The MeidasTouch Podcast - Trump Convention DESCENDS into MADNESS

Episode Date: July 19, 2024

On this episode of the MeidasTouch Podcast: The RNC ‘unity’ mask is off as they quickly show their true colors during their deranged convention; The media pitches a ‘new tone’ for Trump that doesn’t exist; President Biden continues to do get things done amid speculation about his future; and more! Ben, Brett and Jordy break it down. Deals from our sponsors! Momentous: Go to https://livemomentous.com and use code MEIDASTOUCH to get up to 20% off your first order! RocketMoney: Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to https://RocketMoney.com/MEIDASTOUCH The Perfect Jean: F— your khakis and get The Perfect Jean 15% off with the code MEIDAS15 at https://theperfectjean.nyc/MEIDAS15 #theperfectjeanpod Zbiotics: Head to https://zbiotics.com/meidas to get 15% off your first order when you use code MEIDAS at checkout 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 The Influence Continuum: 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 Lights On with Jessica Denson: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/lights-on-with-jessica-denson On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Instacart. Grocer groceries that over-deliver. Despite what the corporate media is telling you, the Republican National Convention is perhaps the most unhinged thing ever. You have the former Republican Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, saying that the Botoxed, gone wrong, Matt Gaetz, calling him out as a pedo, saying that he looked like he was on something. But then again, Matt Gates got central billing and gave the keynote speech at yesterday's Republican National Convention, yet the media wants to tell us that's normal. Also, the big speakers this evening, Hulk Hogan, the big night where Donald Trump's supposed to speak. You have Hulk Hogan speaking, Dana White and others. You've got signs in the crowd that talk about mass deportation now. The chants that are erupting are fight, fight, fight. You've got people in the crowd not wearing diapers like they used to do at

the events, Trump's events. Now they are wearing these bandages on their ear to show solidarity with Donald Trump. We still don't have any medical reports, though, yet released regarding Donald Trump's condition. Donald Trump fell asleep when his son Don Jr. was giving a speech. The Grindr app, which is a gay dating app, has never been busier. In fact, it had a lot of outages in the Milwaukee area during the Republican National Convention. Donald Trump is also selling assassination attempt edition sneakers for $299. The media has refused entirely to report on that. So you only get your news from the Midas Touch Network about the assassination attempt edition sneakers. Throughout the week, Donald Trump's also made posts attacking his sexual assault victim. Donald Trump has called January 6th a hoax, and he's made numerous other unhinged posts as well.

Just a moment right now where there is kind of an epic fail in the media to meet the moment, and frankly, an epic fail, I think, more broadly of people meeting the moment and calling things out the way it needs to be. I mean, there are, you know, quite literally convicted felons everywhere at the Republican National Convention without anybody, you know, calling that out other than the Midas Touch Network and a few other independent media sources. Meanwhile, the stock market's record highs, your 401k, I'm sure is reaching highs, GDP growth is reaching records, unemployment record lows,

wages are up, energy independent. I can go on and on and on, and we will on this show, but let me bring in my, that's a whole list right there. Pull up that list right there. We'll talk about that list a little bit later of President Biden's accomplishments. I mean, I understand that President Biden isn't selling his own version of assassination attempt edition sneakers, or he's not posting 50 times a day in all caps and calling people deranged this and attacking prosecutors and behaving that way and just going about doing his job. But I think that the corporate media has taken their masks off. They've showed what it is that they're looking for, ratings, and it's not just related to the corporate media.

I think there's a broader discussion to be having there. I'm a results-driven person. I'm a data person. And I also understand that that list that you see there of President Biden's accomplishments have meant really important things in people's lives. This is a matter of life or death for people. And when I speak to people, they're appreciative of the work that President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have done. Let me bring in Brett and Jordi. We've got a lot to discuss. Let's just get into it right away. Brett and Jordi, glad to be spending this time with you. Glad to be spending time with all the Midas Mighty out there. Oh, yeah. A lot to discuss. Something going on in the world today, this week? Anything going on? No, it's been perhaps some of the one of the most chaotic

news cycles we have ever seen. And it's these moments where we see if the news media, if the corporate media is going to meet the moment. And I got to say, disappointed would be an understatement from my perspective to see the way that they have behaved watching this RNC convention and seeing them try to just gaslight us over and over with what I'm seeing with my own eyes. And then the analysis that they have after, frankly, I had to turn it off very quickly because I was just like, this is weird. This is weird stuff. And I know a lot of folks also, because I've been posting about it, have had similar experiences watching these channels and being like, what the heck are they doing? But that's why I've never been more appreciative here to be a part of a people-driven movement. I think it's so important.

I think independent news, independent media is more important than ever. And they're starting to, as Ben said, they're starting to have this mask off moment where they are just showing us exactly who they are. I mean, CNN practically wrote an article with an admission today. I'm not sure if you guys saw this, but CNN wrote this piece, Shake Ups in the 2024 Race Provide Much Needed Jolt in Interest for News. After months of tuning out what had been a fairly predictable and uneventful race between two-party incumbents, recent earth-shaking events have upended the state of politics, adding an unexpected wrinkle to the storyline and prompting audiences to turn their attention to the high-stakes showdown between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Prior to the presidential debate, which set off alarm bells over Biden's acuity and stamina, audience levels have hovered at lows, with most of the country opting against investing their time following incremental updates on a race that many had already made up their minds about. But with Biden's future now in doubt and Trump having just survived an attempt on his life, Americans are standing to attention, eager to learn what comes next. That is a confession, quite frankly, of why they are doing it. Their ratings have been incredibly

down. They see that this is scaring people. So what do they have to do? They have to keep tugging at that thread until the whole thing unravels. But as I said, you don't have to watch it. You don't have to follow these people. It's your choice at the end of the day. And I've made the choice that I refuse to follow these people other than the research I do for you all here. Jordy, great to see you, man. What's new? Great to see you. And Brad, I just want to echo that sentiment. As corporate media continues to fail to meet the moment, I could not be prouder of the collective we here, the Midas Touch Network and the Midas Mighty who continue to meet the moment. So thank you all out there for tuning into our coverage of all of this because corporate media, as Brett said, it's a big unmasking moment right now.

