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Ep 645Episode 645: Basket Cases

Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's news in American Politics including Biden delivering a speech on the killing of Zawahiri while former President Trump hosts the Saudi Arabians for a golf tournament, Democrats funding Republicans in California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Arizona in hopes to fight the greater threat - other Republicans, an Arizona candidate says he will refuse to concede if he loses election, Jon Stewart raises hell, Rand Paul rationalizing why he voted against veterans healthcare, Truth Social shadow bannings and more!

Aug 4, 202252 min

Ep 644Episode 644: Ain't That America

Ben, Travis, and Fernando are rounding out your week with the news in American Politics including Republicans failing to pass PACT Act of '22 and then fist-bumping on the house floor in celebration, Rick Scott spreading hypocritical rhetoric about "book burners", Pelosi selling $5 Million worth of stock ahead of a related legislation bill she is set to vote on, Guatemalan migrant children working at a Hyundai plant in Alabama, DeSantis attacking woke businesses, Samuel Alito boasting from the Vatican, a reporter forced out of an execution for her choice of skirt, and MORE!!

Jul 30, 202251 min

Ep 643Episode 643: The Devil's Rainbow

Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's news in Politics including Arizona's Kari Lake spewing dangerous rhetoric, ALSO Lake supporters caught on tape harassing PetsMart employees over Gay Pride Flag, Matt Gaetz unsurprisingly voting against bill to curb human trafficking, fugitive Steve Bannon praising Alex Jones, Lindsay Graham lovin' his buddy Trump, Kamala Harris disappoints, John Fetterman doing campaign attack ads right, Brittney Griner freed! and MORE!

Jul 28, 20221h 2m

Ep 642Episode 642: Bipartisan Douchery

Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's news in politics including a Howard Stern / Bradley Cooper presidential run and how it connects to the Bill Clinton presidency, Chris Cuomo being rejected by a Hamptons Fire Department, DeBlasio dropping out of the running, which Republican voted against gay marriage, Larry Hogan in Maryland, Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania, and Ron Johnson living up to his last name. Flowerhead - Pondering My Orb (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXb6QLCaLxjvucwNlQuS2gg) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Jul 21, 20221h 2m

Ep 641Episode 641: Out of the Ordinary

Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you this weeks news in politics as Trump uses Ivana's death as a fundraising opportunity, Errol Musk reminding us that the billionaire class doesn't think the way we do, House Republicans vote against investigating Nazi's in the police and military, O'Rourke out-raising Abbott in Texas, Indiana AG Todd Rokita threatening to prosecute a doctor for doing their job, a law professor warns about the violence of forced birth, and Glenn Grothman hates the pride flag.

Jul 16, 202253 min

Ep 640Episode 640: Useful Idiots

Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's News in American Politics including Nuclear Preparedness Ads in NYC, Jill Biden loving Latinos and Tacos while unable to pronounce Bodega, Coup expert John Balton explaining where Jan 6th Insurrectionists got it wrong, former Oath Keepers and Raskin also breaking silence about Jan 6th, Musk using Twitter to distract from more Tesla Autopilot evils, California getting it right with insulin users,Gun Safety and MORE!

Jul 13, 20221h 5m

Ep 639Episode 639: Freedom Holes

Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you even more of this week's news in Politics including an update on Cassidy Hutchinson vs. the Secret Service, Police reform and Jayland Walker, MTG claiming 4th of July shootings are false flags, Debbie Lesko proclaiming that she would shoot her grandkids to protect their guns, Jerone Davison wanting to "Make Rifles Great Again", Ron Johnson attack ad backfires, Newsom vs DeSantis 2024, Senate Democrats calling on Joe to legalize Marijuana, and MORE!

Jul 8, 202253 min

Ep 638Episode 638: Fireworks and Firearms

Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's news in politics including Micheal Moore giving up his citizenship in protest, Adam Kinzinger playing some of the spiciest voicemails he's received so far, information on several of the July 4th shootings and casualties, Maryland loosening concealed carry laws, the Dallas Cowboys go all in on the gun theme with a new coffee sponsorship, and much MORE!

Jul 6, 20221h 3m

Ep 637Episode 637: Separation Between Algorithm and State

For this very special 4th of July Top Hat, Ben, Travis, and Fernando are talkin' Rudy Giuliani's special code for major savings, Lauren Boebert and her understanding of the what the founding fathers had to say, Nick Fuentes getting canceled from a Libertarian conference, the unexpected results of Googling "Desk Ornament", Ohio State Rep. Jan Schmidt wanting to ban birth control all while Texas AG says he will defend only "bible style" sex and MORE!

