30 Arrested in Crazy Gambling Scandal, CS2 Market Crash, & Elon's Trillion Dollar Robot Army Problem

PDS Published 10/23/2025

    • The all-new Pentagon propaganda corps is reporting for duty. 

    • At least, that’s what you have some saying in response to this post from Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announcing what he called “the next generation of the Pentagon press corps.”

    • Right, because anyone with a press badge now? They’ve agreed to a laundry list of rules and restrictions that have been rejected by virtually every major media organization.

    • Including not only the likes of The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Associated Press, and CNN – but also Fox News and Newsmax

    • With Fox even joining in a statement denouncing the new policy – saying : 

      • “[It’s] without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections. ”

    • And adding to that, you’ve had independent organizations like the National Press Club explaining:  

      • “If the news about our military must first be approved by the government, then the public is no longer getting independent reporting. It is getting only what officials want them to see. That should alarm every American.” []

    • But with all that, you had Parnell proudly claiming that over 60 “journalists” have signed the pledge and are joining the new press corps – including only twenty-six individuals across 18 outlets who had previously been part of the press corps. []

    • Right, that means that more than half of them are brand new, which Parnell argued is a much-needed breath of fresh air – writing in his post: 

      • “New media outlets and independent journalists have created the formula to circumvent the lies of the mainstream media and get real news directly to the American people.”

      • “Their reach and impact collectively are far more effective and balanced than the self-righteous media who chose to self-deport from the Pentagon.”

      • “Americans have largely abandoned digesting their news through the lens of activists who masquerade as journalists in the mainstream media.”

    • But with all that, he failed to actually clarify who any of these people are or where they work. 

    • A number of them, however, have publicly confirmed that they’re taking part – including right-wing news sites like the Gateway Pundit, the National Pulse, and Human Events.

    • Also in the mix is LindellTV, which is a streaming service run by the “MyPillow” guy.

    • Right, and if you don’t know, most of these individuals and outlets? They’ve long been accused of spreading conspiracy theories and misinformation.

    • Right, the Gateway Pundit, for example? It recently settled a defamation lawsuit related to baseless allegations of election fraud. 

    • Tim Pool?  He was among those influencers who worked for Tenet Media – which was previously accused by the Justice Department of getting nearly 10 million dollars from Russian state media to publish content in the interest of the Kremlin. 

    • And Mike Lindell? He helped fund efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

    • Of course, with all that said, it’s not like the journalists who’ve left the Pentagon haven’t stopped covering the U.S. military.

    • But losing their official access will make their jobs harder according to people like longtime defense reporter Barbara Starr - who you also have saying:

      • “...the real price is paid by the American people and the American military families.”

      • “Military families who have their sons and daughters serving, they want to know everything and they want to know it fast.” []

    • And adding to all that, this is obviously just one part of what’s been seen as the Trump administration’s attack on press freedom – as well as its effort to build up an alternative information ecosystem. 

    • Right, besides filing lawsuits against and restricting access for what are seen as mainstream media outlets…

    • And this Pentagon situation seems to be just the latest version of that  – and we’ll have to see if and what kind of impacts it has on reporting about the Defense Department. 

    • And then of course what the ultimate effect of all this in terms of having a free press in this country.

    • The FBI just revealed a massive insider trading scandal within the NBA.

    • And that is just the tip of the iceberg, because it is just one of two major illegal gambling operations the FBI laid out today, allegedly involving players like Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier (Ro-zheer VIDEO IN COMMENT), former Cavalier DamonJones, Trail Blazers coach ChaunceyBillups (bill-ups), and even members of the Mafia. 

    • And since there are two major cases here, we’ll break both of them down. 

    • The first involves illegal betting on NBA games, with a US Attorney describing it as one of the “most brazen sports corruption schemes since only sports betting became widely legalized in the United States.”

    • Terry Ro-zheer was one of the people charged in this scheme, where participants are accused of aiding sports betters by exploiting confidential and insider information about NBA teams and players.[]

      • Right, information like when a player might be sitting out of a future game, when they would take themselves out for injury, things like that. 

    • And this allowed people in the group to place prop bets both online and in casino sportsbooks, and according to the FBI, most of these bets succeeded. 

