1 00:00:10,890 --> 00:00:11,460 Ally: All right. 2 00:00:11,460 --> 00:00:12,210 Hey Seth. 3 00:00:12,570 --> 00:00:13,320 Seth: Hey Allie. 4 00:00:14,220 --> 00:00:14,700 Ally: So. 5 00:00:15,989 --> 00:00:21,840 As we're kind of finding our voice and workshopping ideas, I thought we could, 6 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:28,080 we could try something new for a news segment, and we're gonna call it Seth 7 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:30,000 and Allie take a shot at the news. 8 00:00:30,885 --> 00:00:35,355 So it's like, um, a triple entendre, which is, I mean, what's better than a 9 00:00:35,355 --> 00:00:38,055 double entendre than a triple entendre? 10 00:00:38,835 --> 00:00:42,915 So take a shot at the news first implies that we're going to try and 11 00:00:42,915 --> 00:00:47,535 find new stories that are interesting to us and hopefully interesting to 12 00:00:47,535 --> 00:00:52,605 our audience and stories that won't time out since there's a delay between 13 00:00:52,605 --> 00:00:54,435 recording and when we actually go to air. 14 00:00:55,305 --> 00:00:57,945 Uh, take a shot at the news is also. 15 00:00:58,635 --> 00:01:01,815 Poking fun at the news, at the absurdity of our news cycle 16 00:01:01,815 --> 00:01:06,105 because you know, everyone is constantly reporting breaking news. 17 00:01:06,105 --> 00:01:10,665 We're always talking about breaking news, and it is stressful. 18 00:01:10,935 --> 00:01:14,685 And so I think it feels good to kind of try and find levity in 19 00:01:14,685 --> 00:01:16,275 some of these stories when we can. 20 00:01:17,235 --> 00:01:21,345 And then the third take a shot at the news is we're gonna take 21 00:01:21,345 --> 00:01:22,935 an actual shot at the news. 22 00:01:23,775 --> 00:01:25,635 Because this news sucks y'all. 23 00:01:26,085 --> 00:01:30,675 So hopefully, you know, one shot a week, we can get through these news stories 24 00:01:31,035 --> 00:01:33,015 with some of our sanity still in check. 25 00:01:33,015 --> 00:01:35,115 So cheers, Seth. 26 00:01:35,715 --> 00:01:36,165 Seth: Cheers, Allie. 27 00:01:36,825 --> 00:01:37,905 Ally: Let's take a shot at the news. 28 00:01:43,305 --> 00:01:43,365 Woo. 29 00:01:44,925 --> 00:01:45,705 Seth: Let's go baby. 30 00:01:46,815 --> 00:01:47,355 Ally: Ooh, once a week. 31 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:47,580 Okay. 32 00:01:49,380 --> 00:01:52,259 First story, and this is actually breaking, breaking news. 33 00:01:52,679 --> 00:01:57,810 So President Trump has appointed Erica Kirk to serve on the US Air Force Academy 34 00:01:57,810 --> 00:02:00,690 Board of Visitors taking the position. 35 00:02:00,690 --> 00:02:03,479 Her late husband, Charlie, was slated to hold before he 36 00:02:03,479 --> 00:02:05,070 was assassinated in September. 37 00:02:05,669 --> 00:02:13,380 So Erica is joining this panel that oversees morale, discipline, curriculum, 38 00:02:13,709 --> 00:02:15,925 and fiscal affairs at the academy. 39 00:02:17,585 --> 00:02:19,799 I, I cannot, I 40 00:02:20,489 --> 00:02:20,700 Seth: mean, 41 00:02:20,704 --> 00:02:21,510 Ally: first of all, I 42 00:02:21,780 --> 00:02:22,079 Seth: just 43 00:02:22,230 --> 00:02:22,620 Ally: go ahead. 44 00:02:22,799 --> 00:02:28,829 Seth: Just another, uh, appointee by Trump, who is unqualified to do their job. 45 00:02:28,829 --> 00:02:33,990 Just another DEI holler from, you know, an just from another loyalist. 46 00:02:34,350 --> 00:02:36,660 And, uh, I mean, what a, what a joke. 47 00:02:36,660 --> 00:02:39,060 But it, it is just a, a running joke at this point. 48 00:02:39,060 --> 00:02:41,490 A series of unfortunate events. 49 00:02:42,525 --> 00:02:45,645 Ally: I, and I'm looking at like the, the description of the 50 00:02:45,645 --> 00:02:48,405 role, so overseeing the morale. 51 00:02:48,795 --> 00:02:52,875 I seem to recall that when this woman lost her husband. 52 00:02:53,355 --> 00:02:59,235 She was immediately out there doing tours and remember that leaked call 53 00:02:59,235 --> 00:03:01,215 with the turning point members? 