Hard Factor

The Governor of Virginia isn't willing to resign over his blackface scandal, and new questionable sexual assault allegations against the possible replacement, Justin Fairfax, have come to light. A teacher in Florida went crazy courting a 16 year-old girl from his classes, going as far to suggest murdering his wife so they could be together. Liam Neeson gave an intense interview answer about a time in his life when he was filled with a blind rage toward black people; and a lightning round of other headlines, including the Super Bowl, 21 Savage, the Pope's middle-eastern tour, and the State of the Union. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Virginia's governor, Ralph Northam, is being asked to resign by almost everyone in America for his affinity for blackface jokes. Tekashi 6ix9ine pleads guilty to all of his charges and agrees to becoming an informant to authorities as part of his plea. Canada has been appropriating Pennsylvania groundhog culture for years, and they're taking a trip to the Soft Corner for that. Finally, a lightning round of other headlines, including Trump's Super Bowl Sunday interview, El Chapo is a creep, TSA suicide in Orlando, and Pete Davidson/Kate Beckinsale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mueller investigation files that were shared as part of court proceedings ended up in the hands of Russian hackers, who then shared them online, and everybody knows now and is upset about it. Tyson Chicken is in hot water for including bits of rubber in one of their premier lines of chicken nuggets. New evidence suggests that parasites from cat piss can make you much more likely to develop schizophrenia. Lightning Round of Other Headlines: Ariana Grande's tattoo fuck-up, Hillary hangs it up (maybe), California busts a human trafficking operation, and a damage report from the polar vortex. Weight Loss Contest Update: Will loses this week, Mark wins the week and is still in the overall lead, and Pat is still trailing overall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Russian Ministry of justice has proposed new legislation to make bribery allowable in “exceptional circumstances.” A police commander in Detroit got arrested by his own men for DUI after slamming into another vehicle. A security guard in California got fired by Best Buy for apprehending a felon with a beautiful form tackle; and a lightning round of other headlines, including the FaceTime bug, PFT and El Pres' big night, PG&E files bankruptcy, and accidental ex-lax in Florida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz, considers running for president as an Independent, and we cover the entire list of officially announced and rumored Democratic candidates. An international update, including praise for President Trump from NATO, Venezuela's active coup, and USA moving forward with charges on Huawei's CFO. The polar vortex is about to turn the mid-west into a walk-in freezer; and a lightning round of other headlines, including Fyre Festival influencers in hot water, Bible Literacy classes in public school, and Zuckerberg wants all of your dick pics in one place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roger Stone gets charges brought against him from the Mueller investigation, and fires back that Mueller only has a “nothing burger.” A dipshit from Louisiana killed his girlfriend, her dad and brother, and his own parents, before getting caught trying to hide out at his grandma's house. One cop is dead after another allegedly shot her after a game of “Russian Roulette”… but you don't shoot the other person in that game; and a Lightning Round of other headlines, including Kamala Harris running for president, Mick Mulvaney flexing on congress, a tragedy at a Brazilian iron mine, and a duo of underwear ruining moments in Las Vegas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

VP of Hard Factor Football Operations, PFTCommenter, joins the show to discuss a group of poorly trained Boy Scouts turned terrorists in upstate New York. TRUMPDATE: the latest information on the State of the Union Address, Michael Cohen, Venezuela, rising disapproval numbers, and Lara Trump. Finally, a Lightning Round of other headlines, including a deadly bank robbery in Florida, nurses charged at Hacienda Health Care, AOC vs. Huckabee Sanders, the McDonald's wall controversy, and Jayme Closs gets a $25K reward for saving herself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Oscar nominations are out, and some of us are really excited for them, while others just make jokes at their expense. The government shutdown has now lasted 33 days and we cover why it's such a horrible fuck-up and what's going on to fix it. Finally, a Lightning Round of other headlines, including a touch up on the MAGA hat kid/Native American guy Lincoln Memorial situation, Jack Nicholson makes a public appearance, the supreme court upheld the military transgender ban, and Waymo is taking their automated car manufacturing act to Michigan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rudy Giuliani, Attorney at Law Extraordinaire, is on a roll of making headlines with erratic statements. Recurring segment “What the Hell, China?!?” discusses a scientist who's been fired, and potentially facing legal trouble, for conducting gene editing experiments