“USSS director Kimberly Cheatle, publicly defending her decision to NOT secure that particular rooftop because SS agents "might have slipped off it and hurt themselves" - a rationale so stupid, it should cause her to be instantly fired …”
Until a roof gets above a 6/12 rise to run it's no problem to walk on or position on. The roof the shooter was on looked to me to be a one and a half or a 2/12. I designed a lot of houses and I walked on a lot of their roofs. I'm surprised she didn't say that they needed safety gear to be up there, And then of course the police with the tripod were on a steeper roof. Obviously they're trying to cover something up.
It's great actually, it just provides more public proof points that our institutions are run by rent seekers for personal gain/enrichment vs. public service for the good of the public.
Love the commentary. So literate, so apposite. Walter makes me want to be his neighbor. Matt makes me think I might be intelligent by the way he talks to us. Keep it up.
While I was channel surfing, I caught a snippet of Van Jones saying A. Rose's speech was the most "dangerous . . ." What is with the fear-mongering over a political convention speech? The Dems really can't handle a civil discussion anymore.
fwiw, Amber Rose = gop way outflanking the dems re: sexual liberty, alphabet people, hip-hop, pop culture, street life, sex pos feminism, multiethnic checklist. up front and smiling, but without any of it being blatantly advertised, explicitly announced by herald trumpets or a giant rainbow banner etc
But the shot of Trump was not a re-play. He had a red tie on last night and a blue tie on tonight. 🤔 This type of dialogue needs a lot of work for you, boys but I would commit to it. 😀
The Democrats thought they could trademark Identity Politics as their proprietary brand. Turns out that there's no copyright protection, the field is wide open and the GOP has flipped the game.
I tried to tell the Dems years ago to get out of the IP game before it backfired.
I wish he had spoken more of “the Middle Class” along with the Working Class. The plight of one is often more bleak without unions, but societally, we cannot thrive with aristocracy and impoverished. The middle, upper middle, and working classes are necessary to get things done, to build,farm, nurse, teach, , fish, etc. Some are incapable, some won’t. The solution now is to send any digital work overseas, and import illegals to do the rest of the work other than cleaning. That’s why we are not the nation we once were. What will America be in a decade?
don't bother with coverage of the investigation of the attempted assassination. It is being conducted by the same people that probably helped orchestrate the attempt. How else does a crack security force (which we are now told was BEEFED UP due to a purported Iranian plot which makes sense only because he is on path to defeat their Biden godfather) plus innumerable police all fail to prevent an amateur loner from scoping out the site enough to know he needed to buy a ladder, walks up to the building which is the location of the local 'headquarters' of same police with a LADDER AND A RIFLE, climbs on to the roof and no one sees him or stops him? it would fail as a proposed movie plot - it is possible only if 'law enforcement' participated in the attempt and plot so waiting for their self-investigation is a laughable joke. And then they'll seal the results for a lifetime.
Seattle and Portland have some walls that would be perfect for the Trump graffiti on the livestream announcement! In certain neighborhoods screwed over by generations of promises, it would be respected.
Spot on with humor of Trump — let’s hear more on that. Very interesting discussion about humor in general and what is funny and why Trump is funny and why we people (not media) gravitate towards people who speak contemporaneously and from the heart, even if they mince words.
Matt- talk more. Other guy - talk less. Switch the 20-80 to 80-20.
Older guy doesn’t understand what Rfk bit is about - and it’s big - RFK ( an intentional leak imho), wants to push the vaccine topic to the stage, to the election, where it should be. Bobby has nothing to lose. An excellent move. The media doesn’t realize it, but a lot of us are voting on Covid, a lot of us woke up during Covid, a lot of of us are really pissed about Covid (-and vaccines).
I didn’t know there was a producer in the audience. I want to hear from Matt and Walter, because they both add different perspectives. In a conversation, you don’t want to be thinking about whether or not it’s your turn to speak. Unless you’re at the dinner table with your boyfriend’s family.
The “bloodbath” comment was made in response to the plan to export manufacturing of EV’s to Mexico. Trump’s response to that was that when he is in office he will end that plan. ‘That’s if I am elected. If I’m not, there will be a bloodbath! Obviously a financial bloodbath.
He looks exactly like some really rich guy who got shot in the face by some nut the last time he walked on stage like this 48 hours ago. He has to be asking himself - wtf am I doing here, again? Maybe I can turn this whole mess over to JD and go home right now.
You couldn't get me within a thousand miles of a stage if I'd taken a bullet in the face days before.
I wouldn't buy a guitar amp based on watching a Youtube video, much less buying into a conspiracist guided meditation narrating some miniscule lo-fi edited phone clip.
Especially not now, in the age of AI. It's a litmus test for gullibility.
Matt, Dan Bongino is there at the RNC this week. He was a Secret Service agent for twelve years. He is broadcasting information based on his own expertise plus what he is hearing from others who are still active in the agency. Ask around for him there. Might be a good journalistic source or interview subject for you.
