Reacting To The Most Random News Stories This Week

Summary

The Find Out Podcast

Episode: Reacting To The Most Random News Stories This Week
Date: May 7, 2026
Host: Find Out Media & Studio71
Panel: Rich, Luke, Suzanne, Zach

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Episode Overview

This week’s episode is a freewheeling dive into America’s latest patchwork of political absurdities and viral news. Amid Trump’s second term chaos, the crew—four irreverent left-wing content creators—unpack the weirdest headlines: from right-wing takes on Spirit Airlines’ collapse to MAGA’s obsession with ballrooms, the latest pandemic scare, vaccine disinfo, Texas politics, and internet grifters. It’s honest, snarky, and juggling humor with outrage, connecting the dots (or not) on the week’s random news events.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Spirit Airlines, Republican Blame, and the $1B White House Ballroom

• Spirit Airlines collapses, Republicans immediately blame Elizabeth Warren and the (now-former) President Biden, despite neither being in relevant positions.
  • Quote (Rich, 00:19): “All immediately blamed Elizabeth Warren, who, last I checked, is not Senate Majority Leader... Somehow they're blaming her and Joe Biden, who last I checked also is not president any longer.”
• GOP influencers spread talking points within minutes, paralleling their reactions after the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
• Trump administration proposes $1 billion—taxpayer funded—for a new East Wing ballroom, labeled as “security enhancements” (despite the East Wing now being rubble).
  • Suzanne critiques the dubious security logic and reveals Trump’s old offer (in 2016) to build a gold-plated White House ballroom, rejected by Obama.
  • Quote (Suzanne, 07:01): “I'm not sure it would be appropriate to have a shiny gold Trump sign on any part of the White House... I can tell you that this was not something that was at all seriously considered.”

2. Ballroom Grievance, Trump’s Eating Habits, and Political Branding

• Deep dive into Trump’s obsession with “the ballroom” as a personal grievance after Obama rejected his offer.
  • Quote (Suzanne, 07:43): “And that was it. A $1 billion grievance. Ballroom.”
• Jokes about Melania being relegated to the East Wing and commentary about the MAGA base being riled up over phantom issues.
• Trump’s habits: McDonald’s catering for state events, paranoia over being poisoned, and the infamous Diet Coke button.
  • Quote (Rich, 05:26): “He has a Diet Coke button in the Oval. You hit the button and then somebody brings out a Diet Coke.”

3. White House Security Theatre & Viral Moments

• Security during the White House Correspondents shooting worked; nobody shot, only one mildly injured.
• Panel humorously imagines future security where DoorDash delivers straight into the Oval Office.
• Calls for a public, televised removal of Trump’s gaudy White House decor post-presidency.
  • Quote (Luke, 05:33): “I want it promised... they’re going to go around with a Dumpster and rip all of the shit that he’s done to the White House off the fucking wall. And I want it televised.”

4. Who Could (or Couldn’t) Be President?

• Satirical debate: who would be a worse or less competent president than Trump? (Tiger King, Kid Rock, Nick Fuentes are nominated)
  • Quote (Luke, 09:50): “I think Trump and his administration have too much genuine desire to hurt people... I don't think Tiger King has. I think he would just be like, I don't know what, I'm too stupid for this.”
• Anecdotes of Tiger King requesting political creators’ help to get a pardon from prison.

5. The Hantavirus Cruise Outbreak

• Cruise ship quarantined after multiple deaths from hantavirus. Is this Covid 2.0? Panel skeptical, but highlights how unprepared Trump’s America is for a serious outbreak.
  • Quote (Zach, 13:23): “Hantavirus is essentially… really fatal... It's not Covid. Like, if you get it…it's like Ebola level bad from a respiratory perspective.”
• Riffs about how, with the current anti-vax climate and Trump in charge, America would fare even worse in a real pandemic.

6. Vaccines, Disinformation, and Pandemic Fatigue

• Rant against ongoing anti-vax sentiment: rising infant mortality from parents refusing vitamin K shots, Covid vaccine myths, supplement industry hypocrisy.
• Quote (Luke, 17:37): “…infant mortality rates are up because so many mothers are refusing the vitamin K shot to their infants when they're born.”
• Personal family anecdotes (Luke’s mom as a vet) about people seeking Ivermectin for Covid.
• Disinformation’s power: Joe Rogan and wellness influencers cited for misleading millions, despite overwhelming evidence from medical authorities.
  • Quote (Rich, 20:11): “It shows the power of disinformation. Right…All these health experts... Joe Rogan goes, ‘whoa!’ and they're like, ‘yes!’”
• How public misunderstanding of vaccine effectiveness creates confusion, especially in contrast to childhood vaccines like polio.

7. Texas Polls and Surprising Political Numbers

• Poll shows Democrat James Talarico decisively up vs. Cornyn and Paxton in Texas, outperforming expectations even with a Republican-skewed sample.
  • Quote (Suzanne, 39:07): “Talarico is undeniably one of the brightest stars I think, in the Democratic Party right now. Like, his ability to communicate with people and, like, in the middle, but still be progressive is amazing.”
• Trump’s approval deep underwater in Texas; a significant slice of disaffected Republicans plan to skip the 2026 vote.
• National Gen Z polling: among young Republicans, 11% choose Kamala Harris over any GOP contender; J.D. Vance polling even worse.

8. Memes, MAGA Disinfo and Viral Absurdity

• The crew mock-checks Trump’s “Truth Social” feed for the ballroom and Iran, finding strings of unhinged MAGA memes.
  • Quote (Zach, 33:23): “Obama gave Iran $1.7 billion to fund their nuclear program. Biden unfroze 16 billion... This is Obama’s war...”
• Viral rumor: wife of a White House shooting victim blames Biden—likely false, but spreads rapidly in MAGA circles.

9. Kyle Rittenhouse and the Right-Wing Grift Machine

• Breaking: Rittenhouse posts ER selfie after brown recluse spider bite; panel reviews his fall from “hero” to cringe meme figure.
  • Quote (Luke, 35:51): “He should have censored his man boobs… The communists couldn't take me out, and I'll be damned if I let a brown recluse take me out. What an odd flex.”
• Commentary on culture war grifting, from Rittenhouse’s notoriety to anti-vax supplement influencers.

10. Supplement Industry vs. Big Pharma

• Panel criticizes how wellness supplements are nearly unregulated, while vaccines undergo rigorous approval.
  • Quote (Zach, 29:34): “That's the FDA's fault to a certain degree because...the difference between FDA approved and FDA cleared is extreme. And nobody knows the difference.”

