The Shadow of January 6th, Johnson's Speakership, and Jimmy Carter's Legacy | Raging Moderates

[@darrenbrand1554]

Jimmy Carter is someone who truly lived his Christian faith.

[@neopatriot7716]

And he is/was hated by most Christians in America. To be fair, they also think Jesus is “woke” with the whole sermon on the mount. Half of them can’t read the Bible cause they have a 3rd grade reading level. They just hate themselves and want to take us all down with em.

[@amythomspon956]

Very Christian to going behind the US to stop George HW Bush’s liberation of Kuwait by lobbying UN members to vote against the US?

[@DisposableSupervillainHenchman]

Hence why when I talk with Evangelical Christian Trumpers all they do is mock him and praise the Donald who could not be more un-Christian.

[@mcawesomest1]

You know very little about Jimmy Carter. Just because someone attends a church doesn’t make him a Christian

[@DisposableSupervillainHenchman]

@ Would you consider Trump to be more Christian than Jimmy Carter?

[@stephensimms6637]

Love the interaction between the two of you. Scott, you have great sidekicks with Jess and Ed. Really enjoy your podcasts.

[@jaaz821cgs]

Great discussion as always

[@mark11967AD]

In this Oligarchy Supremacy era it’s unfortunate that honest analysis like this of political actors and events is so rare. Media is so conglomerated and own everything so that they have no stake in simply telling the truth and potentially hurting their many brands. Thank you for telling the truth and having some morality and decency poke its head back into our lives.

[@PC800Fixes]

Best podcast out there, bar none. Thanks!

[@watchguardcapital]

This guy is awesome!

[@lynnwormuth2493]

It’s near impossible to qualify lower income first time homebuyers for a mortgage. Mortgage rates went up again today, Rents outrageous 😢I feel bad for young people

[@browneyedgirl6050]

Why aren't cities/states making rules about rentals and companies buying up properties? Just try something.

[@hongxu4160]

love you two, scott is profoundly scholar, jessica is only one always tells truth on for news.

[@hongxu4160]

Fox

[@jsnx9067]

lol ok bot

[@john-s3w6c]

Great show. Wishing you both (and your team J) a happy and prosperous New Year.

[@patriciaperdasofpy3974]

Thank you for a great, informative conversation.

[@SeaLion8488]

Is this incorrectly titled?

[@jsnx9067]

yes, there is nothing "moderate" about these democrat propagandists

[@kokohead333]

love Jessica!

[@luadiva]

7:00 straight facts!

[@5times378]

You were awesome on morning joe today! It's great you are reaching a wider audience.

[@mariatrepp-denhaag]

I love this podcast!

[@jorgemonasterio8361]

Oh I have been looking forward to this episode

[@studiovue]

The stalling on Ukraine aid that Mike Johnson did will forever color him a villain in my book.

[@mikewilliams6025]

You're right. They should get nothing

[@jsnx9067]

well, he's a hero to us that realize the Ukraine is nothing but a money laundering scheme for globalists

[@steveh46]

@@mikewilliams6025 How can we support Pres. Putin is we keep sending aid to his enemies?

[@juliefreimuth2772]

Agreed entirely about Jimmy Carter. And Rosalyn Carter. Impressive role models.

[@eriksyring]

Amusing to hear Tarlov, born 1984, expand on the Carter presidency :-)

[@OneSkyWarrior]

Curious, why? Carter's history is well documented...an open book.

[@EileenD-l7g]

So glad that Jessica finally admitted the fact that parents train kids to be so dependent.

[@axiomatic9153]

These recent tragedies stem from mentally unstable people slipping through the cracks of a broken system-one both parties neglect while serving donors funneling wealth to the top. It might not be a zero-sum game, but the imbalance makes it feel like one.

[@brockb.2005]

“Raging moderates but we’re not moderates”

[@brockb.2005]

@ agree to disagree

[@neopatriot7716]

@@GentlemanJack705don’t try and reason with a Rightie or Leftie. They hate themselves too much to be reasoned with.

