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It's Thursday, February 20th, 2025. This is your award-winning Gibbon Nation Media Assassination Episode 1740. This is No Agenda.
With a 4% approval rating and broadcasting live from the heart of the Texthil country here in FEMA region number 6 in the morning, everybody.
I'm Adam Curry.
That's from Northern Silicon Valley, where we're all saying the same thing.
Bring back the M-Bone.
I'm John C. Dvorak.
It's Craig Vaughn and Buzzkill in the morning.
You know, I would give anything to bring back the M-Bone.
Do you know the Rolling Stones did a concert over the M-Bone?
Yes.
It was, I think, 1996, I'm going to say.
Yeah, I remember it.
All 15 people were able to watch it and enjoyed it.
It was actually 50,000, they say.
Yeah, they say.
The thing was, only universities who had a T1 and spark stations, that's the only people who could really see it.
I got a number of people writing in about it that talked about the 6-bone, which came later.
I don't remember the 6-bone.
It was the M-bone on IPv6.
Oh, is that when they...
Get it?
Yeah, when IPvTV was going to be the next best thing.
Well, IPTV is actually what's in play right now.
Yeah, but they had...
It was a specific protocol and a whole thing they had developed that was IPTV and they had set-top boxes for IPTV and that went nowhere.
Well, what about Internet 2?
Remind me of that.
What was Internet 2?
I forgot.
Internet 2 is going to be the next big thing, and it was what the universities decided to move to.
Yeah, now I recall.
And then everyone says, oh, the universities are using it.
It's going to ruin the regular Internet because everyone's going to use Internet 2. Yes, I do remember that.
Well, of course, many people who are listening now will not remember Web TV. They won't remember anything.
We just lost half the listenership.
Believe it or not, kids, when I was a kid, you could go to Sam Goody and you could pick up a web TV box and it brought up a browser at, I think it was 2400 baud speed.
No, it was faster.
Okay, maybe...
That was a 9600 baud era.
9600 baud era, okay.
And then you had a remote control that you controlled a little pointer with.
On the TV. And it was such an experience.
It was great.
And Microsoft ended up buying the operation.
Was it Microsoft?
No, you're right.
They bought it.
And of course...
And they bought it for next to nothing.
Yeah, well, it wasn't worth it.
It was the last cheap purchase Microsoft made.
It wasn't worth anything, so...
Well, not when Microsoft got...
Well, okay, well, let's take it to AOL TV. Remember that one?
I sure do.
Oh, man.
We've been through a lot, John.
Yeah, we got a couple old farts here talking about the old days.
That's right, baby.
That's right.
I remember my 56K frame relay.
Frame relay.
I had frame relay, man.
Yeah, yeah.
You were rocking.
I had ISDN. Well, that was the...
ISDN was 64 kilobits, I think, wasn't it?
Yeah, but it was two channels.
Oh, that's right.
So you got 128?
Yeah.
Yeah.
But it was super dedicated, so it was very...
And it would never dial in...
It would still work to this day.
All TV feeds were over ISDN back in the day.
I remember that it was really...
If you dialed in on ISDN, it would disconnect and would take forever to get the connection.
But it worked great.
Once you connected, it did, yeah.
Yeah.
So, we predict...
Yeah, I remember!
Johnny!
We predict many things on this show, and you...
You actually predicted something a while back about the left wanting a Joe Rogan on the left, and you compared that to the days of Air America.
When was that?
I was trying to reminisce with Tina.
Well, Air America was a...
Once Rush Limbaugh started hitting his stride, all these clones came up.
Michael Savage and all these guys went on the radio, and they were all right-wingers, and so Air America came about.
Probably in the late 90s.
I can look it up.
I think it's 96. They came about as the counter-programming to all the right-wing guys on AM radio.
And did Microsoft wind up buying that for next to nothing?
No, they didn't.
I'm surprised.
Well, I took your prediction, made it my own, took full credit for it, of course, and mentioned this to Joe on my recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
What I think we'll see, you know, the first thing after the election is, we need a Joe Rogan on the left!
We need a Joe Rogan!
Well, you know, guys, you basically had a Joe Rogan on the left, but you were so crazy that Joe started to think right.
They didn't want me.
That was the thing.
They didn't want you?
But that's all the psyop working against them.
Because in the past, they could take someone like me and demonize them, and it would be effective.
And they could just remove you from the airwaves.
Right.
And then remove you as a problem, because you're not playing by the rules.
But now, people go, oh, you know what?
I think he's the one who's actually telling the truth.
Let's stop listening to them.
And so then CNN crashes, and then faith in mainstream media crashes, and faith in podcasts rises.
I think what we'll see, though, is...
It may come from YouTube.
We'll probably see them try to hype someone up to become the Joe Rogan of the left.
Oh, they're already definitely doing that.
Who do you think it is?
I don't care.
I don't know if Joe knew, but headlines, headlines, Midas Touch dethrones Joe Rogan's top podcast in the country.
Wait, hold on.
What?
I never even heard of this podcast.
How could it be the top podcast in the country?
I will explain.
Yes, please.
Explain to everybody.
Well, first, let's play.
Of course, it's working.
The hype is working as intended.
And here's MSNBC, Stephanie Rule, you know.
You know her.
All the boys.
Yeah, another one of the lipless wonders on MSNBC. All the boys on the Goldman trading floor loved her.
All right, new topic, Joel, before we go.
The left-leaning podcast, Midas Touch, has just done the unthinkable, dethroned...
Stop, stop.
Wait, are you telling me that Midas Touch, which is a podcast I've never heard of, has replaced Chapo Trap House?
Oh, Chapo Trap House is nowhere to be found.
They're completely gone.
What happened to them?
They were kicking ass.
That's a good question.
That is a good question.
I know they're bringing at least $2 million a year.
I don't know what happened to them.
They had them divided amongst 25 people.
Has just done the unthinkable, dethroned Joe Rogan to become the country's most popular podcast.
Do you see this as a sign of a bigger political shift?
Because even these three guys specifically, they are not your touchy-feely progressives.
They're like three bros from Long Island.
Look, I think that this does signal, one, Democrats and let's just call it the non-conservative ecosystem catching up to where the kind of Rogan right has been.
They're not policy guys.
They're anti-Rogan right.
Rogan was a libertarian left winger.
Rogan right has been.
And they're not policy guys.
They're anti-Rogan.
By the way, you've got to be careful with, you know, you calling libertarians left wing.
It gets me in trouble, so stop it.
The kind of Rogan.
And they're not policy guys.
They're anti-Trump guys.
And they crank it out all day, every day.
And I do think the fact that this is organic.
Organic!
Oh, yeah.
Wait for it.
An ecosystem that was just built up, you know, with heavy investment from millionaires and billionaires.
These are folks who've been grinding and working.
My suspicion is they probably were going to get to this point anyway.
But it does, I think, signal where groups and where organizations and where candidates.
On the Democratic side are going to focus a lot of their effort going forward.
You've got to dominate this space.
That's where conversation is.
That's where a lot of people get their news is on YouTube, online.
You have to be present there.
You have to have messengers that are fearless and that know how to talk to these folks comfortably in messy conversations that are often complicated.
People often say that Democrats don't know how to hit.
These guys are hitters.
They're hitters.
Yeah.
Democrats have the confidence to go anywhere and make a case.
We've got a fragmented media ecosystem.
So it's good to see a little more political diversity in that.
Democrats are going to have to play offense and stop just preaching to their choir.
The essence of evangelism is winning converts.
So you've got to get out there with the confidence to make a case and not simply play to your base.
Alright, so let's talk about the Midas Touch for a moment.
Yes, a podcast I've never heard of until this very minute.
I had not heard of it either until Newsweek brought us the headline.
Which everyone is repeating, Midas Touch dethrones Joe Rogan.
How can it dethrone anything?
It just showed up.
You don't dethrone it.
It's like instant bestseller.
Yeah, exactly.
That would have been even better.
So I did a deep dive.
Now, these numbers come from Podscribe.
And Podscribe, they use a tracking pixel on downloads.
Which is one of the more valid ways of getting download numbers.
And so the most recent PodScribe chart.
Now, that's just PodScribe, which means everybody has to participate, which they don't.
We don't participate in any of that nonsense.
We have no tracking pixels.
No reason.
There's absolutely no reason to have that.
Bragging rights.
Exactly.
I think their measurement is correct.
They say 57 million downloads for the Midas Touch podcast versus Joe Rogan's 57 versus 50 million monthly downloads.
And let's just listen to a minute of the most recent episode of the Midas Touch.
Just three bros.
Just three bros.
That's all they are.
And are you okay?
I swallowed some tea.
Oh, well, it's going in the right direction.
Down the throat.
Here is the most recent episode of the Midas Touch.
It's a dude sitting in a chair with a big mic in his face.
Look at these headlines from the United Kingdom this morning.
The Daily Express says, shameful Trump attack stuns the world.
From the Daily Star, Putin's...
And Donald Trump is in the character of a poodle and then being walked by Putin.
And then the Daily Mail, Trump appalls world with dictator blast at Zelensky.
So in between Donald Trump's vacationing yesterday, playing golf once again, remember over the weekend while there were devastating storms in Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Donald Trump was circling around the Daytona 500 in his motorhome.
He's golfed every day since then on our taxpayer dime.
And in between then, he's been attacking Zelensky.
Yesterday, he called Zelensky a dictator.
He threatened Zelensky.
He threatened our allies in NATO. We'll get to that in just a bit.
And while all of that's going on, you have Elon Musk using his rage algorithm, his disinformation propaganda network known as X. It used to be Twitter making posts like this and making a mockery of the fact that he and Doge and Donald Trump are cutting essential services and destroying lives.
So, riveting content.
Riveting.
And I can tell you how they got this number.
Yeah, this number's jacked up.
It's bullcrap.
Well, you know...
You can jack up numbers if you know what you're doing.
I did the deep dive.
I'm Notebook LM. These guys release 13 episodes a day.
Between 13 and 20 episodes a day.
And they're all short.
They're about 10 to 15 minutes.
Sometimes they include...
And it's just...
As far as I can tell, it's only one guy.
I could not find one with the three brothers talking.
They have a network which is all counted with the same pixel as far as I can tell.
Who also release an extraordinary amount of episodes per day.
I think they have 10 podcasts.
Some of them they host themselves.
They have some other people.
So, yeah, if you get 100,000 downloads per episode, which is, you know, we get more than that, and you do 15 of them a day, yeah, you can get to 57 million.
Maybe if you buy a little bit of bot traffic, that'll help.
But these guys, and I think that they have the money for bot traffic, because these guys are not just some bros from Brooklyn.
These guys had a political action committee in 2020, whose sole purpose was to stop the re-election of Donald Trump.
The super PAC aligned with the Democrat Party.
So they had a PAC, then a super PAC. It was the Democracy, Defense, and Action in 2023. These guys are no slouches.
One's a lawyer.
I think he's a partner with Colin Kaepernick.
These guys have been around.
They are literally in millionaire and billionaire circles.
Yeah.
So they have plenty of money to buy some bot traffic, and they just sit there and say Trump sucks 15 times a day.
It's not even comparable.
No, it's not.
Anyone can just say Trump sucks.
We can do it.
Trump sucks.
We can get 57 million downloads a day.
So it's just amazing that you predicted this.
You said that they would go finding this, and there it is.
And it's pathetic.
I mean, it's really, it's no good.
I tried.
I'm like, oh, we've got a great interview today with Jim Acosta.
That's got to be stirring.
Yeah.
So, no.
I don't put much into this.
Well, the thing is, they were supposed to do a Rogan...
Like show.
That was going to be Rogan in terms of like the way the show is structured.
Three hours of a long conversation with someone where the person is drawn out and they discuss things in great detail and you get to understand and know them.
Yeah.
In that sort of format, which is not easy to do.
Only a few people can do it.
And that's what they were supposed to find.
Somebody could do that and they can't.
I mean, anyone can do a 5-10 minute podcast.
Yeah.
They'll be coming out of Pod Angeles.
The Pod Angeles Studios.
Oh, the Pod Angeles Studios.
Yes, indeed.
Well, and we may have to make a new prediction about something else very soon.
Pope Francis continues his recovery from pneumonia, eating breakfast out of bed on Thursday morning after a sixth peaceful night at the hospital, the Vatican said.
The Holy See spokesman Matteo Bruni issued a new update after confirming late Wednesday that new blood tests showed a slight improvement in some of the inflammations.
The pontiff was visited on Wednesday by Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni, his first non-VIP visitor.
How is she a non-VIP? That's your own news for some reason.
He is diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs on top of a polymicrobial infection in his respiratory tract.
Meaning a combination of bacteria, virus, and fungi.
He's taking several antibodies.
For what doctors diagnose as asthmatic bronchitis.
I don't wish ill on anyone, but at 88, this is not a good thing for the Pope.
No, in fact, it's pneumonia that kills most octogenarians.
That's what kills most people.
And, of course, I predicted this guy would become the Pope, and I based that on...
Geopolitical insights, as we always do.
It's the same as us predicting the Super Bowl.
Exactly.
And you will predict the next Pope, too.
Yes, I think so.
I'm absolutely convinced of it.
It's your beat.
This is not a prediction, but I have my eye on Robert Serra of Guinea.
Of where?
Guinea.
Guinea?
Guinea, yes.
Guinea?
Guinea, yeah.
I think we need a black Pope.
That's an interesting idea.
We need to...
A black pope.
A black pope, yes.
I'm thinking that...
I'm not sure.
I'm not...
This is not my final prediction, but I'm liking this guy as a candidate.
You're leaning.
Because he's very conservative.
And I think Guinea is just interesting.
I think Guinea may be the place to be.
The place to be.
Well, I mean, we need a pope from Africa.
We had a pope from South America, now a pope from Africa.
That seems on brand for the Vatican.
How about a Russian pope?
Yeah, good luck with that.
That's not going to happen.
Now, there is a Filipino possibility.
But that would clash a little.
I mean, that would be really clashing with China.
And then we have another guy from Ghana.
Well, that might be not a bad idea, to clash with China.
Yeah, it's possible.
We have a guy from Ghana.
So I'm still working on it.
And I don't want to make any predictions until it's time for a new pope.
That just would not be appropriate.
I'm not going to do that.
But I'm thinking.
I'm thinking about it.
All right, let's talk about some things that are really going on.
I mean, our show is done.
We just nailed it with everything.
What more do we need to do?
I think we should talk about the DOJ. Let's try these clips, DOJ foil.
Fail, I think, supposed to be.
Okay, I have four, three, two.
Ah, NPR, love it.
We are now about one month into President Trump's term, and Justice Department veterans are starting to notice a pattern.
They say the DOJ seems to be more lenient with people who appear loyal to the president.
Loyalists!
NPR justice correspondent Gary Johnson has been reporting on some of those cases.
Hi there.
Hey there.
Hi there.
Hey there.
Hi there.
Hey there.
Hi there.
So we're talking, obviously, about...
What exactly are you hearing from people both in and outside the Justice Department?
Steven Salzburg spent years at Justice under Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
He says alarm is actually an understatement about what's happening there.
Prosecutors seem to be backing away from cases against people with ties to Donald Trump.
There are patterns that we haven't really seen in the past.
None of the patterns.
Inspire a lot of confidence that the department is being even-handed in its approach to cases.
Salzburg says this actually started on Inauguration Day with Trump's clemency for more than 1,500 people who took part in the Capitol riot.
He says it looks like Trump wanted to cut those people a break because they were acting on his behalf.
Just as a...
Wait, wait, before you go on, I just want to mention what she just said about the...
Clemency and the parts has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with the Justice Department.
No, that was Trump's pardon.
Yeah.
Okay, now what you were saying?
Well, I was going to say that the Department of Justice falls under the executive branch, correct?
Yep.
And who's in charge of the executive branch?
Let me think.
Let me look at my sheets.
Oh, Trump.
Yeah, the president.
Okay.
Alright.
Well, now the propaganda from these jokers gets worse.
I will inject a reminder here that Trump, of course, was himself investigated by the Justice Department, was charged twice by the Justice Department.
Prosecutors dropped those charges against him after he won the election in November.
Is that experience echoing through the Justice Department now?
It absolutely is.
After Trump returned to the White House, prosecutors abandoned their obstruction case against two of his aides at the Mar-a-Lago resort.
Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira allegedly helped.
Trump hide classified documents from the FBI. Allegedly.
And Trump's spoken a lot lately about how the Justice Department went after him.
He says that gave him an appreciation for the plight of other politicians accused of wrongdoing.
That's really showed.
In recent weeks, DOJ dropped a case against former Nebraska Congressman Jeff Fortenberry.
Oh, man.
Okay, I'll stop it there.
They dropped the case.
The case was overturned.
It was still pending, but it was overturned on appeal.
It was overturned, and so they dropped a case that was overturned.
Did they mention that?
No.
This is NPR, our national treasure.
Are you telling me that they are propagandizing and lying, or just maybe spreading misinformation?
Well, maybe there's another instance of this.
Prosecutors in Nashville withdrew from an investigation against Republican Congressman Andy Ogles.
Ogles, of course, had introduced a bill that would clear the way for Trump to serve a third term in office.
Okay.
Ogle.
What was the case against Ogle?
Did they tell you?
No, I have no idea, but they dropped a case.
He failed to file his election, some election paperwork two weeks late, which was illegal.
Yes.
So it was a process.
It was a process.
A process.
Persecution, I guess is the word I should use.
It was bullcrap.
It was one of those minor things.
It was paperwork.
And so they, oh, they dropped the case against him.
Oh, my God.
What are we going to do?
And then they throw in the little, basically a non sequitur.
He introduced, and everybody does this for both sides of the aisle, introduced, well, let him in for another season or whatever.
And so they throw that in to compound the bull crap.
This is basically a report of lies.
NPR has turned into just a propagandistic tool for the Democrat Party.
What do you mean turned into?
Okay, gambling.
Gambling.
And then on Friday, the DOJ moved to dismiss the case against New York Mayor Eric Adams.
Stay with the Mayor Adams case for a second.
It's a big one, and I know the fallout is...
Hey, by the way, is she a disciple of the other guys?
You know, I knew you'd spot that.
Yes, she's talking like this.
She talks like the same way the other guys.
Yes, it's NPR. Yes, she knew I would spot it.
You have anything to say about it, or it's just what it is?
Yeah, it's just what it is.
Stay with the Mayor Adams case for a sec, because that's a big one.
And I know the fallout is continuing.
What is the latest?
Seven prosecutors quit rather than move to drop that case.
They said it looked like an unlawful quid pro quo.
Adams and his lawyer have flatly denied that.
