August 13, 2024 • 25 mins
Democrats, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are unstoppable, and republicans Trump and Vance have no where to run and no where to hide. Harris and Walz have proven past polices that prove they care about Americans. By contrast, Trump, Vance and their allies have proven their inability to put Americans before big multi national corporations, the mega rich, big banks and the radical religious right.
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Ben (00:00):
Harris Walz Dream team is crushing Republicans.
Elly (00:06):
The Harris Walz.
Ticket will crush theRepublicans and their crazy
authoritarian rhetoric, ideals,and policies.
Ben (00:14):
The dream team.
Elly (00:16):
Yet mad baby Trump is running back and forth like
Stillwell, baby.
Ben (00:22):
Endlessly taunting, ranting, teasing, gloating, and
harassing.
Elly (00:29):
You're gonna lose.
You're gonna lose.
Ben (00:35):
We're gonna win.
Elly (00:39):
Yeah, we are.
We certainly are.
Remember Trump on stage, burpedout that, the U.
S.
spells us.
The U.
S.
spells us.
Ben (00:55):
I just realized that, the U.
S.
actually spells us.
yup,
Elly (01:00):
he says, the U.
S.
spells us, I just realized that.
Ben (01:05):
Most people don't know that.
I believe that Walz was aperfect choice.
The governor of Minnesota, aretired command sergeant major
Elly (01:21):
What no bone spurs?
I Continue he's a retiredteacher football coach animal
lover union guy blue collar guyrural Democrat born in a very
very small town, and I meansmall conservative town
Ben (01:42):
a Heartland every man.
Elly (01:44):
He'a the real McCoy
Ben (01:47):
He is
Elly (01:49):
VP Pick Governor, former congressman.
And the next vice president, TimWalz, is Minnesota's 41st
governor.
He was first elected governor in2018 and won reelection in 2022.
Accomplishments from his time asgovernor include, Providing
universal free school meals forstudents, Protecting
(02:11):
reproductive freedom,
Ben (02:12):
Strengthening voting rights,
Elly (02:14):
Laying the groundwork to get Minnesota to 100 percent
clean electricity,
Ben (02:20):
cutting taxes for the middle class and poor.
Elly (02:23):
Expanding paid leave for Minnesota workers.
Ben (02:25):
He supports affordable health care for all and lower
drug prices.
Elly (02:30):
A little note, his dad got very ill when he was 17 and then
he died.
Walz said his ma 10 years payingoff the medical debt.
Ben (02:40):
Real Americans have real problems.
Elly (02:43):
Right, they sure do.
The elite, rich, and powerfuldon't have a clue and don't
friggin care.
While the Republicans includingTrump have gutted the Midwest,
destroyed unions, andimplemented most of the Wall
Street and banking deregulationpolicies, that killed the world
(03:04):
economy.
Ben (03:06):
Yes.
Elly (03:08):
Republicans also had a hand in overseas trade policies,
policies that go back decadesand decades trade policies that
lost American jobs.
Ben (03:16):
Right.
And like we explained in aprevious show, many Republicans
welcomed
Elly (03:23):
NAFTA.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Nobody talks about that.
Bush 1 worked on the plan beforeClinton.
Then in the 90s, a whopping 34of the Republican senators voted
for it.
Voted for NAFTA.
Yeah, that's over half, But evenbefore Bush 1, President Ronald
(03:47):
Reagan I should say, ExPresident Ronald Reagan.
Ben (03:51):
Former President Ronald Reagan.
Elly (03:53):
Bye.
President Reagan had broachedthe idea of a free trade
agreement with Mexico in the80s.
The 1980s, okay?
When trade between the twocountries was high volume, but
in many cases restricted.
Anyway, within the U.
S.
NAFTA was seen as putting anofficial seal of approval on
(04:14):
what was already happening inthe 1970s and 1980s.
Two decades of Americanmanufacturers were already
moving jobs to Mexico.
Yeah.
Due to lower labor costs on thatside of the border.
Mm hmm.
Then bragged Trump, Fugu Trump,Canadian Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau and mexico's outgoingpresident at the time signed the
(04:37):
United States Mexico CanadaAgreement.
The U-S-M-C-A the worst tradedeal ever made, he said,
regarding regarding NAFTA,right, though Trump's new deal
leaves the actual terms of NAFTAlargely intact.
Of course
Ben (04:53):
it does, otherwise he'd have to rewrite it.
He doesn't write or read.
Elly (04:57):
Yeah, I don't know what it says.
Yeah, It marked a symbolic endto an era.
As we discussed on our podcast,moving the quantity allowed of
imported car parts a couple ofpercentage points is not a
significant change, especiallyafter touting the worst trade
(05:17):
deal ever.
It's a joke.
Another elitist lie.
Yes.
Yeah.
In addition, Trump not addingrules, hiring benchmarks, limits
accountability, tax and importpenalties for American companies
that abandoned Americans andAmerican workers and
manufactured across the borderand sold out employees here in
(05:39):
America.
Yes.
Is just more diarrhea of themouth.
spew it out.
Yeah.
