August 5, 2025 • 24 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Broadcasting from the Civic Cipher Studios. Welcome to the QR Code,
where we share perspective, seek understanding, and shape outcomes. The
man you're about to hear from is a man that
stays tapped into the culture, a man who keeps me
younger than I ever expected. He is the Q in
the QR Code. He goes by the name of q Ward.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
The voice you just heard might be the best man
or one of the best men I've ever met. Honored
to call him my brother, and couldn't see myself on
this journey with anyone else. He goes by the name
Ramses John.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
And we need you to stick around because we are
in for a show. Definitely want you to stick around
for later on in the show because we're going to
be talking to legendary actor Michael JI.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
White.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
He's going to join us a little later to discuss
his new film trouble Man, co starring Method Man and
Mike Epps. But we're also going to be talking about
the African roots of martial arts, which is something I
didn't know about until you know, I saw this film,
and I'm excited to ask him why He challenges the
(01:05):
use of the in word in his films, among other questions.
He's just a really prolific actor and someone who's really
bringing a lot of important elements to the national conversation
through his art, and so we're excited to have that
conversation with him later on the show. But we're also
going to be talking about what's going on in Texas.
The latest development is the governor of Texas called for
(01:30):
the arrest of Democratic state senators for a political maneuver
that they're doing to block the jerrymandering and redistricting of
their I guess their districts to create more Republican seats
ahead of the midterms. And then to start off the show,
(01:51):
we're going to be talking about how far Maga will
go to defend Donald Trump. So a lot in store,
but as always, we start with a feel good feature,
and today's feel good feature comes from the root, so
I will share who's coming to say black women. Black women,
of course, in the midst of a silent economic crisis
that has pushed over three hundred thousand black women out
(02:13):
of the workforce, Award winning business leader Malicia Butterfield isn't
waiting on policy to catch up. She recently launched the
Global State of Women Rapid Relief Fund because, as she
puts it, black women have carried enough. Now she's leading
the charge to give black women the relief they deserve
real quick. I want to make it a point here
that these three hundred thousand black women leaving the workforce
(02:35):
has never happened in modern history ever. And this is
a direct result of Trump and Republican attacks on diversity, equity,
inclusion initiatives and removing nonpartisan of folks from the government
workforce to install loyalists. So this is a direct reflection
of Trump's policies and Republican policies. All right, I'll continue
(02:56):
with the article. With over twenty five years of leadership,
including previous roles as by President of Global Partnerships at Google,
co President of the Recording Atomy Academy Slash Grammys, and
Deputy Director of Public Affairs for International Trade under the
Obama administration, Butterfield says the staggering six percent unemployment rate
among black women is a wake up call, prompting her
to launch the Global State of Women Rapid Relief Fund.
(03:17):
The fund promotes financial support that's sure to come fast,
directly and with dignity. The relief campaign, curated by Butterfield
and in her company Seed Media, has raised over three
thousand dollars within just twelve hours, with the ultimate goal
to meet or surpass one hundred thousand dollars within a month.
Quote people want to show up, but they just don't
know how, and so this is one way to do
it unquote, the award winning business leaders said, adding that
(03:41):
half the donors were black men.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Quote.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Black men that we know and trust are just quietly
giving unquote. Butterfield confirmed a Global State of Women Relief
Fund offers emergency cash assistance to black women facing financial
hardship from job loss, under employment, or unexpected crisis. Quote
where whether it's gross rent, childcare, or transit, were helping
women breathe again unquote. So uh yeah, that feels a
(04:09):
little bit better. All right, So let's get back to
Maga Mega Republicans.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
So funny story.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Q and I were.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Doing what we do.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
We're constantly in communication getting prepared to do this show
for you every day, and Q sent over a post
from dial Hughley, and the post was, it's one of
those gag reels, right or like a joke scenario. You
can help me set this up to you if I say
something wrong, just jumping and help me out. But basically,
(04:46):
they took a group of people and asked them to
weigh in on some recent comments that Donald Trump had
that had come to light that Donald Trump had made
in the past. Right, So the real part of this
equation are the people. These are bona fide, true to
(05:06):
life MAGA supporters. The gag part is Donald Trump's Donald
Trump's voice, and we're gonna play this for you, so
you're gonna hear it. So everything Donald Trump is saying
in these clips is probably just a voice generator.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
But the people's reaction to it is real.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
And what this did is give us a lens into
how MAGA continues to rationalize their support of Donald Trump
despite evidence that he is a vile human being according
(05:46):
to many people, and even according to them. And you'll
hear them say that, or they will talk around it,
of course.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
And so.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Let's just get into the video and then we will
I want to share some other data points so that
we can have this properly framed before we get into it.
