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Alright I read all these comments, then listened to the episode waiting for this dude to say something awful…you are all fucking delusional. Get a grip.

This comment section is absolutely ridiculous...

I really appreciate this episode. Josh is great! And more unfounded Jake killed a celebrity rumors please

I love QAA and have been a supporter for so many years now. If I had a punch card I would have SO MANY QAA coffees. But I gotta add my voice to the others who kind of hated this episode. I realize it's probably a "me" thing, but all the negativity around the Dems was too much. I know they suck, I'm well aware of it in down to my bones. But as someone who checks a bunch of boxes that Trump and Project 2025 are targeting, the shift in momentum and candidates has me feeling hopeful for the first time in years. This episode made me feel pretty shitty, painting anyone who wants a respite from the fear and misery to be blue-anon libs who are still going to lose lol suckers. I know, it's not a podcast's job to spoon feed me my good vibes. But I do expect after hundreds of episodes that I've got a known quantity to look forward to. This episode was downright mean and just no fun whatsoever. Maybe I've become too much of a normie in my old age, but this one sucked.

Please have Josh on every episode to annoy the normies

Hillbilly eulogy

Strange QAA is so supportive of media that gave us Whitewater, WMD's, Her Emails, critical race theory, etc. etc. etc.

Is there a reason this guest refused to pronounce "Kamala" correctly, and why you didn't correct him? He's a political commentator that somehow never heard the correct pronunciation? Comes across as the same racist trick the far right likes to pull when it comes to any politician of color

As a center-left person, I appreciated this episode because some people went crazy about the calls for Biden to step down. I’m a bit concerned about the guys slowly starting to sound a bit judgy of people that support Democrats. I’ve been there and used to listen to Chapo. I’ve become a Democrat because one is clearly worse than the other and one of them is going to be in charge regardless. I don’t believe in a protest vote when issues I care about like abortion, LGBTQ rights, and other issues are on the line.

Trumps ear healed pretty fast. Adrenochrome?

I'm admittedly someone who uses 'like' in place of 'um' too much, but even I couldn't handle the amount of times it was said on this episode. It has to be well over a thousand times.

Hey y’all my friend Carrie Schreck has been documenting all the maga gop insanity and I think you should have her on the show. It would be awesome! https://www.instagram.com/rehabforcandy?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Can y’all pronounce Kamala’s name correctly on the pod? Not a big deal but it’s a Trump thing now so it’s a bit cringe

the people who can't stomach criticism of the Democratic Party machine are incredibly annoying

I respect those who didn’t like the episode, but I thought it was good. Felt like they were talking about several dem friends I know. I’m still voting for Harris and canvassing for her in swing states.

An extended "clip", huh Jake?

I'm with trueanon re: you can pronounce names any way you want, folks. Whatever it looks like it sounds like to you, just let 'er rip

Josh really missed with his conspiracy take that Obama was trying to put his own shill on the ticket considering Obama endorsed Harris a few days later.

All the same people on here saying how much they disliked this week’s guest and how there’s too much conjecture/not enough sourcing are also the same people who love Jake stories and Q voiceovers. The only difference is (seems to me as a layman and long-time listener) that these folks are just complaining that the joke of this week’s episode is instead their guy/team/side/party instead of the one they hate. Really seems to hurt people’s feelings when you point out their guy is also a genocidal geriatric freak who only cares about his legacy and staying in power.

This is what National Baby Withdrawal Syndrome looks like.

Ryan Henson is Josh’s burner I think

The guest, Josh, is awesome. Chapo has him on all the time. His Substack is killer, and he is an absolute brilliant election analyst who fucking nailed 2022... but let's hate on him because his audio sounds different and he says "like" in spoken sentences as a subconscious filler while he thinks off the cuff... So stupid. That's why I said I thought the hate was really about the criticism of Biden and Kamala (oh no! they mispronounced her name!), but maybe I was wrong. There are def people in these comments literally proving my theory, but whatever. Fine... You all win. I'll just take a break and go listen to Chapo for a while, at least that is a Podcast where I know the other listeners aren't fucking sensitive lib weirdos.

I usually love Liv episodes, but I'm not a fan of the guest you brought on.

