1120: Dems Freeze ICE

23:48Now, the way to talk about this, I think, is like, and we know that people do care about this. In polling, after polling, majorities think Trump is going too far. Majorities think, including strong majorities of independents, and even a swath of Republicans think Trump is a threat to democracy. There are, you know, huge majorities, particularly of independents, but the country as a whole, who think that the government under Trump is a threat to free speech. Like, they're aware of this. What is, really bothers people the most, and maybe this isn't, say, the most, the best things about the voters who will decide our election, is it's not just that Trump is doing this.

24:26It's that he's doing this instead of the other stuff they elected him for. Right? There's a whole bunch of people who elected Trump. They knew this risk, right? They heard him say these things. Maybe they thought we were being a bit hyperbolic in how we described it. We weren't. Maybe they didn't really like him. They didn't like a lot of his policies. But they really believed, given the choices they had, that he would do a better job of making their life a little bit easier by lowering prices. And then since he's been an office, he's done everything but that. And that's where this really hurts them.

24:58Right? Like, we just, people care about democracy. But what they really care about, like I said, maybe this doesn't speak incredibly well of our citizenry. but what they really care about is because if you're in a position where you are not making ends meet, that's what's in front of you because you're trying to feed your family, you're trying to save money for retirement, you're trying to put your kids through college and that is always going to be first and foremost and that's where he's failing but in part he's failing because he's doing all this other shit instead of that. Yeah.

25:25Is that the answer you wanted or you wanted me to say? Well, no, yes, of course. I also think that like you think he's going to stop at members of Congress? Like he could do this to you. He could do this to anyone. And what happens when he starts doing it to people who are not well-known, who can't hire attorneys, who are not going to get the public behind them because no one's going to know that it happened to them? At some point, you have to make the argument that this is not about Trump fighting with other politicians or Democratic activists or organizers, but everyone is at risk if the president of the United States can just go try to arrest people, throw them in jail for exercising their rights.

26:02And I mean, look, and this is why we'll talk about it, but like this is why ICE and immigration, this is why it's so unpopular on that too, because it is, people are starting to realize because they're seeing it in their communities that no one is, if some people aren't safe from this president and the law doesn't work anymore and the law is not upheld, then no one's safe. I mean, that's why the killings of Rene Good at Novak's pretty broke through in the way they did, because it is evidence. Everyone's worst fears came to fruition, which is at any point, the government can do anything they want to any American and face no accountability for it.

26:34Yeah, I do think there's like a virtuous feedback loop in which it's what stands in the way of it is. Yes, it's a group of grand jurors, but it's bigger than that. right? The fact that there is not some mass movement behind Donald Trump, he's not the leader of a popular front that wants to criminalize being a Democrat, and that erupted to help him execute the day he was elected, that they don't have enough lawyers to do the kind of prosecution of their enemies. They don't have the kind of expert group. They don't have the popular will behind them, it means that, yes, grand juries are going to stop him, but so are judges.

27:18It means that when Trump tries to go after the head of the Fed, there's pushback from Republicans as well. He doesn't have democratic legitimacy for this, which is why it's important to make the argument that you're making, to make the case, because even if that doesn't result in them, that will be felt inside of the legal process, because the law is what we say it is, and it is what judges say it is, and if they feel empowered by the public, it will allow them to do more and be another check as we go through it.

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30:29Melbourne, you're all here because you follow American politics. And we're here because you follow American politics. And we appreciate that. But do we appreciate it enough to learn even a tiny fucking bit about you? Let's find out. Tonight, we're going to test our knowledge of each other. I'm going to ask members of the audience, I'm going to come out there now, questions from the American citizenship test. And I'm going to ask my best boys up here questions from the Australian citizenship test. Oh, no. All right, I'm coming around. It's going to take me a second. I'm going to get another drink for this.

31:09I think you can probably still hear me. There's a long route. Legally speaking, they said I wasn't allowed to jump down from the stage because even though I act like I'm not, I am technically over 40. I don't even know if you guys can still hear me. Okay. All right. We hear you. Ooh, too loud. Hi.

