The MeidasTouch Podcast - MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/10/25

Episode Date: October 10, 2025

In this episode of the MeidasTouch Podcast, the brothers break down a stunning escalation in Trump’s authoritarian crusade as he indicts New York Attorney General Letitia James, marking a new low in the weaponization of the DOJ. They also cover Marjorie Taylor Greene’s shocking turn against her own party as the government shutdown drags on, Speaker Mike Johnson’s struggles to defend his attacks on the American people, Trump tries to turns the U.S. into a war zone, the latest updates in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal, and the deepening cracks in Trump’s chaotic economic promises amid troubling new data. Ben, Brett and Jordy discuss all this and more. Subscribe to Meidas+ at https://meidasplus.com Get Meidas Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Deals from our sponsors!  Incogni: Take back your personal data with Incogni! Go to https://incogni.com/meidastouch or use code MEIDASTOUCH at the checkout and get 60% off annual plans Hims: Start your free online visit today at https://hims.com/meidas for your personalized ED treatment options. Miracle Made: Upgrade your sleep with Miracle Made! Go to https://TryMiracle.com/MEIDAS and use the code MEIDAS to claim your FREE 3 piece towel set and save over 40% OFF! IQ Bar: Text TRUTH to 64000 to get twenty percent off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. Message and data rates may apply. Jolie: Head to https://JolieSkinCo.com/MEIDAS to try it yourself with FREE shipping. Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald Trump had New York Attorney General Letitia James indicted as his, I wouldn't just call it, politicization of the Department of Justice, I would say his destruction of law and order and just complete anarchy is unleashed across this country. This follows James Comey being indicted and having his arraignment held earlier in the week. James Comey, through his lawyer Patrick Fitzgerald, said, we don't even know who person one and person three is, as alleged in this indictment. We have no basic information that would normally exist in a federal prosecution. And this is because Lindsey Halligan, who's never been a federal prosecutor before, it's now the person put in charge of the Eastern District of Virginia.

She was a former beauty pageant contestant, turned insurance lawyer, who somehow linked up with Donald Trump a few years. years back. She was his personal lawyer on a few matters. Again, zero trial experience, zero experience as a federal prosecutor. She was the one whose sole signature was on both the indictments now of James Comey, as well as New York Attorney General Letitia James. New York Attorney General Letitia James purports to be charged with two counts, one count of bank fraud, another count of false statements. This is alleged to be in connection with a 2020 purchase where a mortgage was put on a home or a residence or a second home in Norfolk, Virginia. And we know from our prior reporting

and the prior reporting of others out there that New York Attorney General Letitia James case was put before the desk of both Eric Seabert used to be the top federal prosecutor out of of the Eastern District of Virginia. He said there were no facts there and no facts to support a prosecution of James Comey, and he was forced out of that office. Also, most recently, somebody by the name of Elizabeth Uci, who oversees major criminal prosecutions at that Norfolk office in the Eastern District of Virginia, she had said that she's not signing her name to this.

There's no evidence to support any claims against New York Attorney General Lettisha James. So, Lindsay Halligan, once again, goes before the grand jury all by herself. She brings whatever facts she brought in front of the grand jury. We know that she was the only one in that room because we have the indictment and we have who requested the indictment. And it was only Lindsay Halligan and the only person who signed it. And that's where that's where we're at today. Now, already James Comey's lawyers have demanded that they get exculpatory evidence turned over. They've already have trial in that case is set for first week of January in 2026. They've already have motion set up for vindictive prosecution, grand jury abuse, outrageous government conduct.

Those motions are going to be heard October 20th and October 30th. So we'll have hearings there very soon. the lawyers who showed up come from North Carolina on the Comey case and they said that they don't have really enough information yet to even really speak intelligibly to the judge and the judge didn't really care. We're setting a trial pretty quickly and now this is being repeated with New York Attorney General Letitia James. Now, New York Attorney General Letitia James has issued a video response about an hour or so ago. Here's what And she said in response to being indicted out of the Eastern District of Virginia, let's play it.

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system. He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding, all because I did my job as the New York State Attorney General. These charges are baseless, and the president's own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost. The president's actions are a grave violation of our constitutional order and have drawn sharp criticism from members of both parties. His decision to fire a United States attorney

who refused to bring charges against me and replace them with someone who is blindly loyal not to the law, but to the president is antithetical to the bedrock principles, of our country. This is the time for leaders on both sides of the aisle to speak out against this blatant perversion of our system of justice. I stand strongly behind my office's litigation

against the Trump organization. We conducted a two-year investigation based on the facts and evidence, not politics. Judges have upheld the trial court's finding that Donald Trump, his company, and his two sons, a libel for fraud. I'm a proud woman of faith, and I know that faith and fear cannot share the same space. And so today I'm not fearful. I'm fearless.

And as my faith teaches me, no weapon formed against me shall be. prosper. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively. And my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights. And I will continue to do my job. A powerful response that I wanted to share at the outset of this video. Let's bring in Brett and Jordi brothers. Great to see you. So we have Donald Trump using National Guard from other states like Texas to invade blue states and blue cities like Chicago, Illinois. You have Donald Trump with this disastrous press conference with his cabinet earlier saying we're taking Democrat programs away. Those are the ones we're targeting the Democrat government agencies

and programs, whatever the hell that means. You've got Donald Trump indicting his political enemies, authoritarianism, authoritarianism, authoritarianism. Authoritarianism is here and for a party that, you know, likes to get all upset and angry and when anybody calls them fascist or authoritarian, they sure do a whole lot of fascist and authoritarian things. And it's undeniable when you look at what Trump is doing that that's exactly what this is. I mean, this is completely un-American. Nobody who is intellectually honest or trying to be intellectually honest could possibly defend this. It's a very, very dark day in the United States. It's been a dark few months here, at least in the United States. And I know I

already see all the MAGA people. They have their talking points. They go, you said, nobody's above the law. Oh, it told you. Nobody's above the law. You said, oh, but the Biden weaponization, shut up. Biden didn't weaponize crap. If anything, maybe Biden could have even done more to convince people to pursue these charges to protect the country. But there was a clear separation. Those were cases that were filed by special prosecutors, by state prosecutors. They were filed because Donald Trump actually committed crimes and he did an insurrection against the United States. The cases that were able to actually go to court,

overall Donald Trump lost all of them because he actually did those various things, including the case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, that $500 million civil fraud case, which is the reason why Trump is now doing this act of retribution. I mean, these are clear differences. And what Donald Trump is doing here in our streets, what he's doing internationally, it's just a total violation of everything the United States is supposed to stand for.

