HOT TOPICS | DOGE & MAGA: Government Pickpockets? - February 27th, 2025
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What is the show’s opening framing about the Republican budget and 'pickpockets'?
Finally, there's Don. Where is he? It's all my fault because my producers, who are fantastic, had a whole different show planned for us that I think we're going to do a little bit later. And I changed everything. Am I right, team? You can yell at me. You guys can tell them the truth, but it's still a great show. It's still a great show. And by the way, I overslept a little bit, but that has nothing to do. I changed the whole show. I still could have made it here on time. We could have been on at 10 AM. Welcome. Let's go everyone. Here's the music. Thank you. Listen, I really apologize. I'm so sorry. It does happen. And thank you all for who are wishing me an early birthday. It is actually on Saturday, March 1st.
What, didn't we say something like 650,000 or 600,000? We wanted 600,000 by my birthday after the 500,000. We might actually make that. Did you guys ever think about that team? Check it out and see where we are. We might actually make that in more. So let's see. Let's see if we make that anyways. Good morning. This morning is going to be an educational show and I'm going to take my time. I've been going through some things. I've been sort of giving you, I told you, as I tell you all the time, On this channel, I'm not going to just give you superfluous stuff that we're just going to BSU and you're going to every single development that happens with the Trump team and every stupid thing that he tweets or whatever.
We're not going to do that. OK, we're not playing that game here. What we're going to do is as I fix my camera here, what we're going to do is give you things that are important. And you saw what the thumbnail says, because this is what I believe, and this is what others are saying. It's not just my belief. This is the evidence, and this is the reporting. The reporting is that if you listen to credible people, okay? Good morning, everyone. Tap, tap, tap. Are you listening? If you're listening, raise your hands in the chat. Say hello. Say I'm listening. Don, I am listening and I am streaming from such and such. Patricia Blair has a good morning. Obviously, Patricia Blair's mic is on. Chris Menendez or Mendez's mic is on.
Shanita Coates' mic is on. So anybody else out there in Lemon Land, in the Lemon Nation? You're the same sign as my son, says Linda Ross. Yes, Pisces. happy early birthday Cindy Turley thank you so much okay so this is going to be an educational show so there are lots of budget cuts and all that kind of stuff going on in the government but is all of it really working for you or is it really just a distraction is it really hey look over here while they're taking I wish I had my wallet while they're taking your money as you're here that's what pickpockets do That's what pickpockets do. I saw something, I was looking online and I saw these pickpockets that were on the subway, on a crowded subway, and they were picking people's pockets and they had no idea because they were distracting them by talking to them or smiling.
And they were like these good looking, really beautiful ladies that were just picking the pockets of the people on the train, and they had no idea what they were doing. You remember the old days? What happened to pickpockets? When I was a kid, pickpockets were a big, big thing. There were lots of pickpockets that were out there. I don't know if you guys were, you know, I thought pickpockets, like maybe that was a thing that kind of went away, right? That was like a thing that's from the 70s or 80s. But when I was a kid, pickpockets were a big thing. Three card Monty guys in the park. Yes. Are the guys with the shells? The art of the grift. Thank you, Lisa G. So I'm going to start off with a report that talks about what they say that they are doing.
And then what is actually happening? So this is a report from our friends over at Good Morning America. Telling what is happening is going to be another round of cuts, more letters going out. What exactly are you doing? Give me your five points. All of that distraction bullshit while they're picking your pocket.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the show’s opening framing about the Republican budget and 'pickpockets'?
0:15–16:55
2
How does Good Morning America describe the administration’s plan to cut federal jobs?
16:55–31:07
3
What evidence links Elon Musk and contractors to federal funding and influence?
31:07–34:01
4
What are the human impacts of cutting veterans, cancer and Medicaid programs?
34:01–51:03
5
How are Democrats and commentators (AOC, Dan Goldman, Brian Tyler Cohen) responding?
51:03–51:28
6
How could the Republican budget blueprint indirectly cut Medicaid and food stamps?
51:28–1:07:31