No Agenda - 1623 - "Deputary"

Episode Date: January 7, 2024

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Starting point is 00:00:00 I'm going nowhere. Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak. It's Sunday, January 7, 2024. This is your award-winning Give Our Nation Media Assassination, episode 1623. This is no agenda. Deconstructing, decompression, and broadcasting live from the heart of the Texas Hill Country, here in FEMA Region No. 6. In the morning, everybody, I'm Adam Curry.
Starting point is 00:00:23 And from Northern Silicon silicon valley where everybody agrees that the nfl season is too long i'm john c devorek it's crackpot and buzzkill in the morning when's the super bowl oh a couple months oh that's too long i thought it was january oh wait no january is the oscars it used to be as a matter of fact it was like uh Oh, wait, no. January is the Oscars. It used to be, as a matter of fact. It was like around the 14th, I think. I remember. I remember. It used to be.
Starting point is 00:00:48 Yeah, I knew that. Yeah, now it's in February, March. I think it's February. Have you read about that conspiracy about the Super Bowl logo that you apparently can see? Yeah. Yeah, so yeah. So the colors determine who's going to be in there. The colors that are in the newly designed logo at the beginning of the year are the colors of the teams in the game.
Starting point is 00:01:13 Hey, your volume's low. I can jack you up here, but you're really outputting low. Did you change something? Nope. Let me check. Why do I even ask? Why do you ask? I never change anything because I don't use this whole rig except once a week, twice a week.
Starting point is 00:01:27 I'm just going to jack you up here, man. It's regular. It's not, but okay. It is. I'm going to jack you up here. I can jack you up here, but normally I have you plus two dog biscuits. Now I've got you at five. So just saying. Maybe it's the connection no it's not the
Starting point is 00:01:50 connection the connection it could be the it could be clean feed connection is protection yeah sure no well you got no protection here this thing is is no good. Well, anyway. So, it's okay. I just jacked you up a bit. I just want to make sure you hit the gate, man. Well, well, well, well, well. It was very hard for the M5M to admit what was really going on. Well, what's going on? Yeah, about this hole in the plane. There's a hole in the plane.
Starting point is 00:02:21 The hole in the plane. There's a hole in the plane. The way they made it when it when this story first appeared i don't have any clips you probably do i do or maybe i do i don't think i do but whatever the case when they first showed the shot of it from the inside of the plane they made it sound like the side of the plane just flew like a hole yeah like a window and but it was a door it was a it was a door. It was a door assembly. That's the point.
Starting point is 00:02:47 And they never mentioned this until the later reports. Exactly. Well, what's going on? You must have some thoughts on this. I do. First, let's play the most recent update. Flight 1282 carrying 177 passengers was 35 minutes into its journey from Oregon to Ontario, California, when part of the fuselage was torn off, leaving a hole in the side of the aircraft.
Starting point is 00:03:11 The pilot was forced to alert aircraft control to the severity of the situation. Passengers spoke of hearing a loud bang before emergency oxygen masks dropped. Video footage shot on board shows the dangling masks and a huge gap where the windows should have been and the passengers themselves staying remarkably calm. I look to my left and there's this huge chunk part of the airplane just like missing and the wind is just extremely loud. There's wind blowing i'm sure everywhere it was a trip from hell the plane landed safely at portland to the relief of all on board among them evan smith there's not anything i have any control over and it's just wait and see what happens and they said there was a kid in that row who his
Starting point is 00:03:57 shirt was sucked off him and out of the plane this this everyone had this, and his shirt was socked. I'm going to question that part of the report. There was that, and then the other one, which a lot of the... I have a report for PBS. I have the PBS version from yesterday, if you want to play that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let me see. But the other thing they kept throwing into the mix was the cell phones. Yeah, yeah. A bunch of cell phones.
Starting point is 00:04:24 Cell phones flew out. Which I question that because nobody's on their cell phone on these planes. Everybody's on their cell... When's the last time you flew? Well, COVID. Everyone's on their cell phone. Everybody.
Starting point is 00:04:40 They're watching movies. They're playing games. Well, if you're watching a movie, yeah, then you wouldn't have a good grip. People are on their phones. John, please. These days, there's no in-flight entertainment. You connect to the Wi-Fi. You can either pay for the Internet or you can watch the movies on your phone.
Starting point is 00:05:00 How many laptops went out the window? You need to get out of the house. I'm going nowhere. Late today, the FAA ordered the temporary worldwide grounding of about 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9s until the planes can be inspected. It comes after a window blew out of a months-old 739 MAX 9 last night at about 16,000 feet, six minutes after the Alaska Airlines flight took off from Portland, Oregon. The rapid depressurization sucked a T-shirt off a child.
Starting point is 00:05:31 No one was seriously hurt, and the plane made an emergency landing safely back in Portland. How come no one interviewed the mom of that? They got everybody. Everybody they interviewed, but they don't have the mom or the kid whose T-shirt got sucked off. I would think that would be one person you'd interview. And the second one, this report just came out yesterday. This is from yesterday's PBS Weekend News Hour. And again, it sounded like a window blew out when it was an entire door assembly.
Starting point is 00:05:59 Well, yes. So what is the reason for covering that up? So what is the reason for covering that up? Well, because it's really the airlines who have made determinations about your safety. And this comes from our buddy Joe over there to Anil Ria, which is airline backwards. I have a hardest time remembering that URL. I have to look up his email every single time. E-N-I-L-l-r-i-a airline reverse anyway anil ria he says okay he says uh it was a door plug that came off because alaska airlines
Starting point is 00:06:37 with every other single airline i think there's one there's one uh one of the low-cost european carriers when they receive these planes brand new they have determined by law and i don't know when this was or by faa regulation don't know when this was determined that you only need one emergency exit per 50 seats so these planes come equipped with an emergency door right there where the hole blew out. But then they modify these planes after they come off the assembly line so they can put in a couple extra seats. And the door plugs that hold that assembly in place, minus the slide, minus all the stuff that you would assembly in place, minus the slide, minus all the stuff that you would normally have there.
Starting point is 00:07:28 If the door plug, it should never blow out because the door plug is that basically a fake door that's been put in there. And it should never blow out because of its design, which is concave.
Starting point is 00:07:39 But this plane had previous pressurization problems. Oh, they didn't mention that in the report. Good work, PBS. Good work, BBC. So either they over-pressurized, which could have been for passenger comfort. 16,000 feet, you're pressurizing at that point.
Starting point is 00:07:59 You're pressurizing pretty quickly, actually. So over-pressurization then maybe they they under pressurized and the thing just blew right out but it's all it so it's pilot error probably um or aircraft error that's possible but the bottom line is there should just be an emergency door there the way it comes off the assembly line just to squeeze in a few extra seats they might and they're approved of course but if you have a hole in the plane where you have a door it comes off the assembly line like that maybe it would be modified them up front instead of putting a door plug in there that's really that's it makes no sense yeah they don't care point they don't care about you
Starting point is 00:08:45 they don't care they don't care about your safety at all at all so that's really what what happened is you know this is a modified plane where they put a plug in there instead of the door i will never sit next to that spot ever in any plane if that know it's there, which you'd have to know because you can't really tell. And so the reason that the fact that they really didn't talk about a door in most of the reports was to me a little suspicious. And no, that is very suspicious because when you see the side of the plane, when they finally did show that it's a door. I know, I know. when they finally did show that it's a door i know i know i loved so this news model had something melts on her mind developing news now alaska airlines is grounding its fleet of 736 9 max jets after really 736 9 is that what you're thinking of what a what a gaffe that is
Starting point is 00:09:41 how do you get from 737 max 9 to 736 9 i may have heard that a couple of times myself maybe there's just a bunch of jokers maybe maybe whatever the case all aboard trains good planes bad and i and i'm just because it was a female pilot doesn't mean anything. In fact, it's probably the first officer who monitors pressurization. But there's lots of stuff going on with these DEI hires, and we've talked about it. We know that a lot of ex-Navy and Air Force pilots can't get a job
Starting point is 00:10:23 after they leave service, because you have to either be gay, black, or female to get a job. That's what all the airlines are hiring. And this was someone on X was X-ing, slashing, tweeting to United Airlines because this person knows what's going on with aviation. On July 29th, United, so at, hey, hey, at United. On July 29th, the United plane was nearly totaled after a hard landing. Who was flying that aircraft?
Starting point is 00:10:56 Was it the co-pilot, a former flight attendant, who was fired and then rehired through United's DEI program, despite being on the list to not return to United? Am I correct that this individual failed multiple trainings, including simulator training? Am I also correct that United has covered up this DEI disaster and many others? Was the number two at the Denver Hiring Center also onboarded through DEI? Did she or did she not change failed grades for DEI hires
Starting point is 00:11:22 because, quote, it makes the numbers look bad? Didn't the instructor who failed this co-pilot ask corporate why they passed him? This is a disaster that's going on. It's a disaster. And of course, we know all the ATC guys are stoned and drunk. They told us so ourselves.
Starting point is 00:11:38 Like, that's great. So, you know, they're forcing people on the trains. That's always how it winds up. Get on the train. So, you've learned something here. You can sound smart now at the water cooler tomorrow. When everyone's talking about other stuff.
Starting point is 00:11:56 You can say, hey, you know what? That was an actual door. And they take that door out because they want to jam more seats in. That's a safety issue that that's what they should be looking at not not anything else but of course you know let's let's ground uh let's ground the whole fleet and i'm sure i'm sure it's a problem modifying it after the fact so there you go you're up to speed sounds like it um let's just do something completely completely off topic from news because i was so i was so excited to get this clip this
Starting point is 00:12:33 morning um norman lear passed away last year and we know that norman lear was part of the hollywood he he started the hollywood uh foundation which um created a lot of propaganda that was actually called the norman lear foundation was it called i thought it was the hollywood i thought it was the hollywood foundation no are you sure yeah because we have a clip of the holly Foundation? I don't think there is a Hollywood Foundation. Let me see. Foundation. Foundation Hollywood. That's what it is.
Starting point is 00:13:11 Hold on. Lear Foundation Hollywood. Oh, no. I'm sorry. You're right. Lear Foundation Hollywood. That's what it was. Health and Society.
Starting point is 00:13:20 So, we've talked about Norman Lear, how influential his, his, his programming was. And I would say that we always thought the most influential was all in the family, which really created this Archie bunker archetype, which would have been a traditional Democrat back in the day, but was positioned as a Republican. And that really changed.
Starting point is 00:13:42 Certainly the United States' image of what a blue-collar Republican looks like, right? When there was no such thing. Well, he created that. He created that. MAGA. Archie Bunker, OG MAGA. So Desmond Wilson, most people won't know his name. He wasont on sanford and son legendary legendary show um with red fox that was what it was called right sanford and son they ran a junkyard together you got it and uh so desmond wilson is interviewed by some podcaster because he was asked a question about norman lear by some M5M guy. And so yet he's got something to his craw about Norman Lear.
Starting point is 00:14:28 And in this relatively short clip, he lays out just a little bit more of the genius of Norman Lear. What was the main point you were trying to make clear about Norman Lear, that he wasn't involved with Sanford and his son as much he was given credit for? The main thing was what a lot of people missed. I said, when I saw the, when my agent called me and said, watch the show, I said, I don't want to do television, as I said. And I watched the show. I came away thinking this is the beginning of the dissolution of the patriarchal system.
Starting point is 00:15:06 And on the heels of that, the announcer tried to cut me off. I said, let me let me finish, because on the heels of that came married with children. And then all of a sudden, parents became idiots and kids became all knowing women. Young women started calling their mother B.I.T-C-H word and rebelling. And it all started Norman Lear. I said, they asked me what I said. I will say this about him. He was a visionary.
Starting point is 00:15:31 Right. But then when I heard about his political affiliations, it all fell into place. And I knew that I knew I was right on the money. I said it went on, on and on and on. I was right on the money. I said it went on, on and on and on, ad infinitum. And what we're experiencing now is the evolution of what Norman Lear started with All in the Family. And nobody got it.
Starting point is 00:15:53 They missed it totally. They said, oh, the button's talking about Norman didn't have. I said, you people have been so dumbed down. Like Malcolm said, some of us, we're going to have to leave behind. You're too brainwashed to understand. Demond Wilson, not Desmond. Demond Wilson. I just love that.
Starting point is 00:16:14 I never considered that it started with Sanford and Son. Makes so much sense. Well, he himself said it started with all in the family. Right, but it was, yes, all in the family, but really when the child-parent relationship broke apart was Sanford and Son married with children. We forget that one. Yeah, but that wasn't Norman Lear. No, but it was a follow-on.
Starting point is 00:16:40 It was the whole start of everything. It was the extreme version of everything. It was the extreme version of everything. All right. Well, to this day, I think married with children is a curious, genius level of programming. Oh, yeah. And everyone loved it. Dads were proud of me. I'm like Ted Bundy.
Starting point is 00:17:02 I sit there with my hand in my pants watching the TV. People loved it. It was great. I'm like Ted Bundy. I sit there with my hand in my pants watching the TV. People loved it. It was great. Yeah. Little did you know. Little did you know. I'll just stick with transgenderism for a second. Well, you know what?
Starting point is 00:17:16 Just before you change the subject completely. No, I'm not. The new networks that have evolved from the open air digital system uh and if you get ota i do uh antennas there's me tv me tv2 there's antenna there's a bunch of these networks and they've got they've got no programming they're not going to do any. But there is so much stuff in the can that they're recycling it. So the public at large is getting to watch old black and white material from the late 50s and mid 60s, including Ozzie and Harriet and Leave it to Beaver. And these shows which have a completely different mentality than any of the programs that came after Lerman Lear. Right.
Starting point is 00:18:08 And it's fascinating to watch some of these old dog shows that are, you know, many of them are put together, especially Leave It to Beaver. They're put together so beautifully by producers back then who really knew what they were doing, as opposed to the kind of the slop that comes out today. It's very contrasty. I don't know what effect that's going to have on the American psyche, but it's going to have some effect. I liked the two shows I liked.
Starting point is 00:18:39 There's one that I can't find anymore, really, but the one that I like on OTA is Gunsmoke. Gunsmoke's on a couple of channels. Heroes and Icons, I think, is that channel. How about Little House on the Prairie? Little House on the Prairie's on.
Starting point is 00:18:55 I have not seen it. What's that on? Where can I find it? I love Little House. I can't remember which. It's one of the networks. It's one of these screwy networks. I love Little House on the Prairie. I read those books. I thought that show was the worst. I hated little house on the Prairie.
Starting point is 00:19:09 And the fact that it's on now makes me mad. It makes me mad. It's so stupid. No, it was beautiful. If you, if you ever read the books, no,
Starting point is 00:19:21 of course not. This is a good books thatura ingalls wrote this about the pioneer i mean it was not the same as the tv show paul the uh man those it was hard times back in the day well yeah when they were settling settling the west yeah that's good stuff. A group who, I don't know if it started in the US, but there's a British group now. I want to stick in the Transmaoism, which of course Norman Lear had a hand in as to where we are today. But I find this so peak woke and so disturbing that this has now taken the UK by storm. Drag Syndrome is celebrating their big premiere in Berlin. They're Britain's first professional drag collective for performers with Down Syndrome.
Starting point is 00:20:31 The feeling I get when I'm performing is to be more myself. Hey, I'm Nick. I'm a.k.a. Nikita Gold. Day with Nikita Gold. I am Adam Wilde, a.k.a. Lady Mercury. Lady Mercury is a quite loyal lady. She likes to work and show off. Nick, Adam and the other members of Drag Syndrome take on different personas when on stage. For them, it's a rebellion against society and a statement for more diversity and inclusion for people with disabilities. Plus, it's a whole lot of fun.
Starting point is 00:21:06 Since the group was formed in 2018, the members have toured on several continents. They've also performed at the famous Glastonbury Festival and for the fashion magazine Vogue. It's still rare to see people with Down syndrome performing on stage. The Dance Collective wants to encourage other people with disabilities to pursue their passion. This really disturbs me. I've worked with all kinds of Downy groups. End of civilization, you're playing a clip.
Starting point is 00:21:37 And by the way, instead of doing that, they should all be United Pilots. What? What did you say? I said they should be united pilots good one so you know i've worked with downies in a lot of different situations they're called downies by the way in a lot of situations and i'm sure that they love performing but i'm pretty sure they're not necessarily drag queens people who need to perform as women which is usually gay men usually it's you know it's this is just making a mockery it's it's so woke and so yeah exactly they should just put them up up in the cockpit if you want them on stage and drag have them fly around you know i worked with a very famous dutch uh downy band called the
Starting point is 00:22:27 yosti band they ever tell the story nope it's a yosti band j-o-s-t-i you can look it up they're still around the justy band yosti and uh so they would perform they they would perform and i think i was doing a drive-in dj show or something and they were there and um and the way that uh certainly the the keyboardist they had a couple of keyboardists they on their keys they had all colors you know so they they would hit the right colors orange blue yellow you know know what to play so they could remember what they're playing but this particular gig they had a confetti can. And this confetti cannon goes off. There's confetti everywhere. They didn't know what keys to hit anymore because it was all over.
