If there’s a permanent bureaucratic layer that actually keeps the country running, a one-party system wouldn’t be stable. Half the population would always feel locked out, and that kind of pressure builds instability. So instead, you get two dominant parties that split along a pretty basic human divide. One side leans toward openness, redistribution, collective responsibility. The other leans toward order, hierarchy, and distrust of rapid change.
Both sides fight hard over culture and identity because that keeps their base emotionally invested. That’s the visible battle. But the deeper economic and administrative structure keeps moving regardless of which party is in office. The policies that threaten entrenched power rarely survive. The ones that protect it often do.
So the power alternates, the rhetoric changes, people feel like everything is shifting, but the underlying machinery doesn’t move nearly as much as it looks like it does.
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These segments were scheduled a few days ago but were postponed due to Trump's actions in Venezuela. Enjoy some late extra content starting with Emily going deep on Ryan's socialist past, career in journalism, and the infamous time he got in a fist fight with Jesse Watters.
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Ryan and Emily interview Christian Parenti on Trump, Venezuela and his life story!
YouTube: https://youtu.be/td2tvKEpe3o
Krystal, Ryan and Emily discuss China calling Trump's bluff on tariffs, stock market reacts, and a lawyer for a wrongly deported man responds to JD Vance.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/5aaiNVuR134
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/2togMvVQ0F4mXQmbwuFs4K?si=wEARUQEoSR2o4KFxn-wR4w
Timestamps:
(00:00)Introduction and Overview of Liberation Day
(2:25)Jobs Report Analysis and Economic Implications
(14:58)The Impact of Tariffs on Domestic Economy
(26:15)Trump's Economic Strategy and Its Consequences
(40:55)The Autocratic Leadership Style of Trump
(42:19)The Case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
(1:12:02)The Shift in Democratic Leadership Dynamics
(1:17:53)Upcoming Nationwide Protests Against Trump
(1:33:45)End Of Show
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Thought I would share these 'valentine's day' cards that the white house posted on their site. Even my very republican parents were disgusted.
Did anyone else get ads during the YouTube video? Did YouTube implement their broke boy money grab scheme again
@beyondinfinity posted this earlier, but I just wanted to highlight it because Saagar needs to be directly called out here on his bs.
Sam Seder's takedown of him from last Thursday's show isn't about a "different take" or Sam's opinion. It's that Saagar's claim that "no other country" would educate illegal immigrant children for free (which was a major point he argued) was so uninformed, IT IS THOROUGHLY DEBUNKED BY A BASIC GOOGLE SEARCH.
