GOP: Grifters, Oafs, and Phonies

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#politics #politicalcommentary #mikejohnson #republicans

[@jd4121]

Mike Johnson as speaker of the house means America is one step closer to Christo-fascism

[@user-es8qx6jf4b]

With the MAGAts orange Messiah becoming dictator for life.

[@cassiedevereaux-smith3890]

That or a bellwether of the same. There's already so much momentum there.

[@Newton-Reuther]

​@@cassiedevereaux-smith3890It's just more openly fascist. But yeah, it's been there for a while.

[@unconditionalprong]

Since the "moderates" allowed it, they are to blame too. They were too scared to break rank and choose the Dem speaker.

[@Yinyanyeow]

Man... such small d energy from micro Johnson.

[@jimballard1186]

Reminder that all members of Congress are required to disclose any bank account in their name that has more than $1000 in it, but Mike Johnson has disclosed no bank accounts and now wants to defund the entity which could investigate why.

[@redsable6119]

Easy...His wife won't let him have his own account.

[@user-es8qx6jf4b]

I bet Mikey has off shore accounts and puts some money in his panties.

[@vilstef6988]

I've said elsewhere he's a Louisiana hillbilly who's stuffing cash into a mattress about the size of Rhode Island.

[@MichaelHaneline]

I came here to say this. I kept expecting Steve to bring it up in this video. The clearly wealthy guy who wants to defund the IRS also claims to have no bank account, no stocks, and no financial assets at all? Gee whiz.

[@b.w.1386]

Search- "The IRS details tax dodges by the ultra-wealthy ...recently squeezed 100 millionaires for $122 million in missing taxes"

[@Mallory-Malkovich]

I live in Canada, so I'm used to living under a government that is slow, ineffective, and more conservative than it claims to be. But I can't imagine living in a nation where the government is _actively working against its citizen's interests and wellbeing._ How much longer will Americans put up with this?

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

Yeah, I can stand living with a government that's best defined by its mostly benign incompetence. But it's also nice to know, as a chronically ill trans person, that most of the people in our government don't actively want me and others like me dead. Though I do wonder about Doug Ford, and a lot of those wankers from Alberta...

[@TylerWardhaha]

We by and large don't. Problem is our founders set up the government to be able to be run by a minority. A minority that gets its pockets lined by billionaires.

[@yourgodismean4526]

Ooh you’re lucky. I dream of escaping this shithole country

[@Xavier_Dimoff]

With MAID, I would argue that Canada is also actively working against it's citizens' best interest. They're just better at hiding it.

[@meows_at_the_moon]

**looks up from phone** did you say something?

[@Ravuun]

Oh, EFF that. We barely cleared $50,000 last year for a family of four, and WE got audited for no reason (they ended up having to add $200 interest to our refund for the 6-month delay). Rich people need to pay their fair share, especially when a working-class family gets audited randomly!

[@b.w.1386]

Not sure if this will make you more mad or happy... Search- "The IRS details tax dodges by the ultra-wealthy ...recently squeezed 100 millionaires for $122 million in missing taxes"

[@DawnDavidson]

Agreed entirely. If we stopped auditing random families, we probably wouldn’t lose anything at all, or not much. We should, however, definitely audit the corporations and 1%-ers, because that is exactly what WILL result in finding money that most certainly should be paid by organizations and people who certainly can afford it.

[@haywoodsmith2822]

Which is why there should be a stronger democratic socialist faction to represent rank-and-file Americans.

[@officialnoquestion]

So freshening to hear the truth about those who are the actual problem with this country

[@MagiusDel]

Yeah, cutting funding to the IRS is like a business trying to save money by gutting their collections department. All you're doing is making your budget problems worse by doing that...

[@ProfDCoy]

Yeah, but conservatives want to run government like a business until they owe that business money...

[@ProfDCoy]

And that's when they want to run it like a charity!

[@joebove4]

It’s almost like they don’t want the government to function.

[@tsharabrown3719]

You would think if they really cared about fiscal responsibility, they would be all for funding the IRS. Each dollar spent there gets the government $7 in return. It's "almost" like their wealthy donors are more important...

