No Agenda - 1743 - "MAGAREXIA"

Starting point is 00:00:00 The dog ate the pills. Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak. It's Sunday, March 2nd, 2025. This is your award-winning Kidmanation Media assassination episode 1743. This is No Agenda. Wearing our nice suits and broadcasting live from the heart of the Texas Hill country here in FEMA Region Number 6. Eight in the morning, everybody.

Starting point is 00:00:23 I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley Valley where everyone's asking, do you have Oscar fever? I'm John C. Dvorak. It's crackpot and buzzkill. In the morning. I'd almost forgotten about the Oscars. It's tonight, that's right, forgot about it.

Starting point is 00:00:38 I'm sure there will be an extended dead segment for Gene Hackman, who as you know, was killed because he was about to expose the Epstein files. I know. That actually came up. Oh yeah, oh it's pathetic. Is it thesis? Oh yeah, no, no, better. He even put it on X. Yes, he put it on X. He said, I'm going to expose the Epstein files. Of course, the font looked a little wonky, but that just may be me. You know, that guy, fake tweets are the best. You know that guy, who is he? He's a British guy.

Starting point is 00:01:16 He's kind of like a Stu Peters type dude. And he did a 20 minute X post on it. Oh yes, this is what happened. I don't, that guy, I hope he gets paid. Because. The Stu Peters guy? No, it's not the Stu Peters guy. It's some other dude.

Starting point is 00:01:36 Come on, go room, you can help Adam here. He's thinking of someone, you must know who it is. I can't remember who the guy is. I don't know who the guy is you're talking about. Well, when you hear know who it is. I can't remember who the guy is. I don't know who the guy you're talking about. Well, when you hear... Pierce Morgan? People have sent you links from this guy and you're always like, don't you ever dare send us that again.

Starting point is 00:01:53 Oh, that guy who has the... who's always talking sideways to the camera? Yeah, exactly. See, I knew you'd know who I was talking about. That guy. Yeah, that guy. He's all over it. He's the worst. He's all over it. Yeah. Oh, yeah.

Starting point is 00:02:05 But just wonder, it's like, does he have ad money or he's got to have something. Here, Gene Hackman. I am ready. Here, Gene Hackman, X-post. On February 24th, makes nothing but sense. I'm ready to corroborate everything in the Epstein client list and to put Bill Clinton and others in prison if it's the last thing I do and then it will hear this is the guy here is the news hits like a gut punch this week that guy that guy the old-school Hollywood legend of the French connection unforgiven and Superman gone

Starting point is 00:02:35 gone does that guy have a lopsided face why doesn't he face the camera he might always cocked one way or the other it's never like looking he face the camera? He might have a lopsided. He's always cocked one way or the other. He's never like looking at the camera. He's like looking over to the side and then he's like a scant. What is that? What is that style? ...Faye Home alongside his wife and one of their three dogs. Oh no. A tragedy sure, but the details?

Starting point is 00:02:59 They're so twisted even the mainstream media can't whitewash it. Oh, even the mainstream media can't whitewash it. This is great. media can't whitewash it this is great this is good. Something is off. Something's off way off. And the media are barely scratching the surface. Why would they? Here's what the media won't tell you. Okay. Gene Hackman wasn't some retired millionaire kicking back in New Mexico. No. He was neighbors with Jeffrey Epstein. Oh. Yes that's Epstein. Well I mean he mean, his timing's a bit off because Pam Bondi's botched release has been kind of snowed under by other things taking place in Washington. Just on that for a moment.

Starting point is 00:03:42 On Bondi or other things? On Bondi, on Bondi. How does that? She had influencers and gave them all binders, binders with old bunk. That's the same old stuff. Yeah. But what, how does that even happen? I don't understand. I mean, that's a huge botch. Someone tried to screw her or tried to screw... Well, that's what she claims. I mean, did she not look at the binders? Let me just double check for a second before I hand out these binders.

Starting point is 00:04:17 Of course... I have a clip of something that was similar to this kind of thing. This seems to be, I think, a theme. Yeah, the... This Tom Fitton thing. Uh, I have this new series of clips called BTS behind the scenes. People bitching about, you know, the promises not being kept or whatever. Listen to this is similar to the bondy thing.

Starting point is 00:04:38 See, I'm looking for behind. Oh, here it is. I got you. I got you. And then of course we have to pressure the Trump administration because as I said, there are some agencies, you know, they just can't help but move slowly. And you may recall that Joe Biden was interviewed by the special counsel and the special counsel released a transcript that was edited as we uncovered. And the transcript wasn't enough in our view. There was an audio tape and then should have been released of Joe Biden.

Starting point is 00:05:12 And so what happened is that we sued and there's Biden people came up with 60 different reasons, I'm exaggerating obviously, to withhold this information from us. And so the court, just a week or so ago, asked the Biden, asked the Trump Justice Department, hey, hey, there's a new boss in town. What's your position on this? And rather than just say, Oh, we want to release the tapes. They said, well, we need till May 20th to figure out what to do. That's frustrating. Isn't it? Wait a minute. What, what tapes? Do you remember when Biden gave the deposition to the investigator who went to before Congress and said, well, the guy's such a dumb, he's such a dumb old man that, you know,

Starting point is 00:05:49 there's no way we can convict him. So we're going to let it slide. We can't put him on the stand. He's too feeble. I think something like that. Yes, I do remember. And then they said, well, let's listen to the tapes because they figured the tapes, if you could hear what Biden was doing, then it would have, you know, kept him from getting reelected because he was still in the running. And of course it happened that way anyway. But beside the point, they wanted to hear these tapes. They said, no, we'll give you a transcript instead.

Starting point is 00:06:15 And the transcript was edited. And so they started working on getting the tapes released. And now that Trump got in, they figure, well, here we go. We get to listen to the tapes. At least we get to listen to the tapes. At least we get to listen to the tapes and no, no. Yeah. So there's a lot of blockage. It seemed like it.

Starting point is 00:06:34 I was listening to, um, uh, Joe Rogan talking to Elon Musk. Cause he had Elon back on, which makes no, yes, I saw parts of that was good. Yeah. And well, what Elon said as well, well imagine that you know, you're everyone hates you and you're going in and then Everyone is working against you I guess but that's it's still inexcusable She lied on Jesse Waters. I'm just gonna hold on to that. I'm happy to change my opinion on Pam Bonnie But right now she is nil nil to change my opinion on Pam Bonney but right now she is nil nil. She's what?

Starting point is 00:07:07 Nil nil. You mean like a soccer game? Yes, exactly. Nil. She has nil. Negative one. Negative one. This was not good.

Starting point is 00:07:17 That's not your first out of the gate. Here we go everybody. The Epstein files are going to drop. Well, it was her fault. Yes. It was bad. It was bad. Instead of being a hot shot on Jesse Waters, she gets on the show as much as she wants to. Yeah, because Jesse has her number, they text.

Starting point is 00:07:33 Well, Jesse has her, yes, he has her text number. But Jesse always, Jesse has a very, or not Jesse, but his producers have a very good sense of photogeneity, or actually telegenic they bring on a lot of pretty women yeah and more than that the other shows in general you're telling me that Pam Bondi was a DEI hire because she's pretty yeah actually not you think in those terms yeah I mean she's 60 so she you know she's why she's my age 60 yeah

Starting point is 00:08:06 really oh my she you can look her up 59 maybe but she's basically 60 and she yeah 59 yeah she is very telegenic yes I don't. In person, I guess she doesn't look that good. No, we know. We know because our producer said she looks like Merle Haggard in a wig. So, yeah. I can't get that out of my head. But that's the thing about it.

Starting point is 00:08:34 You're telegenic. I mean, you can be all beautiful in different ways. I can't get. It's hard to get out of my head. Merle Haggard in a wig is tough, man. That's a tough one to let go of. So I'm sure that, I mean, you and I never speak during the week, maybe an email or something innocuous,

Starting point is 00:08:51 maybe you forward something funny. Rarely. Rarely. I'm sure we probably had the same idea for our deconstruction of what took place in the Oval Office. But this morning we got breaking news, breaking news. And I mean, I have clips of all the meetings that went on and Zelensky in the UK and, you know, we can back into it.

Starting point is 00:09:12 But I think what UK Prime Minister Starmor did this morning kind of sums up what we both thought was about to happen. Would you agree? Would you agree? I'm not sure, but probably, I'm guessing, because you saw the newsletter and I have a lot of my thoughts in there. A lot of it is based on some input I got locally from Lib Joe's various... Well, stop this show. What did the Lib Joe's... Not the normal Lib Joe's.

Starting point is 00:09:43 Wait, you have new Lib Joe's? Well, not the normal libjos. You have new libjos? Well, one libjo is a temp. What do you mean a temp? Working in the washing room? Is it Uber driver? Hey, Uber drivers know what they're talking about. The Uber drivers are very good information. Yeah, I don't know.

Starting point is 00:10:00 And the other one's an old friend of mine who's a big shot. Big shot. Who's also a liberal. And, uh, In the publishing world by any chance? Yes, in the publishing world. All right. Then I have thoughts. Yes, that's good. That's, that's a qualified, uh, qualified source. But it's the, you know, but it's still knee jerk, a Democrat.

Starting point is 00:10:21 Uh, I think it was logic expressed. I do have a clip from, I think, uh, I think the best exemplification of this is, this is the twerp came on one of the shows. We have the same, we have the same clips. You have the twerp? I have the twerp. Yeah, hold on a second. I have two clips by the twerp. She was on, the twerp was on with... She's the worst, this woman. But she exemplifies what these people are thinking. Well, the interesting thing, and I'll play the clip... Where we're now we're beating around the bush. Or the producers are going, what the hell are these guys? Who's the twerp?

Starting point is 00:10:58 Well, first of all, I think we both agree that what the president and the vice president did was predetermined they were going to undress this guy. That's what it seemed like to me. Here's the one piece of evidence when I got into an argument with the publisher. His comeback was kind of, I couldn't beat this comeback. He says, oh really? Well then where was the signing table? Why don't they just do it, open up the press

Starting point is 00:11:28 conference there at the signing table with the document right in front of them signing. That's what they always do. There's always a signing table so they can sign the deal and you know what was the point of this rest of this crap? Where's the signing table? The signing table. I'm on the signing table. Well, no, because they knew that Zelensky wasn't going to sign, so they were like, okay, well, we'll bring you into the Oval Office. And for me, the clue was the journalist in the blue suit jacket. I love that guy. We have that clip too.

Starting point is 00:11:59 Yeah, I don't know who that guy is. Now we've created a puzzle for the audience. Oh, let me play the blues jacket guy Well, wait, let's start. Okay. Well, this is the front do I'm gonna explain to the people out there listening The two of us are beating around the bush because neither one of us know exactly how we should start this discussion I think we I think we start with the blue suit, go to the twerp, and then start. Well if you're gonna start with the blue suit, I think you should predate that and go to Trump in the greeting where he ridicules Zelensky for not wearing a suit at the beginning. Do we have that clip? Do you have that one? I didn't clip that one. I thought you would have it either. The reason why...

Starting point is 00:12:38 So Zelensky rolls up in the car and President Trump... Late. And President Trump is there to greet him. He says, Oh, look, he dressed up. That was pretty much it was like an eight second clip. But this guy, I don't know who he works for, but he was left of the president. The president turns to him, has to swivel all the way around. The guy has some dumb question first.

Starting point is 00:13:02 And then the president says, Oh oh you had a second question? That felt set up to me especially because who is this guy in the blue suit? That would not have been a good situation what was your second question? My second question for president is Zelensky. Do you ever why don't you wear a suit? Why don't you wear a suit? You're the highest level in this country's office and you refuse to wear a suit. Just want to see if you own a suit? Yeah, yeah, I have problems. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the dignity of this office.

Starting point is 00:13:32 I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Okay. Yes, maybe one. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something like yours, yes. That'd be great. Maybe something better, I don't know. We will see. Maybe something cheaper.. I don't know. We will see maybe something cheaper.

Starting point is 00:13:48 Thank you. Now, the way I see that that guy was a was a shill. It was his the entire point was to rile up Zelensky, which he did because if you listen, if you listen to what Zelensky saying is like, oh, maybe I won't wear one like that Maybe it'll be cheaper, but She was already a little bit annoying and afterwards complimented the guy He's Trump made some comment about them about the question. Good job. Good job Jeeves So it was yes, this was this was looked like a staged event. And the

Starting point is 00:14:26 thing that's still is somewhat baffling is the, and I think we can try to analyze this, was the fact that Rubio, who was not given a part in the play, and didn't have any lines, so he didn't get scale, he sat there in a grumpy, China just in a grump mode. He had one, he had one line. He did. They gave him one throwaway line. He had one line. I don't remember what was his line. It was a throwaway line. But if we, okay, let's just step back for a second because everything that happened was pre-told by Rubio in the Pixie Girl interview, Catherine Harridge.

Starting point is 00:15:06 Right, which we played last couple of shows. Well, I'm gonna play that part again so you can hear it because now in context of what took place, like wow, you hear everything. And I have to mention as an aside, have you seen the size of Marco Rubio's ears? I haven't noticed. They are like, they're bigger than, than Granholm saucers.

Starting point is 00:15:28 Huh. There, you take a look, go look at a picture and you'll go, wow, as I play this clip. I think President Trump is very upset at President Zelensky and in some cases, and rightfully so. Look, number one, Joe Biden had frustrations with Zelensky. People shouldn't forget that there are newspaper articles out there about how he cursed at him in a phone call. This clip resurfaced, and it resurfaced an old clip from MSNBC, and people on X were going,

Starting point is 00:15:53 oh, they tried to hide this. It wasn't all that hidden. Because Zelensky, instead of saying thank you for all your help, is immediately out there messaging what we're not doing or what he's not getting. I think the second thing is, frankly, I was personally very upset because we had a conversation with President Zelensky,

Starting point is 00:16:08 the Vice President and I, the two, three of us, and we discussed this issue about the mineral rights and we explained to them, look, we want to be in a joint venture with you, not because we're trying to steal from your country, but because we think that's actually a security guarantee. If we're your partner in an important economic endeavor, we get to get paid back some of the money the taxpayers have given close to two hundred billion dollars and it also now we have a vested interest in the security of Ukraine. All right so that's exactly what what you even said at the time and so

Starting point is 00:16:37 all of this was known they didn't like the guy that the guy was irritating them. I should bring in one extra dimension. I don't have the clip of it, but Scott Besson came on with Laura Ingraham, Frau Ingraham, and Besson, who was secretary of the treasury, I think, who met with Zelensky. Remember, he went over there by himself? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then Zelensky wasn't there for him. He was sleeping. Well, Zelensky did meet with him after he woke up and he said he was going to do a deal,

Starting point is 00:17:07 he was going to do a deal, then he said he wasn't going to do it. That was the prelude to, it turns out, the prelude to Rubio. So in other words, Besson went there, tried to start that deal, it fell apart after kind of a phony baloney discussion because he wouldn't have gone in the first place. So the second go-round, it seems to be Rubio and, so you have a double teamed him with Rubio and the vice president. Then the third go-round is now Trump, Rubio and the vice president. And that didn't work out. So with it. So this was a yeah, so set up a play the twerp and Susan Rice Correctly identifies that it was a setup. But of course it's because Putin

Starting point is 00:17:53 Obviously, it's a very sad day and an embarrassment for the United States on the world stage Just for why does she come out of the woodwork all of a sudden you have to question this Who does she come out of the woodwork all of a sudden? You have to question this. Who does she work for now? This is a good question. I was thinking about this too. Which is why as out of the blue, we haven't heard from this woman. And we, for people out there, we generally call her the Torp, because she's a very gnome-like little character who is a creep and small and a Torp.

Starting point is 00:18:32 And she comes out of the blue here. I have no idea. It's got to be the industrial complex. She's not working for the USA, that's for sure, because she, in this clip, we'll listen to this, you're going to hear what comes up, she's going to say that this deal was not favorable to Ukraine, so it was a bad deal. She is a research fellow at the School of International Service at American University. Yes. And as of 2018, she's been on the board of directors of Netflix. It's probably how Obama probably got her in there.

Starting point is 00:19:12 And she's the director of the domestic policy council. Whatever that is. Another scam. All right, here we go. But let's step back and analyze what's happened here. I think there's no question that this was a setup. You heard Donald Trump say at the end of that clip he played, this is great television. This was a setup. Vladimir, I mean, excuse me.

Starting point is 00:19:35 I love how she messes up Volodymyr with Vladimir because she's so used to saying Putin, Putin, Putin. This was a setup. It was It was on her mind. Oh yeah. I mean, excuse me. Vladimir Zelensky was compelled to agree to a horrible deal. Horrible! That would have sent Ukraine's minerals to the United States without any concrete security guarantee. How's it…

Starting point is 00:20:03 It's a horrible deal. For who? Not for us? Whose side is she on? Well, we don't know. Probably on the side of the globalist in Europe. Guarantees. And yet, because he was trying to improve a relationship with Donald Trump,

Starting point is 00:20:18 he came to Washington, he came to the Oval Office, and sat down for a meeting, hat in hand. Hat in hand, that's my favorite. There was no hat in hand. No, he was all riled up. And soon after he got there, the Vice President of the United States lit into him and started a confrontation. Now, I've been in countless Oval Office meetings with heads of state, presidents and vice presidents as national security advisor, UN ambassador and in other roles.

Starting point is 00:20:49 I can tell you that the vice president or the secretary of state or anybody else, they don't jump in, hijack a conversation without the express blessing of the president of United States. So JD Vance did that deliberately. Donald Trump knew what he was going to do. And I think as he said at the end, because he can't help himself, this was a setup for the cameras. It was a play to his base. But above all, his base played Vladimir Putin.

Starting point is 00:21:18 And to try to humiliate Zelensky, but Zelensky didn't play along with the script because Zelensky's got dignity and guts and he has people that he democratically represents. No, no, no, no, no, it's under martial law. It's almost been a year since they've had elections so no. He couldn't sit there in silence as lies were being told about how the war was started, whose responsibility it was, etc. It happened during the administration that she was in in 2014. That's how the war was started. He tried to explain what is in fact the case. So the best part of that interview I thought was this 33 second clip, which I will just

Starting point is 00:22:02 share with you. It was an effort to humiliate him, to scuttle the U.S. Ukraine relationship so that Trump no longer feels any obligation to provide support and to hand U.S. interests and Ukraine and potentially Europe to Putin on a silver platter. Why? That's a great question. That's not. And listen, Susan, we're gonna unfreeze you. I want to play.

Starting point is 00:22:32 So the minute she says that's a great question, the video freezes. It was poetic. There was poetic, poetic. Here is the most truthful moment. It's 50 seconds. The most truthful Trump moment in the Oval Office. This is, I think, is true. Well, if I didn't align myself with both of them, you'd never have a deal.

Starting point is 00:22:52 You want me to say really terrible things about Putin and then say, Hi Vladimir, how are we doing on the deal? That doesn't work that way. I'm not aligned with Putin. I'm not aligned with anybody. I'm aligned with the United States of America, and for the good of the world. I'm aligned with the world, and I

Starting point is 00:23:10 want to get this thing over with. You see the hatred he's got for Putin. It's very tough for me to make a deal with that kind of hatred. He's got tremendous hatred. And I understand that, but I can tell you the other side isn't exactly in love with him either. So it's not a question of alignment. I'm aligned with the world.

