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The TRUTH Behind the Trump/Musk Feud

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    The Elon/Trump bromance is over.
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    There may be a serial killer in New England.
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    And Republicans criticize a 
    Democrat for an alleged Heil Hitler.
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    I did Not-Zi that coming.
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    That and more on this week’s headlines.
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    Welcome to America Uncovered.
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    I’m Matt Gnaizda, filling in for Chris Chappell
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    who’s off getting his black belt in Shaq Fu.
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    Happy Pride Month, everybody.
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    Yes, it’s that wonderful time of year 
    where everything gets covered in rainbows…
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    And corporations show their 
    support for the LGBTQ community
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    out of the pure, altruistic 
    goodness of their hearts.
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    Aaaaat least until it looks like 
    the cultural tide has shifted.
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    Then those same corporations drop their support
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    faster than Andy dropped Woody for Buzz Lightyear.
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    In 2025, several big corporations have 
    pulled their support for Pride events,
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    causing hundreds of thousands 
    of dollars in budget shortfalls.
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    They’re also pulling back on Pride 
    merchandise and vocal support.
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    This has led to many questioning corporations' 
    commitment to social justice issues.
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    Which has led to me wondering…
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    why?
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    How is it a surprise to anyone
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    that corporations are doing what they 
    think will make them the most money?
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    That’s what they’re designed to do!
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    That’d be like being shocked that
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    Wes Anderson made a highly saturated movie 
    featuring quirky characters in tweed sweaters.
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    You can tell corporations aren’t real allies
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    because no history lesson on civil rights
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    has ever mentioned the 
    contributions of McDonald’s.
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    And even though they announced they’re finally 
    bringing the Snack Wrap back next month,
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    you can tell they’re not 
    allies to the LGBTQ community
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    because it’s made with iceberg 
    lettuce instead of rainbow chard.
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    But no matter how much the cultural 
    tide may shift, rest assured,
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    we here at America Uncovered 
    will always stick to our values.
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    Now watch this video of Donald Trump.
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    It’ll make you so angry! Be right back.
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    “Oh, I don’t know what I said. I don’t remember!”
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    Former president Bill Clinton has teamed up with
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    thriller and suspense author James Patterson
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    on an upcoming novel, ‘The First Gentleman.’
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    This is actually the third book 
    the pair have written together,
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    after ‘The President is Missing’ in 2018
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    and ‘The President’s Daughter’ in 2021.
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    The reviews mostly called the 
    novels entertaining but ridiculous.
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    Given some of his activities while president —
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    and alleged activities after leaving office —
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    We might be lucky if it’s only ridiculous.
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    This book — ‘The First Gentleman’ —
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    is about a 
    topic that was almost a reality for Bill Clinton.
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    “He was almost the First Gentleman.”
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    “Yeah, I thought about it for years.
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    And it’s the only political job 
    I ever wanted but didn’t get.”
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    “First Gentleman?”
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    “Yeah. Because I really thought 
    Hillary should be president.”
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    In the novel, the First Gentleman — seemingly 
    a stand-in for Clinton
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    — is accused of murder.
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    I don’t want to spoil anything, but if the first 
    female president is a stand-in for Hillary,
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    then my guess is the twist is that 
    the president was the actual murderer!
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    And in the about the author section,
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    it’ll describe Bill Clinton as
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    A former president and governor of Arkansas,
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    with no history of depression 
    or urges to harm himself.
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    No reason why this is being mentioned.
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    Speaking of writing: the ever 
    eroding trust in the media.
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    Business Insider is going 
    quote unquote “all-in on AI” –
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    according to its worker’s union 
    – by laying off 21% of its staff.
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    Why might the union think 
    that? Well, it’s because,
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    in the same email the company 
    announced it was downsizing and
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    laying off one-fifth of its staff, its CEO said,
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    “Over 70% of Business Insider 
    employees are already using
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    Enterprise ChatGPT regularly (our goal is 100%),
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    and we’re building prompt libraries 
    and sharing everyday use cases that
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    help us work faster, smarter, and better.”
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    I just think this is horrible.
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    Soulless automatons programmed to spit 
    out whatever narrative they’re given…
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    are getting replaced by AI!
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    So I don’t know if we’ll really 
    notice a difference, actually.
