Trump & His MAGA Goons Plan to Tank The Economy & Dismantle The Healthcare System

[@lysd3408]

12.36am in Sydney Australia, and who is sleeping at a time like this? Made 542 calls over the last 5 months through an org to help Democrats in Australia get their ballots in on time. My love to all the POD family, you are amazing and inspiring and by now incredibly exhausted, I imagine. We're here for you, guys! Love you, Pundit!!!

[@jujujupiter]

That’s amazing work! Thank you

[@kimberleyanderson7213]

Thank you so very much for caring 💙

[@sir_vix]

Late Night Sydney Squad Represent! Thank you for actually doing something productive. It is excoriating to consider how much the years ahead will be shaped by the events of the next few days, even for us on the other side of the world. Beyond the extraordinary nature of our bilateral security relationship, the dramatic extent to which our culture (and particularly our political culture) takes cues from the U.S. offers no opportunity to delude one's self with the comforting notion that distance may provide insulation from another Trump Presidency. That the ever present streak of anti-intellectualism in Australia has coalesced into a social and political movement which not only willfully, but pridefully, celebrates the cultivation of hateful ignorance as a pathway to power and prominence, is in no small way the direct result of the legitimacy achieved by Trump in attaining his first presidency. It is doubly concerning to consider what effect a second term will have on a movement primed to encounter opposition, mobilized from the start, and increasingly sophisticated in its methods of action and communication, as well as in its connections to media and to capital.

[@lindakelley2676]

We thank you so much!

[@quixentric]

If it's Vote from Abroad you're doing great work!!!

[@bobbyk1023]

I live for Lovett’s intellectual rants. He’s so smart 😊

[@camronbarth9376]

What was intellectual about it?

[@jcannon796]

​@@camronbarth9376we're through explaining basic shit to you children. Grow up

[@silverXnoise]

That escalated quickly…

[@aBodyTrue]

I love his energy. We need it now more than ever.

[@Thomas_H_Sears]

Here's a thing - autism was not recognized as a separate condition until 1980 - so, OF COURSE all of a sudden many more kids are diagnosed with autism. By-the-by, I proudly wear my battle patch of a little bumpy patch in the war against small pox - we won that extinction event.

[@taylorkeane2295]

That's just one detail!!! RFK probably just forgot that one🙄🙄💙💙💙💙💙

[@mastelsa]

Also, a large portion of the increase in diagnoses is coming from girls and women being diagnosed in higher numbers. Symptoms present differently in girls, and all of the behavioral measures used to diagnose are founded on the presentation of autism in boys. Girls tend to be better at "masking" or blending in, and a lot of adult women are now going to therapy and/or their own child's autism evaluation and realizing they fell through the cracks and never got a diagnosis they absolutely should have gotten.

[@Thomas_H_Sears]

@@mastelsa typical issue in medicine. Traditionally, women are not chosen in initial trials, so base data refers to men, tests are developed on that base and ... are the base studies of Midol in men? Wouldn't surprise me.

[@silverXnoise]

@@Thomas_H_SearsIs it “typical”? I participated in a pharmaceutical trial for an MS drug, and pretty great pains were taken to ensure the sample populations were broadly representative. It certainly seems intuitively self-defeating.

[@Thomas_H_Sears]

@@silverXnoise Things are changing, true. But only because of the outcry raised, and the current doctors were mostly trained through the older, male-slanted studies. YES, it is true things are improving. And I should acknowledge the progress more than I do. Things are slow to change.

[@lindagriffith9558]

Jon Lovett you are ON FIRE !!! From start to finish this one...can't pick a favorite joke because I was laughing out loudly at, well, most of them! It was really great to see Pundit looking so spiff as well. Thank you and your "team" for your Service in these not so gouda times we all live in. Much needed and much appreciated!

[@tammystockley-loughlin7680]

Same. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during these trying times.

[@vanessawhitneypro]

Love You, Lovett! Thanks for ALL that You and Crooked do! Peace, Love & Democracy! GO DEMS! #HarrisWalz #VoteBlueAllTheWayThrough

[@B__C__]

It's weird seeing garbage clamber into the front seat of a garbage truck.

[@surfk9836]

The ACA is so ingrained because it works!

[@charlieir1]

Well don Jon, your best pod ever... keep it going!!

[@anitadees4223]

Tanking the economy from time to time is how the obscenely rich get obscenely richer. Foreclosures and business failures enable them to scoop up valuable property at bargain basement prices because they have the cash where ordinary people do not.

