C (4:26)

Be making cuts that will be permanent and we're only going to cut Democrat programs. I hate to tell you. I guess that makes sense, but we're only cutting Democrat programs. But we're going to start that and we have. Russell can talk to you about it if he wants to. But we're. We'll be cutting some very popular Democrat programs that aren't popular with Republicans, frankly, because that's the way it works. They wanted to do this.

A (4:51)

We.

C (4:51)

So we'll give them a little taste of their own medicine.

A (4:54)

Okay, let me tell you, the Democratic programs that are super popular with Republicans. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and on and on. All of these were FDR initiatives that are wildly popular in a ton. Millions, I would say, of MAGA voters and MAGA supporters have been radicalized by Fox News. They have seen Fox News and the Republican Party scapegoat minorities and other people so that they don't realize the people that are stealing from them are the people who don't need to steal from anybody at all. The wealthiest industry titans on the planet. So the fact that he thinks that Republicans have one set of needs and Democrats have a different set tells Me that he only knows himself and his rich Republican friends. They just don't like to pay taxes. That's it. And they want the system to be rigged so that they don't have to pay taxes. So yeah, the people he knows, they don't need any sort of government services. And whatever they need, they'll hire privately. So this is just, it's such an aberration from what leaders we have had in the past. Like I didn't like George W. Bush at all. I didn't think he was very smart. I thought he was a terrible leader. But there was a compassion in him that cared about, appeared that he cared about a lot of Americans. Was he a war criminal and stuff? Yes, it's another episode for another day. But this is such a divorce from, from precedent, from other leaders. It's just it. Every time I see it, I'm still just like, how did he not get held accountable for January 6th? How did we let this happen? It's so maddening. All right, I'm going to tell you something, you guys. You know, I've been flagging this for a long time. Marjorie Taylor Green, she is now, you guys. She's going woke maga. She is seeing curtains on kanks. She's seeing what we all see. The cult has a lot of fissures in it. You've got like the Candace Owens branch and the Tucker Carlson and then the Steve Bannon and there's all this infighting with right wing podcasters and the base. Marge, much to my surprise, is not a short sighted politician. She's playing the long game here. And listen to how much sense she's making as she does national news. Play the clip.

D (7:23)

I think it's good advice that a government shutdown is going to help Republicans in the midterms. I don't agree with that. I also don't think it's good advice that Republicans ignoring the health insurance crisis is going to be good for midterms. I actually think that would be very bad for midterms and I think that just not staying focused on America first policies is detrimental as well.

A (7:48)

Yeah. And on that note, are you concerned about the cost of living that the.

D (7:53)

President Trump said he would lower inflation crushed people in the past four and a half years and the costs have not come down. I myself can tell you my apartment here in Washington D.C. the electricity bill is $100 more than it was last year because you can look at your own bill and look at cost prices have not come down. That is a reality. People's wages have not gone up. That's another reality. And so Americans are continu to have a very difficult time getting by. And I'll go a step further. I'm a mom. And so when it comes to what is affecting my adult children's lives who are 22, 26 and 28, I'm going to be 1000% fighting for them over any politician in any party. And I can tell you right now, that generation, they are barely making it and they're okay.

A (8:48)

So as you can see here, even have moments of clarity. But Marge is positioning herself for higher office. I don't know if it's President, I don't know if it's Senator. I don't know if she's going to throw her hat in the governor race. But this type of economic populist message is very similar to what Zoran Mamdani is taking to New York. It is affordability, it is kitchen table issues. She's rightfully calling out the Republican Party for not tending to these needs, for doing a bait and switch with the last election. And I just think Democrats have to be really careful here. These corporate Democrats that we have that are leading the House and the Senate, they have to start talking like this because it and a lot of them are. But you, they're going to have to start pounding the airwaves because a lot of these voters are going to feel safer that have always voted Republican are going to feel safer voting for her like they did for Trump, even though they think she's a nut. So I'm just flagging this. And I've been flagging it because she started speaking out about all of the money that we're sending to Israel and that isn't an America first policy. Now, her reasons for doing that, clearly she's an anti Semite, a bigot, a nut, etc, by no means do I like Marjorie Taylor Greene. I'm just saying she is savvy that and I did not think she had that in her. This is a very smart political play and Democrats need to keep their eyes open to this because there's a vacuum, a post Trump vacuum that grifters like Marjorie Taylor Green will come in and fill. And so we just need to keep our eyes on her. Lastly, and I'm sorry to leave you guys with this, but you have to see it, Pete Hagseth, the secretary of quote, unquote war whose mother had to go on Fox News to say she thought he was a good boy so he could get this position, I mean, to say he's over his skis would be an understatement. But this is the guy who called all the generals and lectured them about masculinity, about obesity, about being tough guys. And we're going to start hazing and we're going to start, you know, yeah, we're tough guys. We're not this guy. Watch how he neuters himself in this cabinet meeting. This is the most. This to me, the, the, all of these men, they, I don't know if they're gay or not, but I know that they are most comfortable in homosocial relationships. And this sort of homosocial activity with Trump's all the men in his cabinet is so bizarre. It's so bizarre. Play the clip.

E (11:27)

You're exactly right. At the War Department, you don't get peace without strength. And our job is to be the strength part of the equation and deliver that when necessary. As you demonstrated with your order of midnight hammer, the entire world saw and I just want to echo what Marco said. It is a personal honor to be able to witness the way you lead and negotiate. I wish people had a full understanding of what that looks like. That historic nature. A lot of us vets, you know, the Vice President, Tulsi Lee, Doug, probably after decades of war and the chaos that was unleashed through reckless and foolish American policy.

A (12:08)

Okay, okay. I can't even take anymore. He is a draft dodger. He has called the allied forces who were the original anti fascists that are in the cemeteries at Normandy, suckers and losers. This, this is so unbelievable. It's just such brown nosing. Remember that turn, turn. They're just a brown noser. It is like brown nosing on crack cocaine. And the emasculation involved in that and the intellectual dishonesty involved in that is so stunning. And it can never be normal to us. But you have to always remember this. Everybody that arrived at that cabinet table, little Marco included, little Marco most of all, were fine going to work for a man that tried to overthrow the election. Most people wouldn't do that, wouldn't want to work for a convicted felon. So you have the most morally bankrupt. It's not the BC team, it's not the C team, it's. This is the Z team. This is a cabinet of ass kissing bottom feeders that absolutely would never make it out in the real world based on merit. I would even go as far to say they are unhirable and their only skill set is that they are world class ass kissers. Okay, do me a favor, support pumps and me by going to buy our book. It's called Life is a Lazy Susan of Shit Sandwiches. It's a great way to get to know us. And we also read the audiobook. It's linked right below in the show notes. Make sure you like this video and subscribe. And we'll be back later with more news. Sam.