like, if that, if that turned out that that had happened, I wouldn't be super shocked, to be frank with you.
I think his father also died, like, relatively young or, or something like that from a d- a heart disease like that.
The, the only thing that is really surprising to me, and it's, it's sadly not surprising per se, is like, okay, the people that you expect to be shitbirds were shitbirds about it.
I mean, and it's not to say that Lindsey Graham doesn't deserve his fair share of criticism, because he does hold an outsized amount of responsibility for where we are at right now politically, and I don't think there's anything wrong with pointing that out.
And it almost made me sad, a little bit, to see some of the tweets from people who, you know, used to work with him in the Senate and people who before the Trump era were friends with Lindsey Graham and were cool with him.
And it was kind of like him and John McCain were, like, the two Republicans that Democrats were like Actually cool with and were like, would actually work with, you know, reach across the aisle, do things, and then Graham changed.
And I just, I, it's, it's sad to see the difference between, like, who Lindsey Graham was and who he became, and it just kind of makes you think about, like, you know, you, m- many of us could really die at any moment.
I mean, there, you know, you always, like I said, you always have the shitbirds who are gonna act like shitbirds, but the amount of people in Podcasterstan and conservative influencers, and like you mentioned, the, it, it was immediately conspiracy theories and South Carolina Republicans basically-
And speaking of ignoring posts from people, I think the one thing, 'cause it's been a pretty big news weekend, right? Uh, but I think the-
I think the thing that we're, yeah, we're probably gonna talk about the least here, just 'cause it, th- this isn't exactly what this podcast talks about, i- is, like, the death of Lindsey Graham.
One, I know there was this whole instant, uh, uh, what do you call it, like, urge to, to say, "Oh, this must be suspicious somehow," right? 'Cause he, he died instantly.
Actually, you know, I, the one thing is, like, I, the one conspiracy I would say was not totally outlandish is that he got polonium poisoned by, like, Russia when he was in Ukraine.
Like, if that, if that turned out that that had happened, I wouldn't be super shocked, to be frank with you.
I think his father also died, like, relatively young or, or something like that from a d- a heart disease like that.
The, the only thing that is really surprising to me, and it's, it's sadly not surprising per se, is like, okay, the people that you expect to be shitbirds were shitbirds about it.
I mean, and it's not to say that Lindsey Graham doesn't deserve his fair share of criticism, because he does hold an outsized amount of responsibility for where we are at right now politically, and I don't think there's anything wrong with pointing that out.
And it almost made me sad, a little bit, to see some of the tweets from people who, you know, used to work with him in the Senate and people who before the Trump era were friends with Lindsey Graham and were cool with him.
And it was kind of like him and John McCain were, like, the two Republicans that Democrats were like Actually cool with and were like, would actually work with, you know, reach across the aisle, do things, and then Graham changed.
And I just, I, it's, it's sad to see the difference between, like, who Lindsey Graham was and who he became, and it just kind of makes you think about, like, you know, you, m- many of us could really die at any moment.
I mean, there, you know, you always, like I said, you always have the shitbirds who are gonna act like shitbirds, but the amount of people in Podcasterstan and conservative influencers, and like you mentioned, the, it, it was immediately conspiracy theories and South Carolina Republicans basically-
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