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<v Speaker 1>Live from the heart of the nation's capital, this is

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<v Speaker 1>a Jim Acosta Show special report. Live from the heart

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<v Speaker 1>of the nation's capital, this is a Jim Acosta Show

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<v Speaker 1>special report.

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<v Speaker 2>All right.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everybody.

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<v Speaker 3>Welcome to the Jim Acosta Show. It's another day that

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<v Speaker 3>ends in wine. Donald Trump trying to avoid accountability in America.

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<v Speaker 3>He's sending out his son-in-law to do his dirty work.

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<v Speaker 3>My big guest this hour is Jen Welch of the

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<v Speaker 3>I've Had It podcast.

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<v Speaker 4>Jen, great to see you.

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<v Speaker 5>It's always great to see you, Jim.

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<v Speaker 4>It is so great to see you.

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<v Speaker 3>And I knew, you know, it's almost like the stars

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<v Speaker 3>came into alignment where you were booked to come on

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<v Speaker 3>with us on a day where we could talk about

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<v Speaker 3>your friend, Hakeem Jeffries, the aspiring Speaker of the House-

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<v Speaker 3>who the other day has this meeting with Jared Kushner.

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<v Speaker 4>And I guess I was thinking about starting the show

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<v Speaker 4>and saying, who are you, who have you had it with?

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<v Speaker 4>And I, now I know I don't even have to ask.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>What'd you think of this?

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, I saw it and pardon my language, everybody,

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<v Speaker 5>but I was just like, God damn it, Hakeem. You know,

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<v Speaker 5>I'm just like, what are you doing? I think with

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<v Speaker 5>the democratic establishment is quickly learning and they're slow learners,

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<v Speaker 5>but they're, they're going to have to start learning a

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<v Speaker 5>little bit more progressively here. Is that the base, whether

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<v Speaker 5>you are a leftist, a progressive, a liberal, a centrist,

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<v Speaker 5>or a moderate, we want fighters. Did you see the

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<v Speaker 5>guy from Canada that stood up where he's like, Trump

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<v Speaker 5>can kiss my ass. This guy's a loser. We want

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<v Speaker 5>that all day, every day, 24-7, 365. We all think

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<v Speaker 5>Jared Kushner is a crook. We think he is in

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<v Speaker 5>bed with the Saudis who funded 9-11. We think he

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<v Speaker 5>is stealing an island from the Albanians. They were on

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<v Speaker 5>like a month-long protest over the Kushners. There is no

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<v Speaker 5>meeting with Jared Kushner about affordability because Jared Kushner doesn't

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<v Speaker 5>understand affordability. He doesn't care about affordability. I was so

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<v Speaker 5>upset when I saw this because I want politicians that

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<v Speaker 5>fight fascists. Right.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, the only affordability that Jared Kushner is thinking

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<v Speaker 3>about is the affordability of Albanian islands, I think.

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<v Speaker 4>That's the only affordability he's concerned about.

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<v Speaker 3>And I talked to a House Democrat, you know, lawmaker

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<v Speaker 3>who didn't want to be, you know, named and saying this,

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<v Speaker 3>but some of them are taking this as a signal

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<v Speaker 3>that Hakeem Jeffries might be willing to do kind of

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<v Speaker 3>a Merrick Garland thing and look the other way when

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<v Speaker 3>it comes to all of this corruption that we've been

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<v Speaker 3>witnessing over the last year and a half, which has

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<v Speaker 3>been ungodly. And I just don't I don't get how

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<v Speaker 3>he thinks he can send the right message by doing this. Like,

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<v Speaker 3>it doesn't make any sense.

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<v Speaker 5>The parallel with Merrick Garland is perfect. And I have

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<v Speaker 5>long said and in my upcoming book, I write that

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<v Speaker 5>the biggest mistake of Joe Biden was appointing Merrick Garland. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>And he did it because Joe Biden was playing integrity politics.

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<v Speaker 5>But after January 6th, integrity politics was out the door.

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<v Speaker 5>We had a sitting president of the United States that

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<v Speaker 5>riled up a bunch of low-level criminals because they were

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<v Speaker 5>funded by high-level criminals all the way up to like

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<v Speaker 5>wives of Supreme Court justices. And they tried to go

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<v Speaker 5>kill Mike Pence. Mike Pence is a Christian. He's a

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<v Speaker 5>white guy. He's allegedly heterosexual. All the things that all

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<v Speaker 5>of the MAGA people want in a man. And he

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<v Speaker 5>still almost got killed. And if they would have gotten

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<v Speaker 5>near him, they would have attacked him and probably injured

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<v Speaker 5>him severely and or killed him. It required a pit

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<v Speaker 5>bull in the moment. And it required a president of

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<v Speaker 5>the United States that said, look, I know typically I'm

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<v Speaker 5>hands off, but this is different. These are unprecedented, extraordinary times.

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<v Speaker 5>I want you to get the high level people who

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<v Speaker 5>funded this, who organized it. If that's the former president

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<v Speaker 5>of the United States, giddy up, go get them. And

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<v Speaker 5>so that was the big mistake. That is what has

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<v Speaker 5>incubated a lot of this. That's what incubated the Supreme

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<v Speaker 5>Court giving Donald Trump immunity. I don't want a government

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<v Speaker 5>that colludes with criminals. And I believe that the executive

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<v Speaker 5>branch is a crime syndicate. I think Jared Kushner is.

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<v Speaker 5>is a dipshit who has failed forward his entire life.

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<v Speaker 5>Why is he in the center of meeting with Vladimir Putin?

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<v Speaker 5>Why is he meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu?

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<v Speaker 2>Why is he.

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<v Speaker 5>Getting so rich all of the day, all the time?

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<v Speaker 5>And I just, I was so disappointed to hear this

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<v Speaker 5>because we want, one thing that unites the base right

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<v Speaker 5>now is a fighter. If somebody fights- then you can

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<v Speaker 5>get the leftists and the moderates together and say, we

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<v Speaker 5>believe in this person because they're fighting for our country.

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<v Speaker 3>I totally agree with everything you just said. And, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, we should give Hakeem Jeffries his due. He

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<v Speaker 3>did put out a video statement, which I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think it helped matters. I think it probably

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<v Speaker 3>hurt because it didn't sound that great. But let's play

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<v Speaker 3>it and let people decide for themselves.

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<v Speaker 4>What's up, y'all?

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<v Speaker 6>Just finished up an event here in the community in Brooklyn.

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<v Speaker 6>I want to give you a little real talk on

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<v Speaker 6>this Jared Kushner.

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<v Speaker 7>Situation.

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<v Speaker 6>He asked for a meeting and I took it to

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<v Speaker 6>discuss the affordability crisis that exists that is not a hoax.

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<v Speaker 6>At the same period of time, I shouldn't have to

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<v Speaker 6>say it, but I am. No one is going to

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<v Speaker 6>get a pass. We're going to hold every single member

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<v Speaker 6>of the Trump cartel accountable.

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<v Speaker 4>Beginning on day one. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I, Jen, I mean, I do think it's

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<v Speaker 3>helpful that he said that, but the fact that he

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<v Speaker 3>has to say that is to me, it says that

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of Democrats were really pissed off when they

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<v Speaker 3>found out about this and said, Hey, wait a minute.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you going to, are you going to let these

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<v Speaker 3>guys off the hook? I mean, he had to address that.

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<v Speaker 3>And I, if it's an affordability meeting, why not publicize that?

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<v Speaker 3>Why not say I'm having this meeting? The fact that

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<v Speaker 3>it was done in secret is, is, is not a good,

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<v Speaker 3>not a good sign, not.

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<v Speaker 4>A good indicator.

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<v Speaker 5>No, it's not a good indicator. And then it further

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<v Speaker 5>highlights and puts a spotlight on who Hakeem Jeffries' donors are.

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<v Speaker 5>And that's a problem. When you have the same donors

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<v Speaker 5>that are funding this fascist regime, that is a conflict

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<v Speaker 5>of interest. And that's why you're seeing people like Abdul El-Sayed,

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<v Speaker 5>Zoran Mamdani, and others, Nixon in Florida, who are not

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<v Speaker 5>taking corporate PAC money. That's why you're seeing them win.

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<v Speaker 5>Because- We don't have an appetite for a lobbyist or

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<v Speaker 5>a PAC that funds MAGA and funds Democrats. Because then

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<v Speaker 5>it's like, well, it sounds like both of you are

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<v Speaker 5>just working for this lobby and not for the people.

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<v Speaker 5>And so that makes me think, OK, Jared Kushner's, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>asshole buddies with all of these tech oligarchs. He was

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<v Speaker 5>on his friend's boat when they discovered this island. It's

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<v Speaker 5>so out of touch.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 5>But Hakeem has some of these same donors. And here's

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<v Speaker 5>where this gets tricky. Right now we're in the fight

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<v Speaker 5>of our lives for our country. I believe that these

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<v Speaker 5>midterms are our final guardrail. And we don't have the

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<v Speaker 5>luxury to micromanage and nitpick Hakeem all the time. So

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<v Speaker 5>my message to Hakeem is hold the line. No more

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<v Speaker 5>private meetings. Work for the people. Whatever your past is,

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<v Speaker 5>whatever donations you've had, there's nothing we can do about that.

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<v Speaker 5>But you're going to probably be the incoming Speaker of

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<v Speaker 5>the House. Play catch up with what the people want.

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<v Speaker 5>And remember that the only thing that's going to defeat

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<v Speaker 5>these powers, these evil, nefarious powers, is the power of

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<v Speaker 5>the people that has 250 years of winning behind us.

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<v Speaker 5>And ride that momentum, Hakeem. In another place where we're

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<v Speaker 5>running against Mitt Romney or something, we could sit here

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<v Speaker 5>and nitpick Hakeem until the cows come home, but I'm

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<v Speaker 5>just asking for the bare minimum. Don't collude with fascists.

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<v Speaker 5>No private meetings. Nobody believes for a second that Jared,

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<v Speaker 5>I have a $ 6. 5 billion fund with the Saudis who

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<v Speaker 5>also paid for 9-11, who also killed journalists, gives a

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<v Speaker 5>flying fuck about affordability. Nobody thinks any of these billionaires

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<v Speaker 5>in the Trump regime give a fuck about affordability. I

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<v Speaker 5>think it's bullshit. And I also think Jared Kushner did it.

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<v Speaker 5>I think he invited him and I think he set

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<v Speaker 5>a trap and I think Jared leaked it. Well, why

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<v Speaker 5>would Jared leak it? Historians are saying that a lot

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<v Speaker 5>of these fascist regimes produce propaganda that makes you feel nihilistic,

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<v Speaker 5>that makes you feel like, I don't know if I

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<v Speaker 5>even really want to vote. What's the point? And I

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<v Speaker 5>think it was all a plant. And I think that

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<v Speaker 5>it shows the way the Republicans are playing one game

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<v Speaker 5>and the Democrats are playing another. Hakeem probably walked in

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<v Speaker 5>there and thought, okay, I'm going to meet with him.

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<v Speaker 5>And Jared Kushner fucked him.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm so glad that you said that because I've been

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<v Speaker 3>thinking about that too, that Kushner had the meeting with

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<v Speaker 3>Hakeem for the purpose of leaking it to get Dems

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<v Speaker 3>fighting with one another and causing a leadership crisis or

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<v Speaker 3>conversation or whatever it is.

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<v Speaker 4>And controversy.

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<v Speaker 3>And if that was the case, then mission accomplished because

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<v Speaker 3>now there's all of this discussion of who should be

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<v Speaker 3>the speaker. Should it be Hakeem Jeffries? Does he understand

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<v Speaker 3>the assignment and so on? And the other thing too

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<v Speaker 3>is that this is a no-win situation for Hakeem Jeffries.

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<v Speaker 3>We are right now in the midst, Jen, of an

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<v Speaker 3>effort by Donald Trump and his people to meddle in

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<v Speaker 3>the midterm elections. They're already doing it. And so if

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<v Speaker 3>you're Hakeem Jeffries, the only the only reason why you

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<v Speaker 3>would want to take this meeting and then you want

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<v Speaker 3>to leak about it first, you don't want to let

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<v Speaker 3>Jared Kushner go first. You go in there and you say, listen,

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<v Speaker 3>you son of a bitch. If you meddle in these midterms,

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<v Speaker 3>if you try to steal these elections, we're going to

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<v Speaker 3>impeach his ass on day one. We take power next year.

