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Moyn, a lawyer. He said it wasn't bad luck. They did not put Trump in jail. Well, I'm paraphrasing that part. He said, quote, the more uncomfortable truth is that our search for political salvation primarily through the law has backfired. Let me read that again. The more uncomfortable truth is that our search for political salvation primarily through the law has backfired. Is that admitting that t…

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real person with a real vote. So they've been doing that for 18 days, and it looks like they might flip two seats in Congress from red to blue because of 18 days of curing the votes. You're going to feel comfortable with that? 18 days of curing the votes?

Yeah, I see there's some kind of a fight going on on the comments here. Let's see what that's all about. I just want to take a look at what all the fighting's about. All right, I can't see. Never mind.

Well, Elon Musk is having a great time on X. He seems quite addicted to it, which he's admitted today. And he asked this question. He said, how old were you when you realized others couldn't see the Matrix? So I'll ask that question to you. How old were you when you realized others couldn't see the Matrix? Now the way I interpret that is that others, how old were you when you realized that basically everything's a lie? I went with 11.

Have I ever told you my story at age 11? I've written this in my book, so some of you have seen it. You've heard this. Now I will start by saying that I'm pro-religion. Now I think you've heard me say that before. I'm very pro-religion. I think Christianity, and not to pick a favorite but just to pick one as an example, Christianity and others, Judaism, etc., they have a lot of benefits for the people who practice it. Islam, if it's not related to any terrorists or anything, if you're just practicing it happily and minding your own business, probably great. So I'm very pro-religion. I just don't have one, because I don't think you can make yourself a believer. I just don't have an ability to enter that space.

So when I was 11 years old and my parents would send us to Sunday school, it was called. It was a Methodist church. And we would go there and we'd learn all our little Sunday lessons. And one day when I was about 11, the lesson was about Jonah being swallowed by a whale or a giant fish, I guess. And he lived in the whale's stomach for a while, but he prayed and God saved him and the whale spit him up and he was none the worse for being in the whale or the big fish's stomach.

And I remember I called a meeting with my mother, because that's when I realized I was in the Matrix. And I said, Mom, now I'm paraphrasing because obviously I don't remember my exact words at 11, but it was something like, today I learned that a giant fish ate a guy, and apparently the stomach acids of the fish weren't operating, and this particular guy got out because he prayed to God. And then I said, Mom, are you aware that this is all made up? And she

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never answered me. And I think I tried a few times. Like, but you know that these couldn't possibly be true stories, right? You know that. I read comic books. You've seen it. You see me reading comic books. What would be the evidence that Spider-Man exists that would be different from the evidence, you know? So that's sort of the direction I went. To her credit, and then I said, I'm resigning fro…

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