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[heavy guitar music]
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{\an8}[knocking on door]
Grace, wake up. I need you.
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{\an8}Kimberlyn, Lola,
rise and shine.
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Everybody, let's go downstairs.
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Now.
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I need at least
six hours of sleep
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to cover a brokered convention.
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I just took
a shit-ton of CBN.
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- I'm prime time tomorrow.
- Yeah.
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You guys just get
your beauty rest.
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It's only our democracy
at stake!
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Dick Braun went from
billionaire brainchild
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of crypto, running the world's
largest digital exchange,
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to a wanted fugitive.
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His company, Pygmy FX,
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valued at $52 billion,
is now bankrupt.
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The man, the legend,
Dick Braun joins us now live.
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[applause]
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Bryce, thank you
for having me.
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You know, I was napping
in my sleep sack,
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and the maid comes in.
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And I'm watching her,
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and I realized
the regulators, the SEC,
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they all have the IQ
of this woman
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who cannot figure out
how to use a fitted sheet.
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Why am I watching this
when I should be sleeping?
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Oh, no reason.
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I just figured we could
all use a little brush-up
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on Dick Braun since I just
found out he's the one
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who paid for the dirt
on Walker.
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What?
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I think he's
using his billions
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to meddle in the election
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and try to get
Hot White Guy elected.
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So, you know,
we need to stop him.
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What do you mean, found out?
Who told you?
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Okay, well,
even if this is true,
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at least he's not
the worst candidate.
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But what if he is?
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What if Hot White Guy
is the actual devil?
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I mean, we've been
giving this guy
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a free hall pass for months.
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Months!
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Now he might be
the Democratic nominee,
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and what do we actually
know about him?
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What do the American people
know about him?
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Fucking nothing.
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And that's on us.
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We failed.
- No, we didn't fail.
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I don't spend my time
vetting candidates
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polling in the single digits.
- Really?
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Really, there's nothing that
you wish you'd followed up on?
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- No. Um--
- Hmm?
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Maybe the car crash
in South Carolina.
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I still don't know who
the mystery woman is.
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My editor said there was no
there there, so I dropped it.
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We all dropped it.
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I mean, we liked him.
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Hell, even Lola liked him.
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The man held a baby.
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Okay, well, we still
have time to fix this.
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We gotta find out everything
we can about Hot White Guy.
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The roll call vote
is tomorrow night.
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Action Star's delegates
are up for grabs,
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so that means it's
basically a two-way tie
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between the Mayor and Walker,
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and the delegates
need to know the truth.
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You know what?
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That Ken Doll Mayor
is always bragging
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about his grassroots army
of online donors.
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I call bullshit.
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I don't usually say this,
but Lola is right.
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We should look
into all the angles.
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Okay,
I'm starting a group chain
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so we can share our reporting.
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{\an8}[phones buzzing, dinging]
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{\an8}All right.
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{\an8}I'm gonna scrub the shit out
of the Mayor's background.
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{\an8}Lola, follow the money.
- Yeah.
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Grace, follow the woman.
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Kimberlyn, follow up
with your GOP sources.
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The first person who
finds anything concrete,
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run with it.
- Calm down, Ben Bradley.
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Oh, OTR--
on the record, baby.
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- No, no, it's off the record.
- Okay. I know.
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I'm fucking with you.
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Okay.
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I'm ordering a pot of coffee.
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- Okay, look, Sadie--
- Huh?
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Do not beat yourself up
about this, okay?
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We're gonna figure it out,
but you gotta get some rest.
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Okay.
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Yeah, I'll be right up.
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{\an8}[phones dinging]
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{\an8}♪ ♪
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[snoring]
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Hey, whoa.
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Hey, there she is.
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What time is it?
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Uh, almost 7:00.
Did you spend the night here?
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I, uh, I was working.
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Where are you headed?
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Catching an Acela home
to D.C.
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What about--
what about the vote?
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It's in, like,
less than 12 hours.
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I will catch
"The Sentinel's" needle
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with the rest of the civilians.
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I thought you were more
of a Delta Shuttle guy.
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Aw, you remembered.
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Do you--do you
really have to go?
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Ah, well, there's nothing
for me here, so.
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Oh.
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I mean, there's nothing
for me to do.
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Mm-hmm, right.
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You, on the other hand, you
got your hands full, you know?
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Busy speaking truth to power,
all that nonsense.
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Mm, nonsense, all of it.
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[sentimental music]
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I gotta figure out
my next move.
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Hey, you're gonna be
all right, McCarthy.
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Okay?
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Okay.
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Come here.
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Mm-kay.
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♪ ♪
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I'm your host,
Mike Moriarty,
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{\an8}and today,
we've got a close one.
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{\an8}We're here
with Felicity Walker
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{\an8}and Hayden Wells Garrett,
neck and neck.
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Felicity...
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Lola, why does it smell like
a hippie's armpit in here?
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Oh, it's this Juniper
Palo Santo partnership.
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Why, you don't like it?
- Ugh.
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Can you hear me that, please?
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Okay, fine. What?
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I'll just burn it
while you're at work.
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Oh, no, that's not it, it's--
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I have an apartment here
and a doorman
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and a walk-in closet
and a husband.
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I should be home.
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Well, what about Sadie's
Hot White Guy assignment?
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I don't even think I'm gonna
be that much help with that.
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Weirdly, all of my
GOP sources like him.
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Ugh, proof that he's a
bad fucking dude, Kimberlyn.
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Hey, look.
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The second you guys
find something,
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I will shout it
from the rooftops, okay?
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I promise.
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I still don't want you
to leave.
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Look,
this has been super fun,
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but it's time for me
to face my life.
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So does that mean I have
to start packing up too?
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No, Liberty Direct is
paying for this room.
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You can say.
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Oh, thank God.
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[knock at door]
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Hello.
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[playful music]
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What?
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You said it was on Liberty.
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Hi, this is Sadie McCarthy
from "The Sentinel."
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You were on Parris Island
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with Hayden Wells Garrett, right?
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Would you be willing
to go on the record?
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Background? Anything?
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And you served
with the Mayor in Iraq.
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Would you be willing
to go on the record?
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[busy signal beeps]
Are you there?
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Hi, this is Sadie McCarthy
from "The Sentinel."
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We're a newspaper.
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And you served
with the Mayor in Iraq.
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Hayden Wells Garrett, he's--
he's running for president.
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[busy signal beeping]
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No, no, he's not--
he's not the president yet.
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He's running.
It's called a primary.
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Just--never mind. It's fine.
Thank you.
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[phone ringing]
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Sadie McCarthy.
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Declan Morales.
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Finally. Finally.
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Look, I know that Braun
is backing the Mayor,
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and I could tell that something
was up from his time in Iraq,
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but no one's giving me
anything usable.
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I need your help.
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I'm dropping you a pin.
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Meet me in an hour.
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♪ ♪
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I thought we said no phones.
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You are right. We did.
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I'm sorry.
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That's a bullshit rule.
What's going on?
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Nothing, just--just work.
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It's okay.
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Does anyone have anything
interesting to discuss?
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[sighs, clears throat]
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Well, I thought we'd see
a show this afternoon.
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- That's fun. What show?
- "The Lehman Trilogy."
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Oh, a three-hour play
about an investment bank?
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Sounds so fun.
[phone ringing]
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Uh, this is my editor,
literally two seconds.
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Walt, hi.
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Yes, well--well, I am
chasing something bigger.
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Yes, bigger than
a brokered convention.
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Just find me
a competent stringer
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that can handle
news of the day.
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Is that too much to ask?
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Thank you.
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Everyone enjoying
their pancakes?
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They're really fluffy.
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Maybe the Frick could be fun.
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Fuck the Frick.
What is happening?
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So much.
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So much is happening.
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The Democrats may have
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a Manchurian candidate
on their hands--
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or he's the one
pulling the strings.
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I don't know which.
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What I do know
is that if I cannot find
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a competent stringer who can
handle the bullshit news,
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I will never nail this story.
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- Maybe I could help.
- No, Annie.
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I'm serious.
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Before I destroyed my life
by dropping out of school
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and following a sociopath,
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I was getting an A
in New Journalism.
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You were taking
New Journalism?
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You were getting an A?
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Do you know the difference
between background
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and deep background?
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Hey.
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Hi.
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How long you been
standing there?
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Not long.
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Can I, um...
- Yeah.
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I thought you were staying
at the hotel tonight.
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Yeah, I was.
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Then I missed my bed.
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I missed you.
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[sighs]
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Well, thank God.
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I don't mean
to sound ungrateful,
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but everything but "the"
and "and" is redacted.
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Everything you need to take
down the Mayor is in there--
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and here.
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Off the record?
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Always.
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I told the Mayor things,
personal things.
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I actually thought he was the
most decent man I'd ever met.
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Everyone thought that.
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That's why Dick Braun
handpicked him.
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But then why would Braun pay
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to dig up dirt
on his own horse?
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What better way to have
leverage over a candidate
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and the president than to know
his darkest secrets?