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<v Speaker 3>That should be the only message. And then you walk

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<v Speaker 3>the fuck out. And then you call Maggie Haberman at

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<v Speaker 3>the New York times and And you say, guess what

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<v Speaker 3>I just told this fucking guy?

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<v Speaker 4>It is unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 3>And when I saw this, I just about hit the

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<v Speaker 3>roof because I couldn't understand it. It only makes sense

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<v Speaker 3>if you tell these sons of bitches to back off

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<v Speaker 3>of our elections because they're trying to do it right

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<v Speaker 3>now with the post office and everything else.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>And I think that this is a part of their

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<v Speaker 5>overall plan of meddling in elections by doing stuff like this.

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<v Speaker 5>They're so diabolical. There's no plan it. No planet where

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<v Speaker 5>Jared Kushner earnestly cares about affordability. That world does not exist.

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<v Speaker 5>That is bullshit. It is a jet stream of bullshit.

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<v Speaker 5>That does not exist because these people don't understand what

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<v Speaker 5>affordability means because they're cheaters. These people sit at desks,

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<v Speaker 5>paperclip and staple, and then ridicule people who actually go

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<v Speaker 5>my God, is a miserable experience. But they're so out

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<v Speaker 5>an acknowledgement from the Trump regime. The Supreme Court decision

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<v Speaker 5>an acknowledgement that we all still have power, that people

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<v Speaker 5>Don't let that work because that's what the Supreme Court did.

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<v Speaker 5>That's what Jared Kushner just did. They're trying to suppress us,

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<v Speaker 5>our energy. our ability to understand that we still have power.

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<v Speaker 5>And so we need to spin these things into, oh,

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<v Speaker 5>they're scared. They're scared of all of us. And we'll

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<v Speaker 5>handle our own. We'll push Hakeem. And it's a problem

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<v Speaker 5>that we can handle within our own party. Like you

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<v Speaker 5>work for us, no more meetings with fascists. And I'm

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<v Speaker 5>clearly in his video, he got the message that that

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, he lost his mind going after Hakeem over it.

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<v Speaker 5>And it's from the left all the way to the center.

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<v Speaker 5>Everybody's mad about it.

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<v Speaker 4>It's the whole party.

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<v Speaker 1>Right.

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<v Speaker 3>And the other thing, too, is they go into your

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<v Speaker 4>They could give two shits about it.

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<v Speaker 3>Look at what they're doing with Canada and this trade

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<v Speaker 3>cost of all kinds of things in this country.

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<v Speaker 4>And Trump is in this simplistic position.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, he fires off the simplistic truth social post

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<v Speaker 3>that says we're going to rename Lake Ontario, Lake America.

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<v Speaker 3>of brain matter and brain cells, he's running out of material.

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<v Speaker 3>He puts these true social posts out. They're going to

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<v Speaker 3>call it Lake America like the Gulf. It is so

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<v Speaker 3>what's he's gone. He's gone.

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<v Speaker 5>Here's what I say about this.

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<v Speaker 1>Do it.

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<v Speaker 5>That's just one more thing that we get to change back.

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<v Speaker 5>I want this guy in a straight jacket, padded cell,

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<v Speaker 5>in a jail with screens all over him. And I

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<v Speaker 5>want a toothpick right here and a toothpick right here.

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<v Speaker 5>And I want all of this stuff live streamed, taking

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<v Speaker 5>the gold off the statues, taking his name off the

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<v Speaker 5>Kennedy Center, taking all the gold out. And this is

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<v Speaker 5>one more thing that we can sit and just have

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<v Speaker 5>little kids, preferably immigrant children, Crossing out American, writing back, no, Ontario,

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<v Speaker 5>and I want him to watch this. It's just one

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<v Speaker 5>more thing that we get to say, you're stupid, and

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<v Speaker 5>we're changing it back because we're normal fucking people.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>No, it's like a clockwork orange. That's what they need

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<v Speaker 3>to do with them. For folks who don't get the reference,

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<v Speaker 3>go back and watch it. And the other thing, Jen,

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<v Speaker 3>we should get into, you mentioned immigration, and I'll do

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<v Speaker 3>that very quickly before we go to a lighter subject,

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<v Speaker 3>which is picking on Jesse Waters. But I will say

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<v Speaker 3>when I saw the White House put out this meme

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<v Speaker 3>changing the magic school bus to the magic deportation bus.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, these people inside the White House social media shop,

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<v Speaker 3>they're like the lowest of the low incels that you

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<v Speaker 4>You know, it's it's it's disgusting.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, it's absolutely disgusting. And I want your producers

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<v Speaker 5>to pull up a photograph of Stephen Chung and pop

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<v Speaker 5>that up. Stephen Chung is behind all of this.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>And here's my thing. I typically don't like to punch down.

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<v Speaker 5>I typically don't like to ridicule other people's appearances. But

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<v Speaker 5>when it comes to these fascists, you're goddamn right. I

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<v Speaker 5>want to talk about what an obese, cankles, bad hair

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<v Speaker 5>Donald Trump has. And then you have Stephen Chung. This

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<v Speaker 5>guy is the one who puts out all this ASMR.

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<v Speaker 5>He puts out all of this recreational cruelty. And once

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<v Speaker 5>you see a picture of this guy, the viewers of

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<v Speaker 5>Jim's show, this guy thinks he has the audacity to

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<v Speaker 5>it or not, but we'll get it up there.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, no, we will.

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<v Speaker 3>And I totally agree with you. And I've known Steve

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<v Speaker 3>Chung for a long time. He's one of those OG

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<v Speaker 3>Trump guys. And they they love to be cruel. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>it's something that gets their job, you know, gets totally

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<v Speaker 4>And it's sick.

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<v Speaker 3>And, you know, apparently there's some reporting out there that

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<v Speaker 3>Natalie Harp was the one who, you know, posted the

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<v Speaker 3>Obama as apes.

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<v Speaker 4>Meme that was, or video or whatever that was on

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<v Speaker 4>true social.

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<v Speaker 3>And they collect these nasty people to run his social media.

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<v Speaker 3>And I saw this, I saw this stuff the other

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<v Speaker 3>day about, you know, Oh, don't pick on Natalie Harp.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know, maybe she's just, she's something's wrong with

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<v Speaker 3>her or, you know, you're picking on women and all

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<v Speaker 3>this stuff. Natalie Harp was going after my ass when

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<v Speaker 3>she was on OAN. She was being an election denier

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<v Speaker 3>around January 6th. She knows exactly what the fuck she's doing.

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<v Speaker 3>She's 35 years old.

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<v Speaker 4>She's a grown woman.

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<v Speaker 3>And she works for the president of the United States.

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<v Speaker 3>She's with him day and night. And, you know, she's

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<v Speaker 3>she's a part of this, too. And, you know, if

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<v Speaker 3>she's putting out the Obama as apes video, I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 4>She is fair game for criticism.

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<v Speaker 3>And if she's leaving these really, you know, obsequious, like

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<v Speaker 3>borderline deranged letters for Donald Trump, like all of that

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<v Speaker 4>I don't understand this whole don't pick on Natalie Harp thing. Why?

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<v Speaker 7>It's bullshit.

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<v Speaker 5>Natalie Harp is a bunny boiler. Watch Fatal Attraction. Watch

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<v Speaker 5>Glenn Close's character. Natalie Harp's new nickname is the bunny boiler.

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<v Speaker 5>She is a bunny boiler. You don't want me to

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<v Speaker 5>ridicule Natalie Harp. Tough titties. She is right next to

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<v Speaker 5>the most powerful man in the world right now who

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<v Speaker 5>is torturing everybody except for the bottom feeders that he collects.

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<v Speaker 5>that work for him and or still support him. But

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<v Speaker 5>I'm so sorry. You think that you can pick on

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<v Speaker 5>everybody on the planet and then tell us who we

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<v Speaker 5>can and cannot pick on when your president celebrates the

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<v Speaker 5>deaths of Rob Reiner, of Mueller. Go fuck yourselves. We

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<v Speaker 5>are going to pick on the bunny boiler all the

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<v Speaker 5>time because it is complete. I mean, it is delicious

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<v Speaker 5>that you have this idiot president being so obsequious to

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<v Speaker 5>this other idiot. And this is just, it is embarrassing.

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<v Speaker 5>It is humiliating. And I want to know who leaked

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<v Speaker 5>the letters, who in the white house leaked those letters.

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<v Speaker 4>There's a lot of speculation.

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<v Speaker 3>It's Caroline Levitt, you know, she's Rachel McAdams and mean girls,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, and she's, she's, she's the one who's behind it.

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<v Speaker 3>You mentioned Steve Chung. We can show Steve Chung now,

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<v Speaker 3>maybe Natalie boils the bunny. And Steve Chung eats the bunny.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know. Maybe that's what it is. Hots and

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<v Speaker 5>Listen, here's the thing. This is the guy who's picking

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<v Speaker 5>on everybody, dunking on everybody online. This is the guy

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<v Speaker 5>who put Marco Rubio in his little Nike sweatsuit outfit.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>The same that Maduro wore. And he took a picture

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<v Speaker 5>of Marco on Air Force One. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 5>it was Bribe Force One or the original Air Force One.

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<v Speaker 5>And posted, this is the guy who is out here

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<v Speaker 5>dunking on everyone. So when everybody sees this shit that

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<v Speaker 5>Trump is posting, it's not Trump posting it. It's this

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<v Speaker 5>guy or it's the bunny boiler. We can beat these people.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, come on.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what I've been saying all along. This country cannot

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<v Speaker 3>come to an end. This republic cannot come to an

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<v Speaker 3>end at the hands of these goofballs and lunatics.

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<v Speaker 5>Do you know what I heard it called, Jim? Sorry

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<v Speaker 5>to interrupt. The nerd Reich.

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<v Speaker 4>I have heard this, yes.

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<v Speaker 3>I think we're trying to get him on. I've heard

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<v Speaker 3>this and, and it is kind of perfect. Now we

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<v Speaker 3>have to tackle one more subject.

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<v Speaker 4>Before you go. And that is your favorite anchor on Fox,

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<v Speaker 4>Jesse waters. We talked about lady waters.

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<v Speaker 3>We talked about Jesse so many times. And every time

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<v Speaker 3>you and I talk about Jesse, you bring up the

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<v Speaker 3>fact that he is kind of addicted to talking about penises.

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<v Speaker 4>And I don't know why it's such a strange thing.

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<v Speaker 3>I will say I'll give him some props for having

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<v Speaker 3>Abdul Al-Sayed on a show because he had to know

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<v Speaker 3>that he was going to get cooked. And Abdul Al-Sayed,

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<v Speaker 3>who's running for the Senate in Michigan, he cooked Jesse

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<v Speaker 3>Waters good on that show. And Jesse, because he's not

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<v Speaker 3>very smart, he thought he got the better of this.

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<v Speaker 3>But we should play a little bit because I guess

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<v Speaker 3>Jesse was bringing up transgender stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know what it was. And then they get

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<v Speaker 4>into a conversation about circumcision.

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<v Speaker 7>You think that's OK?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, do you so do you really want to

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<v Speaker 4>have this conversation?

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<v Speaker 7>Are you circumcised?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, but I mean, that's a personal question, doctor.

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<v Speaker 7>So you probably should want to move on. You probably

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<v Speaker 4>Is circumcision different than castration?

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<v Speaker 7>I think it's a problem.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a problem that you think that you get to

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just saying that, yes, circumcision is surgery on a

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<v Speaker 4>So if you really want to bring that up, you can.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it was Jesse who brought up the word ding-a-ling

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<v Speaker 3>at the beginning of this.

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<v Speaker 4>I just want to make sure everybody understands.

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<v Speaker 3>And You know, I there are obviously more important things

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<v Speaker 3>in the world to talk about. But I mean, he

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<v Speaker 3>had Abdul Al-Sayed come on Fox. And I thought kudos

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<v Speaker 3>to Al-Sayed. He dunked on Jesse Waters like every time.

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<v Speaker 5>Every single time. It was a masterclass. And I think

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<v Speaker 5>remember Pete Buttigieg used to be the only one that

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<v Speaker 5>would venture over to Fox and he cooked them. I

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<v Speaker 5>think the Democrats need to start going on Fox often

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<v Speaker 5>and frequently. I think it's fantastic. Lady Waters.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I.

422
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<v Speaker 5>Really hate that I hate love her so much, but

423
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<v Speaker 5>I do because I just find him wildly entertaining. I mean,

424
00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:06.599
<v Speaker 5>I think he's a real piece of shit. But this

425
00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:13.109
<v Speaker 5>whole thing about the transgender stuff, the Secretary of Education,

426
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<v Speaker 5>Linda McMahon, stood with the president yesterday.

