Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Announces Plans to Resign

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Speaker 1 (00:11):
The Chad Benson Show well Friday, and I had.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
Started out crazy, then announcement from arguably Trump's biggest supporter
for quite a long time, and then became Trump's enemy
number one MTG saying bye.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
Hi everyone.

Speaker 3 (00:30):
I've always represented the common American man and woman as
a member of the House of Representatives, which is why
I've always been despised in Washington, DC and just never
fit in. Americans are used by the political industrial complex
of both political parties election cycle after election cycle in
order to elect whichever side can convince Americans to hate

(00:52):
the other side more, and the results are always the same.
No matter which way the political pendulum swings were, Publican
or Democrat, nothing ever gets better for the common American
man or woman. The debt goes higher, corporate and global
interests remain Washington's sweethearts. American jobs continue to be replaced,

(01:13):
whether it's by illegal labor or legal labor, by visas
or just shipped overseas. Small businesses continue to be swallowed
by big corporations. Americans hard earned tax dollars always fund
foreign wars, foreign aid, and foreign interest, and the spending
power of the dollar continues to decline. The average American

(01:35):
family can no longer survive on a single bread winner's income,
as both parents have to work in order to simply survive.
And today many and my children's generation feel hopeless for
their future and don't think they will ever realize the
American dream, and that breaks my heart.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
It was a ten minute video and we play some
of it throughout the day. It's very interesting. I think
a lot of what you said was very true, and
everybody's trying to figure out exactly, Okay, well, what exactly
what's going on? I mean, is this some sort of ploy.
Are you running to be, you know, the senator, the governor?

(02:15):
Are you running to be president of the United States? Eventually?
Why do you turn on Trump? There's a lot of
things that I think went into this, and maybe it's
all for show, or maybe it's real. She's had enough.
That's a possibility. She said a lot of interesting things

(02:36):
on there, including the fact that while she's been Trump's
biggest supporter, there are a lot of people out there
that can't stand Trump in the Republican Party. And that
made me laugh because I was like, yeah, I know that.
I think a lot of people too. So we talked
about it last week. There's a lot of people inside

(02:56):
of the party right now that are trying to figure
out where they're supposed to be in all of this.
It was just a very interesting and surprising way that
she decided to bow out of this. And I even
said last week, look, here's the thing with Trump. I mean,
we saw him with Mondani right. People are asking the questions,
what the hell was that all about? But that's just Trump.

(03:20):
Trump gets pissed in angry, but he forgives easily, especially
if it can benefit him. But for her, again, everybody's
trying to figure out what her motive is. Could her
motive be there's something else behind this. She's been so
pissed at Trump, especially with all the issues when she
wanted to run for Senate and there was no way

(03:41):
you're going to do that. I mean, there's a lot
of things that go into this, but there's also something
that may be true, which is she's over it. She's
over the BS. That is a possibility.

Speaker 3 (03:55):
And I do not want my sweet district to have
to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by
the president that we all thought for only to fight
and win my election.

Speaker 1 (04:07):
While Republicans will likely lose.

Speaker 3 (04:09):
The midterms and in turn be expected to defend the
president against impeachment after he hatefully dumped tens of millions
of dollars against me and tried to destroy me. It's
all so absurd and completely unserious. I refuse to be
a battered wife hoping it all goes away and gets better.

(04:29):
If I am cast aside by the President and the
MAGA political machine and replaced by Neo Cohn's big pharma,
big tech, military industrial war complex, foreign leaders, and the
elite donor class that can never ever relate to real Americans,
then many common Americans have been cast aside and replaced

(04:51):
as well.

Speaker 2 (04:52):
Interesting Again, the whole thing is it was just an
interesting thing to watch because there is a sense in
side of the Republican Party that things are changing. Call
it lame duck, call it whatever you want to call it,
but there's this sense now that everybody needs to shape
their own path because there is a fear that next

(05:15):
year they get boat raced. And if they get boat raced,
who's going to get the blame? Is Trump going to
turn on people or the people going to turn on Trump?
Is there more to this?

Speaker 3 (05:27):
There is no plan to save the world, or a
four y chess game being played when common American people
realize and understand that the political industrial complex of both
parties is ripping this country apart, that not one elected
leader like me is able to stop Washington's machine from
gradually destroying our country, and instead the reality is that

(05:52):
they common Americans, the people, possess the real power over Washington.
Then I'll be here by their side to rebuild it.
Until then, I'm going back to the people that I love,
to live my life to the fullest as I always have,
and I look forward to a new path ahead. I'll

(06:13):
be resigning from office, with my last day being January fifth,
twenty twenty six, and I look forward to seeing many
of you again sometime in the future. May God bless
you all, and may God bless America.

Speaker 2 (06:28):
Going to be interesting to see how this plays itself out.
Laura Loom, of course, took complete advantage saying you got lumored.
It doesn't look good the parties at each other's throats
the way that they're at each other's throats, and I
think the frustration level from a lot of people is
getting to the politicians. When you look at inflation when

(06:52):
you look at the way that the numbers are careening
for Trump doesn't mean there's not time to fix it.
But there are people now that are in the Republican
Party who are feeling it in a way they haven't
felt it before. And Trump isn't offering the cover that
they thought it was going to be. Going to be

(07:12):
interesting for sure. Speaking of interesting, it is gobbo gobble week. Now.
We are working today and tomorrow, then we're gonna be
off till next Tuesday. Travel time is here though, and
that well, as we all know, busy.

Speaker 4 (07:27):
The FAA says this upcoming week maybe the busiest Thanksgiving
travel period in fifteen years. Triple A estimates in eighty
one million people are traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Speaker 3 (07:37):
We're excited about the shutdown ending and so that means
travel will be a little bit easier.

Speaker 4 (07:42):
For us, and the TSA says they're expecting to process
north of three million passengers at the height of travel
next Sunday. Fresh off of government shut down, which prompted
staffing shortages, long screening lines, and flight disruptions, The agency
says its officers are ready for the crowds.

Speaker 2 (07:58):
Yeah, yeah, I don't travel as you guys know, this
holiday season or any holiday season, when I do, I
travel in a very odd way, like I would have
left Saturday morning and come home Saturday afternoon. I don't
need that kind of That is just to me. The

(08:22):
stress of the travel takes the fun of the trip out,
if that makes sense.

Speaker 5 (08:29):
Thanksgiving is the single busiest travel holiday when you compare
it to Memorial Day July fourth, even the year in holidays.

Speaker 2 (08:37):
Yeah, it is because we're trying. Here's the thing with
the year in holidays or some of the other stuff,
but because a lot of times people are taking vacations
on the fourth of July the week before the week.
You know, you're taking vacations at a little bit of
a different time, so you can leave a day or
two early, come home a day or two early. And

(09:00):
it's the same kind of thing with the year in holidays.
Like you like, Jack's coming out here probably Christmas night,
my son and he'll leave. We're gonna we're gonna keep
an extra day or two after the first. It's one
of those things where you can work around those things.
But this is finite. Thursday is Thanksgiving. This is the

(09:23):
time you have to squeeze everything in. Then you have
the rush towards the end of the year holidays, so
you try to get it all in prior to you know,
because you're not going to travel, you're not gonna leave
Thanksgiving night. This is gonna happen maybe Thanksgiving Mordan. If
you have a short flight, you might fly in, but

(09:44):
realistically now it's not happening.

Speaker 1 (09:45):
On the ground.

Speaker 6 (09:46):
Seventy three million people will take that road trip to
Thanksgiving dinner. That's up one point three million from last year.
But gas price is looking pretty good. They're holding steady,
hovering around three dollars per gallon right now. Overall, with
so many people traveling to Timing is everything. Try not
to head out on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. The best
time to drive are before noon or after eight pm.

(10:08):
If you're traveling through the busy corridors like I ninety five, Atlanta, Boston,
or LA.

Speaker 1 (10:13):
Give yourself some extra time.

Speaker 2 (10:14):
Like a day or two or five leave it weird hours,
so it's still leave it bizarre hours. You'll be fine.

Speaker 5 (10:22):
If you're going to be on the road on those days,
you want to leave as early as possible, and you
want to make sure that you're not caught in that
afternoon early evening hour traffic.

Speaker 2 (10:32):
Just it's too stressful. It's why we stay home. It's
why we stay home. It's too stressful. I remember a
few years ago, we drove to my mom's for Thanksgiving,
and we left super early, and then we got into
Orange County, California, and it took us five hours to

(10:55):
go what normally would take us forty five minutes. And
I thought, I'm never doing this again. And we left
super early and not the day before Thanksgiving kind of thing.
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Speaker 1 (13:10):
You're listening to the Chad Benson Show.

Speaker 2 (13:12):
I said last week, the beauty of Trump, right for
all the cast and craziness, is the fact that he'll
sit down, We'll talk to anybody. He does what Trump does,
and so what happens. Trump has a conversation with Mundannie,
a guy who I'll be honest, he helped make because
he's a communist, He's all of the things. But I
will tell you the people I've talked to that are inside,
in and around the area, if you will, of the

(13:34):
Trump sphere say that he likes Mandanni because Madonnie pushes
back on him despite the always wanting to bow to
mag is what he wants from a lot of people.
He enjoys the fight, and for him, Madonnie gives him
a fight. There was no doubt about it.

Speaker 7 (13:51):
Did you expect it to be so chummy?

Speaker 1 (13:53):
What was going through your head when you were standing there?

Speaker 2 (13:56):
You know?

Speaker 8 (13:56):
I thought again and again about what it would mean
for New Yorkers if we establish a productive relationship that
would focus on the issues that those New Yorkers stay
up late at night thinking about, because so often in
our politics we try and tell people what they should
be worried about, what they should be concerned about. When
you actually ask New Yorkers and you listen to them,
you hear it. Come back to the issues that animated
not just the conversation the President and I had with

(14:17):
the press after our meeting, but frankly, in the meeting itself.
It was a conversation where we spoke about the need
to deliver on this agenda.

