PBD Podcast - BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump Ordered To Pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 Million | PBD Podcast | Ep. 356

Episode Date: January 27, 2024

Patrick Bet-David, Adam Sosnick, Tom Ellsworth, and Vincent Oshana cover the latest stories in news, politics, and current events! Purchase a “Future Looks Bright” Purple & Gold signature hat and t-shirt, and receive one additional “Future Looks Bright” hat for free (red, white, black & camo). Use promo code “pbdpodcast” at checkout: https://bit.ly/3Sgbrnf 5:39 - Nearly 40% of workers like their jobs enough to turn down a promotion, a new report says. 13:48 - Most Gen Z and millennials are financially dependent on their parents.= 22:51 - Bank of America sends letters threatening "disciplinary action" to employees who aren't coming into the office. 29:49 - Billionaires were unsuccessful in attempts to save print media in a digital age. 44:28 - The reason why people who have kids care more about the future than people without. 50:56 - Patrick tells the story of his interview with Kobe Bryant and announces the new "Future Looks Bright" Purple & Gold merch deal. 57:33 - Donald Trump ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in defamation trial. 1:13:56 - Kamala Harris says Donald Trump will ruin democracy is elected in 2024. 1:20:52 - 70% of Nikki Haley's New Hampshire voters are not registered Republicans. 1:26:08 - Billionaire LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman STOPS donating to Nikki Haley. 1:31:25 - Greg Abbott urged to "fully militarize" the Texas State Guard to counter Joe Biden. 1:41:38 - Charlamagne tha God claims America is "systemically and structurally racist." See Vinnie's NEW skit on "United Airlines Fly The Skies with DEI": https://youtu.be/u3nwUDbz3ug Connect one-on-one with the right expert to get the answers you need with Minnect: https://bit.ly/3MC9IXE Purchase Patrick's new book "Choose Your Enemies Wisely": https://bit.ly/41bTtGD Register to win a Valuetainment Boss Set (valued at over $350): https://bit.ly/41PrSLW Get a free "Future Looks Bright" Hat & T-Shirt: Purchase two "Future Looks Bright" Hats and one "Future Looks Bright" T-Shirt & use the promo code "pbdpodcast2024" at checkout! Get best-in-class business advice with Bet-David Consulting: https://bit.ly/40oUafz Visit VT.com for the latest news and insights from the world of politics, business and entertainment: https://bit.ly/472R3Mz Visit Valuetainment University for the best courses online for entrepreneurs: https://bit.ly/47gKVA0 Text “PODCAST” to 310-340-1132 to get the latest updates in real-time! SUBSCRIBE TO:  @VALUETAINMENT   @vtsoscast   @ValuetainmentComedy   @bizdocpodcast   @theunusualsuspectspodcast  Want to be clear on your next 5 business moves? https://bit.ly/3Qzrj3m Join the channel to get exclusive access to perks: https://bit.ly/3Q9rSQL Download the podcasts on all your favorite platforms https://bit.ly/3sFAW4N Patrick Bet-David is the founder and CEO of Valuetainment Media. He is the author of the #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller “Your Next Five Moves” (Simon & Schuster) and a father of 2 boys and 2 girls. He currently resides in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pbdpodcast/support

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And we literally just landed 30 minutes ago. We got in here myself, Tom, and Vinny and Adam. We're already here, but we got here ready to light it up. We got a lot of stories. A lot's happened. A lot of weird things going on and we got some merch dropped today, a special one for a specific reason. You'll sit there wondering why I'm wearing purple and gold. I'll give you an idea here in a minute, but let's first go on to some of the stories that we got going on. Border is a mess. Wait till you see who came through the border. Vinny showed me a video. This is all over

the place now. And he flat out says, I cannot believe you don't know who I am. You will one day, if you don't, you're going to see what I'm going to do. He's flat out telling the people that I'm crossing the border and what I'm going to do to your country. We'll show you that video. Charlemagne said something about what America's all about in his podcast with Pierce. Vinny's got some commentary on that. We'll process that on racism and America's all about on his podcast with Pierce. Vinny's got some commentary on that. We'll process that on racism and America's known as a racist country. Is what Charlemagne says.

We'll talk about that. And in a few other things in regards to videos that we have, couple stats, nearly 40% of workers like their jobs enough to turn down a promotion. Think about this. 40% of workers like their job enough. By the way, there's an echo in the audio okay how bad is it with you what's gonna be fine, Jorge? So why are a thousand people saying there's echoes?

Okay, all right. Okay, back at it with the stories here. So nearly 40% of workers like their jobs enough to turn down a promotion. Okay, think about the logic there That 40% of people are willing to turn down their promotions Most Gen Zs and Millennials are financially dependent on their parents new report that came out Bank of America sends letters threatening disciplinary action to employees who aren't coming to the office. Train wreck earning call for Tesla.

Tom's going to process that with you. The media is melting down to the point where neither billionaires nor journalists can seem to stop it. This is a New York Times and Hollywood reporter story. We'll cover that by the way. A bunch of people getting fired, bunch of companies. LA Times having a hard time, Business Insider, eBay just announced their fires, Chaos, Fury and

Golf, LA Times in the in cuts to newsroom. And then again, we'll talk about some of that stuff in a business story, how bosses can stop meeting after the meeting. Nikki Haley, this is a very, very interesting story, this one. 70% of Nikki Haley's New Hampshire voters are not registered Republicans. Think about that. 70% of Nikki Haley's New Hampshire voters were not Republicans. She's a Democrat.

Okay, and I even, you know, I tweeted about this the other day on X about that, you know, she may have a better chance running as a Democrat than a Republican billionaire, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman stops donating to Haley. Bunch of things. Haley campaign lashes out at RNC, Ronald McDaniel over resolution to declare Trump presumptive GOP nominee. She just not, she's having a hard time making friends with anybody right now. Left, right, center establishment.

The only ones that are loving her are Democrats, which may be a strategy for her long term we'll talk about michelle obama rumors and these rumors are not just any rumors but you hear what some people are saying the fact that she may be running because they're running a poll to see if they can raise money or not jenzi americans are more likely watch this jenzi and jenzi americans likely watch this. Jensie and Gen Z Americans are more likely to be LGBTQ than Republican. Okay. They're more likely to be LGBTQ than Republican. Kamala Harris' show was the worst on TV apparently. Greg Abbott in Texas, we got a bunch of things to talk about that. Oregon County dismantles a million dollar diversity office to focus on merit. Stephen A. Smith says he wants to debate Trump. I had dinner with him two nights ago.

I asked him about that. Maybe I'll give you some insight on what he said when we spoke. John Stewart to return to the Daily Show as part-time host. Vince McMahon accused of sex trafficking you by WWE staffer. He paid to keep it. That was a very, very weird story that I read about. This next one I like because I agree with it. The danger of relying on anti-anxiety drugs

and then El Salvador's murder rate, watch this, drops 70% after arresting 1% of the population. It drops 70% after arresting 1% of the population. Question is, is that a good thing or not a good thing? We'll talk about that. So let's get into some business stories here with the first one before I'll give you guys the announcement here in a minute.

But let's go into some business stories first. Nearly 40% of workers like their jobs enough to turn down a promotion. New report says, where are we at here? Here we go. A recent Ranstad work monitor report reveals that 39% of workers prefer not to be promoted. They're waiting for you.

Uh, do you have a. What was that? Was that you? I'm not here today guys. I think that was on my apology. No, no worries. Okay. So obsessed with the idea. I'm more or am I not with the story? Let me do from the. Nearly 40% of workers like their jobs enough to turn down a promotion. New reports this from inside a recent Rantstadt work monitor report reveals that 40% of workers

prefer not to be promoted because they generally enjoy their current jobs. Additionally, 34% have no desire to become managers, indicating a shift in career priorities. CEO Sander said, suggests that motivation at work is evolving beyond promotions with a focus on work-life balance, flexibility, equity and skill development, playing a, oh my gosh, a significant role in career decisions. This reflects changing attitudes towards career

advancement. The study which surveyed 27,000 individuals across 34 markets aligns with emerging careers trends such as prioritizing personal life over work and hesitancy among young workers like Gen Z and millennials to assume managerial roles due to trust issues and senior leadership and concerns about work-life balance and a value of extra responsibility. Tom, thoughts on this story? I'm going to go off real hot with it. Gen Z and millennials don't want to assume manager or roles due to trust

issues and senior leaders and similar Gen Z and Millennials are not interested in accountability. They are not interested in that level of responsibility. And all of that generation. Oh, what a surprise. Has this tendency to want to work only three days a week or work from home? None of that, none of the above lines up with what a company is going to want in a manager or a supervisor. Hey, we like you to manage this department. We like you to keep track of everything. Monday through Wednesday, half day Thursday? No, all week, actually all month, because it's your department now. We like you to keep track of it. And the Gen Zs and the millennials, not all of them, so don't hit the comments saying I'm slaughtering an entire, you know, broad swath

of America's population. I'm not. There is just a tendency among them. They aren't looking for responsibility. And so guess what? They'd rather not do it. They'd rather not be the supervisor. They'd rather be three, four days a week, and they'd rather not have it. Well, there's something that when I do my show on the salescast, I always ask ladies like, what do you look for in a man? What do you look for in a guy? What's going on out there? And one of the biggest terms that I always hear from ladies is ambition.

And there's something attractive about being ambitious. And this is more of a message to the men out there. But if you're just content and you're comfortable in your job, that might be okay for a little while. But you know, they say your comfort zone will kill you. And if you're just comfortable, and you're just like, yeah, I like my job, it's fine. I'm just kind of doing my work life balance thing. No big deal. That's fine for now. That's fine for next year. But what's going to happen is it's going to come around the time when the company's not doing as good and they're gonna have some job cuts.

And they're gonna say, oh, you know, Bill over here, he's fine, he's okay, but is he killing it? Does he have ambition? Is he really trying to lead the team? Is he doing all right? And what's gonna happen is your comfort zone will kill you because you're gonna be first on the chopping block when it's time to have downsizes.

While people are hiring, it's easy to not be exposed for doing your job. But when all of a sudden your company has 100 people and they're like, cut 25% of the staff, okay? And we got to keep the 75 best people. If you're just comfortable and everything's kind of going okay, you know what's going to happen to you? Boom, cut, you're on the unemployment line, you're collecting unemployment. And now you're looking for another job to appease your work life balance I completely agree and Adam who are they gonna ask to give them recommendations for the cuts? Managers yeah, of course. Hey Adam in your department. You got five people reporting to the accounting department Can you find us? You know one headcount? We just sales him it down a little bit and what does that manager do?

Yeah, they just see clearly he's picking the but here's what I will say I'll give you a case example. He picks the three-day a work guy who brings his dog to work. He's got to go. Yesterday, so you know not to put our business out there into the thing but we always have some people that are excelling and people that aren't excelling some people get promotions and some people are asked to leave. You know Vinny because we are dealing with makeup wipes? We're done. You promised me so much. Late nights, quick fixes.

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Get clear on cannabisfacts at cannabismadeclear.ca. Being on screen, doing the shows that we do, we say things like, who's in charge over here? Who's running the show over here? Who's it like, all right cool, like we're the producers or executive producers, PBD's executive producer for his own show, I'm the producer of my own show. But then we have people that are running the show.

And I'll say who's in charge? I said by the way who's the, and I'm not gonna even try to put out things. I said who's in charge of this department? They're like, well there's nobody in charge. I go, who would you say is the team captain? It should it's the fan. Who we talking to? I said, who are we talking to?

Like, well, we don't really have a team captain. You know what I said? Find a freaking team captain. We have. Cause someone's going to have to step up and be like, this is on me. And the captain is going to steer the ship. And if you're not the captain,

or if you're not listening to the captain, you're not following the orders, what's happening is when the ship starts basically having a hole in it and you're that guy that is so the exact opposite of the captain They're gonna say yeah, go put him in a rowboat. He's done. Yeah, Rob. What was that Rob? Can you go to the top of this? What was it? What was the title of this one? Was it the million? 40% workers to the job enough so it catch your question to add Yeah, where is this where is this coming from? Where is this attitude of this generation that is switching?

