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1614: Blinking Red Lights

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	Hey Jesse.
	Hey there.
	Hey Jesse.
	Hey there.
	Adam Curry.
	John C. Devorah.
	It's Thursday, December 7th, 2023.
	This is your award-winning Gitmo Nation Media Assassination Episode 1614.
	This is no agenda.
	Hook'em, horns!
	We're broadcasting live from the heart of the Texas Hill Country here in FEMA Region No. 6.
	In the morning, everybody, I'm Adam Curry.
	And from northern Silicon Valley, where we're witnessing the worst pandering in the history of media since Gutenberg, Taylor Swift, Person of the Year.
	I'm John C. D'Avraq.
	It's Craig Vaughn and Buzzkill.
	In the morning.
	Oh, and I thought I'd have you with my sports ball reference, but no.
	No, you go straight for the Taylor Swift!
	This is not pandering.
	This is calculated.
	This is Taylor Swift is an op.
	Uh, pandering.
	Op.
	Op, op, op.
	Oh, oh.
	Where's the op part of it?
	Oh, listen.
	Another story just breaking within the last hour.
	Time Magazine's 2023 Person of the Year has been announced.
	It is Taylor Swift.
	Yeah!
	Yeah!
	Woo!
	Finally!
	I haven't been on an interview with it yet.
	This makes her the first woman to appear twice on a Person of the Year cover since this franchise began in 1927.
	She was also chosen in 2017.
	The designation began nearly a century ago to honor an individual, group, or concept that had the most influence on the world in the previous 12 months for good or ill.
	She's also the first person to be selected because of her achievement in the arts and is only the fourth person who was born within the last 50 years to be named first woman to be recognized more than once.
	Breaking news!
	She joins a small group of repeat designees, including several U.S.
	presidents and world leaders.
	Yeah, you don't realize this.
	She isn't up.
	You just wait.
	What's the op?
	Oh, wait until she activates the Swifties against Trump.
	Just wait.
	But she already did that.
	Oh, no, no.
	She hasn't done anything yet.
	She has not unleashed the full power that is Tay-Tay.
	You wait.
	Well, the way I see it, they saw what she did for the NFL and they said, well, let's do it.
	But wait a minute, Bill.
	We can't give her, we already gave it to her in 2017.
	We haven't even given it to Golda Meir twice.
	We didn't give it to Roosevelt, the old lady.
	Even Hillary didn't get it.
	Nobody got it twice.
	Why are we giving it to her?
	She's a singer.
	She's an op!
	Nah, we're gonna give it to her because we'll get more readers to our fine magazine.
	Yes, well, Forbes could have taken a page out of that playbook.
	They named the most powerful woman... Did you see?
	No.
	Queen Ursula.
	Most powerful woman in the world award.
	She's on the decline.
	She's the most powerful woman in the world.
	Actually, it's literally the world's most powerful woman.
	Second year in a row.
	I didn't even know that.
	She beat off competition from Fifi Ligar.
	She probably did beat off a few guys.
	Oh, John.
	What?
	Oh my goodness.
	Happy Hanukkah, everybody.
	And, uh, this is also Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
	Flags at half-staff.
	I don't know if people remember it anymore.
	Nobody remembers.
	No.
	It's a day to remember, though, but nobody remembers.
	It is.
	It is.
	If you're ever in Fredericksburg, Texas, go see our beautiful museum, the, uh, Pacific War Museum, which, uh, will help you.
	There was a lot going on that we don't know, that we have long forgotten.
	We were buddies with the Chinese back in the day.
	Who knew?
	Oh yeah, the Flying Tigers.
	Yeah, we were friends with the Chinese and we were beating off the Japs!
	As it were.
	And we're right back to Queen Ursula.
	There you go.
	So, uh... I went to Indy.
	Went to the big meetup.
	Oh yes, yes, you might as well give us a quick report.
	Well, someone gave me RSV or something.
	Thanks.
	Oh, you got sick?
	Oh my god.
	I've been coughing all night.
	Yeah, it's really infected.
	I'm telling you, it's RSV.
	It could be RSV.
	Why would it be anything else?
	It can't be.
	That's all that it is.
	It could be tuberculosis.
	No.
	RSV.
	That's all it can be.
	Anyway.
	They're spraying it around, I'm sure of it.
	We had about 130 people.
	130 people.
	It was fantastic.
	What a great event.
	Oh, that's nice.
	We flew out from Austin.
	Everything was... You drove the whole way, according to Tina.
	Well, driving to Austin is already an hour and 45, so it's quite a ways.
	Now, you haven't flown in a while.
	I hadn't flown in a bit, or at least not since the new TSA machines.
	Now they've got new machines now.
	Yes, yes.
	Are they x-ray?
	Well, that's not for you.
	It's for your bag.
	So no longer do you have to take your laptop out of your bag.
	Your electronics.
	Isn't that big, giant bullet-looking thing?
	Yes, the anal logic.
	They had a prototype of one of those in Oakland.
	Yeah, well now they're everywhere.
	Good looking machine.
	Yeah, they got the blue and the red halo lights on it.
	For all I know, it's just a tube with nothing in it.
	I mean, it looks sexy.
	Nothing going on at all.
	There's actually a small midget in there opening your bags.
	But the name of it is just, it's laugh-inducing.
	Analogic.
	I mean, come on guys.
	I mean, I'm sure it's analogic, but you can't, I mean, as a 15 year old that I am, you can't not look at it and go, haha, analogic, haha.
	Anyway, it does, does speed up the process.
	They don't look at your boarding pass anymore.
	I think we've kind of been through this.
	You just show your driver's license.
	Oh, you're good to go.
	Come on through.
	They got everything already.
	They know, they know what you're doing.
	They know where you're going.
	Um, so this is organized.
	So we flew in and were picked up by Dame Christina Pearl and her husband Charles.
	They drove us straight to the venue from the airport.
	It was perfect.
	We got in 130 people.
	Mark and Maria, who organized this, they are, this is, John, you have no idea how well organized this is.
	This whole place was ours.
	They had a stage.
	A stage?
	They had a stage.
	The stage was dressed.
	You know, they had Christmas poinsettias everywhere.
	They have a band?
	If we wanted it, there could have been a band.
	Great sound system.
	Had a mic.
	You know, they do a raffle.
	So the way they do it is everybody pitches into the pot.
	And I think we have a couple of... So this is that Indiana operation that's been going on for a while.
	Yeah.
	Well, one of our other Indiana producers couldn't get anyone to come to his thing.
	Yes, but that's probably because everybody was in Indianapolis.
	They're all sucked into this thing.
	This is THE place.
	So they do this raffle.
	And, you know, so everybody pitches in whatever they want.
	And I think there's three switcheroos maybe for executive producers today.
	So the money that's put into the raffle pot goes to a donation and people get an executive producer on the show.
	But you also get a prize.
	And they had like a No Agenda license plate.
	The first thing to go?
	Too many eggs book.
	Yeah, the TooManyEights.com book.
	Autographed.
	Autographed by Mimi.
	There was an autographed version there?
	Yes!
	Yes!
	I mean, this thing is tight, man.
	It's organized.
	There were people who drove in from Ohio and from Michigan.
	That's not super far, you know, an hour and a half or so, but it still was nice to have them there.
	There's a Rolls-Royce aircraft engine plant very nearby.
	I met at least two engineers.
	I thought that Rolls-Royce was an English company.
	No, they purchased this.
	They purchased some aircraft engine.
	Manufacturer and it's in Indianapolis.
	Indianapolis is very famous as Indy Center, which is, you know, a big ATC.
	Did you go up on that tall thing in the middle of town?
	You mean the tower?
	Yeah.
	No, but we had several air traffic controllers, at least three.
	And I want to hear the stories.
	Well, I was given some interesting documentation of UFOs, which I'm still parsing through, because these are reported to the air traffic controllers at Indianapolis.
	So there's some videos that I'm checking out.
	These guys are crazy.
	But also, I got a full rundown about this so-called shortage of the air traffic controllers.
	It's bull.
	I mean, yeah, of course, there's a shortage, but it's mainly the union that wants to keep the shortage because everyone's getting overtime and making bank.
	Ah, so that's the way to go.
	Yeah.
	Now, of course, everyone is getting divorced because they're working so much they can barely keep their families together.
	But look at all this money!
	Exactly.
	Let me see, what else did I have on my list?
	We had the Seminary Crew was there.
	A lot of kids.
	A lot of kids.
	Very diverse crowd.
	In age and background and it was just, it was quite phenomenal.
	Ryan Diazio gave us two silver COVID shield coins.
	An ounce of silver each, so I'll be sending yours off to you.
	Let me see, was there anything else that I had?
	A lot of people, amazing how many people said, you know, you guys changed my life or you guys saved my life.
	Which, which is weird, you know, it's like, well, you know, why?
	Well, during COVID... We didn't do much but talk.
	Yeah, well, I guess our talking during COVID gave people at least the courage to know that they weren't the only crazy ones.
	I think that's it.
	We didn't save anybody's life.
	We informed them that there is a subset of people out there that have common sense.
	Yes.
	And they're probably part of it.
	And they're part of it.
	And the final thing I would say, if you're ever going to Indianapolis, do as we did.
	I like staying at airport hotels.
	I'm a big fan of that.
	Now, we stayed at the Embassy Suites.
	This place is dynamite.
	Yeah.
	It's brand new.
	If you would put this place in... Was it an airport Embassy Suites?
	Yeah, airport Embassy Suites.
	Yeah, with a shuttle.
	With a shuttle to the airport.
	If you had put this in downtown Indy, you probably would have paid $700 a night, and we wound up paying under $200.
	It was just beautiful.
	Free, made-to-order breakfast the next morning.
	It makes no sense to stay in a hotel anywhere else but at the airport.
	It's just the way to go.
	And then, yeah, you roll out of bed, and it's like, I don't have to worry about, can I get a cab, or an Uber, or traffic, or any of this.
	No, it's gonna be great.
	So, anyway, thank you again, Mark and Maria, for taking good care of us.
	It was a lot of fun.
	It was good to do one of those meetups again.
	And thanks for the RSV.
	Appreciate it.
	It's great.
	But you do sound a little congested.
	Oh, I was coughing all night.
	I won't complain.
	I won't complain because that's the least of our worries because we've got red blinking lights!
	Today the FBI director was asked point-blank if the terror threat in the U.S.
	is as bad as it was before 9-11.
	His answer, deeply disturbing.
	All the lights were blinking red before 9-11, apparently.
	Obviously, all of us missed it.
	Would you say that there's multiple blinking red lights out there?
	Multiple!
	I see blinking lights everywhere I turn.
	Oh no!
	Since the Israel-Hamas war started... Jeez!
	Get your eyes checked!
	Ray says the terror threat is at a whole nother level.
	Yes!
	Stunning!
	number of terror groups including isis and al-qaeda using social media to call for attacks including right here in the u.s the doj also seeing a spike in threats against the muslim community yes and a stunning increase in threats aimed at jewish americans since october 7th i've never seen a time where all the threats or so many of the threats are all elevated all at exactly the same time the Oh, there must be a reason for this!
	What could the reason be?
	Ray is calling on Congress to renew a law that allows the FBI to conduct surveillance on suspected terrorists overseas.
	That law is set to expire at the end of the year.
	Ray says, given the threats, now is not the time to let that happen.
	You shouldn't even be thinking about it!
	Now is not the time!
	It's the worst!
	More red blinking lights than ever!
	And I loved how ABC New York discussed this topic.
	And now this sobering warning from the FBI director who says this agency is the morning show.
	The morning show on ABC is working around the clock to prevent potential domestic attacks by Hamas or its sympathizers.
	Joined now by ABC investigative reporter Aaron Koturski.
	Aaron, thanks for being here.
	All of this came out during the Senate hearing yesterday.
	Director Wray really highlighting the concern to lawmakers.
	Let's play a portion of that and then we'll get to our conversation.
	So what I would say that is unique about the environment that we're in right now in my career is that while there may have been times over the years where individual threats could have been higher here or there than where they might be right now, I've never seen a time where all the threats, or so many of the threats, are all elevated at exactly the same time.
	That's what makes this environment that we're in now so fraught.
	They need to bring back the color codes, man.
	We need to show it on the screen.
	It's not enough.
	It's too bushy.
	It's a Republican thing.
	By funding our men and women who are working shoulder-to-shoulder with state and local law enforcement and other partners every day makes it even more important, not less.
	Blinking red lights analogy about 9-11.
	All the lights were blinking red before 9-11 apparently.
	Obviously all of us missed it.
	Would you say that there's multiple blinking red lights out there?
	I see blinking lights everywhere I turn.
	So, certainly, chilling comments, especially here in New York, Aaron, and some of the threats that he talked about.
	The elevated chatter online from Al-Qaeda and ISIS.
	What did you learn from this?
	Well, it is chilling because it's coming at a time when the Israel-Hamas war has elevated the threat level for Muslim Americans.
	There's been a skyrocketing number of anti-Semitic threats against the Jewish community, and that's been a consistent theme since October 7th.
	Now listen to the news models jump in and make sure that you understand that it would be crazy not to reinstate the ability for the FBI to spy on everybody.
	That would just be nuts!
	And his comments came as they're looking whether or not to authorize this Section 702 of the FISA, right?
	The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
	This has been highly debated before.
	What does that mean and what do we expect to happen?
	One of the reasons why the FBI Director is so concerned about the threat level is because this is about to expire.
	It's a tool that the FBI can use effectively to spy on foreign terror groups.
	There's always been a concern of overreach, and it isn't necessarily a popular measure when it comes to debate on Capitol Hill, but the FBI Director is imploring Congress to reauthorize foreign surveillance.
	Some of the chatter that they noticed that are potentially preempt a plot that would go unnoticed.
	But Aaron, there is a flip side to this, right?
	And some people would say this is politically motivated.
	It seems like both sides of the aisle feel that this could infringe on Fourth Amendment rights, right?
	There's always a concern of FBI overreach here that the tool is being used in ways that maybe it shouldn't be used to spy on Americans or to do other surreptitious things.
	And there's a real suspicion these days, especially in Republican politics, about a deep state.
	And that complicates the job of the FBI and law enforcement.
	Director Wray would say that the FBI follows the law.
	Uh-huh.
	And is looking to reauthorize a program that it has used successfully in the past.
	But they're also just saying, okay, but just get a warrant first.
	They would like a warrant first, and they have to get a judge to sign off.
	This isn't like they can just go willy-nilly tapping everybody's phone.
	They did it before.
	That's exactly what they do.
	Willy-nilly.
	They don't care whether they have 702 reauthorized or not.
	Come on, give me a break.
	Yeah, I agree with that.
	They just do it anyway.
	You want to hear the pixie girl, the spook?
	Her report on CBS, Catherine Herridge.
	What does she have to say?
	Good evening, Nora.
	The intelligence chatter is almost always elevated during the holidays.
	This year government analysts expect heightened rhetoric.
	Heightened rhetoric?
	Yes, we're hearing it right now.
	The heightened rhetoric.
	We're listening to it as we speak.
	This year government analysts expect heightened rhetoric with terrorist groups and their media outlets lashing onto the conflict.
	Oh yeah.
	With the Israeli military bearing down on southern Gaza and Hanukkah only days away, the new intelligence report reviewed by CBS News warns of increased threats from foreign terrorist groups and mirrors FBI Director Christopher Wray's testimony today on Capitol Hill.
	Blinking red lights analogy about 9-11.
	All the lights were blinking red.
	Everyone had to have it.
	You know, this is the heightened rhetoric.
	Would you say that there's multiple blinking red lights out there?
	And how weak is this blinking red light nonsense?
	I see blinking lights everywhere I turn.
	In stark language, the intelligence report predicts ISIS and Al-Qaeda will likely use the Middle East conflict to increase calls for violence in the U.S.
	Hold on, stop it for one second.
	We have to note that they keep mentioning ISIS and Al-Qaeda.
	Yeah.
	Two operations supposedly have been shut down or shuttered, at least in the Middle East.
	Yeah.
	We have the Houthis now and Iran.
	That's supposed to be who's doing all the damage, not ISIS.
	Well, it's ISIS.
	Where's ISIS?
	There's no ISIS.
	They're just doing this to get 702 reauthorized.
	They're full of crap.
	They're full of it.
	We're full of it.
	The blinking lights are his own feds, like, can we go now, boss?
	Can we do something, boss?
	Can we- we got a nut job, boss.
	Can we get- can we get him to do something, boss?
	It'll be cool, but this next week, boss, let's do it.
	ISIS and Al Qaeda will likely use the Middle East conflict to- I like the way you got carried away with that bit.
	Thank you.
	You could have ended it very early, but no, no, no, you kept going and going.
	That was good.
	I couldn't help myself.
	Calls for violence in the U.S.
	What?
	RSV.
	Compared to prior years.
	As new details emerge about an alleged plot to attack Las Vegas.
	We had an alleged plot.
	We charged the suspect with multiple felonies to include terroristic threats.
	Oh, boss, we got him.
	We got a cool kid here, boss.
	We got a kid to do this for, boss.
	We're getting some flags.
	We charged the suspect with multiple felonies to include terroristic threats.
	Authorities arrested a 16-year-old suspect who allegedly wrote on social media about launching a lone wolf attack in support of ISIS.
	A homemade flag and other articles allegedly recovered along with bomb parts.
	On Capitol Hill, a stark warning from the FBI chief.
	I've never seen a time where all the threats were flagged from 16 year olds.
	Or so many of the threats are all elevated.
	Elevated!
	All at exactly the same time.
	Same time!
	Same time!
	With the spike in threats since the war began, the intelligence report warns civilian casualties in Gaza, whether real, perceived, or falsified, or the increased presence of U.S.
	military forces in direct support of Israel, will likely be exploited by terrorist groups.
	Terrorist groups!
	Ray said there's nothing to indicate Hamas has the intent or capability to conduct operations inside the U.S., but the Bureau has not discounted the possibility, Nora.
	Oh yeah.
	I'm worried about these lone wolves.
	Correct.
	Lone wolves!
	Yeah, a 60-year-old kid with a Twitter and a flag.
	Lone wolves!
	Yes.
	So they had a shooting in Vegas.
