Ballrooms & Ballots: Trump’s Renovation and the 2026 Senate Shake-Up

In this wide-ranging and unfiltered episode of Pardon the Politics, Jeezy and Manny mix humor with hard truths as they tackle the heartbreak of recent global tragedies and the chaos of American politics. The pod opens with somber reflections on the Hanukkah mass shooting in Sydney and the campus attack at Brown University, blending empathy with calls for awareness. From there, the fellas jump headfirst into the evolving 2026 Senate races, particularly Jasmine Crockett’s fiery entry and what it could mean for Democrats in deep-red Texas.

There’s political tea on creative campaign tactics, MAGA movement fatigue, and the bold GOP defiance in Indiana. Plus, Trump’s audacious White House ballroom plans get the roast they deserve. The episode wraps with holiday reflections, political predictions, and why Cory Booker might adopt a dog for the ‘gram.

Packed with laughs, realness, and a few wild tangents (we see you, Cheese Whiz Christmas parties), this episode captures the pulse of America’s shifting political landscape.

👉 Listen now, and stay informed, entertained, and politically hydrated.

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Jeezy: Hello, world. Welcome to Pardon the Politics Podcast, Season 2, Episode 44. I am your co-host, Jeezy, along with my brother and my partner in.
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Manny: politics.
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Jeezy: Manny, my brother, how are you doing today?
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Manny: Brother, I am glad to be on this side of the ground.
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Jeezy: Hmm.
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Jeezy: Let me tell you.
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Jeezy: I'd rather be 6 feet above than 6 feet below, brother.
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Manny: Bruh. As old folks might say, good to be seen and not viewed. Bruh, and not viewed.
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Jeezy: I told somebody that the day at work, man. I went in, and they were like, how you doing? I'm like, hey, look, it's better to be seen than I viewed. They were like, what?
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Manny: See, my go-to in the office is, I'm still vertical. When somebody asks me how I'm doing, I'm still vertical and above room temperature.
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Manny: You need both of those things to keep things going.
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Jeezy: That is quite true, brother. That is quite true. Well, I want to welcome our listeners. Welcome to another episode of Pardon the Politics. We are so…
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Jeezy: happy to… Bring forth another episode in this crazy and chaotic political scene that we
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Jeezy: are forced to live in, in a timeline that I don't think any of us actually think.
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Manny: It has to be on this timeline?
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Manny: I need… I need Doctor Strange and company to go find the Tesseract and go reset this timeline, because I ain't asked to be here.
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Jeezy: Look, the new Avengers movie is supposed to be coming out in a year, and Avengers, Doomsday, I believe it's called. Can they just reset the timeline?
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Manny: Please. Just… How crazy.
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Jeezy: on the timeline in this whole movie of Marvel if…
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Jeezy: President Trump made a cameo like he did in Home Alone.
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Manny: It's right there.
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Jeezy: This is like Marvel throwing a little political dig out there.
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Manny: The funniest thing about that is, so we were going through, you know, we're doing our, hey, Christmas movie every day. So, we were watching Home Alone, and when he came up there, I paused it, and I was just like.
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Manny: This man really became the president.
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Jeezy: That man.
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Jeezy: Who would've ever thought, bro?
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Manny: Who would have thought? Not me.
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Jeezy: Here we are. And here we are. Welcome to the ride, brother.
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Jeezy: Well… Certainly, before we jump into, our topics that we have on this episode…
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Jeezy: I wouldn't want to go any further.
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Jeezy: On this episode without first offering… our thoughts… Our prayers, our condolences.
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Jeezy: To the recent tragedies that, have taken place over the past.
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Jeezy: a couple of days. The first one is, if you've, if you've seen it on social media.
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Jeezy: Which, again, made me think that it's in this.
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Manny: climate.
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Jeezy: Day and age that we can see so much.
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Jeezy: happen, and just have so much access to just footage of things taking place, tragedies that happen.
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Jeezy: Kind of brought back some of the same type of vibes from…
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Jeezy: What happened with Charlie Kirk, but…
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Jeezy: if you've seen on social media, there was a situation where there was a shooting, in Bondi, at Bondi Beach, which is in Sydney, Australia. And there was a mass shooting, and the terrible thing about this is that this took place…
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Jeezy: During a Hanukkah celebration.
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Manny: Yeah.
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Jeezy: And it claimed the lives of,
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Manny: 15…
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Jeezy: Yeah, 15 innocent people, and there were, dozens that were injured. And one of the 15 that was, killed was a Holocaust survivor. Yes. Some of those that were of the, of the,
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Jeezy: Of those that were, killed were a 10-year-old girl, a Holocaust survivor, a French national, and a rabbi.
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Jeezy: Amongst those that,
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Jeezy: lost their life in what has been described as an anti-Semitic terrorist attack. So just want to give our, condolences to those that have been impacted.
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Jeezy: affected both directly and indirectly. Terrible, terrible tragedy. Anytime anybody innocent loses their lives.
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Jeezy: to something of this magnitude is certainly a tragedy, and just take it back. But just for it to be the start of Hanukkah, for those that are observing the holiday and the faith.
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Jeezy: Of, of, of that, it's just… it's terrible, man. Right. And, hate to see something like that happen.
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Manny: But definitely big ups to, Ahmed Al Ahmed, I hope I'm saying his name correctly, because…
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Jeezy: A fruit stand worker, or something like that.
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Manny: Yeah, who just kind of, like, bossed up on the shooter and took his gun.
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Jeezy: Hey, man. The courage of that guy.
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Manny: Yeah.
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Jeezy: Shout out to you, sir. I believe the last thing I saw, he had sustained some injuries and was recovering.
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Jeezy: In the hospital, but should make a full recovery. The courage of you, to put your life in…
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Manny: On the line, and then…
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Jeezy: in the midst of this situation to, save those. We cannot put a number on how the act and the heroics of this gentleman, how many lives
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Jeezy: He saved.
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Manny: Yeah.
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Jeezy: While we do not certainly diminish, the 15,
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Jeezy: That… and those that, that lost their lives, that were injured, certainly the.
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Manny: 15 could have been 20, 25, 30, yeah.
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Jeezy: how many people were observing this event, at the start of Hanukkah, but certainly the heroics of this man certainly saved
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Jeezy: a number of lives, and that can't go unnoticed as well, either. And, secondly.
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Jeezy: Actually the day before, the Bondi, Beach incident happened, there was a shooting on Brown University, and… which is during final week, final exam week, where two students were left dead and nine others, were wounded. Of those, victims…
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Jeezy: One was a sophomore, and the vice president of the university's College Republicans Club, and another was an aspiring neurosurgeon.
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Jeezy: Both.
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Jeezy: Individuals have been described by their classmates as individuals with very bright.
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Jeezy: futures. So, another tragedy just happening, and one thing that just kinda…
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Jeezy: I praise my heart about these two situations is just it being around the holidays, where, generally, you know, family…
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Jeezy: It's together, enjoying, making memories, having those moments.
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Jeezy: And there are a number of families, not just here, in the United States, but in Australia as well, that, are losing out on that this year. And that's, that's a tragedy. And if you've ever lost somebody around a holiday, you can certainly imagine… It's rough.
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Jeezy: the devastation, and just how rough picking those pieces up when you, have to without a loved one. So certainly want to give our thoughts and prayers and condolences to those that have been impacted, both directly and indirectly.
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Manny: And then I think the craziest thing about the Browns shooting is that they still don't have anybody.
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Jeezy: Yeah, yeah.
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Manny: They're still searching, yeah.
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Jeezy: Individuals.
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Jeezy: So that, that is…
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Jeezy: you know, that's just a tragedy all within itself as well. Hopefully they are, able to catch this individual. I know that, I believe, as the last time I looked, there was some…
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Jeezy: Photograph, maybe?
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Manny: Yeah.
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Jeezy: Kind of starting to stir around to maybe help
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Jeezy: With some tips, or just get them some type of leads they need, but certainly, this individual still is at large, so…
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Manny: And it does appear…
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Jeezy: They still have to go, and this is… I don't know if the university has come out with anything, but, I don't know if exams have been canceled, or… because even if it's final exam week, we all know…
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Manny: Everyone.
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Jeezy: exam week, it's college graduation, so, like, how do you even have all this kind of go on in the midst of this shooting happening at the university and the shooting.
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Manny: Bruh.
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Jeezy: being that large.
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Manny: Look, I remember… Gunbrella Man from ECU.
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Jeezy: Aw, bruh.
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Manny: Now I wasn't there.
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Manny: I was in Raleigh. I…
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Jeezy: the whole city there.
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Manny: This entire thing.
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Jeezy: Hey, yo, hold on, hold on, before you keep going. To the gentleman that was accused of having a gun on NCU's campus, but it really was an umbrella in your book bag, if you would like to come on the pod…
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Manny: Right. The door is open.
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Jeezy: The door is open, because while I have never met you, I would certainly like to talk to you about how that has impacted your life.
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Manny: This man was just trying to prepare for rain.
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Jeezy: Which is wild, because literally in ECU's orientation, it tells you to always carry.
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Manny: Everyone carries umbrellas.
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Jeezy: Right.
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Jeezy: That's literally what they had said ECU stands for, everyone carries umbrellas. And the man did exactly what he was told.
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Manny: That whole spot shut down.
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Jeezy: both had it. It could have been the other way.
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Manny: But, so, and I say that because I remember they're like, hey, we got class tomorrow… later on today. We.
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Manny: I remember hitting my… my coworker, because I was still in Raleigh, and I had class Saturday afternoon, and they're like, yay, don't you have class this afternoon? I'm like, we… they might have… I'm not going to class.
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Jeezy: be open.
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Manny: I will not be going through them.
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Jeezy: I will not be coming through the door.
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Manny: I believe it would be wise, if Brown hasn't already, to go ahead and cancel them in finals, because… Yeah.
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Manny: there ain't no way that I'm gonna have all this happen, and then you expect me to go sit at a desk and ask you what the powerhouse of the cell is? I don't care if I already know it's the mitochondria. Don't you call me in here to come fill out this piece of paper.
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Jeezy: Look, you might as well go ahead and send out that mass email, whatever your grade is as of now. That is your grade. We shutting the doors right now. The doors of the house are closed.
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Manny: Clues.
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Jeezy: All those who are in are in.
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Manny: There's no… there's no room at the end. I'm sorry, Joseph, I'm sorry, Mary. You're gonna have to…
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Jeezy: There's no…
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Manny: You know, to make a way over there.
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Jeezy: Can you imagine, bruh, that what a person sitting there with a D and was like, bruh, I really need a C. All I gotta do is make, like, a 75 on this exam.
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Manny: From Radio.
