In a new video, MeidasTouch’s red state contributor Tennessee Brando slams the recent clown show nominations by Donald Trump for his cabinet, especially the announcement that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would lead the “Department of Government Efficiency,” a government department that doesn’t exist named after a cryptocurrency memecoin.
While Republicans used to be the party of limited government, now MAGA is giggling with delight over a president that just creates new government departments out of thin air, run by unelected billionaire oligarchs acting as bureaucrats, without understanding that a president can’t do that without congress, let alone a president-elect.
These moves, marketed as "cutting wasteful spending," are going to cause serious harm to everyday Americans by cutting back on things like the Department of Education, Medicare, Medicaid, and veterans’ healthcare—but the last people MAGA are going to blame are Trump and Musk themselves. They will find some way to blame Democrats for it.
We are in a very dangerous place now, with Trump entrusting governance to inexperienced figures based on loyalty over competence and national security, such as nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense. Brando wonders what MAGA would say if President Biden nominated Rachel Maddow for SecDef. That would go over like a lead balloon.
Brando admits it is going to be rough four years, but he pledges to keep fighting back with all of us against Trump’s forces, both real and imaginary. And living in Tennessee, Brando is right in the trenches in the heart of this fight.
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We love watching Tennessee Brando. He is always informative and doesn't pull any punches, plus his singing voice is great too. So happy that he is on your network!
Oh is he part of the Meidas Touch Network now?
I don't follow Meidas Touch on You Tube, I listen to their You Tube Videos as Podcasts on Apple Podcast and of course on their Substack Blog.
I like the YouTube videos because lots of time they post a visual item and I don’t think that gets translated when it is a podcast.
Meidas Touch keeps me calmer and gives me hope.
A foreign power is gonna attack when these buffoons take over 🤡🍿
It’s going exactly how Putin wanted
He'll invite them, just like the Russians will be "given" Ukraine in the name of "a quick end to the war"
Trump was installed by Putin
Absolutely! He was NOT elected by the people!
https://trib.al/z0KxkVk
There is going to be no "security" in national security. It's scary.
It’s what Putin wanted trump has obligations to Putin for helping him win the election
Not at all Joe Biden can stop this and needs to
I truly hope he does.
Please save America from trump
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DEMAND A VOTE RECOUNT. Too many oddities. Smells rigged, very rigged. Investigate Starlink and Musk.
I'm with you on the recount. Besides the many oddities, the track record on these guys is they can't win without lying and cheating. People they lie the most to is themselves. And Republicans have a long tradition of working hard to deprive their fellow Americans of their right to vote.
It's not Starlink. Maybe algorithmic cyber attacks installed in systems months, if not years ago. Think of the recent cyber attacks on monster size corporations and infrastructure. Some attacks weren't discovered until months after they were instigated. If it was confirmed there was this kind of incredibly complex attack on the multitude of US electoral systems by a foreign state that would be an act of war. An attack on a member of NATO is an attack on all. These ramifications might be worse than the US Resistance working bit by bit grinding up once and for all Trump, his minions, MAGA, the oligarchs, and the True Believers hooked in with the Heritage Foundation and Federalist Society.
There are 2.7 million+ mail in ballots the Republicans succeeded in getting trashed, thousands of American citizens (including serving military) had their right to vote challenged by single Trump operatives, and there is the practice of not recording and discarding provisional ballots. This is all done legally within the context of the existing electoral system and state laws governing elections. Using a Trump-like analogy - Bad actors are like bed bugs. Once they infest you can't get rid of them, but they can be reduced and controlled with maintenance and vigilance. Like the man said "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance".
I read that 9000 people did not vote this year
Tennessee Brando for 2025 Press Secretary.
Thank you Tennessee Brando, this needed to be said, and good job! I agree with you 100%.
