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Trump Hit with Brutal Karma After This Backfires In Their Face

A segment on the Mavily New York setting mist introduces a product with gel-to-mist technology that delivers 24-hour hydration, flexible grip, and a natural, dewy skin finish. This is presented as a product launch, but the segment quickly expands into a broader political and cultural critique. The host draws connections between the silencing of artists like MacLamore and Colin Kaepernick, framing both as acts of resistance against systemic oppression. The discussion centers on free speech, power, and accountability, particularly regarding how wealthy figures like NFL owners, Ed Sheeran, and Jared Kushner are perceived as using influence to suppress dissent. It argues that silencing criticism—especially on issues like the Gaza conflict or Israeli policies—reflects a broader pattern of elite power abuse, and criticizes the conflation of political speech with anti-Semitism. The conversation also addresses the toxic climate around Israel, the role of misinformation, and the need to confront all forms of bigotry, including Islamophobia and transphobia. It concludes with a call for inclusive, honest public discourse and a warning against political manipulation. The host emphasizes the importance of grassroots engagement, noting that real-world conversations with people on the streets offer more accurate insights than polling alone. The segment ends with a prediction that Democrats will win the 2026 midterms due to ongoing voter suppression and a fairer political environment.

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I get some dudes the gaze, but mostly like young women are like, I love the Welch's Lemonade, so we're on to something here, I believe. And we're on, we're hip with the young kids? Yes, we are hip with the young kids. I would love it, welcome, welcome. Yeah. And let's talk about this story, I know you're aware of it, Ed Sheeran, Maclamore, et cetera. So Ed Sheeran has lost 200,000 followers on Instagram Maclamore, then donated a million dollar salary from the tour to a pro-Palestinian cause. And then following the backlash, Ed Sheeran and Robert Kraft and Robert Kraft and Ed Sheeran are, you may remember, the two that tried to censor Maclamore's free speech, now they have each donated two million to humanitarian aid. But what's so interesting about this is, we came across this video of Colin Kaepernick chiming in, and I thought this was really poignant. And I think your take on it is going to be equally as poignant, Kylie played the clip. I hope people appreciate and take away in this moment is what Robert Kraft and what they're saying by denying Maclamore the opportunity to go out and perform with Ed Sheeran is, they are willing to collude, they are openly colluding. And when we, when we filed the grievance, it was like, well, the owners wouldn't do that. They, you know, everybody just wants to win within the NFL. And the realization is, no, they want to protect their interests. They want to protect their power, they want to protect their money. And they also want people to know that if you take an action that they don't agree with, they will come for you. And that was some of the warning coming out of the protest and some of the warning coming out of the grievance is that they will organize against you. Don, I thought that was really interesting. Can you drew the parallel with what they did to him, they organized against him to silence his speech. And now Robert Kraft and NFL owners organized against Maclamore. How much time you got, Jen, and I'm being serious because I know a lot about this. I got all day. Garland. Okay. All right. Well, let me go. So, I know Colin Kaepernick. I produced a documentary on Colin Kaepernick. Last time I saw Colin Kaepernick was at a mutual friend's wedding. I think it was a year or a year and a half ago, maybe two years. And I know Robert Kraft and I are sometimes running the same circles of sort of influential people in media. And when if anybody knows about being silence and people colluding against him, it is Colin Kaepernick. And so he has inside knowledge and he has personal experience with it. And so when the whole NFL kneeling thing was going on, I reached out to Bob Kraft and I said, Bob, you should just sit down and talk to Colin Kaepernick because, you know, I think that you too, whatever. And I tried to broker some sort of piece there or something, right? And it never happened with Bob Kraft. Bob Kraft did the same thing to Colin Kaepernick, or I should say, same thing to Mack or more that he did are very similar to Colin Kaepernick. He is supposed to be a person. And if I saw him, I would say the same thing to him, who believes in peace. He says he wants to broker peace. He wants peace in Israel. He's given this money to Palestinian people. He could have done that a long time ago. He's one of the richest men in the world, right? He's a billionaire. But in that whatever