The Philip DeFranco Show - PDS 4.26 Disturbing Jake Paul Scandal Just Got Worse, Joe Rogan Freakout, Josh Fight 2021, & More

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Starting point is 00:01:22 Hit that like button, definitely subscribe because a brand new subscriber at random will be getting $5,000 at the end of the month of April. Just my little way of giving back to the people that have given me so much, but let's just jump into it. And first up today in big entertainment slash entertainer slash business news,

Starting point is 00:01:36 I mean, this is kind of several stories that are all interconnected. Okay, so first up, over the weekend, you had UFC 261, which was standout for a number of reasons, right? One, we actually got to see mixed martial arts in front of a crowd, which just has a very special energy. Two, yeah, Joe, I no longer shoot my podcast inside of an alien spaceship, Rogan, going viral,

Starting point is 00:01:54 mainly because his reactions were so animated, though honestly justified. If I saw Weidman's leg turn into dust in front of me, I probably would have reacted the same way. If you've seen that video, you know what I'm talking about. Three, we learned that if Capitol police are worried about another insurrection, they should just go and hire Kamaru Usman.

Starting point is 00:02:10 Cause this man has recently made a career out of knocking out Trump supporters, which actually kind of takes us to four. You had Jake Paul making news. This is because Jake went to UFC 261 a week after he knocked out Ben Askren. The crowd there greeting him. .

Starting point is 00:02:26 You also have the likes of Conor McGregor getting into the mix here saying UFC high-level fighting is greater than blogger jackass boxing. He also got into a verbal confrontation with Daniel Cormier before they ended up having to be separated. We also saw what seems to be this kind of continuing war of words between UFC president Dana White and Jake Paul. Dana when asked if he would ever do business with Jake,

Starting point is 00:02:43 he responded. Listen, do you know what would happen to this guy? He ain't fighting in the UFC. He's getting handpicked opponents and God knows what else is going on with that whole thing. It's all, there is a market for that. That's not what I do.

Starting point is 00:02:56 With White also slamming Triller and these numbers that Jake's been talking about as far as pay-per-view sales. The numbers that you're hearing that they did are full of. They're full of, okay? about as far as pay-per-view sales. Jake, hitting back though, seemingly making it mostly about money, saying in my third fight I made more in total pay than any fighter in UFC history. Maybe it's time to pay your fighters their fair share. With him also sharing a clip of Joe Rogan, who of course is a UFC commentator, praising both Jake Paul and his brother Logan. Paul brothers, Logan and Jake, they're making some big money moves. They're

Starting point is 00:03:28 making a lot of money. And they got everybody talking about him, including us. You can hate on him all you want, but you better recognize that guy can f*** people up for real. And he's doing it under intense pressure. But connected though, different news. You had Jake Paul in the news going into the weekend. Because while, you know, one of the last times we talked about Jake Paul is because there was a sexual assault allegation against him. He responded back saying he was getting his lawyers involved. But in addition to that, there's also this new wave coming from a New York Times report late last week.

Starting point is 00:03:54 And in that piece, you had another girl accusing Jake Paul of sexual misconduct, saying that he groped her and called her things like jailbait. The piece also had interviews with former people from the Team 10 house who just painted this image that he created this very toxic culture, saying that in addition to all the other stuff that he pushed the content too far,

Starting point is 00:04:09 he pushed people too far. But that is where a lot of these stories end for now, and in particular that last one. Because really, unless something legal happens to Jake Paul, I mean, this isn't really gonna affect him. And I think it's part of the reason why these allegations against Jake Paul, I think, would hit many other creators harder.

Starting point is 00:04:24 Not so much with Jake Paul, because a lot of people just think that he is a scumbag. It is not shocking news. I don't know what truly happened with this growing number of situations, the accusations, the denials. One of the common things I've seen is kind of the lack of surprise

Starting point is 00:04:37 that the accusations are being made against him. And seemingly even before these accusations, this is kind of Jake Paul's marketing and kind of branding at this point. I know people dislike me. I know people want to watch me get knocked out. They're gonna buy something and that's how I'm gonna make money.