31:33All right. So here's how this is going to work. I have some questions here about what it takes to become an American citizen. Little bit like buying Bitcoin now.

31:49Here's the thing. The motto of Pod Save America, buy the dip. All right, who would like to go first? Oh, and by the way, I love our Americans who are here and our expats who are here. We're so grateful. I'd like Australians to help. So, anybody wanna raise their hand? All right, I'll come to you. Hi, hi, hi. Hi, what's your name? Jayancy. Okay, hi. Not gonna try, I'm sorry. All right. Now, I will, one note about this. The American citizenship test, you just have to know the answer, but we published the full test. The Australians, you have to read a book. But the questions are multiple choice. Interesting.

32:38All right. The idea of self-government is the first three words of the Constitution. What are the first three words of the U.S. Constitution? Weigh the people. You got it. Good.

32:54All right. John. Tommy and Dan. What do we remember on Anzac Day? Is it A, the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli, Turkey, B, the arrival of the first free settlers from Great Britain, or C, the landing of the first fleet at Sydney Cove? What's the day called? Anzac Day. Anzac. A-N-Z-A-C, what we all know. Say the options again. The landing of the Australian New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli The arrival of the first free settlers The landing of the first fleet at Sydney Cove Come on, fellas First world war is what we were told I'll give it to you, that's correct The landing of the Australian New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli It's a bit like Memorial Day or Veterans Day Who would like to go next?

33:55Okay, I... You're going to come together. Okay, all right. How many years does a U.S. senator serve? Way too many. I'm going to need a number. I'm going to need a number. That is the right answer. Six. Four. Wrong. It's wrong. How many? Six. All right. Sorry. What is represented by the Commonwealth star on the Australian national flag? Is it A, the six states and one point for the territories? Is it B, the British heritage? Or C, the Southern Cross? The Commonwealth star on the Australian national flag. Is it A? C. C. That's wrong, obviously. Oh, boo! Fucking audience. What was it? It is the six states and one point for the territories.

34:54which we all learned from reading the book that teaches us all this the common bond next up what is back to our host what is Australia's national flower is it A. the tulip B. the rose or C. the golden wattle gotta be C it's the golden wattle a beautiful yellow flower here we go Points on the board. Points on the board. I'll come over here. All right, who wants to go next from over here? Okay, hi, hi, hi. What's your name? Francis. Francis, hi. Are you from Melbourne? Yes. What a city. You live outside? About an hour and a half. Oh, but in of doors. If both the... If the president and the vice president can no longer serve, who becomes the American president?

35:49There's the house. You got it. Amazing. Well done. All right, boys. What is the national anthem of Australia? Is it A, Waltzing Matilda? B, a song we all love out here? Is it B, God Save the Queen? Or is it C, Advance Australia Fair?

36:18Come on, Tommy. What is the world you've been saving?

36:25It's not a trivia show. Ben would know. Do you think it's God Save the Queen? No. I don't know. I thought they'd keep it up. I think it's C. It's C. How could it be God Save the Queen when you think about it? She dead.

36:41C. You got it. It's Advance Australia Fair. All right, who would like to go from over here? Oh, hi, hi. Well, you can't point... You know what? Fuck you for pointing at your friend. Name two cabinet-level positions in the U.S. government. Two cabinet-level positions. Stop helping, kind Australians. Mouthy nice people. Secretary? That is... Okay. Of what? Of what? Secretary of War and Secretary of State. Wrong. There is no Secretary of War. That's Trump talk. I was going to say, there is now. Wrong. Not by law. All right. When did the first fleet of convict ships arrive in Australia? Was it July 4th, 1776?

