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The Last American President? Analyzing Trump's Ties to Russia, Iran and Epstein · Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show

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  Welcome
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  to
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  Phil
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  and
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  Ted's
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  Sexy
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  Boomer
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  Show.
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  I'm
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  Ted
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  Bonnitt.
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  I'm
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  Phil
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  Proctor.
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  Can
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  you
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  hear
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  me,
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  Phil?
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  How
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  are
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  you?
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  Well,
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  I'm
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  remote
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  in
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  Lewis,
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  Delaware,
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  and
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  there's
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  rain
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  is
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  falling
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  on
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  my
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  head,
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  but
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  at
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  least
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  they're
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  not
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  bombs.
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  Yeah,
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  well,
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  it's
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  five
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  o'
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  clock
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  somewhere
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  and
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  I
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  guess
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  it's
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  five
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  o'
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  clock
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  with
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  you.
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  It
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  is
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  five
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  o'
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  clock
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  here.
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  Lewis
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  is
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  way
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  ahead
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  of
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  the
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  rest
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  of
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  the
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  nation,
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  you
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  know
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  that.
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  Well,
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  certainly,
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  certainly
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  of
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  the
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  West
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  Coast.
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  I'm
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  glad
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  you're
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  having
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  fun
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  in
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  Delaware.
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  Glad
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  someone's
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  having
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  fun
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  in
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  Delaware.
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  Well,
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  you
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  know,
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  I
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  mean,
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  these
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  days
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  I'm
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  having
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  fun
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  everywhere
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  because
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  all
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  I
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  have
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  to
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  do
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  is
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  turn
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  on
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  the
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  television
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  set
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  and
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  watch
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  the
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  end
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  of
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  the
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  world.
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  Brought
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  to
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  you
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  by
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  side
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  effects.
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  Ask
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  your
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  doctor.
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  We
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  are
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  honored
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  to
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  have
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  our
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  friend
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  Thom
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  Hartman
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  join
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  us.
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  He's
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  a
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  progressive
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  national
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  and
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  internationally
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  syndicated
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  talk
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  show
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  host
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  whose
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  shows
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  are
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  available
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  in
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  over
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  half
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  a
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  billion
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  homes
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  worldwide.
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  He's
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  the
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  New
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  York
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  times
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  bestsellingTimesfour-timeProjectCensored
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  award-winning
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  author
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  of
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  24
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  books
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  in
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  print,
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  17
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  languages
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  on
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  five
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  continents.
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  And
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  his
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  new
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  book
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  which
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  theLastAmericanPresident.ABroken
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  Hey,
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  Thom.
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  Hey.
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  Great
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  to
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  be
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  with
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  you
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  again.
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  Yeah,
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  it's
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  great
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  to
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  have
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  you
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  back.
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  And
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  thanks
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  so
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  much
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  for
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  coming
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  on
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  the
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  show.
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  I
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  know
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  you're
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  a
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  busy
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  man.
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  My
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  pleasure,
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  Ted.
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  Bill,
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  I
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  do
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  have
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  to
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  say,
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  you
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  know,
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  I've
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  read
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  almost
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  all
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  of
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  your
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  books
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  in
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  all
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  of
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  the
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  languages
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  on
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  all
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  of
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  the
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  continents.
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  But
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  I
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  have
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  to
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  tell
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  you,
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  this
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  book
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  is
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  particularly
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  engaging.
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  Your
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  writing
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  is,
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  as
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  usual,
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  absolutely
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  wonderful.
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  But
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  the
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  thing
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  is,
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  we've
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  got
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  skin
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  in
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  this
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  game,
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  Thom.
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  So,
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  you
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  know,
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  so
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  what
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  you're
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  writing
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  about
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  is
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  what
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  we're
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  living
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  through
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  right
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  now.
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  And
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  it
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  is
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  so
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  present
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  and
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  so
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  engaging
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  and
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  so
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  revealing
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  and
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  affirming
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  in
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  many
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  ways.
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  Even
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  though
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  it's
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  an
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  extremely
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  depressing
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  story.
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  What
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  you're
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  doing
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  in
• 2:11
  this
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  book
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  is
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  offering
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  some
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  very
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  needed
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  context
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  as
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  to
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  the
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  shock
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  and
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  awe
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  of
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  the
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  Trump
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  presidency,
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  where
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  they
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  fled
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  the
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  zone
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  intentionally
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  to
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  confuse
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  people
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  and
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  disorient
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  people,
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  while
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  the
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  real
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  power
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  that's
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  enabling
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  this
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  man
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  have
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  their
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  hand
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  in
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  the
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  till.
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  As
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  you
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  write
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  in
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  the
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  book
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  about
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  where
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  Trump
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  comes
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  from,
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  why
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  he
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  is,
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  who
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  he
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  is
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  and
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  who's
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  exploiting
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  him
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  at
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  this
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  point,
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  which
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  is
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  just
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  absolutely
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  fascinating
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  and
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  couldn't
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  be
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  more
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  timely.
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  He
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  has
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  started
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  another
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  war
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  and
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  it
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  doesn't
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  appear
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  as
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  though
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  he
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  really
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  has
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  a
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  plan.
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  He's
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  holding
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  the
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  button
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  in
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  his
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  hand,
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  but
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  I
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  don't
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  think
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  he
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  knows
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  how
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  to
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  push
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  it
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  yet.
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  Let's
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  hope
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  not.
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  What's
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  your
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  take
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  on
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  this,
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  Thom?
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  My
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  take
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  lives
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  on
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  kind
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  of
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  two
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  levels.
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  The
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  first
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  kind
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  of
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  surface
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  level
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  is
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  that
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  it's
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  fairly
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  obvious
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  that
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  Bibi
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  Netanyahu
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  and
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  Mohammed
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  bin
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  Bonesaw
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  told
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  Trump
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  time
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  to
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  attack
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  Iran.
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  Right.
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  He's
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  pretty
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  much
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  admitted
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  that,
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  as
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  has
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  his
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  Secretary
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  of
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  State
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  Marco
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  Rubio.
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  But
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  I
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  think
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  at
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  a
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  deeper
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  level,
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  the
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  thing
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  that
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  really
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  concerns
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  me
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  is
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  that
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  Cash
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  Patel
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  fired
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  the
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  entire
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  FBI
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  team
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  that
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  was
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  looking
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  for
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  Iranian
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  agents
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  in
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  the
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  United
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  States
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  who
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  might
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  want
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  to
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  do
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  a
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  9
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  11.
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  And
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  when
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  you
• 3:23
  look
• 3:23
  back
• 3:23
  at
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  the
• 3:23
  consequences
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  of
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  911
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  for
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  George
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  W.
• 3:25
  Bush,
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  they
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  were
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  very,
• 3:26
  very
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  good.
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  I
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  mean,
• 3:28
  Bush
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  was,
• 3:28
  he
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  was
• 3:29
  in
• 3:29
  the
• 3:29
  crapper,
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  popularity
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  wise.
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  Most
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  Americans,
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  in
• 3:32
  fact
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  a
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  majority
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  of
• 3:33
  Americans,
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  thought
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  that
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  he
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  had
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  stolen
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  the
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  election.
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  The
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  five
• 3:37
  Republicans
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  on
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  the
• 3:38
  Supreme
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  Court,
• 3:38
  three
• 3:39
  of
• 3:39
  whom
• 3:39
  were
• 3:39
  appointed
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  by
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  his
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  father,
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  had
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  given
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  him
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  the
• 3:41
  election.
• 3:42
  He
• 3:42
  was
• 3:42
  viewed
• 3:43
  as
• 3:43
  incompetent.
• 3:44
  He
• 3:45
  was
• 3:45
  a
• 3:45
  complete
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  bumble
• 3:46
  BLEEP.
• 3:47
  And
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  when
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  911
• 3:48
  happened,
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  suddenly
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  he
• 3:50
  went
• 3:50
  from
• 3:51
  in
• 3:51
  the
• 3:51
  tank
• 3:51
  popularity
• 3:52
  to
• 3:52
  literally
• 3:53
  90%.
• 3:53
  I
• 3:54
  mean,
• 3:54
  Gallup
• 3:54
  measured
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  it
• 3:55
  at
• 3:55
  90%.
• 3:56
  It
• 3:56
  never
• 3:56
  happened
• 3:56
  before.
• 3:57
  And
• 3:58
  I
• 3:58
  think
• 3:59
  that
• 3:59
  the
• 4:00
  reason
• 4:00
  why
• 4:00
  Trump
• 4:01
  and
• 4:01
  Cash
• 4:01
  Patel
• 4:02
  have
• 4:02
  killed
• 4:02
  off
• 4:02
  the
• 4:02
  FBI's
• 4:03
  work
• 4:03
  to
• 4:03
  stop
• 4:04
  Iranian
• 4:05
  secret
• 4:05
  agents
• 4:06
  in
• 4:06
  the
• 4:06
  United
• 4:06
  States
• 4:06
  from
• 4:07
  attacking
• 4:07
  us
• 4:07
  is
• 4:08
  because
• 4:08
  they
• 4:08
  wanted,
• 4:09
  they
• 4:09
  want
• 4:09
  us
• 4:09
  to
• 4:09
  be
• 4:09
  attacked.
• 4:10
  Oh
• 4:10
  dear.
• 4:11
  And
• 4:11
  that's
• 4:11
  not
• 4:12
  conspiracy
• 4:12
  theory,
• 4:12
  that's
• 4:13
  just
• 4:13
  pattern
• 4:13
  recognition.
• 4:14
  You
• 4:14
  know,
• 4:14
  it's
• 4:15
  just.
• 4:15
  Yeah,
• 4:15
  yeah.
• 4:16
  Looking
• 4:16
  at
• 4:16
  what's
• 4:16
  going
• 4:17
  on.
• 4:17
  And
• 4:18
  we
• 4:18
  got
• 4:18
  out
• 4:18
  of
• 4:18
  911
• 4:19
  the
• 4:20
  Patriot
• 4:20
  Act.
• 4:21
  Exactly.
• 4:21
  Among
• 4:22
  other
• 4:22
  things,
• 4:22
  you
• 4:22
  know,
• 4:23
  and
• 4:23
  then
• 4:23
  torture
• 4:24
  and
• 4:24
  black
• 4:24
  sites
• 4:25
  and
• 4:26
  extreme
• 4:27
  rendition
• 4:27
  and
• 4:29
  crap.
• 4:30
  If
• 4:30
  you
• 4:30
  follow
• 4:31
  the
• 4:31
  money,
• 4:31
  which
• 4:32
  is
• 4:32
  fairly
• 4:32
  easy
• 4:33
  to
• 4:33
  do
• 4:33
  in
• 4:33
  this
• 4:33
  administration
• 4:34
  because
• 4:34
  they're
• 4:34
  so
• 4:34
  blatant.
• 4:35
  The
• 4:35
  bottom
• 4:36
  line
• 4:36
  here
• 4:36
  is
• 4:36
  we
• 4:36
  have
• 4:37
  unprecedented
• 4:38
  political
• 4:39
  and
• 4:39
  financial
• 4:40
  corruptions
• 4:40
  going
• 4:41
  on
• 4:41
  right
• 4:41
  now.
• 4:41
  We've
• 4:42
  never
• 4:42
  seen
• 4:42
  really
• 4:42
  anything
• 4:43
  like
• 4:43
  this
• 4:43
  out
• 4:44
  in
• 4:44
  the
• 4:44
  open.
• 4:45
  Was
• 4:45
  this
• 4:45
  war
• 4:46
  started
• 4:46
  because
• 4:47
  of
• 4:47
  a
• 4:47
  pedophile?
• 4:48
  Well,
• 4:49
  I
• 4:49
  think
• 4:49
  it
• 4:49
  was
• 4:49
  convenient
• 4:50
  because
• 4:51
  of
• 4:51
  these
• 4:51
  two
• 4:52
  allegations
• 4:53
  that
• 4:53
  Trump
• 4:53
  raped
• 4:54
  two
• 4:54
  different
• 4:54
  13
• 4:55
  year
• 4:55
  old
• 4:55
  girls
• 4:56
  and
• 4:56
  the
• 4:56
  FBI
• 4:56
  is
• 4:56
  covering
• 4:57
  it
• 4:57
  up.
• 4:57
  I
• 4:58
  think
• 4:58
  it
• 4:58
  was
• 4:58
  convenient
• 4:59
  because
• 4:59
  people
• 5:00
  are
• 5:00
  starting
• 5:00
  to
• 5:00
  ask
• 5:01
  questions
• 5:01
  about
• 5:01
  Trump
• 5:02
  taking
• 5:02
  bribes
• 5:03
  from
• 5:03
  the
• 5:03
  UAE
• 5:04
  airplanes
• 5:05
  and
• 5:06
  a
• 5:07
  billion
• 5:07
  dollars
• 5:07
  for
• 5:07
  his
• 5:08
  crypto
• 5:08
  company
• 5:08
  and
• 5:09
  then
• 5:09
  giving
• 5:09
  them
• 5:10
  chips
• 5:10
  that
• 5:10
  the
• 5:11
  intelligence
• 5:11
  agencies
• 5:12
  were
• 5:12
  screaming,
• 5:12
  don't
• 5:13
  ever
• 5:13
  give
• 5:13
  them
• 5:13
  those
• 5:13
  chips.
• 5:14
  They've
• 5:14
  got
• 5:14
  a
• 5:14
  mutual
• 5:14
  defense
• 5:15
  agreement
• 5:15
  with
• 5:15
  China.
• 5:16
  Right,
• 5:17
  right.
• 5:17
  And
• 5:18
  you
• 5:18
  know,
• 5:18
  I
• 5:18
  think
• 5:18
  it
• 5:19
  was
• 5:19
  Very
• 5:19
  convenient.
• 5:20
  But
• 5:21
  I
• 5:21
  really
• 5:21
  think
• 5:21
  that
• 5:22
  he
• 5:22
  did
• 5:22
  it
• 5:22
  because
• 5:22
  Bibi
• 5:23
  Netanyahu
• 5:23
  basically
• 5:24
  talked
• 5:24
  him
• 5:24
  into
• 5:24
  it.
• 5:25
  Bibi
• 5:25
  Netanyahu
• 5:25
  has
• 5:26
  been
• 5:26
  trying
• 5:26
  to
• 5:26
  talk
• 5:26
  American
• 5:26
  presidents
• 5:27
  into
• 5:27
  attacking
• 5:27
  Iran
• 5:28
  forever.
• 5:29
  Well,
• 5:29
  you
• 5:29
  know,
• 5:29
  we've
• 5:30
  been
• 5:30
  warned
• 5:30
  for
• 5:30
  years
• 5:31
  to
• 5:31
  stay
• 5:31
  away
• 5:32
  from
• 5:32
  BB
• 5:32
  guns
• 5:33
  because
• 5:33
  we'll
• 5:33
  shoot
• 5:33
  our
• 5:33
  eye
• 5:34
  out.
• 5:34
  Right.
• 5:36
  Wasn't
• 5:36
  he
• 5:36
  listening?
• 5:37
  I
• 5:37
  mean,
• 5:37
  you
• 5:37
  know,
• 5:38
  I
• 5:38
  wonder
• 5:38
  if
• 5:38
  also
• 5:40
  Trump,
• 5:40
  as
• 5:41
  addled
• 5:41
  as
• 5:42
  he
• 5:42
  is
• 5:43
  thinking
• 5:43
  Venezuela
• 5:44
  was
• 5:44
  such
• 5:44
  an
• 5:44
  easy
• 5:44
  job,
• 5:45
  he
• 5:45
  thought
• 5:45
  Iran
• 5:45
  would
• 5:46
  be
• 5:46
  easy
• 5:46
  too.