[@jannichi6431]

Americans love their Constitution. Certainly don't "love January 6" DJT quote.

[@godzgoliath]

Brainwashed

[@cognician_]

Your political compass is miscalibrated if you can't see these two are objectively moderates.

[@MichaelLaFrance1]

I know Tim Miller, and that's not him. 🙂

[@carolinemaybe]

I must have missed it. What was said about Tim?

[@MADDcartman]

I cried on space mountain when I was 6-7. I haven’t gone back since. Edit: prof g will have a big year. Totally undervalued rn. Wish there were KZbin bucks I could invest in channels I’d be Warren Buffet.

[@dawnfmEnthusiast]

An in person! And quality camera + audio. 💯💯💯💯 appreciate the work guys. Hope this format stays.

[@realmtraveler]

Watch Ralph Nader’s assessment of Jimmy Carter on Democracy Now-it says it all. Also, her name looks like Rosalyn, but is pronounced ROSE-a-lyn. It’s a southern thing, but she deserves the dignity of having her named correctly pronounced. It would be nice for the world to get it right.

[@ryandragunat4066]

I find Scott to be one of the most enlightened public figures and agree with 99% of this podcast. As usual his defending of the Israeli government’s recent actions enrages me. Two wrongs do not make a right

[@annettekearney9798]

Yes a genocide is happening ffs. I hate if you dare to criticise the Israeli govt you’re labelled antisemitic.

[@MrJdhistory]

strange to hear how competent they think the house speaker is. What did they get done in two years? Border bill? How long did it take to get aid to Ukraine? How many died as a result? Anything??

[@milandalosur1850]

In the context of him being held down by maga it was a herculean effort for him to keep government running and debt limits raised. You can not like him still, but it's undeniable he put in better work then any republican we've seen in a long time.

[@mikewilliams6025]

Ukraine is not my war

[@Terickso27]

How do we get money out of politics?

[@peterrobinson1041]

not likely to happen. realistic best option is regulate it

[@mikewilliams6025]

Literally impossible

[@lucibjlb]

The phrase, "mealy mouthed" is exactly correct.

[@rjhokc74]

Thank you for this. Short the commercial market, classic

[@supermotograndad9954]

Yay Scott, not totally whacked out on edibles! It makes it easier to listen to you and take on some of your insights on as a credible thinker.

[@djohnson0713]

Entitlement programs like Social Security that workers pay into during the years they receive a paycheck? Yes, we’re entitled to SS benefits because we paid into the program.

[@Thestuffonmainstreet]

Social security is a Ponzi scheme to rob young people blind. It’s a handout to rich entitled unemployed losers who were too lazy to fund their own 20 year luxury vacation we call retirement.

[@Drogon45]

Since 2010 Social Security has been operating under a net cash flow deficit. This is mainly due to demographics and people living longer and longer. It’s only so long they can keep this pseudo Ponzi scheme running.

[@jannichi6431]

It is a self sustaining Trust. Has 2 trillion in reserves. Deportation will cost revenue. Remember the Republican goal is to privatize. Dr. Wier does a good job if you want to dive further. No one stole from Fund.

[@arthurswanson3285]

Scott is spot-on about the stupidity of iraq and the after effects.

[@lucibjlb]

Really good show. Thank you!

[@Alisa-utube]

SG FOR PRESIDENT!

[@GaryStockton]

Great podcast, sorry to hear someone is leaving prof G media.

[@kabuki7038]

It's fascinating seeing people like this still confused about things. Y'all really need to start researching Italian Elite Theory. It explains everything

[@rosebrownell2509]

I think Biden should speak to the place we are in our current political state in light of the fact that he’s been in politics for decades and it feels as though we’re losing foundational norms.

[@avengemybreath3084]

He cannot speak coherently. So that’s one problem there.

[@jsnx9067]

Biden shits his pants and doesn't know what year it is, goofball.

[@wefunkedup5877]

This show is called Raging Moderates but you should try harder to understand the rage of the working class. It would help you to understand the phenomenon of Trumpism, Jan 6th and the cope around it.

