First and foremost thought on Donald Trump. If he becomes president, it's not only bad for stuff like climate policy. It's not only bad for stuff like corporate regulation, the economy, etc, etc. Donald Trump winning, in my view, would significantly strengthen the corporate aligned politicians, media outlets and consultants that currently control the Democratic Party. The same class of people who obstruct progress on everything, it would so significantly strengthen the Democratic Party leadership, Donald Trump winning, that it's not actually insane to believe that that Democratic Party leadership, in some ways wants Donald Trump to win, or at least would be absolutely fine with Donald Trump winning. So you're probably wondering, well, wait a minute, how does Donald Trump winning strengthen the corporate masters of the Democratic Party? Because it would reimpose the rhetorical parameters that those Democratic party bosses want. They want a discourse that is purely anti Trump all the time, a discourse that exclusively focuses on Trump's outbursts and insanity and crimes, a discourse that marginalizes all other topics as some sort of distraction from the central cause of opposing Donald Trump. They want a discourse that casts all pressure on the Democratic Party, not just as a distraction, but as traitorous ally ship with Donald Trump. That's what the Democratic Party leadership wants. A Trump victory in November, gives the current Democratic Party leadership, exactly those rhetorical conditions, which allow them to further suppress all pressure on the Democratic Party itself. So if you want to help the corporate center of the Democratic Party, the corrupt corporate aligned leaders of the current Democratic Party if you want to help them, it seems to me your choice in this election is very clear. vote for Donald Trump. Now, Biden, let me start by saying that I literally ran the part of Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign that focused on spotlighting the terrible parts of Joe Biden's record. That was literally my job every day for two years. So I know all of the reasons why people are not excited to vote for Joe Biden. I'm like the top 1/10 of one 1% of people who understand what Joe Biden is, and certainly the bad side of his record. So if you're going to come in here and say all, you know, Serota, you don't really understand how bad Biden is, I spent two fucking years of my life every single hour of every single day focusing on that. So I know very well, the downsides of Joe Biden's record. So here's my take on Biden, he has laid out and enacted the best economic policies of any president in 50 years, which isn't saying much considering the competition, but actually is a true statement. When you look at the American rescue plan parts of the inflation Reduction Act, the actions of the FTC, the CFPB, this is not a debatable point, it's a fact. I don't care how much you hate Joe Biden, or how you're going to vote again, vote however you want. That's your business. But this administration has produced the best economic policy we've seen in 50 years, which isn't to say that people are in grades because they're unhappy with the economy. Two things can be true at the same time, the current president's economic policies can be better than any in the last 50 years, which may not be saying much again, because of the past presidents haven't been that great. That can be true. And people are understandably unhappy with the with America's persists persistently dystopian economy, two things can be true at the same time, I'm not one of those people who says, you know, people complaining about the economy or in grades. But let me also say I completely understand why people are so mad at pi. He's done some pretty terrible things like not doing more not using more political capital to pass a minimum wage increase, not doing more to reauthorize the Child Tax Credit, letting the American rescue plan, expire, and obviously refusing to do anything to halt the violence in Gaza. But again, I'm not here to tell you how to vote, do whatever you want. But I will offer this just as Trump winning is the most helpful possible thing to the corporate center of the Democratic Party, a Biden win, will almost certainly weaken that corporate center of the Democratic Party. Now, again, I know what you're thinking, Well, how does voting for the corporate center of the Democratic Party, their candidate, weaken those same people? It's because of Biden's age and he's incredibly weak vice president because he is so old and because his Vice President is obviously not a shoo in successor, Biden is instantly a lame duck president the day after the election, and his entire White House staff is similarly a lame duck staff just as important. The day after a Biden win in 2024 is the first day of the 2028 Democratic presidential primary and the corporate bosses who run the Democratic Party no longer have their boogeyman to suppress the Party's internal debate, they can no longer cite Donald Trump as a reason that every one should fall in line behind their handpick candidate, they will no longer be able to argue that there shouldn't be any kind of vigorous intra party fight for the direction of the party. And not only will they not be able to argue that there will be that contest because of the 2028 Democratic primary because it will be an open field, unlike say Al Gore in 2000. Kamala Harris is not a strong enough vice president to be able to effectively clear the field, there are going to be a lot of candidates vying for the presidency, and the Democratic nomination. And here's the thing, they will be competing with each other to court various factions of the Democratic Party, including the party's progressive base, if you hate the corporate center of the Democratic Party and want to finally weaken its grip on power. That's the kind of competition you should want. It's the kind of competition that will almost certainly happen if Biden is reelected, but that almost certainly will not happen. If Donald Trump is president, and democratic party party bosses can suppress such a fight by saying that it allegedly weakens the party and undermines the necessary fight against Trump. Now, of course, I can already hear some people saying, well, Serota saying we should reward Joe Biden's bad policies with our vote. And by doing that we tell the Democratic Party, that there's no price to be paid for their broken promise. That argument or that kind of argument, it's like saying, you have to punish the party, to get the party to respond to you. I'd like to believe that's the way politics works. I really would. But sorry, that's not the way politics works. being blamed for an election loss tends to marginalize an agenda even further, in my opinion, what can actually change a party's overall direction, what we've actually seen happen in history, not some theory is is that a vigorous internal party battle can end up changing the whole direction of the institution. And that kind of battle can only happen if there's not an outside boogeyman like Donald Trump for the cynical, corrupt or brutalized leaders of today's Democratic Party to be able to cite that boogeyman to shut down the discourse. So that's my basic take on this election and how to think about electoral outcomes. I again, I'm not telling people how to vote. I'm just saying the two premises are Donald Trump wins is the best night in the world, for the corporate align center of the Democratic Party, Joe Biden winning it is immediately the day after the start of the 2028 presidential race, the start of major politicians in the Democratic Party, having to compete aggressively competing to court, different factions of the party, including the party's progressive wing. To me, that's the kind of competition you want. Sorry for a long winded answer.