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    And after the break, New England 
    has a serial killer… Maybe?
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    Welcome back.
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    12 dead bodies have been found in New 
    England over the past three months,
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    with two of the bodies being 
    found in the same small town.
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    This is leading many to suspect a 
    serial killer might be on the loose.
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    Somewhere, a woman is thinking,
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    “Yes! Fresh podcast content!”
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    So, is it true? Is there a 
    serial killer in New England?
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    Police and local experts say no.
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    James Alan Fox — a Northeastern 
    University criminologist
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    and what Mitch McConnell thinks he looks like —
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    explains, “Most serial killers have 
    some commonality in their victims …
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    But in these cases there are 
    so many dissimilarities.”
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    So you can rest easy, New Englanders.
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    There isn’t a serial killer on the loose.
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    There are multiple killers on the loose.
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    Sleep tight!
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    I’m sure this explanation will absolutely 
    100% quell the serial killer rumors,
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    because if there’s anyone people trust more than 
    the media these days,
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    it’s local authorities.
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    But regardless, whether 
    there’s a serial killer or not,
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    I have just one message to anyone
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    committing violent crimes in the Northeast:
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    Stay away from beautiful Delaware!
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    And speaking of unspeakable violence,
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    12 people in Boulder, Colorado were injured 
    at a rally in support of Israeli hostages
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    by a man using a makeshift 
    flamethrower and petrol bombs,
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    otherwise known as Molotov cocktails.
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    And before anyone tries blaming 
    his motive on violent video games,
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    the man allegedly shouted “free 
    Palestine” while committing the attack.
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    I don’t think that’s a Switch 2 launch title.
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    The suspect — Mohammed Sabry Soliman,
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    who’s being charged with a hate crime —
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    told police he planned this for a year and 
    was targeting what he called a Zionist group.
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    Man, it’s almost like he’s trying to burn any 
    good will pro-Palestinian protestors have.
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    Along with himself.
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    But that’s not the only 
    group he’s making look bad.
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    It turns out that Soliman, an 
    Egyptian, was in the US illegally
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    on a visa that expired in March.
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    Honestly, I’m almost impressed with just 
    how unhelpful this was to multiple causes.
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    By trying to stage a violent protest,
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    now 
    pro-Palestine and pro-immigration groups
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    are gonna need to stage a separate 
    non-violent protest,
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    declaring in unison, “We don’t know her.”
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    Speaking of people dying
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    — don’t worry, this story’s 
    whimsical in comparison —
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    You may have heard about Republican Iowa 
    Senator Joni Ernst telling constituents
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    worried about cuts to Medicaid 
    under the Big, Beautiful Bill that
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    “we all are going to die.”
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    That’s outrageous!
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    Mostly because it’s exclusionary to Wolverine.
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    As much as he craves the release of death, 
    his healing factor won’t let him have it.
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    And before you write in the comments, “
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    But 
    he died in the movies,” first, spoiler.
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    Second, I’m talking about the 
    comics, you filthy casual.
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    Now, a lot of media outlets are leaving 
    out the context of this situation,
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    which is that Ernst was saying 
    people that would lose access
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    to Medicaid weren’t eligible 
    for it in the first place.
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    “It’s corrections of overpayments and 
    people that have not been eligible
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    for these programs by law 
    as it is currently written.
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    So when you are arguing, 
    when you are arguing about
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    illegals that are receiving Medicaid benefits
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    — 1.4 million — they are not eligible, 
    so they will be coming off.
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    So- “People are going to die!”
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    “People are not… Well, we 
    all are going to die, so…”
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    So with the context, that remark is…
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    slightly better?
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    I gotta admit, it still comes 
    across as flippant and callous.
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    And it didn’t help criticisms when she
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    posted an even more flippant video of her
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    addressing this incident in a cemetery.
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    “I made an incorrect assumption that 
    everyone in the auditorium understood that,
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    yes, we are all going to perish from this Earth.
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    So, I apologize, and I’m really, really glad that
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    I did not have to bring up the 
    subject of the Tooth Fairy as well.”
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    I wish she did bring up the Tooth Fairy,
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    because I want to know if the cuts 
    to Medicaid will affect that service.
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    I have to admit, though, “We are all going to die”
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    is a great way to end any conversation.