Speaker 2 (14:25):
And you know, everybody's like it was a it was
a praise fest. Yeah, it was, because that's what Trump does.
He likes the fact that he pushes back and he
looks at him on Donnie and says, you know what,
this guy, this guy here. They both want the same thing.
They both recognize that there is a cost of living
crisis in this country. They both recognize that, and while

(14:48):
they may differ on how to get there, the fact
is they want to see the cost of living come down.
And it was just it was the usual things what
I expect from him. I think he's going to be
I think he is going to surprise him conservative people actually,
and some very liberal people. He won't surprise him because
they already like him. Is this the new Fetterman? Or

(15:11):
is this the new Fetterman where he has changed somewhat
since he's become the go to really the go to
Democrat for the Republicans to talk about.

Speaker 7 (15:23):
You've also said in the past that President Trump has
engaged in a quote attack on our democracy. You've called
him a despot. Do you still believe President Trump is
a threat to the democracy?

Speaker 8 (15:34):
Everything that I've said in the past, I continue to believe.
And that's the thing that I think is important in
our politics.

Speaker 2 (15:39):
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Speaker 8 (15:50):
Because I'm not coming into the Oval Office to make
a point or make a stand. I'm coming in there
to deliver for New Yorkers. And a few weeks ago,
I was asked by a reporter at three words to
describe myself. I said, New York City.

Speaker 2 (16:01):
It's what I expected. And you know what, we should
figure out how we can get along so we can start,
you know, doing the things that we need to do
for all of us and keeping in the world of politics.
Philibuster yay, philibuster nay. We just got through the longest
shutdown in history. I have a feeling there's a chance
we could see a long one again in January unless

(16:22):
they work together. So we don't think that's going to happen,
but you never know, or the filibuster gone.

Speaker 7 (16:28):
Do you believe that you have enough votes, that the
president has enough votes to get rid of the philibuster?

Speaker 9 (16:33):
We will see come January thirties, because that's the point
of my editorial is to put the Senate on notice
that the Democrats kept the government shut down. And Ezra
Klein in the New York Times took the mask off.
He said, this wasn't about healthcare. This was about stopping totalitarianism.
The Democrats haven't been able to stop President Trump in

(16:55):
the courts, they haven't been able to stop him in
the media, so they had to harm the American people.
One point five percent hit to GDP eleven billion dollars
permanent hit.

Speaker 2 (17:05):
They don't care interesting the filibuster. Look, there's no law
abouts the filibuster in the Constitution. There's no law about
it at all. But if we do get rid of
the filibuster, what happens is wild swings will take place.
And that's one of the things I worry about. You
think we're divided, now, could you imagine what that's going
to be Like, We're gonna get whiplash from one side

(17:27):
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Speaker 2 (18:04):
Gobble Gobble Jangles, it is a gobbler week. That's right, kids,
gobble gobble I love Thanksgiving. I'm pumped. I just love
this time of year, from Halloween all the way through.
It's just like my favorite time of year. I'm excited.
But it is more expensive. Let's not pretend it's not.

(18:25):
Doesn't mean that, Oh my god, the world's coming to
an end, right like everybody overreacts to this stuff. But
we cannot downplay the cost of life when it comes
to not just the holidays, but everything. Yes, but Thanksgiving
is definitely a part of it.

Speaker 11 (18:43):
The American Farm Bureau Federation says a traditional Thanksgiving feast
for ten runs about fifty five dollars and eighteen cents
in twenty twenty five, versus fifty eight dollars and eight
cents a year ago. And while the cost of a
turkey is down sixteen percent this year, other items have
gone up. A gallon of milk upset sixteen percent, potatoes
up thirty seven percent, and a one pound veggie tray

(19:05):
up over sixty percent.

Speaker 2 (19:07):
Sixty percent. That's big. That's big. People are worried, but
they're still spending money. People are thinking, Hey, what am
I gonna do here when it comes to feeding the family.
You know what you're gonna do. You're gonna make do
because that's what we do.

Speaker 12 (19:25):
I don't know that I'll spend more, but if I
spend the same, I'll get less food for my dollar.

Speaker 13 (19:30):
True, we usually make homemade pecan pies, and the prices
are just outrageous for pecans, so we're just gonna skip
that this year.

Speaker 2 (19:39):
That's a win. I'm not a fan of pie. I
think you guys should know that. I just don't like pie.
But we'll make two because it's not about the food.
It's about the family, right, even if you do fight
with each other. But I will tell you, yeah, you
can't tell me things aren't more expensive. I shop this
week and my wife and I went out and we

(20:01):
did some shopping get ready because it's just gonna be
the four of us here. And then my local producer, Belle,
he's coming and it's it's good. We're gonna joy ourselves.
But yeah, it's more expensive, and we did. We bought
a turkey last year that was from a local farm.
There was a little bit more expensive, and we ended

(20:23):
up buying another one this year that yes, it's a
little bit more expensive. That big said though, damn inflation
I was trying to tell about. Inflation isn't bad. It's
a normal part of the economy. It's when inflation is hot.

(20:44):
But your dollars, i e. Your earnings or not hot.
I don't care if inflation goes up ten percent a month.
If I have a fifteen percent rise in real wages,
that means I win. I know that sounds ridiculous. I'm
just trying to point out that it's your wages not
keeping up is a huge problem as well. How do

(21:06):
people feel about the economy, because what do we always say?
It's the economy stupid?

Speaker 14 (21:11):
Tonight, a new CBS News poll shows Americans approval of
how President Trump is handling the economy has declined. For
those who judge him on the economy, most more than
three quarters say he is not spending enough time on
that issue. CBS. A Chanel call in New Jersey is
that one of the largest malls in America where despite
some of those numbers, shopping is in full swing.

Speaker 15 (21:34):
Jerika shoppers are outing for us here at the American
Dream Mall, many saying they're seeing higher prices and searching
for bargains. The Kuiva's family is kicking off their holiday
shopping with a close eye on prices.

Speaker 13 (21:49):
I'm planning to spend differently this year, maybe smarter.

Speaker 16 (21:53):
What does that mean?

Speaker 2 (21:55):
A budget?

Speaker 12 (21:56):
Because everything is so expensive?

Speaker 2 (21:58):
Twenty four A budget. I told the kids this year,
I'm just gonna whittle them stuff. That's what I told
about kids. Yes, what you guys are getting whittle I'm
whittling things. No, the budget is smart, You're gonna you're
probably gonna spend the same, if not more, But it's

(22:18):
are you getting your dollars worth? And remember the dollars weaker.
It's a lot of things to go into as tariffs
are just now catching up. Plus the economy itself, there
is a sense inside the economy that things aren't rocking
and rolling. And yes, whether Trump wants to believe it
or not, the Republicans want to believe or not, that
still lands at their feet.

Speaker 15 (22:36):
Optimism about the economy is in short supply. CBS News
polling finds only thirty two percent of Americans think the
economy is in good shape, and almost sixty percent field
prices are rising. Also, new data release last week showed
consumer sentiment, which measures how people feel about the economy,
fell from October to November, and that number has dropped

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significant and lee since last November.

Speaker 5 (23:01):
The prices are a little bit more expensive because of
the tires.

Speaker 15 (23:05):
Consumer spending accounts for more than two thirds of US
economic activity. Holiday shopping forecasts predict sales will grow anywhere
from about three to four percent from last year, slightly
less than the year before.

Speaker 2 (23:19):
Good but Are you getting more? Are you getting the
same or getting less? Are you spending more for less? Oh? Yeah?
See again when you look at inflation, we look at everything.
What are you looking at? It's the It's always like
the chips, right, you buy a bag of chips, you
think it's this big, and then you feel it and

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you're like oh, and then you open and you realize,
oh my god, is only a third of this thing
is covered in chips, which for a weight is a
great thing. But for the money you spent, not so much.
Is that what we're going to get for the holiday season?

Speaker 16 (23:54):
Spending has been pretty resilient, but Ali Furman with Price
Waterhouse Coopers says Americans keep opening their wallets. We have
seen what we call this say versus do gap widen
and widen since the pandemic. Despite negative sentiment, consumers across
every generation continue to spend.

Speaker 2 (24:12):
Furman says.

Speaker 15 (24:12):
The only group of Americans who plan to cop back
this year is gen Z. The twenty some Things are
facing higher living expenses and plan to spend twenty three
percent less.

Speaker 13 (24:23):
We go weekly grestion shopping and everything is more expensive,
So we don't even know if forging holiday shop.

Speaker 15 (24:29):
Really free tailors stalk their shelves early this year because
of Terriff's financial analysts say they'll then be looking to
clear out that inventory, offering the deepest discounts on Black
Friday and the four days following, including of course Cyber Monday.

Speaker 2 (24:45):
Which is big, huge, And speaking of holiday shopping, like,
what's the cool things out there? What's stuffed on discount?
We're tuned it all for you. It's a holiday weekly
shows here on The Chad Benson Show, and the excitement.
I told my wife I like to go out this
time of year. Normally I just I don't do malls
to do that stuff, But I enjoy getting a part
of the hustle and bustle, seeing what's out there, shopping,

(25:07):
just feeling a part of stuff kind of reminds me
a little bit when I was a kid. Obviously, So
what is the hot thing?

Speaker 17 (25:14):
Despite economic concerns over tariffs and rising prices, electronics are
on the top of people's wish lists this year.

Speaker 2 (25:22):
That's not a shocker. We live in a world now
where electronics dominate everything. Of course, even for my kids,
it's about electronics. Used to be man, you remember that
you get your baseball bat, you get your glove, you
get your soccer ball. Maybe it'd get a video game,
but it wasn't one of those games, so you're going
to spend hours upon hours, right, It wasn't that kind

(25:43):
of thing. It was something And of course from my generation,
chen X was the bike. Did you get an awesome
bike or did you get the bike the year before
and now you got all the stuff to go with it.

