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Welcome to plug the america I'm john fabric, I'm drama that it piper tommy detour. The gang is all here. Look at us For our year end tradition, the parties where we live the years hottest takes and get angry all over again, plus we set our new year's resolutions and see how well we kept last year's. I am. I am truly dont, remember so happy I'm not on tape for that and well suckers. Let's start with the parties, and here to present this year's nominees in six exciting categories: pod, save america, writer, halley keeper. Well, gentlemen, how are you feeling festive so festive good

here today with the actual start of the award season? Yes, I said it the same Words were the hag awards going. We're like this shit blows the oscars. The us, because they burn in Hell, all of which is to say It- is an honour and a pleasure to join you in handing out these the most coveted award in hardly weird the parties. I'd like to apologize last year for when I open a wrong envelope and gave best pictured allow a land that was. I was wondering if there was even a category The envelope was my cable bill. Anyways best picture go online and massive hundreds goes to the winner of this year's categories. Those begin perverse category worst beltway brain cutting from misguided predictions to baffling analyses, but we media was full of memorable missteps that sparked debates raised eyebrows and perhaps even shape the discord,

a word that makes you gonna turn my back on the english language, the moments and it made us cringe, chuckle and really contemplate the world around us. our first up money rules, every facet of american politics and rich people basically get their way a hundred percent of the time cream. Have you were take the time to truly ponder whether that's a good or bad thing. I obviously not you fools golly Washington, post colonists dan balls boilers correct? Will they have it? How do you pronounce it I don't know I was hope because an upper opposite my eyes goodbye illegality. Somebody else. Luckily, he addressed that very thing that article titled, the mega rich, are. The new political bosses is bad bad for democracy. The demise of political party bosses and the smoke filled rooms in which they it was was heralded a long time ago, as an important step towards handing more power over the section of presidential anomalies to ordinary citizens. Who would have thought then

billion years would seek to become the new bosses of american politics? Have you guys thought about that? I've ever second, I guess you're making a good point. I think, historically speaking, billionaires of often sought to be the bosses, politics and load I hadn't thought of it. Is this my only in one chance to defend and balls yeah. Do it? we said this game or get perfect dead balls best political reporter of his generation, nicest guy on the planet. Funny name. Yes, great name, great name, grin him. I think he was poorly served by us. Have one writer here yeah, yeah, absolutely so many reporters. So many if he is a man from a generation that predates clickbait headlines for the washington post and so we're going to talk. There can be a lot of bad people who are terrible, who know nothing about politics in this segment. Dan Balz is not one of those people, yet some there's some elijah working at the washington post, Made they involve haven't, as we are all dan balls to oblige, has wandered out other policy on tourism, and today we celebrate those Elijah's.

system set up an apostrophe on their name to even funnier. It is something in the possessive he may have owned everything you ever wonder of dan balls and dance acted as the kobe line I gotta get up like a balzac. The guy's celebratory twenty four gentlemen, not announced this year, by not could have really swayed public opinion if we just took the time to rebranding. Take other biter replaced, beyond say, barbie or even taylor. Swift now we're talking as I will talk about extra as article bay barbie and swift save the economy. Just Rita quote. The blood success of taylor's those errors, tour combined with the record box office juice of the barbie movie, is helping to buoy the economy and prevent a recession thanks We received the economy and also letting me chew on your shoes as a kid just me onto the neck, I would swap their heads with. Can MRS area very mad, just

you're ahead of time to think ahead of our guard. Dahmer shut them arthur, Many john John Tommy. Congratulations: pods is finally influence a bad built. We take finally give us also power as he dove into the playbooks. Read of obama saying nobody's hands, are clean Violence in Gaza during a recent be view an article playbook title nobody's hands are clean, really think in their guys and under their cause Why this matter section they wrote an embrace of it, Two solution: recognising a free palestinian state based on nineteen sixty seven borders which, by the way, was also george w bush his position. The now it seems like I was a pipe dream for the palestinians. But, on the other hand, obama's remarks raid jaw dropper for about a million reasons, and finally, our fourth option. When I want good quality dating advice, when I do the first place I go, isn't my friends and family, or even that one couple who still go and strong with their pandemic relationship? no! It's the washington post again, whose editorial pure

to realize just how badly are toxic piled is upsetting the domestic sphere. This, of course, is the headline. If attitudes, dont shift political, dating mismatch will threaten marriage and, finally, rid of quote the with polarization those its effects. It has effects well beyond the political realm and they can be different to dissipate, were examples, a collapse of american marriage. That's tough stuff, so I just want to add a little something cause. I I do think the ah politico playbook conversation about Barack Obama's comments on the israeli palestinian conflict included. The line about his nobody's hands are clean comment. They may even be quickly lumped into those notorious evocative phrases. Politicians used in moments of passion such as bush's notorious mission accomplished so obama saying hey, you know what we all may mistake, we're all culpable for this horrifying situation. We see overseas, let's not just point fingers at each other. Let's

together to try to solve something is the same as hanging a banner on a fucking aircraft carrier a month into a war that went on for what another decade look at. That is not only the worst take in that category lifetime achievement award at it for four playbook, which has had some real doozies over the years, real hunting, or even I read every morning and oftentimes, it's very good. That is maybe the one of the top five worst playbook takes of all time,

