1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 (people chattering) 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,000 (people chattering) 3 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:05,000 (people chattering) 4 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,000 (people chattering) 5 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,000 (people chattering) 6 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,000 (people chattering) 7 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,000 (people chattering) 8 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,000 (people chattering) 9 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,000 (people chattering) 10 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:49,000 - Put it work. 11 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,000 (people chattering) 12 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,000 - Have you sit on the end, is that okay? 13 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,000 - That's right. 14 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,000 - Wait, you're happy? 15 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000 - Uh, I prefer one. 16 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:02,000 (people chattering) 17 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:07,000 (people chattering) 18 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:12,000 (people chattering) 19 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:17,000 (people chattering) 20 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,000 - I just labeled the mics one, two, three, 21 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:22,000 for mood, destiny, whatever, but it probably doesn't. 22 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:27,000 (people chattering) 23 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:32,000 (people chattering) 24 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:37,000 (people chattering) 25 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:52,000 (people chattering) 26 00:02:52,000 --> 00:03:07,000 (people chattering) 27 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:26,000 (people chattering) 28 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:48,000 (people chattering) 29 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,000 - Hello, hello, hello. 30 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:57,000 (people chattering) 31 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Welcome to the second special live episode. 32 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,000 - Please. 33 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,000 - That was his chair, not my speaker, okay. 34 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:09,000 Welcome to the second live episode of The Blue Wave. 35 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,000 Thank you guys for joining us today. 36 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,000 You guys all came out in Canvas. 37 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,000 There's a ton of you here. 38 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,000 We had a full crowd. 39 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 I see 2,000, 3,000 people almost. 40 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:22,000 (people chattering) 41 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,000 How was canvassing today? 42 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,000 (people chattering) 43 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,000 - Very nice. 44 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Well, somebody was telling me somebody opened the door 45 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,000 and they were just naked. 46 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,000 (people chattering) 47 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,000 I'm not kidding. 48 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,000 - Just donger hanging out? 49 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,000 - Dong hanging out and everything. 50 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,000 It was a quick canvas though. 51 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Well, make sure that I'll take a TikTok of it and post it on. 52 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,000 Yeah, 'cause you'll go to jail, yeah. 53 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,000 - Not good. 54 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,000 - Yeah, shout out to all you guys who came to this event. 55 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,000 This is huge. 56 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:48,000 So much good energy here. 57 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,000 It's inspiring, so thank you guys for coming out. 58 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:58,000 (people chattering) 59 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,000 - So how's it going? 60 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,000 We haven't talked to politics. 61 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 It's in a wild guy, catch us up. 62 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,320 Yeah, how are you feeling about things right now? 63 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:04,960 Do you feel pretty good about us 64 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:08,080 conquering the Senate and the House? 65 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:09,780 - Every day things look better. 66 00:05:09,780 --> 00:05:10,700 So there's-- 67 00:05:10,700 --> 00:05:12,920 - Putch was saying there's no better time 68 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,680 in his whole life than right now to be a lib. 69 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:16,520 - That's true. 70 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:17,360 - Is that true? 71 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,160 - I tell my stream all the time, I encourage you guys. 72 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,680 Take a step back and appreciate this moment 73 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:24,600 because Republicans are on the fucking ropes right now. 74 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:25,680 - They won't even talk to you. 75 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:27,760 Like they don't want to have a conversation. 76 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:28,600 Things are good. 77 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,280 Do you think there's a good chance 78 00:05:32,280 --> 00:05:34,680 that we're gonna have like a decent trunk in the Senate? 79 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:36,960 Like a 54, you think? 80 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,360 - I'm not drinking the 56 seat Kool-Aid yet. 81 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:41,360 - Okay, you're not quite on that yet? 82 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,400 - No, but look, all we need is 51. 83 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,440 We gotta flip four, hold on to two seats. 84 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:47,400 Michigan and Georgia. 85 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:48,480 Georgia looking pretty good. 86 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:49,960 Michigan looking better every day, 87 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:51,200 especially after today. 88 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,420 So I'm optimistic, yeah, for sure. 89 00:05:53,420 --> 00:05:54,880 - We want 52. 90 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:55,720 - I'll take it. 91 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:56,800 - I don't know about better men. 92 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,640 We'll see how our strongest warrior's doing. 93 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:01,480 - I'm predicting 53, okay? 94 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:02,640 That's my prediction. 95 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:04,160 - Ooh. 96 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:05,160 - Official prediction. 97 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:06,000 - Official. 98 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:06,840 - That's crazy. 99 00:06:06,840 --> 00:06:07,680 You know what? 100 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:08,940 You can lock that in. 101 00:06:08,940 --> 00:06:10,440 - Oh my gosh. 102 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:11,280 - On where? 103 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:13,360 - PauliMargot.us, PremoCo Destiny. 104 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,040 - Is there a way to get a $25 discount? 105 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,240 - No, you get a $25 deposit with a $10 deposit 106 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:19,080 with PremoCo Destiny. 107 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,640 No, we don't have to do that right now. 108 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:22,920 Yeah, I know that-- 109 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,400 - How are you feeling about the Senate? 110 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:29,960 - You know, we've lived through a lot of these 111 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:33,400 very emotionally rollercoastery moments now. 112 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,400 We did with the two, even without thinking of the big elections, 113 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,400 we did with the two recent primaries. 114 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:40,440 You remember the Hongwan and then the Alsad one, 115 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:41,280 where it was like-- 116 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:42,120 - Rollercoasters. 117 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:43,680 - Yeah, it was like 15 point predictions 118 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:47,720 and then 2 a.m., like batches of votes coming in 119 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:49,120 with like, you know, the point, 120 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,480 less than a one point difference or whatever. 121 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,240 I wanna feel good, but my God, 122 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:57,160 like, every election cycle since Hillary has just been 123 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,920 for either side has been a nightmare. 124 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:02,640 - Dude, I don't know how many of you guys, 125 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:03,720 I guess, show of hands. 126 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:05,880 How many of you watched me for more than, 127 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,240 I guess, for more than five years, I guess, since-- 128 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:09,080 Oh my God, look at that. 129 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:10,720 We get a long, long time fans in New York. 130 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:11,800 - I'd say like 80%. 131 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:13,800 - I'd say 85%, yeah. 132 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:14,720 - Rounding. 133 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:15,560 - Okay. 134 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,280 Do you guys remember the overnight stream 135 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,240 with the mail-in votes for Biden, 136 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:24,920 with train racks and everything else? 137 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:25,880 - That was a fun stream. 138 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:30,120 - We relived the horrors of 2016 139 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,520 at when the polling place is closed 140 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:34,320 and then as the night ticked on, 141 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:36,680 oh my God, that was just an unbelievable, 142 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,320 almost as high as we were low 143 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,880 when the first batch of votes came in from Miami for 2024. 144 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,120 And not even Vadim's math could save us 145 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,400 on the horrendous outcome of that election. 146 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,960 - You guys, 2024 election stream, I've rewatched it, 147 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:52,320 it's depressing. 148 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,040 - Oh, it gets crazy. 149 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:57,800 - Yeah, I'm gonna be honest, there were moments 150 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,200 where Trump went to sue Seltzer and I was like, fuck, get her. 151 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,720 You know what, I don't ever want to be hurt like that again. 152 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:07,400 But anyway, yeah, no, I mean, obviously we have high hopes 153 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,200 for a variety of reasons. 154 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:10,040 Actually, no, it's not. 155 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:11,520 I don't trust the American public, it's for one reason 156 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:12,360 and it's gas prices. 157 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:15,280 So hopefully, you know, if they start to sink, 158 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:17,560 which I don't see them sinking anytime soon, 159 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:21,660 hopefully Americans remember this come pulling time 160 00:08:21,660 --> 00:08:24,000 'cause man, it really is, on the way here, 161 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,240 we were joking about all of the free checks 162 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,120 that we didn't get. 163 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:30,520 We didn't get the doge dividend. 164 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:31,360 - Nope. 165 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,040 - We didn't get the $5,000, whatever that thing was gonna be. 166 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:35,320 - No, not yet. 167 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,120 - We didn't get, there was one other one 168 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:38,320 that was gonna get money back to us 169 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,080 that you guys, one of you guys had mentioned. 170 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:41,560 - You had the doge one. 171 00:08:41,560 --> 00:08:43,120 - Oh, the tariff check, we were gonna get 172 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:44,960 the big tariff refund check. 173 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:46,520 - We're owed like nine grand. 174 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:48,080 - There's a lot of checks coming to us. 175 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:49,720 Get a lot of IOUs out there, okay. 176 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:53,200 Yeah, it's just been a nightmare 177 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,080 of an administration, obviously. 178 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,520 The, I think the most interesting times, 179 00:08:57,520 --> 00:08:59,360 I don't wanna say exciting because 180 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:00,960 everything is more horrifying than not, 181 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:02,360 but I think it's gonna be really interesting 182 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,560 to see how the Republican party shapes up 183 00:09:04,560 --> 00:09:06,200 after the midterm elections. 184 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:10,760 Once Trump is officially never kind of like ballot relevant. 185 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:11,600 - Well, we know. 186 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,000 - Well, yeah, I mean, I'm curious how, 187 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,120 well, 'cause he's not gonna be on the 20, 28 ballots, 188 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:15,960 gotta be another president. 189 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:16,800 - We hope. 190 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:18,500 - Yeah, true, we hope, we hope. 191 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:21,040 - Have you made any strong predictions 192 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:22,200 for who you think is gonna be 193 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,000 on either side of the presidential ballot 194 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,080 for the Democrats or the Republicans of 20, 28? 195 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,480 - 20, 28, damn is so hard because it matters 196 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,360 what the issue is at that moment. 197 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,240 So let's say we're in, you know, 198 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:34,480 year three of the Iran war, 199 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,200 then it's somebody with military experience like Mark Kelly. 200 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,360 Let's say it's a business thing 'cause AI 201 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,440 has caused a bloodbath for entry level white collar jobs 202 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:44,320 and you got somebody like JB Pritzker 203 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:46,240 as the governor in Illinois. 204 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:50,560 But sadly, I don't think AOC is gonna make the cut. 205 00:09:50,560 --> 00:09:52,400 I hate to disappoint people. 206 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:53,880 - But as far as predictions, 207 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:55,400 Ossoff is looking good. 208 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:56,720 I mean, we've got some heavy hitters. 209 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,440 - Ossoff like super no now. 210 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:00,280 I think he just. 211 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,520 recently did a re-affirmation that he did on the debates. 212 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:07,020 Yeah, he will absolutely not run for president in 2028. 