THEY MANUFACTURED A MONSTER: Why the Pundits & Politicians Want More

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Podcast Summary

Keeping It Real: Conversations with Jillian Michaels

Episode: THEY MANUFACTURED A MONSTER: Why the Pundits & Politicians Want More

Date: May 1, 2026
Host: Jillian Michaels

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Episode Overview

This episode tackles the escalating climate of political violence and outrage, fueled by pundits, politicians, and media personalities for personal profit and engagement. Jillian Michaels seeks to expose the psychological tactics behind this manufactured rage, dehumanization, and division—what she calls the "virus of violence"—and offers guidance on resisting this manipulation. Through audio clips, real-world events, and analysis of a recent political assassination attempt and its aftermath, Jillian illustrates how narrative manipulation erodes society's cohesion and mental sanity.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Manufactured Cycle of Outrage and Violence

• Escalation of Rhetoric:
  Jillian opens with a montage of incendiary soundbites from pundits, politicians, and commentators, exemplifying the normalization of violent language and the cycle of outrage.
  • Quote: "If you're feeling outraged by all of this, that isn't a byproduct. It's the product." (Jillian, 00:18)
• Dehumanization and Existential Threats:
  Both sides channel anger by framing opponents as existential threats, driving people into tribalistic thinking and demonization.
• Personal Examples:
  Jillian reflects on her own irrational, fear-driven reactions as a parent, illustrating how easily individuals can be swept into paranoid thinking when bombarded by toxic narratives.
  • Quote: "I've actually had those thoughts of giving my kids bear spray in case somebody recognizes them and starts to harass them... That's not rational. That is not a normal way to think." (Jillian, 07:41)

Manipulation by Ambitious Figures

• Playbook Exposed:
  Politicians and media personalities use rage and fear to drive clicks, campaign donations, and votes—not out of genuine conviction, but for personal gain.
  • Quote: "They're all manipulating you. It's on purpose. It's not a breakdown of the system. It's a key feature." (Jillian, 05:49)
• Contradictory Rhetoric:
  Clips of prominent figures publicly taking conflicting stances demonstrate how easily narratives are spun depending on the audience.
  • Example: Gavin Newsom's varying statements about ICE—privately denying they’re "secret police," then publicly proclaiming it for political gain. (04:45–05:49)

The Ripple Effect: From Media to the Margins

• Trickle-Down Impact:
  Toxic rhetoric travels from influential figures to audiences, inspiring unstable minds to act violently.
  • Quote: "There's the trickle down, right? From the pundits, politicians, big personalities, to the TikTokers and the influencers... to the Tyler Robinsons and the Thomas Allens." (Jillian, 12:46)
• Manifesto Dissection:
  Jillian reads passages from an attempted assassin's manifesto, highlighting the mental instability, hero complex, and dehumanizing language. The rhetoric is so pervasive it convinces individuals of their moral duty to commit violence.
  • "He thinks he's a hero. It's like, I'm the loving son. I'm the dedicated teacher... but I have to do this to save the world." (Jillian, 20:14)

Blackpill Despair and Mass Disenfranchisement

• Collapse of Trust:
  Jillian explains the "black pill" phenomenon—a state beyond the red pill "awakening," where people become so disillusioned that they trust nothing and believe in nothing, fueling conspiracy theories and nihilism.
  • "You arrive at the black pill, which is, I don't believe in anything anymore. Nothing is true. Nothing is real." (Jillian, 29:00–31:53)
  • Example: Claims that Trump staged his own assassination; nothing is taken at face value, destroying critical thinking. (31:53)

Turning the Focus Vertical: Real Issues Hidden by Manufactured Feuds

• Distraction Tactics:
  The outrage cycles serve to distract the public from actual systemic abuses—such as bipartisan corruption, war spending, and environmental deregulation.
  • Jillian teases an upcoming interview with Congresswoman Nancy Mace examining these "vertical" abuses ignored while the public is diverted by horizontal fighting. (12:46)
  • "They want us to fight with each other so we are not paying attention to the bigger crimes that are going on right behind our back." (Jillian, 12:46)

The Solution: Reclaiming Critical Humanity

• Inoculation and Pause:
  Jillian urges listeners to pause and reflect whenever they feel themselves being manipulated or triggered. She emphasizes humanizing the “other” and resisting cycles of dehumanization.
  • Quote: "Most of us want the same things, we really do. We just have different ideas about how to get there." (Jillian, 34:11)
  • "When people come at you with hate, you’ve got to remember this... They aren’t seeing you; they’re seeing a caricature of you... Don’t mirror them." (Jillian, 36:00–37:20)
  • Advocates for small acts of peaceful cooperation and mutual aid in daily life as the true antidote to madness, overreaction, and rage.