Is it social media? Is it culture? What is happening? Tom, I'll ask you and then I wanna ask him, like what made this shift happen? And why did it happen? It happened fast. I'll tell you my opinion, okay? So I get this question all the time,

by the way, on Manect. You can connect with us on Manect. By the way, yes, we can connect on Manect. But here's what I will say. The question that I always get asked from people and that I'm always consulting with people is the following. Should I focus on the money or focus on the passion? The passion or the money, okay?

Now, what direction do you recommend that people go? Now, the easiest thing to do is picking the place where they intersect. So for instance, you knew you were gonna be a comedian. You went all in, that was your passion. 100%, I know, but you'd made no money for many years a long time. Tom, you're focused on the money, right? But your money just so happens to be fundraising, helping people, business strategy, scaling. That's what your passion, but early in my career, I was still doing motorsports photography and I had a basic marketing job.

So I had to make a decision to walk into a line of responsibility. What was this motorsports photography thing? It's the first time I'm hearing about this. Well, when I was in college, I was a motorsports photographer in Long Beach Grand Prix and a lot of West Coast race tracks. I did that to make extra money and I kept doing that and I said, maybe I'll do this. But I quickly discovered as I was about to get my marketing degree, yeah, you know, I think I better get serious about what I really do this, but I quickly discovered as I was about to get my marketing degree, yeah, you know, I think I better get serious

about what I really do for a living. And then I found out that they wanted a team captain. Back then we called it, hey, could you be a team lead for the operations group? So I wasn't like a manager-manager, but I made little reports, I did this, and this is what happened, and this is what I got. And you know, the story is talking about Gen Zs

and millennials, and there's a story right next to it. The one right after. Right after it. About the same people. Dependent on their parents. Yeah, where are they? Well I'll say what I came through with the purpose and the money is, here's what I'll tell you. If you follow the money and you work on the money you can always double back and working on your passion. Always you, if you follow the money and you work on the money, you can always double back in working on your passion, always. But if you follow your passion and you make no money, you're gonna be 35, 40 years old, broke, but I followed my passion.

It's a lot easier to make money and then come back and do your passion. Like Pat always says, the first 20 years of your life, don't fuck it up. The second 20 years of your life, make your money. Third 20 years of your life, work on your passion. Fourth 20 years of your life, don't fuck it up. The second 20 of years of your life, make your money. Third 20 years of your life, work on your passion. Fourth 20 years of your life, give back. So I think that's a great strategy to make money and then fulfill your purpose and your passion. Okay, with stores having us covered. So we get the nearly 40% of the

workers and then right under that Pat was the most Gen Z and millennials are financially dependent on their parents. That is insane. Vinny, you want to read that? Yeah, so a Pew Research Center study revealed that 54% of adults 18 to 34, primarily Gen-Z and millennials rely on their parents. Geez. And the 18 to 24 age group, over half of them are dependent on parental help for basic household expensive. A Harris poll commissioned by Daily Pay shows that only 25% of Gen Zers and the 18 to 24 range group

can pay all their bills on time, prompting many to opt out living with their parents instead, rising levels of debt, particularly from student loans, weird, contribute to the financial dependence of Gen Z and millennials. Among those aged 18 to 34, approximately 45% are financially independent from their parents factors such as delayed, uh, in milestones

and increasing costs of education and housing exacerbate these financial challenges. I have a major problem with this. Maybe you don't want to start. Go for it. Uh, please guys, stop grouping in millennials with Gen Z. They're totally different. Millennials are hitting 40 years old now. I'm the oldest millennial. Vinnie, you're not even millennial. You're Gen X. I'm the absolute youngest boomer statistically. Tom, I believe you. Um, PBD, your Gen X, there's actually some called Xenial, but please stop singing. Oh, well, these young

millennials in these Gen Z and they're totally different. Anyone who's a millennial is in their late 20s, early 30s, almost 40 now. If you don't have it figured out, that's a lot different from a 22 year old Gen Z trying to figure it out. But 22 year old is still living with his parents, still working on their first job, still graduating college, not exactly having their shit figured out. That's okay. I didn't have my stuff figured out until I was 26 years old, but stop it with the 36-year-old still having their parents still pay their bills. What are you doing? Bro, what are you doing? You're not a kid anymore.

Yeah. Major issue with lumping in the millennials and the Gen Z. 100%. I agree. Well, you can very much lump them in because you say, ladies and gentlemen, the tax base of tomorrow's America. Yeah. I get a menech the other day. And let me tell you what this minute is. Guy asked a question. He says, I'm married. He's 31. I got three kids. My wife makes three times the amount of income I make. He's probably listening. Nice guy. And, you know, he's making 40. His wife makes 120. And he says, you know, I'm being encouraged to get into insurance. But do you think there's a way I can make a lot of money working nine to five selling

insurance? I said, first of all, nobody is home nine to five. People have a job. They go to work and they have a job. If you want to sell insurance, the time where people are home to sell insurance is when? After six o'clock. That's why the average insurance sales person works from one time to one time.

Six, two midnight when people are home. It is a very, very hard job. And then another person asks and says, well, but I want to be, what can I do to have the balance of my life and I want to make a half a million dollar income? I said, bro, like, what the teachers teach you guys in high school? When you go to college, your teacher, what are these people telling

you? Are they telling you like you can make a half a million dollar year income working nine to five and just going out there and someone's gonna pay you that kind of income? Like what do you think happens with life? Yesterday I'm having dinner with Dana. Dana said one of the best things. He says, you know, all these people that are like, yeah, I wanna go be a business owner because I wanna have control of my time. And I wanna have quality of life and balance. Bullshit, when you work for yourself,

dude, you don't have a life when you work for yourself. You're working seven days a week, taking calls on Sundays, Saturday nights, you're at dinner, you have to step away and get away. Well, that's why I don't want that kind of a life. That's why you don't have that kind of a life. So what you have to do is for some of these guys, when you're looking at what direction we're going with Gen Z's and Millennials and some of them say why don't I want to have any kids?

You know what matters more to me is work life balance perfect. I had a girl. I hired 20 years ago 15 years ago It was all about work life balance and all this stuff and she ends up getting married with this one guy Loves the guy. You know what happens 15 years later the guys like I don't want to have any kids. I Don't want to have any kids and she's like wait all these years. We've been together. You know what? I never wanted to have kids Now she's 33 34 35 now she wants to have kids now. She has to go out there and get start You know what happens for these guys that are going through this all of this bullshit stuff that people are saying because the next generation values work-life balance more. No, every generation, when they're younger,

they don't wanna work their asses off. They wanna club on Friday nights. They wanna party on Saturday. They wanna go out. They wanna have their blast. They wanna do their things. And then they get that out of their system. They're like, now I wanna focus on my career.

Very few people early on in their lives want to light it up and go win at the highest level. Why do I say this? We, as consumers of this content, are delusional to believe majority of Gen Zs are ambitious enough to go do something big. You know what typically happens with life? There's two words, intentional, accidental, and by force.

Let me explain it to you. Intentional is the obvious one. Accidental is one we'll talk about and then there's force. Intentional. You know what? Yeah, I'd like to lose some weight, but you know, it is what it is. It's cool. I'd like to stop drinking soda. I kind of know I don't need to eat sugar. I eat too much sugar. If I drop the sugar, I'm going to lose 20 pounds. But you know, it's like, it's whatever. You know, I'll get to it. Accidental is you accidentally land in an environment that everyone around you focuses on their health.

So what do you do? You're like, dude, this is, I'm focused on my health. Why? Because accidentally you got lucky and you're in a great environment. We've all been there before. We're like, dude, I just picked two, three good friends. I'm in a great circle, these guys are killers.

Accidentally, you get lucky, but you know what force is? Here's what force is. Force is, you all of a sudden go to the doctor, your blood pressure is high. Doctor says we have to go into the emergency room. They realize it's pretty bad. You have a major issue happens with your health. Something bad happens in your life.

You lose a loved one. Mom dies, dad dies, sibling dies, uncle dies, your best friend dies. Then reality checks and then you're forced to change. These Gen Zs that are in this category, they're eventually gonna be forced to change. They're gonna be forced to change. They're not gonna be intentionally changing. They're not gonna be intentionally changing.

They're not gonna be accidentally changing. Life will eventually force you to change. When you have kids, I remember a lot of times we'll be like, yeah, there's no way in the world I can get away with. I know my health, Vinny. I need at least nine hours of sleep. Because I know my body. Really, go have a kid.

Go ahead, bro, Go have a kid. Go have a kid and see what you'll realize. How many of you guys are listening to this, folks? If you're listening to this, you got kids. How many of you have gone to work? Be honest. How many of you have gone to work on two hours of sleep? How many of you?

How many of you have gone to work with no sleep? Your kid has got snot all over your face. You're sick as a dog. You don't have a choice, you don't have somebody to take care of you, everybody in the house is sick, you still gotta get to work to make the money, to pay your bills, and you still have to take care of your kids,

and you didn't get any sleep. You know what the body tells you? You're capable of more, but that's because of force. Your kids are not forcing you to change. Life is forcing you to change. These Gen Z guys, they're gonna go through this process that they're gonna go through, and all of a sudden, they're gonna be like, holy shit, now forcing you to change. Life is forcing you to change. These Gen Z guys, they're going to go through this process that they're going to go through and all of a sudden they're going to be like, holy shit, now I have to change. You can either choose to change and have to change.

Unfortunately, 90%, maybe 95% of the world is going to be part of the force to change. Only 5% is going to be part of the choosing to change. And that's how the market works, period. We can talk about these generations all the one about how much they're bitching. They want work-life balance. Wait till they're 35. Don't make better choices.

You know, I don't like about that. In that title too, where it says, they're financially dependent on their parents. What's up with those parents? What kind of parent? I know yours wouldn't. I know yours wouldn't. I know yours didn't.

What type of parent is sitting there paying for their kid at 36 years old being dependent on this kid and they're probably struggling themselves that parent needs to go bro at 18 my mom and dad were like all guys all three of us get by Military buy all three because you all graduated one year at a time 36 years old you're chilling over there and your mommy and daddy are paying your bills it Oh, it falls on you ultimately But what kind of parent lets their kid just keep giving them until 36 and then they're like, okay, now you have to go and face the real world. They're not going to be ready for it, bro. The parent

has some type of role in this as well. Yeah, they do. It's called entitlement. The parents to set them up in entitlement. I don't need to go any deeper into this topic. I love Pat's summation intentional accidental by force. We see I see examples of it in my family my extended family and That's what that's what it it is They they're all gonna have to be by force, you know, oh, I'm out of a job My parents have passed away There is no couch at your parents house because your parents house has been sold because they passed away now what dude Wow, yeah, I mean by the way check this out this goes through the next story Bank of America

Sends letters threatening disciplinary action to employees who aren't coming to the office. Why are you sending those letters, B.F.A.? Why are you doing that? I thought you were about people working from home. Why are you upset now? This was your choice at one point, wasn't it? Why are you all of a sudden, you know,

frustrated with these guys? Wall Street continues to crack down on workers who are reluctant to return to the office. In its latest effort to hurt its employees back to the office, Bank of America has been sending out warning letters, it's calling letters of education to those who haven't been turning up for work, failure to follow the workplace excellence expectation

applicable to your role within two weeks of the date of this notification may result in further disciplinary action. What does that mean? Why can't you just say getting fired, right? It's done. Read one letter of education that was sent to financial times.

Since October of 2022, Bank of America has been requiring a majority of its employees to come into the office at least three days a week. Those in more client facing roles such as investment banking and sales and trading have been asked to come to the office five days a week. So here's the problem with this and then I'll come to you, Tom.

The moment, this is kinda how life works. One of the hardest things to do is after you lower the standards to the people you're leading to choose to raise it all of a sudden. You lower the standards on a group of people you're leading, and then all of a sudden you're like, no, no, now we wanna raise it.

No, no, listen, we missed the low standards. Let us chill, let us kick back, let us stay home, let us work from home and not have to come over here. What are you doing? Why are you doing this to us now? The moment you drop the standards later on to raise the standards, the people are not going to respond well to it because they're accustomed to low standards. They knew you were capable of low standards. They

knew you were capable of being okay with them working from home and some of these guys are like, well, what did you want me to do? COVID had a shutdown. They forced us to do this. They forced us to do that. Yes. COVID and working from home, Lord of standards for many, many, many companies and industries, but a lot of companies didn't break and didn't bend.