he's saying that he stands for, that's not being realized now. He has actually made the situation worse, I believe, for Jewish people, for the people of Israel, because he's brought more attention to a subject that has, that may have not been on the minds of many people. I like Maclamore. I like Ed Sheeran. They haven't been on my playlists in a long time. But you'd better believe I am paying attention to it and a whole lot of people who were not in those stadiums and those isolated incidents that Maclamore said, and now the entire world is finding out about it. Ed Sheeran's band is now saying they're not going to appear. Other major opening acts are saying they're not going to appear. So basically, Sheeran is, it's a one-man band, so it is a one-man band. This is a tough subject to discuss, as I said, because I know people, and it also involved, religious ideology, and people will say, "Oh my God, you're anti-Semitic." I'm the furthest thing from anti-Semitic, I'm part of a black Jewish alliance, so it's not bad. But sometimes your friends hold up a mirror to you, and they tell you, "Hey, you need to pay attention to this. Perhaps you are too close to it to understand it and to see what is going on." I believe, sadly, many of my Jewish brothers and sisters are too close to it, because if you look at the polling, it'll show you how people feel about Israel, how people feel about Jewish people in this country. They face a lot of anti-Semitism. So I think that Bob Krap maybe, he may be perpetuating some of that by doing what he did. We don't believe in silencing people. Artists, Jen, forever, since you and I have been alive, they have been speaking out on issues, they were anti-war, they didn't like Vietnam, they spoke out on Iraq, and artists are allowed to do those things. And they're saying people weren't going to buy tickets or they were threatening to, these are sold out concerts. The people had made up their minds. They were there to see Macklemore and Ed Sheeran, and so I don't understand their logic in saying people were threatening to leave or whatever it was, the venue owners, the venue owners should understand people had already made up their minds, and I want my Jewish brothers and sisters to understand that right now there is a toxicity around Israel, whether they want to admit it or not, whether that is right or not, whether it is fair or not, it is what it is. And so stop shutting people out and trying to shut them down and claiming that any criticism of Israel and these really government's anti-Semitism, it is not, I didn't hear anything that said on that stage, that was anti-Semitic, and he apologized before for something, but I didn't see, he said, I'm not disparaging the Jewish people or the Israeli people, I want peace for everybody. And so I think they should be bringing people in instead of shutting them out. And I think Bob Kraft has made the situation worse, a situation worse in two ways that he is the stress and effect, gain more attention and he is not helping the Jewish people and Israeli people understand how many people in society see them now beyond anti-Semitism. Meet new grippy setting mist from Maybelline New York. Sell-to-miss technology locks in your look for up to 24 hours, with flexible, all-day-gum v-grip. No tightness, no stickiness, no residue, just clump, dewey hydrated skin that still feels like your skin. Try new grippy setting mist from Maybelline New York. Maybe it's Maybelline. And this is the way I look at this stuff. Let's take part. I'm sorry to go on for so long. No, I'm really glad you did because I think this is really important that we all talk about and we not be scared to talk about it and we not feel like, oh, if we step into this, we're going to be called that blah, blah, blah. No, we have microphones and we should talk about these issues. It's our job to do it. And oftentimes politics and pop culture collide. So let's start with how these things age. Colin Kaepernick started taking a knee to draw attention to the fact that his black brothers and sisters are being overpoliced and that there was a different policing system for him than there was for white people. And this was before we all saw George Floyd suffocated on our cell phones. This was before that. So when I look back on all of that, Colin Kaepernick was right. He was on the side of justice. He was on the side of shining a light to help those that didn't make it out of the neighborhood that he grew up in. And he said, I made it here and I've made it. And I'm not going to just Michael Jordan it and say I'm not going to talk about politics. I'm going to be involved here because I have that opportunity to do it. And that type of conviction and that type of principle. I'm so down with that. And so now let's jump to Maclamore. And how this is going to age. Now it's already aging. There are over 20,000 kids that have been killed in Israel. I mean in Palestine. Gaza and Gaza. And Gaza. And these little kids, a lot of them have been