Practical Advice and Takeaways

• Reject Black-and-White Thinking:
  "Nobody is all good and all bad. The vast majority of these issues are not black and white.” (Jillian, 35:42)
• Recognize Manipulation:
  "It’s a script written deliberately by those who are self-serving." (Jillian, 36:55)
• Remember Your Limits:
  "We are not built to carry the crimes of millions or the failures of an entire system. It’s just not our responsibility." (Jillian, 34:40)
• Be Stubbornly Human:
  "You’ve got to be so stubbornly human that their labels have nowhere to stick." (Jillian, 37:35)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "[If] you're feeling outraged by all of this, that isn't a byproduct. It's the product." (Jillian, 00:18)
• "They don't believe what they're saying... It's all just a manipulation for personal gain." (Jillian, 07:41)
• "He thinks he's a hero... I have to do this to save the world." (Jillian, 20:14)
• "There's the trickle down, right? From the pundits, politicians, big personalities, to the TikTokers and the influencers..." (Jillian, 12:46)
• "You arrive at the black pill, which is, I don't believe in anything anymore. Nothing is true. Nothing is real." (Jillian, 31:53)
• "Most of us want the same things, we really do. We just have different ideas about how to get there." (Jillian, 34:11)
• "You’ve got to be so stubbornly human that their labels have nowhere to stick." (Jillian, 37:35)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:01–02:47: Opening montage of rage-fueled rhetoric from public figures.
• 03:25–05:49: Jillian dissects how politicians manipulate outrage and offer contradictory narratives.
• 07:41–09:40: Jillian's personal examples of being swept up in fear-based thinking.
• 12:46–15:44: How violent rhetoric trickles down to influence vulnerable individuals.
• 20:14–23:46: Dissection of assassin’s manifesto and the hero/victim narrative it embodies.
• 27:25–29:00: Illustration of "black pill" conspiratorial nihilism and public disbelief in any narrative.
• 31:53–34:11: Jillian explains blackpill despair and the collapse of trust in institutions.
• 34:11–37:35: Jillian’s actionable advice on resisting outrage, reclaiming humanity, and focusing on real connections.

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Conclusion & Key Takeaways

Jillian’s incisive analysis makes it clear: we are living in an era where outrage is intentionally stoked for profit and power by those at the top, and the consequences are both collective and deeply personal. She urges listeners to recognize manipulation, resist dehumanization, and cultivate critical, empathetic responses in everyday life. Her advice—to pause, reflect, seek nuance, and protect one’s humanity—offers a practical path out of the rage cycle and toward more meaningful, peaceful engagement.

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Next episode preview:
Jillian will interview Congresswoman Nancy Mace about overlooked "vertical" abuses of power and corruption in Washington. (12:46, 38:39)

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Transcript

[Jillian]

This week on the Rundown, the third attempt on the president's life. Constant sirens of existential threats. Show me where it says that protests

[Mike Slater]

are supposed to be polite and peaceful.

[Unknown Female Commentator]

Do something about your dad's immigration practices, you feckless.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

When they go low, we kick.

[Jillian]

How do you resist the temptation to run up and bring her neck? A relentless push towards violence against the other side. And if you're feeling outraged by all of this, that isn't a byproduct. It's the product. So today, we're going to go behind the curtain. I'm going to show you the wizard's sleight of hand, right? The psychological triggers, the dehumanization loops, and the moral traps that are designed to snap your sanity and tear the fabric of civilization. This is about inoculating you against a virus of violence that's architected by pundits, politicians, and public figures for personal profit. As always, if you are liking the show, please be sure to, like, share, comment, and subscribe because it helps us a ton with the algorithm. Let's get into it. Keeping it real with Jillian. We've been inundated all week long with clips of pundits and public figures, politicians essentially doubling down on calls for political violence. And all it does, in my opinion, is beget more rage and more tribalism. But I want to do it. And I have a reason, so bear with me. Team, can we pull up Sat 1?