11. Small Good News Segments

• NYC breaks record for lowest murders in early 2026, busting right-wing narratives of urban decay.
  • Quote (Rich, 43:41): “...We broke the record for the least amount of murders. The least ever.”
• Gen Z polling gives hope for future Dem prospects.
• Final riffing: punk band names (“Ann Poulter and the Abuse of a Corpse”), panel’s signature mix of dark and absurdist humor.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Trump’s Ballrooms:
  “Obama, it’s all grievance. Better. Or laughed at him. And the racist laughed at him. And that was it. A $1 billion grievance. Ballroom.” – Suzanne (07:41)
• On Security Theatre:
  “The security worked the way that the security was supposed to work. They neutralized him right, right there....” – Rich (04:09)
• On Anti-Vax Nonsense:
  “These people are...Oh, there's like 78 vaccines. Why would you do that? And it’s like, first of all, there's not, there's not. Second of all, do you want the vaccine schedule from the 1960s?” – Rich (17:53)
• On Wellness Grift:
  “Half these pricks that were like, 'Oh, I can't take the vaccine,' are the same idiots that are ordering the powders for peptides and mixing them themselves at home.” – Luke (28:21)
• On Political Messaging:
  “I don’t want more billionaires in this country. I want more millionaires in this country.” – Quoted approvingly by Zach (39:40)

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Important Timestamps

• Spirit Airlines / Ballroom Rant: 00:19 – 08:00
• White House Security & Melania: 01:40 – 04:58
• Diet Coke Button + Decor Removal Proposal: 05:09 – 06:20
• Obama Mocks Trump (Kimmel): 08:04 – 08:37
• Who Could (Not) Be President? 09:10 – 11:18
• Tiger King DMs Political Creators: 11:32 – 12:33
• Hantavirus Cruise Outbreak: 13:04 – 16:31
• Vaccine Disinfo & Ivermectin: 16:48 – 20:57
• FDA vs. Supplements: 29:32 – 31:02
• Texas Polls & Talarico Surge: 37:52 – 41:53
• Gen Z Republican Polling: 44:09 – 45:40
• NYC Crime Good News: 43:41 – 44:00

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Tone and Style

The episode swings between sarcastic, exasperated left-wing commentary (“tangerine taint licking turncoat”), dark humor, and genuine frustration at the bizarro-state of American news and politics under Trump 2.0. Banter is heavy, but the panel often grounds their jokes with data, anecdotes, or personal stories from inside political content creation.

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Summary

If you missed the episode, you missed not just the headlines, but a full cathartic venting session about the surreal state of American political discourse: billion-dollar ballrooms fueled by Trump’s vanity, viral misinformation shaping everything from pandemic response to supplement sales, and an increasingly checked-out MAGA base. Beneath the snark, the panel keeps a candle of optimism burning, driven by new polling, shifting Texas numbers, and younger voters’ open-mindedness—plus a healthy determination to keep mocking the powers that be.

Key takeaway: The absurdity is deep, but so is the resolve to call it out, laugh at it, and keep fighting for sanity in America.

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Transcript

[Luke]

Foreign.

[Rich]

Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Find out podcast. Well, we don't have a guest today, so I can't screw that up. So you can still screw up.

[Luke]

At least you're self aware.

[Suzanne]

I believe in you.

[Rich]

You know, sometimes you just have to make jokes about the ways you screw up and that's. That's all. But speaking of screwing up, there's all kinds of screwing up going on right now. And after our quite heavy episode about abortion on Tuesday, we thought we're gonna just do a grab bag of all the stupid bullshit that we're seeing happen all over the place. And one of those is the story about Spirit Airlines going under. And all of the Republicans, quite quickly, by the way, all immediately blamed Elizabeth Warren, who last I checked is not Senate Majority Leader in the Senate majority. I don't think she's president. Somehow they're blaming her and Joe Biden, who last time I checked also is not president any longer. And I think the thing that was crazy to me about this story was that like within minutes of that bankruptcy coming or the folding or whatever it was, there were like hundreds of big Republican or conservative influencers who all said almost exactly the same thing, which was the same thing that happened after the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, where they were like, we need the ballroom. Which of course we've also seen this week that they've put $1 billion into a immigration bill for the ballroom.

[Suzanne]

Don't you love that? So it's.

[Luke]

Which, by the way, is taxpayer money, right?

[Suzanne]

Oh, yeah, 100%.

[Luke]

No, no longer. Is it Trump's money or is it private donors? It's, it's our money.

[Suzanne]

And I think it said for above and below ground security enhancement. They tried to call it like East Wing security enhancements or whatever. I'm like, you guys know that the East Wing is a pile of fucking garbage, right? Like, there is no east.

[Luke]

It's gone. Reduced. Reduced to atoms.

[Suzanne]

You could put like a wooden shed where the East Wing was and call it security enhancements because that would be more secure than the pile of rubble that is there right now.

[Rich]

So, so, but in that and that sort of line of thinking. So was the East Wing when it was still there, not safe and not secure?

[Suzanne]

Well, that's why it was. That's why he put Melania in the East Wing. It was the First Lady's quarters, and yet she was still safer than if she was in the same room with Donald Trump.

[Luke]

So.

[Zach]

That's true. Jesus.

[Rich]

That's true. And we also never found out why she did that weird Epstein press conference. Right? Like, nothing ever came of that.

[Zach]

No, that is true.

[Luke]

I hadn't really thought about that, but I have a feeling. But that she did that right before Bondi was supposed to testify, and then now she's. Then she bailed on it, and now she's testifying at the end of the month. So I feel like maybe that story is not quite done yet.

[Zach]

No, of course not. I mean, nothing happened. Like, that's the part that's so fudgeing annoying about this. Like, it just fizzled out. I mean, Iran sort of did it, you know, but it's still. It's a pretty big story. Probably should go back to it.

[Suzanne]

You know, that's. That's what I love is, like, Venezuela was a distraction from the Epstein files, and then Minneapolis was a distraction from Venezuela, and then Iran was a distraction from Minneapolis, and now what do we have left? Back to Epstein, The, The. The. The shooting. Do you guys know that, like, nobody was injured in the, in the correspondence shooting? Like, the, the guy who.

[Luke]

Well, except that one guy who got shunned by his own team. But, I mean, he wasn't like, grievously injured.

[Zach]

No.

[Suzanne]

Yeah, I mean, he got probably bruised ribs or whatever. Like, there was what, shrapnel in his bulletproof vest. But even the. The shooter had, like, a knee injury that was unrelated to gunfire. Like, he was never. He wasn't shot. Like, nobody was shot.

[Zach]

No, I mean, I mean, John was a. Idiot. I mean, he's sprinter. He watched the video. Like, what was this attempt? He's just sprinting through like, 17 guys. Like, you're not gonna.

[Rich]

Pretty, Pretty fast guy. I will say. Like, he's.

[Luke]

He went. He was quick.

[Zach]

He was.

[Rich]

The security worked the way that the security was supposed to work. They neutralized him right, right there. Which. And we've learned that he was two floors above the ballroom and there were several other security checkpoints that he would have had to go through to even get remotely close right to the ballroom. So at the end of the day,

[Suzanne]

this is proof that we need a $1 billion tax. At the end of the, you know, if, if, if the next person, you know, all they, they just have to be a door dash driver. Once they have the new ballroom, then Trump will invite them right to door dash.

[Rich]

Could get right to the right to the Oval, right? We saw that lady walk right up like, here's your food, Mr. President.

[Suzanne]

You know, he's only going to have McDonald's at the night. Next White House correspondence dinner. Because that's the only thing he eats. It'll be DoorDash catering, lukewarm McDonald's.

[Luke]

Because he's so afraid of being poisoned.

[Zach]

Yes, he is. Probably a good thing to be afraid of if you're Trump. You know I would.

[Rich]

Well, then don't get the McDonald's.

[Luke]

Right. Well, quit doing bad.

[Zach]

Yeah, exactly.

[Rich]

Yeah. But the dude also has a full, like, kitchen with chef and staff. He could have them make him whatever he wants. He's like, I want McDonald's like a six year old.

[Zach]

Yep. Like, I can't believe he's alive. Like, it's the worst diet. He drinks Diet Coke all the time and it's crazy.

[Rich]

He has a Diet Coke button in the Oval. You hit the button and then somebody brings out a Diet Coke. You know, that actually. That.

