The Daily Zeitgeist - Is Trump Bruce Wayne? Mero vs Tucker Carlson 4.4.19

Episode Date: April 4, 2019

In episode 363, Jack and Miles are joined by activist, poet, artist, and #GoodMuslimBadMuslim co-host Taz Ahmed to discuss Game of Throne Oreos, the White House not wanting the Mueller Report released to the public, Nipsey Hussle's murderer being caught, DHS disbanding the Domestic Terror Intelligence Unit, Trump overturning denied security clearances, Kid Mero versus Tucker Carlson, the new Joker movie, Biden releasing a video about his current situation, and more! FOOTNOTES: 1. Last Call: Game Of Thrones Oreos have arrived 2. White House No Longer Enthusiastic About Releasing Mueller Report3. Nipsey Hussle murder suspect arrested; Lauren London breaks silence4. Russell Westbrook’s Historic Tribute to Nipsey Hussle5. Homeland Security Disbands Domestic Terror Intelligence Unit6. White House whistleblower says 25 security clearance denials were reversed during Trump administration7. The Kid Mero, speaking for us all, calls Tucker Carlson a "worm in a bowtie and a 3rd grade haircut"8. Watch the first trailer for Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker movie9. Alec Baldwin's near miss as Batman's Trump-like dad is stranger than fiction10. Donald Trump thought Christian Bale was Bruce Wayne when they met11. 'I am Batman,' Trump tells boy on helicopter ride12. Biden, in Video, Says He Will Be ‘More Mindful’ of Personal Space13. WATCH: Sampa The Great - Flowers (feat. REMI) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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of democracy yeah other shit Publish it like that. It's Thursday, April 4th, 2019. My name is Jack O'Brien, a.k.a. Cucker Tarleson, courtesy of Waffle Blaster, and I'm thrilled to be joined, as always, by my co-host, Mr. Miles Gray!

Miles chimes in with a Haven't you people ever heard of Rating a podcast more? No, it's much better to eat the flats of wings with a sense of erectile calamity wow fucking at just tdz aka

with a I write sins not tragedies inspired one that's funny cause that's like the one panic at the disco song I listen to or I like because the melody is so ridiculous to me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Closing the goddamn door. No. Okay.

You got that early 2000s punk emo shit. Emo bullshit. I do. If you look out there, there is a little acoustic guitar emo mixtape. Miles is wearing so much eyeliner today. No, this is just Latisse. It looks very thick, so it looks like I have eyeliner.

Well, we are thrilled to be joined in our third seat by the wonderful, activist, storyteller, political, Taz Ahmed. Hello. Hello. How are you? I'm okay. Yeah? The world sucks, but I'm here.

I'm alive. That's right. I feel you, man. Yeah, we'll get into it. I've been feeling the... All the feelings. Yeah. It's also kind of cloudy in LA, so I feel like as soon as the sun goes away, I'm like,

seasonal depression, but it's so silly because it's California. Are you affected by the lack of sunlight, typically? I didn't think I was until this year. It's been cloudy. It's so rainy. Luckily, we got super blooms and painted ladies. What's a painted lady? Those are the butterflies that are

coming through LA. Little grayish monarch looking ones. They're taking over the freeways. Last week when people were like, what is going on? It's weird. I didn't have the privilege, the opportunity to drive through Butterfly. I don't know. Just wherever I was.

I killed a ton this week. Did you? Yeah. Oh, driving through? The wings are all littered all over my car. It's so sad. Did you just drive through like a cloud of them? It felt like it.

Yeah. I was driving to the Salton Sea actually out in the desert because I was checking out Desert X, and I was just driving through, and this yellow blot. Pop, pop, pop. Yeah, I was like, oh, this is so sad. I know those bright people were so torn up driving through. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. By the way, Miles' impression of somebody going, what does this do?

That was me. Was that you? Yeah, that was me. Oh, yeah, that is true. So I'm glad to know how I sound inside your head. No, you know what's funny? Because I just saw like, I don't know if you remember on Twitter, there was just butterfly tweets. That was like the flavor of the day, the tweet of the day.

They were wild, man. They were everywhere. They're pretty. Where were you seeing them? Front yard, just walking out there. And it's definitely the sort of thing that when you're walking with a two-year-old they're like whoa right what the fuck sensory overload uh they're not saying fuck usually if you're a better parent than me mine was but all right we're gonna get to know you a little bit better in a moment tesla first we're going to tell our

listeners just a few of the things we're talking about today uh The Game of Thrones merch report. We know the Bud Knight has been slain. But Oreo is out here with some Game of Thrones cookies. We're going to talk about Trump being not so hot on people seeing the Mueller report now for some reason. We're not totally sure why. Yeah. And, you know, as we talked about yesterday, his approval has not jumped up the way that you might have expected it to.

So people might find that sort of behavior suspicious. I don't know. We'll talk about why and how he's communicating that, though. We're going to talk about Nipsey Hussle's killer being caught and Russell Westbrook's tribute to him on the basketball court. We're going to talk about DHS just disbanding its domestic terror unit for some reason, just at the time that you would think you would not want to do that. We're going to talk about the DOJ getting involved in the film industry somehow,

which I guess is not as bad as that sounds. And security clearance releases, the Joker trailer, all sorts of shit. And most of all, Cucker Tarleton catching heat from the Bronx. Yeah. From the Bronx. He asked for it. He got the smoke. He's, yeah.

But first, Taz, what is something from your search history that is revealing about who you are? Oh, gosh. I was actually in the desert this weekend for a wedding, and I was searching Desert X, which is this art exhibit that's going on. So I was trying to track down where the exhibits were. I don't know how many there are, but they're just kind of out in the middle, just these beautiful installations. Yeah, all over the Coachella Valley in there. Yeah. Did you get the app?

I got the app. Yeah. I also got the VR app. So there's a couple of the exhibits you have to look at through your phone. And then it's gorgeous through your phone. But yeah, that was really cool. I highly recommend looking at the desert. Yeah, if you're in the area, for sure.

I mean, I think people remember last year, if you were on Instagram and lived in LA, people kept popping up with like photos with like a house made of mirrors. Yeah, that one was cool. And that was from, I think last year. It's just out in the middle

of the desert? Yeah, they just put these art installations like in the desert and then there are some places like in Palm Springs where they took over some vacant storefronts

and did installations there. So it's a mix of all kinds of art. But yeah, there's a lot of cool stuff of just like sculpture, like just out in the desert that you can kind of check out. You just find it on social media?

Well, no, there's an app. There's an app. There's an app and a very cryptic website. I remember at first when I was out there trying to check stuff out, I'm like, this website isn't giving me much. Right. But there's an app. There's always an app for something.

That's dope. What was the installation that you saw? I went to the Salton Sea because I'm really fascinated by the Salton Sea, which is this kind of like accidental ocean in the middle of the desert. From like industrial runoff or something? Yeah. Well, not industrial runoff. It was the Colorado River, right? It was like a broken aqueduct for like three years or something.

And it just created this like sea in the middle of the desert. And then people started vacationing there, right? Yeah. There's a place called Bombay Beach out there, which I was really fascinated by. So there's a couple of exhibits on the water there. It's gorgeous. The lake stinks. The sea stinks.

Right. Because it's not real. It's dried up. Yeah. All the fish died. Everything died. It's so weird. Including the vacation communities around there. Yeah. So it's now a bunch All the fish died. Everything died. It's so weird. Including the vacation communities around there.