Speaker 18 (25:55):
Oh to your point there, the chaos and craziness that
we've seen in stores really shifted to people doing a
majority they're shopping even Black Friday online. It's, you know,
one of those things where Wi Fi the crowd, particularly
the cold if you hear in the Northeast, when you
can stay in in your pajamas, maybe a hot cup
of coffee or coco, and then have this shopping experience.
It's really a convenience factor. It's gonna be splurring and

(26:17):
spurring these record sales over the Thanksgiving weekend. According to
data from the National Retail Federation, one hundred and eighty
seven million Americans are expected to shop between Thanksgiving Day
and Cyber Monday. Of those, nearly eighty percent, more than
one hundred and fifty million people will be shopping for
tech gadget. That is despite half of all tech shoppers
reporting that they're having a little bit of worries around

(26:38):
price tariffs even both.

Speaker 2 (26:41):
Yeah and getting them. Of course, it always the dreaded
oh my god, can I get that thing? But the
tariffs play to role in what has happened in the
cost of things, you know, and everybody gets telling me
how tariffs are great, They're going to bring back all
the stuff and we're gonna be manu which not. We're
not doing it. By the way. We're like the second

(27:02):
largest manufacturing nation on the planet, but so much of
that is old school manufacturing. It's a different thing. The
stuff that we want we're probably not going to manufacture.
There's a cheap, good stock them deep sell them cheap.
We're not going to manufacture certain things. So the tariffs

(27:25):
really hit us hard. And at the end of the day,
as we talk about with the economy stupid, this is
a big deal. The fourth quarter if to slow down,
and I think we're going to spend the hell out
of it. But as we talk about spending the hell
out of it, one of the things I worry about
is how much credit card debt is out there. How

(27:45):
much credit card debt is going to eat up people
next year? Is this the next debt bomb that might happen?
I think absolutely there's a huge possibility for that. The
thing is, we're spending the same as we usually did,
except doing it on credit.

Speaker 18 (28:01):
Most of the shoppers will stick to doing shopping on
Black Friday. More than one hundred and thirty million are
still expected to go online and do some shopping even
on Black Friday. Cyber Monday now expects to be the
second busiest holiday shopping season day of the season, again
despite analysts noting that worries and uncertainty about the economy
are creeping into the holiday shopping experience. According to the

(28:23):
Consumer Technology Association, a quarter of shoppers say they expect
to see fewer deals in than that we saw in
the previous year, and that in their pre Black Friday report,
they found while plenty will be out bargain hunting, more
shoppers actually plan to cut back the number of gifts
they're going to buy this year even fewer, saying that
they will increase their spending. The CTA says the main

(28:44):
driver for both factors is the lack of discretionary income
that people are seeing this time of year in particular.

Speaker 2 (28:51):
And that's that living paycheck to paycheck that is different.
Where the paycheck used to go a lot further. You
had some money to put away, then the paycheck shrunk
a little bit, and you had a tiny bit of
money to put away. Then the paycheck cut to the
point where it was break even. Now it's at the
point where, well, thank goodness for credit cards.

Speaker 19 (29:11):
Right.

Speaker 18 (29:11):
As I mentioned a moment ago, tech is a big
thing on the list right now, but this year there's
definitely a shift into the types of tech products that
people are buying. It's not the big screen TVs or
the video game consoles. Despite it being the first holiday
season that we're seeing the Nintendo switch a to be out.
The Consumer Technology Association says it's expecting bigger ticket sales
on smaller ticket items, cheaper items that won't necessarily break

(29:34):
the budget. Your wireless headphones, your iPhone case is a
subscription or a streaming surface. And people are also buying
a lot of gift cards. Gift cards expected to make
up twenty nine billion dollars in sale, the most popular
ones being for restaurants, preloaded bank cards once for department stores.
And if you're waiting until the turkey and the stuffing
all settles, chances are you might already be behind the

(29:55):
ball here for the holiday shopping season. As of November fourteenth,
fifty percent of a American surveyed by the National Retail
Federations state they have already started shopping. I am one
of them, at least a quarter of them, though, and
I'm not in this category, so they're already done.

Speaker 2 (30:09):
I'm not done. We've done a little shopping, but I'm
not done because I use it. Here's the thing with me.
My birthday's the twentieth of December, and I used to
hate the fact that I got grouped up with Happy Birthday,
Merry Christmas all at the same time. So I used
to say, I'm not starting any shopping until after my birthday.
We'll see how you do them a birthday before I

(30:31):
decide what I'm going to get you, cause you might
get a happy Birthday, Merry Christmas, and your birthday maybe
in June three, two, three, five, three, eight, twenty four,
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(31:57):
some interesting stuff box office. The reviews aren't great, but
the dollars are. We'll talk a little bit about that,
among other things. Straight add this is the Chad Benson Show.

Speaker 20 (32:16):
Welcome to chatshe No, not the Country, the Institution, the
Chad Benson Show.

Speaker 2 (32:22):
It's a wizarding win this weekend for a movie that
I have not seen, nor will I probably see it
unless it's on, you know, one of the streaming channels,
and my kids want to watch it, but even then
not so much. They weren't that interested in the first one.
But I'll tell you what a lot of people were
interested in the second one as well.

Speaker 1 (32:41):
I don't have to see The.

Speaker 21 (32:42):
Wizard Wicked for good swept past all other movies. Debuting
at number one at the weekend theater box office one
hundred and fifty million dollars in ticket sales in North America,
say Studio estimates. It's the biggest opening ever for a
Broadway musical adaptation.

Speaker 12 (32:57):
Who Wants to See a Magic Trip?

Speaker 2 (32:58):
Now You See Me?

Speaker 21 (32:59):
Three was second with thirty seven million, Predator bad Lands
was third. It's take over three weekends seventy six million bucks.
The Running Man was fourth, and Rental Family fifth.

Speaker 2 (33:09):
By the way, the box office for wickeds like a
quarter of a billion. They've already you know, it's about
four hundred million two get to that break even point.
They're gonna do it. And I again, I it's never
been I just first of all, I don't do musicals
because well they're musicals. She's never been my j But
a lot of people love it. The people are saying, though,

(33:30):
the reason the first one was a success, it was
because it was based off of the musical this one.
Everybody that I've talked to that you know, the movie
people that go and see these things saying it was Okay,
if you love the first one, you're gonna love this one.
But it's not gonna draw new people in. But you
don't need to. If you've got to build an audience

(33:51):
that's gonna get you seven hundred million dollars a picture,
you're gonna keep going back to that well till eventually
it runs dry. It is Thanksgiving week and reminder, you
guys know our love of animals. Here make sure that
your animals are taken care of, because they're gonna want
to eat everything. We have a cat that is pretty
sure the entire turkey is just for him.

Speaker 22 (34:13):
There are some things that are specifically toxic to pets,
things like chocolate, raisins, grapes, macedamia nuts. Other things that
people need to be aware of, though, are anything that's
heavily seasoned or spiced, anything that's high fat. Both of
those can cause gi upset. And of course you really
want to make sure you keep your dog away from
things like turkey bones and whatnot that can cause a

(34:35):
gastruintestinal obstruction.

Speaker 2 (34:37):
Which we don't want, right so that's the last thing
you want. But they're gonna want some turkey. This is
kind of their jam, their Christmas jam, even though it's
turkey time. They're looking around, going, all right, there's a
twelve pound bird, a twenty five pound bird. You guys
aren't eating all that right now.

Speaker 22 (34:54):
We'll have some of that, set some unseasoned turkey aside,
without the skin, or make some steamed or boiled vegetables
without the seasoning and without the butter, and you can
feed them a little bit of that, or you can
just give them the kind of treat that they would
really want anyway, you know, really high quality, single ingredient
dog treats, freeze dry, dehydrated pieces of meat.

Speaker 2 (35:15):
It's all they really want anyway. Yeah, Mike, Cat and
Dog are both looking at me, going, yeah the hell
you are. We want some of that turkey. I want
some of that trip to fan. You could do that
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on the Chad Benson Show. Coming out our number two
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and Monday. More coming up next hour.

Speaker 23 (35:49):
About this public break between Green and Trump was only
just a few weeks in the making, and so it
is no doubt going to cause some questions amongst members
of Congress that if you have a position that is
contra to what the President of the United States believes,
how quickly can you have a falling out that changes
as it has for Green? Here the trajectory of your

(36:09):
political career.

Speaker 2 (36:10):
We're going to find that out we're going to talk
a bit about that, among other things. Venezuela, Ukraine, you
name it, we're talking about it. Can you see a
shop in the podcast hour number two for Dad Chad
Benson Show.

Speaker 1 (36:23):
This is the Chad Benson Show, The Chad Benson Show.

Speaker 2 (36:54):
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. It is
travel chaos already. I'm hearing from airports, I'm seeing the
chaoticness on the roads. So we want to make sure
that you are protected here, that you know what to do.
Rad Chad Bencuccia wants to be ahead of it all.
It's what matters most. This week's going to be an

(37:14):
interesting week when it comes to politics. We'll get to
that in a second, but let's first find out about
the air and the roads.

Speaker 24 (37:22):
Record breaking Thanksgiving travel rush well underway, Nearly eighty two
million people expected to hit the roads and skies. Airports
from coast to coast already packed, set to only get
busier this week.

Speaker 2 (37:34):
The skies will be so busy that the.

Speaker 24 (37:36):
FA is already preparing to use limited military airspace if
needed to support the most efficient flow of traffic across
the East Coast and the Gulf.

Speaker 2 (37:45):
Hot diggity dam that's crazy.

Speaker 24 (37:47):
The trade group Airlines for America says US airlines will
carry an all time high of thirty one million passengers
during the holiday period. United is expecting about six point
six million of them. Official say even after weeks of
cancelations and delays because of the shutdown, they're more than
ready for the rush.

Speaker 2 (38:06):
It is going to be. It's gonna be crazy out there.
And that is why, as I always tell you guys,
I don't go anywhere because I'm not insane. I just
there's nothing about traveling this time of the year that
I get excited about. And the reason is, and I
hear it from everybody you travel, right, the stress of

(38:30):
the travel? Is it worth the time spent wherever you
are before you have to turn around and think about,
oh god, I got to travel again. No, stay home,
do your shopping, eat some turkey, watch them football, Skype
your family, whatever they'll you do, zoom them. Skype's not

(38:51):
even a thing anymore. That's how long ago that's been.
Whatever you have to do, do it unless you left
at a weird time, right, If you left at noon
on Saturday and you're gonna come home Friday midday, Okay,
I see that. But if you're just doing the same

(39:14):
thing that everybody else is doing, good God.