That's why he does a lot ofthat, doesn't he?
Ben (05:49):
Yes, I remember Trump foaming at the mouth about a
huge trade deficit with Mexicoand abroad.
Huge.
Elly (05:59):
Huge.
It's huge.
FUGU mad Baby Trump is full ofshit.
He is no different than theother big business spoon fed
elite children.
Ben (06:12):
Now.
He did slap a big tariff onsteel, aluminum, and even
Canadian lumber that increasedhousing costs by a third, and
his policy was a huge chunk ofthe snowball that skyrocketed
the prices of new homes andexisting homes.
Elly (06:33):
The five megacompanies that control lumber and pricing
took advantage of this and madeeven more moolah
Ben (06:38):
price gouging
Elly (06:40):
Moolah,
Ben (06:41):
yes price gouging
Elly (06:42):
and ma, ma, ma moolah.
Ben (06:44):
We paid for it.
Elly (06:45):
This was a plan no different than how things are
manipulated in
Ben (06:53):
Corporate capitalism.
Elly (06:56):
Enough said.
Let's move on.
Ben (06:58):
Alright, then
Elly (06:59):
back to the Republicans.
Ben (07:02):
Do we have to
Elly (07:03):
boring?
Well, not really.
Not anymore.
Trump and Vance Deregulate tohelp destroy our environment
Along with deconstructing theunions, all the way back to
Reagan.
Ben (07:17):
Right.
Elly (07:18):
Trump and other Republicans before him have
given enormous tax breaks andother advantages, including lots
and lots of free money.
Ben (07:27):
That's our money.
Elly (07:29):
Yep.
To the mega rich and the megacorporations.
7.
8 trillion in Trump's case injust four years, not eight A
gosh darn record.
That it was.
Ben (07:46):
Oh, is that all?
Let's give him
Elly (07:50):
more! But didn't you hear?
According to him, he had thebest economy.
Sure he did.
Don't make me laugh!
Ben (07:57):
Listeners, check out our other shows and Ethan's AI
updates for the real stats.
Elly (08:02):
Yep.
Moving forward, Mad Baby Trump'sVP pick, Visceral Vance, is part
of this economic screw thepeople abomination they
disingenuinely label as freedom.
Yes.
Yes.
Further, Vance isn't a heartlandguy or a middle class teacher
that went to a local college onthe G.
I.
Bill.
No, Vance went to Yale.
(08:24):
And worked where most moneygrubbers work.
As a venture capitalist.
Ben (08:30):
Yeah, there you go.
And Wall Street.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
Elly (08:34):
ha, ha.
Same thing, different call name.
Ha, Another fact, billionairecapitalists funded his career.
Ben (08:41):
Really?
I would never have guessed that.
Elly (08:45):
Me neither.
He and Trump have a lot incommon.
For one thing, they both filedbankruptcies.
Ben (08:53):
Astonishing.
Elly (08:54):
Blow my mind.
Wow.
Now, back to Harris' V.P.
pick Tim Walz.
He codified abortion rightsafter Roe was overturned.
Went to college on the GI Bill.
Implemented an infrastructurebill.
By contrast, Trump'sinfrastructure bill was Wait for
it.
(09:14):
He wanted to give taxpayer moneyto the rich to build the roads
and the bridges.
Ben (09:20):
Didn't he want to privatize them.
I think you did.
I think you want to privatizeit.
Elly (09:24):
Wait.
Not done.
Not done.
And then charge us to use themwithout regulation or limits.
Privatize them.
I
Ben (09:37):
can see it now.
Private toll roads acrossAmerica.
Oh man, Don't got ten bucks.
Y'all can't get to the emergencyroom.
Who cares?
Elly (09:53):
Pop that little fella out in the back seat.
Ben (09:56):
Right.
That's hilarious.
You shouldn't be riding with apregnant woman in your car
anyway.
That's
Elly (10:03):
another podcast.
That's a no no.
Bad.
Bad.
So, Governor and future VP Walzcut taxes for us.
Not the rich.
He enacted paid leave into law.
He supports cannabis for adultsand for pain management.
Heh heh heh.
Heh heh heh.
Ha ha ha ha ha.
(10:25):
And he legalized it.
Heh heh heh.
Drink
Ben (10:27):
a little drink, smoke a little smoke.
Heh heh heh.
That's a song, for those whodon't know.
Governor Walz has prioritizedmaking Minnesota the best state
in the country to raise afamily.
Elly (10:43):
He loves animals and supports farmers.
Ben (10:46):
He is
Elly (10:46):
authentic
Ben (10:48):
A no bullshit kind of guy you can have a beer with.
Elly (10:52):
Unlike Visceral Vance or Mad Baby Trump.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha haha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haha ha ha A little flipper hands,
got those little flipper hands.
Uh, Walz supports IVF.
As a matter of fact, both hischildren were conceived by IVF.
(11:15):
It was why his daughter wasnamed Hope.
He implemented laws to protectwomen's rights in the state.
He placed environmentalinitiatives in the state.
Again, free college educationfor those needing help.
