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Visit SimpliSafe.com slash licenses for alarm license information. Good morning. The blue NAMI continues to rage on, and now we have entered the salt in the wound phase of it. We can gladly report that Mississippi has a Democratic senator. They absolutely made history last night. Pop this up. Breaking news. Scott Colom, a Democrat, defeated Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, Republican of Mississippi, in a close race, according to the Associated Press. His win makes him the first Black. Senator elected in the state since Reconstruction. And some points here. He did not take corporate PAC money and made a point of doing that. And so as we head to build this map for 2028 to have a major, major, major supermajority so that we can put in some roadblocks to fascism with bad actors that can lurk in where we don't have guardrails. It's important to note that a candidate. Mississippi can go against what the party recommends you do, which is take corporate PAC money, bend the knee, et cetera. And he didn't do this. And he won. A couple of things about this race. Mississippi, Donald Trump carried that by 23 points in 2024. Think about that fact. And now we have a Black senator from the state of Mississippi in 2026. That's two years. Within two years, you're seeing a shift like that amongst the voters. Another interesting fact is that the Senate Majority PAC did give Senator Collin, Senator-elect Collin, $2.2 million, which shows in a tight race the value of that kind of money. If you want to bring up Angie Nixon and her plight, I mean, it just shows the value that $2.2 million goes a long way in the state of Mississippi. It was a tight race. And it raises the question again, what could have happened with Angie Nixon had they done the same thing? Same thing with her campaign. And let's just take a look. This was really probably one of the best political ads of the entire midterms. And this is Scott Colom's ad. And I just think it's no notes. Play the clip. That's a beef continuing to go up. You know, you have so many proteins to choose from. Pick another protein? Shit, I'd rather pick another senator instead. She done lost her damn mind. I'd rather pick another senator. What the? Pick another senator instead. It's just so good. It's so good because this is the message that Republicans have been giving people, whether it's the elites or the politicians. Don't have as much Starbucks. Don't have an expensive lunch. It's your fault that we're so rich and we don't pay taxes and we haven't done anything to help wage inequality. the one that needs to make the sacrifice. And he just spells it out so simply. And I love that pick another protein. With the baseline in the background. But I mean, I remember seeing that ad for the first time thinking that's genius. I mean, everybody loves that ad. And then just his message the more you hear him speak in his common language very folksy just the way he resonates with people in the state of mississippi i mean he's going to be a fantastic addition to the senate and just what a breath of fresh air to see him um and most importantly this is a person who didn't bend the knee to lobbyists and packs that then he would have to service before he services the people of mississippi and the woman that he beat she takes all of that pack money so she's not servicing the people of Mississippi. She's servicing these fat cats elites before she ever gets there. And that's why you see states like Mississippi, Oklahoma, Alabama, West Virginia, that are always bottom 10 states because they don't elect people that get in there and fight for them. And this woman, Cindy Hyde-Smith, here's what she said on election night. I'm going to play it and then I want us to talk about it. Play the clip. I blocked Scott Colon from being a federal judge. And you blocked him from being a U.S. senator. And Kamala Harris learned a lesson that we may not quite enjoy her company in Mississippi. I think she learned that. All right. So kudos for Kamala for going down there to help rally the vote. This is a big tent coalition win this victory and that she went down there and helped him and rallied with him kudos to her for that um i just when i hear that woman stand there the cindy hyde smith and say she blocked him from being a federal judge and she blocked him from being a senator and kamala harris isn't welcome here it just sounds racist to me it just has these racist undertones in it in my my opinion. I agree. And what she was referencing, the first part of that clip is that President Biden had nominated him to be a federal judge, and she was a senator, obviously, and she blocked his nomination. So she was taking pride in that. And then I believe on election night, she got a little trigger happy. She wanted to think that she was going to win the race. And so she was telling the voters that, and you blocked him from being a senator. And then turnabout is fair play. Now look at the picture here. Look at all the counties that came in. And she finally conceded yesterday, to her credit, and it was somewhat of a gracious concession. But to your point, I agree. You hear her talk and the rhetoric, and it just spews a little bit of that South racism that all those folks down there are just tired of hearing. Trust matters. 