But the judge in the case, Dale Ho, has ordered both sides to court Wednesday in New York to explain why the prosecution's being dismissed.
And meanwhile, more than 900 former Justice Department prosecutors signed a letter to salute the people still at justice for responding to ethical challenges with courage and conviction.
One of the people who signed is Peter Zeidenberg.
He says senior lawyers at Justice did not seem to hide they were acting for political reasons to secure Eric Adams' cooperation with immigration agents.
The politicization...
But the chief of staff to the current attorney general says this DOJ wants to focus on its core function of prosecuting dangerous criminals, not pursuing politically motivated witch hunts.
Hmm.
Hmm.
That sounds wrong to me.
You know, if you and I were running NPR, we would not allow her to continue on the air.
I mean, she sounds so...
Hoity-toity.
She may be a very fine person on both sides.
But when she goes...
Doesn't that miss the mark on your audience?
I think so.
Yeah, I really think so.
They have a lot of people like that.
They also have the...
A couple of screechers and some people that can barely enunciate.
Yes.
It's pathetic.
Yes.
Hey, hi, hello.
How you doing?
And they get government money, and I didn't cut this.
Not much.
Let's stop with that.
More than we get.
Well, that's true.
If we were trans, we'd be rolling in dough.
We missed an obvious opportunity.
True that.
True that, boy.
That reminds me of something that current Attorney General, this is Pam Bondi, something she said, which is that she wants to go after weaponization.
She does.
Bondi seems to be focused on people who help bring cases against Donald Trump.
Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith wrote this week, this all seems to be doublespeak, part of a playbook to weaponize DOJ law enforcement like never before against Trump's perceived enemies.
And the fear of many of my sources is that the DOJ will, on one hand, move to help Trump's friends get out of trouble, and on the other, use its vast powers of investigation and prosecution against people who have criticized the president.
And here's Kerry Johnson there.
Thanks, Kerry.
Thanks for having me.
Does this help his friends get out of trouble?
That includes Eric Adams, the Democrat who never liked Trump.
He's one of his friends.
Is that the deal?
And these other two doofuses that just had some paperwork issues, that's it.
That's the best examples.
The only examples they could come up with was some guy's case, which is already overturned, and another guy who failed to file.
Some election paperwork within the two-week time limit.
You're very mad at people who have no audience.
NPR. They have an audience.
People listen on the radio.
Here's an update on the Eric Adams case.
Embattled Mayor Eric Adams greeted like a villain when he arrived at federal court.
A villain!
A villain!
How is that, greeting him like a villain?
It's like greeting him like the opposing team.
Boo!
Walking out like a victorious hero.
After Judge Dale Ho gave no indication he would deny DOJ's request to dismiss the corruption case against him.
While calling it a very unusual situation, the judge conceding the court does have a limited role to play.
When asked by the judge if the mayor understood the charges could be reinstated, Adams telling the court, I have not committed a crime.
I don't see them bringing it back.
I'm not afraid of that.
Acting Deputy Attorney General Emile Bouvier adding, I don't have any plans to bring back the case in the future.
The acting U.S. attorney and six other federal prosecutors resigned last week in protest, claiming the mayor cut a deal with the Trump administration to enforce immigration policies.
Monday, four deputy mayors stepped down, prompting Governor Hochul to hold meetings this week with key leaders on if she should remove the mayor from office.
But Bouvier says this is DOJ's straight prosecutorial discretion.
There is no quid pro quo.
And even if it was, there wouldn't be any issue with that.
Bouvier, meanwhile, was forced to put on the record that the reason for dismissing the case was because it interfered to the mayor's ability to enforce the president's immigration agenda.
So, Eric Adams, good to go.
I guess, uh...
Well, this hopeful kicks him out, which is a possibility they have been discussing and are discussing.
One of our producers sent me a note about Sassoon, the acting attorney general.
She looks 20, by the way.
She's pretty young.
She's very young.
Youthful.
Yeah.
The one who quit after three weeks on the job.
After three weeks on the job.
They keep failing to mention in all the reporting.
Yes.
And who...
Who is a member of the Sassoon family, which I learned is one of the big banker families, particularly notorious, allegedly, for making their fortune off of opium addicts in China in the 1900s.
Oh.
How about that?
Isn't that interesting?
So who's the billionaire now, huh?
All right, since you threw those clips on me and made me sit through it, I'm going to bring you into the...
I can't make you do anything.
I'm going to bring you into the realm of pooper.
I mean, if they really wanted to be transparent, which they say they are being transparent, but if they really wanted to, I mean, they could have cameras with the Doge team.
Body cams.
Yeah, body cams.
Body cams on the Doge team.
That's exactly what he's talking about.
As they're, you know, running the woodchipper and dismantling, you know, putting agencies through.
Woodchipper.
He's putting everything in a woodchipper.
Give him body cams.
Through the woodchipper.
I mean, we've seen the president had cameras in the Oval Office.
Should be live streaming on TikTok.
As he's signing executive order after executive order, there are other things they could do to be more transparent, aren't there?
Certainly.
And the question really has been, what is accurate?
I love how she just goes.
Certainly.
Hold on a second.
He's signing these executive orders in front of the press.
Yeah.
How much more transparent?
And then they talk about it, and then he'll take questions on every one of them.
How more transparent is he supposed to be naked, maybe sitting there?
It's not about the president.
It's about the co-president.
We want a body cam on Elon.
He should do that, by the way.
That'd be pretty funny.
You get a lot of hits if you run a live stream.
I think it's a great idea.
I think you should take this to heart and make the Doge team wear body cams.
Especially with all the sex he's having with all these various women.
Certainly.
The question really has been, what is accurate about what they are finding and what they are uncovering?
Because we're seeing, you know, allegations from White House officials that tens of millions of people are receiving Social Security that are either dead or should not be receiving it.
And obviously, that would be a third of people who get Social Security.
When you actually look at audits that have been done, including one that was done, I believe, two years ago in 2023, this is something that the government has been reviewing in the past.
It's not a newfound idea.
But then sometimes there are claims that you've seen the administration make, including when Elon Musk was confronted about one of them about condoms going to Gaza in the Oval Office, who said it was not true and that he would correct things when they were wrong.
But oftentimes it takes some work going on behind the scenes to ask them about that.
Wait, hold on, stop.
Stop.
you *laughs* She goes on and talks about it wasn't true, but they don't talk about what did happen, which was the same condoms, the same amount of condoms went to Mozambique, which he called them out on when they said, hey, it never went to Gaza, they went to Mozambique, and he said, yeah, so that's good, that's better, what are you talking about?
So she just blows by that information?
It's AC360, man.
I mean, it's even lower than NPR. They're running us out of town.
We won't have media to deconstruct if they keep this up.
Well, no, now we got the Midas touch.
No, it's true.
But oftentimes it takes some work going on behind the scenes to ask them about that before they get there.
And so I think that has been a big part of the question here in terms of accountability and transparency and what's actually accurate and what is fraud and what is simply something that this administration disagrees with.
Before I continue with this series, breaking news, Kash Patel has been confirmed.
Good.
Yes.
That should be good for a laugh.
Yeah, I know you're right.
Every single one of his nominees went through.
Except for Matt Gaetz.
Well, yeah, I mean, he bailed.
He bailed early.
Now, Anderson, I mean, this is how low CNN has come.
It's like, who can we bring in to talk about Doge?
Come on, John, you know who.
Uh, Hotep.
Close!
You know, there were camera crews with the Marines on, you know, and the military on D-Day as they landed at the beach to show the American people.
Oh, did the Marines have body cams?
You know, hey, at D-Day they had camera crews.
I mean, we should have them at Doge Day.
What kind of comparison is this?
This is off the wall.
This is insane.
As they landed on the beach to show the American people what was happening.
I don't understand why not be transparent.
I think anybody from any political background...
I've never heard this in the news media, that they want body cams on...
I mean, let's put body cams on Attorneys General.
Let's put body...
You know what?
Let's put a body cam on Anderson Cooper.
How about this for an idea?
And I've written about this in my Substack column, dvorak.substack.com.
Let's put cams in the classroom.
Now you're talking.
Body cams on the teachers.
Do that first.
Would be happy with cutting waste and cutting inefficiencies and any kind of abuse and any kind of bloat and all that stuff.
Why not be super transparent about it?
This group was fired because X, Y, and Z. I mean, we don't even know the decision-making process.
You know, you hear reports from people who've been fired that, like, I had to go to present in front of some, you know, 20-something-year-old who knows nothing about my agency.
I had to justify my job in, you know, a minute or two or something.
Here she comes!
Right, that's what they want to do.
They want to create chaos and confusion.
It's my girl!
It's Kara!
It's your protege!
It's because these decisions aren't...
Very well made, because they're not interested in reforming.
If they're interested in reforming, they would pass congressional laws, right?
That's the way you do it.
What they're interested in doing is shock and awe, and we're coming in, we're just going to cut.
It's a very common thing that Elon does at all his companies.
He comes in and upends.
Someone at one of his companies says he comes in, he upends a trash can and then runs out.
And everyone's summarily scared, and then they get back to work.
And in this case, that's what he's doing.
He's creating a situation of discomfort among these people to do that.
But they don't want you to see it because either there's nothing to see or they're doing things, perhaps, in not the most legal of ways.
And probably both of those are true.
Yes.
You know, I think actually I played one out of order.
This is where introductions.
Much more now on Elon Musk and Doge and who's running it, among many other things.
Joining us is Kara Swisher, who knows Elon Musk well and has often written about him.
She's an encourager's ire, of course.
She's host of the podcast On with Kara Swisher, co-host of Pivot, and we're happy to say a CNN contributor.
So, Kara, who runs Doge?
We need to become a CNN contributor.
When did she become a CNN contributor?
Well, she's on that show.
She was on the show with Chris, the guy who left, who became a podcaster.
Cuomo?
No, no, no.
The Fox guy.
Chris Hayes?
No, the Fox guy.
What's his name?
The Fox guy?
Yeah, the guy who left Fox for CNN, then left CNN to become a podcaster instead of the humiliation of being fired.
Chris Wallace.
Oh, Chris Wallace, right?
Yes, Chris Wallace.
And then she was on his panel show.
This is not a kumbaya group of people making decisions.
This is Elon Musk making decisions or presenting things to the president.
And the president just shakes his head.
I doubt he very much knows a lot of the specifics of what they're doing.
But diving into agencies like this, like they're a marine force attacking a beach, that's what they're doing.
They're creating fear.
They're creating a narrative about they're coming.
They're coming to get you.
What they're really trying to do, what I think they're trying to do, is get control of this data for purposes of uniting it.
I love how, so the narrative they have created.
That these media people have created is that they're storming the beaches.
What I think they're trying to do is get control of this data for purposes of uniting it in some way, using AI, probably Elon's AI company, to do so.
So I'm always paying attention to what they're after, which is data.
What is she even talking about?
They're trying to get a hold of the data.
They're going to try to unite it.
What does she mean by...
They're trying to unite it.
They're trying to use Elon's AI company to do it.
Unite it?
What is she talking about?
Yes, the beaches are back open!
Woohoo!
Yeah!
I have no idea.
Oops, hold on.
Let's move on to the next piece.
Let's play just a bite of one other clip from this interview.
I used to be adored by the left.
Not anymore.
This is the end.
Everyone.
They're playing this over and over.
I can't believe we had Elon and his co-president.
They did an interview on Fox, of course, on Fox, of course.
Used to be adored by the left.
Less so these days.
You killed that, huh?
I mean, less so.
I really didn't.
I mean, this whole sort of like...
They call it, like, Trump derangement syndrome.
And, you know, you don't realize how real this is until, like, it's, you can't reason with people.
So, like, I was at a friend's birthday party in LA, just a birthday dinner, happy to mention the president's name, and it was like they got shot with a dart in the jugular that contained, like, methamphetamine and rabies, okay?
Good line.
And I'm like, what is wrong?
Guys, like, you just can't have, like, a normal conversation.
And it's like, it's like they become completely irrational.
I'm going to confirm this.
I have received several emails in the past few days in between shows of people saying, my liberal friends have basically divorced me.
Like, there's like, you know, won't talk.
One of our friends is a yoga instructor.
I don't get it because I thought this was over.
No, it's accelerated.
I've reacquainted myself with the Lib Joes.
Well, just you wait.
No, I think we're just ahead of the curve here in California.
Okay.
One of our friends is a yoga instructor in Illinois.
And one of her long-term clients all of a sudden went, you're to blame for this.
You voted for him, you Christian nationalists.
I mean, she was shocked.
She was shocked.
Christian nationalist.
I know!
You know, just parrot everything.
What does that even mean?
Well, that's exactly...
She called us and Tina says, Adam, could you just tell her what Christian nationalist is?
I said, it's a bullcrap term that was made up.
Yeah, it's like conspiracy theorists.
I think the CIA dreamed it up.
Yeah.
But the whole idea is if you do not agree with them...
They call you unintelligent, stupid, expected better from you, sexist, racist, Nazi, and then I can't talk with you anymore.
I'm sorry, I can't talk with you anymore.
Can't talk with you anymore.
And Trump is coming for your Social Security.
By the way, I will say, Tina received her first Social Security check this month.
How old is Tina?
62. She took early retirement.
She didn't wait until she was 65?
No, she's early retirement.
Oh, she went and she did the early, okay.
Yeah.
Well, after the COVID shots, I think, yeah, you wouldn't take the earlier because you're not going to make it that long.
She didn't take a COVID shot.
What are you talking about?
What's wrong with you?
I'm talking in general.
Oh, in general.
Yes, okay.
It's interesting to watch the dynamic between them and also how a lot of people in the company of Elon Musk have this fake laugh.
What he's saying is super, super funny.
I know.
Every joke.
Well, everything is...
Have you noticed this?
We have to be on the lookout.
Who does the fake laugh?
I haven't...
I'm sorry, I didn't...
Whatever she was saying, I didn't understand what she's talking about.
No, no, what Anderson Cooper says.
Listen again.
It's interesting to watch the dynamic between them and also how a lot of people in the company of Elon Musk, like, have this fake laugh.
Like, what he's saying is, like, super, super funny.
I know, every joke.
Joke at wealth.
Everything is super funny when you're the world's richest man, in case you're interested, if you ever get to that status.
You know, I think they're just trying to show...
This is a show, Anderson.
It said the word show.
If you notice, the president said that.
This is the buddy comedy.
And I think that's what they're going for.
And of all people, Donald Trump understands the power of narrative.
And there's a narrative happening here.
But just don't bother us with the details.
This is a way to do shock and awe rather than actually do the hard task of reforming the government.
Which everybody is behind.
But why do it this way?
Because it's interesting.
Because it's a show.
Because it's entertaining.
Because there's...
Is he a villain?
Is he Iron Man?
Or is he Thanos?
Like, that kind of thing.
And I think they don't mind if you think either thing of them.
They just want you to keep watching.
I'm not even going to play my last clip.
It's too stupid to listen to.
What is she talking about?
The laughing.
Apparently, people around Musk have a fake laugh.
I guess.
I don't know.
I haven't seen any evidence of this.
No, that's why we need to pay attention to it.
Also, on CNN, I know you saw this, don't blow the punchline, but this isn't...
Don't blow the punchline.
This is an excellent example of the Mangelman amnesia effect.
And what that means is, if you read something in a newspaper that you really are an expert on the topic, everybody's an expert on something, and you read something factually incorrect, you have to assume that everything else in that newspaper is probably factually incorrect.
And in this case, they bring on Mr. Wonderful!
Mr. Wonderful Kevin O'Leary.
He's also a shark in the shark tank and knows nothing.
They're not whacking enough.
There's this concept in private equity when you get a bankrupt company and you go in there, you cut 20% more than your initial read.
And then you find like a pool of mercury, the organization gels back together again.
Always cut deeper.
Harder when there's fat and waste.
The FAA, it's not the people.
The code is cobalt.
It's from the 60s.
It's cobalt, I tell you.
It's from the 60s.
It's cobalt.
And then he goes on to say...
It needs CapEx put into it for the technology to be upgraded to make it safer.
Safer?
Safer?
Cobalt?
I don't think it's unsafe.
It may be...
No, it's actually quite secure.
Yeah, it may be arcane.
It's just hard to hack.
Yeah, and you may have to use all uppercase, but it's not insecure.
Cobalt.
Cobalt.
What a tool.
Yeah, I saw that too, obviously.
Cobalt.
In fact, I retweeted it.
Yeah, I saw.
Staying with the Doge, and I said right away I found this very suspicious, and I wanted people who live in the...
I think they call it the...
The DMV area, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, to let me know if they saw that there was indeed a surge of people putting their houses up for sale because of the doge cuts.
And turns out, nah.
Have you seen this post making the rounds on social media?
It shows an explosion of houses hitting the market in Arlington County and Falls Church.
The post suggests that President Trump and Elon Musk's slashing of the federal workforce is leading to a mass real estate sell-off and a mass exodus from Northern Virginia.
The chief economist for the National Association of Realtors says this viral pick is bogus.
Right now we're not seeing any major increase in inventory or any plunging in home prices.
Ashley Wehmeyer.
There is a real estate agent in Northern Virginia, and she says this bogus post has real estate agents across the area scrambling to try to set the story straight.
Some realtors have been posting because they've been getting calls from clients saying, what's going on?
Is this true?
Should I put my house on the market right now?
Bottom line, there is no sell-off.
And the housing inventory is actually still low in the DMV, and the numbers prove it.
Here's a breakdown of the housing inventory in Northern Virginia for the first two weeks of this month compared to the same time last year.
This time period covers the fork in the road emails sent to federal workers, and what we see here is, well, not much other than in Loudoun County.
Across the entire D.C. metro region, there were just nine more homes on the market compared to last year.
That is not significant.
And like I said, in Loudoun, you are seeing that.
But you do have the new builds, and you also have your new construction, but you also have people who have been ordered to return to work.
And so they're looking, maybe we should come back in and be a little bit closer now.
Yeah, and that's confirmed by Tom Starkweather, end-of-show mixer, meet-up organizer and producer of the show.
He says the traffic going into D.C. now is at a crawl in the morning because everybody has to go back to work.
So it's factually just untrue.
But, you know, oh, Doge is kicking butt here.
Look at that.
Wow, these crazy are losing their selling their houses.
No.
I'm sure there will be an uptick eventually.
By the way...
Yeah, well, there is an uptick of nine houses.
Nine houses.
I think when it comes to inflation, which is, you know, of course, President Trump, he said right away, the price is going to...
The minute I put my hand on the Bible, which he didn't do, Then prices, everything's going to come down.
Life's going to get cheaper.
