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According to your mom's Facebook, there's fentanyl in the chocolates. We got a great show for you tonight, so let's get into the headlines. Let's start with the boy crisis, shall we. For months, Congress has been unable to take concrete steps to find a real solution. Yesterday, House Republicans stood up, joined hands and said, let's pull the chief stunt instead.

For the first time in almost one hundred and fifty years, a Cabinet secretary has been impeached. House Lawmaker's impeachment Homeland Security Secretary out a hundred my orchis yesterday by an extremely thin margin of one two fourteen to two thirteen.

We think Security Ark is not doing a good job, but they don't really have a case that he has committed what we are supposed to be looking for, which is high crimes and misdemeanors.

Well, it sends a message that we're not just going to sit by while the Secretary of Homeland Security fails to do his job at keeping a homeland safe.

Really, House Republicans, really, that's grounds for impeachment.

Now doing a.

Bad job, that's the standard you guys want to set, because you're not exactly crushing it right now. You can't pass legislation, you can't settle on us.

Speaker.

The most of you guys have gotten done is one beetlejuice hand job. And even that wasn't too completion. I mean, come on, I could have knocked out too before the curtain rises, you know. But fine, they impeached Alejandro Majorcis. I guess House Republicans think they can solve the border crisis by removing one Latino at a time. So congratulations to House Speaker Mike Johnson for finally getting something past. Although you know who's going to be pretty upset about that, Mike Johnson.

From four years ago.

The founding fathers, the founders of this country, warned against single party impeachments. They said that it would be bitterly divisive, perhaps irreparably divisive for the country.

I definitely won't regret that in a few years. Now.

If you'll excuse me, I'm off to French kiss a bat at the Wuhan Wet Market. Let's move on to more consequential congressional news. Yesterday, Long Island voters had a special election to replace.

This guy, George Santos.

Yeah.

Sure, famous for getting expelled, dressing like a ventriloquist dummy, and running away from all of America's finest journalists.

Run away from me all.

You want, George, You'll have to talk to me when I pay for that cameo.

Those are the rules. That's in the contracts.

Read the fine bred George, I'm coming for you. But the race to replace Santos wasn't just a local issue. It had national implications because both parties were looking to see what the result would tell them about November.

So let's break down this race.

In one quarter we had Tom Swazi and in the other corner we had.

Mazi Pillop Swazi versus Mazzi.

Even doctor Seuss was like, you know, it's a little much.

Now.

Looking at their pictures, you can probably guess which candidate is in party, but you'd be wrong, and you need to do better. The white guy is Democrat Tom Swazi. Funny story, he actually held the seat before George Santos, but then he left to run for governor.

And Tom, how did that go? I ran for governor and I got my ass kicked. Thanks for your honesty.

That's the Democrats champion, Tom Swase.

I'm the guy who got my ass kicked. This man failed and got another chance.

This is what sociologists referred to as a reverse female movie director. Meanwhile, the Republican is Mazi pill Up, and she contains multitudes.

Mazzi Pillup is in fact a registered Democrat, though she was elected to the Nassau County Legislature as a Republican.

Pillup, a mother of seven and wife of a Ukrainian immigrant, is an Ethiopian jew born in southern Ethiopia. She immigrant to Israel, joining their military the IDF, before moving to the United States.

That's a big gun, okay.

An Ethiopian Jewish refugee, immigrant, Republican Democrat, mother of seven married to a Ukrainian who served.

In the IDF.

She's like, if you asked chet Gpt to write a bio based on all the news, if this race has national implications. Then, understanding what issues resonated with voters is crucial, and in Long Island, what issue stood out.

Both candidates made the case that they are tougher on immigration.

I'll work across the aisle to do what our leaders have a secure our border is.

At the same time, the two attacked each other on the issue.

Because Tom Swazzi repeatedly weakened Americas borders.