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Jeezy: Oh, we're not taking any exams, just, due to… in light of what happened. Your grade right now is your final grade, Brad.
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Manny: Bruh.
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Jeezy: Sick.
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Manny: Heard.
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Manny: Hurt.
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Jeezy: over.
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Manny: Brian, they've been studying for weeks.
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Jeezy: semester. I was already late.
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Manny: Right.
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Jeezy: probation. This was my last straw.
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Manny: Last shot.
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Manny: Alright, well, I guess see y'all in 6 months!
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Jeezy: All them, all them, all them dollar, whale drink nights, bruh, you should…
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Manny: You should be.
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Jeezy: Just stayin' in your dorm, bro.
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Jeezy: Hindsight is always 20-20.
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Manny: So, but in seriousness, thoughts to everyone on the Brown campus, and the people who've been working around the clock in Providence, trying to really figure out who this person is. They're saying the attacks were targeted. I don't know if that makes me feel better or worse about all this.
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Manny: But, yeah.
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Manny: Best wishes, may the Lord be with you.
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Jeezy: Yes, and hopefully those authority members
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Jeezy: That are actively searching for this individual, I hope.
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Jeezy: That all the necessary resources are at your disposal so that, this gentleman can be brought to justice.
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Manny: Dope.
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Jeezy: With that being said…
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Jeezy: Man, I'm kind of excited about something that's starting to shape up in our political, landscape. I'm starting it a political playground.
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Manny: Not the playground.
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Jeezy: God, what was the guy from… who's the senator from Tennessee?
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Jeezy: What is his name?
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Manny: W- which one?
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Jeezy: He's really country.
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Jeezy: I got a thick… that's about all of them. He wears, like.
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Jeezy: It ain't… Thune ain't from Tennessee, is he?
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Manny: No, I don't think so. Hold on.
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Jeezy: Okay.
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Manny: Ugh.
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Jeezy: Well, there's a video circulating, I had to… I gotta speak this before I go into 2026. This gave me some hope.
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Manny: Bill Hagerty.
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Jeezy: Was that him?
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Manny: The one that wears the glasses that… Yeah.
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Jeezy: He hosted a Christmas party?
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Manny: The 15-minute Christmas party?
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Jeezy: Yes, bruh.
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Jeezy: I don't know if any of our listeners have seen that video of the 15-minute Christmas party.
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Manny: That's genius.
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Jeezy: First of all, the idea was genius, because he said, when you go to a Christmas party, within 15 minutes, people are getting lit. He said, and when you find yourself back in the corner, within 15 minutes of being at the Christmas party, or somebody talking your head off, breathing their liquor breath in your face. So he holds this 15-minute Christmas party.
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Jeezy: And there, Featherman was there, Democrat.
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Jeezy: He's talked about how ALC is one of his best friends.
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Manny: Okay, so for our people at home, we'll try to make sure we get the… it is actually Republican Tim Bouchard.
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Jeezy: Okay, okay, him, yes.
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Jeezy: He holds this Christmas party every year, and invites his colleagues, and they're from both sides of the aisle that come.
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Jeezy: And you have to see it on social media. He was handing out little Ritz crackers and had the, like, the little, spray cheese on it, and had somebody… That little cheese whiz.
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Jeezy: the Cheese Whiz, yeah, had somebody come in, singing from Tennessee, about Tennessee Christmas. I mean, it was just like this little Christmas party with people on the island. He spoke about how he doesn't get along with some Democrat. And I'm sorry to our listeners, I don't have the name, but he was talking about how he does not get along with one of his
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Jeezy: Democratic colleagues, they don't, they don't agree on any issue.
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Jeezy: He said, but I'm close to him because when my parent passed, he called.
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Jeezy: And I can't remember, he said it was when his dad passed.
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Jeezy: Democratic congressman called his mother, or vice versa, but he was like, that meant the world to me.
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Jeezy: And when I watched that video, Minnie.
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Jeezy: It made… it made me think.
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Jeezy: There's actually hope, bro.
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Jeezy: That we can get somewhere back to… Politics being born again.
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Jeezy: Well, we may not agree on issues.
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Manny: Brother, nothing's not.
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Manny: Well, I believe we will have hopeful moments.
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Jeezy: It may… okay.
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Manny: But it's up…
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Jeezy: Maybe you're right.
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Manny: But it's up and it's stuck.
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Jeezy: And it made me think, because I said.
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Jeezy: Bruh, this is kind of what we have always said about…
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Jeezy: Politics being born again, where we can have differences of opinion, but we legit have a… have a respect and a mutual…
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Jeezy: connection working for our constituents. And I was like, we… I haven't heard, or at least seen that expression.
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Jeezy: of seeing… Individuals from both sides being able to gather together and be civil.
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Manny: Yeah.
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Jeezy: I miss that.
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Jeezy: I miss that greatly. And I think that that little idea was, even in his little funny…
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Jeezy: you may call it weird, or just, you know, just his Tennessee way, it brought two sides of the aisle, it brought both sides of the aisle together, and I just want to say that that was really dope, and I hope that behind the scenes.
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Jeezy: you know, shout out to social media, because we never would have known that that even occurs. But I hope more of that happens behind the scenes, and that one day we can maybe move this thing back in the middle.
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Jeezy: That's all.
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Manny: Mana.
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Manny: That's a great wish, man.
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Manny: You know, but…
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Jeezy: Every kid that makes… nevermind.
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Jeezy: Right.
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Manny: Bruh, everyone who writes a letter to the Senate ain't getting no prison.
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Jeezy: Everybody don't want to see LeBron before it's over, don't get it, bruh.
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Manny: Mmm.
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Jeezy: You might have to see Leroy James.
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Manny: Bruh.
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Jeezy: You won't see LeBron James.
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Manny: LaFry, Hames.
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Jeezy: He works overnight that comes in to just clean the room while you're in the bed.
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Manny: Buh.
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Jeezy: Hopefully, with that hope that I have, that gleammer of political hope that I have, that one day.
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Jeezy: We'll get back into the middle.
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Manny: I have re…
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Jeezy: in the…
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Manny: I have a dream.
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Jeezy: I have a dream, bruh. I have a dream. That one day we'll all join hands and be civil again. And maybe that'll happen with the 2026 election that's coming up. There's been some…
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Jeezy: Shaking up of the… of the feathers of what…
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Manny: Hell yeah.
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Jeezy: This is gonna get interesting, bruh. As far as the election in 2026, and I don't know if you know, but there was a big announcement that was made this past week. Yes, there was. Jasmine Crockett.
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Jeezy: Ms. Jasmine Crockett, the Democratic Congresswoman from Texas, has officially filed to run for the U.S. Senate in the 2026 election.
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Jeezy: Which I believe… With a pretty big plane.
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Manny: Yeah,
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Manny: I think… so, if you're listening, you're trying to figure out why is it… why are we getting all these announcements? What's all happening? Elections not till next year. So, let's cue you guys up. So… and why is it different? Why are we getting all these at different times? So…
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Manny: Every state has its rules that it's governed by, and what we're getting ready to hit over the next, probably about 3 weeks to a month, is filing deadlines.
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Manny: So, we'll have… most people will have their primaries in March, April, so you gotta file to go ahead and get on the ballot, so they can figure out who's gonna be on… so basically, they can print the ballots for the primaries.
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Manny: So all that is happening right now. So, I… while Jasmine is probably one of the bigger names we're starting to hear, there'll be more.
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Jeezy: Sure.
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Manny: I'mma be real… whoa…
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Manny: before I be real, I am happy for Jasmine. I think it is going to be a very interesting race.
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Manny: It's going to be tight. But… We'll see. Here is… My frustration with that race is… all red.
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Manny: Bruh. Allred performed very well.
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Jeezy: Against Ted Cruz.
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Manny: And I'm of the opinion… not being… me, living in North Carolina, Not being a registered Democrat.
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Manny: I thought he had at least earned his chance for another shot. Like, this wasn't a Beto O'Rourke, like.
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Jeezy: Oh.
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Manny: Spain. No. This was…
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Jeezy: This was, like, substantial, as far as what he was able to accomplish, and I think that…
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Jeezy: Albeit that he did not win. I think there was enough on the bone for Democrats to hang their hat on him going another round.
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Manny: Ted Cruz was going to be… That was wild. That was wild.
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Manny: Ted Cruz was… And still is a hard person to beat.
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Jeezy: Yeah.
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Manny: So…
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Jeezy: I understand why, but we're not gonna get into that right now.
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Manny: Well, no, we can make it real quick. Just time in. It's… it is hard for an incumbent to lose their seat.
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Jeezy: Yeah.
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Manny: So, but for… but for the fact that they… they made him bleed, they made him… they made him have to beg for help.
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Jeezy: Yeah.
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Jeezy: That made him sweat. They definitely made him sweat.
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Manny: So…
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Manny: It will be… it'll be very interesting, to… to see what happens in this race. Now, all that said, I do believe that Allred made the correct decision.
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Jeezy: Yeah. It's stepping to the side.
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Manny: Because… I'm sorry, let me… I'm saying this like I don't know her personally. Representative Crockett
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Manny: She's on fire. I'mma call you dad.
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Manny: She's on fire right now.
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Manny: So there's a lot of momentum. The biggest challenge will be to maintain that momentum through a primary season, and then into a general election.
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Jeezy: Well, I think that when you look at Jasmine Crockett, I ain't as polished as many, I'm gonna call you, like, like we, like we went to school together.
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Jeezy: When I think of Jasmine, Jasmine has been, categorized as being very, charismatic, and having a fiery, style that
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Jeezy: It's beneficial, and it energizes progressives.
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Jeezy: What about what it may cost
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Jeezy: moderate swing voters in Texas.
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Jeezy: So, when you think of that, is that more of a, what the Democrats are doing, or is it more of a feature?
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Jeezy: of what they're trying to do in Texas with this, with this, 2026 Senate election.
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Jeezy: Or is it… is it gonna end up being a flaw? Because I think we talked about it before.
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Jeezy: And he's been mentioned in politics, Democrats really haven't put their…
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Jeezy: They're, they're big, they're big players.
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Manny: Right.
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Jeezy: on the court, right? Their starting five hasn't been…
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Jeezy: The best, or the more popular fiery, democratic…
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Jeezy: candidates. It's been more of the… those that are appeasing
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Jeezy: the progressive, so is this gonna be a feature or a flaw? Because when you look at the success that Allred had.
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Jeezy: He… I wouldn't consider him to be nearly as charismatic in his… he's more appealing, I would believe.
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Jeezy: moderate voters than Jasmine Crockett could be.
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Jeezy: So, what do you feel on that?
