In this episode:

• welcome!
  • Patriots are the only team the media talks about like this.
  • While on Sports, does baseball needs a Cap?
• Let’s talk about the midterms
  • I don’t really care how you vote
  • Let me talk to my team: we need to focus on affordability
    • Define Comfortable:
      • “comfortable” here means you can reliably cover all your essential costs—housing, food, utilities, and other bills—without feeling like you’re constantly on the edge. It also means having a little left over to save, maybe take a vacation now and then, and just not living paycheck to paycheck or stressing over every minor expense.
    • Single person: $100,000 - $106,000 (average $103,000)
    • 2 person house: $130,000-$180,000 (average $155,000)
    • 4 person house: $187,000- $300,000 (average $243,000)
    • Average wage $60,000-$65,000
      • Median (doesn’t account for high earners) $40,000-$50,000)
    • Let’s make this real using me:
      • $40,000 person year
        • 2000: $75,000
        • 2010: $59,000
        • 2020: $50,000
      • That’s a 33% loss of purchasing power in 26 years
• I’m kind of over X
  • Porn Bots
  • Grok
  • Nothing there is real. It’s all curated for clicks
    • Respectfully… of course
      • Explain the bracket
      • 1 round matchups
• Questions from the Discord.
  • If John Cena ran for public office in your state would you vote for him?