37:42The first of January 1800? or the 26th of January 1788. I think it's C, right? C. C? C. C, that's correct. One of Australia's proudest moments, I guess. It's a weird history you guys got. Love it here. Look. You're just up. What's happening? Okay, sit down, you prisoner. Sit down. act like this isn't a prison anymore jumping up alright, here let's do one I'm doing it

38:25alright, ready? when was the US Constitution written? it was in the olden days hit the nail on the head there you're so cocky, now we're talking and you don't have a fucking answer but you know what oh I'm getting punched get his ass John Tommy Dan when was the US Constitution written

38:57come on boys 1783 oh you're getting so close to it the Australians know it's 1787 so close so close so close well done These are hard These are hard Oh let me give you a Let's give you a Alright Let's do this Who is Australia's Head of state? Is it A This is a sensitive topic It's a sensitive topic Is it A Just chill out

39:34Just for the rest of the game Act like you're still a colony I'm gonna get killed out here Alright, A Is it the Prime Minister? Is it B The Governor General? Or is it C The King of Australia? His Majesty King Charles III C That's, yeah No, it is, it is King Charles It is King Charles Oh, I read the book today Why don't you all Take your fucking tests again The Governor General is his representative. You are all still fucking subjects of that inbred fucking London. You can pretend all you want otherwise, but until you change your constitution, you work for Charles.

40:26Guess we're not getting asylum here. Sorry, I got a little upset there for a second. Why does our flag have 13 stripes? It's a 13 original collar. You got it. Thank you. See, we're coming back.

40:45What is the role of the governor general in Australia? Is it A... Get mugged by Trump. A, make all the government decisions. B, lead the parliament. Or C, act as the king's representative and perform ceremonial and constitutional duties. Sounds like C on this one. You got it. Nice. Let's do one more question out here amongst all these love... Hi, hi, hi, hi. What's your name? Ash. Ash. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States. Mississippi. You got it. The other is the Missouri. And as I come back... Melbourne, you won the game. and as I come back run run as I come back I just want to say that in learning a lot about your country I came to find out that in 1975 your supposedly ceremonial governor general committed a fucking coup there was a coup d 'etat in Australia in 1975 boo me all you want you know I'm right and then in 1975 the fucking king of England had a coup in your country, and you all just fucking ate it.

42:06Right?

42:13The CIA did it. You know what? There's a lot you can blame on us. There's a lot you can blame on us. But not the 1975 Governor General thing. You did that. You know what? You lose the game. My boys won the game. And we'll be right back.

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44:18All right, let's get back to talking about America. clearly a superior country because as most of you know, well, that was some heavy sarcasm there because I was about to say, as most of you know, They haven't gotten sarcasm here yet. Our government has been sending roving paramilitary squads into our cities and towns to round up immigrants and citizens alike. So that's what we're dealing with. But there's been some promising news on that front this week. Democrats in Congress are standing strong in refusing to fund the Department of Homeland Security unless Trump and Republicans agree to rain in ice.

45:01A Trump-appointed judge, of all judges, just ruled that the administration must no longer violate thousands of immigrants' constitutional rights by locking them up without access to lawyers. And in Minnesota, Borders are Tom Homan and Governor Tim Walz announced that Operation Metro Surge, which has terrorized the people of Minneapolis, has finally ended.

45:29And here's what Tim Walz had to say at his press conference. The federal government needs to pay for what they broke here. We've got children that a core memory for them will be their classmate being taken away. And that will stick with them the rest of their lives. And my hope is what sticks with them is human decency wins out. Rule of law matters. All the surge is going and they're going immediately. So as soon as they can pack their stuff, book a plane, move on, I would volunteer. We will help you get to the airport. We will clear the roads to get you to the airport. I will come over and pack your damn bags if that's what it takes.

46:10Minnesota nice right there. Yeah, that's Tim Walls. Love that. That's a Tim Walls we loved. Tim Waltz packing the bags the Under Armour shirts, the photos of the kids they're not allowed to see

46:27love it you were in Minneapolis a couple weeks after the killing of Alex Preddy what are some lessons you think we can take away from what happened here so I think something that will always stick with me something I've never seen in an American city are just parents standing on street corners all throughout the city in vests with whistles, kind of these sentinels, standing guard of the schools, preschools, middle schools, high schools, in case ICE shows up. That is an organic outpouring of empathy, compassion, of people standing up for their neighbors in their community. And that group of unarmed people were strong enough to force the Trump administration into retreat.