Starting point is 00:04:52 Yeah, for now, I'm pretty much all fronts. We're gonna have to wait to see what happens next. Then let's talk about this absolutely massive Josh news. If your name is not Josh, please skip ahead. Great, now that everyone that's not named Josh is not here. I mean, Josh's, let's be honest, this is the biggest Josh news we've had in years. So if you don't know, which would be shocking

Starting point is 00:05:09 because you're all on the group text, last year, a 22 year old Arizona college student by the name of Josh Swain was experiencing pandemic boredom. And so he's thinking to himself, why can I never get social media accounts with my name? Like they're always taken. So like a lot of us in the last year, he decides, I got the time, I'm gonna find every person

Starting point is 00:05:25 named Josh Swain on Facebook, and he adds them all to a group message, with him sending a date, time, and coordinates for a future battle, writing, whoever wins gets to keep the name, everyone else has to change their name, you have one year to prepare, good luck. So he tweets the message out, it goes viral,

Starting point is 00:05:41 someone even creates a website to count down to the fight. The event creator, Josh, even setting up a fundraising page that was jokingly titled support legal fees to help Josh Swains change their names. But also explaining that was just a joke and the money was actually gonna go to Children's Hospital and Medical Center Foundation, which operates facilities near the designated battleground

Starting point is 00:05:57 in Lincoln, Nebraska. And well, the actual fight date came around this weekend and more than a thousand people showed up. 950 spectators and 50 people named Josh. Notably of those other 50 Joshes that showed up, only one was the Swain variant because I guess Swains are cowards. So we ended up seeing two battles play out.

Starting point is 00:06:15 One, you had the two Josh Swains engage in the respected battle of rock, paper, scissors. The winner there being Josh Swain who created the event. And following that, all of the Joshes engaged in the ritual battle of pool noodles with a fight kind of being just fantastic to watch. And oh my God, the underdog winner showed up, four-year-old little Josh, AKA Josh Vinson Jr.

Starting point is 00:06:38 And if that somehow did not warm your stupid cold heart, in talking to reporters, his father, Josh Sr., even shared that the boy had actually suffered a series of seizures when he was around two years old. He was actually treated at one of the children's hospitals at the event was raising money for. Which on that note, as of today, more than 260 people have donated

Starting point is 00:06:54 a little more than $12,000 to the foundation. With attendees also bringing more than 100 pounds of food that was donated to the Food Bank of Lincoln. So yeah, you know, sometimes it happens. One in nine shows we get some nice news. And hey, now that you're feeling happy and maybe more open and emotionally vulnerable, I'd like to share the sponsor of today's show, manscaped.com.

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Starting point is 00:08:16 yes, President Biden and his administration are aiming to double the capital gains tax, right? And this is expected to be an effort to fund his $1.8 trillion American families plan, which will likely include provisions for childcare, universal pre-kindergarten, paid family leave, and free community college. And as far as what exactly that would look like,

Starting point is 00:08:33 according to Axios, Biden wants a 39.6 top rate on long-term capital gains, up from the current 20% rate for those earning at least $1 million of annual investment income. Also noting that an ACA-related investment tax would bring the federal toll to 43.4% for top earners. While this is absolutely massive news, it's very likely not going to impact you directly.

Starting point is 00:08:52 At least noting that this change would only apply to three tenths of a percent of taxpayers, which is not even the top 1%. Though that is still around 500,000 households in the country. And on top of that, this proposal would be unlikely to pass through Congress as is. Reportedly, the Democratic sweet spot for this right now

Starting point is 00:09:07 is actually closer to 30%, though that is still a pretty big jump. It's just smaller than Biden's current goal. And so that is something that Joe Biden is actively trying to do, but something that Joe Biden is not trying to do, even though we've seen the bastions of truth like Lauren Boebert tweeting about it,

Starting point is 00:09:23 no, Joe Biden's climate plan does not include cutting 90% of red meat from our diets by 2030. That, shockingly, despite so many grifters tweeting about it and promoting it, is not true. With Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack saying, "'There's no desire, no effort, no press release, "'no policy paper, none of that,' that would support the notion

Starting point is 00:09:41 that the Biden administration is going to suggest that people eat less meat, or that the USDA has some program designed to reduce meat consumption. It's simply not the case. With all of this, or at least a lot of this, seeming to stem from the Daily Mail, oh, what?

Starting point is 00:09:53 Not the Daily Mail, they're so trusted. With them putting out an article speculating that Biden's plan could do this, but from what? Yes, it is widely believed that if a lot of us stopped eating meat and we had plant-based alternatives, that that would actually help with the environment. Or the Daily Mail citing a report that said, "'If half of all animal-based foods were replaced

Starting point is 00:10:11 with plant-based alternatives and beef consumption fell by 90%, dietary emissions would drop by 51%." Though one, the report notes that it is reliant on a number of simplifying assumptions. And two, despite the Boebert's and grifters of the world in this Fox news screenshot, this does not appear to be in any way a Biden proposal

Starting point is 00:10:28 or policy suggestion. I mean, granted it not being true isn't gonna stop people like using it as a rallying cry or a fundraising tool, but the truth is the truth. I don't know, it's just all depressingly stupid at this point. Then in absolutely massive US political news, we had the Supreme Court this morning announcing

Starting point is 00:10:44 that it's going to hear its first major gun control case in over a decade. But this is big news. The Supreme Court has turned down countless Second Amendment appeals since it ruled back in 2008 that the right applied to individuals who keep guns at home for self-defense.

