I'd like to make a small suggestion to our surveillance state friends who are hiding under the Substack bleachers. Instead of "Bird Flu" or "Otter Flu" or "Wuhan Wombat Flu" can you sneaky motherfuckers just cut to the chase & call them all "Trump Flu." You can just give them numbers as in Trump Flu 1, Trump Flu 2, etc.
I sure hope you and Walter might be able to continue this Monday ATW free form Mondays for 2025! You are both wonderful and informative and fun and insightful...I enjoy these Monday get together, so that's my hope and wish for 2025! Thank you both for all you do.
We all have a reason to be optimistic about 2025, but something tells me we’d best tamp down our expectations to a realistic level. Trump & Co. have a huge job ahead and it won’t all go smoothly. I hope I’m wrong, but I’m just looking to get incremental wins as the opportunities present themselves. You know, just keep moving the sticks and eventually break off a couple of long ones. Happy New Year to Matt, Walter and all you stubborn bastards who helped hold the line!
Kinda like Jimmy Carter was, throughout his Presidency.
Anybody else remember how Herblock always portrayed him as a blubby lipped toddler behind the Resolute desk in the Oval Office?
How about how quickly the press quickly labeled Carter’s comparison of the fight against rampant inflation to the Moral Equivalent of War as “MEW”?
An early edition of the Boston Globe had to be pulled back after it headlined a State of the Union address as “More Mush From The Wimp”
The Beltway is and always has been overrun by smug, entitled, effete intellectual snobs. The condescension is unbearable.
Another Substack written by one of our fellow subscribers today described the chilling connection of Bill Barr, his father Donald, Jeffrey Epstein, the CIA, and the FBI. Both creepy and terrifying
Carter was the beginning of the Blue Dogs. He accelerated the Democrats turning away from working people and turning to neo liberalism and taking corporate money. He deregulated the trucking industry and 400,000 jobs were lost. (Check the Tucker Carlson's interview with Teamster president, Sean O'Brien. ) In 1979 the Democrats and Carter got rid of the national ceiling on interest, the Usury law. Debt among most Americans began to rise precipitously. The old wing of the Democratic party with Ted Kennedy challenged him. It looks like the media sided with the uniparty of establishment Dems and Repugs. Reagan came along as somewhat of an opposition to the establishment and more of a libertarian or old school conservatism. But nothing like what we are experiencing now. Not sure what Carter understood or didn't about the dangers of a one world order. At the time I also believed in the "we are the world we are the people" schtick. No longer.
…and the corporate interests of Pharma, AG, Tech and all the others, and globalist elites. I pray it’s not a train wreck of bodies and best intentions from fierce and underhanded opposition (like bogus blanket and preemptive pardons and laws passed under the wire to tie hands) and that some good things actually get done. We need to pray for and actively support all those who have the most difficult and unenviable jobs of trying to actually drain the swamp and rebuild the government so that it works for we the people.
Yay! You’re back! Walter is uniquely qualified to enlighten listeners to the realities of contemporary news coverage because of his deep understanding of how fictional narratives are created and managed. Because our “news coverage” is fiction. It’s not news coverage, it’s it is narrative creation and control, at an extremely high, well funded and organized level. What a teacher Walter is! Thank you so so much.
2024 has been a fantastic year because the scales fell from the eyes, belatedly, for so many. I couldn't be happier. We can actually now believe that the Secret Service will finally start protecting the incoming president and vice-president, which means there will be a new president and a new start. Biden is a disaster and could still manage to light the entire world on fire, but my guess is that not even the in the tank deep-stater is going to let Biden start WWIII.
The "legacy" media is a farce that nobody watches. Needy never-Trumpers will want a security blanket while they suck their thumbs and weep about the totalitarianism between their ears.
2025 will be a rock year - Rome wasn't burned in a day. Time to get to work!
Matt, People keep telling me about voting irregularities in Plymouth with one statehouse race being called by the AP for a Republican, then all these ballots appeared. I asked people to explain a mechanism by which they thought the ballots could appear, and they said ballots mailed to housing complexes that share a common mailbox.
Beyond that, I don’t have time to figure it out. But it got me wondering about elections, and it sounds like something might have happened. Or I could go over there and spent a week chasing my tail finding nothing. I started writing this thinking maybe someone else could look but there’s a huge chance that it is a waste of time.
