
Phil, Sean, Elaad, & Raymond are joined by Angela Belcamino (The Bold Lib) to discuss the Attorney General of Texas filing a lawshuit to vacate the seats of Democrats who fled the state over redistricting, The Bold Lib explaining why she's still a...
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Angela Belcamino
Bel Camino.
Tim Pool
Okay. All right.
Angela Belcamino
Yeah.
Tim Pool
Well, who are you? What do you do?
Angela Belcamino
Yeah. Thanks so much for having me, guys. It's been a long time coming. Many of you know me as the Bold Lib. What a lot of you don't know about me is that I'm actually, you know, my background's in mental health and I've been doing that full time for the past many years. And I recently left my job to start my own podcast coming up in September, which is going to be streaming on Rumble. So I'm very excited about that. Thanks to my sponsors at Network Access Group, they're bringing this podcast. So I'm super excited about that. I'm going to be moving in a week out of New York City back home to Florida. I've been back home. Yeah, I'm from Florida originally. I've been in New York for 12 years, so I'm just feeling over it.
Tim Pool
Awesome.
Angela Belcamino
But yeah, my main platform right now is X angelabel Camino and I'm going to be bringing some more stuff on TikTok.
Tim Pool
Awesome. Well, thanks for joining us. We got Raymond G. Stanley.
Raymond G. Stanley
Hey, friends, it's your resident blue collar devil dog here. I'm excited to be here today with the boldest libs of them all.
Kyla Turner
And we have Sean's here producer Sean. Hey guys, thanks for having me back. By popular demand, the blue hoodie was a fan favorite last night. So I wore another blue hoodie. Different color blue. But glad to be here.
Tim Pool
Thanks for joining us. A lot is here. Barely.
Phil
Good evening, everybody. White House correspondent here at Tim cast. Thanks for having me, Phil.
Tim Pool
Well, thank you for, for coming to hang out. All right, so we're gonna get right into it from the prime from the post Millennial breaking. Ken Paxton files suit to vacate state House se Dems who fled over redistricting vote. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit with the state Supreme Court in order to declare the seats held by 13 Democrat Housemate House lawmakers who fled the state amid a vote on a new congressional district map vacant. The rogue Democrat legislators who fled the state have abandoned their duties, leaving their seats vacant. These cowards deliberately sabotaged the constitutional process and violated the oaths a swallowed uphold. Their out of state rebellion cannot go unchecked, and the business of Texas must go on. I have asked the Texas Supreme Court to clarify what has been clear from the beginning that the runaway members have officially vacated their offices in the Texas House. Paxton said in a statement. This is a bit of a surprise for some people. I think that it's. It's good. I know that, that, you know, House members leaving the state in order to prevent quorums and stuff like that. It's not unprecedented, but it does seem like Ken Paxton wants to put a little oomph behind it. And I think that probably has something to do with the fact that he's after John Cornyn's seat.
Kyla Turner
Yeah, yeah. We were talking about this yesterday as well. So, like, without 100, they can't do business, right?
Tim Pool
Yeah.
Kyla Turner
So that's the issue. So it's like, you know, the government's already inefficient and now they can't even, like, do anything because these Democrats have left. We were talking about it last night. The issue is like, okay, if you arrest them, you just martyr them and you give them, you know, all kinds of social credit. So what do we do?
Raymond G. Stanley
What's. What's social credit going to do for.
Kyla Turner
Them when elections become, you know, like, become the face of the Democrat Party? I mean, everyone's vying for that right now.
Tim Pool
Do you think that. That state legislators leaving really are going to have an impact on national Democrats?
Kyla Turner
No. What I'm saying is if you arrest them, I mean.
Tim Pool
Yeah, but I mean, I mean, the point that I'm making is as state. Most of the time, most Americans don't really pay attention to their own state governments, never mind the state government. In Texas now, there are people that are worked up because this is about redistricting and stuff. But redistricting is not, you know, it reduced redistricting halfway through the. The time for the census is not unprecedented. They've done it before. It's happened. I heard someone, I forget who it was that was talking about this being an unprecedented situation. And it's not. They've. They've had.
Kyla Turner
It's rare. They say it' rare.
Tim Pool
Rarely. Fine.
Kyla Turner
But still, Kane said that. Yeah, it's rare.
Tim Pool
Yeah, rare is fine. But that's. It's still unprecedented is different. And so I don't think that most Americans really are going to care beyond. Democrats are looking for something to talk about, do you? What do you think?
Angela Belcamino
I mean, I'm not well versed on gerrymandering, but, I mean, my opinion is that they should have stayed. Like, I, you know, I don't think it's right that they left. Like, I'm can say that. And yeah, my question is same like, what? Like, something needs to be done about it. I feel like. So it. I mean, I think, yeah, what do you.
Kyla Turner
I mean, like, what do you do? You're like, yeah, you pick them up and, like, force them back into their job. I mean, it's. It's like, like, what are your options? And yeah, what I'm saying, as far as, like, becoming the face of the Democratic Party, like, they're being arrested, they're getting the photo op. They're going to be. It's going to be national news. Like, they want this. You know what I mean? With, like, mom Donnie, I would argue Mamdani is probably, like, the biggest, most popular face in the Democratic Party. Right? But if these guys are, you know, carted out in the jail and stuff, like, all of a sudden, everyone's going to know their names, know who they are, know what their positions are.
Tim Pool
So it's like, yeah, but does this hurt Democrats? Because it's my opinion that Democrats are really floundering. Part of the reason why they're doing this is because, you know, Democrats still. Just yesterday there was a clip of Nancy Pelosi talking about how they want to nationalize gender reassignment surgery for kids. This is an 8020 issue, America. The American people do not back that. But Democrats still are on the wrong side of so many issues. Is this the issue that they're trying to get behind? Because they think that it's an easy win? Is it an easy win? Or is this just something to distract from the fact that they still have nothing except for Zorhan Mamdani, who is really unpopular in their own party, you know, to. To. I mean, there are some people that are very pro Mamdani, of course, but the people that are, you know, against Mamdani, like, this is really going to split the Democrat Party, even if even though it's only the mayor of one city, not even a national level Democrat.
Angela Belcamino
Yeah, no, it's a big one. Like, myself included. Like, I am, you know, not as progressive. Like, I'm not on this extreme. Like, and a lot of this stuff is really turning me off. So, you know, being a Democrat, like, I, you know, I don't know that this is the issue, but I think you're onto something, whereas they're not really changing their tune. They're sort of doubling down on the same. So that's been bothering me. It's something that's kind of pushed me more towards center, you know.
Kyla Turner
Yeah. I'm curious a lot. Like, what are we hearing at the White House?
Tim Pool
What do you mean?
Kyla Turner
Like, as far as, like, what's the administration saying about this?
Tim Pool
I haven't really heard a lot. A lot.
Kyla Turner
Our White House correspondent who talks to everyone at the White House, what's the President's.
Tim Pool
Has the President or has the White House made any official statements about what's going on in Texas?
Phil
Not to my knowledge. I think he's letting this one rock out.
Tim Pool
I don't know.
Phil
You could Google it. I haven't been up to date on.
Kyla Turner
Like you've been at the White House, right?
Phil
I have been at the.
Kyla Turner
Oh, okay. Just making sure.
Phil
I did ask. I don't want to get into my, my, my scoops here. I'm not sure but I think there's this one house rep in Texas, he just went on the Joe Rogan show. I forgot what his name is. He's having a little come up. I don't know if, if he's one of these guys, but yeah, again, this is just posturing. Like this is a band aid fixed for the, the gerrymander gerrymandering issue for them in Texas. They're going to eventually have to come back inevitable.
Tim Pool
It's a special session right now and the special session session I believe ends in at the end of August. I think, I'm not positive, but it's. It is.
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Angela Belcamino
You say you'll never join the Navy, that living on a submarine would be too hard. You'd never power a whole ship with nuclear energy, never bring a patient back.
Kyla Turner
To life here or play the national.
Tim Pool
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Tim Pool
30 days is what a special session is. And then if, if the governor wants to declare another or call another special session, they can. So eventually, yes, you're right, there is going to have to be something that'll happen. But the Democrats that I've heard talking, the, the Texas Democrats that I've heard talking, they've, they've kind of alluded to the idea that they're willing to, you know, stay on the lam as long as it takes.
Kyla Turner
Yeah, because you said a lot. They're going to have to come back. What does that mean? What, you can't force somebody to come back unless you arrest them, in which case then they just stay out of what they want.
Phil
Strict until the next midterm election. No, right. They're going to go, they're going to slowly get fined and then they're going to look very bad for staying out of their districts and, and not doing anything and essentially filibustering inevitably to prevent the state House from accomplishing anything. That'll be extremely unpopular. So politically they're going to have to come back.
Tim Pool
So it'll be unpopular on the state level. Do you think that it'll be popular with national Democrats?
Phil
Do I think it'll be unpopular?
Tim Pool
Do I think that, do you think that it will be popular with national Democrats? Because it will be looked at as, oh, they're taking it to Trump and they're giving.
Phil
Maybe, but I could still not name one of these. I don't know. You said these guys are going to turn popular. Sean, can you name one of these House representatives yet?
Kyla Turner
But as soon as you get the handcuffs on him and he's on television everywhere, it's like, mom Donnie, could you, could you have named Mom Donnie three.
Phil
Months ago when he was running? I could have, but that's not right.
Raymond G. Stanley
And they did this in 2021 when there were voting laws in Texas. Over 20, over 50 Democratic lawmakers fled. If you guys recall this, they all left in Texas, but they all came back and the Republicans still passed a law. So it's just a big, big theater. It's not going to have any effect. They're going to come back. The gerrymandering is going to work and.
Tim Pool
We'Re going to move on and no.
Raymond G. Stanley
One'S going to care about these people down the road.
Tim Pool
Well, I mean, I think that, I think you're probably right about the long term consequences. Unless one of these, these state legislators actually is, is exceptionally politically talented. Because it's like you could, you could take someone I mean, you know, no one thought that Barack Obama was going to be the president. Six months before he got into office as the junior senator in Illinois. He, nobody knew who he was, but because he's very politically talented, of charisma, you know, very quickly it became apparent that, wow, this guy's actually going to be a force. And then, you know, within just, you know, a year or so, he had taken over, basically taken over the whole Democrat Party. So I do think that as long as there are no, there are none of these people are actually politically talented. I think you're right. But this is the kind of thing that brings out, you know, that, that shines a light on politically talented people.
Kyla Turner
And, and we are in unprecedented times. You know, like, I understand what you're saying. Like, would you say 50 years ago?
Raymond G. Stanley
No, no, just back in 2021.
Kyla Turner
2021. Okay, so they all came back.
Raymond G. Stanley
Yeah, yeah, over 50 left and it came back.
Kyla Turner
And they, I just think on the left, they hate Trump so much that like, even, like, what are the, we'll call it good trouble, they get into good trouble. So it's like this is what they see as their opportunity for that good trouble not coming back. And plus, you, you can be on, broadcasted every day on social media.
Tim Pool
Yeah, I mean, that's, I think that that's the, the kind of, what I'm getting at is this is the kind of situation that really does take your nobodies and make them into somebody's. So it could be that this is an opportunity for them Now, I mean, I could be totally wrong about the individuals, and this really does depend on the individuals in, in question. Like, if none of them are, if they're just, you know, run of the mill, you know, clowns, then they're not going to be able to capitalize on this. But this kind of attention could make a star out of them. They're perceived as someone that's taking it to Donald Trump because that's the whole point of this. Right? Their whole, the whole point of this is, is look at us. We're not letting Donald Trump destroy democracy for the 75th thousandth time. Right. Like, it's always about they're destroying democracy, they're going to destroy our democracy, etc. But read, you know, this is not going to make a mess. There's going to be. I think I heard them, I think I heard the governor talking that there would be four new districts they're talking about. One of them would be, they would all be likely predominantly Republican, one would be predominantly black. And one would be predominantly Hispanic, though they would be Republican still. So it's not like the Democrats really can go with their normal catchphrases or what have you. Like, they're, oh, there. This is about racism, etc. It's like, well, and not really. If you've got a mostly black and a mostly Hispanic, you know, this isn't about racism. This is about, you know, representation. You know, does. Does that make a difference? I don't.
Kyla Turner
I mean, I don't know. Like, I think this story is really very much so, like, for the insiders and the people that are paying attention, the kind of. The smaller percentage of people out there. Like, if you ask somebody on the street, do they care about this? Probably not. I think once, you know, their absence starts affecting people in Texas, like, if there aren't social programs that people are relying on or whatever the case is, you know, if that starts falling through, then I think people would be like, you know, start getting outraged. But I don't know, kind of like what Raymond said. A lot of theater.
Raymond G. Stanley
And Jasmine Crockett, she's probably gonna lose her seat.
Kyla Turner
Yeah, that's hilarious. Let's go to you.
Tim Pool
I think that. No, Jasmine Crockett, that's. That's a. Someone that. I think that is politically talented. Again, there's gonna be a lot of people that are gonna wig out. That I'm saying. But she gets attention, and that's what people are kind of neglecting. I've. I've had arguments with people around this table before about, like, AOC's political talent, and someone's like, oh, she's just dumb and. And never, blah, blah, blah. And that's. That is a terrible, terrible perspective to take, because whether or not she is. Is someone that you politically agree with or someone that you find charismatic. She is charismatic. And she can definitely get people's attention.
Angela Belcamino
People rally behind her and feel very strongly, and she gets people like he did, and she gets people to vote and be passionate about these things.
Tim Pool
When you were living in New York, were you in her district?
Angela Belcamino
I was.
Tim Pool
Okay.
Angela Belcamino
And I. I did like her, and I did vote for her.
Kyla Turner
So it's a hot take. That's a spicy take.
Raymond G. Stanley
What did you like about her?
Angela Belcamino
I mean, I feel like she was really well spoken and, like you said, charismatic. And, like, I just. I think I tend to believe everything that she was saying easily. And so I think, you know, with my experience and kind of evolving, I'm more willing to really, like, you know, do some more research and, like, you know, and ask more questions. But she definitely had that quality or has that quality about her where, you know, where now I'm like, oh, okay. Once I see the other side and I'm able to have conversations with people more. But I think, yeah.
Tim Pool
Did you feel the same way when the issue with the Amazon warehouse was going down?
Kyla Turner
She.
Tim Pool
She prevented the Amazon warehouse from being built in the district. Do you know. Do you remember that?
Angela Belcamino
I do kind of remember. Yeah.
Tim Pool
And you. That didn't. Did that have. Did that color your opinion of her when that happened, or was it something that really.
Angela Belcamino
I don't remember that specifically being something that I, Yeah. Was super involved in at the time.
Tim Pool
Okay.
Angela Belcamino
Yeah.
Tim Pool
The reason I wonder is because that's the kind of thing that would turn a lot of people off if they, if it. When it's that type of thing that if it touches their lives, if it's like, yeah, you know, this really. I was really hoping for a job or. Or something like that. I was, you know, I've been looking for work and etc. And the scuttlebutt going around was she's not in her district enough. She's always on the Internet and she's always in D.C. and she's more concerned with being an influencer. So that's why I brought up. I was wondering if it affected.
