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<v Speaker 1>Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio, the George

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Ketty arm Strong

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<v Speaker 1>and Jack Kid and he.

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<v Speaker 2>Armstrong and Eddy Tonight.

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<v Speaker 3>New questions about Democrats' intentions. The Washington Post reports House

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<v Speaker 3>Delegate Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat from the Virgin Islands, was

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<v Speaker 3>caught texting with Epstein during a twenty nineteen congressional hearing

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<v Speaker 3>in which President Trump's the attorney Michael Cohen was testifying.

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<v Speaker 3>Epstein appeared to feed Plasket information in real time about

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<v Speaker 3>the President's finances and his aid, which she then used

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<v Speaker 3>in her questioning of Cohen.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you all remember that hearing? We took some of

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<v Speaker 2>it live, the fixer of the idiot, Michael Cohen, Trump's

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<v Speaker 2>lawyer on it.

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<v Speaker 4>What pulls all of them?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, that guy Michael Cohen, when he was being questioned

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<v Speaker 2>by Congress. One of the Democrats was texting with Epstein

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<v Speaker 2>during the hearing, and he was feeding her questions to

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<v Speaker 2>try to get into Trump's finances.

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<v Speaker 5>And if you've seen the captioning of the texts in

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<v Speaker 5>real time with the video of the questioning, which they

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<v Speaker 5>now have, it is it's funny, but it's beyond.

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<v Speaker 4>Doubt exactly what was happening there.

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<v Speaker 5>They were using the House Democrats were using Epstein as

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<v Speaker 5>a how do we bad mouth Trump?

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<v Speaker 4>Uh source in real time?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, now that I think about it, I was

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<v Speaker 2>about to say that the crazy thing about the whole

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<v Speaker 2>Epstein story is there are people of all political stripes

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<v Speaker 2>that were hanging around with him, flying on his plane,

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<v Speaker 2>friends with him.

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<v Speaker 4>Blah blah blah.

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<v Speaker 2>But somehow, like the current mainstream media version of it is,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a Trump thing or a republic thing thing. But

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<v Speaker 2>Trump was a Democrat back in the day. He was

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<v Speaker 2>a Democrat his whole life, basically up to the moment

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<v Speaker 2>he decid I did run for president. So are there

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<v Speaker 2>any Republicans, like big name Republicans that were tied in

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<v Speaker 2>with Epstein A lot? I can't think of any of them.

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<v Speaker 4>That I've come across. Nothing leaves to mind. I'm I'm

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<v Speaker 4>just saying there aren't.

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<v Speaker 2>He was a big player in New York and New

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<v Speaker 2>York's almost entirely Democrats.

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<v Speaker 4>Certainly, he was kind.

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<v Speaker 5>Of a fake Democrat honestly. I mean, he was always

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<v Speaker 5>pro choice. But yeah, hey, just a quick observation here,

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<v Speaker 5>It is a hearing where they're trying to discredit Trump

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<v Speaker 5>with Michael Cohen on the stand getting fed information by

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<v Speaker 5>Jeffrey Epstein himself, And at no point did Epstein say,

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<v Speaker 5>ask Trump about November of twenty oh seven at the

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<v Speaker 5>Island the pool party. He had nothing on him other

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<v Speaker 5>than he didn't like him and he thought he was,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, fast and loose with his finances or whatever.

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<v Speaker 5>He was literally on the line with Democrats when they

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<v Speaker 5>were trying to impugne Trump, and he didn't offer anything up.

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<v Speaker 5>Can we stop talking about that aspect of this now.

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<v Speaker 2>All all the emails and phone calls and everybody to

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<v Speaker 2>know him, there's not one where he makes it like

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<v Speaker 2>even pretty clear that Trump was having sex with underage girls.

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<v Speaker 2>And of the thousand victims out there, not one of

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<v Speaker 2>them have come forward and said, yeah, I had sex

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<v Speaker 2>with Trump in two thousand, blah blah blah.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, their references to Trump knew about the girls or whatever,

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<v Speaker 5>but that's not necessarily the underage girls and having a

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<v Speaker 5>notion that you know, I think he made like a

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<v Speaker 5>young girls is different than participating in any way. I'm

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<v Speaker 5>not saying it's right if you know about it, and

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<v Speaker 5>don't say anything, but come on, by.

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<v Speaker 2>The way, as we are live on the radio right now.

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<v Speaker 2>The Senate has sent the bill to the President's desk.

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<v Speaker 2>It is the most bipartisan, fastest piece of legislation, by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, the only piece of legislation that has passed

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<v Speaker 2>in the last sixty days. But it's the most bipartisan,

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<v Speaker 2>fastest piece of legislation outside of a declaration of like

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<v Speaker 2>National Cookie Day, that I can think of in many, many,

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<v Speaker 2>many years. And now it's going to the President's day.

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<v Speaker 4>Every day is National Cookie Day, and.

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<v Speaker 2>They're going to disclose all kinds of different stuff that

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<v Speaker 2>normally doesn't come out from investigations. And that's where I

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<v Speaker 2>get to Mark Alprin's newsletter for today, which I thought

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<v Speaker 2>was really interesting. He writes, I had a realization this

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<v Speaker 2>morning about the Epstein files and Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 4>If Trump were a normal.

