Post Traumatic Election Disorder (E301)

Jake's caked up paper plate ass easting Trump has healed me

Just brilliant! I hardly find much funny these days sadly but this podcast makes me belly laugh. I need to find friends like this! Thank you 🙏🏼

It is fucking fascinating that there are still so many libs that listen to this podcast, and comment crying every time that Julian makes fun of democrats/libs…have you not realized that this podcast has two members who are openly socialist and the others heavily lean rad left…they have always pointed out how the libs/dems are a problem just like conservatives…are how tf do y’all not see that you’re part of the problem??? Malcom X described the liberal perfectly

Did anyone transcribe Jake’s digital army battle. I need to read it again. And again.

Yep

Welcome back Julian you have been missed babe!!!

Liv Agar

ya gotta hand it to em

I went back and listened to the 2019 Krang epi with the first "Letter from the Meme War". Y'know, Twitter was a hell of a lot more active then. Kinda shocking what a ghost town it is now.

Julian is 100% correct about MSW, it's nice to hear Jake not be such a lib. Blueannon is real and is taking over the Dems. The Dems are abandoning trans issues, never cared about Gaza, and are blaming "wokeness" for why a politician who never won a primary lost even worse than Hillary.

Loved this episode! As someone who is politically between being a liberal and a progressive, I'm deeply concerned about this Qanon level conspiracy about the election. There might be things worth looking into, but we have to accept that this is what the voters decided. It's just pure denial of reality and coping. We live in a world where truth and reality don't matter, and everyone chooses their reality. Social media and misinformation have cooked humanity.

Of all my non MSM resources, the only post-election commentary I was pressed about hearing was from you folks. Every bit the catharsis I needed.

That it. I'm out. Let me know when Jake and Travis get their own pod, with occasional expert guests, movie nights, etc. I'm at Peak Julian.

All the great takes in this episode aside, I'm sorry, did I hear that right...banana honey uncrustable? what the literal hell is that? That sounds amazing!!

I got the reference Jake and I enjoyed the song you sang after the silence

Bullet ballots

The thing I remember most about Reince Priebus is when Ben Carson called him “Rinse Pubis”

Damn. Julien is more like Hunter S Thompson every episode ❤️

It’s funny to me too. I mean, people, “owning libs” isn’t really a game plan for life 😆

Julian is so close to Posadism. It's got dolphins, aliens, and the nuclear death of all our enemies! It's the one true way!

I think we should let liberals have the word cuck. I just think it's really funny In all seriousness, thanks for the dose of sanity that comes from addressing this insane reality Julian, glad you're with us

Liv's analysis is correct, Julian's is not. A global anti-incumbency wave over post-pandemic inflation. Harris campaigning in the swing states reduced the shift to Republicans vs. other states by about 50%, but it wasn't enough, though all the Senate candidates won in those states except Casey in PA (so close it's going to mandatory recount). Overall result (~1.5% margin) was closest popular vote since 2000; Trump didn't even reach 50%.

As someone who is from North Carolina and works in politics here, NC voters spilt their vote. It’s very common. NC went to Trump and a Dem gov in 2020 as well.

When Jake starts giggling uncontrollably enough he starts to sound like Anderson Cooper to me

So so so good to have an authentic Julian rant again.

How do I get on the pod so I can join Julian in directly yelling at Muller She Wrote

New challenge for Jake: work in a reference to Pvt. Wierzbowski. Preferably shouted.

Scratch one and a fascist bleeds.

Jake's evil Santa comment has me picturing the "Garbage Day" scene in Silent Night, Deadly Night 2, but starring JD Vance and it is haunting me.

Glad to have you back, Julian! ❤️

It would be so cool if leftists starting getting guns so we could start having a little violent workers' struggle

Mmm sure some of them. But I think a lot of them are hurting economically, like we are.