Angela Belcamino
It wasn't personal to me, but I definitely get that. I think people would.
Kyla Turner
Do you still identify as a Democrat?
Angela Belcamino
I do.
Kyla Turner
All right, we got one boy.
Angela Belcamino
I do. I do. But I see myself, you know, you were saying, like, kind of more of like a classic, like, old school modern liberal, a little more like left of center.
Kyla Turner
Do you see this as, like, action, like, what these Texas Democrats are doing? Do you see this as, like something that the Democrats get behind, or do you think that's.
Angela Belcamino
I think what I was saying is, like, me personally, I see it as more of like, you know, a bad look. Like, I don't. It's not something I would rally behind personally. And I, I don't know. I just, I think with the Democratic Party in general right now, people are asking a lot of questions and, you.
Tim Pool
Know, can you unpack that a little bit? You said to your, you know, progressive or Democrat friends, what are the, what are the things that they say to you about the Democrat Party and about, like, your kind of evolution away from the more progressive side of the Democratic Democrats?
Angela Belcamino
Well, I'm definitely getting pushback from people on the left, like, the more progressive. Like, you know, I'm seeing a difference where it's just getting very extreme, like more woke. And so by being more woke today.
Tim Pool
Still.
Kyla Turner
Still.
Angela Belcamino
Yeah.
Tim Pool
Okay.
Kyla Turner
That's what I was saying yesterday. They viewed as punk rock. Yeah, they really do.
Tim Pool
But go ahead, please.
Angela Belcamino
Yeah, so, you know, I'm getting a lot of pushback. I'm getting canceled by a lot of people that, you know, I was previously, like having, you know, we were working together in the Democratic Party over the past several years. Since this most recent election, I'm getting canceled for asking questions or not just subscribing to this sort the bullet points. And I just find it super being called a Nazi and a fascist.
Tim Pool
Welcome to the club.
Angela Belcamino
Vandalizing Teslas is a crime. And not just agree. So by not agreeing and asking those questions, I have a lot of people calling me a Nazi and fascist.
Tim Pool
Yeah, I went through. I've gone through four tires because of nails being left around my chest in the past. In the past month. In the past month. So.
Angela Belcamino
And I don't agree with that. Like, how are. How are we doing any good by doing. I don't think that's.
Raymond G. Stanley
Sorry, Phil. I thought you were someone else.
Tim Pool
Be careful. You don't want to do that stuff.
Kyla Turner
Yeah, you're on camera.
Tim Pool
But. But I. I appreciate that when you, You. You said something that you said canceled. When you get. When you say canceled, what do you mean? Because the colloquially canceled has meant, you know, lose a job, friends stop talking to you, possibly stop talking to you, and you find out about it because they make a big, long social media post about how you're a terrible person, which has happened to me. I mean, it's been a long time since. Since that stuff has happened to me because I've been fairly open about my opinions for a long, long time. But it was a new thing in 2013, 14, 15, and that was, you know, fairly shocking to me. People that I thought that I'd been friends with, that I'd grown up with, that I had heard of the most offensive, terrible jokes, and then they come out and say, oh, he's this terrible person for saying something that is night and day from what the things that I'd heard them say. But what do you. What do you mean?
Angela Belcamino
That's hard, right? That's hard. It's hard to wrap your head around a lot of that stuff, I think. Yeah. With a lot of. Over the past several years, you know, with. With politics, Facebook, whatever. So some of it is real, like real life, family members and friends coming at you and, you know, nasty and name calling and things but it's a lot. I mean, I do a lot on Twitter, a lot on X and the comments are really ugly and really nasty. There's a lot of blockings, there's a lot of. I followed you and just a lot of name calling, a lot of nastiness, which I'm not behind. It's like, if you disagree with me, let's have a conversation. Tell me why it's okay to disagree. But, but you can't. You just. I mean, so that's kind of what I mean. Blockings and name calling, nasty comments. Just, just a lot of people who are very vocal about it.
Tim Pool
Welcome to the Internet.
Kyla Turner
Yeah, it's, it's funny. The Democrats are trying to cancel you, but the conservatives think it's all a bit. They think like what you're doing is. It's fake. We were talking about that a little bit before the show. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Angela Belcamino
I'm a conservative psyop all this. But there's, but it actually, it has been really nice. So I've gotten a lot of like positive responses from conservatives.
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Kyla Turner
Oh, that's cool.
Angela Belcamino
On the right, like they're kind of coming around and being like, oh, I thought I hated you. And I thought this narrative, this, this.
Tim Pool
Thing about you, your, your rage baits were absolutely, I mean and they really were absolutely perfect. They're you the way that you would post things and stuff especially, and especially when you were really going for it, trying to upset conservatives. I was like, this chick has. She knows exactly what to do. And when I Remember when I saw you hanging out with. It was Ashley Sinclair, I think.
Angela Belcamino
Yeah.
Tim Pool
First time.
Angela Belcamino
Yeah.
Tim Pool
I was like, is this real? And then I was like, well, now has the whole thing been a bit. Because I knew that it was rage bait. Like, I knew the point of it was that you were trying to get a reaction out of people. But I was like, there's no way that she's that good at it. Has it all been a bit. So how much of it. How much of it was a bit like. I mean, obviously you are a Democrat.
Angela Belcamino
I am.
Tim Pool
But you, you just knew how to get a rise out of people.
Angela Belcamino
And we were talking about this earlier, like, I am a Democrat, I am a liberal, but I, you know, I think there's extremes on both sides and so, you know, sort of trolling, you know, a bit there. But there is an authenticity and genuineness about it too. But just sort of like calling out and trolling extremes and like, having fun with it too.
Phil
Yeah.
Raymond G. Stanley
When you're, like walking down the streets of New York, like, strutting your stuff and like, I'm 40 and I'm ready for a baby, but I'm not gonna have them because I'm free. Like, you know, that's.
Kyla Turner
That's rage, baby.
Angela Belcamino
It's like I was doing 42 child free.
Raymond G. Stanley
There you go.
Angela Belcamino
Also talking about that. Cause you were talking about, about kids. And I feel strongly about, like, people should be able to do whatever they want to do. Like, I don't think people should, you know, your life is meaningless if you don't have children. And I think those videos, people got so angry.
Kyla Turner
Yeah. Oh, is the chat lighting up right now? Is the chat lighting up?
Phil
I don't know, like, as a bold lib. What are the issues you care about? Is it abortion? I'm guessing is like, top of the list for me.
Angela Belcamino
Like, coming from a mental health background, my stuff is very much like humanity. Like, you know, things that affect human lives, quality of life, mental health related, like that kind of stuff. But I do. Yeah. But women's rights is also important to me.
Tim Pool
What about women's lefts?
Angela Belcamino
That too all. Yeah, the rights and the lefts.
Tim Pool
Okay.
Phil
So what I'm trying to understand, like, Democrats, they deal with mental health issues very well, you think? Or like, is there something in particular?
Angela Belcamino
I mean, I'm not sure what you mean.
Kyla Turner
Are you saying that Democrats are mentally challenged?
Phil
Is that what you're saying? No, like the Democrat issue that you care about and you were like, yeah, the mental health stuff.
Angela Belcamino
Well, it's not Necessarily a Democrat issue. Like, that's why I'm more about bridging, like, bringing people together. Like right now, you know, I feel like I'm at least now, like, in this phase of, like, we have more in common and trying to bring people together and we're all human and finding that sort of common ground is where I'm at right now. And that's.
Phil
Does that mean you don't have, like a bleeding hatred for the president or.
Angela Belcamino
Right.
Tim Pool
No.
Angela Belcamino
Correct. And I would say that's different. Like, I would say that I. That's part of my evolution. I think that we all should hopefully grow and evolve. And I can definitely say, like, I have said some bad thing, you know, that I don't take it back. That's where I was then. And I feel like who I am today is different. And I feel like I'm learning and that's why I'm here and why I want to, like, have more conversations and be, like, open.
Tim Pool
So do you feel like you had a looking back now, right, to when you were more in the, I guess, liberal bubble? Do you feel like you were in. First of all, do you feel like you were in a liberal bubble? And second of all, do you feel like you understand conservatives now? Well, better now after kind of coming out and making light of some of the. The more progressive ideas and, and also spending time with. With conservatives. Did you used to think that conservatives were a different kind of person or is it something that, that you kind of like, always were like. No, we're all kind of actually just. Just have different opinions and come from different places.
Angela Belcamino
Yeah, I don't. I think that it's. I think that I can see the differences. Like, I feel like I might have lumped people all. Which is not like me. So I'm able to see that more clearly.
Tim Pool
But it's very normal and very human.
Angela Belcamino
For sure. We will. I think we have a tendency to want to put people into boxes. Right. Which I'm actually very. And I say this now and it's part of my bio. I'm. I'm anti label and anti box, so it's more in line with who I am. But. But yeah, I don't think I realized now I have a better understanding and I think getting to know people and their stories, like, so I do interviews on X where. And I'm interviewing a lot of conservative people, J6ers, et cetera. And so I would have thought the same thing, right. About that entire group of people. But like, hearing their stories, you hear a Whole other perspective and not everyone's situation and where they were at that day is the same.
Kyla Turner
Right, right.
Angela Belcamino
So I think that's so important, and that's something I want to do with my podcast is really the storytelling piece and getting to know people's backgrounds so that we don't lump people and just make assumptions.
Kyla Turner
But I also think, like, the 90s liberals are in a tough spot. Like the Conservative Party today versus the Liberal Party. Like, go back to the 90s. They're completely inverse. You know what I mean? Like, the conservatives in the 90s are very much pro censorship. Like, you know, like a lot of, you know, very Christian.
Tim Pool
Remember, the PMRC was Al Gore's white.
Kyla Turner
Who's that?
Tim Pool
The pmrc.
Kyla Turner
Pmrc.
Tim Pool
You know, I forget what the. What the acronym meant, but it was looking to censor music.
Kyla Turner
Oh, okay. Oh, the albums, the explicit album, the labels. I think that was the conservatives. Right. Like, that's.
Raymond G. Stanley
It went after Eminem.
Kyla Turner
Yeah.
Tim Pool
No, no, no, no, no, no, no. This is. This is. This is much further back. Al Gore's wife. This is in the 80s. This is when. Because the. The label on offensive records or whatever, that wasn't in the late ninet, Late late eighties, early nineties. It was when D. Snider went before Congress and actually was talking to Congress and it was Al Gore's wife who was the leader of the pmrc. So I do agree, you know, Republicans and conservatives have that stigma because of the fact that that's where the Christian conservatives were. But it wasn't just Republicans.
Kyla Turner
Right.
Tim Pool
And I, you know, point to Al Gore's wife.
Kyla Turner
Sure. But the left was seen as the free speech party, the live and let live, the pro. You know, same sex mar. Like it was down with the machine taking down the government. Yeah. In the 90s. Yeah.
Tim Pool
And I think the PMRC, I think.
Kyla Turner
Except for the gay marriage part, I.
Tim Pool
Think that the PMRC was actually earlier because, like, Hook and Mouth by Megadeth references the pmrc. And that was on the. I think it was so far, so good. So what album? Anyways, either way, it was.
Kyla Turner
I remember it was a big deal when they put those big labels on.
Tim Pool
Mid-80S, but it was a big deal. And that was. Again, that was Beavis and Butt Head.
Kyla Turner
Got sounds saying fire because some dumb kid burned down his house. Yeah, they were saying fire so they couldn't say fire anymore. Remember when the movie came out, they said fire like a thousand times.
Tim Pool
And all the people that. All the people that were looking to censor video games.
Kyla Turner
Video games, violent Conservatives, you know, so was.
Tim Pool
Yeah, it was. It was largely. I feel like it was largely accredited to conservatives, but I do feel like it was actually more bipartisan than people remember. And I think that that's because of the fact that it was oftentimes led by the Christian conservatives. And that's what people remember is, you know, the, the people that were the Bible thumpers that were saying, this is.
Kyla Turner
Against book burning and.
Tim Pool
Yeah, yeah. Going after Marilyn Manson, going after, you know, heavy metal bands. There were the people that were going after Judas Priest because they swore up and down that they were backwards messages in the songs.
Kyla Turner
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Tim Pool
Judas Priest had to go to court.
Kyla Turner
But it's just wild. Like, that's what I'm saying. Like a lot of. I think a lot of 90s liberals are homeless because of that.
Tim Pool
Well, I think a lot of 90s liberals are mad, guy.
Kyla Turner
Yeah, now they are. That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. Yeah.
Angela Belcamino
Your hat's coming red.
Kyla Turner
Turned a new leaf.
Tim Pool
All right, so I think we're going to jump to this next story now from the Wall Street Journal. Putin tells us he'll halt the war in exchange for eastern Ukraine. Let's see. Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the Trump administration this week with a sweeping proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine, demanding major territorial concessions by Kiev and a push for global recogn ignition of its claims in exchange for a halt to the fighting. According to European and Ukrainian officials. President Trump said Friday he would meet with Putin in Alaska on August 15th following Putin's proposal. He didn't provide additional information about the meeting or the exact location. The Kremlin didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. European officials expressed serious reservations about Putin's proposals, which would require that Ukraine hand over eastern Ukraine, a region known as the Donbass, without Russia committing to much, much other than stopping fighting. The offer which Putin conveyed Wednesday to U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow set off a diplomatic scramble to get further clarity on details of the proposal. This is something that most people that have been watching the, the war in Ukraine kind of figured was going to happen. So I don't know that Putin. Well, the, the news isn't really the actual news. It's Putin saying, you know, making the remark that's actually the news. But this is something that, you know, there's always been the, the assumption, or at least since Putin's advance was stopped, the assumption was he was going to take the Donbas, he was going to take the places that are predominantly Russian speaking. And he was going to say, okay, this is where I'll stop. Because no one at all ever thought that Crimea was going back. Ever since 2000, whatever, 12 or 13, when he actually invaded Crimea into Crimea, everyone has kind of been like, well, I guess grimy is part of Russia now. And there are people that are like, no, especially those, the, you know, the fellas on X, they love to say, no, we're gonna kick Putin out of Crimea. And it's like, man, that ain't happening. Like, you're just, you're a clown if you think that. What are you gonna do? Like, how are you gonna get him out? I mean, is the US Gonna actually put troops in there? That's not gonna happen. It was never gonna happen. So this is like, this is probably a best case scenario. And if it's also what kind of people really thought was going to be the end game anyways. But if, if I understand correctly, some of the details that Putin wants is like, there will be no UN Or Ukraine will not enter into the U. N. There will be no Western forces in Ukraine. Which just kind of means that Putin's gonna be like, all right, we'll stop fighting now until I feel like it again.
Kyla Turner
Right.
Tim Pool
So.
Kyla Turner
Right. I mean, is it, is it $80 billion well spent? I mean, I guess, Angela, from, from your standpoint as a Democrat, like, I don't understand like why the whole pro Ukraine thing started. I really have no idea where that came from. And it's like all of a sudden was like, you're on one side or the other. It didn't make a lot of sense. Like from your standpoint as a Democrat, like, why do you guys love Ukraine?