[@b.w.1386]

Search- "The IRS details tax dodges by the ultra-wealthy ...recently squeezed 100 millionaires for $122 million in missing taxes"

[@DannyS177]

I grew up in a conservative family and was conservative myself for a while. But when Trump was running for president (the first time), I saw my parents falling in love with him and everything he said, and I never understood why. But that was the start of my reevaluating my own political beliefs and now I am somewhere on the left. I'm not sure exactly what label would fit me, but I know for sure it's not conservative or centrist, it's definitely something on the left.

[@b.w.1386]

funny thing is most republicans are Dem for issues they believe in. Black republicans don't like their party's stance on Blacks. Gay republicans don't like their party's stance on Gay. Women republicans don't like their party's stance on women's health.

[@RandyWinn42]

No need for a label, just keep searching for the truth and doing the right thing!

[@seandobbins2231]

One of the biggest issues in politics is the need for labels, symbols, and affiliation. The truth is that none of that matters, but rather it's truth and fact that matter. Once you stop thinking about sides and just look for the objective truth and fact of things, you'll know what's important and what to focus on.

[@justamaninTN]

For me, it was working with working class people. Seeing their lives clearly getting shittier and shittier and Republicans not only offering no solutions, but wanting to make their situation worse by giving corporations everything they want. That’s when I flipped. The Republican Party is, at its core, the status quo party. I am not satisfied with the status quo.

[@CraigKeidel]

​@@justamaninTNA small addendum: the DNC is the Status Quo party. The GOP is the "We're actively going to make this worse because we despise you and having to pretend you get a choice" party.

[@Yggdraseed]

The modern political history of the United States is like a procedural cop drama, only the same guy is revealed to be the murderer at the end of every episode, all the actors pretends to be shocked when they find out, and he walks at the end of every episode, week in, week out. And the murderer is the GOP.

[@danielcrafter9349]

#TooAccurate

[@glarynth]

Law & Order: No Duh Unit

[@shnickityshnoo3574]

I'm shocked!

[@deborahedelman2659]

Love it Ygg!

[@haywoodsmith2822]

Excellent analogy!!!

[@raybeauvais296]

I've never understood how TAX cheats can demand everyone owes them free access to Trillions of dollars worth of highways, power lines, and customers.

[@b.w.1386]

Search- "The IRS details tax dodges by the ultra-wealthy ...recently squeezed 100 millionaires for $122 million in missing taxes"

[@niagarawarrior9623]

it is pretty amazing isnt it? Amazon alone avoided paying 5 BILLION in corporate taxes during '21 that could fix a lot of potholes.

[@SkySong6161]

ikr. It's almost as if most wealth and capital is achieved by not paying for things. Not paying for the roads you use, the education of the workforce you demand, the cops and military to protect your property, bust unions, and destroy foreign governments whose peoples and natural resources you want unobstructed access to.

[@trevinbeattie4888]

As an upper-middle class taxpayer who has had a few “adjustments” to my tax returns by auditors, I want more funding for the IRS, not less. These adjustments come half a year or more after the April filing date, and objections take several more months to resolve which may impact the following year’s returns. I’m a perfectionist so if I’ve made a mistake I want to know about it as soon as possible, and if the IRS has made a mistake I want it fixed quickly.

[@umjackd]

You can't help the feeling that defunding the IRS is a great way of making it look less competent, and become even more of a scapegoat for people who want to pay fewer taxes.

[@b.w.1386]

Search- "The IRS details tax dodges by the ultra-wealthy ...recently squeezed 100 millionaires for $122 million in missing taxes"

[@CraigKeidel]

Alternatively we could just do taxes like how most other westernized countries do taxes: we send you a bill, you let us know if there's anything you need to dispute about it. But then Quicken and H&R Block would get mad because they pay good money keeping the legislative branch from changing the current system.

[@ImaPseudonym-go6oy]

In b4 the "TAXES R THEFT!" Clowns show up.