So here we go.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
We're gonna start out, and I want to share some
leaked audio. And you know this is audio of Trump
saying some things, and we need your candid thoughts on
what to do.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
Right.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
This is not out at this point, but we need
to have a plan in place on how to react
and respond to the stuff if it is in the media.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
So look, I need cameras in the dressing room, you know,
cameras on the wall, cameras on the floor aimed up
at their whatevers.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
I want the best cameras set.
Speaker 5 (06:40):
Up by the best Chinamen.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Yeah, that could be a violations to make sure that
they say they I mean, look, I can't be there
all day. I'll just start grabbing them, be reading for them.
I mean, I'm a man the beautiful women.
Speaker 4 (06:56):
It's totally natural.
Speaker 5 (06:57):
You know.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Sometimes I'll walk in naked. Then we're wrong, they file
a complaining against me, I can file it right back
at them. Jew lawyer told me that one we.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
Need to have a plan in place on how to
react and respond to this stuff if it ends in
the media.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Well, this is obviously old before you decided he was
going to be a politician. I personally don't care. I
just I just don't care.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
I like it because he says all.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
I like it because he says all.
Speaker 4 (07:30):
I love it when he says what everybody thinks and
won't say. And with that personality, it goes those kind
of comments most of the time as a man.
Speaker 5 (07:38):
I know, I've been in a situation where we've done
lots of rooms and we've been this man talking. I've
done it, said it, They've done it, said it. I've
been around plenty of man professional I mean, you name it.
Every man has something, says something to the effects you know.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
That they'd like to put the capra a change it.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
All right, we're going to move on to the next.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
We'll be back with lots more of Donald Trump. Don't
go ahead? Okay?
Speaker 3 (08:07):
So am I doing all right, Larry, because I'm a
little woozy. I just get back from giving blood for
this paternity test.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
So what do they have to say?
Speaker 3 (08:15):
It's for Evanka. I'm double checking that she's really my daughter.
You know, I don't want to go on my whole
life and find out that she was fair game after all.
You know, boy, it's just that she's voluptuous, successful, and
you know, frankly, I heard.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
She's great in bed.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
And we're back in five okay, or does oral counts interest?
We're back with Donald probably all over the board tonight.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
Okay, so how do you feel about this one? He's
complimenting his daughter like.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
In his Yes, it's crass because that is his own daughter.
He's still he's still, he's still a human male as
a male.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
I do, and.
Speaker 5 (08:57):
You see, I do.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
You see some things like okay, you you get it.
That's plenty right there. And I know you couldn't see that,
but just visually these people are. They're visually uncomfortable when
the audio is being played, but then they get right
back to defending him. So I'm going to share one
thing from this is from an article from Psychology Today
(09:20):
in twenty nineteen.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
And again check it out for yourself.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
But psychology today, we've all rationalized bad decisions, whether it
was buying something you couldn't afford or didn't need, doing
something you knew was wrong, or opting out of something
you shouldn't have or you.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Should have done. Sorry.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
We always seem to be able to justify our decisions.
But when we make these kinds of decisions, we deceive
ourselves into believing that there's a logic behind them. Sometimes
we're oblivious to this deception, and sometimes deep down we know.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
What we're doing.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
There are two factors that need to be considered when
asking ourselves why we rationalize poor decisions. One, we are
all emotional beings that more often than not act on intuitive,
go level decision making. And two, we don't like to
be wrong, but don't be fooled here. The second factor
is directly linked to the first. We don't like to
be wrong, sure, but why Well, it's about protecting our ego,
(10:12):
protecting the manner in which we perceive ourselves and how
we feel about ourselves. With that, a good way of
looking at rationalization is as a defense mechanism used to
facilitate what we want or how we want to feel,
while at the same time preserving a positive self perception
in the face of a poor decision.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Okay, so.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
This is something that you've talked about at length, Q,
about the lengths that mag of people will go to
to continue to justify.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Their support of.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Donald Trump, and I know you have plenty to offer
this conversation.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Well, what you see on the video as something that
we've discussed and is called cognitive dissonance. Yeah, you said
something earlier that I want to correct. They don't ever
admit out loud that what he's saying is vile. You
said that they admitted it. They don't. You can look
at them and tell that they know they feel that way. Yeah,
But the cognitive dissonance is knowing that it's vile, feeling
(11:13):
that like cringing because oh my god, he just said
that about his daughter. But I've been banging this Maga
flag for you know what I'm saying, from the ninety
nine to the two thousand. So I have to keep
going this way. Yeah, even when he crosses the line.