213 00:10:07,020 --> 00:10:08,120 He seems like he's-- 214 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,040 Well, in the most recent debate, he 215 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,520 committed to serving out a full term when asked about it. 216 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:13,480 Yeah. 217 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:14,400 Things change. 218 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:17,240 Well, which means 2032, I guess, will be on the table, right? 219 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:19,000 Six years, yeah. 220 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,100 So I think the interesting thing that I've heard-- 221 00:10:21,100 --> 00:10:21,920 somebody brought this up, and I've 222 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,880 seen this repeated a lot, is that you basically 223 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:29,320 have Newsom or Kamala Harris, because both of these candidates 224 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:31,680 would be drawing from, essentially, the same pool of support 225 00:10:31,680 --> 00:10:35,600 and the same pool of donors, from the presidential stage. 226 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:39,320 But Newsom said he would not run if Kamala ran. 227 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,040 Yeah, that's what I'm saying, reinforcing. 228 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,560 Yeah, so I think either of them, they 229 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:47,240 basically have to have that conversation amongst themselves. 230 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,680 It feels like Kamala is still pretty popular in the party. 231 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:51,320 I know that a lot of people online don't like her. 232 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,400 I'm curious what that's going to be like if she 233 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,120 tries to run again, and who's going 234 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:57,120 to be on the Republican side with that rhetoric 235 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:58,920 and campaigning will look like. 236 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:00,920 Lucas, do you think Kamala's going to run? 237 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:02,120 I know we were talking about this, 238 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:03,120 but I didn't get your opinion on it. 239 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,160 Yeah, I mean, you convinced me that Kamala would 240 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,240 be a really good choice if she does decide to run. 241 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:10,080 I think she probably will, but she 242 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,960 needs to go in with the attitude of, like, I told you, 243 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,400 and just continue on with that. 244 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,880 So I think it's looking like Kamala, 245 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,120 and what's nice is you talked about this last time, 246 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:21,640 but we have a lot of great Democrats 247 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,760 who can run and all fill different niches 248 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,480 in what the America could need. 249 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,400 So I'm very hopeful for the future, 250 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:33,280 and I think we're going to do really well in the Senate. 251 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:37,800 On the world stage, I know we don't really talk about it much. 252 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,560 Do you see, I guess, Ukraine, Russia 253 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:43,660 being any kind of, or any big foreign policy question being 254 00:11:43,660 --> 00:11:47,560 on the table for the many times, not really, for 2028? 255 00:11:47,560 --> 00:11:49,680 Do you think we'll still be thinking about it then? 256 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:50,480 You don't think so? 257 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:51,960 I mean, I think we'll be thinking about it, 258 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:53,720 but I don't think that's going to be the big issue 259 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:55,200 that voters are going to care about. 260 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,120 I don't think it's going to be Israel, Palestine, 261 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,040 or Ukraine, sadly. 262 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,840 I think it's just going to be probably the Iran War or money. 263 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:05,640 The idea that we could still be quagmired in that, 264 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,200 like two years into the future, with that straight close, 265 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,160 I think we're still drawing down pretty sharply 266 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:13,000 the graph that I saw last are oil reserves, right? 267 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,320 Well, they're at like 80s levels now, 268 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,320 so I don't know if there's much more to take out of the tanks. 269 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:20,240 Do you know how those work? 270 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,440 I think they're caves around the coast. 271 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:23,920 I heard this saying that if you take too much out, 272 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:24,920 the cave collapses. 273 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:25,760 I've heard that as well. 274 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:27,800 Now, I've only mined oil in factorial, 275 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:30,920 so I'm not sure what that looks like on the actual level. 276 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,120 But yeah, I've heard that we can't draw those down like two. 277 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,040 I don't know how far down they can go. 278 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:36,720 But yeah, I don't know. 279 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:40,400 It's pretty insane to think that all of Europe 280 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:41,480 is obviously going to be hurting. 281 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,360 The United States is going to be hurting. 282 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:45,640 Well, Europe going through this winter 283 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:47,240 is going to be really bad. 284 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,160 I don't think people realize how high prices are 285 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,920 going to go for those people. 286 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,320 The straight needs to open and it needs to open and quick, 287 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:58,920 but I don't think this administration can actually handle that. 288 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:00,720 So it's going to be bad. 289 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,080 Yeah, I mean, I agree, yeah. 290 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,040 I think we'll still be dealing with Ukraine in 2028. 291 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,080 Sadly, it was like a Trump. 292 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:09,920 He's playing this completely wrong. 293 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:10,420 Sure. 294 00:13:10,420 --> 00:13:11,440 Oh, I was thinking how to respond, 295 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:12,240 because he's still dealing with Ukraine, 296 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:13,980 because I feel like we're just not at all right now. 297 00:13:13,980 --> 00:13:14,960 We're just kind of ignoring it. 298 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:16,720 Well, actually, Trump is not Russia now. 299 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,680 Yeah, now, actually, Trump is trying to weigh sanctions 300 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:20,640 on Russia and everything, yeah. 301 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:23,280 Right, so Congress hands Trump these new tools 302 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:25,440 to punish countries that trade with Russia, 303 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:26,400 put new sanctions on Russia. 304 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:27,560 And what does he do weeks later? 305 00:13:27,560 --> 00:13:30,000 He rewards Russia, says, OK, we're going to buy oil now, 306 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,440 which might not even be legal. 307 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:34,000 And you understand the crazy part about this. 308 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,040 And I understand Democrats can't message 309 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:36,920 cohesively on anything. 310 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:39,680 But the crazy part about this is that we've had reports 311 00:13:39,680 --> 00:13:41,600 a long time ago of US soldiers being 312 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,880 killed by Iranian drones or military strikes 313 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:47,600 as a result of shared intelligence with Russia. 314 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:49,960 And now we're going to be buying stuff from Russia 315 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,120 as our soldiers are being killed by Iran, a country 316 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:53,840 that we went to war with because they were killing 317 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:56,520 our soldiers in the past. 318 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:57,960 That whole thing is just so-- we're just 319 00:13:57,960 --> 00:13:58,920 like not talking about it. 320 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:00,160 I think Trump-- I don't know if Trump just 321 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:01,200 he's going to wake up one day. 322 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,320 You get a pain that happens when you guys 323 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:04,680 start to get older and like 30, 35. 324 00:14:04,680 --> 00:14:06,320 You start to get random pains in your body. 325 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:09,760 But you're still young enough that usually they go away. 326 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:11,680 But sometimes you wake up and it's been six days. 327 00:14:11,680 --> 00:14:13,560 You're like, oh, fuck, is this a forever pain now? 328 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:14,800 And I feel like Trump is waking up. 329 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,200 And he checks Fox and Friends. 330 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:19,200 And he's like, did Iran give up or something? 331 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:20,760 Because I don't know what-- 332 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:23,040 I feel like we're just not doing anything there. 333 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:24,240 We're not talking about it. 334 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:25,040 We're not making progress. 335 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:26,600 They're waiting for midterms to be over. 336 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:28,040 Because he doesn't want people to remember 337 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:30,000 that where you have a whole straight shut down 338 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,440 and the world's kind of fucked over. 339 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,880 It's kind of hard to not-- you're in California. 340 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:36,040 Have you-- is it actually on the signs? 341 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:37,520 Is it $6 a gallon for gas? 342 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:38,360 Over $6. 343 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:39,840 That's crazy. 344 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:40,760 That's insane. 345 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:42,240 What do you-- what has it appeared? 346 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:45,360 Yeah, I saw it was like, what is it? 347 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:46,600 $4.74.80? 348 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:47,920 Yeah. 349 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:49,200 We just used to it. 350 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:50,440 $10 diesel. 351 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:52,080 Yeah, that's the thing people can't escape 352 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:53,240 is the diesel prices. 353 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,920 People keep saying that, but I know you have truckers, 354 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,160 but how many ordinary U.S. vehicles-- 355 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:00,080 it's got to be a really small setup for the fleet. 356 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:06,600 Oh and farmers farmers. Oh yeah, how's the red diesel going? Yeah, very well. You can 357 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:13,440 huge impact on the diesel prices. Wait, what's the red diesel catch me up? So there's something 358 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:18,360 called red dye diesel that's used for off-road vehicles and industrial equipment when they 359 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:23,540 use diesel and it's literally dyed red. I did a bunch of research on this but I'm no expert. 360 00:15:23,540 --> 00:15:29,720 So Trump said I'll allow the truckers to use that and not and it's sold at a discount 361 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:33,880 like it doesn't have a 22 cent federal tax or something like that. So Trump announced it. 362 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:37,880 Oh boy, diesel is going to go way down now. And of course it didn't have any impact at 363 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:41,880 all because you can't just go to your regular gas station and get red dye diesel. No, these 364 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:45,840 like diesel places are like in the middle of nowhere where like farmers are actually doing 365 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:55,160 work. Right. Well, this is good for us as far flying as it is. Well, it sucks for the 366 00:15:55,160 --> 00:16:00,080 truckers and people that need relief, you know, so Trump just keeps offering bullshit 367 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:05,520 ideas like importing Russian diesel as well. I do think it is going to be interesting like 368 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:09,320 over the midterms. I guess you're right. Like I really don't see the situation resolving 369 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,640 itself before 2028 and then it's going to be on the table for Democrats. I don't actually 370 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:16,640 know from like an actual policy perspective. I don't know what the offer is supposed to 371 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:20,680 be to even fix that situation. You beg them to go back to the JCPOA, which won't happen 372 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:24,120 by the way. Yeah, they won't do that. Like there again, you were talking about on stream 373 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:27,960 you were like, well, if I was born in like a Middle Eastern country, where would I want 374 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,720 to be born? And I was like, dude, you want to be born in Iran right now? That shit is 375 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:36,520 about to be a superpower. A little bit of an exaggeration, but yeah, they have a bright 376 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:40,640 future ahead of them. Thank you, Trump, I guess. Do you think Elon wants the war to end because 377 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:44,920 they feel like, and it's a feeling, I have no research on this, but people are out there 378 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:48,800 buying electric cars because gas prices might be so expensive. So they might be like moving 379 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:53,440 over. I try to be an empathetic person when I think about how other people are viewing 380 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:58,440 the world. I don't think I've done enough ketamine yet to fully understand or grasp the 381 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:03,840 complex thoughts of Elon Musk. The Tesla car was, it was cool, the flip thing, the roadster. 382 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:10,360 It looked cool. I'll say it looked cool. Are you on the list? No. Well, not that one. 383 00:17:10,360 --> 00:17:20,320 No. Yeah, so we have the Iran gas. What else is going on? Well, what did the press secretary 384 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:25,120 say about Iran? Oh, yeah, we had a shorter length of time discovered. We're getting down 385 00:17:25,120 --> 00:17:28,960 to the plank length of time almost. I don't even remember how to pronounce her name. What 386 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:33,720 was it? Monday through Friday that she worked? Five days total. Was it five days? Yeah, big 387 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:37,620 Katie. I watched the first day and it was pretty rough. It was rough. I almost felt bad, 388 00:17:37,620 --> 00:17:41,840 but then I remembered she was a mega ghoul. And then I didn't anymore. Yeah, she struggled. 389 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:45,520 She was like staring down at her papers the whole time reading her book report, and then 390 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:51,440 she took three questions. I am. I guess we ever find out. So she's not a lawyer, right? 391 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:55,920 Well, she's a lawyer. She's a lawyer. Just like Mike for PA. Mike for PA is a lawyer. 392 00:17:55,920 --> 00:18:00,280 Okay, but not like, actually, like, does she, does she have a JD? Did she pass law school? 