So it's now a bunch of ghost towns, right? Yeah. And also where everybody shoots their first music video. Yeah. Right. Because there's so many abandoned buildings and remnants of this once thriving vacation town. Apocalyptic.

Yeah. So you went there. And were there installations there were there there's one in the on the like in the water like

I don't even know how to describe it it's just like a two dimensional sculpture in the water that one was cool and then that was the place where I saw the VR one so as you're walking through you pull up the app

and then you kind of just see like a cloud of colors that you're walking through and walking around oh that's yeah guys get that art in get your art in yeah it's soothing see like a cloud of colors that you're walking through and walking around. Oh, that's weird. Guys, get that art in. Get your art in.

Yeah. It's soothing. I was trying to find, have you like gone to the super blooms? I tried and we couldn't find them. Yeah, that's the thing. I thought they, at one point, didn't they just shut down Lake Elsinore? They shut down Lake Elsinore, yeah. They're like, just get the fuck out of here.

There's so much traffic. Right. We're going to try again this week. I'm going to go with my sister to Antelope Valley. Yeah. Which is where the blooms are now blooming. Like really popping off. And I was like, if you grew up, I don't know, actually a lot of people, I feel like even

outside, there was a picture of like this hills, I think either in Lake Elsinore or the Antelope Valley that was like on every textbook. I think it was a math book or a California history book. Anyway, just a weird fact. I have a vague recollection of that. Is it all the poppies? Yeah, yeah. It's like an orange-filled poppy thing

and that's like our thing. But I'm like, I think this is on a Hofton Mifflin mathematics book or some shit. I remember that too. I have a vague recollection of that. Yeah, so if you guys

are trying to figure out, look at that old book and then know that that's our state flower and you can't have it. But now because of Instagram culture, it's like just clouds of people just with orange dust all over their shoes. I think it's kind of charming.

Oh, for sure. You know, like I think. This is like what we come together around. Yeah. Like there's so much whatever terrible things in the world, but there's a mass of people causing a traffic jam because they want to go see flowers. That's cute. Yeah. I think that, yeah, it is uplifting. We're like, we're all just kind of like, we need this. Yeah jam because they want to go see flowers. That's cute. Yeah.

I think that, yeah, it is uplifting. We're like, we're all just kind of like, we need this. Yeah. Let's go look at the flowers. Let's look at something nice. Just come with your own adult diapers because there's not, they don't put up bathrooms out there. Oh, that's true.

You took it there. Yeah. Yeah. I'm just saying. Wait, you can't just have a spontaneous culture festival that nobody prepares for. Oh, that's right, because on the side, you hustle, you sell diapers out there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, that makes sense.

And honey buckets. Oh, God. What is something you think is overrated? Let's see. I think something that's overrated is... Oh, God. This is so LA of me, so I sorry uh i i did hot spin class like you know you know how they have hot yoga like bickram yoga yeah but then they do it for spin class where you just spin around no you just do like spike like cycling

but it's in the room is like 80 degrees so you're just like sweating buckets. Jesus. Overrated. Yeah. It also seems unhealthy. I know but I guess there's a whole genre of people that like sweating. Yeah. Which is not me. Right. Because I guess it's like the logical next step because everyone's like hot yoga hot yoga hot yoga. It's like hot restaurants.

We're going to be hot podcasting soon enough. Yeah. Jesus. That would be a show, right? That someone goes, the only podcast recording in 110 degrees. Right. It's just sauna time. And people are just like, ugh. Dude, what the fuck?

Why are you in here? And I signed up for it accidentally. Like, I thought I was signing up for a regular spin class. And I was like, oh. You just thought it was hot figuratively. This is not good. Wait, so it's not even a place built? They're just, just turn up the thermostat, basically?

No, no. It is a place built for sweating. Oh, okay. I hope it's not just people going like, our new thing. I just didn't read the small print. Right, right. That was my bad. Yeah, because I feel like spin classes are hard enough.

I know. I can't bring myself to do a spin class, but everyone I know who does it always just like limping the next day. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm like, all right, it looks like you got your dollars worth. Yeah.

I like to pay for some really physically fit person to be mean to me for like 45 minutes. Does that work? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't even exercise, but they're mean to me about not exercising.

Push you around. It's like dividends. Down the road, it will, like the self-reproach and bad feelings that I have about myself will then bloom

into motivation as my dream. That's what I'm hoping will then bloom into motivation. Oh, wow. Is my dream. Uh, that's what I'm hoping will happen. Uh, but yeah, no, that's,

that's how like you always hear about high school wrestlers, like having strokes and shit is like the, just sweat it out, get rid of all the water. Right. Yeah. Like tape up a garbage bag all over your body and just do a bike. There's a thing in LA that is just,

you sit on a chair, they put like bags around your arms and just do a bike. There's a thing in LA that is just you sit on a chair, they put bags around your arms, and then you just sweat. Is that a workout? Or a detoxifying thing? Yeah, it's like a detoxifying faux workout. They're like, you don't even

have to move and you can get all the sweat out of you. Jesus. Some of the most passive shit i know we're like i don't want to exercise yeah exactly we're looking for very quick solutions to things that should just be solved with just sit there watch netflix while they yeah while they bleed you basically it's modern day bleeding uh what is something you think is underrated underrated i'm really into do you know Chani Nichols? The astrologer?

No. She's like an astrologer to like, I don't know, like all the activists that I know. She's here in LA, but she has a Spotify playlist that's done by astrology. So like, depending on what your star sign is, each month Spotify will update it for the month. And she's been doing it since the beginning of this year. It's really awesome. So what about the music is

sort of like, okay, if this is your according to the celestial heavens. I mean, we can look at, what's your star sign? We can look it up right now. I'm a Virgo. We can see what your It's going to be very chill music. It's probably what I'm just playing at the end of the show.

Right. Yeah, yeah. Turns out this is how Miles has been doing all his picks it's gonna be very chill music it's probably what i'm just playing at the end of the show right yeah yeah turns out this is how miles has been doing all his picks all along it's funny like i get sort of i'm not i'm not a like you know big believer in astrology or like fate or shit like that but like when it comes to like what my like ipod or uh iphone puts on shuffle, I'm like, yeah, this is the fates deciding what my mood will be for the next three. And sometimes it really syncs up. It's pretty cool. Are you a big...

Here. Okay, let's see this. This is your... This is Virgo. For the month. Okay, so let's play this track by Les Leaf. Let's just check this one out. Yep.

That sounds like me. Okay, what about this next one? Ari Lennox, 40 Shades of Choke. That's hot. That does sound like you. They have a Princess Nokia track I already played on the show. Fuck out of here. I mean, it's so funny, right?

Because we always talk about this on the show. We're like, obviously, you know, it's hard to be like a person of science or like think like, what the fuck? Yeah. Like, you know, a lot of people come on the show and try and reconcile. Like, I'm a very logical person. It's like, but my one fucking guilty pleasure is just looking at my chart, talking that Susan Miller shit. Yeah, I like crystals. I'm super logical, but I like crystals in my pocket.

It's just more for the feeling than you're more... The crystals? Well, I mean, for this one, I really do like music. Right, right, right. And I've been the kind of person that always would make mixed CDs and give it to friends when I thought, you know,

I was like, oh, I think these songs relate to you. So this is kind of like the astrology version of a mixtape. So what's your sign? I'm a Cancer. Okay, so what kind of vibe is your, what are your songs?

This month, I'm supposed to be super confident. So then when I was listening to it, I was like, yeah, I'm all about this. Okay, so it's in conjunction with whatever an astrologer believes is happening. Oh, okay.

