In short
The host attacks MAGA and Republican leaders ahead of the midterms, arguing they use Islamophobia/xenophobia, hypocrisy, and propaganda while undermining the military and working people. A major focus is claims that top Army leadership resigned after concerns about readiness and “transformation” being blocked by Pete Hegseth, plus criticism of Trump, J.D. Vance, Mike Johnson, and Dr. Oz.
Guest backgrounds
No guests are interviewed in the provided transcript. The host repeatedly references public figures: J.D. Vance, Abdul El-Sayed, Barry Weiss, Dan Driscoll, Pete Hegseth, Mike Johnson, Dr. Oz, and others.
Key claims
Vance is portrayed as changing religion for power/money and attacking Abdul El-Sayed; CBS/60 Minutes coverage is alleged to be manipulated to spike Islamophobic headlines; Hegseth allegedly fired/pushed out generals and harmed readiness; Republicans allegedly mistreat veterans and active-duty troops; Dr. Oz allegedly profits from policy proposals like raising retirement age.
Notable examples
Alleged CBS headline edits about Abdul El-Sayed and deleted 9/11-related tweets; Dan Driscoll resignation tied to Hegseth blocking Army readiness efforts; Mike Johnson’s “64 days” comment; Dr. Oz retirement-age proposal framed as benefiting GDP; references to Epstein connections and “Epstein files.”
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOMAGA's Midterm Strategies
0:00 to 0:24
Explore the limited options available to MAGA for the upcoming midterms.
“MAGA has so few options for the midterms.”
Critique of JD Vance's Hypocrisy
0:24 to 3:18
A deep dive into JD Vance's statements and the perceived hypocrisy in his actions.
“A person who will apologize for a murderer so long as he looks the right way, but will not understand the plight of an innocent child if that person has the wrong faith.”
The Media and Military Concerns
3:18 to 6:15
Discussion about military leadership changes and Republican neglect of veterans.
“pick up the phone when an evil, corrupt billionaire calls him and go, sure.”
Criticism of Republican Leadership
6:15 to 10:51
An analysis of the Republican party's leadership and their actions regarding war and military.
“There is nothing radical about wanting health care for everybody.”
Dr. Oz and the Hypocrisy of MAGA
10:51 to 13:20
Examining the contradictions in MAGA's stance on Muslims and Dr. Oz's role.
“So if we wrap it up in the next 64 days, that'd be great as we go into the midterm election.”
Call to Action for Red State Voters
13:20 to 14:00
A motivating message urging listeners to take action in their states for the midterms.
“Oz proposing raising the age of retirement for Americans.”
Call to Action Against Hypocrisy
14:00 to 15:27
Listeners are urged to take action against political hypocrisy and support change.
“If you don't have health insurance, tough titties, get an extra job.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:04MAGA has so few options for the midterms. They are deploying JD Vance on the campaign trail. It is absolutely cringeworthy. So let me just go ahead and offer a trigger warning before I play this clip. But stay tuned to this entire episode because it's so important that we defeat MAGA. Play the clip. I see is a man who has sympathy and compassion for people who share his religion, but have nothing for people who don't. A person who will apologize for a murderer so long as he looks the right way, but will not understand the plight of an innocent child if that person has the wrong faith. And that is the root of this terrible evil, I believe, in the United States of America that is on the rise.
0:51And what I'd ask all of you to do is to reject it in November. It's pretty rich that he can stand there and say that after he just wrote a book about his own faith, which was total the person who got jd vance to convert to catholicism is peter teal who runs around giving lectures about the antichrist but this is just pure islamophobia this is pure xenophobia and for jd vance to sit there and lecture that uh the lie that abdul doesn't care about a murderer i'm sorry don't you work for the regime that killed alex preddy and renee good And then after they were killed, murdered, live streamed, their murders were live streamed.
1:40You called them domestic terrorists. Don't act like you care about families and about babies when you can't even condemn a racist Nazi group chat that is festering in young Republicans when you have mixed race kids. So spare us the sanctimony, J.D. Vance, you little smoky eyed sociopath. And here he is now trying to act like a badass. I think all of us attacking his marriage with Usha is starting to get to him. Play the clip. But whatever you want to talk about, Abdul, keep my wife's name the hell out of your mouth because she's way out of your league.
2:21Spare me. You can't even defend your own wife. I think it was on the campaign trail in 2024. You said Usha can't help it that she's not white. You're a member of a complete white supremacist group. There are Sig Hiles from Elon Musk. Have you ever condemned that? I mean, this just breathtaking hypocrisy is truly one of the more disgusting things in our culture right now. This utter moral duplicity. J.D. Vance says, I'm white and I'm a Christian and I kiss all the right rich white guys asses. So therefore, I have moral authority to lecture everybody else. We have to reject this brand of politics.