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And I should warn you,
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we could both be arrested
for having those.
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You're a whistleblower.
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We've got the First Amendment
on our side.
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Tell that to Snowden
and James Risen.
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The DOJ uses the Espionage Act
to come after spies,
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leakers, reporters.
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[inquisitive music]
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They can and will
prosecute anyone
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who disseminates
government secrets
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related to national defense.
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Well, then I better
get reading them.
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We have to stop him
from becoming president.
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We will.
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I promise.
278
00:11:25,976 --> 00:11:28,687
Okay, my chocolate superstar,
I'm ready.
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Tell me all of it.
Give me the details.
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Don't spare me a drop.
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Tell me everything.
- Okay.
282
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I mean, isn't that much
of a story to tell.
283
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Terry Heite called me
into his office.
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Terry Heite?
Big Dog Terry Heite?
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Big Dog Terry Heite
recognized my big dog wife?
286
00:11:43,911 --> 00:11:45,538
Is that what you're saying?
- Stop it.
287
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You're making me blush.
- No, I'm proud of you.
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00:11:48,416 --> 00:11:51,502
Okay, so you get
your own segment.
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I get my own show.
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He wants to roll it out
during the convention.
291
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So you're home now, right?
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You get to be home.
That's what this means.
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Yeah.
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That's what that means.
295
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Are you--are you
being humble or are you
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not that happy about it?
- No, I'm happy.
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00:12:06,142 --> 00:12:07,601
Of course I'm happy. I'm happy.
- Okay. You're sure?
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- Yeah.
- 'Cause it seems like
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there's something
you're not telling me then.
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I have been considering
some other options.
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Because, you know,
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Liberty has been a challenge,
and I--
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And you rose to meet
that challenge.
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And that is exactly why
now you get to do
305
00:12:24,493 --> 00:12:26,704
what you've always wanted
to do.
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You get to do what you love,
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and we can build
a life together.
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Maybe even a family--
309
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If that's still what you want.
310
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That is the only thing
I know for sure that I want.
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[indistinct chatter]
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♪ I don't know much,
but I know I've got ♪
313
00:12:58,194 --> 00:12:59,695
♪ Je ne sais quoi ♪
314
00:12:59,695 --> 00:13:01,530
♪ Ooh, la, la, la,
ooh, la, la ♪
315
00:13:01,530 --> 00:13:03,491
♪ Je ne sais quoi,
ooh, la, la, la ♪
316
00:13:03,491 --> 00:13:05,326
♪ Ooh, la, la, la,
je ne sais quoi ♪
317
00:13:05,326 --> 00:13:07,161
♪ Ooh, la, la, la,
ooh, la, la ♪
318
00:13:07,161 --> 00:13:10,831
♪ Je ne sais quoi,
ooh, la, la, la, la, la ♪
319
00:13:10,831 --> 00:13:12,500
I told you I'm freelance,
320
00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:14,835
but I'm in Senator Walker's
traveling press corps.
321
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[sighs]
I have to get inside.
322
00:13:20,841 --> 00:13:22,134
Next.
323
00:13:22,134 --> 00:13:23,677
♪ Je ne sais quoi ♪
324
00:13:23,677 --> 00:13:25,971
♪ Ooh, la, la, la, la, la ♪
325
00:13:27,056 --> 00:13:29,975
I think Dick Braun is using
the Mayor as his puppet.
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He wants to control him.
327
00:13:32,394 --> 00:13:34,480
And the Mayor isn't
who he says he is.
328
00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:36,482
You know those ads
he's been running,
329
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touting himself as a war hero?
330
00:13:38,108 --> 00:13:40,361
All politicians embellish
their personal stories.
331
00:13:40,361 --> 00:13:42,821
No, I'm not talking
about embellishment, Alex.
332
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He lied about his entire story.
333
00:13:45,032 --> 00:13:47,576
Are you saying that he
was never captured by ISIS?
334
00:13:47,576 --> 00:13:48,869
No, he was.
335
00:13:48,869 --> 00:13:51,747
It just wasn't
for an act of heroism.
336
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He--he abandoned his post.
337
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He was charged with--
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with desertion and misbehavior
unbefitting of a marine.
339
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Soldiers died
searching for him,
340
00:14:01,257 --> 00:14:03,968
and the Pentagon buried it.
341
00:14:03,968 --> 00:14:06,262
And all of this
is in those documents?
342
00:14:06,262 --> 00:14:08,389
My source obtained them
from the DOD,
343
00:14:08,389 --> 00:14:09,890
the NSA--they're legit.
344
00:14:09,890 --> 00:14:11,850
And we--and we need
to move fast on this.
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We have to publish
before the roll-call vote.
346
00:14:15,020 --> 00:14:17,481
Someone is going to win
this election today.
347
00:14:17,481 --> 00:14:19,358
The delegates need
to know the truth.
348
00:14:19,358 --> 00:14:22,319
Sadie, the roll call vote
starts in less than two hours.
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These are explosive,
libelous allegations.
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Our lawyers would need
to do a thorough review.
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00:14:27,366 --> 00:14:29,034
Even if the documents
are authentic,
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we would be criminally
exposed by even having
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classified intelligence,
much less publishing it.
354
00:14:33,581 --> 00:14:36,458
And you would need to give
the Mayor, Dick Braun,
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00:14:36,458 --> 00:14:38,627
anyone involved,
time to comment.
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00:14:38,627 --> 00:14:41,463
[busy signal beeps]
Sadie.
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00:14:41,463 --> 00:14:43,465
Sadie.
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[suspenseful music]
359
00:14:46,635 --> 00:14:51,473
♪ ♪
360
00:14:56,228 --> 00:14:59,189
Who are you, and what have
you done with my friend Lola?
361
00:14:59,189 --> 00:15:01,859
I know, I know.
362
00:15:01,859 --> 00:15:04,320
I just thought maybe
if I dressed the part
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00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:06,280
then I would be let inside.
364
00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:07,656
Nope.
365
00:15:07,656 --> 00:15:09,533
Just made me more of a joke.
366
00:15:09,533 --> 00:15:13,120
You know a young female
journalist's superpower?
367
00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:14,371
Nice tits?
368
00:15:14,371 --> 00:15:15,998
Being underestimated.
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00:15:15,998 --> 00:15:19,376
I can't even get inside
for them to underestimate me.
370
00:15:19,376 --> 00:15:21,503
All of the big donors
are in the arena.
371
00:15:21,503 --> 00:15:23,005
If I'm gonna break
this money story,
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00:15:23,005 --> 00:15:24,381
then I have to be in there
with the money.
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00:15:24,381 --> 00:15:26,342
Fuck that.
Access is a curse.
374
00:15:26,342 --> 00:15:27,426
You don't need them.
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00:15:27,426 --> 00:15:28,636
What have you got so far?
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00:15:28,636 --> 00:15:29,720
Just show me.
377
00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:31,347
Well, nothing concrete yet.
378
00:15:31,347 --> 00:15:34,850
But my gut says...
379
00:15:34,850 --> 00:15:36,685
if this Dick Braun crypto bro
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was able to create
an entire scam currency,
381
00:15:38,979 --> 00:15:40,814
then he could have
easily made an algorithm
382
00:15:40,814 --> 00:15:43,359
to filter his donations
to make them look like
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they were small-dollar gifts.
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Avoiding FEC laws
like the Koch brothers
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funding the Tea Party.
- Exactly.
386
00:15:48,238 --> 00:15:49,531
All right, let's stick
with that, okay?
387
00:15:49,531 --> 00:15:50,866
[phone ringing]
388
00:15:50,866 --> 00:15:52,993
Brenda, can you give me
ten seconds?
389
00:15:52,993 --> 00:15:54,203
Okay, thank you.
390
00:15:54,203 --> 00:15:55,913
This might be a lead
on the accident.
391
00:15:55,913 --> 00:15:57,748
Now, listen to me.
392
00:15:57,748 --> 00:15:59,375
Party insiders and donors
aren't your ticket.
393
00:15:59,375 --> 00:16:02,544
You are an outsider,
and not for much longer.
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00:16:02,544 --> 00:16:05,714
So use that
and break the story.
395
00:16:05,714 --> 00:16:07,257
Brenda, hi.
396
00:16:07,257 --> 00:16:09,718
Yeah, no, I'm sorry.
I'm all yours.
397
00:16:09,718 --> 00:16:11,887
[cheers and applause]
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00:16:11,887 --> 00:16:13,389
Please take your seats.
399
00:16:13,389 --> 00:16:15,474
The roll call
is about to begin.
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00:16:15,474 --> 00:16:18,519
[suspenseful music]
401
00:16:18,519 --> 00:16:20,354
Oh, yes, I love it.
402
00:16:20,354 --> 00:16:21,355
Thank you, Monty.
403
00:16:21,355 --> 00:16:28,529
♪ ♪
404
00:16:30,322 --> 00:16:32,449
Welcome, everyone. Welcome.