I think it will in housing if they count that in the CPI. Do they count housing and CPI? They take that out, right?
I think they keep changing the rules for it.
Makes it more fun.
It's like, oh, that doesn't look good.
Let's take that out.
Let's take that out, yeah.
I'm pretty sure that you'll see housing prices go down because the migrant issue is ending.
Hotel prices may come down.
They have to come down.
And there's just going to be more housing available.
I'm sure they won't count.
I think housing and energy, well, that's core.
We don't want to report on that.
And we need to report on Hamburger Helper.
And eggs.
Eggs is really expensive.
Hamburger Helper.
There was another bogus video.
That I want to bring to everyone's attention.
This was posted on social media as J.D. Vance made the chairman of the Munich Security Conference cry.
After the speech of Vice President Vance on Friday, we have to fear that our common value base is not that common anymore.
I'm very grateful to all those European politicians that spoke out and reaffirmed the values and principles that they are defending.
Here comes the edit.
No one did this better than President Zelensky.
Let me conclude and this becomes difficult.
No, difficult.
Yeah, no.
He was leaving his post after being there for I don't know how many years and they edited the end.
into that piece and posted it and people went, oh, look at that, so good, MAGA. MAGA's making him cry.
It's not true.
It's not true.
It'll medialize.
Ooh, gambling, gambling.
Yeah, and while we're on it, let's play this little bit from Lindy Hop Lady G. Graham, who of course is, you know, whoa, I'm all for it.
Oh, the president, yeah.
He can have a meeting without Zelensky.
He can do whatever he wants because I love President Trump.
I'm all in.
I'm Lindy Hop G. There will be no deal without Ukraine being consulted.
And on board, because it won't work.
I talked to Zelensky today.
Nobody is going to do anything that you're not involved with.
But talking to the Russians separately, I'm actually okay with that.
Then go back to Ukraine and see what they think and keep working, keep working.
At the end, you've got to get both parties into the room.
Those who are criticizing Trump, where were you in 2014?
To my Democratic friends who are up in arms, you had a chance to deter a Russian invasion.
You failed miserably.
I think there's one person that Putin really is afraid of.
That's Trump.
If you ever get a good deal on Ukraine, it'd be because Trump created a sense of dread by Russia.
You know, Senator Graham, That's quite rich of you to be saying, to my Democratic friends, where were you in 2014?
Where were you, Lindsey Graham, in 2014?
Your fight is our fight.
2017 will be the year of offense.
All of us will go back to Washington.
And we will push the case against Russia.
You remember this little bit of video?
Enough of a Russian aggression.
It is time for them to pay a heavier price.
And it just goes on.
You are two-faced.
There's gambling going on?
Nah, he's horrible.
He's really horrible.
I got some Ukraine clips.
Let's go with this.
Let's go with the Ukraine Peace Wrap 1. The special envoy to Ukraine and Russia is in Kyiv today.
That's as President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky exchanged strong accusations.
NTD's international correspondent Aryan Pazdar has a Ukraine update.
Pazdar.
Huh?
Pazdar's the guy.
Here's our guy.
What is he?
Our guy?
He's the guy with the voice.
Oh.
The international correspondent, Arian Postdar, has a Ukraine update.
The new Jeff Begay's.
Special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, is in Kiev this week.
He already met with some high-ranking officials on Wednesday and is scheduled to sit down with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky as well.
General Kellogg is already in Kiev.
He has met with Commander-in-Chief Sierski, our intelligence and special service heads, and the head of my office.
Our meeting with General Kellogg is scheduled for tomorrow.
Kellogg's visit to Kiev comes after he was part of a U.S. delegation that held talks with Russian counterparts in Saudi Arabia.
Zelensky has repeatedly said the US and Russia can't agree on a peace deal without Ukraine being involved in the talks.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said this on Wednesday.
President Trump told me during our phone call that the US assumed that both Russia and Ukraine will take part in the negotiating process.
Nobody is excluding Ukraine from this process.
They took like 48 hours, everyone moaning and groaning about...
Us, America, forget who, it doesn't even matter who it is, talking to Russia separately, outside of Ukraine, just our own little deals, you know, what can we do here?
And then everyone's all up in arms and Zelensky starts saying that Trump is falling for Russian disinformation.
Like, what kind of an idiot is this guy?
Well, he's worried sick.
He'll be cut out.
He'll be cut out of the payout.
By the way, I hear that the U.S. has halted all weapons sales to Ukraine.
This is coming from inside Ukraine.
I mean, the ammo is a big problem.
Yeah, well, that's what's going to happen.
Yes.
We just can't keep, you know, we're not going to just...
We weaken ourselves to an extreme by just propping up Ukraine when it seems to be like just part of a corrupt money laundering operation from the looks of it.
That's not true, man, because all that money went to U.S. contractors.
Yeah, sure it did.
So here we go with part two.
President Trump took to social media on Wednesday addressing Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.
Trump wrote that a modestly successful comedian, Vladimir Zelensky, talked the United States of America into spending $350 billion.
On top of this, Zelensky admits that half of the money we sent him is missing.
Trump also called Zelensky a dictator without elections.
Zelensky better move fast, or he's not going to have a country left.
Man, he's channeling Schwarzenegger here.
He better move fast, otherwise he won't have to listen to this.
Zelensky better move fast, or he's not going to have a country left.
Fast, that's how Schwarzenegger looks.
I never thought of him sounding like Schwarzenegger.
As you mentioned, I'm going to have to be hearing that forever.
Yeah, you're welcome.
Because of the ongoing fighting in Ukraine, the country skipped its presidential elections after Zelensky's term expired.
On Tuesday night, a reporter asked Trump if Ukraine should hold presidential elections.
Where the leader in Ukraine, I mean, I hate to say it, but he's down at 4% approval rating.
Wouldn't the people of Ukraine have to say, like, you know, it's been a long time since we've had an election?
On Wednesday, Zelensky responded to Trump's comments.
Since we are talking about 4%, we have seen this disinformation.
We understand that this is coming from Russia.
These numbers are being discussed between America and Russia.
Zelensky added that Trump is living, quote, in a Russian disinformation space.
But Trump says that the need for elections in Ukraine is not coming from Russia, but rather from the people of Ukraine and other allied countries.
That's really interesting how that was the next talking point.
Oh, his fee is 50% according to some agency in Ukraine.
Whatever.
Did you hear Trump on Air Force One talking about, because he sent over Besant.
He sent Besant over to collect the minerals with a big bag.
So our Treasury Secretary went with a big satchel.
Like, I'm here to collect the minerals.
Let me see if you can hear this.
It was on Air Force One, so the audio is not great.
Can you hear this okay?
Yeah, not really.
It's easier for you to summarize.
Well, okay.
And then Scott Besson actually went there and was treated rather rudely because essentially they told him no, and Zelensky was sleeping and unavailable.
So they sent Scott Besson to do the deal for the rare earth minerals, and they said, no, Zelensky can't meet with you, he's sleeping.
And I want to get to your anal clips in a moment.
Now, I keep hearing out of Europe, Europe is putting together a package of 735 billion dollars or euros, almost the same these days, to help Ukraine, to get them to be in a position of strength.
And I'm like, where is this money coming from?
Who has 735 billion euros in Europe to give to Ukraine?
And how will the EU citizens feel about that?
And, of course, then we got France 24 explaining it to me.
European and Ukrainian leaders are obviously very unhappy with the Trump administration's plan to negotiate bilaterally with Russia.
On ending the war without input from Brussels or Kiev, as Trump is clearly looking to end US financing for Ukraine's war effort.
Kiev has been pushing the idea of using frozen Russian assets to replace that funding.
Roughly $300 billion worth of securities and cash have been frozen in the European asset clearinghouse Euroclear.
Following Russia's 2022 invasion, most of those assets belonging to Russia's central bank.
Some $50 billion in profits and interest from that capital have already been seized and funneled to Ukraine in the form of loans.
The US and the UK had previously suggested seizing the entire pile outright.
That idea, though, faced resistance at the time from European economic powers, notably France and Germany, who feared that it would set a dangerous precedent that could eventually destabilize the euro currency.
In the current context, though, EU leaders appear increasingly open to the idea.
Here's Finland's president this weekend.
The first phase is the pre-negotiation.
And this is the moment when we need to Oh, Finland.
You're getting roped into something you don't want to be in.
This crazy idea.
It was already sketchy.
I'll say sketchy.
Of them to take the $50 billion of interest as a loan.
Don't worry.
By the way, I think we were in the middle of that deal.
And now they want to take the $300, $350 billion.
To steal it.
Steal it.
That's a bad idea, supply.
It's a bad idea.
Yeah, you lose all confidence in the entire European banking system.
The whole system, yeah.
You can't do that.
And so it collapsed.
I mean, somebody's already done the numbers on this.
The Russian economy is not doing that bad.
In fact, it's doing quite well compared to the EU, which is doing poorly.
Ever since the EU really started getting cranked up in the early 2000s, their economy has grown at half the rate of ours.
Yes.
They're in really big trouble.
The EU is just screwed.
And this is not going to help.
By the way, I got a note from Rich.
He lives in the EU and he says, you know, Your show saved me back in 2015 during the first big European migration crisis.
At the time, the media was showing awful images of dead kids being washed up on beaches.
Remember this?
Oh, yeah.
Can you move that dead kid over a little bit to the left so I can get a better shot?
Exactly.
He says, you know, you guys really saved me, but on the last show...
I've been feeling very depressed.
You were talking about Europe going to hell, and John was just casually talking about the Hundred Years' War being the norm.
Looming war is a mainstream media talking point.
I was hoping for something a bit more reassuring from No Agenda.
I'm sorry.
Well, I don't think there'll be a Hundred Years' War, but...
No, but that is kind of the...
Or the Europeans have been having these fights.
They can't seem to stop.
And they just keep wanting to go over the abyss.
I mean, there's just nothing we can do about it.
I think we've got to cut them loose.
And I'm sorry to our...
Rich.
Rich.
To Rich.
You'll be okay.
I mean, just be aware.
Okay.
You'll be okay.
Just look at the ground.
It will all go away.
Don't look at anybody in the eye.
It'll all go away.
Before we go to the analysis, let's play a little NPR clip.
I thought it might fit in there.
This is the Russian normalized NATO clip.
As President Trump thaws U.S. diplomatic relations with Russia, he is trading blows with Ukraine.
Nearly three years after his country was invaded by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Trump for falsely blaming the hostilities on Ukraine.
Covering the Kremlin, NPR's Charles Maines reports the Russian government says Moscow and Washington are on their way toward normalizing relations.
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, briefing Russian lawmakers on the Saudi talks, praised President Trump as the first Western leader to publicly acknowledge the prospect of NATO expansion into Ukraine as a major cause of the war.
Lavrov said there was now a shared desire not only to end that conflict, but possibly work with the U.S. to develop new trade and geopolitical partnerships.
To do that, Lavrov said both sides first had to, quote, clean up Biden administration efforts to undermine relations.
The Biden White House sought to isolate Russia over its invasion of its neighbor.
In contrast, President Trump has said he wants to work with Russia to end the war, unnerving Ukraine and traditional U.S. allies in Europe.
Okay.
All right.
So that's a little different than the Biden approach.
Yes, yes.
I have some analysis too, so let's get your anal clips.
Okay, these are the analysis clips.
I'm sorry, as you keep referring to them as anal.
Because they are literally titled anal in all caps.
Because analysis is too tedious for you to write.
Oh, so many letters.
How does President Trump's foreign policy on China relate to the current peace negotiations with Russia?
And how does the policy of the second Trump administration compare to that of the first?
Joining us now to dive into these issues is Grant Newsham, senior fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies and retired Marine Colonel.
Grant, thank you so much for joining us.
Good to see you again now.
Lots of headlines and raised eyebrows about President Trump's way of negotiating to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
Given Trump's business background...
Is his foreign policy transactional, or is there a diplomatic element here?
Well, I think every foreign policy is transactional.
The Americans do something because they want the other side to do something for them.
Wow, this is deep.
It's called a negotiation.
Oh, very interesting.
It doesn't matter which president it is.
Diplomacy comes in different forms.
Sometimes it's very placid, takes place behind closed doors.
Other times it can be more out in the open, and that's what we're seeing right now with Mr. Trump.
So, as I said, it's always transactional.
We want something.
In this case, the administration wants the war to end so it can focus on the Pacific, focus on China.
In terms of how it's conducted, well, every administration, every president has their style, and I think we're seeing Mr. Trump's style on display.
And what do you make of the backlash President Trump is facing for calling Zelensky a dictator without elections as negotiations for the end of the war continue?
It's not unusual for two sides, even allies or partners, to have some pretty sort of raucous disputes.
It is a little unusual to have them take place in public.
Usually these things are hashed out behind closed doors.
So we are seeing something that we usually don't see.
But it is, as I say, it's not the usual way that such talks take place.
But maybe we shouldn't be too surprised.
It's not the usual way.
This is Doge Bodycam, baby!
Is there any difference?
No, I don't think so.
This guy's one of those precise talkers.
Yes, I had noticed that.
And the little, when he says little.
Little, yes, all right.
Yeah, this is not the best analysis clips I've had.
No.
But there's a couple of minor points that it's worth at least people should listen to.
And zooming out a bit here, what would the end of the Russia-Ukraine war mean for a country like China?
Well, China is watching very closely.
And if they think that Putin has come out of the Ukraine war ahead, then we can do the same!
That it's been worthwhile for him to have done it.
That they, I think, will be encouraged to make a move in their territory against Taiwan, Philippines, elsewhere.
But they are watching very closely.
So that is something that you do have to watch.
Can Putin argue at the end of this, look, I got...
What I wanted.
The cost was high, maybe, but it was worth it.
And you just might have Xi Jinping say, well, if Putin could do it and he only had half a million casualties, well, I can handle that.
And Taiwan is just so juicy.
That you might be tempted to make a move.
So you do have to watch this very closely.
And it would be nice if this ended with Mr. Putin sort of being as humiliated as we were when we ran out of Afghanistan.
But I'm not so sure how you would actually pull that off.
But this is certainly important.
And whatever happens in Ukraine, there's going to be a direct result one way or the other in the Pacific, in Asia.
Wow.
This guy is running through the talking points.
Yeah, yeah.
I'm not going to argue with you.
Just let him wrap.
Now, when it comes to President Trump's China strategy for this term, how do you view it compared to his first?
Is this a continuation, an expansion, or something entirely different?
It'll be different, but I think it'll generally be the same.
They're similar, I'll put it that way.
This first administration, it had the best lineup for dealing with China that any administration has ever had with fellows like Matt Pottinger, Miles Yu, Mike Pompeo, Dave Stilwell.
That was a rare alignment.
This time around remains to be seen.
It's only been 30 days or so that the administration's been in place, so we don't quite know exactly who's going to be in it.
And also what the policy is going to be.
I think it is going to be a confrontational towards China.
And in that sense, it will be a continuation of the first Trump administration.
This guy is just vying for a job for when something goes down with China.
He can come back on NTD and talk some more.
Oh yeah, it's going to be China.
I told you so.
I think Mr. Trump probably knows he got burned several times by the Chinese.
I don't think he'll plan to have that happen again.
Marco Rubio is Secretary of State.
Mike Waltz is National Security Advisor.
And even Pete Hegseth at the Department of Defense.
These people are very good on China.
They know the threat that comes from the CCP and want to do something about it.
And then you have other people who will fill out the administration's team and they will have different views.
Some of them thinking that there is actually an accommodation to be made with the Chinese Communist Party and that we can reach a certain detente.
I think Mr. Trump learned some lessons in his first time around.
He's not likely to make those mistakes again, so one can be cautiously optimistic.
He's a retired national defense dude for Scandinavia, Andrew Resulis, I think is how you pronounce it, and he gives a much more accurate picture.
First of all, this whole background to it, It has to be put into proper context of how we even got here.
And I think he does a good job.
Let me make a start by asking you how things are playing out, especially between United States Donald Trump and Ukraine Zelensky.
It's sort of a war of words that's broken out between them.
The latest war of words is about the fact that what Trump is suggesting is that...
If the Ukrainians had implemented the Minsk-2 agreements, which were signed in 2015, and had they implemented them, the suggestion is the Russians would have had no reason to attack since they would have gotten a neutral Ukrainian buffer zone from that deal.
So he's blaming the Ukrainians for not implementing that deal.
On the popularity ratings, I mean, that's a bit of an issue because he says they're at 4% and most figures say at 50%.
So that's just an off-the-wall thing.
Exactly.
So yes, that's exactly right.
Ukraine did not adhere to the agreement, the Minsk 2 Accord.
And they were invited to Saudi Arabia, by the way.
Let's talk about Ukraine actually being left out from the first round of talks itself between the United States and Russia.
And, of course, we've seen how there was an emergency meeting held in Europe in regards with that.
And then Zelensky also meeting with Turkey.
Your take on how this is playing out in terms of ending the war?
Well, the Americans really want to push this, which is why they're trying to keep it really to the combatants or the protagonists, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States as a broker.
And that's a key difference from Biden and where they were doing having Ukrainians push it.
And then, as Trump says, would take three years and got nowhere.
So that's a major change in how they're going to make the deal.
And the Americans want to drive this home.
The Americans are also looking at their bilateral relationship with Russia. - And not related necessarily just to Ukraine.
Now, with the Ukrainians, Trump is saying, you know, they're going to bring them in and they offer them, you know, depending what you read, Ukrainians were offered to be at the table in Saudi Arabia, but they refused to do that.
So take your story on that one.
But yes, behind the scenes, there's a lot going on.
In fact, today, in public, Kellogg...
Trump's envoy is arriving in Kiev to talk to Zelensky.
So that shows a continual dialogue that is actually taking place.
Exactly.
And then finally...
What is...
What is this?
This is...
Ah, yes.
What's realistically on the table?
What will actually go down?
I think this guy has it right.
Let's talk about the concessions here.
What's your understanding?
The manner in which it's playing out, the fact that we're seeing how Ukraine will not be a part of NATO as we have heard is...
A victory of sorts for Vladimir Putin.
And then we have the regions of Lohansk and Donetsk.
We've had people from Trump administration saying that Ukraine should forget about returning to its original borders.
Do you see a victory after victory coming in for Putin in that regard?
Well, I mean, Putin is going to get something from this.
Rubio says all options are on the table now.
These are early days of a negotiating process, and I caution that.
So I personally don't take anything off the table as of now.
But given the, let's say, the trend line, if you will, yes, the territorial side of the equation, in all probability, Russia will walk away with most, if not all, of what it holds.
And for Russia...