3:07And really, listener and viewer, we're all fighting in these spaces more for J.D. Vance's kids and for their future than he is. He's trying to just extend this rigged system for mediocre white men like himself that can pick up the phone when an evil, corrupt billionaire calls him and go, sure. Yeah, I'll change. I'll change my religion. No big deal. I mean, this guy, keep putting him out there. Keep putting him out there, MAGA, because this guy's polling is worse than Trump's. And that's a pretty low bar. And then Abdul, who I love Abdul Al-Sayed, here he comes back and just destroys J.D. Vance.
3:48Play the clip. Would you invite J.D. Vance, except for maybe you got a Vance bromance? I don't know. Like questions about J.D. Vance, they're a legion. We don't have more couches here than they have in Ohio. So I'm just trying to figure out why he would come. And why? I'll tell you why he's coming. Because everyone is terrified of you, Abdul, because you can't be bought and paid for. The fundamental difference between Abdul El-Sayed and J.D. Vance is one of them is a hooker. And it's the one that wears the eyeliner that is the hooker. J.D. Vance is bought, paid for, unprincipled, can't stand up for his wife, can't stand up for his kids, changes his opinion with wherever the money is.
4:30He sniffs money over here and then he runs that way to collect it. And that's the through line between all of these MAGA sycophants. And then, of course, we have an uphill battle, you guys, truly, because all of the media is being purchased by MAGA oligarchs. And I think we spoke about the CBS headline yesterday that is just brazen Islamophobia at the behest of Barry Weiss. There's new reporting about this. Pop this up. Barry Weiss personally directed this morning CBS News headline about Abdul El-Sayed to be tweaked to specifically mention deleted tweets referencing the September 11 terrorist attacks.
5:16So Barry Weiss, what I want to know is why are you spiking stories left and right over at 60 Minutes? Why haven't you addressed the fact that your wife was buddy-buddy with Jeffrey Epstein emailing back and forth after everybody already knew he was a child sex trafficker and a child sex abuser? We don't mention any of that, do we? Why is it that MAGA is always knee-deep in covering for pedophiles and then to prevent you from looking at that, Looking at her connections with Donald Trump, who's in the Epstein files, looking at her connections where her wife is BFFs with Jeffrey Epstein, friendly AF, these two.
5:58All they have left to give you is racism. They are scapegoating Abdul El-Sayed. And the fundamental difference, Barry, between you and Abdul is one of you is a prostitute. And again, it's not Abdul El-Sayed. There is nothing radical about not taking corporate money. There is nothing radical about wanting health care for everybody. There is nothing radical about having a politics that is more empathetic, inclusive, and accepting. MAGA is none of those things. The only thing they can offer the American public right now is fear-mongering, scare-mongering, xenophobia, and racism, and Islamophobia.
6:37And it has worked for a very long time since 9-11. The fundamental difference I see right now is we have a lot of Muslims in America. The Muslims that I see that are running for office are running on a platform of universal human rights. The Christian nationalists that I see running for office, their pastors are talking about trying to repeal the 19th Amendment. They're taking away a rape victim's right to privacy when she goes to the doctor. So spare us all the Islamophobia. Moving along, another top-ranking military official is departing in the midst of the war. Pop this up. Jennifer Griffin says, here is why Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned.
7:22Driscoll brought up concerns with the administration surrounding Army transformation and readiness and Hegseth's blocking those efforts, specifically by firing the generals who were responsible, according to a source familiar with Driscoll's decision. According to reporting from the Atlantic, Driscoll met with Trump before resigning, and Trump was surprised when Driscoll told him how many generals and other top officers had been fired, pushed out, or passed over for promotion under Hegseth.
7:58so it doesn't surprise me that donald trump was surprised i mean because he doesn't give a shit about the military what is troubling here is that we have a political party who has propagandized us for decades we support the troops we care about the troops they fight for our freedoms they sacrifice so we can be free you've heard it you've heard it you've heard it you've heard it They treat veterans like shit. And now it's worse. Now they're treating active military members like shit, firing them, pushing them out, passing them over for promotion. Because Pete Hegseth has low T, is wildly insecure, and is a sociopath and an untreated alcoholic narcissist.
8:39That's the truth. There's nothing deeper than that in the autopsy on Pete Hegseth. So, okay, let's take Trump. Let's take Hegseth and set them aside. What about all these Republican senators and all these Republican congressmen that are on the ballot right now in the midterms? Democrats, attack. Get your fangs out. It's bullshit. They are liars. They don't give a shit about the troops. It's always been propaganda to make people feel nostalgic about the military and the United States of America is so badass and these people sacrifice. And they do sacrifice. The problem is once they sacrifice and they get back here, how do the Republicans treat homeless military vets that suffer from PTSD?