    • With the commissioner of the NYPD, who spoke at today’s press conference, explaining some of how this worked, saying:

      • “They placed wagers on unders on players to score less, rebound less, assist less, using information that was not yet public. In some instances, players altered their performances or took themselves out of games to make sure those bets paid out.” (25:29-25:46)

    • With her also detailing a time Rozier allegedly did this in 2023 while playing for the Hornets, saying he let people know he planned on leaving the game early with a supposed injury, and:

      • “Using that information, members of the group placed more than $200,000 in wagers on his under statistics. Rozier exited the game after just nine minutes, and those bets paid out generating tens of thousands of dollars.” (26:05 -26:20)

    • And proceeds were then allegedly delivered to Ro-zheer’s home.

    • The allegations for this case take place from 2020 to 2024, and officials say that in at least one instance, the participants used threats to obtain information, allegedly using gambling debts that current player Jontay (Jon-tay) Porter had against him.

    • Ro-zheer and others tied to this scheme were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. []

    • And Damon Jones was also charged in this case, too. 

    • And he is actually one of a handful of people who overlap in both cases, and is likewise charged in this second alleged gambling operation.

    • With that one involving illegal and rigged poker games organized by major mob families of La Cosa Nostra. 

    • With the indictment saying that starting in 2019, the conspirators started manipulating poker games,[]

    • Right, games the victims thought might be illegal, but they were straight, AKA not rigged, everyone was on equal footing.

    • But in reality, the accused participants were allegedly working together on cheating teams that used wireless technology to read the cards dealt in each hand, and then relaying that information to the other people on the cheating team.

    • With the NYPD commissioner again explaining:

      • “They used custom shuffling machines that could read the order of cards, barcoded decks, and hidden cameras built into tables and light fixtures.” (27:26-27:34)

      • “Victims believed that they were sitting at a fair table, instead, they were cheated out of millions. One victim in particular lost $1.8M.” (27:52-28:03)

    • And there, Chauncey Billups is accused of being on the cheating team here, with officials saying the crime families enlisted the help of notable NBA names like him to make the games appear more legitimate, and he then got a portion of the criminal proceeds. []

    • And victims’ losses allegedly exceeded seven million dollars at these games. 

    • And these games were reportedly held all over the country, from New York City to the Hamptons to Miami to Vegas. 

    • And these games allegedly led to other crimes including a gunpoint robbery and extortion.[]

    • For his part, Billups was arrested for wire fraud conspiracy today, not long after coaching a season-opening game for the NBA.[]

    • And all in all, across both of these cases, dozens of people were arrested, right, way more than just the NBA names here. 

    • Or, maybe I should say former NBA names, because the organization announced that they have been placed on immediate leave, with the league saying it takes the allegations seriously and “the integrity of our game remains our top priority.”[]

    • You also had FBI director Kash Patel chiming in on the high profile nature of these two cases, saying:

      • “Not only did we crack into the fraud that these perpetrators committed on the grand stage of the NBA, but we also entered and executed a system of justice against La Cosa Nostra.” (2:15-2:30)

      • “It’s not popular to go after some of the defendants we went after today, but justice is served blindly.” (31:40-31:47)

      • “Let’s not mince words, this is the insider trading saga for the NBA. That’s what this is. That’s why we are going to take heat.”(32:03-32:10)

    • Notably, this does come after a similar case was brought forward last year against NBA player Jontay Porter, who pleaded guilty to charges claiming he left games early, claiming injury, so people he knew could win bets that he would underperform.[]

    • And the investigations into these two cases here reportedly date back years, predating this iteration of the Trump administration.[]

    • So far, Billups’ lawyer has not made responded publicly to the allegations, but Ro-zheer’s has, saying in a statement that investigators:

      • “appear to be taking the word of spectacularly in-credible sources rather than relying on actual evidence of wrongdoing. Terry was cleared by the NBA and these prosecutors revived that non-case. Terry is not a gambler, but he is not afraid of a fight, and he looks forward to winning this fight."[]

    • He also accused the FBI of intentionally trying to embarrass Ro-zheer and make a spectacle of his arrest by trying to stage a perp walk.[]

    • And there have been a ton of reactions to this today, with some thinking that the first case especially points to larger issues with sports betting.

    • With Rep. Paul Tonko, who has introduced legislation regarding the industry, calling this scandal “an inevitable consequence of the unchecked explosion of the sports betting industry” and adding:[]

      • “The constant, unfettered access to sports gambling destroys public trust in the game, while having dire consequences for countless across our nation struggling with problem gambling.”

    • But I would love to know your thoughts on this here, these are two crazy cases, major implications, could send people behind bars for a long, long time. 

    • (Let’s cross our fingers that the Safdie brothers are already penning a script about this ordeal, because it truly sounds straight out of a movie.)

