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Guys, welcome back. Ah, so good to be with you, Megan. Thank you for having us. Very, very excited.
Here he comes. Hold on. Here's our chairman of standards and ethics here at the Ruthless Variety Program. Okay, Smug.
Here he comes. Hold on. Here's our chairman of standards and ethics here at the Ruthless Variety Program. Okay, Smug.
Here he comes. Hold on. Here's our chairman of standards and ethics here at the Ruthless Variety Program. Okay, Smug.
Let's keep it rolling.
Let's keep it rolling.
Let's keep it rolling.
Well, look, Megan, I think... On one hand, you're absolutely right. It is completely nonsense. And the fact that there is a cottage industry of liberal funded think tanks and 501c4s, they're going to make a mess out of everything. It's just a reality. And when you can't win politically, Democrats try to do it through the courts.
Well, look, Megan, I think... On one hand, you're absolutely right. It is completely nonsense. And the fact that there is a cottage industry of liberal funded think tanks and 501c4s, they're going to make a mess out of everything. It's just a reality. And when you can't win politically, Democrats try to do it through the courts.
Well, look, Megan, I think... On one hand, you're absolutely right. It is completely nonsense. And the fact that there is a cottage industry of liberal funded think tanks and 501c4s, they're going to make a mess out of everything. It's just a reality. And when you can't win politically, Democrats try to do it through the courts.
I mean, that's why the first Trump administration was so important that they reshaped an awful lot of courts. But of course, they're venue shopping here and they're trying to find the last vestiges of liberal courtship.
I mean, that's why the first Trump administration was so important that they reshaped an awful lot of courts. But of course, they're venue shopping here and they're trying to find the last vestiges of liberal courtship.
I mean, that's why the first Trump administration was so important that they reshaped an awful lot of courts. But of course, they're venue shopping here and they're trying to find the last vestiges of liberal courtship.
Yeah, no question about it. And that money, by the way, was FEMA money. And tell the people of Western North Carolina, right, Smug?
Yeah, no question about it. And that money, by the way, was FEMA money. And tell the people of Western North Carolina, right, Smug?
Yeah, no question about it. And that money, by the way, was FEMA money. And tell the people of Western North Carolina, right, Smug?
Oh, it's fantastic. I mean this is one of the progressive left's biggest multi-decade victories in the world. NGOs and what you do through like USAID, which has come under great scrutiny over the last two years โ or last two weeks I should say. The initial intent behind all of it is sort of soft power. Right.
Oh, it's fantastic. I mean this is one of the progressive left's biggest multi-decade victories in the world. NGOs and what you do through like USAID, which has come under great scrutiny over the last two years โ or last two weeks I should say. The initial intent behind all of it is sort of soft power. Right.
Oh, it's fantastic. I mean this is one of the progressive left's biggest multi-decade victories in the world. NGOs and what you do through like USAID, which has come under great scrutiny over the last two years โ or last two weeks I should say. The initial intent behind all of it is sort of soft power. Right.
Whereas the United States can exert economic leverage against people who may not have our best interests in mind in a bunch of regions throughout the world where we need some help, whether it's a footprint from the United States is against terrorism as it was for much of the first.