He implemented the Young Women'sEquity Initiative that includes
people of all races and theLGBTQ plus community.
(11:36):
Did we mention free schoollunches for children?
Ben (11:39):
You just did.
Yeah,
Elly (11:41):
cool.
So cool.
Check this.
Governor Walz feeds kids andgives less advantaged people a
shot at college while republicanSarah Huckabee puts kids back in
the meat packing plants.
Not funny.
With little safety protectionswith the full support from
Trump, Vance, and otherRepublicans.
(12:05):
Uh huh.
Go ahead.
You can.
Ben (12:08):
The kids work long hours, even during school.
They are underpaid, have no wagebenefit protections, and some
kids work the crazy night shift
Elly (12:19):
too.
Work in the night shift, nobenefits, no wage protections,
even minimum wage protections.
Work
Ben (12:26):
in the
Elly (12:26):
night shift.
Ain't no nine to fiver.
Ain't no, Could be eleven toseven.
Ain't that.
Free tips.
Free, free tax on tips.
Free what?
Free tax on tips.
Oh, I thought you said somethingelse.
Free tax, oops.
free taxes on tips
Ben (12:43):
free taxes on tits.
What would you say?
Elly (12:45):
tips.
A no tax
Ben (12:49):
tip.
A no tax tip day.
Tips.
The
Elly (12:54):
Republicans want to win over people by not taxing tips.
Didn't Trump say that strippers
Ben (12:59):
aren't going to be taxed on their tips that they get while
they're dancing on the pole?
Right.
Was that it?
Elly (13:04):
So in Trump's mind, it's strippers it's strippers.
Ben (13:11):
This can't get any crazier, man.
Elly (13:14):
Here's your ten dollars.
No tax.
Ah,
Ben (13:19):
yeah, Sarah Huckabee, she's too much.
Elly (13:21):
Shame, shame.
The witch went even crazier.
The witch won't let us build abridge.
It's on
Ben (13:30):
Caspan.
Elly (13:39):
So while Democrats, Walz, Harris, Biden make things better
for America and Americans andimplement many policies that
benefit America and Americans,Trump, the terrible visceral
Vance and other Republicans helpthe super rich, the connected
and big business.
Ben (13:58):
Yes, and I don't want to call him Trump anymore.
I'll call him Drumpf.
Drumpf.
Yeah.
Elly (14:03):
Okay.
Ben (14:04):
I'm just, we can go on.
It is Drumph.
That's a better name for him.
Don't forget helping foreignoligarchs plutocrats and
praising dictators andautocrats.
Mm-Hmm.
That's what he wants to be.
Elly (14:17):
Yeah.
Yeah, remember when Trump statedpublicly, President Putin says
it's not Russia.
I don't see any reason why itwould be.
Remember that?
On TV?
Ben (14:29):
I do.
I remember it vividly.
I think he was stroking.
Putin's hair when he said it.
Elly (14:36):
He was bending over.
I
Ben (14:38):
think he's stroking Putin's hair.
Elly (14:39):
Is it good for you, If that's not enough, his adoration
of dictators drips from hisdentin when speaking to or about
these communistic, authoritarianleaders.
Ben (14:57):
They aren't our allies, but technically, they're our
enemies.
Elly (15:01):
That doesn't stop him from foaming.
When he said publicly, Hey, he'sthe head of a country and I mean
he's the strong head.
Kim speaks and his people sit upat attention.
I want my people to do the same.
Ben (15:13):
Yeah, if Kim's people don't do that, he shoots them.
That's the difference.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Jeez Ha ha ha
Elly (15:21):
ha ha ha ha.
Ben (15:24):
Trump's a traitor.
Elly (15:25):
Yep.
This keeps happening for areason.
Trump expresses publicadmiration for dictators, not
despite their authoritariancontrol, but because of it.
I have a really big Uh, brain.
Ben (15:43):
Trump is so full of shit.
He whined about the border andthe terrible job Joe Biden did.
Elly (15:50):
Now
Ben (15:50):
he attacks Kamala about the border, yes.
But
Elly (15:53):
he stops the bipartisan border bill.
Ben (15:55):
You can't make this shit up, man.
I, I, I, I, I, I, I,
Elly (15:59):
I, I.
Fugu Trump talked tough againstBiden's student loan
forgiveness.
Ben (16:05):
Don't forget the Republican lawmakers fought it in Congress.
Elly (16:08):
Uh huh.
And the Republicans in redstates, uh, they sued, uh, the
Biden administration over it.
Jackasses.
That
Ben (16:19):
and the EPA.
Elly (16:21):
Uh huh, I remember that.
Ben (16:23):
Regarding tougher environmental standards.
Yep, they sued
Elly (16:26):
over that.
And the Republicans also suedover fair and equal voting
rights.
Imagine that.
And they use our taxpayer moneyto fund their games.
Ben (16:36):
Like I said, you can't make this shit up.
Elly (16:42):
No you can't.
The Terrified Trump Team HasConsistent Diarrhea of the
Mouth.
Ben (16:48):
Mm
Elly (16:48):
hmm.
What was that?