And it's a mask, quite frankly, they're never going to be able to put back on. I'm excited to get into tonight's show. We have a lot to discuss. Ben, where do you want to lead us off? Look, when it comes to the corporate media, just report the facts and stop trying to manifest outcomes that you think will help you for your ratings. Just report what's happening. There's a lot going on and there's a lot of newsworthy things. And so even when, for example, CNN has this interview with the former Republican Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, at the

Republican National Convention, which will play for you the most obvious question CNN refuses to ask. And it's like Jordy, Brett, and I were watching this, and we were watching it collectively on a FaceTime chat together. And we were like, do you maybe want to ask Kevin McCarthy then why he is not the one giving the key speech during the Republican National Convention while Botoxed up Matt Gaetz or whatever the heck that is, while Matt Gaetz is giving the speech. Here's what Kevin McCarthy said. So when they talk about unity, this is the former Republican Speaker of the House who was ousted and then resigned. Here, play this clip. He said you were to get booed off the stage. What's your response to him? Well, you know, he looks very unhinged. I mean, a lot of people have concerns about him. And I'm

not sure if he was on something, but I do hope he gets the help that he needs. But more importantly, I hope the young women get the justice they deserve when it comes to him. I mean, you're referring to the House Ethics Committee investigation that is ongoing. Yeah, with his partner in jail because they paid underage women for sex and drugs. Yeah, that's what I'm referring to So he is denied all of that. I'm wondering doesn't he deserve the presumption of innocence here? Well, people are in jail the women have confirmed it He came to me if I started still want to be speaker I could have done something illegal and stopped the Ethics Committee investigation that started four years before told you to stop the other

Yeah, that's what the that's what the whole motion to vacate was about He believed he wanted me to engage and thought somehow I started this investigation It started long before I was ever speaker. I and as you know, it's Congress. I don't get involved in ethics It's an equal number. They could investigate me. It has to be its own arm and branch. And so he wanted to leverage me to try to do that. And if I didn't, he wanted to do a motion to vacate. And he's denied that, of course, that he urged you to stop the investigation. No, I had other members come to me.

He came to me. I had other people who were on TV that he talked to. So no, there's no denying it. Okay, and there's also no denying that Matt Gaetz was the featured speaker last night on the stage, and that's what he looked like. And Kevin McCarthy, you are not the speaker. So don't you think you asked that question? In more ways than one. What does it say about the Republican party that the person who you just accused of being a pedophile on live TV is giving a keynote address at the Republican National Convention? I don't know. How about you ask that question? Here's also from the day before

that a very awkward moment where Congress member MAGA Republican Matt Gaetz tried to interrupt former Speaker Kevin McCarthy while he was giving an interview. Watch this. What night are you speaking? Are you speaking tonight? Hey, you're not, if you took that stage, you would get booed off. You would get booed off the stage. I think it's worth noting as well that ratings are down like 25% of people watching the first few days of this Republican National Convention. I think people are sick and tired of this. I think they're sick and tired of Trump, despite the fact that the corporate media keeps wanting to push this over and over again. I mean, some weird stuff here. I mean, you've got the Republican National Committee, the delegates all started wearing these bandages on their right

ears to try to show solidarity with Donald Trump. I mean, they all put these gauze pads on their ears. I called this earlier in the week also, the second the RNC convention started. What did I text you guys? I said, I'm just waiting until they all put the bandage on their ears. And it took what, 24 hours and all of them now have it on their ears. I know my freaks. These are the same people that wore diapers to his rally. So not too shocking of a call, but I do give you credit. You definitely called it. Not a big leap is what you're saying. Then then they also played a video uh that was that previously included like white college students at the university of mississippi during protests and making monkey noises at a black woman with a voiceover saying not all college students have

gone woke they were showing that video there you had r had Russian asset and bank and tax fraudster who Donald Trump pardoned, Paul Manafort. I think we have a video of that. Mr. Manafort, how is it to be back? Great to be back. Have you talked with the former president? I don't talk to him. Then you had convicted criminal Peter Navarro fresh out of jail. Like literally he got out of prison that day.

He got like a standing ovation from the crowd. Let's watch that. Peter Navarro. Now, that guy created the plan, the Green Bay sweep, to steal the election after President Biden won. An individual told so many lies about the 2020 election. He was involved in a coup to overthrow the results of an election. Corporate media won't cover that. They won't normalize that. Then you had reality star Savannah Chrisley, who was trying to frame her family as victims of a politicized prosecution at the RNC to show solidarity with all these other convicted criminals who were speaking and were attending. But her parents were convicted in 2022 on federal fraud and tax evasion charges, but she somehow brings up Fulton County to try to get applause from the crowd. I mean, this is just pure lawlessness. Here, play the clip. I'll never forget what the prosecutor said

in the most heavily Democrat county in the state before an Obama appointed judge. He called us the Trumps of the South. Yeah. Hey, it's fun. He meant it as an insult, but let me tell you, boy, do I wear it as a badge of honor. Then we have West Virginia governor Jim Justice quite literally saying that if Trump doesn't win, they're going to all get totally unhinged. First off, you are totally unhinged. Second off, what kind of message is this? Here, play this clip. And watch at the end. Bottom line to every single thing that's going on in this great country today is one thing. We become totally unhinged if Donald Trump is not elected in November. by the way, got a shout out from Russia, all the top Russia, foreign top leaders. They all said that they were congratulating JD Vance. They said, this is a real big win for Russia. I think you had

