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Back to episode — Episode 3020 CWSA 11/16/25

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esentative Jamie Raskin, who you know as one of the designated liars. So he's one of the ones that I always say if they have a really big lie to tell you and not a normal-sized one, they have a really big one to tell, they bring out the designated liars. Swalwell, Schiff, apparently Letitia James and Raskin. But apparently he was involved in some kind of leaked emails. I talked about this yesterda…

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anything? How many times do I have to say fight before you change your opinion of my opinion? Fight. Fight. Fight. Fight. Fight. Fight. I think that's enough.

When asked if Trump is a fascist, because of course you have to ask that question, Schlossberg said that there are historical analogies. In other words, yeah, he's saying that Trump is a fascist. Now, similar to my earlier conversation where I said that when Trump talks about windmills and climate change being a hoax, it sounded crazy when he first said it a decade ago and now it doesn't. Now it sounds like that's an opinion and probably a correct one in my opinion. But fascist seems like it's also aged out. Does anybody have that feeling yet?

It used to be that if I saw a Democrat calling Trump a fascist, I would say to myself, "Oh, here's something I might want to address. Maybe I need to point out all the ways in which he's not a fascist. Maybe I need to dig into the definition of a fascist. Make sure this fits." But now when I hear some new politician call Trump a fascist, do you know my first impression is? Oh, he's an idiot. And that's it. I don't think I need to defend Trump. I don't think I need to introduce a new definition. I don't think I need to host a debate. I don't think I need to send a post. I just look at him and go, "Oh, you poor bastard. You poor bastard. You're an idiot."

Now, does anybody have that same feeling where you've gone from I must argue against this to why would you even argue that? Who would even argue that? It's so stupid. It's literally just stupid. There's no other thing to say about it. What's the second thing you're going to say about it? Stupid. No, that was the first thing you said. What would be the second thing you would say about it? Stupid. How about stupid? There's nothing else to say. It's just stupid. All right, Schlossberg, good luck.

And this is just mind-blowing. This is another story, but Adam Schiff was on some event where he's talking and this is Adam Schiff. If you're following pol

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itics enough to know who Adam Schiff even is, this will blow your mind. I'm not making this up. I don't think it's AI, pretty sure. But this is a real thing that happened recently. So Schiff said in public, he said this, we have to get past the ruinous idea of making presidents unsuccessful because of politics. What? And quote, "Stop viewing each other as our enemy." Wait a minute. That is Adam Sc…

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