393 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:04,480 Yes, she Pat. So technically you can call yourself a lawyer, but not an attorney or an 394 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:09,080 attorney, but an lawyer or something, a squire, whatever. Okay. But she supposedly retweeted 395 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:12,440 people calling her an attorney. I don't know if there's any clips of her. Have you guys 396 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:18,280 seen any clips of her calling herself an attorney? Maybe not silent, but she hasn't shied away 397 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:22,680 from, you know, the label. Sure. Well, not well, she has now she's shied away from the 398 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,240 whole, from the whole office. Do we know anything about who's going to be next? We have any 399 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:31,440 idea? Nope. I'm thinking it's probably going to be another blonde lady. Okay. Wow. Strong 400 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:37,000 prediction. Okay. That's, that's, yeah, that should be on the betting markets, actually. 401 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:43,360 Another blonde lady. Remember the, remember the lighter days when it was Spicer? Yeah. 402 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:47,760 Good old Sean. Oh man. Different times back then. No, she, she was in overhead. It was 403 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:51,760 interesting to see Fox News take her down too. Did you watch this Sean Hannity interview? 404 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:57,040 I heard it was like, um, it was like a, like a staged execution basically. I didn't actually 405 00:18:57,040 --> 00:19:00,560 watch it, but I heard it was kind of brutal. Yeah. People were saying that like they think 406 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:06,280 Trump kind of sent Hannity to be like an attack dog and put her down. He did. It was a seven 407 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:10,200 minute interview and he got right to the point and he seemed like a disappointed dad the whole 408 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:14,460 time and so they do know how to do hostile interviews. Oh, she was not too. Oh, I guess 409 00:19:14,460 --> 00:19:18,160 they're obviously. And then she went on Fox and friends in the morning and they also 410 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:23,640 accosted her a bit and still didn't do well. Yeah. That was curtains. Now she's gone. Another 411 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:28,480 woman from the Trump administration. Dispatch. It just shows, it just shows how much chaos 412 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:33,080 there is and how, you know, Trump is just not focused and how ridiculous this whole 413 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:37,200 administration is right before the midterms too. So stupid. Yeah. What did he say when 414 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:40,640 they asked about the, they asked about the star shield thing for Ukraine, Russia, 415 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:44,800 and he's like, I don't know. They brought that. Yeah. I'm not actually sure what he's 416 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:48,520 even doing with this time. Yeah. One of my friends was telling me that, uh, he was 417 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,720 reading a book on Trump and like the books about Trump and his habits and 418 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:55,280 everything like that. And when he gets nervous, he starts just firing people. So 419 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:58,280 he thinks that that's kind of what happened with her. And then we're going to 420 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:00,020 get after the midterms, probably like a piece. 421 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,880 or like cash betel firing, which would be awesome. 422 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:06,720 So maybe Trump will shake it up after the midterms. 423 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:09,600 - I think he has to shake it up because this is a whole new 424 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,840 ball game with 120th Congress that gets sworn in in January. 425 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,200 If the Democrats win, which I think they will, 426 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,360 he's gonna have to have different players 427 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:21,800 in order to handle the investigations and the pushback. 428 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:24,840 - Yeah, I guess what are you looking forward to 429 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,440 assuming we get a big Congress? 430 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:28,520 Is it just gonna be that? 431 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,400 Is it gonna be like nonstop investigations you think, or? 432 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,860 - Yeah, I mean, one of the top issues of this midterms, 433 00:20:33,860 --> 00:20:36,040 which surprised me, is corruption. 434 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,920 For whatever reason, people are really upset about corruption. 435 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:40,480 I understand why, but it's always interesting 436 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,520 that like the general public gives a damn. 437 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:44,040 You know, how much are they paying attention? 438 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:47,280 So I think I'm looking forward to investigation, 439 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,520 shining a light on the bad stuff that's happening, 440 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,640 but also going after the cabinet members. 441 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,200 - I do feel like this has been probably the most 442 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:58,040 aggressive over-promise, under-deliver thing I've ever seen 443 00:20:58,040 --> 00:20:59,160 in my entire life. 444 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,280 Like we joked about it, but the idea that, 445 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:03,120 like we went through the whole Doge era, 446 00:21:03,120 --> 00:21:04,520 and that just like came and went, 447 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:06,680 and like nothing came of it at all. 448 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:07,520 - Nothing. 449 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:09,440 - That's, it's just, it's insane. 450 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:11,400 They didn't save any money, and even they're in depositions, 451 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:12,880 literally saying like, yeah, we didn't do anything. 452 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:13,720 - Big balls. 453 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:14,840 - Yeah, the guy, yeah. 454 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:15,680 - Big balls. 455 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:17,040 - Getting inside into random places and investigate it everywhere. 456 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:20,360 Yeah, they're trying to do this thing now with, 457 00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:21,800 I guess with Fauci, you know, 458 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:23,120 they try to bring him in for questioning, 459 00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:24,600 and I don't know if that's gonna go anywhere. 460 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:25,680 - He played the fifth, right, the whole time? 461 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:26,520 - Yeah, he did. 462 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:27,600 - Show days, yeah. 463 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,480 Yeah, so we have, I guess we have our investigations. 464 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,120 Obviously we can block any nominees. 465 00:21:34,120 --> 00:21:35,520 I don't know how much that even matters though, 466 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:37,400 'cause they just have theoretically like acting heads, 467 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:38,960 I guess, which, and Trump doesn't seem to care 468 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:39,800 much for the law anyway. 469 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:43,120 - That's the craziest thing, is if your nominee gets blocked, 470 00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:45,280 you can just have somebody be acting the entire time, 471 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:46,680 which makes sense in a normal way. 472 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:48,400 - It's like 270 days. 473 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,120 You can be acting, but it resets if the person 474 00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:53,360 you nominate fails, you can restart the count. 475 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:54,200 - You bring him back in. 476 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,120 - Yeah, so technically you could keep people 477 00:21:56,120 --> 00:21:57,840 in that acting position the whole time. 478 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,200 - Could they, I mean, I guess, if they didn't like it, 479 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,160 they could just impeach and convict him out of the position? 480 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,440 - They could, but it would take 67 votes, yeah. 481 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,680 - I guess, what else, man? 482 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:13,160 Things are crazy right now, I don't know. 483 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,240 - We were talking about this, I feel like 484 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,400 the legislative branch after this whole ordeal 485 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,760 is gonna need more teeth, because you kind of require 486 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:23,520 the judicial branch, they require the judicial branch 487 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:25,760 to just do everything for them, 488 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,800 and when you have a judicial that is evil, 489 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,200 it doesn't really work that way, 490 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,120 it doesn't really work anymore, so I don't know, 491 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:34,600 you were telling me about the Sergeant at Arms 492 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,240 can technically block people into room until they testify? 493 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:39,640 - Yeah, there's some famous case where the Sergeant at Arms 494 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:42,000 put somebody in a hotel room until they testified, 495 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:42,840 I don't remember. 496 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:43,960 - Well, I mean, there's a famous case 497 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:46,560 with the Texas State Legislature, where, 498 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,720 do you remember when the, so that they couldn't get a quorum? 499 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,000 Do you remember when they left for the humanitarian thing? 500 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,040 And then when I think when they came back, 501 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:53,680 wasn't there at least one lady that they just locked 502 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:55,760 in the chamber until they went to hold the vote 503 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:56,960 or something? - Oh, yeah, yeah. 504 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:58,120 - Yeah, that's not in the chamber. 505 00:22:58,120 --> 00:22:59,960 - That also happened in the last couple of years. 506 00:22:59,960 --> 00:23:01,240 - Yeah. 507 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:03,480 - But I agree, and the reason why it feels that way 508 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,680 is 'cause this is a do-nothing Congress. 509 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:08,040 These Republicans have just given Trump a pass. 510 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:09,680 They were working real hard on breaking up 511 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,360 the Biden crime family when Biden was still there. 512 00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:14,000 - Yeah, they just never wanna make any deals, 513 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:15,480 they just want their way or the highway, 514 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:16,320 and when they don't get their way, 515 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:17,520 they just cry and blame Dems, 516 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:19,200 even though they own everything. 517 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:20,040 I mean, that's generally true, 518 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:21,480 but yeah, there is no my way right now, 519 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,440 and Trump really does not use Congress at all. 520 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:26,120 - Right, exactly. - And they still go on 521 00:23:26,120 --> 00:23:27,560 and they still complain about like Democrats 522 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:28,960 and then rhinos and everything else, 523 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:30,640 and it's like, yeah, there's like nothing. 524 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:31,720 - Right. 525 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:33,600 - Last time we talked, I think I asked a question, 526 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:34,440 and then afterwards you said, 527 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:36,320 "Oh, you should think about this, did you?" 528 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:37,640 I asked you. - Yes. 529 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:41,360 - What you, we asked, like if there was a big thing 530 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:43,280 that you wanted to see from Congress, 531 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,000 so there was like a big change. 532 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,800 Some people talk about court packing, 533 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:48,280 giving it a rid of the filibuster, 534 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,640 the interstate, national, popular vote, 535 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,280 compact or whatever, uncapping the house. 536 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:54,800 You thought about any more of these ideas 537 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,600 or at least you're warming up to it all? 538 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:57,960 - Yeah, absolutely. 539 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,000 Destiny, as Stephen asked me, 540 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,520 if you could have one dream policy, 541 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:02,360 what would it be? 542 00:24:02,360 --> 00:24:03,560 I think ending gerrymandering 543 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,320 would have a huge impact on our country, 544 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:07,640 because the reason why we don't get shit done 545 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:09,640 is we send bad people to Congress 546 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:11,920 due to gerrymandering, send extremists there. 547 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:13,920 So I think if we had more even-keeled people 548 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:15,000 who were willing to compromise 549 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,600 and actually solve problems, 550 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,080 boy, we would just grow tremendously. 551 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:21,240 - Does that, to you, look like every single state 552 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,520 gets like an independent districting board appointed 553 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:25,600 or something like that, basically? 554 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,040 Like mandated by- - Yeah, like independent 555 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:31,160 commissions split between Democrats, Republicans, 556 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:34,480 a couple of independents, and then they draw fair maps. 557 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,000 - I still think the thing that worries me the most 558 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,960 that I don't know if there's any progress on this, 559 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:41,860 but it's the idea that we really do need people 560 00:24:41,860 --> 00:24:45,080 to engage in good faith with the government. 561 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:46,920 There's just so many different ways 562 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:48,840 that if you've decided you don't care anymore, 563 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:50,360 that you can do crazy stuff. 564 00:24:50,360 --> 00:24:52,400 Did you ever read any of the, 565 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:53,960 however it was Virginia or West Virginia, 566 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:55,440 when they were gonna redo their maps 567 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,720 and then the court basically blocked 568 00:24:57,720 --> 00:24:58,560 something that had been approved? 569 00:24:58,560 --> 00:24:59,960 Did you read that decision? 570 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:04,760 >> Yes, it was a timing thing, because I think in Virginia to change the Constitution, you 571 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:08,960 need to have the people vote, and then the legislature votes, and then the people vote 572 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,720 on their electeds, and then the legislature votes again. 