Chapo Trap House: Episode 164 - The Deficit Rag (12/4/17)

December 4, 2017 8:31 AM

Matt, Will, Virgil and Felix ponder the tax bill and many reasons for despair. Then, they lighten the mood by talking about Jared's bar mitzvah at the Haim Saban forum and a new behind the scenes look at our president's fast food based diet. Plus Trumpy Bear.

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The new producer working for the past few weeks after the departure of beloved good boy Brendan is @chriswadamas.

posted by Space Coyote (5 comments total)

Man, this episode really got my blood pumping. I was totally freaked out by the time I finished my commute. It's important to hear people really crystallizing just what a complete act of brazen class warfare this tax bill is, and just how screwed the country is, but it makes for some very enervating listening.
posted by One Second Before Awakening at 9:46 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]

Yeah Felix's yelling was almost too much to take htis time, but then again we really should be in-the-streets angry about what just happened.
posted by Space Coyote at 9:57 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]

Matt's bit about the president having some kind of reverse leprechaun's curse that lets him eat garbage and scream at the TV and not have any kind of cancer by now was so good.
posted by Space Coyote at 12:19 PM on December 4, 2017

This was a great, depressing episode.

...particularly the part about the democrats seizing control again in 2018/20 and immediately returning to compromise and baby steps. *sigh*
posted by graventy at 3:23 PM on December 4, 2017

this was a really good episode and i recommend it as a good starting point for anyone who wants to get into chapo

the boys really nail the problem with the democrat party in this one and my general feeling of helplessness
posted by entropicamericana at 10:35 AM on December 5, 2017