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

taxes is no fun but drop the taxes and see how fun it will be to live in the usa.. Taxes pay things like the maintenance of the roads and the power plants..

[@redsable6119]

No cops.....@@lokelaufeyson9931

[@jasonrollins8217]

I love those magats Taxes are theft no taxes The Dems are useless Biden hasn't fixed my roads! Don't tax me tyrant Fund the police l!

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

@@thegodplace7887 Even better than equal taxes - *propotionate* taxes!

[@punditsponge]

As a Minnesotan, I particularly appreciate the passive-aggressive swipes at the response to 10/7.

[@uvp5000]

Steve, thank you. Well said.

[@AndrewD8Red]

Y'know, I was just thinking "I fancy watching me some Shives" and lo; this video dropped. I do look forward to the day the world finally runs out of horrific bullshit and Steve can concentrate on funny Star Trek videos.

[@ttthecat]

Amen! From your keyboard to God's ears!

[@appsdenied259]

Neither SHOULD we forget any of it, especially the last 7 to 8ish years.... as well as going forward into 2024 and beyond.

[@emergencyremedialtruth8593]

I mostly like your "political" vids you have a solid common sense POV. Much appreciate your voice on these issues.

[@beachlady5667]

Yes! I think today I'll save money and not take a bus today. Instead I'll just skip work.

[@JeffreyMichaud]

The easiest way to understand all conservative politics right now is, nothing in good faith ever

[@jasonrollins8217]

Well that use faith as an excuse if every act the do so ... They do it in bad faith more

[@annemartin6237]

Grifters, Oafs and Phonies. I love it!

[@DawnDavidson]

Thanks, Steve. You are so correct.

[@ignatiusequality9239]

Beautifully said!! I love your videos, Steve. .. you speak truth to quano crazy world situations, and it makes me feel less alone. Big hugs and sincere thanks to you

[@mvcatdaddy]

100% TRUTH.

[@RayRodriguez-nx3bc]

Fantastic content brilliant delivery thank you!🎉

[@johnnyj7007]

Now I’m hearing Grifters, Oafs, and Phonies to the tune of Lawyers, Guns and Money by Warren Zevon. You have definitely hit the nail on the head with this one.

[@jacknerdlord3244]

Love your stuff sir, well said. It's so difficult to keep looking at the train wreck, this country is fucking depressing.

[@dng2usb]

It's only natural that any Star Trek fan start getting frustrated at the situation the US and the world is facing because of myopic, insular right wing politics. It's what's keeping Star Trek science fiction and not science fact.the Keep up the good work.

[@DeathBYDesign666]

You are fundamentally correct, in that we do theoretically know how to build a warp drive and achieve greater energy resources. I assume that it is all being directed by the fossil fuel industry to keep up the profits of an unsustainable and limited energy resource. A system of energy I might add that has no redundancy built into it on purpose, renewables have redundancy and undermines our need for their energy so that's why they fight so hard against it. Not a single republican thinks it would be a bad thing to be energy independent but also think that more fossil fuels is how we get there somehow and using other energy resources is bad or worse than fossils fuel are. Little do they know that the energy grid has always been a variety of energy resources and has never been fully dependent on fossil fuels. To get us to 50 percent is extremely doable for instance because we are already at the 25 percent mark and unfortunately even the coal power plants could be far more efficient than they are now, they burn unnecessary amounts of coal just to meet quotas and they use intentionally inefficient boiler and turbine designs.

[@robertparker51]

And there I thought GOP meant "Greedy One Percent"....

[@meyermom4999]

Ralph Dibney...that's a deep cut, man!

[@SiriusMined]

Every time I think you've reached a new peak, you raise the bar some more my friend. This one is going to get a few extra watches because it is that good.

[@markregan7639]

Its gross how fhe "good" ones are still insanely evil. The good one's are like count Dooku, evil af but less evil next to Palpatine

[@doggodoggo3000]

the "good ones" are just democrats. the worst thing about democrats is that they arent all that different than republicans. In the US we have a right and a far right.