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<v Speaker 2>President, one whose motives weren't viewed through a funhouse mirror

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<v Speaker 2>by both fans and foes. It gets to Trump derangement syndrome,

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<v Speaker 2>which Joe is going to talk about later. The reasons

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<v Speaker 2>not to release the Justice Department the materials would be familiar,

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<v Speaker 2>even boring to most people. Presidents have always found virtue

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<v Speaker 2>in withholding information from investigations. The list of reasons any

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<v Speaker 2>irrational president would resist pulling back to curtain is long

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<v Speaker 2>and predictable.

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<v Speaker 4>Starting here, that's getting to the.

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<v Speaker 2>Whole Why would he be fighting it so hard? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>he could be doing it for the right reasons, like

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<v Speaker 2>the impropriety of flinging around FBI three to zero two's.

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<v Speaker 2>Those are the the investigation documents that they use to

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<v Speaker 2>look into people's lives that kind of violate your normal

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<v Speaker 2>constitutional standards, but they get a special uh A three

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<v Speaker 2>to oho two warrant to be able to look into

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<v Speaker 2>your stuff. That stuff's not supposed to come out public,

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<v Speaker 2>especially if you haven't been charged or convicted.

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<v Speaker 5>Of anything, right, right, And then those files can include,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, people saying I saw him, he did it.

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<v Speaker 5>It can include innocent mentions, it can include people who

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<v Speaker 5>later turn out to be liars at what they say

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<v Speaker 5>or all in those those files. That's why they're not

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<v Speaker 5>automatically admissible in court.

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<v Speaker 2>And this sort of stuff is going to be flying

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<v Speaker 2>around here within the next thirty days when the when

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<v Speaker 2>the Justice Department turns this stuff over. So the impropriety

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<v Speaker 2>of flinging FBI three oh two's national security and law

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<v Speaker 2>enforcement documents and grand jury material all into the all

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<v Speaker 2>into the public law to consume the way it will

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<v Speaker 2>helping rites. That's how republics slide toward reality television. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>if you start doing this all the time, with every

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<v Speaker 2>big investigation, and you just let everything out there, everybody's names, circumstances,

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<v Speaker 2>quotes that, as Joe said, might be made up. It

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<v Speaker 2>turns out to be someday, but that won't matter for

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<v Speaker 2>the time being. The collateral damage, reputations, civil liberties, livelihoods

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<v Speaker 2>shredded for sport when the mob gets a peak at

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<v Speaker 2>the raw material of the justice sausage making. Absolutely, that's

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<v Speaker 2>where we're headed. And is this going to set a

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<v Speaker 2>new standard for doing it in the future.

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<v Speaker 5>And given the nature of our media right now, it'll

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<v Speaker 5>be substantially one sided too. They will ignore stuff that

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<v Speaker 5>doesn't fit the up with Democrats narrative.

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<v Speaker 4>God, how many times have we been through this?

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody brought up the other day Trump didn't release his

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<v Speaker 2>taxes when he ran for president, and that had been

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<v Speaker 2>the standard for quite some time. He wouldn't release his taxes.

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<v Speaker 2>There's got to be something there. Why would he fight

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<v Speaker 2>so hard to keep his taxes secret, obviously there's something there.

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<v Speaker 4>And then finally.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody illegally leaked Donald Trump's taxes.

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<v Speaker 4>Nobody's ever paid a price for it.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, what could be worse than that somebody who

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<v Speaker 2>had his taxes, probably at the IRS, leaked them. I

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<v Speaker 2>think it was to the New York Times, and they

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<v Speaker 2>all came out. Awful, awful crime. Nobody ever prosecuted for it,

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody even talks about it. Anyway, Trump's taxes come out.

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<v Speaker 2>There was nothing there, nothing nothing. Do you remember the story? No,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't, because there was nothing there.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, all there was was a risk guy with good

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<v Speaker 5>tax advice, maximizing his returns and minimizing his liabilities, which

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<v Speaker 5>was then portrayed just ridiculously. But I look at him,

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<v Speaker 5>look at him trying to minimize the amount of tax

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<v Speaker 5>he paid, and he answered back, yeah, that's the same

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<v Speaker 5>thing Hillary does, and everybody else does a get good

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<v Speaker 5>tax advice.

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<v Speaker 4>What are you talking about?

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't like it, change the tax law. But

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<v Speaker 2>there was nothing explosive there that he was hiding. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the point I'm making because the assumption here is that

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<v Speaker 2>he's fighting to keep this Epstein to stuff from coming out.

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<v Speaker 4>It might be just like his taxes. It's just going

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<v Speaker 4>to be I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>There's also the knowledge that conspiracy theorists, Epstein, hobbyists and

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<v Speaker 2>profiteers will Profiteers is a big part of it. People

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<v Speaker 2>that get money off of clicks for suggesting something.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, a lot of the conspiracy theorists are profiteers.