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Delivery fees may apply. see our seven-day return policy at caravano.com i think it's just this signaling i blocked him and and then kamala is not welcome down here well what did those two people have in common yeah and you know you and i have lived in white communities and we know and oklahoma is not technically the south but culturally it very much is is southern and that type of of signaling that she's doing there is to say we're not going to allow this we're not going to allow these black people do this it's just my opinion and i think if people were really honest about it they would acknowledge that but let's move along to what is happening in the house of representatives obviously we are elated about the blue nami and how many blue seats are getting there but within our party we have corporate dems progressive dems we have dems that are going to go into congress and fight for the people and then we have dems that are going to go in there say one thing to the people and then have backdoor meetings with the corporations and the big issue that everybody agrees upon is affordability and then the disingenuous component of this is you have corporate dem saying we need to talk about affordability we need to talk about affordability but to truly be honest about affordability you have to diagnose why things are unaffordable and that's where progressive politics get ushered in they're unaffordable because politicians have allowed corporations to not pay taxes, have not demanded better wages in unions and benefits for their employees. And that's where the progressive part gets in. So be cautious, listener. When you hear some Democrats say, oh, affordability, affordability. But centrist one and this is a centrist thing. about affordability without diagnosing reducing the moderate status quo positions that allowed this economy to run amok to where it's not capitalism anymore. This is taxpayer funded. Let the corporations suck off the taxpayer tick economy. That's what this is. So Ayanna Pressley, she is a Democrat from Massachusetts, and she posted this yesterday. Pop this up. She says, do you agree we need to show that this agenda has strong support? Sign our petition at ayannapressley.com slash agenda. And she says our Democratic majority should advance Medicare for all, expand abortion rights, stop data centers, and abolish ICE. Obviously, all of these things are incredibly popular. And kudos to her for putting all of this out there, because you cannot solve the affordability crisis, without adopting progressive politics as the solution. And it seems like she's dipping her toes in this speaker race a little bit by circulating that, which I think we both embrace. We welcome that. But she's impressive. And you're right. You can't talk about some of these issues without the progressive part of the party bringing those up, because they're tied so much to the economy, the messages. And so she's attacking it straight on. Like these data center issues. I mean, and we're facing some of that in Oklahoma, and a lot of the states are across the country, and they're very unpopular. And it's the policies of these corporations that have so much power with the government, and they're not regulated. And all of that messaging is tied together, which is tied to a lot of these progressive policies that we want to see change. And so I think she's shedding light on that, that, hey, just because you're progressive doesn't mean you're not fighting. And I think it's just unfair. I think it hurts the brand of the party by trying to talk about the party in factions instead of just the Democratic Party, because all these issues are intertwined. Let's talk about what was the impetus of this affordability thing. The impetus of affordability is this. A guy who was polling at 1% in New York City called Zoran Mamdani took on the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the oligarchs, massive, massive hedge funds, all of the money you can imagine. And he was laser focused on one word, affordability. We need to make New York City affordable to all New Yorkers. And the centrists and the moderates, it was just a lot, a lot of pushing Zoran down. They were trying to run Andrew Cuomo. Zoran had to beat Andrew Cuomo twice is how much that was rejected. And then all of a sudden, you hear everybody saying, we're going to deliver on affordability. They had to give him his flowers because he was right. But where they fail and where they're intellectually dishonest in this is in talking about affordability, you have to ask, why are things not affordable anymore? And they're not affordable anymore because both parties have prioritized servicing corporations because the corporations pay them and put money in their war chest to win more elections. This is the era of prostitution politics. The way out of the affordability crisis is through progressive ideas, an FDR style coalition where we are taking on what helps the most people in this country, the people at the bottom of the food chain. When we lift them up, then we start solving the affordability crisis. The people that pay, that are buying off of the food chain, are the same people that are saying, hey, don't go eat a sandwich that's $20. Don't go to Starbucks three times a week. You can't have nice things, but we can. We know your poor ass is in TSA line in the back row in the middle seat next to two people snoring and farting. We're on a PJ, but listen up, you lazy MFers. It's centrist politics or tough titties. We need to really shift the Overton window on this. I look at this whole issue of Hakeem for speaker. There's a lot of issues with it. It's awesome to have a first, a first black speaker of the house. I'm all for that. But if you look at the things that Hakeem Jeffries has voted for in these last two years and go look at these, go look at that vote for vote for vote. And we're just at this point right now where we have watched American citizens get killed in the streets. We're watching the president grift, steal, start wars, kill innocent people. Rip off Venezuela, just immoral degeneracy out the wazoo. We have to have uncompromised leaders that are going to get in there and fight for the American people. And so will Hakeem probably end up getting the gavel? Probably. But where I stand morally right now, I have to say we deserve better. We deserve better leaders than that take all of this money. And tell us we can't criticize a foreign government. Come on. I mean, come on. So that's why there is a push online for Congresswoman Presley, which I think is a fight worthy of having. This woman takes on everybody with brass balls and conviction and clarity. And most importantly, she is incorruptible. And that's the kind of speaker of the house that we need. And the Democrats just keep averaging. I mean, after we won this big blue NAMI, we know they bungled the Hegseth thing. You know, I mean, it's just like show up for your job and fucking vote out a war criminal. I mean, it's like the easiest vote of your career. They bungled that. And now there's another Democratic legislative failure yesterday. Pop this up. Democrats fail to call for a recorded vote and GOP passes its bill that cuts veteran disability benefits. And forces veterans to pay more to use VA home loan benefits on Veterans Day. This is the type of thing that would ideally be paid attention to and handled by party leadership. In this case, that would be leader Hakeem Jeffries and whip Catherine Clark. This is less than 24 hours after they failed to whip members on a vote to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, which failed by a 210. 