Not So Civil Planet, A Globe We Called Earth | 04.09.25

In this episode of 'The Civil Union' podcast, hosts Alex and Ryan, a married couple from a conservative state, return after a two-week hiatus. They share personal updates, including birthday celebrations, movie nights, and dining experiences, before diving into current political discussions. Topics include the erratic schedules of movie theaters, outrageous posts from Trump's Truth Social platform, political maneuverings in the Republican party, and a controversial military planning breach via a group chat among top officials. The episode also touches on state legislation, amusing lawsuits, and lighter stories, such as Robert Irwin's modeling photos.

00:00 Introduction to the Civil Union Podcast
00:38 Catching Up After a Hiatus
00:48 Birthday Celebrations and Social Activities
06:12 Voting Day and Local Elections
07:34 Exploring Truth Social and Its Wild Posts
17:43 Illegal Group Chats and Judge Boberg's Workload
18:54 Senator Murkowski's Concerns and Republican Colleagues
20:40 Political Dynamics and Responsibilities
23:15 Mid-Episode Game: Red State, Blue State, No State
30:27 Greenland Trip and JD Vance's Role
34:20 Lighter Stories: Starbucks Lawsuit and Robert Irwin
36:00 Closing Remarks and Social Media Plugs

Music: What's The Angle? by Shane Ivers -

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Transcript

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Welcome to the Civil Union, the podcast where politics meets partnership. We're Alex and Ryan, a married couple, navigating life and debates in a conservative state. We bring you sharp insights, bold opinions, and honest conversations about the political I issues shaping our lives, especially those living on society's margins. Tune in for real talk, a touch of humor and plenty of passion because when it comes to politics, every voice matters, and we are here to make sure they're heard. Well, we're back after a two week hiatus. Yeah. It's given people some time to get caught up. I feel like we've been so busy. Yeah, we've been really busy. I mean, it was uh, a birthday week. We celebrated my birthday Aries season. Yeah. You're getting old just like me. Yeah. I'm still younger than you though. So it was a good week though. I mean, um, you know, very low key and that's exactly what I wanted. So it was very nice. Yeah, we've had, we've been doing some TV shows. We've been doing some movies. We've been getting some dinners with friends. We've been pretty active. Oh, and a few city, a couple city games I believe. Um, which were always fun. But yeah. We went to this place called Louie and it was really good in St. Louis. and I don't really go to like. Really fancy places like that, but it was actually one of those places you're like, okay, this is actually worth it. It was really good. Oh, it was so good. And I'm also still like on this health kick, so I got like mussles there, so that was really good. And yeah. Yeah. Louis, we should go again babe. And I've been trying, you know, movie theaters are having a weird moment. I tried subscribing to the Alamo Draft house thing where I like go, you could like pay a monthly fee and you can go whenever you want. Thinking that I would utilize it and I'm just, I'm still. I'm trying to see if I'll utilize it, but theaters, I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but their hours are so weird now. They used to show movies during the day. Now it's only like if you look online, like movies don't even start showing till like five or 6:00 PM which for me, working nights it's like, well, that does not do me any good. But I, I read that there's actually like AMO Drafthouse is having some strikes, like movie theaters are not doing that great, which I don't think is a surprise to anyone. But I went and saw a few movies. Saw Death of A a Unicorn, which was really good. And then Almo Drafthouse did this re like re production of Mary Ette where they like re-released it and it was so fun to see that on the big screen again. But anyway. Is that the one with Kirsten Dun in it? Yes. Kirsten Dunton, Justin Long or some, no, not Justin Long. Um, yeah, no, but that's right. I had to watch that for like a movie class once Rose Byrn is in it. And um, the girl from Superba Superstar. Um, Molly Shannon Barley. Shannon's in it. She's in that movie. Um, um, Tom, uh, the Batman guy that has a deep voice everyone thinks is hot. He's in it. Like there's a, oh, and the guy who played, um, gray in 50 Shades of Gray, he's in it too. It's like you don't realize all, all these Was he good looking? Yeah, he sleeps with Mary in the nineties. Uh huh. He was in 50 Shades of Gray. He was in 50 Shades of Gray, the movie, but he was in Mario Antoinette as well. Oh, he must have been very young then though. Yeah. Oh, wow. He was, he plays Mario Antoinette's like lover that she has an affair with at a party. Weird. It's like funny how when you watch the movie, you don't realize all these people are