(11:35):
I have to keep going this way because I've been
banging on people. I've been owning the libs. I've been
you know, I've been boasting at work. I've been at
family dinners and cookouts and made fun of coworkers. And
I have a ten foot Maga flag and a ten
(11:56):
foot Trump flag and a ten foot ten foot Confederate
flag on my truck. So I gotta I gotta go
down with the ship like the band on the Titanic. Yeah.
And the thing that kind of bothered me about that,
though they could have played real stuff, Yeah, it wouldn't have.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
Been a problem, but they didn't have to make up stuff.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Well, they didn't make up anything he said. He talks
about dating his own daughter all the time, He talked
about walking in on teenage contestants when they undressed at
his pageant, at his pageants all the time. They didn't
have to make up some vile thing that he said
(12:39):
we heard that grab him by. They could play the
actual audio of him saying almost literally the same things.
But I think they doubted up, but not just to
show that it doesn't matter what you play. It doesn't
matter what he says, it doesn't matter what he does.
That cognitive dissonance will kick in and they will find
a way to defend him. It's a really interesting thing
(13:01):
on the video, and we got to post this somewhere
so people can see it. We're right after defending him
for putting the cameras to look up teenage girls. Yeah, yeah,
right after they defend him for that. He then they
then played the audio of him talking about seeing if
(13:24):
his daughter is really his daughter, because he's heard she's
great in bed, and you watch one of the women
on there, like, oh my god, she almost like if
you see her face, she just like craws into herself.
So when it's time for them to talk, all right,
I gotta get back on my maga because it's you know,
it's maga to the wheels fall off. But don't tell
(13:48):
them that they're because you're the one that's tripping. Yeah,
you know what I mean. Like it's it's lost calls, bro,
they don't. That's really sad.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
All right. Well, moving on to some more maga folks. Here,
Texas governor calls for arrests of Democratic state senators. Here
we are here, we are, Okay, I'm just going to
give you kind of the talking point. I'm going to
share this from CNN because I'm sure this you might
(14:24):
know about this story already because this is every headline.
But from CNN again, the Texas House speaker said he
signed a civil sorry, he signed civil arrest warrants for
Democrats who did not show up to the special session
that they held. Okay, so the civil arrest warrants are
already signed. Dozens of Democrats fled the state in a
(14:47):
bid to block the Republican effort to redraw congressional districts
in the GOP's favor, and officials are warning that they
could face consequences. Okay, so this is and I think
some of this stuff from yesterday. That was posted, all right.
The Texas House is set to convene again tomorrow afternoon
(15:08):
after it didn't reach quorum earlier today, so this would
have been posted yesterday, so they should be convening this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
All right. Here's a quick recap.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
The Texas Constitution requires two thirds of the state House
present to conduct the legislative business, so without dozens of
Democrats there could be there could not be a vote
on the new map. Republicans face a narrow margin in
the US House, and the new map would eliminate five
Democratic seats ahead of the midterms. The effort to redraw
(15:41):
the district lines was pushed by President Donald Trump. So
this is sometimes when you know jerrymandering takes place, they
try to hide it, they try to justify it, they
try to, you know, something like that. In this instance,
they're not trying to do that. Everyone knows that this is.
This is so the Republicans get more seats. So it
(16:05):
is not a takeover in practice. It is kind of
now a takeover in name, like a full throated It's
a scary thing to witness. All right, let's keep reading
threats from the governor. Greg Abbott has ordered the state's
Department of Public Safety to arrest the Democrats and Texas
(16:26):
rangers to investigate those who fled out of state. Earlier,
Abbot warned that Democrats who left Texas could have to
forfeit their seats in the legislature and potentially face bribery
charges if they accept donations to help pay the five
hundred dollars fine for each day they miss. Okay, So
this guy is I don't think that he views these
(16:50):
people as Texans anymore duly elected Texans by Texans. He
just views them as his opposition, is his enemies. Is
the way he's approaching it is crazy, all right, let
me keep going. Civil arrest warrants.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
So the lawmakers who were at the session this would
have been yesterday passed emotion authorizing the House speaker to
issue civil warrants for the arrest of Democrats who did
not attend. Speaker Destin Burroughs said he signed them and
was working with Texas law enforcement to locate members. However,
legal experts say the civil arrest warrants are likely unenforceable
(17:28):
outside of state lines. Most of the lawmakers fled to
Democratic led states. New York Illinois, Massachusetts. Okay, And then
looking ahead, there's another point. The Chamber will reconvene one pm.
