James McCarrick

Pure Conjecture

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Life long millennial friends talking politics. Also, occasional rants about random shit because apparently ADHD is a thing. Perfect for background noise for commuting or that feeling that people are in the room when you're working remotely.

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James McCarrick

Episodes

S5 Ep 5 - Brian has notes from the last episode. ChatGPT accomplice to crimes. Laura trump named co-head of RNC. 17.03.2024 1:30:50

Just msg me if you want link.

S5 Ep 4 - So much news. Too many tangents. Survey of middle class. Candyman Jackson. Trump's lawsuits crossing 1/2 Billion. Dems take back Santos seat. 19.02.2024 2:29:22

Midddle class - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/15/middle-class-financial-security/ Candy Man - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/16/white-house-medical-unit-pharmacy-ronny-jackson/ Sneakers - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/18/trump-sneaker/ 350 Million - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/16/judge-engoron-ruling-trump-ny-civil-fraud-trial/

S5 Ep 3 - Superbowl Psyop. Supreme court weighs in on Trump ballot. Boebert flees district in search of safe space. Biden guilty of being old 12.02.2024 53:12

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/11/us/politics/biden-hur-special-counsel-age.html https://www.newsweek.com/colorado-newspaper-mocks-lauren-boebert-cartoon-1866626

S5 Ep 2 - Trump 83M lawsuit. Border crisis. Elon blocking from 55B CEO package. 05.02.2024 1:07:11

Trump - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/01/26/trump-e-jean-carroll-defamation-trial-closing-arguments-jury/ Border Crisis -https://www.npr.org/2024/01/25/1226883552/bipartisan-border-deal-at-risk-of-collapse-under-pressure-from-trump

S5 Ep 1 - Congress pushing new/same budget. Ukraine in need of help. A whole lot of ramblings. 08.01.2024 1:43:28

Congress new budget - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/07/congress-budget-deal/ Elon Replacement theory - https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-great-replacement-conspiracy-theory-1234941337/ Ukraine/Russia war - https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-needs-urgent-air-defense-aid-as-putin-launches-bombing-campaign/

S4 Ep 20 - Voting rights act gutted. David hates the new podcast name. Everyone needs a Dudesy Mug. 27.11.2023 1:13:18

OpenAI - https://time.com/6338789/sam-altman-openai-return-timeline/ Voting Rights - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/20/voting-rights-act-lawsuit/ Republicans Vaccines - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/17/covid-vaccine-partisan-gap/ Tesla Auto-Pilot - https://www.npr.org/2023/11/23/1214966530/judge-says-evidence-shows-tesla-and-elon-musk-knew-about-flawed-autopilot-...

S4 Ep 19 - Trump deemed not credible after 3 minutes of testimony. Who the hell is Mike Johnson? LecturnGate! 30.10.2023 1:29:39

LecturnGate - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/us/arkansas-foia-huckabee-sanders.html Hide n Sweep - https://www.wayfair.com/appliances/pdp/executive-wood-products-hide-n-sweep-ewp10000.html Mike Johnson - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mike-johnson-house-speaker-republican-nominee-what-know-rcna122114 SBF - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/27/sbf-trial-ftx-crypto/

S4 Ep 18 - House Speaker Hot Potato. Effective altruism vs Prisoner's Dilema. Blank Check is the craziest kids movie ever. Seriously you have no idea. 16.10.2023 1:38:31

11-year-old Preston Waters laments his relative lack of money compared to his entrepreneurial older brothers and his working class father, an investor. His situation regularly leads him to humiliating situations including having his brothers, 16-year-old Damian and 15-year-old Ralph, commandeer his bedroom as an office for their home business. He is also forced to attend his bully Butch's birt...

S4 Ep 17 - McCarthy looses seat. Abba inspired ship sails. Planning a trip to Iceland. 16.10.2023 1:12:53

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6HmBN7G5Ik

S4 Ep 16 - Congress kicks can on funding the govt. Trump found liable for fraud. Menedez claims ignorance about surprise golden bars in safe. New X CEO off to a rough start. 02.10.2023 1:40:28

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/10/01/trump-trials-case-tracker/ https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-letitia-james-fraud-lawsuit-1569245a9284427117b8d3ba5da74249 https://apnews.com/article/menendez-bribery-senate-indictment-19e927d60aa5a014889ceb76ef756e56 https://abcnews.go.com/538/democrats-winning-big-special-elections/story?id=103315703 https://variety.com/2023/digita...

S4 Ep 15 - Boebert goes to Broadway. Trump wins another a golf tournament without showing up. Elon sues the ACLU. 24.09.2023 1:20:15

Russell Brand - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russell-brand-rape-sexual-assault-abuse-allegations-investigation-v5hxdlmb6 Danny Masterson - https://time.com/6314436/ashton-kutcher-steps-down-thorn-danny-masterson/ Trump Idictments - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-indictments-details-guide-charges-trial-dates-people-case/ X Valuation - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/according-elon-musk-own...

