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Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick: Bipartisanship, Money in DC, Datacenters, Graham Platner
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All-time unpopularity in the Senate, the filibuster question, tribalism
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Calacanis challenges both senators on Senate dysfunction and $40 trillion debt. Fetterman defends supporting Iran accountability, blasts Democratic TDS, and admits his party was completely wrong about eliminating the filibuster.
Fetterman delivers a scorching critique of the Democratic Party's Trump Derangement Syndrome — saying campaigns are literally built around 'fuck Trump' rage bait. He refuses to be defined by opposition and says if Democrats despise Trump more than they fear Iran going nuclear, that's a catastrophic failure of priorities.
Fetterman says he's the only Democrat who agrees with holding Iran accountable militarily. His logic: $5-a-gallon gas is temporary. A nuclear Iran is permanent. If Democrats despise Trump more than they fear a nuclear Iran, that's a failure of prioritization that will have global consequences.
In 2022, every Democrat wanted to kill the filibuster. By 2025, they love it. Fetterman admits his party was completely wrong and credits Manchin and Sinema for holding the line. Without the filibuster, the Senate becomes just a smaller House — and majority rule in a hyper-partisan era would be catastrophic.
Pennsylvania fentanyl deaths fell from 4,000 in Biden's last year to 1,600, a roughly 60% decrease, which mirrors national trends.
McCormick is blunt: the last 10 years were the greatest decade in human history for asset owners, and a disaster for the median Pennsylvania worker earning $52,000 a year. He says capitalism will be lost unless wealthy people voluntarily direct capital toward opportunity for others — not through government, but through choice-based programs like Invest in America accounts.
