The Philip DeFranco Show - Trump DHS Footage Scandal is Pathetic, Big Creators Hit By Illegal Gambling Lawsuit, & Today’s News

Starting point is 00:00:00 Sup, you beautiful bastards. Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show, you daily dive into the news. And today, we've got about seven things we need to talk about, starting with this. Trump just threatened to send now multiple branches of the military to US cities against their will.

Starting point is 00:00:14 Because yesterday, Trump delivered an hour-long rambling speech before US troops in Japan, during which he spent a lot of time bragging about his achievements. And at one point, he was discussing all the cities that he thinks are crime-ridden and how his deployment of the National Guard in those places has made them perfect crime-free utopias,

Starting point is 00:00:28 with him then going on to say, People don't care. If we send in our military, if we send in our national guard, if we send in space command, they don't care who the hell it is. They just want to be safe. We have cities that are troubled. We can't have cities that are troubled. And we're sending in our national guard. And if we need more than the national guard, we'll send more than the national guard because we're going to have safe cities. We're not going to have people killed in our cities. And whether people like that or not, that's what we're doing. Now with that, Trump did not elaborate, but when questioned about his comments during a press gaggle on Air Force One today, we saw this. What was your team last night when you said you were prepared to send forth on the National Guard into American cities? Sure, I would have to do that. You know, I had it was necessary to do that, but it hasn't been necessary. We're doing a great job without that. It was necessary.

Starting point is 00:01:19 As you know, I'm allowed to do that. Do you have branches of the military you had sent it or? Who do you, who are you with? I hope you're right it correctly, I'll give it the answer. But you know, I want to enact a certain act. I'm allowed to do it routinely. Another, about 15% of presidents have used that, as you know, and I'd be allowed to do whatever I want.

Starting point is 00:01:46 But we haven't chosen to do that because we're very well. We're doing very well without it. But I'd be allowed to do that. And the courts wouldn't get involved. Nobody would get involved. Well, if I can send the Army Navy Air Force breeds, I can save sending anybody I wanted. I'm sorry I let him talk to you unattended for so long. So, few things to break down.

Starting point is 00:02:04 So first of all, the act that he's referencing appears to be the Insurrection Act. It's that centuries-old statute that allows the President to deploy active-duty troops or civil policing purposes when there is a rebellion or widespread public unrest. And specifically, the Act allows the President to send in those troops when a state government request it, or if the President declares that the unrest is obstructing the enforcement of federal law. And if you watch a show or you've paid attention to the news, you're familiar at this point. Trump has floated this idea over and over again. But, very key thing, he is wrong or lying or is lied to and is just regurgitating,

Starting point is 00:02:33 that this is something that's been routinely used by about 50% of presidents. In all of our history, it's been used by just 17 presidents, so you're talking about 37%. But also, the act has only been invoked 30 times, so it's not common, especially in modern times. In fact, it's only been used three times in the last half a century. And the last time it was used at all was more than 30 years ago during the Rodney King riots. So Trump did decide to pull the trigger, it would be absolutely massive, especially because countless legal experts and leaders in the cities that Trump is targeted all agree that there is nothing actually going down right now that's even close to the level of

Starting point is 00:03:04 public unrest that is historically used to justify invoking the act. But for now, we're going to have to see what Trump does, right? Does he follow through on this threat or is he just saying stuff because he wants to intimidate and threaten? But the next up today, if you're active on social media, there's a good chance that you've seen one of these kind of slick video montages routinely put out by the Trump administration. In Washington, as left-wing politicians choose to sit back in their posh taxpayer-funded offices, our officers are on the ground, often without pay, working hand-in-hand with the American people, to throw back an invasion force of criminal illegals, Antifa terrorists, anarchists, and thugs.

Starting point is 00:03:41 But here's the thing. It turns out that many of these videos are not just clearly propaganda, they're also what Trump would call... Fake news. When you've had groups like the Washington Post using reverse image searches, geolocation tools, location tools and other techniques to track down the original sources. And it found that just over the past few months at least six videos have claimed to show one thing while actually showing a completely different and unrelated thing. So for example, in this video that DHS posted back in August celebrating its takeover of DC.