	Yeah, they did.
	At UNLV by a guy who was a professor.
	I know.
	He probably has gone nuts with these kids that he has to teach.
	And then we had the other one.
	First of all, there was the guy in Virginia who blew himself up in his house, and he was like a left-wing nutball who hated Trump.
	So we had to get that off the front page.
	We did that pretty easily.
	Did you see that couch go flying?
	No, but I saw the explosion.
	It was unbelievable.
	If you freeze frame the explosion, I think he had explosives in the basement or something.
	Something went off.
	And he's shooting a flare gun out the window.
	The guy was off his rocker.
	And this is Arlington, Virginia.
	This is Spook Central.
	Of all places.
	So we have the Vegas thing, but that's no good because that guy was a professor.
	So then we have the Austin shootings.
	The Austin shootings?
	Yeah, that's what I said.
	That's what I said when I read the story.
	There's a shooting every day in Austin.
	There's nothing new.
	Well, this is the NBC report.
	I have it clear.
	Oh, okay.
	Kate and Clay, so we have information coming from two different police agencies that are involved.
	The Bexar County Sheriff's Department and also the Austin Police Department.
	So we have a timeline of what happened, according to police.
	This all started yesterday morning, just before 11 a.m., when they say the suspect shot an Austin Independent School District police officer.
	And then about an hour after that, police say they received 911 calls at an address in Austin.
	The officers arrived at that address and found a double homicide, a deceased male and female.
	Then about five hours after that, A cyclist in a different part of Austin reported being shot and injured.
	Now two hours after that, officers received or the police department received a call from a different address to which officers responded.
	Now that was a burglary in place being reported.
	Now the first officer that responded at that second address said he found the suspect in the backyard and the suspect then opened fire against that police officer.
	The officer returned fire but the suspect was able to flee, get in a vehicle and drive off.
	At that point, officers were able to chase him down.
	He was in a car accident, and then they were able to apprehend that suspect.
	The officer that was shot was then taken to a hospital while other officers entered that home and found two other people diseased.
	So a lot of events taking place.
	Now, after this happened, the Austin Police Department contacted the Bayer Sheriff's Department, saying they had an address they wanted them to check on that was linked to the suspect.
	Deputies then went to that address.
	Now that was south of Austin in the San Antonio area.
	That's why they contacted the Bayer County Sheriff's Department and those deputies then found two more people deceased in front of that third address.
	So in total it is six people dead all connected to this suspect, Kate.
	Duh, that sounds like a gang thing.
	Yeah, it's definitely something like that.
	There's no more details that I know of.
	I've not heard about that.
	But, you know, when I first moved to Austin, you'd hear about one shooting maybe every six months.
	And by the time we left, it was every day.
	Yeah, that's your local government.
	Yeah, defund the police.
	Good job.
	Defund the police, put in some DA that's not going to do anything.
	And that's what you get.
	So, Lady G, Lindy Hop, Lindsey Graham, you know, in the news because of that Christopher Wray thing with the red blinking lights.
	But also, just before that, from the same Senate session with the FBI director, This short clip showed up, which everyone went, oh no, oh, what's he doing?
	I think there are votes for Israel apart from the package.
	Republicans overwhelmingly support Israel, so do most Democrats.
	Republicans are divided on Ukraine.
	Republicans are 100% behind strong border security.
	If you want aid to Ukraine, we need to control our southern border.
	I will not vote for any aid Until we secure our own border.
	Reform asylum, reform parole, it's possible to do.
	Democrats don't want to do it.
	All Republicans want to do it.
	I'm not helping Ukraine until we help ourselves.
	That's literally the only clip everybody had.
	Everywhere on Twitter.
	And every, like, the Hill.
	Oh no!
	What's happened?
	He's flip-flopped!
	No.
	No.
	No, he has not.
	This is a scam.
	This is a scam to get $106 billion for the military-industrial complex.
	Here's what went down.
	I have two clips of what Lindsey Graham actually said, and it's quite simple to see how this is a uniparty scam to get more money to the military-industrial complex.
	Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
	Welcome, Inspector.
	I mean, Director.
	I had to leave that in.
	He called Ray the inspector.
	So, Mr. Chairman, one thing that I will be talking about among the list of threats is a broken border.
	Mr. Chairman, since President Biden has taken office, we've had 6.6 million encounters with illegal aliens at the southern border.
	That's larger than 33 states.
	And we're on pace.
	The last seven days, we've been averaging about $9,500 a day.
	Play that out.
	We're looking at $3.4 million this year at that rate.
	That puts us at $10 million, and that doesn't count the guideways.
	So, we're negotiating how to help Ukraine.
	Count me in for helping Ukraine.
	A robust package to help our allies in Ukraine.
	Makes sense to me.
	Upping the ability of Taiwan to defend itself.
	Makes sense to me.
	Upping Israel.
	Makes all the sense in the world.
	Border security is the fourth plank of this supplemental.
	We're wildly apart.
	So, they have a negotiation, and they're going to dress this up.
	See, you heard what he wants.
	Taiwan, money, good.
	Ukraine, money, good.
	Israel, money, good.
	But we have six, ten, I don't know how many millions coming in through the border, so let's shut down a tiny portion of that.
	The negotiations by Senator Lankford and Murphy, I appreciate their efforts.
	We made great progress, I think, on asylum, but the Democratic Party seems to be unwilling to address... Now notice, we made great progress on asylum, so shh!
	Don't talk about asylum.
	That's all done.
	That's all good.
	Let's talk about what we're really going to do to show the American people we're fixing the border.
	The key problem.
	Parole.
	Parole!
	This statute is pretty clear.
	The Secretary of DHS has the ability to parole an individual, and it's supposed to be an individual, based on a case-by-case basis.
	For urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.
	Mayorkas and people at DHS have used that provision to give parole to over 240,000 people from four countries alone.
	Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
	It is not meant to be used in that fashion.
	Why are we at an impasse?
	The Biden administration refuses to follow the law as written, refuses to give up this concept of humanitarian parole because it is their way of managing the border.
	There you go.
	So what he's really talking about is 249,000 people out of 10 million.
	Don't worry.
	So he's making it look like he's big man.
	We know that Lindsey Graham is bought and paid for by the military industrial complex.
	Look at his state.
	Look at why he always wins.
	It's so obvious.
	Don't worry, we're going to fight for this parole thing.
	Yeah, we'll cut it down.
	We'll cut it down.
	I'm Lindsey Graham.
	$2.50.
	$2.50.
	$10 million out of $250,000 out of $10 million.
	And he literally said, we already got the asylum thing worked out.
	Please, nothing's going to change this way.
	Nothing.
	Except we're going to get the money for Israel and Taiwan and Ukraine.
	Sounds good.
	$106 billion.
	Another $106 billion.
	I wonder how the people in Chicago are feeling about that right now.
	They're loving it.
	Did you follow?
	I mean, I had clip after clip and then I... The Chicago thing is great.
	Yeah.
	Yeah.
	So remember, it was the same company.
	So they had the contracts.
	The mayor already had the contracts.
	It went around his city council.
	So we got a contract with the busing company.
	They will build tents.
	So they start building tents in this, you know, for 2,000 people, but that's what they said, it would probably be more, in these fenced off Chicago areas.
	And then they do a ground sample.
	Oh, there's cancer in there.
	Keep building.
	Keep building.
	Just keep building.
	It's fine.
	Don't worry about it.
	Well, that all came to a head.
	Three Chicago aldermen, frustrated with Mayor Brandon Johnson's handling of the migrant crisis, want several of his top officials gone.
	In this letter, aldermen Anthony Beal, Anthony Napolitano, and Raymond Lopez ask the mayor to demand the immediate resignation of seven senior leaders, including the deputy mayor for migrant rights and Johnson's deputy chief of staff.
	Alderman Lopez says the tipping point was Brighton Park.
	Tipping point.
	The very notion that we have a team of individuals who saw no problem using a cancerous brownfield to house 2,000 Venezuelan migrants is astonishing to me.
	It's astounding and it's really setting up not only this policy directed by the mayor for failure, but also setting up the city for failure and future litigation.
	Yesterday, Governor Pritzker pulled the plug on the Johnson administration's plan to build a winterized migrant base camp in Brighton Park after traces of toxic chemicals were discovered at the site.
	Lopez and his colleagues say they're worried two other temporary housing locations might also be contaminated.
	Is the whole area surrounded by toxic chemicals?
	Yeah, it's all... I wonder if the people... Where do these toxic chemicals come from and why are they there in the first place?
	Well, we don't know, but people... No, they don't discuss any of this.
	No, no.
	Housing locations, they're trying to, you know, they're trying to do the right thing.
	They're putting up a shantytown.
	They had the right idea, yeah, but it's... Now they're all going to go into... Well, yeah, they'll be going to police stations.
	Now they're going to go into hotels and other... The airport.
	Yeah, maybe.
	It'll be contaminated.
	How many more sites is the mayor going to use, is his team going to use, that are contaminated?
	What do we know about 115th and Halsted?
	What do we know about the CVS in Little Village?
	Nothing.
	A spokesperson for Mayor Johnson dismissed the letter, saying, This is not serious correspondence.
	Yet the individuals it attacks are doing very serious work in addressing the urgency of a humanitarian crisis that has brought nearly 25,000 new arrivals to our city.
	This week, the administration defended itself, noting that at the height of the challenge, 5,000 migrants flooded police stations and airports.
	Today, that number is roughly 600.
	As for Brighton Park, the state is supposed to foot the bill for construction work, but the contractor might have to eat the cost now that the site has been found uninhabitable.
	Meanwhile, it's 14 degrees in Chicago.
	It's so obvious to see this was coming.
	Close the border for real, people.
	Come on, stop using... Keep shipping everyone to Chicago.
	10 million.
	People are going, they're choosing to go to Chicago.
	It's not just 10 million.
	It's not just Texas busting them off.
	There's a lot of people that come in and say, where do you want to go?
	Chicago!
	Because they got people there.
	Yeah, well the more people are there, it builds a momentum and you end up with everyone wanting to go to Chicago because that's where their friends are.
	Yeah, I was talking to the shoeshine guy at the Indianapolis airport.
	You were having your shoes shined?
	My boots, yes.
	Oh, I love that.
	You're wearing your Texas boots?
	You're not wearing sneakers like every other person in the world?
	No, I wear my boots pretty much all the time.
	Well, okay.
	So what did the guy tell you?
	Well, he had come in from Liberia.
	A Liberian shoeshine guy?
	And he owned two shoeshine stands in the airport.
	His son was working the other terminal.
	He was in B, his son was in A.
	And he was telling me the same things, you know.
	He said, how did you wind up here?
	I said, well, like everybody, you know, I had someone who was from Liberia I knew who was here.
	And they said, hey man, I got a good gig for you.
	Come on over.
	It was 19 years ago, but still.
	He says, you know, that's how it works.
	Where do you got a friend?
	Where do you have some family?
	And if they got a thing going on, they'll go.
	It's all for work.
	It's all for work.
	He was, he was real happy to be here.
	He's American now, of course.
	He was very happy to be here.
	And a great shine!
	I hope so.
	15 bucks!
	Where can you get a shoe shine for 15 bucks?
	That's very inexpensive.
	I wouldn't know.
	You don't get, you wear Crocs.
	I don't wear Crocs at all things.
	No, you wear Speedos that look like Crocs.
	I don't wear Speedos.
	I don't even know they make shoes.
	What are the shoes you had that looked like Crocs?
	I never had shoes that looked like Crocs.
	What were the shoes you had that were, like, plastic?
	I've never had a plastic shoe.
	You're dreaming.
	I don't know what kind of nightmares you have at night, but that's one of them.
	Maybe it's because I was listening to DH Unplugged and you guys are always talking about it.
	He's a Crocs nut!
	It's in my subconscious now.
	Horowitz is a big Crocs fanatic.
	He talks Crocs, he invests in Crocs, he wears Crocs.
	Maybe he wears Crocs.
	He talks about Crocs all the time.
	He says he has a pair of Crocs that he's had for 30 years and they've never failed him and blah blah blah.
	Do you know the story behind Crocs?
	The success story?
	No.
	When the movie Idiocracy was being shot, so this is now what, 25 years ago?
	Maybe longer?
	Um, they were looking, the production, or the art director, the production manager, someone was looking for futuristic shoes, and the woman came to, uh, the director, whatever, your famous guy, director, and he said, I've got these phenomenal shoes, they're gonna be great, because no one will ever wear these things, they're so ugly, it'll look like it's from that crazy future.
	And that was Crocs.
	And that was their big break.
	I've never heard that story.
	Yeah!
	Yeah, that was their big break.
	Yeah, Crocs.
	Crocs for the win.
	And now Justin Bieber has Crocs.
	He has Crocs boots.
	I think he's wearing Crocodile boots.
	No, he's got Crocs.
	Crocs, Crocodile, same thing.
	Yeah, it's like Gucci Crocs.
	It's all kinds of stuff.
	It's Crocs.
	It's Crocs.
	I want to play the hearing with Stefanik grilling the presidents of the three universities.
	This was fantastic!
	And did you hear Liz McGill's Penn State Apology Tour later, 24 hours later she came out with an apology?
	No, I didn't hear that.
	I saw... I have that too.
	Well, you go.
	You go.
	So here we go.
	This is the... Set it up, set it up, set it up, set it up.
	I'm doing that as we speak.
	As you're telling me to set it up, I'm actually setting it up.
	So the House, which should be the House Un-American Activities Committee, Dvorak.substack.com, read about it.
	It should be that, but no, it was a committee on on anti-Semitism in the universities.
	And they've got the president, all females, interestingly enough, the president of Harvard, the president of MIT and the president of Penn State.
	And they go through them one by one.
	And Stefanik, who is a very interesting, kind of a fiery congresswoman from District 21 of New York, a Republican, she's going after him.
	And then she catches a kind of a An interesting little theme where they can't and they all kind of answer the same way.
	Yeah.
	They all say in context is the key words.
	But she catches the fact that none of them can say yes to a very simple question that if any one of them just said, yeah, yes, and they'd be passed over, I'd be fine.
	But now all three of them are likely to get fired, especially the Penn State woman who blew it the most.
	Let's start.
	She's just crazy!
	But you'll hear it when you go through this.
	Unfortunately, I feel, and I apologize for Stefanik's popping her P's into the mic constantly, but here we go.
	At MIT, does calling for the genocide of Jews violate MIT's code of conduct or rules regarding bullying and harassment?
	Yes or no?
	Wait, before we get to that, when it comes to the First Amendment, I would say calling for the genocide of anybody, is that permissible or is that not permissible?
	It's permissible by the government, by the Constitution, but if you're running a university, you can have your own rules and regulations regarding what speech can be, you know, about stuff like that.
	I mean, there has to be a limit at some point, you can't say, and like the right-wing talk show guys also, what if it was about the genocide of all black people?
	Would they have reacted the same?
	Or LGBTQ?
	Or LG-all-gays, yeah.
	It would have been... But no, it was about... Okay, but second question.
	If you said, I call for the killing of John C. Dvorak, is that permissible under the First Amendment?
	I think it's a threat.
	Right.
	Okay.
	But a genocide... And I think I can sue you, or you can be arrested.
	But a genocide is not the same threat.
	Genocide seems to me to be the same.
	Genocide?
	You want to kill all people of this group.
	So you should not be able to say it by the First Amendment?
	I think, see, this is where these guys got into trouble.
	Yeah, this is why I'm asking it up front.
	They kept thinking First Amendment, and so, well, you should be able to say anything you want, including, I think, there's a fire in the theater!
	No, that's the one thing you can't say!
	It's not in the Constitution that you can't!
	That's just a kind of a generally accepted rule.
	Yeah.
	There's a lot of things are just generally accepted as you can't say these things.
	And this is one of them.
	And all you have to do is say, can you do that?
	She asked the same question.
	You just say, yes, it's no good.
	Or you're even get carried away.
	So I think it's deplorable that anyone would even think such a thing, let alone say it.
	You could have done that.
	You could have said, yes, you can say it, but it's horrible and deplorable.
	That's what they said.
	You could do anything but what they did.
	What they did was, well, I don't know.
	Let's listen.
	At MIT, does calling for the genocide of Jews violate MIT's code of conduct or rules regarding bullying and harassment?
	Yes or no?
	You've targeted individuals not making public statements.
	Yes or no?
	Calling for the genocide of Jews does not constitute bullying and harassment?
	I have not heard calling for the genocide for Jews on our campus.
	But you've heard chants for Intifada?
	I've heard chants, which can be anti-Semitic depending on the context, when calling for the elimination of the Jewish people.
	So those would not be according to the MIT's code of conduct or rules?
	That would be investigated as harassment, if pervasive and severe.
	Ms.
	McGill, at Penn, does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Penn's rules or code of conduct?
	Yes or no?
	If the speech turns into conduct, it can be harassment.
	If the speech turns into conduct, why could they not just answer the question, what is going on?
	Here's what, I have a theory.
	Because they all say context, especially the Harvard woman.
	The Harvard woman was one of the worst, but this woman here just blew it every which way.
	And she has a rebuttal.
	But I think the three of them, because they're all, you know, we're the top three.
	Ivy Leagues.
	We're the cat's meow.
	So they got together.
	Oh, yeah.
	We're all answering it the same way because, you know, screw this Republican.
	Yeah.
	I'm sure they agreed on it because this idea of, well, it depends on the context, keeps cropping up.
	And this one, though, is the worst of the three in terms of her saying, well, unless they start genociding, it's no big deal.
	Unless they start actually genociding, it's okay.
	Yes.
	I am asking, specifically calling for the genocide of Jews, does that constitute bullying or harassment?
	If it is directed and severe or pervasive, it is harassment.
	So the answer is yes.
	It is a context-dependent decision, Congresswoman.
	It's a context-dependent decision.
	That's your testimony today.
	Calling for the genocide of Jews is depending upon the context.
	That is not bullying or harassment.
	This is the easiest question to answer yes, Ms.
	McGill.
	So is your testimony that you will not answer yes?
	If the speech becomes conduct, it can be harassment.
	Yes.
	Conduct meaning committing the act of genocide?
	The speech is not harassment.
	This is unacceptable, Ms.