Jul 2, 202240 min

Ep 636Episode 636: The Ketchup on the Wall

Ben, Travis, and Fernando focus on the events of Jan 6th and break down what we have learned from Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony to the committee about Trump, Meadows actions throughout the infamous day, as well as where it can all be heading!

Jul 2, 202228 min

Ep 635Episode 635: All or Nothing

Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's news in politics as the country reacts to the controversial decision of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, restricting abortions in multiple states across the country, SCOTUS's religious double standards, gun law news in NY, and MORE!

Jun 29, 202252 min

Ep 634Episode 634: Hot Takes From Cold Hands

Ben, Travis, and Fernando are back with this week's political stories including Lauren Boehbert spreading the gospel of Christ, Texas AG general saying God has a plan to parents of murdered children, Elon Musk endorsing DeSantis and potentially firing 10K people over "bad feelings", finally some good news from Ohio and MORE!

Jun 17, 202250 min

Ep 633Episode 633: Feral Hogs

This week on Top Hat the boys are talking about Pelosi pandering to gay voters, Republicans spilling the truth about Jan 6th, Trump scamming 250 million out of his supporters for a Fraud Fund along with highlights of his 12 page statement on the Jan 6th committee, Arizona republicans asking for blanket pardons, Ohio trans and guns laws making us question GOP sanity, and MORE!

Jun 16, 202255 min

Ep 632Episode 632: Pardon Me

Ben, Travis, and Fernando are back with a second helping of this week's political stories including Liz Cheney and the Jan 6th committee, the FBI arresting a Michigan gubernatorial candidate for insurrection involvement, trust in US government at an all time low, Meta and Amazon's WICKR showing us the evils of the internet, the Border Patrol emboldened by the Supreme Court and MORE.

Jun 11, 202248 min

Ep 631Episode 631: Critical Mass

Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you this weeks news in Politics including gun sales numbers dropping along with new gun legislation, Marjorie Taylor Greene pushing against Lindsey Graham, Matthew McConaughey's reaction to the devastating shooting in Uvalde, Alt-Right Wingers invading The Libertarian Party, and much MORE!

Jun 9, 202247 min

Ep 630Episode 630: The Political Hole

The Top Hat Boys are back for another episode to round out your week, breaking down the news as we see fit including The Proud Boys getting booted from Trump rallies, DeSantos taking on The Tampa Bay Rays, Ohio targeting transgender female athletes with “genital inspections”, Guns for Kids, and much, much, MORE!

Jun 4, 202249 min

Ep 629Episode 629: Handguns & Hammers

Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week’s news in politics: taking a close look at gun control in America as the country mourns the recent devastating school shooting in Uvalde Texas, as well as how the police mishandled the chaotic situation that took the lives of 21 innocent people, ALSO, the Good Liars breakdown the Hammers vs. Guns Debate, J.D. Vance’s war on porn, the Dr. Oz vs. McCormick recount, and MORE!

Jun 1, 202249 min

Ep 628Episode 628: Give It Some Ham!

The Top Hat boys are back to bring you this week's news in Politics including George W Bush accidentally confusing himself with Putin, Texas getting wild on several fronts, the rise and fall of Madison Cawthorn, and MORE!

May 24, 202254 min

Ep 627Episode 627: The City is Eating Itself

Ben and Travis bring you this week's news in politics: civil unrest breaks out as The Supreme Court takes on Roe v. Wade, Joe Manchin pushes against Abortion Bill, Elon Musk supporting Trump on Twitter, Redistricting in Florida as DeSantis’ plans get shut down, North Carolina republicans introduce bill that would prevent President Biden from canceling student federal loan debt, and MORE!

May 12, 202246 min

Ep 626Episode 626: Roll Over and Bend the Knee

On your second helping of Top Hat this week: JR Majewski celebrates his Ohio GOP nomination with a "Let's go Brandon" rap. Madison Cawthorn responds to compromising videos of himself nude and another with his employee/cousin. Female Republicans Jean Schmidt and Rebecca Kleefisch double down on dangerous anti-abortion beliefs. A man accused of killing his wife wins a Republican town primary in Indiana, Jim Jordan is mad, and MORE!

May 7, 20221h 0m

Ep 625Episode 625: Leaky Justices w/ The Good Liars

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Ben, Travis, and Fernando are joined by The Good Liars (Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler) to discuss the fallout of the leaked Supreme Court draft on Roe v. Wade, March for Life rallies, and what this all foretells for the future of the US Constitution. Support the Good Liars directly through their Patreon and YouTube channel.

