There's a sense that everyone involved in this lawfare universe realize that they've become the bad guy in the movie. A lot of the people that were on this stuff wanted it so badly. How are they going to survive? Do you think they need therapy? Yes, they definitely need therapy. And maybe also the death penalty. [00:00:17] That's fun. Oh, Fox News, they're just in the best mood after their guy won. If you thought that their desire for retribution has gone away, bearing in mind that people like I believe Joe Rogan is saying, hey, everybody, it is actually time for unity now. And old Bill O'Reilly's telling Trump to not seek revenge. [00:00:35] Well, they didn't seem to get the memo because that is Dana Perino, who I don't think of as holding down the spot on the five of being the most radical, calling for lawyers doing their job to prosecute Trump for crimes that he definitely did commit, that they should get the death penalty. [00:00:53] And there's been a lot of talk about these prosecutors recently. The potential next AG is saying that Tish James might have her, in his words, fat ass thrown in prison and he could be soon the top lawyer in America, which I guess is better than being murdered by the state for being a lawyer. [00:01:13] But either way, you did not hear for other people at the table shouting her down or saying, Dear God, no, that's a line we wouldn't cross. And so I guess they thought the idea was okay. So look guys, we're going to find out who MAGA is and we're going to find out who [00:01:30] Trump is and and all the right wing media. So right now whenever you challenge him on this stuff, they'll say we're just joking. And maybe they are. So number one, let's pause here to ask what would happen if a couple of MSNBC hosts joked around about the death penalty [00:01:48] for Trump supporters? Biden accidentally called them garbage and they lost their minds. You think the right wing would be like, oh, tyrannical government is joking around about how we should get the death penalty for being Trump supporters. It's just funny, man. They're just trolling. [00:02:03] Or do you think they'd be like, what is this? - We know. - It. Oh, we got our guns. - What are you gonna do about it? - Right. Come on, let's be honest. Let's be honest. Okay, so now, having said that, yeah, maybe they are joking, but there's. And we're going to find out one way or another. [00:02:19] And so if it turns out that Donald Trump goes yeah that was to win the election, man I just want to be popular. So I'm going to do a couple of things that make me popular. Okay okay. It's not impossible. So I've got that sliver sliver of possibility and hope that that happens. [00:02:36] Right. Or they could prove us right and they can go full fascist, and then they'll deny it and they'll do all this stuff. But proof's in the pudding, right? So if I mean, if the guy that that they're considering for attorney general that we talked about yesterday actually carries out what he said [00:02:54] about Mehdi Hasan and goes to arrest him, denaturalize him and deport him. Well, then they weren't joking. And it turns out they were fascists. But I can't control that. You can't control that. Only Trump and Maga can. By the way, one piece of good data point today is that Bannon's a little pissed [00:03:10] as Susie Wiles was the became the chief of staff for Trump. He wanted someone more MAGA and she's just a Bush person, he said. And yesterday, Anna and I said, hey, Siouxsie Wiles, that's actually a relatively moderate choice. We're kind of happy that of all the different terrible people he could [00:03:25] have picked, he picked Siouxsie Wiles. So that's Trump going in a slightly right direction. At the end of the day, though, whether it's Dana Perino, Greg Gutfeld, whoever it might be, whether they're joking or not joking, they're not going to make the decision Trump is. And when Trump makes a decision, by the way, then they'll right wing media [00:03:42] and MAGA will be put to a test. So did you guys actually like freedom or were you lying the whole time? Did you hate cancel culture or did you couldn't wait to do cancel culture with arrests and deportations and murder, etc.? We're going to find out. [00:03:58] And maybe you guys pass the test and you say, no deporting Mehdi Hassan. Are you insane? Hell no. That's cancel culture. That's against freedom. He's just criticizing you. So what? Maybe some of the right wing hosts do do that because it's a new day in America. [00:04:13] But maybe they don't. I don't control it. We're going to find out together what's true. I don't know I Trump's been any times he's taken some of his more outlandish