1 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: What's the horror of dead generations hanging off the backs 2 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: of my modern everyone society? What do we? What are 3 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: we doing that? I started a podcast? Are we do? Robert? 4 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go take five. This is 5 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: your favorite electoralism podcast. It could happen here. Um, the 6 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: podcast that says, just vote about it? Come on, you 7 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: know how you voted? Can you vote a little harder? 8 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: You know, if if I could vote right right now, 9 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: I would. That is how dedicated I am. I know 10 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 1: that's everyone says that about you, Garrison, that you're always 11 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: ready to vote. Oh, we have, we have, we have, 12 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 1: we have. We have an update on the TikTok thing 13 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: um which we just this this just dropped. Um TikTok Uh. 14 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: There is now a new I need a new technic 15 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: account launched to boost Biden with young voters. Um. It 16 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: already has one hundred fans. Um. This this isn't a joke. 17 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: This is actually because that sounds like like a bad 18 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: like a like a Jimmy fallon Saturday Night Live weekend update. 19 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: This is because actually completely real. We have we have 20 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: a government funded Biden pro Biden TikTok account as lunched 21 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: and it has a hundred followers. Guys, it would be 22 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: funny if like, you know, like the Gravel Institute. But good, 23 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,319 Speaker 1: they just steered it in really radical directions. So it 24 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: did start like tweeting about Zerzon and the importance of 25 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: destroying time. The Biden TikTok account embraces ecological sabotage. I would, 26 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: I would take it. I would take I would take 27 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:45,839 Speaker 1: government money if they paid me to do that, I'll 28 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: say it. I'll take government money for a lot of reasons. 29 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: If they paid me to make an unhinged TikTok account 30 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: about how the scientists of the police, then yes, I would. 31 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: I would do that. That's a fun joke for four 32 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: people listening to this podcast. We're gonna tell about the 33 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: mid terms. Yeah, because look, the official stance of the 34 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: mostly anarchists who make this podcast, voting is dumb. But uh, 35 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: it's also bad when certain things happen electorally, like a 36 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:21,119 Speaker 1: bunch of insane fascists winning elected office. Uh. Two things 37 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: can be true, especially when people are really set on 38 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: killing trans people right now. Yeah, that's real problematic hashtag 39 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: problematic things are gonna have It could happen as a 40 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: result of the mid terms. I think the by by 41 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 1: far predominant media narrative is that the Democrats are heading 42 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: for a shellacking. Um, now, is that actually going to happen? 43 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: The short answer is, nobody knows. Because polling we should 44 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 1: all be we should all be accepting at this point 45 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: that polling is not good at its job generally. So 46 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: heads up, No one's really sure. Uh, there are certainly 47 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 1: Number One, if this is a normal midterm election after 48 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: a presidential election, Democrats should lose a not insubstantial amount 49 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,519 Speaker 1: of seats because that's just usually what happens. The only 50 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: time it didn't was the midterm election right after nine eleven, 51 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: and everyone was out of their minds at that point, 52 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: so you can't really factor that one into the averages. 53 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: And nothing like nine eleven has really happened. Like the 54 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: war in Ukraine is a is a whole thing, but 55 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: it's also not I'm not I'm saying any evidence that 56 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 1: it's causing any kind of like political realignment or affecting 57 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 1: support for Joe Biden in any meaning. Everyone's still pretty 58 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: economy based in terms of what they're what they claimed 59 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: to be their biggest factors for voting. The war in 60 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: Ukraine is a huge deal obviously, Um, we've talked about 61 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: it a lot on on our shows. But also it's 62 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: it's foreigners, and Americans don't care about foreigners when it 63 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: comes to voting. So look, that's just a reality. As 64 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: a guy who's repeatedly trying to get Americans to care 65 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: about things happening in other countries, we we don't. UM. So, 66 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: in the absence of anything that has caused that could 67 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: cause some sort of massive political realignment, the most likely 68 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: thing historically is that the Democrats are gonna lose control 69 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: of one, maybe both houses of Congress um, and a 70 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: modest amount of seats. Um. So if that happens, if 71 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:25,559 Speaker 1: it's kind of within historical dimensions, UM, then that won't 72 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,359 Speaker 1: be all that weird at all. Um. If it's a 73 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: huge blowout, then that's a big deal. And if the 74 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: Democrats don't lose or kind of barely lose ground, then 75 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: those would both be big deals for different reasons. UM. 76 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: And again, no one knows what's going to happen, and 77 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 1: no one on this podcast is going to make a prediction. 78 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: We're just going to kind of try to talk about 79 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: what what is sort of evident right now. Well, you're 80 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: not allowed to legally make predictions, Robert, I'm I'm not 81 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: allowed to legally make tradictions, although I will make one prediction, 82 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 1: which is that at some point, at some point, we're 83 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: gonna see Joe Biden's whole ass in fifty odds. If 84 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: we see the ass fifty odds, that you can see 85 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: some balls. That is. I've gone back and forth with 86 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: my polling experts on this, and we're we're firm on 87 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: that fifty coin flip coin flip for the coin purse, 88 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: toss up, toss up, toss up for the tossing of 89 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: his salad, which might be why we see his butt. Anyway, 90 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: here's here first on ticket. Happen here, It could it 91 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: could happen here. That could happen here. It's not impossible. 92 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: Someone has a picture of Joe Biden's butt, right, it's 93 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: out there. So yeah, So for every miny terms of 94 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: the House has has has all their seats go up 95 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: for every two years, Uh, the Senate gets gets gets 96 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: one third of seats up because they serve six year terms. 