Well, it's a it's already not live. The take is already, and it's already a brown banana because it has not captured the amount. You know it's like we're: it's not it isn't mission impossible mission impossible, isn't mission accomplished we're not it didn't, carry that meaning it just was an apt, a kind of subtle and nuanced and well made points that at that through that sit through that phrase captured people's attention and then one of the one of the many reasons it wasn't like mission accomplished is because a he wasn't president when he said it right. So of course it didn't matter beyond that. I thought the foundation's decision to put it on a banner behind us was a mistake, but other than that I also had a multiple political reporters that I was talking to say yet. I was absolutely terrible rare when tommy remorse, dylan buyers in the house

Well, you know I was already sent back their differing traditions, modeling sound down similar, but our different affect the bruins eta, going at any moment we launched a move and it sounded like bill lived at you remember that lived up the street from me. I remember ruins goalie yeah, a bruin Well, next category: it's you really do it the way that I will call you when I was a less. How do we loader begin, or my bark will also there's a lot of evidence that a barbie intelligent from bianca did that was a great take and then do the dating thing was just sort of funny and silly. I think that that that I did not I've. I do not enjoy the take of the dating article because it's a little bit like I'm in every once in a while, the new york times I'll do a story about how like and somebody a progressive will win like a small town mayor ship and then some maga people will, like you know.

Throw rocks at their house and enough. The headline of the article will be like a nation divided. Can it come together yeah that article is a little bit like that cause? It's like hey. A group of men have made themselves and datable freaks. Marriage arrive, probably not for them or that of us. He abandoned gentlemen great, sounds like it is a universal playbook regulations. You won the party for the worst beltway brain award this year, you stink next category dummies. Can primitive outrage and good. One sided phyllis, twenty twenty three was quite a year. What is stable,

for the outrage machines in right wing media trumps? Multiple indictments led to multiple continue calls for civil war. Fox news settled with dominion over a seven hundred million dollar deal for lying about the twain, training election, we're we're, burdock, lived out, a succession dream and handed son laughlin, the keys to his media empire and, lest we forget, let's take a moment of, sounds for tucker- crosses acrimonious exit from fox news to ex what a fool now presenting the nominees rare plenty for dumbest conservative media outrage. Remember just a little over a month ago. when trump very casually very chill ASA refer to human beings as vermin. I do remember, including god, specifically austin, every listening verb made just verb. It all the way, all the way down the vermin line, prompted entire me yes cycle saying that trump was chairing the spirit and letter of a well known as store. Go figure is red. Put it in his document. Adolf Hitler

on those hitler. Comparisons were then prompted and entire counter new cycle of the right. Denying terms word recalled the nazi leader of one of the best, of course, being news, max's, Gregg Kelly and let's take a look. and we have a clip they aren't. They say that donald trump is like hitler is using the same words that hitler use well, hitler used. The word share. Ok, I sit in a chair that doesn't make me right, you see, but they don't stop. Do they yeah? Is this a problem? I guess it is so good news, conjunctions, jested, dumb, fuck and edges.

I just did this think of the people that worked on the good point. Good point: you could even hear him got him, go ah like in the middle of just about to bail, but he can't do up next. Almost nothing riles the right like reproductive freedom, but as abortion has become an achilles heel for republicans in elections, right wing pundits have started to get creative with the ways they argue that abortion shouldn't be banned because they're liars. Of course, here's fox's greg got felled, making the I guess transcendent case again: abortion? Abortion is based on a fear that is greater than the actual reality and if you don't believe me talk to somebody who had a baby and then think about how they were before they had the bay be that's called a transformational change right. It's the best, anti abortion argument out there.

And no one is making it. People do have their reasons for abortions, but underneath all that is a fear of this transformational change and if you watch Jesus Christ, I don't I don't understand the take. I think the idea is that if you scream at a woman and say you'll be happy we have a baby and you, like, I guess, I'll put aside all the others. Consideration right, lay realized ones. You don't know, what's good for you, exact you're, going to be so Wait, I might add, I'd life threatening complication with your pregnancy and could die, but putting my legs gorg of control into your hospital room to scream at you, maybe it'll be good yeah put on the five up next we're here to help hundreds just celebrate mainstreamed right wing media outlets like fox or news max. No, we know there is a great big cesspool. far right. Commentators swimming in the vast ocean of the internet that are well worth being made fun of that ocean, of course, is