573 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:18,880 >> Yes, so the timing thing came down to the way that it was worded was, you cannot start 574 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:23,760 the vote for this, you have to have a full legislative session, and then you have to 575 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:31,040 do a vote, and that vote, the way that it's worded is, it can't be before another election, 576 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:32,040 basically. 577 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,760 It has to be after this election that's coming up, basically. 578 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:40,260 But the problem was that early voting had started for the election, and so the justices 579 00:25:40,260 --> 00:25:44,160 when they read this are like, well, early voting is already open for this election, so you're 580 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:49,680 not technically meeting your mandated before the election period, because we're going to 581 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:55,600 count the entire 40 days as the election, and they managed to throw out the entire- 582 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,960 >> It's crazy, because early voting, it's a part of the election. 583 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:02,960 >> Well, it's crazy and funny too, because in the dissent, the dissenting judge pointed 584 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,480 out, there are so many other parts of Virginia law where it's like, we say, you know, during 585 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,060 the vote, like, what does this even mean? 586 00:26:08,060 --> 00:26:12,480 So for instance, when, you know, you have to be some age to be a governor, whatever, you 587 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,000 know, by the time the election takes place, are we now going to say that you have to be 588 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:19,040 that age at the beginning of this early voting period, and not at the very end, or because 589 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:21,720 it's just never been a term- >> Depends of the Republican, I guess, huh? 590 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:22,820 >> Yeah, I guess, yeah. 591 00:26:22,820 --> 00:26:27,560 So yeah, they're like so many little things like this that I see the wacky Republicans 592 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:29,360 doing, and they got to stop. 593 00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:33,720 >> Yeah, no, it was a huge setback, it was a ridiculous ruling, but I still think we're 594 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:37,360 going to flip like three out of four of those seats anyway, so we may have lost out on like 595 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:41,200 one seat in the end because of it, but it was a total BS ruling for sure. 596 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:42,200 >> Yeah. 597 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,200 >> But your question is like, how do we get people more engaged? 598 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:46,200 Is that what you're saying? 599 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,920 >> Oh, no, just give a damn more. 600 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,240 >> How do you get the Republicans to come back to reality? 601 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:52,240 >> Whoa. 602 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:56,560 >> One of the things that I think that we can do really well on the next presidential administration 603 00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:00,520 is like an actual like a Jack Smith Attorney General, and we're going to go really hard, 604 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,960 and every time they complain about it, we say that like we did Biden for four years, 605 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,800 and you guys didn't respond, so now we're going to do. 606 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,560 >> Yeah, we're going to bring the bad guy in now for four years or eight years. 607 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:10,560 >> Yeah, I saw Jack. 608 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:14,080 He was out at a No Kings rally wearing the shirt, giving people fist bumps. 609 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:17,760 >> I'm pumped for him as A.G. >> Yeah, he seemed to take the mask off. 610 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,320 It was some like music festival he had like a No Kings shirt on. 611 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,760 Yeah, Jack Smith doesn't give an F anymore. 612 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:27,640 I think the answer, Stephen, is better people sending better representatives there. 613 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:31,560 That's why I keep leaning on gerrymandering because it is really screwing us because Congress 614 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:35,880 is not solving problems, immigration, regulating social media, you name it. 615 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:38,880 >> Do you think there's just some rotten districts out there who are like sending in 616 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:39,880 like Lauren Bobert? 617 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:44,760 >> Yeah, Bobert, of course, there's always going to be pockets of, you know, bad people. 618 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:48,400 But I don't think people understand all the time though. 619 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:53,320 So when you talk about gerrymandering, you're taking basically a 50/50 state, and you're 620 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:57,680 trying to pack as many people into one district as possible, so that when you draw the other 621 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:02,160 districts, you're having, you're getting a 50/50 state that actually gets you like 80% 622 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,080 of the representatives elected from a certain party. 623 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:08,440 But what you said before is an important thing that people always consider is that as a result 624 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:12,200 of that gerrymandering, not only are you skewing the number of representatives that they're 625 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:16,240 sending to Congress, you're also creating a more radical district for the one that has 626 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:17,240 been gerrymandered as well. 627 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:20,800 So there are so many people in there, more radical voters tend to vote in the primaries 628 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,040 because they're a lot more politically plugged in and engaged. 629 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:27,800 So like one thing I heard was if we were to undo a lot of the gerrymandering that's happened, 630 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:31,280 I think it's either Rashid Talib or Ilhan Omar, that would be Ilhan Omar, yeah. 631 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:35,040 >> Yeah, they would lose their seat in Congress because they're, yeah, which sometimes I wonder 632 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:36,040 like, yeah. 633 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:40,040 >> Well, you know, is what it is, I mean, she's fine, I don't have a problem with them. 634 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,680 >> Have you followed her story at all yet, have you, with the Trump administration, trying 635 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,640 to like, denaturalize her, yeah, pretty crazy? 636 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:51,600 >> Yeah, this is going back to like 30 years, she's 44 years old and they're talking about 637 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:56,160 what happened when she was 17, 18, and her father did the paperwork supposedly, maybe 638 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,440 lied about her age, I don't know. 639 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,360 But this is all, you know, this is a long time ago. 640 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:05,280 >> This is all ongoing right now, do we have any more like information on it or is the 641 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,840 Trump administration just like, it's a pending investigation? 642 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:12,320 >> There's no other information so far, I think they took her sister's phone or something. 643 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:13,520 >> It just did like the house raid? 644 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:17,040 >> Yeah, the raid is the point though, like they don't care if no charges come from it, 645 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,440 they don't care if they don't denaturalize her, which is insane. 646 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:24,480 But the raid was the point, mission accomplished. 647 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:28,240 >> We're getting closer to the election, is it like 15 days or 16 days or? 648 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:30,200 >> I think it's like 19 days, right? 649 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:34,200 >> 19, I'm trying to remember, the only reason I know that it's around 19 days is because 650 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:40,280 I keep seeing it'll either be Sarah Longwell near a tandem or the majority of Porter Hassan 651 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:45,400 saying like, you guys are making fun of X side and we're only 19 days away from the midterms, 652 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:48,100 so that's the only reason I know that, yeah, somewhere in that, I just think we were a 653 00:29:48,100 --> 00:29:49,100 few days ahead, but yeah. 654 00:29:49,100 --> 00:29:52,280 >> You need to be focusing on Republicans, like they weren't focusing on Democrats for 655 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,800 the past, I don't know, six months. 656 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:59,580 >> I do want to make a final point about gerrymandering, Michigan's a good example of how to fix gerrymandering 657 00:29:59,580 --> 00:30:01,580 because they're not going to be able to do it. 658 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,220 This state has 13 seats in the house, 659 00:30:02,220 --> 00:30:03,300 and they're split right now. 660 00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:05,580 Seven Republicans, six Democrats, 661 00:30:05,580 --> 00:30:08,580 and this is a state that basically voted for president 50/50. 662 00:30:08,580 --> 00:30:10,300 So this is a good example of a state 663 00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:11,140 that's doing it right, 664 00:30:11,140 --> 00:30:13,260 and I believe they have an independent commission. 665 00:30:13,260 --> 00:30:14,460 - Yeah, there you go. 666 00:30:14,460 --> 00:30:15,780 (audience applauding) 667 00:30:15,780 --> 00:30:18,300 - And also, yeah, hell yeah, applause. 668 00:30:18,300 --> 00:30:20,340 And you've said this before, Steven, 669 00:30:20,340 --> 00:30:22,780 that we need a strong Republican party. 670 00:30:22,780 --> 00:30:24,860 This does not go over well in liberal circles. 671 00:30:24,860 --> 00:30:27,300 It doesn't mean we want Republicans in power. 672 00:30:27,300 --> 00:30:28,980 We just want decent people to work with 673 00:30:28,980 --> 00:30:30,220 so we can solve some problems, 674 00:30:30,220 --> 00:30:32,380 so we kind of have to help them help themselves. 675 00:30:32,380 --> 00:30:34,220 - Yeah, I mean, you should be able to work 676 00:30:34,220 --> 00:30:35,860 with the Republicans in Congress, 677 00:30:35,860 --> 00:30:37,340 because that's kind of the whole point, 678 00:30:37,340 --> 00:30:39,420 is that both sides work with each other, 679 00:30:39,420 --> 00:30:41,460 and you find an agreement somewhere in the middle, 680 00:30:41,460 --> 00:30:43,860 but right now, it is just impossible to work 681 00:30:43,860 --> 00:30:45,860 with these actual crazy people. 682 00:30:45,860 --> 00:30:48,060 - Right, and that's why there's even Republicans 683 00:30:48,060 --> 00:30:49,980 rooting for Republicans to lose. 684 00:30:49,980 --> 00:30:51,460 - Yeah, and you want a strong Republican party, 685 00:30:51,460 --> 00:30:52,700 'cause a weak Republican party 686 00:30:52,700 --> 00:30:54,060 is the one that gave us Trump. 687 00:30:54,060 --> 00:30:54,900 - Right, yes. 688 00:30:54,900 --> 00:30:57,500 - Yeah, it was vulnerable to the MAGA takeover, yeah. 689 00:30:57,500 --> 00:30:58,460 - Yeah, he's an insurgent. 690 00:30:58,460 --> 00:30:59,500 He took over their party, 691 00:30:59,500 --> 00:31:01,780 and they just fell down on the ground. 692 00:31:03,420 --> 00:31:07,340 - Do you think, probably like a not depressing thing, 693 00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:10,500 a not depressing thing in the news? 694 00:31:11,660 --> 00:31:13,420 The Starlink stuff, I think they confirmed 695 00:31:13,420 --> 00:31:17,500 that they had limited the speeds that a craft could move, 696 00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:18,700 and that's why it was-- - Was that the White House, 697 00:31:18,700 --> 00:31:19,980 or is that-- - I don't know who confirmed it, 698 00:31:19,980 --> 00:31:20,820 but I think it was a-- - Certainly. 699 00:31:20,820 --> 00:31:23,540 - It's like 134, it was a miles per hour, 700 00:31:23,540 --> 00:31:24,380 kilometers per hour, something. 701 00:31:24,380 --> 00:31:26,020 It basically wouldn't work with aerial things anymore. 702 00:31:26,020 --> 00:31:27,380 - Yeah, Zelensky was saying that he went, 703 00:31:27,380 --> 00:31:29,580 he sent people to Western Europe to test, 704 00:31:29,580 --> 00:31:30,780 like if they crossed the border, 705 00:31:30,780 --> 00:31:32,420 and they're in like a new geographical area, 706 00:31:32,420 --> 00:31:33,660 how fast can it go? 707 00:31:33,660 --> 00:31:34,660 And I think it was saying, 708 00:31:34,660 --> 00:31:37,100 I think he said it could go like 170, 180, 709 00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:38,980 but as soon as you cross back into Ukraine, 710 00:31:38,980 --> 00:31:40,980 it's like 150, it's limited, 711 00:31:40,980 --> 00:31:43,700 so it seems like they are actually limited. 712 00:31:43,700 --> 00:31:45,580 - Here's something good, the debates. 713 00:31:45,580 --> 00:31:46,740 You had mentioned this, Lucas, 714 00:31:46,740 --> 00:31:48,580 that we should talk about this. 715 00:31:48,580 --> 00:31:51,020 Did you, Destiny, did you watch the debates 716 00:31:51,020 --> 00:31:53,500 with like the most recent John Ossoff one? 717 00:31:53,500 --> 00:31:54,340 - I didn't see the second one, 718 00:31:54,340 --> 00:31:55,380 I did watch the first one. 719 00:31:55,380 --> 00:31:56,220 - Yeah. - You missed out 720 00:31:56,220 --> 00:31:58,620 on the second one, because I was telling you, 721 00:31:58,620 --> 00:32:00,260 it was like, oh, he did really well in the first one. 722 00:32:00,260 --> 00:32:02,140 You were like, okay, yeah, I mean, I think he did fine, 723 00:32:02,140 --> 00:32:03,940 but I thought he did way better in the second one, 724 00:32:03,940 --> 00:32:05,620 and I was like, all right, well, I'm gonna go watch it. 725 00:32:05,620 --> 00:32:10,260 So I went and watched it, and it was a master class. 726 00:32:10,260 --> 00:32:12,820 Like John Ossoff, in that debate, 727 00:32:12,820 --> 00:32:14,500 he denies that he's gonna run for president. 728 00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:16,180 I personally think that's such a mistake, 729 00:32:16,180 --> 00:32:18,780 because I think we just, we need someone who's strong, 730 00:32:18,780 --> 00:32:20,580 who's able to message really well, 731 00:32:20,580 --> 00:32:22,420 who is like a normal guy, 732 00:32:22,420 --> 00:32:24,460 and he would just do so well. 733 00:32:24,460 --> 00:32:28,140 He dispatched Mike Collins very easily. 734 00:32:28,140 --> 00:32:30,700 He kept calling him and asking him, 735 00:32:30,700 --> 00:32:31,540 over and over and over. 736 00:32:31,540 --> 00:32:33,740 I think he asked him like four or five times. 737 00:32:33,740 --> 00:32:35,420 Can you just agree for the next 20 days 738 00:32:35,420 --> 00:32:37,100 not to use any like Nazi rhetoric 739 00:32:37,100 --> 00:32:38,180 in your campaign messaging? 740 00:32:38,180 --> 00:32:40,420 And Mike Collins, just he couldn't, he couldn't agree. 741 00:32:40,420 --> 00:32:41,260 - Couldn't do it. 742 00:32:41,260 --> 00:32:42,420 - He just didn't agree every time. 743 00:32:42,420 --> 00:32:44,660 He always pivoted every single time, 744 00:32:44,660 --> 00:32:46,660 and then he would be like, oh, you're pivoting Ossoff, 745 00:32:46,660 --> 00:32:47,620 and then yeah. 746 00:32:47,620 --> 00:32:49,260 But insane, insanely good debate. 747 00:32:49,260 --> 00:32:52,260 Ossoff is like the crème de la crème 748 00:32:52,260 --> 00:32:54,540 that the Democratic party has to offer right now. 749 00:32:54,540 --> 00:32:57,060 I will say, it is crazy, 750 00:32:57,060 --> 00:32:59,180 because obviously you see the people that I fight with online, 751 00:32:59,180 --> 00:33:00,820 and the many hesons will come out, 752 00:33:00,820 --> 00:33:03,260 and they will say Islamophobia for every single attack, 753 00:33:03,260 --> 00:33:05,500 just 'cause I guess that's their MO. 754 00:33:05,500 --> 00:33:08,260 Watching El Seid debate Rogers, 755 00:33:08,260 --> 00:33:10,140 and Rogers is like, your mom is Al Qaeda, 756 00:33:10,140 --> 00:33:11,500 and your sister is Taliban, 757 00:33:11,500 --> 00:33:12,580 and your mom is doing this. 758 00:33:12,580 --> 00:33:15,380 And it's like, oh my God, it's like insane. 759 00:33:15,380 --> 00:33:19,580 The amount of just crazy random things this guy will say 760 00:33:19,580 --> 00:33:22,860 about El Seid and his family or whatever else is. 761 00:33:22,860 --> 00:33:23,860 Yeah, I don't know, I drugged with a hot job. 762 00:33:23,860 --> 00:33:24,700 I was talking a while ago, 763 00:33:24,700 --> 00:33:26,740 and whatever doubt I might have about supporting a guy 764 00:33:26,740 --> 00:33:30,200 who was a little bit next to us on sometimes. 765 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,540 Just watching that Rogers dude is a demon 766 00:33:33,540 --> 00:33:35,100 in the worst way on stage. 767 00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:38,140 - No, El Seid, he talked about good debate performance. 768 00:33:38,140 --> 00:33:39,540 He did a fantastic job. 769 00:33:39,540 --> 00:33:42,940 He got a little shaky on the Israel versus Iran. 770 00:33:42,940 --> 00:33:44,220 Who's worse question? 771 00:33:44,220 --> 00:33:45,500 But otherwise, this guy, 772 00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:47,180 I think he'll make a wonderful addition 773 00:33:47,180 --> 00:33:48,340 within the Democratic party 774 00:33:48,340 --> 00:33:50,100 in representing us in the Senate. 775 00:33:51,140 --> 00:33:52,860 - Yeah, I think he brings really good perspective 776 00:33:52,860 --> 00:33:56,940 in the Medicare/medical field. 