And they said, no, you're working from the office. Those who do either lost to those people to the companies like this that they're working or they kept the culture. It's not an easy thing to do to bring people back from low standards to high standards. Tom. Yeah, it looks like marketing has invaded the HR group at Bank of America. Failure to follow the, here it comes, workplace excellence expectations. What the hell? To Pat's point, they're not even speaking clearly. That's called return to office. Return to office so we can work together, we can have culture here, and we can serve our clients. Those and more client-facing roles such as investment banking

have been asked to come in five days a week. Of course they are because the customers are there. So when you lower your expectations on your employees and then you come back, and now you're trying to put it all in this flowery type, you need to just come back and say this, look guys, the government forced us to do it and we made some choices. All of that is behind us now. We are back to five days in the office. You are going to be around your coworkers, you're going to build culture, we're going to serve our customers and that's where we're going. You have to be brutally honest and handle it that way. All these things that we worry about feelings and everything like this. Look at it this way.

You have a heart attack. Your doctor is looking at you. You have pretty big feelings about this. Do you want him to say, well, it's a little of this, it's a little of that, or do you want him to say this? You dodged a bullet, but I think you're going to be okay. Drop 50 pounds, get the cholesterol down, and you've got a shot of living long enough to see your grandkids get married. That's the brutal honesty you want, but we go into the workplace and

we don't speak like that. We fluff it up and everything like that while we're trying to raise a standard. You're going to have a hell of a hard time raising a standard when you're trying to talk in this fluffy language. I mostly agree with you guys, but you know, I have to point out maybe some leaks in the argument, Tom. So the Bank of America warns return to office laggards with return to education. So laggards, we've seen the stocks that are lagging, you know, not fulfilling their expectations. But a lot of this is nuance.

Why? Because there is a difference between salaried employees and commissioned employees and the sales guys. So salaried people, you know, have very little leverage. So if you're not bringing in commissions and making money for the company, so what's it, who are the people that they said that they are encouraging to come to the office, Tom? The investment banking and sales and trading guys. Listen, let me tell you, those guys are the money makers.

So if they're saying, listen, I'm coming in the office three days a week, I generate $10 million a year for the company. Uh, yeah, uh, I have leverage here. I'm just going to stay in my house in the Hamptons a couple of days a week while you guys do your thing in the city. The bigger you are, you obviously they know that they're on Wall Street. They're a lot of these guys who are working in the city every, every day every years and years and years have places in the Hamptons and the Wall Street world. They have what is known as leverage. So some of the guys have more leverage than others So the blanket statement of like you have to come in and you have to come in. I'm sure these situations are

unique and individual because some of them have more leverage and Ultimately more pull than others. That's the only new ones that I would have to you're talking you're talking from your point of view You're assuming most of these guys are bankers that they're talking about. These are not, like for example, the reason why I said like yourself, you've been with the same company for how long? 15 years now? 17 years. 17 years. You perform, you do your part, but you're a wholesaler. A wholesaler is never required to be in any office. Any wholesaler for AIG, nationwide, any insurance company, none of them

work out of the office. They all work from home because they're always on the road. This is employees, come to the office, come get to work, come do your thing. And we've realized the last three years, four years, companies who went to work from home, it didn't work, very simple. I know a lot of people want to say yes it does. Yes it does with engineers and coders.

Yes it does maybe for a few different things, but whoever's working from home will always be less effective than somebody that's working from the office. For those of you that fully disagree with me, there's 30% of you that do. Okay, and you're like, this is the part I disagree with you, do, I'm very comfortable with you disagreeing with me.

I'm telling you, you have way more distractions and people will say things like, well I have more distractions at work, people are always talking to me. You know, you have your fridge, you have your bed, you have Netflix, you have TV, you have friends coming over, you have your dogs, you have your kids, you have your cats, you have your neighbors, you have people knocking on your doors.

You have way more distractions than anybody else at the office. And thank God for companies promoting people more who are at the office and working from home. Keep working from home. You won't get promotions. Work from the office. You get a promotion. If you're a Gen Z, you don't want to promotion anyway. So don't worry about it. Do your thing. You know, work from Starbucks if you want to, but the market wants you to come back to the office and work. Okay.

Let's go to the next story. What story we got here? Which one do we want to go to let's go to the if we're on Gen Z Do we want to keep going Gen Z or do we want to change it up? Why would change it up Gen Z's been getting knocked around a little bit. Let's change it up You want to go into our friend? No, let's first go to a little bit of business to media meltdown check this out Media meltdown and neither billionaires nor journalists can stop it. This is Hollywood reporter page five if you want to go to it. The media business is facing a crisis unlike anything since 2008 financial mess with layoffs and cost cutting at every turn impacting major publishers like WAPO, LA Times, Time, Condé Nast, Sports Illustrated, oh my god Sports Illustrated

is going through a mess right now. Business Insider, New York Daily News, National Geographic, Baltimore Sun, billionaire acquisitions included Bezos buying $250 million out of purchase at the Wapo in 2013. Chris Hughes ownership of the News Republic and Pierre Omidyar's first look media venture have largely flattered with many of them shedding staff or experiencing financial difficulties. Even private equity ownership has not been successful in rescuing media companies as evidenced by staff walkouts at New York Daily News,

layoffs at Forbes, and layoffs at Business Insider, which is owned by KKR Back Axel Springer. And by the way, I can give you a couple other stories here with what's going on with these other guys. But Tom, I'll pause there. Tom, is there any saving with these media brands? Is it done, done? Are we at a phase right now

where some of these guys are sitting there saying, dude, I don't wanna be a journalist for you. My name is Barry Weiss. I'm going to go start a sub stack and I'm going to write myself and I'm going to make a half a million dollars as a writer. My name is Glenn Greenwald. I don't need to be a writer for you. I'm going to go do it myself.

Is it that ugly where the only writers left at Wapo at New York Times at these companies are the ones that need the job because they're not good writers. What do you think? I think there's some of that, absolutely for sure. And I think you also look between the lines here. I don't like necessarily their ethos or what they stand for, but the New York Times has done the best job, and the Wall Street Journal

have done the best job going back 10 years managing the digital conversion. We've gone from print to digital. And the stories you put out on digital have to be interesting enough that someone is willing to pay a small subscription for it. The New York Times has figured it out and the Wall Street Journal has figured it out. Everyone else that waited or didn't figure it out or put up a paywall late and or doesn't have anything interesting behind the paywall, they're dying. We just saw the walkouts that happened.

By the way, it cracks me up. We're about to lay off people. Well then we're staging a walkout and I'll say, Fred, can you look out the window and tell me who exactly walked out? Why? It was just going to make it easier for us to choose who's laid off because the ones that are still inside here that are actually working, we're going to keep them. But I think it's exactly what you said. Glenn Greenwald saw the writing on the wall, he went out the sub-stack and look what he's got going now. There are writers like that that are great and gifted and good investigators and they found a way to put themselves out there, their own byline, and then you've got the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times getting it right. Everybody else has screwed this thing. This is a digital

conversion what they're facing along with the price of ads and they've screwed it up and they're suffering the consequences and this is what's happening. This is the fallout. Question, question that I asked last night during dinner. I'm sure you remember this question is. So if we're able to buy, Rob, can you pull up, Sports Illustrated was bought for how much? If you just pull up Sports Illustrated was purchased for how much?

Sports Illustrated was purchased for 110 million? What year? Five years ago. Five years ago. Five years ago for 110 million. By the way, you know what it's probably worth today? 40 million. Yeah, the way you run.

If that. And that was an overpayment. And do you know why? Go type in Sports Illustrated, Swimsuit Edition cover. Go type in Sports Illustrated, Swimsuit Edition cover. What year? This year? Just type in that and go to images and see what comes up. I mean, if you were just advised, no, go. I see the recent covers because they've changed. They were a few years ago.

What do you want? What's the right word to put big girl? 2024. Yeah. For lunch. What's the what's the plus side? Ashley Graham plus size, be plus size. I have some commentary but I mean first they put a guy on it. Yeah. On the cover. Okay. Look at that. That's not sexy guys. I mean listen we can sit here and really I have friends. I had a guy back in a day speedy espinoza my roommate. He only liked girls over 250 pounds but he was the only one that liked them over 250 pounds. Now you may have a couple friends yourself as well. Great. Look, let me put it to you this way.

Let me put it to you this way. Watch this. My body right now wouldn't cut it to be on any magazine. I don't belong on a cover of magazine if you want to show off my body. Don't feel bad for me. I'm not in the best shape of my life. Your body, you can be on a cover of magazine. And by the way, I'm not in the best shape of my life. Your body, you can be on a cover of magazine.

And by the way, I'm not saying this because Vinny is, you know, a guy, a love in his family. It's because you're the best in shape guy in this entire building. Other than no one. No one is in better shape than you. You deserve to be on a cover magazine at me. My feelings doesn't need to get hurt. Yeah. Why I eat more sugar than you do. Yeah. You don't need sugar as much as I do. You're more disciplined than I am when it comes on to working out. You deserve to be on a cover like this, right? We have come into this mode that

people are worried about my feelings or other people's feelings. So let's make everybody happy. No, a brand that was known as the brand that we would buy where Michael Jordan was on the cover and you're like, oh my god, Kobe's on it. Who's gonna make it on the cover? Somebody who's on it?

LeBron James coming out of high school. He's gonna be the next king. He's gonna be the sportsman of the year. It was a huge honor. Are you kidding me now? It's like, you know, everything changed with sports illustrated, right? Rob, go type in LA Times.

I'm still going to my question with you. What was LA Times sold for? I think it was $550 million. It may be less than that, but $500 million. Okay, to Peter Tsung-Shiong, something like that, I think his name is. Chinese company? Yeah, so watch this, $500 million.

When, what year was this sold? Can you click on that article, see when it was sold for $500 million? Oh, they're laying it off, now you won't find it out there. This was probably six years ago. You know what LA Times probably worth today? Less. $250 million. Half? what LA Times probably worth today? Less.

$250 million. Have? So, Tom, here's a question. If we can buy LA Times today for $200 million, should we do it? I don't think so. I think you're trying to catch a falling knife at that price. I think that there's great... So, the question is, are there great publications in here or are there great brands in here? And I think there's some great brands that are still in here that might have some residual value.

But the LA Times, man, you'd have to take that and do digital as well as the New York Times did. And I think it would be tough. I think it would be tough. I'll give you a little insight here. So there's three terms that come to mind with everything that's going on here. And those words are trust, truth, and credibility.

What do I mean? There's something that's constant. There's something that's changing. What has changed in the media industry over the last decade or two? Everything's gone from paper to digital. That was the whole rush, oh, we gotta get to digital. We gotta get to digital.

There's no, but who gets the paper anymore? I read the Wall Street Journal every day on my phone. I mean, how many, like you occasionally get the paper. A lot harder to do with that. How many times are we just forwarding articles, digital? The way of the world has gone digital, but what has not changed is the trust factor. What has not changed is the trust factor.

