Democrats Win the Midterms, the Stock Market Crashes

Political memes are getting weirder. Trump announces the US will halt aid to Israel. And after the midterms, the right is clutching its pearls. Glad to see anyone still has pearls in this economy. That and more on this week's America Uncovered headlines. Welcome to America Uncovered, I'm Chris Chappell. Halloween is over and the Christmas season has already begun. Pressure is on to find Last year, we made you the first ever that perfect gift. un-made-in-China Christmas shopping catalog. And this year, we're doing it again, and better, and also a bit earlier. China is still flooding the shopping world with cheap crap. The toy that breaks before New Year's. The sweater that fits you like a burlap sack. The phone charger that emits the faint smell of burning plastic. Merry Christmas! But that's not an accident. That Chinese junk is designed to fall apart, so you'll buy it again next year. 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Well, except for all the races where they're still counting ballots and the candidates didn't concede. But hey, close enough. Now we can finally catch our breath while we watch the stock market crash. Who says voting never changes anything? Meanwhile, we also gotta watch the internet devolve into endless post-midterm finger-pointing. Fantastic! Yes, it's true that J.D. Vance put out a lengthy post on X where he said that the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone and cited a pollster who had asked voters who abandoned Republicans in favor of Democrats what would cause them to come back with the top four answers being end the war, focus on cost of living, put America first, and change our relationship to Israel. Does that mean he has betrayed Trump? Or that he's pandering to the woke right? Well, I'll have an episode about that coming out soon. But I choose to look at the bright side of all this. I admit I will miss some of the endorsements from the midterm campaigns. I'm right now heading to Ohio to campaign for a great senator. He has a great ass, very powerful ass. At this rate, our next leader will be decided in a twerk contest. And the political whirlwind of the last several months has seen the rise of some truly legendary memes, such as right-wing Generation Z embracing Anakin Skywalker. There are so, so, so many of these. Man, Republicans aren't going to beat the racist allegations by adopting a guy known for hating sand people. Even some Gen Xers are getting in on it, like Elon Musk, who posted this image and said this is what was stolen from us. You see, Elon isn't a Nazi. He's a space Nazi. So what is all this about? Well, the idea is that Anakin is the face of Gen Z, while the Jedi Council represents the Boomer establishment, and Obi-Wan the millennial cop between them. In this view, all Anakin wants is the freedom to have a family and protect the woman he loves, along with the opportunity to rise in his career. But the system, run by the Boomer stand-ins of the Jedi Council and the corrupt Senate, is standing against him. So what was stolen from us? Family, order, prosperity, undermined by corruption and the boomer generation who want to maintain the status quo in their favor. Of course, that narrative does overlook a few things, like how Anakin's treatment of the younglings is even worse than Epstein's. Oh God. How long is it going to take Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens to say Anakin is a puppet of Space Israel and secretly being controlled by Emperor Palpatine? I'm just kidding. They won't. Because Anakin sees through the lies of the Jedi. Jewish equity, diversity, inclusion. And now, based Anakin is overlapping with Malfoy in a Spaceballs meme. Which is kind of the original memeing of Star Wars. And oh god, I know what all this means. I need to get offline. Forget touching. I'm going to go out and inhale grass. But maybe going outdoors is overrated, because 17 Disney and Universal employees were among 281 arrested in a sex trafficking sting. To be clear, these are low-level employees, and Disney and Universal appear to be cooperating with the authorities, so we're not gonna see them make problematic movies like sexual harassment Kung Fu Panda or Snow White, but they point out that she was only 14 and the prince was 18 and insists it's not a big deal. But hey, Prince Florian could always ask President Trump for a pre-emptive pardon. Because before Election Day, Trump said he was willing to use pre-emptive pardons to protect himself, his family, his staff, and his allies if Democrats took Congress and tried to prosecute them. This is outrageous. It's unprecedented. It's exactly what I said when Biden did it two years ago. Yeah, turns out that thing everyone said was a bad idea and could be uno reversed was a bad idea and could be uno reversed. We'll have to see if Trump takes anything else out of Biden's playbook. My vote is for wandering off into the Amazon like a live-action Homer Simpson, fading into the shrubs gif. Just because it would be funny. But Trump's a little too busy to go fading away just yet. He's in trade talks with Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, who announced progress and a concept of a deal. I love how negotiations with Trump turn everyone into a philosopher. Do we have a deal? What is a deal? We have a concept, but everything is a concept, ever changing and slipping away like the days of our lives. So yeah, hopefully the tariff thing will work out. And First Lady Melania Trump also talked up the concept of a deal when she brought Russian and Ukrainian representatives to the White House to recognize an agreement she brokered for a humanitarian ceasefire in a Ukrainian town that began on October 27 and expired on Sunday. While the representatives were there, she facilitated new discussions. And separately, Trump says the two sides are close to reaching a deal. It's going to be an agreement. It's going to be a big agreement. And it's going to involve more than Ukraine. I could say it might even involve all of Europe. It's going to be a big, beautiful agreement. And everyone's going