Guys, guys, guys, relax, There's plenty of migrants to demonize for the both of you. Okay, So both Swats and Mazzi made immigration a big part of their platform, but just as revealing as what they were running on was who they were running away from. Mazzi refused to ask Trump for his endorsement, and Swazi politely asked President Biden to stay the fuck away.

Would you want a campaign with Biden?

I could pretty much guarantee that the President it's not going to be coming the campaign here.

But this is a huge seed.

I mean, don't you think the President could be helpful and any if he came out here.

I don't think it would be helpful, just as I don't think Donald Trump would be helpful to my opponent.

And this race is really very local.

He's declining the president's offer, like how you decline your dad's offered a babysit so sweet, aie pops, but we don't want to put you out, and Billy really doesn't want to play with your keys for three hours.

He's fifteen.

Of course, Swazi is right, a Biden visit would not be helpful, especially to Biden. You don't want Joe having to learn any new names right now. His brain is in a sort of one in, one out situation. Tom swasee, nice to meet you.

I'm oh no.

So that was the candidates and the issues they ran on, and last night we found out who had the winning strategy.

Democrat Tom Swazi easily winning a special election in New York's third congressional district, defeating Mazi Pillup by eight points.

Thank god, Let me just enjoy this for one more minute.

Okay, yes, let me enjoy this. Tomorrow I start the world's worst job. Yes, Tom Swazi won the race handily. Another question is what does it mean for November. Of course, Donald Trump has his own opinion.

Former President Donald Trump blamed Pillip's loss on her lack of loyalty to him. He said that though he boasts an almost ninety nine percent endorsement success rate in primaries and a very good number in the general elections, this very foolish woman didn't endorse me.

Maga, which is most of the Republican Party stayed home and it will always unless it is treated with the respect that it deserves. I stayed out of the race. I want to be loved in quotes. I'm not sure what that I want to be loved in quotes is.

You don't know.

You don't know what A bitter old man alone in his room, tweeting into the abyss I want to be loved The night before Valentine's Day means haven't you seen a person make a Freudian slip with his thumbs before? That's for Democrats. They were gifted a blueprint for twenty twenty four. Joe Biden heads up.

The path is clear.

You can win reelection in three easy steps. One get out there with a strong message. Two tackle immigration head on, and three don't campaign with Joe Biden. For more analysis the last night's election, we go to troy Iwana out in Long Island. Crow, what.

What know? What?

Boy? What do you think?

The National implications of this election.

Are it was a local election on Long Island, so none.

A local election with national implications. I mean, when you look at it, if.

You who cares, a Democrat winning in New York is not exactly shocking news. It's like it's like finding out vaccines make you gay. We know, that's why we're taking.

Them, right, Okay, okay, But Long Island is a good bellweather. It's middle class, it's suburban, it's diverse.

Yeah, those are really good points. But also it's Long Island.

Why are you looking for a lesson from people who voted for George Santo's root for the Mets and idolized Billy Joel. We shouldn't be learning from them.

We should pity them.

Okay, No, I actually really like Billy Joel, of course we all do, but we're not supposed to be proud of it.

He's a guilty pleasure, like reality TV or cocaine. I just don't think we should be looking for insight from an island that named their hockey team the Islanders, the Long Island Islanders. It's not exactly a bunch of hemingways out here.

Get noted, so nothing to be learned, just not a thing.

Okay, Well, there's one thing I'd like to learn. How to get home? Okay, The Long Island Railroad is confusing and scary. Who is ron Conkoma Jordan?

Please send me an Uber.

We'll send you an Uber twenty one everybody.

When we come back.

Author Joshua Green is here, so don't go on. Welcome back to the Daily Show.

My guest tonight is a national correspondent for Bloomberg BusinessWeek and bestselling author whose new book is called The Rebels Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Okazia Cortes, and the Struggle for a New American Politics. Please welcome Joshua Green. Josh Welcome, Welcome, all right, John. See your last book. Your last book, Devil's Bargain, was about Steve Bannon and the rise of

I'm giving you the gift of a book that's not about Trump or Biden or the depressing presidential rematch. It's going to dominate our lives for the next nine yes, that's my gift to you.

