Episode 153 ā Tommy Tubervilleļ¼ Overnight Senate Hero. NEW Peter Strzok Texts Question FBI's Trumpā§øRussia Timeline. Non-Essential Is the New Deplorable.
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Sen. Trey Turville has been making noises that he may prompt action on the objections from the House to the votes cast in the presidential election, and I have a hot take about why this is a good thing.
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you ever watch this guy on television you all were not telling the truth and you should not
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be trusted congressman matt gates thank you for what you did for your country today be offended
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with the democratic whip not house republicans like a machine matt gates
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welcome to hot takes i'm congressman matt gates let's talk about the news senator elect
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tommy tuberville he's going to be sworn in on january 3rd already making noises that he may
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prompt senate action on the objections from the house to the electors that have been sent from
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states where there are still a lot of questions about the validity of those votes cast the
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procedures the authorities for elections officials to make changes to the voting process itself
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tommy tuberville giving a statement that essentially reads hey the house is gonna get
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this thing going and we should have to deal with it in the senate and i totally agree here's my hot take
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i know tommy tuberville he is the river boat gambler that's what they called him when he was the coach
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at auburn he was a guy willing to go for it on fourth down a lot willing to take a risk and he
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might have just the moxie to do this now it is quite something to expect a senator elect you know
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a someone who's been a member of elected office for just a matter of days to stand up and be the
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one to show this courage frankly i'd like to see maybe some other members of the senate express their
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intention to join in the objections from the house in the specific places where there is a need for
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debate about the irregularities but if senator elect tuberville sees the opportunity sees the opening
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he might be just the type of guy to take it the other thing about him is i think he's got a really
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good relationship with the president and this is about more than any one president or any one election
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it's about whether or not when you have a pollution of the electoral process is that worthy of deliberation
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at a factual level by someone and the preference would have been that the article three court step
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forward exert their jurisdiction hold evidentiary hearings and then make determinations on the
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evidence unfortunately we didn't really have a court willing to exercise its jurisdiction they were
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largely granting motions to dismiss based on the sufficiency of pleadings not based on the validity
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of the evidence so if we had that evidentiary discussion and debate in the house and in the senate i know
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jim jordan and i'll be ready for it along with folks like andy biggs and jody heiss and scott perry
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who've got a lot of information from pennsylvania georgia arizona michigan wisconsin that i think the
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public deserves to hear and i think it deserves a robust debate in congress i mean if some dispute
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over ohio in 2005 deserved a debate certainly what we've seen in this last election does as well so
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tommy tuberville right now maybe i would say offering up a political weather balloon to see how
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the other senators will react to see how the public will react and he'll have to balance out
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some frustration from mitch mcconnell maybe some resentment for his fellow americans to being a
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hero to the tens of millions of americans who believe that the irregularities the fraud the
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departure from procedure and authority in this last election at a minimum deserves a debate in the
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united states house of representatives and senate president trump has retweeted an article from
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breitbart that's quite interesting new peter struck texts undermine official narrative on start of russia
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collusion investigation it's by joel pollack and these newly released text messages are offered up by
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homeland security committee chairman ron johnson and senator chuck grassley and in the new texts
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you see how peter struck and lisa page are discussing open counterintelligence investigations
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regarding trump and russia on july 28 2016 now the reason that's significant is that up until now
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we've been told even by senior officials at the justice department that the trump russia counterintelligence
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investigation started on the 31st of july after they got the tip from downer with
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papadopoulos which was itself a setup you see what papadopoulos has been saying is that this was not
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some organic reporting from downer back through the western intelligence channels to the united states
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it was actually the united states that had recruited downer to go and try to entrap papadopoulos into
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admissions that he never ended up making and of course since papadopoulos wasn't involved in any criminal
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conspiracy with russia they had to charge him with this ancillary crime of not being honest with the
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fbi but if you go to prison for not being honest with the fbi what happens when the fbi and the
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department of justice aren't honest with the rest of us which is clearly evidenced by these text messages
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it wasn't true when the fbi and department of justice said the trump russia investigation
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began on the 31st of july because in text messages on the 28th they're talking about existing open
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counterintelligence investigations we should know the truth about this effort to destabilize our
