The Philip DeFranco Show - PDS 2.27 Andrew Tate Florida Situation is Crazy, Trans Troop Ban, Huge MrBeast $$$ News, & Meet Dr. Lin

Episode Date: February 27, 2025

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where he faces trafficking charges to florida but governor de santa says he and his brother are not welcome but even donald trump and kira starmer chiming in trans troops currently serving will be removed from the u.s military according to the pentagon how trump is accidentally helping liberals mr beast wild five5 billion valuation, and I want you to meet Dr. Lin. We're talking about all that and much more on today's brand new Philip DeFranco show, you daily dive into the news,

how it's being covered, and how people are reacting to it, starting with this. The Tates have now officially landed in the United States and people are cheering, disgusted, and overall losing their minds. We're just learning the news today that Andrew and Tristan Tate took a private plane out of Romania and landed in Florida this morning

after Romania lifted the travel restrictions they'd been under. With an Andrew briefly answering questions from the press after landing, condemning the media for what he called spinning narratives against him and adding. We live in a democratic society where it's innocent until proven guilty.

And I think my brother and I are largely misunderstood. There's a lot of opinions about us, a lot of things that go around about us on the internet. We've yet to be convicted of any crime in our lives ever. Now, as far as specifics, you may be wondering how we got here. You had Romania's anti-organized crime agency, DICOT, releasing a statement announcing

that two unnamed defendants, who later were confirmed to be the Tates, are now allowed to leave the country, but they have to remain under judicial supervision, meaning that they'll still have to appear before authorities when some indited failure to comply could lead to stricter measures being put back in place. So notably, even though the restrictions were lifted,

the cases against them are still ongoing because they were indicted last year in Romania on trafficking charges. And while the court ruled that the case could not go to trial, it is still open. And there's another ongoing investigation into them in the country. Additionally, an appeals court previously granted a request

to extradite the brothers to the UK, but only after the cases in Romania had wrapped up. You know, all of this, as they've denied any wrongdoing, and now, given that they're in the United States, there are questions if they'll ever actually go back to Romania. And all of this is a really huge update, because if you've been following this case, you know that the Tates have been trying to get out of the country for quite some time to no avail, which has some people wondering how they finally got the Green Line.

And while on that front, a key thing is that earlier this month, there were reports saying that the Trump administration was actually going to urge Romania to lift travel restrictions on them. And that is the Tates have notably become prominent right-wing figures, frequently tweeting in support of Trump and suggesting he could help them. So we've seen tons of reports questioning

if the Trump administration was part of any official efforts to get them on US ground. Though there, according to the New York Times, Romanian officials said that the US had not put pressure on them and a lawyer for the brothers said he could not give any comment on whether or not stateside officials use their power in that decision.

But he then also told the outlet, "'Do the math, these guys are on the plane.'" And this is his statements to other outlets were a little bit more discreet, though simply not providing details on the White House's involvement to NBC News, but saying, "'Our position is that Andrew and Tristan have long been targets of lawfare,'

saying they have maintained their innocence, arguing the accusations against them are defamatory and false. You know, even though right now there are more questions than official answers, many believe that there was political influence from the US here. With us seeing, for example, Matthew Juria,

lawyer representing women in the UK who have accused Andrew Tate of sexual assault, writing on Twitter, the news that pressure by the Trump administration has led to Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan being allowed to leave Romania by its authorities is equal parts disgusting and dismay. And saying that the US government would choose to lobby for his release is absurd, but sadly,

given its actions over the past month, perhaps unsurprising. But potentially the biggest statement being any suggestion that the Tates will now face justice in Romania is fanciful. And they're claiming that there is evidence to support the allegations against Andrew and calling for the authorities in the UK to secure his extradition. And notably, he is not the only one condemning the brother's presence in America. In addition to us seeing just tons of people on the left and certain right wing figures like Ben Shapiro speaking out against the Tates coming to America, we saw Florida Governor Ron DeSantis talking to reporters this morning and saying, The reality is, is no, Florida is not a place where you're welcome with that with those that