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<v Speaker 2>None of these people will ever be sated by any

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<v Speaker 2>level of disclosure. The appetite for scandal is the one

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<v Speaker 2>that human hunger that grows with the eating, and that

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<v Speaker 2>is certainly true. Right, endless hours are going to be

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<v Speaker 2>spent dealing with the fallout rather than governing for quite

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<v Speaker 2>some time. We're all going to deal with that. And

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<v Speaker 2>then Halpern also brings back presidents in the past that

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<v Speaker 2>have fought all kinds of disclosure on a whole bunch

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<v Speaker 2>of different things. See Barack Obama and his long form

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<v Speaker 2>birth certificate, Think Bill Clinton in Whitewater, Hillary and her emails,

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<v Speaker 2>George W. Bush and the missing IRAQ WMD memos, Reagan

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<v Speaker 2>and Iran contra. It's just a thing presidents do to

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<v Speaker 2>fight to keep all this information coming out on the

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<v Speaker 2>sorts of things because it's just it's a distraction, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a mess, it can be used improperly, et cetera. So

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<v Speaker 2>to me, that answers the whole Why was Trump fighting

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<v Speaker 2>so hard to keep this vote from happening?

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<v Speaker 4>It's just what presidents do. They don't want more information.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not sure how it's going to be used when

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<v Speaker 2>it gets out there, you know, disclosure.

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<v Speaker 5>Right right, right, Well, I've got to admit, now that

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<v Speaker 5>it's happening, I'll be curious to see whether anybody is

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<v Speaker 5>specifically named as violating the law well as opposed to

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<v Speaker 5>hanging around with Epstein or staying in touch with him

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<v Speaker 5>after his first conviction, or you know, just to you know,

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<v Speaker 5>getting drunk on the island or whatever, specifically being sexually

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<v Speaker 5>with underaged girls.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, So there's that, But then there's all how many

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<v Speaker 2>Larry Summers are there going to be. I'll bet there's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be a bunch whose lives are changed. They

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<v Speaker 2>didn't do anything illegal, but their lives are going to

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<v Speaker 2>be changed by their association with Epstein and seeing various connections.

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<v Speaker 2>And wait a second, you told me you weren't. You

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<v Speaker 2>didn't talk to him anymore after two thousand and eight

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever. Yeah, from a wife or a boss or

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<v Speaker 2>all kinds of different situations.

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<v Speaker 5>Now here are your Here are your two reactions to that.

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<v Speaker 5>The first reaction is good, their lives should be changed.

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<v Speaker 5>They're they're they're despicable people. They're amorl people, and we

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<v Speaker 5>ought to know what sort of people they are Larry

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<v Speaker 5>Summers I'm thinking of specifically. And but the second reaction is, beware, friends,

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<v Speaker 5>this is the tempting case where you can rationalize why

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<v Speaker 5>you ought to throw out all investigatory norms and just

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<v Speaker 5>throw out all these the FBI forms you were talking

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<v Speaker 5>about before. It's so tempting and almost justifiable. Let's throw

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<v Speaker 5>out all the norms and everybody who's name, who ever

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<v Speaker 5>came up, no matter how, what, how or what context,

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<v Speaker 5>let's throw that name out into the media. But the

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<v Speaker 5>next case, the next two cases, the next two hundred

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<v Speaker 5>cases that come along, are gonna be much less compelling,

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<v Speaker 5>much less excuse to do that. And what you've done

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<v Speaker 5>is explode the norm that unless the government, and oh

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<v Speaker 5>you have great trust and love for the government, you

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<v Speaker 5>do since when if the government investigates you but decides

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<v Speaker 5>there's nothing we can charge here, So It's nobody's damn

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<v Speaker 5>business what we found out, because this is a private

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<v Speaker 5>citizen and we only looked at them in the context

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<v Speaker 5>of a criminal investigation. We're not in a who's a

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<v Speaker 5>good person who's not investigation, So we can call TMZ.

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<v Speaker 5>That's not what the government's supposed to do. And beware

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<v Speaker 5>encouraging them to start doing that.

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<v Speaker 4>God help us.

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<v Speaker 2>As a republic slides toward reality TV.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>My last thought on the Epstein thing for today anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>uh will be what Mark Alpern was talking about and

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<v Speaker 2>several people have written about in the last couple of days,

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<v Speaker 2>finding out that so many of the rich and powerful

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<v Speaker 2>are perfectly okay having Slee's ball friends. They just don't

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<v Speaker 2>think anybody's gonna.

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<v Speaker 4>Notice or care or catch on or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>Because I mean a lot of the hanging around Jeffrey Epstein'

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<v Speaker 2>stuff happened after he was convicted once and spent thirteen

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<v Speaker 2>months in jail, and lots of powerful people, Hollywood types,

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<v Speaker 2>political types, you know, the super rich, they were perfectly

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<v Speaker 2>okay having him as a friend and hanging out in

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<v Speaker 2>those circles. What other kinds of human beings are they

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<v Speaker 2>all okay with hanging out with right.

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<v Speaker 5>Uh so it was Bria? What was what was the

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<v Speaker 5>name was Stalin's guy? I can't remember Labyrinth Berea who

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<v Speaker 5>originally said, give me the man and I will find

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<v Speaker 5>the crime. Or show me the man and I'll show

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<v Speaker 5>you the crime. This back to my previous point, and

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<v Speaker 5>then I'll shut up. Show me the man and I'll

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<v Speaker 5>show you the character assassination. Who's that character? Do you

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<v Speaker 5>need to be assassinated? Okay, Jack Armstrong, let me think,

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<v Speaker 5>give me a couple of days. I'll figure out what

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<v Speaker 5>investigation I can come up with that will get close

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<v Speaker 5>enough to him. We can drop his name and darkly

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<v Speaker 5>suggests that he's guilty of something that should give you

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<v Speaker 5>long enough that you'll win the bid on the apartment

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<v Speaker 5>complex or whatever. Yeah, effortless if the government turns toward

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<v Speaker 5>the job of character assassination in a kind of open

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<v Speaker 5>William Hilly way. At the same time, Epstein was a

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<v Speaker 5>perv his rich friends or perves, and it's all sickening,

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<v Speaker 5>but beware, beware the temptation.