[@Shawn-oh5yq]

Yes. Scott lives in a bubble of Manhattan and London. He needs to get out and talk to regular people.

[@Justin-jh4ym]

They talked about how the economy is not working for everyone.

[@tonywilson4713]

I think Scott gets the working class quite well BUT HE HAS BLIND SPOTS and some of them are not just blind spots but black holes. For example his blindness towards Gaza is staggering and here's some points he and many others DO NOT mention. Before I say any more - YES 100% the October 7th attacks were horrendous and that should not be left out of any conversation, the surviving hostages need to be released and the perpetrators hunted down like the animals they are. Nobody needed to create lies about organised rape or decapitated babies in ovens SOME of the posts the Hamas criminals posted were more than enough to condemn them as animals. FIRST - Scott is one of the champions and loudest voices of the rights of boys to grow up into responsible men, EXCPET for boys growing up in Gaza. What sort of men do you think these boys missing limbs, friends, brothers & sisters will grow up to be? SECOND - About 53 minutes in he comments on the 70% support the citizens of Gaza have for Hamas what he is missing is what that number was BEFORE the October 7th attacks. *Chas Licciardello of the Australian show Planet America reported on this.* He quoted a string of polling data that showed in recent years the support for Hamas had all but collapsed. Hamas support was around 30% just prior to the October 7th Attacks. This was a major reason why Hamas had NOT held fresh elections. THIRD - The only reason Hamas exist as any sort of functioning organisation is because Benjamin Netanyahu supported them financially. The reason was very simple He and others WANTED an alternative to Yasser Arafat's Fatah organisation as a means to sow division among Palestinians making it incredibly difficult for them to organise around the common purpose of an Independent Palestine. AND YES the first time someone told me that Netanyahu's people FINAINCIALLY BACKED Hamas I called BULLSHlT to their face and they simply said go look it up. After which I had to apologise because its TRUE. The only reason Hamas are anything is because Benjamin Netanyahu funded them as an opposition to Yasser Arafat.

[@wefunkedup5877]

​@GentlemanJack705 they mention for about 10s and then go right in to the downfall of democracy. Acknowledging and understanding are not the same. The rage supplants any concern about the decorum of democracy. This is why I think they don't really get it

[@priznut]

@@wefunkedup5877no they are framing the problem right. What yall think 2020 is the only time in American history Americans struggled? Mississippi has a bigger economy than some 3rd world countries. Yet many countries can maintain their democracy when they struggle. That’s the point. People are always raging every year and every decade, but generally the belief is our core values should carry us.

[@gobbeldy1]

Jamie Lee Curtis was at her peak in A Fish Called Wanda!

[@geeked-outbasketball765]

Genuine question about J6 -- does anyone find it weird that all of the Secret Services' texts from that day have been permanently deleted?

[@Johngaltforever]

That's why not one takes J6 seriously, and these dimwits scratch their heads pretending to be shocked no one cares.

[@jrrp-li8jw]

Just look at what the GOP said on January 6th. That’s what matters. They (rightfully) condemned it because it was insane. This shouldn’t be a bipartisan issue. Was it another 9/11? No. But this constant revisionism is wild to see. Again, look at how the vast majority of people reacted to it the day it happened. We understood that it wasn’t normal to storm the capital during an election certification.

[@priznut]

@@jrrp-li8jwthis is the crazy part. We’re all witnessing moral changes in real time. And folks are trying to act like no views have changed. It’s bizarre…and worse…really noticeable.

[@carolinemaybe]

The GOP uses “2 Santa’s”. Look it up. I had to learn another new term, Pathocracy.

