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IT IS TUESDAY,

October 28th, 2025.

My name is Sam Cedar. This is the

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We are broadcasting live steps from the

industrially ravaged Gowanas Canal in

the heartland of America,

downtown Brooklyn, USA.

On the program today, Andy Kroll,

journalist at ProPublica,

covering justice and the rule of law

the cryptofascist shadow president.

Also on the program, we are days away

for 42 million Americans to lose

nutrition support

because Donald Trump and the Republicans

have decided that's what they want to

use for leverage to cut people's health insurance.

insurance.

>> Massive hurricane bearing down on Jamaica.

Jamaica.

The Texas AG sues Tylenol,

>> claiming that Tylenol has been hiding

>> Good job.

Meanwhile, US kills 14 more anonymous boers

boers

in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

>> Two Illinois National Guardsmen

announced they're going to refuse to obey

obey

>> federalization orders to deploy in Chicago.

Chicago.

>> Hopefully, this is just the beginning.

Trump's Consumer Financial Protection

Bureau incidentally

acting uh chair of that Russell vote to

issue a directive aimed at preventing

states from wiping medical debt from

credit reports.

New York Times following a Zateo

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of the killing of Shireen Abu Akla

Palestinian American journalists

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that the Israelis

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regional leaders

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everywhere else.

Brad Lander and New York City Council

member Alexa Az.

look to both challenge

sitting Congressman Dan Goldman.

This as early voting underway in New

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Apparently, Gen Xers and boomers first

to the polls.

All this and more

on today's Majority Report. Uh, welcome

ladies and gentlemen. and Emma Viglin

out today.

Um, we are on day 28 of the shutdown.

The administration is pretending now

that they do not have the legal

authority, of course they do, uh to

provide for 42 million Americans

receiving SNAP uh benefits, which of

course is a meager sum to help people uh

not starve.

And a we know that we talked about this

yesterday. The contingency funds have

been set aside $5 billion.

We know that it was on the website of

the USDA up until like a day or two ago

saying that the funds were available. We

also know that this administration has been

been recid

recid

uh impounding funds meant for things and

providing funds not meant to uh be

provided for in a willy-nilly fashion.

So the idea that they couldn't uh fund

SNAP is just simply a blatant lie. We

got to follow the law. >> And

>> And

they are doing this in service of

cutting uh health insurance for people.

That's the leverage. Do you want to eat

or do you want health insurance? That's

the choice that they're giving uh the

American um people. Um we'll talk a

little bit more about that later in the

program. We got a lot to get to. This is

uh but this is let's have a moment of

fun a little bit of levity in the first

half of the show. Uh you will be happy

to know that your president is not um uh

suffering from dementia according to

him. Here he is on Air Force One

explaining that he took an IQ test that

shows that he's super intelligent.

Apparently, they did not tell him the

test has been released. That it wasn't

an IQ test. It was just to see if he has dementia,

dementia,

but he's very excited that he thinks he passed.

passed.

>> A great group of people, which they

don't. They have Jasmine Crockett, a low

IQ person. They have uh AOC's low IQ.

You give her an IQ test. have her pass

like the exams that I decided to take

when I was at Walter Reed. I took those

are very hard uh they're really aptitude

tests I guess in a certain way but

they're cognitive tests. Let AOC go

against Trump.

>> Let Jasmine go against Trump. I don't

think Jasmine the first couple of

questions are easy. a tiger, an

elephant, a giraffe, you know, when you

get up to about five or six and then

when you get up to 10 and 20 and 25,

they couldn't come close to answering

any of those questions.

>> Read out for pause for one second. Did

he say questions? Can you go back and

like isn't he he's got some weird um

like uh James Kagny type of like thing

going on? Let's just hear that again. >> 25.

>> 25.

They couldn't come close to answering

any of those questions.

>> Read out for Walter Reed.

>> Um, he chose to take the test. Like, I

know I'm here. >> Yeah.

>> Yeah.

>> For an MRI. Who knows why I would do that.

that.

>> Um, do you have a test I could take? Do

you have a like an IQ test or a

cognitive test? Um, and this is the

Montreal Cognitive Assessment, uh,

Mocha. Um, [laughter] and

and

Now, I have not seen this before, but

apparently um you guys want to give me

the test, right?

>> We'd like to administer question. This is

>> Is this number 10?

>> This is the first question.

>> Well, and you know, this would be you

drawing a clock uh 10 of 10 11. We're

going to assume you can do that, but

let's get to the first question here. Do

you a little bit of service there. So,

can you name these?

>> Okay. From left to right, sir.

>> Okay. So, this is the easy part. I

should say. All right. Um,

uh, from left to right. So that's a

lion, a rhinoceros, and a camel. One

hump camel.

>> Now, you notice

I specifically nailed it as a one hump

camel as opposed to a two hump camel. A

lot of people make that mistake. They'll

assume just a camel is uh necessarily

has two humps or one hump.

>> Now, uh, for the next part, this is when

it starts to get a little bit tough. So,

>> okay, now we're getting into

>> focus. This is uh this is going to be me

reading a list of words and you must

repeat them. >> Oh

>> Oh

>> Okay. So, I'm gonna start reading the

five words. Face, velvet, church, daisy, red.

red.

>> Face, velvet, church, daisy, red.

>> Okay. No, the second.

>> Okay, you can go a little slower.

>> Okay. [laughter]

>> Face velvet. We have to do two trials of this.

this. >> Okay.

>> Okay.

>> Face velvet church daisy red.

>> Okay. Now I'm gonna read a list of digits

digits

>> and you have to repeat them in the

forward order the way I relate them. Read

Read

>> forward order

>> the way I give them. Okay. So

>> this is confusing.

>> Well, you know, this is this is this

tough test that Trump

>> You want to be a genius or not?

>> Yeah. Are you stacking up the trump or

not? Okay.

>> Um 21854. >> 21854.

>> 21854.

>> Now, this one is going to be three

numbers, but you have to repeat them in

reverse order.

>> Damn it. 742

742 >> 247

>> 247

>> Okay. All right. Now, I'm going to read

a list of letters. You must tap your

hand. Actually, tap the microphone. I'm

going to adjust the the instructions

here when I read the letter A. Okay. FB

A C M A N A A A J K L B A F A K D E A A

J A M O F A A B.

>> So I would say you got about

>> But YOU WERE GOING SO FAST I COULDN'T.

THAT'S NOT FAIR. >> 65%.

>> 65%.

>> I mean, he said it got tougher. Um [laughter]

[laughter]

>> I'd like to see Jasmine Crockett do that.

that.

>> Yeah. No, Jasmine Crockett is she's

dusted already.

>> Okay, now

>> AOC is still stuck on one hump camel,

two hump camel. She can't handle this stuff.

stuff.

>> Repeat after me. >> Okay.

>> Okay.

>> I only know that John is the one to help today.

today.

>> I only know that John is the one to help today.

today.

>> Okay, I'll give you a point for that.

Uh, the cat always

>> You get two. [laughter]

>> The cat always hid under the couch when

dogs were in the room. The cat always

hid under the couch when dogs were in

the room.

>> All right, let's do one final one. Uh,

this is abstraction. A similarity

between eg a banana and a fruit would

banana and orange would be fruit. So,

what's the similarity between a train

and a bicycle?

>> They're both modes of transportation.

>> Now, I don't have the answers for these,

so I'm I I agree with you on that. [laughter]

[laughter]

>> Um, what's the similarity between a

watch and a ruler?

They uh demark units of they demark units.

units.

>> Okay. Yes. Uh that is the final test. Uh

you lost to Trump.

>> WHAT ARE WHAT ARE YOU talking about?

>> We don't actually have

>> that was it. Those are that's that's all

the your IQ. You're welcome to Mensah.

>> I'm president. I'm president. You know

I think it shows.

Do you remember how quickly I said lion [laughter]

[laughter]

just like that? The final question is uh

uh what's the date, month, year, day? Uh

where are you? [laughter]

>> So it's it's basically a field sobriety test.

test.

>> I I mean the guy's been bragging about

passing passing tests like that for a

long time.

>> He said he volunteered to take it. Like

I wanted to take it.

>> Did he take this in the any more tests?

I'm not sure how apt I am.

>> Uh I just don't think that they do

random MRIs. Maybe they do. Maybe they

just give them a random MRI just to see

if there's anything like a full body

scan, but I

>> I'm feeling frisky today.

>> I just take a look under the hood. [laughter]

>> Imagine him like sliding into the MRI.

>> Oh my god. I think they're going to have

to do some type of wraparound. Um,

Um,

in a moment we're going to be talking to

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ProPublica. He's been writing about um

Russell vote for a long time. Uh, and

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deep dive into Russell vote. We'll be

We are back Sam Cedar on the Majority

Report. Want to welcome back to the

program Andy Croll. He is an

investigative reporter at ProPublica.

And Andy, you've been on the Russell

vote beat for a while. And uh this is um

I mean I feel like over the past year I

mean I think we even spoke in the run-up

to the inauguration. Uh and

um he has done everything I think on

some level that I know that you had

predicted or had talked about and we had

been talking about here. Uh and you did

a deep dive into this guy and really

you've pegged him as the shadow

president. Um it really does feel like

between him and uh Steven Miller that's

the entire agenda. But let's start with

this. Uh what I found really interesting

in your piece or at least one of the

things uh aside from sort of like the

disturbing origins of of Russell vote

was that he was a lot more happy about

Doge than I think um certainly at the

time that I had assumed he was. But

before we get there, uh, give us the the

background of Russ Vote because I also

learned through your piece that he's um

a lot more of a social a cultural

warrior than I think I had anticipated

based upon his just his his role in the

uh office budget management.

>> Yeah, it's great to be back as always.

Um, this was actually kind of a the

revelation for me as well. He I think

even more than Stephen Miller

brings together merges the sort of

fiscal hawk slash and burn dogeesque

um policy stuff on one side and then the

kind of MAGA culture warrior Christian nationalist

nationalist

um approach vision ethos as well in a

way that not a lot of people do. the the

the the the cultural religious stuff we

trace all the way back to the beginning,

like the literal beginning. His his

family upbringing, his mom in particular

was founding Christian schools and was

speaking to the press. We're going back

into like the 80s here talking about the

importance of like teaching biblical

principles in public education. Talking

about how if the country moves away

from, you know, what she described as

these Judeo-Christian values,

principles, whatever teachings that the

country is going to descend into

disease, anarchy, sin. I mean, it's

really dystopic view. So, you have that

piece that again, the foundation for him

seems to be laid very early. I heard

Chuck when he was a kid. And then you

have the shrink the government down to

size, slashgovernment programs, cut up

the social safety net. And I think that

that foundation is laid when he's

working in C on Capitol Hill as a young

staffer all the way up to a senior

adviser. And he really sort of develops

this expertise in how the government

works, where the money goes, how it

flows, and how you could cut it off if

you had the power to. I was struck by um

one moment in the piece where they have

come to him and said you know people are

going to die uh if you cut USA ID and he

said well you could say that about any

uh program that we have which okay that

may be true but it sort of misses the

point how

what is the relationship between that

Christian nationalism and he's an avowed

Christian nationalist uh that Christian

nationalism and the idea that

we should strip the government of

>> It's probably the first thing I would

have asked him if he would have said yes

to any of the like five interview

requests that I put in over the course

of months, most of this year so far. How

do you square your religious worldview,

the teachings that come with that with

this desire to slash programs that in a

lot of cases

you can measure, people have measured

less funding means greater harms. In

some cases, less funding means people

will die at a higher rate. Um, I think

reading into what he believes, what he

says, what he's written, which I did a

lot of in this piece. The piece draws

on, you know, dozens of hours of

previously unpublished, you know, new

speeches that he had given, briefings

that he had led, a lot of

behindthe-scenes stuff that no one has

heard or seen before.

And the way he seems to frame it is that

you the government in his view has

gotten to this postconstitutional

corrupted rotten place. It has completely

completely

gone off the rails from what the

founders intended in that if people like

him don't go in and take these drastic

measures, firing tens of if not hundreds

of thousands of federal workers,

freezing government programs

unilaterally, slashing funding that in

some cases could lead to greater

fatalities that America as a country

will collapse. you know, he said going

into the 2024 election, we quote him as

saying this, that, you know, that

election uh 2024 shouldn't be thought of

as like on a scale of 1980 or some more

contemporary contest. It should be

thought of as like 1864.

Should be thought of as this is the

election that we have to win. We

conservatives, MAGA, etc. Or else the

American experiment

explodes, collapses, the country is

lost. So, I guess if you look at these

questions of why would you want to cut

Medicaid, which is so clearly beneficial

to lowincome families around the

country, undoubtedly will lead to poor

poorer outcomes, including death. He

would say that cutting these programs,

shrinking the size of government is what

his side has to do to try to save

America in the way that they believe

America should exist. That's the best

answer I have without asking him directly.

directly.

>> Right. Well, I hate to put you in the

position of of of of him again. Uh but

how do you think that he reconciles this

idea of impoundment which is what he's

do doing or recision which is what he's

doing and the opposite I can't remember

what the term is for it where you

actually sort of redirect funds that

have not been appropriated by Congress.

>> How does he reconcile that with the constitution?

constitution?

Another very good question though this

one again there is a pretty voluminous

record of his views on why he thinks the

president has these powers and let's be

clear article one of the constitution

power of the purse belongs to Congress.

Congress writes the laws appropriates

the money. Article two says the

executive president must quote unquote

take care to faithfully implement the

laws that Congress has passed as

Congress has passed them. And the way

that that has been interpreted for a

very long time, the way that most legal

scholars, including the late

conservative Justice Antinine Scalia,

have interpreted the Constitution this

way is that the president doesn't have

the ability to say, "Well, I don't agree

with this law that Congress passed. I

don't agree with the funding to support

it. So, I'm just going to freeze it. I'm

just going to hold it back because it

doesn't align with my vision. That is

not how checks and balances, separations

of power, separation of powers has

worked in this country. However, Russ

vote has articulated on many occasions

that he believes the president has the

executive has much greater power than it

is currently operating with. that the

president does have the essentially

unilateral authority to say, "I think

this money is wasteful. I think this

money is woke. I think this money is

going toward programs that shouldn't

exist. I'm going to pause them. I'm

going to redirect them or use these sort

of budgetary gimmicks like the quote

unquote pocket recision to essentially

zero out the money and prevent it from

being spent." And you know this is a

very contested theory and I think what

he wants is to have

>> contested theory. We have the 19 was it

74 empoundment act statutory authority.

We have had multiple I think uh not only

have we had um uh uh Supreme Court cases

that have enforced the empoundment act.

I think it was a New York City B train.

But we've also had the Supreme Court

rule that line item vetos, which is

essentially a recision, right, where the

president says, "Okay, well, I'm taking

this out of the budget. I don't believe

in it,

>> is also unconstitutional." Like

it to me there's no controversy about

this. It's only controversial in the

sense that like he's decided that he can

do it and there's nobody stopping him

and there doesn't seem to be a mechanism

in which to stop him because we now have

a Supreme Court that essentially says,

"Well, There may be problems with this,

but nobody has a tow hold in which to

bring a case. Um,

it let's go back a little bit. Uh, it in

his first term, he essentially sort of

like uh pilot programmed this with

Ukraine aid.

>> Correct. What I found sort of striking was

was

when when Hillary Clinton lost, there

was a lot of people who were in like

sort of like the think tank world, the

bureaucratic world who were like, ugh,

you know, all our projects are out the

window and I'm going to move on in some

other way.

when he loses in 2020 and gets booted

out and is not able to f sort of fully

realize his

I mean Christian nationalist

merged with uh a supreme leader which

maybe isn't too too different distinct

from each other sort of world vision he doesn't

doesn't

go like bummer I'm never going to have

another uh Donald Trump again I mean

like I wouldn't have bet my career uh in

in 2020 after uh Biden wins that I'm

going to get another bite at this apple,

but he went uh uh immediately off and

just started sort of like getting

prepared to bite at this apple again.

Is that just a function of like there's

so much money with the Heritage

Foundation that a guy could afford to do

that, right? Like I mean if this like if

it reversed

and uh you know Bernie Sanders gets in

for four years in 2020 you know in 2016

and it they don't get to implement their

stuff. I think people would be like okay

that's it. I got to wrap this up now.

Donald Trump's been elected and we've

gone a completely different direction.

uh because there's no sort of support

for a for a a Russell vote type like a bureaucrat

bureaucrat

>> ideologue to sort of like then get on

>> It's a really striking moment in the arc

of his career and really one that I

think helps explain a lot of why he's

been so empowered and influential. Now

January 6, 2021 happens and you see an

exodus of senior Trump administration

folks including people in the cabinet.

We forget like Betsy Devos. I mean no

one's idea of like a squishy moderate

says no no this is it. I'm out. Writes

an oped and leaves. Vote does the exact

opposite. He stands by Trump. He goes on

to say all the same things about a

stolen election and you know the

political prisoners unjustly targeted by

the justice department who participated

in the January 6 riots says all that

sort of stuff. But more importantly,

within days of Trump leaving office, he

vote launches this think tank, the

Center for Renewing America, and he

starts building the groundwork for a

potential second Trump turn. Now, when

you listen to the briefings, the

behindthe-scenes conversations that we

got recordings of, you know, you notice

in like 21 and 22, there's like a little

bit of a mention of like Ron DeSantis.

Oh, well De Santis, I mean, you know,

he's he's there, too. It's pretty

obvious almost from the beginning that

this is a Trump focused project and that

they are vote is working to keep the

MAGA torch a flame and to essentially

take all the lessons from Trump one,

learn those lessons, metabolize them in

a certain sense to prepare for what a

second Trump presidency would look like

and how to avoid all that chaos, all

that disorganization, all the mistakes

that they made, including the whole

Ukraine empoundment debacle that led to

Trump's impeachment.

We have vote on tape saying that they

were writing the quote unquote actual

executive orders, actual regulations,

and other legal authorities for a second

Trump presidency. that they had drafted

some 350 orders, regulations, and other

documents that could be used by a future

President Trump literally on day one.

And of course, that's what Trump ended

up doing on day one. He sat in Capitol

One Arena at his desk on the stage and

was handed executive order after

executive order and signed them all um

right there in front of his adoring

fans. I I don't think that all of this

happens if you don't have Russ Voy Russ

vote toiling, you know, in his years of

exile to use his own phrase for four

years to prepare for that moment should

Trump win again.

