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November 17 2023 Dean Phillips joins the besties JCal is back Dean Phillips Running for President Represents Minnesota’s 3rd district Origin story Ran Talenti Gelato Lost dad in Vietnam war when he was 6 months old Created Belvedere Vodka - sold the business Jay Z helped launch it Started trend of influencers Joined politics after Trump election - 2018 Time in congress Democrats and Republicans in congress kept separate Senators and House members spend 10000 hours per week fund raising Legal corruption stories Problem solvers caucus Complimentary of Biden’s work but looking forward Apparently Vice President also has some ownership in some of the issues Affordability is hard for american people right now Biden has lowest approval ratings in presidential history Losing to Trump in 5 out of 6 battleground states Biggest line item in Dean’s budget is security 21 people have signed up for Presidential candidate from Democrats New Hampshire has best proc

 November 10 2023 Sacks clapping back on Twitter Jared Kushner on the pod - no JCal again Senior Advisor to Trump presidency 2017-2021 Worked with Mexico and Middle East during the presidency Then started Affinity Partners Raised $3.1B Use investing and government experience for company building, growth, etc Raised in riches Entrepreneur dad NJ upbringing Dad had legal troubles Dad was a big democrat donor Gave Corey Booker his first campaign donation Knew Chuck Schumer and Hilary Clinton early Was registered democrat then started changing since Obama Was struck by Trump’s appeal to people and realized there’s more to the world Had Upper East Side view earlier and then expanded Media at the time was deriding his rallies as crazy whereas on the ground it was different and more mainstream Trump was a strong candidate on his own Did Lex episode because his wife has a good friendship with him Podcast format is where people want to give their information from - e

November 3 2023 No JCal - Friedberg moderating! AllIn CEO 240 applicants so far Might sell goods - tequila, etc Might do a tour of 5-10 cities, etc Shaan Puri applied with video on X He will get a call! Chamath started his newsletter and subscription service for research Sacks also producing more content since Pod started Ukraine War “Cronkite” moment Cronkite basically went to Vietnam and came back said the war is not winnable - and that helped turn public sentiment against the war in 1968 - which still took 5 years to end Now recent developments in Ukraine - Zelenskyy’s own inner circle is saying the war is lost (see Sacks articles and posts about the Time magazine article) Simon Shuster is the guy who profiled Zelenskyy for Time magazine of the year He has given favorable coverage to Zelenskyy in the past - so this is now a legit source War will still take a long time to end Now its up to the US govt folks to stop the war Apparently people in Ukraine are steali