And the fact that you still see people in the Republican Party continuing to defend this crap every single day. Like, shame on you. Anyway, it's good to be here with Jordy and Ben. Good to be here with you, Midas Mighty. Remember, if you're watching this, I know we've got a big audience tonight. I'd love to see it. Make sure that you go and add the Midas Touch podcast on Apple Podcasts on Spotify. I'll throw up the QR code for those who know how to use their camera on their phone.

This will bring you straight to the podcast for the Midas Touch podcast. Go and check it out. Jordy, what's the latest in you're in? How you doing? I'm excited for today's show. Brett, you bring up such an excellent point. Look, this is what real weaponization of the DOJ looks like, right? for these magas in the Republican Party, who always used to cry foul, Biden and the

weaponization of the DOJ, but how could Biden do that? What Donald Trump is doing to Tish James, to Comey, this is really, really dark stuff. And there's no stopping him Trump as far as continuing to do this to others who he feel has slighted him in some way. And when you could actually just take a step back and sort of ignore the politics of it you quickly realize, like, Tish was doing her job. And so because she was doing her job and did her job well, she turned into a political enemy of Donald Trump. And so now when Donald Trump is president, he gets to turn around and point blame on Lettisha James and go after her.

Like, this is really dark and eerie stuff that has absolutely no place in the United States of America, Ben. You know, look, if this was a meritorious case, then why are you not able to find anybody in the entire office of the Eastern District of Virginia of career prosecutors who would bring the case? For a high-profile case that can make people's careers in a normal situation, you would have lawyers lining up to be affiliated with a case. Eric Siebert, the guy who Trump fired or pushed out, who was leading the office, was an interim United States attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. This guy was a Republican. It's like a lifelong Republican. You know, you think also about like the lawyer who they pushed aside for Alina Haba in New Jersey,

a Republican, a lifelong Republican there. You think about the judge, Portland, Oregon, who ruled against Donald Trump, who Trump and MAGA are basically calling her an insurrectionist, a Trump appointee in 2019. I want to arm you with the data of why this is different and why this is not normal. It's not normal for the president of the United States to send a message on a social media platform that they own, referring to the attorney general Pam Bondi as Pam. Pam, this is hurting my reputation. I need you to go and prosecute immediately, immediately, Schiff, Comey, and Letitia James.

From the Wall Street Journal reporting, Donald Trump thought that was a direct message via the Truth Social app. He didn't mean to post it publicly. Well, if you're using that Truth Social DM feature to conduct cabinet-level business, first off, all of that should be discussed. Right. One of the things that I think Comey should do, one of the things I think Letitia James should do, issue a subpoena to Trude Social. That's a private platform. It's not Donald Trump acting in his official presidential capacity. Personal account, personal platform, subpoena and the criminal case, see if there's more messages like that as part of the vindictive prosecution, discovery or things there. But even if that was a DM or, or, or, or, or, or, or, but even if that was a DM or, or, or, published publicly, saying you have to prosecute my political opponents, then firing all the Republican people at the leadership level in the prosecutorial office, and putting in place the only person willing to sign it has never been a federal prosecutor before again.

Take off your Democrat, Republican, independent hat, or whatever. Like, would you want your surgeon to not be a doctor? Right? I mean, that's basically the only person willing to perform this operation was the non-doctor, right? The person willing to put their name to a very serious felony case was someone who's never been a federal prosecutor before, who was Trump's personal lawyer and then Trump's special counsel person who was in charge of telling the African American Museum. that they have to have less slavery-related exhibits because it doesn't make America look good. That was her role at the White House. That's not normal. And just view it in those terms alone.

And you see, that doesn't make sense. Why her? Yeah, because none of it makes sense. Trump didn't bring in $17 trillion. There's no tariff been where this money exists. Okay. Donald Trump claims he solved inflation and grocery prices are down and electricity and energy prices are down when it's the exact opposite right now.

Trump claims he's reducing health care by 1,600%. It would be great if you reduce it would be great if you did $17 trillion and reduced health care by 1600%. Wow, wouldn't that be amazing? So every time I go to a pharmaceutical company and I buy a drug, I get paid basically, they pay me $1,600 when I go in. It's not, not just free. I'm getting paid $1,600. You get your drugs, Ben. You get your cash. This is a win-win for you. But just every. And then he goes, Republicans, where the party of good health care. Dude, you don't even have a

plan. You've been the first administration, two weeks, two weeks, two weeks. So, Brett, this is connected to me to everything. And I saw somebody posted like, what Trump? Trump's done is brought back all of the like Soviet satellite authoritarian cliches that were exhausting 40 years ago that led to the toppling of these regimes with all of these outrageous types of lies. You know, the type that ultimately 1984 talked about, much earlier written, though, like up is down, left is right, you know, what is truth, you know, all of these things. And it's just, it is a tsunami of disinformation to exhaust people and bend reality while authoritarianism plows over. We have to frame it. That's what's happening. And we have to call it out, right?

Yeah, and this isn't a new thing, right? It's new in the United States, but this happens in autocratic countries around the world. If you were to ask me, you know, a few years ago, what countries is the United States most like, like who are our allies? where do we have like a similar kind of culture, politics, et cetera? You know, you'd say, I don't know, Canada, the UK, like European countries. Like now when you look at the United States, we look like a Russian state. Like we look like the Soviet Union. We look like Putin's Russia.

And that is what we're dealing with right now, a true autocratic regime and a Republican Party who's refusing to rein this individual in. And now these cases are obviously so shoddy. When you read the indictments, they're full of mistakes. It's just a total Bush League performance by Lindsay Halligan, as Ben was saying, when Lindsay Halligan went into the court the other day for the arraignment, it was like her first time in the courtroom for the Comey case. And Comey's lead attorney, they were like, we don't even know what these charges are.

