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@mclartychannel
August 13, 2024 at 6:04 pm
America is Number One among countries that call themselves Number One.
@Tucker-Man-
August 13, 2024 at 6:06 pm
Appreciate them coming right out and telling people not to support Dem candidates in red areas. /s
@benjaminpeace1853
August 13, 2024 at 6:13 pm
If you’re a Democratic Party member you haven’t gotten to pick your preferred candidate since Obama. Democracy for ya.
@johnphillips7444
August 13, 2024 at 6:13 pm
You might as well why is the 1st amendment so hard to change.
@olbapzeuqzav4215
August 13, 2024 at 6:23 pm
Trump 2024
@benjaminshutt4710
August 13, 2024 at 6:26 pm
This was a good video but was very liberally biased. Would love to see a video that was equally conservatively biased. And then another video that represented the moderate majority.
@olbapzeuqzav4215
August 13, 2024 at 6:30 pm
Brought to you by Harris/Walz
@commonsense0692
August 13, 2024 at 6:34 pm
America politics is so corrupt😂
@serenityq26
August 13, 2024 at 6:39 pm
electorial college is soooooooooo stupid. physician, heal thyself amurica.
@johanneshalberstadt3663
August 13, 2024 at 6:50 pm
So, IF the money people donate really has an effect, does nt that meam that the vote is kind of not the thing that decides an election? Isn’t that what a democracy should be, deciding by voting? Not being forced to spend money if you want you candidate/party to win? This per se is a bias towards party programs that favor the rich.
@mattf9096
August 13, 2024 at 7:11 pm
I’m not familiar with these people and their content, but based on this video alone they seem very left leaning.
@joeysandoval9823
August 13, 2024 at 8:00 pm
I’d say they just have common sense
@RainbowQueen23
August 13, 2024 at 7:24 pm
This defiantly needs another episode
@Canrugger
August 13, 2024 at 7:39 pm
Because the US is backwards
@ahillmann
August 13, 2024 at 7:39 pm
It’s so nice to live in a country which is not in perpetual election mode. The candidates are announced six weeks before the election, then they start campaigning. After the election, we wait for almost six years before the next election starts. Unlike in the US in which the campaign for the next president starts the very next day after the election.
@weston.weston
August 13, 2024 at 7:43 pm
John and Tommy are fun and funny on their podcast and I ❤ them and their pod. However, I enjoyed seeing them more serious in this setting.
@Kaede-Sasaki
August 13, 2024 at 7:43 pm
Isn’t “gender reveals” flashing people since that person is revealing their gender? 😳😱
@Kaede-Sasaki
August 13, 2024 at 7:44 pm
Error 404
@Kaede-Sasaki
August 13, 2024 at 7:44 pm
Disappearance protection
@mr.edgarfriendly5751
August 13, 2024 at 7:57 pm
We are not a democracy…
@joeysandoval9823
August 13, 2024 at 7:59 pm
No crap. Think of it as a concept of people voting. We aren’t being technical in this context.
@prosocial_lad
August 13, 2024 at 8:05 pm
@wired You must do a series on how government works/doesnt with these gentlemen and more commentators. This is like crash course but more my style.
@Holleaux
August 13, 2024 at 8:13 pm
Ooooo I hate the term “Common sense gun laws”. It makes it sound like it’s the wild west here. Where I can go into any gas station to buy a pack of cigs, a handle of whiskey, and a Glock in under five minutes.
@lorrainemcgrail6315
August 13, 2024 at 8:34 pm
Can you not buy guns at walmart?
@Holleaux
August 13, 2024 at 9:01 pm
@@lorrainemcgrail6315 Yeah after filling out a ATF 4473 form and doing NICS background check. The total process can take a few hours to a week or two.
@lorrainemcgrail6315
August 13, 2024 at 9:21 pm
@@Holleaux mmm-hmm and if i buy one at a gun show?
@lorrainemcgrail6315
August 13, 2024 at 9:23 pm
@@Holleaux also wooow a whole week or two? That’s incredibly long compared to other high index countries lol
@naciremasti
August 13, 2024 at 8:15 pm
For part two:
“What’s democratic about America’s two party system?”
@angelgarbarino300
August 13, 2024 at 8:18 pm
Love these guys!
@MatthewThornhillTheDoctor
August 13, 2024 at 8:18 pm
The US is not a democracy. The fact that that wasn’t immediately called out means that I can’t trust the remainder of the responses.
