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The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 3/18/25
MAGA or you're, you know, drinking soy lattes, you know, whatever, you know, and there's there's a lot of people that are just like, we're just regular people, but we don't want a dictator. We don't want to see people rip people's benefits ripped away, especially veterans and people who have worked their whole life to pay into Social Security.
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MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 3/18/25
i just don't understand you know if if someone was going to trick americans into what has happened i would i would have like thought it might have been like a brad pitt or someone a little bit cooler or whatever like the fact that elon musk the guy looks like he's he's literally seems like a villain from a movie so me mixed with the guy that's like mid nervous breakdown and donald trump's just a clown i just can't believe how they've been the two that have that are swaying people's
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Trump Makes Stunning Admissions in Disaster Fox Interview
Well, look, it's only been three weeks and Elon Musk has already shown that he's the worst president that the US has ever had. And so in all honesty, I mean, this is the guy that was put in charge to bring efficiency to our government. The last thing he cares about is actually helping improve people's lives. Him and Donald Trump,
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Trump Makes Stunning Admissions in Disaster Fox Interview
Basically, you have this government now that's been bought by the billionaires. The billionaires have one thing in mind, which is to make the most amount of profit they can off the backs of hardworking men and women in this country. You know, I don't know how in the hell changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America is going to help anyone in this country right now.
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
Well, look, it's only been three weeks and Elon Musk has already shown that he's the worst president that the US has ever had. And so in all honesty, I mean, this is the guy that was put in charge to bring efficiency to our government. The last thing he cares about is actually helping improve people's lives. Him and Donald Trump,
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
Basically, you have this government now that's been bought by the billionaires. The billionaires have one thing in mind, which is to make the most amount of profit they can off the backs of hardworking men and women in this country. You know, I don't know how in the hell changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America is going to help anyone in this country right now.
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
i don't know how you know eliminating the free tax filing system is going to help you know middle class americans and working class americans who file their taxes for free right now it's only going to help the billionaires who own turbo tax as an example right you know elon musk now controls all of our social security number has access to almost all of our private data what do you think he's going to do with that as a tech pirate he's going to
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
take that data and he's gonna sell it to the highest bidder. I mean, this is what our country has become. You know, this billionaire cabinet is worth $460 billion. Not the top 1%, by the way, it's the top 100th of 1% has now bought our federal government and they could give a damn about actually helping working people in this country. And clearly the last three weeks have proven that.
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
Well, again, I mean, look, he said he was going to bring down the cost of goods on day one. He hasn't done that. In fact, cost of eggs have increased dramatically. He's done nothing at all in the first three weeks, either him or his co-president, Elon Musk, to actually bring down the cost of goods in this country and to help everyday Americans who are working their asses off to get ahead in life.
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
You know, he made a lot of promises. At this point, he hasn't delivered on any one of them. He seems to be focused on anything but helping the American people at this point, only trying to help his billionaire friends make as much money as they can. And as you said, and you heard from those clips, inflict as much pain on the American people as possible.
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
only so they can make off with as much money as they can at the expense of all of us. That's what this is really about. And I've said for the last few weeks here, you know, whose side are we really on? Whose side is Donald Trump on, right? I know which side he's on. He's on the side of these modern day robber barons who are essentially trying to pilfer the U.S.
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
government, make as much money as they can and do nothing, absolutely nothing to make a difference in my life or your life.
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
Well, as I said just a couple days ago, right after I was elected, they asked me, what's your message for Donald Trump? And my message is we're coming. We're taking the gloves off. We're going to throw a punch and we're going to land a punch. That's what I'm bringing to this. At the end of the day, we need everyone to stand up.
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
Right now, when the stakes are so high for the American people, if people around this country don't see us standing up and fighting back, fighting back and pushing back hard, how in the hell are they gonna believe that when they put us back in power that we're gonna fight for their lives then, right?
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
And so it's incumbent upon us right now at this moment to stand up to the excesses and extremes of this administration that are not only shattering lives of people throughout this country, but they're destroying communities. So look, we have to resist, But we can do both at the same time.
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
We can walk and chew gum at the same time, which is we can also define ourselves while we're also resisting Donald Trump. And that was one of the lessons of the last election, frankly, in my opinion, is we didn't do a good enough job of giving people in this country a sense of who we are as Democrats, what we're fighting for and why. So we've got to do both.
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
But let me tell you right now, what we've seen these last few weeks should incense all Americans. And it's incumbent upon Democrats to get themselves off the mat, dust themselves off, and get themselves in the fight. This is the fight of our life right now. And people across the country are watching. They're watching us closely. They want to see us fight.
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
In 2016, someone said to me, the Republicans are shameless, but the Democrats are spineless. It's time that the Democratic Party grows a spine and starts throwing a punch.
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
Well, look, I think it has to be fiercely focused on a working class agenda, giving people a sense that we recognize that they can't afford their groceries, right? And we're going to help bring down costs as Democrats.
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
We're going to make sure that working class people can not just get by, but can get ahead, can actually retire with dignity, can actually save a few more pennies to maybe afford a vacation, right? have access to good quality education, and of course, access to health care, right?