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Manny: I think that's valid. So…
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Manny: I think that's part of it. I think when we think about Texas, Texas is going to be multifaceted. So I think we still have some time for some interesting things to shake out, especially now that the Supreme Court has said, yeah, y'all can go ahead and run these maps.
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Jeezy: Which…
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Manny: I think this…
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Jeezy: Might come back to bite. They may not get 5 seats.
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Manny: Oh, no, no, no, no, I don't think they'll get 5 seats. Based on…
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Jeezy: Over, under.
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Manny: Man, I, look… Based on my understanding from people that I've talked to down in Texas.
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Manny: How they drew the maps to get these 5 extra seats.
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Manny: We're not done with the most forethought.
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Jeezy: Oh, boy.
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Jeezy: It's always, it's always the case, bro.
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Manny: not done with the most forethought in mind, and I think that is a statement about the entire administration at this point, that there's not a lot of forethought.
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Manny: But my understanding is how they targeted the redraw was not based on party affiliation or lower races. They did it on the presidential race.
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Jeezy: Oh, bruh, that…
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Manny: That's a… that's a rough race to try to redistrict your entire state on, because…
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Manny: while it might help… well, no, it's not really gonna help the presidency, because Texas…
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Manny: The states are gonna do what they're gonna do.
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Jeezy: Yeah.
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Manny: But…
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Manny: because if you look at ballot drop-off, so let's just take, say, North Carolina, virtually everyone votes for whoever's running for president.
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Manny: Most people vote for Congress. I think you get maybe a 2% drop-off. You maybe get another drop-off right after that.
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Manny: But then, after you get into, like, the state seats, it's like, you lose 40%. Yeah. So, when they re… my understanding, when they did the redistricting, a lot of people were taken into account that were Trump voters.
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Manny: But are really left-leaning.
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Manny: So, when they did the numbers, they're… they're probably a whole lot more blue than they're actually red.
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Manny: So that might cause a problem in several of these new seats. We'll see.
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Manny: We'll see.
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Manny: But, the other flip side of this is…
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Manny: Assuming everything… so, let's assume Jasmine Crockett gets out of the primary. She… she does have a, a primary to get through. I'm not envisioning it being much of a problem. Right now, the incumbent is John Korn.
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Manny: And… that is going to be a tight rate. Like, he's gotta get out of… out of his primary, to be… because he's right now facing Ken Paxton, who's Texas Attorney General, and U.S. Congressman Wesley Hunt from Houston.
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Jeezy: Yep.
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Manny: And with Houston being, I think in the U.S, it's like the fourth largest city now?
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Jeezy: Yeah, it's somewhere up there, yeah.
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Manny: So, there… there's gonna be a battle there, I think, to get out of… to… to get out of that. And if John Korn loses, I think that just throws another layer of complexity into this race and what happens.
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Manny: Jasmine Crockett is up against, state-rate James Tallarico in Austin. I'm not gonna lie to the listeners, I have no idea who that is.
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Manny: But I think it's gonna… I think it'll be interesting. Like, if you ask what I want to happen, I want, Jasmine to get out of her pro… her, primary, but I'm… I would be more intrigued if John Korn loses his primary.
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Jeezy: That's more.
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Manny: And you have a… because what you could also start seeing is a rejection of the Republican Party.
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Manny: And if you start seeing that, and we start having incumbents lose their seats to upstarts, you will start to get a good view and a different understanding of what this new Republican Party is going to look like.
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Manny: Because honestly, this is… this is the only… it's the only race we're gonna have before 2028.
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Manny: So it's the only opportunity that both parties are going to be able to take some level of pulse across the nation to figure out what messages are working, what messages aren't working.
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Manny: And what personalities, you know, you look at the whole New York race, with, I was gonna say Mimandi, and that is not his name. That is, McDonney, yeah. Mimandi is a… he's a doctor that lives here in North Carolina.
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Manny: McDonald's me, Mandy. Me Mandy.
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Manny: He's a doctor here in the Raleigh area that I know. But yeah, McDonney, like…
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Manny: Let me tell you how Dems are gonna mess this up.
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Jeezy: Bruh. Bruh, I knew it was coming, bruh.
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Jeezy: Because really, buddy…
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Jeezy: The Democrats are walking to a situation where this could be the epic, LeBron James, D. Wade alley-oop, but, but they're gonna hit the rim.
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Manny: Ain't nothing more on time than the thems messing it up for themselves.
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Manny: I'm gonna say this, and we're gonna come back here, pause, in November to review this statement.
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Manny: Just because they work in New York City.
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Jeezy: Does not mean…
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Manny: It's gonna work in Raleigh, North Carolina. Nope. It doesn't mean it's gonna be in Toledo.
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Manny: It may not work in Texas. It's… it may not work in California. May not work in Colorado. Just every single political district is a different beast, and you must treat it as such. So what you ultimately… what they ultimately need to do
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Manny: Is to look at this.
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Jeezy: from a what macro pieces can we take? Oh.
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Manny: that people want younger leadership. They want connected leadership. Yep.
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Manny: We need to raise money. These are the messages that resonated to this group of people. Cool. This message resonated to this group of people. This is how this message… you can use some parallels, but it is not the same race.
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Jeezy: No, no. And if they're not careful.
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Jeezy: They're gonna make that mistake, because while you obviously should take the macro, as you stated.
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Jeezy: Using what's in the macro and using that to tailor your micro is gonna get you caught.
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Manny: Gets you caught every time.
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Manny: Every time.
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Jeezy: Every time. So I think that, you know, they have a wonderful opportunity.
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Jeezy: I even… I… see, the Democrats are always messing something up, man. Because I'm even, like, with seeing the whole affordability thing, Trump is literally handing you
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Jeezy: Ad work after ad work after ad work.
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Jeezy: on the affordability topic, and I feel like they're not capitalizing on it all. I mean, now, granted, it could be one of the main topics that they push in 2026,
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Jeezy: But while the, while the, while the pot is hot, Let's cook.
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Manny: Well, and it's like, that's the other mistake that's laying out there for not hitting him on that. Like, I would start hitting him now, because we all know, at this point, you know what… I know who… I know one person that will.
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Manny: Oh, Gavin. But you gotta start…
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Jeezy: Fire.
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Manny: You gotta start hitting him now, cause the one thing you know about Donald Trump, he gonna give you some more content.
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Jeezy: Always, bro.
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Manny: There's always… there will be something new that you can hit him on.
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Jeezy: Yep.
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Manny: in… in January, and something new in February. You…
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Manny: People need to take this. Like, you got… people are sitting on powder, and…
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Manny: you telling somebody in October 2026 what Trump said in December 25 is not gonna matter. It's not gonna matter.
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Jeezy: You gotta hit it, you gotta sow… bruh, you have to sow the seed now, bro. You can't wait until a week before harvest and say, well, let me put this seed in the.
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Manny: Let me put this in and see what happens.
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Jeezy: So much vital time. And bruh, this is the thing, affordability.
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Jeezy: See, this is… Manny, this is why they… we need to be employed.
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Manny: Come holla at them.
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Jeezy: What better time?
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Jeezy: Then to… to run ads like crazy on affordability.
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Jeezy: At holiday time, Christmas time.
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Jeezy: Families ain't buying being able to buy as many gifts, but you got clips of the president saying, oh, well, you just, instead of getting $30, you may only get one. Oh, affordability is a Democratic hoax. And people know, I really can't, regardless of what Trump's saying, bruh, I can't afford this Christmas.
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Jeezy: We can't afford these… everybody's getting one gift this Christmas. Why not capitalize on that? That ham that your grandma was getting from Food Line for $20.
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Manny: It's 78… 7856 before tax.
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Jeezy: I'm wondering why y'all getting ham slices, and nobody seen the whole ham, that's why.
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Manny: One more.
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Jeezy: Grandma can't afford that whole ham.
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Jeezy: Why not capitalize on that? And that makes me think, man, what the Democrats are doing.
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Jeezy: What's the plan?
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Manny: Bruh, ain't no plan.
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Manny: Ain't no plan, you know that, and I know that.
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Manny: We've been… we… we could have ran this entire… Right. That's all they got. That's all they got is concepts of plans.
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Manny: We ain't got no healthcare!
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Jeezy: I'm sitting here looking like… How, how many, bruh?
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Jeezy: Stop telling me that you're not a dunked the ball, but you can't catch no alley-oop.
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Manny: Stop telling me you can dunk the ball, and I ain't seen you do a layup.
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Jeezy: I ain't… bruh, I ain't seen you yet.
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Manny: Right.
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Manny: Sir, are we even… are you even at the stadium?
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Jeezy: Sir, why are you at the football field telling me you can dunk? I didn't even know you was on the team.
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Jeezy: As a matter of fact, I ain't never seen you on the floor.
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Manny: But geez, we could run in…
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Manny: It is the central question we have asked since this podcast started.
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Manny: is Democrats, what is your plan?
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Jeezy: What is your plan?
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Manny: And I'm yet the closest the Dems have shown me to them having a plan.
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Manny: was the holdout for the government shutdown, I'm like, this… this appears to be a plan of sorts.
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Jeezy: Yup. Y'all always y'all got a plan, but then when it's time for us to see the plan, we don't got no plan.
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Manny: Or the plan is trash, because you know who always got a plan? Cory Booker.
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Jeezy: Brad.
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Manny: And what's Cory Booker's plan gonna be? He's gonna, get up on that mic, and… Get up on that mic and talk for 46 minutes.
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Manny: Or just come out of nowhere saying, hey, y'all, I'm getting married. What?
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Jeezy: Hey, Cory Booker got him a… he went and got him a, I believe back in the day, Bobby Brown and Ditch would call that a tenderon.
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Manny: tenderoni?
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Jeezy: Is he, is he rolling out another, a Tim Scott?
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Manny: Hey.
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Manny: Hey, I mean…
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Jeezy: So his wife says all the team.
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Manny: Bruh, we ain't seen it… we ain't seen her since… well, no, they got married. I do remember seeing that post, that… that they didn't…
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Manny: Bro, you remember the movie Head of State?
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Jeezy: Yes.
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Manny: And they pulled, like, hey, this'll be your wife. That's how I feel like this is going with Cory Booker. Because also, I feel like Cory Booker's wife…
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Manny: And we are not here to talk about people's looks.
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Manny: But I also feel like she is a variant of Rosario Dawson.
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Jeezy: She is. He got her off another timeline.
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Manny: You said?
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Jeezy: Like, I wouldn'.
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Manny: I hope they did.
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Jeezy: Corey?
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Jeezy: Wally, if you found love.
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Manny: Congratulations. Love is… love is a beautiful thing.
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Jeezy: Every, every man needs to find his woman, bro. I will, I will, I will never, not, I will never be against that, but if you did this…
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Jeezy: To somehow make you look more politically appeasing, in 2028.
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Manny: It's not gonna work, homie.
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Jeezy: It ain't gonna work, bro.
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Manny: It ain't good, it ain't.
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Jeezy: making out them trenches the first time, you ain't gonna make.
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Manny: There's a reason.
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Jeezy: I'll pay you that away.
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Jeezy: We ain't gonna vote for you because of that wife. We ain't voting for you because of you.
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Manny: And that does not mean, hey, go adopt a dog during Christmas, no. Bruh, I am almost…
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Jeezy: None of us for no political, bruh, don't do it, bruh, don't waste your time, bruh.
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Manny: I will donate $100.
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Manny: to the North Carolina Food Bank.
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Manny: when Cory Booker post on Christmas that he and his wife got a dog.
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Jeezy: Brad.
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Manny: Almost guaranteed. Like, I might as well go ahead and write that… write that check right now.
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Manny: In fact, I will do $200, $100 for the North Carolina Food Bank, and I will do another $100 for the New Jersey Food Bank.
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Manny: If… If Cory Booker pops off with a new dog during Christmas.
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Jeezy: So, you donating $100 to both food banks, you realize that in this economy, all you did was just buy both of those food banks.
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Jeezy: 5 bags of Brazilian oranges.
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Manny: Because of affordability.
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Manny: And damns, that is how easy it is to talk about a subject.
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Manny: We weren't even trying.
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Jeezy: He's hungry, but his calcium level's gonna be good.
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Manny: Calcium's on point. On point. All because Cory Booker got him a dog.
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Manny: the most constructive thing that's happened to the country because of Cory Booker this year.
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Jeezy: Man, look… I don't know… the one thing I did feel about all of this, is that…
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Jeezy: at least getting the Democrats to move in a…
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Jeezy: with unity. Because as soon as, like, Jasmine announced, Homeboy was like, Allred was like, oh yeah, I'm gonna drop out, and I'mma go to, you know, try to go ahead and get my spot in the house. I was like, okay.
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Jeezy: Big Dog Stad.
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Manny: But also realize what goes into… into something like that. He knew.
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Jeezy: Like, something tells me that Jasmine strikes me…
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Manny: Well, I don't even think it was somebody. Like, I think that was a call Jasmine made. How the situation strikes me is that Jasmine called and said, hey, I'm running for this.
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Manny: I wanted to let you know, and I wanted you to hear it from me. That's how I feel like, in my head, this would have gone.
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Manny: But either way, he knew before the announcement came.
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Jeezy: Can't want that smoke.
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Manny: Right. And we see it all the time. Like, we saw it here in North Carolina, when, Wiley Nichols, like, yeah, I'm running for Senate. And when Roy popped out, he said, I'm good.
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Jeezy: Hey, you got it. You got it.
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Manny: This DA race in Wake County sure looks fun to me.
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Jeezy: Bruh. I will say this, though. Now, Dems…
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Jeezy: You might be in a pickle.
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Jeezy: Because… if… Jasmine Crockett makes it to the end.
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Jeezy: And she don't perform as well as Allred did.
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Jeezy: Bruh.
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Jeezy: It's gonna look real bad.
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Manny: It's gonna look real bad. And in all honesty…
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Jeezy: You may have just set yourself back for the 2028 if you… if that… if that happened.
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Manny: Well… I don't know, cause at the end of the day, it's still Texas.
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Jeezy: I mean, like…
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Manny: Did we…
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Jeezy: If you thought you were gonna be able to hang your hat on in 2028, you may have to go back to the drawing board.
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Jeezy: And they have proven that they aren't too good when it comes to going back to the drawing board.
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Manny: Yeah.
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Manny: And it's hard to lose multiple times, like…
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Jeezy: It is.
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Manny: So… but this is not the only, like, high-profile race we'll be talking about. Like, again, as these deadlines get closer and closer and closer.
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Manny: more people are gonna retire, but to… to go on to creativity, so in North Carolina, there is a race, and it is, it's Tim Moore… it's for a Tim Moore seat, I can't remember the number.
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Manny: So, somebody is…
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Manny: It's… it's very interesting. So, somebody is… and I'm gonna go look for her name while I'm talking about this. So, if I awkwardly pause, listeners, it's because I'm trying to multitask and not doing a very good job of it.
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Manny: So, in Tim Moore's race, there is a woman who was a Democrat, has decided to switch, and is now a Republican, and is primarying Tim Moore.
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Manny: But it's very clear that she is not… She's not a Republican.
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Jeezy: That ain't a Republican, she used to be a Democrat, and she's just running to kind of…
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Jeezy: Jackie, basically?
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Manny: Yeah, so it is, Kate Barr.
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Jeezy: Yep.
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Manny: And her theory here, and it's interesting, is that…
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Jeezy: A Democrat is never going to be able to beat Tim Moore.
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Manny: So, I'm gonna run as a Republican.
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Manny: And what I want you to do, if you're a Democrat, I want you to switch parties and pull the Republican ballot.
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Manny: Or if you're an independent, I want you to go ahead and pull the Republican pallet. Or if you're a Republican, you can vote for me.
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Manny: And if enough of you do this.
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Manny: I will be able to beat Tim Moore in a primary.
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Manny: And become… and… and it's U.S. House 14. Sorry, finally got to the number.
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Manny: And I'm like, this… and I was telling Geez before, I was like, this is a very interesting tactic… tactic. I don't think it will work. Yeah. Mostly because I… True. And I think part of it… part of why I don't think it'll work right now is because of time.
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Manny: It is… the primary is the third. I think Dems who want to change affiliation have until, like, the end of this month to be able to do it.
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Manny: Independents are the second largest group, I believe? No, no, they are the largest group right now.
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Manny: Mathematically, it is possible.
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Jeezy: Yeah.
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Manny: Where this becomes interesting, she doesn't have to win for this to become interesting.
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Manny: If she makes it close, if she makes Tim Moore have to sweat, then…
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Manny: You… we will… it will be guaranteed we will watch this replay itself
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Manny: from both parties across the country. And it is going to be… Ignant.
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Manny: The amount… if this is successful, if you guys were sick of the amount of money in politics now.
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Jeezy: Oh, bruh, it's about to get…
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Manny: You're gonna be REAL sick when this is all said, because these primaries are going to get astronomically more expensive.
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Jeezy: Bruh, it is about to be… I mean, the money is about to be flying out the wazoo, bruh, it's gonna be so crazy with what happens if she.
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Manny: he's able.
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Jeezy: To pull this off.
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Jeezy: But I like… I low-key, man, am excited for this election. Like, I'm just low-key for just all that is going to take place.
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Manny: Make it interesting.
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Jeezy: Bro, thank you. This isn't boring, like, there is legit… okay, we know Trump is in his last term, asterisk, in case he comes and finds a way to squeeze his, you know, back into it, but…
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Jeezy: this…
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Jeezy: this is like, okay, the Trump era is moving either to the next chapter, or we're going into a landscape where we really don't know how this is gonna look from both sides of the aisle. And people are pulling out as many of the.
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Manny: All the stops.
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Jeezy: all the stops that they possibly could do, and I'm here for it.
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Manny: Right. You gotta get creative, because it is clear with Trump and the state of politics right now, what we knew was nice and normal ain't working.
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Jeezy: Bro. Bruh.
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Manny: So…
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Jeezy: You gotta get dirty, you gotta…
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Manny: Bruh, it is like…
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Jeezy: On and poppin'.
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Manny: And I'll go ahead and say it too, Kate Barr, if you are interested in joining the boys on the pod to talk about your race.
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Manny: Come on through.
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Jeezy: You're so welcome. You are more than welcome.
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Manny: And Tim Moore. Tim Moore?
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Manny: Come on through, too.
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Jeezy: Hey, man.
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Jeezy: You gotta fight for your right to party.
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Manny: That… what?
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Manny: The door… the doors of the pod are open, for most people. Actually, I don't know that many people we wouldn't have on the pod. There are some.
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Jeezy: Yeah, we ain't got a long list. There is some. There is a list.
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Jeezy: Is Mark Robinson on that list?
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Jeezy: Mmm…
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Manny: Look.
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Jeezy: Mark… Mark Robinson…
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Manny: is not on the list of being banned from the pod. I would… I would welcome Mark Robinson on this show.
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Manny: Now, would he stay the entire duration? Absolutely not. Oh, cause we gonna… he gonna go up on these coals.
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Manny: Bro.
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Manny: Bruh, I'm…
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Jeezy: his own.
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Manny: And you know what? He is probably one of the few people I would just have smoke for immediately. Yep.
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Jeezy: Don't even go change.
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Manny: Dear Lord Jesus is the fire.
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Jeezy: Bruh, we getting right to the shenanigans, bruh, but yeah.
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Manny: But there's… there's about to be so… there's so many retirements, so many open seats, there's so much creativity. And I think that is the other piece I want to get across, is…
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Manny: If you look at some of these races, And I… in 2016,
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Manny: So, actually, take a step back. 2015, actually even further, 2014.
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Manny: When you look at the Republican primary, and I'll only speak about the North Carolina primary, for president.
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Manny: And you looked at the teams.
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Manny: that Trump was putting together politically here in North Carolina. That team that he put together…
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Manny: Were people who were known in politics, but were just waiting on a shot.
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Manny: And I feel like he did that… Trump did that across the country. And I think that helped propel him in 2016 with pulling people off the bench who were just looking for a shot.
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Manny: And… I think it is time that more people do that, on both sides. You know, if someone were for Obama, that's fantastic.
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Manny: Obama been out of office how long now?
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Manny: Politics has changed how much since then?
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Jeezy: So, there are new people with new ideas. You are going to have to… you're going to have to risk it.
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Manny: To get the biscuit.
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Jeezy: Yes, sir.
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Manny: So you're going to have to go for new ideas, you're going to have to try new things if you expect to be successful. This playbook for some of these more competitive seats, or some of these seats people are trying to make competitive.
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Jeezy: You're going to have to do some interesting stuff.
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Manny: And will some of it work? Yes. Will some of it fail catastrophically? Absolutely. Just don't do anything that you don't want read aloud or seen aloud on the 6 o'clock news or on the front of the New York Times.
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Jeezy: Yep.
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Jeezy: Yep, but you're gonna have to…
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Jeezy: Going into 2026 and these midterm elections, you have to get creative. If you're playing same old politics.
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Jeezy: Now, some places, it may.
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Manny: Some places, it will work.
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Jeezy: Yeah, some places it will work.
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Jeezy: But, if you'll… you have to be…
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Jeezy: able to identify what it will take with where you're located. And some of these places are gonna have to get creative, and gonna have to really, get outside of the box.
