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Yeah. I mean, something that like I'm sitting with is I'm like, I can't believe we're kind of rooting for Trump to like, and you guys talked about this in the episode, but it's like, we're hoping he screws up the global economy. So people start to see the reality of like who he is.

It is, yeah.

Yes, our listeners.

Hey, congratulations to you.

Yeah. Hey, John, whatever happened to Elon coming on The Daily Show?

Yeah, it is.

You got ghosted by Elon.

Wow.

I mean, we've all been there, not by Elon, but-

Surely.

Amen, sister friend.

Do you want another one?

All right.

Is it worth it in this day and age to go to school for journalism?

And reverse.

Yeah, it's a tough one.

A little bit of life advice.

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Yeah.

People just want to be able to afford their bacon, egg, and cheese. Right.

Can I just say, this episode really made me want to listen to the Hamilton soundtrack. Oh!

Only a couple.

All right, we've got a couple questions for you this week, John.

Considering all the cuts and layoffs Doge is implementing, especially as it affects veterans, what can ordinary people do to push back?

Amen.

John, do you ever experience FOMO at this stage of your career?

That's the secret. Yeah. Do you know what you have? It's called JOMO.

It's the joy of missing out.

Socialize. Power off.

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It's an identity.

Epiphany. You did the reading.

We've all been told that.

Right.

Why wouldn't class be what defines you when it defines your entire life? Right. It's your entire approach.

I was just going to say that. And their grievances. We need to be hearing their grievances.

Well, her election diagnosis, when she said that the Democrats may have all of these solutions, but the Republicans are the ones that are validating their pain, that really rang true to me. So when people's daily lives are marked by debt, unaffordable housing, unstable health care, The message of protecting all of these institutions that have failed you really falls flat.

And the promise to disrupt that system resonates with people across all identity lines, these traditional identities who've lost faith in those institutions. So it doesn't really matter if that force is one of authoritarianism as long as it's offering to do something.

Yeah. You don't need your own. You just need to go on.

Yeah, they have their own purity tests on their- Thank you, Jillian.

We brought you here today to cancel you, John.

You go through a list and nobody stands out.

We got some listener questions.

John, do you think there's anything good that could come out of Trump's second term?

He meant well.

Why not?

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It's a shame he's not running for anything.

Yet.

Yeah, I mean, I don't, I, you know, obviously it was, I don't really remember 9-11 as like a very political moment of me being sort of turned on to that. But I would say like Prop 8 in California was a moment where me and my friends got pretty political. Wow. Yeah. And like the financial crisis as well. Yeah, 2008. So a lot of people lost their jobs, friends, parents, things.

And it was, yeah, like very obviously impactful on your teenage years.

That's such a good point.

Move to the side.

Truly. This isn't the Green Mile. This is a sidewalk.