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
You can go down the list of all the things that people struggle with on a daily basis, those kitchen table issues that so many Americans are feeling like the U.S. government and politicians don't give a damn about anymore. And so that's what we have to be fiercely focused on.
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
I will tell you this, that, you know, there was research that came out last spring that showed that for the first time ever, the two perceptions of the two political parties has switched. The majority of Americans now believe that the Republican Party best represents the interests of the working class and the poor, and the Democratic Party is the party of the wealthy and the elites.
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
That is a damning indictment on our party. That's not who we are at all. So we've got to get back to basics. We've got to show people who are working so hard, who still believe in the American dream, that if they work hard, they can climb the economic ladder and achieve success, that it's still possible. And And that has to be our message.
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
We have to focus on those kitchen table issues, those struggles, everyday struggles with child care costs, with rising home costs, with not being able to afford groceries or gas. These are all things that create economic anxiety, and that's where the Democratic Party has to be focused.
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
Well, I just want to reflect on what you said about the ABC, always be campaigning, right? That's part of what I campaigned on for this position, which is we need a permanent campaign right now. That's not just showing up four months before an election and starting a conversation with a voter, right? But doing exactly what you're talking about, showing up in the union halls, right?
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
Showing up at the shift changes, showing up in community meetings. well before an election and building a durable relationship with the voter around their hopes, their dreams, their aspirations, and not just asking them to vote for our party or our candidate. That also means having a communications infrastructure that is always campaigning all the time. Unfortunately, we don't live in
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
uh this conventional wisdom of people just paying attention in the last five months of an election unfortunately we live in a perpetual campaign which means our party needs to be always campaigning which is why i am going to stand up a permanent campaign at the dnc we're going to get out there talk to voters and most importantly we're going to get back to organizing and building relationships with voters around shared values and about their hopes and dreams
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
Look, we've got a lot of work to do with very little time, but you know what? We've all got to roll up our sleeves, get ourselves in this fight, and realize that American people are relying on us to stand up and fight for them because they feel forgotten, they feel left behind, they feel downtrodden, and they feel like no one gives a damn.
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Exclusive Interview with New DNC Chair Ken Martin
I give a damn, I know our party gives a damn, and we've got to get back in this fight.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
Where the f*** are all the other punk bands? The reason we speak out, we don't care if we lose fans because when history is said and done, we want it known that Dropkick Murphy stood with the people, we stood with the workers. Okay? And, and, and, it's all a f***ing scam, guys, okay? I want to propose, in the name of decency and fairness, sir, I'd like to propose a friendly wager.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
You can't lose this wager. Would you, in the name of dialogue and discourse, and I appreciate you being here, would you agree to a friendly wager? He says, sure. That's a good sport. Well, first of all, do you support American workers? Of course you do. Of course you do. Okay. So, do you support American businesses? Obviously. Okay.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
So, I don't know if you guys are aware, because we don't go around f***ing bragging about it, but Dropkick Murphy's always sells proudly made in America merchandise only. And here's the bet I'd like to make. If you lose the bet, we switch shirts, okay? If you win the bet, I give you $100 in the shirts, right? That's why I said you can't lose, right?
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
So, he is a good sport. He's taking the shirt off. We're taking crime off the streets. God bless your fucking heart. That's a good sport. You get one proudly made in America dropkick Murphy shirt.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
Yeah, so, you know, obviously being around as long as we have and since our very first album, you know, when we started in 96, we've always kind of been this, you know, pro working class, pro union band. And a lot of our politics have been about our experiences in the workforce before we started the band and, you know, family history and unions and union politics and union organizing.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
So it's always been near and dear to our heart and our fan base. was lockstep with us. And we had a lot of military support, first responders, rank and file union people. and once that guy came down the escalator, man, and started telling everyone the lie, you know, all of a sudden, you know, a big portion of our fan base is like, what's with this politics all of a sudden?
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
I said, all of a sudden we, one thing I can say is that we have not changed our message from the beginning in 1996 till now. Unfortunately, a lot of people, you know, that, that are in all those categories I mentioned have been tricked to think that a grifter billionaire who wouldn't know how to sit in a room full of regular people is looking out for their best interests.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
So my goal is not to come out on stage and parade our fans. Those two instances you just showed, the second one that you showed in Florida, when I did the wager with the guy, he was actually a very good sport, you know, and, and, you know, he lost the bet and he took off his shirt and it was good. And after the show, and I was talking to fans down front, he was there.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
And I said, Hey, thanks for being a good sport. And he said, I've been coming to see you for 20 years and I don't let politics and I consider you family and I don't let politics come between family. And I was like, man, that gave me a lot of hope, you know, that, that we can come back together because ultimately if you,
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
you know, if it's just that by, by an uprising or whatever it is, we, you know, gain, you know, power backwards, a general strike, whatever it might be, you know, we're still going to be a divided country, you know? So I'd love to have the hope that someday we will, you know, politics might be boring again and we can all be friends again.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
You know, the other guy, the first clip he showed with the hat, he was coming in more of a, you know, he had held the hat up all night, putting it in people's faces and you know, he was looking for the attention. So like, I'm not really looking to, you know, stop.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
I'm looking to play music and I oftentimes will comment before a song, you know, something about our beliefs, but I'm really not looking to stop the show and turn it into a political rally. But, you know, I do have to call out the hypocrisy when I see it, especially if it's being put in my face at a show, you know.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
Chinese fucking red that they all wear and I think it's dying their brains. You got the black on black Elon Musk true Nazi edition. And then my man here, he's getting ready for summer with a nice fucking light white one, all right?