97 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 1: Because we like having fun here. Um, yeah, so it's 98 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: it's gonna be. It's it's gonna be interesting both because yeah, 99 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,799 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously, obviously it's most likely that definitely Republicans 100 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: will will win back a decent number of seats inside 101 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: the inside the House and probably um make make the 102 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: divide they're less extreme um if not actually just like 103 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 1: take the House. Also, the Senate's obviously more more of 104 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: a more of a toss up because of we're only 105 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 1: on the Senate at the moment um, so that is 106 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: definitely way more of a thing that they can totally cease. 107 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: But even if they do, season that's not actually changing 108 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 1: much because they're not we're not We're not able to 109 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 1: pass anything through the Senate anyway. Uh sure, So it 110 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,840 Speaker 1: doesn't matter because yeah, I mean, like it would only 111 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: really suck if m Republicans get extreme control both the 112 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: House and the Senate um. But I think that's kind 113 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: of unlikely in terms of getting like total control and 114 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: then we still have executives. So it part of why 115 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: it doesn't seem super likely is that, like in the 116 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: last um couple of sets, in particularly terms, the Democrats 117 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: lost basically all of their most vulnerable seats, and so 118 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 1: a lot of the seats that are coming up are 119 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: less vulnerable and so and that does mean that like 120 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: if the Democrats lose a bunch more than again, it's 121 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: a much more significant sign that we're seeing, uh, pretty 122 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: predicted potentially like pretty fashy political realignment in the United States. 123 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: It's again, there's not like evidence that makes me think 124 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: that's particularly likely. Um, that's just what it would mean 125 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: if that were to happen. And I think probably the 126 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: number one thing I would expect if there were some 127 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: sort of gigantic apocle shift where the Republicans wind up 128 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 1: with like sixty percent of the seats in Congress or 129 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: something like that, Um, is they're going to try to impeach. 130 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: But like they would have to write if they won 131 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: in control of both house, like they would have to 132 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: try and impeach Biden because of the rhetoric. It's the 133 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: bit you know, which again I don't I'm not saying 134 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: I don't think that is particularly likely based on what 135 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: we're seeing, but like if that happens, they're going to 136 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 1: do that. Yeah, I Mean it's not even a prediction. 137 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,239 Speaker 1: That's just like, well they've been talking about it because 138 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: like because like on average, the president's party has lost 139 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: about thirty thirty House seats during mid terms over the 140 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: course of the last century, um and Republicans only need 141 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: to gain five seats to win the chamber. But now 142 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: now gaining five seats is not the same as winning 143 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: five seats obviously, Yes, like the party needs to needs 144 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: at least two eighteen seats to win control of the House. 145 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: So Republicans are actually they have to flip. They have 146 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: to they have to do the flipping um and they 147 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: have to flip actually a good number of them because 148 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 1: again the seats that they do, the seats that that 149 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: Democrats currently have are all like pretty firmly democrat um. 150 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: So there's there is there is less toss ups. And 151 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: the other thing that's kind of interesting is that the 152 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 1: redistricting process that has been going on in the past 153 00:08:56,240 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: bit has seemed to kind of favor, uh favor Democrats. 154 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: So if it's interesting, if you want to have a 155 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: good time, go go look at what go look at 156 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: what the Democrats did to the Illinois map. It is hilarious. 157 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: Between like, there is a district that is like it 158 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: starts in the like in the north in the south 159 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: side of the south side of Chicago, and the district 160 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: ends like literally like like nine tenths of the way 161 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: down the state, like a tiny town in seven Illinois, 162 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: and it's like, it's really funny because like like eighty 163 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,439 Speaker 1: percent of what was going on there was like Solendinois 164 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:37,719 Speaker 1: like elected a Nazi to the House. The Democrats were like, 165 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 1: how how can we Well, it's funny. Is also said 166 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 1: they didn't even do the optimal jerrymander because their cowards 167 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: and fools. But yeah, like this is you know, okay, 168 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: like the maps are always constantly jerrymandered, and part of 169 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: the reason the Democrats have been just like getting smashed 170 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: for the last decade is that what they lost a 171 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: dozen ten election they lost control of like the gerrymandering, 172 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: and so that like fucked them for like a decade 173 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 1: and they've gotten to a position that is slightly better 174 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: for them. But you know, again, the like the important 175 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 1: thing to actually take away here is it like basically 176 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 1: every like every every election that happens at the US 177 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: on like for the House is rigged like before it 178 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: starts like at least partially because jay mandering is just 179 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: legal and you could do it. I mean, it's amazing 180 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: to me that they're they're connecting these little rural areas 181 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,559 Speaker 1: to the south side of Chicago, because and I'm sure 182 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:30,839 Speaker 1: you're aware of this, Christopher, it's the baddest part of town. 183 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: And and if you go there, you just better be 184 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: aware of a man named Lee Roy Brown. Now you 185 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 1: know Lee Red Brown. It stood about six ft four um. 186 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: All those downtown ladies called him tree top lever. All 187 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,680 Speaker 1: the men just called him, sir, you know, bad, badly 188 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 1: road Brown, baddest man in the whole, baddest man in 189 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 1: the whole. Damn. This is important electoral stuff, Sophie. He 190 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 