    • Elon Musk needs a trillion dollars so he can influence Tesla’s army of robots!

      • No, that isn’t the premise of some bizarre real-person sci-fi fanfiction - it’s reality. 

    • Right, a little bit of background before we get into the craziness - Tesla is currently entertaining the idea of giving Elon Musk a compensation package worth a trillion dollars. 

      • That’s trillion with a T. 

    • It’s not just a big paycheck outright - the package includes a series of ambitious goals he’s got to meet in order to get that money and it stretches over the course of 10 years. []

    • And a notable point of this package is that it would push Musk’s holdings in the company up to at least 25%.

      • With the idea being that it will incentivize Musk to keep his focus on his role at Tesla for years to come. 

    • Should this package get through the vote scheduled for November 6th, it will be the largest compensation package in corporate history.

    • And Tesla executives are pushing shareholders to approve it - saying that if they don’t, Musk could scale back his involvement in the company or even walk away entirely. []

    • One of the executives pushing hardest for this is, naturally, Musk himself - in fact, he kind of hijacked the third-quarter earnings call last night to plead his case. 

      • Specifically, to condemn the proxy advisory firms opposed to his potential pay package. 

    • Right, Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis both advise that investors reject the plan - citing “unmitigated concerns” with the magnitude and design of the award. []

      • As well as worries that this will dilute the shares owned by other people. 

    • It’s also worth noting here that while Musk is demanding this $1 trillion, Tesla’s profits have plunged - down by 37% after they cut their prices for their vehicles. 

    • Anyway, Musk took issue with the pushback to his payday - calling ISS and Glass Lewis, quote, "corporate terrorists." []

    • Adding, 

      • "I just don't feel comfortable building a robot army here and then being ousted because of some asinine recommendations from ISS and Glass Lewis, who have no freaking clue.” []

    • And if you’re thinking, “wait, what the hell?” you definitely aren’t alone. 

    • Because instead of focusing on sales or margins or regular business-y things during yesterday’s meeting, Musk was making grand proclamations about the future - including talking about robotaxis and Tesla’s Optimus project. 

      • Which is the company’s bipedal humanoid robot that’s in development but not yet commercially deployed. []

    • With Musk’s plans for Optimus growing from being babysitters or factory workers to doctors. 

    • Saying,

      • “Optimus will be an incredible surgeon. You can actually create a world where there is no poverty, where everyone has access to the finest medical care.”

    • But if he doesn’t get his record-breaking payday, he says that’s not going to happen. 

    • Saying on last night’s earnings call that if he doesn’t have the voting control at Tesla, he’s worried he can be ousted after the company produces enough Optimus units. 

    • Adding, 

      • “If we build this robot army, do I have at least a strong influence over this robot army? Not control, but a strong influence … I don't feel comfortable building that robot army unless I have a strong influence.” []

    • As for whether or not that swayed anyone regarding Musk’s compensation package, we’re going to have to wait for the vote to see. 

    • But we do know that it’s going to be a while before Tesla has anything close to an army. 

    • The company reportedly set internal goals to produce 5,000 Optimus units this year but that was rolled back over the summer. []

    • With Musk saying that there would be a, quote, “production-intent prototype” ready by February or March.

      • And full-scale production would start at the end of next year. 

    • But the fight for control over the robot army isn’t the only battle Elon’s engaged in at the moment. 

    • He’s also taken aim at the Trump administration.

    • Right, Musk has grand plans for the immediate future - launching a fleet of autonomous vehicles, turning millions of existing Teslas into self-driving cars, and taking astronauts to the moon, just to name a few.

    • But those big dreams have a few roadblocks - notably, silly things like government regulations. 

      • Specifically from NASA, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. []

    • All of those agencies are overseen by one dude - Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. 

    • And Musk is certainly not a fan - saying on X yesterday,

      • “Having a NASA Administrator who knows literally ZERO about rockets & spacecraft undermines the American space program and endangers our astronauts.”

    • And his beef with Duffy has a lot to do with the Artemis III mission - land a crewed rocket back on the moon. 

    • Because Duffy suggested that mission would be open to other vendors besides SpaceX - even though the nearly $3 billion contract was awarded to them specifically. 

      • But the series of setbacks SpaceX has endured on the front of delivering a functional moon lander has competitors like Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin waiting in the wings. []

    • Right, there is serious concern that SpaceX’s Starship will be able to hit the necessary milestone to be ready in time to beat China back to the moon. 