Starting point is 00:23:11 Everything had all these different little colored balls on it. Ah, good times with the Downies. Oh, God. So, anyway, I just found this disturbing. End of civilization. It sounds it, yeah. It doesn't sound right. It's disturbing. Like freak civilization. It sounds it, yeah. It's disturbing. It's disturbing.
Starting point is 00:23:26 Like freak shows. Yeah, exactly. What is it? The Bearded Lady! Yeah. A lot more of that anyway. The 18-foot man with his midget wife.
Starting point is 00:23:44 Oh, goodness. So, man with the mid with his midget wife ah oh goodness so um where do you want to go i mean there's been obviously been a lot of political news in the united states mainly uh trump and biden biden uh did his big january 6th uh commemoration speech on January 5th, which was completely lame. He was definitely jacked. But he wasn't overjacked. Not overjacked. But I did, by chance, have dinner with some friends
Starting point is 00:24:17 who are in the medical field here. I don't want to take it too far. And I said, what do you think he was jacked up on? Without skipping a beat you know my my man says adrenochrome no yes and i say is it adrenochrome really about you see yes in powder form you can get adrenochrome in the united states powder you can't you can people should look up adrenochrome in the wikipedia yeah he says that and probably some parkinson uh drugs which can it's uh like epinephrine like on steroids epinephrine and
Starting point is 00:24:52 steroids he's but he said adrenochrome parkinson's drugs he says you got to be careful because you can take it too far but he's definitely jacked up on that and it but the first thing he said was yeah is that's this is not the old biden this is a different biden which i also thought looking at his hair this i mean did we lose the original biden this guy doesn't look like him anymore well that's a good question he really possible i mean i mean we've seen enough movies that know that this is always in the script. It doesn't really look like the... Well, he's still got the same...
Starting point is 00:25:32 When did we lose him, though? Did we lose him after the original election? Because he still has the same cadence and he still has the same... No, no, I'm not kidding. No joke, not a joke. When the applause... and it's like he's triggered when there is an applause line yeah yeah that was the oh you'll say no i'm not kidding no joke he didn't say that at all this time did he yes he did oh he did i don't have a
Starting point is 00:25:57 i didn't bring a copy with me but he did he did the first the first round of applause he got he says no I'm not kidding okay and I was thinking about why does he say that if you're a politician and you get a round of applause have you been getting rounds of applause over the years for people telling you to just move along like the other words you said something they yeah yeah yeah clap clap clap go on to the next topic yeah so they're not taking you seriously because he'll say seriously right after when he gets a round of applause i think we lost the og biden in the basement don't you think that's where where he the switch happened well it's definitely the same biden that got elected and whether this is the original biden the real the real the early joe biden who is a real kind of a uh a wise ass and a snarky yes
Starting point is 00:26:58 and as opposed to the joe biden who has hairy legs. I got hairy legs. That Joe Biden. I think that Joe Biden was swapped out before the election. If you're new to the new agenda. Remember the show. In our show, we played the drunk, not drunk jingle. Yes, yes, we did. And we played Biden clips. And those Biden clips are reminiscent of what we're hearing today.
Starting point is 00:27:19 If you're new to the no agenda show, don't worry. It gets better. It does. People are like, I'm new to this show. And they're already talking about two Bidens. I don't worry it gets better it does people like i'm new to this show and they're already talking about two bidens i don't know man i have a couple of packages here um of of his speech uh this is i'll roll these out abc tonight in his first major speech of the election year president biden made the case donald trump is an existential threat to our democracy this is the first national election since january 6th insurrection placed a dagger at
Starting point is 00:27:52 the throat of american democracy since now there were some there's some good writing i liked dagger at the throat of american democracy as writing goes if i were writing for him i kind of like that one that That moment. We all know who Donald Trump is. The question we have to answer is, who are we? Another interesting line. Who are we? I think that's well thought out.
Starting point is 00:28:20 Of course, when he says that, I'm like, I don't know. You're one of the two Bidens. That's what's at stake. Who are we? Biden traveling to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, invoking George Washington's words to his troops at the dawn of the American Revolution. A sacred cause. That was the phrase he used, a sacred cause. Freedom, liberty, democracy. Today, we're here to answer the most important of questions. Is democracy still America's sacred cause? It wasn't democracy that was the sacred cause.
Starting point is 00:28:54 Freedom, liberty. He says that, too, but he has this thing about, you know, they're trying to push this idea, this democracy idea. And they're pushing it by trying to keep Trump off the ballot or try to arrest him. I think that's fascinating that everyone goes along with this. But it wasn't about democracy. And besides that, they hated democracy. That's why they became a republic. Yes.
Starting point is 00:29:21 But that's the psyop. And I wonder if that still lands it's so oh it's almost like saying hitler it's so overused democracy democracy democracy it's like how do you even lose democracy something we never had to start with but how do you lose it and then and that was our sacred what do you what do you say exactly that was our sacred sacred cause maybe freedom liberty democracy today we're here to answer the most important of questions is democracy still america's sacred cause i think we need to ask chat gpt can i be of assistance uh yes uh let's see so So, chat GPT, the question is, what is America's sacred cause?
Starting point is 00:30:10 Is that what he said? Yeah. What is America's sacred cause? Let's see. Chat GPT says, the concept of sacred cause can be subjective and interpretable, blah, blah, blah. Some of the core values, Declaration of Independence, constitutional values, freedom and democracy. Number three.
Starting point is 00:30:30 Hmm. Down at the bottom, number five, American Dream. That's almost off the list. It's not even in the top three. Just getting by. Getting by. Overtake it.
Starting point is 00:30:40 Biden accusing Trump of using violence to cling to power. Trump exhausted every legal avenue available to him to overturnake it. Biden accusing Trump of using violence to cling to power. Trump exhausted every legal avenue available to him to overturn the election. Everyone. But the legal path just took Trump back to the truth. Okay. That I'd won the election and he was a loser. The president. You know, the script writers like's like yeah this will really get his goat we'll call him a loser he hates it when we do that yeah yeah yeah yeah put it in that's good
Starting point is 00:31:11 that i'd won the election and he was a loser the president reminded americans what trump told that crowd on january 6. He told the crowd to fight like hell and all hell was unleashed. The whole world watched in disbelief and Trump did nothing. It was among the worst derelictions of duty by a president in American history. The president warning that Trump wins re-election, the worst could be yet to come. Trump's not concerned about your future, I promise you. worse could be yet to come trump's not concerned about your future i promise you trump is now promising a full-scale campaign of revenge and retribution his words yeah that was kind of weak hey you know i was looking at those rangers or whatever they were at the monument did you see any of that footage no i did not so i guess they're it seemed like park rangers they had like park ranger hats
Starting point is 00:32:06 on it could have been but they but they got like long hair dudes with really long hair that didn't sit right with me sure it wasn't women no no no it was just like hmm you know tats everywhere which is okay i guess that's that's permissible But when you think of park range, you're thinking of a guy that's got a buzz cut. No, you're not. I don't. Yeah, well, you don't think of a guy with a mullet. That's what I would think, yeah.
Starting point is 00:32:35 A park guy, a dude, likes to be out in nature. Hey, man, there's this chipmunk. Let's go say hi. But that's not the guy you put up front and center is it no no no i i we have park you can't get anyone else you get your dei issue here we have we have yeah that's true we have park rangers in uh in gitmo nation so they'll let us know um shorter report from nbc tonight the supreme court announcing it'll hear whether former
Starting point is 00:33:06 president trump can be banned from the ballot in colorado because of his role on january 6th taking up the republican frontrunner's appeal of a colorado court's ruling to kick him off the ballot mr trump arguing it's partisan election interference the announcement coming just hours after president biden visited the revolutionary War site at Valley Forge, arguing democracy is at stake in November. This is not rhetorical, academic or hypothetical. The significance of the Revolutionary War Memorial. What is that trying to tell us? That we're about to have a revolutionary war against something?
Starting point is 00:33:42 Against some China? What is the point? That's when America... The point is... It might be a point with someone like Biden who's 80. Yes. It's pointless. It's totally pointless
Starting point is 00:33:58 to the general public. It's been dumbed down. They don't even know it. I would say if you went on the street and asked people what was Valley Forge, who was Valley Forge, where was Valley Forge or anything, you'd get a zero. Yeah. But the democracy is still America's sacred cause. There it is. Democracy
Starting point is 00:34:14 is still our sacred cause. It's not even number one on the list, Joe. It's the most urgent question of our time. It's the president's question. It's not just a question, the most urgent question. How does it go from it's a sacred cause and It's the president's latest effort to draw a contrast with Mr. Trump, who he's warning is an existential threat. You know, Trump and his MAGA supporters not only embrace political violence, but they laugh about it. threat you know trump and his mega supporters not only embrace political violence but they laugh about it trump and his mega supporters that's that's like deplorable level uh statement calling
Starting point is 00:34:52 his mega supporters mr trump in iowa firing back that's why crooked joe is staging his pathetic fear-mongering campaign event in pennsylvania today did you? He's saying I'm a threat to democracy. He's a threat to democracy. I think it's good NBC put that in. And then finally, CBS. Kicking off the election year in Battleground State, Pennsylvania, President Biden directly attacked his once and potentially future foe. America, as we begin this election year, we must be clear. Democracy is on the ballot. Your freedom is on the ballot. The president rarely invokes Trump so directly. Trump's assault on democracy isn't just part of his past. It's what he's promising for the future. Trump's not concerned about your future, I promise you. Trump is now promising a full-scale campaign of revenge and retribution.
Starting point is 00:35:55 There's no confusion about who Trump is, what he intends to do. The speech was meant to remind Americans of Trump's involvement in the January 6th insurrection three years ago Saturday. Trump did nothing. It was among the worst derelictions of duty by a president in American history. And it comes as the president's team believes it can try refocusing on Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election results as the economy turns the corner. Inflation is easing. There was another positive monthly jobs report today. And gas prices are hitting recent lows. Yeah, that's actually in Biden's favor. He should be talking more about that.
Starting point is 00:36:33 Yeah, well, he doesn't even know. Yeah, but. Let's go to. I want to play Capehart and Brooks. Because they analyze this. Okay. Capehart and Brooks. Is it just one clip?
Starting point is 00:36:48 We're going to go with, I'm trying to decide what these two, decision and democracy are. But let's go to Capehart on Trump. This is the level of discourse you have in the liberal elite media and what they actually think. This clip is Capehart on decision. The Supreme Court deciding today they will consider former President Trump's appeal of the Colorado State Supreme Court decision to remove him from the ballot there. That was on the basis of the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment. That was on the basis of the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment. This, Jonathan, puts the highest court in the land squarely in the center of one of the hottest political battles this year.
Starting point is 00:37:34 What's your reaction to them taking this case up and how it's going to unfold? They have to take it up because this is one of those questions. This ballot access question, primary ballot access question, and the immunity question has never been tested in our lifetimes or in recent memory. And the fact that Colorado and Maine have booted him from the ballot, Illinois is trying to join the effort, Minnesota and one other state that skips, Michigan, have said no. You have a patchwork of states and state decisions. And I think the prosecutor who you had on earlier makes a good point. What we have to look for now is whether the Supreme Court does a big, broad, universal decision or goes very, very narrow. For a court that puts a lot of emphasis on the Constitution and what the framers meant and strict originalist interpretation, I'm looking forward to seeing them maybe upholding the Colorado decision.
Starting point is 00:38:43 That's not what they're going to be arguing about, but okay. Well, he thinks they should uphold the colorado decision nobody in their right mind thinks this um including brooks who says this is he thinks the world go nuts if that happened but this guy thinks that they should and he's he's a complete lunatic and he's like one of the main analysts for pbs along with brooks and listen to this second clip from him where he talks about trump uh and biden's speech uh oh hold on a second did i have the right clip here this is cape heart on trump democracy democracy i'm sure you all saw President Biden deliver that really powerful speech today at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania. He is making the threat to American democracy a central part of his reelection campaign. What did you make of the speech and also him centering that message for voters right now?
Starting point is 00:39:39 Well, this is going back to the beginning. First, this was his fifth speech since his election on this theme of threats to democracy. This is going back to the beginning because when he announced he was running for president in 2020, he zeroed in on Charlottesville and talked about this was a fight for the soul of America. This speech today did not have that as the title, but that's what he's talking about. That's what he talked about today. That's what he's been talking about in the previous four speeches. And I think it is right for him to do this, to focus on that, because without democracy, none of the other things that Americans want will get done.
Starting point is 00:40:28 want, we'll get done. And to make a focus on the potential Republican nominee, someone who has said even today, saying that, you know, I'm only going to be a dictator for one day and all of the other plans that we know he wants to put in place if he wins election again. Democracy as we know it will end if Donald Trump is reelected. Okay. I have one K-Part clip because K-Part not only is on PBS, but he's also on MSNBC. This guy is a piece of work. I mean, this is by far one of the best acting jobs I've ever seen from a news model, which of course he is. he brings on one of the capital
Starting point is 00:41:07 policemen who has written a book this interesting dude by the way you know really burly dude with a beard and a huge neck tat and uh and k part introduces him and then just falls apart joining me now in studio is michael fin, former D.C. Metropolitan Police officer, Courage for America council member and author of Hold the Line, the Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul. Officer Fanone, I'm going to try to get through this. Thank you for what you did three years ago today. thank you for what you did three years ago today. He has a hanky and everything.
Starting point is 00:41:55 K part is fantastic. He's an editor at the Washington Post. This is a shameful element in our news media, this joker. This is great. I got to hear that again. I love how the voice cracks. He's got the hanky. He's so emotional about this man who, he's a hero. He kept American democracy, held the line.
Starting point is 00:42:21 For America's soul. Officer Fanone, I'm going to try to get through this. Thank you for what you did three years ago today. Unbelievable. That was great. He's great. More K-Part. He's kind of the new Van Jones.
Starting point is 00:42:44 Isn't Van Jones cry? Van Jones? Well, maybe he is the new Van Jones. That's an interesting point you just made. The second half of the K-Part group is Brooks. You have K-Part and Brooks. They do this analysis every Friday on the PBS NewsHour, and there's two guys agreeing with each other 90% of the time.
Starting point is 00:43:03 It's laughable. It's great. You get nothing out of it, but you do get to hear a few interesting things. Brooks is supposed to be the more center-right, even though he's just as left as the other guy. But listen to this, because you played a bunch of clips of Biden and his speech, and here we go. I want to play this. This is Brooks commenting on the Biden energy. David, I know we've talked about this before. I mean, the economy has
Starting point is 00:43:31 been such a big part of their message. And even though the data show it is doing really well, like when you look at the big picture numbers, you've got 216,000 jobs added in December, the inflation rates down to 3.1%, unemployment below 4%, 4% rather, for nearly two years. And yet that isn't catching on with voters. Is this message going to resonate? It's important, but not enough, I think. I think it was a powerful speech. I think when he continues to give powerful speeches like this, he will further rebut the idea that he's out of it, that he's some doddering old grandpa. He's clearly an energetic guy with passion, with fervor, and with force.
Starting point is 00:44:06 He's a guy running this administration. Where's the sound effect? She didn't have a boing or anything in there. Come on. You needed that. Ew, cute. I mean, please. Well, there was a lot about—
Starting point is 00:44:20 We have an opinion, by the way, from our constitutional lawyer on this 14th Amendment, Section 3, which I will get get to first we need to uh have a little mini cut now i must spend a moment on something that will garner too much attention over the next few weeks baseless claims by the president and his supporters that there's been widespread voter fraud. Baseless claims of voter fraud. Baseless claims of voter fraud. Baseless claims of fraud. Baseless claims of fraud. Baseless claims of voter fraud. Baseless claims of voter fraud. Baseless claims of voter fraud. Baseless claims of voter fraud. Baseless claims of voter fraud. Baseless claims about voter fraud. Baseless claims about voter fraud. Okay, I think we got the message. Baseless.
Starting point is 00:45:07 It's weak. Baseless. It has a base. It's a claim or it's not a claim? It's baseless, whatever it is. It's baseless. But every claim has a base. It doesn't matter.
Starting point is 00:45:23 Yes, there's a base to every claim. You make a claim, unless you're claiming, I don't know what is a baseless claim. I mean, the fact that they put the talking point out there, the Democrats did, did a good job of getting the media to parrot it. Baseless, baseless, baseless. It was successful. Good job. The word of the day is baseless.
Starting point is 00:45:46 All right. Got it. Got it. So let's of course, Trump is back on the Colorado ballot because the Supreme Court has said they will take the matter up. Former President Trump is said to be certified as a candidate on Colorado's primary ballot, despite the state Supreme Court ruling him ineligible under the 14th Amendment. I want to bring in senior Washington reporter Devin Dwyer, along with senior reporter Catherine Falders for more. Catherine, why is Colorado's secretary of state certifying Trump on the GOP ballot despite that ruling? Right.