47:15When, as someone I've said before, dictators look stronger than they are, democracy looks weaker than it is, but it is very powerful. We are very powerful. The American people are powerful, and they underestimate that because I think they equate being kind with being weak, but you can be kind and tough, and I think that's what the people of the Twin Cities showed, and I think that's what we have to show as Americans, and I just think we can. And that is why I think when we worry about what they're going to do to take over our elections, worry about what they're going to do to throw members of Congress in jail, we have to remember that we are still stronger than them, and we should not give them power that they haven't taken, because we will hold them back.

47:55We will set how far they go. They will not decide how far they go. Yeah.

48:03So Dan, another two polls came out this week, one from NBC, one from the Association of press that show Trump's approval on immigration at record lows. I think in the AP poll, his approval on immigration is even lower than his economic approval. How's his economic approval? Not great either. Not great either. Though immigration being lower, I've been reliably told that only economic issues are what people care about. So it's nice to see that. I am sure that that's one reason Democrats in Congress feel very confident heading into this mini shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, which will probably take effect by the time people listen to this podcast.

48:41How do you think, once the Department of Homeland Security shuts down, Democrats win this fight? And what does a win look like? So whenever you are dealing with a budget or government funding shutdown, there's a political win and a substantive win. They're not always the same thing. So let's talk about the political win first. What Democrats, as you pointed out in this point, they have the high ground here. And this is really going to require Democrats in Congress to change their mentality. Because our natural assumption since the day Trump came down the escalator is, if the conversation is about immigration, it's bad for Democrats.

49:15And that is no longer the case. Immigration, it went from Trump's greatest strength to a glaring weakness. And so we have the political winds that are back here. We should be strong. And it's positive to know that talking to senators, they believe that Democrats will stand strong here. The way I think they carry the message here is they stand strong. they are very loud and clear about what it is they're asking for and be very specific that all that they are asking for is for people to stop wearing masks, for ICE agents to have to use judicial warrants, like our constitution says before they arrest people, that ICE and CBP agents adopt the same standards for use of force as every other federal law enforcement officer in the country.

49:57That's all we're asking for. And then the other thing here is we care about ICE and CBP, the Customs of Border Patrol. And Democrats are willing to fund the rest of the Department of Homeland Security tomorrow if Republicans will agree to it. We will fund the Transportation Security Administration. We'll fund everything other than that. And so they force Republicans to vote against that or to say they will not do that. Put them in a position of being unreasonable. And the only thing that Democrats cannot do here is to do what they did at the end of the last shutdown, which is to quit with nothing, to fold their cards before getting anything else.

50:38If the DHS has to be shut down through the election, through the swearing into the Democratic majority in the House and maybe the Senate, then that's what has to happen here. Because honestly, ICE has money. We should be very clear. ICE has$125 billion. They're not going to suffer here. But there is a principle here in that we will not vote to give a single penny to this agency that has killed American citizens, that has terrorized American communities, without the most basic guardrails you could possibly ask for. And we have to stand by that. Because if we're not going to do that, then this is going to end up, that will be tremendously damaging if we fold our cards here.

51:17And we should be clear, too, like, within the Department of Homeland Security, like, the TSA, right, those are the people at the airports who, you know, make sure when you go through security. And if, you know, TSA will work without pay, they'll have to work without pay for a while. But, you know, last time we had to shut down the airports, you get a lot of delays and then travelers. That's the FAA, which is funded. At some point, the TSA thing starts getting a little funky. But I do think, and the Coast Guard too, and FEMA, right, which is emergency management. And we'd fund them. Right. And so I think at some point the Republicans will say, oh, look, the Democrats are hurting people by doing all this.

51:56And I think Democrats have to say, no, no, we'll fund this immediately. And if you want to leave the Department of Homeland Security, the rest of it, ICE and Customs and Border Patrol unfunded for the rest of the year, great. We don't care. I think there's less pressure on Democrats over DHS than there was when the whole government was shut down over the Affordable Care Act. ICE's approval rating is down 30 points in the last year. Yeah. So if the Republicans want to make it hard for people to go through airports, they want to keep the Coast Guard unfunded, they want to keep the rest of our homeland security unfunded, to pay for the mass paramilitary groups terrorizing American communities that Americans, including even 24 % of Republicans, disapprove of, that's their choice and they should pay a price for it.