	McGill.
	I'm going to give you one more opportunity for the world to see your answer.
	And podcasters!
	Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Penn's Code of Conduct when it comes to bullying and harassment?
	Yes or no?
	It can be harassment.
	The answer is yes.
	So clearly they're so afraid, here's what I think, they're so afraid to piss off the protesting students that they'll get lynched and lose everything.
	That's what's going on here.
	Well, I think that element does exist.
	But the thing that I know they had to get together because each of the three uses this context idea.
	It's all the same, of course.
	Over and over.
	Because they have to have a front, because all of the children at these schools are out there protesting against Genocide Joe.
	I don't know where they're coming from in terms of their reality checks, but it seems to me that if they just said yes, They could be done with it.
	And I don't think the students would care.
	I don't think the students even know this was going on, let alone go after them.
	No, of course not.
	But these students don't know anything either.
	It's the political factions that are activating them.
	It's the socialist groups that are activating them.
	They've been taught for decades about colonialism.
	This is the epitome of colonialism in their minds.
	This is what's going on.
	Before we continue, the White House interns have written a letter to the President demanding a Middle East ceasefire.
	The interns!
	Yeah, that's really bad.
	I mean, to be an intern in the White House is a big deal.
	And they wrote, we the undersigned fall 2023 White House and Executive Office of the President interns will no longer remain silent on the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people!
	We are Palestinians, Jewish, Arab, Muslim, Christian, Black, Asian, Latina, Latine, White, and Queer!
	We need the voices of the American people and call on the administration to demand a permanency's fire.
	We are not the decision makers of today, but we aspire to be the leaders of tomorrow.
	We'll never forget how the pleas of the American people have been not have been heard and thus far ignored.
	So that's bad when your own interns, the unpaid help, who are there to get a good mark, For now, this was a, you were a good intern.
	Dude, this is, this is, this, it's beautiful to watch because the whole thing is backfiring.
	Everything.
	It's hilarious.
	I think it's quite, okay, what's the third one?
	Is that the?
	So the third one, we go to the, we finally finish it off with the Harvard woman.
	And Dr. Gay, at Harvard, does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Harvard's rules of bullying and harassment, yes or no?
	It can be, depending on the context.
	What's the context?
	Targeted as an individual.
	Targeted at an individual.
	It's targeted at Jewish students, Jewish individuals.
	Do you understand your testimony is dehumanizing them?
	Do you understand that dehumanization is part of antisemitism?
	I will ask you one more time.
	Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Harvard's rules of bullying and harassment?
	Yes or no?
	Anti-Semitic rhetoric.
	And is it anti-Semitic rhetoric?
	Anti-Semitic rhetoric when it crosses into conduct.
	Conduct?
	That amounts to bullying, harassment, intimidation.
	So just for our deconstruction, when it crosses into conduct, that means that you actually start genociding Jews?
	Is that what she means by that?
	Yeah, that's what the Penn State woman said.
	And then when you start genociding Jews, then it's harassment and bullying.
	Got it.
	Got it.
	I gotta hear that again.
	So, when it crosses into conduct, i.e.
	making good on your threats, then it's bullying.
	Hey, you gotta stop genociding the Jews, bro.
	Anti-Semitic rhetoric.
	And is it anti-Semitic rhetoric?
	Anti-Semitic rhetoric, when it crosses into conduct, that amounts to bullying, harassment, intimidation, that is actionable conduct, and we do take action.
	So, the answer is yes, that calling for the genocide of Jews violates Harvard Code of Conduct, correct?
	Again, it depends on the context.
	It does not depend on the context.
	The answer is yes, and this is why you should resign.
	These are unacceptable answers across the board.
	Oh, that was almost as good as John Kerry's fart video, which everyone was posting.
	That's going around and around.
	I'm out!
	Kerry farted!
	Oh my goodness.
	So let's go, the last clip in this series is Liz McGill.
	Yes.
	And she, the other two women didn't do this.
	They sent out press releases saying, well, I think it was misunderstood.
	But Liz McGill goes on, on On the social media and apologizes like an idiot.
	It's just like, it makes no sense.
	You had your chance to say yes, but no, you do this instead.
	There was a moment during yesterday's congressional hearing on anti-Semitism.
	Is she in her office on a webcam-like thing?
	Is that what she's doing here?
	Yep.
	I was asked if a call for the genocide of Jewish people... Wait, stop.
	I think what they should do, if you're going to do this, be in your car.
	With your seatbelt on.
	Driving is even funnier.
	During yesterday's congressional hearing on anti-Semitism, when I was asked if a call for the genocide of Jewish people on our campus would violate our policies.
	In that moment, I was focused on our university's longstanding policies aligned with the U.S.
	Constitution.
	Which say that speech alone is not punishable.
	I was not focused on, but I should have been.
	The irrefutable fact that a call for genocide of Jewish people is a call for some of the most terrible violence human beings can perpetrate.
	It's evil.
	Plain and simple.
	I want to be clear.
	A call for genocide of Jewish people is threatening.
	Deeply so.
	It is intentionally meant to terrify a people who have been subjected to pogroms and hatred for centuries and were the victims of mass genocide in the Holocaust.
	In my view, it would be harassment or intimidation.
	For decades, under multiple pan presidents and consistent with most universities, She's reading, by the way.
	Yeah, she's totally reading it.
	She's reading this.
	Hill and Knowlton had to get called in for this one.
	Write something up, man, I'm in trouble.
	For decades, under multiple Penn presidents and consistent with most universities, Penn's policies have been guided by the Constitution and the law.
	In today's world, where we are seeing signs of hate proliferating across our campus and our world in a way not seen in years, these policies need to be clarified Oh, there it is.
	Penn must initiate a serious and careful look at our policies.
	Okay.
	Provost Jackson and I will immediately convene a process to do so.
	As president, I'm committed to a safe, secure, and supportive environment so all members of our community can thrive.
	We can and we will get this right.
	Thank you.
	All right.
	So here's how it went down.
	Uh, Liz, this is Rosenberg.
	I got a problem with my donation this year!
	Come on.
	It's so phony.
	All phonies.
	The whole thing.
	I love it.
	I love it.
	It's so cool to see all of this backfiring.
	Every single bit is just backfiring.
	I do have an NBC report.
	Let's see how NBC reported on the... So you had the actual clips.
	This is the report.
	On Capitol Hill, the presidents of three top schools, MIT, UPenn, and Harvard, grilled over a spike in anti-Semitism on their campuses.
	Your university is a hotbed of it.
	Hotbed!
	At the center of the hearing, tension over how to protect both student safety and free speech, while combating anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
	Disagreements about the conflict in the Middle East should never escalate to threats of violence.
	Harvard's president was asked about pro-Palestinian demonstrators calling for Intifada on her campus.
	Can you not say here that it is against the code of conduct at Harvard?
	We embrace a commitment to free expression, even of views that are objectionable, offensive, hateful.
	It's when that speech crosses into conduct that violates our policies.
	In recent weeks, a number of Jewish students have told NBC News they worry for their safety.
	Why today a Jewish student is afraid to walk to the library at night.
	Congressman, let me start by saying I'm devastated to hear that and the safety and security of our campus and our students in particular is my top concern.
	All three presidents are facing criticism for their response to hate rhetoric on campus.
	Each walked through new plans to combat anti-Semitism.
	Staff here at UPenn say they've received anti-semitic emails and hateful slogans were projected on buildings.
	Now there's additional security at religious centers and a new anti-semitism task force.
	Now notice, what word was not used in that report?
	The word genocide.
	They didn't put any of the actual hearing into that report.
	No, they carefully left it out.
	There was a big meeting about that piece.
	Oh, no, we can't have that.
	Oh, no.
	You can't?
	Okay.
	This is NBC, big supporters of Biden.
	You can't use the word genocide because people will make it because you were still trying to get rid of this genocide Joe meme.
	Yep.
	Yep.
	So it was not you.
	This is your media at work covering for the president.
	Phony.
	Phony baloney.
	It's unbelievably bad.
	So while we're on these children at schools, Let's bring in some transgenderism, some trans Maoist movement that's going on because things are starting to become clear.
	And I am so happy for Sheryl Atkinson.
	I think she has the career that Laura Logan should have.
	You know, she's doing her own thing.
	I agree with that.
	I actually agree with that.
	Cheryl has done a fabulous job.
	She went over to Sinclair.
	It's not the gig that she had by any means.
	It's not even close.
	But she still gets to put out good material.
	She puts out good material.
	I think she's making a little bit of money.
	It's like podcast level, you know, but that's okay.
	I think her husband works.
	It's all fine.
	You know, she might even be making this money.
	She was a correspondent at CBS.
	That's not the big bucks.
	She wasn't like an anchor or anybody who makes a lot of money.
	No, but she kept her integrity.
	She kept her integrity.
	She still has the same kind of look.
	You know, she's got that investigative reporter look with the hair tied back.
	All good stuff.
	Yeah, the look.
	She's got the look.
	And even though the editing is not super duper, I thought that this wasn't... When you hear it, we'll go, oh, well, of course.
	This is no surprise.
	But she had the right people.
	She had the right information.
	Went to exactly the right depth.
	And this was about the transgender lobby, and it explains exactly where everything is coming from.
	We begin with an investigation into the forces working to shape our information landscape when it comes to transgender policies.
	When an issue goes from zero to 60 practically overnight, grabbing headlines, political real estate, and funding priorities, you can bet there's an invisible hand in play.
	Today, some of the surprising interest we found behind the well-funded transgender lobby.
	Alright, so she had my attention from the get-go.
	And surprise, surprise, this is not a grassroots movement as everyone have you believe.
	It's top-down.
	People who think that this is a grassroots movement Alright!
	that is giving rise to the transgender culture in the United States, this transgender moment that people say that we're having, do not understand that this is more of a top-down dynamic that is at play, where you have really just a handful of organizations and LGBT advocacy organizations where you have really just a handful of organizations and LGBT advocacy organizations that are But because they have such sway and such money, they're influencing everything from schools to politicians to corporate America.
	All right.
	So there's three groups that this, and this guy wrote a whole, did a lot of research on this.
	What do you think is the number one money influencer as to this top-down movement?
	Well, I know one of them is Pritzker.
	That's, that comes in the number two position.
	Ooh, Soros?
	No, no, no.
	Think much bigger.
	Who controls the media?
	Disney?
	Who controls the media?
	Who controls the media?
	Pharma!
	Oh, Pharma.
	The name of the report that I wrote about this for the American Principles Project is called the Transgender Leviathan.
	I chose that name on purpose.
	Leviathan is a biblical monster that's just enormous.
	You can only ever catch glimpses of the full size of it, right?
	So, tell me what you've learned about the big forces behind the funding.
	Yeah, so...
	I think you can broadly name three, which is pharmaceutical companies, liberal billionaires, and ultimately, I think to a growing extent, the taxpayer.
	When it comes to taxpayers, Gonzalez points to studies the government funds, like one promoting breast removal or mastectomies for young girls as part of a process to transition.
	But I think that the far larger and more pernicious problem is the problem of the pharmaceutical companies are behind the stuff.
	And there's so much.
	One example is Lupron, the drug most commonly used for suppressing puberty.
	It's a first step under one model of treating children who wish to be the opposite sex.
	It's not FDA approved for use in transition therapy, right?
	It's used to castrate basically the most dangerous kinds of sex offenders who just can't help themselves and are most likely to re-offend.
	So they give them Lupron to basically chemically castrate them.
	And now we're giving it to kids to suppress the process of them going into puberty.
	With two injections reportedly costing as much as $73,000, Lupron drew $2 billion worth of business last year for drug maker AbbVie.
	The Biden administration cited a study produced by a group called the Trevor Project.
	The Trevor Project is an LGBT advocacy non-profit and basically The Biden administration said, like, this study from this non-partisan non-profit says that it's important for children to be able to have access to gender-affirming care, right?
	But when you look at the funding of the Trevor Project, what you'll see is that they actually received $50,000 from AbbVie Foundation, the company that manufactures lube products.
	Yeah, I love it.
	The Trevor Project, Elton John's in that, and that's huge.
	So we know how the pharmaceutical companies at least control what the media does or does not say.
	So that will be kept away from the news or the media at all times.
	But now that was not so surprising to me as this next part which explains so much We found an even bigger medical money interest surrounding the trans movement.
	It involves a little publicized, but sad reality, the transgender HIV epidemic.
	In seven major U.S.
	cities, more than 40% of transgenders are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
	The rate is even higher among transgender blacks.
	Most of them, 62%, are HIV positive, according to the CDC survey.
	That adds up to a lucrative market for businesses like Gilead Sciences, a pharmaceutical company that's developed 11 HIV medications now on the market, earning over 1.5 billion dollars a month.
	And Gilead happens to be the single biggest known funder of the Trans Agenda.
	More than $6 million in 2017 and 2018, Gilead says its goal is to support communities that are disproportionately impacted by diseases aligned with our therapeutic areas of focus.
	But wait, there's more!
	The number two funder of trans causes at 4.8 million over two years is Arcus Foundation.
	Arcus is a non-profit associated with billionaire John Stryker heir to the Stryker Corporation medical technology company fortune and a driver of gender identity ideology and transgenderism across the globe.
	The third $4.6 million is Tawani Foundation, associated with the billionaire Pritzker family and James, now Jennifer Pritzker, of the Hyatt Hotels fortune.
	Tawani has large medical investments and funds causes that normalize transgenderism and a broad spectrum of identities.
	And number four among top donors to trans interests is Gill Foundation at 3.1 million dollars, associated with American software magnate and gay activist Tim Gill.
	He's the single largest known donor to gay causes at a half billion dollars total.
	So the way I read this report, or hear this report, is we need more transgender folk to get HIV to sell our medications to.
	And they're all in it, and they all have these companies that sell crap.
	Marketing taken to the extreme.
	Ugh!
	And then just- Marketing without conscience.
	Who- I mean, so- I'll become a chick!
	My name's Pritzker!
	I'm Jen.
	Good to go.
	People are disturbed and so Cheryl... Disturbed and rich.
	Well, that goes hand in hand sometimes.
	Cheryl Atkinson will now wrap it up because of course this money buys you everything you want including education.
	The money from a handful of sources exceeds thousands of groups reaching into policies and practices in government and education.
	And at corporations, universities, doctors associations, hospitals, insurance companies, media outlets, journalism groups, and more.
	Top recipients of the trans-targeted money include the University of Minnesota, home to Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life.
	Another top beneficiary is Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower.
	It sponsors programs like this one for healthcare professionals.
	Hello and welcome to the Elevate webinar series on creating a gender-affirming healthcare environment for optimal HIV care.
	There you go!
	Transgender causes continues to hit new highs each year.
	By one analysis, the top 10 foundations that give the most made up 55% of the funding.
	In the end, the explosion in transgender influence on society and politics can largely be traced to a handful of powerful interests.
	There you go.
	And, of course, stopping advertising of pharmaceutical products directly to consumers on television would help a lot of this.
	Yeah, help prevent it.
	And by the way, this is the kind of report that you would have seen on the show 60 Minutes about 15 or 20 years ago.
	Longer.
	I don't even think they do that now.
	You know they don't do it now.
	You know what 60 Minutes is doing now?
	They're doing native ads for IBM for their quantum computer.
	The show is unwatchable.
	Yeah.
	The quantum computer.
	Oh, IBM is... We don't have an AI play, so we gotta do quantum.
	But this is... They're watching.
	But this is... That's right.
	This is horrible.
	Horrible.
	They don't care about the children.
	They've completely captured parents who... Are dumb.
	No, it's called Transhausen by proxy.
	Who are narcissistic.
	Cluster B personality disorder.
	Who were, who, and I say that with love and understanding because they were traumatized.
	Isn't it Munchausen?
	This is now an accepted term.
	Transhausen by proxy.
	It was Transhausen?
	Yes, it went from Munchausen by proxy to Transhausen by proxy.
	It is apparently an accepted term in the, here it is, the Epoch Times.
	Epoch.
	Epoch Times.
	Parents' personality disorders driving surge in trans kids.
	I mean, of course there are people with gender dysphoria.
	There have always been people with gender dysphoria.
	But this moved to 30% of kids saying, oh yeah, I'm non-binary, I'm something.
	In February, Jamie Reed, former case manager at the Washington University for Transgender Center at St.
	Louis Children's Hospital, exposed practices at the clinic and described parents who were adamant about transitioning their children.
	Her revelations became the catalyst for Missouri lawmakers to draft a law barring hormone therapy, and this is where they coined the phrase... That's trans hate!
	Yes, trans housing by proxy.
	But it's narcissism by many of these... It's the same thing as, you know, you get some Hollywood celebrities to start to kick off the GPL-1 mania, the Ozempic, You know, and then everyone follows.
	Advertising is the problem.
	That's the biggest problem.
	We could stop so much by just stopping that.
	And while we're on it... That was depressing.
	I'll lift your spirits with some crazy stuff here.
	There is such a push to get these semaglutide drugs into the Medicare package and forced insurance that they're just rolling out everything they can.
	It helps you lose weight.
	But wait!
	Let's bring on George Stephanopoulos.
	This is Good Morning America, and these are people who take themselves very seriously.
	Listen to the crap they are doing.
	We've got a new research on Ozempic and alcohol.
	It finds that the weight loss drug may also prevent alcohol overuse and abuse.
	Dr. Jen Ashton is standing by.
	First, Harold Reshef has the details.
	Oh, alcohol abuse?
	It helps, what?
	I have no desire to drink wine anymore, and that's crazy to me, because I couldn't stop before.
	This morning, the wildly popular drug used for weight loss, semaglutide, is now showing very early signs of potentially curbing alcohol use for those who drink excessively.
	A new case study composed of... We used to call those drunks or alcoholics, now it is alcohol use disorder.
	for those who drink excessively.
	Whoa!
	A new case study composed of six people.
	Whoa, six full people?
	Greening positive for alcohol use disorder, or AUD, found that they all saw a clinically significant decrease in symptoms while they were using semaglutide for weight loss.
	Chrissy Martin, who was not part of the study, says while she used to drink wine every night, her urge to drink has disappeared.
	Drinking for me was becoming a bit of an issue.