This is arrestment for people who need a break.

Read about Bernie sand You go. Yes, you talk about this book about the rise of the left and the progressive and the progressive movement and populism, and also you talk about how it has a symbiotic relationship with the more moderate way and the Joe Biden side of it all. Talk to me how you see those two things working symbiotically.

Yeah, well, I mean the book starts in two thousand and eight, because I date the rise of this left populist movement to the reaction from the financial crisis, and after that everybody was angry. There was a big backlash. On the right, it led to the Tea Party and to Donald Trump. But on the left it gave rise to people like Warren who were able to articulate the deep dissatisfaction a lot of Americans had with the fact that the government was bailing out Wall Street banks, but

And when Donald Trump won, I think.

It woke up a lot of Democratic officials who said, gosh, we better listen to these people. And Joe Biden's presidency has really managed to kind of unite the populaces and the moderates.

He's put into place a lot.

Of things that Warren and Bernie and AOC have argued for. And so we're heading into the November election with Democrats really unified behind Joe Biden.

Now that's interesting. It's interesting you say that most because I don't I theoretically see that. It doesn't seem as if that is the feeling. I would say most Democrats, they don't feel like they're lining up, charged, ready to for Joe Biden right now. I think a lot of more far left Democrats still feel like their voices aren't being heard. How are are their voices being heard and seen through a vessel like Joe Biden.

Well, I think you look at it two different ways. At the national level, all of the important left wing Democrats, including my three characters, have all come out and endorsed Biden. Nobody decided to run against him, which they could have if they wanted to. And even AOC who's had some problems with him lately, came out yesterday and said she thought he was one of the best presidents in recent US history.

So they're pretty much united.

But when it comes to the actual kind of rank and file of left leaning voters, especially younger voters, there is a lot of dissatisfaction with Biden. Maybe that's because of its age.

She's kind of old. He looks like Grandpa.

Maybe it's because of his kind of really old look.

Grandpa. Sure, yes, so does Trump.

But yes, they're both they're both quite old choo.

Yes, But the challenge for Biden is going to be how can he bring those younger people back into his coalition.

And I think one hope is that, you know.

My characters will be effective surrogates. You seither that or you're gonna have to count on, you know, going on TikTok and trying to attract them in other unorthodox ways that you know, maybe the Biden campaign is going to be so good.

All you talk a lot about economic populism and what people across America really want, and that this this movement sort of started from people being disaffected post two thousand and eight. You spend a lot of time on the field, you're covering this election. I was recently in South Carolina and Biden has pretty good numbers right now. When it comes to the economy, the stock markets up, inflation seems to be going down. You know, we we have unemployment

No, I don't think they're missing it. And there's been a ton of worry about inflation. Of course, that's been the main challenge that Biden has had to deal with. And you hear that from Republicans, Independence and Democrats. You know, unless you spend the last three years like only eating at a taco bell, Like you've probably experienced.

Price inflation and you're not real happy about it.

I bet also you're not really happy about it if you've spent the last fig years just eating reasons too.

Yeah, But look, look, you know, people's views of the economy are looked at through the lens of political partisanship. It's true for Democrats, they were very unhappy about the economy, Pohl said when Donald Trump was president. So there's a certain group of people and their maga Republicans who are probably never going to be happy with the state of the economy under Joe Biden.

But what you really need to look at are Democrats and independents.

And the one thing that Biden really has going for him running for reelection is that, you know, he dealt with the deepest financial crash we've had since the Great Financial Crisis, the one that followed the COVID crash, by doing what my characters wanted and do what Warren and Sanders did. We had three rounds of stimulus and beefed up unemployment benefits and student loan freezes, and the economy three years later is in really strong shape. As you pointed, out.

Is going to go up.

They're going to get a good job, They're going to feel more positive, and we can see measures like consumer sentiment that have turned around pretty strongly. So that you know, the way I think of Biden's reelection is like, it's not like the Olympics where you have to put up a perfect score, you just have to do better than the other guy. The things are trending in a direction where where you know, it's like it's at least an attainable goal.

