Hiatus Announcement 3/5/24 - 6/5/24
I’ll be suspending videos starting today for the next few months. I’m grateful for everyone who has spent the time to listen to me and expect to resume production after this hiatus.
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Reddit Rant - Alabama IVF Ruling
Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that every fertilized embryo is a human life, regardless of whether it was made in a Petri dish or the old-fashioned way. Probably an untenable over-reach but well within their rights to decide after the overturn of Roe.
Those on the left are using this to say birth control is next. Those on the right are celebrating further protections of the unborn. I think it’s healthy for our country to hash out this debate in the public policy sphere after the artificial suspension of the debate due to Roe.
Not sure where we’ll land as a country once all the dust settles. TBD I guess.
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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4483403-hillary-clinton-warns-birth-control-is-next-after-alabama-ivf-ruling/
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Reddit Rant - Mika & Joe, Totally Smart And Ethical
We take a moment to watch Mika and Joe from “Morning Joe” on MSNBC. They discuss a few sentences from Donald Trump’s downhill, then bring in Chris Matthews to yell at the clouds for a few minutes.
It’s bizarre to take a peek through the looking glass to see the world through MSNBC eyes.
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https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/trump-admits-he-ruined-border-deal-to-hurt-democrats-204614213852
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Reddit Rant - Business Insider Takes A Victory Lap
Business Insider takes a minute to proclaim the years long ‘legal saga’ of NY AG Letitia James v Donald Trump finally over, with the side of righteousness triumphant. Seems a touch premature to declare victory at this point, when the ruling is sure to be appealed. Unless your motivation is to use the legal system to score political points and interfere with Donald Trump’s efforts towards re-election.
Also, AOC is rocking some serious ‘ex-girlfirend crazy eyes’ today.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-questioning-led-to-trump-fraud-verdict-2024-2?r=US&IR=T&utm_source=reddit.com
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Reddit Rant - E Jean Carroll Defamation Drama Continues
Donald Trump had the audacity to criticize the recent court findings against him regarding E Jean Carroll and defamation at a rally in Michigan. Now Carroll’s attorney’s are considering filing a third defamation claim against him.
How on earth has the standard become: “I can accuse you of rape without evidence. If you defend yourself, pay me millions. If you continue to defend yourself, pay me more. Shut up and take it.”
Lawfare in it’s most despicable form.
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https://www.newsweek.com/e-jean-carroll-donald-trump-sue-third-1871400
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Reddit Rant - Speaker Johnson May Hold Senate Foreign Aid Bill
Republican caucus is a mess. Democrats are enjoying the show. It’s no surprise that Republicans get little done with no unifying strategic vision.
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https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-propose-discharge-petition-get-past-mike-johnson-1869521
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Reddit Rant - Esquire Hates The Bad Orange Man
Esquire opinion piece today calling ambivalent NYT coverage of Trump “the worst thing since Stalin murdered tens of millions of Ukrainians”. So, yeah, no bias there.
Also, the piece discusses immigration and calls Trump’s plans to deport illegal aliens an exercise in ‘unbridled sadism’.
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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a46752581/trump-immigration-biden-age/
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Reddit Rant - New Republic Advocates The Abandonment of Journalistic Integrity
‘Right-wing’ media is so deeply in the thrall of Donald Trump, and their surging influence is such a clear and present danger to ‘our democracy’ that the editor for the The New Republic makes the case for the socially responsible leftist media to abandon their principles and re-elect Joe Biden at all costs.
To my mind, this sort of discourse is the rhetorical equivalent of tripe: rubbish of marginal nutritional value, useful only to feed a dog. Yet I think it important to analyze these sorts of pieces because a large chunk of the electorate reads this sort of article and agrees with it uncritically.
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https://newrepublic.com/article/178933/mental-acuity-biden-trump-media
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Reddit Rant - TDS Trump Joke, Fawning Biden Coverage
Pretty typical news cycle for today. Rolling Stone takes a Trump joke out of context for some cheap political points. The New Republic publishes a Lincoln Project opinion piece that manages to fawn over President Biden’s ‘accomplishments’ rather aggressively, while paying only passing attention to those stubborn things called facts.
