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

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S4 Ep1 - The gang is all here (well most of us). 2022 review... ish. Predictions for 2023. Even less structure than normal. Keep on typin. 09.01.2023 2:01:13

Speaker of the house - https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/08/politics/new-challenges-what-matters/index.html Why Trump doesn't want to be president - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBebnPPvyis

S3 Ep11 - Elon taking more steps towards fascism. Trump just found out about NFTs. TikTok getting banned in red states. This intro brought to you by ChatGPT 19.12.2022 1:38:53

Twitter bans journalists - https://www.npr.org/2022/12/15/1143291081/twitter-suspends-journalists-elon-musk-jet Tik Tok ban - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/13/tik-tok-utah-china/ Jan 6th Plot to attack FBI - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/17/jan-6-law-enforcement/ SBF doing all the crimes - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/17/us/politics/sam-bankman-fried-politica...

S3 Ep10 - Sinema continues to make power moves. Trump Org found guilty. Elon can't stop being Elon. 12.12.2022 55:00

https://thehill.com/homenews/3767785-trump-pans-prisoner-swap-brittney-griner-hates-our-country/ https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/09/trump-organization-conviction-legal-00073141

S3 Ep9 - Will has a great week. FTX loves public ledgers, but refuse to have private ones. More of Elon's incompetence exposed. Muskstans now claiming checkers is the new 5D chess. Trump is near 05.12.2022 1:14:54

Trump Constitution - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/03/trump-constitution-truth-social/ Twitter Files - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/03/elon-musk-twitter-files/ Oathkeeper - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/03/rhodes-extremism-verdict-milita-groups/ Apple and Twitter - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/30/apple-musk-tim-...

S3 Ep8 - Russia invasion update. The Queen is still dead. Republicans are trying to DDoS the election. Black fictional characters, the honeypot for racism. 19.09.2022 1:21:10

Russia disrupts women's rights - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/18/us/womens-march-russia-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare MAGA to disrupt election - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/11/trump-election-deniers-voting/

S3 Ep7 - Quiet quitting, the minimum pieces of flare. Ukraine counter offensive a huge success. Palin cost Republicans a seat. Trump went judge shopping. 12.09.2022 1:30:10

Ukraine - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/11/kharkiv-liberated-retreat-izyum-russia/ Sarah Palin - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/09/palin-begich-ranked-choice-voting/ Judge shopping - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/09/trump-clinton-cannon-special-master/ Child poverty - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/us/politics/child-poverty-analysis-safety-net....

S3 Ep6 - Trump refused to Mar-a-Letgo of top secret documents. Some hope in the midterms for Democrats. Facebook(Meta) refuses to comply with ad transparency law in Washington state. 05.09.2022 1:26:09

Facebook https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/facebook-parent-company-repeatedly-violated-wa-campaign-finance-law-court-finds/ Trump docs https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/09/03/trump-classified-documents-empty-folders-mar-lago/7974578001/?gnt-cfr=1

S3 Ep5 - Supreme Court attempting back alley destruction of Roe v Wade, Republicans positioning themselves to steal next election, Severance season 1 discussion among other ramblings 09.05.2022 2:12:10

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-esper-donald-trump-a-sacred-oath-60-minutes-2022-05-08/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7d&linkId=164177303  https://www.vogue.com/article/missouri-bill-ectopic-pregnancy-illegal https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473 https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/05/08/study-never-get-covid/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/pol...

S3 Ep4 - Ginni Thomas mask off. Putin selects ally, JK Rowling. Biden trying to tax billionaires. 29.03.2022 1:10:08

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/03/25/ginni-thomas-media-texts/ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/vladimir-putin-jk-rowling-russia-cancel-culture https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/03/26/billionaire-tax-budget-biden/

S3 Ep3 - Voter restrictions are restricting voting. John Lohn is on Jim's shit list. Bezos paid $8.5B for Rocky and Legally Blonde. 21.03.2022 1:17:39

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/16/texas-quickly-shows-impact-gop-voting-restrictions-can-have/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/03/11/idaho-transgender-medical-treatment-bill/ https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/lia-thomas-saga-with-ncaa-championships-now-here-betrayal-of-female-athletes-continues/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/17/amazon-mgm...

S3 Ep2 - Russian invasion of Ukraine, The right going after more rights, Will (not Jim) makes a bad analogy. Also Jim makes a bad analogy. 14.03.2022 1:29:56

Hannity tries to get Trump to bash Putin https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/11/sean-hannitys-remarkable-failed-attempts-get-trump-call-putin-evil/ Florida going full facist https://crooksandliars.com/2022/03/florida-lt-governor-goes-facist-disney?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=57528 Texas loves attacking Minorities https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/08/paxt...

S3 Ep1 - Wheel of Time season 1 re-cap w/ special guest Mr. James Dowd 31.01.2022 1:21:56

We talk about Wheel of time season 1 and James corrects all the things we remembered wrong.

S2 Ep30 - The group reviews 2021 05.01.2022 1:37:57

Personal moments Resolutions Some politics because of course Recap some highlights from the year

S2 Ep29 - The group talks about the Wheel of Time series on Amazon Prime adapted from the 15 book series. 14.12.2021 1:24:51

https://wot.fandom.com/wiki/A_beginning

S2 Ep28 - Biden's getting 1.7T bill is looking good. Cops trained to fear traffic stops. Milennials can't understand GenZ workforce. Facebook going meta. 01.11.2021 2:00:03

Biden 1.75T bill - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/budget-reconciliation-bill-build-back-better-act/ Traffic stops - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/us/police-traffic-stops-killings.html?referringSource=articleShare Next generation of workers - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/28/business/gen-z-workplace-culture.html Antiwork Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/ Facebook going meta - https:/...