that type of conduct in the air. And I don't know how it came to this. We were not involved. We were not notified. I found out through the media. Though obviously, while all of this is playing out, Tate supporters have been celebrating the news. And so some on that side have slammed DeSantis for his remarks. But then as far as what Trump thinks, well, during a meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, he was asked if the US pressured for the Tate's release. And Trump simply said, I just know nothing about it. We'll check it out. We'll let you know. Obviously, this involves, there's an English element here. And then, because the Tates also have legal issues in the UK, Starmer added, Human trafficking is obviously, to my mind, a security risk. And so,

we'll catch up with the story in due course. You're aware. Are you aware? Are you aware? I didn't know anything about it. But for now, we're gonna have to wait to see where all this goes, how it impacts legal proceedings against the brothers. And if we learn anything else

about what prompted restrictions to be released. And of course with this and really anything else I covered today, I'd love to know your thoughts in those comments down below. Cause you know, yes, these daily dives into the news, they're news shows, but I also want them to be conversations. But then switching gears to

some quick but very interesting business entertainment news, is Mr. Beast worth $5 billion? Which is a question people are asking because Bloomberg just reported that he's looking to raise a couple hundred million dollars in a funding round to expand his businesses, which is a move that would value his company at around $5 billion. With the sources there telling the outlet, he's raising money to fund a holding company that owns all or part of several businesses. But he's got brands like Feastables, Lunchly, his production company, and he's reportedly looking

to expand both his packaged goods and media brands. Now that said, it's currently unclear who or what firms are considering investing, and talks are reportedly still in the early stages. And while this is reportedly not the first time that he's raised money with him getting funds from the firm Alpha Wave Global in the past, it does come as Mr. Beast has been making

more business moves lately. With one of the most recent notable ones being his Beast Games Amazon show reportedly getting 50 million viewers in 25 days, which is a record for unscripted programming on the service. With Bloomberg even saying that Amazon's already prepared to spend big bucks on two more seasons of it. So obviously we're gonna have to wait to see

what comes from this funding and what MrBeast does next. It is wild. It is just fucking wild. I know that everyone sees MrBeast as this huge entity now. You know, it's just wild to think about the news today that there's this $5 billion valuation being thrown around. And seven years ago, he was putting out, I'm saying Logan Paul's name over and over videos.

The power of the internet is just wild. But then next up in the news, we need to talk about the flu though, specifically next season. Right, and that, because something that's been getting some attention is that yesterday afternoon, the FDA reportedly canceled a scheduled meeting

of an advisory committee that selects which flu strains to prepare for. A meeting that notably experts say is absolutely crucial, right, because every year the agency predicts which flu strains will be circulating next winter and the drug companies make vaccines for those particular strains. And so with that, there is a fear that without guidance from the federal government, next season's flu shots will be circulating next winter, and the drug companies make vaccines for those particular strains. And so with that, there is a fear

that without guidance from the federal government, next season's flu shots could be ineffective, causing a resurgence of deadly influenza. And with that said, reportedly, there was no reason given for the decision to cancel the meeting, which was set for March 13th. And to be clear, right, if this meeting doesn't happen, it appears they can't just reschedule it last minute.

Over the seeing Richard Hughes, a lawyer for some vaccine makers, explaining to the New York Times, the vaccine manufacturing schedule is quite strict. With the FDA meeting usually taking place in February or March, and then production typically starting in June, lining up to distribution for September. And so with all this, you now have one committee member telling CBS News, we're all left trying to understand what is going on. Why was this meeting canceled? It's an important meeting. What's the plan for flu vaccines this year?

And then adding with the Times, it's a six-month production cycle, so one can only assume that we're not picking flu vaccines this year? And then adding with the times, it's a six month production cycle. So one can only assume that we're not picking flu strains this year. Now, notably with this in response to the panic and HHS spokesperson told CBS News, the FDA will make public its recommendations to manufacturers in time for updated vaccines to be available for the 2025, 2026 influenza season.