• 5:48
  They
• 5:48
  seem
• 5:48
  to
• 5:48
  be
• 5:49
  trying
• 5:49
  to
• 5:50
  blatantly
• 5:50
  suffocate
• 5:51
  Cuba
• 5:52
  and
• 5:52
  I
• 5:53
  wonder,
• 5:53
  starving
• 5:53
  them
• 5:54
  to
• 5:54
  death,
• 5:54
  which
• 5:55
  sieges
• 5:55
  like
• 5:56
  that
• 5:56
  are
• 5:56
  against
• 5:56
  international
• 5:57
  law,
• 5:57
  but
• 5:57
  they're
• 5:58
  doing
• 5:58
  it
• 5:58
  anyway.
• 5:59
  And
• 5:59
  first
• 5:59
  responders
• 6:00
  can't
• 6:00
  even
• 6:00
  put
• 6:00
  fires
• 6:01
  out
• 6:01
  in
• 6:01
  Cuba
• 6:01
  because
• 6:02
  they
• 6:02
  don't
• 6:02
  have
• 6:02
  gas
• 6:02
  for
• 6:02
  the
• 6:02
  engines.
• 6:03
  That's
• 6:03
  right.
• 6:04
  Begs
• 6:04
  the
• 6:04
  question.
• 6:04
  Venezuela,
• 6:05
  Iran,
• 6:06
  Cuba,
• 6:07
  US
• 6:08
  In
• 6:08
  November
• 6:08
  for
• 6:09
  the
• 6:09
  election.
• 6:09
  Where
• 6:10
  is
• 6:10
  this
• 6:10
  gonna
• 6:10
  stop?
• 6:12
  Well,
• 6:12
  I
• 6:12
  think
• 6:12
  if
• 6:12
  he
• 6:13
  can
• 6:13
  provoke
• 6:13
  a
• 6:14
  911
• 6:14
  style
• 6:14
  attack
• 6:15
  against
• 6:15
  the
• 6:15
  United
• 6:15
  States
• 6:16
  or
• 6:16
  even
• 6:16
  a
• 6:16
  Tim
• 6:16
  McVeigh
• 6:17
  style
• 6:17
  attack
• 6:17
  against
• 6:17
  the
• 6:18
  United
• 6:18
  States,
• 6:19
  he
• 6:19
  will
• 6:19
  use
• 6:19
  that
• 6:19
  to
• 6:20
  declare
• 6:20
  a
• 6:20
  state
• 6:20
  of
• 6:20
  emergency
• 6:21
  and
• 6:21
  lock
• 6:21
  down
• 6:21
  the
• 6:21
  elections.
• 6:22
  There
• 6:22
  you
• 6:23
  go.
• 6:23
  I
• 6:23
  think
• 6:23
  that's
• 6:24
  the
• 6:24
  big
• 6:25
  end
• 6:25
  game
• 6:25
  here.
• 6:26
  Yeah,
• 6:26
  it's
• 6:26
  wonderful
• 6:27
  getting
• 6:27
  Epstein
• 6:27
  off
• 6:27
  the
• 6:28
  front
• 6:28
  pages.
• 6:29
  It's
• 6:29
  great.
• 6:29
  Covering
• 6:30
  up
• 6:30
  the
• 6:30
  graft
• 6:31
  and
• 6:31
  corruption
• 6:31
  of
• 6:32
  his
• 6:32
  family.
• 6:34
  Tearing
• 6:34
  down
• 6:35
  the
• 6:35
  east
• 6:35
  wing
• 6:35
  of
• 6:35
  the
• 6:36
  White
• 6:36
  House,
• 6:36
  for
• 6:36
  God's
• 6:37
  sake.
• 6:37
  I
• 6:37
  mean,
• 6:37
  all
• 6:37
  this
• 6:38
  other
• 6:38
  stuff,
• 6:38
  the
• 6:38
  Hitler
• 6:39
  style
• 6:39
  banner
• 6:40
  on
• 6:40
  the
• 6:40
  Justice
• 6:40
  Department,
• 6:41
  now,
• 6:41
  all
• 6:42
  of
• 6:42
  that,
• 6:42
  it's
• 6:42
  great.
• 6:43
  Nobody's
• 6:43
  squealing
• 6:44
  about
• 6:44
  that
• 6:44
  stuff.
• 6:44
  But,
• 6:45
  you
• 6:45
  know,
• 6:45
  the
• 6:46
  real
• 6:46
  prize
• 6:46
  here
• 6:47
  is
• 6:47
  hanging
• 6:47
  out
• 6:47
  of
• 6:47
  the
• 6:48
  House
• 6:48
  and
• 6:48
  Senate
• 6:48
  so
• 6:48
  that
• 6:49
  nobody
• 6:49
  can
• 6:49
  do
• 6:49
  a
• 6:49
  serious
• 6:50
  investigation
• 6:50
  of
• 6:50
  these
• 6:51
  guys
• 6:51
  while
• 6:51
  they're
• 6:51
  still
• 6:51
  in
• 6:51
  office.
• 6:52
  In
• 6:53
  your
• 6:53
  latest
• 6:53
  book,
• 6:53
  the
• 6:54
  Last
• 6:54
  American
• 6:54
  President,
• 6:55
  you
• 6:56
  get
• 6:56
  into
• 6:56
  the
• 6:56
  context
• 6:57
  of
• 6:57
  Donald
• 6:57
  Trump.
• 6:58
  And
• 6:58
  being
• 6:59
  from
• 6:59
  New
• 6:59
  York,
• 7:00
  I've
• 7:00
  had
• 7:00
  the
• 7:00
  unfortunate
• 7:01
  displeasure
• 7:02
  of
• 7:02
  observing
• 7:03
  Trump
• 7:03
  since
• 7:04
  the
• 7:04
  70s.
• 7:05
  We
• 7:05
  know
• 7:05
  that
• 7:05
  he's
• 7:06
  cognitively
• 7:07
  slipping.
• 7:08
  The
• 7:08
  question
• 7:08
  is,
• 7:09
  who
• 7:09
  is
• 7:09
  allowing
• 7:10
  this
• 7:10
  to
• 7:10
  happen
• 7:10
  and
• 7:11
  who's
• 7:11
  benefiting
• 7:12
  from
• 7:12
  that
• 7:12
  following
• 7:13
  money.
• 7:14
  Your
• 7:14
  book
• 7:15
  lays
• 7:15
  all
• 7:15
  this
• 7:16
  out.
• 7:16
  Who
• 7:16
  are
• 7:16
  the
• 7:16
  real
• 7:17
  adversaries
• 7:17
  of
• 7:18
  democracy?
• 7:18
  Well,
• 7:19
  one
• 7:19
  of
• 7:19
  my
• 7:19
  biggest
• 7:20
  concerns
• 7:20
  is
• 7:20
  that
• 7:21
  J.D.
• 7:22
  vance
• 7:22
  and
• 7:22
  the
• 7:23
  billionaires
• 7:23
  behind
• 7:23
  him,
• 7:25
  Peter
• 7:25
  Thiel,
• 7:25
  basically
• 7:26
  made
• 7:26
  him,
• 7:27
  took
• 7:27
  him
• 7:27
  from
• 7:27
  being
• 7:28
  an
• 7:28
  obscure
• 7:28
  author
• 7:28
  of
• 7:29
  hillbilly
• 7:29
  heaven
• 7:30
  or
• 7:30
  whatever
• 7:30
  it
• 7:30
  was,
• 7:30
  to
• 7:31
  hillbilly
• 7:31
  elegy.
• 7:32
  I
• 7:32
  guess
• 7:32
  to
• 7:33
  a
• 7:33
  United
• 7:33
  States
• 7:34
  Senator,
• 7:36
  they're
• 7:37
  in
• 7:37
  a
• 7:37
  position
• 7:37
  to
• 7:38
  really
• 7:38
  benefit
• 7:39
  substantially
• 7:40
  from
• 7:40
  things
• 7:40
  like
• 7:40
  the
• 7:41
  25th
• 7:41
  Amendment.
• 7:42
  I
• 7:42
  think
• 7:42
  one
• 7:42
  of
• 7:42
  the
• 7:42
  reasons
• 7:43
  why
• 7:43
  J.D.
• 7:43
  vance
• 7:44
  is
• 7:44
  not
• 7:44
  giving
• 7:44
  Trump
• 7:45
  smart
• 7:45
  advice,
• 7:46
  why
• 7:46
  he's
• 7:46
  not,
• 7:47
  you
• 7:47
  know,
• 7:47
  defending
• 7:47
  him
• 7:48
  more
• 7:48
  vigorously,
• 7:48
  why
• 7:49
  he's
• 7:49
  kind
• 7:49
  of
• 7:49
  letting
• 7:50
  a
• 7:50
  lot
• 7:50
  of
• 7:50
  this
• 7:50
  stuff
• 7:50
  slip
• 7:51
  through
• 7:51
  and
• 7:51
  slide
• 7:51
  through
• 7:52
  is
• 7:53
  because
• 7:53
  he's
• 7:53
  hoping
• 7:54
  that
• 7:55
  Trump
• 7:55
  will
• 7:55
  be
• 7:55
  deposed
• 7:56
  because
• 7:57
  he's
• 7:57
  next
• 7:57
  in
• 7:57
  line.
• 7:58
  I
• 7:58
  mean,
• 7:58
  you
• 7:58
  know,
• 7:58
  he's,
• 7:59
  he's,
• 7:59
  he's
• 7:59
  the,
• 7:59
  he'll
• 8:00
  be
• 8:00
  the
• 8:00
  principal
• 8:00
  beneficiary
• 8:01
  of
• 8:01
  the
• 8:01
  25th
• 8:02
  Amendment,
• 8:02
  you
• 8:02
  know,
• 8:02
  or
• 8:02
  anything
• 8:03
  like
• 8:03
  that.
• 8:04
  And
• 8:04
  of
• 8:04
  course
• 8:04
  he
• 8:05
  would
• 8:05
  be
• 8:05
  the
• 8:05
  one
• 8:05
  who
• 8:05
  would
• 8:05
  have
• 8:06
  to
• 8:06
  pull
• 8:06
  the
• 8:06
  trigger,
• 8:06
  but
• 8:06
  he
• 8:06
  wouldn't
• 8:07
  be
• 8:07
  able
• 8:07
  to
• 8:07
  do
• 8:07
  that
• 8:07
  until
• 8:08
  there
• 8:08
  was
• 8:08
  a
• 8:08
  consensus
• 8:09
  in
• 8:09
  the
• 8:09
  cabinet.
• 8:10
  And,
• 8:10
  you
• 8:10
  know,
• 8:11
  that's
• 8:11
  probably
• 8:11
  a
• 8:11
  ways
• 8:11
  down
• 8:12
  the
• 8:12
  road.
• 8:12
  I've
• 8:13
  always
• 8:13
  seen
• 8:13
  him
• 8:13
  as
• 8:14
  the
• 8:14
  bizarre
• 8:14
  behind
• 8:15
  the
• 8:15
  throne,
• 8:16
  waiting
• 8:16
  for
• 8:17
  the
• 8:17
  king
• 8:17
  to
• 8:18
  die
• 8:18
  so
• 8:19
  that
• 8:19
  he
• 8:19
  can
• 8:19
  move
• 8:20
  in.
• 8:20
  He
• 8:20
  looks
• 8:20
  like
• 8:21
  that.
• 8:21
  He
• 8:21
  looks
• 8:22
  like
• 8:22
  an
• 8:22
  evil
• 8:22
  wizard,
• 8:23
  doesn't
• 8:23
  he?
• 8:26
  Or
• 8:28
  an
• 8:29
  incel
• 8:29
  schoolboy.
• 8:30
  Yes,
• 8:31
  yes,
• 8:31
  quite.
• 8:32
  He's
• 8:32
  a
• 8:33
  very
• 8:33
  strange
• 8:33
  looking
• 8:33
  man.
• 8:34
  He
• 8:34
  is.
• 8:35
  Do
• 8:35
  you
• 8:35
  think
• 8:35
  that
• 8:35
  Trump
• 8:36
  is
• 8:37
  compromised
• 8:37
  in
• 8:38
  some
• 8:38
  way
• 8:38
  when
• 8:38
  you
• 8:39
  look
• 8:39
  at
• 8:39
  what
• 8:39
  he
• 8:40
  has
• 8:40
  said
• 8:40
  and
• 8:40
  done
• 8:42
  of
• 8:42
  Russia
• 8:42
  against
• 8:43
  our
• 8:43
  national
• 8:44
  interests?
• 8:45
  Again,
• 8:45
  who's
• 8:46
  benefiting
• 8:46
  from
• 8:47
  this?
• 8:47
  Trying
• 8:48
  to
• 8:48
  dismantle
• 8:49
  NATO,
• 8:50
  going
• 8:50
  against
• 8:50
  Canada,
• 8:51
  attacking
• 8:52
  our
• 8:52
  own
• 8:52
  citizens.
• 8:53
  Who
• 8:54
  benefits
• 8:54
  from
• 8:54
  this?
• 8:54
  Our
• 8:55
  adversaries
• 8:55
  do.
• 8:56
  Putin.
• 8:56
  Is
• 8:57
  it
• 8:57
  really
• 8:57
  a
• 8:57
  case
• 8:57
  of
• 8:57
  what
• 8:58
  people
• 8:58
  say,
• 8:58
  that
• 8:58
  he
• 8:58
  likes
• 8:59
  dictators,
• 8:59
  he
• 8:59
  fancies
• 9:00
  himself
• 9:00
  that
• 9:01
  way,
• 9:01
  or
• 9:01
  do
• 9:02
  you
• 9:02
  think
• 9:02
  that
• 9:02
  Trump
• 9:03
  maybe
• 9:04
  is
• 9:04
  compromised?
• 9:05
  For
• 9:05
  example,
• 9:05
  Jeffrey
• 9:06
  Epstein,
• 9:06
  as
• 9:06
  I
• 9:06
  understand
• 9:07
  it,
• 9:07
  after
• 9:07
  he
• 9:08
  had
• 9:08
  a
• 9:08
  falling
• 9:08
  out
• 9:08
  with
• 9:08
  Trump,
• 9:09
  went
• 9:09
  out
• 9:10
  and
• 9:10
  sought
• 9:11
  meetings
• 9:11
  with
• 9:11
  Putin
• 9:13
  videos,
• 9:14
  we
• 9:14
  know
• 9:14
  that
• 9:14
  he
• 9:15
  went
• 9:15
  to
• 9:15
  Epstein's
• 9:16
  properties.
• 9:17
  There's
• 9:18
  evidence
• 9:18
  to
• 9:18
  show
• 9:18
  there
• 9:19
  was
• 9:19
  underage
• 9:19
  rape
• 9:20
  conducted
• 9:21
  by
• 9:21
  both
• 9:21
  Trump
• 9:21
  and
• 9:22
  Epstein.
• 9:22
  He's
• 9:22
  laundered
• 9:23
  lots
• 9:23
  of
• 9:23
  money
• 9:23
  for
• 9:24
  the
• 9:24
  Russians
• 9:24
  through
• 9:25
  his
• 9:25
  Trump
• 9:25
  Tower.
• 9:25
  Do
• 9:26
  you
• 9:26
  think
• 9:26
  there's
• 9:26
  really
• 9:26
  something
• 9:27
  that
• 9:27
  he
• 9:27
  has
• 9:27
  on
• 9:28
  Trump?
• 9:28
  Craig
• 9:29
  Unger
• 9:30
  has
• 9:30
  done
• 9:30
  the
• 9:30
  real
• 9:31
  deep
• 9:31
  dive
• 9:31
  on
• 9:31
  this
• 9:31
  stuff.
• 9:32
  House
• 9:33
  of
• 9:33
  Bush,
• 9:33
  House
• 9:33
  Assad,
• 9:34
  House
• 9:34
  of
• 9:35
  Trump,
• 9:35
  House
• 9:35
  of
• 9:36
  Putin
• 9:36
  or
• 9:36
  whatever
• 9:36
  it
• 9:37
  is.
