The Trump Firings, and Captain Amerika

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[@spiritofseventysix1155]

😶‍🌫️Great discussion on Captain Who's America🙄🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️🙆‍♀️🤝👌

[@bisco7797]

It's great when they all talk at the same time

[@benjaminsosa8654]

One for the algorithm, candle burning brightly in IL

[@OreoShiChi]

I’ve sampled this podcast many times over the years because I really want to like it. But the blunt truth is John talks too much. For this episode I tried a simple test: I fast forwarded through it, stopping at ten random points. And seven times (so 70%) I found myself listening to John. That’s crazy given the number of co-hosts….

[@excellentcomment]

And consequently the insights of the guests are rare, brighter and more interesting

[@bisco7797]

Everyone agrees on this.. this episode especially. Eliana got like 10 words in.. like why have a guest on, when you never let her make any points.. and when she was about to make a point at 54:27 ...she says, "and that is why their products have been...... " ..and of course John steps all over her actually making her point.. and they never get back to what she was going to say. That's the most annoying part and it happens like 30 times a show haha

[@phil.2345]

It’s the running joke of the pod. John monologues while the rest sit and listen

[@TheSamcallan]

It's a feature not a bug.

[@sadanimal]

First rate show. One of the best out there.

[@excellentcomment]

What is the alternative to the unitary executive -- and how does it convey the will of the people? Doesn't bureaucracy mean the end of govt BY the people FOR the people?

[@excellentcomment]

I don't know the name of the fellow without the glasses in the lower left hand corner and I don't find his name in the description or elsewhere but I love his insight that Trump may have issued the executive order to fire the adversarial and Marxist inspector generals in order to show the American people the depth of the gridlock in our federal government. People will reasonably ask, why doesn't he fire The employees who refuse to carry out our mandate. Here's the answer. It also seems logical that any inspector general who is not motivated by politics, would step down when asked by the president. They should serve at the pleasure of the president of the United States of America. They are not our elected representatives. He is.

[@FriarPower]

Sebastian Stan should've received the nomination for A Different Man (a past recommendation from Abe). He was brilliant in that

[@Not_So_Weird_in_Austin]

Captian Amerika drank Bud Lite...Cue Kid Rock...

[@VanderJam]

Binged On Call while doing chores the last couple of days. Thx for the recommendation. Great show indeed.

[@randomboy758]

Best pod

[@richardderry8453]

Love this show, and I love Eliana, but unfortunately John's monologues got in the way of her having much input today (although I'm normally a fan of John's monologues)

[@anneeiskowitz8680]

Best podcast And KZbin show in the business ❤❤

[@kjdean2023]

While I missed Christine, Eliana was a great add today 👍🏻

[@HCRanch9676]

Wow, was this a terrible show. I quit watching after John comically tried to equate prosecution of Trump's very real crimes to a hypothetical group of agents peddling rumors about Obama's birth certificate. John, you're literally crippled by partisanship. What a dumb analogy.

[@djjdnewyork1]

You're completely uninformed as to clear DOJ protocol guiding the *timing* on prosecuting officials. Putting aside the substance of Trump's "crimes" (which one really shouldn't--i.e., the "insurrection" prosecution was a manifest joke--the documents case was laughably hypocritical, in context), Jack Smith came across as a frothing-at-the-mouth loon in his super-transparent attempts to affect the election via his push regarding timing. Even partisan observers concede the point His "team" of DOJ attorneys are frothing-at-the-mouth loony--and, of course, vehemently anti-Trump--by association. Good riddance.

[@carlbyronrodgers]

Enjoyable.

[@VikL1976]

Great to have Eliana on Pod. This was a good topic to hash over. As someone who has worked in very large corporations, every executive CEO change brought a new team, new initiatives and re-structures to achieve that goal. So Trumps stuff is par for course. He will get challenged by labor laws etc, but there is no ‘forever’ job ( unless you are SCOTUS)

[@VanderJam]

True. But many of them bring crippling change and chase away the middle management beating heart of the company. We've all seen more than a few incompetent executives. Let's just hope that's not what's happening here. Would be great if our parents and/or grandparents keep getting their social security checks, etc..

[@grahamcombs4752]

I don't know if it's come up but, The U.S. Coast Guard now officially refers to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America; this was from a military news feed. Its commander has been fired by Trump.

[@stephenrittenberg3623]

John, please encourage your guest to weigh in.

[@stevejenisch9153]

“encourage” = “allow”

[@VikL1976]

Well, I think Eliana knows the Commentary , and knows she has to speak up not wait for some ‘invite’. It is part of their deal

[@stevejenisch9153]

@ Continetti seems to be the only participant that can generally force a yield when he wants to make a point… just sayin’…

[@blacklake13]

I would like to commend Abe for finding a life-purpose for that stupid closet no one ever uses.

[@VanderJam]

😂

[@AlexSmith-pi4zq]

Great Harrison Ford impression John!

[@baronvonraschke77]

Sorry but the McRib is one of the greatest sandwiches of all time!

[@matt911yo]

Johnson is great; love her on the podcast.

[@ThomasBarnes-lc5bs]

The Mackie Captain America thing is not new. In the 70s comics, Steve Rogers stopped being Captain America in the wake of Watergate and became Nomad.

[@paulzisserson7565]

By the way, Abe's newsletter is well with subscribing to.

[@shmachable]

16:38 I think the rule is don't guess at that, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever....ever. (At least that's what Brian Reagan taught me)

[@phil.2345]

I hope Commentary chills out on the Trump enthusiasm. Jonah warned you, Pod. Please don’t fall for the siren song of populism

[@Ståhlman101]

What about the siren song of Puritanism and letting the Left take over the country in the name of a fictionalized view of American political ethics prior to 2016?

[@jonrazo7912]

Jonah has lost the plot. His hatred for trump has rotted his brain.

[@matthewhartzell7890]

@@phil.2345 because Jonah has always been spot on.

[@phil.2345]

@@jonrazo7912 no he really hasn’t. He just maintains integrity

[@phil.2345]

@@matthewhartzell7890 he sticks to his principles. Better than swaying with the wind

[@Windsor1735-xj8ds]

I think Spicer Vs Biden changed the law. This giving Trump president.

[@sportsmediaamerica]

Three cheers for Eliana! Nailed it. Go Trump Go! And even if there's a legal case, what Trump is doing is right and just. The point being made is right-on!!!

[@TheSamcallan]

So breaking the law in this case is "just"? This is not about some right like sitting on a bus. At least in those cases the person was actually willing to go to jail for violating the law.