    • With a NASA employee saying, 

      • “A lot of people have questions on that and they haven’t got into to orbit to even demonstrate [the refueling]. If we had five more years there would be less concern.”

    • Regardless of the Artemis mission, some investors are concerned that a public feud with the person heading up nearly all the agencies relevant to Musk’s businesses isn’t Elon’s best move. 

    • With Tesla investor Ross Gerber saying, 

      • “You’re essentially fighting with the guy in charge. It’s so much self-sabotage.”

    • But it isn’t just Duffy that Musk has fired harsh words at - he’s also had some heated exchanges with trade adviser Peter Navarro, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and then there’s his public fallout with Trump twice over.

    • Which is, of course, a pretty stark diversion from the die-hard MAGA support we saw from Musk earlier this year. 

    • But we’re just going to have to wait and see what happens from here. 

    • In the meantime, let me know your thoughts about this in those comments down below.

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    • We gotta talk about the US, Colombia, Venezuela and how this situation is just going from bad to worse. 

    • Right, because the US military has now killed another five people in two strikes on boats it said were trafficking drugs – with this now bringing the total to at least nine vessels hit and at least 37 people killed. 

    • And still, the administration has offered almost no details on the identities of those killed or what drug trafficking organisations they allegedly belong to.

    • But with that, what’s notable about these latest strikes? They targeted vessels in the Pacific for the first time – rather than the Caribbean. 

    • With Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth writing in a post announcing the first strike: 

      • Just as al-Qaida waged war on our homeland, these cartels are waging war on our border and our people” – adding:

      • “...there will be no refuge or forgiveness – only justice.”

    • And with that, you had him going on to say in his post announcing the second strike: 

      • "These strikes will continue, day after day. These are not simply drug runners - these are narco-terrorists bringing death and destruction to our cities.”

    • But notably, of course, characterising drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations?

    • Well, for one, it’s probably inaccurate since drug cartels are motivated by money and terrorists are – by definition – motivated by political, religious, or otherwise ideological goals. 

    • But also, just calling someone a terrorist doesn’t give the administration any additional authority to use lethal force.

    • And beyond that, as we’ve talked about before, there are a multitude of reasons that many legal experts argue these strikes are almost certainly not permissible under US and international law. 

    • But since we’ve covered that in detail, it’s worth pointing out that even if a reasonable legal justification did exist? 

      • We’ve not seen solid evidence that these people being killed are who the Trump administration claims, but we have seen people claiming that they’re not. 

    • Right, one woman in a town on the Venezuelan coast reportedly told The New York Times that her husband was just a fisherman, saying he had gone to work one day and had never returned. []

    • And then relatives of a 26-year-old from Trinidad and Tobago (Trin-ih-dad and Tuh-BAY-go) said he and a neighbor had been killed in an attack on October 14th in which Trump claimed “six male narcoterrorists aboard” – but the family denied that he had been a trafficker. 

    • And then two men actually survived a strike on October 16th– which killed two other people. 

    • But you had the Trump administration deciding to send them back to their home countries – Colombia and Ecuador – rather than detain them and bring charges. 

    • With experts arguing that this was done to avoid having their claims come under legal scrutiny.

    • Noting that these cases ending up in court may have required the administration to disclose sensitive intelligence and a possible lack of clarity around the boat’s cargo and occupants. []

    • And with that, in the case of the man from Ecuador, the government actually released him – saying there was no evidence that he had committed a crime at least in the country.

    • The Columbian government notably said it did have plans to prosecute the man they got back.

    • But also, over the weekend, the country’s presidentaccused the U.S. government of murder.

    • With him claiming that one of the other strikes had actually killed a fisherman from the country with no ties to drug trafficking – adding:

    • “The United States has invaded our national territory, fired a missile to kill a humble fisherman, and destroyed his family, his children.” []

    • And in response to this, you had Trump saying the US would slash assistance to Colombia and impose tariffs on imports from the country.

    • With him writing on Truth Social that the Columbian president is “an illegal drug leader strongly encouraging the massive production of drugs.” 

      • And adding that he “better close up” drug operationsor the United States will close them up for him, and it won’t be done nicely.”

    • And then, of course, within the next few days, you had the military launching another two strokes – which we talked about at the beginning. 

    • But notably, there was something different about these ones – they targeted vessels traveling in the Pacific Ocean – with at least one being off the coast of Colombia.  

    • Right, which is notable because the previous strikes took place in the Caribbean Sea and were mostly described as off the coast of Venezuela – where the US has also been amassing troops and ships.