Ben (16:50):
They do.
Elly (16:51):
What the hell was that?
I don't know.
Where'd that come from?
Ben (16:54):
It's just one of those, I almost had a visual that scared
me.
Elly (16:57):
Oh no, no, no, please no.
Okay.
He got some
Ben (17:02):
on his tie.
That won't come out in the wash.
That's got to soak for a while.
Elly (17:13):
The Democrats, like Walz and Harris talk about issues and
implement initiatives andpolicies supporting those
concerns while the Trump teamand his VP blabber gossip and
have no policy to implement justmore BS.
Ben (17:28):
And they're mad all the time.
They're mad all the time.
They never have a smile on theirface.
When they do, it's placid.
It looks like a jack o lanternsmile.
Elly (17:43):
Again, the Trump team have no policy to implement just more
BS.
Ben (17:48):
Now, he did give those tax credits to the mega rich, big
corporations as well as himselfand his family.
Oh yeah.
Yeah.
Elly (17:56):
Remember Trump added 7.
8 trillion to the federal debtthat the American people are now
forced to pay 7.
8 trillion.
Shh.
Listen.
It's not a secret Vote blue.
Congress too.
so the rich and megacorporationsdon't get more benefits on our
(18:20):
backs, And so good policies thatbenefit the people, will pass.
Without being watered down likethe ACA was.
Yes.
And so dirty justices are heldaccountable and more of them are
not appointed.
Ben (18:37):
Dirty justices.
Hear, hear
Elly (18:40):
did we mention Huckabee?
I think we did.
More great news.
Governor and now VP Pick TimWalz is supported by unions,
blue collar workers, theagricultural community,
teachers, the young, and unions.
Ben (18:58):
He served in the military.
Vet approved.
Elly (19:01):
Walz is salt the earth By contrast, Trump's Vance, well,
He did nothing for anyone.
He's just another crazy, fake,no convictions, flip floppin
wares peddlin and gossippromotin dickhead.
He's a weirdo! Ha ha ha ha ha haha ha ha ha ha! Dickhead.
(19:33):
Vance is against IVF, noexcuses, abortion as he calls
it.
Ben (19:39):
What?
No excuses?
Elly (19:41):
Yeah.
not, no exceptions, like forrape or the viability of the
mother, but he calls them noexcuses.
So, screw mom, and screw the 12year old child that was brutally
raped.
What a
Ben (19:56):
jackass.
Yeah.
Elly (19:58):
Vance Breaking News.
Okay.
Yeah.
Trump's press secretary,Karoline Leavitt, says Walz is a
radical leftist.
Hmm, And Leavitt accuses Walz ofembracing policies that allow
convicted felons to vote.
(20:18):
Oh,
Ben (20:19):
you mean like for ex presidents with 34 felony
convictions?
That's a bingo! Ha
Elly (20:29):
ha ha ha! Trump and the Republicans stand for nothing,
do nothing and their policieshurts us all.
Yes.
(20:51):
Trump and the Republicansdestroy unions, rig the economy
for the ultra wealthy, tried torepeal the ACA.
That's Obamacare.
For those of you who aren't inthe know,
Ben (21:02):
tried to break electors with the 2020 election too.
He wants a free and fairelection because I can rig it.
Yeah.
Uh huh.
Get those, get those, uh, fakeElectors stage left, come on up.
Elly (21:19):
Repubs and Mad Baby Trump want to gut Social Security.
Ben (21:24):
They're banning books and art.
Elly (21:27):
And requiring the 10 commandments and prayer in
public schools.
They overturned Roe, robbedwomen over half of the country
of the right to their own bodyhealth and futures.
Ben (21:44):
They allow and move towards increasing corporate dominance,
Elly (21:48):
increased deregulation that harm us all,
Ben (21:51):
pollution, Wall Street, banking,
Elly (21:53):
airlines,
Ben (21:55):
wage depression,
Elly (21:57):
more and forever more handouts to the rich.
God bless
Ben (22:01):
America.
He can't recite the Pledge ofAllegiance.
Remember he was mumbling aboutit.
I pledge allegiance to It'sairports, airports! We shut them
bitches down! George Washingtonhad them all cut off.
Teleprompter.
Teleprompter.
Trump says that Washingtonchopped on the sycamore tree.
(22:29):
That hurricane's not going thatway, it's going this way.
I just redraw it.
Give me that marker.
He is just a buffoon.
Elly (22:44):
Yeah.
All of these decisions, Trumpand the Republican policies are
destroying the middle class andthe poor.
Ben (22:51):
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Ben (25:10):
we got paid off! laughter laughter laughter It's not
funny, it's
Elly (25:18):
sad.
laughter
Harris Walz Dream team is crushing Republicans.
Elly (00:06):
The Harris Walz.
Ticket will crush theRepublicans and their crazy
authoritarian rhetoric, ideals,and policies.
Ben (00:14):
The dream team.
Elly (00:16):
Yet mad baby Trump is running back and forth like
Stillwell, baby.
Ben (00:22):
Endlessly taunting, ranting, teasing, gloating, and
harassing.