[@djeanie4934]

Yep… they did this during Covid when people were at home desperate and cashing out investments just to feed their families.

[@jeannetteneal3268]

Exactly, and banks are buying up as much as possible. They want to make us all renters, instead of owners.

[@NameName-yc7kv]

Ah, you've described the RepugGop play book so well, generational amnesia might allow some to forget Reganomics, but every family who has lived through endless cycles of boom and bust can tell the stories of " Robber Barons".

[@Fourleggedfreak]

Hell that's how Trump got rich! He says so himself! (aside from of course, inheriting money)

[@trapero09]

Excellent messages. I hope many people listen to you.

[@Vocalkiller]

All the jokes in this episode are 10/10's in my book.

[@Rdasilva-reggiebluejay]

The RFK jr stuff is so weird. He has no background in science or medicine. He has an arts degree and a law degree. He worked as an environmental lawyer. How is this adequate experience to run hhs, nih, fda, cdc, etc. Scary.

[@johnmother9938]

Because RFK jnr has special brain worms

[@kerriprzeczewski4883]

Here’s the thing with the ACA- there are Trump followers who think the ACA is something Trump pushed through, and is something different than Obamacare. Not even kidding.

[@rhymeswithsomethingy4766]

@@kerriprzeczewski4883 They're not very bright.. 👇 👇 👇 MAGAt (ˈma-gət): noun 1. a soft-bodied spineless larva, especially that found with decaying brain matter, no sense of irony or concept of hypocrisy with membership in a cult that worships fascist 🟧🤡💩 Example: "MAGAts attack the roots of democracy"¹ ¹See definition for "maggot"

[@jdub164]

Right. That's exactly what I thought too. He's so stupid he doesn't know they're the same goddamn thing...

[@debbiedoodiedandi]

Given JD Vance told that whopper of a lie during his debate that 45 saved it, I can believe it.

[@carydabbs6562]

I’m a “normal guy” gay who loves the MCU and I despise Donald Trump and JD “In the Closet with a Couch” Vance

[@silverXnoise]

I think most of the guys I know who enjoy comic books are gay. It seems like those kinds of stereotypes have become anachronistic to the younger generation. The kind of straight-from-central-casting, 20th-century ideal of nuclear families, picket fences, bake sales, heteronormativity, and terminally ignorant blindness to _torrents_ of [rhymes-with-textual] assaults persist in a lot of places, but particularly in politics where the average age of our political leaders right now matches that of Wal-Mart greeters. Election finance reform is heavily opposed by the makers of Gold Bond medicated powder, because their sales keep hitting new records in election years. Pretty soon the national fruit is gonna be changed to prunes. I heard the White House was handing out Necco wafers this Halloween; and if you’ve never had one, a Necco wafer tastes like someone mixed chalk, food dye, and the Great Depression into something that looks like communion wafers made of Jesus’ literal mummified 2000-year old flesh. I don’t remember what my point was, it’s edibles-o-clock. Don’t forget to vote everybody! 🦄

[@ryshow9118]

Poor couch

[@MRICCI8]

Seriously on fire! 🔥 ❤ 🔥 ❤ 🔥

[@patrickhannen4832]

Go getcha f***in donut box! That joke was for me too haha, glad you left it in.

[@laurastrom9857]

We cancelled Amazon Prime.

[@taylorkeane2295]

YAY!!! I use Amazon fresh and they ask to rate it...I always give them a 1

[@alanjbuddendeck186]

Thank you, Jon Lovett! You make my Saturday mornings so much better!🌿☀️🍂🍁

[@timseytiger9280]

Wow, that section on "normal gay guys" was absolutely savage. The devilish smirk at the end 😂.

[@jeffreypoirier7786]

Am I a "normal gay guy" or an "abnormal" one? I should call JD and ask him.

[@ryshow9118]

Jon getting all the way up is the best version of all of us

[@JohnClinton-sn8zb]

If Health Care is so very important for Johnson where is the PLAN?! How about a concept of a plan?

[@OO-ki2ii]

Did you not hear him. He said get rid of Obama care. He also said after Trump is elected there will be no more free elections

[@hlnbee]

@@OO-ki2iiYou mean he would bring back the poll tax?

[@PhilipMuench-w6c]

Mike Johnson and his accomplices have a lot of ideas on healthcare. They have a lot of concepts of a plan.