Starting point is 00:23:30 I wanna get the thing set. I'm aligned with Europe. I wanna see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I could be tougher than any human being you've ever seen. I'd be so tough, but you're never gonna get a deal that way. So that's the way it goes. Alright one more question. There you go. I believe that's all to be true. I got I got messages from friends overseas here's my buddy Michelle

Starting point is 00:23:54 in the UK. What the f is Trump and Vance doing supporting Russia after being in the Cold War for 70 years they've turned on the whole world just for some deals. That's how it's being perceived. Thanks to the media. Exactly. I want to put just to not go completely off track but I do want to play these clips because I think it... You want to do starmer first because that's the big news by the time The show is I don't want to play the Galloway material because it it gives us all the background we need Okay, I don't I'm not and I don't reason I want to play is because this is George Galloway Pierce Morgan by just as a little background here pierce. He's funny

Starting point is 00:24:41 I can't hear but I have his is knows what he's doing. He knows what good TV is. He's always been a tabloid guy so he knows what a headline should be. He knows how to get attention. He's got no personality. He got the attention of your clip machine. This is how good he is. He's good. You can hear him defer which is he doesn't get into arguments. If a guy goes off on him, on Pierce, he'd let him go because he knows it's interesting. But this is George Galloway, a notorious socialist who's a writer for The Guardian, who's just generally a creep in general, hates Trump, hates the United States. Hates England as far as I can tell.

Starting point is 00:25:25 He hates everything. He hates everything. He hates this guy. He hates everything except the communist revolution. But his discussion of the situation is so on point that you have to say, well, at least he nailed this part of it. And here we go. This is a three-parter.

Starting point is 00:25:42 And I think think is excellent. It's really come to something when having spent a lifetime myself fighting against NATO and American wars it's the Americans that are trying to stop the war and Piers Morgan, Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer who are trying to keep it going. I don't want to keep it going. You've got a lot of Ukrainian... I don't want to keep it going. Wait a minute, he put Piers Morgan in the list? That's great. Yeah. That's good. You've got a lot of Ukrainian blood on your hands.

Starting point is 00:26:14 Wow. You have lied about this war from the beginning. You have lied about the origin of this war, about the duration of this war, about the course of this war, and now having caused you and your war party the death of a million Ukrainians while claiming to love Ukrainians, you're now calling for British lives to be lost. What a load of absolute bullshit. That constitutes close to a war crime. You're going to regret it when very soon Zelensky is sitting in a beachfront villa somewhere

Starting point is 00:26:53 counting his ill-gotten gains and all the secrets of the rampant corruption between the Democrats and the Zelensky regime begin to tumble out of the cupboard. This war did not begin three years ago. You very well know that it began in 2014. You very well know that it began with a coup against the elected president of Ukraine, backed by Victoria Nuland and the administration at that time and supported by you. Man, everyone's going to hate Galloway now. He can't even get the left on his side with this. And he goes, I like the way he goes, you very well know. This is a trick I've never heard him do

Starting point is 00:27:36 or anyone actually. I like this. You very well know. You very well know. And he keeps it up. And it's, and it's, and the whole thing is done for effect and it's very well done it's effective and it's very effective and he and he's got Morgan knows what's going on and this was kind of at least to me it's funny to watch Morgan he almost tries to stop him but then he gets him on he's on the roll and Morgan backs off knowing that this is good material that's that's to get him the views he wants, but here we go. You very well know that the criminalization of the Russian language, which followed hard

Starting point is 00:28:12 on the heels of that coup, was the proximate reason for an uprising in the east of the country amongst Russian-speaking, ethnically Russian people. You very well know that Zelensky and his predecessor rained down shot and shell on the people of East Ukraine for eight years before Putin intervened. It's possible that Galloway is really truly an anti-war guy. is really truly an anti-war guy. That may be his reasoning that he's just so anti-war, which is good, that this is why he's... And he's on point with this. You're so right. He's on point. In 2022, and that 14,000 people, most of them women and children,

Starting point is 00:29:01 were killed in that onslaught. You very well know that Zelensky was preparing for a final onslaught, a final solution. And while I'm on that subject, you're always telling us how much you love the Jews. You're supporting a regime which puts up statues to Nazi collaborators, to generals of the Galician division of the SS, you are supporting the regime. Zelensky is Jewish, you know that, right? You know Zelensky is Jewish, right? Do you?

Starting point is 00:29:33 But that's like saying there's no racism in America because Obama. So a Jewish, so you're calling the Jewish leader of Ukraine a Nazi. Is that your position? By the way, I am a little disappointed. Where are all my Jew haters to say that Zelensky is controlling America? I'm missing this in my time. There you go. Good point.

Starting point is 00:29:56 I'm missing it. That's like saying there's no racism in America because Obama was briefly the president of the country. The entire western part of Ukraine played a decisive role in the mass murder of Jews and Poles and others in the Second World War. And now they are heroizing the heroes of the SS. Why doesn't Donald Trump agree with you? This is, I'm glad you got these. This is very good. This is...

Starting point is 00:30:29 Yeah, he wraps it and he keeps eating it. It doesn't end with, I mean, now the last clip, it's just like he brings in Donald Trump and this is the part that I find was interesting. Why doesn't Donald Trump agree with you? Because he's wrong. Well, you know, you have been up his ass all of these two decades. You've kissed his feet.

Starting point is 00:30:52 You've licked his boots. You've fawned upon him. Really? You have been his super fan. And now on this fundamental question of our age, he's entirely wrong. Because everybody watching knows you are Trump's biggest ass dissent. This fundamental question of our age is entirely wrong. Everybody watching knows you are Trump's biggest ass dissent. I like him.

Starting point is 00:31:10 I like Donald Trump. I know you like him. I don't like him. I like him and on many things, on many things I like him and on many things. Let me finish. The biggest question in politics in the world today is got it completely wrong. No, it's in the mix. Ukraine was the most corrupt country.

Starting point is 00:31:30 More corrupt than Russia? Yes, it was designated by the economists. What about Putin? What about what? Putin? Yeah, Putin. It falls apart there. Oh, that's good. That's good. Putin yeah Putin and if it falls apart there, so I had to

Starting point is 00:31:48 That's good. That's good. So but now does Galloway also hate Trump man. That was yeah, unfortunately in that little exchange there in there. He says I hate Trump Yeah, but Trump is doing the right thing, but I hate Trump Yeah, interesting all right, so all of this culminated, I think as intended or as expected. There was a hint that may have been intended because Starmer in this clip does indicate that there was some, because he met with Trump the day before. Or I think it was the day before. Two days before.

Starting point is 00:32:23 Yeah. Well, McCrone, I guess, McCrone was there and so was Starmer. They both met. So there may have been some scheming going on here, we don't know for sure, but this thing, this is, I don't know. Starmer is not a character I would trust. I don't think anyone trusts Starmer. No, no. Now, so we're going to play the announcement from this morning. Yeah, this is the one that came out today. First, we will keep the military aid flowing and keep increasing the economic pressure on Russia to strengthen Ukraine now. Second, we agreed that any lasting peace must ensure

Starting point is 00:33:06 Ukraine's sovereignty and security. And Ukraine must be at the table. Third, in the event of a peace deal, we will keep boosting Ukraine's own defensive capabilities to deter any future invasion. Fourth, we will go further to develop a coalition of the willing. Yeah, where have we heard this coalition of the willing? Was that not Iraq when the George W. Bush. When we scammed everybody into going

Starting point is 00:33:36 into a different country. And he's the one who said coalition of the willing. In fact, if people want to look something up that's entertaining, the council on foreign relations did a whole paper on Coalition of the Willing. If you Google coalition, I'm sorry, coalition, not coalition, Coalition of the Willing Council on Foreign Relations, you can find it. Coalition of the Willing to defend a deal in Ukraine and to guarantee the peace. Not every nation will feel able to contribute, but that can't mean that we sit back.

Starting point is 00:34:11 Instead, those willing will intensify planning now, with real urgency. The UK is prepared to back this with boots on the ground and planes in the air, together with others. Europe must do the heavy listing. But to support peace in our continent and to succeed, this effort must have strong US backing. We're working with the US on this point after my meeting with President Trump last week. And let me be clear, we agree with the president on the urgent need for a durable peace. Now we need to deliver together. Finally we agreed that leaders will meet again very soon to keep the pace behind these actions and

Starting point is 00:34:58 to keep working towards this shared plan. We are at a crossroads in history today. This is not a moment for more talk. It's time to act, time to step up and lead, and to unite around a new plan for a just and enduring peace. Thank you. I like the just and enduring peace. That's what Zelensky said that too, a just peace.

Starting point is 00:35:24 We need a just, whatever that means, a just piece. We need to adjust whatever that means, a just piece. It doesn't mean anything. No. And what's the thing we're gonna have more meetings but let's not have too many meetings. Give me a break. So right after the oval blow up, Zelensky hoofs it over to number 10 Dowling Street for the big embrace. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to London on Saturday. I want to thank you, people of the United Kingdom, for such big support from the very beginning of this war. The meeting follows the berating seen around the world. The President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance gave Zelensky in the Oval Office Friday.

Starting point is 00:36:00 God bless. You don't know that. God bless. You don't know that. God bless. You will not have a war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a war. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel. I'm not telling you. Because you're in no position to dictate that. Remember that. You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel.

Starting point is 00:36:17 President Trump is spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago State in Palm Beach. Before leaving D.C., Trump spoke to reporters about Zelensky dressing down, that sparked new questions about the next chapter in U.S. support for Ukraine. He's got to say, I want to make peace. He doesn't have to stand there and say about Putin this, Putin that, all negative things. What became clear, and I think what has the president so frustrated and frankly angry is that it's

Starting point is 00:36:47 not clear that Zelensky truly wants to stop the fighting. Many Republicans expressed support of the president after the showdown with Zelensky, but GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska commented on the situation on X, calling it a regrettable conversation showing the administration may try to end all US support for Ukraine. All right. So as Tina and I were talking about this, the first thing she said is, well, who's his handler?

Starting point is 00:37:14 Who is making him do this? And it seems very obvious to me the EU and the UK are behind this and for very good reasons. And, you know, so he went to this emergency summit and he's sitting there everyone's around the table including Queen Ursula they're all in all the panel and Zelensky lays out his plight. Oh what a difference a day makes. I'm sorry intro first. ...in Washington in the Oval Office and because of this diplomatic debris more than ever pressure Ooh I like diplomatic debris that's a nice one diplomatic debris

Starting point is 00:37:50 and because of this diplomatic debris more than ever pressure on Keir Starmer the UK Prime Minister really on this London Summit but a very positive constructive meeting a lot of warmth indeed the Prime Minister came out of that famous black door number 10 and gave a big hug to President Zelensky and immediately drew his attention to the cheers that had gone up just outside the gates of number 10 very much to say that the UK Ukraine has a full backing of the United Kingdom. Then very warm words in front of the cameras, briefly, very much appreciated by President Zelensky. President Zelensky, who had requested, I understand, a meeting with the head of state of the United Kingdom, King Charles, and who has indeed

Starting point is 00:38:38 obtained it. That had to be approved by the UK government. So interesting and very constructive, very positive, that defense loan also announced last night. So a lot of warmth, a lot of backing and it's hoped that there'll be much more backing in the London Summit that will be happening here at Lancaster House. Alright, so then what was that report from? That is from I think France 24. They used the word warmth way too much. Oh, no.

Starting point is 00:39:08 And that was the contrast with Trump, obviously, because it's an anti-Trump outlet. And the warm embrace, you know, oh, yeah. You know, Zelensky also went into an office with Stammer and I forget the woman's name. You know, they signed a two billion pound deal right on the spot before even this summit took place. So the UK was already in for two billion pounds to keep something flowing. And here's a, I have a couple of clips here from this panel. The stakes couldn't be higher. The summit to take place on Sunday, hosted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, will bring together leaders across Europe and will tackle-

Starting point is 00:39:48 Wait, let me see if this is it. ... to our security... No, I don't want that one. Is it this one? We hope that we can finish this war this year, not in three years. It's very, very difficult. Very difficult for all our nation to go through this war. And all these all these jomokes from the EU are sitting there looking at him, oh yes, yes, yes, oh yes. But with all respect to our soldiers and our people. So I can't speak about three years. If we speak about how to prepare security because of the Russia, they can come

Starting point is 00:40:27 back in ten years if we will not be prepared. They will not come back if we will pressure them, put them to their place, to their territory. You have to put them to their place. And if Ukraine will be in EU and in NATO.-huh in the EU and in NATO, there it is In closest years, of course it will help us very much And I think that they will not come back We will have strong army and strong allies and strong unity To my mind, because they will never

Starting point is 00:41:02 I mean forgive the world that they didn't win. And you see that they will not win. And then he takes it one step further and this is real war talk. You know, we are very often and also today we speak that we need just lasting peace. And when we speak about the just... Here you go, an explanation of just and lasting peace. Lasting peace. And when we speak about the just, and this war is difficult to find just in this war because of such steps of Russia. Their war, their way of this war, how many people they killed, just killed and

Starting point is 00:41:53 thousands in the prison and stolen children. Stolen children? And that's why we'll never forget it and we can't forget it. And even if, I hope that our partners on the same page with us, not only hope I see it, but we'll never forget it and we will really do everything that people who began this war, who are provoked, all these people, yes, really will answer. And of course, we will work on tribunal even after the hard part of this war, even when we will go to the diplomacy, we'll never, never forget these surnames and these people. Tribunals. Okay.

Starting point is 00:42:48 That's not peace talk with tribunals. And this, it's like a turning back the clock two years. It's the same stuff we've heard. And like I explained to my friend Michelle, dude, we're responsible. The USA is responsible for this. Starts with James Baker lying that, oh, we'll never expand NATO. Then we expanded NATO over and over. And then the coup.

Starting point is 00:43:14 Thank you, Victoria Nuland. You just have to chalk that up to the USA. We let all that happen. We let all that go. And then Boris Johnson coming in, stopping the peace accord after Minsk 2. And the Europeans were already like, no, we just want to get ready. We use Minsk 2 just as a way to arm up and get ready. The whole thing has been a big giant scam.

Starting point is 00:43:39 And really, when you look at it, this is part of the European Union project. Yeah. when you look at it, this is part of the European Union project. Yeah. In fact, there's a couple of things to note, which we don't have clips of, but uh, during this little, when Trump went off, he did bring up the fact, and just something I subscribe to, which was the EU was formed to screw the United States because they were losing out on trade. And it formed specifically to out-compete us. Yes. And it hasn't worked, by the way. In addition, one of the big, there were a couple of big promises.

Starting point is 00:44:16 When the, I was there, I was living there when it happened. The EU would have all the same money, it's going to be great. And everything doubled in price the next day, the minute the euro came in. And the next is you will no longer need a passport. Well, that helped with all the irregular migration that was all planned, that was flooded the entire zone. And they also promised we will never ever ever have a European army. I remember we played that clip from what's his face the Brexit guy, Farage who said it's just a lie you want a European army. No, we'll never have a European army

Starting point is 00:45:02 and we'll also never centralize the finances to have a federal EU tax. The central bank. Yeah, central bank and a tax. And a tax, right, a generalized tax. And so they need, in order to complete the European Union project, they need the fear of Russia. And remember, it was, I think it was Stammer and, oh, it was Macron.

Starting point is 00:45:28 You know, we are now in a, we have to have a war economy mindset, a war, this is what we're moving towards. So that once you have a European army, then you need to have European taxes to fund that army. And now you have the United States of Europe, which they always intended to have, and they don't care about their people at all, at all, at all. This is literally the finalization of the project. And I'm sure that the globalists like Newland and Lindsey Graham and McCain, they were all in on it. They loved it. Lindsey Graham. The question is, I do have the clip, is the Lindsey Graham. He was obviously read in on the scheme of the meeting with Trump.

Starting point is 00:46:13 He started off with, you know, Zelensky had a pre-meeting, a bipartisan pre-meeting, and he's sitting there at the reception line. Which is probably a violation of the Logan Act, by the way. Maybe. But they all shaking hands. Oh, Volodymyr, so good to see you. Oh, it's fantastic. Do you have the Graham clip?

Starting point is 00:46:33 I have the Graham clip. I have the whole Graham clip. It's quite interesting because right after the thing that took place, and it starts off when I first heard it, because I heard it live when it was going on, I thought, oh, he's going to turn on Trump, which then I did that. That thought lifted rather quickly because Graham doesn't do that. Graham is a screwy guy, a pro-war guy, but he doesn't turn on the boss. And so you ended up with this. I don't see your Lindsey Graham clip.

Starting point is 00:47:01 So you ended up with this. I don't see your Lindsey Graham clip. Under, uh, Frockus. It's all under Frockus. Ah, uh, oh I see it. Yes, Frockus. Got it. So, Rym, what do I think? Complete utter disaster.

Starting point is 00:47:13 Oh, by the way, stop, stop. So the clip was terrible. I mean, I think my clip is better. Let me see. No, this clip is really clean. Once it gets going, I've cleaned it up. I went through Adobe. Believe me, it's understandable. I hate Adobe. I hate Adobe. It's so,, I've cleaned it up. I went through Adobe.

Starting point is 00:47:27 Believe me, it's understandable. I hate Adobe. They've gotten so bad with this cleanup stuff, they just turn it into AI voices like it comes from 11 Labs. You get used to it. Believe me, this is much better than that. I know what you have. I had both, and this one I prefer. So, Rim, what do I think? Complete utter disaster. I've been to Ukraine eight or nine times since the war started. I understand the consequences of Putin's actions against Ukraine.

Starting point is 00:47:58 I appreciate what the Ukrainian people have done. They fought like tigers. At the end of the day, I was hoping that this minerals deal, which would be transformative in the relationship, would go over well. I talked to Zelensky this morning. Don't take the bait. President Trump was in a very good mood last night. Somebody asked me, am I embarrassed about Trump?

Starting point is 00:48:21 I have never been more proud of the president. I was very proud of JD Vance standing up for our country. We want to be helpful. What I saw in the Oval Office was disrespectful. And I don't know if we can ever do business with Zelensky again. I don't, I think most Americans saw a guy that they would not want to go in business with. The way he handled the meeting, the way he confronted the president was just over the top.

Starting point is 00:48:50 So I think the relationship between Ukraine and America is important, vitally important. But can Zelensky do a deal with the United States? After what I saw, I don't know. President Trump, what did he say to you about his interactions and whether he thinks... He was shocked. He was very upbeat. I told Zalesky, we'll talk about security guarantees. We'll talk about ceasefires and how the war ends. This is a process. You have a new relationship with America, a 500 billion, half a trillion dollar deal that President Trump is proud of that gives us an interest worth defending. Let's talk about the positive, but he was terrible at Munich, Zelensky, and I think

Starting point is 00:49:36 he has made it almost impossible to sell to the American people that he's a good investment. Senator Graham, thank you. Do you think President Zelensky needs to resign to presume these peace talks? He either needs to resign and send somebody over that we can do business with or he needs to change. Yeah, he may get resigned. And by the way, Lindsey Graham is being primaried by some MAGA person, I think an ex-military guy. So he has to suck up to Trump to get the ever important endorsement.

