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We just noticed it happens to be a midterms year, so your favorite presidential podcasting duo of Chris and Matt have teamed back up to relaunch our beltway insider series. We’re joined by campaign reporter extraordinaire Dave Weigel to break down the key races to watch, track the trends to follow, and generally put drills to our temples as we attempt to once again engage in American Electoral Politics.

If you want to catch us a Pickathon near Portland, OR in August, tickets here: https://pickathon.com/

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chronye

the stereo panning during Chris’ paralex Fox riff 📈📈📈

meow meow

Very funny to do this without v*rgil t*xas

Max Headroom

They're literally doing what Nolan did to the Joker in Dark Knight Rises and just pretending he doesn't exist

Dustin Nelson

Are we not allowed to talk about him here? I genuinely don't know

Joseph Mulcaire

They should just get Christopher Plummer's corpse to play Virgil and make it a classic Beltway Garage ep

Ian

Appreciate Chris addressing this, clears the air nicely.

Hassan Farooq

Justin Cass sounds like "just in case"...so there's a second pseudonym. I'm very smart. Can u guys review new batman? I thought it was shit.

WinnetouLivre

Someone needs to tell Chris to stop being so funny on the show. It's really a problem; a big, big problem.

DS

Just dropping by to express that I was/am obsessed w/ Hell of Presidents. More.

Gengeros

>what a bunch of clowns That’s basically us electoralism in a nut shell since I was birthed. Time to stop giving this clown show any semblance of legitimacy and start working to form our own bolshevik party. That means gaining access to arms, having operatives within the state apparatus, stocking up on fresh food and water, setting up cells and horizontal leadership, etc. If you aren’t where I am at you will soon be in the next ten or 20 years.

Proboscis Man

Unfortunately Virgil was split into twenty pieces that have been scattered and sealed in the state Louisiana. If you manage to find a piece you can eat it to absorb its power.

Alal Alal

hasn't weigel been somewhat of a shitlib? remember when he was denying that Bezos owning washington post would have any effect on its editorial bent?

cwen

Dave Weigel? Lol! Can't wait for the follow up with Hasan! You guys are awesome influencers

plainwrap

I just had to pay $800 in state taxes (in a state with a permanent Dem supermajority) because I can't afford health insurance and $1400 in federal because last year's $2000-$600 'stimulus' was actually a loan. So unironically Let's Go Brandon I guess.

Basil

Rip justin

Gengeros

Their contract says they need to have on one shitlib a month.

Arjun Jayaraman

The best place for a call to action: A private message board of a comedy podcast.

Hunter

If you're mad at Virgil just know you're rehashing Republican talking points

Alex

Electric intro from the boys

Charlie

Do a bonus hell of presidents episode of your projected picks through 2050

fxdpt

I love a Chris episode

Mad Larkin

you guys are doing pikathon? I don't see you on the lineup (and I don't recognize anyone else either)

Kelly

Thank you.

Padjoe

Chris, HOP has turned you into a serious pro! Everyone should also call it HOP, it's shorter.

J P 3

A bunch of these Trump Senate endorsements I see as a move against McConnell. e.g. in another battle over electoral votes, who can Trump count on to be personally loyal to him and not to the party's donor networks? In terms of the Dem primaries, in a bunch of these it's been Pharma/Wall Street/Dem Majority for Israel and in some cases Trump donors (in safer Dem seats) against "progressive" candidates who rely more on small donors.

Clean Shirt Piggie

Proud to have earned a Twitter block from Weigel before getting suspended from Twitter for telling a non-specific joke

David Browm

Dave is fine, but hearing him getting uncomfortable around people expressing actual ideological opinions will always be funny

John Pupa

love the new theme song

Kroy

Yes..... YES!!!!!!!!!!

chetan kadodwala

Left over a year ago as anyone who listens to the Patreon would have known.

Harley

Beltway Garage??? No Virgil?!? What Happened?!??!!!

Antipaganda

Good to finally get the real story about what happened to Virgil!

grimbo

Actually Leftists should join Judo dojos and learn Judo. Not. A. Joke.

TugNuggins

Not the same without Virgil

etienne

kinda makes sense to bring a shitlib in to do horse race shit. Like why would a hardened socialist revolutionary care about which specific ass is gonna fill which specific seat at the antidemocratic institution. fwiw Virgil was also a shitlib

Maxkrause817

Fuck Virgil. Always hated his voice, very happy he’s gone. Last step is just an absolute prohibition on any amber appearances and we have a perfect show.

Mitch H.

Now he is guiding podcasters through the underworld

BJ

The people still talking about Virgil like a year after he left the show are so pathetic

Twitch Hunt!

Virgil was always the worst Chapo. You're not nostalgic for Virgil, you're nostalgic for a time when you had hope.

Ned Schafer

Oof, Chapo talkin sports.

werp

thank you mr biden

William

What's more shitlib than arguing about the "purity" of a public figure, as a way of validating or disqualifying what they say?