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    “Do you think I look better in 
    the tan hat or the purple one?”
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    “Who cares? We’re all gonna die.”
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    “I guess I’ll get one in black.”
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    I just wish we’d focus less on 
    soundbites and more on policy.
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    For example, according to an analysis 
    from the Congressional Budget Office,
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    Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill will 
    cut taxes by $3.75 trillion,
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    add $2.4 trillion to the deficit over ten years,
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    and leave 10.9 million more 
    people uninsured by 2034.
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    In response, I hope Trump just says,
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    “Well, we are all going to 
    die.” Works in every situation.
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    This bill did lead to the death of something:
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    Trump and Elon Musk’s bromance.
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    Last week I talked about how Musk 
    criticized the Big,
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    Beautiful Bill and how it undermined the 
    work he tried to do with DOGE.
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    And I understand.
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    Imagine if the president asked you to dedicate
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    three months of your life to 
    a super stressful project,
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    that ended up causing your stock 
    portfolio to lose billions of dollars,
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    and then just turned around made you 
    feel like it was all for nothing.
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    Well, you’d be mad, too.
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    Until you realized you’re 
    still a multi-billionaire.
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    But at any rate, the bromance is over.
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    And now, things have escalated between 
    two of the world’s most powerful men
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    on the social media platforms each of them own.
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    Yeah, we live in a weird timeline.
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    Musk called Trump an ingrate and said Republicans
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    wouldn’t have won in 2024 without him,
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    and said Trump’s tariffs will cause a 
    recession in the second half of this year.
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    Trump, meanwhile, said Musk is mad at the bill 
    removing an EV mandate
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    and that it made him crazy.
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    This claim received widespread 
    backlash on Musk’s home turf of X,
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    where commenters said that Musk has always 
    been in favor of cutting EV tax credits.
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    Well, at least the attacks 
    just stuck to policy and...
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    I’m just kidding.
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    Musk also claimed the reason the Epstein files 
    haven’t been released
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    is because Trump is in them.
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    Elon Musk and calling people 
    he disagrees with a pedo guy.
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    Name a more iconic duo.
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    Musk also asked his followers if it’s time for a
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    new political party in America that 
    represents the 80% in the middle.
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    And agreed with Ian Miles Cheung 
    calling for Trump’s impeachment.
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    Is this the origin story for 
    the X-ocrats? Or X-publicans?
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    Well, I guess if anyone would know 
    about the plight of the working man,
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    it’s the richest man on the planet.
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    But at least Democrats know 
    how to focus on policy!
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    You can tell because the DNC rented a taco truck
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    to park near RNC headquarters to mock Trump,
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    as the acronym TACO is being used online 
    to stand for “Trump Always Chickens Out.”
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    Yup, this is definitely gonna 
    turn things around for Democrats
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    and help make life better for all Americans,
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    who for sure aren’t terminally frustrated
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    and embarrassed by our representatives.
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    Speaking of embarrassing political gaffes,
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    Remember when so many people on the left 
    were convinced Elon Musk gave a Nazi salute?
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    You know, back before he was their 
    hero again for going after Trump?
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    Well, here’s Senator Cory Booker in 
    front of a group of California Democrats.
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    Yup, they’re the same picture.
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    Now the right is criticizing Booker for making 
    this same “
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    my heart goes out to you” gesture
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    and how there will be much less 
    scrutiny on him for doing it.
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    A spokesperson for Booker responded 
    to this criticism, telling Newsweek,
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    “Cory Booker was obviously 
    just waving to the crowd.
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    Anyone who claims his wave is the same as Elon 
    Musk's gesture
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    is operating in bad faith.”
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    Yeah! How dare they say the exact same 
    gesture was the exact same gesture.
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    And besides, Booker couldn’t 
    be a Nazi sympathizer.
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    I mean, who ever heard of a black 
    person giving a Nazi salute?
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    Besides the Antioch High School shooter.
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    But that’s ancient history! 
    Almost five months ago!
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    Honestly, trying to suggest a gesture
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    is 
    proof that a rival political figure is a Nazi
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    comes across as desperate and just 
    about as sincere and authentic as
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    corporations’ support for the LGBTQ community.
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    Have a great Pride Month, everyone.
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    And before you go, be sure to check out this other
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