	I can't believe this is on television.
	I was a drunk, I was a lush, but then I took the Ozempic.
	And the fact that I just have no desire for it is something I didn't expect and is just an amazing side benefit.
	I can't even tell you.
	Amazing.
	This small case study now setting the stage for larger clinical trials looking at semi-glutide as a treatment for AUD as researchers explore whether the drug has the potential to treat other excessive use conditions.
	And again, this initial study only included six patients, but as you heard, more thorough studies are already underway.
	It could be years before we know the true results.
	Does it matter?
	It's okay Ariel, thanks very much.
	Oh, thanks.
	I'm gonna tell you, let's put this in the Red Book.
	That report was disgusting.
	It's not over.
	It's not over.
	I'm going to put in the Red Book right now that there will be a study Six people is the norm these days.
	There will be a study that shows that ozempic is great for erectile dysfunction.
	I guarantee it.
	This is the only thing they're missing.
	This is the only thing.
	And, you know, I was kind of, you know, flaccid, but now, man, I'm not only in my trim, but look at, look at it!
	Dr. Jen is here.
	You know a lot about these drugs.
	You're board certified in obesity medicine.
	What is this study?
	Board certified in obesity medicine.
	Okay.
	So George, what's interesting about this is astute doctors for years who have been managing patients on the GLP-1 agonist, that's the semiglutide class for weight loss and treating obesity, have started to hear anecdotal reports of this.
	This small case study of these six patients was really one of the first times that reported in the literature Their experience with their cravings for alcohol use, their subjective experience with that, really powerfully documented.
	Their subjective experience with that?
	This is a native ad of the most lowest form.
	The lowest form.
	And it's minutes and minutes of this stuff.
	Their subjective experience with that, really powerfully documented.
	Theories are that it works in the brain, in the reward center.
	But this could be a major indication.
	I have to say, you know, we know a lot of people who are taking these drugs and they report the same thing.
	We know a lot of people who are drunks here at ABC.
	They're reporting the same thing.
	Absolutely, they do.
	But what other treatment options are available for substance abuse disorders?
	Well, this is one of those bright spots is that it sheds light on what treatments are already existing and how they're not being used.
	There are three FDA-approved... An extra bonus, they're promoting some other drugs.
	Medications for people with alcohol use disorder.
	They are vastly under-prescribed behavioral interventions.
	And then tech-based or app-based therapies.
	Tech-based or app-based therapies.
	Obviously increasing in popularity and research, but they have a role as well.
	But all of these things, this isn't about just, you know, potentially choosing one.
	It's about if you have an alcohol use disorder, substance use disorder, filling the boat and getting as much treatment.
	I thought it was substance abuse.
	But now they have this new term.
	I don't know... What is she saying?
	Substance use disorder.
	Alcohol use disorder.
	Not abuse.
	Use.
	So you're not quite a drunk, but you're kind of on the way.
	And as you can to make a big change in your life.
	As we were just discussing, I mean, it really seems like a miracle drug.
	Why do you think that there seems to be a stigma against the use of these drugs?
	I think the social backlash, Lindsay, is huge, whether it's for weight management or mental illness, and that really can't, that it's just wrong.
	You know, if you had high blood pressure, you would treat it.
	There's a role for these.
	It's not for everyone.
	It's not one size fits all, but you have to factor in the risk of not taking a medication like this versus the benefits of treating it when you weigh those options.
	The risk of not taking it?
	Isn't this great?
	Wow.
	You can't afford the risk of not taking this medicine.
	It's so beneficial.
	It's a Hamas support disorder.
	It will cure everything.
	Pressure you would treat it.
	There's a role for these.
	It's not for everyone.
	It's not one size fits all, but you have to factor in the risk of not taking a medication like this versus the benefits of treating it when you weigh those options.
	Wow.
	Seems like so helpful with diabetes.
	Risks of not taking it versus the benefits.
	Unbelievable way of putting it.
	And by the way, I think you get paid.
	It's almost like I'm reminded of the old... What was that show where people would get into fights on the stage all the time?
	Jerry Springer Show.
	Jerry Springer Show where they have a...
	This was revealed by someone who was on the show that you got a sheet that if you did this you got paid so much you did that you got paid so much bonus.
	And so if you pick through a shoe you get 500 bucks something like that.
	Yeah.
	There is obviously a bonus clause in here for saying, for somebody say, if somebody says it's a miracle drug, miracle drug, there's 500 bucks.
	I think it's more than that.
	I mean, this is Dr. Jen.
	The obesity expert.
	Board certified.
	And Dr. Jen is saying, you really, I mean, you'd have to weigh the risk of not taking this?
	She should be disbarred for it.
	You can't disbar anybody.
	But something should be done about someone who puts it in that way.
	In other words, it's risky not to take it and beneficial to take it.
	But what she's saying here is that this obesity, and this is the bottom line, John, everybody knows, obesity, it's a disease.
	It's not because you eat.
	It's a use disorder.
	A food use disorder.
	You see, this is where this is going.
	Treated.
	There's a role for these.
	It's not for everyone.
	It's not one size fits all, but you have to factor in the risk of not taking a medication like this versus the benefits of treating it when you weigh those options.
	Seems like so helpful.
	Diabetes, weight loss, alcohol, you name it.
	All right, Jen.
	Thank you so much.
	That's awesome!
	Everything!
	Now, there is, of course, you know, a closing to this eight-minute story.
	We are back now with a question from our viewers, and Dr. Jen is here to answer it, of course.
	The question is, I'm easing off of Ozempic, and I'm worried about the weight coming back.
	Any suggestions for this?
	So, first of all, it depends on each individual, of course.
	But, yes, people should expect that some amount of weight lost on these GLP-1 agonists will come back.
	Because that is the chronic condition of overweight and obesity.
	It's not like treating strep throat, where once you're done, you're done.
	How much will come back is an unknown, but what is happening in the real world is that a lot of doctors who have patients on these kinds of medications like Ozempic, Wegovi, Manjaro, are kind of putting them on a maintenance plan.
	A maintenance plan!
	This is a great drug!
	We need this in Medicare.
	A maintenance plan.
	You're on it forever!
	In terms of long term, so what could that look like potentially?
	And again, it will be different for every person.
	It might mean instead of taking a shot or an injection every week, maybe you're taking it every two weeks or every ten days.
	It might be going down on a dose.
	It might be alternating weeks.
	One week on, one week off.
	This sounds a lot like the Sacklers with the opioids.
	Oh, just change your dose!
	Don't worry.
	The point is that you have to remember the condition of overweight and obesity are chronic conditions.
	Ah, it's a chronic condition.
	You can't help it.
	It's chronic.
	It's a disease.
	That's all that there's there for you.
	You need a maintenance program.
	You need to keep taking it because otherwise that weight's going to come back.
	They're not as simple as treating an infection for a short period of time and then you're done with it.
	So long-term management is going to be a big part of it and we still don't know what that will look like.
	So there is a weight management component to this where the doctor can kind of decide to lower the dosage to make sure you're consistent and you're not losing more weight than you want.
	Absolutely.
	Just like we do managing patients on other types of medications, it's not always the official way that the drug is designed.
	But this is what doctors and healthcare providers do to help their patients manage a chronic condition.
	So we should be hearing more about that because there are going to be a lot of people who are going to be managed on these medications.
	Oh my god!
	This is so horrible!
	But, you know, this is who we are.
	As Americans.
	I'm almost speechless of hearing this.
	Hearing this, and the... Okay, then last one, I'll stop.
	This is not about Ozempic.
	This is...
	Well, actually, I should do this one.
	This is the Wall Street Journal.
	Wall Street Journal Report, which has a podcast in the morning.
	So I'm going to play this clear native ad about Ozempic, a new term we'll be introduced to, and then listen for the story that comes right after this one.
	As demand for weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wagovi continues to surge, food companies are looking for ways to cash in, like by pitching companion products or even natural alternatives.
	Companion products!
	We should do a podcast, a companion product for your ozempic weight loss.
	We'll be motivating you.
	Wouldn't that just be food?
	Joining me to discuss is reporter Jesse Newman.
	Hey Jesse.
	Hey there.
	Hey Jesse.
	Hey there.
	Of course, food companies are looking to see whether and how these drugs will reshape American diets.
	How are they responding?
	Fake food companies, like everyone else, have certainly noticed how popular these drugs that were designed to treat diabetes and obesity have become.
	And they've really been watching as these drugs just have gotten incredibly popular, spread to millions of consumers throughout the U.S.
	And there's some concern that that could sort of take a bite out of demand for the products that these companies make.
	Uh-oh, we better get some food!
	And so, what we're seeing is, it's very early days, but we are seeing some companies that are trying to step in and develop some companion products to offer to patients on these drugs.
	So what are some of their solutions?
	We're seeing companies like Nestle and Abbott and they are coming up with what they're calling companion products.
	And these are products that patients who are taking diabetes and weight loss drugs could also consume if, for example, they find that they are losing muscle mass.
	There's a startup out in California.
	Well, if you're losing muscle mass, which is the main thing these products remove, okay, if you find that you have ozempic ass because you lose it because of muscle mass loss, we've got some chocolate for you.
	And a startup is doing it.
	SuperGut.
	And they make mixes and shakes and bars out of a proprietary prebiotic fiber blend that they call Nature's Ozempia.
	And essentially do the same thing that these drugs can do.
	Okay, so this is a bullcrap report, but wait for the next story in this podcast.
	Using all natural foods.
	That was WSJ's Jesse Newman.
	And now on to the next story.
	What should it be?
	And finally, after seven years of research, McDonald's is changing its burgers, making more than 50 tweaks to its signature offering.
	This is not by mistake, people.
	This is how your American media works.
	It's not a mistake.
	Like, you can lose the weight, now go eat a burger.
	And right on cue.
	Right on cue.
	Right on cue.
	Did we not say that McDonald's was going to have all the morning shows doing their new thing now?
	Oh yeah, where they're munching down on burgers and going yum!
	Let us turn now to a headline-making mystery from the world of fast food!
	Whoa!
	The world of fast food!
	Are you excited yet?
	Okay, look at this.
	It's a building in suburban Chicago and it's been getting a lot of attention on social media.
	Now, look closely, or right there.
	Cosmics.
	Cosmics?
	What's that?
	McDonald's?
	Everyone is asking, what is this all about?
	NBC's Maggie Vespa is ahead of the game.
	Maggie, good morning.
	What's it all about?
	Hey Savannah, guys, good morning.
	Yeah, we wish we knew.
	I mean, look, you can see they're clearly keeping it under wraps.
	There's literally a tarp over the phone.
	Oh, no, it's a secret!
	By the way, if that's not clue enough, the major chain backing this venture, which, if you haven't figured it out by now, is McDonald's.
	Oh, no!
	They're not confirming much at all tied to Cosmic.
	That being said, fast food fans and industry experts agree this mounting McMystery marks a very American trend.
	A McMystery!
	Was Maggie Vespa Did she co-host that debate last night?
	I don't know who did.
	I didn't watch the debate.
	Because... May... Wait.
	No.
	A McMystery.
	I think we're onto something here.
	It's a McMystery.
	Let's... You want to hear the McMystery?
	They solved the McMystery?
	They solved the McMystery!
	Breaking McDonald's news!
	I've got the scoop on Cosmic!
	This morning, in a nation long obsessed with...
	It's so insulting!
	They've been super secretive about it.
	Fans on social media are loving this supersized mystery.
	Alright, here it is.
	Cosmix in Bolingbroke, Illinois.
	It looks like there are going to be four drive-thru lanes.
	Wow!
	Online Sleuths!
	Oh no!
	It's going viral!
	Oh shit!
	Oh no!
	Alright, so I'm just gonna leave all that.
	I'll just go to the payoff.
	in suburban Chicago.
	Its name, Cosmix.
	Oh, no.
	A new venture.
	McDonald's CEO.
	All right, so I'm just going to leave all that.
	I'll just go to the payoff.
	The payoff is the best part.
	That's an interesting take to end on.
	And by the way, guys, we talked a lot about online sleuths, right?
	Well, basically, before these signs were tarped and it was kind of being kept under wraps to this degree, it's worth noting people online were doing everything they could to find out anything they could about Cosmic.
	Case in point, one guy who posted these photos On X of what he says is Cosmic's menu.
	You can see, if this is the menu, it goes all in on drinks, different iced teas and lemonades.
	There's something called a Galactic Boost.
	They have frappes.
	In the food section, we see like a spicy queso sandwich and pretzel bites.
	Now, just to reiterate... Oh, man.
	The McMystery is solved.
	But let's thank the company.
	Let's thank the guy who's paying us to do this horrible native ad.
	Again, that is one person on Twitter who posted those photos.
	McDonald's has yet to confirm anything official.
	That being said, another one of those earnings calls is slated for tomorrow, so it's very possible, guys, that our knowledge on this topic could get supersized very soon.
	The marketing guy is going to get a salary supersized for this.
	Keep us posted, Maggie.
	Thank you, Maggie.
	I hope they have Egg McMuffins.
	The marketing guy's salary is going to get supersized for this.
	These people are horrible.
	They should be arrested.
	They should.
	This is our news media.
	This is what it's come down to.
	There's no news there.
	Who gives a shit?
	It's not across the street from me.
	What difference does it make?
	It's unbelievable.
	These are serious journalists.
	Well that's what they like to promote themselves as.
	And they all hate Trump, so let's make sure they get that even.
	These are the same people that Trump did, you know, when they did the debate Trump was on with Hannity at the same time.
	Oh really?
	Oh that's funny, I didn't know that.
	He was doing schtick, doing material, joking around.
	Good, good.
	And so one of the things he said was, yeah, they want me to be, they keep saying I'm going to be a dictator.
	I am not going to be a dictator.
	Wait, wait, I'm going to be a dictator.
	I'm going to be a dictator for one day.
	One day?
	Oh, one day.
	And then he's going to close the border and start drill, drill, drill.
	And then that's the end of his dictatorship.
	Oh my goodness, that's funny.
	So NBC, so I got this thing, this is the clip, it says Trumo Comments.
	Yes, okay.
	So, instead of seeing this as a joke, you know, because Trump was kidding around, doing anything he could to keep people's attention off the debate.
	Let me guess, they took it so seriously they went all bananas.
	They went nuts!
	This is NBC.
	Former President Donald Trump is taking heat for comments he made last night.
	In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Trump was asked if he would ever abuse power if he won the presidency.
	Take a listen to his response.
	We love this guy.
	He says, you're not going to be a dictator, are you?
	I said, no, no, no, other than day one.
	We're closing the border and we're drilling, drilling, drilling.
	After that, I'm not.
	NBC's Ali Vitale joins us now from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, ahead of tonight's Republican debate there.
	Ali, what has the backlash been to those comments?
	What are we hearing from supporters of President Trump and from the Biden campaign?
	You're hearing very little from the Republican side, and I wonder if that will change once candidates who are vying to actually be the nominee over Trump take the stage, though they have been pretty slow in the past to condemn or even critique his remarks in this space.
	From President Biden, though, we're hearing his campaign arms say, believe Trump when he says this.
	Believe him when he says that he will be a dictator, even if it's only for one day.
	But these comments really can't be taken outside of a vacuum.
	For Trump, he has made comments akin to this over the course of the last several years, praising dictators and authoritarians from North Korea to China.
	Even joking when Xi Jinping several years ago was able to fully establish himself in control of the executive power there in China, joking that that was something that he wished he could do.
	So this is certainly a new comment from the former president, but one that tracks in a vein of comments that we've seen from him over the course of the last few years.
	Oh man.
	Can you believe these people?
	Well, so I did watch, Tina and I watched about two commercial breaks worth of NewsNation, because that's what this debate aired on.
	Yeah, NewsNation.
	So a couple of comments.
	Cuomo.
	I'm glad Chris Cuomo has a gig.
	He fits in very well there.
	I think so.
	Yeah, I think it's good for him.
	I'm happy.
	I am kind of happy for him.
	Two.
	Tina actually forbid me from doing this, but I cannot help myself.
	Megyn Kelly, her face is so thin.
	It looks like the screen mask.
	There's something up.
	It is too thin.
	You mean she looks gaunt?
	Gaunt, yes.
	It's too thin.
	It's like she's half of her face.
	You already answered the question.
	Gaunt.
	The earlier clips.
	Well, I don't want to body shame.
	I was expressly foreboding.
	The face looked like the screen mask.
	It was weird.
	Weird.
	I'll go back and look at it.
	I have it on tape.
	Yeah, Chris Christie, he's only there to protect Nimrod.
	That's his only job.
	All he did, all I saw him do was, hey, lay off her, I like her.
	I like Nikki Haley.
	Oh, so he's a foil.
	Total foil.
	Yeah, makes sense.
	Vivek, that's the way apparently you pronounce his name, Vivek.
	He doesn't care.
	He had a great line, though.
	And I really enjoyed it.
	He said, neither Christie or Haley, who want to send your kids to go fight against Russia in Ukraine, or Joe Biden, he said, can answer, can give me the name of three provinces in eastern Ukraine.
	Which of course they couldn't.
	That was a genius move.
	Beautiful.
	That was really good.
	And who cares everything else.
	You know, Vivek is just doing stuff.
	It's funny.
	I don't know what his long game is.
	Well, he's not going to be vice president.
	No, of course not.
	Go away.
	I did get the boots on the ground about Kristi Noem.
	Remember I was saying that people in South Dakota don't like her?
	Yeah, I want to hear the stories.
	Okay, so this is from Craig Weinberg.
	This is, he's Sir Craig.
	One of the main issues with Christie is that she's a liar.
	She seemed to have more of interest in national politics in South Dakota.
	During the early days of COVID, she claims to never have shut anything down and let the people make their own decisions, except it was the Speaker of the House at the time who had a very different story.
	He has receipts.
	To show that she actually wanted to give her health secretary full control to shut down whatever they wanted, but the legislator in the middle of the night put a stop to it.
	She also says things like, my budget, my plan, when she's not writing anything.
	There's also the alleged affair with Corey Lewandowski that broke pretty big over the summer that she has avoided talking about.
	For years there was speculation that it was happening, but the proof seems a lot more real now.
	She'll say whatever she needs to align with Trump, all the thinking is she wants his VP spot.