shot in the head and in the heart. A lot of them have had amputations done without anesthesia. And these are just really stomach turning things. And they need to be criticized. And that needs to be called out because we have to advocate for innocent children. And I always think I'm going to start calling this the misrachial standard. You know, Zora and Mom Donnie, when he ran for mayor, he centered everything on affordability. Misrachial centers, everything on child safety, kids having food, kids feeling safe, kids not getting shot, kids not getting arms and legs amputated. And she just centers that and she does it over and over. How is that going to age? It's going to age really well. We know that because that's the position. History is never going to be kind to the oppressors. But I always think it's assigned to when people try to control speech. What are they trying to cover up? And in both of these instances, they tried to shut up calling Kaepernick because he was flying too close to the sun. He was about to he was shining a light on something that they knew was wrong. And the same thing, if somebody hears the phrase free Palestine and they get triggered by that, that's about them. That's about about their journey with where they are in life. It is with what we've seen and you've seen all the aerial footage of all of this stuff. It's just something we should talk about. These people are marginalized. These people are exploited. These people are getting killed. And the killing still continues. The stuff that's going on the West Bank is just awful. And I admire people that have conviction and stand on it when the easiest thing for him to have done would have been, I'm just going to stay out of politics and go collect my million dollar check and just go on. But he couldn't put his head on the pillow at night if he did that. And I fuck with people like that. I think that is awesome. And that's the type of person that I like. This has nothing to do with Jewish people and everything to do with criticizing Israel. And as an American, I want to say this, criticize my government, criticize my country, criticize the portion of the electorate that voted for this man because it is a cancer. Criticize every single bit of it. And I will join with you because to me, that is true patriotism. And that is a true exercise. If we believe in liberal democracy and we want to save liberal democracy, we are never on the side of the speech sensors ever. And nothing he said was offensive. And he gets to say it. And now again, all of these NFL owners, it goes back to the word owner. They think they own people's thoughts. These billionaires have all this power that they can start silencing and closing people's mouth. And in closing, I just want to say this to your point. College students, for as long as I've been alive, have done mass protests against wars. That's not new. It's about the same as college students' smokes weed. It's that big of a news flash. They believe in that. They're young. They are discovering their own opinions. That should be celebrated. And likewise, artists, when they have a microphone, get very involved in human rights. And I I dig that. I think it's great because I truly love free speech. Very well articulated. One thing, as you know, these billionaires, these oligarchs, these very rich people, they operate in a vacuum. They're in a bubble. And they often don't understand the language and the sentiment of the streets. And if you have your ear to the ground, you would understand what people are saying about what's happening in Gaza. Just because someone says free Palestine does not mean they mean jail, Israel. It's not what they're saying. People are worried about humanity, about treating people humanely. One thing I want to say is, you know, we're in a, and what people don't understand now is that we're in the era of precision warfare, precision weaponry. If you can locate people and place beepers on them and blow them up, surely you can find a way not to injure or remain a child, an innocent child, and not kill people indiscriminately. And look, excuse me, October 7th was awful. Hamas is to blame for what happened. Not the average Palestinian person. And no one has forgotten what Hamas did. It was horrible. It's horrific. Jewish people face anti-semitism. And it has been on the rise. But let's remember this. When I talked to, when I said about friends, when your friends hold up a mirror, sometimes, and some people, when your friends hold up a mirror, you criticize them. You call them anti-you or anti-this or anti-that. The biggest perfeiter of anti-semitism is right leaning on the right, neo-nazis, proud boys, people who are marching through the streets, domestic terror, which cash hotel was just here on Capitol Hill testifying about. People who are hurting and killing Jewish people because of anti-semitism. That's far worse than someone saying, free Palestine. So you're not criticizing your enemies and the biggest perfeiter of blatant