@3seven5seven1nine9
August 13, 2024 at 8:32 pm
Our low turnout is kind of a blessing as far as voter security goes, bc do you really think ineligible people are voting by the thousands if not even eligible people care enough to?
@ftwtech
August 13, 2024 at 8:35 pm
0:35 *2021
@george1francoeur
August 13, 2024 at 8:37 pm
exposed political bias…. guess im not watching this channel anymore. electoral college not only GREAT, but it objectively required to keep morals.
@lindsayduplessis6033
August 14, 2024 at 2:42 pm
It’s not a public holiday on voting day?! It is in South Africa… It’s just common sense.
@alastairhewitt380
August 14, 2024 at 2:45 pm
2:30 Personally I am not voting or choosing to vote third part because I feel like the democrats haven’t ever run a fair primary, I see no material improvements to my life whether it is a republican or democrat in office (they both are bought out by the same donors, so this makes sense), and I don’t have the energy to care any more.
Establishment democrats like Biden and Kamala – in conjunction with the media – are determined to maintain the status quo and kill the progressive movement. That “democracy” isn’t worth saving.
@Lord_Raptor
August 14, 2024 at 3:05 pm
People forget that gun violence includes people stopping crimes with a gun, accidental gun deaths, suicides by guns and police using guns for crime. It’s not just crimes committed with guns.
@NekoMouser
August 14, 2024 at 3:10 pm
To elaborate on the 51st state issue…a 51st state means a minimum of ONE new representative and TWO new senators (probably 1 rep for DC, but 5 for Puerto Rico).
And—oh, yeah—both of those locations tend to lean blue.
In a Senate that seems perpetually gridlocked with 51/49 or 50/50+VP splits (or a brief 52/48 if you are REALLY lucky)…there is simply no way that the GOP will EVER willingly hand 2 or 4 very-likely-blue senators—and thus a solid numerical advantage in the Senate—to the Democrats. Period. It is just that simple. D.C. and Puerto Rico can make the best case in the world for statehood, but acceptance will remain a 100% political calculation.
It is not about what is right.
It is not about what is best for our country.
It is not about what is best for the people that live in those places.
It is about power and who will gain or lose it if those get added as new states. And the GOP is most likely to lose ground and so they will vehemently defy and oppose this in every way they can.
@stevenfoster9402
August 14, 2024 at 3:37 pm
So it sounds like a lot of progess that the majority of Americans want stops with congress, specifically Republicans in congress.
@ross-carlson
August 14, 2024 at 3:52 pm
Theme of the video: Republicans block pretty much everything normal Americans want. Yeah, sadly that isn’t news…
@user-yx9rk8lg7o
August 14, 2024 at 3:57 pm
💙🩵💙
@ZetsueiTV
August 14, 2024 at 4:02 pm
Anyone who can hear about Project 2025 and still votes Republican is insane to me. They want to strip away all your rights, throw you in jail for no reason, bring back slavery and force people to have babies against your will. Yeah, this group is dangerous and should be treated as such.
@Moderndaywayne
August 14, 2024 at 7:40 pm
It’s insane that you have no idea what you’re talking about 😂
@rileymcphee9429
August 14, 2024 at 4:16 pm
Alternate way to fix electoral college:
Fulfill the promise to black America for forty acres and a mule and grant every black family in America $40k and 40 acres in rural American states. This would give many disenfranchised communities a chance at a fresh start and opportunity, as well as flip states like Montana, Nebraska, and Wyoming blue.
@alexcobarruvias1583
August 14, 2024 at 4:25 pm
For anybody wondering there are two John Favreau’s and this one is not the one you’re thinking of
@SBTRKT88
August 14, 2024 at 4:46 pm
I wish all victims in this conflict peace and comfort. You deserve to live in peace in comfort. No one deserves war. 🙏🏽
@inplfw
August 14, 2024 at 4:52 pm
Another way to get rid of the electoral college is to subvert it. Look into the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
@stevenbrown9185
August 14, 2024 at 4:57 pm
Oof, major misspeak there, you need 2/3 of both houses of Congress AND 3/4 of state legislatures. It’s a little more complicated than that, but you ALWAYS need 3/4 of the states to be on board in some way.