Lavrov and others saying JD Vance is going to make sure that Russia is able to take over Ukraine. They feel very good now. I have a quote that I could read. It says, this is from Lavrov, he's in favor of peace. He's in favor of ending the assistance that's being provided to Ukraine. And we can only welcome that because that's what we need, to stop pumping Ukraine full of weapons, and then the war will end. They're telling you what their plan is. They're telling you who they are. So J.D. Vance's speech was like incredibly dull, incredibly boring. I mean, it looked like a high school student government speech.

And all the corporate media was like, this was a brilliant speech. No, it really wasn't. Like it was objectively just horrible and boring. And here, this is J.D. Vance glorifying his grandma having 19 loaded handguns all around her house in random places. Now, mind you, at the Republican National Convention as well, they were raffling off AR-15s for free. And this is as Donald Trump is selling attempted assassination edition $299 sneakers. That's what's taking place right now. Here's the clip of J.D. Vance. Let's show it to you. My mammal died shortly before I left for Iraq in 2005. And when we went through with things, we found 19 loaded handguns. They were...

Now, the thing is, they were stashed all over her house, under her bed, in her closet, in the silverware drawer. And we wondered what was going on. And it occurred to us that towards the end of her life, Mamaw couldn't get around so well. And so this frail old woman made sure that no matter where she was, she was within arm's length of whatever she needed to protect her family. That's who we fight for. That's American spirit. No, that's unsafe. No responsible gun owner. I have friends who are responsible gun owners. I believe in the Second Amendment. I'm not anti the Second Amendment. I also believe that the Second Amendment has the word well-regulated in it, a well-regulated militia, and that there should be common sense gun reform to make sure precisely things like that shouldn't happen. You shouldn't have

19 loaded handguns all around where kids can pick it up and kill themselves or kill others. That's not something that you, that should not be an applause line. And that should be something the corporate media calls out. Here is MAGA Mike Johnson saying in Politico, which also like Politico, Axios, and frankly, all the other cable networks that are actually positioning themselves to be state-run like MAGA TV right now. It's like so pathetic. Here's the Politico interview where MAGA Mike says, you know, no, no, when it comes to abortion bans, basically, we're going to come for the blue states too. He says it. He's saying it. Here, play this clip. So with the exception of late-term abortion, which the platform, from my understanding,

does very much call out explicitly, this new position we're hearing from the Republican Party on the issue is, you know, leave it to the states, let them decide how to handle. I know you just said you're comfortable where the party is right now, but doesn't that position effectively mean that the party's okay with blue states deciding to give white access to abortion? No, I don't think that's what that means at all. I think that's a... Leave it to the states. No, I think it's a recognition of the reality of the politics of the country. I mean, the states are handling it. And that, you know, I was one of the lawyers who went into the courts for decades and argued that Roe was an egregiously unconstitutional decision. And part of the argument was because nine unelected judges pulled the authority away from the states who were

legislating on the issue before they evoked Roe and made it a claim there's a constitutional right in the federal constitution, which there's not. That's been clarified now. The situation goes back to the people through their duly elected representatives. And that's the way the process works. I mean, so to be very clear, he's saying that they are going to go after blue states. It's also when he said when they talk talk about how their position definitely disfavors late-term abortions, that's also a concept that they've basically made up when they say, people are getting abortions after the baby's born. That isn't, and that is so highly offensive

as well. How dare you? It's just more just treating people like they're stupid. That's not what happens. That's a crime that doesn't happen. Also, what Roe v. Wade says is that the government has an interest in the third trimester. That's what Roe v. Wade quite literally said. When you talk about these things, these are very serious issues where women's lives are on the line. For you to so cavalierly just treat people like they're stupid and say things like that. Let's be very clear what J.D. Vance's position, what Maga Mike's position is. I want to mince words. They're against IVF access. How do we know? Because they vote against it. They're against contraception access. How do we know? Because they vote against it. They're against

contraception access. How do we know that? Because they vote against it. They are for national abortion bans. How do we know that? Because they said that's what they're for. These are the people who led to Roe v. Wade being overturned. I want to talk also a little bit about when both J.D. Vance was speaking and Don Jr. was speaking, Trump just fell asleep to both of them. I want to talk about that. I also want to talk though about Hulk Hogan speaking. I mean, how embarrassing for our nation. Hulk Hogan. Remember what we've always said here on the Midas Touch Network? What have we referred to the MAGA movement as? Go back two years. We said it's WWE cosplay fascism. That's quite literally what we're seeing right now. Those words, that language were so apt for

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Let them know we sent you. We really appreciate it. It helps the show. Fabulous products. Done. Look, you talk about who's not there at the Republican National Convention who would normally be speaking, especially on the big night, which is that Thursday night. You don't have George W. Bush, a former Republican president. You don't have Mitt Romney, the former Republican presidential nominee. You don't have Mike Pence, the former Republican vice president for Donald Trump because he was a victim of potential assassination that was spurred and encouraged by Donald Trump. I know the corporate media doesn't want to talk about that. They don't want to talk about January 6th. They don't want to talk about the Supreme Court's ruling saying that Trump could be a king and a monarch. They don't want to talk about Donald

