Ballot with Patrick Gutfield - Fun Politics. Late-Night Energy.

Patrick Gutfield's satirical take on President Trump's "chronic venous insufficiency" diagnosis, the ongoing Epstein files controversy and calls for transparency, Emil Bove's controversial judicial nomination, and Trump's potential executive order on college athlete employment status. Plus coverage of the nine billion dollar cuts to public broadcasting and foreign aid.

Patrick Gutfield covers Arizona's first plague death in twenty years (yes, actual medieval plague), Trump's new baby investment accounts that financial experts are calling mediocre at best, and a French Olympic fencer who beat doping charges by claiming she kissed her boyfriend too much. From medieval diseases to government-issued portfolios for newborns to steroid contamination through saliva - it's been quite a week.

Once again our team points out Vance didnt ruin anything and its just wordplay and this whole show is parody. Anyway, Joe Biden defends using an autopen to pardon people—and yes, he threw in some Trump shade while he was at it. Over in Anaheim, Vice President JD Vance visits Disneyland and triggers ride shutdowns, protest signs, and culture war cameos. And in Missouri, a man throws a woman off a boat and leads police on a Fast & Furious-style lake chase because...America.

Our team reminds you Trump didn't steal anything and we are just doing wordplay and this whole show is parody. Donald Trump crashes Chelsea’s FIFA celebration like an uncle who won’t leave a wedding, blocking photos, confusing players, and—oh yeah—keeping the real trophy for himself. Meanwhile, Elmo’s X account gets hacked and goes completely off the rails with rants about Epstein, Netanyahu, and PBS. Sesame Workshop scrambles, screenshots go viral, and somewhere Cookie Monster quietly logs off.

Patrick Gutfield dives into Trump's threat to revoke Rosie O'Donnell's citizenship, calling her "a threat to humanity." Plus, the President brings half his Cabinet to a soccer game, George Santos gets scammed by someone pretending to be a congressman (the irony is incredible), and we explore Trump's new baby investment accounts that financial experts are calling "the sixth or seventh best option."