Elly (00:29):
You're gonna lose.
You're gonna lose.
Ben (00:35):
We're gonna win.
Elly (00:39):
Yeah, we are.
We certainly are.
Remember Trump on stage, burpedout that, the U.
S.
spells us.
The U.
S.
spells us.
Ben (00:55):
I just realized that, the U.
S.
actually spells us.
yup,
Elly (01:00):
he says, the U.
S.
spells us, I just realized that.
Ben (01:05):
Most people don't know that.
I believe that Walz was aperfect choice.
The governor of Minnesota, aretired command sergeant major
Elly (01:21):
What no bone spurs?
I Continue he's a retiredteacher football coach animal
lover union guy blue collar guyrural Democrat born in a very
very small town, and I meansmall conservative town
Ben (01:42):
a Heartland every man.
Elly (01:44):
He'a the real McCoy
Ben (01:47):
He is
Elly (01:49):
VP Pick Governor, former congressman.
And the next vice president, TimWalz, is Minnesota's 41st
governor.
He was first elected governor in2018 and won reelection in 2022.
Accomplishments from his time asgovernor include, Providing
universal free school meals forstudents, Protecting
(02:11):
reproductive freedom,
Ben (02:12):
Strengthening voting rights,
Elly (02:14):
Laying the groundwork to get Minnesota to 100 percent
clean electricity,
Ben (02:20):
cutting taxes for the middle class and poor.
Elly (02:23):
Expanding paid leave for Minnesota workers.
Ben (02:25):
He supports affordable health care for all and lower
drug prices.
Elly (02:30):
A little note, his dad got very ill when he was 17 and then
he died.
Walz said his ma 10 years payingoff the medical debt.
Ben (02:40):
Real Americans have real problems.
Elly (02:43):
Right, they sure do.
The elite, rich, and powerfuldon't have a clue and don't
friggin care.
While the Republicans includingTrump have gutted the Midwest,
destroyed unions, andimplemented most of the Wall
Street and banking deregulationpolicies, that killed the world
(03:04):
economy.
Ben (03:06):
Yes.
Elly (03:08):
Republicans also had a hand in overseas trade policies,
policies that go back decadesand decades trade policies that
lost American jobs.
Ben (03:16):
Right.
And like we explained in aprevious show, many Republicans
welcomed
Elly (03:23):
NAFTA.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Nobody talks about that.
Bush 1 worked on the plan beforeClinton.
Then in the 90s, a whopping 34of the Republican senators voted
for it.
Voted for NAFTA.
Yeah, that's over half, But evenbefore Bush 1, President Ronald
(03:47):
Reagan I should say, ExPresident Ronald Reagan.
Ben (03:51):
Former President Ronald Reagan.
Elly (03:53):
Bye.
President Reagan had broachedthe idea of a free trade
agreement with Mexico in the80s.
The 1980s, okay?
When trade between the twocountries was high volume, but
in many cases restricted.
Anyway, within the U.
S.
NAFTA was seen as putting anofficial seal of approval on
(04:14):
what was already happening inthe 1970s and 1980s.
Two decades of Americanmanufacturers were already
moving jobs to Mexico.
Yeah.
Due to lower labor costs on thatside of the border.
Mm hmm.
Then bragged Trump, Fugu Trump,Canadian Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau and mexico's outgoingpresident at the time signed the
(04:37):
United States Mexico CanadaAgreement.
The U-S-M-C-A the worst tradedeal ever made, he said,
regarding regarding NAFTA,right, though Trump's new deal
leaves the actual terms of NAFTAlargely intact.
Of course
Ben (04:53):
it does, otherwise he'd have to rewrite it.
He doesn't write or read.
Elly (04:57):
Yeah, I don't know what it says.
Yeah, It marked a symbolic endto an era.
As we discussed on our podcast,moving the quantity allowed of
imported car parts a couple ofpercentage points is not a
significant change, especiallyafter touting the worst trade
(05:17):
deal ever.
It's a joke.
Another elitist lie.
Yes.
Yeah.
In addition, Trump not addingrules, hiring benchmarks, limits
accountability, tax and importpenalties for American companies
that abandoned Americans andAmerican workers and
manufactured across the borderand sold out employees here in
(05:39):
America.
Yes.
Is just more diarrhea of themouth.
spew it out.
Yeah.
That's why he does a lot ofthat, doesn't he?
Ben (05:49):
Yes, I remember Trump foaming at the mouth about a
huge trade deficit with Mexicoand abroad.
Huge.
Elly (05:59):
Huge.
It's huge.
FUGU mad Baby Trump is full ofshit.
He is no different than theother big business spoon fed
elite children.
Ben (06:12):
Now.
He did slap a big tariff onsteel, aluminum, and even
Canadian lumber that increasedhousing costs by a third, and
his policy was a huge chunk ofthe snowball that skyrocketed
the prices of new homes andexisting homes.
Elly (06:33):
The five megacompanies that control lumber and pricing
took advantage of this and madeeven more moolah
Ben (06:38):
price gouging
Elly (06:40):
Moolah,
Ben (06:41):
yes price gouging
Elly (06:42):
and ma, ma, ma moolah.
