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Let's check in on on Donald Trump's Great American State Fair. Here's the mockup of his arch And it looks like it's about to collapse. Pop this up It's like paper mache, Jin. come on. Ck coming out of that. And and and I don't mean COCK. I mean I was going to say did you say which did you say caak That's some weird looking shit coming out of their cak. that thing, Jen, it looks like project that like and not even a junior high school, but we would put together When I would go to vacation Bible study and we would make the Cigar boxes with with macaroni shells and glue. Yeah, it looks like it's put together with Spit and Glue. How embarrassing. This is what happens when you dismantled D EI. This is what happens when you don't have any gays. doing set decor for you. This is what happens when you don't have creative people. This is what happens when you starve out all of the creatives This is white. heterosexuality on full display is what that is because you know If some Gays would have made that arch. It would have been triumphant it would have been appropriate for the two hundred fiftieth birthday. I think Trump would have liked it a lot more, obviously. He would have loved it. He loves he He is always talking trash for his party about about trans people because he knows it works politically. But Trump is such a gay at heart And even though he's homophobic, I'm sure, he I think he's just jealous that he really, you know, that he can't be a gay because his party won't let him be a gay. Look, and if he would just let his gay freak flag fly, he would have all the gays Fixing stuff for him. It would be all pretty and we would get rid of that gold Lemay that went out with the trailer park We completely agree. All right, speaking of this America two hundred fifty, it wouldn't be a Trump two hundred fifty unless there was massive grifting going on. Pop this up The Mest Touch is reporting Cgressional probe alleges massive fraud in Trump aligned Freedom two hundred fifty, alleging Trump allies misled donors hijacked America's two hundred fiftieth and sold access for millions. The fifty two page report released Thursday morning by Democrats reveals a series of blistering accusations against Trump aligned officials for their management of the events. The report alleges Trump allies outflanked and supplanted the initial congressionally approved America two hundred fiftieth operation to install their own Trump favored Sycophantic event Mm. Well, that's why no one came because initially Jim, it was Jen, it was supposed to be an event That was bipartisan, that was about America. and then Trump, you know, and his sycophants or allies got their hands on it and people started pulling out because they didn't want to be part of this partisan event. So I'm not surprised that it's a flop for two reasons. One, people don't want to be a part of that. And two, I think that MAGA is coming to an end and people are the veil is off, so to speak, or they pull back behind the curtain and they see the wizard of Oz to mix my metaphors and comparisons has no clothes. The emperor has no clothes. So I'm not surprised. And look look when look at what happened with the reflecting pool He got one of his friends to do it. What was that? a disaster, right? D didnid't put out any bids, just wanted a friend to do it. I think it's the same thing in this instance. They filled it with folks Trump people who kissed Trump's ass and don't know their right hand from their left hand. and look look at what you get. You get the stupid arch that is that'll blow down what is that I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down. that blow down but with any wind, that's probably why they, you know the whole thing with the weather, they got rid of the weather because they didn't want the paper mache to fall over or melt a blow in the wind I'm not surprised that it is a total, total flop because everything Trump touches dies and everything Trump's allies and sycop fans, everything they touch dies as well. So not surprised Okay, think about this, Dwn The inauguration was supposed to be outside. moved it inside because he cannot handle smallall crouch. Remember that military parade he had where the tanks were like squeaking like they was like C it And it needed like WD forty And they couldn't even fill the stands. Here's the deal, unless Trump goes to some reed state. where he has like, you know, the sycophants cult, he cannot draw crowds. The one thing he fears more than anything is not being endud. in this presidency, he has not been able to draw crowds whatsoever Jen, when you said he can't stand not being adored and he goes to places that where he's adored, As you and I both said A couple of times a couple weeks ago after he went to the Nicks game And people and he got booed He was exposed then Be he only shows up at places where people are going to be like, oh my Godd and kissing his but Oh, Trump is here Yeah, most places don't want him there And that's why we said on our show, Trump, carry your ass home. No one wants you there. No one wants him there And so yeah, I think that exposed him. People don't want to be associated with him at all And I think the world is figuring it out They're figuring out his grift. likeike they figured out the grift, hopefully about the stupid airplane that he is whatever confiscated it whatever he's done with it. I think they figuure out his grift, and I think they they're turning on him. I think this is the end of MAa. I really do Okay, spepeaking of Dish Meltdowns, not very well liked Miss Pris Waters on Fox News has been having a meltdown. She, I'm sorry, he and Steven Miller are losing their minds about birthright tourism play the clip. have to A we banning pregn women from America? Are we banning foreign pregnant women? Well, what I'm saying, Jessse, is that you have to now think very carefully about who you let into your country even on a temporary basis because the possibility, as you said, for birth tourism This is not a thing.ir tourism is not real. And I just want to remind you co Rubio, birthright Citizen Cash Patel birthright citizen U it's just It's saye but you know, Melania Trump chain migration. And where did Stephven Miller get that? Let me tell you, Jessse. Wh does she sound like this? He's from California. And now he sounds like he's from some place up in New England and he talks like, do you notice that when he talks What is that? a day He's such a poser He such a poser. It's just Jesse Waters and Stephven Miller have the weirdest relationship I've ever seen. They are the happiest in each other's presence I've watched clip after clip of these two Jesse Waters refers to Stephven Miller as a sexual matador. Kylie, can you put up the still to show Don how they're just shit even grant at each other? I'm telling you, Don, we're breaking news. brereaking news on Welch's lemon juice right here, you guys. Look at the joy Look at how happy they are in each other's presence. I'm going to break news right here Jesse Waters and Stephven Miller are happiest together I've never seen neither one of them that happy unless they're with each other What do you think they do when they're together in person? Do we even want to think about that? I mean, it is pride Well Pride Mth is over So we won't desecrate Pride Mth by, you know talking about do. So June is Pride month, July is shame month is Yeah. That's what we're going to do all July on our Friday episodes. We're going to do Shame Month We're gonna shame them? Yeah, Th are the first two were shaming. Why are they so happy and hitting on each other and flirting on Fox news all the time? I want to know why I think when you get a bunch of bigots together, look, I don't really pay attention to Jesse Walters Wats. I don't really pay attention to him that much because I think he's a clown Yeah But, you know, I do, I don't think I've ever met him But I do know Stehven Miller. I've met him and I've interviewed him before and he's an odd bird. He just gets all wound up in you know, his these sort of this sort of racist language. hysterical Oh, and he gets like, it's like Megan Kelley, when Megan Kelley starts being racist and she's just like, ye like she's having orrgasm. Senor Miller is the male version of that. He's just like, o my God more racism coming out of my b No, they're nuts. Okay. sorry audience. No, they love it. fourth of July weekend. Everybody loves a slightly tipsy lemon. Okay. So Jared Polis, the governor of Colorado out of the closet gay governor gotot a lot of pressure put on him. by Kenkels McTako Titz, the president to pardon this election denier and just nut Tina Peters. So eventually, this Democrat caves pons gives clemency to Tina Peters And now Jared popped this up M New York Times says Gvernor Jared Pullis fired two members of his clemency board after they spoke out against his decision to commute the prison sentence of the election denier, Tina Peters. And this is something really important we need to talk about, Don. You have Democrats that behave as MAGa light. And that's what this is. He he caved. You need to take a machine gun a knife fight with these people. You don't cave and then do a very trumpian thing and then fire the people who are exercising their right to free speech. I just think this is why the Democrats lose. this is why the Democrats helped incubate this fascist takeover're that we're seeing. And this is why you're seeing these progressives w all over the country, these M Mndami style progressives that are incorruptible I agree, one hundred percent And I think Jared Polis should be ashamed of himself because we saw what Tina Peters did and we know that Tina Peters was not innocent at all. Obviously, she was convicted by a jury of her peers. and she you know should remain as such. She should remain as someone who has been convicted of that and not granted clemency. I don't know how Donald Trump got to him. I don't know what he did. But I think this is, as you say, why Democrats will lose. I hear people all the time talking to me about, we need this kind of Democrat. We need that kind of Democrat. It's got to be straight white man. It's got to be this. It's got to be someone. You know what it has to be Jen. has to be someone who's not fucking afraid to stand up. It someone who's not afraid to say the energy in the party is on the progressive side The people want someone who's going to stand up and fight back. The people want accountability. They want a Democrat who's going to come into office, whether it be whatever level, a conressman, a senator or president, and they will make Republicans be accountable for all of the degradation and all the wrong that they have done this entire time that Donald Trump was in office. They want things turned around. Washington DC taken