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<v Speaker 2>Good stuff, Trump derangement syndrome an actual medical thing, among

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<v Speaker 2>other things to talk about. On the waystair, do.

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<v Speaker 4>You wear Armstrong?

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<v Speaker 2>And getty sweatshirts, hat stuff out and about in public.

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<v Speaker 4>Katie, Oh, yeah, all the time you do, Joe.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, occasionally the less provocative stuff, because in real life,

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<v Speaker 5>I don't really want to talk politics.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel uncomfortable wearing my own wearing my own swag

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<v Speaker 2>in public.

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<v Speaker 4>But eh, get over it. Some of it's really cool.

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<v Speaker 4>Get over it.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I agree that I can't wait to get my

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<v Speaker 5>ruin the entire Country Newsome twenty twenty eight shirt. I

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<v Speaker 5>will wear that everywhere I go. Yeah, available right now.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh and the f Yaolickin Party. I really like that

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<v Speaker 5>one too. I want people to ask that, ask what

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<v Speaker 5>does that mean? F f Yaolickin. It's both parties are

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<v Speaker 5>phonies in it for themselves. I want to start a

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<v Speaker 5>new party.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what I think of the salty language.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I hear you. So, I'm not sure we have

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<v Speaker 5>time for this now. But is Trump derangement syndrome real?

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<v Speaker 5>A actual psychiatrist or a psychotherapist whatever he is. As

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<v Speaker 5>writing this article, he says, no serious mental health professional

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<v Speaker 5>would render such a partisan and derogatory diagnosis. Yet I've

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<v Speaker 5>seen it in my own psychotherapy pract You know it's

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<v Speaker 5>funny because we talk about Trump derangement syndrome as it's

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<v Speaker 5>like a weird form of partisanship where you never allow

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<v Speaker 5>that the other side is right about anything, you never

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<v Speaker 5>agree that your side is wrong about anything, and within

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<v Speaker 5>a Republican party, like you're never Trumpers share Trump derangement syndrome.

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<v Speaker 5>It's like they can never admit when he gets something right.

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<v Speaker 5>But this guy's approaching it a little differently. He says

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<v Speaker 5>he's seen it in his own psychotherapy practice. Patients across

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<v Speaker 5>the political spectrum have brought Donald Trump into therapy not

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<v Speaker 5>to discuss policy, but to process obsession, rage, and dread.

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<v Speaker 5>Their distress is symptomatic, not ideological. Clinically, the presentation aligns

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<v Speaker 5>with anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorders, persistent intrusive thoughts, emotional dysregulation,

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<v Speaker 5>and impaired functioning. Patients describe sleepless nights, compulsive news checking,

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<v Speaker 5>in physical adjecation.

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<v Speaker 2>I know a couple people like this that that fits

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<v Speaker 2>perfectly with them.

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<v Speaker 5>Many confess they can't stop thinking about Donald Trump even

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<v Speaker 5>when they try. They interpret us every move is a

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<v Speaker 5>threat to democracy and to their own safety and control.

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<v Speaker 5>Call it a obsessive political PreO preoccupation, an OCD spectrum

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<v Speaker 5>presentation which a political figure becomes the focal port point.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm sorry, I'm hurrying, so I'm getting every third word wrong.

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<v Speaker 5>Idiot becomes the focal point for intrusive thoughts, heightened arousal,

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<v Speaker 5>and compulsive monitoring, and he says, you're a child. I

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<v Speaker 5>initially view this as an ideological reaction, but he says,

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<v Speaker 5>over time, the more I see it, it looks more

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<v Speaker 5>like a fixation that distorts perception and consumes attention. One

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<v Speaker 5>patient said she couldn't enjoy a family vacation because quote,

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<v Speaker 5>it felt wrong to relax while Trump was still out.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I know, people like whatever whatever, people like this sleeplessness.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I know people like.

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<v Speaker 2>This that you can't you can't like enjoy your vacation

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<v Speaker 2>because Trump is president.

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<v Speaker 5>Interestingly, as Trump himself is in the pathology, he's the

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<v Speaker 5>trigger for many. He functions as a psychological screen on

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<v Speaker 5>which unresolved fears and insecurities are projected.

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<v Speaker 4>Wow, it'll be so fascinating when he's gone from the scene.

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<v Speaker 2>If this persists and they just attach it to something else.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, we need to take another look at this. When

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<v Speaker 4>we have more time art, strong, and getty.

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<v Speaker 6>When the phrase six seven exploded online this year, he

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<v Speaker 6>was fueled by Generation Alpha kids fifteen and younger, who've

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<v Speaker 6>begun forging a dictionary's worth of often baffling vocabulary. Still

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<v Speaker 6>it's lingoed that's burst into classrooms. Like Amy wargoes, how

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<v Speaker 6>often are you hearing phrases like this every day?