to be thrilled. Who knows? Maybe Melania will be able to get concessions out of both of them by locking them in a room where Melania is playing on loop and saying nobody leaves until you two compromise. Maybe we can finally get peace using a torture method I assume she learned while being the bad guy in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Of course, we can't talk about Trump negotiations without bringing up the war in Iran. Many have speculated, dare I say even fear-mongered, that Trump would relaunch his war on Iran after the midterms. It's not fair to say fear-mongered. Tucker Carlson was being totally responsible when he said Trump would nuke Iran within days I'm sure that was based on pure logic and not a desperate ploy for views. When it comes to Iran, the truth is, with so many moving parts, everything is like the drone strikes, up in the air. The US and Iran have resumed very intensive peace talks, but the US also struck Iran in what was called a defensive measure. This is like the war version of Katy Perry's Hot and Cold, which, fun fact, if played more than twice in a row, is considered a war crime. For what it's worth, in a call to Fox News, Trump said he's prepared to fight if need be, but doesn't want to if it can be avoided. I'm not looking to, you know, kill lots of people, but if we have to, we'll have to, but I'm not looking to do that. That's surprisingly reserved for Trump, especially considering a giant we will kill Trump billboard popped up in Tehran, which is frankly just wishful thinking considering how the best defense Iran has put up so far is Lego AI slop videos. Truly devastating. The only real entity that could make that claim and be truthful would be McDonald's. Big Macs, we will kill Trump. One day. Of course, we can't talk about the war in Iran without talking about Israel. And how so many people think Trump is a puppet of Israel. And they got proof of that this week when Trump announced the US will halt 4 billion dollars in aid to them. Hmm. Palestine is not going to be happy about this. The US will still sell military hardware to Israel, but Trump says there have been talks about scaling back aid given to them. Despite these talks, Israel was reportedly caught off guard by this announcement. It's like your parents kicking you out of the house after you graduate. I know we discussed this as a possibility, but I figured you'd give me, I don't know, three or four more decades? I wonder if Haley Stevens saw this coming in one of her dreams. Israel comes to me. Yeah, it doesn't help the country's PR when you describe them like they're Freddy Krueger. So Trump announced the US would send less aid to Israel. This is something many people on both sides have been requesting forever, so surely people were happy, right? Oh you sweet, sweet summer child. Trump made this announcement on Election Day, so many took it as a desperate last-minute lie. Others said this doesn't matter, since Democrats and Republicans already voted to merge Israel and the US's militaries, giving Israel access to over a trillion dollars. And here's the documents that prove that. Yeah, that didn't happen. They're referring to Section 219 of the House's 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, which approves expanding joint research and development into things like AI, counter-drone strikes, and cybersecurity, but not merging militaries. This would be like signing a business contract with someone and people announcing you did the Dragon Ball Z fusion dance. So essentially, Trump did something you'd think would make a lot of people happy, but they found ways to be mad about it. This, coupled with him doing things you'd think would make a lot of people mad, but they found ways to be happy about, perfectly describes his entire presidency and the state of tribalistic politics in America. Speaking of people being mad and tribalistic about politics, people mocking the death of Charlie Kirk. Not all my segues are funny, some are just perfectly smooth transitions. You may have seen this image making the rounds of a Minnesota poll worker in a bloody shirt that's allegedly mocking Kirk's assassination. This led to outrage on the right with calls to have this poll worker removed or even arrested. Which sounds like an overreaction. But remember, now that the Democrats have Congress, comedy is illegal again. There's just, you know, one problem. That's not what's going on here at all. This is a joke shirt that's been available on Amazon since well before Kirk's death. And no, I don't get the joke. It's also not the first time this exact shirt caused this exact controversy. This image of Arizona math teachers last November sparked outrage, with people thinking it was a cruel mockery. Except it wasn't. They wore these shirts the year prior, while Kirk was still alive. As the superintendent of the district explained, these shirts were worn both this and last year as part of math-themed Halloween costumes, and were not intended as a reference to any person, event, or political issue. Yet this image has been making the rounds again, creating fresh anger. Man, these influencers sure are good at recycling outrage for people who don't like climate change policies. But what about the lady at the election poll? Well, another problem with the this-is-mocking-Charlie-Kirk narrative is that Rogers, Minnesota, where the photo of the woman at the poll took place, put out a statement. It turns out this was taken on Halloween, hence the festive bloody attire. And the woman in the photo is a Republican election judge. So, probably not a radical leftist trying to intimidate voters. This is all a great reminder to be quick to research and slow to anger. Especially in a world full of misinformation and rage-baiting algorithms. Plus, I thought the left were supposed to be the snowflakes. Just remember, WWAD, what would Anakin do? What do you think? Leave your comments below. And if you want to help us make that 2026 Unmade in China Christmas Shopping Catalog, click below and join our Give, Send, Go campaign. I'm Chris Chappell. Thank you for watching America Uncovered.