[@djohnson0713]

I care about Jan. 6, my spouse cares, everyone in my family cares & all my friends care. Apparently half of the American voters don’t care or think the insurrectionists were visitors. My god, the ignorance. As Thomas Frank What’s the Matter with Kansas? Frank writes: The angry workers, mighty in their numbers, are marching irresistibly against the arrogant. They are shaking their fists at the sons of privilege. They are laughing at the dainty affectations of the Leawood toffs. They are massing at the gates of Mission Hills, hoisting the black flag, and while the millionaires tremble in their mansions, they are bellowing out their terrifying demands. “We are here,” they scream, “to cut your taxes.” Trump & Republicans don’t offer anything hopeful for We the People but they’ve been able to convince working/middle class people to support Trump & Republican agenda of tax cuts for rich & corporations, cutting social safety nets & destroying anything that helps we the people and our democracy. Hatred & fear are powerful emotions. Powerful enough that people will vote over and over against their own interests.

[@tedgayer336]

And, WE dont care about you.

[@willpayne3647]

The fact that more people care about Jan 6 over the fact that the current sitting President has been basically proven to be mentally incapacitated for almost the entire 4 year term is exactly why the majority of the country voted the way they did

[@itsjayswelly]

That's the thing: they don't care about any of it as long as they get their way. All the stuff about deficit spending but they love the tax cuts and jobs act. Complaining about Biden being senile but Trump is 80% of the way there. Biden is too old but they vote for Trump who's almost the same age. Complain about CNN but watch Ben Shapiro and Benny Johnson and other propagandists. It's their way or the highway. Once you realize that they are children, just treat them as such. Just say "that's nice" and ignore em.

[@neopatriot7716]

@@willpayne3647It’s going to be so funny to watch you lose the Constitution

[@giipatrick]

​@@willpayne3647 So the answer is to replace him with another mentally incapacitated President?

[@pedrojuan466]

Jamie Lee was in Halloween not Friday the 13th. 😅😅😅

[@manuelars1]

Someone taking the subway from Tribeca to Times Sq shouldn’t really be talking about migrants

[@ChrisMissal]

Scott and Jessica need to hear this: Libs are obsessed with identity politics, progressives are obsessed with social policies.

[@CapoDex]

Not enough people with the power to do something about it cared (most notably, Garland). THAT was the problem. Our issues with the electorate and the LEGAL spheres of disinformation are known. We simply need those that can to do something other than line their own pockets, batten their own hatches, or switch sides. It may be an answer that some of you well spoken folks holding the line publicly for us run for high office, yourselves.

[@flanamac7993]

why is anyone still listening to Carville?

[@joyfultrails]

Because he was the only lib in the country that made any sense this time around. Thankfully, the Dems did not listen.

[@maigret09]

It's a fun English comprehension test. My scores are not improving.

[@scottdavis126]

This is ridiculous

[@BenSmith-mg5jv]

Maybe it was just a mistake in the video description writing but I didn't hear Tim Miller. Was looking forward to it.

[@BodyByBenSLC]

5:50 groceries are not too expensive, they are too cheap. Coast ro Coast fast food, restaurants, ubereats and doordash. I easily feed myself $60 a week, I buy rice, beans, chicken breast fruits and vegetables. Trader Joes this week a got bananas $0.23 each, bag of potato chips is like $6. Food can not be that expensive if you can pay delivery fee and tip on top of coffee that has been marked up %1000

[@neopatriot7716]

The people endlessly complaining about the economy spend millions on Trump merchandise, NFTs and Bibles. They are not suffering from poverty - they are suffering from a lack of purpose.

[@jannichi6431]

What did people think would happen after the supply disruption of two years with biggest redistribution of wealth since WWII?

[@arzdiamondbacks]

They are a lot more expensive than they were 4 years ago.

[@Redcrane05]

The Democrats did not lose on 'the economy', they lost on the economic conditions facing the working class today.

[@EileenD-l7g]

Helicopter parenting has been completetly looked over as a reason why kids are fucked up!!!

[@Poochie1]

Look at the Gilt market today. It is the 9th of January 2025 and it is still in free fall. If I look at the global bond market, something really horrible could happen this year.

[@jswap1]

If I vote Republican in every election, can I call myself a moderate too?

[@oldwritingpen8401]

I lived through interest rates of 15% on mortgages. So, I am not sure why Gen Z are complaining about "high" interest rates.

[@jsnx9067]

oh ok, since you did it its fine. narcissistic bone head goofball

[@pmzjj5]

Tim Walz might have been that leader at the end of the lunch counter.