Trump saying that he wants to be a dictator on day one. They just want to focus on their theme, which is, hey, just focus this thing on unity. Let's just actually ignore everything that's been said and even things that have been said at the convention. You don't have Paul Ryan, the former vice presidential candidate nominee with Mitt Romney. So you don't have Liz Cheney. You don't have Dick Cheney. You don't have any of those people. And by the way, I'm not sure if I've heard Ronald Reagan's name mentioned once, and they always say Reagan this, Reagan that, Reagan that. And all of their, to the extent I could even glean any policies from this, which I frankly can't, there's really nothing that is reflective of the views that Republicans really ever even had. Then also you think about who are they as a party, right? Again, your big night, your Thursday night,

you bring out your top guns, your top speakers, your top people, your top whatever. Anybody who you think is going to be your you know, your superstars, like, you know, the Obama speech that he gave in, you know, 2004, you bring out. Who does Trump bring out? Hulk Hogan. He brought out Hulk Hogan tonight, who uses the, you know, we have video clips of him using the N-word over and over again. And I want to give a trigger warning here because it's a hateful word. It's a horrible, it's a horrible clip,

but this is known. I mean, our researchers dug it up very quickly. They got, they got this clip, but this is who Donald Trump is having give one of the main kind of keynote addresses. Hulk Hogan.

What? Here, play this clip. So if there's a point where I wrote a book with a black guy's son. We're going to hang out. I'm going to hold hands with everyone. We're going to get close. I need more.

I'm going to get a fucking bed. I'm not a double standard. I'm a racist to a point. You know, that's how it comes to nice people. We all are that way. Yeah, that's how it comes to owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship there. I want to give a trigger warning here as well. It's not going to be any sound. I'm about to flash a video of Dana White slapping his wife. This is the person introducing Donald Trump. So if you don important to know who it is mass deportation. The theme is fight, fight, fight. I understand that the Trump campaign is using these words and feeding it to the media, but your job is to actually observe what's happening and not regurgitate

talking points because that's propaganda. You need to see what's happening here. And the message is violent, masculine, authoritarian, which it is none of this, you know, this behavior should not be deemed masculine, but that's the message. Authoritarian, strong violence. And we should remember that one of the things that Donald Trump says in his stump speeches as he goes around the country at those events is he said that with these mass deportations that he wants to have, one of the things he wants to do is set up a fight league with Dana White to have the UFC professionally trained fighters fight and attack the migrants who are caught in the mass deportation roundups that they want to have. Now, just think about that. That's the leader of the Republican Party. And I want you to reflect on this. Do you hear coverage of this on any other media network other than maybe a few other independent sources that you watch. Do you hear any of this? And all I do is say, watch what it is that he says. That's all you do. Play the clip.

Tough. It is so tough. Dana White. Did anyone ever hear of Dana White? He's a legend, right? UFC, ultimate fighter, ultimate fighting. And he's a fantastic man. I said, Dane, I have an idea. Why don't you set up a migrant league of fighters and have your regular league of fighters, and then you have the champion of your league. These are the greatest fighters in the world. Fight the champion of the migrants. I think the migrant guy might win.

That's how tough they are. He didn't like that idea too much, but actually it's not the worst idea I've ever had. I mean, this is really, we need to have some pride in our country and ourselves. We need to have some dignity. What is that? When is that ever acceptable discourse? I don't have to show you the other videos, but when he says, I want to be a dictator for a day, I'll be a dictator.

I'll start off, just one day I'll be a dictator. And then I get gaslit and people are like, well, he's just joking. Or he's just said one day. That's funny. That's supposed to be, we're supposed to laugh and think, oh, good one. It's really funny given the history of mankind and humanity when a leader talks about dictatorships. That's really funny. Like what are we talking about? And then you look at the posts that Trump's been making and he says the January 6th hoax.

He says the New York AG scam. He says fake claims by his sexual assault victim where a jury found Donald Trump liable for sexual assault. I mean, we have him attacking President Biden for President Biden saying, we need to have some reform with this rogue Supreme Court. We really need to take some steps, whether it's term limits, we need to deal with their absolute immunity. We have to do something. Donald Trump attacks Biden for that. Trump's releasing, as I mentioned at the outset, fight, fight, fight, high tops, assassination edition sneakers. Trump is profiting off of this. He's selling sneakers. I don't even know if this is an American flag. I don't even know what. It's like the ugliest pair of sneakers ever, if you have a look at what it is. Then it says, this is real.

This is not parody. And he says he's going to sign 10 of them. And he says they're the fight, fight, fight high tops. They're limited edition. Get your piece of history. They'll ship in September or October. Then I was just looking too at the posts he's been making on social media and who's advertising on Truth Social. Just take a look at the types of advertisements that exist. Art of the Third Reich. That is what they're selling. That's one of the big sponsors of the social media, Art of the Third Reich, when you go through it. I mean,

what are we talking about here? And then the same way Donald Trump blocked the ability for there to be a bipartisan immigration bill because he wanted to run on mass deportation. So he blocked a bipartisan immigration bill, whose lead negotiator was James Lankford, right-wing conservative Oklahoma senator. That's like Lankford's issue. Lankford's main issue is dealing with this. Biden said, Lankford, give me your wishlist. I'll make a few adjustments, but I'll take your wishlist. Because at that point, part of the compromise was also to fund Ukraine and deal with Ukraine. You have to let us fund Ukraine. We'll agree to the immigration. Give us your list. Donald Trump told everybody, kill that bill. I want there to be chaos at the border. So President Biden then