>> Um I want to get into sort of like, you

know, what's actually he's been doing um

since the beginning of the year. But one

other aspect about him that that sort of

fascinates me or or you know we've

mentioned it briefly but

>> the the the clips of him I was really

surprised about the clips of him like

sort of how virulent he was about CRT

>> and anti-trans stuff and saying that the

country's too secular

>> because I view him as this sort of

ruthless bureaucrat. Um

and it seems like he really believes

this stuff. This is not like

h how does the sort of

economic ideology and his sort of social ideology

ideology

h how are they self-reinforcing I guess

within the context of the conservative movement.

movement.

>> They're self-reinforcing

in a few ways. One is this kind of

talking point attack line that he helped

coin, woke and weaponized. This was a a

project of his during those Biden years

when he was out of government where he

comes up with this phrase woke and

weaponized that gets used to tag

government policies, agencies,

individual, you know, lawyers,

bureaucrats who are seen as, you know,

anti-Trump or or or part of this larger,

you know, corrupted federal government

as vote sees it. And that is used to

apply to both the budget spending side

of things, but also used to apply to

DEI, used to apply to trans rights, used

to apply to, you know, a broader notion

of religious diversity and these, you

know, the cultural piece gets kind of

wrapped into woke and weaponized in the

same way that um the sort of the

spending, the deep state um you know,

the the the DOJ going after Donald Trump

get lumped into that as well. So, it's

really interesting to see it that way.

But I I think that he would say he has

said again in some of these uh

recordings that we have that the

Judeo-Christian worldview part is the

real foundation for him and that the

sort of budget wonk green eyes shade

spreadsheet nerd piece of it is how you

start to pick apart these programs or

these agencies or go after individual

you government workers. themselves

who are, you know, opposed to or or who

who are seen as incompatible with the

Judeo Christian worldview. I do think

that's the wellspring for him. And and

again, the reporting in this story um

really helped me understand how much of

that informs his worldview at large. And

when he's sort of behind the scenes

talking to his own people, he really

leans into the cultural and the

religious stuff even more than the, you

know, government program dismantler side

of what he does.

>> Uh let's talk a little bit about uh

Doge. Um my sense at the, you know, at

the time was that Doge was sort of like

interfering with his plans. Um

and and maybe they were to a certain

extent, but uh from from your reporting,

he was largely happy because it it

sounds like what Doge did from his

perspective was go in and essentially

till the land a little bit and loosen up

the soil so that he could go in there

and really be more surgical.

>> Yeah, that's a good metaphor. Um a good

way to think about it.

I this was a real sort of reporting

question for me from the beginning.

Where does Russ votes

project end and where does doge begin?

How do I understand the interplay there?

Again, you know, vote has found himself

kind of partnered onto um uh something

led by a leader that is so incompatible

with so much of what he believes in the

way that Donald Trump is at least on a

personal level. so different from Russ.

Roosevelt is a deacon at his local

Baptist church. You know, he's by no

means a sort of like influencer

um you know, edge lord out there on the

internet. He's and he's certainly not

like Elon Musk in so many ways. But I

think there are specific instances where

Doge workers kind of fall under votes

direction like at the Consumer Financial

Protection Bureau. this agency born out

of Elizabeth Warren's vision to protect

consumers after the '08 financial crisis

and he uses Doge to um brutal effect in

trying to dismantle CFPB as fast as

possible. There is some collaboration

there with USAD between vote OM and

Doge, but really it's getting to the the

tilling of the earth part that you

mentioned. As Vote himself has said, you

know, Doge came in, these tech bros

didn't know anything about government.

They didn't know anything about the laws

that govern how you change things in the

government or not. They just kind of

battering rammed their way through and

let the pieces fall wherever and let the

lawsuits come. Who cares? Come at me,

bro. And I think that that represented

this kind of uh

status quo smashing moment or this

paradigm shift or however you want to

describe it in a way that I don't think

vote maybe thought he could or or or or

even if he thought he could, he just

didn't think that that was the right

strategy. But Doge showed a different

path and I think that that cleared the

way for Vote to do even more aggressive

things than maybe he would have in the

first place if Doge hadn't been there. I

feel like vote in the past week or two

has said like we're a month or two away

from closing the Consumer Financial

Protection Bureau. Um,

>> give me your sense of like how decimated

our government is. I mean I I don't know

you know this is a little bit outside of

your specifically in the reporting of but

but

it's hard I think for people to sort of

see the implications of

7/8 of the department of education or

78s of the consumer financial protection

bureau or you know huge swaths of the

USDA or the FDA or I mean we can go on

and on and on

>> essentially being furled A lot of these

people have been furoughed, never mind

the government shutdown, they've been

furoughed for 8 months, uh, 7 months. Um,

Um,

like do you have a sense of I mean how

would you characterize the shape of our

government now and what it's going to take

take

if it's possible to rebuild it to like even

even

I mean you know what the rebuilding is

going to be. I mean, we're, you know, in

the event that we have the opportunity

for it.

>> It's a really good question and one that

I thought about a lot as I got really

deep into this story. And actually, it

came out of a conversation with a a

former government employee that I talked

to, real smart, real smart guy who was

also smart enough to leave uh before all

this went down. But there you know the

idea of working for the federal

government as not the most renumerative

or glamorous but as steady stable

reliable work that helps you that lets

you serve your country. The sort of

concept of that I think has been

cracked in a very big way if not

shattered. And I don't know

if you can completely rebuild that

because I think the people who held that

view and then saw that view smashed up

are going to constantly think well does

the next pro, you know, Republican

administration to be frank. Are they

going to just do what Doge did or what

Russ Vote did? Like am I never safe in

this job again in the way that I thought

I am? So I think there's there's a real

there's real damage done to the idea of

government service and what that

entailed and can you make a a career out

of that as a lot of people in this

country do the really long tradition of

doing that makes one of the things

that's so great about our country. Um

and then you have the different

programmatic pieces. I wonder about, you

know, the NIH, for instance, there's

been machinations there about freezing

and unfreezing really vital funding that

goes out to researchers that who are the

cutting edge medical researchers in the

world and they're in our country in

large part because the NIH funds them to

do work that no one else will. I don't

know if those researchers feel that,

wow, like everything has changed. I

won't be able to do my research. But I

do think they feel an insecurity now

that they never had under Democrats or

Republicans. And if this goes on for

another three years and three months,

then maybe they really do think

>> I'm going to Canada. I'm going to go to

Europe, right? I mean,

>> some already have, right? Some already have.

have. >> Yeah.

>> Yeah.

>> But it's it's I I I think for some

things, it's too early to know how this

is going to play out. Obviously, this

shutdown battle if the Obamacare

subsidies are not brought back, the

impact of that is very big right now and

and and

will really have a ripple effect and put

a big dent in this landmark law. But I

think conceptually, psychologically,

there's a lot of damage already done

that will take a long time to repair, if

ever. Programmatically,

it's still early and it depends on what

happens over the rest of this

administration. I I wanted to ask you

lastly about the shutdown. Like what what

what

what do you what what do you think based

upon your reporting Russell vote is

thinking about this shutdown? Is he was

he excited about this or does this in

any way disrupt his

uh plans? Because I mean he was on a

roll and um it uh I I'm curious as to

your perspective on this.

>> I think he absolutely relished

the chance to have this shutdown and

probably pushed for it behind the scenes

and I wouldn't be surprised if he

continued to push for remaining in the

shutdown. I say that because again I

rely on his own words during the Biden

years in these, you know, briefings that

he gave to supporters of his. He talked

repeatedly about why shutdowns are

valuable and important and useful to the

conservative cause. At at one point he's

talking with his supporters. the the

midterm 2022 midterms that happened and

they're talking about who the next

speaker for the Republicans should be.

Rest vote, not a Kevin McCarthy fan.

Will not shock anyone. But anyway, he

says we need to have a speaker who has a

love of the shutdowns. A love of the

shutdowns because the shutdowns are how

we save the country. How we save the

country. He sees these shutdowns as the ultimate

ultimate

brinksmanship negotiation period where

you can get all the things, you know, on

the bargaining table, get the

concessions that you can't get during

the normal order of Congress. So that

just plainly leads me to believe he's

getting exactly what he wants right now.

I mean, Donald Trump has put him out

front, his grim reaper, his Darth Vader,

to use Trump's term, to lead the

strategy on this shutdown.

>> Where does that leave him with

Republican lawmakers? I mean, because

it's easy for him to to to love the

shutdown because he's not it it doesn't

impact him directly.

>> Based on all the conversations I've had,

the reporting I've done, his

relationship with congressional

Republicans is uh poor to say the least.

They don't like him outside of shutdowns

saying, "I'm freezing this funding. I'm

trying this pocket decision." I mean,

he's trampling on their fundamental

article one authority, the number one

job that Congress has. He's essentially

saying, "Uh, I'm going to step all over

it. I'm going to get in the way of it. I

don't care. I'm sick of dealing with

Republicans." So, I I think that they

are generally not pleased with how the

White House and the OM has treated

Congress. And I think that this shutdown

is just another moment where

congressional Republicans have

essentially thrown up their hands and

said, "Democrats, you got a problem. Go

talk to Russ vote. Go talk to the White

House." They've essentially cut

themselves out of this whole thing in a

really remarkable way we haven't seen

before. Yeah, I think it's remarkable,

too, because uh the Democrats aren't

necessarily um

uh they're not preventing them from

cutting themselves out of this equation,

which I think from a political uh standpoint.

standpoint.

This is the pressure that you put them.

You Russ vote is a a rock and their

voters are a hard place and that's where

the Democrats got to put them. Uh Andy

Croll, a really uh interesting in-depth

reporting. Really appreciate you coming

on and talking about it. We'll put a

link uh to this piece at uh in the

podcast and YouTube description.

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administration. Just finished his book about Christian nationalism's role in

about Christian nationalism's role in January 6th. He also has a podcast

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of the the Trump administration listening to the citizenry.

listening to the citizenry. Um, it's a two-part story.

Um, it's a two-part story. Now, as you know, the EPA has

Now, as you know, the EPA has uh

uh basically attempted to roll back the

basically attempted to roll back the endangerment finding about greenhouse

endangerment finding about greenhouse gases.

gases. Basically said like we're not we're no

Basically said like we're not we're no longer going to recognize that

longer going to recognize that greenhouse gases are a problem because

greenhouse gases are a problem because climate change of course is uh

climate change of course is uh completely fake. Uh Al Gore has been

completely fake. Uh Al Gore has been just it's just a way of Al Gore to make

just it's just a way of Al Gore to make money. um

money. um we're rolling back on any type of EPA

we're rolling back on any type of EPA enforcement.

enforcement. Uh

Uh rolling back on uh things like Clean

rolling back on uh things like Clean Water Act. I could go on and on, but

Water Act. I could go on and on, but this is a story of the EPA listening

this is a story of the EPA listening to you, its constituents. Well, maybe

to you, its constituents. Well, maybe not you per se, although it's possible

not you per se, although it's possible he's listening. Uh I give you and this

he's listening. Uh I give you and this is uh from when? Um

is uh from when? Um >> this is March of 2025.

>> this is March of 2025. >> Okay. So this was only six months ago

>> Okay. So this was only six months ago and uh here is um investigative reporter

and uh here is um investigative reporter Jim Brewer

Jim Brewer uh reporting on something that demanded

uh reporting on something that demanded attention.

attention. Hey Governor Dantis,

Hey Governor Dantis, today when I got up in St. Petersburg

today when I got up in St. Petersburg was clear blue sky and I started

was clear blue sky and I started watching all the planes spraying.

Now I know the FAA knows who's flying. I'm pretty sure the governor can figure

I'm pretty sure the governor can figure out who's flying in spring and creating

these fake clouds in the sky. Look at look.

I even got footage of that plane spraying.

spraying. So, Governor of Florida and Florida

So, Governor of Florida and Florida officials,

officials, what are we doing about this?

And why don't you start explaining exactly what it is?

exactly what it is? >> Clear blue sky. Look at all the lines

>> Clear blue sky. Look at all the lines from the planes. I watched them all and

from the planes. I watched them all and some of them stop spraying after a while

some of them stop spraying after a while and they restart.

and they restart. >> Can we have an explanation and a stop of

>> Can we have an explanation and a stop of this, please?

this, please? >> Okay.

>> Okay. Now, I know a lot of you uh libs out

Now, I know a lot of you uh libs out there are going, "Well, that's not

there are going, "Well, that's not actually

actually they're not spraying anything." Uh those

they're not spraying anything." Uh those jets have uh engines

jets have uh engines and uh the heat that comes off the

and uh the heat that comes off the engines uh mixed with the moisture in

engines uh mixed with the moisture in the air uh basically creates what looks

the air uh basically creates what looks like almost like clouds, like mini

like almost like clouds, like mini clouds, streaks, if you will.

clouds, streaks, if you will. >> Spooky.

>> Spooky. >> Um

>> Um >> but only God created clouds. Yeah. Well,

>> but only God created clouds. Yeah. Well, that's the point. That's the point. Um,

that's the point. That's the point. Um, >> can I put this back up to show this one

>> can I put this back up to show this one comment?

comment? >> Yeah, we have to put this from a

>> Yeah, we have to put this from a charlie_pha.

charlie_pha. Uh, I mean, he has like a t a tattoo uh

Uh, I mean, he has like a t a tattoo uh profile pick. Jim, love you, man. I've

profile pick. Jim, love you, man. I've been a military and civilian pilot now

been a military and civilian pilot now major airline pilot. And I got to say, I

major airline pilot. And I got to say, I can explain the contrails. It's not

can explain the contrails. It's not chemtrails. That's by far the most liked

chemtrails. That's by far the most liked [laughter]

[laughter] comment.

comment. >> Liberal bots.

>> Liberal bots. >> Okay. Well, yeah, exactly. I I Yeah, I

>> Okay. Well, yeah, exactly. I I Yeah, I believe that.

believe that. >> Okay, Fouchy.

>> Okay, Fouchy. >> Yeah. Um, and just to give you a sense

>> Yeah. Um, and just to give you a sense of how um responsive

of how um responsive the uh the Trump administration is to

the uh the Trump administration is to its constituents like Jim Brewer, uh

its constituents like Jim Brewer, uh here is [laughter]

here is [laughter] here is uh Lee Zelden um

here is uh Lee Zelden um announcing a uh major EPA investigation.

announcing a uh major EPA investigation. Concerned Americans have urgent and

Concerned Americans have urgent and important questions about geoengineering

important questions about geoengineering and contrails. The American public

and contrails. The American public deserves and expects honesty and

deserves and expects honesty and transparency from their government when

transparency from their government when seeking answers. But for years, people

seeking answers. But for years, people who ask questions in good faith were

who ask questions in good faith were dismissed, even vilified by the media

dismissed, even vilified by the media and their own government. That era is

and their own government. That era is over. The Trump EPA is committed to

over. The Trump EPA is committed to total transparency.

total transparency. >> As a result, I tked my team at EPA to

>> As a result, I tked my team at EPA to compile a list of everything we know

compile a list of everything we know about contrails and geoengineering for

about contrails and geoengineering for the purpose of releasing it to you now

the purpose of releasing it to you now public.

>> Every day it's a new low. It's [laughter]

[laughter] we're putting together a report on

we're putting together a report on condensation.

Uh we are going to be using the episode of the magic school bus which shows you

of the magic school bus which shows you the cycle of water and moisture

the cycle of water and moisture when the kids get into the bus and

when the kids get into the bus and shrink down into the size of a droplet.

shrink down into the size of a droplet. And we will be releasing that because we

And we will be releasing that because we have the guts to do it.

have the guts to do it. >> It's so crazy. There's a there's a piece

>> It's so crazy. There's a there's a piece in our packet today about the uh high

in our packet today about the uh high rates of youth cancer in places like the

rates of youth cancer in places like the Midwest um because of egg industry.

Midwest um because of egg industry. >> Could focus on that.

>> Could focus on that. >> Stop the conspiracies.

>> Stop the conspiracies. >> I thought you were about to say

>> I thought you were about to say something reasonable [laughter] like

something reasonable [laughter] like chemtrails.

chemtrails. >> Yeah. Uh maybe the chemtrails are just a

>> Yeah. Uh maybe the chemtrails are just a little bit more carcinogenic in that

little bit more carcinogenic in that area of the country because the planes

area of the country because the planes get to go around and they go in circles.

get to go around and they go in circles. >> What's the busiest airport in America?

>> What's the busiest airport in America? >> Uh Chicago.

>> Uh Chicago. >> There you go.

>> Uh definitely not. Cameron says Louisiana signed their ban on chemtrails

Louisiana signed their ban on chemtrails into law by the way. Oh yeah, Louisiana

into law by the way. Oh yeah, Louisiana again. Another they have cancer alley in

again. Another they have cancer alley in Louisiana [laughter]

Louisiana [laughter] and it's not again because of the planes

and it's not again because of the planes flying over top of it. It's because of

flying over top of it. It's because of big agriculture. I mean

big agriculture. I mean >> I'm sure that'll feed them while they're

>> I'm sure that'll feed them while they're snap benefit.

snap benefit. >> How easily misdirected.

>> How easily misdirected. >> Hide the truth, Matt.

>> Hide the truth, Matt. >> Jesus.

>> Jesus. Um,

this is really good news. So, first off, as you know, um ICE has basically been

as you know, um ICE has basically been in violation about like what appears to

in violation about like what appears to be about a half a dozen orders from a

be about a half a dozen orders from a federal judge in Chicago and they're

federal judge in Chicago and they're bringing in Bovina

bringing in Bovina into uh the courtroom to justify this.

into uh the courtroom to justify this. Meanwhile, CBS News reports that two

Meanwhile, CBS News reports that two Illinois National Guard members uh are

Illinois National Guard members uh are speaking out. They told CBS News that

speaking out. They told CBS News that they would refuse to obey federal orders

they would refuse to obey federal orders to deploy in Chicago um as part of

to deploy in Chicago um as part of Trump's immigration enforcement mission.