• 9:38
  And
• 9:38
  he
• 9:39
  tracks
• 9:39
  this
• 9:39
  back
• 9:39
  to
• 9:40
  1987,
• 9:41
  when
• 9:41
  Trump
• 9:41
  was
• 9:42
  married
• 9:42
  to
• 9:42
  a,
• 9:43
  whose
• 9:43
  father
• 9:43
  was
• 9:43
  a
• 9:43
  KGB
• 9:44
  informant.
• 9:45
  She
• 9:45
  was
• 9:45
  Czech.
• 9:46
  And
• 9:47
  they
• 9:47
  went
• 9:48
  to
• 9:48
  Russia
• 9:49
  on
• 9:49
  a
• 9:49
  vacation
• 9:49
  and
• 9:50
  were
• 9:50
  taken
• 9:51
  under
• 9:51
  the
• 9:52
  wing
• 9:52
  of
• 9:52
  the
• 9:52
  kgb.
• 9:54
  And
• 9:54
  then
• 9:54
  after
• 9:54
  spending
• 9:55
  a
• 9:55
  week
• 9:55
  or
• 9:55
  two
• 9:55
  in
• 9:56
  Russia,
• 9:56
  they
• 9:56
  came
• 9:56
  back
• 9:56
  to
• 9:57
  the
• 9:57
  United
• 9:57
  States.
• 9:57
  And
• 9:58
  lo
• 9:58
  and
• 9:58
  behold,
• 9:58
  Trump
• 9:59
  goes
• 9:59
  up
• 9:59
  to
• 9:59
  New
• 9:59
  Hampshire
• 10:00
  and
• 10:00
  gives
• 10:01
  a
• 10:01
  campaign
• 10:01
  speech
• 10:02
  and
• 10:02
  says
• 10:02
  that
• 10:02
  he's
• 10:02
  thinking
• 10:03
  of
• 10:03
  running
• 10:03
  for
• 10:03
  president
• 10:04
  and
• 10:04
  then
• 10:04
  buys
• 10:05
  a
• 10:05
  full
• 10:05
  page
• 10:05
  ad
• 10:05
  in
• 10:06
  the
• 10:06
  New
• 10:06
  York
• 10:06
  Times,
• 10:06
  the
• 10:06
  Wall
• 10:07
  Street
• 10:07
  Journal
• 10:07
  and
• 10:07
  the
• 10:07
  Los
• 10:07
  Angeles
• 10:08
  Times
• 10:08
  saying
• 10:09
  it's
• 10:09
  time
• 10:09
  for
• 10:09
  America
• 10:10
  to
• 10:10
  pull
• 10:10
  out
• 10:10
  a
• 10:10
  NATO.
• 10:10
  And
• 10:11
  echoing
• 10:11
  Russia
• 10:12
  talking
• 10:12
  points.
• 10:13
  That
• 10:13
  was
• 10:13
  1987.
• 10:14
  That
• 10:14
  was,
• 10:14
  you
• 10:14
  know,
• 10:15
  the
• 10:15
  old
• 10:15
  Soviet
• 10:15
  Union.
• 10:16
  And
• 10:18
  Craig
• 10:18
  Unger
• 10:18
  posits
• 10:19
  that
• 10:19
  Trump
• 10:19
  has
• 10:20
  Basically
• 10:20
  been
• 10:20
  in
• 10:20
  their
• 10:21
  pocket
• 10:21
  both
• 10:21
  philosophically
• 10:22
  and
• 10:23
  financially
• 10:23
  ever
• 10:24
  since.
• 10:24
  And
• 10:24
  then,
• 10:25
  of
• 10:25
  course,
• 10:25
  in
• 10:25
  the
• 10:25
  late
• 10:25
  90s
• 10:26
  and
• 10:26
  early
• 10:26
  2000s,
• 10:27
  you
• 10:27
  had
• 10:27
  both
• 10:27
  of
• 10:27
  Trump's
• 10:28
  sons
• 10:28
  on
• 10:29
  different
• 10:29
  separate
• 10:30
  occasions,
• 10:30
  actually
• 10:30
  several
• 10:31
  years
• 10:31
  apart.
• 10:32
  Eric
• 10:32
  and
• 10:32
  Don
• 10:32
  Jr
• 10:33
  both
• 10:33
  telling
• 10:34
  media
• 10:35
  figures
• 10:36
  that,
• 10:36
  you
• 10:37
  know,
• 10:37
  it
• 10:37
  wasn't
• 10:37
  a
• 10:37
  problem,
• 10:38
  that
• 10:38
  after
• 10:38
  his
• 10:38
  fifth
• 10:39
  or
• 10:39
  sixth
• 10:39
  bankruptcy
• 10:40
  and
• 10:40
  after
• 10:41
  his
• 10:41
  casino
• 10:41
  was
• 10:42
  multiply
• 10:42
  indicted
• 10:43
  and
• 10:43
  hit
• 10:43
  with
• 10:43
  multimillion
• 10:44
  dollar
• 10:44
  fines
• 10:45
  for
• 10:45
  money
• 10:45
  laundering
• 10:46
  on
• 10:46
  behalf
• 10:46
  of
• 10:47
  the
• 10:47
  Russian
• 10:47
  mob,
• 10:48
  and
• 10:48
  then
• 10:48
  lost
• 10:49
  his
• 10:49
  casinos
• 10:49
  and
• 10:50
  Vegas
• 10:50
  wouldn't
• 10:51
  even
• 10:51
  give
• 10:51
  him
• 10:51
  a
• 10:51
  casino
• 10:52
  license
• 10:52
  for
• 10:52
  his
• 10:52
  Trump
• 10:53
  hotel.
• 10:54
  That,
• 10:54
  you
• 10:54
  know,
• 10:55
  they
• 10:55
  both
• 10:55
  came
• 10:55
  out
• 10:55
  and
• 10:56
  said,
• 10:56
  well,
• 10:56
  you
• 10:56
  know,
• 10:56
  we
• 10:56
  can't
• 10:57
  borrow
• 10:57
  money
• 10:57
  from
• 10:57
  American
• 10:57
  banks
• 10:58
  anymore.
• 10:58
  They
• 10:58
  won't
• 10:59
  give
• 10:59
  us
• 10:59
  money
• 10:59
  because
• 10:59
  we've
• 10:59
  declared
• 11:00
  bankruptcy
• 11:00
  so
• 11:00
  long,
• 11:01
  but
• 11:01
  we've
• 11:01
  got
• 11:01
  all
• 11:02
  these
• 11:02
  Russian
• 11:02
  oligarchs
• 11:03
  who
• 11:03
  are
• 11:03
  more
• 11:03
  than
• 11:03
  happy
• 11:03
  to
• 11:03
  give
• 11:04
  us
• 11:04
  money.
• 11:04
  So,
• 11:05
  in
• 11:05
  fact.
• 11:05
  In
• 11:05
  fact,
• 11:06
  Thom,
• 11:06
  you're
• 11:06
  saying
• 11:06
  he
• 11:07
  wants
• 11:07
  to
• 11:07
  reduce
• 11:07
  the
• 11:08
  world
• 11:08
  to
• 11:08
  rubble
• 11:09
  because
• 11:09
  of
• 11:09
  his
• 11:09
  love
• 11:09
  of
• 11:10
  the
• 11:10
  ruble?
• 11:11
  That
• 11:11
  could
• 11:11
  be.
• 11:14
  I
• 11:15
  love
• 11:15
  the
• 11:15
  way
• 11:15
  your
• 11:15
  mind
• 11:15
  thinks,
• 11:16
  Phil.
• 11:17
  Thank
• 11:17
  you.
• 11:18
  So
• 11:18
  do
• 11:18
  the
• 11:18
  doctors
• 11:19
  who
• 11:19
  are
• 11:19
  studying
• 11:20
  me.
• 11:23
  So,
• 11:23
  yeah,
• 11:25
  I
• 11:25
  think
• 11:25
  it's
• 11:25
  entirely
• 11:26
  possible
• 11:26
  that
• 11:26
  Putin
• 11:27
  owns
• 11:27
  him.
• 11:28
  And
• 11:28
  whether
• 11:29
  it's
• 11:29
  that
• 11:29
  he
• 11:29
  owns
• 11:30
  him
• 11:30
  because
• 11:30
  he's
• 11:30
  blackmailing
• 11:31
  him
• 11:31
  with
• 11:31
  Epstein,
• 11:33
  videos
• 11:33
  of
• 11:34
  Trump
• 11:34
  and
• 11:34
  porking
• 11:35
  young
• 11:35
  girls,
• 11:36
  or
• 11:36
  whether
• 11:36
  it's
• 11:36
  because
• 11:37
  Putin,
• 11:37
  I
• 11:38
  mean,
• 11:38
  you
• 11:38
  know,
• 11:38
  six
• 11:39
  weeks
• 11:39
  before
• 11:40
  the
• 11:40
  2016
• 11:41
  election,
• 11:42
  Trump
• 11:42
  gave
• 11:43
  Putin
• 11:43
  a
• 11:43
  million
• 11:43
  dollars
• 11:44
  and
• 11:44
  signed
• 11:44
  a
• 11:44
  contract
• 11:45
  for
• 11:45
  a
• 11:46
  Trump
• 11:46
  hotel
• 11:47
  in
• 11:47
  Moscow.
• 11:48
  Right.
• 11:48
  You
• 11:49
  know,
• 11:49
  the
• 11:49
  deal
• 11:49
  was
• 11:49
  done.
• 11:50
  Right.
• 11:50
  If
• 11:50
  he
• 11:50
  wasn't
• 11:51
  elected,
• 11:51
  they
• 11:51
  were
• 11:51
  going
• 11:51
  to
• 11:52
  build
• 11:52
  a
• 11:52
  Trump
• 11:52
  Tower
• 11:52
  in
• 11:53
  Moscow.
• 11:53
  The
• 11:53
  Trump
• 11:54
  Soho
• 11:54
  Tower
• 11:55
  in
• 11:55
  New
• 11:55
  York
• 11:56
  was
• 11:56
  an
• 11:56
  open
• 11:57
  collaboration
• 11:58
  between
• 11:58
  Trump
• 11:59
  and
• 11:59
  a
• 11:59
  couple
• 12:00
  of
• 12:00
  oligarchs
• 12:00
  from
• 12:00
  Russia.
• 12:01
  That's
• 12:01
  right.
• 12:02
  He's
• 12:02
  been
• 12:02
  doing
• 12:03
  this
• 12:03
  for
• 12:03
  a
• 12:03
  long
• 12:04
  time.
• 12:04
  And
• 12:04
  we
• 12:04
  know
• 12:05
  that
• 12:05
  Putin
• 12:05
  plays
• 12:05
  the
• 12:06
  long
• 12:06
  game.
• 12:06
  He's
• 12:06
  a
• 12:07
  strategic
• 12:07
  genius.
• 12:09
  Find
• 12:09
  a
• 12:09
  vulnerable
• 12:10
  asset
• 12:10
  that
• 12:10
  could
• 12:10
  become
• 12:11
  a
• 12:11
  powerful
• 12:12
  person
• 12:12
  in
• 12:12
  the
• 12:13
  country,
• 12:13
  an
• 12:13
  influential
• 12:14
  person.
• 12:15
  Do
• 12:15
  you
• 12:15
  think
• 12:15
  Trump
• 12:16
  would
• 12:16
  have
• 12:16
  become
• 12:16
  president
• 12:17
  had
• 12:17
  the
• 12:18
  Russians
• 12:18
  not
• 12:19
  supported
• 12:19
  him
• 12:19
  through
• 12:20
  social
• 12:20
  media
• 12:21
  and
• 12:21
  other
• 12:22
  covert
• 12:22
  operations?
• 12:24
  No,
• 12:24
  I
• 12:24
  don't
• 12:25
  think
• 12:25
  so.
• 12:25
  And
• 12:25
  by
• 12:25
  the
• 12:25
  way,
• 12:25
  it
• 12:25
  wasn't
• 12:26
  just
• 12:26
  the
• 12:26
  Russians.
• 12:26
  It
• 12:26
  was
• 12:27
  the
• 12:27
  Iranians
• 12:27
  as
• 12:27
  well.
• 12:28
  The
• 12:28
  Iranians
• 12:29
  played
• 12:29
  a
• 12:29
  huge
• 12:29
  role
• 12:30
  in
• 12:30
  the
• 12:30
  2016
• 12:30
  election,
• 12:32
  particularly
• 12:32
  in
• 12:32
  swing
• 12:32
  states,
• 12:33
  mailing
• 12:33
  millions
• 12:34
  and
• 12:34
  millions
• 12:34
  of
• 12:34
  emails
• 12:35
  to
• 12:35
  registered
• 12:35
  Democrats
• 12:37
  and,
• 12:37
  you
• 12:37
  know,
• 12:39
  basically
• 12:39
  threatening
• 12:40
  them
• 12:40
  to
• 12:40
  go
• 12:40
  vote
• 12:40
  for.
• 12:40
  Vote
• 12:41
  for
• 12:41
  Trump.
• 12:41
  It
• 12:42
  was
• 12:42
  a
• 12:42
  really
• 12:42
  remarkable
• 12:43
  effort.
• 12:43
  And
• 12:43
  Trump
• 12:44
  is
• 12:44
  now
• 12:44
  citing
• 12:45
  that
• 12:45
  effort
• 12:46
  by
• 12:46
  way
• 12:46
  of
• 12:46
  saying,
• 12:47
  the
• 12:47
  Iranians
• 12:47
  are
• 12:47
  trying
• 12:47
  to
• 12:48
  mess
• 12:48
  with
• 12:48
  our
• 12:48
  elections.
• 12:48
  Therefore,
• 12:49
  I
• 12:49
  had
• 12:49
  to
• 12:49
  bomb
• 12:49
  Iran,
• 12:50
  which
• 12:50
  is
• 12:51
  weird
• 12:51
  because
• 12:51
  they
• 12:51
  were
• 12:52
  doing
• 12:52
  it
• 12:52
  on
• 12:52
  behalf
• 12:52
  of
• 12:53
  Trump.
• 12:53
  To
• 12:53
  help
• 12:53
  Trump.
• 12:54
  I
• 12:54
  don't
• 12:54
  think
• 12:54
  that
• 12:54
  Trump
• 12:54
  ever
• 12:55
  would
• 12:55
  have
• 12:55
  become
• 12:55
  president
• 12:56
  were
• 12:56
  it
• 12:56
  not
• 12:56
  for
• 12:56
  Russian
• 12:57
  interference.
• 12:57
  That's
• 12:58
  right.
• 12:58
  Trump
• 12:58
  says
• 12:58
  Iran
• 12:59
  because
• 12:59
  of
• 12:59
  Iran.
• 13:01
  That
• 13:01
  accounts
• 13:01
  for
• 13:01
  the
• 13:01
  first
• 13:02
  election.
• 13:03
  But
• 13:03
  how,
• 13:04
  after
• 13:04
  an
• 13:04
  insurrection
• 13:05
  and
• 13:05
  34
• 13:06
  felony
• 13:06
  convictions
• 13:07
  and
• 13:07
  his
• 13:08
  obvious
• 13:09
  sexual
• 13:09
  provocations
• 13:10
  and
• 13:10
  court
• 13:11
  cases
• 13:11
  involved,
• 13:12
  how
• 13:12
  did
• 13:12
  he
• 13:12
  get
• 13:13
  reelected?
• 13:14
  Well,
• 13:14
  Greg
• 13:14
  palace
• 13:15
  did
• 13:15
  the
• 13:15
  math
• 13:15
  on
• 13:15
  this,
• 13:15
  and
• 13:16
  he
• 13:16
  got
• 13:16
  the
• 13:16
  actual
• 13:17
  numbers
• 13:17
  from
• 13:18
  the
• 13:18
  swing
• 13:18
  states
• 13:19
  that
• 13:19
  elected
• 13:20
  Trump,
• 13:20
  Weirdly,
• 13:21
  every
• 13:21
  single
• 13:21
  one
• 13:22
  of
• 13:22
  them.