54 00:03:01,455 --> 00:03:01,545 Yep. 55 00:03:01,575 --> 00:03:03,945 Where she was like, she was like, Hey, Charlie's dead. 56 00:03:04,185 --> 00:03:10,275 And like, I know that's really a dark, but let's talk about all of that merch. 57 00:03:10,275 --> 00:03:12,315 We sold the numbers and. 58 00:03:12,410 --> 00:03:13,880 The numbers are so good. 59 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:14,450 You guys. 60 00:03:14,515 --> 00:03:14,815 We got, 61 00:03:15,170 --> 00:03:17,270 Seth: we got 150,000 views. 62 00:03:17,270 --> 00:03:17,750 Like 63 00:03:17,750 --> 00:03:21,260 Ally: I feel, I feel like she is a morale killer, a buzz killer. 64 00:03:21,260 --> 00:03:26,030 I mean, it seemed like the people at Turning Point USA were more bereft 65 00:03:26,510 --> 00:03:31,340 than Erica Kirk could seem to muster when she took over that company. 66 00:03:31,700 --> 00:03:35,210 Seth: Yeah, and I mean, we just saw Christie Nome, somebody who 67 00:03:35,210 --> 00:03:37,700 was also unqualified to do her job. 68 00:03:38,130 --> 00:03:38,630 Ally: That's next. 69 00:03:38,630 --> 00:03:38,745 That's number 70 00:03:39,435 --> 00:03:39,495 Seth: two. 71 00:03:39,495 --> 00:03:43,845 And after you got yanked off the stage like saying man, so, um, what do you 72 00:03:43,845 --> 00:03:45,645 think is gonna happen with Erica? 73 00:03:45,645 --> 00:03:48,075 Just more of the same from Donald Trump. 74 00:03:48,704 --> 00:03:49,454 Ally: More of the same. 75 00:03:49,454 --> 00:03:51,135 Another vanity project. 76 00:03:51,734 --> 00:03:52,215 Alright. 77 00:03:52,215 --> 00:03:54,704 Second story that caught my eye this week. 78 00:03:55,394 --> 00:03:56,954 So number two. 79 00:03:57,135 --> 00:03:57,434 Okay. 80 00:03:57,434 --> 00:03:58,934 This is hilarious to me. 81 00:03:59,174 --> 00:04:02,864 So first of all, this was put up by headquarters Newsroom. 82 00:04:02,864 --> 00:04:04,274 Are you familiar with them, Seth? 83 00:04:04,665 --> 00:04:05,024 Seth: Yeah. 84 00:04:05,114 --> 00:04:09,494 Uh, that they, uh, they converted Kamala HQ into headquarters. 85 00:04:09,494 --> 00:04:09,644 Ally: Nice. 86 00:04:09,915 --> 00:04:13,424 Seth: So that is the new iteration of Kamala hq. 87 00:04:13,515 --> 00:04:15,344 So, yeah, I love, we can forward this. 88 00:04:16,289 --> 00:04:17,700 Ally: Love, love, love it. 89 00:04:17,700 --> 00:04:19,680 They put out news stories all day long. 90 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:21,360 They make them interesting and funny. 91 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:22,200 Great graphics. 92 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:27,240 So she had all these geniuses, um, that worked on her social media strategy 93 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,900 when she was running for president, and now they are committing that time 94 00:04:30,900 --> 00:04:35,400 to delivering headlines in a funny and unique way, and this is one of theirs. 95 00:04:36,015 --> 00:04:40,184 Here's a list of Hollywood blockbusters that cost less to make 96 00:04:40,184 --> 00:04:42,104 than Christie no's ad campaign. 97 00:04:42,525 --> 00:04:44,684 Now Christie has been fired, right? 98 00:04:44,924 --> 00:04:45,044 Yeah. 99 00:04:45,044 --> 00:04:45,854 In real time. 100 00:04:45,914 --> 00:04:49,695 Christie has been fired, but it's still hilarious to me the amount 101 00:04:49,695 --> 00:04:53,145 of money that WA was wasted on her riding around on a horse. 102 00:04:53,775 --> 00:04:57,854 So let's go through some of the movies that cost less, less 103 00:04:57,854 --> 00:05:00,674 to make than that ad campaign. 104 00:05:01,005 --> 00:05:01,184 Seth: Alright, 105 00:05:01,965 --> 00:05:04,125 Ally: uh, Barbie, the Barbie movie. 106 00:05:04,125 --> 00:05:05,025 Seth: Shut up. 107 00:05:05,790 --> 00:05:06,480 Ally: Yes. 108 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:07,320 The Barb. 109 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:07,800 Wow. 110 00:05:07,830 --> 00:05:09,210 Not just Barbie. 111 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,930 Oppenheimer, the two, the two black. 112 00:05:12,930 --> 00:05:15,330 So Bar Inheimer Barer Heimer. 