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https://newrepublic.com/article/178435/biden-great-president-say-it-democrats
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-says-jan-6-insurrection-1234964730/
https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/national-deficit/#us-deficit-by-year
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Reddit Rant - Gaslighting Over Border Bill Continues
The usual suspects among the credentialed establishment are merrily hammering away at their chose talking point. That Republicans negotiated in bad faith and when Democrats gave them everything they wanted, Republicans bowed to the tyrannical edicts of their master Donald Trump and abandoned support for the border bill.
If you believe this kind of nonsense then you deserve the misery that’s headed our way. There are a handful of rational razors that can be used to good effect to cut through the blowharding blather, but perhaps none more useful than this. “Cui Bono” (who benefits)…In other words, follow the money. If you follow the money you’ll find the source of most men’s motivation.
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/border-deal-republicans-ukraine_n_65c241abe4b069b665dce357
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Reddit Rant - It’s Not A Reversal To Refuse The Crap Sandwich
HuffPost tries to frame the broad-based Republican opposition to the newly unveiled “border bill” as a reversal. They quote a Democrat Senator stating that the GOP asked for a policy, got what they asked for, and now want to kill it.
Gaslighting is probably a touch overused these days, but this is a pretty solid example of the phenomenon. The Democrats refuse to acknowledge that the GOP may have principled opposition to the policy details proposed, instead claiming that the irrational GOP just can’t accept the good things they’re being offered.
Also, when it comes to the issue of linking foreign aid to domestic policy, I agree it’s a bad idea. It does look like Senate Republicans suggested this bad idea, so they need to own a piece of it. Even if we just consider the difficulty of linking foreign aid to multiple countries together we see issues pop up right away.
I don’t see any way that we can both support Israel and the Palestinians at the same time. If you have your eyes open, you can see that “humanitarian aid” sent to Palestinians ends up in the hands of Hamas. Hamas has declared war on Israel, Israel has declared war on Hamas. So either you’re so gullible you think we can send money to the poor “women and children” Palestinians without benefiting Hamas, or you are willing to fund both sides of a war. Go ahead and make the moral case for that, I’ll wait.
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/border-deal-republicans-ukraine_n_65c18950e4b093b2e780ac30
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Reddit Rant - New Border Proposal…Total Crap
Smarmy professional liars negotiated spending 118 Billion dollars on their pet projects in secret, then ask you to pass it with a wink and a nod. Business as usual for the administrative state. It’s a vile way to do the business of the people, but until someone attacks the root of the issue (the uniparty that controls the permanent unaccountable bureaucracy) then the status quo won’t change. Perhaps it’s a cynical take, but only a rube or a zealot could take this bill as a serious measure to improve border security.
Oh, also some more pre-trial skirmishing for Trump’s documents mishandling case.
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https://www.npr.org/2024/02/04/1226427234/senate-border-deal-reached
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jack-smith-mar-lago-white-house-classified-documents-department-energy-1866788
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Reddit Rant - Unconstitutional Gun Safety, No Surprise.
Maryland wants to make it harder for poor people to protect themselves from criminals! See I can do equity too. :)
In the liberal merry-go-round of bad policy ideas, gun “safety” is near the top of the list. This law is poorly thought out, blatantly unconstitutional, nearly unenforceable and would reverse engineer the liability insurance industry into a sort of social-credit / Big Brother system that could remove your constitutional right to self defense.
A whole lot of silliness packed into one article. Enjoy!
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https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/maryland-bill-would-force-gun-owners-to-get-300k-liability-insurance-to-wear-or-carry-md-terri-hill-annapolis-second-amendment-firearm-rights-regulations-2a-nra-conceal-clyde-boatwright-police-officers
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Reddit Rant - Disney v DeSantis, Who Will Have The Last Laugh?
