PBD Podcast - No Tax On Tips, Deep Fakes & LGBTQ Friendly Traffic Signs | PBD Podcast | Ep. 425
Episode Date: June 18, 2024Patrick Bet-David, Vincent Oshana, Tom Ellsworth, and Adam Sosnick cover Donald Trump's 'No Tax On Tips' campaign promise, the city of Los Angeles removing traffic signs that 'target&#...39; the gay community, Marc Cuban and Bill Ackman fighting on social media, and Sandy Hook families suing Alex Jones' for his social media accounts! THE VAULT 2024: Get Tickets to The Vault on https://bit.ly/3X1JBzm ANGRY PATRIOT SHIRT: Purchase the new "Angry Patriot" t-shirt for $34.99 at VTMerch.com: https://bit.ly/4c3WsW2 MINNECT: Connect one-on-one with the right expert for you on Minnect: https://bit.ly/3MC9IXE Connect with Patrick Bet-David on Minnect: https://bit.ly/3OoiGIC Connect with Tom Ellsworth on Minnect: https://bit.ly/3UgJjmR Connect with Vincent Oshana on Minnect: https://bit.ly/47TFCXq Connect with Adam Sosnick on Minnect: https://bit.ly/42mnnc4 Connect with Rob Garguilo on Minnect: https://bit.ly/426IG0R CHOOSE YOUR ENEMIES WISELY: Purchase PBD's Book "Choose Your Enemies Wisely": https://bit.ly/41bTtGD BET-DAVID CONSULTING: Get best-in-class business advice with Bet-David Consulting: https://bit.ly/40oUafz VT.COM: Visit VT.com for the latest news and insights from the world of politics, business and entertainment: https://bit.ly/472R3Mz VALUETAINMENT UNIVERSITY: Visit Valuetainment University for the best courses online for entrepreneurs: https://bit.ly/47gKVA0 TEXT US: Text “PODCAST” to 310-340-1132 to get the latest updates in real-time! YOUR NEXT 5 MOVES: Want to be clear on your next 5 business moves? https://bit.ly/3Qzrj3m ABOUT US: Patrick Bet-David is the founder and CEO of Valuetainment Media. He is the author of the #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller “Your Next Five Moves” (Simon & Schuster) and a father of 2 boys and 2 girls. He currently resides in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pbdpodcast/support
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podcast.
Just so you know, today is 425.
A lot of things going on.
If you're listening to this and you're a waiter or a waitress, November 5th, you can change
the way you get tax on your tips according to this man running for office named Donald
J. Trump.
I love that.
I don't know if you heard about that or not.
Tips could change, okay?
Tips could change when it comes down to going to restaurants because you get to keep it.
A lot's been going on, folks.
Sorkin said he met with a bunch of CEOs,
spoke to a bunch of CEOs that had a private meeting
with Trump, and he will give you the breakdown
of what he thought, and we got some commentary,
obviously, on that.
Aside from that, this past weekend,
President Biden was walking around with his handlers,
Obama and Jimmy Fallon being helped off the stage.
Jimmy Kimmel.
Jimmy Kimmel being helped off the stage.
Big difference.
What's the deal? Well, not really, but whatever. Being helped off the stage. Jimmy Kimmel. Jimmy Kimmel being helped off the stage. Big difference. What's the news?
Well, not really, but whatever.
Being helped off the stage.
And Kareem Jean-Pierre had some things to say about it,
which is whether it's true or a hoax or not,
if it happened or didn't happen.
We will talk about all that stuff.
Fundraiser with celebrities.
Biden raises $30 million is what he did with a bunch of celebrities. Biden raises $30 million is what he did with a bunch of celebrities. CNN finalizes
rules for first Biden against Trump debate. RFK Jr. could still potentially qualify. House
passes defense bill automatically registering men 18 to 26 for draft. The last time we did
this was in the early 70s. They want to bring that
back. We will see. There's a lot of commentary on this. We'll definitely talk about it.
Supreme Court rules. Bump stock ban is unlawful. Seattle to allow illegals to join police
department. Rachel Moran murder, illegal immigrant from El Salvador charged in rape, killing
of Maryland mom of five.
Sandy Hook families want to seize Alex Jones' social media accounts.
I got a couple thoughts to say about that.
Los Angeles removes traffic signs used to target and persecute gay community.
Tom and Vinny have a lot to say about that.
Biden was with G7 leaders and a bunch of things happened.
They said, reach the deal to lend Ukraine $50 billion.
I don't really know what that means, lending.
But at the same time, Biden says that the US will back Ukraine for a decade.
For a decade.
You know what that means, right?
When they said we're going to back them up for a decade.
That means they want this war to go for a decade.
Maybe there's some kind of a business potential profit, this thing called
the military industrial complex type of stuff that this guy named Eisenhower I think talked
about that maybe it's taking place. Who knows, but we'll talk about it. People are buying
delaying buying new cars, creating deflationary spiral. That's bad news for the auto industry.
Interest rates are being discussed. Tom's got an update on that.
Fed's Kashkadi says it's reasonable to predict December rate cut and why the Fed is unlikely
to cut rates before December that's barren.
The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits unexpectedly spikes to a 10-month
high.
Elon Musk says Trump calls him out of the blue regularly and Elon gave a speech
this past week talking about the robot industry and what that means for Tesla and why you
listening to this will soon buy a robot.
Not the one from Rocky IV, the one that's actually a real effective one that can do
a lot of good things for you according to what Musk says.
We will talk about that today.
WNBA.
Can you imagine for as long as we've been doing content, I've never done any content
on WNBA until this six-foot girl from Iowa showed up that played for Iowa called Caitlin
Clark and she's pissed a lot of people off.
She played against this other girl named Angel Reese who accidentally fouled her and then
afterwards I want you to see how two different ways of reacting to being
fouled hard and how a way to react the person that fouled the other person and
then I'm gonna give you some stats on the amount of people that watch Angel
Reese who says the reason why WNBA is doing well is because of me too we're
gonna give the average number of viewers per WNBA game,
the average number of attendance when Angel Rees plays, and the average number of viewers
attendance when Caitlin Clark plays. I think it's worth knowing that one person in any industry company
can change the game if it's the right person. Laura Trump vows to prosecute anyone who cheats in an election.
We will track you down.
The dread election share of double haters hits historical.
This is a story about Biden and Trump.
Republicans introduced measure banning DEI.
There's another story of MEI they need to hear about.
Gen X is feeling the negative effects of inflation more than any other generation.
So we don't have enough stories, but those are some of the stories.
And a couple of other stories on this side.
Is US Supreme Court fenced?
No, this was debunked, but the Cori Bush, Squad Cori Bush claimed she miraculously healed
women with tumors in bizarre resurfaced TV interview.
Folks, you have to see this.
I'm flying to Washington to have her touch my back.
You have to see it.
Vinny's leaving right after this.
And then high profile lawyer, ditches, accused, rapists, real estate heirs, Oren and Alon
Alexander after more allegations surface.
We'll get to that as well.
All right, before we get into everything, the debates coming up when?
The debate is June 27th, which is Trump versus Biden and they've broken down what this debate's
going to be like.
Let me just kind of give you a little bit of details on this and I'll tell you what
we're doing and now some of you guys that want to participate with this, you can.
So here's the details.
CN finalized the rules for the first 2024 presidential debate set for June 27 in Atlanta
with Biden and Trump agreeing to the terms.
While RFK Jr. could still qualify if he meets the 15% support threshold in the four national
polls, the 90-minute debate will be hosted by Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, featuring strict
rules, no consulting during commercial breaks, podium positions determined by coin flip, muted mics outside speaking
time and no props or prepared notes. Candidates will not be allowed to bring props or prepared
notes. CNN says the debate will not have a studio audience and moderators will ensure a civilized discussion using all
tools at their disposal.
Now Trump said something about this and I don't know if you caught that or not, he says,
look, they asked me to do this with all these ridiculous asks and they were expecting me
to say no to come out to the market to say Trump turned down a debate.
He said, but I said yes to everything because I don't care what happens happens if they want to do the debate with me, I want to do it. Rob,
if you can find a clip, it is somewhere where he's saying this. That's not the one. There's
another one that he says. But anyways, it's very interesting. Here's what we're doing
at the Comedy Club, 5990 Live. We and our staff will be watching the debate and we'll
do a podcast that night. The debate is at 9 o'clock, 9 to 10.30.
So we're talking about 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
We will probably start at 8.30 and go till about 11, 11.30 and comment on it.
And there's going to be an audience of our teammates and family and friends will be there
as well.
However, the first 50 people that go to VTmerch.com, the other day I got a picture
Rob I want to send this to you. One of our friends who's in, what do you call it, he
was in Santorini, sends me a text, he says, Pat, check this out, I'm in Santorini with
a PBD podcast shirt on and people are stopping me in Santorini.
I got messages from guys wearing the gear all over the place.
So go to VTMerch.com.
For the first 50 people that purchase, $300 worth of merch.
It is a high number because we don't want a lot of people coming because we don't have
a lot of space.
This is not an event but we're selling tickets.
However, if you do go place an order for $300 of merch, we will give you two tickets to
come and attend the event with us.
And people that purchase the $300 worth of merch, priority for seats will be based on
first come, first serve.
You place an order, great, you're in.
We'll see you.
And one other person here with us, this is Joe Pellant in Santorini sporting the PBD
podcast.
He says people are stopping him saying, I listen to the PBD podcast as well. Anyway, shout out to Joe Pellant in San Florin. He's sporting the PBD podcast. He says people
are stopping him saying, I listen to the PBD podcast as well. Anyway, shout out to Joe
Pellant. All right, let's get into the podcast. I want to start off with the Caitlin Clark
story. I know this is kind of like, I cannot believe we're starting with WNBA. Very surprising
that that's the first story. I'm telling you, I'm going with it because of what's going on.
Rob, can you play a clip?
So here's what happened.
I want to give you some stats here, folks, for you to realize.
So Kaitlyn Clark is on display.
Rob, if you go on Twitter, it's even better because she's commenting on it.
Just go to my Twitter account.
And if you go to the Twitter account and go below, there's a video.
Angel Reese is playing against Kaitlyn Clark.
Okay, they have this big game going on.
Neither one of them are the best teams in the league, but she gets fouled, Kaitlyn Clark
does, and this is how Angel Reese, who her and, she became a champion by the way in college,
I think she won the championship.
She beat Kaitlyn Clark in the championship.
Exactly, two years ago.
However, for whatever reason, the audience audience likes watching Caitlin more because she's more exciting than angel
But watch what she says after the way she files Caitlin Clark go ahead and play this clip
and going back and looking at the film, I've seen a lot of calls that weren't made. I guess some people got a special whistle, but just being able to pay for insults.
Okay, so that's the way she reacts to it.
Now, you know what Caitlin Clark said when she got a foul this hard and she got interviewed
afterwards?
Rob, I sent you the clip, not this one, I sent you a clip on text.
If you can just look that up.
And I believe it is the first one or the second one.
Let me see which one it is.
One of the two where she's being asked the question, hey, how do you feel about the way
that you were, you know, that's the one right there. Can you play that clip? Okay, watch this,
folks. She's asked about the foul. Look how different the response is. Go for it.
Out by Angel Reese. What's going through your mind and how you just stay within yourself to finish
the game? What's going through my mind is I need to make these two free throws. That's all I'm thinking about
She's a part of basketball. It is what it is
You know, she's trying to make a play on the ball and get the block. Yeah, I mean it happens and
Those those free throws when you have to shoot them with nobody at the line are kind of hard
So it's a little different than having people at the line
So I was just trying to try to focus on making those What if attractive personality on the way she gives the answer no victim Rob?
Can you play the other clip at the bottom that I texted you as well?
In that text there's two clips play the one at the bottom if you could
We like winners who take responsibility
And they don't act like victims. There's something in the marketplace
that that is attractive.
Now watch this one here, Rob.
This is Angel Reese.
Watch this clip.
She says the following.
Go ahead and play it.
She needs a lot of attention.
Go ahead.
Yeah, the reason why we watching women's basketball
is not just because of one person.
It's because of me too,
and I want y'all to realize that.
Like, it's not just because of one person.
A lot of- Yeah, boom. What a move. Okay, so. It's because of me too and I want y'all to realize that like it's not just because of one person a lot
What a move, okay, so
The average WNBA viewership, okay game
7300 in attendance. Okay, the average angel Reese game is
10,100 10,000 200 they come to watch her. You know what the average attendance is when Kaitlin Clark plays home or the road? What?
15,300.
Okay?
15,300.
Do you know what Kaitlin Clark just got the contract from Nike?
Nike.
You know what the contract is?
I want to say it's three million bucks a year for
eight to ten years. It's almost 30 million bucks, something like that.
Right there. Look at this.. Caitlin Clark gets 15,591 fans in attendance, a 105% increase compared to the average game
is 76.45.
And to Angel Reese, it's only 10,000 people.
Can you pull up what Caitlin Clark just got?
What is the Nike contract with Caitlin Clark?
Nike contract, $28 million is what the contract is.
This is WNBA is paying Kaitlin Clark $28 million, good for freaking you.
By the way, that day when they played against each other, Kaitlin Clark's team won the Fever.
Tom, thoughts on the story with Kaitlin Clark and Angel Reese?
I think there's some people, first of all, I think it's jealousy.
I don't want to get in, there's a lot of articles out there that are using the R word and talking
about this.
I think it is pure, unadulterated jealousy.
And the last clip from Angel Reese, they're watching me too, they're watching me too.
It's like she's begging us to believe in her validation. Whereas the numbers, words talk,
Angel, numbers scream and the numbers are screaming that the fans are coming for. But I want to point something else out.
When Tiger Woods came up, I think the day he turned pro, Rob,
I think it was a 40 million dollar Nike contract the day Tiger turned pro. And
in the years that followed, the purses in basketball, there it is,
five-year, $40 million deal as a young phenom. Nike knows how to do this. And Tiger drove the
total purses in PGA up. Why? Because he brought eyeballs to TV. TV sold those eyeballs to
financial services company, auto companies, high-end companies,
all that wanted to sponsor it.
And guess what happened to the total purse?
Now, the total purse is the money that goes to the players.
It went up.
And suddenly, suddenly, guys finishing in the top 10 of a golf tournament were making
as much as they were five years prior to win a tournament.
And so people need to see,
I think history is repeating itself and Caitlin Clark could be raising the tide and lifting all
boats. And I think Angel Reese needs to take a pill because there is a great opportunity here.
And I think jealousy is reigning supreme here. Vinny. I think, I don't think the WNBA is ready for this type of attention that she's bringing
to them.
That attitude, there was another player that was crying after a regular season game, and
you said the R word, Tom.
I don't know why you were like blocking it.
Racism.
Everybody's talking about all like Stephen A. Smith, Stephen A. Smith, which we'll get
into Pat after we go.
He's just going on and on these panels and going you know what first he's bashing Trump and then he
goes into Caitlin Clark and she's hum everything about her is white and he's
going on these anti white race things about her and how black personalities
would be more successful if they were white it's unattractive it's it's making
this victimhood mentality clip is it is it that clip is that one is this the one
Robbie I think well this is this is one and then the other one is beneath it.
Like he goes on, I think the one on the bottom is the one about Trump. And is that the one
Tom? Yeah, go up, go up. No, no, that one right there. I think that's it.
Go ahead.
Lady. And she's been a magnet in a way that has benefited the league in ways that others have not, even
though their efforts have been worthy and deserving of being as celebrated, if not even
more celebrated.