Right now, it's unclear on what basis the agency is gonna make the recommendation without consulting the panel or the World Health Organization. Right in that, because on top of ordering the US to begin withdrawing from the World Health Organization, Trump banned federal health officials from communicating with it altogether.

Which you know is a huge thing, because every year a WHO advisory committee holds its own week-long meeting to pick the flu strains for the Northern hemisphere, and this one's already happening this week. Or with those recommendations, typically influencing the FDA committee's decision. And that breakdown of cooperation,

it hurts both sides since Trump reportedly made the CDC stop contributing influenza data to two WHO-managed databases, FluNet and FluID, back in January. However, a key update is that Stat News reported on Monday that officials from both the FDA and the CDC were attending the WHO meeting virtually. So this, as it's unclear what's going on there, whether they got a waiver or not, but either way, it could be a good sign for public health. Though I will say, everything feels uncertain right now. I mean, we're seeing things like the CDC confirming last week that it postponed a meeting of its own vaccine advisory committee that was supposed to happen this week.

Right, and that committee meets several times a year to review the scientific data on new and updated vaccines so that the agency can decide whether to advise use of them, which then notably sets insurance and government coverage in motion. And this specific meeting was set to consider several important shots, right, several vaccines, and a new at-home influenza nasal spray. But I will say there being a lot of focus on the HPV vaccine

because a special note there is that RFK Jr., the new health secretary has criticized it and worked on a lawsuit against its maker, Merck. Now with this, the HHS did at least provide a reason for postponing this meeting with a spokesperson saying there needed to be more time for public comment. But really for many, that felt like a trivial pretext to delay the rollout of life-saving medicine. I mean, just talking about the flu, for example, the CDC reports that it killed 86 children and

19,000 adults so far this season, with also about 430,000 people being hospitalized and at least 33 million people getting infected, which is why you have experts warning that without effective vaccines, we can expect to see those numbers rise next winter. And so over the course of the year, it's going to be very interesting to see, you know, was this kind of just a blip? Do they get things back on schedule? Do we get the vaccines done? Or is this something, whether it be this year or in several of the years to come, something we're going to put into the fuck around and find out column. But then next up, let's talk about three big pieces of Trump administration news that you need to know today. Starting with the news that the administration has officially

said that it's cutting more than 90% of USAID's foreign aid contracts worth $60 billion. With that, marking the first time we have a number showing the full scale of Trump and Musk's efforts to end the majority of USAID and development abroad. Right in this news was made public in court filings yesterday in a case where a judge ordered the administration to release nearly $2 billion in back payments. With foreign aid contractors there claiming in a lawsuit that money that they're owed for services already rendered has been blocked under Trump's funding freeze, even after a judge ordered him to release it. With then yesterday, the Supreme Court temporarily blocking

the lower court judge's order, granting the Trump administration a stay while litigation plays out. Which you know is super significant because it marks the first time that the high court has weighed in on Trump's efforts to gut the federal bureaucracy. But as far as how that fits

into what we're talking about today, the filings in that case stated that these cuts come from Trump's January 20th order, cutting off all foreign aid and giving relevant agencies 90 days to review which USAID program should continue. And so largely, the only real new thing that we have are numbers that illustrate the sheer scale of these efforts. And as far as specifics, according to a State Department memo accessed by the Associated Press, the administration says it will eliminate the vast majority of multi-year USAID contracts, right? 5,800 of 6,200 total, which together are worth $54 billion. And that is on top of almost half of all State Department grants, with the memo saying that the administration is scrapping

4,100 of those 9,100 awards, which is a cut of $4.4 billion. Now that said, as far as the contracts that are still in place, we don't know the exact details there, but they could be part of a waiver program that Secretary of State Marco Rubio implemented that gave exemptions to the funding freeze for organizations that provide what's described as a life-saving humanitarian assistance. Though very notably here, it's been widely reported that funds for the life-saving aid have still been frozen.