Crimea and the land bridge to Crimea from Russia proper is absolutely key.
And that will be, I believe, a victory for Putin in that sense.
Now, the other side of the equation, which is the guarantees, the NATO membership, really, we all know the official positions, the rhetoric, no NATO for Ukraine in terms of the Russians and so on.
But I think we have to wait to see how things work out.
There is a spectrum of security guarantees that could be negotiated for Ukraine.
And at this point, it's premature to really speculate on what those guarantees will be, even I would suggest on NATO membership.
Yeah, Yeah, I get the feeling that Trump's ultimate plan is dissolve NATO and we'll just offer security guarantees in return for things like no tariffs on our I get the feeling that Trump's ultimate plan is dissolve NATO and we'll just offer America.
We'll protect you.
You can trust us.
Don't worry.
There's also talk of the Mar-a-Lago Accords, which now...
I don't know if I was the first one to say it, but I hear it everywhere now.
The Mar-a-Lago Accord.
This is crazy.
That in order to rejigger the financial system...
America will offer security guarantees to countries who swap their current treasury bonds for long-term, like 100-year, no coupon, so zero-interest loans, which would be very interesting if that happened.
Have you heard about this?
No.
Those are two separate issues.
I want to get back to the security thing.
Well, no, it's connected.
It's connected.
Well, I suppose you could probably make it seem connected, but we're not doing that.
We're not going to do security for Ukraine.
I think it's going to be the following.
I think there may be some pullback on NATO. There's going to be a determination that Europe should be protecting...
There'll be no NATO in Ukraine, but there'll be a security force provided by the Europeans who want to create an army anyway, and this could be their kind of prototype, and they could put their little soldiers in there to keep things in order.
Their green army men?
Their little green army men, gray.
And we'll be divorced of the whole thing.
This is costing us too much money.
In fact, the entire NATO experiment, if you look at the chart of how much money is being spent, We have essentially, since World War II, this is not a protection treaty.
This is a bribe.
We have bought off the Europeans, the way I see it.
We've provided tens of hundreds of billions of dollars to Europe not to fight anymore.
And we keep throwing money.
Don't fight anymore.
Don't worry.
We'll support this.
We'll support that.
And we're getting sick of it.
I mean, it's just draining our economy.
We have other things to deal with.
All of South America is kind of lost to the Chinese as is Africa because we're concentrating too much on bribing the Europeans not to fight.
And that's all our money's been for.
It's all that money in Ukraine is the same thing.
It's all just drain the United States Treasury to bribe the Europeans not to fight with each other.
I think it's got to end.
They're going to either have to fight...
If there's nothing...
The only reason they're not fighting is because we're giving them free money?
It's ridiculous.
Let them fight.
Each other?
They're going to have to because they just try to keep us out of it.
I mean, they keep dragging us.
They dragged us into World War I because of the bankers.
They tricked us into getting involved with that.
Then they dragged us into World War II. Of course, we kind of...
Thanks to Roosevelt, we kind of put ourselves in that one.
And they're still hating each other.
And the Russians who stopped that war, really, were allies.
They were part of the allies, even though they were communists trying to take over everything.
It's ridiculous.
This bribery, this is just extortion.
Do you remember when we said, wear all the German podcasts?
Yes, you've said that a number of times.
Well, I got a reply from our man Frank on the ground and it's worse than I thought and it's related to this.
The biggest German podcast is called Kontrafunk.
Kontrafunk.
They are a 24-7 streaming station with podcasts.
Consisting mainly of former public radio journalists who were fed up or got fired for not playing ball, and they've gone to Switzerland.
All these podcasts, like Noctis Niveau, Paul Brandenburg runs that, also in Switzerland, they all had to go to Switzerland.
And after seeing the 60 Minutes piece on German...
Yeah.
I have clips.
I have clips, too.
I'm happy to play your clips.
Well, these are clips that were done so well by Jesse Waters, even though I had to do the normal cutting back on his site.
Can we just play the...
Okay.
I think they're incorporated very well in this series.
All right.
Then you can addend.
You can do an addendum if you think the clips are weak.
Jesse Waters just irks him.
Well, I'm sorry.
This will be the last time.
I'm now banning him.
Instead of defending the taxpayers, the media is defending the government.
Here's 60 Minutes.
People are really scared.
I think that, you know, 12 days ago, people knew where their next paycheck was coming from.
They knew how they were...
I'm sorry.
That's the wrong one.
You have more than...
No, no.
That's the right one.
It leads into the German stuff.
It's a four-parter.
Oh, okay.
60 Minutes.
You don't have to do a teenage sigh.
I'll just have an apple in my room.
People are really scared.
I think that, you know, 12 days ago, people knew where their next paycheck was coming from.
Wait a minute.
Back off.
Stop.
What?
What is the...
Is that some reference, an apple in my room?
Okay.
This is Aunt Gigi.
I've told you about Aunt Gigi.
Aunt Gigi, who was my mom's aunt, she would...
Whenever she was upset about something, she would do the Gigi sigh.
It's a big thing in our family.
Yeah, you'd do it.
And here's...
Okay, I'll just have an apple in my room then.
That's what Aunt Gigi would say when she was on the losing side of an argument.
Wow.
They're going to pay for their kids' daycare, their medical bills, and then all gone overnight.
All gone overnight for Christina Dry and Adam Dubard.
Fired this month in the chaotic shutdown of foreign aid.
They're not looking for competency.
They're not looking for if you're good at your job.
They're looking for peer loyalty tests.
And if you don't give it, you will be punished.
There was no process.
No one explained to them why they were being relieved.
To my knowledge, they received an email.
And then if they didn't leave the building, they were escorted out of the building.
These people got generous buyouts.
Eight-month severance.
I'm sorry, but did CVS interview the fired Keystone Pipeline workers, the fired army officers who refused the needle, or black Americans who lost their job to migrants?
No.
That one lady was Samantha Powers' speechwriter.
She's no random civil servant.
She's the top flack for the USAID chief.
It's funny.
I had that clip, too.
Only I had the original, and I could have been Jesse Waters.
But no!
Why don't you have no agenda with John C. Dvorak and Jesse Waters?
It's J&J, everybody.
If I can make half his salary, I'd do it.
Okay.
Well, this woman did show up before, and I was trying to get the clip for the last show, and he found it.
It's so poorly done.
That I ran it through Adobe, and you can kind of understand it, but this woman, since then, it turns out she works for some PR agency.
She's a phony, but she was also spotted earlier.
Walt Waters brings this out in the next clip.
Just last week, this same lady told ABC she was pocketing her pride flags.
The networks are using the same victim over and over.
Bush was in the building.
We started, we took down our Pride Flex.
We took down, I took out any books I felt would be incriminating.
No one was talking.
We heard they started taking transcripts automatically of all of our Google Meets.
We unplugged the news in the little kitchen galleys.
It didn't feel good.
And then Saturday, all of the websites went down.
And then I lost complete access to my computer.
60 Minutes is CBS's premier investigative unit.
And they never mentioned the $20 million for Iraqi Sesame Street.
Or sex changes in Guatemala or DEI operas.
Or all the dough spent on failed coups.
Never mentioned it.
Or $36 trillion in debt.
Or cutting headcount, just like media organizations do to balance their books, just like Clinton and Gore did.
He did it again.
Yes!
On the clip tree.
I'm more interested in your analysis, not Jesse Waters sniping.
You get there, I don't need to sound like him.
Well, you spent a lot of time editing him out, so I will give you that.
Last week, Vance was in Germany and told the Chancellor to knock off the censorship and step up their NATO spending.
And the American media sided with the Germans and called Vance Hitler.
He was standing in a country where free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide.
And he met with the head of a political party that has far-right views and some historic ties to extreme groups.
groups the context of that was changing the tone of it and you know that that the censorship disagree with you specifically about the right i have to disagree with you Free speech was not used to conduct a genocide.
The genocide was conducted by an authoritarian Nazi regime that happened to also be genocidal because they hated Jews and they hated minorities and they hated those.
They had a list of people they hated, but primarily the Jews.
There was no free speech in Nazi Germany.
There was none.
It was illegal to criticize the Nazi government.
It was against the law to tell a joke about Hitler, and he had a dumb mustache and one testicle.
Couldn't joke about it.
Newspapers were shot down, books were burned, radio stations were censored.
Free speech didn't trigger the Holocaust.
Okay, that was funny.
Yeah, I knew that you'd get something out of it.
I forgot about Hitler's one ball.
I forgot about that.
Oh yeah, one ball Hitler.
I have the book, I Was Hitler's Doctor.
Oh.
Which discusses the one ball.
That has to be in NoAgendaFun.com, another No Agenda book recommendation.
I don't know if you can find it.
It's a very collectible book.
And here's the final clip where they go, yeah, collectible, that's me, you know, I'm the collector.
Yeah, yeah, you're a collector, I know.
And so this is where he wraps it up and brings in the clip that you wanted to hear.
On the same day, CBS celebrated an armed raid in Germany because a guy posted a cartoon.
It's 6.01 on a Tuesday morning, and we were with state police as they raided this apartment in northwest Germany.
Inside, six armed officers searched a suspect's home, then seized his laptop and cell phone.
Prosecutors say those electronics may have been used to commit a crime.
The crime?
Posting a racist cartoon online.
And it's a crime to insult them online as well?
Yes.
If somebody posts something that's not true and then somebody else reposts it or likes it, are they committing a crime?
In the case of reposting, it is a crime as well because the reader can't distinguish whether you just invented this or just reposted it.
Germany is letting migrants into the country who are committing gang rape.
And they have cops kicking down doors over a cartoon.
CBS is defending Germany.
Yeah, I don't have to play the other clips.
People can listen to them in the show notes.
But yes, I had no idea, no idea that Germany was that crazy about it.
I thought it was only the UK, but the Germans are equally, if not just worse.
Oh, if you offend somebody, certainly if it's a politician, you get a 3,000 euro fine.
They knock on your door at 6 in the morning.
I was unaware of this.
I was too.
And I got a DM from one of our German producers.
Did he send you a copy of the cartoon?
Because I can't find it.
A DM? What does that have to do with the cartoon?
Well, I mean, I got the phone ringing now.
Well, I'll read...
Yeah, I'm right here with the phone so I can do it.
Hello?
Put it up to the mic.
It was here.
Hold on a second.
Let me open it up.
Here we go.
I'm sorry, what?
Hello?
My name is Joe.
Joe?
Joe.
Yeah, okay.
He's working with...
Yeah, go on.
Put it closer.
What?
Yeah, put the phone closer.
What's your purpose of calling?
Hold on.
Oh.
Oh, your social security benefits.
Okay, send it away.
Thanks, I appreciate it.
You really need a phone patch, man.
I do.
That was a good one.
It would have been great.
It would have been great for the show.
He's going to give me some free money.
I can't believe it.
Adam, you have no idea there's an election campaign in Germany sponsored by the Initiative der Deutsche Privatradios, Podcasts und Streams, which are all government-approved, tax-funded podcasts.
So there's podcasts, but they're all government-approved podcasts.
That's not why we invented podcasting, people.
Wow.
That's bad.
I had...
This is...
This is actually kind of mind-blowing.
I was actually surprised by it.
If it wasn't for the 60, not 60 Minutes, but that other report where they busted into the guy's house and CBS played it straight.
So you think that's a crime?
Yeah, it's a crime.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, that's a crime.
And nobody pushed back and said, this is crazy.
And that one, the one prosecutor, she was kind of cute, young.
Now, CBS did not push back, did not say this is crazy, and as a small point of contention, it's not free speech.
People have to stop saying that.
It's freedom of speech.
Have you noticed this?
That it's coming into, well, it's free speech.
Well, speech is free, but it's freedom of speech.
I don't know why it irks me, but it does.
It does.
I don't know why it irks you.
Wait, wait.
No, no, you have to...
You have to do a clicking sound.
A click?
I can't do a clicking.
Like that?
Yeah.
And then followed by, I'll just have an apple in my room.
I'll just have a...
I'm telling you.
Silliest thing ever.
That's on Gigi.
She was the best.
Well, another prediction comes true.
The pivot is here.
I've been waiting for it.
And once again, I am right.
The pivot from AI to quantum computing.
microsoft says it has created a new chip that shows quantum computing is much closer than recently believed quantum computers hold the promise of carrying out calculations that would take today's systems millions of years but the fundamental building block of quantum computers called a qubit is extremely difficult to control and prone to errors microsoft says my urana one chip is less prone to the Whoa!
providing as proof a scientific paper set to be published in academic journal Nature.
The chip has been in the works for nearly two decades.
It has a new type of material.
This is Microsoft's Chita Nyack in a video provided by the company.
It's called a topological superconductor, or topoconductor for short.
Topoconductor!
And this is something that people have hypothesized for decades, but no one had really reliably created this in the laboratory or been able to harness it for quantum information processing.
Google last year showed off its own new quantum chip, saying that commercial applications are only five years away.
IBM said large-scale quantum computers will be online by 2033.
Microsoft did not give a timeline for when its chip would be scaled up to quantum computers that can outpace today's machines.
But in a blog post, the company said it would be, quote, years, not decades.
And we go to our resident computer expert, John C. Dvorak, to tell us about the future of quantum computing.
John?
They can't get it to work.
Why is Microsoft saying that it's only a few years away?
They've picked up this strategy from you're not in the news cycle anymore.
You pick up the strategy from IBM. You make some sort of statement because everyone was jacked about, oh, quantum computing.
Quantum computing.
I almost had a clip.
I can't even remember what the source was, but it was something.
It was either on Fox or one of these networks, and someone said, well, oh yeah, it was Harrison Faulkner, that black woman on the Outnumbered show.
She said, well, the things will be different when we get quantum computing.
She says, out of the blue, she doesn't know quantum computing from a hole in the wall.
Neither does anybody else.
Why would you bring it up?
Because it's the pivot, because we have a problem.
What's the problem?
AI sucks.
It's not delivering.
For what it does, it does a very fine job on both sides.
Yeah, but it's losing money.
This is the problem.
Well, where is that?
It's losing money.
We're not talking about that.
I put it in the show notes.
I'm not going to read it, but one of our...
Machine learning.
Yeah, I'm all in.
Machine learning, if you want to call that AI. Okay.
Machine learning is a real thing.
It's been around for a long time.
And before it was AI, it was machine learning.
Oh, machine learning.
Yes, machine learning.
Oh, now it's called AI. Now it's called AGI, which is a general intelligence.
Oh, it's a generative intelligence.
We have a super intelligence.
They're always coming with something new.
Oh, well, we put the quantum computing and Bitcoin will be broken.
This producer said, if, if, if, if.
It ever gets to artificial general intelligence.
He said it will probably be like data on Star Trek and completely autistic.
And I think that's probably true.
That will be the level of AI that we're going to get.
And so this is just the new shiny toy.
And I think Microsoft, they did something.
Yeah, you're right.
They saw a marketing opportunity and they jumped on it.
And it's also cool because, you know, you get to say, well, you know, these things, they have to be so good.
And you get to say the word cubits.
Cubits, yes.
This is a good tip, by the way.
You've done this a little early for the tip of the day.
If you want to look smart in the bar, around the ladies, just say, I'm working on cubits in quantum computing.
Yeah, they'll flock to you, these girls.
The girls love.
Oh, really?
Tell me more.
The cubit talk is very successful.
I guarantee it.
No, and Microsoft has a pretty good...
How are they marketing-wise, do you think?
Do you think they can pick this ball and make it run?
Because, you know, they're basically...
We'll never hear another word.
Really?
You think this is just a one and done?
They're not going to pick it?
I mean, everyone on CNBC is, oh, Microsoft, oh, is it going to affect the whole body?
Oh, blah, blah, blah, the cubits.
Everyone's come on, well, you know, quantum computing is amazing what it can do.
Well, it's a sub-zero temperature.
It doesn't do once.
It does once and zero at the same time.
Times four, it's four times.
Bitcoin is going to break!
It always ends with that.
I saw Scott Adams post the other day.
Okay.
Yeah.
Well, we have to...
You're not doing it right.
I don't get it.
It's more of a release.
Like, let your whole body just go.
I'm trying to get...
I'm working on it.
You're leaving out the last gasp.
You're almost dead.
My version of it is this.
It's not good.
It's not good enough.
And this is, and I need to say something about this.
Well, let me set it up with a clip because we did have an interesting aviation incident.
This video shows passengers evacuating from their plane after it crash-landed and flipped upside down at Toronto's Pearson Airport.
As we made our descent and made a touchdown, it was just a very forceful event where all of a sudden everything just kind of went sideways.
And then next thing I know is kind of a blink and I'm upside down, still strapped in.
Everyone on that plane suddenly became very close in terms of how to help one another, how to console one another, and that was powerful.
The aircraft came down fast, landing so hard that it lost its right wing, then burst into flames on the runway.
By some miracle, no one was killed, while 21 were injured.
It's really important to recognize how grateful we are that there was no loss of life or life-threatening injuries in yesterday's accident.
The airport CEO said that their two longest runways remained closed as investigators examined the aircraft on site to try to determine what caused the accident.
It's possible wintry weather conditions may have played a part.
after days of record snowfall the airport was experiencing blowing snow and gusts of 65 kilometers an hour at the time of the crash questions also remain as to why the plane is missing its right wing so i don't know uh i don't think the uh the pilot's identity has been released yet i
Yes, because Endeavour, the company that runs that particular series of planes, supposedly is all DEI women.
Okay, so that's exactly the point that I want to push back against.
They have a marketing video, and it's like, we're unmanned.
We're all women.
And they've got the hottest chicks, who I doubt are pilots.
Oh, yeah.
Have you seen the video?
I saw the video.
I didn't say they were that hot.
Well, trust me.
There's a fat guy in there at the end.
Okay.
So, they're marketing.
No, no.
This is you.
I didn't realize that you just do this constantly.
Every time anyone says anything, you do that noise.
It's a curry thing.
But you could follow up by saying, I'll just have a persimmon in my room.
Something like that.
Persimmons are delicious.
They are, if they're mushy.
Okay.
No, the hard ones I like too.
So that was their marketing.
The pilot on the radio, I don't know if that was the pilot in command, was a guy, was a man, who sounded very, very authoritative as they were coming in for the landing.
But, you know, not every crash, like, our whole airlines are not staffed with only DEI. It's become a little annoying.
I have flown with many women.
I've had one of my instructors was a woman.
Some people believe that women are better pilots because they have a lighter touch and they don't try to force things.
I don't know about that.
I see no difference.
I've been in very, very poor conditions flying with a female instructor.
I was very impressed.
There's no difference except...
And by the way, Abby was...