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president and the presidency but sadly given just the effectiveness of the deep state to maintain
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control at the department of justice we may never truly find out who was so willing to pervert
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the doj and the fbi for political reasons that they did immeasurable damage to our country
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as the result of a widespread doping scandal russia has been banned from using its flag or anthem at the
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olympics and world championships through the year 2022 that halves the term of years of their prior
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punishment the associated press graham dunbar has the story russia will not be able to use its flag
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or anthem at the next two olympics or any world championships for the next two years after a ruling
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thursday by the court of arbitration for sports now russia does get a small win they are allowed to
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have the name russia on the uniform so long as neutral team or neutral athlete are displayed with
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equal prominence now the history of the russian teams and doping is well documented the ruling does
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allow russian government officials including vladimir putin to attend major sporting events if invited
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by the hosts nation state very interesting review of the facts in that case and just truly how widespread
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it was and how many athletes and coaches were involved it was the national strategy of russia
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to cheat at the olympics they got busted now no flag no anthem
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no swath of tens of millions of americans are deplorable or non-essential every job is essential
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to the family that relies on that job to the person who's using that job to build a better life
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a stepping stone to a career or another opportunity for prosperity it was a great segment on sean
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hannity's program last night with mike roe the dirty jobs guy just about the frustration that is
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really bubbling up around the country among the people who have been told by their government that
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their livelihood is somehow less worthy than the livelihoods of others take a listen to mike roe's
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hot take here's a question what what did joy behar candace pete you and me all have in common
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i'm listening the government has deemed us all essential incredibly i don't know about you but i've
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that's true i'm not essential i've worked every day in my chosen field since march in some way shape or
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form i've done it cautiously i've taken precautions and followed protocol but i have worked literally
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every day consequently i'm i'm making my bills and my people are employed and when i see you talking to
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guys like that and i mean it's been a slow burn for me to be honest but i have come to the point where
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you know candace mentioned irredeemable and deplorable there's a new word for 40 million people in this
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country non-essential and it's crazy we have deemed a giant hunk of our people essentially one click away
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from unimportant or worthless what happens to an economy when you call men like those non-essential
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people the fact that you and i are allowed to work in our chosen field and they can't is just another
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example in my opinion of a big cookie cutter approach in the name of public safety where we treat everybody
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basically the same except for the essential folks and this is weird for me to say sean because i i hosted the
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granddaddy of essential shows you know dirty jobs and deadliest catch really are about essentiality
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but during this pandemic i've i've seen firsthand that everybody is essential to somebody even if
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you're just working to pay your own bills so something is going on here that is that is fundamentally
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upside down and the fact that these policies are now being instituted by leaders who have shown
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themselves to be the very definition of rank hypocrisy is i'm afraid going to lead us into a place where
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it's going to be very difficult to get the poop back in the goose
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drinking red wine and eating cheese could reduce cognitive decline we get the story from the new york
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post's james legate wine and cheese could protect against cognitive decline according to research from an
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iowa state university study published in november 2020 in the journal of alzheimer's disease and it
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studied the intake and how that impacted brain function over a four-year period with adults ages 46 to 77
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so if wine and cheese protect you against cognitive decline i should be in excellent shape upstairs for the
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long term brad palumbo has a piece in fee.org gallup poll americans mental health hits 20 year low
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ahead of renewed lockdowns and certainly makes the argument that the public health impacts of
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lockdowns have to include an analysis of mental health this is the lowest americans have rated their
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mental health according to gallup in 20 years 34 of respondents said that their mental health was
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excellent which is down nine points from just last year similarly 85 of americans had rated their health
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as good or excellent in 2019 just 76 did this year so clearly a diminution in how folks are viewing their
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conditions and it's easy to see why with so many governments engaging in these reactionary policies
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that seem to pit one industry against another one neighbor against another and it hasn't been
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cooperative and i think that that's because far too many politicians view these pandemics as an
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opportunity to exercise power and show responsiveness rather than showing leadership
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