in it, and then now that they're all famous or gone, the bigger and better things, you go back to a movie like that and they're like, oh wow, this movie is like really casted, but. It was good. Have you been watching the White Lotus? I, so I needed to get caught up. I did get caught up with season two, which was in what? Italy and that was a really good one. But I have not watched the one in Thailand. Oh, you need to watch season. Three so we can talk about it on here. I know I'm trying to get caught up on my Bravo shows and I'm almost there. I'm on Salt Lake City. No, you need to watch season three so we can discuss it like on the next podcast episode or something.'cause it's like, it needs to be discussed. You know, I hear the ending was interesting. It was, it was, um, I was going into it expecting different things and then different things happened that I was not expecting. So. A little bothered, but I guess that's what you expect with every white Lotus season. So I will say with the second season, I'm not gonna spoil anything but one character leaves the show and I, I actually really love how that. All played out because I mean, that character went through so much and even like defeated people, which was great. And then she like did something to her that was so basic, but it made, it was funny. But anyway, I don't know if they do the same thing in season three, but. Uh, you, you watched some of the episodes of that new Ellen Pompeo show, uh, Dr. Meredith Gray, it's called, uh, Good American Family. How'd you feel about that? Oh gosh. I, and I love Ellen Pompeo. I'm a big Grays fan. I actually need to get caught up on that. I'm like eight episodes behind, but it was okay. I can't get into it. It's kind of funny. It's a, based on a true story though. So I, that's on Hulu and then also on Apple tv. I will have to do a mention here, The Studio with Seth Rogan and Catherine O'Hara. I mean, it's hilarious. The first two episodes were just, I mean. Gold Comedy Standard. I think Catherine O'Hara is gonna win an award. It, it was just such a good show. So everyone should watch the studio. It is. That's also very good. It is a really good show. And what's interesting from that, from like a movie person that like looks at some of this stuff, cinematography is great and they have so many scenes where it's all one take, which is what makes it impressive when it comes to the comedy of it because they do these long ass shots and. They can't screw up. No one can screw up their timing. No one can screw up their lines and they do it so well. I mean, they'll be walking like studio lots or walking through scenes and I don't think people realize how difficult a scene like that is to do. And they do it throughout the entire show. Like every episode has a scene like that. So I did have to work today and so on my commute home, I was like, oh, it's a voting day. It's election day here in Missouri, April 8th, and, um. I was like, God, should I go vote? Should I not go vote? I was so tired on the way home and well, I did. It was a quick in and out five minute thing. It's local elections mostly, but it's still very important to vote. I don't know who's gonna win the St. Louis City mayor. Uh, she's not even in our, our area, but I'm interested between Kara Spencer and Tashara Jones. I did see a big last minute push for Tashara Jones. I think this will be her second or third. election win if she wins. But, uh, yeah, we'll see how that turns out. But I did make my cast my ballot today. So good for you. Civil duty. Did you cast your ballot? I, it's hard for me to vote on days like this because I work the night before and so unless I can get up and go, it's just difficult, but. You know, so that's a no. If they had poll places open at night, I would go. I would be able to make it. Or like really early in the morning, but. Yeah, you babe. My gosh. I know you're hosting a political podcast. I know. It's terrible. If I didn't work the night before, I totally would. Yeah, I understand. We all understand. Life gets in the way sometimes. Um, so, oh my, so I was very interested in exploring this Truth Social site, you know, this, social media site that Trump launched in 2022 and essentially Trump, our wonderful president. Posts every like one to three hours, something crazy, something newsworthy as always. And it's, it's quite entertaining. Like people on this site are absolutely insane. It's quite hilarious. Some of the posts I've, I've seen, I've come across and, um, it's, it's real entertaining. So I'm gonna. Go ahead. Do you feel,'cause True social came out because the Republicans were trying to make their own little area because they were getting, you know, fact, you know, fact checked on Twitter and Facebook. So they came up with their own little website to be able to do that? Well, yeah. And he was like banned. Yeah. After in Insurrection X. Now that. Elon, whatever his name is, is in his pocket. I'd be curious if they start posting more on X and Truth Social