brutal, violent anti-semitism. But you're calling people who, I guess they deemed to be on the left and young people, you're calling them anti-semitic. When all they're saying is, we want the people of Palestine and all over the world to be treated humanly. I don't understand it. Well, it's, yeah, it's, this is, you know, we have a fascist government. Israel has a fascist government. Benjamin Netanyahu, as you know, is reporting. They told him about October 7th. He funded October 7th. And as the camera lens draws more and more and more into focus, it appears that he, and this is just my opinion, he wanted that because they want to raise Gaza. And that's before you even get to Smotrich and Ben Gavir, but down the line and it just gets really, really dicey. But we also, as we talk about anti-semitism before we leave this subject, I do want to say Islamophobia is something that is just accepted and never called out in this country. And you see those attacks on Zoran Mamdani. You see those attacks on the squad. You see those attacks on Abdul Al-Sayed. You see that attack on any Arab-American, Muslim-American, they are conflated with being jihadist. And they are, you know, Zoran Mamdani was happy on 9/11. He was nine, nine years old. And so I think the, the most important thing that we can do is value fighting against all bigotries equal. Homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia, racism, all of those things, sexism, all of those things because none of us are free until all of us are free. And we have to practice politics that is inclusive of everybody. Now, I want to, that was very good. We wanted to show our audience at Welch's Lemonade that we can be serious and talk about serious things. And that was serious. And we mean every word of it. But it's time to get up. And we can have tough conversations. Yeah. But it's time to get to our bread and butter done. And my Welch's Lemonade serve up. Get your Welch's Lemonade stirred up, guys. I'm getting, I'm getting eaten by mosquitoes out here. By the way, but that's okay. I love it. That's why I keep going. Okay. Um, apparently there's rumors online that Jared Kushner got a facelift pop this up. Ivanka Trump's husband Jared Kushner looks unrecognizable as critics suspect he got a bad facelift. He looks like he's in pain. So my question for you, Donnie is because I saw this video when I said, uh, to pumps when I saw it, I said, boy, fascism really ages people. And I thought about the, uh, facelift thing. So what do you think? Is this, is this doing immoral shit that makes you just look like hammered dog shitter? Did he get a bad facelift? So I have noticed for a while, I'm glad people are noticing now, but I was like, what is going on with Jared Kushner's face? He looks like it's like you crazy Botox or Billers or something has happened. I mean, maybe he's on some skin routine that, you know, we don't, we don't know about some peptide. Yeah, some peptide, but something, look, I'm not a plastic surgeon, I'm not a doctor, but I have eyes. And something is going on. I don't know what he got. Maybe it was a, what do you call that thing? Shoot the, the internal one that you get and it tightened you up or whatever. It's certain, he's got something. Let's put it that way. But the more he gets it, the more he looks like a woman. Do you notice that the more feminine he looks? Yeah, it's weird. The whole, this whole mega movement is just so weird. I mean, obviously, deep plane, deep plane. That's the one. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So So let's stick with this track. Now, somebody who I think could use a facelift, if he could survive the surgery, would be Brain Dead Mitch McConnell returning to the Senate this week. Let's go ahead, just play a little clip for Don here. I'm sure you've seen this. Here we have Senator McConnell that they are weekend at burning all over DC and both parties do this. Both parties have people that need to call it and that should have called it 10 or 15 years prior. And we mean no disrespect to any boomer that is in our show and that watches our show. But this is a real problem. This is just elder abuse and here's the deal. I mean, hooked up to true sermons. Somebody said, do you think Mitch McConnell deserves to be abused? I'd probably, yeah, I think so. But this is not good. This is insanity trotting this man around like this. Well, Jen, let me just say to find losing. No, okay, restart that. Oh, wait, just restart that. I'm proving a point. I'm proving a point. Oh, I'm proving a point because I'm proving a point because how uncomfortable that is. That's not normal for someone to do that. It's not normal for people to freeze and on my show, the first time that we saw him freeze, it took about 15 seconds for someone behind him to even notice for John Boone to jump in. And then it happened again and it took a long time and he's like, I'm fine and he couldn't say anything. So it is obvious that there is something he is incapacitated. It's obvious. And I'm