We hope, right, the world's slowest hundred yard death the world. Yeah, exactly, yes, So if we're still running, we're still running.

It's interesting to say that he needs to articulate those successes. But since you wrote this book, we've had what's happening with Israel and Palestine, and I think we are starting

You know, it's a great question.

I mean, in a lot of ways, the story of my book is the story of how Democrats came together on economics over the last fifteen years. But just in the last couple of months, we've seen a new fissure open up between the left and the center and the Democratic Party over Israel, and it's something that I think kind of has taken the.

Biden White House by surprise.

Biden initially came out was very much pro net and Yahoo, and then as things went south and Gaza and.

You could see the.

Rebellion of the left flank, of ordinary act and file voters, but also of important elected Democrats like AOC like Bernie Sanders. It's a problem that they don't really know how to square and so you've seen the White House express concern and all these kind of Washington buzzwords. But I don't think that that's really satisfying anyone. And that's something they're going to have to figure out because in a divided country like we've had in what I'm sure shaping up

What do you see the Democratic Party reflecting? Is it reflecting more of an AOC version of the Democratic Party or is it a Biden's version.

Yeah, it's a good question.

I think if you look at where the Democratic Party is today visa VI where it was, let's say in two thousand and eight during the last crash at the beginning of the book, completely different party. Like when I came to Washington as report in two thousand, Biden was considered so pro corporate that we used to kind of jokingly call in the Senator from corporate America. But if you flash forward fifteen years to Joe Biden as president today,

Well, it's a great read. The Rebels is available now. God's great, everybody, We're gonna take a quick break.

We're right back after that, John say little bits.

Of Welcome back to the Daly Show. My guest tonight is an actor you know from Captain Marvel, No Time to Die and The Woman King. She plays Bob Marley's wife Rita in the New biopic Bob Marley One Love, Please welcome, Lashana Lynch.

Jobs welcome. Right they're lovely, right, lovely? I love them they are yeh. Might you say it's all one love?

Oh?

I like it.

That's nice. It was nice.

It was nice.

It was very nice.

Okay. Going through some of the things you've you've picked up over the last few years when you're a part of the Marble Cinematic universe, you learn to fly a plane.

Yeah. Uh.

In Woman King, you learned how to fight in No Time to Die. You learn how to arm and disarm and fire a gun. Do you feel ready for the impending apocalypse?

Yes? Yes, you've done the work. You prepped for it.

I've been prepping for all my life.

You found a way to get paid for it. So whatever happens post November, you're going to be in a great space.

Basically.

Yes, you gotta sneak your little skills and.

You've got to get into it. You can now write it off on your taxes.

It's great.

Exactly what did you know?

That's what I was trying to do.

This is smart, all right?

Yes?

What did you what skill did you pick up? Working on the latest movie One Love?

None of that, No, that none of that much much lighter emotional grasp.

Oh, definitely, there's a lot of there's a lot of holding.

You know, Reta Molly is a strong, very powerful, balanced, spiritual woman. So I had to make sure that she was grounded at all times.

You had to You had to work on yourself.

I had to work on myself, my spiritual self, my inner self, make sure that I was collected enough to, you know, take all of the experiences of all the training that you just told me about and put them into good use.

Now, I think you know what a lot of people think of Bob Marley, perhaps they're not as familiar with the story of Riada Marley. Right for me, in college, Bob Marley, I love Bob Marley. He was a poster on a wall, and I thought Legend was an album that he made as opposed to a Greatest Hits album, which is the mistake most college kids made at that point, But they weren't aware of readA Marley. When you watch this film, you see that she's really the backbone of

Are Jamaican, They're born in Jamaica, so I had a.

Responsibility to take the role and make sure that it was everything that it needed to be, Representrita Marley in the way that she deserved to and also to uphold the legend's story, the legend that we know today. You know didn't come from nowhere. She literally is the backbone that she held everything together. She ensured that you know her children that I mean, the geniuses that they are today.