Starting point is 00:46:16 So this is tied up in the courts a bit here. But the bottom line is, if an appeal of that was. I like how they just gloss over that. You know, it's like, well, this tied up in the courts a bit here that's the whole point right so this is tied up in the courts a bit here but the bottom line is if an appeal of that was filed before today he's essentially back on the ballot we know the colorado gop appealed to the u.s supreme court that was on december 27th and then trump's attorneys effectively appealed this on wed, January 3rd. So that put him back on the list. That's why he, of course, is scheduled to be certified on this ballot today. So until the Supreme Court, and I know Devin could talk
Starting point is 00:46:54 more about this, but until the Supreme Court essentially picks up the case and acts by either refusing to review the case or by somehow siding with the Colorado Supreme Court, he is essentially effectively on the list. I love the essentially effectively. OK, so we got that part. It's hilarious. Essentially effective. Let's bring in Devin. He'll explain what's going on here. Devin, when could the U.S. Supreme Court take the case and what's at stake here? This is ABC. Well, Dan, the justices are meeting right now for their first regularly scheduled private conference of the year. This is when they consider petitions like President Trump's petition and vote on whether they'll decide to even take up this case. Now, ordinarily, something like these Trump appeals, which just came in in the past few days, are sort of too soon to be considered in a conference like this.
Starting point is 00:47:42 But we know that the parties, as Catherine mentioned, have asked the justices to expedite this. They want a decision quickly, and that decision could come as soon as later this afternoon, whether they will expedite consideration, not necessarily that they'll take the case. But the justices are not on any fixed timeline, so they can rule whenever they want to, and they're going to want to be careful. This is a historic case, a highly divisive and political case, one of the biggest cases politically that they will have heard or had a chance to consider since Bush versus Gore 20 years ago. So they're going to want to take their time and potentially take some off ramps here. Well, I've been talking to our constitutional lawyer, Rob Forbun-Jagg. He's been around. been talking to our constitutional lawyer rob forber and jag he's been around then uh and he he's i put it all in the show notes his entire opinion it's it's quite lengthy uh and he he's
Starting point is 00:48:32 he really broke it all down this section three uh and um you know he's analyzing the text the way you read it and of course you have the traditionalists who might say we have to read it in the context of when it was written he goes through all that but he says i believe that section three likely does indeed apply to the president even though it's a close call but that probably won't be the issue the issue will come down to okay then if trump was an insurrectionist which has yet to be proven somewhere um section five comes into play which reads the congress shall have the power to enforce by appropriate legislation the provisions of this article and you're already kind of hearing that narrative spin up where okay the supreme court can say yes they'd apply it to the president but and they probably would put a but congress has to determine what
Starting point is 00:49:32 what sanctions you put on this and to to my knowledge that has never been done and when it says the congress i'm presuming that's um i don't know what rules that would go under if it's a straight up and down majority vote if you need a super majority obviously it would be the house of representatives and the senate so that could be you know the house would probably say yes or no and the senate would probably say yes based upon straight party line votes but i think this this could actually be a gambit and and possibly because trump wants this he said i want to know let's get this out there But I think this could actually be a gambit. And possibly. Because Trump wants this.
Starting point is 00:50:07 He says, I want to know, let's get this out there. Does this apply to me? It could be a boomerang effect. If, you know, there's a lot of this. What's that guy from Louisiana? The gruff guy? He's on the, he's on the, he's on some important committee. You don't mean Kennedy? No, no, no, no, no. Different guy. He's on some important committee.
Starting point is 00:50:26 You mean Kennedy? No, no, no, no. Different guy. I forget his name. Bald guy. He's kind of a tough guy. Tough guy. He was on Tucker.
Starting point is 00:50:37 He was on Tucker. that there were approximately 200 federal agents inside and in the crowd on january 6th if that somehow comes out and they have some kind of we have a year to do it basically and and we have some hearings and then you know it, well, hold on a second, this was a scam. Well, then Biden would be directly involved in an insurrection. And then it could apply to him. I wishful thinking maybe, but there's something up with Trump wanting this so quickly. Yeah, we want this. We want this. There's something going on here that I think it'll come down to will congress do this does congress have the power um and so now of
Starting point is 00:51:31 course we have to start determining if well two things really what really what trump if did trump start an insurrection uh what was his role um and uh Stephanopoulos that had a rundown. And I guess they got Jonathan Karl to report on Dan Scavino and others who were under oath. Good morning and welcome to This Week. As we mark three years since the January 6th insurrection, the 2024 election is shaping up to be a referendum on what happened that day and what it means for the future of our democracy. That was the theme of President Biden's first campaign speech Friday as he blasted Donald Trump for January 6th. Trump did nothing.
Starting point is 00:52:16 It was among the worst derelictions of duty by a president in American history. An attempt to overturn a free and fair election by force and violence. And in Iowa this weekend, Trump responded with repeated lies about the 2020 election and calls to free the convicted January 6th rioters whom he called hostages. This morning, we have exclusive new reporting on what Trump was doing at the White House on January 6th as the rioters surged through the Capitol. Chief Washington correspondent John Carl starts us off. Good morning, John.
Starting point is 00:52:44 Good morning, George. Good morning, George. Exclusive, exclusive inside detailed reporting. Now, Scavino was. We have to remember John Carl, member of the Council on Foreign Relations, head of the correspondence, the whole thing. Yes, exactly. Super lefty. Dan Scavino was the White House Deputy Chief of Staff. Before that, he managed Trump's Westchester Golf Club.
Starting point is 00:53:08 They should have thrown that in. I don't know why they missed that interesting detail. You know, you're right. I don't get why they keep missing stuff like this. They're sloppy. Yeah, yeah. Well, Jonathan Karl, I guess he had his marching orders, so he just did what he was supposed to do.
Starting point is 00:53:23 Dan Scavino has known Donald Trump since he was 15 years old. Worked for him for more than three decades, starting as his golf caddy. Nobody inside the White House, outside of family. That's good. The golf caddy is great. Had a closer relationship with him. The great Dan Scavino, most powerful man in politics. Scavino. Great editing.
Starting point is 00:53:45 I mean, this is good. That's the sound bite you want. Who helped manage Trump's Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts is also one of just a handful of people who were with Trump on January 6th as the attack on the Capitol was unfolding. The January 6th committee wanted to talk
Starting point is 00:54:02 to him, but he defied their subpoena. After a court battle, he did finally talk to special counsel Jack Smith's team of investigators. Scavino's office was just outside the Oval Office, and sources familiar with the investigation tell ABC News Scavino told investigators he went in to see Trump as soon as he saw the violence had broken out at the Capitol. Now remember, he's already said sources familiar with the matter. So this is all conjecture that comes now. The next 50 seconds is all just whatever sources familiar with the matter said. No one's on record. And he described Trump sitting in his small dining room next to the Oval Office, his arms folded, staring at the television, watching live coverage of the attack on Fox News.
Starting point is 00:54:44 This is beautiful. There is literally, this is baseless. There's no evidence. It's just sources familiar with the matter now describing, you can see Trump sitting there, arms folded, scowling, looking at the television, I can't believe it, by himself. Like a crazy man. Trump was angry, Scavino told investigators, according to the sources,
Starting point is 00:55:08 saying the election had been stolen from him and that his supporters were, quote, angry on his behalf. As has been described by the January 6th committee report. Wait, hold on a second. Scavino comes in and he says, the election was stolen from me and they're acting on my behalf. What kind of dialogue is this? Well, it's it's propaganda is what it is.
Starting point is 00:55:33 Of course, that that's how you set the narrative. That's how you get people to sit there and look at a half dead guy who's president and go, yeah, four more years stolen from him. And that his supporters were, quote, angry on his behalf. As has been described by the January 6th committee report, other advisors came in to see Trump as well, including White House lawyers, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and eventually his daughter, Ivanka Trump, all urging him to make some kind of statement telling his supporters to leave the Capitol. The sources say Scavino described Trump as non-responsive and his demeanor as, quote, very unsettling as he continued staring at the TV.
Starting point is 00:56:13 Soon, he told investigators, all of the advisors left the room, leaving Trump alone. Oh, please. You know, this is reminding This is reminding me of the narrative that was created. And people older, you might even remember this. During Nixon's, just before Nixon quit, he resigned from the presidency because he was going to be impeached. And the media created, and this this goes back by the way there are media deconstruction we could have been doing this show 30 years ago and it wouldn't have been much different uh they created the notion and it's again unsubstantiated but it became fact it's kind of like sources say it reminds me of the uh j edgar hoover and address which turns out to be bonus bogus yep but nixon
Starting point is 00:57:07 was crawling around on his hands and knees in the right house yes i remember that yes i was young but i sure do and we get that stuck in our mind because the media created the image of nixon crawling around on his hands and he and there is no evidence of this. By the same token, I always have the image of President Obama smoking cigarettes in the residence watching basketball games. I mean, I'm sure that's bull crap too. Yeah, probably. That's the image that was created of him.
Starting point is 00:57:41 I think he actually may have quit smoking. No, he never quit smoking. But I'm sure he watched a lot of basketball. He loved it. Okay, so now we continue with Jonathan Karl's report. It's great reporting, Jonathan. It's just fabulous. And, John, this all comes, of course, as Donald Trump is still making the 2020 election central to his 2024 campaign.
Starting point is 00:57:59 Yeah, and, George, this is a very important point. According to our sources— Did you hear that? Yeah. It's very fair. Yeah, I heard, this is a very important point. According to our sources... Did you hear that? Yeah. It's very... Yeah, I heard that too, and I usually catch him better than I do, but that was obvious. Very. Why is he laughing?
Starting point is 00:58:12 Well, I don't know if he's laughing, but he's more like, very. For campaign. Yeah, and George, this is a very important point. He is laughing. That's laughing. This is very... He knows it's not an important point. He's making this up.
Starting point is 00:58:24 He's a liar. Yeah, and George, it's not an important point. He's making this up. He's a liar. Yeah, and George, this is a very important point. According to our sources, Scavino was asked directly. Our sources? I mean, this is not journalism. It's just not. Who is your... I mean, you could even say a source in the White House.
Starting point is 00:58:40 Give me the... This is our sources. This is gossip. This might as well be TMZ. He saw any evidence that there was vote fraud enough to overturn the results in any state. Wait a minute. Let me go back here. Let me see what he's actually saying. And George, this is a very important point. According to our sources, Scavino was asked directly whether or not he saw any evidence that there was vote fraud enough to
Starting point is 00:59:06 overturn the results in any state. He said no. Variations of that exact question have been asked by virtually everybody who served Donald Trump at the White House. And under oath, they have said over and over again that none of them saw any evidence that the election was stolen. They may have said different things publicly, but under oath, they deny any knowledge that the election had significant fraud. This is fantastic. So you take some unrelated people who were under oath and said, no, no, no. And then they tie that to Scavino, which is something sources say. I mean, it may all very well be true, but I mean, come on. This is not journalism, Jonathan Karl.
Starting point is 00:59:49 The other thing is, why are they still fussing about this? Even Hillary, after the 2016 election, and everybody was denying Trump made the, you know, won. It was the same thing. And they were into Trump denialism, And he was not the legitimate president. He's not my president. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. After two years of that, within two years, that ended. This is never ending.
Starting point is 01:00:16 What is the reason for this too much objection? What is the old phrase where you object too much? You're accused. you object too much? You should accuse. Just complaining too much. You doth protesteth too much. The lady doth protesteth too much. I think that's what it is. Well, I think it's coming down to a showdown.
Starting point is 01:00:40 Then I have the clips that will possibly show us that this is true. We have the current Speaker of the House versus the former Speaker of the House. It's going to come down to who do you trust the most. Of course, you have the trials that could take place with Jack Smith's investigation. You also have the Supreme Court taking up this challenge to President Trump on the 14th Amendment. Do you believe that Donald Trump engaged in insurrection? Yes, I think that he engaged in insurrection. I think that he incited an insurrection. And again, that he would not stop what was going on as his own people said, this is your legacy. Smoke coming
Starting point is 01:01:19 from the Capitol is your legacy. Yes, I do believe that. Who said that? I do believe. Who said that? This is your legacy. Was that sources? Who said that? Never heard it. I never heard it. All I remember, which they don't want to bring up, especially with Nancy Pelosi there, they don't want to bring up the fact that Trump requested National Guard troops at the Capitol
Starting point is 01:01:40 just to prevent such a thing from happening. And she refused to bring them in. How come that's never brought up as some sort of thing that maybe defends him? And that her daughter was there with her documentary camera crew to document this. There you go. That's another element. Pelosi is the smoke and gun here because she was, she was, she's part of the plot. And again, that he would not stop what was going on. As his own people said, this is your legacy. Smoke coming from the Capitol is your legacy.
Starting point is 01:02:10 Yes, I do believe that. I do believe. And it is a most unfortunate situation. Our founders knew that we could have a rogue president. They didn't realize that at the same time we could have a rogue Senate and Congress. I do think that after all this happened, poop on the floor of the Congress, defecation, blood. Poop!
Starting point is 01:02:32 Poop on the floor. Poop. That's like San Francisco. She should be used to it. Poop on the floor of the Congress, defecation, blood, disrespect for the people who maintain the capital coming after pence coming after me and the rest that pence coming after me and the rest wow this is getting good nance great majority of the republicans in the house voted not to accept
Starting point is 01:02:59 so so madam speaker okay so this is good because she's floundering a little bit here at the end. We have a second clip. And I have a feeling that she's not sure that the case is as tight as people would like to believe it is, that he clearly participated and incited an insurrection. So, Madam Speaker, if you believe he engaged in insurrection under the plain meaning of the 14th Amendment, you believe he's ineligible to be president? Those laws, those are up to the states.
Starting point is 01:03:34 They have different laws from state to state. I don't think he should ever have been president. Did you say something? Yeah, I said no. It shouldn't be up to the states. I mean, if it's up to the states, I hope that K-part's right and the Supreme Court says, well, it's up to the states and let the states do it. That means that Biden will be taken off the Florida ballot. That was a lie.
Starting point is 01:04:13 I'm just saying, DeSantis already said, if this is the case, we can take Biden off the Florida ballot because he's derelict of duty for stopping the hordes coming in from Mexico. I think she's waffling here. She's waffling. She's stuttering. She's not certain of the case here. This is not airtight. the case here. This is not airtight. Those laws, those are up to the states. They have different laws from state to state. I don't think he should ever have been president. But nonetheless, there is a view of the...
Starting point is 01:04:38 Who sniffed there? Was that Nance? I don't think he should ever have been president. But nonetheless... I need a toot! to i need to shoot george step back hold on a second i'll be good in a second bro i don't think he should ever have the constitution but nonetheless but wow is he even thought to talk like that for a second to stateto state. I don't think he should ever have been president. But nonetheless...
Starting point is 01:05:08 I just got a hit of some remnants. There's a view of the Constitution in Article 14, Section 3, that he should not be able to run for president. But that's not the point. The point now... That's not the point. Ah.
Starting point is 01:05:26 Okay, what's the point? Is, again, different states have different laws. We don't think in California that it applied in our state. That's what the decision was made here. But anyway, not to go into that, because that's very intricate. Not to go into that. Interesting.
Starting point is 01:05:42 Yeah, you're right. She does not want that to happen, but she sounds worried about it. But it's very clear. Well, hold on a that. Interesting. Yeah, you're right. She does not want that to happen. But she sounds she sounds worried about what is very clear. Well, hold on a second. Stop. She said that's not the point. And she was going to say the point. Does she say the point? She missed the point. She moved to California talking about California. But that's not the point. If that's not the point, what's the point? Let's figure it out. Able to run for president. But that's not the point. The point now is, again, different states have different laws. We don't think in California that it applied in our state. That's what the decision was made here. But anyway, not to go into that because that's very intricate.
Starting point is 01:06:20 What is very clear is that the American people want us to honor our oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. I, you know, being from Baltimore, I'm proud of the national anthem. And in it, it says, proof through the night that our flag is still there with liberty and justice for all and not have an acceptance of confederate flags under lincoln's dome with a president sitting in the white house doing nothing to stop the violence to stop the violence he talks about the big steel as he engages in the big lie this is my point she has She has nothing. She has no point. All she says is, well, the states. That's not the point.
Starting point is 01:07:07 The states is not the point. Well, let's go to the current speaker of the House, Mike Johnson. By the way, crazy guy, believes in God. He has a sky daddy. Gotta be careful of this guy. No separation of church and state.
Starting point is 01:07:20 Woo-hoo-hoo. He's very wookie scary. So we'll bring in Margaret Brennan from CBS to grill him. 2021, you were the lawmaker who circulated the legal brief known as the Texas amicus brief, challenging the 2020 election outcome in a number of states, which by CBS editorial standards makes you an election denier by CBS standards. But wait. It's CBS, by CBS, she says,
Starting point is 01:07:52 by CBS editorial standards. Yes, yes. It makes you an election denier. Yes. So in other words, doing what's legal and proper and going through the process of putting together this brief, by going through the process of of putting together this this uh brief by going through that process by their editorial standards yes they have standards
Starting point is 01:08:11 that's you're an election denier because you did the work it's great who runs this country cbs news we have the standards very challenging the 2020 election outcome in a number of states, which by CBS editorial standards makes you an election denier. That's nonsense. Well, can I get you on the record on that? I've always been consistent on the record. Did you read the brief? Did you get a chance to read what we filed? I have read extensively some criticisms of that. You read commentary about the brief, but not what we submitted to the court. But you recognize that President Biden won the 2020 election. Can you just put that aside as an issue?
