J.D. Vance’s visit to the Cleveland Browns practice is a powerful symbol of the deep unpopularity and lack of respect he faces among athletes and fans. The scene, where nearly all players ignore him, illustrates a broader failure of Trump-era policies and MAGA politics to connect with the public. Critics argue that sports teams, owned by wealthy individuals, operate as political and economic tools that benefit elite owners while excluding the public. The dehumanization of players as “assets” highlights systemic inequalities, while the presence of billionaire oligarchs like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel in policy-making raises concerns about democratic integrity and unchecked power. The escalating war in Iran, supported by both Trump and Israel, is seen as increasingly dangerous and economically damaging, with Republican leaders showing no bipartisan resistance. Additionally, the Republican party’s messaging—especially regarding transgender people—uses coded, exclusionary language to divide voters. The narrative calls for structural reforms: public ownership of stadiums, wealth taxation, and a reevaluation of how private capital influences public institutions and policies. Ultimately, the transcript delivers a critical examination of political, economic, and social divides in American society, urging greater accountability and equity.
All right. J.D. Vance continues to face the reality that every day J.D. Vance wakes up and he looks in the mirror and he thinks, you're awesome. You are incredible. And then he goes out to these rallies and he gets booed and heckled. And yesterday he had the audacity to go to the Cleveland Browns football practice. I want to remind everybody, I think the number is like 85 percent of NFL players are African-American. I might have that percentage off, but it's somewhere really high like that.
And only one player shakes his hand. Play the clip.
So for those of you listening, there's J.D. Vance. One of the white players goes up and shakes his hand. All the other ones just kind of look over. A lot of the black players will not even look at him at all.
And this one guy, I don't know who that player is right there, number 50, kind of looks at him like, what the hell is he doing here?
I mean, just so. But this is the reality that.
Unless MAGA stays in their bubble, then they have no idea how just universally hated and not respected they are by the majority of us.
Well, and the thing about it is, OK, I was just kind of a side note.
I have been so pleased that despite the owner of the New York Knicks saying, oh, we're going to the White House, there has been no ring ceremony at the White House.
The New York Knicks started their season last or night before last.
They're not going. People, I think it's 100 percent what you say.
But J.D. Vance, every single one of Trump's policies has hurt Ohioans as desperately as it has hurt other states around the country.
And it's so stunning that they think they can take people's health care.
They think they can kick them off voter rolls.
They think that they can raise prices, raise gases.
They're working people and then go in and be given a hero's welcome.
It's just such a dissonance there.
Completely. And here is Joe Burrow, the quarterback of this team, asked about Vance visiting the practice.
People online are saying that they think he's trolling the vice president.
So I'm going to play it for you and perhaps you tell me what you think.
Chance to interact at all?
We did not. We did not.
He came with everybody and left with swiftness and efficiency.
Before the end of practice.
So I didn't get to.
Was he holding back?
Was he holding back, busting out, laughing?
I think I read that when I first saw it.
I read it as anger.
Like, how dare you come in here?
First of all, during a practice on a game week, we have business to discuss.
We don't do incompetent things like you do.
And I read it as get the fuck out.
And here's the deal.
Of course, he left with efficiency.
He was completely humiliated by every single player and coach in that locker room, save one.
So, of course, he couldn't run.
He sucks.
And by that, I mean J.D. Vance, not Joe Burrow.
I just, I felt like he was about to, I felt like he was about to bust out laughing.
Like, yeah, he tucked and rolled because we were not happy he was here.
Like, he left with efficiency.
That's a weird thing to say.
Meaning like, yeah, he got his ass out of here because we didn't want him here.
I do want to just expand the conversation.
Briefly regarding teams, whether it be NBA or NFL.
And I think it's a conversation we need to have.
You see all of the owners of these teams, like James Dolan of the New York Knicks, who acted like a complete ass at the victory party in New York City, where he couldn't even show the mayor some respect during the celebration.
He wouldn't even shake Zoran's hand.
Yet all of these teams are totally fine socializing.
The expenses of their team, meaning the arenas and, you know, whenever a new stadium is built, they socialize getting these stadiums built.