What we just saw the other day, your friend posted this, Bill Maury, said who were the most trusted media personalities in the world? Look where they're located. Media personalities. They didn't say journalists. Number one, not physically located, but number one was Bill Maher right behind him was Joe Rogan. Right behind him was Tucker and right behind him was Jake Tapper. What does that mean? Three out of the four are not on typical legacy media. Bill Mars on HBO. And he kind of has a little thing with, um, CNN is overtime thing. He's got him, but he does the club random,

which you're familiar with. He does that. He's online. He's on YouTube. He's not exactly establishment per se. Joe Rogan is 0% establishment. He's the biggest podcaster in the world. Second most trusted third Tucker that was establishment is anybody that's been at more at war with the establishment in The news media game then Tucker over the last 12 months Nobody and then fourth Jake Tapper because he's pretty much the one guy on CNN people are like alright He's got some credibility here. He's not as biased as everybody So what's happened is the the game has changed. It's gone from print to digital. That's not breaking news. But what is changing is who people trust

and who they're willing to have credibility in. It's the reason why disruptive podcasts are getting so many views these days because people are saying, look, I don't know if these guys are right or wrong, but at least trust them to try to find out the truth. Veritas is what people are going for. So legacy media, a lot of these

institutions we talked about were actual papers. Do you think the right person can buy in LA Times and win digital and make it valuable later on? Do you think somebody can buy a sports illustrated, a WAPO, a LA Times, and a Forbes, a Fortune and still make it it when not if they're doing the exact same business models they've always done they have to change and evolve. Meaning if the LA times and I know nothing about the LA times because I'm a Miami Herald guy but I listened to the Herald I watched the Herald but they're almost like a dying newspaper and I love the Herald. They have to evolve all these out. I don't want to give these guys any ideas but the LA times

needs to have a badass podcast associated with it Just like the Miami Herald should have a badass podcast and disruptive in videos and like that That's what's going on if you just still print your paper from your typical journalist thing you're dead I think if somebody bought it pat They'd have to literally come out the gate with something strong and say listen. We're not the old This is the brand new this how is how like we're talking about the Miss Universe thing. Somebody has to come on, punch them in the face to get all those people that have lost the trust because of the credibility, because all these, they're all like, they're not reporters. They're not journalists anymore.

They're shills for activists. They're activists for a political party. I just, I just, I get it. I just want somebody to give me the give me the facts We'll spill it out you guys make your own decisions after I don't want somebody going this is good This is bad and if you don't believe in it, then you're the bad person That's why I don't like but it had to be a it had to be something monumental for me to Purchase something like my short answer is yes The right person could buy it with strategy clean up what they've got and move it forward Now give there are case studies in American. Harley Davidson went through a great brand. We can all agree there are people that buy

Harley Davidson apparel that have never sat on a Harley Davidson motorcycle. Harley Davidson has gone through two cycles where the right owner and the right strategy revitalized the company, and I think somebody could buy these at the right price and Take advantage a lot of people like me that still have a lot of not nostalgia But a lot of trust in some of these media brands if they were being led

So my short answer is yes somebody could do it and focus on it and lead through it. You've seen it happen Well LA time I know I've driven by the LA times with you and every time we drive by you're like, see this thing over here? We go to bought this. This is something. It was Chinese bought this, whatever. New York Times, Washington Post, New York Post, even I feel this is me, not an LA guy. I don't know.

I feel like those, especially Wall Street Journal have way more credibility than the LA times. I don't know anybody, especially on the East Coast, it's like, you see what they credibility than the LA Times. I don't know anybody especially on the East Coast. It's like, you see what they said in the LA Times? Zero. I don't know. Maybe it's just a lack of credibility. Who's the group that said Bill Maher is the most trusted? Let's find that. He posted it. Oh, he posted it. Bill Maher posted it. Yeah. He posted. He's in the top three most trusted in news. There is right that that poll is who are you get that? WPA intelligence. What the hell's that? That's what he's on the top. That's my point. There's no. It was WPA intelligence though. Who are those guys? Watch them.

I'm associated with the house. He posted it guys. So I'm going on. I'm asking you what is WP? I don't know.'s find out that's that's the question I got it says in God we trust But that might be a fake thing because there's no way he's number one Trust okay, so so that means you don't believe that Joe Rogan's number two I think if I there's no way number three I would put Tucker way in front of Bill Maher But more wouldn't be my top five for trust people to to trust about the news, the same guy that told us,

Russia, Russia, Russia, the same guy that tried to make everybody believe that Trump was a Hitler bad man. Get out of here, bro, there's no reason to have him. You know what is a thing to realize who to trust and who not to trust. This was again a conversation we had yesterday, but this is a very, very interesting point to think. So who do you think wants the world to be a better place? A person

who's got kids or a person that doesn't have kids? 100% the people that have kids. Okay. So who do you think wants the cares more about future looks bright and making sure security military is good, you know So no one can attack us and we have a stronger military people who have kids or people don't have kids I mean kids for sure. Okay. This continues, right? You have to add of those three names one of them doesn't have any kids has never been married doesn't believe in God And he's just kind of like about himself. He's made all these choices he's made is about himself. Now don't get me wrong, I've retweeted Bill Maher stuff

a lot and I think he's been one of the most necessary voices the last three years because he was another guy that was forced to take the vaccine and he took one for the team and he didn't want to take it. He did not want to take the jab. But whenever we're looking at how people support a position or not and whatever they're screaming off the top of their lungs, always ask him how

this hurts them or how this helps them. When I was coming up and I'm building my insurance practice, I always had an easier time working with people that were married with kids more than working with single guys. Because single guys almost always made the selfish decision. Almost always. But the married guys made fewer selfish decisions. The married guys had to get to work and keep their word because they're not doing it for you. They're doing it for their wife and their three kids. There was a certain level of stability there.

I don't mean to offend you guys. You guys are single. I'm not talking about you guys. I don't want you to be heartbroken. You know, if you arrive, can you give some tissue to him? I'm crying. I'm crying. You actually have a great point here. Don't put the camera on Adam. He's getting emotional. Yeah. But the point is, you know, you know, as a do you think we're ready as America to have a single president? Would you want your president to be single with no kids not married? No. No. Why not?

I don't think they have a full life perspective. single president, would you want your president to be single with no kids not married? No, no. Why not? I don't think they have a full life perspective. That's the point, right? So we have to also know when some people are like, I don't care about this and I don't care about that and I don't care about kids and I don't care about that. Yeah, of course you don't.

95% of the world, 90% of the world has kids and cares about their family in the future. Whoever this creator was, I know who mine is, who I'm betting on. If I'm going to be right or wrong, I'll know when I die. But whoever this creator was, whatever way they created it, there's a reason why we can procreate. Why? You become a better person to society when you have kids.

You literally overnight become better for society by having a kid. When I tell you overnight, overnight. Because instantly, the day before your kid is born, you're willing to make 80 decisions that you don't really give a shit about because it's only gonna impact you. You're like, I don't care what happens to the other person. The moment you have kids, you're in two different places for the rest of your life.

You will never be in one place. I'm never in one place. I am always in five different places, always. If you're a parent, you know exactly what I'm talking about. I'm in five different places. I'm wondering, my Tico is, we're Dillon is, we're Senna is, we're Brooklyn is, what are they doing?

Where's this person who's with them? All this stuff. And I know Jenna's an adult, so she's doing her thing, but she's probably with one of the kids. But I'm always with four different places with these kids. Your brain works that way.

You become better for company, better for business, better for community, better for safety, better for crime, better for finances, better for every single thing. Everything becomes better, right? Everything. So when we're sitting there looking at the list on Bill Maher and Rogan and all these other guys, you know, you have to kind of put some context there to realize that

what not everybody who is I understand the part about liking what Bill Maher does. I think Bill Maher is coming from a place of calling out the left and the right which is awesome. Gotta love that. He also have to realize there's a lot of policies in America that have nothing to do with them that he literally doesn't give a shit about those policies because it doesn't directly impact him and you as the listener has to know that what you have as a concern he does not have as your concern so he's gonna be like that's not something I really care too much about. I'm gonna go

a different direction. You bring up a great point there. By the way this was even my point. This was a point that was brought up by somebody else that we talked about last night. I'm bringing it up. I just don't want to mention the name because I don't want that person to know that others know he said it. But go ahead, Tom. Totally understand. And I was not going to name that twice. Of course. Yeah. I'm sorry. There's a saying when it comes to shipwrecks and it's the tragedies. It's women and children first. And the saying, I'm sure people have heard it, women and children first. Why do they say that? Because it means that the men on that ship are really to sacrifice themselves today so that the generation can live tomorrow. And that's exactly where it comes from,

women and children first. And so you can't have that perspective until you have kids. The day you have a kid, you are willing to die for that person. It's an amazing feeling and it's a stronger feeling than you have for your spouse, but once you're married, you're willing to really take one for the team, for her, for your spouse. But once you have a child, it is an elevated sense. And you say, I will sacrifice today for this generation tomorrow. So I fully agree with you, PBD. I fully agree with you. And I'm a single guy, no kids, and I will be fully transparent that you have the ability to be way more selfish when you

don't have kids. I see the sacrifice you put in just before the podcast more than anything you're talking to Jen about I cool Where's Tico going? Where's Dylan going with Santa's gonna go play tennis is what we got going on Pat Tom every night he's talking about his girls. We got one million percent one million percent and just to Verify this I probably listen to Bill Maher more than anyone on the list. I listened to Rogan, no doubt. I listened to Tucker for sure. Sometimes I listened to Tapper, but every Saturday I watch Bill Maher's episode

because he's got great takes. But if you ask me right now, if I would change places in life with any of those four people for the rest of my life, Bill Maher's last on my list. He's 68 years old. He's a known commodity. He's worth $200 million.

To me, I'd rather be worth $1 million and have a family and have loved my life and be with the kids. Then have $200 million and have nothing. And in terms of leadership, I fully agree. And so people are going to be like, well, what do you even have kids? I was going to be say this, but I want to have kids. I know what my plan is. I know what my purpose is. The reason that I'm working my ass off right now is so when I do have a family and do have kids, I have money and I have success and I'm not doing that on the way up.

You know the last, you talk about leadership and accountability, you know the last US president that was never married, no kids? James Buchanan in 1857 to 1861, right before the Civil War. I'm not saying that that's a reason or anything like that, but Homeboy was not married. Didn't have any kids. We saw what just happened with our good friend, Andrew Cuomo in New York, not married, just single bachelor governor. Has though, has done. Okay. He has got kids. I'm just saying, but like, if you're just

a single dude and you can be selfish, there's going to be opportunities for you to make the wrong decisions. That's all I'm saying. So I fully agree that if someone that has kids, PBD, you're way more selfless and you're gonna be thinking about a million different things at a different lens than someone without kids. Wow, it's why you choose. And by the way, one of the other things

that also kids and marriage does is, it keeps you occupied. When you have some, sometimes, way, way, way, way too much time on your hands, you're also making the people around you a little bit too going crazy. I don't know if that makes sense. Sometimes you need to be preoccupied with other things as well so you're kind of doing your own thing. If you don't say hey mom what do you want? What does a mom do when she has nothing to do with grandkids, no kids, nobody around. Always calling kids all

the time. Why is that? Because you're not preoccupied with a man with kids, with grandkids, to kind of have some purpose that you got in your life. Married people with kids are better for society than single people with no kids. It's a fact to advance the society. Again, my opinion, you can be upset and disagree with me. This is 100% what I believe in. Anyways, let me tell you guys a quick thing we're doing here today that I wasn't going to do, but now I'm going to it anyways for for you guys to know about Do you know what happened four years ago today? Does anybody know what happened four years ago today four years ago today? Kobe Bryant passed away. Okay when Kobe Bryant passed away I

remember when I did an interview with them everybody members where they were at and Everybody members where they were at. I was at seasons 52 when that took place I was with family and Dylan sitting next to me, CNN reports, you know, Kobe Bryant, I'm like, wait, what? And so there was, oh, boy, you gotta be kidding me. No, is this serious? This can't be real.