52:41Yeah, I agree. Tommy, while we're on the subject of the Department of Homeland Security, we should talk about LaserGate, which I briefly mentioned at the top of the show. So again, the headline here is that Customs and Border Patrol reportedly used an anti-drone laser on loan from the Pentagon to shoot down a party balloon flying over El Paso Party pew pew pewpers

53:13Un-fucking-believable Is my mic on? Can someone turn it off? so they shoot down the party balloon with the laser on loan from the DOD without giving the federal aviation administration a heads up so the FAA then briefly closes the airspace over El Paso in Texas which is a city of about a million people why would they do that? why are we shooting defense department lasers in a situation where we're not at war? can I add one more question to this? what's a party balloon? Right. That we cannot answer. We were all searching for this today. We don't know. We think it's just a Mylar balloon? Yeah, we need better reporting on this.

53:54Yeah, we need better balloon. Is it Mylar? Is it just helium? Who's on the balloon beat? It's got to be helium. 99 red balloons. It's got to be in the air. What's going on? Yeah. So the weapon system itself is actually pretty cool, but it's shocking how bad they fucked this up. So the system itself is called LOCUS, or the palletized high-energy laser, P-HEL. Great name. So it's like a 7x7 box. You can slap it on the back of a truck. There is one optic is a laser. One is a guidance system. And I think it's sort of like bolt into whatever radar you have around. And what it does is provide sort of a mini air defense bubble for deployed troops.

54:32And anyone who has seen footage of what it is like on the front line in Ukraine knows that like war these days is drones that you could often buy at Best Buy or whatever that you strap a grenade to. sometimes they use AI guidance and their unmanned systems that are autonomous that are just you know absolutely lethal and so what this system does is it provides a way to defend against those like it's it's a 20 kilowatt laser that which is actually not that much it's kind of like the low end of the spectrum I read it was like 350 light bulbs basically but you direct it the size of a dime and over time it's a shitload of energy so I watched a promotional video this company did about their weapon system on YouTube, and they melted a two-inch metal coin from half a mile away in 1.5 seconds.

55:23And the reason this is important is because basically cost, like, normal missile defense systems, the interceptor missiles cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions of dollars. This is basically like a dollar or two, three dollars per kill. So a good system, I think... Per kill is what you said. Per fire. So there's a good thing. It's like... Tommy, have you purchased one of these lasers? We cannot. I don't think so. He's like, the laser... Oh, we should tell you. Tommy's on the board of Raytheon. Did we not mention that? Are you going to check the box when we go through customs that you cannot be bringing the laser?

55:57Okay. So the balloon costs more than the laser. Yeah. Well, it's like unlimited ammo. Yes. You could take out a balloon for less than the price of the balloon. And so... That's why laser was such a good weapon in Contra. So apparently the cartels are flying drones like these over the border. They're tracking CBP so they know where they are. And they'll see the customs officials move one way, and they'll send whatever drugs over the border the other. So what it seems like happened was the Army acquired some of these systems. They loaned them to DHS, who gave them to CBP. And these cowboy assholes just started firing these fucking things and balloons without telling anyone.

56:36And the FAA was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. We got to ground all the planes. But then they announced that we had to ground all the planes for 10 days, which I don't understand. It's like, it's not a... And they lied, right? And they didn't say it was a balloon at first. They said it was like drugs, right? Yeah, there were multiple stories coming out. At first, it was a... Yes, it didn't make any sense. And so what this story to me suggests that this is what happens when you have a national security advisor who is also the secretary of state, who until recently was the chief archivist and is like seemingly the president of Venezuela.

57:12What? Did he lose the archivist job? Yes, he did. He did. And he's also running Venezuela. And so that guy is the person, Marco Rubio should be coordinating the interagency to be like, all right, we got this problem of like cartels on the border. They're flying drones. They're tracking our agents so they can traffic things across the border. Here's the solution. Here's how we're going to work together to make sure that we don't shoot U.S. or Mexican commercial planes by accident. But no one told the FAA. So they just, like, did this. Everyone freaked out, understandably. And it was a complete disaster.