That would be today. According to Burroughs, lawmakers are meeting
under a special session that can last for only thirty
days in the current session only in August nineteenth, all right,
(17:50):
And another couple points here some Democrats who left the state.
All right. State Representative John Boosey said today that he
and other Democrats were running into the fight to stand
up for democracy rather than running away from it, because
that's what folks were trying to say. State Representative James
tall Rico said he's fighting for his constituents and that
(18:13):
if law enforcement arrest him, he will go peacefully. State
Representative Linda Garcia said she is not worried about the
threats and that she was hired by the people in
our district to do what is in their best interests. Okay.
The wider implications, it says other Republican led states are
considering following Texas's lead as democratic governors weigh their options
to retaliate with their own mid decade redistrict and efforts.
(18:35):
So again, here we are qu you saw this coming.
I don't really know how else to say it. This
is a scary thing. This is probably one of the
scarier things that we've ever covered. I hope it's not
as bad as I know it is, or doesn't end
(18:58):
up as bad as I know it could. That's probably
the right way they say it, But this feels crazy
to me.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Your thoughts here. In the last segment, we listened to
MAGA supporters find a way to do the mental gymnastics
to support and defend their president no matter what. And
just like with that story, I would just like for
(19:26):
listeners to imagine if Barack Obama was saying those same things,
how that exact, same room of people, same exact audio,
but Barack's voice would have responded. And I want you
to take that same mind state and imagine if a
democratic governor not only did the same thing, but then
(19:54):
threatened to have everyone who disagreed with him arrested, and
then the other lawmakers go into action to make that happen.
Because people have always said ridiculous things about people they
don't like, but once upon a time we could have
shrugged them off as ridiculous. Except the new administration has
(20:17):
made a normal thing of weaponizing the people against your
political enemies, and now that checks and balances don't exist anymore,
weaponizing the government and law enforcement and the military against
people who disagree with you. So rams as you say,
this is the scariest thing. This isn't scarer than sending
the Marines to protesters. Oh, I said, one of the
(20:39):
scariest things, one of scarier things. But it's very time,
scary time. I agree with this being one of the
scariest things. We've been paying too much attention for that
to be how we feel. My children can't go to
school without being afraid that they might you know what
I mean. Like this, Yeah, this is scary that lawmakers
might have to faia law enforcement, but it's not more
(21:02):
scary than someone who looks like your eye walking down
the street and a man in a mask, in a
tactical vestent and an assault rifle. Maybe law enforcement maybe not.
Can just ride up snatch them. People can be their
witness it and won't do anything, can't do anything, scared
of doing anything, don't want to get arrested themselves. Kind
of like this is this is part of the course.
(21:24):
Now everything is scary. This is what I've been saying
for months. All of it it's very scary. None of
it is normal. None of it is Hey, let's just
go to work tomorrow. And that's what I'm saying. This
hypernormalization of what's going on, all of it should be terrifying,
all of it. This is not new rhetoric. This is
not a new strategy. This is not a new way
of thinking. This is not a new way of Republicans
(21:44):
expressing their dissent to anybody who doesn't think, or act
or believe exactly as they do. Like I keep saying,
they are all aligned on doing, saying, reacting to putting
forth legislation. That's all in the exact same line. Project
twenty five. Project twenty twenty five was a playbook. They
(22:06):
all got all nine hundred million pages of it, and
they are all following it to a letter, all of them. Meanwhile,
Kamala wasn't black enough, but Rock didn't do enough specifically
for black people. And the list goes on and on
and on of the nitpicks and the scrutiny and the
cannibalization of each other that we do finding the one
(22:29):
thing wrong with each other and the one thing wrong
with each other's bleachs. And I don't like the church
you go to. I don't like the person you want
to marry. I don't like the books you let your
kids read. That's all of us on the same team,
quote unquote those that oppose us, that's none of that.
They are unified on their mission, the same talking points,
(22:49):
the same responses to the same playbook, the same everything.
That's how they can break the law out loud in
front of everybody on tape and nothing happens because they've
promoted elected and organized people who all have the exact
(23:11):
same agenda, and they're all moving forward with that agenda.
So here we are.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
Yeah, you know what's funny is because I hear in
my mind's ear Malcolm X's voice saying that, you know,
we're not outnumbered, we're out organized. And you know, to
your point about all of them being able to lean
into the cognitive dissonance and the rationalization that they do
(23:46):
despite knowing that it's poor decision making. They got that
figured out, and the rest of us we were looking
for perfection. They're looking for a justification for the wrong decision.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
I guess you stole words out of my mouth.