Disney had one of their cases thrown out in federal court today. They sued DeSantis and other Florida reps in hopes of staving off disaster after losing their sweetheart deal for Disneyworld. Now, Disney has the right to appeal and also has other cases pending before state courts, so this won’t be the last we hear of this.
My bet is that when all the dust settles, Disney will rue the day they picked a fight with Gov. DeSantis.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/31/judge-dismisses-disney-lawsuit-against-florida-gov-ron-desantis-alleging-retaliation.html?__source=sharebar%7Ctwitter&par=sharebar
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Reddit Rant - Tough Topic Day: Border Security & Rape Culture
First an article dripping with biased language and bald-faced lies. But since it’s about the border it’s sure to reinforce the Left’s narrative. Then a disturbing article about Donald Trump’s supposed contribution to ‘rape culture’ in America. I find it repulsive to use victims of sexual assault to score political points against your opponent, but that’s what is leading on Reddit today.
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-border-deal-donald-trump_n_65b80899e4b0102bd2d5c0d4
https://www.salon.com/2024/01/30/its-not-that-maga-doesnt-believe-e-jean-carroll--they-just-dont-care-that-abuses-women/
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Reddit Rant - Using The Judiciary To Destroy Your Political Enemies. Gross!
The New Republic has an opinion piece out today that chortles with glee over the apparently imminent destruction of the terrible bad orange man. Using the judiciary to destroy your political opponents is both stupid and short-sighted.
We discuss,
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https://newrepublic.com/article/178511/trump-engoron-damages-fraud-trial
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Reddit Rant - The Narrative Drumbeat Continues
We cover three articles today to keep up on the evolution of the leftist narrative agenda in the news cycle.
We also ask a serious question about opponents of the war between Israel and Hamas.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/half-biden-voters-israel-genocide-palestinians-gaza-poll-2024-1?utm_source=reddit.com
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/25/second-trump-presidency-dangers-democracy
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4429211-romney-trump-border-bill-biden/
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Reddit Rant - Donald’s Independent Problem
Politico rightly diagnoses that Donald Trump has a problem with the independents in the general election. They neglect to mention that Biden also has a problem with independents. After all, when you look at the population as a whole, the proportion that is declared Democrat/Republican vs Independent skews far towards Independent. (Gotta think of a more concise way of explaining that).
Anyway, Politico interviewed some Nikki Haley supporters and discovered they had some unkind things to say about Trump…weird how that works.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/23/trump-moderate-republicans-problem-00137112
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Comment Comment - ‘Bidenomics’ Is Trash. The Definitive Guide
My video from Friday on Donald Trump’s ‘to-do’ list received some interesting comments. One of them challenged my statement in the video that Biden’s economic policies are trash. So, rather than type out a novel, here’s a video detailing why I think ‘Bidenomics’ is hot garbage.
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Win to Donald Trump
Low interest rates.
https://www.fedprimerate.com/prime_rate_history-monthly.htm
Jan 2020 4.75
Jan 2024 8.50
- Presidents don’t control interest rates. Interest rates are usually dictated by economic factors such as federal debt levels, deficit spending, consumer confidence, unemployment rates, etc
- Super low interest rates are not an automatic good. They penalize savings and therefore push more and more capital into investment vehicles which can carry larger risk
Tie between Biden and Trump
Low unemployment
https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2021/article/unemployment-rises-in-2020-as-the-country-battles-the-covid-19-pandemic.htm
Jan 2020 4.9
https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2024/home.htm
Dec 2023 3.7
https://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm
https://www.britannica.com/story/how-is-the-us-unemployment-rate-calculated
https://unemploymentdata.com/current-u6-unemployment-rate/
Comparison of U6 unemployment (capturing part-time unemployment detail)
Trump Win - Biden consolation prize
Low inflation
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-inflation-rates/
2020 1.4
2023 3.4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaR1mPrdbTc
Kahn academy explainer
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/24/technology/inflation-measure-cpi-accuracy.html
NY times on how inflation calculation has changed
Trump Win
Low gas prices
https://www.finder.com/gas-prices
Jan 2020 $2.57
Jan 2024 $3.06
Biden Win
High stocks
Google
Jan 2020 $3,265
Jan 2024 $4,839
Trump Win
Increased employee wages
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1351276/wage-growth-vs-inflation-us/
Wage growth compared to inflation
Median household income
https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2020/demo/p60-270.html
2019 - $68,703
https://dqydj.com/average-median-top-household-income-percentiles/
2023 - $74,202
Commentary
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4149424-bidenomics-has-failed-both-as-a-policy-and-as-a-slogan/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/benkoltun/2023/06/23/why-bidenomics-vs-bidenflation-is-a-battle-for-voters-and-markets/?sh=44a7d5e463c9
https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/the-critics-of-bidenomics-are-being-proven-wrong
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Reddit Rant - Every ‘Awful’ Trump Promise, Or, A Pretty Good Start!