Angela Belcamino
I. I don't know. This is not like I'm not versed in this at all. I didn't, I haven't been speaker in.
Kyla Turner
Your circles where they. Did they have like the flags and their profiles and stuff?
Angela Belcamino
Some. Why? Yeah, it's easy to answer. Yeah, it's easy.
Raymond G. Stanley
It's because it's Russia. It's Trump and Russia. The Russia gate. Anything, anything against Russia, Russia does, they're going to hate it.
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Raymond G. Stanley
No offense. The Democratic Party side is going to hate even no matter what, to do something good, do something bad. That's why day one, they instantly put their flags in their bio because it's Russia and they're told to hate Russia because of russiagate.
Tim Pool
Because Russia. Yeah, because Russia helped Donald Trump steal the election. So if you are actually facts, if you are against Donald Trump, Trump, he's allied with Russia because he's a Putin puppet.
Angela Belcamino
Right.
Tim Pool
Which is. I mean, it's. I mean, it's not based in any kind of reality, but that's the narrative that the left.
Angela Belcamino
I think that's. I think that is the narrative. Yeah.
Tim Pool
Yeah. So, I mean, a lot. You. What do you. What do you feel is the proper course of action? Do you think that this is what was always going to be the situation? Do you think that we. I mean, obvious. I don't think we can trust Russia personally. But what do you think?
Phil
So for President Putin, I think the Ukraine war is legacy defining. He wants to take a bigger chomp out of Ukraine that he's been able to. In the initial assault, he almost split Ukraine in half when he sent that long convoy to Kiev. I don't know if you guys recall, but they definitely want a lot more territorial gains than this. And I don't think at the negotiating table is the way that Putin will be able to achieve this. Ukraine will not give up half their country without a fight, considering how much I think they've already fought for the eastern parts of Ukraine and from Putin's strategy. If you guys have been paying attention, President Trump has been giving this guy a ton of different deadlines that he repeatedly just has to push back because Putin doesn't want to negotiate. He's leading Trump on, and I think President Trump actually knows that he's leading him on, and he just needs to allow him to do so because Trump needs to bite for more time because there's no serious solution to this, that it doesn't take a large amount of political capital that I don't think the president wants to expend right now in Russia. The administration right now has been trying to pivot to the Pacific. That's actually been the government's direction pretty much since Obama's pivot to the Pacific. And right now, a lot of people.
Tim Pool
When you say pivot to the Pacific, you're talking about China to China.
Phil
So there's a lot of people in the administration who generally talk about that issue as a top issue. Eldridge Colby is one of the top guys in the DOJ or in the military, I believe. And then there's also Pete Hexseth, who's been known to talk about the Pacific alert lot. And they don't want to get bogged down in Russia. And the type of investment that it would require to militarily remove Putin from Ukraine or stop him from advancing would be a lot, and it would be a kind of sinking of our treasury, our military treasure in Ukraine. So I think he's trying to balance all of this out. I do think it's also worth mentioning that president promised, I think it was originally on day one, that he would end the war in Russia and Ukraine, and he was unable to do so. He's been very successful in different parts of the world. Like, I believe he's been very successful in the Middle east, despite people freaking out all the time about what he was doing here. But he campaigned on, I believe, reducing or no aid to Ukraine, and that's where the base seemed. But otherwise, I don't know why people wouldn't start calling President Trump a neocon once more because he did allow a ton of arms to flow to Ukraine, despite NATO paying for it. We're still sending a bunch of arms that Ukraine wouldn't be able to procure otherwise. I foresee us being much more involved, though, militarily, once there isn't a diplomatic solution to this. Putin, again, is just leading the president on more and more. We're seeing secondary sanctions on India that aren't panning out exactly as the way that we planned. We were trying to sanction Russian oil. There's so many different elements to what's going on here.
Tim Pool
But, well, I mean, for sanctions to work, we need good partners and good. And Europe has not been a good partner when it comes to.
Phil
Nor have the Indians. They've been really screwing us over on immigration fraud. They've been screwing us over over on global trade. They've been screwing us over on call centers, Twitter.
Tim Pool
The fact that, you know, Europe has been buying Russian oil for essentially the entirety of the Russian war in Ukraine.
Phil
I think they've dramatically reduced. I think the main buyers right now are China, India and a couple of other small countries. And look, I do. And don't blame India because from their argument, the way they see it is that, hey, we're a bunch of poor Indians. And I have over a billion Indians who need China, cheap access to cheap oil and cheap oil from Russia, literally.
Tim Pool
Burning dung is the option.
Phil
Exactly. So, like, you know, we're telling them to live in squalor and not buy cheap Russian oil. But they are in a sense also, you know, paying for the Russian economy to run. And it's a wartime economy and they're just producing arms to attack Ukraine. I think we should keep our eyes on China.
Tim Pool
So it's your sense, I'm a big.
Phil
China guy, I care about Ukraine, I think we should send more arms and money to Ukraine, but our real eyes need to be on.
Tim Pool
So. So it's your sense that there will be no meeting with President Putin?
Phil
No, there will be a meeting, but I don't think anything fruitful will come out of it.
Tim Pool
So even so, if the United States were to say, okay, we've convinced Kiev to, to your terms, right?
Phil
You can, I think it's like a maximalist ask from Putin. Zelensky can't even come to the table. This is an insulting offer. Like, think of it from a Ukrainian perspective, how many lives you've just lost.
Tim Pool
But giving up Ukraine up a lot less. Ukraine have the ability to say no. I mean, I know that it's an insulting offer. I understand what you're saying. But if the President says, look, you need to go and talk to him, you need to be here, or whatever the conditions are. I don't know what the, what, what the White House thinks that the Ukrainian president is going to do, but if the White House, hypothetically, if the White House were to say, hey, hey, you need to sit down and talk because you're losing 5,000 people a week or whatever, and we want this to stop and you don't have the human capital to continue this and NATO's not coming in, can he say no? Can zelensky say no? Mr. President, I'm not going to.
Phil
I think this goes beyond Zelensky. I think this goes to the Ukrainian people. The Ukraine is still a democracy right now, and Ukrainians feel this way and Zelensky is just representing them. Ukraine's want to fight for their country. And I think even if we stopped helping them, them, even with just Europeans help, they would keep fighting against the Russians. These guys don't want to let their country fall. They've been under Soviet rule in the past, and I think their fight back is righteous and they've actually been doing an extremely effective job at it. Also, at this point, I think it's worth noting Russia's a much bigger country, but they're losing a lot more men because they're on the offensive. And when you're on the offensive in war, you have to give up like a 3 to 1 ratio. It's a lot harder to attack, conquer than it is to.
Tim Pool
3 to 1 is correct when it comes to position.
Phil
But still, Russia doesn't have endless, endless, you know, stockpiles of weapons. And they.
Kyla Turner
Well, they got some pretty big weapons, though. I'm like, I don't think they got some pretty big.
Phil
If I'm a Russian, if I'm putting on my Russian neocon hat, I'm actually not. I'm like, very sad and not impressed at all with my military gains on Ukraine. We're not able to subjugate Ukraine at all, actually. If I'm. If I'm a Russian military man, I'm, like, embarrassed by the gains that we've made. And they should have been able to end this in the first few weeks. That was Putin's original plan by understood that's what he wanted to do.
Kyla Turner
You realize, I mean, Russia's not not sending their best stuff. I mean, just so we're clear, like, and that's. I think you are right. I think Trump is in a position here because this whole thing was no.
Phil
New war, sending their best stuff. And is Russia trying their hardest to take over Ukraine right now? Yes.
Kyla Turner
Like, I have no idea. I'm just telling you, you know, we know. I'm telling you decades, what kind of weapons they have. You know, and that's where it gets really scary. You know, you go back 20, 30 years, a nuclear war was a big fear for a lot of people, even in our country. I mean, Phil knows, you know, we used to do drills for that stuff. But the point I'm making is, you know, with, with Trump, the position he's in, like, he. The whole new. No new wars, and we got to end these wars. Like, he's in a tough position here too, you know, because the American people don't want these wars. We don't support these wars.
Tim Pool
You know, I don't think that the U.S. i think the American people don't support sending money. Americans. Well, definitely not Americans. I do think that if the. I think that to a lot's point earlier about the. Where the money is is coming from to pay for the arms. I think if the, if you can sell the American people on Europe is paying American weapons manufacturers to manufacture weapons, and those are the weapons that are going to Ukraine, I think you could sell the American people on that because.
Kyla Turner
I don't know, Trump was brought in under the banner of. And we got to end these wars, these forever wars.
Tim Pool
A lot of the, a lot of that was because of the financial aspect. Right? Because the American people aren't doing the dying. Yes. Because, well, well, okay, so now that's a whole different context that you're adding to it. So that's not what I'm talking about. But the American people aren't doing the dying. Right? The financing has been the problem. People are like, look, man, I can't even buy a house. And we're spending all this money over in Russia or over in Ukraine trying to save Ukraine, I can't afford groceries. But we're spending all this money over in Ukraine. It was a financial argument that the American people were making most compelled by. So if they, if you can convince the American people, like, look, not only are we not paying for these weapons, but where we have Russia or we have Europe paying for these weapons and they're being made in America, that means there are American jobs that are being, you know, made. They're, they're, they're, the money's going into American pockets to American people that work at these, these weapons manufacturers. And we're also putting a hurt onto our geopolitical enemies because Russia is a geopolitical enemy. Don't forget, just a couple years back, there were Russians the Wagner group was fighting with Americans in Syria. Like there's a couple pretty famous conf engagements where US special forces were fighting with Russian PMCs.
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Tim Pool
And Americans, or at least Americans that pay attention, remember that and they still look at Russia as an enemy. So I think that the American people could be sold on that if. Just so long as it's not Americans that are paying for it.
Kyla Turner
I mean, maybe, like, I understand what you're saying. Like, it depends on which Americans you're asking. Nancy Pelosi, People that work at Lockheed Martin.
Tim Pool
Sure.
Kyla Turner
Like, yeah, no, I'm talking about, like, people in the industry making money on it. But I think, you know, the average person on the street. Should we be in wars? Do you support war? Should we be helping Israel? Should we be helping Ukraine? I, I think, I mean, personally, like, just based on my conversations with people and my relationships, people don't want. And that was a big thing. Trump ran on. End the forever wars. No new wars. End the forever wars.
Phil
So I think it's really easy to say so, like, what does that look like if we're just ending all the new wars right now? Like, what does that mean? Leaving Ukraine, not sending any arms over to Ukraine, and then allowing them to take over as much of Ukraine as they'd like.
Kyla Turner
Bike. I mean, that's a. It's a great question. If it were up to me. Yeah, I really, I. It's not our war, it's not our fight. You know, I, I get it. I understand the point you're making, and it sucks, don't get me wrong. But, like, why are we fighting it? It was like Desert Storm.
Phil
I don't think we are.
Kyla Turner
Like, why did we go into Iraq after 9, 11. That made no sense. Like, there's. There's a lot of stuff that we get taken advantage of and people in the military. I've had a lot of people, friends that were in the military, they love going to war because they get paid triple, triple time. You know what I mean? So, yeah, there is, like, the economic standpoint of it, to Phil's point. But no, I think most people just don't see the benefits of war and, like, why people need to die.
Phil
Yeah, I think we need to be pretty clear here. We're not fighting this war. The Ukrainians are fighting this war. Ukrainians are dying. We are not paying a death toll. We are getting paid to send over weapons at this point. And also, like, like, I mean, I think, I feel like it's such an easy, basic take. Like, yeah, war is bad, but war is happening. And, like, what are you going to do about the war that is happening? How are you going to respond?
Kyla Turner
Why Is it our job?
Phil
Because appeasing war only begets more war.
Kyla Turner
Why is it our job? Why is it America's job?
Phil
Well, like, we also have United States. We also have.
Tim Pool
That can.
Phil
No, because we have a NATO allyship with a bunch of European countries. So, like, what do you think our relationship with NATO should be? The President thinks we should increase our defense spending to 5% to make sure that we're the preeminent power and. But you think we should what?
Kyla Turner
I mean, I'm just saying, like, Trump ran on no ending the wars. Ending forever wars. No new wars. I mean, are you noticing this in the White House? Has the message changed? You know, we have to start wars and we have to be involved in every war forever. I mean, is that the messaging now?
Phil
No, I think you just read into the President what you want to hear. I think the President ran on a lot of different things, like peace through strength, and he ran on Iran never being able to get a nuclear weapon. I don't know if you were paying attention. And he's done.
Kyla Turner
Absolutely was paying attention.
Phil
Yeah. So he's abided by a lot of those promises.
Kyla Turner
So I'm still, I'm still, like, up in the air as to whether or not you're going to the White House, so. Well, what are you talking about? Let's bring Angela in. Into the.
Phil
I don't know. You must have not seen my recent.
Kyla Turner
Scoops, because should we be in forever wars? As a Democrat, should we be in forever wars?
Angela Belcamino
I mean, I'm also not a war person, so I tend to agree with you, but I hear both of what you're saying. I think it's complicated. I don't have the answers, but I tend to not want to be in war. And I definitely would ask, you know, have questions about why we're involved or.
Tim Pool
You know, was it the argument that Trump was making when he was, you know, campaigning, Was that an argument based on economics, or do you think that it was a. Was an argument based on not being involved in war overall?
Angela Belcamino
I don't know. I don't know. What do you guys think? I'm not, I'm not sure what his.
Tim Pool
Reasoning for me, like, I, like I said earlier, I think that it was an argument based on economics. I think the American people got behind it because of the fact that it was an argument based on economics. Most people were really hurt in the lead up to the election. People couldn't pay their bills, grocery prices, and they were just, just like, coming off the shock of significant inflation for multiple years. And so they were just like, why are we giving these people money? Why are we giving these people money? Every time I heard an argument, it was a monetary argument, it was a financial argument. We shouldn't be spending money on these wars because we can't afford them. Why are we giving money to Israel, why are we giving money to Ukraine? Those are the two big things. We shouldn't be spending our money on this, etc. Etc. So if the argument can be made, look, Europe's paying, paying for this stuff. Our NATO allies are paying for this stuff. They're sending us money, they're sending money to our weapons manufacturers, and our weapons manufacturers are sending weapons to Ukraine so the Ukrainians can defend themselves. I feel like that's an argument that the American people will say, all right, fine, I don't care. Because I understand your perspective, Sean, that, you know, it's not our fight, it's not a fight the United States wants to be in. But the United States is not over there doing the dying. We do not have troops on the ground. I don't even believe the people that say that there's special Forces on the ground. Maybe there are CIA operatives, sure, you know, human intel and stuff like that, gathering information, but there's not Special Ops guys, like, those dudes are not there. They're legitimately not. Any Americans that are over there are over there as privateers. They're volunteers. They went and they joined up because they actually want to fight. Fight because, you know, whatever. They like war. But that doesn't mean that the American people are doing the actual dying. And that matters. Right. If you're not paying for it and Americans aren't dying, most Americans are like, all right, well I guess I'm going to go to work then.
Kyla Turner
Yeah.