57:46And it sounds like no one told RFK Jr. because his shipment was in that balloon. Yeah. It's just a floating toilet across the border. That guy's got to go find another toilet. Yeah. Unbelievable. Just idiots. idiots right on the government transportation secretary was a former cast member on the real world and honestly he's one of the better ones he's doing okay he's fucked up too I don't think this is on him is it he's in charge of the FAA it didn't seem like the 10 day shutdown thing was kind of like a way of being like we weren't told this was happening we're going to be pissy about it yeah for sure but it's like what's the end game there?

58:33It's also like a serious thing like in the El Paso airport there were like medevacs that needed to get out of there. They were like people it's not just like people traveling into El Paso like people need to get out of there and there was like the airspace was shut down because they shot a fucking laser at a bullet. I don't think they told the Mexican government either. Yeah, there's a lot of problems. No, no. It's like the 10th story on the New York Times because everything else is fucked up too. All right. That's the news for now.

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1:00:14Now, it's time for OK Stop.

1:00:20Here's how it works. We'll roll a clip. And when we want to stop to talk about it, we'll say OK Stop. In America, we call it Super Bowl Sunday. Here in Melbourne, we suppose it would be Super Bowl Monday, and that raised a lot of questions for us. President Franklin Roosevelt described December 7th, 1941, the day that Japan attacked Pearl Harbor as a day that would live in infamy, but here that was December 8th. So what day lives in infamy? We refer to the terrible events of September 11th, 2001 as 9-11, but here it was 12-9. Anyway, this week a lot of American conservatives, including Megyn Kelly, watched Bad Bunny, arguably the most popular musician in the world, perform the halftime show during the Super Bowl.

1:01:03But for people like Megyn Kelly, it was like a cultural 12-9.

1:01:14And so, let us all watch and wonder as Megyn Kelly in conversation with Piers Morgan, apps... Oh, yeah. Yes. Honestly, he's the hero here. Watch his face. It's so funny. As Megan absolutely crashes out. I'm sorry, Pierce, but to get up there and perform the whole show in Spanish is a middle finger to the rest of America. Who gives a damn that we have 40 million Spanish speakers in the United States? We have 310 million who don't speak a lick of Spanish. This is supposed to be a unifying event for the country, not for the Latinos, not for one small group, but for the country. OK, stop. I just want to say, obviously, this is shocking.

1:02:06I will. It's funny because in the context of the rant, because when she she does a lot of like Vita like gestures for someone who's railing against Latin culture, she's up there being like arms up on the balcony also the Super Bowl is not a unifying event it is an opportunity for the NFL to make as much money as humanly possible for a group of billionaire owners as the United States we all pick one side or the other and we watch them concuss each other to death on a field as a Patriots fan didn't feel very unifying the Super Bowl Well, the rest of us were unified about that result So that's fine It really is 22 grown men Beating living shit out of each other While we eat a six foot sub and have some wings Yes It is a great event I love it The 15 minutes of Spanish didn't seem like that was an issue What is that character she did?

1:03:06She's so angry Yeah, she did accent work Yeah, it's really Work is generous Alright, let's continue Black national anthem. We don't need a Spanish speaking, non-English performing performer. And we don't need an ICE or America hater featured as our primetime entertainment. OK, what is the national language officially the national language of the United States of America? I mean, English. And there's been a push for many, many years to make it to make it an official. You don't have one. Documented thing. You don't have one. If you would have let me finish my comment, I would have pointed that out.

1:03:47You don't actually have an official language. People have been pushing to make it official. Okay, so you're trying to make it official. This attitude that you have right here is why you and the Great Britain have lost your culture. You ceded your culture to a bunch of radical... Okay, stop. Look, now the Muslims are catching strays. That attitude by Piers Morgan is why the British have lost their culture.

1:04:14If only we were so lucky. Everywhere I look is British culture. I feel like Shakespeare's hanging on. All the American roles go to British actors. Yeah, she thinks Shakespeare joined ISIS, and she's screaming at him. Also, many Americans can't speak English, if we're just being honest. A lot of us don't understand our own language particularly well. I mean, our president has a faint grasp on the language to begin with. She's so mad, too. It was very funny. We don't need a Spanish-speaking, non-English performing. No, we got you. Our last several halftime shows were Kendrick Lamar, Artfully Calling Drake a Pedophile, Dr.