[@Fractured_Unity]

Kind of true with most democrats too, sadly. They play a different game, but they’re still drifting. Our country would be significantly more progressive if the Dems actually listened to voters instead of their big donors.

[@Housesider]

@@Fractured_Unity Yeah, for too long now much of the Democratic representatives and politicians were/are flat-out corporatists, which should come as no shock to anyone who isn't afraid to view the world in any objective sense.

[@dstarr8222]

@@Fractured_Unity- Right, but let's go for the imperfect Dems in '24 and try(!) to keep our democracy first. We might not get it back if we wait for the perfect progressive candidate to come along

[@johnhudson7357]

Super Glad I found this channel. Awesome stuff Steve !

[@euansmith3699]

Props for sneaking in the Ralph Dibney reference.

[@doggodoggo3000]

my parents need to see your videos. My mom isnt a critical thinker at all, but my dad might come around if he takes his head out of his a** for a few minutes. I study media much like Steve does, I just wish i could get my family to see how manipulated they are. My dad is straight up voting against his own and my interests and it makes me upset to see them being so manipulated. Slaving away at a job he hates, working way to much, scared to retire because hes worried about HEALTHCARE. f**k! Being religious makes you such an easy target to being manipulated. They constantly are told to fear being influenced by demons and sin, they fail to see that they are the most susceptible to being led astray. If there are demons after the souls of christians, they would go directly to them. These televangelists and "christian" politicians who actually try to win the votes of christians are the real demons. my dad actually says "its christians that give christianity a bad name" hes so freakiing close! Ugh! ITS SO FRUSTRATING!

[@melanies.6030]

Ask them how their retirement will look after the party they vote for eliminates Medicare and Social Security. And then contemplate how that may mean they will have to rely on YOU. Now imagine this country-wide, as the "sandwich-generation" has to financially take care of kids at home as well as their own parents. I'd see if I could use that to knock sense into them. Good luck.

[@LordScrambles1]

I wouldn't try to sell them on Steve. Try something that looks like them. Beau of the Fifth Column is a great gateway for people like your dad.

[@Gabriel_Blair]

​@@LordScrambles1ive actually been recently thinking about the validity of evil and if anyone is actually truly evil and also if the influence of religious evils like the devil can actually be portrayed in the same way the influence of god is

[@Gabriel_Blair]

​​@@LordScrambles1oh sorry not replying to you that was a misclick

[@diamondsmasher]

The GOP is literally the party that doesn’t want felons to vote, but it’s 100% A-OK for them to be in government…… Their train is so far off the track it’s in a parallel universe.

[@user-wt7wd4oi7j]

You're right on both counts; they aren't serious people yet, somehow, still manage to be a serious threat to our democracy. They're both Grifters Oafs and Phonies (great alternate acronym, by the way!) and also very dangerous because of the power that these idiots have somehow managed to acquire. A gluttonous troll armed with a club, may not be sophisticated, but it can still do some serious damage. These people put the "theater" in Political Theater. They are "Bad Actors" in both the figurative and literal sense and I'm continually astonished (and horrified) that my fellow Americans continue to buy into the act. Everyone should watch your "If Republicans' said..." videos. Razor sharp political satire/commentary and the most cogent summary of what these monsters stand for that I have ever seen.

[@sorokahdeen]

Consider this a present: my gift to you. The word "Swindler" finds its origin in the German word "Schwindeln," [pron: Shvindeln](to be giddy or dizzy). It seems even more appropriate when you know its origin. Thanks for the video.

[@KaiHenningsen]

Schwindel (the noun) can mean giddy or dizzy, but it can also mean a scam or a lie. Schwindeln (the verb) is scamming or lying, never anything about giddy or crazy. That may well be it's etymological origin, but if so, that was a long time ago.

[@sorokahdeen]

@@KaiHenningsen You might want to check out Google translate before you assert with authority that the word's origin is buried in some deep etymological past. As I'm sure you know, German is much more comfortable with agglutinative repurposing of existing words, leading to a number of things, including a taste for pictorial phrases like the lovely, "Er sägt sich sein eigener Zweig ab." in any event, thanks for the comment. It has been more then thirty years since I read my first German text where the word, "Schwindler" appears in one of the first dialogs.