[Unknown Male Commentator]

I want to be clear on this. I do not want that man to die. I want to. I want to watch him suffer. And I can't watch a dead person suffer. Our first lady, Melania, is here. Look at Melania. So beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow. Well, my understanding is that the property owners who have properties there choose just not to rent it at all. Yeah, kill them. Kill those motherfuckers. Murder those motherfuckers in the street. Let the streets. Let the streets soak in their fucking red capitalist bloods, dude.

[Jillian]

I just don't even know why there aren't uprisings all over the country. Maybe there will be. People need to start taking to the streets. This is a dictator, you know. There needs to be unrest in the streets for as long as there is unrest in our lives. Enemies of the state. Show me where it says that protests

[Mike Slater]

are supposed to be polite and peaceful.

[Jillian]

Do something about your dad's immigration practices, you feckless.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

They go low, we kick.

[Jillian]

How do you resist the temptation to run up and bring her neck?

[Unknown Male Commentator]

Biggest terror threat in this country is white Men, most of them radicalized, to the right.

[Unknown Female Commentator 2]

We need Democrats who have the courage to stand up to the power brokers in our own party, let alone Trump and his goons. We don't back down. We don't back down. We don't back down. With all due respect, if they go low, we don't go high. We take them to the mud and choke them out.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

We are in an era of maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.

[Jillian]

So I'm guessing when you watch this, you feel rage. No matter what side you're on, if you're on the left, it's designed to make you feel an existential threat. Right. You've got to do something. Fascists and Nazis and secret police, the ultimate evil. And you need to act. You need to rise up, you need to take to the streets. Then it's. It's getting people killed. Got Alex Preddy killed, got Thomas Crook killed, got Renee Good killed. Tyler Robinson may get the death penalty. Personally, I think he deserves it if in fact, he is found guilty. But it's working. Now, here's the thing. They don't believe what they're saying. They know that all of this rhetoric is bullshit. I could show you a clip right now of Gavin Newsom telling Ben Shapiro in a podcast that he knows ICE is not the secret police. He knows, and California is cooperating with ice. Just a few weeks later, he'll go to the World Economic Forum and talk about how ICE is a modern day Gestapo. Trump's private army. Trump's secret police.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

Your press office tweeted out that it was state sponsored terrorism, which, I mean, Governor, I just have to ask you about that. That sort of thing makes our politics worse.

[Unknown Male Commentator 2]

Yeah.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

And it does. Our ICE officers obviously are not terrorists.

[Unknown Male Commentator 2]

Yeah.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

A tragic situation is not state sponsored terrorism.

[Unknown Male Commentator 2]

Yeah, I think that's fair. You have the largest private police force in the world. When they're done with this, all that funding and that big, beautiful betrayal allows more resources for this private police force that increasingly is showing a tendency to. Not to swear an oath to the Constitution, but to the President of the United States. And he'll be sending them to voting booths and polling places all across this country. This is a real and serious moment in US history. And by the way, I say that as an American, not as a Democrat. Every Republican should be ashamed about this and scared to death about not just these authoritarian tendencies, but these authoritarian actions. Actions by the President.

[Jillian]

So what do you think? He's confused or do you think he's manipulating you? He's manipulating You. They're all manipulating you. It's on purpose. It's not a breakdown of the system. It's a key feature. So whether you're a pundit, a public figure, a Jimmy Fallon, or a Hassan Piker, because at this point, I. I'm starting to think they're one and the same. It's all about clickbait, rage, bait, engagement, right? If you're a politician, it's all about tribalism. You must vote. You must take to the streets. You must contribute to my campaign. Otherwise the world will end. And then if you're on the other side of it, right, if you're the one being put in the bullseye,

[Unknown Female Commentator]

you

[Jillian]

certainly feel rage because you feel an existential threat. Because now you are the bad guy, right? You just saw Hassan Piker let the

[Unknown Male Commentator]

streets soak in their capitalist blood.