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Jeezy: If they want to get over that finish line, and…
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Jeezy: I'm very interested to see how Texas turns out.
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Jeezy: I will say, I can't even remember the name, and I'm sorry to our listeners that I don't have it, but I believe the mayor who just won in Miami, first Democratic mayor in Miami?
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Jeezy: In what, like, 30-something years or something like that?
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Jeezy: You know, there is some change that are happening in certain small pockets in certain areas, but it's going to take that.
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Manny: activity, and this is for both sides.
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Jeezy: I'm.
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Manny: Yeah.
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Jeezy: I'm telling you both. Republicans gonna have to get creative, too.
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Manny: The Republican of the day is not the Republican of 10 years ago.
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Jeezy: Right. So, things have to change, and I think that if you're not willing to do that.
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Jeezy: you ain't really willing to win that biscuit. And it's gonna take some very interesting campaigning.
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Jeezy: And just a level… bro, shout out to…
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Jeezy: People who work on these teams behind the scenes.
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Jeezy: Because that's really important. There are some unsung heroes that we don't know of that are… that are gonna put.
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Manny: Some of these.
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Jeezy: candidates over the finishing line, based off of the creativity and the innovation and what they are able to bring to the table in this political landscape.
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Manny: Yeah, no, it absolutely is a team effort, so…
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Manny: The one thing that I would like to also say.
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Manny: If you are over the age, of 80.
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Jeezy: Bruh, bring that number down.
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Manny: I'm sorry. If you are over the… No, I'll give you 70. If you are 70 or older.
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Manny: Go home.
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Jeezy: Burger.
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Manny: We tired of you.
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Manny: Go home. You're not gonna have to live with any of the decisions you're gonna have to make.
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Manny: So grab your hat.
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Manny: And your coat?
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Manny: Good day.
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Jeezy: Bruh, I don't understand how people can be that old serving in Congress, because I seen my grandma at 60, 65, and she didn't want to do nothing, so how do you have the energy to go do work every day at 70 and 75, going up to D.C?
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Jeezy: First of all, if you've ever been to the Capitol.
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Manny: Bro, that's a…
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Jeezy: Bruh, that's some walking that need to be done.
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Manny: Bruh. Rent.
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Jeezy: 7 months walking every day.
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Manny: Every time I've been in DC,
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Manny: I got a smooth 20,000 steps.
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Manny: Bruh, you gonna work.
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Jeezy: You gonna work.
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Manny: Bro.
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Jeezy: Well, I'll tell you something else when it comes to working that hasn't worked when it comes to this midterm election that's coming up. I don't know if you saw, but, Trump had a little, had a little attitude, when it came to the GOP that is in Indiana, because they have defied
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Jeezy: King Trump's order about redistricting.
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Jeezy: And the Indiana State Senate voted down
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Jeezy: the congressional map that would have reshaped the state's districts to eliminate Democratic House seats.
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Jeezy: 21 Republicans joined all of the Democrats in blocking the plan.
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Jeezy: what has been called is a rare rebuke of President Trump's directive within the GOP.
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Jeezy: So when you think about this.
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Jeezy: and Indiana making this bold move against President Trump, do you… think that…
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Jeezy: this is just them doing the right thing, which, I mean, in all of this, same with the congressional maps, they only happen, what, every 10 years, right?
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Manny: Yeah. Well, they're only supposed to redraw every 10 years after the census, yeah.
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Jeezy: What do you take from this bold… from the…
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Jeezy: GOP in Indiana of not taking up Trump's, demand.
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Manny: I actually don't think it's a bold move.
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Jeezy: Okay.
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Manny: I think it's the right move. I think the bold move… I think the bold move was even trying to put it up, to redraw. I think that's, you know, one thing in this age of politics that I think we're dealing with is…
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Jeezy: Normalizing things that shouldn't be normalized. Yeah.
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Manny: Like, normalizing, redrawing the map to give a party extra seat is not normal.
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Manny: So that is the bold move.
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Jeezy: I understand why people don't have more of a problem with this.
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Manny: And more people should! And more people should! Right. So, I think good on Indiana.
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Jeezy: Yeah.
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Manny: To do this, but I think what also people forget is that
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Manny: some of this is short-sighted. Like, you're not always going to be in power. There's not… there's not been a wave in America where it didn't cycle in and out.
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Manny: Like, eventually you're gonna lose power, and guess what? People are gonna remember that.
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Manny: So… It is always keen to be
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Manny: Aware of how you led when you were in leadership.
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Manny: Because… When you get back to the minority.
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Manny: it's gonna… it's gonna put you in a predicament. So…
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Jeezy: Be remembered for something.
634
Manny: I think it's good they're going to keep this map.
635
Manny: I think it makes sense. I wish more states, including North Carolina, would have followed suit. Yeah. But…
636
Manny: It also shows…
637
Jeezy: That Trump might be losing some of his juice. Bruh. He… I think so, because he was not happy.
638
Manny: He was not happy. He was basically like, oh, that's the end of your career. He was doing Birdman at Breakfast Club, I'm not gonna say it no more.
639
Manny: Not per seat.
640
Jeezy: But at the end of the day, I mean, we…
641
Jeezy: It's probably about time to turn heel, bruh, you about to be out.
642
Jeezy: How long do we really think, like, the MAGA movement is really gonna last?
643
Manny: It's lasted a lot longer than I thought.
644
Jeezy: It definitely has, but I think also the mouthpiece is still there, so I mean, it's only been so much you can… there's only been so much that's gonna happen when the mouthpiece is still there, but let's be real, there is nobody that can pick up the… and Trump's even said it, nope, there… I am MAGA. There is no MAGA after me.
645
Jeezy: Yeah, so…
646
Manny: He's right.
647
Manny: He's right. There will be entire dissertations about the magma movement.
648
Jeezy: God.
649
Jeezy: Bruh, I have told people that countless times, that there will be… that what will be… what will come out of American politics
650
Jeezy: that will be written for years to come, based off of Donald Trump, is going to be insane. I feel like I'm gonna be, Lord willing, 70 years old, and somebody's gonna be like, oh, so you lived during the presidency.
651
Jeezy: of Donald Trump. Yes, I did, two terms.
652
Manny: Still here, it's still me. But, like, no, I think…
653
Jeezy: speed.
654
Manny: There will be books written about the repo… the choice the Republicans made.
655
Jeezy: In 2009, and not stomping out the Tea Party movement that eventually gave way.
656
Manny: to the MAGA movement.
657
Jeezy: Bruh.
658
Jeezy: wild. It is wild, and I don't think that… and I know that for us, you know, this is what we do for potting, but I really don't think that
659
Jeezy: mass majority, of Americans understand… The trajectory of what happened, With that movement.
660
Jeezy: And allowing that tea party, and like you said, and what that cultivated, and allowing the pathway. And, we've always said this in our group chat.
661
Jeezy: Obama don't go without blame either.
662
Manny: Bruh.
663
Manny: We've… I've said it on this pilot, it's Obama's fault.
664
Jeezy: It's Obama's fault.
665
Manny: It's Obama's fault.
666
Jeezy: People may knock us for that, but if you ever get a chance to hear our reasoning, it is very…
667
Manny: It's Obama's fault.
668
Jeezy: Very… valid.
669
Jeezy: It's Obama's fault, and it's the… it's the followers.
670
Jeezy: Because… Grandma had a picture.
671
Jeezy: Bruh. Obama in the living room, the guy…
672
Manny: It was… it was Jesus, JFK, and Obama.
673
Jeezy: Malcolm, I mean, Malcolm, Martin Luther.
674
Manny: Martin…
675
Jeezy: and Obama.
676
Jeezy: Bruh, people… bruh… That's why, at some point, you can't be but so mad at MAGA.
677
Manny: Because while we… while the Obama movement didn't have a name like MAGA, they certainly had some capabilities. They retreated as…
678
Manny: And, well then, on top of that, like… Obama made… The Democratic Party lazy.
679
Jeezy: Yep.
680
Manny: They said, oh man, this man is… he's just… he's not freaking out, he's just… look how he does, look how he gives these speeches, oh, he made it, look, they got lazy, and then… and then coughed that L.
681
Manny: They could… they got outworked.
682
Manny: They got worked, outworked, they went out there with Phillip Rivers in 2026, hoping that Phillip Rivers would take him to the playoffs.
683
Manny: And caught that fade.
684
Jeezy: Cleveland Cavaliers thought that they would be able to sustain some level of success when LeBron left, but they didn't realize the only reason that you were winning
685
Jeezy: Because of LeBron. When LeBron left, you realized…
686
Manny: You really don't have to be kidding.
687
Jeezy: Equal Democratic Party.
688
Manny: Yep. That's a whole… there's a whole subject on that one.
689
Jeezy: But we ain't gonna go there tonight. We ain't gonna go there today. So, you know, it's gonna be very interesting, again, what happens in the, 2026 election.
690
Jeezy: Be well-rested and assured that we here at Pardon the Politics Podcast will be covering.
691
Manny: Every bit.
692
Jeezy: of it, and…
693
Jeezy: giving you all the details and our thoughts on how, we feel the race will be going leading up to… I'm assuming we probably will do…
694
Jeezy: A liquid.
695
Manny: Oh, we gonna… we gonna be live on election night. We may even be… we may even have to do Super Tuesday.
696
Jeezy: Ay.
697
Manny: Hey, man.
698
Jeezy: Whatever the listeners, would like, We'll, we'll deliver.
699
Manny: We'll make it happen.
700
Jeezy: Well, when it comes to our political landscape, and how things may shape up in, 2026,
701
Jeezy: We don't have to worry about one thing, going a little awry.
702
Manny: In the political landscape.
703
Jeezy: We may have to even have a, new segment brought to the podcast called, How Trump
704
Jeezy: It's effing up this week.
705
Manny: Because every week is something new.
706
Jeezy: Something else.
707
Manny: Something new every week.
708
Jeezy: cover whatever happens that Trump is just screwing up. Now, I will say, my brother always says that a broken clock is right twice a day.
709
Manny: Twice a day.
710
Jeezy: So, I feel like if we point out how he F's up in the week, we gotta point out when he does something good. So, to be fair to our listeners.
711
Jeezy: We will bring you the F-ups, but if Trump has done something well…
712
Manny: We're gonna call it out, too.
713
Jeezy: Yep. What Trump done done this week? That's what we'll call it. That can cover both sides.
714
Jeezy: But… First thing I want to talk about is… his controversial…
715
Jeezy: plan in this massive ballroom that he's building at the White House.
716
Manny: Bruh.
717
Jeezy: This thing has gotten out of hand. First of all, I believe it is the… is it the East Wing? East Wing.