1: could win. He's badder than old King Kong and meaner 191 00:10:54,840 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: than a junkyard dog. So all of so U about 192 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: sixty one house races are seen to be viewed as 193 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: competitive out of four hundred thirty five um. But out 194 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: of those amazing democracy yeah so and and and out 195 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: of those sixty one, only about sixteen are actually kind 196 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 1: of viewed as toss ups at the moment, with seven 197 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: of those seats currently helped by Republicans, eight of them 198 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: being helped with Democrats, and one new seat in the 199 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: in the state of Colorado. UM. So yeah, Like it 200 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: does seem like in order for Republicans to really get 201 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: more controlled the House, they have to actually flip more 202 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 1: traditionally democratic uh territories, so like they're kind of they 203 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: have to do most of that the actual work here, 204 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 1: um to actually get those things flipped. But again I 205 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 1: don't I don't trust democrats ability to be able to 206 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: hold on to what they have anyway, So who knows. Yeah, 207 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's one of those things. There's a 208 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 1: lot of talk about like how incompetent the Democrats are, 209 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 1: And there's a pretty interesting article that dropped, Oh gosh, 210 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,839 Speaker 1: where was it about how millennial support for Democrats is 211 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: like at its lowest point in recent memory. Yea millennial 212 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: here it's because they don't do anything. It's because they 213 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 1: say they're going to do a number of very popular 214 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 1: things and then do not do them. Again, the people 215 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: who Gerryman did all these districts, and as a general rule, 216 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: just the data we have on how mid terms seem 217 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: to go all factors in the fact that that young 218 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: people don't vote, you know. Um, so the fact that 219 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: the Democrats are worse than normal with youth may not 220 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: actually have a huge impact on the mid terms at 221 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 1: this state especially. Can Again, there's not as many, at 222 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: least based on the polling we have, which is again imperfect, 223 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: doesn't seem like there's a tremendous amount of super competitive districts. No, 224 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 1: and it does seem to be the group of people 225 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 1: that will be the most interesting deciding factor right now 226 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: is boomer women seems to be the one are actually 227 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:05,439 Speaker 1: they're going. I don't like that boomers are allowed to vote. 228 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 1: Get him out of there. Get him out of there. 229 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 1: On on that note, should we take a quick little 230 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 1: addie break. You know who else doesn't want you to vote? 231 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 1: It's the Washington State Patrol, the oligarchs who support this podcast. 232 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 1: We're back and we're again talking about the elections in 233 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: the South side of Chicago, and there's a lot of 234 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: reasons to wonder how this is going to go. And 235 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 1: I just want to point out that Leroy Brown keeps 236 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: a thirty two guns in his pocket for fun and 237 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: a razor in issue, which should be factored in when 238 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: you're thinking about, you know, how things might go down 239 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 1: on election day. Thank you, thank you for that for 240 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: that critical analysis from Robert evans Um. Yeah really really 241 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 1: on the cusp of there. Thank you. Yeah, it's uh, 242 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,079 Speaker 1: we are we are we are lucky to have such 243 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 1: an academic mind on the pod. I say that a lot, 244 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 1: but I'm I'm glad someone else is. Finally, Uh, should 245 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 1: we talk uh Senate Senate seats that are potentially going 246 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: to flip even though Garrison doesn't want to. Yeah, I 247 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 1: read the article and I didn't I found it kind 248 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: of boring and I didn't find them to say anything 249 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: super interesting. Um, but yes we can. So one of 250 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 1: the one of the ones we got here is in Pennsylvania. 251 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: Is that the one that's open. It is the one 252 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 1: that is open. Um. So yeah, this is uh the 253 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 1: see the seat the seat opened up when the Republican 254 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 1: Senator Pat too Many good for him for having a 255 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: funny name, announced that he would not be announced that 256 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: he would not be having he would not be running 257 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: for re election. So so yeah, there's the lieutenant governor 258 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: is running in the Democratic primary and raising a good 259 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: good deal of money. Um, that's cool. Yeah, it's a 260 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: it's a Yeah, it's a Trump has a Trump has 261 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 1: a has a has has stepped in to to fight 262 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: between between the two the two uh, the two candidates 263 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: which we have David David McCormick, which is a former 264 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: hedge fund manager and his Republican opposer is a friend 265 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: of the pod Dr Memas. Oh yeah, I love that. 266 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: I love that I have to care about a fight 267 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: between doctor Oz and a hedge fund manager. Awesome. And 268 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 1: do you want to guess who Trump endorsed between the 269 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 1: hedge fund manister and the and the good doctor, It's 270 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: got to be doctor Oz. Yes, of course it is. 271 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: They let Doctor Oz speak at Sea Pack so immediate, 272 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: which is funny because the hedge fund guy specifically went 273 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:57,239 Speaker 1: to Marlago to to like help get Trump's support, um, 274 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: and then Trump endorsed the endorse good off was he 275 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: was he like? Was he like, hey, like, what's your 276 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 1: TV ratings? I don't know if you you don't have 277 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 1: a t like you were not? Oh no, no, no. 278 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: Trump is not a dumb man. He's just a very 279 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: focused one and the only thing he has focused on 280 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: is the same thing that Dr Oz is good at, 281 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: which yes, getting um. So yeah. It's It's seemed to 282 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: be kind of a toss up between these two Republican candidates. 