[@OO-ki2ii]

@@hlnbee really.? No he literally meant there will be no more elections

[@annylaurie422]

I am Canadian I wish I could vote💙💙💙💙💙💙Excellent intellectual rant. I wish I had found you sooner

[@aBodyTrue]

OMG we wish you could too.

[@gilcori1234]

That is the first time Trump has ever made me laugh, but as Jon pointed out, it was Trump being self-deprecating. Maybe that is what I needed to finally find Trump funny. We needed to laugh at the same thing: Trump.

[@JudgeBen]

🧑‍🍳 😘 my friend, you (and your writers and entire production team) remain THE BEST!!!

[@PhilipMuench-w6c]

Trump almost fell down just opening the garbage-truck door.

[@martin2289]

Does wishing he had done make me a bad person?

[@brownbee61]

You're not alone😂​@@martin2289

[@laurastrom9857]

@@martin2289 looks as though he has a peripheral nerve injury. He is swinging his left leg around in a funny way.

[@martin2289]

@@laurastrom9857 Possibly, but speaking as someone who actually has peripheral nerve damage, this seems to be something different. If he was to release legitimate medical records - something that should be required - we'd know better.

[@Eve_IntuitiveAcademic]

She is an Exquisite Presidential candidate. Common Sense backed by True Compassion💎💙Queen K ! - for the people. ✨💎✨

[@martin2289]

You absolutely nailed the psychology behind that "normal gay guy" remark Vance made.

[@anthill1510]

Yeah, that came out of Lovett`s soul.

[@_mar_ta_]

Please, clip Jon's speech starting at 8.55 - he's the most convincing when he's going off like this, honest and heartfelt, and I bet that can resonate with some people more than some of your other, more scripted stuff!

[@Wwyllow]

Does Charlie Kirk think women do not work to help support the family?

[@aletheac3400]

In his world (conservative white evangelical) and house they do not (or not allowed to and discouraged from doing so). I really despise Charlie Kirk and his ilk

[@DimaRakesah]

In their minds women exist to sacrifice for their family. It's not considered "work" like men's work, so they have to constantly downplay its value to something nebulous, whereas men's work has a direct monetary value.

[@Wwyllow]

@@DimaRakesah I've guess they've never heard of a woman surgeon or Astronaut.

[@MorgainToday]

Since about a week I am crying all the time. I am scared so much

[@laurahaule3809]

You are not alone. Most of us extremely nervous and if possible, working to turn out Democratic voters and talking to friends and family about how even if you do not think Kamala Harris is perfect, she is certainly qualified and her policies will serve Americans so much better than Trump's.

[@B__C__]

I feel that the GOP should be forced to take their Presidential candidate's campaign to term regardless of the danger to the life of the party.

[@Writkin]

Canceled my Washington post because of the audacity of this man

[@RealBradMiller]

Be better off cancelling Amazon. The employees at WAPO don't deserve that. I love WAPO Universe here on YT.

[@jrojala]

Congratulations on punishing the journalists they employ… enjoy your Amazon delivery of crap you don’t need

[@Writkin]

@ voting with you wallet unfortunately doesn’t actually work so I will not be canceling just making a joke because I didn’t like his tone

[@ucdwags00]

@@RealBradMilleryeah… wapo is just his plaything. Canceling doesn’t punish Bezos, only journalism.

[@sally8234]

This 77 YO loved this episode.

[@hlnbee]

I’m an octogenarian and have survived all vaccines including typhoid!

[@hlnbee]

Trump and J D Vance are out of their minds!

[@TeraJohnson-nv2sp]

There is only one requirement to be a member of the trump cabinet - LOYALTY TO TRUMP.

[@kellyroper5256]

Tears. I'm in tears.

[@kathrynmceachern9503]

"Here's a picture!" Lovett, you slay!

[@whelpthereitis2577]

Don't worry Jon, I followed your Complex story and loved it

[@BenCragg1]

Maths grad here - that was definitely for me.

[@TomThumb151515]

This was a really great episode. I hope those canvassing staff are safe and get better treatment. I will never buy a Tesla.

[@STSF23]

Jon …you re the best !! Love you man…

[@taylorkeane2295]

RFK looks like he has VERY HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

[@laurahaule3809]

I have seen that clip before and it struck me too that he does not look well, in addition to never making much sense.

[@shubhalaxmimukherjee6073]

The complex plane joke was for me, thank you.

[@Educatingthingtwo]

Me too!

[@mshepard2264]

I think me and about 12 other people got the imaginary numbers joke.