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<v Speaker 4>What do you think that's about? Having something to actually

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<v Speaker 4>bring them together?

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<v Speaker 6>Many younger Gen Alpha kids started school during the isolation

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<v Speaker 6>of the pandemic. Wargo says that attachment to the virtual

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<v Speaker 6>world remains in a way that differentiates them from Gen.

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<v Speaker 4>Z previous kids.

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<v Speaker 6>It was fidget spinners and bottle flipping.

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<v Speaker 4>Now at anything they hear on.

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<v Speaker 2>TikTok, a shared experience which we just don't have anymore. So,

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<v Speaker 2>whether it was you know, the pandemic's hurrying it along,

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<v Speaker 2>it was going to happen anyway because we just don't

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<v Speaker 2>have shared experiences anymore.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, yeah, how interesting. Apparently Peter thiel I wrote a

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<v Speaker 5>piece recently about how capitalism the free market is failing millennials.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's an interesting dude that Peter thele is PayPal mafia

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<v Speaker 2>billionaire duty that has gone out there and do all

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<v Speaker 2>different kinds of stuff. He's all over the map politically.

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<v Speaker 4>Sometimes I agree with him vehemently and sometimes I don't.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, he's behind Pallanteer too, which is doing amazing work

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<v Speaker 5>and really patriotic anyway. But he was reaching out to

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<v Speaker 5>Facebook executives of all people. But he said, when seventy

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<v Speaker 5>percent of millennials say they are pro socialist, we need

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<v Speaker 5>to do better than simply dismiss them by saying that

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<v Speaker 5>they are stupid or entitled or brainwashed. Try and understand why,

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<v Speaker 5>which is absolutely true.

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<v Speaker 4>Then the free.

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<v Speaker 5>Press is Sean Fisher sat down with Theel to talk

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<v Speaker 5>about what he saw in twenty twenty that made him

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<v Speaker 5>write that more recently and just a super quick summary.

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<v Speaker 5>Capitalism is not working for young people, Fel said, citing

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<v Speaker 5>burdensome student debt regulations putting home ownership out of reach

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<v Speaker 5>for many. Quote people assume everything still works, but objectively

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<v Speaker 5>it doesn't. If you proletarianize the young people, you shouldn't

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<v Speaker 5>be surprised if they eventually become communists. Now I wish

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<v Speaker 5>I had more of the piece in front of me,

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<v Speaker 5>I don't I could have grabbed it. But what the

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<v Speaker 5>free press did was they ran a bunch of reactions

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<v Speaker 5>to it from people both you know, people you may

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<v Speaker 5>have heard of and some you didn't. I love this

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<v Speaker 5>one from Blake Shole, who's the founder and CEO of

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<v Speaker 5>something called Boom Supersonic, which I have no idea what

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<v Speaker 5>that means. It might be a dance video platform, it

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<v Speaker 5>might be an air plane, it might be a drug

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<v Speaker 5>or a social network. Anyway, perhaps Katie could endeavor to

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<v Speaker 5>figure out what Boom Supersonic is, just to amuse me

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<v Speaker 5>if you don't mind.

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<v Speaker 4>But what he said was really cool. Any idea not yet? Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>getting there? Okay, here's what he said.

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<v Speaker 5>If you insert enough socialist elements into a capitalist system,

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<v Speaker 5>when the socialist elements inevitably cause problems, people will blame

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<v Speaker 5>the capitalism ah and then turn socialist. That's what's happened

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<v Speaker 5>in New York City, for example, where Mamdani voters are

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<v Speaker 5>motivated by high rents and crippling student debts. Even the

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<v Speaker 5>rent control drives up housing prices, and government subsidies for

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<v Speaker 5>higher education encourage universities to raise tuition.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, because I can wait, there's more real quick.

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<v Speaker 5>Likewise, you insert enough capitalist elements into a socialist system,

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<v Speaker 5>the system sort of begins to work and people think

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<v Speaker 5>socialist works.

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<v Speaker 4>That's what happened in China. Damn it.

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<v Speaker 2>But I can see how I've even done that. I've

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<v Speaker 2>talked about this many times over the years. I just

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<v Speaker 2>did a few minutes ago. Since we do live in

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<v Speaker 2>a welfare state, then I think the government should be

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<v Speaker 2>able to do this. I don't justify the uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>more socialism so much, but the more government control aspect

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<v Speaker 2>of it. If you're going to allow if some of

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<v Speaker 2>my money is going to go feed people who lose

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<v Speaker 2>all their money gambling, then I think society ought to

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<v Speaker 2>be able to outlaw gambling, which just you know, just

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<v Speaker 2>it is an argument towards bigger government making more decisions

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<v Speaker 2>for us.

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<v Speaker 4>So, yeah, you inject a little bit of.

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<v Speaker 2>Socialism because I don't care if people just use staying

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<v Speaker 2>on this example, I don't care at all if somebody

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<v Speaker 2>spends their life savings on gambling and runs out of

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<v Speaker 2>money and less at the end of that story, when

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<v Speaker 2>you and your kids are hungry, you take my money.

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<v Speaker 4>Now all of a sudden, I care.