This is like the guy from Fast and the Furious. This can't be real. This is a spoof. They're playing a joke. No, it's real. And it happened fast forward to today. The world stopped when that happened four years ago and I sat down with them doing an interview with them the way he was with Tico Dylan, you know,

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talking about me coming to value attainment until 2019. If you recall, PBD. And I saw that they're talking about having a Mamba mentality. You were planning the vault and this was in, um, 2020, January of 2020. I said, Oh, PBD, what's up, man? I hear you're in town of Fort Lauderdale, McComiche come meet you. Adam, dude. I'm literally on a helicopter looking at locations. Remember that? Looking at locations in Fort Lauderdale. You know, we never put those videos ever up. Really? We never put the helicopter at up. We spend 10, $20,000, flew out of camera crew,

rented a helicopter, went all over the place in Miami to produce those videos. Wow. Never once did those videos. Wow. Never. We have it till today. Okay. I didn't even. Okay. Can I say, no, I didn't know that we never did. Mario knows that he's upstairs. I'm getting goosebumps as I tell this story. So I see PBD on his Instagram. Yo, I'm in town. He's doing this helicopter thing. I said, yo, PBD I'm in Miami. Come meet you. We go meet me, you, you Mario Paul the time at some little restaurant in Fort Lauderdale some little breakfast spot and You had just gotten out of a helicopter and all of a sudden you know we do the thing you we start talking about the podcast

Planning what this looks like this is January of 2020 I said, I am and I'm interested whatever and I'm telling people. Hey, you know, I just met with my guy PBD value Taman. They're like, who's that? I'm like, what do you mean? You never saw him? He's the guy that interviewed Kobe because it just came out a few months prior to that. Yeah. I want to say August Yeah, number. Yeah, so this is three four months later. I thought all cool. Yeah, PBD the helicopter Breaking news couple days later. Kobe Bryant dies in a helicopter accident dude I'm I'm shell shocked because the last three days of my life. I'm saying PBD Kobe helicopter like so crazy I'm supposed to follow PD PD like the next week like hey, all right. Yeah, I'm like shooketh I couldn't even text PBD because I know what this meant. He was you remember being in this

Hell of course I do. Can you show the picture that I just sent it to you? So I'm saying this I'm getting goosebumps. It's crazy and Next thing you know, I'm like scared to like approach PBD I don't know why I just felt like there's not the time to like push PBD next thing you know, COVID happens Wow, and I'm like, oh shit like and now I'm like but me I said literally this is gonna sound corny I said mama mentality bro like I I want to work with PBD What happened happened? Long story short. These are all the videos. I have so many videos on my phone I never did these ever. That's January of yeah, I'm in Miami. I'm for water though. Look at that. Yes

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And I said, PBD, I'm literally moving to Dallas. What's up? And then the story goes from there. But the eeriness of the helicopter and the PBD. And then so anyways, guys, this is going to be a limited amount. If you do want to support it, future looks bright hat and shirt, order it. And you'll get an additional hat for free to, to again, where the gear of value

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Jury finds Trump must pay $83.3 million to E-Gene-The Crazy Girl. Yeah. That is fun. Which one was E.G. Carroll, the one with Anderson Cooper? That's right, that's the one. That weird lady. Can you pull up that clip?

No way. Let's read the story first, Rob, and then we'll Can you pull up that clip? No way. Let's read the story first, Robin. And we'll go and pull up the clip. So can you go closer to the story so we can actually, okay, so Trump blasts verdict, absolutely ridiculous. President Trump on Friday blasted the verdict reached by jury ordering him to pay for 83.3 million dollars in defamation damages and said he would appeal the decision. Trump posted this on Trude Social. Absolutely ridiculous. I fully disagree with both verdicts and will be appealing this whole Biden directed witch hunt focused on me and the Republican party.

Our legal system is out of control. MBs being used as a political weapon. They have taken away all First Amendment rights. This is not America. Is there anything else below it, Rob? Or that's it? That's it for right now. Go back to a different story.

Let's see if a different story is saying something else. Zoom in on some of those. The two that is OK. That's what? That's Wapo. Oh, watch it, yeah. Federal Court, 80, 200, 200, 200, 200, 200, character that kicked off years of threats and harassment

from the former president's supporters. Most of the award involves $65 million in punitive damages after Juer concluded that Trump acted spitefully and want only towards Carol after she accused him sexually assaulting her in 1990s. Juer's also awarded a combined $18.3 million in compensatory damages. Trump won the Republican presidential primary in New Hampshire earlier this week. He already he also already won the Iowa caucus even Can you pull up the clip with her and Anderson Cooper? Yeah You're probably gonna find it easier on Twitter if you have it You mean to tell me this woman that said this to Anderson Cooper which Anderson Cooper himself had to go to commercial

Didn't believe what she had to say they just paid her 80 play this clip oh my i think most people think of raping as a i mean it is a violent assault it is not i think most people think of rape as being sexy what let's take a short break think of the fantasies we're gonna take a quick break or if you can stick around we'll talk more on the other side you're fascinating to talk to. Crazy bitch. Look at... She's the lady from 40.3 million. Tom, what are you thinking right now with this?

Well, we only have a couple things in the headline here, but it says 18.3 in compensatory damages, 65 in punitive. So the punitive is like the bonus on top, which means extreme, 1965 impunitive. So the punitive is like the bonus on top, which means extreme that the jury found that it was done with extreme intent and the compensatory damages that says what she said is Trump said bad things about me and then all those people jumped on the bandwagon Which were ignited by Trump and they have been hammering my character. I deserve compensation and the jury said, yep, you're gonna get 18.3 in compensation. And on top of it, we think that it was so bad

that the president, the ex-president should be also hit with an extra punitive. Now punitive is, you know, punished. So it's not just compensation, it's punitive. You add them together, it's 83. So when you hear Trump saying, we will appeal both decisions, that's what he's talking about. There's two decisions and one here. However, the operative phrase here is he will appeal both. Most things like this go forward to at least two

rounds of appeal and it takes years, but it is nonetheless not a good thing that the verdict came out like this. Here's some insight from the Guardian. So nobody's trying to check today. Yeah. Here's the details. The Manhattan federal court decision comes less than one year after E. Jean Carroll won $5 million already in her sexual abuse and defamation

trial against the ex-president, Trump. The sum sells from Carroll's rape claim against the president in a June 2019 New York magazine article. The publication ran an excerpt for her then forthcoming book. Here's the name of the book. What do we need men for? A modest proposal. Interesting. What do we need men for? Okay. In that excerpt, Carol called it said that Trump raped her inside a dressing room in a Manhattan department store around 1996. We're going back to the 90s guys. A dressing room in 1996. The tenor of Trump's in house saying that for example that she lied and

was a political operative became the subject of her 2019 defamation suit against them. Here's the details. At the time Carol cannot to Trump over the alleged assault would have taken place outside of the civil statue of statute of limitations 1996 and that's what's going on here so for me we've seen many of these similar playbooks whether it's Trump whether it's Tate whether it's Russell Brand this is their playbook and when you write a book like what do we need men for and that's not a fiction book. It goes to, like, what is her motive here? What is her absolute motive? What is her absolute motive?

Yeah. And it's, by the way, notice how it's believe all women as long as it's coming from, like, it's a Democrat and the person's a Republican. Because, by the way, what about all the, because if this could happen here, notice how it doesn't happen for the other side. Bill Clinton, Juanita Broderick, lie detector test, testimony raped me, almost bit my lip off, dodges raindrops. But this, every single thing with Trump, bro, is all political. And all you have to do are accusations.

That's all you need, Tom. Exactly. I like the, I don't like this. I find great irony in the reviews. A work of comic genius says the New Yorker. Hmm. Says, darkly humorous and deadly serious, says the Washington Post. And my favorite, somehow hilarious in a way that only E Jean could have written Oprah Magazine. So this this individual individual apparently in the courtroom to a certain juror is here has come across credible enough that this decision could come down, but no checks

are being written today and this has got to go to appeal. It's a great news story for the left. That's exactly what it is and that's why they're pushing it and they're having her do this. to me. This is deeply concerning to think that somebody can accuse you of doing something from 1996 and get 83.3 million dollars. Do you know how many women are sitting around saying chinchin chinchin chinchin chinchin. Fantastic. Perfect opportunity for me to do something. Let me go Q's XYZ. How many people are gonna be targeted? Now what do you do? Yeah, and where's the pay? Here's the thing 1996. Where's the proof? Can you prove it or it's just no no

I just said it and it happened is their footage other camera 1996 I'm almost positive. There's no footage. It's her word against his word and and they're going there. They're going towards towards her That's ridiculous. That's absolutely ridiculous. Yeah, what you don't think it's gonna be a sign I mean we saw the thing with um, wow Johnny Depp and What's Her Face, Amber Heard. That's one win for the guys. This is the majority is going to be as women because all she has to do is say that he did it and the fact that you have money, it's over. Rob, can you roll back to the top right here, what you got here? So I believe, hang on here, she is a serial accuser, because remember she also accused Les Moonves of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s.

The former producer of CBS, the former executive? Yeah, so two, at the time she's going after this, two very wealthy media executives. Wow. Do you see some breadcrumbs? Yeah, but wait, who don't know what happened in that last moon? As I'm searching. Yeah, what happened with that? That's I'm really curious. Let's moon. Vez is was the biggest name in media in the 80s and 90s. Like listen, I'm not saying that he went to court and was also guys. I'm not saying guys don't rape, but Donald Trump and him like they with all the money and all the stature.

They're out there raping women. I don't believe it. Sorry. I don't rape but Donald Trump and him like they with all the money and all the stature they're out there raping women I don't believe it sorry I don't believe all women that's just me I don't believe it either yeah by the way here was Trump statement they asked the court asked did you did you ever instruct anyone to hurt miss Carol in your statements he said no I just wanted to fend myself my family and frankly frankly, the presidency, Donald Trump. Carol's team objected again. Kaplan, who was the lawyer, deemed that everything after her know, we stricken from the statement. So jurors were ordered to disregard the statement.

In total, Trump's direct and cross testimony lasted about two or three minutes. So Trump took the stand today. You got the, of course, you got, and I heard is there any clip robber? No, no clips. And here it is is less movies. She has a habit of claiming that she's been accosted in very Random place random places less moon viz was in a hotel elevator Oh, give me a break dude. That's what that's what it says. That's what she accused her

Look at her look at me to tell me that some of the most richest and most powerful men in the world are just rolling up on you in an elevator And just doing all sorts of work at apartment store or department store changing room Scream right where you could scream and anyone who's ever been to a changing room knows that there's four feet away There's somebody that says yes You have four articles of clothing five hours of clothing two articles It doesn't add up to me and five people standing in in the hall saying, honey, how does this look? Yeah, exactly. Correct.

Unbelievable. I want to know more details here. So we're seeing this as breaking news, this happened five minutes ago, BBD, but on the surface it just seems so shady. What's very interesting about the settlement, it's not about the rape itself, it's about him defaming her

and ruining her credibility as an advice columnist. You're telling me this woman, so if you're suffering damages from being defamed, right? You have to prove that you were going to lose that money in the future. You're telling me this woman as a 70 year old advice journalist was going to make $83.3 million over the course of her career. 18.3. Not even that much. By the way, that is probably the most important point because he's not even convicted of rape.

He's convicted of denying the rape and then saying don't believe this which and now because she's been called a liar and a witch She deserves 65 million dollars in what punitive damages So if you if he actually was guilty of the rape charges, okay, that's one thing But he didn't do it. That's not what he is exactly being accused of so they're basically accusing him of defending himself saying no This bitch lion. Yep. Didn't Vince McMahon just getting done Buddy, why would you bring that? I mean, it's what it's the same. I don't know was that bad No, I'm looking at this. I'm not talking to you. Which story are you on Tom? I You're shocked. I would go talking to you. Which story are you on Tom? I go back there

and what I was just look at the judge and I was reading that and I'm going and then judge Lewis Kaplan wrote even before the trial the truck that had backed the fame Carol. I'm like, I really want to see what happens under appeal because judge Lewis Kaplan go to judge Lewis Kaplan. He's the judge in this court. I know I want to know who he is. Oh, yeah, judge Lewis Kaplan. What's his background? Yeah, and I'm his first picture. No go back go back go back go back Zoom in look at that. You trust that guy. Yeah, he looks happy. Holy shit. That's that's like a I trust him You know the who that looks like that looks like the penguin from the last Batman play for Colin Farrell Yes, but maybe maybe it's not really him. Maybe it's a guy that's playing him. So who is he?