[@kinoko9053]

Damn, I've always loved Larry Hogan. I'm glad you're covering this because I heard about the reports on how much worse it would make the deficit and I was like "wow! These people cannot he serious!". We're in the twilight zone.

[@HartArtInk]

Love the Maryland Pride Flag! And I agree with your points in this video.

[@waldowallace9102]

Heard about this one. Yeah, at one point the Repubs stood for the military, family values and fiscal responsibility. Those days are loooooonnnnngggggg gone.

[@kelseyboat]

Love your takes Steve! Thank you for all your work!

[@HairyDalek]

The takeaways I get from the recent shenanigans in the USA are: 1 - The GOP seems to retain more power despite losing the last election and there being a Democratic president. 2 - Your legislative system is crippled by there not being a speaker. Is there no Deputy Speaker? The one who takes over when the main speaker is unable to fulfil his duties? And, yes, we here in the UK have our own omni-shambles to worry about, so I’m not casting stones. Even through we are experiencing our own political meltdowns, Parliament was at least able to keep running even when a change in Speaker was taking place. By “running” I mean all the procedural processes to ensure the procedural wheels of government keep turning, despite the failure of the political parties to actually do their jobs.

[@meganegan5992]

It's mainly because this never had to be a problem before. The record for highest number of votes for a US speaker prior to 2023 was 2, over 100 years ago. It would be like planning for a scenario of what to do when half of SCOTUS dies in a plane crash. It could, but it was so unlikely prior to this fustercluck that even bothering to form a committee to solve this would be a waste of time. Until now.

[@TylerWardhaha]

1. That's because the GOP creates electoral maps that guarantee them a +20 victory even if a state is 50\50. They're so brazen our conservative Supreme Court had to call out some if them out. Then when government they threaten to burn if to the ground. Refusing to vote on promotions and replacements for key military positions. Threatening to defund the government if Democrats don't to stuff like build a border wall or other dumb stuff. They're political terrorists.

[@danielcrafter9349]

​@@meganegan5992- not really a good excuse, tho Back-ups should be built into any structure in case something interferes....

[@vylbird8014]

The GOP have the advantage of fighting dirty. The democrats sometimes fight dirty too, but not to anywhere near the extent of the republicans. They seem to have a collective mentality of victory-at-all-costs, and the party's own internal politics works to push moderates out and promote extremists.

[@andyb1653]

The Founding Fathers never anticipated people as inept/corrupt/bald-facedly theocratic as the MAGAs and Freedom Caucus getting elected.

[@loopgru]

The fig leaf of bleating about fiscal responsibility is getting awfully tattered these days. Sure be a shame if more people started seeing what they've been trying to hide behind it for so long...

[@jrsydvl7218]

I call them knuckle-draggers.

[@MattWellandMiscMarvels]

Thanks. We'll articulated, on point, cutting and darkly humorous.

[@Ootek_Imora]

I don't remember how I found your channel within the last month or so, but damn am I glad I did

[@VelaiciaCreator]

Over-caffeinated algorithm boost. Hope my heart and kidneys will be okay.

[@GamesNTech]

whoa whoa there. Robin Hood Men in Tights is a classic. Dracula dead and loving it is when Mel Brooks really dropped the ball.

[@SquishyProductions]

And even that one was still pretty funny! :D

[@katieschmid988]

I need me one of those rainbow Maryland flags

[@coomtothebroom778]

Getting elected to Congress used to be a really big deal. People used to go to law school or have some very prestigious position in their community after years of public service to run for Congress to show they’re serious. Now you can get elected in a GOP-run district and not know your a** from a hole in the ground. Case in point, there’s a GOP congresswoman this year that didn’t know there are different *types* of felonies so she thought DC legalized public urination when they changed the punishment for public urination, and made a total a** of herself. Her job before Congress? A failed restaurant owner in rural Colorado. On the same committee are people that have advanced degrees and have years of experience as attorneys and public servants. It’s like when you work hard to build up your résumé so you can get a nice job and you get hired along with someone that has no experience (or brains) whatsoever. That’s the GOP right now. 😂

[@umjackd]

While I agree that today's members of congress aren't great, I'd be careful with the "it used to be better" because that's the exact same argument they always make.