Because for me, I'm like, I'm always sort of like the same note. No, but it looks like you're going to be queen of the shit this month and excellent. Oh, okay. Oh my God, my sign is all 90s rap and children's music. Damn.

That would be amazing. they just nailed my super specific uh that's that's dope though i do you do that do you like have like shit on shuffle and you're just like yeah so no i seldom use shuffling up i'm very like intentional when i listen to music i'm like i need to hear this or whatever. But I mean, sometimes I'll just put a playlist on of shit I've already put together or a playlist that's curated by a label or producer that I like. But yeah. I try not to get

too in the shuffle. What's Jax? What's your star sign? Leo. What do I search on Spotify? Just Leo. Spotify Leo. Spotify Leo. This is your playlist. This is your cosmic playlist. Starting off, this is Heartbeat by Reina. Oh, you have a good month too, according to this track.

Oh, yeah. Track list. Oh, damn. Flawless by Beyonce. Uh-huh. Who else you got? J Balvin. Okay.

Be Honest. Michelle Pfeiffer. Wow. Sound of Rain. Love Language by Kehlani. Okay. Get Into the Party Life by Lion Babe. I'm Too Sexy. You're having a good month.

Good Girl Gone Bad by Rihanna and Rude Boy by Rihanna. Okay, I need some of your energy. I need some Leo energy. Flawless? Yeah. Wow, Jack. Okay. Big things. You have a good month ahead of you

Big things in April Oh, for sure Okay, well you slay all day, queen Slay all month, honey What is a myth, finally? What is something that people think is true you know to be false? Okay, you know what's false? What's that?

Those bars when you're in a hotel That like are supposed to protect you from people barging in Okay, this is my story Wait, what do you mean the bars? You know the security bars? Those bars when you're in a hotel that are supposed to protect you from people barging in. Okay, this is my story. Wait, what do you mean the bars? You know the security bars? Those like- That latch? The latch lock?

Yeah. So I checked into a hotel in Palm Springs this weekend. And when I went up to my room to open the door, the latch was already closed. So when I went down to the front desk, I was like, the latch is closed. She went up with this tool to open the latch so that I could get into the room. And it was a booked out, booked up hotel. So I couldn't, she didn't have another room for me. So the latch, the whatever, the metal key thing that she has broke in the door.

And so she finds out from this other hotel guy that you can just use your plastic card, the key card, put it in an envelope, kind of like jimmy it in there and like lift up the latch. Oh, fuck. Which makes me think like, fuck. Wait, what are we talking about? We're talking about the little U-shaped thing that you flip over that? You just pop it in and it

pushes it. Oh, like if you just crack the door a little bit and then you can nudge it out? Yeah. Alright, there you go. There you go, Zyke. Tips for murderers. Brought to you by the D.D. Zyke guys. God. Wow. That's so funny.

I mean, that makes sense, right? Because if you did have someone that was incapacitated, like in a hotel room who did have the latch on, like. Yeah. It would be terrible to be like. But there was that case of the woman who was raped in her hotel room because it was in Iowa in 2014 where the doors locked. This like assaululter convinced the front desk person to let him into the room and then she had the lock on the door.

So then they got the front desk person to open the room up with the thing and then he went in and raped her. Oh my Jesus Christ. This was in the news this month. What the fuck are we supposed to do? I don't know. I was really freaked out this weekend. Because in that chain one you can just clip with bolt cutters. Yeah. Right. You know, we've with bolt cutters. Yeah. Right.

You know, we've all seen The Professional. Yeah. I'm trying to think. I'm just impressed by this scam, though. Meaningful door locks. Right. I suggest just putting a bunch of chairs in front of the door. Yeah, like properly just barricade the door.

Shit. And then like a bunch of cans and like bells and shit. So you hear them coming like barriers and barriers. Right. You shatter a light bulb and you put the broken glass pieces in the hallway so you hear somebody

walking through like Mission Impossible. I am a big believer in home alone style security systems. Exactly. Well, I guess, Zyging,

if you have tips to properly secure a hotel room, please hit us up with your suggestions. Yeah, I know that was super depressing, but I feel like I just discovered this.

Well, that's super depressing but also super useful to know that there's, despite you feeling secure, like there's still a vulnerability. Scam queen Lacey Mosley, Taz is coming for you. She just gave us the new game. But Taz is coming from a different angle.

She's like, protect yourself. Yeah, seriously. Like the scammers don't get you. Right. Or protect yourself. And then Lacey's angle would be like, Lacey would be like, don't let that thing hold you back.

Put a key card in an envelope and get you whatever you're trying to steal in that room. Hopefully it's not an assault and it's something lighthearted. But again, still disconcerting. Totally disconcerting. All right. Oreo, you guys. Yes. They are on the Game of Thrones bandwagon.

Yeah. I'm not like, the only reason I wanted to bring this story up is because I just realized that the final season is beginning next Sunday and I can finally be free from the nightmare of just wanting to know how the fuck they're going to end the series. I have a confession. I haven't watched any of them. Yeah, that's fine.

Can I still eat these Oreos? Do you like Oreos? I like Oreos. Is there a character I should be eating first? No, I think at the end of the day, if it's something you're consuming, it makes a little difference what the design is on the cookie itself. I mean, they're cute designs. I think it's more for people when you're having that Game of Thrones party, you know, you

want to put out the GOT Oreos. They're out now, and as they describe it, it's a playful new take on the original cookie, and it features four unique embossments spotlighting the great houses still battling for the iron throne and the enemy white walkers beyond the wall uh personally i just king looks like uh darth maul panther oh or dark mall yeah darth maul or black panther yeah we don't know we don't know who that is but i guess it's the night king technically we do oh yeah it's game of thrones so i guess we'll say we'll go with Night King. Just personally, I'm just curious. Jack, I know you watch. I do. Do you want it to end a certain way?

Yeah, I do. I mean, I have a soft spot for Arya. You know, I want to see her. I just don't want to see her go down, basically. I don't care about really anyone else.

Yeah. I just hope everybody dies. Really? I think that should be the, I don't know. I just feel like that would be so dark and fuck people up. So it's kind of like a metaphor, you know,

it depends on how you look at the metaphor of who the white walkers are. Some people say like, there's like this right force coming that we're trying to fight. So here's my one hope for the final season is that the white walkers by the season's midpoint are gone like they figure out how to kill the white walkers and then it's like the aftermath and everybody's scrambling to like see who like rather than it ending with them killing the white walkers which feels like that yeah you just like kind of know know that story shape whereas if it's like world war ii ends and then chaos like who like what happens in the aftermath right like i

feel like that would be dope okay were they trying to cut up the newly found grounds right and uh we see capitalism take over and they're like well actually i actually, I invaded here, man. I'm going to do whatever the fuck I want. There's a red scare. I'm on the Lannisters. It's like, what the fuck is going on? Wait, so are the White Walkers Nazis? No, they're more global warming. They're like a natural almost. They don't really have intentionality.

I mean, they have intentionality, but they're more automatons. They're just there to kill everything. I see, I see.ality, but they're more automatons. They're just there to kill everything. I see. Yeah, consume life. Yeah. Much like our Earth clapping back on us. So we'll see.

I mean, maybe it'll end nice. Are the Lannisters Nazis? Who are the Nazis? I mean, they're the ones who have a lot of the gold. I don't know, bro. I'm not really trying to look into this. We got enough real Nazis in life. Yeah, I know. I guess we don't know, bro. I'm not really trying to look into this. We got enough like real Nazis in life. Yeah, I know.