[Luke]

You saying that actually reminds me of something. I want it promised by whoever is in charge of the next, you know, whoever the Democratic candidate is for 2028, that they're going to go around with a fucking dumpster and rip all of the shit that he's done to the White House off the fucking wall. And I want it televised.

[Zach]

Yes.

[Luke]

I want all that gold foil ripped off. Diet Coke button ripped off. I want all of it gone. All that TJ Maxx home goods shit gone.

[Zach]

That's a good live event. They should put that shit on Twitch to get like a million.

[Rich]

Exactly.

[Zach]

That's actually a really good idea. They should do.

[Luke]

I need a Darjee.

[Rich]

Do you think he's got a live Laugh Love sign somewhere in the Oval sign. That's cheesy cursive.

[Suzanne]

Okay. So I don't know if you. I'm trying to find the original story, but I discovered why Trump is obsessed with the ballroom. I don't know if you guys saw this in 2016. February 2016. The White House. This is from USA Today. The White House. This is a 2016 article, the original one. The White House confirmed Monday, Obama's White House, that Donald Trump had offered to spend $100 million on a new White House ballroom, but said the offer was quickly rejected. And Press secretary Josh Earnest. You know him, Tim?

[Rich]

I know of him. I am not friends with him.

[Suzanne]

His quote is, I'm not sure it would be appropriate to have a shiny gold Trump sign on any part of the White House. Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that's what most of the buildings that he offers to build include. So I'm unclear if something like that would have to be required with this offer as well. I am. I can tell you that this was not something that was at all seriously considered. Ernest said he could not provide details because I was not the one who was consulted. So in 2016, the Obama White House said, no, we're laughing in the face of your tacky shit. And that's, as we've seen with everything with Trump. That's all it ever took. Obama, it's all grievance. Better. Or laughed at him.

[Zach]

Laughed at him.

[Luke]

And the racist laughed at him.

[Suzanne]

And that was it. A $1 billion grievance. Ballroom.

[Zach]

100%. I mean, that's exactly what I said in a video recently where it's like, the strategy with Trump is going to make fun of. He hates it. He absolutely fucking hates it when you make fun of him. Like, if politics, like, not like us, we all make fun of him, it's great. But, like, elected Democrats need to, like, call the fat orange piece of shit. It would work.

[Suzanne]

I saw that video.

[Luke]

I'm sure he's fudgeing, fuming about Obama and Jimmy Kimmel's thing yesterday. I don't know if you guys saw that.

[Zach]

No, no, no.

[Rich]

Was it.

[Luke]

Well, Kimmel. Kimmel asks Obama and says, a lot of people tell me I should run for president. Do you think? I. What do you think? And Obama says, well, the bar has been lowered quite a bit. And then Kimmel goes, some would even say subterranean. And. And then he's. Was that an endorsement? And Obama goes, no, no, it was not. Yeah.

[Rich]

I mean, I mean, if anything, it shows that anybody can be president.

[Zach]

Of course he did a. I don't know.

[Luke]

That's the thing.

[Rich]

Wait, wait, I see Zach hesitating. Who could. Who couldn't?

[Zach]

Oh, a ton of people. I mean, that's. That's. I think we all know, like, Trump does have a ton of qualities that, like, got him there for a reason. It's not. He's a terrible leader, but he's a very good marketer and, like, campaigner. So, like, a lot of people are just, like, idiots. Like, they couldn't be president, Like.

[Rich]

But okay, this is. So we said this was going to be the random episode.

[Luke]

So who couldn't?

[Rich]

Who? Yeah, give me an example of somebody that. And by the way, I don't mean good president.

[Zach]

I just mean they couldn't function as president. That's a great question.

[Suzanne]

Wait, could you rock Good Rock, Tiger

[Zach]

King, both of those guys? Yeah, I.

[Luke]

Because I don't know if you. I've been getting DMS from that couldn't do.

[Rich]

They had elected and they were in the office. No, no, no. In office.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Rich]

If they're Tiger King.

[Zach]

If Tiger sticking with Tiger King, it would be an absolute fucking disaster. I think Trump would be a better president than Tiger King. I'll say that.

[Rich]

I don't know. I think.

[Luke]

I think less people would be harmed by Tiger King.

[Zach]

I don't know. Maybe not.

[Rich]

At least I think Trump and his

[Luke]

administration have too much genuine desire to hurt people.

[Suzanne]

Yeah.

[Luke]

That. I don't think Tiger King has. I think he would just be like. I don't know what, I'm too stupid for this.

[Zach]

Yeah. Oh, well.

[Rich]

Because there's quite an egomaniac. I don't.

[Luke]

That's true. That's true.

[Rich]

Okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah.

[Zach]

There you go.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Zach]

He doesn't. He doesn't qualify yet. Yeah, exactly. All these. Nick Fuentes, actually, you know, I think he's more capable than people think. So he probably would be able to just turn us into a hellscape, but

[Rich]

he would be able to buying.

[Suzanne]

Yeah. You don't want people.

[Luke]

I. I would leave. I would be out.

[Rich]

They could like, the 25th Amendment would be invoked because they literally are basically like drooling on the job.

[Zach]

Nick Shirley would be another one where

[Rich]

it's like, oh, Nick.

[Zach]

Yes.

[Luke]

Oh, my God.

[Zach]

They couldn't do it. You know?

[Suzanne]

Yeah.

[Zach]

There's people. It's a low bar. It's a very low bar. But I think some people still slither.

[Suzanne]

I mean, Donald Trump can't do the job. Like we're being clear about this. Right? Like, he got elected for reasons. But he. He is not.

[Rich]

He.

[Suzanne]

He is. He just ruins everything. Every single thing interfered with. He's. He's ruined. So, I mean, yes, he technically has a job, but he is. He's not doing any president stuff that is making anybody's lives better, maybe, or making us more secure or rich. Well, but billionaires, the expense of the country. Like, he's right.

[Rich]

He's.

[Suzanne]

He's draining. He's grifting everything. Maybe the amount better we've lost in the world at every. In every sense of the word.

[Rich]

Maybe the better question is who would be worse, not incapable. Because I would argue Nick Fuentes would be worse.

[Zach]

I agree. Definitely.

[Rich]

I don't know if Tiger King would be worse because I think Tiger King. I can't even believe him. How am I. How is this what we're talking about?

[Luke]

The thing is, I know you. I know you say, how are we talking about that, but I. You guys. I don't know if you guys have gotten it yet, but he is DMing a lot of political creators that are. Because he's asking for their help and getting him to get a pardon.

[Rich]

Tyre King.

[Zach]

Really?

[Luke]

Also, I've gotten a dm. Suzanne Lambert has gotten a dm.

[Rich]

Wait, you got a deal?

[Luke]

Breaking news.

[Zach]

Commented on one of my videos.

[Rich]

Not breaking news, Luke. You got a DM from Tiger King?

[Luke]

I did. Asking for help with the thing.

[Rich]

How is he doing this from prison? Is this somebody as a proxy doing this for him? No, I don't think you can get access. No, you get.

[Zach]

There's prisons with Internet. You can go on the Internet.

[Luke]

Might have a phone up his ass or something.

[Zach]

Well, you can go on Instagram, online, and I'm sure that's probably what he's doing.

[Luke]

But yeah, he DMS a lot of political creators.

[Zach]

That's crazy.

[Rich]

Well, now I'm upset that I didn't get it.

[Luke]

Good Trouble and a couple other people.

[Rich]

You said Suzanne Lambert? Yeah, I've heard a few.

[Luke]

Suzanne had a phone call with him.