Starting point is 00:04:05 Now that the border is secure, the battle for the soul of our nation turns inward, as federal agents work day and night to arrest, detain, and deport vicious criminals from our nation's capital. It turns out that several of those clips are actually from Los Angeles, West Palm Beach, Nantucket Island and Martha's Vineyard. And in fact, they appear to have pulled footage straight from the Nantucket Kern, a local news outlet without giving any credit. And that's also definitely not the only time that DHS has been caught stealing journalists where you also add this video supposedly from Portland. In Portland, Oregon, as Antifa terrorists have surged against our federal facilities. Our officers have survived their attacks and worked swiftly to round up and arrest these violent criminals. But when freelancer Ford Fischer saw that, he quickly identified it as his own footage and it was actually filmed days earlier, not in Portland, Oregon, but in Broadview, Illinois. With DHS, apparently even cropping his watermark out of the video before publishing it. And then, footage from that same protest in Illinois was also used to show that Memphis had apparently been, quote, abandoned to crime and lawlessness, and that residents had been resounding in their thankfulness when DHS arrived.

Starting point is 00:05:06 Also at another video, there's footage of smuggling boats and migrants crossing the border at night being used to show how past presidents had let illegal immigrants into the country. But as you had the post pointing out, some of those clips are actually from Donald Trump's first term. Now, with all this, there are going to be people that go, okay, well, the fake or misleading post, Are they really that important? Right, who's really looking at these or watching this anyway? But like, if you look at their engagement, some of these reach bigger audiences than even mainstream news reports, which is also notable because they're often shot in a format similar to a newscast.

Starting point is 00:05:33 Right, and the DHS frequently debunks the mainstream media claiming to provide the facts. These pathetic journalists clearly don't understand the reality of protecting the American people at all hours, day or night. And so a meaningful number of people, they probably watch these as an alternative to real news. And so all of a sudden, we're talking, some one and a half million views on just this video, for example, which claims to show Chicago an absolute chaos. Though, you can tell much of it's actually from Florida, since for one thing, as the Daily Bees pointed out, palm trees don't typically grow in Chicago. And actually,

Starting point is 00:06:03 the AFP News Agency trace other clips to Arizona, California, Nebraska, South Carolina, and Texas, some of them from Biden's term. Now, with all this, when the post asked for comment from DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin, she countered that the videos in question were a small percentage of the more than 400 posted this year. You've got critics saying that regardless of the number account that the whole practice of crafting these high-res movies is itself obscene, whether the clips are accurate or not, though there is a big concern when they're not. Though connected to the obscene comment, you have people pointing to things like, you know, ice agents, whether they're raiding an apartment complex or yanking someone up a car, they've got in-house photographers

Starting point is 00:06:36 and videographers following right behind like it's a reality TV show. I mean, they even added a $28,000 drone to their aerial recording fleet recently. So for these unlucky migrants, like the worst day of their life, it gets turned into this epic action montage that millions of people apparently watch for entertainment. Or alternatively, there's a tone-deaf meme where the brutal reality of someone's door getting blown opens paired with the surrealism of the Pokemon soundtrack. And so with that, you've got Eddie Perez, a former director for civic integrity at Twitter, telling the post. What we are witnessing is the collapse of government accountability through communication based on facts. They're not trying to communicate actions and outcomes. They're acting like filmmakers,

Starting point is 00:07:09 trying to make people laugh, to make them feel scared to inspire certain emotions regardless of the truth. Rain the White House also doesn't seem to be denying this accusation. I mean, you had a spokeswoman saying, quote, and again, this is from a government official, the Trump administration will continue to highlight the many successes of the president's agenda through engaging content and banger memes on social media. And keep in mind, all of this is in addition to what the DHS is doing on its official website and their news and updates feeds that have just kind of become a spigot for blatantly partisan propaganda. You know, I understand they've done so much of this. It's become normalized,

Starting point is 00:07:39 but it is important to remember this is supposed to be a nonpartisan professional law enforcement agency. While it doesn't shock, it almost doesn't even register, it is important to remember. All of this is bat-shit crazy. But yeah, now, we're at a point where it feels like more of the same because career professionals across the government, they've been silenced or purged and replaced with the president's loyalists. And then we've got more news that we're going to talk about in just a minute, but first let me say, you know, my brain, it doesn't have an off switch. It just trades one chaos tab for another. Even when the days done, it's still just running background apps labeled worry, overthink,

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Starting point is 00:09:20 to check a $1 million Bitcoin balance on his stake account. Well, you know, there have long been controversies around gambling streams and people promoting these kinds of things to their audiences. Now you have this lawsuit accusing Drake, Aiden, and Steak, specifically of, quote, deceptive, fraudulent, and unfair practices.