Starting point is 01:08:50 President Biden was certified as the winner of the election. He took the oath of office. He's been the president for three years. The argument that we presented to the court, which is our only avenue to do so, was that the Constitution was clearly violated in the 2020 election. It's Article 2, Section 1, and anyone can Google it and read it for themselves. The system by which you choose electors to elect the president of the United States must be done by the individual states, and the system must be ratified by the state legislatures. That is language, plain language out of the Constitution.
Starting point is 01:09:21 Do you have issues with the validity of the 2020 election? The Constitution was violated in the run-up to the 2020 election. Not always in bad faith, but in the aftermath of COVID, many states changed their election laws in ways that violated that plain language. That's just a fact. We presented that argument and those facts to the court. And it was never directly addressed because of the Texas litigation. But that was the only vehicle we had to present that issue squarely to the court.
Starting point is 01:09:51 So she has not read the brief. And of course, he's right. This was discussed ad nauseum about the changes that were made. Yeah. But that doesn't matter because, you know, Liz Cheney. Your colleague Liz Cheney your former colleague wrote mike johnson and our republican leaders had played a destructive role you you
Starting point is 01:10:10 she says convinced 125 other republican members of congress to sign on to an amicus brief that many never read that made new just like you didn't just like you didn't read it like she didn't read it the many never brief that many never read that made numerous false factual and constitutional claims how do you respond to that and the impression that he should respond margaret you ignorant slut that would have been funny but now man of god won't do that that you might have contributed in some way i don't spend much time responding to liz cheney's criticism these days. Liz Cheney worked with the Democrats on the January 6th Select Committee to make all of this even more politicized than it was.
Starting point is 01:10:55 She was a close friend and colleague before she made those choices. Which is why she was surprised, she said. Well, I'm surprised that she's giving that criticism because during that process uh liz and i were in constant dialogue about that and it at one point she even considered signing on to that bill i'll tell you that that is a fact to that amicus brief um and we talked about that at great length and we had a difference of opinion on the law and and and people can agree to disagree on that but i'm telling you that the plain language of the constitution has never changed i know a laugh tell a laugh tell why
Starting point is 01:11:28 is mike johnson laughing here because the constitution hasn't changed it's ridiculous about that at great length and we had a difference of opinion on the law and and and people can agree to disagree on that but i'm telling you that the plain language of the constitution has never changed what do you think that's about why is he all jitty is he all what's he all laugh telly about and what i have no idea that one i i'm baffled by well i think he's because the constitution hasn't changed i'm so how about this i'm so certain of what i'm doing you morons the constitution hasn't changed and and people can agree to disagree on that but I'm telling you that the plain language of the Constitution has never changed. And what happened in many states by changing the election laws without ratification by the state legislatures is a violation of the Constitution.
Starting point is 01:12:14 That's a plain fact that no one can dispute. Okay, we'll wrap it up. How do you make sense of the idea that you still have issues with the validity of the 2020 election? But you have to negotiate and talk with the president of the United States, Joe Biden. This is water under the bridge. I mean, when when the Supreme Court passed on the Texas litigation and did not address the issue, I believe in the rule of law. This is our system. We move forward. I work with President Biden as the rule of law this is our system we move forward i i i work with president biden as the president of the united states i think that he will be a one-term president but um you know this discussion about what happened in 2020 is is yesterday's news
Starting point is 01:12:54 there's something there that we don't understand but he but mike johnson does the supreme court passing on that somehow has something to do with this. Maybe our constitutional lawyer can explain. But regardless, we need to sigh up the American people, at least people who watch MSNBC, and explain how an alternate slate of basically how the electoral system works. Because Nancy Pelosi was partially right. She said, you know, our Constitution was set up to deal with a rogue president. It was really set up to make sure that no nut jobs become president. That's what the Electoral College is about.
Starting point is 01:13:40 The confusion in the United States is that you vote for the president. You don't. In fact, the states, most states, I think, you'll have to correct me, John, can send a whole bunch of other people to Washington, D.C. for a whole different candidate. It's not even up to the voters. Am I correct? I think it's technically possible. I don't know the mechanism anymore. It doesn't happen. So it's kind of it hasn't happened for I think maybe it happened in the 1800s. This is what was happening. States were sending alternate slate of electors in the mainstream media known as fake electors yeah they're right they would use the yeah the term they would use the term fake so roger stone does understand this process going speaking of nixon and ari melber pulls it all apart
Starting point is 01:14:38 one trump ally who's actually flown under the radar even in the coup case that i just mentioned is being brought by Smith. And yet he's a very famous figure, Roger Stone. You may recall he was flanked by Oath Keepers on January 6th. He's seen right there outside a DC hotel. Now we reported on Stone discussing and coordinating a plot to try to get states and electors to overthrow the results that had Trump losing. And Stone discussed this idea about Trump trying to just push forward alternate electors, like a type of government fraud that then could sow chaos, that could somehow help them steal the race on the 6th.
Starting point is 01:15:16 You may remember some of this has now been further documented. Some of it happened. Here's what we have on tape. Any legislative body may decide on the basis of overwhelming evidence of fraud to send electors to the Electoral College who accurately reflect the president's legitimate victory in their state, which was illegally denied him through fraud. Now, that is what he was saying. Separately and over time, we know that electors who pushed actual fraud have now been indicted or civilly sued in several states. Stone denies wrongdoing. He says that states could legally exercise the kind of authority he discussed there. And amidst these reports, we want to make sure you know that he previously posted online that he never plotted the seating of fake electors i've interviewed him before and we've welcomed to come back on the beat if he wants to discuss the story but that is his
Starting point is 01:16:14 public response to some of this yeah he never for fake electors, no. Right. Right. Right. Right. But he, but this Melber, Melber Toews, whatever his name. He's a lawyer, by the way. The rap, hip-hop lyric quoting a lawyer. Yes, he's so cool. In the words of PGD.
Starting point is 01:16:41 These guys are just twisting. It's called alternates. It's twisted. Yeah, they're called alternates. And so I think this fits in with Mike Johnson saying, you know, the Constitution was violated. Trump sent alternate slate. And they have now been indicted or civilly sued. That means, okay, so no one's in jail.
Starting point is 01:17:03 No one's been convicted of anything, of any wrongdoing, certainly not to being an alternate slate. I don't know. Will this ultimately come down? So you think something's up? Yes. Is it just too much discussion? Yeah, Nancy Pelosi is not sounding confident. And Mike Johnson sounds overly confident. Yeah, he's cocky. Yes, he is.
Starting point is 01:17:31 Yes, he is. Well, you know, we've seen this kind of thing. This reminds me of what's the guy that's doing that one committee who keeps coming on things and he's so overconfident. It's ludicrous. He hasn't done anything, really. One committee? What's one guy's name? He's kind of got the. It's ludicrous. He hasn't done anything, really. One committee? What's one guy's name? He's kind of got the round kind of a cube head.
Starting point is 01:17:49 Cube head? Yeah, cube head guy. What topic does he... He's running one of the investigative committees of the House. House investigation of something, of Biden. He's the one that's doing the Biden family investigation. Yeah, the Comer? Comer? Comer.
Starting point is 01:18:08 Yeah, that guy. Yeah, Cube Head. Cube Head Comer. Boy, we're not shallow. No, not us. We're not superficial. Well, speaking of appearances, let's go to Nimrod.
Starting point is 01:18:25 Haley's campaign recently sidetracked when a voter asked about the cause of the Civil War, and she did not mention slavery. An answer she later clarified. What do you say to people who say that you've really had challenges when it comes to talking about race? We were the only Indian family in our small southern town. I was teased every day for being brown. So anyone that wants to question it
Starting point is 01:18:52 can go back and look at what I've said on how hard it was to grow up in the deep south as a brown girl. The Civil War's always been known about slavery. I misread it and thought he was looking for a bigger answer going forward you got duped nimrod duped brown girl in the ring she got duped she got duped it's over
Starting point is 01:19:15 done she's sending money back silicon some silicon valley boys i know personally, that are largely responsible for this. What do you mean? They talk about her. She is the element. She is the push forward by the billionaire class across the country. And Silicon Valley is part of it. Oh, I see what you mean. They don't care.
Starting point is 01:19:39 I got invited to some events, like as if. I got invited to an event with Nimrod as well here in texas yeah well texas is a ranch at the ranch yeah come on over to the ranch one of the billionaire oil guys sure i should have gone just to just to sniff it all out yeah it'd be a little weird i wouldn't feel comfortable. No. I'm sure Santina. Go sniff out Haley.
Starting point is 01:20:11 See what's going on with her. There's no good. Just a little topical change of pace here. Do you know about Lloyd Austin? Yes. No one did. Well, they still don't. Here's the Lloyd Austin? Yes. No one did. Well, they still don't. Here's Lloyd Austin's down clip.
Starting point is 01:20:30 Okay, here we go. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been in Walter Reed Medical Center since Monday, but the Pentagon didn't disclose it until last night. And there are reports that he spent four days in the intensive care unit. Austin spokesman Major General Pat Reiter said he was admitted for complications from an unspecified minor medical procedure. Today, Reiter said Austin resumed his full duties last night while still in the hospital, but couldn't say when Austin would be released. This doesn't seem like a big deal, but it is a big deal. Fully vaxxed, fully boosted.
Starting point is 01:21:02 This guy calls shots, speaking speaking of but he he calls the shots on he doesn't have to talk to the president about all the things that he's doing in the two wars that we're involved in and even when he went in the deputary. The deputary is a new term. I'm going to write that down. Deputary. Yeah, me too. It's the nature of our show, people. Yeah, that's how we do it. The deputary of defense, she was on leave. So he should never have. It's like, you know, if the president is going to have anesthesia, then temporarily the vice president has the helm.
Starting point is 01:21:43 There's a whole process for that and the same for the for the for the defense secretary this was a this was a gaffe this something was very wrong with this um he may be dead already is what some people think uh others think he's been uh incarcerated i love that i love that one that's like q andAnon. He's been incarcerated. I love I love the incarceration. I heard that the minor operation was he had his balls removed. Thanks, Marty. I have to have a couple more details on this. There are questions tonight on why top levels of the federal government were not immediately told U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized following complications from an elective procedure.
Starting point is 01:22:30 The 70-year-old has been at Walter Reed Medical Center since January 1st. A source tells the Wall Street Journal Austin needed to be admitted to the intensive care unit. Among those who did not know until three days later the president and the national security advisor jake sullivan well tonight austin released a statement saying he could have done a better job informing people and he takes full responsibility president biden says he has full confidence in the defense secretary so this is interesting so in this report they say ll say Lloyd Austin said, oh, I didn't do that right. So is he in the intensive care or not? Listen again. Well, tonight, Austin released a statement saying he could have done a better job informing people.
Starting point is 01:23:17 So is he awake? Is he OK? Can he come to the balcony and wave? If Austin released a statement or was it the Pentagon? Tonight, a U.S. official confirms to NBC News that the Pentagon did not inform senior officials in the White House's National Security Council for three days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center on New Year's Day. Walter Reed. I mean, I'm telling you, the incarcerated bit is good. The news not shared with the American public until Friday when the Pentagon announced that Austin was hospitalized for complications following a recent elective medical procedure. And NBC News has learned the 70-year-old Austin not just hospitalized, but also in the intensive care unit for at least four days, according to two senior administration officials.
Starting point is 01:24:07 Asked why his stay wasn't disclosed sooner, a Pentagon spokesperson tells NBC News, this has been an evolving situation in which we had to consider a number of factors. Adding Secretary Austin is recovering well and he resumed his full duties. The Pentagon declining to explain. This is different now. They're saying he's back on the beat. But why isn't he out on the balcony waving? Adding Secretary Austin is recovering well and he resumed his full duties. The Pentagon declining to explain what Austin's procedure was and what complications occurred. The lack of information strongly criticized. When presidents have issues, the other cabinet members have issues, the public is notified.
Starting point is 01:24:47 So there's no real justification. It's not acceptable. America's commitment to Israel is unwavering. The Secretary in Israel as recently as mid-December, as its war with Hamas raises tension in the Middle East. On Thursday, the U.S. carried out a strike that killed an Iran-backed militia member in Iraq while Austin was hospitalized. And Ali is in Delaware tonight traveling with the president. A U.S. official, Ali, just moments ago tells me that President Biden was not informed about Austin's hospitalization for three days either. And you're hearing from the secretary himself tonight in a statement. What's he saying? That's right, Peter. The defense secretary taking full responsibility for what he says were his decisions about disclosure, saying in part, quote, I recognize I could have done a better job ensuring the public was appropriately informed.
Starting point is 01:25:36 I commit to doing better. Yes, this stinks. It does. Something's very. We need him waving. I mean, who's running the war machine? Maybe the war machine is like, hey, man. Well, I think the war machine can do fine.
Starting point is 01:25:54 How about this? How about the military industrial complex? Like, went in the hospital, you know, put a little machete, a little knife to the throat, and said, hey, man, you're not doing it right. We need more orders. We need to sell some gear. Hmm?
Starting point is 01:26:12 Maybe that's why he didn't tell anyone because he didn't want that situation to occur. That's what he was afraid of. Oh, oh, that's even better. Hmm. Hmm. Don't let him show even better. Hmm. Hmm. Don't let them show any weakness. Don't tell Biden whatever you do.
Starting point is 01:26:32 No. That's the way I would go. Don't tell Biden whatever you do. He might poop his pants. Oh, I'm out now. I'm fine. Don't. I'm so.
Starting point is 01:26:41 Oh, geez. We didn't tell Biden. That's a shame. It's all good. It's all good. Okay. fine don't uh i'm so oh geez we didn't tell biden that's a shame it's all good it's all good uh okay since uh since that clip brought up israel um i think we have yes this was an interesting development the israeli defense minister went on a pr blitz and what you're not seeing in this is all beauty shots of him looking really
Starting point is 01:27:10 that guy he does look kind of badass he's got a look he's got the shades on with the helmet he's got prime minister written all over him exactly that's what this clip is about because
Starting point is 01:27:25 he outlines a new phase of the gaza war to the press before he presents it to the cabinet yeah well yesterday evening israel's defense minister yorv garanta unveiled his plans for the post-war running of gaza first to the press then he submitted submitted it to Israel's war cabinet. Now, under his plans, the war would continue until all hostages have been released and until Hamas has been completely eradicated. The plan then sets out how, after the end of the war, Palestinian organizations would take over the running of the Gaza Strip. It does not, however, specify which organizations those would be. It does, however, say that under no circumstances would that be Hamas.
Starting point is 01:28:13 It also says that there will be no Israeli civilian presence in the Gaza Strip after the war. It does, however, say that the Israeli military would continue to be able to carry out operations in the Gaza Strip if necessary to maintain security. Now, I think also worth pointing out that at this stage, this is not official Israeli government policy. It is just a proposal that's been put forward by the defense minister that would have to be approved by the war cabinet for it to become policy. approved by the war cabinet for it to become policy. And another big question mark that the plan doesn't appear to tackle is whether or not Palestinian civilians who fled northern parts of the Gaza Strip to flee the fighting, whether or not they would be able to return to their homes, bearing in mind that much of the northern Gaza Strip has been completely flattened by months of intense fighting and bombardment.
Starting point is 01:29:06 I mean, just imagine Lloyd Austin starts laying out policy to the press about what we're going to do in a war, any war, before the president. Netanyahu is on loose sand here. Something's going on. Yeah, I agree almost completely. Including this, which we discussed one or two shows ago After more than 12 weeks of war in Gaza A fundamental question remains What is to become of the Strip and its people?
Starting point is 01:29:38 Now, Israeli media reports allege The government of Benjamin Netanyahu has held secret talks With the Democratic Republic of Congo For a, quote, voluntary resettlement plan. The Times of Israel, which published the report, says a senior Israeli official has denied that any such discussions have taken place. But Israeli cabinet members have repeatedly raised the idea. I call on the prime minister and the new foreign minister.
Starting point is 01:30:04 This is an opportunity for planning an immigration project and to encourage the migration of residents from Gaza to countries of the world. So they got all kinds of guys out there saying stuff without the president. His whole cabinet is doing press press briefings. Yeah. Yeah. press briefings. Yeah. Yeah. This is like,
Starting point is 01:30:23 kind of like the federal reserve when they start, every board member starts yacking away about the economy. No, it's a little worse. This is, this is his cabinet is just doing a, you know, we,
Starting point is 01:30:35 we gotta do this. We gotta get something going and send them to the Congo. I love this Congo idea, by the way. Yeah. Congo is great for batteries and all kinds of stuff. And it's easy to spark some crap over there. Meanwhile, Somalia, Somalia, you recall that Ethiopia, a new BRICS country, said, well, you know what?