[@jamesbarr8218]

You forgot the part where she preaches about family values, then jerked some dude off in front of Lydia Deets. In the last round of redistricting she almost ended up as my congressperson. On the one hand it would’ve made me mad that she would have been my rep. On the other hand I actually wanted it to happen because then it would have been my responsibility to make sure she wasnt

[@darthmeticulous6901]

The woman you are talking about is Lauren Boebert, the same woman who a month or so ago was caught “reaching across the aisle” in a theater. Word out there is not only was she a restaurant owner before being a Colorado Rep, but also an escort. So do with all that what you will. The irony is before I learned all of this, including the theater thing, I referred to her as “Republican Dillion Harper” for the irony that she looked like her, yet the adult film actress she looks like what do a better job as a Representative due to being smarter and being “better at getting people behind her.” Little did I know that Boebert would go on to prove the nickname more accurate with what she did in that theater alone.

[@DawnDavidson]

Boebert gives escorts everywhere a bad name.

[@laronk.jenkins9078]

Damn striaght! Keep telling like it is, Steve! Good job!

[@lshwadchuck5643]

I just discovered you. Subscribed. The math about the bill and the specific audit targets of the IRS tells the Whole Story. Culture wars blather is just the bait.

[@chaunceyfeatherstone6209]

To be sung to the tune of Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.

[@justinfowler2857]

Steve: Do you need any more evidence? Me: Nah. I've known this for decades.

[@smudgemo]

My father and his wife lost their minds right around 2008. I wonder why..

[@timcirulis5273]

If you put it into terms of a household GOP plan would be tantamount to honey you quit your job, we'll stop going to te doctor and cut out the kids allowance and we'll just keep everything else the same. That'll fix it.

[@kevinkeeney9418]

And then telling the kids that they had no choice but to cut their allowance. No choice!

[@jamesrichardson1326]

Good one Steve

[@addisonscott7808]

Love your rants! GO RAVENS

[@aubreyleonae4108]

We choose the least among us to lead us . . .oye vey. . .

[@darlin5167]

What kind of idiots would decide, say if their business was suffering, to get rid of their billing department? It's too idiotic to be believed.

[@the1truebakasama]

Love the shout out to my boi Elongated Man! RIP Sue Dibny (or did they bring her back, too?)

[@DavidRichardson153]

Back when Trump's tax cuts were going to be inevitably passed, I know I did something that, while true in its point, did not exactly help the progressive cause. My mother, like any of the MAGA then and now, were defending the proposed cuts. I had kept doing things like pointing out how it was deliberately designed to NOT help families like ours, how things like adding complete write-offs for private jet purchases and private university ownership, but she kept adamantly defending them and driving me to snapping at her. No, I did not scream or yell or anything like that. Instead, I asked: "Mom, I know I'm not exactly the best when it comes to spending money, but even I know that it is best to maximize the money I bring in before I spend it. You are the actual accountant of this family and had even studied for it (really, she has a 2-year degree and got it back when it actually meant something), so can you explain to me how reducing the _biggest_ revenue source is supposed to pay for itself, especially when you are NOT reducing any spending as well?" That was the only time I got her to stop defending the tax cuts, mostly because she could not muster an answer to that question. No, I did not expect an immediate answer; I gave her nearly an hour to come up with something - anything - and she could not. I will also admit that my follow-up did not exactly help: "That silence, that inability to explain it, is exactly what those f^^^ing con artists you vote for are counting on you, that you are rather happily demonstrating, to be: f^^^ing stupid. If someone like me, who is bad with money, can see and acknowledge what you, who is supposed to be good with money, can also see but refuse to acknowledge, then why the f^^^ should I or anyone at [the bank she works for - I am being polite enough to protect her employment, which I have reconsidered multiple times] trust you with money?" It also did not help that I essentially rubbed it in her face when she saw her taxes go up after the cuts were inevitably passed and thus acknowledged that she made a grave mistake. Like I said, I know I did not exactly help the progressive cause, but sometimes, you have to take to this approach. Granted, it should not be often, and ideally, it should be never, but there will be times when you just have to.

