Guillotines, Gaslighting, and Lake America: We Can't Make This Up

Guillotines, Gaslighting, and Lake America: We Can't Make This Up

From Frangela: The Final Word by Frangela Duo

August 28, 2026 · 1h 19m

About this episode

The episode discusses various current events including the situation in Nepal, political antics involving Trump, and social issues like the drag show ban.

Y'all, we need a minute. First — our hearts are with Nepal, where at least 358 people are confirmed dead and over 1,300 are still missing after catastrophic flash floods along the Tibet border. We've got a California man who apparently thought "guillotine in the truck bed" was a reasonable accessory for a drive near the U.S. Capitol. We're breaking down what we know and asking the obvious question: sir, what was the plan? Then it's a full Trump buffet — he's siccing MAGA Inc. on the midterms with ads bragging about tax breaks and a "sealed" border, he's declaring "big victory" in a war with Iran that he says will "continue for as long as necessary" (so... not a victory, then?), and — we are not kidding — he's threatening to rename Lake Ontario "Lake America." We give this segment the energy it deserves. We're also toasting a federal judge who struck down Texas's drag show ban and somehow made it a Dolly Parton tribute in the process — Dolly, we love you, keep protecting us from the courthouse. Meta's cutting an $18 billion check to 48 states for allegedly hooking kids on purpose, the EPA wants to stop telling the public about pollution permits near data centers (cool, cool, very…

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Host: Frangela Duo

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Organizations: Meta, EPA

Places: Nepal, California, Lake Ontario

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