[Rich]

Oh, yeah?

[Zach]

Really?

[Rich]

What did she say what it was about?

[Luke]

I mean, it was basically all about that. Same like, he's just begging for anybody to help him get his sentence commuted.

[Rich]

What was the sentence? Was that for attempted murder?

[Luke]

I don't remember. I. I never. I never got.

[Rich]

It's so hard because that Tiger King was like, right before COVID So like, everyone like, lost their minds for like a month about this ridiculous show. Well, speaking of fell apart.

[Luke]

Speaking of COVID Oh, what do you guys think we should do with this boat with the hantavirus people on it?

[Zach]

Oh, yeah. They got to figure out what the is like. I watched a video on it this morning. It's the first weird.

[Suzanne]

The opening scene of Outbreak. Have you guys seen that?

[Zach]

Yes, of course. Yeah.

[Rich]

Wait, can we. We gotta tell people what this is, right?

[Zach]

So I should give you a little bit of a background.

[Rich]

Okay.

[Zach]

Hantavirus is essentially, like. Usually it's just like rodents. So like it's. It's. It's a really. You could. It's pretty fatal. Like, if it's way. It's not Covid. Like, if you get it, it's like, oh, you know, you have a very

[Luke]

high like a 40 mortality rate.

[Zach]

Crazy, right? Yeah, it's very, very like, Jesus. It's like Ebola level bad from a respiratory perspect. Like, really bad. However, in the past, it's really been more of just like, oh, you got to get bitten by a rat. Have, like eat rat. Like, it's really hard to get. There's one strain from Argentina that was Human to human. But even that was tough. So what they have to do first is go onto this boat and realize, like, okay, is. Are there rats on the boat? Are these people. Did they all go to the same place? Or is this a mutated version of hantavirus that's easy to spread? If that's the case, burn the fucking boat down. And that's, you know.

[Rich]

Okay, so, yeah, so, yeah, three people have died, and they've quarantined these people. Yeah, and there's like.

[Luke]

And.

[Rich]

But they have. Have Internet, so, like, there's. There's videos of people talking on the boat and stuff. But I agree. I mean, you. You can't let them off until you know what you're dealing with. Hell, like, you just can't.

[Zach]

No, it's insane. I mean, the odds that it's something that can be, like, easily passed from human to human is extremely low. It's very likely. Just, like, they had rats on the boat and the rat got in the food and people died.

[Rich]

Well, that's what. That's what killed Jean Hackman's wife.

[Zach]

Really?

[Rich]

Yeah, because. Yes, because they. So there was that whole thing where they were, like, dead in the house for like, two weeks before anyone noticed it. Oh, yeah, she died first. And, like, they think she got bit by. Because they had, like, they had dogs and they live in. I think it was in New Mexico. And so, like, they kind of had this big compound. And so they think that she got Hantavirus, died. He had Alzheimer's, so he had no idea.

[Zach]

Right.

[Rich]

And essentially died like a week later, which they think was because he wasn't eating. So, like, because he was there.

[Luke]

He was 95.

[Rich]

He was 95 years old. With. With heavy. Or with Alzheimer's.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Rich]

But the boat thing is. Is other thing. But I'm going to. I'm going to put a stake in the sand that I got ripped apart for on Threads for saying this. Stop going on cruises.

[Zach]

Yeah, I agree.

[Rich]

Stop.

[Luke]

I. I saw the average ticket price on this Cruise was almost 30 grand.

[Zach]

What?

[Rich]

It's insane. What?

[Suzanne]

Yeah, the. It's insane. This is like a polar.

[Rich]

It's like a.

[Luke]

It's a luxury cruise, but that.

[Zach]

Still, that's a car. Like, you're going to spend a car.

[Rich]

$30,000. I'll go to Bali for $30,000. Before I do that.

[Suzanne]

It said they can last up to 42 nights and cost about $20,000 is what this one says. The Atlantic. The Atlantic Odyssey cruise, But it goes to, like, Argentina, South Georgia Island, St. Helena, yeah, I don't, I was just

[Luke]

reading about like the contact tracing that they're doing on these people already because it has like a six to eight week gestation period and like two of the people who died were on planes before they did anything. And it's like me, we are not doing this again. We are not doing this again.

[Zach]

It's so unlikely.

[Rich]

Yeah, but don't worry about it, guys. Don't worry. We actually have hhs, HHS secretary who has experience with.

[Luke]

Oh yeah, he's a master.

[Zach]

He loves.

[Rich]

So like as long as the hentavirus comes from the genitals, he knows what to do with them and we will be all right.

[Zach]

Oh God, that's horrible. Yeah, this, this. I, I would be blown away if this turned into another pandemic.

[Luke]

I don't think it will. I just, I have seen a lot of people fear mongering about it online and it's like, okay, maybe you pump the brakes there, dog.

[Rich]

Yeah, well, click, click, click, click, click, click. Yeah, right, 100, that's. That. People need to stop doing that. But it makes people panicked. No, I don't think so. But it does highlight the fact that like if a Covid type illness were to be released or spread in the United States, we have an anti vaxxer and a McDonald's eating, 300 pound president in charge of dealing with this, which is worse than the first time because at least I don't remember who HHS Secretary Azer or something was the under Trump. But like, I don't remember, they at least took it seriously for a little teeny bit.

[Luke]

Well then they started advocating for injecting bleach because. Which by the way, has had downstream effects. I just read that infant mortality rates are up because so many mothers are refusing the vitamin K shot to their infants when they're born.

[Zach]

They fucking. It's terrible. All this shit is.

[Luke]

These people are.

[Rich]

You hear these stupid, you hear these people, oh, there's like 78 vaccines. Why would you do that? And it's like, first of all, there's not, there's not. Second of all, do you want the vaccine schedule from the 1960s?

[Zach]

Right.

[Luke]

That's funny. One time I, some, somebody said something about that and I literally said, man, if only we could just like infect our kids with like a weakened version of these viruses so they would, they would gain an immunity to it. And he literally ate it up. He's like, dude, I, I wish we could like. He goes, I think we should probably be able to do that. I was like, oh, my God, we already are. We already are, you idiot.

[Rich]

Honestly, just change. Change the name of vaccines to something else.

[Zach]

Right.

[Rich]

And. And you'll fool half of them.

[Zach]

Immunity boosters. You know, like anything. Just call it something.

[Luke]

No, they don't like that. They don't like the booster words. Act.

[Zach]

Fine.

[Rich]

We'll add. Add, like vitamin. Vitamins supplements.

[Suzanne]

Immunity. Immunity maxing.

[Zach]

Hey, there you go.

[Rich]

There we go.

[Zach]

Got it. Immunity maxing. That's great.

[Rich]

We just solved the anti vaccine problem.

[Luke]

To the next. I. I let them give me all the jabs they can.

[Rich]

I literally. I got into this. This is you guys telling me not to yell at these people. But, like, somebody came across my thread. Speed generally means garbage is coming.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Rich]

And they said, has anybody with cancer got experience with Ivermectin and did it help?

[Luke]

Oh, my God.

[Rich]

I couldn't. I couldn't. God, I had tumor.

[Zach]

You had to say it.

[Rich]

I had. I said, yeah, it help. Why do you think a horse dewormer would help? And why are you asking for threads help instead of talking to your doctor?

[Zach]

Yeah, it's so dumb.

[Rich]

It didn't. It didn't go over very well.

[Zach]

I know. It's really.