Rolling Stone, that bastion of impartial journalism, posted an article detailing every awful and scary promise that Trump has made if he gets a second term. Once you strip away the partisan framing they are all pretty solid ideas, although a few are debatable. And by debatable I mean that Trump has identified a definite issue, but his proposed resolution is probably not the best of the available options.
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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-second-term-plans-wildest-proposals-1234947327/
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Reddit Rant - Pandering And Flawed: J6 Opinion Piece
The Guardian published a delightful opinion piece by a leftist commentator who feels that the only role for the Supreme Court in this unprecedented constitutional crisis is to kindly rubber stamp the leftist narrative and remove Donald Trump from the ballot in all 50 states. It’s pandering, it’s gross, and it’s filled with emotionally charged language and flawed logic.
We discuss the piece in some detail.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/18/trump-supreme-court-barring-from-office-us-constitution
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Reddit Rant - Reddit Grab Bag, Mitt Romney Highlight
Chat about a few of Trump’s legal and personality issues. Also, sour grapes Romney has more to say about Trump and if he’s not careful he may end up facing a defamation lawsuit from Trump.
The circus is officially in town.
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https://themessenger.com/politics/trump-e-jean-carroll-judge-kaplan-defamation-trial
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-moves-to-slash-bank-overdraft-fees_n_65a7d88de4b00bbb446d72f6
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitt-romney-trump-supporters-reality_n_65a84785e4b041f1ce648b6f
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Reddit Rant - The Power Of Narrative Framing Devices
Donald Trump won Iowa with over 50% of the vote, MSNBC finds a way to make that bad news for Trump and the GOP. We briefly discuss the many insidious ways that framing devices affect how we understand the world around us.
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https://themessenger.com/politics/msnbcs-scarborough-calls-trump-getting-51-of-iowa-vote-bad-news-for-the-gop
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-iowa-caucus-margin-of-victory/
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Reddit Rant - The Comical, The Inane & The Irrelevant
With the Republican Primary Season finally underway today, Reddit apparently doesn’t care about that at all. We review a handful of articles that dominate r/politics today, most of them pretty silly.
Enjoy!
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https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/prince-william-county-admits-election-tally-in-2020-shorted-joe-biden/3514995/
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4409242-canadians-us-democracy-trump/
https://themessenger.com/politics/bernie-sanders-democrats-rally-around-biden-trump-most-dangerous
https://themessenger.com/politics/bernie-sanders-trump-win-is-end-of-democracy?utm_source=onsite&utm_medium=related_story
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Reddit Rant - NY Tries To Confiscate Trump’s Empire, Histrionics Ensue
It’s terrifying to consider the precedent that may be set in Trump’s New York Fraud case. To catch you up, Trump apparently inflated the values of his collateral during loan applications. The loans got paid in full, Trump’s happy, banks are happy, done deal right? Nope.
New York is trying to set the precedent that if they feel a deal was done with fraudulent terms, even when no damages are alleged or proven, then they can take away operational control of a private business. Set aside your feelings on Trump and ask yourself if that’s a legal precedent you’re comfortable with.
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https://www.salon.com/2024/01/11/control-your-client-shuts-down-trumps-courtroom-outburst/
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