283 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: Both both are both are pretty wealthy, Both are spending 284 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: millions and millions and millions of dollars um and it's 285 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: it's it is. It is expected to be the most 286 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: expensive race in the whole country because of the hedge 287 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: fund guy, because of Dr Oz And then then the 288 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 1: one Democrat Lieutenant Governor John fetterman Um who seems to 289 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: who is raising a lot of money for on on 290 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: on the the from the Democratic establishment. So yeah, um, 291 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: that's that's the metal head, right. I don't know, I 292 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: don't know. I want to talk about Ohio for a second, 293 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,679 Speaker 1: because there's been some stuff out of there that is 294 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 1: it is because it is also open. Yeah, so it's open. 295 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: And the guy he's running on the Democratic side is 296 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 1: Tim Ryan, who's like a weirdo and like it's sort 297 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: of been like on the right wing the Democratic Party 298 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: for a long time. But like so Tim Brian's doing 299 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 1: this like it's being called economic populism. Oh where okay, yeah, 300 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:33,160 Speaker 1: so let's let's out of the Yeah. So so let's 301 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: let's let's let's let's let's read some Ryan quotes. China. 302 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 1: It's definitely China. One word China. It's US versus China. 303 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: This is this is his his campaign basically is lyrical genius. 304 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: What are you talking about? I mean, I gotta say 305 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:51,640 Speaker 1: it seems very hinged. For one, Yeah, super hinged. It's 306 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: an interesting thing because it's like, Okay, so he's trying 307 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 1: to do the like we're gonna we're gonna do that 308 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: kind of populism. We're talking about how China is like 309 00:17:57,720 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: taking jobs away from the rest belt. It's also funny 310 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 1: because he's against Medicare for all, like so like he's 311 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: like he's like not like he's not actually like like 312 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,400 Speaker 1: like on the left aning seriously, but you know, and 313 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 1: there's there's this whole thing like he's he's running as 314 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: a NAFTA, which is interesting because like you know if 315 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 1: in terms of populism, like Obama did run on that, 316 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: like Obama ran on get on on being against NAFTA. 317 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: And this is part of how we just like absolutely 318 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:27,119 Speaker 1: claw Bard's uh John McCain, but like you know, the 319 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: Democrats everyone literally never do anything about that. But like, yeah, 320 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: you know, but there's there's the there's this whole sort 321 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:34,919 Speaker 1: of factor here where Bryan's big thing is he's anti China, 322 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 1: and he's anti China. He he tried to be the 323 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 1: House speaker a mouthful times. Yeah, and there's just you 324 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: know the thing that's interesting about it is is so 325 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:48,199 Speaker 1: he's getting a lot of support for the like he 326 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: looks so Asian American groups in Ohio. We're like, hey, 327 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,439 Speaker 1: what the funk are you doing? And he was just 328 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 1: like I yeah, I don't care um and just kept 329 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 1: doing it. And and it's interesting because there's this sort 330 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: of like he's getting a lot of support from like 331 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:05,919 Speaker 1: Republicans for this, Like you'll there's there's been a lot 332 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: of columns from sort of Republican columnists who are like, wow, 333 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 1: I'm pro free trade, but also like this whole opposing 334 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:15,120 Speaker 1: China thing is good, and I think it's there there's 335 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 1: an interesting dynamic going on here where you have this 336 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,439 Speaker 1: like that this is a very very old tradition in 337 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: American I guess you could call it American labor of 338 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: there being this kind of like, well, okay, so the 339 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 1: solution to all of reconic problems is that China is 340 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:30,640 Speaker 1: taking our jobs away. I mean, like you can see 341 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:32,919 Speaker 1: this like literally in the eight hundreds, this was happening. 342 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:34,679 Speaker 1: And you know what happened in the eight hundred was 343 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:38,439 Speaker 1: that they ethnically cleansed the entire West coast and like 344 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 1: most of the the sun Bolt States yeah, so like that, Yeah, 345 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,120 Speaker 1: you know, a lot of stas mining going on. The Yeah, 346 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 1: this is they just like ethnically cleansed all the Asian 347 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 1: people out. And you know, this is I think worrying 348 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:53,400 Speaker 1: in a lot of ways. It's the Democrats so far 349 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: haven't really gone as hard on this as they were 350 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 1: going in. But this kind of stuff gets really really bad, 351 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 1: really quickly. And you know, okay, like the worst the 352 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,160 Speaker 1: anti aition violence has been largely colinivirus stuff. But like 353 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 1: if you go back to the eighties when this exact 354 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 1: same thing was happening with Japan, that got really really 355 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: bad very quickly. People got murdered. Um, yeah, a lot 356 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: of psychocrip and books were written with blots that are 357 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 1: very racist now in retrospective, and you know, and I 358 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: think I think it's important to remind people that, like, 359 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,439 Speaker 1: you know, like, yeah, they're like there there were a 360 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 1: lot of jobs that got moved from the US to China, 361 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: and that happened because corporations were trying to find a 362 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 1: where we're where we're you know, like this this is 363 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,399 Speaker 1: the thing that corporations did not like the Chinese people. 364 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: And the other part of the reason it happened was 365 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:52,199 Speaker 1: that the Chinese government fucking murdered, like literally, like just 366 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: machine guns a bunch of trade unionists outside of Tieneman, 367 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: and you know that, like that that had the effectors 368 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 1: just like shattering whatever sort of left of the Chinese organization, 369 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: the Chinese working class. And so the factory worker in 370 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:10,439 Speaker 1: China who is making like if they're lucky, maybe like 371 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 1: sixteen dollars a year, is not your enemy, despite what 372 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 1: fucking Tim Ryan and all these assholes are are trying 373 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,200 Speaker 1: to tell you. It's that's it's just it's just it's 374 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 1: it's not true. And the reason they're doing this is 375 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 1: because they're trying to get you to not look at 376 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 1: the people who are actually stealing all your money. So 377 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: he also seems pretty pro cop. Yeah he sucks. Oh, 378 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 1: the Democrats are all pro cop. Now we have