Trump's immigration enforcement mission. Staff Sergeant Demi Pollock, a Latina

Staff Sergeant Demi Pollock, a Latina guardswoman and a state legislative

guardswoman and a state legislative candidate from Illinois 13's district.

candidate from Illinois 13's district. It's disheartening to be forced to go

It's disheartening to be forced to go against your community members and your

against your community members and your neighbors. It feels illegal. This is not

neighbors. It feels illegal. This is not what we signed up to do. And then a

what we signed up to do. And then a captain Dylan Blaha who's running for

captain Dylan Blaha who's running for Congress in the same district described

Congress in the same district described uh that there is growing unease among

uh that there is growing unease among guard members.

guard members. I signed up to defend the American

I signed up to defend the American people and protect the Constitution when

people and protect the Constitution when we have somebody in power actively

we have somebody in power actively dismantling our rights. It's really hard

dismantling our rights. It's really hard to be a soldier right now. Um now both

to be a soldier right now. Um now both these uh folks are running for office

these uh folks are running for office and so I think to a certain extent like

and so I think to a certain extent like they have a motivation to speak out

they have a motivation to speak out about this but I think this is uh

about this but I think this is uh healthy and helpful.

healthy and helpful. People need to start um uh speaking up

People need to start um uh speaking up more. Uh but in today's version of uh

more. Uh but in today's version of uh your lo local ICE agent is a douchebag.

your lo local ICE agent is a douchebag. Uh here is a uh in Chicago uh Illinois.

Uh here is a uh in Chicago uh Illinois. Uh it's unclear who uh the person is,

Uh it's unclear who uh the person is, but it was uh posted on X by Molly

but it was uh posted on X by Molly Ploffkins.

Ploffkins. And apparently the ICE agents are

And apparently the ICE agents are walking around Sam's Club parking lot

walking around Sam's Club parking lot looking for, you know,

looking for, you know, hardened uh gang members,

hardened uh gang members, >> brown skin,

>> brown skin, >> who uh and all these hardened gang

>> who uh and all these hardened gang members of course have to um moonlight

members of course have to um moonlight trying to get day work at Sam's Club.

trying to get day work at Sam's Club. >> Well, they love the hot dog deal there.

>> Well, they love the hot dog deal there. And uh so this guy starts um videotaping

And uh so this guy starts um videotaping uh this ICE guy. Now these cowards are

uh this ICE guy. Now these cowards are so uh terrified

so uh terrified of and embarrassed by what they're

of and embarrassed by what they're doing. The idea that maybe somebody

doing. The idea that maybe somebody would recognize them, I think scares

would recognize them, I think scares them. Here is uh this ICE agent

them. Here is uh this ICE agent essentially threatening uh this guy for

essentially threatening uh this guy for uh videotaping him in a Sam's Club.

uh videotaping him in a Sam's Club. Officer, I'm on your way. I'm behind

Officer, I'm on your way. I'm behind you. Keep up. Follow me. You're going to

you. Keep up. Follow me. You're going to get arrested.

get arrested. >> You know what? To the Sam's Club.

>> I told you. Keep your freaking distance. >> All right. I'm keeping my [laughter]

>> All right. I'm keeping my [laughter] club.

club. >> I thought this was fake. I thought this

>> I thought this was fake. I thought this was fake cuz the guy can barely talk

was fake cuz the guy can barely talk because of his uh balacava or whatever

because of his uh balacava or whatever it is he's wearing.

it is he's wearing. >> Choking him.

>> Choking him. >> Yeah. He's like, "Give me a kiss on your

>> Yeah. He's like, "Give me a kiss on your wicked. I told you stop. Follow me." Out

wicked. I told you stop. Follow me." Out of breath in the crystal block.

of breath in the crystal block. [laughter]

>> Play that again. Oh yeah. >> Play that one more time. I just love

>> Play that one more time. I just love this guy. I honestly thought it was fake

this guy. I honestly thought it was fake at first.

at first. >> Off the I'm on your way. I'm behind you.

>> Off the I'm on your way. I'm behind you. >> Keep up. Follow me. You're going to get

>> Keep up. Follow me. You're going to get arrested.

arrested. >> You keep up. Follow me. You're going to

>> You keep up. Follow me. You're going to get arrested.

get arrested. >> The Sam's Club.

>> I told you. Keep your freaking distance. >> Keep your freaking distance.

>> Keep your freaking distance. >> The Sam's Club parking lot. Uh, guess

>> The Sam's Club parking lot. Uh, guess where that dude's from.

where that dude's from. >> Keep your freaking distance.

>> I'm all the way out here from Quincy. >> That guy passed the 1.5 mile run in 15

>> That guy passed the 1.5 mile run in 15 minutes.

minutes. >> I think they imposed that after the

>> I think they imposed that after the [laughter] fact.

[laughter] fact. >> I would like to see that.

>> I would like to see that. >> He He was grand

>> He He was grand He was grandfathered in [laughter]

He was grandfathered in [laughter] literally.

literally. Keep your freaking distance.

um >> going to go cry in my truck. Now

>> going to go cry in my truck. Now >> in another part, remember the whole

>> in another part, remember the whole premise

premise of ICE

of ICE coming into people's communities to

coming into people's communities to round out round up the dangerous

round out round up the dangerous element. It is to protect Americans,

element. It is to protect Americans, right? It's for public safety.

right? It's for public safety. Meanwhile, we're seeing um videos of ICE

Meanwhile, we're seeing um videos of ICE agents ramming cars,

agents ramming cars, completely untrained to do this stuff,

completely untrained to do this stuff, incidentally. And here is a clip of um

incidentally. And here is a clip of um in Aurora, Illinois.

in Aurora, Illinois. Um

Um ICE agents are there and you've got uh

ICE agents are there and you've got uh folks from the um activist group Aurora

folks from the um activist group Aurora Rapid Response who show up. Meanwhile,

Rapid Response who show up. Meanwhile, the ICE agents have tried to like block

the ICE agents have tried to like block somebody's car. And what they're doing

somebody's car. And what they're doing is they're blocking an ambulance from

is they're blocking an ambulance from getting through uh to presumably

getting through uh to presumably help somebody who is

help somebody who is needs an ambulance.

needs an ambulance. >> Get out of blocking an ambulance

>> Get out of blocking an ambulance entrance. Come on.

>> Get the OUT OF HERE. [screaming] GET OUT OF HERE NOW.

>> [screaming] >> It looks like they ram that uh that

>> It looks like they ram that uh that silver car.

>> Law and Order. >> Those cops haven't slammed. Do you see

>> Those cops haven't slammed. Do you see that? [screaming] The cop had to slam.

that? [screaming] The cop had to slam. No license plate.

>> No place, folks.

So, the mayor of Aurora said he's looking into this arrest. He wants to

looking into this arrest. He wants to investigate what happened here.

investigate what happened here. >> Um, and I hope somebody turns that that

>> Um, and I hope somebody turns that that truck into the attorney general of

truck into the attorney general of Illinois. You're not allowed to drive

Illinois. You're not allowed to drive around without plates.

around without plates. >> Balaclavas,

>> Balaclavas, no plates,

no plates, guns. Yeah,

guns. Yeah, >> these people uh

>> these people uh >> billions of dollars for that this these

>> billions of dollars for that this these sorts of fascist

sorts of fascist raids

raids >> and billions more uh coming down the

>> and billions more uh coming down the pike.

Uh let's read some uh I am Ryan from Santa Monica. Why are they wearing

Santa Monica. Why are they wearing desert camouflage in Aurora, Illinois?

desert camouflage in Aurora, Illinois? Exactly.

Exactly. >> I used to ask that a lot when I was in

>> I used to ask that a lot when I was in the military. when I was in an office.

the military. when I was in an office. >> Children, they're children.

>> Children, they're children. >> Yeah.

>> Yeah. >> I'd love to hear the guys huffing as

>> I'd love to hear the guys huffing as Brian asked that. [laughter]

Brian asked that. [laughter] >> The I mean, these people are

>> The I mean, these people are um they're they're cosplaying

um they're they're cosplaying >> stunted. Yeah. They're going out there

>> stunted. Yeah. They're going out there in these like they've got these massive

in these like they've got these massive vests and they've got, you know, their

vests and they've got, you know, their uh their stun guns and their uh

uh their stun guns and their uh their tear gas canisters and their

their tear gas canisters and their helmets.

helmets. >> They're toys. It's honestly it's like

>> They're toys. It's honestly it's like I mean I get it when my 12-year-old son

I mean I get it when my 12-year-old son thinks this stuff is like cool like I

thinks this stuff is like cool like I want to like can I get a fake uh Billy

want to like can I get a fake uh Billy club at the

club at the at the carnival type of thing but these

at the carnival type of thing but these are grown men.

are grown men. >> You're 45 playing G.I. Joe.

uh folks should be working on on a daily basis

basis on their uh insults for these people

on their uh insults for these people because you will ultimately end up

because you will ultimately end up seeing them. And uh you should be

seeing them. And uh you should be practicing your insults. Your mother

practicing your insults. Your mother doesn't like you.

doesn't like you. >> Get a job is a really good one.

>> Get a job is a really good one. >> Get a job. I love that guy who said,

>> Get a job. I love that guy who said, "Let me what's your Venmo? I'll send you

"Let me what's your Venmo? I'll send you some money." So you get a job. Um

some money." So you get a job. Um >> get a real job.

>> get a real job. >> Broke. I liked uh when that woman in in

>> Broke. I liked uh when that woman in in New York City said that's why your wife

New York City said that's why your wife is cheating on you and your kids and

is cheating on you and your kids and your kids don't like you.

your kids don't like you. >> Um frankly uh there's a reason why these

>> Um frankly uh there's a reason why these guys are wearing masks

guys are wearing masks and uh on some level when they wear the

and uh on some level when they wear the mask

mask they are admitting to the world that

they are admitting to the world that they're on some level embarrassed by

they're on some level embarrassed by what they're doing.

what they're doing. There's no way these guys are like, "I'm

There's no way these guys are like, "I'm afraid

afraid of showing my face.

They're embarrassed by what they're doing." On some level, they know what

doing." On some level, they know what they're doing is wrong and they're

they're doing is wrong and they're embarrassed by it.

embarrassed by it. And so, uh, things like reminding them

And so, uh, things like reminding them that their kids

are going to hate them when they're old enough to understand what they're doing

enough to understand what they're doing or their kids are going to want to

or their kids are going to want to change their last name if their

change their last name if their identities are ever known.

identities are ever known. Uh, I think is, uh, helpful.

>> This is [laughter] this is really amazing. So, you remember um

amazing. So, you remember um incidentally John Dickerson is leaving

incidentally John Dickerson is leaving CBS and the reason why he's leaving CBS

CBS and the reason why he's leaving CBS News uh is because Barry Weiss, someone

News uh is because Barry Weiss, someone who has had virtually no reporting in

who has had virtually no reporting in her background,

her background, uh short of

uh short of reporting on uh Palestinian professors

reporting on uh Palestinian professors at Columbia University, essentially uh

at Columbia University, essentially uh turning them in for not towing the

turning them in for not towing the Israeli line over the years when she was

Israeli line over the years when she was a Colombia uh student. I do remember uh

a Colombia uh student. I do remember uh seeing in the free p press

seeing in the free p press reported piece by her sister

reported piece by her sister um about

um about a group that was meeting in Prospect

a group that was meeting in Prospect Park about a dog about dogs that were

Park about a dog about dogs that were off the leash and they were making a big

off the leash and they were making a big deal of that. That was an important

deal of that. That was an important story uh to be reporting on because it

story uh to be reporting on because it really showed that uh a couple of these

really showed that uh a couple of these people who get really into like the the

people who get really into like the the community policing of dogs are a little

community policing of dogs are a little bit um out of control, which of course

bit um out of control, which of course is a dynamic that nobody could ever see

is a dynamic that nobody could ever see in any other context in in this country.

in any other context in in this country. Um, and uh, the free press was bought

Um, and uh, the free press was bought for $150 million

for $150 million by a someone who who had uh,

by a someone who who had uh, as intensive a Zionist agenda as Barry

as intensive a Zionist agenda as Barry Weiss is. She's been put in charge of

Weiss is. She's been put in charge of CBS News and is angry that people are

CBS News and is angry that people are leaking

leaking about her ridiculousness there because

about her ridiculousness there because no one has respect for her

no one has respect for her and

and John Oliver on his HBO show did a deep

John Oliver on his HBO show did a deep dive into the history of the free press

dive into the history of the free press and to Barry Weiss. Free press,

and to Barry Weiss. Free press, incidentally, the uh same guy uh Harlon

incidentally, the uh same guy uh Harlon Crowe who um has basically paid for

Crowe who um has basically paid for Clarence Thomas for almost two decades

Clarence Thomas for almost two decades now. literally

now. literally was told by Leonard Leo to adopt

was told by Leonard Leo to adopt Clarence Thomas when Clarence Thomas was

Clarence Thomas when Clarence Thomas was going around saying like, you know, I

going around saying like, you know, I may have to leave the court. He was

may have to leave the court. He was saying in 2005 because I don't have

saying in 2005 because I don't have enough money.

enough money. And then Leonard Leo, the federal

And then Leonard Leo, the federal society, introduced him to a

society, introduced him to a billionaire, Harlon Crowe,

billionaire, Harlon Crowe, who went on to pay for uh Thomas's, I

who went on to pay for uh Thomas's, I think, adopted child's private school to

think, adopted child's private school to buy Clarence Thomas's mom a house to

buy Clarence Thomas's mom a house to take him on every vacation that he's

take him on every vacation that he's ever been on, use of his private jet, on

ever been on, use of his private jet, on and on.

and on. >> Friendly.

>> Friendly. >> They're good friends. They're good

>> They're good friends. They're good friends. And they just happen to meet by

friends. And they just happen to meet by chance.

chance. And Harlon Crow is also the one who

And Harlon Crow is also the one who financed uh the free press.

financed uh the free press. So John Oliver uh did a pretty good

So John Oliver uh did a pretty good takedown of uh Barry Weiss in the free

takedown of uh Barry Weiss in the free press. I would recommend it highly. Emma

press. I would recommend it highly. Emma said it was her favorite thing John

said it was her favorite thing John Oliver has ever done.

Oliver has ever done. >> And and he's done some very good stuff.

>> And and he's done some very good stuff. >> It's a smart show. Well, I got news for

>> It's a smart show. Well, I got news for you, John Oliver. If you think you're

you, John Oliver. If you think you're going to get away with this without some

going to get away with this without some type of uh retort, I got another thing

type of uh retort, I got another thing coming for you. uh fighting fire with

coming for you. uh fighting fire with fire. Olivia Reinold, she is the one who

fire. Olivia Reinold, she is the one who reported that

reported that many of the children that were starving

many of the children that were starving in Palestine

in Palestine and in Gaza

and in Gaza uh who were reported on weeks ago also

uh who were reported on weeks ago also have other diseases and therefore their

have other diseases and therefore their starvation doesn't count.

starvation doesn't count. >> Yeah. And uh so what does Olivia

>> Yeah. And uh so what does Olivia Ryangold do to respond?

Ryangold do to respond? Possibly the worst thing ever. Now, I

Possibly the worst thing ever. Now, I should say this is a um an Instagram

should say this is a um an Instagram that seems to have been deleted from

that seems to have been deleted from their account, but it has been saved for

their account, but it has been saved for prosperity purposes.

prosperity purposes. Uh this is not something we did. This is

Uh this is not something we did. This is real.

real. >> And the caption reads, "Do not mess with

>> And the caption reads, "Do not mess with June Oliver."

>> Welcome to Yesterday Today. I'm your host, June Oliver, and tonight we're

host, June Oliver, and tonight we're doing the same thing we always do,

doing the same thing we always do, channeling our anger issues into a

channeling our anger issues into a PowerPoint presentation.

PowerPoint presentation. Our first victim tonight. Get a load of

Our first victim tonight. Get a load of this fatty is Olivia Ryold, a journalist

this fatty is Olivia Ryold, a journalist who recently reported facts that I did

who recently reported facts that I did not like. [cheering]

not like. [cheering] I did not like them. Allow me to explain

I did not like them. Allow me to explain the job of a journalist. As a comedian,

the job of a journalist. As a comedian, this is something I know a lot about.

this is something I know a lot about. The number one job of a journalist is to

The number one job of a journalist is to increase happiness and diversity. And

increase happiness and diversity. And when a journalist fails to do that, that

when a journalist fails to do that, that is not journalism. That is fascism.

is not journalism. That is fascism. And look, I know I'm just a comedian,

And look, I know I'm just a comedian, but I do believe if tried at the HEG

but I do believe if tried at the HEG under international law, she would be

under international law, she would be found guilty of war crimes.

found guilty of war crimes. >> Pause it for a second. Okay, wait a

>> Pause it for a second. Okay, wait a second. I I I [laughter]

second. I I I [laughter] >> still 40 seconds left.

>> still 40 seconds left. >> I know we're we're going to watch the

>> I know we're we're going to watch the whole thing, but this thing is so

whole thing, but this thing is so bad. I I've said this before. There are

bad. I I've said this before. There are some things that are so bad they're

some things that are so bad they're good. This is worse. And uh

good. This is worse. And uh [laughter] just to explain

[laughter] just to explain because it's so dumb that it's almost

because it's so dumb that it's almost like it shuts down all of your brain

like it shuts down all of your brain synapses and you can't really understand

synapses and you can't really understand what you're watching. Uh because there's

what you're watching. Uh because there's no possible way a that someone could

no possible way a that someone could have done this and thought this was a

have done this and thought this was a good idea at any stage of this. Um, I

good idea at any stage of this. Um, I mean, they've obviously spent a

mean, they've obviously spent a significant amount of effort on like

significant amount of effort on like getting a wig and getting her glasses

getting a wig and getting her glasses and setting this up and, you know,

and setting this up and, you know, setting this up in her apartment and

setting this up in her apartment and >> her dad's jacket and

>> her dad's jacket and >> maybe she

>> maybe she heard of someone doing a British accent

heard of someone doing a British accent before. [laughter]

before. [laughter] That's how much effort,

That's how much effort, >> you know, they say Mel Blank when he did

>> you know, they say Mel Blank when he did Fogghorn Legghorn, he had to imagine

Fogghorn Legghorn, he had to imagine what a southern accent sounded like. He

what a southern accent sounded like. He had never heard one before. That's kind

had never heard one before. That's kind of what's [laughter] going on.

of what's [laughter] going on. >> The quality of that to hear.

>> The quality of that to hear. Do you understand

Do you understand the level of

the level of maybe I guess it's irony

maybe I guess it's irony that she is doing a comedic in her mind

that she is doing a comedic in her mind sendup of John Oliver

sendup of John Oliver and using the word and making fun of him

and using the word and making fun of him because he's a comedian who thinks he

because he's a comedian who thinks he knows about journalism

knows about journalism and she is doing the perfect

and she is doing the perfect representation ation of a journalist who

representation ation of a journalist who does not seem to know anything about

does not seem to know anything about comedy. Uh it is so perfect. Uh it is it

comedy. Uh it is so perfect. Uh it is it almost it's almost like proof of

almost it's almost like proof of intelligent design. [laughter]

intelligent design. [laughter] Good.