Starting point is 00:50:08 So, you know, Lindsey Graham, what a tool. I have- He's a funny, yeah. He played his part. Yeah, he did. I have Rubio post-Fraukus on CNN with the Joker face, Caitlin Collins. Two clips, I thought this was-

Starting point is 00:50:25 The lipless wonder. There she is. Thank you so much, Secretary Rubio, for being here. We just heard from President Zelensky. He said he does not think that he owes President Trump an apology for what happened inside the Oval Office today. Do you feel otherwise? I do, I do, because you guys don't see,

Starting point is 00:50:42 you guys only saw the end. You saw what happened today. You don't see all the things that led up to this. So let me explain. The president's been very clear. He campaigned on this. He thinks this war should have never started. He believes, and I agree, that had he been president, it never would have happened.

Starting point is 00:50:55 Now here we are. He's trying to bring an end to this conflict. We've explained very clearly what our plan is here, which is we want to get the Russians to a negotiating table. We want to explore whether peace is possible. They understand this. They also understand that this agreement that was supposed to be signed today was supposed to be an agreement that binds America economically to Ukraine,

Starting point is 00:51:13 which to me, as I've explained, I think the president alluded to today, is a security guarantee in its own way, because we're involved. It's not us, it's our interests. That was all explained. That was all understood. And nonetheless, for the last 10 days,

Starting point is 00:51:26 in every engagement we've had with the Ukrainians, there's been complications in getting that point across, including the public statements that President Zelensky has made. But they insisted on coming to DC. This agreement could have been signed five days ago, but they insisted on coming to Washington, and there was a very,

Starting point is 00:51:41 and should have been a very clear understanding. Don't come here and create a such scenario where you going to start lecturing us about how diplomacy isn't going to work. President Zelensky took it in that direction and it ended in a predictable outcome as a result. It's unfortunate. That wasn't supposed to be this way. But that's the path he chose.

Starting point is 00:51:58 And I think frankly, sends his country backwards in regards to achieving peace, which is what President Trump wants at the end of the day is for this war to end. He's been as consistent as anyone can be about what his objective is here. But what about the apology you kept demanding? But what specifically do you want to see President Zelensky apologize for? For being a douche. Well, apologize for turning this thing into the fiasco for him that it became. There was no need for him to go in there and become antagonistic.

Starting point is 00:52:27 Look, this thing went off the rails. You were there, I believe. It went off the rails when he said, let me ask you a question to the vice president. What kind of diplomacy are you talking about? Well, this is a serious thing. I mean, thousands of people have been killed, thousands. He talks about all these horrible things that have happened to prisoners of war and children, all true, all bad. This is what we're dealing with here. It needs to come to an end. We

Starting point is 00:52:47 are trying to bring it to an end. The way you bring it to an end is you get Russia to the table to talk. And he understands that attacking Putin, no matter how anyone may feel about him personally, forcing the president into a position where you're trying to go to him into attacking Putin, calling him names, maximalist demands about Russia, having to pay for the reconstruction, all the sorts of things that you talk about in a negotiation. Well, when you start talking about that aggressively,

Starting point is 00:53:12 and the president's a deal maker, he's made deals his entire life, you're not gonna get people to the table. And so you start to perceive that maybe Zelensky doesn't want a peace deal. He says he does, but maybe he doesn't. And that active, open undermining of efforts to bring about peace is deeply frustrating for everyone who's been involved in communications with them leading up to today.

Starting point is 00:53:32 And I think we should apologize for wasting our time for a meeting that was going to end the way it did. So I'm seeing different things online. I didn't clip anything. One, because Putin is just speaking in Russian But apparently Putin says, you know, we got more more rare earth minerals than Ukraine Yeah, we can we can do a deal with with America better deal than they can and the other one that I saw was some Ukrainian Official who knows That said well, we just might have to ask a China for help

Starting point is 00:54:05 Just thought was interesting, if true. Well, I haven't seen that one. Meanwhile, the professional signs are out in front of the Tesla dealership in Manhattan. Zelensky is a hero. Zelensky is a hero. Zelensky is a hero. Can you hear what they're singing? No.

Starting point is 00:54:24 Zelensky is a hero. Zelensky is a hero. Repeat after me. Can you hear what they're singing? No. Zelensky is a hero. Zelensky is a hero. Repeat after me. Mike check. What's that got to do with Tesla? Well Musk, you know. Yeah, Musk wasn't even in the room.

Starting point is 00:54:41 If we hurt Musk, we hurt Trump. I don't know. So I have a bunch of fracas. I have a series of Frank it's fracas analysis from NPR. Okay. Oh that'll that's always funny which discusses this issue So we start off by saying hey, hi, hoi. Hi, how you doing? Can we start off with one of those? I don't think I know if I've got that one in this one. This week with that remarkable- It's almost as good as a hey-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi- hi-hi- hi-hi- hi-hi- hi-hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- hi- President Vance, and of course, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. And our senior editor and correspondent, Ron Ilving, joins us now. Ron, thanks so much for being with us.

Starting point is 00:55:29 Good to be with you, Scott. President and Vice President, flanking President Zelensky, and then President Trump telling him he ought to be grateful for US military aid. Yes, that's exactly how it went. Okay, all right, NPR, the national treasure. If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks. In three days. I heard it from Putin.

Starting point is 00:55:53 In three days. This is something to do in two weeks. Maybe less. Of course, yes. It's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. I tell you, just say thank you. I spent a lot of time... Very hard to do business like this.

Starting point is 00:56:06 Ron, in your experience, anything like this in the Oval Office in front of the International Press Corp? Unpresented. Simple answer, no. The point appeared to be for Trump to send a signal that the world could see, including supporters of his America First theme here in the US, but also including our allies in Europe, the countries he wants to stop, depending on the US, but also including our allies in Europe, the countries he wants to stop depending on the US for security, and perhaps also a signal to Vladimir

Starting point is 00:56:31 Putin with whom he has been quite visibly cooperative since returning to power. And as to the presence of reporters, it was less about the press than the cameras. In fact, as the Board of Meeting ended, Trump could be heard to say to the departing crews that it must have made, quote, great television, unquote. The act as if it was a hot mic moment. I mean, no. Yes. And by the way, that was exactly the pitch of Susan Rice. Yes. Oh, yeah. This analysis was identical and identical to the conversation I had with the publisher

Starting point is 00:57:04 and identical to the conversation I had with the publisher and identical to the conversation I had with the Uber driver Wow that is that is a strong meme So it's it was a hijack to suck up to Vladimir Putin Yeah, all right, sir, right Vladimir Putin. Yeah, all right. Third clip. President Trump gets support from Republicans in Congress to essentially flip US policy to support Russia because support for Ukraine has enjoyed bipartisan support. Yes, judging by their public reactions in real time,

Starting point is 00:57:39 yes, President Trump will get their support, the Republicans in the Senate by and large. Even some of the biggest defense hawks like Lindsey Graham of South Carolina Yes, President Trump will get their support, the Republicans in the Senate, by and large. Even some of the biggest defense hawks like Lindsey Graham of South Carolina were calling on Zelensky to apologize to Trump for that meeting or to resign as president of Ukraine. So what they're making it about here is the apology. That's what we're going to be just hit to death with for the next week is, oh, he's such a little puny man. He wants an apology.

Starting point is 00:58:07 He wants an apology. Well, the funny thing is, what I thought was interesting was that after he had the fracas, I didn't expect this to happen, but he did do Brett Barr. Brett Bear, yeah, he did. Brett Bear. Yeah. He went to Brett Bear's show. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:58:23 And the whole show, which I was stunned, I thought he'd just cancel it, but no. In fact, I think Baier was stunned. He mentioned it several times. There's 30 seconds left on this clip. I don't want to be told. But I just wanted to also say that that's all that show was about was the apology. Yeah, true.

Starting point is 00:58:37 Well, Fox News is run by Democrats. Others found the whole thing unseemly. They were expressing shock in private, but on this issue, as on so many, Republicans in Congress may utter criticisms or regrets here and there, disagree, but they do not break with Trump. They vote with him. They know what that will mean for them in the immediate hours thereafter online if they oppose him and on the phone and back in their districts or their states and they know what it means when they next face Republican voters. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Starting point is 00:59:11 It's only about politics. It's only about the show. Of course, NPR, of course. It makes nothing but sense. Oh man, there's... I have two more clips from NPR. It was a good moment though. The whole thing was fine. Well timed.

Starting point is 00:59:28 Thank you, President Trump. Doing it on a Friday in between shows. That was appreciated. That was great. What else do you got? I thought it was like terrific. I'm watching this. What next?

Starting point is 00:59:39 In fact, that's one of the, another topic that comes up is that, well, this is going to be a horrible. This is, this is, this is, this is going to be a horrible this is this is this is this shows top the next I guarantee by Thursday there'll be another thing that will be just as good as this. Yes, JFK files released. It's going to be great. Well, you don't know about that.

Starting point is 00:59:57 Let's play this fracas Ukraine rally. Ukrainians are rallying around their president Vladimir Vladimir Kuzinsky, after he was publicly berated in the White House yesterday by President Trump and Vice President, Jayne Vance. By the way, pushing the articles of impeachment is one of the oppositions that has been pretty much imprisoned by Zelensky's dictatorship. And I think Trump is correct about this, by the way. This guy's turned into a dictator that, for some reason, we're all in on.

Starting point is 01:00:41 By the way, Sir Gene just sent me a message. He speaks fluent Russian because he's my handler. Yeah. And Sir Jean says, yes, Putin did say Russia has way more rare earth than Ukraine and is ready to do a deal with the U.S. for rare material extraction from all of Russia. There we go. Straight from the translator's mouth.

Starting point is 01:01:02 We always do well when Putin, actually it would be pre-Putin, let the oil companies and our oil companies into Russia because they didn't have the, at the very beginning Russia is making a lot of money off of oil and gas, but at the very beginning they've always had the reserves, they've had tons of them and everybody knew that because of since Stalin who had gotten rid of all the you know that bureaucratic class that could do engineering they had nobody that knew how to get the oil out properly in modern using modern technologies and so they let our exxon and BP and all the boys came in and showed the Russians how to do it and then the Russia all of a sudden becomes an oil economy because they were

Starting point is 01:01:47 showing how to do it right. And they've benefited from it. They know that they could bring in our guys, our boys again, bring out the broader list again. And here we go. We could make money for everybody. And I just don't get it why we don't want to do that more. It's just beyond me. Clearly our president does. Yeah, but it still comes up with this anti-Russian propaganda. He comes up against this wall,

Starting point is 01:02:12 this Putin, Putin, Putin wall, and it's everywhere. All right, let's continue with the fracas on NPR. NPR's Juenica Kisses reports from Kyiv. Kyiv. No, I don't remember. Ukrainians made TikTok videos and posted to social media to show their support for... Oh, this is their evidence? TikTok videos? What are you, a podcast? What are you doing, NPR? Ukrainians made TikTok videos and posted to social media to show their support for Zelensky. One

Starting point is 01:02:40 prominent politician, Mustafa Nayyem, wrote on social media that the Trump administration hates Zelensky and Ukraine and sees Ukrainians as, quote, barriers to backroom deals. At the Kiev food market, soldier Denis Sokolov says Zelensky wants what's best for Ukraine. The main difference is that Ukraine won't make a peace, but Trump won't make a deal. That's a huge difference in our politics, in our vision, to how we want to end the war. Making peace versus making a deal, he says, are two different goals. Let me just contradict the NPR lady here. I have friends in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, the UK, and you know who they really hate? The Ukrainians.

Starting point is 01:03:28 They're sick of them. Now you won't hear that. These friends and family members are no fans of President Trump per se. They're sick of the Ukrainians and the Ukrainians are walking around doing, I've seen TikTok videos. I hate it here in Holland. This place sucks. The Dutch are no good. The food sucks.

Starting point is 01:03:48 Kind of true. It's like the whole thing. Now that Ukraine is known for its cuisine. It must have something going on. All right. What's this? Oh, the rally clip. Is that the next one?

Starting point is 01:04:01 Yeah. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is hosting a meeting of European leaders in London tomorrow to show support for Ukraine. Yeah. Okay. So we already know what came out of that one. Yes, indeed. I mean, I don't know how much more we can do.

Starting point is 01:04:18 The only thing is I did get a note that Haltebak Bunkers, who are a marine fuel provider in Norway has now declared they will cease supplying fuel to US Navy vessels. Well, that seems smart. What? Yes. I missed this one. Yeah. Let me see.

Starting point is 01:04:36 Why? Because, you know, let me see. We have today been witnesses to the biggest, this is apparently from Haltbach Bbach bunkers on X or take it for what it's worth could be bullcrap Could be we have been witnesses to the biggest shit show ever presented live on TV by the current American president and his vice President huge credit to the president of Ukraine restraining himself for keeping calm Even though the USA put on a backstabbing TV show and made a sick short and sweet as a result. We have decided to an immediate stop as fuel provided to American forces in Norway and their ships calling on Norwegian ports.

Starting point is 01:05:12 No fuel to Americans. We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example. Slava, Ukraine. OK. All right. But I don't know if it's true. But it seems highly unlikely. Yeah. Well, that's why I say it's an ex post. You just don't know.

Starting point is 01:05:32 Um, someone recommended I read the road to serfdom. Have you ever read that from Hayek? Long time ago. Yeah. So this person's book, it's, it's, it's right in with, you know, you know, since I've hair on fire thing Yeah, but in a way it's kind of it makes sense because Europe wants central planning They want central war planning sent which means central industry planning because that's what the war economy is. They want the central bank they want the finances to get together they want the

Starting point is 01:06:04 they want the the European Union together, they want the European Union taxes to pay for everything. And you know, everyone's like, oh, whatever. I don't know. It's kind of sad. So they need... It goes back to the days of the kings and Queens and serfs and peasants. This is a historic thing.

Starting point is 01:06:29 They've always had a defy them kind of thinking. Well, I mean, it's pathetic. Sorry, EU, but yeah, it does feel a bit like that. So, well, wait until everyone really lose their ever-loving minds when Trump starts doing a deal with Putin. That'll be fun. It's good for the show, but, whew, man. It's not going to be fun to watch.

Starting point is 01:06:55 No, but it's good for the show. We have just as many Americans who think the same way. More professional signs as JD Vance and family go on a quick little break. Our vice president JD Vance and his family following yesterday's fiasco there with Ukrainian President Zelensky. There's some new video now we have showing the vice president being greeted by protesters holding anti Vance pro Ukraine signs as he makes his way there to Vermont for a serious notification. Screw America, pro-Ukraine!

Starting point is 01:07:28 More protesters met the Vance family outside of the resort, and the family ultimately had to move to an undisclosed location. Undisclosed location, okay. This is the same old thing with Maxine Waters during the first administration telling, get in their faces, get in their faces. That's horrible. Republicans, it's really about Republicans. So I do have two short clips regarding JD Vance, Trump,

Starting point is 01:07:55 and Starmor about the free speech issue, which I still think should be called freedom of speech, but okay, everyone calls it free speech. Here's JD Vance making a point of it with the British Prime Minister. I said what I said, which is that we do have, of course, a special relationship with our friends in the UK and also with some of our European allies, but we also know that there have been infringements on free speech that actually affect not just the British. Of course, what the British do in their own country is up to them, but also affect American technology companies and by extension American citizens.

Starting point is 01:08:31 So that is something that we'll talk about today at lunch. We've had free speech for a very, very long time in the United Kingdom. Yeah, you had it for a very long time and then you did away with it. And it will last for a very, very long time. Well, no, I mean, certainly we wouldn't want to reach across US citizens, and we don't, and that's absolutely right. But in relation to free speech in the UK, I'm very proud of our history there. I'll bet you're proud of it.

Starting point is 01:08:55 Here's Keir Starmer. What is he talking about? They're arresting people for Facebook posts. You can get arrested for performative praying, which I thought was a great term. So if you pray in front of a window and someone sees it, that could be seen as insulting and you can get a citation or be arrested for it. But here's Starmer once again denying this. I think it's on Bret Baer.

Starting point is 01:09:24 He did say today, we do have this special relationship with our friends in the UK and some European allies, but we also know that there have been infringements on free speech that actually affect not just the British, but also affect American technology companies and by extension American citizens. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, I think, has brought this up. This is about UK's online safety act. Is the UK and EU trying to censor speech? No, we don't believe in censoring speech.

Starting point is 01:09:56 But of course we do need to deal with terrorism. By the way, it's true. They don't censor speech, they just arrest you. That's not the same as censorship. He's being very tricky here We we we don't we we we we we But of course we do need to deal with terrorism we need to deal with pedophiles But I talked to the vice president about it today

Starting point is 01:10:18 And we had a good exchange about it. And of course, yeah, he's right to champion free speech We champion free speech in the United Kingdom and in relation to the measures that we've taken obviously we're we're very mindful that it shouldn't have an impact on US citizens very demure very mindful now what this is about is you heard it mentioned twice it affects US technology companies what they're talking about here is the Apple order. This morning, rare bipartisanship in Washington over new concerns about American cybersecurity. This gives the UK the right to basically spy on my data. At issue is an order from the British government that could affect people right here in the

Starting point is 01:10:58 US. The UK government is reportedly demanding Apple provide backdoor access to any data in its cloud storage system. They've demanded this access not only to citizens of their own country, but to citizens around the world, which is pretty scary. Just last week, Apple said it would stop offering an optional security feature in the UK called

Starting point is 01:11:18 Advanced Data Protection, which is found under Settings. That feature blocks Apple from unlocking your data. Apple holds the key to all of the data that's uploaded into iCloud. And the reason they do this makes sense. It's because, oh, I've lost my password. And so Apple can say, don't worry, we'll take care of you. We can get that data back. Advanced data protection says, no, no, no, I don't want Apple to have the key.

Starting point is 01:11:41 But the UK may want Apple to go further in providing data access, presumably for national security or law enforcement. Here at home, director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, forming a legal response, saying this would be a clear and egregious violation of Americans' privacy and civil liberties. Lawmakers urging action, saying these dangerous, short-sighted efforts by the United Kingdom will undermine Americans' privacy rights and expose them to espionage by China, Russia, and other adversaries. It's up to American politicians to start putting the pressure on the UK and saying, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, this is an American company, this is a bit out of bounds.

Starting point is 01:12:18 It's kind of interesting to me that, you know, the UK is looking at, well, they've ordered Apple effectively and I think Apple has complied, like don't encrypt it. And our own spy agency, the NSA seems to be a trans cult. They're just talking about talking all day. I mean, what is going on in the world? Have you seen that? Have you seen that chat room? I have not.

Starting point is 01:12:44 That NSA situation is not, has not really been exploited by the mainstream media enough. It seems to me, if I was the editor of a, of a, of a, uh, Metropolitan daily, I would take that story and just go after it. Well, it's the city journal that's going after it. Um, that guy, what's his name? Um, Christopher Ruffouffo? Ruffo, I think. Ruffo. Yeah, he's going after it.

Starting point is 01:13:07 The mainstream media can't go after it because it's anti-trans, it's transphobic, it's no good. They're still all in on that. They can't do that. So, speaking... They're in a bind with this trans thing. It's just beyond them. Although, yeah, actually I had a, let me see, I have a clip. This is a TikTok clip, no less. Oh no, no!