completely 379 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 1: turned turned around on that one. They were only anti 380 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 1: cop for eleven minutes. In what everyone was was scared 381 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,880 Speaker 1: that things were going to go Minneapolis in a lot 382 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: more places. The in that eleven minutes was when Nancy 383 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:54,199 Speaker 1: Polis that eleven minutes ruled, though not that part of it, 384 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 1: but a lot of parts of that part. That part 385 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: when when when the CEO of Target had to come 386 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: out and be like, it's cool if people, Yeah, that 387 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: was maybe the peak, you know. And I will say 388 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,199 Speaker 1: this if if you if you want that back, you 389 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 1: can do it again. You just have to you just 390 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:14,440 Speaker 1: have to burn a bunch of police stations and riot 391 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 1: and lute things. So yeah, someone that that's a thing 392 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,400 Speaker 1: that could happen and if it were could happen here, 393 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 1: has happen here. That is the bit. I hope that 394 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 1: Georgia doesn't flip. Yeah, let's let's talk about let's talk 395 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:35,160 Speaker 1: about let's talk about Georgia. Talk about Georgia, because yeah, 396 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 1: we got Raphael Uh that's what. Yeah, is it running 397 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: for his first full term after winning the special election 398 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 1: last year. UM, so yeah, he's obviously trying to trying to, 399 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 1: like since since Biden barely barely won Georgia in the 400 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,360 Speaker 1: in the last election, trying to kind of ride off 401 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 1: of that that energy. But Biden's approval everywhere nationally, but 402 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: in Georgia his approval is taken quite the nose dive 403 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:09,439 Speaker 1: um with like only like saying he they approve of 404 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: Biden's performance on the job, um and then on the 405 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: on the Republican side. We got the guy leading the 406 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: race is a formal former and NFL running back, Herschel Walker. 407 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,880 Speaker 1: Um so he he has he has, he has Trump's endorsement. 408 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 1: Um so he's trying to trying to run off that. 409 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:31,879 Speaker 1: But he's he's pretty new, So it's kind of he's on, 410 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: he's more, he's more, he's it's it's unclear because he 411 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 1: doesn't have a lot of political background, so who knows 412 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 1: what's gonna what's gonna, what's gonna happen there? Um. Well, 413 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: and it's also one of the reasons why we're not 414 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: one is that while as has been shown, people in 415 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 1: his district aren't big fans of Biden, they just really 416 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:57,879 Speaker 1: were tired of Donald Trump. So it is kind of 417 00:23:57,880 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: a question as to like, well, what is the degree 418 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,719 Speaker 1: to which trump endorsement's got a matter a ton in 419 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:06,439 Speaker 1: this because the fact that they're now don't like Biden 420 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 1: very much does not necessarily mean they're less exhausted at 421 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: the thought of a Trump type guy coming in again. 422 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:16,639 Speaker 1: So another and another rice it's open is actually North Carolina, 423 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 1: um which is which which is intriguing? Um So that's uh, why, well, 424 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: North Carolina has always had a pretty a reasonably prominent left, 425 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:30,959 Speaker 1: Like it gets kind of like loved in by Democrats, 426 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 1: is like a right wing state, but it's not. I mean, 427 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,880 Speaker 1: there's certainly strong elements of that. There's a lot going 428 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,199 Speaker 1: on in North Carolina. Yeah. I mean the person that 429 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 1: they're they're trying to run is uh is a Cherry Beasley, 430 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 1: which is the first black woman to serve as a 431 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 1: chief justice on the state Supreme Court. Um. So she 432 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:53,959 Speaker 1: will probably when the primary Republicans are still flip flopping 433 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 1: between their Trump back to candidate UM and the former 434 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 1: governor Pat mccruary. UM. So it's that's that's still still 435 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: kind of retiring, is it is it? Uh? Yeah, Richard 436 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 1: Burr is retiring Republican Richard. So yeah, it seems like 437 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 1: Republicans don't really think Cherry Viasley is going to be 438 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 1: much of a threat. Um. And again Biden's appropriating is 439 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 1: also nose diving at around UM. So it's it's the 440 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 1: Democrats they can just hopefully hopefully wish that there's because 441 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: of the vote is so split on the on the 442 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 1: Republican side, if they can stoke stoke, stoke divisions there 443 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,919 Speaker 1: and just go spy, but they don't seem to be 444 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 1: doing much much work in North Carolina actually in terms 445 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: of trying to like a gain ground. So yeah, yeah, yeah, 446 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,640 Speaker 1: it's because again, like the primary is going to be 447 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 1: in May, so it's there's there's enough time to get 448 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 1: support behind one Republican candidate. So let's see. I don't 449 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 1: I think that's all of the ones that are open races. 450 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,919 Speaker 1: But we also got more more stuff like in like 451 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:19,120 Speaker 1: a Nevada, Wisconsin, Arizona, Florida, Florida. But oh yeah, flow Ride. 452 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 1: I won a twenty two in the Eurovision Awards representing 453 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 1: San Marino. Back in it's Rubio seat. That it is Rubio. Yes, 454 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:31,479 Speaker 1: that would be so fun. I would like I do 455 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:34,120 Speaker 1: enjoy the thought of bad things happening tomorrow. That would 456 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 1: be so fun. Yeah. Currently Rubio is leading in the polls, 457 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: but it's not it's not uh, it isn't above it 458 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 1: is so it is, it's it's pretty, it's still it's 459 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 1: it's close. But I'm not gonna get let down by Florida. 460 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: I refuse never expect good things from Florida or Texas. Yeah, 461 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: that is that is the general rule. And never count 462 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:05,919 Speaker 1: out North Carolina. Uh yeah, sure, as a Texan, do 463 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 1: count out Texas. Look if it happens, if and it's 464 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 1: good that that'll be lovely, but don't don't hinge your 465 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 1: mental health on it. Well, um, do you know what? 466 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 1: You should hinge your mental health on the products and 467 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,960 Speaker 1: services that support this podcast? That is right, Robert, You 468 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 1: guys a little bit too literal to our major advertiser, Garrison. 