Can you clarify the charges? We haven't even been told to person three in person one are in the indictment. We haven't even been told what's in count one and in count two. Like, could you actually give the information, Lindsay Halligan? And like Ben said, it's very telling that Lindsay Halligan is like, the only person willing to actually take these cases. And I expect these cases to, you know, ultimately kind of go away. The Comey case is ridiculous. You know, the Tish James case seems ridiculous on first read. The Tish James case was just assigned to a Biden-appointed judge, Jamar Walker in

Virginia. So if you want to kind of have a sense of if that holds where this case may be going, I think that could tell you a little bit. But at the end of the day, it's not even about what happens to these cases. Eventually, it's about torturing these people. And Donald Trump is going to run this playbook. He's already told you his enemies list. He's had the enemies list out there. But you know, Adam Schiff will probably be next. He'll probably turn his sights on somebody like a funny Willis. There's going to be all these people adjacent to Trump's orbit who may have tried to prosecute him in the past or, you know, his political enemies. Donald Trump is going to try to pursue charges against all of these people. And as we've seen, he's willing to

remove the people who are unwilling to do so and replace them with lackeys like Lindsay Halligan. And I sure hope and I believe that this will not end well for Lindsay Halligan later on being the hatchet woman who has decided to take on these ridiculous, vindictive, anti-American cases like she has. And could we also just take a quick step back for a second, that Donald Trump is conducting what is his official government business over truth, social DMs, apparently? that's they almost make signal gate look like it was nothing with pete haggseth i mean i mean it's a clear violation of the presidential records act like it definitely violates like a bunch of laws

that's the thing with this trump administration right jordy like everything like like you're like could you believe that like that alone is like an impeachable offense and you could go down the list of a massive scandal impeachable offense and he does it every single day so it tires people out unfortunately but i know it doesn't tire you out the listener and the viewer here and you rightfully outraged about every one of these things. Truth social DMs. That's how he's conducting his government business. I mean, that is striking. And also, you know, look, Donald Trump is obviously doing all of this to Tish James and Comey because he's a very vindictive person and because truly evil and vile stuff. But don't forget, he's also doing this to distract you from what? The Epstein files, right?

He's trying again to just throw stuff at the wall. Don't look over here, everyone. Stop looking at my connection with Jeffrey Epstein. Donald Trump is saying, we're going to go after Tish James. Now, here corporate media run the headlines run the headlines don't look over here we're done talking about here here's the thing though i don't like the distraction argument though i'm going to have to push back i don't like the distraction argument because this is evil this is bad this is like we it's not like i'm distracted from epstein and i can't do this this right here is a very big deal that don't trump is weaponizing the government i don't view it as the distraction thing it's a very big deal that don't trump is sending troops into our streets it's a very big deal that all these

things are happening and so just because he does one horrible thing and then another horrible thing and then another horrible thing. He just does a lot of horrible shit, and it's unfortunate, and we need to be able to keep track of all of them. We need to be speaking about all them, and we do hear, and the listeners are constantly in touch. But I don't view this as just how he's trying to distract from Epstein. I view this as Donald Trump is now weaponizing the Justice Department

the same way of Vladimir Putin does, and we need to stay laser-focused on that fact as well. Yes, absolutely. And I think both can be true at the same time. I think they can both be true, Ben. I think overall, the whole plan of this authoritarian regime is to distract from the truth more than anything. For sure. And it is to overwhelm, turn this fire hose of disinformation on, bend reality, exhaust people, and then allow the authoritarianism to just kind of move over the entire country because the information environment is so poor that,

people are unable to unite and push back and fight back and recognize their power and people just get overwhelmed and go, ah, like, you know sometimes it's a, it's not a great example because of the seriousness with what we're doing it. But you ever like have like someone in your life, um, you don't have to tell me who, whether they're younger or older or whoever though, kid or whatever is so annoying where it's just like da da da da da da da da da da da da da da and you're I'm kind of like, fine, fine, I'll let you do it, just fine, just okay, well, fine. And then what happens to that person? Then they do it again, and like, again, as I said, not the greatest example given the

seriousness with which we exhibit, but the authoritarianism just wants to overwhelm you, destroy a framework that pushes back and holds this type of conduct accountable and remove the normalcy, remove the adult, responsible, mature behavior, remove the humanity and just put everybody into this dystopian, crazy, you know, madhouse, if you will. And then within that framework, that's where the authoritarian thrives. Yeah, well, they want to overwhelm, right? They want They want to overwhelm you with so much bullshit and so much fake footage and these slick Hollywood-style videos that they create and all this crap that they're throwing at you so that ultimately the kind of layperson who is maybe not super tuned into politics, maybe not watching Midas touch every day, maybe not super checked in on the news, goes, I don't know, there's a lot coming at me. I don't know. What's true? I don't know. I don't know. I hear there are riots in Portland, the whole city's on fire. I guess if they got, if they want, if they need. to send in the military to help like that's not a bad thing i guess right that's the goal just totally overwhelm people with the bullshit and that's why i think mockery is important um when

when these people get mocked and that's where i think constantly exposing and showing what's actually going on um like for example and we'll we'll probably get to this uh later in the show but like christy know i'm going to portland for example and try and act all tough and going oh look i'm on the mean streets let me stare down antifa it's all getting crazy then she looks down to like a crowd and there's like eight people in a guy in a chicken costume, you're like, these people are just freaking liars and they're terrorizing these cities. People are walking around these cities right now. They're trying to go about their day. There are like Black Hawk helicopters flying in the sky. They're military walking down the streets. Like this is not normal stuff that we are witnessing. And Donald Trump

says, I hear it looks like a war zone in this place. Yeah, because you sent the military and you're flying military helicopters above. Of course it looks like a war zone. You're making it look like a war zone. Everybody else is just dancing, chilling, go into farmers markets, trying to enjoy their day, trying to enjoy their life. Americans at large are trying to enjoy their life, trying to make sure that they could continue to afford their health care, trying to do basic things. They're trying to live. The average American is just trying to survive in this country. And Donald Trump and these Republicans who have his back are terrorizing and torturing these people. It's just disgusting to me that we are witnessing this every single day.