here on Capitol Hill and I've been asking people about it and they've been treading very lightly. Some people have been very candid about it. But at a certain point, as you said, you need to bow out. And for, I spoke to Jody Ernst and she said, oh, I'm so glad he's back and I did this. And I, some people said they had a conversation with him. I'm like, well, we haven't heard him speak. I haven't unless I've missed it. But when I look at that video, I realize that is how he's going to be remembered is from that last, from that video. And also, did you see the vote video when he's voting? - Jim? - Unbelievable. - He voted. - And they kept saying everyone's like, say, I, I, I, and he gets to him and he says, nay. And then, seriously, and then they have to tell a prompt him again and then they said, I, and then finally he goes, I. So he's not even with it enough to be able to vote. The other day I said it was elder abuse. I don't know if it's elder abuse. I think it's cruel that they're allowing it to happen, but he's a grown man. He's been doing this for decades. And he is going to be remembered for those last moments. Also for what he did to Merrick Garland, but for those last moments, looking like that and trying, you know, but something, he's in, the man is incapacitated. And I don't believe that he has the capacity to be able to serve well the people of Kentucky. - And I want this endeavor to be remembered for the Supreme Court that he assembled, that is killing women right now. These abortion bans all across the United States are killing women. Women are dying in the richest country in the world because of Mitch McConnell and the corrupt freak show Supreme Court justices that he appointed. That man has blood on his hands, his policies led to deaths, which brings me to a sentence, Mitch McConnell is a killer. His policies kill people. And I just also want to point out, based on the video evidence we have seen and discussed about the vote, I think we can conclusively say that Lady Jennings lied his ass off about the 20-minute conversation that he had with that guy two and a half months ago, you talked to that guy for 20 minutes, the lying of Scott Jennings has been exposed. And that in mefer, Scott went out and took a victory lap after he appeared. And I'm like, I don't know if that was the best move because now we all know for sure you didn't talk to that. (laughing) - They're using him. - Yep. - He's not a useful incapacitated person and because they need the votes, they can find someone else to step in as a Republican and do it. - Let's look at how great the optics are. - Let's look at how great the optics are for us. Mitch McConnell, that's Maga, Donald Trump, fallen asleep, droopy face. That's Maga, these are your big guys, these are your big tough guys, Maga, that's what you're gonna go vote for, these guys. - They both appear to be incapacitated. And so does Donald Trump. He can't remember where he is most of the time. They had so much iron and so much to say about Joe Biden and whether Joe Biden was had cognitive, was incognitive decline or whatever. Look, if we all are lucky enough to live long enough, we're all gonna go into cognitive decline. But at a certain point, you have to realize that it's time to go and rest and have a seat. Donald Trump is an 80-year-old man. He's showing signs of how an 80-year-old man operates. He can't distinguish between Nancy Pelosi and Nikki Haley. You know, he can't, I think he wants to name all of those things, the golf of this and the golf of that. So because he wants to remember what it is because he can't remember the actual name of it. That's what, he wants it to be the golf of Mexico. It's just easier if it's a golf of America. - 'Cause you're right, 'cause he did put, he put a sign outside the Oval Office, the Oval Office. - Yeah, like he needed to know that. - Yeah. - Along with that tacky gold shit, so that he could think like he was somewhere in Versailles or something, I don't know what's happened. - Okay, so this is a really interesting story here. There is a Republican candidate. And this isn't a Republican plus 15 district. Republican plus 15, she should not have to make an ad like this, unless they came to her with some polling that was abysmal, play the clip. - President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far. In July, 50% of the 50,000 people that were detained had no criminal record. Be careful what your advisors are telling you about immigration policy. The same Hispanics who help you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today. You can be for immigration, what Lincoln was for slavery and Reagan was for communism. I'm not talking about giving them amnesty. I'm talking about giving them a dignified life in this promised land. - I am Marie Ilevira Salazar, and I approve this message. Ooh, oh, oh, oh, that's not good. - Plus 15. - Plus 15, that's not good, Jen. And look, someone was giving me the stats this morning here in Washington, I think it was like 