Like, 5'1", she had to sit on a cushion, and she is a fantastic pilot.
She's now actually at a regional airline.
She got scooped away.
Who's Abby?
She was my instructor here when I'm flying the Cirrus planes.
So, it's just bullcrap.
Was there a problem for white straight men getting a job?
Yes, absolutely.
That doesn't mean that all pilots suck.
And so...
Before I get to the accident itself, which everyone is just speculating based upon a video, which is a pretty decent video of the crash.
The people who need to be celebrated in this case, at least one but probably two women, are the flight attendants.
This is what people are missing in this whole thing.
This plane is upside down.
You don't know if it's going to burst into flames.
These flight attendants are helping people get out of the plane.
They probably help people unbuckle who are hanging upside down.
These are the real heroes here that no one ever talks about.
And that's what they're trained to do.
They are not just there to serve you your Sprite or your coffee.
They are there for your safety.
And I think they performed.
Very well.
That one video, some guy's like, oh yeah, I better film this while I'm getting out of the crashed airplane.
That tells you a lot about our society.
But there's the flight attendant standing right there helping everybody get out.
Those people, you must thank your flight attendants.
So, we don't know exactly what happened.
Breaking news, nobody knows anything.
It does look like the plane had a hard landing.
We'll get all the details once we have the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder.
It could be that it was so hard that the landing gear collapsed because what ultimately happened is the right wing...
Touched the ground, dug into the ground, which was mainly snow-covered.
It could have also been that there was a bank of snow on the right.
These are pretty low wings on the CRJ. And that the hard landing, you know, the wings are flexible.
Boom, hit the ground.
And, of course, the reason why it turned over is because that right wing got ripped off, which was good because all the explosion happened behind the plane as it's moving forward.
The left wing still has lift.
Flips it over.
And that was also good, really, because the fuselage didn't have time to break apart because the tail then becomes an anchor.
And, I mean, you walk away from it, great landing.
So we don't know exactly what happened.
It could be mechanical with the gear.
To everybody I know and myself, it looked like that was a hard landing.
There was no flare, which is, you know, when you pull back just before you land.
Could it have been a wind gust that stopped all of a sudden?
We don't know at this moment.
We don't know.
You caught me flat-footed on the last show.
About what?
About the multiplex of aviation communications.
You really caught me off guard.
I'm like, wow.
I got nothing but notes about this and the whole thing boils down to one letter that came in from one of our guys, one of our producers that said, look.
Yeah.
It's doable if you want to drop billions of dollars into rejiggering the whole system to an extreme.
It's not worth it.
And I had to agree, and I said, well, these incidents, these half-duplex incidents are so, as a problem, does it happen all the time?
No, it happened this one time, maybe, and it was just part of a larger complex of problems.
Okay, I bail on the whole thing.
There was just one other point that as I thought about it, because I must have gotten 20 emails from, I mean, I am always blown away by the level of expertise in every area.
It's pretty funny, actually.
You know what's funny, let me just interrupt you for a second here.
It's really amazing to me the kind of expertise and experiences we have as a general audience and so far as our producers are concerned.
But yet, I can't get a sweatshirt or a hoodie from Ohio State, a fan of the football team that won the national championship.
Instead, I got a bib from one of the producers that sent a baby bib of Ohio State baby bib.
That should tell you something.
Twit.
I would get plenty of sweatshirts from people, but no.
We have a lot of experts, but nobody that seems to have a degree from Ohio State.
Well, there you go.
I'll call JD. Maybe JD Vance can help you out.
The one thing I wanted to add to it is that in the current system, because it is half duplex, and when you key up, no one else can talk, basically.
Well, they can, but then no one hears anything.
It has created a very strict protocol of waiting your turn.
And because you're listening much better, and it's not digital, it's analog, so, you know, some guy's coming in like this.
You're really listening much better.
You have a much better overall situational awareness.
I mean, what you're basically saying, or what you questioned, would be the equivalent of a party line.
If it was a party line, anybody could just talk up whenever they wanted to.
It would be a complete mess.
There would be no procedural discipline.
And also add to that that one frequency, like there's one frequency here at our airport in Gillespie, that's used for three other airports around.
And so, you know, you would be confused.
I'd say, wait a minute.
If you're just coming in loud and clear and everybody's full duplex, it could be much more dangerous.
But you did it.
You caught me flat-footed.
I was like, holy crap, I had never thought about this.
No, you're not doing it right.
By the way, anonymous air traffic controller says, I am so happy Doge is getting into the FAA. He says, thank goodness.
He says the union is the problem.
The union boondogglers and union leadership officials in local and national positions are terrified of being forced back into the facility to actually work as controllers.
There's a whole layer of middle management that does nothing.
I don't have a lot of clips.
There's a couple of super clips about this where they blame Trump for this wreck.
Oh, yeah, of course.
And so I do have at least one thing that kind of incorporates what you just said, which is Gail King on the morning show.
She uses this thesis and she's got the Delta CEO on who explains something to her.
And this is a clip, Delta CEO versus Gail King.
I know the Trump administration recently fired many Employees of the FAA administration, do those cuts worry you and do you think that impacts the safety?
I know you just said it's the safest way to travel, but after looking at all these mishaps, a lot of people are very nervous.
Do these cuts affect you?
The cuts do not affect us, Gail.
I've been in close communication with the Secretary of Transportation.
I understand that the cuts at this time are something that are raising questions, but the reality is there's over 50,000 people that work at the The FAA and the cuts, I understand, were 300 people and they were in non-critical safety functions.
The Trump administration has committed to investing deeply in terms of improving the overall technologies that are used in the air traffic control systems and modernizing the skies.
They've committed to hiring additional controllers and investigators and safety investigators.
So, no, I'm not concerned with that at all.
Completely true.
And what the anonymous controller said, what would really improve the air traffic system is two things, weather radar and communication lines.
These two systems are from the 60s.
Weather radar is so delayed that what air traffic depicts is sometimes not even relatively close to what pilots see on their iPads.
And then the systems go down.
They have to call in.
They have to dial in eight-digit numbers to reconnect.
So they're actually working with very outdated radar technology.
That's something that could be easily upgraded.
So there was some interesting news that came out that Alex Berenson was all just going nuts about.
Nuts!
Top Yale scientists have found T-cell exhaustion and prolonged spike protein production in some COVID vaccine recipients.
And they are saying that, well, it looks like these people have HIV virus.
Which I'm pretty sure we talked about on the show was actually found in these vaccines.
This was the French Nobel Prize guy that...
When he first looked at the breakdown of the genetics of the COVID itself, he saw it in there, and he thought that maybe this was part of a system that was going to be used as a way of vaccinating against HIV, and that's why it was hanging in there.
Well, so now what's happening, and it's very obvious, Deborah Birx, Rear Admiral Birx, is out on a PR tour.
Yeah.
And her whole, as far as I can tell, her mission is one thing, is to say it's long COVID. And to steer you away from noticing that long COVID may in fact be a vaccine injury and may in fact be, not that you have full-blown AIDS, but that your immune system is weakened by the insertion of the HIV virus.
Here she is with the Cuomo kid.
Comparisons to HIV. You've done a ton of research in this.
He's read in, by the way.
There's no reason that he starts off by saying, well, comparisons to HIV. What?
Comparisons to HIV. You've done a ton of research in this.
Do you believe this is a false flag?
Is there something that contextually people need to understand about that comparison?
Or is this much darker a potential reality than we knew?
The reason the comparison to HIV is important is because HIV was also asymptomatic.
I mean, you couldn't see the virus through symptoms because people were infected for seven, eight, nine years before they developed symptoms.
No, no.
You killed them with your interferon rejected cancer drug.
That's what happened, allegedly.
But HIV quietly destroyed our immune system, and we learned a lot about immunology from HIV, and it's changed completely our cancer therapy.
Thank you, Clip Gerselian.
AZT, yes.
We're learning now about mitochondria and viral impact and brain fog and the changes in our neurons and the cells that nourish our neurons that really allow us to think and move.
And we're learning that because of the long term.
There's two sides of this coin every time.
There's a lot of destruction.
That mild and moderate COVID can do, that is on scene, just like HIV was destroying our immune system.
But what came out of that is brilliant science that changed how we treated HIV. And if you're diagnosed today, you can live a very normal lifespan, and people not only survive but thrive.
We need to get to the place where people with long COVID, we've done the research, so that people with long COVID can not only survive but thrive.
I mean, she's literally saying, you've got HIV, which, by the way, HIV, there was no reason for it to kill people, but with full development of AIDS, in my opinion.
I'm not a scientist, but I saw a lot of people die after they went into the hospital, after a PCR test, or the equivalent, with AIDS. And it was staring us in the face the whole time.
She and Fauci were the AIDS team together.
And now she's out, and you're going to see it.
They're going to say, well, long COVID is kind of like HIV. It's the same.
It may be actual HIV. Does not mean you're going to die.
Does not have to mean that at all.
That was, in my opinion, one of the largest, horrible scams before COVID. And now here she is with the panel, although it's mainly her speaking in these clips, on Pierce Morgan.
Doing the same thing.
I got to travel the country for many months during COVID working at the state level and the community level.
And what I witnessed was a lot of undiagnosed disease that could have been treated early that then resulted in COVID deaths.
And I saw a health system that had...
Completely deteriorated in our rural areas.
Our rural areas really don't have access to healthcare anymore, and the hub-and-spoke model that we had set up to get really sick people into the regional medical centers, they were overwhelmed themselves.
So COVID pointed out a lot of our issues with chronic disease.
Like with early HIV, When we started, we were only treating those with symptoms.
Well, that was the tip of the iceberg.
When we finally started working and finding asymptomatic individuals and getting them on treatment early, before they had evidence of disease, they could thrive.
Do you hear what she's doing?
This is a setup.
This is a huge setup to pivot to quantum computing.
To pivot and say, well, gee, it's just like HIV, but we'll give you this PrEP or whatever medicine they've got waiting in the wings.
It's probably the same muck.
And you'll be able to thrive.
Don't worry about it.
We'll cure you of your long COVID. And oh, by the way, here she is lying.
Outright lying.
And what we've done wrong in public health is we didn't explain that COVID vaccines were nothing like the childhood vaccines.
And that the childhood vaccines, like many of the diseases, you get it once, you don't get it again.
Laugh, tell.
And this is getting the children to have that disease without getting the deadly consequences.
Wow.
Boy, they may not have said it exactly like that, but they sure made it sound like that.
What is your recollection, John?
Well, a couple of things.
First of all, I don't subscribe necessarily to the fact that this is vaccine damage.
JC, who had the original COVID, had long COVID, and he never got a shot.
And we know that HIV was part of the...
Of the COVID-19 genome itself.
So I think there's some elements there that are being discussed or ignored.
So I'm not convinced that this thesis of yours is completely correct.
Now, what I do remember, though, is yes, they were totally on board with 100% effectiveness.
In fact, they jacked it up from like 80% effective to 90%.
Then it was 100% safe and effective.
They were injecting pregnant...
Women!
And they were injecting pregnant women, which had never been done because it was emergency use authorization.
It wasn't even a regular product.
But now...
No, I'm not arguing that, that's for sure.
I just don't know what this woman's up to.
Well, listen...
That is not what the COVID vaccine was designed to do.
It wasn't designed against infection.
And if you look at the vaccine hesitancy rates...
They've doubled since COVID. It wasn't designed to protect against infection?
I'm sorry?
Yeah, no, that's just a blatant lie.
So, we have to start addressing these things.
It's a blatant lie.
You can't just ignore them.
And Debra, let me ask you.
Let me ask you, Debra.
I mean, given that you were the face of COVID. Play back her own clips.
Yeah, exactly.
The Trump presidency at the time.
Do you share, this doctor who I was with, do you share the concerns about the longer-term negative impact of some of the COVID vaccines?
The messenger RMA vaccine should have been rolled out for the people that were at risk for severe disease because that's what the vaccine was developed for.
Oh, pregnant mothers.
But when we say that we're following the science and the data...
We need to follow the science and the data.
And the science and the data said people primarily over 65 or people with significant comorbidities were at risk for severe disease.
Oh, we're only supposed to kill off old people.
Got it.
Those are the individuals that should have been immunized first.
And we should have put our science behind our immunization schedule.
You kept telling us it was the science!
All I heard was, follow the science.
That's the science.
The science is in.
It's the science.
Here, get a burger.
Get your shot.
Follow the science.
And protected those most at risk.
It went into young people in hospitals before it went into our elderly and nursing homes.
That is not following the science and the data.
So I am all for following the science and the data, but it should just be...
A statement.
It should be a reality.
And when we don't match what we do in public health to the science and the data, that is when we get into trouble.
And that's when we start to fracture trust with the American people.
Oh, man.
I like the science and data.
It's always the same.
Science and data.
You know, this reminds me of safe and effective.
And the current one on the right, of course, is waste, fraud, and abuse.
Yes.
It's not...
Waste, abuse, and fraud, or fraud, or just waste.
It's waste, fraud, and abuse.
And they say it.
I mean, if someone wants to put a supercut together, you could have everybody on Fox and half the people on the other network saying waste, fraud, and abuse as though it was a mantra.
Yes.
Yes, that's true.
I'm just very disturbed by this campaign she's on.
And you're right.
Why isn't Pierce playing a supercut of her saying safe and effective?
Follow the signs.
It's all good.
You got to get it.
Moms, you got to get it.
Oh, everybody has to say, you got to have a booster.
You got to have three boosters.
You got to have four boosters.
You got to have five boosters.
Six boosters.
You got to have all that.
People lost their jobs.
People lost their jobs.
I can't believe she dares show it.
It's an apology tour.
I don't think there's any more to it than that.
She is never without a mission, this woman.
Well, I think maybe the mission is the apology tour.
Because they want to keep mRNA in play.
No kidding.
Because, you know, Stargate.
We're going to solve cancer.
By the way, while we're on it...
Hold on a second.
According to a new report on cancer, cancer is appearing more than ever before in women and younger adults as well.
For the first time in years, men and women now have nearly the same cancer risk.
It's a shift driven by a rise in cancer cases among women under 50.
According to the 2025 report from the American Cancer Society, cancer diagnosis in younger adults are increasing at a steady rate, and overall people under 65 are seeing cancer rates climb between 1% to 3% compared to older adults.
And that's challenging the long-held belief that cancer is primarily a disease of aging.
Okay, and then we have this report.
What?
According to the Smith Heart Institute, people 25 to 44 saw a nearly 33% increase in heart attack deaths since 2020. Since 2020?
What could have changed since 2020?
I'm trying to...
I'm racking my brain.
And thanks for the...
What happened in 2020?
Chances are...
If you know 10 people, you'll have met at least two of those people who have had a heart attack.
Dr. Zachariah Neely, a cardiologist with Riverside Health, says there are several reasons behind this, like a lack of exercise, a rise in obesity, and even marijuana consumption.
Oh, it's the weed!
It's the weed!
That's what it is!
Traditionally, it's been viewed as a safer alternative to tobacco.
Marijuana and marijuana products actually seem to be just as, if not more, pro-inflammatory as well as putting you at risk for heart disease and developing heart attacks in the future.
According to the CDC, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S.
Oh, these lying people...
And the pharmaceutical industry, oh, we better do something before RFK Jr. gets in.
Get your flu shot!
On the Medical Watch for you this afternoon, it is the worst flu season to hit the U.S. in 15 years.
The CDC reports there have been at least 29 million estimated cases so far this season.
There have been 16,000 deaths, though, as of February 8th.
They've got morgue, refrigerated truck morgues.
68 kids have died.
There have been also a minimum of 370,000 hospitalizations.
This season may be more severe due to falling vaccination rates in recent years for some groups, including children.
I believe 16,000 is actually low.
Oh.
Typically, it's more in the 30 to 60,000.
Well, those numbers are dubious.
Okay.
We had to be, during the COVID period, we found these numbers were dubious.
There was zero.
There was zero during COVID. There were no flu deaths.
Zero.
It went away.
The flu was gone.
It's crazy.
But wait!
We have breaking news.
We have an outbreak.
The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 58 cases as of today.
No, wait until you hear the cause of this.
I can tell you.
Can you guess?
Mallards.
No, no.
Experts believe it jumped the state line into eastern New Mexico with eight people now diagnosed with that highly contagious virus.
Public health officials in New Mexico have said they suspect some of the state's cases are linked to the Texas outbreak but have not confirmed it yet.
In Texas, 13 people are hospitalized.
State health officials say it's the largest outbreak in 30 years there.
The cases in Texas are concentrated in a close-knit, under-vaccinated Mennonite community where many children are homeschooled or taught in private religious schools.
It's the religious freakson.
It's their fault.
Blame it on them.
The Mennonites.
What are Mennonites, by the way?
It's like an Amish.
It's a different group, but I think it's similar.
Ah, it's a subgroup.
Okay.
Or an overgroup.
Maybe they may be the progenitors.
I'm not sure.
I should know.
We should both know this.
We're both Americans.
These are Americans we're talking about.
We should know what the deal is, and we don't.
It just sounds like, ooh, Mennonites.
Ooh, they're the cause of measles.
Oh, no.
And then finally, ah, yes, let's just reiterate why we need Ozempic to be on Medicare.
There may be yet another use for the drugs Ozempic and Lugovie beyond diabetes and weight loss.
A new study shows the active ingredient, semiglutide, may also help reduce alcohol cravings in people with...
I have the data sheet here as to how that works.
Why people stop drinking.
While on Ozempic?
It's probably because they're nauseous.
No, they can't find the bottle because they go blind.
No!
That's a long way.
That wasn't necessary.
11 Second Truth wants to come out?
One of Truth wants to come out?
Obviously.
Sean Hannity promoting Laura Trump's new program.
All right, joining us now, the host of the upcoming hit show, My view with Laura Schitt.
Trump.
And by the way, take that to the bank.
Laura Schill?
Laura Schitt.
He says Laura Schitt.
Laura Schitt?
Of the upcoming hit show, my view with Laura Schitt.
Trump.
And by the way, take that to the bank.
It will be a hit show.
Laura Schitt.
What was in his mind?
The show, probably.
Laura, Trump doesn't seem to have the personality to pull off a show.
I don't know why.
Fox is going to change, which will be interesting.
Rupert Murdoch has been trying to change his irrevocable trust, which is kind of like, huh?
Isn't it irrevocable for the fact that it's irrevocable?
And he wanted to not have his liberal children to get control of Fox News and News Corp.
It's a Lachlan.
Lachlan, the one that's more middle of the road.
Yeah.
Well, it looks like that's not going to happen.
So what will happen to Fox News?
It'll be like CNN and MSNBC. What will happen to Gutfelds?