718
Manny: Yeah.
719
Jeezy: These wing, which is deemed as being historic.
720
Jeezy: Has been demolished.
721
Manny: It's been deleted.
722
Jeezy: It's been deleted, bruh. Boom! It looks crazy.
723
Jeezy: But… The problem is, the original architect Has been fired.
724
Jeezy: Because he told Trump, basically, bro, you trying to build that big ol' ballroom on this building.
725
Manny: How are you trying to build… how are you trying to build an annex of the house.
726
Jeezy: Huh.
727
Manny: That's bigger than the house.
728
Jeezy: Trump trying to take a double-wide trailer.
729
Jeezy: and attached.
730
Jeezy: A whole man… A whole high school.
731
Jeezy: Yo, trouble food. But the architect said, hey, look, man, okay, if you want to do a ballroom.
732
Jeezy: We can do a ballroom, but bro, we can't do a ballroom that big. So, of course, in Trump fashion.
733
Jeezy: You gotta go.
734
Jeezy: So then… He fired the entire DC architect.
735
Jeezy: Oversight Board.
736
Jeezy: Which would normally talk about how such historical projects are reviewed. They gone.
737
Jeezy: Brought in another guy.
738
Manny: Going.
739
Jeezy: Hey, look, I'll do it.
740
Jeezy: But bruh, this ain't gonna happen.
741
Jeezy: Gone.
742
Jeezy: It made me think, Manny.
743
Jeezy: Could it possibly be that at the end of Trump's term.
744
Manny: They're just rebuilding the old.
745
Jeezy: It's just… it's just nothing there.
746
Jeezy: I mean, that's plausible. That's not where I thought you were going with the question, but I think that is completely plausible.
747
Manny: the… the three scenarios where I see this landing…
748
Jeezy: Okay.
749
Manny: is… I think you said one. Nothing. It's just a vacant lot.
750
Manny: I think option 2… Is that they rebuild what was already there.
751
Jeezy: Bruh.
752
Jeezy: You know what?
753
Jeezy: I may have to… I may have to… I may have to take that option, bruh. I can definitely see that.
754
Manny: We're gonna do this, it's gonna look great. Right, in Trump fashion?
755
Jeezy: That, that, that is very likely.
756
Jeezy: I'm leading with that.
757
Manny: And then the third option is some type of ballroom that is scaled back.
758
Jeezy: Why do… why… I mean…
759
Jeezy: Why does he want to do this?
760
Manny: I also don't rule out him saying.
761
Manny: if they just build it back to like it was, I would not… because what, he's got 3 years to figure this out. I would not rule out this man leveling
762
Manny: a part of Mar-a-Lago.
763
Manny: Some other… and putting up… buying some…
764
Manny: Buying some random real estate, in and around downtown DC, and building a separate ballroom.
765
Jeezy: bread.
766
Jeezy: And putting his name on it.
767
Manny: Aren't they getting ready to leave the… aren't they getting ready to leave the FBI building in, D.C?
768
Jeezy: Yeah.
769
Manny: tear it down.
770
Manny: There it goes.
771
Manny: Ballroom.
772
Jeezy: Trump's terrific ballroom.
773
Manny: The terrific towel.
774
Manny: And then the price keeps going up.
775
Manny: Like, and that's my other thing, like, Trump, you know…
776
Jeezy: Did he get on Jerome Powell about that when he went down to the Fed building a couple of us ago?
777
Manny: That building's already been built. What?
778
Manny: Bruh.
779
Manny: Yeah, this is bad.
780
Manny: This is… well, of all the things, of all the things…
781
Jeezy: of American politics right now.
782
Manny: Take it apart! Okay, we gotta put it back together. Anyone got them instructions? We saved those? Nope.
783
Jeezy: Bro.
784
Manny: Yeah, so I don't know what they're going to do. I do believe that there is still, like, a lawsuit that's been filed against it, so we'll see where that goes.
785
Manny: But… Yeah, we're missing part of the White House.
786
Jeezy: Well, we might be missing part of the White House, but I think…
787
Jeezy: And another thing what Trump done did.
788
Jeezy: We might be missing part of the White House, but Venezuela misses an oil tanker.
789
Manny: Bro.
790
Jeezy: I told y'all last week to stay out of the waters.
791
Manny: Stay out of them waters, and here y'all go. I mean, I told you this man in a while.
792
Jeezy: Bruh, things are escalating in the Caribbean, bruh. The Trump administration sees a huge Venezuelan oil tanker, and it was named, the Skipper, off the coast of Venezuela, marking a major expansion in U.S. action against, Maduro's regime, sanction enforcement, and…
793
Jeezy: Marina Time Operation. Now, this tanker was seized under U.S. law.
794
Jeezy: For allegedly transporting Venezuelan and possibly Iranian oil in violation of long-standing sanctions.
795
Jeezy: The U.S. forces, being the Coast Guard and Navy helicopters, and I believe it were drones and all, but it was a whole, like.
796
Manny: Whole thing.
797
Jeezy: I'm not of a movie. They boarded and seized the vessel under a warrant just before it expired.
798
Jeezy: Now, Trump said that this seizure was a very good… they had a very good reason, to clamp down on illicit oil and tied it broadly to national security anti-drug efforts, saying the U.S, might…
799
Manny: Bro.
800
Jeezy: Trump said they might keep the oil. Bruh.
801
Manny: I'll hold on to this. Let me hold onto this for a little bit.
802
Jeezy: Well, it's come out and said that this is an act of piracy, and then that made me laugh, because I was like, bro, we really got U.S. pirates, bro. Like…
803
Jeezy: But this is also just a rise in just tensions that are going on, and…
804
Manny: with Trump doing this.
805
Jeezy: And I get it that they had the warning and everything, but…
806
Jeezy: Why are… why are we poking bears?
807
Manny: So, there's a lot of… lot of reasons why I think, and a lot of other things that have been… that have been put out there.
808
Jeezy: -Oh. Boom.
809
Manny: But we haven't… but we haven't done it this episode, so… -Oh. Geez, if you wouldn't mind…
810
Audio shared by Jeezy: Bruh.
811
Jeezy: I was like, are we gonna make it the whole episode without one? Absolutely not.
812
Manny: On the interwebs, our good old tinfoil hat community, what some of them have said… Now, I will denote, I don't know if I believe this, I've seen no evidence to this be true, but politics is just wild enough that I believe it. I could see it happening.
813
Manny: that there is a belief that China is about to make a run on Taiwan.
814
Jeezy: -Oh.
815
Manny: And that the U.S. does get a fair amount of money from Taiwan.
816
Manny: to help the economy. Well, they need to offset that.
817
Manny: So, that is why… they're going to try to run up into Venezuela.
818
Jeezy: -Oh.
819
Manny: That's what the tinfoil hat community… I think it's simpler than that.
820
Manny: I… I think Venezuela provides a… provides an economic opportunity there, but I also think… that…
821
Manny: It works good within his messaging. It's a country that can't really fight back, and doesn't have any immediately close, close friends.
822
Manny: So, let's say, worst case scenario, they want to stall the election because we're at war. I think that might be the play.
823
Jeezy: Mmm.
824
Manny: But yeah, like…
825
Manny: I don't fully understand what… We want to do over there.
826
Jeezy: Well, I think that if we're trying to just… and I know this… and I'm saying this lightly, but…
827
Jeezy: Bruh, if we wanna fight, let's go ahead and just get it over with.
828
Manny: pros.
829
Jeezy: bullying, and… bruh, I'm like, I'm tired of all the… You ever see two people, bruh?
830
Manny: If you're gonna fight, go ahead and fight.
831
Jeezy: Bruh, and it's all the extra stuff?
832
Manny: I bet you won't come over here, I bet you won't come over here. Yo, hit me, go on.
833
Jeezy: No, you hit me first. Somebody hit somebody so we can.
834
Manny: Somebody hit somebody first.
835
Manny: Who, who's taking the first swing?
836
Jeezy: I swear, I hit one of y'all.
837
Manny: I was just, I'll just get down to business.
838
Jeezy: But, at this point, because… This escalation is just tiptoeing.
839
Jeezy: closer and closer and closer to just getting out of hand. And… at this point, man, I-I'll just…
840
Jeezy: I don't know.
841
Jeezy: Right. I don't know. I really don't.
842
Manny: I also know that, you know, I don't know if our economy can handle us going to war, but, you know, that's never stopped us from doing anything.
843
Jeezy: Instead of worrying about that oil that the Venezuelans got, how about you bring these oil prices down so that we can fry some chicken, we can eat some fish, we can cook, we can… bro, how about you bring these grocery prices down?
844
Manny: Bruh.
845
Jeezy: bring this oil in, bring all this other stuff down. Gas.
846
Jeezy: Cost of living. Affordability.
847
Jeezy: You worried about the Venezuela guy going over?
848
Manny: I heard that affordability was a Democrat… Democrat hoax.
849
Manny: That's what I heard.
850
Jeezy: When's the last time you been to the store and you bought some cooking oil, bro?
851
Manny: Alright, so we had this argument… well, we didn't have an argument. We were having this discussion trying to figure out what we were gonna do for Thanksgiving, whether we were gonna deep fry a turkey.
852
Manny: Or whether we're just gonna, you know.
853
Jeezy: Oh, bruh.
854
Manny: roast one. Boy, I walked past that thing of peanut oil, so they wanted $60. I said, the devil is a lie.
855
Jeezy: That's what I'm saying, bruh, they worried about the wrong oil. Bruh, oil is crazy. Now, granted, I don't eat a lot of fried food, I don't… but every now and then, bruh, I get a taste. I get a taste for it, bruh.
856
Jeezy: Man, so I… obviously, I don't have oil stocked in the house, because I don't…
857
Jeezy: buy it on a regular, but bruh, I went and I'm like, why… I don't remember as a kid oil being this expensive.
858
Manny: No, cause it wasn't. It was not.
859
Jeezy: Why make oil $7, bruh? I swear to God, my mama used to get oil for, like, $1.29.
860
Jeezy: Why am I paying $7 for some oil, and I'm only gonna use it like this one time.
861
Manny: Bruh.
862
Jeezy: Right. One time.
863
Manny: Max.
864
Jeezy: Trump, I need you to get… I need you to worry about the right oil, bruh.
865
Manny: Bro.
866
Jeezy: Let America fry again.
867
Manny: Now RFK gonna get upset, because you gotta use beef tallow.
868
Jeezy: Oh, bruh.
869
Jeezy: He gonna start telling me that the reason why dementia is involved, because you've been eating with vegetable oil, you should have been doing sunflower seed oil, like, oh, bruh.
870
Manny: Should've got that beef tallow.