Starting point is 01:13:36 Yes. I'm in your turf. This is a gay lady and she's out of the club. Howdy, my name is Julie. I'm an adult human female. And to be in the gay club, you used to just have to do gay stuff. I'm a girl, I kiss girls, homo, done, easy, over with.

Starting point is 01:13:54 We get it, no one gives a shit. But now to be a gay, it seems there's a lot more rules. You gotta read the fine print. You have to subscribe to a political Ideology you have to apparently be miserable and oppressed Differently than you fam. I just can't do it. I'm still gonna be a gay, but I ain't in the club no more All right, if you're picking up what I'm putting down, let's be friends All right She's oh, yeah, she's out of the club. She's a turf. Oh yeah, she's a big turf.

Starting point is 01:14:29 I don't think she cares about what anyone does, but she just doesn't want to be a part of the club, which is a good sign. Yeah, we've found these clips over the years of these lesbians mostly. The gay males don't bring it up as much, but the lesbians seem to be very upset about it. All of them except Kara Swisher. She's all in. She is the leader of the cult.

Starting point is 01:14:52 Yeah, yeah. That's because she's a Democrat. She's stuck in the Democrat ethos that won't allow you not to think that way. That's my hate listen. I can't even listen to my hate listen. It's gotten so bad. It's hurting the show I'm okay. All right Thursday. I'll bring in clips from my hate. Listen, it's it's Okay, it's always the same. What house are you in today Scott? Oh, I hate Trump me too. Okay By the way, you know, we we often play these super cuts of the news media saying the same thing over and over again. Yes, it's an old gag that seems to have legs.

Starting point is 01:15:31 Yes, so I have a super cut of influencers. This kind of shows you how smart companies are using the internet and TikTok and Instagram to do exactly the same. They give the influencers money, they give them a script. And in this case, they all are also peeling a potato. And this is for some supplement company, I believe. So it's the exact same thing. They're peeling a potato with a potato peeler.

Starting point is 01:16:02 It's crazy. And they say this. My dad is one of the highest paid nutritionists. My dad is one of the highest paid nutritionists. My dad is one of the highest paid nutritionists. In California, no one believes him when he says these things. My dad is the highest. My dad is one of the highest paying nutritionists, yet nobody believes him when he says these things.

Starting point is 01:16:18 Paid nutrition. My dad was the highest paid nutritionist in 2024, and still nobody believes him when he tells them my dad is one of the highest paid nutritionist in all of California yet for some reason nobody believes him when he says these things Chickpeas that's the highest paid nutritionist in California yet No one believes him when he says these things My dad's the highest paid black nutritionist in Southern California and yet no one believes him when he gives him these simple tips My dad's one of the highest paid nutritionists in all of Florida yet no one believes him when he gives them these simple tips. My dad's one of the highest paid nutritionists in all of Florida yet no one believes him when he tells them these things.

Starting point is 01:16:47 My dad's the highest paid nutritionist in California yet no one believes him when he says these things. My dad is one of the highest paid nutritionists. My dad is one of the highest paid nutritionists and here are some wild things he swears by that no one ever believes. My brother's the highest paid nutritionist in Europe yet no one in the US believes in when he shares these secrets. My dad's the highest paid nutritionist in Europe, yet no one in the US believes in when he shares these secrets. My dad's a dietician. Of course he'll make me a healthy dinner.

Starting point is 01:17:10 My dad is the highest paid nutritionist in all of New York, but nobody believes me when I share this advice. There you go. Wow. Who dug that one up? Well, it's very easy to do for yourself. If you have the TikTok app,

Starting point is 01:17:24 but I know you only use it on the computer, but maybe time to get the phone out of the drawer, load the TikTok app, and if you search for a term in the TikTok app, when you scroll, then it starts playing. Yeah, but you get a variety of... Yes, but it starts playing the previews. So this was literally just scrolling through the previews, letting each one play as it came by, and then scrolling further to go to the next one. Did you put this together? I did not. I did not, but I saw how it was done. Is it, is that's astonishing. Is it surprising though?

Starting point is 01:17:56 It's not a surprise in the least, but, but the obvious city, which is a good word by the way. I like it. Yeah. The obvious city of this is people should be frightened by it. This is an op of the highest order. We're just being played by these marketing people in every which way. You want to hear some big pharma plays? Love it. Okay.

Starting point is 01:18:27 The first, okay, first an easy one, just like, what do you call it? Low hanging fruit. It didn't take long for one year old Soren's flu symptoms to land him in the emergency room. It was really overwhelming. And the fact that the hospital was already so packed with kids that were sick was also a startling thing. But as soon as it seemed he was getting better.

Starting point is 01:18:47 He then got RSV. We had to like quarantine him away from his brother and he was like crying to hang out with his brother and it was just, it was really heartbreaking. Turns out there's been a big increase in families dealing with the same situation. So it's been different this year. Dr. Olukemi Akin-Rinola is used to busy days and seeing sick kiddos, but not like this. Kiddos.

Starting point is 01:19:10 Well, on this particular day. Thank you for picking up on that. If there's one thing I despise, it's calling kids kiddos. It's creepy. Busy days and seeing sick kiddos, but not like this. Well, on this particular day, we had flu A, influenza A positive, about 20 cases in just my panel. It was really alarming.

Starting point is 01:19:31 It can be tough for parents. So many of these viruses have similar symptoms, runny noses, coughs, some sort of fever. But we asked, what is the key to telling them apart? For the flu? If you see high fever, chills, lethargy. For RSV. Respiratory distress, either wheezing or just you can see the retractions in the chest area.

Starting point is 01:19:53 For COVID. A form of lymph node. So they inflamed. So that's more COVID. And neurovirus. Have a fever, not as high. Usually it's about like the 99. Neurovirus.

Starting point is 01:20:02 Yeah, so we have four. Right, to 101. And once kids do start to feel better, they're actually more susceptible We're not as high as you should. It's about like the 99. Neurovirus. Neurovirus. Yeah, so we have four. To 101. And once kids do start to feel better, they're actually more susceptible to other viruses at that point. The immune system was made easier for them to get everything else. After treatment, Sorin is feeling better. We're definitely on the up and up now.

Starting point is 01:20:20 Doctors say during this time, keep an eye on your kids' symptoms and know that early intervention works best. You know, you know your child and kind of trust your gut a little bit in flu season. I'll be honest, it's probably better safe than sorry. So there's your quademic. Unfortunately the kid's not puking with norovirus, but this one. Yeah, how does that work? How do you get norovirus and not puke?

Starting point is 01:20:43 Now this is my favorite because it is, this is a very important week and I'm not downplaying the importance of the week because my daughter had an eating disorder, my stepdaughter had an eating disorder, lots of girls have eating disorders, but it is National Eating Disorder Week so let's celebrate with a new term. On the Medical Watch this afternoon it's National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, and there is a disorder affecting boys and young men that you've likely never heard about. It's called bigorexia.

Starting point is 01:21:13 Bigorexia, have you ever heard of this, John? You've likely never heard of it. I've heard of bigorexia, but not bigorexia. Dr. Humak Khan is the Director of Adolescent Medicine at Advocate Children's Hospital and joins me now. Thanks for being with us. So, first of all, what is bigorexia? Yeah.

Starting point is 01:21:28 So, bigorexia is a term that describes muscle dysmorphia. It's a type of body dysmorphia in which an individual is hyper-focused on getting very muscular and lean. And so what are some of the warning signs to watch for? Two warning signs. Some of the warning signs. They gym too much. Yes, this is crazy. Bigorexia, what are some of the warning signs to watch for? Warning signs? Some of the warning signs. They gym too much. Yes, this is crazy.

Starting point is 01:21:47 Bigorexia. What are some of the warning signs? Some of the warning signs to watch for. So some of the warning signs are... Kick your ass is one of them. Child is just getting very interested and working out. Oh no. Oh, heaven forbid.

Starting point is 01:22:01 See, when you're interested in working out, you better lay down, son. You've got bigorexia. These workouts are very excessive. This is an April Fool's joke. No, no, no, it's not. This lady had a white lab coat on and a stethoscope and everything. Happening every day, multiple times a day. And if this is also paired with any restrictive eating behaviors like adhering to a fad diet,

Starting point is 01:22:27 cutting calories, cutting carbs to the point where you're noticing your child is no longer eating like they used to. But what's the difference? Do you mean like eating healthy? What is this? Your kidney is like an anti-report. This is great. This is no longer eating like they used to.

Starting point is 01:22:43 But what's the difference between a child who becomes kind of aware of their looks, if you will, as they enter the teenage years, and one who- Watches Joe Rogan. Is exhibiting conduct that parents should be concerned about. Yeah, I think that's a really interesting point. I know this week is- No, it's not. National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. And I think it's really interesting to think about,

Starting point is 01:23:04 we focus on eating healthy and exercising and how that's important, but it's also important to note that when these things are done in excess, it can be very dangerous. Bigorexia. There you go. Dangerous. By the way, the first report I wanted to make a comment on, they like the idea of softening you up with the kind of pre-propagandizing the public that oh your kid has Influenza then he and he gets RSV on top of that. They always like to which I don't know how often this happens But but the idea is to make you think that you're gonna get two things at once

Starting point is 01:23:40 Yeah to to to keep in play the idea that when you get the flu, you can also get bird flu or something, or that you will intermix and a third new disease will evolve. That whole concept, which is very sketchy, has to be in the public frame of mind so we can always keep people in a state of fear. Yes. Bigorexia, also known as reverse anorexia or megorexia. How about Magorexia? There's a new one. Magorexia. I'm going to write it down. Magorexia. It'll be a thing. You watch. Magorexia will be a thing. Now, to define what it is exactly, It's a beefed up Trump supporters.

Starting point is 01:24:28 It's a must. No, no. Bodyguards. You wear red hats. That's it. That's Magyarexia. This is... I found this to be fascinating. I can back up his claim about the event taking place. I can't back up his lab claims. This is Dr.

Starting point is 01:24:47 David Herb. Not Herb, but Dr. David Herb. The ERB. Yes. And he has an explanation for the measles outbreak in Texas, which I thought was worth sharing. Hi, everybody. This is Dr. David Herb, Herb Family Wellness. Quickly, everybody needs to know that it's national news that there's a, quote, outbreak of measles in Texas, and it's Gaines County, Texas. And the outbreak started with 14 individuals. That was the outbreak, the outbreak, 14 people. What they did not tell you is, guess what happened that

Starting point is 01:25:18 caused the outbreak in Gaines County, Texas? It was a free measles vaccine campaign that vaccinated a bunch of individuals and literally is the cause of the outbreak. If you actually, in fact there's receipts on this, you can actually go back and look, there's articles on it. And I know the propaganda wheel is turning, but here's the thing. It's not a coincidence that it's happening right now and RFK Jr. is about to put a dent in the whole pharmaceutical vaccine industry, but here's the other thing. There's a test called a reverse transcriptase RNA test that you can test individuals that have infections and things and look at the virus. And if you

Starting point is 01:25:58 do that with people with measles, you can see if it's a wild viral strain of measles or if it's a vaccine strain of measles. And guess what you find invariably almost every single time when you see these outbreaks? Do you think it's wild measles or do you think it's actually vaccines measles? And what you invariably find most of the time is that it's actually a vaccine strain of measles, not wild measles, which means, guess what the cause of it was? The cause was the vaccine program in a time where they're actually trying to prove, hey, you know, that vaccines eradicate all these quote quote

Starting point is 01:26:29 diseases when really the only thing that's keeping these things going is literally the vaccine programs that are actually causing people to get sick. So I don't know about it. I buy it. I buy it. I buy it too. Yes. I buy it because this reminds me of the swine flu, the number of vaccines that went out with life swine flu in them, and it was some sort of a supposed accident. I never believed that. They were, it was designed to plant swine flu.

Starting point is 01:27:00 Yes, good work. And this makes nothing but sense because Kennedy's coming in, let's plant some measles, a measles quote-unquote outbreak, and then make a big fuss about it. I mean, listen, we don't put anything past these ghouls. Just because there's billions of dollars involved in free money. I mean, why wouldn't you try this trick? Yes. I mean, just like Hollywood, you know, let's get rid of Gene Hackman. Everyone will watch the Oscars. And remember, Conclave is in the running. So what we are hearing is the word out of the Vatican is that the Pope is in serious condition. The words that they're using are extremely

Starting point is 01:27:40 concerning. He's been hospitalized for more than two weeks with pneumonia and bronchitis, and although it appeared as if his condition was improving, things have taken a turn. According to official reports, the Holy Father was up this morning and praying in the chapel. At some point, he suffered an isolated coughing fit, which caused him to start vomiting. An isolated coughing fit? That's quite the coughing fit if you start vomiting. This is not good. This morning and praying in the chapel, at some point he suffered an isolated coughing fit which caused him to start vomiting. And there's concern about aspiration, which is

Starting point is 01:28:16 when food or liquid goes into your airway instead of through your esophagus. The episode was so intense that he's receiving what we are told is non-invasive medical ventilation. So what does that exactly mean? Here's pulmonologist Dr. Barbara Mann from Mount Sinai. How are we bringing the pulmonologist to explain this? Non-invasive mechanical ventilation is a tight fitting mask that fits over your nose and mouth and pushes air in and supports the work of breathing. This is really concerning.

Starting point is 01:28:42 He's an elderly man. He's had many pulmonary complications to begin with. He's been in the hospital for a while now. And although he may have been stable for a couple of days going into this, this acute episode, I'm sure set him back a lot. And it's unclear whether he'll be able to recover from that or not. So the question on everybody's mind says Pope Francis has been given his last rights, which if you're not Catholic, it's a sacrament given to those who are close to death. to recover from that or not. So the question on everybody's mind says Pope Francis has been given his last rites, which if you're not Catholic, it's a sacrament given to those who are close to death. That's like a question that was not in my mind, but thanks for bringing it up.

Starting point is 01:29:11 It's not a question in my mind. It's not when you're close to death, it's you're dying. You're in the process of either dying or you just died. You're just right there at the death's bed. It's not because you're going to die. You can do that tomorrow then. The reason why we need this is because of the Oscars tonight and it's unclear Yeah You're probably right

Starting point is 01:29:34 So the question on everybody's mind says everybody's mind Francis everybody just on your mind that's not mine was not on my mind until I heard the clip rights Which if you're not Catholic, it's a sacrament given to those who are close to death. The Vatican hasn't said if that was to be announced, it would mean that the Pope's condition has become so severe that death was imminent. And again, we just want to mention to both of you that it has not been announced, but people are waiting to see if in fact they do. It's awful news to hear.

Starting point is 01:29:59 It's a legend go for sure. All right. Thanks, Teresa. Thanks, Teresa. Awful news. Awful news. I'm saying Conclave for the Win tonight. Conclave for the Win. Looks like a good movie, by the way. Looks pretty interesting. Isn't it about a gay, a transsexual priest or something?

Starting point is 01:30:15 There's all kinds. No, like the priest who becomes pope has ovaries and all kinds of... It's perfect. Yes, it's perfect. It's perfect yes it's perfect it's perfect it's perfect I thought and Nora I was it Nora that when it seems to be the last minute favorite until conclave all of a sudden took over first it was some one other movie then it was this a no this is all bull crap I haven't seen any of them Nora what is a normal because none of these movies are any good. What is the anora movie about? It's about a whore Okay, thanks for the plot line that's basically it yeah comics for blogger wants the

Starting point is 01:30:55 The the Jesse film to win was it the the bondage movie. What's the bondage movie? Pam Bondi no no the bondage movie? Pam Bondi? No, no the bondage movie. It's Bondage movies that mean pain. It's called pain. I think it's called pain. Yeah, I think it's called pain. Let me see There's a bondage movie. That's what is wrong with Hollywood. There were these movies are real Yes, a real pain is the name of the movie. It stars. Oh, that's a comedy though It stars Jesse Eisenberg and guys here. He's the guy who wrote the script. It's a comedy. It's a comedy though. It stars Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin. Yeah, he's the guy who wrote the script. It's a comedy. It's a light comedy. It's not a hardcore bondage. I'm just telling you.

Starting point is 01:31:34 It's a light comedy. Jesse character is apparently very talented. Wait a minute. Is this another Brunetti production? This sounds like it's got Brunetti written all over it. No, Brunetti is still out of it. He's trying to get Scaramanga to do AI movies now. Have you been following that on X? No, but Scaramanga is supposed to be doing this with us. Brunetti came in and stole him. Brunetti is EP?

Starting point is 01:32:01 Oh yeah, he stole him. He stole him. He stole Scaramanga from us. He's like egging him on like oh yeah. Wow, this is a real Hollywood backstabbing Hollywood move. Yes, that's what Hollywood dudes do. They sneak into your community, steal your guys, and you think we're going to get a Scaramanga movie created by No Agenda? No. No, we're not getting, no royalties, no residuals, no nothing. We don't even get a screen credit as an associate, which according to Brunetti is the lowest of the low.

Starting point is 01:32:40 Oh man. Thanks, Dana Brunetti, maker of fine films as House of Cards and series House of Cards and Fifty Shades of Grey. Big time No Agenda producer. Just came in to get ideas from our people. Nice. Well, I came to the best. Well, this is true. This is true.

Starting point is 01:33:02 Fact check false. This is stuff I bet. Nothing, nothing, nothing. What did you just do? I just did the- Fact is true. Fact check false? This is stuff about... What? Nothing, nothing, nothing. What did you just do? I just did... Fact check false. Fact check false. Yeah, I just threw it in there.

Starting point is 01:33:11 Defending USAID clips. This is from NPR. Oh yeah. This is still ongoing, of course. And this is interesting to me because this is... The NPR is all in. All of this poor USAID, they've, you know, they've, I wanna go for these two clips and I wanna go to the, I'm gonna do this regularly and I hate to tell you, but the best I could find is Jesse Waters, who summarizes some of the scams going on and he does a good job almost on almost every show.

Starting point is 01:33:44 Let me guess, is it trans, trans, LGBTQ trans? Yeah, a lot of that. Yeah, of course. Yeah, because that get nothing gets the Fox viewers riled up than two million dollars to some trans dance party. Yeah, that's right. So it was trans dance party. You got it wrong USAID. All right, NPR. Been a difficult week for the United States Agency for International Development. The Trump... I love this guy. I want him to do jingles for us. You're listening to Norah Jenner. He doesn't have to. You've got the voice.

Starting point is 01:34:14 It's been a difficult week for the United States Agency for International Development. The Trump administration killed nearly all of the aides of the aid agencies. What? What? What? Yeah, what? Wow. What's his mind on? Very cool.

Starting point is 01:34:30 All the aides. And you can hear him go, oh shit, I said aides. I mean aid. The Trump administration killed nearly all of the aides of the aid agencies programs, put thousands of its employees on administrative leave or laid them off. Meanwhile, a legal battle between the government and global health groups is going on about the funds that are still frozen. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court said it would weigh in, though it hasn't issued a ruling

Starting point is 01:34:55 yet. And pure global health correspondent, Fatma Tanis, joins us. Hey, Fatma. Hey, Fatma. Thanks so much for being with us. Thanks for having me, Scott. The case has reached the Supreme Court. Help us understand it, please.