469 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 1: That's why I did it. I also hope Rubio gets kicked. Sophie, Oh, 470 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: welcome back. We're talking about the thing. I was just 471 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 1: gonna make threats of violence against an last sitting representative. 472 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:49,959 Speaker 1: But that is one of our favorite things, isn't It 473 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: is one of our favorite things. That's why we're launching 474 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: a new podcast, the Actionable Threats against Congressman Cast. Do 475 00:27:56,840 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: we know anything about the person who is running against Rubia? 476 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: Do they have a chance? Do they have a chance? 477 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:07,280 Speaker 1: That is a good question to so, probably not. But 478 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:13,120 Speaker 1: because you can't rely on Floridas val val Val Demmings 479 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:20,200 Speaker 1: is waging the fight against against Rubio. Um, and uh, 480 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,639 Speaker 1: it looks like the funding is actually pretty pretty pretty 481 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: similar in terms of both having around twenty million dollars 482 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 1: in funding. Um, but there is a lot of other 483 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:34,919 Speaker 1: Democratic challengers. Uh, there's but I mean the Demmings is 484 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 1: the one that's going to do it, but there's a 485 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: shocking amount of others. Like there's still like other millions 486 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 1: of dollars getting spent on other challengers which are not 487 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 1: going to succeed. Again, great, great, great way to do democracy. Yeah, 488 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 1: we really have it locked down. Um. It is cool 489 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 1: that Santa Claus is running for governor of Alaska and 490 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 1: see they have a first past the post system. I 491 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: think he's running for governor. Yeah, Santa Claus is. Yeah, 492 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 1: there's a I who's the mayor of the North Pole, 493 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 1: which is a town in Alaska, who legally changed his 494 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 1: name to Santa Claus. That's funny. You know, he's a 495 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 1: big Bernie supporter. That is that? Okay, that's pretty rad. 496 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 1: It is pretty too, because I know Santa Claus has 497 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 1: been doing more more acting recently. So yes, I mean, 498 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 1: I can't wait to see the new crash More film. 499 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 1: I'm pretty excited about as well. Vote for Santa, vote 500 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 1: for dun le Vy, vote for Santa. Yeah. So what 501 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:31,479 Speaker 1: do we what do we do we? The other thing 502 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 1: I wanted to mention is that. Um, is that in 503 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 1: terms of like, you know, the other recurring bit we've 504 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: been having is, uh, people thinking that elections aren't actually real. Um, 505 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:49,040 Speaker 1: A fun bit. So we have only forty seven percent 506 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 1: of Republicans are confident that the midterms will be conducted 507 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: fairly and accurately. Um. So that's less than half. That's 508 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 1: that you know, what that is is a recipe for stability. 509 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 1: That's less that have compared to seventies six percent of 510 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 1: Democrats who think they will be fair and accurate. Um. Yeah. 511 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,440 Speaker 1: But also it's not going to be a problem. Also, 512 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:14,160 Speaker 1: Republicans are more sure that everyone who wants to vote 513 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 1: will be able to They just don't think the votes 514 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 1: will be counted verse, but they think everyone who has 515 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: access to voting is can do it easily, when as 516 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 1: Democrats say that voting access is more of an issue 517 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 1: that actually could impact elections. Um, which is you know, 518 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:31,960 Speaker 1: if you actually look at stuff, is actually true. Um. Yes, yeah, 519 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 1: it's that we have we have one of the like 520 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 1: the fact that our elections are ran by volunteers is 521 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 1: like one of the most absolutely bad ship things on Earth. 522 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,800 Speaker 1: It's it's low key and existential threat to everybody listening 523 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:46,200 Speaker 1: to this, Yeah, and I mean it's and you know, 524 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: and this is one of the things I would say 525 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 1: about sort of electoralisms, and like every every single you 526 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,880 Speaker 1: probably won't hear about it that much this year because 527 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: it's not a presidential election, but every single time there's 528 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,600 Speaker 1: there's a there's a national presidential election, there's a bunch 529 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:02,719 Speaker 1: of stories about how a bunch of people waited in 530 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 1: lines for fucking seven hours because there weren't enough stations, 531 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: they didn't set them up in the right places, and 532 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,320 Speaker 1: nothing ever will literally will ever be done about this. 533 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 1: This has been like I I remember, I remember stories 534 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,880 Speaker 1: about this when I was like ten, and it is. 535 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 1: It will never change, nothing will ever be done about it. 536 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: Every single time that happens, people say that they're going 537 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,960 Speaker 1: to do stuff about it, and they don't. And yet 538 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 1: so that's that's fun. The elections are kind of pre 539 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:34,480 Speaker 1: rigged already, further fun, kind of staddy things to help with, 540 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,240 Speaker 1: to help with trying to you know, get the temperature 541 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 1: of the room. So about half of white voters say 542 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:45,080 Speaker 1: that they would vote for a Republican candidate say that 543 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 1: they will vote Democrat. Uh, I know, I talked I 544 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 1: mentioned this briefly of women aged fifteen up say that 545 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 1: the economy is not working well, um, and that's going 546 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 1: to strongly impact their their electoral choices. And this is 547 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 1: what a lot of people are kind of looking towards 548 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 1: in terms of indications of how they're going to vote 549 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,560 Speaker 1: and how results could be in the end. Is like 550 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,840 Speaker 1: you know, older, older women who are gen X and 551 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:13,080 Speaker 1: UM and UM and boomer women are seemed to be 552 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:17,000 Speaker 1: kind of the people to go after at the moment um. So, yeah, 553 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 1: say that they don't like the economy and it's not 554 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:24,920 Speaker 1: working well. That's up from seventy Sorry, that's up from 555 00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:27,560 Speaker 1: um and it's it's most of its around like day 556 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 1: most of it's around like day to day budgets. Uh. 557 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,200 Speaker 1: So that's that's that's good. That's uh. That's an interesting 558 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:38,520 Speaker 1: thing in terms of how how propaganda can be shifted 559 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,120 Speaker 1: around that we know we've even seen that around like 560 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,360 Speaker 1: the war in Ukraine with like with like gas prices 561 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: and stuff. We have in terms of back to how 562 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 1: kind of looking at looking at people of what race 563 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 1: is generally turning towards what what thing? Yeah, so over 564 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:58,040 Speaker 1: half say they do Republicans about a third say they 565 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 1: vote for Democrats if if if they are white. On contrast, 566 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:05,200 Speaker 1: we got like a larger majority of black voters saying 567 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,920 Speaker 1: that they prefer the Democratic candidates seven percent for Republican. 