Good episode as always. Thank you all for the work you put into this podcast. Hoping that future episodes you will refer to her as "Harris" or learn how to pronounce her first name correctly. I'm not a fan of her politics, but it comes off as racist and disrespectful to continue to pronounce her name wrong even though she's been in the public eye for at least a decade.

Amidst the Armageddon of these comments, I just want to say that Liv’s “Big Newsletter” quip has made me laugh aloud each and every time I’ve thought of it over the past two days.

I didn't hate this episode - the stuff about what's cooking in BlueAnon these days was eye-opening, and I basically agree with Josh's assessment of Biden's hubris - but can understand why some did. This style of political commentary isn't for everyone. People saying they SHOULDN'T do such episodes, that's a weird position to me. Actual political events, the twisted things our politicians do and the dissonance their supporters feel explaining them is the very font of conspiracy theories, of course it's worth discussing them. QAA's a podcast that tries to do a lot of things with a large and varied cast, and that's why it's managed to stay fresh for so many years. Some of those things inevitably aren't for everyone. I've listened to plenty and thought "Ah this one's not for me," or "These guys are getting on my nerves a bit", and switched off. I'm not in the comments saying they SHOULDN'T have done the episode at all, because clearly some people do vibe with it! I'll just wait until later in the week. Given the overall high standard they've managed to maintain, doing otherwise strikes me as a bit entitled.

As a non-US lefty, it is honestly bizarre to see the reaction of US left to Kamala. To suggest that organizing/protesting imperialism is an ALTERNATIVE to voting against a Trump presidency is wild. Do you know what will happen to your trans/queer/POC friends?

While I’m not the biggest fan of Josh (electoralism/palace intrigue bores the shite out of me) I cannot understand the response to this episode. People listening: know that while, yes, the democrats are undoubtedly better than republicans, they are still supporters of western hegemony and American imperialism. It’s not sophomoric/edgelord adolescent humour (apart from some of the comments here, sure) to point that out. Kamala is a very capable woman with an excellent CV. She’ll do a great job as President. Unfortunately that means she’ll continue to do nothing material to oppose Israeli massacres while green lighting pro-business policies that put corporations first, not people. I’m sure she’ll make some sops to the working class, but nothing substantial. Liberals/democratic party supporters should consider that this is valid criticism, and it’s not all “the left hates outspoken brown women”. Plus, this doesn’t even cover her record as AG of California and the effect that had on minorities locked up for nonviolent drug crimes. Democrats and Republicans are different in some ways, but on a lot of very meaningful issues (American foreign policy in particular) they are very similar. Not everyone is a Russian chaos agent, democrats are capable of falling for conspiracy theories too.

How do the ppl on QAA podcast NOT know what the MAGA/GOP phrase "Big Mike" refers to?? Jones was not talking about Whitmer. He's referring to Michelle Obama. Thats been around for years. They call Michelle Obama "Big Mike" because the 'in joke' is that she's a man. And not even a trans-gender man, but an actual man. I guess because she is in shape and muscular? I wont try to understand the MAGA mind. Albeit, of course, the real reason they do this is because they cannot currently use the epithets that a conservative could traditionally have used for an African-American. MAGA is fixated on Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama as the only next possible contenders for power and they wont let facts get in the way.

There are people in this comment section complaining about someone not saying "Kamala" correctly. lol WHO THE FUCK CARES. You people belong in a monarchist movement. Peasant mindset.

"If making a podcast for all these years got you THESE kinds of listeners, of what use was the podcast?"

so boring - but you’ve already had Jake jump the goldfish on his vespa so not sure what i can add

Maybe it’s just that a lot of the comments are controlling and rude. Start your own pod. Maybe you will like that one. Like like maybe like babies