Starting point is 01:31:01 We're going to open up a base right under Djibouti. That's our turf, Djibouti, right there where the Houthis are causing trouble by the opening of the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. And they said, we're just going to open this base in Somaliland, which is not an official country, but they've organized and pretend it is. And Somalia, well, they got a call from Victoria Nuland. On Saturday, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud signed a law nullifying the memorandum of understanding signed between the government of Ethiopia and Somaliland. The symbolic move comes as Ethiopia and the breakaway Somali region signed a deal on January 1.
Starting point is 01:31:45 As part of the highly economic and political agreement, Somaliland plans to lease a 20-kilometer stretch of land along its coastline to landlocked Ethiopia. Somaliland President Moussi Behiabdi said the deal included a statement that Ethiopia would soon recognize the territory as an independent country. That is where the bone of contention lies. Somaliland is a self-declared republic. It has taken issue for years with the process and the legally binding character of the State of Union law, which was to form a unified country after Somalia and Somaliland respectively gained independence from Italy and Britain.
Starting point is 01:32:23 respectively gained independence from Italy and Britain. The EU chairperson urged Ethiopia and Somalia to engage without delay in negotiations to settle their differences. I'm sorry, it's Africa today, but you can't get any other reporting about this stuff. Even Africa today could find a spokesmodel that could do a better job than that woman. They have better ones.
Starting point is 01:32:43 This is like the weekend team or something. Hey, you get in here it's i know it's horrible but i well let's just summarize it for us okay so somaliland claims independence and they are the republic of somaliland they are on the uh the eastern tip just the tip of somalia. And they've done a deal, apparently, with the BRICS. And they said, well, you know what, we're just going to work with Ethiopia, recent BRICS member, and we're going to just create a base because, you know, Ethiopia's landlocked. Ethiopia doesn't need a port. They're not talking about a port. It's a base, a military base. So I'm going to presume China or somebody else would have a presence there.
Starting point is 01:33:29 This cannot, this will not stand under Djibouti, which is right above it. Djibouti. Yeah, it's too close. Yes. It's like right next door. Can't have that. No. They shoot down the drones as they take off.
Starting point is 01:33:43 I had a... With a pistol. I have one more. I had a... With a pistol. I have one more. I think this is the clip here. I'm not sure. There was a great Nat Pop. Let me see.
Starting point is 01:33:54 Is this the Nat Pop clip? Yes. Blinken. So Blinken is back in the region. He's in the region. Because he's got a... Look, my president is a you know he's looking my president's uh is brain dead i've i've got my my defense minister is in the hospital he's he's being deballed i gotta do something i'm the boss u.s secretary of state anthony blinken says he wants
Starting point is 01:34:18 to make sure the conflict in gaza doesn't spread this morning he traveled to jordan as part of a week-long diplomatic tour aimed at calming tensions. Blinken says he's particularly concerned about exchanges of fire on Israel's northern border with Lebanon. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's week-long whistle-stop tour is aimed at calming tensions that have spiked. I love they call it a whistle-stop tour. That's kind of weird. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's week-long whistle-stop tour is aimed at calming tensions that have spiked since Israel's war with Hamas began. This is not just workaday diplomacy.
Starting point is 01:35:04 There is genuine concern that the conflict is already escalating. We have an intense focus on preventing this conflict from spreading. Far too many Palestinians have been killed, especially children. This is interesting language. Far too many Palestinians have been killed. We figured it would be a thousand. That would be okay. is this not weird far too many far too many well how many was okay was there was there a level that was that was agreed to like
Starting point is 01:35:35 well you can kill a couple of them we have an intense focus on preventing this conflict from spreading far too many palestinians have been killed especially children far too many Palestinians have been killed, especially children. Far too many remain incredibly challenged in terms of their access to food. This far too many is bad language. To water, to medicine, to the essentials of life. That's the wheels of diplomacy. There it is. The essentials of life, water, food, and then a big tank explosion right after it. To food, to water, to medicine, to the essentials of life, water, food, and then a big tank explosion right after it.
Starting point is 01:36:09 To food, to water, to medicine, to the essentials of life. As the wheels of diplomacy turn, in Gaza, there's been no let up in the past three months. Israeli strikes claim more lives, food and medicine are increasingly scarce, and entire neighborhoods are reduced to rubble the un's humanitarian chief said gaza has quote simply become uninhabitable but israel says that it is making progress yes progress but far too many we had agreed only 1500 dead particularly. And they just went above and beyond. Can't believe them. No good. Somebody's trying to make the thing spread somewhere. I believe it's the Russians
Starting point is 01:36:52 to take the pressure off of the Ukraine situation. They've got to resolve that. So they launched 200 missiles from Hezbollah, supposedly, because these numbers are all dubious. But they supposedly launched 200 missiles. Whatzbollah supposedly. Because these numbers are all dubious. But they supposedly launched 200 missiles. What's the point?
Starting point is 01:37:09 They had to be told to do this. They didn't want to do it. And Lebanon doesn't like the idea, but they're doing it anyway. No, Lebanon doesn't want any. Lebanon can't use much more problem. So somebody's trying to stoke
Starting point is 01:37:23 issues. And I believe it's the Russians because they're trying to get us to make sense. I mean, the Russians are sick of this stupid Ukraine war, and they want to get that resolved. You know who's sick of the Ukraine war? The Ukrainians. Oh, is there any left? No men to fight. And it's cold now. It's very cold.
Starting point is 01:37:46 It's no longer the fighting season. So they're just doing drones. And the drones have a flaw. These are pre-programmed drones, a lot of them. So they fly a set route and the guys just sit there and wait. Okay, done. Here comes another one. Yep, done.
Starting point is 01:38:01 Here's NPR with the talk of this expansion up north. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border. There are air raid sirens blaring across northern Israel today. Lebanon's Hezbollah militia says it fired dozens of rockets across the border this morning, and it's calling this just an initial response to the airstrike that killed a Hamas leader this past week, as you mentioned, in Lebanon's capital, Beirut. Israel says it has sent tanks, artillery and airstrikes across the border into Lebanon for the past few days. Israel's defense minister, Yoav Galant, inspected troops yesterday at the Northern Command, and then he recorded this video clip, in which he says Israel prefers a political settlement with Hezbollah rather than a military one, but that we are, quote, close to the
Starting point is 01:38:54 point where the hourglass will turn. Hmm. Well, the sad thing is, if you ask the Israelis or the Palestinians or the Lebanese, no one wants death and destruction. This is turf wars of probably just all money related. But we have another area breaking out with issues, mostly caused by us. What? No, say it ain't so what is this about now serb elections now there's all kinds of weirdness going on in serbia the balkan nation of serbia is a flashpoint in europe's struggle between democracy and autocratic leaders russia's war in ukraine
Starting point is 01:39:41 heightens serbia's importance as it resists Western pressure to join sanctions on Russia. Now the nation is being torn apart by protests accusing the government of authoritarian President Alexander Vukic, who's a strong Putin ally, of widespread voter fraud in last month's elections. Ali Rogin has more. In central Belgrade, chants of Vucic, a sweeping mandate for his Serbian Progressive Party following wins in parliamentary and local elections that he called ahead of schedule. But international observers say Vucic's ruling party dominates Serbian media coverage and intimidates independent journalists, giving him an unfair advantage. On election day, there were reports of violence, ballot stuffing, and allegations of people getting bussed into different cities to vote.
Starting point is 01:40:40 Since the vote, protesters have amassed in Belgrade, demanding the results be annulled. They've paused for Orthodox Serbian holidays, but will likely resume in mid-January. People are on the street, dissatisfied with the election theft, which is obvious. Everyone confirmed it. There has been a serious disruption of the electoral process, and that is why the elections have to be repeated. Opposition coalition leader Marinka Tepic has been on a hunger strike since the election. She addressed the crowds on December 30th, just before she was hospitalized.
Starting point is 01:41:16 I'm sorry that I can't say much. The only thing I can say is that I have already said everything and that these elections must be annulled why could what was what what why did she hospitalize what happened she's on a hunger strike and she's about to drop dead from lack of eating well so does he think this has to do with serbia's location trump should have gone on a hunger strike he would still be on it do you think that uh this has anything to do with serbia being right under right next to hungary it's got something to do with it they try to explain it they never do a fully a full job the serbian guy who won by the way is just a casper milquetoast character and he's just trying to uh i don't know whether he won or not or how fraudulent the election was,
Starting point is 01:42:06 but they run this story, I believe, on PBS to kind of give us some parallels to what Trump might try to do. He's like Trump because this guy likes Putin because everyone has to hate Putin or he's no good. And we're part of what's going on here. Let's listen. These clips are interesting as it gets on when they start discussing it with our people. Here's part two.
Starting point is 01:42:31 Sorry, let me rewind that. Vucic has defended the results. He and Russia say the protests were being controlled by the West. We want to steer our own politics here. We don't mind paying the price for all the rubbish and lies, because we know what the cost is. The election process will be concluded by the institutions of the Republic of Serbia. For more on the implications of these election results, I'm joined by Edward P. Joseph. He teaches at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and served for a dozen years in the Balkans, including with the U.S. Army.
Starting point is 01:43:09 He has observed and organized numerous elections in the region. Edward, thank you so much for being here. First of all, can you tell us a little bit about what sort of leader Alexander Vucic has been, both internally within Serbia and with regard to other countries? in both internally within Serbia and with regard to other countries? President Vucic is the classic autocratic leader. He's attempting to establish thorough control of Serbia with the veneer of democracy. And that's what we see in these recent elections. This is what is known as illiberal democracy. His neighbor and his mentor and patron within the EU, of course, is Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary.
Starting point is 01:43:48 I told you. I told you it had something to do with that. So this guy, this guy that they're talking to is from Johns Hopkins. And he organized what is an American organizing elections in these areas? But what is that? Well, how about... Explain that to me. Okay, I will explain it to you. I will explain it from this article. One election system vendor in Serbia.
Starting point is 01:44:14 Guess which one? Dominion. Yes, yes. They even have a software development office in Belgrade. There you go. Just a little point. A little point. So they, and then Orban, of course,
Starting point is 01:44:37 who's still seen as the fly in the globalist ointment, is the bad guy for some reason. He's not on board with any of the bull crap. He's not. And this guy's, I guess, one of his protégés, and this is an issue with us, us particularly. Let's go to clip three. And Orban set the model for this,
Starting point is 01:44:59 where there's a veneer of democracy where you hold elections, but the elections are actually meaningless because the ruling party controls has such dominance over the media landscape the opposition is weakened the media are hugely dominated by the ruling party and independent journalists activists are intimidated and that's what we've seen in service. That sounds like us. Yes. Hmm. What's the latest? I think it was Pew or one of these guys or Gallup did a research on the media, a political affiliation, and something like 95% of everyone who's in the media today is a Democrat.
Starting point is 01:45:41 Yeah. Well, that sounds like a recipe for disaster. Where's the 10%? Show me that. It's not Fox News. No. Well, yes. Serve elections.
Starting point is 01:45:55 Newsmax. I'm sorry. Newsmax. There it is. But that's, Cuomo kids on Newsmax. One American News. No, that's it.
Starting point is 01:46:00 One American News. One American News. Yeah. With that one over made up girl. Serve elections rigged. And there was nothing requiring these elections to be held at this time. So why did he call for these elections at this time? Well, that's exactly right. These are, again, early elections. And the best explanation for them is that President Vucic, as a result, The best explanation for them is that President Vucic, as a result, in large part, mistaken U.S. policy by the Biden administration, was in a crisis in late September. There was a shocking confrontation in the north of Kosovo. This is where NATO troops, including U.S. troops, are deployed.
Starting point is 01:46:40 And there was this Kosovo police patrol happening upon a Serb militia group, heavily armed, that could not have entered into Kosovo without Serbian authorities known. And, of course, that immediately cast suspicion on President Vucic himself. And this attack, which led to a shootout. So we can go in there, but the next door neighbor can't go in there. You mean Hungary? No. No, Serbia is the next door neighbor to Kosovo. Oh, yes. So they can't go in.
Starting point is 01:47:14 We can go. We're there, and UN's there, but they can't go in. Okay. I just wanted to make sure that everyone got... There's been problems in the region in the past. Well, so we should go in. Of course. We created the problem.
Starting point is 01:47:28 I'm sorry. We're dicks. And of course, that immediately cast suspicion on President Vucic himself. And this attack, which led to a shootout in the north, killing a coastal police officer and three Serbs, was a huge shock. The coastal police officer and three Serbs was a huge shock because it showed, in fact, that the U.S. policy of trying to supplicate, placate President Vucic and somehow bring him over from an autlish his authority as the sole preeminent political figure in Serbia and move forward. But it turns out that that is not going to be quite as simple as he thought. Right. So it's strategic for the region. And we want to make it into someone who dances to our pipes. Exactly, of course. Orban's enough of a pain in the ass.
Starting point is 01:48:29 We don't need this joker. Where do these guys get the time to think about all this? I have no idea. Johns Hopkins is part of the problem. Where's Victoria Nuland? Let me see. Victoria. She's probably been there.
Starting point is 01:48:42 Victoria. While you're looking at her, I'll play the last clip. So let's talk a little bit more about U.S. policy towards Serbia and the different priorities that the United States is balancing. How have they approached Alexander Vucic? What do you make of their response to this crisis? I would say this about U.S. policy, which has again brought us to this brink. President Biden has gotten the Balkans right consistently. President Biden himself understands the region, and he set off his administration with the words that we are in a challenge of democracy versus autocracy. So President Biden
Starting point is 01:49:16 has gotten it right, but his administration has gotten it completely wrong. They've abandoned that. So we have a disparity in the Balkans where the United States treats Serbia's neighbors to a much harsher, higher standard. And I should point out, we've had two violent confrontations in Kosovo this year. We've had potential issues in Montenegro, which is a NATO ally. And now within the government, there are pro-Russian elements within that NATO ally. And we have a brewing crisis, possibly even beginning this month in Bosnia-Herzegovina. So this is the mistake of the Biden administration has been to treat President Vucic to this different, softer standard on the belief that somehow we can bring him over. Instead, what it has done is it has projected fear.
Starting point is 01:50:08 The U.S. basically projecting fear of Belgrade, which President Vucic correctly interprets as weakness and takes advantage. And this all goes, of course, to the benefit of his ally, which is Russia. Yeah. Well, we had clips of problems brewing in Serbia. I think, didn't they, wasn't there something like, there's something with their money, if I recall. Hold on, what is this?
Starting point is 01:50:42 Let me see. I don't remember the money thing, but I do know that the situation is, I find it interesting that he says that Biden's got it right, but the administration's got it wrong, which says to me again, like everyone else says, Biden's not running anything. No, no. This is, well, the coverage was good, but we don't understand it. No, there's no, we have no.
Starting point is 01:51:07 We must have Serbs. No, but at least we're familiarizing ourselves. Are there Serbs in the audience? Come on, Serbs. Talk to us, Serbs. The Serbs hate our show. How about this? Even though we break up the show a little bit differently,
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Starting point is 01:51:39 What's going on out there in the universe? And now to our number one trending story on CBSMiami.com. It involves talk of alien sightings at Bayside Marketplace. On New Year's Day, there was a massive police response in downtown Miami. More than 50 young people
Starting point is 01:51:58 armed with sticks began fighting. Police say juveniles were also setting off fireworks, causing chaos. So now people are posting online saying that police weren't there to handle a group of rowdy teens, but rather eight to ten feet tall shadowy aliens. Conspiracy theories are saying a big creature could be seen standing in front of the entrance to the shopping area. Bayside today, the phrases Miami Mall and aliens of Miami have been among the top ten searches on Twitter's trending tab. Twitter, of course, now called X.
Starting point is 01:52:34 And Google News even has several reports questioning the event. So we reached out to the Miami Police Department. They issued a statement saying in part, quote, there were no aliens, UFOs, or ETs. No airports were closed. No power outages. Face palm emoji was included in the statement. Yeah, obviously a cover-up.
Starting point is 01:52:55 Cover-up by the Miami, obvious cover-up by the Miami police because there's no way you would have this. I mean, there were hundreds of police vehicles. They had at least four helicopters hovering overhead it was obvious this was not just some kids fighting at the mall these were eight to ten feet aliens with fire sticks and we have eyewitness reports all over tiktok hey by the way whatever happened to getting getting rid of TikTok? Where did that go?
Starting point is 01:53:27 Why did that stop? I thought TikTok was dangerous to democracy. Serious question. Trump would have gotten rid of it, but no, it's just benefiting the Democrat Party. Oh. So the lobbyists worked it out then, I guess. Yeah, there's some cash changed hands, perhaps. Well, we need to be talking to people about this because everyone was all in.
Starting point is 01:53:51 We had hearings. TikTok is bad. China's killing our children. Scott Adams, he's commenced. TikTok is going to ruin America. But yet it's still here. And this is where we find eyewitnesses to this event so since nobody's going to talk about it i figured you know fuck it like you know i'm saying there are some expletives in this that i didn't have time to cut out i was uh i was down in miami for uh the new years you
Starting point is 01:54:19 me and my girl i got a little time share we was down there on a mini vacay. I love this guy, by the way. Me and my girl, we had a timeshare down in Miami, a little vacay. Start the New Year's off right. So anyway, we happened to be at that mall. So we had a footlocker or whatever. Next thing you know, you start hearing all this commotion outside. Sound like firecrackers or something.