[Jillian]

He's ill, very ill, and doesn't belong on Twitch. I'm sorry. I mean, there's free speech and then there's inciting violence. So sorry, team. Everybody who's like a radical, you know, radical first Amendment. So am I. Up until the point that you call for murder. You know, I don't think that's allowed. But that's a separate conversation for a separate day. But what happens when you're on the other side is you hear that and you're like, I'm getting it gone. I know. I've done it. I'm like, I'm getting my kids concealed carry as soon as they're old enough. My kids are walking around with bear spray in Malibu.

[Unknown Female Commentator]

We're not doing this. No way.

[Jillian]

Like, I've. I've actually had those thoughts of giving my kids bear spray in case somebody recognizes them and starts to harass them like this is. And then I'm like, okay, that's not rational. Jill, you come on now. That is not a normal way to think. And the whole idea is that by putting us in these tribal bubbles, it generates clicks, which generates money, which generates people showing up to vote and donating your campaign. It's all just a manipulation for personal gain. None of these public figures believe this. They don't. They don't believe it. You're being manipulated. And it's not just by them. Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy. But getting funding from traditional banks is an uphill battle. Of the 36 million small businesses in the US alone, over 70% report needing additional capital every year. So while revenue is at an all time high, big banks are tightening standards and approving fewer loans than ever, leaving owners Stuck with mountains of paperwork. But if you want bank rates without the bank delays, check out Cardiff Co. Jillian for up to $500,000 in same day funding. Cardiff is the largest privately held business lender in the US having funded over 12 billion since 2004. Their application takes less than five minutes, has no impact on personal credit and approvals happen in minutes. With same day funding, banks try to lock out small businesses. Cardiff has the key. So big banks may not want to approve your business loans, but Cardiff does. If you've been in business for at least a year and you're pulling in $20,000 a month in revenue, apply now for up to $500,000 in same day business funding at Cardiff Co. Jillian again, that's Cardiff Co slash. Gillian. Real growth, fast funding. Cardiff borrow better.

[Unknown Female Reflective Speaker]

You and I and everyone else who supported him. You wrote speeches for him. I campaigned for him. I mean, we're implicated in this for sure.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

Yes.

[Unknown Female Reflective Speaker]

It's not enough to say, well, I changed my mind or like, oh, this is bad, I'm out. It's like in very small ways, but in real ways, you and me and millions of people like us are the reason this is happening right now. Yes. So I do think it's like a moment to wrestle with our own consciences.

[Jillian]

Take it into your own hands, Tucker.

[Unknown Female Reflective Speaker]

We'll be tormented by it for a long time. I will be millions of people like us. And I want to say I'm sorry for misleading people in and was not intentional.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

You feel it on a deep spiritual level that something is very wrong here.

[Jillian]

I'll be the least spiritual guy on

[Unknown Male Commentator]

the There is so much evil that surrounds this man. There is so much evil that surrounds

[Unknown Male Critic]

this President Trump has completely and utterly just betrayed America, the American people. It's very obvious that television is running DC and it's taken me a long time to process that and to find the words to say what I want to say to Trump. I was, from the moment I saw him on stage at Charlie Kirk's funeral, sickened by him and seeing what's happening in Iran and seeing him go against every promise that he ever made.

[Jillian]

And Iran. You have every right. Regime that's killed thousands of its own

[Unknown Male Commentator 3]

25th amendment is ash tackle Trump and pretend. Let him pretend he's president and publicly report that he's going through a health issue and Vance takeover. It literally needs to be something like that. It's that bad. The you've never called for an internal coup before, ever, ever, ever. But that's how dangerous this is.

[Jillian]

That's how dangerous this is. We need a coup now. Fortunately, those guys didn't call for outright physical violence. But they certainly set the stage, didn't they? It was like, oh, my God. It's an existential threat of betrayed.

[Unknown Female Commentator]

It's all.

[Jillian]

It's all. It's all the same. It's the same playbook. And here's the problem. It works very effectively. Can I see SOT number three, guys? Motherfuckers. Missed again. Oh, my God, I'm already crying.

[Unknown Female Commentator]

Imagine faking your own assassination attempt for the third time, and then everybody's just upset that it wasn't real and that you didn't croak.

[Unknown Male Commentator 2]

I wake up each morning hoping he has died. I go to bed each night hoping by the time I get up in

[Jillian]

the morning, this is all he exists to think about. Apparently all things good just die.