405
00:16:32,449 --> 00:16:35,411
We will now proceed with a
roll call vote of the states
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to nominate the Democratic
Party's candidate
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00:16:37,913 --> 00:16:40,999
to become the next
President of the United States.
408
00:16:40,999 --> 00:16:44,461
[cheers and applause]
409
00:16:47,339 --> 00:16:50,968
Alabama, Heart of Dixie,
home of the Crimson Tide,
410
00:16:50,968 --> 00:16:55,013
casts all of its 52 votes
to Senator Felicity Walker.
411
00:16:55,013 --> 00:16:56,932
Yes, I have had a lot
412
00:16:56,932 --> 00:16:58,767
of eye-opening background
conversations.
413
00:16:58,767 --> 00:17:00,519
I need to get something
on the record.
414
00:17:00,519 --> 00:17:03,939
So just think about what
you would be willing to say.
415
00:17:03,939 --> 00:17:05,399
Thank you.
416
00:17:05,399 --> 00:17:07,776
The great state of Alaska,
North to the Future,
417
00:17:07,776 --> 00:17:10,237
The Last Frontier,
has 15 delegates
418
00:17:10,237 --> 00:17:12,030
to Senator Felicity Walker.
419
00:17:12,030 --> 00:17:14,116
I know this sexy hacker
in Shanghai
420
00:17:14,116 --> 00:17:15,826
deep in with the dark-web shit.
421
00:17:15,826 --> 00:17:17,411
I can get her on this.
422
00:17:17,411 --> 00:17:19,705
Wait,
can she tailor the search
423
00:17:19,705 --> 00:17:21,540
to target
a fundraising platform?
424
00:17:21,540 --> 00:17:22,791
Absolutely.
425
00:17:22,791 --> 00:17:24,293
Connecticut,
The Charter Oak,
426
00:17:24,293 --> 00:17:26,920
casts 11 votes
for Senator Felicity Walker
427
00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:30,674
and 49 for Mayor
Hayden Wells Garrett.
428
00:17:34,178 --> 00:17:36,388
Mr. Mayor,
it's "The Sentinel."
429
00:17:36,388 --> 00:17:37,639
We need to talk.
430
00:17:37,639 --> 00:17:40,142
[sighs]
431
00:17:43,562 --> 00:17:45,731
So, like, I fucked a guy
in Tulum whose whole job
432
00:17:45,731 --> 00:17:48,317
is to hide money for the rich.
433
00:17:48,317 --> 00:17:50,152
You know, the web
is the new Caymans.
434
00:17:50,152 --> 00:17:51,570
Huh.
435
00:17:51,570 --> 00:17:54,490
A walled tropical garden
of opaque transactions.
436
00:17:54,490 --> 00:17:57,034
The great state of Georgia,
The Peach State,
437
00:17:57,034 --> 00:17:59,453
casts 32 votes
for Senator Walker
438
00:17:59,453 --> 00:18:03,207
and 73 votes for Mayor
Hayden Wells Garrett.
439
00:18:03,207 --> 00:18:04,500
Oh.
440
00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:05,793
Anything
on the mystery woman?
441
00:18:05,793 --> 00:18:07,669
Mm, nothing usable yet.
442
00:18:07,669 --> 00:18:09,671
Kansas,
Home of the Jayhawks,
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00:18:09,671 --> 00:18:10,923
Amber Waves of Grain,
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00:18:10,923 --> 00:18:13,842
casts its 39 votes
for native son
445
00:18:13,842 --> 00:18:15,677
Mayor Hayden Wells Garrett.
446
00:18:15,677 --> 00:18:18,055
Mr. Mayor, we need to talk.
447
00:18:18,055 --> 00:18:20,140
It's urgent.
448
00:18:20,140 --> 00:18:21,725
Sadie.
449
00:18:21,725 --> 00:18:23,602
I was just
fine-tuning my speech.
450
00:18:23,602 --> 00:18:26,105
You have a way with words.
Do you wanna help?
451
00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:28,106
I don't.
452
00:18:29,900 --> 00:18:32,694
So this digital
fundraising platform,
453
00:18:32,694 --> 00:18:34,363
it sounds pretty simple, right?
454
00:18:34,363 --> 00:18:36,532
Totes.
It's like buying followers.
455
00:18:36,532 --> 00:18:38,742
Not that I've done that.
- Mm-hmm.
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00:18:38,742 --> 00:18:41,328
{\an8}[phone dings]
457
00:18:41,328 --> 00:18:44,540
{\an8}Kentucky, The Bluegrass
State, Home of the Derby,
458
00:18:44,540 --> 00:18:49,837
{\an8}proudly casts its 54 votes
to Mayor Hayden Wells Garrett.
459
00:18:49,837 --> 00:18:54,550
Mr. Mayor, I don't think
you're hearing me.
460
00:18:54,550 --> 00:18:57,386
I have official documents
showing
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00:18:57,386 --> 00:19:00,222
that you were
dishonorably discharged.
462
00:19:00,222 --> 00:19:02,558
So let me ask you this again.
463
00:19:02,558 --> 00:19:05,561
Did you lie about
your military record?
464
00:19:05,561 --> 00:19:09,022
Sadie, I don't know who's
feeding you this garbage,
465
00:19:09,022 --> 00:19:11,275
but you know me.
466
00:19:11,275 --> 00:19:12,943
It's not a denial.
467
00:19:12,943 --> 00:19:16,405
Michigan, The Great Lakes
State, The Wolverine State,
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00:19:16,405 --> 00:19:19,616
casts 32 votes
for Senator Felicity Walker
469
00:19:19,616 --> 00:19:22,578
and 93 votes for Mayor
Hayden Wells Garrett.
470
00:19:22,578 --> 00:19:24,538
According to his campaign,
in the last quarter,
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00:19:24,538 --> 00:19:26,874
the mayor of Topeka
received 5 million
472
00:19:26,874 --> 00:19:30,544
individual contributions
totaling $28 million,
473
00:19:30,544 --> 00:19:32,629
breaking fundraising records.
474
00:19:32,629 --> 00:19:34,965
But according to my sources,
that amount came
475
00:19:34,965 --> 00:19:39,219
from a single donor, the
crypto criminal Dick Braun.
476
00:19:42,806 --> 00:19:44,099
[sighs]
477
00:19:44,099 --> 00:19:45,893
I spoke with Lizzie.
478
00:19:45,893 --> 00:19:48,937
I'd want you to be Chief
White House Correspondent.
479
00:19:48,937 --> 00:19:51,231
That's--that's your dream, right?
480
00:19:51,231 --> 00:19:52,691
Not like this, it's not.
481
00:19:56,361 --> 00:20:00,449
If Dick Braun is
blackmailing you, tell me now.
482
00:20:00,449 --> 00:20:02,284
We'll publish it, expose him.
483
00:20:02,284 --> 00:20:05,495
West Virginia, The Mountain
State, Heart of Appalachia,
484
00:20:05,495 --> 00:20:08,624
casts 28 votes
for Senator Felicity Walker.
485
00:20:08,624 --> 00:20:11,460
Come on, Sadie.
You can't be that naive.
486
00:20:11,460 --> 00:20:13,211
You know that every single
presidential candidate
487
00:20:13,211 --> 00:20:15,005
has played dirty.
That's the game.
488
00:20:15,005 --> 00:20:16,840
What, you think that FDR didn't
lie and root around in shit
489
00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:18,926
just so he could implement
the New Deal?
490
00:20:18,926 --> 00:20:20,469
LBJ had to kiss
a lot of assholes,
491
00:20:20,469 --> 00:20:21,803
but thank God he did,
492
00:20:21,803 --> 00:20:23,430
because he passed
the Civil Rights Act.
493
00:20:23,430 --> 00:20:26,141
He expanded Social Security,
voting rights--
494
00:20:26,141 --> 00:20:29,436
bold, sweeping legislation that
moved this country forward.
495
00:20:29,436 --> 00:20:31,730
So what if he had to do some
unsavory things to get there?
496
00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:33,398
Spare me the sanctimony.
497
00:20:33,398 --> 00:20:35,734
You're a fucking fraud,
and I'm gonna tell the world.
498
00:20:35,734 --> 00:20:37,819
Shh, shh, shh.
499
00:20:37,819 --> 00:20:39,404
Do you hear that?
500
00:20:39,404 --> 00:20:41,323
That's the sound of me
becoming the nominee.
501
00:20:41,323 --> 00:20:45,577
The Middle Coast proudly
casts all of its 84 delegates
502
00:20:45,577 --> 00:20:47,496
to Mayor Hayden Wells Garrett.
503
00:20:47,496 --> 00:20:49,039
[cheers and applause]
504
00:20:49,039 --> 00:20:50,499
Please congratulate the next
505
00:20:50,499 --> 00:20:52,834
President of the
United States...
506
00:20:52,834 --> 00:20:55,337
I couldn't have
done this without you.
507
00:20:55,337 --> 00:20:56,713
Stick with me, McCarthy.
508
00:20:56,713 --> 00:20:58,924
We'll make history together.