Tim Pool
You know, they're going to be like, I don't care, whatever. America, I'm. My friend's kid isn't going to lose his legs.
Kyla Turner
Right.
Tim Pool
And I'm not going to have to pay the taxes that are going to this. So what do I care about Care?
Kyla Turner
Yeah, but I mean, you know, and when 9, 11 did happen and we, we did have boots on the ground in Iraq, a lot of sentiment around the country was, we don't want, you know, why are we there? Like, what's the point?
Tim Pool
Like, I feel like that didn't really start until like 2008.
Kyla Turner
I'm just saying, like, and that became the, it took some time. Yeah.
Tim Pool
And it was, it was, honestly, it.
Kyla Turner
Was, it was a ground up movement from the people who were like, we're sick of this. Why are we in the same war constantly? You know, like, we've been fighting with Russia for how long now? Like, like it's, well, we have seen.
Tim Pool
It's like, it's.
Kyla Turner
So wait a minute.
Tim Pool
You're, you're, you're, you're, you're conflating topics.
Kyla Turner
We're not, we have to saying war in general.
Tim Pool
Like, we haven't been fighting with Russia. Like, we have not been.
Kyla Turner
I understand combat, but they're always used as the boogeyman or whatever. And it's just like, you know, people get kind of sick of the whole Russia.
Tim Pool
I mean, I get, I get.
Kyla Turner
You know what I mean? Like, it's all we can do is war. It's like the Democrats. It's like all they can do is war.
Tim Pool
We're the most. When you're the most powerful military in the world. World, that's the thing that people are going to come to you and say, hey, we have this problem. Your allies are going to come to you and say, hey, we have this problem and we want you to help us like that. Whether or not the American people get behind it, that is part of being the most powerful military in the world. Now, world policing, I agree we shouldn't be the world police, but I think that there's a difference between being the world police, right. Taking the initiative to say that we're going to stop this and stop that and then selecting will, which act, which conflicts we're going to involved our, involve oursel in. That's one thing. As opposed to when someone else says, hey, come help us, we're your ally. Or we are, we have good relations. Maybe they're not NATO nations or whatever. They're like, we are an allied nation. We, we've had good relations. We do a lot of economic work together. We've got this issue, this military issue. Can you come help us? That's a different thing. And I think that whereas most, I would probably say most Americans don't, don't make the distinction. But as far as, like Washington goes, there's definitely a distinction in that it's.
Kyla Turner
A business of war.
Tim Pool
I mean, I think that that's, Well, I mean, that's, that's what happens when you've got the biggest military on Earth. War is, is part of the business. It's part of the business of being the, the biggest military on earth and also having the reserve currency.
Phil
Bold lip. Can I ask you, is war bad?
Angela Belcamino
I mean, there's, there's, you know, obviously there's reasons why, you know, people are are fighting it.
Kyla Turner
Wow, that's a good poll. It's a good question for the chat. A poll chat. Warhawk or I mean it's, it's.
Angela Belcamino
Yeah, I mean it's, I'm making a joke. Yeah, it's a good, obviously it's complicated, so there's not as. But I hear, I see people dying. I mean, I don't, you know, that's the part I don't like about obviously people, you know, there's very strong reasons why people are doing it and putting their lives on the line. So. Yeah, of course it's a. Yeah.
Phil
For a bold lib, I'm surprised you don't love Ukraine. Bold libs love Ukraine. So off brand for you. Am I wrong? No, I'm still pretty certain this is like a 70, 30, 80, 20 issue.
Angela Belcamino
People are always. Yeah. Asking those questions. So.
Tim Pool
All right, so we're going to jump to the we're going to at least talk a little bit more about Trump and Putin from Fox News. Trump, Putin will hold first ever in person meeting since Ukraine invasion next week in Alaska. President Donald Trump and President and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet next Friday, August 15th for the first person in for the first in person meeting between the leaders of the US and Russia since Moscow launched its deadly 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The leaders are expected to meet in Alaska, Trump said in a post on Truth Social. The highly anticipated meeting between myself as President of the United States of America and President Vladimir Putin of Russia will take place next Friday, August 15, 2025 in the Great state of Alaska. Trump will in his final in his Friday evening post. Further details to follow. Thank you for your attention to this matter. I love the thank you for the attention to this matter. It's my favorite Trumpism now. The location of the meeting was a major point of interest after the summit was first floated following a call between Trump and Trump and Putin on Wednesday after White House envoy Ste Witkoff traveled to Moscow to meet with the Kremlin chief. Hungary, Switzerland, Switzerland, Italy and the UAE were all under consideration, with Putin originally favoring Hungary, according to sources familiar with the planning. The Kremlin chief also shot down the idea of meeting in Italy, according to reports on Friday due to Rome's perceived closeness with the Ukrainian. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelinsky following the Wednesday Trump Putin called the US President also spoke with Zelensky along with European leaders on the potential for a trilateral meeting. So I don't know how realistic a trilateral meeting would be, but I mean again to your point earlier, a lot. Do you think that if Trump says hey Zelinsky, get on a plane, do you think that he has the ability to say no?
Phil
I don't think Putin wants to meet with Zelensky because it gives him more credibility than I think Putin believes he deserves.
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Phil
Apply well, he doesn't want to give him like but what if respect to meet with him. I think they're to going to. I think Putin and Trump are going to meet in Alaska and nothing's going to get done like a bold lib at a bar. He's being led on.
Tim Pool
What do you but what do you think but what do you think, what do you think would happen if Donald Trump were to say no get on a plane? Do you think Zelinsky would?
Phil
I think Zelensky definitely would. I think it makes Zelensky look like a more potent political figure if he's meeting with Putin. Putin's never met with Zelensky. The way Putin talks about Zelensky is like that he's a rogue state. That Ukraine unless know is a completely rogue actor and he's a leader of an illegitimate state. So if he meets with him it's giving him like that credibility. And so Zelensky wants to meet with Putin. Putin doesn't want to meet with Zelensky. Putin wants to waste Trump's time in this meeting and lead him on more. And the war is gonna go on because Putin wants a definitely a bigger bite of Ukraine. Cuz they may they made baby gains Russian military very unimpressive gains in Ukraine. I not crushing it.
Kyla Turner
I do think it would be based if Trump got Putin to admit that they wanted Hillary to win. I think that would go viral. If Trump gets Putin to admit that they actually wanted Hillary to win and not Trump the first time around.
Raymond G. Stanley
Why would he bring that up when.
Angela Belcamino
They'Re talking about do you think that will happen?
Kyla Turner
That would be fantastic. I would just it would just end. Everyone, everyone's brains would melt. But that, that is what it kind of looked like is Russia did want Hillary, not Trump the first time around, based on everything that's coming out with Tulsi and, you know, everything else.
Tim Pool
So maybe, yeah, But Zelensky is a chump. Yes. So Zelinsky is a chump.
Raymond G. Stanley
Yes.
Tim Pool
Oh, really?
Raymond G. Stanley
Yeah, I agree with a lot. So, yeah, Putin's like, you know, he's one of the world leaders. He might be a terrible person as long as he has some dude who dances and got any use for the worst corrupt country in the world.
Phil
Democratically elected.
Tim Pool
Sure.
Phil
They said, they say, you don't think he's kosher.
Raymond G. Stanley
I don't think he's k. Kosher.
Phil
I think, I think, I believe he was Democratic. Yeah. I mean, we could dislike him, but.
Raymond G. Stanley
Oh, fine.
Kyla Turner
Either way.
Raymond G. Stanley
But I don't think Putin thinks he stands up to him in any certain way.
Tim Pool
No, I mean, I think that, I think, I agree with you guys. I think that Vladimir Putin doesn't have any respect for Zelinsky, but I don't know that. I don't know. I think that Donald Trump does have the ability to say, look, you know, he's here, like, right. Like, if he were to bring him in and, and surprise Putin now, Putin might be like, all right, well, I'm leaving. That might actually happen. And I think that, I don't think.
Kyla Turner
Gotcha.
Tim Pool
Interview, like, well, yeah, I don't think.
Kyla Turner
Like Alex Stein, where he brings someone else on the show.
Tim Pool
I mean, it's possible.
Kyla Turner
Beefing.
Tim Pool
It's possible. I don't, I think that. I honestly, like, if you really think about it, I don't think that Donald Trump would want to risk that because, you know, Putin would get up and be like, all right, well, I'm leaving.
Kyla Turner
Took a lot to get him here.
Tim Pool
You know, and so I don't think that he would want to. Would be based on risk it. I mean, it would be funny, but I don't think that. I don't think Donald Trump wants to risk that.
Raymond G. Stanley
Yeah, Trump's talked a lot of ish about getting this settled and he's failed Valantly for last one. When? Well, forever since January.
Tim Pool
In my opinion, it was a bad idea to talk about this as something that he could just walk in and, and make the deal.
Phil
Yeah.
Tim Pool
Because he, Because Putin has all the cards. You know, Trump talks about. About who's got the cards and stuff. There is absolutely no reason for Putin to say, okay, well, I'm going to stop Then, now, now that, now that Trump's back, because I mean, the US could threaten military involvement, but everyone knows where that leads. And whether or not, you know, whether or not the US Would actually start down that road, nobody wants.
Kyla Turner
And then I think you lose the favor.
Tim Pool
Well, the American people, you know, well, Putin knows that the American people don't support that.
Kyla Turner
Right, right.
Tim Pool
Like we, we were just talking about how the American people are like, okay, well if, if Americans aren't doing the dying and we're not paying for it, fine. But the American people wouldn't be like, oh, you want to risk nuclear war so that way you can protect Ukraine, which I don't give an S about the American people, just that would not fly right now. I do think that The u. S. U.S. has, I think that this is this particular engagement or this, this war has shown that Ukraine or I'm sorry, Russia is kind of a paper tiger beyond their nuclear weapons. Right. Like, if it were U. S. Versus Russia without nuclear weapons, there is no question in my mind the United States would stomp an absolute mud hole in them. Right. Just absolutely decimate the Russians. And I think the Russians know that, that, and I think that the only thing that they're relying on their nuclear arsenal to prevent that, that from happening.
Kyla Turner
But that put to a lot's earlier point. I mean, that's if like China doesn't, you know, back them up and.
Tim Pool
Yeah, I'm only talking about, I'm only talking about a head to head kind of.
Kyla Turner
I, I know, but all of a sudden you get people teaming up and all of a sudden we're in World War iii.
Tim Pool
Yeah, I mean, but then, well, World War III would mean nuclear weapons. Like I said, you're talking about military powers of the U.S. ver, conventional military powers of the U.S. versus Russia. Russia. The Russia just doesn't.
Kyla Turner
Right.
Tim Pool
Russia doesn't have a chance because Russia can't even, you know, that's not how.
Kyla Turner
War is fought anymore. It's not fought head to head.
Tim Pool
The point that I'm making is Russia can't steamroll the Ukraine. They don't have the military might that people assumed before the Ukraine war.
Kyla Turner
They kind of can though, like they could turn it into glass.
Tim Pool
Okay.
Kyla Turner
You know what I mean?
Tim Pool
Okay, so again, not talking about nuclear weapons is the point that I'm trying to make here.
Kyla Turner
All right, like people are playing fair. What's that?
Phil
Why don't you think they've used these nuclear weapons that you're talking.
Kyla Turner
That's a real good question. That's A real. And it's scary to, like, think about, like, you know, when Putin's on his deathbed. I know what's going to happen.
Phil
Yeah, well, he doesn't because he'd become incredibly isolated as a result of it.
Kyla Turner
Like China on your deathbed.
Phil
I don't know what to say. Crazy leaders on their deathbed. What could they do? Is Putin on his deathbed bed? I don't know what we're even talking about.
Kyla Turner
I mean, there was a rumor in the media that he had cancer. Was like, like a couple months ago or whatever. He had cancer. Have you guys, you guys heard this? I mean, it was a story. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Tim Pool
I'm, I'm, I just saw something in the chat.
Kyla Turner
Oh. I was like, I don't know why it's funny. Like Putin with cancer. I mean, maybe it is funny.
Tim Pool
Well, I mean, yeah, but even, even if that, like, we've heard rumors, but you don't see him falling apart the way that, that you would imagine.
Kyla Turner
Yeah.
Tim Pool
Right.
Kyla Turner
But he has the best health care of, like, anyone and, you know, like, on, on earth almost.
Tim Pool
You know, like, the thing that. Or the point that I'm making is the argument was he was. He had cancer and he was, you know, he was degrading and et cetera, et cetera.
Kyla Turner
It was like rumors. We didn't know. Yeah.
Tim Pool
It was two years ago and we haven't seen the fruition of this alleged cancer. Right.
Kyla Turner
Like, well, you can live a cancer for years.
Phil
No, to rewind. What we were actually talking about was Russia's military capacity in Ukraine and their ability to overtake it, which they haven't displayed and I haven't done a very good job of. But, like, they do have nukes. They can nuke Ukraine. It wouldn't do much for them, but conventionally, they are clearly unable and falling very short, probably losing hundreds of thousands of Russians for a lot less than I think they anticipated to get originally. This looks like, from a Russian perspective, almost like their. Afghanistan. Well, Afghanistan Part two, I guess that's a good.
Tim Pool
No, it's not. Not even close to Afghanistan because, like, almost every in, like, I can't think of a significant engagement the United States lost in Afghanistan.
Kyla Turner
Oh, that way they.
Tim Pool
Absolutely.
Phil
For being bogged down.
Kyla Turner
Yeah. And like, waste of time and a waste of money.
Phil
Unable to fulfill your. Your ultimate, like, military.
Tim Pool
The political ends of it.
Kyla Turner
Like, when we went into Afghanistan, we thought, oh, we're going to change these people. We're going to turn them into Americans. They're going to have blue Jeans.
Tim Pool
I was. Iraq. That's not what we thought in Afghanistan.
Kyla Turner
Well, after Afghanistan. Well, yeah, you're right. We turned Afghanistan in glass, and then we thought, we can go to Iraq and do that. But yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Tim Pool
Like in Iraq, it was like, oh, we're gonna set these. Afghanistan we'll be, will be, you know, welcomed as liberators in Iraq, et cetera, et cetera. Afghanistan. It was just like, you're in the Stone Age and we're gonna keep you there for 30 decades if you don't.
Kyla Turner
And, and, and the funny thing. And after 9, 11. You remember this, Phil? Like, the Americans were all on board for that strike in Afghanistan just got hit.
Phil
Oh, yeah.
Kyla Turner
And everyone was out there, rah, rah, rah. I hate war. And I was supporting it because it's like, you just killed, you know, thousands of Americans. So it's like, of course. But then when it went to Iraq, that was the bridge too far for a lot of people. And that's. That's all I'm saying. Like, the stuff escalates and you're going to lose the favor of the, the American people the more we're fighting in these wars. That's my opinion.