Starting point is 00:09:34 Alleging that they've actively misled consumers by promoting stake.us is a harmless social casino and it's actually highly addictive and awful. Noting that in many states throughout the US, including Missouri, online gambling's either banned heavily regulated, but it claims that, quote, to evade these restrictions, sweepstakes limited created stake.us, which conducts online casino gambling and open violation of Missouri State gaming and consumer protection laws.

Starting point is 00:09:56 We're claiming that it's a virtual clone of the global casino, stake.com, and it's kind of just rebranded to trick online users. And you've got the lawsuit saying that stake really starts crossing legal lines via its dual currency system explaining. To hide the true nature of its online gambling operation, stake asserts that the only chips it sells to consumers are tokens called gold coins, which can only be used for casual gameplay on the stake. US platform have no real world value and can never be cashed out. However, stake bundles every purchase of gold coins with a second type of token called

Starting point is 00:10:23 stake cash as a supposedly free bonus. Unlike gold coins, stake cash can be waged on casino and cashed out for real money. The suit claims that by offering stake cash, it's operating an unlicensed and illegal online casino. With a suit then pointing to the influencers that stake uses to promote, saying that this messaging includes slick ads and flashy visuals, making its game seem safe, fun, and harmless, but then saying in reality, creates exactly the kind of dangerous environment that Missouri gaming laws exist to stop. Right, and that's where Drake and Aden come in, because the suit alleges that they promote stake under deeply fraudulent pretenses because they don't gamble on stake with their own money,

Starting point is 00:10:56 even though they tell the public otherwise. With it even going as far as to call Drake the unofficial mascot of stake and accusing him of glamorizing the platform to millions of impressionable fans, many of whom treat his wild betting habits like gospel, saying the defendants have been unjustly enriched to the expense of those involved in this class action. And with that, it's seeking to recover gambling losses and to prevent stake from any further violations. And with all this as far as reactions, you had Aiden Ross responding on stream, dismissing the claims of the lawsuit. I will tell you guys this. Um, read through the case yourself. It's f*** bullshit. For now, we're gonna have to wait to see how this plays out. Though I will say,

Starting point is 00:11:29 right, this is not the only kind of thing that we've seen in the space. Earlier this month, you had California Governor Gavin Newsom signing a law cracking down on dual currency models and other potentially deceptive strategies that can be used on online platforms to simulate gambling. And also back in August, the Los Angeles City attorney sued state calling it a rogue and real money gambling racket with destructive repercussions for its players. So definitely just a lot of moving pieces right now. But then next up right now, Jamaica's fucked right now. If we're just, it just that's the that's the headline. Flooding, power outages, no cell service. That's just some of what Jamaicans are dealing with after facing Hurricane Melissa yesterday. It's the strongest

Starting point is 00:12:02 storm in the island's history and in fact things got so bad that Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared the entire country a disaster area. There also other lawmakers have said that areas in the West and Central Jamaica are far worse off, right? And that's because the West is where the bulk of the storm and its eyewall made landfall leading to the area being completely ravaged amid the extremely high winds. Which quick tangent there, some madmen researchers also flew into the eye of this category five storm, which is extremely rare and dangerous to get this crazy footage. Footage that kind of just adds to the story of what happened here. I mean, you had wholeness describing St. Elizabeth's Parish as

Starting point is 00:12:34 being underwater. All of this is the authorities are still trying to get an idea of just how bad the damage actually is, but what we do know is that the winds reach speeds of 180 miles per hour, meaning that anything that wasn't like a concrete building's just gone. Even structures that had withstood major storms for hundreds of years, they couldn't take on Melissa. I'm talking about structures like the 300-year-old Anglican Church and Black River. Of course, the biggest impact is to the actual people there, right? And hundreds of thousands of children are expected to face struggles with flood, housing, and school as part of the storm's aftermath. All while, three quarters of the island doesn't have electricity right now.

Starting point is 00:13:06 But I will say the good news or it could have been way worse news is that right now the death toll seems relatively low. But I also have to add an asterisk to that because no official numbers have actually yet come out. Now, all that said, as far as Hurricane Melissa, after hitting Jamaica, it went from a category five to a three. And yes, while that is a big difference, it's still extremely dangerous. And now you just have to look at Cuba to see that. The southern part of the island got hit by Hurricane Melissa, which led to hundreds of thousands getting displaced.