later had to issue an executive order. By the way, border crossings right now are at an all-time, or not an all-time low, but for Biden's administration, it is. And they're similar, if not lower, to when Trump was in office as a result of an executive order. But Biden tried to, guess what, do it through actual bipartisan legislation that Donald Trump stopped him from doing. And now Donald Trump is threatening the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. He's threatening Chairman Powell because now that inflation's been under

control, we've hit our targets of where inflation needs to be. It's likely that there's going to be an interest rate cut in September. So Chairman Powell is like, you know, and the Fed based on prior statements would likely lower interest rates, which will be helpful to Americans. And everybody predicted a recession. Remember Bloomberg's headline? 100, because we want to talk about polling and data and their predictions, 100% chance of recession. So we've weathered that. Undoubtedly, the interest rates are at a place where no one, like consumers, were not happy about where the interest rates are. But we had to engage in policy because of how Donald Trump mishandled COVID, adding $8 trillion in debt.

You go back and look at DeSantis speeches and Nikki Haley's speeches that they made during the campaign. They said, look, inflation was caused by Donald Trump adding $8 trillion of debt. That's how inflation works, where you print money carelessly and add $8 trillion in debt. That is the cause. That is the root. Undoubtedly, there was inflation when Biden was in office, but Biden did the Inflation Reduction Act, the Infrastructure Act, and took steps to mitigate. It's not great that it existed, but that's why you need a leader to do these things and not call Hulk Hogan on stage. You need people who will actually do these things and actually help and make these changes. Trump he thinks that he's threatening Powell, saying, Chairman Powell, you should not in any way lower interest rates. It would be unfair.

And so he's trying to work the ref there again. And all that would do is hurt people. He's actually running on a platform. And he knows, though, that corporate media is in his pocket. So he's not even worried about them calling him out on these things. That's why he does it so brazenly. If they called him out and we know when they want to call you out, they can call you out. If they did that, then he would be exposed. It'd be easy, but they don't. But Brett, and corporate media has been a total disaster. It's been a disaster because they, for whatever reason, I mean, I think we have stated many of the reasons why we think they are, but they have gone all in on Trump and the Republican Party, and they're just completely ignoring everything that there is about Biden in terms of accomplishments.

And they're just focusing on the behind the scenes gossip. Is he going to stay? Is he not going to stay? We got this report, this person saying this Democrat is saying this, this Democrat is saying that, like, just tell us that something happens. We don't need all the gossip nonstop. And you don't need to listen to JD Vance's speech, which was so incredibly dull and boring and strange at times and just fawn over it after. Like I was watching along with what people were saying during the speech. And then I turned to see how they were covering it after. I was watching along with what people were saying during the speech, and then I turned to see how they were covering it. And it was like we were living in two different worlds. It's like, how about you cover that J.D. Vance supports a nationwide abortion ban?

How about you cover that he advocated against exceptions for rape and incest, that he wants women to stay in violent marriages, that he said he would have not have certified the 2020 election results, that he called Social Security and Medicare, quote, the biggest roadblocks to any kind of real fiscal sanity, that he praised Project 2025, that he's the Project 2025 creator's top choice, and that they were thrilled when they heard about that. But instead, they are just praising Vance and praising Trump at every stop. And we're hearing that same phrase that we have heard now since, what, 2015, 2016, when they go, it's a new tone.

Trump, I think Trump has a new tone. I think this is the moment that's going to change him. I think this is the one. Look, he's got a new tone. Oh, look, he looks somber. He looks different. This is the one. Look, he's got a new toe. Look, he looks somber. He looks different. This is the one. This is Katie Turr on MSNBC saying just that. When you have a near-death experience like he did where a bullet passes right by your head,

and there's a picture to prove it. The New York Times caught a picture of the bullet going right past his head. I imagine that's going to change a person in a way that maybe nothing else can. It might change his tone. He might sound different on Thursday, maybe. But does it change his policy? Not maybe. This never happened. That's not him. And by the time you had already said that, he had already proved that he had not changed his tone. He had already said on Truth Social that January 6th was a hoax. He had already again defamed his sexual assault victim, E. Jean Carroll.

He had already called President Biden a communist in a post. He had already threatened the Federal Reserve Chair. And Ben, what I heard also in that Federal Reserve Chair comment that Trump was making was a bit of a quid pro quo that Trump was throwing out. I will keep you for the remainder of your term, but these are my conditions. My conditions are you do not lower the rates until after the election. That's what I heard, like the subtle message from Donald Trump there. And then I just saw this also a little earlier today. I saw Politico and we saw Politico there posting with Mike Johnson and, you know, they hold these events with these people,

you know, they go to parties with these people. They hang out at Mar-a-Lago. They're very buddy, buddy. They go to these fancy dinners. We've done reports on some of these private dinners that the press has had with people like Jason Miller and Donald Trump. And so when you see some of these messages, you kind of understand why, because they want their sources in there and their sources end up just feeding them BS information. But Politico comes out now with this story today, and it almost sounds like a fraud if you listen to it, if you look at it. Here it is. This is from Natalie Allison of Politico. It says, this is a quote from her, there appears to be a new softness to Donald Trump with people who have talked to him, describing him with words like existential, serene, emotional, and even spiritual. He just called January 6th a hoax.