Although, I have to say, I have to mention this because I had done radio work for KSFO and KGO. Oh, you've done radio work, have you?
Yes, I have.
And the guy, I can't remember his name, I should remember his name, but the station manager for KGO, which had a bunch of liberals on there, were yacking away about stuff, the talk radio, in the old days.
He also ran the most conservative station, which was the other one, I guess it was KSFO. But the same guy, whose name will come to me, he could do...
He himself was a rampant liberal, but he had no problem running a money-making organization that did nothing but conservative talk radio.
In fact, it's where Rush Limbaugh ended up.
So it's possible you don't have to, you know, if you're a moneymaker, you can say, well, you know, I'm not going with the MSNBC stuff because that just loses money.
Well, maybe his liberal children don't care about making money.
They've got their money.
They're going to do it for America.
What kind of a break?
How were these kids raised?
They're going to do it for America.
Well, he had eight wives.
I mean, who knows who raised them?
You don't know.
You don't know.
If we were running the show, we'd know what to do.
What?
I don't know.
We'd know what to do.
We'd bring in, what's her name?
Becky.
What's the name of that woman you kept that did the sigh?
Aunt Gigi?
Aunt Gigi, yes.
I gotta write that down.
I'm gonna forget.
Welcome to Fox News!
With Aunt Gigi.
And with that, I want to thank you for your courage.
Say in the morning to you, the man who put the C's in the topo conductor.
Say hello to my friend on the other end.
His name is Mr. John C. Dvorak!
Yes, I'm here without my Echo Box.
In the morning to you, Mr. Adam Crane, the morning to ship, sea boots on the ground, feet in the air, subs in the water, and all the dames and knights out there.
Oh, no, no.
Echo Box, this is a problem.
Let me count the trolls for a second.
We have 2042. 2042 in the troll room.
Nico Syme, by the way, has put together a troll count average.
A webpage for me to consult.
And so the last show...
Then our numbers are going to all be skewed.
No, no.
They're all going to be in terms of our history.
No, he has everything.
He's got the whole countless...
Okay, so the last show Thursday was 1844, so we're well above that.
We're 200 above, almost.
Yeah, and the average is about 14, so we're way over.
The last 10 shows on Thursday has been 2,050.
The last 100 shows has been 1892. That's the average.
See, this is good data.
For what?
Well, to fill up time, obviously.
It's just to talk about stuff.
I like it.
He's got a good...
He's working on it.
So when he's ready, then I will let everyone find it and launch it so they can count themselves.
Have yourself be counted.
Oh, please.
Be a member.
I'm part of a big group.
The trolls are in the troll room at trollroom.io, and of course they're there to be our live studio audience, to assist in times of necessity, and to troll, which is really the best thing they do.
They're very, very good at trolling, and we appreciate that.
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Tanta Neal.
Man, she did not like this one we chose for episode 1739, which she titled Hypophora.
She was mad about it, kind of.
Why?
Well, she said, this is the most infantile piece of crap.
I'm paraphrasing.
She thought it was lame.
She thought, you know, the other football art was better.
There was no blood.
You know, she wanted blood.
She wanted blood, people bludging each other.
She just thought it was lame.
Someone just typed in some things into a prompt, and there it is.
And that's all they did.
I think she's just hurt.
She's hurt.
Why?
What did she do that was so great?
Well, she's done lots of great art.
What are you talking about?
No, I'm talking about for that show in particular.
No, she was just saying it in general.
In general.
Oh.
She was critiquing our critique.
Okay, I have the solution.
Start a blog.
She was correct about the...
She thought the boxing soccer was very poorly placed.
It was a bad color, which we both agree is correct.
Oh, yeah.
No, I said when we picked it, I said the problem was it's too small.
Boxing soccer was way too small.
Yes.
And you agreed.
Yes, but we picked it because we thought it was funny.
It was funny.
It was definitely funny.
And the one I liked the most was the 10 Stoffels, which I guess is some sort of cookie.
No, it's an acronym.
We've been through that before.
Well, I don't keep track.
Yes, we have.
Yes, we have.
But he did a, or he, she did a plate glass window.
No such thing as a free lunch.
Ton Stoffel is the acronym.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
Yes, exactly.
So which one did Ton Stoffel do?
He did the stained glass window.
Yeah, it was pretty.
He used that for the newsletter.
I saw it.
Used it for the newsletter.
I liked it a lot.
I picked it as the winner, but it had nothing to do with the show, really.
It was an evergreen.
Yes.
And so we both decided that the boxing soccer guys coming out with their gloves on was the way to go.
It was cute.
There was nothing else.
What else was there to pick?
What did Tantanil recommend?
No, she just said it was infantile.
And I'm like, yeah, that's us, in a nutshell.
Yeah, that's the way it is.
I didn't disagree with her.
Find a better argument.
I hope we don't scare her away for good now.
No, she's not going to be.
She's sweet.
She's a sweet girl.
No, if she's an artist, she puts up with guff.
Yeah, guff, exactly.
She used to make scrapbooks about me.
She did?
Yeah, remember?
She had a crush on you?
Oh, yeah.
She gave the scrapbooks to me when I had the meetup in Amsterdam.
I cherish them.
You still have them?
Oh, yeah.
Does Tina know about this?
First thing when I came home was, look at these scrapbooks.
I was a teen heartthrob.
This is where you can do the...
Thank you to all these artists.
Many of these pieces show up in the chapter art in the Modern Podcast app, so you're not throwing your art away if we don't pick it for the album art.
I think most of these were used.
Was there anything else that we talked about?
You kind of like the idea of the Bay Bridge underwater?
Yeah, I did.
But it didn't quite...
It wasn't that good.
I mean, it was a good idea, but it wasn't executed to the point where she beat that.
That was actually a tantanile.
There you go.
Well, maybe that's what she wanted.
That was a good...
The idea was outstanding, but it wasn't...
What was the problem?
How could she improve on it?
What was the problem?
I think she could improve on it by just not using it at all.
Chasing away artists one episode at a time.
One episode at a time.
Oh, goodness gracious.
All right.
Well, thank you very much to...
Was it Blue Acorn?
I think it was Blue Acorn, wasn't it?
Blue Acorn.
Yeah, Blue Acorn who brought us the artwork for episode 1739. We appreciate that.
We also like to thank everybody who supports us financially.
It's the third leg of the time, talent, and treasure.
We thank everyone $50 and above, never under $50 for reasons of anonymity.
There are people who just don't want to be even risk being mentioned.
We understand that.
And of course, noagendadonations.com is where you can set up a recurring donation, any amount, any frequency.
I need to correct you, though.
There is no Bitcoin donation via Stripe.
I heard about this from Jay this morning when she called with an urgent call, which is rare.
Have you heard from Adam?
I said, what?
She says the Bitcoin button, which is on the Stripe donation page.
You saw it there.
It says crypto, not Bitcoin.
Hold on.
What?
It says crypto, not Bitcoin.
So if you click on it, so wait.
Bitcoin is crypto, if I'm not mistaken, right?
It is a crypto, the OG cryptocurrency, yes.
Yes, OG crypto.
Yes, and your choices are stablecoin, USDC, which is the circle stablecoin, or you can use Solana.
There is no Bitcoin option.
I never even heard of Solana.
Oh, no, it's very popular.
What about Ethernet coin?
There's no, you cannot use Ethernet coin either.
But it's mainly, you can see the move towards stablecoin.
Yeah, well that's been your thesis all along.
Okay, well you can't use Bitcoin then.
We'll find something else.
But at least somebody tested it and I guess you were going to donate to the show.
Yes, I was going, you're right, I was going to test it.
And I'm like, okay, let's hope I can do this anonymously.
And I click on the crypto.
First I had to enter some bogus information about myself.
Like, what's your name and your address?
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
John Holden.
Here we go.
Man, I had some other address saved in my browser.
Someone else's.
I have no idea who it was.
Poor guy.
And then I click through, and it says, USDC, a stable coin.
Because I was going to donate $200 in Bitcoin and then talk about myself.
Yeah, that's what you say.
You had to donate.
No.
I wanted to make sure it showed up so I could say, look, we can do Bitcoin.
I'm going to talk to Jay.
I think there's a solution.
People want to send us their Bitcoin.
I know Catherine in Thailand.
She wants to send us a full Bitcoin.
Yeah.
Bitcoin granny.
I had John's attention.
Full Bitcoin.
Yeah.
And she'll get more than a bag of weed out of it.
So, we like to start with our executive and associate executive producers.
That means you have donated $200 or above.
You get an associate executive producer credit.
That is an actual Hollywood credit.
Why?
Because you can use this.
Why?
Yes, I'm doing Hypofora.
It's a real Hollywood credit.
Why?
Because you can actually open up an IMDB account, if you don't have one, and list it as your credit there because it's valid and accepted by the show business community.
And we'll read your note.
And if you send us $300 or above to support the value you receive from the show, you will get an executive producer credit.
Which, again, is just as valid as anything from show business land.
And we will read your note.
And we started off with, now it's, you know, we didn't hear from him for a while, and now he's back as a regular synonymous of Dogpatch and Loris Lobovia.
Comes in once again.
With $2,254, we have no idea what the number means.
It is some kind of code.
You double-counted it, I hope.
Make sure that we don't mess up.
Oh, yeah, we always double-count.
Mess up some operation somewhere.
And he kicks off.
The wrong bridge got blown up.
Oh, no!
And he kicks off a slew of notes that are just too long.
Well, the last, yes, all the notes are too long today, and I want to excoriate people.
His note is too long, but it makes up for the very short note he wrote last time, so I think it evens out.
From Seronymous of Dogpatch and Lois Lobovia, the producer value is immeasurable.
My thanks to all of you for your support and insight.
John, given your background, how could you discuss an abacus instead of the slide rule?
Yes, well, here's the reason.
The abacus, which is a great product, I have a grandson named Theo.
Who is learning math and it turns out that using an abacus helps you do memorization math whereas the slide rule never does.
So by showing him how to use the abacus which I have done it will help him in his future mathematical within his own brain capabilities.
That's why.
The kid's going to be a genius.
Does he go around cursing like you do?
Actually, he doesn't curse.
Most kids don't curse until they meet you.
Until they meet Grandpa.
Now he says, I would appreciate producers' insights into LLMs and sorry if this is long, large language models.
Here we go.
The evolution from human to electronic computers advanced using proven mathematical formula and with more data sets, increasing levels of statistical certainty to predict the mathematical outcome and in time the next word of series or series of words.
Unlike mathematic models, the underlying bedrock of LLMs is the highly dynamic English language.
Sources include the most published reference books, as different as the Holy Quran, translated, many versions of the Bible, translated, the Torah, translated, Shakespeare, Dr. Seuth, Agatha Christie, J.K. Rowling, Daniel Steele, and J.R.R. Tolkien.
Tolkien, which as the most published would start with greater weighting.
Sources like X, Facebook, TikTok, SMS messages and email provide an ever-shifting source data on which LLMs rely.
Evolving definitions and memes complicate these dynamic shifts.
He's setting us up here.
My question is...
Why could so-called hallucinations be the result of poor statistical outcomes based on divergent language styles in the reference data sets that, because it can only predict probabilities of word, order, using English sentence rules, assemble sentences that capture the most probable order?
Unlike quantitative models based on mathematics and statistics that are done generically, I expect LLM prediction error rate declines.
As the program identifies patterns from a specific user's language style, suggesting successful LLMs will become user-specific rather than broad-based solutions, creating millions of unique LLMs, so-called training.
I'm on board with that.
Further, quantitative models trace precedents Permitting the use to uncover formula errors or flawed logic.
LLMs, because they are English language based, lift from a broad array of word sources to develop its probability chain, limiting user ability to trace sources and uncover what created the flawed outcome.
As already discussed on no agenda, these programs can certainly pull data from copyright protected data without payment or attribution.
Can the publisher use blockchain to protect or allow the LLM to attribute?
Brother.
Adam, as for future data sources, over 1 million books are published in the U.S. by large publishers and another 3 million per year are self-published books.
Too many eggs to count.
Don't worry, Doge Sizing hasn't found me.
I'm just busy.
No jingles, no karma.
If you want to answer, Seronomous of Dogpatch and Lois Lobovia, we will read your note if you donate $2,254.
I have no idea what to say to him.
Well, we have people out there that have heard this.
They will probably re-listen to it, and they can contribute to the discussion.
Yes.
I was thinking about something the other day, though.
As they were talking about Intel being just turning into kind of a...
The progenitor of Intel is actually Shockley Semiconductors, which then evolved into Fairchild Semiconductors, which then evolved into Intel.
Which then devolved into what it is today.
I have a chip in my collection, the collection, the collection, an Intel neural network chip that they brought out, I believe it was in the 80s.
And this neural network chip, which is basically what kind of, I mean, the neural networks are important to the use, to the large language models.
And it seems to me that Intel was onto this whole idea early in the game, during the first iteration, or not the first, but the last iteration we had in the 80s of artificial intelligence.
And then they dropped the ball completely, and dropping the ball right there with that chip disappearing off the face of the earth, except in my collection I have one, has to be responsible for their downfall.
Yeah, just getting into AI in general.
Now they're dead.
That's right.
This is the future for all AI companies.
And by the way, I'm surprised you didn't tell Sir Anonymous to get a blog.
I'd rather have his note read by you.
Or a substack or something.
All right, onward.
We've got a lot to do here.
Yeah, we're killing time here.
The rare experience in Davenport, Florida is up.
And he, she, whatever.
Came in with 5-15-38.
Can't thank you enough for keeping my amygdala small and my sanity intact.
The feeling of not spinning out of control, spinning out of control, is worth more than this small penance.
No jingles, just business growth karma for 2025, please.
All right, we got that for you.
You've got karma.
John Fehlman, I think, F-E-H-L-M-A-N, Fehlman, Fehlman.
From Chico, California, 51538. This must be $500 for a Commodore ship with fees.
Hello, John and Adam.
Long-time listener, first-time donor, so please deduce.
You've been deduced.
I first heard of the podcast when Adam was a guest on the Higher Side Chats right after the worst insurrection in America since the Civil War.
I knew I had to hear your meteor deconstruction thereafter, and I have not missed an episode since.
You are all doing the Lord's work.
Thank you for all you do, and thank you for your courage.
Well, what's the higher side chats?
That was when I was still smoking.
We've talked about this.
Oh, so it's a pun.
It's a pun, yeah.
Oh, Sean Stedman.
It's a good podcast.
No pun there.
It's a good podcast before the higher side chat podcast listeners start yelling at me because you didn't know it.
I can't believe you don't know the higher side chats.
It's a good podcast.
There's a lot of good podcasts out there.
I'm sure it is.
It has to be, or you wouldn't have been on it.
Exactly.
Sean Stedman, Parts Unknown, $500.
Another Commodore here.
Jingle Request of Auric slash NA. And plus, Do Not Be a Dick is a kicker.
Donation note, ITM, Crackpot, and Buzzkill.
Here's some quid pro quo, Cuomo, for your courage.
Whilst time-traveling through the archives, I came across the Father's Day episode, art from show 1565, Clop.
And decided to make my late father a posthumous knight.
Oh, how about that?
The revived Commodore promo gave me the incentive I needed.
There you go.
We did it.
It's continuing until further notice.
And I now can save a seat in his honor at the round table.
May he be knighted Sir Mark the Generous as he gave everything for his family and friends.
Also, I need to plug the FL Florida meetup group.
If you're in Florida and are...
Hearing these words, please introduce yourself.
Email noagendanation at hotmail.com with your WhatsApp mobile number, and I'll add you to the group chat slash email.
This is a March 6th meetup in Orlando, and I can't wait to meet everyone.
Onward.
Yeah, actually, he requested this jingle.
To fullrock.org slash NA.
Donate enough to be a knight someday.
Don't be a dick.
Yeah, don't be a dick.
There you go.
He'll be a dick.
David Macho.
Matho.
Macho.
Oh, I'm going to get this wrong.
Okie.
Okoe.
Osoe, Florida.
One of those Indian names.
$500.
Hi, guys.
Love the show.
I appreciate you guys digging through the drivel that is the M5M. The news deconstruction has been great.
I pulled the trigger on a Commodore ship, and that will also grant me a seat at the roundtable.
I'd like to be known as Sir Dave of the Gunshine State.
I'd like to request Russell Reserve 15-year and Sushi for all the knights and dames to share.
Thanks for all you do.
And four more years.
Now, is he on the list?
Because he's not blue for some reason.
Let me double check.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
Yes.
He's on the list.
Yes.
No.
Yeah.
No.
He's on the list.
Yep.
And I have your order.
Good to go.
Okay.
The next one, I have...
This is not my normal setup.
Why don't you read the next one and I'll dig up the notes.
Okay.
The next one is...
Oh, the big long one?
I don't know.
I don't have it.
Well, no.
Do you want me to do the notes?
No, no.
The next one is a note.
Oh.
Cepheus from Ratchet City.
Cepheus, I think is how you pronounce it.
333. Or Cepheus.
Cepheus.
333.33.
And Cepheus has a note.
Cepheus.
There we go.
In the morning, gentlemen, please accept the enclosed funds as long overdue value repayment.
I'm ashamed to say that it's been several years since our friend Jody hit me in the mouth.
Now my smoking hot wife Angie and I are both admirers of your work.
Thank you for your courage and for your dedication to truth.
Adam, we are always encouraged when you discuss your faith over the pod waves.
You are a great example of the fact that God has not called us to be weird, just faithful.
Please de-douche.
You've been de-douched.
And let's celebrate with a boom shakalaka and a goat scream.
Boom shakalaka.
Boom shakalaka.
You've got karma.
Alright, I've got it.
There's Dame Lisa.
She came in with 333.33.
She's in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
Dear John and Adam, I'm closing my annual donation plus a bit more as a mea culpa.
Before the election, Adam's exact words were, Don't worry, people.
No one is going to vote for that woman.
That's correct.
I remember saying it.
I wanted to believe, but couldn't.
I'll never doubt you again, Adam.
Never doubt you again.
Regarding John's tip of the day on olive oil, I wonder if you're aware that the olive tree blight in Italy is going on.
I was recently in Puglia, and we learned and saw that a bacteria has killed 75% of their trees.
Olive trees last forever.
Yeah.
That's bad.
Hundreds of years old and then they're dropping dead because of some bacteria.
Willow told me about this.
It was bad.
It's ignored too long and now they're decimated.
Well, it's more than decimated.
It's not contained or controlled and is traveling northward in Italy.
That's not good.
Thanks for all your news and humor.
Your podcasts have made my dog walks much more entertaining.