509
00:20:58,924 --> 00:21:02,010
[The Big Moon's "Wide Eyes"]
510
00:21:02,010 --> 00:21:06,974
♪ Who walked
into the room? ♪
511
00:21:06,974 --> 00:21:09,476
[upbeat music]
512
00:21:09,476 --> 00:21:15,482
{\an8}♪ Who walked into the room? ♪
513
00:21:15,482 --> 00:21:18,694
{\an8}♪ 'Cause it feels
like crashing ♪
514
00:21:18,694 --> 00:21:22,364
{\an8}♪ And it feels like landing ♪
515
00:21:22,364 --> 00:21:25,867
{\an8}♪ And I want to dance ♪
516
00:21:25,867 --> 00:21:29,871
♪ And I want to cry ♪
517
00:21:29,871 --> 00:21:36,753
♪ Your wide eyes ♪
518
00:21:36,753 --> 00:21:42,718
♪ Here is everything,
I got nothing to hide ♪
519
00:21:42,718 --> 00:21:47,014
♪ And I got your wide eyes ♪
520
00:21:47,014 --> 00:21:50,225
♪ Your wide eyes ♪
521
00:21:50,225 --> 00:21:52,519
♪ ♪
522
00:21:59,317 --> 00:22:00,777
Give me a minute.
523
00:22:10,620 --> 00:22:13,957
[somber music]
524
00:22:13,957 --> 00:22:21,131
♪ ♪
525
00:22:31,266 --> 00:22:33,602
The pink bus was a mistake.
526
00:22:33,602 --> 00:22:34,895
No.
527
00:22:34,895 --> 00:22:36,354
The bus was epic.
528
00:22:36,354 --> 00:22:38,899
That's what
the think pieces will say.
529
00:22:38,899 --> 00:22:41,818
"Walker blew it again.
530
00:22:41,818 --> 00:22:44,279
She overplayed the woman card."
531
00:22:44,279 --> 00:22:46,865
Senator, I am--I am so--
532
00:22:46,865 --> 00:22:49,159
Here, I think we can drop
the formalities now.
533
00:22:49,159 --> 00:22:50,368
Call me Felicity.
534
00:22:59,419 --> 00:23:01,505
They were never gonna
let me be president.
535
00:23:01,505 --> 00:23:03,548
Felicity, I know--
536
00:23:03,548 --> 00:23:05,258
I know Dick Braun and the Mayor
colluded to take you--
537
00:23:05,258 --> 00:23:06,593
Dick Braun?
538
00:23:06,593 --> 00:23:08,720
That's what you think
this is about?
539
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,139
Yeah.
540
00:23:11,139 --> 00:23:13,016
Who were you talking about?
541
00:23:13,016 --> 00:23:14,726
The American people.
542
00:23:14,726 --> 00:23:19,314
[stammers] Sen--Felicity,
more people voted for you.
543
00:23:19,314 --> 00:23:21,483
If it hadn't been
for that fucking dossier--
544
00:23:21,483 --> 00:23:23,819
Sadie, it's over.
545
00:23:23,819 --> 00:23:27,447
If it wasn't Dick Braun, it
would have been someone else.
546
00:23:27,447 --> 00:23:28,824
If it wasn't puppy play,
it would have been
547
00:23:28,824 --> 00:23:30,575
some other
nothingburger scandal.
548
00:23:30,575 --> 00:23:34,329
If it wasn't you, it would
have been another journalist.
549
00:23:34,329 --> 00:23:36,123
You're all the same--
550
00:23:36,123 --> 00:23:38,458
big egos, not very bright.
551
00:23:38,458 --> 00:23:40,043
It's not about you and me.
552
00:23:40,043 --> 00:23:43,130
It's the system.
553
00:23:43,130 --> 00:23:45,549
God, that's depressing.
554
00:23:49,970 --> 00:23:52,472
You called me an enigma
on the front page
555
00:23:52,472 --> 00:23:54,349
of "The Sentinel."
556
00:23:54,349 --> 00:23:57,185
- I just meant--
- No, you were right.
557
00:23:57,185 --> 00:24:01,857
Years of racist,
sexist attacks--
558
00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:09,656
I put up walls.
I developed a protective armor.
559
00:24:09,656 --> 00:24:12,367
But what did people
want from me?
560
00:24:13,577 --> 00:24:15,871
I think people
just wanted you to be
561
00:24:15,871 --> 00:24:17,664
the best version of yourself.
562
00:24:17,664 --> 00:24:21,960
Yeah, be yourself
and you're playing a card--
563
00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,212
a race card, the woman card.
564
00:24:24,212 --> 00:24:29,384
Hide yourself and you're cold,
calculating, a bitch.
565
00:24:31,803 --> 00:24:36,224
We were harder on you
because you're a woman,
566
00:24:36,224 --> 00:24:37,976
because-because
you're defensive,
567
00:24:37,976 --> 00:24:40,187
because you're
fucking impossible.
568
00:24:40,187 --> 00:24:42,981
I'm sorry, but you
kind of are sometimes.
569
00:24:42,981 --> 00:24:46,484
But no candidate is perfect.
570
00:24:46,484 --> 00:24:49,571
And deep in my heart,
571
00:24:49,571 --> 00:24:53,450
I always knew that you were
a committed public servant.
572
00:24:53,450 --> 00:24:57,078
You cared about the people
the media ignored.
573
00:24:57,078 --> 00:25:03,627
And you would have made
a great president.
574
00:25:06,421 --> 00:25:08,465
I'd like to be alone now.
575
00:25:08,465 --> 00:25:15,639
♪ ♪
576
00:25:18,767 --> 00:25:21,770
The Democrats love to talk
about diseased aliens
577
00:25:21,770 --> 00:25:23,271
and trans-friendly daycares.
578
00:25:23,271 --> 00:25:26,524
But when the day comes,
who do they elect?
579
00:25:26,524 --> 00:25:28,068
A straight white man.
580
00:25:28,068 --> 00:25:29,653
They hate us
'cause they ain't us.
581
00:25:29,653 --> 00:25:32,280
Felicity Walker
is now a two-time loser.
582
00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,116
You had to endure traveling
the country with that woman.
583
00:25:35,116 --> 00:25:36,701
What do you think, Kimberlyn?
584
00:25:40,205 --> 00:25:41,998
Kimberlyn?
585
00:25:41,998 --> 00:25:43,833
You know what, Mike?
586
00:25:43,833 --> 00:25:47,837
I'm gonna tell you what I think
after traveling the country.
587
00:25:47,837 --> 00:25:49,965
I think that
we're in a recession.
588
00:25:49,965 --> 00:25:54,386
I think folks are working
longer hours for lower wages.
589
00:25:54,386 --> 00:25:56,388
I think they can't afford
to buy eggs
590
00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:58,098
or fill up their gas tank.
591
00:25:58,098 --> 00:26:01,226
Their jobs have gone to China,
their towns are boarded up,
592
00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:04,479
their husbands are unemployed,
their sons are on opioids,
593
00:26:04,479 --> 00:26:05,939
their neighborhoods are unsafe,
594
00:26:05,939 --> 00:26:07,524
and yet the liberals
want us to believe
595
00:26:07,524 --> 00:26:09,985
that the rise in crime
is all in our heads.
596
00:26:09,985 --> 00:26:11,945
If they're white,
their economic anxiety
597
00:26:11,945 --> 00:26:13,822
is dismissed as racism.
598
00:26:13,822 --> 00:26:16,157
And if they're Black or brown,
they can't vote Republican
599
00:26:16,157 --> 00:26:18,159
without being told
they've somehow
600
00:26:18,159 --> 00:26:20,161
internalized white supremacy?
601
00:26:20,161 --> 00:26:23,873
We sit in our bubbles and we
post our politics on Twitter.
602
00:26:23,873 --> 00:26:26,084
But God forbid
we actually do something
603
00:26:26,084 --> 00:26:27,669
to improve people's lives.
604
00:26:27,669 --> 00:26:30,005
Half of the country
is screaming into an abyss,
605
00:26:30,005 --> 00:26:34,217
and the other half is just
too tired to scream at all.
606
00:26:34,217 --> 00:26:36,511
And then there's you, Mike.
607
00:26:36,511 --> 00:26:39,389
There's you and the rest
of Liberty Direct News.
608
00:26:39,389 --> 00:26:42,934
Instead of bridging the divide,
you pour salt in it.
609
00:26:42,934 --> 00:26:46,187
And the worst part is,
you don't actually believe
610
00:26:46,187 --> 00:26:47,939
half of the vitriol
you're spewing.
611
00:26:47,939 --> 00:26:50,317
You exploit our viewers'
deepest fears,
612
00:26:50,317 --> 00:26:52,652
stoking grievances,
inciting riots,
613
00:26:52,652 --> 00:26:55,697
and then you bring me out here
to widen the audience
614
00:26:55,697 --> 00:26:57,532
and make you feel
a little less racist
615
00:26:57,532 --> 00:27:01,786
before retreating to your
safe space at the Yale Club.