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
Yeah. Well, people will say to us like, yeah, we know this is your politics, but why are you like, you know, they want to, the right that follows us wants to be able to just kind of know our politics, but not have to be faced with it, you know? And they said, well, why all of a sudden so much? I said, well, we always have, if it's more now, it's because we're in a crisis.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
And if we don't speak up now, we're going to lose the opportunity to speak up. And, um, And all the things you mentioned, especially, you know, like organized labor. And I get it. I get the anger and people feeling like the Democrats have let them down as well.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
But if you want to look at the voting records and you want to look at, like you said, the two guys in charge, whoever you want to call the president, I'm not sure which one really is. They literally laugh at working class people. How you can vote with that, I don't know. And I do see a change because I think that...
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
especially like in the online world that you know the bullies will always bully but like mega had dominated that they almost had scared people into submission and people would even a lot of other bands they just kept their head down because they didn't want it to affect their business they didn't want it to you know put the bull's eye on them but listen they're coming for everybody eventually right so you better speak up now and don't be afraid and if you want to be silenced
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
because you think it's going to be better for your business. It's like in the long run, there's only a few ultra, ultra wealthy people that this is going to benefit. Everyone else is going to suffer. And someday you'll also carry the shame if you're a band or whoever that you didn't speak up when the time was called for. So that's why we do it now.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
And, you know, we've just, it's what we've always been about, you know? And I think that, you know, working class people on the left in particular need to, you know, stand up because there's this whole, like,
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
mentality that MAGA has painted that like, you know, you're either MAGA or you're, you know, drinking soy lattes, you know, whatever, you know, and there's there's a lot of people that are just like, we're just regular people, but we don't want a dictator.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
We don't want to see people rip people's benefits ripped away, especially veterans and people who have worked their whole life to pay into Social Security.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
i just don't understand you know if if someone was going to trick americans into what has happened i would i would have like thought it might have been like a brad pitt or someone a little bit cooler or whatever like the fact that elon musk the guy looks like he's he's literally seems like a villain from a movie mixed with the guy that's like mid nervous breakdown and donald trump's just a clown i just can't believe how they've been the two that have that are swaying people's
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
views it's crazy and i'm 100 convinced that donald trump is a russian asset you know and um because his behavior and the things he's done and one other thing dropkick murphy's has always been about is like a lot of songs about standing with your friends and family and the things you believe in whether it's politics or just how you were raised
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
No, bro, listen, I admire your dedication, but I will ask everyone, if you're in a room full of people and you want to know who's in a cult, how do you know who's in a cult? They've been holding up a fucking hat the whole night to represent a president. This is America. There's no kings here. Anyway, anyway, do you mind, sir?
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
And Donald Trump is the exact opposite of everything we sing about. You know, he's turned on his friends. He's turned on America's friends and our allies. And he's a rat and a coward, you know, when you think of it that way. America shouldn't be turning on our allies, you know.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
Yeah, I mean, it's just kind of stupidity. It is not, you know, it's like, you know, these people just don't read the room, you know, and I mean, Don Jr. Don't even get me started. You know, they're definitely not welcome to play our music. They have a very limited amount of musicians that want them or allow them to play their music, you know.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
And, yeah, I just don't want, nobody wants, you know, their work associated with this regime, you know. And it's sickening, but it also shows how, like, little they're reading the room, you know.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
Yeah, I just like that the American people, like I said, we started to touch on it, but I got a little sidetracked to say that I now see that I think that people are starting to, you know, take back the airwaves, starting to rise up, you know, the mega cancel culture and all that, like go woke, go broke culture. That's over, man. You know?
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
Um, and like, we've been around, do what we do before the word woke existed, you know? So like, whatever that, whatever you're trying to do with the go woke, go broke is, uh, it's not working. You know what I mean? It's not working. And, uh, We appreciate all the people that have supported Dropkick Murphys and our message and our music. And yeah, cool if you tune in tonight.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
It's the final show of our tour, the final show of four shows in Boston. We do a little special thing tonight where we play all the old school music back from a lot of the songs from the 90s and stuff. Yeah, it's a special night to wrap up in our hometown on St. Patrick's Day. I'd like to wish everyone a happy St. Patrick's Day. And thank you guys for all you do on behalf of democracy.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
And it's awesome to have your platform reaching so many people.
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Dropkick Murphys Lead Singer Stands Up To Trump at Shows
We're gonna play a song about our grandparents and people who, like, fought Nazis in the war and shit, you know? So if you could just shut the fuck up for five minutes. Thank you.