Speaker 24 (39:16):
If you are driving well, you're gonna be joining about
seventy three million people who.

Speaker 2 (39:21):
Are also driving. That's according to Triple A.

Speaker 24 (39:23):
In fact, that's ninety percent of all Thanksgiving travelers. So
we're looking at one point three million more drivers than
last year.

Speaker 2 (39:31):
It's gonna be busy out there. No thanks, no thank you.
The farthest I am driving this week maybe to go
pick up a couple little things at the store. That's it.
Nothing else. We're not going anywhere else. There's no chance
I want to drive anywhere. Just zero zilchhnada. And I'm
doing some with the local station day where we're going

(39:53):
to be driving over And normally I don't drive to work.
I walk to work because it's only about a ten
minute walk. We're doing something today though, where I have
to drive over, and we're doing this big thing with
the Nashville Rescue mission. But outside of that, I don't
want to go anywhere. Like a vacation, time off, time
to relax.

Speaker 12 (40:12):
That should be exactly that.

Speaker 2 (40:15):
Good God, stay off the freaking roads.

Speaker 9 (40:18):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (40:18):
Meanwhile, chaos craziness. What's happening in Ukraine. Want to touch
on this before we get to March Retailer Green, because
I think this is important. I don't know what's going
to happen in the Ukraine. We've always talked about with
our buddy Mike Lions military analysts. The fact is there
is a chance that we're going to see some peace,

(40:40):
which is phenomenal. Everybody already who understands new that, look,
you're gonna have to give up something that you don't
want to give up to get the peace that you
hope you get, and not only the piece you hope
you get, and this is something peace of mind with
a security guarantee, which is absolutely the most vital thing

(41:02):
out of all of this.

Speaker 25 (41:03):
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says tremendous progress has been
made towards a peace deal. The comments followed talks in
Geneva with Ukrainian officials aimed at revising a twenty eight
point piece plan offered by the US, a plan that
would have handed over more Ukrainian territory to Russia and
reduced the size of Ukraine's military in half, while offering
Ukraine some security guarantees.

Speaker 2 (41:25):
And that's the most important thing. Can we give them
the security guarantees not one that we gave them last time.
We're like, we're totally going to be there for you.
And then then well no, then then nothing happened. When
things went sideways, nothing happened. We promised them that we
were going to do some stuff like protect them in
the event if you give up your nuclear weapons, We're

(41:47):
going to be there for you.

Speaker 19 (41:48):
We are at a critical moment and we are working
closely with the United States, with European partners, with many
many others to define steps that can and Russia's war
against us against you, pray and bring real security.

Speaker 2 (42:07):
Which is what everybody wants and needs. That would be
like a Christmas miracle. But in truth, this is what
was always going to happen. Pewter has more of everything.
He has the more want to sacrifice his people. So
let's get doesn't want to see as people all die.
The Pewter doesn't care. Bigger army, more bullets. You have

(42:31):
an army and a military that is smaller with less bullets,
and you're running out of bullets and people to pull
the trigger. This was always going to be this way,
and it sucks, but you survive as a nation. The
most important thing is can you get the thing that

(42:52):
you need, the security, the protection you need from the US,
from NATO that will give you that peace of mind.
That's going to be interesting to see what exactly is
it that totally comes out of it, because everybody I've
talked to originally said, look, this is basically the Pooter
could have designed this himself as far as drawing up

(43:12):
what it is that he's going to get out of this.
And yes, even US that includes what one hundred billion
dollars worth of rare earth minerals, rebuilds things of that nature.
We'll see, we'll see, but it would be a Christmas miracle. Friday,
Mundannie met with Trump. We talked a bit about that,
but also MTG said bye bye to the political world

(43:37):
at least for now.

Speaker 12 (43:38):
Hi.

Speaker 3 (43:38):
Everyone, I've always represented the common American man and woman
as a member of the House of Representatives, which is
why I've always been despised in Washington, DC and just
never fit in. Americans are used by the political industrial
complex of both political parties election cycle after election cycle
in order to elect which ever side can convince Americans

(44:02):
to hate the other side more, and the results are
always the same. No matter which way the political pendulum swings,
Republican or Democrat, nothing ever gets better for the common
American man or woman. The debt goes higher, corporate and
global interests remain Washington's sweethearts. American jobs continue to be replaced,

(44:23):
whether it's by illegal labor or legal labor, by visas
or just shipped overseas. Small businesses continue to be swallowed
by big corporations. Americans hard earned tax dollars always fund
foreign wars, foreign aid, and foreign interest, and the spending
power of the dollar continues to decline. The average American

(44:44):
family can no longer survive on a single bread winner's income,
as both parents have to work in order to simply survive.
And today many in my children's generation feel hopeless for
their future and don't think they will ever realize the
American and dream. And that breaks my heart.

Speaker 2 (45:03):
All Right. The cynic in me said, Okay, what's the
real story. Obviously they're not getting along, they haven't gotten
along for a while, right, that's the cynic in me,
And that there's more to it, the reality of this.
I think there's a portion of that, but I also
think that she'd had enough. And let's be real. Some

(45:27):
people go to Washington and the cynicism that we talk
about becomes their life and they're okay with it. The
UNI Party, everybody talks about it. Some people go to
Washington and I think they get there and they say,
I don't like this. I don't want any part of this.
Nobody's serious about anything. Everybody's all about getting on Fox News,

(45:48):
getting on ms NOW, getting on CNN or the likes,
the clicks, getting on the right podcast. They're not serious
about fixing any issue that may be out there and
helping their constituents or America. And she might be in

(46:08):
that position where she's had enough of it. So it's
hard to tell because again, the cynicism of it all
is real. She also talked about she didn't want a
giant battle.

Speaker 3 (46:20):
And I do not want my sweet district to have
to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by
the president that we all fought for only to fight
and win my election.

Speaker 1 (46:32):
While Republicans will likely lose.

Speaker 3 (46:34):
The midterms and in turn be expected to defend the
President against impeachment after he hatefully dumped tens of millions
of dollars against me and tried to destroy me.

Speaker 1 (46:46):
It's all so absurd.

Speaker 3 (46:48):
And completely unseerious. I refuse to be a battered wife
hoping it all goes away and gets better. If I
am cast aside by the president and the MAGA political
machine and replaced by neo CON's big pharma, big tech
military industrial war complex, foreign leaders, and the elite donor
class that can never ever relate to real Americans, then

(47:11):
many common Americans have been cast aside and replaced as well.

Speaker 2 (47:16):
I think that was well said again, and the cynicism
is how much of that's real? How much of that's not?
But it's hard not to think that a lot of
what she is saying is true. Again, she played the
game and elevated her brand in her name, But did
you maybe think that she got to the point where
she found it all to be bs and that it

(47:38):
was for not We'll see. It's going to be interesting,
for sure, and the whole thing with the midterms and
if they lose, what would that look like? That would
be ugly because you know, if they lose, you can
be investigation after investigation, and yes, impeachment and then what well,

(48:02):
lame duck president full of struggles. Who knows what comes
out between now and then. The economy's not doing well,
I have a feeling to get ugly, and I don't
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Speaker 1 (49:49):

Speaker 2 (49:52):
The Supreme Court birthright citizenship. Everybody freaked out last time.
Remember the whole birthright thing wasn't the actual case that
was being heard. Well that may change because now it's
up for discussion.

Speaker 4 (50:09):
As soon as tomorrow, the Supreme Court could say whether
it will hear an appeal that could redefine birthright citizenship.
Justice has met Friday at their private weekly conference considering
an appeal by the Trump administration. Remember, on his first
day in office, President Trump signed an executive order declaring
that only newborns who have parents with permanent legal status
in the US are eligible for birthright citizenship. Now federal

(50:31):
court to block that order as unconstitutional, citing more than
a century of legal president.

Speaker 2 (50:36):
So this is going to be interesting. This may be
one of the biggest cases they have out there right now,
if not the biggest for a long while, especially when
it comes to immigration. This could essentially change everything. So
that means you're born here, you're not a citizen, you're
not a resident, you're nothing unless your parents are residents,

(51:01):
so they can be here as a resident, meaning they
may be here working. They're not citizens, but they're residents,
so you can. If you're born here, you're an American.
But if your family came here illegally, well then that's
a no for you.

Speaker 4 (51:18):
If enough justices vote in favor of the appeal moving forward,
the High Court would rule in the case sometime next year.
If they decided not to hear that appeal, birthright citizenship
will continue to apply to anyone born on US soil.

Speaker 2 (51:32):
I think that's the way they're going to rule even
if they and I do think they'll hear it, but
I still think they're going to uphold the Fourteenth Amendment.

Speaker 4 (51:41):
The fourteenth Amendment citizenship clause that all persons born or
naturalized in the US or citizens was ratified after the
Civil War, and researchers estimate that this appeal could impact
as many as two hundred and fifty five thousand children
born in the US each year to one or more
parents without American citizenship or permanent legal status.

Speaker 2 (52:00):
Is I want to see what it looks like? Is so,
if your mother is a citizen but your father's not,
and they're here legally, what does that look like? Three two, three, five,
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is a citizen but the woman giving birth is not,
what does that look like? Or does it have to
be both parents' residents. I don't know, it'll be very

(52:41):
interesting to see, but I do think they'll take it up.
I don't know if they're going to overturn it. Let
me know what you think. From there, we move to Venezuela.
What will happen? When will it happen? Dad? I don't know.
Do I think something's going to happen. I think most
people feel like something's going to happen. It's the way
and the anticipation. How does it happen? Is it small?

(53:03):
Is it big? Or does he just Maduro pick up
his stuff and bounce. I don't know.

Speaker 25 (53:08):
The top US military officer, General Dan Kine is visiting
American forces in Puerto Rico today. The US has boosted
its military presence in the Caribbean, increasing pressure on Venezuelan
President Nicholas Maduro, whom the Trump administration accuses of drug trafficking,
allegations Maduro denies. The US has launched at least twenty
strikes on suspected drug boats and the Caribbean Sea.