I guess we don't need, I mean, is that something that's changed is that we don't need Nazi, metaphorical Nazis anymore in our stories because we have real Nazis? Jesus Christ, I don't know, man. It's just like exhausting to even think about. I'm like, do I need to see someone with Nazis?

Well, I think the using global warming, though, is an interesting twist on it. Well, right. Like think about Nazis. Because it's sort of a narrative narrative where a lot of these people were feuding with each other until they have this new threat that they can actually all kind of band together and sort of leave their differences behind because they face a much larger existential threat. But take that however you want to. Maybe it's a metaphor for SoundCloud rappers. Do you think it's too shitty for us to talk about a fan theory for a twist that might be coming? Not yet. Our fans?

All right. We'll hold off on that. Yeah, yeah. All right. We're going to take a quick break so I can talk to Miles about this fan theory, and then we'll be right back. be right back. My name is Manuel Delia. I am one of the hosts of Crooks Everywhere, a podcast that unhurts the plot to murder a one-woman Wikileaks. Daphne exposed the culture of crime and corruption that were turning her beloved country into a mafia state.

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And how about that theory, huh,'m shook man watch out now yeah uh let's talk about uh the other thing that people are just waiting on the edge of their seat to see how it ends that muller report yeah uh so yeah it seems like the White House, you know, people were like, exoneration. It's all good. And that was the end of that story as far as the Trump administration. Moving on. Yeah, moving on. And we don't have to talk about that anymore. So what's the latest here, Myles?

Well, just now, I mean, this isn't really much of a story. Just something we're seeing evolve now is now the tone is changing from the White House being like, I don't know if we actually need everybody to see the Mueller report. Like Trump is saying, like, well, the Democrats want the Mueller report and then they're going to want more and more and more. Like what? More of the truth. Right. And then also, like there was another criticism of saying like, oh, you know, Robert Mueller was like their godlike figure for the last two years. And now we don't hear anything about Robert Mueller. It's like, yeah, you are. It's everyone screaming for the Department of Justice to let them see the Mueller report.

I don't even understand that criticism. Are they just like, where's your God now, libs? Well, he was just kind of like, oh, he's like, y'all didn't care. After we find out that his report exonerates me, it doesn't. Now they want to move on and not really talk about him. Like that was sort of his spin on it. Everyone's like, what the? No one is saying that.

But really, I think it's just something to keep an eye on because, you know, it's also with everything that's going on this week between him being like, I'm going to shut the fucking Mexican border down. Right, right, right. Or like. Avocados not coming to California. Yeah, oof. And like just, you know, causing a real economic crisis there. That would be a pretty good distraction for people to talk about the Mueller report.

Or, you know, screaming about Puerto Rico like this week and acting like, oh, you know, the United States citizens who live in Puerto Rico, the aid that we sent and, you know, didn't even really do a good job of helping Puerto Rico. Oh aid that we sent and, you know, didn't even really do a good job of helping Puerto Rico. Oh, that was taking money away from farmers. Like that's been there's just a lot of just dumb shit going on. I'm like, OK. Yeah.

Just any way you can pit white people against not white people is sort of his. The name of the game. That's the strategy. Because racism. Yep. Because racism. All right. we solved that so nipsey hussle's killer uh was caught by police before he was caught by uh crips yeah and you know kind

of talking about just sort of like the world being really dark like you know i know it's thursday now we're just talking about nipsey Hussle's death sort of in a meaningful way. I was really, really fucked up about him being killed. I don't know what it was, aside from all the good that he was doing, but I've just, something about his murder really affected me because he was really a person in South LA who was doing everything right to a certain extent. Like, I extent like i mean like yeah he made mistakes or whatever but he took his celebrity and his success and truly truly reinvested it in his neighborhood and was really wanting to uplift marginalized people that the traditional systems of support like the government and municipalities have do not care about right um from bringing that his

marathon clothing store where he was killed to his neighborhood and employing people there to starting vector 90 which was this program it was like a co-working space for young black kids who were interested in you know the stem field to go and find new ways to educate like to learn about the stem field and find new options and he he was really, really trying to not just like create opportunity, but he wanted to make his neighborhood, which there's a lot going on there in terms of like gang violence and things like that, but really trying to give people options to keep it a place where people would want to stay and live and keep his community thriving. And to see him just gunned down, you know, in his own neighborhood where he was really loved, just really, oh, it's just so, it's such a hard thing to swallow. And I think a lot of people

were wanting to, you know, say like, oh, it was a conspiracy theory because he was doing a documentary about this doctor who, uh, who would claim to have cured AIDS and things like that. And it was just a hard thing to think that just within the own community, someone took his life. Yeah. And I just think, again, it's not just a tremendous loss to L.A., to hip-hop, to his family and his children, but just as an example for people, just for our society of somebody who, like, yes, he was a rolling 60s crip.

He really did everything he could to help people. And even to the point where, like, he was supposed rolling 60s crip. He really did everything he could to help people. And even to the point where like he was supposed to on Monday have a meeting with the LAPD on like trying to give them like actionable ideas on how to curb gang violence and things like that. Right. And I yeah, I just I think it's really important. I think people to not let him die in vain and really take a look at like you know a lot of people like well you know what'd you expect he's a gang member and this is going to happen right well you know that granted yes uh he was a gang member uh but the altercation that led to his death wasn't over you know a gang dispute it was like a personal dispute um and people need

to also recognize that people of color we don't choose to be in gangs because it's cool. You do that because there are no, we have exhausted options to survive. Uh, and you know, I think we need to look at why we have, uh, these sort of ills in our community and also like how we can better serve each other in general. And just like, you know, you don't have to live in a, uh, a neighborhood that suffers from gang violence to think about how you're contributing to your own neighborhood. And if you're actually putting your time and energy in a way that is actually going to help people. So, you know,

I just wanted to, yeah, to speak on that a bit. But yeah, it was really tough. I just really hope that people use this as an example of like, I want I don't want people to be discouraged from investing in community. I want them to use him as an example of how to invest in community. Because I can easily see people saying, well, this is why we have to leave. Right. Or gentrified. Yeah. And that's the other thing that his work was doing.

You look at parts of South LA, man. There are parts where my dad grew up and where a lot of my family lives where it was predominantly black and now it's like 20 percent or whatever um things are changing but i think you know again there was a lot he had a lot of momentum going and it's just a shame to see something like this happening he's only 33 years old um so yeah i uh i just want people to check him out and don't just think of him as some gangster rapper who just got killed over some dumb shit. I mean, he did get killed over some bullshit. What was it that he got killed over?

He had an art, like an argument with this other dude, uh, that was arrested or someone else, the one that was arrested. And then like the security footage, I mean, it shows them kind of him coming in and out of the shop to argue. And then eventually he came back with a gun and shot him. So, yeah, I would like for people to, you know, read up a little bit about him and see that there are forces of good out there that are cut down way too short. And this was a prime example of that. And when you look at just sort of the outpouring of emotion from not just people in hip hop, but just even like the LAPD was like fucking the police.

The LAPD. You know what I mean? Yeah. And granted, yes, there's already a tense relationship between, you know, the LAPD and the people that live in this city. But, you know, his dedication to his community transcended, you know, most barriers. Yeah.