Starting point is 00:10:57 And now, with its new conservative majority more open to hearing gun control cases, SCOTUS will now decide if that protection holds true for carrying guns outside of the home. As of the case in question centers around a century old New York law that requires people to show that they have a special need for self-defense in order to get a license for carrying guns

Starting point is 00:11:12 outside of their home. You had two men who were denied permits in the National Rifle Association's New York affiliate suit, saying the law makes it virtually impossible for the ordinary law abiding citizen to obtain a license. And in their SCOTUS appeal, the plaintiffs argued that the state law was unconstitutional under the 2008 ruling in writing,

Starting point is 00:11:27 like the threats that might precipitate a need to act in self-defense, that individual and fundamental right necessarily extends beyond the four walls of one's home. And notably here, not only has the Supreme Court turned down gun control cases, they have turned down New York specific gun control cases. And in a brief urging them to do the same again,

Starting point is 00:11:42 New York's attorney general argued that the New York law was consistent with the 2008 ruling, and noting that in a 2010 decision clarifying the scope of the initial ruling, the justices specifically said their opinion was not meant to strike down longstanding prohibitions on gun use. And that is really significant here because whatever SCOTUS ends up deciding, it will not just apply to New York.

Starting point is 00:12:00 But according to gun rights groups, there are similar laws in California, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. And so with this Supreme Court having a strong conservative majority, this decision could lead to a loosening of gun laws nationwide. But as far as what will happen,

Starting point is 00:12:14 we won't have the answer for a little bit. The court is currently not set to hear this case until their next term this October, with the Muslim not expected to issue a decision on it until next summer. Then, I mean, we have a whole slew of COVID-19 news. I don't even know where to start. We're seeing things like in Spain,

Starting point is 00:12:27 you had police arresting a 40 year old man on Saturday and charging him with intentionally causing injury after he allegedly infected 22 people with coronavirus. Following this very long investigation, you had authorities saying that the man went to work despite having symptoms of COVID-19, with him also reportedly refusing to go home when colleagues expressed concerns about his symptoms.

Starting point is 00:12:45 After work, he did, yes, get tested, but then he immediately went to the gym and then back to work the next day, where colleagues again told him to go home, but he stayed even though he had a temperature of 104 degrees. During the day, authorities said that he walked around the business with lower his mask and cough saying,

Starting point is 00:13:00 "'I'm going to infect you all with the coronavirus.'" The next day, he learned he actually was positive and because of him, three people at his gym and five of his coworkers also tested positive. With them then going on to infect several relatives, including three infants. Yeah, he was arrested and released the same day. He's awaiting trial and we'll have to wait

Starting point is 00:13:17 to see what happens there. Then, because what would a Philip DeFranco show be without a Florida man story, and even better, a Florida family story? And this today because the Justice Department has announced that they have indicted a Florida man story, and even better, a Florida family story. And this today because the Justice Department has announced that they have indicted a Florida family for selling bleach as a quote, "'Miracle cure for COVID-19 and other illnesses.'"

Starting point is 00:13:32 With prosecutors saying that 62-year-old Mark Grennan peddled these deadly chemicals with his three sons, 34-year-old Jonathan, 26-year-old Jordan, and 32-year-old Joseph. Reportedly, they called this their miracle mineral solution, saying that it could not only cure, but also prevent COVID-19. And reportedly for years,

Starting point is 00:13:47 they've even said that this cures cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetes, autism, HIV, and tons of other medical conditions. And apparently a lot of people bought into this and actually bought the product. According to the indictment, they earned more than $1 million in sales. But to make matters worse, their product is actually a chemical solution containing sodium chloride and water,

Starting point is 00:14:06 which after ingestion becomes chlorine dioxide. Strong bleach used in industrial water treatments and in bleaching textiles, pulp, or paper. The FDA warning last year that their products could cause dangerous side effects, including severe vomiting, diarrhea, and life-threatening low blood pressure. In the past, the FDA received reports

Starting point is 00:14:22 of people requiring hospitalizations, developing life-threatening conditions, and even dying after drinking MMS. But despite that warning, on top of court orders requiring them to stop distribution under a separate civil case, the men reportedly continued to sell it under the guise of a religious entity

Starting point is 00:14:36 called the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing. And according to the charging documents, Mark Grennan, who was the group's co-founder, has repeatedly acknowledged that Genesis has nothing to do with religion. With him having even said that he founded it to legalize the use of MMS and avoid going to jail. So they essentially use this site