Let's look at his track record. Go to his Wikipedia, loose Kaplan, He's Harvard. Over on the right and scroll up a little tiny bit. He's in Southern District of New York, University of Rochester, and then Harvard University, Laudegrave. And he's appointed by Bill Clinton. Really? Yeah, right there too. there's a little irony imagine that appointed by Bill Clinton weird the judge now five points you you're just gonna go we are you kidding me so

Trump gets accused and he's paying 83 3 how much has Clinton so is zero wow I don't PBD what. What a nugget. Wow. What a nugget. Wow. How much of this you think Trump's going to end up having to pay? I think this is going to go to appeal, and we're going to see things about the court case. We're going to see things about suppressed statements and testimony, how they parse it

all down. And I think we're going to see things about the size of the... Does this end up at the Supreme Court? No, if you study this, this is what you're going to find a lot of very big, big awards happen at the first, at the home. Oh my God. Check this out. Watch this. Your time. Watch this. Your time. I'm so sorry to interrupt. Okay. Go to other cases. He's worked on. Go to go lower, go lower, go lower, go lower, go lower lower go lower go lower Go up a little bit Right there right there right there right there right there hang on hang on right there you will not even believe what I just found

Look at the case you worked on look for All the way in the bottom in miscellaneous second line 2021-2022 he was Kaplan was presiding judge on matter relating towards 22, he was, Kaplan was presiding judge on matter relating towards Virginia, Kira Frey and Prince Andrew. Click on that on six. Watch what happens here. What happens to the case? Click on the, just click on, that's the one. Click right there, zoom in and just go to the top. Yeah. Jennifer and Andrew reached and I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was,

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This case, read the top. Federal Court Virginia, you know who Virginia, Joe, we just talked about her, right? Sex traffic girl from Epstein Island. From Epstein Island, second son of sexual assault under court, several sexual encounters with Andrew in the early 2000 at the age of 17. After being sex trafficked by American financier and convicted by sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, dismissed without going to trial,

yet Trump's 83.3 million dollars. Wow, wow, what a freaking fine. Great fine. That is insane. All you gotta do is dig a little bit. They got some explaining to do. 83 million. Look, the big ones you hear about, the big ones you hear about is when asbestos kept getting worse and they ran out of appeals

before the US Supreme Court and all of a sudden they're settling and they're writing checks. And the same thing happened with cigarettes. You can appeal this and you've got to go all the way through the appeals before checks get written. Trump's going to appeal this and you're going to have like multiple angles. Under appeal, just you have the original case because what also you have was the punitive damages fair or excessive. Was the actual compensatory damages fair or excessive? Was the plaintiff, you know, correct in their, in the procedures that they were granted by the court, was the

defendant, you know, correctly handled in the procedures by the report. Appeals on this usually end up, by the way, they can settle, they can settle going forward. And but guess what? And guess what? Let me tell you, that's not even the point, Tom. The point here, what we just found, just by the way, by simply checking who he is, what cases he worked on, you dismiss a case of a guy accused of rape

on a 17 year old girl multiple times, but you believe a girl who thinks rape is viewed as sexy and Anderson Cooper goes to commercial because he thinks she's delusional but you say yes to that and then you're appointed by Clinton. I'm sorry man. This is American Gangster. Connect the dots and you see where the motive is and there is that famous line in the movie. What is that movie with with great actor who I love who played in who played in American history X? What's his name Edward? He's playing that movie primal fear with Richard gear and you hear that video when they played a video and they're sitting that VHS

Drop off and they played a clip and it's the pastor them having sex and the other lawyer says Motive there's motive. The motive is linked to Clinton to Epstein is linked to Clinton to Epstein protecting the enemy, protecting the bad guy and going after the good guy. This is why America doesn't trust you. By the way, Kamala Harris said something the other day. She says, she's worried. You found this video. Have you given it to him or not yet? The video, watch what she says. She says this folks. This is how weird this is. This is a great find by Vinny. If you can find this clip, Rob, that Vinny sent Vinny, tell us what the context behind of it is. And this is when you need to listen to Kamala because she's not cackling. Okay. This is very,

these are, let's watch it first. Let's watch it first. She's not cackling like a hyena. Listen. Make it bigger. There you go. Go for it. November of 2024 binary. And on the other side, you've got someone who has said that if he were back in office, he would weaponize the Department of Justice. Someone who has openly applauded insurrectionists as patriots. Someone who has said that they will probably give in to her by the news interviewer. Look at the fourth point.

And it applaud's dictators indicating that he would be one. So let's be really clear about what's at stake. And then yes, of course There is then a desire that let's get out there because hands me Yes Yes, I have a dream I'm not using the DOJ against him but say that he's gonna do it to us He said literally every single thing that the Biden administration is doing for the past four years And the fact you gotta

always pay attention when she's not laughing like a freaking moron. She's like really trying to hit it home. It's like like are people dumb? Are you guys believing this, this absolute cackling hyena with zero zero? She's the worst one of the worst vice presidents along with the worst presidents in the history of this country and Nobody says anything. It's unbelievable bro unbelievable Rob. What's a Kamala Harris approval ratings at this point? I think it's even worse in Bidens and Bidens is I think hovering below More Rob, can you find that? Yeah, her approval rating is 37%

Trump's and you know, you know, it really pisses me off Adam that 37% Who the hell are they? Who are you? They're just they're brainwashed. Yeah, I damn Vinny it ceases to amaze me how you still don't understand that half the country's Democrat half the country's Republican either way that's not the point you're missing the point what I'm saying is I get that part my point is How dumb do you have to be like no nah, she's doing a great job. I wouldn't say dumb. I would just say fixed to your side and not willing to change. So I think it's called here's what I will say they're dumb. And I took some heat over this from the first time around. I said, I'm not really worried about Biden not making it through

his first term. Byron Udell, you buddy, by the way, you're going to owe me some money when he finishes his first time, but I am genuinely worried about Biden, Biden finishing his second term and you know, the whole fear of all comma Harris is going to be present. That wasn't something that I that concerned me in 2020. That is a major concern in 2024. I could major contestant question. No, why, why is it a concern to you if right now you're seeing that Joe Biden lip? this isn't a joke, I'm not being funny, I'm being dead serious. He makes zero decisions.

If you could look at Joe Biden right now and say that he actually goes, all right guys, come in here like Trump, like a boss, absolutely not. So what would it change? Because whoever they are, every time he says they, Rob, they told me this, it's gonna be the same they telling her dumb ass to say the same shit he can't even speak English anymore yes hope that it's not her no what does it matter to you Adam at least you could at least you could laugh and talk bingo bingo it's not her writing these cards it's not her making the decision yes they it's a day she it's

it's not they it is the Biden administration that are carrying the party line, and we've seen it over and over again. If you really need to get out from under something, what do you do? You accuse the other side of what you're already doing. And she's reading off three by five cards or other notes stating, he wants to weaponize the Department of Justice. That is exactly what they've done. We have evidence of that.

We can see it. And so this to me is not surprising. And she, I don't find her to be a capable vice president by performance or by qualifications. But I step aside from picking on any of her personality traits. I don't need to. Can we for a moment, like take a break from all this divisiveness and appreciate a one of the greatest quotes of all time that will forever be written about and quoted by some of the greatest philosophers and leaders forever. Okay.

Right here. Listen to what the president said. Life changing quote. Guys, whatever you do, put everything down. Okay. Because you're going to recite this quote to your kids tonight probably to your wife to your friend maybe this week when you're preparing for your Monday speech at your employees and and you're trying to say something to move them excited you're

going to use this quote go go ahead and play this round don't chop and a valuable lesson don't mess with them in an American unless you want to get the better listen for even my Democratic friends out there he did not speak English on that if it's okay with you can we listen that you want to listen that in slow motion you guys that I understood fully what

we do that for me I have a dream just once a second can I say one thing? Can we hear it one more time and understand this? Nobody knows what he said, but the audience, look at how brainwashing is like, we love it! Can we please do it at 0.5 or 0.75? Yeah, Rob, just throw it out a little bit. Yeah, it's perfect. We'll teach Donald Trump a valuable lesson. Don't mess with the men in

America unless you want to get the benefit. Yeah! Don't mess with the women in America unless you want to get the benefit. We have one that might even be better. Rob, will you find Biden at the brewery yesterday? Oh, you already have this Oh worth rider thanks for the great lakes. I wonder why What are you laughing at bro? I want that audience when I do stand up to you Any idea what he just said and by the way he all of his advisors are on the right and he walks to the left and starts milling around the brewing equipment

What's what's wrong with that? Maybe he's going for a walk by himself to kind of reflect and reminisce He's what it used to be, you know, you know, he's that he's that drunk grandfather that you have that you never know what he's gonna say it might be like you always like on eggshells like with Blinken remember when Blinken was in the audience and they're like She's a dictator. Well, Remember when Blinken was in the audience and they're like, Oh, do you think she is a dictator? Well, he is. Blinken was like, oh, shit. I told you not to say that. Oh, grandpa Joe, what are you doing?

Look, he's a gaffe machine. There's no denying that whatsoever. He's the goat though, guys. One day you're gonna be quoting him and you'll see, he's the goat. We have to give him the proper respect that he deserves. Well, let's go to the next story. Watch this one here.

So kind of weird, Nikki Haley Republican poll comes out 70% of Nikki Haley's New Hampshire voters are not registered Republicans. Okay, weird very weird. So She her policies are so powerful and amazing that Democrats are in love with her Think about how amazing you are, you got to be, that former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley can attribute her competitive performance in Tuesday nights in New Hampshire primary almost entirely to voters outside her own party, exit independent to vote for Haley, exit polls suggest the state opens primary model,

allowed record number of Democrats and independence to vote vote for Haley and ill omen for future performance with their own party former president Trump Hanley one New Hampshire on Tuesday night 54 something percent according to CNN's exit poll seven in ten granite state residents who backed Haley were registered undeclared prior to Tuesday. Only 27% of her supporters were registered Republicans. Meanwhile, Donald Trump's base was exactly the opposite. 70% Republicans, 27% undeclared. What do you think happened here, Tom? You think Dems are just saying that yeah, they wanted to come out because they like her policies or anything to beat Trump? Well, I think it was anything to beat Trump and I think that there's a couple of stories we'll get to in here in due time about who was supporting her and what they're

trying to do. This is a effort here to basically use her as a wedge to ensure maybe Trump didn't win or to cast doubt. And what it all made sense to me, if I just change the story a little bit, 70% of establishment candidate Nikki Haley's voters are not registered Republicans. Then suddenly it all makes sense when I just add the words establishment candidate. Then it all comes home to roost. And I think the people that are behind her are trying to use her as a divisive wedge candidate. This isn't Nikki Haley. This is Ross Perot and Heels being propped up by people who want to wreak havoc with the Republican primary and Donald Trump himself. Look, she's the classic corporate neocon, you know, independent, who's a Republican in name only,

Rhino situation. She's definitely not a Democrat and she's definitely not MAGA at this point. Um, yet she plays the Democratic part card pretty well. Obviously with everything that she talked about with the race, baiting and stuff like that. I did any politics, gender politics. Uh, the Vec has torn her a new one. We've seen what happened with that. She's the anti-Vec. But Vec is a disruptor. He's going to call it like he sees it. He's not bought and paid for The one thing that we know about Nikki Haley is that she's establishment. She's elitist and she's bought and paid for We know that before that she after she got out of the governorship or before she was the UN What was it Boeing that paid her millions of dollars? Who was it?

There's a couple defense contractors But Boeing and she got rid so yeah, I mean this is a classic scenario if you don't have money You don't have the money to fund your campaign you're not the type of person that's gonna get the grassroots support like a Bernie Sanders or an Obama or even a Trump so you're gonna go to the corporate donors you're gonna say hey Whatever you need me to do I'll do whatever you need me to say I'll say sure I'll take your 10 hundred 200 million bucks and then she's bought and paid for this is why her and Vivek of all candidates feuded

because they're the exact opposite people even on Andrew Schultz podcast with back one on there and tour a new one again. He said this is what Nikki is she's dick Cheney in heels and I think all the sassard there that she became the director of Boeing in 2019 And stepped down the next year collecting over 300 grand in cash and stock. Yeah, she made with that. But then Trump I think Before that Trump put her at what to the head of the UN what was her role for Trump campaign United Trump administration? Yeah, she was a United Nations. Okay, but but and again, but what a shout out to the Democrats Well, these guys do not they stop at nothing First Russia, then two impeachments was all BS. COVID comes from China. This rape defamation cycle, uh, Blanche and so looking chick, then the insurrection, which wasn't an insurrection, wasn't accused

for insurrection, 91 counts of whatever. And now the now Nikki Haley, they don't stop, bro. What does the Democrats have to do with Nikki Haley? I'm saying they're back in her. You know, they're behind her. And you think, well, and specifically, you know, they say in their vote, you know, they say in Iowa, you have to do with Nikki Haley? I'm saying they're back in her. You know they're behind her. And specifically, you know what they say in Iowa, you have to win the evangelical vote. That's how you win it. Trump just had the best results of any primary, maybe every, at 50% of the evangelical, 50% of the Iowa caucus vote, which is largely evangelicals.