boil it reliable Kennedy is white, supremacist and, of course, holocaust denial. Nick fuentes, most well known to the lesser, for that infamous dinner between front is: can you west and donald trump what's in future president, if we don't do something about a people, not since jefferson dined alone, but here's went has had to say about of course, a topic that we all want your way in the birds of the bees, you should not seek sash, because if you seek sacks, you will become gay because This is again a guy. That's up, but this rate is thing you could do is to never have sacks nets, and everyone knows that's true. I want to know why, because you retain your seamen and you sublimate your sexual desire to creating That's why celibacy straightest thing, because who, who are the celebrates monks

beasts sold record, ok, famously straightest guardy lud duff. That was why hell. I never that I want to hear the remaining contenders, but I gas rallied. Finally, here in California, we love overpriced moody's wearing shorts year, radical event. I've doctor, you meant, of course, a great work out, especially yoga, but candice. Oh, it's has our own ideas about a different kind of you that we all should be doing. Let's hear clip, let me tell you I like conspiracy theories, I like conspiracy theories, because I view them as mind yoga very important too.

Bend your mind like a pretzel, sometimes to make sure that you actually have a mind. You know what I'm saying. I actually do believe that if you don't use it, you lose it when it comes to conspiracy theories. I always say this. I say that it. I find the people that don't believe in any conspiracy theories to be out of their minds, they're out of their minds, they're, actually crazy. How that's a tough word to what was the first one to go? Well, I'm happy to read Have we endorse? Have news nexus great kelly? Hitler also said chair. We have great got felled the transformational change of forcing women to have children all sexes, gay, really tired. We ask me it of course conspiracies our bide yogurt. Actually, if you don't believe a conspiracy theories, you're crazy, I will say that last point. I don't think you gotta have low, you gotta go right, we're gonna have, and why do you believe I for one personally believe that fidel

there was no other guests injured out there. We didn't they well need, one is europe. Yes, I do. I do the time Why I blame is banned than other episode. If you wanna go now we're getting wants, didn't waggery did, but they do. I had. I know I'd anyway. I did I'm sure their votes for flint S, but I personally think the gut fell, take as the more kind of fulsome terrible. I think I'm with you. I just think this idea that, like a guy hosting a fuckin low, rent fallon for conservatives telling women that they know they they dont understand. What's good, for them is the story of american twenty twenty three some truth I do like good. That's the point is thing: is instructive in a similar way ingested remain

I heard that a lot of the worst people in politics in the united states and all over the country are just sad, pathetic man who can't get girls to talk to them, and it leads them to this place where you're, an actual nazi righteous, have like just very confused and untouched in cell cultures. Well, on that note, congratulations greg that felt for winning the funding for dumbest conservative outrage. This show sponsored by better help whether or not your family gives gifts during the holidays. You get to define how you get to yourself and the holidays, or a great time to do that so, whether its by starting therapy going easier on yourself during the tough moment, starting therapy or treating yourself to a complete day of rest or starting therapy. Remember to give yourself some love this holiday season. If you're,

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age up up front. We have the holidays, are a time for giving gifts spreading love enjoy and if you're jesse waters be aggressively upset about. Looting must play the clip allowing americans to loot allowing americans to shop lived up to nine hundred dollars, not prosecuting street level theft. Is this establishments wave, paying reparations. Without admitting after a great start up. Next, we have speaking of the holidays, jesse wires as thoughts about the nutcracker in santa claus, but was, of course he does. Let's play the glint gay nutcracker complete with a rainbow had trans flag, full price, twelve dollars, but right now it's on sale, for it

I, of course have two of them here with me, so that's the gain a cry of the and the other one. I think this is what I do arena play that the santa one now, but there is the also have I've come out against black say it in a wheelchair. So so one of the so as part of the warrant christmas target and is part of that clip is that they are selling a santa. Who is black and use a wheelchair, and that is being that that is part of their war on christmas coverage in? But of course, it's not anti christmas right because it is santa. It's just anti wheelchair well, but megan Kelly famously told us, the santos white, so right we're on christmas, because your changing with your general rights rights right

It's okay, Sarah Palin! I get it anyway. Reparations is still in the lead. For me, we have another up next again in July, the world was eagerly awaiting the start of the women's world cup at jesse waters unfortunately, was too some people have told me that I have actually done more for women's sports. Handmaiden rapido has done that maybe she's a traitor in the war on women, and I have fought valiantly in that war. Obviously, on the women's side, that's not me saying that, and I actually disagree with that. I'm just saying it's something. That's being said: That's funny by seventy five, those that was at its fine he's I'd say get it. We also disagree with it. Just a quick reminder that jesse waters flattened his now wife's tyres so that he could do a damsel dressing and get a ride home, leaving lantern at the time yeah. What have you got? It you're out of retires. I do not know how to tell you don't turn out in their like, but it's ok,

we're married now, and I would like to address a few rio to her and finally, Jesse isn't just an advocate for women's sport is also a paragon of masculinity with a lot of thoughts about how men should drink liquids. Let's hear that Joe Biden use a straw now, if you see me on the five or on prime time, you know. I recommend that all men refrain from using straws it's on becoming the way a man's lips purse. the size of the straw just to dainty the way your fingers class bonnet now come on. Straws are for women and little kids, straws artist, baby, when you think about unease. Is everyone living up to date deviate a big fat straw yourself if you divide, went up