Broadcasting from the Civic Cipher Studios. Welcome to the QR Code,
where we share perspective, seek understanding, and shape outcomes. The
man you're about to hear from is a man that
stays tapped into the culture, a man who keeps me
younger than I ever expected. He is the Q in
the QR Code. He goes by the name of q Ward.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
The voice you just heard might be the best man
or one of the best men I've ever met. Honored
to call him my brother, and couldn't see myself on
this journey with anyone else. He goes by the name
Ramses John.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
And we need you to stick around because we are
in for a show. Definitely want you to stick around
for later on in the show because we're going to
be talking to legendary actor Michael JI.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
White.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
He's going to join us a little later to discuss
his new film trouble Man, co starring Method Man and
Mike Epps. But we're also going to be talking about
the African roots of martial arts, which is something I
didn't know about until you know, I saw this film,
and I'm excited to ask him why He challenges the
(01:05):
use of the in word in his films, among other questions.
He's just a really prolific actor and someone who's really
bringing a lot of important elements to the national conversation
through his art, and so we're excited to have that
conversation with him later on the show. But we're also
going to be talking about what's going on in Texas.
The latest development is the governor of Texas called for
(01:30):
the arrest of Democratic state senators for a political maneuver
that they're doing to block the jerrymandering and redistricting of
their I guess their districts to create more Republican seats
ahead of the midterms. And then to start off the show,
(01:51):
we're going to be talking about how far Maga will
go to defend Donald Trump. So a lot in store,
but as always, we start with a feel good feature,
and today's feel good feature comes from the root, so
I will share who's coming to say black women. Black women,
of course, in the midst of a silent economic crisis
that has pushed over three hundred thousand black women out
(02:13):
of the workforce, Award winning business leader Malicia Butterfield isn't
waiting on policy to catch up. She recently launched the
Global State of Women Rapid Relief Fund because, as she
puts it, black women have carried enough. Now she's leading
the charge to give black women the relief they deserve
real quick. I want to make it a point here
that these three hundred thousand black women leaving the workforce
(02:35):
has never happened in modern history ever. And this is
a direct result of Trump and Republican attacks on diversity, equity,
inclusion initiatives and removing nonpartisan of folks from the government
workforce to install loyalists. So this is a direct reflection
of Trump's policies and Republican policies. All right, I'll continue
(02:56):
with the article. With over twenty five years of leadership,
including previous roles as by President of Global Partnerships at Google,
co President of the Recording Atomy Academy Slash Grammys, and
Deputy Director of Public Affairs for International Trade under the
Obama administration, Butterfield says the staggering six percent unemployment rate
among black women is a wake up call, prompting her
to launch the Global State of Women Rapid Relief Fund.
(03:17):
The fund promotes financial support that's sure to come fast,
directly and with dignity. The relief campaign, curated by Butterfield
and in her company Seed Media, has raised over three
thousand dollars within just twelve hours, with the ultimate goal
to meet or surpass one hundred thousand dollars within a month.
Quote people want to show up, but they just don't
know how, and so this is one way to do
it unquote, the award winning business leaders said, adding that
(03:41):
half the donors were black men.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Quote.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Black men that we know and trust are just quietly
giving unquote. Butterfield confirmed a Global State of Women Relief
Fund offers emergency cash assistance to black women facing financial
hardship from job loss, under employment, or unexpected crisis. Quote
where whether it's gross rent, childcare, or transit, were helping
women breathe again unquote. So uh yeah, that feels a
(04:09):
little bit better. All right, So let's get back to
Maga Mega Republicans.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
So funny story.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Q and I were.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Doing what we do.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
We're constantly in communication getting prepared to do this show
for you every day, and Q sent over a post
from dial Hughley, and the post was, it's one of
those gag reels, right or like a joke scenario. You
can help me set this up to you if I say
something wrong, just jumping and help me out. But basically,
(04:46):
they took a group of people and asked them to
weigh in on some recent comments that Donald Trump had
that had come to light that Donald Trump had made
in the past. Right, So the real part of this
equation are the people. These are bona fide, true to
(05:06):
life MAGA supporters. The gag part is Donald Trump's Donald
Trump's voice, and we're gonna play this for you, so
you're gonna hear it. So everything Donald Trump is saying
in these clips is probably just a voice generator.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
But the people's reaction to it is real.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
And what this did is give us a lens into
how MAGA continues to rationalize their support of Donald Trump
despite evidence that he is a vile human being according
(05:46):
to many people, and even according to them. And you'll
hear them say that, or they will talk around it,
of course.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
And so.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Let's just get into the video and then we will
I want to share some other data points so that
we can have this properly framed before we get into it.