Starting point is 01:54:43 So you know what I'm saying? I grab her close. I'm like, yo, we about to get up out of here. you know i originally thought that they were shooting you know i thought you know some type of um gunfight had broke out whatever the case is because you know we're not familiar with miami we're not familiar with the city so i'm like damn i ain't even got my blick so you know i got my blick i guess that's a glock. Blick. We about to swerve. Swerve, baby. It's like crazy. Like, we just see all these people running.
Starting point is 01:55:13 Like, you know, fat chicks. You know, old ladies. Like, I'm talking about moving. You know what I'm saying? Like, yo, old people even move. I'm talking about moving. So, you know, my girl, she's like, what's going on? I'm like, fuck all that.
Starting point is 01:55:24 We out. Like, I'm not going to ask no questions. We just going to follow the crowd. Next thing you know, you know, real, like, gunshots start going off. So, you know what I'm saying? Like, we trying to follow the crowd. Get out of there. I look back.
Starting point is 01:55:36 I look back. No cap, yo. No cap. No cap. I look back. It looked like a big-ass shadow, but it was solid at the same time, like a few shadows, but they were solid at the same time. And it almost looked like they was coming our direction,
Starting point is 01:55:52 like they was chasing us, but they was disappearing and reappearing closer. So I'm like, yo, what? So we start really moving. Next thing you know, we start hearing more gunshots, like these dudes start firing at this shit, get outside, mad police, all that, you know what I'm saying, they start, the police is, like, trying to get all the people that ran out the mall, they, like,
Starting point is 01:56:12 trying to, like, detain these people, whatever, but, you know, me and my girl, we ended up just, you know, sliding past all that and everything like that, but, you know, a lot of people saying, why didn't nobody film and all that when that type of shit is going on him saying shit like that like some paranormal nobody thinking about no phone no no there's a bunch of john c devorex with no phone at all so they didn't get any and no video well i see this is the problem i don't care what monster you're going to see coming in and out of dimensionality as he describes it. Someone's going to be pulling out their phone. Well, we didn't get any pictures of any teenagers shooting either. So this is very suspicious. Well, now that's you got a point there. Well, here's here's what's going on. This is just the beginning.
Starting point is 01:57:06 Wait, let me stop you. Okay. It's a movie coming out that has something to do with something about this little thing. That would be great. It's a movie. It's bull crap. If I could roll out a movie trailer, that would be the best right now. No, this is Project Bluebeam.
Starting point is 01:57:21 This is where we start to, and of course course you're going to use tiktok as you said it benefits uh the elites the the democrat party that's why tiktok is not gone yet no this is where we start to uh bring joe rogan will be all over this this is where we start to bring in the aliens people have seen it that you got clearly eyewitness and eventually these aliens will start talking to us and uh and then you know we can get rid of religion and we can all go towards the aliens and we can follow the new world order that is and and you'll see more of these uh craft in the air that'll all be projected project blue beam is has i call project blue beam now. It's activated and it's biblical. It's been predicted.
Starting point is 01:58:06 It's been predicted. It's all coming now. This is just the start. We'll keep an eye out then. Bluebeam activated. Yes, I will. I will stay on the beat. Yes, this is all yours.
Starting point is 01:58:18 Thanks. Unless there's a local phenomenon that takes place, which I will use a regular camera to film. Yes, you will. You'll go out right away. Now, there was another interesting legal case. By the way, I do have a tick. If you don't want to go into it, if you're not following up, I have a tick tock clip.
Starting point is 01:58:39 Talk, talk, talk. Hold on. This is some lunatic. This is some lunatic. This is a lunatic that's threatening everybody. You guys should just be arrested immediately. But unlike your clip. Yes. I took care of the profanity issues.
Starting point is 01:58:58 I'm glad you did. I apologize. I'm sorry. I missed it. I didn't have time to do it. I do wish death on transphobic people because they wish death on me and have caused death to many, many, many of my brothers and sisters in the trans community. I want to stab all of you to death as many times as I can. I want to stab you in the throat and twist it like I'm carving a fucking pumpkin. I want to shred you into tiny
Starting point is 01:59:25 f***ing pieces. I want to tear your f***ing bones out from your d*** body. I want to scoop your brains out with a f***ing spoon. I want to eat your f***ing flesh. I'd say decaf. Decaf may be a good idea for this person.
Starting point is 01:59:44 Minimally, but I just want to show you how it's done by a pro. You didn't do that. The clip came that way. Yes, I did. You did that? Yeah. Well, that's pretty good. The clip was extremely, well, you could tell it was very profane. This is the problem with social media these days.
Starting point is 01:59:59 I mean, if you go on X, you just go on X for five minutes, you're seeing people kill each other. You're seeing murders. You're seeing. It's terrible. It really is. It's just. Yeah. These doofuses like threatening everyone.
Starting point is 02:00:13 Yeah. And not that I'm against free speech. You should be able to. I mean, that's actually threatening. I don't think that I think there may be limits to what you can do there. I'm all for free, open news media, but it's not a healthy thing to be going on social media
Starting point is 02:00:31 and looking at all this stuff. I agree. And TikTok, as you know, I've loaded up the app once or twice and I deleted it immediately because you stop for one second and oh, this is kind of, let's see how this guy gets killed.
Starting point is 02:00:44 Oh, oh, man, that's horrible. And then you get five more. And then you scroll in and scroll in and scroll in. Yeah, because you're watching them. You shouldn't be watching them. No, exactly. It's very unhealthy. I do not have an app.
Starting point is 02:00:55 I never use an app. I go on the web browser. On the browser. It goes on the browser, and then I type in TikTok.com. Yes. And it brings up a, brings up, and then I type in TikTok.com. Yes. And it brings up a, brings up, and then I'll search for something specifically,
Starting point is 02:01:12 and maybe I'll find it or I won't. Now, do you look for crazy transgender people? Is that your search term? People send those to me. This was sent to me by one of our producers. Dig this guy. This is a, this is something that i saw this morning uh it was on msnbc the katie fang show i've never seen her show before i was it was a miracle because i was watching it live on the on youtube tv while taking a shower or you know shaving get electrocute yourself no no and uh like oh
Starting point is 02:01:47 i wish i had this clip of this guy and of the situation and lo and behold msnbc had the whole show up on on youtube so i was able to get these two clips and we know what's going on here but i just wanted to uh accentuate the point of what's what's happening in this particular case. In May of 2022, rapper Young Thug, whose given name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, and 27 other defendants were charged in a sweeping 65 count indictment, accusing the suspects of being part of a criminal street gang named YSL or Young Slime Life. The RICO indictment alleges Young Thug and other YSL members committed crimes like murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, theft, drug dealing, carjacking, and witness intimidation. Young Thug is charged with eight out of the 65 total counts. Since his arrest, Young Thug has been in the Cobb
Starting point is 02:02:44 County Jail for nearly two years awaiting trial. And in November, prosecutors secured a win when the presiding judge agreed to allow them to use relevant rap lyrics in the trial as evidence. But the use of these lyrics raises the question of whether that's constitutional
Starting point is 02:02:59 in the first place. After all, Johnny Cash didn't get arrested for singing I Shot a Man in Reno just to watch him die. Okay, idiot. So what was not in this report at all, and what you won't hear, but I want to circle back to it, is this is about drill rap.
Starting point is 02:03:19 And this is something I learned from Mo. We talked about it extensively when that whole gang got arrested in New York. Drill rap is very popular. This is where gangs are indeed killing each other and then make hip-hop songs about it. The sick part of this is the music industry uses this drill rap once something starts hitting the algos in youtube then it hits the algos in spotify then they sign these drill wrappers to a sub label of a major label and they're making money off of it we've talked about that i don't know if you remember
Starting point is 02:04:01 they are literally making money off of black men killing each other and glorifying it it's it started in the uk and it's oh yeah it's huge over in the uk it's big in america and it's what's disgusting about it is that this is the music industry they are they are promoting this they are propagating this. They do not care. And so, of course, they bring in the hugest music industry douchebag lawyer to defend it. Joining me now is Scott Grebman, criminal defense attorney in Georgia who previously represented Kenneth Chesbrough in the Fulton County election interference RICO case. So let's focus a little bit on some of these lyrics. They include, quote, got a lot of followers,
Starting point is 02:04:48 a perfect leader. I'm a boss. I call the shots. Another one for slimes. You know, I'll kill another one. And I never killed anybody, but I got something to do with that body. Now, wait until you hear this guy's defense. Scott, what happened to the First Amendment in this case? I think the problem here is that rappers are not given the same artistic license as other artists are in music and other industries. I always give the example. You just gave an example about Johnny Cash. I'd like to give an example about the actor Joe Pesci. All right.
Starting point is 02:05:24 Think for a minute. Joe Pesci. All right, think for a minute, Joe Pesci is prosecuted for some sort of violent crime. Would the prosecutor try to admit evidence of some of his scenes in his movies like Goodfellas, like Casino, where he's engaging in violent acts, where he's threatening violent acts? Of course they wouldn't. And if they did, the judge wouldn't let it in. Why? Because everybody knows that Joe Pesci is playing a part. He's playing whatever, whatever character he's playing on that movie. Well, guess what? So is Jeffrey Williams. This man is not named Young Thug. This man is named Jeffrey Williams and he's playing a character too. So when he says those things, I'm the big slime. I had something to do with that body. How is that any different than Joe Pesci saying, Hey, you looking at me, I'm going to kill you on good fellas. It's really not.
Starting point is 02:06:16 And for some reason, and I think there might be arguments as to what some of those reasons are. Oh, racism. Rap artists are not getting the artistic license and freedom that these other artists are. They should arrest all these these record executives, arrest the labels, arrest the Spotify executives, arrest YouTube people responsible for promoting this. This is this is really atrocious. It's so just sick. And this is how these guys defend it. Racism. Fascinating clips, I think.
Starting point is 02:06:55 Yeah, thank you. Because the argument is logical. I think it's totally logical. But the background indicates otherwise. In other words, if you don't know about what's going on at the base, it's not baseless, but at base level, you know what's going on. The argument is specious. Yes. But the fact that you throw the specious argument out there because it makes nothing but sense, because it's logical, makes this interesting. Thank you.
Starting point is 02:07:23 nothing but sense because it's logical makes this interesting. Thank you. I think everybody out there would at least find some level of interest in that crazy thing you just brought in. Yes, I would hope so. Well, never discuss it again. I hope.
Starting point is 02:07:39 Well, you never know. There is one more tick tock related clip. I actually had this for the last show that's right everybody the vape wars now even even discussed uh on dh unplugged how big tobacco companies bought up vape companies. What did they buy that vape company for? Like $20 billion?
Starting point is 02:08:13 Some outrageous amount of money. And they wrote it off for $400 million? Like, okay, we failed. And if you look at the statistics, cigarette smoking is back up. It's on the rise. But we still have these idiot kids vaping, which in my, from my research is healthier than smoking. There may be other issues, but I'm a vapor and I like it. I enjoy it.
Starting point is 02:08:41 I stopped smoking tobacco and other plant products, which I feel are perfectly fine for people to smoke, but it wasn't for me anymore. But vaping, oh, no, no. We're taking money right out of the big tobacco's pockets, which directly affects the master states agreement, which is the money that states receive as compensation for all the people who are dying from cancer. This is the agreement.
Starting point is 02:09:12 This is what the big tobacco agreement was all about. And so we have taxes and those taxes, you know, the states can take these taxes because, you know, we have to pay for people who are dying of smoke and cigarettes and we can't have that go away. And it seemed like the kids were stopping to smoke. And then we had to stop that, especially menthol, because, you know, black people smoking that. We can't have people vaping menthol. So let's get these kids off the vape. A new trend on TikTok.
Starting point is 02:09:40 I just want to tell you one more reason you should stop vaping. Encouraging people to stop vaping. But this time, it's not about their health. It's aimed at helping workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo's artisanal cobalt mines, smaller-scale operations where the work is often done by hand. These mines have dangerous conditions and even child labor, according to humanitarian groups like amnesty international i'm quitting vaping the reason it's still happening is because of how much we consume
Starting point is 02:10:10 tiktok creator christina narkai heard about what happens in these mines and says she was so outraged she had to do something and he just kept saying don't buy new electronics and i'm like i already do that you know what else can i do and then I found just to quit vaping. Cobalt is a key element used to make lithium ion batteries, which much of our technology depends on. Things like smartphones, electric vehicles and most e-cigarettes. I would buy a pretty much like once or twice a week. Two thirds of the world's cobalt supply comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. But most of that is then sent to China, where it's refined before it's sold to battery manufacturers and then brand name companies buy those batteries. I'm telling you, TikTok is a valuable property.
Starting point is 02:11:00 Hold on a second. First of all, artisanal mines. I love that. Small batch, baby. Small batch. And so we got that in play. And the other thing is one vape device, it probably, one Tesla probably accounts
Starting point is 02:11:17 for all the vape devices ever manufactured in terms of battery use. But we got to sigh up the children into not vaping get back on the stick get back on the tobacco stick children this tiktok is a valuable property and it pains me to say it but we have to pay more attention to it uh hey you're talking you're talking to you're preaching to the choir here this is what been doing. Yeah, but yours is always kind of the same, but it's always some nut job with eye shadow. It's like, you know, come on, man.
Starting point is 02:11:49 We have to look at other things TikTok is doing. Wow. And with that, I'd like to thank you for your courage to say in the morning to you, the man who put the C in the cube head. Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to my friend on the other end, the one and only Mr. John C. DeMoria! Well, in the morning to you, Mr. Adam Kirk. Also in the morning to all of Fish at Sea, boots on the other end, the one and only Mr. John C. DeMoria. Well, in the morning to you, Mr. Adam Kirk.
Starting point is 02:12:06 Also in the morning to all of Fish at Sea, Boots on the Ground, Subs in the Water. Subs in the Water. And all the dames and knights out there. In the morning to the trolls in the troll room who've been quite active today. I see you, Steve Brooklyn, one on one. Joe County. Oh, okay. 21.53.,153.
Starting point is 02:12:26 That seems better. Yeah, we're $300 low. Yeah, but better than last week. Yes, they're $1,900 or whatever we had last week. Oh, no. $1,775. No, it was bad. That was really bad.
Starting point is 02:12:37 No, it was bad, bad, bad. The trolls hang out in the troll room at trollroom.io. You can go there yourself, troll around, do whatever you want. I hope you feel good about it. You should. It's fun. It's ephemeral. So, you know, it's like comes and it goes.
Starting point is 02:12:53 And no one's going to make any trouble for you at all. You can also get a modern podcast app, save yourself some trouble. They update within 90 seconds of the No Agenda Show updating. And there's probably about 400,000 podcasts that update within 90 seconds on the modern podcast apps. You get all kinds of, you know, you get transcripts, which you can search. You get album art. You get chapter art. You get all kinds of fun stuff by going to podcastapps.com.
Starting point is 02:13:23 And move away from the big boys. Move away from the legacy apps. Screw those guys. Get on with the independent developers. Those small dudes, small batch, artisanal. The artisanal apps of Podcasting 2.0. There you go. Yeah.
Starting point is 02:13:39 What you could also do, of course, is especially uh for artwork you could go to no agenda art generator.com if you wanted to and uh you know over there you could refresh and see stuff updating in real time because we're a value for value podcast which means no corporate weird creepy money no advertising all we do is put everything out there, all of this media deconstruction. I think today we're probably about 69 or 72 clips, depending on how much we play after the break. Thought goes into this, work goes into this. We put it all out there. We weave it together in the womb of no agenda.
Starting point is 02:14:24 And we present it to you free of charge. The value is right there. If you find anything valuable about what you've heard, consider sending that back to us in time, talent, or treasure. We'll get to the treasure, but when it comes to time and talent, our artists are top notch. And I believe Sir Paul Couture has done some extra work for us and has upgraded some servers.
Starting point is 02:14:49 And he actually posted something this morning. Are you happy now? You're happy now, you complainers. You're happy now. So we want to thank the artists who brought us the artwork for episode 1622. We titled that Juiced Joe, which of course is right. He was juiced up. And Darren O'Neill brought us the artwork for episode 1622. We titled that Juiced Joe, which of course is right. He was juiced up. And Darren O'Neill brought us the artwork that we used.
Starting point is 02:15:10 Yeah, he lamented it. What do you mean? On the No Agenda Socials. He lamented it? What do you mean? Yeah, he says, uh-huh. They picked my crappy piece of art. Go figure, something like that.
Starting point is 02:15:20 Those kind of words. Well, we'll strike it from the record. If that's how he feels. He didn't think much of it himself, it sounds like. Well, we'll strike it from the record. If that's how he feels. He didn't think much of it himself, it sounds like. Well, we liked it. It was the media deconstruction. Why did we like it? Because there was nothing else. It was a fallback
Starting point is 02:15:36 piece of crap. So I'm going to be on Darren's side on this. Most is because people are posting AI stuff. No, they're all posting AI stuff. And then a bunch of people are doing Disney stuff because of the release of Steamboat Willie. We already said no, we're not going to do that.