I'm not counting on any of these Republicans to stand up to them, unfortunately. I mean, we should, you know, be pushing them to, but they're just freaking cowards. But this is the country that we have right now. It's certainly not the country I grew up, and it's not the country I want to leave to my kids. But, hey, that's why we're here, you know, putting up the good fight. Look, a federal judge in Illinois had to make a ruling today blocking the Trump regime from using force against journalists in Chicago, including the following. The Trump regime is enjoined from using riot control weapons, including kinetic impact projectiles, compressed air launchers, O.C. Spray, CS gas, CN gas, other chemical irritants and munitions, less lethal shotguns, less lethal specialty impact munitions, controlled noise and light distraction devices, electronic control weapons,

on members of the press protesters or religious practitioners who are not posing an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer. The fact that a judge in the United States of America has to say, basically, you have to stop doing chemical warfare on reporters who are just there videotaping and photographing and behaving peacefully shows where we are right now in this country. Now, when we return, I want to talk more about that. I want to talk about, again, why are people buying into this framing that Donald Trump did a peace deal in Gaza? Okay, he announces fake.

Every deal he announces is fake. Can we wait until we see what the hell is actually going on first, number one, and number two, can we also recognize the atrocities that have been committed in Gaza? Can we recognize that even today, there were more people in Gaza being attacked after Donald Trump said there was, you know, this peace deal. Well, well, the ceasefire technically doesn't start. Well, even if it technically didn't start until when, whatever that's even supposed to mean, out of good faith, why would you be shooting people there? What's go like what is going on? And now the AP's reporting that America's sending 200 troops into the area.

we're sending American boots into the ground into Israel to help support and monitor the Gaza cease fight. Whatever that means, that's what, that's the plan? I didn't see, was that in the 20 point? That's their plan to send troops there, American boots on the ground? Seriously, that's what we're doing. Anyway, we'll talk about this and more. A reminder, hit subscribe here. Let's help us get to 6 million and become a member of our YouTube page.

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And we'll try to bring you as many experts as we can to talk about that. Brett, I want to definitely speak about that in a bit. I did tease this other section that I wanted to talk about. And then we'll get there, though. You know, Donald Trump announces there's this deal that's a peace deal in Gaza. You know, it's already been leveled to the ground. I mean, if you've seen before and after photos, I think I saw a data point that said it would be the equivalent of what, like, 13 of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima. in Nagasaki, basically in Gaza, is basically what occurred there.

And so when Donald Trump, though, was asked at that disastrous cabinet meeting today, though, I think the key question here, like, people are so focused on what he's announcing sometimes, and like they're not exercising common sense. And Brett, I think we have this clip from the cabinet meeting where Trump is asked by a reporter. So what is your view of a two-state solution, right? Foundationally in a peace deal, shouldn't we understand is there going to be a free Palestine? Like, shouldn't, you know, end of free Israel. Isn't, is that the purpose of the plan that there can be a Palestine as a free sovereign country

and Israel, a free sovereign country living next to each other, right? Is that the goal? What else are we announcing? Like, what else is this deal supposed to be? If not that, okay? I understand the hostages need to be returned. Absa freaking looting. And it would be an incredibly important and great thing

if those hostages were returned to all of the families who have been suffering a great deal so much after what transpired on October 7th. Absolutely. Now, whoa, whoa. Are we doing two-state solutions? So basic question, right? What say you, Donald, let's play.

Be very much involved in making it, making it as good as possible. What's your take now on a two-state solution, sir? Just to follow up on that. What is your view now on a two-state solution for them? I don't have a view. I'm going to go with what do they agree to. How do you move on from that question? I'm going to just do what they agreed to.

You, this is supposed to. Wasn't this supposed to be your deal that you want? want to do the Nobel Peace Prize. Isn't Netanyahu out there posting these weird and I think frankly disrespectful, that's an understatement, unhelpful memes of you wearing gold Nobel Peace Prize chains? What is it? So isn't this your deal? So you don't even know foundationally if, and this is what I mean before, Jordi and Brett, about the fire hose of disinformation bending reality. What the hell was this? What are people even talking about? If foundationally there's not a free Palestine and foundationally there's not two sovereign countries living side by side

in peace, which has not been able to be achieved for more than half a century. What have you done differently than anybody? What are we awarding? Why are we treating you like a baby that you deserve to be able? You've done nothing different than anybody. If anything, you've set things backwards and now U.S. troops are going in. What the hell? It's totally crazy that U.S. troops are going. I mean, this is, I don't think that was part of the, part of the deal. But I think, you know, what, what worries me about Donald Trump's comments there mostly is that it shows me they haven't thought about the phase two. You know, this is being pitched as phase one of this plan. I want to remind everybody,

we've been to phase one of these plans before in the past. And I really, you know, there's Perhaps nothing more in the world right now that just like destroys my soul than what's going on over there from what started over the past like two years, the death, the destruction, the complete devastation, what happened on October 7th. All of it makes me so incredibly sad if I'm being just totally candid with everybody, like incredibly sad to witness what happened, what continues to happen there. And I really want all of this to end. I desperately want all the bloodshed to end. But as we speak right now, the bloodshed is still ongoing as we approach this apparent ceasefire, which I know is still being worked out. But they're talking about this phase one plan.

The thing that scares me is they don't have the phase two plan. They haven't figured that part out. And I understand, you know, they're working through it. They're going to figure it out. But that's been the part that's always stopped this from being a lasting and durable piece. That was the issue when President Biden went forward with the phase one of the plan back in January. I think it was like right before kind of the inauguration when Biden helped with that, you know, with that ceasefire deal. But we know, you know, there are a lot of parties right now that seem to have some sort of handshake agreement here.

I mean, we know Trump's announced this, Israel, Hamas, Egypt, Turkey, Qatar, like they're all, they're all saying that this is going to happen. I think Israel, like, they still have to vote on it to ensure it happens. You have Nanyahu posting these weird AI memes to try to spike the football before it actually happens and to try to hoist Donald Trump as, you know, someone who should win the Nobel Prize, which gets announced shortly. I don't know what's going to happen with that, but I think it's hard to give the Nobel Prize to somebody who's indiscriminately bombing boats in the Caribbean, who's sending military helicopters in American cities, who is shooting priests with pepper bullets in American cities and all the other things that Donald Trump's indicting his political enemies. here in the United States of America. I don't think that's the guy you give the Nobel Peace Prize, too, I'm going to say. But, you know, I really, from the bottom of my heart, I do hope they work something out here. I hope that this is it.