	She will get killed in a general election.
	Maybe.
	Maybe.
	So that was the main thing.
	Also, farmers lobbied the Public Utilities Commission.
	Oh, this was... She wanted... She wanted carbon pipelines and was going against the farmers.
	So they don't really like her.
	She's not all that loved as people make her out to be, at least not in South Dakota.
	But she's got a look.
	She's got the look.
	She's got a good look.
	Yeah, she's got a good patter.
	She's got a good spiel.
	She wouldn't get killed in a general election.
	She's not running for president.
	Nobody votes for the vice president anymore.
	We're not in the 1800s.
	It's just a name on the ballot.
	Take it up with Craig, man.
	Don't tell me.
	You know, she doesn't look like the right fit to me.
	Although, you know, Trump has shown that he can't pick anybody.
	He can't pick the right people, yeah.
	So, how's that going to change?
	So I have an NPR clip, one minute long, which I think is about the debate.
	The fourth Republican presidential primary debate is in the books.
	Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
	Notice how they always say, I think they're doing it to piss him off.
	DeSantis.
	Isn't it?
	It's DeSantis.
	I thought it was DeSantis.
	NPR... DeSantis.
	It's like, I do believe.
	Governor Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and ex-New Jersey Governor Chris Christie squared off last night at the University of Alabama.
	Haley was the target for much of the night, more so than former President Donald Trump, who skipped the event.
	Haley has been climbing in the polls of late.
	Pat Duggins with Alabama Public Radio spoke with some students in the audience afterwards.
	Nikki Haley got the warmest applause as the four candidates took the stage in Tuscaloosa and the sharpest attacks.
	That included Vivek Ramaswamy who held up a handwritten sign reading Nikki equals corruption.
	That was just one thing that didn't impress University of Alabama freshman Charlie Barry.
	That was embarrassing, seeing them talk over each other, argue over each other.
	I don't want to see that out of my presidential candidate.
	I don't want to see another Trump-er like that.
	The UA economics major was one of only 50 students allowed in to watch the debate.
	The audience for the Tuscaloosa campus venue was close to a thousand.
	For NPR News, I'm Pat Duggins in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
	It was donors.
	Special interests and donors.
	Look at that, a few students into... Yeah, 50.
	50 students so we can get a... To bitch about it.
	I don't want to see that from my... I don't want another Trump.
	Whatever we get, we don't want Trump.
	There has to definitely be a negative.
	If you get the right guy, hey, find somebody, one of the kids who hates Trump.
	That's all of them.
	I hate Trump.
	Alright, well just make sure you get that in there.
	I just hate the Trump.
	Yeah.
	That's what you do.
	That's all you do.
	That's all you do.
	Yeah, he's got something about, does Nikki Haley, all the left is promoting Nikki Haley, they will have to see her on the ballot.
	Oh, even Prof G and Kara Swisher are like, oh I could live with Nikki Haley.
	Really?
	She's a warmonger, man.
	Totally.
	They all are.
	I'm having dinner with the oil baron tonight.
	Ah, okay.
	So I'll, and I think that he, I don't know if he supports Nikki Haley, but the industry sure does.
	So he'll, I'll get the lowdown.
	She's not gonna, she's no good.
	No, no, she's no good.
	She's no good.
	She's no good.
	I'll say she has no chance.
	Well, that's why the left wants to run her and they keep boosting her.
	This is what the Republicans were really good at years ago.
	That's when they had that guy Eagleton.
	They would find people they'd promote to get him into the, you know, the Republicans are very happy that George McGovern ran as the Democrat because after Kennedy was assassinated, because he would have been a problem, but McGovern goes in.
	He's not going to beat anybody.
	So you put them in, yeah, okay, run against Nixon.
	Good luck.
	All right.
	That's too funny.
	I have a couple odd balls.
	I do have a three by three.
	Oh, I was not prepared.
	Hold on a second.
	It's not one of the best.
	It doesn't, it's just, they're a little long.
	I'm just telling our three by three producer.
	Well, uh, do we have a 3x3 jingle?
	Yeah, I think we have.
	Yeah, we do.
	Yes, we do.
	My computer's going slow today for some reason.
	And now it's time for 3x3!
	Experiment by JCD!
	Comparing stories from ABC, CBS and NBC!
	Normally at the top of the show, it's a different moment here.
	This is something new.
	It must be, it's either really good or just mediocre.
	Well, it's kind of in between, but it's has a, uh, it's about the weird little Bull crap.
	These reports may all be bogus, in fact, about the attacks on the ships.
	In the Red Sea.
	From Yemen.
	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
	Back and forth and back and forth.
	I want to play the ABC, NBC reports, and the CBS report is the only one that, all of a sudden, out of the blue, as opposed to the other two reports, Introduces a whole new factor.
	Oh, okay.
	We'll start with ABC.
	The Pentagon now says that the U.S.
	has taken new defensive action in the Middle East.
	A deadly U.S.
	drone strike tonight, this time in Iraq, targeting militants who the Pentagon says were about to target American forces.
	Here's Martha Raddatz.
	Tonight, the Pentagon revealing it conducted a deadly drone strike on militants in Iraq who the U.S.
	says were planning to launch a drone attack on American forces.
	Five of the Iranian-backed militants were killed.
	It came as a U.S.
	destroyer in the Red Sea spent more than seven hours on Sunday responding to multiple attacks.
	It began at 9.15 a.m.
	local time.
	The Pentagon said the USS Kearney tracked a ballistic missile fired from Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, landing in the waters near the cargo ship Unity Explorer.
	At 12 p.m., the Kearney detects a drone from Yemen heading in its direction, the Navy crew shooting it down.
	Thirty-five minutes later, the Unity Explorer under fire again.
	This time, the missile hits the ship.
	The Kearney responds as another inbound drone is detected and shot down.
	At 3.30 p.m., a third ballistic missile hits another cargo ship.
	There is damage reported, but no casualties.
	One hour later, a fourth ballistic missile hits a third cargo vessel.
	Again, the Carning racing to this ship to render aid, as yet another drone is launched in the Carning's direction and shot down.
	The Pentagon blaming Iran for enabling these attacks using some of the strongest language we've heard about Iran, but it is unlikely the U.S.
	will retaliate against Iran directly for these attacks, given that the Pentagon says they do not believe the USS Kearney was an intended target, although Jake Sullivan, the National Security Advisor, made clear that any response by the U.S.
	will be at a time and place of his choosing.
	I have a couple questions before we get to the next one.
	One, this drone, was that like a forearm like Reaper sized drone?
	Was it one of those?
	It seems unlikely.
	They did no real damage.
	Didn't kill anybody.
	No data.
	We're shooting them down left and right.
	This story is a hoax.
	You know what I also... And why aren't the Puthis fighting the battles they're supposed to be fighting against the Saudis?
	What are they shooting at us for in the middle of nowhere?
	Makes no sense.
	When it comes to the big money organizations in the United States, I mean, the military-industrial complex could take a page out of the pharma playbook, man.
	It's much more entertaining, their stuff.
	They're not making this fun and entertaining.
	No one wants to hear this.
	They gotta spruce it up.
	You know what I like?
	I like the... the body cams.
	Like when those, uh, the Houthis, um... Uh... No, no, the Houthis, they hijack that ship.
	Oh, okay.
	Like two weeks ago, and they had the helicopter, and they jumped out of the helicopter, and then they got into the crew.
	But it was all body cam footage.
	They even have footage of the helicopter.
	It was pretty well done, yeah.
	But that's like a video game.
	It's like first person shooter video game.
	It's exactly the same thing now.
	It could have been a video game for all I know.
	It's getting pretty good.
	Well, there have been people that have sent video game footage into the news media and they picked it up as live reporting.
	I've fallen for it, of course.
	I mean, have you seen the new Grand Theft Auto?
	That's starting to look pretty good.
	Call of Duty, the rest, they're all dynamite.
	Yeah, it's all good.
	Yeah.
	So I bet you we could say that we have footage from a war and just have our producers send us the right bits from Call of Duty and we could just make a report and it would go viral.
	So Lester Holt comes on with his report, which is a little long, and it's the same basic thing, these missiles going back and forth.
	We don't know, they don't tell us any details about these drones, any of them.
	Are they made out of paper mache?
	Are they the ones that the Iranians build that they give to the Russians?
	The motorcycle engines?
	We have no idea, they don't tell us anything, and it's just, it's like a lot, these are lousy reports.
	Nearby, in the Red Sea, another dangerous situation appears to be escalating.
	In the latest chapter, a U.S.
	Navy destroyer rushed to the aid of commercial ships that the Pentagon says came under ballistic missile fire from Iranian-backed militias.
	Ballistic missile fire now?
	Oh, that's serious.
	We get late details now from Courtney Kuby at the Pentagon.
	Tonight, the White House pointing the blame squarely at Iran, after an hours-long drama at sea Sunday that saw a U.S.
	military warship rush to aid three commercial vessels under fire.
	That gun, the weapons here, are being supplied by Iran.
	And Iran, we believe, is the ultimate party responsible for this.
	It began around 9.15 a.m.
	Sunday when a ballistic missile landed near a commercial ship in the Red Sea.
	Then, at noon, the USS Kearney, a Navy destroyer, intercepted the first of three drones fired towards commercial ships and the Kearney itself.
	Ballistic missiles later hitting all three of the cargo ships, one after another.
	None of the ships suffered major damage or casualties.
	Responding to each distress call, the Karni found itself directly in the path of Houthi attack drones.
	The Pentagon says there are no indications the drones were targeting the Karni, but still shot them down.
	The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have targeted Israeli-owned ships in the Red Sea before.
	We do not believe that all three of the ships had ties to Israel, and it goes to show you the level of recklessness that the Houthis are operating on.
	In October, the Karni shot down cruisers and drones... Hold on.
	Yeah?
	Did you notice the little parsing that you can get away with?
	It's like, we have no evidence that all three of the ships are tied to Israel.
	Of course.
	It's all... Which means that two of them could have been.
	It's just chicken shit stuff.
	These people do this stuff and get away with it.
	Where's the ballistic missile?
	Where was that?
	And the ballistic missiles.
	I've seen the missiles they recovered from the, some of the stuff they recovered from Gaza or like, they look like hobbyist missiles.
	They're like ballistic.
	But five feet long.
	You know what's interesting in all of this?
	Have you heard or seen a single story this week about Hamas shooting rockets into Israel?
	I heard, not this week, but right after the ceasefire, I heard about it.
	Oh yeah, no, but it's been all this week, right up until this morning.
	Brian of London is there, he's sending me videos, oh there they go.
	They said, you never hear about that.
	No, I don't know why.
	the Kearney found itself directly in the path of Houthi attack drones.
	The Pentagon says there are no indications the drones were targeting the Kearney, but still shot them down.
	The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have targeted Israeli-owned ships in the Red Sea before.
	We do not believe that all three of the ships had ties to Israel, and it goes to show you the level of recklessness that the Houthis are operating on.
	In October, the Kearney shot down cruise missiles and drones the Pentagon says were fired by Houthis towards Israel.
	Since then, the Houthis have repeatedly targeted ships in the Red Sea, the U.S.
	Navy shooting them down.
	And all of this comes as Iranian-backed militias continue to attack U.S.
	military bases in the Mideast despite U.S.
	retaliatory strikes.
	We spoke to the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today.
	Is this evidence that the war in Israel and Gaza has really boiled over into a larger regional conflict?
	It could be.
	And so that's one of the things that we want to track closely.
	Accordingly, we've seen that U.S.
	strikes have not deterred other Iranian-backed militias from attacking U.S.
	bases.
	So is the U.S.
	now considering any action specifically against the Houthi rebels?
	Well, Lester, so far the U.S.
	has not launched any strikes against the Houthi rebels recently.
	But officials here tell us after this weekend's attack, they are not ruling anything out.
	They just can't.
	These are the wrong reports.
	If they want to get a reason to bomb Iran, they've got to do something different.
	This is not working.
	That stinks.
	And they're long, too.
	Long stinkers.
	They're way too long.
	But the next one is interesting because it, I think, has a piece of information.
	Besides the fact, by the way, have you seen these maps they keep showing?
	It looks like we have about 20 bases in these areas.
	Yeah.
	Hello, America.
	Geez, well anyway let's get the CBS report out of the way.
	This is the one I think that's the most interesting.
	The escalating violence in Gaza is raising tensions across the entire region today.
	Today the White House pointed the finger directly at Iran after an American warship was forced to shoot down multiple drones that were targeting various commercial ships in the Red Sea.
	Stop it for a second.
	Haven't we been pointing the finger at Iran since this whole thing began on October 7th?
	Yes.
	So why does she make it out to be sounding like it's new?
	I realize what they're doing wrong.
	It all of a sudden hit me.
	They need to intersperse these reports with those shots of Iranians going, death to America!
	Death to America!
	That's what they need to put in there.
	This is not working.
	That would work.
	Yeah.
	I like that idea.
	If I was producing, there's no reason, everything else they do is out of context.
	Yeah.
	You might as well do that.
	You get some moolahs there going, death to America, death to America.
	Then they could say, they're chanting death to America, death to America, and they're shooting ships, whatever.
	That's a good thing we're not producing.
	You've got to bring it home.
	You've got to personalize this stuff.
	We'd have the whole country in flames.
	We're targeting various commercial ships in the Red Sea.
	CBS's David Martin is at the Pentagon with new details.
	The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen had already hijacked one commercial vessel in the Red Sea, and now they have attacked three more, hitting them with anti-ship missiles.
	National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
	Attacks on commercial shipping in international waters are totally unacceptable and have to stop.
	The Houthis had vowed publicly to attack Israeli shipping, but none of the vessels hit on Sunday had a current Israeli connection.
	It goes to show you the level of recklessness that the Houthis are operating on.
	Sullivan blamed Iran as much as the Houthis.
	We are talking about the Houthis here.
	They're the ones with their finger on the trigger.
	But that gun, the weapons here are being supplied by Iran.
	Three Houthi drones flew toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea, which had answered the distress calls from the ships under attack.
	The USS Kearney shot the drones down, even though it was not the intended target.
	If left unchecked, this could get more serious and more prevalent.
	Retired Admiral Jamie Foggo says with one carrier task force in the Mediterranean and another in the Persian Gulf, the U.S.
	has more than enough firepower with which to retaliate.
	Taking out the missile prior to hitting the target and taking out the launcher, we're perfectly capable of doing that.
	A U.S.
	official tells CBS News the Pentagon is considering striking targets in Yemen, but warns that would only give the Houthis exactly what they want, which is to provoke a wider Middle East war.
	There was one retaliatory strike in the region this weekend, when a U.S.
	drone killed five Iraqi militants as they were preparing to attack American troops.
	As they were preparing?
	First, they read their minds.
	Yeah.
	And they're Iraqis.
	This is not Iranians.
	These are Iraqis.
	What was that all about?
	And we said that we played a clip about three shows, two or three shows ago from Al Jazeera, where the Iraqi government told us to get the hell out of there because you're killing our people for no good reason.
	Remember that?
	Yes.
	Yes.
	And so there seems to be something going on in Iraq that's not kosher.
	Yeah.
	I'm using the word kosher in probably the wrong context.
	Interesting choice of words.
	Sorry.
	I don't think so.
	Well that was done for 3 by 3.
	There you go everybody.
	Experiment by JCD.
	A grand experiment.
	Comparing stories from ABC, CBS and NBC.
	I do have two quick observations with observatory clips that I thought I'd like to share.
	This is from NBC.
	This is the possibility of, although I've already seen video of it on Telegram, so it must be real, there's a possibility the following may happen.
	Israel says it's destroying Hamas in Gaza above ground and below, targeting what it says are 300 miles of Hamas tunnels.
	Military officials showed NBC News videos they say were taken in the northern Gaza city of Beit Hanoun.
	A soldier points to a Hamas tunnel outside of a classroom.
	Israel has blown up some.
	Now, a U.S.
	official tells NBC News the Israeli military is exploring a new tactic, flooding the tunnels with seawater.
	Now, it's interesting they always say seawater.
	They always add that in there.
	And this triggered... This is biblical now.
	This is what's interesting about it.
	Judges 9.45, New International Version.
	All that day, Abimelech pressed his attack against the city until he had captured it and killed its people.
	Then he destroyed the city and scattered salt over it.
	I'm telling you, these people, this whole region is biblically nuts.
	Yeah, totally.
	They're going insane.
	That report from Richard Engel, which is questionable.
	I have a very short, 24-second Gaza report from NBC, which is, I think, it was connected to what you just played.
	But there's an anomaly in here, and I want to just mention it for a minute, because it's gotten on my nerves.
	I mentioned the last show, and now I'm going to mention it again.
	...intensifying up and down the besieged strip.
	Israeli forces say they're battling three Hamas strongholds, two in the north and one in the south.
	The Israeli military says it's launched around 250 airstrikes across Gaza in just the past day alone.
	The Israeli military also releasing this video saying troops uncovered the largest stockpile of weapons so far in the Gaza Strip.
	NBC News cannot verify that claim or when exactly this footage was recorded.
	Oh, because they got it from Telegram.
	Well, I don't care about that.
	How come they do the disclaimer on that, but they never do the disclaimer on the number of dead that the Ministry of Truth up in Gaza says, well, instead we got 15,000 dead.
	And they never, where's the disclaimer for that?
	There's no, we don't have any verification of that, but yet when the Israelis put out some information like that, the cache of weapons, they put on a disclaimer.
	And I would say this is related to the mention of the fact that all these missiles are flying in there and nobody's covering it.
	They, NBC in particular, is anti-Israel.
	I'm just going to put that out there.
	Yeah, not just that, but I think that we only tracked it a little bit when the whole Supreme Court thing was coming down on Israel, which preceded all of this mess.
	Israel had really gone woke.
	You recall that Sir Brian in London was explaining to us what these protests were about.
	Then it was really, you know, it was like he said it's comparable to Black Lives Matter in the United States.
	Which means, which to me means, it'll have a similar outcome where a few, you know, there's Millions, hundreds of millions of dollars goes in, and then it goes away, cities are destroyed, and people make off with the loot, and you don't hear from them again.
	And that's the end of it.