I only saw Brandon Tennessee once before. I just upgraded again because I don't know how to get to hear him on a regular basis. Is the upgrade to the Midas touch can I get to Brandon also. Totally technologically uneducated. So don't know what to do on my phone which is where I've been following Ben from the beginning of his podcast. Don't know what magic buttons to push. Help an old lady out.
Well… this is kind of like the blind leading the blind.😊I’m new to Substack also, but I always watched Tennessee Brando on YouTube.
Dunno about doing it on a phone, but on my laptop, I go to MTN on Youtube & then go to the playlist. Tennessee Brando & dozens of other contributors are on there, each with an individual playlist. So you can binge-watch if you like. 😎 Take it from this militant Luddite, it's easy to find.
Denise Hall, I watch and listen to utube videos on my phone. I listen to Meidas Touch on utube the most. They have a large group of intelligent, informed, capable people who have experience in law as attorneys, district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, judges, historians,etc. Tennessee Brando can be found here along with the Mesielas Brothers: Ben, Brett and Jordy. Michael Popak and Karen Friedman Agnifolo can also be found there.
The videos are dated and titled with subjects. You can search online for the utube videos of your choice. Hope this helps you. Brian Tyler Cohen is also on Meidas Touch. He is great as well as the others. Glenn Kirchner does daily podcasts and utube videos. This can get you started.
I only have I-phone, and I get all those on you tube.
Bravo!
Dissatisfied with the government, or
Dissatisfied period, and blaming the government?
A FAILURE OF A MAN
I don’t know how you can falsely claim an overwhelming mandate and then successfully blame all the harm that will result on the Democrats, but as with all things I guess we’ll see.
How? Because people believe the false claim. Stupid follows stupid.
What do you expect from an unqualified president? Also I hear Sylvester Stallone was tapped for Secretary of Education.
Yo, Adrian. I don't think I wanna be a secretary. That don't sound too manly.
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Share these videos and articles with all your MAGA FAMILY, former friends and co-workers. I’m gonna slam them with it and make them feel the PAIN they inflicted on us you know “THE ENEMY WITHIN?” that they love to call us!
This is gonna be fun rubbing it in and say CONGRATULATIONS YOU ALL GOT WHAT YOU WANTED! Oh and just pray to your Orange Jesus you all claimed as your SAVIOR and SALVATION!
I’m not gonna let up!
totally agree.. it's hard to watch folks, strangers, friends or loved ones walk into a punch without their guard up. Oftentimes, their ego will get them more enraged about it when someone points out "hey.. ya know, I told ya about that punch and you walked into it anyway". So.. I guess.. as much as it might feel good to say "I told you so", it probably won't help them move off their cult-love. When that punch lands (and we all know it will), there will be an opportunity to empathize and through that empathy help them recognize the real cause of their misery. My $0.03
...or, because nothing -- empathy or whatever else -- would ever change the minds of a lot of such people anyway, saying "I told you so" is at least a tiny fringe benefit in the middle of this nightmare.
can't disagree. Some folks are simply unreachable.
I refuse to abide by anything Trump and his Congressional cult members plan to make into legislation or laws! I will not recognize anything they claim law while a Convicted Felon and Rapist, and the criminals in Congress or the Senate are the ones telling us what we law abiding citizens live by
The real threat is not a 'rough 4 years' it's the threat of there not being any valid election at all in 4 years. Of course they might set up a pseudo-election a la Russia to keep everybody quiet, but I fear we are watching a complete coup & they will do their darnedest to stay right there forever ! Then the only way to prevent that is a REAL REVOLUTION IN THE STREETS ALL OVER AGAIN ! God Help the US !
My maternal grandparents were Mammaw and Pappaw. Thanks for using those names.
That's it, "We just going to have to keep on going."
That's what we gotta do, just keep on going.