Tim Pool
Well, I mean, yeah, I don't, I don't think that the American. I think that we've made it fairly clear that the American people don't support, you know, having an actual war in and Ukraine where the US Is actually on the ground and in the, involved in the fight. But. All right, I think that we've talked enough about, about military force in Ukraine. Maybe we should talk about military force in Mexico. Let's go from the post. Millennial Trump authorizes military Force against Drug cartels. Report. President Donald Trump has reportedly ordered the Pentagon to begin using military force against drug cartels that have been deemed terrorist organizations under his administration, people familiar with the matter revealed to the New York Times. Anna Kelly, a spokeswoman for the White House, told the outlet when asked about Trump authorizing military force against cartels. President Trump's top priority is to protect the homeland, which is why he took the bold step to designate several cartels and gangs as foreign terrorist organizations. The sources said that the US Military officials have begun preparing options for how to go after the designated cartel groups. Per the outlet, the directive is focused on US Forces directly capturing or killing people involved in the drug trade. Now, I just saw a tweet from President Sheinbaum, and she straight up said there that there is no chance of US Military forces in Mexico. Now, I think she was referring to boots on the ground, actually. Let me see if I can find that.
Kyla Turner
While you're looking for that, Phil, a lot. Do you support this? Do you support boots on the ground in Mexico?
Phil
Yeah, but I'm nervous about it. But, yes, I feel like this has to be dealt with militarily. I'm very nervous of an outlandish cartel response or the killing of Americans visiting in Mexico or even them breaching American territory and trying to send a message to Americans. But I'm confident President Trump is doing this lightly. Also, Like, I think we have. I wonder what troops she's talking about specifically, because I do believe we already are, like, deeply ingratiated there with, like, our DEA agents or have been on and off for some time.
Tim Pool
So, yeah, I don't know.
Phil
I can't find the actual president of Mexico.
Raymond G. Stanley
She's. She's sharply rejected there's going to be any US Troops deployed to Mexico. There'll be no invasion. She's saying it's gonna. It's gonna violate their sovereignty.
Tim Pool
Yeah. I mean, you hear rumors that there are former US Military Special Forces guys that are actually training some of the cartel members. Yes. Which is a terrible, terrible development. And I think that should they actually be. Should they're. That actually turn out to be true, the US should, you know, deal with these people accordingly.
Kyla Turner
I mean, I agree. I agree with a lot, like, in principle of, like, maybe having, like, boots on the ground or at least trying to get the situation under control. But it's like, you know what happens if we take out the cartels? They're just gonna get replaced by something. You know what I mean? It's like same thing that's happening in Gaza. It's like, you go after them. It's like, you can't destroy an ideology and you can't destroy, like, a society's.
Tim Pool
Like, it's a drug trade we have in the cartoon.
Kyla Turner
No, it's an ideology in Mexico that they are. They are the. The hammer. Right. If you mess around in Mexico, they're.
Raymond G. Stanley
Coming after and we smash their hammer.
Kyla Turner
I understand what you're saying.
Tim Pool
There is precedent for the US to be involved militarily going after cartel members.
Kyla Turner
I understand, but I'm just saying in Mexico, the people have accepted the cartels as this iron fist or whatever you want to call it, us going in and disrupting it. Don't you think something else is just going to pop up in their place?
Tim Pool
I mean, allegedly, or. Or ostensibly? What should happen is the US should the US Go in and actually directly Involve themselves with the cartels. What should happen is the, the local police forces that are supposed to be, you know, run by the municipalities, they should step in and say, okay, we weren't able to fight the cartels. Now that the US has either decapitated or significantly degraded their ability to. To murder people by the dozens. I know they should step in and say, okay, well, we're going to provide for the, for the, the people of Mexico. Because that's the whole point, right? You. You vote for people there. There is a municipality. You pay your taxes, the taxes pay for police. They're supposed to be able to.
Kyla Turner
Understood. That's our system. But obviously, like, the, the cops in Mexico, like, if you pay them, you don't get a chance ticket. You know what I mean? Like, their whole, like, thing is just shaking down people. So it's in a currency.
Tim Pool
It's a currency should not. Is the argument. Are you making the argument that the US shouldn't or.
Kyla Turner
I just think. I think, I think, like, you know, I personally think the best offense is a good defense. And I do believe in a lot of those principles like that come out of the American first movement where it's like, we need to be focused on home and focused on how is.
Tim Pool
How is a. A narcotic country on our southern border not focused at home? There's a point.
Kyla Turner
I understand what you're saying. If they're coming in and trying to attack us, like, a lot is saying, like, they're. They're doing, like. I understand, but if they're like, like actually attacking us on our soil, like dropping bombs and stuff, then yes, obviously it's. We're in a defensive stance.
Tim Pool
So.
Kyla Turner
But us go, I'm just gonna take bombs. I'm just saying. I'm just. Whatever. You know what I mean? Like, they're. They're coming down there on the street. They're going down. They're mowing down. Americans, of course, are gonna have to.
Tim Pool
So the death toll isn't high enough.
Kyla Turner
All I'm saying is when you're the bully and you go in and you say, hey, we're gonna fundamentally change. It's just like Afghanistan, just like Iraq. You can't go in and tell people, hey, the way you live is wrong. We're gonna kill them and put in what we want, it just doesn't work.
Tim Pool
The point that I'm making, though, is they're already operating in the United States. Sure, they're killing Americans.
Kyla Turner
Get them out. That. That's the. That's the. Get them out. Get them out of the United States. Then when they start, you know, you get them out and then they're actually like attacking us, like doing like, like bombing buildings or, or cars or whatever the case is. You know what I mean? Like actual, you know, war. Then yes, open game, like destroy them. Because they, you know, you, you want to be in the defensive position, especially as the bigger person, the juggernaut. We don't want to be seen as a person going into just massacring people and then saying, oh, you guys figure it out. Oh, the local police are going to take over, everything's going to be okay, you know.
Tim Pool
So what do you say to the idea that the United States has actually been disassembling terrorist organizations for 20 years? And whereas I understand if you're making. Hold on, hold on, hold on. If you're making the argument that changing a government doesn't work, I can concede that. But the idea that the United States is not successful or has not been successful dismantling terrorist organizations, that's just flat out wrong. Right? So a lot of people love to say, oh, well, you know, the US Tries to go in and do all these changes to these countries, etc. Etc. And it never works. But what they're saying is you can't change, you can't change the government and expect to have a western style democracy. That doesn't mean, mean that you can't kill enough of the bad guys where they stop and hold on. And that's what the US has been doing for 20 years. There has been a sharp decline in terrorist attacks against the United States for the. In the past 15 years. The last time there was some kind of significant upswing in terrorist attacks was isis. And the US Completely wiped ISIS out.
Kyla Turner
Understood. So, so you think Obama's drone campaigns are good?
Tim Pool
I don't know. I don't think that.
Kyla Turner
Why not?
Tim Pool
I'm not talking about drone campaigns.
Kyla Turner
Why not? We're going.
Tim Pool
Because I'm not. Because I'm not talking about drone campaign. Let me finish the sentence and stop talking before I'm done. I'm not talking about just drone campaigns. I'm talking about dismantle.
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Link Terrorist organizations the drone campaigns were one aspect of an overall system, right? So it was intel. Well, it was actual boots on the ground like Delta Force going in and killing bad guys. That's why there was, that's why Bagram Air Force Base in Iraq is still, still has U. S Soldiers there is because they use that as a forward operating base or they did use that as a forward operating base when Syria was being overrun by ISIS and then subsequently when they had the, the, the civil war that was going on. Right. So like the U S is extremely good, good at dismantling terrorist organizations and we've got 20 years of doing it. And I understand, like people love to say, oh well, you know, Afghanistan, blah blah blah. The US didn't lose engagements in Afghanistan. The US Lost the politics and the US Did. There were serious, serious fights in Iraq. But even that like the U.S. lost the politics of it. The U.S. didn't lose a lot of engagements. The U.S. military and U.S. u.S. Political goals are totally different things. And the U S Military is second to none at finding and killing terrorists. And if the US has actually decided or if the US Were to actually decide, hey, we think that the, the terrorist organization or the, or the cartels in Mexico are terrorist organizations and we're going to apply the same pressure to them that we did to isolate crisis. I don't think that it's the situation where, oh, you know, we can't do anything about it anymore.
Kyla Turner
I understand. I'm just saying we have to understand the position we're in as the biggest military in the world. And I personally think like what Obama did put us way behind in a lot of those. What about Trump when he building. What about Trump was always anti war.
Tim Pool
Trump came in and took ISIS out.
Kyla Turner
I know, I know, I know.
Tim Pool
I mean he and it was a good policy.
Kyla Turner
I know. I. Listen, I'm not saying it's always the. The bad, the worst decision. Angela, maybe you want to chime in. Should we be bombing Iraqi kids?
Tim Pool
Wait, yes, we should. Should we be bombing Iraqi kids?
Kyla Turner
Could you, I mean, possibly phrase this.
Tim Pool
In any more disingenuous way?
Raymond G. Stanley
Should our Iraqi kids in Mexico, our.
Kyla Turner
Most popular president, be sending drones over to destroy Iraqi kids? What a good question.
Raymond G. Stanley
We're talking about the cartels, bro.
Phil
Angela.
Kyla Turner
No, we're talking about.
Tim Pool
Okay.
Phil
Of the big lip issues during this administration. That's kind of been an 8020 issue for them, and that's kind of President Trump's reinvigoration of ICE and the Democrat opposition to that. I think it was Governor from Minnesota, Tim Waltz, said the ice, that they're like the Gestapo. And it's part and parcel for how many Democrats describe ice. What do you think of the president's, I guess, immigration strategy?
Angela Belcamino
I mean, being in New York City, Like, I, you know, I'm giving Trump props on this one. Like, from what I see, it's. So this is, again, I know we. But it's a bold lib thing to say this if I feel like it's a bold statement, because a lot of Democrats wouldn't say that. Right. Like, I want to give, Like, I'm not rooting against Trump and I'm not rooting against the country. Like, I'll definitely give him. I think that's an area that he's been really successful and done well at that. So, I mean, I'm, I'm happy with that. I have seen. I think he has been successful in doing that. And, yeah, I definitely don't agree with, you know, violence against ICE agents and against ice, so. And I do believe that people, you know, should be here legally and go through the right process and steps. So, again, with the sense of humanity, like, I care about people and their families and their situations, but I also. So, you know, if they're here illegally, like, I feel, you know, that that's a concern that needs to be dealt with and they should. Like, I, you know, I have. I wouldn't go to another country. Like, I feel for their situations and why they're fleeing, but I wouldn't expect to go to another country and just be able to be there.
Kyla Turner
You just got canceled by the rest of your Democrat friends.
Angela Belcamino
I mean, it's one by one, right? No, but, like, I don't think that that, that's, like, unreasonable to say that. I think that that sounds reasonable to me.
Tim Pool
I'm, I'm so unreasonable when it comes to immigration policy. I'm the most, I'm probably the most hardline person that, that you're going to meet. So you're, you're, you're not even close to unreasonable in my opinion.
Kyla Turner
10 years, right? 10 years.
Raymond G. Stanley
No, but moratorium is going to like 30.
Kyla Turner
We need 30 years. 30 years.
Tim Pool
I want a 10 year moratorium on all immigrants immigration except for O1 visas. I want to see actual punishment for people that hire or rent apartments to illegal immigrants. Because the best case scenario is a scenario where people deport themselves. I don't like the idea of ICE having to run people down and going through, you know, neighborhoods to pick, pick up illegals and stuff. So the best possible situation is making it incredibly hard for them to stay. Stay. So if you are renting to someone that had, that's an illegal, that person should possibly lose their property. Maybe second offense they lose their property. Definitely they go to jail in their first offense. If you are hiring illegals, you, you should run the risk of losing your business. Tax remittances at 90% so that way they can't get the money that they make out of the United States. And of course anyone that's caught that's illegal, they just go out and they can never come back.
Kyla Turner
So, and, and, and H1BS because that's.
Tim Pool
Corporate slavery and H1BS. I like H1, not H1 the O1 visas. But there should be a lot of, a lot of, a lot of. What's the word I'm looking for? Pretext, you know, to the situation. Right. Like you can't just be like, oh well, I have a, an 01 visa. So blah, blah, blah, like you have to have the right ideology. No communists, no leftists. We have to deal with our own leftist here. So those kind of things. You have to love America. You can't hate America to come to America.
Kyla Turner
Yeah, I guess. To wrap it on this, like, what does the panel think as far as, like, should we go and kill the cartels? Yes. Okay. I mean it's essentially, it's effectively like.
Raymond G. Stanley
You're very hyperbolic. No, we should stop them from doing what they're doing. We can go in then like we do with isis. Like a lot of other things. America has capabilities of stuff, stopping them. We don't need to just bomb them and bomb the, whatever you're saying about bombing the civilian civilians.
Tim Pool
I wouldn't say, look, the Ginsu missile is really good. Right.
Kyla Turner
There we go.
Tim Pool
You're not even you're really, really targeting an individual. You're not targeting blowing up children and stuff. Nowadays, yeah, nowadays they've got the Hellfire that's literally loaded with swords.
Kyla Turner
We have stuff from space that we can drop down. No, we do. There's spikes up there that drop down.
Tim Pool
Rods from God are not real. Real yet.
Kyla Turner
Okay, I could have sworn I saw that. I mean.
Tim Pool
That'S what they're talking about, Sean. They're talking about the Ginsu missile. Like, which is that. You mean the blades? No, he's talking about rods from God. Like a tungsten.
Kyla Turner
Like.
Tim Pool
Tungsten spike in orbit at like 200 miles.
Kyla Turner
And it drops.
Tim Pool
Drop it. And then it's all kinetic energy. I understand. I understand what that is.
Kyla Turner
I think that. I think that does exist.
Raymond G. Stanley
We have to stop them, brother.
Kyla Turner
We have to.
Raymond G. Stanley
To the.
Kyla Turner
I mean, but you have to, like, also consider again, like, again, we're the most powerful military. It's Mexico.
Phil
Cool.
Kyla Turner
You know, we've seen the made in Mexico signs on theoretical canal energy quality. I'm just saying, like, we have to consider, like, what it looks like to the rest of the world and what, you know, like, the favor of the people.
Raymond G. Stanley
We've never cared about the. What the world cared about.
Kyla Turner
I understand, but we've also never went into Mexico and started a war. War with cartels.
Tim Pool
Yes, we have. We did. We absolutely have.
Kyla Turner
Okay.
Tim Pool
We've had. We've had military. What's his name?
Phil
War on drugs.
Tim Pool
Yeah. I mean, the world. There have been. There have been multiple times where like actual Delta guys, actual Delta Force has been used to pick up cartel members.
Kyla Turner
Sure. But I'm saying we have not gone in and disseminated them. Destroyed them.
Tim Pool
Talking about. We're not talking about like, actual, like, invasion.
Kyla Turner
Oh, oh, okay. I thought that's what we were talking.
Tim Pool
No, no, no, no, no, no. There's. There's not a discussion.
Kyla Turner
She's saying that. There's nothing was saying that they were supporting an invasion.
Raymond G. Stanley
No, we talk about going against cartels, not invading Mexico.
Phil
I think there's a difference. Slow down. There's a spectrum here.
Kyla Turner
Right?
Phil
Like, we're not going to do regime change in Mexico.
Tim Pool
Yeah.