871
Manny: And… and that fish filet.
872
Jeezy: Bruh. At any rate, bruh… Trump gotta stop doing stuff, bruh.
873
Manny: Gotta sit down.
874
Jeezy: I'm done this week, bruh, on top of… bruh, there was a clip I was gonna play, but I said, you know what, I'm not even gonna do my.
875
Manny: Our listeners like that.
876
Manny: Right.
877
Jeezy: Trump told a story.
878
Jeezy: at a… I believe it was a Christmas event, and started talking about how this doctor got bit by this viper snake in Peru.
879
Jeezy: Bruh, I gotta drop.
880
Manny: God.
881
Jeezy: When I…
882
Manny: I don't know.
883
Jeezy: Right.
884
Jeezy: He went on a tangent.
885
Jeezy: About how this snake…
886
Jeezy: is one of those snakes that are, like, the, like, in the top four is the black mamba, the brown mamba, and the viper from Pooh
887
Jeezy: He said, I asked anybody, he said, did anybody see the snake?
888
Jeezy: He said… everybody said, just let him go. He said, and I just lost one vote.
889
Manny: What!
890
Jeezy: But he said that a snake was the deadliest snake. If it bites you, you die instantly. But he was talking to a doctor that got bit by one.
891
Jeezy: It did talk about how the man was in a concussion for 2 years and missed the holiday season, bruh.
892
Jeezy: It was wild, man. I was like, somebody pays the nurse.
893
Manny: Sit down. Sit down. Done. Done.
894
Jeezy: I said, he doesn't… he done sold himself.
895
Manny: When Grandpa started telling weird stories… Them wild stories. Yup.
896
Jeezy: Check his diaper.
897
Manny: Bruh.
898
Jeezy: You know, Trump, Trump always doing something, and I'm sure next week, we'll.
899
Manny: It'll be something else. That's why it's a segment.
900
Jeezy: That's why we gotta add it as a segment now, what Trump done did, bro. So…
901
Jeezy: Trump, calm down, man. It's the holiday season. Matter of fact, take a break, bruh.
902
Manny: Get some rest, man. All this, all this work you've been doing, trying to make America, great.
903
Manny: How about I said, make America?
904
Manny: Yeah, get some rest, man. We… the country will run itself.
905
Jeezy: It'll be fine, bruh. It'll be fine, just, just, yeah.
906
Jeezy: I'm sure. What do you think he asked for for Christmas, bruh?
907
Jeezy: A bonnet?
908
Manny: No, see, I was gonna… see, you… you kept… you did not take this in a direction that I thought you were going to take it, and I was gonna say… Yeah, see, I was not gonna be civil.
909
Manny: I'm just not even gonna… I'm not going to answer that question. Right. Until we are off air.
910
Jeezy: Hey, bruh. Sometimes you don't have to take the alley-oop, bro.
911
Manny: It was a… it was a good one, too.
912
Jeezy: Hey, bro, look, that's what I do, man.
913
Manny: Look, I did one of those, came up with the arm, I was like, nope, I'm gonna let it go. I'm gonna let it go.
914
Jeezy: Oh, broke.
915
Manny: Because if I do this, I'm gonna land in the crowd, I'm gonna hit the camera guy, you know what, I'm just… I'm good.
916
Jeezy: I'm doing good, bro.
917
Manny: Yep.
918
Manny: We were already up. We were already up by 15.
919
Jeezy: Yep.
920
Jeezy: Well, that being said, you would have thought that, Trump might have been our, pickle of the week, but he is not, but we are currently at that time where, in our episode, we want to bring to you the pickle of the week.
921
Audio shared by Jeezy: We've got your pickle!
922
Audio shared by Jeezy: We got your pickle!
923
Audio shared by Jeezy: We got your pickle!
924
Jeezy: Alright, alright, alright.
925
Jeezy: This pickle does not bring me any joy.
926
Jeezy: I want to say that first and foremost.
927
Jeezy: Now, I did think about… My pickle wasn't gonna be political.
928
Manny: But I try not to beat a brother when he's down, but…
929
Jeezy: Ex-football coach for Michigan.
930
Jeezy: Yeah, bro.
931
Manny: Boy. Boy.
932
Jeezy: Hey, bro.
933
Manny: I mean.
934
Jeezy: You deserve.
935
Manny: You would have picked them. You…
936
Jeezy: I don't know if you know, but, you know, on top of all that happened, I saw this morning on the way to work that an OnlyFans model came and spoke out and said that.
937
Manny: Bruh, it said that he tried to get him to do a foursome?
938
Jeezy: Bruh, somebody forced him, and she was like, but he never offered us, you know, season tickets to the Michigan football game, and then the thing that had me weak was, she said, yeah, I've talked to him before he got arrested, and I've talked to him after he got arrested, too, and I said, bruh, now come on.
939
Manny: Right.
940
Manny: Brother man!
941
Jeezy: attitude.
942
Manny: That man… That man wife and kids watching.
943
Jeezy: You got out of jail, and you went back to the steel, dirty work?
944
Jeezy: Bruh, that's nasty work, sir.
945
Manny: Excuse me.
946
Jeezy: Straight back to the nasty word.
947
Manny: Bruh, bruh, that…
948
Jeezy: You deserve to be a pickle, bruh, but I couldn't… bruh, I'ma save them colds for you, bro. I try not to kick a brother when he's down, but I'mma tell you right now, you in the kitchen counter. You have been seasoned and ready for the grill.
949
Manny: Bruh.
950
Jeezy: You got about one more thing to come out about your situation, and we're gonna have to rate them coals under you, too.
951
Jeezy: Right.
952
Jeezy: The pickle does not.
953
Jeezy: bring me any joy, but I must bring it to our listeners' attention.
954
Jeezy: The pickle of the week is…
955
Manny: Yes.
956
Jeezy: Should be the American people, but I'm going to start with this pickle being.
957
Jeezy: Congress.
958
Jeezy: And Congress is in a pickle right now because, they are officially in crush time mode, scrambling to stop healthcare costs from exploding for millions.
959
Jeezy: American… Americans, excuse me. There are several…
960
Jeezy: Temporary healthcare provisions that are about to expire.
961
Jeezy: And one thing I want to say is that they knew these… this deadline, these expiration dates were happening. This is no news, they were not…
962
Jeezy: caught off guard by this. But because of what has taken place in Congress, there is crunch time
963
Jeezy: Where the deadline is approaching, where healthcare is about to spike, like… End of the year. Nobody's business for a ton of Americans. And while we…
964
Jeezy: While the President speaks of affordability being a democratic hoax.
965
Jeezy: One thing that is not a hoax is our healthcare and what we have to pay in this country.
966
Jeezy: We, me and Manny, both being parents.
967
Jeezy: Having kids. We have… healthcare…
968
Manny: Care is key.
969
Jeezy: Healthcare is key, and it's crazy, the cost.
970
Jeezy: we are blessed to be able to afford that, but some Americans will not be able to afford the cost.
971
Jeezy: when some of these provisions, in their healthcare is gone. And as many have stated, this is going to be massive going at the end of the year. We only have, what.
972
Manny: Two weeks? Two weeks left? Yep.
973
Jeezy: For the middle-class families.
974
Jeezy: they really could see this huge premium spikes, and we saw that before with the government shutdown, how Senator Warnock in Georgia was… he put it up, like, hey, this is what you're paying for…
975
Manny: This is what it is.
976
Jeezy: If these things happen, this is what you're gonna be paying, and that reality is about to come true for a lot of Americans if something is not done before this clock expires.
977
Manny: Yeah, I… yeah.
978
Jeezy: Congress, you gotta do something. But at the same time.
979
Jeezy: You need to pop on the hand, too. Because you knew this was happening.
980
Jeezy: We knew this was coming.
981
Jeezy: And we're still here 9th and the final hour, trying to figure out what can be done. And I'mma be honest with you, Manny.
982
Jeezy: I don't think anything's gonna get done.
983
Manny: Oh, no, absolutely not. Absolutely not.
984
Manny: Now, I think if anything is going to get done, something will get done before the next government shutdown.
985
Manny: Oh, yeah.
986
Manny: End of January.
987
Jeezy: Okay, alright.
988
Manny: So… But… Yeah, we're.
989
Jeezy: Congress knew the pickle, but the real pickle is the American people that are gonna suffer from this. And, like we talked about in our first segment.
990
Jeezy: This ain't good going into a mid, midterm election.
991
Manny: Here…
992
Manny: Let's remember why it's also getting shot down. It is getting shot down because Trump has made it clear that he wants no subsidies
993
Manny: for Obamacare.
994
Jeezy: Yep.
995
Manny: So… I'll save a whole bunch of other thoughts for another time, but
996
Manny: Yeah. If Trump was fine with extending the subsidies for a year.
997
Manny: I think he would do it. I think… I think they would get something signed. And he still might…
998
Manny: change his mind and deliver a Christmas miracle, but that's why, like, somebody has come out and said that, like, hey.
999
Manny: I voted no on these just because I know Donald Trump's not gonna sign off on it, so why send something up there?
1000
Manny: And, like, I also get that to a point.
1001
Jeezy: Yeah.
1002
Manny: If you're gonna pass it by 2 votes.
1003
Manny: you know he's gonna veto it. Yeah. Why even try to… and then you're not gonna have the votes to be able to overwrite it, like, why send it up there? So I get that piece as well. But, like, lives… lives are going to be dramatically impacted by this choice.
1004
Jeezy: Those concepts of a plan, Trump, you need to roll them out.
1005
Manny: And again, like, why not extend it?
1006
Jeezy: Until…
1007
Manny: It… until we get your thing passed.
1008
Jeezy: Yeah, yeah. You can start the framework, and in all honesty, Manny.
1009
Jeezy: For his second term, if he wants something to be that legacy, like…
1010
Jeezy: this is what I want to leave behind after my second term.
1011
Jeezy: Why not be so adamant to get this done?
1012
Manny: And I've said it before, the one thing that will remain remarkable about Donald Trump
1013
Manny: And looking at his presidency, He's…
1014
Manny: Yeah, I feel pretty comfortable saying this. I'll give myself some space.
1015
Manny: his…
1016
Manny: Of everything he's done. Executive orders, to actual laws getting passed, to just policy stuff, the biggest win of his political career, one of the biggest.
1017
Jeezy: Yeah.
1018
Manny: is… Clearing out the red taping junk.
1019
Manny: for them to develop the COVID vaccine.
1020
Jeezy: What was it, Operation Warp Speed?
1021
Manny: Warp Speed. It is… it is one of the greatest feats.
1022
Jeezy: Bruh, let me tell you, I know we talk junk about Trump a lot, y'all, but let me tell you, Operation Warp Speed, I can't take that from that man at all, bruh.