Oh I know a world of hurt is coming, I'm retired on Socail Security and Medicare, I know Billionaires Musk and Maraswamy (what is his last name again?) are coming for me and going to make my life worse. The difference between me and the Trump voters is, I know it is coming, I will not be surprised. THEY are gonna be surprised. It is going to hurt them a hella lot more than it is going to hurt me, because they don't see it coming. They don't see it coming.
I mean Trump TOLD them, flat out told them, and this is a direct quote, "I don't care about you I just want your vote."
https://www.tiktok.com/@halloweensam1/video/7379047040984157482
Does anyone remember this? That's so much of the problem.
Rachel Maddow would be a much less dangerous choice.
This guy is fantastic!!!! More please!!!
Also reminded of Trae Crowder, the “Liberal Redneck”. Great stuff, spot on, funny and poignant as hell. https://youtu.be/oAbdqO86Vwg?si=VaJAjs_NkzEH7nwh
Oh I love Trae Crowder, just love him.
I love this guy. He doesn't have to use any scare tactics because what he says is true.
Tenn. Brando. You are fantastic. Keep it going.
This is all stupid and a waste of time, money, and attention, but will it really mean spending cuts? Or will it be two years of farting around followed by a dead letter in Congress? I can't imagine even the dipshit Republican party passing something that stupid. The MAGA true believers, sure, but there are still Republicans with constituencies. Would GOPers from California and New York vote to gut the federal government? I doubt it. In 2006 they tried to cut Social Security and got burned to a crisp. How is this supposed to work?
TFG thinks he can do anything via executive order. FAFO.
WERE EXPECTING ANYTHING LESS
Thank you so much for everything you do, Meidas Touch crew. I hope you are all staying safe as I look forward to your articles and videos everyday. Thank you for continuing to fight the good fight. You give me hope and strength in these uncertain times.🥰🫶🏻
Somehow they will blame the Democrats!
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is at a disadvantage.
Hi Jay... Your comment reminds me of the HGWells short story, "Country of the Blind." Worth a read. 😍
Some people can learn from reading a book. Some learn from observing others. The other cohort just has to pee on the electric fence themselves.
Hey, Tennessee Brando, take your You Tube Videos and post them as Podcasts on Apple Podcasts. I checked on Apple Podcast, you do not have a podcast. You do not have to make special podcasts, just post the audio of the YouTube Video as an Apple Podcast, that is what Meidas Touch does.
Thank you! You are 100% correct. God bless you.
Love this guy! He’s really good! Looking forward to more from him!
Love listening the Tennessee Brando. Y'all should read the book How Facism Works by Jason Stanley. Gives an understanding of how we got here. It's fascinating and infuriating, and scary all at the same time. Can't wait to get to the end of the book so I can see how we get out of this mess!
This guy is great!
What are we going to
Do ?
Do you post on tiktok? Meidas Touch
It's sad . We have fight back
We are, together the best we can🇺🇸
It began with "Joe the Plumber".
It began with Ronald Reagan and his mythical welfare queens.
Hello, Mr. Brando, I have certainly enjoyed your podcast. You speak to the point I also notice in your background podcast set their is a Tuskegee Airman cap I have been painting/researching the history of these great men along with the Buffalo Soldiers and others about the African-American contributions to the American history. Please visit my website burlwashington.com and see some of my paintings/prints/giclee tell me what you think. I have been doing this work for quite some time. I would love your feedback. Thank you for your time and attention my email-burlwashington@sbcglobal.net, (817)536-5305. Thank you and God Bless!!
Burl Washington
Schumer sold us out!! This is ridiculous and we the people got royally screwed!! I am totally angry! Please go back to reading spoiled Donnie vs making us listen to his horrible voice and nothing but continuoua lies. People watch your electricity bills, I know they are going up and you got djt screwing us over left and right! I hope my other half will pay my bills when my EARNED SSA gets cut. And he will lose his VA benefits! And all those magas that voted for him, you should have listened better it is all going to affect you too. Thanks for NOTHING. Thanks MTN for keeping us informed
Lesa
The only people that are gonna get bit in the ass are the other 98% of the United States those of us that don’t shit in a gold toilet!