113 00:05:15,390 --> 00:05:16,140 Yes. 114 00:05:16,500 --> 00:05:20,250 Cost less to make No way than Kristy Nom riding around 115 00:05:20,250 --> 00:05:23,100 Seth: the No, that's a, that's a Christopher Nolan film. 116 00:05:23,550 --> 00:05:23,850 Ally: Mm-hmm. 117 00:05:24,090 --> 00:05:27,870 Seth: On top of Barbie, who, you know, not a cheap movie to make either. 118 00:05:27,870 --> 00:05:28,200 I mean, 119 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:29,760 Ally: neither, neither of them. 120 00:05:29,820 --> 00:05:34,680 Seth: But this is a great example of like just how much money was wasted. 121 00:05:35,849 --> 00:05:36,330 Incredible. 122 00:05:36,330 --> 00:05:37,349 She's out on her ass. 123 00:05:37,500 --> 00:05:38,609 So great. 124 00:05:38,609 --> 00:05:38,789 Jeff, 125 00:05:38,789 --> 00:05:41,010 Ally: Mary Potter, deathly, deathly Hollows. 126 00:05:41,010 --> 00:05:42,719 Part two, cost Less. 127 00:05:43,590 --> 00:05:45,330 Top Gun Maverick. 128 00:05:45,659 --> 00:05:46,859 Come on now, Seth. 129 00:05:46,919 --> 00:05:49,979 I, I mean, yo, think about these films. 130 00:05:50,010 --> 00:05:52,590 Think about the production. 131 00:05:52,620 --> 00:05:52,710 Mm-hmm. 132 00:05:52,950 --> 00:05:57,840 Cost of making these films, all of the special effects, the Hunger 133 00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:00,900 Games, Seth, the Hunger Games. 134 00:06:01,425 --> 00:06:02,565 Seth: I'm going away by the 135 00:06:02,565 --> 00:06:03,555 Ally: ironic name, 136 00:06:03,555 --> 00:06:06,945 Seth: by the way, you, you're telling me the final Harry Potter. 137 00:06:08,205 --> 00:06:12,375 After that franchise produced untold billions of dollars, the 138 00:06:12,375 --> 00:06:19,725 final movie had a lower budget than Christie No's DHS commercials. 139 00:06:19,725 --> 00:06:20,325 Unbelievable. 140 00:06:20,330 --> 00:06:20,370 Ally: Mm-hmm. 141 00:06:21,550 --> 00:06:23,409 Um, how about Iron Man? 142 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:24,650 Iron Man, Seth? 143 00:06:26,035 --> 00:06:29,310 Seth: Yo, you got a bigger budget than Disney. 144 00:06:30,660 --> 00:06:34,680 Ally: The Matrix, Seth, the literal matrix. 145 00:06:35,130 --> 00:06:36,095 Seth: Oh my God. 146 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,630 Ally: The Lord of the Rings, the return of the King. 147 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:47,070 It, it is absolutely insane, but it's not surprising because this 148 00:06:47,070 --> 00:06:51,060 administration seems to be spending money like water, and that brings us. 149 00:06:51,420 --> 00:06:52,650 To story number three. 150 00:06:52,770 --> 00:06:52,950 Seth: Mm-hmm. 151 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,700 Ally: Again, a breaking story from today, but I think we're gonna be 152 00:06:56,700 --> 00:06:58,680 talking about this a long time. 153 00:06:58,800 --> 00:06:59,040 Seth: Mm-hmm. 154 00:07:00,090 --> 00:07:04,290 Ally: Pentagon has been caught spending $93 billion in a single month. 155 00:07:04,290 --> 00:07:06,960 That would've been the month of September, 2025. 156 00:07:07,380 --> 00:07:11,970 And among just a couple of things were Alaskan King Crab 157 00:07:11,970 --> 00:07:16,230 legs, a $98,000 Steinway piano. 158 00:07:16,650 --> 00:07:21,030 I think I saw some kind of a. One of a kind Japanese violin. 159 00:07:21,270 --> 00:07:23,850 Who, who's taking this stuff? 160 00:07:23,940 --> 00:07:24,690 Is it real? 161 00:07:25,350 --> 00:07:25,710 Seth: Yeah. 162 00:07:25,710 --> 00:07:26,190 I mean, 163 00:07:26,190 --> 00:07:27,570 Ally: we, we, who ate the crab legs? 164 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:28,860 Who's playing the piano? 165 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,790 Seth: I mean, it is a, it is a cartoonish number. 166 00:07:33,300 --> 00:07:37,590 I mean, we're talking about $93 billion and they spent hundreds of 167 00:07:37,620 --> 00:07:40,770 millions of dollars on king crab alone. 168 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:45,300 Like how in the world is Pete Hegseth to supposed to do all these pull-ups 169 00:07:45,390 --> 00:07:46,980 when he is eating so much king crab? 170 00:07:47,685 --> 00:07:48,435 Ally: It's insane. 