The taxpayers vote to or contribute more to sales tax to get these things erected.
And then all of the profits from these teams are privatized.
And I just think that, and the tickets for this stuff are so out of reach for so many different people.
And people say, oh, sports aren't political.
Well, they absolutely are political.
Look at how black players were treated 20, 30 years ago.
How Colin Kaepernick was treated just a few years ago.
So I think it's a larger conversation we need to have about capitalism and about these teams being, they have owners that own these young black athletes.
And they have no problem with socialism when it comes to funding their arenas and others.
And then they're all about privatizing all the profits.
And I just think it's a larger conversation.
I want everybody in the comment section to talk about this because I think the cities should own these teams and they should be more accessible for everybody.
I think the optics of having white billionaires be called owners.
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I don't know.
It's just, it's really, it seems so regressive and kind of disgusting to me.
What's your take on that, Pumps?
Well, and additionally, the way that they speak about. The players, what I have really found offensive all my life, but really now spotlighting the divide that you're talking about, is they call the players assets.
They're not people, they're assets.
I'm going to cut my asset, going to acquire an asset.
And that, the whole thing of ownership and not allowing somebody to have any stake in where they go and all that.
And I understand it's a system, it's bigger than that.
But I completely agree with you.
Why can't we have a system where people that are financing the arena, financing the parking, have a stake in the team?
That makes perfect sense to me.
If you're going to socialize the expenses, socialize the profits.
Profits.
So that these cities can deal, use those funds to deal with the unhoused community and public transportation and other things.
Nobody in New York City likes the Dolans at all.
These people are universal.
They're universally hated.
And anyway, it's just a larger conversation I think we all need to have.
All right.
Shifting gears entirely.
Trump has plans to continue his war in Iran.
Pop this up.
The New York Times.
The U.S. and Israel have plans for new strikes on Iran after the midterms, according to officials briefed on the discussions.
You may remember we reported a few days ago that Pete Hexeth was over in Israel meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu.
And so we all know that Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin, all they have to do is tell Trump, you're a humanitarian, you're incredible, you deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, and only you can do this.
You're the only president, and I'm sure Bibi's telling Pete Hexeth, you're the only secretary of defense.
And I've worked with all of these people.
You're the smartest and the best one.
So, of course, they're getting dog walked and manipulated on this.
And I will just be surprised if there is not an escalation in this war prior to the midterms.
Well, I don't see why there would be any reason that they wouldn't.
And here's the thing, too.
Don't forget, we've had something like seven, maybe more than seven, but at least seven votes on reigning in Trump's power in this war.
And Republicans refuse to vote for it.
They're all in.
So they own this war as much as Trump and his administration.
I've also been reading.
You know, as we get closer to the midterms, we're not going to or that the Trump administration is now going to amp up collection of student loans that are in default after the midterms.
We've got Texas.
They're not releasing data until after the midterm.
It is because all of these things are so bad and so unpopular with citizens.
They don't want to talk about it with them or them to know what's going on before they go to the polls.
And that right there.
should be a reason
not to do it or at least step back and tell us why you're doing it. But here's the thing.
The reason why we have this war is because we can't get out of it. And Netanyahu has Trump in
his back pocket. He's willing to do his bidding. And it is only going to get worse for every
American citizen, in my opinion, all of it. Deaths are going to go up. Prices are going to go up.
The economy is going to slow even further. I mean, it is nothing but bad if this continues
the way it has. And even Peter Thiel is breaking with the Trump regime on the war. Pop this up.
News from Politico. I obtained a recording of Peter Thiel's latest Nashville Antichrist
lectures. In his third talk delivered on October 12th, he breaks with the Trump admin
on the U.S. war.
I think we should not have done it, he said. There were a lot of mistakes that were made.
So this is really at the core of what's going on with the government right now in the United
States of America. You have Donald Trump, who is a puppet of a lot of these oligarchs.
But Donald Trump is a rogue puppet. I mean, lately, I mean, talk about somebody who cannot
stay on message for anything to save his life. Lately, all he can do is talk about the asses
stacked with muscle of men, et cetera, et cetera, right?