427
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<v Speaker 4>I saw this.

428
00:21:16.349 --> 00:21:20.619
<v Speaker 5>And lied. She lied, and she said during the Biden administration,

429
00:21:21.289 --> 00:21:27.269
<v Speaker 5>there were secretive transgender surgeries happening in school. This has

430
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<v Speaker 5>never happened. And it reminded me of Liz Cheney, who

431
00:21:31.769 --> 00:21:34.029
<v Speaker 5>stood in front of the camera and lied and said

432
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<v Speaker 5>that the Democrats allow fourth-term abortions. In both these cases,

433
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<v Speaker 5>that would mean that really– egregious felonies had occurred and

434
00:21:45.140 --> 00:21:47.059
<v Speaker 5>they would be all over the front page of the news.

435
00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:49.579
<v Speaker 5>If a baby's born in a hospital and then killed,

436
00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:52.789
<v Speaker 5>which is what Liz Cheney's claim was, somebody would be

437
00:21:52.829 --> 00:21:55.849
<v Speaker 5>arrested and charged with a felony. If a kid went

438
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<v Speaker 5>to school and got their wiener whacked off and then

439
00:21:59.170 --> 00:22:04.789
<v Speaker 5>went home, there would be charges. It's further insane that

440
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<v Speaker 5>they're acting like there are these doctors and ORs in schools.

441
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<v Speaker 5>But what this is, is even more diabolical than all

442
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<v Speaker 5>of that. They are using a group of people that

443
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<v Speaker 5>is less than 1% of the population who wants what

444
00:22:16.250 --> 00:22:19.009
<v Speaker 5>all of us want. They want to, they have all

445
00:22:19.049 --> 00:22:21.509
<v Speaker 5>the same kitchen table issues that we have plus more.

446
00:22:21.549 --> 00:22:24.490
<v Speaker 5>They just don't want to be judged and ridiculed and

447
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<v Speaker 5>the targets of hate crimes.

448
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<v Speaker 4>Okay.

449
00:22:26.390 --> 00:22:29.509
<v Speaker 5>So we have to love them extra hard, but they're

450
00:22:29.670 --> 00:22:33.200
<v Speaker 5>using the trans issue in a really diabolical way to

451
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<v Speaker 5>tell people, don't send your kids to school because Because

452
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<v Speaker 5>they're going to trans your kids as though it's a

453
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<v Speaker 5>choice and as though there's this mass conspiracy amongst all

454
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<v Speaker 5>of these educators. And it's also a slam on teachers,

455
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<v Speaker 5>which is a part of Project 2025. And it's also

456
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<v Speaker 5>a part of Project 2025's endgame to shut down the

457
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<v Speaker 5>Department of Education because the fascist project needs stupid people.

458
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<v Speaker 5>So don't fall for this trans stuff. And I ask

459
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<v Speaker 5>anybody who goes, well, I wish the Democrats would quit

460
00:23:02.509 --> 00:23:04.009
<v Speaker 5>talking about it. As you can see there, it's the

461
00:23:04.069 --> 00:23:05.509
<v Speaker 5>Republicans that talk about it all the time.

462
00:23:05.750 --> 00:23:06.569
<v Speaker 4>They talk about it all the time.

463
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<v Speaker 5>That's right. Lady Waters brought it up. And our job

464
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<v Speaker 5>is to fight for these people to have the same

465
00:23:13.349 --> 00:23:15.480
<v Speaker 5>rights that we have. And you don't have to understand it.

466
00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:17.359
<v Speaker 5>You don't have to get it, but you certainly don't

467
00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:20.059
<v Speaker 5>have to be a dick. And there's just no, there's

468
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<v Speaker 5>no instance in the world where people are going into

469
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<v Speaker 5>restrooms and And something bad is happening to them.

470
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<v Speaker 7>That's right.

471
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<v Speaker 5>Most people that get molested are sexually abused. It happens

472
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<v Speaker 5>from a white, conservative, Christian, middle-aged man.

473
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<v Speaker 1>Yes.

474
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<v Speaker 5>That's the demographic.

475
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<v Speaker 2>That's right.

476
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<v Speaker 5>Those are the people that abuse children in large numbers.

477
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<v Speaker 4>You're absolutely right.

478
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<v Speaker 3>And the thing that I've talked about this on my

479
00:23:47.670 --> 00:23:49.809
<v Speaker 3>show too, the thing that pisses me off about all

480
00:23:49.829 --> 00:23:55.099
<v Speaker 3>of this is you're picking on vulnerable communities for political gain.

481
00:23:55.710 --> 00:23:58.599
<v Speaker 3>And there's nothing more disgraceful than that. It's like the

482
00:23:58.650 --> 00:24:02.279
<v Speaker 3>magic deportation bus meme. You're just picking on Latino people

483
00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:04.440
<v Speaker 3>because you know you can get away with it and

484
00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:07.619
<v Speaker 3>you can score political points on your bullshit shows, your

485
00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:10.640
<v Speaker 3>bullshit social media. And they do this with trans kids.

486
00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:12.819
<v Speaker 3>They do it with the trans community because they know

487
00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:14.920
<v Speaker 3>they can. It's like beating up the little kid at

488
00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:17.569
<v Speaker 3>the playground. You can get away with it 10 times

489
00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:20.730
<v Speaker 3>out of 10 until somebody else bigger steps in and says,

490
00:24:21.349 --> 00:24:23.980
<v Speaker 3>stop this bullshit. And I'm so glad that you said

491
00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:25.740
<v Speaker 3>that because it breaks my heart.

492
00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.960
<v Speaker 5>Mine too.

493
00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:30.480
<v Speaker 3>That there are people in our society, they're just punching bags.

494
00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:33.619
<v Speaker 3>They're just punching bags for Donald Trump. And it's because

495
00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:37.190
<v Speaker 3>his second administration, I've been saying this on my show,

496
00:24:37.829 --> 00:24:39.130
<v Speaker 3>absolute catastrophe.

497
00:24:39.769 --> 00:24:42.369
<v Speaker 4>There's nothing that's gone right. It's a total disaster.

498
00:24:42.609 --> 00:24:46.029
<v Speaker 3>Everything's bad. Everything he's done is bad. And so the

499
00:24:46.210 --> 00:24:48.349
<v Speaker 3>only thing that they're left with is picking on the

500
00:24:48.369 --> 00:24:48.849
<v Speaker 3>little guy.

501
00:24:49.490 --> 00:24:51.009
<v Speaker 4>That's what it is. That's all that it is.

502
00:24:52.130 --> 00:24:55.609
<v Speaker 5>You're exactly right. That's all they have. And if you notice,

503
00:24:56.089 --> 00:24:58.869
<v Speaker 5>I'm targeted by all the right wing all the time.

504
00:24:58.910 --> 00:25:01.910
<v Speaker 5>And all it is, it's just my appearance or they

505
00:25:01.930 --> 00:25:04.339
<v Speaker 5>try to transvestigate me. And they're like, oh, she must

506
00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:05.940
<v Speaker 5>be a man, blah, blah. And they think all of

507
00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:08.619
<v Speaker 5>that stuff hurts me. And it's just like, okay, that's

508
00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:11.460
<v Speaker 5>all you have. And it doesn't matter, but they don't

509
00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:15.990
<v Speaker 5>have a central ethos. And here's the fundamental difference between me,

510
00:25:16.109 --> 00:25:22.549
<v Speaker 5>a progressive liberal person and a MAGA person. I've fucking

511
00:25:22.609 --> 00:25:25.880
<v Speaker 5>hate MAGA. I want to crush them at the ballot box.

512
00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:30.059
<v Speaker 5>I want to salivate. Beating them is so good. I

513
00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:32.940
<v Speaker 5>want to froth at the mouth. It's so fabulous. But

514
00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:35.579
<v Speaker 5>I don't want these people injured. I want them to

515
00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:39.210
<v Speaker 5>have healthcare. I want them to have livable wages. I

516
00:25:39.269 --> 00:25:43.009
<v Speaker 5>want them to not have to file medical bankruptcy. And

517
00:25:43.029 --> 00:25:45.869
<v Speaker 5>I told you, I fucking hate these people. I don't

518
00:25:45.910 --> 00:25:49.039
<v Speaker 5>want them to suffer. And that's the fundamental difference. As

519
00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:51.359
<v Speaker 5>you can see by the memes they're putting out, They

520
00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:55.779
<v Speaker 5>want trans people to separate. They want the Family Values Party.

521
00:25:55.799 --> 00:26:01.119
<v Speaker 5>They want to separate migrant children from their parents, which

522
00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:06.690
<v Speaker 5>is horrific generational trauma. They like the idea of concentration camps,

523
00:26:06.710 --> 00:26:09.910
<v Speaker 5>which now exist in the United States. Right now, we

524
00:26:09.950 --> 00:26:13.930
<v Speaker 5>have people that are not criminals in concentration camps. And

525
00:26:13.970 --> 00:26:16.950
<v Speaker 5>that's the fundamental difference. I fucking hate you as much

526
00:26:16.990 --> 00:26:19.250
<v Speaker 5>as you hate me, but I don't want you to...

527
00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:22.539
<v Speaker 5>experience pain by your government. I want your government to

528
00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.720
<v Speaker 5>work efficiently for you.

529
00:26:24.329 --> 00:26:25.329
<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

530
00:26:25.529 --> 00:26:28.210
<v Speaker 3>And if you can do that, if you can somehow

531
00:26:28.269 --> 00:26:31.569
<v Speaker 3>convince them with actual results from policies that benefit them,

532
00:26:31.589 --> 00:26:34.150
<v Speaker 3>and I've seen this time and again, I've gone to

533
00:26:34.170 --> 00:26:36.970
<v Speaker 3>Trump rallies a gazillion times. And I used to say,

534
00:26:36.990 --> 00:26:38.509
<v Speaker 3>you know, a lot of people I would see at

535
00:26:38.529 --> 00:26:41.329
<v Speaker 3>these Trump rallies were people I would think of as Democrats,

536
00:26:41.390 --> 00:26:45.089
<v Speaker 3>people who are disillusioned, disaffected Democrats, guys who come from

537
00:26:45.109 --> 00:26:48.509
<v Speaker 3>the construction site, guys who come from the factory, elderly

538
00:26:48.569 --> 00:26:51.809
<v Speaker 3>people who are clearly on Medicare are clearly on Medicaid.

539
00:26:52.289 --> 00:26:53.349
<v Speaker 4>Don't have a lot of money.

540
00:26:53.710 --> 00:26:56.829
<v Speaker 3>Their kids don't have a lot of money and they

541
00:26:57.250 --> 00:26:59.190
<v Speaker 3>just absorb Donald.

542
00:26:58.950 --> 00:27:04.720
<v Speaker 4>Trump's hate, hatred and vitriol. Like it's cocaine, like it's candy.

543
00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:08.200
<v Speaker 3>And what they don't get is that they're just completely

544
00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:12.079
<v Speaker 3>siding against their own interests and making their lives more

545
00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:14.960
<v Speaker 3>miserable when they could be better. You know, I just,

546
00:27:15.829 --> 00:27:19.009
<v Speaker 3>but he, he hooks them. It's, It's a siren song

547
00:27:19.609 --> 00:27:20.089
<v Speaker 3>of hatred.

548
00:27:21.390 --> 00:27:25.730
<v Speaker 5>It is. He's brilliant at it. He understood the electorate

549
00:27:26.250 --> 00:27:31.640
<v Speaker 5>that there was a desire for the status quo to change. Now,

550
00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:36.779
<v Speaker 5>he's a pathological liar, incompetent, bankrupted casinos, bad makeup, kankles.

551
00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:39.880
<v Speaker 5>I could go on and on. But he understood the

552
00:27:40.289 --> 00:27:42.529
<v Speaker 5>game of bullshit. He's a bullshit artist, and he did

553
00:27:42.569 --> 00:27:45.549
<v Speaker 5>it very well. You can't buy me because I'm already rich,

554
00:27:45.609 --> 00:27:47.289
<v Speaker 5>so I can't be bought and paid for, and I'm

555
00:27:47.309 --> 00:27:49.269
<v Speaker 5>not even going to take a salary, and all the

556
00:27:49.289 --> 00:27:53.390
<v Speaker 5>shit that he did. But the message there is that

557
00:27:54.089 --> 00:27:58.839
<v Speaker 5>a populist message where you have politicians that are not

558
00:27:58.880 --> 00:28:02.180
<v Speaker 5>bought and paid for by corporations– that really advocate for

559
00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:04.779
<v Speaker 5>the people could really get some traction, which is probably

560
00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:07.700
<v Speaker 5>why you have even people in the democratic party stage

561
00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:11.799
<v Speaker 5>five melting down about some of these DSA wins. And

562
00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:16.390
<v Speaker 5>I want us to have a political system where you

563
00:28:16.430 --> 00:28:19.829
<v Speaker 5>can have the DSAs, you can have like Abdullah Syed

564
00:28:19.869 --> 00:28:22.710
<v Speaker 5>is a capitalist, but a progressive, and we can have

565
00:28:22.750 --> 00:28:26.950
<v Speaker 5>these really good conversations and not just this two party system.