I wonder how many other stories are out there like this and how anyone can even figure out if they are true.
Yes- Games are being played I think- Kari Lake was essentially female Trump - how did Trump win so big and so clearly on election day and yet Lake lost weeks later? How did much more "likable" allegedly than Trump Senate guys in MI, WI, and NV lose? I think the base reason the vote dropped for 2020 Biden vs. 2024 Harris is that there wasn't $400 million in Zuckerbucks to fund Democrat get out the vote efforts (which may or may not include ballot stuffing, fraud, or other chicanery).
The curious thing about this election was that the RNC was on top of all the cheating allegations only until Trump had enough votes to take each state. They did nothing regarding cheating after that moment. AZ & CA took for freakin' ever to finish counting, & the RNC was silent.
If they had actually worked as hard to ensure ballot integrity on all the down ballot races, Trump would have an easier time getting legislation through.
Stuff like this makes me believe the whole uniparty thing. We got Trump, but Republicans only have a slim majority now, & every issue is going to have to be
Yeah- good point! I knew the CA R Congresspeople were toast when those races took weeks to call. Same with Lake and the guy in NV. I have spent enough time with Rs in fundraising settings to know they still love their tv ads. They blow money on that instead of getting out their vote.
The story I heard about Plymouth was that after it was called by AP, these new ballots appeared with the Democratic candidate having a much higher percentage of the vote than in any of the other groups of votes.
But who knows. There could be a rational explanation. There could not be.
Thank YOU for your honest and professional reporting - subscribing to you is a NO BRAINER!
I'd like to make a small suggestion to our surveillance state friends who are hiding under the Substack bleachers. Instead of "Bird Flu" or "Otter Flu" or "Wuhan Wombat Flu" can you sneaky motherfuckers just cut to the chase & call them all "Trump Flu." You can just give them numbers as in Trump Flu 1, Trump Flu 2, etc.
K?
Thanks.
good idea. some asshole at the feds is definately getting reamed out for not percieving the sarc. keep it coming!
Walter and Matt made ATW a runaway success! I'm just a humble consumer.
I sure hope you and Walter might be able to continue this Monday ATW free form Mondays for 2025! You are both wonderful and informative and fun and insightful...I enjoy these Monday get together, so that's my hope and wish for 2025! Thank you both for all you do.
Racket consistently overdelivers. You guys are the best!
Concur!
We all have a reason to be optimistic about 2025, but something tells me we’d best tamp down our expectations to a realistic level. Trump & Co. have a huge job ahead and it won’t all go smoothly. I hope I’m wrong, but I’m just looking to get incremental wins as the opportunities present themselves. You know, just keep moving the sticks and eventually break off a couple of long ones. Happy New Year to Matt, Walter and all you stubborn bastards who helped hold the line!
Yes, they have a very hard road ahead.They are up against the entire government and media.
Kinda like Jimmy Carter was, throughout his Presidency.
Anybody else remember how Herblock always portrayed him as a blubby lipped toddler behind the Resolute desk in the Oval Office?
How about how quickly the press quickly labeled Carter’s comparison of the fight against rampant inflation to the Moral Equivalent of War as “MEW”?
An early edition of the Boston Globe had to be pulled back after it headlined a State of the Union address as “More Mush From The Wimp”
The Beltway is and always has been overrun by smug, entitled, effete intellectual snobs. The condescension is unbearable.
Another Substack written by one of our fellow subscribers today described the chilling connection of Bill Barr, his father Donald, Jeffrey Epstein, the CIA, and the FBI. Both creepy and terrifying
Carter was the beginning of the Blue Dogs. He accelerated the Democrats turning away from working people and turning to neo liberalism and taking corporate money. He deregulated the trucking industry and 400,000 jobs were lost. (Check the Tucker Carlson's interview with Teamster president, Sean O'Brien. ) In 1979 the Democrats and Carter got rid of the national ceiling on interest, the Usury law. Debt among most Americans began to rise precipitously. The old wing of the Democratic party with Ted Kennedy challenged him. It looks like the media sided with the uniparty of establishment Dems and Repugs. Reagan came along as somewhat of an opposition to the establishment and more of a libertarian or old school conservatism. But nothing like what we are experiencing now. Not sure what Carter understood or didn't about the dangers of a one world order. At the time I also believed in the "we are the world we are the people" schtick. No longer.