[@jmacd8817]

That Maryland flag is... unique, lol. I love it.

[@ricaard]

Nice Dibney call out. I understood that reference.

[@JoshKablack]

Did not expect the Ralph Dibney reference...

[@Ruby_Eve]

All that money being tossed around...goddamn. I can't even imagine it yet they are seemingly treating it like it's confetti

[@Omar777i]

I love these videos! Keep it up.

[@orbatos]

Great summary

[@amylancaster5077]

Hey there, I’m a new resident to Maryland and I have to have that wallpaper from your screen… it’s amazing and I love it

[@seantlewis376]

I want "Grifters Oafs Phonies" on a T-shirt.

[@Jarrickd]

I am impressed with the Ralph Dibney reference.

[@andyn46]

I go with “Groomers On Parade” for my current definition of the GOP

[@DTHopkins279]

Heyyyyy, wasn't expecting a solid Elongated Man-reference this morning :D

[@maremaarten]

Truth. I mean, cutting into the IRS fund to combat corporation tax evasion?

[@WilliamRWarrenJr]

Flim-flam Man! Drumpf played by George C. Scott, late last century.

[@daruekeller]

well said

[@gothatfunk]

I have, for some time, felt that the word 'oaf' is under utilised in common English. That you for deploying it here, it is most apropos.

[@jefft5152]

1:16 it's all about their corporate owners...I'm sorry I meant donors...nope owners.

[@robertbeattie7057]

Only recently started viewing your channel. This is on general point that GOP has changed, but so have news outlets. Here I mention US Supreme Court, which has been changed colossally by GOP. I was an active Democrat for decades. In 2008, as I was retiring from active politics, I was one of the 538 for Obama-Biden (not much controversy about Electoral College that year). When I studied political science, and then went to Law School, decades ago, we were taught how liberals and conservatives were defined. When Justice William Brennan retired in 1990, he was the last liberal on the US Supreme Court - and this was noted at the time by many. Brennan opposed the death penalty in all cases and said a woman had a right to an abortion in all cases. That was the definition of a liberal: no to death penalty period, yes to abortion period. Thurgood Marshall wasn’t a liberal by that definition. Therefore: no liberals on the US Supreme Court since 1990. But to my shock, the news outlets just went along with saying whoever was on the left was a liberal. By the old traditional definitions, on the US Supreme Court now there are six reactionaries and three conservatives. I think even Barry Goldwater would be stunned that reactionaries are now called conservatives by the Grifters Oafs and Phonies whether they are in politics or news outlets.

[@jojochas5]

You missed one more name for those morally reprehensible wastes of oxygen: shysters.

[@kyle9401]

"Can we do something about the NOISE?!" - Best king john depiction ever. Change my mind.

[@pamr.429]

As a fellow Marylander, I really appreciate that rainbow MD flag!

[@Grt31pmkin]

'Grifters, oafs and phonies, Mr. Scrooge?'

[@Alcagaur1]

Personally, I've long gone with Grifters, Oligarchs and the Pusillanimous.

[@JustinKase1969]

DOA sounds like a better acronym for the gop.

[@cassiedevereaux-smith3890]

Leaving all the rest out, I dig the Elongated Man reference.

[@francoislacombe9071]

Interesting version of the Maryland flag you had in the background. What was its significance in relation to you chosen subject? 🤔

[@jts8053]

Does he normally change the background? I mean, it is the best state flag, so displaying is always nice, but as a Marylander, I am biased. 😀 EDIT: Ah, he mentions Hogan. He is a Marylander as well.

[@Huron2010A]

The real issue, I'm afraid, isn't the GOP, but the media that covers for them. There is simply no one wiling to call bullshit on the obvious lies & bad faith. I'll stop here before I write 2000 more words on the subject.