Starting point is 02:15:53 We said no to that. We're not going to pick it because we don't want Disney going after us. Disney's already making trouble about people. Demonetizing, deplatforming YouTube videos. Someone created an AI art generator that's all about Steamboat Willie. Oh, I'd love to see that. Yeah.
Starting point is 02:16:16 So, you know, everybody's a prompt engineer now. Yeah, that's what it is. Prompt engineering. The stuff that was real was correct to record. It wasn't great. It was an old, what was it? It looked like a 286 computer with the best podcast on the net. I mean, I understand.
Starting point is 02:16:41 This is cute. A lot of people did Haw hawking's art which believe me was not great then we had uh i mean it's just it's ai stuff it's not this is this is my problem i mean there's lots of stuff being created but this has no soul that's no soul that's what it is soulless it's soul is baseless soulless art yeah it's uh right it's not good i mean it hasn't got any oomph oh yes it's oomphless it's oomphless and soulless and mostly not funny that's the worst part and i think what happens is because it's slick that's very slick a lot of it not all of it though no some of it's crappy it's slick but
Starting point is 02:17:25 the real artist like oh they'll probably choose this this is so slick i could never do this well you could you could well you know i've used these these art generators and you do one the ai art and you do them and you get a bunch of, sometimes you get selections, you get maybe a few to look at. And you look at them, you go, wow, that's pretty impressive. And that's exactly what you said. I don't think I could do this piece, so I'm going to submit it.
Starting point is 02:17:57 Exactly. But it's oomphless and soulless. Pretty much. It's kind of just junk spot art. Yeah. And it makes me sad because we've had probably 27,000 submissions up until the
Starting point is 02:18:13 AI revolution. And it just sucks. I mean, people get mad. We curry beer. By the way, we should probably, forgot to uh do a mea culpa about the panama canal oh yeah do it because you said it well the panama canal is largely filled and released water from this big giant lake which
Starting point is 02:18:43 i forgot about which is where the canal kind of goes next to this this lake fills and the lake is down because of the drought in panama and so that's causing issues with the canal the way it's engineered so it's not just ocean water going through there so i don't see why you can't just bring more ocean water in. But what's interesting is, you know, I love, I'd say 60% of people said, oh, no, you're wrong. You know, I live there or I looked it up. You know, it's like, oh, no, it's actually, it's a series of tubes and it's fresh water. But there's people who say, I can't believe John didn't even- That's that same guy.
Starting point is 02:19:29 I don't even know why he listens to the show. It only took five seconds to research this. And they send it to me. Yeah. That's the, by the way, that's the best part. And so I reply and say, I'm not John's intern, and I copy you. Yeah, you did that. I saw that.
Starting point is 02:19:48 You always CC me so you make sure that I'm aware of your ire. Yes. Because, I mean, people, we're just dudes. I mean, yes, we are the creative or a consulting group. Yes, we're pretty good at media deconstruction. I'm doing it for a long while. We're fallible. No, we make pretty good at media deconstruction. Doing it for a long while. We're fallible. No, we make a mistake
Starting point is 02:20:08 a month, at least. Oh, more than that. But the snark of it. I'm sorry. Do your own podcast. By the way, speaking of value. Turns out to be harder than it looks.
Starting point is 02:20:25 Curry DeVore Consulting Group time. We got a note from Elsie and Tali. I just want to read this. In the morning, this is Elsie and Talia, ages 16 and 12. Hey, John. This is... Hey, girls. Probably one of our youngest producers.
Starting point is 02:20:43 We love the show. Good for them. We love the show, We love the show. And it has entertained us on multiple road trips so we thought we would contribute in the form of jingles. Our mom is going to send in some money to de-douche our dad but hasn't got to it yet.
Starting point is 02:20:56 Come on, mom. What are you waiting for? So that we'll be the first in our family to contribute. We enjoy messing around with audio and stuff so we hope you like these jingles. Also, would you give us some advice? We'd love to hear it. So I'll just play what they sent
Starting point is 02:21:11 to you. I'll play one, and we should give them a little critique. Here it is. Do you know what fracture starts with? F. Do you know what people starts with? P. Do you know what FP also stands for? What?
Starting point is 02:21:27 Free speech! Woo! So, it's a good start. It's a start. They need to drop their music back. Yeah, I couldn't hear the words. I couldn't hear your voices. You know what? Hello?
Starting point is 02:21:44 So, that should be very low. I mean, there's no reason to have a booming bed on top of everything. It's annoying. Yes. But if it was in the background, very low while you guys were singing in the foreground with a little less echo, I might add. Yes. That was also a problem. Echo was a little bit too much.
Starting point is 02:22:04 Yes. Echo, I might add. Yes, that was also a problem. Echo was a little bit too much, yes. So you can, but you know, you could probably run it through one of those filters and take the Echo completely out if you wanted to. But yeah, they got the right idea. You got the right idea, kids. We're glad, yes. I mean, how rare is it, though,
Starting point is 02:22:20 that you get young people at that age who are doing audio production? None, zero, never happens. That's why i thought it was worth playing i like that so yeah good start good start um so that's your time that's your talent and now it's time for the treasure in our value for value model so we're going to start with our executive producers and associate executive producers short list today i would say I would say, to be a performative here, I would say, I will say this. You will say, yes. We have a million listeners and we have 30,000 people that subscribe religiously to the newsletter. And we had a total of 28 donations
Starting point is 02:22:58 over 50 bucks. This really is pathetic. We are very appreciative though though why don't you take the first one since there's no note and then i can do the one that's very long yeah which is probably what i was going to suggest i have no idea why there's no note but we have a two thousand dollar donation i after i just complained we have a two thousand dollars way to go it sounds like i'm it sounds like i'm a pig but the fact is that the uh yeah the fact is yes the fact is that the you know there's like one guy other people are overcompensating for the freeloaders yeah there's like one guy so i mean he's a great guy but i don't you know paul y in corpus christi texas uh is the guy and he comes in with uh two thousand dollars with no note that we could find and i'm sure he'll come in with a note when he
Starting point is 02:23:53 feels like it and we'll be glad to read it when he does that but we'll give him a double up karma until that happens you've got got karma all right then we go to brad renick brentwood tennessee 12 22 which is also quite nice fellas fellas consider me to be consider me sir to be thirsty. Because, yes, this is, we're in Insta, Insta night level here. Sir, to be thirsty. Sir, to be thirsty. I discovered you during COVID working for a major trillion dollar global company. Well, that's, that narrows it down. To two.
Starting point is 02:24:38 Which is Apple and? Amazon. What a weird time. And there was a ton of pressure at my company that's based in California, stateside. Apple. They forced our hands during that period. And to this day, I feel disgusted with myself for taking the shot. I waited a year and finally caved to do it to keep my job.
Starting point is 02:24:57 One of my biggest life regrets because I never caved. Just not what I do. I went out of my way to find the one place in town that served the J&J and did that one. You're probably okay, actually. No issues, but I don't know. Yeah, no issues, but I don't know. Well, you know, the J&J, J&J either caused like immediate blood clot death. Yeah, or not, or you're okay. Or nothing, you're good to go. My wife is a pediatrician, and for at least a solid 18 months, I fought her tooth and nail on what she's doing and what is reality. Oh, does this end in divorce, this story? first half of that was me catching up to what's really going on when you guys showed up in my life we took a lot of walks after that argument so much so
Starting point is 02:25:35 because she was certain that she was being told that what she's being told prescribed and recommend is accurate i mean we fought hard i'm a sales guy. She's a doctor. Who wins that? Sales guy should win. Yeah. Anyways, while she hates a lot of your machinations with the noises and you're obnoxious, she finds me obnoxious too. Over time, though, she's completely flipped. She's flipped you guys were an integral part of that and she and as she's she is representative of what adam has mentioned many times before they all go by recommendations there's no debate on this nobody actually questions anything it is pretty crazy once you dig into all like this
Starting point is 02:26:19 i agree with adam uh excuse me duncan i agree with adam you can't force the apology and rub it in their faces at least not in this case yeah that's right you must forgive doesn't mean you have to reconcile but just forgive because you're the one that is you're eating yourself up over that let it go but she's not even recommending the shot for kids now whereas this is still a thing everywhere else in my town of nashville it's wild they won't give the shot uh lucky they never did i made sure she never provided that okay now i have to scroll a little bit because yeah no it's too long yes it is but it's a good note we went to dinner tonight, and as we rolled down the highway, I said, can we put on no agenda? She said, sure.
Starting point is 02:27:07 That's big. Thanks, guys. All right. And the end's kind of a quick note there. Well, thank you, brother. And you will indeed be knighted today. And I'm glad that you and your wife are on good terms. We love that.
Starting point is 02:27:22 Even though she probably still thinks we're obnoxious, but we are. Hey, what can I tell you? You have to be obnoxious at some level to get an audience to stick with you because obnoxiousness is part of personality. Ooh, yes. Yes. Don't you think? It's charisma.
Starting point is 02:27:39 Not necessarily good personality, but you know, you can get a lot of hate listeners. Diane B's not one of them. She comes in from Ashington, Great Britain. I don't even know where that is. I mean, I know where Great Britain is. I never heard of Ashington, but that's where she's from. Jobs Karma for MNX Security UK and all our security officers who work through Christmas and New Year. Best wishes for 2024. She came in with 333.44. Jingles,
Starting point is 02:28:07 Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, 33 is the magic number. Executive producership for Diane B. Love is lit. 33, that's the magic number. It is, it's the magic number. Jobs, Jobs,
Starting point is 02:28:23 Jobs, and Jobs. Let's vote for Jobs. yeah all right now we move to archie brentano from tigard oregon 333.33 we love these numbers hello jcd and podfather with this donation of 333.33 i've donated a total of one1,001.33. Is that a binary or 33? Oh, this switcheroo is on behalf, is for my better half, Mandy. All right, hold on a second. So I'm going to put Mandy in that switcheroo.
Starting point is 02:28:58 Hold on. I presume her name is Brentano, but it doesn't matter because she'll have a... You're making presumption. You assume. Yeah, it doesn't matter because she'll have a... You're making for some... You assume... Yeah, it doesn't matter because we list her Dame name. Henceforth known as Dame Yano until she puts up treasure to change it. That's how you get them. Oh, that's a good one. Please credit her with this executive producer credit.
Starting point is 02:29:21 It has been a long journey and I'll be proud to have her at the roundtable. For jiggles slash jingles, little girl yay, TPP jobs karma, and a yeah no. So if you don't mind, I'll do the yeah no, and then we'll do the TPP jobs karma with a little girl yay. Yeah no. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs.
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Starting point is 02:30:33 That follows with Linda Lupatkin who comes in on Saturdays and she came in right on time again from Lakewood, Colorado. We're wondering now how long this will continue. She comes in with 200 bucks every single show and asks from Lakewood, Colorado. We're wondering now how long this will continue. She comes in with 200 bucks every single show and asks for jobs, Karma,
Starting point is 02:30:49 and likes to say, for a remarkable resume that gets results, go to imagemakersinc.com for all your executive resume and job search needs. That's imagemakersinc with a k.com or just find linda blue patkin under the show's producer list jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs and uh we're almost there two more one more associate executive producer, Sir Mike the Fortunate from Fouquet-Varina. I think that's the way you pronounce it.
Starting point is 02:31:28 North Carolina, 200. Switcheroo, switcheroo. John Adam, a belated birthday present. Credits to my keeper and best friend, Dame Kelly the Resolute. The info on the Middle East situation on the last podcast was exceptional. The podcast gets better and better.
Starting point is 02:31:47 Keep up the good work. Jingles. Judge Jeanine, bomb them again. Obama, you might die. Little girl, yay. From Sir Mike the Fortunate. Bomb them, bomb them, and bomb them again. You might die.
Starting point is 02:32:01 Yay! Yay! And last is Lynn Lynn of the Garden State. That's in New Jersey. ITM John, she sent a card, nice card. It's a card you
Starting point is 02:32:15 can tell by the noise. ITM John and Adam, sending you both a note of appreciation for your work to keep us all calm in this crazy world. I need to start off 2024 with my first donation to No Agenda. There you go. So she does request a de-douching.
Starting point is 02:32:34 No, we can do that. You've been de-douched. She continues, we're happy to return some of the value you have provided me on my long commutes to work. I'm requesting the dedution which you just got and a double up karma for everybody. Lynn of the Garden State. You've got karma. And that is our executive associate executive producers for show 1623. And these are credits that stay with you for the rest of your life.
Starting point is 02:33:11 It's almost like herpes forever. You will have the better, though, much better. You will be an executive producer or associate executive producer of episode 1623 of the best podcast in the universe. You can put it in your LinkedIn profile, any profile, really, any social media if you want to. Of course, you might get harassed if you're, you know how it is on LinkedIn. You could put it in your resume.
Starting point is 02:33:36 Resume. That might actually, Linda Lou Patkin might agree. Put it on your resume or go to imdb.com. You can open up a profile if you don't have one, which you probably don't. But there's hundreds and hundreds of executive and associate executive producers of the No Agenda Show because they're real, they're recognized, and they're yours forever.
Starting point is 02:33:54 And John's going to take us through the 50s. It'll go real quick. And then we'll knight a dame and we've got some meetups, all kinds of stuff to talk about. Yeah, you know you're in trouble when your first donor in this list is Kevin McLaughlin. Yeah. 8008. He's the Archduke of Luna, lover of American boobs. And then Jeremiah Spiewak in Highland Park, Illinois,
Starting point is 02:34:21 comes in with what he calls pointy boobs of 7007. Oh, pointy. This is new. This is a new one. Totally new. And then it follows with Grayson Insurance. Grayson Insurance in Aurora, Colorado, 6006. Small boobs.
Starting point is 02:34:39 So we have three boob donations in a row, all of different donation amounts. Meanwhile, we have eli the coffee guide gigawattcoffeeroasters.com yeah i so i've been i had one this morning yeah but let me just say bensonville illinois 60 56 50 yeah so i had one of these gigawatt uh cold fusion yeah which is it's made with SnapChill technology. Whatever that is. I'm a jacked. I've been jacked all morning from this stuff.
Starting point is 02:35:10 Really? But it's interesting because you think it'll be, I mean, it is, all it is is coffee and water. That's all that it is. Okay. A refreshing cold coffee experience. They don't mention how much caffeine is in here, but I guess they don't need to because it's just coffee. Coffee and water. That's all that's in there. But man, it's like, it's hardcore. You got to be careful.
Starting point is 02:35:35 Well, that's the, but they have, they're mostly, I think a bean operation, although they do have a bunch of these canned drinks, which are a good idea. I think you can make a lot of money from canned drinks. Oh, really? Well, it's a professional product. Michael Gates.
Starting point is 02:35:49 Yeah, they're slick. Michael Gates, 50. By the way, ITM 20 for 20% off your order. I'll get that in there. 52.80 from Michael Gates. Stephanie Schmidt in San Francisco, 51.50. And she's still a librarian. Oh, oh my goodness um we I got a note oh I gotta I gotta
Starting point is 02:36:11 read this for a second sorry I got a beautiful present from the anonymous no agenda librarian she sent me and this is 35 years ago she sent me me an original poster that I did for the American Library Association. Mint, complete mint poster, MTV guy hair, the whole deal, Adam Curry for the American Library Association. I was blown away. 35 years ago, and she was able to find one. Because, of course, she's a librarian. Yeah, that's what they do yeah thank you in fact i love my truck and i love what i do the librarian okay
Starting point is 02:36:55 josiah thomas in ankeny iowa 51 and boom we're right at the $50 donors level right now. And I'm going to read them off the name and location. Starting with Michael Labar in Williamston, Michigan. Alex Zavala in Kyle, Texas. Wow, Alex. Sir Alex. Matthew Smith in Colchester, Suffolk, UK. Ryan Tiernan in North Providence, Rhode Island. Jonathan Farris in Liberal, Kansas. Kelly Hubbard in P Providence, Rhode Island. Jonathan Ferris in Liberal, Kansas. Kelly Hubbard in Plymouth, Minnesota.
Starting point is 02:37:31 Donating my winnings from Fantasy Football. Good for her. She knows how to play. Justin Cruz in Tehachapi, California. Justin, Justin. Stefan or Steven? Steven Ray in Spokane, Washington. Robertson Home
Starting point is 02:37:46 in Flint, Michigan. Edward Mizurik in Memphis, Tennessee. Rachel Ribbe in Canton, Ohio. And this is a switcheroo de-douche my husband. You've been de-douched. He's got a birthday and he's going to get credit Andrew
Starting point is 02:38:09 and she says this is her favorite douche bag but he's been dedouched so it's no longer true person of merit comics in Columbus Ohio and last on our short list, very short list,
Starting point is 02:38:27 Sir Jackson in Leveland, Texas. He needs some Jobs Karma. We'll give Jobs Karma for everyone who needs it here at the end. And that's it? That's it. We're done. I'll do the Jobs Karma. Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs. Let's vote for
Starting point is 02:38:44 Jobs Karma. I got a Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs. Let's vote for jobs. You've got karma. I got a rather sad note from producer Robert, Robert Roberts. He says, Adam, I've been waffling on whether to ask this. My friends Ben and Jess Stone, Ben was an avid listener, were killed in a car wreck on the 29th of December. Their four kids are okay, but I guess they're with them now, one, three, six, and eight years old. Stinks.