204 vote margin with 11 absent Democratic members. That tweet is from a friend of the show, Julian Andreoni. And this to me is just this is such a missed opportunity. This is what we've been saying on the show forever. It is a lie that Republicans say they care about veterans support the troops. It's a lie. I'm just this kind of shit is just unacceptable. This is what I mean. We deserve better politicians are veterans. We deserve better politicians than this fucking impotent leadership. At least if we're going to be stuck with him, at least make him come out and own the money that he took, how he's willing to to set aside his desire or interest to vote for that particular cause and vote for the American people and the will of his constituents and have an honest conversation about it instead of just having this elephant in the room everywhere we go that all these people take a pack money and all of them are pro Israel and we're in this war with Israel and we don't approve the funding, the continued funding. We don't approve the funding of this illegal war and have that conversation about what are you willing to do about that and make his ass answer and not give those tiptoe sidestep bullshit answers that he gives every time you hear him speak. I mean, it's just so frustrating. I completely agree. If you look at Jeffrey's votes and regarding Israel, regarding this very dangerous and insidious approach that. Very bad actors want to say if you criticize the government of Israel, you're criticizing all Jewish people, which puts American Jews in danger. It is a it is it is a sleight of hand. It is so intellectually dishonest and it's absolutely dangerous. And if you look at Hakeem's votes for that type of stuff and you look at his alignment and all of these votes that I'm talking about are within the last two years. during an act of genocide, where IDF soldiers are killing civilians on purpose and have guns, snipers aimed at little kids. I think just this week, a 14-year-old boy was shot, Palestinian boy was shot for throwing stones. And the government of Israel called the kid a terrorist and gunned him down, a 14-year-old. And we just have to have moral clarity on this issue. We cannot be, oh, we're this beacon of democracy. We stand for universal human rights. Oh, but we also aid and abet a terror state that lies to people and kills little kids and innocent civilians. And it's not about Jewish people. There are just, as I know more personally, Christian Zionists than I do Jewish Zionists. So this is not a Jewish thing. This is this state government, the state of Israel and their government are very bad actors on the world stage. They should be condemned. Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. If he were to go to Europe right now, he would be met with bracelets and hauled off to the Hague. And so we cannot, this, I agree with you. It's an elephant in the room that is just always right in the room. And he needs to answer for it. Are you going to continue to take AIPAC money? Are you going to continue to deny American citizens, American college students, their right to protest and their constitutional American rights, American rights. To say, I oppose this government. I know that that hurts some people's feelings, but it doesn't kill people. What you all are for actually kills people. And so we just need leadership on this. We need leadership. And I would agree. He needs to go on the record on some of these issues and quit tiptoeing around it because he just plays both sides of it. And it's just so painfully obvious. So if we're going to be stuck with him and we can't say that for sure right now, but if we are, then we need to do something. Then we need moral clarity on some of these issues to where you're going to have to say how you feel because you can't go in and give us red meat on certain issues that don't affect Israel and then come back and vote in their favor on certain things. And that's what he'll try to do if he's not cornered and pinned down on some of these issues. He'll say the right things about certain issues or causes and then turn around and fund the war or continue some of these policies that we're just anti. - Yeah. - And then turn around and fund the war or continue some of these policies that we're just anti. That the voters are just simply against. And so let's hold his feet to the fire. - All right, that is all we have for this episode. Make sure you're subscribed to this channel if you're on YouTube. Become a member if you'd like for extra content. Join us on Substack. If you are a listener, make sure you're subscribed wherever you get your podcasts and order my New York Times bestselling book, "Not Today, Fascists." And we will be back later with more news. - When you spend enough time around great companies, you notice that the best ones treat trust as a growth strategy, not a box to check. Vanta helps companies build and prove trust from day one. It's a Gentic trust platform connects compliance, risk, and trust at enterprise scale. Vanta delivers a 526% return on investment over three years and pays for itself in just three months. Learn why over 16,000 of the fastest growing companies use Vanta at vanta.com.