And according to the AP, many of those waivers were not enacted and groups said Thursday that even programs that had been initially identified as life-saving had lost their funding permanently in the new order. So for now, everything's still kind of in limbo there, and we're having to wait to see how that plays out. But from that, we jump to the second big piece

of Trump administration news, and that is that the Pentagon has now issued a memo ordering the military to remove transgender troops who are currently enlisted. You know, this move actually represents a major shift from Trump's first term, because while the Defense Department under Trump's first administration

effectively banned trans people from joining the military, it did allow troops already enlisted to stay. Now, of course, there, Biden reversed that policy when he assumed power, but shortly after taking office, Trump signed an executive order that didn't immediately prohibit trans people from serving in the military, but did pave the way for a ban

by directing the Pentagon to revise medical standards. With then, not long after that, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issuing a memo on February 7th that was obtained by the media and said that the military would stop accepting any new trans troops who wish to join the military, as well as also pausing all gender-affirming care

for trans service members who had already joined. But still, at the time, the memo just said that trans troops currently serving would be treated with dignity and respect and noted that the DoD had the authority to provide additional policy and implementation guidance to those service members. So as a result, the public and the media

were operating under the assumption that this was similar to the policy enacted under Trump's first term, right? That new trans recruits couldn't join, but those already serving could continue. But the memo that we're talking about today actually predates the February 7th one by one day, and we're only just now finding out about it because it was also made public as part of court filings

in a lawsuit against Trump's order, right? And that February 6th memo explicitly states that, quote, "'Military service by service members "'and applicants for military service "'who have a current diagnosis or history of or exhibit symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria is incompatible with military service. With it then going on to say that the only exception will be when there is a compelling government interest to keep a current service member or admit a new applicant who directly supports warfighting capabilities. But those

people will be given waivers on a case-by-case basis, and they will have to meet certain requirements. And for current troops, those requirements include demonstrating, quote, 36 consecutive months of stability in their sex without clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. Though they'll also have to prove that they never pursued medical transition and agreed to abide by certain standards for the sex they were assigned at birth, like using bathrooms that match their biological sex. And as far as the service members who do not get the waiver, the memo directs the secretaries of each military branch to identify all trans troops within 30 days and then begin separation actions with non-exempt members 30 days after that.

And notably, all of this is it's not currently known exactly how many trans people serve in the military, though advocates place upper estimates at 15,000, but officials have also said that it's in the low thousands. Regardless of the exact numbers there, you have many advocates and trans service members condemning this move, like, for example, Air Force Master Sergeant Logan Ireland, who has openly served as a trans person for about a decade and who told CNN, thousands of transgender service members like me currently occupy critical roles, many requiring years of specialized training and expertise. Saying

removing us would create significant operational gaps that could take over a decade to fill, undermining the readiness and effectiveness of the armed forces you know ultimately with the revelation of this previously unknown memo it's now very likely we're going to be seeing new lawsuits or at least expansions of ones that are already ongoing but then as far as the final bit of trump administration news we have the president now saying that he is officially moving forward with tariffs on mexico and canada after confusion over whether he would extend a pause because earlier this month trump signed an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on imports from two of our biggest allies, as well as a 10% increase on goods from China. With Trump arguing that the move was necessary

to address the extraordinary threat posed by illegal aliens and drugs, including deadly fentanyl, which constituted a national emergency. With him then saying that the tariffs would be in place until the crisis is alleviated. But then Trump quickly announced that he'd be pausing the tariffs on Canada and Mexico from taking effect for a month after leaders from both countries promised to take measures to address his concern. You know, yesterday, a lot of people thought that Trump was going to extend those pauses because of conflicting statements made by the president himself and his administration. Because during a press conference, we saw Trump say, We've lost millions of people due to fentanyl. It comes mostly from China,

but it comes through Mexico and it comes through Canada. And I have to tell you that, you know, on April 2nd, I was going to do it on April 1st, but I'm a little bit superstitious. I made it April 2nd. The tariffs go on, not all of them, but a lot of them. And I think you're going to see something that's going to be amazing. But then, according to the New York Times, a White House official later told reporters that Trump was actually talking about other tariffs that would be put in place, not those on Mexico and Canada. With also Trump himself saying in a post on Truth Social today that tariffs on Mexico and Canada will be