And it's a reminder that no matter how far we believe that we have advanced as a society,
there's still such a long way to
go because in the end this guy's embarrassing you're bright you're right
as a result the shine comes your way in the eyes of a lot of people you can
like that's it's race baiting rhetoric that's adding fuel to a fire it's like
like enough with the racist BS she She's nasty, she knows how to ball, everybody else is jealous, they're pissed off because she's getting this like, it's ridiculous. And we're never going to advance as a species and we're never going to, if he keeps having that type of attitude. It's ridiculous. It's like what, everything has to go back to race. Everything has to keep going back to race. She's really good. Let it be that. And the other players should shut the hell up. Like nobody was talking about your league. Nobody cared about the WNBA until that girl,
that girl, Caitlyn Carter, I don't care what color she is. She's ridiculous. She's nasty.
And now people are watching and you guys are talking shit about her. Like what are you
guys doing? You're sabotaging. Don't think she should leave. She should have got those
other contracts. Where does she have a contract to go somewhere else? Big three she should have gone to the big three to hell with the WNBA. They're nothing. They're nobody
They lost they lost 50 million the WNBA lost 50 million
The only reason they make it is because the NBA kind of gives money to them to help them out
It's a lost cause every year. It's a political D. I think however
There is an argument for what Bill Marher just said to Charlemagne.
Go ahead and play this clip.
Watch this here.
This is the complete opposite of what Stephen Hayes said.
Go ahead.
You don't think it's a problem that this young woman, there's so many examples where,
I mean, black people are very marketable.
Well, after some of this, why is it?
She seems to have been indoctrinated into this.
They don't see it as marketable.
So it doesn't matter how hard I work.
I don't think that's accurate or healthy.
When people come into the league
and they're like the biggest thing in college,
isn't that a big deal?
No, because Asia Wilson was the biggest thing
when she came out of South Carolina.
That's where I'm from.
So she was one of the biggest things
when she came out of South Carolina,
number one draft pick.
And she didn't get all of that.
So what do you attribute that to?
I mean, you're saying that's racism. No, I'm not saying it's racist
I'm just saying that I think Asia Wilson has a point and I think sometimes when uh, you know
Black women say certain things we should listen especially her because I'm not in her shoes
I know but why why was Serena Williams such a big star?
He's people like that it what they didn't not watch her because she was black right? Yeah, okay?
We're where are we with this I?
I'm just sitting back observing the conversation. You know that's not what you're in the conversation. That's right
Well, they hate her cuz she's white she's straight straight, and more importantly, she's better than everybody else.
Period.
End of story.
It's like ridiculous.
I just, I'd find it so ironic that on the day that the Boston Celtics just won their
record 18th championship, just outlasted the Dallas Mavericks with the most DEI team in
the league, Dallas Mavericks.
We all know that.
Shout out to Mark Cuban, right? The most white players in the league in a black man's game
That we're talking about the WNBA. This is this is pretty wild, but this is where we're at today. Congratulations to the Celtics, but
Caitlin Clark, I guess technically is not the best player in the league
Why am I watching WNBA stats? Because I want to hate on the WNBA as much as possible
Because they're a zombie company that is losing money,
which I'll touch on in a second.
Here's the reality.
Antonio Brown, friend of the show,
he came out and said that the WNBA is-
I don't know if it's a friend.
I think it's a parody what you're saying,
but keep going.
It's a parody.
He's been on the show, shout out to AB.
He says that it's a charity case for lesbians.
And the reality is the WNBA is hemorrhaging money.
You just said $50 million this year.
It's a zombie company.
Name another company that just loses money, loses money, loses money.
And we're like, yeah, let's keep talking about this company for the last 25 years.
Let the company fail.
But because of DEI and feminism, they're going to keep this company
alive. There he goes. It's a charity case for lesbians. He actually had to go do the research
and simple Google search. It says, what percentage of WNBA players are lesbian? Not that there's
anything wrong with that. Shout out to Seinfeld. 40% at least. So when he says that it's a charity
case for lesbians, now there's another player out there. Her name was
Candice Wiggins, she played for Stanford.
She claims that she was bullied by WNBA players. There she is right there.
And she says she was bullied because she's straight.
And she says that 98% of the league is lesbians. Not that there's anything wrong with that,
except for when you're picking on people because of their sex, because of their color, because of their race.
I mean, it's the antithesis of how we should be treating people. And, you know, essentially what
it is, is a bunch of angry black lesbians mad at this woman, Caitlin Clark, for doing her thing.
And straight away, she's got the money. The reality is this, Angel Reese and whatever other
players are in the WNBA, without
Caitlin Clark, we wouldn't be talking about your league. I fully agree that they should let this league
fail. It's a zombie league, but they're not making money. The NBA pays their salary.
By the way, Candice Wiggins, if you see this, what a great birthday you have. February 14th. I know
another person born on that day, which is my wife
So beautiful happy Valentine's Day. Okay
Here's here's what I would say. This is how capitalism works
You in capitalism can trash WMB as much as you want and you should okay?
That's you know, you have an opinion you can say I went we went to a restaurant the other day catch Beverly Hills
I used to love it the service
horrible We went to a restaurant the other day catch Beverly Hills. I used to love it the service horrible
Absolutely horrible. I will never go back to the catch in Beverly Hills ever again. I'm gonna talk to you
By the way, shout out to catch in New York. You're fantastic Shout out to cut in Beverly Hills with Wolfgang Park who stopped by two times
When I misspoke to us, yeah great, great experience. That's how capitalism works. Somebody can say, I hate the PBD podcast for the following
reason. Somebody say, I love the PBD podcast. We don't get to say, well, Joe Rogan is number
one and we are important too because that's not how podcasting competition works. You
know who tells you you're good? The flipping market tells you you're good. By the way,
you know when was the last time I watched a WNBA game?
Never.
Till today.
I've still not watched a WNBA game.
But do you know what I'm for?
Do you know what I'm for?
Let me tell you what I'm for.
So Tiger Woods, he changed the game in golf, right?
And I think he talked about Serena.
Serena changed the game.
Did you see the feedback Serena gave to Caitlin?
Did you see what Serena told her?
Serena told Caitlin Clark, I freaking love this, that there's no race involved and Serena
is black.
So here's what Serena Williams said to Caitlin Clark, no matter what other people do, if
people are negative, then it's because they can't do what you do.
Good for you to say something like that, right?
Hopefully she'll continue to do what she's doing.
This is a goat.
African American women who they can't tell her what to say because even in an interview
with Jimmy Kimmel or David Letterman many years ago, she said, what would happen if
you played a man against Andy Murray?
It's not the same.
He would beat me 6-0 zero six zero in ten minutes,
maybe 30 minutes, right? You can't force her to say what's the right political thing to say. Now
here's the other part to be thinking about with this. Tiger Woods, do you know what percentage
he's black? Half. Can you type out what percentage? He's Blazian. His dad's black, his mom's Asian.
What percentage Tiger Woods is black, okay.
And you can also look up the word he invented for his race.
Okay, so check this out.
Do you know, I had no clue and I was forced to do this.
Woods said nothing to clarify his ancestral rule.
For the record, he is one quarter Thai,
one quarter Chinese, one quarter Caucasian,
one eighth African American,
and one eighth Native American.
You know what's one eighth?
12 and a half percent.
So here's the point, you celebrated tiger or tigers but none of us even knew. The first time
I ever knew about this, I knew he wasn't 100% black but I even watched a documentary, I loved
the way tiger plays, I have his best card, I'm a tiger guy. But I was forced to do this because of
this Caitlin Clark situation. No one cares what skin color you are
You know what America loves? Let me break it down for you. We love
we
Absolutely love one thing. You know what it is underdogs Caitlin Clark is an underdog. We don't care if it's WMBA
We don't care if it's the UFC and they said Dana you'll never make it. We don't care if it's a presidential candidate
We don't care if it's a comedian. We don't care if it's a businessman. We don't care if it's a podcaster
We don't care if it's a fighter. We don't care if it's anything. We don't care about your color
We don't give your married single divorce. We don't care about anything we love humble underdogs we
just do we love an underdog that comes in that's got a fight that won't go out
there and do it and Caitlin Kroc's doing it and she's getting all these eyeballs
and I'm so happy for her to get the 28 flippin million dollars Stephen A you're
better than this man you you know we're brothers we talk all the time dude this
ain't about the color situation
that's taking place.
This is a girl that came in and garnered more attention
than others in the game.
That's what happened.
It's that simple.
When you came to ESPN and you went through the times
that you had your setbacks with your job and all this stuff,
you're the face in your sport.
You are number one.
I watch you.
Listen, I watch you.
I don't watch anybody.
The sporting side I like.
Who's the other guy, Colin?
The football, the punter?
Is it the what, the McAfee?
Coward something?
Oh, Colin Coward.
Colin Coward.
Colin Coward.
I like him, I like Stephen A.
And McAfee wants, yeah?
I don't watch McAfee, not because he's not good.
I just like Colin and I like Stephen A.
Yeah.
You know, so, and by the way, recently I like what Sharpe's doing, but you know, more from
a different kind of a standpoint.
Okay, shame.
But guess what?
To me, number one, the GOAT is who?
Stephen A.
100%.
I don't even think about what color Stephen A is to say that.
He's just the best.
He's the GOAT.
So in a space like this, when it comes down to capitalism, this is why you gotta love
it.
Capitalism doesn't care about your background.
This is why right now when you're talking about this DEI, and this guy introduces ScaleAICO,
explain why his company will hire for MEI, not DEI.
DEI stands for what?
Diversity, equity, and what?
Inclusion, something like that. MEI stands for merit, excellence, and intelligence.
Good for you to say something basic like that, right?
Let me read this article to you so you know what this is.
ScaleAIC Alexander Wang announced a hiring policy focused on merit, excellence, and intelligence
contrasting with the popular diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, Wang emphasized scale
is a meritocracy and we must always remain one.
Adding talent is our number one input metric.
Wang's MEI policy has garnered praise from industry leaders including Musk and Jerry
Tan.
Wang stated no group has a monopoly on excellence.
A hiring process based on merit will naturally yield
a variety of backgrounds, perspective, and ideas, arguing that treating candidates as
individuals, ensuring fairness and respect scale AI valued at $14 billion has achieved
significant milestones, including partnerships with OpenAI, government contracts, and a recent
$1 billion funding round. Tom?
Newsflash.
The entire stock market is a meritocracy.
Either you have the numbers and the performance to back it up, or you don't.
And it takes great people of all backgrounds measured very simply.
Do you have the merit, the excellence, and the intelligence for that job?
Because we want to put a whole bunch of them together.
And let me tell you, I've been part of a lot of these companies.
And I'll tell you, I don't care if you're green, purple, or blue stripes.
It doesn't matter to me.
If you can do the job with excellence and you're bringing the greater intelligence to
it, then guess what?
You're helping the company and the entire stock market is a meritocracy.
And when we sit here and suddenly want to talk about, oh, DEI and it's about feelings
and it's about hidden political agendas, we're missing the part that it's about merit.
You know, that's, by the way, we were just talking about Kate and Clark and we'll go
back to it. I'll just say there are number one draft picks and then there are number
one draft picks that were the greatest statistical college player in history.
Well Scale AI is saying if we want to be a great company, I need great people and I'm
not going to be bullied, which is a lot of what he talked about, into DEI.
I'm going to put great people on the ground and build a great company.
I'm worth 14 billion today.
We're going forward tomorrow and you know what?
See you on the stock market. It's all a meritocracy Adam
Well, it can I just circle back to the Clayton Clayton Clark thing real quick
I find love what this MEI thing stands for I think you know people are so over the DEI situation and as
Elon Musk quick on Clayton Clark because we're on MEI. Yeah, so stay on it Elon Musk famously said
DEI must die.
You talked about capitalism and the stock market is capitalism.
I think that the WNBA thing, keeping it afloat, is not capitalism.
I think it is crony capitalism.
We can disagree on that.
I think they're keeping this company afloat.
I think it's a zombie company.
And if it was any other company, they would fail.
That's me.
Freedom to buy, freedom to sell, freedom to try, freedom to fail.
This is the equivalent of just bailing out a company that should have failed.
The difference is, with the MEI, this is actually based on meritocracy. You want to see an actual
meritocracy, go have Labrina James show up at the WNBA game and let's see if a man dressed as a woman,
white chicks vibes, shows up and how she does, he does against Caitlin Clark. I think the, you know, the, the reversion to the mean is actually happening.
There's corrections and there's overcorrections.
Everything that's happened with Black Lives Matter.
Oh yeah, Black Lives Matter.
Well, it turns out they were a fraud.
Everything that's happening with the Gays for Gaza.
Oh yeah, we got to protect the genocide.
Yeah, it turns out that they're actually a bunch of psychopaths and they're an Islamic
terrorist group. All the, the truth will set you free. I think the truth will come out and all the DEI checking all the boxes
is going to fail. And just like you see what's happening in the House of Congress right now,
the House of Representatives, congressional Republicans introduced the Dismantle DEI Act
by Senator JD Vance aiming to ban all DEI programs and funding in the
federal government.
So it's going to fail, it's going to die, and DEI must die.
Because it's reverse discriminatory and JD Vance is right.
And by the way, DEI is the reason why WNBA was failing and MEI is why Caitlin Clark just
got paid $28 million.
That's simple.
And FYI, when it comes down to capitalism, if you think about lion holding, our businesses
that we have, some of the businesses that we have, we're going to fund movies and documentaries.
You don't necessarily buy all of these movies and invest into the
movies and documentaries because you're planning on being a billionaire. That's
not necessarily a motive for us. We're planning on making certain movies and
having certain actors because there's a messaging and a cause that we have. The
NBA can look at WMB as a form of their nonprofit organizations, for instance,
right? Like that's their chair. You're right.
No, no, you're right.
However, check this out.
Sometimes there are these things called accidental millionaires, and there are these things called
accidental celebrities, and accidental billionaires, and accidental leaks.
This paddle, whatever thing is that's going on, it's becoming an accidental leak.
Do you know what happened with poker world series of poker?
Accidentally it took off. Do you know what ESPN did when they had a domino tournament?
You know what happened it accidentally failed. You know what the market said?
We're not you know, there used to be domino tournaments on ESPN
Do you know what else was on ESPN back in the days?
Bodybuilders used to go work out and you would watch a 30-minute video. You remember this?
Hell yeah back in the days ESPN flex Willie were trained go workout and you would watch a 30 minute video. Do you remember this?
Hell yeah.
Back in the days, ESPN, Flex, Willie were trained.
Matarazzo were trained, all these guys were trained.
Guess what the market said?
Yeah, we don't wanna watch it.
Great, you move on.
But the MEI validates why Caitlin Clark
is getting paid $28 million.
MEI validates why capitalism works and DEI validates why it doesn't work.
I think, Caitlin Clark, I think to separate, I actually think that she's the reason that we've
been talking about the WNBA. So just to be clear, she's the reason that this league is even relevant.
So I do agree that she's lifting the tide for all these players. But so I'm just separating her from
the WNBA without her.
This league should have failed.
It should still fail.
I think there's one thing that we're forgetting.
It's longevity.
There's short term and there's long term.
I think in the short term, we're talking about her.
She just became the scoring champion of college basketball.
There's one thing she has to do for us to keep talking about her beyond this season,
win. If this woman doesn't win and she doesn't keep continuing to put butts in seats, it's here today, gone tomorrow. should she has to do for us to keep talking about her beyond this season. Win.