William

Lol we're on the deck chairs watching the band play on the titanic as the ship sinks. Wtf are you talking about?

David Andrews

Dave Weigel is great. Nice show guys.

justdave

Virgil Walker/Texas stranger

SF

perfect circle venn diagram: people who think virgil wasn't funny on the show and people who think Chris Is Actually Really Funny!!!

Jonathan Conklin

Oz in pa is literally running on "I was on TV" from what I've seen on the ground and for having the best shot, no conservative likes him because Hollywood elite but they don't want the giant bear they claim is socialist

john mccainus

on a purely superficial level the rino records attack ad against him is p. funny ngl

Evan Skjel

Greatly appreciated the little audio work simulating going room to room

Clint Pelvis

Ur right strong wil wheaton vibes on the ep

Dyyyyylan

Bring back Amber, the Littlefield show was good

BJ

was considering going to this but had no idea what it would be. what was it like? did amber explain why she isnt on the show anymore?

Nobody

Pretty crazy how the Republicans can just push fascist nonsense for a platform, win, cut taxes for the rich again, and get away with it while women lose the ability to safely get an abortion.

Jenn

Seconded. Incredible series

Alex

I miss virgil

vermouth

No one misses virgil

Dyyyyylan

No mention of her not being around, they just did a reading series, but it was very funny. Pod About List were great, had a whole presentation prepared. And Jacques is wonderful

Rollo Tomassi

Alligators provided the accountability

Joseph Mabrey

Where in the world is Virgil Texas

vermouth

Stranger danger virgil texas

danny

he was endorsed by trump and in one month climbed from a 9 point defeat in polling to a close lead

Woke Batou

It absolutely rules that Bri still has Virgil listed on her brand. Collecting his share from his swampy grave. Be about the bag!

Vincent Utah

There’s actually a fairly sized trans community in Wisconsin. Plus people there tend to not give a fuck and just mind their own business in general. Not surprised by the results at all tbh. The places where we typically get attacked in public (like Idaho or the Deep South) would vote Republican regardless of what Rufo spams out into the airwaves.

Aaron Christmas

I'd like to propose that only those who have received their Karl Marx Society decoder pin and decrypted the Chapo cipher should be allowed on the show

Andrew Rouze

Why isn’t anyone talking about the real controversy of this show - they didn’t mention Santa Claus is running against Sarah Palin. Unserious commentary, lost a lot of respect for this show.

Harley

What happened to Amber

Harley

Is Virgil ever coming back?

William

third option, you're not a petty cunt

Joseph Mabrey

Its not crazy its cuz dudes rock

miltonic

If you have some kids for him to diddle, sure

miltonic

Taylor Lorenz is the worst of media today

Harley

What he did wasn’t too too bad

Harley

He can come back.

Harley

Cunt

Harley

No he made lewd comments

Seth Gile

I saw Built To Spill this weekend. Current lineup is unbelievable and they did indeed do Dystopian Dream Girl.

G. Gordon Litty

They said in an HoP wrap up stream their next project is the 30 years war

justdave

That's the bit Evan, don't wear it out

Dean

JD Vance got Trump’s endorsement because Trump thinks JD can introduce him to Amy Adams

J

Do any other childhood transitioners listen to chapo? I’m trying to start DSA grooming victims working group

buttface

this one sucked ass

james

Virgil Texas works for Sam Hyde now, you happy DSA?

Blingo Starr

He’s taking a sabbatical to spend more time with other people’s children

etienne

[trump voice] theyre bringing in CRIME, theyre bringing in DRUGS, and theyre bringing in GENDERS

Of course

When Dave Weigel says "Nevada voted far to the left of the country in 2020 because Biden was up 7 points over Trump," Matt should have cut the mic and muttered, "what a lib"...

DJ B.

Got most of the way through the episode before realizing I don't want to hear about any of this

Hector Jaime

Has Matt ever considered singing in a band? That beltway phoenix jingle is dope!

Harry

Bring back Virgil.

Harry

Chris is a great guy but I would like to hear less of him on the show.

etienne

I much prefer a nice Chris ep over one where the dryboys shit out a 56 minute turd over the last week's twitter drama

Harry

Doubt it

Jenni

Republicans would vote for a fence post if it ran on their ticket.

eve

Let's fix those mic gain levels for matt guys

Tomas

What app are you on? Some of them have a skip ahead 10-15 seconds button that can come in handy for that. I don't see any reason why he should talk less, it's kinda your problem to solve.

Harry

I'm on grinder fucking your dad bitch

Jonathan G

anyone know if the latest season of this is sus is over?

etienne

yeah they said on the one with sam biederman that it was the closer

Cringus Moss

where is that coming from? I've been trying to find an answer to why he left.

etienne

funnily enough he left before the grooming allegations. he just didn't show up to the recording sessions for like a whole year, then tried to send in a pre-recorded segment, and the guys refused. they kept him on the roll for a while longer too. then at some point something happened and he formally left, and was officially just on his other pod with brie. the grooming accusations came in a bit later than that I think. Then not that long ago he vanished off the face of the earth. For the second time. also for an incredibly long time the pinned ep for the cth twitter was a beltway garage 2020 ep and it stayed up like, way after the allegations surfaced and he disappeared.