going into effect on March 4th, writing, drugs are still pouring into our country from Mexico and Canada at very high and unacceptable levels. And saying a large percentage of these drugs, much of them in the form of fentanyl, are made in and supplied by China. With him then going on to announce that on the same day, an additional 10% will be imposed on China on top of the 10% he already set earlier this month. With Trump then adding the April 2nd reciprocal tariff date will remain in full force in effect. You know, with that, as of recording, it's unclear exactly what those reciprocal tariffs will be. And if he's saying that he'll be putting additional new tariffs on Mexico and Canada on that April 2nd date. So it's also possible he could be talking about a new 25% tariff that he said he'd be putting on the EU

during the same press conference yesterday. So yeah, all that is going on. And then we'll get to more news in just a moment. But first, you know, if I'm being honest, I knew almost nothing about my family history beyond my own parents. But thanks to today's sponsor, MyHeritage, I've learned some really interesting things

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to the point that it was expected they would be pounded in the upcoming elections by the Conservative Party. But I mean, just six weeks ago, the Conservatives had a 26-point lead in polling, with their strategy largely being to just attack the extremely unpopular Trudeau. Now, what we're seeing is that things are taking a turn. And while some of that is due to the anticipation of a new Liberal leader on March 9th,

after Trudeau announced that he was stepping down, another big factor is Trump's rhetoric. Trump has made it seem like the US is not committed to defense treaties, is imposing massive tariffs, and ultimately wants to make Canada the 51st state. With all of that leading to a huge wave of anti-Trump sentiment across Canada

to the point that 85% of Canadians say they are replacing or have replaced American goods when shopping. And by being in charge, the Liberal Party gets to portray itself as the ones opposing Trump and defending Canada. Plus, on top of that, they've been spending a lot of time

comparing conservative leader Pierre Polyev to Trump over the past year. Like with just this last January, they tweeted, Trump just won the New Hampshire primary, moving him one step closer to the White House and Pierre Polyev is ripping a page out of his playbook. With that accompanied by this video. You have corrupt media in this country.

We have seen an absolute meltdown by the bought and paid for media. We're spending $170 billion for faraway land. He'd rather spread falsehood about faraway foreign lands, Mr. Speaker. Our country is rigged, it's crooked, and it's broken. Everything is broken. The left-wing censorship regime. Their woke censorship ideology.

We have to bring it home, right? We have to bring it home. Let's bring it home. And now, more recently, the debates for the Liberal leadership this week, we saw the candidates really blasting him, saying things like… You know, considering that they're both on the right side of the political spectrum, a lot of those comparisons are easy, even if they are sometimes a stretch. Because his party as a whole is more center-right. You know, we're talking about Canada here, so the center of their politics is slightly to the left

of ours. For example, like with LGBTQ plus rights, Polyev has made it clear that same-sex marriage is legal and it will remain legal when I am prime minister, full stop. But also, at the same time, he's made it clear that he's not interested in trans issues and largely dodges questions about the topic. Now with all this, we've seen conservative strategists also saying they're not worried about comparisons, though it does seem like they are working. You don't have to just take my word for it.

A recent polling shows the liberals surging to 38% compared to the conservatives 36%. We're just an insane comeback compared to the 26 point lead the conservatives used to have. And notably we're seeing other major pollsters across the country having similar results. Now, notably here, if the elections were held today, neither party would have enough

to form a government on their own, and they'd need the support of various smaller parties, which you know then could lead to highly unstable governments that usually only last a year or two. But notably, the election is not happening today, and it's gonna be very interesting to see if this trend continues or if we see a pullback.

And so with that, I'm gonna pose a question to you Canadian beautiful bastards out there. You're our second biggest country when it comes to viewership, and I'd really love to know what are your thoughts here? What have you seen changing in conversations on the ground? Because as an outsider looking in, I just see those moments where it's like people are booing

the American national anthem and things like that. But I wanna know about the one-to-one day-to-day stuff. But then next up, I wanna give you some different news. Through the last week or two of videos, we've been talking a little bit back and forth of how I wanna end these shows. And today, when it comes to the news, I wanna end on a human interest piece and some good news.