He just defamed his rape victim. When are we going to toss- He's selling assassination. He's selling assassination sneakers. When are we going to toss aside this notion that he is a changed man and we need to focus on the substance of actually what he's going to do? He is calling for all, even though he wants to distance himself and say he's got nothing to do with Project 2025, he's calling for all the Project 2025 plans. First off, the Heritage Foundation is the main sponsor of the Republican National Convention. The signs they handed out at the event that they're waving around

says mass deportations now. They are doing these chants. I'll show you this horrifying Greg Abbott chant that he had at the RNC yesterday that feels like it could be out of Nazi Germany. Let me play this clip. He will arrest the criminal illegal immigrants and put them behind bars or send them back. He wants to send the police into neighborhoods to take people out of their homes and toss them out of the country. He wants to do that to protesters. He wants to take away a woman's right to choose. He wants to do all this horrible stuff. And yet they're focusing on, oh, he looks so serene. Looks so amazing.

Oh, my God. who is this guy? Then they ignore all the accomplishments of Biden. They ignore everything that's happening there. They just focus on that horse race that's going on. Is he going? Is he not going? I heard this. I heard that. I heard this. That coverage is just infuriating because there are so many things from the RNC that we've talked about here. And by the way, I think Democrats have a lot of responsibility for this as well. I think there are a lot of people in the Democratic Party who instead of infighting should be the ones who are highlighting the very things that we're highlighting on the show. They should be the ones saying,

why are the Republicans highlighting convicted criminals every single night at the RNC? They had a night that was law and order, and then they had all convicted criminal speakers. That's something the American people should know. They want to get rid of abortion nationwide. Mike Johnson said that. That's probably something that the American people should know, right? It's such a missed opportunity right now on so many levels. But that's why I'm happy to be able to at least show it here on this show. But the media coverage has just been absolutely, it's just criminal, man. It's awful, Jordy. It's been horrendous, appalling, B. And look, to your point too, Katie Turr, I heard her say today about the Vance speech, the moment with the grandma. She goes,

Vance hit a bingo. He hit a bingo with the story about his grandma. What are you talking about? But here's my read overall. If you're into politics and you want to watch the RNC Live, you pretty much have a corporate media camp that you're going to go to. You're a Fox News watcher, an MSNBC, or a CNN viewer. As the Midas Mighty know, we're not airing the RNC Live because we refuse to platform their lies and have taken a much different approach in order to combat the RNC disinformation bubble. So again, if you're into politics and you want to watch the RNC Live, you're likely going to one of those three corporate media hubs that I mentioned. But in this instance, guys, Fox News,

MSNBC, CNN, I don't even think are doing the most damage because the people who go to those places, they're already looking for a certain type of coverage. The most dishonest broker of information this past week, in my opinion, has been just standard NBC, channel 11 for me, channel four for others, just like standard NBC network TV. And look, here's why. If you're the average American who isn't that into politics, who turned on NBC looking to watch American Ninja Warrior or whatever, and you see Savannah Gunthery up there and Kristen Welker up there just gushing over Donald Trump and the Republican platform and normalizing their awful behavior, that does some damage. I kid you not. There is a promo right now of Savannah Gunthery looking deadpan to camera

and asking, have these events changed Donald Trump? Are you kidding me? The adjudicated rapist, that Donald Trump, the convicted felon, that Donald Trump. You're going to go with all sincerity, look at the camera and say, have these events changed Donald Trump? And then you have Kristen Walker. She's up there the night Sean O'Brien from the Teamster spoke, saying to camera, this isn't your father's or even grandfather's Republican party. Look at the RNC bringing labor to the table. That's your takeaway? President Biden stood on the picket lines, the first president ever in history to do that. But go again, but go ahead, go report that in your coverage and ignore all the times, the confirmed reports of Donald Trump, his long history of stiffing contractors. Go ahead, ignore that because we're not going to ignore that here

at the Midas Touch Network. Savannah Gunthery, Kristen Welker, NBC, pathetic and dangerous. There's legislation. You can do just maybe even two minutes of research on these issues. The Protect the Right to Organize Act, often referred to as the PRO Act, to really protect unions and empower unions is being blocked by Republicans, being blocked by the people there. Like, yeah, the Republicans bring on to the stage an OnlyFans model to give one of the keynote addresses, Amber Rose, who goes, you know what? It's all love here. Whether you're gay, whether you're straight, LGBTQ, this is all love. Okay. The two people who spoke before you, they dedicated their, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Ron Johnson from Wisconsin and others spent their time delivering the most transphobic remarks saying just horrible and hateful things and just bullying and punching down. We played you what MAGA Mike Johnson said about coming for reproductive rights in blue states. I mean, and here you have an Amber Rose, you know, someone, if you just did a little bit of research, she has some issues with crypto and, you know, she's found ways to be very

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accomplishments of President Biden. And for them, this list of accomplishments are not talking points. These things are matters of life or death for them. These aren't games. They don't live in mansions on Lake Como. They know what it was like under Trump, and they know what it was like under President Biden. And no amount of media gaslighting or gaslighting from other people who are trying to tell them how to feel influences them to know what it is that they are actually experiencing. And to try to gaslight them into not being recognizing the accomplishments of President Biden, they are offended. They believe as well, 14 million people cast their votes during the primaries for President Biden. There was a process that was in place. The question is,

look, if you wanted to raise these issues, why are you raising it now? Why are you raising it? Yes, there was the debate, but you all could have raised these issues or had the opportunity to raise these issues a year and a half ago or two years ago. The people I talk to are very clear-eyed. They recognize that President Biden didn't give a good debate. It was a very bad debate. It's almost as bad of a debate as you can be. Also, they recognize that Donald Trump's debate was very, very bad and that Trump lied essentially the entire time and that Trump's statements, unlike Biden's statements and the lies, could actually result in life or death issues on the side of

death when it comes to them based on the types of lies that he's making. So, you know, there are people who are saying, oh, Biden was great in the debate or this or that, but they're saying, you know what, we have a track record for three and a half years. We know what was delivered over those three and a half years. We have that list. And also, lots of the people are saying, with all of this stuff out there, no one has articulated the next step in the sentence, which is, okay, if you're going there, then explain what it is that your plan is and explain it with detail. And don't do it through leaks. Don't do it through this or that.