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<v Speaker 2>So you've injected some socialism because we do do that,

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<v Speaker 2>I said, doodoo.

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<v Speaker 4>We feed the hungry, So now I'm feeding you with

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<v Speaker 4>my money.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I get to decide whether or not you gamble,

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<v Speaker 2>which is kind of an element of big government socialism.

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<v Speaker 5>And getting back to Blake Sholl, the founder and CEO

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<v Speaker 5>of boomster Personic, which is the largest chain of car

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<v Speaker 5>wash centers across America.

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<v Speaker 4>Or I don't know what is it, Katie, Have we

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<v Speaker 4>figured that out?

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, it's a company that's aiming to make commercial supersonic

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<v Speaker 7>flights more accessible.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh, okay, okay, interesting anyway, So he goes on, at

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<v Speaker 5>the root of this, at the root of this terrible

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<v Speaker 5>confusion is a failure of our education system and our

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<v Speaker 5>media to give the next generation a proper history education.

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<v Speaker 5>Today's problems of affordability almost exclusively come from our most

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<v Speaker 5>socialist institutions, such as are heavily regulated, subsidized, in centrally

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<v Speaker 5>planned healthcare and education systems. By contrast, the free or

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<v Speaker 5>more capitalist industries such as electronics and computers have driven

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<v Speaker 5>enormous improvements across the board in real world standards of living.

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<v Speaker 5>The closer we get to capitalism, the more everyone is

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<v Speaker 5>better off.

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<v Speaker 4>In real terms.

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<v Speaker 5>The closer we get to socialism, the more death and

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<v Speaker 5>suffering result. We can't let capitalism be socialism's fall guy,

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<v Speaker 5>fall guy. It's almost to help the next generation separate

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<v Speaker 5>the capitalist wee from the socialist chaff so we can

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<v Speaker 5>all enjoy a freer and more prosperous future.

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<v Speaker 2>That's my social answer, the socialist noise from the capitalist signal,

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<v Speaker 2>as people like to say nowadays.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, yeah, Interestingly, a couple of my other favorites, we're

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<v Speaker 5>all about life choices.

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<v Speaker 2>That is really good. So just to do dwell on

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<v Speaker 2>that second before you get to the life choices. So

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<v Speaker 2>you have a socialist society, you do a little capitalism

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<v Speaker 2>like that in China, which helped them make a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of money, and you credit socialism.

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<v Speaker 5>Right, And if you insert enough socialist elements into a

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<v Speaker 5>capitalist system, when the socialist elements inevitably cause problems, people

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<v Speaker 5>blame the capitalism and then turn socialist.

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<v Speaker 2>That's unfortunate.

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<v Speaker 4>It is good.

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<v Speaker 5>So there's a lot of stuff about personal choice, and

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<v Speaker 5>we talked about this earlier. It is the eight hundred

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<v Speaker 5>pound gorilla you know in a pet store full of

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<v Speaker 5>little kittens. In terms of how people's lives turn out.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, clean up on out five there is.

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<v Speaker 5>There are a number of different things that can affect

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<v Speaker 5>your life in a material way, from your upbringing, to

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<v Speaker 5>your genetics, to your race, to a whole bunch of stuff.

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<v Speaker 5>But the idea that personal choices, your life choices aren't

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<v Speaker 5>listed as the king of the hill. Are not just

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<v Speaker 5>not listed as the king of the hill. They're not

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<v Speaker 5>discussed at all.

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<v Speaker 7>No.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, it's frowned upon if you look at them.

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<v Speaker 5>It's that what is an excuse what I would call governmentalism,

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<v Speaker 5>the idea that government should solve all of our problems.

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<v Speaker 2>You're shop if you're gonna take it exactly right.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, But I thought it was interesting that so many

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<v Speaker 5>really brilliant and persuade of people wrote about about personal choices.

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<v Speaker 2>Jim, uh, the gorilla is in the kit nile.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh boy, not again, Okay, say no more.

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<v Speaker 5>And the other thing that they talk about is over

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<v Speaker 5>regulation and how and oh man, I just came a

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<v Speaker 5>crate across a great example of this. And and most

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<v Speaker 5>people don't know this. I didn't know it until fairly

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<v Speaker 5>late in life. A lot of regulations are attempting to

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<v Speaker 5>stifle competition. The big guys figure all right, compliance with

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<v Speaker 5>these complex regulations will cost us three percent of our revenue.

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<v Speaker 5>But a plucky startup with good ideas that wants to

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<v Speaker 5>come and take our market share, that'll be like fifteen

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<v Speaker 5>percent of their revenues and they could never afford it.

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<v Speaker 4>So we will.

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<v Speaker 5>Quash any competition with regulations that sound like they're protecting

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<v Speaker 5>the consumer or the environment or whatever. But they lobbied,

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<v Speaker 5>the big guys lobbied to regulate their own industry to

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<v Speaker 5>crush competition. Did you know that's a thing. It's a thing, folks.

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<v Speaker 5>And finally, this love Jason Riley Wall Street Journal, and

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<v Speaker 5>he wrote a great piece about this incredible school, Pineywood

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<v Speaker 5>School in Mississippi. It is again, yet again, the classic

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<v Speaker 5>educational success story. A lot of poor kids, a lot

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<v Speaker 5>of black kids doing amazing things, achieve learning, getting into college,

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<v Speaker 5>the rest of it. Why, high standards, strictly enforced discipline,

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<v Speaker 5>and high expectations of the kids, and the kids love

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<v Speaker 5>it and.

