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Welcome

to

the

very

first

episode

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America

First

Insight

Unfiltered,

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politics,

culture,

and

everything

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Mark

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the

general

shilling

before

we

start.

Of

course,

of

course.

My

name

is

Mark.

I'm

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of

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co

-founders

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So

this

podcast,

America

First

Insight

Unfiltered,

we're

looking

for

it

to

hopefully

be

a

weekly

little

podcast.

We're

going

to

talk

politics

and

a

lot

of

it,

and

yeah,

it's

going

to

be

mostly

me

and

real

and

whatever

guest

people

we

can

get

on.

So,

yeah,

that's

basically

it.

And,

well,

as

we're

recording

this,

it's

January

2nd,

2025.

A

lot

of

stuff

has

happened,

but

a

lot

more

stuff

is

going

to

happen.

And

I

think

the

first

thing

we're

kind

of

going

to

talk

about

is

our

predictions

on

the

speaker

vote

that

will

either

oh

be

chaos

god

or

not.

So,

how

do

you

feel

about

the

upcoming

speaker

vote?

um

i'm

expecting

this

go

like

30

rounds

i

just

got

this

gut

feeling

it's

either

gonna

go

one

round

to

be

done

or

we're

gonna

be

here

for

like

three

months

or

something

crazy

like

that

it

just

i

got

that

gut

feeling

it's

not

gonna

be

a

oh

yeah

we're

done

in

five

minutes

thing

no

we're

gonna

be

here

for

three

months

because

a

bunch

of

people

have

egos

and

they

want

to

screw

trump

over

that's

what

it

comes

down

to

a

lot

of

people

the

majority

of

them

they're

doing

it

not

because

of

policy

or

what

they

like

um

whatever

they

care

about

it's

like

no

they're

doing

it

to

spite

trump

that's

reality

of

it

now

people

like

thomas

mass

and

a

few

others

they

have

legitimate

reasons

it

beefs

with

Johnson

but

you

look

at

people

like

Chip

Roy

what's

his

excuse

you

know

for

opposing

Johnson

I'm

not

even

saying

Johnson's

like

the

best

option

but

honestly

who

else

could

get

the

votes

right

now

yeah

honestly

no

who

i

i

agree

with

you

on

that

like

you

know

johnson

already

came

out

of

nowhere

to

become

speaker

after

the

kevin

mccarthy

situation

i

think

the

only

only

a

couple

other

people

could

even

potentially

have

the

votes

uh

kevin

hearn

maybe

um

maybe

byron

donalds

or

jim

jordan

now

that

like

some

of

his

opposition

is

gone

but

those

guys

would

only

get

it

because

trump

endorses

them

would

endorse

them

for

the

speaker

but

trump

obviously

is

still

back

in

johnson

um

but

i

think

we

only

have

one

hard

confirmed

no

on

johnson

and

that's

massey

right

now

yeah

that's

thomas

massey

but

it

sounds

like

it's

up

there

six

republicans

which

which

we

can

afford

to

lose,

what,

two?

i

think

Maybe

three?

it's

i

think

it's

two

because

uh

matt

gates's

seat

won't

be

filled

and

he's

not

there

for

the

speaker

vote

so

it's

either

two

or

three

uh

chip

roy

says

he's

he

claims

he's

still

undecided

uh

He's

and

full

of

it.

