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Zohran Mamdani—The Democratic Establishment Is DEAD

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    Democrats suddenly hate masks.
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    Zoran Mandani won the New York City Democratic mayoral primary
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    . And Republicans can't agree on the big beautiful bill
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    . I assume Trump's thinking
    they don't know
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    what the they're doing.
    Then more on
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    this week's America Uncovered headlines.
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    [Music]
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    Welcome to America Uncovered. I'm Chris Chapel
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    . You know, between all the wars,
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    economic anxiety, and civil unrest
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    , I figured it'd be nice to start with something low-key and light-hearted.
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    Abortion. This week marked the 3-year
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    anniversary of the end of Roie Wade.
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    Since then, over 100 abortion clinics
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    have closed down across the US,
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    and 65 of those clinic closures happened in states
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    where there haven't been new limits placed on abortion
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    and even more could soon close as the
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    Supreme Court ruled that states can cut
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    off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood
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    . Despite this, the number of abortions actually kept rising in 2024
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    thanks to teaalth prescriptions.
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    So, just like with Amazon, online ordering
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    is killing brickandmortar stores.
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    They're shutting down both mom and pop shops
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    and clinics for people who don't want to become moms and pops
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    . Speaking of things that are slowly dying off
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    , a recent Associated Press NORC Center for
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    Public Affairs research poll shows that
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    support for green energy tax credits and
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    offshore wind is falling among Democrats and independents
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    . So, does this mean the
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    left no longer cares about the environment?
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    Not necessarily.
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    It could be that support for new, less tested,
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    and more expensive types of energy are
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    harder to support when everything else
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    is so expensive.
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    people might be more in favor of switching from gas to electric
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    stoves to cook their eggs if they could afford eggs
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    . That being said
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    , the price of eggs has dropped significantly since Trump took office 5 months ago
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    . Some on the right will say it's because of Trump's genius negotiating
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    and economic skills.
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    Some on the left will say it's
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    because the record number of chicken
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    deaths from a bird flu outbreak is subsiding
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    . But of course, here at American Covered, we know the truth.
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    It's because President Trump pulled the
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    price of eggs lever located behind the
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    desk in the Oval Office that every
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    president has access to.
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    Hopefully, he'll keep that price of gas lever in
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    place while this whole Iran situation situates
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    . Speaking of things the left
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    and the right can't agree on, again, masks
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    . I guess everyone is feeling
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    nostalgic over the golden era that was 2020.
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    Many protesters have complained about
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    ICE agents wearing masks amid
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    immigration crackdowns.
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    Border SAR Tom Hman says this is for the safety of ICE officers.
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    Why are they wearing masks?
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    Cuz they're trying to protect themselves
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    and their families. They got a dangerous
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    job to do and they're being doxed every day across this country.
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    So, they're essentially wearing masks for the same
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    reason Spider-Man wears a mask.
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    I guess that explains why some think they're heroes
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    while others think they're a menace
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    . Though the people saying that
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    about ICE agents tend to look a little more like this
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    . Of course, anti-ICE protesters are also wearing masks,
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    upsetting many, including President Trump
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    , who thinks they shouldn't be
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    allowed to wear masks
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    . To explain what I assume these protesters are thinking
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    when they dawn a mask, once again,
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    here's Borders Tom Hman.
    Why are they
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    wearing masks? Cuz they're trying to
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    protect themselves and their families.
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    They got a dangerous job to do and
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    they're being doxed every day across this country
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    . Either that or it's to
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    prevent the inhalation of burning Whimo fumes
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    . Of course, there are real
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    concerns about law enforcement officers
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    not properly identifying themselves and
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    how bad actors could use this to impersonate them
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    . Multiple ICE impersonation arrests have been made
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    during these nationwide immigration crackdowns,
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    including a Florida woman
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    who is accused of impersonating an ICE
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    agent to kidnap her ex-boyfriend's wife.
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    Remember, never underestimate Florida woman
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    . She's just as crazy and even more resourceful than Florida man
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    Yay, feminism.
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    Of course, there are real concerns about
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    protesters concealing their identities
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    and how bad actors could use this to
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    impersonate them too while doing things
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    like say setting Whimos on fire
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    . I feel like there's an obvious compromise here.
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    ICE agents and protesters both agree to
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    stop wearing masks.
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    Of course, that would never work because that promise would be broken quicker
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    than the Iran Israel ceasefire
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    . And wouldn't he even
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    give us the greatest presidential quotes since
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    there is nothing to fear but fear
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    itself or ask not what your country can
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    do for you, ask what you can do for your country
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    .
    They don't know what t e they're doing.
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    He has the best words.
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    Though to be fair, I think Trump should
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    say that in every setting because it always fits
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    . And after the break, Zoran
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    Mamani wins the New York City Democratic
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    mayoral primary, setting everyone up for
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    yet another very interesting November,
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    at least in New York.
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    Welcome back.
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    Zora Mdani has declared
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    victory in the New York City Democratic
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    mayoral primary has disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo conceded.
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    This was a come from behind victory for Mamani
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    who was trailing Cuomo in the polls until just this week
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    which is surprising that it wasn't Cuomo who
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    snuck up from behind someone without
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    them expecting or wanting it.
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    Mdani won by over 7 percentage points,
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    killing Cuomo's hopes of becoming mayor faster
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    than his policies killed grandmas and
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    nursing homes while he was governor.