• 13:22
  And
• 13:23
  what
• 13:23
  he
• 13:23
  found
• 13:23
  was
• 13:24
  that
• 13:24
  in
• 13:24
  those
• 13:24
  states,
• 13:25
  4.7
• 13:26
  million
• 13:26
  American
• 13:27
  citizens
• 13:27
  who
• 13:28
  should
• 13:28
  have
• 13:28
  been
• 13:28
  eligible
• 13:29
  to
• 13:29
  vote
• 13:30
  were
• 13:30
  not
• 13:30
  able
• 13:30
  to
• 13:30
  vote
• 13:30
  or
• 13:31
  didn't
• 13:31
  have
• 13:31
  their
• 13:31
  vote
• 13:31
  counted.
• 13:32
  About
• 13:32
  a
• 13:32
  million
• 13:32
  and
• 13:32
  a
• 13:32
  half
• 13:33
  of
• 13:33
  them
• 13:33
  were
• 13:33
  people
• 13:33
  who
• 13:34
  had
• 13:34
  done
• 13:34
  mail
• 13:34
  in
• 13:34
  ballots
• 13:35
  where
• 13:35
  the
• 13:35
  Republicans
• 13:36
  had
• 13:36
  hired
• 13:36
  thousands
• 13:37
  of
• 13:37
  people
• 13:38
  to
• 13:38
  challenge
• 13:38
  signatures
• 13:39
  and
• 13:39
  say,
• 13:39
  ah,
• 13:40
  signature
• 13:40
  doesn't
• 13:40
  look
• 13:41
  right.
• 13:41
  And
• 13:41
  at
• 13:41
  that
• 13:41
  point,
• 13:42
  once
• 13:42
  your
• 13:42
  ballot
• 13:43
  is
• 13:43
  challenged,
• 13:44
  you've
• 13:44
  got
• 13:44
  to
• 13:44
  physically
• 13:45
  show
• 13:45
  up
• 13:45
  at
• 13:45
  the
• 13:45
  Secretary
• 13:45
  of
• 13:46
  State's
• 13:46
  office
• 13:46
  and
• 13:46
  prove
• 13:47
  that
• 13:47
  you're
• 13:47
  you.
• 13:48
  So
• 13:48
  that's
• 13:48
  a
• 13:48
  million
• 13:48
  and
• 13:49
  a
• 13:49
  half
• 13:49
  votes
• 13:49
  that
• 13:50
  didn't
• 13:50
  get
• 13:50
  counted.
• 13:50
  And
• 13:51
  then
• 13:51
  the
• 13:51
  other
• 13:51
  three
• 13:51
  and
• 13:51
  a
• 13:52
  half
• 13:52
  million
• 13:52
  were
• 13:52
  people
• 13:52
  who
• 13:53
  were
• 13:53
  purged
• 13:53
  from
• 13:53
  the
• 13:54
  voting
• 13:54
  rolls,
• 13:54
  mostly
• 13:55
  black
• 13:55
  and
• 13:55
  brown
• 13:56
  people
• 13:56
  in
• 13:56
  those
• 13:57
  same
• 13:57
  swing
• 13:57
  states.
• 13:58
  And
• 13:59
  palace
• 13:59
  did
• 13:59
  the
• 13:59
  math.
• 14:00
  And
• 14:00
  the
• 14:00
  guy's
• 14:00
  got
• 14:01
  a
• 14:01
  master's
• 14:01
  degree
• 14:02
  in
• 14:02
  statistics.
• 14:03
  He
• 14:04
  did
• 14:04
  the
• 14:04
  math
• 14:04
  and
• 14:04
  found
• 14:05
  that
• 14:05
  had
• 14:05
  those
• 14:06
  people
• 14:06
  been
• 14:06
  able
• 14:06
  to
• 14:07
  vote,
• 14:07
  you'd
• 14:08
  have
• 14:08
  Kamala
• 14:08
  Harris
• 14:08
  as
• 14:09
  president
• 14:09
  by
• 14:09
  huge
• 14:10
  margin,
• 14:10
  and
• 14:11
  the
• 14:11
  Democrats
• 14:11
  right
• 14:12
  now
• 14:12
  would
• 14:12
  control
• 14:12
  the
• 14:12
  House
• 14:12
  and
• 14:13
  Senate.
• 14:13
  But,
• 14:14
  you
• 14:14
  know,
• 14:14
  Thom,
• 14:14
  in
• 14:14
  your
• 14:15
  book,
• 14:15
  you
• 14:15
  also
• 14:15
  point
• 14:15
  out
• 14:16
  that
• 14:16
  this
• 14:16
  is
• 14:17
  a
• 14:17
  favored
• 14:17
  tactic
• 14:18
  of
• 14:18
  the
• 14:19
  Republican
• 14:19
  Party
• 14:20
  over
• 14:20
  decades.
• 14:21
  You
• 14:21
  make
• 14:21
  the
• 14:21
  claim
• 14:22
  that
• 14:22
  there
• 14:23
  hasn't
• 14:23
  been
• 14:23
  a
• 14:23
  fair
• 14:23
  election
• 14:25
  since
• 14:25
  before
• 14:25
  Nixon.
• 14:26
  Yeah.
• 14:26
  Since
• 14:27
  before
• 14:27
  Nixon.
• 14:27
  Yeah.
• 14:28
  The
• 14:28
  last
• 14:28
  legitimately
• 14:29
  elected
• 14:30
  Republican
• 14:30
  president
• 14:30
  was
• 14:31
  Dwight
• 14:31
  Eisenhower.
• 14:32
  Richard
• 14:32
  Nixon
• 14:33
  committed
• 14:33
  treason
• 14:34
  to
• 14:34
  become
• 14:34
  president.
• 14:35
  He
• 14:35
  reached
• 14:35
  out
• 14:35
  to
• 14:35
  the
• 14:35
  Vietnamese
• 14:36
  and
• 14:36
  blew
• 14:36
  up
• 14:37
  the
• 14:37
  peace
• 14:37
  deal
• 14:37
  that
• 14:37
  Lyndon
• 14:38
  Johnson
• 14:38
  had
• 14:38
  negotiated
• 14:39
  in
• 14:39
  August
• 14:39
  of
• 14:40
  1968.
• 14:41
  They
• 14:41
  were
• 14:41
  on
• 14:41
  the
• 14:41
  verge
• 14:41
  of
• 14:42
  signing
• 14:42
  it
• 14:42
  when
• 14:42
  Nixon
• 14:43
  blew
• 14:43
  it
• 14:43
  up.
• 14:44
  LBJ
• 14:45
  called
• 14:45
  up
• 14:45
  Everett
• 14:45
  Dirksen,
• 14:46
  who
• 14:46
  was
• 14:46
  the
• 14:46
  Republican
• 14:47
  leader
• 14:47
  of
• 14:47
  the
• 14:48
  Senate,
• 14:48
  and
• 14:48
  said,
• 14:49
  this
• 14:49
  is
• 14:49
  wrong,
• 14:50
  Everett.
• 14:50
  This
• 14:50
  is
• 14:50
  treason.
• 14:51
  And
• 14:51
  Everett
• 14:51
  said,
• 14:52
  I
• 14:52
  know.
• 14:53
  And
• 14:53
  they
• 14:53
  tried
• 14:54
  to
• 14:54
  reach
• 14:54
  out
• 14:54
  to
• 14:54
  Nixon,
• 14:55
  and
• 14:55
  Nixon
• 14:55
  refused
• 14:56
  to
• 14:56
  back
• 14:56
  off.
• 14:56
  Off.
• 14:57
  So
• 14:57
  that's.
• 14:58
  That
• 14:58
  was
• 14:58
  the
• 14:58
  68
• 14:59
  election.
• 14:59
  In
• 15:00
  the
• 15:00
  72
• 15:00
  election,
• 15:01
  Nixon
• 15:01
  said
• 15:01
  that
• 15:02
  he
• 15:02
  had
• 15:02
  a
• 15:02
  secret
• 15:02
  plan
• 15:02
  to
• 15:03
  end
• 15:03
  the
• 15:03
  Vietnam
• 15:03
  War.
• 15:03
  Turned
• 15:04
  out
• 15:04
  there
• 15:04
  was
• 15:04
  no
• 15:04
  such
• 15:05
  thing.
• 15:05
  That's
• 15:05
  why
• 15:05
  we
• 15:05
  got
• 15:06
  the
• 15:06
  War
• 15:06
  powers
• 15:06
  resolution
• 15:07
  in
• 15:07
  1973
• 15:08
  that
• 15:08
  Trump
• 15:09
  claims
• 15:09
  he's
• 15:09
  using
• 15:10
  right
• 15:10
  now,
• 15:10
  but
• 15:10
  he's
• 15:10
  lying
• 15:11
  through
• 15:11
  his
• 15:11
  teeth.
• 15:12
  Then
• 15:13
  you
• 15:13
  had
• 15:13
  Reagan.
• 15:14
  Reagan
• 15:15
  reached
• 15:15
  out
• 15:15
  to
• 15:15
  the
• 15:16
  Ayatollahs,
• 15:16
  or
• 15:16
  at
• 15:16
  least
• 15:17
  Bill
• 15:17
  Casey,
• 15:17
  his
• 15:17
  campaign
• 15:18
  manager
• 15:18
  that
• 15:18
  he
• 15:19
  made
• 15:19
  head
• 15:19
  of
• 15:19
  the
• 15:19
  CIA.
• 15:20
  Afterwards,
• 15:20
  Bill
• 15:21
  Casey
• 15:21
  reached
• 15:21
  out
• 15:21
  to
• 15:21
  the
• 15:22
  ayatollahs
• 15:22
  and
• 15:22
  we
• 15:22
  now
• 15:23
  have,
• 15:23
  by
• 15:23
  the
• 15:23
  way,
• 15:23
  the
• 15:24
  lieutenant,
• 15:24
  former
• 15:24
  lieutenant
• 15:25
  governor
• 15:25
  of
• 15:25
  Texas,
• 15:26
  Ben
• 15:26
  Barnes,
• 15:26
  on
• 15:27
  the
• 15:27
  record
• 15:27
  in
• 15:27
  the
• 15:28
  New
• 15:28
  York
• 15:28
  Times,
• 15:29
  saying
• 15:29
  that
• 15:29
  he
• 15:29
  went
• 15:29
  with
• 15:30
  Casey
• 15:30
  to
• 15:31
  Paris
• 15:31
  to
• 15:31
  negotiate
• 15:32
  this
• 15:32
  deal
• 15:33
  and
• 15:33
  said
• 15:33
  to
• 15:34
  the
• 15:34
  Iranians,
• 15:35
  you
• 15:35
  guys
• 15:35
  hang
• 15:35
  on
• 15:36
  to
• 15:36
  the
• 15:36
  hostages
• 15:36
  until
• 15:37
  after
• 15:37
  the
• 15:37
  election
• 15:37
  and
• 15:38
  we'll
• 15:38
  have
• 15:38
  Israel
• 15:38
  ship
• 15:39
  you
• 15:39
  spare
• 15:39
  parts
• 15:40
  for
• 15:40
  your
• 15:40
  F15s
• 15:41
  right
• 15:41
  now
• 15:41
  because
• 15:41
  you've
• 15:42
  got
• 15:42
  an
• 15:42
  aging
• 15:42
  fleet
• 15:43
  and
• 15:43
  they
• 15:43
  need
• 15:43
  new
• 15:44
  tires
• 15:44
  was
• 15:44
  the
• 15:44
  big
• 15:45
  thing.
• 15:45
  Oh,
• 15:46
  boy.
• 15:46
  You
• 15:46
  know,
• 15:46
  because
• 15:47
  they
• 15:47
  wanted
• 15:47
  to
• 15:47
  take
• 15:47
  over
• 15:47
  the
• 15:48
  Shah's
• 15:48
  military.
• 15:49
  So
• 15:49
  the
• 15:49
  Iranians
• 15:49
  said,
• 15:50
  cool,
• 15:50
  we'll
• 15:50
  do
• 15:50
  that.
• 15:51
  Totally
• 15:51
  screwed
• 15:51
  Jimmy
• 15:52
  Carter
• 15:52
  and
• 15:52
  made
• 15:53
  Ronald
• 15:53
  Reagan
• 15:53
  president.
• 15:54
  Reagan
• 15:54
  committed
• 15:54
  treason
• 15:55
  to
• 15:55
  become
• 15:55
  president.
• 15:56
  Then
• 15:56
  you
• 15:56
  got
• 15:56
  George
• 15:57
  W.
• 15:57
  Bush.
• 15:57
  He
• 15:57
  wasn't
• 15:58
  actually
• 15:58
  elected.
• 15:59
  He
• 15:59
  supposedly
• 16:00
  won
• 16:00
  Florida
• 16:00
  by
• 16:00
  527
• 16:01
  votes.
• 16:02
  But
• 16:02
  the
• 16:02
  New
• 16:02
  York
• 16:02
  Times,
• 16:02
  the
• 16:03
  Washington
• 16:03
  Post,
• 16:04
  and
• 16:05
  Gannett
• 16:05
  USA
• 16:06
  Today
• 16:07
  did
• 16:07
  a
• 16:07
  recount
• 16:07
  a
• 16:08
  year
• 16:08
  later
• 16:08
  and
• 16:09
  found
• 16:09
  that
• 16:09
  by
• 16:09
  any
• 16:10
  measure,
• 16:11
  that
• 16:11
  when
• 16:11
  you
• 16:11
  recounted
• 16:12
  all
• 16:12
  the
• 16:12
  ballots,
• 16:12
  Al
• 16:13
  Gore
• 16:13
  won
• 16:13
  the
• 16:13
  election.
• 16:14
  Not
• 16:14
  to
• 16:14
  mention
• 16:15
  the
• 16:15
  fact
• 16:15
  that
• 16:15
  just
• 16:16
  three
• 16:16
  months
• 16:16
  before
• 16:16
  the
• 16:17
  election,
• 16:19
  George
• 16:19
  Bush's
• 16:20
  brother,
• 16:20
  Jeb
• 16:21
  Bush,
• 16:21
  the
• 16:21
  governor
• 16:21
  of
• 16:21
  Florida,
• 16:22
  had
• 16:22
  had
• 16:22
  Kathleen
• 16:23
  Harris,
• 16:23
  the
• 16:23
  Secretary
• 16:24
  of
• 16:24
  state,
• 16:24
  knock
• 16:25
  90,000
• 16:26
  African
• 16:26
  Americans,
• 16:27
  all
• 16:27
  legitimate
• 16:28
  voters,
• 16:28
  all
• 16:29
  U.S.
• 16:29
  citizens,
• 16:30
  off
• 16:30
  the
• 16:30
  voting
• 16:30
  rolls.
• 16:31
  So
• 16:31
  when
• 16:31
  they
• 16:32
  showed
• 16:32
  up,
• 16:32
  they
• 16:32
  were
• 16:32
  told,
• 16:32
  sorry,
• 16:33
  you
• 16:33
  can't
• 16:33
  vote
• 16:33
  90,000
• 16:34
  people.
• 16:34
  And
• 16:35
  Bush
• 16:35
  won
• 16:35
  that
• 16:35
  by
• 16:36
  527
• 16:37
  votes.
• 16:37
  So
• 16:37
  that
• 16:37
  was
• 16:37
  an
• 16:38
  illegitimate
• 16:38
  election,
• 16:39
  not
• 16:39
  to
• 16:39
  mention
• 16:39
  the
• 16:39
  Supreme
• 16:40
  Court's
• 16:40
  role
• 16:40
  in
• 16:40
  that.