Starting point is 00:14:51 to have people make donations that were just sales of the product, which they marketed by citing Bible verses and using other religious messages. Also, after a raid, police learned that the family was actually manufacturing the product in a shed in the backyard of Jonathan Grennan's Florida home where police seized dozens of blue chemical drums

Starting point is 00:15:07 with nearly 10,000 pounds of sodium fluoride powder that could produce thousands of bottles of the solution. Police also seizing loaded firearms and prosecutors actually said the Grennan's threatened a federal judge presiding over the civil case against them. Saying that if the government stopped their distribution, they would quote, pick up guns and instigate a Waco. Federal prosecutors also believe that Mark

Starting point is 00:15:24 and Joseph Grennan operate what they call a health restoration center in Santa Marta, Colombia, where they say they charge consumers about $5,000 a month to stay at the compound and quote, "'dose themselves with miracle mineral solution.'" And that is ultimately where we are with this story. You have each family member charged with one count

Starting point is 00:15:39 of conspiracy to commit fraud and two counts of criminal contempt. And with all of this, the Grennan's face up to life imprisonment if found guilty. Then in, I don't know what it's going to do to this video, but we should definitely talk about it news. Let's talk about India and social media. It's the Indian government yesterday said that it ordered

Starting point is 00:15:55 Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to block about 100 social media posts that were critical of its handling of the massive COVID-19 surges that are happening in their country. As we talked about on this show last week, the situation in India is absolutely dire. I mean, just today alone, the country reported more than 350,000 new infections and 2,800 deaths, breaking the world record

Starting point is 00:16:13 in daily infection rates for the fifth day in a row. And understand, even though experts warn that these numbers are almost definitely undercounted, India still, with the numbers we have, makes up nearly half of all new cases in the entire world. The situation has also put a massive strain on the country's hospital system with many running low on beds, oxygen and supplies.

Starting point is 00:16:31 In fact, it has gotten so bad that the Biden administration yesterday partially lifted its ban on exporting raw materials for vaccines to send India therapeutics as well as other materials like rapid diagnostic testing kits, ventilators and PPE. And while the spikes there are partly due to a spread of a new variant, tons and tons of people have also criticized the response from Prime Minister Modi.

Starting point is 00:16:49 This including some whose posts the government ordered social media platforms to remove. So with this, according to reports, all three platforms are currently enforcing the legally binding order, though notably Facebook has refused to comment on the situation. Twitter, for their part, confirmed

Starting point is 00:17:01 that they had removed some of the tweets, but said that they are just blocked in India and will still be visible in other parts of the world. And as far as the reasoning, what Indian officials were saying, in a statement to the media, they said these posts were creating panic by using unrelated old and out of context images or visuals,

Starting point is 00:17:14 communally sensitive posts and misinformation about COVID-19 protocols. But many, many people have accused the government of censorship, noting that a lot of the content was just critical of Modi, including some posts shared by opposition leaders. In fact, according to Lumen database, which tracks takedown requests,

Starting point is 00:17:28 at least 52 tweets from prominent figures, including politicians and opposition parties, journalists, and even filmmakers have been removed. And to be fair, while some of the posts did have potentially misleading information, others just documented the scale in the surge of COVID-19 cases and expressed anger at India's leaders.

Starting point is 00:17:44 And so understandably, what we're seeing right now, it's raising concerns about the relationship between social media companies and leaders in countries that compose major client bases. I mean, how many times have we seen companies that stand for things and then they just bend the knee for some ridiculous oppressive thing in a country? And with India, there is a big reason to bend the knee.

Starting point is 00:18:00 India is a key growth market for tech companies. I mean, Facebook has more users in India than anywhere else in the world. And the country is also Twitter's fastest growing market. But that growth is also happening at a time when experts say that Modi's government has been increasingly censoring dissent, which creates a sticky situation for these companies.

Starting point is 00:18:15 And so as the New York Times explains, these companies have this moral business dilemma. Explaining in India, the companies face a stark choice, follow laws and risk suppressing political debate, or ignore them and face harsh punishments, including prison time for local employees and a potentially huge growth market. And ultimately with this story,

Starting point is 00:18:31 or honestly anything that stood out to you today, I'd love to know your thoughts in those comments down below, because this is the end of today's show. As always, thank you for watching this video, like and subscribe and all the good stuff. Also remember to snag what you can, while you can over at shopdefranco.com.

Starting point is 00:18:44 But with that said, of course, as always, my name's Philip DeFranco. You've just been filled in. I love yo faces and I'll see you tomorrow.

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The Philip DeFranco Show - PDS 4.26 Disturbing Jake Paul Scandal Just Got Worse, Joe Rogan Freakout, Josh Fight 2021, & More

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