Starting point is 01:35:06 So in January, when Trump officials at USAID froze foreign aid funds, they also didn't pay organizations for work that was done before in December and January. And these global health groups now say that they've had to lay off staff and are facing insolvency, so they sued the government to make payments. A federal judge then ordered the government and set a deadline for last Wednesday to make those payments. But on Wednesday night, the Trump administration

Starting point is 01:35:34 appealed to the Supreme Court. And Chief Justice John Roberts paused the case, giving the government a reprieve. Then on Friday, global health organizations urged the Supreme Court to order the government to make those payments. It's about $2 billion that the government owes these organizations, and we're still waiting to see what the court will do next.

Starting point is 01:35:53 And what about the terminations to the agency's grants? What kind of programs have been cut? So the administration sent out termination letters to organizations saying that it had determined that those grants were not aligned with agency priorities and that continuing those programs is not in the national interest. The administration has decided that more than 90% of USAID's grants are to be terminated and some of those grants funded programs that work to deliver the Trump administration's own policy goals like curbing migration, drug trafficking, others provided shelters for rape survivors or education for children around the world.

Starting point is 01:36:30 Okay, that's horrible. It goes on, they go on and on and on and so I got to the end of it because this last little bit here really kind of irked me. Fatima, where does this leave the global assistance industry? Then Jesse Waters follows that. Here we go. Fatma, where does this leave the global assistance industry? Well, it's quite the earthquake for the global aid industry. It's all interconnected, so this move by the administration has far-reaching implications. Millions of people around the world will feel the impact.

Starting point is 01:37:00 One example, the UN said that nine million people in Afghanistan would no longer have health services without US funding. And organizations just say that there's no replacement really for the role that the US had in the global aid sector. Okay, wait a minute. Nine million Afghanis are getting health care from us? Yes. Will we have the homeless encampments around the

Starting point is 01:37:26 San Francisco's filled with them and there's tent cities on the main streets and all the rest of it but but we're paying for the health care. Yeah this is nine million Afghani citizens are you kidding me? We have an epidemic of empathy in our country. An empathy epidemic. And people get so focused on these things, on the unhoused, on the poor Afghans, brown people in sandy areas, and they just forget about their own neighborhood, their own neighbors, their own family. It's really quite astonishing.

Starting point is 01:38:07 their own family. It's really quite astonishing and it is an effect of media-driven MKUltra programming. It's unbelievable and NPR plays it to the hilt. They're all in on this. Now of course the funny thing is that those 9 million Afghanis that are supposedly getting health care from us, it's really not going to them anyway. It's going to the Taliban for their just general funds because that came out in this report, which is Waters discussing some of these scams going on and then he kicks it to a congressional hearing

Starting point is 01:38:39 where they discuss this. Doge found a $75 million contract for inclusive justice in Colombia. Forty million for indigenous peoples and Afro-Columbian empowerment. Another forty million for female empowerment in Colombia. Pretty sure this money's for cocaine. But don't worry, we're also going to give the Caribbean three million for being gay and lesbian.

Starting point is 01:39:05 You're gay and we want you to stay that way. And we still had money left over for terrorists. Mr. Roman, are you aware that we are sending $40 million a week to the Taliban? Yes, sir. Can you name other instances of foreign aid going to terrorist organizations? We have assisted Al-Shabaab in Somalia. There's been instances of the Hamzi Network in Sudan, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Qatayibah, Hezbollah, Hayat al-Tahrir al-Sham in Syria.

Starting point is 01:39:34 Dozens of terror organizations have received indirect assistance from U.S. foreign aid. Wow, bringing back a name, a blast from the past. Al-Shabaab. Ya-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da. Al-Shabaab. Yeah from the road. This was shocking to say the least. The organization is also known as Endeavors and you may have seen its administrative headquarters and wellness center on Dezavala Road where it has a cluster of buildings and storefronts. DOGE focused on an overflow housing facility for migrant families Endeavors operates in Pecos, Texas, which Doge says has been sitting empty while Endeavors has been receiving

Starting point is 01:40:33 the $18 million per month. Homeland Security reposted Doge's ex post, tagging US attorney Ed Martin with the words, please investigate, to which Martin responded duly noted, we are on it. I went to Endeavors San Antonio headquarters today to get a comment from the organization. They responded late this afternoon by email. Endeavors was responsible for maintaining operational readiness at the Pekah shelter, ensuring the ability to scale from cold status, operationally ready but not actively serving children, to full use of 3,000

Starting point is 01:41:10 beds as needed. Decisions regarding facility use and migrant sheltering locations were made by the federal government, not Endeavors. Any claims of corruption or mismanagement are baseless. Doge also claims Endeavors received its HHS contract in 2021 after a former ICE employee and Biden transition team member joined the nonprofit. There we go. There we go. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

Starting point is 01:41:38 So wait, $18 million a month? Yeah, it was about a quarter billion dollar contract. $18 million a month for 3, it was about a quarter billion dollar contract. 18 million dollars a month for 3,000 beds? Empty. Yeah. Even if they're filled, let's see what is that 18 million? Let me do a quick calculation on this. 18 million divided by 3,000. Divided by 3,000. I'd say about 5,000, 5,000 dollars a bed, am I correct on that? $5,000. $6,000 a day.

Starting point is 01:42:07 $6,000, no a bed, a bed. $6,000 a day. $6,000 a bed. $6,000 a bed, yeah. Which means. A month, this is $18,000 a month, so it's $6,000 a month per person. Per bed, yes.

Starting point is 01:42:21 Yeah, or per bed, which is $72,000 a year. Yes. $, or per bed. Okay, which is 71 72 thousand dollars a year. Yes $72,000 a year. Hey, come on man one bed John if you and I had a hotel we would be swimming in dough We would we'd be ramming so many illegals in there. You wouldn't know it'd be so great with our friends in Washington Well NPR is very upset about you know this the good money to give for the Afghanis even though it's going to Taliban but they're okay with that. They're also very upset with the DC attorney situation. Before you move on I want to have two more doge clips. The first one includes Samantha Powers who was at a demonstration because you know, she had a picket sign

Starting point is 01:43:07 Tonight uncertainty remains over the mass federal job cuts across several departments The federal judge in California ruled the recent firings Likely unlawful and he said the Office of Personnel Management had exceeded its authority The ruling does not mean those fired employees will be automatically rehired or that future firings will stop. Former workers at USAID spoke out against the cuts at a rally yesterday. What is being done is one of the biggest blunders in American foreign policy history. It is one that generations of Americans will look back on with horror.

Starting point is 01:43:47 These are now impacting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration being impacted by the firings as well. Here we go. NOAA, 800 workers on probationary status have been laid off. Those who were not let go say the fired employees include meteorologists who make crucial forecasts

Starting point is 01:44:04 at the National Weather Service. Those NWS models are fired employees include meteorologists who make crucial forecasts at the National Weather Service Those NWS models are used by local meteorologists across the country Crispianchi at our sister station 9 News in Denver says that data is directly responsible for keeping people safe That tornado warning is not issued by me is not issued by the 9 news weather department is not issued by The TV enterprise is not issued by anybody's issued by the TV enterprise, it's not issued by anybody, it's issued by the Weather Service. So who would issue a tornado warning? The unions fighting the federal layoffs call the California judges ruling a first step

Starting point is 01:44:31 and vowed to keep up the fight. You know, these are just feeds of data which any local meteorologist could translate and should be able to understand what's coming. I mean, as a pilot I have that. I have information like that. Not only that, but yeah, okay, we're gonna, there's one model that they create

Starting point is 01:44:52 and it's caused by, and these models, but when there's a big storm coming, if you watch, even watch the regular weather channels or any of them, they show you all the different models. There's like 30 of them. There's 40, oh, here's the European model. Here's the Russian model. Here's the model from NOAA. Here's the model from, and they show all these different tracks.

Starting point is 01:45:13 In fact, there was, when Trump was president, he did his own model once, if you remember, because he drew a map where the tornado or the hurricane was going to hit and they ridiculed him for it. And this is just overkill. There's a question I have because this is a little unclear, and I'm trying to kind of get to the bottom of this is about Medicaid. And this is going around that people are very upset about this. So as far as I know, no, no decisions have been made,

Starting point is 01:45:43 but maybe you can enlighten us on this one. As an urgent care nurse practitioner, when I see a patient, really my focus is on what do I need to do for this patient to help them? Justin Gill is the state nurses association president and worries about his patients who may delay a medical visit because of cost. This as the house and senate Republicans are working to pass at least $880 billion worth of cuts to Medicaid.

Starting point is 01:46:06 Medicaid is a lifeline. During a virtual press conference, US Senator Patty Murray explained 782,000 Washingtonians would be at risk of losing coverage if Republicans institute so-called work requirements to qualify for coverage. What would be the impact to your patients access to care? It's only going to make matters worse and it comes to delaying care, leading to conditions that are going to be much more costly. ICU nurse Julia Barcott believes the cuts

Starting point is 01:46:33 would be devastating to the most vulnerable people. She says 69% of the patient population at Astrigatopanish near Yakima is on Medicaid. You would be surprised that it's your neighbors, family members, relatives, friends, that all have Medicaid to help with expenses and to have a more cost-effective insurance. State Senate Minority Leader John Braun says it's too soon to know what the impact on Medicaid will be, as there are multiple proposals and after President Trump has publicly said Medicaid will not be touched.

Starting point is 01:47:09 A lot of our programs wrapped up in Medicaid waivers, I think all these are gonna be looked at pretty closely at the federal level and we should be prepared for changes. Gil adds the matter of caring for those who need it goes beyond party lines. Now from what I understand part of this is all fear-mongering of course but where... Hey by the way what what did they not understand about Trump saying Medicare will not be cut they throw it in there they quote him correctly Medicare will not be cut. Medicaid. What part of that. Medicaid. I mean I'm sorry Medicaid. Medicaid will not be cut. What can't you understand about that?

Starting point is 01:47:48 Why are they doing this report? They're doing the same thing with, I have two clips about this by the way, the same thing with Social Security bull crap. The Republicans themselves had said, hey, we're going to look for fraud. That's what we're going to do. From what I understand, this Medicaid fear mongering is tied to the social security clampdown. From videos I've been watching online, it's mainly able-bodied young women who are being required to work 20 hours a month in some form of service in order to maintain social

Starting point is 01:48:27 security benefits, which include Medicaid. That's what I've understood. And that's probably- Yeah, well, I see no evidence that this could be actually true. Well, letters have gone out, but that may be a Biden thing. That may not even be something from this administration, Administrator one administration from even from this Congress. So let's do your DC clips. Let me say Before we go to this since you were on this topic. This is the social security clips are better And these are called docile security docile security. Is this a misspelling or you're just super smart on me. This is good

Starting point is 01:49:02 the these These two clips and there's two of them, they're trying to make it seem as though they want to cut social security. Cause that's part of the scheme of make Trump look bad when in fact they're cutting employees. And the guy who does the report, one of these NPR guys who comes in, he, he, he knows this is a lie. And so he fumbles and in both reports, these are two separate reports, he fumbles differently, but he fumbles both times knowing that this is, it's like guilt is in him

Starting point is 01:49:32 when he does this. Which one do we go with first? The anal? The first one is, not the analysis, the first one is the short clip, just the twist one. Another email is being sent to federal employees telling them to provide a list of their accomplishments this week by Monday night and to expect a similar email every week. It's part of billionaire Eli Musk's efforts to trim the federal workforce. The Social Security Administration announced yesterday it's eliminating thousands of positions. NPR's Ron Elving has more. At this point, the cuts are to Social Security staff. The Administration announced Friday it plans to cut 7,000 jobs in response to an executive

Starting point is 01:50:16 order from President Trump, who has said he wants to slash the federal workforce, even in what have been considered politically sensitive functions, such as social security. Social security advocates say that the agency... What did he say? Social security? Because the security element... He blows it at the end. It's because... Oh, I want to hear it again. Politically sensitive social security. So what's politically sensitive about cutting staff? Nothing. But cutting Social Security is politically sensitive and he knows they're trying to conflate the two to try to trick the dumb listeners of NPR and the people that give him money.

Starting point is 01:50:52 Let me hear it again. He wants to slash the federal workforce even in what have been considered politically sensitive functions such as Social Security. Social Security advocates say that the agency is at its lowest level in staffing in 50 years, despite the growing number of recipients. Social charcuterie, I think he said. Social charcuterie. So this report was like, it's kind of twisted.

Starting point is 01:51:16 So they didn't do it quite right. So later, not in the same show, but later came this report, which is a little longer. The same guy comes in, again, they try to twist it to make it sound like they're cutting Social Security to make Trump look bad, because he promised never to do that. Of course, the Democrats like to say that,

Starting point is 01:51:34 well, are they gonna cut it? And so he has the same guilty response reaction, only slightly different, but it's the same guy. Another email blast went out late last night to federal employees, asking them to list what they accomplished's the same guy. Another email blast went out late last night to federal employees asking them to list what they accomplished in the past week. Is this different from the email that Elon Musk's Doge group sent out over a week ago? Lots of confusion about this last night, Scott, and again this morning.

Starting point is 01:51:58 The email came late Friday from the Office of Personnel Management, or perhaps still from the rather shadowy depths of the Department of Government Efficiency, that's the province of Elon Musk and his minions. Trump has tasked with slashing the federal workforce. This email from OPM reiterating the original demand for the five bullet points looked like what Musk wanted. Now, it's not clear yet which of these messages, the first one sent from DOGE over a week ago, or this latest one, is more legitimate, and it's not yet clear whether this is real or just a gesture of some kind.

Starting point is 01:52:34 Trump seems to suggest its purpose is to see how many of these federal employees actually exist or come to work at all. But in the short term, it's another way to lower trust and regard for the government and empower those who would displace it. And in the half a minute we have left, possible cuts to Social Security, which used to be considered the third rail? At this point, the cuts are to Social Security staff. The administration announced Friday it plans to cut 7,000 jobs in response to an executive order from President Trump, who has said he wants to slash the federal workforce, even in what have been considered politically sensitive functions such as social charcuterie.

Starting point is 01:53:13 He's saying social charcuterie. I'm telling you. He couldn't say it again. Politically sensitive social charcuterie. I mean, it's like, what are you, what's wrong with you, dude? Politically sensitive, cutting the staff, which is probably not necessarily because the problem is they cut the people that know what they're doing, which is typical, that's

Starting point is 01:53:39 what you do. It's not good, but it's not cutting the payments to anybody. Nobody's getting shorted on their social security payments or benefits, but they keep trying to conflate the two and they did it in both reports and this guy feels guilty about it. Clearly, because he keeps stumbling over it. By the way, breaking news, the Norwegian government has posted that US ships will be refueled and they apologized for the incident last night. Sounds like a rogue employee on the ex account there. Yep. The old rogue employee.

Starting point is 01:54:11 This is like the rogue employee which reminds me of the situation that took place recently with Apple where if you type in racist on the iPhone it comes up with voice recognition software. you say to the phone racist and it's gonna type it out and it types out Trump and then it raises it puts racist can anybody confirm that in the troll room so you have to use Siri it was confirmed I saw it I saw it but you know AI whatever I want to know if anyone can confirm it with their iPhone. I would like to say if Confirmed or not confirmed if this even happened for a split second. This is a rogue employee They blamed this and that and the other thing I we all know what it was

Starting point is 01:54:59 I'm saying joker if the video was I've only seen one video of this Some joker. If the video was, I've only seen one video of this. How many have you seen? I saw one guy do it live on TV, on local TV. Oh, okay. All right, well then, good. And it was like, this is a- You know, John, it was not a rogue employee,

Starting point is 01:55:17 it was a glitch. It's definitely a rogue employee, some joker. I know the type. It's like, I got an idea. Hey, watch this. This is what people do when you're working for a company and you get an idea like this and you think you can get away with it and you maybe could. Yeah.

Starting point is 01:55:38 If you're really a good hacker, you could get away with a lot of stuff. I'm all for it. I think it's funny. It was very funny. I thought the whole thing'm all for it. I think it's funny. It was very funny I think was hilarious. Yeah, I think it's good It's a feature not a bug. Just remember it's a feature of the iPhone All right. Now, let's do your DC attorneys clips because you're on a roll here Yeah, we get the more NPR complaining and this is the one this is like that they, well, just the clips are self-explanatory. This is about

Starting point is 01:56:06 the firing or the demotion of these guys and they, you take, okay, here's the logic. I have somebody working for me who is politically active and he's causing trouble and so I demote him. My demoting him is not meaning I'm politically active. I'm just trying to get this political action, this activism out of the office. But no, no, that's not the way NPR sees it. No, no, no, that's not what's going on. Here we go. The new leadership in the Trump Justice Department continues to take actions against career... Is this guy on the air 24 hours a day now? He's on the lot. The new leadership in the Trump Justice Department continues to take actions against career prosecutors. Yesterday, the acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. demoted several senior attorneys, including

Starting point is 01:56:54 those who oversaw cases against President Trump's political allies and January 6 rioters. NPR's justice correspondent, Ryan Lucas, joins us. Ryan, thank you for being with us. Ryan Lucas, Pierce Justice Correspondent, Pierce Justice Correspondent, Pierce Justice Correspondent, Pierce Justice Correspondent, Pierce Justice Correspondent, Pierce Justice Correspondent, Pierce Justice Correspondent, Pierce Justice Correspondent, Pierce Justice Correspondent, Pierce Justice Correspondent, Pierce Justice Correspondent, Pierce Justice Correspondent,

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Starting point is 01:57:29 another prosecutor is great rosen he led the capital siege unit that's the unit that prosecuted january six cases and then to the other attorneys who were demoted worked on to of the most high profile cases to come out of the capital riot investigation one of the attorneys help lead the prosecution against Stuart Rhodes. He's the leader of the far right Oath Keepers Extremist Group. Rhodes was convicted at trial of seditious conspiracy. One of the other attorneys helped spearhead the case against Enrique Tario, the former head of the Proud Boys Extremist Group. Tario as well was convicted of seditious conspiracy

Starting point is 01:58:00 at trial. So the bottom line here is all of the attorneys who were demoted were senior prosecutors with a lot of experience and now they're being reassigned to basically entry-level jobs. Oh no. Seditious conspiracy. What is that? They overcharge these guys. It's pretty obvious. And then the fact that Bannon and Navarro spent time in prison for what? Yeah.

Starting point is 01:58:25 Is it good? That was totally politically motivated and there's no question about it in anybody's mind. I mean, what's Bannon doing in jail? Seditious conspiracy. If he got thrown in jail for being a bad podcaster, that would be different. He should be in solitary confinement. If two or more persons in any state or territory or any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States conspire to overthrow, put down or to destroy by force the government of the United States. Wow, that's pretty heavy charge. I'm having lunch with Joe Coffey. He's one of the January 6 guys.

Starting point is 01:58:59 Oh, he'll have stories to tell. Oh yeah, yeah. He's a, he's a, he's the, you remember the guy with the crutch holding the crutch up in the air? Oh, he's that guy. Yeah. And so what he was saying was, pray everybody pray and then he was getting beaten. He was a peacekeeper. Yes, he was getting beaten by some capital cop. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He got through. Oh, that was that that's a good guy. You should be paying. Of course I'm going to pay. Yeah. He goes to our church.