I hover somewhere between progressive lib and leftist. So when Kamala was first announced I was pretty hopeful. All the dread about project 2025 was lifted with hope of a fighting chance. With the Tim Walz nomination as well, I was assuming she was taking a more progressive stance than Biden. I was worried about misogyny, but I didn't hear a lot of "woman president" scoffs or anything. (tbr turns out I was in a bubble.) I found out that all my friends were not voting. The one friend who I had convinced switched to jill stein last minute, and Kamala's interviews got worse as she pandered to moderate conservatives. My friends didn't want to vote because of Gaza, but, I felt Trump wouldn't be any better for Palestine and at least Kamala's statement feigned a "ceasefire" deal (will defending Israel and blaming Hamas idk.) I'm not a one issue voter, but I definitely felt the skin I had in the game and am horrified Trump is going to "day 1 ban gender affirming care for all ages." like he said he will. Trump winning did not feel like a conspiracy, because I had seen the election malaise all around me. (tbf I live in a deep red state so my friends know our votes don't count.) My 65 year old "blue no matter who" mom told me "Trump is crazy but the Dems are just as much to blame. they can't politic for shit and they haven't been able to in years." The fact that the Dems knew they were going to lose no matter what was the final fucking kick to the face. They told us how important this election was yet they ran a candidate they knew was going to be a hard sell. They gave us all false hope. Now we're here and I have to figure out how to not forcibly detransition in January. Hoping that's the biggest fish I have to fry in the coming years.

Liv> That's Hoth. Julian> Fuck off, Liv. Joy.

Dems are the lube the GOP uses to fuck us all. Great concise description

Honestly might skip this one based on the description. The blaming the democrats/pointing fingers/“Liz Cheney” talk is honestly already very played out to me and it’s only been a week and a half since the election Really the only takeaway should be that a very large number of Americans are stupidly uninformed and at least tolerant of unashamed racism if it means egg prices goes down

"Electile Dysfunction "

IMO There is real, massive voting fraud going on. Not by hacking the machines, or packing drop boxes, but by candidates/pundits/media lying through their teeth to voters. Lies permeate the process and are tolerated by too many people IF the lies are what they want to believe. And while we chase the chimera of voter fraud with ballot audits, hand counts, poll watchers, voter roll purges and lawsuits, nothing is done to stop the very real, in a legal and ethical sense, conspiracy of politicians etc lying to voters. Just my take. Sorry about the rant everyone.

We’re so back baby!!!

Solid episode. I hate it.

“Hello my friend, stay a while and listen” - Mike Flynn

liberals have no room to balk at the term "BlueAnon". russiagate itself was an election denial conspiracy theory. I feel like the only reason liberals feel like they have a right to be exempt from the label BlueAnon/BlueMaga or just conspiratorial is because they think there is some moral essence that not voting for trump gives them. and that simply isn't true. this may be hard to hear but there are likely several trump supporters that are overall better people than you. your vote actually isn't the only moral measuring stick with which people can judge your character or intelligence.

Jake. Jake. Why the fuck did you donate to Kamala’s campaign bro 😭😭😭 ily man but come on

The aliens in the rafters reference. I laughed, Jake. I laughed.

Im glad I'm one of the good leftist. Also, I hate it.

I like this idea that Dick Cheney decided the election. Not the voterbase being unhappy about inflation like what happened to most incumbents internationally. America’s average voter that didn’t even know Biden dropped out but I’m sure they were moved by Dick’s endorsement.

Why is it after this episode I had a dream I was in the car with all of you, and you were trying to save me from the Trump administration. God help me.

Welp the world is going to shit but at least we got a banger jake story out of it

From England tied to your rope and following you into the abyss, I really appreciate all you guys and galls. Your differing perspectives and your ability to communicate real cynicism as well as love for each other are actually really important to me.