And just on that subject, somebody else who is just like one of many people who was affected by this, but Russell Westbrook is a L.A. native and, you know, he's on the Oklahoma City Thunder. devastated by the loss and had had their first game in la since nipsey hustle was killed and uh you know he was just he was sitting on the bench before the game like with headphones on listening to nipsey hustle and then went out and put up the just like was playing out of his mind as if you're an nba fan you know only russell westbrook can like sometimes he just gets this like energy over him. It goes out of body, yeah. Where it's just like, I mean, first of all,

he's one of the great athletes of all time, but there's also just like an energy that is like unstoppable and otherworldly that sometimes takes over him. And he put up the second ever 20-20-20, 20 points, 20 rebounds, 20 assists. Wow. Which is insane for i mean it so the first person to do it was uh wilt chamberlain and he was 7-1 when the average height of nba players was 6-5 and everyone was about as athletic as like us you know like if you go back and watch like 90s college basketball

it's like you know okay yeah a little speed here yeah there's a little speed here and there but there's a lot of dudes out there who are like but what is it what is that person doing out there that's what nba basketball at that time looked like and now the average height is six, seven, and everyone is as athletic as Wilt Chamberlain was. And he put up 20, 20, 20. It was the first person to do it. And, you know, there's pictures of Russell Westbrook and Nipsey Hussle together. Russell Westbrook is also somebody who is very focused on giving back to his community and also somebody who has Hustle in his nickname. And yeah, it was just a really kind of moving moment. So yeah. Yeah.

Shout out to him. And it's also just, you know, you kind of just see the role of just violence and how it's still kind of, you know, it's still glorified in hip hop too. And just sort of, you know, you could just see from people like their reactions of rappers, like gangster rappers, like The Game or like Snoop and other people just being like kind of really, it just had an effect on people.

And I hope that there's a way for everybody to move forward. Yeah. Not, you know, not tear us apart even more. Yeah. The Department of Homeland Security has done the exact wrong thing, it would say. Fuck. Surprise. Yeah. So according to a new report in the Daily Beast, the DHS just kind of quietly behind closed doors dissolved a unit of analysts in its Office of Intelligence and Analysis,

whose job was to focus on domestic terror threats and homegrown violent extremism and share what they found with state and local law enforcement. The lack of this sort of thing has been the story of the past couple of years. of this sort of thing has been the story of the past couple years like the fact that there is not enough intelligence and policing on homegrown terror threats and they are choosing to kind of walk it back yeah and the former head of this unit was basically saying like oh it's really not that essential you know since like the the FBI also does this stuff. And, you know, we want to leave the terrorism stuff to the FBI. And also like, you know, we don't want any redundant work happening.

I'm sorry. You want as much fucking redundant analysis done as possible because you want to ensure the safety of the citizens. The thing is, the local law enforcement that was receiving all of this intelligence does not feel that way at all about this unit. This L.A. County Sheriff's Department sergeant in this Daily Beast article said that his office, quote, used to receive a significant amount of the material from this department, but that the communications have dried up in recent months. And for the last six months, he said, this unit has been mostly silent. And he said, this has been consistent with broader changes in how the department communicates with his office. And this is a quote from him. It says, quote, it's been very quiet lately. It's changed with the new administration. It doesn't seem to be as robust, as active,

as important. It is important, I'm sure, but it's not a priority. It doesn't seem like engagement, outreach, and prevention are seen as priority as we used to see in the past. There were roundtable meetings in the past. There was more activity, more training, more seminars. Now it seems like it's gone away. I have some mixed feelings about this. As a Muslim person. Yes. Because we've been doing a lot of campaigning against the countering violent extremism program that had been created at the DHS under the Obama administration. And the Countering Violent Extremism program was going to fund Muslim organizations to do kind of like COINTELPRO,

like see something, say something amongst the Muslim community. So this is an arm of that. We've been doing a lot of campaigning to make sure that money wasn't coming into L.A., which was one of the pilot cities. About $4 million was supposed to come to L. to LA to get Muslims to spy on each other, essentially. And I think my issue is that for me, domestic terror issues is with white supremacy right now. Like we see more deaths with white supremacy than we do with Muslim terrorism. But because of who's in the government, there was a stupid amount of money

and focus on Muslim communities that wasn't on where it really should have been. So in one way, I feel like, yay, it worked that we pushed back on DHS from preventing money from coming into the Muslim community locally. But on the same time, it's like, well, I do want the domestic white terrorists that are killing people

to be checked and all this right i just don't trust dhs to do anything properly right right yeah yeah and it seems like their whole thing is they're just passing the buck to the fbi and they're like that's their thing right uh and we'll let them you know entrap people right which is like it's wild to think that that's you know we'rerap people. Right. They have done. Which they do. Which is like, it's wild to think that that's, you know, we're trying to reconcile this one problematic way

of trying to keep people safe. But then we see a lot of entrapment of Muslim Americans when it was coming to Islamic terrorism. Yeah. But when it comes

to far right terrorism, it's still even like, well, you know, Yeah, they'll figure it out. Yeah. And Trump has even said it's a very small amount. It's not even like, it's not a thing. Yeah. And Trump has even said it's a very small amount. It's not even like it's not a thing.

But when you look at what's happened in Pittsburgh and Charlottesville or Tallahassee. Christchurch. Yeah. And just around. Yeah. There is a this is an issue. Yeah. This is an actual terrorist threat.

You know, for Trump. Right. He has to, like, constantly be winking at the far right. Right. Since they make up a portion. Yeah. They make up a portion of his base and so to enforce the law and treat them like the terrorists that they are would strain

that relationship and and so like we're always like how the fuck could this happen i mean really this just lack of attention to me just reads as a complete endorsement of this uh this kind of this kind of terror you know because if you don't if you don't even have the wherewithal, just hide behind semantics to be like, oh, well, there's a redundant resource. We think it needs to be more efficient. I don't think that's... Yeah, this is a very strong tactic that they're doing.

This ambivalence is a tactic. Right. Yes, absolutely. And then the less they're monitoring it, the more it's going to keep happening, and the less they're able to actually more it's going to keep happening and the less they're able to actually try and stop it at the root yeah um so yeah again see more stuff to put on our plate and i mean the what are we doing that's interesting you know you're doing countering

this sort of thing at the grassroots level and at the like you know activism level and meanwhile like fox news and right-wing media apparatus is the one that pushes back anytime there's any sort of movement to you know push back on white supremacy or you know vanilla isis as we call them uh like just i like that term any Any type of, yeah. I mean, Obama did some things to kind of get intelligence communities and DHS to focus on right-wing terror, and people flipped out. People lost their shit on Fox News. Rush Limbaugh lost his shit. Right. So that's the level that it's happening. It's happening out in the open and through a megaphone on the right whenever anybody is trying to push back on this.

That's the Tucker Carlsons of the world. This is the damage they're doing. They all have Ben Shapiro has blood on his hands when it comes to these attacks. I mean, like this week we saw that the Highlander Center in Tennessee got burned down. That was like the center of civil rights knowledge. And that was done by an arsonist.

After the Christchurch shooting happened, there was attacks happening in San Diego at a mosque down in San Diego. So like all of the things that are happening in society are basically giving permission to the people who would have been observed under this domestic terrorism effort. Right. It's giving them permission to keep attacking. And each attack or action like this or like, you know, the arson that happened in Tennessee is meant to just signal to other people. It's like, hey, if you're thinking about it. Yeah.