Starting point is 01:59:28 He just moved here, so I can't wait. We got a fun church group. You should get a picture of, you should be holding up the crutch. The crutch, yeah. Get a shot of that. Anyway, let's go to part two of this. What is the reason given? Well, one source tells me that Martin notified these individuals by email.

Starting point is 01:59:46 And at least one of the emails, Martin said that every U.S. attorney has to assess the needs of their office as set forth by the president and the attorney general and, in essence, their priorities. And therefore, these senior prosecutors were being reassigned, effective immediately. And at least one of the emails ended by saying, this change is not temporary. Now, I'm told that some of the senior prosecutors were assigned to misdemeanors, which is where brand new prosecutors in the office are usually assigned. Others were demoted to what's known as the intake section, which is also for junior folks

Starting point is 02:00:16 in the office. One person I spoke with described these demotions as pure political retribution for working on cases that the Trump administration does not like. Now, I contacted the US Attorney's Office about these actions for comment. It did not respond, but this is not the first time that Ed Martin, the acting US Attorney here, has taken what appear to be retaliatory action against the office he leads. He previously fired more than a dozen prosecutors in his office who were January 6 cases. So this is just the latest turmoil to hit the U.S. Attorney's Office here in D.C., which

Starting point is 02:00:48 is one of the most important in the country. Well, well. One of the worst in the country, too. It's a known fact. They're the guys who wouldn't do anything about the fast and furious situation. Right, right, right. And when, yeah, when Holder was taken as contempt of Congress, they wouldn't press charges against him. But yet, they'll throw Bannon in jail.

Starting point is 02:01:09 I can't argue the bad podcasting bit. I mean, he needed to go away for a bit. And with that, I'd like to thank you for your courage. Saying the morning to you, the man who put the C's in the social charcuterie. Say hello to my friend on the other end, the one, the only, Mr. John C. DeMora. Yeah, any more of the U of mr. John C. DeMora Yeah, any morning to you Mr. John C. DeMora. I should've seen Boots of the Graffity and the Airsobs and the Warner and the Dames and Knights out there.

Starting point is 02:01:32 In the morning to the trolls in the troll room let me count your trolls. Show me how to think of funny and I'll clear it all. All right we outdid last Sunday. Last Sunday we had 2,573 peak trollage and today 2,759 Which is now the Over the last 100 shows. It's been 2279 is the average. So we're above average. Very nice Well done trolls and you know why John, you know why Trump is good for the show As long as he keeps up the blurt keep them keep on blurt and press is good for the show. As long as he keeps up the blurt. Keep on blurtin' Prez. He's good for us.

Starting point is 02:02:08 It'd be something between now and next Thursday Trump will do something. He'll get everyone all riled up. Yes, oh Lord, please have President Trump do something to rile everybody up. It's good. We love having the trolls with us. They're in the troll room at trollroom.io or they may be listening on one of those modern podcast apps. Today, I'm going to promote Podverse. Podverse, you can find Podverse at podcastapps.com. There's many more you can use, but these apps, the ones that have the live notification feature, you can listen to the live stream, it's fun. It's the modern way to listen to podcasts podcasts more and more people are moving towards recording live in real time Which honestly you should demand from your podcast You know that's that is and that you should be able to sit there in a troll room and troll them be the studio audience

Starting point is 02:02:58 We have no fear. We love it a lot of people have trouble I think doing live to tape. Oh, which is the one of the two reasons that we ever started doing a podcast together is the two of us philosophically are live to tape guys. We are. Yes, we are no edit. And it is a philosophy. Some, a lot of people won't know. No, no, no. You gotta do, you gotta clean it up. You gotta record it and you clean it up and you do a cut in and a this and a that.

Starting point is 02:03:28 And you know that there's these modern editors like Descript or Descript, I'm not sure how you pronounce it, where you can actually sample your voice and then if you, so first you can edit on the transcript, which is kind of cool. I'm gonna edit this word out. And then I, but you can also have it replace words with your own voice. I mean, at what point do you just like give up?

Starting point is 02:03:53 Just give up. It takes the soul out of it people. It just takes the soul out of it. I don't understand. Don't understand why they do this. All of this is done under the value for value model. It's called overproduced. Ah, yeah.

Starting point is 02:04:08 Yeah, well, during COVID, when everybody was doing a podcast, that's when the role of podcast editor came about. I'm a, what do you do? I'm a podcast editor. You know, there are people with thriving careers as editors for influencers. So really, oh yeah, Christina's fiance is doing some of that work now.

Starting point is 02:04:31 It's pretty good. They get, I think is that like 75 bucks an hour? And it was the response for the herky jerk look that becomes so in vogue. Yes, yes. Your hands over here, then it's over here by millimeter. Well, and you need the words on the screen, you need to pop something up, you know, flash, but a little, you know, because no attention span, like radio.

Starting point is 02:04:58 Anyway, we operate under the value for value model, which is quite well understood these days, which means we do the show, we provide value to you. If you don't get value, tune out. If you do, consider returning some to help us. We ask for time, talent, and treasure. And we have a bunch of artists and prompt jockeys who are always at the ready to provide us some value back in the form of artwork, which we like using in two ways.

Starting point is 02:05:28 One is the actual artwork for each individual episode, which looks nice in the modern podcast apps. And also Dreb Scott uses them for his chapter work, which is also a feature of the modern podcast apps. And you can jump around like, oh, let me see what this section is about. And it'll even have a handy image image which should bring a smile to your face because most of the images the artists put together bring a smile to your face, some more than others

Starting point is 02:05:51 which means we chose the artwork from Matthew Dropko, officially Matthew Dropko 1972, for episode 1742, 1742, which he titled Golden Poop. Oh yeah, that was their exit strategy, the Golden Poop exit strategy. I forgot about that. And this was a worker chicken, a chicken worker actually, as was discussed during the show. Was it, wasn't, you liked it right away. You thought it was the only one. I liked it right away.

Starting point is 02:06:23 You thought it was the only one worth doing. That's one of the reasons I liked it right away, because thought it was the only one worth doing. That's one of the reasons I liked it right away because I didn't see anything that was going to work. I think I submitted. You said, find a better one and convince me. That's pretty much exactly what you said. That's exactly what I said. Not in that voice, but close.

Starting point is 02:06:43 We briefly discussed Darren O'Neill's podcasting. What was that about? Was that People of Color podcast? I can't remember. Podcasting, yeah. Blue Acorn had a jump chomp Trump, which was OK. People doing, I see. The real AI ones are just becoming annoying.

Starting point is 02:07:03 Let me see what else. There really wasn't anything. No, I can't see anything. Oh, a couple of people tried to do the gold card gag. But that's a lot of actually, right? Yeah. Nico Saim tried. It just didn't quite work.

Starting point is 02:07:21 Just, and then Dame Kenny Ben had the right idea with a Welcome to the USA tote bag. But then instead of a gold card, she had a platinum card. And then Brunetti's partner, Scaramanga did the black kid eating the bat. Yeah. We're like, yeah, no, we don't think we're going to have a black kid eating him. That's going to be a great movie, Brunetti. I'm sure you'll be just fine. I saw a preview of the Brunetti movie, and it's a cheesecake lady sitting in a coffee shop

Starting point is 02:07:55 with Jesus reading the Bible, and then James Bond outside. It's a very, very strange plot. I'm not quite sure exactly what they're trying to do there. The Acme of Podcast. No, you strange plot. I'm not quite sure exactly what they're trying to do there. The Acme of Podcasts. No, you were right. You were right. I think it was the best one.

Starting point is 02:08:10 And we thank you very much, Matthew Dropko. Anybody can participate in this competition, which is the cool part about it. You just go to noagendaartgenerator.com. You can upload it. If you're doing it live, when we're doing it live, then you have a good shot of being chosen because right after the show, we find the opening snippet, we then check the credits, make sure they're good. It's

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Starting point is 02:09:09 Let me in. And he'll probably get shot. $200 above associate executive producer. You can put it on imdb.com or any of your social media profiles, your LinkedIn looks very impressive there. And we'll read your note. $300 and above. You get an executive producer credit and we'll read your note. And we start off with Joel Sides from Medina, Texas, who comes in with 515.38. I'm pretty sure that's $500 plus the fees. And he says, John, you are a very good job

Starting point is 02:09:40 of co-hosting the show. I think he means do a very good job. I don't care what Adam says about you around the hill country. What? I don't know. What does he say? I don't know what I say. You do. The show is always entertaining and very informative. Thanks for all the hard work. Oh, not you're not. Oh, yes, I am. Commodore sides. She be he's a little discombobulated in his note there. But thank you, Joel. I speak nothing but highly of Dvorak. Some lady came up to me the other day and said, John, what she said, John cracked me up with something. I forget what it was. Came up to me.

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Starting point is 02:10:47 Yeah. This note is from my donation of $51538 to earn my rank of Commodore of the No Agenda Show. I want to thank you both the back and the back office team and all the producers for making the best podcast in the universe possible The show has been a valuable resource to me over the years. May I please have some jobs karma to ensure my job seeking success All the best Baron dude named Ralph jobs jobs jobs and jobs jobs and jobs. Let's vote for jobs. You thought karma. We go to Jeff Baric, I think B-A-R-I-C-H Baric from Coos Bay, Oregon 350 and 93 cents, which he says is 333.33 plus the PayPal fees. Jingles requested the full Trump clip of they're eating the dogs are eating the cats, they They're eating the pets followed by little girl yay, and this is a switcheroo. No. Oh, all right. Let me Get this ready here in the morning

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Starting point is 02:13:03 They're eating, they're eating the pets. Yay! It's still funny. Still the winning quote for me for the election. That was the landslide quote. People don't appreciate it for what it is. No. Abel dos Santos in Luanda. Oh, Africa.

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Starting point is 02:14:03 As always, you guys deliver. Glad to be a producer on the Zelensky Smackdown episode. Commodore Indy the White Shepherd says hello as well. Infinity more years! Ryan M. in Cold Spring, New York came in with 34333. Hello, John C. and Adam. I, Ryan M. of the Lower Hudson Valley have finally arrived at the roundtable with a third payment of 34333. I wish to be knighted as Sir Weegee the Famous. Sir Weegee the Famous.

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Starting point is 02:16:30 Oh, well I got some, okay, I have a similar situation. I had three, I can't remember the brand name, Real Pepper or something, there's these hot sauces, three different hot sauces somebody sent. It was packaged well enough that the fact of the matter is the three bottles of hot sauce, tobacco-sized bottles, Tabasco-sized, I'm sorry, Tabasco-sized bottles. And there were three of them. There was a Habanero, there was another,

Starting point is 02:16:57 there was kind of a regular one, and then there was the Ghost Pepper one. The Ghost Pepper one broke. Oh no. Split in broke. Oh no. Split in half and coated the packing material. It didn't leak out of the box, which is surprising, but the packing material was soaked in ghost pepper goo. That was just... Go ahead. So I had to rinse out the... the other two bottles that were stained with the ghost pepper goo too and I had to wash them off.

Starting point is 02:17:26 They were okay. They came in intact. The ghost pepper one, which was brand named Oly, O-L-Y, Oly Ghost, got tossed. And in this process of tossing it and the packaging, it stunk up the house with the rather nice smell by the way ghost pepper aroma isn't that bad Hmm, but it was like a very distressing for me It's funny because last night we just watched the Seinfeld episode where he has the hot sauce the S to bring back and it gets crushed In the overhead bin on the plane and it's all inside his suitcase I don't remember that one coincidence. I think not Jeff Rhea Maricopa, Arizona 333.33. First-time donation. He doesn't ask for it but I'm gonna do deductions for that. You've been deduced. He says please play in order. Don't be a dick, goat scream and

Starting point is 02:18:21 you've got karma. 73 is Jeffery Rhea His call sign is alpha bravo for golf tango. 73 is Kilo 5 alpha Charlie Charlie. Don't be a dick. You've got karma. A radar rider or at a radar rider in Milton, Georgia 3 3 3 dot 3 3 TPP Joe TPP jobs karma, please. Which was that? I have it.

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Starting point is 02:19:07 At the round table please. Jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs. You've got karma. Jeffrey Hodge is in Linfield, New South Wales, Australia, 29717. Now do you think that this is a 300 donation that got chopped down? Seems... Well it would come in at the rate that it was... it's a spreadsheet. This wasn't put on by hand so this would be 297 in American dollars so it was definitely three probably three three three or higher. I'm gonna have to move

Starting point is 02:19:39 him up then. Yeah three three three might've been $8,000 for all I know. And Jeffrey says, Sydney, Australia. Thank you. My wife, Jen hit me in the mouth in 2024 and got me listening to the best podcast in the universe. Good wife. Thanks for bringing some normality and levity to a crazy world. Trump is good for the show. There will be no shortage of fodder for four more years. This is our first donation, so we need a double deducing. You've been deduced. And we'll do one more for the wife. You've been deduced. And we request they're eating the hogs. Well, I don't think we have that one we'll have to replace the H with the D it never gets old regards Jeff they're eating the dogs there you

Starting point is 02:20:31 go there you go they should be eating the hogs yeah that's good eating Dame Rita and hey there's Dame Rita again in Sparks Nevada she's been a regular recently to to to dot to to a bunch of ducks there I team John and Adam thank you for the best Dame Rita well that's an easy one Matthew Martel I'm sorry yes Matthew Martel from Brumel Pennsylvania 21060 he says since you both love content suggestions here's a segment idea for you take note note, take notes John. I've got a pen. John C. Dvorak's little known facts. It's not a tip, it's a fact. Visit MartellHardware.com that's double L MartellHardware.com use coupon code USA plus bundle for an additional 10% off your order. Hot pockets.

Starting point is 02:21:25 Hot pockets. All right. Jeez. Yeah. Yeah, well, he's on board. Along with Eli the coffee guy, who's thus on the next name on the list in Bensonville, Illinois, 20302.

Starting point is 02:21:40 And he has a longer note saying, March 1, I completed another trip around the sun. Oh, it's his birthday. But my birthday present came a day early in the form of a meeting at the White House between Trump and Zelensky. Politics is my sports ball and the game is finally entertaining to watch again. John, I think your newsletter analysis may be correct. Trump is out to stick it to the Europeans. Only time will tell how this plays out.

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Starting point is 02:23:52 Hey, I have a side note clip I want to play. Side note. About Joanne's house of fabric that's closed. Joanne's? They've gone bankrupt. I've never even heard of Joanne's house of fabric. What is this? Well, Joanne's is a massive chain of fabric stores if you are a girl or a woman, older,

Starting point is 02:24:21 because it turns out that, and I find this to be a depressing report, because it discusses the fact that nobody knows how to sew anymore. I can sew. I can sew. I can do a cross stitch. I know how to use a sewing machine. I know how to wind the spindle on the spool. Of course you do. I used to love it because that was when I get to play accelerator pedal.

Starting point is 02:24:42 My mom taught me how to do it. When you're putting it on the spool, vroom, vroom, vroom. That was fun. So that's over now, huh? Do people even buy sewing machines anymore? We have a family of people, everybody in this family has one, of the old Singer Slant Needle,

Starting point is 02:25:01 which is a classic sewing machine that's very easy to use and they're one of the greatest all Mechanical there's no so it's just one. It's got gears. It's old-fashioned by the way. Thank you unto word. Yes the bobbin I'm sorry this the bobbin the bobbin right I wish I should have caught that you should have yes you should have well My yeah, I dropped the ball. Yeah It plays this clip This is talks about the store closures. If you love to sew or do other projects with fabric, you might have already

Starting point is 02:25:28 headed to your local Joann's store to pick through what's left. Joann's, for the non-crafty, used to be the country's biggest fabric retailer, but it went bankrupt. And this week it started closing some eight hundred stores. I've been to a couple of the stores and I walk out and I cry. Ingrid Crapo is a professional maker of things with fabric. I have 10 sewing machines.

Starting point is 02:25:51 I've done everything from uniforms for the University of Maryland to mascots for all of the sports teams in DC. Crapo says she will miss a well-stocked fabric store. She says the craft stores closer to her don't have much of a selection and she calls online shopping for fabric a nightmare. Bet you didn't know Michelle that Joanne Fabric started out as, of all things, a cheese shop in Cleveland during World War II. German immigrants Hilda and Bertold Reich sold cheese and fabric in a little store they ran along with their friends Sigmund and Matilda Rohrbach. I did not know that. And you know what? None of them was named Joanne.

Starting point is 02:26:27 No, but the store was named after their daughters, Joan and Jacqueline Ann, and it sold more fabric than cheese. And back then, making your own clothes was often cheaper than buying off the rack. Sewing's a lost art in America? Mike Edwards, vice president at Joanne's in the early 2000s. That's the only reason they give is sewing's a lost art in America? Mike Edwards, vice president at Joann's in the early 2000s. That's the only reason they give is sewing's a lost art in America? I think that is the reason. It's not, it's Joann. Nobody knows how to, they don't teach it in school anymore. They used to teach it in high schools. They used to have auto shop in high school. They used to have wood shop in high school. They used to have metal shop in high school. They used to have, they used to teach sewing in high school.

Starting point is 02:27:07 They used to teach cooking in high school. Now they teach gender studies. When I was a kid in Holland, they taught us punikun, punikun, punikun. In punikun, you had a mushroom. And so it was like a wooden mushroom with a hollowed out core. So like the mushroom stem would fit in your hand.

Starting point is 02:27:32 It was kind of lewd now that I think about it. It sounds gross. And the mushroom head had, I think, eight or maybe 10 nails in it. And you would use a crocheting needle and you would route the yarn around one of the nails and then pull it down the bottom, put it back up and pull it down the bottom so that you got a long trail of something you pinnaked.

Starting point is 02:27:56 I'm sure some Dutch people are going, wow, that he remembers that pinnaken. So they taught us that, even the boys. Even the boys did the mushroom thing. It was quite normal back in the day. They don't teach anything like that. They don't even show kids how to balance a checkbook. Oh, you don't need a checkbook, use a credit card. They've got Venmo.

Starting point is 02:28:15 They can't even add and subtract. I mean, it's unbelievable what's happened to the education system. Who needs a checkbook when you've got Venmo or Cash App? Don't need it. You don't need it. Everything's going to the phone. In fact, I have, I thought I had a, yes, in Ohio. In Ohio, they really want everything on the phone, all your ID.

Starting point is 02:28:36 Representative Thomas Hall is one of the sponsors of bipartisan House Bill 78. The bill would allow Ohioans to use a valid digital ID instead of a physical ID card in almost any case, except voting. We want to make sure that the infrastructure is ready for that and secure for that when we get to that day to allow for digital IDs for voting, whether that's in our lifetimes or the lifetimes after us. Under this bill, you'd be able to use a digital ID when you get pulled over for any BMV purposes and at more local businesses. Yeah, moving towards a digital ID. You know,

Starting point is 02:29:10 now that I think about it, my mom used to have patterns and she'd put the paper patterns on the fabric. And then, and we always loved using that roller with all the little little teeth on it. See you roll it along the pattern so then it leaves the kind of the marks in the fabric so you know where to cut and I remember the glorious day when my mom wasn't home and I got her roll what does that thing call the roller the pattern pattern roll yeah I don't know I and right after I got out college I had a girlfriend who was a fashion designer and she actually made a, she made patterns and there was also these famous pattern makers. She knew all of them.