And starting with the human interest, I'd like to introduce you to Dr. Bryant Lin. He's a 50 year old professor of medicine at Stanford University, a primary care physician, and the founder of the Stanford Center for Asian Health Research and Education. You know, he's also a married father of two teenage sons who last spring developed a nasty cough

that just kept getting worse and worse. And when he got a CT scan, they found a large mass in his lungs, which was confirmed to be cancer. And they found that it had spread, metastasizing in his liver, his bones, and his brain. And to make matters worse, it was advancing fast. And so Dr. Lin's weight, it dropped, he was in pain.

His doctor put him on a targeted therapy meant to attack the specific mutation that was driving his cancer. And he also had to go through chemotherapy. And after a few cycles of that, his breathing and coughing were getting better and he continued teaching and seeing patients. But still, Dr. Lin estimated

that he only has roughly two years left until the medicine that he's on stops working. And so he started thinking about what he wanted to do with the short remainder of his life, which then brings us to four months after Dr. Lin learned that he had terminal cancer, when he stood in front of his class for a 10 week medical school course titled

"'From Diagnosis to Dialogue, "'A Doctor's Real-Time Battle with Cancer'." With registrations were really filling up almost immediately and students cramming into the room, some sitting on the floor and even being turned away at the door. At the beginning of the class, Dr. Lin opened a letter that he had gotten years earlier

from a patient dying of chronic kidney disease that read, I wanted to thank you so much for taking such good care of me in my old age. You treated me as you would treat your own father. And with that, Dr. Lin said that this class was like his own letter, part of what I'm doing to give back to my community as I go through this. But with that, notably, this class wasn't the doom and gloom existential crisis-inducing experience that you might expect. In fact, you heard the New York Times saying that Dr. Lin's students reported that he remained upbeat and was cracking jokes throughout the class. With him reportedly making jokes about his wife

trying to get him to clean up his diet and joking around with his oncologist who came in as a guest speaker. You also saw things like one student who reportedly took this class in order to learn how to broach the conversation of his mother's cancer journey with her, asking Dr. Lin about his motives for teaching this class.

And whether it was some way of regaining a sense of control over his diagnosis. Which Dr. Lin replied, no, saying this class, and whether it was some way of regaining a sense of control over his diagnosis, to which Dr. Lin replied, no, saying that he tries not to dwell on the things outside his control, and adding, I'm very conscious that I have limited time left, so I think about that. How am I going to live my life today?

Is this a worthwhile way to spend my time? Which I think is such an important thing for all of us to consider, but also Dr. Lin's generally jovial nature doesn't mean that the class didn't cover some heavy topics. But there was also a session on having difficult conversations where Dr. Lin stressed that doctors need to be honest enough to say, I don't know, which was actually even a response that he himself had to get used to hearing amid all the uncertainties about his diagnosis. Also in another session, they talked about the psychological

impact of cancer, how disappointed he felt when he saw the scan showed his tumors had shrunk, but not disappeared, or because he was still hoping for a miracle. But it also wasn't just feelings and going through, right? He brought in people like a thoracic surgeon who placed Dr. Lin's diagnosis in the broader context of lung cancer among non-smokers, especially in Asian populations. What they're saying there, in the US, about 20% of people diagnosed with lung cancer never smoked. But adding that in Asian populations, in Asian American populations, that could be really up to 80% in some racial and ethnic groups. And then, you know, there was also a session on caregiving where Dr. Lin brought in his wife and she talked about how she was overwhelmed at first. She was just buried under a bunch of medical terms that she didn't understand. And she reportedly