on human embryos. Finally, a Lightning Round of other headlines, including presidential photoshop work, Notre Dame attempting to finally make things right by covering up some paintings, Uber in the hot seat, and TSA calling out of work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An all boys high school field trip to march against abortion ended with an awkward stare down between a kid in a MAGA hat and a Native American demonstrator, and the internet went wild. A new docu-series is covering the Smiley Face Killers, an alleged group of serial killers targeting college aged males over multiple years and locations. Finally, a Lightning Round of other headlines, including government shutdown watch, BuzzFeed-gate, travelers deported from New Zealand, and MLK Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A man in Ireland attempted to cure his back pain by injecting his own semen into his right arm for over a year… you'd never guess but it didn't work. Week 7 of the #HardFactorHardBody is in the books and the guys have lost a total of 128 pounds so far with 8 or 9 weeks left to go. Finally, a Lightning Round of other headlines, including Paris Jackson, Jonah Hill, ISIS attack in Syria, State of the Union, Lauren Sanchez, Russian/Japanese islands, a new show about Space Force from the creators of “The Office,” and much much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The United Kingdom still can't quite figure out this whole Brexit thing, and Theresa May's ass is in the jackpot. A North Carolina man makes his way into the Soft Corner for being 6'5″ 250 lbs. and knocking out an 11 year-old girl with a vicious left hook instead of using his God-given skills in the ring. A woman in Kentucky got hammered and drove her son over 100 mph in the car to prove some kind of point; and a lightning round of other headlines, including Attorney General nominee William Barr, government shutdown update (yep… still closed), Meghan Markle rumors, Catholics ban touching, and LaMelo Ball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pacific Gas and Electric company is declaring bankruptcy after poor performance that has led to several wildfires, including the largest one in state history. A beloved mayor of 20 years from a town in Poland was stabbed to death on stage at a public event. Donnie Does World joins the show to discuss a Canadian being given the death penalty in China for smuggling meth, and a government project aimed at growing a flower on the moon. Finally, a lightning round of other headlines including Trump on Bezos, weed in Rhode Island, AOC mocks republicans' love of houses, Rep. Steve King, and a guy with horns on his head who was arrested for luring women to his home (pictured). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jayme Closs escaped her abductor after 87 days, and that allows Hard Factor to go ahead and toss him in the Soft Corner now for being a grown man who kidnaps little girls after killing their parents. Meghan Markle lost another staff member, this time it was her security guard, and other issues that have Great Britain spitting out their collective tea and crumpets. A woman in Texas gets caught drinking wine out of a Pringles can, but not to be outdone, another woman in Florida smears human feces all over park benches to preemptively ruin a child's birthday party, and a Lightning Round of other headlines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A moron in California thought he had won $10K on a scratch-off, turns out is was actually $10 million, but he told his roommates about it and got it stolen, now he may be getting it back… listen to find out. Another dog has shot and severely injured its owner, this time it was a former LSU football player on a duck hunting trip. Two women in North Carolina are charged with kidnapping and sexual battery after confronting a transgender person in the ladies bathroom; and a Lightning Round of other headlines, including Jeff Bezos getting a divorce, billionaire Norwegian wife held ransom for $10 million, President Trump walking out of his meeting and cutting FEMA funding to California, and Johnny Bobbitt has been found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

R. Kelly is under criminal investigation in Georgia for his sexual appetite that was outlined in the TV series Surviving R. Kelly. Bill Timmons (pictured), the CEO of a health facility in Phoenix has resigned after it's come to light that his staff, and possibly others, had been having sex with their vegetative patients for years. Political activist/donor Ed Buck has allegedly been home for two mysterious deaths in his apartment; and a Lightning Round of other headlines, including the “special announcement” from President Trump about the border wall on Tuesday night, a Mueller investigation update, GoFundMe scammer misses his court date, and a crazy woman in Arizona pleads not guilty to stalking a guy she sent over 159,000 unanswered texts to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cyntoia Brown has been granted clemency after serving almost half her life for a murder committed while she was a child prostitute. A middle school teacher in Idaho has been declared not guilty of animal cruelty after he fed a sick puppy to a snapping turtle in his classroom last year. We head over