kind of phases out or not. I don't know. I'd be, because that was the whole point of it. And you would, he's all about supporting his stupid friend. But anyway. Yeah. So I'm gonna read some of the posts. Word for word. So this isn't gonna make sense to anybody. I have about four of'em, but they are just wild. Okay, so here we go. This is the first post I come across. Okay. And I'm only, I was only on this site for like two days and it's just, I couldn't get off of it because I was just like in awe, like of reading these people's posts. So here's the first one. I was talking to some friends about this pyramid thing and what is underneath it and how these pyramids are the tip of something. They say now much bigger than anything on earth. We don't even have technology to build anything like it. Egypt never has nor any of the civilizations where these wonders of the world are. We barely have a glimpse. I was thinking how God told Noah to let out all the animals and to be fruitful and multiply throughout, throughout Earth. Then comes Nimrod doing the opposite. Who's Nimrod? I would think maybe Biden. I don't know. The Globalism versus nationalism fight is much deeper and darker than those titles. Light verse dark. I know Satan can only be in one place and not omnipresent like our father, I think Satan spoke personally to Nimrod. Nimrod was trying to build something that would reach even heaven, maybe like something underneath those pyramids in Egypt, God buried all of that, whatever it was. And I love to know these things and speculate. I love that they are seen with satellite images, these things. Now I tell you something, God's promise, I. What? I have no fucking clue. I guess he thinks God buried something underneath the pyramids in Egypt. No clue. And who's Nimrod? They, they, he's Nimrod talked about him like he is someone in Egypt, but. I don't think that's right. I thought that was just someone you called a word. You just called someone as like a, you know. Oh, Nimrod is a figure from the book of Genesis. Oh, it's a religious thing. He founded cities, so he was a biblical figure. So why do we use it as like a, I don't know, like an A term of stupidness? Yeah, like you're a nimrod. Alright. Are you ready for the second post? Yeah. Okay. I don't understand why it wasn't my body my choice when it came to the Covid vaccine. They didn't care. It was my body, my choice. I don't understand what the difference is. People on the left say that not getting a vaccine can affect others, so it's not the same. That's some kind of stupid that they think abortion won't affect others, but not getting a vaccine will well. It's always been my body, my choice. I think he doesn't realize that he just took a stand for abortion. Really? It's weird that they flipped that. They were saying that not getting Eva like abortion w will affect other people. So that is the weirdest post in the world. All right. Are you ready for the next one? Here's number three. Okay. And this is a response to someone, uh, a user. I found, I, I don't have, I have screenshots, but I don't have like their, you know, what do you call'em? Handles. I don't, I don't really care Anyway, so, alright, here's post three. First asshole, prove me wrong. You tried to tell me that Joe Biden didn't open up the border and allow murderers into murder. Innocent Americas, huh? Asshole. You got stupid. Do you think that he didn't legalize drugs as they want marijuana meth? Whatever. Cocaine, fentanyl, and organ. He legalized fucking doing drugs in Oregon. Ass swipe. You don't think that? He doesn't. Hasn't freaking murdered. Freaking North Carolina Chimney Rock people for lithium in the mountains. Literally. Kamala Harris is the one that signed off to her husband, but who do you think owns stock and Dan Garden? Black Rock. That's right. The Clintons. The Obamas, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris. That's right. Ass swipe. Now you're gonna tell me they can't modify whether there's no such thing as go fuck yourself. Go question mark. Fuck yourself. There's so much hate in that po. Like this person literally went from the border to murderers and drug dealers in Oregon to. Oregon across the US to North Carolina. Then he concluded it with all the democratic presidents about something. He rounded it out with a go question mark. Fuck yourself. Do they not have a word count on true social? I, I guess they don't. I, yeah, because that was a long, that's a lot. I can do that much why I haven't posted, but interesting. My gosh. I guess I can post something really, really stupid and get like a shit ton of likes. Alright, this is the last one. Planet a globe. We called earth, not planet. We sit flat, plain. We have the fert. God put there, have ice walks. We have other continents past iced wall. By way, after all that, shut the fuck up, dummy. Not interested. What the fuck you've got to say now? Put a sock in it. It's spin. Put front face. It's okay. I like teaching truth, not. Talk to