Good. >> Wool crimes, thought crimes, fashion

>> Wool crimes, thought crimes, fashion crimes, crime crimes, and the worst

crimes, crime crimes, and the worst crime of them all of being a Zionist.

crime of them all of being a Zionist. What is she doing with her eyes?

What is she doing with her eyes? >> Oh,

>> Oh, >> I think I think what it is Hold on. If

>> I think I think what it is Hold on. If you keep it up there,

you keep it up there, >> I think what's going on with her eyes is

>> I think what's going on with her eyes is I think she has Q cards all around

I think she has Q cards all around >> and but they she she doesn't have

>> and but they she she doesn't have somebody there who's actually doing them

somebody there who's actually doing them that they're actually taped in different

that they're actually taped in different parts AROUND THE ROOM. SHE'S GOT CRIME

parts AROUND THE ROOM. SHE'S GOT CRIME CRIMES and also other crimes AND ZIONISM

CRIMES and also other crimes AND ZIONISM AND CRIMES.

AND CRIMES. [laughter]

[laughter] I think Felix Beerman said this, but the

I think Felix Beerman said this, but the problem with conservatives trying to do

problem with conservatives trying to do comedy is their the how angry they are.

comedy is their the how angry they are. They can't conceal it at all.

They can't conceal it at all. >> Yes. [laughter]

>> Yes. [laughter] >> The victim victimization.

>> The victim victimization. >> The victimhood is just like

>> Oh, it looks like that's all the time we have tonight for our insult show. But if

have tonight for our insult show. But if you'll allow me to plug a few upcoming

you'll allow me to plug a few upcoming appearances I have on Tuesday I'll be

appearances I have on Tuesday I'll be doing a tight five at the No Kings

doing a tight five at the No Kings March. Then on Friday I'll be doing my

March. Then on Friday I'll be doing my weekly live stream with our kids network

weekly live stream with our kids network last weekend Hazak tonight. Thank you

last weekend Hazak tonight. Thank you boomers. Good night boomers. Sleep well.

boomers. Good night boomers. Sleep well. >> Chad is she making is she Good night

>> Chad is she making is she Good night boomers.

boomers. That's why uh the boomers uh think this

That's why uh the boomers uh think this is

is >> think this is it just folds in on itself

>> think this is it just folds in on itself in such an incredible

in such an incredible >> right out the gate it

>> right out the gate it >> I mean it's really like it it it rips a

>> I mean it's really like it it it rips a hole in the time space continuum. I mean

hole in the time space continuum. I mean this is impressive stuff.

this is impressive stuff. >> I mean Olivia's maybe the least

>> I mean Olivia's maybe the least self-aware person in the entire world.

self-aware person in the entire world. She had this banger tweet two months ago

She had this banger tweet two months ago um over the past few days. I think this

um over the past few days. I think this is in relation to the um the famine

is in relation to the um the famine denial stuff that the free press was

denial stuff that the free press was running under her by line. Over the past

running under her by line. Over the past few days, I've received thousands of

few days, I've received thousands of hate comments, death threats. Oh, and my

hate comments, death threats. Oh, and my childhood best friend broke up with me

childhood best friend broke up with me due to my quote morals. You know what I

due to my quote morals. You know what I did? I just bought a Star of David. That

did? I just bought a Star of David. That way, people can just say it to my face.

way, people can just say it to my face. And I would just say like if I

And I would just say like if I >> I don't even know what that means,

>> I don't even know what that means, >> right? like um if your childhood best

>> right? like um if your childhood best friend is breaking up with you, that

friend is breaking up with you, that kind of goes against like a lot of the

kind of goes against like a lot of the propaganda of this is people that can be

propaganda of this is people that can be led astray by Tik Tok because

led astray by Tik Tok because >> my childhood best friend who was a deep

>> my childhood best friend who was a deep deep anti-semite for our entire life

deep anti-semite for our entire life finally revealed it to me after many

finally revealed it to me after many many years and claims it's about my

many years and claims it's about my morals.

morals. >> I mean, who needs friends when you have

>> I mean, who needs friends when you have uh iconography?

uh iconography? And God, was that a British accent that

And God, was that a British accent that she was trying to do?

she was trying to do? >> I didn't realize that until you guys

>> I didn't realize that until you guys said she was spoofing Oliver this

said she was spoofing Oliver this morning. Um, I had no idea that's what

morning. Um, I had no idea that's what she was even trying to do.

she was even trying to do. >> Joan Oliver. Yeah, she's trying to do

>> Joan Oliver. Yeah, she's trying to do >> June Oliver.

>> June Oliver. >> It's I can't even do

>> It's I can't even do >> It's like Mrs. Doubtfire.

>> It's like Mrs. Doubtfire. >> Yes, that's exactly [laughter] it. It It

>> Yes, that's exactly [laughter] it. It It reminds me of the um Dan Akroyd did um

reminds me of the um Dan Akroyd did um what was the name of that cooking uh uh

what was the name of that cooking uh uh woman? Uh she he did this sketch. Oh,

woman? Uh she he did this sketch. Oh, like Julia Childs.

like Julia Childs. >> Julia Childs. Yes.

>> Julia Childs. Yes. >> Yeah.

>> Yeah. >> Whoop. I've cut myself [laughter]

>> Whoop. I've cut myself [laughter] >> cuz she had sort of like a vague British

>> cuz she had sort of like a vague British accent. This seems to be like

accent. This seems to be like >> the tight five at No Kings rally makes

>> the tight five at No Kings rally makes me think Chat GBT wrote it cuz I'm like

me think Chat GBT wrote it cuz I'm like there's no way a human wrote that and

there's no way a human wrote that and was like that's a joke.

was like that's a joke. >> What about the uh next on being on the

>> What about the uh next on being on the Elk Cuds network? That seemed like it

Elk Cuds network? That seemed like it was written by a free press writer.

was written by a free press writer. >> That's true. That's true.

Good stuff. >> That my like eyes are hurting.

>> That my like eyes are hurting. >> Uh like like I'm feeling pain in all

>> Uh like like I'm feeling pain in all places I don't normally feel.

places I don't normally feel. >> That is Let's just do

>> That is Let's just do >> Ryan. How much does it cost cost to get

>> Ryan. How much does it cost cost to get you to write and do uh writing stuff for

you to write and do uh writing stuff for the free press? Try to punch that up a

the free press? Try to punch that up a little bit.

little bit. >> Um I would do that for about I don't

>> Um I would do that for about I don't know $500,000

know $500,000 [laughter]

[laughter] I think per day per per joke.

I think per day per per joke. >> [laughter]

>> Uh, >> you probably have it. Haron Crow's like,

>> you probably have it. Haron Crow's like, "That's it. [laughter] Here you go.

"That's it. [laughter] Here you go. >> This is good stuff."

>> This is good stuff." >> Um, Skid Mark Twain says, "She sounds

>> Um, Skid Mark Twain says, "She sounds like Tobias doing Mrs. Doubtfire in this

like Tobias doing Mrs. Doubtfire in this development."

development." >> That's exactly right.

>> That's exactly right. M. Mrs. Featherbottom, I think it was

M. Mrs. Featherbottom, I think it was called

called >> uh, Northern uh, spy. This might be

>> uh, Northern uh, spy. This might be missing the forest for the trees, but

missing the forest for the trees, but not being able to find any royalty-free

not being able to find any royalty-free music that sounds anything like the

music that sounds anything like the Valley Lodge song John Oliver uses is

Valley Lodge song John Oliver uses is malpractice.

malpractice. Her voice is spot-on David Cross on a

Her voice is spot-on David Cross on a Arrested Development when he pretends to

Arrested Development when he pretends to be a British.

be a British. >> I think it's feather bottom. Yeah.

>> I think it's feather bottom. Yeah. >> Uh Theo Bong. No, no, Sam. The

>> Uh Theo Bong. No, no, Sam. The anti-Jewish propaganda is turning

anti-Jewish propaganda is turning lifelong friends that were once allies

lifelong friends that were once allies into vehement anti-semites. I for one am

into vehement anti-semites. I for one am deeply be concerned. I hope this

deeply be concerned. I hope this propaganda doesn't turn me into an

propaganda doesn't turn me into an anti-semite.

Uh, amazing. Uh, New York, Ryan from Santa Monica, Julia Child's from

Santa Monica, Julia Child's from Pasadena. Her accent was just the posh

Pasadena. Her accent was just the posh accent of 20th uh mid 20th century San

accent of 20th uh mid 20th century San Gabriel Valley rich women like my

Gabriel Valley rich women like my great-g grandandmother

[laughter] Patrick Bud David. It's really too bad that content creators are

really too bad that content creators are forbidden from memorizing their lines or

forbidden from memorizing their lines or doing a second take [laughter]

doing a second take [laughter] >> or just a cut like there like she did it

>> or just a cut like there like she did it in one take.

in one take. >> I No, no, I think it was jump cutting.

>> I No, no, I think it was jump cutting. >> I can't tell.

>> I can't tell. >> It felt like somebody on a phone.

>> It felt like somebody on a phone. >> Let's just watch it in

>> Let's just watch it in >> Let's just watch it one more time

>> Let's just watch it one more time because it really

because it really >> Let's run it back. This is [laughter]

>> Let's run it back. This is [laughter] it's there's something inspirational

it's there's something inspirational about this

about this >> because um if she could do this and

>> because um if she could do this and she's paid by somebody, I want you to

she's paid by somebody, I want you to know everybody out there, you can do

know everybody out there, you can do something, too.

something, too. >> I'm inspired because I feel like working

>> I'm inspired because I feel like working at the show has made me a thousand times

at the show has made me a thousand times less funny than I used to be. [laughter]

less funny than I used to be. [laughter] But now I feel

But now I feel >> like a thousand times funniest.

>> like a thousand times funniest. >> It It is all one cut. It looks like they

>> It It is all one cut. It looks like they just did like the born shaky cam for

just did like the born shaky cam for some reason. [laughter]

some reason. [laughter] >> Yeah,

>> Yeah, >> just a comedian. But I do believe if

>> just a comedian. But I do believe if tried at the HEG under international

tried at the HEG under international law, she would be found guilty of war

law, she would be found guilty of war crimes, thought crimes, FASHION CRIMES,

crimes, thought crimes, FASHION CRIMES, CRIME CRIMES.

CRIME CRIMES. >> Look at her ey line.

>> Look at her ey line. >> And the worst crime of them all, of

>> And the worst crime of them all, of being a Zionist.

just I god this is just absolutely

I god this is just absolutely fascinating. I would love to interview

fascinating. I would love to interview her about this.

her about this. >> More comedy skits, please. Free press.

>> More comedy skits, please. Free press. >> What were you guys thinking?

>> What were you guys thinking? >> What people need to go give positive

>> What people need to go give positive feedback about Olivia Ryangold. Tell

feedback about Olivia Ryangold. Tell Free Press to repost this video in full

Free Press to repost this video in full and commission more of these.

and commission more of these. >> I want to see more of this.

>> I want to see more of this. I in fact I want this to be like I want

I in fact I want this to be like I want I want 30 minutes of this for the CBS

I want 30 minutes of this for the CBS nightly news.

nightly news. >> Pull Olivia off famine denial and get

>> Pull Olivia off famine denial and get her back into the comedy in writing

her back into the comedy in writing room.

room. >> That's a good use of JB Pritsker's

>> That's a good use of JB Pritsker's money. Let's do a conservative comedy

money. Let's do a conservative comedy sketch show that he can pay to have on a

sketch show that he can pay to have on a network.

network. >> This is

I just don't know what is wrong with these right-wingers. so desperately

these right-wingers. so desperately want to be doing something different

want to be doing something different than they're doing.

than they're doing. >> Like you know that like

>> Like you know that like >> the enthusiasm

>> the enthusiasm that must have been

that must have been >> she has for doing comedy,

>> she has for doing comedy, >> right? This was like the opportunity

>> right? This was like the opportunity like this is like like taking a square

like this is like like taking a square peg and trying to shove it into a

peg and trying to shove it into a pinhole. [laughter]

pinhole. [laughter] >> Like, oh my god, THIS IS A GREAT

>> Like, oh my god, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO DO A SKETCH.

OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO DO A SKETCH. >> IMAGINE the response she was expecting.

>> IMAGINE the response she was expecting. >> OH NO, NO, NO. THIS IS IT. THIS IS IT.

>> OH NO, NO, NO. THIS IS IT. THIS IS IT. THIS IS IT FOR ME. OKAY, GREAT. Can I do

THIS IS IT FOR ME. OKAY, GREAT. Can I do it? Will you post it on the

it? Will you post it on the >> HBO's going to fire him and bring me in?

>> HBO's going to fire him and bring me in? >> Oh my god. This is it. Yeah, I'm going

>> Oh my god. This is it. Yeah, I'm going to impress Bill Maher. [laughter]

to impress Bill Maher. [laughter] >> From famine denial to maybe my own three

>> From famine denial to maybe my own three camera sitcom.

camera sitcom. [laughter]

>> Oh my god. >> Oh, that is just fantastic. It's Judea

>> Oh, that is just fantastic. It's Judea and hilaria. [laughter]

>> You've been sitting on that one. >> No, it just took me that long because

>> No, it just took me that long because I'm a thousand times less funny than

I'm a thousand times less funny than [laughter]

Four months ago, you would have had that in the first 60 seconds of that clip.

in the first 60 seconds of that clip. [laughter]

Oh, believe me. Believe me.

Believe me. There was a time where I was I was um I

There was a time where I was I was um I was

was somewhat amusing and now it's just just

somewhat amusing and now it's just just despair. Um let's go.

despair. Um let's go. Uh let's do uh Bill Maher for a second,

Uh let's do uh Bill Maher for a second, shall we? And then we'll go back into

shall we? And then we'll go back into some of this stuff since we're in the uh

um early voting is happening right now in

early voting is happening right now in New York City. If you're a New York City

New York City. If you're a New York City voter, it is time for you to go out and

voter, it is time for you to go out and vote. Uh apparently

vote. Uh apparently first day early voting hit records and

first day early voting hit records and according to uh the demographics it was

according to uh the demographics it was mostly boomers and Gen Xers

and knowing my generation as I do that's probably not great

probably not great [laughter]

but there's plenty of time to get out there and and go and vote. early voting

there and and go and vote. early voting happening uh now.

happening uh now. Uh, Bill Maher weighed in on I mean,

Uh, Bill Maher weighed in on I mean, what's fascinating about this

what's fascinating about this is that

is that all of the

all of the conservative Democrats

conservative Democrats who are

who are either terrified at

either terrified at really not terribly radical policies

really not terribly radical policies like we have the millionaire tax in

like we have the millionaire tax in Massachusetts. It's been there for three

Massachusetts. It's been there for three years. uh has raised 5.7 billion dollars

years. uh has raised 5.7 billion dollars and increased the number of uh of

and increased the number of uh of millionaires by 200. We have

millionaires by 200. We have government-run supermarkets,

government-run supermarkets, package stores, liquor stores uh all

package stores, liquor stores uh all across the country in places I think

across the country in places I think like Georgia and uh maybe even Tennessee

like Georgia and uh maybe even Tennessee and in New Hampshire.

and in New Hampshire. um the idea of free child care,

um the idea of free child care, UPK was this like sort of supposed to be

UPK was this like sort of supposed to be like this big earthshattering thing and

like this big earthshattering thing and it turns out everybody loves it. Super

it turns out everybody loves it. Super easy. Uh the notion of free buses, we

easy. Uh the notion of free buses, we have places in this country that have

have places in this country that have multiple bus lines that are free. It can

multiple bus lines that are free. It can all be done. It's not terribly

all be done. It's not terribly expensive. Um, nobody's quite sure why

expensive. Um, nobody's quite sure why they have a problem with it

they have a problem with it or no one's been able to articulate. The

or no one's been able to articulate. The most I've heard is like there's going to

most I've heard is like there's going to be homeless people.

be homeless people. >> Homeless people are crowded.

>> Homeless people are crowded. >> Um,

>> Um, and uh,

and uh, the most interesting thing is is that

the most interesting thing is is that those people who recognize that Manny

those people who recognize that Manny very well could win and is popular in

very well could win and is popular in New York say that this has no

New York say that this has no implications for the rest of the

implications for the rest of the country. But those same people who don't

country. But those same people who don't live in New York are obsessed uh with

live in New York are obsessed uh with Mumani and the potential for him

Mumani and the potential for him winning. I give you Bill Maher.

winning. I give you Bill Maher. >> And I think that if Mandani wins on with

>> And I think that if Mandani wins on with a coalition of voters who have been not

a coalition of voters who have been not all that excited about the Democratic

all that excited about the Democratic party over the last few years. I think

party over the last few years. I think that's a good thing for the Democrats.

that's a good thing for the Democrats. And I think if you're in a purple

And I think if you're in a purple district, say you disagree with some of

district, say you disagree with some of the things that he does and use that use

the things that he does and use that use that to establish your independent cred.

that to establish your independent cred. >> Well, you make it sound like he's a

>> Well, you make it sound like he's a little more mainstream than he I think

little more mainstream than he I think he is. I mean, the issue now that Andrew

he is. I mean, the issue now that Andrew Cuomo is bringing up in New York is that

Cuomo is bringing up in New York is that he is a Ugandan citizen. Uganda is a

he is a Ugandan citizen. Uganda is a country where they kill homosexuals.

country where they kill homosexuals. >> Okay, pause it for a second. I want you

>> Okay, pause it for a second. I want you to just like watch track him. You're

to just like watch track him. You're making it sound like his positions are a

making it sound like his positions are a little more mainstream.

little more mainstream. And now he immediately brings up the

And now he immediately brings up the fact that he's Ugandan.

fact that he's Ugandan. Now Bill Maher, I don't think I maybe he

Now Bill Maher, I don't think I maybe he knows this or not, but what Bill Maher

knows this or not, but what Bill Maher is talking about is he's Muslim.

is talking about is he's Muslim. I I don't know if Bill Maher just didn't

I I don't know if Bill Maher just didn't bother to check on this, but to be

bother to check on this, but to be clear, these Ugandan policies are

clear, these Ugandan policies are influenced by Christianity.

influenced by Christianity. Go ahead.