@xykeem4805
August 14, 2024 at 5:09 pm
There’s a saying… “you may not do politics but politics will do you”
@jhinds4315
August 14, 2024 at 5:10 pm
the problem with the EC is that the voters within the EC are not required in all states to vote like the popular vote of the state. further issue with the EC his how the voters of the EC are picked. They are not normal citizens, they are people with ties to those state parties, like current and former party officials, state lawmakers and party activists. They’re selected either at state party conventions or by party central committees. Each presidential candidate gets their own unique list of names on their slates. Basically the parties have their hand picked buddies in there to vote for them, seems really fair.
@tntcheats
August 14, 2024 at 5:22 pm
Trump didn’t have a lower campaign spend when you factor in the amount spent by Russia on astroturfing, etc.
@andrewsprague4566
August 14, 2024 at 5:39 pm
Citizens united was primarily about money being free speech. It was a previous decision that made “corporations people” but that was an even more bizarre situation. The court decided that they weren’t but the court reporter reported the dissenting opinion as the majority opinion. After that some other decisions took that opinion for granted, and once that happened it just kind of was. Citizens united was based on that to some degree, but it was another one taking the dissenting opinion on a previous decision for granted.
@HenryMyth
August 14, 2024 at 5:48 pm
This is embarrassing
@benito1513
August 14, 2024 at 5:49 pm
bro is is impersonating Jon Favreau
@ranondo92
August 14, 2024 at 7:14 pm
Electoral College was to benefit slave owners
@trefader32
August 14, 2024 at 7:25 pm
Take what these guys say with a huge grain of salt. Their political instincts are trash, specifically foregin policy and campaign strategy.
@taylorpresswood5341
August 14, 2024 at 7:38 pm
I love my pod save America homies 💖💖
@michaellee4276
August 14, 2024 at 7:44 pm
U.S. is also leas tgan ideal at democracy because of things like how we deny representation and voting power of Citizens in places like Puerto Rico, Samoa, DC. This is a side effect of electoral college.
@jodiarias3073
August 14, 2024 at 8:16 pm
Didn’t need to know that Jon was so fuckable
@GalaxyKick3000
August 14, 2024 at 8:34 pm
I’m good without PR being a state. Viva Puerto Rico libre!!!!
@ShawnLH88
August 15, 2024 at 2:43 am
Most of our political problems can be traced to republicans. Please don’t forget that
They’re literally installing authoritarianism
@mr.turdlybird4387
August 15, 2024 at 2:46 am
Swing voters can change an election but what’s guaranteed to make the difference is turnout, there are a whole lot more nonvoters than swing voters
@ShawnLH88
August 15, 2024 at 2:51 am
12:18 why are you ignoring Guam??? They have a USA Air Force base there and they pay taxes!!! And they can’t vote!!!
Literally the entire reason for the revolutionary war: taxation without representation 😂😂😂
@taranveersingh6577
August 15, 2024 at 3:26 am
Trump has not endorsed Project 2025
@cardenfoy
August 15, 2024 at 3:43 am
You dont need an amendment to get rid of the electoral college, you just need to UNCAP THE HOUSE and assign electors proportionally.
@echidnaralsei1473
August 15, 2024 at 5:35 am
*no president is not above the law yet
@Vyzard
August 15, 2024 at 5:43 am
Wow Jon has lost a lot of weight
@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll
August 15, 2024 at 6:29 am
The whole concept of needing to “register to vote” is SO baffling to many of us non-USans.
@DizzyBusy
August 15, 2024 at 7:26 am
This makes me sad again. Obama could have been a great professor if only he didn’t choose to be just a good president and a legendary symbol of the times. Professor Obama would have given you the best edits for your papers.
@nicciswainhi
August 15, 2024 at 9:48 am
Answer yes look at every election since Bush c gore where gop won
@corymoore2292
August 15, 2024 at 10:07 am
The electoral college makes it so that uneducated Republicans have more voting power than educated liberals, which is terrible for the country. I watched this video because Republicans would hate it.
@imicca
August 15, 2024 at 10:24 am
Democracy is a failed god
@MaximeTM
August 15, 2024 at 10:35 am
Wait that isn’t Jon Favreau 😂
@markoconnell804
August 15, 2024 at 11:09 am
This illustrates why it is important that we have a 50 state race vs a single national race for presidency. If it was by popular vote 3 states would forever control all future elections. Candidates would only ever spend time in these 3 states campaigning. While not a perfect system we have. It is a far far far better 1 nation 50 state race than a 1 nation 3 state race.
@markoconnell804
August 15, 2024 at 11:17 am
But in Trump’s case it is purely politics. An accounting issue? If you can’t see it you are not paying attention. If you choose not to believe it, it is most likely an issue to that does not fit your narrative.