And, you know, even if it's just a phase one, I hope that phase one is successful in bringing the hostages back and ending the hostilities. Like, so, I mean, we'll see what happens. But, you know, one of the issues with that fire hose of lies, as Ben has described, you know, throughout this episode is that we don't know the truth with any of these deals ever. I mean, Donald Trump has touted deal after deal after deal with all of these various countries on trade and all this other stuff. It's all been bullshit so far. And so it's just really hard to go into this and to take his word.

And I don't take his word on anything like that, as I've said so many times on the show. But that's why I'm looking to seeing what other countries are doing, how they're reacting. But, you know, I think we have to see what happens here. You know, I'm willing to keep an open mind because I, more than anything, desperately want to see an end to this conflict. I want to see the hostages come home. I want to see the Palestinian people live in peace. The Israeli people live in peace.

I think there are a lot of just innocent people who have been caught up in this just horrifying bloodshed right now. And I hope that they are thinking of, how do we make this a lasting and durable peace after we get through this phase one? say we're able to execute phase one and that goes well which i really hope it does what's phase two what's the plan as you were saying then to ensure that these two groups can live side by side in peace and i think the president in the united states should have some sense of that or should be pushing for for that in some way by the way maybe his solution is a one-state solution where the

Palestinians and Israelis live in one state together and they're going to you know figure out how to structure the government in a way that's fair okay if that's your policy i just want to hear what the plan is. I want to know how this is going to last. And I'm not going to pretend like this is an easy issue, but I also don't need people posting AI memes and constantly trying to brag about, give me the Nobel Prize, give me the Nobel Prize. There are real people's lives on the line here. There are people who have been tortured for years in captivity. And I think it's important that we respect those people, those families, all the people have actually been impacted here and really, you know, treat this with the seriousness that this issue requires.

Absolutely. And what terrifies me to your point is they have very clearly not thought of a phase two. And I think that is no more clear than when you actually watch that response from Donald Trump. And I'm going to ask you in one second, Brett, to play that clip again. But I'm going to prompt our video viewers here. Look at Donald Trump's face when he's asked that question. It's almost like he's never heard the term two state solution before, which is really actually terrifying when you think of it. Let's play the clip, Brett. I'm going to comment on when we come back from it. be very much involved in making it, making it as good as possible. What's your take now on a two-state solution, sir? Just to follow up on that. What is your view now on a two-state solution for the? I don't have a view. I'm going to go with what do they agree to. Yeah, look, he's got no idea. It just very, like, he genuinely looks like he has no idea. The question wasn't mumbled. He's looking like a deer in headlights when he's asked that question. And look, I know I give corporate media a hard time. I so desperately want a strong fourth estate in this country. I think It's the foundation, the bedrock of this country, is to have a strong fourth.

How do you let that question go, Ben, to your point? How don't you have a follow-up to that? It really just blows. You are in that room. You are asking. He is spiking the football in your faces right now. I did the, and yet he doesn't have the answers to these questions. One of the biggest issues I see in this whole scenario also in terms of believing the information we get.

And like I said, I'm withholding judgment. until we see what happens. I'm truly praying and hoping for the best here. But based on the information we get and just the conflict in general, is that there aren't a lot of parties you could really trust in this all. I mean, who am I supposed to trust here?

Donald Trump, then Yahoo, Hamas, Qatar? Like, who are the voices that I'm supposed to be? Oh, this is an authoritative voice who I'm able to trust here. Like, unfortunately, in this kind of situation, they don't exist. So I think the best we could do is sit back, see what happens, hope for the best and hope that people are actually working in the interests

of peace and security and safety. And I personally, I do, I hope it works. I hope it works out. But, you know, we'll see. What is the it? What is the it? They haven't even defined what the thing to work out is because Donald Trump doesn't say it's two-state solution. So I don't even know what they're talking about. If you ask me, what do you want to see, Ben? Do you want to see a two-state solution? Yes. Do you want to see a free Palestine? Yes. What do you want to do about health care? How do you prove affordable care? There should be universal health care. You see, it's just plain talk. And I think this whole shutdown situation is also just amplifying. And Americans are seeing it now also

because no matter where you're from, your health care is being ripped away from you. I mean, what person can afford $24,000 to $30,000 a year in health care? The ACA subsidies have kept them down where it's still the prices are high. I mean, paying $8,000 to $10,000 a year if you're making $60,000, if you're making more than $60,000, that's a lot of freaking money, making $80,000, $100,000 a year. That's a lot of money. But now it's going to be $24,000 to $30,000. And then Donald Trump's response to this is, oh, this is a democratic.

democratic issue. These are Democrat things. And I give you the best health care and the big, beautiful bill has helped you out with your health care. And young pregnant women are getting paid more money from Medicaid than, or getting paid less money than migrants. What do you mean they're getting paid? The one's getting, what are you talking about? You're about reimbursements for emergency medical room treatment? I don't, Brett, I hope it works out. Presidents and leaders are supposed to define even what the it is. So we have all this fraud. We don't even know the it. And ultimately, it's just easy to destroy and rip apart everything. And that's what he seems interested in. I mean, think about this. One of the stories that just, you know, kind of goes

under the radar today is the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, said that the U.S. military in the Caribbean Sea struck a Colombian fishing boat with Colombian citizens, not. a Venezuelan narco-terrorist or whatever the Trump regime saying. And the Trump regime's response is, this is baseless. Colombia is an essential strategic partner, but they need to retract the statement immediately. The last boat struck by U.S. military in the Caribbean Sea was Colombian, with Colombian citizens. Colombian President Gustavo Petro says a U.S. person familiar with details, confirmed to ABC News that at least one of the boats hit by the military in the Caribbean Sea was believed to be from Columbia. Now, if that doesn't anger you, because you're like,

well, that's Colombia and Venezuela, which to me is a ridiculous argument. It seems to be daily war crimes being committed by the United States military violating all rules of engagement and laws of war and just laws in general, killing people, apparently killing Indian-Colombian citizens with zero transparency. I also want people to think about this. While the Texas National Guard was invading Chicago, Texas still did not find all of the dead children from the Guadalupe River flash flood,

where because of Republican policies, because they say we hate government and all this woke, Biden money that was trying to buy emergency systems that we didn't want those emergency warning systems. You know, those damn woke emergency systems. And also the dereliction by FEMA, led by Christie Nome, apparently Cory Lewandowski, who has whatever that relationship is going on there with her, who hamticks somebody. Social relationship to leave. Special, very special. Special, social socialists, very special relationship. Then have somebody lead FEMA with no emergency management background.