[Luke]

My mom is a vet. Yeah, like a veterinarian. And so when that all happened and everybody was clamoring for Ivermectin, we had people in our town come to the vet office asking for Ivermectin.

[Zach]

Really?

[Luke]

And she literally laughed in their faces, of course. Every time.

[Suzanne]

Yeah.

[Luke]

Because she was like, how stupid can you be?

[Zach]

So, like, it is used for humans sometimes, but this is like, there's no proof it works for Covid. Like, they. They tons of studies. Some studies were like, maybe a little. But like, that's. It's not clear. Like, that's it. There's just no value to it.

[Luke]

Well, it's not like a mystery magic drug.

[Zach]

No, not even close. If anything, there might be a tiny, tiny benefit to a small subset of people. Like, that's it.

[Rich]

It shows the power of disinformation. Right. Because you had all. All of the world's leading health experts saying the COVID vaccine is safe and you should take it. And like, yes, all vaccines have some side effects for certain people, but the side effect percentage is so much less than the bad you could get from COVID Yeah. That it, like the myocarditis is the perfect example.

[Zach]

It's 40 times more likely you get

[Rich]

myocarditis from COVID But so they have. All these health experts around the world are like, take this Take this. You watch people take shots, blah, blah, blah. Joe Rogan goes, whoa. And they're like, yes.

[Zach]

And hydroxychloroquine.

[Rich]

And it's like, what? Like, oh, it just does nothing.

[Luke]

No, literally, you might as well jerk off.

[Rich]

And then there's this whole wellness sector that's like ivermectin and hydrochloroquine, whatever. And like, it's like, I did high

[Luke]

school speech and debate during coven.

[Zach]

Oh, great.

[Rich]

Oh, my God.

[Luke]

And my event was extemporaneous speaking where they give you a current events topic and you have 30 minutes to write a five minute speech about it. And one time I got the prompt was something about Trump's handling of COVID and Trump's handling of. Of vaccines in general.

[Zach]

Right?

[Luke]

And I, like, I wasn't going to lie. Even then I hated the motherfucker. And so I did my speech about like, this is the same guy who suggested that we could inject bleach. He's the same guy that suggested that we should do like, high potency. UV radiation would kill us. And the way that that works is you have three judges and at the end of the day you get your judge sheets on what they scored you on. And it. So they score you based on like your placement in these classes. And so it was like, okay, one guy ranked me first, one guy ranked me second, then one guy ranked me last. And they write comments on there. And this guy wrote on his sheet, you should not assume your science is correct and blah, blah, blah, blah. And you should assume that. Yeah, you shouldn't assume that. That President Trump doesn't know what he's doing. And I was like, okay, eat my literal ass, you Trump pumping fucking loser.

[Rich]

I hope. Did you do that in the class?

[Luke]

Well, I wish I'd gotten to say it, but. So like, they were random. Yeah, there were random. So they normally get judges that were teachers. So somewhere in that area, somebody was being taught by that man who said. Who was like, your science is not always right. In regard to Trump saying we should inject bleach.

[Rich]

It's not your. It's just science. It's just science that is peer reviewed and studied and like researched and it's all that information is there. And then these fucking brain dead idiots.

[Suzanne]

Right?

[Rich]

Nope.

[Zach]

Yeah, nope.

[Rich]

I took Ivermectin and I was fine. I'm like, yeah, most people who get Covid, right? You would have been fine. Right? Right. Like, you would have been fine taking like vitamin water the same.

[Luke]

Like, yeah, I think I'm rubbing Off on Tim. He just used the word or the phrase brain dead idiots.

[Zach]

O getting there. I like it.

[Rich]

You're.

[Suzanne]

You're breaking down window licking. We know that we've won him over for good.

[Rich]

We don't look at you go do both. Right? You do boot.

[Suzanne]

Boot and window looking window liquor.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Zach]

Yeah. You can do both.

[Suzanne]

It's like a water of.

[Rich]

Well, now we know Luke where you

[Luke]

and a taint liquor.

[Rich]

I use that once I said a

[Luke]

tangerine taint licking turncoat.

[Zach]

I I like that. That's good.

[Luke]

Everyone loves it was pretty good. I was.

[Rich]

Now we know where you. Where you got your. Your format from was from your debate. Oh no.

[Luke]

I. I actually got a DM from a kid that I hadn't talked to in a like since high school with me. And like I low key was worried that he was a trumper and I was sad about it. And then he sent me this DM not too long ago and he was like, looks like you really put away or found out how to put those extent skills to use. Good to see it. Glad that like. Glad to be a fan. I was like, yes.

[Rich]

That's awesome.

[Zach]

That's awesome, man. It's so like. You know what's scary though is like looking back and thinking about this shit like Trump. We can weather him just barely when there's not a disaster. But what if there's another disaster like this?

[Suzanne]

What the fuck do we do?

[Zach]

Like that's. That's the thing. It's like with us with a ship that's fine. It's like, all right, he won't sink it. But with a ship that's you know, on fucking really rough waters, man.

[Suzanne]

We should actually. That there's a hantavirus cure. You just have to go through the Strait of Hormuz. It's just like right up on that kharg island

[Rich]

and only you can get it, Donnie. Only you.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Suzanne]

God, send the shit right through there. Oops.

[Rich]

It is true though. It's like he has four. I mean he had Covid. So that was really awful and that caused lots of problems. But like if there's a real national security crisis or there is another disease or some national natural disaster.

[Luke]

Like absolutely, we.

[Zach]

Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely. It's crazy because they just get locked into these things. That is not real. Like even the COVID shit. The whole reason they got all down this like vaccines don't work route is because they were like they said, well, Democrats said that nobody will get sick with a vaccine. Like nobody ever said that. Nobody said that nobody ever said. Like, Biden maybe made one comment once where you could maybe have construed it somewhat like that, but, like, it's not the communication whatsoever. And they're like, well, I still got it with the vaccines. Vaccines are bullshit. And it's like. It's like, holy shit. They get latched into this shit and they know that they can exploit people.

[Rich]

And honestly, like, people just don't understand, right. The vaccines, like, because they think of polio. Right?

[Zach]

Right.

[Rich]

Polio has on almost an exact, like, 100% success rate. Right. So they're like, oh, almost not technical.

[Zach]

I mean, technically, the, like, the thing. Because that's. That's the thing with all this stuff. It's complicated. Like, people don't. Like, people want it to be simple. But the truth of the matter is, even if we had, like, with COVID and the COVID vaccine, if everyone had gotten it, Covid would not even be an endemic thing anymore like it is now. It would just be gone. Because if you get 90% or 95% herd immunity from vaccines to prevent it from doing anything else, the disease will just go away. But now it's a thing like the flu every year because not enough people got fudgeing vaccinated.

[Suzanne]

Right.

[Zach]

If they had, it wouldn't even be an endemic. It would just be like, oh, I got Covid. Oh, you're like One of the 60 people that got it. It could have been that way.

[Rich]

I remember Dr. Fauci, you know, that evil guy who killed. Yeah. He lock him up. I remember him saying when they were going through the trials of the Moderna and Pfize or vaccines, that he was like, I just hope that it's like 60% or 65% effective, because that could at least keep it at bay.

[Zach]

Yes.

[Rich]

If it was like 50s and lower, it just wasn't enough. And then it ends up being What? It was. 90, 95.

[Suzanne]

It was 95.

[Rich]

The very first home run. Like, one of the greatest advances in medical history, building this in a completely different way. And people were like, well, that thing was never tested on anybody.

[Zach]

Right.