171 00:07:49,335 --> 00:07:52,540 I also saw that they spent a shit ton on, um. 172 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:55,260 A fruit basket stands. 173 00:07:55,380 --> 00:07:55,440 Seth: Yeah. 174 00:07:55,740 --> 00:07:57,120 Ally: What even is that? 175 00:07:57,570 --> 00:08:01,530 I mean, I've been in corporate America for a long time, certainly 176 00:08:01,530 --> 00:08:03,300 seen my share of fruit baskets. 177 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:07,860 I have never seen them presented to the world on a stand. 178 00:08:08,039 --> 00:08:11,940 Do you even know what that I have no idea what a fruit basket stand is. 179 00:08:11,940 --> 00:08:15,060 Seth: I've, I've never been running in rich enough circles, 180 00:08:15,060 --> 00:08:17,159 I guess, to have seen a fruit 181 00:08:17,159 --> 00:08:17,700 Ally: standard. 182 00:08:17,700 --> 00:08:17,880 Me neither. 183 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:18,570 Clearly 184 00:08:18,690 --> 00:08:20,460 Seth: this is, that's a new one on me. 185 00:08:20,685 --> 00:08:23,055 But, uh, you gotta spend the 93 billion somehow. 186 00:08:23,775 --> 00:08:25,095 Ally: Uh, and they found a way. 187 00:08:25,485 --> 00:08:28,305 And I also wonder like, are these code names? 188 00:08:28,305 --> 00:08:30,135 Could this be like money laundering? 189 00:08:30,495 --> 00:08:35,265 Like I bought Alaskan King Crab, but that actually stands for something else. 190 00:08:35,535 --> 00:08:37,305 Seth: It, it's actually stands for Bentley's. 191 00:08:39,195 --> 00:08:39,975 Ally: Could you imagine? 192 00:08:40,305 --> 00:08:40,455 Seth: Yeah. 193 00:08:40,455 --> 00:08:41,235 I, I can't, 194 00:08:41,985 --> 00:08:43,335 Ally: I actually, I can too. 195 00:08:43,425 --> 00:08:45,465 It's just, it's absolutely. 196 00:08:46,290 --> 00:08:49,830 Especially right now we are in war with Iran. 197 00:08:49,860 --> 00:08:51,450 It is $1 billion a day. 198 00:08:51,450 --> 00:08:52,350 It's costing us. 199 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:56,580 We have just not formally announced, but basically alluded to the 200 00:08:56,580 --> 00:08:59,670 fact that there are going to be troops on the ground any day now. 201 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,970 Um, we're struggling financially. 202 00:09:03,510 --> 00:09:04,410 Gas is up. 203 00:09:04,950 --> 00:09:05,795 Cost of oil is. 204 00:09:06,435 --> 00:09:10,365 You know, healthcare costs have gone, I mean, just economically as 205 00:09:10,365 --> 00:09:15,675 a country, we are really hanging on by the skin of our teeth. 206 00:09:16,064 --> 00:09:21,915 And when I see a number like this and I see a Pentagon using the budget, the, 207 00:09:21,915 --> 00:09:27,555 the, the military budget, our taxpayer dollars as basically their own personal 208 00:09:27,555 --> 00:09:29,655 piggy bank, it's really depressing. 209 00:09:29,925 --> 00:09:30,225 Seth: Yeah. 210 00:09:30,225 --> 00:09:34,694 I mean, when, when you, when you think about our military budget. 211 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:39,270 Where it is at $900 billion. 212 00:09:39,420 --> 00:09:44,160 And so you're telling me you had to spend a 10th of that in a 213 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:47,189 use it or lose it kind of deal. 214 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:52,410 So you're telling me that you've been asking for all this money all 215 00:09:52,410 --> 00:09:57,030 this time and you haven't even, and you ran out of ways to spend it. 216 00:09:57,930 --> 00:09:58,260 Ally: Exactly. 217 00:09:58,290 --> 00:10:01,020 Seth: Sounds like we never needed that in the first place. 218 00:10:01,020 --> 00:10:02,670 Sounds like the budget is bloated. 219 00:10:02,670 --> 00:10:04,620 Sounds like it's almost as if. 220 00:10:05,055 --> 00:10:09,765 The Pentagon failing their audit year after year, after year, after year, 221 00:10:10,095 --> 00:10:11,330 was trying to tell us something. 222 00:10:12,050 --> 00:10:12,370 I don't know. 223 00:10:13,620 --> 00:10:16,650 Ally: And you know, the thing is they didn't have to just spend all that money. 