Ben (06:44):
We paid for it.
Elly (06:45):
This was a plan no different than how things are
manipulated in
Ben (06:53):
Corporate capitalism.
Elly (06:56):
Enough said.
Let's move on.
Ben (06:58):
Alright, then
Elly (06:59):
back to the Republicans.
Ben (07:02):
Do we have to
Elly (07:03):
boring?
Well, not really.
Not anymore.
Trump and Vance Deregulate tohelp destroy our environment
Along with deconstructing theunions, all the way back to
Reagan.
Ben (07:17):
Right.
Elly (07:18):
Trump and other Republicans before him have
given enormous tax breaks andother advantages, including lots
and lots of free money.
Ben (07:27):
That's our money.
Elly (07:29):
Yep.
To the mega rich and the megacorporations.
7.
8 trillion in Trump's case injust four years, not eight A
gosh darn record.
That it was.
Ben (07:46):
Oh, is that all?
Let's give him
Elly (07:50):
more! But didn't you hear?
According to him, he had thebest economy.
Sure he did.
Don't make me laugh!
Ben (07:57):
Listeners, check out our other shows and Ethan's AI
updates for the real stats.
Elly (08:02):
Yep.
Moving forward, Mad Baby Trump'sVP pick, Visceral Vance, is part
of this economic screw thepeople abomination they
disingenuinely label as freedom.
Yes.
Yes.
Further, Vance isn't a heartlandguy or a middle class teacher
that went to a local college onthe G.
I.
Bill.
No, Vance went to Yale.
(08:24):
And worked where most moneygrubbers work.
As a venture capitalist.
Ben (08:30):
Yeah, there you go.
And Wall Street.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
Elly (08:34):
ha, ha.
Same thing, different call name.
Ha, Another fact, billionairecapitalists funded his career.
Ben (08:41):
Really?
I would never have guessed that.
Elly (08:45):
Me neither.
He and Trump have a lot incommon.
For one thing, they both filedbankruptcies.
Ben (08:53):
Astonishing.
Elly (08:54):
Blow my mind.
Wow.
Now, back to Harris' V.P.
pick Tim Walz.
He codified abortion rightsafter Roe was overturned.
Went to college on the GI Bill.
Implemented an infrastructurebill.
By contrast, Trump'sinfrastructure bill was Wait for
it.
(09:14):
He wanted to give taxpayer moneyto the rich to build the roads
and the bridges.
Ben (09:20):
Didn't he want to privatize them.
I think you did.
I think you want to privatizeit.
Elly (09:24):
Wait.
Not done.
Not done.
And then charge us to use themwithout regulation or limits.
Privatize them.
I
Ben (09:37):
can see it now.
Private toll roads acrossAmerica.
Oh man, Don't got ten bucks.
Y'all can't get to the emergencyroom.
Who cares?
Elly (09:53):
Pop that little fella out in the back seat.
Ben (09:56):
Right.
That's hilarious.
You shouldn't be riding with apregnant woman in your car
anyway.
That's
Elly (10:03):
another podcast.
That's a no no.
Bad.
Bad.
So, Governor and future VP Walzcut taxes for us.
Not the rich.
He enacted paid leave into law.
He supports cannabis for adultsand for pain management.
Heh heh heh.
Heh heh heh.
Ha ha ha ha ha.
(10:25):
And he legalized it.
Heh heh heh.
Drink
Ben (10:27):
a little drink, smoke a little smoke.
Heh heh heh.
That's a song, for those whodon't know.
Governor Walz has prioritizedmaking Minnesota the best state
in the country to raise afamily.
Elly (10:43):
He loves animals and supports farmers.
Ben (10:46):
He is
Elly (10:46):
authentic
Ben (10:48):
A no bullshit kind of guy you can have a beer with.
Elly (10:52):
Unlike Visceral Vance or Mad Baby Trump.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha haha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haha ha ha A little flipper hands,
got those little flipper hands.
Uh, Walz supports IVF.
As a matter of fact, both hischildren were conceived by IVF.
(11:15):
It was why his daughter wasnamed Hope.
He implemented laws to protectwomen's rights in the state.
He placed environmentalinitiatives in the state.
Again, free college educationfor those needing help.
He implemented the Young Women'sEquity Initiative that includes
people of all races and theLGBTQ plus community.
(11:36):
Did we mention free schoollunches for children?
Ben (11:39):
You just did.
Yeah,
Elly (11:41):
cool.
So cool.
Check this.
Governor Walz feeds kids andgives less advantaged people a
shot at college while republicanSarah Huckabee puts kids back in
the meat packing plants.
Not funny.
With little safety protectionswith the full support from
Trump, Vance, and otherRepublicans.
(12:05):
Uh huh.
Go ahead.
You can.
Ben (12:08):
The kids work long hours, even during school.
They are underpaid, have no wagebenefit protections, and some
kids work the crazy night shift
Elly (12:19):
too.
Work in the night shift, nobenefits, no wage protections,
even minimum wage protections.