Speaker 2 (53:30):
Yeah. I mean, I think where we recognized something is
going to take place. It is just when. Is it
the CIA and some covert action which Trump has already announced,
or is it something more serious. We're telling planes don't
fly over there. That's a big deal. Whatever you do,
don't fly around this area. It is there feels like
something is coming sooner rather than later. It's just when

(53:54):
is that going to be and what does that actually
look like? Does it look like a situation where we're
going in with boots on the ground, as you've heard
Mike Lyons say, not until the army gets involved. You
need to worry about that. Or is it going to
be just more covert with strategic strikes. I couldn't tell you.
It just feels like it's not if. But when let
me know what you think. Three two, three, five, twenty

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Show, then Chad Benson Show.

Speaker 1 (54:41):
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Speaker 2 (54:43):
I talked about it a couple of weeks ago. Happiness
in America is down in facts. If we were given
a grade, it's more and more people look into this.
Are you ready for this? A D plus Now I'm
a happy cat. Doesn't mean I can't be stressed. We

(55:06):
live in a much different world than a lot of
other places because we're go go, go, go, go go go.
But happiness is important and well, this should be the
happiest time of the year, and I don't know if
it is.

Speaker 26 (55:19):
Now to some particularly unhappy news. A new report shows
happiness in the United States is falling at one of
the fastest rates in the developed world. The pro democracy
nonprofit The Common Good gave the US a D plus
and Happiness and it's annual America's report card the non
partners and organizations, as the score is largely driven by
quote eroding social bonds, falling optimism, and worsening emotional and

(55:44):
economic well being across the country. The World Happiness Report
ranks the US as the twenty fourth happiest country. In
twenty eleven, it was the eleventh happiest country. But Tricia Duff,
founder of The Common Good, joins us, now, thank you
for being here and you happy to be here. Your
report found Americans over sixty are among the happiest in
the world, but those under thirty are increasingly unhappy. What's

(56:06):
the disconnect?

Speaker 2 (56:08):
Now, there is a disconnect, you know. One of the
things we've talked about with how angry the youth of Americas.
And it's funny because when this is what we've talked about,
this generational gap of why people are pissed, why people
are angry, and you get this older generation, particularly Baber
boomers like, Ah, they just don't understand. Life is so great.
It's all of the things, et cetera, et cetera. And

(56:30):
the younger generation is like, we're broke. We owe way
more money than you ever did when you get out
of college. We have no real job prospects. You own homes.
That's a dream that many of them figure they're never
going to ever achieve. Now. I'm a gen xer, so

(56:51):
I live in the middle. I understand why the old
laugh and make fun of the youth, which isn't cool
at times. Sometimes they deserve it, and they're insanity. A
lot of times I don't. And I understand why gen
Z is pissed at the older group, blaming a lot
of their ills on them. There's no doubt that this

(57:15):
isn't just about the I'm unhappy with everything. There's a
reason and a generational gap because they feel And I
talk to a lot of the Utes of America, because
I have Uts of America and my family I'm raising
gen Z and gen Alpha. I've got millennial and gen

(57:36):
Z brothers and sisters, and they look up and they say, yeah,
you guys have a lot going for you all as
well for you but for us, no, not so much,
and it is becoming a mass divide between the two.
It's not a class battle, it is a generational battle.

Speaker 27 (57:59):
Well, that's that's one of the biggest things we found
is that there's a huge generational gap forming in the
country right now. Americans under age thirty rank sixty second
in world happiness against all the other countries.

Speaker 1 (58:14):
And we look at these.

Speaker 27 (58:16):
Statistics to find out how we can do better. But
young people are worried about affordability, they're worried about social media.
Young men in particular are very unhappy, and they feel
that there's a sense of a lack.

Speaker 2 (58:33):
Of purpose and you can't take away purpose. They don't
know what they're doing. They're struggling, they're frustrated. Again, it's
a generational gap. Everyone wants to talk about, Well, this
it's a class thing. It's not. It's a generational thing
right now with us, and why people are so pissed
angry at each other. They're looking up going you know, hey,

(58:55):
you guys dancing around enjoying your life and you've got,
you know, a great retirement. You own a home, maybe
two Our down payment costs twice what your home does,
and we can't save for our down payment, because even
if we start saving for a down payment that by

(59:16):
the time we go to buy the house we want
to buy twelve years from now, that house will be
three times as much. They feel like they're spinning.

Speaker 26 (59:25):
What are some of the consequences of declining happiness.

Speaker 27 (59:28):
Well, I mean, these are people who want to pull
out of doing that work they have with no sense
of purpose, no agency, and a feeling that they are
contributing in a meaningful way in their work and in
their personal lives. We're concerned about the death rates. The

(59:52):
death rates in the United States are already alarming. The
loneliness rates are extremely alarming, so much so that the
Surgeon General put it on his list of concerns.

Speaker 2 (01:00:07):
That's crazy, the loneliness rate, and it is up. It
is especially for young men. And we're going to get
to a lot of stuff like coming up here with
more gen Z stuff, especially about etiquette and things of
that nature. But think about the loneliness rate that's out there.
That's you know, I mean, I'm blessed again. I always

(01:00:30):
feel like came for the great generation because we came
before the internet. We created the internet, so we know
what it's like to have both, but the fact that
we do not have a young, healthy group of people
that feel like America is a good place to be

(01:00:52):
is depressing.

Speaker 27 (01:00:53):
Also concerned about the deaths of despair that continue to
climb in the United States, where you were concerned about suicide,
acute alcohol poisoning, drug overdoses. We need to really start
addressing the situation that the growth in GDP, which has
always been a measure of how successful the United States is,

(01:01:17):
it's not necessarily the best metric. What we really should
be looking at is well being. And we're trying to
look at those metrics now and urge a real look
at what we can do to make it better for Americans.
They're hurting, and especially young people. They're worried.

Speaker 2 (01:01:36):
You know, the growth in GDP thing is interesting. So
a couple of people talking about this weekend about they
were kind of you know, we were out and about
and they were going over the how much the stock
market's up, And tell my wife that doesn't matter. Wall Street,

(01:01:58):
Main Street two separate things. And as I've gotten older,
I'll tell you right now, I work a lot of
hours and am I happy? I am? I'm always kind
of like one of those bouncing around, you know, kind
of cats like Tigger. I was yoking, I'm like Tigger,
you know, from Winnie the Pooh. But the reality is
is I I want to be there more for my family.

(01:02:21):
There is a certain sense, you know, I say, the
sacrifice to build the things so they can have a
great life. The problem is, as I told my wife,
sometimes I feel like I'm I'm doing so much more.
Everybody else can do more, but I'm sacrificing, you know,
sometimes the time I want together and you know, you've

(01:02:42):
got to look at it in so many different ways.
Being happy, don't discount that. The one thing is I'll say,
you know, it's not that the Yes, the the younger
generation has some issues, There's no doubt, as has older generations.
But they're trying to figure out what's their purpose life,
which I think is kind of interesting. They're also trying
to figure out not only what their purpose is, but

(01:03:09):
can they afford to live their purpose, which I think
is underrated. You know, I've been very blessed in my
life because I took a lot of chances and I
failed a time, still fail all the time, And I
tell my kids, don't be afraid to fail. Don't be
afraid to fail. Follow what makes you happy. Don't be
afraid to fail, because failing is just one step closer

(01:03:31):
to success. I just don't think a lot of people
have that in him anymore.

Speaker 27 (01:03:37):
Social media is a big part of it, because social
connections are collapsing generally, and loneliness is at epidemic levels.
But one of the things that drive that is an
amount of time that young people spend on social media.

(01:03:57):
The other problem with social media is that it drives misinformation,
disinformation algorithms that take you down toxic paths and really
do not create a sense of happiness. Also, you compare
yourselves to others and look at your life and think,
why don't I look like that person's perfect life of

(01:04:20):
that influencer?

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Because that perfect life in as perfect as you think
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We'll talk a bit about that among other things. That's
all straight ahead. This is the Chad.

Speaker 20 (01:05:50):
Deep states no deep doo doo e. The Chat Benson Show.

Speaker 2 (01:06:00):
Time of the program where we learn about what the
ute of America is doing. The language they speak, while
it's similar, is different and we would like to know
about it. It's code. At times, things that we think
are normal words come to find out they're not normal
at all. They are words that they have twisted into
something different. You know what time it is. Now it's

(01:06:23):
time for the urban word of the day. The young
have a vocabulary all their own, and we break it
down for you. It's called the urban word of the day. Ah.
This one's perfect to start the week because it is
a week and the urban word of the day today

(01:06:45):
is glazing. Glazing What does that? That is where when
you're putting it on extra for somebody, but instead of hate, right,
it's praise talking to somebody at work about somebody else
and you're talking about oh man, they're just putting it

(01:07:05):
on thick about how great they are, how amazing they are.
That's when you say, whoa, it feels like you're glazing them. Huh,
you're glazying heart for that person for the job that
they've done. Oh yeah, yeah. Glazing is the urban word
of the day.

Speaker 12 (01:07:18):
That was the urban word of the day now, you know.

Speaker 2 (01:07:23):
And I bring this up because the gen Z world
is on the struggle bus in a major way, in fact,
to the point where they now have etiquette classes specifically
for them.

Speaker 1 (01:07:39):
Hello, my name is Cindy Seed.

Speaker 12 (01:07:42):
For years, etiquett coach, Cindy Seed trained power players on
the art of the business lines. Welcome. Now she's busy
helping gen Zers.

Speaker 28 (01:07:52):
Don't be putting your rear end too far back.

Speaker 12 (01:07:55):
Master the basics of professional life.

Speaker 28 (01:07:58):
Nowadays, kids with almost anything that they want. As a result,
there's less struggle tonight.

Speaker 12 (01:08:06):
She's serving up those lessons at Palmhouse in San Francisco, where,
for once the main course is in chicken or fish
and bring it back but good manners, lift.

