E148: McCarthy ousted, border chaos, Cruise's robotaxi "accident" & more

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Released

October 7, 2023

Duration

1h 18m

Channel

All-In Podcast

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

(0:00) Bestie intros: Jason's operation! (1:57) Airtable correction (5:03) McCarthy ousted as Speaker of the House, what the eight Republicans are looking for, solving the omnibus spending problem (25:20) US Southern Border: Understanding the situation based on data (44:39) Cruise robotaxi "accident" in SF, lack of risk tolerance limiting technological progress in the West (1:09:09) JSX facing potential regulatory capture from incumbent airlines and Friedberg's trip to The Sphere Follow the besties: https://twitter.com/chamath https://linktr.ee/calacanis https://twitter.com/DavidSacks https://twitter.com/friedberg Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/theallinpod https://linktr.ee/allinpodcast Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://twitter.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://twitter.com/TheZachEffect Referenced in the show: https://apnews.com/article/mccarthy-gaetz-speaker-motion-to-vacate-congress-327e294a39f8de079ef5e4abfb1fa555 https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/03/politics/republicans-vote-remove-mccarthy-house-speaker https://www.wsj.com/politics/nancy-mace-explains-why-she-nixed-kevin-mccarthy-as-house-speaker-32148d9d https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/04/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-vote-press-conference https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-oust-mccarthy-matt-gaetz-remove-speaker-of-the-house https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/13/congress-has-long-struggled-to-pass-spending-bills-on-time https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1709321746673786896 https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/08/politics/house-speaker-republican-vote-mccarthy-webster-chaffetz https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/rising-interest-rates-mean-deficits-finally-matter-74249719 https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1709728378339705099 https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-announces-first-bus-of-migrants-arrives-in-new-york-city https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1556727876757737474 https://youtu.be/-09DzvdLaEw https://apnews.com/article/migrants-new-york-adams-abbott-colombia-58d423ab3e84e5692d50f773803254 https://www.nytimes.com/article/nyc-migrant-crisis-explained.html https://www.statista.com/statistics/455813/alien-apprehensions-by-the-us-border-patrol-by-border https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/border-apprehensions-hit-new-yearly-high-another-migrant-caravan-gathers-n1281995 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/migrant-border-crossings-fiscal-year-2022-topped-276-million-breaking-rcna53517 https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/29/supreme-court-migrant-protection-protocols-remain-mexico-biden https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2023/08/31/border-families-record-crossings-biden https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/23/us/mexico-us-border-patrol-agreement-migration-surge/index.html https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-22176.pdf https://www.nextgenborder.com https://www.anduril.com/hardware/sentry https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-quietly-auctions-trump-border-wall-parts-stunt-republican-effort-restart-construction-report https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB994028904620983237 https://twitter.com/Cruise/status/1709114532042576305 https://twitter.com/usENTchannel/status/1707035020098142404 https://www.valuepenguin.com/car-accident-statistics https://waymo.com/blog/2023/05/waymo-one-doubles-service-area-in.html https://www.jsx.com https://www.united.com https://twitter.com/PopBase/status/1708164333451289062 https://twitter.com/latest_gg/status/1709948932489445478 https://twitter.com/SBJ/status/1677419552991244289 https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/jet-service-jsx-lands-at-center-of-pilot-fight-86a4f669 https://keep-jsx-flying.webflow.io https://www.votervoice.net/JSXAir/Campaigns/107888/Respond #allin #tech #news

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Jason Calacanis

  host

• David Sacks

  host

• Chamath Palihapitiya

  host

• David Friedberg

  host

• Narrator

  other

• Narrator

  other

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of All-In Podcast, featuring Jason Calacanis and David Sacks, E148: McCarthy ousted, border chaos, Cruise's robotaxi "accident" & more explores McCarthy’s ouster, border breakdown, robotaxis, and tech risk backlash The hosts open with a brief correction on earlier claims about Airtable’s valuation and growth, using it to illustrate how stale or misleading online data can distort perceptions of late‑stage startups. They then dive into Kevin McCarthy’s historic removal as Speaker, arguing it reflects a revolt against omnibus spending, endless continuing resolutions, and unaccountable Ukraine funding rather than a simple ‘far‑right’ coup. The conversation shifts to the southern border, where they contend the Biden administration is being forced—politically and practically—to reverse course and adopt Trump‑like border security measures, including physical barriers and ‘virtual wall’ technologies. In the back half, they discuss the Cruise robo‑taxi accident, the broader backlash against autonomous vehicles and other frontier tech, and how an extreme aversion to risk and regulatory capture are slowing down transformational innovations like AVs, nuclear, biotech, and even experimental airlines such as JSX.

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