• 16:41
  And
• 16:41
  then,
• 16:41
  of
• 16:42
  course,
• 16:42
  you've
• 16:42
  got
• 16:42
  Trump
• 16:43
  becoming
• 16:43
  president
• 16:43
  in
• 16:44
  2016
• 16:44
  with
• 16:44
  Russian
• 16:45
  help,
• 16:45
  you
• 16:46
  know,
• 16:46
  cutting
• 16:46
  the
• 16:46
  deal
• 16:46
  with
• 16:46
  WikiLeaks
• 16:47
  and
• 16:48
  hacking
• 16:48
  the
• 16:49
  and
• 16:50
  John
• 16:50
  Podesta's
• 16:51
  emails
• 16:51
  and
• 16:51
  blowing
• 16:52
  those
• 16:52
  out.
• 16:53
  There's
• 16:54
  good
• 16:54
  polling
• 16:54
  on
• 16:54
  this
• 16:55
  showing
• 16:55
  that
• 16:55
  had
• 16:55
  that
• 16:56
  whole
• 16:56
  email
• 16:56
  thing
• 16:56
  never
• 16:57
  happened,
• 16:57
  Hillary
• 16:58
  Clinton
• 16:58
  would
• 16:58
  have
• 16:58
  easily
• 16:58
  become
• 16:59
  president.
• 16:59
  And
• 17:00
  then,
• 17:00
  frankly,
• 17:00
  I
• 17:00
  think
• 17:01
  in
• 17:01
  2024,
• 17:02
  you've
• 17:02
  got
• 17:02
  Russians
• 17:03
  and
• 17:03
  Iranians
• 17:03
  intervening
• 17:04
  in
• 17:04
  the
• 17:04
  election
• 17:04
  again,
• 17:05
  all
• 17:05
  over
• 17:06
  social
• 17:06
  media,
• 17:06
  not
• 17:06
  to
• 17:07
  mention
• 17:07
  Elon
• 17:08
  Musk
• 17:08
  and
• 17:08
  X.
• 17:09
  So
• 17:10
  it's
• 17:10
  like
• 17:11
  we
• 17:11
  have
• 17:12
  not
• 17:12
  had
• 17:12
  a
• 17:12
  legitimately
• 17:13
  elected
• 17:14
  by
• 17:14
  the
• 17:14
  popular
• 17:15
  vote,
• 17:15
  by
• 17:15
  the
• 17:15
  people,
• 17:16
  Republican
• 17:16
  election
• 17:17
  president
• 17:18
  since
• 17:18
  Dwight
• 17:19
  Eisenhower.
• 17:20
  It's
• 17:20
  crazy
• 17:20
  when
• 17:20
  you
• 17:21
  think
• 17:21
  about
• 17:21
  it.
• 17:22
  And
• 17:22
  yet
• 17:22
  Gore
• 17:23
  in
• 17:23
  2000,
• 17:24
  he
• 17:24
  thought
• 17:24
  it
• 17:25
  was
• 17:25
  good
• 17:25
  for
• 17:25
  the
• 17:25
  country
• 17:25
  not
• 17:26
  to
• 17:26
  contest
• 17:26
  it.
• 17:27
  He
• 17:27
  caved.
• 17:28
  Why
• 17:28
  did
• 17:28
  the
• 17:28
  Democrats
• 17:29
  stand
• 17:29
  for
• 17:30
  this?
• 17:30
  I
• 17:30
  think
• 17:30
  the
• 17:31
  turn
• 17:31
  happened
• 17:32
  in
• 17:32
  1980
• 17:33
  when
• 17:34
  we
• 17:34
  got
• 17:34
  our
• 17:34
  first
• 17:35
  actual
• 17:36
  reactionary
• 17:37
  or
• 17:37
  revolutionary
• 17:38
  Republican
• 17:38
  president
• 17:39
  who
• 17:39
  wasn't
• 17:40
  just
• 17:40
  going
• 17:41
  to
• 17:41
  take
• 17:41
  over
• 17:41
  the
• 17:41
  reins
• 17:41
  of
• 17:42
  power
• 17:42
  and
• 17:42
  use
• 17:42
  it
• 17:43
  in
• 17:43
  small
• 17:43
  ways,
• 17:43
  like
• 17:43
  Nixon
• 17:44
  had
• 17:44
  to
• 17:45
  help
• 17:45
  out
• 17:45
  his
• 17:45
  buddies
• 17:45
  or,
• 17:46
  you
• 17:46
  know,
• 17:46
  harass
• 17:47
  his
• 17:47
  enemies,
• 17:47
  but
• 17:48
  instead
• 17:48
  wanted
• 17:48
  to
• 17:49
  fundamentally
• 17:49
  change
• 17:50
  the
• 17:50
  nature
• 17:50
  of
• 17:50
  American
• 17:51
  government.
• 17:52
  I
• 17:52
  mean,
• 17:52
  you
• 17:52
  know,
• 17:53
  Reagan's
• 17:53
  tax
• 17:54
  policies
• 17:54
  have
• 17:55
  brought
• 17:55
  us
• 17:55
  all
• 17:55
  these
• 17:55
  billionaires
• 17:56
  and
• 17:57
  transferred
• 17:57
  over
• 17:57
  $50
• 17:58
  trillion
• 17:59
  of
• 17:59
  wealth
• 17:59
  from
• 17:59
  the
• 17:59
  bottom
• 18:00
  99%
• 18:01
  of
• 18:01
  us
• 18:01
  up
• 18:01
  to
• 18:01
  the
• 18:02
  top
• 18:02
  100th
• 18:03
  of
• 18:03
  1%
• 18:04
  over
• 18:04
  that
• 18:04
  same
• 18:04
  period
• 18:05
  of
• 18:05
  time.
• 18:05
  Among
• 18:05
  other
• 18:06
  things,
• 18:06
  you
• 18:06
  know,
• 18:06
  gutting
• 18:07
  the
• 18:07
  epa.
• 18:07
  His
• 18:08
  EPA
• 18:08
  administrator,
• 18:09
  Ann
• 18:09
  Gorsuch,
• 18:10
  who
• 18:10
  was
• 18:10
  Neil
• 18:11
  Gorsuch,
• 18:11
  is
• 18:11
  on
• 18:12
  the
• 18:12
  Supreme
• 18:12
  Court's
• 18:12
  mother,
• 18:13
  you
• 18:13
  know,
• 18:13
  had
• 18:13
  to
• 18:14
  resign
• 18:14
  to
• 18:14
  avoid
• 18:15
  prosecution
• 18:15
  for
• 18:16
  her
• 18:16
  corruption
• 18:16
  running
• 18:17
  the
• 18:17
  epa,
• 18:18
  for
• 18:18
  example.
• 18:19
  So
• 18:19
  Reagan
• 18:20
  came
• 18:20
  in
• 18:20
  and
• 18:20
  said,
• 18:21
  we
• 18:21
  don't
• 18:21
  respect
• 18:22
  the
• 18:22
  institutions
• 18:23
  of
• 18:23
  American
• 18:23
  government.
• 18:24
  We
• 18:24
  think
• 18:24
  government
• 18:25
  is
• 18:25
  the
• 18:25
  problem.
• 18:26
  Government
• 18:26
  isn't
• 18:27
  the
• 18:27
  solution
• 18:27
  to
• 18:27
  the
• 18:27
  problem,
• 18:27
  it
• 18:28
  is
• 18:28
  the
• 18:28
  problem.
• 18:28
  He
• 18:28
  said
• 18:28
  that
• 18:28
  right
• 18:29
  out
• 18:29
  loud.
• 18:29
  That's
• 18:30
  right.
• 18:30
  His
• 18:30
  first
• 18:31
  inaugural
• 18:31
  address.
• 18:32
  And
• 18:32
  so
• 18:32
  you've
• 18:33
  got
• 18:33
  Republicans
• 18:33
  who
• 18:34
  don't
• 18:34
  respect
• 18:34
  the
• 18:35
  institutions
• 18:35
  of
• 18:35
  America
• 18:36
  or
• 18:36
  the
• 18:36
  institutions
• 18:37
  of
• 18:37
  our
• 18:37
  government
• 18:37
  and
• 18:38
  are
• 18:38
  perfectly
• 18:38
  willing
• 18:38
  to.
• 18:39
  To
• 18:39
  screw
• 18:39
  around
• 18:40
  with
• 18:40
  them
• 18:40
  and
• 18:40
  ruin
• 18:41
  things,
• 18:41
  whereas
• 18:41
  you've
• 18:42
  got
• 18:42
  Democrats
• 18:42
  who
• 18:43
  still
• 18:43
  are
• 18:43
  institutionalists
• 18:44
  to
• 18:44
  this
• 18:44
  day.
• 18:45
  They
• 18:45
  still
• 18:45
  believe
• 18:45
  that
• 18:45
  the
• 18:46
  institutions
• 18:46
  are
• 18:46
  worthy
• 18:47
  of
• 18:47
  preserving,
• 18:47
  worthy
• 18:48
  of
• 18:48
  respecting.
• 18:49
  Now,
• 18:49
  in
• 18:50
  a
• 18:50
  lot
• 18:50
  of
• 18:50
  ways,
• 18:50
  that
• 18:51
  looks
• 18:51
  like
• 18:51
  Democrats
• 18:52
  being
• 18:52
  wimps,
• 18:53
  and
• 18:53
  to
• 18:53
  some
• 18:53
  extent
• 18:54
  it
• 18:54
  is.
• 18:54
  And
• 18:54
  to
• 18:55
  some
• 18:55
  extent
• 18:55
  it's
• 18:55
  Democrats,
• 18:56
  you
• 18:56
  know,
• 18:56
  perhaps
• 18:57
  not
• 18:57
  wanting
• 18:57
  to
• 18:57
  rock
• 18:58
  the
• 18:58
  boat
• 18:58
  or
• 18:58
  just,
• 18:58
  you
• 18:58
  know,
• 18:58
  get
• 18:59
  through
• 18:59
  the
• 18:59
  next
• 18:59
  election
• 18:59
  or
• 19:00
  whatever.
• 19:00
  But
• 19:01
  I
• 19:01
  think
• 19:01
  the
• 19:01
  biggest.
• 19:01
  The
• 19:02
  biggest
• 19:02
  line
• 19:02
  of
• 19:03
  cleavage
• 19:03
  here
• 19:04
  between
• 19:04
  Republicans
• 19:04
  and
• 19:05
  Democrats
• 19:05
  is
• 19:05
  that
• 19:06
  Republicans
• 19:06
  have
• 19:06
  become
• 19:06
  reactionaries
• 19:08
  and
• 19:08
  revolutionaries,
• 19:09
  essentially,
• 19:09
  and
• 19:10
  Democrats
• 19:10
  haven't.
• 19:10
  And
• 19:11
  the
• 19:11
  Democrats
• 19:11
  need
• 19:11
  to
• 19:12
  go
• 19:12
  back
• 19:12
  to
• 19:12
  that,
• 19:12
  by
• 19:12
  the
• 19:13
  way,
• 19:13
  because
• 19:13
  that's
• 19:13
  what
• 19:13
  Franklin
• 19:14
  Roosevelt
• 19:14
  was.
• 19:15
  FDR
• 19:16
  transformed
• 19:17
  America.
• 19:17
  He
• 19:17
  took
• 19:18
  us
• 19:18
  from
• 19:18
  a
• 19:19
  fairly
• 19:20
  weak
• 19:20
  federal
• 19:20
  government
• 19:21
  and
• 19:21
  strong
• 19:21
  states
• 19:22
  to
• 19:22
  a
• 19:22
  strong
• 19:22
  federal
• 19:23
  government
• 19:23
  and
• 19:23
  weak
• 19:24
  states.
• 19:24
  He
• 19:24
  created
• 19:25
  the
• 19:25
  modern
• 19:25
  welfare
• 19:26
  state.
• 19:26
  He
• 19:26
  created
• 19:27
  the
• 19:27
  modern
• 19:28
  American
• 19:28
  middle
• 19:28
  class.
• 19:28
  When
• 19:29
  FDR
• 19:29
  came
• 19:29
  into
• 19:29
  office,
• 19:30
  the
• 19:30
  middle
• 19:30
  class
• 19:30
  was
• 19:30
  less
• 19:31
  than
• 19:31
  a
• 19:31
  quarter
• 19:31
  of
• 19:31
  us.
• 19:32
  By
• 19:32
  the
• 19:32
  time
• 19:33
  the
• 19:33
  New
• 19:33
  Deal
• 19:34
  started
• 19:35
  To
• 19:35
  erode
• 19:35
  in
• 19:36
  1981,
• 19:36
  when
• 19:37
  Ronald
• 19:37
  Reagan
• 19:37
  declared
• 19:38
  war
• 19:38
  on
• 19:38
  it,
• 19:38
  2/3,
• 19:39
  66,
• 19:40
  65%
• 19:41
  of
• 19:41
  Americans
• 19:42
  were
• 19:42
  in
• 19:42
  the
• 19:42
  middle
• 19:42
  class
• 19:43
  with
• 19:43
  a
• 19:43
  single
• 19:43
  paycheck.
• 19:44
  Now
• 19:44
  it's
• 19:45
  down
• 19:45
  to
• 19:45
  47%,
• 19:46
  and
• 19:46
  it
• 19:46
  requires
• 19:47
  two
• 19:47
  paychecks,
• 19:48
  and
• 19:48
  that's
• 19:49
  only
• 19:49
  at
• 19:49
  47%.
• 19:50
  You
• 19:50
  know,
• 19:51
  what
• 19:51
  you
• 19:51
  see
• 19:52
  is
• 19:52
  the
• 19:52
  insane
• 19:53
  damage
• 19:54
  that
• 19:54
  these
• 19:54
  Republican
• 19:55
  revolutionaries
• 19:55
  have
• 19:55
  done
• 19:56
  to
• 19:56
  the
• 19:56
  United
• 19:56
  States
• 19:56
  over
• 19:57
  the
• 19:57
  last
• 19:57
  55
• 19:57
  years
• 19:58
  or
• 19:58
  45
• 19:58
  years.
• 19:59
  And
• 19:59
  it's
• 19:59
  time
• 20:00
  for
• 20:00
  the
• 20:00
  Democrats.
• 20:01
  And
• 20:01
  you're
• 20:01
  hearing,
• 20:02
  by
• 20:02
  the
• 20:02
  way,
• 20:02
  this
• 20:02
  kind
• 20:02
  of
• 20:02
  rhetoric
• 20:03
  from
• 20:03
  people
• 20:03
  like
• 20:04
  AOC
• 20:04
  and
• 20:05
  Bernie
• 20:05
  Sanders
• 20:05
  and
• 20:06
  Elizabeth
• 20:06
  Warren.
• 20:06
  And
• 20:07
  Sheldon
• 20:07
  Whitehouse
• 20:08
  and,
• 20:08
  you
• 20:08
  know,
• 20:09
  some
• 20:09
  of
• 20:09
  the
• 20:10
  genuine
• 20:10
  progressives
• 20:11
  out
• 20:11
  there.
• 20:11
  It's
• 20:11
  time
• 20:12
  for
• 20:12
  the
• 20:12
  Democratic
• 20:12
  Party
• 20:13
  to
• 20:13
  go
• 20:13
  back
• 20:14
  to
• 20:14
  its
• 20:14
  essentially
• 20:15
  reactionary,
• 20:15
  revolutionary
• 20:16
  roots
• 20:17
  in
• 20:17
  the
• 20:17
  New
• 20:17
  Deal
• 20:18
  and
• 20:18
  come
• 20:18
  up
• 20:19
  with
• 20:19
  a
• 20:19
  new
• 20:19
  New
• 20:19
  Deal
• 20:19
  and
• 20:20
  transform
• 20:20
  America
• 20:21
  again.
