04:00 All In Podcast: DOGE vs USAID, Crypto Framework, Google’s $75B AI Spend, US Sovereign Wealth Fund, GLP-1s, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3q5TrwSek0
10:00 WP: Elon Musk’s ultimate goal becomes clear
Shrink government, control data and — according to one official closely watching the billionaire’s DOGE — replace “the human workforce with machines.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/08/doge-musk-goals/
22:00 Elon Musk’s strategy, https://www.stevesailer.net/p/elon-musks-strategy-of-purge-and
29:50 Mark Halperin talks to Commentary magazine podcast crew about the second Trump administration, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ths5cov8EA
55:00 Gidley on “Racist” Elon Musk Aide: “The Guy Made a Mistake. He Doesn’t Deserve To Be Killed for It”
1:01:20 JD Vance on “Racist” Elon Musk Aide: “We’re Not Going To Fire Somebody Because of Some Old Tweets”
1:02:50 Why does YT push the pro Islamic terro network Al Jazeera (funded by Qatar, which also funds Hamas) but bans Russia Today?
1:15:00 Explaining Trump’s Middle East policy, https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5130444-what-trump-actually-wants-in-the-middle-east/
1:121:30 Contra David Brooks, Donald Trump is not stupid
1:41:00 Emilia Pérez & The New Gaza, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7icy5LJVZXE
1:43:00 Is it a big shock that a trans woman does not adore Islam?
1:48:30 The DOGE Boys Take DC, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzh_G8JEyd0
1:54:00 Why Trump is Uniquely Positioned to “Fight, Fight, Fight” on Cultural Issues, with Andrew Klavan, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K6irMABta0
1:58:00 NYP: Inside Trump’s hectic day-to-day schedule – with prez revealing the phrase that keeps going through his mind when he first wakes up, https://nypost.com/2025/02/08/us-news/inside-trumps-hectic-day-to-day-schedule-as-prez-begins-to-transform-federal-government/
2:09:20 Mick Cronin fixed UCLA | How ripping his team changed their season, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IwzITE3nJE
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