566
00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:30.900
<v Speaker 5>Because I feel like right now, in order to defeat fascism,

567
00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:35.940
<v Speaker 5>I'm a progressive person, DSA curious, probably more of a capitalist,

568
00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:39.720
<v Speaker 5>but understand that unrestrained capitalism has not serviced people well.

569
00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:43.369
<v Speaker 5>But I understand that I'm going to have to collaborate

570
00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:48.029
<v Speaker 5>with politicians like Hakeem Jeffries, who we mentioned at the

571
00:28:48.049 --> 00:28:50.109
<v Speaker 5>top of this episode, who I'm madder than a hornet

572
00:28:50.190 --> 00:28:52.529
<v Speaker 5>at right now. But I'm going to have to collaborate

573
00:28:52.589 --> 00:28:55.190
<v Speaker 5>with him. And then the far, far left candidates in

574
00:28:55.329 --> 00:28:58.029
<v Speaker 5>order for us to defeat fascism. Then once we get there,

575
00:28:58.069 --> 00:29:00.180
<v Speaker 5>then let's have really good conversations about how to make

576
00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:03.420
<v Speaker 5>government better, about how to make people's lives better. But

577
00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:06.779
<v Speaker 5>we're never going to have those conversations with Jared Kushner,

578
00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:14.170
<v Speaker 5>Howard Letnick, Scott Besant, Lady Waters, Lady Jennings. None of those.

579
00:29:14.430 --> 00:29:16.789
<v Speaker 5>None of those people. They're all bullshit artists. They're all

580
00:29:16.829 --> 00:29:19.309
<v Speaker 5>pieces of shit. They don't give a fuck about anything

581
00:29:19.369 --> 00:29:23.009
<v Speaker 5>except for kissing people. An 80-year-old man's ass is the

582
00:29:23.049 --> 00:29:25.529
<v Speaker 5>weirdest shit on the planet, these submissive maggot men.

583
00:29:26.289 --> 00:29:27.900
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and they've got to go through Natalie Harp to

584
00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:32.000
<v Speaker 3>do it, apparently. But, Jen, great to see you, as always.

585
00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:34.180
<v Speaker 3>Another classic episode. Good conversation.

586
00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.700
<v Speaker 4>Good to see you.

587
00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:38.789
<v Speaker 5>You too, Jim. See you soon.

588
00:29:38.809 --> 00:29:39.970
<v Speaker 4>It really was a great conversation.

589
00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:43.720
<v Speaker 3>And I could listen to a Jen Welch talk all day,

590
00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:46.140
<v Speaker 3>but I can't torture her like that. So I appreciate

591
00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:49.240
<v Speaker 3>her giving us all the time that she had there.

592
00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:51.990
<v Speaker 3>And keep in mind, you know, if you love that content,

593
00:29:52.650 --> 00:29:56.190
<v Speaker 3>Jen Welch, Angie Palm Sullivan, they have the great I've

594
00:29:56.210 --> 00:29:56.950
<v Speaker 3>had a podcast.

595
00:29:56.970 --> 00:29:59.170
<v Speaker 4>You can get it wherever you get your podcast. They

596
00:29:59.210 --> 00:30:01.930
<v Speaker 4>really are. just lighting it up these days. A lot

597
00:30:01.950 --> 00:30:02.250
<v Speaker 4>of fun.

598
00:30:02.890 --> 00:30:06.730
<v Speaker 3>Hey, let's move forward because I want to talk about

599
00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:09.200
<v Speaker 3>the issue that I think might be driving this midterm

600
00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:11.119
<v Speaker 3>election cycle really more than anything else.

601
00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:12.740
<v Speaker 4>And I talk about a lot of issues on the show.

602
00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:14.299
<v Speaker 4>We talk about immigration.

603
00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:18.160
<v Speaker 3>We talk about Trump's vanity projects. We talk about the

604
00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:21.319
<v Speaker 3>economy and the tariffs. And I mean, you name it,

605
00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:23.480
<v Speaker 3>we covered on the show. One of the things I

606
00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:26.640
<v Speaker 3>haven't really covered enough probably is the price of gas.

607
00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:29.599
<v Speaker 3>and what's happening with the energy crisis in this country.

608
00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:33.420
<v Speaker 3>Let's bring in Patrick DeHaan. He is gas buddy on

609
00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:36.279
<v Speaker 3>all the socials, gas buddy guy on X and all

610
00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:36.900
<v Speaker 3>the socials.

611
00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:39.589
<v Speaker 4>Patrick's here with us right now to talk about this issue. Patrick,

612
00:30:39.609 --> 00:30:40.269
<v Speaker 4>great to see you.

613
00:30:41.450 --> 00:30:43.150
<v Speaker 7>Thanks for having me, Jim. Really appreciate being here.

614
00:30:43.670 --> 00:30:46.089
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, good to talk to you. I'm such a fan

615
00:30:46.130 --> 00:30:49.430
<v Speaker 3>of your work. And, you know, sometimes the simplest things

616
00:30:49.470 --> 00:30:51.589
<v Speaker 3>matter the most.

617
00:30:51.609 --> 00:30:52.769
<v Speaker 4>And you have.

618
00:30:52.670 --> 00:30:54.470
<v Speaker 3>Your finger on the pulse of this issue better than

619
00:30:54.549 --> 00:30:57.130
<v Speaker 3>anybody else. And one of the things that I saw

620
00:30:57.170 --> 00:30:59.250
<v Speaker 3>from you recently, and we tried to book you when

621
00:30:59.289 --> 00:31:01.269
<v Speaker 3>the story came out, and I think you were having

622
00:31:01.289 --> 00:31:04.529
<v Speaker 3>some time off, kudos to you for doing that, is

623
00:31:04.569 --> 00:31:07.990
<v Speaker 3>the fact that, and feel free to smack me upside

624
00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:09.839
<v Speaker 3>the side of the head and tell me whether or

625
00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:12.559
<v Speaker 3>not I've got this wrong, that gas right now, gas

626
00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:15.920
<v Speaker 3>prices are their most expensive at the latest part of

627
00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:18.519
<v Speaker 3>the year that we've really ever seen, that we know of,

628
00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:21.519
<v Speaker 3>and that gas prices really shouldn't be this high around

629
00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:24.119
<v Speaker 3>Labor Day. I'm sure I've butchered that in some way,

630
00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.900
<v Speaker 3>so set me straight.

631
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<v Speaker 4>But it is..

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00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:28.099
<v Speaker 3>Hitting people really hard on the wallet right now.

633
00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.799
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, and that's what's unusual.

634
00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:33.769
<v Speaker 2>Gas prices normally this time of year have gone down.

635
00:31:33.829 --> 00:31:36.710
<v Speaker 2>I mean, even record gas prices in 2022. And that's

636
00:31:36.730 --> 00:31:38.349
<v Speaker 2>what everyone turns to, by the way, when I say

637
00:31:38.410 --> 00:31:39.809
<v Speaker 2>this is, oh, prices were higher.

638
00:31:39.849 --> 00:31:40.579
<v Speaker 7>Yes, they were.

639
00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:43.859
<v Speaker 2>But they've never been this high this late in the year.

640
00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:46.259
<v Speaker 2>As an analyst, we look at a lot of different views.

641
00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:50.700
<v Speaker 2>We look at different perspectives because What's applicable, we all

642
00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:54.269
<v Speaker 2>know record-setting prices happened in June 2022 when the economy

643
00:31:54.329 --> 00:31:57.210
<v Speaker 2>reopened and when Russia was fresh on its war of Ukraine.

644
00:31:57.849 --> 00:31:59.910
<v Speaker 7>But right now, what's.

645
00:31:59.769 --> 00:32:02.970
<v Speaker 2>Happening is a culmination of factors. And it's unusual to

646
00:32:03.009 --> 00:32:05.049
<v Speaker 2>see gas prices this high this late in the year.

647
00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:07.200
<v Speaker 2>And a lot of it, of course, is because the

648
00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:10.049
<v Speaker 2>ongoing situation between the US and Iran, some of it,

649
00:32:10.190 --> 00:32:13.069
<v Speaker 2>an increasing amount of what we're seeing now, also has

650
00:32:13.089 --> 00:32:16.950
<v Speaker 2>to do with what's happening between Ukraine and Russia. Tremendous

651
00:32:16.970 --> 00:32:20.150
<v Speaker 2>amount of drone attacks that Ukraine has lobbied against Russia

652
00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:22.730
<v Speaker 2>And as an analyst, I don't take an opinion, right

653
00:32:22.789 --> 00:32:26.529
<v Speaker 2>or wrong, successful or unsuccessful. But it's those drone attacks

654
00:32:26.549 --> 00:32:30.130
<v Speaker 2>that are knocking offline major Russian refineries. And that is

655
00:32:30.170 --> 00:32:32.339
<v Speaker 2>why we're seeing such an impact, even more, by the way,

656
00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:36.039
<v Speaker 2>to the price of diesel, which is at $ 5. 58 a gallon.

657
00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:39.900
<v Speaker 2>It's only $ 0. 25 a gallon from reaching a new all-time record.

658
00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:44.210
<v Speaker 2>And so that, the Ukraine attacks on Russia, are increasingly

659
00:32:44.369 --> 00:32:46.329
<v Speaker 2>impactful to what we pay at the pump as well.

660
00:32:47.410 --> 00:32:47.630
<v Speaker 4>Right.

661
00:32:47.849 --> 00:32:49.569
<v Speaker 3>And I know you don't want to get too political

662
00:32:49.589 --> 00:32:51.309
<v Speaker 3>about this, but that was something that Donald Trump said

663
00:32:51.329 --> 00:32:53.460
<v Speaker 3>he would solve on day one of the second administration.

664
00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:55.940
<v Speaker 3>He said he would end that war and that that

665
00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:59.400
<v Speaker 3>hasn't materialized as of yet, obviously. But you mentioned diesel

666
00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:02.880
<v Speaker 3>and that enters the political discussion as well in terms

667
00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:05.690
<v Speaker 3>of the midterms. I was just looking at this piece

668
00:33:05.730 --> 00:33:06.829
<v Speaker 3>in the Financial Times.

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00:33:06.990 --> 00:33:07.309
<v Speaker 1>U.S.

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00:33:07.349 --> 00:33:12.140
<v Speaker 3>Grain farmers face worst crisis in decades. As Iran war

671
00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:15.589
<v Speaker 3>sends costs spiraling, farmers in the Corn Belt say they're

672
00:33:15.630 --> 00:33:18.750
<v Speaker 3>facing the worst crisis in 40 years as an explosion

673
00:33:18.829 --> 00:33:21.960
<v Speaker 3>in diesel and fertilizer costs are triggered. And so they're

674
00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:25.539
<v Speaker 3>really taking it in the shorts right now. And they

675
00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:28.640
<v Speaker 3>are in some very important midterm states.

676
00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:31.349
<v Speaker 4>I mean, Iowa is a big one. Michigan. I mean,

677
00:33:31.549 --> 00:33:32.450
<v Speaker 4>the list goes on and on.

678
00:33:33.569 --> 00:33:34.450
<v Speaker 7>I mean, absolutely.

679
00:33:35.289 --> 00:33:37.990
<v Speaker 2>You know, farmers are taking it on the chin much more.