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<v Speaker 4>They excel like crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>Sounds like white supremacy to me.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh my lord.

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<v Speaker 5>And Jason Riley with a great piece about that. But

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<v Speaker 5>I was going to use that to introduce another one

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<v Speaker 5>of my favorite black thinkers, Roland Fryar, who's writing about

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<v Speaker 5>the economics of culture, which we were just talking.

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<v Speaker 4>About life choices.

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<v Speaker 5>People from cultures that emphasize productive habits tend to advance.

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<v Speaker 4>The reverse is also true.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, that's one of the most self evidently obvious

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<v Speaker 5>things you could possibly say. But man, that is strict

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<v Speaker 5>for boten on the left to say that. That is

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<v Speaker 5>why you hear those idiotic things like punctuality is white supremacy,

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<v Speaker 5>and trying hard is white supremacy and exceptionalism, or what's

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<v Speaker 5>the the you promote people based on their excellence? Is

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<v Speaker 5>white supremacy meritocracy? Meritocracy? Yeah, exactly. But Roland writes, and

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<v Speaker 5>you may know, he was the guy who came out

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<v Speaker 5>with a carefully constructed study early in his career that said, no,

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<v Speaker 5>young black men are not disproportionately shot and shot dead

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<v Speaker 5>in America by police. It's not true, and it was

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<v Speaker 5>unassailable research. But the left essentially made him a propriate.

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<v Speaker 5>But anyway, he writes, culture is one of the most

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<v Speaker 5>underrated ideas in economics. For decades, economists avoided invoking cultures.

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<v Speaker 2>The shue you are, you are scratching the biggest itch

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<v Speaker 2>I've got this. This is wow. Really my this is

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<v Speaker 2>my thing right.

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<v Speaker 5>Here, Putting aside the highly troubling metaphor, I'm glad to

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<v Speaker 5>be doing so. For decades, economists avoid invoking culture the

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<v Speaker 5>share values, norms, beliefs, preferences, and behaviors of a group

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<v Speaker 5>as an explanation for economic outcomes. It seemed too intangible

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<v Speaker 5>to measure and too messy to model. Thomas Sowell, Oh

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<v Speaker 5>my god. Two of my favorite thinkers happened to be

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<v Speaker 5>black men. Quoted in the same thing, whose legacy was

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<v Speaker 5>celebrated recently at Stanford's Hoover Institution changed that. He was

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<v Speaker 5>among the first economists to treat culture as an important

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<v Speaker 5>economic variable. Mister Soel has argued that both human capital

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<v Speaker 5>and culture drive mobility, more so in his view, than

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<v Speaker 5>discrimination or external barriers. Groups that develop productivity enhancing traits

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<v Speaker 5>such as skills, an orientation toward education and work, and

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<v Speaker 5>thriftiness tend to advance. Those whose cultures don't emphasize these

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<v Speaker 5>things tend to fall behind. In mister Sowell's view, culture

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<v Speaker 5>is a form of capital, an accumulation of habits and

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<v Speaker 5>know how that powerfully influences a group's project. Progress could

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<v Speaker 5>not be Brewer, and you know, I'd like to read

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<v Speaker 5>this whole thing because it is so incredibly important. I'll

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<v Speaker 5>bet he goes into a bunch of different studies.

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<v Speaker 2>Go ahead, I'll bet that the reason it's so recent

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<v Speaker 2>that anybody talked about it, wrote about it, is that

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<v Speaker 2>we just were all in agreement up until fairly recently,

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<v Speaker 2>midsh twentieth century that yeah, of course, being thrifty and

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<v Speaker 2>working hard is a good idea and everybody should do

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<v Speaker 2>it. It was mostly in agreement. It wasn't until we started

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<v Speaker 2>to well, I get back to Elvis and the Beatles

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<v Speaker 2>and the devolving of our culture.

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<v Speaker 4>I think it all fits together. Actually, So again we're

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<v Speaker 4>pressed for time.

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<v Speaker 5>But so he goes into his research in his academic background,

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<v Speaker 5>and he talks about cultural differences across racial and ethnic

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<v Speaker 5>groups are unmistakable. And then he talks about various shows

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<v Speaker 5>and how popular they are among cultures. But for social scientists,

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<v Speaker 5>the hardest part of studying culture is trying to find

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<v Speaker 5>a way to measure it. And in the early to

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<v Speaker 5>mid two thousand, Stephen Levitt and I tried to ease

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<v Speaker 5>from the free economics guy tried to answer that question

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<v Speaker 5>by focusing on one small but revealing expression of cultures

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<v Speaker 5>the names parents give their children. Man, it's long and interesting,

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<v Speaker 5>but here's here's the most revealing part of this. They

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<v Speaker 5>went into other parts of the world, other countries with

0:31:21.760 --> 0:31:26.320
<v Speaker 5>cultures you know nothing about, and you had two groups

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<v Speaker 5>of people that looked just like this, just the same,

0:31:29.720 --> 0:31:35.719
<v Speaker 5>similar religions, et cetera. But over here they valued hard work, savings, education,

0:31:35.800 --> 0:31:39.040
<v Speaker 5>et cetera. Over there, they didn't guess what the first

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<v Speaker 5>group did way way better than the other ones. And

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<v Speaker 5>it wasn't white supremacy because there weren't any damn white people.