Speaker 28 (01:08:16):
Up Annie from the side of the spot.

Speaker 12 (01:08:19):
How to eat your soup without spilling, I do it.
Load to eating bread without leaving crumbs.

Speaker 28 (01:08:25):
There you go.

Speaker 2 (01:08:27):
The struggle is real and there's a reason for that.
And yes, it's because they live a different world than
we have. I mean they do. They live in a
way different world than we've ever lived in. My kids
have only ever known the Internet. But then you throw
in COVID a few other things. Next thing you know,
there's no humanity, and they struggle with the basics of humanity, like, hey,

(01:08:49):
how you do one stare at somebody's eyes when you
talk to him, look them in the face to get
what I'm going with this.

Speaker 12 (01:08:54):
It may sound like small potatoes, but according to Katie Yip,
a twenty three year old cybersecurity analyst, her generation has
spent much of their adolescence in lockdown, pissing out on
everyday life lessons.

Speaker 29 (01:09:08):
People really expect you to know things, or they're annoyed
when you don't know things that you've never actually been taught.

Speaker 2 (01:09:15):
Yeah, never been taught. Also, not only never been taught,
being taught doesn't mean being taught by family and friends.
There's also a certain level of everybody else is doing something,
so you learn it from the people that are doing
it at that moment of time. This generation didn't learn

(01:09:35):
a lot of these things. It's one of the things
they talked about how the kids struggled in school when
they did come back because of the mask wearing, facial
cues were gone from a lot of young kids. The
struggle is real, kids.

Speaker 30 (01:09:46):
And it's not just about what to order it lunch.
Some show up to work in sweats, others skip the orderant,
and more than a few have texted and sick with
nothing but a skull emoji. How recent survey found that
twenty six percent of gen zers brought their parents to
a job interview.

Speaker 12 (01:10:06):
Why do we need to teach people to take showers
every day because no one else did?

Speaker 2 (01:10:12):
That is creepy, right, Like I expect this once in
a while from an artist. Even there was you know,
rumors for years that Bill Gates had somebody who would
tell him essentially be his etiquette person when it came
to showering, deodorant, things of that nature, because well, he's

(01:10:35):
you know, he's a bit odd. These kids. This is
just the basics in life, the basics. This goes back
to what happens when you have a group of kids
who grow up together. They're willing to hold each other accountable.
Back in the day, well for a lot of these kids,
you didn't have that anymore. And now, as we've talked
about with the Internet, the more they're connected, the less

(01:10:59):
humanity is involved, if that makes sense. We've never been
connected more and further apart at the same time, and
then includes just the basic skills like bathing.

Speaker 12 (01:11:09):
Hr expert David Rice says while gen Z have a
lot to learn, there is also much to admire.

Speaker 1 (01:11:16):
They believe in work life boundaries.

Speaker 2 (01:11:19):
They believe in having a certain level of reward for
their work.

Speaker 12 (01:11:24):
Because knowing how to use a fork or spoon isn't
just for dinner parties. It's about setting the table for
career success.

Speaker 28 (01:11:33):
Nope, the other way, I think it is easier.

Speaker 2 (01:11:36):
I mean, it's crazy to think that they don't understand
the basics, but the reality is, working with interns over
the last couple of years, there was a struggle at
times boundaries not understanding certain things. It was just that
you would think that we as a generation have taken

(01:11:57):
for granted, but the sense they didn't quite get, and
it was just it's again, it's an interesting thing. Three two, three, five, three, eight,
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(01:12:22):
On this short week travel What to prepare for this week?
It is going to be a nightmare. I think everybody
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You're more of Venezuela, Ukraine. Top of that, a lot
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If indeed they have one, talk about that as well.
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Speaker 1 (01:13:01):
Chap This is the Chad Benson Show, The Chad Benson Show.

Speaker 2 (01:13:32):
Travel gonna be crazy this week. Are you prepared for it?

Speaker 24 (01:13:38):
The skies will be so busy that the FA is
already preparing to use limited military airspace if needed, to
support the most efficient flow of traffic across the East
Coast and the Gulf. The TSA expects the screen more
than seventeen point eight million people starting tomorrow.

Speaker 2 (01:13:54):
They say, this coming Sunday.

Speaker 24 (01:13:56):
Will be one of the busiest days in history, possibly
screening more than three million people that day.

Speaker 2 (01:14:01):
Altone, what that's right, It's gonna be grace see out there.
My advice to you is don't go anywhere, stay at home,
eat some food, sit back, and get real good and fat.
There's my rhyme for you right there. I just I
don't get it. I know that everybody I like it's weird.

(01:14:22):
I like the hustle and bustle, like Black Friday. I'd
get up early to stuff like that, which I'd like
like to kick off the Christmas Okay, I know it's weird.
Don't judge me, but judge me. But the thought of
traveling all day to go somewhere, to get in, to

(01:14:43):
spend just a little bit of time somewhere, and then
the stress for me thinking okay, now I got to
get back and this is gonna be even more chaotic.

Speaker 13 (01:14:52):
I know.

Speaker 29 (01:14:53):
Thanks Sunday is going to be the busiest day for
flights and traveling through the airports. But because of people
feeling a little snake bitten from the government shutdown, we
actually are seeing a distribution of the types of travel.
So the other category is up, meaning trains, buses. We're
actually seeing buses up to seventeen percent, so people are

(01:15:14):
looking at alternate options this year.

Speaker 2 (01:15:17):
Buses, what are you talking about? Buses? That's insane.

Speaker 31 (01:15:24):
Buses, No, no, now, producer Phil He love a good train,
but not like he likes to get on and go
training train.

Speaker 2 (01:15:37):
He's like a weirdo, right, he gets all super excited
about train stuff. But that's any time of the year,
So okay, I can see that's kind of neat. But
other stuff, Uh, got a bus.

Speaker 29 (01:15:50):
But we actually are seeing this year, according to Triple A,
that the windows of times for heaviest traffic are actually
larger this year. Is that Tuesday and Wednesday are going
to be the most ahead of the holiday. So you
want to get out before twelve or after nine. Those
are sort of the windows that Triple A is forecasting
to see the most people out. So if you can

(01:16:11):
try to get out there early.

Speaker 2 (01:16:12):
That's right. Here's what I would do if I were
you not that Stay at home, Tell your family you
came out with something. That's just you have to deal
with it. And sorry, sorry mom and dad, sorry everybody.
I can't show because of the thing. Anything is the thing.

(01:16:34):
And then you've got the food, right, which all of
us love, right, we all love the food. That's why
we're doing this, right, This is the beauty of our
of our country. Sit around and we're like, how much food.
Can we eat a whole freaking bunch, a whole freaking
bunch now, is it going to cost more or less?
Because that is the great battle that goes on this

(01:16:56):
time of year. Oh, this time of year, it costs
five point eight three p said board than it did
last year. But the butt the butt, because we care,
it's the politics side of it. But what does it
cost to consume? Nothing? It costs an empty stomach and happiness.

Speaker 11 (01:17:12):
The American Farm Bureau Federation says a traditional Thanksgiving feast
for ten runs about fifty five dollars and eighteen cents
in twenty twenty five versus fifty eight dollars and eight
cents a year ago, a five percent decrease, But many
Americans say their grocery bills are still soaring.

Speaker 13 (01:17:28):
I personally can't afford to buy everything for a Thanksgiving dinner.

Speaker 11 (01:17:33):
And while the cost of a turkey is down sixteen
percent this year, other items have gone up. A gallon
of milk up sixteen percent, potatoes up thirty seven percent.

Speaker 2 (01:17:43):
Why are the taters up so much? Now? Not gonna
lie to you, it is. Uh, it's one of my
favorite times of the year last year, So we just
moved out here last year and we we found a
cool little farmer's market and my wife and I we go, oh,

(01:18:07):
let's get our turkey from here, right, So we bought
the turkey and it was the most incredible turkey. So
we made sure that we went this Saturday to get
our turkey again. And it was expensive. It was expensive,
and it's far more expensive than just going to a store,
and I'm willing to do that. And we got a

(01:18:28):
bigger turkey this year. Last year was a little bit smaller.
And the reason is because last year we ate all
the turkey because it wasn't that big because it was
just the four of us. And then I looked up
and I thought, we're not going to have leftovers, and
we didn't. So this year we made sure we got leftovers.
Plus my local producer is coming over. I'm excited. I
love this stuff. I love the hustle and bustle, I
love the shopping. Like I said to me, it's a

(01:18:50):
kickoff to all that is the holiday season, and I'm
kind of pumped about that. So a little bit more expensive, yes,
in some areas. On top of that, travel is going
to be a bit of a nightmare when isn't it.
When's the last time. We're like, you know what sucks,
nobody's traveling this year because no travel because everybody decided

(01:19:12):
to stay at home. That never happens, So it's always
we're always setting some sort of record. But the shopping
side of things, that's interesting too, because it is the
holiday season.

Speaker 17 (01:19:22):
You see, seems like these from Black Fridays gone by
appear to be in the past for good. The long
lines and the fights to get five am doorbuster deals
are now few and far between. Even more rare are
the stores that will open on Thanksgiving night for those
super early bird shoppers. And at least I can agree
that's a good thing. I just do everything online. Despite

(01:19:45):
economic concerns over tariffs and rising prices. Electronics are on
the top of people's wish lists this.

Speaker 2 (01:19:52):
Year, of course, especially for families kids in particular, electronic
are on there. The it's kind of the go to
now with kids is electronics. But the not being opened
for Thanksgiving I think is pretty cool. I used to

(01:20:15):
do it with my family because my mother decided years
ago with all the kids, She's like, I'm not cooking anymore.
Because as the kids got older, they had their you know,
the girlfriends or there, you know, and and other places
to go. So my Mom's like, I'm just not going
to do it. So we started just when we'd meet
up with them, we just go out to the Black
Bear Diner, which is awesome. We have a great time there.

(01:20:36):
We go to the Black Bear Diner, and then they
would go find a place that was open and shop
because that's what they did. But more and more aren't
opening then. But Black Friday is still a thing. I
think a lot of people think everybody only shops online. No,
the stores will be busy.

