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This week, the Justice Department charged 28 legal permanent residents in California with voting-related crimes and arrested 11. We’d love to tell you how DOJ found these voters and what evidence it has, but DOJ didn’t tell us either. Maybe the evidence is in the same place as Trump’s plan for the Iran war.
Speaking of the Iran war, Trump just announced an $8 billion Agriculture Department bailout for farmers crushed by fuel prices that his own war with Iran caused. So the USDA is bailing out farmers for voting against themselves... again. We’re not saying a farmer can’t change their mind, but at some point the receipt for a bad decision should come with a return policy.
The Pentagon also gave DHS permission to test a heat ray weapon for potential use at the “border.” Quotation marks ours, because we know exactly who it’ll be pointed at, and it isn’t a threat.
Then there’s Vivek Ramaswamy’s ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother calling her daughter a liar and telling voters not to vote for her. Amy Acton was raped by her stepfather, and she and her brother were removed from her mother’s care as children. This is the most disgusting, despicable, and reprehensible ad we have ever seen. And what did Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose say about it? He “probably wouldn’t run an ad like that.” Probably! A few other Republicans offered the same whisper of criticism. We have more to say, and we’re going to say it.
Pull up a chair, because this week we’re sitting down for a lawsuit, a traffic stop, a 911 call, and a Reddit thread, and nobody involved is okay.
First up, a woman is suing a Las Vegas bar over injuries she says she got riding a “mechanical penis” attraction. Yes, you read that right. We have questions about the ride, the injuries, and the lawyer who said, “Yeah, let’s file this.”
Then Charlotte, North Carolina, where police pulled over two men “driving” a couch down a busy road. Not a car with a couch in the back. The couch. Is a DUI still a DUI when the vehicle has throw pillows?
Next, a man faked a medical emergency and called 911 to get out of a $63 Red Lobster bill. Sixty-three dollars! Unlimited shrimp costs less than the shame. We’re hoping those biscuits were worth it.
And finally, a tarantula was about to die a virgin, so his owner took to Reddit to find him a date. Somebody out there is playing matchmaker for an eight-legged bachelor, and we need to talk about it.
Four stories, four idiots, and only one of them gets crowned Idiot of the Week.
Four idiots this week, and we're starting with the oldest. An 82-year-old man died after a beach fight with a 76-year-old over a sunlounger. A sunlounger, y'all. Together, that's 158 years of life experience, and the ocean is free. Sit in the sand. Sit anywhere. Just stay alive.
Next stop is the Midwest, where a man was arrested for riding his electric scooter through a neighborhood completely naked. Questions remain about the battery life, the judgment, and the seat situation.
Over in Norway, a man accidentally got his "Crown Jewel" trapped in an IKEA stool. Not the instructions, not the Allen wrench, the stool. Picturing how that happens is a burden now shared with you, and we apologize.
And it all ends in Florida, because of course it does. A man paid good money for a close encounter with a black leopard and got mauled. He PAID. Sir, the leopard did exactly what leopards do. You're the idiot in this contract.
Four stories, four terrible decisions, zero common sense. Press play.
Welcome to Idiot of the Week, where we have a crowded field and zero shame. Let's start in the dirt, because soil scientists buried 2,000 pairs of underwear to prove a point. Ma'am, sir, we don't know what point needs 2,000 pairs of underwear, but we do know somebody signed off on the budget.
Then we have a surgeon who drank a bottle of vodka before his shift. He admitted he would not have been safe to drive, but he "felt okay" to do surgery. So the car was too risky, but cutting into a human being? Totally fine. Sir, the bar for feeling okay is not the same as the bar for being safe, and the person on the table didn't get a vote.
Next, a river that's home to about 100 saltwater crocodiles has been chosen as an Olympic venue. One hundred. Crocodiles. We love a sporting event, but the athletes should not also be on the menu. Somebody in that meeting had to say, "Should we mention the crocodiles?" and somebody else said no.
And finally, a woman is accused of undressing and performing indecent acts on an American Airlines flight. We remind you that it's an accusation, but if it's true, baby, that's a seat, not a stage. There's a whole airport bar for whatever that was.
Four stories, one crown. Who gets it? We're not sure yet, but we're taking bets.
Buckle up, because this week's Idiot of the Week has SO many nominees we had to fight over the crown ourselves.
First: a British Airways crew got sick after allegedly eating weed gummies handed to them by a passenger mid-flight. Ma'am. MA'AM. You're up there responsible for our safety at 30,000 feet and you're accepting mystery snacks from strangers like it's a slumber party? We need a whole new training module titled "Do Not Eat The Gummies."
Then we've got a woman who somehow got stuck INSIDE a Chuck E. Cheese game and had to be rescued by actual firefighters. Girl, what were you chasing in there? A jackpot? Your dignity? The firefighters showed up ready for a real emergency and instead found you wedged next to the skee-ball like a prize nobody claimed.