to Elon's World where SpaceX and NASA are preparing for the first test launch of the Falcon 9 Rocket and Dragon Spaceship; and a Lightning Round of other headlines, including a shooting in Playa del Carmen, President Trump's national address, Pete Davidson getting it in, Kevin Spacey pleas not guilty, racist showdown at the Dollar General, and Julian Assange is salty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An overview of the 60 Minutes interview where Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outlined her agenda and views on the existing state of DC. A man in Poland is on trial for his faulty design of an escape room that led to several horrific deaths. A woman in Florida assaulted her elderly parents for not taking her to Outback Steakhouse; and a Lightning Round of other headlines, including the government shutdown, baby changing tables, the Golden Globes, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mitt Romney releases an Op-Ed blasting Trump's presidential skills, and Trump fires back asking Mitt to stop being a sore loser. Turns out the world's oldest woman from France was actually a daughter who took over her mother's identity to avoid inheritance tax. PETA wants to shut down animal mascots after the Bevo/Uga dust-up; and a Lightning Round of other headlines, including “coercive control” in Ireland, government shutdown watch, and RIP to three legends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ex-Marine Paul Whelan has been arrested in Russia as an alleged spy for the United Sates. The town of Chandler, Arizona is revolting against driverless cars that are being tested there by Google. Finally, a Lightning Round of other headlines that covers kids causing trouble in zoos, Elizabeth Warren's presidential run, jerk-off terrorists, a miracle baby in Russia, and the US government shutdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In honor of New Year's Eve, we draft a group of people we'd most like to party with for the celebration; and a Lightning Round of other headlines including, the treatment of migrant children, a pay freeze for federal employees, John Kelly's exit interview, a fat newborn in Texas, a man who married a hologram, college bowl game update, NFL playoff race update, and offended witches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A special holiday Trumpdate, including educating seven year-olds about the improbability of Santa Clause, the government shutdown, and bone spurs. We go over week 4 weight loss competition results, with a little shakeup in the rankings; and a lightning round of other headlines, including a real life bad Santa, Kevin Spacey creeping out on YouTube, more tsunamis in Indonesia, Thailand legalizes medical marijuana, a BIG winner at the casino, and a GoFundMe scam update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump announced on Wednesday that the US has defeated ISIS in Syria and is therefore going to begin withdrawing troops from the country. The Washington, DC Attorney General's Office slapped a big law suit on Facebook that could result in up to $1.7 Billion in penalties. We go through an update on the Hard Factor, Hard Body Weight Loss Competition, with the loser eating a honey bun and chugging a beer on air for punishment. Finally, a lightning round of other headlines, including border wall GoFundMe, stolen tiny house, El Chapo trial update, and a new congressional report on pot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Flynn had his sentencing hearing postponed, but not before having a ton of shit talked to him by the judge about his questionable decisions to act as a foreign agent. The Trump Foundation, the family charity, is being forcibly dissolved for all kinds of money handling violations. A woman in Louisiana is infuriating some of her more religious neighbors with an amazing inflatable dragon nativity scene in her front lawn; and a lightning round of other headlines, including a government shutdown avoided, RIP Penny Marshall, the new ban on bump stocks, Tucker Carlson in the doghouse, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A “groundbreaking” new study from England claims it has evidence that frequent sex is more important to men than women in terms of how how happy it makes them. A ballsy prison inmate in South Carolina is suing the Department of Corrections for not providing him with marijuana. A family in Missouri is ordered to watch Bambi, repetitively, to atone for their deer murdering ways; and a Lightning Round of other headlines, including Les Moonves, New York nunchuck ban lifted, a Senate report on election meddling, and Ocasio-Cortez in the mini soft corner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A husband and wife duo in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana opened a college prep school in 2005 and has been successfully duping Ivy League schools into accepting their students the entire time with falsified documentation. Vladimir Putin has been giving his thoughts on why the Russian government should be in control of rap music; and a Lightning Round of other headlines, including Rudy Giuliani stirring shit up on TV, Pete Davidson suicide scare, Cardi B and Offset, and multiple arrests at the Reno Santa Crawl. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices