The Scott Adams School - 09/21/26 Monday With The Home Team. The Middle Class Will Decide!

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It's another Monday, you guys. It's, it's crispy, a little crispy on the Jersey Shore today, but gorgeous. How about you guys?

It's kind of rainy here.

Uh, something you want to tell us, Owen?

No, we're in different places.

Are you in LA?

Oh, I'm home. I'm home.

Just kidding.

But it's just been—

it's—

I've been letting the dogs out regularly and it's been wet.

Aww, the dogs.

I'm not gonna comment on that comment.

No comment on the comment, you guys. All right, you know what that means. I have no idea. So good morning, you guys. It is Monday, September 21st. Isn't that a song? September 21st. Oh, anyway, there's a song. Don't sing it, don't sing it, we'll get demonetized. But sing it later to me, I want to hear. Hi everybody. Okay, so we are in full Monday mode. I'm actually gonna play, um, a sip that we played recently because the sips didn't come through today. So I said instead of one of us doing it, let's just repeat one Scott did, and then we're gonna get into all sorts of craziness. So Let's grab your vessels and take it away, Scott.

Let us get to the important part of the morning, the part that makes everything better. Yeah, it's called the Simultaneous Sip, and all you need is a cup or a mug or a glass, a tank or chalice or stein, a canteen, jug, or flask, a vessel of any kind. Fill it with your favorite beverage. I like coffee. And join me now for the unparalleled pleasure of the dopamine hit of the day. The thing that makes everything better. It's called the simultaneous sip. It happens now. Go. Oh yeah.

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So good.

I agree. And yes, for those of you wondering, my top third is hot and frothy. Thank God. Okay, so—

I like the Boo pillow in that picture.

I know the pillow behind him. So cute. Boo is his cat. If those of you that didn't know. Oh shoot! I forgot to bring pictures over. I have pictures of Gary and Roman for y'all. They are so cute. I'll post them tomorrow because I didn't get them in here on time. But Gary and Roman are great, and they're with their dog friends. I'm gonna forget their names. I wrote them down. Lady and uh oh tomorrow. full-on pictures of the kitties, I promise. Um, good morning everybody for saying good morning to us. My name is Erica. You are at the Scott Adams School. I'm with my beautiful co-hosts Marcella and Owen. Owen, you look smashing today.

Thank you.

Um, you know, I know you're competing with Marcella. I see, like in the, the beauty contest we're having here, but Marcella wins.

We're both competing with you, Erica.

Oh no, I'm just over here. It's all about the two of you, honestly. You guys, so much stuff happened over the weekend. I don't even know where to start. So I thought that we would start with Greenland. And so I have a clip that Jason Cohen posted. Some of you might have seen it over the weekend, but you know. Scott. So Scott was, you know, very sick in this clip. So I'm just letting you guys know that, but we're not going to focus on that. Okay. We're going to focus on the brain that man had till the day he left us. So let's just take a few minutes to hear Scott, and then we're going to talk about what's happening in the news of Greenland. Take a listen.

Well, according to the New York Times, uh, Trump told his aides to give him, give him an updated plan for acquiring Greenland. But Rubio says the plan is to buy it. So that seems like the right way to go, doesn't it? To at first make a legitimate effort to buy it. But your negotiation for that would be strong under the condition that You're definitely going to take it by force if you have to. Now that people believe, and I'm sure they do, that Trump would just march the army in and take it if they can't make a deal to sell it, that puts them in a pretty strong negotiating position. Now you have to assume, of course, that Denmark and Greenland would vigorously object to handing over this property. But I would say the, uh, the new Monroe Doctrine supports Trump doing it, especially since he already said some version of, who's going to stop him? Who's going to stop him? And as, uh, we saw Eric Weinstein say recently, That international law probably doesn't even exist. That what is really happening is whoever has the power exercises the power. And then, you know, we, we put some nice layer of narrative on top of it, like, oh, we had international reason to do it. Oh, Greenland sold some fentanyl to a dog. Yeah, we'll make up something. But I would say this is Yet again, my example of wanting versus deciding. Trump has clearly moved out of the wanting phase and he's into the deciding phase, and the decision has been made. The decision is that the United States will buy or just take Greenland, and it won't be forever from now. almost certainly would happen within the next 3 years. And if we move at what I call Trump speed, you know how everything Trump does is faster. If you, if you put the usual filter on it, you say, well, how many years is it going to take to negotiate it or, you know, have a military reaction or something? And the answer is, if this were a normal president, It might take longer than the president is even in office, but in the world of Trump speed, Trump could get this done in 6 months. And I'd say there's a good chance he will. Not 100% chance, but he's the only president who could say, starting now, we're going to own Greenland in 6 months, and mean it, and actually pull it off.

Beverly, I'm with you, sister. Um, so that's pretty freaking amazing the way Scott's thinking there. Um, let's just quick follow it up with a 40-second clip.

Expanded security and military rights in Greenland. One official at the State Department explained a little bit further, saying that this agreement is going to bar adversaries from making investments in Greenland that could threaten the United States, and it would also ban any non-NATO base in Greenland, essentially guaranteeing that China and Russia cannot have a base in Greenland or send troops there. President Trump posted online, quote, we will immediately begin the process of developing a large military presence in the appropriate part of Greenland. We will work with the people of Greenland in its development and construction. This solution is a great one for the United States of America, Denmark, Greenland, and all of our allies. This week, President Trump is set to speak at the United Nations General Assembly.

All right. So, Marcella, I love that. I mean, Scott was so good at reasoning things out and imagining the different scenarios and what we might be able to do and might not and listening to other people. So I think, you know, Scott's getting a little chuckle about Greenland right now. Do you think?

Well, we, um, well, I'm sure he's watching. He always is watching over us. I, I can sense that when there's like certain simulation winks that he gives away. But in regards to Greenland, it was even better than what, what, uh, Scott predicted. We didn't even have to buy it. We don't even have to carry anybody on Medicare or Medi-Cal or any kind of thing. It's like we picked up free free money because this is— we're basically— we already had an American presence. Yes, we did. But we did not have a permanent American presence. We didn't have this ironclad deal. And we are able to make other countries restrict other countries from flying over and having any economic access. The economic access, I think, is the thing that nobody talks about. Greenland has a lot of oil in the sea near there. And to have restrictions on Russia from having any access to that, or perhaps China, um, it's amazing. It really does play to, um, Trump's ability to do something and negotiate something without really giving up anything.

Yeah, so, and it's amazing to see, uh, Trump set his mind on something And see all the benefits. And, oh, and you know, Trump's not gonna back down.

He decided.

Yeah, he decided. He was just like, we're getting it, go ahead.

He even said— I'm so sorry— he even said that he was in deciding mode, and I thought, okay, he's listened. Either he's channeling Scott or he's listening to him.

I noticed that too.

Scott would be having so much fun with this story. He would just be telling you how he got the prediction right and he knew this was going to happen. He'd be talking about Trump's negotiating skills every I mean, it's just— it, like, I don't know how this could be a bigger win for Trump. Like, it— he basically got everything he wanted for free. Like, he didn't have to buy it. He just, like— and, and I— when you step back and you look at how all this happened, you know, he basically was doing the art of the deal the whole time where he was saying, I'm gonna take it, I'm gonna take it, it's gonna be mine, it's mine. And he's scaring everybody and he's panicking everybody. He's putting all this tension on the situation, right? Like, he, he's And he kept, kept up the pressure. Like, you know, it would go away for a little while while we'd be talking about other things, and then he'd bring it back and he'd be like, I'm still going after Greenland. And so he— I'm sure that if you put yourself in the shoes of Denmark and Greenland, they're like, you know, worried about what might happen and probably wanting to make a deal to avoid, you know, losing the whole country, basically.

Right.

And so, you know, this this is basically— it is the win-win to an extent, but it's really lopsided on our side because we got everything we wanted and we didn't have to pay anything for it. And we got control, I would say, over almost every important issue we care about in that country. We got control over, like, investments in the country. We have veto power over other countries investing in Greenland.

Yeah.

And I don't think it's just military. I think it's like economic, like energy investments. Like, we can say no to that. And And they— Greenland can't say no to that. Like, and the same thing with military. They cannot veto if we say we want a new military base here. They can't. They agreed. They can't say no to that. So we basically got everything we were looking for, and we didn't pay anything for it. And they do benefit. So it's a good deal for them because they get free military protection.

Right.

But, you know, to Marcel's point, we don't have to pay for any support. We don't have to take over the payments that Denmark makes to Greenland every year to keep them going because they don't really have enough of an economy to keep themselves going. And, um, so we don't get any of the bad parts and we get all of the good parts. And another thing I saw in one of the stories about this is we already had a deal for like the rare earth mineral rights.

Yeah.

That some US companies had bought the rare earth mineral rights. So we got the rare earths, we got military protection, and we got investment control over energy investments. So everything we would care about, it's just all there and it's like a huge win.

And yeah, for sure. And it's in perpetuity, like it can't go away. So it's not like another president in Greenland can make this go away or nobody can make it go away. It's there forever. So I guess unless we wanted out, but why would we want out? So that's pretty freaking amazing. And congratulations to President Trump. and everybody who worked on this deal. It's a win-win for everyone. And I'm sure the news will spin it in a bizarre and crazy way, which is actually going to have me come to you, Marcella, about the news. And so we know over, I guess it was Friday or over the weekend, President Trump has now banned CNN, MSNBC, Now and Politico from coming into the White House to report. You know, the news will say, well, it's because they write bad stories about him and blah blah blah. But you know, there are two sides to this story. And you know, as someone who is so disgusted with what we call our news organizations in this country, I don't blame him for for this. And we're going to find out from Marcella in a minute if it's. Constitutional and if it will hold up and this and that. But, you know, it is— it has become propaganda to just have people come in. He allows them in. He's so freaking transparent. He gives them more access than anybody, and then they'll not write the truth. They'll spin it. They'll leave important details out. And the thing that is upsetting about that, why— while I am all for free speech, is that It's dangerous what they're doing to the country because it can sway the people, a nation, a world, how they spin news into propaganda. And I know all news is propaganda at some point, but the hysteria that's come along with it can be dangerous. Like, you think about calling people terrible names because they're not into the gender-affirming care and your kids can become suicidal and like people pushing, you know, one narrative and COVID and the narrative they pushed on that, or Trump does something really great, they'll leave that story out but tell you something with a spin that it's horrible. So I could see the frustration and, you know, maybe part— I'm just ranting right now, but maybe part of it, it's like, you know, he could have an incentive to do this now before the midterms, which valid because you wanna get the good news out there and you want the people to feel good about all the wins happening and you're not gonna find them in your basic news people because they're not reporting them. So, Marcela, is it constitutional? Was it the right move? What's your take on it?

So there's 2 sides to the story. There's the persuasion side and the legal side. The legal side makes it not legal, unconstitutional based on the way it was done. So there's a case, there's a precedent set in 1977. I'm sure all of you know, but I will remind you, Sherrill v. Knight. And basically what Sherrill v. Knight said is that there's no general public access to the White House from anyone. So there's no constitutional right for us to access the White House on free speech matters. But the government already has created a voluntary press facility within the White House. Once you create that, you're allowing them in. And so there's a First Amendment as well as Fifth Amendment right, due process, and First Amendment free speech not to be denied arbitrarily to that access. It can only be denied for compelling reasons. Like, let's just say at one point or another, Osama bin Laden wanted to be a press person or something like that. You are able to deny him not on what he's going to write, but on the fact that he would be basically a terror, a danger to, you know, compelling reasons, danger. So the issue would be that what, how it's been decided, and there's been cases, I don't know if you remember Bob, what's his name? Acosta.

Jim.

He had, Jim, there you go.

Oh, I remember.

Jim had a lawsuit from CNN because he was denied access, and that was in 2018. And you still get, so he was denied access without any process. And so the court in that particular case which was a Trump-appointed judge, said that you can't do this, White House, because you don't give him a process where you're just going to limit him. So one of the things that all of the cases that have come down from the DC Circuit are claiming that it's all based on reasonable compelling reasons, but also there needs to be a process, a notice time, time for them to answer back. And then on top of that, there would have to be, it can't just be Viewpoint perspective. Like, oh, I don't like you, CNN, so therefore I don't like what you write, so therefore I'm gonna limit you. So that's where it hits the First Amendment. Like, if he said they smell and that's a compelling reason, or they're dangerous, then he can't bring them in. But he has to have, one, a process. Two, he has to have a non-neutral compelling reason, um, which he doesn't have here. And, you know, like I said before on different people, he knows that.

Mm-hmm.

He has many— he has more lawyers than, than a law firm has. Um, so he's aware of this. He's doing this. It's the 2 movies on one screen thing. He's playing to the base. He's showing, uh, literally, uh, he's making the other side fear him. And then on the other side, he's actually Kicking them out of the house and letting them know you're not going to do this to me, you know, and see, and maybe in a way he's also trying to see what, where he can go with Cheryl B. Knight and have that be reviewed. One of the things that I noticed about President Trump is that he's always pushing the envelope with cases and having the Supreme Court re-review things and do things like that. So does President Trump know all this? Of course he does. But does he do it? Yes, because he's pushing the envelope.

He's doing it to see where he goes and like kind of setting a scene and an example. All of it, it's optics, a lot of optics. So I saw—

oh God, he's playing to the base, right?

And I, I would just say, like, I, I'm not a lawyer, you probably know this much better than me. However, I do think there is a lot of Supreme Court precedent on the other side. I think there's at least 3 different cases where they have said You don't have the right to gather information. That's not part of the, the First Amendment. It's, it's— you can report whatever you want, you can say whatever you want according to those free speech guidelines, but gathering the information, there's no entitlement to that in the First Amendment.

He said that too. He said you can write whatever you want, but you can do it from the street, you can do it from wherever.

And it's not about gathering information, it's about access to the White House.

Right, but that's not protected by the First Amendment. That's what I'm saying.

It It's not protected. But the reason that it is acquired to them is because if you're going to have a press room in your White House, like, let's say, let's say for whatever reason Erica wanted to have a press room in her house, which is weird, but—

I do.

Want access. And so once you give that type of access, then what the court has said is once you give that access, you cannot therefore go by, you know, by certain, uh, viewpoints. You can't ban certain people just because of their viewpoints.

Well, if I were to predict how this will play out, it'll definitely go against Trump in the first round. Like, you know, whatever circuit court judge gets it, regardless of who it is, probably they'll say, oh no, you can't do that, you didn't follow the right process, whatever. But I do think once it gets up to the Supreme Court, it could change because they could say, no, you're not allowed You're not entitled to that. And for context, I would say, like, before Trump came along and took control of who has access, because he's, he's the one that opened up access to the right. If you remember, the White House Correspondents Association was this exclusive club where they decided who was allowed into the White House, and they got to just make those rules themselves. And Trump said, well, that's BS. Why would they get to decide?

Yeah.

And he opened it up to places like Breitbart and Gateway Pundit and all these other even independent, you know, journalists. And so they were already butthurt about that, but that now it's like, you know, once he's trying to make his own decisions about that, I don't think there's any, you know, no one, no one said what the White House Correspondents Association was doing was illegal. No one said that they were, you know, depriving the right in an illegal way or unconstitutional way of who was allowed. They just got to decide, you get this seat, you get that seat, and by the way, you're not allowed.

Mm-hmm.

And so I, I don't see any problem with the government doing the same thing. And I, you know, I, I don't know what law would say you have to follow a particular process and you have to do it. And in terms of viewpoint, I at least think there's an argument to be made that it's not just he doesn't like what they said. I think it's also they're lying. They're, they're, they're misleading the public. It's like propaganda. And, and it is harmful. And it is a compelling reason, in my opinion, that if you have an outlet that is outright lying and trying to subvert the government, that that is a compelling reason to say, you know, if you're not telling the truth and if you're misleading the public, then I think I at least have the right to say you're not doing it from inside the White House. You know, maybe the First Amendment lets you say whatever you want, but I don't have to let you in to get the information. You can do it just like everybody else in the public has.

Especially in the Oval. Like, he doesn't have to let anybody in the Oval, or he could.

I mean, yeah, you mentioned the Oval. Um, the DC court has decided that in the Oval and in closer, like at the airplane with him near his presence, there, there is more reasonable, um, where the, the president has access to say who's near him, who's not.

Right.

But the, the, the main thing is actually the press room.

Room. Uh-huh.

And that would be a different story. So it's always not really what they're writing, but What the access is and whether you've limited the access on other people besides these people. And then did you do a process? So like Owen was saying, maybe they are not truth-seeking and that's why I'm banning them and they're dangerous. What the court will say is, well, then you have to give them a procedure. There has to be a process, a notice process, a rebuttal process, a reason, a compelling— and that's what they've always indicated in all of the cases in regards to access.

Now, during the process, can the people be stayed out? Like, he can keep them out while the process is happening, while they're deciding?

Oh, yes.

Okay.

I think that's up to those judges along the way, though, because, you know, that's what I've seen happen is that there's injunctions. There's, you know, like, if they think it's an emergency for whatever reason that they have to be allowed access, then they'll say, oh, you can't do that until we figure it. And I know the other part they usually look at is who's likely to win. And then they'll, they'll put an injunction in place to say, okay, we think you're going to win, so we're going to go with your side for now, and then we'll decide later if it, you know, once we've heard the whole case, if it changes. Now, I don't, I don't know how it's going to play out in this case, but I think, um, you know, if I wouldn't be surprised if again the circuit court says you did something wrong and we're going to let them back in temporarily, and then But, you know, getting back to the political side that Marcello was talking about, I also think like that is the other game, and that's probably the more important game, frankly. It's a political thing. It's calling attention once again to the fake news, calling attention once again to how he's being treated unfairly. All this drama plays right into Trump's agenda. Even the court case, like, it just— it all brings more attention to the fact that CNN might not be telling you the truth and MSNBC might not be telling you the truth. And So I think it, it all benefits Trump. He has 2 ways to win, as Scott would say, that even if he loses the case, he still wins because he brings all this media attention to the fact that he thinks, at least, that MSNBC and CNN are treating him unfairly and are lying and are misleading the public. And so he's going to win even if he loses.

Um, they have to—

one interesting thing is they have to report— CNN, MSNBC have to report On, and I think political, they have to report on Trump calling them fake news and how they're lying, which is something they've avoided. So it's kind of like he's make—he's forcing them to talk about this.

Well, this is like to me, this is like a also a win for the news because they like to point out that Trump is a dictator, right? So they're just like, oh look, he wants to silence the press.

And I want to remember, wasn't it Obama that? I mean, Obama just claimed like, I could never do anything like that. But didn't he like lock up journalists?

Well, that's what I'm trying to say this whole time. So Obama was just talking somewhere and, you know, he's like, oh, Trump just, you know, kicked people out of the White House. You know, imagine if I tried to do that. And he did. He tried to ban Fox News from the White House and he lost. So, yes, you know, so it's like, let's not pretend like the Democrats are so clean because, I mean, Even that DSA POS in Maine, if you know, you know, the socialist, Fox News tried to ask him a question. Oh, Fox News, I'm not talking to you. I'm not talking to you. He's already doing that. So it's like, let's not pretend this doesn't happen on both sides. Jim Acosta personally, I was like, hey, let's go with the Acosta name and the Acosta because he was absolutely a disgrace. When he was reporting in the White House, I thought he should have been thrown out long before. But, you know, in my mind, I'm just like, well, when these people are in the, in the press briefing room, don't talk to them. Don't take any of their questions. Just let them sit there because they're going to report whatever they want anyway. So don't call on them to give them their own soundbite. Just kind of ice them out and let them report whatever they want. But they're, they're the base of the new people that watch this news. Are going to love this because it's proving to them that Trump is a king and a dictator. So that's where I think it might backfire because his, his base already knows and loves this. But the people that we need to hope will still vote for Republicans, this is a good op for the left, I think. So we're going to have to see how it plays out. Um, and Owen, what were you going to say?

Well, I was just saying, I think, I think frankly Obama was much more of this dictator type when you really look at what he did.

He was.

I think he tried to prosecute journalists. He tried to go after them pretty hard. And so I just think, you know, it's, it's not unprecedented that this stuff happens. And, um, you know, again, I, like I said, I kind of would predict that at least the first court case on this, which of course is coming very quickly, um, then You know, they'll— yeah, the Trump administration will probably lose the case. But I, I, I do think they should appeal it all the way to the Supreme Court. And I think they have at least a good argument. I, I mean, I don't know if they'll win. It might go the way that you're saying it went in the past where they'll say, you have to have a process. You have to do that, you know? And, but I, I do think there is at least a good argument that says there's nothing in the First Amendment that says you're allowed access to the White House. There is no legal basis for them to claim that they have access to the White House and they're entitled to that, or even that it has to be some kind of like, fair thing. Like, I, I don't know that there's anything that says you can't choose who you let into the White House. I mean, that's— to me, it's, it's just not protected by the Constitution, and I don't know if there's any other law that, that allows for that. And I understand you're saying, well, once you've done it, you have to follow a process to undo it, but like, if there's no legal basis for it, why does there need to be a process?

Well, we're about to really find out, because, you know, with people like Stephen Miller and everybody else, this This will go as far as they can take it. Yeah, Marianne, put them in a separate room. I just say while they're there, if you don't like them, don't call on them. Ice them out. Do— they don't get to come into the Oval Office anymore. They can sit in the press briefing room and play Scrabble on their iPhones.

Or that would be funny if you just created like an overflow room and you just put all the CNN and MSNBC people in there and they had a closed camera feed but they couldn't ask any questions. And then they— it'd be even funny. It'd be even funnier if you had like a live feed of them just watching them, you know, watching them watch from the sidelines.

If it didn't give them material, that's the thing. But it, it does give them material. This is like, I can just hear them all now. You know, I could see Jake Tapper with his face like, this is a disgrace. And like, everyone's so offended. It's like, yeah.

But again, I think, I think that plays to Trump's too. I mean, it's both. It, it, it helps both sides. I think Trump obviously wants this to be a headline. He wouldn't do this if he didn't want the headlines.

But who's watching CNN and MSNBC now? It's just their base. It's not gonna— I don't know, they're, they're just gonna carry on more and make people—

at the end of the day, I, I hope Trump doesn't succeed because— not because I don't like Trump, I love Trump— but it— he's not going to be the only president. There's going to be Democrat presidents that are going to— and like Owen was saying, Before, they didn't allow other media like Breitbart and other conservative media to the, to the press room. So maybe with this case, maybe he is in a way foretelling the future. So it's very clear what is allowed so that the next president can't disband this whole notion of having conservative press there. Could be. Maybe he's thinking outside the box, I guess.

Yeah, I guess. Well, you know, we'll see how it plays out. But interesting. I mean, listen, I'm all for it, but that's just my opinion. Okay, so I'm going to move on to— I think what I want to do first, because I was trying to decide which order. So tomorrow, Mark Mitchell will be joining us again. He's formerly from Rasmussen Reports. Now with his company called the Honest Polling Company. And I think it's— I want to play a clip of him today so we don't take up the time doing it tomorrow. I want to be able to just talk to him tomorrow. And, you know, you have to understand, he's just talking about the data. I know some people were upset last time, like, oh, you know, you're trying to black pill and this. And it's not. It's It's not about me and you that are going to vote for Republicans again straight down the ticket. There's a big issue with the midterms of independents not voting with Republicans anymore, actual socialists who voted for Trump this last time, mostly middle-class people. And Trump's losing a lot of the men. His numbers with men has dropped a lot under 40. And this is basically because of economics, in my opinion, because people just can't afford things. So I want to— Sean, you're one of the people that wanted him to come back on. I'm reading your comment. That's funny. Um, so I want to play this clip of him on Bannon, and it's like a 5 or 6 minute clip, but let's like really listen to what he's saying. Clear your heads. Just listen to what he's saying so we know. who have— we have to talk to about voting for the midterms. Otherwise, we're going socialist. Okay, so if we don't convince people and we don't come up with a plan, the plan's going to be socialist. So just let's pay attention. Here we go. You walk us through it any way you want to walk us through it, sir.

I think this is the most important chart I've ever had you put up on the show, and I think really Republicans need to step back And take a look at this because they don't understand public opinion. Now, personally, about me, you know me, I'm a right-wing guy, but I'm on Team America. My, my job is to represent the voters, not any political party. And so for the last year and a half, I've been pounding my fist on the table, trying to give them advice, trying to help them govern in a way that Americans will appreciate it. You know, we will get the things that Americans ask for out of Trump's mandate. And I'm telling you, it's been like pushing on a noodle. It's been really tough. And at this point, the polling does look like the Republicans are going to lose pretty decently. I mean, that just is what it is. I can't sugarcoat it. That's not what I'm here to do. But this chart really explains why. And so what you're looking at is one of the most important questions you can ask, and it's YouGov data, but it's because they have so much. It's such a really great time series here. Is the economy getting better Or worse. And as you can see, going into the COVID period during Trump's first term, people were basically split on whether the economy was getting better or worse. And then all of a sudden, Americans got a really big wake-up call. They got a bucket of ice cold water dumped on their head. They had COVID and they had the government response, massive bipartisan bailout stimulus bill, closing of all of the small businesses across the country. Everybody going to Walmart, And then, you know, this massive run-up of asset prices caused by the way that we handled this crisis. And what happened is economy getting worse shot up from basically the low 20s all the way up to 60. That's that red line there. And it's been there the whole time. So now a lot of people are saying, well, Republicans deserve to win because Biden caused this mess, or because, look, we have a 5.1% GDP all of a sudden. Or the stock market's at record highs. I don't know what to tell you. There's been a K-shaped recovery. Americans, the people who aren't the wealthiest 1%, essentially have just absolutely been pounded by everything. And you can point to the CPI, but this is about decades of wage suppression. This is about asset inflation and the cost of housing. It's about the fact that they have to pay $400 every time they want to fill the refrigerator. It's not about eggs and gas prices. It really isn't. I mean, you know, the gas price is an unfortunate symbolic thing right now, but this is about people paying like rent-sized checks in order to have healthcare, and then they still have a $10,000 family deductible. Like, these are the problems that Republicans have to figure out how to fix if they wanna win. So that red line, if you trace it, dipped 2 times. And the only 2 times, the only thing that affected Americans' opinions that the economy was no longer getting worse was the inauguration of Biden and the inauguration of Trump. And what that means is that people were hopeful that they voted for somebody, knew this person was gonna come in and fix the economy. And as you could see with the Biden situation, that it didn't help at all. It went from like 30 all the way back up to 65. And, and people were like, no, no, no, this guy, he's retarded. He doesn't know, doesn't know what he's doing. And right around that spike there in the red line, right in the middle of the graph, is when basically people decided, no, we made a mistake, we want Trump back. So now look, there's right where the green and red line kiss there, right on the right side, that's Trump inauguration. And people were like, finally, I like what we're seeing out of this guy. First couple of months of his second administration were great. And then all of a sudden, you know, Liberation Day hit and sort of Doge went away and people were like, something's not right here. And now those red and those purple lines are farther apart than they've pretty much ever been on the chart, almost as bad the height of COVID And a lot of that's obviously because of the Iran situation and the way that just prices haven't come down. Now, you could say again, Trump has gotten CPI under control, but I'm here to tell you that's not enough according to this chart for Americans. And this is the brutal reality of about how public opinion works. These people do not watch CNBC. They have to deal with their wallet every single day. And Republicans seem so insulated for that. They think they're gonna come in They're gonna be able to run on the Dow hitting 50,000, and they're gonna be able to run on these investments that are gonna pay off over a 10 or 20-year timeline. Americans aren't feeling this anymore, and we're not in the country where everybody is a binary red team, blue team voter. So here's what I've been saying for a very long time, and I wanna say it again. Americans are probably going to vote for socialists this time. Now, America is not like— they don't wanna be a socialist country, People think we're a capitalistic country, but they also think that the traditional conservative parts of capitalism have failed. This idea that we can continue to run on Art Laffer and Reaganomics and tax cuts for corporations, and that eventually people will realize that that's the principled position and that we need to go back to that or everything else is socialism, those days are past because Americans are increasingly becoming socialistic out of desperation. And if you wanna beat socialism, the only alternative is to focus on rebuilding the middle class every day. That's gotta be your primary focus. And that's what people, I think, thought they were getting outta the second Trump administration. They wanted somebody to get in there and, and take retribution against a broken system. Well, like, that's important. They wanted, you know, accountability and reform for the federal government, drain the swamp, waste, fraud, and abuse. Doge, they— you were talking about judges. Yeah. Early in Trump's term, he had basically a mandate to impeach all these people. People don't want violent Venezuelan gang leaders here. And 2 to 1, people wanted Judge Boasberg impeached. And that was way back in March of 2025. You know, Congress whiffed on that. And we can talk all we want to about it now, but the window is basically closed because we're here a month and a half away from an election where the Democrats are up 9 points among likely voters right now. And that's with a post-RNC bump. So I mean, they're gonna lose Congress. Like, the Republicans are almost certainly gonna lose Congress. And at this point, as a pollster, there's nothing I can really do other than— I mean, I guess you have this, you can't vote for socialist messaging, and that will get a lot of your core Republican voters out, but it's not gonna get that 35% of Trump's 2024 big tent coalition that was independents, Crossover Democrats, working-class people, minorities, and get this, actually socialists. Trump got a lot of socialist votes, believe it or not, because 50% of under-40 Trump voters said that they would actually vote for a socialist. And we've asked this before, and 3/4 of the under-40 Trump voters said that they would support nationalizing major industries. Almost 60% of them support excess wealth confiscation.

Yeah.

And now we have a new poll out, out of the Honest Poll. And I mean, it looks like, again, this is a repudiation of traditional conservative economics. One of the questions we—

Okay, so Kitty Bits, um, he does not live in DC. He lives near me on the Jersey Shore, and Scott respected him a lot. Um, and, uh, I'm gonna give it to you first, Owen.

Well, I, I do, I do think he's saying some things that I recognize are true, but I do think a lot of this is propaganda as well. I think that, um, you know, a lot of the things he's saying, I think the Trump administration is fully aware of, and they are doing what, at least what they think they can do to try and address these problems. Trump's been trying to get down drug prices. He's been trying to get down energy prices. He's been trying to get down grocery prices. He's been, you know, promising this $5,000 check to everybody. Like, they certainly recognize the problem and they're doing what they can to do it. I think I would agree that there is a lot of opportunity to redo our healthcare system. I've talked about that before and what I think we should do. But, and I think the Iran war, you know, would have been much better if we had gotten out of that in the spring. So it wasn't a current issue and we didn't have $6 Gas prices. So like, I'm not denying what he's saying. I am just saying that part of the— part of it is the fake news aspect of it, where it's like places like CNN and MSNBC and most major media publications are highlighting all the problems because it sells newspapers or sells clicks or whatever. And they don't talk about these victories. You don't hear about these victories. You know, you have Trump accounts, you have all these other things that are making life better for a lot of people. And it doesn't get nearly the same media attention as all the negative stuff. And so, you know, I, I don't know exactly how it's going to play out in the midterms. It's really kind of a crapshoot in my mind just because you have all the redistricting, you have a lot more money coming from the Republican side this cycle. And so there may be some change between now and November. I don't know. But, and I wouldn't be surprised if it goes the way Mark is saying. But I do hope it doesn't. And I think we should try and do everything we can to get everybody out to vote because midterms typically do have a lower turnout, which means there's more opportunity if you get people to come out for it and convince them that it really is important, then you might be able to have an outsized impact compared to a presidential election cycle where a much higher percentage of people are going to vote. So I don't think we should be defeatist about it. I think we should try and do everything we can to get the socialists out or keep them out and to swing things the way we want so that the Trump administration still has control of Congress and we don't end up with 2 years of just impeachments and whatever else they're going to do. But I do think if I had to bet on it today, I'd say, sure, I probably agree with Mark that we're more likely to lose the midterms, at least in the House. I think I've seen some predictions at least that we'll probably keep the Senate. But I don't think it's a done deal at this point. I think there is a chance, and I think we should fight for it everywhere we possibly can. So I think, yes, there are some things I disagree with or think they should have done a better job with, but I do think at least where they can, I think the Trump administration is following this advice. They are doing what they can to try and make things more affordable for people and speaking to those types of issues.

It's just The media doesn't cover it. Well, so I'm watching the comments. It's, it's amazing. So you guys have to understand, anyone watching Scott Adams School that watched Scott Adams, you guys are so much more informed than your average American. Okay, you know so much more. You're paying attention. You're smarter. You're more aware. So you have to understand, like, first of all, I do live in the real world. I don't have to live in Arkansas to be someone not in a bubble. Um, I, I own a few businesses. Everything is blue collar. Um, and I'll tell you right now, my— I, on the conservative end, my business expenses have now gone up 68%. 68%. And you know what, Marcella, we were saying the other day, like, I can't I can't pass that across to my customers, but we had a talk and we're going to have to put a surcharge on our jobs now because our fuel prices— our whole company runs on fuel. All of our blue-collar friends, their businesses generally run on fuel, talking about diesel. So I want to say, you know, don't dismiss what he's saying because you believe something. When I talk to people in the real world, They have no clue what's happening in the news. They know what's happening in their bank account. They know what happens when they go to the store. They know what happens when they have to put gas in their car. They know what happens when their kids want money for something and they just don't have extra money for the thing. So, you know, you could be mad at him, you could be mad at me, you know, for the opinion, but in the real world, people are not informed like you guys are. They just know what their wallet's saying. Um, okay, Marcela, take it away.

I think Trump has to do— the Republicans and Trump have to do 2 things. And I don't discount, um, Erica. And, and this is what, what Mark was talking about is regarding people that don't really watch the news. It's like, how— what do you think? Is the economy doing better or worse? And even if what Owen's saying is true, they— and, and I'm sure Owen would agree— their perception is not reality, right? So their perception is it's not well, 2 things that he can do. One is end the Iran War or have some kind of agreement in place so that the, the, the oil goes down in price. The other thing that I don't see anybody doing is, okay, so the economy is not doing that well. Will it do better under a communist— under a communist country? No way, Jose, you know. So The thing is, I don't see a full-on fight on the idea that maybe just give us more time to perfect and help the middle class, but to go full-on socialist, what does that look like? And what does that mean to your economy? If you think you're paying high prices now, wait until the socialists get into power.

Absolutely.

That's what I don't see anybody talking about, because if you look at Even semi-socialist countries like in Europe, in Sweden and in Iceland— well, Iceland, that's not a socialist, it's not socialist— but Sweden and other countries like that, um, the price of oil and diesel and all sorts of things is way sky high. Um, Europe itself has a lot of socialist programs. This is what we wanted. So you want that Um, also, do you want free healthcare like Canada has, like England has? Then you're gonna wait forever. I wanna— not that they don't do it— I wanna see them to full-on fear propaganda about what could happen to you if you're in a socialist country. I wanna see that. And 2— and the first one, I wanna see him make— negotiate a deal, and I think he's gonna be able to do it. Uh, with Iran. Oh God, I hope so.

I mean, but it would be great just before the midterms. You win the midterms.

I think it's just like, it's like the third act kind of thing in a movie where it's like you don't see it happening, but then everything goes into place and it's almost last minute, but he wins the, the whole entire thing. I could see that happening.

Um, Kitty Bits, I don't know why you're You're, you're just freaking me out today. No one here thinks communism or socialism is the answer. Of course our lives would be so horrendous if they get into power.

We wouldn't even have a car to put oil in.

Exactly. Like, none of us are saying it would work, but what you have to understand— and okay, you're just as smart as your neighbors, great— I'm just saying people aren't paying attention to The news and reports and data, but it's up to us. It's up— and, and like, obviously we just talked about fake news for half an hour and that they lie and put fear out there. The news wants socialism to come in. Like, this is all part of their thing. I don't know why, but they do. Maybe it's just because they hate Trump and Republicans. But the thing is, is that the people that aren't paying attention are only paying attention to their bottom line. So they're saying Yes, and yes, Kitty Bits. Yes, we paid a ton of money under Biden. That has nothing to do with right now. But what happens is, is when the people in power are not coming through for the average person, this is why we ebb and flow all the time and we try the other people. And then they get in and they screw up everything and we're like, let's try the other people. But the people that are paying attention, like I'm voting For Republicans straight down the ticket. You, you couldn't pay me. I can't even see it down the road of ever voting for a Democrat. They have lost their ever-loving minds completely. But it's not about me and it's not about you. It's about the people that are not paying attention, which is honestly the majority. Yes, the middle-class people are smart, but they're not paying attention to this. They're going to work. They're with their families, with their kids, trying to make ends meet. So what we're saying is, We want the Republicans to stay in power more than anything. What do we have to do for that? What is the messaging? How do we help persuade people? Go ahead, Owen.

Yeah, and I, I want to tie this back to what Scott— I think Scott would say about this is you have to remember people aren't rational. It's not about the fact, it's not about, you know, the reality. It's about how people perceive that, and a lot of that is emotional. And it ties into what you're saying in the sense of if you see your bottom line, you can call that a fact. But I think it's more about the emotional part of that. That's why when you can, you know, you can look at the facts on the graph and say, well, inflation was 15% under Biden and it's only 3% or whatever now. And that makes sense rationally that we're better off now than we were under a Democrat president. But I think that doesn't matter because people are still seeing that they're paying so much and they don't have higher wages and they are just looking at that and it's Emotionally, it's not easy to convince someone to say, well, that's the other guy's fault and we really fixed it because it doesn't feel like you fixed it. If you don't see prices coming down or you don't see wages going up, then it doesn't feel like it's better. And the feeling is what you have to appeal to, to persuade people. And so I think as much as we can, we need to make it visceral, visual, more persuasive to be able to say, we have a plan that's better than their plan, and you should really vote for the Republicans to keep Congress. Otherwise, you're going to be in for a world of hurt. That has to be the type of message that goes out. And I'm not sure how well they're doing with that. I don't think Republicans are generally very good at that. Trump is certainly a lot better than most in that regard because he certainly gets it. But I think it doesn't It doesn't mean that he's getting through enough to make a difference. And even with lots of money, unless you're sending the right message with that money, you're not necessarily going to get people to come out and vote for you.

Marcella, anything on this?

No, he's right. Owen's right about that. It's more emotional, but then go to the emotions. You want to— you think it's expensive now, you won't even have a car to even oil into it. Or one of the things that I— my best friend lived in the USSR. The USSR would, would basically turn off your, your, um, your heater whenever they wanted to. They had central control over your building. And what happened to, um— so one of the things that you can say about the Democrats, and obviously them being extreme leftists now in the Democratic Party, not the Clinton type of Democrat, is that that's going to be a thing that they, they admire. They admire, um, they're environmentalists. One of the reasons that diesel is so high is that there hasn't been refineries being built here in the— in America as much as there should be. Um, so this, this whole situation has been one— yes, it's the war, but one of them has— it has been created by the Climate change, environmentalists. Some of the taxes in the oil in California— I only know California— is taxed to the wazoo because of the homeless tax, the environmentalist tax, the this tax. All of it, obviously, by Nick Shirley standards, is possibly not going to where it's saying it's going. But even if it was, it's still not right. So, um, you know, cut taxes, do something. But also remember, it's all emotional. So hit the emotional part. Go out there and, and speak to the American people everywhere, not just your base, but the young people about all of this. Um, and when I say young, I say under 40.

Yeah.

It's not teenagers or whatever. But one of the things is like this whole entire situation was created by the left. The fact that we don't have, uh, that we're overregulated, that we're overtaxed. I'm sure New Jersey has taxes on their, on their gasoline, taxes on whatever it is. So, you know, remove— one of the things they could do also with them having Congress, um, and be GOP right now is remove the, uh, a certain level of income, remove The taxes.

Tax. Yeah. I mean, I thought we were going to do that. That would be great. I really feel, I really feel for the people that, you know, they're just— the struggle is real, as we say, right? The struggle is real. And I get it. I mean, if I was like— I'm so thankful that I'm in an okay position. But if this was maybe years ago before I got to where— I mean, listen, I'm not retiring, trust me, but I'm okay right now. I'm not complaining about where I stand, but I feel so bad. I mean, I'm cutting back. I was in the grocery store the other day and I was listening to Patrick Bet-David in my ears on a podcast, and I forget who he had on, but they were talking about diesel and whatever, which really, really affects my bottom line. I'm in the store and I'm like, I'm not getting that. That's too expensive. I'm not getting that. And I've been feeling that for a long time. And I'm just like, I'm picking and choosing. I'm like, you know what? I'm going to just start cooking some stuff and put it in the freezer for the winter. If things get really rough, I'll have some food already prepared. These are probably the lower grocery prices right now compared to what might be coming. And I get panicky. So, you know, it's just like, I, I just can't imagine like not being able to buy my medication. Like, you know, people rely on their medication. You know, what if you can't pay for it? What if you can't go to the doctor? I mean, my health insurance is a freaking fortune, and my, my, um, what's that called, deductible is ridiculous. So I'm just paying out the wazoo for insurance. Um, it's scary. So then now people are picking and choosing, like Well, maybe I'll take this medication but not this one, and maybe I won't go to the doctor and get that test because the copay and the deductibles are too much. Like, it's scary. So that's what we're saying. We want the Republicans to win. The alternative of socialism or the Democrats is like the worst-case scenario. And I fear that if it does go that way, that there's kind of no coming back because It's just going to throw everything into so much more chaos. So I'm very hopeful that Trump will be able to get great messaging out to everybody that needs to hear it. You know, we'll keep our fingers crossed on this stuff, and it's our job also to help people understand. Maybe they don't understand what those you know that these people are socialists slash communists and what could happen. So I think we need to talk.

people.

But I just— so I think we need to reframe the election. The election is not whether it's gonna give you the best economy possible. The, the election reframe should be America, or America has to survive this, this socialist takeover. So it's the socialist takeover. It's— you must go out to vote unless you want to not see America anymore. Like, I don't know how to impress upon you what can lead— what can happen to America if this were to one by one allow a socialist into your government. The reason I moved here was because I wanted this not to be a socialist country, right? A lot of us who are immigrants who are— who came here not wanting to come here, but needing to come here because of our countries and the socialist movements within our countries. You have to go out and vote, and you have to vote on the candidates to push the America that we want. We don't want a Marxist America. We had the USSR, that imploded. We had East Germany, that imploded. We have Cuba, who I think there was another blackout. We don't want that. This is, this is not even about your diesel being expensive or your oil, which is, I'm sure it's emotional. This is about survival. Yeah. And being able to keep the America you need and want intact.

Yes. And I know we're, we're at the time, but I'm going to give this one to Owen. Kitty, I see you also asking about voter fraud. Yeah, that's a huge freaking problem, which is all the more reason why we have to get out and vote. Like, we have to overwhelmingly not let socialists win in America. So is there a way, Owen, to stop voter fraud? We know we're, we're trying, but I mean, we've got these crazy judges and, um, I, I don't— I, you know, I don't see that happening before midterms. Oh, did I lose Owen? Well, Owen might have ducked off for a meeting.

There definitely can be, um, voter fraud. So what do we— what did Scott say for voter fraud? We gotta vote even more so we can overcome the voter fraud. Um, so always, always make your math in your head that there will always be fraud, you know, but, uh, you got— that's why everybody has to go out and vote. And I know, like Owen was saying, Most people do not go out to vote because it's not presidential election. No, you have to go out and vote. Yes, there's expensive prices out there, but guess what? You won't even have the notion of prices if you keep voting the socialists in.

Yeah. So you have, we have to vote overwhelmingly, everybody take, take people with you. But the, the way to do it is to really explain to people, like we keep saying, like what could happen. Okay. Can you hear me now? Yes.

Okay. Sorry. So, yeah, I think there's very little we can do now. I mean, there are some states where we're already voting, so it's time. Midterms are here. So whatever we've done, we have done. Now, I do think Trump has been trying to tackle this as best he can, and I think he's had some success. Like, they are prosecuting a lot of noncitizen voters, and they're deploying monitors to all sorts of places. They at least have made partial progress on the mail-in ballots, like where they, you know, stopped some of the stuff that the US Postal Service was going to do. And I don't even know exactly where that landed, but I know it was kind of like they made some progress and the judges kind of stopped it because they said it was too close to the midterms and things like that. So it may not be everything we want it to be. It certainly isn't, but I think there's at least partial progress there. But I would echo what you said, Erica. The main thing is just to get out and vote. Get all the people you know to get out and vote. Get as many people out there to vote. That's the only remedy we have. The only action we can really take is to just put so many votes in the system that they can't cheat without it becoming so obvious that they won't get away with it. Yes. And that's the best we can do.

Yes, it does help to volunteer and help candidates, like, just do whatever they need, do whatever helps alleviate them. And also, who— oh gosh, who was just telling us? Was it Steve Cortez? No, I forget who it was, but they said if you do show up in person and vote early— in person, in person— and vote early, it saves a ton of money also for the Republican Party.

That was Steve Cortez that said that.

Okay, so, so that's important. So vote in person as early as you can. Bring people with you. If you vote in person early, it saves the Republicans a lot of money to then keep pushing ads out while the final days count down. And you ask people, what can I do to help? What can I do to volunteer? Do you need me to pick people up? You can offer on— I'm just making this up— Facebook, like, hey, if anyone needs a ride to the polling, maybe there's people that don't have a car or gas is Or they don't know that early voting is open right now. Right.

I mean, not in every state yet, but some now and most very soon.

Yes. So it's gonna definitely be a group effort, you guys, and we have to be part of it. Like, you can't sit it out. You can't get upset. Like, don't get upset, like, at the things Mark Mitchell's talking about. It's, it's just reality. I know what Scott says about polling and data. Yes, yes, yes. But he also Relied on talking to them to get some information also. So he'll be here tomorrow. And if you guys want to drop any questions for me, um, on our post on X after the show, I'll do my best to work in your questions. But like, now's the time. It's crunch time. So I thought it was a good time to have him back to understand, you know, and you know what, Kitty, maybe tomorrow he can give us a lot of ideas of what we can do like this late in the game to to ensure that Republicans win. It's going to be tough. And I mean, history says it's going to be tough. It's just the way it goes sometimes. It goes more often, it goes to the team not in power. Um, not always, but this is going to be tough. And you would think it would be easy because socialism's on the other, other side, but it's not. It's not going to be easy because of the economy. So let's ask him all sorts of questions tomorrow, so drop them to me and we'll read them over and see what we can do. And sometimes you got to have like a tough show and talk about things because we can't pretend everything's okay. We know who we're voting for, but we need to push it along. Marcela, anything in closing?

That if you— to go out and vote, um, but also to volunteer in your area, to go out, knock on doors, talk to your neighbors, Tell them you're, you know, don't obviously get into a fight, but talk to them about the economy. Don't, don't make it be about like Republican or Democrat. Make it about whether you want to still have an economy or whether you want to have a controlled dictatorship under socialism, you know. Um, obviously not in those words, but it's like, oh, so you're having a bad time economically. Okay, well, it seems like you're gonna vote for somebody that's gonna make it worse. and this is how, you know, and be understanding, you know, understand each other. Um, because all we want is the best for America. That's right. Yeah, that's right.

Oh, and anything in closing? I think it's an important topic.

I mean, I think we mostly covered it, and I— the final thing I would just say is that it's not the end of the world if we don't win the House. Like, it— yes, it's bad. I'm not saying don't fight. Absolutely fight. But I personally think it's much more important that we win 2028. I think what I'm expecting if we do lose the House is just that nothing's going to get through Congress and you're going to have a whole bunch of theater going on, which we see all the time anyway. It'll just be on the other side and it'll be ridiculous. And we'll talk about all that as it happens. But, you know, Trump will keep doing his executive orders and we'll keep doing essentially what we have been doing in many ways for the next 2 years. And it might even help us in 2028 to show how ridiculous these people are. So, you know, I'm only saying that to say I'm not blackpilling. Like, even if we lose, it's not the end of the world. That's really the only message I'm saying.

Yes, it is. I'm just kidding.

In my mind, it is. It is the beginning of the end. Okay. I've seen it happen in other countries. I, you know, we can talk about the, you know, the signs of it. In another show, but it is the beginning of an end that we don't— I don't want to see in America.

Oh, I agree that we should fight it every step of the way and that it is a loss if we lose control of the House. But I'm just saying, in the grand scheme of things, it's not like the end of the world if that happened. I'm talking about midterms. If we become a socialist country, yes, that's an awful scenario, and I hope we never get there. I don't think this particular midterms is like end of the world stuff, but I just, you know, I still fight, still try and get it where we want it to be. And it is very important. It's just not, you know, you don't need to black pill and be like, oh, I got to go get in my bunker and stock up yet.

Get your bunker.

It is a slippery slope. But you know what? And the impeachment, the impeachment of Trump will start. There'll be 10 Articles of impeachment on Trump. They're going to try to put him back in jail. Like, I'm so sick of it. Oh my God! Like, I just miss the old days of Democrats and Republicans pretending to work together. It was so refreshing. Thanks, Crusher. So yeah, I think it's important to talk about. So we're gonna do it again tomorrow, but you know, in a much different way with Mark Mitchell. So again, he was at Rasmussen Reports forever polling. And now he owns the Honest Polling Company. He had a falling out with Rasmussen, and honestly, like he talked about it, they wanted him to. This is what he said: They wanted him to kind of fudge numbers to make it look better for Trump, and he's just like, "You're not helping anyone by doing that." And then they silenced him for a long time. I asked him to come on. Back in January, I asked him to come on because I know, you know, his relationship, um, with Scott, and he couldn't. He's like, I'm not allowed to talk to any media. And, um, then when he was finally able to leave and start his own company, um, he's doing his thing now. So he'll be back on tomorrow. It'll be interesting. And I think we should embrace it and then amplify what we need to do. So thanks for staying late, you guys. Thanks for staying late. I know, Rob, we're all sick of it. Ugh. So we really appreciate everybody for being here. If you could hit the thumbs up, the like, the subscribe before you go. You know, we're we're all in this together. You know, I think I I would think and guess and hope the majority of us watching this want you know our Constitution to be our guiding principle and to stay under those laws and values and to you know keep America. Free and great and prosperous and better than it could ever be. Let's have it grow into something amazing and even more beautiful. Owen and Marcella, I'll see you guys tomorrow. Thank you so much for today. Thanks everybody. And thanks to Scott and Shelley for allowing this show to continue. And let's really go out there and be useful today. Don't be Afraid. Be— stand like in your conviction that we're gonna, we're gonna get this done. We've got to do it together. I won't either, Crank One. We've got to do this together. And we'll have a couple of tough conversations before the midterms just to steel our resolve, right, Owen?

Absolutely.

Mm-hmm. All right. So let's have a closing sip to Scott and we'll see you guys tomorrow. To Scott.

To Scott.

All right, guys, if anyone wants an Akira song, stick around. And if not, we'll see you tomorrow. Thank you so much for being here. And let's see, what do we have? What do we have?

Matt has declared that you're media now, so I'm hoping you'll get your White House press pass soon.

Dude, let me in. Let me in. I would love to see that. Be so good. All right, on media, we're getting in there.

All right, you guys, I'll see y'all later.

Bye. Bye. Okay, you guys, how about— I keep feel like only certain ones show up. Okay, the best time of my day. Did I just do that? Let's do it. Who said the payoff? Where's the payoff? Here, the payoff. Ready? Here we go.

What if laziness is a habit of thinking about the cost of things or the effort instead of thinking about the payoff? The payoff. I'm going to say it again. The payoff. Get a few more heads to explode. What if you could reverse laziness by simply developing a habit of thinking more about, let's say, the delicious food that you'd like to enjoy instead of how long it would take you to get up and go get it. But the real question is, if you were to test this at home and try to see if you can think more about the good outcome and less about the work, would you get it done? What if laziness is a habit of thinking We're thinking about the cost of things or the effort instead of thinking about the payoff. The payoff. I'm gonna say it again. The payoff. Get a few more heads to explode. Why is it that people have a second child? You know, why does a woman who goes through this awful awful childbirth have a second child? Don't they always say the same thing? If I remembered how bad this was, I wouldn't do it again, right? So the not thinking about the effort is vital to actually the survival of humanity. If we focused on how hard it was to have a baby, you just wouldn't do it, or you'd do too little of it. But if you focus on how awesome it would be to have a fat Well, there you go. You're gonna go through the pain because you've already, you've already committed. You're gonna go through the pain because you've already, you've already committed. What if laziness is a habit of thinking about the cost of things or the effort instead of thinking about the payoff? The payoff. I'm gonna say it again. The payoff. Get a few more answers. Am I ambitious, or do I simply have a thinking habit which produces dopamine because I'm thinking about the positive outcome? And is the dopamine the thing that gets me up and moving? And when you're observing me, you say, how the hell do you get so much And how do I do it? I think it's just this. I think it's just this. When I think of all the things I do, I think about them in terms of their benefits. What if laziness is a habit of thinking about the cost of things or the effort instead of thinking about the payoff?

The payoff.

I'm gonna say it again. And fail.

And fail.

And let's get a few more heads to it. And fail.

And fail.

And fail.

And fail.

So here's your tip. It's gonna change some of your lives. Think about the positive, not about the work, and see what that does to you.

Amen. Think about the positive and not the work, and see what that does to you. I love it. It's just so simple. You ask Grocky. Let's see. Let's see. All right. So Kitty Bits. Sorry, I kept seeing your post today, and I wanted to like. Address it and like kind of calm you in a way to understand. Like I hear you, and this is what we have to do. Sometimes I just like someone's comments just get like stuck into my eyeballs, and then I'm like I can't help it. I'm focusing on you now. Love you, Crusher. Oh my gosh! Oh, you have a huge yes, yes, Goldie. Focus on that. I love that. Yes. Okay. So locals, all of you were having problems. You couldn't post memes and pictures today. It was. Terrible. Thanks, Nefarious Johnson. Thanks, Deb. Oh, you know, I just, uh, I'm just like, wait, I just want to talk to you. Um, let's see. Yay! Okay. Oh, Beverly, I already forgot what song you want. You said it and I forgot it. If you're not here, I'll go back and look. Um, I'm looking forward to tomorrow too. Like, let's make good use of Mark. I mean, he's Got his finger on things, and let's like find out how we can be useful with that. Love you, Goldie. You're welcome, Bee. Thanks, Doug. That's really sweet. Very sweet. Marcella gets it. She has been there, done that, right? Thanks, Crank. I'm I'm trying to look at all the comments. Let me see.

Da da da.

So, oh, thanks, Bev. Let me write that down. What you think about. It's so true. I just had this conversation with a friend yesterday. I said, stop thinking about the negative things in your head. You're just like reinforcing it. It's easy to do, but it's also easy once you practice not to. Thanks, Goldie. Thanks, Mrs. Scoop. Bye, Bart. Thanks. All right, guys, say your goodbyes. We'll be back tomorrow with Mark Mitchell, and I will post on X somewhere. I'll say drop your questions for Mark, and if you'd prefer— Marianne! And if you prefer to DM them to me, I mean, I'd rather you just put them in the thing, but I understand. Jim Courtney! Okay, guys. I'll see you tomorrow. Thanks, Kitty. I love you too. All right. Bye, you guys. In Kentucky. Yay. Mwah.