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On Point | Podcast

Kakistocracy: Jack Beatty on government by the worst

On Point | Podcast

WBUR

Talk Show, Daily News, News, Npr, On Point, Daily

4.23.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells us how a second Trump administration could drastically weaken federal agencies and increase the power of the president.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is on point. I'm Magna Chakrabardi and it is Friday, which means you're listening

0:07.2

to episode six of The Jack Pod. For the man whose introduction needs neither filigree

0:15.4

nor embellishment, we're talking with on-point news analyst Jack Bede and getting his unique

0:20.8

analysis that enriches our understanding of the world. Hello, Mr. Bede. Hello, Magna.

0:27.9

I use the word filigree in order to keep up with your massive vocabulary, Jack. Now, you know,

0:34.8

actually, before we get started, Jack, a lot of folks have been telling us that the weekly

0:38.6

Jack Pod is their absolute favorite thing in the on-point podcast feed. What do you think

0:43.0

about that? Yeah, and that's only cost me $1500. That's pretty good. That's a lot cheaper

0:52.0

than I thought. Good deal. That's true. Okay. Well, speaking of unsavory practices, what is your

1:01.1

one word summary for today's topic? Chakusocracy, government by the worst. Chakusocracy. Okay. Now, in

1:12.0

order to help explain what you're talking about, you told us to find a very particular piece

1:17.3

of tape, and I've got it here, Jack. It's from what's called the Benny Show, which is run by

1:24.3

Benny Johnson. He's a right-wing political commentator and chief creative officer at the

1:31.1

conservative group Turning Point USA. And this is from the September 29th edition of the Benny Show

1:38.0

streamed on YouTube. Mike, I've never called for lava to rain down from the heavens, but maybe

1:44.0

upon Washington, DC, would you be that sweet red hot lava for us? I've never been called sweet,

1:49.8

and you call me sweet ginger. So I think I've been during my three-week reign of terror as

1:56.5

strong acting attorney general before I get chased out of town with my Trump pardon. I will

2:03.5

rain hell on Washington, DC. We've talked about this, but I have five lists ready to go, and they're

2:09.6

growing. List number one, we're going to fight. We're going to fire a lot of people in the executive

2:15.0

branch of the deep state. Number two, we're going to indict. We're going to indict Joe Biden and

2:19.0

Hunter Biden and James Biden, and every other scumball, sleazeball, Biden, except for the five-year-old

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