@brentmartin6833
August 15, 2024 at 12:26 pm
It’s the 21st Century if you *move* to DC it’s on you to realize that Washington District of Columbia *Isn’t* a state. Hasn’t been and unlikely to be one, just hobnob with the movers & shakers.
If you were born in DC/parents move you there… You can move to MD, VA or any of the other 48 states. (I am not saying it’s easy but you’d get better results Rep. wise).
The Electoral College… It’s been around a long time… and happens every four years, if you want to change it you need to set it as a long term goal that updates the constitution to happen many years hence…. because if you try right before the election it’s too late and then people just shrug it off… like they do every four years.
Quite a number of State *Have* Early Voting *And* Absentee Ballots… Check your local state/county for details.
The State of GA
ELECTION DAY & NAME
11/05/2024 – NOVEMBER 5, 2024 – GENERAL ELECTION
REGISTRATION DEADLINE
10/07/2024
EARLIEST DAY FOR A REGISTRAR TO MAIL AN ABSENTEE BALLOT
09/21/2024
EARLY IN-PERSON VOTING BEGINS
10/15/2024
LAST DAY TO SUBMIT ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION
10/25/2024
EARLIEST DAY FOR A VOTER TO REQUEST A MAIL ABSENTEE BALLOT
08/19/2024
Also in GA if you don’t have a driver’s license or other valid form of ID : A Voter ID card can be issued at any Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) office free of charge. (I don’t know what paperwork you need for one).
@brentmartin6833
August 15, 2024 at 12:43 pm
D’oh I forgot to mention… a lot of people don’t vote in the General Election, it’s *even* worse in the Primaries when the parties are (normally) picking their candidates. I know incumbents almost always win, but when they just need Grandma, Grandpa and the family dog 😉to push them over the top it says something about the (non) voting public. If *you* want less leaning candidates *you* need to do off cycle & primary voting. (I’m probably preaching to the choir but still, and yes I know Gerrymandering is real. Shrug I don’t know how to fix that.)
@RafiBarides
August 15, 2024 at 1:49 pm
The bias in this video is pathetic
@P0sitive_vibes_0nly
August 16, 2024 at 9:22 am
Womp Womp
@HarrisonHollers
August 15, 2024 at 3:33 pm
TOMMY!!!
@deleted-something
August 15, 2024 at 3:51 pm
No direct democracy lmao
@gdpope52
August 15, 2024 at 5:39 pm
Oh wow!
@notafantbh
August 15, 2024 at 6:40 pm
The US is so backwards in so many aspects
@frigginjerk
August 15, 2024 at 6:47 pm
Getting rid of the Electoral College would require an amendment to the Constitution. But… getting around it and making it irrelevant would not. Each state is allowed to make its own rules for how it allocates its own electoral votes– that’s why Nebraska and Maine split them up by congressional district. However, a state could decide to allocate all of its electoral votes to the candidate who wins the national popular vote. If a group of states with at least 270 electoral votes between them decided to do that, then we would, in effect, have a national popular vote that determines the winner.
@alwaysinmotion1417
August 15, 2024 at 7:23 pm
Really well explained guys. I’m going to start following your podcast after watching this.
@u2eqjwdi
August 15, 2024 at 7:24 pm
Many of the people who claim to love democracy would never talk about workplace democracy.
@matthawkins4579
August 15, 2024 at 9:28 pm
About the electoral college…it is possible for a candidate to win only 22% of the popular vote and still win the electoral college and thereby the presidency.
@fep_ptcp883
August 15, 2024 at 11:27 pm
In my country, elections are held in the first SUNDAY of October and, if needed, a second round in the last SUNDAY of October. And before midnight on election day we already have the results.
And no one can be elected having been voted by the minority of people who voted because logic.
@Evan-ni7hb
August 15, 2024 at 11:58 pm
Omg project 2025 will never happen
@P0sitive_vibes_0nly
August 16, 2024 at 9:21 am
That is if Trump doesn’t get re-elected
@admiralbosch2851
August 16, 2024 at 12:27 am
so… we’re all screwed?
got it. 👍
@user-hm9rr5tp5v
August 16, 2024 at 3:14 am
Asking as a non-American, why is the presidential election cycle so long? No other country does this. I don’t see anyone benefitting other than cable news organizations.