then

he

also

suggested

that

uh

andy

biggs

uh

andy

harris

are

also

both

leaning

towards

no

uh

victoria

sparts

or

sparts

yeah

she

has

also

claimed

she's

undecided

but

she

has

also

said

she

is

actually

talking

to

mike

johnson

so

hopefully

that

gets

resolved

she's

a

bit

schizophrenic

with

her

uh

takes

and

everything

yeah

i

mean

for

those

that

don't

know

just

two

years

ago

she

was

one

of

the

biggest

ukraine

chills

now

out

of

nowhere

she's

like

this

maga

patriot

and

basically

she

said

that

whatever

thomas

massey

does

she's

gonna

do

the

same

thing

so

if

massey

votes

against

johnson

i'm

gonna

gonna

assume

she's

gonna

vote

against

johnson

or

vote

president

or

whatever

that's

victoria

sparks

now

and

that's

the

problem

johnson

has

he

can

afford

two

defections

right

now

there's

like

six

yeah

so

so

he

needs

to

uh

he's

he's

gonna

have

to

probably

talk

to

uh

andy

harris

and

andy

biggs

because

i

think

those

guys

i

mean

their

house

freedom

caucus

they're

they're

able

to

be

be

convinced,

I

think.

I

trust

them.

They

both

have

really

good

voting

records.

So

I

believe

those

two

are

doing

it

purely

based

on,

hey,

we

would

like

some

concessions

to

the

House

Freedom

Caucus.

We

do

have

the

leverage.

We

can

push

right

now.

Other

individuals

are

not

doing

that

so

much.

Massey

voted

for

Kevin

McCarthy

for

every

single

round

instead

of

of

trying

to

get

stuff

out

of

McCarthy,

and

now

he's

not

going

to

vote

for

Johnson.

So

that's

all

I'm

You

going

to

say.

I'm

not

on

know,

Massey

with

right

now.

Massey,

I

think

he

has,

like,

legitimate

reasons.

You

know,

he

has

that

weird,

like,

schizo

-libertarian

philosophy

where...

I

mean,

he

is

consistent

on

it,

but...

You

know,

it

just,

like...

Where

was

this

during

McCarthy's

stuff?

Exactly.

Where

was

he?

You

know...

He

shilled

the

hell

out

of

McCarthy,

and

he

was

really

pissed

when

it

went

to

motion

of

vacate.

And

I

fully

disagree.

I

don't

think

Johnson

was

the

best

speaker

ever.

I

think

he

could

have

used

the

continuing

resolutions

as

a

lot

more

leverage,

but

even

by

our

own

rankings

at

America

First

Insight,

he

is

objectively

better

than

Kevin

McCarthy.

which

is

not

really

saying

much

but

i'm

just

honest

like

mike

johnson's

better

but

it's

like

if

someone

The

could

find

bar

me

someone

was

that

low.

could

get

the

votes

yeah

if

you

could

find

someone

to

get

the

votes

and

i'm

not

talking

with

don

bacon

or

someone

like

i'm

talking

about

like

someone

decent

like

jim

jordan

like

byron

donalds

kevin

hurd

which

i

think

the

those

two

uh

johnson

and

or

excuse

me,

Donaldson

Hearn,

I

think

they

could

maybe

get

the

votes,

but

I

still

don't

know,

i

you

know,

I

think

mean

you've

still

hearn

got

people

hearn

would

have

an

easier

time

hearn

just

won

he's

i

think

a

policy

chair

for

the

gop

he

house

is

so

he

he

has

general

support

i

don't

think

donalds

would

want

to

do

it

even

even

though

I

think

Trump

would

be

cool

with

it.

Cause

Donald's

is

probably

running

for

governor.

he's

So

I

running

think

he's

going

to

be,

he's

going

to

be

way

too

busy.

He's

not

going

to

have

time

to

be

speaker

and

running

for

governor.

So

yeah.

And

I

mean,

Jordan

might

have

a

chance

now

because

what

really

killed

Jordan,

uh,

running

was

all

the

New

York

Republicans

who

really

wanted

the

salt

taxes

being

dealt

with.

Most

of

those

guys

now

are

unemployed

and

also

out

of

nowhere,

uh,

Kay

Granger

was

like,

I'll

never

vote

for

Jordan.

And

it's

like,

okay,

thank

you.