616
00:27:01,786 --> 00:27:04,164
And yes, Mike,
I know you went to Yale
617
00:27:04,164 --> 00:27:05,874
even though you scrubbed it
from your Wikipedia page.
618
00:27:05,874 --> 00:27:08,543
And Nellie Carmichael,
if you're watching this,
619
00:27:08,543 --> 00:27:11,296
I know you saw
"Hamilton"--twice.
620
00:27:11,296 --> 00:27:13,923
You bitch.
621
00:27:13,923 --> 00:27:16,551
I am tired
of being your token.
622
00:27:16,551 --> 00:27:17,927
I won't do it anymore.
623
00:27:17,927 --> 00:27:19,971
I'm tired of screaming
into an abyss,
624
00:27:19,971 --> 00:27:21,389
and you should be too.
625
00:27:21,389 --> 00:27:24,434
Cut off cable news,
quit Facebook,
626
00:27:24,434 --> 00:27:26,644
get off Twitter, and get mad.
627
00:27:26,644 --> 00:27:28,813
Get pissed. Demand better.
628
00:27:28,813 --> 00:27:32,067
Demand better of us
because you deserve it.
629
00:27:32,067 --> 00:27:35,403
And as for me, I promise to be
less focused
630
00:27:35,403 --> 00:27:37,405
on lip gloss and ratings,
631
00:27:37,405 --> 00:27:40,825
and more focused on holding
both sides accountable.
632
00:27:40,825 --> 00:27:43,787
The future of our country
depends on it.
633
00:27:43,787 --> 00:27:47,749
I'm talking to you, Mr. Mayor.
634
00:27:54,047 --> 00:27:56,758
You're the bloody
money-in-politics beat reporter
635
00:27:56,758 --> 00:27:59,552
for "The Wall Street
fucking Journal," Brad.
636
00:27:59,552 --> 00:28:02,305
Do you wanna tell me
how an influencer
637
00:28:02,305 --> 00:28:05,433
beat us on the biggest
money story of the cycle?
638
00:28:06,601 --> 00:28:08,520
Oh, for fuck's sake.
639
00:28:10,688 --> 00:28:13,024
[indistinct chatter]
640
00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:16,945
- Over here.
- Are you all right?
641
00:28:16,945 --> 00:28:18,405
I got here
as quickly as I could.
642
00:28:18,405 --> 00:28:19,864
You gotta be
freaking out right now.
643
00:28:19,864 --> 00:28:20,949
No, I'm not freaking out.
644
00:28:20,949 --> 00:28:22,283
You want a drink?
645
00:28:22,283 --> 00:28:24,786
No.
You--did you not get fired?
646
00:28:24,786 --> 00:28:27,622
Oh, yeah, I got fired.
I got real fired.
647
00:28:27,622 --> 00:28:31,209
But I think that
I have something else,
648
00:28:31,209 --> 00:28:32,794
something better.
649
00:28:32,794 --> 00:28:34,921
I don't understand.
650
00:28:34,921 --> 00:28:37,632
Okay, the speech
that I just gave
651
00:28:37,632 --> 00:28:39,467
was not exactly off the cuff.
652
00:28:39,467 --> 00:28:41,261
I've been writing it
for a while.
653
00:28:41,261 --> 00:28:43,471
But at first it was just, like,
ramblings for myself,
654
00:28:43,471 --> 00:28:45,974
just a way to get my feelings
off my chest.
655
00:28:45,974 --> 00:28:48,518
Then I had an idea,
and it was kind of a big idea,
656
00:28:48,518 --> 00:28:49,978
so I didn't think
that I could pull it off,
657
00:28:49,978 --> 00:28:52,063
but I did,
and I think that it worked.
658
00:28:52,063 --> 00:28:53,523
What worked?
659
00:28:53,523 --> 00:28:55,233
I do not--what the hell
are you talking about?
660
00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:57,735
Okay, I had a meeting
with a media consultant
661
00:28:57,735 --> 00:29:01,656
named Johnny Beamer about
launching my own media outlet.
662
00:29:01,656 --> 00:29:04,117
Nobody is talking
to the center-right anymore.
663
00:29:04,117 --> 00:29:07,454
Rational conservatives
who have values like mine
664
00:29:07,454 --> 00:29:09,122
don't have anywhere to go.
665
00:29:09,122 --> 00:29:11,124
And Beamer liked the idea,
but he didn't think that I had
666
00:29:11,124 --> 00:29:15,170
enough followers and everything
to really properly launch it.
667
00:29:15,170 --> 00:29:18,840
So he thought that maybe
I needed a viral moment.
668
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:22,177
And, baby, I am trending. Look.
669
00:29:22,177 --> 00:29:24,387
I'm sorry, are you saying
that you planned this?
670
00:29:24,387 --> 00:29:25,889
[scoffs]
671
00:29:25,889 --> 00:29:27,474
And you didn't bother
to tell me?
672
00:29:27,474 --> 00:29:29,350
Well, it's like I said.
673
00:29:29,350 --> 00:29:32,896
I wasn't sure I really had
the nerve to actually do it.
674
00:29:32,896 --> 00:29:34,522
Yeah, but the whole meeting
with Beamer,
675
00:29:34,522 --> 00:29:36,107
this whole other life plan?
676
00:29:36,107 --> 00:29:39,486
Girl, you clearly put
a lot of work into this.
677
00:29:39,486 --> 00:29:41,112
You built a pitch deck,
didn't you?
678
00:29:42,614 --> 00:29:44,324
[scoffs]
We talked about everything
679
00:29:44,324 --> 00:29:46,034
and you didn't think this
was worth mentioning?
680
00:29:46,034 --> 00:29:48,161
I tried to,
but you were really happy
681
00:29:48,161 --> 00:29:50,205
about the Liberty job,
and I just--
682
00:29:50,205 --> 00:29:52,207
I felt like if I told you
about this crazy idea I had,
683
00:29:52,207 --> 00:29:53,583
you'd probably try
to talk me out of it.
684
00:29:53,583 --> 00:29:54,709
And then I would
never take the risk.
685
00:29:54,709 --> 00:29:56,085
Oh, so that's what I am.
686
00:29:56,085 --> 00:29:57,587
I'm the guy that
talks you out of stuff.
687
00:29:57,587 --> 00:29:59,339
No, I'm not saying
that you're talking me
688
00:29:59,339 --> 00:30:01,257
out of what I wanna do,
I'm just--where are you going?
689
00:30:01,257 --> 00:30:03,009
You can't just--
- I gotta go.
690
00:30:03,009 --> 00:30:06,387
I got a meeting that I pushed
specifically to support you.
691
00:30:06,387 --> 00:30:08,556
And it sounds like
you don't even want that.
692
00:30:08,556 --> 00:30:10,892
In fact, Kimmy, I don't
really know what you want.
693
00:30:10,892 --> 00:30:12,602
I really don't.
694
00:30:12,602 --> 00:30:15,772
[apprehensive music]
695
00:30:15,772 --> 00:30:22,946
♪ ♪
696
00:30:26,115 --> 00:30:27,659
[phone dings]
697
00:30:35,333 --> 00:30:37,418
[sighs]
698
00:30:37,418 --> 00:30:41,005
[phone buzzing]
699
00:30:42,549 --> 00:30:46,678
Sadie, why does the FBI
want to see you?
700
00:30:46,678 --> 00:30:48,054
Uh--
701
00:30:48,054 --> 00:30:49,806
Did you tell anyone
about those documents?
702
00:30:49,806 --> 00:30:51,891
No. No.
703
00:30:53,434 --> 00:30:55,103
Not really.
704
00:30:55,103 --> 00:30:57,438
[groans] I--
705
00:30:57,438 --> 00:30:59,941
I reached out
to the Mayor for comment.
706
00:30:59,941 --> 00:31:01,693
I told him what I learned.
707
00:31:01,693 --> 00:31:04,445
They want you down
at the federal building now.
708
00:31:04,445 --> 00:31:06,447
Now?
But the convention is--
709
00:31:06,447 --> 00:31:08,575
Sadie, I'm not asking.
710
00:31:08,575 --> 00:31:12,495
Go. Now.
711
00:31:12,495 --> 00:31:14,080
[busy signal beeps]
712
00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:17,750
[sighs]
713
00:31:17,750 --> 00:31:20,044
So what's our next move?
714
00:31:28,595 --> 00:31:29,679
I'm crazy.
715
00:31:33,057 --> 00:31:35,893
You're not here. No.
You're not real.
716
00:31:35,893 --> 00:31:37,645
This is not--this is not--
717
00:31:37,645 --> 00:31:39,147
Said the reporter
who has lengthy talks
718
00:31:39,147 --> 00:31:41,941
with Hunter S. Thompson.
719
00:31:41,941 --> 00:31:43,484
Fair point.
720
00:31:46,404 --> 00:31:47,572
I miss you, Bruce.