1:04:59Dre and Snoop Dogg, doing a 1990s hip-hop revival, The Weeknd. Were those nationally unifying events? I guess the Kendrick thing was an attack on Canada, which was cool. That was fun. Yeah, I feel like that did unify the country against Drake. Yes. No one has honestly seen him in public since. Yeah, that was the end of him. It's funny that like every year the Super Bowl is in some sense about pedophilia.

1:05:30Let's continue. ...who came in and took over and now it's gone. We're not allowing that here. Whether it's Hispanic, whether it's Muslim, it's not happening in the United States of America. That's why President Trump was elected. And whether it's Bad Bunny, who is American but refuses to speak English in his performances, or anybody else, we have to keep the Super Bowl, which is a quintessential American event. Football, that kind of football, is ours. They call it American football. And the halftime show and everything around it needs to stay quintessentially American. Not Spanish, not Muslim, not anything other than good old-fashioned American apple pie.

1:06:06There should be a meatloaf, maybe some fried chicken, and an English-speaking performer. That's what the Super Bowl should be. Okay, stop. Fucking meatloaf? It's a classic Super Bowl food. Super Bowl is about long-simmering oven dishes. It's about what you're pulling out of the hearth. What the fuck is she talking about? Truly. she's so angry what are you angry about you're so rich you just sit in a studio and you yell all day like she sits in front of this specific background hour after hour day after day you live you just live in connecticut with your fucking family and you're just sitting there yelling on a microphone what's your problem i think as a rule everyone should have to to show the full context of where they're doing their content making like i think that like this shot should have to go wide show us in the room like the studio in her beautiful home then have watch it go through the like the i'm sure hideously appointed beige fucking soulless interiors that she paid for that that looks like a just a joyless gray expanse of what life could be or should be if you were a person who knew how to be happy.

1:07:32But we should have to see that. I think we should get to see that. Because what are you so mad about? What are you so mad about? By the way, it was an American flag. It was cool. It was a cool concert. It was fun in the moment to watch a lot of MAGA discover that Puerto Rico is part of America. Yes. Yes, it was. But it's also like it's 15 minutes. For 15 minutes, It's someone who disagrees with you saying a couple songs. That's it. You could have gone pee. You could have gone to get some extra meatloaf. A lot of options. Wait. Fucking a huge mix of cultures and languages. That is quintessentially American.

1:08:11That is the whole fucking country. Honestly, that is the whole point of our politics right now is the disagreement with that idea. Like read all the documents. All of them. Read them. I just can't overstate how little you'll see meatloaf at a Super Bowl party. I've never, ever in my life seen meatloaf at a Super Bowl. Never. It's chips and dips and wings and more dips. It's a snacking holiday. Because you're going to all the Spanish-speaking Muslim ones. I would leave a Super Bowl party if I saw meatloaf. I'd be out of there. Also, also, we stole meatloaf from the Germans. It was a traditional minced meat dish that they stole from the Romans.

1:08:51That's how culture works. You steal things from the new guy. Did you Google the origins of meatloaf? I googled it. Yes, yes GPT helped me out with that.

1:09:03Yeah, I just... Meatloaf, better in the original German. I think it would be very fun to have a Super Bowl party, invite Megyn Kelly over, never say a word about it, and then just be like, Megyn, care for Penang Curry? Megan, como estas? Oh, Megan Welcome to our show You must try the sashimi We have a wonderful spread All of our favorites I'll be over here on my prayer mat We actually like to watch The Super Bowl facing east

1:09:38Now

1:09:42When you make Pierce Morgan Look like the reasonable one Jesus Christ I told you he was the hero here Let's not let Pierce Morgan off the hook, because all you can see in Pierce Morgan's shit-eating grin is, I'm viral again, baby Pierce. Keep it going, Megan. It's another great day for Pierce. Attention. That's my Super Bowl food. Nosh, nosh, nosh. Attention.

1:10:07And that's okay, stop.

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