Dame Lisa of Amic Lake.
We move to Jon Stewart.
Not that Jon Stewart.
This is the Jon Stewart from Bernie, Texas, right down the road.
333.33 says, Hey, Adam and Jon, please de-douche me.
You've been de-douched.
I'm a long-time listener and sorry to say a first-time donor.
I was hit in the mouth in 2020 by my buddies John M. in Minnesota and John J. in Nebraska.
We are collectively known as the Johns.
And I would like to call the other two out as douchebags!
During COVID, I was expressing my frustration from what I perceived were bloated numbers of those dying with, not of, COVID. The testing numbers, the disappearance of the flu, the lockdowns, insistence on masks, social distancing, the origin story propaganda, rushing of a vaccine, etc., etc.
The Johns directed me to no agenda.
And I realized there was an awesome community of people here that were not buying the insanity either.
Finding no agenda was a godsend.
And I, along with my smoking hot wife Jill, have been listeners ever since.
Now I am happy to say that I'm an executive producer of the best podcasts in the universe and on my way to fast-tracking my knighthood.
Time to build up my IMDB. Adam, when you found Jesus, I smiled.
I run Faith and Family's streaming company called Faith Channel.
I know this.
I'm requesting double up karma if that's acceptable.
Faith Channel is in its startup phase.
I need karma for users.
I'm asking that other producers of Gitmo Nation please visit faithchannel.com.
That is F-A-I-T-H channel dot com.
I hope you love our content and our service.
It's free!
We are growing and getting better every day.
We don't require sign-ups, but I request that no agenda producers do register.
Use code BONGINO so I know who you are.
The next karma blast I need is creator karma.
We are seeking producers of faith and family movies, shows, kids' content, music, and more to start their own channel on the Faith Channel.
Adam, I hope you can help connect me with other No Agenda producers like Mercy Me.
That's a shwoo in the boys.
After all, connection is protection.
If you plan to meet with Dana Brunetti on the enormous opportunity in the Faith Media Market, I would love to tag along on that one.
Good luck.
Although he did post on X that creating...
The tip of the day is the best work he's ever done.
Did you see that?
No, I missed it, but I can imagine.
It was better than House of Cards.
It's better than Fifty Shades of Grey.
It's true.
It's a fact.
Thank you both for all you do.
Unlike some, I do hope that you find your exit strategy someday.
We all need that hope for our future.
In the meantime, thank you again for helping us navigate and make sense of the chaos being spread in the world around us.
Oh, and Jesus loves you, JCD. Bless you both.
And so he needs a creator karma.
So we got that.
And I think I'm seeing him next week.
He also needs an editor.
He does.
Bay Area Wildfire in Gilroy, California is not much better at $300.
You're a Bay Area wildfire here.
I just wanted to start by saying you both are the best.
Thank you.
A question for Adam.
A lot of people are asking us questions in these notes.
A question for Adam.
After your recent appearance on Joe Rogan, I went back and listened to your episode from five years ago.
One thing stood out to me, which is also why I donated.
My husband struggles with severe tinnitus.
Tinnitus, actually.
It's the correct pronunciation.
Well, everyone pronounces it tinnitus.
It's tinnitus.
I'm just telling you.
Well, I'm pronouncing it tinnitus.
Okay.
But tinnitus is harder to say, actually.
And like you mentioned, with your wife, often asks people to repeat themselves.
Hello?
You talked highly about these advanced hearing aids that could be tuned into specific voices, which sounded extremely helpful.
As we are aware, it doesn't fix tinnitus.
We're looking into the laugh tale.
We're looking to that option for him to better his hearing.
But I couldn't find that brand on the show notes.
Not sure if you're allowed to share.
What?
But any info or suggestions, even via email, would be greatly appreciated.
Also, a shout-out to our great friends, Kristen and Nick.
While we are counting the days down to go to Alaska this summer, please play their favorite jingle, Trump.
They're eating the cats.
They're eating the dogs.
That's actually, they're eating the dogs.
No, we have both.
We have, they're eating the cats, they're eating the dogs?
Yes, we do.
He starts off with the cats?
Mm-hmm, I think so.
Sorry for the long note, John.
Thank you for the acknowledgement.
It still doesn't feel like I've donated enough for it.
Thanks.
Well, you can just call Elizabeth Warren.
She'll give you a great deal on hearing aids.
Just kidding!
What you want is Widex.
I had the Widex Evoke, and yes, you can tune it to certain people, but beware, Bay Area wildfire, beware.
Your husband can tune it to tune you out as well.
What are you drinking?
Just a polar-flavored seltzer that is orange vanilla.
Just gosh awful.
W-I-D-E-X. I had the Widex model evoke.
In Springfield, they're eating the dogs, the people that came in.
They're eating the cats.
They're eating the pets.
Then we have Matthew Burns from Costin, B.C., and he says...
Matthew Burns here, also known as Canada's Organic Farming Capital.
I'm a long-time listener, starting around episode 600, and now, for the first time, a credited producer.
This donation amount of 333 Canadian dollars should make me an executive producer.
I have donated bits and pieces over the years.
Please de-douche me.
You've been de-douched.
My 35th birthday falls on a show day.
How fortuitous.
Please put me on the birthday list for today.
You're on it.
If I could also have some baby-making health pregnancy karma for our soon-to-be new human resource, that would be excellent.
Bring my bag of baby karma.
Yes.
I got my bag of baby karma.
If you could play the full Drone Again song, that would be swell.
What a banger that one is.
I'm going to play the ending because we already have the end of show mixes set up.
But it's fun to play that last little bit, just to remind you.
Extra shout out to the Noah Jenner producers in the Okanaga and Similkameen valleys.
Similkameen valleys of the...
Go ahead, burn me.
Of the Southern Interior, BC, I own and operate a small IT support and sales company and help run our family's farm stand at the Penticton Farmers Market and Summerlin Sunday Market all summer long.
Go visit them.
Any NA producers interested in no-spray produce, IT services, or a South Okanagan meetup, you can find me at...
Okanagan, yeah.
Okanagan, www....
Wine-growing area.
www.goodfuture.tech.
Come by the Penticton Farmers Market, find the Good Future stall, and say, in the morning!
And we'll discount your purchase.
Wow!
I intend to be a night before the year is up, and for now, I just want to say an additional thanks to you for everything.
everything.
God bless you both, and may he continue to shine his light on your families and all of Gitmo Nation, says Matthew Burns.
The drone again.
Naturally.
You've got...
Parma.
Mangosaurus in Kailua, Hawaii.
E.
A mongo in Kailua, Hawaii.
Hawaii, ITM. A de-dushing is in order.
You've been de-douched.
This long overdue donation of 2-22-22 celebrates our 17th wedding anniversary with my smoking hot wife, Bunny, whom I hit in the mouth over COVID. And is probably in the troll room right now.
She's the best dance teacher in the universe, and if you've got to go to, and you have to go to Lanakai Dance, C-O, Co, I guess.
Oh, C-O, and use the code Linda Lou.
You'll receive free gigawatt coffee.
I don't know, it doesn't sound right.
Love you, bunny.
Sincerely, Mongosaurus Rex of the Kailua, Hawaii.
I'm looking at...
I see...
This should be a night.
Bunny, are you there?
I'm just writing this down because I think Jay missed this one.
I'm just reading ahead here.
Okay, this is anonymous in Kuranbong.
Kuranbong.
New South Wales, Australia.
I'm sure I'm messing that up.
Curinbong.
Curinbong?
Eh, probably.
212.12.
This donation amount is a microphone test.
2-1-2-1-2.
Simply read the numerals into your microphone to test it.
It works!
2-1-2-2-2-1-2-2.
Also, it's reusable.
Just wanted to help the best podcast in the universe maintain the best podcast sound quality in the universe.
Number two.
I was confused and dismayed to see Adam repudiate his famous Hello!
I always considered it a feature, never a bug.
Three, I now qualify for knighthood in U.S. Fed Fiat 2. No dollary-do charity for me.
Please dub me Sir Deadname and bung.
I think he means bring, but I don't know.
I'll bung it.
Some Biltong and Decavita to the roundtable.
Decavita.
What do you think?
What is Biltong and what is Decavita?
You're asking the wrong person.
If you have it handy.
Well, I don't, but the...
It'll be at the round table, I guarantee you.
Thank you for all you do.
No jingles, no karma.
You got it.
And you're on the list.
Eli, woo!
Eli the coffee guy in Bensonville, Illinois is up.
The quality of media has gone...
He came in with 202. 202.20.
Bill Tong is jerky.
Oh, okay.
Bill Tong is jerky.
Thanks, Charles.
The quality of media has gone down in recent years, but the actual news has never been more interesting.
Whether it's Twitter beef with the Ukrainian president, a Kennedy in the cabinet, or a golf course in Gaza, the near-daily interviews and pressers make for top-tier entertainment.
It's either mad genius or mad dog crazy.
But truly a unique period in history to have front-row seats, by the way.
We're down to the last of our Mexican Chiapas black bag series.
Oh no!
Yeah?
Get it before we run out.
GigawattCoffeeRoasters.com and use the code ITM20 for 20% off your order.
Stay caffeinated, says Eli the Coffee Guy.
You notice what he did there?
He gave you a little copy hint, a little help by putting ITM20 in brackets so you would read it properly.
Yeah, it was probably not meant to be discussed in public.
Oh, I'm sorry.
And there's Linda Lupatkin from Lakewood, Colorado.
$200 and she wants Jobs Karma and says for a resume that gets results, visit...
There you go.
Visit ImageMakersInc.com, the go-to for all of your executive resumes and job search needs.
That's ImageMakersInc with a K and work with Linda Liu, Duchess of Jobs and Writer of Resumes.
Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs.
Let's vote for jobs!
And last on our list is Sarah Cradle in East Wenatchee, Washington.
200 bucks.
Hi, Tim, John and Adam.
Thanks for the bi-weekly amygdala shrinkage.
Business owners of Gitmo Nation, you need a better website.
Why?
Because 75% of people judge a business credibility based on its website and over 90% don't trust outdated sites.
That means you.
Your bad website could be costing you money.
Let's fix it.
Get started by visiting.
Now we've got three ads at the end.
Now let's fix it.
Get started by visiting concurrentstudio.com.
That's concurrentstudio.com.
Love it.
You mean it.
Sarah the web babe.
You know, I'm kind of digging this because you can make fun of the advertisers.
You can misread the copy.
You know, there's no hassle.
There's no stress.
And it's small business.
I like it.
These are genuine small businesses.
Very small.
They're teeny weeny.
Teeny-weenies.
I need a new website.
I need someone to build me an app, actually.
Someone wants to help me build.
I got an idea.
We have half of our listeners and producers build apps.
Adam at Curry.com.
Shoot me an email.
I got to build an app.
Thank you very much to our executive and associate executive producers.
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So I have a WTF clip that I'd like you to see if you can spot the anomaly in this NTD clip about the New York City terror issue.
You know, they have these tolls, you know, within the city as congestion rules.
Yeah, it's not a toll, but it's a congestion area.
Yeah, congestion fee, I guess.
Fee, yeah.
Well, tell me if you can find the...
Discrepancy in this, like, what's wrong with this picture, NYC tolls?
Do you want me to stop it when I hear it, or just let it roll and say it afterwards?
No, it's not that long.
The Transportation Department under President Trump has revoked its approval of New York City's congestion toll.
It charges drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street.
Here's how New York Governor Kathy Hochul responded.
In case you don't know New Yorkers, we're in a fight.
We do not back down.
Not now, not ever.
I don't care if you love congestion pricing or hate it.
This is an attack on our sovereign identity, our independence from Washington.
The Department of Transportation gave approval to the program under the Biden administration in late 2024. The Trump administration says it's terminating the program for two reasons.
One, the congestion toll provides no toll-free option for drivers.
And two, the toll aims to raise revenue for public transit rather than reduce congestion.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement, quote, Trump commented on the termination.
New York's transit and bridge authorities immediately filed a lawsuit challenging the decision.
They accused the Trump administration of targeting the congestion toll for, quote, blatantly political reasons.
Okay, so first of all, I would say that the sovereign identity from Washington, D.C. was kind of weird, but I think the all entry into Manhattan below 60th Street, isn't that all entry into Manhattan below 60th Street?
Well, a lot of it.
Just up north you can get in.
The discrepancy in this report is the following.
Why did they send it to the Department of Transportation under Biden for approval in the first place when Trump just reversed the approval?
How come it wasn't a problem with their sovereignty back when they gave it to the Biden administration to approve it in the first place?
Now that it's disapproved, oh, all of a sudden it's a big stink?
Probably because they were getting some of that sweet green money for doing it.
Yeah, there was something up.
That's what I'm thinking.
Hmm.
Two quickies for you.
The first one looks like it's the end of an era, John.
Pig butchering is coming to an end.
Now, Thailand is cracking down on cyber scam networks run from labor camps across its border with Myanmar.
Officials have arrested suspected ringleaders.
And tried cutting power to the compounds where thousands of people are made to work and live.
This video shows some of the foreigners being freed after having been trafficked to the facilities in Myanmar.
In the camps, they were allegedly forced and sometimes tortured into targeting victims of online fraud around the world.
The United Nations says hundreds...
Thousands of people have been lured to work in compounds like this across Southeast Asia.
The gambling town of Shwekoko is one of the sites that was recently raided.
You know, the thing is, they showed the video of these prisoners who they had released.
Not a single one of them was a hot Asian chick.
I think they got the wrong camp.
Makes no sense.
Yeah, that's it.
I had to find a clip where they mentioned the FBI so I could coin this right on time, exactly on schedule, just before Kash Patel gets in.
The FBI's six-week cycle.
Yeah, this was a joint investigation involving the FBI, the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, and the Spring Branch ISD Police Department.
I'm told the idea was to place pipe bombs throughout Memorial High School and use guns to shoot at students, to plan in its early stages.
But multiple law enforcement agencies told me that the threat was credible enough that they acted quickly.
Within 30 minutes of becoming aware of this plan, they arrested a 15- and 16-year-old teenager girl.
Now, Spring Branch ISD Police Chief Larry Bainbridge says they become aware of the threat yesterday thanks to a source.
Bainbridge says they arrested a 16-year-old girl.
She has since been charged with third-degree felony terroristic threat charges.
We're told that student was a 10th grader assigned to Memorial High School, but was attending a separate school in the district that is designed to help students that fall behind.
The 15-year-old student that was arrested is in custody with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.
We are awaiting more details.
We have also reached out to Spring Branch ISD to the district to find out if they have notified parents and staff.
We spoke to a few students and parents that were here as school let out.
None of them were aware of this situation.
We'll, of course, continue to ask questions and keep you posted.
We're live in the Spring Branch area.
Bill Barajas, KPRC 2 News.
That was Houston.
Houston this morning, actually.
I'm sorry, what?
Houston.
It was in Houston.
It happened this morning.
A 15, 16-year-old girl with a grand scheme to set up pipe bombs all over the place and start shooting kids?
Yeah, that sounds logical.
These damn 15-year-olds are all that way.
I wonder what SSRIs they were taking.
Oh.
How about this?
How about the...
I got one talk clip.
I knew it.
I knew he was going to come in with the talk.
I knew it.
Somehow I knew it.
Here's a woman.
Here's a woman who's divorcing her husband.
Now, first of all, this woman looks like she's 17. She might be 20. But she's married.
And she's divorcing her husband over an incident that happened at the Super Bowl, and she's fed up with this guy because he booed Taylor Swift.
I'm divorcing my husband because he booed Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl, and I still don't think he believes me, to be honest, but he might want to start, because I just filed my paperwork at the courthouse, and you can see right here, the date of separation is this year's Super Bowl.
I'm not just doing this because of the action of booing.
I am doing this because of...
Everything that it represents in our relationship.
I have loved Taylor Allison Swift since I was 12 years old.
My husband even likes her too.
Like, he'll put on her music when we're cooking together.
He has a favorite song.
It's Girl at Home.
But we were at the Super Bowl.
It was me, him, and five of his buddies.
And when they put Taylor up on the Jumbotron, all of his buddies started booing.
And my husband joined in.
And that just tells me everything I need to know about that man because he didn't care that that would hurt my feelings.
He just wanted to fit in with his boys.
He didn't even care that that's not even how he actually feels.
He just, like, wanted to look cool, I guess.
And that's not a man.
That's a boy.
And when you see that, you can't really unsee it.
I'm divorcing him.
Thankfully, I have a prenup.
I'll be retaining all of my assets as well as the assets that I inherited.
With peace and love, he probably will not be returning to the Super Bowl anytime soon.
So that's one less booer for you, Taylor.
I love you.
He should divorce her for the up-talking, to be quite blunt about it.
Well, he dodged a bullet the way I see it.
Yeah, no kidding.
Oh!
Midas Touch Network just released another episode.
They probably released two during the show.
Actually, yes.
They released one two hours ago and three hours ago.
Titles, Bark Like a Dog, Mike, Morning Collapse, and Take It to the Streets.
The Midas Touch, man.
Those guys are on fire.
Yeah, they're packing them in.
They're on fire, I tell you.
The Everlasting Bird Flu continues to hurt everybody.
And we are now resorting to Lucy Eggs.
The White House is working on a plan to control the bird flu as egg prices soar to record levels.
They expect to present it to President Trump in the coming days.
The average cost for a dozen of eggs has jumped to $4.95.
That's 50% more than a year ago.
And prices are expected to increase by another 20%.
A Trump official slammed the Biden administration's response to the outbreak.
The Biden plan was to just, you know, kill chickens.
And they spent billions of dollars just randomly killing chickens within a perimeter where they found a sick chicken.
Some New York City stores are selling eggs in bundles of three.
They're calling them Lucy eggs, similar to how they sell Lucy cigarettes.
Oh, man.
Hey, hey.
I wonder what three eggs cost in New York.
I don't know.
Probably three bucks.
Probably ten bucks.
Yeah, ten bucks for the three.
Is Mimi not worried about her chickens catching the bird flu?
She hasn't got any chickens.
I thought she had chickens.
She wrote a whole book about having chickens with too many eggs.
Yeah, that's because she got fed up with chickens.
It's too bad she doesn't have chickens because after the Port Angeles podcast studio, she could have had Port Angeles rent-a-chicken.
Yes, the rent-a-chicken's not a bad idea.
It's happening.
People are renting their chickens out.
I know.
They're doing it virtually.
You don't even have to have the chicken at the house.
Oh, that's interesting.
Yes, virtual rental.
So when the chicken lays an egg, most chickens, backyard chickens lay about one egg every day and a half.
Oh, that's how it works.
That's a great idea.