Hop on it. It's okay. Yeah. just signal to other people it's like hey if you're thinking about it yeah hop on it it's okay yeah and i mean i think that so there's the story that's been reported over the past week about how the trump administration uh there were like 25 different security clearance denials that were overturned by the trump administration and when you look into the details of how that went it just gives an idea of like how they control things like this behind the scenes like how that went, it just gives an idea of how they control things like this behind the scenes, like how they get their form of corruption through. It's a buddy system. It's

like any corrupt organization. But I wanted to talk specifically about... So according to the memo, there was a whistleblower who put together a list of overturned security clearance denials, which included two current senior White House officials, contractors, individuals throughout different components of the executive office of the president, and was like, yo, this is unprecedented. It's not just Jerry Kushner. A lot of people who don't live up to our security standards are getting access to incredible amounts of very, very sensitive data. She pointed to a wide range of serious disqualifying issues involving foreign influence, conflicts of interest, personal conduct, financial problems, drug use, criminal conduct. And so she raised her concern of the chain of command in the White House. And the White House retaliated by suspending her in January for 14 days without pay for not following a new policy requiring that documents be scanned as separate PDF files

rather than one single PDF file. This woman is the one that's, she's disabled, right? She has a rare form of dwarfism. Right? So they were trying to, they put all the documents at a place where she couldn't access them physically. Yeah. Jesus Christ.

But I'm pretty sure Elijah Cummings said he is going to be asking, I think the man's name is Carl Klein, who was working in that office to come to the hill to basically explain what the fuck is going on over there. And then she was immediately demoted. Yeah, and you know what? She went back to work though. Yeah. She really gives a shit.

And it sucks when you have these people who are actually devoted to trying to be like, hi, we need to make sure that sensitive information isn't just going to people who are going to weaponize it or commodify it for their own gain. And then you have these hacks in here. I think one of the reasons with the Jared Kushner one is like, oh, well, those all happened earlier. So let's just clear. I think we can clear that.

That's what a background check is. That's like responding to a background check. But yeah, that was before. What happened to you before? You just pulled up to me right now. So I know who the fuck you are. Yes. That's how reality works.

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And we're back. And it's time to talk about Tucker Carlson, everybody. You know, we could talk shit about him, but why do that when the professionals are already doing it? For real. Better than I ever could. Man, for those of you who are not up on things,

there's two men from the Bronx, Desus Nice and the Kid Mero, also known as the Bodega Boys. And they, if you know anything about them, for them, the mantra is BX all day. So they hold it down for the Bronx where they're from. And Tucker Carlson on Monday, he basically tried them by going on about AOC, who is their tight with, Going on about AOC, who is they're tight with, and then talking about how basically her, this kind of feminist politician, look at what it's doing to the men in this country. Points to Chris Hayes, who is actually a fellow Bronx native.

Yeah. And MSNBC host. Went to high school with Mero, right? Yeah, or with Desus. Oh, with Desus. And actually, and the rapper Immortal Technique and Lin-Manuel Miranda. They were all in the same school. And basically, Tucker Carlson described Chris Hayes as, quote, what every man would be if feminists ever achieved absolute power in this country.

Apologetic, bespectacled, and deeply concerned about global warming. And then Chris Hayes, you know, he responded in his IG stories with him like lifting weights. And he's like, when the feminist junta are adjudicating our bodies, we must make sure we're ripped enough or else we face summary execution. It's like, you know, just joking about whatever his joke was. But the person who did not like this at all was the kid Mero. And he came for Tucker Carlson's neck. He just added the man. Okay.

And said, yo, you know, and if you know, if you and if you follow Mero on Twitter, he only tweets in all caps. So it's always this aggressive. And he says, yo, at Tucker Carlson, you a wild, wild pussy. And I got 10 racks on Chris Hayes washing you handily in the parking lot at Bay Plaza. No gloves, no rules. You're a fucking herb dog. Nobody at Fo News wants problems. Fall back before you get your bow tie spun 540 degrees with an open hand face smack. And then so people started coming in to either defend Chris Hayes

or to egg marrow on to keep talking that shit. And then, you know, some person said, someone said, I literally, another person, like they were just going like, yo, keep going, keep going. He said, Tucker won't say shit back. Neither. He knows what time it is. It's just entertainment face ass. Or they come at me with motherfucking lawyers like you come back with your uncle after you get washed on the playground. And then someone then showed, Merrill then posted a picture. Someone posted a picture of young Tucker Carlson. Yeah. It's an amazing picture.

It's just like him. Just the softest little pretty boy. He looks like he looks wonderful. Okay. He looks like someone who is the softest little pretty boy. He looks wonderful, okay? He looks like someone who is the definition of not wanting smoke. And said, this dude wants smoke? I must be bugging. And then a bunch of cry laughing emojis. My five-year-old will mop this little anthropomorphic baby penis.

Anthropomorphic baby penis. Then another person replies. He goes, no, that's an old pic. This is Tucker Carlson now. And he goes, your mans look like a scrub potato with a wig on get the fuck out of here anyway this goes on and on and on and it was just a great moment where uh you saw you know the merrill really uh put up for somebody yeah out there so you know i don't know how i missed this on the twitterverse yeah it was uh it was kind of hilarious because at at first, I didn't realize what Tucker Carlson said.

I just saw this Mero tweet, and I was like, what the fuck happened? And then I was like, ah, okay. Well, look at you. Fucked with Chris Hayes. Well, yeah, and also because AOC, you know, like, Tucker Carlson is just obsessed with her. And again, that's their girl, too. So he just likes to, you know, I think maybe Mero's been, he's been brewing, been steaming for a little bit. I like the caps lock and the emoji use

in Mero's tweets. Oh yeah, he's a master of aggro scream tweeting, talking shit. Where does Tucker Carlson shoot his racist white supremacist show? Is it in New York City? I think maybe in New York. Because that's where Fox News is headquartered. Yeah.

I mean, he could. I don't know, man. If Mero even showed up is headquartered. Yeah. I mean, he could. He could. I don't know, man. If Merrill even showed up, he'd be like, you see, I need to call the police. This guy is. And someone tweeted at Merrill. He's like, he's like Tucker Carlson right now trying to figure out how to call the police on a tweet. But a little bit of catharsis for everybody because, you know, there's something so satisfying about hearing the kid Merrill just fucking come at Tucker Carlson. All right.

So the Joker movie dropped a trailer, I think, yesterday, two days ago. Joaquin Phoenix playing the Joker. It is dark, man. It looks like the filmmaker Todd Phillips was saying that it's like inspired by Taxi Driver. And it looks like it's inspired by Taxi Driver. Todd Phillips, the man who directed Old School and Starsky and Hutch? Yeah, the auteur behind Old School and Starsky and Hutch. Doing this like serious heavy Joker movie. Yeah.

I was surprised by the trailer. It looks like what- I haven't seen the trailer yet. It sort of feels like, what was the first Nolan Batman movie? Batman Begins? Yeah, Batman Begins. Right? Yeah.

Okay, I'm... But Batman Begins kind of eased you into it. Like, it still had the Ra's al Ghul. I meant more like it was kind of trying to take a real sort of look at how someone ends up the way they do. Right. Like a very, like, not sensational comic book way. Right. from a very not sensational comic book way. Where he looks like this guy who started off kind of like a loner type dude and slowly starting to break and then turns to evil.