	And now, Turkish radio and television, TRT, I love getting their slant on things, because of course they hate Israel.
	They're bringing up something that has changed in Israeli politics.
	And here it comes.
	Another crisis seems to be brewing for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
	And this time, it's with his defense minister, Uf Gallant.
	The two were to host a joint conference on Saturday, but Gallant was a no-show.
	I suggested to the defense minister tonight to hold a joint press conference, and he decided what he decided.
	The two aren't strangers to disputes.
	Netanyahu had fired Gallant in March for objecting to his controversial judicial reform proposal.
	Unfortunately, there is a tension between Netanyahu and Gallant, and this is not new.
	legislation passed but being challenged in the Supreme Court.
	Unfortunately, there is a tension between Netanyahu and Gallant and this is not new.
	Several months ago, Netanyahu decided to dismiss Gallant from his position as defense minister.
	But frankly, this is what distinguishes Netanyahu.
	Netanyahu cannot see anyone, any minister, taking independent steps that might be considered a threat to Netanyahu.
	The rift between Netanyahu and Gallant has deepened because of the ongoing war and the Prime Minister is facing mounting pressure domestically for the security and intelligence lapses that happened on October 7th and internationally to accept a ceasefire.
	The latest polls show his popularity has plummeted to an all-time low.
	And it's believed the veteran politician has sought to prevent other members of his security cabinet, including Gallant, from receiving credit for securing the release of Israelis under the hostage deal.
	Sounds to me like they're going to end this the same way they're going to end Ukraine.
	Bibi takes the blame for everything.
	That's what it seems like.
	That's a good plan.
	They should hurry up because it's getting messy.
	He's going to do as much damage as he can before that happens.
	Yes, in biblical fashion.
	And even people who hate BB are all like, yeah, we still got to do this.
	Well, that's typical.
	And also, you know, in the West, we can't really imagine what that's like.
	We can't imagine this centuries-old dispute that just keeps on going.
	It's hard for people to imagine.
	And looking at it from a Western lens is wrong.
	We just can't imagine what this is like.
	There's no way.
	Well, we're gonna.
	Europe is gonna learn.
	Well, Europe's always close to it.
	Yeah, Europe's gonna learn.
	We always slide.
	Somehow we get out of the deal at some point.
	Yeah.
	We're isolated.
	We are.
	We're landlocked.
	We're oceanlocked.
	We're oceanlocked.
	Oceanlocked.
	I have a couple of other things here that...
	I wanted to play this for you.
	The troll was like, we're assholes.
	Well, yeah, there's that.
	There's that.
	Yes, you want to play.
	There's a mental health crisis of pilots.
	Yes, yes, there is a large mental health.
	That's why pilots are doing shrooms.
	Here's the mental health of pilots.
	I want just your feedback.
	I got this clips for you.
	Okay, the mental health of America's commercial airline pilots is taking center stage today at the nation's capital.
	The National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, is holding a summit on that issue in Washington.
	On Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration announced a new committee to look at the pilot mental health and identify barriers that discourage pilots from reporting mental health issues.
	NBC News Aviation correspondent Tom Costello has more.
	When you board a flight, you assume the pilot is mentally fit to fly.
	But aviation and mental health experts say current regulations cause too many pilots to keep their struggles a secret, leading to mental health breakdowns, some in flight.
	Today, the NTSB is holding a summit with experts to develop solutions.
	What's unsafe is not getting people the help they deserve.
	Take the case of veteran pilot Joseph Emerson.
	We've got the guy that tried to shut the engines down out of the cockpit.
	In October, Emerson tried to shut down the engines of an Alaska Air flight while hitching a ride in the cockpit.
	A grand jury is now indicting him on 83 misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment and one count of endangering an aircraft.
	Emerson has pleaded not guilty.
	In court filings, he claimed he was having a mental health emergency.
	He told police he'd been depressed for six years, had recently lost a friend, and had taken psychedelic mushrooms 48 hours prior to the flight.
	Experts say contributing to the bigger problem, the FAA relies on pilots to self-report mental health issues.
	While periodic medical exams require pilots to disclose if they're in mental health treatment, the exams do not include in-depth psychological evaluation.
	A recent inspector general report found this limits the FAA's ability to mitigate safety risks because pilots are reluctant to disclose mental health conditions due to the stigma and the fear it will hurt their careers.
	This is absolutely true.
	And I've heard I've heard a lot about this.
	There's a huge stigma.
	You have to self-report.
	And pilots, of course, are not going to self-report.
	But that's no different from train conductors, people on the road, your neighbors.
	Bus driver.
	Bus driver.
	Everybody's in a mental health crisis.
	Because we went through a very traumatic time.
	Yeah, and everyone was traumatized.
	That's the definition of a traumatic accident.
	By the media and the government.
	Yes!
	And a lot of pilots, you know, they were forced to take medicine they didn't want to under severe duress.
	Some of them have other health problems they don't want to disclose.
	And the same goes for air traffic control.
	Yeah, but this is all just a prelude to getting the pilots out of the cockpit.
	I'm waiting for Elon Musk to pop up and go, I have a solution.
	AI can fly them, really.
	Let's play part two of this.
	We need to have a system that allows people to be more forthcoming and to have treatment for issues that shouldn't keep you out of the cockpits.
	On Monday, the FAA announced it is creating a special committee now to identify barriers that discourage pilots from reporting mental health issues.
	Getting fired!
	The FAA says most conditions, if treated, will not disqualify a pilot from flying.
	We have to normalize mental health care.
	We have to make sure the choice isn't receive treatment or fly.
	The Airline Pilots Association says it supports these initiatives and also wants the FAA to fund a peer support training program for pilots that would encourage them to confide in each other and help connect them with mental health resources to keep them in the cockpit.
	Back to you.
	So do you have any other questions?
	Because this is not new.
	Pilots are known drinkers.
	So why is it, why are they making news out of it?
	Well... Is it a prelude to the pilotless plane?
	No one's gonna fly in for at least a decade?
	They really don't want you flying at all.
	They don't want you to leave your home.
	They want you to stay in your 15-minute city.
	They want you to shut up.
	Yeah, the 15-minute city is the giveaway.
	Yeah, they want you to shut up, stay at home, work by remote.
	Vote Democrat!
	Democrat, don't go anywhere and get, be trans!
	I don't know.
	It's, they don't want you flying.
	That is, it's so obvious.
	No.
	And they're going to make it very expensive with carbon credits.
	We'll still be doing the show when that happens.
	And they want to bring in more bullcrap AI stories, I'm sure.
	Oh, yeah.
	I'm just waiting.
	Where's Elon?
	Come on, tell me, Elon.
	Well, again, it's easier to have the AI pilot.
	It's not him, it's the rockets.
	Have you seen, I guess Kali Kanis has a new podcast called the All In Podcast, and he's bringing No, he's had that for years, the all-in podcast.
	No, I didn't know it was that long.
	Why are you watching that stuff?
	He looks different on this thing.
	Because he had Tucker on, he went on and on about stuff.
	And there was a couple very funny moments in there where he was acting as though him and Tucker were on the same league as interviewers.
	But I don't know if you've seen this, but he's got a different look.
	Calacanis looks like the tenor in a Canadian barbershop quartet.
	That's not different, that's his look.
	I don't remember him looking that square.
	Do you have a clip for this?
	No, I decided not to get a clip for it.
	It's probably better.
	What is Tucker doing?
	He's just, he's just doing interviews everywhere and then he puts the thing on X and what is he doing?
	What is anybody doing?
	You know, the podcast industrial complex finally, finally crumbled this past week.
	Glorious moment.
	One out of every six employees of Spotify won't be around next year.
	The company is making those deep cuts to its payroll as it looks to cut expenses.
	Top executives blame higher interest rates saying that they make borrowing for capital expenditures more expensive.
	The affected employees will receive several months severance.
	The cut follows two previous layoffs this year.
	A total of 800 employees were let go.
	There you go.
	Worked out great.
	That $1 billion investment worked out great.
	Well, it did for the guys who got the billion.
	Well, what are we drinking?
	Oh, it's a Lagunitas poppy refresher.
	Oh, poppy or hoppy?
	Hoppy.
	So you're drinking a beer, basically?
	No, it's just a hop flavor.
	It's actually mildly hop flavored sparkling water.
	And who makes this?
	It's everybody's.
	Everybody's talking about it.
	Everyone, they are now!
	So, it's beer.
	Basically, it's like a Shandy.
	It's not beer, it's just water that has hops in it.
	You're drinking Shandy.
	There's no malt, there's no alcohol, it's no.
	Do they still make that in the can anywhere, Shandy?
	I know, I haven't seen it for years.
	Oh man, this beer was 7-Up, I think.
	And it's called... Do you remember the gin, beam, and coke?
	In a can?
	In a can?
	I never had it.
	That was during the show, I think I recall that.
	It was a brief thing.
	No, I like the shandy.
	It's like 2% alcohol.
	Woo!
	Yeah, you could buy it in a can.
	Beautiful.
	Well, with that, I'd like to thank you for your courage since you're drinking shandy on the job.
	And say hello to my friend on the other end.
	Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the one and only... Wait a minute, that's the man who put the C in the companion products.
	The one and only Mr. John C. DeMora!
	Well, in the morning to you, Mr. Adam Curry.
	In the morning to all ships, sea boots on the ground, feet in the air, subs in the water.
	And all the dames and knights out there!
	In the morning to the trolls!
	Hello, trolls!
	I know I'm coming to you early, so hands up.
	Troll count.
	Here we go.
	Here we go.
	1846 on the troll count today.
	1846.
	It's right on the money.
	We are slowly moving our executive producer segment more towards the beginning of the show as our PhDs have tapered off of course the promotion ended so we are going towards the end of and I think we only really have eight eight executive and associate executives today so this is where just it's just the end of the it's the end of the end of the year is how it works although Uh, the 31st of December, or the 30th of December, I think.
	What is it, 3-2-1?
	It's a show day.
	No, the 31st.
	The 31st is a show day, isn't it?
	It's like, it's like this super, it's like this super, um, power draw.
	It's 1-2-3.
	3-2-1.
	1-2-3.
	Oh, 1-2-3, 1-2-3, there you go.
	Yeah, it's gonna be great.
	Oh, 123123.
	There you go.
	Yeah, it's going to be great.
	And we'll be doing the show then.
	Yeah, 1-2-3-1-2-3.
	I don't know what you can do with that.
	You can do $123 maybe.
	$123,000?
	$123,000 would be dynamite.
	And John and Adam will fly in and have dinner with you.
	Oh yes.
	And we'll clean your house.
	I'll tell you what, $123,000, we will both fly in.
	We'll clean your house.
	What else can we do?
	John and Adam will fly in and have dinner with you.
	Oh, yes.
	And we'll clean your house.
	I'll tell you what, $123,000, we will both fly in.
	Go clean your house.
	What else can we do?
	Well, I'm not about the house cleaning, but we will have dinner.
	We'll bring a house, somebody to clean the house. - Oh my gosh.
	We do love our trolls.
	Our trolls are here to listen live and to troll.
	Now, I still have not replied to any posts on No Agenda Social as it just devolves into, into Armageddon.
	I have not seen any evidence that you have.
	I have not.
	I haven't.
	I have not.
	Well, now you sound like mainstream news.
	I have not.
	I have not posted anything because every single time... You're sick of it.
	I'm so sick of it.
	It's no good.
	And it's not the people.
	You're the one who set it up.
	But it's not the people.
	You have to understand.
	It's the system.
	The system... The media is the message, which is the old Marshall McLuhan idea.
	I would say that's true, yes.
	And his theory was that it's nothing but the media itself, whatever media it is, books, TV, radio, in this case social media, It has its own, it does something to your brain that's very specific to the media itself.
	Yes, correct.
	It hasn't been extrapolated to social media, McLuhan's idea, but that's your basic thought.
	And what's surprising is that it happens without algorithms.
	I thought algorithms made this happen.
	But that's not what it is.
	It's people are so narcissistic, they need to, you know, post their thousand memes, then they need to tag me and say, I don't care what you say, we're gonna be like this forever, bitch!
	You know, stuff like that.
	I haven't seen that one.
	I think that's the gist.
	Yeah, that's basically what it is.
	And then people say, Adam wanted a Utopia.
	No, I didn't.
	It was it was a Mastodon.
	It was cool.
	I just set up a server.
	And then when it became too much time management for me, I just gave up.
	And then, you know, luckily, Aaron took over, but he's not posting much either.
	I think he's sick of it, too, because that's all that is.
	And it's not our people.
	And, you know, and a lot of people try to, you know, manage it, but then when they see someone going off the rails, the worst thing you can do is say, hey man, calm down.
	I mean, it doesn't work.
	That'll do it.
	It doesn't work.
	And I think it's because it's when you can reply to someone and create your own thread and it has the same equal weight, equal size as the original.
	There's something fundamentally wrong that doesn't work for human beings.
	That's just what it is.
	And in that regard, I think Twitter and Facebook and Instagram, I agree with Nimrod Haley.
	I think you should have to register with your real name.
	Because then it will all go away.
	Because then no one will do anything anymore.
	No, it won't.
	What'll happen is that people will find workarounds.
	Well, some workarounds.
	People are not going to do that.
	They're going to find workarounds and my real name all of a sudden is going to be something, you know, some other phony name.
	Well, we know you... There's no way, you can't, there's no way you can police that.
	You can phony up driver's licenses, you can phony... It just gets worked around.
	Well, I don't know.
	The internet invites, again, the media is the message.
	The internet invites anonymity, and if you try to squash anonymity, workarounds like Alltech, workaround comes around and boom, you've got anonymity again in a different form.
	I'm all for anonymity, but, you know, on your own blog.
	I'm all for anonymity.
	Post away, do whatever you want, on your substack, not on social media.
	There, I think, just to get rid of it.
	It's not doable.
	You're not getting rid of it.
	It's here to stay.
	I'm voting for Nikki Haley.
	She's going to force us on no agenda social.
	She's going to fix nothing.
	She's another blowhard politician.
	Anyway, I've just given up.
	I've seen this movie.
	By the way, I played that clip of Trump saying, I'm going to be a dick hair for one day, and then they made a big fuss about it.
	Here's just kind of a rhetorical question.
	Trump supposedly is, you know, he's the liar's liar and he's 30,000 lies.
	How come everything he says is a lie except this?
	Oh, you've got to take him at his word!
	Oh, I'm sorry.
	I thought you wanted me to play the clip again.
	Oh, yeah.
	No, I don't want to play the clip again.
	I'm just going to say they say, oh, no, if he says you're going to be, you got to take him at his word.
	You got to take him at his word.
	He's been a bullshitter since the get go.
	And they call him out on being one.
	And he's a liar's liar.
	But yet in this situation, you got to take him at his word.
	Can they make up their minds?
	I see.
	Well, you know, the the line, I think, is when someone tells you what they are, believe them.
	That's my favorite.
	When someone tells you who they are, you should believe them.
	Believe them.
	Yeah.
	Yeah.
	Yeah, you're right.
	But he's full of crap.
	I love all the this like now the Bronx, you know, all the men on the streets off the show up shows up on YouTube and on the reels and shorts.
	We're all for Trump.
	The hood is for Trump.
	They never put that on television.
	That's the best, that's the best.
	Anyway, so I am a big fan of the anonymous trolls in the troll room.
	I think this is a great outlet, I think it's therapeutic, it's very good.
	If you are not already trolling along on show day, which now you have to do it live, it's not for everybody, it's not easy for everybody to be doing this, but if you can, This is therapeutic.
	You go in there, you go nuts.
	You can have a crap name.
	You can name yourself whatever you want.
	You can insult me.
	You know, the only thing that gets you cut off or kicked off is if you post, you know, flood posts, like post a whole bunch of things in a row.
	Otherwise, yeah, there's white Mike.
	White Mike.
	Just the fact that it's white Mike.
	We hate you, Adam.
	Yeah, exactly.
	White Mike.
	We got racist in there, but it's good because... It's related to Big Mike, I wonder.
	It's like everybody has this Tourette's when they get in there.
	They just go crazy.
	It's beautiful, but there's no permanent record.
	So, you know, it's not going to hurt you on a job interview.
	You don't have to say who you are.
	No one's tracking your IP address.
	Nobody cares.
	Do whatever you want.
	And it's funny.
	I mean, I'm logged in all the time.
	I've just walked by my computer and they're really going crazy now.
	That's right.
	Let it out, trolls.
	Let it all out.
	You can become a troll and it, you know, you know what?
	Pilots, commercial pilots should get in the troll room and just go nuts and say whatever they want and feel about their company, the FAA, you know, during a pilot podcast, because we, of course, this knowagendastream.com is 24-7.
	We have all kinds of podcasts on there and a lot of them are live and you can just go nuts.
	I'm all for that.
	That is good.
	That is healthy.
	I don't know why you say one's good and the other isn't.
	Because this isn't, this isn't, no record.
	This goes, this scrolls off.
	It's done.
	You can't comment.
	Everything on No Agenda Social scrolls off.
	Yeah, but you know what I mean.
	It's different.
	It's different.
	And then you sit there refreshing.
	Oh, did someone reply yet to my post?
	My awesome meme?
	Did someone do anything yet?
	No.
	You can also go to trollroom.io.
	This is where you can listen to the stream.
	Now all the apps are starting to do the live stuff.
	It's great at podcastapps.com, the modern podcasts.
	Fountain is doing their live stuff now.
	Podverse, Podcast Guru, CurioCaster, Castamatic, everyone's on board now.
	They're even going to do a live concert on December 20th and the 21st in video.
	I mean, we are kicking Spotify's ass.
	Pathetic.
	Pathetic over there.
	And what are we doing with chewing gum?
	That's telling them.
	With chewing gum and gaffer tape.
	That's how we do it at Podcasting 2.0.
	We are value for value.
	As you heard earlier, you cannot monetize the network.
	None of it worked.
	Everyone went out of business.
	It's very sad.
	I mean, I'm sad for the people at Spotify.
	They already couldn't make money because the record companies own everything.
	And the minute you raise your prices, the record companies go, OK, we're going to ask more for our license, which they did.
	And then, you know, the whole idea was, hey, look at all these millions of podcasts for free.