If this woman doesn't win and she doesn't keep continue to put butts in seats, it's
here today gone tomorrow.
So just like Rhonda Rousey, nobody talks about her these days.
Danica Patrick, amazing.
Nobody talks about her.
Love her.
Venus Williams, you know, she was the goat before Serena Williams who talks about her
these days.
If Caitlin Clark doesn't win, then she's going to be irrelevant.
Just like the rest of these celebrities.
You know what the NBA was worth in 1983? NBA valuation in 1983.
This is when Dr. J was winning championships, just won Magic and
Burr were going at it. NBA's revenue in 1983, you know what it was?
$118 million. Let me say this one more time. Tom, did you know what I just said? Yes, I did. The revenue of MBA
was $118 million in 1982-1983.
It's at $4.6 billion. Yeah. Okay, by the way, I'm with
Michael, is it Reinsdorf?
Not Jerry Reinsdorf. Who's the owner today? It's the son. Can you type in Michael Reinsdorf?
And I'm with him three weeks ago, four weeks ago in Chicago at a Goldman Sachs event. So type in Michael Reinsdorf who's the owner today? It's the son. Can you type in Michael Reinsdorf? And I'm with them three weeks ago four weeks in Chicago at a Goldman Sachs event. So type in Michael Reinsdorf. He's the owner
That's the son right there to the right not Jerry, but the son. Okay, so I
Asked him a question his father bought the Chicago Bulls
Can you pull up what Jerry Reinsdorf paid for the Bulls?
I want to say he bought it for eight point four million dollars bought the Chicago Bulls. Can you pull up what Jerry Rynsdorf paid for the Bulls?
I wanna say he bought it for $8.4 million.
I may be off by a couple hundred, $9.2 million.
His father bought the Bulls for $9.2 million in 85.
Can you check what the Chicago Bulls are worth today?
What is the Chicago Bulls worth today, okay?
Chicago Bulls valuation. What's the Chicago Bulls worth today? Okay? Chicago Bulls valuation.
What's the Chicago Bulls worth today?
Great type of route, by the way.
I can't ever do that.
Watch this.
Okay?
2023, 4.6.
Today, it's $5 billion.
You know what's $9.2 million into $5 billion?
How many X is that, by the way?
That's nearly 500 X, give or take.
Okay?
What happened for the Chicago Bulls
to go from being worth 9 million?
Michael Jordan, he's French.
One German, right?
With a French basketball player.
Michael Jordan changed the game. In every single business, company, church, military,
everything, right now, okay, let's talk about this. Let's talk about this. The
military draft, right? What page is that on, Adam? I know you were talking.
Adam Lijubic I think that was on page six.
Dr. Emanuel M. Rivas I believe.
Dr. Emanuel M. Rivas What's it? Let me pull this up. There it is. Okay. House
passes defense bill automatically registering men 18 to 26 for draft, right? Okay, so let's
go to the story. The House passed the National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, on Friday, including
a measure to automatically, not even a draft, to automatically register men age 18 to 26
for military draft. Representative Chrissy Houlihan, who led the initiative, stated it
would help ensure any future military draft is fair and equitable and redirect resources towards military readiness.
This year's NDAA authorizes $895 billion in military spending, a $9 billion increase from
fiscal 2024, and includes the largest-ever military pay raise in history, with a 19.5%
increase for junior enlisted troops.
It also funds two new Virginia class submarines and establishes a drone force within the U.S.
Army despite passing the House with a 2017-199 vote.
The NDAA faces opposition in the Senate.
Adam?
Well, this is a story on the surface that you would think, holy crap, they're implementing
a draft. So I had to do some research. Actually, Rob, I just sent you an article that it looks
like a draft on the surface, but it's actually there's something called selective service
system. You brought up the fact that there hasn't been a draft since the early seventies,
since Vietnam, right? 1973. To be clear, service is still voluntary, but they're basically
saying, it's almost like register to vote. So you can vote, but they're basically saying it's almost like
register to vote so you can vote, but you don't have to vote.
That's kind of what this is.
So it's like register for this selective service system.
So God forbid they do implement the draft, which is not a thing these days in the last
50 plus years, that you could eligible to be drafted.
So it's sort of, it's a registered
sort of caught in the weeds. Exactly. Here's what I will say, because you served in the army,
you served in the Air Force. I think you were in the Canadian National Guard, National Math League.
The 2024 Royal Maltese. Exactly. 2024 is the smallest active duty we've had in America since 1940.
I wonder why.
So I think, and speaking as someone that didn't serve in the military, okay?
I have great respect for people that have served in the military and my respect has
even been more resounding since being around you, since being around Vinny, since being
around Matt Zappalos, being around people that we brought in who were Marines, have
been in the army, have had service for their country. Major respect to you guys.
I think there's a massive disconnect between the general Americans and the people that
serve our country. I think less than 1% of Americans serve our country. I think that's
unfortunate. I think that while we're out there fighting wars, and some of them are
needless, i.e. Afghanistan, i.e. Iraq, weapons of mass destruction, I don't want to be involved in all
these needless wars, boots on the ground. We still need to have respect for our servicemen and women
that serve our country and give, sometimes with, the greatest sacrifice of their lives.
So I think, you know, we've talked about the lack of traditional American values, the lack of family, the lack of the decline of kids, the decline of religion.
The thing that upsets me the most is the decline of patriotism.
Shit.
I mean, I remember when I was a kid, the Pledge of Allegiance every single day.
I don't even know if they do the Pledge of Allegiance.
One Nation Under God.
Oh my God, how could you say such a thing these days?
I think that the lack of patriotism, the disconnect from our service men and women is actually hurting
our country. And when you get it back to a place where we actually appreciate our service men and
women. And it's so, it's so bad. I saw a video yesterday on X and it's, it's, it's a real video.
I checked it. Some, some lady, some kid, autistic kid was holding a flag, I think 12 or 14 years old,
Rob, and the lady elbows the kid and the father runs after like, what the was holding a flag, I think 12 or 14 years old, Rob, and the lady elbows the
kid and the father runs after like, what the hell? The flag now, the United, the American flag,
which listen, good luck to all your flags. I don't, I don't bash anybody's flag. We have the sickest,
not only the sickest looking flag, we have the dopest song, the national anthem. Whenever you
hear anybody's, anybody else's national anthem, the best ever. But now this is it. This guy's
a 12 year old. He's chasing this lady PBD, is it okay we play this?
She already hit this kid, 12-year-old autistic kid.
Hit a 12-year-old, a 12-year-old, you hit a 12-year-old.
Turn around, tell him you're sorry, I won't call the police.
You can't hit a 12-year-old.
For a flag, for carrying what's the US flag?
Hit me, hit me, don't hit a 12-year-old, here, slap me.
Don't hit him, because he has a right to carry his flag.
I'm not going to let you hit him. You can't hit a 12 year old. Hit me. Hit me, don't hit a 12 year old.
Here, slap me.
Don't hit him because he has a right to carry his flag.
An autistic 12 year old.
You hit a 12 year old, ma'am.
You have no right to hit a 12 year old.
Slap me.
Slap me.
She hit a 12 year old.
I was right behind you.
Karen, I had my video right here.
She hit him right in the arm.
He's autistic.
No, she threw her elbow right here.
So did you hit him?
Did you hit him?
Then why did you apologize?
Are you judging?
No!
Racist!
How are we racist?
We're Jews!
We're Jews!
Are you racist?
What are you doing?
Racism, saw that?
That woman just hit my son!
She didn't hit anyone!
You weren't there!
I was right there!
I got it on video!
I'm calling 911, I'm following your live.
Are you ready for this?
Listen, look at the, look at the, all America's summed up right now in one video.
This white lady hits a 12 year old autistic kid for holding a flag, then another white
Karen comes in and goes, you're being racist!
What are we talking about?
It's the flag! A kid, an autistic kid's carrying a flag, and you elbow him, that's America, and you're being racist. What are we talking about? It's the flag of kid,
an autistic kid carrying a flag and you elbow him. That's America and you nailed that. It's
un-American. Holding the flag and loving the country now, you're racist and you're a scumbag.
Tom.
Well, I think the line here on decline of patriotism took us right down this path. And
I think Vinnie, you're absolutely right and Adam you're right about the decline in patriotism. I go back to this bill and I
encourage people whenever you see these things dive into the fine print. So it
was a close vote 217 to 199. Why are votes close? You need to get people to
help. How do you get people to help? Listen I want to put this draft this NDAA
out there and I want to get the draft back, yeah?
Well, I'm not really interested in helping you in the draft back.
Hey, you know, we make submarines in your district.
Maybe I'll toss you a couple subs.
Okay.
And you make drones in your district.
Maybe I'll get a drone force for the U.S. Army.
Take a look at this, ladies and gentlemen.
This is the way legislation works in Washington.
It's not a single purpose bill for a single outcome.
It's like the National Defense Authorization Act also contains billions of dollars to put
two new Virginia class submarines and a drone force in it.
This isn't a defense appropriation bill.
This is supposed to be a bill about establishing selective service.
This is how the sausage is made in America.
There's a decline of patriotism and I think there's also a decline of fiscal integrity
because I look inside this and I see a flawed registration to force all these men to be
prepared for the draft.
I also see the worst of Washington is you've got 895.2 billion in military spending? 895.2? Come on.
By the way, here's what I would say to you. Let me first read this.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer blasted the bill on Friday afternoon over the inclusion of amendments,
curbing funding for abortion, transgender medical care, and diversity of efforts.
Unsurprisingly, the legislation coming out of the House today is loaded with anti LGBT anti-choice anti environment and other
divisive keyword divisive
Amendments guaranteed not to pass the Senate Schumer said as we move forward with this year's NDAA
Process both sides will have to work together to pass bipartisan legislation that honors and respects all who serve in the defense of our nation
Why don't you learn how to post a better picture with barbecue
trying to fool American people with your picture of you putting cheese on a meat acting like you know what you're doing
and you have to delete the picture because how embarrassing it was. Look, it's not even on and who the hell puts cheese on.
Anyways, this is the same guy. Let me stay on this here. Let me stay on this here. Okay.
Remember how I said to you earlier?
One person changes the face of anything right in our company I can tell you Matt Sopala and Sheena Sopala change the game Wow having Tom Ellsworth as a
Executive in the company change the game morale change the game Jen change the game Vargas change the game
I can give names of people that change the game that I've been in business with, right? I've seen it personally in sports.
I've seen it in politics. I've seen it in everything. One of the reasons why we are
the lowest guys, this is the smallest military we've ever had since 1940. Smallest active smallest active duty ever, FYI, at a time where we are one stupid move away from World War III.
And while this is taking place, we are more concerned about having LGBTQ representation
in the military than your safety. You watching this. They're more concerned about who is lesbian, gay, trans, bi, than making sure your kids are
safe. Think about that for a second. That lady who went and hit the flag, her hate comes from a
network telling her to hate that. Where did that hate come from? It's either from parents, from
teachers, from professors, or watching a certain network that bashes the American flag. And she does what? Hits the freaking kid, 12 year old, and hits the flag? What is
the matter with you for saying something like this? The other day I
was watching this clip about this kid. Brandon, if you have that clip that you
guys had me react to, Rob, I don't think you have it. They'll send it to you. If you
can text it to me and Rob, where this kid is being told, yeah, you cannot talk about patriotism. You cannot talk about American patriotism.
You cannot say this. You have to take this out of your speech, and you have to take that
out of the speech. You have to see how this kid speaks, by the way. And the kid's like,
oh, no, no, I'm not. Now that you're saying that, now I have to talk about that. Brandon,
if you have it, please send it. I know you have this clip. Every parent, this is the one. Okay, can you make it bigger up and just play this clip?
Watch this kid here.
As you said, she told me to remove everything regarding patriotism. And so I immediately
knew no, I'm not going to do that because I knew that that was wrong. She's like, oh,
I need your speech. I need to see it before it goes on. Look at the way he speaks.
I'm like, okay, I have it right here.
Flag on his tie, yes.
But I did not remove the parts regarding patriotism. And then she's like, you don't understand.
You have to remove that part. First, you're not obligated to be speaking about this. She
said, you're speaking to fourth through seventh graders. They don't care about patriotism. And then that was like
a red flag for me. I'm like, excuse me, I've known about patriotism since kindergarten.
I love my country, and that's why I put it in there. And then she's like, you need to
come to my office. And I'm like, and at that point, I'm like, no, I'm going to say my speech.
So check this out.
I'm finishing this book right now called The Anxious Generation, where the author was asked
who raises better kids that are less anxious and less panic attacks, and Leslie says conservatives
raise better kids.
And I will show this a couple weeks ago.
But that kid, why is it that conservatives raise kids that love America?
And why is it that kids who hate America are on the other side politically?
Why is that?
Why is it that people who love their flag, what's wrong with that?
So you're sitting there asking, we have the lowest military ever, right, the size, the enemy is sitting
there laughing at you.
There's this guy in this country called Russia, his name is Vlad, who is sitting there laughing
at you, Chuck Schumer, because he knows you're a clown when you say what kind of a bill is
this that we're not paying attention to LGBTQ? When it comes down to policies like that, that has to do with safety, nothing matters
but one thing.
The protection and the safety of your people.
Not the protection and the safety of a small community that you keep promoting left and
right and pandering to, which by the way, it's no longer working.
There's a reason why organizations like Gays for Groomers are growing.
Because they're looking at you and saying, leave us alone.
You don't make any sense.
We don't represent what you think of us.
We just want to be left alone.
We don't want to be fed down to kids on what they agree and what they don't agree on.
And by the way, when you see a kid like this, you know what you think about?
You know what you think about when you think about this kid?
You think that kid was born talking like that? You think that kid was born talking like that?
You think that kid was born being that much of a patriot?
Why do you think he's a patriot, Tom?
Why do you think he's a patriot?
Because he was raised by parents that taught him the value of that, and as a young child,
he learned it.
Rob, can you find out who his parents are?
Is there a way you can search to see who his parents are?
That kid is that way because of the way he was raised with his parents, because of the
church he probably went to, because of the school he probably went to, because of kindergarten
he probably went to.
That kid is like that because he was taught, he was taught and trained to be proud of his
country.
And that other lady that smacked the 12-year- with What he called it autism. Yeah was also taught to hate her country
Both of them are taught good or bad Adam
Well, I want to have a question for you Pat, but I fully agree that unfortunately and this is a message to my
Democratic friends out there. Unfortunately when you think of the, it resonates more with Republicans these days
than Democrats, unfortunately.
I wish that wasn't the case, but that's the reality.
I mean, even if you look at the slogans for the Republican Party, make America great again,
versus hope and change, or I'm with her, no mention of America.
You even have an angry patriot right here who's upset about what's going on in America,
and I can totally understand that.
A lot of the messaging with the Democratic Party, especially the progressive left, the
regressive left, down with the patriarchy, anti-straight white men, anti-American, Marxist,
feminist, social justice warrior, wokesters, unfortunately is not exactly working with
what the average American wants these days.
The biggest problem that I have with America today, other than the lack of patriot, is
the cycle that we're in right now.
We're in the weak men create a hard time cycle.
You know the whole hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times,
weak men.
We're now in the weak men creating hard times cycle right now.
So I fully endorse the fact that a lot of kids aren't necessarily going
to college anymore. What are they trying to do? Maybe they're going to go to trade schools,
maybe they're going to become entrepreneurs. I fully endorse the fact that young people
should actually do some national or civic service for a year, and the only mandate that
you have to do is say the freaking pledge every year. I say all that to say this. You
served in the military. You served your country.