224 00:10:16,650 --> 00:10:20,579 They could have reallocated it to a program that was running short. 225 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:21,810 Might need another one, right? 226 00:10:21,930 --> 00:10:26,400 I mean, it's, it's just, it's really, um, it's just perverse to 227 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,880 see this kind of spending happening, especially right now in America. 228 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:34,140 But we have a couple of good news stories to end this segment on. 229 00:10:34,140 --> 00:10:37,199 So let's go to our fourth news story of today. 230 00:10:38,820 --> 00:10:40,260 You are gonna love this story. 231 00:10:40,650 --> 00:10:44,970 So they have done some studies and deep dive research and discovered 232 00:10:44,970 --> 00:10:51,630 that Costco is officially 21% cheaper than Walmart and Aldi. 233 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:52,590 Seth: Hell yeah. 234 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:57,150 Ally: Now, even though they, they are big box store, right? 235 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:01,350 The, the savings that they have packed in per unit. 236 00:11:01,755 --> 00:11:04,725 The same way you would break down prices at the grocery store. 237 00:11:05,085 --> 00:11:10,185 Um, they are finding that Costco is actually 21% cheaper than those 238 00:11:10,185 --> 00:11:13,155 two well-known discount stores. 239 00:11:13,545 --> 00:11:15,645 And we love Costco. 240 00:11:16,815 --> 00:11:17,175 Seth: We do, 241 00:11:17,235 --> 00:11:17,355 Ally: we do. 242 00:11:17,355 --> 00:11:20,415 I mean, they pay a living wage to their employees. 243 00:11:20,715 --> 00:11:23,895 Um, they provide health benefits and paid time off. 244 00:11:24,405 --> 00:11:27,615 And not only that, they are suing the government for their tariff money 245 00:11:27,615 --> 00:11:28,725 back and they have already pledged. 246 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:33,060 They're gonna give that money back to their customers, whether it be through 247 00:11:33,060 --> 00:11:36,360 discounts or maybe discounted memberships. 248 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,459 They're gonna find a way to get that money back to us, but. 249 00:11:40,589 --> 00:11:42,390 I know how much you love Costco. 250 00:11:42,390 --> 00:11:46,110 We talk about this all the time, Seth, give the audience what they want. 251 00:11:46,110 --> 00:11:48,720 Give them your love letter to Costco. 252 00:11:49,230 --> 00:11:50,280 Seth: Like, look, y'all. 253 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:54,720 It is not that difficult to make money in the United States of America, 254 00:11:54,930 --> 00:11:56,730 and people like Costco prove it. 255 00:11:56,970 --> 00:11:59,040 Allie just told you about the living wage. 256 00:11:59,250 --> 00:12:00,360 Uh, did I mention. 257 00:12:00,415 --> 00:12:03,385 The stock price that's over a thousand dollars right now. 258 00:12:03,385 --> 00:12:05,995 They're hurdling towards a stock split. 259 00:12:06,204 --> 00:12:10,525 They have great numbers, they have great, uh, profit margins. 260 00:12:10,615 --> 00:12:17,064 And so now to hear that they are 20% cheaper than Walmart and other 261 00:12:17,064 --> 00:12:21,834 competing brands, and we're talking about, you know, all these things that 262 00:12:21,834 --> 00:12:23,094 they're gonna do for their customers. 263 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:29,430 And while continuing, like I said, to make a bunch of money, you don't 264 00:12:29,430 --> 00:12:33,630 have to be greedy in the United States of America to make money. 265 00:12:33,630 --> 00:12:39,900 I mean, just 50, 60 years ago, we had a massive corporate, uh, tax bracket. 266 00:12:40,410 --> 00:12:41,490 Why do you think that is? 267 00:12:41,550 --> 00:12:43,829 Because we wanted to keep people's profits down. 268 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:44,520 No. 269 00:12:45,090 --> 00:12:46,560 People were making money back then. 270 00:12:46,590 --> 00:12:48,300 It's about the greed. 