So you take it from here, Stu.

I would love to.

This is incredible.

And I think it's a great thing for not just people in Alaska, not just voters in Alaska, but voters all across the country as we approach Tuesday to think about.

Do you really want these people in power? Do you really want to hand them the House and the Senate? People who are doing things like this to – it's not just Alaska.

It is Nebraska where they're running a fake independent.

It is South Dakota where they're running a fake independent.

Yeah, it If you're a Democrat.

Are we gonna do this for everybody or just the one holdout juror? He's the only one getting a legal colonoscopy, Stu, and it's meant to harass him and to make sure the next jury, should there be one, understands you vote not guilty by reason of mental defect, or you'll get the same as the holdout juror

jurorYeah, that's exactly what they're trying to do.

And, and I, I, Megan, I come from an old, maybe an old school line of thought that if you are a lawyer and you have a client who's admitted to murdering their three children, you pray for a mistrial.

Like, [laughs] that's the thing you're hoping to get to.

That, like, the fact that there was only one guy here who is actually holding the line on you can't kill your three kids and get a, and, and, and, and, and get off for it is, like, a, a, a massive change, I think, in our entire civilization.

I mean, I...

Look, I get that, uh, there are c- there are complications here, and, like, I, I...

You're so good.

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Hmm.

No, I, listen, I, I agree, I do agree that it's a real problem because for what they are, their branding is so good.

Mm-hmm.

It's forcibly taking things from people that don't belong to you, and it's been so unsuccessful.

And I think that, that need to, there needs to be more talk about, hey, listen, I, I, l- listen, we wanna help you.

We want everyone want, we want everyone to be prosperous and healthy and all that, but this is why this does not lead to this.

Ugh.

Um, ugh, I just can't take it.

Um, so it's a great point 'cause there are definitely variations of that.

A normal bad situation would be something like, you know, Republicans losing the House.

Uh, they have almost no majority anyway.

It's, it's very, very likely.

I mean, I do prediction markets, uh, for a living and, you know, they're at about 86% chance for Democrats to win.

But are we simply dealing with a motivation problem where it's not necessarily that Bottom is so wonderful or Ken Paxton is, is, is, you know, the spawn of Satan? It's not that, but the truth is that if you're a communist, you are uniquely motivated to vote this November, and the right kind of isn't

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... what's happening right now.

Uh, she is their, their meal ticket.

She's the only reason I think anyone really watches the league as a whole.

And, and, and I've actually really...

I appreciated her, the way she's handled most of these controversies.

She's, she's done a lot of what you just heard, which is taking the energy and the momentum out of the big controversies.

They, they, they will not ever learn.

Let's start with the big one: the High Court's five to four decision on Mississippi mail-in ballots.

Megyn Kelly called this a massive gift to Democrats, and she's pointing to Justice Alito's dissent, which said the ruling was inconsistent with statutory text, historical practice, and precedent.

The core fight here is whether ballots must be received by election day.

This could reshape voting laws in multiple states.

Kelly and Mike Davis say this reinforces a troubling pattern, especially for conservatives who expected different outcomes from Republican-appointed justices.

Right.

But the court did deliver a stronger conservative win in a six-three FTC case, overturning Humphrey's executor and restoring more presidential firing power over executive branch officials.

Kelly frames it as a victory for accountability, though Justice Sotomayor's dissent reflects a deeper fight over whether independent agencies should answer to the president.

This is the problem with what Markwayne Mullin said, what Mike DeWine said, what John Kasich said, all three of whom are Republicans

RepublicansWild.

Wild to see it.

Uh, you know, and, uh, even to extend what he said, uh, uh, we're gonna give them $2,100 [laughs] to resettle, are we? Oh, really? I, I know a lot of people who could use $2,100 who live here and have never broken the law, and don't have to, uh, don't have to make an argument about whether they're allowed in this country because they were born here, and they're citizens, and have been their entire lives, and really could use $2,100.

Uh, eh, you know, look, I, I, I'm with you.

I- there are people who come here that do contribute to our society, you know? I, I think we've seen a microcosm of, of how American, the American people feel about visitors to this country with w- everything that's gone on with the World Cup over the past few weeks, when we have people coming in from these other countries and, b- you know, going to Buc-ee's and, and, and seeing, you know, the stuff that we kind of take for granted and celebrating it.

When we have people who come here legally, and come here with an appreciation for the country, with an idea that they do wanna assimilate, that they do want to not just take advantage of all the wonderful things we have, but celebrate them and further them and contribute to that, that whole project, we love it as Americans.

Mm-hmm

Can you believe how pathetic and lame the send-offs have been?