	Let's make money off of those guys.
	Yeah, how'd that work out, Spotify?
	No!
	So I hope that those thousands of people will get jobs elsewhere.
	Or if you're really into podcasting, I'm sure you can do it.
	If you're willing to take a step back and build something over time.
	And not go and hire celebrities that no one cares about.
	Oh, I feel so much better now.
	With ten producers.
	Yes, yeah.
	Oh, there's this great article that runs through all the economics of it.
	And they were getting $100 CPM in 2018.
	Which is unheard of.
	Well, Leo was getting $100 per CPM.
	Which is unheard of.
	Really?
	Well, Leo was getting $100 per CPM.
	Really?
	Yeah.
	Early on.
	Yeah, 2015 maybe, or even earlier than that.
	Well, what was our first year?
	Our first year was 2008.
	2007.
	Okay, well he was, in 2007 he started.
	So it was in the 2008, 2009, 2010 era he was getting 100 CPM.
	So everyone knows what that means.
	That means $100 per thousand people that are listening.
	In the 2008, 2009, 2010 era, he was getting 100 CPM.
	So just so everyone knows what that means, that means $100 per thousand people that are listening.
	But here's the funny thing.
	It's not based on people who are listening.
	It's based on downloads.
	And Apple just released iOS 17, which you can't refuse the upgrade, it updates.
	It's like, you don't own your phone, Apple owns your phone.
	So they update you, and now, literally, the CEOs of these podcast networks are saying, well, you know, our downloads are down because of Apple changing the way they do it, because Apple now doesn't download stuff you're not listening to.
	So they're admitting that they had at least 15% fraudulent numbers.
	Yeah, that's what they're admitting to.
	They're saying your downloads aren't down, they were exaggerated.
	Yeah, exactly.
	So, we never had to deal with that.
	Now, what did that mean?
	We never got no Joe Rogan offers.
	That was great English.
	We also don't have videos.
	We got no Joe Rogan offers.
	And I moved to Texas and I'm just going to talk like this from now on.
	I don't care what you think.
	I love my truck.
	Where's that guy?
	Where's that guy?
	I love my truck.
	Where's that guy?
	I love my truck and I love what I do.
	And I love what I do.
	Exactly.
	And incredibly, when we went to what we coined as the value for value model, which means, hey, here's everything.
	It's all premium.
	It's all top notch.
	We're not putting anything behind a paywall.
	There's no levels.
	There's no tote bags.
	No secret rooms.
	No secret room.
	This is us.
	Take us how you want.
	Take whatever you want.
	Do whatever you want to do with us.
	Start your own thing on the side.
	Point to us.
	Do it all.
	All we ask is for time, talent, treasure.
	Whatever the value is you get out of it, you send it back.
	Whenever it's handy for you.
	That's why we're still here 16 years later.
	Can't say that about, you know, the top award-winning show.
	There were shows that won Peabody's.
	A Peabody award at Spotify that are getting Axe now.
	Yeah.
	Yeah.
	And we also don't have video of us sitting with our headphones on.
	Ooh, look at us.
	We're cool.
	I got it.
	You know what?
	Cans.
	Cans.
	You should do like a pool boy beanie would look good on you.
	That would be hilarious.
	That would.
	That would be good.
	We should do one with video where you wear one of those beanies.
	Yeah.
	That would look great.
	I'm in.
	Yeah.
	Okay.
	Well, we can do live video.
	We can do it on the Modern Podcast Labs.
	So instead, it's just value for value.
	Now, we have phenomenal time, talent, and treasure contributions.
	One that has taken up a lot of time and a lot of talent and has worked successfully for over a decade is No Agenda Art Generator, which unfortunately had some kind of critical error.
	Or something.
	Yeah, Sir Paul Couture.
	Now, I hope it comes back, because you know what's really rough about this?
	In the modern podcast apps, we have chapters and we have art that goes with the chapters.
	They were all linked from the Noah Gen to Art Generator.
	So now they're all broken.
	All of those images are broken, except, you know, moving forward, we're going to do it a different way.
	Just use the main image, you can do that.
	No, but... Yeah, I know what you mean.
	It was cool.
	Yeah, well, it'll come back, and I have faith in Sir Paul Couture.
	I really do.
	And we have backups of the whole site, so we can always bring back the images and the links at a new domain, but he still hasn't been able to fix it yet.
	He's going to salt and hash.
	generation launch sometime Saturday afternoon, December 9th, 2023.
	And he says, you will have to reset passwords as I'm using a more modern salt and hash for them.
	Woo.
	He's going to salt and hash.
	Salt and hash.
	Yeah, this guy's going out there.
	That's why it's taking so long.
	Using salt and hash is complicated.
	Is it really?
	I don't know.
	I never heard of it.
	The next generation art generator will be up!
	Sunday!
	Unfortunately, I do not have much time during the week.
	Okay, sorry.
	You know what?
	I love you, Paul.
	He has a job.
	He works for a living.
	If it's not up Sunday, we can wait, brother.
	Don't worry about it.
	But that's an excellent example.
	We've got NoAgendaMeetups.com.
	We have Marc and Maria who organized the meetup.
	I mean, all of these are ways that you feed back into the system.
	Boots on the ground like Craig.
	This is what makes the No Agenda Show unique.
	It is a postmodern media model that I don't think anybody has been able to rival it.
	I wish more people did it.
	Of course we have many people within the No Agenda Nation who do it.
	It is the only way forward.
	The only way.
	For everything.
	I just, you know, you can't monetize it.
	Once the network was open and anybody can, you know, you can't create artificial scarcity of airtime.
	How many ads do you want to run?
	You can run them indefinitely.
	CPMs are a race to the bottom.
	Take it from Jon and Alex.
	You like that, huh?
	Yeah, that's a goodie.
	That's a sub-stack for you right there.
	So we'd like to thank the artist who helped us out for episode 1613, and we titled that one Fossil Fools.
	I was informed we have used that title previously.
	Somewhere in the 1100s.
	No!
	I know.
	I don't remember it.
	It's always disappointing how that happens.
	In fact, I'm not supposed to remember it.
	You're the one who is assigned that forever memory.
	Well, And typically my memory does that.
	That's okay, so what?
	Yeah, well... That's how I see it.
	It's just... I'm disappointed in my own... Failure.
	In my own... Let me see what it was, Jen.
	Let me see which one it was.
	Which episode?
	16... Oh, 1197.
	1197.
	Which was... 2019.
	What year was that?
	1197. 1197, which was 2019.
	2019.
	What year was that?
	Ah!
	It was only four years ago.
	Yeah, I should have known.
	I should have known.
	Now, the art, which was done by Sir Dirty Jersey Whore, we both liked it.
	It didn't take long to choose this.
	A lot of people commented that it looked very much like 1980s album art from Journey.
	I think there's something to that, actually.
	Okay.
	Well, the piece I liked the best was the one he did next to it.
	Was that also him?
	Yeah, he did those two pieces.
	Yeah, but it was too much and way too small for artwork.
	I used it on the newsletter because I just liked it.
	What actually was it?
	It's too small for the... But what, it's like the Game of Life?
	Was that what that was?
	I don't know what it is, but whatever it is... You just liked it.
	I just liked it.
	You just liked it.
	What else did we look at?
	You liked the one with the coal, right?
	No, no, no.
	Oh yeah, yes, the clown with the coal.
	Yeah, I kind of like that.
	Nessworks.
	Yeah, that was Fossil Fools, but we both agreed that no one knows what coal looks like anymore.
	Exactly.
	Nobody has a clue.
	It wouldn't fly at all.
	We did not understand Methane Eugene from Francisco Scaramanga.
	We didn't get that one.
	Yeah, what's thane?
	I don't know.
	I don't know.
	I didn't know either.
	Who's thane?
	The yeah no great question from Nesworks.
	But it didn't say great question.
	It said great question mark.
	Yeah, so there was just problems and it's tough, it's tough.
	We have to pick from those just 10 lone pieces that Yeah, it's not our regular 30.
	That's pulled from the social network.
	From the social, yeah.
	Yeah, so it's not going to be... Well, we appreciate your work, Sir Dirty Jersey Whore.
	Thank you for the value that you created.
	The time and the talent was very much appreciated on that.
	Thank you, thank you, thank you.
	To our executive and associate executive producers for episode 1614, we kick it off with Derek Barone, who comes in with a coveted show number donation, 1614 from San Antonio, Texas.
	And he says, uh, show number.
	Donation.
	I picked you guys up while searching the truth after Limbaugh died.
	Wow.
	I wonder, did he, did you search on Google?
	I'm curious about that.
	I have no idea.
	You knuckleheads are now my only source!
	Dedoosh me please!
	You've been dedooshed.
	Please knight me, Sir D. Bone, stealth conductor of truth and lover of boobs.
	Keep up the great work!
	You too, Derek.
	Thank you very much.
	We appreciate that.
	The boob thing is moving around.
	Sir Baron Not Sure Keeper.
	Sir Baron Not Sure Keeper.
	Oh, Not Your Keeper.
	Okay, Sir Baron Not Your Keeper.
	Monument, Colorado, 1111.11.
	Uh, Sir Baron Notcherkeeper of the Trice Lakes, after calling out my brother as a douchebag, the guilt has weighed on me since he was the one that brought me to your show and I wouldn't have found you guys without him.
	Oh no.
	Please credit this donation to him and give him the de-douching he greatly needs.
	For now, please knight him Sir Al.
	Live available.
	All the sirs can be duplicated, by the way, so you don't have to ask about that.
	And give him a helping of mutton hookers.
	And blow away.
	You get that anyway.
	That's a fallback.
	It's a given.
	Please add him to the birthday list, 12-11, and give him a biscuit for his birthday.
	They always give me a biscuit on my birthday.
	You've been de-douched.
	Go ahead.
	And a dose of karma as always.
	Thank you for everything you guys do.
	Mark Rushall.
	You've got karma.
	Okay, hold on.
	I gotta expand my, uh, my cell formatting here.
	One moment.
	People, uh, writing outside the box.
	Okay.
	So that's a, but that is a, uh, a switcheroo for Sir L. All right.
	Yeah.
	Yeah, I presume.
	Oh, hold on.
	That went wrong.
	Sir Al.
	Let's get that right.
	Sir Al.
	Okay.
	Boom.
	Boom.
	Next up.
	Sir Stacker.
	Menominee Falls, Wisconsin.
	1,000.
	Thank you for accepting my treasure and for your service.
	All my best to you, Adam.
	Neil Smith.
	Sir Stacker.
	Baron of Birdseed.
	PhD graduate.
	Now, did this come in?
	It must have come in with a check, I guess, that is a PhD graduate.
	Is this a check noted?
	Yeah, I think so.
	Neil Smith, yep, he's on the list as a graduate, yes.
	Correct.
	He, yeah.
	Now we have Kyle, who came in with another $1,000 and it was sent as a tribute to Michael Well, it's a tribute to Michael Degle Innocenti.
	He had, it was a very cryptic series of notes that Kyle sent in.
	And he, without contributions, and then he sent this thing in as a tribute to this guy with a photo on his note and the whole thing.
	And we're just, there was no evidence that he wanted us to say anything more than that.
	Okay.
	Well, it's a tribute to Michael Degli Innocenti.
	Do we want to put his name as the producer in that case?
	No, Kyle gets it.
	Okay, excuse me.
	Anonymous Controller, Franklin, Indiana.
	I think I met him.
	34567.
	This 34567 sends us into knighthood and we'd like to do a switch-roo and give it to Dave the Broke Controller.
	I think this is from the meetup.
	Well, Dave is tiny and broke.
	He hit us in the mouth and is always attempting to hit others in the mouth.
	Without him, we'd never know this show existed.
	Yeah, see, this is from the controllers.
	He will be known as the Unknown Knight until he writes in and chooses a name.
	JCD, you are the father Dave never had, so can you please, in your most fatherly tone, say, I'm proud of you, kid.
	I'm proud of you, kid!
	It will give... It will give... I felt that even.
	It'll give him the motivation he needs to keep evangelizing for the No Agenda Show and make disciples who he become... who become donors.
	Adam, pleasure meeting you and the Keeper.
	She's lovely, by the way.
	It was one of our human resources who vomited all over the floor at the meetup.
	Oh, I didn't see that.
	I missed it.
	I missed a good vomit.
	As if bringing kids into a bar wasn't already a questionable parenting decision, one of them had to go puke and ruin it for everybody else.
	Luckily, the Noah Jenner meetup was full of loving and kind people who were understanding and sympathetic.
	The only jingle we'd like to hear is JCD's Hot Pocket love from anonymous controller and his wife.
	Hot pockets!
	Okay, so this is for Dave the Broke Controller.
	Dave the Broke.
	I didn't hear about that at all.
	That's funny.
	That's funny.
	I didn't hear about it.
	Well, next on the list is, coincidentally, Linda Lou Patkin in Lakewood, Colorado.
	Jobs Karma, for a remarkable, remarkable resume that gets results, go to ImageMakersInc.com for all your executive resume and job search needs.
	Yeah, that's ImageMakersInc with a K dot com.
	Or just find Linda Lupatkin under the show's producer list with love.
	Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs.
	Let's vote for jobs!
	You've got karma.
	And finally, yes, last one, Sir Jeff from Mount Shasta, California, 200.
	Switcheroo for Dame Danny from Sir Jeff.
	Okay, so please also add Dame Danny to the birthday list for birthday December 7th.
	That's the show day.
	Thank you for all you do.
	Here's the final donation amount for my smoking hot wife to officially become the Dame that she has always been.
	Let us bestow the title of Dame Danny of the Screaming Goat Society.
	Love and light, Sir Jeff, Knight of the Five Seasons.
	So I will put Dame Danny of the Screaming Goat Society in the switcheroo note.
	Beautiful.
	And I think that does it, right?
	Yeah, except I'll read the rest of these.
	There's only a few.
	Just let me thank everybody, of course, as an executive or associate executive producer.
	These are credits that are completely valid.
	They're real.
	You can use them anywhere that credits are recognized.
	That's Hollywood, by the way.
	That's SAG-AFTRA.
	You can use that.
	It's the real deal.
	You can put it on your LinkedIn, on your resume, in your bio, if you have one, or go to imdb.com.
	If you don't have an IMDB, you can open one up.
	It's all legit, and thank you for supporting the No Agenda Show.
	Jeffrey Benz is up with $123.21, and he's from Denver, Pennsylvania.
	I think he needs a de-douching.
	You've been de-douched.
	Rita Harrington, Sparks, Nevada, $100.
	Anonymous from a post office in California, $100.
	You know who you are.
	Baroness Knight in Edmonds, Washington, $90.
	Daniel Mudge in Fairbourn, Ohio, $8008.
	Hmm.
	Yeah, he wanted to be at the meet-up and meet you.
	Kevin McLaughlin from Concord, North Carolina, who wanted to be at the meet-up for sure.
	Because he says, give those boobs the respect they deserve.
	8008.
	Alex Reichman in Peck, Michigan. 8008.
	Ryan, Ryan, Ryan Cartini in Torrington, Connecticut, 74-21.
	Jose Paredes, Paredes, Paredes in Wichita, Kansas, 69-33.
	Sir, becoming heroic in Cherville, Indiana.
	6886, which he claims is jiggly boobs.
	I'm down with that.
	Sir Andrew Panabianco in Peoria, Arizona, 6154.
	Kevin McLaughlin's back at 6006.
	Don't be shy, just give those boobs a try, he says.
	Grayson Insurance in Aurora, Colorado, 6006, also small boobs.
	Trey Coors in Amelia, Ohio.
	$55.55.
	I'm not quite sure what the note says.
	David Weicker in Jacksonville, Florida.
	$55.10 and he wants a promotion for Southeastern Turf Grass Supply.
	Michael, it should be in the name of his name instead of David Weicker.
	Okay.
	55-10.
	Michael Gates, 52-80.
	Heather Goodwin in Kauai, Hawaii, 51-11.
	IE, 5111. Josiah Thomas in Ankeny, Iowa, 51.
	Jacqueline Keeley in Downers Grove, Illinois with a birthday, Actually, it's a birthday to her douchebag husband, $51.
	He's on the list.
	Miles, Charlottesville.
	We'll give him a douching then.
	Miles in Charlottesville, Virginia, $50.33.
	Lynn Malinowski in Stafford, Virginia, $50.
	And these are all fifties from now on.
	We'll finish with this.
	Name and location.
	Douglas Mook in Cochran, Cochranton, Pennsylvania.
	Alex Zavala in Kyle, Texas, or Kylie?
	Oh, Sir Alex.
	Sir Alex.
	Sir Alex, yes.
	Michael Labarre in Williamston, Michigan.
	PayPal, Inc.
	$50.
	Thanks, PayPal.
	I don't know.
	That's what it came as, PayPal.
	Ryan, maybe it's just a refund.
	Ryan Tiernan in North Providence, Rhode Island.
	Matthew Smith in Colchester, Suffolk, UK.
	Jonathan Ferris in Liberal, Kansas.
	Philip Kuzminowski in Austin, Texas.
	Edward Mazurek in Memphis, Tennessee.
	Stephen Ray in Spokane, Washington.
	Jonathan Meyer in Xenia, Ohio.
	Justin Cruz in Tehachapi, California.
	Robertson Holm in Flint, Michigan.
	And last on our list is Kerry Jackson in Watertown, Tennessee.
	I want to thank these people for helping us out here on this show of 1614.
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	No Agenda Meetups.
	Well, you heard my Meetup report at the top.
	It was a great time.
	We really appreciate it.
	Once again, Mark and Maria, thank you so much.
	I'm sure we'll have the full Meetup Report for Sunday's report.
	Takes a little bit to get all of those edited together.
	In the meantime, we do have the Webster County Wet Your Whistle Meetup Report.
	Well, in the morning, this is Charles Shelton from the Webster County Wet Your Whistle monthly Wednesday meetup.
	It was a real turnout tonight!
	It was a party of one, me, and that's okay, but connection is protection for everybody who showed up last week and for the weeks before and the weeks into the future.
	May y'all have a good time, and I will be here next month, first Wednesday of January.
	Respect we much, we mix we much.
	And that which we be committed.