I enjoyed your commentary about the assassination attempt. This whole thing reminds me a lot of my favorite movie about the Kennedy assassination, "Executive Action." What you both said about the shooter's rather muddy political outlook reminds me of this scene...
For years pundits have been lamenting that the Republican party has turned into a cult of personality centered on Donald Trump. If his voter registration as a Republican really reflected his political beliefs why would he want to take out Trump? Perhaps he was a RINO neoliberal who doesn’t think we are tough enough on China and Russia? I doubt it. My theory is he registered Republican to piss off his parents.
David Sacks speech exploded heads on CNN and in the Dick Cheney/Obama security state on day 1. By far the most consequential speech at the RNC to this point.
Crap delivery from Sacks but who cares. Message heard loud and clear on both sides of the Atlantic. The war hawks and their profiteer employers will be shitting bricks. - Good times!
NYT sneers:
David French "Sacks’s speech was one of the worst prime-time convention speeches I’ve ever seen, both in content and crowd response. As a listless crowd sporadically applauded, he delivered a string of accusations against Biden — including the remarkable assertion that Biden “provoked” Vladimir Putin to attack Ukraine — that resembled a social media rant more than a political speech"
Peter Wehner: "Sacks, a former chief executive of Yammer, saying that Biden provoked Russia to invade Ukraine. As a person who’s worked in three Republican administrations, I found it disorienting to see a Republican convention speaker openly rooting for a Russian dictator against an American ally. And he’s hardly the only one."
“USSS director Kimberly Cheatle, publicly defending her decision to NOT secure that particular rooftop because SS agents "might have slipped off it and hurt themselves" - a rationale so stupid, it should cause her to be instantly fired …”
You can’t spell ineptitude without DEI.
Until a roof gets above a 6/12 rise to run it's no problem to walk on or position on. The roof the shooter was on looked to me to be a one and a half or a 2/12. I designed a lot of houses and I walked on a lot of their roofs. I'm surprised she didn't say that they needed safety gear to be up there, And then of course the police with the tripod were on a steeper roof. Obviously they're trying to cover something up.
well said indeed.
Damn Right Judith!!!
It's great actually, it just provides more public proof points that our institutions are run by rent seekers for personal gain/enrichment vs. public service for the good of the public.
Love the commentary. So literate, so apposite. Walter makes me want to be his neighbor. Matt makes me think I might be intelligent by the way he talks to us. Keep it up.
They both know lots of words. Today I found out "lede" is spelt l-e-d-e.
Newspaper term.
That Teamster's speech was maybe the most important thing that will happen at the Convention. Glad you guys saw that.
The MSM is talking about it, but only grudgingly, and mostly in passing.
While I was channel surfing, I caught a snippet of Van Jones saying A. Rose's speech was the most "dangerous . . ." What is with the fear-mongering over a political convention speech? The Dems really can't handle a civil discussion anymore.
I think he meant to the democrats political fortunes
I get that, but it still is just fear rhetoric. A woman spoke at a political convention. Red alert! Plus.
She seemed almost angelic to me.
fwiw, Amber Rose = gop way outflanking the dems re: sexual liberty, alphabet people, hip-hop, pop culture, street life, sex pos feminism, multiethnic checklist. up front and smiling, but without any of it being blatantly advertised, explicitly announced by herald trumpets or a giant rainbow banner etc
But the shot of Trump was not a re-play. He had a red tie on last night and a blue tie on tonight. 🤔 This type of dialogue needs a lot of work for you, boys but I would commit to it. 😀
I must have missed Amber Rose.
Amber Rose has 24 million Instagram followers… she has the potential to open a whole lot of eyes as to a different choice they can make.
The Democrats thought they could trademark Identity Politics as their proprietary brand. Turns out that there's no copyright protection, the field is wide open and the GOP has flipped the game.
I tried to tell the Dems years ago to get out of the IP game before it backfired.
I wish he had spoken more of “the Middle Class” along with the Working Class. The plight of one is often more bleak without unions, but societally, we cannot thrive with aristocracy and impoverished. The middle, upper middle, and working classes are necessary to get things done, to build,farm, nurse, teach, , fish, etc. Some are incapable, some won’t. The solution now is to send any digital work overseas, and import illegals to do the rest of the work other than cleaning. That’s why we are not the nation we once were. What will America be in a decade?
don't bother with coverage of the investigation of the attempted assassination. It is being conducted by the same people that probably helped orchestrate the attempt. How else does a crack security force (which we are now told was BEEFED UP due to a purported Iranian plot which makes sense only because he is on path to defeat their Biden godfather) plus innumerable police all fail to prevent an amateur loner from scoping out the site enough to know he needed to buy a ladder, walks up to the building which is the location of the local 'headquarters' of same police with a LADDER AND A RIFLE, climbs on to the roof and no one sees him or stops him? it would fail as a proposed movie plot - it is possible only if 'law enforcement' participated in the attempt and plot so waiting for their self-investigation is a laughable joke. And then they'll seal the results for a lifetime.