yourself. Is that about, that has to be about like global warming, but again, have no idea what he's talking about. It was like a flat earth. Ice walks and then socks. But planet, a globe we call Earth, my God. And that's our president's. I'm sure there's a lot of stupid shit on, you know, clearly there is like on X and Facebook and all that. But these, these things I were, I was literally scrolling by and I was like, wow, like, um, you can't make this up. I mean, these are the followers, these are his followers. Posting. It's wild. You gotta think too, if you're in on that site, in that eco echo chamber surrounded by all these idiots, what does that do to your brain? I mean. Uh, you'd start believing some of this stuff. Like I almost wanna start looking in the pyramids and seeing what's underneath them. I'm interested in what's underneath the pyramids too, actually. But there's nothing, I mean, there's obviously, there's stuff underneath the, well, the, there is nimrod, well there is things under the pyramids, like tunnels and like, um, burial sites. Like there are things underneath pyramids, but they're not like civilizations underneath pyramids. But then he said satellite images are now. Seen it and it's like, well we've had satellites for like, you know, 70 years and I've seen that show at least where they like take a photo of these old, old things and they can see through'em and see all these things they didn't see before. It's really cool, but like they haven't seen any of that. That's so strange. Yeah. So anyway, during our hiatus, I love that we can say hiatus. Um, during the hiatus, the White House confirmed an extraordinary breach of security involving top government offices, which included. VP JD Vance and defense secretary Pete Hegseth, I can't say that name ever. Pete Hegseth Hegseth, who discussed plans for military strikes on Yemen in a group chat, on a commercial messaging app that inadvertently included the top editor of News Organization, the Atlantic. The world found out shortly before 2:00 PM Eastern Time on March 15th. That the US was bombing healthy targets across Yemen. The news organization, the Atlantic, knew about this two hours before the first bombs exploded. The uh. During that attack? Yeah, I, this whole situation was crazy. I had read that they were doing government business over signal to specifically avoid federal record keeping laws, and it wasn't just Pete and JD Vance. This group message also included Marco Rubio, CIA Director, John Ratcliffe, and Director of National Intelligence. Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. There's already a lawsuit. Well, there, you know, I would be curious where this lawsuit is now from the Watchdog Group. American Oversight, because this went against the Federal Records Act. let's be very clear. This wasn't a technical slip up. These were top officials deliberately choosing the conduct classified military planning over a third party. App and it's important to note, just to throw it out there, this little signal group chat was only caught because of the incompetence of the members adding an actual journalist into the chat. So how many other potential illegal group chats. May exist or have existed. Judge Boberg is handling this lawsuit and he's the same judge handling the deportation flights. Whole situation from El Salvador. God, I would hate to have his workload, because that's a lot already on his plate. But this reminds me of Hillary Clinton emails. The difference is Clinton used a private server. For mostly unclassified state department business with a handful of retroactively classified emails found in that mix. While these guys are literally planning military strikes over signal, including operational details, so sensitive, that journalists won't even publish'em, and they did it specifically to dodge both security protocols and federal record laws, that's not very comforting. Anyway. Yeah, and they're just gonna bury the hatchet like they do with everything else, and they'll probably do it again. They're probably still doing it. They're probably still utilizing signal because they're idiots. You're only like, it's April. We're, what is this month? Like three now for this administration? It's wild. Or maybe they'll start messaging each other on X. Yes, right. Or true social actually. Um, so this, this story now leads us into something that Senator Wright, Alaska, Senator Lisa Murkowski said about her Republican colleagues. She said that they are afraid of Trump and Musk warning that. She could face an expensive primary challenge of this administration. Well, sorry lady. I mean, she, she also says that they're looking at how many things are being thrown at me. That's why you got everybody's zip lip not saying a word because they're afraid they're going to be taken down. She's talking about colleagues and her, her Republican colleagues are zip lipped, tightlipped, and they're not saying anything. Um, about what's going on in this administration