So the is somebody who is a dual citizen can't be mayor of New York or

can't be mayor of New York or >> I would renounce if I was the dual

>> I would renounce if I was the dual citizen with a country whose policy the

citizen with a country whose policy the government policy was we kill

government policy was we kill homosexuals.

homosexuals. >> Yeah. I would renounce that citizenship.

>> Yeah. I would renounce that citizenship. >> I don't [applause] and and to not and he

>> I don't [applause] and and to not and he also

also >> I think that is buying into a fear I

>> I think that is buying into a fear I think that is buying into a fear

think that is buying into a fear framework that is not fear of killing

framework that is not fear of killing homosexuals is not good for the country.

homosexuals is not good for the country. It's not good for the country.

It's not good for the country. >> You shouldn't be afraid of that.

>> You shouldn't be afraid of that. >> I think the way that Cuomo I think the

>> I think the way that Cuomo I think the way that Cuomo is

way that Cuomo is >> Pause it for a sec. Wait a sec. YOU

>> Pause it for a sec. Wait a sec. YOU SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID OF THAT. I MEAN, is

SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID OF THAT. I MEAN, is he implying that Zoron Mdani when he

he implying that Zoron Mdani when he becomes mayor of New York City is going

becomes mayor of New York City is going to kill homosexuals?

to kill homosexuals? I MEAN, WHAT WHAT IS the connection

I MEAN, WHAT WHAT IS the connection here? This is just total racist

here? This is just total racist scaremongering. Incidentally,

scaremongering. Incidentally, predominant religion in Uganda is uh

predominant religion in Uganda is uh Christian. Overwhelmingly, I think like

Christian. Overwhelmingly, I think like something like 80% of Uganda is

something like 80% of Uganda is Christian. The ideas for this policy,

Christian. The ideas for this policy, guess where they came from?

guess where they came from? Pop up this uh tear sheet. This is from

Pop up this uh tear sheet. This is from what 2017. When was this?

Uh this is from uh oh no I'm sorry 2009 >> US

>> US evangelical leaders blamed for the

evangelical leaders blamed for the Ugandan anti-gay sentiment. Literally

Ugandan anti-gay sentiment. Literally American evangelicals went over there to

American evangelicals went over there to promote an anti-gay agenda.

promote an anti-gay agenda. On top of which,

On top of which, way to Bill Maher find out what his

way to Bill Maher find out what his government is doing. Like today, we just

government is doing. Like today, we just announced we we killed another 14 people

announced we we killed another 14 people who were in a boat

who were in a boat in the Pacific Ocean. Why?

in the Pacific Ocean. Why? We don't know anything about these

We don't know anything about these people. We're just randomly killing

people. We're just randomly killing people because we can.

people because we can. So, Bill Maher is concerned that people

So, Bill Maher is concerned that people don't understand Zoron Mani's

don't understand Zoron Mani's positions

positions as being out of the mainstream. And then

as being out of the mainstream. And then he brings up the fact that in Uganda

he brings up the fact that in Uganda they kill gay people.

they kill gay people. This is just outandout bigotry by an

This is just outandout bigotry by an outandout

outandout anti-Muslim

anti-Muslim bigot.

bigot. And again, this Ugandan policy is

And again, this Ugandan policy is Christian. Go ahead.

Christian. Go ahead. that Cuomo I think the way that Cuomo is

that Cuomo I think the way that Cuomo is closing out this race and and really and

closing out this race and and really and really race baiting and really leaning

really race baiting and really leaning in on

in on >> Well, no. You know what? Just because

>> Well, no. You know what? Just because >> I don't think that's good for the

>> I don't think that's good for the country.

country. >> I understand. But just because something

>> I understand. But just because something is done by people in Africa doesn't mean

is done by people in Africa doesn't mean it's always okay.

it's always okay. >> But you said race, baby. It has nothing

>> But you said race, baby. It has nothing to do with race.

to do with race. >> Oh, I'm talking I'm talking about what

>> Oh, I'm talking I'm talking about what Cuomo is doing suggesting that Mandani

Cuomo is doing suggesting that Mandani couldn't be a leader in a terror

couldn't be a leader in a terror situation if he were mayor of New York

situation if he were mayor of New York and god forbid something else like that.

and god forbid something else like that. campaign with a terrorist.

campaign with a terrorist. >> He did say Cuomo was pretty clear, I

>> He did say Cuomo was pretty clear, I thought, in the way he talked about that

thought, in the way he talked about that in a way that I thought was was ugly.

in a way that I thought was was ugly. >> Well, he campaigned this week with a guy

>> Well, he campaigned this week with a guy who was an unindicted co-conspirator in

who was an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and

the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and served as a character witness for Omar

served as a character witness for Omar Abdul Raman, the terrorist who organized

Abdul Raman, the terrorist who organized it. Okay, first off, the he was named as

it. Okay, first off, the he was named as an unindicted co-conspirator, but that

an unindicted co-conspirator, but that was later uh reversed just because he

was later uh reversed just because he had an association with someone who had

had an association with someone who had come to his um

come to his um uh

uh to a uh was a was a member of his

to a uh was a was a member of his congregation.

I mean, this is just fullon Islamophobia. that is his uh stock and

Islamophobia. that is his uh stock and trade.

trade. >> I'm sure he's gone after Cuomo for his

>> I'm sure he's gone after Cuomo for his relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu.

relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu. >> Oh, I am absolutely sure and I am

>> Oh, I am absolutely sure and I am absolutely sure like

absolutely sure like Bill is so concerned about the gay

Bill is so concerned about the gay agenda in this country. Um you'll recall

agenda in this country. Um you'll recall I don't know how many months ago it was

I don't know how many months ago it was that he was there's no doubt in my mind

that he was there's no doubt in my mind that uh 15 years ago he was mocking gay

that uh 15 years ago he was mocking gay people. Uh he was certainly mocking

people. Uh he was certainly mocking trans people just this past year. I

trans people just this past year. I mean, he's so concerned about these

mean, he's so concerned about these things. Uh, if you're a dual citizen of

things. Uh, if you're a dual citizen of Israel,

Israel, you know, it's just war, famine, uh,

you know, it's just war, famine, uh, whatnot. I mean, it's just, this is just

whatnot. I mean, it's just, this is just out and out bigotry.

out and out bigotry. >> And that same imam met with Bloomberg

>> And that same imam met with Bloomberg uh, Delasio and campaigned alongside

uh, Delasio and campaigned alongside Eric Adams. The reason it's salient to

Eric Adams. The reason it's salient to these guys is because they're racist and

these guys is because they're racist and M Donnie is Muslim.

United co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and served as a

Trade Center bombing and served as a character witness for Omar Abdel Raman

character witness for Omar Abdel Raman the terrorist who organized it. So Sarah

the terrorist who organized it. So Sarah Palin used to say Obama powed around the

Palin used to say Obama powed around the terrorists which was

terrorists which was >> But

>> But [laughter]

[laughter] I still know this is a great look for

I still know this is a great look for >> actually I got news for you. Uh Obama

>> actually I got news for you. Uh Obama was uh friends with uh what's his phrase

was uh friends with uh what's his phrase from the the Weather Underground. I

from the the Weather Underground. I think it was

think it was >> Billy.

>> Billy. >> Billys.

Um when you're quoting Sarah Palin,

when you're quoting Sarah Palin, [laughter]

[laughter] you know you got a problem.

you know you got a problem. It's all it's all the same hysterical

It's all it's all the same hysterical smears. People understand it now. It's

smears. People understand it now. It's not going to work anymore. The whole the

not going to work anymore. The whole the whole thing about the Holy Land five or

whole thing about the Holy Land five or whatever look at Democracy Now's

whatever look at Democracy Now's coverage of that exact same sort of

coverage of that exact same sort of hysterical smears of Palestinians.

Um, let's take some calls, shall we?

Wait, am I already in? >> I heard the sound when we

>> I heard the sound when we >> Oh, yeah. Shoot. I am already in. Okay.

>> Oh, yeah. Shoot. I am already in. Okay. Uh, call from Oh, no. I'm not calling.

Uh, call from Oh, no. I'm not calling. The number is 646257-3920.

The number is 646257-3920. 646257-3920.646-2573920.

Um, let's uh talk just a little bit. I mean,

let's uh talk just a little bit. I mean, Bill Maher was concerned that in Uganda,

Bill Maher was concerned that in Uganda, where uh Zoran Mani has a dual

where uh Zoran Mani has a dual citizenship and I suspect has had little

citizenship and I suspect has had little to do with Ugandan policy um

over the years. Um, meanwhile, his country, the United

Um, meanwhile, his country, the United States, is firing missiles

States, is firing missiles at random fishermen

at random fishermen in the Caribbean or uh in the Pacific.

in the Caribbean or uh in the Pacific. We have no evidence as to what these

We have no evidence as to what these guys that we've killed are doing. There

guys that we've killed are doing. There is no authority, even if they are uh

is no authority, even if they are uh drug running,

drug running, to simply unilaterally kill them. And

to simply unilaterally kill them. And some people have written and I and I

some people have written and I and I maybe I saw it on Twitter. I can't

maybe I saw it on Twitter. I can't remember. But it's an interesting theory

remember. But it's an interesting theory that

that what the Trump administration does is

what the Trump administration does is they try and uh bit by bit assume more

they try and uh bit by bit assume more authority and normalize horrific things.

authority and normalize horrific things. And there was a time where the idea that

And there was a time where the idea that we would

we would send a missile into a boat, a random

send a missile into a boat, a random boat

boat in international waters and kill

in international waters and kill everybody on board. There would have

everybody on board. There would have been some type of outcry. This is now

been some type of outcry. This is now what, the eighth boat that we've done

what, the eighth boat that we've done this to. And there's nothing. Nobody in

this to. And there's nothing. Nobody in Congress is saying anything.

Barely anybody in the media is saying anything and we're just randomly killing

anything and we're just randomly killing people. And the idea is normalize that

people. And the idea is normalize that the president of the United States has

the president of the United States has the authority to kill people

the authority to kill people just unilaterally based upon no legal

just unilaterally based upon no legal precedent whatsoever.

precedent whatsoever. and then like you know arresting people

becomes less sort of like out of bounds. And

less sort of like out of bounds. And this is the first time I've heard Donald

this is the first time I've heard Donald Trump combine these things.

Trump combine these things. He's in Japan. Uh

he is talking on what uh is the ship? >> The USS George Washington.

>> The USS George Washington. >> He's on the USS George Washington. He's

>> He's on the USS George Washington. He's in Japan trying to force them to buy

in Japan trying to force them to buy F-150s.

at the USS George Washington uh at the Yokusu uh Yokosuka

Yokusu uh Yokosuka Naval Base.

Naval Base. >> Have cities that are troubled and we're

>> Have cities that are troubled and we're sending in our National Guard. And if we

sending in our National Guard. And if we need more than the National Guard, we'll

need more than the National Guard, we'll send more than the National Guard

send more than the National Guard because we're going to have safe cities.

because we're going to have safe cities. We're not going to have people killed in

We're not going to have people killed in our cities. And whether people like that

our cities. And whether people like that or not, that's what we're doing. And

or not, that's what we're doing. And you've been watching what our missiles

you've been watching what our missiles do to boats and ships and submarines.

do to boats and ships and submarines. How about the submarine? They said, "No,

How about the submarine? They said, "No, that was just fishing." The radical left

that was just fishing." The radical left Democrat said, "Well, it was a

Democrat said, "Well, it was a submarine, but they were just fishing."

submarine, but they were just fishing." Submarines don't go fishing, do they?

Submarines don't go fishing, do they? You know more about submarines than I

You know more about submarines than I do. Have cities that are trouble.

do. Have cities that are trouble. >> Okay. So, apparently there was one I

>> Okay. So, apparently there was one I don't know if it was a full-on submarine

don't know if it was a full-on submarine or what,

or what, but

but there's a reason why he strings those

there's a reason why he strings those two together.

two together. We have the authority to do this.

We have the authority to do this. Anybody complaining about us going into

Anybody complaining about us going into a city, even if they don't like it,

a city, even if they don't like it, is equivalent to them complaining about

is equivalent to them complaining about this. And we did this

this. And we did this We're killing people randomly.

So certainly we can go into a city and if they don't like it, they don't like

if they don't like it, they don't like it.

it. I mean, this is what they're planning to

I mean, this is what they're planning to do. We played that clip the other day,

do. We played that clip the other day, didn't we, of Hegsith talking about the

didn't we, of Hegsith talking about the non-denial about a memo on federalizing

non-denial about a memo on federalizing all the National Guards in 50 states.

all the National Guards in 50 states. That's why it's so important that people

That's why it's so important that people who are in the National Guard,

if they're in the opportunity, they have the opportunity to speak out against um

the opportunity to speak out against um being federalized and deploying into

being federalized and deploying into their cities.

their cities. But this, you know, this is we're only

But this, you know, this is we're only nine months into this thing, 10 months

nine months into this thing, 10 months in.

in. They're just trucking along now.

talking and I guess I guess he thinks that maybe there's no internet in Japan.

that maybe there's no internet in Japan. We we now have more people uh than ever

We we now have more people uh than ever since 2020 looking for a second job

to the extent that we know what's going on in terms of job losses.

on in terms of job losses. It appears from non-governmental agents

It appears from non-governmental agents because of course uh these shut that

because of course uh these shut that down

down that job losses are at 2020 levels.

that job losses are at 2020 levels. You'll recall 2020 was the pandemic.

Inflation on all sorts of uh goods are way up.

way up. Iowa is in like a recession now.

Iowa is in like a recession now. But uh here he is. Maybe he doesn't even

But uh here he is. Maybe he doesn't even know

know >> because we're doing so well. Inflation

>> because we're doing so well. Inflation has been defeated and workers wages are

has been defeated and workers wages are raising at the fastest pace in 60 years.

raising at the fastest pace in 60 years. And that includes your wages. They're

And that includes your wages. They're rising in the fastest pace. The workers,

rising in the fastest pace. The workers, I'm not talking about the rich people.

I'm not talking about the rich people. Rich people, everyone's doing well.

Rich people, everyone's doing well. Everyone in our country is now doing

Everyone in our country is now doing well. My first term, we built the

well. My first term, we built the greatest economy in the history of the

greatest economy in the history of the world. We had an economy like nobody has

world. We had an economy like nobody has seen before. Now we're doing it again,

seen before. Now we're doing it again, but this time actually it's going to be

but this time actually it's going to be much bigger, much stronger. I told you

much bigger, much stronger. I told you 17 trillion dollars, but it's going to

17 trillion dollars, but it's going to be 20 21 trillion. And that's numbers

be 20 21 trillion. And that's numbers that have never been heard of before.

that have never been heard of before. Much bigger than any other world by

Much bigger than any other world by literally 1516 trillion dollars. So

literally 1516 trillion dollars. So >> he's just rambling now.

call from an 802 area code. Who's this? Where you calling from?

>> Oh my god. Is this me? >> It is you. 802. Who's this? Where you

>> It is you. 802. Who's this? Where you calling from?

calling from? >> My name is uh Molly from Brooklyn.

>> My name is uh Molly from Brooklyn. >> Molly from Brooklyn. What's on your

>> Molly from Brooklyn. What's on your mind?

mind? I'm calling about an incident that

I'm calling about an incident that happened not this past Friday, but the

happened not this past Friday, but the Friday beforehand. I'm on the organizing

Friday beforehand. I'm on the organizing committee for um Wikipedia. I'm on the

committee for um Wikipedia. I'm on the board of Wikipedia here in New York City

board of Wikipedia here in New York City and um there was a incident where a

and um there was a incident where a pedophile got on stage with a gun to his

pedophile got on stage with a gun to his head and was freaking out that Wikipedia

head and was freaking out that Wikipedia banned and blocked him. And so now the

banned and blocked him. And so now the truth is literally under tech and as a

truth is literally under tech and as a journalist and a Wikipedian I'm worried

journalist and a Wikipedian I'm worried for our future in um

for our future in um >> where did this happen?

>> where did this happen? This happened in uh Civic Hall in uh

This happened in uh Civic Hall in uh Union Square and two I It's a happy

Union Square and two I It's a happy story though because two Wikip Wikipedia

story though because two Wikip Wikipedia organizers that I know thwarted the

organizers that I know thwarted the attack. Um one um basically got him from

attack. Um one um basically got him from behind. They're both not armed. one got

behind. They're both not armed. one got him from behind and then another friend

him from behind and then another friend of mine, an organizer at the conference

of mine, an organizer at the conference got the gun and um so nobody was harmed

got the gun and um so nobody was harmed and um there was a there were a few

and um there was a there were a few stories in the New York Times and Slate

stories in the New York Times and Slate like I've been on the on [laughter] the

like I've been on the on [laughter] the phone with people all week long talking

phone with people all week long talking to them about this incident and um I'm

to them about this incident and um I'm just glad nobody was hurt.

just glad nobody was hurt. >> Yeah. because Wikipedia is a place of

>> Yeah. because Wikipedia is a place of love and support and everybody in the

love and support and everybody in the community now is uh wants to support

community now is uh wants to support those people. I mean he the guy who got

those people. I mean he the guy who got on stage who threatened to uh commit

on stage who threatened to uh commit suicide. He um sorry if this deplatforms

suicide. He um sorry if this deplatforms you on YouTube for this um the guy was a

you on YouTube for this um the guy was a non-offending

non-offending um pedophile. So he doesn't uh

um pedophile. So he doesn't uh Apparently, it was a community that

Apparently, it was a community that Wikipedia isn't supportive of, which is

Wikipedia isn't supportive of, which is good. We're anti- pedophile, but um I I

good. We're anti- pedophile, but um I I didn't even know about maps, which is a

didn't even know about maps, which is a term I've never heard of. Like,

term I've never heard of. Like, >> it's the euphemism for Yeah. minor

>> it's the euphemism for Yeah. minor attracted persons.

attracted persons. >> Okay.

>> Okay. >> Yeah. I didn't even know like this is

>> Yeah. I didn't even know like this is like this weird corner of the internet I

like this weird corner of the internet I didn't know existed, but Wikipedia does

didn't know existed, but Wikipedia does not support pedophiles.

not support pedophiles. >> Okay. Well, uh I don't know if this is

>> Okay. Well, uh I don't know if this is related or not, but Elon Musk has

related or not, but Elon Musk has announced his own competitor to

announced his own competitor to Wikipedia called

Wikipedia called >> Yeah, there's also Conservipedia. So,

>> Yeah, there's also Conservipedia. So, Wikipedia just in general can exist when

Wikipedia just in general can exist when wherever and now Graopipedia is coming

wherever and now Graopipedia is coming around which I support because Graopedia

around which I support because Graopedia can I mean if anybody wants to go over

can I mean if anybody wants to go over there and mess up Graopedia, go and do

there and mess up Graopedia, go and do that.

that. >> Please feel free.