You said it changed your life.
What happens if Tico or Dylan or any of the kids actually had to serve in the military?
Would you be pro that?
Would you be against that?
Would you have reservations?
What are your thoughts on young people, especially your kids serving the military?
I can't tell you what Dylan told me the other day for long-term reasons of protecting him.
I'll tell you guys privately.
But Dylan told me something the other day
and I'm like, just piss me off the fact that
this guy's so far right now,
he's a pretty decent soccer player.
He's doing pretty good.
He's in a unique academy right now.
I'll tell you guys about it next week
when he's done with the academy.
But he's doing good.
You know, I don't even have to say it to them because when they're around us
They know how proud I am to be an American. Okay, and they have that as well
But going into the military like when I went into the military
The the 101st Airborne Division at the time 97 September when I got there first week
They put us in an auditorium 600 people and they made us watch a movie before the world watched,
a movie called Saving Private Ryan.
And that badge that you wear, they said,
you wear this proudly, these are men that came before you
that fought for this country, that's why the world knows
the 101st Airborne Division.
So wear that proudly.
I mean, and then I go to Memorial Day and I'm like this vacation was known for you know
Holiday was known for barbecues and all this stuff
I see grown men and women crying who are e8s and e9s and you know majors and lieutenant colonels
I'm like, why are they emotional because of the friends they lost and all this stuff the friendships that they're hanging
I would imagine you're hanging out the weekend. You have a down so you're having beers. You're doing all this stuff and that guy dies
That was your buddy. That was your road dog, right? They experienced these types of things
This country was built on the backs of a lot of people that sacrificed their lives
their
Time with their family being on the road traveling not seeing the birth of their kids
I mean that story is not being told it's being sold
But only the horror stories imagine if I'm your father Adam and the only stories I tell you is
The worst stories of your
Back your grandparents. What if I only told you horse? Like I said, do you realize us Jews were that?
I'd add it up. Do you know they did this? And do you know they did that?
And you're like, man, I hate myself.
I hate what blood I am.
I hate the, you know, there are people that are saying, I wish I wasn't born white.
There are kids that are saying, I wish I wasn't born white.
Why would a kid ever say that?
Horrible.
Because parents injected that hate in them.
For what, bro?
For schools have done the same thing, bro.
For what, bro?
What are we doing with all this stuff?
No.
So I think it needs to get back to, you see somebody wearing a uniform, give them a shout
out.
You see somebody doing what they're doing, give them some respect.
By the way, the parents here I have is Hattie Ruggles, I may not say correctly, and I'm
trying to see what the other relationships are, but I think it's
a family, husband and wife, and they have a beautiful son, beautiful family.
Shout out to you for raising that boy.
Good for you.
Salute for you for raising a kid that speaks so eloquently, who hopefully one day is going
to have some kind of things to run for, and you know where she is based out of her Instagram is, I don't want to give the details,
but she's based out of a great city in California, one of the only great cities left in California.
Good for you, respect to you guys, I applaud you tremendously.
That kid's going places.
If somebody from that community contacts me, I would like to find a way to contribute to
his future.
Personally, I am so proud of you guys.
I am so proud of you.
I am so proud of your mom. You're in good hands. Future looks bright in America because
of kids like this. That kid is a hero. We need to turn him into a hero and recognize
him. So is his mother. Respect to you guys. Anyways, let's go to the next story here.
Next story we got, I wonder if I want to go here. Which one do we want to go with? Let's
see what we haven't gone to yet. Okay. Do you want to go to that?
Let's go to this. Okay. Rachel Moran murder, illegal immigrant from El Salvador,
charged in rape, killing a Maryland mom of five. Let's see what the story looks like.
All right. Is that the one? Rob, it says page five here. Is it page five or is it page six?
I think it's- Oh, page 7. I'm sorry.
Okay, so let's go through this again.
Rachel Moran, murder.
Illegal immigrant from El Salvador charged in rape, killing a Maryland mom of five.
Victor Martinez Hernandez, a 23-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador, was charged with
the first degree murder and rape of Rachel Moran, a Maryland mother of five.
Sheriff Jeffrey Geller, Rob, I think you got a video of this, announced five hours
after meeting with Moran's family, police in Tulsa, Oklahoma arrested Rachel's murder.
Criminal background, Martinez Hernandez had a violent history with DNA linking him to
a March 2023 home invasion in LA and a murder in El Salvador in January of 2023. Galler
stated he brutally attacked a nine-year-old girl and her mother that was our first DNA match
Linking Rachel's case to one in LA criticism of immigration policy sheriff Gallo criticized
The US immigration policies highlighting the failure to protect citizens from criminal crossing the border
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And I want to now direct these comments to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and to every member
in both chambers of Congress. We are 1800 miles away here in Hartford County. We are
1800 miles away from the southern border and the American citizens are not safe because
of failed immigration policies.
This is the second time in just two years that an innocent Hartford County woman has
lost her life to a criminal in our country illegally.
You know what drives me crazy too?
Do you know how far this place is in maryland from from the closest point of the the border in
eighteen hundred miles
so i'm tired of all these people going all it's not that big of a problem
this guy victor antonio martinez hernandez twenty three years old
he has
a connection so salvadoran street gang uh... and has a violent history
okay cross illegally to the united states in february
two thousand twenty three from el El Salvador after he reportedly killed another young woman from his home country.
So he murders somebody there. He can easily come here because the border is wide the hell open.
A month later, this is what they didn't report, a month later, he brutally attacks a nine-year-old
girl and a mother in a home invasion. They didn't get into detail because it was so brutal on what this scumbag did. They caught him because of the DNA match
inside of that house with a nine-year-old. Okay, he left DNA on the nine-year-old, that
scumbag. So, by the way, this keeps happening, all right? By the way, just walking in there,
PBD, I showed you an illegal migrant has been arrested for raping a 13 year old girl at knife point out in broad daylight and guess where New York City, okay
He came from Ecuador and then an illegal alien that was involved in a fatal highway or 285 crash in Colorado
Had been removed from the United States. Can anybody guess how many times he was in here kicked out and brought back in how many times?
16 times. All right. I'm sick and tired of this crap because
it's not happening to the people of power. It's happening to people like this, that poor lady's
family is devastated. Her five kids, no mother, okay, and they're all young, no mother, and it's
happening under Joe Biden and Alejandro Mayorkas' watch, and they don't care. And I'm telling you
right now, I'm not wishing nothing on anybody but unless PBD it starts hitting home to
these people until their wives start getting raped and murdered till their
children suck well how is it gonna change we keep hearing that you're not
saying I'm not saying you're saying if it does is the only way they're gonna
know how much pain that's the only way to understand the pain that it's not
it's not fair Pat because they votes, they want God knows what other stuff, sex
trafficking, it's an endless flow of drugs and everything coming in and it's
not happening to them. They don't understand the pain and it'll never
change and it drives me nuts. Tom, you know what's really sad to me is we are
all frogs that get boiled in a pot and you know the old adage that you put a frog you drop a frog in hot water he immediately jumps
out you put him in the cool water you turn up the flame he slowly boils to
death because it just gets hotter he doesn't notice some years ago Michael
Dukakis was running for president and his policies allowed Willie Horton to
come back on the street and kill again. One man, one kill. And that was so
damaging because we as a nation were shocked that, okay, Dukakis, you want to be president?
Where are you going to protect us? Where are you going to be tough on crime where it needs
to be tough? And Willie Horton, that was incredibly damaging to him. And now we've got an invasion of millions and we have dozens
of examples here. Where is the outrage from the American voter? Pay attention, America.
Look what's going on. We have seen this story before and we're not shocked by it. Vinny's
right. Everything he was talking about is right. 16 times? 16 times? Willie Horton was released
twice and the second time he killed again. What on earth? Where are we? Where's the outrage?
We're a frog boiled in the pot and we don't care anymore. You have to wake up. November 5th is a
so important and it's so critical for the safety of it and I'm I'm just shocked that how many times these things are happening now
And we're not we've lost our shock and over one guy in one campaign ad
It put we put a torpedo as it should have been
Into the into the campaign the Michael Dukakis was running for president because he said dude you are not tough on crime
Yeah, and that's I think that's the versus a Bush when he tried to put on the
helmet and go into the, uh, the tank and he just looked like a complete dork.
That's strong words, Tom.
Um, you're absolutely right, Vinny.
I think, I think part of the, uh, there he is.
I think part of the anger is that these stories out there, these anecdotes ring true.
And you know, even Bill Maher said the other day, I think that we have an article that
said immigration is going to get the Democrats effed on election day.
He said the Democrats were ahead for an election loss in November if they did not improve their
position on immigration.
I think we can all agree the number one issue in America today, based on every single poll, is the economy, stupid, whether it's inflation, whether it's
the cost of living, it is undoubtedly the economy. But beyond that, the two other issues
that are just forefront in the Republican and Democratic strategy is Trump is absolutely
right on immigration.
It only takes four to eight years to realize, maybe we should have built that wall.
I don't know, man.
I don't know.
Maybe this open border policy ain't exactly a good look because I think under Biden, I
mean, every time I try to check the number, it's like, sorry, it's actually another million
more than that.
Whether it's five, eight, 10 million, it's way more than happened under Trump, that happened under Obama, that happened under Bush.
It's actually pretty shocking, the amount of numbers of people that have come to the
country.
And then you would think it's just South Americans, Latin Americans, they're finding Chinese,
Turkmenistan.
They just found out there was five people from Turkmenistan, from one of the Stan countries
that are literally terrorists that are attracted to ISIS-K that did the bombing
in Russia.
And then on the Democratic side of things, it's obviously abortion.
But this immigration thing is a major, major problem for the Biden administration.
It's a couple of things I'm going to show you.
Rob, can you pull up this picture?
I've been getting a lot of pictures like this.
Folks, if you're at the airport as well and you're seeing this, are you sharing it? Everyone, I got one picture,
I didn't tell anybody. Got second picture, didn't tell anybody. At this point, this is
like the tenth text message I've gotten where people telling me what's going on, and those
ten people are not friends with each other. This is a picture, zoom in Rob, this is at the airport this morning at O'Hare 2am.
Okay, zoom in and he says, I'm not sure why 300 Hispanics, and this flight is in Chicago.
He says there were so many people that were there.
Everybody was asking, why are you here?
Conversations, you know, what these guys are up to, what they're doing.
I don't know what's going on.
You know, Gavin Newsom the other day, if you go to his Twitter account, I love what he
says and how he's trying to gaslight the American people to see if they'll fall for it or not.
And the reason why it's important to follow Gavin Newsom closely over the next month is
because there may be some things that the Forbes, Steve Forbes, who was a former owner
of Forbes until he sold it to China, he said, you have the shorter version, Rob, who was a former owner of Forbes until he sold
it to China. He said you have the shorter version Rob, or is this the longer version?
There's a longer version. Just put the first 20 seconds. You'll see what he's saying. Hello,
I'm Steve Forbes and this is What's Ahead. Where you get the insights you need to navigate
these turbulent times. President Biden's supercharged State of the Union address a few months ago
quieting talk among Democrats.
It's going to take a long time.
We can't get him.
But all he's saying is, here's what I'll tell you he's saying.
He's claiming that Biden's going to step out and someone's going to come in his place.
And the one person that could be the one taking his place is a guy named Gavin Newsom.
Now Rob, go to Newsom's Twitter profile and zoom in a little bit if you could.
Go a little lower.
Hang on, slowly.
Okay, go a little lower.
It's the next one, I think. Keep going, keep going. Oh, here we go. California has doubled our
National Guard at the border that are working to stop the fentanyl while the GOP plays games
and Mike Johnson searches for a spine. We're out here doing the work. Oh, yeah, really?
Okay, bro, with your glasses. Keep going a little lower.
With your glasses. Joe Biden's glasses.
Keep going lower. Don't let the GOP use the words.
Keep going lower.
This is not the one.
Keep going lower.
Keep going lower.
There's another one.
Keep going lower.
Everyone should attention to Trump.
Can't wait to see the GOP spin this one.
Keep going lower.
Keep going lower.
What is this?
GOP block?
Acceptation?
Keep going lower.
It has to do with immigration.
Keep going lower.
Keep going lower.
You'll see it. Let me see what this is.
There you go.
Reminder that the GOP has refused to secure the border.
They voted against 1,500 additional border patrol agents and CBP officers, 1,200 immigration
and custom enforcement personnel, technology to stop the fentanyl.
Only thing that they're interested in is playing politics.
Oh my God.
And read the comments.
Watch the first one here. Kevin Dillon says, pretended that the border wasn't an issue
for a decade. Play the clip on this one at the recode conference or the code conference,
whatever you want to call it. Go for it. This whole damn border debate is made up. It's
made up. Go to the next one keep going lower and that's current
reaction where people watch this one you play this one 30 seconds go ahead.
California is poised to be if this proposal is supported the first state in
the country to achieve universal access to health coverage. So what does that
mean? Means full scope Medi medical, including long-term care,
IHSS, behavioral health to all low-income Californians, regardless of immigration status.
Bingo! So who is he talking about? Regardless of immigration status. Go a little lower. Just
leave the comments what people are saying. Okay, HR2, which was an actual border bill,
was passed two years ago and both Biden and Schumer refused to allow for a vote on the Senate. Biden-EO
is a PR stunt that still allows 1.75 million invaders per year. As always, you're full
of shit, Gavin. So the reaction of what's going on and the cart he's going to be playing,
Forbes thinks there's going to become somebody jumping in.
Charlie Kirk said something saying, Tom, what did Charlie Kirk say?
Charlie Kirk is saying over the weekend and late last night that the Biden swap is getting
ready.
You can warm it up in the bullpen.
And I agree.
And you know why it's such a gangster?
I mean, it's a smart move from the left because they're demons.
You know, think about this, if they do a late swap, what is Trump gonna argue with him about?
Obviously he can make the shift
and talk crap about California,
but Donald Trump has so much ammunition about Joe Biden,
if it switches to Newsome, he doesn't have a-
Trump's gonna be fine.
But he's better against Biden.
You're right.
No, no.
He's a flickster.
There is no question.
What you said, be ready for July surprise,
very possible they pull Biden
and sentence Trump to prison on July 11th.
I agree about the July 11th part.
The entire race could be just about to change.
Yes, because think about dates.
June 27th is a debate.
They were not expecting Trump to accept the June 27th debate.
CNN was surprised that he accepted the debate.
But he accepted the debate June 27th, July 11th is the sentencing, July 15th is what?
The RNC, and then August 10th or whatever is what?
The DNC.
The date, why did they not do July 19th?
Three days after the RNC.
Why did the judge, you think accidentally they choose July 11th?
No, we said this on the podcast whenever that emergency podcast was with the dates. Adam,
thoughts on this?
Yeah, well, you know, I feel on that. Whether it's for good or for bad, I think they're
riding with Biden and we'll see what happens there. I just don't agree with that. But back
to immigration. Look, this is a complicated issue that neither the Republicans or the Democrats have been
able to figure out.
Nobody's put together a good plan.
We've seen the open border situation just completely exacerbate the problem.
Amongst the litany of issues that are going to bring Joe Biden down, this could be number
one right there, other than the economy right there.
But the problem that I have is that whether it's Gavin Newsom or whether it's going on in New York, whether it's these sanctuary cities, why are they prioritizing immigrants over citizens?
They're giving them money, they're giving them shelter. How much do they give them in the debit
cards? $10,000. They're giving them homes, they're shutting down schools to accommodate these people.