680
00:33:38.750 --> 00:33:42.079
<v Speaker 2>Corn prices are relatively modest, thankfully for that. But that

681
00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:47.500
<v Speaker 2>is putting a tremendous squeeze on the nation's farmers. You know, anecdotally,

682
00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:50.660
<v Speaker 2>I've seen more farmers walking away from the industry right

683
00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:53.130
<v Speaker 2>now because of the tremendous amount of pain. It's not

684
00:33:53.170 --> 00:33:57.250
<v Speaker 2>just diesel. As you mentioned, it's fertilizers. It's the cost

685
00:33:57.309 --> 00:34:01.119
<v Speaker 2>of things like ammonia. The raw ingredients of a lot

686
00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:05.519
<v Speaker 2>of the components that farmers use, they're just getting excruciatingly

687
00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:09.449
<v Speaker 2>squeezed here And it's getting worse. Diesel is going up

688
00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:13.730
<v Speaker 2>as we get closer to harvest. Harvest is not yet happening,

689
00:34:13.769 --> 00:34:16.530
<v Speaker 2>but it will be in the weeks ahead. And unfortunately,

690
00:34:16.590 --> 00:34:20.030
<v Speaker 2>the nature of gasoline prices are gas prices peak in summer,

691
00:34:20.389 --> 00:34:21.530
<v Speaker 2>they decline in the fall.

692
00:34:21.989 --> 00:34:24.579
<v Speaker 7>For diesel, it's traditionally the opposite.

693
00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:27.820
<v Speaker 2>Prices bottom in the summer, because for those that don't know,

694
00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:31.960
<v Speaker 2>diesel and heating oil are essentially the same product. And

695
00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:34.579
<v Speaker 2>heating oil now, consumption is going to start going up

696
00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:37.579
<v Speaker 2>As folks in more rural areas are filling their home

697
00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:43.030
<v Speaker 2>heating oil tanks, cold weather, demand from farmers pushes diesel

698
00:34:43.070 --> 00:34:46.929
<v Speaker 2>consumption up. And that's really where the Ukraine attacks on

699
00:34:47.030 --> 00:34:50.269
<v Speaker 2>Russia are so problematic is that Russia is a huge

700
00:34:50.349 --> 00:34:53.750
<v Speaker 2>producer not only of heavy oil, but because they produce

701
00:34:53.769 --> 00:34:55.309
<v Speaker 2>a lot of heavy oil, they also have a lot

702
00:34:55.329 --> 00:34:58.989
<v Speaker 2>of refining capacity. And one out of nine barrels of

703
00:34:59.050 --> 00:35:02.730
<v Speaker 2>diesel globally tends to come from Russia. And right now

704
00:35:02.769 --> 00:35:05.570
<v Speaker 2>they're not exporting a drop. because of the amount of

705
00:35:05.630 --> 00:35:09.030
<v Speaker 2>refining attacks that have knocked offline huge refiners. And I

706
00:35:09.050 --> 00:35:12.309
<v Speaker 2>want to quickly encapsulate this by saying it's always been

707
00:35:12.710 --> 00:35:15.969
<v Speaker 2>about refineries. Everything we mentioned, hurricanes, when a refinery goes

708
00:35:16.030 --> 00:35:20.699
<v Speaker 2>offline for maintenance, this is something that's becoming increasingly problematic

709
00:35:21.260 --> 00:35:24.539
<v Speaker 2>because over the last 20 years, we've lost dozens and

710
00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:28.500
<v Speaker 2>dozens of refineries. So when something happens at the refining level,

711
00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:31.860
<v Speaker 2>whether here or in Russia, it's increasingly problematic.

712
00:35:32.969 --> 00:35:33.199
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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00:35:33.510 --> 00:35:35.690
<v Speaker 3>And Patrick, you know, when it comes to the war

714
00:35:35.730 --> 00:35:38.889
<v Speaker 3>in Iran and how long this could drag on, I mean,

715
00:35:38.929 --> 00:35:41.630
<v Speaker 3>I've heard some speculation that even if the Iran war

716
00:35:41.889 --> 00:35:44.679
<v Speaker 3>were to end tomorrow or next week, that it would

717
00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:47.179
<v Speaker 3>take a long time for gas prices to come down.

718
00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:50.300
<v Speaker 4>Is that kind of true? How would you assess that?

719
00:35:51.070 --> 00:35:53.670
<v Speaker 2>Well, the other wildcard I have to measure here is

720
00:35:53.690 --> 00:35:57.260
<v Speaker 2>the recovery time. So one of the biggest wildcards here,

721
00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:58.960
<v Speaker 2>you may have heard of a lot of analysts that

722
00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:02.639
<v Speaker 2>were saying early on, $ 150 or $ 200 oil is possible.

723
00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:05.760
<v Speaker 7>That didn't happen. The reason why it didn't happen was

724
00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:07.000
<v Speaker 7>a shock to everyone.

725
00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:10.489
<v Speaker 2>China, out of left field, suddenly slashed the amount of

726
00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:13.349
<v Speaker 2>oil that it is buying on the global market. There's

727
00:36:13.369 --> 00:36:16.030
<v Speaker 2>not really any reason why China would be doing that.

728
00:36:16.050 --> 00:36:19.730
<v Speaker 2>It was a surprise. Now, if China suddenly starts buying

729
00:36:19.949 --> 00:36:22.329
<v Speaker 2>oil again, that could be very problematic.

730
00:36:22.469 --> 00:36:24.889
<v Speaker 7>And so you talk about recovery from the war.

731
00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:27.539
<v Speaker 2>Early on, I would say a month or two after

732
00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:32.739
<v Speaker 2>this started, I was saying that every week that the Sorry,

733
00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:34.760
<v Speaker 2>every day that the straight remains closed, it may take

734
00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:38.300
<v Speaker 2>a week to fully recover. Now, it may not be

735
00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:42.579
<v Speaker 2>a full week now because Russia has greatly changed the trajectory.

736
00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:45.300
<v Speaker 2>But to your point, it's probably going to take well

737
00:36:45.340 --> 00:36:50.630
<v Speaker 2>into 2027. Some industries, some sectors, like some base oils

738
00:36:50.650 --> 00:36:54.170
<v Speaker 2>that are produced for synthetic motor oil, that's going to take.

739
00:36:54.130 --> 00:36:57.150
<v Speaker 7>Probably upwards of a year to fully resolve that.

740
00:36:58.110 --> 00:37:00.110
<v Speaker 2>If and when the Strait reopens, it might take six

741
00:37:00.170 --> 00:37:03.190
<v Speaker 2>months for oil inventories globally to get back to normal levels.

742
00:37:03.269 --> 00:37:04.989
<v Speaker 7>So it's going to take a while.

743
00:37:05.010 --> 00:37:08.599
<v Speaker 2>How long it takes is really contingent on the product,

744
00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:12.420
<v Speaker 2>in this case, oil, how that could be impacted and

745
00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:15.500
<v Speaker 2>refined goods through as well. Gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel

746
00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:19.039
<v Speaker 2>also float through the Strait of Hormuz. But yeah, I mean,

747
00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:21.130
<v Speaker 2>it's a big problem. And it's going to take a

748
00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:22.590
<v Speaker 2>long time to fully recover.

749
00:37:23.150 --> 00:37:23.369
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

750
00:37:23.389 --> 00:37:23.469
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

751
00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:26.900
<v Speaker 3>And another thing that I saw you tweeting about, and

752
00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:29.079
<v Speaker 3>you were trying to bat down some misinformation, which I

753
00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:33.110
<v Speaker 3>always think is helpful, is there's a lot of talk

754
00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:38.230
<v Speaker 3>about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and where it is and

755
00:37:38.269 --> 00:37:40.670
<v Speaker 3>how much is there and how much is left and

756
00:37:40.730 --> 00:37:44.210
<v Speaker 3>so on. And I think I saw one tweet where

757
00:37:44.230 --> 00:37:46.199
<v Speaker 3>you said, here we go with more Tucker Carlson style.

758
00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:48.940
<v Speaker 3>The nation only has XX days of oil left. This

759
00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:54.000
<v Speaker 3>is absolute raging clickbait. The SPR, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve,

760
00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:57.820
<v Speaker 3>is at multi-decade lows, but there's not X days left

761
00:37:57.860 --> 00:38:00.480
<v Speaker 3>because this is a strategic reserve. So it's important to

762
00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:01.840
<v Speaker 3>note that we're not going to just run out of

763
00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:06.659
<v Speaker 3>oil in the SPR, but it's still not a good

764
00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:09.400
<v Speaker 3>situation for it to be as low as it is.

765
00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:10.239
<v Speaker 4>Explain that.

766
00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:11.679
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, absolutely.

767
00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:15.019
<v Speaker 2>And the social media myth that was circulating is, again,

768
00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:18.079
<v Speaker 2>just like Tucker Carlson infamously said, and I think it

769
00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:21.219
<v Speaker 2>was October of 2022, he said, the nation's going to

770
00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:24.099
<v Speaker 2>run out of diesel by Thanksgiving. Well, that didn't happen

771
00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:28.199
<v Speaker 2>because that 22 days of supply moves with the calendar.

772
00:38:29.090 --> 00:38:32.750
<v Speaker 2>This 41 days that you've heard of moves with the calendar.

773
00:38:33.650 --> 00:38:36.909
<v Speaker 7>It's a number that analysts look at. Basically, it's just

774
00:38:36.969 --> 00:38:37.500
<v Speaker 7>a metric.

775
00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:40.940
<v Speaker 2>It's looking at total amount of supply and dividing it

776
00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:42.619
<v Speaker 2>by total consumption on.

777
00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:44.320
<v Speaker 7>A daily basis. It comes up with a number.

778
00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:47.280
<v Speaker 2>In this case, they used 44. I came up with

779
00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:50.980
<v Speaker 2>my own number, which is 88 days. Again, taking inputs,

780
00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:54.829
<v Speaker 2>dividing it by consumption. But that date moves along with

781
00:38:54.849 --> 00:38:56.610
<v Speaker 2>the calendar. And then to your point, the other thing,

782
00:38:56.849 --> 00:38:59.469
<v Speaker 2>there's a lot of misinformation about the SPR in the

783
00:38:59.530 --> 00:39:02.280
<v Speaker 2>age of social media and the age of experts that

784
00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:03.880
<v Speaker 2>all like to think they know.

785
00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:07.719
<v Speaker 7>The SPR is one release. That release is..

786
00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:12.989
<v Speaker 2>Takes many months to fully process through. You can't release

787
00:39:12.989 --> 00:39:17.170
<v Speaker 2>170 million barrels of oil overnight. And that's why this

788
00:39:17.230 --> 00:39:19.349
<v Speaker 2>release is continuing. A lot of people think the release

789
00:39:19.409 --> 00:39:22.429
<v Speaker 2>is going to continue until the SPR is basically empty.

790
00:39:23.269 --> 00:39:24.190
<v Speaker 7>But that's not the case.

791
00:39:24.230 --> 00:39:26.710
<v Speaker 2>We have about six to eight more weeks that the

792
00:39:26.869 --> 00:39:29.550
<v Speaker 2>one release that Trump authorized in March, then it will

793
00:39:29.590 --> 00:39:32.300
<v Speaker 2>be done. And when it's done, based on what we

794
00:39:32.340 --> 00:39:35.679
<v Speaker 2>know now, the SPR will still have probably north of

795
00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:39.699
<v Speaker 2>250 million barrels in it. To everyone else's point, that

796
00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:43.119
<v Speaker 2>is still mildly concerning. It doesn't keep me up at night,

797
00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:46.070
<v Speaker 2>but it also means that the administration and whoever may

798
00:39:46.090 --> 00:39:49.449
<v Speaker 2>be next or other politicians, it means the US does

799
00:39:49.489 --> 00:39:52.889
<v Speaker 2>not have as many tools if there is some sort

800
00:39:52.909 --> 00:39:55.090
<v Speaker 2>of other calamity that happens down the road.

801
00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:55.860
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

802
00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:58.599
<v Speaker 3>And the other thing, Patrick, and I just want to

803
00:39:58.639 --> 00:40:01.599
<v Speaker 3>get back to the gas price issue, because I mean,

804
00:40:01.619 --> 00:40:04.619
<v Speaker 3>if people want to understand why where folks are so

805
00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:07.199
<v Speaker 3>hopping mad and pissed off around the country right now,

806
00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:09.039
<v Speaker 3>I think a lot of it just boils down to

807
00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:12.960
<v Speaker 3>gas prices and they are just enraged over this. And

808
00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:16.849
<v Speaker 3>I was just your Twitter feed is absolutely, you know,

809
00:40:16.889 --> 00:40:18.590
<v Speaker 3>a natural resource in and of itself.

810
00:40:19.989 --> 00:40:22.409
<v Speaker 4>I was shocked when I read this. You posted this.

811
00:40:22.449 --> 00:40:23.230
<v Speaker 4>I think it was yesterday.