So far musk has asked for funding from congress...he got shut down both times....doesn't he realize he ain't getting anything for a dept that was made up...
Here hoping that Mr Brando will break from the "Progressive Left" who are already shifting to kumbya mode and rub the people that voted hate, stupidity, and greed in their desire to validate their hate and stupidity will take his platforms to rub their noses in it in every time a 3 time trump voter has a daughter with an ectopic pregnancy that she can't get treated in a red state... Every time one of their wives bleeds out in a hospital parking lot, etc etc... No clue how the progressive left house breaks their puppies since Kumbia doesn't work with them either...
I really love watching you Tennessee Brando. You make so much sense,
Glad he is here to talk with us daily. I joined the ACLU this week. Just the beginning!
Yes! You are right!
You are right! The American citizens have been brainwashed using same radicalization techniques as Hitler used to prompt German into depraved murderous acts against their own neighbors. Trump, with his propaganda media machine, have manipulated unsuspecting citizens by the frantic repetitive mantras of hate, fear, doom, racism, 'fake' patriotism! The KGB experimented with brainwashing subjects in 1960's by repeating lies until the subjects believed them..and, when later presented with the truth, they still cling to the lies!!!
Thanks buddy.. keeping things point on with a great explanation and parables that show what’s up too.. glad ur here and happy I ran across you.. 👍✌️👌✌️😉
So glad I didn't vote for Trump.
Yes, we tried to tell them, but here we are in misery, fear, anxiety.
None of this BS went over this Dem’s head!
Thanks bro. Please send that exact message. Try CBS ,NBC, ABC . EXACTLY but your late brado.
i love tennessee brando! between his spot-on opinion and charming southern accent and vocal inflection, his posts make my day!
You are right! They will be mad at us when things go wrong. Weird.
If you remove professional career bureaucrats with inept brown-nosing political marionettes, at the end of the day you will end up with three, four times as many people in the government. Each of those figureheads will be so incapable of thought, decision, action, that he/she will hire several "assistants" to help him in his duties (release him/her from the responsibility of taking decisions and doing anything useful). This is not new - look at Soviet Russia and other autocratic regimes.
Brando, check out comedian Cliff Cash. He has a 6 part video called” I don’t buy it”. Very thought provoking!
4 years? Trump or whoever Putin decides to take his place, will not give up power and the White House in 4 years. 🤬
Love you Tennessee Brando. You are so right! The mega circus appointed their clowns. But they will be up for a big surprise! The orange pumpkin cheated the election together with Musk and Putin. Why do you think the plane stood next to Trump's a few months ago? The software was compromised. Biden has receipts and won't let the clownshow continue. Kamala won fair and square and Trump lost bigly. Its almost full moon. The mega weerwolves will try to riot but the president is still Biden. Trump will NEVER be inaugurated in 2025!! Kamala will become president 2025 even if its a few months after jan 20. Breath, the Universe is in controle!!
What’s the old saying… Just when you thought it couldn’t get any stupider and now these folks are gonna find out just how stupid-er they can get and how stupid they were. Stupid is as stupid does…
And I’ve got to say that comment , you made about Thanksgiving… holy crap. I bet that is on lot of peoples mind because I know I’ve got family I am struggling to wanna be around at Thanksgiving right now myself.
Hi Blv_40... Maybe you don't really have to be around those family members...?
I’m really trying to keep an open mind because if we start acting like that, does it make us any better than them… But yes, it’s a challenging and daunting thought right now
Actually, yes, we are better. At any rate, there is nothing wrong with refusing to associate with fascists, bigots, haters, misogynists, racists, lunatics... or just plain thick-headed cowards who are so terrified of losing what they consider their deserved privileged place(s) in society, that they are willing to inflict suffering onto others.
