🎙️ Episode 50 — The Big 5–0: Wives on the Mic + Wild Week in Politics

It’s a milestone episode of The Cigar Politico — Episode 50!

To celebrate, we brought the wives on for the final 30 minutes for some unfiltered, hilarious, behind-the-scenes banter you won’t want to miss.

Before they joined, we covered a packed slate of sports, current events, and political stories from a busy week:

🔥 What We Covered

• Sports Round-Up: Latest NFL, NBA, and college storylines we’re watching heading into the holiday stretch.
• Dept. of Education Says Nursing Is “Not a Profession”: What that ruling actually means, why it’s creating a firestorm, and why the headline is different from the reality.
• Congress Forces the Epstein Files Release: What’s included, what’s still being fought over, and why this could blow open long-standing allegations.
• Nicki Minaj Addresses the United Nations: Yep. That happened. We break down why she was there and the reactions online.
• Marjorie Taylor Greene Resigns from Congress: How it happened, what might have pushed her out, and what this means for the GOP.
• Supreme Court Allows Texas Redistricting Maps: What the decision changes (and doesn’t), and how it sets up the 2026 races.

💍 Special Segment — The Wives Take Over

For the last 30 minutes, the wives join the pod to celebrate Episode 50, share their candid thoughts about life with two political loudmouths, share their experiences and teachers and moms, and give their takes on the stories we covered. Chaos and comedy guaranteed.

Check the shownotes below, find us live-streaming on Twitch and find full episodes on YouTube!

00:00 Opening, Dallas Cowboys beat the Philthy Eagles (live commentary while we record) and other sports

11:45 Insurance stinks

15:55 Back to Sports, Rangers moves & the Mavs

20:25 The Dept of Ed rules that nursing is no longer a "profession" and what that actually means

25:23 The CDC says vaccines may be a cause of autism

31:23 Two Texans try to take over a Haitian island

33:44 Congress forces the release of all non-classified Epstien files

38:57 Nikki Minaj address the U.N.

45:47 Mamdani visits the White House

54:35 Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns from Congress and other rifts in conservative politics

1:01:26 Democrats run an ad telling the armed forces they can disobey the Commander in Chief

1:05:31 SCOTUS says the Texas redistricting map can stand

1:10:12 Texas mandates a reading list for all students

1:15:49 10 Commandments law in Texas put on hold

1:20:24 Smoke Sessions with the Wives