[Unknown Female Commentator]

They missed again.

[Jillian]

It's America.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

If somebody misses one more time. Nobody wants to work these days.

[Jillian]

Nobody wants to get out there and work. So, you know, there's the trickle down, right? From the pundits, politicians, big personalities, to the tick tockers and the influencers. And, you know, it goes from them to the Tyler Robinsons and the Thomas Allens. So what do we do? If, you know, this is a manipulation and, you know they want you to be outraged, you know, they're looking for the horizontal fight. I talk about this all the time because it is the ultimate magic trick. Pay attention over here so you can't see what the other hand is doing. The fight is vertical. I've got an interview for you guys coming out on Sunday with Congresswoman Nancy Mace. Here's a little teaser. She's tried to hold people in Congress accountable for all kinds of crimes, from immigration fraud to sexual assault and using tax dollars to cover it up. And you know what? Each one of those efforts that she has made to hold people accountable gets shut down by bipartisan efforts. These people want us to fight with each other so we are not paying attention to the bigger crimes that are going on right behind our back. The fact that we are giving hundreds of millions of dollars to the Taliban, literally, we are. She'll explain that to you. I'll have the congresswoman explain that to you on Sunday's show. Or the fact that, you know, our president is giving immunity to the people that make a toxic pesticide called glyphosate that is related to chemical warfare. Like, this is the stuff we should be fighting. This is the thing that we need to come together on and attack all of these abuses that are going on against all of us. Glyphosate causes cancer in Republicans and Democrats. But no, no, we're whipped into a frenzy to take on our neighbor, this guy in his manifesto, which I'm actually going to break out and. And read little parts of it for you, genuinely justifies violence against anyone who is at the White House correspondence dinner because they're complicit. Think about that. He's not even just going after Trump anymore. It's everybody involved, and it's working. Like, you see the fragility of his mental state, that he's like, okay, anybody who's at this White House correspondence center, even though a lot of them are from liberal media outlets, are complicit. And it's okay if they die. Like, not my goal, but if it happens, it's justified. The goal is not just money, not just clicks, not just campaign support, not just campaign contributions. But deflect and distract. And it works. It works. And then you engage in, like, libtard, racist, Nazi. It's all by design. And we are falling for it in part because it begets itself. So let's take a quick look at this manifesto. Okay, what do we got here? I pulled out some key, key passages from this. The sort of examiner, the ways this kind of rhetoric is impacting a more fragile mind. Now, this man was a teacher, okay? He was a video game designer, grew up in California. I think he has a master's degree. Might just have a bachelor's, but he's educated. He's a college grad. Hello, everybody, exclamation mark. Like the enthusiasm. Hey, everyone. So I may have given a lot of people a surprise today. Let me start off by apologizing to everybody whose trust I abused. I apologize to my parents, my colleagues and students. I apologize to all these people that I traveled next to. Goes on to say, I don't expect forgiveness, but if I could have seen any other way to get this close, I would have taken it. So listen, he's got this whole, like, good guy preservation. This is the point. Like, he thinks he's a hero. It's like, I'm the. I'm the loving son. I'm the dedicated teacher and mentor, but I. I have to do this to save the world, okay? Then he goes on. I'm a citizen of the United States of America. What my representatives do reflects on me. And I'm no longer willing to permit a file and a rapist and a traitor to coat my hands with his crimes. 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[Bill O'Reilly]

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[Mike Slater]

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[Jillian]