That's I would say, that feels stressful to a big back.

Light stress, Yes, just light stress.

I mean my parents are from Michigan, so if I had to play eminem that would be a lot of stress for me.

Make sure you get it right, to it right.

Yeah, maybe kid Rock would be an easier fit. Sadly, I don't know.

We could talk to someone make it happen.

Yeah, it's eminem.

If you're out there and let me, I know, you're a better actor than I am and more successful, you could probably play yourself.

But think about me.

You met Rita Marley, right, Not only is it the pressure of upholding this real life figure who is still alive and people have opinions about her and what her role is, but you're also you're also creating this role in the shadow of somebody who is there and watching.

Correct.

What was it like to to meet Rita Marley and what did you glean from her?

Sometimes you meet someone and it feels like a film. Like I walked into her house and her back was turned to me, and it kind of felt like I'd imagined smoke underneath her chair and like clouds above her, and it just felt like I was walking into some kind of like heavenly space because she's just really quite angelic,

Oh did you say, did you know what the energy was? Or you were like, oh what, but what am I giving off? Is it pheromones?

Vibe? Tell me what the energy? Tell me what the energy exactly?

Can you look?

Just describe that to me so I know that I'm in the right place, like I've.

I got the wrong address because I don't know what I'm doing.

No, it was it was like a kind of a meeting of spirits, it felt like because when I did eventually sit down with her, I left my book that had three pages of notes in it in my bag and just sat on the floor and crossed my legs and just kind of like looked up to her almost like a little schoolgirl looking at her teacher, and just soaked her in, soaked in her spirit and her energy.

And it reminded me that.

This process has to I kind of have to kick the actor thing to the side and realize that I'm a vessel bringing this incredible woman's life or a slice of her life to the globe. And like you said, you know Bob Marley, you can there's information for days

Like she's just so powerful.

And her voice has been you know, doing all sorts of it's like her voices like that phone.

It's just kind of like.

Do you feel like do.

You know what I mean?

Is that the energy?

Energy?

That's what I'm talking about, the energy exactly that. Thank you so much for that cue.

Well timed.

You really you've described like an intimacy with a person that unfortunately, I don't know if I've ever experienced with another human being in my own life. That came off like a cry for help, and I, uh, is it okay?

You're really bringing up of people, don't you.

Oh my god, take a minute, he's just going to take us out.

Oh god, oh god, I didn't. I didn't learn enough for my acting classes.

Yes, yeah, good? Please please? Did you get notes unset from family members?

Yeah?

Yeah, we did, no, but I needed them.

I really needed them because you know, as an actor, you do you do your research and you sit with

That wasn't realistic.

So every so often I'll go to the monitor and be like, do I sound like your mom?

Like would your mom say this? Do I feel like your mom today right now?

And you'd be like, yeah, yeah, all good, all good, and of course in my active self and go away and be like, I'm not like his mom, terrible.

I don't know what's happening, but he.

Does in the macry like mom no, mom, Mom no, mom no.

No, let's shrill. That's pretty good.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Until we got to the end of the shoot and I thought, well, you know what we've done.

We've done a good job in telling this story.

We have an hour and forty five roughly to tell a whole life thirty six years of this man, and we were able to do it in a really succinct way. And I'm proud of it, and I'm proud of Kingsley.

He's a brilliant really much it is.

It's a it's a beautiful movie and it really brings you into his life and you bring it out wonderful. Bob Marley, One Love is in theaters now The Shadow lives.

We'll take a great bread. That's our job for tonight.

Now here it is.

I got you a present.

It's a bell, which means she wants a bell to ring when she needs something.

I need mini melts, I need crackers. I'm like this gift.

It's good, right, Wow, Okay, that's amazing.

Can use for emphasis, for affirmation, or for you to get the cheese and crackers at eight thirty.

Exactly exactly, or if you say when I was in Congress, we could do that.

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