>> Please feel free. >> Well, all right. Appreciate the the

>> Well, all right. Appreciate the the call. That sounds harrowing. I'm glad

call. That sounds harrowing. I'm glad nobody got hurt.

nobody got hurt. >> Real quick, can you explain?

>> Real quick, can you explain? >> Uh, I I add myself to notable people

>> Uh, I I add myself to notable people from Westbrook, Maine in Wikipedia, and

from Westbrook, Maine in Wikipedia, and I got banned for it.

I got banned for it. >> Um, [laughter]

>> is there anything you could do about that? Pull some strings. It's it's one

that? Pull some strings. It's it's one of those things where okay so I started

of those things where okay so I started my Wikipedia journal journey because I'm

my Wikipedia journal journey because I'm part of women do news and I what I do is

part of women do news and I what I do is I get in front of groups of people and

I get in front of groups of people and yell about how um the notoriety uh

yell about how um the notoriety uh element of Wikipedia is is uh sexist and

element of Wikipedia is is uh sexist and all these other things. So, it's

all these other things. So, it's probably maybe uh getting rid of notable

probably maybe uh getting rid of notable people, which they should be notable.

people, which they should be notable. So, I'm so on board with your notoriety.

So, I'm so on board with your notoriety. I I would say creative Wikipedia.

I I would say creative Wikipedia. >> Wait a second. Are you saying that you

>> Wait a second. Are you saying that you think rather than having uh Brian be

think rather than having uh Brian be notable from that town in Maine that we

notable from that town in Maine that we should get rid of all notable people

should get rid of all notable people from Wikipedia?

from Wikipedia? >> No, no, no.

>> No, no, no. I'm saying that I'm I'm so for more

I'm saying that I'm I'm so for more voices on Wikipedia at all times. And so

voices on Wikipedia at all times. And so I think that Brian is notable enough,

I think that Brian is notable enough, but I also think that I'm notable enough

but I also think that I'm notable enough and I'm not notable enough at all.

and I'm not notable enough at all. >> Well, that's a very nice way of saying

>> Well, that's a very nice way of saying that you think Brian is maybe um a

that you think Brian is maybe um a little

little >> Are you saying we're all notable?

>> Are you saying we're all notable? [laughter]

[laughter] >> I'm saying we're all notable in that uh

>> I'm saying we're all notable in that uh we're all we're all notable.

we're all we're all notable. >> Okay, fair. Although uh the reason why

>> Okay, fair. Although uh the reason why the reason why Sam's uh picture is

the reason why Sam's uh picture is updated is because I uh accosted him at

updated is because I uh accosted him at uh Have I Got News for You. So if he

uh Have I Got News for You. So if he remembers that me and my Wikipedia

remembers that me and my Wikipedia friends. Yes. So um anytime you get

friends. Yes. So um anytime you get approached by someone who says they're

approached by someone who says they're from Wiki Portraits, that is a real

from Wiki Portraits, that is a real thing. And um Sam's updated pictures.

thing. And um Sam's updated pictures. That picture is I I mean I'm glad it was

That picture is I I mean I'm glad it was updated, but it it look [laughter]

updated, but it it look [laughter] it's not it's not the most flattering

it's not it's not the most flattering picture of me. I got to say

picture of me. I got to say >> it wasn't take I don't want to I don't

>> it wasn't take I don't want to I don't want to like absolve myself, but it

want to like absolve myself, but it wasn't taken by me. It was taken by my

wasn't taken by me. It was taken by my fellow Wikipdian friend.

fellow Wikipdian friend. >> Yeah, the first time that uh he had

>> Yeah, the first time that uh he had taken a photo or I [laughter] would have

taken a photo or I [laughter] would have I would have moved in a different

I would have moved in a different direction. Uh, but I'm like there's like

direction. Uh, but I'm like there's like blue blotches all over my face.

blue blotches all over my face. [laughter]

>> I don't know. Maybe that's the lighting we have. Have I got news for you?

we have. Have I got news for you? >> Yes. I mean, but I mean we, you know.

>> Yes. I mean, but I mean we, you know. All right.

All right. There's no way to change that, is there?

There's no way to change that, is there? >> You certainly, Sam, are notable enough

>> You certainly, Sam, are notable enough >> where I could actually change it.

>> where I could actually change it. >> Uh, no.

>> Uh, no. >> That's not how it works. But, uh, you're

>> That's not how it works. But, uh, you're notable enough that you'd think that

notable enough that you'd think that your notoriety would drip over to your

your notoriety would drip over to your crew, right?

crew, right? >> I mean, uh,

>> I mean, uh, >> it could be a picture problem.

>> it could be a picture problem. >> Yes. If there's another updated picture,

>> Yes. If there's another updated picture, uh, maybe that will shine light on your

uh, maybe that will shine light on your the rest of your crew being notable as

the rest of your crew being notable as well.

well. >> Yeah. Well, uh, all right. Well, Molly,

>> Yeah. Well, uh, all right. Well, Molly, appreciate the call. I'm glad nobody got

appreciate the call. I'm glad nobody got hurt.

hurt. >> Me, too. Me, too. It's a supportive,

>> Me, too. Me, too. It's a supportive, loving community. Everybody should get

loving community. Everybody should get involved with WikiNYC or wikienyc.org.

involved with WikiNYC or wikienyc.org. >> Okay, bye-bye.

>> Okay, bye-bye. >> Um, Wikipedia, one of the genuinely um

>> Um, Wikipedia, one of the genuinely um impressive voluntary organizations of

impressive voluntary organizations of the past like few decades.

the past like few decades. >> What's that?

>> What's that? >> Wikipedia is one of the most, if not the

>> Wikipedia is one of the most, if not the most uh impressive voluntary

most uh impressive voluntary organization few decades.

organization few decades. >> Great. It's great. they've been able to

>> Great. It's great. they've been able to maintain through all of like the

maintain through all of like the >> Yeah. Uh see uh me Melancholy. Sam,

>> Yeah. Uh see uh me Melancholy. Sam, please answer my question. Is Andy

please answer my question. Is Andy related to Nick Croll?

related to Nick Croll? Can he get me an autograph? I have I

Can he get me an autograph? I have I have no idea. [laughter]

Aaron's not cool. Sam, you you should change the cedar in 2008 because that

change the cedar in 2008 because that one is worse.

one is worse. Not sure I know what that means either.

Not sure I know what that means either. Um, KyLick, uh, Wikipedia prohibits you

Um, KyLick, uh, Wikipedia prohibits you from editing anything about yourself

from editing anything about yourself because it would be a conflict of

because it would be a conflict of interest.

interest. >> That's what they told me.

>> That's what they told me. >> Crisscross.

>> Crisscross. >> Yeah, exactly.

>> Yeah, exactly. >> You're notable. Put in a different

>> You're notable. Put in a different picture.

picture. >> Yeah.

>> Yeah. >> All right. Uh, calling from a 945 area

>> All right. Uh, calling from a 945 area code. Who's this? Where you calling

code. Who's this? Where you calling from?

from? >> Uh, hey, this is Keith from Frisco,

>> Uh, hey, this is Keith from Frisco, Texas. We talked yesterday and you

Texas. We talked yesterday and you called me Cheich.

called me Cheich. >> Oh, Keith. Okay. I was going to call you

>> Oh, Keith. Okay. I was going to call you Chee again. Uh,

Chee again. Uh, >> all right. Keep

>> all right. Keep >> That's fine. Yeah, I know. I You know, I

>> That's fine. Yeah, I know. I You know, I can go by cheat.

can go by cheat. >> I'm I'm also interested in getting

>> I'm I'm also interested in getting notorized on Wikipedia. That's what I'm

notorized on Wikipedia. That's what I'm calling.

calling. >> Uh, what's on your mind? Take that.

>> Um, well, I didn't get to really finish what I was saying yesterday. I only

what I was saying yesterday. I only brought up um the Graham dude because I

brought up um the Graham dude because I wanted to know if you're familiar with

wanted to know if you're familiar with James Tarico down here in Texas. He just

James Tarico down here in Texas. He just announced his limit bid.

announced his limit bid. >> I I am familiar with Terico.

>> I I am familiar with Terico. Yeah, we've we've talked about him.

Yeah, we've we've talked about him. >> Yeah, I was just

>> Yeah, I was just >> Yeah, I don't listen to every episode. I

>> Yeah, I don't listen to every episode. I figured you probably at some point.

figured you probably at some point. Yeah, it'd be awesome if you tried to

Yeah, it'd be awesome if you tried to get him on. It'd be awesome if you tried

get him on. It'd be awesome if you tried to get him on uh at some point. I think

to get him on uh at some point. I think he's like should be the poster child for

he's like should be the poster child for like bringing the parties together and

like bringing the parties together and you know,

you know, >> I agree with you and tell him to get

>> I agree with you and tell him to get back to my email because I I have

back to my email because I I have actually [laughter]

actually [laughter] gone out to him.

gone out to him. >> Nice. That's all. I appreciate the show.

>> Nice. That's all. I appreciate the show. Uh, shout out Wikipedia. I think you're

Uh, shout out Wikipedia. I think you're awesome and that was a crazy story.

awesome and that was a crazy story. >> The Wikipedia lady, but yeah,

>> The Wikipedia lady, but yeah, >> appreciate the call.

>> appreciate the call. >> Shout out Wikipedia. Shout out James

>> Shout out Wikipedia. Shout out James Tyler Rico.

Tyler Rico. >> Great. Great.

>> Great. Great. >> Um,

>> Um, call from an 805 area code. Who's this?

call from an 805 area code. Who's this? Where you calling from?

Where you calling from? >> Hi, this me.

>> Hi, this me. >> Yep.

>> Yep. >> Hi, this is Sean from Western

>> Hi, this is Sean from Western Massachusetts.

Massachusetts. >> From Western Massachusetts. Hello, Sean.

>> From Western Massachusetts. Hello, Sean. Uh, so I am also calling about another

Uh, so I am also calling about another candidate. Have you guys heard yet of

candidate. Have you guys heard yet of Jeremy Whan who's challenging Richard

Jeremy Whan who's challenging Richard Neil?

Neil? >> Uh, I think he came up in uh somebody

>> Uh, I think he came up in uh somebody mentioned him uh uh I feel like a couple

mentioned him uh uh I feel like a couple of weeks ago, but Richie Neil um is

of weeks ago, but Richie Neil um is horrible. There's been a couple of

horrible. There's been a couple of candidates that have tried to run

candidates that have tried to run against him. In fact, if I remember now

against him. In fact, if I remember now correctly, a couple years ago, the

correctly, a couple years ago, the candidate that was running against him,

candidate that was running against him, I can't remember his name, but like uh

I can't remember his name, but like uh the college Democrats

the college Democrats um smeared him, right?

>> Yeah. That was like 2020. I I live in the district I live in a district up

the district I live in a district up from what district mass one. I live in

from what district mass one. I live in Mass 2. So, I have God Jim McGovern

Mass 2. So, I have God Jim McGovern who's great.

who's great. >> Oh, McGovern's great. That he's from

>> Oh, McGovern's great. That he's from Worcester.

Worcester. Yes. Uh but Jeremy like I've been

Yes. Uh but Jeremy like I've been reading his platform. He is very

reading his platform. He is very awesome. It seems been joining on the on

awesome. It seems been joining on the on the anti-APAC money crowd um advocating

the anti-APAC money crowd um advocating for Medicare for all and wants to like

for Medicare for all and wants to like propose a bill that's like the

propose a bill that's like the Massachusetts fair share tax on a

Massachusetts fair share tax on a federal level which is basically you

federal level which is basically you like any dollar made above a million

like any dollar made above a million would be taxed at 2% and that's how we

would be taxed at 2% and that's how we now have free school lunches, free

now have free school lunches, free community college and other great stuff

community college and other great stuff in Massachusetts.

in Massachusetts. >> Yep. this raised $5.7 billion dollars.

>> Yep. this raised $5.7 billion dollars. >> Yeah, but I he if you can find a way to

>> Yeah, but I he if you can find a way to get him on, I think he'd be a great

get him on, I think he'd be a great person to have. He's very also a friend

person to have. He's very also a friend of mood. Khalil, I learned. But

of mood. Khalil, I learned. But >> All right. Well, yeah, you're our second

>> All right. Well, yeah, you're our second caller about him. So, that's good

caller about him. So, that's good reference.

reference. >> Um, we'll we'll put him on a list.

>> A couple weeks ago, >> appreciate the call. We're losing you.

Yep. All right. Jeremy Well,

All right. Jeremy Well, should we play this? I almost don't care

should we play this? I almost don't care about this.

about this. >> Did you read the uh the Isaac Chner

>> Did you read the uh the Isaac Chner thing?

thing? >> No, not yet.

>> No, not yet. >> The Isaac Chner thing is actually even

>> The Isaac Chner thing is actually even worse than this. This is bad.

worse than this. This is bad. But like honestly like

I don't like >> I don't even understand what her agenda

>> I don't even understand what her agenda is. I think what it it it illustrates is

is. I think what it it it illustrates is sort of like um the state of the

sort of like um the state of the Democratic party and like how if you're

Democratic party and like how if you're assessing a house like and you see a

assessing a house like and you see a bunch of termites ate the foundation

bunch of termites ate the foundation away like there's just the the

away like there's just the the I I for the life of me I can't

I I for the life of me I can't understand what this person is doing. I

understand what this person is doing. I can't like I can't like I can't figure

can't like I can't like I can't figure out like what's the like this does feel

out like what's the like this does feel like she is

like she is wants to make a million dollars with the

wants to make a million dollars with the book and then just go off to like uh

book and then just go off to like uh Tahiti or you know desert island and

Tahiti or you know desert island and like I'm done.

like I'm done. >> Yeah.

>> Yeah. >> Because I don't understand even as a

>> Because I don't understand even as a political matter like what is she

political matter like what is she pushing here? It's just some type of

pushing here? It's just some type of weird personal agrievement.

weird personal agrievement. Is Joe Biden funding this? I don't

Is Joe Biden funding this? I don't understand. Like I don't I don't

understand. Like I don't I don't understand like what what's going on

understand like what what's going on here. Um

here. Um >> maybe we'll start in the middle.

>> maybe we'll start in the middle. >> All right. So this is Karen Jean Pierre

>> All right. So this is Karen Jean Pierre who was uh Joe Biden's um

who was uh Joe Biden's um >> press secretary and she's written a book

>> press secretary and she's written a book about why she's leaving the Democratic

about why she's leaving the Democratic party. And it's fascinating because

party. And it's fascinating because I've seen this interview. I read the one

I've seen this interview. I read the one with Chner. I can't figure out why she's

with Chner. I can't figure out why she's leaving the Democratic party because

leaving the Democratic party because they were mean to Joe Biden.

they were mean to Joe Biden. Honestly, I for the life of me, I can't

Honestly, I for the life of me, I can't figure out what what's going on with

figure out what what's going on with this.

this. >> They weren't loyal enough to Joe.

>> They weren't loyal enough to Joe. >> I'm going to start it a little bit.

>> I'm going to start it a little bit. >> It's heartbreaking.

>> It's heartbreaking. Heartbreaking. And to not say that and

Heartbreaking. And to not say that and not to be clear, no, go back and she No,

not to be clear, no, go back and she No, he's asked her about, you know, do you

he's asked her about, you know, do you have any regrets getting up in front of

have any regrets getting up in front of the podium

the podium >> and supporting this genocidal

>> and supporting this genocidal enabling policy by the United States

enabling policy by the United States under Joe Biden.

under Joe Biden. And of course, her response is it's

And of course, her response is it's heartbreaking. It's all this sort of

heartbreaking. It's all this sort of like passive like

like passive like it's also it's heartbreaking that

it's also it's heartbreaking that there's a hurricane that's going to hit

there's a hurricane that's going to hit Jamaica except for that's not man. Well,

Jamaica except for that's not man. Well, >> there's nobody who really has right now

>> there's nobody who really has right now the ability to turn a switch and turn

the ability to turn a switch and turn that off.

that off. >> Well, Lee Zeldon hasn't gotten back to

>> Well, Lee Zeldon hasn't gotten back to us about that yet.

us about that yet. >> That's true.

>> That's true. >> So, hold out.

