Getting Hammered®

Election fallout, a brewery tour, and a five-year-old’s theological take on mortality: Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus cover a lot of ground in this episode. They unpack the election results and what they could mean for both parties, including the debate over the Iran war, gas prices, immigration, and the future of the Republican Party. They also discuss Trump’s 60 Minutes interview, Vance and Rubio’s reactions to the results, and what Democrats might do with their new majority.

The conversation turns to political violence and anti-Semitism, a Philly bike ride met by counter-protesters, Harvard grad students on strike, and a Washington school board’s response to a sports ballot measure. Plus, news involving NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. Share the episode, leave a review, and thanks for getting hammered responsibly.

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Election night ran late, the coffee is doing its best, and Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus are here to make sense of the results. They look at the races that surprised them, what went wrong for Republicans, and how the results might shape the next two years—and the 2028 race. They also get into the debates around tariffs, the Iran conflict, immigration, and the direction of both parties, including the growing influence of the progressive wing among Democrats. Then they check in on ballot measures—from abortion and transgender athletes in sports to California’s proposed wealth tax and Washington’s foie gras ban.

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The news without the crash out, in election week. Mary Katharine Ham and co-host Vic Matus of the Washington Free Beacon discuss:

The Michigan Senate race: Mike Rogers vs. Abdul El-Sayed, the Meet the Press coverage, and a viral ad Van Jones called anti-Jewish. They review Obama on the campaign trail, Obamacare's broken promises, and Kamala Harris's possible Ali comeback.

In Alaska's Senate race, ranked-choice voting, and a second candidate named Dan Sullivan and MK does a ballot measure roundup: wealth and income taxes, transgender policy, abortion, and felon voting.

Rep. Ilhan Omar is under investigation, the DOJ's latest attempt to go after James Comey, and Virginia state senator Louise Lucas's legal troubles.

Finally, a food segment on foie gras bans and the Cheesecake Factory!

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Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus talk the unrest in France, the gentle parenting of rioters, demoralizing updates on Russia and Ukraine, and how D.C. plans to solve all its problems with a socialist mayor and new taxes! They also have updates on former White House Press Secretary Katie Zachariah and Indiana politician Jamie West, plus Zuckerberg tries a Guinness!

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Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus talk about Halloween, novice drivers, and cover debate clips, good, bad, and drunk! They talk about the debut of the new White House Press Secretary, Kimberley Guilfoyle's troubles and resignation. Talarico goes missing from the trail, which the media doesn't care about, but then a bunch of independent "journalists" on the right fabricate a story about his absence. No one can be trusted! Finally, Kelly Clarkson vs. animatronic bird store in Brooklyn.

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