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Jon Stewart on Dems' Accusations of Fascism, China's New A.I. | Royal Ramey
Tue, 28 Jan 2025
Jon Stewart discusses China's new A.I. tool "DeepSeek," and urges Democrats to convince voters of THEIR plan rather than react to Trump's "fascist" first week of executive orders. Chief Royal Ramey, a formerly incarcerated firefighter, and CEO and co-founder of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, joins to discuss his program. They talk the hands-on training he received while incarcerated, why the work appeals to those currently serving time, and how helping a community and experiencing the “prison-to-public servant pipeline” changed his life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapter 1: What does Jon Stewart think about Trump's executive orders?
But then we had a weekend. Serenity now. And we can finally catch our breath, begin to move forward with intentionality.
Chaos on Wall Street. We are in the middle of a market sell-off.
Tech stocks sent the markets into a tailspin today. Tech stocks have just taken a battery.
Will there never be peace? No! What has happened to NIVDA?
What the f***? I was promised a new era. of American prosperity and greatness will happen.
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Chapter 2: How is China's AI tool DeepSeek affecting the U.S.?
A powerful new Chinese AI tool called DeepSeek is threatening the U.S. dominance of this emerging technology.
Hey.
Who would have expected the Chinese to do it cheaper? I can't believe it. It's as though when you don't have labor laws or f***ing rights. And by the way, deep seek? Deep seek? We're getting our asses kicked by deep seek? Who names an AI company after the thing it actually does? Where are your random letters? Where's your GPT, your grok? DeepSeek sounds like what you might use it for.
China's even beating us at naming shit. By the way, I do know this is bad news financially. But is anyone else somewhat excited that AI had its job replaced by AI? That's something. But listen, man, this is a minor setback. We will bounce back. Russia had Sputnik, and it spurred us on to land on the moon. I'm sure it's not going to be that bad. Has Chinese AI put American AI out of a job?
I mean... I'll find out. Siri, how bad is it? John, check out my OnlyFans. No! Send me a link. But enough about the apparently tenuous underpinning of everything we've banked our entire future economy on. What's the news freaking out about closer to home? Friday night massacre. Late Friday night purge. A chilling purge.
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Chapter 3: What is the significance of Trump's recent actions?
The purge.
Trump has ushered in the purge. I, I for one.
I, for one, will take full advantage by doing some unpermitted lawn work. Your God is powerless. Although, just in case I'm misinterpreting, what is this purge about exactly?
No!
He got rid of 17 inspectors general. That only leaves no one knows how many left.
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Chapter 4: How can Democrats effectively respond to Trump?
I have no idea. Oh, I'm sorry. Did I break the illusion? You know, here's the nice thing. You don't know if that's the axe or my desk. Which one is fake? I'll never tell.
The point is, we have 17 less inspectors general.
Who knows how many generals will now go uninspected. Democrats, inspire my anger in the least charismatic way possible.
Donald Trump's decision to fire 12 of the federal government's independent watchdogs is a glaring sign that it's a golden age that... And Donald Trump's decision to fire 12 of the federal government's independent watchdogs is a glaring sign that it's a golden age for abuse in government and even corruption.
He started again, right? He said it twice? Like, no recognition, just started again. Is that what happened? Normally, humans in that scenario would go, oh, God, I'm sorry. Where was I? Let me take that from the top, and maybe this time I'll look up. Can you legally just restart without acknowledgement? Is Schumer AI? Is he deep seek?
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Chapter 5: What are the implications of the 'purge' in Trump's administration?
But regardless of how slowly NPC Chuck Schumer laid it out, what Trump did violated the law.
What?
What?
So what's the purge? What's the map? Why do I have an ax?
There is a specific law that requires notice, 30 days, and a statement of reasons, substantive and detailed rationale.
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Chapter 6: How does Jon Stewart assess the state of American democracy?
What? I'm sorry, what? Oh, apparently you can fire them, but you have to give them 30 days notice. Oh, so that's what we're upset about? No! You can do it, but not in that font! That's Hitler's font! But this is the cycle we find ourselves in. First law of Trumpodynamics. Every action is met with a very not equal overreaction.
Thus throwing off our ability to know when shit is actually getting real. Like last week's pardons. These pardons are sick.
They are offensive. They are un-American. This is one of the most egregious, despicable acts in American history.
This is textbook authoritarian takeover 101.
I knew I should have taken that class. And not majored in submissive liberal crying 101. Do what you will, Trumpieski. Was it shitty? Yes. Should you have let some of those terrible people? No! Is it an abuse of pardon power? I don't f***ing know. But that is his constitutional power. Again, for some reason, we have given presidents the power of a king.
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Chapter 7: What challenges do Democrats face moving forward?
And then we say, oh, by the way, with that power, you're not going to get all, like, kingly and shit on us, right? To put that in constitutional terms, if I could, don't hate the player. Hate the founding fathers. That's not... Why do we even have it? Because I don't know if you've met Donald Trump. He pushes shit.
President Trump deploying executive action to end birthright citizenship.
This unconstitutional, un-American attack.
Shredding our Constitution. Who wants to be a strongman authoritarian? Birthright citizenship was very specifically tailored to send a message to people that America was a place, an idea. It wasn't for one race. It wasn't for one gender. Citizenship in America was based on where you were, not who you were. And to just stroke of a pen, finally I agree. That is authoritarian.
We do begin tonight with the federal judge blocking President Trump's executive order that would end birthright citizenship. And we're back.
See how easy that was?
It was a dictatorship, and then the judge went... It's like when you have an electric fence. You never check it, and you're not really sure if it works. Because you have a good boy. You have a very good boy. But then one day, zap. By the way, I fundamentally disagree with the use of electric fences. It is true.
Ooh.
Really tearing through the bowl tonight, huh?
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