[@BugGenerat0r]

That math joke was for me 🙋‍♂

[@shellibelli4387]

Loved the math logic!!! (Retired math teacher)

[@wayneacton3071]

Complex number humor!

[@suzanne6441]

I canceled Wapo, regretted it, then when I reactivated it was at a lower price!

[@kanderson-oo7us]

But did you cancel Amazon Prime?? That's what Besos would actually notice...

[@suzanne6441]

@@kanderson-oo7us We tried and it wouldn't let us cancel it. We're not using it, which is revealing how stupidly dependant we'd become. Suddenly my son had a hair emergency and needed it off his face - where do you buy stiffening pomade for an interview tomorrow? - but we're holding strong.

[@TrudyVanDyke-sq9uh]

Cancel Amazon Prime. I did it last night. I will subscribe to WaPo tomorrow.

[@rhymeswithsomethingy4766]

100 hrs?!😱 That explains the disappearance of bread, milk, water, toilet paper, Tums, liquor, and ammo off store shelves!😰 Vote like your life depends on it! 🗳🟦✔️

[@debbiedeering7998]

I've been saving bags of beans I was going to give away because I can't use so many since everyone left home but decided to wait until after election. Felt stupid until I read this! 😂😂😂

[@MissJami]

Love you, brother!

[@taylorkeane2295]

RFK has a WIFE??? NOW THAT'S one DESPERATE HOUSEWIFE!!!

[@debbiedoodiedandi]

Oh - she wasn't on Desperate Housewives, but she was on Curb Your Enthusiasm and is a judge on I Can See Your Voice

[@oowaz]

Dude, the news of elon's canvasing alone should be enough to turn people off that's crazy

[@PeaceLoveWorld-om4zx]

Freedom, harris!!!

[@johncorvo5520]

Shady Vance is a very slick, but still a liar.

[@Agameda1]

Too much Pluto energy in him

[@DerbyKnowledge93]

and then they will blame everything on those 'other' people.

[@emiliog.4432]

RFK is not a scientist either.

[@whocares2087.1]

He's a douchebag.

[@carolinelou158]

9:36 wow, just wow! Go John!!

[@James-bv4rs]

Are we well on the way to eating dead bears found on the side of the road, or that were victims of bicycle accidents?

[@lorrie2878]

A 400 foot Prosecutor! Yay!

[@Gildedmuse]

Okay, I didn't think his lies could be more brazen but it's pretty bad to say you don't want to end the ACA when you SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER saying it's your Administration's Policy to end the ACA.

[@Afterglow.Studios]

Underrated Smuckers slam.

[@mlebrooks]

Smuckers gives a shout out to people on their 100th birthday.

[@michaelfarineau6]

Somehow all of their souls are for sale for power. Gross.

[@ItsyBetsy365]

JD will regret this when he leaves the closet in a few years.

[@allialias]

If trump gets voted in many of us will be checking out.

[@KatharineContreras-Godfried]

Yes…but just like a lot of things-you can leave if your rich, but if you’re not-you’re screwed. If you’re rich you can pay to get an abortion or go out of the country (very common before 1975) to get an abortion, but if you’re poor you can’t. If you have the ability to leave-stay to protect those who can’t

[@jrojala]

@@KatharineContreras-Godfried they mean *check out* of living

[@geelee1977]

I might be deported because I am Mexican-American 😭

[@stephm2429]

I'm scared, but if he gets into office that means we need more people resisting him as being the new norm and you're needed for that. We'll need each other more than the last time.

[@pluribus_unum]

❤💙 VOTE ! 🗽🇺🇸 Same-day registration and voting ON ELECTION DAY: CA, CO, CT, DC, ID, IL, IA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MT, NH, NV, NM, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI, WY

[@waleahjolly768]

This is awesome. Vote 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@pluribus_unum]

SOURCE: The National Conference of State Legislatures list of states with same-day registration and voting. Note: NC has it during the early voting period, with varying deadlines and requirements based upon your polling district.

[@tonisodano5472]

She’s the cutest puppy ever

[@atomicsamadhi]

The complex number jokes were definitely for me 💙❣️😂

[@freespirit4574]

Love you, Jon. ❤

[@chatsnoirblamo]

It’s political sadism.

[@almaslabber5587]

I am so stressed for the USA for this election!

[@Skybuilt]

I've tried to convince my conservative friends and family that Trump is bad for our country for nearly 10 years now. Nothing else I can do or say.