S4 Ep 14 - A big nothingburger. MTG loves those biden nudes. Barbenheimer is here. Musk is suing twitter lawyers for notprotecting him from himself. Michigan looks to punish fake electors. 24.07.2023 1:40:11

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/21/politics/michigan-fake-electors-charging-documents/index.html https://www.axios.com/2023/07/15/elon-musk-twitter-wachtell-lipton-rosen-katz https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66252781

S4 Ep 13 - New Podcast name! Supreme Court hypothesizes on rulings, we hypothesize on how the law works. Musk and Zuck wanna duke it out. Then the last bit is Ted Lasso and other random shows. 04.07.2023 1:42:14

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/technology/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-cage-match.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/us/politics/same-sex-marriage-document-supreme-court.html https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/russias-accidental-no-good-very-failed-coup

S4 Ep12 - Trump indictment released! PGA sells out to MBS. Apple released a VR headset for 10X the price of everyone else. I predict 5 minutes for pre-orders to sellout. 12.06.2023 1:15:36

Trump - https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/09/trump-indictment-takeaways-00101376 ChatGPT - https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-chatgpt-courts-e15023d7e6fdf4f099aa122437dbb59b Golf - https://www.vox.com/world-politics/2023/6/8/23753991/pga-liv-saudi-arabia-wants-in-on-american-golf Make it more bro - https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/144lfc1/turned_chatgpt_into_the_ultima...

S4 Ep11 - Debt Ceiling deal passes! People in Utah use anti-woke policies to ban Bible. Brooklyn trying out community policing. 09.06.2023 1:18:06

Debt Ceiling - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/03/biden-debt-ceiling/ Utah - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/03/tennessee-drag-law-unconstitutional/ Brooklyn - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/04/nyregion/brooklyn-brownsville-no-police.html

S4 Ep10 - Depressing news podcast. I dunno what happened here. We spiraled and then went off into random topics. Some stuff about DeSantis, Santos, Russia, Disney, Abortion. Fun times... 22.05.2023 1:34:13

Russia - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/world/europe/russia-sanctions-trump.html Wyoming Abortion - https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/3/23/23653183/abortion-wyoming-obamacare-barack-obama-supreme-court-johnson George Santos - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/timeline-rep-george-santos-fabrications-controversy-rcna66367

S4 Ep9 - Episode recorded 4/23/23 08.05.2023 1:20:30

I forget what we talked about. Uploading now so my girlfriend doesn't kill me.

Breaking Greggs - Succession Review - S1 Ep1 & 2 18.04.2023 1:09:42

Jim and Will are going through Secession and discussing their thoughts on each episode.

S4 Ep8 - SO MUCH NEWS. Trump indictment released. GOP generally being awful. Abortion bans. Clarence Thomas hangs out with the villain from Indiana Jones. SO MUCH MORE 10.04.2023 1:27:24

Clarence Thomas - https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-john-roberts-investigation-crow Tennessee Three - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65182502 Abortion Pill ban - https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/doj-asks-appeals-court-emergency-stay-abortion-pill/story?id=98472583 I forgot the rest... sorry

S4 Ep7 - Trump indicted! Elon gonna Elon. Desantis can't beat the mouse. Dominion exposes fox 03.04.2023 1:18:27

Trump indicted - https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/31/politics/trump-indictment-what-to-know/index.html Desantis & Disney - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/disney-king-charles-iii-ron-desantis-rule-of-perpetuities-royal-lives-clause.html Twitter Blue - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/technology/personaltech/twitter-blue-check-musk.html Twitter GIT - https://github.com/twitter/the-algorith...

S4 Ep6 - Netanyahu shooting his shot. Desantis dropping in the polls. Book banning. Then Jim rants about succession. 27.03.2023 1:20:40

Israel - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/26/israel-netanyahu-gallant-defense-minister/ Utah Bible - https://nypost.com/2023/03/23/utah-parent-wants-bible-removed-from-schools-its-pornographic/ maralago - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/03/24/trump-corcoran-grand-jury/

S4 Ep5 - SVB gone belly up. Trump prosecution imminent. Dominion lawsuit exposes fox news. A special friend (of a friend) runs for congress. 13.03.2023 1:17:40

CPAC - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/03/haley-trump-cpac-2024-presidential/ Jenna Ellis - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/09/jenna-ellis-colorado/ Child labor Laws - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/08/huckabee-sanders-arkansas-child-labor/ Boy meets govt - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/07/actor-ben-savage-congress-schiff/ Dominion...

S4 Ep4 - Good news pod (mostly). Jobs are up. Democrats shuffle up dem primaries. Trump losing more support. COVID surge has peaked! 06.02.2023 56:16

COVID - https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/02/03/1153970427/u-s-covid-winter-surge-fading-fast Jobs - https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/03/jobs-report-january-2023-.html Netflix - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/feb/02/netflix-accidentally-posts-guidelines-for-cracking-down-on-password-sharing Democrats - https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1621924235298971649?s=46&t=yodwu7s7mSpLW...

S4 Ep3 - George Santos plot thickens. Ukraine getting support in tank form. Never piss off internet nerds who pay for shit. Buzzfeed automates listicles to ChatGPT. Paul Pelosi video released. 30.01.2023 1:36:59

Wizards - https://www.axios.com/2023/01/27/dungeons-dragons-publisher-abandons-controversial-license-changes Buzzfeed - https://www.wsj.com/articles/buzzfeed-to-use-chatgpt-creator-openai-to-help-create-some-of-its-content-11674752660 Ukraine tanks - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64404928 Fidelity/Twitter - https://www.axios.com/2023/01/29/fidelity-cuts-twitter-valuation-elon-musk

S4 Ep2 - George Santos history coming out. Biden keeps finding more secret documents. Gas stoves come under fire. Elon breaks record for losing money the fastest. DnD OGL license fiasco. 16.01.2023 1:36:36

Elon - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/12/elon-musk-breaks-world-record-for-largest-loss-of-personal-fortune-in-history#:~:text=2023%2022.05%20EST-,Elon%20Musk%20has%20broken%20the%20world%20record%20for%20the%20largest,%24200bn%2C%20the%20report%20said. Gas Stoves - https://time.com/6247293/gas-stoves-right-wing-memes/ Biden files - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/...