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Diane Battista's avatar

Just listen to this again very good conversation

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Lee Newberry Jones's avatar

Superb analysis and conversation. Thank you Charlie and Ben!

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SJW's avatar

More doggos…yay!!!!

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Diane Battista's avatar

Love the dogs! Animals are the best friends ever.

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Diane Battista's avatar

As far as Ron Johnson it appears that he has always been like this. There was a special report from Congressional Integrity Project about him entitled “ All in the family, the Johnson’s corruption and nepotism”

There was always talk about how he was an enabler of Putin.

The No Quarter back in 2010 disclosed his opposition to the “Child Victims act “before the Wisconsin state Senate committee in January 2010.

In 2013 he voted against the re-authorizing of the Violence against women Act.

Seems like all 2025 plan stuff to me. All his conspiracy theories just fit.

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Diane Battista's avatar

There has been an epidemic of narcissism for a few decades now.

Malignant narcissism and psychopathy does affect people emotionally . It compromises people emotionally when they are emotionally bonding with these personality disorders in their environment.

“Recognizing and calling out narcissism should matter to everyone, but blaming narcissism on narcissistic people won't solve the problem. The fact is that narcissism begets trauma,

and trauma often begets narcissism.

As a society and a collective mind, we need to educate ourselves, in particular our children and families, about what humans need for healthy development and what unhealthy develop-ment-specifically trauma-looks like so we can mount an effective

response.”

Kamala Harris talked about trauma and she was very familiar with victims of abuse. Narcissism is abusive

We all are being abused.

The guy that’s now in charge of the budget office Russell Vought is on tape saying to cause as much trauma and traumatize as many people as possible in this 2025 plan of which he is one of the main architects. He’s talking about abusing everybody, emotionally and financially.

We need to rebuild in our country and it is about character, integrity, honor, morality difference between right and wrong. Reinstating the emotions of empathy and compassion, regret, and remorse which all help helps form a human conscience.

Because right now these people do not have a conscience and they do not feel any type of regret remorse and we all can clearly see there is no empathy or compassion.

All of these things, Pope Francis was an example of which was the opposite of this “ Christian nationalism”.

Somewhere along the line, the idea of individuality when off the charts, everything became transactional and all about money / profit contributing to this epidemic in this country.

Nothing became off-limits. The not wanting to follow any rules and to do whatever they want is indicative and the nature of narcissistic personality people.

No respect for our democracy or the freedoms and rights of others. Just nothing but authoritarian kleptocracy and the chaos and destruction we are all living through.

We are living history, which will detail all of it.

It really is unbelievable and unfathomable to be happening in the United States of America.

Our nation is not going to be trusted around the world. The world is watching in horror as much as we are.

I do believe that they are being stopped to some degree with the people that are using the courts.

People becoming more aware and more proactive and engaging and now actually understanding what is going on and what is happening.

Calling it what it is.

We need to keep going

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Diane Battista's avatar

Charlie, it’s called a cult.

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LeftCoastReader's avatar

I think there is a very simple reason why Trump is sticking with Hegseth. He knows that Hegseth will do exactly what he tells him to do when he invokes the Insurrection Act.

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Alice Taylor's avatar

Charlie, if you like Norwegian series, may I recommend Occupied, now on Prime.

Okkupert (2015)

In the near future, Norway is occupied by Russia on behalf of the European Union because the newly-elected environmentally-friendly Norwegian government has stopped the all important oil- and gas-production in the North Sea.

Also the last season of Borgen (Danish series on Netflix) features Greenland in the way you might imagine, given recent events. Art imitates life imitates art...

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Alice Taylor's avatar

And I've also been to Narvik. The Resistance Museum is incredible.

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Anna B's avatar

So Markwayne Mullin hasn't done any military service, that would be sad, but obviously, he's seen all the movies and read all the comicbooks of the superheroes. Doesn't that count??

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Christine B.'s avatar

Can all of the Republicans using the word "warfighter" just fucking stop for chrissakes. They sound like absolute asshats.

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Gundy Walton's avatar

OMG… it must have been a slow day at the office for Ron Jon - the Trump toadie who has NEVER ACCOMPLISHED A THING while in office. Not.A.Thing. Now does he think this will make him famous? What a dope.

Mark Wayne Mullins??? Another loser - this one from Oklahoma. He needs a proper cleansing from the IHIP News** duo that broadcasts out of OK. I hope they make him a topic one of these days. He should know what REAL people think about him. What a dope!

**IHIP news - the fastest growing liberal podcast on YouTube. Check out these two ladies (Jennifer and Allison) for a refreshing take on all the goons running our country. I’ve been waiting for something like this to counter all the MAGA vomit. Chef’s kiss 💋

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jpg's avatar

And in Texas, 17 State House Republicans are sponsoring legislation to outlaw chem trails. 🙄

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Deanna Broom's avatar

I learned a new word today. Chode. Thanks, Charlie. lmao

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Emily's avatar

Great podcast!

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Kelliann K's avatar

Okay Henry Olsen, did you not see the sequel, "Magnum Force"? Here is the one sentence synopsis from IMDB: "Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan pursues a conspiracy of vigilante cops, who are not above going beyond the law to kill San Francisco's undesirables." SPOILER ALERT: Harry takes down the vigilante cops who flout the law!!!!!!

Jesus, these frigging people!

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