721
00:31:47,572 --> 00:31:49,782
Oh, for the love of God
and Johnny Cash,
722
00:31:49,782 --> 00:31:51,409
will you buck the fuck up?
723
00:31:51,409 --> 00:31:52,827
Nobody said this caper
would be easy.
724
00:31:52,827 --> 00:31:54,662
Come on, come on,
we got work to do.
725
00:31:54,662 --> 00:31:56,205
What do you know?
- Okay.
726
00:31:56,205 --> 00:32:00,376
We--we know Dick Braun
is a--is a bad fucking dude.
727
00:32:00,376 --> 00:32:03,796
And he is backing the Mayor,
who is most definitely a liar--
728
00:32:03,796 --> 00:32:07,550
a liar who may or may not
have reported me to the FBI.
729
00:32:07,550 --> 00:32:09,927
But none of it matters anymore.
730
00:32:09,927 --> 00:32:11,512
He won.
- No.
731
00:32:11,512 --> 00:32:13,598
That's what makes it
a better story.
732
00:32:13,598 --> 00:32:15,016
Nobody wins a Pulitzer
733
00:32:15,016 --> 00:32:17,935
for taking down
a small-time mayor.
734
00:32:17,935 --> 00:32:20,229
Nope. He's the nominee.
735
00:32:20,229 --> 00:32:26,903
Why--why do you think Braun
would back a nobody mayor?
736
00:32:26,903 --> 00:32:29,280
My best guess?
737
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,783
Braun knows the power
of a pretty filter.
738
00:32:31,783 --> 00:32:35,536
Put deregulation,
pro-business, neoliberal policy
739
00:32:35,536 --> 00:32:37,121
behind the Mayor's
glossy façade,
740
00:32:37,121 --> 00:32:40,208
add the fact
that he's a Democrat,
741
00:32:40,208 --> 00:32:43,044
and most people won't realize
that he is quietly shredding
742
00:32:43,044 --> 00:32:45,129
our social safety net.
743
00:32:45,129 --> 00:32:46,756
This is a great
fucking story.
744
00:32:46,756 --> 00:32:49,926
But I--God, I need
a comment to publish,
745
00:32:49,926 --> 00:32:51,177
and I'm supposed
to drop everything
746
00:32:51,177 --> 00:32:52,220
and report to the Feds.
747
00:32:52,220 --> 00:32:53,221
Well, fuck the feds.
748
00:32:53,221 --> 00:32:54,555
You're a journalist.
749
00:32:54,555 --> 00:32:57,058
But I can't even
get near Hot White Guy
750
00:32:57,058 --> 00:32:58,559
now that he's the nominee.
751
00:32:58,559 --> 00:33:00,895
You know there's
somebody else out there
752
00:33:00,895 --> 00:33:02,605
who can confirm or deny this--
753
00:33:02,605 --> 00:33:03,815
all of it.
754
00:33:06,901 --> 00:33:08,778
You gotta be kidding me.
755
00:33:08,778 --> 00:33:10,738
You find Dick Braun,
756
00:33:10,738 --> 00:33:13,658
and you confront him
with what you know.
757
00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:15,618
Don't give up on this.
758
00:33:15,618 --> 00:33:18,162
And don't give up on yourself.
759
00:33:18,162 --> 00:33:19,747
[sentimental music]
760
00:33:19,747 --> 00:33:24,127
My money's on you,
Polar Bear, always.
761
00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:31,384
Oh, God.
762
00:33:35,012 --> 00:33:37,974
[hopeful music]
763
00:33:37,974 --> 00:33:42,520
♪ ♪
764
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:43,855
{\an8}[phone dings]
765
00:33:46,607 --> 00:33:47,692
{\an8}[phone dings]
766
00:33:49,527 --> 00:33:50,695
{\an8}[phone dings]
767
00:33:52,613 --> 00:33:53,698
{\an8}[phone dings]
768
00:34:00,747 --> 00:34:03,583
Can I buy you a coffee?
769
00:34:03,583 --> 00:34:06,377
- No, thanks.
- Bloody Mary?
770
00:34:06,377 --> 00:34:08,629
Uh, look, you're cute in a
Steve Kornacki type of way,
771
00:34:08,629 --> 00:34:10,381
but you are not my type.
Sorry.
772
00:34:10,381 --> 00:34:13,301
- I'm not hitting on you.
- Why not? Fuck off.
773
00:34:13,301 --> 00:34:15,595
[chuckles]
Okay. Okay.
774
00:34:15,595 --> 00:34:17,972
Uh, let's try this again.
775
00:34:17,972 --> 00:34:20,725
My name is Tate Winston Wade.
776
00:34:20,725 --> 00:34:23,853
I'm the Washington Bureau Chief
at "The Wall Street Journal."
777
00:34:23,853 --> 00:34:25,605
We read your story
on the Mayor's
778
00:34:25,605 --> 00:34:29,317
online fundraising juggernaut
with great interest.
779
00:34:29,317 --> 00:34:30,651
Thanks.
780
00:34:30,651 --> 00:34:32,487
So what are your thoughts
on Feingold?
781
00:34:32,487 --> 00:34:34,238
Mm, I prefer real gold.
782
00:34:34,238 --> 00:34:35,823
[laughs]
783
00:34:35,823 --> 00:34:38,868
But here we were,
so focused on holes
784
00:34:38,868 --> 00:34:42,997
in McCain-Feingold--soft money,
sourcing at super PACs,
785
00:34:42,997 --> 00:34:45,082
chasing independent
expenditures
786
00:34:45,082 --> 00:34:47,335
in a post-Citizens United
world.
787
00:34:47,335 --> 00:34:50,171
But you came in
with a fresh angle.
788
00:34:50,171 --> 00:34:52,006
It's impressive.
789
00:34:52,006 --> 00:34:54,008
I have no idea
what you just said.
790
00:34:54,008 --> 00:34:55,176
You will.
791
00:34:59,639 --> 00:35:01,390
Come work for me.
792
00:35:10,691 --> 00:35:13,194
Texting your girl tribe
so early.
793
00:35:13,194 --> 00:35:15,446
[chuckles]
794
00:35:15,446 --> 00:35:17,573
Guess there's a lot to unpack
after last night.
795
00:35:17,573 --> 00:35:18,783
It's the truth.
796
00:35:18,783 --> 00:35:21,410
But I'm actually
texting with Annie.
797
00:35:21,410 --> 00:35:23,663
She got a lead
on my mystery woman.
798
00:35:23,663 --> 00:35:26,457
It's so great
what you're doing.
799
00:35:26,457 --> 00:35:29,043
Annie needs this type
of encouragement from you,
800
00:35:29,043 --> 00:35:32,046
even if it's just to build
her self-esteem back up.
801
00:35:32,046 --> 00:35:36,384
Have you ever seen me
blow smoke up anyone's ass?
802
00:35:36,384 --> 00:35:37,510
No.
803
00:35:37,510 --> 00:35:39,637
Our girl is on fire.
804
00:35:39,637 --> 00:35:42,557
I'm telling you, Annie could
have a future at this.
805
00:35:42,557 --> 00:35:44,058
Well, we'll see.
806
00:35:44,058 --> 00:35:46,269
I mean, she's supposed
to sign up for some classes
807
00:35:46,269 --> 00:35:47,603
at community college
next semester.
808
00:35:47,603 --> 00:35:48,813
Fuck community college.
809
00:35:48,813 --> 00:35:50,273
She wanted a gap year.
810
00:35:50,273 --> 00:35:52,567
Let's make it worthwhile.
811
00:35:52,567 --> 00:35:53,734
Okay.
812
00:35:53,734 --> 00:35:55,486
You already have
something in mind.
813
00:35:55,486 --> 00:35:57,572
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh, boy.
814
00:35:57,572 --> 00:36:00,741
All right, well, at least
let me just get some coffee.
815
00:36:00,741 --> 00:36:02,618
[clears throat]
- Here you go.
816
00:36:02,618 --> 00:36:04,745
[clears throat]
817
00:36:04,745 --> 00:36:06,080
Thank you.
[line trills]
818
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:07,498
Pygmy FX Manhattan.
819
00:36:07,498 --> 00:36:09,041
- Jay Carl, please.
- Who's calling?
820
00:36:09,041 --> 00:36:11,085
This is Sadie McCarthy
from "The Sentinel."
821
00:36:11,085 --> 00:36:12,962
- Again?
- Yes, again.
822
00:36:12,962 --> 00:36:14,255
Please hold.
823
00:36:14,255 --> 00:36:16,507
Yeah, I'll hold.
[knock at door]
824
00:36:16,507 --> 00:36:17,967
Oh, shit.
825
00:36:22,346 --> 00:36:26,642
So I was in Delaware when I
realized, I don't have a home.
826
00:36:26,642 --> 00:36:28,769
Did you get rid
of your apartment?
827
00:36:28,769 --> 00:36:31,480
No, uh, the thing I'm--
I am trying to say,
828
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:34,817
Sadie, is, uh, you are my home.
