It's no secret that America is run by billionaires, but what if a secret billionaire is running America?

That's right. It's recently been announced that a billionaire has given $130 million to cover the U.S. military payroll during the shutdown, but nobody knew his name, but we now have it.

We're used to billionaires jumping out with their tummies like Elon Musk. We're used to billionaires like Jeff Bezos strutting with his gal pal.

We're used to billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg.

Losing at an MMA fight, but we're not used to a billionaire like Tim Mellon.

No, Tim Mellon, part of the Mellon Banking Clan.

A clan from Pittsburgh that reaches back over 175 years into the very depths of American history, a banking clan that may have had direct impact on the Great Depression, a banking clan that has made money on War II, the Iraq War, and so many mores.

And why don't we know who Tim Mellon is? Well, I'm going to tell you, because I opened up tabs on Tim Mellon. How many tabs? Too many tabs. Dick Cheney is dead. Remember to smile. Dick Cheney was dead to begin with. That's right. We just want to, before we get into the show, we just want to start out because we're recording this on the day that it was announced that Dick Cheney is dead. Yeah. It's election day, 20, 25. Only hours ago, we awoke to the joyous sounds of trumpets from the sky. I popped out of bed like the grandpa from Charlie and the chocolate factory. I literally removed my bed rot and I started doing a little dance. And that's how we're going to tell you.

Welcome to Too Many Tabs, a podcast where a husband and wife duo sit next to each other at a table. And if you're looking at us on YouTube right now, you might notice something a little different. Suspicious. Something has changed. Uh-oh. In front of Mrs. P., usually there's a laptop. That laptop is usually full of research from something that she has studied voraciously over the week. Not today, baby. No. Not today. It took a week off. Where is the laptop, Mrs. P.? It's in the other room. No, but where is a laptop right now? Oh, there's a laptop in front of you? Yes. That's right, because you've done research. I have done research because I fell down a little lore hole, and we all know what happens

when I fall down a lore hole.

I get really, really weird about it.

I get it's nowhere near as fun.

So I'm going to aggressively shout facts at you probably for approximately the next two hours.

It's a different vibe. It's totally different vibe. You're like, oh, and then I'm going to boom him with this. And I'm going to do this again. I'm like, no, are you prepared for how many deaths were caused by a man whose last name is melon? Melon. Melon. Like melons? No, not a fun way. None of this is fun. What is a fun comedy history podcast? Oh no, no, no. We are fun.

Okay. Like melons? No, not a fun way. None of this is fun. What is a fun comedy history podcast?

Oh, no, no, no. We are fun. Okay. What's in this laptop? Straight up evil, babe. No. No, okay. I want to start with you at the very beginning. Okay. Okay. The very beginning is as of a couple, where I got, where I began. Okay. Where this started?

Okay.

You know how last week's episode you started because you heard Argentina was getting $40 billion?

Yeah. I got where I began. Okay, where this started? Okay, you know how last week's episode you started because you heard Argentina was getting $40 billion?

Yeah.

I heard the number $130 million.

Mm-hmm.

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