But

she's

also

not

in

office

anymore,

well

so.

she's

literally

in

retirement

home

right

now

so

i

mean

i

mean

the

fact

that

we

had

Republicans

like

that

vote

against

Jordan

like

I

can

understand

people

like

Lawler

I

mean

they

were

in

a

very

competitive

seat

but

it's

like

some

Republicans

were

like

Trump

plus

30

seats

and

they're

voting

against

Jordan

and

I'm

not

saying

Jordan

was

the

best

option

either

just

like

these

people

had

no

valid

reason

and

it's

like

why

why

vote

against

Jordan

but

you

shill

for

McCarthy

it

just

yeah

to

me

never

and

made

sense

now

it

never

did

it

was

you

know

i

mean

most

politics

happens

behind

closed

doors

so

i

don't

know

if

like

jordan

is

not

friendly

with

a

lot

of

people

or

what

but

it

just

it

is

what

it

it

is

for

Jordan

well

yeah

well

apparently

the

rumor

was

mccarthy

was

sinking

his

candidacy

that

was

a

rumor

the

I

remember

hearing

which

about

that

i

I

cannot

confirm

believe

that

was

the

big

topic

like

a

year

ago

that

was

mccarthy's

doing

that's

why

joining

did

not

get

the

votes

it

personally

just

because

McCarthy

I

think

McCarthy

still

thought

he

had

a

chance

and

oh

he

he

did

kept

sinking

people

and

the

only

reason

Mike

Johnson

got

put

up

is

everyone

was

so

sick

and

tired

of

it

they

just

said

the

first

Worst

person

who

isn't

schizophrenic,

we'll

just

take

at

that

point.

Everyone

was

done

with

it,

and

Mike

Johnson

happened

to

be

that

next

person

out

of

nowhere.

yeah

mccarthy

was

just

he

was

sinking

people

on

purpose

which

should

tell

you

everything

about

the

guy

and

i'm

glad

that

trump

stayed

away

from

him

for

the

chief

of

staff

but

Yeah,

that

it's

was

like

such

a

terrifying

rumor.

I

would

have

hated

that

so

can

much.

you

imagine

that

him

chief

of

staff

making

all

those

picks

oh

good

lord

we

we'd

be

in

deep

trouble

if

he

was

a

chief

of

staff

but

thankfully

he's

not

um

he's

gonna

be

probably

out

of

politics

for

a

while

i'm

guessing

i

think

so

i

think

he'll

just

go

around

try

and

you

know

uh

try

and

fundraise

and

primary

out

some

more

house

freedom

caucus

people

as

revenge

but

you

know

every

year

you're

out

of

politics

your

donors

care

less

and

less

about

you

so

i

don't

i

don't

think

he'll

be

able

to

accomplish

much

yeah

i

just

the

guy

is

he

killed

his

own

career

all

he

had

to

do

was

just

do

even

half

of

the

stuff

he

promised

to

do

and

he

would

be

fine

just

even

25

i

mean

did

he

do

a

single

finish

speaker

that

was

actually

good

it

depends

which

side

of

the

aisle

you're

on

but

or

for

america

first

no

he

didn't

do

anything

good

you

know

and

and

also

he

and

you

know

the

bad

part

is

he

thought

that

the

democrats

would

bail

him

out

you

know

it

came

as

a

shock

to

him

that

all

the

dems

were

like

oh

you

know

we're

not

going

going

to

get

involved

and

it's

a

bad

sign

when

you

think

you

have

to

rely

on

democrats

or

something

like

that

you

know

that's

another

reason

that

like

the

most

recent

continuing

resolution

was

so

disappointing

is

it

relied

on

democrats

to

bail

out

what

should

be

a

gop

thing

but

it

is

what

it

is

well

you

know

hopefully

no

it

well

gets

fixed

at

some

point

now

these

under

idiots

the

they

trump

have

no

excuse

now

because

trump's

president

he

has

a

mandate

he

can

do

whatever

he

wants

so

if

they

can't

accomplish

this

now

with

trump

and

the

white

house

it's

like

okay

we

need

a

clean

house

completely

all

these

people

gotta

go

and

probably

start

with

johnson

if

johnson

fails

the

next

two

years

he's

done

i

don't

see

how

he

comes

back

from

that