In New Hampshire, it's a different crowd. It's the independent,'s the independent. They can go either way, crowd Republican Democrat. It's not the Democratic party that voted for Nikki Haley. It's the vast majority are independence and no doubt she's, this is her last state that she had a chance in. All right. Then New Hampshire after this at South Carolina in her home state, Trump's up big and Vegas Trump's up big. She's got a couple more weeks of being involved in the campaign and then she's done. She's holding out that Trump gets convicted of something and can't be the president and she's the last man or woman left standing.

But there's no real push to see her become the president. I don't know. Let me read the next stories about Nikki Haley. So billionaire LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman stops donating to Haley, okay, and he was big on her and he's out Okay, so he's not gonna be contributing the way he was Hoffman had contributed 250,000 dollars to Super PAC backing Hailey while Sabin had donated 1.7 million dollars to GOP campaigns over three cycles Sabin emphasized that Hailey's candidacy was losing momentum stating her money is going to dry up. And these guys are sitting there saying they're probably going to go to Trump or other places. But Haley campaign lashes out at RNC. Ronna McDaniel over resolution to declare Trump presumptive

GOP nominee nominee. Haley's campaign pushed back against Republican National Committee and chairwoman Ronna McDaniel regarding a draft resolution to declare Donald Trump the presumptive GOP nominee Haley spokeswoman Oliva Perez Kubas firmly stated who cares what the RNC RNC says we'll let millions of Republican voters across the country decide who should be our party nominee not a bunch of Washington insiders she also challenged McDaniel to organize a debate between Trump and Haley R&C spokesperson Keith Shippard clarified that such resolutions are initiated by R&C members and will be subject to Resolutions committee decisions Trump later withdrew his support for her the resolution emphasizing the importance of winning the nomination through the traditional voting process and Promoting party unity. So Tom the issue her, obviously we were there when Vivek came

out and flat out called, you know, Ronald McDonnell out and says, you can come out here and resign in front of everybody. And Nikki Haley is now following his lead. What happened here, Tom? Well, it's very simple. The presumptive nominee, it's kind of like saying You see a woman who's obviously eight month pregnant and you say wow Nikki Haley's eight months break No, you see you can you Google that up? Are you being serious or saying right now? Let's say you're walking down the street or in the mall And you see a woman who's eight month pregnant two things come to mind first. Where's Adam second? Second you say, oh look, unexpected mother. So what they're saying is, hey guys, this primary is eight months pregnant. And the baby is Donald Trump. This thing is done. So by the way, and it wasn't just Ronald McDaniel initiated by RNC members.

What do the members want? They want to win. So they want to consolidate what's going on. They want to put the money behind one force and get after Joe Biden or whoever gets propped up when he falls down the stairs. That's what they're ready to do. That's where they're headed. So and now Haley wants to go further and further. Usually in times like these, we've all said it, you can go look this up through history. This is negotiation time. We are in the middle of negotiation right now, and this is where candidates who have campaign debts or maybe out over their seas or would like a fee to kind of wrap things

up, are behind the scenes negotiating saying, hey look, I got about 3,000 in campaign ad spending I need taken care of, and got about 3,000 in campaign ad spending I need taken care of, and we need this, and this is where those back room deals are cut to get somebody to roll off. But what's happening right now is Rhonda McDaniel is actually doing her job, whether you're part of the people that like her

or don't like her, have had very real criticism of her, which is well deserved, because they have not been a winning party, and Vivek is right. But whether you agree with her right now or not, she is actually doing the right thing saying, Hey, look, the RNC members are voting. He's the nominee. We're an eight month pregnant here. It's time to get on to the next stage, which is winning this thing. Who's pregnant? Who's eight months pregnant? By the way, you drop rumors like that. Tomorrow

you see inquiries saying Nikki Haley is eight months pregnant by Adam Saad. Very well. No, that was a girl with them all. But this is no, I mean, that eight month pregnant is a bad metaphor on my part. And it's clumsy. Tom, it's fine. You'll make up for it. But it's here's the bottom line, by the way, but it's about over and they're going to focus their energies at winning. Look at the numbers, numbers guys Who's ahead in South Carolina? That's the next primary Trump said what 62% and she's at where? 20 you scroll down a little bit. You'll see the number Rob shot 30. She's at 30 in South Carolina 29.3 29 Okay, that's just in South Carolina guys. That's her state. There's one state where she's like, yo, what up? Nikki in the house. It's her state. It's kind state where she's like, yo, what up, Nikki in the house? It's her state

It's kind of like Rhonda Santas fumbling Florida So if you go to the national polls if you just scroll back out here miss Ron It's 62 to 29. What was it 69 to what 29? Yeah, still a 30 plus point lead. How about this one? National polls Trump said 70 70 and sir Ron and surging it. When, before Ron DeSantis dropped out, he was at like 60. Now he's at 70. She's where she's never broken 15. What's your, what number? She's that, Rob? 14.5. She's a 14. Exactly. So listen, guys, this is games over. There's Hail Mary stuff going on. Nikki's trying to be eight months pregnant, trying to be the president, whatever Tom's analogy was. I don't get it, but everybody's

pregnant. Trump's the nominee. Everybody pregnant up in here. president whatever Tom's analogy was I don't get it but everybody's probably Trump's the nominee everybody pregnant up in here pregnant Trump's everybody's dad was Ron Ron Miss Ron Trump's everybody's daddy is the bottom line I'm so let's go to the next story with Texas Greg Abbott's urged to fully militarize Texas State Guard to counter Biden in Newsweek story. Okay, this is not looking good. And Rob, if you can pull up the tweet with what letter he put that one viral, he wrote it himself because it's pretty strange what the White House is doing, and they're not helping Abbott out here. So Daniel Miller, President of Texas National's Movement, the TNM, has urged Governor Greg

Abbott to significantly expand and fully militarize the Texas State Guard if President Biden federalizes the Texas National Guard amid the border crisis. Miller stated if Biden federalizes the Texas National Guard, Greg Gappett should immediately throw enlistment in Texas State Guard, wide open, fully militarize them and deploy them as border protection force along the entire border. The Texas State Guard, which currently comprises around 1,900 personnel, could potentially serve as an alternative border protection force as it cannot be federalized by law

and remains under the sole authority of the government of Texas. In contrast, the Texas National Guard with roughly 23,000 personnel could be federalized. So this is Abbott responding, Rob, if you can zoom in a little bit. So federal government has broken the compact between the United States and the states, the executive branch of the United States has constitutionally duty to enforce federal laws protecting states, including immigration laws.

On the books right now, Biden has refused to enclose those laws and has even violated them. The result is that he has smashed records for illegal immigration, despite having put a notice on a series of letters, one of which I delivered to him by hand. President Biden has ignored Texas's demand that he has performed his constitutional duties. President Biden has violated his oath to faithfully execute immigration laws enacted by Congress instead prosecuting immigrants for federal crime or of illegal entry. President Biden has sent his lawyers into federal courts to sue Texas for taking action to secure the border.

Number two, President Biden has instructed his agencies to ignore federal statues that mandate the detention of illegal immigrants. The effect is illegal, illegally allowed their and mass parole into the United States by wasting taxpayer dollars to tear open Texas border security infrastructure. President Biden has enticed illegal immigrants away from the 28 legally entry points along the state's southern border bridges where nobody drowns.

And by the way, if you watch this video, and before we play this video, Vinny, can you give us a little bit of context on who this person is in the video that's crossing a border? Okay. And Pekka, just really fast. Like, yeah, shout out to the governor of Texas. Finally, steps about time. It is a little bit too late. But yo, if you got a problem about that, yo, you're the problem. Okay. Because think about it. Texas is damned if it does and damned if it doesn't. All right. first of all, they've been wanting to open border for this past four years, right?

Then the governor's like, you know what? We have too much of an influx. I'm gonna start shipping these people to the sanctuary cities, to Martha's Vineyard, to New York, all these places and what the people, now we're looking at what's happening. Now, when he's trying to put up a barbed wire, think about this, the president's administration,

the government is saying, how dare you try to protect yourself? We want this influx of people to keep coming in, all right? In fact, if you don't mind, can I just say the study? The Yale University released a study by three researchers saying that the number of illegals isn't 10, it ain't 12, it's 22 million illegals are here, okay?

And now the Democrats are pushing for them to become citizens to vote. member last week with AOC She said, um, why don't we just you know how you solve it? Just give them all citizenship Give them a path that was on the daily show. All right, that would add to our voter roll 22 million permanent Electoral majority voters. Okay, that would that's what this entire thing is about. I want everybody to know this It's not about humanitarianism. It's not about entire thing is about. I want everybody to know this. It's not about humanitarianism. It's not about AOC next to the fence and bullshitting you, trying to lie like they care about these

people. It's votes. That's all it is. Okay. And now just to give you guys a heads up, remember I said this, that all these terrorists that we call it 165, here's the, here's a video that Rob's going to play of a Middle Eastern guy. And I could tell he's Middle Eastern because I'm Middle Eastern. I could tell from the accent Look what he's saying his name is Mobsum is what they're saying Mobsum Samadov He's the leader of the Islamic terrorist group from Azerbaijan Islamic Party. He's a convicted terrorist and arms dealer People are saying this is him. They put a picture next to him It looks exactly like him and look at what he says coming into our border in Texas about what he's gonna do to America Go ahead Rob. Are you going to take where I'm from my force no so these are the

people that these are the people that these are the people that are breaking into your country folks ready for that that's amazing These are the people right here that kind of attitude These are the people that are coming in You are smart enough you would know who I am. Look, but you are really not smart enough to know who I am. But soon you're gonna know who I am. Wow. Who is this guy? Okay, so Google his name and put it right next to the video. Okay.

Can we see his face? Mavzam Sambadov. And here's the thing guys, regardless. What are the images? That's the guy. That's him. Now let me say something to everybody up there. When somebody is saying to you, I do, I got goosebumps, soon you will know who I am and

who the hell my name is. Do you think the FBI is looking for this guy? Absolutely not. And that's another layer on top of this. They want all these votes and they let these people in. God knows because they know. They give them cell phones. They give them money.

What if God forbid, this is all a plan where they go okay this is we want you to do this. But let me ask you a couple questions. Where is this guy from allegedly he's. Yeah okay. And that's in he's they call him crossing the border right. The Texas border that the government that our government yes our government, yes, is fighting to. So let me ask you, Azerbaijan, when you're crossing the border, where is Azerbaijan in Latin America? Is that near Columbia? Is that near? Actually, Adam, it's where is that near in Guatemala?

Where is Azerbaijan? I guess on the other side of the world currently persecuting Armenia. Where's, Vinnie, where's Azerbaijan? It borders Armenia and what Azerbaijan is fighting. They're doing a genocide. Yeah. Hold on. Can you pull that? Yeah. So it's not even in Latin America. No, no, no, Adam. So Azerbaijan is in, is in

the Middle East and Europe. 100%. So why would a guy from Azerbaijan be crossing through the Mexican border? I'll tell you why Adam, please explain. I'll tell you why, especially with that attitude, because he wants to cause harm and death to this effing country. And that's why I am so pro what governor Abbott is doing. God bless him. And bro, finally the people are stepping up, bro. If they're memorized, said this, there's no left. There's no right. It's them against us and shame on the government for stopping them from protecting their border. Like this isn't this isn't happening in Washington correct the people of Texas dude They're fed up with the bullshit. What is going? What are we talking?

Any obviously I was being so I know you were I know but here's where I want to back you up on our eyebrow I think it was being serious. Yeah, I What there's one there's one thing for a OC to see all these migrants they're coming through you know is kids They you know they're looking for a better life Yeah, why the hell are Middle Eastern literal terrorists crossing the freaking border you Explain this to me to me people at the border and mind you we caught a hundred and sixty explain that no there is no explanation Exactly and so and here's my thing if God forbid this piece of shit does something it kills Americans Telling you right now,

Mayorkas and all these guys, they're not going to be, but the American people, we have to hold these pieces of traffic. They trying to impeach Mayorkas? Adam, trying, just like Fauci, just like Fauci, who right now is retired, but guess what he has? Secret Service Protection, Tom. Diplomatic immunity.