1023
Manny: The two pieces, and we said it earlier, that we won't hold… we'll be honest about Trump.
1024
Manny: is… what he did with Warp Speed, and what he did with criminal justice back in 2016.
1025
Jeezy: Yeah.
1026
Manny: that really helped that piece. We… I can't take either of those from them.
1027
Jeezy: I can't.
1028
Manny: But…
1029
Jeezy: Juice.
1030
Manny: followed it. Right!
1031
Manny: For no reason!
1032
Jeezy: You gotta fumble it.
1033
Jeezy: If he was able to finally do something with the Affordable Care Act and put something in place.
1034
Manny: Better.
1035
Jeezy: for the American people, screw… I mean, all… out of all the junk, all the crap.
1036
Jeezy: all the foolishness you had to put up with, you put those two things side by side, I got a hard time arguing.
1037
Manny: Wow, wha- while…
1038
Jeezy: while you… I can't argue that you didn't do something, man. You didn't do something great.
1039
Manny: So, did you see that video this past week of the high school football team? The guy…
1040
Manny: Kicker goes up, kicking the extra point to try to tie the game. Well, he ends up missing… you know the video I'm talking about?
1041
Jeezy: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
1042
Manny: So, for our viewers, he ends up, missing the extra point, All goes bad.
1043
Manny: next play, so they have to turn… they turn it over to the other team, the other team is marching. It's like…
1044
Manny: Third down, there's no time left.
1045
Manny: Well, no, they sell it to take the… take the snap.
1046
Jeezy: So, take the snap, the quarterback goes, take knee.
1047
Manny: One of the players on his team takes off his helmet, throws it up into the air, starts celebrating.
1048
Manny: They call a penalty.
1049
Manny: They go to 4th down, they now have to punt team, and the punt is horrible. So now they set the kicker back out to the field that missed the extra point, then kicks the field goal to win…
1050
Jeezy: The national championship. Bruh.
1051
Manny: That is what Trump…
1052
Manny: is getting ready to do, in terms of being the team, that all you had to do was take a knee. Trump could have done nothing on healthcare.
1053
Manny: And because of Operation Warp Speed.
1054
Manny: Would have been the… one of the biggest health impacts.
1055
Jeezy: Yep.
1056
Manny: in the world.
1057
Jeezy: Bro, bro, I was just about to say that, not in the United States.
1058
Manny: In the world.
1059
Jeezy: You were blowing that phone up trying to get what Trump was able to produce. Bruh, that… you cannot take that accomplishment away from him.
1060
Manny: And you about to fumble that view.
1061
Jeezy: One of the crown jewels could have been Trump's healthcare policy.
1062
Jeezy: Bruh. Trump really is positioning himself to make this a grand entrance and a grand exit.
1063
Jeezy: And…
1064
Manny: For no reason.
1065
Jeezy: For no reason.
1066
Manny: To our listeners, we're just talking about this subject.
1067
Jeezy: Yeah.
1068
Manny: We're not talking about the other, but we're talking specifically on healthcare.
1069
Jeezy: Yeah.
1070
Manny: And… yeah.
1071
Jeezy: So…
1072
Jeezy: Congress, you better do something, and I hope… I hope that you do, because, and Trump as well, too. Trump, I think you may need to soften your heart a little bit of how you feel, and maybe just…
1073
Jeezy: give it some time, but the impact that's gonna happen on a bunch of Americans is going to be a tragedy, and when you look at a time where things aren't…
1074
Jeezy: A lot of people don't have a lot of money in their pocket.
1075
Manny: Yep.
1076
Jeezy: Bruh, I had a moment, the other day where, you know, I looked at my savings, and I just had to say, Lord, thank you, because I realized this is not the…
1077
Jeezy: But I know there are so many people who aren't as fortunate as me, and I'm not saying that I'm, like, I'm ballin' like… like, I'm not Jim Jones.
1078
Jeezy: But I'm definitely…
1079
Manny: I'm kidding.
1080
Jeezy: in a better position than I know that a lot of Americans are not in, even down to these frigid temperatures that we experience.
1081
Manny: Oh, man.
1082
Jeezy: Like, bruh, there are people who aren't as fortunate to live in a… sleep in a warm bed as me. Like, affordability is a real thing, and if I already have to worry about feeding my family, having enough money to…
1083
Jeezy: put gas in the car to carry my kids to school, or to go work the job that's paying me $9 an hour. Now I gotta worry about the healthcare that I have, and there's a lot of Americans who don't have the healthcare that they need.
1084
Jeezy: Now what I… what is accessible to me now is costing me… I can't afford that. I can't feed my family and afford healthcare. This is a major problem. So Congress, President Trump?
1085
Jeezy: I hope you guys can do something before these provisions end.
1086
Jeezy: I don't feel like you…
1087
Jeezy: You don't feel like you're doing anything or enough, because when this hits, in 2026, that's a terrible way for some families to have to start the new year off.
1088
Manny: Absolutely.
1089
Jeezy: a pickle, but America, we all may be in a pickle if nothing's not done, so…
1090
Manny: Yep.
1091
Jeezy: That is my pickle of the week.
1092
Jeezy: As always, that brings us to our end of our episode, where we give you our spotlight, or spotlights of the week. So my brother.
1093
Jeezy: What's your spotlight for the week?
1094
Manny: Man, all eyes still on Ukraine, so…
1095
Jeezy: Oh, boy.
1096
Manny: there's been significant progress, European… with the European, European… yeah, European leaders, there we go, had to get all the words… I had to get all the letters.
1097
Jeezy: Should work.
1098
Manny: About getting a deal done that essentially almost amounts to a NATO-like protection of Ukraine.
1099
Manny: But not through full membership. So, the U.S. is involved, Ukrainian leaders are involved, so they'll be working through that, and they're still going to be coordinating and ramping up through this week.
1100
Manny: So, hopefully… We'll see something like that. And then, my second one.
1101
Manny: You might have seen an announcement, everybody, that Disney has, worked out a deal.
1102
Manny: with OpenAI.
1103
Manny: For you to be able to make AI videos with Disney characters.
1104
Manny: First off, I just want Disney.
1105
Manny: First of all, I know why you did it. I… and I think…
1106
Manny: These are going to create some very magical moments for some kids.
1107
Manny: But this is all gonna… also gonna create some mess.
1108
Manny: And also, what I would like to say to all our listeners, y'all don't upload your face, your kid's face, don't let their grandparents, don't let…
1109
Manny: Don't upload your own pictures.
1110
Manny: to that service.
1111
Manny: Because I can almost guarantee that there is something in the terms and conditions where, the old mouse house says, oh, thank you for your likeness and image that we can now use for free, forever.
1112
Manny: Don't do it. Don't… don't upload you and your kids' faces. Don't do it. Don't give it… don't give them your data.
1113
Jeezy: Brad.
1114
Manny: That's your PSA?
1115
Manny: Bruh, protect, protect that neckbeat.
1116
Jeezy: Okay.
1117
Manny: Ugh, alright.
1118
Jeezy: Well, man, I don't really have much of a spotlight, but I do want to say this as my spotlight,
1119
Jeezy: I know that the holiday season is approaching.
1120
Jeezy: And… All I will say… Is that if you… are fortunate and grateful.
1121
Jeezy: To have your family, your family circles intact.
1122
Jeezy: You're able to experience joy, in this holiday season.
1123
Jeezy: Don't take it for granted.
1124
Jeezy: And… while it is a great feeling to, you know, have the matching pajamas, have the Christmas decorations.
1125
Jeezy: Provide the gifts, to your loved ones.
1126
Jeezy: Be mindful just for a second, and be… and just think of those who are… Homeless.
1127
Jeezy: That are helpless, that feel like they're not loved.
1128
Jeezy: That feel that there is no joy or nothing to be joyful of during this time.
1129
Jeezy: Just have them in your thoughts, because while we all are very blessed, tremendously.
1130
Jeezy: Let us not forget those who aren't in the same position as we are.
1131
Jeezy: And that…
1132
Jeezy: While we are in that joy, and experiencing that joyful moment, let's just pray that we send a little joy their way in some shape, form, or fashion, whether it be a meal.
1133
Jeezy: Whether it be something to keep them warm for the night.
1134
Jeezy: A kind gesture from somebody, a stranger that they don't know, just something.
1135
Jeezy: Because we all need a little joy, and I always tell people, your one situation, one circumstance, one scenario, with being in the same position as those that are as less fortunate as you are. So, during this holiday season, just keep that in mind, and let that guide your hearts.
1136
Jeezy: In the landscape that we live in, because I think if we thought a little more like that, regardless of what side of the aisle we are on, we would all probably have a little bit more of a…
1137
Jeezy: Kind-spirited and heart to one another, so… that's gonna be my spotlight, bruh.
1138
Manny: Damn, jeez.
1139
Manny: Hey, man.
1140
Manny: Every… That really fucked up what I was getting ready to say next, man.
1141
Jeezy: Hey, man, it was on my heart, man.
1142
Manny: But that's real, man. That is absolutely… I… and I co-signed on…
1143
Manny: Whoa, I was gonna say something very pause-worthy. That was a very good statement. Geez, I… I… yes. Yes. I agree with everything you said.
1144
Jeezy: With that being said, y'all, we have reached the conclusion of our episode. We thank you for tuning in. We know this is not on our typical.
1145
Manny: Release day, but we.
1146
Jeezy: We are thankful that you'll tune in this week for.
1147
Manny: this episode.
1148
Jeezy: And as we get acclimated to things, readjusting in both of our lives, we will get back to our
1149
Jeezy: Routine and our normal schedule, so…
1150
Jeezy: If nothing else further, brother, any… all hearts and minds clear? You good?
1151
Manny: Congratulations, John Cena, on retirement!
1152
Jeezy: Oh… I'mma save it for the next episode. I had something to ask you.
1153
Manny: Oh, man.
1154
Jeezy: And it was gonna… actually, before, it was gonna be the start of our episode, but now I need to go find the video, because it had some… I had some wrestling questions to ask you, bro, but I'm gonna see you in the next episode.
1155
Manny: We'll see y'all next week with the questions.
1156
Jeezy: Bruh, I'm so… oh, man, I forgot about that, bruh, because I was really excited. I was like, I gotta ask Mandy this on the podcast, but we'll save it for next episode. But as always, if Don't Nobody Love You, just know here at the podcast, The Boys.
1157
Manny: We love y'all.
1158
Jeezy: We hope this episode finds you well, and if not, we hope that you are blessed with the endurance until you find said joy and peace in your life. So, take care, world, and we'll see you at the next episode.
1159
Manny: Peace.