Chapter 1: What are Jim Acosta's first impressions of the current political climate?
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ready one two three patriots gay triots they triots black triots and brown triots pumps is not here today but i have an amazing co-host filling in for her she had an obligation and is none other than jim acosta and this is what you have to do jim right now after i do the after i do the call to the patriots the gay triots the black triots the brown triots i say and all of the people who try to marginalize them and then pump says can fuck off fuck off there you go
Yes.
I have no problem with saying the F word, by the way.
I love it.
That's not something I've had it with.
Me neither.
Yeah.
Welcome to I've had it, Jim Acosta.
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Chapter 2: How does Jim Acosta describe the MAGA takeover in Washington, D.C.?
Good to be with you, Jen.
Really nice to see you, listener. We're in New York. And so you journeyed up from Washington, D.C. What's it like in D.C. with the MAGA takeover? Is it different or the vibe's different?
Oh, Jesus Christ. It's my worst nightmare. I thought we were rid of this clown four years ago, but no, they've come back with a vengeance.
Chapter 3: What experiences does Jim Acosta share about covering the Trump White House?
Fortunately, the DC restaurant scene is set up where the MAGA people have their restaurants and their places they like to go, and they're not the places I like to go. So I won't say where those places are because I don't want them to show up there, but so far, so good. It's okay.
Right. The last time I was in D.C., I was invited to like a creator event at the Biden White House, a Christmas party. And I'd never been in the White House. And I was so excited.
Pre-demolition White House.
Pre-demolition. So it was like in December and last December.
Chapter 4: What grievances does Acosta express regarding ICE and its impact?
And it was Biden's final. And we were in there. My husband came with me and we were walking around. And I just said, Josh, like next year, think about the energy in this place and think about all the fuckery and all of the emotionally stunted dweebs that are going to be walking around in the White House.
Like Stephen Miller, basically.
Oh, my God.
A thousand Stephen Millers. No, I mean, you know, I covered the White House for almost eight years. And just about every day I walked through those gates, I still was like, holy shit, I'm at the White House.
It's so cool.
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Chapter 5: How do Jim and Jen view the current state of corporate media?
It is. It's a cool place to be. And of course, this fucking guy had to go and demolish half of it within a year of coming back. But I remember what it was like the first time around when he came in after Obama, and they were all just traumatized. I sat down with this deputy White House press secretary, Eric, and it looked like You know, he had been in a car accident.
I mean, this is how traumatized they were at that time. And you got the sense that these were people who understood how important this place was, how you had to treat it with reverence. And when I covered the Trump people, it was just it had turned into a frat party. I remember over at the EEOB, as they call it, the office building that's next to the White House, the giant.
Chapter 6: What criticisms do they have of the Democratic Party's strategies?
Yeah. Yes, where the vice president's office is. Where the vice president, the Eisenhower executive office, they call it. And on Friday afternoons, you would see these kids on the balconies with red Solo cups. They were throwing like keggers on Friday afternoons during the Trump administration. This is how seriously they treated the fucking place.
And when they all got swept out and Biden came back, and I agree with you, it turned back into like the West Wing TV show, like what you would think, like people who obviously respect the place. But while Trump was there, there was, I mean, and it's obviously the case once again, where they've turned it into a goddamn shit show.
He's bulldozed half of the, you know, almost half of the White House. And it just goes to show you what we're up against right now.
Chapter 7: How do Acosta and Jen discuss masculinity in relation to the MAGA movement?
This is somebody who thinks he's a king. And when you work for the king, you think you're a king. And so they're just going to do whatever the fuck they want for the next three years is how it appears to me. Not to go on a tangent.
No, I know. And despite all of those grievances, Jim, I do want to ask you, like, I would call it a kitchen table grievance before we dive into the MAGAfuckers.
Exactly. Sorry, I jumped ahead.
No, no, no. I'm glad because that is something that I think occupies a lot of real estate in all of our brains because we all care passionately about being Americans and care passionately about each other.
Chapter 8: What hopeful messages do they share about the future of American politics?
And so it's just an all-consuming component. But sometimes we get to get irritated at just normal bullshit. So what have you had at what Jim Acosta?
Okay. I have to give a shout out to my alma mater, JMU. I went to James Madison, an up-and-coming state school in Virginia. They made it to the college football playoff.
I don't want to get too sportsy, but there was a lot of assholes on the internet, on social media, particularly on Twitter, some notable sports figures who were shitting all over JMU getting into the college football playoff, people like Nick Saban and so on. I'm like, hey, fuck you. These are the rules. Yeah. for getting into the college football playoff. They made it in.
And by the way, they put up more than 30 points on Oregon. They put over 500 yards. And Alabama, Nick Saban, your old school, didn't do jack shit in the college football playoff. And so, I mean, I guess they got through the first round, but then they got blown out. And, you know, my sense of it is, is that we've... College sports has turned into semi-pro sports. Like, what are we doing here?
Yeah. And are we just going to have it be the top schools with all the money and everybody else can just go fuck themselves? That doesn't work. The other thing I have a little bit of a beef with is NFL officiating. I did tell your producer, Sam, I did want to talk about this. I'll just mention it very briefly. Okay.
If we have instant replay for are you this close or that close to a first down, but we don't have instant replay for pass interference, for all the sports fans out there, this has to change. So that's my other grievance from a sports standpoint.
Yes. Yeah. I'm not that into football because I like to see athletes full face so I can feel an emotional attachment to their expression.
Yes. You don't get that with football.
No, I don't know if they're excited. I do love tennis. I love tennis and I love basketball. And both have, you know, in basketball, you see them like, you know, do a replay. Yeah, I like that. Challenge.
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