777 00:33:56,940 --> 00:34:00,620 Hopefully we can get some sort of universal healthcare, 778 00:34:00,620 --> 00:34:01,900 however that looks. 779 00:34:01,900 --> 00:34:05,300 I don't think Medicare for all is gonna happen, sorry. 780 00:34:05,300 --> 00:34:08,020 But I do think some sort of like universal healthcare 781 00:34:08,020 --> 00:34:09,420 would be really nice for America. 782 00:34:09,420 --> 00:34:10,980 - I'm curious for the people here. 783 00:34:10,980 --> 00:34:13,540 Are you guys excited about El Seid as well? 784 00:34:13,540 --> 00:34:15,820 (audience cheering) 785 00:34:15,820 --> 00:34:16,820 Well, there you go. 786 00:34:16,820 --> 00:34:18,020 - Looks like you're right here door knocking for them, 787 00:34:18,020 --> 00:34:18,860 so they better be, right? 788 00:34:18,860 --> 00:34:20,020 - Oh yeah, yeah. 789 00:34:20,020 --> 00:34:21,500 - I also do appreciate it. 790 00:34:21,500 --> 00:34:24,340 I don't know how much would it translate to a Senate career, 791 00:34:24,340 --> 00:34:26,460 but having people that are more knowledgeable 792 00:34:26,460 --> 00:34:28,180 and a little bit wonky policy-wise, 793 00:34:28,180 --> 00:34:29,180 he's a smart dude. 794 00:34:29,180 --> 00:34:32,500 He's written a lot about policies he can speak well, 795 00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:34,540 this guy's at least a high school understanding of economics, 796 00:34:34,540 --> 00:34:36,860 which is more than I hear 99% of the time on the news. 797 00:34:36,860 --> 00:34:37,860 Not to say that it's only high school, 798 00:34:37,860 --> 00:34:39,780 but he seems like a smart dude, yeah. 799 00:34:39,780 --> 00:34:40,900 And I appreciate that, so yeah. 800 00:34:40,900 --> 00:34:43,900 Hopefully he will be a good addition to the Senate, yeah. 801 00:34:43,900 --> 00:34:44,740 - I think so. 802 00:34:44,740 --> 00:34:46,580 - And I think that's one of our weaker races, 803 00:34:46,580 --> 00:34:49,420 and even that has been pulling well recently. 804 00:34:49,420 --> 00:34:52,660 - Yeah, he's like a point or two ahead of Mike Rogers. 805 00:34:52,660 --> 00:34:54,460 It should be more, but it's a tough race. 806 00:34:54,460 --> 00:34:58,020 This is a 50/50 split state anyways. 807 00:34:58,020 --> 00:34:59,780 - But has Trump come here yet? 808 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:01,860 to campaign for Rogers? 809 00:35:01,860 --> 00:35:04,760 - No, Colin said that like-- 810 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:06,840 - Or, for Roger, sorry, Roger. 811 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,360 - Rogers said like, yeah, we'd love the president 812 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,920 to come talk to us, you know, I'm sure a lot of people 813 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,420 would like to hear his message or whatever, 814 00:35:13,420 --> 00:35:14,360 but he hasn't, you know. 815 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,160 You ever do this thing where like a friend or a wife 816 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:18,320 or girlfriend or whatever is like, 817 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:19,640 hey, do you wanna do whatever today? 818 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:21,800 And you kinda like, you know you have to. 819 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:22,880 And like, but you don't really want to, 820 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:24,760 but you say yeah, and you like wait until the last moment, 821 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:25,760 you hope they cancel. 822 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,440 I feel like when Rogers gets asked about Trump, 823 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:29,520 they're like, what do you think about Trump 824 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:30,400 campaigning here? 825 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:31,640 And Rogers is like, well, you know, 826 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:35,000 there's a lot of people here that would really like to see him. 827 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,880 And you know, maybe, you know, if he really wants to, 828 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:40,400 we can probably fit something in the schedule, 829 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,440 it's who wants Trump next to him right now. 830 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:44,960 - Ken Paxton. 831 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,840 - Oh, Jesus, that dude's having a rough time. 832 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:49,520 - Yeah, he can have him. 833 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:53,040 - Trump went down to Texas and Ken Paxton was at the rally, 834 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:56,120 but Governor Greg Abbott was not there. 835 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,440 So yeah, it's very interesting how many Republicans 836 00:35:58,440 --> 00:35:59,840 don't want anything to do with Trump right now 837 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:01,880 or trying to distance themselves from him too. 838 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,920 - How do you think it's gonna look after the midterms 839 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:05,600 with the distancing? 840 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,080 - It gets worse, Trump is falling apart, 841 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:09,560 has nothing he's doing, he's working, 842 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,320 and these guys, they want to save their own careers, you know? 843 00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:16,040 But I don't think you can go against Trump. 844 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:17,240 Stephen, earlier you asked like, 845 00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:19,280 who's the 2028 nominee's gonna be? 846 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:20,440 And we talked about the Democrats, 847 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:22,800 but the Republicans, I think they're totally screwed 848 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,800 because you can't go against Trump. 849 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,080 And unless he croaks in the Oval Office, 850 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:29,760 he's gonna be the leader of the Republican Party 851 00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:31,120 all through the 2028 election, 852 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:34,160 and there's 30% of the base that's always gonna be there. 853 00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:36,760 So everybody is screwed 'cause they can't go against him, 854 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:38,840 and it's the only way to win right now 855 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,200 beyond your little gerrymander district 856 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:43,280 is to kind of push back on Trump. 857 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:46,560 - How close was the race in the primary between Trump 858 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:49,080 and the, not there was, no, there was. 859 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:53,120 - He skipped both debates for DeSantis and Nick Haley. 860 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:54,240 Yeah, he didn't even do the debates, 861 00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:56,360 it was a blowout, it wasn't even close, yeah. 862 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:57,720 He didn't have any competition. 863 00:36:57,720 --> 00:36:59,680 - Womp womp, he owns the party. 864 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:01,480 - But that screws over JD Vance, 865 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:02,720 that screws over Marco Rubio 866 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:04,120 'cause they're part of the administration, 867 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:06,400 and so they can't separate themselves. 868 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:07,600 - I don't know if you follow this very much. 869 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:10,040 Why did Lindsey Graham's sister decide to run? 870 00:37:11,240 --> 00:37:12,560 - Well, you don't think she's qualified? 871 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:14,280 You mean DEI, Darlene? 872 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:15,600 - Yeah, geez. 873 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,480 - Talk about DEI, that's the Republican definition, 874 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:19,880 a DEI right there. 875 00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:22,480 - Yeah, it's very normal for like a loved one 876 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,680 to become the Senator after someone passes, 877 00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:27,120 who's in the Senate, but it is not normal for them 878 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,120 to continue and be like, you know what? 879 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:30,520 I'm gonna take the seat actually. 880 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:34,160 - Right, as a placeholder, and as a memorial, 881 00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:36,080 a respect for her brother for a few months. 882 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:37,640 - Just to finish it out, you know? 883 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:39,280 - The six month term, really? 884 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:40,520 Okay. 885 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:42,480 - So looking, heading into the midterms, 886 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,320 I only see things getting better. 887 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:46,080 I feel like the things that are hurting Republicans 888 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:49,160 the most, things like affordability and the economy, 889 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:51,040 and everything to do with Iran, 890 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,500 I only see these things remaining the same, 891 00:37:53,500 --> 00:37:54,880 which I think makes people feel worse, 892 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,680 or getting worse, which makes people feel worse. 893 00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,720 Is there any pathway, or is there anything 894 00:37:59,720 --> 00:38:02,840 that you can see that would change dramatically 895 00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:05,600 the trajectory of where the midterms are? 896 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:06,800 - For the Republicans? 897 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:08,840 - Yeah, in a positive way for them, yeah. 898 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:10,160 - The only thing I can see is like, 899 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:12,680 Trump declaring victory in the Iran war and leaving. 900 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:13,920 - I mean, how many times has he done that? 901 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:15,520 - I know, but actually leaving. 902 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:18,000 - Leaving, yeah, and then the prices would go down 903 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,080 a little bit, but I think it's too little, too late. 904 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,000 There's no time, there's no runway left. 905 00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:28,440 - I don't know, a bad terrorist attack or something, maybe. 906 00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:30,080 I'm not sure. 907 00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:31,080 - I really don't even know if a terrorist 908 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:31,900 is not going to do it, though, 909 00:38:31,900 --> 00:38:33,600 because hasn't Trump said that he's doing these wars 910 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:35,720 to make us safer, and he's got better immigration 911 00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:36,560 controls than ever at all this. 912 00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:37,400 - I feel like he would just be like, 913 00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:38,400 "Oh, well, that's why we're in this war." 914 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:39,640 Now, look at what Iran's doing. 915 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:42,000 They were planning this for 47 years, or whatever. 916 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:43,840 - What Iran even wanted to do like a terrorist attack like that? 917 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:45,680 - No, Iran is doing the thing that they did 918 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,440 to Jimmy Carter of where they're just waiting him out. 919 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,040 I guarantee you, this is the flip side of it. 920 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:53,040 The Republicans are starting to feel the heat on it, 921 00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:55,520 but they're just gonna wait Trump out until he's gone. 922 00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:57,800 Then they'll maybe make a deal with Democrats, 923 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:01,240 but it's not gonna be a favorable one to the US like we had. 924 00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:03,280 - Yeah, the Republicans seem to be 925 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:04,440 at the end of their playbook. 926 00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:07,640 Look what they did with James Tallarico and his absence. 927 00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:09,440 That story was hilarious. 928 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:10,960 - Oh, did you see that? 929 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:12,040 Yep, that shit. 930 00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:13,880 Did you listen to the full call? 931 00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:14,720 - Yes, it is. 932 00:39:14,720 --> 00:39:16,240 - It was like a six and a half minute thing. 933 00:39:16,240 --> 00:39:20,040 This poor lady is like not, she shouldn't, 934 00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:21,600 first like five minutes of the call, 935 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:24,800 she's like this guy, James Tallarico, he's not here. 936 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:26,680 I checked the release, he's not here. 937 00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:27,920 It doesn't look like he left. 938 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:29,280 I don't have a record of him ever being here. 939 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:30,160 And then I don't know why, 940 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:31,240 for some reason like the last minute he was like, 941 00:39:31,240 --> 00:39:33,080 oh okay, so then he must have left or something. 942 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:35,040 She's like, oh yeah, I guess he left. 943 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,000 Yeah, maybe he left earlier today, I guess. 944 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,000 I don't know why she says that, 945 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:39,360 but the whole five minutes prior to that, 946 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:40,800 she's like, I can't find him on any record ever. 947 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:42,280 And the guy probably freaked off the shit, 948 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:43,120 like off the call. 949 00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:44,120 - I guess, maybe. 950 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,800 It reminds me, it's so funny because you would expect 951 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:49,160 especially because I imagine that kind of care 952 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:51,440 is related to HIPAA stuff and everything too. 953 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:53,800 But you always had to have this talk with employees 954 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:56,040 at restaurants you worked at where some guy would call 955 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:58,880 and he'd be like, hey, is Sarah there? 956 00:39:58,880 --> 00:39:59,880 He'd be like, who the, 957 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,000 "Who's this?" 958 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,000 And you're like, "Her dad?" 959 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,000 And I'm like, "Sarah's like 32." 960 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:05,000 You're just like, "No, she's not." 961 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:06,000 You're like, "Okay, thanks." 962 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:10,000 And then a manager has somebody to hear you, like, "Hey, when random people call the restaurant, 963 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,000 especially looking for girls, you don't give them their schedule or tell them when they're 964 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:13,000 going to be in or whatever. 965 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:14,000 You're not supposed to do that." 966 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,000 And you don't really think about it because you're just picking up the phone and it seems 967 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:17,000 like a person that you're trying to help. 968 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,000 But you always get that, ideally, before that happens. 969 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,000 All of them or what? 970 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:23,000 Oh. 971 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:24,000 We're back. 972 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:25,000 Are we green again? 973 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:33,000 Go to the next door over there. 974 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:34,000 They're doing like a wedding thing. 975 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:35,000 They don't need Wi-Fi. 976 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:36,000 Tell them to get off. 977 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,000 Yeah, they should be dancing. 978 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:41,000 But yeah, I don't know why that conversation, like, the guy was on the phone. 979 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:42,000 He was like, "Well, I'm his cousin." 