right now because they're scared of being attacked not only by the administration, but by their voters, because their voters are absolutely brainwashed. But maybe that's just the problem. People like power and no offense, why won't The Pope just retire. I mean, he was in the hospital for several weeks even on a ventilator. Then they rolled him out in front of everyone and he didn't look healthy. It's also like, hmm. Joe Biden said he was gonna be a a one-term president. He should have stepped aside at the appropriate amount of time and let the Democrats have more than 120 days to get their shit together and not allow Trump to take office for a second. Time. But this also begs the question, why the hell didn't Republicans get their shit together during, you know, the Biden administration are his supporters really that brainwashed? It's kind of scary how easy it is to manipulate the. General American population. Well, and it also seems like these politicians, and it's funny'cause I feel like this is probably a learning, learning thing, but the government doesn't move forward because so many people are only looking out for themselves. They, they are only worried about their own elections, their own seats, and so no one wants to talk. So then you review this. Allows people to get away with this. Administration allows with getting away with all these things because people are too afraid to talk. It's like a vicious cycle. But anyway, you know this whole thing with Murkowski, she has said her stances aren't necessarily anti-Trump. They're actual concerns about not supporting Ukraine or pulling out of nato. She's standing against policies, not a person. She, which is the right thing to do. She was quoted saying, I am standing up for my role as a. Dually elected senator and a member of the congressional branch standing up for my responsibilities under the Constitution. And I think I can do that without it being interpreted that I'm against Trump. So, which I mean, I guess what I'm. What I'm trying to bring up is people like Murkowski, people like Liz Cheney, these Republicans harken back to a time where being a Republican didn't mean you just 100% followed one person. Being a Democrat didn't mean you were 100, a hundred percent following another person. They are voicing concerns over policies and are getting pushback, which just makes absolutely no sense. They should be allowed to talk and push back against an administration and not be afraid that it's gonna affect their election situation. Right. Yeah. So the Republican Senator. Has long been an outlier. Among her conference, she broke from Trump multiple times on confirmation battles and criticized the widespread cuts made by the Doge situation. Murkowski did leave the door open to switching her registration to become an independent if she made the switch. She would still caucus with Republicans, which would effectively making her changing her registration. Just symbolic essentially. I think the S Murkowski story, just in general, yes, it, you know, happened a week or two ago, but this is gonna continue happening. It'll be very interesting to see. What other politicians in the Republican sphere this will affect because they are in this between a rock and a hard place. And it's gonna be interesting to see who has the guts to kind of stand up for,'cause you all these people are upset. All these town halls are crazy. Like at some point some of them are gonna have to voice what they believe in and are they gonna stand with a person or are they gonna stand with their. What their role is as a congressional, you know, as a, as a elected official. So anyway, yeah. Alright, time for, uh, mid episode break, mid episode game time. So we're gonna be bringing back the red state, blue state, no state. I think it's a good, we're having a good run with it. And it's fun to come up with some of these. So we're gonna play that today. Are you ready to lose? I am ready to win. Okay, so we'll start the first one, this state has banned public school systems from teaching. Any lessons about climate change? Red State, blue State, or no? State? Texas. So Red State. Red State. You got the Red State right, but it's actually Oklahoma back in 2022. Oh, probably by that Ryan Walters guy that we had an episode on probably. I wonder if that had anything to do with it. Probably Ryan Walters. He's such an idiot. This state is the, by the way, that's funny about the climate change because Oklahoma has had so much. When we lived there, there was so many earthquakes from fracking. There's. Tornadoes like crazy. Like it's funny how the one state not teaching climate change is probably the one that is it all? Well, they're all greatly affected, but I think bad state's really affected by climate change. But anyway, this state is the first to implement a law that guarantees free public transportation to all students through high school. Red State, blue state, or no state. I'm gonna say no state. Blue state. Ooh. Okay. So