One time you said a story about when we're young, we idolize our
parents, but then as we grow older, you know, we villainize our parents.
But then as we get older and we become parents ourselves, we humanize our parents.
And I think that's what's kind of going on with the immigration situation.
You know, the left is idolizing these people, let them in. They need a place. Give them everything more.
Give them more.
And then there's the people on the right that are villainizing a lot of these people because
a lot of them are trying to come into this country to have a better life.
Yes, a lot of them are actual fucking criminals and we need to find these people.
The vast majority aren't.
So I think we need to sort of humanize this problem and realize that they should not get
preferential treatment. But at the same time, like Biden is coming up with a new plan to offer pathway to legal
status to migrants who have lived here for 10 years and don't have a criminal past.
That might be something good to consider the whole dreamers act.
There's also another act that they're putting together a bill where they're going to give
if you're if you know, you're married to a citizen, then you should
get preferential treatment to citizenship. Okay, I understand that. But at the end of the day,
there needs to be some accountability here and they need to stop basically
idolizing illegal immigrants. Joe Biden wants to call them welcome newcomers. The reality is
they are illegal. They've crossed
the border illegally. They've broken the law. And if Trump says we need a big beautiful door
and legal immigration should be rewarded, not illegal immigration. Adam, when you ask, sorry
to cut you off time, when you ask why, like why are they, it's blatantly obvious why Adam, it's a
list. It's votes because we know you don't even need ID to vote in some of these, like what 16 out of 50 states. It's cheap labor. It's sex trafficking victims, because that's about
what 90,000 missing children, no bodies, no, no, oh, there's a corpse, no, no, missing children,
okay, an influx of that, drugs, terrorists, that they're giving people cell phones, military
fighting age men. It's all a plan, dude's a it's a constant flow of they have five different categories to ten categories that they could pull the trigger and use whatever they
Want for this board? That's that's the why that's why Vinny you're right
You have a right to be upset about it
But I step back to the vision the big vision is permanent permanent power and one-party control over the citizens that they couldn't win over
I'll say it again permanent power and one-party control over the citizens that they couldn't win over. I'll say it again, permanent power and one party control over the citizens they couldn't
win over.
So it's not that they're giving preferential treatment to immigrants, they are giving them
a path to citizenship to be voters for them.
And they don't care about the sex trafficking that happens along the way.
And they don't care what they call isolated incidents of rapes and murders.
That is just part of the price
of what they're doing. This is what's going on. You have to step back and look at the
bigger vision. That's what they want to do. And then you go down from the macro view to
the micro view. Liberals recently make messes. Conservatives are trying to clean up messes.
Give you two examples. Minneapolis and Portland defund the police.
18 months later, the citizens want the police back because things are happening.
I mean the liberal citizens want the police back.
They wanted them back in Portland.
They want them back in Minneapolis.
They can't even get enough people, regular citizens, able bodied, smart enough people
to be cops in Seattle right now.
They can't even get them to do it
And then you've got people like San Francisco Mayor London breed Eric Adams, New York who are turning to the federal government
Oh, give me money. Give me money. Give me money for the programs like debit cards and stuff Eric Adams
I'm talking to you. Do you want to give to these people?
These are all the techniques and symptoms you're seeing on the outside
But the poison they want is a permanent one-party control over the citizens who refuse to vote for it.
We will see. We will see what's gonna happen. June 27th is what? Two weeks away.
Yeah. And then June 27th, while you know we're doing our thing, we'll be reacting
that night to it as well, and then we'll see what happened July 11th, and then
we'll see what happened July 15th. This'll see what happened July 15 This is gonna be the debate will be doing on June 27th. I'm not the host
It's just so we're doing a podcast by the way the way they put the thumbnail you look very presidential
I'm very confident Biden looks a little
Nervous on what he's got. I hope you don't mind. I'm gonna allow you to be the host of the host
We got you know, you're you're you're was going to DEI and give it to Tom, but nope.
I think I'm the most qualified DEI guy.
I got all the colors backed up.
Well, you're 5'4", according to online, so we got to give it to the Pee-Bee-Dee.
130 pounds.
130.
I'm DEI?
Who are you talking to, white boy?
Tom's gangster today, y'all.
When Tom gets pissed, Tom gets pissed.
This is why, look, something happened.
Adam, the father, complained last week.
I wasn't happy about it.
There was one of the traffic signs down the street that we had here.
He was suggesting we change it.
And it reminded me of the story.
Los Angeles removes traffic signs used to target and prosecute gay community. Thank God.
And this is a travesty, obviously.
Thank you for helping me out.
Yeah, no, but for you it's not the gay community.
It was a different sign.
But here Los Angeles officials removed the last of the no cruising, no U-turns, midnight
to 6 a.m. signs in Silver Lake, which I'm very familiar with that city, which were originally posted in 1997
to target and persecute gay men. Council member Nithya Ramad acknowledged the signs as part of
the city's real and present homophobia. Councilman Hugo Soto Martinez highlighted the significance
of removing these signs during Pride Month, noting that the remnants of such bigotry persisted in Silver Lake. Decades after
the Black Cat protests, he emphasized that the signs were used to target and
persecute the LGBTQ community. The issue resurfaced when Silver Lake resident
Donovan Daughtry raised awareness after hearing about the neighborhood's queer history on a podcast
Albert LeBaron not LeBron LeBaron co-owner of a local gay bar remarked that the signs targeted those
Who had nowhere else to go and were simply seeking community. Can you please play this wonderful clip?
Somebody crashes right now? I don't understand. So Martinez and
Nithya Raman were on hand today to help remove the signs. They say the no
cruising and no U-turn signs were put up in the 1990s to prevent people in the
gay community from meeting up with other gay people. I was also surprised that
these, these U-turn signs were still up and at first you know they seem a up with other gay people. I was also surprised that these...
That guy's gay?
These U-turn signs were still up.
No way.
And at first, you know, they seem a little, oh, okay, it's just a no U-turn sign.
But when you learn the history of it and you realize that these were used to profile gay
people, it's so important that we have these removed.
The LA City Council members say the signs were put up after the gay community began to grow.
Vini, Tom, what thoughts on this story?
Well, they're also upset with other signs.
Apparently, all the signs that say one way, they want those taken down.
They hate those.
Because LGBTQ, many ways, so they want one way signs taken down.
They also want, for reasons I won't go into, do not enter.
They want all of those taken down.
Those are taken down on Friday.
All those taken down as well Friday those come down Friday yeah and then the last
one which they say is a civil rights violation is be prepared to stop so it's
like they're just they're upset about everything now insurance is gonna go up
because accidents in America are moments from skyrocketing when all the signs
come down like and then people wonder why and it's funny you talked about
Gavin Nussom this is Gavin Nuss's, Florida. This is tax. This is what some California, California
This is what they're spending their day and tax dollars on is ignorant
Time wasting crap like this and by the way, I don't know about the rest of you guys seeing a drag queen and daylight is scary
It's shit. Did you see that? Those people are scary as hell when the sun is out and on them.
I think it's ridiculous. That's just that's indicative of what California is all about. Besides the crime and the border and the taxes and the money,
that's what the people that work for the government are doing every single day. The signs are offensive.
Let's take down a U-turn sign. That's unbelievable, but it doesn't surprise me that that's happening. We were just in LA this past week. PBD was invited to a very high-level
conference, and as you saw, we had a horrible situation with a restaurant used to be good,
but you look around LA, are there enough problems in LA to be dealing with right now
than taking down an effing sign that was put up there in the 1990s. Thousand percent with the smash. You've got homeless people there, you've got human waste that's right on the street, you're
walking past the Santa Monica, the Promenade Mall down there, and you can smell the urine
between the buildings as you walk by.
The waft comes out and you say, what is this?
And they say, well, the homeless people go between those buildings right there and they
pee at night.
Really?
And this is a shopping area and you just walk and all of a sudden you get hit in the face with this horrible aroma and you're
like really? Why would anybody come here to shop if this is it?
And if you keep voting for these people I feel zero remorse for you. If you keep voting
for people like Gavin Newsom and you're there and a lot of people that was there were complaining
to me about it, I'm like yo yo, do not complain. You're not trying to make any changes. There's
recalls that had what Larry Elder tried to recall, which I think personally would have changed a hell of a lot of
regulations and stuff for Cali. But no, good for you. You get what you vote for. You're damn right.
So good for you. Well, that's great that they took down the no U-turn sign. I heard that, you know,
Tom, you're putting up some signs. I thought of another side that they couldn't possibly put up
caution, wide load, but we've seen that
on the highways before, but we'll see what happens there.
The thing I think, I didn't even hear about the story.
When I think about no U-turns, I think of once you do the trans cutting it off thing
and you give the hormone blockers and you do the puberty blockers and you try to change your sex.
There's no U-turns there guys.
I don't know about penis reattachment surgery, how that works, but I've got zero problem
with the L's, the G's, the B's.
The problem I got is the T's.
The T's, what they're doing with the kids, the laws that are being passed that allow
kids to take these hormone blockers and puberty blockers and change their sex before they're even
Adolescents, I think is insane to me. I have a major problem with dudes
Who haven't you know done the u-turn thing yet playing in female sports?
I think that's a massive problem and I think it's gonna get even uglier when they start playing combat sports
The biggest problem I have is just the agenda
If you want to be gay, if you
want to be bi, if you want to be lesbian, do your thing. If you even want to be trans, leave the kids
alone, stay out of sports, and enough with the LGBTQIA plus agenda. Let's talk about Elon Musk.
So Elon Musk has given a talk last week, and he starts talking about robots Rob if you can play this clip and The market reacts when he says how big he think the robot business and the market could be check this out
I think I think everyone in the world is gonna want one like literally everyone
and and then there'll be obviously
robots in industry
and then there'll be obviously robots in industry
making stuff and so I mean I think the ratio of humanoid robots to humans will probably
be at least two to one, something like that.
One to one for sure, which means like somewhere
on the order of 10 billion humanoid robots.
Maybe 20 or 30.
And so then it's like, okay, well, let's say, you know, you kind of make, let's say the
build rate is, I think the build rate will be probably something ultimately like a billion a year, humanoid robots. Like actually. And if Tesla just has a 10% share of that, it might be a
And if Tesla just has a 10% share of that, and it might be a lot more than 10%,
and there's, you know, we make like 100 million
optimist units a year.
I just, I mean, for reference, the auto industry
is roughly 100 million vehicles per year.
So, you know, sort of similar bullpup,
at least within an order of magnitude.
And I think we could make one for a cost of maybe,
at really high scale, of about $10,000.
It's smaller, it'd be less expensive than a car.
So, and I think if you sell it for $20,000 or something,
this is at large scale volume,
Tesla would basically make about a trillion dollars
of profit a year.
Bingo.
Wow, trillion dollars.
So, yeah.
By the way, that's, how?
First of all, I wanna know who that kid
is screaming in the background.
And why the parents are not walking him out.
That's number one.
While he's speaking.
Two, only a man with 10 kids
does not get distracted with that sound.
He's full. Okay? A single man would be distracted in a heartbeat. I was distracted the whole time. Yeah, while he's speaking to only a man with ten kids does not get distracted with that sound
Okay, a single man would be distracted and I was like to the whole time
But a man who has ten kids is like I'm so used to this not a big deal
But Tom thoughts on this story when you heard it, so I think he's absolutely right
He's talking about a humanoid robot and humanoid robot has two arms two legs, and it's actually mobile
That's what he's talking about, but there are robot arms right now. I think there's over 100,000 robot arms that are in
factories right now that go down, sense and position, and make a weld. You see them?
Because welds are hot and a lot of sparks and everything, and they actually can do it
safer than a person can do and more accurately. So that's part one.
Now just put two arms together and they're lifting up a windshield and turning it with
the sensors and putting it right in place.
You're seeing robots do this now.
Now take the humanoid robot, which can walk around and do tasks in your house.
Or we've seen those little robots that run around the Amazon factories, the little round ones.
They precisely come in, they pick things up like a load, and they carry it on.
So, you're seeing all that.
So, what is so surprising about a humanoid robot that would have legs that would actually
move around the factory or do things like that?
When he says everybody would want one, you know, it's a robot that senses and cleans up your kitchen.
A robot that senses where all the your kitchen. A robot that senses and
where all the dishes are and stuff and does that. I've seen images of two arms that are actually
folding laundry. So what he's talking about is we're getting to a point where little tasks
that take up a lot of time during the day, a lot of those could be done by a humanoid robot that
could be built for 1010,000, sold
for $20,000, and it's basically your household helper.
You remember the little maid robot that was on the Jetsons, the little blue one?
Rosie the robot.
Yep.
We're headed there, and that's what he's talking about.
We already have high-end multi-sensor robots that are in assembly lines doing a lot of
stuff that used to be two workers lifting
the windshield into place.
Now you've got robot arms doing it.
I think he's right and it's coming and it's not what we, I don't think it's what we fear
it's going to be, but I think he's right.
There's a whole lot of manufacturing jobs going on.
You seem like you're afraid.
No, no, I mean if you think about it, when, remember, do you guys remember the, uh, the flame throwing
robot that they're selling right now?
That is the scariest shit I've seen.
The dog.
It's a dog.
It's a dog.
With sensors and a camera.
How is it not illegal?
If like, if I was going to find this thing, bro, this is the scariest shit I've seen
and it's legal to buy in the United States.
And look, this, that you could buy that right now.
I'm not even joking
okay it's public to buy right now that thing my fear is Tom what those robots that he's
talking about Pat what's to say besides people hacking into the robot making it do whatever
the hell cut to like what if somebody can you place an order for three of those go ahead
keep going Vinny I'm like birthday candles in the office like don't let my kids see this
yeah because I'm gonna want to go to one Tico's going to want one in two seconds.
Tico's going to be like right now.
But how long do you think until Pat people, like let's say China, I'm just being, you
know, they're advanced.
They make let's say 500,000 these robots.
And by the way, they could fly spy balloons and we never stop them.
What's this say?
They fly over, they drop, you know, 10,000 these robots here, 10,000 over here, and they
use them as a military type of like, you ground invasion Tom it's not we're not that far
off if that is happening we have drones now just put legs on them and let them
land that's what I'm saying so the fear I get it it's what you're right it's
that is how warfare will be oh one thousand front line soldier would be
replaced by but yeah exactly so I'm just saying listen it's all good because it
makes life easier.
You know what I mean?
Obviously having a rope.
Dude I have a Roomba.
Like before I left, I turned it on.
That thing is cleaning my entire apartment right now by itself.
I love her.
Her name is Daisy.
That's neither here nor there.
We have a relationship.
What I'm saying is, the future is really scary because right now it's nice.
It's cleaning the house.
It's doing this. It could put boxes away at IKEA but the future is going to be
scary especially when these things start to think for themselves Adam well now I
know if any is doing on the weekends but honestly don't talk about her not talk
about her but I was actually gonna go right here what Tom was this lady right
here we all grew up with the Jetsons you Fun fact about the Jetsons, it was actually created in 1962,
and it actually technically took place in 2062, 100 years later. We also grew up on
Back to the Future, where Michael J. Fox, Marty McFly was literally flying cars.
The funny joke is like, oh, you guys are living in 2024. Elon Musk is living in 3024.
The reality is, Elon Musk is creating the future before our eyes, whether it's robots,
whether it's electric vehicles, whether it's AI.
So there's people out there, you know, there's things that they're going to benefit them
with these robots and the hands.
And we've seen the dogs and the army and all that.
