Perfectly Good Podcast - Hiatt from A-Z

Discussing every John Hiatt song in alphabetical order with Sylvan Groth & Jesse Jackson

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[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Dear Joe,
I wish I could sit down with you face to face and explain why so many of us were offended by the UFC fight on the South Lawn of the White House.
For me, it had nothing to do with the UFC or who showed up for the fights. The brand you and Dana have built is a bona fide American success story. More power to you. As for the fighters, in my book, anyone brave enough to put it all on the line in the arena is remarkable to witness. Their dedication and discipline inspire me. I don’t understand anyone who can’t admire that.
And as for the people who attended, I, for one, love Shane Gillis. I think he’s hilarious and brilliant. It was a show. A once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. I can’t blame anyone for wanting to witness it firsthand.
My problem is that I believe some of our public spaces are sacred. And unlike many of the great powers that came before us, these American monuments belong to all of us. Not to whoever happens to hold power at the moment.
The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It does not belong to any President. It belongs to the people. To treat it as Caesar treated the Colosseum is antithetical to everything our founding fathers fought for.
This is not Rome. Presidents are not emperors doling out bread and circuses for the peasants. The White House is the People’s House. This “celebration” could have happened in any stadium within a stone’s throw of the South Lawn. No one would have had an issue with it.
But that was obviously Donald Trump’s whole point. By holding the event on the South Lawn, what he was saying to the rest of us is:
“This is my house. I own it. I will do with it what I please. I’ll build a colosseum and have the gladiators fight under my gaze. I’ll tear down the East Wing. I’ll pave over the Rose Garden. I’ll cover everything in gold and marble. I’ll erase the names of all the men who came before me.”
The fights were an exhibition of imperial domination, not a celebration of our 250th anniversary as a democracy.
The White House is not Buckingham Palace. It is not the Palace of Versailles. It is not the Forbidden City of Beijing. It does not belong to an emperor, or a king, or a commissar.
The White House belongs to us. All of us. The person who sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office is nothing more than an honored guest. A temporary caretaker.
The President is our servant. Not our Caesar.
Respectfully, Hunter

P.S. Cage match between me and Don Jr.? Your call on the venue. Anywhere but the South Lawn.

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

Barack: You told me all those years ago that you couldn’t promise me the world, but you could promise me an interesting life. Of course, you outdid yourself and managed to give me both.

Eight years in the crucible, and not once did you melt from the heat. Not once did you let it harden you. Instead, you used it to reveal your truest essence: your stubborn optimism and unflinching courage, your dazzling brilliance and unpretentious decency, your ferocious work ethic and absolutely unshakable moral fiber.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

More than 40 years ago, I arrived in Chicago in search of an idea. I was a young man looking for purpose, who believed deeply in America, was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, and wanted to be a part of something larger. The America I believed in was one where everyone has opportunity, everyone is seen, everyone belongs—because that was an America that had a place for me, too.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

here is Mamdani's entire speech at the Knicks parade, which is easily the best speech I've ever heard at an event of this sort

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

@dronamraju When did you stop understanding how capitalism and free markets work. I didn’t mention a word about policy change. If I knew which companies are costing taxpayers money, so they can make more money, I would stop doing business with them. That’s capitalism.

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid

[Just saying @kangaroos991]

👇 This NEVER gets old! 🤣🤣🤣

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@RobinBroadway4 @RpsAgainstTrump Bull

[Mark Dempsey @mkd1973]

@ZachWolchuk Super high Character again. This is exactly what we need.

3.07am here and I am very happy with this pick.
Now…. How do we find a way to still get Tuten….

@Travel_Cowboy @JesseJacksonDFW

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[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

Donald, this is not the Soviet Union. You can’t change the truth and you cannot silence us. Remember all your lies about the voting machines, the election workers, your countless allegations of fraud that never happened? Many of your lawyers have been sanctioned, disciplined or disbarred, the courts ruled against you, and dozens of your own White House, administration, and campaign aides testified against you. Remember how you sent a mob to our Capitol and then watched the violence on television and refused for hours to instruct the mob to leave? Remember how your former Vice President prevented you from overturning our Republic? We remember. And now, as you take office again, the American people need to reject your latest malicious falsehoods and stand as the guardrails of our Constitutional Republic — to protect the America we love from you.

[Marlene Robertson🇨🇦 @marlene4719]

There are no words strong enough to describe these hypocritical motherfuckers. None.

[GOP Jesus @GOPJesusUSA]

@SykesCharlie @davidfrum 💯 wrong.

Trump was never going to have guardrails on pardons or anything else in his second term. Don’t you dare blame Biden’s Hunter pardon for what’s coming from Trump.

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@politvidchannel She lost. Let it go

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

(📢) The meme to end all memes: the Top 100 reasons not to support Donald Trump... in one image.

I’m a NYT-bestselling Trump biographer, and this is the culmination of what I learned over a decade.

What do you think—any chance we could get this to 50K RETWEETS by Election Day?

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: Donald Trump’s rallies are going so poorly that Kamala Harris just played a highlight reel at her rally tonight. Retweet so everyone sees this hilarious moment.

[Defiant L’s @DefiantLs]

A voter asks Kamala Harris about how she got nominated without earning a single vote, and pushing Biden aside so close the election.