Our tax dollars are protecting that little rat because he knows they did he did his this guy this guy was the head of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan who served 12 years in prison and was released January of 2023. Go to his Wikipedia Rob. Let's let's learn about him. What are the chances that this was the guy at the board? I highly likely close. Very close. Even very close. Can we, can you show that the audience and it was very concerned? These aren't just innocent Guatemalan guys just trying to escape poverty here. Why the hell are people from Azerbaijan crossing the Mexican border? And Adam, even get ready.

Rob, look at the one I just sent you. And even if it's not him, guess what? Do you, that threat, that's a threat from a guy from the Middle East. Are you effing kidding me? And guess what? We're going to say, if he does something, there was a failure of intelligence. Again, they're going to say failure of intelligence bullshit. That's the, how they not tracked his ass down and be like, who the hell are you? Why are you in the country right now? Adam, you know why? Cause they're going after Nanos that were at January 6th still. The FBI is too busy to worry about this. Zoom in. How much does that look like him? Pretty cool. Go into the left. That's the to me that's I mean that's pretty damn similar. But obviously

on the right he looks more tan because he's been crossing the border. Yeah. In the sun. And again, regardless of if it's this guy, the threat, the threat of soon you will know who I am means he's going to do something that's like gonna give him notoriety and what do you think it's gonna be he's an open up a Starbucks but you want to blow shit off not that guy why is this guy crossing the border anyway because it's why Azerbaijan isn't right below Texas exactly Adam because they Adam guess what because if you're a terrorist you want to do harm yes what I have to do is turn on the news wide open border wide open it's

it's disgusting I'm not gonna shout the text is I love border is so complicated but it does I would always wonder why don't the states do something about it at the federal government wouldn't do something about it like oh it's in federal territory it's like but the states also hey we got one last story to do you want to do the Charlemagne story let's yeah go that's fine okay so you want to play the clip first um Um, I'll I tend to comment I'll show right now. So Leonard McKelvie

You guys don't know him as Charlemagne and I refuse to call him or any other man God For that reason his name is Leonard He was recently on Pierce Morgan and they're the breakfast club and they were talking about Trump and his aunt You could already tell his attitude because say what you want Breakfast Club and they were talking about Trump and his odd you could already tell his attitude because say what you want Leonard Charlemagne you guys can call him that he has trump derangement syndrome 100% he Peers is talking about Trump and then I sent you the link Rob on a slack. This is what Charlemagne the God says about our amazing United States of America

Back he's making nobody thought he could do this talk about Trump after the stolen election bullshit after the January 6th riots all that stuff after the 91 criminal charges did anyone really think we've been in a position where Trump had a landslide win in Iowa and is now in most polls I'm looking at likely to beat Biden if he does end up as candidate I mean mean, it's it's an incredible comeback. Well, it's something we say all the time, right? We know that America systemically, structurally is a racist country. And I think we know, hold on, we know, I want to ask you about in Trump 2016 after you win, I can understand the case for optimism, right? Nobody wants to see this country fall. But it's 2024 now based on everything we've seen Trump do all of the things you just You know said the attempted cool the country tonight

You still think he should be president pause that by the way, do you listen what he said Leonard said I We all know not I think not my opinion we all know you me everybody here that this country is systemically and What else they structurally racist Now look, here's my question. What can't you do, okay, that a white person can't do? Doctor, astronaut, president of the United States, two terms. I hate this attitude, and this is going back to what you always say. What he's doing is not only divisive, but he's instilling victimhood mentality into the young black youth, just youth minority and general saying, you know what, you can't

do something because something is holding you back, which I think is bullshit. And by the way, how he's a walking talking contradiction. He wrote a book, his book, guess what the book is actually called, black, black privilege, opportunity to come to those who create it. Look at, so wait, if there's black privilege and opportunity comes to those who create it and yet everything's structurally racist and how did you make it?

How did you, did you slip through the cracks? I don't get it. These people are making, they're killing and they're making money because everybody, it's a victimhood mentality and that's how they make the money. But then Rob, I think he should write a different book and I actually wrote it, Pat, you actually, I think he should write it, it's a victimhood mentality and that's how they make the money. But then Rob, I think he should write a different book and I actually wrote it Pat,

you actually, I think he should write it, it should be called A Word From the God, How to Become Filthy Rich in the Most Racist Place in History, that's what I think that he should have his book, but it's like, what do you think? I think it's ridiculous that this attitude of, we're racist and guys, at the end of the day,

there's racist people in this country, just like there's pedophiles over here and there's bad people over here and there's crooks over here it's not what they say this and how bad it is and I think it's ridiculous and it's not helping the youth if you're setting into their brains that everybody's racist the system is against you and you can't do anything. Do you think percentage wise? Percentage wise, Tom. And this goes to everybody. I want you to think about this before you answer it. You put all the total, put total amount

of white people in America. Total white population in America, what is the number? Total white population in America. And then look at the total black population in America. Is there like a number number what that number is? White population is that what it is? That's the white population. Let's just say it is 251. Okay, and then go to black population America Total black population in America total black Population in America. Okay, what is that? What number do I see 41.66 million. 14% is what it's covered around. 13.14 million.

41.6 million black. 251 million. Yeah. What do you call it? 251 million white. Okay. What percentage of which one has more races towards the other color? Are there more white races towards black

or more blacks races towards black or more blacks Races towards white. Let me ask the question one more time Are there more white people who hate blacks or there more black people who hate whites? Percentage wise I think right now. It's more black people races towards whites because the numbers of the whites way more I think right now black people really really hate white people. Okay, so, you whites, I think right now, black people really, really hate white people. Okay, so, I mean, listen, you can answer that whatever way you want, right? A person watching this, you're like,

there's no way in the world there's gonna be more, there's probably gonna be physically more whites towards black because America is a- The number. White, it's a 60% white. That's like saying, is there more Middle Easterns than white? No, this is America, it's more whites than there's gonna be blacks.

But the argument he's making, the way he's saying it, is why America has the problem that he has. He's successful. The best ever clip I ever saw was Don Lemon and Morgan Freeman. Rob, if you can pull this clip up if you have it or not. It's by far the best clip ever. What America needs more today is way more of what Morgan Freeman said and way less that

America is a racist nation from blacks that are multi-multi-millionaires. And by the way, we all had a pass. This guy used to sell cocaine and weed in a pass. You can look at his Wikipedia. That's what his background says. No judgment towards you. I have also passed. We all have a pass. You can look at it as Wikipedia. That's what his background says. No judgment towards you. I have also passed. We all have a pass, but America forgave you and you got an incredible life now. Fame, family, money, millions, accolades, respect, and you're just

being more and more divisive. Play this clip real quick and you tell me which one is going to bring us more together and which one's going to divide us more. Go ahead, Rob. Because you called it bull when you said people can't, you know, pull themselves up. Do you think that race plays a part in wealth distribution or either a mindset that you can't, you know? Yeah, no, you don't, no, I don't, I don't. You and I, we're proof.

Why would race have anything to do with it? Stick your, put your mind to what you wanna do and go for that. Oh. It's kind of like religion to me. It's a good excuse for not getting there. You know, I said, it's probably getting me in trouble, but I said to some of my colleagues recently,

so I know that it's an issue, but it seems like every single day on television I'm talking about race, and it's because of the news, psycho it's in the news, but sometimes I get so tired of talking about it I want to watch I want to just go this is over. Can we move on and if you talk about it it exists, right? It's not like it exists and we didn't refuse to talk about it

but Making it a bigger issue than it needs to be It's a problem we have and it's the same go it's almost the same one that he had well Who's the other interviewer the Jewish guy that was interviewing him and he's like I don't want a black history month this Morgan Freeman he goes I don't want a black history month and he goes he goes that the guy goes well I'm Jewish he goes then wins Jewish history month he goes there is a one he goes okay then I'll stop calling you and you know what Trump this is it right here you find

ridiculous why you're gonna relegate my history to a moth? Oh, come on. What do you do with yours? Which moth is life history moth? No, no, no, no, come on. My fault. Look what? I'm Jewish.

I'm Jewish. Okay. Okay. Which moth is Jewish history moth? There isn't one. Oh. Oh. Why not? Yeah.

Do you want one? No, no, no. All right, all right, I don't eat it. Beautiful. I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history. Bingo. How are we going to get rid of racism and stop talking about it?

How long goes this? What, Mike? I'm going to stop calling you a white man. Yeah. was this. I'm going to stop calling you a white man. I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man. I know you as Mike Wallace. You know me. But here's all it is. There's AI technology that you can take different speeches and put it there and see which one has a higher level of consciousness. Okay, this one's gonna get such a higher level of consciousness of a score than Charlemagne's. Of course. Because Charlemagne's is

continuing the problem and Morgan Freeman is trying to move away from the problem. Exactly. Making progress. Tom, how do you process this yourself? I process this, you know, every now and then great writers get it right and Cameron Crow wrote a movie called Almost Famous and in the movie there's this clear scene that depicts the real need to have something to leverage your argument about and something had happened to the band and he said no no no you need this situation this situation gives you permission to say everything you want to say and without this situation we just have to talk and that's what Morgan Freeman is saying

here he's saying you need this. It lets you say everything you want to say. It gives you permission to stay mad. It gives you permission to not accept a solution that may be good for you because by the situation, if you refuse a solution, you get to stay mad. And if you stay mad, you get stuff. And so I think there's a lot of core human truth in what Morgan Freeman said. And I respect the hell out of him for saying it. Yeah, to me, common sense, unity is what we need today.

Not divisiveness division. When Bill Maher and I was on the show two days ago and he said, I believe Newsom is a winner. And by the way, when he guys watches, when it comes out, you're gonna think two people who have a hard time being in the same room together. It was very awkward. You'll see it.

What's the name of it? What's the name of the? I don't know what the, what's- Club Randall. Club Randall. And by the way, he does a lot of good stuff, but he was smoking weed, he a couple and I'm sitting there and we're having a conversation his team was world-class actually people were

very very very good people nice respectful when we spoke was kind of weird and the audience would make a decision for themselves but he said I think we knew some's a winner and I said based on what he says I I think Newsom's a winner. And I said, based on what? He says, I don't know, he's just a good politician. He gives me vibes of winner. And I said, based on what though? Give me data. I said, I don't know.

I just, meaning, we need data. We need facts. We need results. You know, who is doing a good job with numbers, who's not, who's losing people, who's gaining people, why, who has more crime, who has more homelessness, why, who's losing more businesses, why, who's ruining Hollywood, why, all these questions are why and then let's stop being divisive and dividing each other against each other constantly.

If we can get more reasonable people, and by the way, I wish Morgan Freeman would do more interviews. Yeah, he's got a guy. I wish Morgan Freeman would be out there talking more, but we're coming to the end of the podcast here. I think you wanted to say something. I just want to, I mean, look, the key word that we've learned with influencers is influence. And I love my black friends out there. This is,

you know, not taking shots. But when you when you it really depends on the influencers that you listen to, if you're in the I'm listening to the Charlemagne camp, or the LeBron camp, or even the Kanye camp, you're going to have a different mindset. I wish that more of our friends out there would listen to the Candace Owens of the world, the Larry Elders of the world, the Thomas Sowles of the world, because it's a different perspective. You know, identity politics is real. They expect all people to vote a certain way. Charlemagne the God, is there anything more antithetical to the American dream as you, as a black man who made it, multi-millionaire, you should be praising America and say, only in America, like James Brown used to say, say and said you want to perpetuate the victim culture and

say how I made it in the most racist country in the world in my opinion go fuck yourself Charlotte made the god oh the mother that's okay sounds good all right so let's wrap this up guys with where we're at again if you haven't yet ordered these future looks bright hats and you believe future does look bright because we definitely do today. Merch drop the purple and gold, uh, dedicated to the one and only Kobe. You purchased a hat and the shirt. You get to pick up an additional hat, whichever one of those colors for free. Use the promo code, PBD podcast. Link's going to be below. QR cause going to be there and Vinny's got a clip that's about to be released Vinny. 20 seconds. Tell us about United Airlines. We got a video United Airlines DEI hiring process. Rob, can you put in the chat and the description guys?

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