these look. I've got real conference about the better the ears are they met. Those very frustrating to me about this can't be that the woke liberals are taking away our straws and straws, or just for fags and kids. You have to just pick one good point, while she winced for the club. We said the only thing gayer than a plastic salespeople straw. I would say that is already. I do think it may not come up in the polling, but just underneath sum of biting challenges related to age are every time you handed no part of yours, like I could vote for John, I I know know if it'll stop this, but it couldn't hurt them. I don't give you a straw at all. I gotta yeah. What am I, how am I supposed to drink this? They must angeles you have to ask for the straw

I think it's a city ordinance. The ordinance is that it is welcome to l a thanks, gar city. Where are you now? Is he a mumbai or not? They finally get to take it all. There's a one way ticket to go there at straws, one way ticket to fuckin mumbai, Adios man get outta here everytime I go to starbucks, I gotta as restaurant. My dentist told me to it's like when shane gillis as learning too much about world war, two, his early onset republicanism or similar vibe. So, gentlemen, just to recap, we have is looting, reparations a gay nutcracker, bad. Some people have told me. I have actually done more for women's sports than megan rapido and, of course, Biden using a straw. It's worth it a little gay which of these should win. The illustrious jesse waters bonus award for me, it's reparation mile that I agree with it. It's not often you just get like pure uncut racism

If that was going to dinner, jaws would drop right, shocked, people would leave fluids. Debate over that one is just right: there yeah just a racist, congratulations, jesse water scratch, you stink, suck category four worse. Heat by a pot, save those that you- and I were high knows god, you guys aren't you the prediction business get real come on, which is funny because you may a lotta predictions this here. Ok, you're the nominees for worse, take by a positive marhaus in peace. Ooh did you guys have some duds this year was filled with republican speaker chaos after they booed out mccarty and couldn't coalesce around a new leader. Dad waited tweeting one. I'm skeptical MIKE Johnson is a real person too. It's so damn funny. These members think that a guy who lost to the guy who couldn't get two hundred and seventeen votes is the one who can get.

to earn. Seventeen votes, of course, make jobs. It was elected. Speaker immediately. Welcomes you have bloated day. You two sets of earthly it. I did not order these, unfortunately, dad is also neck, was on a prediction street this year, senator tommy to reveal pulled a great big sticky stand this year, holding up all the military promotions and protests of military reproductive health care policies. Dan predicted in July that to prevent would quickly fold at its military promotions hold up, but to will help strong for most of the year. There was only off by five months I was using the long span of history. This has done little one move their way around for having too much faith in time. It was short for a bail bob dream. Up. Next will love. It got a lot of heat for supporting tim scott

our very own john fabric made even bolder prediction back in june notices vivid roma swami would beat at least Rhonda santos, Obviously, vivek star has since fallen rapidly, hey bill vote of dumping their meal it remains to be seen how I think it's a that. We we he could smile illegal. One of them could smile, it's gotta, be that one, but then, when he opened his mouth, it's all so bad and finally love. It spent all summer focus on the issues that matter the greatest paltrow sky trial on the deterrent was a data he treated trump indicted, gwen it. Isn't god bless this country, and I say this out with did hit that man. I believe it I regret its. She, slowing it that bad active sticky. That's about the also sure about what he said. I'm saying there she did do it. Maybe she did it. That's my that's! My bad take I've had so many worse takes in that when it was in his

I would even where the law, when a worse loved, take them all of a sudden. We believe in the court system. Ok, I think we're gonna have to remember, is much like how much like a word baby didn't write, all the outflow of escape, simply hosting the parties, and this I was given this. I am posting gentlemen who stay home. The word for word lake. We don't Let me take, we have an entire tommy round its supply of noxious clauses on the tipp of his. I will but it myself from Johnson. Ok, and that lesson there me he cares too. I may work in fact so german, who is taking on the award for worst take by upon safe amerika host sands.

Ah me round dunaway vote. I think I do think that was doubtless tough. That was, I mean, will see what the vague thing he exactly play a time. Don't you have to takes for me that are clearly wrong, one from John that is wrong, but not yet. We can hang on to that figure and then one where you you're just two years, disavowing the american justice system. That's how you doing. Would you say mental we'll go out very sunday yogurt. Actually, if you don't you're the one who's crazy I've, not next, now you wait I'll, be wondering not a single bad take from tommy. the year and that's where he was an absolute eater, John and dad? You could learn a thing about disciplining consistency from tommy, strong arms winning smile venue to run well, they'd be no brainer button. So fast. We did find a lot of bizarre nonsense on tommy's twitter in some areas, you category, god what was taught up to a further.

