Nat’l Edward R Murrow Award Writing • Filmmaker • Comedian • “Franklin brings irony to a medium that rarely trusts its audience to get the joke”-WashPost

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Joined June 2009
No one on FOX was talking about Trumps sick pathos. It felt like the thing to do.
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At a Michigan rally Trump spent several minutes describing a senator’s body, then pointed at Nicki Minaj in the crowd and told her to stand up so people could look at her. His attorney general came apart on CNN when asked whether the Alaska lawsuit is groundwork for overturning an election. He attacked Fox News for not doing enough to help him, hours after Fox gave him a fawning interview. And his defense secretary is reportedly hunting for a Senate seat to escape an impeachment trial. Here is what happened. Read it all in the Really American Substack: reallyamerican.substack.com/…
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Amazing: After Vivek Ramaswamy's disgusting attacks on Amy Acton, his chances of losing the Ohio Governors race and flipping the seat from Red to blue for the first time in nearly two decades. You love to see it.
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Holy sh*t this ad. Make sure everyone sees it. #MAGAinyourbathroom
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Trump and Republicans are deeply unpopular and can't figure out why, despite: - Raging inflation - Rampant corruption - A new forever war - Slashing healthcare for the most vulnerable - Refusing to release the Epstein files. They need to be defeated in numbers too big to rig.
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NEW ALL-TIME HIGH: Democrats have a 65% chance to control the Senate 🟦 Not up for election: 34 🟦 Safe DEM: 12 🟦 Likely DEM: 2 🟦 Lean DEM: 4 🟨 Toss-up: 1 🟥 Lean GOP: 2 🟥 Likely GOP: 2 🟥 Safe GOP: 12 🟥 Not up for election: 31
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A brother stood up in public today to protect his sister from the worst attack ad of this election. Trump unraveled in the Oval Office, threatened a reporter, called his own vice president “JT,” and complained that Russia should have taken Kyiv in a day. A new poll found seven in 10 Americans don’t believe he’ll accept the results. And Zelensky got his missile warnings back and told the world nothing about Ukraine happens without Ukraine. There are 14 days until the midterms. Read it all in the Really American Substack: reallyamerican.substack.com/…
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AMAZING: Despite smearing him as a communist, Troy Jackson is expected to defeat Susan Collins and flip the seat from red to blue. This comes after Collins helped Trump give tax cuts to his billionaire friends, slash healthcare on the poor, and support his new forever war. She deserves to be beaten. Badly.
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JUST IN: Troy Jackson has 62% chance to defeat Susan Collins in the Maine Senate race
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Amazing. Amy Actons chances of becoming Ohios next governor and flipping the seat from red to blue continue to rise. The MAGA base, which thrives on conspiracy theories and hatred of minorities, is seeking to punish Ramaswamy. Basically, the beast that Ramaswamy himself fed is now out to eat him. Oh well!
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OHIO GOVERNOR WINNER ODDS: 🟦 Amy Acton: 70% 🟥 Vivek Ramaswamy: 30%
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Dude, come out of the closet and embrace your MAGA gayness before you hurt someone. Freak…
The White House is bringing Straightriotism back to the gym.
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HUGE: Democrat Mary Peltola is projected to win Alaskas senate seat. This would be one of the biggest flips from red to blue in America. People are furious about the GOP's warmongering, inflation, and rampant corruption. Good.
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Guilfoyle is a joke and a symbol of MAGA's rot.
Chip Franklin: “Guilfoyle has reportedly threatened to bring the Trump family down with her. The White House says Guilfoyle was asked to resign as ambassador after these claims that she threatened these foreign officials and gave lobbyists privileged access and tried to solicit payments for political favors which Trump does every fucking day!”
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Chip Franklin: “Guilfoyle has reportedly threatened to bring the Trump family down with her. The White House says Guilfoyle was asked to resign as ambassador after these claims that she threatened these foreign officials and gave lobbyists privileged access and tried to solicit payments for political favors which Trump does every fucking day!”
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District Judge Timothy Kelly extended White House access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico and wrote that Trump’s own words prove he punished them over coverage he didn’t like. New reporting shows Kimberly Guilfoyle tried to save her job by telling the White House her text messages were generated by artificial intelligence. The last inflation report before Election Day came in hotter than expected, with gas up more than 34 percent from a year ago. And Trump spent Tuesday night posting video of a man being killed by a tiger, then an AI clip of himself wrestling the same animal. There are 20 days until the midterms. Read it all in the Really American Substack: reallyamerican.substack.com/…
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Steve Harness: “You and I know that the sky is blue and that Trump is an absolute moron, but what does AI say about his intelligence and mental health? Meta AI says Trump does not come across as being well. The platform characterized the posts as a non-stop loop of grievances and self-promotion. When It’s about him it’s the greatest, most beautiful, number one ever. When it’s about anyone else, it’s rigged, fake, corrupt, witch-hunt, total black and white thinking”
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Heckling MAGA In Public Is a Viral Trend And They CAN'T STAND IT!
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This is incredible: After the false attacks on James Talarico in Texas, his odds of winning have actually gone up. People see through the BS. If Talarico wins, it would be the first time in over 30 years a Democrat has won Texas.
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Chip Franklin.com retweeted
George Whitesides: “What we have now is a White House that is being run for billionaires. It is so sad to see an administration that is so focused on the super wealthy and so willing to harm everyday folks whether that’s through cutting their health insurance, cutting their food assistance, cutting educational help, cutting virtually every single service that is helpful to working people in this country. We know from top to bottom this is an administration for the big guys, the billionaires, and it’s about time that we have a change”
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BREAKING: Really American was one of the most viewed AND fasted growing YouTube channels in America in Q3 2026. Thank you to all of our fans who made this possible! If you haven’t yet, follow us on YouTube! Link in bio.
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George Whitesides: “You deserve a government that works for you rather than for the richest in our society and also for the corrupt. Right now we have a government that is corruptly working for those groups. It is of paramount importance that we get back to a time where wrongdoing has consequence. We’ve basically been living for two years where people who do wrong don’t suffer a consequence. They get a pardon, they buy a pardon, they don’t get charged by a defanged, corrupt DOJ. We need to get back to a time where if you do something wrong, if you break the law, you’re punished for it”
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This is amazing: Despite vicious gerrymandering and voter suppression, Republicans' midterm plans are on track to massively backfire. Voters are tired of out of control inflation, forever wars, and rampant corruption.
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George Whitesides on Trump’s propaganda ads: “They’re not even pretending this is not political. This is illegal because appropriations law says you can’t use taxpayer money for propaganda. It’s also illegal under the Hatch Act which says that essentially federal employees can’t engage in political activities while they’re being paid by the taxpayer. So many folks in my district were saying what is this? Why are my hard won tax dollars paying for propaganda that’s almost like North Korea in its weird hero worship?”
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