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el Pollak was pointing out in Breitbart that Trump's done the impossible politically which he's got American Muslims and American Jews on his side at the same time. And I've been watching that happen and the more I look at it I think what am I even saying? Like what am I watching? Like how is that even possible? And then I started to understand how it's possible. It's because of his messaging. Wh…

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somebody named Dave Smith, not comic Dave Smith it's just somebody named Dave Smith says you should buy it then. Remember this is 2017. You should buy it then. And Elon Musk replies to him how much is it? In 2017 he was thinking about buying it. That is interesting.

All right. There's a thought that the Amish might be the deciding demographic for Trump because they seem to be a little more pro-Trump. And one of the reasons is, I didn't know this, but the Amish traditionally are a farming community but the people who own the farms already own all the land so the young generation can't also be farmers because there's not enough land where they're also Amish. So a lot of them just started businesses and they tend to be Republican-like in their free market kind of thinking.

And I want to read to you what Scott Presler said recently during a Trump rally when he was speaking to the Amish. And this gets back to your earlier point I made about can experts know what is a good persuasive message compared to just an average person. And this I would say that Scott Presler is definitely not an average person. He's I would put him in the expert category in politics at this point. But do you think that he nailed this persuasion right? I read it to you. Tell me if you feel it. That's the key. Tell me if you feel it. Now you're not Amish so this is not meant for you but see if you could judge whether you would just feel it.

Quote: To our beautiful Amish in Lancaster in Pennsylvania and across the state, we will protect your raw milk, your dairy, your farming, your school choice, your religious freedom, your ability to have 10 beautiful children per family. Wow. Wow. It's kind of perfect. Now do you feel it? You can feel that right? If you tell me that Scott Presler is unable to do persuasion and persuasive messages better than the average person and better than the average professional I would say you're clearly wrong. This is good work. Yeah that hits everything.

I don't know. I think it's because I had a lot, I have a lot of farm experience. So it used to be my job at my uncle's farm that was walking distance from my house. I would walk there or ride my bike and clean the bulk tank. Now the bulk tank was a giant metal holding tank for the milk that came from the cows that same day. Now it would only be in the tank for half a day until a big truck would come and suck it out and take it away. And so I had to clean it and sterilize it. And then my family would drink raw milk from the farm because my mother insulted the milk company and they wouldn't deliver to our house anymore so we had to get our milk from my uncle but it was walking distance so it wasn't a big deal. So raw milk is sort of in my blood so to speak. You know what I mean? Farming sort of in my blood. I spent a lot of time on a farm and when I hear these things they just completely hit me. We're going to protect your raw milk. That goes so deep. It's just beautiful.

Anyway The Hill is talking about here's a headline that I didn't read the story. Former President Trump's vows for revenge face few limitations in second term. I chose not to read the story that that headline is attached to. Let me read it again. Former President Trump's vows for revenge face few limitations in second term. His vows for revenge. When did that happen? Can you show me the quote where he vowed revenge? Do you think he ever used that word? I don't think so. No, no I don't think so. I think he said that there are enemies within and that if they committed crimes you know the legal system should deal with them but nobody's above the law. So I'm going to say that's just a propaganda story. And I would say that any president who wanted to get revenge would find that there are not many limitations. Didn't Obama use the IRS to get at his enemies? Didn't Obama drone an American? Once the American president can get a lot of revenge. So yeah I mean obviously anybody can but we do not approve of Trump getting revenge. We only approve of the law being followed.

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee is activating the National Guard in case there's trouble after the election. But it turns out according to Reuters that Democrats are preparing phase one of the cheat. Now this is me speaking speculatively and allegedly and hypothetically. I am not aware of any factual basis for what I'm about to say. I'm just saying that it looks exactly like what you would do if you were planning to rig an election. That doesn't mean they're going to. I'm going to tell you what the story is so according to Reuters Democrats are readying a rapid fire response to flood social media and the airwaves with calls for calm and patience with vote counting should Trump try to prematurely claim election victory as he did in 2020.

So let's say Trump is winning in a landslide and it's 10:00 at night and he reasonably believes that unless there's cheating he's going to win and he declares victory. You could argue he shouldn't do that until the election is don

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e but in politics that's a thing that happens. You know it's not that unusual. If you really think you're going to win you claim victory but you probably don't want to do that if there's anybody still voting so you'd have to make sure all voting is done before you do any claiming a victory. But to me it sounds like what they just announced is a propaganda and stalling operation until they have tim…

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