So these oligarchs obviously are not in on a lot of the stuff that Bibi, who for 40 years
has been gunning to balkanize Iran. And Donald Trump was just the dumbest person there to do it.
I remember reporting that J.D. Vance was not on board with this war. And J.D. Vance,
as we all know, is owned, and he is the prostitute of Peter Thiel. And so we have these
oligarchs who are saying things like as though they're in the administration.
Right.
You know, the way he phrased that is kind of interesting because Trump has put them
in the administration. He has embedded their technologies in the administration. And so
these oligarchs and the problem with them,
is something that is going to go on for quite some time. And I think investigations
into all of their enmeshment in the federal government and investigations into what their
companies are up to are going to be critical, as well as not just taxing the rich more, but also a
wealth tax, a tax on their wealth. And if they can spend almost $400 million in California on a
campaign to not have themselves taxed, they're going to be in trouble. And if they can spend almost $400 million in
not have themselves taxed, they can be taxed. I mean, it's just Elon Musk just dropped
casually 150 million on Ken Paxton. I mean, since then, he's made just from his money sitting in
accounts. So it's just these oligarchs are so problematic in our country.
Well, they believe that they are smarter than the rest of us. So therefore, their technology
and them themselves should be more powerful and have more of a voice in politics than the
rest of us, which, as we all know, is absolutely opposite of what democracy is. And one thing on
Peter Thiel, like, oh, he's running around on his Antichrist tour. So I was like, what are we
talking about here? What he is most concerned about is the International Criminal Court,
according to this current lecture series in Antichrist.
And I think, why would a body, International Criminal Court, be such a threat to a billionaire,
be such a threat to this administration? And again, I always go back to because they're
committing crimes. They're committing crimes against humanities. They're committing crimes
against war. So I agree with you. Investigate them and lock their asses up. And I would,
I dare say Peter Thiel has every single,
bit of information that Elon Musk had in Doge and in the different branches of government
where he sat, because all you heard was all this information is being taken. And we know
Palantir, what did they say at one point in our military? You can't remove the Palantir
software because it'd be like removing the central nervous system of the military. And
so that is terrifying. And unfortunately, every single one of these that we put in jail or prosecute or make them pay fines, there's going to be more because this type of, I'm so rich, I know everything, I ought to be in charge seems to be epidemic in that class of people.
All right. And then finally, we have Ted Cruz and his closing message for the midterms. And before you play the clip, Kylie, I just want us to pause for a second and think about the Republican closing message across the board.
We have Donald Trump, who has completely come out as our first gay president, which is so devastating to the gay community because we have such incredible, incredible, proud, polished, amazing gays and lesbians in this country that have fought the good fight. But nonetheless, that's where we are. We have J.D. Vance rolling out, figuring out how unpopular he is, defending pedophiles every chance he can get. Most recently, the
ad regarding Amy Acton in the gubernatorial race there. We have Elon Musk melting down, spending money like a nut, trying to save the Titanic, if he can, rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. And then they trot out Ted Cruz. And here's Ted Cruz's. These surrogates, these surrogates, these MAGA men, you can see why they're all so horny over at Fox News.
And Donald Trump is also horny because inherently, look at this. Look at their their their bench. I mean, these people are instant, like vaginal dryness, cable, soft serve. I mean, instant. And so to that point, I want to introduce Raphael Cruz's closing message.
That's why this is happening. This happens a lot in midterms where the party out of power.
Usually ticked off. And right now, if you're a left wing transgender witch, you hate Donald Trump and you're going to show up. You're energized. And the question is, does everybody else show up?
OK, I've heard enough. I've heard enough left wing transgender witch. And I just want to say, Raphael, this last two years, the only trans person I've seen in the news consistently is Big Titty Brian.
And he is on your team. Big Titty Brian.
Big Titty Brian, who says, I want to be a trans bimbo slut named Crystal, who put on his balloon titties and Christie's panties while he's in the basement, while Christie is allegedly screwing Corey Lewandowski.
So on this trans issue, not only is it none of your business, but the the people in the trans people I have seen pop up in the news lately have been Christie Noem's husband, Big Titty Brian, a.k.a. Crystal.