43% of women voted for white women voted for Donald Trump at 47%. I believe of Latinos voted for Donald Trump. And now they fucked around and they found out that it doesn't matter. No matter how close they try to get to whiteness or power, they're not going to be, they don't deem them as American and on equal footing. So what do they do? They deport them in the most inhumane cruel ways. They drag them across the ice, they shoot them. And maybe some people who are not immigrants, who are not, let's you know, who are not immigrants or migrants from other countries. It's just awful, but they found out. And I think they're going to find out that they're going to be a lot of people like her. Smith Salazar coming up in 20, in November of 2026, a lot of folks like that. They're your friend JD Vance or Donald Trump, people aren't going to want them to come and stop for them and campaign for them. No way, the public sentiment is too awful. - What I thought was interesting about this commercial, aside from he had signs, nasty portations, now the Republican convention and all that stuff, let that put it aside, was the way she framed it. Mr. President, you need to talk to your advisors about your immigration policy. I remember the Republican party being the buck stops with me. Mr. Personal Accountability Bootstrap County Party, right? Even in that ad, the codependency and the toxicity of telling the president of the United States that the buck doesn't stop with him as with his immigration policies, that they're still providing cover for him and that, is just, I wonder what the reasoning of that was, is that because true social over the weekend, he might just really pummel her so she was providing cover there, just how they always are still somewhat bending the knee. He's in charge of his immigration policy. He's the fucking president of the United States. There's no advisor that he could fire immediately if he didn't like what they were doing. What do you think about how she framed that? - I think it's weird, why doesn't she just say, Mr. President, your immigration policies, your deportation policies are cruel. Instead of saying, oh my gosh, you need to talk to your advisors. He's the one that's advising. He's the one that told him, I want you to be harsh, I want you to get him out. He's the one that said to a crowd to be rough with people who are in the crowd, to police officers, to be rough with people. He told them to knock their heads off. Those are his policies. Well, speaking of him, in it, really interesting story. It appears that Pete Hegseth has not invited Trump to an event he's having at the Pentagon. And this is how I read into this. He's explicitly saying Trump has not invited to this event. Pop this up. The Pentagon is asking commanders to nominate troops to Pete Hegseth state of the force address this September and says the service members must be waste to height requirements and exhibit impeccable grooming standards. I didn't know that Pete had it in him to troll the president like that. He is the commander-in-chief of the military. I'm picking up what you're putting down now. I can't believe the disrespect from the secretary of defense to the commander-in-chief to troll him like that. You have must have height to waste ratio. We all know he's just as wide as he is tall impeccable grooming. You've seen the unwanted makeup, the diaper and all that shit. Yeah. I did not think that Pete could go that gangster. Jen, you are genius because I was like, wait, what is she talking about? Yeah, he's basically trolling the president. He's basically trolling Donald Trump. I do believe that Donald Trump is wider than he is tall. I do believe that. Come on. What did he say he was? Did he say he was 185 pounds or something? 6, 3, 2, 10 or something? Girl. Let's talk about like this is what's so fascinating for me. They're always into all the aesthetics, you know, like RFK, the maha movement, Pete Hegseth, you know, he wants everybody to gender affirming care. And then Donald Trump has a neck vagina, literally a vagina hanging from his neck. The weight gain in the last few months, have you seen that didunk didunk the walkup? I have, but his bedonky dog, his bedonka dog. Yeah, but I mean, it's also been enhanced by a diaper. I think we have a closet up even more. I don't know if it's a closet, but I do know I have a senior dog who has to wear a diaper and you already know and it's a good time to change, right? Because it gets a little poofy and so we know when we see the poof that something has happened perhaps in those pains. But in all serious about Pete Hegseth, I brought this up, tongue in cheek about the president, but also to point out the hypocrisy of that, that he is out judging the way these career military people that are seasoned and devoted and probably like their jobs. And they're getting, you know, picked or invited or disinvited, when the commander in chief is the biggest slob in the world, I can't think of a bigger slob. I mean, apparently