[@scottl9660]

130k job at 32????? The median is 57.5k for that age. Also median house price is 404k so the median person can afford it anyway no matter what the interest rate is.

[@laurapringleswilder]

Tim Miller sure looks different these days.

[@jannichi6431]

February Treasury Bond Auction will be interesting. May be highest rates in decades.

[@Dctosd]

He forgot A Fish Called Wanda.

[@MFunkibut]

Part of the problemabout talking about the ecomony is WHAT is the economy? If the stock market is at an all-time high and yet so are Fritos is the economy good or bad? If gas goes down but I can't afford a home is the economy good or bad? And you can't nuance your answer - people do not understand nuance they want 'good' or 'bad'.

[@Joey-fs7ro]

Carter probably has the absolute title of Least Narcissistic of every president in the last 48 years

[@Justin-jh4ym]

Inequality is the issue same thing is happening in the other countries, the working class have lost faith in the incumbent political parties.

[@BAD_CONSUMER]

Jamie Lee Curtis will always be the Activia lady

[@Joey-fs7ro]

I thought the orange jesus was Jason?! 😂

[@roon-sy8fz]

The statement that grocery bills and such don't matter compared to having a democratic government is one of the most asinine comments ever made. The vast majority of successful human families and human happiness have occurred under governments that weren't democracies because democracies are relatively new. For thousands of years under monarchies, tribes, tyrannies, theocracies, etc humans have grown up, found love, made families, and enjoyed their lives. The basic needs of human beings will always come before the fantasies of ideologies. If fascism provides them then democracy will be forgotten as soon as the table is set and the meal put upon it.

[@kkots]

Total BS.

[@ThePlaylists001]

As a veteran, Jan 6 mattered to me. The problem is that the Democrats alternative was a gerentocracy based on time served and paternalistic undemocractic garbage. The fact that there was noone that could be Trump is a disgrace.

[@jsnx9067]

as a veteran you should know that a group of goofballs with no weapons cannot possibly threaten democracy. you must have suffered a brain injury.

[@nickwest2888]

The center cannot hold any longer because it has become so elitist and out of touch . . .

[@BrandonRKH]

I hear what Scott is saying about the whole identity politics thing, but I just don’t know if I agree that the way to go is to abandon identity politics as fast as we can. Like, yes, it can be problematic and people can definitely get carried away with it, and they definitely have gotten carried away with it in a lot of ways, but to push it aside and just focus on substance and policy I think brings up two issues: the first is that it kind of feels like the scenario that so many of us have probably experienced where you have your grandfather saying something racist at the dinner table, and just to keep the peace you try to stay on topic and you ignore the bigotry that’s coming out of his mouth. I don’t think that creates a healthy income in a lot of instances. And the second thing is that, focusing on policy and substance would be fantastic but so many of us on the Left feel like the Right actually never talks about policy and substance (or to the degree that they do, it’s very shallow and black and white). Contrary to what they see in themselves, they often operate based on bumper-sticker slogans and “common sense” (codeword for “I just feel this way”)

[@BasyaW]

I love Scott!!! Love, love, love!!

[@PaulaTerryLancaster]

Too much banter. Rich people talking about overseas holidays and money is such a turn off.

[@jsnx9067]

exactly, both of them are delusional TDS poster children.

[@marcialabrahantes3369]

😂😂

[@FilteredInc]

I remember January 6th. I remember the stock market indexes all moving upwards. That doesn't happen during real crisis.

[@B.A.brackishangler]

Still not Raging Moderates. Headline: "Anti-Trump Playbook" isn't moderate, rename it something more appropriate

[@JAGRAFX]

Listen to your neighbors. I watch NOVA on PBS and I see this kid who has built this electrical generator at the age of eleven; and I say "Wow; some kid!" My neighbor watches the very same NOVA show and he sees a foreigner [the kid was of oriental extraction] being advantaged as well as promoted over his white grandkids unfairly and instead of good feelings he acquires increased attitudes of resentment, fear, and resulting sourfulness. True story.

