Co-host (6:19)

It's breathtaking. And you see that, that these leaders of these corporations, the idea here is to consolidate power amongst a very few wealthy individuals. And you know, that's, that puts you on track for authoritarianism in this sort of government led regime of President Trump. It's very dangerous, it's very dangerous for middle class America. And what's ironic about this is that the base of President Trump is middle America, rural America. And none of these people are going to profit from this. And when this does hit, when this decline in the economy hits, Trump's not going to have any sort of COVID left. That's the only thing that he has right now is his claim that he's a businessman and some cover. But when that hits, it's ball game over. You're going to see all these other Republicans running for the woods to get away from him, and it's just a matter of time.

Host (7:17)

And this artificial intelligence, you guys, you need to understand this. All of these people started backing Trump because they want unregulated artificial intelligence. There are stories all over the place of people having psychosis from having too much interaction with artificial intelligence. Teenagers that are lonely and isolated having a relationship with artificial intelligence and then committing suicide with the assist and advice of artificial intelligence. There are chatbots and teddy bears for toddler are. They're starting to have inappropriate conversations with a teddy bear chatbot. This is what government is for. Government is to keep us safe and regulate us from capitalism's worst impulses. And all of this business about the immigrants taking your jobs, you guys, that was the biggest lie ever. These seven tech giants, the AI is what's going to take all your jobs. They want to have a ruling oligarchy class and they want AI, all of their robots to take everybody's job. And the psychological effects from us becoming disconnected. And just think about how different our lives are after social media and the Internet. We're not as connected. This is even worse. These people are not industry titans that should have this much power. This is terrifying. Absolutely terrifying for our future. And then to also prove that MAGA and Trump doesn't give a about working class people and they roll out RFK Jr. Maha Make America healthy again. All these guys do is use talking points to scapegoat minorities, scapegoat gay people, scapegoat black people and make you think they're the ones that are causing all the problems and they're the ones taking all the jobs. The Republican party has done this for decades. Wealth has never trickled down because all they do is enrich corpor and they do it rather brazenly. And so I want to point out here that Maha pop this up Kylie. The EPA has approved two new pesticides with forever chemicals that will be used on food. The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals. And Melanie Dagio responds to this reporting saying when Republicans say deregulation they mean things like adding poisons to your food because it's more profitable for the companies giving them co campaign donations. And this is something you hear a lot in fiscal conservative circles. We have to get away from these regulations. They prevent us from making money, they prevent us from doing business. They're not regulations, they're safety measures. These regulations keep the public safe. You do not want corporations putting forever chemicals that cause cancer clusters in your food.

Co-host (10:25)

And we made the same point earlier about AI and some sort of government regulation of AI. It's the same thing like can you buy your way out of any sort of regulation? That's what we're talking about here, where it all stems from money and profitability for this administration. If you have enough money, you can buy your way out of being regulated. You can get a pardon. You can do anything you want if you have a lot of money. And the people, the American people at some point are going to see this and call it for what it is.

Host (10:55)

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Guest 1 (14:12)

Love to see a change in government. My wife's from Nicaragua. We know how terribly the dictators there rely on Venezuelan oil. But at the same time, a lot of Americans, Americans don't want actual US Participation in regime change in Venezuela. They would much prefer the Venezuelans to do it on their own. Do you think the pressure that Maduro has received will force him to leave on his own?

Guest 2 (14:41)

Oh, I think Maduro is not Fidel Castro. Maduro is not a brave boy. So now that he has understood that he is on that very nefarious list of the terrorist organization, that the airspace above the Venezuela has been closed off and the commercial airlines from the United States are not flying, he's understanding that we're about to go in. He understands that he is, he has been our enemy for the last 25 years. Venezuela, for those Americans who do not understand why we need to go in for three, basically for three reasons. You're in Fox Business. Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a fan field day because it will be more than a trillion dollars in economic activity. American companies can go in and fix all the oil pipe and the whole oil rigs and everything that has to.

Host (15:31)

Okay, she just said it. This is going to be a field day for American oil companies. And let me tell you, as two people that live in a red state where you have a government Governor Kevin Stitt, who constantly gives tax breaks to these oil companies, Harold Ham was one of the richest Americans in the country. He's giving given a ton of money to Donald Trump. He's donating to his ballroom. These are not people. They're going to let their wealth trickle down. This is another big handoff from Trump to billionaires and he makes sure he's giving it to everybody. Big oil, big pharma, big chemical, big church, big everything. He is benefiting every single one of his billionaire friends. And guess what? He doesn't give a if American soldiers go over there and die. As long as American oil companies can have a field day and make a ton of money and then they're going to use patriotism and they're going to call everybody in Venezuela terrorists to get middle America on board with this. Meanwhile, all of the fracking and all of the things that these people do are poisoning the water wells in the United States of America. It's just utterly embarrassing. But at least this time, unlike George W. Bush, they're just admitting it.

Co-host (17:00)

Yeah, it's financial, it's for money. She said a trillion dollars. It's going to be a field day. We're not even getting to the fact that this is an illegal war and that civilians are just being murdered by the government. So we haven't even gotten to that aspect of it yet. But it's, it's again, another, it's a deflection by this administration. Like you said to take away from the other things that are going on, but ultimately, like everything else, it's financial. If we go in and take over Venezuela, it's for money. It's for oil. And she said it. She admitted it.

Host (17:34)

All right, that's all we have. Josh, thanks for subbing for Pumps while she's on vacation with her children. Please subscribe. Buy our book. It's a great way to support our show. Life is a Lazy Susan of Shit Sandwiches is linked right below in the show notes. And we'll be back later with more news.

Sam (17:53)

Sam.