9:22Over on Fox News, they call for exterminating them. Do Republicans come out and say, hey, a lot of these homeless people are our veterans and we need to have programs and social safety nets and infrastructure to help these men that served on the front lines, that got messed up, screwed up in the head, and we have an obligation to them. No, no, they don't care. Do you think Trump cares that Hexeth is going on a racist, sexist firing spree? No, because Trump fundamentally doesn't understand why anyone would serve. He doesn't understand that somebody would value something over themselves because all Trump thinks about is self-preservation.
10:03So that eliminates the military from him immediately, because how do you preserve yourself if you're on the front lines? I mean, this guy is the worst commander in chief ever. And he has appointed the most incompetent, emotionally stunted, untreated addict, narcissist to be in charge. And all of these people that served earnestly, it's their job, are getting fired by Pete Hegseth, the Fox News guy. It's wild. And then it just gets worse for these Republicans. I mean, the leadership in the Republican Party is so pathetic. You know, my thing with little Moses Mike Grinder Johnson, this guy. Here he is admitting that the war in Iran isn't ending soon.
10:50Play the clip. I think we can get this done. So if we wrap it up in the next 64 days, that'd be great as we go into the midterm election. Who's counting? But 64 days away. But even if not, I think we can explain why that was necessary, why we've got to complete the job. This is the most worthless person on the entire planet. I don't know that there is a more worthless American than little Moses Mike Reiner Johnson. He genuinely has power. He is the Speaker of the House. And all he does all day, every day is calls Donald Trump and says, Hey, sir, what do you want me to decide today? What do you want me to defend today?
11:30And let's just review. Moses Mike Grinder Johnson tells us how he and the Lord, super tight, big, big Christian. He supports war. He supports pedophilia. He supports crime. He supports corruption. He supports inequality. He supports demonizing the poor. He supports demonizing those of color. He's the biggest judger on the planet. and that's even before I get to the fact that the current Speaker of the House of the United States of America went to a purity ball with his 13-year-old daughter, married her, put a ring on her finger and said, your virginity is mine until I give it to your husband. That's some weird ass shit.
12:16Who takes their daughter to some ball and talks to her about the virginity being theirs? The Christian nationalism, this sect of Christianity, is the weirdest shit on the planet. And the sexualization of children is bizarre, but it makes you understand how dismissive they can be about all of the Jeffrey Epstein stuff. And then finally, there is a Muslim in Donald Trump's cabinet, and it's Dr. Oz. So all of this fear mongering that they do about Muslims, they never bring up Donald Trump's relationship with the Saudis. with the Qataris or Dr. Oz. If all Muslims, if we were to believe MAGA, that all Muslims are jihadists, that they are a monolith and they all want to blow up America and they all celebrate 9-11, which is a lie, which is a lie.
13:09They never lump Dr. Oz, all of the people that are making billions upon billions of dollars for all of the cabinet of MAGA, Jared Kushner, but that's before we can get to that. But here's Dr. Oz proposing raising the age of retirement for Americans. Play the clip. We could just get the average American to feel so healthy, so with it, so vibrant that they want to work just one extra year. That's worth$1 trillion to our GDP every year.
13:40So, you know, there's just a through line with all of these guys. They sit around their desks and their suits and paperclip and staple and go to Donald Trump's show and tell presentations in the Oval Office. And they suck the American worker for every penny they can. And then they tell them they're lazy. You need to work longer. You need to work harder. If you don't have health insurance, tough titties, get an extra job. Well, all these guys are on the government check, on the government tit. And that's before we can get to all the shakedowns and the skimming off the top that all of these people are doing.
14:14This is the worst, the worst regime ever. And in 64 days, now I think it's 63, to quote little grinder there, we can deliver a guardrail, a big, loud message, loud and clear that we are not going to tolerate this hypocrisy, this recreational cruelty and the dismantling of our country so that very few really broken, emotionally stunted, weirdo dipshits can be billionaires. We're not doing it. So, listener, I advise you, if you live in a red state where you don't think a seat can be flipped, pick a state that we can flip and go. You can donate online, small amounts,$5,$10. Abdullah Sayyad is a prime example.
15:07You can also phone bank for these politicians that are running in swing states. So just because you live in a deeply red state, you can still work for this country to eliminate as many of these MAGA hypocritical criminals as possible. All right, that's all I have. Like, subscribe, comment. Please pre-order my book. It is called Not Today, Fascist. I mean, we are on countdown it's coming out october 6th the pre-sales help more than you know it's linked right below in the show notes and we'll be back later with more news
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