1083 - Voteball Internacional feat. Ryan Grim (10/26/26)

Soooo, regarding Haley Stevens something extremely funny and totally self inflicted has just happened

Idk I'd rather have a pancake at a cracker barrel than a glamburger at a cheesecake factory

As a Canadian, Cracker Barrel is an important American institution. It's where we go to say we had authentic American cuisine in the same way pretending Olive Garden is a slice of Italy. We go back across the border and say "I had grits for breakfast!". At least we did before the tarrifs when we stopped crossing the border.

Caio fuckin rules man

Au hasard Balthazar! Stopped my run and totally jacked my strava time to post this. The og donkey tragedy

Lulamentum

Paxton is genuinely one of the worst senate candidates in recent history. Talarico is also a talented politician, but to get so many longtime staunch TX republicans to sit out or vote dem is humiliating for Paxton

Culver's supremacy!!

"Americans for concerned grocery prices"

Incredibly funny that people keep thinking trump is a Russian agent because they forgot that the Israeli Mafia is descended from the Russian Mafia

It is very funny to imagine people in Miami reacting to the abduction, torture and murder of innocent people with "hey uhhh wtf bro"

Mamas pancake breakfast is good at Crapper Barrel. Fuck yall

Love when a white dude with a huge victim complex and affection for imperial mercenaries is the go-to guy to speak on Latin American left politics.

If El-Sayed loses it's because he failed to recognize how many Michiganders dream of having a house in Florida.

woulda loved to hear why he thought calling platner's rape victim a lying slut was like even a thought, let alone full on twitter crash out

the best thing cheesecake factory has to offer is its inexplicable esoteric interior design

FUCK YEAH WILL CULVERS FOR LIFE

Netanyahu voice: "AIPAC for Affordable Chicago? That's like ckkhickens for KFC!"

Reporting on the ground from Florida: pundits and commentators are really underestimating how pissed people are here. Like MAGA has gone underground basically; you don't want to be assumed to be associated with it in public. I don't know if it'll be enough to get Angie across the finish line, especially as they're doing some serious red-baiting in the last week of the campaign. But, it's at least gonna be a lot closer than everyone outside of Florida assumes.

Olê olê olê olá Lula Lula! 🇧🇷🚩

Ryan sounds so much like Bill Belichick. I thought Bill was commenting on international elections now...

Mid-Westerner here. I don’t think Cracker Barrel is any kind of institution that is worthy of worship or some cultural artifact. But that shit’s good, and I brook no argument there.

Sorry but NYC elitists slumming it in the Midwest briefly are in fact the ONLY people who care about Culvers so you're telling on yourself even more there lol. As someone from MN nobody here cares about it and I don't know anyone who would choose to go there over like Taco Bell. I don't know where this meme started suddenly that it's good, it really isn't

When AOC becomes president I hope she makes the White House look like a Cracker Barrel

It's pronounced "el-SAY-id" btw

Shout out to Chris for the McLaughlin Group music!

So sick of voteball fuck this pod

I moved from nyc to mpls almost 8 yrs ago and Culvers buffalo chicken tenders are the best version of that staple anywhere in the world

Why is Bolsonaro in the US now? Netanyahu comes here, we are just openly the place for criminals to escape to? Wtf

Republicans getting everyone to argue about Cheesecake factory was a successful op. It’s removed the conversation from the joke being that Sadam Hussein built a cheesecake factory. They are avoiding the parallel between Trump and Sadam being gaudy tacky tyrants.

It feels like people are overthinking Abdul getting Obama’s endorsement. Like it or not Obama is the most popular politician in America. He would be a fool to reject his endorsement. He is running for office, not the president of a podcast fan club.

Culver’s SUCKS

Imagine not being allowed to run for higher office simply because you happen to have the same first and last name as the incumbent

I thought that this running a guy with the same name tactic only happens in like Russia or Hungary. And even there, only in places where the result doesn't really matter anyways.