Go out there. This is how you feel. Go out there and not just call for something. Go out there and express your plan because lots of people feel it's so important that the pro-democracy community be more united than ever now. They see what's going on in the RNC and Trump and the Republicans getting a free pass for their horrific, horrific conduct and behavior. And the people are like, hey, look, here's just the list. I'm not going to go read the whole thing.

But you can take a screenshot of it. This is a list of major accomplishments from rescuing America from Trump's economic collapse that happened. That's real. We remember COVID when there was no toilet paper. We remember when unemployment was above 10% under Donald Trump. We remember what was going on. We remember those press conferences where he said, inject yourself with bleach. We know about what President Biden's done with loan forgiveness. We remember those press conferences where he said, inject yourself with bleach. We know about what President Biden's done with loan forgiveness. We know what President Biden's done with infrastructure, how more people have signed up for the Affordable Health Care Act than

ever, how the price of insulin's been capped, how he rebuilt NATO, how he got inflation under control. That was caused by Donald Trump. People aren't gaslit. We know that things originate somewhere. And when you add $8 trillion plus to the debt, things like that actually happen. We know President Biden's work with climate change. We know what President Biden has done when it comes to protecting the rights of same-sex marriage. We know what President Biden has done, even while focusing on climate change and making it an important initiative. Republicans want to go drill, baby drill and all that. There's still been more domestic drilling now than ever before. President Biden's broke the OPEC's cartel alliance. And so we can go on and on.

President Biden recently endorsed major changes to the Supreme Court and to reform the Supreme Court right now. President Biden's appointed more federal judges, over 150 federal judges, and the most diverse federal judges in history. He stood with unions. He was on the picket lines. He's been the most pro-union president in history. He's done things like dealing with junk fees in industries. As I said before, he's capped insulin at $35 a month. Medicare can now negotiate drug prices. I'm sure your 401k right now is doing much better than it was before right now. The stock market has hit record highs.

Wages are up. GDP growth has expanded. There's been two new members to NATO. The 75th NATO conference, anniversary NATO conference, was the most successful NATO conference in the history. The alliance has never been stronger. President Biden helped push through the PACT Act against a lot of resistance, which provided life-saving care right now to over 1 million veterans who wouldn't have had life-saving care. By life-saving care, I mean they would have died. But for the fact that they now have access to this healthcare, over 1 million people have utilized the PACT Act, 1 million

signups. I mean, you've got President Biden focusing on things like the CHIPS Act, bring the semiconductor industry here. You have President Biden doing things like the bottom-up, middle-out economic plans, the manufacturing boom, 40,000 infrastructure projects across the country. President Biden's fought for women's reproductive rights, despite the fact that you have Roe v. Wade being overturned because of the MAGA Republicans on the Supreme Court. I can go on and on and on. And all these communities also that no one thought could ever be revitalized through the Infrastructure Act and the Inflation Reduction Act. You've seen booms in these communities.

But we see dozens and dozens of billionaires now lining up with Donald Trump, whether it's because they believe that they're going to get tax cut benefits. They believe that under Trump, that Trump's failed his entire life and all of his business. Trump's presidency was a failure. Yet we have these billionaires falling into the same fallacy that the business community fell into with the rise of Hitler and Mussolini and others. We've seen the story kind of time and time again. And so, you know, when I talked to the base of the democratic party, they recognize that these things that Biden did, you know, were helpful. And they see right now, a lot of these efforts as causing

chaos and disunity without any plan. And, and people feel very strongly about that. And I truly hope, and you can go and watch the videos that we've done. And I think the way we've discussed these issues, I thought have been thoughtful and data-driven. Speaking of which, as you know, I'm not a fan of polls. I think all the polls are BS to begin with. And I'm not just like conspiratorial anti-polls. I base it on the data. There was no red wave when all the polls suggested that there was going to be a red wave. We've seen in all of the special elections and the referendums, the polls have always been wrong time and time again.

We've seen a broad authoritarianism polling certain ways. But when it came to the election day, people chose freedom over authoritarianism. We've seen in the primaries the way that the polling data was off. Everyone was suggesting, look, Biden's going to have 30% exodus, 40% exodus. Trump was the one who was not getting 20% of the vote. Trump underperformed in every state, essentially, and Biden overperformed in all of the states. So we have actual kind of real data. But even when I hear about super secret polls and this and that, they never show what the polls are. But the polls that I've seen show that this race is a toss-up.

At worst, it's a toss-up. At worst, Trump is slightly ahead. But there the polls that I've seen show that this race is a toss-up. At worst, it's a toss-up. At worst, Trump is slightly ahead, but there are polls that show Biden ahead. The 538 poll, which is a very respected poll, has Biden doing as good as he's ever done before. I think yesterday's was 53 to 47. Today's may be 52 to 48. One of the things they factor in in 538 is the advantage of incumbency. Then I think one thing that people are worried about and are reflecting on as well is that even if you give any opportunity for these MAGA Republicans to file any lawsuits at all, that could wind up with the Supreme Court. For anybody to say, oh, well, there's no legal issues at all. If there's any change, there's no legal issues.

There's no way the Supreme Court's going to do this or that. Everybody knows what the Supreme Court's done, overturning Roe v. Wade, overturning all of this precedent. You're going to trust the Supreme Court. You're going to trust the MAGA Mike Johnson. You're going to trust J.D. Vance. You're going to trust this crew now to follow the law. And so what I'm hearing from the people is that, and here's what I hope you have appreciated about our reporting. I think it's been clear-eyed.