liv agar

I was surprised that Jake seemed so confident on Harris's victory and thinking that Trump didn't have the juice. To me the right wing, especially with their online propaganda machine, has become increasingly energized and lockstep. While Gaza drove a wedge on the Dem side and Harris ended up playing it so "safe" she became uninspiring. Listening to lots of liberal-bent political podcasts like Ezra Klein/PSA/538 to feed my electoral politics addiction, the election being in Trump's favor and/or being extremely close was well-broadcasted. Young men, Latinos and other minorities going more toward Trump has been discussed as weakness for Dems for a couple years (these trends became apparent in 2020). Maybe it's my media diet, but I wasn't seeing the levels of perceived inevitability we saw with Clinton '16. I must push back on a couple things. While I have been seeing some the stupid Starlink conspiracies and election denial from the Dem side, it's not nearly as pervasive and it's not being pushed ad nauseum from the Dem institutions or their media. While I am happy you guys are covering it, because it's been annoying me, I don't think we're getting a liberal J6 or its really going to gain the same traction as the so-called "Big Lie". I still don't think "both sides are the same". Harris and Dems asking for money for recounts is not for the presidential election. This is about close uncalled House races, some of are close enough to spark recounts and so close that provisional ballots and curing ballots are considered. These all require legal resources which require money. I'm not giving them money and I'm not saying you should, but this is all pretty normal things for a political party to do for extremely close races, especially while control of the House was potentially up in the air. As for people concerned about their mail-in ballots being rejected. I agree that it's basically impossible this would have been done at scale across the board that it would shift the race. If swing states had been razor thin, perhaps it would have. Republicans have been broadcasting making signature verification stricter or being punitive in general about whether to accept or reject ballots. I think there is real reason worry about voter suppression when it has been GOP policy for some time. People anxiously trying to interrupt what unreliable government websites say about the status of their mail ballots is neurotic and broadcasting their uncertainty and paranoia online is stupid, but it doesn't seem as outlandish as the Starlink stuff.

QAA has the capacity to give me much needed catharsis. One of the few things that helps me stay sane. Thank you all

Just want to say to the QAA host gang I really admire the clear friendship and respect you all have for each other. Years of covering really tough shit, combined with your own personal mental and physical health ups and downs, can’t be easy, and I’m sure there have been disagreements and hard times between you. But from this outsider’s point of view, you all seem to clearly care about each other and aren’t afraid to work at it, and that’s really cool. Glad you’re back, Julian—take care, all a’ yous.

After his breakdown I am profoundly Jake-pilled. I always thought I was more like Julian if we got his uncensored audio but now realize I am actually just a pop-culture vacuum screaming as my understanding of the world around me crumbles

Banger episode, though I do get more concerned about the collective sanity of the pod every week.

It's not conspiracy thinking to point out corporate media has been hyperfocused on Trump for ratings and neglected to inform the public about the many successes of the Biden administration.

Wait, Maine shifted Democrat also, I thought.

One thing I don't think the neolib election deniers realise is that even if it turns out there was cheating, even if there was irrefutable evidence found across the whole cursed goddamn country: does anyone honestly believe the Dems would fight it at all? Or would they do what they always do and avoid confrontation while claiming the can of justice has been kicked down the road a little bit you just gotta wait?

You guys should do a crossover episode with seeking derangements where you make Jake and Jacques do a series of cognitive tests

As someone who has been watching Trump repeatedly fleece the witless for almost 4 decades, since working in the NYC construction industry of the 80s and 90s, I can't figure out from any of the post-election podcasts, including this one, if it's my fault for encouraging democrat votes, or if I get to blame someone. Let me know! Love the pod.

I have to hand it to you for prescience: you’ve dealt regularly with most of the highest-profile picks that Trump’s announced in the past week—i.e., Musk, Kennedy, Gabbard, Gaetz, and, as of today, Patel. Some have had entire episodes devoted to them. Gabbard got two. We can’t say you didn’t warn us.

Much love to Julian, happy to hear from him and that he’s on track. Stay strong!

The unlocking of the folder that contained all of trumps first cabinet is so relatable

I want a justice warriors spin off of The Fetterman-Biden amalgam

So glad Julian is back to rub salt in the wound.

Liv can you do an episode about Crusader Kings 3? There are mods where you can play a time travelling Hitler as duke of brandenburg. It's perfect you can have Hitler oversee German expansion at the expense of those pesky slavs

So funny & so spot on

This is the episode I’ve been waiting for. Let the healing begin!

Also I think that a lot of Dems are being very reductive with the "people votes against whoever was in the office while inflation happened". COVID showed us that the government could help us with food and money and debt pauses, when they wanted. People liked that. Then COVID was suddenly declared over, and the governments of the world went back to pretending they couldn't do anything

Attacking the fascists for being weirdos and making fun of them was cool and good and a better thing than very cordial VP debates

QAA hosts can just sit around and name old Trump administration Guys and just have the best time

QAnon never dies, it reinvents itself … or something …

I think all the back n forth over who's fault it is is hilarious. Anything to not blame a hateful white majority and a "left" who put Gaza above all the minorities here who are going to suffer under trump. We black women showed up to try and save y'all like we always do and ya failed us. It's not surprising but it is disappointing

When will we hear more about these new uncrustables?

