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America is BACK - Astronauts to the Moon + Newsom’s Fraud Scheme

4/3/20261 hr 7 min

Is America actually back—or are we just finally remembering who we are? When a bar full of strangers erupts like it’s the Super Bowl over a rocket launch, what does that say about the country the media keeps trying to write off? The fellas—Josh Holmes, Comfortably Smug, and John Ashbrook—jump straight into the tension between a rising American spirit and a political/media class that seems almost allergic to it. The fellas break it all down—calling out the nonsense and reminding everyone what happens when Americans stop buying the decline narrative. In this episode… Artemis 2 sparks a wave of genuine American pride 🚀 A country ready to win again—whether elites like it or not TMZ tries to turn DC into Hollywood—and proves how unserious politics has become A California fraud scandal so massive it shows exactly where your money is going PLUS, A STORY SO ABSURD IT SOUNDS MADE UP—BUT IT’S NOT. If you’re not subscribed yet, you’re behind. Hit subscribe, follow us everywhere, and jump into the conversation—we read all of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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First 90 seconds

  1. Comfortably Smug· Host0:00

    It was awesome seeing so many Americans so happy that America's doing big things again.

  2. John Ashbrook· Host0:06

    Spontaneously, the place erupts in applause. It so- it was like we were watching the Super Bowl or something.

  3. Comfortably Smug· Host0:13

    Yep.

  4. John Ashbrook· Host0:13

    And people were- Like, like a- an overtime field goal.

  5. Comfortably Smug· Host0:14

    Everyone just starts cheering, and it was wonderful. America can do so many tremendous things.

  6. John Ashbrook· Host0:20

    Mm-hmm.

  7. Comfortably Smug· Host0:20

    For so long we've been told our best days are behind us, and, "Oh, we all will have to accept this decline, and go back into your pods and eat your pellets, and we're not going to use any energy- [laughs] ... and we're not gonna burn any CO2," and- And we're- Those days are over.

  8. Speaker 2· Soundbite0:35

    [upbeat music] You got politicians that are banning, not assault rifles, but the word Latinx. They're not even serious.

  9. John Ashbrook· Host0:42

    Everybody spends all their time worried that some Nigerian prince is gonna find their way into the email and get your Social Security number and somehow get your bank account number, and then they're gonna take your money. But the guy you need to be worried about is actually the governor of the state. [laughs] If you're in California, your money is taken from you and then given to people who are just stealing it from the government.

  10. Comfortably Smug· Host1:09

    Yeah. Just in case you think that there are a few well-meaning Democrats out there, you- you're wrong. You're wrong.

  11. John Ashbrook· Host1:14

    Mm-hmm.

  12. Comfortably Smug· Host1:15

    There is no such thing as a moderate Democrat.

  13. John Ashbrook· Host1:18

    There is not enough attention paid to this particular topic.

  14. Comfortably Smug· Host1:22

    Cal- in California at one point, you had more people applying for unemployment insurance benefits than you had people over the age of 18.

  15. Unknown speaker1:28

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