So here we go.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
We're gonna start out, and I want to share some
leaked audio. And you know this is audio of Trump
saying some things, and we need your candid thoughts on
what to do.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
Right.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
This is not out at this point, but we need
to have a plan in place on how to react
and respond to the stuff if it is in the media.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
So look, I need cameras in the dressing room, you know,
cameras on the wall, cameras on the floor aimed up
at their whatevers.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
I want the best cameras set.
Speaker 5 (06:40):
Up by the best Chinamen.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Yeah, that could be a violations to make sure that
they say they I mean, look, I can't be there
all day. I'll just start grabbing them, be reading for them.
I mean, I'm a man the beautiful women.
Speaker 4 (06:56):
It's totally natural.
Speaker 5 (06:57):
You know.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Sometimes I'll walk in naked. Then we're wrong, they file
a complaining against me, I can file it right back
at them. Jew lawyer told me that one we.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
Need to have a plan in place on how to
react and respond to this stuff if it ends in
the media.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Well, this is obviously old before you decided he was
going to be a politician. I personally don't care. I
just I just don't care.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
I like it because he says all.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
I like it because he says all.
Speaker 4 (07:30):
I love it when he says what everybody thinks and
won't say. And with that personality, it goes those kind
of comments most of the time as a man.
Speaker 5 (07:38):
I know, I've been in a situation where we've done
lots of rooms and we've been this man talking. I've
done it, said it, They've done it, said it. I've
been around plenty of man professional I mean, you name it.
Every man has something, says something to the effects you know.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
That they'd like to put the capra a change it.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
All right, we're going to move on to the next.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
We'll be back with lots more of Donald Trump. Don't
go ahead? Okay?
Speaker 3 (08:07):
So am I doing all right, Larry, because I'm a
little woozy. I just get back from giving blood for
this paternity test.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
So what do they have to say?
Speaker 3 (08:15):
It's for Evanka. I'm double checking that she's really my daughter.
You know, I don't want to go on my whole
life and find out that she was fair game after all.
You know, boy, it's just that she's voluptuous, successful, and
you know, frankly, I heard.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
She's great in bed.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
And we're back in five okay, or does oral counts interest?
We're back with Donald probably all over the board tonight.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
Okay, so how do you feel about this one? He's
complimenting his daughter like.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
In his Yes, it's crass because that is his own daughter.
He's still he's still, he's still a human male as
a male.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
I do, and.
Speaker 5 (08:57):
You see, I do.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
You see some things like okay, you you get it.
That's plenty right there. And I know you couldn't see that,
but just visually these people are. They're visually uncomfortable when
the audio is being played, but then they get right
back to defending him. So I'm going to share one
thing from this is from an article from Psychology Today
(09:20):
in twenty nineteen.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
And again check it out for yourself.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
But psychology today, we've all rationalized bad decisions, whether it
was buying something you couldn't afford or didn't need, doing
something you knew was wrong, or opting out of something
you shouldn't have or you.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Should have done. Sorry.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
We always seem to be able to justify our decisions.
But when we make these kinds of decisions, we deceive
ourselves into believing that there's a logic behind them. Sometimes
we're oblivious to this deception, and sometimes deep down we know.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
What we're doing.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
There are two factors that need to be considered when
asking ourselves why we rationalize poor decisions. One, we are
all emotional beings that more often than not act on intuitive,
go level decision making. And two, we don't like to
be wrong, but don't be fooled here. The second factor
is directly linked to the first. We don't like to
be wrong, sure, but why Well, it's about protecting our ego,
(10:12):
protecting the manner in which we perceive ourselves and how
we feel about ourselves. With that, a good way of
looking at rationalization is as a defense mechanism used to
facilitate what we want or how we want to feel,
while at the same time preserving a positive self perception
in the face of a poor decision.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Okay, so.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
This is something that you've talked about at length, Q,
about the lengths that mag of people will go to
to continue to justify.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Their support of.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Donald Trump, and I know you have plenty to offer
this conversation.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Well, what you see on the video as something that
we've discussed and is called cognitive dissonance. Yeah, you said
something earlier that I want to correct. They don't ever
admit out loud that what he's saying is vile. You
said that they admitted it. They don't. You can look
at them and tell that they know they feel that way. Yeah,
But the cognitive dissonance is knowing that it's vile, feeling
(11:13):
that like cringing because oh my god, he just said
that about his daughter. But I've been banging this Maga
flag for you know what I'm saying, from the ninety
nine to the two thousand. So I have to keep
going this way. Yeah, even when he crosses the line.