I shouldn’t be surprised, as he’s a successful novelist, but Walter is one of the most astute observers of human behavior I have ever encountered.
Seattle and Portland have some walls that would be perfect for the Trump graffiti on the livestream announcement! In certain neighborhoods screwed over by generations of promises, it would be respected.
I've been trying to get more friends and family dialed into this podcast. It's great content.
Spot on with humor of Trump — let’s hear more on that. Very interesting discussion about humor in general and what is funny and why Trump is funny and why we people (not media) gravitate towards people who speak contemporaneously and from the heart, even if they mince words.
Matt- talk more. Other guy - talk less. Switch the 20-80 to 80-20.
Older guy doesn’t understand what Rfk bit is about - and it’s big - RFK ( an intentional leak imho), wants to push the vaccine topic to the stage, to the election, where it should be. Bobby has nothing to lose. An excellent move. The media doesn’t realize it, but a lot of us are voting on Covid, a lot of us woke up during Covid, a lot of of us are really pissed about Covid (-and vaccines).
I didn’t know there was a producer in the audience. I want to hear from Matt and Walter, because they both add different perspectives. In a conversation, you don’t want to be thinking about whether or not it’s your turn to speak. Unless you’re at the dinner table with your boyfriend’s family.
Why haven't anybody brought up the Brewers? Are they the elephant in the living room? Frankly it's a bit awkward, we should clear the air.
Or the Bucks!
the ultimate rebuttal to the entire "bloodbath" smear was having the union prez of teamsters speak at the RNC😂
i have yet to piece every part of the speech across platforms, but surely hope that point has been made
The “bloodbath” comment was made in response to the plan to export manufacturing of EV’s to Mexico. Trump’s response to that was that when he is in office he will end that plan. ‘That’s if I am elected. If I’m not, there will be a bloodbath! Obviously a financial bloodbath.
that was my reference
Trump looks drawn.
He looks exactly like some really rich guy who got shot in the face by some nut the last time he walked on stage like this 48 hours ago. He has to be asking himself - wtf am I doing here, again? Maybe I can turn this whole mess over to JD and go home right now.
You couldn't get me within a thousand miles of a stage if I'd taken a bullet in the face days before.
Censorship carries on. They are deleting key video clips from the shooting today.
Care to elaborate?
I recommend this substack highly. Found during Covid. YT esp is scrubbing any comments questioning Trump event. https://open.substack.com/pub/sagehana/p/okay-videos-are-starting-to-be-scrubbed?r=dcg6t&utm_medium=ios
I wouldn't buy a guitar amp based on watching a Youtube video, much less buying into a conspiracist guided meditation narrating some miniscule lo-fi edited phone clip.
Especially not now, in the age of AI. It's a litmus test for gullibility.
Hey Matt, I live 30 minutes west of Milwaukee, and if you want a free place to stay give me a shout. Been a huge fan of yours for years.
Matt, Dan Bongino is there at the RNC this week. He was a Secret Service agent for twelve years. He is broadcasting information based on his own expertise plus what he is hearing from others who are still active in the agency. Ask around for him there. Might be a good journalistic source or interview subject for you.
I enjoyed your commentary about the assassination attempt. This whole thing reminds me a lot of my favorite movie about the Kennedy assassination, "Executive Action." What you both said about the shooter's rather muddy political outlook reminds me of this scene...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TstrUBgDAO8
For years pundits have been lamenting that the Republican party has turned into a cult of personality centered on Donald Trump. If his voter registration as a Republican really reflected his political beliefs why would he want to take out Trump? Perhaps he was a RINO neoliberal who doesn’t think we are tough enough on China and Russia? I doubt it. My theory is he registered Republican to piss off his parents.
David Sacks speech exploded heads on CNN and in the Dick Cheney/Obama security state on day 1. By far the most consequential speech at the RNC to this point.
Watch Axelrod's non-verbals as the camera pans back when Tapper brings up "Biden started the Ukraine War..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB-da7oP12c Start at 7:50
Watch Sacks' entire 6 minute speech. Note Sacks prefatory deployment of "worst of all" from 2:10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLArznk0Ns4&t=313s
Crap delivery from Sacks but who cares. Message heard loud and clear on both sides of the Atlantic. The war hawks and their profiteer employers will be shitting bricks. - Good times!
NYT sneers:
David French "Sacks’s speech was one of the worst prime-time convention speeches I’ve ever seen, both in content and crowd response. As a listless crowd sporadically applauded, he delivered a string of accusations against Biden — including the remarkable assertion that Biden “provoked” Vladimir Putin to attack Ukraine — that resembled a social media rant more than a political speech"
Peter Wehner: "Sacks, a former chief executive of Yammer, saying that Biden provoked Russia to invade Ukraine. As a person who’s worked in three Republican administrations, I found it disorienting to see a Republican convention speaker openly rooting for a Russian dictator against an American ally. And he’s hardly the only one."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/opinion/republican-convention-trump-vance.html