But the real Idiot of the Week — and we mean this with our whole chest — goes to the parents who encouraged their sons to fight OTHER CHILDREN at a cemetery. Sir. SIR. There is no version of "let the kids settle this at the graveyard" that ends well.
Grab your seatbelts and possibly a helmet, because this week's idiots came in hot, high, and swinging.
We have a whole truckload of stupid this week!
A beer lover gets no prize for the Pabst Blue Ribbon.
AI helps Mount Shasta hikers get lost.
Word to the wise, don’t show up to your don’t drink class drunk.
Why is the Cat in the Hat on TikTok?
Y'all, we don't know where to even start this week because the idiocy is deep. First up, we're talking about a man in Vietnam who mistook toilet cleaner for a drink — and lost his entire stomach because of it. His entire stomach! We need a moment.
Then we're taking you to the mall, where two grown women decided the food court was the perfect venue for an old-fashioned, fists-flying brawl. Security got involved, handcuffs got involved, we are OBSESSED.
After that we head to Richmond, Virginia, where a doctor — a doctor! — wakes up to find a bat in her mouth. In. Her. Mouth. We scream every time we say it and we're going to make you scream too.
And we're closing things out on the high seas, because nothing says vacation like a brawl so chaotic it got sixteen — SIXTEEN — guests banned from ever sailing that cruise line again. We need to know what started it and we need to know now.
Grab your snacks, grab your bat-repellant and let's get into it — it's time for another Idiot of the Week.
Okay, we need y'all to sit down for this one because the nominees this week are chaotic on a spiritual level and we cannot get over it.
First up: a woman gets arrested in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin for stealing an ambulance. Buck naked. Not a stitch on. And listen, if you can't steal an ambulance with your whole entire business hanging out in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin — a place that sounds like it was invented by a hymnal — then where CAN you? We need answers.
Then we're heading to New Jersey, where a pizzeria decided the real crime wasn't the calzone prices, it was a family bringing in their OWN birthday cake. So now the pizzeria's out here doing press. Girl, nobody wants your tiramisu take. Sit down.
Meanwhile in Phoenix, a Shake Shack employee got arrested for allegedly robbing his OWN store. We're sorry, if you're gonna rob a Shake Shack, at least steal from the OTHER Shake Shack — have some professional pride!
And finally, we go to Vermont, where a grown man faked threatening texts to HIMSELF just to get out of doing tech crew for the local production of Rocky Horror Picture Show. Sir. SIR. You could've just said you had a cold. You chose felony-adjacent instead.
Naked getaways, cake-shaming pizzerias, a self-robbing burger guy, and a man who feared Rocky Horror more than the police — this week's Idiot of the Week has it ALL, and honey, we are not okay.
Okay, we've got FOUR contenders this week and we are struggling to pick just one, because they're all so, so special.
First up: a man police find hiding under a mattress, and when they pull him out, his own mother tries to punch the officers on his behalf. Family loyalty, folks.
Then we've got a guy who gets drunk and decides the move is to unload multiple weapons at a County Sheriff's Office helicopter. Just... why. Why is that ever the move.
Next, we're heading to West Palm Beach for a man who allegedly faked being in a coma — a whole coma! — to cover up nearly $190,000 in embezzlement. The commitment to the bit is almost impressive. Almost.
And finally, we've saved the best for last: a fugitive on the run whose own dog leads police straight to his hiding spot. No loyalty there either, apparently.
Four idiots enter, one idiot leaves with the crown. Who's it gonna be? We're voting so let's get into it.
This week on Idiot of the Week, we are wading into the deep end of America’s questionable decision‑making — and baby, the water is boiling.
First up, we have the man who dipped his finger into a Yellowstone hot spring like it was a free sample at Costco… then slipped, fell in, and met the world’s most scalding natural consequence. We’re not saying Darwin tapped him on the shoulder, but the universe definitely whispered, “Sir, no.”
Then we slide over to the Gen Z employee who got suspended for thirty days and said, “Bet,” packed a bag, and left the country. HR called him back after ten days, all huffy, trying to remind him that suspension is punishment, not PTO. And we’d like to remind HR that they are not your mama, and they cannot ground employees.
Meanwhile, influencers are out here getting bitten by sharks while chasing the perfect “I’m one with nature” thirst trap. We love ambition, but if your content plan includes “Step 3: Get lightly mauled,” maybe rethink the brand strategy.
And finally, a North Carolina “volunteer” wildlife rehabilitator was charged after five raccoons were seized from her home. Five. Raccoons. In the house. Ma’am, that’s not rehabilitation — that’s roommates.
Grab your snacks, your sense and your snark, and let’s get into it.
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