It's incredible, especially from someone that has just not really made an impact, right? I mean, he went over there and he start...

There's this big piece in The New York Times just, you know, again, another obituary for the show today, where they talk about how he started over at, uh, you know, with the show, and he tried to do a show that would entertain people like every other late night host was doing for, you know, many, many years.

The, the formula that appealed to a mass audience, make some jokes, the show's not super expensive to produce, you make a bunch of money, everybody's happy.

He tried to do that, and it was failing.

Uh, it was failing miserably.

So Donald Trump comes down the escalator, uh, Colbert decides he's going to switch his shtick.

Syringes

Mm-hmm.

You know, you, that's why I really, one of the first things I did when I first had my, uh, first had my kids was to make sure, obviously you try to spend as much time as you can with them, and you try to do all those things and try to be engaged.

One thing, one little trick I picked up very early on was when your kids are young and they're doing things that they're like learning for the first time or showing off for the first time, they look up at you and want you to like...

Like, they're looking up at you, not because they wanna see if you saw it, but they wanna see your reaction.

They're living off of that reaction, right? Like, kid, you know, you know, you're just like, "Hey, Daddy, watch this." And then he goes up and he shoots, you know, sh- shoots a basket and makes it.

The first thing he does is turn around and look at you to see what your reaction was.

And like, I think there's a big, like the way that we would normally interact with someone, right, is they would say, "Hey, check this out." You'd watch them, you'd watch the ball go through the hoop.

Mm-hmm.

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It's just part of the stupid industry.

And it's one of my first days on the job in the promotions, uh, department, where I'm going to hang balloons.

So I go out, I blow up balloons, I hang balloons.

I'm t- you know, I'm, I'm supposed to stand there.

I don't know anything about what I'm doing yet.

It may have been my first, the first thing that I ever did, now that I think about it.

That's awesome.

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...

I think they regret that, uh, you know, all the way to the moon.

So first of all, there's that.

Secondly, with, with Kimmel, you're right.

I mean, the Karl Malone thing is a, is, is a great example of, of really just racist humor, right? Like, that, you know, he was in blackface, and the only criticism, the only point he was making in that particular series of sketches was that Karl Malone talked funnyThat, that was the bit.

That was the bit, that he talked in a way that Jimmy Kimmel found hilarious, and so he put on blackface and impersonated him as a white person doing a Black person.

Atlanta

Yeah, well said

... you're right in that driving your kids that way to try to be...

You sort of, you know, you, you sort of put all their life's value into a sport.

And, like, it's easy to see with, with Tiger Woods how, how that's gone wrong because you, you, you layer it on a, a bunch of mistakes he made on his own, uh, obviously substances and injuries and, and all of those things.

But for every Tiger Woods...

I mean, Tiger Woods at least had immeasurable success, right, when it comes to, uh, this goal.

You know, I live in Texas, Megan, and my, my s- my, both of my kids are, are active in, in sports.

...and you're with them

More war

... possible.

Yeah, it's, it's constant, uh, w- with him.

A- and, you know, look, I, I, uh, he, I, I...

He is, he is who he is.

He's been pretty consistent on this.

I mean, he ran for president as a one-issue candidate, right? To push, uh, the United States towards these types of arguments.

Not Tucker, not Lindsey.

You don't like the way I feel?

(Laughs) Uh, it is, uh, interesting.

And I think ...

I, I don't ...

You know, again, I'm trying ...

This is me trying to do analysis of this person in, in her, in their brain, but it strikes me as, like, she might be honest enough in quiet moments with herself to realize the only thing she's ever really achieved is a job/skin color/genital combination.

Like, uh, she might just be really aware of that, and when she's talking about her opinions, you know, uh, there's nothing there.

Yes.

What does it do?

Yeah, there's...

So they think, you know, again, it's still new and, and I understand some people have skepticism over any new drug.

That's al- (laughs) you have to always say that.

But like I think, you know, it, it not only goes af- they think it goes after addiction centers and one of the things if you, you know, uh, people who are overweight oftentimes just have that sort of food noise going on all the time.

Like, "Oh gosh, there's an eclair over there.

I gotta eat this eclair.

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

But I...

You know, it's, and it's an interesting thing.

I think my...

One of the things I really always loved doing was working with numbers.

Uh, you know, I'm sort of a numbers geek.

You know, I was the, uh, you know, I was the kid who would, I would create my own sports leagues and, and have spreadsheets of all the players, of the fake players and, you know, s- so I think honestly that's probably...

Mm-hmm.

What is that? I don't understand that species.

It's a great question.

I, I don't think I understand it either.

I don't know that I have met people like that.

They seem to exist.

