Soccer Is the Socialism Of Sports

The 9 AM hour opens by continuing the 2028 political argument: before Republicans ask movable voters to join their side, Nick and Shawn say the first task is convincing them not to vote for socialism. After the break, the crew returns to JD Vance’s Bill Maher appearance, this time focusing on Vance’s answer about 2020, tech censorship, media suppression, and what it means to say an election is “rigged” without claiming every loss comes from ballot fraud. The debate gets an oddly perfect real-time twist when the YouTube feed drops during a censorship conversation. The Cut Sheet then moves fast through a North Charleston teen takeover video showing police officers attacked, a broader argument about parents and youth accountability, and a joking fight over YouTube chat bans and First Amendment claims. Dave Chappelle’s CNN Fourth of July appearance gives the crew another sharp turn, as Chappelle answers a patriotism question by pointing back at CNN and saying he understands why Trump gets mad at the network. Nick and Shawn argue that CNN expected a very different answer and got caught by its own setup. The hour’s final stretch runs through an anti-communism montage, self-described democratic socialists, DSA audio, Darializa Avila Chevalier’s old posts, and the crew’s warning that people should be taken seriously when they say what they believe. We also cover a Door Dash driver accused of killing a suburban Amazon worker, an 11-year-old named Avory Woolery saving a man from drowning,