They shut down the call centers. They wouldn't activate urban search and rescue. 200 people die. What, hundreds of over 100 people died close to 200 people. Children by the dozens got killed. And just think about how many natural disasters there have been where dozens of people have died where Trump doesn't even acknowledge the existence of these things. and corporate news yeah you know donald trump says you did a 20 point peace deal let's do the headlines

because we all need to be first to write the headline right to get the click bait and to get it can we take a step back and and all and ask what if he's not wanting a two state solution how can it what what's the deal what's the deal on is the deal just to now further totally wipe out Palestine is that what they're saying if that's what they're saying then say it because i think you're going to put American troops there, that's going to be your position, and you think that's going to lead to long-term peace? Or is Donald Trump just going to go, not my problem, not my problem, pass it on all the problems to the next person, and then MAGA and their whole propaganda network then spends the next four years blaming people who try to fix this mess, who fix

the chaos that he creates, fix the things that he does, which he has no way out of, because it's just one Ponzi scheme after another. I mean, you look at the economy right now and everyone's like, well, stock market's doing well. Do you know 80% of the stock market gains in 2025 are only from a handful of companies that are AI-related companies that are basically just doing deals with themselves?

They're taking percentages of each other than buying the semiconductor chips from this company that's buying, and they do their own version of those fake announcements every single day. And then the prices surge on that. But 80% of the market is being propped up by AI and an adjacent semiconductor AI-related stocks. That's not a sustainable model. We have the worst housing market since 1995.

We're having what's called Farmageddon. Our farmers are going bankrupt in numbers that have really never been seen before in history because of Donald Trump's disastrous trade war. tourism is down in levels that look like great recession depression numbers over 20 states right now are currently experiencing recessionary feelings people are living paycheck to paycheck trump's shut down the government because he refuses to extend affordable care act subsidies to americans who rely in it to live this is the world that this is the reality of what we're living in and i just think the american people are saying enough is enough

Enough is enough of this crap, and they're seeing it, and they're seeing what Trump's doing every day. I mean, this is what Trump did today. It just goes unnoticed. They're planning to do after the ballroom. They're going to build a triumphal arch, the triumphal arch that Hitler wanted to build in freaking Germania, that he never got to build because he lost the World War II, like almost a freaking replica of the triumphal Germania arch. was in the white house today that that's what they're thinking about building golden ballrooms triumphal arches what the hell what the hell and so what i do videos that are all hell breaks loose

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they really want to see the President of the United States doing this. Here, let's play that clip. Hello, everyone. It's President Donald J. Trump, and it's Trump time. Check out this red beauty. It's one of my new watches. Wear it proudly on your wrist. And everyone will know exactly what it's for, who it's for, who it represents.

Yeah. He's doing watch. That's real. He's doing watch commercials. They're airing on right-wing media networks like Newsmax and others. We are a parody of ourselves, but it's real. And, you know, you have that. And then, you know, you have a guy like Senator Thune, Senate Majority Leader,

guy who's supposed to be like a serious dude, you know, was supposed to be kind of like a moderate guy when he rose through the ranks. So he's asked a very basic question. question. All right, well, what's your game plan on health care, right? I mean, this shutdown's about health care. Trump refusing to extend Affordable Care Act credits and ripping away people's Medicaid. So surely you have a plan, right? Listen to what Dune has to say, play this clip. I mean, the fundamental problem here is the underlying program, which again, needs to be reformed. And the president wants to do that. The president would like to overhaul Obamacare

and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable. But you got Obamacare now embedded for the last 15 years, the Democrats, again, enhanced these subsidies a few years ago, so there's no income cap on it. And so, yeah, frankly, I think that's a, these are all conversations that are right to be had. And I think the president is more than open to sitting down and working on solutions that would improve quality and affordability for people in this country when it comes to health care. But part of the problem... Except he's not. Except he's not. We're nine months in. His priorities have been filing frivolous criminal cases against people who he doesn't like, sending massed ice agents

to terrorize cities, deploying the National Guard against Americans in cities and states that he considers democratic or liberal, imposing tariffs against the world. That's lying about solving wars that he doesn't solve. That's what he's done. So what are we talking about here? Okay, well, Donald Trump held the cabinet meeting. He was asked questions about health care. He says, we are the party of good health care.

Okay, then what's your plan? Just stop. What the hell is your plan then? If you're the party of good health care, then what's your plan? Here's Trump from the cabinet meeting earlier. Government at the same funding levels. We're not going to do anything only good for health care. We're really, I think, become the party of good health care.

And they keep using health care as a cultural. I want to try and get everyone thinking about health care. We're the ones that are saving health care. You're not. But you notice what he does. It's every issue. This is all part of the playbook of propaganda. And it is you just take whatever issue, your weakest at.

And you just literally say it over and over again. You're the strongest at. We're the party of health care. We're the party of health care. They hate health care. They hate health care. They hate health care. Now, the hard part about doing that is that most human beings,

are unable to lie so easily and you feel guilty or you just you just can't you can't bring yourself to do it but like Trump and Maga Mike I mean these people are just like they wake up and they wake up and they lie now Maga Mike's nowhere close to being as good of a liar as Donald Trump is and one of the issues is is that Maga Mike's kind of been left on his own to kind of message this and be the face of it and Maga Mike's been just another wreck and another disaster but okay so if you're the party of health care Donald right party of health care good health care you said all right so tell us what is it that you're going to be doing and you can't don't tell me you're going to reduce prescription drug prices 100 200 300 and 500 because that's just not a possibility

numbers numbers don't work the way so surely that's not your plan is it because there's no details you're just saying numbers and you're saying numbers that don't actually serve as a way to reduce things. It's just a fake. That means we would be being paid by the prescription drug companies, but play it. Healthcare, we're the ones that are saving healthcare. In fact, one of the things we're doing is we're going to be reducing the cost of medicines by 100%, 200, 300, 500%, and even more than that. All right, but you're not going to go on and tell me that you brought down the price of groceries and energy because, like, we all know when we leave our homes that, like, groceries are just, I mean, like totally unaffordable at this point.