• 20:21
  And
• 20:22
  now,
• 20:22
  you
• 20:22
  know,
• 20:22
  the
• 20:22
  Supreme
• 20:23
  Court
• 20:23
  and
• 20:23
  the
• 20:24
  Trump
• 20:24
  administration
• 20:24
  have
• 20:25
  shown
• 20:25
  that
• 20:26
  the
• 20:26
  stuff
• 20:26
  that
• 20:26
  FDR
• 20:27
  was
• 20:27
  doing
• 20:27
  that
• 20:27
  just
• 20:28
  had
• 20:28
  Republicans
• 20:28
  beside
• 20:29
  themselves.
• 20:29
  I
• 20:30
  mean,
• 20:30
  they
• 20:30
  were
• 20:30
  calling
• 20:30
  him
• 20:30
  a
• 20:30
  dictator.
• 20:31
  They
• 20:31
  were
• 20:31
  screaming
• 20:32
  about
• 20:32
  it.
• 20:32
  They
• 20:32
  wanted
• 20:32
  to
• 20:33
  impeach
• 20:34
  the
• 20:34
  Supreme
• 20:34
  Court.
• 20:34
  Knocked
• 20:35
  him
• 20:35
  down
• 20:35
  over
• 20:35
  and
• 20:35
  over
• 20:36
  and
• 20:36
  over
• 20:36
  and
• 20:36
  over
• 20:37
  again
• 20:37
  until
• 20:37
  1937,
• 20:38
  when
• 20:38
  he
• 20:38
  started
• 20:39
  threatening
• 20:39
  to
• 20:39
  expand
• 20:39
  the
• 20:40
  court.
• 20:40
  And
• 20:40
  suddenly,
• 20:41
  Owen
• 20:41
  Roberts
• 20:42
  switched
• 20:42
  his
• 20:42
  vote.
• 20:43
  It
• 20:43
  was
• 20:43
  called
• 20:44
  the
• 20:45
  Switch
• 20:45
  in
• 20:46
  Time.
• 20:46
  That
• 20:46
  saved
• 20:46
  nine.
• 20:48
  And
• 20:49
  suddenly
• 20:49
  the
• 20:49
  New
• 20:49
  Deal
• 20:50
  was
• 20:50
  okay,
• 20:51
  but
• 20:52
  FDR
• 20:53
  was
• 20:53
  a
• 20:53
  revolutionary,
• 20:54
  and
• 20:55
  we
• 20:55
  need
• 20:55
  another
• 20:55
  fdr.
• 20:56
  Frankly,
• 20:57
  you
• 20:57
  point
• 20:57
  out
• 20:58
  also
• 20:58
  in
• 20:58
  one
• 20:59
  of
• 20:59
  your
• 20:59
  chapters
• 20:59
  that
• 21:00
  it
• 21:00
  was
• 21:00
  Newt
• 21:00
  Gingrich
• 21:01
  who
• 21:01
  created
• 21:02
  the
• 21:03
  false
• 21:03
  revolution
• 21:04
  of
• 21:04
  the
• 21:04
  Tea
• 21:05
  Party.
• 21:05
  Yeah,
• 21:06
  okay.
• 21:07
  And
• 21:07
  that's
• 21:07
  one
• 21:07
  of
• 21:07
  the
• 21:07
  things
• 21:07
  the
• 21:08
  Republicans
• 21:08
  have
• 21:08
  been
• 21:08
  able
• 21:09
  to
• 21:09
  do
• 21:09
  to
• 21:10
  manipulate
• 21:11
  media
• 21:11
  and
• 21:12
  to
• 21:12
  manipulate
• 21:13
  thought
• 21:14
  in
• 21:14
  such
• 21:14
  a
• 21:14
  way
• 21:15
  that
• 21:15
  they're
• 21:15
  constantly
• 21:17
  making
• 21:18
  normal
• 21:18
  citizens
• 21:19
  insecure
• 21:20
  about
• 21:20
  the
• 21:21
  basis
• 21:21
  of
• 21:21
  our
• 21:22
  democracy.
• 21:23
  That's
• 21:23
  right.
• 21:23
  Going
• 21:24
  back
• 21:24
  to
• 21:24
  Reagan,
• 21:24
  when
• 21:24
  they
• 21:25
  killed
• 21:25
  off
• 21:25
  the
• 21:26
  Fairness
• 21:26
  Doctrine
• 21:26
  and
• 21:27
  tilted
• 21:27
  the
• 21:28
  scale
• 21:28
  to
• 21:28
  their
• 21:28
  benefit.
• 21:29
  The
• 21:30
  fairness
• 21:30
  doctrine
• 21:30
  in
• 21:30
  87.
• 21:31
  I
• 21:31
  was
• 21:31
  living
• 21:31
  in
• 21:31
  Germany
• 21:32
  at
• 21:32
  the
• 21:32
  time,
• 21:32
  and
• 21:33
  I
• 21:33
  remember
• 21:33
  driving
• 21:34
  on
• 21:34
  the
• 21:34
  Audubon
• 21:35
  and
• 21:35
  listening
• 21:36
  to
• 21:37
  the.
• 21:37
  The
• 21:37
  military
• 21:38
  news,
• 21:38
  you
• 21:38
  know,
• 21:39
  the
• 21:39
  Armed
• 21:40
  Forces
• 21:40
  Radio,
• 21:41
  because
• 21:41
  you
• 21:42
  could
• 21:42
  get
• 21:42
  it
• 21:42
  anywhere
• 21:42
  in
• 21:42
  Germany
• 21:43
  on
• 21:43
  the
• 21:43
  radio.
• 21:43
  Yeah.
• 21:44
  And
• 21:44
  they
• 21:45
  announced
• 21:45
  that
• 21:45
  the
• 21:45
  Reagan
• 21:46
  had
• 21:46
  stopped
• 21:47
  enforcement
• 21:47
  of
• 21:47
  the
• 21:48
  Fairness
• 21:48
  Doctrine.
• 21:49
  And
• 21:49
  I
• 21:50
  thought,
• 21:50
  okay,
• 21:51
  let's
• 21:51
  see
• 21:51
  how
• 21:51
  this
• 21:51
  plays
• 21:51
  out.
• 21:52
  And
• 21:52
  then
• 21:52
  about
• 21:52
  two,
• 21:53
  three
• 21:53
  months
• 21:53
  later,
• 21:53
  I
• 21:54
  was
• 21:54
  driving
• 21:54
  on
• 21:54
  the
• 21:54
  same
• 21:55
  Autobot,
• 21:56
  and
• 21:56
  the
• 21:56
  news
• 21:57
  came
• 21:57
  on
• 21:57
  and
• 21:57
  said
• 21:57
  that
• 21:58
  CBS
• 21:58
  News
• 21:59
  had
• 21:59
  moved
• 22:00
  their
• 22:00
  news
• 22:00
  division,
• 22:01
  which
• 22:01
  had
• 22:01
  been
• 22:01
  losing
• 22:01
  money
• 22:02
  since
• 22:02
  the
• 22:02
  30s
• 22:03
  because
• 22:03
  this
• 22:03
  was
• 22:04
  the
• 22:04
  cost
• 22:04
  of
• 22:04
  maintaining
• 22:05
  broadcast
• 22:05
  licenses
• 22:06
  on
• 22:06
  their
• 22:06
  television
• 22:07
  stations,
• 22:07
  was
• 22:07
  that
• 22:07
  you
• 22:08
  had
• 22:08
  to
• 22:08
  do
• 22:08
  what
• 22:08
  was
• 22:09
  called
• 22:09
  programming
• 22:09
  in
• 22:09
  the
• 22:09
  public
• 22:10
  interest,
• 22:10
  or
• 22:10
  the
• 22:10
  Fairness
• 22:11
  Doctrine.
• 22:11
  That's
• 22:11
  right.
• 22:12
  The
• 22:12
  main
• 22:12
  way
• 22:12
  that
• 22:12
  was
• 22:13
  defined
• 22:13
  as
• 22:13
  having
• 22:14
  real
• 22:14
  news
• 22:14
  at
• 22:15
  the
• 22:15
  top
• 22:15
  of
• 22:15
  every
• 22:15
  hour
• 22:15
  for
• 22:16
  radio
• 22:16
  and
• 22:16
  having
• 22:17
  at
• 22:17
  least
• 22:17
  30
• 22:17
  minutes
• 22:18
  or
• 22:18
  an
• 22:18
  hour,
• 22:19
  30
• 22:19
  minutes
• 22:19
  of
• 22:19
  local,
• 22:20
  30
• 22:20
  minutes
• 22:20
  of
• 22:20
  national
• 22:20
  news
• 22:21
  in
• 22:21
  prime
• 22:22
  time
• 22:22
  on
• 22:22
  the
• 22:22
  television
• 22:23
  stations.
• 22:24
  And
• 22:24
  so
• 22:24
  they
• 22:25
  had
• 22:25
  bureaus
• 22:25
  all
• 22:26
  over
• 22:26
  the
• 22:26
  world.
• 22:26
  I
• 22:26
  mean,
• 22:27
  this
• 22:27
  was
• 22:27
  all
• 22:27
  to
• 22:27
  satisfy
• 22:28
  the
• 22:28
  FCC
• 22:28
  requirement
• 22:29
  of
• 22:29
  programming
• 22:29
  in
• 22:29
  the
• 22:29
  public
• 22:30
  interest.
• 22:30
  But
• 22:30
  once
• 22:31
  that
• 22:31
  went
• 22:31
  away,
• 22:32
  the
• 22:32
  second
• 22:32
  story
• 22:33
  that
• 22:33
  I
• 22:33
  heard
• 22:33
  as
• 22:33
  I
• 22:34
  was
• 22:34
  driving
• 22:34
  down
• 22:34
  the
• 22:34
  Autobahn
• 22:35
  was
• 22:35
  that
• 22:35
  CBS
• 22:35
  News
• 22:36
  had
• 22:36
  moved
• 22:36
  their
• 22:36
  news
• 22:36
  division
• 22:37
  under
• 22:38
  the
• 22:38
  oversight,
• 22:39
  the
• 22:39
  aegis
• 22:40
  of
• 22:40
  the
• 22:40
  entertainment
• 22:41
  vice
• 22:41
  president.
• 22:42
  And,
• 22:42
  you
• 22:42
  know,
• 22:42
  within
• 22:43
  two
• 22:43
  months,
• 22:43
  ABC
• 22:43
  And
• 22:44
  NBC
• 22:44
  had
• 22:44
  done
• 22:44
  the
• 22:44
  same
• 22:45
  thing.
• 22:45
  And
• 22:45
  that
• 22:45
  was
• 22:46
  when
• 22:46
  our
• 22:46
  news
• 22:47
  ceased
• 22:47
  to
• 22:47
  be
• 22:47
  news.
• 22:48
  You
• 22:48
  had
• 22:48
  a
• 22:48
  commitment
• 22:49
  to
• 22:49
  inform
• 22:49
  people,
• 22:50
  and
• 22:51
  that
• 22:51
  was
• 22:51
  what
• 22:51
  the
• 22:51
  news
• 22:51
  commitment
• 22:52
  was
• 22:52
  all
• 22:52
  about.
• 22:52
  And
• 22:53
  I
• 22:53
  started
• 22:53
  out
• 22:53
  then,
• 22:54
  I
• 22:54
  very
• 22:55
  much
• 22:55
  was
• 22:55
  cognizant
• 22:56
  of
• 22:56
  presenting
• 22:57
  one
• 22:57
  view,
• 22:58
  making
• 22:58
  sure
• 22:58
  that
• 22:58
  it
• 22:58
  was
• 22:59
  responsible
• 22:59
  because
• 22:59
  someone
• 23:00
  could
• 23:00
  come
• 23:00
  and
• 23:00
  say,
• 23:01
  no,
• 23:01
  I
• 23:01
  want
• 23:01
  to
• 23:01
  say
• 23:01
  that,
• 23:02
  oh,
• 23:02
  I
• 23:02
  started
• 23:02
  in
• 23:03
  News
• 23:03
  in
• 23:03
  1970,
• 23:04
  67
• 23:04
  and
• 23:04
  at
• 23:05
  WITL
• 23:05
  in
• 23:06
  Lansing,
• 23:06
  Michigan.
• 23:07
  Well,
• 23:08
  actually
• 23:08
  at
• 23:08
  67
• 23:08
  I
• 23:08
  was,
• 23:09
  I
• 23:09
  was
• 23:09
  a
• 23:09
  DJ,
• 23:10
  but
• 23:10
  at
• 23:10
  68,
• 23:11
  I
• 23:11
  got
• 23:11
  a
• 23:12
  gig
• 23:12
  in
• 23:12
  the,
• 23:12
  doing
• 23:12
  the
• 23:13
  morning
• 23:13
  news
• 23:13
  from
• 23:13
  6:00am
• 23:14
  till
• 23:14
  10:00am,
• 23:15
  you
• 23:15
  know,
• 23:15
  Monday
• 23:16
  through
• 23:16
  Friday.
• 23:16
  And
• 23:17
  I
• 23:17
  did
• 23:17
  that
• 23:17
  for
• 23:17
  seven
• 23:18
  years.
• 23:18
  And
• 23:18
  we
• 23:18
  were
• 23:19
  operating
• 23:19
  within
• 23:19
  the,
• 23:20
  in
• 23:20
  the
• 23:20
  Fairness
• 23:20
  Doctrine.
• 23:21
  And
• 23:21
  I
• 23:21
  was
• 23:21
  also
• 23:21
  producing
• 23:22
  the
• 23:22
  afternoon
• 23:22
  talk
• 23:23
  show
• 23:23
  for
• 23:23
  the
• 23:23
  guy
• 23:23
  who
• 23:24
  owned
• 23:24
  the
• 23:24
  station.
• 23:24
  And
• 23:25
  because
• 23:25
  he
• 23:25
  was
• 23:25
  the
• 23:25
  owner
• 23:26
  of
• 23:26
  the
• 23:26
  station,
• 23:26
  the
• 23:27
  equal
• 23:27
  time
• 23:27
  rule
• 23:28
  required
• 23:28
  that
• 23:28
  if
• 23:29
  he
• 23:29
  made
• 23:29
  any
• 23:30
  political
• 23:30
  statements,
• 23:30
  I
• 23:31
  had
• 23:31
  to
• 23:31
  get
• 23:31
  somebody
• 23:31
  from
• 23:32
  the
• 23:32
  other
• 23:32
  side
• 23:32
  to
• 23:32
  come
• 23:32
  on.
• 23:32
  So
• 23:33
  that's
• 23:33
  one
• 23:33
  of
• 23:33
  my.
• 23:34
  Thom,
• 23:34
  one
• 23:35
  of
• 23:35
  the
• 23:36
  very
• 23:36
  entertaining
• 23:37
  things
• 23:37
  about
• 23:37
  your
• 23:37
  book
• 23:38
  is
• 23:39
  that
• 23:39
  you
• 23:40
  talk
• 23:40
  about
• 23:41
  your
• 23:41
  own
• 23:42
  development
• 23:43
  as
• 23:44
  an
• 23:44
  entrepreneur
• 23:45
  and
• 23:45
  as,
• 23:45
  you
• 23:46
  know,
• 23:46
  a
• 23:46
  political
• 23:47
  spokesperson
• 23:48
  over
• 23:48
  the
• 23:49
  years.
• 23:49
  And
• 23:50
  just
• 23:50
  like
• 23:50
  you
• 23:50
  just
• 23:51
  said
• 23:51
  about
• 23:51
  being
• 23:52
  in
• 23:52
  Germany.