May 4, 20221h 7m

Ep 624Episode 624: Deadliest Catch w/ Billy Jensen

Ben, Travis, and Fernando are joined by special guest Billy Jensen to discuss the Andrew Mitchell case, his upcoming book "Killers Amidst Killers", his work in Ohio, and MUCH MORE in this week’s second dose of Top Hat!

Apr 30, 202256 min

Ep 623Episode 623: Everything Must Go!

Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's political stories including Melissa Lucio, Elon Musk, Tech giants tricked into revealing personal data, Tucker loving Alex Jones while Jones has an Emergency Blowout Sale to pay damages on his lawsuit, Roger Stone bad mouthing Kevin McCarthy, Madison Cawthorn bringing a loaded gun to the airport and stealing meme coin money, Joe Biden pardoning felons, and much, much, MORE!

Apr 28, 202246 min

Ep 622Episode 622: Bad to the Bone

Ben, Travis, and Fernando are back with the political news including Rudy Giuliani's controversial appearance on the Masked Singer, Mayor Eric Adams & legalization, Texas Mom Melissa Lucio facing the death penalty, Tucker Carlson telling you to tan your balls, Colorado Governor Jared Polis calling out DeSantis while DeSantis battles Twitter Shareholders / Disney employees in Florida.

Apr 22, 202257 min

Ep 621Episode 621: Surviving a Stalker w/ Lenora Claire

Ben, Travis, and Fernando are joined by survivor, activist, entertainment industry professional, and member of the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Crime Victims Advisory Board, Lenora Claire to discuss her experience in becoming the victim of a dangerous stalker, Anti-Stalking Legislation, and how she's currently fighting to protect people from similar experiences to hers.For More Info please visit: https://www.lenoraclairellc.com/and info on removing personal information from the internet: https://www.lifewire.com/remove-personal-information-from-internet-3482691

Apr 21, 20221h 2m

Ep 620Episode 620: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

Ben, Travis, and Fernando are back to round out your week with the political stories including Etsy sellers going on strike over increased fees, opioid overdoses skyrocketing, DeSantis gaining control over redistricting maps and signing a 15 week abortion ban, while Florida DOE rejects 54 maths books from the curriculum, states continuing to scale back food stamp SNAP benefits, our condolences to Josh Mandel after Trump endorses JD Vance instead, the world premiere of the new HEADPAC.ORG ad against Mike DeWIne, and MORE!

Apr 16, 202253 min

Ep 619Episode 619: Fabulous Beasts

Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's political stories including Chuck Grassley proposing that China has compromised Biden, Warner Bros actually compromising to China, J&J using the Texas Two Step to avoid lawsuits, Greg Abbott threatening to bus immigrants to DC, acceptance of Ukraine asylum versus Mexican/Haitian asylum seekers, DeSantis signing a fatherhood bill, Andrew Giuliani making his bid for governor while making some questionable comments about his daughter, Cops still playing copyrighted music while being filmed, CNN+ problems, and MORE!

Apr 13, 202247 min

Ep 618Episode 618: I Plead the Fifth!

On this week's second dose of Top Hat, Ben Travis and Fernando are talkin' Trump endorsing Dr. Oz, MTG calling KBJ "Pro-Pedophile" as well as her response to Jimmy Kimmel calling on Will Smith to deal with her, Hunter Biden's Laptop, Alex Jones' deposition and Dallas installing new airport Pro-Mask robots.

Apr 10, 202252 min

Ep 617Episode 617: Arrested Development

Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's political headlines: marijuanna legalization passing the house, MTG doubles down on the evils of democrats, Tennessee leaving the marriage legal age up for interpretation, Oklahoma making moves against abortion, Gavin Newsom mocks book banning while Burbank CA literally bans the books and MORE.

Apr 7, 202243 min

Ep 616Episode 616: The Power of the People w/ Katy Shanahan

Ben, Travis, and Fernando are joined by lawyer Katy Shanahan to dig into Redistricting, the fight against Gerrymandering, Voter Suppression, the frustrating state of Ohio politics, Governor Kasich, and much MORE!Follow Katy on Twitter for all of your updates on Redistricting & Gerrymandering: https://twitter.com/KatyAShanahan

Apr 1, 202257 min

Ep 615Episode 615: The Great Orgy Party

Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's political headlines: Applebee's executive leaked email showing the systematic extent of corporate greed, Madison Cawthorn's claim of cocaine fueled orgies in DC, the Federal Government and billions of dollars of covid relief funds used to pay for more police and prisons, Eric Adams considering using drones to help NYC Police, Joe Manchin blasting Republicans for their treatment of Ketanji Brown Jackson, as well as Clarence Thomas and his wife's involvement in Jan 6th.