And at first when I saw the photos from the initial press photos, I was like, do we need another? Jared Leto already took the biggest L in the Joker and Suicide Squad. Just overdoing it. Like going full Joker, I guess, would be the Tropic Thunder. Yeah,

big ass smiles and everything. Whereas like, Joaquin looks fucking creepy. He just looks, I mean, he just looks like Joaquin Phoenix,

basically. Yeah. And then sometimes he's wearing clown makeup. But like, Joaquin Phoenix's performance in The Master is like one of the most

just deranged performances ever put on film. Like he's just like so strange. And I feel like there's a little bit of that burn in there and a little bit of Heath Ledger as the Joker in there. And it's interesting because, so one of the contradictions about Batman is that he's a rich dude in Gotham metaphor for New York. And in this movie, we don't see anything with regards to Batman, but we do see that the

background of this is Bruce Wayne's father running for some office. And he's like a tan, Trump looking rich dude. Right. Like billionaire in Gotham. And like he's sort of the, I don't know if he's the antagonist, but he like lends some, I don't know, texture,

some anti-capitalist texture and corruption to this world because I mean, I don't know if they're trying to make the Joker an antihero. Yeah, I was going to say, who are we rooting for then? I think we might be rooting for, you know, Travis Bickle in this one, the Joker. I mean, I was, yeah, because in the trailer you see him kind of get fucked with, like

society's sort of pushing him around. You're kind of like, yeah, come on, fucking Joker, get yours. Beat up by some no good teens. Yeah, no good teens. But then also some- Some drunk dudes on the train Some Wall Street drunk dudes I don't know Could be an interesting update

What's the deal with Trump though So Trump has been Kind of obsessed with Batman Like you can tell he's a fan Just going back through his tweets If Christian Bale turned down 50 million to return as Batman We should have his head examined What was he thinking just going back through his tweets. If Christian Bale turned down 50 million to return as Batman, we should have his head examined.

What was he thinking? So apparently- Like he's his agent? One of the, yeah. Well, you know how he is with like, that's the crazy thing about this is like, five, 10 years ago, Trump's Twitter was him just giving advice to celebrities. That's true.

Like pop culture takes. Yeah, Robert Pattinson, like don't go back to celebrities. That's true. Like pop culture takes. Yeah, Robert Pattinson, like, don't go back to her. She's a cheat. And he had a bunch of Katy Perry tweets, too. Yeah, yeah. So this was back in those days. And Christian Bale. So apparently they shot some of the Nolan Batman trilogy in Trump Tower.

Oh, my gosh. Really? Yeah. trilogy in Trump Tower. Oh, my gosh. Oh, shit, really? Yeah. And so there's this quote from Christian Bale where he says, we were filming on Batman and Trump Tower, and he said,

come up to the office. I think he thought I was Bruce Wayne because I was dressed as Bruce Wayne. So he talked to me like I was Bruce Wayne. Oh, my God. And I just went along with it, really. Oh, my God. It was quite entertaining. I had no idea at the time he would think about

running for president he talked to him like he thought he was Bruce Wayne he's like Bruce great to have you here no hold on cause pretend world is real world for Trump hold on no he doesn't know what is real no

that's motherfucking Christian Bale but he just goes you're in a tuxedo. You're filming Batman. What's up, Bruce? Yeah. I want to tell you a real tragedy when your parents were gunned down. Yeah. After watching Space Jam.

Isn't that amazing? Like, deadpan. Like, no irony? Yeah, and people, like, even behind the scenes of SNL have said, like, he doesn't seem to have a full grasp on, like like what is real and what's pretend no no whatever fuck it yeah and then i mean people have also pointed to the fact that his inauguration speech seemed to be at least partially plagiarized from bane speeches and dark knight rises oh my god you know uh talking about like taking watch uh we are transferring

power from washington dc and giving it back to you, the people. Which, I mean, that's pretty standard, like populism rhetoric. But it's like very spot on, like Bain style shit. What was the Bain quote? His quote was, we take Gotham from the corrupt and we give it back to you, the people. So, I mean, it's the same. Yeah, okay. Let's throw gotham in there and then you imagine at his speech he's like and to the people of gotham uh to you the people of america wait sorry go back there's lifting uh there's also he he weighed in

when ben affleck was uh picked to be the next next Batman. Trump came in with the prescient take, everyone should calm down. Ben Affleck is going to do a great job as Batman. Yeah, he got two movies out there and then dropped out. And then at one point, there's a story, an anecdote from his background where he gave these children. In 2015, Trump gave helicopter rides to small children and told one of them that he was Batman. So he was like talking to the press. This is like, you know, standard Trump shit. He said, we have quite a few children

gonna take rides today uh where the children get them over here so just like already yelling like they're props so into the helicopter we go william nine sean six brendan five and henry who just turned three uh and their mother went with them uh then mr trump uh Then one of the kids said, Mr. Trump. And Trump said, yes. He said, are you Batman? Trump said, I am Batman. Oh, that doesn't feel as bad. The kid asked him.

I thought he was just going to be like, you like the helicopter? I'm Batman. I'm fucking Batman. Yeah, that's true. It's not as bad as it seems at first. But he paid the kids to set him up like that, though. I think we should give him the benefit of the doubt, guys. Benefit of the doubt that he knew Christian Bale wasn't fucking Bruce Wayne.

He might think he's Batman, though, at this point. I mean, it kind of makes sense, though, because Batman comes from a wealthy background, right? So Trump's like, I'm wealthy of all the superheroes out there. I mean, he is. This is the one. Right. He inherited a lot is the one. Right. He inherited a lot of his wealth. Right.

He's more, I mean, when you look at his parents. He has a big fear of stairs. When you look at his parents, though, he's more of. Wait, the one born in Germany or the one born in America? Oh, right. Yeah, he's lying about that. He was born in New York, right? His dad.

But he said he was born in Germany because he wants that Nazi cred? I don't know. Or he just wants to be an immigrant? I didn't just wash up here. Like an immigrant story? I don't know. But when you look at a picture of them, they actually look like characters

from a Tim Burton Batman movie. Oh, absolutely. Legit. Mary, his mom? His mom is wild looking. Looks like she would have been in Mars Attacks Yeah And I mean there's been

Like the Batman Returns storyline Where I think that was The Penguin? Yeah The Penguin Where like a rich

New York real estate mogul Gets the Penguin to like run for mayor So he can manipulate him Like There's been some Trump overtones Like Trump basically could be a Batman character. His whole thing is his life is a trope.

Right. Yeah, yeah. His life is a tromp. It's funny when you watch these old movies, how many of them Trump actually plays cameos in. There's that Home Alone movie where he's a cameo. Home Alone 2, baby. Yeah. Oh, right. Because doesn't he run into him in the lobby of the Plaza Hotel or something like that? Yeah. Oh, right. Cause isn't he running to him in like the lobby of the Plaza hotel or

something like that? Yeah. Hey, layers and layers of tropeness, layers and layers of makeup. I mean, when you look at his, I am,

he was in the little rascals. Oh yeah, dude. When was he in the little rascals? He was on in Eddie, of course. Cause any fucking movie to do. Damn.

Whoopi Goldberg has been in two motherfucking movies with Donald Trump. Eddie and The Associate. He's in 54. He was in Zoolander, Two Weeks Notice, Wall Street. Well, no wonder he thinks movies are real then. Right. Because he's like in. He's just in them playing himself.

So he thinks that's true of everyone else. Yeah. And we have some breaking news that Hansyy joe has broken his silence and basically said the thing that we said on yesterday's episode he should have said and this is no longer breaking news by the time you listen to this but he was basically like i have learned from my mistakes and from the changing conversation around this i'm sure he fucked it up in some way but he has at least addressed it well the text of the video that he fucked it up in some way, but he has at least addressed it. Well, the text of the video that he posted

tweeted a video out doesn't have any apologies in it. It's more like social norms are changing. I understand that. I've heard what these women are saying. Oh, so he left out the I'm sorry part? Now he's just defending it. Politics to me has always been about making

connections, but I will be more mindful about respecting personal space in the future. That's my responsibility. Making connections. And I will meet it. From my forehead to other people's forehead. Physically. Nose to nose. Nose to nose.