• 23:53
  And
• 23:53
  I
• 23:53
  think,
• 23:54
  again,
• 23:54
  it's
• 23:54
  another
• 23:54
  reason
• 23:54
  why
• 23:55
  we
• 23:55
  can
• 23:55
  identify
• 23:56
  so
• 23:56
  strongly
• 23:57
  with
• 23:57
  this
• 23:57
  book
• 23:58
  because
• 23:58
  we're
• 23:59
  looking
• 23:59
  at
• 23:59
  your
• 23:59
  own
• 24:00
  evolution
• 24:01
  as,
• 24:02
  you
• 24:02
  know,
• 24:02
  as
• 24:02
  a
• 24:02
  political
• 24:03
  observer.
• 24:03
  Yeah,
• 24:04
  there's
• 24:04
  a
• 24:04
  bunch
• 24:04
  of
• 24:04
  little
• 24:04
  personal
• 24:05
  stories
• 24:05
  in
• 24:05
  there
• 24:06
  because,
• 24:06
  you
• 24:06
  know,
• 24:06
  I've
• 24:06
  lived
• 24:07
  all
• 24:07
  stuff.
• 24:07
  I
• 24:07
  mean,
• 24:08
  that's
• 24:08
  right.
• 24:08
  It's,
• 24:09
  you
• 24:09
  know,
• 24:09
  I'm
• 24:09
  an
• 24:09
  old
• 24:10
  man
• 24:10
  here
• 24:10
  now,
• 24:10
  Phil.
• 24:11
  Yeah,
• 24:11
  man,
• 24:11
  it's
• 24:12
  all
• 24:12
  happened
• 24:12
  in
• 24:12
  my
• 24:12
  lifetime.
• 24:13
  You're
• 24:14
  listening
• 24:14
  to
• 24:14
  Sexy
• 24:14
  Boomer
• 24:15
  show,
• 24:15
  our
• 24:15
  guest,
• 24:15
  Thom
• 24:15
  Hartman,
• 24:16
  our
• 24:17
  friendly
• 24:17
  progressive,
• 24:18
  national,
• 24:18
  international,
• 24:18
  syndicated
• 24:19
  talk
• 24:19
  show
• 24:19
  host.
• 24:20
  His
• 24:20
  new
• 24:20
  book
• 24:20
  is
• 24:21
  the
• 24:21
  Last
• 24:21
  American
• 24:21
  President.
• 24:22
  A
• 24:22
  Broken
• 24:22
  Man,
• 24:23
  A
• 24:23
  Corrupt
• 24:23
  Party,
• 24:23
  A
• 24:24
  World
• 24:24
  on
• 24:24
  the
• 24:24
  Brink.
• 24:25
  Thom,
• 24:25
  in
• 24:25
  the
• 24:25
  time
• 24:25
  we
• 24:26
  have
• 24:26
  left,
• 24:26
  we're
• 24:27
  talking
• 24:27
  about
• 24:27
  influence
• 24:28
  peddling
• 24:29
  and
• 24:29
  how
• 24:29
  the
• 24:29
  game
• 24:29
  was
• 24:30
  rigged.
• 24:30
  Now
• 24:31
  it's
• 24:31
  on
• 24:32
  steroids.
• 24:33
  The
• 24:33
  notion
• 24:33
  in
• 24:34
  California
• 24:34
  of
• 24:35
  taxing
• 24:35
  the
• 24:36
  uber
• 24:36
  wealthy
• 24:36
  5%
• 24:38
  to
• 24:38
  raise
• 24:38
  $100
• 24:38
  million
• 24:39
  to
• 24:39
  get
• 24:39
  people
• 24:40
  health
• 24:40
  care
• 24:40
  that
• 24:40
  can't
• 24:41
  get
• 24:41
  it
• 24:41
  right
• 24:41
  now
• 24:41
  in
• 24:42
  California,
• 24:42
  which
• 24:43
  is
• 24:43
  like
• 24:44
  lunch
• 24:44
  money
• 24:44
  to
• 24:45
  these
• 24:45
  people
• 24:46
  like
• 24:46
  Zuckerberg,
• 24:47
  they're
• 24:48
  fleeing.
• 24:48
  Sergey
• 24:49
  Brin
• 24:49
  fleeing
• 24:49
  to
• 24:50
  Las
• 24:50
  Vegas,
• 24:51
  Zuckerberg
• 24:51
  fleeing
• 24:52
  to
• 24:52
  Miami
• 24:52
  just
• 24:53
  because
• 24:53
  they
• 24:53
  don't
• 24:53
  want
• 24:54
  to
• 24:54
  pay
• 24:54
  their
• 24:54
  fair
• 24:54
  share
• 24:55
  of
• 24:55
  taxes,
• 24:55
  even
• 24:56
  though
• 24:56
  they
• 24:56
  pay
• 24:56
  a
• 24:56
  substantial
• 24:57
  amount
• 24:57
  of
• 24:57
  taxes
• 24:58
  in
• 24:58
  California
• 24:59
  compared
• 25:00
  to
• 25:00
  their
• 25:00
  wealth,
• 25:01
  I
• 25:01
  would
• 25:01
  imagine
• 25:02
  it's
• 25:02
  a
• 25:02
  lot
• 25:02
  less
• 25:02
  than
• 25:02
  what
• 25:03
  a
• 25:03
  working
• 25:03
  stiff
• 25:04
  in
• 25:04
  this
• 25:04
  state
• 25:04
  has
• 25:05
  to
• 25:05
  deal
• 25:05
  with,
• 25:05
  you
• 25:05
  know,
• 25:06
  and
• 25:06
  it
• 25:06
  amazes
• 25:06
  me
• 25:06
  because
• 25:07
  You've
• 25:07
  got
• 25:07
  Trump
• 25:08
  trumpeting
• 25:09
  the
• 25:09
  idea
• 25:09
  that
• 25:10
  we
• 25:10
  progressives,
• 25:11
  the
• 25:12
  Democrats,
• 25:12
  are
• 25:13
  all
• 25:13
  crazy
• 25:14
  people.
• 25:15
  What
• 25:15
  is
• 25:16
  motivating
• 25:17
  these
• 25:17
  mad
• 25:18
  oligarchs
• 25:18
  and
• 25:18
  plutocrats
• 25:20
  to
• 25:20
  destroy
• 25:22
  the
• 25:22
  very
• 25:22
  country
• 25:22
  that
• 25:23
  has
• 25:23
  given
• 25:23
  them
• 25:24
  the
• 25:24
  opportunity
• 25:25
  to
• 25:25
  become
• 25:25
  so
• 25:26
  obscenely
• 25:26
  wealthy?
• 25:27
  I
• 25:27
  don't
• 25:28
  get
• 25:28
  it.
• 25:30
  Greed
• 25:30
  is
• 25:30
  blind
• 25:31
  and
• 25:32
  it's
• 25:32
  never
• 25:32
  enough,
• 25:32
  is
• 25:32
  it?
• 25:33
  It's
• 25:33
  almost
• 25:33
  sociopathic.
• 25:34
  I
• 25:35
  think
• 25:35
  it's
• 25:35
  actually
• 25:36
  Mary
• 25:36
  Trump
• 25:37
  and
• 25:37
  I
• 25:37
  had
• 25:37
  an
• 25:37
  interesting
• 25:38
  conversation
• 25:38
  about
• 25:38
  this
• 25:38
  last
• 25:39
  week.
• 25:39
  She's
• 25:40
  a
• 25:40
  licensed
• 25:40
  clinical
• 25:41
  psychologist
• 25:41
  and
• 25:42
  I'm
• 25:42
  just
• 25:43
  an
• 25:43
  old
• 25:43
  psychotherapist,
• 25:45
  which
• 25:45
  is
• 25:45
  the
• 25:45
  bottom
• 25:45
  of
• 25:46
  the
• 25:46
  food
• 25:46
  chain.
• 25:46
  But
• 25:47
  I
• 25:47
  made
• 25:48
  the
• 25:48
  comment
• 25:48
  that
• 25:49
  I
• 25:49
  was
• 25:49
  of
• 25:49
  the
• 25:49
  opinion
• 25:50
  that
• 25:50
  hoarding
• 25:51
  syndrome,
• 25:51
  which
• 25:51
  is
• 25:52
  actually
• 25:52
  in
• 25:52
  the
• 25:52
  dsm,
• 25:53
  the
• 25:53
  Diagnostic
• 25:55
  Statistical
• 25:55
  Manual
• 25:56
  of
• 25:56
  the
• 25:56
  American
• 25:57
  Psychiatric
• 25:57
  association,
• 25:58
  is
• 25:59
  probably
• 25:59
  a
• 26:00
  subset
• 26:00
  of
• 26:01
  Obsessive
• 26:02
  Compulsive
• 26:02
  Disorder.
• 26:03
  She's
• 26:03
  of
• 26:03
  the
• 26:04
  opinion
• 26:04
  that
• 26:04
  it's
• 26:04
  a
• 26:04
  subset
• 26:05
  of
• 26:05
  one
• 26:05
  of
• 26:05
  the
• 26:05
  addiction
• 26:06
  disorders.
• 26:07
  I
• 26:07
  think
• 26:07
  both
• 26:07
  are
• 26:07
  mediated
• 26:08
  by
• 26:08
  dopamine,
• 26:09
  ocd.
• 26:10
  You
• 26:11
  get
• 26:11
  the
• 26:11
  rush
• 26:11
  when
• 26:11
  you
• 26:12
  do
• 26:12
  the
• 26:13
  repetitive
• 26:13
  behavior,
• 26:14
  addiction
• 26:15
  routine.
• 26:15
  You
• 26:15
  get
• 26:15
  the
• 26:16
  rush
• 26:16
  when
• 26:16
  you
• 26:16
  do
• 26:16
  the
• 26:16
  addictive
• 26:17
  substance.
• 26:17
  I
• 26:17
  think
• 26:17
  it's
• 26:18
  all
• 26:18
  the
• 26:18
  same
• 26:18
  thing.
• 26:18
  But
• 26:19
  anyhow,
• 26:19
  we
• 26:19
  had
• 26:19
  an
• 26:19
  interesting
• 26:20
  conversation
• 26:20
  about
• 26:20
  that.
• 26:20
  But
• 26:20
  I
• 26:21
  think
• 26:21
  that,
• 26:21
  that
• 26:21
  most
• 26:22
  of
• 26:22
  these
• 26:22
  billionaires,
• 26:24
  had
• 26:24
  they
• 26:24
  not
• 26:24
  been
• 26:25
  born
• 26:25
  wealthy.
• 26:26
  I
• 26:27
  mean,
• 26:27
  I
• 26:27
  had
• 26:27
  Bill
• 26:27
  Gates's
• 26:28
  dad
• 26:28
  on
• 26:28
  my
• 26:28
  show
• 26:29
  back
• 26:29
  10
• 26:29
  years
• 26:29
  ago
• 26:29
  when
• 26:30
  he
• 26:30
  was
• 26:30
  still
• 26:30
  alive.
• 26:30
  And
• 26:31
  he
• 26:31
  made
• 26:31
  the
• 26:31
  point
• 26:31
  that
• 26:32
  his
• 26:32
  son,
• 26:33
  that
• 26:33
  he
• 26:33
  made
• 26:33
  a
• 26:34
  lot
• 26:34
  of
• 26:34
  money
• 26:34
  and
• 26:34
  is,
• 26:34
  you
• 26:35
  know,
• 26:35
  not,
• 26:35
  I
• 26:35
  mean,
• 26:35
  hundreds
• 26:36
  of
• 26:36
  thousands
• 26:36
  of
• 26:36
  dollars
• 26:36
  a
• 26:37
  year,
• 26:37
  he's
• 26:37
  a
• 26:37
  well
• 26:37
  paid
• 26:37
  lawyer,
• 26:38
  that
• 26:39
  his
• 26:39
  son
• 26:39
  had
• 26:39
  all
• 26:40
  these
• 26:40
  opportunities
• 26:40
  that
• 26:41
  average
• 26:41
  people
• 26:41
  don't
• 26:41
  have
• 26:42
  and
• 26:42
  therefore
• 26:42
  he
• 26:42
  could
• 26:43
  start
• 26:43
  Microsoft.
• 26:44
  That,
• 26:44
  you
• 26:44
  know,
• 26:44
  either
• 26:45
  they
• 26:45
  had,
• 26:46
  they
• 26:46
  came
• 26:46
  from
• 26:46
  a
• 26:46
  family
• 26:46
  that
• 26:48
  provide
• 26:48
  a
• 26:48
  launching
• 26:48
  pad.
• 26:49
  Or
• 26:49
  like
• 26:49
  David
• 26:49
  Ellison,
• 26:50
  they
• 26:50
  had
• 26:51
  a
• 26:51
  daddy
• 26:51
  who
• 26:52
  was
• 26:52
  actually
• 26:52
  a
• 26:52
  billionaire.
• 26:53
  That
• 26:53
  if
• 26:54
  these
• 26:54
  people
• 26:54
  were
• 26:54
  not
• 26:54
  born
• 26:55
  rich
• 26:55
  or
• 26:55
  born
• 26:55
  with
• 26:56
  opportunity
• 26:56
  and
• 26:57
  white
• 26:57
  privilege,
• 26:58
  they
• 26:58
  would
• 26:58
  be
• 26:58
  living
• 26:59
  in
• 26:59
  an
• 26:59
  apartment
• 26:59
  in
• 27:00
  SoHo,
• 27:00
  that's
• 27:00
  Florida
• 27:01
  ceiling
• 27:01
  newspapers
• 27:02
  and
• 27:02
  old
• 27:02
  tin
• 27:03
  cans
• 27:03
  and
• 27:04
  35
• 27:04
  cats.
• 27:05
  You
• 27:05
  know,
• 27:06
  it's
• 27:06
  hoarding
• 27:06
  syndrome.
• 27:07
  Only
• 27:07
  what
• 27:08
  they're
• 27:08
  hoarding
• 27:08
  is
• 27:08
  money
• 27:09
  instead
• 27:09
  of,
• 27:10
  yeah,
• 27:10
  it
• 27:10
  sounds
• 27:11
  like
• 27:11
  Sewage
• 27:11
  McDuck
• 27:12
  diving
• 27:12
  into
• 27:13
  his
• 27:14
  swimming
• 27:14
  pool
• 27:14
  filled
• 27:14
  with
• 27:15
  gold
• 27:15
  coin.
• 27:15
  Now
• 27:16
  they're
• 27:16
  hoarding
• 27:16
  public
• 27:17
  opinion.
• 27:17
  What
• 27:18
  do
• 27:18
  you
• 27:18
  think
• 27:18
  the
• 27:18
  Ellison
• 27:19
  buyup
• 27:19
  of
• 27:20
  all
• 27:20
  the
• 27:20
  media
• 27:20
  really
• 27:21
  represents
• 27:21
  in
• 27:22
  terms
• 27:22
  of
• 27:22
  a
• 27:22
  threat
• 27:23
  to
• 27:23
  national
• 27:23
  discourse
• 27:24
  and
• 27:24
  opinion?
• 27:25
  Do
• 27:25
  you
• 27:25
  think
• 27:25
  they'll
• 27:26
  trash
• 27:26
  these
• 27:26
  networks
• 27:27
  like
• 27:27
  taking
• 27:28
  Colbert
• 27:28
  off
• 27:29
  to
• 27:29
  control
• 27:29
  a
• 27:30
  narrative?
• 27:30
  What's
• 27:30
  happening?
• 27:31
  Larry
• 27:32
  Ellison's
• 27:32
  fortune
• 27:33
  is
• 27:33
  made
• 27:33
  with
• 27:33
  Oracle.
• 27:34
  Oracle
• 27:34
  has
• 27:34
  all
• 27:34
  these
• 27:35
  big
• 27:35
  government
• 27:35
  contracts
• 27:36
  without
• 27:37
  Donald
• 27:37
  Trump's
• 27:37
  blessing.