[Rich]

It is the most tested vaccine in the history of the world.

[Zach]

Yes.

[Luke]

They look up the ingredients and they go, I can't pronounce these words right. Why?

[Rich]

Why?

[Zach]

Am I injecting your donuts, too?

[Rich]

Yeah, I was gonna say don't eat your cereal or your Diet Coke, Mr. President. What's in that? Nobody knows. I don't know. I drink it, but I don't know what's in it.

[Zach]

It's the Same thing with measles too. Like, if you. Enough people have stopped getting vaccinated that more people who are vaccinated get s. Because it's all about the amount of people who got the vaccine exposure.

[Rich]

And there's always a group of people who can't get the vaccines because of certain immunocompromised issues and whatever. Like, that's why. Oh, well, like, why do I need to care about that? It's like, because if you don't get the shot and you get sick and then you are passing it through to another person, you fucking idiot.

[Zach]

Like, it's a lot of people too. Like, people think small subset of people. It's like, you know how many people take, like biologics like Humira and shit like that? Those people can't get vaccines.

[Suzanne]

Right.

[Zach]

Just like, people don't know this. Like, that's millions of people who, like, literally can't get vaccines. So, like, it's not just this tiny little group of people, it's a huge group of people.

[Suzanne]

Yeah, basically. That's why autoimmune disease of any type has to take an immune. Immune suppressant drug. And what's the latest one? That's like, we. Can we even say the names of drugs on our thing?

[Zach]

Yeah, Renvoak.

[Suzanne]

There's a crazy thing is, though, so

[Luke]

what I found is that half these pricks that were like, oh, I can't take the vaccine, I can't take the vaccine. Are the same idiots that are ordering the powders for peptides and mixing them themselves at home.

[Zach]

Yes.

[Luke]

You know, the number of people in the gym that I know that are doing exactly that, it's crazy.

[Zach]

And then they.

[Luke]

They order the sterile water and the powder and they mix it themselves.

[Zach]

It's nuts. It's so stupid. And it's like, it's. Nobody's regulating it. And they complain about, like, you know, oh, the big pharma. And it's like, supplement. The supplement market is times larger than the pharma market.

[Rich]

It's humongous, you know, and it's not regulated.

[Luke]

Next to no regulation.

[Suzanne]

It's not regulated. That's why.

[Zach]

Yeah, right.

[Suzanne]

10,000% margins. And they don't put any R D into it because it doesn't matter.

[Rich]

Doesn't matter because you put it in your mouth rather than getting a shot for whatever reason.

[Luke]

Some of these. No, no, no.

[Rich]

Oh, they shoot this stuff up.

[Luke]

Peptides are shot a lot of the time. They have to buy the needles and then they mix the powder and make the injection.

[Zach]

Yeah, yep. They probably don't do anything to Santa to sterilize it. And they get infections, you know, that's.

[Rich]

They're like, what happened? I thought this was safe. I'm like, what gave you that idea?

[Zach]

Right?

[Rich]

Like, where did you get that from?

[Zach]

Well, that's the FDA's fault to a certain degree because, like, the difference between FDA approved and FDA cleared is extreme. And nobody knows the difference. Like, that's like the FDA approved shoulder, like real drugs where they went through phase three trials and phase two and phase one and tens of, you know, so many fucking billions of dollars doing it. FDA cleared is like you just sent it a piece of paper like, hey, I want to sell this supplement. They're like, sweet. And that's the process.

[Rich]

Like, sort of like the, like organic certified in the United States is like essentially nothing. No, like, it's not like, kill them.

[Zach]

No, organic. Send it out. You know, that's how it.

[Rich]

Get a little sticker on it and then all of a sudden you could charge more or whatever that is.

[Suzanne]

The funny thing is I actually, I. But organic, I, I buy organic stuff more for like, dairy because of the quality of life that it has that they have to provide to the animals in order to call it organic. Whether, whether there's nutritional benefits is. Is separate. But like you, if organic eggs can't come from chickens that have been in cages, like, and they're. It's not like the free range.

[Zach]

I haven't looked at the details.

[Suzanne]

No, no, but it's not. Yeah, but no, free range is one thing. Like, free range, they can have like 2ft of. Of bare dirt.

[Zach]

Right?

[Suzanne]

But if you go to, if, if you go to like Horizon and you get their, Their actual organic eggs are from, you know, Organic Valley, There's a farm. They just have pastures of chickens running around. Cows, they can't be treated with hormones to keep them pregnant, to keep them producing dairy. They have to have a certain amount of pasture time. They, they have to be like third generation untreated with antibiotics. Like the constant drip of antibiotics they do and hormones. So whether it's more nutritious or not, I agree. But, but I, as an animal rights person, I'm like, I'll get some more eggs and milk.

[Zach]

You know who does amazing content on this is Farming well Beige.

[Luke]

Farming well Beige is fantastic.

[Zach]

I love his. It's so good.

[Rich]

We should get him on. Like, we're all riffing here, and I'm not sure we really know what the. We're talking about.

[Zach]

Owns a farm, you know, he's great.

[Suzanne]

We should pivot back because while we were yapping about, I don't know, Covid. I don't want to reminisce about COVID by the way, that, oh, it's my

[Rich]

favorite time of my life.

[Zach]

I had fun during COVID Zach's in isolation. Exactly.

[Rich]

I just.

[Suzanne]

We were not doing that while we were yapping.

[Zach]

I want to.

[Suzanne]

Trump posted that assuming Iran gives what has been agreed to, then epic fury will be at an end and everything will be great. If they don't agree, the bombing starts and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level in intensity than it was before. Everything's beautiful. Unless we have to do it much worse and double down on it.

[Rich]

But he's, he's. How many times has he threatened this?

[Suzanne]

Three hours ago.

[Luke]

Oh, my God, constantly. Yeah, Every day.

[Rich]

Every day.

[Suzanne]

It's sort of like, you know, clean up your room or you're going to be grounded for 10 years. It's sort of that. Sort of like he just keeps that threat in his back.

[Luke]

Clean up your room or we're going to bomb you off the face, off

[Suzanne]

the face of the planet and end the end of civilization tonight. And then he also posted while we were talking or a little bit earlier, about how the ballroom was still going to be less than $400 million. I'm like, why did they put a billion?

[Luke]

So why, why are they asking for a billion then, man?

[Suzanne]

Maybe the people in Congress know more about how much costs than Trump does.

[Luke]

I would be willing to bet that that's the case.

[Suzanne]

I think that's true.

[Zach]

I'm looking at his post on True Social now, just every time I do this, I read through the comments and it's.

[Rich]

What are they? Give us a sample.

[Suzanne]

Turn the Middle east into glass. Is it that kind of stuff?

[Zach]

The number one one is this big meme of like, I can't even tell what the I'm looking at, but it's a Sharia law is incompatible with the United States Constitution, is not welcome here. Read truth if you agree like that. It's so many things like, okay, here's another. Obama gave Iran $1.7 billion to fund their nuclear program. Biden unfroze 16 billion of funds for Iran. This is Obama's war. He funded terrorism. President.

[Rich]

Wait, what?

[Zach]

Just ending it. That's what it's.

[Suzanne]

I'm just reading it.

[Zach]

It's all, it's all memes too. Like it's not actual writing.

[Rich]

Oh, because people don't have a coherent thought.

[Luke]

They don't have original thoughts in their life. But the thing is, every time I see shit like that, it just makes me think a little more that maybe Thanos was. The only thing that he was wrong about is that he thought it should be random.