Oregon. Correct. Oh my God, really? Wow. Yeah, Oregon. How random Oregon has. Yeah. Well it says, we talked about that true social guy. I mean, maybe he knows something. I mean, I mean, but the, the bill was house bill 2 8 8 2 back in 2019, which is a great, I don't think I've ever gotten the state. I get the regions. But I don't get the states right. Moving on in this state, a state senator proposed replacing their public libraries with Amazon gift cards instead, red State, blue State, or no state. No state. Correct. I made that up, but I, I would not put it past somebody to do that. Um, alright. This state passed a law that mandates all businesses with 50 or more employees must provide free therapy for their workers every month. Red State, blue State, or no State, blue State. It's in fact no state. Oh, okay. But I love that idea. I was gonna say, California, everyone should be given therapy. Next. This state passed a ban on book bans, allowing libraries to have more control over that situation. Red State, blue state, or no state? Wait, what did they do? This state passed a ban on book bans, allowing libraries to have more control. So book bans, you know. Oh, a ban on book bands. Red state, blue state, or no state? Well, that's definitely a blue state. Alright. What state? New York. Illinois, Illinois, and it was a blue state. In 2023, governor Pritzker supposedly passed this bill, and other states are trying to pass similar bills because of what they did. So Illinois kind of paved the way for that idea of banning on book bans, which I think is great. I think libraries should have more control over that on their own, because some books are banned for the most stupid reasons. All right, moving on. In this state, it's illegal to take a selfie with a tiger. Red state, blue state, or no State? Red state. It's blue state. It's illegal to take a picture with a tiger. Mm-hmm Hmm. I'm gonna do Colorado. New York. Hmm. In 2014, it's specifically, I had to look this up because I was like, that sounds weird. For those tiger selfies. People do, like, we know someone that did it with a white tiger. Um, with the tiger, like physically with them interacting with them, they're saying it's animal cruelty. Um, it. Isn't really healthy for both people involved. The the person or the animal. So they just outlawed it, which is I agree with actually. Alright. I mean, I don't plan taking photos with tigers anytime soon. Right. I don't know. I don't know the whole idea of that. Yeah. Why people wanna do that, huh? Anyway, in this state, it's illegal to keep your holiday decorations up after January 14th. Red State? Blue state? Or no state? No State. Blue State. I am gonna go with Massachusetts, Maine. Maine. That's the region? Mm-hmm. Okay. You got one region? Fascinating. I got two, three regions on this one, Oregon. Oklahoma, but it was, I said Texas. Yeah, keep going. I actually don't mind when people leave their decorations up. It's kind of fun to like drive around. You just see random Christmas lights up in like February. I don't know. In this state, citizens must complete a yearly mental health screening and provide proof of counseling to receive their annual tax refund. Red state, blue state, or no state? No state. Correct. It's no state. I made that up, but I think that's also a good idea and I think it'd be interesting how many people don't pass their, that mental health screening all. In this state, this is our last one. In this state, anyone caught using a plastic straw is required to perform 10 hours of community service to promote environmental awareness. Red state, blue state, or no state? Well, I'm gonna say no state. Or is it a thing? What was that? Your final answer? Final answer is no state. Yes, it's no state. Okay. I was gonna say, huh? I can see like San Francisco doing that, you know? Yes. But yeah, I agree. I, I agree with the whole no plastic straws thing. I just don't like when businesses don't give you any straw, like. Let us pay for a straw. I'll buy a silicone straw from you, but I don't need, I like using a straw. I mean, I like using plastic straws. I'm sorry. I know, I don't mind it. I like Starbucks as the ones that they like compost compostable. They're not fully paper, but they're not fully plastic. I like that. Like material used. No, you know, it was that turtle photo, I think that was taken in like 2008 with the straw on the nose that caused the whole, you know, straw controversy. But I briefly lived in Florida for a few years and. I would walk on the beach and there were little caps all over the beach, not straws, but caps from water bottles. And I tell the story all the time and I was surprised that no one has ran with the the water bottle caps, because those were just. Everywhere. It was wild. Well, I think certain soda companies, I feel like Pepsi, maybe their soda caps are actually biodegradable now or something. I don't know. I'll have to look in that. Huh. Okay. So, um, during our hiatus we also saw a, a green