Slipping on black ice and straight into 2026, the crew tears into fake AI "experts," Orange-flavored tech grifts, and a political class that somehow keeps getting louder while learning less. There's plenty of ranting about ICE cosplay turning dangerous, confidence masquerading as competence, and why the machines aren't scary. The people using them are. Toss in Drag Race therapy, trashy reality TV castles, and a little queer joy for balance, and you've got an episode that proves the future is here … and we feel no shame?

Kicking off 2026 with fake optimism and zero tolerance for nonsense, the gang takes on POTUS's gold-plated ego tour, pardon shopping for predators, the Kennedy Center imploding in real time, and why some gays keep auditioning for the Leopards Eating Faces Party. Lee literally phones it in and that sends Chadrick and Mike spiraling.

The gang rings in 2026 by side-eyeing celebrity death scrolls, dunking on Christian hypocrisy, clocking Trump's reality-show presidency, and wondering how the hell Chick-fil-A employees stay that cheerful in a collapsing democracy. From quiet papal shade to loud MAGA nonsense, midterm dreams to end-of-life jokes, this episode is equal parts gallows humor, political exasperation, and sheer resilience, because if the world insists on being ridiculous, Ranting Out Loud is happy to be mean about it.