Im dying from the comments claiming that people who dont like this ep are Biden fans (what Biden fans? What is the likeliehood that the 3 enthusiastic Biden 2024 campaigners left on Earth are here💀?) or libs. It is interesting criticising this ep and guest and seeing people argue that all criticisms are borne from a deep sense of allegiance to establishment democrats and Biden. Many of us QAA fans are from all around the world and watch USA politics with more of a critical eye and global context than someone like Josh ever would. I didn't like this ep at all and I am also a member of the furthest left main party of my decidedly not American country. So the people saying that someone like me who really disliked this episode disliked it because of my lib love of Biden makes me chuckle. Don't worry my friends, JD Vance would have me imprisoned at Guantanamo for being Antifa ACAB childless hippie woman who wants to delete most cars and expand public transport. It speaks to the profoundly American doom brainrot that people would assume that those of us who dislike Josh as a guest don't have perfectly good reasons... QAA is outstanding when it applies a more analytical eye and gives investigative journalism vibes, or when it leans completely into absurdity, Jakes hilarious stories, Liv's lore. QAA does an astonishing amount of things well actually....we all surely agree on that I guess as Patrons. I cherish the quality, depth and breadth of the pod. To me, criticising the (extremely rare) QAA miss and explaining why in the comments is a testament to how great this podcast is. I am such a big fan of QAA since 2019, you can bet I will be startled when an episode *isnt* awesome. So I beg of you, stop saying all criticism is unwarranted. People care about QAA and have opinions. Why get so bothered? We pay our 38.23 Dogecoins to be on the Patreon and fund this journalistic endeavour, let us be cantankerous! Or at least be honest with yourself. If you liked the ep, awesome. Don't pretend us grumpy goblins are Biden fans.

Just here to say Joe Biden sucks, and also that eighty minutes of warmed-over political hot takes just isn't what I'm looking for from QAA. I love basically everything you guys do, except for these rambling, unfocused discussions of topics I could hear about from a thousand other shows.

jesus this commemt section is a regular old shitlib bonanza

Trans person in America here: this episode made me feel like the people that stood in allyship with me actually don’t. Yes, it’s a stupid horse race but show some of the same compassion and empathy for whom this stupid horse race means life or death as you do the QAnon believers on other episodes. (I’m unsure how Liv feels with her being in Canada, etc)

I REALLY like this podcast, but you guys are losing me with the “Dems worship Biden” angle. I can get behind that people overlooked seriously concerning aspects of the debate performance, but nothing you presented convinced me it was out of some love of Dear Leader

Libs mad lol

What in the actual fuck is up with these comments? Are these new listeners or, like, people who were in middle school when Clinton tanked the Dem's chances in 2016? Bad takes abound in the comments section.

@josh, if u look at the bigger picture it was perfect timing cuz it put trump on the defense. He had no idea what was coming and it’s totally flipped the narrative… also Kamala is brat … and the best way to be Trump is get him on defense. He practically destroys himself every time.

I generally like the podcast and am certainly not looking to pick a fight; but this flavor of QAA is not my particular favorite. There are plenty of podcasts taking a critical look at the Democratic party and its cheerleading supporters. It's just not what I am looking for out of this particular podcast. Again, big fan, just wanted to offer some constructive feedback.

Definitely not a Josh head please don’t bring him back on, he’s tiresome and I disagree with most of his opinions

“I have such a good response but I don’t wanna say it cuz I might hurt your feelings” grow up you couldn’t hurt my feelings if you tried HAHAHAHA

Also Josh is awesome why are so many people complaining about Josh y’all are so fucking lame it’s honestly hilarious go listen to pod save America you fucking idiots

Cool I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who thought this episode was complete shit

This comment section is filled with people who are offended because they are unwilling to look in the mirror and acknowledge that they are part of the problem. “Overly cynical” blah blah blah if you think this is too cynical you are fucking delusional grow up and get over it stop thinking that anyone cares if they offend you. You being offended is really insignificant in the context of national politics you fucking idiot stop drooling on your phone.

Absolutely wild to me seeing how many libs still listen to this podcast after all these years and not getting that the joke is on them

Love the pod but this ep does give off overly cynic nihilistic chapo vibes, not a great one

Please own, Shit/dunk on muellershewrote as much as possible. The name alone is enough to be a top tier villain, and she’s a top tier shit lib dipshit moron on their own terms.

It only cost me five dollars, to make realize how much I don't care about any of this, anymore. You live and you learn.