@FBZOMBlES
August 16, 2024 at 7:21 am
I see Wired doesn’t care about bias at all
@The_Wailing_Doom
August 16, 2024 at 9:11 am
The Electoral College only benefits Republicans, which is why they are so adamant it stays intact. It has long been useless and unnecessary.
@djduzen
August 16, 2024 at 9:22 am
These dudes are embarrassing
@bassxchill
August 16, 2024 at 12:55 pm
wonder when this was shot… SCOTUS literally said the sitting president is above the law. We need term limits for judges, limits on the number of judges, etc.
also, this goes without saying, repealing the idea that anyone is above the law regardless of circumstances.
@BLVINEOCKERMVN
August 16, 2024 at 4:48 pm
Cut 100% of money out of politics. Problem solved.
@PP-py
August 16, 2024 at 5:41 pm
Lula was framed! US got their dirty hand in it
@alexien2716
August 16, 2024 at 6:57 pm
Outside looking in, the undecided/uncommitted movement is “I don’t want project 2025, but the Dems are currently using our tax dollars to fund a genocíde and I don’t want that either.”
~$100B in the past 11 months.
The people who will vote for Stein, De La Cruz, West, etc could very likely be the numbers the Dems in a two party system need to block Project 2025. The Democrats seem content to continue the streetsweeps, masks bans, reproductive rights, cop cities, immigration bans, etc.
If the Dems don’t want to lose, upholding Leahy would be a great start.
@alexien2716
August 16, 2024 at 7:05 pm
The super PACs and money involved is obscene. Also, the foreign government lobbying and bragging about buying your senators (“95% of our backed candidates won!”) is ridiculous and insulting to the common person. Why aren’t Americans way more angry about that?
@alexien2716
August 16, 2024 at 7:08 pm
Third party voters are right: far too many people are already suffering and will continue to suffer no matter whether its red or blue. If voting once every 4 years is your only political action, that’s not good enough.
@eliafuimaono
August 16, 2024 at 8:06 pm
The San Diego Buzzcut is the one failed export of a great city
@dankcoyote
August 17, 2024 at 1:02 am
I like that “voter fraud” is framed as though it’s only Democrats. The same voter fraud happens on both sides so it’s not even .0000001%, it’s a total wash and means less than nothing.
@SustainedFuture
August 17, 2024 at 2:57 am
It’s maybe worth pointing out that the Electoral College can be bypassed without a Constitutional amendment. States can join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Once the states’ electors add up to 270, it goes into effect and all the states assign their electors to the winner of the national popular vote. It’s already at 209; just 61 more to go…
@radiokarla
August 17, 2024 at 3:01 am
The electoral college is an antiquated device that needs to go… the popular vote should always win the national vote
@Bobbobbity-e5g
August 17, 2024 at 8:43 am
i just kinda felt like they could have gotten both a right AND left wing person for this as it felt like some of these questions were left biased, such as them saying the 2020 election wasn’t rigged( i personally do), but i don’t know what their political stance is.
@marcorummo6013
August 17, 2024 at 10:44 am
The guy on the left was distracting me by how hot he is 😅
@jenjay0167
August 17, 2024 at 5:54 pm
How can we get rid of the electoral system??
@pamelac.nation5437
August 17, 2024 at 9:24 pm
Virginia made election day a state holiday in 2020.
@gabrielleroux2333
August 17, 2024 at 9:43 pm
If they answer democracy questions, why are they using USA for exemples 🧐🤨
Calling this fascist country a “democracy” is a literal insult to the concept of democracy
@Denny_7782
August 18, 2024 at 1:20 am
Great podcast 🎉
@DanielleA2023
August 18, 2024 at 3:07 am
VOTE 💙 2024 to ensure Freedom Choice Joy Prosperity Democracy Diversity and a 🌎 and future for All and our children 💝😍
@eternyti
August 18, 2024 at 6:21 am
06:57 eh, now its not really a problem of people not voting, its our votes not mattering due to the electoral college and state officials & politicians looking to delegitimize our votes by making it harder to vote, refusing to certify and even possibly rejecting valid results to send to the Supreme Court and overturn the will of the people like Project 2025 aims to do.
@LtZesty
August 18, 2024 at 2:07 pm
This video isn’t biased at all… Clearly only Democrats can have Democracy Support…
@Snow_Whyte
August 18, 2024 at 2:45 pm
Getting money out of politics in America is nearly impossible as most of our politicians- Dem. AND Rep. take donor money- with only a handful of exceptions (Bernie Sanders being one). So although in theory it is technically possible to combat the Citizens United decision in Congress, it would be one of the rare cases of nearly universal bipartisan agreement to reject such legislation.