Speaker 31 (01:20:51):
Now.

Speaker 2 (01:20:51):
The difference is is it three in the morning, wait
in line for Doorbuster time?

Speaker 18 (01:20:56):
To your point, there the chaos and craziness that we've
seen in stores that is really shifted to people doing
the majority they're shopping even Black Friday online. It's you know,
one of those things where Wi Fi the crowd, particularly
the cold if you hear in the Northeast, when you
can stay in in your pajamas, maybe a hot cup
of coffee or coco, and then half this shopping experience.
It's really a convenience factor that's going to be splurring

(01:21:17):
and spurring these record sales over the Thanksgiving weekend. According
to data from the National Retail Federation, one hundred and
eighty seven million Americans are expected to shop between Thanksgiving
Day and Cyber Monday. Of those, nearly eighty percent, more
than one hundred and fifty million people will be shopping
for tech gadget. That is despite half of all tech
shoppers reporting that they're having a little bit of worries

(01:21:39):
around price tariffs even.

Speaker 2 (01:21:41):
Both yeah, price absolutely tariffs. Yes again, it depends, and
a lot of stores stocked up. One of the reasons
tariffs didn't hit everybody straight in the grundle is a
lot of people got their buying in importers before the
tariffs went on, so they're overstocked in a major way.

Speaker 18 (01:22:02):
Most of the shoppers will stick to doing shopping on
Black Friday. More than one hundred and thirty million are
still expected to go online and do some shopping even
on Black Friday. Cyber Monday now expects to be the
second busiest holiday shopping season day of the season, again
despite analysts noting that worries and uncertainty about the economy
are creeping into the holiday shopping experience. According to the

(01:22:25):
Consumer Technology Association, a quarter of shoppers say they expect
to see fewer deals than that we saw in the
previous year, and that in their pre Black Friday report,
they found while plenty will be out bargain hunting, more
shoppers actually plan to cut back the number of gifts
they're going to buy this year even fewer, saying that
they will increase their spending. The CTA says the main

(01:22:46):
driver for both factors is the lack of discretionary income
that people are seeing this time of year, in particular.

Speaker 2 (01:22:53):
Spending the same but getting less. It's about quality over quantity.
Although you know, for like my daughter, she wants to
know sam I brought her stuff because of course Santa does.
Last year, Santa brought her a cat, which we were
all thankful for because our cat is awesome. This year,
I hope Santa brings me a porcupine, but we'll see.
But last year Santa brought a cat, which was huge,

(01:23:15):
and you know, she didn't think Santa was gonna arrive
because we'd moved. But it's the little things and I
still love that. Yeah, the older kids, they want different stuff.
Jack's like, hey dad, you know what I want. I'm like,
I know what you want. Whatever Dad has in the
bank account, that's what you want. It's just enough for that.

Speaker 18 (01:23:35):
As I mentioned a moment ago, tech is a big
thing on the list right now, but this year there's
definitely a shift into the types of tech products that
people are buying. It's not the big screen TVs or
the video game consoles. Despite it being the first holiday
season that were seeing the Nintendo switch A to be out.
The Consumer Technology Association says it's expecting bigger ticket sales
on smaller ticket items, cheaper items that won't necessarily break

(01:23:58):
the budget. Your wireless headphone, your iPhone case, is a
subscription or a streaming service. And people are also buying
a lot of gift cards. Gift cards expected to make
up twenty nine billion dollars in the sale, the most
popular ones being for restaurants, preloaded bank cards, once for
department stores. And if you're waiting until the turkey and
the stuffing all settles, chances are you might already be

(01:24:19):
behind the ball here for the holiday shopping season. As
of November fourteenth, fifty eight percent of American surveyed by
the National Retail Federations state they have already started shopping.
I am one of them, at least a quarter of
them though, and I'm out in this category. Say they're
already done.

Speaker 2 (01:24:34):
I'm not done, although we've got a little bit here
and there. I will say this headphones, stuff like that.
You guys now go to buy raycon dot com, slasht
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groceries that's a big deal, as well as gas. Things
like that also big help people out across the board,

(01:24:57):
just the thought putting it out there. Or you can
make them something. I told the kids this year, I'm
gonna whittle them things. So they should be pretty stoked
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I don't know, NATO? Your problem were There's all thanks
trending in the magical world of x Obviously, one of
the big things happening is Ukraine. That's global and the
reality is it's a win for the Pooter.

Speaker 32 (01:29:40):
It is.

Speaker 2 (01:29:42):
The pressure now is all in Ukraine. Can you force
Ukraine to come to the table and give up land,
give up things they said they weren't going to do,
basically appease the Pooter.

Speaker 33 (01:29:52):
I mean, if Latimer Pooter had been asked to draw
up is Christmas wish list, there would have been everything
on it, almost no concessions whatsoever, and that clearly horror
shots not just Ukrainians but also Europeans and many on
Capitol Hill. Now the State Department pushed back and said
absolutely not this wasn't a Russian plan, and then the
President started to row back, saying, well, you know, this

(01:30:13):
isn't the final thing. There is some wiggle room there.

Speaker 2 (01:30:17):
Trump just wants it done. He doesn't care, he doesn't
care about what happens to Ukraine. He just wants it done.
Something he could check off and say, stopped another war.
That's it. The fact is we've talked about this. We'll
talk to Mike c Lions tomorrow again about this. The
reality is Russia has too much, too many men, too
much firepower, and no fear. Right now. China is not

(01:30:41):
pulling them back and saying you got to stop this.
So I think at the end of the day it's
going to look like it looks right now, with maybe
a few small concessions thrown in there. If indeed they
get it done, we will see to missing the show,
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Speaker 1 (01:30:59):
Chad Benton Show, the Chad Benson Show.

Speaker 2 (01:31:22):
Because we were talking about Ukraine earlier. Let's not forget Venezuela,
because this is one where we could get involved, which
is I'm hoping, I'm praying, I'm thinking, please Lord no,
But is it a possibility? Absolutely in fact, I think
it's going to happen. It's just what kind of involvement

(01:31:42):
are we going to have? Is this popular? No, not
even close to being popular. It's so unpopular, it's amazing.
It's almost and I'm serious, Almost eighty percent of people
say no, no, no, no, just incredible. Even for Republicans,

(01:32:04):
sixty four percent say you need to explain whatever it
is that you're going to do. Ninety seven percent Democrats
eighty six percent. Independence. That's the most important one, always independence, independence,
and dependence. It's not popular. According to this new poll,
is Venezuela a threat thirty nine percent No, forty eight

(01:32:25):
percent minor thirteen percent major threat. They're not a threat
at all at all, zero zilt not not a threat.
Should the US take military action? Seventy percent will absolutely pose.
That's across every body. Okay, so think about that seventy percent.

(01:32:48):
You've got other polls that are saying it's eighty three percent.
Just between seventy and eighty percent say this is stupid
US military force to attack ships. Is this something we
should be doing? If they're bringing drugs in the US,
Fifty three percent say they approve. Forty seven percent say

(01:33:09):
they disapprove. Does the US need to show evidence that
boats and attacks are carrying drugs? Though seventy five percent
says yes, So they're okay, if you're bringing drugs in
here and it's a drug boat, and they could show
it's here and it's coming here, then they're like, that's
okay if you can show it, but you do need
to show proof. This is not popular. It isn't US

(01:33:32):
military action of Venezuela would make the amount of drugs
entering the US not change, decrease or increase. Fifty six
percent say not change, thirty seven percent say decrease, seven
percent say increase. As we've talked about, when it comes
to Venezuela, there is zero fentanyl that comes from there,

(01:33:54):
which is the number one killer, and that comes from
where Mexico via Chi. They put everything together in Mexico,
then they get it over here. Nothing really comes from Venezuela.
That is so devastating because even the cocaine that comes
from there, how much of it actually gets here as
opposed to goes to places like Europe, Africa or Australia.

(01:34:22):
So again this is ridiculous. Now US taking military action
of Venezuela, sixty six percent of MAGA said they would
favor it, thirty four percent say oppose. Non MAGA, but
Republican forty seven percent say would favor, fifty three percent
say opposed. Those are all things that you sit there

(01:34:45):
and go, okay, that's important.

Speaker 6 (01:34:47):
That is.

Speaker 2 (01:34:48):
Do I think it's happening sooner red than later? I do.

Speaker 25 (01:34:50):
The US has launched at least twenty strikes on suspected
drug boats in the Caribbean Sea, killing more than eighty people,
many of them from Venezuela, but the US has offered
no public evidence to prove they were smuggling drugs. The
Trump administration is now reportedly considering dropping leaflets over Venezuela's
capital to further pressure the Maduro regime.

Speaker 2 (01:35:10):
Yes, and that's what it is. It is a pressure
campaign at this moment in time, and they're talking about
a lot of different things. I don't know. Here's the thing,
what does it look like if he leaves, who takes over?
What does the military look like? What are the rebels,
the Bolevars, what do they look like. You've got to

(01:35:32):
ask yourself all of these questions, because the last thing
we want to do is start a civil war. That's
why the neighboring nations are urging Maduro, take your cash,
take whatever you have, find a safe place, go away,
and let it go. But in doing so, whoever takes over,

(01:35:53):
can you unite the country, Because even though he's unpopular,
the reality is, as we all know, everybody will want
a piece of that pie. And in doing so, what
happens Things start to devolve. Next thing you know, it's
a civil war and we're sitting there going do the top.

Speaker 25 (01:36:11):
US military officer General Dan Kane is visiting American forces
in Puerto Rico today. The US has boosted its military
presence in the Caribbean, increasing pressure on Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro,
whom the Trump administration accuses of drug trafficking.

Speaker 2 (01:36:26):
And rather than declare war, they're going to say they're
a terrorist organization, the Cartels of the Sun, which is
one of the things that they've done, and therefore it
gives them the right to fight this fight. How do
I think it's going to happen, Well, I think it's
going to happen soon, and I think it's going to
be more drones and hopefully just small strikes here and there,

(01:36:53):
because I don't want boots on the ground. As we're
to talk to Mike Lyons or military analyst tomorrow and
in you and I both have listened to him and
he's been spot on pretty much with everything, and he
has said that once the military army side of it
gets there, that's when you know there may be an invasion.
But one of the things to pay attention to is
the fact that we're telling airplane carriers, yeah, you might

(01:37:16):
want to stay away.