Starting point is 00:13:32 Even major cities like Santiago de Cuba were facing major flooding and damaged buildings, although as of recording, there have been no deaths attributed to the storm in Cuba. And then, as far as what's next, that's likely going to be the Bahamas, which is expected to face a category to Melissa later this afternoon and evening. And again, like everywhere else, you have officials warning that lives could be lost, especially amid 25 inches of rainfall and four to seven feet of storm surge. So obviously, this is something that we're going to have to keep our eyes on. But then next up, from that today, we've got to talk about how Israeli airstrikes

Starting point is 00:13:58 just killed at least 104 Palestinians in Gaza, including at least 46 children, according to Gaza's health ministry, with a spokesperson for Gaza's civil defense, claiming the Israeli strikes targeted tents for displaced people, homes, and the vicinity of a hospital in the strip. And with that, describing the situation in this, situation in the territory is catastrophic and terrifying and calling the strikes a clear and flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement. But even before last night, you had Gaza's media office accusing Israel of committing 80 violations since the ceasefire began, killing 97 Palestinians and injuring 230. In that, as Israel is also repeatedly accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire as well,

Starting point is 00:14:30 including in response to its failure to return the remains of all the deceased as is required by the ceasefire agreement. So far, the group only returning the remains of 15 hostages and claiming that they don't know the exact location of all of the bodies remaining in the territory. And with that, claiming that it's lost contact with several of its units that have been holding the captives and were then killed in Israeli attacks. Right, and with that earlier in the week, you had the group handing over body parts that Israel said were actually partial remains of a hostage recovered earlier in the war. And you had Israeli PM BB Netanyahu describing this is a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement. And with that, you had the Israeli military also publishing footage of what it said were Hamas members re-burying remains in order to stage a false discovery. Accusing the group of attempting to create a false impression of efforts to locate the bodies. And adding to that, a firefight between Palestinian militants and Israeli troops in Rafa resulted in the death of an Israeli soldier who also reportedly held American citizenship.

Starting point is 00:15:16 And while Hamas denied any involvement in the shooting, you had Israel accusing the group of being behind it and Netanyahu ordering the IDF to carry out, quote, forceful strikes on Gaza. With that, you had Israel's foreign ministry spokesperson claiming the high death toll on Hamas using civilians as human shields. And as far as the U.S., claiming that the Trump administration had been informed about the strikes and that they had been carried out in full coordination with the U.S. And with that, you did have Trump defending Israel's actions, saying that the, country should hit back when its troops come under attack. All the while, also insisting that the ceasefire is holding. Nothing's going to jeopard it. That's, you have to understand, Hamas is a very small part of peace in the Middle East.

Starting point is 00:15:50 And they have to behave. They're on the rough side, but they said they would be good. And if they're good, they're going to be happy. And if they're not good, they're going to be terminated. Their lives will be terminated. And with that, at least for now, you have Israel also claiming that the ceasefire is back in effect. And then we'll get right back to the news in a minute, but first let me say, you know, traveling abroad, it's awesome. Until your phone carrier hits you with, welcome to Paris, it'll be $10 a day for slow internet.

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Starting point is 00:17:25 as many as 400,000 people have been killed by some estimates, more than 14 million people have been displaced, and some 25 million people have faced extreme hunger. And in all this, you have both sides of the Sudanese army and the paramilitary force, known as the RSF, both being accused of widespread atrocities. Right, with the United States even accusing the RSF of genocide back in January. Though I will say maybe that's not the most surprising thing, because the RSF actually grew out of the Janjaheat militias that were accused of genocide in the region of Darfur over two decades ago. And of course, there are also the group that for a year and a half has held the city of Elfashire under siege.

Starting point is 00:17:56 And throughout that time, you've had experts, activists, and humanitarian organizations warning that the fall of this city, I mean, it could be a catastrophe. With many pointing to what happened back in 2023 and El Genena, another city in the region of Darfur as an example. But there, the RSF slaughtered as many as 15,000 civilians and ethnically motivated killings after taking control. And then in the case of Elfasher, as this siege has dragged on, roughly 260,000 civilians who remained, half of them being children, were trapped without aid. With many having no choice but to try to survive on animal fodder, right, food that they're giving to livestock. But then, you'd big news on Sunday with the RSF announcing that it had taken control of the army's main base in the city. And you had the Sudanese army chief acknowledging the loss of the city and saying that his forces had withdrawn to a safer location.