[@jsnx9067]

never happened, lying goofball

[@louiseobrien2010]

The US dollar is high, relative to other currencies, which should encourage other countries to use their own currencies for trade. Geopolitically the US has lost a lot of moral authority. Trump, Israel's genocide of Gaza, Jan 6th attack.

[@mekan0001]

Perfect was a terrible movie, but boy did JLC open my eyes as a youngster in that.

[@anachronistofer]

Get away from identity politics, start focusing on class again, ala FDR.

[@AlistairHann]

Tim miller?

[@Stuharris]

47:27 So whose quality of life is more important?

[@paulsavin7387]

Where is Tim Miller? Your title is deceptive.

[@Wigitfive]

"get away from identity politics" then proceeds to talk about how Israel is doing the right thing because we have to help the jews... Also claiming we are doing the right thing supporting 1000s of civilians being killed, injured, made homeless, and starving.

[@FrenchVanilla94]

I actually disagree with more from this podcast than I agree with. With that being said, I listen weekly and still get quite a bit of perspective that I otherwise would not have thought about.

[@jsnx9067]

I agree, its fun to hear the delusional goofy takes from these morons.

[@VWGTO1]

Jessica, in a real conversation on safety, please do not talk about your transit habits. Stay safe.

[@jsnx9067]

lol ok goofball

[@Thomas5937]

Why is Tim Miller in the title of this video? Also you guys had me until you started talking about identity politics. Anyone who thinks democrats ran on identity politics in 2024 is delusional. Wild how y’all misled viewers with the title and then front loaded the pod with all your decent takes and went off the deep end in the last 20 minutes.

[@kylemorris9588]

I cannot understand their take on Israel. It's completely incompatible with all their other views and political stances.

[@jsnx9067]

they are jews, dummy

[@evarlast]

LMAO Federman/Tores??? Federman is unelectable at this point.

[@ChrisMissal]

Both those guys are foreign assets

[@Feehan99]

A Fish Called Wanda, obviously.

[@erinc9672]

Wait why are they both calling Donald Trump’s wife “Alania”? Her name is “Melania”…

[@bugeyedfrog]

EEEElonia, as in Elon Musk

[@JudahDavis]

27:00 people don't need a handout; they need good paying jobs and for real wages to increase for once in the past 20 years. Btw - Real wages - wages adjusted for inflation - increased 7% during former President Donald Trump’s four years in office, the highest increase over one presidential term since the 1970s.

[@pleasemorefunny]

TDS 💯

[@roon-sy8fz]

32 y/o 150k job that can't find a house LMAO what is this lady smoking try 32 y/o with 50k job if they're lucky absolutely out of touch nonsense

[@nickwest2888]

Fetterman - Torrez -- the ticket guaranteed to win the Liz Cheney vote . . . how did that work out??

[@nickwest2888]

Jordan Neeley take is so far off it is painful -- the guy choked out the other guy who was yelling -- he choked him for minutes beyond the point at which he stopped moving -- he choked him beyond the death throws and body twitches of a dying man -- this was a class issue, not race The right is obsessed with race -- Boomers disavowed class conflict in favor of racial division

[@goodolarchie]

Why don't you get out of the pool, KZbin Video Upload Title Guy?

[@Poppyinwest]

So celebrating a vigilante like Penny? but Luigi is bad? That’s a bit messed up. I don’t disagree homelessness is an Issue but so is crippling healthcare costs

[@tonynelson5229]

Maybe Biden will pardon the economy next? You're already blaming Trump for rising interest rates, the variable rate on my HELOC has gone up over 4 points in the past years. Bang up job Joe, thanks. And yes, that is just another piece of why I voted for Trump. Kamala said she was going to keep doing the same things, I don't need my HOA rate to go up another 4 points.

[@bryanmcknight1984]

South Africa is not a city

[@darrenbrand1554]

He said Cape Town.😊

[@janicelgo4522]

Trump has given us a decade of word salad. How anyone w intellect doesn't see it is beyond me.

[@jsnx9067]

now do Biden