You're nominees are, though it was to me up to award first wheat at gave a new. So after a great start, put politics aside a day, embed superior burdensome flood coordinator he'll? Have this place bone dry and vague? I don't think that's good, that's it. I guess tat s. A good takes up next being over forty me, You will never understand wherever it is tweeting Kevin James photos, that's ok! This is my twitter serenity prayer that me made known I still do not have any aims everywhere. Even the people tweeting cabbages, and know whether to encourage it. I know you beat it. I dont know how to really look at this Does anyone know here? I am sorry, but I do not want you explain it. What's that it some its cause, he's making a the face, and it's like what? If what, if he's the dj the ideas who put that terrible song on, then you cut to Kevin James being like

It was me given dames america sweetheart. I don't get eaten over. Think it that's the last year I love it wants to impart to all of us not only to get him out of retaining up next, this may be the least relatable article ever written you gorged on your european vacation but lost weight. I've also. I also saw that I didn't understand it. I think it was in the new york times. Is that could that possibly be true? It was a some bullshit about like preservatives, a jar foods, bad. I think it was the point. It was insufferable that the idea that the reason the read that you can go to europe gorge for a week and knocking weight, because in amerika we have Zan van gum in our food first, a bunch of fuckin, also shit that ever happened. I was that might be right. What does your lawrence even cities, the holding your yours, now cortex?

cat cow. I feel it working out near the dogwood dog. I've been here thinking about all that bread and finally just got a phone burner. Auto generated email message has started happy new year to you and your family get your shit together, people it's september and no, I will never take the call gentlemen, which tommy tweet should walk home in their care. I was with the coveted. What's tommy, I think the last. Why maybe yeah? I think gum is the word? What's it like what is there? They ve all get a real like a damned we're already I'm on the funding of modelling rare where's, my snipers delhi lying about Cyprus, that is reverend thing, a infamous but famous, also john pot horrid

a hamburger place, any programme self off to utter a came back and then, when I think the broader point here is in the year in which many americans twitter off their phone tweeted less Tommy weaned in turkey, as we did with shell sandberg, that's so again, tweeting gavin newsome about bed, superheroes wop opinion It is time to understand the care to keep us to behave in a lot of my web tried to explain as eta boy that was of walk. yeah european bread makes you said and of course, finally, just yelling at auto generated email message he received

Oh yeah, that's a pretty that's yoni, generating wanted and wonders demi! That's one step away from being, like south west, you technically to board the beaten up, stop with the robot provided too great a great job. Thank you come in, and only this is the last category, namely that a lot of five I could go I'll day ghetto and finally, the moment you ve all been waiting for, takes, come and go, but only one will be remembered as twenty twenty turkey's take it. The year gentlemen, I'm shaking the dissemination and also think about the queer duck. Cracker think these are my children. Leave them alone. Here are your nominees ben terrace tourists, Ben terrorists in the washington post with this headline awkward american see themselves and run the scientists,

one of the best stores, and here is a very self aware and he's a pulitzer of the parties and let it let me just read of quick quote If she is, of course, interviewing the twitter closer, you were a menswear guy. I love that guy and the quota is when guy threads, where writer watched a video of santa is cycling through four different facial expressions at about three seconds during a news conference which you've all seen before he said something disturbing what he said was, oh god, he remembers said himself. That's me, there's more about that guy, though schilling yeah, but that's that man's dirty, that's that's complicates, should have got dance balls in the byline or in this story up at the very be I've. I thought there was a republican as a recording. This was a republican debate last night and if you just watch the first fifteen seconds of the debate when they,

just when they go to a wide shot and you see round a santas. His hands are at his side vibrating, so it wasn't just the for it. They went back a couple of times during the debate and every single time he was doing it. It's it's really. It's really he's nervous, he's nervous and he's like he's trying to get the energy out of his body, it's very relatable, in awkward, I'm so poland, for vague in their joy, is dancing, but he's been pseudo. Thirty, four yeah a couple of grand. That's all I'm saying attitude if timely reference, I'm not here to give news nation advice, but they were trying to make a little extra income on top of the fifty five thousand viewers and that they get madam to scientists, can learn your mark, you again all the attributes of lisbon. Cried I borders just the feet. Dishonesty of next. We have Peter baker in the near times, when article, titled trump flourishes,

of his indictment this I I remember the story. This is one of the worst stories of the year and I must say I must be needs a flourish, every hand, every backhands, a maintenance man for not ruining his boxes of confidential documents with pool water. Here's an excerpt from the article he has spent the days since a and jury calls about potential criminal milking the moment for all it's worth, savoring the attention, as no one else in modern american politics would that's not good. I actually have harry entin on CNN

hey dissenters has a chance at winning the nom and here's an excerpt still de santis remains by far the best hope for anti trump forces within the g o p and a few recent historical examples indicate he has a real chance to be his party's nominee and then finally, Henry olsen in a washington post, op ed republicans, saved democracy in twenty twenty and an excerpt from that. One took me to a former vice president mike pence as receive some credit for his courage in resisting trump's entreaties, but not nearly enough. The same is true of republican leaders. At every level of government who put country over party a swinging, a mess for Henry Olsen and as a missed swing for mike pence, gentlemen, gentlemen, who has earned this year's take of the year. So I do I do that. We need to say I think the hurry engine take was just a fine look at the data. It was just trying to find an argument. I put, I think, that the