980 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:45,000 And I was like, "Okay, well, that can't be enough to verify whether or not somebody is 981 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:47,000 in a mental health care facility or whatever." 982 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,000 But yeah, they say two weeks. 983 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,000 Talwick was gone for nine days. 984 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:54,000 Like, it's impossible to believe that a man could be out with a flu for nine days, which 985 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:55,000 is not. 986 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:56,000 And he also has type 1 diabetes. 987 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,000 So it's like, you know, he did do like a virtual call and people go to see that he was sick 988 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:00,000 and everything. 989 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:05,000 So they're so desperate to try to invent something or anything because Paxton is just so plagued 990 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:09,000 by prior scandal and he's just not doing as well as he should be, especially considering, 991 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,000 you know, this is Texas and everything too. 992 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:12,000 How much did you see? 993 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:17,000 You were telling me, I think Elon confirmed spent like $150 million in Texas? 994 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:19,000 It's like $170 million, something like that. 995 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,560 That's in a race that they should just be absolutely winning. 996 00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:24,600 How much money did he spend in? 997 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:27,800 Was it Wisconsin for their Supreme Court that's Wisconsin? 998 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:28,800 $25 million. 999 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:30,800 And a huge amount of money. 1000 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:31,800 Yeah. 1001 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:32,800 That's for the Supreme Court. 1002 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:33,800 Yeah. 1003 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:34,800 For the, for the state's career. 1004 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:35,800 Wisconsin's the Supreme Court. 1005 00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:36,800 You can spend money on Supreme Court races. 1006 00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:37,800 It's been super packed. 1007 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:38,800 You just, whatever. 1008 00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:39,800 Or do you just run ads? 1009 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,280 You don't have to necessarily give it to them at all. 1010 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:42,280 Oh, they're not appointed. 1011 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:43,280 They're voted in. 1012 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:44,280 They're voted in. 1013 00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:48,080 And he lost, I think that she, the Republican endorsed candidate, lost by like 10 points. 1014 00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:49,080 Yeah. 1015 00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:50,080 That's embarrassing. 1016 00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:53,060 And he said the future, our civilization is on the line. 1017 00:41:53,060 --> 00:41:56,520 And now he's talking to neo-Nazis in Britain and Europe, I guess. 1018 00:41:56,520 --> 00:42:00,280 But to your point about that old lady who answered the phone and she got whittled, she 1019 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:06,080 got worn down, I, I think she's not used to some freak calling and trying to investigate. 1020 00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:09,480 It probably really is somebody's cousin 99 out of 100 times. 1021 00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:10,480 So she's trying to be nice. 1022 00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:11,480 You think so? 1023 00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:12,480 That's for mental health stuff. 1024 00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:14,480 I felt like it'd be a lot of weirdos trying to call and figure out who's where. 1025 00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:15,920 I don't think weirdos would be calling in though. 1026 00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:16,920 Yeah. 1027 00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:18,680 They're just trying to find a family member I think most times. 1028 00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:21,680 So she was just kind of-- But you don't think family members can be weirdos? 1029 00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:22,680 No. 1030 00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:23,680 Not your family. 1031 00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:24,680 Okay. 1032 00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,160 But I just saw, because I was kind of like, wow, why did she say that? 1033 00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:29,440 Because she was kind of confirming that he checked out. 1034 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:34,520 But I think she was just kind of giving the guy confidence in his idea that maybe he checked 1035 00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:35,520 out. 1036 00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:36,960 Yes, maybe that's what it is. 1037 00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:37,960 Maybe, yeah. 1038 00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:39,320 She botched the last 30 seconds. 1039 00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:42,760 But for the first five minutes, she's just unequivocalizing it's not there. 1040 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:46,560 We do have, you know, something you're talking about for big changes. 1041 00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:50,440 And I talked about people need to be engaging in good faith more with the system. 1042 00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:55,120 Something's got to happen with the just blatant lying in the media environment. 1043 00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:59,440 There have been a couple of these fake pollster companies, where people just tweeting lies 1044 00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:00,440 about things. 1045 00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:02,320 Has anybody looked into that yet? 1046 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:03,320 No. 1047 00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:05,000 Because I don't even know if technically it's a crime. 1048 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:06,000 I don't know who is standing even. 1049 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,000 Why? 1050 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,360 Not even an investigative journalist has anything out on it. 1051 00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:10,560 Because they were-- 1052 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:11,560 It's primary polls. 1053 00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:12,560 Yeah. 1054 00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:14,320 And then they were like, oh, well, social experiment. 1055 00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:15,320 We're out of here. 1056 00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:17,080 This was in Wisconsin. 1057 00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:20,120 There was a group that released a couple of really favorable polls towards Hong. 1058 00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:21,720 And was it in Michigan as well? 1059 00:43:21,720 --> 00:43:23,360 Are you talking about a separate thing in Michigan? 1060 00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:25,320 I thought there was two polls from them. 1061 00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:27,080 One was in Michigan with Abdul. 1062 00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:28,840 And then one was in Wisconsin with Hong. 1063 00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:29,840 Oh, yeah. 1064 00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:30,840 But yeah, they closed shop afterwards. 1065 00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:31,840 And they said, this is a social experiment. 1066 00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:32,840 Please stop trying to find us. 1067 00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:33,840 And then that was it. 1068 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:34,840 Right. 1069 00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:37,120 Which is crazy to just lie like that. 1070 00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:41,520 And then the, yeah, the James Tallarico story is obviously just a total fabrication. 1071 00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:45,280 But what do you think we do about politicians who lie on TV and such? 1072 00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:46,280 What do you think? 1073 00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:47,560 Has any ideas crossed your mind? 1074 00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:49,080 Well, I might even think of politicians now. 1075 00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:53,120 I'm just thinking of like the ordinary people that just like published just total like actual 1076 00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:54,120 fake news. 1077 00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:55,120 Well, yeah. 1078 00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:56,120 Because that's like a literal fake polling thing. 1079 00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:59,600 You're misrepresenting yourself to the public and everything else like we should probably 1080 00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:01,680 have some campaign laws around polling or something. 1081 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:05,400 Or maybe polling is going to be that influential, which it is, then we should have laws around 1082 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:06,400 it. 1083 00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:07,400 I think that-- I don't know if you're aware of this. 1084 00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:11,000 But who's the woman who's like Trump's assistant, that everybody has the-- 1085 00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:12,000 Natalie? 1086 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:13,000 Natalie, yeah. 1087 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:14,000 That picture of them at the golf course. 1088 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,000 I think that entire picture was fake as well. 1089 00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:17,000 Oh, yeah, I think so. 1090 00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:18,920 Do you remember where that started? 1091 00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:19,920 I know who you're going to say. 1092 00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:20,920 That's not true. 1093 00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:21,920 But say it. 1094 00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:23,960 Well, I was going to say it kind of started with Keith Edwards, right? 1095 00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:25,760 So I don't think it started with him. 1096 00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:29,760 But that picture got posted on Twitter and he's the first one to post like an A upscaled 1097 00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:31,080 version of it as a thumbnail. 1098 00:44:31,080 --> 00:44:32,080 Yeah. 1099 00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:33,080 And then with him, it really took off. 1100 00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:36,680 But yeah, I think that entire story was just completely-- the picture was just fake. 1101 00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:37,680 And we just moved on from it. 1102 00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:39,080 Like nobody talks about it anymore. 1103 00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:41,400 Did any like mainstream media actually report on it? 1104 00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:42,400 Or was it just like a Twitter thing? 1105 00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:44,640 It was just a meme thing for Trump doing media stuff. 1106 00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,600 I appreciate the media not just running with it, I guess. 1107 00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:49,080 Well, that's what I'm saying. 1108 00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:52,240 I think the solution is we need to regulate social media somehow. 1109 00:44:52,240 --> 00:44:53,660 I don't have the answer on that. 1110 00:44:53,660 --> 00:44:55,320 But something's got to change. 1111 00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:57,320 This is affecting a lot of people's lives. 1112 00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:58,320 Don't worry. 1113 00:44:58,320 --> 00:44:59,320 Grog will fix it. 1114 00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:00,320 No, Elon will fix it. 1115 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:05,340 with Grock. I think Elon buying Twitter I remember people were laughing at him 1116 00:45:05,340 --> 00:45:08,700 people were like oh this is so stupid I feel like we're kind of the stupid ones 1117 00:45:08,700 --> 00:45:11,940 for not really. Well because we look at it as a as a business transaction and not 1118 00:45:11,940 --> 00:45:15,540 like as a the real-life incarnation of what Republicans thought George Soros 1119 00:45:15,540 --> 00:45:22,100 was. Yeah well he's weaponized it now but those Yandex buildings being hit in 1120 00:45:22,100 --> 00:45:26,420 Russia seems to have had an impact on his little bot army. True. Just in time for 1121 00:45:26,420 --> 00:45:30,420 the midterms. That is um yep that is a thing. I'd also like to point out that 1122 00:45:30,420 --> 00:45:34,700 we were told so many times like how Ukraine could never strike Russia because 1123 00:45:34,700 --> 00:45:37,100 it's gonna be World War three so like obviously they can't shoot into Russia 1124 00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:39,340 they definitely can't shoot into Moscow they definitely can't be hitting like 1125 00:45:39,340 --> 00:45:42,540 energy refinance. None of like all that rhetoric is gone because Republicans have 1126 00:45:42,540 --> 00:45:45,460 shifted their attention elsewhere and now nobody's saying that and well that's 1127 00:45:45,460 --> 00:45:49,220 the silver lining of us withdrawing our support it's they can do whatever they 1128 00:45:49,220 --> 00:45:52,220 want now Europe doesn't give a shit and it seems to be quite effective. That's a 1129 00:45:52,220 --> 00:45:59,780 really big dark cloud with a silver lining. I'm looking for silver linings but 1130 00:45:59,780 --> 00:46:04,820 you look this this tat-for-tat attack on energy facilities infrastructure on both 1131 00:46:04,820 --> 00:46:08,060 sides is working. What happened with that because Trump was saying like okay both 1132 00:46:08,060 --> 00:46:10,980 sides agree and then as long as he was like well I was never asked but you know 1133 00:46:10,980 --> 00:46:14,260 why do I will agree like if our energy infrastructure doesn't get attacked we 1134 00:46:14,260 --> 00:46:17,780 won't attack theirs and then Putin just kept attacking their energy 1135 00:46:17,780 --> 00:46:21,940 infrastructure. So what is like does it does Trump feel like an idiot or does he 1136 00:46:21,940 --> 00:46:25,580 not have that capability? No he was asked about that a follow-up like what's going 1137 00:46:25,580 --> 00:46:28,660 on he said. I think his blame Zelenskin said they need to have elections in 1138 00:46:28,660 --> 00:46:31,780 Ukraine right. That's part of it but he just they asked him what where's the 1139 00:46:31,780 --> 00:46:34,780 ceasefire he said it's a ceasefire because I said it's a ceasefire like 1140 00:46:34,780 --> 00:46:38,380 there but they're hitting each other he goes I don't care he moved on. That reminds 1141 00:46:38,380 --> 00:46:41,740 me when it was funny because it's true when he was like in the Middle East he's 1142 00:46:41,740 --> 00:46:44,340 like these guys remember this is like a year ago it's like these guys they do 1143 00:46:44,340 --> 00:46:48,020 ceasefire but they keep shooting at each other it's like what are you doing man 1144 00:46:48,020 --> 00:46:53,460 ceasefire you got there. Yeah Jesus. We need a strong president like Biden who 1145 00:46:53,460 --> 00:46:57,820 was telling Benjamin Netanyahu there ain't no ain't no Christmas in Israel 1146 00:46:57,820 --> 00:47:04,140 pal. Ain't no Santa. I still like the I think it was at the end of his 1147 00:47:04,140 --> 00:47:06,780 administration at the end of his term where there is that leak story where he 1148 00:47:06,780 --> 00:47:10,580 just got off the phone with like it was Mukman Abbas or Netanyahu and I think he 1149 00:47:10,580 --> 00:47:14,580 said something to an aide he was like these guys are fucking assholes like yeah 1150 00:47:14,580 --> 00:47:17,580 that's true they are yeah. Why did we never get this during his like 1151 00:47:17,580 --> 00:47:21,500 administration I feel like we got a little bit of dark Brandon but if we got 1152 00:47:21,500 --> 00:47:26,220 more of this I really feel like it helps the average voter understand the 1153 00:47:26,220 --> 00:47:30,260 president is like a real human being who is kind of like you and isn't just some 1154 00:47:30,260 --> 00:47:36,820 amorphous auto pen guy. I mean I think it's hard because I think he really did 1155 00:47:36,820 --> 00:47:40,660 see himself as like the unifier and fighting for the soul of America not 1156 00:47:40,660 --> 00:47:43,780 trying to write off all of MAGA and we you know we look back on it you know 1157 00:47:43,780 --> 00:47:46,420 especially things like Merigarland and we say well what a monumental failure 1158 00:47:46,420 --> 00:47:49,660 like we didn't get the things we needed but like I said I think we can use that 1159 00:47:49,660 --> 00:47:53,340 platform as a springboard for 2028 because you know now when they say well 1160 00:47:53,340 --> 00:47:56,020 why don't you guys just you know try to bring us together or try to come 1161 00:47:56,020 --> 00:47:58,980 together on things like we did we try that for four years and but they still 1162 00:47:58,980 --> 00:48:01,380 say that that was law fair they still say that we you know went after Trump 1163 00:48:01,380 --> 00:48:04,340 went fairly despite the fact that all of the federal cases were dropped