Starting point is 02:29:51 And I had a pattern made for shirts for me. And you could take these pile of patterns and you take them to some seamstress or somebody that knew what they were doing and they'd make you a custom shirt right off the spot. I mean, these guys lost art. All right, boomer. That's about right. It's like pathetic. So, so the, so the, the day that was very sad is when I decided to use the

Starting point is 02:30:15 roller all over the cherry wood coffee table. I remember my mom, she, I didn't know if she wanted to beat me. I remember a very sad, sad look. I would take the roller and run it up and down your arm. A very, very sad look on her face. Sorry, Mom. I forgot about that. Oh, brother. A little update on Gene Hackman.

Starting point is 02:30:44 The story gets crazier by the moment. We started with Gene, we might as well end with Gene. Here at home, authorities say data from actor Gene Hackman's pacemaker shows he was likely dead for nine days before the bodies of he and his wife were found at their New Mexico home. Santa Fe County Sheriff says the pacemaker shows Hackman's last event was recorded February 17th. Hackman and his wife Betsy along with their dog were found dead this week in circumstances officials deemed suspicious enough to want a thorough investigation. The cause of death remains unknown.

Starting point is 02:31:21 The pair did not show any external trauma and there were no immediate signs of foul play. The pair is also testing negative for carbon monoxide likely ruling that out as a cause of death. Can you actually test for carbon monoxide posthumously? In the blood you can. Oh you can? Okay. Yeah because that's what it does. I mean this is a blood disorder actually but because it gets in the blood you know it doesn't let the blood work. What do you think happened here? Mimi has the best theory. Ah, can always count on Mimi.

Starting point is 02:31:51 If you got too many eggs or a dead actor, Mimi's your gal. And I brought this story up with a number of people, and every one I tell it to, they go, oh, makes nothing but sense. Here's what happened. It's Epstein. No. So Hackman fell, had a fall or something or had a heart attack.

Starting point is 02:32:09 He had some, he had an issue. He fell and died. The wife saw this and she didn't know why, couldn't revive him and she was freaked out and so she decided to take some, some sedatives to calm herself down, took too many, passed out, dropped the bottle of pills on the floor, the dog ate the pills and it died. Because there were pills all over the floor and there was a dog in the house and dogs eat crap off the floor. So the, yes they do.

Starting point is 02:32:44 So the first thing you do if you find your 95 year old husband dead is grab the pill bottle? Well she was probably just enamored with this guy. She was didn't know what to do so she wanted to calm herself down and she took some you know who knows why but she took some pills and or maybe said I hell with that I can't go on without him and maybe she killed herself. She was 65, she was young. But whatever the case was, the pills fell to the ground and that's what accounted for the dead dog. Because the other two dogs are alive outside.

Starting point is 02:33:13 Hmm. Well, that's, I mean, I don't see how they can say it's a suspicious circumstances, but... Well, there's three dead things. What's this? Three, what's this? Three dead things and what's this? Three what's this? Three dead things? What's this? Yeah well it's a tragedy. I'd like your input on this. This is the Bezos change the opinion page on Washington Post. Bezos wants to change things at the Washington Post's opinion section.

Starting point is 02:33:45 He would like opinion writers to narrow in on two things, personal liberties and free markets. He said that they will cover other things, but opposing viewpoints to those two positions specifically would be published at other outlets. It's yet another major change at the paper. David Shipley, the editor of the Post's opinion section stepping down rather than leading Bezos' new direction. So question one and two question one is why do you think he made the change and question two is why is

Starting point is 02:34:14 everyone so upset about it? Well first of all we played this clip in the last show well then tell me I don't remember it. Oh boy. It's starting. Yes. It's starting. It's just beginning. This is how it starts. Yeah. I think he's sick of the, of the, of the orientation of the, of the, without saying let's do more stuff that's pro business or, you know, pro, or just compete with the wall street journal, let's be a little more neutral.

Starting point is 02:34:44 He decided to take it this tact, it's a tact, but what it really amounts to is you guys are doing a crappy job. It's very lopsided pro-democrat reporting in an environment that the general public, as you can tell by the election, doesn't want. We don't, and they're not going to approach it. The people, they already, you guys already screwed us over by net because of the not endorsing Kamala Harris. And I saying, we're not going to endorse her, even though I, I own the place and I say no. And it's usually generally speaking in the history of newspapers, it's always the owner who makes these decisions about who gets endorsed.

Starting point is 02:35:20 So he says no. And then they have a bunch of people walking off and then they have a whole bunch of people quitting their subscriptions that you look at that and say no, this is not, we don't want this kind of delicacy where you have to be walking on pins and needles in favor of something. I want to get a real audience that appreciates the paper for what we do so we're gonna change our orientation. That's all it is. Everyone's all bent out of shape. Yeah, well why? But exactly why? Oh, because you don't like the idea of privacy and liberty and you don't like

Starting point is 02:35:53 the idea of... No, no, we'll have none of that. We'll have none of privacy and liberty. No, that's no good. Pro-business, pro-capitalism? No, we hate capitalism. We want Marxism. Give me a... these people should be fired on the spot if they complain. And that guy who quit? Good riddance. I don't think... Why do you quit? In a market where the newspapers are failing left and right, you can't get a job doing any of this. What's he going to go work for MSNBC? This editorial page editor? Where's he going to go? Pittsburgh?

Starting point is 02:36:25 According to Kara Swisher. Oh yeah, no, she listens. Matt, I should have clipped this. I'm sorry. She said, all kinds of people are calling me, particularly from the New York Times, asking me if I should hire this person from the Post or that person. Everyone's being poached from the Post now. It's post-poaching and everyone's calling Kara Swisher to get her input What what she hit a personnel for a newspapers USA? What is this all about? I don't know She's she's a tool. She's a card. Let's put it that way. She's a card card She's a card. There's an old term. We should bring back. Yeah, she's a card I got a note from one of our producers saying someone very close to him is a US military drone

Starting point is 02:37:11 operator. I didn't say which branch. Apparently, his brother-in-law got deployed last week and is currently dropping bombs from drones onto cartel spots in Mexico. This wouldn't surprise me. No, but it surprises me that no one is reporting on it. If it's, if it's happening. That wouldn't surprise me either. Well, good point. Let's talk about this.

Starting point is 02:37:38 Let's talk about it. This is Trump. He gave an interview to the spectator on a podcast, and this is an excerpt from it talking about Biden who got Biden ousted, and this podcast dropped like the day before the Zelinsky thing. It dropped! It dropped! Oh, I'm sorry, you're right. Wow, okay. I'm always ridiculing that phrase. Yes. And I just used it. Here we go. I feel bad now. Here we go. I asked him I said. His voice sounds so bad on some recordings like he has no power. I asked him I said

Starting point is 02:38:13 So who do you blame? Because he was very angry. He was a very angry guy. And he said I blame Barack and I never think of him as Barack. You know, he always said Obama. He said, you have to think about that for a second. And he said, and I also blame Nancy Pelosi. I said, what about the vice president? He said, no, I don't blame her, which was interesting. He didn't blame her. He blamed, he told me he blamed those two people.

Starting point is 02:38:43 Yeah, not surprising. Not surprising. No, not surprising Not no, I'm not surprising. I'm not surprising Did got buried by the other reporting so it was no not didn't get out really I I don't today only have one AI clip and this is actually This makes sense to me when it comes to AI because the only thing I've really seen AI good at is Crew in it your AI hate. It's a lot of hate But I just don't want people to get snookered into this

Starting point is 02:39:14 I mean when I see Glenn Beck having actual conversations with Grok three and then telling people about his conversation I get worried Well, that'srisome for sure. I asked Grok and Grok said this and I said, Grok how old are you? And Grok said, in human years I'm 21 but I gain in intelligence and knowledge about, what was it, about 18 18 months per day and Glenn Beck said, oh oh it's gonna it's going to take over. It was gonna be so smart. Maybe Grock's a liar. Yeah, and then just wait until it gets hooked up to quantum computing.

Starting point is 02:39:50 Oh, everything will all be over then. Beck, invite me back. I gotta set you straight. Yeah, yeah, actually he should. He is a big fan of yours. Yeah, I like it. When he, I told you this, you never heard it, but I heard it.

Starting point is 02:40:05 He says you're like his brother. From another mother is what he said. Yeah, pretty quite interesting. Yeah, well I like him. I like Beck a lot. Oh, he seems like a great, I love to go over there and look at his museum. I've seen it twice now. That museum is outrageous. Yeah, there's private museums are all over the country. You get to see them once in a while here and there and

Starting point is 02:40:27 They're just Generally dynamite but half of the museum or not half but a large portion of his collection is just in the studio Complex, he's got like an like a 1918 1930 Bugatti It's one of those things you got parked, you know in the hallway Yeah, it's a piece of art. It's, you know, in the hallway. It's got some interesting stuff. It's a piece of art. It's not really a car at this point. It's beautiful though. So no, so this made sense as something that AI is good at, which is creating images, writing stupid copy.

Starting point is 02:40:56 And so it makes sense that this is happening. This is in Virginia. A shake up in the makeup of one of Richmond's large... A shake up in the makeup! Oh boy everybody! Shake up in the makeup of one of Richmond's largest. Shake up in the makeup. Oh boy, everybody make up a shake up in the makeup of one of Richmond's largest employers is now underway. Co star group who operates real estate websites like homes.com and apartments.com laid off more than 100 employees Thursday, according to a company statement and people familiar with the cuts sources tell CBS six. The cuts impacted multiple departments.

Starting point is 02:41:25 Those positions included managers, editors, writers, production and video staff. Some who were laid off say they are frustrated because they moved to the area for the stability they thought they'd acquire from the high paying corporate job. Co-star did not respond to direct questions about the layoffs.

Starting point is 02:41:41 However, a press release on their website stated the layoffs were due to annual performance management and a reallocation of roles with the use of artificial intelligence. The company wrote in a press release quote, CoStar Group sees rapidly growing value in leveraging artificial intelligence to improve content creation, drive operational efficiencies and build the next generation of digital real estate user interfaces. In the same release, CoStar said they will be adding an additional thousand jobs over the next year to their sales and market analyst teams, as well as jobs from the acquisition

Starting point is 02:42:14 of another real estate company. This makes sense to me. All the AI has to do is say the following, it's a great house for entertaining. Your stuff will look great in here. There's not much to it. There's not much to it at all. But yeah, I can see where they don't need a whole bunch of people to do that. Well, get rid of them.

Starting point is 02:42:33 Then they're hiring a thousand people back in sales. It's great. So it's a wash. It's a wash. I'm seeing interesting clips here on your list. I'd like to hear Joy Behar. Yeah, this is Joy Behar going off on Musk. And the theme of this is, Musk, go back to Africa. The guy was not born in this country, who was born under apartheid in South Africa.

Starting point is 02:43:00 So has that mentality going on. He was pro apartheid as I understand it. Now I'm getting some flack because I said that Musk was pro apartheid. I don't really know for sure if he was. He grew up at that time when apartheid was in full bloom before the great Nelson Mandela. He was around at that time, but maybe he was, maybe he wasn't. He might have been a young guy too. So don't be suing me. Okay, you know what I'm saying? They're allowed to say any lie they want, but we have to be really strict. That's why this show's important. That's why this show sucks. Because, what was that all about?

Starting point is 02:43:37 The Republicans can lie all they want, but we have to be very strict. Yeah. Yeah. How about your wall of receipts? All right. This is a good series. This is a couple of series from us from last show. This is from PBS. This is the wall of receipts. This is about the evidence that we have about different kinds of corruption and whatever. But this is the wall of receipts. Here we go. Billionaire Elon Musk says his campaign to fire tens of thousands of federal workers and cancel government contracts is in the name of rooting out fraud and waste. His Doge Group has posted what it calls a wall of receipts on its website that claims

Starting point is 02:44:12 it has saved billions by cutting certain federal contracts. But reports in government documents prove that many of these so-called savings are either misleading or incorrect. Our White House correspondent, Laura Barone Lopez, has been looking into this and joins us now. So Laura, what kinds of savings are Musk and his team claiming and does the math add up? So Elon Musk and his team on that wall of receipts say that their total cuts equal $65 billion in savings.

Starting point is 02:44:38 They base that on contract cancellations, firing workers, and quote, fraud detection. But as the New York Times first reported, five of Doge's biggest contracts that they say have resulted in savings ended up being deleted from that wall of receipts after outlets pointed out that there were errors.

Starting point is 02:44:55 And some of the biggest errors in savings are, as CBS first reported, a USAID contract for $650 million that was listed three times. As the Intercept first reported, a Social Security contract listed A USAID contract for 650 million that was listed three times. As the Intercept first reported, a social security contract listed as 232 million instead of 560,000.

Starting point is 02:45:13 And an ICE contract that Doge listed as 8 billion, when in reality it was 8 million. And it's important to note that that $8 million ICE contract was a credit line. That means that ICE may have never ended up paying out that total $8 million. And some of these contracts were on the wall of receipts, were either already paid or canceled under the Biden administration. So Doge is essentially taking a lot of credit in time for some of these contracts that don't appear to be actually the savings that they say they are. Do we have any proof of what they're saying here?

Starting point is 02:45:48 Because I keep hearing this, this 8 billion versus 8 million. No, this is kind of ant-fucking too if you think about it. Well, 8 million, 8 billion is quite the difference. Yeah, but still they're going over, they're doing accounting. And this is an ongoing thing. Yeah, there is a difference between 8 million and 8 billion. And you're going to make these mistakes if you start throwing everything up on a website. Yeah. You know, just HILT or SKELETOR is not being well organized and it's not getting any support by,

Starting point is 02:46:13 especially by NPR and the Democrats that think this is terrible, that you're exposing any of this stuff like promoting gaydom in the Caribbean. Gaydom? Gaydom in the Caribbean. Yeah. All right. This is part two. I know you were working the phones and talking to vendors who appear on this so-called wall of receipts. What did they tell you?

Starting point is 02:46:34 So our colleague, Kyle Madura, spoke to one of these federal vendors, a Taylor Jones. His company, CulturePoint, does leadership and management training. And his company was listed on Doge's Wall of Receipts as having a contract for almost $10 million. But Taylor Jones told NewsHour that not only was the amount of money wrong, it was actually $100,000, but it was not a guaranteed payment, it was a credit line, and the agreement with the government was never signed. We never had a contract. We've actually never had a contract with the government that never signed. We never had a contract.

Starting point is 02:47:05 We've actually never had a contract with the government that was a $10 million contract or even a $1 million contract. So not that we're opposed to it, but it's never happened. So we were a little surprised to start getting calls from reporters about a non-contract that was never executed. So essentially there wasn't even a contract to delete, Jeff. And when you look at all of this across the board, the math is really not adding up to 65 billion.

Starting point is 02:47:37 There will be people who will say, well, what Musk is trying to do is still a worthy effort trying to clean up government waste. How much money has the team actually saved so far? So the actual savings is around two billion, according to budget experts that we spoke to. And again, as you noted, Musk says that this is about, that these cuts are meant to help reduce the deficit and pay for Republicans' tax cuts.

Starting point is 02:48:01 Yeah, that's not what he says. He says we need a trillion dollars, otherwise we're going to go bankrupt. That's what he says. It's a little different. This is just a skewed report. I mean, yeah, I'm sure you can do this and find errors all over the place, at least at the beginning. Eventually it gets shaken out.

Starting point is 02:48:18 The one I'm looking at, I think mainly because, well, for two reasons. One, it's a huge spook agency adjacent, spook adjacent company. And also I know the guy I used to run at Ray Lane is Booz Allen. So Booz Allen. Booz Allen is spook adjacent? Oh, yes.

Starting point is 02:48:42 Booz Allen is very spook adjacent. And they have annually about $65 billion worth of contracts, according to the Wall Street Journal, 98% of its money comes from the government. Wait, didn't Snowden work for them? Yes, spook adjacent. Yes. Okay. Yes.

Starting point is 02:49:00 98% of their income is from the US government. And really? Oh yeah. their income is from the US government. And really? Oh yeah. They're just, they're basically just a huge government contractor, military, industrial complex, CIA, NSA, all kinds of stuff. Booze. Yeah. Look it up.

Starting point is 02:49:16 Booze Allen. And I know what do they do for this money? Well, now that's a good question. Spooky stuff. But the real question is who are you wearing tonight for the 97th Academy Awards? Come on. Are you wearing one of those things that you designed yourself? I sewed it myself.

Starting point is 02:49:36 Are you kidding? Or your Ohio State hoodie, perhaps? The Ohio State hoodie will be what I'm going to wear. Yep. I'm gonna wear. Well it seems the red carpet's already out so we got to get a move on because we have to watch this. We've got to see the dead segment, got to see all the... Of course we're going to be honoring the people who lost property and lives at the

Starting point is 02:50:06 LA fire tonight at the 97th Academy Awards. So guess what the value of the go bag is this tonight? Oh, do you know what's in the go bag? I don't know what's in it, but I know the total value. Okay, what's the total value? Take a sloppy guess. $5,000. $250,000 per bag. What's in there? I guess a lot of vacations.

Starting point is 02:50:33 Before we even start to thank our donors, $50 and above, a health karma for Darren O'Neill's wife Kim. Thursday she's having her procedure done, so Darren will be taking the day off. He's a good husband. Pfeiffer will be doing the Rock and Roll Pre-Show for Thursday's show. And I'm gonna give her a little bit of health karma here. You've got karma. And now John will thank all of our supporters, $50 and above.

Starting point is 02:50:57 Yeah, the No Agenda Meetup starts us off in Greenwood, Indiana. They came in and they sent us 150 bucks with a switcheroo for Nick, Nick Zondervan. Nick Zondervan. He said they say he's the best he can do a Vladimir Zelinsky imitation. Maybe it's in the recording. Yeah, probably is. I have the meetup report ready to roll. I want to thank him for that. Tom Baird in Tiberg, Holland. Oh, then this is a nightingale so you have to read it. It's Tilburg. Tilburg. Tilburg. Tom says,

Starting point is 02:51:35 with my latest donation I am proud to say that my total contributions have now surpassed $1,000. I would love to be knighted Sir Cooley of Kruikenstadt during the upcoming round table ceremony. I've been a loyal assistant to 2019, just in time. For the ceremony, I'd like to request a drink, Goudon-Carlous whiskey infused with Belgian strong dark ale and Fenlo's frite, frite? I'm not familiar with this.

Starting point is 02:52:00 Fenlo's frite, a dish I sorely missed in the eggs, in the eggs-cellent Too Many Eggs book. Oh. Wishing you both. Hello, send it in, we'll put it in the next edition. Wishing you both a fane fostelavund, that's carnival, and may the show continue for many years to come. Thank you both for keeping us sane in this insane world.

Starting point is 02:52:19 In the morning, Tom Beard. Beard, Beard, I think it is. Okay, Tom, I'm set for you. Got that. Ordered it. I want to mention that Hillary sent us a note from the, it didn't have enough to, for mentioning, but there is a donation came in from the Portland Slave Soiree. Oh. A couple of different donors helped us out.