812
00:40:23.329 --> 00:40:26.750
<v Speaker 3>Live data showing that gas prices appear to be rising

813
00:40:26.789 --> 00:40:34.969
<v Speaker 3>to four dollars and fifty nine cents a gallon in Idaho. $ 4. 39

814
00:40:31.369 --> 00:40:33.909
<v Speaker 3>in Utah, $ 4.

815
00:40:33.710 --> 00:40:36.679
<v Speaker 4>39 in Michigan. And I saw a.

816
00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:38.659
<v Speaker 3>Piece, it was a political piece the other day, I

817
00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:41.260
<v Speaker 3>think it was on PBS, something like that, where Idaho,

818
00:40:41.280 --> 00:40:43.059
<v Speaker 3>there's a lot of independent candidates running.

819
00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:45.599
<v Speaker 4>Because the Republicans have become very unpopular. No, it might've

820
00:40:45.619 --> 00:40:46.219
<v Speaker 4>been Rachel Maddow.

821
00:40:46.739 --> 00:40:49.960
<v Speaker 3>Republicans have become very unpopular all of a sudden in Idaho. Well,

822
00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:51.489
<v Speaker 3>I would have to imagine a lot of this is

823
00:40:51.550 --> 00:40:56.170
<v Speaker 3>because if you're paying $ 4. 59 a gallon in Idaho, that's

824
00:40:56.210 --> 00:40:59.869
<v Speaker 3>gotta be insanely expensive for people who live there And

825
00:40:59.889 --> 00:41:03.750
<v Speaker 3>what are you hearing anecdotally from people in terms of

826
00:41:03.949 --> 00:41:07.179
<v Speaker 3>what they're telling you about how much they're paying right

827
00:41:07.219 --> 00:41:09.340
<v Speaker 3>now versus what they paid a year ago or two

828
00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:09.860
<v Speaker 3>years ago?

829
00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:11.179
<v Speaker 4>It's extraordinary.

830
00:41:12.190 --> 00:41:13.309
<v Speaker 7>I mean, it absolutely is.

831
00:41:13.329 --> 00:41:15.730
<v Speaker 2>I mean, today, the national average is 93 cents a

832
00:41:15.750 --> 00:41:18.070
<v Speaker 2>gallon more than last year. So the average American, every

833
00:41:18.130 --> 00:41:20.550
<v Speaker 2>fill up is somewhere in the ballpark of, you know,

834
00:41:20.550 --> 00:41:22.449
<v Speaker 2>10 to 30 dollars more, depending on if they have

835
00:41:22.469 --> 00:41:26.199
<v Speaker 2>an SUV, a pickup or a sedan. So, you know,

836
00:41:26.219 --> 00:41:28.519
<v Speaker 2>you talk about those areas. Some states have a very

837
00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:33.079
<v Speaker 2>predictable cycle of how gas prices work. And so most

838
00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:36.559
<v Speaker 2>stations in Idaho, for example, and Florida and Michigan, they

839
00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:39.960
<v Speaker 2>move very much in unison. If you want to go

840
00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:41.480
<v Speaker 2>down a rabbit hole, we can do that on some

841
00:41:41.519 --> 00:41:45.019
<v Speaker 2>other episode on how those prices move. But I mean, absolutely,

842
00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:47.179
<v Speaker 2>people are going to be incensed as we get into

843
00:41:47.199 --> 00:41:51.409
<v Speaker 2>the fall when prices usually decline. I called it back

844
00:41:51.449 --> 00:41:54.210
<v Speaker 2>in March and April that when prices are so high

845
00:41:54.309 --> 00:41:57.750
<v Speaker 2>for so long that Americans have to cut back, there

846
00:41:57.909 --> 00:42:02.460
<v Speaker 2>is a very visceral response, especially when that happens over

847
00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:05.500
<v Speaker 2>the course of the summer, when Americans have the opportunity

848
00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:08.440
<v Speaker 2>to go drive around and go visit and.

849
00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:09.329
<v Speaker 7>Go to national parks.

850
00:42:11.190 --> 00:42:13.789
<v Speaker 2>Back to what we said at the front, Labor Day

851
00:42:13.929 --> 00:42:17.269
<v Speaker 2>could be record-setting in terms of highest prices. That is

852
00:42:17.309 --> 00:42:18.670
<v Speaker 2>going to be a tough pill. I mean, it was

853
00:42:18.710 --> 00:42:22.969
<v Speaker 2>a very tough pill for Democrats back in 2024. It's

854
00:42:23.010 --> 00:42:25.429
<v Speaker 2>going to be a tough one for Republicans this time around.

855
00:42:26.090 --> 00:42:28.409
<v Speaker 2>Whenever gas prices are high going into an election, the

856
00:42:29.070 --> 00:42:33.550
<v Speaker 2>incumbents generally are challenged with that because Americans point responsibility

857
00:42:34.309 --> 00:42:36.590
<v Speaker 2>to the political party in power.

858
00:42:37.110 --> 00:42:40.389
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and I was just looking at your Other data points,

859
00:42:41.130 --> 00:42:44.449
<v Speaker 3>you posted this about five hours ago. Gas prices appear

860
00:42:44.469 --> 00:42:51.820
<v Speaker 3>to be rising to $ 4. 19 to $ 4. 39 a gallon in Pennsylvania, $ 3. 89

861
00:42:49.239 --> 00:42:53.139
<v Speaker 3>a gallon in Kentucky, $ 3. 69 a gallon in Tennessee. In

862
00:42:53.179 --> 00:42:55.099
<v Speaker 3>the South, it can be a little cheaper. They don't

863
00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:56.179
<v Speaker 3>have as many gas taxes.

864
00:42:56.239 --> 00:42:58.340
<v Speaker 4>I guess. Florida, $ 3. 99 a gallon.

865
00:42:58.840 --> 00:43:02.460
<v Speaker 3>But these are just ridiculously high prices. If you're going

866
00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:06.110
<v Speaker 3>on one last trip for Labor Day weekend before the

867
00:43:06.150 --> 00:43:09.349
<v Speaker 3>summer is over, And you're right. So many people drive

868
00:43:09.510 --> 00:43:12.409
<v Speaker 3>SUVs these days have been driven away from electric cars

869
00:43:12.469 --> 00:43:15.969
<v Speaker 3>and so on by this administration. They're just it's going

870
00:43:15.989 --> 00:43:18.110
<v Speaker 3>to be it's going to be extremely costly.

871
00:43:19.050 --> 00:43:19.789
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, absolutely.

872
00:43:19.809 --> 00:43:20.349
<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

873
00:43:20.429 --> 00:43:22.690
<v Speaker 2>You know, and I don't drive a sedan and look

874
00:43:22.730 --> 00:43:24.630
<v Speaker 2>at how many car manufacturers, by the way, have gotten

875
00:43:24.670 --> 00:43:25.409
<v Speaker 2>rid of sedans.

876
00:43:25.829 --> 00:43:28.030
<v Speaker 7>You have to drive a crossover and SUV. So.

877
00:43:28.590 --> 00:43:30.769
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, to that point, it's going to be a cost

878
00:43:30.789 --> 00:43:32.809
<v Speaker 2>or holiday for Americans hitting the road, which is what

879
00:43:32.849 --> 00:43:36.440
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to hopefully be doing. Now, thankfully, Indiana has,

880
00:43:36.619 --> 00:43:39.480
<v Speaker 2>for some reason, decided to give up its gasoline excise

881
00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:42.320
<v Speaker 2>and use taxes, which has cost the state of Indiana

882
00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:43.480
<v Speaker 2>hundreds of millions of dollars.

883
00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:46.579
<v Speaker 7>But that's why Indiana today, by the way, is the

884
00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:47.260
<v Speaker 7>cheapest state.

885
00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:50.940
<v Speaker 2>Traditionally, the cheapest prices are in Gulf states, where not only,

886
00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:55.260
<v Speaker 2>as you mentioned, lower gasoline taxes, but there's also proximity

887
00:43:55.300 --> 00:43:58.139
<v Speaker 2>to major refineries and oil producing wells. And not to

888
00:43:58.179 --> 00:44:00.389
<v Speaker 2>get down too much the rabbit hole, but if you

889
00:44:00.449 --> 00:44:02.750
<v Speaker 2>look at what people are paying, you know, a lot

890
00:44:02.769 --> 00:44:04.989
<v Speaker 2>of the red States have the cheapest prices and blue

891
00:44:05.030 --> 00:44:07.630
<v Speaker 2>States tend to be more expensive. But if you look

892
00:44:07.670 --> 00:44:11.289
<v Speaker 2>at median incomes, those also jive median incomes tend to

893
00:44:11.329 --> 00:44:14.699
<v Speaker 2>be lower where gas prices are lower and gas prices

894
00:44:14.719 --> 00:44:17.500
<v Speaker 2>tend to be higher in States where median incomes are higher. So,

895
00:44:18.099 --> 00:44:20.559
<v Speaker 2>you know, again, to go down this, this, this, you know,

896
00:44:20.599 --> 00:44:23.539
<v Speaker 2>so many people have a very visceral response when they see, Oh,

897
00:44:23.579 --> 00:44:27.059
<v Speaker 2>it's a blue state prices are higher. Well, All things similar,

898
00:44:27.079 --> 00:44:29.059
<v Speaker 2>a lot of people earn more in blue states as well.

899
00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:32.760
<v Speaker 2>And that is why, as GasBuddy, you have an app,

900
00:44:32.820 --> 00:44:35.449
<v Speaker 2>we have an app to help people that are traveling

901
00:44:35.469 --> 00:44:38.170
<v Speaker 2>for Labor Day find those lower gas prices. Because those

902
00:44:38.210 --> 00:44:41.289
<v Speaker 2>state lines, those can be danger zones for either much

903
00:44:41.369 --> 00:44:44.929
<v Speaker 2>lower prices by crossing into another state or much higher prices.

904
00:44:45.949 --> 00:44:48.230
<v Speaker 3>Well, Patrick, thank you so much for joining us. And

905
00:44:48.289 --> 00:44:51.820
<v Speaker 3>is it the GasBuddy app? So go check out GasBuddy.

906
00:44:53.199 --> 00:44:55.369
<v Speaker 3>and find out where at least some relief might be

907
00:44:55.409 --> 00:44:57.469
<v Speaker 3>in your local community. It may not be much, but

908
00:44:57.489 --> 00:45:00.489
<v Speaker 3>it might be something. But thank you, Patrick, very much.

909
00:45:00.530 --> 00:45:01.260
<v Speaker 3>Really appreciate it.

910
00:45:01.670 --> 00:45:02.889
<v Speaker 7>Thanks for having me, Jim. Appreciate it.

911
00:45:03.070 --> 00:45:03.349
<v Speaker 4>All right.

912
00:45:03.369 --> 00:45:06.090
<v Speaker 3>Good to talk to you. Such an important issue. I mean,

913
00:45:06.190 --> 00:45:09.050
<v Speaker 3>this is what is going to drive the election. Gas

914
00:45:09.090 --> 00:45:12.099
<v Speaker 3>prices are going to drive the election. And this is

915
00:45:12.179 --> 00:45:15.639
<v Speaker 3>why House Republicans are so freaked out right now, and

916
00:45:15.739 --> 00:45:19.079
<v Speaker 3>I think some Senate Republicans too, that Donald Trump, because

917
00:45:19.119 --> 00:45:21.940
<v Speaker 3>of his war of choice in the Middle East, has

918
00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:24.500
<v Speaker 3>basically sealed their fates, many of them by and large,

919
00:45:24.559 --> 00:45:28.610
<v Speaker 3>by launching this country into a misadventure that has made

920
00:45:28.650 --> 00:45:31.469
<v Speaker 3>gas prices go up, something that Donald Trump said he

921
00:45:31.489 --> 00:45:32.010
<v Speaker 3>would not do.

922
00:45:32.230 --> 00:45:32.969
<v Speaker 4>And he has done it.

923
00:45:33.469 --> 00:45:35.150
<v Speaker 3>A couple of final things to get to before we

924
00:45:35.190 --> 00:45:37.280
<v Speaker 3>end the show. I have to mention this because we

925
00:45:37.320 --> 00:45:39.639
<v Speaker 3>talked about the Kennedy Center so much. We've covered this

926
00:45:39.719 --> 00:45:42.400
<v Speaker 3>nonstop since he put his name on the Kennedy Center,

927
00:45:42.420 --> 00:45:44.179
<v Speaker 3>which he should have never done in the first place.

928
00:45:44.219 --> 00:45:47.889
<v Speaker 4>And now he's in this childish place. tug of war with.

929
00:45:49.730 --> 00:45:52.369
<v Speaker 3>Congress and the courts over whether his name should come

930
00:45:52.409 --> 00:45:54.530
<v Speaker 3>down and whether his name should go back up.