271 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:54,720 It's about the, the, the CEOs and the CFOs and the C class making outrageous sums 272 00:12:54,720 --> 00:13:00,180 of money at the top levels while giving their, their, their employees nothing. 273 00:13:01,125 --> 00:13:02,835 Ally: And, and to compare, right? 274 00:13:02,835 --> 00:13:09,645 So the Costco, CEO, I believe makes $950,000 a year, while the Walmart, CEO 275 00:13:09,645 --> 00:13:14,895 in contrast makes I believe 15 million plus stock options and, and bonuses. 276 00:13:14,895 --> 00:13:15,375 So. 277 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:23,949 There is a way to be ethical and be, you know, abundant in a capitalist society. 278 00:13:23,949 --> 00:13:26,260 We just, Costco is the template. 279 00:13:26,260 --> 00:13:27,790 They are the gold standard. 280 00:13:27,849 --> 00:13:28,719 I love Costco. 281 00:13:28,719 --> 00:13:30,849 Can't say enough and they're cheaper. 282 00:13:30,849 --> 00:13:32,829 Please go get a Costco membership. 283 00:13:32,829 --> 00:13:34,930 Let's get Walmart outta here. 284 00:13:35,260 --> 00:13:36,250 Seth: Yeah, seriously. 285 00:13:36,250 --> 00:13:39,910 I mean, if you're taking, if you, especially if you've got a family, I mean, 286 00:13:39,910 --> 00:13:41,319 this makes all the sense in the world. 287 00:13:41,319 --> 00:13:43,405 You don't have to question yourself eth ethically. 288 00:13:44,100 --> 00:13:48,570 And you're gonna make, and you're gonna save 20% as a family. 289 00:13:48,570 --> 00:13:52,740 I think we can all agree right now that that's gonna come in clutch 290 00:13:52,950 --> 00:13:58,020 in the next six months to a year as we go through this crisis in Iran. 291 00:13:58,875 --> 00:14:02,925 Ally: Alright, so our final news story of the week, um, as you know, 292 00:14:02,925 --> 00:14:07,065 I'm still getting over the fact that Jasmine Crockett lost her 293 00:14:07,065 --> 00:14:12,045 bid for the primary, the Senate primary in Texas took that one hard. 294 00:14:12,135 --> 00:14:17,925 Um, but James Haller Rico is the lead, is is the winner of that primary Jasmine. 295 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:23,430 So on brand, immediately conceded immediately called for Unity in the party. 296 00:14:23,610 --> 00:14:25,110 She's such a class act. 297 00:14:25,530 --> 00:14:26,820 Um, it's why we love her. 298 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,740 It's why we rooted for her, right, Seth? 299 00:14:28,740 --> 00:14:31,590 I mean, we know Jasmine by this point. 300 00:14:32,010 --> 00:14:32,490 Seth: Exactly. 301 00:14:32,490 --> 00:14:37,140 And I mean, in our last episode, we, we, we were leaning tall Rico, uh, 302 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:41,610 in our predictions to win, uh, not necessarily who we wanted to win. 303 00:14:41,850 --> 00:14:44,640 Uh, Jasmine is somebody who is uncompromising, who is 304 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:46,440 progressive, who is a young leader. 305 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:50,520 Uh, James is, is really all of those things except for we're 306 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:51,990 not sure about the compromise. 307 00:14:51,990 --> 00:14:53,580 There are ties to Miriam Madison. 308 00:14:53,850 --> 00:14:58,800 There are, uh, weird rumors swirling around him in terms of how he spoke 309 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,260 about Colin Allred and his race. 310 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:04,260 He addressed some of those in the Stephen Colbert interview, which 311 00:15:04,260 --> 00:15:08,730 was heavily suppressed by the FCC, which you could blame right there. 312 00:15:08,910 --> 00:15:10,470 That sent him skyrocketing. 313 00:15:10,719 --> 00:15:14,650 You know, into the, into the public sphere and maybe won him that. 314 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:15,160 Ally: Right? 315 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:15,760 You said something right there, Seth. 316 00:15:16,270 --> 00:15:17,380 You said something right there. 317 00:15:17,439 --> 00:15:17,620 Seth: Yeah, 318 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:21,040 Ally: I, and I, and I don't, I, you know, I love Stephen Colbert. 