and the 1164 00:48:04,340 --> 00:48:09,900 Georgia one fell apart the and then we also kind of just don't give Biden any 1165 00:48:09,900 --> 00:48:12,820 credit for all of the legislation that he did get passed which was a time it was 1166 00:48:12,820 --> 00:48:15,740 a lot of I was good because Trump tried to take credit for a lot of it for the 1167 00:48:15,740 --> 00:48:18,980 infrastructure bill and everything to know he is now with like prescription 1168 00:48:18,980 --> 00:48:22,100 drug prices going down oh yeah that's from the inflation reduction act he 1169 00:48:22,100 --> 00:48:27,060 also is like well that was my economy actually sure yeah so I mean I yeah it's 1170 00:48:27,060 --> 00:48:30,260 hard to say in retrospect you know what it had been better if people just been 1171 00:48:30,260 --> 00:48:34,620 more aggressive who knows at least we have that now to use as a springboard for 1172 00:48:34,620 --> 00:48:38,620 2028 do you think Dems will use it as a springboard or you know yeah I don't 1173 00:48:38,620 --> 00:48:42,740 want to say oh come on we want to be happy you're a I am so excited for the 1174 00:48:42,740 --> 00:48:45,700 hundred 20th Congress because we have all these heavy hitters like let's say 1175 00:48:45,700 --> 00:48:50,740 Tallarico wins Elsa Ed wins I mean it's just a new face to the Democratic Party 1176 00:48:50,740 --> 00:48:53,900 and people are gonna see that fight that they've all been wanting for so long I 1177 00:48:53,900 --> 00:48:57,580 think they're still dealing with the stink of the Biden falling apart and 1178 00:48:57,580 --> 00:49:00,980 then Kamala's truncated campaign that wasn't able to get off the ground they 1179 00:49:00,980 --> 00:49:04,260 are but I feel like the judicious areas in this weird spot where they really are 1180 00:49:04,260 --> 00:49:09,180 trying to maintain their integrity and so they're very lenient on a lot of goofy 1181 00:49:09,180 --> 00:49:12,340 games that are being played in the courts and I think it's time for the 1182 00:49:12,340 --> 00:49:16,300 judges to like start handing out like some contempt rulings to start being a 1183 00:49:16,300 --> 00:49:19,860 little bit more short on their timelines well I think a little bit more demanding 1184 00:49:19,860 --> 00:49:23,660 of the government to offer stuff we have to get rid of this this goofy 1185 00:49:23,660 --> 00:49:27,220 shadow docket business where they can be pulling these things up from lower 1186 00:49:27,220 --> 00:49:32,500 dockets to make these emergency you know rulings and stuff is not right yeah I 1187 00:49:32,500 --> 00:49:36,860 think I think yeah I just say hold on the cavalry is coming because we are 1188 00:49:36,860 --> 00:49:41,900 weeks away from this new Democratic Party and I think when a Congress won a 1189 00:49:41,900 --> 00:49:46,380 majority like the Democrats in charge issue subpoenas judges are gonna 1190 00:49:46,380 --> 00:49:52,260 take that much more seriously I like this guy's optimism I'm telling you guys 1191 00:49:52,260 --> 00:49:56,700 how can you not be excited about what's about to go down if everything adds up 1192 00:49:56,700 --> 00:49:59,880 And look, it's not just polls, because the polls show Democrats ahead a little bit. 1193 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:05,000 We got a history of special elections since January of last year where Democrats have been dominating. 1194 00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:12,000 We have Republicans shifting money from safe races that they thought were safe, like North Carolina to Kansas of all places. 1195 00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:14,000 So all the signs are there, man. 1196 00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:15,000 Yeah, it's about to say. 1197 00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:19,000 We were seeing some weird states, Iowa, Kansas being in play. 1198 00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:21,000 You were saying Arkansas? 1199 00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:23,000 Oh, no, no, somebody else. 1200 00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:26,000 Somebody out here said Arkansas might be in play. 1201 00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:30,000 Hey, listen, Chuck Schumer's talking Mississippi. I mean, anything could happen. 1202 00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:33,000 It could be an amazing night. Who knows? It just matters if people come out. 1203 00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:38,000 Yeah, I remember that. We were saying that about Iowa and Texas and Florida and. 1204 00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:43,000 Wow, no, this is this time. This time, it's going to work. Trust me. 1205 00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,000 We're going to have a great. 1206 00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:50,000 This election stream is not going to be depressing. It's going to be great. 1207 00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:56,000 Regardless of what happens, we will be live in San Antonio broadcasting to three of us. 1208 00:50:56,000 --> 00:51:02,000 Yes, assuming Trump doesn't shut down the border and then crazy. Yeah, so we'll be there suffering or celebrating with everybody at least. 1209 00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:09,000 Yes, and this is a packed room right here. But if you guys at home weren't able to make it here to Michigan, we'll be in Texas and San Antonio in two weeks. 1210 00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:15,000 October 31st and November 1st, please come out. Let's hit some last doors before the election. 1211 00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:19,000 Yeah, it's going to be a really crucial time. Let's try and flip Texas. 1212 00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:21,000 Yeah. 1213 00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:27,000 If you want us for that, our digitalgroundgame.org/midterms, digitalgroundgame.org/midterms. 1214 00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:30,000 You're supposed to say it three times, so remember. Digitalgroundgame.org/midterms. 1215 00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:33,000 There you go. Now your podcast. Now our podcast. 1216 00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:36,000 Yeah, and look, it's exciting. 1217 00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:44,000 And also, I want to encourage people to mail in your ballot as soon as possible because you will get taken off the list of voters that need to be reached out to you. 1218 00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:50,000 All these doors you guys knock today where people haven't voted yet. Now, I don't know the rules as far as early voting goes in every state. 1219 00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:58,000 But the sooner you get it in, the sooner the phone calls stop, the mailing stop, and the Democratic Party can use those resources like door knockers to go to other people's doors. 1220 00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:01,000 So really encourage people to get your ballot in quickly. 1221 00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:10,000 And it's fun to be caught up in the hype, too. Every day you're going to hear five million ballots have been submitted, six million ballots have been submitted, ten million ballots, and it's exciting. 1222 00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:15,000 Yeah, then you're also going to hear on Fox News. Eight million illegals are voting. 1223 00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:18,000 So we'll have to have both sides of that, I guess, huh? 1224 00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:25,000 You know, in Michigan, somebody was telling me that apparently they just have a checkbox where you can just vote Democrat down ballot. 1225 00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:29,000 Oh, partisan ticket voting. Hell yeah. 1226 00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:32,000 I wish I could send my ballot in for the next 12 years. 1227 00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:38,000 I already know how I'm voting, man. I don't even need, I don't care who it is, Democrat all the way. 1228 00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:48,000 I heard them say something that there was a candidate who had a weird name on a Republican ticket somewhere, and they voted, oh, that was a Trump appointee, or not a Trump appointee, that was a Trump backed candidate. 1229 00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:55,000 He had a pretty weird name, and then there was this guy, I think his name was literally John Smith, and he had dropped out, but he was still on the ballot, and he won. 1230 00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:56,000 Yeah. 1231 00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:58,000 I was kind of thinking on that. 1232 00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:07,000 One of the things that sucks for midterms for Republicans is you get a lot of mega cult members who are really excited to support Donald Trump, and they don't care about the midterms as much because it's like, you know, you know, Trump's not on the ballot. 1233 00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:12,000 I wonder if these guys have ever thought about renaming themselves to Donald Trump to bring people out to vote. 1234 00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:16,000 There's got to be some percentage points of people that would think he's on the ballot. 1235 00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:17,000 Maybe I should go to Rio. 1236 00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:23,000 It reminds me, there's an onion skit of vote for Trump for midterm president, like a new thing that he just made up to get people to go out and vote. 1237 00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:24,000 I don't know. 1238 00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:34,000 Do you put any stock in JVL had this theory that, I don't know if he's still pushing it, the idea that Eric Trump is actually going to be the inheritor of the mega movement that he's kind of like primed for and everything. 1239 00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:35,000 Have you heard this at all? 1240 00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:36,000 Do you have any feelings about this? 1241 00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:41,000 I haven't even heard this, but I don't know how he would because he's not out there talking to anybody, right? 1242 00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:42,000 What was JVL? 1243 00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:43,000 You got two years. 1244 00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:46,000 We got two years to message for Eric Trump, maybe. 1245 00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:50,000 I mean, Don Jr is the more popular one, but I remember Trump made a joke. 1246 00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:55,000 I never heard it, but I read about it, and he said when God was handing out brains, Eric and Don were in the back of the room. 1247 00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:57,000 That's from the dad. 1248 00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:58,000 Jeez, okay. 1249 00:53:58,000 --> 00:53:59,000 Did he really say that? 1250 00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:00,000 Yeah, yeah. 1251 00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:03,000 Just put that as the campaign ad if you're running against him. 1252 00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:07,000 No, actually, Republicans don't care about brains, everyone. 1253 00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:09,000 Trump loves to lowly educated, right? 1254 00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:12,000 He said the other day, I can lie to you guys, and he'll still clap for it now. 1255 00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:13,000 I'll clap, so. 1256 00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:14,000 He did. 1257 00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:15,000 Yeah, it was good, yeah. 1258 00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:22,000 Well, and Lucas, you were saying, Canvas are told you that they were excited about Trump's $5,000 check. 1259 00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:23,000 Was that one of you guys? 1260 00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:25,000 Oh, they're not here, I guess. 1261 00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:30,000 But yeah, somebody was telling me that they went and knocked on a door, and he was like, "Oh, so what are you excited for?" 1262 00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:33,000 And I was like, "Yeah, I'm excited to get the Trump $5,000 check. 1263 00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:34,000 I'm voting in Trump." 1264 00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:36,000 And I was like, "Okay, well, thank you." 1265 00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:38,000 It's crazy, man. 1266 00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:43,000 Somebody else told me that they went and knocked on a door, and the door opened up, and it was just a naked 50-year-old. 1267 00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:47,000 So, welcome to Detroit, I guess. 1268 00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:48,000 Damn. 1269 00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:50,000 It's a great country, okay? 1270 00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:51,000 So that's that guy's house, all right? 1271 00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:52,000 You're at my door. 1272 00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:53,000 I'm going to wear what I want. 1273 00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:54,000 True. 1274 00:54:54,000 --> 00:55:00,000 I think probably tomorrow we'll bring up people and we'll ask them about their canvassing adventures. 1275 00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:04,960 adventures will do a lot of tomorrow. I don't think any other big news items, any 1276 00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:07,960 big tickets, recently going on you've been covering. Do you still, you still 1277 00:55:07,960 --> 00:55:10,560 watching the C-SPAN stuff? How are the callers doing there? There's not much 1278 00:55:10,560 --> 00:55:14,680 going on on C-SPAN. Not many Republican callers. Yeah, I've been robbed of my C-SPAN 1279 00:55:14,680 --> 00:55:17,960 coverage, but I'm excited for the new Congress to get in there and start 1280 00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:21,720 ripping these guys. So we did get the exciting Cash Patel hearing where he 1281 00:55:21,720 --> 00:55:29,440 said the FBI is lowering standards, so I can get in now. That's crazy. Like if of 1282 00:55:29,440 --> 00:55:34,120 Democrat did that, they would be talking about nonstop on Fox News for the next 1283 00:55:34,120 --> 00:55:38,080 20 years. Probably, yeah. It would be it would just be a Republican meme, yeah. 1284 00:55:38,080 --> 00:55:42,960 Oh, how about the execution? Oh, you found out the guy was in a wheelchair and he 1285 00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:46,680 was like, that luck. You know, maybe that's a little far. Maybe not. Maybe we don't do 1286 00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:50,600 that one. I would did it. That was a headline I read. I didn't really much into 1287 00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:53,640 it because this is everything about this was just insane. The just the headline 1288 00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:56,400 was just like very, it seemed like I think you would see the end of an 1289 00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:59,660 onion skit. It was like Donald Trump reconsiders execution of Fort Hood 1290 00:55:59,660 --> 00:56:03,560 shooter after realizing he's handicapped or whatever. And it's just like what 1291 00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:09,760 Jesus Christ. No, it's not good. I mean, when JD Vance was asked about it, he said 1292 00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:13,880 he wouldn't even watch it. Then you knew this thing is in trouble. Yeah. Was that 1293 00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:17,760 just Pete's idea that he just he just was like, you know, let me shoot this out on 1294 00:56:17,760 --> 00:56:23,240 Twitter and we can do that. Yeah, why not? That's called radical transparency. Okay, 1295 00:56:23,240 --> 00:56:25,640 you wouldn't know anything about that. Yeah, if you're gonna execute him, you 1296 00:56:25,640 --> 00:56:28,880 better watch it. You better wait. Yeah, do it live. Yeah. Yeah. But it was a total 1297 00:56:28,880 --> 00:56:32,040 blunder because everybody would have forgotten about this guy, but he was 1298 00:56:32,040 --> 00:56:35,360 gonna go down as a martyr now. I mean, wow, that would have inspired more people to 1299 00:56:35,360 --> 00:56:41,560 do it. Maybe or or it also just would have been very, very fucking weird. While we're 1300 00:56:41,560 --> 00:56:45,040 broadcasting, it was already weird when they were releasing those videos and, 1301 00:56:45,040 --> 00:56:48,120 you know, hyping them up about killing the Venezuelans or whatever and they're 1302 00:56:48,120 --> 00:56:52,520 showing like the old map videos. Yeah, Jesus. Are you okay? That's a war crime. Yeah, 1303 00:56:52,520 --> 00:56:55,520 it is. Yeah. Which is kind of wild. That's what I'm most excited for for the 1304 00:56:55,520 --> 00:56:58,880 Democrats to go and investigate. I feel like that's an easy one. Like Pete 1305 00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:01,760 Haggseth and all of the people who click the button to murder those people are 1306 00:57:01,760 --> 00:57:06,240 absolutely going to go to jail. I hope. Yeah, absolutely not. But I admire your 1307 00:57:06,240 --> 00:57:09,840 optimism. Well, yeah, I don't know about going to jail. But I think that they will 1308 00:57:09,840 --> 00:57:13,640 crumble under pressure. Whereas Trump, if you impeach him or investigate him, he's 1309 00:57:13,640 --> 00:57:17,960 just gonna come out stronger. But Pete Haggseth, I really hope he's cabinet, you 1310 00:57:17,960 --> 00:57:22,400 know, after the cabinet. How would Pete Haggseth not go to jail there? Like, he's 1311 00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:26,920 murdering civilians. Well, they he'd have to be charged by the, you know, federal 1312 00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:30,960 government. I see. Impeachment is a political move just removing him from his 1313 00:57:30,960 --> 00:57:34,400 office. I do think something was really funny. I heard Trump talking recently. 