>> So, hold out. >> But but but let's listen to her sort of

>> But but but let's listen to her sort of like you imagine leaving a a political

like you imagine leaving a a political party because people were mean in her

party because people were mean in her mind to the president. But like

mind to the president. But like the genocidal the killing of tens of

the genocidal the killing of tens of thousands of children,

thousands of children, men, women, innocent civilians, h that's

men, women, innocent civilians, h that's that's just heartbreaking. But you got

that's just heartbreaking. But you got to move past that.

to move past that. >> Afghanistan, you haven't mentioned uh

>> Afghanistan, you haven't mentioned uh Gaza, and you certainly didn't mention

Gaza, and you certainly didn't mention Gaza much in your book. I wanted to get

Gaza much in your book. I wanted to get your thoughts at that. You stood at the

your thoughts at that. You stood at the White House podium uh speaking on behalf

White House podium uh speaking on behalf of the administration. You defended US

of the administration. You defended US policy in Gaza at a time where there

policy in Gaza at a time where there were mass civilian casualties,

were mass civilian casualties, journalists being killed, whole families

journalists being killed, whole families being wiped out, hospitals being bombed.

being wiped out, hospitals being bombed. Um, and the international community was

Um, and the international community was calling it what it was at the time,

calling it what it was at the time, saying it was a violation, it was war

saying it was a violation, it was war crimes, and you defended the

crimes, and you defended the administration's policy. When you look

administration's policy. When you look back at that moment, do you um regret

back at that moment, do you um regret any of the positions that you advocated

any of the positions that you advocated for on behalf of the administrations,

for on behalf of the administrations, the positions you take? Do you feel that

the positions you take? Do you feel that you were complicit in advocating a

you were complicit in advocating a narrative that turned out to be wrong?

narrative that turned out to be wrong? >> No, I appreciate the question because

>> No, I appreciate the question because one thing that I really want to make

one thing that I really want to make clear is that I was speaking on behalf

clear is that I was speaking on behalf of the president. That is the job of the

of the president. That is the job of the White House press secretary. I'm not

White House press secretary. I'm not speaking for Karine Jean Pierre. I was

speaking for Karine Jean Pierre. I was speaking for Joe Biden. That's every

speaking for Joe Biden. That's every White House press secretary. That is

White House press secretary. That is their job.

their job. >> Well, you you said now you speak for

>> Well, you you said now you speak for yourself. So,

yourself. So, >> hold on. Hold on. Wait. I'm Let me

>> hold on. Hold on. Wait. I'm Let me finish.

finish. >> No, no, I know. I just want to because

>> No, no, I know. I just want to because we're almost out of time. I just want to

we're almost out of time. I just want to go get it. I'm going to get to it.

go get it. I'm going to get to it. Obviously, what's happening is

Obviously, what's happening is heartbreaking.

heartbreaking. Heartbreaking. And to not say that and

Heartbreaking. And to not say that and not to be clear about the devastation

not to be clear about the devastation and the killings that we're seeing of

and the killings that we're seeing of families is just heartbreaking. And my I

families is just heartbreaking. And my I would say is that is not the way I

would say is that is not the way I believe people wanted it to turn out.

believe people wanted it to turn out. But I didn't make policy. The president

But I didn't make policy. The president is going to write his book. He will

is going to write his book. He will speak to his policy. I'm going to let

speak to his policy. I'm going to let his foreign policy team speak to that.

his foreign policy team speak to that. But it is heartbreaking. And I'm hoping

But it is heartbreaking. And I'm hoping that the ceasefire holds. We need to get

that the ceasefire holds. We need to get to a peaceful situation in the Middle

to a peaceful situation in the Middle East to a peace agreement. And I know

East to a peace agreement. And I know that's going to take a lot of hard work.

that's going to take a lot of hard work. But of course that's not what I want to

But of course that's not what I want to see. Of course that's heartbreaking. I

see. Of course that's heartbreaking. I don't want to see uh families, children,

don't want to see uh families, children, journalists being killed. Of course not.

journalists being killed. Of course not. Uh and um and pause it for a second.

Uh and um and pause it for a second. It's as if the question was

It's as if the question was >> do you think it's heartbreaking

>> do you think it's heartbreaking >> that

>> that probably well well well over 60,000

probably well well well over 60,000 people were killed,

people were killed, children maimed.

children maimed. The number one cause of death amongst

The number one cause of death amongst children over the past couple years has

children over the past couple years has been Israel.

been Israel. Do you think that's heartbreaking?

Do you think that's heartbreaking? That's not the question. Who's going to

That's not the question. Who's going to get up there and go, "No, I mean, well,

get up there and go, "No, I mean, well, they're actually I'm sorry, Caroline

they're actually I'm sorry, Caroline Levit."

Levit." >> Uh, Caroline Levit and I would say

>> Uh, Caroline Levit and I would say probably like significant amount of the

probably like significant amount of the Israeli leadership would say that's not

Israeli leadership would say that's not heartbreaking, but that was not the

heartbreaking, but that was not the question.

question. >> Yeah, you lied on behalf of all these

>> Yeah, you lied on behalf of all these heartbreaking things. How do you feel

heartbreaking things. How do you feel about that?

about that? >> I'm heartbroken. I'm heartbroken by it,

>> I'm heartbroken. I'm heartbroken by it, but then All right, keep keep going.

but then All right, keep keep going. You are speaking for yourself, Karine.

You are speaking for yourself, Karine. Do you have any regrets at all for

Do you have any regrets at all for anything that you said while you were

anything that you said while you were speaking on behalf of this

speaking on behalf of this administration?

administration? >> I'm Look,

>> I'm Look, >> it's just it's a simple yes or no. You

>> it's just it's a simple yes or no. You don't even know

don't even know >> because you're you're asking for a yes

>> because you're you're asking for a yes or no question. I want to put some

or no question. I want to put some context to it, too. I woke up every day

context to it, too. I woke up every day I woke up every day very proud to be the

I woke up every day very proud to be the White House press secretary. I woke up

White House press secretary. I woke up every day as a as a black woman who is

every day as a as a black woman who is queer, who had never no one had ever

queer, who had never no one had ever seen someone like me at that podium

seen someone like me at that podium standing behind that lectern. And it was

standing behind that lectern. And it was an honor and a privilege to have that

an honor and a privilege to have that job. And I did it to the best of my

job. And I did it to the best of my abilities. And I spoke for the president

abilities. And I spoke for the president of the United States, a person that I

of the United States, a person that I believe was a decent person. We did not

believe was a decent person. We did not get everything right. No one is saying

get everything right. No one is saying we got everything right. No one is

we got everything right. No one is saying that we got everything right. No

saying that we got everything right. No one is saying that. But we did it to our

one is saying that. But we did it to our best of our abilities and I worked very

best of our abilities and I worked very hard to do that job. And so I want to

hard to do that job. And so I want to put it into context and as you know at

put it into context and as you know at the podium you don't do yes or no quiz

the podium you don't do yes or no quiz answers. [laughter]

answers. [laughter] >> No, we were hoping you were so you would

>> No, we were hoping you were so you would now that you are speaking for yourself

now that you are speaking for yourself and you're not.

and you're not. >> I was very proud. I I don't I look I was

>> I was very proud. I I don't I look I was very proud of everything that I did. So

very proud of everything that I did. So the uh you know I don't take anything

the uh you know I don't take anything back. I was really proud of everything

back. I was really proud of everything that I did. Again we didn't get

that I did. Again we didn't get everything right.

everything right. >> All right. Karina Jean Pierre. Thank

>> All right. Karina Jean Pierre. Thank you. [laughter] So she was proud of it.

you. [laughter] So she was proud of it. >> Yeah.

>> Yeah. >> Incidentally, um she is doing that

>> Incidentally, um she is doing that interview a day before

interview a day before um it is reported by the New York Times.

um it is reported by the New York Times. And this had already been previously

And this had already been previously reported by Zateo

reported by Zateo in um a documentary they released I want

in um a documentary they released I want to say 6 months ago, but at that time it

to say 6 months ago, but at that time it was

was um

it was uh the uh the source was anonymous, but uh yesterday

anonymous, but uh yesterday the New York Times did a piece on new

the New York Times did a piece on new details of the killing of journalist

details of the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akla. Now, of course, this

Shireen Abu Akla. Now, of course, this happened in 2022.

happened in 2022. I know like for some people uh nothing

I know like for some people uh nothing happened before 2023,

happened before 2023, but this was in 2022. She was shot dead

but this was in 2022. She was shot dead by Israeli forces.

by Israeli forces. A US Army colonel

A US Army colonel stated that the U official

stated that the U official assessment by the United States of the

assessment by the United States of the killing of this Palestinian-American

killing of this Palestinian-American journalist

journalist uh was deliberately softened to avoid a

uh was deliberately softened to avoid a diplomatic dispute with Israel. In other

diplomatic dispute with Israel. In other words, the administration knew

words, the administration knew that Israel was purposefully targeting

journalists for assassination,

for assassination, had killed

had killed an American citizen,

an American citizen, and just didn't want to get into it.

and just didn't want to get into it. This is before uh October 20 23.

Some of the um uh people in involved in that

that assessment went as far as believing that

assessment went as far as believing that it was completely intentional.

it was completely intentional. Others were just forced to soften the

Others were just forced to soften the whole thing.

She's proud of it because she woke up every morning proud of it. That's why

every morning proud of it. That's why she's proud of it.

Also, according to uh NPR Illinois, you're you hit it on the uh the nail on

you're you hit it on the uh the nail on the head there. Uh she left the party

the head there. Uh she left the party because uh they were inability to rally

because uh they were inability to rally around Joe Biden and she felt betrayed

around Joe Biden and she felt betrayed by that.

by that. >> Oh, yeah. I would check out I think it's

>> Oh, yeah. I would check out I think it's the New York Times um or Washington Post

the New York Times um or Washington Post review of it. I can't open it right now.

review of it. I can't open it right now. >> Oh, it's brutal.

>> Oh, it's brutal. >> The first paragraph is I'll see if I can

>> The first paragraph is I'll see if I can open.

open. >> It's brutal. But the Chner thing is even

>> It's brutal. But the Chner thing is even like more bad crap. Like she doesn't

like more bad crap. Like she doesn't even

even I I honestly don't understand like

I I honestly don't understand like does she not have an editor? Does she

does she not have an editor? Does she not have people who are friends with

not have people who are friends with her? Like doesn't somebody like stop

her? Like doesn't somebody like stop her?

her? >> It's a great embarrassment. I mean Sean

>> It's a great embarrassment. I mean Sean Spicer resigned

Spicer resigned from that position because he didn't

from that position because he didn't want to take uh orders from Anthony

want to take uh orders from Anthony Scaramucci. I mean like

Scaramucci. I mean like horrible.

horrible. >> Uh here it is. Imagine parting ways with

>> Uh here it is. Imagine parting ways with the Democratic party, not because of its

the Democratic party, not because of its unwavering support of Israeli Prime

unwavering support of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he violated international law and waged a

violated international law and waged a bloody campaign against civilians in

bloody campaign against civilians in Gaza. Not because of its humiliating

Gaza. Not because of its humiliating failure to mount meaningful opposition

failure to mount meaningful opposition to Trump, assault, not because it

to Trump, assault, not because it continues to run candidates in their 70s

continues to run candidates in their 70s and 80s, one of whom opted to die in

and 80s, one of whom opted to die in office at 90. Uh not because of its

office at 90. Uh not because of its inability to expand access to health

inability to expand access to health care or protect immigrants or tax the

care or protect immigrants or tax the wealthy or really get anything done. Not

wealthy or really get anything done. Not because of its politely non-committal

because of its politely non-committal effect and rhetoric uh of fasile uplift.

effect and rhetoric uh of fasile uplift. Not because of the Democrats have no

Not because of the Democrats have no political vision, something of a

political vision, something of a liability for the political party, but

liability for the political party, but rather because of the single sensible,

rather because of the single sensible, if very belated thing that they have

if very belated thing that they have done in recent memory, which was to

done in recent memory, which was to usher a daughtering Joe Biden out of the

usher a daughtering Joe Biden out of the 2024 presidential race. She's really the

2024 presidential race. She's really the only one taking that line. Even though

only one taking that line. Even though he lost, and you would think like there

he lost, and you would think like there could have been an opportunity to say

could have been an opportunity to say like, why did you make us get rid of

like, why did you make us get rid of Biden? Nobody believes he could have

Biden? Nobody believes he could have done a good job.

done a good job. Bags in face. Bannon says it all the

Bags in face. Bannon says it all the time that Democrats will get used to it.

time that Democrats will get used to it. Uh people will get used to it. The It's

Uh people will get used to it. The It's the playbook.

the playbook. NCS Socialist. How do we know Brian

NCS Socialist. How do we know Brian didn't tape himself to his seat to

didn't tape himself to his seat to appear to be upright? JR and Philly app

appear to be upright? JR and Philly app sounds good so far. Henry, a a

sounds good so far. Henry, a a throughine of 2019's Watchmen on HBO.

throughine of 2019's Watchmen on HBO. Masks make men cruel. Pittsburgh Wizard.

Masks make men cruel. Pittsburgh Wizard. Um

Um Ma uh Bill Mah. Her message for Dems.

Ma uh Bill Mah. Her message for Dems. Make Zoron's auntie afraid again.

leftist vet. Hello. I'd like to talk about the Platner issue from the

about the Platner issue from the perspective of a veteran. I'll call in

perspective of a veteran. I'll call in from a 228 number. Uh we have some

from a 228 number. Uh we have some platiner footage, don't we? Or do we

platiner footage, don't we? Or do we have that? Didn't we have that?

have that? Didn't we have that? >> The one I texted you or we have the line

>> The one I texted you or we have the line outside.

outside. >> Oh, yeah. Let's do both.

>> Oh, yeah. Let's do both. >> Um

>> there's a good piece in um Jacaban

in um Jacaban written by uh Branco Martichek. Is that

written by uh Branco Martichek. Is that >> Bronco March?

>> Bronco March? >> March. Sorry.

>> March. Sorry. Um which apparently that got a hold of

Um which apparently that got a hold of the entire Reddit archive which

the entire Reddit archive which um

um I think people should take a look at and

I think people should take a look at and read.

read. Again, I understand um

I understand why uh people would react to a

to a a tattoo,

a tattoo, a Nazi tattoo.

a Nazi tattoo. Um

Um and in all fairness, I had no idea. I

and in all fairness, I had no idea. I had never even heard the word toten

had never even heard the word toten confant or whatever it is. And I had I I

confant or whatever it is. And I had I I wouldn't have known what that is. But uh

wouldn't have known what that is. But uh it's not unreasonable for him to have at

it's not unreasonable for him to have at one point known what it is. And I

one point known what it is. And I understand why people would be um

understand why people would be um suspicious.

suspicious. But I think if you read uh into what

But I think if you read uh into what he's been saying for the past 10 years,

he's been saying for the past 10 years, you will see that he is uh not a Nazi.

you will see that he is uh not a Nazi. Um,

Um, people might take issue with his sort of

people might take issue with his sort of vehement

vehement anti-fascism.

anti-fascism. I hope not, but I can see that people

I hope not, but I can see that people might. Um,

might. Um, >> that's for the general.

>> that's for the general. >> Yeah, he he Yeah, exactly.

>> Yeah, he he Yeah, exactly. >> Yeah,

>> Yeah, >> that's going to be the knock

>> that's going to be the knock incidentally in the general.

incidentally in the general. >> Socialist communist that he was telling

>> Socialist communist that he was telling people we've got to fight uh against

people we've got to fight uh against these fascist. At one point he's like,

these fascist. At one point he's like, "Look, uh, I understand why people have

"Look, uh, I understand why people have a problem with guns, but I don't trust

a problem with guns, but I don't trust these fascists."

And here's the thing again. I think it is it is impossible at this point to

is it is impossible at this point to read what he had written over the past

read what he had written over the past 10 years. His regret about his time in

10 years. His regret about his time in the service, him saying that he

the service, him saying that he really appreciated the Afghanistan

really appreciated the Afghanistan people, but the imperial minations of

people, but the imperial minations of our government made him incredibly

our government made him incredibly jaded. and I think probably depressed.

jaded. and I think probably depressed. Um,

Um, I mean, you go in and read this stuff.

I mean, you go in and read this stuff. If you actually care about who he is, go

If you actually care about who he is, go uh to Jackaban,

uh to Jackaban, read this stuff and then make a

read this stuff and then make a determination.

determination. Then the other thing to assess is, can

Then the other thing to assess is, can he beat Susan Collins or does he have a

he beat Susan Collins or does he have a better chance of beating Susan Collins

better chance of beating Susan Collins than Janet Mills?

than Janet Mills? And Mills, to be clear, has complimented

And Mills, to be clear, has complimented Collins.

Collins. She is just literally Susan Collins. I

She is just literally Susan Collins. I want to say light, but really just sort

want to say light, but really just sort of Susan Collins, but a Democrat.

of Susan Collins, but a Democrat. And I don't think that's going to be

And I don't think that's going to be enough.

enough. But as far as what's going on in Maine,

But as far as what's going on in Maine, this was uh the line out in front of

this was uh the line out in front of Graham Platner's event in

Graham Platner's event in >> Dearascod. De Mariscod. Where is that?

>> Dearascod. De Mariscod. Where is that? >> I I I had never heard of it, but it's

>> I I I had never heard of it, but it's near it's in Lincoln County, like on the

near it's in Lincoln County, like on the coast,

coast, like nearestish Portland, an hour away.

like nearestish Portland, an hour away. >> 2,200 people live there.

>> 2,200 people live there. >> Uh presumably those would be like as you

>> Uh presumably those would be like as you get closer to Portland, I would imagine

get closer to Portland, I would imagine the most sensitive to the tattoo issue,

the most sensitive to the tattoo issue, right? I mean, am I is that fair?

right? I mean, am I is that fair? >> Uh in Maine, um

>> Uh in Maine, um read Watch this

read Watch this >> from Alex Cites Walls. Wald uh uh posted

>> from Alex Cites Walls. Wald uh uh posted this

this time lapse of the cars parked along the

time lapse of the cars parked along the side of the

side of the >> It's insane.

>> It's insane. >> There's a lot of people there.

of I guess where was this at? A town hall.

hall. >> I'm pretty sure this is the same town

>> I'm pretty sure this is the same town hall we just saw the parking for.

hall we just saw the parking for. >> Oh, really? Okay. Is this from last

>> Oh, really? Okay. Is this from last night?

night? >> I believe so. It was posted today, this

>> I believe so. It was posted today, this morning.

morning. >> But I'll confirm that while it's

>> But I'll confirm that while it's playing.

playing. >> I would love to be out protesting. I

>> I would love to be out protesting. I would love to be out knocking on doors,

would love to be out knocking on doors, but I'll be honest. A person like me

but I'll be honest. A person like me could get killed right now in this

could get killed right now in this country. I believe in you and I believe

country. I believe in you and I believe that you are a better man than you once

that you are a better man than you once were in the past because I'm a better

were in the past because I'm a better person than I was when I in the past. If

person than I was when I in the past. If I if I stand with you, will you fight

I if I stand with you, will you fight with me? Will you stand up for me?

with me? Will you stand up for me? [cheering]

[cheering] >> I firmly believe that every single

>> I firmly believe that every single American has the right to live the life

American has the right to live the life they want to live in their own body as

they want to live in their own body as they see fit. I also fully recognize

they see fit. I also fully recognize that as a

that as a cease white male with a bunch of tattoos

cease white male with a bunch of tattoos and a long combat record that I get to

and a long combat record that I get to put myself out there in ways that other

put myself out there in ways that other people don't. I just want to tell you

people don't. I just want to tell you this is why I'm doing this. I am doing

this is why I'm doing this. I am doing this because I know that I can say

this because I know that I can say things. I know that I can have

things. I know that I can have conversations. I know that I can knock

conversations. I know that I can knock on doors in places that a lot of other

on doors in places that a lot of other people can't have access to, that a lot

people can't have access to, that a lot of other people won't feel safe in.

That is a responsibility that I feel and it is why I am doing this. And I just

it is why I am doing this. And I just want to say I just want to say thank you

want to say I just want to say thank you because

because I know how hard this is.

I know how hard this is. Yeah. I just want to say that yes, I

Yeah. I just want to say that yes, I will absolutely stand next to you and if

will absolutely stand next to you and if we ever have to go knock doors together,

we ever have to go knock doors together, I'm happy to stand by your side.