[@CraigKeidel]

"This paper has been on its knees to a bank since the day it opened. And in order to keep the lights on, we need advertising. ... They don't want to read about who lost, they want to read about who won. ... Advertising is selling the American Dream. ... The editorial policy of this paper is owned by The Dream" - Lotterman (The Rum Diary, 2011)

[@TheCatherineCC]

They're also pathological liars.

[@darthmeticulous6901]

The first sentence of the video is basically this… “They’re either lying, or they’re stupid!” ~Megatron

[@GrannyGamer1]

What a damn mess

[@1313steamroller]

Twisted around Ralph Dibny-like. I saw what you did there. I like it.

[@PaleImperator]

I'm very(!!) late to this, but has anyone pointed out to the GOP that gutting the IRS is - on a national level - defunding the police?

[@WhoIsMike]

Shout out to Ralph Dibny

[@Ajax1063]

I work in finance and business, snd I have a MA in Economics. I detect no lie in this video.

[@miguelvelez7221]

I thank you for making the word GOON become part of my regular rotation. Cuz... It's kinda wholesome and yet belittling. So perfect for the MAGA Goofball brigade.

[@cerberus144]

I know for a fact that my right-leaning friends who vote Republican aren't stupid people, they're just being fooled. "It's easier to fool people than in is to convince them they're being fooled." Mark Twain.

[@Stratmanable]

If they're being fooled this much for this long then they're stupid.

[@danielcrafter9349]

They're stupid by the definition of not changing their opinions based on fact and evidence It's ok to be fooled; it happens It's stupid to be stubborn about it

[@justinfowler2857]

Not all of them are being fooled. Some are just fucking racist.

[@seandobbins2231]

​@@danielcrafter9349it's called wilful ignorance, which isn't stupidity. Stupidity is the inability to learn and denial of truth and fact isn't an inability, it's a choice. It's important to keep this in mind because you don't change wilful ignorance by treating it as stupidity, you do it by removing the perceived necessity of the ignorance and cut off the spread of misinformation that fuels it. You also do it through the proper education of young people who are more receptive to learning and accepting new ideas.

[@The_Raven_1025]

​@@seandobbins2231, seems you've got your definitions switched. Willful ignorance is a choice. Stupidity can't be fixed. You can become less ignorant by educating yourself on a subject

[@TheACcam]

The week the Hamas/Israel thing started up (again) I was asking people I knew why they were supporting Israel but not the Ukraine. Hypocrisy.

[@Vulcanerd]

That's b/c the GOP get money from Russia while they have to spend it when it comes to the Israel/Hamas conflict. Duh~ /s (b/c sarcasm is dead)

[@saml302]

it's Ukraine not the Ukraine but you right it's hypocrisy

[@Vohlfied]

Ukraine is fighting against Russia, so of course MAGA wants to cut funding to Ukraine.

[@stevenread5473]

Because Jesus isn't going to rapture anyone when the Jews return to Ukraine.

[@edwardharvey7687]

Israel and Russia are the aggressors. The Ukrainians and the Palestinians are the victims.

[@shellnet411]

I got first place in economics and second place in parliamentary procedure for deca in Anne Arundel county back in 03 or 02 I can't remember whether it was fall or spring senior year. Graduated in 03 so fall would have been 02 Spring 30 thank might been spring. It was at Anne Arundel community college, the entire counties AP students which would be college credit were there for the economics competition if I had time to do more, I went to the tax one which would've taken the entire time and I didn't finish. I should've picked shorter test, then taxes for my third some thing I could've gotten done

[@Globovoyeur]

And Steve Scalise had the unmitigated gall to blame this House bill on President Biden.

[@tamowillsat3929]

I have long said that GOP means Grifting Opportunists Party

[@jsdutky]

I love the rainbow Maryland flag. Also, "swindler" seems (to me) to carry an implication that material goods have changed hands and that the swindler has provided goods that are either not as advertised or are simply not of equal value to whatever was received in exchange. Politicians rarely traffic in tangible items.