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    Still no consequences for that.
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    By the way, this isn't just an embarrassing
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    loss for Cuomo,
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    but for establishment Democrats generally.
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    Mdani is a Democratic socialist and ran on policies
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    such as free bus fair, rent freezes,
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    reducing police in high crime areas, and
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    replacing them with social workers and
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    city-owned grocery stores.
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    Yeah, I'm not sure how I feel about the people who
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    handle the DMV handling my crab cakes.
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    Andrew Cuomo had the largest super PAC
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    for a New York mayoral campaign, ranking
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    in $25 million in donations, mostly from
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    business interests and billionaires like
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    former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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    And he even received an endorsement from Bill Clinton
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    . Remember Bill Clinton?
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    Everyone still loves him, right?
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    This is like trying to appeal to the youth with Metamucil lattes
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    . Some are pointing out
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    that this shows just how out of touch
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    and oblivious to their own hypocrisy Democrats
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    are criticizing Trump for allegedly being a sex pest
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    while running a sex pest of their own.
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    But hey, that was like a couple of years ago
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    and he's totally changed.
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    Even though he never apologized or admitted fault
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    and said he just seemed creepy because he was Italian
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    . You know, I can't help but
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    notice Mario never received any allegations
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    . You didn't see him getting
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    cancelled during the It's a Me Too movement
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    Some say this election could show a
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    public shift in Democrats favoring more progressive candidates
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    . But it could
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    also just show that all the moderate
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    Democrats didn't show up for the primary
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    , perhaps because the current New York mayor, Eric Adams
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    , is running for reelection as an independent
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    . He officially announced it after the primary
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    , but it's been in the news for months
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    . Some think the results of the
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    primary are going to cause chaos in
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    Democratic primaries and hurt the
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    party's chances of retaking the House in the midterms next year
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    Not to mention the fact that Republicans
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    are using Democratic Socialist Mandani's victory
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    as ammunition to label Democrats as extremists
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    . So, should he become mayor?
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    Will Mam Dani lead New York to a new golden age
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    or into a socialist dystopia?
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    Only time will tell. But if his policies
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    are an abject failure, then Republicans
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    will have the perfect campaign slogan
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    when running against similar candidates.
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    They don't know what the they're doing.
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    Told you it always fits.
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    In a 6-3 decision, shocker
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    , the US Supreme Court lifted a judicial order limiting
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    deportations of illegal immigrants to countries not their own
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    . The previous
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    judicial order stated the Trump
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    administration must provide those that
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    were about to be deported to quote unquote third countries
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    a meaningful opportunity to explain to US officials
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    the harm they could face in the areas
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    they were being sent to.
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    The conservative justices feel the lower
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    court overstepped its authority.
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    The liberal justices feel these deportations
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    are a violation of the constitution.
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    And I feel the fact we so obviously know
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    which justices are conservative and liberal is not great
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    . Scotas' ruling was an emergency order,
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    meaning it was decided without hearing oral arguments.
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    So this practice stands for now
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    , but could be brought back and re-evaluated
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    by the court in the future.
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    But I'm feeling like I have another one of my great ideas.
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    For every 100 illegal immigrants the US deports to a third country
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    , send one of them to Aruba
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    . You do this, you'd have some American citizens pretending to be illegal immigrants
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    for that opportunity.
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    This way, it's a little more humane and
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    we can get rid of all of our degenerate gamblers
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    . Speaking of things that are seemingly a big gamble
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    , the big beautiful bill.
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    Senate Majority Leader John Thun told
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    Axios he's planning a make orb breakak
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    weekend vote on the BBB with voting beginning on Friday
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    . If passed, it'll be
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    sent to the House for its final approval
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    . Trump wants it on his desk to be signed before July 4th
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    . Partly because that's when Congress goes on a recess
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    and also probably because nobody likes signing anything
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    when you still
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    got the meat sweats from all those
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    Independence Day hot dogs.
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    Nothing says screw you Britain
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    like processed nitratefilled beef.
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    Soon says senators will stay in DC until
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    the bill is passed as they figure out
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    ways to slim it down locked in while
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    figuring out how to slim something down.
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    It sounds less like congressional
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    compromise and more like fat camp.
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    So Thun wants to get the vote on the bill done
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    . However, it's uncertain if this will happen
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    , as the bill has seen
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    internal push back from the GOP since seemingly its inception
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    , and Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth McDonald
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    rejected key Medicaid cuts in the bill,
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    which could force Thoon to scrap his
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    plan to bring it up to a vote this weekend altogether.
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    On top of all that,
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    polls show it's unpopular,
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    and the Congressional Budget Office predicts the bill
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    , while offering economic gains,
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    could add $2.8 trillion to the deficit.
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    If this adds more to our deficit and is
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    a negative on the economy, hopefully it
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    won't lead to more businesses closing down
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    , like all those mom and pop abortion clinics
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    for people who don't
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    want to be moms and pops.
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    And before you go, be sure to check out this other
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    episode of America Uncovered recommended
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    If you're tired of all this gender discourse,
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    the algorithm's ones and zeros are as non-binary as it gets
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    . And as always, support America Uncovered
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    , americanaunovered.tv.
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    Once again, I'm Chris Chapel. Thank you for watching America Uncovered.
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