[Suzanne]

Should be random.

[Zach]

Oh, this is a good one. The Democrat Party and their entire base have become a violent hate group. That's cool. Yeah.

[Suzanne]

I mean, you're right.

[Luke]

I do hate you.

[Suzanne]

I saw, like, an AI driven. It's true. I saw an AI driven meme page with, like, 3.2 million followers on Facebook the other day post that the Butler assassination attempt is now being investigated in the. The. I think it was.

[Luke]

Oh, I saw.

[Suzanne]

Or whatever. Who's. Who's. Whose husband died in that attack.

[Luke]

Firefighter.

[Suzanne]

The firefighter now believes. The wife now believes that Joe Biden was involved. He was directly involved in the attempt.

[Rich]

Wait, the wife of the person that passed away?

[Luke]

Yeah, but.

[Suzanne]

And I don't even know if that's true.

[Luke]

The same wife. The same. The same wife, by the way, who watched as Trump and all his buddies shared the picture where an angel is moving the bullet out of the way.

[Zach]

Right.

[Rich]

Right into her.

[Luke]

Into her husband.

[Zach]

Yeah, yeah. Away from Trump. Into your husband.

[Suzanne]

And that's the thing is, like, I don't even know if she said this. It's just text slapped over a picture of her put posted on a. On a meme slot page for MAGA stuff.

[Luke]

Tell me this is real.

[Suzanne]

And they got 3.2 million people on that page following it. And the comments are absolutely horrific. Like, Joe Biden should be in prison. And it's like, no, these people are real.

[Rich]

Wait, the thing about that. That kills me is, like, so either Joe Biden was a demented old bag of bones who could barely get up in the morning, or he orchestrated an attempted assassination attempt.

[Zach]

Yes.

[Rich]

On Donald Trump, but missed, but kept it all under.

[Luke]

Oh, this is hilarious. This is off topic, but Kyle Rittenhouse got bitten by a brown recluse spider and shared a shirtless photo from the er. Not exactly the picture of health.

[Zach]

I want to see this. I can look this up.

[Suzanne]

That's actually.

[Luke]

He should have censored his man boobs.

[Zach]

I hope for the. For anybody watching. We can pull this up for our editors.

[Luke]

Oh, we're gonna have to.

[Rich]

Not now.

[Suzanne]

We have to. Those are actually worse, I think, for a lot of people than. Than black widows. You do not.

[Luke]

Well, his caption was, the communists couldn't take me out, and I'll be damned if I let a brown recluse take Me out. What an odd flex.

[Zach]

Ew. Dude. Yeah, he's not in shape. Ew. Let's put it that way.

[Suzanne]

No.

[Rich]

Ew. He is.

[Zach]

He is like me and peak covert. Holy.

[Rich]

He has not been look smacking, has he?

[Luke]

No, he has not been look smacking.

[Suzanne]

One of the top reposts is. Is the spider. Okay.

[Luke]

The best one I've seen is that clip of him crying in the courthouse. And then it's. And that.

[Rich]

That. That spider.

[Luke]

He bit me.

[Zach]

God. You.

[Suzanne]

Kyle Rittenhouse came at him with us with a skateboard.

[Rich]

Well, you know, it's like, yeah, if you were, like, a decent. Let's just hypothetically, for a second say that you were a mildly decent or whatever, and you got caught up in the moment and you, you know, killed those two people, you would think you would go hide in a hole for, like, 10 years.

[Zach]

Right.

[Rich]

And then, like, come back. Instead, he decided, oh, I'm gonna capitalize on the death of these two people.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Rich]

And be even a bigger piece of shit. And all of MAGA went, they love it.

[Suzanne]

Yes, that's exactly. Love it.

[Rich]

And it's like, yep, because you killed. Because he did kill them. He did murder them, regardless of what that jury thought. He murdered two people, by the way. And he's like, oh, I can't even.

[Zach]

Yeah, just. God, it's so up to, like, relive some of this and go back, be like, oh, yeah, that happened.

[Luke]

It's like, I remember watching that met in. I took a class. Class, like, a blowing glass class my freshman year of college, and I was waiting for my turn, listening to the jury, and I was so mad because I listened to the verdict, and I was like, oh, well, I'm gonna be enraged for the next decade forever

[Zach]

before

[Suzanne]

we wrap up, since we're just. You know what?

[Luke]

Now we're just spiraling.

[Suzanne]

Did you guys see the. There was a big poll out of Texas that showed Talarico versus Cornyn and Paxton.

[Zach]

Yes.

[Luke]

Yep.

[Suzanne]

I dug into that. And because. So the top line number was what, Like, Talarico beating Cornyn by, I think, seven and Paxton by eight.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Suzanne]

But when you dig into the poll, it was actually quite wild. The, like, Trump's approval rating is pretty significantly underwater.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Suzanne]

I'm pulling up the data points, but he's down. Cornyn is down, Paxton is down. Talarico has a plus 10. He's, like, the only person. He's the only politician in. In the poll in Texas who has a positive approval rating, and he's plus 10. Cornyn is is underwater. Like I said, Paxton, but Greg Abbott, Donald Trump, Congress, every single thing is underwater. And Talarico is, Is. Is crushing it. But when you, when you actually dig into the. I'm pulling up the cross tab so you guys can keep talking about it if you. But when you dig in, it's. This is like a deep, durable thing. I mean, Talarico is a great candidate, but it's rooted in.

[Luke]

It's more than just that anger.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Suzanne]

And sadness about everything.

[Zach]

It's a great contrast. But he's like. Talarico is undeniably one of the, like, brightest stars I think, in the Democratic Party right now. Like, his ability to communicate with people and, like, in the middle, but still be progressive is amazing. The balance is incredible. I saw he had a quote the other day that I absolutely loved. And, like, the Democratic Party needs to, like, latch onto this shit as messaging. It was something like, I don't want more billionaires in this country. I want more millionaires in this country. I'm like, yes, that is very smart.

[Luke]

And it works both ways because billionaires can become millionaires again, and people that aren't millionaires yet can become them also.

[Zach]

Great line. Like, because it's.

[Luke]

That's a great line.

[Zach]

Say we're not. It's not wealth we're against. It's extreme wealth we're against. And it's like, it's. It's still like, advocating for success. It's perfect. Perfect. Okay, so somebody needs to do that.

[Suzanne]

So here we go. So, yeah, Trump is. He's underwater by 8 points. And it wasn't a sampling issue in Texas. It wasn't a sampling issue. They. They had. 50% were Republicans in the sample, 40% were Democrats, and then the rest were independents or, you know, unaffiliated, whatever. But among those, he's got a 42% approval rating, 50% unfavorable. Talarico is 39 to 29. Paxton is 33 to 42. Cornyn 31 to 43. Greg. Greg Abbott is neutral, but Dan Patrick's underwater. Oh. Gina Hinojosa is 30 to 17. So, like, a lot of people don't know about when you go down.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Suzanne]

But Corinne's been trending down for six years, and Paxton's been trending down since 2022. And yet in Tal, Rico has been level for a year. Like, he's been. He actually. He actually went up since last August.

[Luke]

So you guys see the poll that said that 47% of Republicans that don't approve of Trump are staying home In November, they say they won't vote.

[Zach]

Oh, yeah. Jesus Christ.

[Rich]

Deadly.

[Suzanne]

Because they're not going to vote.

[Luke]

Especially when he's like, like 34 or 40% disapproval rate with Republicans.

[Suzanne]

Yeah, he's. He's not on the ballot.