is an end to Ben terrorist or, I always said rachel. You got one and I think it is a very clearly between the republic and save the republic and the Peter baker. Trump flourishes under into those are the two the alpha and omega. This category were because were basically in that take purge zone, which means any take I may, right. Now is an eligible for next year's. Take on the take I'm gonna offer is Harry ensign right, then still correct, right now Daniel yeah. Tell me: what does that mean? Does it get a kevin James me, the damn Daniels, the fucking time he's like what am I vine is in work that gives anyone else having problems getting their new vine, then terrace famously smoked out TIM Scott's girlfriend he did. and were that amazing early when were that amazing peace on the conway married me like let him into his house. Oh my god, I was by the way so confuses like Ben terrorist smoked, we'd slots,

girlfriend. Now I read that, or so I do want to like. There is something about like there's, a kind of like handshake between the the peter baker. Trump flourishes under indictment stories, and the trump is a dictator standing astride history, because indictments can't stop him and normal politics can stop him, which is that, like this idea of like trump as a magical figure, who's who hangs above everything like a fuckin fart- and I just sort of I- I just think that there's something that unites the anti trump and nonpartisan media in how they sometimes talk about trump, that she has an observation along with a good observation. One and no one embodies that better than Peter baker. Absolutely nobody has. His stories are all bangers in that regard. I gotta go with her henry olsen, just because yeah as the republicans, the republican party, the elected leaders of that party, for just famously backing away from trump at all the right moment. Well it just sort of like here's, the thing. If I'm, if a a person,

I don't know jumps on a trampoline for awhile nobody's like wow great job. If a bare does it evans, I well, I bear smart cool republicans. Protecting democracy are like bears on a trampoline errors. I look at that. The accident is access, dancing, birth, actually doing wires were gay level that up with a trembling, what's gonna hurt acts rods, either handling bear on a trampoline it, no one it when a bears dancing, you don't you don't critique. The bears dancing you to say what the fuck's, the bare dancing for, oh

well cool great mine. I also think eurobonds to all that, but also a brick rights. We will get the kevlar far right, it we're u holiday. I love it s, regulations to Peter baker, curiosa of course, John five rounds. Where those takes gentlemen, this wise, this year's Bundy's. Thank you for having me.

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being an engaged citizen, doesn't have a time limit had to vote. Save america dot com, slash no off years to find out how you get involved today the the alright it's our last segment of the year, which means it is time to set our new year's resolutions, love it we're gonna start with you. Why don't we start with the previous year? Okay? So let's say I want to do I get to hear it man or you're doing it. Why don't you turn to me to talk, and so you turned to me and said I thought but to say another say my get had I get rid of it. I made him feel like all. It is like a love it lets. Are we view here's what you said last link you I wanna here's. I want to start more books.

I don't believe in it. I know you are no doubt it is a massive a specific. I want to start more books because I feel like there's this pressure to fit abdul made this resolution about finishing we're books. No, no, that's wrong! You should start if you're, not it's like you. If you're making every flight you're going to the airport to early, if you're finishing every book, you not taken of chances out there, I want to start self interest and know that if I don't finish it, it's ok, you know I want to start more books now huh, do I fuckin crush my audible is a graveyard of first chapter yeah. I did it like I like remember early in the year, I was talking about how is reading that book rise and kill. First Rosenberg about the about the and the early days of Israel.

I saw it says to what it gets up to like two thousand and twelve yeah, but once it got morally ambivalent. I got outright right when they were hunted nazis. I was fucking end, but by the time it got to the part where oh, this is a deeply deeply troubling situation. I was like fuck it Sanford's and fiction. You know what I mean. I don't remember that that was your resolution, but I did the same thing this year, I'm proud of you. I started my kindle just a ton of books that were like you know. Ten percent done percent done anyway, I became a zone over your real cool. I love it what's your resolution for the sheer size,

thinking a lot about where my resolution was going to be and here's what my resolution is because look as as everyone listening knows, I have discovered a new kind of emotional and psychological discipline, around diet and exercise called experimental, pancreas medicine, and because of that, what I realized is for the first time. So as as far back as I can remember, I've always had a diet and exercise resolution. I'm always at a resolution that was that was tied to the fact that I feel bad about how I eat and I feel guilty whenever I eat too much and that, like I'm, always spending a huge part of my brain on that project and for the first time I have that? I really don't and it's really cool forget it forget the fact that, like it helps you lose weight like it helped my husband free myself from a really unhealthy relationship with food, and so my resolution is to not spend the