I'm happy to stand by your side. [applause]

Um, Lumpy from Queens, I think it was

Lumpy from Queens, I think it was Heather Cox Richardson who said that

Heather Cox Richardson who said that good candidates don't need to be

good candidates don't need to be protected by voters. In other words, if

protected by voters. In other words, if Platiner is worth his salt, he will

Platiner is worth his salt, he will G3able.

Greathable? I don't know what that means. Um,

buckets and buckets. Can you have Jordan Wood on? Are you waiting for Platiner's

Wood on? Are you waiting for Platiner's poll numbers to tank more? Yeah, I mean,

poll numbers to tank more? Yeah, I mean, uh, exactly. And yes, he did. He said

uh, exactly. And yes, he did. He said cease

cease instead of cis.

instead of cis. I suspect that he knows that from

I suspect that he knows that from reading that term and is probably not

reading that term and is probably not around a lot of people who who identify

around a lot of people who who identify as a cis man.

Is it the Jordan Wood who spent his last few years working at the mothership?

few years working at the mothership? >> Are you serious?

>> Are you serious? >> Yes.

>> Yes. >> What?

>> What? Why is that guy running for Maine?

Why is that guy running for Maine? >> Yes.

>> Yes. >> He's been working Joe Rogan's thing.

>> He's been working Joe Rogan's thing. >> No, no, no, no. That uh that spam pack

>> No, no, no, no. That uh that spam pack organization, Mothership.

organization, Mothership. >> Oh jeez. The literally they were ripping

>> Oh jeez. The literally they were ripping people off.

Uh we he will not be on. >> Cancel. I don't care what his polling

>> Cancel. I don't care what his polling is. He will not be on.

>> Yeah. Remember we had a guest on to talk about the uh the the they they they had

about the uh the the they they they had like

like >> dispense like 2% of their money

>> about Zappa. Uh thoughts on Bernie praising Trump's immigration policies

praising Trump's immigration policies recently. I've been very conflicted

recently. I've been very conflicted about that. you know, Bernie's

about that. you know, Bernie's immigration uh stuff was pretty bad uh

immigration uh stuff was pretty bad uh well,

well, in my opinion, uh pretty bad uh for much

in my opinion, uh pretty bad uh for much of his career and then I think he tacked

of his career and then I think he tacked uh to the left in the wake of uh Trump

uh to the left in the wake of uh Trump the first time around. I don't know that

the first time around. I don't know that he's um I don't know that he is uh

he's um I don't know that he is uh promoting his immigration policies

promoting his immigration policies large. I've heard him say like, you

large. I've heard him say like, you know, uh securing the border, whatever

know, uh securing the border, whatever that means, uh has been good. Um but

that means, uh has been good. Um but again, like I have no problem with a

again, like I have no problem with a border that basically says, "Okay, uh

border that basically says, "Okay, uh come in. Here's uh your papers and

come in. Here's uh your papers and here's how we're going to integrate you

here's how we're going to integrate you into our country." In the same way that

into our country." In the same way that like I feel that [snorts] we should

like I feel that [snorts] we should require driver's licenses.

require driver's licenses. I don't think people should just

I don't think people should just willy-nilly be able to get into a car

willy-nilly be able to get into a car and drive all over the We need to have

and drive all over the We need to have some uh regulations about this and I

some uh regulations about this and I feel the same way about uh people

feel the same way about uh people becoming citizens. Um

becoming citizens. Um but this has been you know uh Bernie's

but this has been you know uh Bernie's perspective I think for a long time and

perspective I think for a long time and I think the theory has always been

I think the theory has always been that um either a you need to have uh

that um either a you need to have uh some type of of system so that people

some type of of system so that people come in and do not suppress wages for

come in and do not suppress wages for people here. And whether that means

people here. And whether that means that, you know, people can be easily

that, you know, people can be easily exploited if they come in as

exploited if they come in as undocumented immigrants, which I agree

undocumented immigrants, which I agree with, and I would want them to become

with, and I would want them to become citizens or at least, you know, um get

citizens or at least, you know, um get on some type of uh of

on some type of uh of status that is protected, whether it's a

status that is protected, whether it's a work visa or whatnot, that provides them

work visa or whatnot, that provides them the same type of labor rights as we give

the same type of labor rights as we give to Americans. But the theory that if we

to Americans. But the theory that if we have less immigrant labor in this

have less immigrant labor in this country, wages are going to go up has

country, wages are going to go up has not been borne out over the past nine

not been borne out over the past nine months.

months. It has actually hurt our economy.

It has actually hurt our economy. Yeah, I I agree with Bernie about the um

Yeah, I I agree with Bernie about the um the visa programs that are abused by

the visa programs that are abused by especially like Silicon Valley stuff,

especially like Silicon Valley stuff, but I think that accepting Trump's

but I think that accepting Trump's framing about the secure border. Um I

framing about the secure border. Um I think just think that you just can't you

think just think that you just can't you have to be able to reframe it better

have to be able to reframe it better than that than secure like a orderly

than that than secure like a orderly border. Yes. Um but I mean as if there's

border. Yes. Um but I mean as if there's some sort of invasion going on, that's

some sort of invasion going on, that's not what's happened. skateboard compound

not what's happened. skateboard compound says Jordan Wood did not work for

says Jordan Wood did not work for Mothership Strategies. He's married to a

Mothership Strategies. He's married to a co-founder, but the pack he worked for

co-founder, but the pack he worked for is N Citizens United.

is N Citizens United. But wasn't N Citizens United one of the

But wasn't N Citizens United one of the fake packs?

>> We'll check on that. Is he Poland anywhere anyway?

>> But frankly, I like Flat. That's the thing is like uh

thing is like uh our job because of this tattoo that we

our job because of this tattoo that we don't agree that people are interpreting

don't agree that people are interpreting correctly, we should be lifting up other

correctly, we should be lifting up other candidates that aren't doing anything.

candidates that aren't doing anything. >> No. Like no.

Uh Drew from Illinois, I am now just listening to the part of your show about

listening to the part of your show about Barry Weiss. Do any of you know what

Barry Weiss. Do any of you know what Matt Taibbe thinks about all this? Just

Matt Taibbe thinks about all this? Just curious. I stopped listening to him when

curious. I stopped listening to him when he took his right-wing turn. His book

he took his right-wing turn. His book helped shape my perspective on politics

helped shape my perspective on politics and I used to be used to regard him as

and I used to be used to regard him as one of the best. It's embarrassing now,

one of the best. It's embarrassing now, but he should be against everything that

but he should be against everything that is happening with Barry. I'm not paying

is happening with Barry. I'm not paying for his Substack, lol. Um, I mean, I

for his Substack, lol. Um, I mean, I used to have a tremendous amount of

used to have a tremendous amount of respect for him. Uh, I considered him a

respect for him. Uh, I considered him a friend. Um

friend. Um uh my respect for him uh diminished for

uh my respect for him uh diminished for uh things that uh

uh things that uh did not uh and then there were separate

did not uh and then there were separate things that uh I no longer counted him

things that uh I no longer counted him as a friend. I

as a friend. I >> think he wants to take John Dickerson's

>> think he wants to take John Dickerson's job at CBS.

job at CBS. >> Do you think that's why he's like not

>> Do you think that's why he's like not like ever like aggressively like because

like ever like aggressively like because I've noticed Greenwald has obviously has

I've noticed Greenwald has obviously has a problem with Barry Weiss.

a problem with Barry Weiss. >> Exactly. Yeah. Uh but Taibbe has been as

>> Exactly. Yeah. Uh but Taibbe has been as far as I can tell very very very shy

far as I can tell very very very shy about it.

about it. >> He's shy about Barry Weiss. He's shy

>> He's shy about Barry Weiss. He's shy about Israel actually.

about Israel actually. >> Um but

>> Um but one can be a um you know shy about

one can be a um you know shy about Israel and still realize that Barry

Israel and still realize that Barry Weiss is a total fraud.

Weiss is a total fraud. >> But they were stablemates for the

>> But they were stablemates for the Twitter files.

Twitter files. >> Yes, that's what it obviously was.

>> Yes, that's what it obviously was. um which Barry Weiss got out of because

um which Barry Weiss got out of because it was below her standards and Ta stayed

it was below her standards and Ta stayed on for. So

um according to

who is this guy? Uh Phil Stewart who is a national security reporter with

a national security reporter with Reuters. US military officials involved

Reuters. US military officials involved with President Trump's expanding

with President Trump's expanding operations in Latin America have been

operations in Latin America have been asked to sign non-disclosure agreements.

Remember, I think it was the head of the Southern Command or the Caribbean

Southern Command or the Caribbean Command resigned.

Trump's going to invade Venezuela or bomb them or whatnot.

Tom Link. Happy News Day Tuesday, folks. Here in

Happy News Day Tuesday, folks. Here in Britain, in Wales to be precise, there

Britain, in Wales to be precise, there was a special election or bi-election as

was a special election or bi-election as we call it last week for the Welsh

we call it last week for the Welsh Parliament's

Parliament's carefully constituency.

carefully constituency. The Social Democratic Pro Welsh

The Social Democratic Pro Welsh Independent Party Plaid Simu Plaid Comry

Independent Party Plaid Simu Plaid Comry I guess is really how you pronounce it.

I guess is really how you pronounce it. Uh one beating second place reform UK

Uh one beating second place reform UK led by Nigel Farage by nine percentage

led by Nigel Farage by nine percentage points. Oh, that's good. The area has

points. Oh, that's good. The area has been one of Labour's safest uh areas at

been one of Labour's safest uh areas at all levels since the 1920s.

All right, one final phone call of the day.

calling from a 715 area code. Who's this? Where are you

715 area code. Who's this? Where are you calling from?

calling from? >> This is Nathan from Kansas.

>> This is Nathan from Kansas. >> Nathan from Kansas. What's on your mind?

>> Nathan from Kansas. What's on your mind? >> Um, this actually goes back to some of

>> Um, this actually goes back to some of your interviews in Vegas last week. Um,

your interviews in Vegas last week. Um, specifically

specifically there's one about children on social

there's one about children on social media as well as children being groomed

media as well as children being groomed on Roblox.

on Roblox. >> Yep.

>> Yep. >> Um, and both of them kind of presented

>> Um, and both of them kind of presented better age verification as kind of a

better age verification as kind of a step forward in those. Um, and I swear

step forward in those. Um, and I swear I'm a big fan of yours. This might break

I'm a big fan of yours. This might break your heart, but I'm not too familiar

your heart, but I'm not too familiar with TWR or anything in that regard.

with TWR or anything in that regard. This might be different, but um in

This might be different, but um in Kansas, they've started or I don't know

Kansas, they've started or I don't know when this started, but requiring like

when this started, but requiring like government ID to access porn websites. I

government ID to access porn websites. I know Republicans have talked about that

know Republicans have talked about that on a federal level. Um and I'm all for

on a federal level. Um and I'm all for online safety and protecting children,

online safety and protecting children, but on principle, it seems kind of like

but on principle, it seems kind of like a slippery slope of needing government

a slippery slope of needing government ID to access certain media websites. So,

ID to access certain media websites. So, I'm wondering how you kind of square up

I'm wondering how you kind of square up the like

the like >> Well, I don't know versus censorship.

>> Well, I don't know versus censorship. >> I don't know that you need to. I mean,

>> I don't know that you need to. I mean, obviously, if you're a child, you don't

obviously, if you're a child, you don't have um

have um >> uh

>> uh I you don't have ID that proves you're a

I you don't have ID that proves you're a child. I think the point is is that they

child. I think the point is is that they have I mean look I I don't know how uh

have I mean look I I don't know how uh specific it is but I can tell you that

specific it is but I can tell you that YouTube gives us like a broadbased

YouTube gives us like a broadbased demographic breakdown of our audience

demographic breakdown of our audience right like

right like >> um yeah I I know that 75% of our

>> um yeah I I know that 75% of our audience on YouTube is younger than me

audience on YouTube is younger than me >> um and supposedly uh you know we don't

>> um and supposedly uh you know we don't have a hu we we don't really have much

have a hu we we don't really have much of an audience 18 or under uh we have a

of an audience 18 or under uh we have a little bit but tiny tiny I think that's

little bit but tiny tiny I think that's what they're talking about is that there

what they're talking about is that there uh there are user patterns that that can

uh there are user patterns that that can identify people I don't think that they

identify people I don't think that they were asking for ID because how would

were asking for ID because how would children even provide an ID

children even provide an ID >> right yeah I wasn't sure how that worked

>> right yeah I wasn't sure how that worked with those but yeah at least for

with those but yeah at least for >> I think the idea is that like I think

>> I think the idea is that like I think the idea is that these companies have a

the idea is that these companies have a responsibility

responsibility to pay attention patention to um they're

to pay attention patention to um they're all listen they're already scraping an

all listen they're already scraping an in tremendous amount of data from all

in tremendous amount of data from all these games. We know this. That's their

these games. We know this. That's their whole business model, right? They know.

whole business model, right? They know. >> Yeah.

>> Yeah. >> They know. They probably know like when

>> They know. They probably know like when my kid goes on plays Roblox, they

my kid goes on plays Roblox, they probably know that like he's really into

probably know that like he's really into um

um you know uh Marvel or something like

you know uh Marvel or something like that.

that. and they're [clears throat] serving up

and they're [clears throat] serving up stuff they they know. So they have the

stuff they they know. So they have the ability to um at least I think provide

ability to um at least I think provide more protection

more protection for for kids in that instance. I don't

for for kids in that instance. I don't believe that we should set up a an

believe that we should set up a an internet where people need to put in

internet where people need to put in like official documents. Um,

like official documents. Um, but I do think that there's probably a

but I do think that there's probably a lot more they can do to um

lot more they can do to um to protect uh children in that instance.

to protect uh children in that instance. I also I mean I you know I'm for getting

I also I mean I you know I'm for getting rid of an algorithms like I if it was up

rid of an algorithms like I if it was up to me obviously this is not going to

to me obviously this is not going to happen under this administration. I

happen under this administration. I don't know if it's going to happen under

don't know if it's going to happen under any administration, frankly, but if it

any administration, frankly, but if it were up to me, I would seriously limit

were up to me, I would seriously limit the use of algorithms in feeding people

the use of algorithms in feeding people stuff, whether it's on YouTube, you

stuff, whether it's on YouTube, you know, if we have to lose our our

know, if we have to lose our our favorites on Netflix, I think that's

favorites on Netflix, I think that's probably a little bit more benign, but

probably a little bit more benign, but um I if it was up to me, I would be

um I if it was up to me, I would be doing that.

doing that. >> And like to the extent there is any

>> And like to the extent there is any algorithmic manipulation, it should be

algorithmic manipulation, it should be transparent. You you should be able to

transparent. You you should be able to see in the back end of how the stuff is

see in the back end of how the stuff is selected.

selected. >> Yep.

>> Yep. Right.

Right. Yeah. Just um

Yeah. Just um yeah, maybe this is kind of separate,

yeah, maybe this is kind of separate, but the porn thing. I know it came up a

but the porn thing. I know it came up a month or two ago of Republicans talking

month or two ago of Republicans talking about that and like legitimate.

about that and like legitimate. >> I I I would be nervous about a situation

>> I I I would be nervous about a situation where you've got to put those documents

where you've got to put those documents uh on and and and you know, get rid of

uh on and and and you know, get rid of all anonymity essentially. U states you

all anonymity essentially. U states you already have

already have >> I think that's how it works in Kansas.

>> I think that's how it works in Kansas. Yeah.

Yeah. >> Tennessee I think too. Yeah.

>> Tennessee I think too. Yeah. >> All right. Appreciate the call.

>> All right. Appreciate the call. >> Thanks.

>> Thanks. >> All right, folks. That ends the call-in

>> All right, folks. That ends the call-in portion of our program.

portion of our program. >> I definitely trust all of that browsing

>> I definitely trust all of that browsing information that's associated with my uh

information that's associated with my uh stateisssued ID.

stateisssued ID. [laughter]

[laughter] >> Dogtober 7th. It's like I was saying

>> Dogtober 7th. It's like I was saying last week, the same progressives who

last week, the same progressives who have a problem with Platiner's old

have a problem with Platiner's old tattoo have no problem with supplying

tattoo have no problem with supplying billions of dollars in weapons to

billions of dollars in weapons to Ukraine after everyone has now seen that

Ukraine after everyone has now seen that Ukrainian military is covered in

Ukrainian military is covered in swastika tattoos. be consistent. Well,

swastika tattoos. be consistent. Well, first off, that's just simply not true.

first off, that's just simply not true. That's just simply not true.

That's just simply not true. >> Way overgeneralizing.

>> Um Todd from Raleigh, I want to urge

Todd from Raleigh, I want to urge everyone, no matter where they live, to

everyone, no matter where they live, to phone bank for Zoron this week. I'm

phone bank for Zoron this week. I'm doing it all the way from North

doing it all the way from North Carolina. Bad things happen when we're

Carolina. Bad things happen when we're complacent. Couldn't agree more.

complacent. Couldn't agree more. >> I'm a little uneasy about the polling

>> I'm a little uneasy about the polling right now, so I agree wholeheartedly.

right now, so I agree wholeheartedly. >> Yep.

>> Yep. Uh,

Uh, let's do the final IM of the day.

let's do the final IM of the day. [music]

[music] Let's see what we got here.

Majid, did you folks hear about the YouTube channel The Resistance? They

YouTube channel The Resistance? They have a song called How to Spot a Fascist

have a song called How to Spot a Fascist and it's absolutely hilarious and made

and it's absolutely hilarious and made my day.

my day. No, but we'll look for it. Matt, Brian,

No, but we'll look for it. Matt, Brian, Emma in Abstentia, great job today,

Emma in Abstentia, great job today, folks. See you tomorrow.

folks. See you tomorrow. >> It might take all the strength I got

>> It might take all the strength I got to get to where I [music] want, but I

to get to where I [music] want, but I know [singing]

know [singing] somehow I'm going to get there.

somehow I'm going to get there. I wasn't looking when I [music] just got

I wasn't looking when I [music] just got caught between the truth and life.

caught between the truth and life. [singing]

find [music] it out will make me feel any better.

it out will make me feel any better. Yeah, I know [music] the clock is

Yeah, I know [music] the clock is ticking, but the meds are going to kick

ticking, but the meds are going to kick in. My pilot

in. My pilot light shine bright.

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