I absolutely get the extreme desire to not want to associate with these people, but… If we choose to do that, and there are absolutely some not gonna be worth talking with, not worth trying to reason with , how will we ever be able to pull those who still got a little bit of sense in them back to realizing how horrible, how much devastation Trump and his absolute gang of clowns for lack of less demeaning word, how will we ever get them to realize that this is not gonna fly and not gonna be the best for the American people. As hard as it is as much as we may not want to do it right now I think we do need to try and show them a little grace and keep pointing out the truth and pull them away from the “dark side, the MAGA”. I believe it is only through truth and pushing back on the lies that is going to help us get our country back.
I would agree, except ... unfortunately, I absolutely believe, at long last, that at this point, there is nothing we can do to pull any of them back. They never listened to us before; they will not listen now, and certainly not to any of us. The only thing that could ever shine a glimmer of light into their brains, is if they themselves suffer some of the harm that they have helped to bring down upon us all. And even then, a lot of them will never admit (even to themselves) any culpability, but instead will blame the Democrats... go figure.
And they will, they will absolutely find out how bad it’s gonna be as many people have said “you’re gonna burn just like the rest of us” but if we can’t get at least some of them to realize where they were wrong and start listening to truthful sources of media or at least learning to do research, we will be back at square one.
OK, I really hope you can succeed on your end. I have no hope or time or patience left for any of the ones on my end. More power to you... 🖖😍
Just watched this video. Amazing commentary. Just subscribed to your YouTube channel!
I'm on SSI/SS and I am terrified of losing my benefits. I'm going to end up homeless. So many people will be in my shoes. What are we supposed to do if this happens.
He's only cutting it from the illegals getting it. No social security or Medicare and Medicaid for illegals. It's what needs to be done.
O boy, are you in for a surprise.
Nope I'm just fine
Yea, great "the Dick Ramaswami, and Leon. Muck taking care of HHS.
"You Americans are so gullible. No, you won't accept communism outright, but we'll keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you'll finally wake up and find you already have communism. We won't have to fight you. We'll so weaken your economy until you'll fall like overripe fruit into our hands."
"Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!"
"I once said, 'We will bury you,' and I got into trouble with it. Of course we will not bury you with a shovel. Your own working class will bury you."
All quotes courtesy of -- Nikita Khrushchev
Such a sad state, with very difficult times ahead. And we have to deal with stuff like this. Since long before the election, gas prices have been steadily coming down, "WE" all know that Biden has actually drilled more than Trump, we are energy independent for the first time in a very long time, oil companies are gouging us and boasting record profits, yet our supposedly "smart" friends are posting online that the gas prices coming down, now under $3.00 in some areas are all because of Trump and the Republicans. Truly unbelievable , it's gonna be a long four years! By the way Tennessee, thank you!
Hi Pete... Probably none of my business, but are you still friends with these MAGA-heads? I am cutting ties with everyone that I know (or will find out) voted for the fascism ticket. Permanently.
Most of our close friends think the way we think, we have a few associates who we don't really talk to much or business relations. We never talk politics with business. My biggest issues are with my three brothers. We have always have been close and never let anything between us. I usually only discuss politics with one. I really tried, I thought I could at least get him not to vote. But when it comes to this he drank the koolaid. We actually have so much in common and agree on a multitude of things, except this. So I'll keep data and someday will have to say I told ya
Fascism doesn’t stop until it runs out of enemies. This is the calm before the storm.
I'm pretty sure the new DoD guy was removed from the military for being an extremist. Don't quote me as I am not sure about the validity of the source.
Look 👀 at his tattoos-Christian Nationalist 😤
It looks like he was told to stand down at Bidens inauguration. Still in National Guard.
He has a sexual assault charge in California from 2017! Of course he's cabinet material! dt wants Congress to recess so he can just appoint everyone without being vetted. Some more obscure roundabout way to get what he wants.
I love how he says "air". 😉