Inexperienced politician like Bernie? I tried to stick it out but nah, this is a lame episode, with so many seemingly unsourced claims.

idk what's with all the negative comments i thought this was a great episode. are people really so offended on behalf of genocide joe

Some of these comments are a bit joever the top, if you ask me. Anyway, great episode!

Josh is cool. Great ep.

Wow this guest is really insufferable 😭 their takes are lukewarm at best. The overly nonchalant delivery absolutely sucks, do they think they're in a gamer vc talking politics whilst waiting to queue for a match, or are they on a successful podcast? I think QAA is better than this. Love ya gang but this is an rare miss from QAA. Signed, your biggest fan in Western Australia 🧙‍♀️✨️

Comma-la

A few min in… who tf is this guy? After a few times wondering that, I restarted the episode. Same question. Get to the end. A twitter handle, a newsletter, and a substack. So again, who tf is this guy? What connections does he have? What sources? Why isnt that the first topic in the episode?

This is my favorite podcast, and I say this with love in my heart: Please do not invite this guest back. He is extremely long-winded, cites zero sources for outlandish claims, and his audio sounds like it's coming from underwater in a cave on another planet.

One more thing: using “BlueAnon” or “Blue MAGA” is an automatic eye roll for me, because the implicit equating of normie dems with freaks like QAnon or MAGA is gross. Normie dems are not the enemy

Guys this is just a rando making up rumors while making fun of other randos making up rumors. Please do better.

I realized that the QAA team thinks that a lot of less politically involved people who voted for Biden were all true believers because they are simply not capable of political calculus. That's more true or leftists in my experience, ironically. We often sum up a person's political beliefs by the compromises they've had to make. (Why didn't Obama just shove single payer through? What a centrist! He never wanted single payer!) But anyway, it's pretty fucking elitist and snobby. It's like some crapo treehouse rubbed off on Jake or something. Is this the worst episode? I've listened to literally all of them. I didn't like mean Jake.

Joe wasn’t perfect….. egotistical racist mass murderers rarely are , if some ( not all ) American liberals are willing to look the other way on historical evil events abroad I don’t think they should be believed on all the other stuff they claim to care about . However even if you do believe Arab lives mean less than nothing old Joe almost lost it all for you so why the loyalty ?

top-tier episode, awesome

Is there a reason this guest refuses to say Kamala correctly?

I was "Ride or Die With Biden" not because I thought he was great, I just feared the fallout of him withdrawing. Too many people of the Biden Step Aside acted as though Harris did not exist, I feared a process that make 1968 look like an easy transition. That was before the conservative and Republican Rat'effers lawyers and troublemakers. That first hour after he withdraw I was frantic thinking that Orange Baboon was going to get back in. Then everybody endorsed Harris, and I am now supporting Harris. My sister donated 500 dollars to the Harris campaign I donated my 50 bucks.

The rare bad episode

What a time to be alive when the pod's comments read like a blue wave emoji thread

Please don’t ever have this Josh guy on again. It was painful to listen to him babble BS with “like” between every word. Does he actually not know how to pronounce Kamala’s name or is he just an asshole?

The “AOC and Bernie are “politically inept” and “fell for Biden’s bluff”” take is also laughable. There was nothing to gain by them sticking out their neck to tell Biden to drop out I feel like Travis’s absence was sorely missed on this one

This was a hard listen for me. Really disappointing takes from this episode. “It was weird that Biden dropped out via a written release” the whole reason people wanted him out is that he’s old and stumbles over his words and now it’s a problem that he puts it in writing first? Also he had covid at the time?

It’s pretty disrespectful to (purposefully?) mispronounce someone’s name. The Biden mad at Obama thing is a stretch also. I can’t believe anyone had anything to say about that. If Travis was here I think he would have.

As a… (that’s right, I’m doing the thing!) Listener from the first episode, I came here just to see all the 😭 I knew this ep would cause. So, thank you! It was worth it. 🤷‍♀️ Where my goose gang at?

QAA has run its course. Stupid episode.

Tee hee hee, new Covid variants. Light and fluffy. 💀

Julien snapping at Jake for no reason is so triggering. weird negative vibes in the pod

Vance said he sees himself as Gandalf. Of course he is a white hat.