Mar 31, 202247 min

Ep 614Episode 614: A Scale of 1 to 10

Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's political headlines including Lindsey Graham questioning Katanji Brown's faith (on a scale of 1 to 10), Trump talking Putin and "the N Word", Kid Rock revealing his relationship with Trump, Staind's Aaron Lewis taking Pro-Putin stance during performance, Nancy Pelosi brings the Irish Spirit to the Capital, devastating tales from Ukraine, and much MORE!

Mar 24, 20221h 1m

Ep 613Episode 613: The Red, White, and Blue

Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's political news, focusing primarily on Russia and the events happening in Ukraine, as well as Roger Stone preaching his plans to impeach Kamala, Tucker Carlson defending that Fox isnt an "organ" for Russia, confused White Nationalists repping the wrong Red, White, and Blue, Lindsay Graham calling for the assassination of Putin, and much much MORE!

Mar 19, 20221h 1m

Ep 612Episode 612: The Time Has Come

Ben, Travis, and Fernando are bringing you this week's political stories including possible big changes coming for Daylight Savings Time, Arizona Senators missing the point, Boebert making up military ranks, William Barr still playing pro/anti Trump, US paying 2 million a month to protect Pompeo, Candace Owens and her Pro Putin agenda, Kevin Durant calling out Mayor Adams on mandates and MORE!

Mar 16, 202252 min

Ep 611Episode 611: Preachin' to the Choir

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Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's political stories including Mark Meadows committing voter fraud, Britney Griner held detained in Russia for Marijuana Oil, Lawmakers voting against banning Russian Oil, DeSantis's Police Force Bill in Florida, U.S. Police sending extra (expired) military gear to Ukraine, U.S. Census miscounting Latinos, Idaho - inspired by Texas - pushes discrimination against Trans kids, Florida further banning Critical Race Theory discussion in Schools and Jobs, A Russian Spy in USA since 2017, Virginia Lawmakers lifting the ban of Facial Recognition technology... AND If you're in the Cleveland area THIS WEEKEND be sure to catch Travis Irvine doing Stand-Up Live (Saturday - 3/12/22 at 11:00PM) at Secret Society Comedy @ Happy Dog, 5801 Detroit Ave. - Cleveland, OH 44102Tickets Available Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/secret-society-comedy-tickets-269832274597More Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/666015504846123

Mar 11, 202251 min

Ep 610Episode 610: Keepin' It Together

BK, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week's political stories including a State of the Union Recap, Brittney Griner held in Russia for having cannabis extract, Cuomo blaming cancel culture, Trump comes at William Barr, Bill Ackman predicting the war, Amazon working with slave labor in China, the Lead Issue in America, and MORE!

Mar 8, 202256 min

Ep 609Episode 609: Dude, Where's Your Country?

Ben, Fernando, and Travis dive into this week's political headlines including: AnnaLynne McCord's desire to be Putin's Mommy, Donald Trump Jr. rambling about Crack at CPAC, Steve Bannon's controversial words on Ukraine, JD Vance promoting a lack of empathy for War Victims, Trump asking "if Finland is part of Russia?", and MORE!

Mar 2, 202258 min

Ep 608Episode 608: The War is Cold

Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you the rest of this week's news including a comprehensive breakdown of the events in the Ukraine as Russia wages War, Russia/Saudi Arabian collusion raising gas prices, Trump praises Putin, Governor Abbot calling gender affirming a form of child abuse in Texas, Naked Texas RRC Candidate straddles an oil pump, Josh Mandel arguing BLM at a debate, Alabama approving permit-less carrying of guns, and MORE!

Feb 26, 202246 min

Ep 607Episode 607: The Red Line

Ben, Travis, and Fernando bring you this week’s political news - and for this episode were focusing on the current situation in Ukraine as Russia’s forces continue to have a presence at the borders, The Secretary of State bailing on Ukrainian Invasion meeting, how it’s all connected to China, as well as Dems tuning out National News, Housing Markets exploding - and MORE!

Feb 23, 202245 min

Ep 606Episode 606: The President's Day Round-Up

Ben, Fernando, and Travis are back to close out your week and celebrate President's Day weekend with a very special history episode as Travis Irvine presents The History of US Presidency!