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<v Speaker 5>They refer to the fact that and what's the number

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<v Speaker 5>I wish I could find it that Pakistani Americans earned

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<v Speaker 5>sixty cents on the dollar to Indian Americans because of

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<v Speaker 5>what white racism?

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<v Speaker 4>Are you kidding me?

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<v Speaker 5>No?

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<v Speaker 4>Cultural dorms.

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<v Speaker 5>It's like the most important thing in the world, and

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<v Speaker 5>nobody wants to talk about.

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<v Speaker 4>It because I chickens. But I don't care. I'll talk about.

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<v Speaker 2>It, sir, chickens. We'll finish strong next time.

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<v Speaker 8>Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman shared some dating advice

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<v Speaker 8>every the week on AX and said that he would

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<v Speaker 8>ask may I meet you before engaging further in a conversation,

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<v Speaker 8>and claimed he quote almost never got to know. However,

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<v Speaker 8>he did get a lot of six digit phone numbers.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that was his opening line. He'd walk up to

0:32:36.320 --> 0:32:38.000
<v Speaker 2>women and say, may I meet you? And he said

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<v Speaker 2>it worked a lot. Guess what, he's a pretty good

0:32:39.960 --> 0:32:44.360
<v Speaker 2>looking guy. See, that's the thing with everything when it

0:32:44.400 --> 0:32:49.080
<v Speaker 2>comes to dating. That opening line works if you look

0:32:49.200 --> 0:32:52.920
<v Speaker 2>like him. Practically, any opening line would work if you

0:32:52.960 --> 0:32:56.160
<v Speaker 2>look like him, Almost none would work if you don't.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's the same with just all kinds of different days.

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<v Speaker 2>That Colonne smells good on.

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<v Speaker 4>You because you're attractive.

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<v Speaker 2>It's making it just all kinds of different things like that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just I've always had.

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<v Speaker 5>Study that came out that good looking guys are almost

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<v Speaker 5>never cited for a sexual harassment, whereas the plain looking

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<v Speaker 5>sort are all the time for precisely the same thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Rock has a routine where he talks about the

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<v Speaker 2>guy who gets the most girls sets the fashion sense

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<v Speaker 2>for your friend group when you're young. And I was

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<v Speaker 2>looking back on my life and that's very, very true.

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<v Speaker 2>And he said, like, you know, there's a group of

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<v Speaker 2>four or five dudes are all friends. The guy who

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<v Speaker 2>girls like the most. You look at his outfit and you think, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>those are pretty cool shoes. I need some shoes like that.

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<v Speaker 2>You think that that's like the key and it's and

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<v Speaker 2>it's not rich. The most expensive piece of modern art

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<v Speaker 2>sold yesterday sought to be sold this painting from nineteen fourteen.

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<v Speaker 2>This is really early modern art. I don't mind early

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<v Speaker 2>modern art because it actually looks like art. But it's

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<v Speaker 2>sold for two hundred and thirty six million dollars in salteds.

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<v Speaker 4>This one particular painting, Clint. It's in my family room.

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<v Speaker 4>Looks great over the sofa. Cool Yeah, nice.

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<v Speaker 9>Down Strong, down strong, Ready, Katy Strong.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's your host for final thoughts, Joe Geddy.

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<v Speaker 5>Let's get a final thought from everybody on the crew

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<v Speaker 5>to wrap things up for the day. There is our

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<v Speaker 5>technical director, Michael Langelow. Michael, final thought.

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<v Speaker 7>You are so correct about life being all about choices

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<v Speaker 7>you make.

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<v Speaker 5>I think back, and I think if I'd made that choice,

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<v Speaker 5>that my life would be different.

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<v Speaker 4>But I'm pretty happy with the way things worked out.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm good for you.

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<v Speaker 5>There you go, Katie Greener Esteemed Newswoman As a final thought, Katie.

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<v Speaker 7>We were calling raccoon's trash pandas my two other favorites,

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<v Speaker 7>gators are murder logs and peacocks are disco chickens murder.

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<v Speaker 4>They're both great. Jack of final thought.

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<v Speaker 2>Just a justify us talking about it a lot today.

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<v Speaker 2>Latest poll eighty percent of Americans wanted the Epstein files

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<v Speaker 2>to come out, including two.

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<v Speaker 4>Thirds of Republicans.

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<v Speaker 2>Lots of people agreed with that.

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<v Speaker 5>My final thought is also raccoon related. I'm fascinated by

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<v Speaker 5>this article from Scientific American talking about how raccoons are

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<v Speaker 5>doing exactly what dogs did way way way back in

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<v Speaker 5>the day, hanging around kind of at the edge of

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<v Speaker 5>our campsite, picking at the garbage, and the more friendly

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<v Speaker 5>ones and the less aggressive ones are getting closer and closer.

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<v Speaker 4>Soon somebody's gonna pet one.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, they may get their hand chewed off, but

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<v Speaker 5>maybe not hat raccoons in.

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<v Speaker 4>Thirty years, one hundred years, we don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to talk about that more in the One

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