Phil
Despite their government being a narco state.
Tim Pool
Hey, maybe they got Pablo Escobar.
Raymond G. Stanley
Are they with a good time?
Tim Pool
So Delta's you? Delta was. Delta Force was involved in picking up Pablo Escobar in Colombia and El Chapo in Mexico.
Phil
We targeted raids against powerful narco cartel gangs in, like, northern Mexico. Farther from the centralized government where they're most potent on our Northern border. Those that distribute lethal drugs to American citizens and get rich off of that. We are coming after you. The president is coming after you. And expect to get raided soon enough if you are on American soil or Mexican soil. And we need to go after the Chinese too, because the Chinese are involved in the precursor chemicals that arrive in Mexico.
Kyla Turner
That mushroom story is wild with China. That they just got away with it. That, you know, I don't want to get too far off. But that was insane.
Tim Pool
I'm not sure about.
Kyla Turner
Or Bella mushrooms, the mushroom that they brought in that was like going to cause like a big like disease or pandemic. Oh, yeah, that was insane. That was just. Oh, that's normal.
Phil
All right.
Tim Pool
We're going to jump to this story to close it out tonight. From the Post Millennial again. Virginia high school staff accused of secretly helping students get abortions, including pressuring a girl who was five months alone long. All righty.
Raymond G. Stanley
Take.
Tim Pool
Investigation is underway in Virginia's largest public school district after allegations came out claiming a staff at a local high school arranged and funded abortions for students without notifying their parents. The claims involved Centerville High School in Fairfax county, where employees allegedly helped at least one 17 year old obtain an abortion in 2021. The story was first reported by the WC Dispatch, which said there were two instances of female minor students saying school officials arranged and bankrol abortions at Fairfax Health center without so much as a phone call to their parents. Under Virginia law, physicians must attest that at least one parent or guardian was contacted before before performing the abortion on A minor. The 17 year old student was allegedly assisted by a school social worker who scheduled and paid for the appointment and kept the information from the student's parents. A second female student who was five months pregnant was allegedly told by the same social worker that the student had no other choice, but the student fled from the clinic and did not go through with the procedure. Per the outlet, school principal Chad Liam allegedly greenlit the procedures, which were paid for with school funds. Well, this is disgusting.
Phil
Any I know they earmark school funds for that.
Tim Pool
You know, apparently they do. Any time the conservatives or the right says things like, oh, the Democrats think their kids are yours. Democrats sit there and protest. No, no, no, no, no. And then you hear about stuff like this. Like, you know, students five months along, right? Like my girlfriend is seven months along. But I just imagine like five months along you're going to abort a baby. We were, you know, feel the kick in and stuff like that was a baby. I don't Care what anyone says. Five months, it's a baby. I don't care what you say. If I understand correctly, at five months it's possible that the baby could be born and survive under, you know, it has to be in, in care and stuff. But like it can survive at five months. So like the idea that, that thankfully the, the girl ran away from them, which kind of makes it more horrible, right? Like the girls like being ushered in, like, and it just, just gives you like this, this con concept of like them trying to be like, no, you got to get rid of that thing. And they're just like, no, no, no, no. So yeah, I mean, I can't imagine thinking that this is acceptable and I imagine that you don't either.
Angela Belcamino
But no, I don't. Like, it's very icky, like, right. So hearing it is very icky. I am pro choice, but also coming from like a health background. Mental health. What? Like this is all shady because there should be, you know, there is, you know, they do need to have parents permission to do anything as a minor. So this does not seem like it was gone about obviously the right way.
Kyla Turner
Well, that's kind of the shocking thing. And like this, this, a lot of this came out during the critical race theory and the COVID you know, during COVID when you know, parents could see what their kids were doing in school. But like, it's weird. The Democrats like are so creepy and weird on this every time time. Like I understand where you're saying the parents permission. No, that's actually not the case. In a lot of states the, the schools trump parents rights. So the school can say, you know, schools will, you know, treat a kid as trans. If a kid says they're trans, a school will treat them as trans and won't. We'll never tell the parents, you know, abortion like this, never tell the parents. It's a strange thing. And Phil's point, like they do say, you know, like these are our kids, we love these kids. Like they are our kids. And then you see like this weird weirdness of them, including the parents. And I talked to a lot of educators especially that were on the left and their argument is always their defenses. Well, a lot of these kids have troubled homes and we know if we tell their parents they're trans or they're this like they're going to be treated like, like crap at home and yada, yada, yada. But it's at the end of the day, it's not their kid. You know, it's like, I agree with You, I mean, if you say that like you're, you're a Republican. If you say, oh, oh, it's parents rights, like parents rights don't exist on the.
Angela Belcamino
Well, everywhere that I've lived and worked, I've always needed permission.
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Angela Belcamino
Conditions apply when working with minors. From parents to whatever. So this is surprising to me to see that hasn't been my experience.
Kyla Turner
Depends on what state you're in.
Angela Belcamino
A decision that, yeah, I don't think should have been done without the parents being involved for sure.
Tim Pool
Have you, you've heard stories of minors going for transition surgery and stuff? I mean this to me seems, this seems like the mild situation, which is ridiculous. I mean the, the fact that I'm even articulating this idea is, is mind blowing to me. But an abortion paid for and handled by the school is actually significantly less. I mean I'm not, I'm actually, I'm not sure about that. But it, it strikes me as significantly less offensive than a teenager or maybe young teen getting some kind of transition surgery without the parents involvement.
Angela Belcamino
I hear you. I think like those things can like coexist, right? They can both be. I don't know that one. Everyone's situation is different. But I also agree with you, you in terms of. I don't think those surgeries should be done on children either. I definitely think that children can feel a certain way. Maybe they feel more like a man.
Tim Pool
Or like they're in a truck.
Kyla Turner
Right?
Angela Belcamino
Yeah. What?
Tim Pool
Like when kids are like, I'm a truck. Oh, you know, you're not gonna go and like drain out their blood and stuff, right?
Angela Belcamino
Like long lasting surgeries, etc, things like that. Like very definitive. I disagree with those being done on, on minors as well.
Kyla Turner
Tim brings us up a lot. It's like, it's like you're watching the same movie but it's two different screens. It's like the Democrats see this as actually protecting the kid. You know, they see this as like Health care. They see this as, like, keeping the kids safe, you know, from the parents. So it's like, it's hard to, like, explain to people that literally think they're doing a good thing for kids, like, hey, this is horrible. Child abuse, and the parents should be in, involved. It's, It's a tough one.
Tim Pool
I'm not so sure that there are people that really believe that they're helping so much as they really believe that there should be more people that think like them. Right. Like, I think there's, I think that when it comes to, like, the LGBT stuff, especially when you're talking about trans people, I think that they are looking to make more of the them. And.
Kyla Turner
Oh, for sure, I think it's both. But they, but they, they truly think what they're doing is, you know, good for the kids. And so, yes, of course they want them to follow in there, so they're.
Raymond G. Stanley
Pushing their ideologies onto them for their future game.
Kyla Turner
I mean, I don't read the name.
Tim Pool
I don't. I'm not so convinced that it's about the child. Right. Like, I don't think that it's. I, I, I think at the end of the day, like, really down deep, it's not like, oh, we have to help these kids.
Kyla Turner
Kids.
Tim Pool
It's. I want more. It's a, It's a narcissistic thing for the, the trans people that are trying to get the trans get kids. Oh, sure. It's not like, oh, I want to help these kids. They really need help. No, it's. I want these kids to be like me. It doesn't matter, right, that the kid if, because if it was really about the kid, they could be like, well, we can wait. Because there are even, Even if you're making arguments that are pro transitioning. Right. Doing it to children is bad, if only because there's not enough material to fabricate the genitals of the opposite sex when they're children, because the gen, you know, their genitals haven't grown. So now, this is not in any way, like some kind of endorsement. I think that it's an abomination. But if you really care about the kids, then you would want to have as much material to work with so you have the best possible outcome. But they don't want that. They, or they don't care about that. They want the transition to happen as early as possible because it validates their own mental.
Kyla Turner
Yeah, I agree. Okay. There definitely are the activists, and they're definitely other useful idiots, but at the end of the day, most of them still think they're saving the kid's life from committing suicide. Because that is, I think that that's the end goal. If they don't transition the kid, they are convinced that the kid will say self harm.
Tim Pool
I disagree. I think, I disagree. I don't think that it's actually the, the like, fundamental motivation is not about the kid. It's not about saving the kid. It's not about having a kid that transitions and has a better, happier life. It's about get this kid to transition. Because that validates me. I think it's narcissistic. And I think that it's not about the child because like I said, there are arguments for people, people that agree. Like, I can make, I don't agree with this, but I, I can make the argument that if you think that it's good to transition, you should wait until their genitals have fully matured. So that way you have the most material.
Kyla Turner
But they don't think they're going to make it that long. They truly. If you talk to, I mean, Angela, back me up here.
Angela Belcamino
I, I mean, I think they're lying. I. Right. It's hard whenever you generalize. Like, I don't think every, like, you can't generalize across the board. I think everything is situational. But I would say, in my experience, I more believe that they think that they're helping. Like, I think it might be an overreach or a stretch or based on being older and thinking, you know, you've been had. No, but I do. Like, I have relative. Like, I have a trans cousin. I, My aunt has. Like, I've seen her go through that process. Like, I genuinely don't think that she is pushing anything on her. Like, I think that she feels like she's trying. Like, he was bullied in school and I think she. And you know, they're unhappy and potentially suicidal. And I, So I do think, my experience has been more that people genuinely are trying to help and think that they're doing the best thing. But I agree with you that I. That's a, It's a young age to be doing like a surgery like that.
Kyla Turner
There are activists at the top, totally, that know exactly what they're doing and are trying to further the ideology, like you're saying. But I think a lot of the educated educators, especially, like, truly believe they're helping the kid. Like, they just spend, you know, they've been brainwashed into thinking this is the way.
Tim Pool
So your, your argument is not that the educators, as in like people that you would.
Kyla Turner
Teachers. Regular.
Tim Pool
Normal people.
Kyla Turner
Yeah, like regular.
Tim Pool
Bought into the line that the trans people that are.
Kyla Turner
Who run the schools, who are at the top of the schools. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Tim Pool
Okay. I, I can understand that. I think that, I think that that does make sense. I think the people that are the activists that are the, the most most likely to do things like kidnap a kid, take them to a place where they can get a transition. I think those people are, are the ones that I'm referring to.
Kyla Turner
Yes.
Tim Pool
I don't think that they're actually motivated to help people. I think they're motivated by the fact that they're narcissists and that they want to see more people like them. And it validates their own. What's the word I'm looking for? Their, Their own self image.
Kyla Turner
Yeah, their own. Yeah. Their own, like, motivations. And it's like, like. And it's sad too, because, like the hardest thing on the left these days, which is really sad. It's like, you know, everything you're saying is right, Phil, about like, why they shouldn't be doing it. But as soon as you have that discussion with an educator on that level, like, they shut down, they stop listening, they stop talking. Like you can bring up all these facts, hey, you should wait till you're 18. All these things, hey, this, you know, thing about like self harm in a video game is not necessarily true. Whatever. They don't, they just shut down. And so it's really hard to get through to them. And they're the ones that are overseeing the education system, you know, so.
Angela Belcamino
And like bringing it back to the story that we were on, like, I think this social work, I do think that they probably want to help these children. But there are those measures in place for a reason. Right? Like with going through the parents and you, I mean, that's it. It's just like. Yeah, it's crossing a boundary and a line for sure.
Tim Pool
I agree. I think it's most. When it comes to teachers that would help a kid. Kid get an abortion, I think that that is them thinking that they're doing the right thing. Because if you listen to people make arguments for abortion, I think the, the vast majority of arguments for abortion are bad. But then because they're always like the extreme cases that are like, you know, 01%. Oh, you know, they'll be poor. Oh, so it's better to kill a kid as opposed to have a poor kid in a video game. Insane. That is absolutely insane. So they'll make the argument of what about rape and incest? And then the, you know, conservatives are constantly like, okay, we'll make a carve out for rape and incest. How about we, how about we do we do that and then all other abortions are out? No, no, no. Because they know that 99% of abortions are actually just about birth control. They're not about any of the preconceived or any of the arguments that you hear made made the exceptions and stuff. It's never that.
Kyla Turner
Well, you got to be careful on the conservative side because birth control is not necessarily the most popular on the conservative side too. So that's where that whole discussion gets really weird. You know, like, I think like when you get to the abortion discussion, it's too late. Like there needs to be a whole discussion of what's happening before the abortion discussion. And you know, the conservatives will say, okay, abstinence, more responsibility, yada yada. The left will say, they used to say use like protection and condoms and stuff.
Tim Pool
Yeah, that's what, that's what the right says now.
Kyla Turner
Well, kind of. Right, but it's not all the way there like it used to be.
Tim Pool
So it's like, I mean, well, again, the, the distinction that you're making is actually the distinction between the Christian conservatives and the broader MAGA coalition. So even coalition would be like the Democrats from the 90s that we were talking about earlier.
Kyla Turner
But I would still say broad. MAGA does not support like the plan B or does not support like things like that. Like, I mean, a lot. Maybe he can chime in. He's, he's in the MAGA a lot of time.
Phil
I think, I think mag.
Kyla Turner
What does the White House say about it?
Phil
What's your deal, bro? I think MAGA writ large is pro choice. I think Trump's made this pivot in the Republican Party to now be relatively pro choice. And when I say that, I mean that he's moving more in the pro choice direction. In effect, what he's actually doing is allowing the states to make their own decisions, decisions and leaving it up to the states. But I don't think that's a fundamentally pro life position. And compared to Republicans of the past, it's going in the pro choice direction. And I think that it's effective politically because it's dispelling, I think, Democrats most potent attack against Republicans. I think for many women, the Republican Party was a little bit unappealing because of the abortion issue. That could get a little bit iffy for the. I don't know if I'm breaking any news here, but abortion's a little bit more personal for women than it is for men, so it's a little bit of a touchy subject for them. So I think politically it's very potent. But it's also going at one of the traditional three stools. One of the stools of the Republican Party, which is religious conservatives that are completely unaligned with the maga, the larger MAGA movement on this issue, because they go as far as to not even believe in ivf. There are many Christian MAGA people who don't believe in ivf, let alone who are pro life. So I think that's something important to consider. And that could be a core constituency in the future that could turn against the Republican Party if they keep heading in the pro choice direction.
Raymond G. Stanley
But that's like, there's, you know, what's the terminology? There's biting. They're hitting themselves with their own foot, like people like Lilla Rose or something like that. They're telling people not to vote for Trump because he's not super, you know, pro life.
Kyla Turner
Like, what are they going to do?
Raymond G. Stanley
Vote for a Democrat so they can kill a baby in nine months? They have no choice in the matter either. Unless you have a third party. If you don't go with someone who's, you know, moderately release, leave it up to the states and move to the state that you want to live in where you can save your baby no matter what, and they can't, you know, whatever they got going on. I'm not a big old pro life person. I'm okay with it. I love it. Go babies. But, but, but, you know what I mean? Like, like what, what are they going to do? They have no other choice in this matter. They can't alienate themselves against Trump and, or the Madagascar Republicans.