spoke to the classes if they were, or at some point would themselves be caregivers. And with that, telling them to lean on friends and family, but keep in mind that organizing people who offer to help even with the best of intentions is a task in and of itself. And lastly there, telling them to lean on friends and family, but keep in mind that organizing people who offer to help, even with the best of intentions, is a task in and of itself. And lastly there, she acknowledged how hard it was to let go of the instinct to plan for the future, saying we just have to go through it one day at a time. But Dr. Lin also had experiences

that didn't make the syllabus, right? Telling the New York Times that more than once, he felt like time was flying by him, or he'd see an older person out in public and be reminded that he likely wouldn't live to that age, or having to explain to his sons what his diagnosis meant. And at the end of these 10 weeks, he told his class how lucky he is for his family,

his teaching assistants, his colleagues, the community at Stanford, his students and residents, his patients and his friends saying, "'So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, "'but I have an awful lot to live for. "'Thank you, and it's been an honor.'" You know, notably at the beginning of this class, Dr. Lin told the New York Times

that he hoped that some of the students that took his course would then go on to dedicate themselves to cancer care. You know, it appears that he's gotten his wish because when he asked how many were considering a career in the field at the end of the course, roughly a third raised their hands. With those planning on being doctors

saying that they would remember Dr. Lin's story when trying to understand their patients' experiences. You know, also the effect of this class, it goes beyond just career choices. With among other things, several students saying that they pushed their parents to get screened for lung cancer because of the class. And one master's student reportedly deciding to work

on integrating vocabulary about lung cancer into Mandarin class for medical trainees that they plan to assist in. You know, I mentioned Dr. Lin today because one, I was just inspired by this story. But two, it again serves as a reminder to live for now, live for yourself, live for the people around you that you care about,

affect a life. And if just some of us can siphon that clarity, it's the stuff that we know in our head, but we don't activate because we don't have the level of clarity that those with terminal diagnoses get. That this is all gone one day, something that we think of in the abstract, right?

It's a future thing. We push it out of our head with all the day-to-day, week-to-week, month-to-month bullshit. And how many of us, myself included, make decisions as if there isn't a fucking ticking clock. It's a future thing. We push it out of our head with all the day-to-day, week-to-week, month-to-month bullshit. And how many of us, myself included, make decisions as if there isn't a fucking ticking clock. And while I hope Dr. Lin got something from this, this helps him process things,

I commend him for being so giving in his final years. But then, as promised, some good slash hopeful news. Because if you ever hoped that there was a pill to make your dog live longer, surprise, it's actually a thing and it just passed a key FDA hurdle. Reigns of the pill is made by a company called Loyal, which is a biotech company based out of San Francisco, and they have reportedly raised

more than $150 million since 2019 for the development of their lifespan-extending drug that is, for now, focused on dogs. But the drug's goal being to improve a dog's overall metabolic fitness or their body's ability to convert nutrients into energy and regulate hormones. Because that declines in both dogs and humans as they age.

And now the FDA has certified Loyal's daily pill as having a quote, reasonable expectation of effectiveness at extending the life of senior dogs. That said, you know, there's still a couple of hoops that have to be jumped through. The Center for Veterinary Medicine still needs to certify that the drug is safe and that Loyal can manufacture it at the appropriate scale before vets can prescribe it.

With it as of now being a prescription that would be for dogs 10 years old and up at at least 14 pounds. And this is loyal CEO, Celine Haliwa, called the FDA's initial recognition here a key step and estimated that the whole process should be complete by the end of the year. And notably, you have the Washington Post

reporting that loyal plans on launching the pill under an FDA clearance for animal drugs called conditional approval, which allows a company to start selling a treatment that's been deemed safe and reasonably expected to work so they can gain more data to prove its efficacy while it's on the market. Now, notably, a big glaring unanswered question right now is the price tag. But Celine, saying that the cost has yet to be determined, but she said that her goal is to make it as accessible

as possible, hopefully less than $100 a month. With her adding that she'd rather see the pill widely adopted than, quote, jacking up the price and getting the millionaire dogs on the drug. But also, Celine saying that the potential for this, it could go beyond dogs. But they're telling the Washington Post, "'If we can successfully delay the onset and severity "'of age-related diseases in dogs, "'it's extremely compelling evidence "'that it will also do that in humans.'"