1314 00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:39,080 Oh, man, I don't remember the context was that he was talking about the pardon. And 1315 00:57:39,080 --> 00:57:42,680 he's like, yeah, the pardon is that's I've heard that's the most important 1316 00:57:42,680 --> 00:57:45,920 political power the president. That's like the biggest one that he's got. He was 1317 00:57:45,920 --> 00:57:50,240 really big on it recently. That's probably circulating. That's gonna be a 1318 00:57:50,240 --> 00:57:56,280 crazy end of term or whatever list where you're it's just gonna be a whole line 1319 00:57:56,280 --> 00:58:00,280 of crazy Republican people that are being pardoned. It's gonna be like the 1320 00:58:00,280 --> 00:58:02,880 end of like the credits for like a Lord of the Rings movie. It's just gonna go on 1321 00:58:02,880 --> 00:58:06,680 for 10 minutes. Oh my god. True. Yeah, they have the Samarillion. Yeah, every 1322 00:58:06,680 --> 00:58:08,640 single and you can just look at the list to see who the worst people in 1323 00:58:08,640 --> 00:58:10,520 America because you're probably gonna see names that you don't even realize. Like, 1324 00:58:10,520 --> 00:58:13,840 how was this guy connected to anything? Yeah, exactly. That's that's the list. 1325 00:58:13,840 --> 00:58:18,160 That's the list to investigate. Yes. All those people. But Trump was talking 1326 00:58:18,160 --> 00:58:22,360 about self-pardoning himself recently to a self-pardon. He's not gonna do it. 1327 00:58:22,360 --> 00:58:25,280 They'll just do something stupid where JD Vance is the president for a night and 1328 00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:28,920 then he pardons him and they'll say we'll work. They'll say we'll Biden part in 1329 00:58:28,920 --> 00:58:32,480 thousands of people. But what Biden did is he set some parameters that had to be 1330 00:58:32,480 --> 00:58:38,960 nonviolent people put in prison for like drugs and and older. So that did lead 1331 00:58:38,960 --> 00:58:41,120 to thousands of people being released from prison. But that's what you're 1332 00:58:41,120 --> 00:58:44,280 supposed to use the pardon power for. Not everybody who stepped foot in the 1333 00:58:44,280 --> 00:58:47,960 Oval Office. That would be so funny if you just said like yeah I knew when you 1334 00:58:47,960 --> 00:58:51,880 came in the Oval Office I'm pardoning. Speaking of cruel. Well there was what 1335 00:58:51,880 --> 00:58:56,040 was the there was a story that was put out I think a couple months ago about 1336 00:58:56,040 --> 00:59:00,400 these like high ticket dinner things or whatever you could go to to try to get 1337 00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:03,160 on the pardon list. They were selling access to this for like a hundred or 1338 00:59:03,160 --> 00:59:06,640 two hundred thousand dollars. You yeah I did see this. They were they were 1339 00:59:06,640 --> 00:59:11,000 basically there's like pardon brokers who will go to these events. You pay them 1340 00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:14,720 of course. And then they go to these expensive Trump events and they basically 1341 00:59:14,720 --> 00:59:19,280 just talked to like the in crowd to try and get you in like the mind of the 1342 00:59:19,280 --> 00:59:21,960 president or whatever. And Trump completely denies that this has any 1343 00:59:21,960 --> 00:59:27,080 influence over him. But yeah. There was a 60 minutes story a few weeks ago with 1344 00:59:27,080 --> 00:59:31,520 Jacob Wall. He's this guy who came up with this story about Elizabeth Warren 1345 00:59:31,520 --> 00:59:36,720 when she was running for president 2020 that she hired a BDSM Jigalow who used 1346 00:59:36,720 --> 00:59:40,320 like a strap on and all this crazy stuff. I feel like I've debated this guy before. 1347 00:59:40,320 --> 00:59:44,880 Jacob Wall. He's young. I did. I debated him over taxes. This was like I 1348 00:59:44,880 --> 00:59:47,960 remember I think I was in a cafe a long time ago because a really young dude who 1349 00:59:47,960 --> 00:59:51,040 said a lot of really stupid things and oh that's not surprising at all that that 1350 00:59:51,040 --> 00:59:54,600 would be. Yeah he's brain blast for memory of this guy. Yeah. He's a middle man for 1351 00:59:54,600 --> 00:59:59,680 people trying to get pardons now. That's surprising at all. It's good business. 1352 01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:04,660 Yeah, I mean, we knew this at the end of the first term. 1353 01:00:04,660 --> 01:00:07,340 I mean, we saw as part of that January 6 select committee, 1354 01:00:07,340 --> 01:00:10,420 I think Giuliani and I think Eastman were in email saying, 1355 01:00:10,420 --> 01:00:12,380 like, what's the status on like the pardon list? 1356 01:00:12,380 --> 01:00:14,020 Or have you guys like put together that pardon list yet? 1357 01:00:14,020 --> 01:00:15,300 So they were already talking about it then. 1358 01:00:15,300 --> 01:00:16,720 So yeah, I can't imagine now. 1359 01:00:16,720 --> 01:00:17,940 How do you feel about the pardon power? 1360 01:00:17,940 --> 01:00:20,420 I personally think the pardon power has got to go. 1361 01:00:20,420 --> 01:00:25,020 We need more stuff in our legislative branch, more power there. 1362 01:00:25,020 --> 01:00:26,780 And I just-- it feels like icky to me 1363 01:00:26,780 --> 01:00:29,020 that like all of these judges and everything, 1364 01:00:29,020 --> 01:00:32,260 they go through all of this work to convict somebody. 1365 01:00:32,260 --> 01:00:34,020 And then the president can just come in and be like, 1366 01:00:34,020 --> 01:00:35,740 yeah, you know, he didn't mean it. 1367 01:00:35,740 --> 01:00:37,380 Or he let him go. 1368 01:00:37,380 --> 01:00:38,900 I think if you read the federal newspapers 1369 01:00:38,900 --> 01:00:40,900 and you read how they talk about the pardon power, 1370 01:00:40,900 --> 01:00:42,500 I think things that people forget 1371 01:00:42,500 --> 01:00:44,820 is the size of the federal government back then. 1372 01:00:44,820 --> 01:00:46,340 It was basically nothing. 1373 01:00:46,340 --> 01:00:48,060 So the types of things that it sounded 1374 01:00:48,060 --> 01:00:50,100 like they were talking about pardoning there 1375 01:00:50,100 --> 01:00:51,220 would have been like-- 1376 01:00:51,220 --> 01:00:54,020 You just had like a civil war or an attempted coup. 1377 01:00:54,020 --> 01:00:56,620 And like the country is on the brink of like, 1378 01:00:56,620 --> 01:00:58,340 everything is about to fall apart. 1379 01:00:58,340 --> 01:01:01,460 And maybe one man with a well-timed pardon 1380 01:01:01,460 --> 01:01:04,780 can heal, divide, and bring the country back together. 1381 01:01:04,780 --> 01:01:06,080 And you can kind of like move forward. 1382 01:01:06,080 --> 01:01:08,520 I don't think it was for like financial crimes. 1383 01:01:08,520 --> 01:01:10,660 Or lying about whether or not your truck is actually powered 1384 01:01:10,660 --> 01:01:12,300 by its own motor or if it's rolling down a hill, right? 1385 01:01:12,300 --> 01:01:13,660 I don't think these are the types of things 1386 01:01:13,660 --> 01:01:14,500 that were meant to be pardoned. 1387 01:01:14,500 --> 01:01:17,500 So I feel like there's like a constitutional way 1388 01:01:17,500 --> 01:01:19,380 where you can like challenge to the Supreme Court. 1389 01:01:19,380 --> 01:01:21,140 And it's like, we think that the pardon power 1390 01:01:21,140 --> 01:01:24,140 was only intended for the crimes that existed at the time 1391 01:01:24,140 --> 01:01:25,660 when the Constitution was written or something like that. 1392 01:01:25,660 --> 01:01:26,580 That's the Republican thinking. 1393 01:01:26,580 --> 01:01:28,460 That's smart, yeah, right there, yeah. 1394 01:01:28,460 --> 01:01:29,740 It's like, we agree with the pardon power. 1395 01:01:29,740 --> 01:01:30,740 It's written or whatever, but these 1396 01:01:30,740 --> 01:01:31,740 were the laws of the book. 1397 01:01:31,740 --> 01:01:33,740 It's only for these six crimes that were then. 1398 01:01:33,740 --> 01:01:34,980 Yeah, 100%. 1399 01:01:34,980 --> 01:01:36,820 Because I think that it kind of makes sense for some, 1400 01:01:36,820 --> 01:01:39,180 like if you're thinking like the ability to pardon 1401 01:01:39,180 --> 01:01:41,180 like a capital offense to get them out of like the death 1402 01:01:41,180 --> 01:01:42,120 penalty or something like that. 1403 01:01:42,120 --> 01:01:43,980 Although I think it was pretty rare on the federal level. 1404 01:01:43,980 --> 01:01:44,980 Usually these are state crimes. 1405 01:01:44,980 --> 01:01:47,940 So should Trump have been able to pardon January 6 then? 1406 01:01:47,940 --> 01:01:51,500 Like for stuff like that, I mean, no. 1407 01:01:51,500 --> 01:01:53,980 Well, if some of those people had turned their lives around 1408 01:01:53,980 --> 01:01:56,420 and they had just done trespassing and were on parole 1409 01:01:56,420 --> 01:01:57,620 or something, maybe they're all going 1410 01:01:57,620 --> 01:01:58,780 and committing more crimes. 1411 01:01:58,780 --> 01:02:00,460 Well, I don't know about all of them. 1412 01:02:00,460 --> 01:02:03,500 But yeah, I mean, I don't think they deserved anything. 1413 01:02:03,500 --> 01:02:05,540 But I think I'm in the minority on the pardon thing. 1414 01:02:05,540 --> 01:02:08,820 I like what a lot of states do where they have a committee 1415 01:02:08,820 --> 01:02:11,940 that recommends people to be pardoned after reviewing them. 1416 01:02:11,940 --> 01:02:15,100 But yeah, giving it to one person to just do whatever they want. 1417 01:02:15,100 --> 01:02:16,900 Obviously Trump has shown how corrupt that is. 1418 01:02:16,900 --> 01:02:18,340 Yeah, and I think, I don't know, maybe it's 1419 01:02:18,340 --> 01:02:19,700 happened at the past when I'm just not aware of it. 1420 01:02:19,700 --> 01:02:21,700 'Cause you don't keep tabs on it closely. 1421 01:02:21,700 --> 01:02:25,780 But I'm not aware of people that have done such insanely, 1422 01:02:25,780 --> 01:02:27,620 not even partisan pardons, but things 1423 01:02:27,620 --> 01:02:30,220 that are personal conflict of interest pardons. 1424 01:02:30,220 --> 01:02:34,900 We are pardoning people who are represented by Brad Bondi, 1425 01:02:34,900 --> 01:02:36,740 the brother of the attorney general, 1426 01:02:36,740 --> 01:02:38,340 or you're pardoning people that have donated millions 1427 01:02:38,340 --> 01:02:39,980 to your campaign, or you're pardoning people 1428 01:02:39,980 --> 01:02:42,260 who were trying to coo the government on your behalf 1429 01:02:42,260 --> 01:02:44,180 or sediciously conspire against the government 1430 01:02:44,180 --> 01:02:45,860 on your behalf, which he did. 1431 01:02:45,860 --> 01:02:48,460 That's like an obvious conflict of interest there. 1432 01:02:48,460 --> 01:02:49,980 That should never be possible. 1433 01:02:49,980 --> 01:02:51,340 Well, something's going to have to change 1434 01:02:51,340 --> 01:02:52,180 'cause you guys are right. 1435 01:02:52,180 --> 01:02:54,140 Trump is going to pardon thousands of people, 1436 01:02:54,140 --> 01:02:56,020 including himself. He's going to pardon himself 1437 01:02:56,020 --> 01:02:57,020 to do future crime. 1438 01:02:57,020 --> 01:02:58,980 He'll say I'm pardoned through 2050. 1439 01:02:58,980 --> 01:02:59,820 I can do anything I want. 1440 01:02:59,820 --> 01:03:02,420 - Even if he does that, which he will, 1441 01:03:02,420 --> 01:03:04,740 it's going to take the judges and everybody, 1442 01:03:04,740 --> 01:03:06,460 I don't know, 10 years when he's dead 1443 01:03:06,460 --> 01:03:07,540 to figure that all out. 1444 01:03:07,540 --> 01:03:09,260 So I think it's just smart for him just to be like, 1445 01:03:09,260 --> 01:03:11,380 ah, you know what, yeah, I'll pardon myself, why not? 1446 01:03:11,380 --> 01:03:12,660 - Yeah, I think he's going to. 1447 01:03:12,660 --> 01:03:14,140 I think we have to prepare ourselves for that. 1448 01:03:14,140 --> 01:03:16,340 And they'll say, well, Biden, his son, his family, 1449 01:03:16,340 --> 01:03:18,380 so that means Trump can do anything. 1450 01:03:18,380 --> 01:03:20,300 - The only way around this, if you want to be 1451 01:03:20,300 --> 01:03:22,700 Republican in thinking, would be, 1452 01:03:22,700 --> 01:03:25,180 and they kind of sort of tried it with Fauci but not much, 1453 01:03:25,180 --> 01:03:28,620 is you have to get a really brutal judge to agree. 1454 01:03:28,620 --> 01:03:31,620 And what you have to do is if they pardon everything, 1455 01:03:31,620 --> 01:03:34,140 then you just get a DOJ to start subpoenaing them, 1456 01:03:34,140 --> 01:03:37,220 or a Congress to subpoena them and make them answer questions 1457 01:03:37,220 --> 01:03:38,500 in front of the American public. 1458 01:03:38,500 --> 01:03:40,420 And you basically say you can't plead the fifth 1459 01:03:40,420 --> 01:03:42,980 'cause you only plead the fifth against self-incrimination 1460 01:03:42,980 --> 01:03:44,660 and you're blank at pardon for everything. 1461 01:03:44,660 --> 01:03:45,820 So if you're pleading the fifth, 1462 01:03:45,820 --> 01:03:46,820 it's literally just contempt. 1463 01:03:46,820 --> 01:03:48,900 There's no reason why you think you should be 1464 01:03:48,900 --> 01:03:49,740 convicted of any crime. 1465 01:03:49,740 --> 01:03:50,660 You can't self-acriminate. 1466 01:03:50,660 --> 01:03:52,100 You're pardoned from everything. 1467 01:03:52,100 --> 01:03:53,420 And then just force them to come on 1468 01:03:53,420 --> 01:03:54,620 and just basically give an accounting 1469 01:03:54,620 --> 01:03:56,740 of all the crazy stuff that the Trump government 1470 01:03:56,740 --> 01:03:59,820 has been involved in over the past couple of years. 1471 01:03:59,820 --> 01:04:01,380 But I mean, I don't know if it'll happen or not, 1472 01:04:01,380 --> 01:04:02,820 but I can dream. 1473 01:04:02,820 --> 01:04:03,940 - Oh, these are good ideas. 1474 01:04:03,940 --> 01:04:05,740 I think this is what we're gonna have to explore 1475 01:04:05,740 --> 01:04:08,260 and I think they'll be a demand for it when Trump's down. 1476 01:04:08,260 --> 01:04:10,540 - I want creativity out of our new Congress. 1477 01:04:10,540 --> 01:04:12,060 That's what I'm looking for. 1478 01:04:12,060 --> 01:04:13,460 I'm looking for creative people 1479 01:04:13,460 --> 01:04:15,500 to do some creative shit. 1480 01:04:16,780 --> 01:04:19,460 - Well, look, I see how Kim Jeffery's getting interviewed 1481 01:04:19,460 --> 01:04:21,580 and they ask him, what are you gonna do if you guys win? 1482 01:04:21,580 --> 01:04:23,340 He's like, well, we're not just gonna go after Trump. 1483 01:04:23,340 --> 01:04:27,340 They wanna renew the enhanced ACA subsidies 1484 01:04:27,340 --> 01:04:29,380 and that would have an impact on people's lives. 1485 01:04:29,380 --> 01:04:30,940 - Yeah, you were telling me that it was gonna save 1486 01:04:30,940 --> 01:04:33,140 the average American like $1,000. 1487 01:04:33,140 --> 01:04:33,980 - $1,000. 1488 01:04:33,980 --> 01:04:36,420 - And then there are some people in like Wisconsin 1489 01:04:36,420 --> 01:04:37,900 who are like six year, whatever, 1490 01:04:37,900 --> 01:04:39,940 who could save like $14,000. 1491 01:04:39,940 --> 01:04:42,740 - Yeah, I looked into this in rural areas, I guess, 1492 01:04:42,740 --> 01:04:44,340 insurance premiums are super high 1493 01:04:44,340 --> 01:04:46,660 'cause there's less people in the pool and less options. 1494 01:04:46,660 --> 01:04:48,940 So some of these people, if you're 60 years old 1495 01:04:48,940 --> 01:04:51,780 and you don't qualify for Medicare yet 1496 01:04:51,780 --> 01:04:53,180 and you live in a state like Wyoming, 1497 01:04:53,180 --> 01:04:56,420 you could save like $14,000 for a year 1498 01:04:56,420 --> 01:04:58,420 if the enhanced ACA subsidies were back. 1499 01:04:58,420 --> 01:04:59,980 So that's one of the things I like to point out 1500 01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:02,280 that Democrats can kind of put pressure on Trump, 1501 01:05:02,280 --> 01:05:03,800 'cause that's an 80/20 issue. 1502 01:05:03,800 --> 01:05:05,320 When Marjorie Taylor Greene was leaving, 1503 01:05:05,320 --> 01:05:08,320 she said the number one complaint from her district, 1504 01:05:08,320 --> 01:05:09,560 which is very conservative, 1505 01:05:09,560 --> 01:05:12,680 was the expiring ACA subsidies. 1506 01:05:12,680 --> 01:05:13,500 - Fuck that lady. 1507 01:05:14,480 --> 01:05:17,400 - Yeah, Marj, we talked about her last time, yeah. 1508 01:05:19,960 --> 01:05:22,560 - So we look good coming into the midterms here. 1509 01:05:22,560 --> 01:05:23,640 We'll be back tomorrow to ask people 1510 01:05:23,640 --> 01:05:24,920 what their canvassing experiences, 1511 01:05:24,920 --> 01:05:27,640 so if you're here tonight, make sure to come back tomorrow. 1512 01:05:27,640 --> 01:05:29,080 - Yup. 1513 01:05:29,080 --> 01:05:30,880 - Any other big things? 1514 01:05:30,880 --> 01:05:32,680 - I got why there's what. 1515 01:05:32,680 --> 01:05:34,320 I mean, we launched a Patreon. 1516 01:05:34,320 --> 01:05:35,520 - Oh, we do have a Patreon now. 1517 01:05:35,520 --> 01:05:37,040 - Five dollars, that's it. 1518 01:05:37,040 --> 01:05:39,120 It's one tier, so if you wanna help us out, five bucks. 1519 01:05:39,120 --> 01:05:41,600 Patreon.com/BlueWave. 1520 01:05:41,600 --> 01:05:42,720 - You get a simple in chat? 1521 01:05:42,720 --> 01:05:43,560 - You get a simple in chat, 1522 01:05:43,560 --> 01:05:45,360 you get your own special little e-mountain chat too. 1523 01:05:45,360 --> 01:05:46,680 - Yup, true. 1524 01:05:46,680 --> 01:05:51,680 And yeah, well, you have any final thoughts, anything? 1525 01:05:52,360 --> 01:05:54,360 - My final thoughts are, I'm pumped up, 1526 01:05:54,360 --> 01:05:55,840 and I hope all you guys are too. 1527 01:05:55,840 --> 01:05:57,240 I mean, this is exciting. 1528 01:05:57,240 --> 01:06:00,240 (audience cheering) 1529 01:06:00,240 --> 01:06:02,920 - You know, dude, watching all of the people 1530 01:06:02,920 --> 01:06:05,440 on Fox News after the midterms, 1531 01:06:05,440 --> 01:06:08,480 if the Dems do as we think they're gonna do, 1532 01:06:08,480 --> 01:06:10,520 is going to be so fucking funny. 1533 01:06:10,520 --> 01:06:11,360 - Yeah, I did. 1534 01:06:11,360 --> 01:06:14,160 - I mean, remember, they lost Carlson, Tucker Carlson, 1535 01:06:14,160 --> 01:06:17,320 who was arguably the largest news anchor, 1536 01:06:17,320 --> 01:06:19,160 I don't say worldwide, but definitely in the United States. 1537 01:06:19,160 --> 01:06:20,000 - It was huge. 1538 01:06:20,000 --> 01:06:21,440 - Yeah, yeah, in the entire United States, 1539 01:06:21,440 --> 01:06:23,080 for sure, 'cause there's the biggest one on Fox, 1540 01:06:23,080 --> 01:06:27,040 so who knows who Fox is gonna let go 1541 01:06:27,040 --> 01:06:29,520 after the midterms, maybe, I don't know, 1542 01:06:29,520 --> 01:06:33,000 we'll see how loyal Hannity and Waters and everybody are. 1543 01:06:34,200 --> 01:06:36,560 - There definitely gonna be some shakeups. 1544 01:06:37,840 --> 01:06:40,560 - All right, well, thanks for tuning in. 1545 01:06:40,560 --> 01:06:43,560 Remember, if you wanna be with us live in San Antonio, 1546 01:06:43,560 --> 01:06:45,880 we have a canvassing going on there 1547 01:06:45,880 --> 01:06:47,000 at the end of the month, 31st, 1548 01:06:47,000 --> 01:06:48,600 and then the first of next month, 1549 01:06:48,600 --> 01:06:50,400 digitalgroundgame.org/midterms. 1550 01:06:50,400 --> 01:06:52,480 I'm only gonna say that once, fuck you. 1551 01:06:52,480 --> 01:06:54,960 And yeah, we'll be back tomorrow to chat. 1552 01:06:54,960 --> 01:06:56,120 It'll be more casual tomorrow. 1553 01:06:56,120 --> 01:06:58,200 We'll be talking to people about their canvassing adventures 1554 01:06:58,200 --> 01:07:01,760 and experiences, and yeah, thanks a lot for joining us. 1555 01:07:01,760 --> 01:07:04,000 And yeah, any final parting thoughts? 1556 01:07:04,000 --> 01:07:05,040 See you guys tomorrow, yeah? 1557 01:07:05,040 --> 01:07:05,880 - See you tomorrow. 1558 01:07:05,880 --> 01:07:06,720 - Yeah, thanks guys. 1559 01:07:06,720 --> 01:07:09,120 Shout out to all you guys out here, man, really. 1560 01:07:09,120 --> 01:07:12,120 (audience cheering)