But the thing that people have to be afraid of is how are these people going to replace your job? Whether
it's you're a truck driver, there's autonomous vehicles, whether you're cleaning, you know,
certain jobs are going to be replaceable, whether it's AI, whether it's robots, skills
pay the bills, make sure that you're adapting and keeping up with the times.
Strippers, just, you know what I mean? Their jobs are secure, right? Nobody's going to
go watch a robot stripper.
Eh, look at me, look at me. No, nobody's gonna do that. Strippers are good.
Vinny, I-
No, who's gonna watch a robot stripping? You know, oil, they're gonna malfunction.
Vinny, you said that you would have an AI girlfriend. You would endorse that.
Oh, what, dude, why you- Of course, just to like, just to talk to somebody. Just to talk to her.
Vinny, I mean this sincerely, brother. You good?
No.
You okay, bro? Alright, let's go to the- I'm good, Adam. Let's go to the next story,ny, I mean this sincerely, brother. You good? No.
You okay, bro?
Yes, I'm good, Adam.
Let's go to the next story, Tom, I'm coming to you with this one.
The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits unexpectedly spikes to 10-month high.
Now, that is actually a good sign if you want interest rates to lower.
So hang tight before you are sitting there
worried about this. Hang tight for a second. So here we go. The number of Americans filing
for unemployment and benefits increased by 13,000 to 242,000 the week ending June 8.
The highest level in 10 months surpassing the pre-pandemic average of 218 and indicating
a potential cooling of the labor
market due to high interest rates contributing claims. Those filed by Americans consecutively
receiving unemployment benefits rose by 30,000 to 1.82 million for the weekend in June 1.
Bill Adams, chief economist for Comerica Bank, stated that while jobless claims are volatile,
this increase might signal a sustained
higher unemployment rate despite the surge the labor market remains
historically tight with the economy adding 272,000 jobs in May and the
unemployment rate ticking up to 4%, Tom. Well, first of all, the big number to look
at is now we have 1.82 million people sustained unemployed that are actually being counted is receiving benefits.
That's a big number.
And now, pre-pandemic, okay, this is the fall, this is Q4 2019, before the spring of 2020,
we all know the basketball game, everything happened and it was, you know, off and running
with COVID and the pandemic, was 218,000.
Now we're up to 242,000. So after all
this up and down of the COVID and everything that's going on, now we have more new unemployment
benefits being filed each week and the highest level in 10 months. Now, why is this good for
interest rates? It's bad for these people and these poor families. But what it means is that when unemployment goes up, now there's extra people available
for jobs.
And that means it's less that usually wage growth usually stalls a little bit and wage
growth is tied to inflation because wages go up.
Business employs a bunch of people with wages going up.
They raise the price of the product.
There's inflation, wage, product, and the cycle.
Well now, this is showing that it's cooling a little bit,
which also could lead to maybe the Fed making two cuts between now and the end of the year.
September and December is what a couple major banks think will be,
so that you could be at $6.75 for mortgages by the end of the year.
Right now, it's still a tick over $7. So, this is a sign that all the raising of interest rates
by the Fed and other things are settling, even though it is hard for the consumers that are being impacted.
Let me continue with the stories that we're hearing with the economy.
Fed's Kashkari says, it's reasonable to
predict December rate cuts and then Barron says why the Fed is unlikely to
cut interest rates before December. Now some are saying it's gonna happen by
September, some are saying it's not gonna be happening. Let me read both of these
stories, let me read one of these stories to you. Federal Reserve Chairman Powell
made it clear that a rate cut before December is unlikely, emphasizing the bar to cut the federal funds rate from its current 5.25 to 5.5 target remains high.
He stated that it would take a convincing slowdown in inflation or a sudden spike in
the unemployment rate for any change, adding neither seemed likely this summer.
Despite May's lower-than-expected inflation data, Powell noted the persistence
of high shelter prices, which have risen 0.4% for four straight months and 5.4% from earlier
this year.
Powell reiterated the Fed's stance, if the economy remains solid, and if inflation persists,
we're prepared to remain the target range for federal funds rate as long as appropriate.
Powell also noted the Fed's latest projection, just one quarter percentage point
interest rate reduction in 2024 down from three cuts in March. Damn. Tom?
Well, this is what we were just talking about. So the Fed is saying, hey, I'm really not sure about
September. And remember, Kashkari, remember that word, Kashkari, Kashkari. Well, Kashkari goes out. He is the Jean-Pierre for Powell. And so he comes out
and he makes these speeches and he's with the Minneapolis Federal Reserve president,
Neil Kashkari. So he goes out and makes statements, floats them out there. But it's when Powell
speaks his actual policy and the actual position statement. So basically what they're saying
is unless we get a spike in unemployment, whoops whoops whoops whoops
what just happened yesterday, we just saw that, we just saw that jobless claims up.
And so that's leading the banks to say I hear you Fed, I hear what you're saying,
don't expect it in September, maybe one quarter point cut in December, but we
think the jobs data and everything else is going to cause you to cut twice.
The basically end thing is, from the beginning of the year, we speculated about four cuts.
We speculated about three cuts.
It's all coming home here, and it looks like there is going to be the beginning of the
cuts, whether it's September or December.
We are now on the eve in the second half of this year getting the cuts, which will give a little bit relief to
mortgage rates a little bit of relief to auto loans and
You know, that's where we're going Adam. Well, don't look now, but we're basically four and a half months
Before Election Day
2024 so what I think is everything that's going on in the economy is sort of
baked in the cake. Biden isn't going to do anything to change the economy in his favor,
nor is he going to do anything to try to dismantle what they've already done. Jerome Powell's
already come out there and basically said, listen, we're kind of keeping it at is if
this happens in December, that's after the election. So I think where the inflation is
right now, I think where unemployment is right now, I think where the fred fund rate is right now, it is what it is. And if Trump gets elected,
I think Jerome Powell's seen his final days. Obviously Janet Yellen will no longer be Treasury
Secretary. Trump's floated names like Arthur Laffer, if you're familiar with the Laffer curve,
or the Kevin guys, Kevin Hassett and Kevin Warsh.
But I think it is what it is.
I think we are where we are.
And I think what we're going to do is we're going to wait and see what happens on election
day to see what happens with the economy.
Until then, we still have a major affordability crisis of the cumulative impact.
All these things we're talking about are the signs that we're about, I think, to tick a
little bit different.
But the affordability for the average American is still horrifying.
Tom, FYI, this is not good for Biden
because what Americans will forgive you on
is say if he were to lower the rates,
and I'm talking Powell,
say if he were to lower the rates
and you see sudden slow movements, the three rate cuts,
this would have been very big for Biden if we would have had the three rate cuts. This would have been very big for Biden if we would have had
the three rate cuts. The fact that Powell is saying it's not going to happen until December,
this benefits a couple different things. One, I think it benefits a healthier economy because
for people to, and I would be happy without lowering rates at all in 2024 and we wait till Q2 of next year
Let's just kind of let it roll the way we're going to cool everything off
but politically
Kind of helps one guy and he's got a house in the city called the beaches of the palm
Not Mara Savap, it's Mara Lago
Different than Mara Savap, it's Mara Lago, different than Mara Savatruca.
It's a different Mara.
But it is what it is that he's got that going on.
So let's go to the next story.
Where's the story about Biden trying to walk off the stage, Rob?
Is that at the fundraiser?
So let me read, is that the G7 or is that the fundraiser?
No, the fundraiser.
The G7 was something different.
Yeah, there were a couple different things.
Biden raises $30 million at LA fundraiser featuring, you ready?
Barack Obama, Clooney and Julia Roberts.
Leave the flippin' world behind.
All in one room.
Biden's LA fundraiser featuring Obama, Clooney Roberts, raised a record $30 million plus
with the president flying directly from G7 Summit in Italy to attend, underscoring the event's
importance.
Jimmy Kimmel interviewed Biden and Obama, and Biden emphasizing, we have the strongest
economy in the world.
And Obama urging the audience, don't hiss, vote.
When Roe v. Wade was mentioned, the event, marked by performances from Jack Black, Sherrilee Ralph, and saw
Biden discussing significant legislative achievements and expressing concerns about Trump's appointing
for more Supreme Court justices warning he's going to appoint two more who fly their flags
upside down.
And while this is taking place, there was a moment at the end of the event which everybody was talking about, left,
right and center. This is what happened and even Kareem Jean-Pierre had to respond to
it. Go ahead, Rob. Look, Joe Biden has no idea, look he's stuck.
Okay, we gotta go Joe.
Look, look.
And then hand him the back, he guides him off the whole time.
Trump doesn't walk away.
No, hell, look at his arm, dude.
Look at how sad that is, man.
And so what are they saying about it?
Some are saying he wasn't held, some are, what are they saying about it some are saying he wasn't helped some are what do they say?
No, so what's happening is all?
Kareem Jean-Pierre a bunch of different people. I got into it a bunch of people on
On X one one guy on an account on X and bother. This is every single left-leaning
What's the guy that you were listening to PBT? We walked in here that guy too the the the little the guy that we had on
The podcast here. That's like no, it's all no. It's all no those two twerps. Anyway
There's one guy no, I'm not angry just their twerps and I know they get paid to do what they do
Brian Tyler Cohen was on X. It's saying that this is fake
It's not real and the most ironic thing is that his show is called No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen.
And then Kareem Jean-Pierre, the worst DEI hire
in the history of DEI hires,
comes in front of the White House.
Mind you, everybody out there,
you guys all saw exactly what happened.
Joe Biden is stuck like he always is.
Obama had to grab him and then guide him all the way
and basically get him out the thing.
Look at what this clown
says about what happened
there were two instances recently for leaders
for president obama and george maloney
the physically put hands on president to guide him and show him
stage directions
and they do not on their own or is anybody asking them to run the show
first of all
let me spoke to the most recent, right?
As we saw on Saturday, President Obama's office put out a statement, so I would refer you
to that statement about what was being accused in those—
We didn't see it with our eyes.
—by others, and he said this did not happen in the sense of what people were saying they
were seeing, right?
Or what was being falsely reported that they were seeing. Let's not forget, President Obama, President
Biden have a relationship. They are friends. They're like family to each other. And I think
that's what you saw. Oh, okay. So the president put his hand behind on the back of President
Biden. She's reading. And they walked off the stage after taking questions or at an event.
And Rob there's one more that she says deep fake. She's like they're deep fake. Like there's a lot
of deep fakes happening right now. Like by the way this is her saying to us, this is how stupid
they think that you are. You didn't see what you saw, okay, because Obama put out a statement saying
that's not what you saw. So listen to Obama, not your eyes. I think this is it when she says deep,
what is it called, Robbie? Deep somethings? She calls them deep fakes. Let's see. Yeah,
can we see this one? She's reading. Conservative Washington examiner did call them out as well,
calling out the New York Post. Ironically, several recent cheap fakes
actually attacked the president for thanking troops,
for thanking troops.
That is what they're attacking the president for.
Both in Normandy this happened, and again in Italy.
And I think that it tells you everything that we need to know
about how desperate the is in this like like
desperate yeah yeah and instead she's glowing what a horrible jacket choice
you're glowing I mean by that is his legislative wins what he's been able to
do for the American people across the country we're seeing these two things
oh and well she does the whole if you watch Obama even Maloney did it right we
showed that a couple weeks ago Adam what, what are your thoughts on this?
Do you have an opinion?
Yeah, I have a massive opinion here, but I'm going to focus on the purpose of the event,
which was a fundraiser, not like Michael Scott does in the office, a fundraiser. But yeah,
we can show Biden being slow and old for days. I mean, that's nothing new here. What is new is the fact
that the $30 million they raised in one night was the most successful, largest raise in
the history of the Democratic Party. So you put Obama, George Clooney, Julia Roberts,
and you throw in a little bit of Jack Black for a little comedy act, and you got Jimmy
Kimmel, who's the stooge of the left. You raised $30 million in a night. I would call
that a successful evening for the Democratic Party. By the way, ticket prices range from
250 bucks, easy access right there to half a million dollars, which got you front row
seats, a photo with both presidents, Obama and Biden. And then, you know, after the party,
it's the after party. You got to go party with Joe
Biden. I know party like a Joe Biden party. We all know that. Yeah. Riding with Biden, but
follow the money here. You know, there's a website called open secrets. Shout out to Robert Rourke
for bringing me onto that. But here's the, you know, Stacy, follow the money. Here's the
money count of what's going on between the three major candidates, when I mean two major candidates and then RFK.
Joe Biden has raised $300 million.
He's talking about just for the campaign.
He spent $185 million already and has 160 million cash on hand.
Trump, a little bit behind Biden, has raised $244 million, has
spent $203 million and still has $107 million cash on hand. Then a distant RFK, and they're
saying that he has a cash crunch, has raised $95 million, spent $64 million and has about
$30 million on hand. We all know that he picked Nicole Shanahan, who was the Silicon Valley attorney, former
spouse to one of the Google boys, Sergey Brin, and she contributed, I think, $10 million
to the campaign.
But follow the money here.
The famous quote from the president, James Garfield, we talk about him all the time,
the 20th president of the United States.
He said, he who controls the money of a nation controls the nation.
So if you want to know a reason why Biden still has a chance, despite how old, senile,
decrepit he is, is that he's out there raising money.
And we'll see if Trump can compete with that in the purse category.
But my, but my question, cause Adam, you kind of just brushed over it a little bit, because
the main thing was that doesn't bother you that the guy has been for the past four years
and is getting really bad this past, I'll say three months, he's freezing the Juneteenth,
his hands get stuck like this, they have to guide him everywhere, he can't speak coherently.
I'm with you, but this isn't a new story.
We've been doing this for four years.
So is there something new?
No, no, no.
But what I'm saying is it's getting to the point where, because to me it's, this is the
president, this is the leader of the free world, the nuclear, remember the nuclear codes,
everybody worried about Trump.
This guy is clearly not in charge.
So whatever, and that's why Trump is such a threat because Trump never said, Hey, they
said I can't talk.
He's not running the show.
Rob, you have another video of him in the White House I sent you.
Did you see yesterday?
They're trying to yell questions at him and he goes, he mumbles a little bit.
Right, this one right here.
This is the President of the United States in the White House trying to be professional.
Look at this guy.
I made a video making fun of him too.
Me here in the Oval Office and I look very much forward to the summit in Washington, D.C. next month. Look at this guy. I made a video making fun of him, too
He doesn't know what the hell's going on Are you worried about the future of the United States? Are you worried about the future of the United States?
He's clowning the...
No, he's talking about, well, that's...
Listen, you're the president.
You're not supposed to act like a psycho.
So what I'm saying is, Adam, does it bother you that he's...
The president of the United States isn't running the country?
He's not making...
That guy's not making decisions.
Do you know what I mean? Besides the money, I can't I can get that money is going to go to Gavin Newsom or Michelle
Obama doesn't bother you that he's not in charge.
Well, listen, we're not in the in the White House. I'll tell you one thing that our friend
Cuomo said me that it's even scarier is he said that he has a he said he told us this
at lunch. I don't know, I'm not going to name names. And he said, you don't want to know what's scary that Biden not running
the country is that he's actually the one running the country. So which one do you want
it? Is there, is there someone pulling the strings and the puppet that's behind him?
Do you want that? I don't want it. It is Biden behind the wheel. Here's the reality though,
Vin. That is, and I know that obviously you're not a fan of Biden and I've already come out and said I
can't possibly endorse this guy and vote for this guy.
And you can quote me, he's going to be the nominee.
He's going to have millions and hundreds of millions of dollars behind him.
