Omnibus (6-20-26).
Unf*cking The Republic
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🗓️ 20 June 2026
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Your host pals Max and 99 are back for another round of Omnibus! They hit headlines on AI as a political problem dressed up as a spiritual one, Carville’s prediction that Trump walks away by Easter, the new Spielberg film, and a leaked member list from Peter Thiel’s secret society, then tackle listener emails on whether there’s any coming back from this level of democratic destruction and what’s coming for the dollar and gold + more. Enjoy!
Chapters
Intro: 00:00:18
Headlines: 00:14:10
Emails: 00:51:57
Memberships: 01:22:55
Outro: 01:26:54
Resources
The Hill: Carville doubles down on Trump departure prediction: ‘Your life is miserable’
CNBC: ‘A signal of where power sits’: Trump and world leaders joined by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google at G7
Bloomberg: SpaceX Pounces on $60 Billion Cursor Takeover Days After IPO
Jacobin: The Soul of AI and the Future of Humankind
Wired: Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society
Bluesky: Post by @crimew.gay
Slate: Steven Spielberg’s New Movie Is a Monument to the Power of Watching Something Together
CBS News: Mamdani delivers passionate Knicks victory speech to ‘a city overcome by happiness’
USA Today Sports: Knicks owner James Dolan says ‘I don’t need your vote’ at NYC parade celebrating NBA Finals title
Book Love
Jeff Sharlet: The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
UNFTR Resources
Series: Palestine: A Political History of Palestine from the 1880s through Today.
Video: Trump Weakened U.S. Allies While Strengthening Iran.
Video: Elon Musk Is Now the Leader of the “Free” World.
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| 0:00.0 | If you're hearing my voice, that means it's time for omnibus. |
| 0:24.8 | So I went to YouTube because that's where we learn now. |
| 0:31.0 | And I put together, it took me several weeks, but I put together, I liked a bunch of videos in a group of how to do exercises when you're over 50. |
| 0:42.0 | Because everything's just changing and all the things that I try to do to stay fit just don't work like they used to. |
| 0:52.0 | And I have to tell you 99 99 my body feels so good i'm doing |
| 0:59.4 | chowlin monk shit resistance exercises low weight high rep focus on the core i'm going to be |
| 1:10.6 | andrews human and become a fitness influencer. |
| 1:14.8 | How do you feel about that? |
| 1:16.2 | I'm fine, but can I have your rowing machine? |
| 1:18.9 | Yes, of course. |
| 1:20.1 | Okay. |
| 1:20.7 | If you're not using it anymore, I mean, I'm sure I could fit it in my small apartment. |
| 1:25.4 | I am using it, but I would gladly give it to you. Oh, thank you. Yeah, happy to. They're just fun, you know? Feels like a, feels like a toy. It is the most insanely monotonous thing in the world. It's like the worst after a while. But that's okay. Your arms get ripped out your sockets. That too. That too. |
| 1:46.4 | But yeah, I got to do that kind of stuff. If I want to stay limber, I've noticed something |
| 1:50.8 | specific, and that is the hips. I've never had this feeling before until I turned 50, and that is |
| 1:58.0 | like I will, and you see me in the office for for no apparent reason if I sit |
| 2:02.9 | for longer than a half an hour I get up and I look sound and feel like an 85 year old man like |
| 2:09.5 | but no more it's all gone I got to get on that because I have my back injury so I also sound like an 80 year old man I just try to keep it inside I got to get on that because I have my back injury. So I also sound like an 80 year old man. |
| 2:19.9 | Yes. I just try to keep it inside. I try not to make unbecoming noises of a young lady. |
| 2:24.6 | It's all I make are unbecoming noises of a young lady. It's terrible. I made one before we logged on here and you're like, ew. |
| 2:30.8 | It was just a lot of snot, like, forcing through your sinuses. |
| 2:35.3 | Just clearing it out. |
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