Dammit, thanks for ruining eating ass with that Trump interview. Is nothing sacred? Not even analingus?

That Juan o Savin post that was read made me feel full-on schizophrenic. I know there were words read, and I think they were English, but I have no fucking clue what he was saying.

Jake UNLEASHED!

The only post-election review I've listened to that made sense. Thanks!

Don't worry Jake, I enjoyed your Pelosi crawling through the ceiling description. The true greats are always misunderstood in their time.

The "weird" thing was like the only good thing that campaign did. Then some pencil neck dweeb came and told them to shut it down and it was all down hill from there lol

Glad to hear you back Julien!

You guys should let Julian yell at specific listeners more often

I don’t think that the libs saying conservatives are weird is what did the campaign in. They got rid of that rhetoric once they started courting Republicans and so the GOP was no longer weird but a “prospective voter base.”

It’s Joever

Nice to hear your voice Julian. Great Jake story, bleak shit you guys very bleak. Take care of yourselves

I have to disagree with one thing; I do think the "weird" thing would have worked, but the Obama/Biden campaign people pumped the brakes on that one. They feared it would alienate moderates and disaffected Repubs. Self-indlicted defeat

I've smoked dipped cigarettes before. It's called sherm : )

liv agar

Senators ARE Congressmen Julian and Jake!

The Democratic leadership are definitely Xenomorphs. I see you, Jake.

The Quislings are really showing themselves; Biden and his fireside chat with Trump. His wife extending an offer to meet with Lady Macbeth ( and Mrs Macbeth giving her the finger in response). Personally, if I was Biden I wouldn't have had a chat with him, but I would have shit all over the Oval office on my last day. And what about Kamala? What words of defiance to America did she offer in the face of a man she said was a facist? " It's going to be OK." Wow so inspiring. Imagine if Churchill had offered that the the English in the summer of 1940, After France fell, and England faced invasion. He'd have said "And now the whole fury and might of the enemy must be surly turned on us. Hitler knows he must break us in our island or lose the war. But, it's going to be OK!." But Sly Stallone really set the bar high by slithering to Mar-A-lardo and kissing Trump's ample ass today, calling him George Washington. Sly apparently doesn't know that the difference between an ass kisser and a brown noser is a matter of depth perception. Sorry about the Rant everyone. Great episode!

not gunna lie. i smoked a little bit of the blue anon to cope like a secret cig

It's times like this, that i turn to the gospel of Eiffel 6:5... Blue are the people here That walk around Blue like my corvette its in and outside Blue are the words I say And what I think Blue are the feelings That live inside me I'm Blue Da ba dee da bAnon Da ba dee da bAnon 💙

welp, ding dang diggity

Jake talks, a lot.

I got the Last Crusade Elsa reference too, Jake! Julian, I've missed you!

Mueller she wrote being a listener is an absolutely wild reveal. Wilder than Rachel Maddow.

Julian the prodigal son! Rise! The ominous approaching horizon of powerful bickering courtesan's ravaging each other as neoliberal opportunitists perch on the sidelines like vultures condescendingly tuttng into megaphones will need someone with a spicy sass bite to take the edge off a lot of incoming helpless frustration 👩‍🔬👌

liv agar

Also great to hear everyone, but especially Julian

I recently found out that a friend of mine did a ton of PCP in high school and you literally would never guess, she's totally normal

Hey, you. You’re finally awake!

Just getting started and pretty sure this is going to feel bad. And comforting, in a dark way, which seems to be the only way these days.

Been waiting for this one, bring on the pain train

It's called post-pardon depression

I laughed at the Aliens reference

Love y'all.

Really glad you're okay, Julian !!

I’ve never related to Julian more.

I hope everyone is taking care of themselves.

Man Travis is so strict in the QAA chat! Love to Julian!!

So comes the end, and the beginning. This podcast has kept me sane for years now—and it looks like there's no end in sight for that. Thanks again, take care everyone. *Including* the hosts!

Never needed an episode from you guys more in my life than now.

My comfort podcast!

Finally a blueanon episode

Oh thank god, I needed something to listen to. The bad thoughts are setting in folks!

Been dreading this one all week. Thank you!

I have been anxiously awaiting this