(11:35):
I have to keep going this way because I've been
banging on people. I've been owning the libs. I've been
you know, I've been boasting at work. I've been at
family dinners and cookouts and made fun of coworkers. And
I have a ten foot Maga flag and a ten
(11:56):
foot Trump flag and a ten foot ten foot Confederate
flag on my truck. So I gotta I gotta go
down with the ship like the band on the Titanic. Yeah.
And the thing that kind of bothered me about that,
though they could have played real stuff, Yeah, it wouldn't have.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
Been a problem, but they didn't have to make up stuff.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Well, they didn't make up anything he said. He talks
about dating his own daughter all the time, He talked
about walking in on teenage contestants when they undressed at
his pageant, at his pageants all the time. They didn't
have to make up some vile thing that he said
(12:39):
we heard that grab him by. They could play the
actual audio of him saying almost literally the same things.
But I think they doubted up, but not just to
show that it doesn't matter what you play. It doesn't
matter what he says, it doesn't matter what he does.
That cognitive dissonance will kick in and they will find
a way to defend him. It's a really interesting thing
(13:01):
on the video, and we got to post this somewhere
so people can see it. We're right after defending him
for putting the cameras to look up teenage girls. Yeah, yeah,
right after they defend him for that. He then they
then played the audio of him talking about seeing if
(13:24):
his daughter is really his daughter, because he's heard she's
great in bed, and you watch one of the women
on there, like, oh my god, she almost like if
you see her face, she just like craws into herself.
So when it's time for them to talk, all right,
I gotta get back on my maga because it's you know,
it's maga to the wheels fall off. But don't tell
(13:48):
them that they're because you're the one that's tripping. Yeah,
you know what I mean. Like it's it's lost calls, bro,
they don't. That's really sad.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
All right. Well, moving on to some more maga folks. Here,
Texas governor calls for arrests of Democratic state senators. Here
we are here, we are, Okay, I'm just going to
give you kind of the talking point. I'm going to
share this from CNN because I'm sure this you might
(14:24):
know about this story already because this is every headline.
But from CNN again, the Texas House speaker said he
signed a civil sorry, he signed civil arrest warrants for
Democrats who did not show up to the special session
that they held. Okay, so the civil arrest warrants are
already signed. Dozens of Democrats fled the state in a
(14:47):
bid to block the Republican effort to redraw congressional districts
in the GOP's favor, and officials are warning that they
could face consequences. Okay, so this is and I think
some of this stuff from yesterday. That was posted, all right.
The Texas House is set to convene again tomorrow afternoon
(15:08):
after it didn't reach quorum earlier today, so this would
have been posted yesterday, so they should be convening this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
All right. Here's a quick recap.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
The Texas Constitution requires two thirds of the state House
present to conduct the legislative business, so without dozens of
Democrats there could be there could not be a vote
on the new map. Republicans face a narrow margin in
the US House, and the new map would eliminate five
Democratic seats ahead of the midterms. The effort to redraw
(15:41):
the district lines was pushed by President Donald Trump. So
this is sometimes when you know jerrymandering takes place, they
try to hide it, they try to justify it, they
try to, you know, something like that. In this instance,
they're not trying to do that. Everyone knows that this is.
This is so the Republicans get more seats. So it
(16:05):
is not a takeover in practice. It is kind of
now a takeover in name, like a full throated It's
a scary thing to witness. All right, let's keep reading
threats from the governor. Greg Abbott has ordered the state's
Department of Public Safety to arrest the Democrats and Texas
(16:26):
rangers to investigate those who fled out of state. Earlier,
Abbot warned that Democrats who left Texas could have to
forfeit their seats in the legislature and potentially face bribery
charges if they accept donations to help pay the five
hundred dollars fine for each day they miss. Okay, So
this guy is I don't think that he views these
(16:50):
people as Texans anymore duly elected Texans by Texans. He
just views them as his opposition, is his enemies. Is
the way he's approaching it is crazy, all right, let
me keep going. Civil arrest warrants.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
So the lawmakers who were at the session this would
have been yesterday passed emotion authorizing the House speaker to
issue civil warrants for the arrest of Democrats who did
not attend. Speaker Destin Burroughs said he signed them and
was working with Texas law enforcement to locate members. However,
legal experts say the civil arrest warrants are likely unenforceable
(17:28):
outside of state lines. Most of the lawmakers fled to
Democratic led states. New York Illinois, Massachusetts. Okay, And then
looking ahead, there's another point. The Chamber will reconvene one pm.
