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we have to talk about Trump which we should the national Republican convention gets underway uh next week
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the party approved its 2024 platform on Monday giving us a glimpse at what Trump
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second term might look at it sounds awful in every single way the platform reads like a trump rally speech and
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features a list of 20 promises including stop the migrant Invasion which we're still waiting for that Caravan cancel
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the electrical electric vehicle mandate and prevent World War II okay the language on abortion and same-sex
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marriage has also been paired down and softened gays can stay married apparently according to Donald Trump
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thanks Donald you um you know it's he has had a rally recently where he was as loony as a you know it's
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all baked in but he was loonier than ever still talking about sharks and Hannibal lecor and all kinds of this and
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that I speaking of cognitive disabilities um uh and I know people say we should say more about it he is crazy
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everybody we've said it over and over again and he's Vicious he's crazy and vicious and corrupt and a criminal um so
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there hope that's enough um what do you think about this Vision that they've laid out they're certainly
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trying to soften we've been hearing a lot thankfully about project 2025 in recent weeks a proposal for massive
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overhaul the federal government should meaning cutting out getting rid of Noah is one of their is one is on their list
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um the project backed by Trump allies very close Trump allies includes an expansion of executive powers disbanding
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the Department of Education shredding climate protections Trump has recently distanced himself from the plan uh
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claiming he know nothing about it which is nonsense he also was like I wish them
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good luck it was very similar to a statement he gave about julain Maxwell of the famous Epstein saying I don't
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really know her and uh but I wish her good luck and of course there's 90 pictures of him with her um so what do
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you think about this I think that they're so as frightening as Biden's performance has
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been we don't want to talk about this but Trump has actually been very on message he's been much more disciplined
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this time and he realizes that he's he's basically said we if we just pivot a little bit to the metal and we're not as
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terribly frightening what what's going on here is we've seen before and that's gorsage and Amy coning Barrett uh in
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their Senate testimony confirmation hearings pretending to be reasonable and then once they're on the court they
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decide to overturn roie Wade which they said under oath in front of the Senate was established
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president uh my sense is Trump is very on message I forget the name of the woman scaramucci said there's a Susie WS
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he said she's the most powerful woman in uh Washington right now she is there's a
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good piece by Tim Alberta who did the Chris lick piece about the Trump campaign it's a mustre by the way but go
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ahead she's in it but think about it he's gone totally quiet around the debate he's softening the stuff around
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bodily autonomy but be clear folks it's now one in five women have to leave their state to terminate a pregnancy
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it's going to go to two and five three and five and maybe more in this whole 20 whatever they're
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calling it 20 what are they calling it 20 2025 project 2025 I mean it's you you read through it and it's oh it's a
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handmaiden tail booklet be clear folks the thing about these things is we make the mistake of believing they're so
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crazy they could never happen no they can happen it can happen so from a messaging standpoint Trump's trying to
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distance himself but it is a Looking Glass into what some of the most powerful people who will have the
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greatest audience voice and sway on the White House are thinking yeah absolutely
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and and as I mentioned Trump has softened the GOP stance on abortion and marriage equality um new platforms does
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not reference a National Abortion ban the first time it's been omitted in 40 Years of these platforms leave it to the
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states which is almost even worse there's no longer a reference to traditional marriage as between one man
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and one woman that's been in there for a long time um bad marketing for them um you know I think it's you're right he's
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softening he's softening the St oh I'm reasonable but he is not reasonable people let us be absolutely
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clear he will also has have people in there like Steven Miller who absolutely they want to build giant camps and
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Deport people they want to put millions of people under under arrest for for existing essentially um there's also
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major implications for Tech in all of this the plan calls for fewer restrictions on
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cryptocurrency all their Pals and that repealing Biden's executive order on AI which is quite a good one actually and
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bolstering Commercial uh space exploration um this is all this must be the Elon Musk must have called them and
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put them in it signals a Laz fair if not outright cozy approach to emerging sectors as the Washington Post put it
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it's it's that's all Elon Musk so you know just FYI Tech regulation is already a struggle there won't be any Tech
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regulation and government investment in commercial space exloration of course be
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a boot for musk um and also Jeff Bezos by the way um now it's interesting that some tech leaders are playing nice some
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aren't like Reed Hoffman is and what's was really Fring and I know you don't like Mark Zuckerberg but Trump
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threatened him in a way that sounded like a tinhorn dictator um he said uh he said posted on TR social the election
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fraudsters will be imprisoned if he gets elected in November and he name checks Zuckerberg um Mark Z is a lot of things
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but he's not an election fraudster and the fact that he's threatened imprisonment over over his stupid
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election denial lies is is really I had to defend Mark that's just look if we want to take put Mark in prison let's
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bring to trial prove the case do the things like what what a what a legal democracy does that's different than
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what Trump did here which is which is heinous absolutely heinous there's a clear thick and deling line between a
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democracy and Fascism and one of those lines I mean that there sharp relief between an autocracy and a democracy is
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that we have deced decided that when people are elected to power they can't use federal agencies to go after their
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political enemies and when you start threatening to put your political enemies in prison
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and what he referenced was that Zuckerberg donated 400 million to nonprofits helping election offices with
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mail and voting getting falsely accused of violating campaign Finance laws um by the way he was cleared by the
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Federal Election Commission this is stepping over that line into fascism and it's not about Mark Zuckerberg it's
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about President Biden has never said I hate Elon Musk I think he's a threat to democracy I hate what he's doing in
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Ukraine I'm sicking my doj on him anyways when you directly say I'm going to try and put someone in prison if I'm
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elected this is what and what you're dealing with here is what happens in these societies and unfortunately we're
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so entitled and we' enjoyed so many free freedoms of which we're not in touch with the sacrifice and the commitment
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and the expense to maintain these freedoms that we don't realize that when you're living in an autocracy everyone
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goes quiet because it's like okay if you come out against Trump if you come out against Biden
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there's very little downside he wins he forgives you he loses he forgives you whatever when you come out against Trump
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and say this is a this is a fascist this is a misogynist this is a convicted felon you you risk something and so
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people stop engaging in a democracy which includes open honest debate because they're like What's the the
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downside to being open and honest around what you think of trump is much greater
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than the downside to being open and honest about what you think about the true Democrat because he's not going to
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he's not going to pursue you as a political enemy using the full power of the federal government so just just
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threatening to weaponize our agencies in the government that should be disqualifying and everyone uses the word
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disqualifying but this is what it's like to live in Iran or Russia where people do the math and go I don't even want to
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have an open conversation I'm going to tell my children and my friends never speak out against this person because
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the downside is greater whereas there's someone who's a Democrat oh yeah speak out against them because there's no
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downside if you just speaking your mind this is this is what it's like to live in an autocracy I mean I haven't I'm not
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I'm I want to be clear I'm not scared but the thought has crossed my mind that if Donald Trump is elected it's not the
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threat of some sort of government regulation or something I'm not I'm not saying we'd be put in jail but do they
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pass legislation that is damaging to you and your family I this isn't this is how we move away
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from a democracy