stuff into the courts, he's kind of lost every single time, like especially [00:04:30] with stop the Steal type of stuff. Anytime he's taking bogus claims to the court, he's gotten his butt handed to him. So if his DOJ, if he really decides to point his DOJ in the direction of lawyers who were prosecuting his crimes, I just really don't have any confidence at all in his ability [00:04:48] to execute something like that. In terms of Fox News and their hosts, I mean, you know, angry, rude, whatever. That's their brand. That's what they do. That's what they think makes them edgy or outside of the bounds of the norms. When you and I both know that that mean edgy, all of that crap does [00:05:06] absolutely nothing to challenge power, does absolutely nothing to challenge the people who actually own that party institutionally and financially. So, like, I'm not surprised that these people take a tough guy angry, ridiculous attack on that network when that's what their brand is. [00:05:24] Yeah. We'll see. I mean, look, I might have mentioned this on the election coverage, but one thing that maybe gives me a little bit of optimism that Trump might not be as crazy as what's left of his brain on show during the campaign would imply would be, is we know that he lost his mind every day when he was president, [00:05:42] at the investigations and the critique and the negative news and all that. And this is this is positive. There will probably not be nearly as much of that this time, because the DOJ is going to barely exist, and the FBI is never going to be able to touch him. And the Supreme Court has already said that he's a king, and Jeff Bezos is [00:05:59] already indicating that they're not going to do literally anything to check him. And Mark Zuckerberg is lining up and has already been taken over. And so many of the different things that would have been a thorn in his side previously no longer exist or have been turned to serve him. And so maybe he'll be in a better mood on a daily basis. [00:06:15] Yeah, well, look, guys, one last piece of good news. Bad news here. Good news is, if he he didn't do this, if he had said my chief of staff is Steve Bannon, my attorney general is Roger Stone. Okay, then we were doomed. I mean, you could panic now. [00:06:30] You could can figure out you know, which country you're going to live in, because that would have been game over. There is no chance that Steve Bannon and Roger Stone are good guys. 0% chance. Okay. But he didn't so far. Okay. So let's see what happens so far. First pick so far. We'll take it. [00:06:47] Susie Wiles. Trust me on this. She's not like some sort of great person. She ran Trump's. She was campaign manager. Right. But of the different choices that he had. Oh, I'd take Siouxsie Wiles in a second. Okay. So that's that's the good news. [00:07:03] The bad news is there's going to be no accountability. So we just have to hope and pray that Trump doesn't do something monstrous. What are they going to do, impeach him? What are they going to do, arrest him? There's no checks left at all. [00:07:19] There's no brakes in the car. So we're all along for the ride. Cross your fingers. Yeah, because that's where we are. Yeah. The only thing I would say was, is right that theoretically, judges on some of this. Which is why I think if Biden does anything between now and the inauguration, [00:07:36] It's get as many judges on the bench as possible. He's done a pretty good job through his term. It's like 200 judges, give or take. If they can put 20, 30 more, that's at least something. And look, one last thing about that. You guys are right about the judges and maybe they stopped some stuff. [00:07:52] But you know, when things start to go bad, all of a sudden all the checks and balances are gone overnight. So we'll see. We'll see how that goes. But but they haven't gone that way. That's part of my point. Hold on. Let's find out what happens. Because if you remember Trump said lock her up. Lock her up during the campaign in 2016. [00:08:08] Then he got in and said, nah, I'm going to let Hillary go. I'm not going to do anything about it. So it's not impossible. So let's wait and see what actually happens. Thanks for watching The Young Turks really appreciate it. Another way to show support is through YouTube memberships. You'll get to interact with us more. There's live chat emojis, badges. [00:08:26] You've got emojis of me Anna John Jr. So those are super fun. But you also get playback of our exclusive member only shows and specials right after they air. So all of that, all you got to do is click that join button right underneath the video. [00:08:42] Thank you.