Starting point is 02:39:12 Yes, the company they work for had a lot of listeners as well. This has been a tragic and heartbreaking loss. I was hoping for prayers and love and light. I'm sure that everybody is praying for the kids and for, of course, Ben and Jess and you. I don't like these notes, but I did want to share since we are the big No Agenda family. And thank you very much to all of our producers, especially those who are always there with the sustainable donations. You don't get thanked because we don't do anything under $50. A lot of people like that for anonymity. So $49.99 is something people use a lot. But we love the sustaining donations.
Starting point is 02:39:52 They're very helpful on days like today when things are a little bit low. If you want to learn more, go to noagendadonations.com or the old one, devorah.org. Thank you again for being supporters of No Agenda, episode 1623. Our formula is this. We go out, we hit people in the mouth. Order. Shut up, slave. Shut up. It's your birthday, birthday.
Starting point is 02:40:29 I'm so much happy. And we always have a couple of birthdays to celebrate. Archie Brentano wishes his better half Mandy a happy birthday. She's actually celebrating today. Rachel Ribby wants to say happy birthday to her hubby Andrew. Now, he'll be 30 on january 10th and sir mike the fortunate says happy birthday to dame kelly the resolute maybe it's her birthday today regardless happy birthday and we say happy birthday to all of you people on behalf of
Starting point is 02:40:55 no agenda oh sorry we don't let me see do we have any? No, no. It's just one dame, one night. So that's good. I like that combo combo. Mandy, come on up. Brad, Brad Reddick, both of you are about to be knighted and named. And of course, you are now knight and dame of the No Agenda Roundtable. I'm very proud to pronounce the K-D as Dame Yano and Sir To Be Thirsty. Thank you both so much for supporting us. And, of course, we have some beautiful things for the roundtable for you. We've got almond, dairy, vanilla, along with our hookahs and blow and rent boys and chardonnay.
Starting point is 02:41:41 It's a classic. Redheads and Rhymes. We've got beer and blunts. Cowgirls and Coffin Varnish. Ruben S.é cases and sake vodka millabong hits and bourbon sparkling cider escorts ginger ale and gerbils pressed milk and pablum and we always love the mutton and mead head on over to noagendarings.com and let us know what size you need and give us an address to send it to you along with that because it is a um a signet ring you'll get some wax to seal your important correspondence and of course the uh certificate of authenticity welcome to the uh the knights
Starting point is 02:42:10 and the dames of the round table we are very very very pleased to have you here well john mentioned it earlier the no agenda meetups he says connection is protection which is true but really these meetups which is uh it's part of the entire no agenda experience really is one thing to listen to the show a lot another is to uh to go to a meetup and and meetups are everywhere and the great thing about it is if there's no meetup near you, you can start one. And you'll be amazed at how many, sometimes just one person, but a lot of people get a lot of, it's amazing how many people will go to a meetup. If you just, you know, go to a bar, it doesn't really cost any money. Just go to noagentameetups.com.
Starting point is 02:42:59 It really, these meetups, they keep you anchored. It's where we can all get together. You already know who you are, who the people are who will come. You can encourage each other. You can't get that from just an online experience. You need to do that as a part of your sanity, really. And we only have one that is coming up on the 11th. Wow, there's nothing until then. That'll be Thursday.
Starting point is 02:43:22 The Northern Wake County Stitch and Bitch meet up 6 o'clock at Compass Rose Brewing in Raleigh, North Carolina. Coming up in January, Fredericksburg, Virginia. This is the 13th. Garden City, Idaho. Los Angeles. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Westfield, Indiana on the 14th.
Starting point is 02:43:39 On the 18th, Denver. Charlotte, North Carolina. On the 20th, Rochester. New Hampshire. Fort Wayne, Indiana. That was going to be on the 6th, so that Carolina on the 20th, Rochester, New Hampshire, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Oh, that was going to be on the 6th, so that moved to the 20th. Cincinnati, San Diego, Anchorage, Alaska, Kilgore, Texas, January 25th, Alpharetta, Georgia, the 27th, Kilkenny, Ireland.
Starting point is 02:44:00 There you go. Tulsa, Oklahoma on the 28th. Then February, we've got Rogersville, Alabama, Fountain, Colorado, Albany, Oklahoma on the 28th. Then February, we've got Rogersville, Alabama. Fountain, Colorado. Albany, California. February 17th, Higginham in Connecticut. Singapore on February 22nd. I'm looking forward to getting a meetup report.
Starting point is 02:44:17 And we love meetup reports. So please consider recording short little bits of people talking about how much they love the meetups. Noagentameetups.com is where you can find all the meetups. You can schedule one because if you can't find one, you start one yourself. Guaranteed a party. Sometimes you want to go hang out with all the nights and days. You want to be where you want to be. Drink it all, hell's a lame.
Starting point is 02:44:44 You want to be where you want me. Drink it all, hell's a lame. You want to be where everybody feels the same. It's like a party. All right, I have two. I have two. No, I have three, actually. Three. This one's no good because it's not clear enough, but I'll play it.
Starting point is 02:45:06 They love a penis joke. See, I know you couldn't hear it. I heard it. You heard it? It was Kara. Kara Swisher. Kara Swisher saying they love the penis joke? She's vile.
Starting point is 02:45:20 She's always talking smack. I have this one. That'll make your eyeballs rattle. That's too echoey. How about this? What a fussy little douche. I know. It's not great. What do you have? I have three.
Starting point is 02:45:40 Like you do. I have fire. Fire. A little short. It's fire. We never use fire it's short okay then try this one which is longer this is loon laser-eyed loons i like it i can hear it yeah it's good laser-eyed loons that sounds like us yeah does. And then the old classic, another version of it. Wow. Wow.
Starting point is 02:46:07 No, no, no. I don't. Those are too short. I like the laser. I'd lose. I like that one. I think I think that's a winner. And I hope you accept my decision. And now it's time for Google with JCD.
Starting point is 02:46:21 Good news, everybody. John does a lot of work just for the regular portions of the show. I mean, for those of you who are listening, those of you who support it, what a show. You got second half of show and another good news story to make you feel good. This is about poor little Charlie who almost died in the car, but he was rescued. Oh, thank God. At 15 months old, little Charlie here
Starting point is 02:46:47 loves to eat his veggies, drop some for his furry friends, and help mom clean them up, too. Everything makes him laugh. He's so cute. But last month, this bundle of joy in his mom faced a terrifying situation when he suddenly
Starting point is 02:47:04 broke out with a high fever in the middle of the night. We jumped on E470 and I heard something in the back. Pulling over as fast as she could, she saw her baby having a seizure, something that's never happened before. If he had been convulsing, he would have looked dead. Like there was, it was like lifeless and um so i grabbed the phone and i called 9-1-1 in a minute and 20 seconds she says a dispatcher was able to ping her location and get the nearest deputy directed as soon as possible moments later she says a team of fire and emts met them calmly helping get charlie to the hospital for. They were so sweet so that my gratitude came from like I've never needed it but when I did gosh they were so amazing so quick I was just
Starting point is 02:47:54 in awe. Gratitude they got to share in person with the firefighters, EMTs, deputy and dispatcher. Misty credits for helping not only her son, but her too, Briotte. We talk to people on the worst days of their lives. So when it ends up with a happy ending, it's very exciting for them to come up and let us know and let us meet them and get to put faces to names. But it's their faces, their compassion and quick response this family will never forget. I'm praying for you guys every day. Like you are stuck with us and baby Charlie for the rest of our lives. Nicole Fiero, Fox 31.
Starting point is 02:48:30 To be honest, I mean, it's a good news story. It is. I prefer not to be medical issues where people almost died. I mean, I like the, I just like the, like a cat did something cute, you know. It's, the only good news stories you've come up with so far is like something horrible happened i mean can't can we just have like you know like uh i can't save a dog in the last one i know but it's always saving a life good news stories can just be um there was there was a nice event or um everyone had fun oh you want soft, good news stories.
Starting point is 02:49:09 I don't want the almost died, but luckily saved my life. I mean, that's boring. We need something that's... Oh, whoa. Yeah. Okay, everyone out there who helps me find these stories now knows that Adam is picky. Yes, I am. He doesn't want good news stories, which that was.
Starting point is 02:49:23 I want the best. He wants good, lame news stories. At least one a month. I need one. That's not a problem. I get plenty of those. All right. A good news story from JCD.
Starting point is 02:49:39 Happy vibes for you and me. And we all feel better now he's done his bit so back to reality that's turning to shit i actually have a uh i have a very good news story good news good news who people who are on the juice and when i say juice i mean the uh i mean the the glp juice that's right good news everybody if you're using the weight loss drugs good news in our healthy house today the use of semaglutide drugs things like ozempic and wagovi don't appear to be associated with any kind of a higher risk of thinking about suicide compared to any other medications for weight loss researchers looked at 100 million patient records
Starting point is 02:50:21 backed by the national institutes of health. And according to their findings, six months after starting the meds, people taking the drug to lose weight had a 73% lower risk of first-time suicidal thoughts and a 56% lower risk of recurrent suicidal thoughts. For people with type 2 diabetes, the reductions were 64% and 49% respectively. The lower risks were also observed three years out from taking the medications and these findings come just days after the fda said it was going to review reports of suicidal thoughts among people using semaglutides and similar medications it's good news you don't want to kill yourself this is good 70 i didn't know that was an issue i thought the problem with that stuff was your stomach froze up
Starting point is 02:51:05 and you dropped dead well if you don't die at least you won't be killing yourself it's good everybody's happy and you know what there's even better news I mean in America I think New Zealand is the only other country
Starting point is 02:51:21 that allows direct consumer advertising of pharmaceutical drugs. That is correct. New Zealand doesn't really count. But now they're taking it one step further. This is the ultimate. This is the future. This is how they really want to do it.
Starting point is 02:51:44 Interesting news today drug maker eli lily launched a new online service sending medications directly to consumers the new service called lily direct will ship the company's new anti-obesity drug to patients who have a prescription and they will also offer some of the company's insulin drugs for people with diabetes and a migraine medication just send it just do direct we don't need we don't need a pharmaceutical industry we just do a little telehealth because you know how that is like you know you fill out a form on on the website um yeah yeah that's all you need you don't need a doctor anymore well you have to write in the mail yeah they'll just they'll just ask you a few questions, fill out the form.
Starting point is 02:52:26 Boom, you've got a prescription. This is great. I think they finally got it. You'd think that maybe it would be smart to go check with a doctor, make sure that your doctor feels it's appropriate for you to have this. With these guys having the advantage of being able to advertise in the one country in the world that's allowed, they would bring everybody
Starting point is 02:52:48 in and share the wealth a little bit, but no. Now they've decided to take all the money themselves. They're asking for cruising for a bruise in here. It's not going to work out. And by the way, it's not even an American company. Is it Novo Nordisk? That's true. You're right.
Starting point is 02:53:04 This should be illegal. They're screwing our business. They're screwing our drug business. Well, they should be. Yeah, should be verboten. Should be cut, cut, should be verboten. Should be verboten. And then,
Starting point is 02:53:17 this is the worst tease of the week. I mean, I've heard bad teases, but this one is, I mean, if we did this, if we did this, people would be mad at us. Megyn Kelly. It's all fascinating, and we're not done with Jeffrey Epstein. I can tell you that for a fact. I can't tell you how I know, but I can tell you for a fact, we're going to hear a lot more about Jeffrey Epstein in the coming year, and you may be even hearing from him directly more on that. As I'm allowed to tell you,
Starting point is 02:53:49 as I'm allowed to tell you, as I'm allowed, what is that? Loud. What is that bull crap? Who's pulling her strings that she has to be allowed. I don't like it. I don't like it.
Starting point is 02:53:59 It's not cool to do that. As long as I'm allowed. That's the worst tease ever. That's like clickbait. That's not a good tease at all. That's like clickbait, don't you think? Are you either, can you tell us? Tell us.
Starting point is 02:54:12 Just tell us. What do you mean you're allowed? No, can't tell us. Who's telling you what to do and what to say? No, can't tell us. Get back on her show and call her out on this. I have a feeling I'm not going to be called anytime soon. Yeah.
Starting point is 02:54:29 However, tomorrow I will be doing the Tom Woods Show. Tom Woods. That's right. Tom Woods Show tomorrow, everybody. I mean, I think it takes a day or two before he actually airs it. But I look forward to that. I like Tom. Tom's a good dude. He's a good dude.
Starting point is 02:54:43 Coming up next, end of show mixes. Jesse Coy Nelson, Sir TJ the Raffle with his human resources. And Rolando Gonzalez. Up next, another live show. This is an important one. You want to stay tuned on your app or at trollroom.io. It's the Battle of the Douchebags live. Hello.
Starting point is 02:55:03 What I do. With Sir Seatsitter, Lavish, Booberry, and Nam. I mean, hello. bags live with sir seat sitter lavish boobery and nam i mean hello could it get any better that's your no agenda stream that's your troll room we love it and we will be back on thursday to bring you more media deconstruction coming to you from the heart of the texas hill country here in fema region number six in the morning everybody i'm adam curry and from northern silicon valley media deconstruction. Coming to you from the heart of the Texas Hill Country here in FEMA Region No. 6. In the morning, everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley, where I remain without a phone,
Starting point is 02:55:31 I'm John C. Dvorak. Please remember us. We can use the help. Dvorak.org slash N-A-No-Agenda Donations dot com. Until Thursday, everybody, adios, bofos, a-hooey-hooey, and such. No, no, no.
Starting point is 02:55:59 No, no, no. You might die. Not that many of you are going to die, so don't worry about it. No, no, no, don't. Let him go. Okay, I confess. Come on. It's all going to be over soon. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.
Starting point is 02:56:21 All right. God save the Queen, man. God save the Queen, man. God save the queen, man. God save the queen, man. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Don't let him go. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Don't let him go. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Don't. Let him go. All right. God save the Queen, man.
Starting point is 02:56:53 It's all going to be over soon. Okay, girls. What did we learn from today's episode? That you're a D-bag. What? No, I'm a proud knight. Oh, um... That John's not buying it.
Starting point is 02:57:08 Oh, well, that's normally true. But anything else? Mmm, let us think. Everything's a scam. Life's a scam. Everything's a trick, just to get your money. Everything's a scam. If it's on the TV.
Starting point is 02:57:27 How can they just lie like that? All the time they've been trying to control the masses. That's the scare. It's a war for your mind. You will find it's all propaganda. This is a scam. Moon landing.
Starting point is 02:57:43 Yeah, okay. Everything is run by the CIA. Everything is a scam. Moon landing, JFK, everything is run by the CIA. Everything's a scam. They just want to brainwash your brain belief. Everything's a scam. It's on the mainstream.
Starting point is 02:58:00 3, 2, 1, go! Have you heard the show? Everyone's talking. Hurry to vorac deconstructing. That's their job, pointing out stupidity. With an awesome, no agenda comedian. The media just lies and lies. And Curry DeVore can show you why. Value for value is their way.
Starting point is 02:58:13 Because they ain't in it just for the pay. 15 years and awesome producers. The best podcast in the universe! Shut up, slave! Everything's a scam. Everything's a trick. Everything's a trick just to get your money. Everything's a scam. If it's all in the TV.
Starting point is 02:58:36 We found a scam in this whole scene. No way. But that's a scam. That's an epic scam. It's a scandal to me. This is a scam. That's an epic scam. It's a scandal to me. This is a scam. I would say that's a massive scam. More people are entering the United States illegally this week.
Starting point is 02:58:53 40% of them crossing are families. 60% are adult men. African men arriving at the southern border. Additional enforcement actions are urgently needed. CBP tells the outlet that there have been 45,000 encounters at the border since Monday. The sheer number of asylum seekers in the town of Eagle Pass. In Eagle Pass, Texas. Eagle Pass, Texas is one of the busiest border entry points in the country.
Starting point is 02:59:18 Hundreds of people waiting in the cold to be processed by U.S. border officials. I don't know anyone who is saying the system is working as it should down there. Monday was the highest day of encounters ever recorded. I did not know that. Many say they're heading for sanctuary cities. It's going to be extremely painful for New Yorkers. The mayor now wants to cut half a billion dollars from education in order to deal with the influx of illegal immigrants. In recent weeks, border police have been recording almost 10,000 people crossing the border every day. Officials here told us they did not have the manpower or the resources. That's why we continue to say we need help.
Starting point is 02:59:53 Meanwhile, Texas is now reportedly adding anti-climbing technology to its fences in Brownfield. Straining immigration services. They need funding and they need more authorities. Thank you very much. They need funding and they need more authorities. Eye-opening report. Thank you very much. The best podcast in the universe. Adios, mofo.
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