Phil
I think it's also important to understand that I believe most abortions now happen via the abortion pill, which is methapristone. And there's this one other drug, and this is a drug that during COVID it required, like a meeting before COVID it required a meeting with the doctor to be able to be prescribed it post Covid because Covid disallowed people from meeting with one another. They changed the law such that women were able to be prescribed this and didn't have to be with the doctors. We're still under those Covid laws or post Covid laws where women don't have to meet with a doctor to get this drug. This drug's becoming a Lot more accessible. So when we think about how abortion will look in the future, it will become more medicalized. Women will have a lot easier access to it through mifepristone if it ever becomes illegal. Women can easily, you know, get access to these drugs despite that because, because it's abortion in a pill. You don't need to do a crazy coat hanger or something which was the.
Raymond G. Stanley
Stereotype that's going to kill population worse and worse down the road.
Tim Pool
The abortion, abortion has been one of the worst things for.
Raymond G. Stanley
No, I agree but like with make it so easy like to like, you know.
Tim Pool
I think that it is, I think it's already one of the reasons why, you know, it's been such a hit to the population.
Raymond G. Stanley
Population, you know, what was 60 million.
Phil
And remember the Teen mom show? Like, oh geez, when I was younger there was like a lot of teen moms. They wouldn't abort the kids.
Kyla Turner
Yeah.
Phil
And I don't know what. Oh really?
Angela Belcamino
Yeah, it's like they're, oh, it's still on. I don't watch it but I, I do have a little Jersey Shore guilty pleasure. So sometimes I love Jersey Shore so much. But Teen mom, like they're, I, I don't know. They're bringing back the teen moms from.
Phil
Like before I used to use that as an, I'm going to stop using that as an example.
Tim Pool
I always used to say like, oh.
Phil
But they're really abort. All the young women are encouraged to abort, but I guess not because the show is still going on. Also on melipristone real quick, the Trump administration actually defended its use in Texas. They're trying to not have different people and different courts go after women's access to mifepristone. I think it really speaks to, to the pro choice direction of the, at least the administration right now. And they don't want to touch this issue with a ten foot pole. They like that. Trump loves touching on all the issues, but I think he's noticeably leaving this one alone.
Tim Pool
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Kyla Turner
And Angela, Angela's gonna join as well.
Tim Pool
Are you gonna be there? You're gonna stick around? I saw the, I saw the, the, the, the conversation on X, but I wasn't sure if there was a resolution to that. So Angela will be there and she's definitely going to be on the side of the misogynists. We're gonna, we're gonna go to it. Absolutely. We're gonna go to your super chats right now. Lee Whitaker says. Hey, based friends, Discord VIP here. I've written an anime inspired fantasy novel available on multiple platforms. All links@celestium saga.com There you go. If you are a member of the Discord, which you should be a member of the Discord. Actually, before we get to any further, head on over to timcast.com become a member@timcast.com so that way you can join the Discord and then head on over to rumble.com and become a member there. So that way you can watch the after show. Now tonight being Friday, we're not going to have the after show. But it's Monday through Thursday. You watch the after show. We can say things on Rumble and the after show that we're not allowed to say on YouTube. YouTube. And if you're a Discord member, you can call in and you can ask us questions, ask questions of our guests. You can also possibly find your spouse because we've had like three people get married in the Discord. You can start a podcast. There's like three or four different podcasts that were started in this word.
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Kyla Turner
And you get free tickets to the culture where events.
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Oh, you get free tickets too. There you go.
Raymond G. Stanley
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Kyla Turner
So awesome.
Raymond G. Stanley
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Tim Pool
So I think there's still time to do that too, right? If they were to sign up tonight. Tonight.
Kyla Turner
Get a free ticket.
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Kyla Turner
Yeah, I think we have, like 20 tickets. Maybe like 18 left.
Tim Pool
Yeah.
Phil
Sick deal. You could also buy me unlimited drinks at the after show.
Tim Pool
I would love to see you get.
Phil
A lot to buy me a drink.
Tim Pool
A lot.
Kyla Turner
I.
Tim Pool
Now, I think that I just want to buy you enough drinks to get you. Absolutely.
Phil
As long as you tip your bartender.
Tim Pool
Well, you have a ride home. Are you driving?
Phil
You could drive me. You could.
Tim Pool
I am not driving you anywhere. Absolutely not.
Kyla Turner
Amen.
Angela Belcamino
I mean, old lips, I have a driver.
Phil
You know, I was saying on the other show, Lib, young liberal women don't get enough credit. I was saying libs are kind of hot. Nobody agreed with me. And then I said young Hillary Clinton was, you know, a beautiful woman. What?
Angela Belcamino
No.
Phil
Okay.
Tim Pool
You agree, right?
Angela Belcamino
I don't know if I've seen a young Hillary Clinton. I don't know.
Tim Pool
Serge, you ready to pull her up?
Kyla Turner
Oh, no, don't do it.
Phil
You guys aren't ready for young people.
Kyla Turner
Hillary, I mean, a lot has been thinking about her a lot. Apparently.
Tim Pool
He's been talking about her a lot.
Angela Belcamino
I like it. I'm happy for you.
Raymond G. Stanley
Like, she's happy for you.
Tim Pool
I'm happy for you and Hill Dog. Well, hey, her and Bill got pretty far. I mean, hey, they had a good run at it.
Phil
She was almost president.
Kyla Turner
She has amazing pantsuits.
Tim Pool
Great.
Phil
I'm kidding, by the way.
Kyla Turner
Yeah.
Tim Pool
Wyatt Kaltenberg says if they arrest one of these Dems. I think he's talking about the Texas legislation. He or she will become a superstar. If they arrest 30 or more, they become a faceless mob. Everyone remembers the first man to step on the moon. Who remembers the fourth. That's actually.
Kyla Turner
Fair point.
Tim Pool
Fair. A fair point. I do think that the talent of the individual still matters. Will actually matter, though. You. If you get someone that can't speak, can't. Can't relate to people that just manage to squeak in as a state rep can. You know, that. That. That'll be. That'll be a problem. They. They need to have that kind of charisma and that. That political star power.
Raymond G. Stanley
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Tim Pool
Was it really?
Kyla Turner
Hey, hey, Facts.
Tim Pool
There you go.
Kyla Turner
Well, if you believe we want to.
Tim Pool
Oh, God.
Kyla Turner
We'll talk about it tomorrow with Alex.
Tim Pool
I, I, I, I don't even want to talk plastic cup politics says I will be severely disappointed if not. But a single Tim cast member tosses a lime cream.
Phil
Oh, geez.
Tim Pool
Yeah, there you go. On stage during the feminist debate tomorrow, Peep's gonna be showing up with a literal bag of dicks.
Raymond G. Stanley
Now that you read that, someone's coming with one.
Tim Pool
I, you know, I know. I, I, it was already coming out of my mouth before I realized what it was.
Kyla Turner
Just aim it at Alex. He'll love it.
Tim Pool
Dane Peterson says hook and mouth. So far, so good. So what? Greatest anti government song ever. Great job, Phil, bringing it up. Ftipper Gore. Absolutely. I'm a fan of Megadeth. We just got the privilege, we had the privilege of touring with them just last summer. Great, guys. Dave was awesome. And one of the cool things about Megadeth is they change the set every night. So it's actually worth going to see multiple shows if you can swing it. They don't play the same show, the same set every night. They were constantly surprising people. So, yeah, go check out Mega Death. They're awesome. Ligma Johnson says Trump's promise to end the war on day one came before Biden greenlit American missiles to be fired on civilian targets inside Russia. Biden did everything he could to fan those flames. Yeah, I agree, but at the same time, like, what a cope. Yeah, I mean, I mean, sick cope. His, his point isn't. Is well taken. But at the same time, I don't think that Trump could have just stepped in and said, hey, stop. And I mean, you know, Putin was going to listen because Putin, again, Putin has all the cards. Putin is in the position of power there.
Kyla Turner
Well, that's why it's like, we are always in the impossible position of, like, trying to bury beefs, like, end beefs. And it's like, I get we're powerful, but how do you stop people that have hated each other for as long as they hate each other? Like, that's the toughest thing. It's like, outside of, you know, doing terrible things. And even that doesn't necessarily end it. It just makes it worse. Again, Obama's campaign campaigns, like, that didn't help us.
Tim Pool
So Shane H. Wilder says a Tarrant county judge granted Paxton's request for a temporary restraining order injunction against Beto or works powered by the people.org that was receiving funds to pay fines of the Dems. Big W. Hey, look, anytime Beto o' Rourke gets his fanny slapped. I'm happy. Well, hand slapped, smack in the face. I. I don't wanna. And don't, don't get the wrong idea what's in here. Don't get the wrong idea.
Kyla Turner
Weirdos Phil told on himself and lads talking about hot Hillary.
Tim Pool
Shane H. Wilder with the another rumble rant. Raymond is right about the long term, but in the short term they are delaying more than the redistricting. They are delaying votes on protecting groundwater and a flood disaster bill. So yeah, Shanish Wilder is from Texas, so he actually has a good inside track on it. So thank you, Shane, for those.
Phil
I wanted to mention one of these guys, his name is James Talarico, he's a Texas state representative. He's one of the guys who fled, but he's also one of the guys who went on Joe Rogan's podcast like a week or so ago and he's getting a lot of buzz. So if there's somebody who's trying to finesse this whole, you know, political stunt into something, it's this guy. And I mean this is what he wants for us to keep our eyes on him. But I guess he's somebody to keep his eyes on your eyes on.
Raymond G. Stanley
I mean, if he made it to jr, that's kind of a thing.
Kyla Turner
But I agree with Shane, like once critical things start happening as a result, that's the only way people start being like, hey, go get this guy wrestling.
Raymond G. Stanley
Yeah, water's a big deal.
Kyla Turner
Yeah, exactly.
Tim Pool
Shane H. Wilder again said, remember Warrants Cherry Pie Album, 1990, had a 55 second track called Ode to Tipper Gore that consisted of clips of every foul word they said in concert as a big middle finger to the warning label.
Kyla Turner
Look, the warning label, when the warning.
Tim Pool
Label came out, that was a badge of honor. Right? Like.
Kyla Turner
But it hurt your sales bigly.
Tim Pool
Did it really hurt the sales?
Kyla Turner
Oh yeah. Artists were like. Cuz Walmart wouldn't carry them. Like family friendly stores wouldn't carry them once they had that label on it. And you lost a 1990s.
Tim Pool
Was there. I guess there was, wasn't there?
Kyla Turner
Oh yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Tim Pool
They weren't as. They weren't the big gigantic.
Kyla Turner
Oh, they were still huge for like artists because people used to buy CDs back then. Remember you said buy the singles we used to making.
Tim Pool
I mean a joke. I remember.
Raymond G. Stanley
Okay, okay, okay.
Tim Pool
I myself was buying, buying CDs remember? I'm probably the oldest person at this. At the table.
Kyla Turner
Right, right, right. Musicians.
Ryan Seacrest
Yeah.
Kyla Turner
And yeah, it really hurt your industry when they Put those labels on it.
Tim Pool
Really? Not as much as streaming, homie.
Kyla Turner
Oh, for sure.
Tim Pool
So let's see.
Kyla Turner
Lime wire.
Phil
You look good for your age, though.
Tim Pool
Thank you very much.
Kyla Turner
Cuz. Nap service.
Phil
Yeah, you're shredded real nicely. Even though you're closer to my dad's age than mine, I probably.
Tim Pool
I'm close to you.
Phil
No, I, I did the math.
Tim Pool
What? No, not in a bet.
Phil
He's great for his age. Are you kidding me?
Kyla Turner
Yeah, we.
Raymond G. Stanley
We understand you're not a fan.
Phil
He's still, he still tours.
Kyla Turner
Yeah.
Raymond G. Stanley
Oh, freaking frill rocks. Divine. Have you heard?
Phil
Rock star.
Tim Pool
Still going to the gym. And still. I mean, most of the guys my age are not in the shape that I'm in.
Phil
You could probably bench a lot more than me, so.
Tim Pool
My chest has never been great.
Raymond G. Stanley
Have you seen this?
Phil
I maxed out at 185.
Tim Pool
Okay, I can bench more than you, but my deadlift in my squat spots are actually much better than my bench. At the White House, E.B. jones says it's our job because we are the world's most powerful military by a massive margin. It's not even close. And we have every interest in staying that way. The West, Communism, or Islam, take your pick. There is an argument for that, right? So like, everybody that says, hey, the United States shouldn't be the world police, like, I like that concept, but I also like the idea of the United States making sure that, that, you know, the oceans are safe for everybody. Like, so there, there are, there are trade. The military makes sure that every nation is allowed to use the seas in a way that doesn't. That is not particularly preferential to other, you know, to other countries or, or to one country. And I think that that has been an actual benefit to the whole world for the entire time that the United States has been doing, doing that. So the post, post World War II order, the. With the United States being the. At least making sure that everyone can trade on, you know, the open sea. I think that that's been a, a benefit for the whole world. And I, I would like to keep it that way because I don't know that I think that it would be a significantly worse situation if Russia were in charge of part of the oceans and, and China were in part of the, in charge of the South China Sea and, and we didn't have at least the ability to fend off a significant increase in piracy out from Somalia and stuff. Like, the United States really does do a lot to keep that kind of stuff under control. So I think that that's a, that's a net good. Net positive for the whole world.
Raymond G. Stanley
Phil, real quick question for you, sir. Would that be like all of the oceans, but also like the seas, like the Black Sea, the Red Sea?
Tim Pool
The US can't go into the Black Sea. Like the, the. Just talking about the example. Talking about the oceans. Like this ocean straight up. Yeah, because the, like the US Isn't gonna. If, if you've, like the Black Sea, you know, it's surrounded territorially by the Gulf. Russians.
Raymond G. Stanley
Do you think well too.
Tim Pool
No, because the, because the thing is, it's, it's, it's multiple countries that are, are actually, you know.
Raymond G. Stanley
Yeah.
Tim Pool
When it comes, like the Gulf of Oman or whatever, there are multiple countries that are, are the border of the Gulf. So if it's an international seaway, then the US Is going to make sure that it stays open. And I think that's a generally positive thing for the rest.
Raymond G. Stanley
Yeah. Don't get caught up on the black seat. I was just throwing examples off the top of my head.
Tim Pool
No hate. Let's see. Ian Kenny says. I know I'm late on this topic, but I was busy in regards to the Texas gerrymandering convo. Here's a Wisconsin PBS headline. Democrats flipped 14 seats in the Wisconsin legislature in 2024 after redistricting. It's true, man. Look, there are something like 40% of the population of Massachusetts are Republicans, maybe 35%. And there are zero Republican seats from Massachusetts. New York City is definitely something along the lines of like 30, 70, or in the greater New York metro area, all Democrats, if I understand correctly. So Illinois is largely controlled by Democrats. There are like at least the 75% of the seats out of California are Democrats. The representation for conservatives in blue states is almost nonexistent, or actually nonexistent in many of the blue states. So the idea that Democrats are, you know, the idea that Democrats are, are being somehow shut down and they don't have political power because of gerrymandering. Like, that's, that's just a BS line intended to get Democrats worked up. It's not the case at all. And they'll tell you that it's. That it's unprecedented. They'll tell you that it's something that the Republicans are doing in order to suppress democracy. It's all bs. It's not unprecedented. It's happened before. And considering the massive shift of population after Covid from states like California to states like Texas and the influx of people, people from illegal. The four years of, of essentially Open borders. Because of the Biden administration. There's a really strong argument to do redistricting now. So this idea or the argument that the left makes, it's. It doesn't hold water. It's just absolutely garbage.