Yeah, and then you go pick up, you go to the guys, get the chickens.
You say, what did old Lucy lay this last week?
You know, it was raining a lot.
Like, for example, Jay has a bunch of chickens.
Yeah.
And when it rains a lot, the chickens don't do anything.
They just sit around grousing.
Then they start laying again.
Grousing.
Do they go like this?
Yeah, they go exactly like that.
That's what they do.
Oh, I've got to lay another.
That's a great idea.
If you have chickens, you should be doing rent a chicken.
You get a webcam or a body cam.
A chicken cam.
Chicken cam.
You can watch.
Yeah, and the chicken, every time it lays an egg, the egg now belongs to you.
That's a great idea.
American ingenuity.
We're the best.
We are.
Never ceases to amaze.
Go Murica.
Alright, well I got a couple of sad stories of the dead hostages.
Oh, that's not a way to end a show.
We're not ending the show.
We're getting to the dead hostages.
Okay.
I got a series of clips on the Fed buyout, but I think we're running out of time.
Yeah, all right.
Dead hostages here from NPR? Wait, wait.
There's a couple different ones.
I got the first one is the NPR, dead hostages, NPR, and then I got the sad hostage story, which will back it up.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns that tomorrow will be a very difficult day for the state of Israel.
Tomorrow is when the bodies of four hostages held by Hamas are expected to be released from Gaza.
Netanyahu says their families have been notified.
Six living hostages are expected to be released Saturday as part of Israel's ceasefire with Hamas.
All right.
Very, very sad.
Well, that was, you know, it was just like a dumb, this is why they have an old hell house and broken loose, because I think the rest of the hostages are all dead.
But here's the sad hostage story.
This is one of the dead hostages.
And if you listen carefully to the story, this was a person that was dead now, that with his wife, they were kind of Palestinian sympathizers.
The whole story doesn't make any sense unless the Palestinians are just ogres.
The Hamas terrorist group provided the name of one of the deceased hostages set to be released on Thursday.
His name is Oded Lifshitz.
He and his wife were peace activists and regularly transported patients from Gaza to receive medical treatment in hospitals in Israel.
However, they were both taken hostage during the October 7th terrorist attack.
His wife was released during the first ceasefire in October 2023. She said this soon after she was released from Hamas captivity.
I thank you for coming to hear my tragedy and that of all my friends.
It was hard, and I hope we get through it.
Their children previously shared their thoughts on the tragic situation before finding out that their father had died in Hamas captivity.
My father and my mother kidnapped on the 7th of October.
My mother released.
My father is still inside.
All right.
It's baffling to me why these guys are back and forth and back and forth.
They're known to the Palestinians.
Why would they be all of a sudden hostages?
It just makes no sense.
I don't know.
All right, I'm going to lighten the mood a little bit.
Yeah, bring it up a notch.
Singer Sheryl Crow is getting rid of her Tesla.
The singer-songwriter posting a video to Instagram waving goodbye to her Tesla as it's taken away on a flatbed.
In the post, she says she's protesting against Elon Musk's recent work with the Trump administration.
The money she's making by selling that Tesla, she says she'll be donating it to NPR. Crow has been a longtime advocate for environmental causes.
Donating it to NPR. Well, that's a waste.
Analysts look at this picture and say that was the Tesla being taken in for service based on the fact that the tree was just turning autumn colors.
Oh, really?
So that was a very old video?
It's an old video that she decided to post as though she's giving away the Tesla to give the money to the NPR. At least that's one analysis.
You know, I was looking at this Kennedy Center protest.
You heard about this.
Actually, the president does have the right, under actual law, to dismiss the entire board of the Kennedy Center.
Which he did.
Put in a new board, and then the board, of course, selected him as chairman of the board.
And he said, yeah, okay, that's great.
We're going to make the Kennedy Center great again.
No more drag shows and no more LGBTQ. And what I noticed, and you'll hear it in this clip.
Is that a lot of, including the, was it Milwaukee that had all the, that had the trans people show up at the city council meeting?
I think it was Milwaukee, wasn't it?
Are you talking about the one where they had the blue-haired girl and all the rest of them?
No, that was Worcester, Massachusetts.
Worcester, Massachusetts.
I've noticed that a lot of the people complaining...
Including, because I looked at that whole video, went back and looked again, these are all drag performers.
They're all performers.
And everyone who showed up at this half-mile walk protest, they're all drag show performers.
So, yeah, no wonder they're upset about LGBTQ whatever, because they have to find other lines of work.
The drag time story hour.
It was a good gig.
Yes, Phoebe.
Yes, I know.
I can't help it.
It's blue hair.
Tonight, this group walked half a mile from Washington Circle right here to the Kennedy Center.
Their message, they're not going anywhere.
Armed with passion and bubbles.
And a strong message for the president.
Members and allies of the LGBTQ plus community made their way from Washington Circle Thursday night, pausing, of course, for much-needed dance breaks.
Before arriving at the Kennedy Center loud and proud.
We're here because Donald Trump, in typical Trump fashion, has done some shady maneuvering to get rid of the board at the Kennedy Center and essentially install himself as dictator of the arts.
President Trump has said moving forward, drag shows will be a no-go at the Kennedy Center.
We're not going to let people steal our joy.
Tara Hoot, a popular drag queen in the district, believes she should be board president.
Why not me?
I'm the people's princess.
The Kennedy Center is a place for everyone.
Thursday night, she and others voiced their frustrations with the way the president has portrayed this community.
The Kennedy Center has always been a home for everybody, and now it won't be.
And I hope there's somebody who will listen to us and try and stop it.
They say they wish the president would be more understanding.
I wish he understood.
That we are more than what he tries to make us be.
That at the end of the day, we are not any sexual beings.
That drag is for everyone and drag is love.
And that's what we're here to provide.
Until then, they're standing strong on their message.
We will survive him.
That's what I would tell him.
That we're not going anywhere.
And that we're not going back in the closet.
It doesn't end here.
This is just the beginning, darling.
I mean, it's not even been a month.
We're all just trying to get our sea legs and see what's up and where we're going.
And the vision is clear.
We're here to rise up and say no more.
I truly believe.
I think that a lot of these people showing up at city council meetings and protesting everywhere, they're worried about their vocation more than anything.
It was really eye-opening.
The blue-haired girl, the one with the glitter for a beard, all performers.
I don't know if they were all performers.
Yeah, I think a lot of them are.
There's definitely more than one.
Here's my final story.
This is from the Transmaoism Files.
I finally found a story short enough and concise enough, and it is a bit of an eye-opener.
This is about the Zizians.
Have you been tracking this story?
People keep emailing me about it.
Oh, the murderers?
Yeah, the Zizians.
Yeah.
Yeah, I have, actually, but I haven't gotten any clips about it.
Here it is.
Finally, we have a no-agenda-worthy Zizian's clip.
Jack Lasota, who identifies as a woman, Michelle Zyko and Daniel Blank, they face trespassing and handgun charges here in Maryland.
All three were arrested Sunday in Frostburg.
Now, on Sunday, a person reported to police that three suspicious people parked their box trucks on his property.
They asked to camp there for a month.
That's how deputies managed to arrest him.
Now, Lasota, whose middle name is...
The Ziz is believed to be the leader of what you call there, the Zizian cult.
Today, Lasota told a judge that she, quote, has done nothing wrong and has to be released.
Prosecutors say Lasota has faked her own death in the past.
Police in other states say that she may have been involved in the stabbing of her landlord and the murder of her parents.
Today, the judge deemed her a flight risk and denied bail.
Now, the cult's believed to be connected to two California murders.
Most recently, the group's believed to be behind the murder of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont.
And the cult is formed from followers of Lasota's blog.
It's consisting of mostly transgender tech workers who subscribe to what's called radical veganism.
It's a philosophy of so-called rationalism and a fear of, quote, singularity.
This is the idea that one day AI may advance to the point where it turns on humans.
This is an outgrowth of all those anti-AI people.
That would include you.
No.
What was it called again?
Why can't I remember the name now?
Yeah.
I don't remember it at all.
That's where a lot of those open AI people came from initially.
Yeah, open AI guys, they were part of a cult.
They still are.
Yeah.
And so, clearly...
Somebody in the troll room should have come up with it by now.
They should.
No, they haven't, which is very disappointing.
Not altruism.
Not that...
Not the...
Effective altruism.
Yeah, there you go.
Thank you.
Yeah, effective altruism.
I remember that.
Thank you, Maxibilian.
Yes.
Effective...
So they've turned violent.
They've turned violent.
They have to be careful about this.
There could be more of them hiding behind any bush.
Is that all you got?
No, I got...
No.
Well, for the purposes of this show, I got the stuff that's not going to carry over much.
No, I think we're good.
You're good.
We're good.
Everybody's good.
I'm going to show myself old by donating to No Agenda.
Imagine all the people who could do that.
Oh, yeah, that'd be fab.
Yeah, on No Agenda in the morning.
Well, we're actually not that good because we still have some good stuff coming.
We've got the tip of the day, which everyone is always looking forward to.
We have some excellent end-of-show mixes.
And, of course, we want to bring up some Commodores and some Knights.
And we've got the meet-up overview and some birthdays.
And John is now going to thank the rest of our producers who supported us for this show, $50 and above.
Except for one thing.
What's that?
Well, on cell 17, since I was...
Fooling around on the machine, I accidentally erased the cell.
Ah, well that's good.
And I have not been able to recapture it.
That's Nathan Cochran from Franklin, Tennessee, with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, one of our Mercy Me boys!
Oh!
Yeah, oh!
Yes, oh!
The Mercy Me people are our best, is the band of the day for our group.
Yes, they are the band of the day.
Kevin McLaughlin's up after him, and he's in Concord, North Carolina, 800. He's our Shaduka Luna lover of American boobs.
Stephen Hutto, Hutto, Hutto in St. Petersburg, Florida comes in with 75. This is not a big list today, I might add.
Dame Becky in Arlington, Washington, 6996. Wait a minute.
6996 is Sir Rick, but this came through as Dame Becky today.
Maybe he's given her the...
The donation credit.
Yeah, it's always Sir Rick.
It is memorable for the 6996. Sir Kevin O'Brien in Chicago, Illinois, 6006, small boobs.
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Roscoe.
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I got it for him.
Hold on.
You've been dedouched.
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You get your citizenship.
That's all you want.
Unless you really want to vote for president and pay taxes to do it.
I don't know.
It doesn't make sense.
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And now we're already at the $50 donors.
And we start with Chris Cowan in Austin, Texas.
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A lot of Texans today.
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Sorry about the feedback, everybody.
I don't have hearing aids anymore, so I actually was rushing to let the dog out and forgot to mute the microphone, so sorry about that.
Tina's not here, so the dog had her legs crossed and was like...
That's perfect, because I have an end-of-show ISO that's perfect for the dog.
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No agenda meetups!
An overview of the meetups that are taking place all around Gitmo Nation.
Of course, these are producer-organized meetups.
You can go to noagendameetups.com to find out where they are.
I'll give you the overview today.
Charlotte's Thirsty Third Thursday kicks off at 7 o'clock at Ed's Tavern in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Hurry up.
You can get there in time.
Also, the 29 Days Until Spring meetup.
Only 29 days left, can you believe it?
6.30 at Lincoln's Roadhouse in Denver, Colorado this evening.
The Slave Soiree takes place on Friday.
6 o'clock at Dick's Primal Burger in Portland, Oregon.
Also on Friday, the Columbia River Basin Monthly Tri-Cities Meetup, 7 o'clock at Ty's Bar and Grill in Richland, Washington.
On Saturday, the South Jersey Meetup, and so it begins.
And it begins at 1 o'clock at Miller's Ale House in Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey.
The Noah Jenner III Ottawa Meetup on Saturday, 4.33 at Johnny Canucks, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
The Arlington, Virginia Northern Meetup.
That'll be at 5 o'clock on Saturday at Astro Beer Hall.
Please beware, they have a new, oh, it is a new location.
That's in Arlington, Virginia, Spooksville.
And finally, on our next show day, Sunday on the 23rd, Orlando Yoga Optional and Lunch!
2 o'clock at the Great Southern Box Company in Orlando, Florida.
Dame Yauderson.
She's a trip.
You should go check out that meetup.
And the Indy No Agenda 33 Days of DJT. Huzzah!
3.30 at the Dugout Bar in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Dame Maria and Sir Mark of the Greenwood will be hosting that as always.
It is a big turnout.
They're probably the biggest, longest lasting, biggest meetup that there is out there.
To find out if there's a meetup near you, to get your connection, which is protection, everybody you meet.
We'll be your first responder in a crisis.
Go to noagendameetups.com.
If you can't find one near you, start one yourself.
It's always a party!
Sometimes you want to go hang out with all the nights and days.
You want to be where you won't be, triggered or held lame.
You want to be where everybody feels the same.
It's like a party.
Um...
Let me see.
How many ISOs do you have today?
Two.
Oh.
Do you think they're really good?
Two winners?
Two winners?
I have four.
I think one of them may be a winner.
You want to hear mine?
Okay, go.
Here we go.
Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut.
More.
Hmm.
Nah.
Doesn't really work.
Do you want to rent some chickens?
No, no, no, no.
This is so nice.
No, I think this is the winner.
That's it for today's episode.
Uh-huh.
It's close.
Uh-huh, uh-huh.
I thought it was pretty good.
I kind of liked it.
This is the best of the group.
Yeah.
I think we'll start with the dog one.
Hey, it's time to walk the dog.
It actually is.
Okay.
And then goodbye.
Goodbye and good luck, chumps.
I don't know.
I think that's it for today's episode.
I'm kind of liking that one.
All right, you can have it.
Well, thank you.
And now, everybody, it is time as we end our show for everybody's favorite bit, John's tip of the day.
Great advice for you and me.
Just a tip with JCP. And sometimes Adam.
Created by Dana Burnetti.
Okay, today's tip is RTV Silicon.
RTV silicone.
RTV silicone is an interesting product.
Mimi used it.
Here's how it came about, this discovery.
RTV silicone is a room temperature vulcanizing silicone.
It vulcanizes at room temperature.
You have to wait days and days and days for it to do it, but it doesn't.
Here's what happened.
Everybody in this family seems to use the Blendtec blenders.
The Blendtec blenders are done by that company.
Very expensive.
Will it blend was their tagline.
Will it blend, guys?
Yeah.
So these blenders, which have like 20, 30 horsepower, I don't know what the horsepower is, but they'll grind up anything.
And Mimi has one.
She picked it up used from somebody.
And the problem is the engineering on these things requires that the...
The grinding container has all the mechanism inside and it has a gasket that went out.
And so she tried the vulcanizing silicone to fix it and it turns out to work.
And then she used the vulcanizing silicone to patch some holes in various things and it works like a champ.
Now the brand she's using is...
What's the name of this?
Now, could you give me some other examples of uses besides a $900 blender?
Say you have a leaky hose.
A leaky hose.
Anything that you could use, that you could use vulcanized.
You know that guy that comes on TV and he slaps him?
Slap it on the boat, you know?
It's that kind of stuff.
The trolls think I said leaky hose.
No, no.
Leaky hose.
Leaky hose.
Yeah, that's different.
This won't work on them.
So American Sealance is the one that she's using.
ASI 502. High performance, 100% RTV silicone.
Whoa.
American Sealance.
And yeah, they have it on Amazon.
Could you patch a hole in your boat with it, do you think?
I think so, yeah.
Wow.
If you leave it set long enough, because it vulcanizes.
Hmm.
So this is the key.
This is an interesting product.
Indeed.
Howitzer says yes.
He's used it on his boat.
Matthew Dunage says it's good shit.
Huh.
Wow.
It sounds like that's a great product.
I believe it to be.
Another fantastic tip which you can find...
Ow!
Sorry.
But you do.
You stepped on a guitar.
Yes, I stepped on a guitar.
Now, you can find it at noagendafun.com or tipoftheday.net.
Great advice for you and me.
Just a tip with JCD. And sometimes Adam.
Created by Dana Burnetti.
Pesky guitars laying around here all the time.
I don't know how that happened.
Whew!
All right, everybody.
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Value for Value is how we survive, how we'll be on the air for another four more years.
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We'll wade through it all for you.
It's what we do as a public service.
End of show mixes from Sir Michael Anthony, Mr. M, and two from Professor Jay Jones from China.
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Until then, adios mofos, a hooey hooey, and such!
Hey, it's Dr. Tony Fauci.
You know you miss me.
I'm still waiting on these so-called...
Fauci files.
I think Elon is the real Fauci file.
He's my biggest fan, apparently.
But, uh, where are those Fauci files, Elon?
It's been like a month.
I ain't getting any younger.
And I gotta tell ya, I'm not scared one bit.
I'm rich.
I'm powerful.
Not to mention I'm 82 years young.
Whatever you think I did, I already got away with it.
I mean, uh, I can explain everything.
I won't, but I... Anyway, I'm not really retired, so I'll see yous around.
Stay safe, suckers.
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Beep, beep, beep.
Allow me to sum up this week's news.
Hitler is back!
Hitler.
Hitler is back, everybody!
How dare you!
Let me take you back to 1939. Do you think Donald Trump is a fascist?
Yes, I do.
Hitler is back.
21% of Gen Z Americans think Adolf Hitler had some good ideas.
Actual American Nazis.
It's a Nazi rally.
How dare you?
Donald Trump has said he would terminate the Constitution of the United States.
Praising Adolf Hitler, saying Adolf Hitler did some good things.
Certainly falls into the general definition of fascist.
It's perfect.
To celebrate the rise of Nazism.
That Donald Trump would invoke Adolf Hitler.
Back home to mommy, she goes back home to mommy.
How is that casting aspersions?
This is next level QAnon stuff?
They'll say, you know, Trump supporters have set off a dirty bomb in Philadelphia.
They're counting on us to help him win.
They're counting on us to propagate.
Vowed to be a dictator on day one.
Someone needs to calm her down.
Hitler did not do some good things.
Okay, you stop it there.
Since election day, Musk has become $138 billion richer.
Trust me.
I now recognize the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Kassar.
60% of Americans, the paycheck, the paycheck.
Trust me.
Oligarchs give a damn.
Eight million dollars a day.
Outrageous.
He was fired.
That's what I want.
How much money a day Mr. Musk will receive from the federal government?
More and more power.
Your love won't pay my bills.
I want more.
Do you know what the Trump-Musk administration did?
Fewer and fewer hands.
The Department of Defense's inspector general was looking into SpaceX.
They're not looking at big tech.
They're not looking at big pharma because those people fund their campaigns.
And that is a government of the billionaire class, by the billionaire class, for the billionaire class.
