Timcast News Gavin Newsom Calls Black People Dumb & Illiterate, Audience Cheers
Feb 23, 2026
A heated clip of a politician joking about SAT scores sparks loud applause and debate. Discussion explores messaging strategies aimed at particular voter groups and a hot-mic incident at a college. There are critiques of modern TV reboots and a nostalgia-driven look at 90s Star Trek. A Mar-a-Lago perimeter breach and subsequent investigation receive a detailed rundown.
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SAT Averages And The Nature Versus Nurture Debate
- Tim Pool discusses SAT and IQ averages while acknowledging poverty and systemic issues as confounders but asserting some researchers find residual IQ differences after controls.
- He references College Board SAT averages (Black 907 vs White 1083) and mentions studies isolating external factors to argue about bell-curve deviations.
Poker Table Lesson On Wealth And Initiative
- Tim Pool shares a poker-table story where two liberal young men lectured about wealth while three older Black players made jokes and succeeded financially.
- The anecdote illustrates his point that individual initiative and humor beat ideological grandstanding in real interactions.
Newsom Joke, Audience Cheer, And Media Backlash
- Tim Pool plays and transcribes Gavin Newsom's on-stage lines, then reacts to media coverage claiming racism over Newsom's self-deprecation.
- He uses the applause and New York Post headline to show how the moment was received and framed publicly.