Starting point is 02:52:42 Okay. John Aaron's on the list, a bucks, thank you for your courage. Baron Lattican, hey Baron Lattican, we haven't heard from him for a while, I don't think, $100 from Houston, Texas. Chris Rink in Austin, Texas, 84.38, which is a boob donation plus fees. We'll have fees there. Kevin McLeod, you know the fees, that's $4 of fees, checks. The fee is 15 cents.

Starting point is 02:53:08 15 cents is a good deal. No matter what. Good deal for everybody. Yeah, Kevin McLaughlin, 8008, there he is, he's the Archduke. Let me ask you a question. Let me ask you a question. If someone sends in the donation plus fees, doesn't part of the fee also get taken as a fee? Yeah, I think so. Okay, just checking. I don't know. in the donation plus fees. Doesn't part of the fee also get taken as a fee?

Starting point is 02:53:25 Yeah, I think so. Okay, just checking. I don't know. I mean, I'd have to look at the math on that. Well, I bet it does. Maybe, maybe not. You don't know. I don't know.

Starting point is 02:53:36 Maybe it doesn't. I'm leaning toward it doesn't. I think that it covers it. Because it would otherwise be ridiculous. Oh, is there a button that says cover the fees? Yeah. Oh, okay. All right. That's good. Yeah, so I don't think there's any more taken out. Yeah.

Starting point is 02:53:52 It's all right. The tax man takes it out. Somebody gets some extra money. Somebody gets money and it's not us. That'd be the US government eventually. Doge. Kevin McLaughlin, he's the Archduke of the Loan, a lover of American boobs. Sir Loyne is also in Winter Haven, Florida. He also came in with 8008.

Starting point is 02:54:13 He's an alumnus from a third rate university. Nice. That's Ohio State, by the way. It's not a third rate university by any means, but I said that I think on some show and I'm getting ridiculed for it. Forever. Yeah, yeah. Well, you know, compared to Cal Berkeley maybe.

Starting point is 02:54:36 Jorge Alvarez in Ponte Verde Beach, 7171. Craig Kohler in Evansville, Indiana, 6502. That's the chip donation that is rare, but people should think about giving that one in. 8080 would be another good one. Yeah. Jamie Buell in Vista, California 6006. Z80, you can't donate that. Les Tarkowski in Kingman, Arizona 6006. Those are small boobs. Baroness Monica 5757. Wish it could be more. She's someplace out of the country, I think.

Starting point is 02:55:06 Yes. Ezekiel Goodwin in Richmond, Kentucky, 5678. He's a D-douching. You've been D-douched. The Organic Hemp Society in Topanga of all places, California, 533. If you use the code curry33, you'll get 13.33% off of your hemp supplies. Jaren Pad... Yurun, Yurun.

Starting point is 02:55:37 Yurun, Yurun Pot in North Safran, Essex, UK, 5272. John Bossano in Madison, Alabama, 5272. Those are actually donations of $50 plus the fees. Tony Lang in Castle Pines, Colorado, 50. These are all 50s. I'm going to wrap it with 50s. It's a short list actually. Tony Lang, Castle Pines, Bobby Bo in Bluegrass, Iowa.

Starting point is 02:56:08 Scott McCarty in Lodi, Jordan Tierney in Oral, South Dakota. Joshua Johnson in Omaha. Leif Thompson in Meridian, Idaho. Daniel Leboy in Bath, Michigan. Foster Birch in New York, and Matt Frazee in St. John's, Florida. I want to thank these people for making the show. 1743, the show that it was, and it's just going to get better. And thank you to everyone who came in under $50. They do that to stay anonymous because we'll never read it under $50. And we also have people there who are on the Sustaining Donations

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Starting point is 02:57:01 It's your birthday, birthday on Noagenda. And there he is. Yesterday yesterday he celebrated his birthday. Eli, the coffee guy, supports us every single show. Jeff Barich wishes his smoking hot wife, Libby, a very happy birthday. She celebrates tomorrow. Rebecca Weintraub will be celebrating on March 4th. Jason Sullivan also on March 4th. And we have Sir Brian with an I celebrating on March 4th, Jason Sullivan also on March 4th, and we have Sir Brian with an eye celebrating on March 4th, and also our very own Dreb Scott.

Starting point is 02:57:29 Happy birthday to those awesome producers. And Dave Clevenger will be turning 74 on March 5th, which is also my sister Willow's birthday. So happy birthday to everybody from the best podcast in the universe. Two common ores to bring up, so I'd like to congratulate these two for supporting the No Agenda show. We have brand new Commodores. Commodore Sides and Commodore Sir Dude named Ralph. Yes, congratulations. Go to NoAgendaRings.com, check out the Commodore tab and send us your address. Commodores arriving. Ooh, hey, three nights for us today, so that's good.

Starting point is 02:58:09 We've got the trident blade out. I got a blade here. That's a very good blade. Come on up, Ryan M. Radar Rider and Tom Beard. Beard, beard, beard. All of you have supported the Noagin show in the amount of $1,000 or more, so I am very proud to pronounce the K you have supported the Noagin show in the amount of $1,000 or more so I am very proud to pronounce the Kate Diaz Knight to the Noagin Roundtable.

Starting point is 02:58:29 Sir Weegee the Famous, Sir Radar Rider and Sir Cooley of Kraukenstatt. For you we have Hookers of Blow, Rent Poison, Chardonnay, two tubes of both, the Salt and Pepper Mix, Brisket and Bacon, Goudon, Carlouse, Whiskey infused,ennelos, Frittai, we also add to that some Bonghits and bourbon, sparkling cider and escorts, ginger ale and gerberals, breast milk and Bablum, and of course the ever-present mutton and mead. All of you can also go to noagenderrings.com and check out those handsome rings.

Starting point is 02:59:01 All you have to do is give us your ring size as a ring sizing guide at NoAgendaRings.com and an address to send it to. It comes with wax to seal your important correspondence because they are Cygnet rings and a certificate of authenticity. Once again, welcome to the roundtable. NoAgenda Meetups. Yeah, man, the NoAgenda Meetups, they are something to behold.

Starting point is 02:59:27 You must go to one of these at least once in your life. And I guarantee you, you will keep coming back because this is where you get connection that provides protection. Every single person you meet will be your first responder in an emergency. You go to NoAgendaMeetups.com. That's where we have the entire calendar. You can add your own. They're producer organized.

Starting point is 02:59:43 They are a lot of fun And one of the biggest ones that has been going on for many years now is the indie meetup hears Annette's mix of the February report Hello, this is sir mark and this is Dave Maria from Indianapolis. We miss you and that we'll see you next month They seem for these 33 days? Fire. Fire them all. In the morning, Nader from Indianapolis, Bitstuffy here, not Woo Flu, but Mike, this is your spot. Where are you?

Starting point is 03:00:13 Hey, this is Emily, your Shufflecrack Spook, and breaking news, I'm all out of beer. Briski here, just drinking some beer. The Dugout. Hey, it's Gary here. I'm wondering, are they going to announce that the Pope is dead before during or after the Epstein list reveal? Hey this is Carter first time to the meetup yeah live here out of

Starting point is 03:00:35 Afghanistan and I've got one thing to say the truth is stranger than fiction. In the morning, RFK Jr., I had nachos today. Hi, I'm Lexi Juelver. I served the No Agenda Folks today at the Dugout in downtown Indy, and so far it's been a great time. Good morning, Long Live the King! I love his Z Zelensky guy. I didn't hear him. He wasn't there.

Starting point is 03:01:07 We missed the Zelensky impersonator. Not disappointing. Don't worry. Everyone else in these reports imitates somebody. Not sure who. Here's Leo Bravo's 60th meetup he's done in Los Angeles. Hi, everybody. It's Leo Bravo.

Starting point is 03:01:20 We're at meetup number 60. I'm passing the phone around for everyone to say hello. Hello, this is Greta. Thank you to Leo for hosting these meetups. We love you. And, you know, we are a family of four who know agendas together, so it's been the best thing that's ever happened to us. And I just want to say, John, I had never heard of RSV either until 2021 and I've been a mother since 2011. Hi, this is Tommy. This is my third meetup. I want to say thank you very much for continuing the show. We watch it every day and we love it. Every day, twice a week.

Starting point is 03:01:56 Well, I try and listen to it every day. Hi. I'm really grateful for the show. What's your name? My name is Devil and Angel. I loved your, John, I loved your remark about Jimmy and the Vats. It made me and my brother crack up very much. So just keep doing what you guys are doing. Thank you. In the morning.

Starting point is 03:02:17 In the morning. This is Brian. Connection is protection. Thanks. Nice event. Good conversations. And this won't happen in the morning. Hey guys, this is Slick Rick having a good time here with Leo Bravo and the gang. In the morning. In the morning, this is Angie from the Ranch enjoying the sun in Southern California. It's Sir Leachem Faux Pop here in SoCal where it's still fun being an illegal alien. In the morning!

Starting point is 03:02:41 John, popular with the kids there. That's very cool. The kids love John. A new audience. Central Ohio, come on in with your report. I'm not producing it. This is just what's playing in the background. This is Wild Bill with the Central Ohio Meetup.

Starting point is 03:02:56 Thanks for doing what you guys do. And here we go to the next. In the morning, bag slappers, John and Adam, we need to get you both on who are these podcasts as soon as possible. And you got to get on this little piggy. It'll be another win for the toe. Hi TM gentlemen. This is Sir Rod, the one who parties the night of Crocs and Socks. Linda Liu and Eli the coffee guy are great, but Kevin McLaughlin is a legend. Well, this is Sir Leary. I really like this podcast that you guys do.

Starting point is 03:03:29 It's great. It's phenomenal. Keep at it. I would say four more years, but don't put a time span on perfection. Also, John, since we're in Columbus and we heard you're now complaining about Columbus people not sending in a national championship

Starting point is 03:03:47 sweatshirt. We got you covered. Don't worry. I know there's a bunch of anonymous people out there that don't come into the meetups, but talk to you all later. Ciao. So how many did you get? How many hoodies or sweatshirts have you received?

Starting point is 03:04:00 I've received one thus far, but I think there's two or three more on the way. Oh, I'm so happy for you final meetup report Yeah, yeah, I don't buy clothes The final meter of report me neither the final meter of report comes from San Francisco John couldn't make this one because he has family dinners on Friday This is the Duke of San Francisco's birthday bash meetup in the morning This is sir recalcitrant crazy Steve at the Duke of San Francisco's birthday bash meetup. In the morning, this is Sir Rick Houser turning crazy Steve at the Duke of SF birthday meetup bash.

Starting point is 03:04:30 And unfortunately, it's family night for JCD. Sir Robertson of Two Sticks here, and happy birthday Ben. Sir Montauk having a great time in San Francisco. This is Sir Lavish behind the schemes. Happy birthday Sir Ben, Sir Ben, Sir Ben. Oh, I'm sorry, Duke Ben. Happy birthday, Sir Dude-Name-Ben! Bash! This is Lai Chow from Daly City, LCDC. Woohoo!

Starting point is 03:04:55 In the morning, this is Sir Lawrence of Dystopia. You are the Duke! Duke of San Francisco! Woohoo! Alright, this is the Duke. Dude name Ben name Ben Commodore of the SF fleet. We're bringing all the Commodores together to defend the Bay Area fleet for the Tahoe Secret Underground submarine base that must be protected. Woohoo!

Starting point is 03:05:27 This is Sir Julian, Baron of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Made it up from Santa Cruz. Hope you guys make it next time. Everyone's missing out. And that's a long drive. In the morning! Hey, here's a little tip for those of you putting together these Meetup reports. Try and get people to record before they drink.

Starting point is 03:05:45 It helps with the editing. I have to do a lot of edits on these things sometimes. Currently underway in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Meeting in the Desert Meetup at the Saw Mill. The Central Jersey Meetup is also underway. We drink and we know things. Apocalypse or Season of Reveal Edition at 3 br distillery in Keyport, New Jersey and Mount Holly Hypofora Hutanani also underway in Belmont, North Carolina at muddy rivet river distillery

Starting point is 03:06:13 On Thursday, you can go to the central Wisconsin while saw meet up at 333 Central at sconis in Schofield, Wisconsin The 805 rooftop meet up at 4 o'clock at Goleta HGI Rooftop in Goleta, California. Dame Beth Hoes sing that. The Northerns Wake Publical Slave Gathering six o'clock at Saints and Scholars in Raleigh, North Carolina. Also on Thursday, the Orlando Florida Supper Time Meetup

Starting point is 03:06:38 630 at Hourglass Brewing, Hourglass District, Orlando. And finally, the Tilburg Meetup. Gitmo Nation Lowlands, 7.33pm at Beer Cafe Kaddinsky in Tilburg, the Netherlands. We just heard one of our supporters coming from Tilburg. And those are just a few of the meetups that you can find on the calendar at noagendameetups.com. Go there, look up your town, look up your zip code. If you can't find anything near you, start one yourself. They're always a party.

Starting point is 03:07:06 Sometimes you wanna go hang out with all the nights and days. You wanna be where you want be. Triggered or held alaim. You wanna be where everybody feels the same. La da da da da da da da. The phone is like a party. It's always like a party. But it feels the air. I partied like I didn't care. You have two, which one are we going to choose from today? Well, let's start with suit.

Starting point is 03:07:52 Why don't you wear a suit? A little roomy, a little roomy-boomy. Okay, well this one definitely isn't. This is a crystal clear. Wow, that was great! I can't compete, that's the problem. Wow, that was great. I can't compete. That's the problem. Wow, that was great. That's just a great end of show ISO.

Starting point is 03:08:09 There's no way I can compete with that stuff. Why do I even show up? You should just do the show yourself. Four more years. JCD. And now everybody, it's time for the highlight of the show and it's John's Tip of the Day. Greetings, guys, from you and me. Just a tip with the day. Create advice for you and me. Just a tip with JCD. And sometimes Adam. Create advice for you and me.

Starting point is 03:08:25 Okay, first of all, I'm going to do a little clarification on the last tip. Okay. There's a number of factors that took place when I recommended Zeus, the Greek CZU. Oh, yes. Yeah, there was some pronunciation issues. And like Tony C's is pronounced Sashary, Sashary, Tony Sashary. People were mad. People were mad.

Starting point is 03:08:50 Like the Louisianans. Yeah, I wasn't pronouncing it correctly. Like James Carville called. And then I was correct. And by the way, the Tony C's seasoning was not the tip of the day. It was just a pass through. But they mentioned, I guess the one that people, if you really have Louisiana, Louisiana Inn or whatever you call yourselves, you want slap yo mama, which is the other seasoning,

Starting point is 03:09:12 which is, I've never seen it by the way, I've never seen slap yo mama, but that's supposed to be a kind of usurped Tony C's somewhat, especially amongst the Louisianans who were out of the state and they picked Sloppy O'Mama is the one to do and then another another woman wrote in with it with a recipe for Tony C's because she doesn't like the fact that it has MSG in it. But okay that said the question remains, Adam was stunned that I had picked a proprietary seasoning. And why did I do that?

Starting point is 03:09:47 Do I thought you made your own, but here's the deal. Oh, here's the deal everybody. Okay. Here's the deal. Okay, Joe. No joke. So there are a lot of these things that when I travel, I usually go to, I always go to the grocery stores in various areas and I look for these

Starting point is 03:10:03 proprietary seasonings, you know, the hamburger seasoning, the chicken jerk seasoning, all these different ones that are pre-made. Costco usually has a bunch of them. They have a salt substitute from Kirkland right now that's quite good. It's a big thing. It's just a bunch of herbs. What's it made of? Everything it seems to be in there, but there's no wheat or anything that's bad.

Starting point is 03:10:24 What's wrong with just salt? I'm going to finish my little exposition here. I'm sorry. Which is the reason I even look at these things or try them is because after you're cooking for, you know, 50 years or how long or ever long I've been cooking for since college, you get sick of your own food and you have to, so you take these C these proprietary seasonings and instead of making the

Starting point is 03:10:49 steak the same old way you've been making it for decade after decade, no, you try somebody else's idea and you dump their stuff on your steak and see what it tastes like. And so you try. So I'm always looking for like, for example, Astor used to have the steak seasoning from the Winn-Dixie stores down in the South. They used to have this unbelievable steak seasoning that I was using all the

Starting point is 03:11:14 time because it was just a perfect blend of spices, herbs, salt and pepper. But I've always trying these things out. So I'm constantly on the lookout for this sort of thing. Can I just add one thing? To vary my tastes. Can I add one thing to your seasoning talk? Yeah. Tina found out that when she does a tri-tip, she loves doing a rub that she makes herself, which includes espresso from gigawattcoffeeroasters.com.

Starting point is 03:11:44 Yeah, a lot of people use coffee in their rub. It's, yes, it's very good. which includes espresso from gigawattcoffeeroasters.com. Yeah, a lot of people use coffee in their rub. It's, yes, it's very good. It's very, very good. With a little bit of brown sugar, just to make it even better. It's perfect. All right, what's your tip of the day today?

Starting point is 03:11:57 Well, again, it's another proprietary product, but I have to plug this thing before I forget. And it also gives me a moment to complain about Amazon. This is a, one of the hot sauce providers out there is called Melinda's. And Melinda, you can go to the, you look at Melinda hot sauces and it's online and you can find their story. You can go to there and you can buy directly from them. Now Melinda, the one product which you find, they do also have distribution in grocery stores, but to find this particular one, Melinda's fire roasted jalapeno

Starting point is 03:12:32 sauce, which is a mild, it's not, it's like I got a five, uh, you know, fire engines, it'd be two. It's a very, it's a, it's a, it's a version of Sal's a Verde to be honest about it. I make Sal's a Verde myself, but there's something about this particular blend, this fire roasted jalapeno from Melinda, it's almost addictive and it goes on everything. Breakfast, eggs, it goes on hash browns, it goes on steak, it goes on chicken. It's, it's so good.

Starting point is 03:13:03 There's not anybody in the family that's ever had this stuff that doesn't agree that this stuff is borderline addictive. It's that good, and all their hot sauces are good and they come in a nice reusable bottle that you could use for other things. If you wanted to figure out how to wash it out, you need a bottle brush.

Starting point is 03:13:21 That's the tip of the day too. Get a bottle brush everybody. So, Melinda's fired. Now here's the, what I was going to complain about. You can go to their side and you can order a bunch of stuff and you have to buy 25 or 50 bucks worth of hot sauces to get them free shipping or you can go to Amazon and they have it on Amazon free shipping. It's $6 and 95 cents for a bottle of the big boss, big bottle of this stuff on the website. It's $6.95 for a bottle of the big bottle.

Starting point is 03:13:45 It's a big bottle of this stuff on the website. It's 10.95 on Amazon. Why is Amazon jacking up the price by $4? Because the free shipping is a scam when it comes to a lot of products on Amazon. I am going to send in a complaint and I wish other people would do the same thing to the federal trade commission complaining about this. Oh can you give us a template a template complaint letter? I could make one and put in the newsletter. I think that's a grand idea I think that's very good. Because it seems to me that this is not

Starting point is 03:14:16 right they're getting offering you pay you pay a fortune nowadays it used to be 75 bucks now it's over $100 to get the free shipping Amazon Prime and then jack the price up by four bucks, which is what you'd have to pay if you bought it directly from Melinda's. Hey, Bob, what's all these letters from some podcast? I don't know. I don't know, man. Oh, there it is everybody. If you want to eat well, if you want the right things in your mouth, you listen to John C.

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