What podcasts say about Calley Means
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What Calley Means has said on podcasts
64 statements · 18 positive · 39 negative · 2 mixed · 5 neutral
Susie Wiles is the most powerful modern American chief of staff.
“Susie Wiles is the most powerful chief of staff in modern American history.”
Open the episode · Calley Means Unloads on Trumpworld, Schumer Faces Revolt, Pilot's Father Speaks Out: AM Update 11/9Listen at 3:20
Susie Wiles’s office approves every White House policy decision.
“No policy decision gets done without her office giving it the okay.”
Open the episode · Calley Means Unloads on Trumpworld, Schumer Faces Revolt, Pilot's Father Speaks Out: AM Update 11/9Listen at 3:23
James Blair has received substantial money from industries including sugar.
“He's taken a lot of money from industries like the sugar industry.”
Open the episode · Calley Means Unloads on Trumpworld, Schumer Faces Revolt, Pilot's Father Speaks Out: AM Update 11/9Listen at 3:54
Tony Fabrizio evaluates every policy issue for political appropriateness using polling.
“Every single policy issue goes through him because he tells the team whether it's politically appropriate to do or not based on his polling.”
Open the episode · Calley Means Unloads on Trumpworld, Schumer Faces Revolt, Pilot's Father Speaks Out: AM Update 11/9Listen at 4:01
Tony Fabrizio receives money from Pepsi, pharmaceutical companies, and other targeted industries.
“He takes money from Pepsi. He takes money from pharmaceutical companies. He takes money from almost every single industry we're fighting against right now.”
Open the episode · Calley Means Unloads on Trumpworld, Schumer Faces Revolt, Pilot's Father Speaks Out: AM Update 11/9Listen at 4:09
Donald Trump received poor advice and was manipulated by advisers.
“I think he had severe poor advice from people, I think, who treated him like a baby in many respects. And used him.”
Open the episode · Calley Means Unloads on Trumpworld, Schumer Faces Revolt, Pilot's Father Speaks Out: AM Update 11/9Listen at 7:49
Trump’s staff routinely blocked his access to information.
“Of course they would. They would block access to information to him all the time.”
Open the episode · Calley Means Unloads on Trumpworld, Schumer Faces Revolt, Pilot's Father Speaks Out: AM Update 11/9Listen at 8:01
Special-interest money contributes to unusually high U.S. healthcare spending and housing prices.
“That's why we spend three times more than any other country on health care. That's why we have such high housing prices.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 3:30
Some Trump administration officials oppose voters’ agenda and act to enrich their families.
“there is a very concentrated group of people in the Trump administration. that are antagonistic to what people voted for and are frankly, I think it's very clear, doing things for other reasons, particularly in many cases to enrich their families.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 4:49
Susie Wiles’s office approves every White House policy decision.
“No policy decision gets done without her office giving it the OK.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 7:06
Susie Wiles’s career involved accepting money from lucrative industries and foreign governments.
“Susie Wiles, her career has been taking money from the industries and foreign governments who would pay her the most money.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 8:09
Tony Fabrizio’s Pepsi payments coincide with opposition to school-lunch reform.
“He is getting paid by Pepsi and giving political analysis that the juice isn't worth the squeeze on doing policies like that as simple as school lunch reform.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 9:34
Continental Strategies’ revenue rose to roughly $30 million annually after hiring Wiles’s daughter.
“shot up to 30-ish million dollars a year in revenue.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 11:28
Hiring Susie Wiles’s daughter provides special interests access to White House decisions.
“if you're a special interest and you want to get something done, the secret's out. You pay Susie's daughter.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 11:32
Ballard Partners became the highest-revenue lobbying firm in history.
“Ballard partners has become the highest revenue generating lobbying firm in history”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 12:08
Paying Ballard Partners is necessary to achieve policy outcomes in Washington.
“you have to pay Ballard to get something done.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 13:11
Congress has not passed major legislation challenging special interests in twenty years.
“I don't think they've passed a bill in the past 20 years that's significantly taken on special interests.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 15:06
The Trump political team’s midterm strategy centered on Republican-favorable redistricting.
“their entire strategy to win the midterms. was to gerrymander various states to change the congressional maps so they're more favorable to Republicans.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 16:50
The administration’s healthcare achievements were limited to targeted drug-price negotiations.
“the only thing on health care was that we lowered drug prices. We had some drug price negotiations.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 19:44
American children are currently the sickest among children in developed countries.
“American children are the sickest children in the developed world.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 24:38
The United States uses about 20% of global glyphosate and pesticide supplies.
“By some measures, we use 20% of the world's glyphosate and herbicides and pesticides.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 25:20
Glyphosate lawsuits settled for billions allegedly establish cancer causation, especially among children.
“there have been lawsuits that have been settled for billions of dollars that prove that this chemical gives people, especially kids, in many cases, cancer.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 28:34
The glyphosate executive order frames glyphosate as a national-security issue.
“it was the glyphosate EO that. Says it's a national security issue.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 30:26
The Supreme Court ultimately sided with the glyphosate liability case.
“the Supreme Court ended up siding with the case”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 33:23
Legal recourse is necessary when glyphosate causes harmful externalities.
“there needs to be in a free market recourse if it's causing harm for the externalities.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 35:21
Iowa, Kentucky, and other U.S. farm states have the world’s highest cancer rates.
“Iowa and Kentucky and other U.S. farm states had the highest cancer rates of any location in the world.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 37:07
Tony Fabrizio’s pharmaceutical payments coincided with polling that discouraged vaccine investigation.
“Tony Fabrizio got paid by Pharma and did a poll saying that it's not a popular issue.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 38:38
The Supreme Court relied on statutory language in deciding the glyphosate case.
“The case was kind of technical, and they went off what the laws are.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 43:42
Glyphosate-resistant genetically modified seeds survive glyphosate application.
“the seeds are genetically modified for it not to kill.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 44:48
- on Large agricultural companies and farm-state senatorsNegativeNov 6, 2026· The Joe Rogan Experience
Large agricultural companies have improperly influenced farm-state senators.
“they've bought off the senators from farm states.”
Open the episode · #2578 - Calley MeansListen at 46:19
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