Yeah. I'm sure the video might, I mean, there's a two minute video. So yeah, I'll give it the dignity of listening to it first. But either way, Joe, don't need you. Yeah, good man just retire baby you know what i mean all good just fall back uh well taz it has been a pleasure having you well thanks for having me back on the dailies i guess uh where can people find you at tazzy star hey as a star twitter instagram facebook all the things tazzy star yeah yeah oh andstar. Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, all the things, Tazzystar.me. And you got a podcast?

I have a podcast. Good Muslim, Bad Muslim. Yeah. Listen to wherever you're listening to this. We are there. Yeah. And do you have any live shit coming up? I do have live shit coming up.

If you're in Toronto, come check us out at the Aga Khan Museum. We know the Toronto Zeit Gang is out here. I know y'all out there. We'll be doing a live show on April 13th. And then my co-host Zara Nurbash is going to be doing comedy standup at the Aga Khan Museum on the Friday and Sunday around those shows. It's going to be fun. Hell yeah. Awesome.

And is there a tweet you've been enjoying? There is. There's a lot of talk in about nemesmesises nemesises nemesis nemesis on the tweets and uh aminatou who also has a podcast aminatou sao from call your girlfriend podcast uh had one tweet which i thought was funny she said the reason your nemesis is thriving is because she submitted her book proposal wrote that script met her deadline made a therapy appointment made plans with friends, is doing literally anything more productive

than being on Twitter displaying unhealthy emotions. I feel attacked. Damn. Oh, that just made me feel worse. I know. I need that Michael Phelps app now. What's Michael Phelps? Yeah, what's that?

That talk, whatever, that therapy app he's talking? Right. All right, that joke didn't land all right well i'm not familiar with the reference uh miles where can people find you following michael phelps i'm just you know i'm michael phelps bong guy um but yeah you can follow me on twitter and instagram at miles of gray uh tweet i like oh shout out to the uh zeitgang david at yr0 uh who's out here doing the legit mosquito research and was like the skrillex thing is real no so shout out to you my man in the lab yeah he this uh this listener david uh does research with mosquitoes especially around

like uh mosquito-borne illnesses so i'm glad that we have people doing uh the good work uh in the listening community. A couple of tweets I like. One is from at Paris Hilton's dad. And this is a scene from Shark Tank. Me, ridiculously wide sunglasses. Shark one, I'm out. Shark two, I'm out.

Hammerhead shark, I'm listening. Just a stupid dad joke. And another one is from Liz Hackett, at Liz Hackett. A posh woman asked where I got my boots and I didn't want to say TJ Maxx so I told her

I won them in a bar fight oh don't be mad you got the deal at TJ Maxx though yeah but I also kind of like if this did actually happen

if you ask someone where they got something they're like in a bar fight I love that I'm always the first one to jump in just took it off somebody

I'm always the first one to jump in and say took it off somebody. I'm always the first one to jump in and say like, oh, I got it for like X, X price because it's always a bargain. But bar fight, I'm going to bar fight. Why?

I thought you were just going to say, I'm always the first one to jump into a bar fight. Yo! I'm the first one in a bar fight. If someone's knocked out,

I steal their shoes. Steal their shoes? I'm going to say that. I love that. Taking your jacket off. Oh man, see, because I grew up in a house where my mom, she just lived for the deal. Yeah. that. Taking your jacket off. Oh, man. See, because I grew up

in a house where my mom, she just lived for the deal. Yeah. So I think the same way, right? You know, immigrant moms, they love the fucking, the markdown. You always have,

even when you're not being asked about the price, you're like, do you want to know how much I got this? This is a $200 shirt. I got it for 19. Yeah.

Shout out to Lomans. That's what she would always say. My mom's a Lomans gang. Now I'm going to say bar fight. There you go. Bar fight it up Alright Couple tweets I've been enjoying Speaking of dad joke by the way

I loved Mero's reference He said Tucker Carlson's softer than a morning diaper Which is specifically for anybody Who is like literal dad joke Why? Because they're soggy Like they Oh cause it's through the night The kids have just been pissing in them all night And so they just get anybody who is like literal dad joke. Why? Because they're soggy like they

just been pissing on them all night and so they just get they're like ready on the brink of falling apart. Oh wow just disintegrating. I like how Miles was like why? I ain't ready for that. In my mind I'm like I feel like a baby

wets themselves or shits themselves they start crying and that would induce a diaper changing. You know what I mean? Oh, hell no, man. No, parents got to sleep. Yeah. Fuck that. Oh, good.

Good thing to know. Now I'll be like, no, no, it's good, baby. Let them diapers get soft. There is a thing called sleep training where it's just like letting your kid cry. Does that work? Yeah. No, you have to basically teach them that you're not coming to every time they cry right but it's like wait so training is me just like sleeping while they

cry that's like that doesn't seem like a very active like fun thing for them uh that sounds like something a page out of my child rearing book it like, yo, yo, don't let the kid bother you, man. Also, on the Koch brothers tip, crystal deodorant also, please. If you hear crystal deodorant ads on our site, we do not endorse that shit either. Man, every time I use a crystal deodorant, I remember my dad, like, in the early 90s when that shit first came out,

he was like, I'm using these crystals. And then that was, like, the first deodorant in my house. My dad's artsy and smelly. And then I would use it when puberty hit. Man, I stunk like shit. Yeah, that was like the first deodorant in my house. Right. It was artsy and smelly. Right. And then I would use it when puberty hit. Man, I stunk like shit. Yeah, man.

What the fuck? Just rubbing something on your body. Sorry about these weird ads. We're dealing with it. Yeah, we're dealing with it. Because after joining a very big operation.

I have a call in two minutes about this shit. To rip heads off. Yeah. So, yeah. All right. Some tweets I've been enjoying. At Sharpling tweeted someday

a baby's first words will be please take this ramon shirt off me i don't like their music and this shirt implies that i'm a fan uh tim barnes tweeted annually i have vivid flashbacks of the time i had to break up a blow job during an afternoon screening of legend of the guardians the owls of gahoo at a movie theater I worked in in Riverside, California. Oh, Riverside, though. Yeah. You know how that goes. Have you seen those shirts?

Suicide, homicide, genocide, Riverside. Riverside. You can find me on Twitter, Jack underscore O'Brien. You can find us on Twitter at Daily Zeitgeist. We're at The Daily Zeitgeist on Instagram. We have a Facebook fan page and a website DailyZeitgeist.com where we post our episodes and our footnotes. We link off to the information that we talked about

in today's episode as well as the song we ride out on. Miles, what's that going to be? This one is called Flowers. We're talking about that super balloon. Just gotta, you know, look, I know there's a lot going on in the world, but we gotta focus on the good and keep perpetuating the good and spreading the good and we will overcome it all.

This is what I believe. That's what I have to tell myself to wake up every day. And it's been working. So this is from Sampa the Great. Oh, hell yeah. I love Sampa the Great. And yeah. Hell yeah, I've heard of this musician. Hell yeah. I think it's on your playlist, man. So yeah, this is Sampa

the Great. Please enjoy Flowers. Please enjoy. this is big for me haven't heard of one of my own musical records there you go uh all right guys we are gonna ride out on that we will be back tomorrow because it is a daily podcast we will talk to you then yes i do pretend same sweet smile dagger in my hand Sweet, honey too sticky, might get caught up I'll get caught up, I'll get caught up Melody B, sweet silly summer's always

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