Ballot with Patrick Gutfield - Where Politics Meets Pop Culture

Patrick Gutfield rips into Trump's wild week of media attacks, from demanding CBS shut down over edited footage to his plans for a one hundred million dollar White House disco ballroom. Plus: His Press Secretary invents the "grocery pump," and VP JD Vance tries to justify immigration policy with medieval philosophy.

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Today's absolutely bonkers headlines: Trump leaves instructions to OBLITERATE an entire country if he's taken out (totally normal presidential behavior), the CIA offers to PAY its entire workforce to quit (because who needs spies anyway?), and the Super Bowl becomes a three-ring circus as Trump becomes the first sitting president to attend! Plus: Trump's wild plan to turn Gaza into the "Middle East Riviera" (because what war zone doesn't need a beach club?). Join Patrick Gutfield for the most insane news day of 2025 so far!

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Our brains are filling up with microplastics faster than a Kardashian's Instagram fills up with sponsored content! Plus, Waffle House adds a surcharge that has breakfast lovers scrambling, and Joe Biden signs with Hollywood's biggest agency - is "The Real Ex-Presidents of D.C." coming to streaming? Patrick Gutfield breaks down these stories and more in today's absolutely not-plastic-free episode. Warning: May contain traces of eggs, reality TV pitches, and concerning scientific developments about what's actually inside your head.

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Today's Political Circus: Trump dreams up a trillion-dollar investment fund (with money we don't have), Canadians are hate-drinking local wine, Marco Rubio's running an agency through his mystery friend, Mexico found ten thousand troops behind their couch, and MTG's auditioning to be America's Accent Coach! Host Patrick Gutfield explains why this is basically an episode of reality TV, but with nuclear weapons. Warning: May contain traces of international diplomacy and hurt feelings.

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President Trump just declared economic war on our three biggest trading buddies, and your wallet is caught in the crossfire. Here's what's ACTUALLY happening with these massive new tariffs (and why you should buy those avocados NOW):
✓ Canada and Mexico hit with twenty-five percent tariffs
✓ China gets slapped with ten percent
✓ Canadian oil gets special ten percent rate (because apparently freezing in the dark isn't part of the plan)
✓ Prices could spike IMMEDIATELY on groceries
✓ That new car you've been eyeing? Maybe wait on that
✓ Canada's plotting revenge with whiskey and peanut butter (seriously)
✓ Mexico's President Sheinbaum is NOT happy

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The federal government melts down over pronouns in email signatures while Trump plays chicken with our biggest trading partners! Will Canada unleash its "forceful but reasonable" revenge? Did the feds just copy-paste Elon's homework for their buyout plan? Join Patrick Gutfield for a wild ride through today's absolutely bonkers news as we break down how the government is running like a chatbot with a grudge. From mysterious external emails to tariff threats flying faster than a Twitter edit button, this episode has more plot twists than your cousin's third wedding. Plus: Why the Department of Transportation had to pause their plane crash response to update their email signatures. You literally can't make this stuff up!

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Look, there's nothing funny about a plane crash so we decided to talk about something else.

Dogs may have a case for getting rid of Daylight Savings Time

Trump is using too many words, and wants to end NYC's congestion pricing.

Netflix is rebooting Little House on the Prarie.



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Robert F Kennedy Jr. gets grilled harder than imported shrimp as he tries convincing senators he's not anti-vaccine, while restaurants across the Gulf Coast are caught serving up seafood lies! Plus, we've got Paul Pelosi making thirty-eight million dollars disappear faster than his wife can say "I know nothing about those trades!" It's an all-you-can-eat buffet of political shenanigans and seafood switcheroos!

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CHAOS ALERT: Madonna storms comedy club for surprise Trump jokes while Google Maps tries to erase Mexico from its app! But that's not even the craziest news of the day - wait until you hear about France's new AI that thinks cows lay eggs and can calculate the square root of a goat. Plus, the Doomsday Clock just moved closer to midnight, because apparently we needed MORE anxiety this week. And in totally unrelated news, companies are now speed-running how fast they can fire Gen Z employees. Is this the most chaotic news day of twenty twenty-five? You decide! (Your boss will NOT want you to read this...)

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How a $6M Chinese AI Just Crashed America's Trillion-Dollar Tech Party

Move over Silicon Valley - there's a new AI in town that just did with six million dollars what American tech giants are spending a trillion to achieve. Tonight, we're diving into how DeepSeek, a Chinese company you've never heard of, sent Nvidia's stock tumbling faster than a tech bro's Patagonia vest collection. Plus, Trump's plan to save American AI involves... checks notes... something called "Stargate." Seriously. And Colombia decides US military planes aren't so bad after all when coffee prices are on the line. Join Patrick Gutfield for a journey through the tech world's most expensive game of "keeping up with the Joneses" - except the Joneses are in Beijing and they're winning with pocket change.


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