I mean, after you go shopping and you see that grocery bill, do you all feel the pit in your stomach? I mean, so surely, that's not where you're, that's not where you're going. And you're not going to say energy prices are down because home energy prices have actually never been higher. Like, they're up like 50%. And they're only going to go higher because you're destroying wind and solar energy, which which lowered the prices because you have a weird thing.

So you're not going to say that, are you, because like people are suffering. We're in a shutdown. No way you're going to say that right. I wouldn't say it's an even trade. While the other side is focused on playing games, the Trump administration is focused on creating jobs, bringing down prices. And we've really brought them down a lot. That's the other thing. We're bringing down prices a lot.

We're bringing down grocery prices. But the big thing is energy. When you bring down energy, everything comes down. And the energy prices are way down. I see, we're down to about $61 now a barrel and what we're, gasoline's going to be. I think gasoline is going to be below $2 at some point in the pretty damn future. It's very low, much lower than it was under Sleepy Joe.

Okay, well, that's not true. But Marjorie Taylor Green's got your back, right, Donald? She's going to surely support what you just said, and Marjorie Taylor Green's going to say that prices are going down and everything so much better and you solved inflation because she always parrots what you say. Marjorie, are you going to say what Donald Trump just said? Here, play. Costs have not come down.

I myself can tell you my apartment here in Washington, D.C., the electricity bill is $100 more than it was last year because you can look at your own bill and look at costs. Prices have not come down. That is a reality. People's wages have not gone up. That's another reality. And so Americans are continuing to have a very difficult time. She always frames it, though, like with herself.

I mean, she was on the right. She's right. What she's saying is accurate. So you got to give her that, right? I mean, she said an accurate statement. There's nothing to fact check. It's true. But she always frames it like, my kids' health care is about to go up.

Or my own personal expenses are going to go up. But you're a congresswoman. We're a country. If that's what it takes. I'm not going to make sure. No, but it's a really good point because they always have to be their main character. Like, it's always somehow only about the them. And it only impacts them when it is, you know, when they see it through that lens.

Yeah, you do always see that. It's gross. It's great. I mean, it's like, no, you represent, you have constituents. Yeah, I was okay when you were hurting those people, but now it's hurting me. And I want to be clear because I think there are probably a lot of people watching this that are going, oh, I need a shower now. I'm out here agreeing with Marjorie Taylor Green.

Tucker Carlson said something that was like a coherent the other day. Steve Bannon, I agreed with something. Like, what the heck is going? I feel dirty. This doesn't make any sense. I want to be clear, you're not agreeing with them. They are agreeing with you. They've come around because they understand how devastating this is going to be to people.

They understand how devastating in Marjorie Taylor Green's case. I think she understands how devastating it will be to her party as well. Because there's going to be a massive reckoning, a reckoning like we've never seen before. And there probably already will be, but there will be a massive reckoning like we've never seen before electorally if we see these premiums spike the way that they're set to spike if Republicans refuse to extend these tax credits. Because right now, people already cannot afford things as they are. Now imagine like these health care costs when you see these numbers and we've been compiling the data over here at Midas touch. If you check our social media feeds, every single. single Republican district we have a graphic for that says what the average premium is right now

for a family and for a couple and what it will be if the Republicans refuse to extend these tax credits and it's like four or five X like on average the ones that we put together I would say and I'm not this is just based on what I've been looking at they go from around $500 a month to around $2,000 a month I don't know unless you're like Elon Musk I don't like who could afford that like nobody can afford that and think about if people's costs go up like that and that's why marjorie taylorine is like what the heck are you doing because i think deep down you know she views herself as a populace she views herself um you know someone you know however just the frame it you know she she goes around going like you know i hate that obamacare but i'm going to have to vote for you know these subsidies that's like yeah

like this is our system as it is now and and i you know i i wish there was another plan out there also by the way You all killed the public option back in the day that was supposed to be in Obamacare. This is the best solution that the country is able to actually, you know, had passed. Donald Trump constantly says, we're going to have a plan, we're going to have a plan. Hey, we made a video now, I don't know, six years ago, eight years ago. I can't remember, I guess not that long ago because we didn't exist then. But in the very beginning of Midas Touch, we made a video showing Donald Trump from the very beginning of his campaign and before back to 2015 saying, I'm going to have a new health care plan.

And when did he say it? You all know because it's become a punchline at this point. In two weeks, in two weeks, it's the best health care plan you're ever going to see. Two weeks, best health care plan. Well, it is now many, many years, more than a decade later. And we still have not seen these plans at all materialize because the Republican plan for health care is to strip out all these protections, to make it so that the corporations, the insurance companies are the ones who are benefiting, to make it show people who have pre-existing conditions are able to get denied coverage because

that's that's their if you want to know their plan that's their plan the reason they don't pent to paper is because they know how horrible that is going to look i know there's certainly a lot of criticism you could levy at the affordable care act and obviously our our private insurance system which i think is a complete and total disaster but if you compare what we have now to what we had before the affordable care act i mean it's night a day i mean to have a pre-existing condition before Obamacare and to not be able to get treatment. I mean, it's like pandemonium. It's unbelievable. Like, it's beyond cruel. And you think, how could this country have even done that? So hopefully we have this program. Hopefully we could build on it and try to create a system, perhaps a single-payer

system, some sort of universal health care system that ensures that people could get care, ideally for free, cut out the middleman and actually have a system that works like basically the rest of the world has. Republicans certainly don't have that plan and they just want to destroy everything. But, you know, I think Mag and Mike and I think Trump, I think all of them are getting really exposed here. And I think Marjorie Taylor Green kind of, you know, turning against them here and actually telling the truth for once. I think that's actually very powerful and really exposes just how big of a liar Mike Johnson is, Donald Trump is, how they try to distance themselves from what they're actually doing here, which is going to be catastrophic for the American people.

large and definitely for their own constituents. And I think it's that, Brett, too. I don't think they're telling the truth because they want to tell the truth. I think to your earlier point, there's a reckoning that's coming. And everyone kind of sees where the wind is blowing at this point with how Trump and Mike Johnson have been just so greatly mishandling all of this. And so come midterms here, people are going to need to be on record as to where they stood the 12 months before.