your worrying about food and diet that for the first time to go into this year without any kind of like emotionally unhealthy relationship with food and diet and actualized, that's my resolution and to keep back on great good luck thanks as long as they can keep us keep as long as novo nordisk get the shit rolling off the fucking assembly line, I think I'll be fine. Next up is dan, sometimes, sometimes the diabetics get all the medicine. I'm gotta wait just kidding I'm just kidding, I waited for the shortages to be over people. I don't want to stay stay out of my threads next to Dan dan. Here's your resolution from last year, Dan, what you got one for twenty twenty three, twenty twenty three. My resolution is to not merely in the

here's the resolution section of this blackout every year. We really do come up with them in real time. Okay, but that's it! That's it! Well! You know what you're the playback next year is not going to be as weird debatable. I want to add some context, which is two years ago. I went first in my resolution with something very basic that I was going to start playing. Pickup basketball, I get then right after we went love it, who gave a very extent if vulnerable, take on how he's improved his mental health and how he wanted to focus on it. His post pandemic that we're supposed to be coming out of the pandemic. It was it was, it was very thoughtful. Then we get to our show last year and they played love. It's first and then mine did not age. Well, the mind was like to find joy and meaning in the small things in dance like dribble, dribble, dribble yeah. I want to shoot more, but then I will admit that ninety minutes

it's just that I'm glad you're. First, I asked you if you would tell me what made resolution was because, like the nerdy, is he preference by listening? last year's pot on the way to the idea and eighty nine minutes before that. I took my wife to say I needed here is a solution for this year and I was about to tell them that he's like, because just I can't do it last minute and then I was like you know what I can't tell you. You already have done it last year I have already failed already filled. This is going great so next year, I'm not going to that one again, because I will fail to get so. I've got to set something. I have a at least a slightly. Since this is the most like matter resolute. I never heard of my life just like looking through marriage. The thing I really want to work on this year is re. Gaining some central of my attention span. Greece has. I I really have that. I trust me I looked at the order

script minds close waken like their public debate.

When they ask, which president is your role model, you have to make sure you're not last and probably gonna make kenya cool. If you're going to do it's interesting, you gotta come before Jon Favreau. Here, though, I do feel post pandemic post two kids, my attention man really has ah shortened and that I it's I'm not reading enough stuff. I have spent too much time with podcasts in my ears, aren't listening center podcast to be very clear, just not like him and try to find more time when I'm not like do it in the car, not like walking around doing the dishes. I want to spend less time on social media. I want to thank elon musk for making that somewhat easier, but I really like I I talk about all the time. I really do need to turn the notifications for a lot of stuff off my phone, or at least the non sports notifications of iphone. That's great. I like that lily Allen. Alright, here's what I said last year resolution for me and I you can roll your eyes

I'm gonna volunteer more and I know I know, but I feel like by saying it out loud like this. I'm gonna be held accountable and like it's one of those things you always want to do but, like I gotta, actually go out and do it on a ring. If you have a non profit organization, a charity whenever allowing word only eighty thy show his show of unique on favours time message. Human social media hair bodies can address here that silence. That's a sound of not being ladle. I just want to help. You know. I've never wished on a new year's resolution as hard as ripped of mackerel. Eyes

did zero voluntary. How buddy way that is not your eye where they went at our. I never thought that is valid. I wonder at every year is the sort of footprints. Next we did its hunting with Emily him. I thought about that. That's the last few years ago, that was for their birthday not through years ago. So I guess I had the same thought, tommy and m, and we did obviously not contours louisville and end up. At that moment, counting because that's like it, if you film it for social yeah exactly so I just fucked up and I didn't donate a lot, which is exactly what I told myself I couldn't do but like that is the things you you're like. I don't have the time, so I'm just going to donate money. Instead, it's not a good substitute. I mean it's a fine substitute, it's better than nothing, but I fucked it up, so maybe I'll volunteer. She does not reflections about me yeah. I was wondering whether myself in twenty years, I can't help others

myself! Well, that's where you have to start a thousand carefully ohio somebody else. We cannot stop there have. My apartment resolution is like similar to Dan's, which is my attention spans gone. I have a a a strategy which is, I want to take like a a walked twenty to thirty minutes a day, maybe a couple of days a week realistically, where I don't bring my phone and I don't listen to anything on tiktok the silent, walk, yeah, the silent, walk and cause I've done it a few times over the last year. You know, and it actually does like clear out your head makes you feel better slows everything down in its its- and I think next year, especially with the election and about to have two kids could use the time. So I'm going to hopefully take just a little time for myself just

around with my thoughts. Casual unquestioned, just sui put puts safety into this sure. Do you remember the went for a walk in you fell and break your shoulder, yet no digital yeah, no I'm digital digital still dealing with Liam palmer's. You call for help. I I limped, oh okay, alright can I can I ask, can I add something to your resolution? I'd like to issue a challenge right now, then here's my challenge. Can you promised us right now than the twenty twenty for a volunteer? Once you know, I don't care. As now this is about is about you. I want you to promise to my listeners that you will not use your phone at the urinal. I want you to make a promise that promise do not you're not going to you. Can that is time that can be just for you say: I've walked into the bathroom and Can you use your phone at the urinal because they're like a little gander at your own deck, like what am I missing out on your thoughts and your hearts thought