Matelda

Weird I only listen to Chris episodes

Max Joyner

I think stretching out the A in the Nevada is an East Coast thing, I pretty much never hear that out west.

Carry-hunt

They clearly said he was eaten by an alligator

THEKILLERWHALE

Yeah, I wouldn't mind them adding 1-2 people to widen the rotation. Get David Roth as a regular or something. No young people.

Vincent Utah

Lewd comments to a teenager. That’s still bad.

DopeTipped's Raid:Shadow Lessons

I'm no Biden fan, but the whole 'shaking hands with ghosts' things are bullshit. The guy finished his speech and turned to those seated behind him on stage and acknowledged them with his hands out in a 'whatddaya think?' kinda way. The edits where he's portrayed as senile cut away before the camera pans back to reveal crowds of people seated behind him... it was fine. Believe me, I hate the guy, it's just not a valid critique in this instance.

Satcomdaemon

so Levi Palin's jeans were complicated how? does it match the complicated pattern shirt from the "i think you should leave" show? or was it hot topic-ish straps everywhere?

etienne

only real heads remember back when chapo was on the promo circuit for C-list celebs book tours. That was pretty fun tbh

justdave

Remember Bernie?

Isaac Jones

Matt channeling his inner captain beefheart in that beltway Phoenix intro song, major respect

Isaac Jones

Those jeans would sell for literally 15 bucks at Dan Flash's, they may be complicated for the weak average mind but trust me, patterns get WAY more complicated

Isaac Jones

He's more interested in high school midterms these days

J.P. McD.

You can’t just form a new militant party out of thin air from posting. Organize your workplace.

Joey

Wait did he say “Lucas Cunt”

Joey

Yeah I’ve replayed this moment 4 times and all I’m hearing is Lucas Cunt

Yup

the dems are going to get absolutely wrecked

vermouth

Well they have something in common

Lexe

I miss amber

SF

He's boring and should stay off the mic.

SF

who cares

SF

he's fine

SF

yeah he's a corncob ratio binch they should get epic gritty on the podcast

SF

nah chris is extremely boring sorry

etienne

pretty galaxy to think weigel is okay but chris is completely unredeemable. but whatever, opinions

etienne

we've had so many of those like "will reads the news paper" episodes since the virus that l'l take any and all guest and/or Chris appearance

Mitch H.

You know what? Not enough movie episodes. Where are the films?

Colin Clark

I think he pronounces it KOONTZ (it's spelled Kunce) mostly for this reason?

Joey

Yeah, eventually I figured it out. Ended up googling “democrat Lucas” or something

Michael Landreth

Imagine believing this guy is pretending to be serious. Imagine believing he’s totally serious and you wouldn’t actually all be shot in the head. Either way, you have read too much of this comment section already.

Michael Landreth

Mad at Virgil? You misunderstood. I’m mad at Herschel!

Sammi

The Garage will never die

AKorgar

The analysis I heard that I agree with was that he was gesturing to some coordinator off stage, "Alright, where do you need me to exit?" but the venue had its head up its ass so Biden had to wander around a bit till he figured out where exactly he was supposed to walk off stage. Awkward, not senile.

etienne

chris is a real 9 to 5 lunch pail podcaster. no flashy riffs or on the fly bits, just good ground game and consistency. he puts in the work at it shows. he doesn't shine on the basic stats but his Pods Against Replacement are off the chart

AKorgar

Chris literally runs this patreon, he reads this shit, you heartless MONSTER

etienne

chris rules. I love him from the bottom of my heart. I have a totally 100% real parasocial relationship with him and he loves me back

Dan

Inner and outer captain beefheart.

Dan

I really love the back stabbing among candidates cosplaying as socialists, Corp dems and woke car chasers all the way to the JD Vance presidency. Just no one home for the dems in terms of strategy, and no accountability! FUCK

Zott23

I like the show. It’s fun to listen to. I would like more of this product and/or service for the low low price of five American dollars per month.

Brandon

ARE WE HYPDED FOR BERNIE 3??!!???? LETS GOOOOOO!!!

AbeLinkin

Politics are what I thrive off of and make me want to die yay

Joseph Mabrey

I literally just listen to these for Matt's song in the beginning then check out

Shimosanz (Brian Sanchez)

Coming back to this to say, Chris, next time you say “magisterial” it better be accompanied by a Ray Hudson sound drop!

Corbin Buss

Some say it is the year of Gator Bait RIP

Matt

Absolutely. Look at Leo Messi here…“Maagisteeeserrrriaaaalll”