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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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Once again, I’m Matt Gnaizda,
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Thank you for watching America Uncovered.