Blake

And the truth is, is I mean, the Democrats are half the country. They're inevitably going to get together and they could get together in ways that could be pretty scary. Like, yeah, if Chuck Schumer is getting denounced by everyone in his party for making the deal on spending, that's a sign that they could shift in a more in a more radical direction.

That's scary for us because they'll have scarier ideas for America. But it doesn't even necessarily mean they'll be more popular. I think we saw that in this past election. There's a lot of people who were Bernie supporters who became Trump supporters. They're not people necessarily just moving to the right. They're people who almost they're just dissatisfied with the Democratic Party as it is.

That's scary for us because they'll have scarier ideas for America. But it doesn't even necessarily mean they'll be more popular. I think we saw that in this past election. There's a lot of people who were Bernie supporters who became Trump supporters. They're not people necessarily just moving to the right. They're people who almost they're just dissatisfied with the Democratic Party as it is.

They could be won over by a party that's like Medicare for all, you know, way more burn it all down on a bunch of other stuff. It's like their their position is I want to blow up the system and I don't really care how they do it. And so we should be prepared for that for sure.

They could be won over by a party that's like Medicare for all, you know, way more burn it all down on a bunch of other stuff. It's like their their position is I want to blow up the system and I don't really care how they do it. And so we should be prepared for that for sure.

Yeah, so the big thing with it is just that they're disaffected, but it's certainly not a disaffected where they're going to say, you know, I guess I was wrong about Trump, I want to support him. They're angry because they feel they're ineffective at resisting Trump. And that reminds me a lot, I think we remember, that's kind of what the Tea Party felt like in 2010.

Yeah, so the big thing with it is just that they're disaffected, but it's certainly not a disaffected where they're going to say, you know, I guess I was wrong about Trump, I want to support him. They're angry because they feel they're ineffective at resisting Trump. And that reminds me a lot, I think we remember, that's kind of what the Tea Party felt like in 2010.

It was a lot of anger at a perceived... ineffectiveness of Republicans, that they were without direction, that they'd betrayed the party on important issues. And that, of course, led to a pretty big wave election in 2010 for Republicans who branded themselves differently. And then on a longer time basis, it set up the candidacy of Donald Trump. So I definitely want to tamp down.

It was a lot of anger at a perceived... ineffectiveness of Republicans, that they were without direction, that they'd betrayed the party on important issues. And that, of course, led to a pretty big wave election in 2010 for Republicans who branded themselves differently. And then on a longer time basis, it set up the candidacy of Donald Trump. So I definitely want to tamp down.

We can't have too much triumphalism on the right where it's just, oh, wow, those Democrats are in disarray. Because what you're really seeing is you're seeing fertile ground for

We can't have too much triumphalism on the right where it's just, oh, wow, those Democrats are in disarray. Because what you're really seeing is you're seeing fertile ground for

new leaders to emerge they might have some sort of demagogic figure take a hold of their party that they're able to like whip up the base into again like i said a more radical direction that could still be electorally potent uh so i i would strongly push back on anything where we're in great shape because democrats are angry with each other because that can very easily turn into

new leaders to emerge they might have some sort of demagogic figure take a hold of their party that they're able to like whip up the base into again like i said a more radical direction that could still be electorally potent uh so i i would strongly push back on anything where we're in great shape because democrats are angry with each other because that can very easily turn into

a potent new force now that doesn't mean you want to slow down you want to take advantage of their disorderliness to get things done because that's the point of politics is to get things done

a potent new force now that doesn't mean you want to slow down you want to take advantage of their disorderliness to get things done because that's the point of politics is to get things done

Our first topic tonight, Charlie, Jack really wanted us to hit this, swaddings. Jack, I think you have the details on this. Hey, there's something I actually know.

Our first topic tonight, Charlie, Jack really wanted us to hit this, swaddings. Jack, I think you have the details on this. Hey, there's something I actually know.

So I'm looking it up now just as an example, because we did that case where they extradited some individuals for swatting. And they got these two guys, a guy from Romania and a guy from Serbia, their list of of code names that they used for communicate. They charged them with conspiracy. They charged them with.

So I'm looking it up now just as an example, because we did that case where they extradited some individuals for swatting. And they got these two guys, a guy from Romania and a guy from Serbia, their list of of code names that they used for communicate. They charged them with conspiracy. They charged them with.

Yeah, it might be. They targeted other people, it looks like, so it would not have just been then. But they had 29 counts of threats and false information regarding explosives and four counts of transmitting threats in interstate and foreign commerce. And like, I imagine if these guys are convicted, they could get, you know, several years in prison.