So he basically dehumanizes Trump, right? That's the game. Like he's less than human. We know that. We know that tactic. And this is one of the keys. When you have political violence, any genocide, the other side is less than human and therefore violence against them is justified. So here's the one thing that I would Say, let's presume all of those labels are actually applicable to Donald Trump. Why are they not applied unilaterally? Again, it's. It's the horizontal fight of red against blue. Why is it not just good against bad? If you're really upset about fists and files and all of this, why are you not mad at Bill Clinton? How come you're not trying to assassinate him? He's on the low Lead Express. He's on the island. It's important that we are outraged by these kinds of crimes if they are, in fact, true. So what I would also recommend is a thorough investigation into each and every claim before you feel some sort of way about it. But if in fact it's all true, why just. Why just Donald Trump, then? Why are you not going after. Why not Bill Gates? Right? Why not everybody on the Epstein list? Trump is certainly less guilty than those guys. He was never on Epstein Island. He was never on the Lovita Express. There's Eugene Carroll, which is a bit murky and muddy and it's literally decades ago. Not saying it didn't happen, I certainly don't know. But it wasn't like four different women came forward like they did with Bill Clinton. Then he goes on to talk about this soldier fantasy he's got going, right? So he's like administrative officials, their targets. So, like, everybody in the administration is now a target. You can take out Vance and Rubio and Kennedy. Like, everybody is a target. So now you've got guilt by association. So they're all responsible for the crimes of pedophilia and rape and all these things. They're all. That's kind of how it happens, though, isn't it? It's like MAGA is this. And libtards, well, they're that. I mean, I've experienced it. I've seen. Oh, you're all white nationalists. And libtards are all libtards, right? Which implies, like, incredibly stupid and ignorant and all the things. And I'm sure you're going, they are. There are certain positions where we all have blind spots, but that's not going to help us today. So try to stay focused. Try to stay focused. I want to talk about how to approach the people you don't like when we're done with this. So Secret Service, they're only targets if necessary. Hotel employees, they're not targets at all. Oh, and in order to minimize the casualties, I will also be using a buckshot rather than slugs. I would still go through most everyone here on the basis that most people chose to attend and thus are complicit. So you've got this whole, like, warrior narrative. Like, the guy's got this fantasy role playing of thinking he's some sort of a soldier and he's like, strategically deciding what weapons he's going to use. But he's. Everybody's guilty.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

All right.

[Jillian]

There's no nuance in that, by the way, which is something we're going to talk about. Everyone who's there kind of deserves to die. There's no where's the continuum, by the way of, like, I don't know. Does, does, does, does Rubio deserve it as well as Trump? Like, what's the continuum? I'm just curious of who's, you know, less than human. Okay, then he has his rebuttals, right? So you can kind of see his, like, internal struggle. As a Christian, you should turn the other cheek. Rebuttal. Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. He's got another one here. Like, as a half black, half white person, you shouldn't be doing this rebuttal. I don't see anyone else picking up the slack. So he's got a God complex. He's mentally ill. But what's crazy is when you watch the TikTokers SOT that I just showed you guys, that, that clip of all those tiktokers, like, what's going on? How are you guys missing? Is anybody going to do the job? That sort of rhetoric is working on people. It's working on the Tyler Robinsons. It's working on the Alex Predis. It's working on the Thomas Allens. They're hearing it being like, I must step up. I must be the hero in this story. And I kind of wondered, to go give you a little sidebar here, there is a vulnerability, I think, with young men. This guy was only. I think he just turned 31 years old. Where they are feeling rudderless. They have been sidelined. They have been emasculated. Many of them have been told that they're toxic and they're looking to be the hero. Well, what better way, right, than to take out the ultimate evil? What better way? All right, one more passage. So he goes, p. S. Now that all the sappy stuff is done, no damn security. Like, the one thing that I immediately noticed walking into the hotel is the sense of arrogance. Oh. And if anyone is curious how doing something like this feels, it's awful. I want to throw up. I want to cry. I can't really recommend it. Stay in school, kids. There's A lot going on there. So first of all, there is a very genuine problem with the Secret Service there. Understaffed, disgruntled. It really could be a podcast of its own because we are all sitting here going, how is there another breach like this? How does this happen over and over and over again? But that's not really what this guy's looking at. You can tell that it's like, how are you guys so incompetent? Like almost as though you're seeing some sort of internal narrative, like, they don't take me seriously. Which is probably some sort of reflection from his childhood. Right. If I had to like psychoanalyze this guy, that would be my, my takeaway. But what's interesting, it's like I want to throw up. So there is some sort of biological truth happening there, right? Like his body is rejecting this, but yet he has to do it anyway. So he's clearly. He was mentally ill. But the thing is, there are a lot of people who are psychologically fragile and psychologically compromised that are vulnerable to these narratives. And we're seeing it in real time. And what's even crazier is that we're so many. I'm not going to say we're all. So many of us are black pilled that nobody believes in anything anymore. I'm going to explain what that means in just a moment. Guys, can you throw up? I think we're on site. 4. It's all fake.

