It's the Democracy, Stupid Full Episodes
Sep 20, 2026 · 2 hr 40 min · 11 segments
On this week's show – Laura Belin, publisher, editor, and reporter for Bleeding Heartland, a community website focused on Iowa politics – Chioma Chukwu, the executive director of American…
Edwin EisendrathHost
Laura BelinGuest
Dean BakerGuestEric Michael GarciaGuestChioma ChukwuGuest
Look, Kash Patel had a week, didn't he? I mean, in Senate hearings, he had to admit to lowering the recruitment standards for the FBI.
Now, frankly, do I care if someone wants to have sex with an animal? You know, but Patel's response when asked, What I asked was that he changed the standards to protect the victims of bestiality.
So I guess in this unthinkable scenario, the sheep is the perpetrator and the guy with his pants unzipped is the victim.
I mean, we learned this week that Patel ordered the agency to no longer cooperate on criminal investigations with Canada because he didn't like the Canadian broadcaster's description of 9-11 as hijackers and attackers rather than as terrorists.
But look, if he wants more terrorists to attack in the U.S., one way to get them is to stop working with the country that shares our longest border.
And this week, Patel went on Fox and he claimed he's only taken four days off since becoming director.
I mean, you saw it, right? The whole country saw him drinking at the Olympics, flying off with his girlfriend on government-funded jets, going to sporting events and concerts.
I mean, we've heard reports that agents had to rouse him from his bed to get him to work.
I mean, what would happen if you just said, you know, hey, boss, I'm at work? When actually you were at a party or snorkeling around some coral reef thousands of miles away, right? You would be fired.
I mean, if you're a friend of the Trump family, there's no law you need to fear from his day one pardons of the January 6th felons to the development of entire pardon industry.
I mean, Trump has made it clear as far as the government is concerned, he is the law.
You want to get to know my family? You want to be an insider? Don Jr.'s having a wedding.
Look, Kash Patel had a week, didn't he? I mean, in Senate hearings, he had to admit to lowering the recruitment standards for the FBI.
Now, frankly, do I care if someone wants to have sex with an animal? You know, but Patel's response when asked, What I asked was that he changed the standards to protect the victims of bestiality.
So I guess in this unthinkable scenario, the sheep is the perpetrator and the guy with his pants unzipped is the victim.
I mean, we learned this week that Patel ordered the agency to no longer cooperate on criminal investigations with Canada because he didn't like the Canadian broadcaster's description of 9-11 as hijackers and attackers rather than as terrorists.
But look, if he wants more terrorists to attack in the U.S., one way to get them is to stop working with the country that shares our longest border.
And this week, Patel went on Fox and he claimed he's only taken four days off since becoming director.
I mean, you saw it, right? The whole country saw him drinking at the Olympics, flying off with his girlfriend on government-funded jets, going to sporting events and concerts.
I mean, we've heard reports that agents had to rouse him from his bed to get him to work.
I mean, what would happen if you just said, you know, hey, boss, I'm at work? When actually you were at a party or snorkeling around some coral reef thousands of miles away, right? You would be fired.
I mean, if you're a friend of the Trump family, there's no law you need to fear from his day one pardons of the January 6th felons to the development of entire pardon industry.
I mean, Trump has made it clear as far as the government is concerned, he is the law.
You want to get to know my family? You want to be an insider? Don Jr.'s having a wedding.
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