829
00:36:34,817 --> 00:36:38,821
Yeah, so, um, I was headed back
to my sad, empty,
830
00:36:38,821 --> 00:36:44,160
very tidy Georgetown apartment,
and I realized
831
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,787
I love your messy,
mid-range hotel room.
832
00:36:46,787 --> 00:36:49,332
I love that you have
15 half-empty water bottles
833
00:36:49,332 --> 00:36:51,083
all around you at all times.
834
00:36:51,083 --> 00:36:54,503
I love that your power cords,
they're constantly tangled.
835
00:36:54,503 --> 00:36:59,050
I love that you wear boxers
in a freezing cold hotel room.
836
00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:03,137
I love that you--you mumble
about the Electoral College
837
00:37:03,137 --> 00:37:04,805
in your sleep,
and every morning,
838
00:37:04,805 --> 00:37:08,059
it takes you 45 minutes
to turn off your alarm.
839
00:37:08,059 --> 00:37:09,685
I love that you eat
more Twizzlers
840
00:37:09,685 --> 00:37:11,771
than could possibly be healthy.
841
00:37:11,771 --> 00:37:13,981
I love that you
are the only person
842
00:37:13,981 --> 00:37:17,944
who understands this crazy
lifestyle we've chosen.
843
00:37:17,944 --> 00:37:19,654
[sighs]
844
00:37:19,654 --> 00:37:21,489
Sadie McCarthy,
you are the only person
845
00:37:21,489 --> 00:37:23,074
who understands me.
846
00:37:23,074 --> 00:37:25,159
[sentimental music]
847
00:37:25,159 --> 00:37:28,120
I don't know, I just figured
I should tell you that.
848
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:35,294
♪ ♪
849
00:37:39,006 --> 00:37:40,591
You do know
"When Harry Met Sally"
850
00:37:40,591 --> 00:37:42,843
is my favorite movie, right?
- Yeah, I do know that.
851
00:37:42,843 --> 00:37:44,261
Yeah.
852
00:37:44,261 --> 00:37:46,347
Now, how can I help?
853
00:37:46,347 --> 00:37:47,848
Funny you should ask.
854
00:37:47,848 --> 00:37:50,601
Do you know Jay Carl,
Dick Braun's press guy?
855
00:37:50,601 --> 00:37:52,019
Yeah, I know Jay Carl.
856
00:37:52,019 --> 00:37:54,188
[MGMT's "Time to Pretend"]
857
00:37:54,188 --> 00:37:56,732
♪ I'm feeling rough,
I'm feeling raw ♪
858
00:37:56,732 --> 00:37:59,402
♪ I'm in the prime
of my life ♪
859
00:37:59,402 --> 00:38:02,196
[upbeat music]
860
00:38:02,196 --> 00:38:04,240
VIP suite credentials?
861
00:38:05,491 --> 00:38:06,575
Your name's Malcolm?
862
00:38:06,575 --> 00:38:08,119
Yeah, that's correct.
863
00:38:09,453 --> 00:38:12,206
Jay Carl! Jay Carl! Jay Carl!
864
00:38:12,206 --> 00:38:14,500
Jay--I know you can hear me.
865
00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:16,627
Jay.
- What the shit, Sadie?
866
00:38:16,627 --> 00:38:19,630
A story is about to run--
a very damaging story.
867
00:38:19,630 --> 00:38:21,716
And the entire world
is going to ask
868
00:38:21,716 --> 00:38:24,385
why Mr. Braun didn't comment,
and he's gonna say to you,
869
00:38:24,385 --> 00:38:25,886
"Why couldn't you spin this
for me?"
870
00:38:25,886 --> 00:38:28,055
And you'll say,
"Oh, well, I could have,
871
00:38:28,055 --> 00:38:31,267
but, you know, I was a pussy."
872
00:38:31,267 --> 00:38:33,811
My, we are a hotshot,
aren't we?
873
00:38:33,811 --> 00:38:35,938
Yeah, we are.
874
00:38:37,732 --> 00:38:38,816
Wait here.
875
00:38:44,238 --> 00:38:47,324
[phones dinging]
876
00:38:51,078 --> 00:38:52,288
[laughs]
877
00:38:54,123 --> 00:38:56,125
Yes, I'm heading there now,
Mr. Beamer.
878
00:38:56,125 --> 00:38:58,753
I'll meet you
at the press check-in.
879
00:38:58,753 --> 00:39:01,422
Right, the social media tent.
880
00:39:01,422 --> 00:39:04,258
Right. That sounds good.
881
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:11,474
Maybe we should
get an Uber instead.
882
00:39:11,474 --> 00:39:13,017
- [sighs]
- Hey.
883
00:39:13,017 --> 00:39:15,186
Grace.
884
00:39:15,186 --> 00:39:17,021
Hey.
885
00:39:17,021 --> 00:39:18,355
God damn this.
886
00:39:18,355 --> 00:39:20,191
God damn this fucking day.
887
00:39:20,191 --> 00:39:21,358
What are you
talking about?
888
00:39:21,358 --> 00:39:23,235
You crushed it last night.
889
00:39:23,235 --> 00:39:24,737
You're a viral sensation.
890
00:39:24,737 --> 00:39:27,573
A viral sensation
on the verge of divorce.
891
00:39:27,573 --> 00:39:29,950
And work won't love you back, right?
892
00:39:29,950 --> 00:39:32,620
So where does that leave me?
893
00:39:32,620 --> 00:39:33,746
Okay.
894
00:39:33,746 --> 00:39:35,331
What happened?
895
00:39:35,331 --> 00:39:36,832
I don't know what happened.
896
00:39:36,832 --> 00:39:39,502
I don't--all I know
is that you were right.
897
00:39:39,502 --> 00:39:41,295
Everything that you told me
back in Vegas--
898
00:39:41,295 --> 00:39:42,963
everything you've been saying
all along, you were right.
899
00:39:42,963 --> 00:39:44,965
We can't have it all.
That's what it is.
900
00:39:44,965 --> 00:39:46,467
Okay, listen to me.
901
00:39:46,467 --> 00:39:49,220
There is no such thing
as work-life balance.
902
00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:50,888
It's all an ebb and flow.
903
00:39:50,888 --> 00:39:52,890
Some days the work is good
and the home life is shit.
904
00:39:52,890 --> 00:39:55,643
Other days,
it's the other way around.
905
00:39:55,643 --> 00:39:58,062
What's fucking beautiful
is that you have two things
906
00:39:58,062 --> 00:40:00,147
you care about that much.
907
00:40:00,147 --> 00:40:03,150
You have a husband who
loves you and you love him.
908
00:40:03,150 --> 00:40:06,153
You two are gonna
figure this out.
909
00:40:06,153 --> 00:40:10,157
We're all just gonna
figure it out, you know?
910
00:40:13,452 --> 00:40:17,540
Now, Lola told me
about Johnny Beamer.
911
00:40:17,540 --> 00:40:21,335
Does this mean you're starting
your own media empire?
912
00:40:21,335 --> 00:40:22,795
That's huge.
- I don't know.
913
00:40:22,795 --> 00:40:24,547
I don't know what it means.
914
00:40:24,547 --> 00:40:27,133
Beamer says that I need more
than one viral moment, so--
915
00:40:27,133 --> 00:40:28,676
Well, what about a scoop
916
00:40:28,676 --> 00:40:30,928
that could take down
America's Mayor?
917
00:40:30,928 --> 00:40:33,806
[playful music]
918
00:40:33,806 --> 00:40:36,183
♪ ♪
919
00:40:36,183 --> 00:40:39,061
[indistinct chatter]
920
00:40:40,938 --> 00:40:43,023
What do you say
to allegations
921
00:40:43,023 --> 00:40:44,942
that you commissioned
opposition research
922
00:40:44,942 --> 00:40:50,156
on Felicity Walker in an effort
to get Mayor Garrett elected?
923
00:40:50,156 --> 00:40:52,199
[sniffs loudly]
You still think anything
924
00:40:52,199 --> 00:40:54,201
you write in your paper
matters?
925
00:40:54,201 --> 00:40:56,245
No.
926
00:40:56,245 --> 00:40:57,830
But I think the truth matters.
927
00:40:57,830 --> 00:40:59,707
I hate to break it to you,
"Sentinel,"
928
00:40:59,707 --> 00:41:02,668
but the truth left the building
a long time ago.
929
00:41:02,668 --> 00:41:04,837
Okay, this is not Russia,
Mr. Braun,
930
00:41:04,837 --> 00:41:06,297
and you're not some
fucking oligarch
931
00:41:06,297 --> 00:41:08,048
who can buy our democracy.
932
00:41:08,048 --> 00:41:09,675
[laughs]
933
00:41:09,675 --> 00:41:13,554
You know, you--
your fantasy about democracy,
934
00:41:13,554 --> 00:41:15,055
it doesn't exist anymore.
935
00:41:15,055 --> 00:41:16,599
You know,
people vote out of fear,
936
00:41:16,599 --> 00:41:18,559
misinformation, selfishness.
