It's a labor-heavy episode, folks--we're talking Alex's final thoughts on the UPS Teamsters Tentative Agreement before voting begins, third-party orgs participating in member mobilization, and what our long-term goals should be for the Teamsters. ALSO: The Rock donates a record sum to the SAG-AFTRA support fund, and Blaze readers ask, "Why does he hate veterans?" ADDITIONALLY: Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre cancel 30th Anniversary Doggystyle shows at the Hollywood Bowl to show solidarity to the striking actors and writers. We learn from the comments he's probably the president of the union and stealing money from them. Sign up for only $5/mo at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult and get instant access to hundreds of bonus episodes directly in your podcast app or browser.
I've never been more optimistic about being a Teamster.
I've never had, like, I've never really looked forward to what we can accomplish as Teamsters until, you know, these last couple years.
And that's, you know, my own fault for not being as involved in the union and all that.
But also, like, again, it's this material reality that we're working with.
The energy is coming up.
It's palpably coming up among the rank and file.
And it's, it's infective and it's, it's infectious and it's, you know, I feel like it's only going to spread.
It's only going to get stronger.
Um, and yeah, I think the real fight is eliminating the internalized classism that a lot of wage earners still, still have, still hold onto and fostering solidarity among our union siblings, because that's where the power comes from.
You know, you can like, You can try to get the public on your side, and that does help for morale, and that does help show the company that they're on the wrong side.
But it's the actual muscle.
The rank-and-file members are the actual muscle, and we need to all be working together, and we all need to be sympathetic to each other's needs and representative of each other, not just ourselves.
And that's a long-term project that we're working on and I'm seeing gains, I'm seeing wins, I'm seeing fat gains.
This union is going to be yoked pretty soon.
Yeah, I love it.
I love to hear it.
I love to see it.
I will say, you know, you could go ahead and get off the union's teat if you would just bank black, but you know... Well, I mean, why would I do that when I could just start my own bank?
Oh, that's true.
Oh, that's very valid.
That's very valid.
I don't need a handout from Black Bank, alright?
I don't want to take up space in the Black Bank.
This isn't for me, and I'm okay with that.
Yeah, okay.
Let's get on with the show.
Okay, this is gonna be a labor-heavy show, folks.
One of the more labor-heavy shows we've ever done, I think.
Just a lot of interesting stuff happening.
So this is from The Blaze.
Of course, Glenn Beck's right-wing network.
Dwayne The Rock Johnson makes massive historic donation towards SAG-AFTRA Foundation relief efforts.
Let me pull that up on screen here.
This is from Alex Knitsberg.
Actor Dwayne Johnson, often simply referred to as, quote, The Rock, has donated a large sum of, is he getting paid by the word here?
What's going on?
That's very important.
I think I think it's actually, I don't think I don't ever want to read Dwayne Johnson.
I just want to read The Rock.
Right.
Yeah, that's why the headline makes sense.
Dwayne, the rock Johnson makes, but the first line actor Dwayne Johnson comma often simply referred to as quote the rock.
That's true.
I do often refer to him simply as the rock.
Yeah.
Has donated.
If we're talking, I just call him rock.
Whoa.
I don't even say that.
I'm like, Hey rock.
Has donated a large sum of money towards SAG-AFTRA Foundation relief efforts.
SAG-AFTRA President Courtney Vance noted, according to Variety, the outlet reported that the celebrity's donation was seven figures.
He stepped up in a major.
So that's seven figures is at least a million dollars, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, that's at least good.
Should be should be more.
I'm actually more.
I mean, we need to cancel him for not giving 10 million.
I'm seeing right here that apparently he has 800 of those millions.
He's worth about 800 million dollars.
He's so fucking rich.
It's so crazy.
I'm surprised he's not worth a million.
Let me just get like a crumb.
Let me get a crumb of that.
Yeah.
He needs it for all that fucking fish he eats.
How much fish did he say he ate?
It's probably an absurd amount.
I have no idea.
It's probably a wild amount.
He eats like pounds of fish every day.
Or at least he did, I don't know, like five years ago, the last time I heard about his diet.
I believe it.
I believe it.
I think he, cause he has, I'm sure he has some like absurd, you know, like 12,000 calorie diet.
You know, the dude's massive.
See, I think like the steroids should just take care of that.
Well, you shouldn't have to waste the steroids if you don't.
Don't eat a lot.
It's like having a nice car and putting regular gas in it.
You put the turbo on with the steroids, if you're not putting nice gas in it, it's not going to go nowhere.
I see that's bullshit.
It's like, oh wow, such a cool car, but it's going to explode if I don't use like the $60 can of engine oil in it.
Yeah.
Don't think that's very, uh, that's not how I measure a car's goodness.
Can you get these toes off the screen?
This is what Blaze readers want.
This is what they may like.
It's so gross.
It's an ad.
It's an ad, you know, across the story.
And it says you may like.
And it's just a video of somebody scrubbing feet.
I do like that.
As an average Blaze reader, I love this, in fact.
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