@BeeOstrowsky
August 18, 2024 at 3:46 pm
Gender reveals are great if the person in question is throwing the party! Infant genitalia parties are weird.
@_Tree
August 18, 2024 at 3:57 pm
Yes you can win the popular vote, but lose the electoral college. I believe it happened to Al Gore during the 2000 presidential election
@invox9490
August 18, 2024 at 6:59 pm
There was a video, on this same channel not too long ago, about ancient greeks (the guys who “invented” democracy) and they cleary knew the most wealthy candidate in an election would most likely always win… That’s why they didn’t allow it.
I mean, if they knew back then… Maybe that’s where we should start right now?
Also, I don’t agree that the “fault” in the democratic system is the people that don’t vote. Even if we had 100% of voters voting, that does not mean they would vote for “your” candidate. Giving the majoraty/victory to any candidate, the other/looser side would still complain and still try to find another scapegoat for their loss.
@acupofdepresssso
August 18, 2024 at 7:11 pm
Love these guys!
@JasperOferral79
August 19, 2024 at 1:43 am
I never considered Western European democracies tone comparable to the United States. They are different systems and different populations.
@thelibrarianofalexandria6200
August 19, 2024 at 2:59 am
Been listening to your podcast a while, its weird seeing your faves. Yes I know I could always have googled you I dident. Somehow I feel like you should have mustaches.
@Handlingthisnomore
August 19, 2024 at 8:26 am
Its is surprising to me that election day is not a holiday. Here in India, we have elections in multiple phases (huge population), and whichever states are holding the elections in a particular phase, the day is a holiday.
@readysetmoses
August 19, 2024 at 9:37 am
Anyone else hear that squeaking?
@jessicarossman2966
August 19, 2024 at 2:16 pm
The electoral college is anti-democratic. I hate it.
@shetlandapache949
August 19, 2024 at 4:59 pm
Ok the corrupt election question certainly sounded more about money in politics, congressional enrichment, and the 2 party system than voter fraud to me.
@daghermusic
August 20, 2024 at 1:01 am
Where do you submit questions? I don’t see anything in Twitter
@cmacca9109
August 20, 2024 at 2:41 am
There’s an even simpler explanation for why governments will never make housing cheaper in Australia – frankly, the population isn’t prepared to accept the consequences of cheaper housing. Two thirds of Australians own their own houses (either outright or with a mortgage) and the consequence of a cheaper housing market would be a massive reduction in the wealth of those 2/3rds of Aussies. Imagine a party going to an election with a policy of “we’re going to take away a considerable share of your household wealth.” They’d get destroyed!
That’s why the BEST case scenario is a balanced increase of new housing supply to prevent future price increases and wait for economy-wide inflation to make housing relatively more affordable.
@insertnamehere1528
August 20, 2024 at 4:42 pm
Maybe the US is not the greatest democracy in the world because the US is not a democracy
@Jenny_Oblivion
August 20, 2024 at 7:12 pm
I’m sure many people appreciate the question & answer about texts. I am poor, but have donated to an organization against gun violence. For months, Ive received 15+ texts every day! Our election seasons are too long! 👏Happy for the change!❤
@astr0nox
August 21, 2024 at 3:27 am
Can you bleep out any mention of “Alexa”? It’s very annoying
@Darkn3ssF4ll
August 21, 2024 at 8:16 pm
You aren’t Jon Favreau, he wears a suit and drives Tony Stark
@micahbarnard18
August 21, 2024 at 8:54 pm
Summary of video: conservatives are idiots. We need a one party system with only the democratic party in control. Countries with only one political party are much better.
@RaymondHng
August 22, 2024 at 3:20 am
9:44 A constitutional amendment requires two-thirds majority in both chambers of Congress *_AND_* ratification by three-fourths (38) of the state legislatures.
@fakeactors8392
August 22, 2024 at 3:29 am
this made me realize tha the US is a fail state with enough money and enough pending favors to still function. But I dont think it will last, and they will fall if they dont realize that
@labtechtech
August 22, 2024 at 4:06 am
The boys are baked
@tilolovid2309
August 22, 2024 at 6:58 am
Jeez, your political system is really messed up!
@kennethkasee482
August 22, 2024 at 5:02 pm
Jon and Tommy are some of the smartest, most eloquent speakers in political commentary today. We are lucky to have them.