lip tr Greenland trip take place where second Lady, Usha Vance went to Greenland and it basically pissed everyone off there. They don't want to become an American territory. They're not asking for it. They've never asked for it. Why do they want to become an American territory? I mean, as a Democrat, everyone is welcome here. Everyone should become an American. But like literally, Greenland didn't do anything. Why do we want it? They, and if you think about it, if we take Greenland, poor Canada is gonna be surrounded by three sides of American territories. You know, you got Alaska to the west. The US to the continental 48 states to the south. And then if we take Greenland, I mean that basically surrounds Canada. And Canada doesn't want to become a state, by the way, they have universal healthcare. And I don't see reports of people getting kicked off their health insurances or dying because they can't afford their medical bills. It's so pathetic. This administration needs to go. But I did see during this Greenland tri, I did see a photo op where both the vs. we're like speaking in Greenland, and one point I'll make, where was JD Vance's suit? I mean, he berated that Ukrainian president for not wearing a suit. And two, the second lady was wearing these really hot unisex RayBan sunglasses. The same ones that I've had for over a year now. Well, I got'em last June. And it was real concerning. It was a real concerning moment for me because I was like, oh, I wear the same sunglasses as her, but I'm still wearing them though. At least she has good taste and style, I guess. But while all this is going on. The RNC made JD Vance a part of their finance chair. JD Vance has been tapped to serve as a top fundraiser at the Republican National for the Republican National Committee, and another sign that he is cementing his status as the quote unquote torch bearer of Trump's Make America a great again movement. It's the first time in the RNCs history that a sitting VP has held the position of finance chair giving Vance a prominent direct role in next year's midterm elections, and helping him build ties with top Republican donors. I guess since. Elon Musk is doing JD Vance's job. They needed to find a role for JD Vance to fill. I guess that sounds like a conflict of interest. It's so weird that JD Vance would be in charge of that. I have no idea. It's, it just benefits him. Yeah. Also, I like your sunglasses, your little ray bands that you wear. It would be interesting to see if RayBan actually gave them to her, or if she actually bought them. I'd be curious if RayBan's supporting this presidency or not. But anyway, this appointment is the latest. Demonstration JD Vance's appointment with the RNC. Um, you know, of how Vance is being embraced by many in Trump's orbit as his heir apparent more than three years before the 2028 election, the US Constitution bars Trump. So far from running for third term, though he has repeatedly teased the prospect of remaining in office. Nevertheless, an open GOP primary will likely draw a long list of contenders, but several of the party's most prominent voices have been openly pushing for Vance during an appearance. Trump's eldest son Donald Trump Jr. Who has his own loyal following called Vance, the only impressive vice president of my lifetime, which I highly. Doubt and I don't agree with. Okay, so some lighter stories to close this episode out. Uh, Starbucks had to pay a$50 million law lawsuit over hot tea. It like, did you hear about this? No. It like spill, like, so like the girls like handing the drink out, the drive through window and this like hot tea. It's very hot water spilt on this guy's d and he had to get like multiple, like. Surgeries, like skin grafts and he got$50 million. That is insane. Did he just not grab it correctly from her? Like what's the story there? I guess the lid fell. I have no idea. But that was a story that I was like, huh, fascinating.$50 million. Weird. And then did you, do you, do you know who Robert Irwin is? No, it's Steve Irwin's. Yeah, his son. Son. Okay. Oh my gosh. He just released some like modeling photos, uh, doing this like underwear brand called Bonds underwear. I highly recommend everyone to go search these photos of Robert Irwin. I mean, he's like, does he an Anaconda? He has like a snake. He has like all these animals on him and he's just like in his underwear and it's, uh. Fascinating very down under. Yeah, let's, I really, really like Robert Irwin and his, um, sister. The fact that they keep, like, have been kind of living his legacy. They do a lot of nature things and even have their own shows, I think like they're really like running with it, which is really cute. Oh yeah. It's a great, great family. And it was so sad about Steve dying, like, what is that in like 2007 or something? I know from a. Stingray from Stingray. Yeah. But, but yeah. Robert Irwin, I have not seen them and I will have to go check it out. 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