931
00:45:54.550 --> 00:45:56.269
<v Speaker 4>He took it down and now he wants to put

932
00:45:56.309 --> 00:45:57.070
<v Speaker 4>it back up again.

933
00:45:57.570 --> 00:46:00.210
<v Speaker 3>Now the Trump administration, this is according to NBC, this

934
00:46:00.250 --> 00:46:02.840
<v Speaker 3>just came out this afternoon, they are now threatening to

935
00:46:02.960 --> 00:46:07.380
<v Speaker 3>demolish the Kennedy Center if the court blocks renovation.

936
00:46:07.400 --> 00:46:09.159
<v Speaker 4>So the courts are dealing with this right now.

937
00:46:09.699 --> 00:46:12.539
<v Speaker 3>And one of the things that Donald Trump wants to have,

938
00:46:12.559 --> 00:46:15.900
<v Speaker 3>and if he doesn't get his way, They're going to

939
00:46:16.079 --> 00:46:18.599
<v Speaker 3>try to tear it down. This is according to NBC News.

940
00:46:18.619 --> 00:46:20.639
<v Speaker 3>The Trump administration is for the first time threatening the

941
00:46:20.760 --> 00:46:23.889
<v Speaker 3>demolition of the Kennedy Center if the arts institution isn't

942
00:46:23.909 --> 00:46:27.130
<v Speaker 3>allowed to follow its plans for the site, including adding

943
00:46:27.190 --> 00:46:29.510
<v Speaker 3>Donald Trump's name to the front of the building. So

944
00:46:29.550 --> 00:46:32.269
<v Speaker 3>he's now holding the Kennedy Center hostage, ladies and gentlemen.

945
00:46:32.530 --> 00:46:34.309
<v Speaker 3>That is what is happening right now. He is holding

946
00:46:34.329 --> 00:46:37.690
<v Speaker 3>the Kennedy Center hostage. He's saying a nice arts facility

947
00:46:37.710 --> 00:46:39.730
<v Speaker 3>you have there. Be ashamed if something happened to it.

948
00:46:39.769 --> 00:46:42.289
<v Speaker 3>He is acting like the mob. And he is saying

949
00:46:42.329 --> 00:46:44.559
<v Speaker 3>if you don't you don't put my name back up

950
00:46:44.599 --> 00:46:47.260
<v Speaker 3>on the Kennedy Center, I'm going to demolish it. And

951
00:46:47.300 --> 00:46:50.480
<v Speaker 3>I don't know, in what way could he act more

952
00:46:50.519 --> 00:46:52.639
<v Speaker 3>like a criminal? I mean, I guess, you know, leave

953
00:46:52.659 --> 00:46:55.639
<v Speaker 3>it to him. His diabolical mind is always churning. And

954
00:46:55.659 --> 00:46:58.099
<v Speaker 3>so he'll come up with another idea probably before sundown.

955
00:46:58.599 --> 00:47:00.559
<v Speaker 3>But that's the latest thing on the Kennedy Center. He

956
00:47:00.619 --> 00:47:03.099
<v Speaker 3>is saying that he's going to do that. Now, when

957
00:47:03.119 --> 00:47:04.800
<v Speaker 3>you talk about things that are going to be driving

958
00:47:04.820 --> 00:47:08.889
<v Speaker 3>the election, obviously one of them is affordability.

959
00:47:08.929 --> 00:47:10.250
<v Speaker 4>We talked about gas prices.

960
00:47:10.309 --> 00:47:15.039
<v Speaker 3>Well, Hakeem Jeffries has said the House Democratic leader, he

961
00:47:15.079 --> 00:47:17.320
<v Speaker 3>has said that one of the reasons why he met

962
00:47:17.360 --> 00:47:21.260
<v Speaker 3>with Jared Kushner was to talk about affordability. I don't

963
00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:23.460
<v Speaker 3>know why you have to have a secret meeting with

964
00:47:23.480 --> 00:47:27.280
<v Speaker 3>Jared Kushner to talk about affordability, but that is the

965
00:47:27.360 --> 00:47:30.409
<v Speaker 3>excuse that Hakeem Jeffries is putting out there to explain

966
00:47:30.489 --> 00:47:33.929
<v Speaker 3>why he's having this meeting. I will tell you, and

967
00:47:33.969 --> 00:47:35.849
<v Speaker 3>I talked about this earlier on in the show, and

968
00:47:35.869 --> 00:47:38.949
<v Speaker 3>I'm going to say this in no uncertain terms before

969
00:47:38.989 --> 00:47:43.170
<v Speaker 3>we go, Donald Trump right now is in the middle

970
00:47:43.750 --> 00:47:47.650
<v Speaker 3>of trying to steal the midterms. He is right now

971
00:47:47.710 --> 00:47:50.429
<v Speaker 3>in the middle of trying to steal the midterms. He

972
00:47:50.489 --> 00:47:52.289
<v Speaker 3>is in the middle of trying to take over the

973
00:47:52.429 --> 00:47:55.340
<v Speaker 3>Postal Service. This is the New York Times. Trump quietly

974
00:47:55.389 --> 00:47:59.300
<v Speaker 3>asserts control over Postal Service amid plans to overhaul voting.

975
00:47:59.340 --> 00:48:01.360
<v Speaker 3>The effort got new attention on Monday when the Supreme

976
00:48:01.380 --> 00:48:05.639
<v Speaker 3>Court allowed preparations for mail voting curbs to proceed. The

977
00:48:05.699 --> 00:48:08.739
<v Speaker 3>justices said it is not a final determination on the

978
00:48:08.960 --> 00:48:09.719
<v Speaker 3>order's legality.

979
00:48:10.239 --> 00:48:10.639
<v Speaker 4>Oh, gee.

980
00:48:11.429 --> 00:48:13.969
<v Speaker 3>Maybe you should just stop the administration from changing the

981
00:48:14.010 --> 00:48:17.340
<v Speaker 3>rules over at the post office rather than just letting

982
00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:21.460
<v Speaker 3>them continue. But the Postal Service, like Donald Trump, is

983
00:48:21.500 --> 00:48:25.059
<v Speaker 3>now under the thumb of this administration. The Postal Service,

984
00:48:25.099 --> 00:48:27.320
<v Speaker 3>like the Supreme Court, is under the thumb of this administration.

985
00:48:27.760 --> 00:48:31.650
<v Speaker 3>But this is also what the New York Times is reporting.

986
00:48:31.710 --> 00:48:33.849
<v Speaker 3>The Supreme Court decision on Monday to allow the Trump

987
00:48:33.869 --> 00:48:37.150
<v Speaker 3>administration to move ahead with its plans to restrict mail-in voting,

988
00:48:37.909 --> 00:48:41.369
<v Speaker 3>threatened to introduce confusion into the midterm elections as states

989
00:48:41.449 --> 00:48:43.630
<v Speaker 3>grapple with how to respond. The executive order at the

990
00:48:43.670 --> 00:48:50.130
<v Speaker 3>center of the ruling directs federal agencies to create state citizenship.

991
00:48:48.989 --> 00:48:50.320
<v Speaker 4>Lists of eligible voters.

992
00:48:51.219 --> 00:48:53.500
<v Speaker 3>Those would be sent to state election officials and to

993
00:48:53.519 --> 00:48:56.780
<v Speaker 3>the Postal Service, which could refuse to mail ballots for

994
00:48:56.920 --> 00:49:02.000
<v Speaker 3>anyone whose name was not listed. I repeat, these citizenship

995
00:49:02.119 --> 00:49:05.849
<v Speaker 3>lists would be created by the Trump administration and sent

996
00:49:05.909 --> 00:49:09.900
<v Speaker 3>to the state's And the state election officials would have

997
00:49:09.920 --> 00:49:13.599
<v Speaker 3>to use these lists to determine who can vote by mail.

998
00:49:15.389 --> 00:49:19.949
<v Speaker 4>It says election officials right now.

999
00:49:20.820 --> 00:49:22.699
<v Speaker 3>Are saying it's unclear whether the new rules could be

1000
00:49:22.739 --> 00:49:24.940
<v Speaker 3>put in place by the November election. Some states have

1001
00:49:24.960 --> 00:49:27.710
<v Speaker 3>already designed and printed ballots, a costly endeavor, and the

1002
00:49:27.750 --> 00:49:31.070
<v Speaker 3>first absentee ballots will be sent out starting on September 4th.

1003
00:49:31.510 --> 00:49:33.150
<v Speaker 3>So the states are already in the process of trying

1004
00:49:33.190 --> 00:49:37.000
<v Speaker 3>to plan for mail-in voting. because some people vote by mail.

1005
00:49:37.579 --> 00:49:42.440
<v Speaker 3>They have a physical condition. They may be traveling. There

1006
00:49:42.460 --> 00:49:45.260
<v Speaker 3>may be work reasons, all sorts of things. Donald Trump,

1007
00:49:45.280 --> 00:49:49.570
<v Speaker 3>ladies and gentlemen, votes by mail. He has voted by

1008
00:49:49.610 --> 00:49:52.590
<v Speaker 3>mail multiple times in his life. I believe he's voted

1009
00:49:52.730 --> 00:49:55.690
<v Speaker 3>multiple times by mail in this second administration.

1010
00:49:56.230 --> 00:49:59.389
<v Speaker 4>So he wants mail-in ballots for me, but not for these.

1011
00:49:59.449 --> 00:50:03.030
<v Speaker 3>So I'm not even talking about the redistricting.

1012
00:50:03.050 --> 00:50:04.699
<v Speaker 4>I'm not talking about the gerrymandering.

1013
00:50:04.719 --> 00:50:06.969
<v Speaker 3>I'm not talking about all of these other ways in

1014
00:50:07.010 --> 00:50:11.409
<v Speaker 3>which they're trying to rig this vote coming up this fall.

1015
00:50:11.869 --> 00:50:15.500
<v Speaker 3>He's trying to rig the postal service into some sort of,

1016
00:50:15.510 --> 00:50:21.119
<v Speaker 3>I don't know, election police force where you're not going

1017
00:50:21.139 --> 00:50:25.199
<v Speaker 3>to get your mail-in ballot if the postal service under

1018
00:50:25.219 --> 00:50:27.400
<v Speaker 3>Donald Trump doesn't allow that to happen. Now, somebody tell

1019
00:50:27.420 --> 00:50:29.300
<v Speaker 3>me how that makes any sense and how that sounds

1020
00:50:29.320 --> 00:50:31.090
<v Speaker 3>like America at all to you. It does not sound

1021
00:50:31.110 --> 00:50:32.789
<v Speaker 3>like the United States of America at all to me,

1022
00:50:33.570 --> 00:50:37.710
<v Speaker 3>which takes me back to to the meeting that Hakeem

1023
00:50:37.750 --> 00:50:42.289
<v Speaker 3>Jeffries had with Jared Kushner. Donald Trump has already tried

1024
00:50:42.309 --> 00:50:44.429
<v Speaker 3>to steal one election. He tried to steal it back

1025
00:50:44.489 --> 00:50:47.219
<v Speaker 3>in 2020 when he, remember he called Georgia and said,

1026
00:50:47.389 --> 00:50:50.360
<v Speaker 3>I need to find 11,780 votes. We all remember all

1027
00:50:50.380 --> 00:50:54.880
<v Speaker 3>of that. They're trying to do it again. He's trying

1028
00:50:54.920 --> 00:50:57.579
<v Speaker 3>to do it again through the post office. And so

1029
00:50:57.659 --> 00:51:00.179
<v Speaker 3>to me, if you're Hakeem Jeffries and you want to

1030
00:51:00.219 --> 00:51:01.539
<v Speaker 3>be the Speaker of the House and you want to

1031
00:51:01.559 --> 00:51:03.519
<v Speaker 3>be the leader of the Democratic Party until we get

1032
00:51:03.539 --> 00:51:07.820
<v Speaker 3>into the 2028 election, presidential election cycle, there is only

1033
00:51:08.019 --> 00:51:11.360
<v Speaker 3>one thing to say to Jared Kushner. First of all,

1034
00:51:11.400 --> 00:51:14.320
<v Speaker 3>Jared Kushner does not care at all about affordability. He

1035
00:51:14.340 --> 00:51:17.039
<v Speaker 3>doesn't care at all about gas prices. If he cared

1036
00:51:17.059 --> 00:51:18.880
<v Speaker 3>at all about gas prices, Donald Trump cared at all

1037
00:51:18.920 --> 00:51:20.099
<v Speaker 3>about gas prices, there.