We certainly called out for the debate. What happened? We saw it. We saw the debate. We weren't like, Oh, what a great debate. No. Um, have we expressed concerns in general about, you know, Biden's age and, you know, look, 81, we have 81 is 81. There's no other way around that. Um, but he's demonstrated that he's an elder statesman, that all of this ageist tropes, all of this stuff is not acceptable to just mock older people. He's shown that he's been able to make the top decisions that have benefited people's lives. We know that because we have a track record over three and a half years. And then I think the people I've been speaking to a lot say, and here's the great thing, Vice President Harris is amazing.

And everybody thinks that she would do an incredible job. There's no one doubting that even the slightest. And having her as a vice president and him is a great team. That's why they defeated Donald Trump. And people feel that they're going to be able to win this thing and that we're four months away and that there's a lot of time. There's a lot of important things that are going to be happening. And, you know, and Brett, I think you flagged this too as well, is that you looked at the polling data of Obama-Romney in October of 2012, like 30 days before the election. And Obama was down in most of these polls three or four points in October. And now these polls right now in July are toss-ups, mixed. A lot of the swing states that Biden's down are trending in Biden. Post all of these things, and now what we're being told is, oh, there are super secret polls. Not the ones that we've been using the narrative over time, but there are secret ones that you don't know about, and those are the ones, and you just have to trust us. And my whole thing is, look, I'm data-driven.

I'm deliberate. I'm someone who wants plans, and I need to understand, and deep understanding so that decision-making can be done in a logical way. I don't react well to being bullied. I don't react well to like threats. I don't react well to like emotional, uh, argumentation. Like you have to give me an analysis and a data. My job as a founder of a news network, my job editorially when I report is not to run with emotion, but to run with data. I hope you've been appreciative of that. I know I ranted there fairly long, but Brett and Jordi, I'll let you chime in. Yeah. No, I'll just say a lot is moving quickly. No one knows what's going to happen, if anything's going to happen. President Biden and his campaign are

stating firmly that they're going to stay in the race. I don't think they would say otherwise. There's reporting to the contrary. I know there's just been so much speculation and so much infighting that truthfully, I think that has done far more damage than anything else. If the focus was kept on the things that we discussed in this episode, the chaos at the RNC, the actual plans, Project 2025, stripping away your reproductive freedom, all these various threats, threats to your healthcare, your social security, your Medicare, all that stuff. Think about where Biden would be in the polls right now if you had a relentless blitz of a campaign focused on that. But instead, there's been this circular squad of everybody getting at each other, and it just hasn't been good for anybody, quite frankly. And I think you also, Jordi talked about pulling off the mask. I think it pulled off the mask also of big money and the power of big money, because we're hearing seeing big money impact, like threaten Congress people, senators to say, we're not going to give you money unless you tell him to drop out. That's something that

is happening right now. We are seeing big money donors try to pull their money from the Biden campaign. And now the Biden campaign is apparently projecting a lot less money to come in this month. We're seeing that right now. So we're seeing the impacts of big money in politics, but this is a people-driven movement. And so at the end of the day, we're all in this together. We will see what happens. Like I said, things are moving fast in whatever direction they're moving. I'm sure we'll know at some point, but this constant bickering, this constant infighting and all of that to me just does not ultimately serve a purpose. There is so much false information and journalists who claim to be credible spreading

information that is easily proven false that continues to spread because they know they'll get that jolt of clicks, which CNN admitted to as we saw in the beginning of the show. I know it's been tough. I know these last few weeks have probably been pretty traumatic for people. I get it. It's been a crazy, crazy few weeks. And I'm not going to lie and say it's going to be better next week or it's all going to be better because in the short term, we're in it. We're in it till the election at least, right? And so I just want to give the message, we're all in this together. Let's try to keep our heads up, or rather, let's try to keep our heads down also and do the work because that's all we could

do. We can't do things that are beyond our control. There are a lot of things in life that are beyond our control, but we can do the work. We can push our values forward and do everything to preserve those values because the stakes of the election are too damn high to be caught up in the gossip and the BS. Jordy. I think there's going to be a big shakeup in the media landscape too. I think that with this mask off moment, people get it. And everybody out there watching this, you know, you are going to be a part, a major factor in what media is going to look like in the future as we continue to build this platform together as a community driven platform.

Jordy, I'll give you the last word. And that's really it. And that's what I wanted to say too. It's like, it's times like these where I'm just so grateful for the Midas Mighty, for this entire pro-democracy community here, walking hand in hand with y'all through this. We understand, the collective, we understand what's at risk, right? Biden's policies, those are tangible, concrete impacts on people's lives, their livelihoods. This isn't a game to us. This isn't a game to any of us. This is why I love that we're independent, right? Because where those corporate donors are going, right? And those corporate interests, we're all seeing this play out together in live time. And it's scary and it's frustrating. But again, it's times like these

where I remember to myself, and I know you do too, when we reflect back, I'm just so dang proud of the Midas Mighty and of this community. So I just want to say thank y'all for continuing to put your heads down and do the work every single day, because I know it is exhausting, but it is important, important work. Jordy, take us out. Shout out to the Midas Mighty! It's Ken Harbaugh with the Midas Touch Network. The film Against All Enemies, which I co-produced with Ben Maisalis and this network, has won awards around the world for its up-close portrayal of America's insurrectionist movement. It premieres in the U.S. on March 29th on Amazon and Apple TV. Go to againstallenemiesfilm.com or click the link below.

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