This is the first episode I’m not able to complete. This guest host is an asshole with unprofessional audio who isn’t even attempting to say “Kamala” correctly, yet is supposed to be the political expert? Fuck him and fuck the lack of fact checking on his cynical and biased bullshit. We used to have actual journalists to help make sense of things, like Will Sommer, and now we get some X-pilled fool multitasking on a zoom call. MSW has put out enough “blue pilled” bullshit to speak to for over an hour, she’s even been accused of participating in a catch and kill story about Epstein. But no, now we get to sit in an empty can with a troll trolling. Fuck off.

Was Biden the perfect candidate and POTUS ? No. Are the Dems perfect? No. Is Harris the perfect candidate? No. But I don't expect perfection. Look back in history and find one perfect POTUS. Hint, there are none. If I only voted for perfection I'd never vote. I vote for the person I think has the best judgment, character, and will make the hard decisions in the interests of the US, and the world. I was voting for Joe, but now I'll vote for Harris, because i think she'll make a better POTUS than the crawling slime on the Republican side. Does that make me a "liberal "? I could give a f#$k.

I don’t know why I want these people talk politics and blueanon? Really? Fuck off. I live in the land of maga and worse.

Wow this dude really hates Joe Biden.

I love this podcast, so much so you helped me survive the last few years. I even adapted to your opening song. (P.S. I like it but miss the old one), I appreciate you. So much. HOWEVER your coverage of this election cycle is unsatisfactory. I am a 45 year old small biz owner & woman and mom…in Ohio.

QAA is brat.

Glad you guys mentioned that absolute lunatic Jim Stewartson

Great. Very therapeutic.

I mean, I guess it’s nice that you guys are finally learning how to pronounce “Kamala” correctly …almost.

you aren't a marxist leninist if you followed the 80s soviet line. I remember when Liv used to do episodes about the positives of the bolsheviks. but we might as well take the liberal turn instead I guess

We need good portmanteaus for Kamala. I’m Kamitted The Kamovala Office Uhhh Kama Kama Kama Kamaleon, which describes her politics I’m a Harris-tic

Cahamuluhh

The jump from Trump's voice to JD's is like seeing the Hummer from Better Call Saul parked next to a Dodge Grand Caravan

Mean Jake!

lol I can't not read this like "joe-ever"

Kicking Joe out was a result of a yucky feeling in the pant-pee-ers' panties, not people who thought this was ageism. I am wondering if panelists know what normal aging looks like or what behaviors signal significant cognitive decline, scientifically, rather than according to one's gut. But more important, do any of the panelists, who all enjoy criticism as a means of self improvement I have heard JF say, know what ageing looks like in people who have neuro-developmental disorders, like Biden does?

Thought he was Biden his time, turns out it was JOEVID-19. Wild times. May the spurious J.D. Vance couchfucker story keep us all laughing through whatever happens next.

Big Mike is a reference to Michelle Obama bc they believe she used to be a man.

Trump sounds pretty happy when he talks about those big, strong guys with their powerful wrists being on top of him. Yup, he enjoyed that...a lot.

liv agar

When Jake started talking about Harris being a former prosecutor, I thought he was going to talk about the jokes about her running against a felon. Instead he hangs a sharp right into her draining the swamp? um what? That just sounds nuts. She at least has me not feeling doomer-esque anymore.

Jake vs BlueAnon is always a great listen, thank you boyh!

Everytime I hear Jake say furmilieu(r) I imagine a dinner party where all the guests and furniture are covered in dense fur.

He's going Jome. I can't believe anyone is saying that "he did the brave and noble thing" when he was literally sounding like Trump in the last few weeks, criticizing the media and spinning narratives to justify his worldview. Not only that but his enablers have a lot to answer for in letting it drag out like this. Fully and unabashedly Leonid Brezhnev coded behavior.

Beebop & Rock Steady 💀💀💀 omfg that takes me back

Why kick a dead Jorse?

He lost his Joementum.

If you don't vote for Biden as a write-in you are a traitor to America

Joen’t stop Joeliving

Can you guys turn this pod into a really dark anti-pod save America media company?? I need it to being balance to my life.

Yes! ❤️ Josh

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