[Unknown Female Commentator]

This whole active shooter thing in the White House correspondence dinner has got to be a setup. Has got to be a setup. Because who sat back for probably months? No way. Someone got a whim today and was like, let me go light this up. No, Somebody sat back and planned this for months and didn't get a single person. I'm not saying. I'm not saying. Well, you know what I mean? Like you thought about this for how long and didn't hit a single person and then got apprehended immediately.

[Jillian]

There's no fucking way.

[Unknown Female Commentator]

There's no fucking way. This feels like a complete stunt to me. This man is stunting on us yet again. Because so many of his followers and believers believed it the first time. Believed it the first time. So they said, well, honestly, these people are probably gullible. I'm trying to be nice. Gullible enough.

[Jillian]

At least you're trying to believe it again.

[Unknown Female Commentator]

So fudge. We didn't have an American flag in the background this time. That's what it feels like. This is ridiculous. And they got into the dinner so Easily with a fucking gun. So the security is a joke there. The shooter's entire plan's a joke and they get away unscathed. And now the President is using this as this, like, whole thing again. You know, like, the party will go on.

[Jillian]

See how she's like, I'm, I'm too smart for this. Like, smart. This is so ridiculous.

[Unknown Female Commentator]

Every single day that I spend in this country.

[Jillian]

Don't you want to die? Should I stop? Like, it just, it's hard to hear what is happening. I think we got it. I don't know that I can keep listening to it. I think we get it now. Streaming podcasts on Fox 1. Because sometimes the headline is just not enough. Fox 1 brings you on demand video podcasts that dive deeper into what's happening and get you closer to the voices that are shaping the conversation across news and politics and culture. And get this, my show, Keeping it Real is now streaming on Fox 1 as well. And that means that you can watch my show alongside others like hang out with Sean Hannity, the Riley Gaines Show, Will Kane, country, all in one place. From the stories leading the day to hot takes and exclusive interviews, you'll hear from some of the boldest voices around. The best part, you can watch or listen on your schedule whenever it works for you. Stream podcasts on FOX one anywhere, anytime on your favorite devices. Sign up [e-mail] and there are, there are thousands of videos like that online. But here's what's happening. She actually thinks she's right. She's not just being a jerk to be a jerk. She believes that she is correct. And this is why this is happening, because we're all so disenfranchised. That's very real. Hence the concept of being black pilled. So red pill is like the analogy from the Matrix. You want the blue pill, you want the red pill. Oh, I want the red pill. And you see the way that the world really works. And that's a thing. Like how about the fact that Covid was made in a lab and it didn't come from a wet market. How about the fact that there is this crazy powerful cabal of bankers and politicians and billionaires and public figures that are toppling governments for profit and, you know, engaging in the trafficking of children as blackmail stuff for intelligence agent. I mean, it's just, it's nuts, right? And it's. Unfortunately that stuff is real. Or I don't know, I've said this before, there's aliens on the bottom of the ocean. You get to a point Understandably. Understandably. Where you're like, nothing is real anymore. And you go from the blue pill of like, I trust all the institutions to the red pill of these guys will lie to me and be self serving. I need to keep my eyes open. Hence the concept stay woke. Right. Don't let them pull the wool over your eyes. That's where that's coming from. And you arrive at the black pill, which is, I don't believe in anything anymore. Nothing is true. Nothing is real. Erica Kirk killed Charlie Kirk. Israel controls America completely.

[Unknown Female Commentator]

Yeah.

[Jillian]