[@stephm2429]

Did you show them the Jimmy Kimmel monologue to Republicans? I know most of them wouldn't care, but it might sway one or two of them.

[@NoSacredCowFla]

Just remember Jesse Watters learned at O'Reilly's knee.

[@brandonwood8117]

It's Tim-oh-tay!!!

[@kaylablanton8519]

10:10 Amen Lovett!

[@marlenemounce2918]

No serfdom for us! It’s looking good. 😂stay safe y’all.

[@redofthewolves]

As someone diagnosed autistic in 2022, I really enjoyed the train joke.

[@chrisstratton8443]

What would Jesus do? He'd efffing vote for Kamala!

[@tammystockley-loughlin7680]

Damn Skippy, that's right!! Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during these trying times.

[@ttcc5273]

JD Couch is the square root of negative Notc

[@hayzeed5522]

"Me and Trump',' said the Yale graduate.

[@jonathon5075]

10/10 ep

[@brandonmerchant8214]

Subtle Hannibal Lecter joke, nice

[@carolscherich1842]

I love it!!!❤😂

[@marymcsweeny8488]

The garbage truck looked like it was new. Trump would never consider sitting in a garbage truck that had actually ever picked up garbage, as he would never really work or support workers. He made it harder for workers to unionize, fought increasing the minimum wage, has said he is opposed to paying overtime, and praised Musk for firing workers who went on strike. He has also promised to eliminate all provisions that protect workers health and safety if he is elected.

[@MinalPatelRD]

The want to give up everything for no taxes in tips … so dumb and short sighted

[@armenajehanian6583]

This is what kids need to enter school…not 72 vaccine’s! Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTaP, DTP, Tdap, or Td) - 5 doses(4 doses OK if one was given on or after 4th birthday. 3 doses OK if one was given on or after 7th birthday.) For 7th-12th graders, at least 1 dose of pertussis-containing vaccine is required on or after 7th birthday. Polio (OPV or IPV) - 4 doses (3 doses OK if one was given on or after 4th birthday). ​Oral polio vaccine [OPV] doses given on or after April 1, 2016, do not count.)​ Hepatitis B - 3 doses (Required at admission to any grade except 7th grade​) Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) - 2 doses (Both given on or after 1st birthday) Varicella (Chickenpox) - 2 doses

[@SusanKing-g3k]

In the U.K. they don’t usually give the chickenpox vaccine - so the kids have to suffer it and end up with scarring.

[@NargSmart]

Timothy Chalamayhem was right there!

[@Educatingthingtwo]

How fast can Neil Gaiman and AI make us a manga ad about the complex Nazi Plane? Another argument for some things, some of the time, in sequence, rather than....

[@patrickritter9599]

The opposite of nazhe is yatzhee

[@asv2442]

Great math reference! Never expected a complex plane joke. Kudos!

[@Glenetteblessed]

I know some so called normal gay guys and they despise trump and vance because they have a huge female friend group.

[@kenlandon6130]

16:54 Y'all know Lovett was a math major, right?

[@nicelikeia8880]

You mean, "Trump then fell into a garbage truck"?

[@karenrandall8191]

If he’s gonna get rid of the department of education, who is going to enforce the removal of vaccine mandates from the schools? You can’t have it both ways.

[@lisaelliott492]

Vote 💙 for our lives

[@JWB1399]

Lovett, you are a rockstar. Thanks for doing this

[@codyt.346]

I took two Benadryl when my allergies were killing me at work. 30 minutes later no work was completed. That medicine is no joke.

[@taylorkeane2295]

Bet your allergies were calmed

[@robertacomstock3655]

Diphenhydramine is bad for brain function, as it lodges in synapses that need to remain versatile. Also sold as straight up sleep aid. I don't like unscheduled nap from a medication, so I avoided it before I got dreadfully afraid of it. (Fixed one of my dogs right up when he caught a wasp and had a golf ball sized swelling on his cheek, though.) Many (if not most) antidepressants also choke brain performance.

[@mariancoffey8271]

Non sedating antihistamines are available.

[@CarolynSpence]

Charlie Kirk is it ok to lie to your husband when he's a lazy drunk? What if he lies to her and cheats? At what point is it ok for a woman to think about polirics? Never? Got it.

[@junemulvany2531]

Since when is RFK a doctor?

[@mshepard2264]

exactly

[@TrudyVanDyke-sq9uh]

Or a MPH. Not even a data analyst. Or statistician. He doesn’t know Jack

[@FabianEDuran]

So they are Notzis ? 😅