S2 Ep27 - Trump tells voters to skip the polls. Tucker feigns ignorance COVID. The pope goes (almost) full socialist. Youtube gets spotlight on misinformation. 01.11.2021 1:18:49

Trump Polls - https://www.newsweek.com/maga-supporters-confused-donald-trump-vote-2024-election-qanon-midterms-1639286 Tuck Carlson - Tucker Carlson Suddenly Clams Up When Asked About Fox News Vax Policy Papal address - https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/pont-messages/2021/documents/20211016-videomessaggio-movimentipopolari.html Youtube - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/techno...

S2 Ep27 - The rich are getting richer. Plot to sell submarine plans via peanut butter sandwich foiled. Trump was afraid of Pence, wanted to keep party going on Jan 6th. Jim and Will take the NYTimes 13.10.2021 1:31:10

1% - https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/top-1-of-u-s-earners-now-hold-more-wealth-than-all-of-the-middle-class/ar-AAPhNyL McConnel Debt Ceiling - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/us/politics/mcconnell-biden-debt-ceiling.html?referringSource=articleShare Sub Plans - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/navy-nuclear-engineer-and-his-wife-char[…]021/10/10/c461aff2-29d9-11ec-baf4-d7a4...

S2 Ep26 - Brian, Will, and Jim take the NYTimes quiz again. COVID sucks, but there is some good news. Jim is confused by Sinema's obvious corruption. Fat Bear Week makes the world a better place. 04.10.2021 53:13

NY Times Quiz  - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/10/01/briefing/news-quiz-biden-spending-bill-british-gas-james-bond.html Fat Bear Week - https://explore.org/fat-bear-week

S2 Ep25 - Brian, Will, and Jim take the NYTimes quiz. No more horses at the borders. Smokey was wrong, apparently goats can help too. US diplomats getting poisoned? Will knows too much about Korea 29.09.2021 1:16:11

NYTimes quiz - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/09/24/briefing/news-quiz-evergrande-united-nations-tony-awards.html Border Crisis - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-border-patrol-migrants-b1927166.html Goat lawncare - https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/09/19/multimedia/News-quiz-goats/19weekend-brf-goats-superJumbo.jpg

S2 Ep24 - End of lithium batteries? France being french. Apple/Google & Putin. California special election. Are AI helpers a good thing? Jim and Will take the NYTimes quiz. 20.09.2021 1:34:12

Sodium ION batteries - https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-13/the-next-best-electric-car-battery-is-here-and-it-s-sodium-ion-based?srnd=opinion&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=view&utm_medium=social&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-view French subs - https://www.npr.org/2021/09/19/1038746061/submarine-deal-us-uk-australia-france Apple/Go...

S2 Ep23 - Manchin's daughter upholding corrupt family legacy. Republicans blame black people for COVID. Trump goes full American on 9/11. I take the NYTimes weekly quiz 14.09.2021 1:28:29

Joe Manchin's Daughter - https://theintercept.com/2021/09/07/joe-manchin-epipen-price-heather-bresch/ Amy Conet Barret - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/us/politics/amy-coney-barrett-politics-supreme-court.html Republicans blame others for COVID - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/13/trump-his-allies-really-really-really-want-blame-black-americans-democrats-vaccine-hesitancy/ Bide...

S2 Ep22 - US exits Afghanistan. More bad covid news. The handmaid's tale comes to Texas. QAnon Shaman fails to cast protection from jail. Richard Spencer goose steps back to mommy. 07.09.2021 1:18:42

COVID - https://twitter.com/VincentRK/status/1434857581164601350?s=20 - Florida - https://twitter.com/AshleyRParker/status/1433886924838670347?s=20 - Economist - https://twitter.com/maxcroser/status/1434228604666368007?s=21 Texas & Roe v wade - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/09/02/roe-overturn-texas-constitution/ Crazy website - https://twitter.com/stevanzetti/status/1434176123479...

S2 Ep21 - Afghanistan falls to the Taliban. Biden attacks child hunger. Landlords rights matter. Kraken team are in trouble. 16.08.2021 1:52:43

Afghanistan falls to the taliban - https://www.washingtonpost.com/?reload=true&_=1629101931117 NY Eviction - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-new-york-eviction-ban/2021/08/12/37f3a654-fbc3-11eb-9c0e-97e29906a970_story.html Child Tax credit - https://www.npr.org/2021/08/13/1027397943/the-new-child-tax-credit-brings-a-drop-in-households-reporting-hunger Snap progr...

S2 Ep20 - 2021 Olympics highlights brought to you by Will. Tucker goes to NaziCon. Cuomo in denial. Ohio not so special election. 09.08.2021 1:41:33

Cuomo - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/03/ny-gov-andrew-cuomo-sexual-harassment-report.html?__source=facebook%7Cmain Ohio special election - https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/08/nina-turner-shontel-brown-ohio-election-results/619653/ Tucker Carlson & Hungary - https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/connecting-fox-news-tucker-carlson-hungary-trump-ncna1276237

S2 Ep19 - Re-writing history w/ Fox News, Billionaires compare rocket sizes, MTG embraces new found holocaust knowledge, Asymmetric gaming, the future of VR? 12.07.2021 1:12:28

Trump sues social media - Trump sues Facebook, Twitter, Google over platform bans Rob Lowe beef with Royals - https://www.insider.com/rob-lowe-meghan-markle-prince-harry-starbucks-lines-montecito-2021-7 Boebert CPAC speech - Lauren Boebert rails against all government benefits in CPAC speech Trump Interview - https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-and-maria-bartiromo-egg-each-other-on-with-conspiraci...