Ryan Grim is a G in left media. He's my favorite guest on The Majority Report. He keeps delivering quality investigative journalism, year after year for two decades.

Americans don't know what a good cheese cake is. The stuff I get from Starbucks is basically a block of sugar. You should try a German cheesecake from a good bakery. It's creamy and soft and most of all - it's mild. And in my case, it contains raisins for little those little spikes of fruity sweetness. Yum.

Will's story about his mom further supports my theory that reality conspires against you when you're on psychedelics. All sorts of out of the ordinary things will suddenly happen for real just to fuck with you.

the pentagon should look like a taqueria with a giant mural of goku in it

Really tired of the circlejerk of youtube leftoids- Grim and Majority Report for two- asserting that Trump had a wise campaign about affordability, Gaza, war, or whatever point they're trying to make, when he did nothing of the sort. he had a horrible campaign based on personal revenge, a dead squirrel, and racism, and only won because Harris demoralized her own base and a chunk of Trump's ever-shifting coalition of morons evidently believed that they were wise analysts who saw through the red meat for the rubes

38:40 Also John Brown shows up and forces the issue.

“Attacking” El-Sayed’s black support by comparing him to a Muslim bodega owner? What’s next, are they gonna tell Mexicans that their Asian opponent is just like Goku?

Worth noting that Cheesecake Factory is the largest scratch kitchen chain in America. Nearly every item on the 250+ item menu—including over 100 sauces, dressings, and entrées—is prepared fresh daily in each individual restaurant's scratch kitchen, with fresh produce being delivered to the restaurant multiple times a week. It’s true - I saw an Instagram reel about it

Chapo class traitor / champagne socialist caucus: we’re maxing out on Abdul right?? I know he has his “I’m a capitalist” schtick but he’s to the left of Bernie on Palestine and even with him on m4a… Angie Nixon seems like a good choice too, idk as much about her odds tho

Dr. Sayeed does NOT think the Jews control American politics!

My controversial opinion about the White House is that it should remain kind of a shithole. I don’t care about the president, and I definitely don’t care about foreign dignitaries. For all of its faults we have a republic. The foreign dignitaries can either slum it at the WH or pay for a hotel when they come over

pwogwessive

Lot of lefties here need to grow up. The sum of the good of what Grim has contributed doesn’t get erased for supporting Platner. Idiots who think this way is why the Left rarely wins.

will flub alert: “pugwessive” 59:22

ryan implying that melania was clearing trenches in the donbas to help win the ukraine war for trump is one of the funniest bits i’ve heard in a while good episode guys

If Yglesias actually believed in popularism, he would adopt the consensus position about him never speaking into a fucking microphone ever.

The best ever Beltway Garage episode subtitle was “The Legend of Bernie’s Gold”

Pogwessive

Lula of the Nine Fingers

Put some neon on the Pentagon to make it easier to hit. Ryan with the low key hit riff of the pod, goddamn

Every midterm election reminds me of the Chapo 2018 stream and the immortal words of Chairman Christman

one of my old chefs used to chef the Denver cheesecake factory in the late 90s. all the avalanche players are there, especially Peter Forsberg whose pregame order was two fettuccine Alfredo with salmon. so if anyone was needing trivia about 90s NHL stars, there you go.

Alas that I could not attend the Austin Chunks screening, I'm leaving the city for a minute, starting that very day.

I love sports ball as much as chapo loves going to palestine

As a Texan I’ll say a couple things; The tone of the republican texts has never sounded more panicked. They genuinely seem concerned. I’ve also never seen more energetic and visible support for democrats than I’m seeing currently. For example I saw three separate billboards for Talarico last week. In my adult life I haven’t seen ONE democrat billboard during an election, let alone multiple.

Isn't ryan grim one of those hardcore anti-fauchi people? Why would you have him on?