568 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:13,440 Speaker 1: Asian voters prefer Democrat over Republican uh from about like 569 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 1: a tweeter one ratio, which is a seven and Hispanic 570 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:23,719 Speaker 1: voters also favored Democrats at about Republicans have about eight 571 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:27,760 Speaker 1: percent UM. And the other interesting and other interesting stat 572 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:32,240 Speaker 1: pulled from a Pew Research Center is that seventy percent 573 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 1: of Republicans agree that party control of of of the 574 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:38,280 Speaker 1: House and Senate is an important factor, but only sixty 575 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 1: percent of Democrats believe that, So that means of Democrats 576 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:46,680 Speaker 1: don't think that the House and Senate's important um which 577 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:50,200 Speaker 1: is a little wacky, which is also a down from 578 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:54,240 Speaker 1: seven points because uh in in the same in this 579 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:57,160 Speaker 1: under the same question, sixty seven percent of of of 580 00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 1: Democrats said that they valued House, House and Senate control, 581 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 1: so that is so that that is down by almost 582 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:08,440 Speaker 1: ten percent. Meanwhile, the Republican percentage points of that question 583 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 1: have has turned it upwards, which makes sense because of 584 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 1: you know, whoever's affecting who's ever in the executive branch, 585 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:18,759 Speaker 1: we'll we'll say, oh yeah, it's less important for the 586 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:22,359 Speaker 1: House and Senate, right, so Trump say it's it's less 587 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,759 Speaker 1: important now to them, it's more important, you know. And 588 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:26,560 Speaker 1: I also think with the Democrats there's an angle of 589 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 1: this which is like, okay, so we gave them power 590 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:33,840 Speaker 1: for two years and they did kind of nothing. Yeah, 591 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:37,279 Speaker 1: like it feels like nothing like they well, actually that's 592 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 1: that's not true. They gave they gave police more money. 593 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:44,360 Speaker 1: They gave they gave the Pentagon lots and lots of 594 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,399 Speaker 1: more money, the most about of money ever, largest budget ever, 595 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:52,560 Speaker 1: largest ice budget. With global warming, we're gonna need more ice, y'all, like, 596 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:56,880 Speaker 1: come on, come on, uh huh. I'm sure that was it. 597 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,560 Speaker 1: That was the joke. That's the joke. Temperature joke, yes, 598 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,680 Speaker 1: I underst and it's also a climate refugee joke though. 599 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:06,879 Speaker 1: Oh double double meanings, so we call it double on. Tom, 600 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:13,120 Speaker 1: got that that's how you pronounced the French garrison. But yeah, 601 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:18,080 Speaker 1: it's only se of female voters age have decided who 602 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:22,080 Speaker 1: they're going to vote for in November. Um, so that 603 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:27,000 Speaker 1: is wacky. With so many good choices, how could they 604 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:32,160 Speaker 1: not know. So, yeah, they're really they're really really trying 605 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:35,040 Speaker 1: to pull from there. And where do women over fifty 606 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:41,280 Speaker 1: spend a lot of time on? Typically face Facebook dot com. Um, 607 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,080 Speaker 1: so yeah, Facebook is Facebook and the GOP are really 608 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,000 Speaker 1: trying to do a lot of stuff to influence elections 609 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:48,640 Speaker 1: right now. As we detailed in our last episode around 610 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,760 Speaker 1: around Facebook and the GOP funding all of the anti 611 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,799 Speaker 1: TikTok stuff and funding all the pro Facebook stuff. They 612 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:57,240 Speaker 1: really want people to be on Facebook because it turns 613 00:35:57,239 --> 00:36:00,759 Speaker 1: out that's how they spread their propaganda the best. Um 614 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,640 Speaker 1: and yeah, specifically with women age over fifty, that's like 615 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:12,120 Speaker 1: the prime demographic for Facebook. So neat uh yeah, anyway, 616 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:13,880 Speaker 1: that is a that is a lot of the h 617 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:17,000 Speaker 1: a lot of the election notes that I had because 618 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,279 Speaker 1: again I am as I keep up with all of 619 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,040 Speaker 1: the electoralisms. Basically every day I wake up, every morning, 620 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:25,960 Speaker 1: I go to I go to that one polling website, um, 621 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:34,480 Speaker 1: and I find you text the word vote every single morning. Always, 622 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:41,080 Speaker 1: always here's what's weird? Always using a different phone, tell us, 623 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,920 Speaker 1: tell us the truth. But yeah, that it's not that 624 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:46,879 Speaker 1: they're a pholster. It's that one day Nate Silver woke 625 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:50,080 Speaker 1: up with a splitting headache and Garrison leapt fully formed 626 00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:52,120 Speaker 1: out of a hole in the side of his skull. 627 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,719 Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean in terms of all of the 628 00:36:56,719 --> 00:37:00,000 Speaker 1: anti trend stuff that it's actually worth focusing on obvious 629 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:03,400 Speaker 1: the Ice really really depressing in terms of by the 630 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,640 Speaker 1: getting an office and giving Ice millions and millions of 631 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:10,080 Speaker 1: more dollars. You're like, great, um, but you know, it 632 00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:12,560 Speaker 1: seems like if more Democrats are in office right now, 633 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:14,920 Speaker 1: it seems like that will make life slightly easier for 634 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:18,239 Speaker 1: trans people. So that is it's you know, it's the 635 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,520 Speaker 1: thing you always have to accept with our democracy, which 636 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:25,760 Speaker 1: is that it's foolish to say that the elections don't matter, 637 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:29,080 Speaker 1: because they do because, for example, price caps on insulin 638 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:32,160 Speaker 1: or not passing more laws to make life a nightmare 639 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,920 Speaker 1: for trans people really does matter. But certain horrible things 640 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:41,080 Speaker 1: like the continued dominance of extractive industries that are pushing 641 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:45,360 Speaker 1: us towards climate disaster or uh, the expansion of the 642 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:49,080 Speaker 1: car Serile state, and militarized policing in many different forms, 643 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,920 Speaker 1: in the militarization of the border that's gonna keep right 644 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,640 Speaker 1: on trucking no matter who's in charge, and the elections 645 