    • And with that,  those strikes were actually criticized for making little sense if the aim is – as Trump claims – to stop deadly drugs coming in to the US:

      • 1) because the vast majority of cocaine is produced in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru and smuggled via the Pacific Ocean.  []

      • and 2) because, either way, fentanyl – not cocaine – is the deadliest drug in the US, and Venezuela plays almost no role in its production or trafficking.

    • And that’s why a lot of people argued this has all really been aimed at regime change in Venezuela – especially since Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been among administration officials reportedly pushing hard for that option.  

    • Not to mention Trump just confirmed last week that he had authorised covert CIA action in the country.

    • But in any case, while the new strikes in the Pacific appear more consistent with Trump’s justification – the fact that they’re coming at the same time as Trump lashes out at Columbia? It might not be a coincidence. 

    • And what’s more, it may still only be the beginning. 

    • Right, yesterday, you had Trump repeating yesterday that he may soon order strikes against drug trafficking targets on land.

    • With him saying he would “probably go back to Congress and explain” before launching those strikes – while also insisting that he doesn’t actually need its permission to act. []

    • Investors all around the world are panicking after losing billions after Valve made an update to its game Counter-Strike 2.

    • That’s because one of Counter-Strike’s features -- and really a feature of most Valve games -- is that the cosmetic items in them can be traded on a marketplace for real-world money.

    • Technically the system is supposed to keep the money within Steam, which is Valve’s extremely popular marketplace.

    • But the most common way for players of Counter-Strike 2 is to use othermarketplaces that facilitate “Trades” in exchange for crypto currencies and other money.

    • These trades can be for serious money too, with many items going for hundreds or even thousands of dollars.

      • And in rare instances some go for FAR, FAR more than that.

    • So how did Valve fuck all this up? With a new lootbox and an update to how many past items work.

      • This is going to get a little technical -- although for CS2 fans this will just scratch the surface -- so bear with me.

    • The cosmetic items in CS2 usually revolve around skins for the guns, knives, and player’s gloves -- the latter two generally fetch the highest prices.

      • So the tldr is: Knives and gloves expensive. Guns cheaper.

    • There’s also a rarity system and for simplicity’s sake we can mostly ignore it because all you need to know is that Valve made it so that now -- outside of a handful of exceptions -- you can trade any 5 guns from the rarest “Covert” tier for a chance at a knife or glove.[][][]

    • Instantly the market went nuts, with the price of knives and gloves crashing while the price of Covert guns skyrocketed.[][][][][][]

    • This is especially true for Covert guns that were pretty unpopular and cheap, because it gives a massive opportunity for arbitrage since you can trade 5 relatively cheap guns for the chance at an expensive knife.

    • And even though knives and gloves are falling in price they’re still pretty valuable.

      • So if you can buy Coverts on the cheap and trade them up, you’re still up in value.

      • xQc possible described it best when he said:

      • “Now, everyone that has something has nothing and people that have nothing can have something. It’s a market flip.” @:18

    • Although he’s probably wrong about the “only thing worth something now are rare guns” because it’s still a 5:1 ratio to get a knife or glove.

    • Theoretically there will be some kind of equilibrium as the two prices better reflect each other, but until then a ton of money has been lost in high end collections and a $2 billion loss across the board.

    • The big question is why Valve would do all of this and there are a few theories, although by far the biggest one is that Valve is trying to crack down on the entire market.

    • That’s because in reality, a lot of these skins turned more into investments and crypto-like purchases rather than actual rare skins for players to use.

      • Not to mention there’s an entire gambling market associated with it too.

    • It’s also just the latest move by Valve to seemingly try and get the market to calm down.

    • In the past they instated a seven-day trade ban on recently traded items in order to slow transactions down.

    • Then on September 17th when they released a new lootbox that attempted to price fix many items.

    • Right, normally in a loot box you open it up and it drops stuff of various rarities. Sometimes you’re lucky, sometimes not.

      • This new system still had that random factor, but instead of getting the items you then had to choose one to BUY from Valve.

      • They had an entire formula to figure out the price, but often things like Covert guns could go for hundreds of dollars, so many felt the system just felt bad for normal players and didn’t actually address the market. [broll @:34]

    • There’s another reason Valve might want this market to die -- it replaces their own marketplace.

    • These items exceeding $2000-ish means they can’t be placed on the STeam marketplace, leading some to speculate that Valve wants to lower the price of knives and gloves to get them below that threshold.