…and the corporate interests of Pharma, AG, Tech and all the others, and globalist elites. I pray it’s not a train wreck of bodies and best intentions from fierce and underhanded opposition (like bogus blanket and preemptive pardons and laws passed under the wire to tie hands) and that some good things actually get done. We need to pray for and actively support all those who have the most difficult and unenviable jobs of trying to actually drain the swamp and rebuild the government so that it works for we the people.
Best podcast around.
Best news of the day. New Year's Eve eve livestream with Racket News.
Hooray!!!!!
I am not an American , but I am cheering for you. Freedom in all its manifestations is a beautiful thing.
I cannot wait, missed you guys last week, but it was a well deserved rest.
Maybe now Walter will reveal what that painting is!
Yay! You’re back! Walter is uniquely qualified to enlighten listeners to the realities of contemporary news coverage because of his deep understanding of how fictional narratives are created and managed. Because our “news coverage” is fiction. It’s not news coverage, it’s it is narrative creation and control, at an extremely high, well funded and organized level. What a teacher Walter is! Thank you so so much.
Matt,
I lost $20.00 playing three card monte in NYC when I was 15. That loss shaped my life. That guy is still my favorite teacher.
Jim
2024 has been a fantastic year because the scales fell from the eyes, belatedly, for so many. I couldn't be happier. We can actually now believe that the Secret Service will finally start protecting the incoming president and vice-president, which means there will be a new president and a new start. Biden is a disaster and could still manage to light the entire world on fire, but my guess is that not even the in the tank deep-stater is going to let Biden start WWIII.
The "legacy" media is a farce that nobody watches. Needy never-Trumpers will want a security blanket while they suck their thumbs and weep about the totalitarianism between their ears.
2025 will be a rock year - Rome wasn't burned in a day. Time to get to work!
Matt, People keep telling me about voting irregularities in Plymouth with one statehouse race being called by the AP for a Republican, then all these ballots appeared. I asked people to explain a mechanism by which they thought the ballots could appear, and they said ballots mailed to housing complexes that share a common mailbox.
Beyond that, I don’t have time to figure it out. But it got me wondering about elections, and it sounds like something might have happened. Or I could go over there and spent a week chasing my tail finding nothing. I started writing this thinking maybe someone else could look but there’s a huge chance that it is a waste of time.
I wonder how many other stories are out there like this and how anyone can even figure out if they are true.
Exactly. The left knows this shit is hard to follow up on
I live in AZ, & I know they cheat in every election -- including this one.
I live in AZ too. I don’t know, but I certainly have suspicions.
When they take a week and a half to finish counting, it’s pretty suspicious.
Yes- Games are being played I think- Kari Lake was essentially female Trump - how did Trump win so big and so clearly on election day and yet Lake lost weeks later? How did much more "likable" allegedly than Trump Senate guys in MI, WI, and NV lose? I think the base reason the vote dropped for 2020 Biden vs. 2024 Harris is that there wasn't $400 million in Zuckerbucks to fund Democrat get out the vote efforts (which may or may not include ballot stuffing, fraud, or other chicanery).
The curious thing about this election was that the RNC was on top of all the cheating allegations only until Trump had enough votes to take each state. They did nothing regarding cheating after that moment. AZ & CA took for freakin' ever to finish counting, & the RNC was silent.
If they had actually worked as hard to ensure ballot integrity on all the down ballot races, Trump would have an easier time getting legislation through.
Stuff like this makes me believe the whole uniparty thing. We got Trump, but Republicans only have a slim majority now, & every issue is going to have to be
fought over.
Yeah- good point! I knew the CA R Congresspeople were toast when those races took weeks to call. Same with Lake and the guy in NV. I have spent enough time with Rs in fundraising settings to know they still love their tv ads. They blow money on that instead of getting out their vote.
I hope this goes to everyone who commented.
The story I heard about Plymouth was that after it was called by AP, these new ballots appeared with the Democratic candidate having a much higher percentage of the vote than in any of the other groups of votes.
But who knows. There could be a rational explanation. There could not be.