And it's going to be, wait for it, a close election.
It is what it is, bro.
And why is it going to be a close election?
Because all the illegals that are here that actually going to vote for this person, they're
promising the future. If that's the angle you want to go, sure. But there's also
something that what's the story about the double haters? PBD? What page is that?
16? Here's a story. This is the election that nobody wants. The dread election.
The share of double haters hits the historic high. Pew research, pretty
credible, shows that 25% of Americans hold unfavorable views of both
President Biden and President Trump, the highest percentage of double haters in the last 10
elections.
So the reality is this election is going to come down to 6% of voters in six states.
Listen, Biden's at 40%, Trump's at 41%. Those are the numbers, bro.
Is it possible for Biden to win? Well, yeah, even in Vegas, he's just a slight underdog.
So I don't, there's the God forbid, there's this talk of the civil war, God forbid Trump wins.
I'm actually rooting for the guy. I don't want the guy to go to jail. I actually would love for him to kind of bring the country together. But
you know, Trump and Biden are-
Wow, you can look at the most important one on that list. What is the most important one?
Michelle Obama?
No, not at all.
Robert Kennedy?
Newsom.
Oh, Newsom's creeping up.
No, he's not creeping up. He's creeping down.
He's dropped tremendously.
Where was he? Where was he?
He was at 14 to 1 at one point.
Yeah, so what they're saying for sure is is Kamala's not going to be the president.
That's for sure. Newsom 50 to 1.
Wow, that's actually for some of the people that are betters,
that's actually not a bad bet in case last minute they did something, put a thou on it, you'll make 50.
RFK 28 to 1. Nikki Haley is ahead of Newsom, Vinny. Wow. Exactly. And this is
Vegas odds. They're not going to give up money if they didn't know what was going on. But Michelle
is still right there. So basically what they're saying is, and I've been saying for years,
Michelle has never served in office. I don't think she's ever going to run for office. I think it's
a pipe dream. Trump didn't run for office. Thanks think it's a pipe dream. Neither did Trump though.
Trump didn't run for office.
Thanks, Vinny, but he's been flirting with running for office for 40 years.
She was married to the president.
Let me ask a random question, Adam. Here's a random question for you.
Okay, so Biden doesn't look good. Let's say actually he's hospitalized.
actually he's hospitalized. Let's say he's hospitalized and it goes a week, two weeks, three weeks, not looking good. First week they tell us he's gonna be
fine, he's just doing a regular checkup and they're gonna come out and they're
doing a small little procedure. Second week, third week, now it's getting serious.
Now they have to come out and you know health matters takes over. He is how old
Rob? 81? 81. Trump just turned 78. Trump does not look 78. He acts like this.
I'm with you. So if that takes place, Tom what happens? I think they ultimately
will you know exercise the amendment and the amendment is the, well no, there's an amendment in the Constitution for the incapacitated
president.
And if the president is incapacitated and deemed that he cannot serve the office, not
because you're unconscious after you had a surgery, but because your health situation
is now deteriorating and you are incapable and
you are incapable and reasonable conclusion of continuing presidency, the
vice president becomes president. That's it.
So by the way, purely statistically, it's not a bad bet to bet on
Kamalo right now for becoming a president.
If that happens.
No, no, because just forget about the
the possibilities and all this stuff. It's a health matter. That's a real thing. 81. He does not
look good. He looks like he's going through something. He's an old 81. Yes. So if something
happens the next few months, okay, Kamala could very likely be a president, even if
it's for two months or three months. Yeah.
I think what we're discussing is two separate issues. Is there a chance that, God forbid,
something happens with Biden over the next few months? Believe me, I'd rather have Joe
Biden run the country than Kamala Harris. I think that's the last thing we want. That's
why she's not even favored above Gavin Newsom or Michelle Obama. Nobody wants
that. But I think what we're talking about is who's running in 2024. And I'm no, this
isn't my specialty, but you know, candidates don't get anointed. They go through delegate
process and they go through the super delegates and there's going to be a whole process to
who they're going to nominate during the DNC. They can't be like, well, Michelle, you got it, baby. Go ahead, go for it. No, there's
going to be a process to this. But again, I'll continue to remind you, despite what all the
haters say, Joe Bynes the guy. Okay, we bet $100 bucks, so we'll see.
We bet $1,000 bucks. I have a bet with Tom for $1,000. I have a bet with Byron Newdale for $1,000.
But you, scared to put your money with your mouth? It's only a hundred bucks.
It's not a bet with me. It's thousand dollars goes to Wounded Warriors.
You're giving me the money and I'm going to donate to the charity of my choice, Tom.
Yeah, tell them.
Oh really? Now it's going to charity of your choice.
I said that on day one?
We're going to go, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
the bullshit alarm just hit 10. The, you said it's for you and you were keeping it. And then you were dissing
wounded warriors, dude. Let's go back. It's not revised history. You just had a full Democrat
relapse, amigo.
Thank you, Tom. Let's just be prepared to give me a check for a thousand bucks or cash
and I'll figure it out what I'm doing.
The bet is at the conclusion of the Democratic convention, If Joe Biden is the nominee, I give you a thousand.
If not, you give me a thousand.
That's how bets work.
Thank you.
Just be prepared to pay.
Well, I always seem to have to repeat truth for you.
Let's go back to this last one.
You're gonna do it on air though.
Before we wrap up today's wonderful, peaceful podcast.
This actually hasn't been contentious.
This guy, this guy named Alejandro Jones, also known as Alex Jones.
Oh, he's Spanish now?
Alejandro Jones.
Sandy Hook families want to seize his social media accounts.
Rob, if you can have this clip ready, the families of Sandy Hook massacre victims are
seeking to take control of Alex Jones' social media accounts as part of the liquidation of his assets in a bankruptcy lawsuit.
This follows Jones being held liable for nearly $1.5 billion in damages for falsely claiming
the 2012 mass shooting was faked.
An agreement was reached last week for Jones' assets, including his stake in Infowars, to
be liquidated.
The families argue that Jones' 2.3 million follower accounts on social media
acts should be included to prevent him from using it for future business ventures. They
link the account to a customer list and other liquidation businesses. A Houston judge is
expected to move Jones's case to Chapter 7 bankruptcy, ensuring the families can continue
to collect on his assets and income until his debt is paid. Jones has less than $12 million in assets, meaning he will
likely carry significant debt, legal debt, for the rest of his life. Tom, thoughts on
this?
Tom Hichens Well, first of all, I don't understand, and
this is the Hill, I don't understand what the families are looking for. We want the 2.3 million names that are on his follower
account, well that's not what you get, it's not an email.
And we want the social media things, okay, so you can take
these social media handles and maybe those are declared
assets and so now they own them.
He comes out tomorrow with whatever else and those 2.3
million people go follow that.
So there's nothing to be gained there.
I mean, I've literally played this out.
Whether you like Alex Jones and feel like he's being persecuted beyond the court case
that did result in the 1.5 billion damages or you don't like him and you just want to see him hurt, injured, impaled in so many ways. It doesn't matter. Okay, here's
my current social media accounts. Now what? He opens up others and now he goes forward.
And he's got $12 million in assets and hell of legal debts. That's true. If he has a windfall,
if he wins the lottery, if things like that happen, guess what? That money will go to
pay things off. But if he goes and he's making two, $300 a year
being Alex Jones, they don't get that.
He's gonna be able to go off and make a living.
And any windfalls that are significant,
he's gonna owe those to the bankruptcy court.
So I don't know, if I was the Sandy Hook parents,
I know the desire to push back and feel like there's closure,
but you don't get closure here.
This is not.
Let me ask you a question.
I mean, obviously, you know, the claims he made, right?
What happened?
I think even the other day they did something to the property on what happened, whether
they're bringing the building down or, you know, at Parkland.
Bankruptcy situation?
No, no, no.
The school.
The school, yeah.
And they were interviewing the mother who lost her daughter, one of the
16 or 17, who lost, I mean that's just a horrific, horrific story of what happened. Devastating
on all levels, period. So let's set that part aside. He says what he says, and you know,
he goes, you know, too far and boom, they're coming after him to get what
he does.
Okay, you take his assets, you take his money, then the question that I think about is the
following.
Let's say you hate Adam, okay?
More than I do now?
No, no, let me say it in a different way. Okay. Let's say,
I am the lawyer of your ex-wife. Okay. Okay. And you guys are going through a divorce. Yeah.
Hypothetically. Okay. Let me make it easier for you. Adam's the lawyer of your ex-wife. Okay.
Adam's the lawyer of my ex-wife. Of your ex-wife. Okay. And your ex-wife,. Adam's a lawyer my ex-wife. Of your ex-wife. And your ex-wife all she
wants from you after the divorce because something happened you met another girl okay and she's
pissed she wants to take you for everything you have money-wise okay great and she wants
custody great however Adam used to play for the opposing high school team when you guys played football
and you had three touchdowns in a championship game and you became state champions and he
lost you, humiliated him in that game.
And he's been hanging on to it since he was 18 years old.
He's not 44.
So that's what?
Say whatever, 26 years.
Okay?
Your ex just wants what?
The custody.
The money.
Yeah, yeah, she wants money.
And to embarrass you.
But Adam sits there and says, no, I think you should take his favorite Babe Ruth Carthage
as well, because that's, your father gave it to you.
And I think you should also take the championship trophy that they got from the high school.
She doesn't give a shit about the championship trophy.
He wants to take it from you because he wants to hurt you and destroy you.
And I want you to take the jersey as well because that's yours as well.
You were the cheerleader.
And I would take this, this, this.
None of these thoughts are thoughts that your ex had.
Adam has other ulterior motives to try to destroy you because he hasn't forgotten what
you did to him 26 years ago on that football field when he won state championship.
The Sandy Hook families want the damages to be paid, but the Sandy Hook families, if they're
protected and the people on the left here are saying, oh, you should also take the Twitter account.
So who are these guys?
Is this the Fed?
Is this the FBI?
Is this the people that are sick and tired?
Is this the establishment that's sick and tired of Alex even having a platform to speak,
especially on X and the only one that's risking doing this is a guy named Elon Musk. These guys, I believe, I may be wrong, these guys have put it in the ears, told these guys,
the families, to say you should also take the Twitter account.
The parents don't care about the Twitter accounts, I don't think, but these guys do.
Because the things he's going to be talking about, like when is the next time those parents
are going to hear him say some of the things about Sandy Hook to constantly rehash it?
He's moved up, but when is the next time Alex is going to call out the establishment for
the next 10, 20, 30, 40 years?
So who does he piss off more, the parents or these guys?
So to me, I think this is a bigger play.
I think this is a bigger play because he has a big mouth and he goes after people
of power and he doesn't stop, and that irritates
those other people to say, you oughta also go
and take that away from him.
Rob, what is this clip you have here with Tucker and Alex?
Yes, this is Tucker just kind of explaining
why he's supporting Alex Jones,
and Alex Jones is being persecuted
because he goes up against the ruling class.
Go for it, play the clip.
I'm honored to be here. I'm here, obviously, because we're friends, but I'm really here
on principle because there's nothing you've ever said in your entire life or done in your
entire life that's scarier or more threatening to our country than what they're doing to
you right now. So the government taking a broadcaster off the air who's committed no crime,
because he dares to criticize them,
is the scariest possible thing,
and it's the clearest possible sign of tyranny.
And I am heartbroken that this isn't getting more attention.
I think it's a pivot point in our country.
And if they can do this to you,
they will do it to the rest of us.
And what's so striking though,
is that if you had spent the last 20 years attacking,
I don't know, the white working class, right?
Or the country, America, it's founding documents,
Thomas Jefferson, you know, you'd be lauded,
but you did the one thing you're not allowed to do,
which is you attack the people in charge.
And that's why they're trying to take you off the air.
And I think we should be really clear about that.
You've never done anything but attack the people in charge.
That's your crime.
By the way, if you had started a war that killed a million people or tanked the US economy
or sort of looted every American's bank account through the Federal
Reserve, you would be getting a presidential medal of freedom. But you criticized the ruling
oligarchy, and they're trying to crush you. So I hope every, you know, every person of
principle, every decent person in this country, whether they agree with what you say or not,
whether they like you personally or not? It doesn't matter. Adam, well, it's pretty clear.
These people, wherever you want to put in the category of that, have a personal vendetta
against him for right or for wrong, and they're trying to ruin his life.
They're trying to ruin his life financially.
They're trying to ruin his life emotionally.
They're trying to ruin his life socially with his Twitter followers, and they're trying
to ruin his life socially with his Twitter followers and they're trying to
ruin his life longevity speaking.
They would love to see him go away.
And I'm not talking about being silenced or being canceled or being blackballed.
There's a deep affinity for having Alex Jones Epstein himself.
We've seen the videos where he looks stressed out.
It looks not healthy.
He's filing for bankruptcy potentially.
It's not a good look for this guy.
There's a vendetta against him.
They're trying to ruin his life.
Here's the thing that I will say.
Was he wrong about the lies?
Was he wrong about the misinformation?
Was he wrong about the disinformation?
Yes, but he wasn't the shooter.
He didn't actually kill the kid.
Thank God.
Like what happened to that kid's
family? What happened to the Sandy Hook shooters family? Cause you know, I said years ago,
like a school shooters family should actually be held accountable. Plus you can't hold the
family accountable. And then they actually came out with a law in Michigan saying, yeah,
it turns out you can hold the family accountable. If you're, if you're, if your psychopath kid
actually kills a bunch of people.
But that's the only time so far.
Exactly.
Great point.
So I'd like to know what happened to that family right there.
He killed his mother.
They what?
He killed his mother.
Oh, he shot her.
Did he?
Yes, he did.
Alright, well.
I don't know what happened to the father.
I'm looking now, but he killed the mother before he went to the school.
Horrible.
But great point.
Listen, how did this kid get access to a gun?
But the point is this, Alex Young didn't kill anybody.
He lied. He told wrong stories, he was paying the price.
He was wrong and he's being vilified for that, and a lot of times, rightfully so, he's paying
the price.
But he owes a billion and they're coming after millions.
And they're going to take whatever they can get, they're going to try to ruin him, and
they're going to take whatever they can get until there is no more Alex Jones.
Did you see Shane Gill was with Joe Rogan Rob if you can for fast forward to like 19 seconds
They're talking about the the Iraq war and the accountability. Do you mind PBD? Yeah, go ahead Robbie
They never showed the evidence of weapons of mass destruction
that
They should have they should have had something that would let them go to war
But they had any real evidence hey remember when Alex Jones got
sued for a billion dollars more and then
It's more than the people that killed a million people in Iraq didn't face any
repercussions a million people
What time huh?
Sounds like, sounds like genocide. But no, but yeah, Adam, that goes great to your point.
I said, what the heck?
That gets great to your point.
Alex Jones, yes, he was wrong.
Conspiracy, that one, he got wrong.
A lot of them he gets right.
But if you want to talk about, and you nailed it, he just said something wrong.
Yeah, he hurt the people and he should pay.
But what about the Bush juniors and the Rumsfeld who's dead and and who's the vice president dick Cheney?
Zero accountability for going hey war whoops. There's no terrorists over there. So it's like what are we really talking about?
Let's go. Let's go to the next door. Let's do it. Go next door
So there's an exchange going on between Bill Ackman and Mark Cuban. Okay, well Rob if you can go to the Bill Ackman and Mark Cuban. Okay, well Rob, if you can go to the Bill Ackman one, I'll read that and then no, no,
no, go back, go back Rob, go back, go to the bottom words, Bill, there you go.