Phil
The issue with redistricting is that Democrats can do it too. I'm reading some new news out of California about how Governor Newsom plans to or is hosting some of these Texas legislation leaders. And they have some juice to squeeze out in California, too. So I think we're going to see a tit for tat battle here. We'll see how it plays out.
Tim Pool
Friend of the show, James Klug, says the first time I met a lot, we were debating abortion in a crowded bar, and he started yelling at me. Never seen a grown man lose a debate so bad. Human life is worth protecting.
Kyla Turner
L. Oh.
Tim Pool
Ow. James is throwing you under the bus.
Phil
And James Klug chilling at the bar yelling about a boy abortion. Trust me, James Clue got very emotional about, you know, his love for babies. Life. Yeah.
Kyla Turner
Yeah.
Tim Pool
Okay. I thought you.
Kyla Turner
Oh, did you take the inverse? You took the opposite.
Phil
Maybe he should get one of his own. James.
Kyla Turner
Hey, you took the opposite a lot of your pro choice.
Phil
I don't believe in the government's. I don't believe the government should be restricting women's access to abortion beyond 14 weeks.
Kyla Turner
Okay, okay.
Phil
Before 14 weeks.
Kyla Turner
I do love.
Raymond G. Stanley
I do love your advice for James.
Phil
Yeah, right. I think dude's almost 30. No kids.
Tim Pool
Damn.
Phil
That is bold, Lip.
Tim Pool
I'm almost fifth.
Kyla Turner
Or.
Tim Pool
I. I am 50, and. And I don't have any kids yet.
Phil
Well, she's pregnant on the way.
Raymond G. Stanley
You're right down the road, brother.
Tim Pool
Yeah, right.
Phil
I mean, it's like, you know, they say it's already alive in the womb. You know, in Korea, they start from when you get pregnant, they start counting.
Kyla Turner
You'll have to put a super chat in even if you're on the show.
Tim Pool
Well, I mean, I'll. I'll. I'll send the super chat as the Tesla's driving us to the. Yeah, that's.
Raymond G. Stanley
There you go.
Tim Pool
Or maybe I'll just wait till I get, like, surprising.
Kyla Turner
You're on the show. Put the super chat in before you run to the hospital.
Tim Pool
I mean, rumor has it the first one takes a while.
Kyla Turner
Yeah.
Tim Pool
So I'm. I. I assume that maybe.
Raymond G. Stanley
And then the second one just slides right out.
Tim Pool
Look, man, I was. I'm the second, and I was born in the hallway, so they didn't even get my mom into the room. And my My sister, it. It took some time, so. We'll see.
Raymond G. Stanley
I like it.
Tim Pool
I mean, for my girlfriends, I. For her sake, I. I hope. Hope that it doesn't take too. Too long.
Raymond G. Stanley
Sure, sure, sure. Nobody.
Kyla Turner
Are we doing a good job explaining, like, a woman's body and biology?
Angela Belcamino
Exactly.
Kyla Turner
Okay.
Angela Belcamino
I mean, you know the logistics.
Kyla Turner
Yeah, Just slide right out the second one.
Angela Belcamino
I also hope for her that it's. It's not long and it slides right.
Tim Pool
How's the baby fever? You still got it? You still got that? You still sweating?
Angela Belcamino
Hey.
Tim Pool
I mean, you tweet about it a lot is what you know, is what I'm saying. So I'm wondering if that's like, if that's real or if that's you just putting it on.
Angela Belcamino
I don't know. Like I said, evolving, growing. Open.
Tim Pool
All right, our sergeant says. Our sergeant 31 says. Let's. Let's reverse some thinking. What if America allowed its people to cross into Mexico unchecked, How long do you think it would be before American gangs were running the Mexico. What? American gangs before American gang running Mexico.
Kyla Turner
Mexico unchecked.
Raymond G. Stanley
Like the Crips, they couldn't make any money down there.
Kyla Turner
We actually. We get to go in on. Unchecked. They don't get to come here unchecked.
Tim Pool
Right.
Kyla Turner
We can go. Just go to Mexico. Right?
Raymond G. Stanley
Yeah. And they hate us.
Tim Pool
Talking about. He's talking about, like, gangs. Oh, and also, yeah, like, if you are an expat or not even an expat, there are people that are just. That just went to Mexico City to work, right? Because it's cheaper. They. They work remotely, and it's cheaper to live down there. And there are Mexicans down there telling them to get out. They are hating on them because they're like, there's something like 10,000Americans that live in Mexico City. And the city has something. Something like 5, 10 million. It's like a big, big, big city. So the amount of people, the amount of Americans that are there are not affecting housing prices, but they're still blaming the Americans. They're like, get out of here, gringo.
Kyla Turner
They want out the 10,000. We have, like, you know, 400 million.
Raymond G. Stanley
Or whatever it is signs posted, like.
Kyla Turner
4 million, 5 million.
Raymond G. Stanley
Oh, yeah, yeah. They don't want American.
Tim Pool
They don't. They don't like it at all. They don't like it at all.
Raymond G. Stanley
So we're the nice ones, actually viral in the world. We're the best people.
Tim Pool
And again, like, they're. The Americans are bringing, you know, they're Bringing American dollars in. They're spending dollars that they made.
Kyla Turner
Right.
Tim Pool
You know, when they're working remotely.
Kyla Turner
And to be fair, they're probably are driving up like the, the property value and the prices in that area, to be fair to them, I guess.
Raymond G. Stanley
Sure.
Tim Pool
The problem is that there are Mexicans that can't find apartments and stuff like that, which is I, I guarantee, just like in the United States, the, the cost is because of things like zoning and because, because of the governments of, of the municipalities and then the, the state and country more broadly. But they're still blaming the Americans, like, hey, get out of here, gringo.
Raymond G. Stanley
So I blame the whitey somehow.
Kyla Turner
So ironic.
Tim Pool
It's funny. All right, let's see. Webhead Mike says first day done in the hospital with our first baby. So super chatting in the tradition. Congratulations. Thank you very much.
Kyla Turner
Congrats. I just don't understand how we're having an issue, issue with population when literally every night there's two or kids in the super chats that are born.
Tim Pool
You really don't understand.
Kyla Turner
It's. Mathematically, it seems like we're doing pretty good. We're definitely, at least in our audience.
Tim Pool
Our audience, yes. But we're doing great as a country. I think, I think that I'm going to trust the people that say that we are having a problem getting people to have kids.
Kyla Turner
Yeah, not in our audience, whatever that discord is doing.
Tim Pool
Ligma Johnson says Trump bloviates take him seriously. Not literally. He might not have ended the war on day one, but if Biden didn't fan the flame, it might have been over by now. I mean, look, man, I don't know, but I really don't think that Trump had the ability to. And the reason is because Vladimir Putin has all of the cards like the United States. The American people were not going to support actual military action against the Russians in Ukraine. Ukraine. And that's the stick that the United States has. Right. The US can, can do things like try and sanction. The US can do things like send weapons to Ukraine. But the real, you know, when the rubber hits, hits the road, it's the United States military actually taking decisive action. And the US Isn't going to do it against Russia because of all the possibility of all those nuclear weapons. So, you know, it may sound nice and Trump can talk a good game, but it was never really in the cards of Trump coming in and saying, hey, get out of here, Putin. And Putin say, oh, I'm sorry, Donald, you know, that wasn't going to happen.
Raymond G. Stanley
Yeah, on that, Phil. Just as much as I'd like to think America is how badass we are and we can tell people what to do and how to live their lives in other countries, Russia's, when you think about it, Russia's stronger than I would think, than I want them to be. Because they were just, they're another world power. They're China. They're as strong as.
Kyla Turner
We just can't say, hey, dude, just.
Raymond G. Stanley
Stop what you're doing.
Tim Pool
You're not.
Kyla Turner
They're not, not as strong as they used to be. But to your point, they are still deadly.
Tim Pool
There's only. How many worlds are in there? There's not.
Kyla Turner
I love you.
Tim Pool
No, the United States, but still.
Raymond G. Stanley
I know, I understand. But like, these guys are still pretty strong themselves within.
Phil
They could take like, take what, two small regions of Ukraine, frankly, very unimpressive.
Raymond G. Stanley
Well, because of us. We gave them all the other, all the weapons.
Kyla Turner
Yeah.
Tim Pool
Corey Stalling says, look at Trump's legacy. It's amazing to me how much people claim Trump isn't a peace president. He just ended a 35 year war with Armenia versus Azerbaijan. Look, man, that's a big one. Trump's ended that one and there was one in Africa that he ended. I mean, he does try to end wars, it's true. But listen, smash the like button. Share the show with everyone you know. Don't forget to go to, what is it? DC Comedy Loft to buy your tickets for the culture war live tomorrow. There are still tickets left. And if you show up and you're a member of the Discord, you can come to the afterparty. It's going to be a great time. Angela, thank you for coming. Would you tell people where they can find you?
Angela Belcamino
Yes. Thank you guys so much. Please follow me on X at Angela Bel Camino. Also on Tik Tok at Angela Bel Camino and look for the podcast coming in September. Thanks to NAG Network Access Group. Love you guys. It'll be on Rumble. So thank you guys so much for having me. Appreciate you.
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Nice. Thank you. My name is Raymond G. Stanley Jr. I am here. Follow me on X. Raymond G. Stanley and I appreciated you being here and had good conversation with everyone here today.
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Phil
Thanks for tuning in, everybody. I am Alad Eliyahu, the White House correspondent here at Tim Cast. I actually got a pretty sick scoop yesterday at the White House I was able to ask the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hexseth, if he believes the Muslim Brotherhood should be designated as a terrorist organization. He gave me a thumbs up. So hopefully we get some more progress on that in the upcoming weeks. Check us out at the Comedy Loft tomorrow. And thanks for tuning in.
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Come hang out with us in Ellensburg. Great rodeo.
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Timcast IRL: Detailed Episode Summary
Episode: Texas AG Files Suit To Vacate House Seats Of Rogue Democrats Who Fled State w/ Angela Belcamino
Release Date: August 9, 2025
In this episode of Timcast IRL, host Tim Pool delves into a significant political development in Texas, discussing Attorney General Ken Paxton's lawsuit aimed at vacating the House seats of 13 Democratic lawmakers who fled the state. Joining Pool are panelists Angela Belcamino, Kyla Turner, Raymond G. Stanley, and Phil, who provide diverse perspectives on the unfolding situation and its broader implications.
Tim Pool opens the discussion by outlining Ken Paxton's recent legal action:
[05:52] Ken Paxton: "The runaway members have officially vacated their offices in the Texas House."
Paxton's lawsuit seeks to declare the seats of 13 Democrats vacant after they left Texas to obstruct the redistricting process. Pool emphasizes Paxton’s intent to resolve the legislative gridlock:
[05:48] Tim Pool: "...Paxton wants to put a little oomph behind it."
The panel assesses the legality and precedent of such actions, debating whether this move could set a new standard for handling legislative obstruction.
The panel explores how Paxton's lawsuit might affect the Democratic Party both within Texas and nationally:
[07:24] Angela Belcamino: "They deliberately sabotaged the constitutional process and violated the oaths to uphold it."
Kyla Turner raises concerns about the Democrats' internal cohesion and public image:
[07:10] Tim Pool: "...the business of Texas must go on."
Further discussion revolves around whether disrupting state legislative processes will resonate with national Democrats or remain a localized issue.
Raymond G. Stanley references a similar event from 2021, where over 50 Democratic lawmakers fled Texas but eventually returned, allowing Republicans to pass voting laws:
[13:06] Kyla Turner: "It's rare, but that's still unprecedented."
This comparison highlights the cyclical nature of partisan tactics and questions the long-term effectiveness of such strategies.
Shifting focus, Tim Pool introduces Vladimir Putin's recent proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine, demanding significant territorial concessions:
[34:49] Phil: "Putin says he'll be satisfied with half of Ukraine, which is not really a surprise to anybody."
The panel debates the sincerity and feasibility of Putin's offer, considering the ongoing conflict dynamics and the potential meeting between Trump and Putin:
[58:21] Phil: "President Trump knew he was leading him on, and he just needs to allow him to do so."
The conversation transitions to President Donald Trump's recent directive to use military force against Mexican drug cartels, labeling them as terrorist organizations:
[40:25] Phil: "President Trump is trying to balance all of this out."
Kyla Turner questions the potential repercussions and effectiveness of militarized interventions:
[69:08] Phil: "I'm very nervous of an outlandish cartel response or the killing of Americans..."
Phil and Kyla Turner discuss Trump's immigration policies versus Democratic approaches, emphasizing enforcement and border security:
[81:06] Kyla Turner: "We need a 30-year moratorium on all immigrants except for O1 visas."
Tim Pool adds that robust immigration policies could reduce illegal crossings and associated crimes:
[84:08] Raymond G. Stanley: "No, we’re talking about going after cartels, not invading Mexico."
A critical segment addresses disturbing allegations from Virginia’s largest public school district, where staff purportedly assisted minors in obtaining abortions without parental consent:
[86:36] Tim Pool: "Investigation is underway...two instances where minors say officials arranged abortions without notifying parents."
Angela Belcamino expresses her concerns, bridging her pro-choice stance with the necessity for parental involvement:
[89:32] Angela Belcamino: "There is a decision that...it’s crossing a boundary and a line for sure."
The panel debates the ethical and legal implications, highlighting the tension between student autonomy and parental rights.
As the episode winds down, Tim Pool promotes upcoming events, including a live debate on feminism’s impact on the West at DC Comedy Loft. The panelists encourage listeners to engage via Discord and Rumble, fostering a community around shared political interests.
Ken Paxton ([05:52]): "The runaway members have officially vacated their offices in the Texas House."
Angela Belcamino ([07:24]): "They deliberately sabotaged the constitutional process and violated the oaths to uphold it."
Phil ([58:21]): "President Trump knew he was leading him on, and he just needs to allow him to do so."
Raymond G. Stanley ([13:06]): "It's rare, but that's still unprecedented."
Angela Belcamino ([89:32]): "There is a decision that...it’s crossing a boundary and a line for sure."
This episode of Timcast IRL provides an in-depth analysis of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's lawsuit against Democratic lawmakers, situating it within a broader political and historical context. The discussions extend to international relations concerning Ukraine and Putin’s ceasefire proposal, domestic policies on drug cartels and immigration, and the contentious issue of abortion in Virginia schools. With diverse viewpoints from the panel, listeners gain a comprehensive understanding of the multifaceted political landscape shaping America in 2025.