Speaker 34 (01:37:19):
FAA is now warning pilots to exercise caution when flying
over Venezuela due to the quote worsening security situation and
heightened military activity. Now in response, six airlines have now
suspended flights to the capital of Caracas.

Speaker 2 (01:37:34):
And this just is even over Venezuela. Some of the
stuff they're talking about is other nations they've been told
to in and around Venezuela to avoid. So do I
think it's getting serious? Yeah, it's already serious. But do
I think it's getting serious to the point where something
might happen? God willing it doesn't. I don't want it

(01:37:55):
to happen by this end of this week. Could something
happen always possibility, And I'm not talking about shooting down
more boats or sinking boats. I'm talking about actually in Venezuela.
Let me know what to think. Three two, three, five, eight,
twenty four to twenty three at Chad Benson shows your AX,
your Insta, YouTube and more love hearing from all of you. X.

(01:38:16):
I tell you guys to go to X for a reason.
At marks the spot, you can go and find out
that I am actually real, and I'm an American, and
I'm on X and I'm based here.

Speaker 35 (01:38:25):
When Elon Musk took over Twitter, he promised his new
and improved platform would act more like a traditional town square.
Fewer rules, fewer bands, let people say what they think,
he said.

Speaker 11 (01:38:36):
Saying in a Ted talk that the deal would be
good for free speech.

Speaker 32 (01:38:39):
I think it's very important for that'll be an inclusive
arena for free speech.

Speaker 35 (01:38:47):
Only thing is the town square is not usually dominated
by foreign countries. This weekend, X, as it's now known,
started telling users where their favorite accounts are located.

Speaker 32 (01:38:59):
So it's called about this account and it's kind of
within the settings portion of X.

Speaker 35 (01:39:06):
This is ABC's Mike Debuski, who covers tech.

Speaker 32 (01:39:09):
This is a feature that X rolled out over the weekend.
According to the company. Their goal here was to provide
more transparency into people's accounts.

Speaker 35 (01:39:18):
Basically, this sheds light on when someone started their account,
whether they've switched user names over time, and crucially, from
which country their account is operating.

Speaker 2 (01:39:27):
That's most important right there. So you go and find
out who's running that account, because you get the Russian bots,
you get all this other stuff. A lot of people
out there have a lot of followers. Come to find
out oh maybe, uh well, maybe they're not from here.
Maybe they're involved in our politics in a much different way.

Speaker 32 (01:39:44):
People have been using this new feature and discovering that
a lot of the accounts that they follow may not
come from the places that they expect.

Speaker 35 (01:39:52):
Now, there's nothing wrong with people sharing their thoughts and
opinions wherever they are. It's a global platform. But some
of these accounts, Mike says, clearly purport to be part
of the American political sphere.

Speaker 32 (01:40:02):
For example, there's this one account with two hundred thousand followers.
Last week, it was called American Voice, followed by a
bunch of underscores. After this update rolled out, people went
into this new page on AX and found that it
was being run from somewhere in South Asia.

Speaker 14 (01:40:17):
What.

Speaker 2 (01:40:18):
Yeah, you would be surprised at who's run and what
and what's run and who? Because I went looked up
some this weekend. Some I thought there's no way this
is an American count and it was. There's others where
I thought has to be an American account and it wasn't.

Speaker 35 (01:40:34):
Another account known for making admiring posts about Ivanka Trump
appears now to be based in Nigeria. This one's got
a million followers. A pinned a posts seeming to acknowledge
the revelation saying, quote some of us living outside the
USA genuinely support President.

Speaker 2 (01:40:49):
Trump's movement end quote.

Speaker 35 (01:40:50):
And you saw this kind of gaining steam this weekend
as people would investigate them shame account they had long
suspected of being propaganda tools. At Maga storm X, the
app says is actually from Eastern Europe. At GOP Underscore
Media is from Sri Lanka. There are pro Israel accounts
based in Africa, pro Palestinian accounts purporting to be citizen

(01:41:11):
journalists in Gaza, publishing from Poland.

Speaker 2 (01:41:16):
Yeah, there's a lot of that. There is a lot
of stuff all over the place. You've gotta be careful.
That's why I say triple, double, triple, quadruple check because
the algorithms will do what they're there to divide us.
Free speech is a wonderful thing, but they're there to
push the envelope and divide the hell out of us.

(01:41:36):
And these trolls everywhere understand that.

Speaker 35 (01:41:40):
Now we knew this was already an issue in social media.
In twenty sixteen and twenty twenty, it was especially clear
that foreign actors were trying to splinter Americans over topics
like voting, Black Lives Matter COVID nineteen. But Mike says
something else has changed since then. When Elon Musk took over,
he told super users they could now actually start making
money with their posts for Americans, that money can be

(01:42:03):
significant for people in developing countries, that money can be
life changing.

Speaker 2 (01:42:08):
Yes, it can be if you're able to build up
a big enough thing. Now. I don't do much on acts,
as you guys know, I don't because it's just a
lot of hate. I'll post a few things here and there,
but the reality is it's become a place of hate
and anger and trolls. And then I got shadow band

(01:42:29):
for a long time. I'll post something and it'll be
I'll get no views. It's just very frustrated with a
lot of that stuff, but it is. It is a
place where you see the algorithms twist and you see
the way that things go. And it's important to pay
attention to stuff like this because we live in a
time when well the algorithm seem to push conversations.

Speaker 35 (01:42:51):
The first assumption is no longer that certain accounts belong
to Russian bot farms.

Speaker 32 (01:42:55):
The obvious one that springs to mind is that these
are spam accounts being run, you know, at scale in
order to make a couple of bucks.

Speaker 35 (01:43:05):
Some accounts sell ads. X has made it easier to
solicit tips directly through the app.

Speaker 32 (01:43:10):
There is sort of an incentive structure there in order
for you know, these these companies to make an account
wherever it happens to originate from. That really gets a
lot of followers. And what gets a lot of followers
political accounts generally.

Speaker 35 (01:43:23):
And this is why it's important to understand that people
fanning the flames of political division in this country are
not always who you think. It turns out that outraging
Americans is good business, whether you live here or not.

Speaker 2 (01:43:35):
Yes, it is, because outrage culture is absolutely important if
you want to get clicks, likes, views, shares, grow a brand.
Outrage culture is absolutely important because without the outrage culture,
people don't pay attention. Nuance is lost. Let me know
what you think three two, three, five, three eight, twenty four,

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Wrapping up straight ahead, Chad Benson.

Speaker 36 (01:45:28):
Show Fronting with Scissors sounds great compared to this.

Speaker 2 (01:45:41):
Say, a lot of stuff we hit today, including the
MTG resignation.

Speaker 23 (01:45:46):
This public break between Green and Trump was only just
a few weeks in the making, and so it is
no doubt going to cause some questions amongst members of
Congress that if you have a position that is contra
to what the president of the un United States believes.
How quickly can you have a falling out that changes
as it has for Green? Here the trajectory of your

(01:46:07):
political career.

Speaker 2 (01:46:08):
I will tell you this her resigning and the way
that she did it over the weekend. This wasn't a
few weeks in the making. The battle has been there
for a while. And Epstein was a big deal, there
is no doubt about that, a huge I think that
has been underplayed. But also the cost of living and

(01:46:29):
I think, you know, my cynicism, says I'm not sure
believe everything she says because of very much a cynic
when it comes to politics. But is there a chance
that maybe, just maybe she's had enough of the politics.

Speaker 37 (01:46:46):
Absolutely, Trump has viciously kind of attacked her, and I
think this is deeply hurt Marjorie Taylor Green. She feels
that she's done so much for Trump, and she stood
by Trump on all these you know, all the issues
over the years, even when most of the Republican Party
treated him as a pariah after he left the White
House the first time. So Marjorie Tailer Green suddenly branded

(01:47:09):
Marjorie Trader Green by Donald Trump. You know, I said
she's had enough.

Speaker 2 (01:47:17):
And that Trader thing I think hit her. You know,
one of the things she said in in exiting is
Republicans are going to lose the midterms and then he's
going to be impeached. And at this point in time,
I think she might have voted for it, and I
think she didn't want to be put in that position.

(01:47:39):
Not saying she would, it, just had that sense that
that might happen.

Speaker 38 (01:47:45):
This is something that no one was expecting, and it
comes from someone whose name up until recently was synonymous
with the MAGA movement and synonymous with being one of
President Trump's most vocal defenders on Capitol Hill.

Speaker 2 (01:48:00):
And this is what you have to watch out for.
So Ran Paul even said this weekend in an article, Look,
there's no doubt that when Trump, and we've talked about it,
when Trump is done, or when he gets to the
point where it's truly a lame duck situation, that you're
going to see a massive fracture start to happen in
the Republican Party. And I absolutely think that's true. I

(01:48:23):
think the massive fracture is one hundred percent coming. As
everybody kind of you know, they're going to shuffle for
their spot. They're going to try to put themselves in
the situation where it's going to benefit them the most,
to try to figure out whether they distance themselves from
Trump or grab onto the Maga ideology. Who knows. We
will say it's going to be interesting. Three two, three, five,
three eight, twenty four to twenty three. Act you had

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You know, there's sighting fun show right here as we
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All right, So tomorrow last show of the week, and
we'll be back next Tuesday. Taking some time off, gonna

(01:49:05):
enjoy ourselves, gonna eat a bunch of toyky and relax
a little bit. You can reach out to us across
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if you guys could please go check out the YouTube.
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We do have Facebook and everything else. Should chaos and
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(01:49:27):
But should they ensue, we will definitely be on top
of it while we're on our mini vacation. You guys
have an amazing, incredible rest of your Monday. We will
do it again tomorrow, and if you're getting ready and travel,
be safe out there. As always, Night night Jack.

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