So people are, you know, you're going to start seeing a little bit more and more of this of folks, you know, planning their flag down and coming out more like a Marjorie Taylor Green, not because she wants to, but because they might feel that they need to. More broadly, as Ben mentioned, Donald Trump held, you know, one of these cabinet meetings today. And I think we've all made the conscious decision here not to play many clips from this cabinet meeting because, again, it's just a propaganda event. It is really weird, demented King John Un, you know, stuff, level stuff that we're witnessing. And I just want to comment on it because We don't even have to play a clip, but for those political junkies who witnessed it today, it is weird.

Don't get, don't be gaslit by corporate media into, you know, seeing a snippet pop up later this evening or tomorrow and be like, okay, this is what they talked about. The cabinet, interesting. No, no, no, no. You're right. It was weird and it was even weirder than you thought. Just the fact that each one of those folks in the cabinet has to go down the line and pay compliments to dear leader before they could get into whatever agenda point they want to talk about. I mean, it is really Kim John Oon level stuff. As I said, it's gross, it's bizarre, and don't be gaslit by others around you into thinking any of that that you witnessed on TV today was normal. And we haven't even gotten into RFK going, oh, yeah, autism. I got a new, I got a new theory, folks for how autism comes, circumcisions.

Yeah, I mean, on this episode of Bad Shit Crazy Cabinet Meeting, I mean, it's great, it's really out of control. Well, you know, when you see what is happening across the world with war, with the atrocities in Gaza, with the atrocities in Ukraine, it's real stuff. Okay. There's real people's lives. This is real death taking place. This isn't a movie. It's not a joke. It's not something that.

You know, that you can just make up crap with. Then when you talk about the situation that Americans are in now, it's also deadly serious. It's not a, it's not a, there's times to be funny and humor is great and we like to be funny on this show. When it comes to governing, governing, right? It's like I like sometimes maybe when going back to the reference of a doctor, a surgeon during the initial consult, you want to make a joke here or there to lighten the mood in very difficult times. There's a time and a place for it.

But in the middle of the surgery, I'm not looking for a stand-up comedy show. I'm not looking for weird behavior. And I'm not looking for someone who's not a doctor to be able to perform the procedure. and there are very pivotal moments when a government needs to govern and it needs to work. And at a baseline, we need people to behave like grownups and behave like adults. We need adult behavior. That's to me the floor, right? And then above that, maybe we can have responsible adult behavior.

And then above that, we can have leadership. And then above that, we can have good leadership. And then above that, we can have, you know, a plus. level leadership, which is where the standard that we should set for people who are in these positions of the highest possible power, what we see with Trump and his cabinet is they're not even behaving like adults and grownups. So to view them as just a normal political side in a Democrat versus Republican political framework to me is just misunderstanding what's happening. The behavior here is infantile, the behavior right here.

is sick and unwell, and it's dangerous, and it is authoritarian, and it's gross, and it's all of these elements. And I think that we're in this government shutdown mode, which is making more Americans pay attention to just the behavior of Donald Trump and Mike Johnson and Senator Thune and these MAGA Republicans. And you could only come to the conclusion that not only are they not behaving like adults, but like, you hate me. And I'm not just saying me, Ben, it might as touch.

I'm saying, like, the American people watching it. Like, you just genuinely don't like me as a human being. Like, that's kind of what it comes down to because I'm not one of your billionaire oligarch friends who's doing something for you. So I really don't matter to you, right? That seems to be what this is all about. You'll rush to pass subsidies for billionaires who don't need to be subsidized because they're billion. You'll rush to help them with their tax cuts. You'll rush to help them get their 20th jet because 15 jets don't do it or yachts or whatever.

But all I'm saying is, can we just for now until we have a better solution? Can we keep my health care costs at around $7,500 a year versus $25,000 a year, which is still a lot? And you're telling me, sorry, nothing I can do. you're on your own you you are just helping illegal aliens or migrants or transgender people from Peru or what I think I just want to say isn't it doesn't it say it all that tax breaks for the rich permanent government shutdown government employees stop getting paid Congress people still get paid like I think that tells you at all about how the system is rigged in favor of particular people, in particular of those in power, the wealthy, and if there was a just

system, you know, at least when the government shut down, perhaps the people who caused the government shut down, the politicians in Washington, D.C., perhaps they would not get paid. They would feel some of the pain that the rest of the American people are feeling as a result of their actions. I agree with you so much. And I just hope what you take out of this episode is not even like a, not that I've even solidified your view of like political parties or where you like i just hope you've been educated with what the reality is and you apply that to the facts and you make the right decisions that's

ultimately the most that i can hope for and the most that we can hope for at this network is arming you with good data in an otherwise corrosive and diseased information environment that is intended to do that to cause you harm and to exploit and take advantage of you. So with knowledge is power, know that you have the power, know that Trump in this regime is scared of you knowing your power and showing your power. And as long as you still have that power and this community has this power. And we show up on No Kings Day on October 18th. And we show what peaceful protests look like when we show what it's like to stand up to an

authoritarian regime to stand up to bullies and say no no we're not we're not going to do that that's not who we are that's not what our constitution is about no get away stop so we have to do and then we'll fix this together we'll build this brick by brick together i promise you we'll be able to do that together so with that i thank you all so much a reminder hit subscribe please join this youtube channel as well become a member and you can gift memberships to as many people as you can other people can't afford membership. So if you can afford a membership, you can give memberships to people too. A big way to be helpful to some of the other members in this community, only if you can, of course. Get out the word about the Midas Touch Network that helps a lot as well. Thank you everybody

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