	All right, close.
	Could try.
	There is a meet-up taking place today.
	The Five Forks is the first Thursday at 6 o'clock at Bullwinkle's Tavern.
	That's in Simpsonville, South Carolina.
	The Northern Wake Thanksgiving Recovery Circle of Trust, 6 o'clock at Compass Rose Brewing in Raleigh, North Carolina.
	There's the Carolinas for you, all taken care of.
	On Friday, the Deep State University alumni meeting from Munich and Upper Bavaria.
	This is at Irshad Taylor Brauhaus.
	In Isartal, Bavaria, Germany.
	I'm expecting a meet-up report from that.
	Also the... From a Brauhaus is great.
	Brauhaus, yes.
	Brau and Bradhaus.
	The Brandon's in Florida to meet up 2 o'clock at Big Top Brewing, Lakewood Ranch, Florida.
	That's on Saturday.
	Also on Saturday, the local 406 Yuletide.
	This is the Montana standard, state standard time, 3.33 at Bridger Brewer, brewing Three Forks.
	Three Forks, Montana.
	The New York City No Agenda Drinking Club meets at 333 and Wing Bar in Brooklyn, New York.
	Sir Spoonmaker is there.
	I would like a meetup report from Brooklyn as well.
	I can't believe there are No Agenda listeners in Brooklyn.
	You've got to run out of town.
	The Northeastern Houston Meetup, 5 o'clock in Houston on Saturday at 3040 Farm to Market.
	The Northeast Ohio Holiday Winter Fest.
	Nah, totally not a Christmas.
	Get Together at 6 o'clock.
	That's at 56 Kitchen in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
	And finally, before our next show day on Saturday, the second annual Cheesy Spotsy Holiday Meetup, 630 in Gourmelts.
	That's in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
	I did want to make one mention because I saw Popping up on the schedule, April 8th, a meetup in Fredericksburg, Texas.
	I recommend you not do this meetup.
	I recommend you do not come.
	Unless you have lodging and know where you're going to stay, it is going to be a nightmare.
	I will not even be able to get to this location.
	There's going to be over 100,000 people in Fredericksburg.
	It's a bad idea.
	You have some background here instead of just condemnation.
	This is the big solar eclipse.
	Oh.
	Yes.
	Now, Anna, Texas, you might want to go there.
	We just had a solar eclipse last year.
	Yeah, but this is going to be the big one.
	Fredericksburg is right in the middle of the path.
	This is where it's going to go dark.
	It's going to be dark for a total of 15 minutes.
	Ooh.
	And the whole, the world is coming to Fredericksburg.
	It's going to be a horrible nightmare.
	So, I'm not going to be at this meetup.
	I won't even be able to get there from where I live.
	So, stop doing these smart-ass things, people.
	It's not good for you.
	Do not do this.
	You know how many people have said, hey man, what are you doing for the Eclipse?
	I want to come stay with you.
	No.
	No.
	I'm gonna have to stand outside with my, with my rifle.
	Yeah.
	Yeah.
	Because, you know, there's an empty plot next to us.
	You're gonna have people camping on there, lighting fires.
	Just have your, let the dog loose.
	That could turn out perfectly.
	You know, the troll's like, you just take your electric bike.
	No, you have no idea.
	There will be, the street will be one.
	Take your electric bike.
	It will be one just mass of people.
	Hey, what ever happened to that, that one wheeled, uh, Piece of crap, that little scooter thing you used to drive up and down in your apartment building.
	Whatever happened to that thing?
	Oh, the hoverboard?
	Yeah.
	Yeah, I got rid of it before it blew up.
	I thought I would be smarter.
	Those things blow up.
	You know, the batteries ignite in your house.
	I get rid of them all the time.
	You don't see those much anymore.
	It was two wheels, by the way.
	It was two wheels, hoverboard.
	It wasn't one wheel.
	That's our No Agenda Meetups.
	Go to noagendameetups.com.
	And just like Mark and Maria, who are very smart, they never want to go through the lockdown without a community ever again.
	That's why they started it, because they know connection is protection.
	Noagendameetups.com.
	Start one yourself.
	Sometimes you wanna go hang out with all the nights and days.
	You want to be where you won't be.
	Triggered or held to lame.
	You want to be where everybody feels the same.
	It's like a party.
	Yeah.
	Just like a party.
	I, um, I have two ISOs.
	I wouldn't mind trying out.
	We have two ISOs.
	Why don't I go with my first?
	You've been more winning lately than I have, so I feel like I should be subjugated.
	Here we go.
	Trash takes itself out every single time.
	A little too long, I think.
	A little too long.
	A little too long.
	How about this one?
	Woo!
	Democracy forever, dude!
	We did it!
	I kinda like that one.
	I don't know what he said, but yeah.
	Democracy forever, dude!
	We get it!
	You couldn't hear that?
	Really?
	You couldn't hear that?
	Okay, here we go.
	Woo!
	Democracy forever, dude!
	We did it!
	Oh, I could hear it pretty well.
	Okay, I got two short ones.
	Alright.
	One so short it's got a zero second, maybe not even beyond here.
	Anyway, easy?
	It's just that easy!
	It's just as unintelligible as mine.
	There you go.
	There you go.
	I think there you go is probably the best of all of them.
	Well, that's the clearest.
	Yeah, that usually is what wins.
	Yes.
	I love how people always... Yeah, people who send us these things should note that.
	Yeah, if you can't hear it, it can't be more than two seconds.
	Two seconds is the max.
	And also, if it's just got music behind it, or it's muddy, or it has a funny... It's not gonna work.
	And we're not looking for people saying, in the morning... No.
	Hey, this guy said, in the morning.
	No, no, no, no, no, no.
	We say it enough.
	No, that's not it.
	That's not it.
	I have a couple of clips that I've been sitting on I want to play.
	Okay.
	Because nobody knows about this is not being played by the mainstream media know it.
	Somehow I think this is an op that I think and I say one of our intelligence agencies is doing it.
	It's called the white paper movement in China.
	Oh, what is this?
	In an event right outside of the U.S.
	Capitol this evening, a group of Chinese dissidents and human rights activists are trying to remind the world that the Chinese Communist Party's grip on its people may not be as strong as it seems.
	And that's clear not only from the people who are commemorating the white paper movement today, but also with the white paper movement itself.
	So just to take you back to exactly how this all started, Well, around this time last year, there were tens of thousands of Chinese people who took to the streets holding up pieces of blank white paper in protest of China's zero COVID policy, but not only in protest of that policy, also calling for an end to the Chinese Communist Party and the dictatorship.
	What that would take to risk your life in a regime like that to speak on behalf of truth and protest tyranny.
	I think that should give us all who are lucky enough to live in the free world some courage to do whatever we can to protect the freedoms we have.
	Year after year more and more Chinese people are standing up to demand their basic human rights.
	Year after year, the change is happening.
	He took it upon himself to read off a list of names of people who were actually involved in the white paper protest movement who are still being detained in China today.
	I also got a chance to catch up with lawmakers about the commemoration of this white paper freedom movement and they said this is something that should be encouraged because it is a beacon of hope.
	So it's actually a little glimmer of hope that China's stronghold on its people is not as strong as they think it is.
	And encourage them to continue with that for the cause of freedom around the world is to acknowledge their sacrifice and applaud their sacrifice.
	I think it's important to continue to do that and this has to happen organically within the country.
	Wait a minute, so the Chinese... Organically my ass.
	So they're holding up white pieces of paper?
	Yeah.
	Isn't that just... shouldn't people be making memes out of that?
	Writing on it?
	This whole thing has been repressed in terms of our mainstream coverage.
	Interesting.
	So but I mean I wish I think it makes it not work or somebody told I don't know I have I think there's an op involved here but I don't understand why this hasn't been picked up it's already a year old this movement and it's discussed as such the white paper movement you've never heard of it I never heard of it.
	No I haven't.
	I think this is a part two to this.
	Yes, there is.
	And this comes at a time when there's a new undiagnosed pneumonia breaking out in China and spreading, causing hospitalizations to spike.
	Now, this is raising concern among lawmakers here in Washington, D.C.
	Many of those whom I spoke to said that they're very concerned about the issue of transparency in the data coming out from China, saying that they don't even know how serious this pneumonia is because China recently covered up the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused millions of deaths around the world. - Okay, well, interesting. which caused millions of deaths around the world. - Okay, This may coincide with, I have two clips, what's going on in the UK as everything now, all deaths, everything is being blamed on Boris Johnson.
	You'll recall that they had parties, they had parties.
	We had a clip the other, what was the clip?
	Oh yeah, he's the one who screwed up the Ukraine thing, he went to Ukraine.
	Oh yeah, he's being blamed for everything.
	He's a good fall guy.
	So now they have these inquiries because they had the WhatsApp messages and you know, supposedly Boris Johnson said, You know, we're not locking down the economy.
	Let the bodies pile up high.
	Let 80-year-olds die.
	So this is what's now in the British press.
	Mid-March 2020, when most European countries were under lockdown to stop the spread of COVID, in the UK, it was almost business as usual.
	It's only on March 23rd that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a first lockdown.
	You must stay at home.
	Former officials told the inquiry into the handling of COVID that taking the decision so late likely cost lives.
	I want to take this opportunity, if I may, my lady, to apologize.
	To the victims who endured so much pain, the families who endured so much loss as a result of the mistakes that were made by government.
	Boris Johnson allegedly put the economy first, sacrificing vulnerable people.
	He's accused of saying this to his advisers.
	Did you hear him say, let the bodies pile high in their thousands or it's only killing 80 year olds?
	There's been a few different versions of this, of these stories knocking around.
	And you heard that.
	I heard that in Prime Minister's study.
	Former officials have told the inquiry that Johnson often changed his mind and struggled to understand the science behind the pandemic.
	I think I'm right in saying that the Prime Minister at the time gave up science when he was 15.
	And I think he'd be the first to admit it wasn't his forte and that he did struggle with some of the concepts and we did need to repeat them often.
	Here's what's interesting.
	Well, hold on a second.
	This sounds like bull crap to me.
	Well, they have the WhatsApp messages.
	That's the problem.
	Yeah, well, I guess those can't be phonied up.
	No, no, I think it's the real deal.
	Okay, well, he hasn't denied it, so there you go.
	Well, he is kind of... You know what?
	Anybody could have said that.
	It doesn't matter.
	He's the fall guy.
	But what's interesting is the hoity-toity Brits, the journalists, the News Agents UK.
	These are famous journalists.
	They do the podcast, the News Agents.
	It is a very successful podcast.
	It's financially successful, so that's amazing by itself.
	So they're talking about this and then they reluctantly Give Trump a compliment.
	He missed quite a lot of the detail of how serious it was.
	I'm going to do something I've very rarely done before, which is to talk about the smooth, good governance of Donald Trump's administration at the same time.
	But it was the 31st of January that they banned flights from China into the US because they were so alarmed at Covid coming in.
	We just thought it was racist at the time.
	It was like, oh, another one of them.
	Exactly.
	You thought that Trump was trying to kind of relitigate the trade battle with China in different ways.
	And this was his Muslim ban, a China ban.
	Who's next?
	Exactly.
	But there you were at the end of January in Washington, D.C., with Trump announcing no more flights in from China.
	And Boris Johnson is saying way into February, oh, we didn't really realize how.
	In Washington, I think they did realize that it was pretty serious early on.
	And what's so unbelievable is how cavalier they are now about their own reporting at the time.
	Because that's all you heard.
	The ACLU came out and said Trump was racist against Asians.
	Yep.
	And I don't even know if they had this, I don't think they had this podcast out, but certainly the companies they worked for at the time, they were all like, Trump's a racist, horrible man.
	And now they can't, oh wait, I'm going to do something I don't do.
	I'm going to say Trump had a good handle on it.
	Because at the time we just thought, oh, he's being racist.
	That means as a journalist, you suck.
	You suck.
	It's unreal.
	Anyway, what time is it?
	Oh, it's time!
	What do we want?
	Good news!
	When do we want it?
	Now, please!
	We want some good news before we leave the show.
	Alright, I gotta, this is a, uh, this is the Idaho clip.
	And this is, uh...
	One of those local clips that goes on five, six minutes of good news.
	They're giving some woman some love and all I need is just, all I have here is the setup.
	I cut the rest out where they actually go knock on her door and they give her these awards because the setup itself is good enough and it's good news-y enough and it's one of those local things that could have been cut.
	If it was national news, it'd be a minute and a half instead of five, six minutes.
	So here we go.
	Merry Christmas, everybody!
	We are in the sweetest city in Idaho, so they say, Sugar City.
	I'm Nate Eaton with Robert, Peggy, and Jordan.
	We're about to surprise one of the sweetest ladies who lives here.
	Her name is Martha.
	She has been widowed for two decades.
	She works hard labor jobs, like at potato warehouses, and she's not afraid to get her hands dirty when it comes to working.
	She makes tortillas and other food offerings for her neighbors.
	She's constantly making new friends.
	Last year, without any prompting or recognition, she knitted many cute owl beanies and donated several large boxes to Primary Children's Hospital in Utah.
	She lives alone.
	Uh, but she never loses her spirit of friendship, compassion, or giving.
	Well, Martha has had a broken toilet for quite some time.
	She hasn't been able to afford to get it fixed and Secret Santa asked if we could come and make sure that toilet gets fixed.
	He's paying for a plumber to fix the problem and get her a new toilet if she needs it.
	He's also giving her groceries for quite a bit, $2,000 to the grocery store, and we have $5,000 from Secret Santa just to let her know that she's loved.
	I think we should go surprise her.
	Aww!
	Now that was beautiful!
	Good news, everyone!
	Good news!
	Yes, thank you.
	You know what?
	People are loving this segment, John.
	Oh!
	It's true.
	So you know where I'm getting, I'm starting to get these now from?
	Mimi.
	She is, she's a good news lady, isn't she?
	She's a good news lady and she went and she's digging up these good news stories.
	Oh, see, I'm telling you, people like this stuff.
	Well, I got plenty backed up already.
	I got the dog in the tree story coming up.
	That'll have to wait until Sunday.
	I know everyone's, you know, you're pining for it.
	Please, hold off.
	It'll be here on Sunday.
	The dog in the tree story.
	That is it.
	We will return on Sunday with more media deconstruction just for you.
	I think we gave you your money's worth, which for many of you is nothing.
	So, thanks for that.
	Thanks for that.
	Coming to you from the heart of the Texas Hill Country.
	In the morning, everybody, I'm Adam Curry.
	And from Northern Silicon Valley, where I remain, I'm John C. Dvorak.
	Up next on No Agenda Stream, TrollRoom.io, the modern podcast app you're using.
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	It's the most recent episode from Tuesday, titled Too Many Bulls and I Love My Crocs.
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	Until Sunday, adios, mofoza, hooey hooey, and such.
	The death of Henry Kissinger.
	And Henry Kissinger was a famous... He's the worst.
	He's the worst.
	Famous guy, but he's the worst.
	He killed millions and he's a war criminal.
	Yes.
	When was this?
	He has been involved in some of the most reprehensible policies on the part of the United States.
	The assassination of the president of Chile, Allende, and the support for A brutal murderous dictatorial regime, the extending needlessly of the Vietnam War, falsely claiming in 1972 that peace was at hand, supporting a murderous dictatorship in Pakistan, as well as other dictators around the world.
	Few people have had a hand in so much death and destruction in different parts of the world than Henry Kissinger.
	Three in particular suggest that Henry Kissinger could have been accused of war crimes.
	One is Cambodia, the other is Pakistan, and the other is East Timor.
	Why is he a war criminal?
	What did he do it, do it, do it, do it, do it?
	What did he specifically do?
	Do you know?
	Because I try to look at that.
	I do, I do.
	He died while being Jewish.
	This is what happened.
	Oh, that could be it.
	We need another Jew to blame.
	I don't think so!
	This is Hillary Clinton.
	I don't even know where she's walking.
	And there's protesters.
	Yep, there they are, the Palestinian flags.
	What did Hillary do?
	Existence, just existence, existence.
	I mean, she's not even Jewish!
	Yes, we came, we saw, he died.
	Doesn't really matter.
	What difference at this point does it make?
	I feel that life's a game.
	You sometimes win or lose.
	And though I may be down right now, at least I don't work for Jews.
	But the fact of the matter is the truth needs to be told.
	Ten years ago when the bathroom situation came up.
	Kaido wasn't wearing a uniform.
	You'd see anyone walking down the street.
	They all had man dresses on.
	You didn't know if someone had a bomb, an IED attached or not.
	Maybe you smoke the terrorists on your southern border.
	You go ahead and we're rooting for you.
	We're going to smoke the terrorists on our own southern border.
	There's a simple question.
	You're the ears in a spin.
	Hey, nobody can hear this.
	No one can hear you.
	They can't hear you.
	You finish and then you get it back.
	That's why we have to focus on things like cyber, on space, on artificial intelligence, and not just the regular things that we've always focused on.
	Were you saying that it's time to bomb Iran?
	No, I was not saying it's time to bomb Iran.
	Here's the bottom line, you can boo about it all you like and continue to deny reality.
	Buckle your seatbelts, there's gonna be a new sheriff in town.
	So do everybody a favor, just walk yourself off that stage, enjoy a nice meal, and get the hell out of this place.
	As the most obnoxious blowhard in America.
	And the baby died.
	So what, you just gonna put your iPod on shuffle?
	No, but I could.
	You wanna know why?
	Because every single song you own is a banger.
	It is... It is... Bang!
	Bang!
	Bang!
	It is... Bang!
	Bang!
	Bang!
	Hey, hey, hey.
	It is bang, bang, bang it.
	Yeah, she was very explicit on it.
	It is bang, it is bang it.
	Bang it, bang it, bang it.
	What is that?
	Bang it, bang it.
	Hey, hey, hey.
	Why?
	Isn't it just banging?
	Yeah, she said banging.
	Yeah, why don't you say banging?
	What is that?
	Banging.
	It is fang- It is fang-ing.
	It is fang-ing.
	Fang-ing.
	Were any acoustic instruments used?
	If so, it is not a banger.
	I once accidentally downloaded a Lumineer song.
	I had to throw away my whole computer just to be safe.

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