00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:58,919 Speaker 1: don't matter for that so far. Maybe someday they will, 646 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:02,440 Speaker 1: but I'd have to see it happen, you know, I do. 647 00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:05,759 Speaker 1: I do. Got good news for you, though, is that 648 00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:08,120 Speaker 1: the White House is launching a new TikTok campaign and 649 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:11,040 Speaker 1: it already has a hundred followers. After like, why don't 650 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,480 Speaker 1: you why don't you refresh that TikTok aarson, Let's see 651 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:16,120 Speaker 1: how much they've gained since we started this episode. I 652 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:19,120 Speaker 1: want to see what they're up to give me because 653 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:22,719 Speaker 1: I'm curious if I've gained more followers on Twitter on 654 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:28,240 Speaker 1: TikTok at this period of time. I'm checking, I'm checking, 655 00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:31,400 Speaker 1: I'm checking. All right, here we go, I'm going to 656 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:35,640 Speaker 1: do it. Um. The the account is called building Back Together, 657 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:42,160 Speaker 1: so already pretty catchy. Um. How do they keep making 658 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:47,359 Speaker 1: these phrases worse? I know they cannot. Oh, they are 659 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:51,080 Speaker 1: actually up since so the the last news article I 660 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,600 Speaker 1: looked at, they had ninety four followers. Now they're up 661 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:57,560 Speaker 1: to a thousand and eight hundred. Okay, so no, thanks 662 00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:02,279 Speaker 1: for going better, Biden an apology. I think I think 663 00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:04,920 Speaker 1: we got this. I think we got it. This is 664 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:10,680 Speaker 1: a good side anyway. I mean, there's a good there's 665 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:14,719 Speaker 1: an article about the uh, the millennial whisper or something like, 666 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:16,640 Speaker 1: oh wait no, sorry, it's DIM's turn to gen Z 667 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,759 Speaker 1: whisper to show her up support. An article from a 668 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:24,960 Speaker 1: day ago from Real Clear Politics. Um, that's that's that's 669 00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:27,040 Speaker 1: that's fun. You know what, you know what Biden has 670 00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:28,759 Speaker 1: to do. Bide has to get Mr Beast on the 671 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:32,839 Speaker 1: job and start making those politic and then I think, 672 00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:34,480 Speaker 1: I think, I think, I think we'll have this one 673 00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:38,760 Speaker 1: in the bag. Um yeah, I mean, Garrison, just based 674 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:41,680 Speaker 1: on my knowledge of you, the main thing that Joseph 675 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:44,880 Speaker 1: Biden could do to to prop up gen Z support 676 00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:49,400 Speaker 1: is to just start air dropping hormones uh to whoever 677 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:53,400 Speaker 1: wants them. I think air dropped hormones an air dropped money, 678 00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,640 Speaker 1: it would be the way to go. You could appeal 679 00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:58,959 Speaker 1: to the right by giving them h g H. There's 680 00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:01,279 Speaker 1: a lot of options here, Like, it doesn't have to 681 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:04,680 Speaker 1: be just one. Everybody likes some kind of hormone, you know, 682 00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:08,800 Speaker 1: hormones for all, hormones for all steroids and estrogen for everybody. 683 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:12,000 Speaker 1: Well yeah, I mean like in terms of things that 684 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:14,640 Speaker 1: Biden could do to actually gains to actually get stuff 685 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:16,840 Speaker 1: to do get to like get enough support, is that 686 00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:19,120 Speaker 1: he can start doing executive orders that actually do are 687 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:22,640 Speaker 1: that actually are helpful. Um, he could, they we could, 688 00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:25,839 Speaker 1: we could. They can really start rallying around the marijuana 689 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:29,800 Speaker 1: legalization bill. Um, Like they're like, hey, if you vote 690 00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:33,160 Speaker 1: for Democrats in the Senate, we can pass this thing. 691 00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:35,160 Speaker 1: But we need to have more Democrats in the side. 692 00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:37,799 Speaker 1: Like they could do that, they could campaign, they could 693 00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:41,759 Speaker 1: actually do things, but they're not. He could, he could. 694 00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:46,319 Speaker 1: He could order the d e A to reschedule cannabis. 695 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:49,960 Speaker 1: That is a thing that the president can do. Um. 696 00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:52,440 Speaker 1: He can do more stimulus checks. He can do a 697 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:54,640 Speaker 1: whole bunch of stuff. He could forgive a bunch of 698 00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:58,720 Speaker 1: student loan that just honestly, making tangible progress on federal 699 00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:02,600 Speaker 1: decriminalization of Marina and forgiving a bunch of student debt 700 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:05,919 Speaker 1: uh in the time left before the mid terms would 701 00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:07,400 Speaker 1: be enough that it would be a lot harder for 702 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:10,719 Speaker 1: people to say Joe Biden didn't do anything. There is 703 00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:12,879 Speaker 1: ways to counter the arguments people are going to make 704 00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:16,600 Speaker 1: the show, and by god, some of them are easy. 705 00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:22,120 Speaker 1: Pot is a real, real free free space. I most 706 00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:25,840 Speaker 1: of my family are like super right wing and absolutely 707 00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:29,360 Speaker 1: none of them support marijuana being illegal anymore. Most of 708 00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:32,640 Speaker 1: them now smoke pot like it's like, you can make 709 00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:36,359 Speaker 1: this happen. Joe, Unfortunately, the presidents of the United States 710 00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:39,200 Speaker 1: is the man who wrote, who wrote planned Colombia, so 711 00:41:41,239 --> 00:41:45,120 Speaker 1: oh just parts of it. Come on. He claimed responsibility 712 00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:47,839 Speaker 1: for all of it. He did, he shire, he really did. 713 00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:52,360 Speaker 1: Know we're talking about it's super funny. Um, not about 714 00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,680 Speaker 1: all the deaths, because a lot of people died. But 715 00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:57,319 Speaker 1: so that is our that's our little rundown on the 716 00:41:57,640 --> 00:41:59,440 Speaker 1: terms as it stands at this moment, they're still is 717 00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:03,359 Speaker 1: primaries happening. Obviously that's gonna keep going. But yeah, if 718 00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:06,239 Speaker 1: if if, if, if, if the Democrats actually want to 719 00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:09,120 Speaker 1: stay in office, which I'm not serious they actually do, 720 00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:11,520 Speaker 1: but but if they do, they could actually just start 721 00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:15,439 Speaker 1: doing things, um, things that are not hard. That would 722 00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:17,839 Speaker 1: that would that would that would actually, you know, if 723 00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:20,040 Speaker 1: you want young people to vote for you, maybe you 724 00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:22,839 Speaker 1: could give them drugs, whether that be estrogen or weed, 725 00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:28,080 Speaker 1: and that might be excited Joe Biden's famous saying vote 726 00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:35,320 Speaker 1: out with your scrots out. It could happen. Here is 727 00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:38,000 Speaker 1: a production of cool Zone Media. For more podcasts from 728 00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:41,000 Speaker 1: Cool Zone Media. 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