Hello and welcome to Colonial Outcast, the anti-imperialist podcast that will make your uncle increasingly uncomfortable, then confused, then immensely pissed, because anger is generally a secondary emotion that covers up something else that we'd rather not be feeling.

And look, there's a lot of anger coming from Democrats, having your worldview challenged in ways, or sorry, challenged is always difficult.

And they thought they had the presidential election last week in the bag after running the most out-of-touch campaign that I can remember.

But don't expect a lot of introspection about that from the elite coastal DNC donor

class. The Dems lost the election to the overtly fascist orange blob because you, the voters,

failed them. They didn't fail you because, as we all know, the ruling class is infallible.

So anyways, I'm your host Greg Stoker, and we are joined today by regular contributor,

Alina Xenafontos, geopolitical analysts coming to us from the island of Cyprus,

aka the island of cats, aka the U.S. UKK. Imperial Aircraft Carrier in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Thanks so much for coming on, as always.

Oh, yeah. Thank you for having me. And I love the little introduction to Cyprus for those who

might not know. Lots of cats, lots of NATO bases and activity. Basically, yes.

Are you as excited as I am for the next four years?

And by excited, I mean like the opposite of that.

You know, honestly, I'm just kind of unshaken by it all.

I mean, I'm not excited.

But we are living historically progressive times because

rapid change is coming and that can go either way. The power, however, lies in our hands.

That's what I will say for now. And we are truly in uncharted territory. Just watching the Trump

cabinet nominations is pretty wild. And this

story broke last night and Fortune magazine reporting, Pentagon stunned by Trump nomination of Fox News

host as defense secretary. So President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Peter Hesgeth,

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