319 00:15:21,069 --> 00:15:25,120 I believe he is as uncompromised as you can get. 320 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:31,865 However, it wouldn't, I wouldn't put it past CBS to pull this shit, which 321 00:15:31,900 --> 00:15:37,300 they have never done before to create a scandal where James Tyler Rico overnight 322 00:15:37,300 --> 00:15:39,459 is a household name across America. 323 00:15:39,944 --> 00:15:43,635 So the timing on that whole situation was very interesting to me. 324 00:15:43,635 --> 00:15:44,775 But here we are. 325 00:15:45,165 --> 00:15:47,474 Um, you know, we're gonna embrace James, Tyler Rico. 326 00:15:47,474 --> 00:15:51,285 We're gonna hope the best for him and, and hope that he does not 327 00:15:51,285 --> 00:15:55,995 end up being a wild card like John Federman or a cinema or mansion. 328 00:15:56,505 --> 00:15:59,685 But in good news, it looks like he. 329 00:16:00,449 --> 00:16:04,439 Leading both GOP candidates in the Senate race so far? 330 00:16:04,620 --> 00:16:05,579 Seth: Yeah, the the, the 331 00:16:05,579 --> 00:16:06,120 Ally: wild. 332 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:10,890 Seth: Even though we, we have to side eye James at this moment as a 333 00:16:10,890 --> 00:16:16,410 party, certainly as progressives, we have to side eye him the bo the, 334 00:16:16,410 --> 00:16:20,310 the, the, uh, advantages, right? 335 00:16:20,610 --> 00:16:24,540 Are that he is a guy that can reach across the aisle. 336 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,150 He is a guy who looks like a lot. 337 00:16:27,525 --> 00:16:30,405 Of centrist Republicans. 338 00:16:30,465 --> 00:16:33,645 He is a guy who looks like a lot of Texans. 339 00:16:33,705 --> 00:16:38,895 He also has the tall Rico name that obviously is a Latino name, 340 00:16:39,105 --> 00:16:43,665 so he has that in his blood, so he is able to reach across the aisle, 341 00:16:43,665 --> 00:16:49,395 and not that Jasmine isn't, but we know that America was and still is 342 00:16:49,935 --> 00:16:52,690 largely not ready for women of color. 343 00:16:53,370 --> 00:16:57,630 Women, period to lead this country in any major capacity. 344 00:16:57,840 --> 00:16:59,700 And so that's a damn shame. 345 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:04,320 But at least we know that James can reach across the aisle and 346 00:17:04,860 --> 00:17:08,310 lead in polls, guys like Cornin. 347 00:17:09,060 --> 00:17:10,590 Uh, and, and we need that. 348 00:17:10,860 --> 00:17:13,320 We desperately need that now because we need wins. 349 00:17:13,380 --> 00:17:15,210 I still believe Jasmine would've won. 350 00:17:15,630 --> 00:17:17,370 The polls were pointing in that direction. 351 00:17:17,490 --> 00:17:20,490 She had the momentum, but you know. 352 00:17:20,879 --> 00:17:26,879 If we have to look at a bright spot, we need, we understand that James Tallarico 353 00:17:26,879 --> 00:17:31,770 because of what he looks like and the way that he presents, uh, Christianity, 354 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:36,360 uh, the way that he is progressive with Christianity and talks about Jesus and a 355 00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:41,125 lot of his progressive views for back in the day, um, it certainly is not a bad. 356 00:17:41,879 --> 00:17:46,500 Choice, a bad choice to throw up against somebody like a John Cornyn. 357 00:17:46,889 --> 00:17:49,379 Uh, and, and Trump is already doing his damage there, right? 358 00:17:49,409 --> 00:17:53,639 He's calling for the runoff to be canceled and for his chosen 359 00:17:53,639 --> 00:17:56,250 candidate to be propped up there. 360 00:17:56,429 --> 00:17:58,290 And Ken Paxton is not gonna deal with that. 361 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,440 Yeah, Ken Paxton is not dropping out, so, right. 362 00:18:01,470 --> 00:18:06,210 You know, while James, while James Alico is able to load up for May, and the, and 363 00:18:06,210 --> 00:18:11,220 the rest of the, of the midterm, John Cornyn and Ken Paxton are gonna have 364 00:18:11,220 --> 00:18:17,820 to go through a swirl of mud slinging and fighting for Donald Trump's maga. 365 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:22,260 You know, uh, you know, his, his, his co-sign. 366 00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:25,925 So I think all of that, uh, you know, despite. 