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Proudboy crypto meme coins, JFK Jr's t-shirt design, Sebastian Gorka's snuff film, multiple nazi salutes… Julian and Anthony conclude their adventures at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. But not before being totally demoralized.

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Editing by Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (https://instagram.com/theyylivve / https://sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (https://pedrocorrea.com)

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Comments

Seth Hoover

Would Julian consider being the brand ambassador for my Call of CuhShoeLuh?

Hans

Liv Agar

ploob

Deux

Allen

Julian Feeld

Shivvy

Anthony I would call you

Moira

It's not funny, but you guys are helping keep us sane! You need more series to take you onto something a little easier to research / present.

ev

liv agar

Shivvy

Jake you kinda say “cokaroach” like Tony Montana. This is that! Sorry about your cousin :(((

Em

oh boy the combination of Anthony's accent and the nature of the post he was referring to there really led me to mishear "six million views in a couple of hours" 😶‍🌫️

Hugh Kearney

It's wild that this was such a depressing episode, but at the same time Jake was almost taken out from laughing, like the weasels from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? I understand. You either laugh, or be paralyzed with despair.

C’mon

Finally back to listening.. missed ya QAA …a darker world needs more laughter

boo

must trend harder

brooke

Liv

bigphoton

What!? They didn't open the show by hosting people who have eaten their dog or cat in a choral of " THEY'ER EATING THE CATS"? WTF, not even a old lady who molested her pet lizard.!

Sebastian Pickett

I do hope Jake and Julian stayed up and talked for the rest of the night I wanted to cry at the end of this episode lol

UpandAroundTown

I love this lady with the megaphone

Richard Bunsinator

Ah yes, Christian values. Such as, cheering on the indiscriminate slaughter of anyone who doesn't look, pray or think like you.

Craig

Can we all agree that American democracy is a failed experiment? We have no right to self-government. This country should be placed into trusteeship

Queeriam

Liv Agar

Craig

I don't know about y'all, but I'd be absolutely devastated if a woman whispered to me that my dick was small 😭

js

Julian, bless you and your psychic damage, hope you heal soon

wumboingman

Bring back jake's takes/livs gives

Sam D.

Can't imagine how awful it would feel to have to hear and see all this IN PERSON, ugh. Thanks ya'll.

KillingVector

"That night I slept poorly again, chased by unnameable monsters through mazes that dissolved with morning." Was 🤌🤌🤌 just incredible writing. I'd beg you to write a cosmic horror mystery or something but im pretty sure that's just this podcast haha

Kelley

I’ll even whisper “you have a small dick”

Molly Northrup

Listening to this boarding a plane to France and I’ll be real i don’t think I’ll ever come back home

Claire

Liv asked how we feel. I feel like I cannot take full breaths. I can’t believe the short memories of our insane country. I have clothing from all the teams in Canada so I can travel to other countries pretending to be a Canadian because I don’t even think our country exists anymore and if it does, it’s too embarrassing to associate with.

Claire

I already have my trip to France with no return ticket. But according to the French guy, maybe it will be worse? I feel like France is always in a comfortable state of discord so that nothing really changes too much.

Claire

By the way, I just had all of traffic school and paid special attention regarding the left from a parking lot rule and that is an insurance rule it is not a traffic rule. That’s why it doesn’t say no left turn. So insurance companies are shit fucks.

Sarah Biggs

We’ve past the point of no return but at least we’re not alone. Thank you for continuing to do these. I don’t want to shut the laptop either. I did get a good laugh out of, “Because these guys are fucking idiots they can’t recognize someone else who is like a fucking idiot.” But otherwise grim indeed. Two months down. Vincent, help us all.

Berjan Been

Is it me or does Ivan Raiklin sound a lot like Owen Shroyer (of Infowars)? When that first clip started I was thinking it was him at first, before Julian identified him as Raiklin.

Interested Third Party

You know, it was easier to enjoy this podcast even during the first Trump term, when it felt like most of these people were at least one remove away from power. Now I feel like that guy who was yelling about putting all journalists in jail will have a cabinet position by next year.

Mac-something

It’s not a failed experiment, it’s all part OF the experiment whether we like it or not.

Overzealous Euthanasiast

Elon: "I, uh, heh, I am bec..." Protestor: "I'M BECOME DANIIIIIIIIIIII FIIIIIIIIIIIILLLTH YOOOUUUU GIIIIIIILDED FUUUUUCKIIIIING CUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNT!"

Shifty Comfort

The idiots have taken over.

claire

Liv Agar

SE7ENinc

Way too much whistle for one episode. I'm going to eat my breakfast burrito in silence.

Sei B

Goddamn this is bleak. The woman singing America the Beautiful with incredible technical skill but absolutely no artistic talent feels emblematic in a way I can’t quite put my finger on.

YungCereza

"Greek philosophy, Roman Law, Christian values" god these people are fucking cattle lmao

S G

What are we going to do indeed. It’s so very terrible, and I feel so helpless. I have been listening to the podcast since very early on, and I have been so grateful for your reporting, analysis, humane takes, and Ghostbusters/Weezer content. Now I am finding myself wanting thoughts from all of you on how to fight against this political hell- but I know that that is not what you are about. Julian, thank you for exposing yourself to the toxicity of CPAC in order to show us what is underway. I will keep listening as I work to find some ideas and some courage.