he's all fluffed up in bed eating McDonald's all the time. But this is nothing new for him. If you've ever, if you knew how he ran his businesses, especially Trump tower, he only wants good looking people. He likes, he's always, even when he was on celebrity apprentice, I didn't watch it, but I look good friends with people who put him there. He always likes, he wanted good people to work around him and to have a certain aesthetic. And we know that's true. Look at who he hires. He's hires television people. He has people who are television, usually he hires people who are telegenic, especially in the first administration. Now, you know, I don't know so much about, about JD Vance and Pete Hegseth. I mean, I don't find them attractive at all anyway. But it's nothing new for him. And these people are out there putting their lives on the line. They could be the ultimate sacrifice. And you, you think you want them to have with and height, a portion of weight? How about you, you stop putting them in harm's way? How about you stop sending them off to Iran and a war that there was no intelligence that said that it was imminently needed? Why don't you stop that rather than wondering if somebody's a little too fat or a little too thin or maybe even transgender, like worry about fixing your own house and getting our men and women in uniform out of danger? So you just brought up the transgender issue and the senatorial race in Texas, the Maga Christian government is having a very hard time dealing with James Talleriko. Because James Talleriko centers his faith and tells the Texas electorate that his faith informs him to stand up for people that are bullied and marginalized. And they have called him trans gay, all sorts of things in meaning it as a slur. But then at some point, like his girlfriend appeared and she's hot and then they basically were like, oh yeah, he's also a womanizer. So they can't pick a lane with him. But of course, JD Vance jumps into this on Twitter, pop this up. So you see R&C research tweets, James Talleriko says his favorite drag queen is Elissa Edwards who has described himself as a drag performer that works with children. And then JD Vance reposts it with a rather queen-y facial expression if I say so myself. And then of course Steven Miller has to chime into this too. They tag team it. Talleriko is deeply sick and disturbed individual. Okay, number one, if I'm JD Vance, I would sit this out. I would just really sit this out. You wrote in your book that you told your grandma you thought you were gay when you were growing up. Maybe, maybe sit it out. And then Steven Miller, talking about deeply disturbed individuals, sit that out. I mean, I think even we could get massive bipartisan support that Steven Miller is a deeply disturbed individual. Let me just go with first the trans and cross dress or drag queen part. So I hope when we edit this together, you also put up a picture of JD Vance dressed in drag when he was in college. Do you remember that photograph? Yeah. So with JD Vance dressing, dressing, bad drag, JD Vance. Let me just say this. So JD Vance once was maybe gay. And then he said, okay, I'm sorry. Maybe he was trans because he dressed up and then he was a cross dress. So let's put it that way or drag queen. And then now he's against drag. Okay. He was, I think, a Protestant. Then he became Catholic. His name was a different name and then he changed it. He hated Donald Trump. He called him Hitler. And then now he loves him. JD Vance has no convictions, no morals. He is an empty suit. He is a McKinsey consultants idea of what a politician should be. I believe he is every day. Every time I look at him, I'm like, oh, I wonder what consultant firm created JD Vance in a lab because he never answers a question. And I can tell that it's consultant driven because every time you ask him a question that's hard or he doesn't want to answer, he says, well, I don't believe the question is not that I believe the question is many answers. Something else consultants tell people to do that. So JD Vance doesn't know who he's an empty head. He's an empty suit. And he has no morals and no convictions. He has no business being the vice president of the United States. And he definitely should not be the next president. That's all go with that one. That's enough for me unless you get me teed up on something else. No, I think that is the perfect place to leave it. I'm so happy that you are boots on the ground in DC. And Jen, you know, I think this is the most important thing for me. It's like to get out and talk to people. It's real polling, real people polling. Yeah. Well, I have to say something that I'm going to share with the Welch's lemonade viewers. During the 2024 election, Donna and I filmed together in New York. And he was really amping up his man on the streets, not just in New York, but all over the country, driving all around the country, doing it. And I was like, so I think Kamla's going to win. And he goes grab my hand. And he