That would be today. According to Burroughs, lawmakers are meeting
under a special session that can last for only thirty
days in the current session only in August nineteenth, all right,
(17:50):
And another couple points here some Democrats who left the state.
All right. State Representative John Boosey said today that he
and other Democrats were running into the fight to stand
up for democracy rather than running away from it, because
that's what folks were trying to say. State Representative James
tall Rico said he's fighting for his constituents and that
(18:13):
if law enforcement arrest him, he will go peacefully. State
Representative Linda Garcia said she is not worried about the
threats and that she was hired by the people in
our district to do what is in their best interests. Okay.
The wider implications, it says other Republican led states are
considering following Texas's lead as democratic governors weigh their options
to retaliate with their own mid decade redistrict and efforts.
(18:35):
So again, here we are qu you saw this coming.
I don't really know how else to say it. This
is a scary thing. This is probably one of the
scarier things that we've ever covered. I hope it's not
as bad as I know it is, or doesn't end
(18:58):
up as bad as I know it could. That's probably
the right way they say it, But this feels crazy
to me.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Your thoughts here. In the last segment, we listened to
MAGA supporters find a way to do the mental gymnastics
to support and defend their president no matter what. And
just like with that story, I would just like for
(19:26):
listeners to imagine if Barack Obama was saying those same things,
how that exact, same room of people, same exact audio,
but Barack's voice would have responded. And I want you
to take that same mind state and imagine if a
democratic governor not only did the same thing, but then
(19:54):
threatened to have everyone who disagreed with him arrested, and
then the other lawmakers go into action to make that happen.
Because people have always said ridiculous things about people they
don't like, but once upon a time we could have
shrugged them off as ridiculous. Except the new administration has
(20:17):
made a normal thing of weaponizing the people against your
political enemies, and now that checks and balances don't exist anymore,
weaponizing the government and law enforcement and the military against
people who disagree with you. So rams as you say,
this is the scariest thing. This isn't scarer than sending
the Marines to protesters. Oh, I said, one of the
(20:39):
scariest things, one of scarier things. But it's very time,
scary time. I agree with this being one of the
scariest things. We've been paying too much attention for that
to be how we feel. My children can't go to
school without being afraid that they might you know what
I mean. Like this, Yeah, this is scary that lawmakers
might have to faia law enforcement, but it's not more
(21:02):
scary than someone who looks like your eye walking down
the street and a man in a mask, in a
tactical vestent and an assault rifle. Maybe law enforcement maybe not.
Can just ride up snatch them. People can be their
witness it and won't do anything, can't do anything, scared
of doing anything, don't want to get arrested themselves. Kind
of like this is this is part of the course.
(21:24):
Now everything is scary. This is what I've been saying
for months. All of it it's very scary. None of
it is normal. None of it is Hey, let's just
go to work tomorrow. And that's what I'm saying. This
hypernormalization of what's going on, all of it should be terrifying,
all of it. This is not new rhetoric. This is
not a new strategy. This is not a new way
of thinking. This is not a new way of Republicans
(21:44):
expressing their dissent to anybody who doesn't think, or act
or believe exactly as they do. Like I keep saying,
they are all aligned on doing, saying, reacting to putting
forth legislation. That's all in the exact same line. Project
twenty five. Project twenty twenty five was a playbook. They
(22:06):
all got all nine hundred million pages of it, and
they are all following it to a letter, all of them. Meanwhile,
Kamala wasn't black enough, but Rock didn't do enough specifically
for black people. And the list goes on and on
and on of the nitpicks and the scrutiny and the
cannibalization of each other that we do finding the one
(22:29):
thing wrong with each other and the one thing wrong
with each other's bleachs. And I don't like the church
you go to. I don't like the person you want
to marry. I don't like the books you let your
kids read. That's all of us on the same team,
quote unquote those that oppose us, that's none of that.
They are unified on their mission, the same talking points,
(22:49):
the same responses to the same playbook, the same everything.
That's how they can break the law out loud in
front of everybody on tape and nothing happens because they've
promoted elected and organized people who all have the exact
(23:11):
same agenda, and they're all moving forward with that agenda.
So here we are.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
Yeah, you know what's funny is because I hear in
my mind's ear Malcolm X's voice saying that, you know,
we're not outnumbered, we're out organized. And you know, to
your point about all of them being able to lean
into the cognitive dissonance and the rationalization that they do
(23:46):
despite knowing that it's poor decision making. They got that
figured out, and the rest of us we were looking
for perfection. They're looking for a justification for the wrong decision.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
I guess you stole words out of my mouth.
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