By Scottie Andrew, CNN
(CNN) — In 2025, despondent and angry Democrats wanted to hear from likeminded pundits who wouldn’t feign politeness or objectivity. And there, waiting for them, were Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan, co-hosts of the political, profane podcast “I’ve Had It.”
Welch and Sullivan, formerly an interior designer and attorney, respectively, are best friends who, in their own words, love to “b*tch to one another.” (Fans first met the prickly pair on the 2017 Bravo series “Sweet Home Oklahoma.”) Their podcast, launched in 2022, started as an extension of their treasured venting sessions, focused on trivial complaints –– one of their first episodes was called “Toddlers Are A**holes.” But the shadow of the second Trump era kept creeping into their rants before finally engulfing the show.
“We should be on here talking about petty grievances,” Welch said on an August episode. “Instead we have to talk about this fat, fascist f**k who’s ruining everything for everybody, even for his own supporters.”
Welch and Sullivan’s readiness to rail against the president, patriarchy and social ills — they often refer to the commander-in-chief as “Cankles McTaco Tits,” and his supporters as “big titty babies –– turned the pair into formidable forces in Democratic politics. But they’ve taken the party to task, too, grilling politicians like New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker.
“When you did your 25-hour speech, I was like, ‘Go Cory, I love this, that is amazing,’” Welch told Booker in an October interview. “And then there’s a photoshoot with you with Benjamin Netanyahu. I was like, ‘What in the actual f**k? Like, how can he do that?’ It was heartbreaking. I felt betrayed.”
Level-heads, listen elsewhere: As the title suggests, Welch and Sullivan are fed-up and fuming. That’s why listeners love it –– here are two women who love their country and aren’t afraid to name and shame people. Their critiques are unvarnished and often darkly funny. With Welch and Sullivan, there’s catharsis in commiserating.
What was the most memorable moment from this year?
Jennifer Welch: Sadly, when Donald Trump was inaugurated to his second term, and he predicted that the crowd size was going to be so small that he moved the inauguration inside. And it was in that moment that I realized that this is going to be the same sh*t, different day. It’s going to be the same government for fragile ego, with more corruption, more lies, more BS than before. And I have to say that Trump 2.0 has exceeded my expectations in the corruption and failure that I anticipated that it would be.
Angie “Pumps” Sullivan: No Kings rally in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, June 14. I was so surprised so many thousands of people attended in my very red state. It was the first time since the November election results I felt optimistic. Trump’s birthday parade being a total disaster later that same day was chef’s kiss.
Which of your dreams came true this year?
Welch: I moved to New York City. I love OKC, and it will always be home, however, I often felt like the skunk at the garden party. Being a progressive atheist in the heart of the Bible Belt can be exhausting. I longed to live in a diverse, walkable city, and after my youngest son fled the nest for USC, the opportunity was ripe to reinvent the narrative that “empty nests can be depressing.” Living in New York has exceeded all expectations and I love it.
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