Obama was in there making the place look like a dang Andre's Steakhouse

"You can't be a public-facing figure and be like, 'alright guys, let's kill ourselves!'" well actually

Im gunna use my ABS challenge on your balls and strikes, bc you missed. I didn't agree with Grimms tactic regarding platner, but he made reasoned points and had a legit argument that he made.

Excuse me, but after 6 months of Grimm deepthroating Platner from the back I really dont give a damn what Grimm has to say on US elections. He should stick to the reporting he’s good at. Grimm went on his show and told his viewers “Blackwater and Contellis are different companies” to defend Platner. Incredibly dishonest (considering Grimm absolutely knew that to be a lie considering his expertise/background) and honestly just weird/gross. It didn’t take a genius to see the dozens of contradictions in Platner and Platner apologists/opptunists like Grimm led many of us off a cliff. Platner was Fetterman 2 and those who didn’t see it gotta wake up. An Eddington-esque caricature of an opportunist politician sub the basketball shorts for a fishing boat. I love the pod and appreciate much of Grimm’s (genuinely good) reporting on the middle east and foreign policy matters for the Intercept and Drop Site but I gotta call balls and strikes when I see the boys trippin.

Evan? Her?

As someone who lives in Alaska I did actually know a guy who killed someone and fled to live under an alias. He's in prison now, didn't work.

it’s totally reasonable to be ready for Abdul to lose. Michigan, I think, is a uniquely fucked up state at a base level and these are uniquely fucked up times.

I don’t know how abdul el sayed can shift to the center when that’s where he started. I have criticisms of some progressive candidates, but his entire campaign has been him saying he’s not a socialist either literally or metaphorically

Culver’s is the best fast food burger, no contest.

Do Chapos know Serbia exists? Biggest country in the Balkans, started WW1... (Edit: SERBIA MENTIONED!)

I remember seeing a lot of "popularlist" arguments about ICE based on voter polls that ranked "immigration" as an important issue but didn't distinguish between pro- and anti-immigrant positions. The popularists just asserted baselessly that everyone who ranked "immigration" as an important issue was anti-immigrant, when actually supporting immigration has been an animating issue on the liberal side since at least 2016. I don't get how people fell for this.

flavio bolsonaro about to turn up in Florida after fleeing arrest in Brazil lol

With regards to the inscrutability of the average Brazilian's politics... My partner works in immigration here in the states and an organization they work with had to have a discussion recently to figure out a way to get the message out to Brazilians that if they don't want their relatives to be deported they need to stop backing right-wing candidates. The largest percentage of deportations in our state are Brazilians and so many of them just fully believe it won't happen to THEIR family.

No tix left for LA show what is a girl to do😩😩

Speaking of cheesecake factory, remember when that town Georgia tried to segregate to get a cheesecake factory?

Will learn how to pronounce Sayed challenge: impossible

oh wow we got a politics episode, this is a nice change of pace.

To be clear, the liquor store owners in Detroit are Chaldean and would not take kindly to being called Arab

Wait who’s Wills mom? Anyone know what she does?

The goat

Watching the Mehdi/Matty debate made me really sad that Iglasias lost his rotund form and took the Zempic.

We love our Matty, folks!!

Again- PLEASEEE bring chunks to Portland

fun fact: cheesecake factory is a scratch kitchen (except for the cheesecake)

cheesecake factory’s chicken caesar salad rules

On the Dan Sullivan thing: The Machine in Chicago really used to do things like this. Or if an Irish guy was running against them they’d put another Irishman in there, assuming that some voters simply looked for Irish names on the ballot. To this day, women with Irish last names do better in the Cook County judge elections. The Sun Times did an article about this a few years ago.

16:05 My “I’m not going to attack Iran until after the midterms” t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions that, frankly, are already answered by my shirt”

Will Lawrence is my goat

Excellent points about the cheesecake factory defenders being enmeshed in a middle class identity

I’m out in MI. Abdul is gonna win. Be sure.

Culver’s trash 👎

Hello?