[Luke]

So that means 17 to 20% of Republicans staying home.

[Zach]

Yeah, right.

[Suzanne]

They have to go vote for somebody else to, to, to, to support Trump. And it just. He doesn't have coattails. No, never too far.

[Luke]

No, it's the diaper.

[Zach]

Diaper. Yeah, exactly.

[Suzanne]

Coattails are tucked into the back of the diaper.

[Zach]

Yeah, exactly.

[Suzanne]

Anyway, always good to see. Oh, and the last piece plus five on immigration is good for your culture, good for growth, good for the future in Texas.

[Zach]

Oh, wow.

[Suzanne]

Yeah.

[Rich]

Alrighty.

[Zach]

Well, they know better.

[Suzanne]

They're, you know, the border state, so. Yeah, there you go.

[Luke]

Yep.

[Suzanne]

That's great.

[Rich]

Well, let's end on a positive.

[Luke]

Happy polls, which I still don't trust because of Ann Poulter

[Rich]

and Seltzer.

[Luke]

Seltzer.

[Suzanne]

There we go.

[Luke]

Oops.

[Rich]

Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't trust the pole for Man Coulter either, but.

[Luke]

No, actually I was convincing that with Will Poulter, the actor.

[Rich]

Oh, well, I don't even know who that is.

[Luke]

He's a. Neither here nor there.

[Suzanne]

I was thinking Anne Poulter was like her alter ego that does polling. And that would be even better. That's like. That's a good, like, ironic punk band name.

[Zach]

I like.

[Luke]

That's interesting. All right, well, there we go.

[Rich]

Well, Rich, you've gotten two band names out of the last two episodes now

[Zach]

significantly darker than the other.

[Suzanne]

I actively listen for band names. So my punk band is Ann Poulter and Abuse of a Corpse is my death.

[Luke]

What about Ann Poulter and the Abuse of a Corpse as your title?

[Suzanne]

I like that.

[Luke]

Kind of like that could be a rock opera.

[Rich]

Yeah, yeah, that's true. There's a lot more of a Broadway style name than anything.

[Suzanne]

Coulter. That's the real question.

[Rich]

Skeletor.

[Suzanne]

Say no more.

[Rich]

Hey, there's a He man movie coming out. There's a He man movie coming out. So, like, it's true. It's true. She's an awful human being. I'm not gonna say anything nice about her. So she's awful, racist, terrible. Also lives in New York City because I knew somebody who used to live in her building and like, I thought that we were like the, the dredges of. Oh, I got one more. Here's another positive for you we're talking about, but New York City, everyone says that New York City is a cesspool. Crime ridden, rat ridden, yada, yada, yada. Do you know what happened in the first four months of 2026? We broke the record for the least amount of murders.

[Zach]

Nice.

[Rich]

The least ever. Ever. So that, that Zoram Donnie. I thought this was going to turn into a communist hellscape where people murdered on the street. Sharia law was going to rain down on it. You know, four, but the four safest months on record.

[Zach]

It's great.

[Suzanne]

There we go.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Suzanne]

So screw me on another, you know, another people who watched my last video on the Gen Z poll saw this number.

[Rich]

As long as it's good news.

[Suzanne]

It's absolutely good news. Generation Labs, I think they partnered with like ABC and they did a huge poll of a thousand young voters. And my favorite number from it was, of course it's like two to one Democrats. And yeah, it's a bloodbath. But when you look down at who the Republicans in the poll, there's like 270 or no, 200. 198 out of the thousand people self identified as Republicans. So that's how bad it is. But of the 198 Republicans in this poll who were asked, who would you vote for in 2028 for president if given the choice? 11% said Kamala Harris, J.D.

[Rich]

of the Republicans.

[Suzanne]

Of the Republicans. J.D. vance only got 25 out of the. Of the Republicans.

[Rich]

They are.

[Suzanne]

They are the other people who show up on the poll, like Andy Bashir and Josh Shapiro. Alyssa Slotkin, rfk. Of course, he's an independent, but Pete Buttigieg, Gavin Newsom, Jon Stewart pulled at 3% among Republicans. So when you total up the Democrats, it was 35% of the Republican vote. Vote.

[Rich]

Wow, that's deadly. Deadly.

[Suzanne]

Ten points better than than J.D. vance performed among Republicans 18 to 34 nationwide.

[Zach]

That's wild.

[Rich]

He is so unlikable. Like, just so unlikable.

[Zach]

Terrible.

[Luke]

Yep.

[Suzanne]

Like he's got a low swagger whatsoever.

[Luke]

He's got all the charisma of a wet sock.

[Zach]

Yep, exactly.

[Rich]

No, no Riz on that guy.

[Luke]

Nope. He's not been maxing.

[Zach]

No, he's not anything maxing.

[Rich]

Maybe couch maxing.

[Zach]

He's couch Max Couch maxing.

[Luke]

Lube maxing.

[Suzanne]

What's the eyelid of maxing? Is there a word for the.

[Luke]

That's minning. I guess.

[Zach]

I guess.

[Suzanne]

Yeah, that's good.

[Rich]

Or lacking.

[Suzanne]

He's swagger Minning swag.

[Zach]

Oh, I hate that.

[Rich]

All right, that's enough. We're done.

[Luke]

We.

[Rich]

I'm calling it right now, but before. But before I do, we got some stuff to plug. So first of all, find out. Social is live and people are going in. They're loving it. I've seen people talking about forming book clubs. I've seen people ripping Trump, which is fair, but, like just a nice vibe. No bots, no, like, no rage bait, none of that stuff. So come join us over there. It's free. You could post whatever. Within reason, folks, don't get any ideas. Post what you want. You can post links. We won't suppress them. You can do all of that stuff. And it's a really nice community over there right now. And it's built on something called the Fediverse. We're not going to get into it because none of us can explain it, but it is a distributed social network, which means no billionaires.

[Suzanne]

I learned that.

[Rich]

Yeah. No, no, it is not. No. Roger Federer is not part of that.

[Suzanne]

I was born.

[Rich]

He's just swimming on his. On his. Like, he's in. He's got one of those, like, Scrooge McDuck money pits.

[Suzanne]

Yeah, the gold.

[Rich]

And he just swims.

[Suzanne]

He's just like swimming with his Rolexes on.

[Rich]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But come join us. It's great. It's fun. People are loving it so far. So you can get that in the Apple or the Android Store. Just look up, find out Social and it'll be there. Also, you can always buy our merch. Folks, we got to get some new stuff, though. We got to refresh. We got to. We got to do some work.

[Luke]

Yeah, we got to get on.

[Rich]

Yeah, we gotta get some Get Angry stuff.

[Zach]

Put something.

[Rich]

We gotta get some American Power. All that and then. Yeah, also make sure you're watching all our shows. American Power. Nola Haynes is not a spy. And get angry. And then we're gonna have some more coming pretty soon. I thought I was gonna get Zach to give us a little hint, but I don't. We need a little bit more time. So we're almost there on another one or another two, actually. So. So with that, folks, we're done. So we ended ended with a completely random scrabbled all over the place one today, but I hope you enjoyed it and we will be back on Tuesday, so have a great weekend, everybody. We'll talk to you soon. Who says renting can't feel like home? Make your rental feel like yours. It all starts with one scroll. Download TikTok to discover easy home decor ideas. Craving something specific, from global flavors to viral snacks, TikTok has it all. If you can dream it, you can make it right at home. Find your next favorite dish on TikTok. Want to keep up with everything trendy?

[Zach]

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