Work
Ben (12:26):
in the
Elly (12:26):
night shift.
Ain't no nine to fiver.
Ain't no, Could be eleven toseven.
Ain't that.
Free tips.
Free, free tax on tips.
Free what?
Free tax on tips.
Oh, I thought you said somethingelse.
Free tax, oops.
free taxes on tips
Ben (12:43):
free taxes on tits.
What would you say?
Elly (12:45):
tips.
A no tax
Ben (12:49):
tip.
A no tax tip day.
Tips.
The
Elly (12:54):
Republicans want to win over people by not taxing tips.
Didn't Trump say that strippers
Ben (12:59):
aren't going to be taxed on their tips that they get while
they're dancing on the pole?
Right.
Was that it?
Elly (13:04):
So in Trump's mind, it's strippers it's strippers.
Ben (13:11):
This can't get any crazier, man.
Elly (13:14):
Here's your ten dollars.
No tax.
Ah,
Ben (13:19):
yeah, Sarah Huckabee, she's too much.
Elly (13:21):
Shame, shame.
The witch went even crazier.
The witch won't let us build abridge.
It's on
Ben (13:30):
Caspan.
Elly (13:39):
So while Democrats, Walz, Harris, Biden make things better
for America and Americans andimplement many policies that
benefit America and Americans,Trump, the terrible visceral
Vance and other Republicans helpthe super rich, the connected
and big business.
Ben (13:58):
Yes, and I don't want to call him Trump anymore.
I'll call him Drumpf.
Drumpf.
Yeah.
Elly (14:03):
Okay.
Ben (14:04):
I'm just, we can go on.
It is Drumph.
That's a better name for him.
Don't forget helping foreignoligarchs plutocrats and
praising dictators andautocrats.
Mm-Hmm.
That's what he wants to be.
Elly (14:17):
Yeah.
Yeah, remember when Trump statedpublicly, President Putin says
it's not Russia.
I don't see any reason why itwould be.
Remember that?
On TV?
Ben (14:29):
I do.
I remember it vividly.
I think he was stroking.
Putin's hair when he said it.
Elly (14:36):
He was bending over.
I
Ben (14:38):
think he's stroking Putin's hair.
Elly (14:39):
Is it good for you, If that's not enough, his adoration
of dictators drips from hisdentin when speaking to or about
these communistic, authoritarianleaders.
Ben (14:57):
They aren't our allies, but technically, they're our
enemies.
Elly (15:01):
That doesn't stop him from foaming.
When he said publicly, Hey, he'sthe head of a country and I mean
he's the strong head.
Kim speaks and his people sit upat attention.
I want my people to do the same.
Ben (15:13):
Yeah, if Kim's people don't do that, he shoots them.
That's the difference.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Jeez Ha ha ha
Elly (15:21):
ha ha ha ha.
Ben (15:24):
Trump's a traitor.
Elly (15:25):
Yep.
This keeps happening for areason.
Trump expresses publicadmiration for dictators, not
despite their authoritariancontrol, but because of it.
I have a really big Uh, brain.
Ben (15:43):
Trump is so full of shit.
He whined about the border andthe terrible job Joe Biden did.
Elly (15:50):
Now
Ben (15:50):
he attacks Kamala about the border, yes.
But
Elly (15:53):
he stops the bipartisan border bill.
Ben (15:55):
You can't make this shit up, man.
I, I, I, I, I, I, I,
Elly (15:59):
I, I.
Fugu Trump talked tough againstBiden's student loan
forgiveness.
Ben (16:05):
Don't forget the Republican lawmakers fought it in Congress.
Elly (16:08):
Uh huh.
And the Republicans in redstates, uh, they sued, uh, the
Biden administration over it.
Jackasses.
That
Ben (16:19):
and the EPA.
Elly (16:21):
Uh huh, I remember that.
Ben (16:23):
Regarding tougher environmental standards.
Yep, they sued
Elly (16:26):
over that.
And the Republicans also suedover fair and equal voting
rights.
Imagine that.
And they use our taxpayer moneyto fund their games.
Ben (16:36):
Like I said, you can't make this shit up.
Elly (16:42):
No you can't.
The Terrified Trump Team HasConsistent Diarrhea of the
Mouth.
Ben (16:48):
Mm
Elly (16:48):
hmm.
What was that?
Ben (16:50):
They do.
Elly (16:51):
What the hell was that?
I don't know.
Where'd that come from?
Ben (16:54):
It's just one of those, I almost had a visual that scared
me.
Elly (16:57):
Oh no, no, no, please no.
Okay.
He got some
Ben (17:02):
on his tie.
That won't come out in the wash.
That's got to soak for a while.
Elly (17:13):
The Democrats, like Walz and Harris talk about issues and
implement initiatives andpolicies supporting those
concerns while the Trump teamand his VP blabber gossip and
have no policy to implement justmore BS.
Ben (17:28):
And they're mad all the time.
They're mad all the time.
They never have a smile on theirface.
When they do, it's placid.
It looks like a jack o lanternsmile.