937
00:41:18,559 --> 00:41:20,978
Our political system is a joke.
938
00:41:20,978 --> 00:41:22,813
No one is in charge.
939
00:41:22,813 --> 00:41:25,149
It is a circus
that never packs up.
940
00:41:25,149 --> 00:41:27,401
And who better to step in
and fill the void
941
00:41:27,401 --> 00:41:28,777
than the people in this room--
942
00:41:28,777 --> 00:41:31,447
CEOs, titans of industry, entrepreneurs?
943
00:41:31,447 --> 00:41:34,491
Huh? Who else?
Them, the unwashed masses?
944
00:41:34,491 --> 00:41:38,120
They'd elect a cantaloupe
for a trip to Disney
945
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:40,122
and a blooming onion
grease bomb at Outback.
946
00:41:40,122 --> 00:41:41,749
Democracy is not
your plaything.
947
00:41:41,749 --> 00:41:43,417
Ho-hoo! Whoo!
948
00:41:43,417 --> 00:41:45,961
Everybody, can I have
your attention, please?
949
00:41:45,961 --> 00:41:47,588
Your attention, please,
everyone!
950
00:41:47,588 --> 00:41:48,756
Attention, please.
951
00:41:48,756 --> 00:41:51,091
I'd like to introduce you
to Sadie.
952
00:41:51,091 --> 00:41:53,260
Excuse me.
953
00:41:53,260 --> 00:41:56,972
She thinks our democracy
cannot be bought...
954
00:41:56,972 --> 00:41:58,098
[laughter]
955
00:41:58,098 --> 00:41:59,516
And that our future should rest
956
00:41:59,516 --> 00:42:01,810
on the morbidly obese shoulders
957
00:42:01,810 --> 00:42:04,230
of everyday fucking Americans!
958
00:42:04,230 --> 00:42:06,440
How are we gonna
break it to her
959
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:08,275
that our democracy is dead?
960
00:42:08,275 --> 00:42:09,610
It's fucking dead!
961
00:42:09,610 --> 00:42:11,612
Can you hear me
in the cheap seats?
962
00:42:11,612 --> 00:42:13,530
[patrons cheering]
It's dead!
963
00:42:13,530 --> 00:42:16,825
D-E-A-D, dead!
964
00:42:16,825 --> 00:42:18,994
[gasps]
965
00:42:18,994 --> 00:42:21,538
Peanuts? EpiPen!
[gasps]
966
00:42:21,538 --> 00:42:23,374
Fuck you!
- Oh, shit!
967
00:42:23,374 --> 00:42:26,377
[patrons gasping]
968
00:42:27,503 --> 00:42:30,297
[Creedence Clearwater
Revival's "Fortunate Son"]
969
00:42:30,297 --> 00:42:34,218
[upbeat rock music]
970
00:42:34,218 --> 00:42:37,596
[cheers and applause]
971
00:42:37,596 --> 00:42:44,478
♪ ♪
972
00:42:46,063 --> 00:42:49,316
♪ Some folks are born
made to wave the flag ♪
973
00:42:49,316 --> 00:42:53,153
♪ Ooh, they're red,
white, and blue ♪
974
00:42:53,153 --> 00:42:56,657
♪ And when the band plays
"Hail to the Chief" ♪
975
00:42:56,657 --> 00:43:00,619
♪ Ooh, they point the cannon
at you, Lord ♪
976
00:43:00,619 --> 00:43:03,706
♪ It ain't me, it ain't me ♪
977
00:43:03,706 --> 00:43:08,335
Please welcome to the stage
Hayden Wells Garrett!
978
00:43:08,335 --> 00:43:11,088
♪ It ain't me, it ain't me ♪
979
00:43:11,088 --> 00:43:14,341
♪ I ain't no fortunate one,
no ♪
980
00:43:14,341 --> 00:43:18,137
♪ Some folks are born
silver spoon in hand ♪
981
00:43:18,137 --> 00:43:22,016
♪ Lord, don't they
help themselves, no ♪
982
00:43:22,016 --> 00:43:25,060
[laughs]
Thank you.
983
00:43:25,060 --> 00:43:26,520
Thank you.
984
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:28,605
To the chairman
and my great friends
985
00:43:28,605 --> 00:43:32,109
in the Wisconsin delegation,
and to all my fellow Americans
986
00:43:32,109 --> 00:43:34,361
on both sides
of the political aisle,
987
00:43:34,361 --> 00:43:35,946
it is with deep humility
988
00:43:35,946 --> 00:43:40,868
and profound gratitude
I accept your nomination
989
00:43:40,868 --> 00:43:43,495
for the Presidency
of the United States.
990
00:43:43,495 --> 00:43:46,206
[cheers and applause]
991
00:43:46,206 --> 00:43:47,666
{\an8}May God bless you,
992
00:43:47,666 --> 00:43:50,294
{\an8}and may God bless
the United States of America!
993
00:43:50,294 --> 00:43:53,839
♪ Some folks inherit
star-spangled eyes ♪
994
00:43:53,839 --> 00:43:57,051
♪ Ooh, they send you
down to war, Lord ♪
995
00:43:57,051 --> 00:43:59,136
♪ And when you ask 'em... ♪
996
00:43:59,136 --> 00:44:01,305
How did we get it so wrong?
997
00:44:01,305 --> 00:44:03,640
Why did we give him a pass?
998
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:06,352
Were we blinded by youth?
999
00:44:08,395 --> 00:44:09,688
Ambition?
1000
00:44:11,565 --> 00:44:12,858
Cynicism?
1001
00:44:14,068 --> 00:44:16,070
Hope?
1002
00:44:16,070 --> 00:44:19,114
As I watched him on stage,
it hit me.
1003
00:44:19,114 --> 00:44:22,034
We had become unwitting agents
of the patriarchy,
1004
00:44:22,034 --> 00:44:24,578
and it would take
all of us to stop him.
1005
00:44:24,578 --> 00:44:27,206
[cheers and applause]
1006
00:44:29,917 --> 00:44:32,252
[intense music]
1007
00:44:32,252 --> 00:44:39,093
♪ ♪
1008
00:45:04,201 --> 00:45:06,745
We have a warrant to search
for the classified materials.
1009
00:45:06,745 --> 00:45:09,373
Right now, agents are
ransacking your apartment,
1010
00:45:09,373 --> 00:45:11,417
your hotel room,
your mom's house,
1011
00:45:11,417 --> 00:45:12,709
your boyfriend's apartment.
1012
00:45:12,709 --> 00:45:14,461
Is he really my boyfriend?
1013
00:45:14,461 --> 00:45:16,964
We will find them.
1014
00:45:16,964 --> 00:45:19,508
Go ahead.
1015
00:45:19,508 --> 00:45:23,887
I don't have them.
1016
00:45:23,887 --> 00:45:30,727
♪ ♪
1017
00:45:53,834 --> 00:45:55,127
Can I go now?
1018
00:45:55,127 --> 00:45:56,962
[Tom Petty's
"I Won't Back Down"]
1019
00:45:56,962 --> 00:45:59,381
The boys on the bus would have
knifed each other
1020
00:45:59,381 --> 00:46:00,549
to get the story.
1021
00:46:00,549 --> 00:46:03,051
We were supposed to be rivals,
1022
00:46:03,051 --> 00:46:05,929
nemeses, vicious competitors.
1023
00:46:05,929 --> 00:46:08,223
Instead, we became a family,
1024
00:46:08,223 --> 00:46:12,227
bonded together to save our
democracy or go down trying.
1025
00:46:12,227 --> 00:46:16,356
♪ You can stand me up
at the gates of hell ♪
1026
00:46:16,356 --> 00:46:20,486
♪ But I won't back down ♪
1027
00:46:20,486 --> 00:46:24,698
♪ No, I'll stand my ground ♪
1028
00:46:24,698 --> 00:46:28,660
♪ Won't be turned around ♪
1029
00:46:28,660 --> 00:46:33,290
♪ And I'll keep this world
from dragging me down ♪
1030
00:46:33,290 --> 00:46:37,461
♪ Gonna stand my ground ♪
1031
00:46:37,461 --> 00:46:41,256
♪ And I won't back down ♪
1032
00:46:41,256 --> 00:46:46,345
♪ Hey, baby ♪
1033
00:46:46,345 --> 00:46:50,390
♪ There ain't
no easy way out ♪
1034
00:46:50,390 --> 00:46:54,728
♪ Hey, I ♪
1035
00:46:54,728 --> 00:46:58,649
♪ Will stand my ground ♪
1036
00:46:58,649 --> 00:47:02,653
♪ And I won't back down ♪
1037
00:47:02,653 --> 00:47:07,366
♪ No, I won't back down ♪
1038
00:47:09,493 --> 00:47:12,412
[mellow music]
1039
00:47:12,412 --> 00:47:19,586
♪ ♪
1040
00:48:31,033 --> 00:48:33,702
Greg, move your head.
1041
00:48:33,702 --> 00:48:35,162
Bye.