I'm a Sentient Lichen - and so can YOU!!

Please stop equating being a hateful person with mental health conditions. It obfuscates the true issue and harms people who have mental health challenges.

Chris ONeill

I'm waiting to hear that the swastika is just a reference to their culture, not, you know, Nazi shit.

Alex

Jake's gotta be devastated that Ivan Reitman is working with the proud boys. Smdh never meet your heroes

julie poulsen

The Hello Kitty game is so good!

TravisPewPewPew

Ivan Raiklin does look like a diminutive Judge Holden but I still think Vincent Fusca is the craziest-looking guy associated with Trump.

Leo

Ha ha haaaaaaaaaargh that was so bleak!

Sarah Wolf

Julian, you deserve special hazard pay for going thru this ordeal clean and sober.

Kenneth Apperson

The truly wild thing about this episode is that it is completely reminiscent of your QAnon rally coverage from years ago when these people were the tin foil hat wearing fringe of the right wing… and now CPAC! Truly melted. Truly cooked, totally burnt. Fire and brimstone, etc etc. also while typing this comment on my iPhone, the auto correct actually corrected QAnon to the proper capitalizations. They have officially won, people.

TheShockmaster

"Proudboy Jamiroquai" is a powerful image - the Virtual Insanity video, but one of the things sliding past him is a woman with a SMALL DICK LOSER sign furiously blowing a whistle.

Sean Davie

The one silver lining to living through the literal implosion of America is that QAA will never run out of content to torture laughter out of us with

buttface

I'm honestly starting to look for a backup country.

Last Years Man

Liv, are you suggesting the Proud Boys are literally the children of "I'm so proud of my boys" moms?

Last Years Man

That final speech about Palestinians was maybe the first time that I genuinely felt like I was living in 1930 and not just drawing an analogy. First as tragedy, then as farce. This isn't cathartic anymore.

Matt

Wow, full on crusades then

Jordan Clementi

Falling to my knees in despair, screaming LIV AGAR as my only catharsis

wollymight

hey vanguard is being sued out of existence. whats up with that?

Leanders

I love listening to every host there’s no way I could pick a favorite, but Julian’s episodes have poetry. The pod does this overall but he has a unique approach to shining a light on horrific things happening while managing to make us laugh, yet without turning it all into a joke. He’s very talented, hope he knows that.

Leanders

Also the dreamy outro music (starts around 1:14:30) I love it so much & have fave saved eps specifically for the music. Wish I could listen to it on its own. The QAA Music SoundCloud playlist looks empty on my end…anyone have tips?

silly mingers

Thank you for venturing out into that hellscape for us! If anyone wants more CPAC recaps, would recommend Tom Tanuki on Youtube. He recapped CPAC Australia 2023 and 2024.

Zachary Apoian

Is that anarchy princess on the whistle?

Maggie Ednie

This was an emotional roller coaster. I laughed, I cried, I threw up in my mouth.

Vanessa Lucio

I sympathize with you guys having to immerse yourself in this shit in order to make these episodes. Thanks for the work you, but please take care of yourselves. I have avoided most major news outlets since the election. It's the only way I can keep from spiraling into depression (I'm not exaggerating) 😕

Jeremy

cried at the last 5 or so minutes. everyone around me doesn't seem to understand how dire things are and to hear julian say the 4th reich stuff, which is absolutely correct, just... it's nice to at least listen to others that aren't living in an alternate reality

Sara Judge

Love you guys! Thanks for reporting on this. Did you by chance get the feeling that these people are weak AF and it could be easily toppled by winning the culture war? Especially with the joke that Elon and his failed businesses has become? I keep trying to find evidence we're still winning. Because the loudest voices aren't the majority of voices. Most people want to be loved and love others. Did you get any evidence that would suggest this?

Austin

I think the whistle lady from the ep gave me that feeling tbh lol. Such a badass.

Austin

Start identifying and strengthening your bonds with the others like you in your local community. I know this sometimes feels like fighting a wildfire by like.. spitting on it or something, but it really is the best starting place for most of us and it usually makes me feel better about humanity to be around like-minded people trying to do good.

Odie T

The Nazi salute thing is different for different people, I think. For some, politics of resentment fits. For others, they are openly on board with it (you can hear some in the crowd cheer for each salute played on the pod). For average, non-far-right folks, I think normalcy bias is the biggest issue. The idea that the people in charge of their country are fascistic, and that they let it happen, is so outside of our normal experience and most people's ideas of what is possible today that they simply won't believe it until it's forced into their faces. And even then, many people still won't accept it as real. This is a large part of why people allow genocides to happen to begin with - they simply can't believe it's happening so they live as if it isn't. Awful but true.

Vessue

Julian's badge story reminds me of when Australian comedy group The Chaser snuck into the APEC international leader summit with a member dressed as Osama Bin Laden (this was in 2007, it was the style of the time) with badges that said "Joke" and "It's pretty obvious that this isn't a real pass". EDIT: I found out that the members were arrested but later cleared of all charges in part because the police didn't pick up on their obviously bogus passes

unfortunatelyhere

unfortunately this is happening in most Western countries. just with varying degrees of dumb.