1038
00:51:19.980 --> 00:51:21.119
<v Speaker 4>Would be no war right now.

1039
00:51:21.820 --> 00:51:24.500
<v Speaker 3>But there is a war and it's made gas more expensive.

1040
00:51:24.860 --> 00:51:27.260
<v Speaker 3>So they don't care about that. So put that out

1041
00:51:27.300 --> 00:51:29.659
<v Speaker 3>the window. Affordability is out the window.

1042
00:51:30.699 --> 00:51:32.900
<v Speaker 4>That is a total distraction.

1043
00:51:35.530 --> 00:51:38.510
<v Speaker 3>For what really needs to be the conversation between Hakeem

1044
00:51:38.550 --> 00:51:42.250
<v Speaker 3>Jeffries and Jared Kushner, and it should be this. Donald

1045
00:51:42.289 --> 00:51:45.210
<v Speaker 3>Trump and the people around you should be told in

1046
00:51:45.269 --> 00:51:48.289
<v Speaker 3>no uncertain terms that if they try to steal the

1047
00:51:48.349 --> 00:51:53.320
<v Speaker 3>elections this fall, they are going to jail. If they

1048
00:51:53.409 --> 00:51:56.340
<v Speaker 3>try to steal the elections this fall, they are going

1049
00:51:56.400 --> 00:52:01.460
<v Speaker 3>to be impeached. Impeached, removed from office, and sent to jail.

1050
00:52:02.360 --> 00:52:04.630
<v Speaker 3>And yes, I know there won't be enough Democratic votes

1051
00:52:04.690 --> 00:52:07.389
<v Speaker 3>in the Senate to convict. And yes, I understand that

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00:52:07.429 --> 00:52:09.369
<v Speaker 3>some people will say it's not good political advice for

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00:52:09.389 --> 00:52:12.690
<v Speaker 3>the Democrats to threaten impeachment. But that should be the message.

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00:52:13.090 --> 00:52:15.150
<v Speaker 3>You can send that message. You can have that meeting

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00:52:15.190 --> 00:52:17.610
<v Speaker 3>behind closed doors. And you can make that message very

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00:52:17.699 --> 00:52:21.360
<v Speaker 3>clear that if you try to steal the midterm elections,

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00:52:22.139 --> 00:52:27.099
<v Speaker 3>somebody is going to jail. Somebody is going to be impeached.

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00:52:28.860 --> 00:52:33.280
<v Speaker 3>And you need to make that... Perfectly clear to Jared Kushner,

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00:52:33.500 --> 00:52:35.519
<v Speaker 3>no uncertain terms. That's the only thing that needs to

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00:52:35.559 --> 00:52:38.139
<v Speaker 3>be said at any kind of meeting with Jared Kushner.

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00:52:38.219 --> 00:52:41.400
<v Speaker 3>And then you get up and you say, have a

1062
00:52:41.500 --> 00:52:45.300
<v Speaker 3>nice day. Don't try to steal the election. And you

1063
00:52:45.360 --> 00:52:48.119
<v Speaker 3>walk out, you walk out the door. That is the

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00:52:48.380 --> 00:52:52.460
<v Speaker 3>only thing that should be communicated to Jared Kushner. And

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00:52:52.579 --> 00:52:55.519
<v Speaker 3>that is what I think Democrats want to hear right now.

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00:52:55.860 --> 00:52:57.960
<v Speaker 3>That is the only message that they want to hear

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00:52:58.019 --> 00:53:02.760
<v Speaker 3>right now from the potentially incoming Speaker of the House,

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00:53:03.260 --> 00:53:09.019
<v Speaker 3>that protecting our midterms, protecting our democracy, protecting our elections

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00:53:09.380 --> 00:53:12.159
<v Speaker 3>is job one. And that leads me to this before

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<v Speaker 3>we go. Donald Trump and Jared Kushner and the whole

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00:53:16.199 --> 00:53:21.789
<v Speaker 3>motley crew of election thieves, they are going to try

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00:53:21.809 --> 00:53:24.349
<v Speaker 3>to make it as difficult as possible for all of

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00:53:24.409 --> 00:53:27.449
<v Speaker 3>you to vote this fall, which is why I'm going

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00:53:27.469 --> 00:53:29.679
<v Speaker 3>to say on this show, And it is going to

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00:53:29.699 --> 00:53:31.610
<v Speaker 3>be a message that I am going to spread from

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00:53:31.699 --> 00:53:34.690
<v Speaker 3>here until November 3rd and what, 70 days from now.

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<v Speaker 3>You need to make it your job to vote. To

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00:53:39.449 --> 00:53:42.909
<v Speaker 3>anybody listening to this, to anybody who cares, anybody wants

1079
00:53:42.949 --> 00:53:45.820
<v Speaker 3>to hear this, you need to make it your job

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00:53:45.900 --> 00:53:49.900
<v Speaker 3>to vote. A lot of families, they have a fire

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00:53:49.940 --> 00:53:53.679
<v Speaker 3>escape plan. They live in a house and mom and

1082
00:53:53.719 --> 00:53:56.960
<v Speaker 3>dad and the kids get together and they say, Susie, Johnny,

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00:53:57.000 --> 00:54:00.050
<v Speaker 3>if there's a fire, Fire in the house. This is

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00:54:00.090 --> 00:54:02.510
<v Speaker 3>the window we go out of. And we're all going

1085
00:54:02.530 --> 00:54:04.199
<v Speaker 3>to go out this window. We're going to climb down.

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00:54:04.239 --> 00:54:06.980
<v Speaker 3>This is how we get out of the house. And

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00:54:07.000 --> 00:54:09.460
<v Speaker 3>we need to look at our democracy in almost the

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00:54:09.500 --> 00:54:14.539
<v Speaker 3>same fashion. Donald Trump is a democracy arsonist. He is

1089
00:54:14.579 --> 00:54:18.489
<v Speaker 3>starting to light the house on fire. You need to

1090
00:54:18.530 --> 00:54:22.829
<v Speaker 3>understand this. I watched this up close and personal in

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00:54:22.829 --> 00:54:23.670
<v Speaker 3>2020 when he.

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00:54:23.630 --> 00:54:24.769
<v Speaker 4>Tried to steal that election.

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00:54:25.949 --> 00:54:30.110
<v Speaker 3>He is an arsonist who's going to start another democracy

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00:54:30.210 --> 00:54:32.849
<v Speaker 3>fire in this country. You need to have a plan.

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00:54:33.469 --> 00:54:36.369
<v Speaker 3>That plan needs to be, okay, how am I going

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00:54:36.409 --> 00:54:39.230
<v Speaker 3>to vote on November 3rd? Am I going to mail

1097
00:54:39.269 --> 00:54:40.929
<v Speaker 3>in a vote? If you're going to mail in a vote,

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00:54:40.949 --> 00:54:42.429
<v Speaker 3>you need to make sure you're living in a state

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00:54:42.449 --> 00:54:44.590
<v Speaker 3>where they're not going to pull this monkey business. If

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00:54:44.639 --> 00:54:46.280
<v Speaker 3>you do live in a state where they're going to

1101
00:54:46.300 --> 00:54:48.619
<v Speaker 3>pull that monkey business, your ass is going to have

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00:54:48.659 --> 00:54:51.420
<v Speaker 3>to go to the polls on November 3rd and vote,

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00:54:51.539 --> 00:54:53.500
<v Speaker 3>or you're going to have to go cast a ballot

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00:54:53.539 --> 00:54:56.710
<v Speaker 3>through early voting. This is what I'm talking about. You

1105
00:54:56.789 --> 00:54:59.929
<v Speaker 3>have to make a plan. You have to make it

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00:54:59.969 --> 00:55:02.550
<v Speaker 3>your job. And that is that's my message.

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<v Speaker 4>Pardon me for hitting the microphone.

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00:55:04.349 --> 00:55:06.949
<v Speaker 3>That is my message as we head into the fall.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, kids are going back to school. Labor Day

1110
00:55:12.139 --> 00:55:14.900
<v Speaker 3>is coming up. Early voting is going to start in

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00:55:14.940 --> 00:55:18.079
<v Speaker 3>some states very soon. Ballots are going to start getting

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00:55:18.099 --> 00:55:22.639
<v Speaker 3>mailed out very soon. And people need to start. No

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<v Speaker 3>more ostrich elections in this country, please. I've called the

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00:55:26.699 --> 00:55:30.179
<v Speaker 3>2024 election the ostrich election. Pull your heads out of

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00:55:30.199 --> 00:55:34.710
<v Speaker 3>the sand and make a plan. Pull your heads out

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00:55:34.750 --> 00:55:38.510
<v Speaker 3>of the sand and make a plan. The House is

1117
00:55:38.590 --> 00:55:42.929
<v Speaker 3>on fire. He's down there with the matches. He's starting

1118
00:55:42.969 --> 00:55:46.960
<v Speaker 3>to light our democracy on fire. And my best advice

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<v Speaker 3>to everybody, Democrat or Republican, for Republicans who want to vote,

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<v Speaker 3>Have at it.

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<v Speaker 4>Do your thing.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not going to be a good election cycle for you.

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<v Speaker 3>You need to understand that. And you're going to have

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00:55:57.409 --> 00:56:00.530
<v Speaker 3>to honor the election results. But Donald Trump is going

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00:56:00.570 --> 00:56:04.070
<v Speaker 3>to try to steal these midterms. He's doing it right now.

1126
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<v Speaker 3>The incoming Speaker of the House needs to understand that.

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00:56:08.550 --> 00:56:11.269
<v Speaker 3>Donald Trump is doing it right now. And Jared Kushner

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00:56:11.309 --> 00:56:13.550
<v Speaker 3>is helping him do it. So you have to have

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00:56:13.590 --> 00:56:16.570
<v Speaker 3>a plan. You have to have a plan or we're

1130
00:56:16.889 --> 00:56:20.739
<v Speaker 3>all going to be trapped inside the burning democracy.

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<v Speaker 4>You catch my drift? Please.

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<v Speaker 3>It's all on the line. It's all on the line

1133
00:56:29.000 --> 00:56:32.460
<v Speaker 3>this fall. Everybody has to be aware of this. No

1134
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<v Speaker 3>more ostriches. Pull your head out of the sand and

1135
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<v Speaker 3>make a plan to vote. I want to thank my

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<v Speaker 3>friend Jennifer Welch for coming on the show today. Patrick DeHaan,

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00:56:44.949 --> 00:56:47.809
<v Speaker 3>the gas buddy, check him out as well. And my

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<v Speaker 3>thanks to all of you for watching. And I don't

1139
00:56:49.710 --> 00:56:52.840
<v Speaker 3>say it often enough. Please support independent media. If you're

1140
00:56:52.860 --> 00:56:57.380
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1141
00:56:57.699 --> 00:56:59.619
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<v Speaker 3>paid subscriber and get immediate access to our brand new

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00:57:02.179 --> 00:57:05.969
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1144
00:57:06.150 --> 00:57:10.030
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00:57:09.909 --> 00:57:10.829
<v Speaker 4>On YouTube as well.

1146
00:57:10.869 --> 00:57:14.429
<v Speaker 3>And anytime you subscribe, anytime you like, anytime you share

1147
00:57:14.650 --> 00:57:16.789
<v Speaker 3>any of our stuff, whether it's the show, the newsletter,

1148
00:57:16.989 --> 00:57:19.559
<v Speaker 3>on and on and on, you are supporting independent media.

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<v Speaker 3>So thank you for doing that. I don't say it

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<v Speaker 3>often enough. The other thing I should say before I

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<v Speaker 3>go is our buddies over at Snapstream are helping us

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<v Speaker 3>out these days with clips. And it's all about the

1153
00:57:30.699 --> 00:57:34.780
<v Speaker 3>clips these days. There are a lot of great people,

1154
00:57:34.800 --> 00:57:37.500
<v Speaker 3>Aaron Ruppar and Asin and all these guys on social

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<v Speaker 3>media pulling these clips. And we do clips on this show.

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<v Speaker 3>We rely on Snapstream to record, watch, monitor, and clip

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00:57:44.809 --> 00:57:49.230
<v Speaker 3>the news. Check out Snapstream at snapstream.com, folks. It's all

1158
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<v Speaker 3>about the clips in Snapstream. can help you out if

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00:57:51.769 --> 00:57:53.570
<v Speaker 3>you are in need of clips like we are each

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<v Speaker 3>and every day. But in the meantime, still reporting from Washington,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Jim Acosta. I'll see you next time.