    • Getting players to actually use the Steam Marketplace would be a big win for Valve since once money is placed into the Valve marketplace system it’s kinda stuck there.

      • Like sure, you can sell items to fund your Steam Wallet, but that money is pretty much only available for new games and cosmetics.

      • (Technically some people buy Steam Decks and then sell them on the second hand market, but you still incur a loss doing that).[]

    • In the short term all we know for sure is that the market is going nuts… and probably a lesson about investing into unregulated markets.

    • But for the average player who was just stoked to have expensive skin, it’s certainly a feel-bad moment.

    • (Also, CS2 fans I want to note that yes, we know we skimmed over a lot of the details about rarity and stuff that could make one item way more valuable than it would normally be… but those are much rarer exceptions to the rule and the market reflects that.

      • Either way, you should probably be trying to salvage your portfolio rather than nitpicking me).

    • And then from that, finally today, I want to end with one more thing

    • and a little bit of self promo.

    • So one let me say, depending on

    • when you're watching this, probably last chance

    • to get in on this last people faster drop rate.

    • My body hurts and I hate the government. Ghouls just want to have fun.

    • Emotionally gothic and emotionally exhausted

    • with those unselect shirt screws and hoodies.

    • But then your one more thing today is this bit from a conversation

    • I had with Jon Lovett today on my podcast, In Good Faith.

    • If you want to watch the full thing links.

    • Of course in the description you can watch, listen

    • or subscribe to the full hour over on YouTube.

    • Podcaster, Spotify.

    • But you know, I asked John,

    • you know, where we wrong about someone that we've both been critical of?

    • Is it possible that we and I'm using a collective we have been underestimating?

    • Chuck Schumer's sense of strategy or no, completely different. So,

    • let me, let me, let me let me practice being generous.

    • I'll try not my not my instinct.

    • So I was skeptical.

    • I didn't first of all, before the shutdown, I was a really skeptical,

    • and skeptical in all directions, by the way.

    • Like,

    • heard the arguments that said, hey, we should not do a shutdown.

    • We don't have a path out of it.

    • The minority party will lose respect that argument.

    • We should shut the government down over health care.

    • It's a hinge.

    • It's a it's a policy on which we have unity.

    • It's a it's one where we can maybe get some extract, some concessions.

    • That's the fight we should pick.

    • And the argument says, like, are you there shutting down the government?

    • I'm sorry.

    • They're firing people willy nilly.

    • They're they're they're they've got mass agents on the street.

    • They're disregarding Congress.

    • They're doing open corruption, health care.

    • We have to fight this on everything, on democracy.

    • We can't fund a government that is doing a authoritarian takeover.

    • Respect that argument to health care felt like in the middle.

    • Felt like,

    • you know, half a loaf.

    • And then yet it seems to have really put Republicans on their heels.

    • The country,

    • is seeing the Democratic argument.

    • Blame is obviously going to be, shared.

    • But it's

    • certainly not falling on Democrats the way Republicans would have predicted.

    • And it's in a sense about prices and costs in a way that kind of resonates

    • with the kind of underlying politics of Trump failing on these issues.

    • And like they that was I that seems like it was the right fight.

    • I get it right.

    • And that's a that's a strategy coming from, the leadership in the Congress.

    • Good for them.

    • The question has always been like, as communicators,

    • are these the best people to be the voice of an opposition?

    • And I don't think there's anybody who thinks that, like, Chuck Schumer

    • is the great voice of the Democratic opposition.

    • So it's it's complicated.

    • But, you know, like when you ask people to fight

    • and then they fight, you should be like, okay, thanks.

    • I'm glad you're doing that.

    • I appreciate that.

    • You know, like, I, I don't think he's perfect.

    • He hasn't stopped being Chuck Schumer and all the ways that he can be silly.

    • And some of the videos don't work and kind of goofy and phenomenal.

    • He's an old school guys

    • like from the era of like the Sunday press conference to get in the Monday papers.

    • It's just a different, different generation.

    • But I'm glad they picked this fight and I'm glad are holding people together.

    • And that, my friend, is the end of this video.

    • But of course, it is more just a click away

    • if you wanna watch the full conversation.

    • I got that brand new episode out of the In Good Faith podcast with John Lovett,

    • and or there's a new available DeFranco show that you might not have seen yet,

    • depending on when you got to this video, no matter what you do.

    • I just want to say thank you for watching.

    • I love your faces and I'll see you next time.

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