• 27:38
  Larry
• 27:39
  and
• 27:39
  David
• 27:39
  Ellison
• 27:40
  are
• 27:40
  no
• 27:40
  longer
• 27:40
  as
• 27:41
  rich
• 27:41
  as
• 27:41
  they
• 27:41
  are,
• 27:41
  and
• 27:42
  they
• 27:42
  don't
• 27:42
  have
• 27:42
  the
• 27:42
  political
• 27:42
  power
• 27:43
  that
• 27:43
  they.
• 27:43
  They
• 27:43
  have.
• 27:44
  You
• 27:44
  know,
• 27:44
  whether
• 27:45
  they.
• 27:45
  It
• 27:45
  appears
• 27:46
  that
• 27:46
  Larry
• 27:46
  Ellison
• 27:47
  really
• 27:47
  does
• 27:48
  buy
• 27:48
  into
• 27:48
  all
• 27:48
  this
• 27:48
  MAGA
• 27:49
  stuff.
• 27:49
  I
• 27:49
  don't
• 27:49
  know
• 27:50
  about
• 27:50
  his
• 27:50
  son.
• 27:50
  I
• 27:51
  mean,
• 27:51
  I
• 27:51
  don't
• 27:51
  know
• 27:51
  either
• 27:52
  one
• 27:52
  of
• 27:52
  these
• 27:52
  guys
• 27:52
  personally,
• 27:53
  so
• 27:53
  no
• 27:54
  idea.
• 27:55
  It's
• 27:55
  a.
• 27:55
  It's
• 27:55
  just
• 27:55
  a
• 27:56
  real
• 27:56
  challenge
• 27:56
  to
• 27:56
  our
• 27:56
  democracy
• 27:57
  right
• 27:57
  now.
• 27:57
  You
• 27:57
  know,
• 27:58
  because
• 27:58
  of
• 27:58
  the
• 27:58
  Citizens
• 27:59
  United
• 27:59
  ruling,
• 28:00
  these
• 28:00
  guys
• 28:00
  have
• 28:00
  been
• 28:00
  able
• 28:01
  to
• 28:01
  not
• 28:01
  only
• 28:01
  accumulate
• 28:02
  massive
• 28:03
  wealth.
• 28:03
  A
• 28:04
  lot
• 28:04
  of
• 28:04
  that
• 28:04
  goes
• 28:04
  back
• 28:04
  to
• 28:04
  Reagan
• 28:05
  in
• 28:05
  83,
• 28:05
  suspending
• 28:06
  enforcement
• 28:06
  of
• 28:07
  the
• 28:07
  antitrust
• 28:07
  laws
• 28:08
  and
• 28:08
  cutting
• 28:08
  everybody's
• 28:09
  tax,
• 28:10
  but
• 28:10
  also
• 28:11
  to
• 28:12
  the
• 28:12
  Telecommunications
• 28:13
  act
• 28:13
  of
• 28:13
  96,
• 28:14
  the
• 28:14
  Clinton
• 28:14
  side.
• 28:14
  I
• 28:15
  mean,
• 28:15
  just
• 28:15
  a
• 28:15
  lot
• 28:15
  of
• 28:15
  real
• 28:16
  damage
• 28:16
  being
• 28:16
  done
• 28:16
  to
• 28:17
  America.
• 28:17
  Right.
• 28:18
  And
• 28:18
  the
• 28:18
  last
• 28:19
  part
• 28:19
  of
• 28:19
  your
• 28:19
  book,
• 28:19
  you
• 28:19
  do
• 28:20
  dedicate
• 28:20
  to
• 28:21
  very
• 28:21
  specific
• 28:22
  actions
• 28:23
  that
• 28:23
  we
• 28:23
  need
• 28:24
  to
• 28:24
  take
• 28:24
  on
• 28:25
  a
• 28:25
  community
• 28:26
  level
• 28:26
  and
• 28:26
  on
• 28:27
  a
• 28:27
  personal
• 28:27
  level,
• 28:28
  there
• 28:28
  are
• 28:28
  a
• 28:28
  lot
• 28:28
  of
• 28:28
  things
• 28:29
  that
• 28:29
  we
• 28:29
  can
• 28:29
  do.
• 28:29
  I
• 28:29
  mean,
• 28:29
  you
• 28:30
  know,
• 28:30
  at
• 28:30
  the
• 28:30
  base
• 28:31
  level,
• 28:31
  just
• 28:31
  getting
• 28:32
  politically
• 28:32
  active,
• 28:33
  reaching
• 28:33
  out
• 28:33
  to
• 28:34
  your
• 28:34
  politicians,
• 28:34
  showing
• 28:35
  up
• 28:35
  for
• 28:35
  meetings,
• 28:36
  getting
• 28:36
  inside
• 28:36
  and
• 28:37
  infiltrating
• 28:37
  and
• 28:38
  changing
• 28:39
  the
• 28:39
  Democratic
• 28:39
  Party,
• 28:40
  you
• 28:40
  know,
• 28:41
  speaking
• 28:41
  out
• 28:41
  in
• 28:42
  social
• 28:42
  media,
• 28:43
  getting.
• 28:44
  There's
• 28:44
  just
• 28:44
  there.
• 28:45
  There
• 28:45
  are
• 28:45
  so
• 28:45
  many
• 28:46
  people
• 28:46
  are
• 28:46
  like,
• 28:46
  what
• 28:47
  can
• 28:47
  I
• 28:47
  do?
• 28:47
  I
• 28:47
  don't
• 28:47
  have
• 28:47
  any
• 28:47
  power.
• 28:48
  I
• 28:48
  don't.
• 28:48
  Yes,
• 28:48
  you
• 28:49
  do.
• 28:49
  And,
• 28:50
  you
• 28:50
  know,
• 28:51
  we've
• 28:51
  got.
• 28:51
  March
• 28:52
  28th.
• 28:52
  We've
• 28:52
  got
• 28:52
  this
• 28:53
  big
• 28:53
  no
• 28:53
  Kings
• 28:54
  3
• 28:54
  coming
• 28:54
  up.
• 28:55
  But
• 28:56
  most
• 28:56
  important,
• 28:56
  go
• 28:57
  to
• 28:57
  vote.org
• 28:57
  and
• 28:58
  make
• 28:58
  sure
• 28:58
  that
• 28:58
  your
• 28:58
  voter
• 28:58
  registration
• 28:59
  hasn't
• 28:59
  been
• 29:00
  destroyed,
• 29:00
  particularly
• 29:01
  if
• 29:01
  you
• 29:01
  live
• 29:01
  in
• 29:01
  a
• 29:01
  red
• 29:02
  state.
• 29:02
  I
• 29:02
  mean,
• 29:02
  this
• 29:03
  is.
• 29:03
  This
• 29:03
  is
• 29:03
  happening
• 29:04
  as
• 29:04
  we
• 29:04
  speak
• 29:05
  right
• 29:05
  now
• 29:05
  in
• 29:05
  red
• 29:05
  state.
• 29:06
  We
• 29:06
  are
• 29:06
  purging
• 29:07
  voters
• 29:08
  from
• 29:08
  blue
• 29:08
  cities.
• 29:09
  And
• 29:10
  I
• 29:10
  mean,
• 29:11
  North.
• 29:11
  North
• 29:11
  Carolina
• 29:12
  just
• 29:12
  tried
• 29:12
  to
• 29:12
  purge
• 29:12
  a
• 29:12
  quarter
• 29:13
  million
• 29:13
  voters
• 29:14
  from
• 29:14
  blue
• 29:14
  cities.
• 29:14
  In
• 29:14
  North
• 29:15
  Carolina,
• 29:15
  they
• 29:16
  were
• 29:16
  stopped
• 29:16
  by
• 29:16
  a
• 29:16
  lawsuit
• 29:17
  temporarily.
• 29:18
  I
• 29:19
  mean,
• 29:19
  you
• 29:19
  know,
• 29:19
  in
• 29:19
  Georgia,
• 29:20
  they've.
• 29:20
  They've
• 29:20
  purged
• 29:21
  several
• 29:21
  million.
• 29:22
  Stacey
• 29:22
  Abrams
• 29:23
  lost
• 29:23
  a
• 29:24
  lost
• 29:24
  election
• 29:24
  by
• 29:24
  50,000
• 29:25
  votes
• 29:26
  after
• 29:26
  the
• 29:27
  guy
• 29:27
  that
• 29:27
  she
• 29:27
  ran
• 29:28
  against,
• 29:28
  you
• 29:28
  know,
• 29:28
  Brian
• 29:29
  Kemp,
• 29:29
  the
• 29:29
  current
• 29:29
  governor,
• 29:30
  who
• 29:30
  was
• 29:30
  then
• 29:31
  Secretary
• 29:31
  of
• 29:31
  state,
• 29:32
  had
• 29:32
  purged
• 29:33
  100,000.
• 29:35
  How
• 29:35
  do
• 29:35
  people
• 29:35
  get
• 29:35
  involved
• 29:36
  to
• 29:36
  monitor
• 29:37
  that?
• 29:37
  Greg
• 29:38
  Palast
• 29:38
  is
• 29:38
  all
• 29:38
  over
• 29:39
  it.
• 29:39
  And
• 29:39
  Stacey
• 29:40
  Abrams.
• 29:40
  I
• 29:40
  mean,
• 29:41
  Stacey
• 29:41
  Abrams.
• 29:42
  Well,
• 29:42
  listen
• 29:42
  to
• 29:42
  your
• 29:43
  show,
• 29:43
  too,
• 29:43
  Thom.
• 29:43
  Yeah,
• 29:44
  yeah.
• 29:44
  Nothing
• 29:44
  wrong
• 29:45
  with
• 29:45
  that,
• 29:45
  guys.
• 29:46
  That's
• 29:46
  right.
• 29:46
  Lastly,
• 29:47
  Citizens
• 29:48
  United
• 29:48
  seems
• 29:49
  to
• 29:49
  be
• 29:49
  a
• 29:49
  linchpin
• 29:50
  in
• 29:50
  all
• 29:50
  of
• 29:50
  this.
• 29:51
  What
• 29:51
  is
• 29:51
  the
• 29:51
  quickest,
• 29:52
  if
• 29:52
  there
• 29:52
  is
• 29:52
  a
• 29:53
  way
• 29:53
  to
• 29:53
  defeat
• 29:54
  or
• 29:54
  overturn,
• 29:55
  large
• 29:56
  pieces
• 29:56
  of
• 29:56
  Citizens
• 29:57
  United
• 29:57
  can
• 29:57
  be
• 29:58
  reversed.
• 29:58
  And
• 29:58
  that
• 29:58
  was
• 29:59
  the
• 29:59
  essence
• 29:59
  of
• 29:59
  the
• 29:59
  for
• 30:00
  the
• 30:00
  People
• 30:00
  Act.
• 30:00
  HRY
• 30:01
  that
• 30:01
  Nancy
• 30:02
  Pelosi
• 30:02
  tried
• 30:02
  to
• 30:03
  get
• 30:03
  through
• 30:03
  that
• 30:03
  got
• 30:04
  stabbed
• 30:04
  in
• 30:04
  the
• 30:04
  back
• 30:05
  by
• 30:05
  Joe
• 30:06
  Manchin
• 30:06
  and
• 30:06
  Kirsten
• 30:07
  Sinema.
• 30:07
  Oh,
• 30:08
  yeah.
• 30:08
  Large
• 30:08
  parts
• 30:09
  of
• 30:09
  it,
• 30:09
  particularly
• 30:09
  the
• 30:10
  corporate
• 30:10
  involvement
• 30:11
  in
• 30:11
  finance,
• 30:12
  in
• 30:12
  politics,
• 30:13
  can
• 30:13
  be
• 30:13
  undone
• 30:13
  by
• 30:14
  legislation.
• 30:15
  The
• 30:15
  core
• 30:15
  principles
• 30:16
  of
• 30:16
  it
• 30:17
  that
• 30:17
  corporations
• 30:18
  are
• 30:18
  persons
• 30:18
  and
• 30:18
  money
• 30:19
  is
• 30:19
  speech.
• 30:20
  Those
• 30:20
  are
• 30:20
  going
• 30:20
  to
• 30:20
  require,
• 30:21
  in
• 30:21
  all
• 30:21
  probability,
• 30:22
  a
• 30:22
  constitutional
• 30:22
  amendment.
• 30:23
  I
• 30:23
  don't
• 30:23
  see
• 30:23
  how
• 30:24
  that
• 30:24
  could
• 30:24
  be
• 30:24
  done
• 30:24
  in
• 30:24
  any
• 30:25
  other
• 30:25
  way
• 30:25
  now
• 30:25
  that
• 30:25
  the
• 30:26
  Supreme
• 30:26
  Court
• 30:26
  has
• 30:26
  decided
• 30:26
  the
• 30:27
  way
• 30:27
  they
• 30:27
  have,
• 30:27
  or
• 30:27
  by
• 30:28
  changing
• 30:28
  the
• 30:28
  composition
• 30:29
  of
• 30:29
  the
• 30:29
  court
• 30:29
  and
• 30:29
  having
• 30:29
  the
• 30:29
  court
• 30:29
  reverse
• 30:30
  itself.
• 30:30
  Those
• 30:30
  are
• 30:31
  basically
• 30:31
  the
• 30:31
  two
• 30:31
  options.
• 30:32
  So,
• 30:33
  you
• 30:33
  know,
• 30:33
  and
• 30:33
  we
• 30:33
  need
• 30:33
  to
• 30:34
  work
• 30:34
  toward
• 30:34
  all
• 30:34
  of
• 30:34
  those
• 30:34
  things.
• 30:35
  Are
• 30:35
  you
• 30:35
  hopeful,
• 30:36
  Thom?
• 30:37
  I
• 30:37
  am.
• 30:37
  I
• 30:37
  actually
• 30:38
  am
• 30:38
  very
• 30:38
  hopeful,
• 30:38
  yeah.
• 30:39
  Well,
• 30:39
  you're
• 30:39
  not
• 30:39
  only
• 30:40
  hopeful,
• 30:40
  you've
• 30:40
  been
• 30:40
  very
• 30:41
  helpful
• 30:41
  and
• 30:42
  you
• 30:42
  made
• 30:42
  us
• 30:43
  all
• 30:43
  feel
• 30:43
  a
• 30:43
  lot
• 30:43
  better.
• 30:44
  Read
• 30:44
  the
• 30:45
  book.
• 30:45
  Ladies
• 30:45
  and
• 30:45
  gentlemen,
• 30:46
  we
• 30:46
  love
• 30:46
  you,
• 30:46
  Thom.
• 30:47
  Thank
• 30:47
  you
• 30:48
  for
• 30:48
  giving
• 30:48
  some
• 30:48
  time.
• 30:49
  Thank
• 30:50
  you.
• 30:51
  Have
• 30:51
  a
• 30:51
  good
• 30:51
  one,
• 30:51
  guys.
• 30:52
  You,
• 30:52
  too.
• 30:52
  You
• 30:52
  too.
• 30:53
  Thanks
• 30:53
  for
• 30:53
  inviting
• 30:53
  me
• 30:53
  on
• 30:54
  the
• 30:54
  program.
• 30:54
  Thanks.
• 30:54
  Anytime.
• 30:55
  Anytime.
• 30:56
  Bye.
• 30:56
  Bye.
• 30:56
  Bye.
• 30:57
  Bye.
• 30:57
  Thanks
• 30:57
  to
• 30:57
  Thom
• 30:58
  Hartmann
• 30:58
  for
• 30:58
  coming
• 30:58
  on
• 30:59
  the
• 30:59
  show
• 30:59
  and
• 30:59
  setting
• 31:00
  us
• 31:00
  straight
• 31:00
  on
• 31:00
  what's
• 31:01
  going
• 31:01
  on.
• 31:01
  Keep
• 31:02
  hope
• 31:02
  alive.
• 31:02
  We
• 31:03
  will
• 31:03
  get
• 31:03
  through
• 31:03
  this.
• 31:04
  Stay
• 31:04
  safe.