said, she's not going to win. I'm pulling. I'm on the streets. There's so much enthusiasm for him. It's just not showing up in the polls. I hate to say it. It makes me sick. It makes me sick to my stomach, but he's going to win. There's something out there that's happening. And another person that I interviewed the same day, you know, the good liars, they do all of that man on the street stuff. And they told me the same thing. So people that are out in the streets doing what you're doing, I think really have a pulse on the electorate. I'm where the people are. And so in that vein, let's leave our listeners with this question. I heard what you said in 2024. So I'm going to ask you this. Who do you think is going to win the midterms based on your anecdotal man on the street interviews, man and woman on the street interviews? Democrats. So it's completely changed. It is completely changed. I don't put Democrats. Let me put a caveat there. I know you're asking me a very direct question. So I will answer and I will say Democrats. If it remains the way it is, if it remains fair, I don't put anything passes administration to try to influence it, to try to steal it, to try to suppress votes because they've already tried it. The courts have even helped them with gutting the voting rights act. Didn't help them with male invalidating. And so when I saw Jen that ruling come in for male invalidating, I said the party's over. The jig is up. If it remains the way it is now and remains Maine's fair, Democrats will win 2026, they'll take back the house, maybe even the Senate. >> Don, I love it, I really, really hope that happens. And it's so important. We want to thank everybody for listening here. Make sure you are subscribed to Don Lim and everywhere, Don Lim and show. We are people-powered media and so make sure you're subscribed to both channels. Follow Don on social media, you guys, he does so much cool shit interviewing people on the streets. And he has a lot more breaking new stuff than I do because he's a real journalist. >> You're not, you're not doing badly yourself with the journalism, Jen. Don't overestimate. >> Thank you, darling. All right. >> Thank you. >> Safe travels. And I will see you back in New York soon. >> I love you, and I'm going to go get some itch, whatever spray, these mosquitoes are crazy in DC. Love you. >> Love you, by darling. >> Imagine setting your makeup, then forgetting it's even theirs. Gel to mist technology locks in your look for up to 24 hours, with flexible all-day-gum v-grip. No tightness, no stickiness, no residue. 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  1. Mavily New York launches a new setting mist with gel-to-mist technology that provides up to 24 hours of hydration, offering a flexible, residue-free, dewy finish without stickiness or tightness.
  2. The discussion highlights concerns about free speech, with criticism of NFL owners and Ed Sheeran’s team for silencing MacLamore, drawing parallels to the historical silencing of Colin Kaepernick, who protested racial injustice through kneeling.
  3. The conversation critiques political and cultural narratives around Israel, Palestine, and free speech, arguing that silencing dissent—especially from young artists or activists—reflects a broader pattern of power abuse by wealthy elites and institutions, and calls for inclusive, non-discriminatory discourse against all forms of bigotry.

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A segment on the Mavily New York setting mist introduces a product with gel-to-mist technology that delivers 24-hour hydration, flexible grip, and a natural, dewy skin finish. This is presented as a product launch, but the segment quickly expands into a broader political and cultural critique. The host draws connections between the silencing of artists like MacLamore and Colin Kaepernick, framing both as acts of resistance against systemic oppression.

The discussion centers on free speech, power, and accountability, particularly regarding how wealthy figures like NFL owners, Ed Sheeran, and Jared Kushner are perceived as using influence to suppress dissent. It argues that silencing criticism—especially on issues like the Gaza conflict or Israeli policies—reflects a broader pattern of elite power abuse, and criticizes the conflation of political speech with anti-Semitism. The conversation also addresses the toxic climate around Israel, the role of misinformation, and the need to confront all forms of bigotry, including Islamophobia and transphobia.

It concludes with a call for inclusive, honest public discourse and a warning against political manipulation. The host emphasizes the importance of grassroots engagement, noting that real-world conversations with people on the streets offer more accurate insights than polling alone. The segment ends with a prediction that Democrats will win the 2026 midterms due to ongoing voter suppression and a fairer political environment.

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