Elly (17:43):
Again, the Trump team have no policy to implement just more
BS.
Ben (17:48):
Now, he did give those tax credits to the mega rich, big
corporations as well as himselfand his family.
Oh yeah.
Yeah.
Elly (17:56):
Remember Trump added 7.
8 trillion to the federal debtthat the American people are now
forced to pay 7.
8 trillion.
Shh.
Listen.
It's not a secret Vote blue.
Congress too.
so the rich and megacorporationsdon't get more benefits on our
(18:20):
backs, And so good policies thatbenefit the people, will pass.
Without being watered down likethe ACA was.
Yes.
And so dirty justices are heldaccountable and more of them are
not appointed.
Ben (18:37):
Dirty justices.
Hear, hear
Elly (18:40):
did we mention Huckabee?
I think we did.
More great news.
Governor and now VP Pick TimWalz is supported by unions,
blue collar workers, theagricultural community,
teachers, the young, and unions.
Ben (18:58):
He served in the military.
Vet approved.
Elly (19:01):
Walz is salt the earth By contrast, Trump's Vance, well,
He did nothing for anyone.
He's just another crazy, fake,no convictions, flip floppin
wares peddlin and gossippromotin dickhead.
He's a weirdo! Ha ha ha ha ha haha ha ha ha ha! Dickhead.
(19:33):
Vance is against IVF, noexcuses, abortion as he calls
it.
Ben (19:39):
What?
No excuses?
Elly (19:41):
Yeah.
not, no exceptions, like forrape or the viability of the
mother, but he calls them noexcuses.
So, screw mom, and screw the 12year old child that was brutally
raped.
What a
Ben (19:56):
jackass.
Yeah.
Elly (19:58):
Vance Breaking News.
Okay.
Yeah.
Trump's press secretary,Karoline Leavitt, says Walz is a
radical leftist.
Hmm, And Leavitt accuses Walz ofembracing policies that allow
convicted felons to vote.
(20:18):
Oh,
Ben (20:19):
you mean like for ex presidents with 34 felony
convictions?
That's a bingo! Ha
Elly (20:29):
ha ha ha! Trump and the Republicans stand for nothing,
do nothing and their policieshurts us all.
Yes.
(20:51):
Trump and the Republicansdestroy unions, rig the economy
for the ultra wealthy, tried torepeal the ACA.
That's Obamacare.
For those of you who aren't inthe know,
Ben (21:02):
tried to break electors with the 2020 election too.
He wants a free and fairelection because I can rig it.
Yeah.
Uh huh.
Get those, get those, uh, fakeElectors stage left, come on up.
Elly (21:19):
Repubs and Mad Baby Trump want to gut Social Security.
Ben (21:24):
They're banning books and art.
Elly (21:27):
And requiring the 10 commandments and prayer in
public schools.
They overturned Roe, robbedwomen over half of the country
of the right to their own bodyhealth and futures.
Ben (21:44):
They allow and move towards increasing corporate dominance,
Elly (21:48):
increased deregulation that harm us all,
Ben (21:51):
pollution, Wall Street, banking,
Elly (21:53):
airlines,
Ben (21:55):
wage depression,
Elly (21:57):
more and forever more handouts to the rich.
God bless
Ben (22:01):
America.
He can't recite the Pledge ofAllegiance.
Remember he was mumbling aboutit.
I pledge allegiance to It'sairports, airports! We shut them
bitches down! George Washingtonhad them all cut off.
Teleprompter.
Teleprompter.
Trump says that Washingtonchopped on the sycamore tree.
(22:29):
That hurricane's not going thatway, it's going this way.
I just redraw it.
Give me that marker.
He is just a buffoon.
Elly (22:44):
Yeah.
All of these decisions, Trumpand the Republican policies are
destroying the middle class andthe poor.
Ben (22:51):
Scrood.
Elly (22:54):
Vote blue through and through.
We started Scrood to fightcorruption in politics.
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We are all in this together.
Help the cause and let's takethem down by fighting together
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Anyway, We gotta run, don't letus down America, or we will all
be Scrood! Look, everybody, getout and vote blue, down the
(24:04):
ticket to.
Ben (24:05):
Register.
Elly (24:07):
Check to make sure that you have not been purged from
voting registries, especially ifyou are a Democrat, independent
voter, or a person of color.
And we all know this too, Idon't have to tell ya, if you
live in a red state or district,double check like three times.
Tell everyone, everyone, to voteblue across the board.
Yes.
(24:27):
If you're going to be absent,make sure you still vote.
Vote by mail.
If you're going to be at work,schedule a day off.
Tell your friends to schedule aday off right now so you can
vote.
Don't wait.
Drive together.
Pack your SUV.
Ride the bus.
Vote blue down the ticket so wecan get something done from
(24:48):
presidents, Congress, and localpoliticians.
Vote Democrat.
Save us from the Uber religious,right?
Billionaires and big businesselites that have already removed
50 years of progress.
Save us from bias.
Big money.
Supreme court justices paid off.
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we got paid off! laughter laughter laughter It's not
funny, it's
Elly (25:18):
sad.
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