And Trump has staged his own assassination three separate times. First time he got shot in the head. I mean, imagine that kind of coordination the first time. Like all critical thinking goes out the window with the black pill. He got hit in the earth. Few people behind Trump were killed, just regular people. But we were all willing to sacrifice these Americans. All willing, meaning that the, the Trump coterie, just for the, the moment with the blood and the flag. Sure. Now we've got this guy, Thomas Allen. He's alive. Well, you don't think if it's a setup, he's going to sing like a canary. He's alive. Just tell you, I was paid, I was contracted. This is a setup. This isn't real. Why wouldn't he probably lessen his sentence. Right. Don't you think? Instead of what I imagine is going to be life in jail. So you got a. He's a, he's a Democrat. He donated. I think he donated like 25 bucks to Harris's campaign. Uh, I believe he's been placed at a no Kings rally. He's part of, this is sort of preliminary information, but part of some group called the Wide Awakes. And I guess there are different elements to this movement. So it's kind of hard to nail down exactly which group of Wide Awakes and what they stand for, but I think you get it right? Wide Awakes, nobody's pulling them all over our eyes. So I bring all of this up for one reason and one reason only, because I want to try and inoculate you from this kind of rhetoric and this kind of manipulation. It is designed to drag you in and you might be the, the holdout, right? Like, I'm not going to take the bait. I'm not going to go down this rabbit hole. I won't enter this fight. What ends up happening is that it begets itself. It's like a virus. And all of a sudden there's an infected person who bites you. And now you're in it. Right? Like you have your Little MAGA hat on or your Biden Harris bumper sticker and someone does something to your car or your lawn or, you know, attacks you in public on the airplane. We've seen, you know, the guy in the MAGA hat get attacked. We've seen that clip. I don't even know if it's real anymore. So many times. And now you're in it. They've dragged you in. It's like the Godfather. They've pulled you in, but it goes nowhere good. Nowhere good. We have got to rise above this. Not just for our own sanity, but for the sake of the country. The country that we're going to leave behind for our kids and our grandkids. So from now on, when you see something that triggers you, that's designed to infuriate you, designed and intended to manipulate you and to draw you into this chaos and this distraction and this horizontal fight that drains you in every way, I want you to stop for a second and pause and just breathe. Because these guys are trying to convince you that life is a movie. That it's all heroes and villains, it's paralytic and it's total darkness. But that is a trap. And when you start seeing people as monsters or parasites, it's not going to fix the world. You're just allowing yourself to become blinded to the humanity of the people that are standing right in front of you guys. Most of us want the same things. We really, honest to God, we really do. We just have different ideas about how to get there. And so often we feel the weight of the entire country on our shoulders. Oh, my God. What's gonna happen? Oh, no. I'm so deeply worried. I feel the same. But the reality is that we are not built to carry the crimes of millions or the failures of an entire system. It's just not. It's just not our responsibility. It's not possible. It's a delusion that will lead to the snap. You're not a failed protector. Right? We're human beings being pushed past our limits by a script written deliberately by those who are self serving. And our power doesn't live in a grand gesture or a final exit, right? It lives in the nuance. Nobody is all good and all bad. The vast majority of these issues are not black and white. The vast majority of them are not right. The nuance lives in the neighbor who you disagree with but still helps you shovel snow. Okay? It lives in the small, boring, beautiful work of showing up for your family and your community. And when people come at you with hate, you've got to remember this. This is important. It's not about you. They're attacking a ghost. They aren't seeing you, they're seeing a caricature of you. Ah Maga. All libtards don't mirror them because if you meet their dehumanization with our own right, if you let them drag you into the dark, We all lose. You've got to be so stubbornly human that their labels have nowhere to stick. You don't have to be a lone savior picking up the slack, right? We are part of an invisible army of people that are doing the hard work of peace every single day. Think about it. Just think about driving on the Whenever I'm in Los Angeles and I'm driving on the 101, I'm like, my God. Millions of us are cooperating here. There's the occasional car accident, yes, but millions of people are cooperating. It's just we're only geared to pay attention to the squeaky wheel, to the person waving the red flag, but pay attention to everything else that isn't creating a problem. That's all the stuff that makes the difference. So let's come back to that. Let's be focused in the here and the now. Let's take everything at its face value. Plan something, fix something. Talk to somebody. Right? Don't let a screen or a rage loop steal your soul, because you're far too valuable to be a casualty of this war. I'm not asking you to be blind, but I am asking you to be open to take the high road whenever it presents itself, and to be curious when you are presented with facts by people that are not honest actors. All right, guys, got a great show for you this Sunday with Nancy Mace, and we're talking about everything from Iran to Ilhan, so please be sure to tune in. And as always, if you're liking the show, do us a favor. Drop us a comment, give us a like, share it, subscribe it helps us a ton with the algorithm. And until the next time, please take care of yourselves. Thank you so much for watching. If you enjoyed the podcast, please like, comment, subscribe and share. And make sure to let me know what guests you want to see on

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