So notably with this, not everyone's on board with the idea with people like, for example, Deborah Cato, co-director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, saying that while the idea of just giving their dogs a pill to make them live longer may be appealing to owners, problems can often pop up with new drugs that are still in testing. But they're then also saying with so many rescue dogs

in need of loving homes, maybe holding on longer than is natural isn't actually a good thing. But they're saying that one of the many things that she admires about dogs is their capacity to live in the moment, saying, when they get close to the end, they accept it. And in a way, I think it makes it easier for humans,

actually, endings are going to happen. You know, with that said, I'd love to know your thoughts here, especially the pet owners, cat owners, dog owners. Let me know. Is this something you'd be open to or are you of a mindset of, no, fuck you, Fido, it's your time. But then, finally today, let's talk about yesterday in some comment commentary brought to you by beautifulbastard.com, where right now you can treat yourself because you deserve it to any of this week's newest drops, including the unvaulting and tweaks to our villain line. Don't be stupid, stupid, emotionally exhausted, keep going and more. And you can also snag yourself

from this year's best sellers like God is Testing Me, Silly Goose, Clearly Thriving, You May Not Fuck With Politics, But Politics Will Fuck With You, all of which and more available at beautifulbastard.com right now. Link in the description. But with that said, let's talk about yesterday. Because as expected, there were a lot of comments about the Trump-Gaza AI situation. But y'all sounded off in saying

things like, the Trump-Gaza video has the same energy as Emperor's New Groove. I'm going to tear down your village that your family has lived in for generations because it's the best place to put the new pool I'm giving myself for my birthday. Meanwhile, others said that it was really just a distraction, saying I'm sure it's only coincidental that the Trump Gaza video was posted right as Congress is debating cuts to Medicaid and whatever else. No misdirection there at all. You also had folks like Matt saying,

what I found most absurd about the AI Gaza video is that people who support Trump are saying, it's just him trolling. With Matt adding, even if he is, which I personally don't believe he sees it as just a joke, the president of the United States, the man holding the highest office in our country, should not be trolling anyone,

saying he should be doing his job and leading the country. He's not a leader, he's a clown. But then also separately, people sounding off on the measles situation, of course, very sad news, a child died in Texas from the measles. With Oliver saying, ah, the return of measles, this is the find out phase

of the fuck around find out process. With some replying there, not enough Americans have suffered from American ideals yet. It takes a lot of suffering for Americans to learn. To which I would say, I think that the only way that people can learn from something is obviously pain, but I don't personally think, nor would I like thinking that anti-vax or even vaccine hesitancy is an American ideal. It's definitely seen boost. We see kind of a horseshoe alliance of right-wing and crunchy granola moms, which is kind of more generally speaking,

it's one of the few things that I think a lot of people, like it's something that I agree with Mitch McConnell on. What did he say? Granted, he may have that opinion because he actually had fucking polio. He found out at the age of two, he got polio. So to bring it back to that one comment, he does not want to fuck around.

But then finally, a good number of you said that my good news segment yesterday was not good news. Apparently a lot of you were rooting for that asteroid to hit us. Y'all, it's only been a month and a half, two months. Don't go full team asteroid on me. If you need to feel something, ask another consenting adult to choke you a little,

have a safe word, but don't go full asteroid, especially for that little itty bitty asteroid. Even if that one were to hit the planet, the odds of it hitting an actual city, but it's like, it's really low odds. Think bigger and better for yourself. If you're going to go team asteroid, it should be a fucking big asteroid. Also, no, I don't even know what I'm saying. This is the opposite point of what I was trying to say. That, my friends, is the end of your Thursday evening, Friday morning dive into the news. If you haven't watched all four of this week's videos, I highly recommend you check it out. Just so much happening. But no matter what,

just remember, I got a brand new show for you every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 6 p.m. Eastern, 3 p.m. Pacific. Thank you for watching. I love your faces, and I'll see you right back here on Monday.