Okay, so you know, Bill Ackman is saying things about the president.
I've been criticized by some for sharing these President of the United States Biden videos,
which appear almost every day.
I read numerous articles which somehow suggest that the camera angle, the direction of the clip, right-wing manipulation, some people are old at 81,
others are sharp, vigorous, and impressive. Compare Warren Buffett at 93 and Biden at 81.
Biden is an old 81 who can't find his way off stage or stay present or focused at G7 conferences,
that who should be the leader of the free world for the next five years. A president should not
have to be let off stage by hand or with an arm wrapped around him. That is not the image of strength and
leadership we need as a country. Look at what is going on in the world. The perception of
weak leadership in the United States has led to global chaos. The reality of weak leadership
is a long-term serious continuous threat to our society. The Democratic Party is destroying
itself by advancing Biden for a second term. This is the emperor's new clothes in real life, but it is not a children's book or a
joke.
The world is at great risk and a Biden second term is a grave threat to global security
and prosperity.
Okay.
So now he's retweeting a Piers Morgan clip of the event and Piers Morgan said, so embarrassing
that the Democrats can't let this go on shortly.
So then, go back Rob one clip to see how Mark Cuban responds to Bill Ackman.
I keep in mind Bill Ackman is worth $10 billion.
So he's just as successful as Cuban is.
Cuban is obviously more famous.
So let's go through it.
Mark Cuban, you guys, Rob, can you move that please?
You guys both, Piers Morgan and Bill Ackman, are so consumed with pandering to your Twitter
followers, you have lost all credibility.
Objectivity.
Objectivity. I'll let you both in on a secret. Both candidates are old, very old. They are
both going to have senior moments, misremember, forget things, and have physical frailties.
Go a little lower, Rob, if you could,
I'll tell you a not so secret.
Secret.
One is great at soundbites, but also thinks in soundbites.
The other is awful at soundbites,
but thinks in complete sentences.
Meaning that's Biden.
Voters will decide which we prefer.
You're right, they will.
Here's my response, if you can go back one.
I said, Mark, it's quite simple.
Your candidate sucks and it's not marketable.
You have two problems.
Why is the new maps owner, Miriam Adelson, being targeted by the NBA for reportedly giving
$100 million to Trump since conviction?
Two, how will you use your influence to replace Biden before DNC?
Now, can you type in Miriam Adelson, Dallas Mavs and put Trump?
Miriam Adelson is a very, very wealthy woman who is respected tremendously.
Zoom in a little bit.
She is noted a Republican donor who in 2020 gave a hundred seventy-two million dollars
to GOP initiatives according to Taurus Podcast, has given a Republican donor who in 2020 gave $172 million to GOP initiatives,
according to Taurus podcast, has given $100 million to Trump's campaign since conviction.
This reportedly caused NBA commissioner Adam Silver to place restrictions on her ownership
of the team. What? Can you go to the article, please? And her husband was the late Sheldon
Adison, the casino magnet out there, and that's how
she has all this money.
Yes, can you zoom in a little bit?
Yeah, zoom in a little bit, Rob, if you could.
Close that.
There you go.
Go a little lower, Rob.
Okay.
So, Alison, no, the Republican, okay, go a little lower, go a little lower, go a little
lower.
Okay.
Her political reputation was apparently so radioactive that the NBA commissioner, Adam
Silver, will not allow her to be the governor of the team.
So Merriam's son-in-law, Patrick Dumont, an executive at her casino company, was appointed
governor of the Mavericks instead.
And the reason why the ostensibly left-leaning NBA insisted on this is obvious once you step
just a foot outside of sports because nobody donated more to Trump in 2020 than Miriam
Adelson.
So it's interesting that the new MAF's owner is her, supporting Trump, NBA, not happy. could this be what are the likely of that Adam Silver
called Cuban?
I don't know.
What is the likely of Adam Silver saying, hey, this is going on?
I don't know.
What is the likely that Cuban called Adam Silver?
I don't know.
I actually don't think Cuban called Adam Silver because Cuban is doing some real estate business
with them, is what they're doing.
But who do you think Adam Silver prefers Cuban's doing some real estate business with them is what they're doing. But who
do you think Adam Silver prefers as an owner? You think Mark Cuban or Adelson? Which do you think?
Cuban. Of course it's Mark Cuban because Mark Cuban is on the same page politically as you know
she is, as he is. The NBA. Very similar. And in the NBA if you are a conservative Republican team owner you better keep it to yourself and not anybody else you cannot do that in the NBA
Maybe you can get away with it a little bit in the NFL you can get away with a little bit more in the MLB
You can get away with it. Maybe in a couple other sports UFC
He does not give a shit Dana White could give a shit on how different he
is as a commissioner than Adam Silver. Adam Silver is worried because she's giving money
to Trump. So what's the point here? Tom, you see a story like this with Ackman and Cuban
going back and forth with Mark Cuban's arguments being made about where they're at, and you see what the new ownership is, how does he manage a relationship like that where the
new owners are so right?
He knew that before he sold the company to them.
It's not like he didn't know about that.
How do you think this relationship moves forward with the two of them?
How does Mark manage it or Adam manage it?
All three.
Put Mark, Adam, and Miriam. Okay, for
Miriam there's nothing to manage. You know, she is who she is and she's very clear
about it and her somewhat less volatile son-in-law has been the ceremonial
governor of the team, which is like chairman of the board, right? You have some
power but you can't just sweeping things. How does Mark manage it? Mark wanted to
sell part of the
team and make some bank to go do some of the other things. And there were very few people
out there that had enough coin to do it. But remember this, the NBA approved the deal.
The NBA knew who she was. Her husband was Sheldon, knew what was going on. And I believe
there's a lot of truth behind that the NBA was moving gambling forward because remember all the leagues hated
gambling till they can make big money on it now it's okay and now we can put
DraftKings on the scoreboards and on the on the all the media posters around the
stadium so Mark knew who she was and wanted to get money the NBA knew who she was and wanted to get money. The NBA knew who she was and they approved her as a purchaser.
So Adam and Mark have got no room to say, oh my gosh, look at this.
No, no, no, no, no, you knew it.
The kind of scrutiny they go through to do it.
So how does Mark Cuban manage it?
The way he is, he comes out with a mamby-pamby text response to Bill Ackman and comes out
with that like that, shows some support for Biden like that, and then goes on. But this
is really, really disingenuous story because the amount of scrutiny that goes on in sports
ownership, something you know something about Pat, is pretty freaking significant. They
knew exactly who she was.
How long ago was this, Pat? When did this, when did the?
Less than a year.
Oh yeah, less than a year.
Oh so what did he...
Because he bragged that he paid income taxes in April, a big giant check.
So it happened this year, 2024.
This year, got you. So this is, so do you think Adam Silver, who's Jewish, you think
his attitude on presidency has changed since that year because of all the anti-Semitic,
left pushing garbage
college campuses and everything that's happening right now, Adam, do you think it would change? Because Adam Silver is Jewish. I mean, I would think why would you support
administration that is pro, you know, pro Hamas, pro, you know, squad, pro all this? I mean, I
would think that that guy would change his attitude. What don't you think? Like why would you be,
why would you be going pro-Biden?
Adam Silver is pro-NBA. Yeah, no, I know. I feel you.
But I mean, he's trying to focus on the NBA. That's his, that's what his...
But you don't see what I'm saying though, right? Why are you supporting an administration
that gives two shits about you, your people, your what? Is it just a woke DEI agenda with the NBA?
I'm thinking he would change his-
Well, if you want to label the NBA anything, I would say that they're social justice warriors.
Big time.
We saw what happened in the bubble.
But just to kind of hone in on this, I think Bill Ackman, whether it's Jamie Dimon, whether
it's Bill Ackman, whether it's Elon Musk, whether it's even Joe Rogan, there's a lot
of people that have changed their tune on who they're willing to vote for these days.
None of these guys considered Trump in 2016 or even 2020.
A lot of them are like, yeah, I don't, I don't, this Biden situation.
Yeah, I don't.
All right, Trump.
But, you know, again, back to the point that this is the dreaded double haters
election, both candidates have historically high unfavorability ratings.
And Bill Ackman's absolutely right about Joe Biden is the emperor that has no
clothes on. Both candidates are deeply flawed.
Forget about my opinion. Just look at the numbers.
I mean, Trump's the only candidate in American history that never had a 50%
approval rating. Never.
Joe Biden started at like 60 and it plummeted within the first
six months. So this guy just completely fell apart, literally and figuratively. But in
this election, we have the lesser of two evils. Age is a problem for Biden, not so much for
Trump, despite some things he says. Nobody's worried about his age. You know, people are worried about Trump's character, and they're worried about Biden's
competence.
So we're going to see what happens here.
You know, speaking of the character, how many people in Biden administration the first time,
in Trump's administration the first time, are endorsing them this time?
Not many.
That's a problem.
How many people in the Republican
Party, what they say behind closed doors versus what they say in front of the cameras, singing
a different tune. Behind closed doors, you hear all the stories. Oh my God, I can't believe
this. In front of the camera, they're never going to go against MAGA. By the way, Biden,
behind closed doors, they're all saying, dude, this guy is falling apart. And then they're
lying on camera being like, he's the strongest, most fervent
president I've ever seen. It's like, nobody's believing this right now. So unfortunately,
we're at a time of our country where the fear of the other guy outweighs the fear of your
own candidate. So we're going to have a close election and these conversations are going
to come.
What was it called on the double? What did you call it? The double?
Double hater.
But the double hater.
The double hater, but the only difference is one of them is actual, like Biden, people
just hate him because they see what he's doing.
The other one was manufactured and fabricated.
People were taught and trained to hate Trump, period, from the beginning.
Racist, Hitler, all that bullshit.
Now the truth is coming to light.
So one was propped up and we're actually seeing what Joe Biden does.
I don't disagree with you there.
Let me wrap this up. We got two minutes before we wrap up. I'll finish up with his second
tweet here, Mark Cuban. Can you pull up Pierce Morgan's reaction? He's reacting to Pierce
Morgan. I think Bill and I are more consumed with reality than you seem to be, Mr. Cuban.
And then go all the way up. LOL, you are 59, I'm 65,
guess what? Both of our hearing is going to decline. There are going to be things we don't
hear well, don't see well, words that don't come as easily, things that hurt when we move
and slow us down, things we forgot and have to make a note of. Now imagine being 78 and
81, but as being stated by many, physical and sensory
limitations don't reflect intellectual capacity. He's still going for it, doubling down. What
matters to me is the ability to understand and deal with concepts and strategy and bring
together leaders globally. By the way, this is not a good look for him to make this argument
that Biden's doing this. You think, Mark, sincerely, you're a smart guy. Do you think
he's bringing leaders
together? Did he bring Putin and Zelensky together? Did he do anything to bring Israel
and maybe the leaders of power? Did he do any? What is he, who was he brought together? I'm
actually really curious.
He was just at the G7.
That's what he's talking about.
What has he unified to have leadership skills, even if you do them while in a rocking chair?
What are your thoughts on the many people who have worked in the former administration
close to the president who have spoken publicly on the record about his intellectual, ethical,
and leadership challenges versus the fact that no one has done so with the current president?
Adam, you?
I just want to ask you a question because you're the only one here who's actually spent
time with Cuban and you've interviewed him what, once, twice?
One time, yeah.
Okay.
It's clear.
I mean, he is on the Biden train.
He's riding with Biden and he's anti-Trump.
Why?
Why take this stance?
You're an NBA owner.
Not many NBA owners are going out there being public.
You're in Texas.
Texas ain't exactly a woke area.
Go back to what he can. Well, you have to see this, what he says. A guy says something
to him. Go to his account. Rob, if you can. You were just on him right now.
Maybe he's angry about losing the finals.
So if you go to...
This is days ago.
No, this is days ago. If you go to his account, right there. So go down a little bit. You
just had it, but it's fine. The guy asked him a question, Mark Cuban, a billionaire Republican, lays
out the facts to whether the choice in November is Biden or Trump. He's voting Biden and he
hasn't even considered many, first of all he's not a Republican. At least his actions
don't say so. The many compassionate social issues, I don't care about including protecting
our mother earth. Look at the fact, I won't vote for anyone that doesn't believe climate change is real.
By the way click on the tweet from him and go to the bottom of the comment section go
a little lower 8.6 million views.
You have a 19 million dollar oceanfront home in California in Laguna Beach.
What's the risk?
Okay and it's not oceanfront but it's a great ocean view.
Now tell me about the property insurance along coastlines.
How is the insurance in Florida?
How happy are homeowners about their insurance property?
Why do you think it's gotten so expensive?
Show more a little bit.
Why do you think it's gotten so more?
And then he puts the Reuters article.
That is accurate.
Go lower.
Don't change the subject.
Ocean view is close to the ocean, and if sea levels were rising, you wouldn't live there
like Obama's and Pelosi's and the rest of your gaslighting idiots. You own two
private jets, plenty of fuel sucking cars. I doubt you're vegan.
So you see how this is kind of like Sarah Rose. I don't know who she is, but good argument
that you're making. But the point is, he's telling you where he's at position-wise. He
is very good at massaging. The one thing I like when he's given his arguments, you know
And many times he'll he'll put it together with I've read this I've read that and he's you wouldn't become a billionaire
If you're not somebody that you know, not idiot. No, there's no way there's no way he is
Matter-of-fact, I would even say he may be campaigning. Okay, I would even say he may be campaigning. I would even say he
may be campaigning. Why did you just sell all your team? Why did you just sell that?
Well, because he's going to have to overcome one of the objections that he has to kind
of get away from to prepare himself for 2020 because for nearly 21 years, according to
the Guardian, he built the widest team in the NBA, 75%. He ran the widest team in the NBA.
So maybe it's kind of like a couple other changes
before 2027, 2028, because I'm telling you, 2028,
if you think 2024 is exciting,
wait till you see who's running in 2028.
Do not be surprised if you see him, if you see Jamie.
I'm about to step down, why four?
Chase.
Yeah, if you see the rock, if you see the 2028 field, I'm about to step down. Why four? Chase. Jamie Dynan even.
Yeah.
That'd be crazy.
If you see the rock, if you see the 2028 field could be so star studded.
All of these people that want to put that last check mark on their resume.
He's not a trifecta yet like Trump.
Mark Cuban's not.
Trump is a trifecta.
He won on TV, he won on business, and he won in politics.
Cuban, won on TV, Shark Tank, got to give it to him, great show.
He's won in media, right?
He's won in business, billionaire.
He's got one last thing to say.
He'll never be a trifecta if he doesn't get the last one.
So now, we'll see.
All I'm saying is 2028, 2027 will be a true NBA draft,
except it's gonna be a what?
Presidential draft.
Can't wait.
Dank, have a great one.
We will see, by the way, we will see,
Rob, are we doing something?
Oh, tomorrow, let me tell you guys who I spoke to yesterday
for two hours.
Billy Carson, I don't know if you know who Billy Carson is.
How was it?
It was, Rob, what would you say?
It was wild.
It was wild.
So apparently Jesus is an alien, according to him.
Jesus is an alien.
Illegal alien.
He came through from Nazareth to Gaza.
We talked about Trump's father's brother, John, who the FBI approached to look at Nikola Tesla's papers to see if there was
any information that if it would have leaked to the population.
Anyways, you're going to enjoy watching this tomorrow, and we're doing a podcast again
when Rob?
Thursday?
Thursday morning.
All right, take care everybody.
God bless.
Bye bye, bye bye.