I mean, I don't mean to. I mean, I don't.
I don't know what his preferred name is, but or her preferred.
I don't want to to be a, you know, non woke here, but the call is coming from inside the house.
Well, I mean, here's the thing, when you look at every metric by which people typically go, if you go through an election, why did this person vote?
None of those things are good for Republicans, so it's the dog whistle like it always is.
And I'm just going to say.
I am absolutely 100 percent sure that when my parents sat on Fox News and saw that, they were like, oh, yeah, I mean, it's the prices are too high, blah, blah, blah, blah.
But I mean, we've got to keep those trans athletes, those less than 10 trans athletes out of, you know, sports.
So this is this is their dog whistle.
They have nothing left and they are to the point now they have nothing left.
And isn't it interesting?
There always has to be name calling.
If you're not with our program, you're and I will be a liberal trans because I, too, have Trump derangement syndrome because I don't like the president of the United States committing crimes and killing people.
Sorry.
Fuck you, Ted.
All right.
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Podcast Summary
Key Points:
J.D. Vance faced widespread hostility at the Cleveland Browns practice, with most players refusing to engage or look at him, highlighting the lack of respect he commands among athletes and fans.
The incident underscores a broader critique of Trump-era policies, which many argue have harmed working-class Americans and eroded public trust, especially in healthcare, voting rights, and energy costs.
Sports teams and their owners, like James Dolan of the New York Knicks, are seen as politically charged, with owners socializing while profiting from taxpayer-funded stadiums and excluding public access to teams.
Players are often dehumanized as “assets” rather than people, and the lack of ownership or stake in teams by fans and communities reflects a flawed system that prioritizes profit over equity.
There is growing criticism of oligarchs like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, who influence policy and military tech, often at odds with democratic values and public interest.
The war in Iran is seen as escalating under Trump and Israel, with bipartisan support from Republicans despite widespread public opposition and potential economic damage.
Critics argue that the Republican party's messaging—especially around transgender issues—uses dog whistles to alienate voters, promoting fear and misinformation.
A call for greater public ownership of sports teams and a wealth tax on billionaires is presented as a necessary reform to align with democratic fairness and community needs.
Summary:
D. Vance’s visit to the Cleveland Browns practice is a powerful symbol of the deep unpopularity and lack of respect he faces among athletes and fans. The scene, where nearly all players ignore him, illustrates a broader failure of Trump-era policies and MAGA politics to connect with the public.
Critics argue that sports teams, owned by wealthy individuals, operate as political and economic tools that benefit elite owners while excluding the public. The dehumanization of players as “assets” highlights systemic inequalities, while the presence of billionaire oligarchs like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel in policy-making raises concerns about democratic integrity and unchecked power. The escalating war in Iran, supported by both Trump and Israel, is seen as increasingly dangerous and economically damaging, with Republican leaders showing no bipartisan resistance.
Additionally, the Republican party’s messaging—especially regarding transgender people—uses coded, exclusionary language to divide voters. The narrative calls for structural reforms: public ownership of stadiums, wealth taxation, and a reevaluation of how private capital influences public institutions and policies. Ultimately, the transcript delivers a critical examination of political, economic, and social divides in American society, urging greater accountability and equity.
FAQs
Players and coaches did not welcome J.D. Vance, with most refusing to look at him or engage. Only one player shook his hand, and the overall atmosphere was hostile, indicating a lack of respect and trust.
The transcript highlights how J.D. Vance was treated with disdain by Black players, reflecting broader societal tensions around race, respect, and political representation in sports.
Yes, the transcript argues that sports are deeply political, citing historical treatment of Black athletes and current issues like player representation and team ownership.
The speaker argues that team owners profit from public investments (like taxes) without sharing in profits or having a stake in the community, creating a moral imbalance that contradicts democratic principles.
Vance is criticized for being out of step with public sentiment, facing ridicule at sports events, and defending policies that harm working families and public health.
It suggests figures like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk have deep access to government systems and military tech, raising concerns about undue influence and lack of accountability.
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