When his hand is ready please have bonzerbarry aka barry with the NED on to discuss Yemen + Iran

Village Inn rules, Cracker Barrel drools

Tears in my damn eyes from Caio’s voice note. An unprecedented turn around helped by a MASSIVE popular mobilization.

VotoJato: Beltway Garage do Samba

Lula winning should bring Catholicism into the Chapo canon of true religions along with Islam and Shinto

Culver's is mid. Mayo on a burger is a crime and don't bother arguing because I'm right.

Mandatory voting is great as long as voting is easy

absolute worst case scenario for the continued existence of humanity would be Eisenkot wins and El-Sayed loses because any possibility that the alleged opposition party in the imperial core changes direction will be completely erased, they'll get maudlin about the scourge of antisemitism and rally around the new enlightened leadership of Israel and we'll all die when a machine gun mounted drone opens fire on us while we protest the water wars in a decade tbh that might still happen anyway but at least there's a chance for another option

the democrat establishment right now reminds me of the end of o brother where art thou? pappy o'daniel's elephant assed cohort are pathetically joining in with the crowd shitting on homer stokes after he tried to debase a very popular group of average joes. pappy literally rode the wave of hatred for the opposition to victory and had NOTHING to add and even less to influence the popular opinion of his opponent. the dems are trying to co-opt the soggy bottom boys. although i guess the difference is pappy made them his 'braintrust' before taking office and i dont see that happening with the DNC

Maybe it's because it's normalised to me since birth, living in Australia, but I support mandatory voting. People who don't want to vote, show up, get their free sausage sandwich, get checked off, then just write obscenities on the ballot and then go day drink in the park (definitely not what I did in my late teens and early 20s)

Lol idk maybe, its limited to the cracker barrels in the south but they’re goood as fuck in Tennessee. the breakfast is so based, and last time i went they were sooo woke to me. Never been to cheesecake factory tho. Sounds like a gay bar i wouldnt be 🚬 to get into. I sound like ts vance rn

Folks, the “Geandma’s Pancake Breakfast” from Cracker Barrel is dope as hell. Try it

Hell yeah murder rape soldier fan goyan grim is IN the pod

Bruh i thought cheesecake factory was fancy

Based Grimm. Long live Breaking Points

Obama's endorsement should help El-Sayed significantly. I would be curious to see some polling on its impact, but if I had to guess it would not surprise me if the Obama endorsement moved the vote 2 or 3 points towards El-Sayed. In a close race that obviously matters. As far as El-Sayed's impact goes on the statewide ballot, he is almost certainly going to drive youth turnout for the Democrats in a way that was never going to happen with Haley Stevens. Having him on the ballot is a net positive for the statewide slate.

I’m too Australian to hear mandatory voting slander. For us, it puts the onus on the government to make voting easy and accessible, and takes disenfranchisement as a political strategy off the table. Sure, it means some idiots will vote, but let’s be honest, they’re voting anyway.

Any idea what the song is at the end ?

The closing song is “Nao Quero Mais” by Don Beto.

we are all a dan sullivan in a way

My district here in Michigan they have a spoiler running trying to peel-off the black vote from the Democrat. All these glossy mailers sent out, texts, misleading rhetoric, etc. Never heard of them. "Progressive Champions PAC" backing them, created as a republican front during the primaries in May. Not authorized by any candidate or candidates committee though of course. Dope.

Caio message had me smiling and kicking my feet

Felix begins speaking at 3 minutes and 36 seconds

Hoobastank

Watching gay porn with this in the background. I’m wearing a single sock. 🧦

LULA motherfucker, put some respect on the goat

Who else tugging on they nuts rn

if your name is like Archimedes Herculinio "Hitler" Da Silva you might have just lost the most important election of your lifetime

Come onnnnnnn guys, Grim did outright rape apologia for Platner

More like Ryan Grin 🤌😀

I hope I can stay awake for this.

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