Feb 20, 20221h 10m

Ep 605Episode 605: The Dog Blew Up My Homework

Ben, Travis, and Fernando are breakin' down this week's Political News including: Boston Dynamics teaming up with Sam Adams for a Super Bowl Ad, "Anti-Riot" Bills in Ohio, The Facial Recognition Takeover, Teachers Spying on Students, Black History Month "Opt Outs" in Indiana Schools, Biden pushing for War Money, Russia claims exit from Ukraine, Mail Ballot troubles, Saudi Arabia not budging for Joe, EV Roads in Detroit, and MORE.

Feb 17, 202243 min

Ep 604Episode 604: Love & Politics

The Top Hat Boys are back to close out your week with the political headlines including: Trump's secret toilet misadventures, Weiner and Sliwa's new radio show, a NY man fighting for his Pig, Georgia police encouraging exes to snitch for V-Day, Hillary Clinton speaking at the NY Democratic convention, Biden saying "things could get crazy" in Ukraine, the CIA watching us all, ICE patrolling The Super Bowl and MORE!

Feb 12, 202250 min

Ep 603Episode 603: Free Crack Pipes!

Ben, Travis and Fernando are breaking down this week’s political stories including: Marjorie Taylor Greene spittin’ "Gazpacho", Rudy Giuliani trying to swap Voting Machines in Michigan, Pence speaking against Trump’s comments, students standing up against an unruly Chocolate Milk Ban, the end of the "pandemic" and new national mask mandate-updates, vaccine stock controversy, Peloton Problems, and best of all... Free Crack Pipes courtesy of President Biden!

Feb 10, 202245 min

Ep 602Episode 602: The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly

Ben, Travis, and Fernando are back to round out your week with the rest of the news in politics including: Rudy Giuliani’s appearance on the Masked Singer, Robot Dogs with Guns at the border, Iowa putting cameras on Teachers, Miami Beach cops under fire for public filming controversy, 13 Civilians killed during raid in Syria, Ukraine false flag, Avenatti facing charges, Bezos rebuilding a historic Dutch bridge to get his Giga-Yacht stuck, and MORE!

Feb 6, 202257 min

Ep 601Episode 601: Wag the Dog, Buy a Cat

This week, as Top Hat goes WIDE - Ben, Travis, and Fernando break down the political headlines including: Jim Justice in West Virginia showing dog booty in response to Bette Midler, Russian / Ukranian Tensions continuing to rise, Trump dissing Lindsey Graham, Jeff Zucker's controversial exit from CNN - and MORE in this week's first round of Top Hat!

Feb 3, 202247 min

Ep 600Episode 600: We The People

This week on Top Hat - Ben, Fernando, and Travis are breakin' down the News in Politics as Kid Rock debuts a new song with an Anti-Joe Biden Chorus, Alex Jones pleads the Fifth (again, and again, and again...), AOC and Ted Cruz are Twitters Most Wanted, USA VS Russian in Ukraine, Micheal Avenatti's hubris, and Lauren Boebert continues her racist blunders.

Jan 26, 20221h 5m

Ep 599Episode 599: Lock The Vote

BK and The Top Hat Boys are back to close out the week with your political headlines including a questionable rebranding for M&M’s, The truth behind Voter Fraud & Voter Suppression, Navigating harassment in the Metaverse, Driverless Trucks, the "NOCEBO" effect, and MORE!

Jan 22, 20221h 0m

Ep 598Episode 598: Incommunicado

Ben, Fernando, and Travis are breakin' down this week's political news including new Supreme Court vaccine mandates, Trump twisting the facts about how different races are treated for COVID, The Good Liars find Nazi's on Mars, Jordan Klepper & John Kasich's new Podcast, U.S. Senate Candidate Gary Chambers going viral for for Marijuana Legalization, and more Senate, Filibuster, and Voting Rights Discussion, all in this week's healthy first dose of Top Hat.

Jan 20, 202245 min

Ep 597Episode 597: DOA

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This week BK and the Top Hat boys are discussing Senators grilling the Feds about January 6th, Vaccine Mandates & the Supreme Court, a new bill looking to shut down Political Insider Trading, Biden coming clean on Protest Fibbery, Gov Northam attempting to retcon black-face scandal, American Families falling into deeper debt, Clay Aiken running for office, and MORE.

Jan 12, 20221h 8m

Ep 596Episode 596: The T Word

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Ben, Travis, and Fernando are back to wrap up the rest of this week's headlines including Ted Cruz 'groveling' on Fox, Filibuster Pros and Cons, Trump's statements on January 6th, Biden Era imprisonment rates rising for Undocumented Immigrants, an exodus of Correctional Officers in Philly, New Mexican Inmates facing new exploitive Mail Restrictions, and MORE!

Jan 8, 20221h 9m