back. And they want quite frankly our country they want to take back our country, not in the way that Republicans want to do it, not in the racist way that MAGA says they want to do it, but a country that is meant for all, that they want a Democrat who's not afraid to say it things, not afraid to be human, not afraid to be imperfect. That's the kind of person they want. They don't want in this era of Jared Pulis who is a gay man and I respected him and, you know, used to talk to him all the time on seeon, be a Mondani in this day and age rather than a Jared Polis I completely agree What we want are fighters and the Democrats get so caught up in identity politics and we need to quit talking about the bathroom stuff. you know who talks about the bathroom stuff? Trump Moses Mike Johnson, Jesse Waters. you want to talk about somebody who is consumed with culture wars. It is not the Democrats. What the Democrats want are fighters. And right now, Don, I believe the progressive wing of the party is fighting the MAGaite the Chuck Schumers that are fascist collaborat collaborators that take money from the same oligarchs and the same APAC donors that also fund this fascist takeover. And how can you be an opposition party when you are taking money from the same people who are crawled right up Trump's ass sat there and parked. Look who's look who talked about the bathroom thing the most was obsessed with it Nancy Mayayss think she's the governor of South Carolina. Hell no Nobody wants her. They know that she's a Trump sycophant. They know that she's not a serious person But everyone was so afraid of Zoran Mandani. they're so afraid of AOC, they're so afraid of the progressives and the progressives are winning. And Democrats need to get their heads out of their ass and realize that and stop stop fighting for this. We want to be centrist and we can't talk about it. We need to get rid of the woke andth bullshit. That's not what people want. That's not what Democrats want. That's not what people who are opposed to this Trump regime want and Republicans as well There is nothing that is woke or wrong with people wanting a decent living wage, wanting affordable healthcare. Those aren't progressive ideas. They're human ideas. It just so happens that the progressives happen to have those ideas and to be on the right side of those ideas Okay, last clip I don't know if you saw this. You may have covered it. I don't know. Here is Thomas Massey confronting a Fox reporter play the love it I love it I heard that you like gay porn Is that true I' I just want to give you chance. your s a chance to give you your I' not gonna to get. Are you a real news organization or not Now come back, man All you gotta say is you don't like it. that you haven't been to those websites Of course sorry, of course I don't like it Really? than Kind of think he kind of does. I kind of think it's a long time to deny it He got to look and look, we're coming out. we're in shame month now. We're just coming out of Pride month. And the is is like people like that guy, you can shame him because he's a hypocrite. So if someone is going to gay porn sites and they're gay, you're like, okay, fine, who gives shit, right? But that guy came up to Thomas Massey and said, you know your ex wife is saying this and that you were abusive. Is this saying this Who gives a shit about that, right? Let them deal with whatever they have to deal with in their own marriage. I don't know if it's true or not. But then he said, he said, when did you guys? He said, who you with? And I think he said I'm with. Fox Digital or something It was Did you guys become a tabloid? And the guy keeps asking the questions and he whips out his phone like he saw it. he says, Wh did you start going to the gay porn sites? And the guy freaks out because he must be going to those sites and he doesn't want people to know. Thomas Massey is a badass. I did not have it on my bingo card that in twenty twenty six, I would be agreeing with anything that Thomas Massey says and pretty much all of it I'm agreeing with And here's the thing. I have been saying on IHP News and I've had it, the Democrats need to go there They exactly what Thomas Massey did The Republicans have the balls to campaign like this. The Democrats need to go there and say, why is little Moses Mike Grinder Johnson so consumed anti gay stuff. What is that? They need to go there and Thomas Massey did it. And I agree with you, It makes you think He's a fighter. Now here's the thing. Thomas Massey is probably, you know, he's more libertarian leaning. We wouldn't agree with him on much because I don't think he cares much about social justice. But what we like about it, you and I when we saw that is he fought them. He called them out on their hypocrisy and that is a lesson. for the Democrats. Call these closeted freaks out, Call them out instead of talking about All of these issues say why are they so obsessed with it? What the fuck is going on there And why is it someone should have said to them, why aren't you covering the closeted gays, right? Someone should say to Republicans or to Fox News and the conservative outlets. whyyn't you covering the closet gays that are out there being hypocrites and proposing and enacting legislation that's detrimental to what they really are in their own hearts and their own and their own bodies.y Why aren't you covering that? Why aren't you covering the MAGA after