it's time to look at your phone or the perfect time to look at your great time check. Note no you're, not in that kind of alright. Alright. Alright, I have I I did the this is all from offline challenge, but then, once in a while, I just go to the bathroom without the phone. It is nice. without the phone to the bathroom yeah a little treat, because if they're, just you and the penis hailed friends, sorry I've been so distracted. I should be more present with you anyway. Walks alone for volunteering? Basically, basically yeah you just you want to do the part where you're not on your phone all the time, but you wanted to help anybody know, as I listened democratisation from last year and knew what I was going to do. Well, this year I was just like oh I'm, an asshole, but anyway finally tommy you were out during our resolutions and so last year, so we thought we'd try something different and let the

discord member submit one for you now as come on. Don't worry. It's not funny wanted to suggest its genuine This is china, so you're going to hit it even more. This is from Erica a few years ago, when the republicans here in north carolina did some fucker with a bunch of constitutional amendments. I used my socials to cover an amendment each week and it felt like I was just shouting into a vacuum, but then a coworker came up to me in late october and asked where my amendment update was so. I want to use this year. Whatever platform I do have to make sure people know that I can and will tell them what's at stake, tommy. What do you think does that feel doable using your platforms to tell people what's at stake. I mean that's very nice. I feel like I do a lot of that yeah what what what the fuck else are. We doing this whole podcast, and I guess I don't think she's challenge she's not in chastise or challenge this is about her. I think yeah Philly. This is supposed to be adversarial. That's what we do now with the listeners with you.

Hey interesting. Why do you feel that was funny? What a funny reactions going to talk or to discord get to talk for me to target great. I do want to again say to John Genji thinks they invented walking without headphone. So I just do that just while important to silent walk, I have a few because I'm the anti dan in this next year. I want to skip this recording again so that I cannot be held accountable once again to I somehow got on a list that has led me to get dozens of cold emails from random tech consultants. I want to find that list, destroy it and destroy whoever created Do not get the first resolution. I do. The first resolution is too dues to not do something in the second resolution. To unsubscribe from some, do you get them for you? You get them here to murder, somewhat timid, you get them from people tend to solicit crooked. Yes, specifically, it's like hey John,

to talk to you about your bob, our lives, and then I and then I don't respond because I pay I'm not gonna respond to fucking people who email me who I dont know most out of the blue to solicit me. I think lighter responded in a week later you get here, John just following up, would love to do a thing like that, with a link for you to click. for their own calendar and then sometimes you get like the fourth or fifth email. It's like hey john. If you don't want to talk to me or there's someone better at the company to talk to just. Let me know it's like no fuck, you! Well, that's it. Right. I take up bothering, if you're coming to me directly to ask about business irene. Oh you know the kind of person by should we do this right. Now you, if you're coming to me, you made a mistake, learned a good resolution apparently the tweet younger, that's it's a problem me, I think, trying to tweet younger is gonna to be appropriate. I was, I would try to thread contemporary brutal too.

read the treaty under. They need our, let it boil. I wanted finally convince you guys that January six was an inside john you. I've been run in pushing this bolder up they'll. I want a force myself to stay in bed, until five thirty in the morning, oh no, oh god does not visiting insomnia between january to walks outside, and you wanted to sleep till five. Thirty members, I get to contemplate it out and go to the mall. I heard about sleeping it's about training, your body, that you don't get a reward. If you get up at four fifteen, you fucking style. I think you do You have you read the text as a lot closer to those of other news. Like I have said, we re really bad policy. for by sends me I'm not on this change. I want to win elections Jesus. What I want to hang out with my daughter, more

I got a problem with that once you take it up with her one years old when you're, when you're like it's a year and change now a year and a day, What is the relation there's just seems to be a way to end I feel like, and you did a bunch of resolutions. Not one of them showed a shred of vulnerability or desire to change, I'm sorry taking a shot we were jogging earlier about the time time it did. The resolution that was like going to work out we're gonna need mortal I've, never triggered you time. Eighty I got my region. I would have worked out less anymore, junk food.

come back later and say, failed out, veiled, I've got it out and ebay will get the sweets us with my son and ongoing, and even when we have a very right, that's our schoeffer today in this year. Those upon these those are the others. Where resolutions we should hold each other accountable. Everyone have a fantastic holiday, fantastic new We'll see in two thousand twenty five out when now nope nope yeah leave it at that anyway, would be awesome. Yeah wake me up. Wake me up before september, we'll see in twenty twenty four by, pod save america is a cricket media production. Our producers are livia martinez and David Toledo. Our associate producer is fair. Safari writing support from Halley keefer reach. Ireland is our executive producer. The show is mixed in edited by andrew chadwick. Jordan. Canter is our sound engineer with

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