Uh, you know, when I talk to people who are more left than I am, which is, you know, the vast majority of the American populous, most of them seem pretty rational and, and normal and maybe have some bad ideas.

Uh, but I can talk to them, I can have a drink with them, I can, I can eat dinner with them and, and, and deal with them.

How do you see it?

Awesome.

Uh, but you sh- you should get him to tell this story, 'cause he was with Trump in the White House and they were walking around and he's showing him, and he took Glenn on a tour (laughs) of the White House and point- mapped this entire thing out to him, the entire ballroom, where it was going, how he was gonna use it.

It's fascinating.

And, you know-Donald Trump looks at this not because he likes things that are big and gold, I'm sure he does like that, obviously, at some level.

But what he really likes about this type of stuff is he likes to project power.

Look at the way he's handling the people in the Middle East.

He's, he's able to speak their language in a way that previous presidents have not, and he's getting results with that.

No matter what he does, it's wrong.

Why does she keep saying that?

This is pretty easy to check too.

I mean, it's really something that you, we can all look up.

We all experienced.

I mean, considering, I don't know if 2000 is technically the 21st century or if it's the last year of the 20th century, I can never remember that, but I mean, everybody remembers how close that was.

People forget how close the 2004 election was.

I mean, it was one, it was just one state, Ohio, that was really the difference, uh, there.

He's- he objected to the mild praise Ezra Klein offered in that article as a means of preserving life.

Mm-hmm.

...

in law enforcement.

Uh, my uncle was a, uh, homicide detective who, in Westchester County worked under, uh, Jeanine Pirro long before I had any idea who she was.

He would praise her, uh, like nobody's business because sh- of how, uh, what a great job she did, how tough she was on the job, how she didn't put up with nonsense.

She cared about protecting the people, uh, of her community.And that is a, uh, uh, is something that I feel like (laughs) w- we have lost in Washington DC.

You know, I think we all realize that if you put enough police officers in these areas, uh, you know, something like 14% of the murders happens in a 10-block radius in, in Washington DC.

And why he called Brandon Johnson incompetent too.

Yeah.

... and ch- only see the parts of the bill that we don't like.

And, and look, there are some things in the bill that I don't like, there are some spending issues, there's a couple programs in there that, that do concern me, uh, long term that are part of this bill.

But they're, as you pointed out, this was going to happen, they absolutely had to use their reconciliation opportunity in some way.

It had to address the tax cuts.

Um, you know, this was going to, uh, get there eventually.

It wou- it winds up being, you know, a little, a little bigger than I think even Trump wants it to, to be because when you have people who hold out, there's really two ways of addressing that, and one is bribing them with, (laughs) with different things that they want for their states.

Yeah, same.

She clearly lied to Axios when caught red-handed, and then again when caught red-handed the second time, and these two were working on making Karine Jean-Pierre a star on our dime, Stu.Mm-hmm.

Every single penny of it, we paid for.

What an amazing time this is to look at it, and I- I- I read the Alex Thompson story in Axios, I read every single word of it, and then I re-read it because it was just so enjoyable to go through.

It's just incredible.

Uh, and, you know, you mentioned, uh, Anthony Bernal as the enforcer in this story.

Now, I will say, uh, when speaking of enforcers, I listened to your Jake Tapper interview, um, and, um, I...

There was some enforcing going on, uh, there, uh, and I think Jake felt what it was like to have things enforced, uh, on- on...

It's about to get ugly.

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Like, every three words, she will lick her lips.

You watch that clip and she does it constantly.

Not the most important part of that clip, of course.

Uh, y- as you are, uh, Jesse, uh, always on the hunt for the communists that are- are running things, and you've, uh, found yet another one.

And- and the fact that she was able to do this, you know, partially under Obama, but even a much bigger role under Biden, where she seemingly was making a lot of these decisions, along with a couple of other names that are in this book and, uh, you know, that w- we can go through.

But I think you- you hit on something really important here that... between these two clips, Jesse, which is, like Jake Tapper is a story that is related to this.

Give us your ranking and what's going to stick, what can last, and what's going to be erased the next time we get some nutball Democrat in there?

Secret option number two.

Yeah.

It's, it's a, it's a nice, it's a nice step that I think a lot of people should really, uh, consider.

I, I love...

I mean, first of all, it's just completely a ridiculous event in and of itself, and I think at one point maybe it had some utility.

At, at this point, you're right.

It feels like this outdated sort of tribute band version of the woke era, right? Like, there was a time where it seemed like every- everybody went down this road and all we did was say that the color of their skin was the most important thing and we had to constantly lead into every single woke word and, you know, uh, the, the, the, uh, Ibram Kendis of the world were thriving.

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