367 00:18:26,895 --> 00:18:30,255 Jasmine not winning is a, is a win for us overall. 368 00:18:30,285 --> 00:18:31,485 Ally: Yeah, I know. 369 00:18:31,845 --> 00:18:32,235 I know. 370 00:18:32,235 --> 00:18:34,635 And, and like I said, we will embrace him. 371 00:18:34,725 --> 00:18:36,915 Um, he is, he is our guy, right? 372 00:18:36,915 --> 00:18:38,685 He is our candidate. 373 00:18:38,805 --> 00:18:39,405 Um, 374 00:18:39,410 --> 00:18:39,840 Seth: we need wins 375 00:18:39,980 --> 00:18:41,320 Ally: and of course we want, we just 376 00:18:41,325 --> 00:18:42,135 Seth: need wins Ally. 377 00:18:42,225 --> 00:18:43,155 Like we need, we 378 00:18:43,155 --> 00:18:43,720 Ally: need, of course we wanna see Texas. 379 00:18:43,740 --> 00:18:44,480 Seth: We need to flip the Senate, 380 00:18:44,900 --> 00:18:45,120 Ally: but 381 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:45,400 Seth: we gotta put 382 00:18:45,580 --> 00:18:45,800 Ally: the 383 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:46,040 Seth: Senate. 384 00:18:46,065 --> 00:18:46,680 Y'all like, I 385 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:46,800 Ally: get 386 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:46,840 Seth: it. 387 00:18:46,935 --> 00:18:47,835 Like, let's understand. 388 00:18:47,835 --> 00:18:48,105 Ally: I get it. 389 00:18:48,225 --> 00:18:48,405 Seth: Yeah. 390 00:18:48,405 --> 00:18:49,785 Like what's our goal? 391 00:18:49,905 --> 00:18:51,555 Our goal is to flip the Senate. 392 00:18:51,675 --> 00:18:52,120 We gotta do that. 393 00:18:53,025 --> 00:18:54,375 Ally: Our goal is to flip the Senate. 394 00:18:54,555 --> 00:18:59,355 And, um, I do think that he is a refreshing candidate 395 00:18:59,355 --> 00:19:00,855 from a Democrat perspective. 396 00:19:01,125 --> 00:19:02,715 He's not the typical, right? 397 00:19:03,135 --> 00:19:05,595 So I, I can see him really. 398 00:19:06,585 --> 00:19:11,325 Using his seminary experience and all of his biblical knowledge to push 399 00:19:11,325 --> 00:19:15,735 back against some of these Christian nationalist people that have been Yes. 400 00:19:15,945 --> 00:19:17,805 Entrenched into our government. 401 00:19:17,805 --> 00:19:20,325 I think that would be really interesting to see. 402 00:19:20,745 --> 00:19:24,495 Um, and PO and really effective in, in pushing back against that. 403 00:19:24,855 --> 00:19:27,015 So we're gonna see how this race plays out. 404 00:19:27,045 --> 00:19:29,055 I'd love to see that he's up in the polls already. 405 00:19:29,535 --> 00:19:30,855 Um, yeah. 406 00:19:31,395 --> 00:19:32,504 More to come on that one. 407 00:19:33,075 --> 00:19:36,764 So that's it for the news this week. 408 00:19:37,004 --> 00:19:40,425 And speaking of, you know, we need to win. 409 00:19:40,935 --> 00:19:45,885 Don't forget to check out our last interview, uh, with Tim Suski. 410 00:19:45,885 --> 00:19:50,205 We just wrapped another interview with somebody we're really excited about. 411 00:19:50,205 --> 00:19:51,409 I'm not gonna tell you who it is. 412 00:19:51,470 --> 00:19:55,365 You're gonna have to stay tuned for that, but it's somebody out in New York and 413 00:19:55,365 --> 00:19:57,524 he's challenging somebody we all know. 414 00:19:57,945 --> 00:20:00,525 So stay tuned for episode three and left out loud. 415 00:20:00,735 --> 00:20:01,785 This has been fun. 416 00:20:02,205 --> 00:20:04,305 Um, you know, cheers. 417 00:20:04,305 --> 00:20:05,715 We'll be doing this again, for sure. 418 00:20:05,925 --> 00:20:06,855 Seth: Oh, I'm, I'm down. 419 00:20:06,855 --> 00:20:09,375 I'm, I'm feel, I'm feeling, I'm feeling frisky. 420 00:20:09,855 --> 00:20:10,065 Ally: Let's go. 421 00:20:10,065 --> 00:20:11,535 Let feeling loose, loosey goosey. 422 00:20:13,065 --> 00:20:13,875 Alright, Seth. 423 00:20:13,875 --> 00:20:15,015 I'll see you soon. 424 00:20:15,195 --> 00:20:15,465 Seth: All right. 425 00:20:15,465 --> 00:20:15,795 See you.