Friedberg

Yeah.

Do you give her any credit for going into the lion's den like she did?

Do you give her any credit for going into the lion's den like she did?

That is kind of like when he's in a combative reporting moment, that is the question he gets a lot.

That is kind of like when he's in a combative reporting moment, that is the question he gets a lot.

Yeah. I mean, she was basically saying that she spoke to, what was it, the city manager, and she's like, he said only a handful of buildings have been taken over. And J.D. Vance was like, what do you mean? Yeah. Only a handful of buildings? Like, isn't that anything more than zero, like, too much? Or anything more than one is obviously a problem? Like, it was just such an obvious...

Yeah. I mean, she was basically saying that she spoke to, what was it, the city manager, and she's like, he said only a handful of buildings have been taken over. And J.D. Vance was like, what do you mean? Yeah. Only a handful of buildings? Like, isn't that anything more than zero, like, too much? Or anything more than one is obviously a problem? Like, it was just such an obvious...

rebuttal to the narrative that they're kind of over-exaggerating a particular issue. I have no data on this, but he was very compelling in that response. I thought it was pretty strong. But I will say, generally, neither candidate seems to be introducing a new message or seems to be introducing new content.

rebuttal to the narrative that they're kind of over-exaggerating a particular issue. I have no data on this, but he was very compelling in that response. I thought it was pretty strong. But I will say, generally, neither candidate seems to be introducing a new message or seems to be introducing new content.

They're just kind of standing up, you know, kind of repeating things that they've said, showing that they can handle and manage different kind of combative reporting tactics. And that's kind of what's going on. And everyone seems to have made up their mind. I see a lot of people on both sides say, Again, this side, this person did great.

They're just kind of standing up, you know, kind of repeating things that they've said, showing that they can handle and manage different kind of combative reporting tactics. And that's kind of what's going on. And everyone seems to have made up their mind. I see a lot of people on both sides say, Again, this side, this person did great.

My person did great against this combative reporter and the other person did poorly against their combative reporter. And everyone's kind of biased in their view. It just feels like this election is baked and we should just go to the polls and be done.

My person did great against this combative reporter and the other person did poorly against their combative reporter. And everyone's kind of biased in their view. It just feels like this election is baked and we should just go to the polls and be done.

What did you think, Freberg, though? But there's no October surprise coming out, right, Sachs, Chamath, Jake? Oh, still three weeks. Yeah, anything can happen. But there hasn't been anything, right? Like that's kind of... a shocking moment yet this month.

What did you think, Freberg, though? But there's no October surprise coming out, right, Sachs, Chamath, Jake? Oh, still three weeks. Yeah, anything can happen. But there hasn't been anything, right? Like that's kind of... a shocking moment yet this month.

There's no way to answer this with the kind of clean framing I think you're looking for.

There's no way to answer this with the kind of clean framing I think you're looking for.

What I saw from JD is that he wants the reporter and the people that he's talking to, and I hear this from him, to zoom out a little bit and recognize that there are significant control systems and biases that he believes and others believe are strongly affecting the election process and as a result, the election outcome.

What I saw from JD is that he wants the reporter and the people that he's talking to, and I hear this from him, to zoom out a little bit and recognize that there are significant control systems and biases that he believes and others believe are strongly affecting the election process and as a result, the election outcome.

And I think that that message is lost because people want him to say, Trump lost the election, you're not admitting it, you're bad. But those people also aren't hearing the point that he's making, which is that there are biases.