Starting point is 00:18:38 While another 26,000 people managed to flee the city as well, approximately 177,000 civilians are still trapped as the RSF has constructed a 35-mile barrier further sealing all food, medicine, and escape routes. All while, we've seen reports that the group's been shooting civilians who are trying to flee. Or with Shana Lewis, for example, a Sudan specialist for the organization preventing and ending mass atrocities saying, Residents who previously left the city are finding out about the death of their loved ones through footage of executions that are widely circulating on social media. Right, and with that, there are accusations that they've executed more than 2,000 unarmed civilians in recent days. And you've got Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab, which has been monitoring this war using open source intelligence and satellite imagery, saying that the evidence is consistent with accusations of mass killings by the RSF. Writing in a new report, the city appears to be in a systemic and intentional process of ethnic cleansing of indigenous non-Arab communities through forced displacement and summer

Starting point is 00:19:28 execution. Then the lab's executive director, Nathaniel Raymond, adding, we are only at the beginning of a wave of violence. I have never seen a level of violence against an area like we are seeing now. The only thing that even came close were the first 24 hours of the Rwandan genocide. And so also with that, it's worth noting that foreign powers are fueling this bloodshed. Turkey, Russia, and Iran, for example, they've supplied or sold weapons to the army. Also, the United Arab Emirates, they've provided drones, artillery, and other weapons to the RSF. Right. And then with that, you've had the U.S. getting called out for its close relationship with the UAE. For example, Senator Chris Murphy writing on X in a response to the events.

Starting point is 00:20:01 Why is the U.S. allowing the UAE, which we fund militarily, help the brutal RSF engage in mass atrocity, and then adding, FYI, this isn't just about Trump. The Biden admin was letting this happen too. We'll have to wait to see if anything comes from that, but what I will say is we are seeing a potential major turning point in this war. El Fasher was the last remaining major city and Darfur controlled by the army. And now with the RSF in control, you've got the army excluded from a whole one-third of Sudanese territory, which is a development that experts,

Starting point is 00:20:28 say raises the possibility that the country could face partition. Then, you know, finally today, let's end with one more thing and a congratulations. Starting with a congrats to Sarah G, Sikh's latest weekly winner who just scored $500 in tickets and has taken her daughter to either rend collective or pentatonic. For the rest of y'all, that's right. Seekeek is still given away $500 in tickets and you should definitely enter today if you haven't already. I mean, you could be the next winner and snag $500 towards seeing your favorite artist, sporting event or play. I mean, there's like over 70,000 events to choose from. And all you gotta do is just add code DeFranco to your C geek at profile for a chance of the weekly $500 prize, no purchase necessary.

Starting point is 00:21:00 But then, as far as the final thing today, it's actually a bit from my new podcast that just came out today crashing out with myself and Alex Perlman. Of course, you can watch or listen to the full hour plus. I got links to the YouTube Apple podcast and Spotify in the description. But for the here and now, I wanted to share where we were talking about term limits and age limits and more politicians just needing to step down. Because we were talking about it for a number of reasons, including what just happened with House member Eleanor Holmes Norton who's 88 years old. I think legacy matters. I mean, when I was looking into this piece, people were like, oh, she used to be a dynamo.

Starting point is 00:21:30 And it's like, legacy matters, but I think that we need to really be of the mindset, especially right now, but in general of what have you done for me lately in regards to the people that are supposed to represent us? And if this is what's happening, you got to scoot out, like get out, scoot out, who am I? But it's also, and I understand that she's done a ton. She's done so many different things. And again, the most gracious thing. There is a famous Roman named Cincinnatus.

Starting point is 00:21:58 We have named cities about him, okay? The term dictator comes from ancient Rome, and I'm going to harp on this a little bit. It comes from ancient Roman. It was the idea of when we were in an extreme crisis that the Senate and the consul power, all this different stuff, would be vested in one man, a temporary king, who would handle the crisis and then leave power.

Starting point is 00:22:18 And the first person to do that was named, it was famously called Cincinnati. He was a soldier farmer console. they came out. He was plowing the field. They said, we need you. He released his hands from the plow. He went, dealt with all the issues, said the issue's done, immediately gave up power and went back to the exact place he was plowing. That nickname was then given to George Washington because George Washington did two terms as president and said, I'm done. I don't need to do this anymore. And there was a very, very long time in this country where giving up power was considered the greatest thing you can do. And right now, especially in the Dem side, and God knows from this president on the Republican side, giving up power seems to be the number one thing that is their greatest fear. They are so afraid of relinquishing it to a future generation or to anyone else with a different idea or a different perspective. But that, my friends, is where today's video is going to end, but you've got more just to click

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The Philip DeFranco Show - Trump DHS Footage Scandal is Pathetic, Big Creators Hit By Illegal Gambling Lawsuit, & Today’s News

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