
In this episode of Nightly Scroll: VP Vance calls on Gov. Walz to resign, HHS reveals a new food pyramid, stunning study shows why men aren't approaching women & more.
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Thank you for tuning in on this Thursday evening. This week is going by so fast. I can't believe it's already Thursday, but I've just been so happy to be back. You know, I was talking about this last night when Dan came on, but just having those two weeks off, I felt like I missed so much in the news cycle, things that I wanted to cover. And I've just been so happy to be back. This week has been flying by. And that's what happens when you like your job, right? They say you'll never work a day in your life if you love your job. So I do love what I do and I thank everyone for tuning in last night. We had some pretty big numbers, obviously thanks to my friend and mentor and boss Dan Bongito coming back onto the show and sitting behind the microphone once again, which is pretty exciting for all of us to watch. And it was good to hear from him and I've heard from a lot of you and a lot of you feel the same way. So thank you for watching. I know a lot of people were tuning in for the very first time. So if you're one of these people that are turning in, tuning in for the second time tonight, welcome to the show. You're one of the homies. If you scroll at 6pm Eastern Time and here's your reminder to subscribe to the Bongito Report Channel, rumble.com Haley is the only place you could watch this show live in full. You might be able to watch some of it on X or on Facebook. We do stream there, but the entire show is only here because we are a Rumble exclusive. So make sure that you are subscribed@rumble.com Haley of course, once this show ends, it's available on podcast platforms, iHeart, Spotify, Apple Podcasts. Wherever you get your shows, make sure that you are subscribed. Make sure that you leave a five star review, say something nice, hit all the buttons, tell a friend, because we are growing something very big here in 2026. So I appreciate all of you for being here. And what do we have on the scroll tonight? Well, Vice President Vance has officially called for Governor Tim Walls to resign from his post amid all of the fraud and everything else. And he also took aim at cnn. We're going to get into those clips. Jimmy Kimmel ramps up violent rhetoric on his show. We're calling that out. Also, some interesting studies about drinking habits and dating among Gen Z and millennials reveal younger generations are sad and socially awkward. I will give you my take on that. Also A woman divorced her husband after falling in love with an AI chat bot on ChatGPT. We're going to get into that as well. I'm also going to get into scrolling time, like stumbling over my words scrolling time, because we didn't do that last night and we didn't really get into that much on Monday either. So we're back. We're back in a very big way. Put your phones on. Do not disturb. Nightly scroll starts now. So as we know, God Governor Tim Walls has already announced that he will not be running for re election as Minnesota governor. He said he can't possibly campaign for himself while also getting to the bottom of the fraud that's going on in his state. And I will say that was absolutely rich to hear from him. He had to drop out of the race and use that as an excuse because he didn't want to tell the truth, which is all of this fraud happened on his watch and he either let it happen or didn't know it was happening. And both of those are extremely and completely disqualifying. So the reason he gave was a CYA mission. Only cover your ass. And however, he is still in office until January of next year. So we have a whole year of tampon. Tim left unless he drops out. And Vice President Vance thinks he should cut that short. Watch this.
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I think Tim Walsh should resign because it's very clear either that he knew about the fraud in Minneapolis, he knew about the welfare fraud, or at the very least he looked the other way. I mean, this is not. This is not like Lex Luthor, right? This is not movie villain fraud. This is the lowest IQ possible fraud. This is, we're going to take kids or, sorry, we're going to take the absence of kids, set up a daycare center where there are no children, and we're going to call our early childhood education center the Quality Leering Center. By the way, if you can't spell learning, maybe you shouldn't be in early childhood education. But people got rich off of this. We know that there were schools who either had no enrollment or at least they overstated their enrollment. Tim Waltz, either it was unbelievable incompetence or he was in on the fraud. That's one of the things we're going to get to the bottom of.
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He was right about it not being like movie villain fraud because it is real life. I mean, these are real taxpayer dollars that were defrauded. This is the money that real hardworking Americans, you know, pay back to the government. The government takes it from them and Then they use it for this, and then they use it to line the pockets of Somali fraudsters and all these other BS things. And he's also right about this being the lowest IQ fraud, because quite literally, they can't spell learning. And then, you know, of course, they changed the sign once they came under fire for that. It was, they put the, it said leering and then they put the learning over it. It's, I mean, come on, that should have tipped everybody off that this institution was fraudulent from the very beginning. And as of Tuesday of this week, the quality of leering center closed, according to the Minnesota Department of Human Services licensing records. Fox News obtained a statement from the Department of Youth, Children and Families, and they said that they did indeed close down on January 6th, and they won't be able to reopen unless they reapply for a license. And if they are a legitimate business, they should have no problem in doing so. If not, then they will stay shut down. And there's a darn good reason for that. So also in Minneapolis, we covered this last night, but a woman was killed by a federal agent after the woman sped off in her car with agents attached to it. And I played the video for you last night and said, you know, the left was saying that this was one thing and, you know, we could all watch with our own eyes what really went down. And the woman was with a group of protesters that were attempting to obstruct ICE officers and their efforts in Minnesota. And they were filming and yelling, which is annoying, but fine. But the woman in the car was blocking the road, and then she was approached by officers and she decided to speed off, which prompted the federal agent to shoot her. And Vice President Vance offered some new details about that incident in Minnesota in the White House briefing room, and he embarrassed and eviscerated CNN in the process while watch this.
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When I was actually walking out here, somebody sent me a photo of a CNN headline about what happened in Minneapolis. And this is the headline. I'm just going to read it. Outrage after ICE Officer Kills US Citizen in Minneapolis. Well, that's one way to put it. And that is the way that many people in the corporate media have put this attack over the last 24 hours. And I say attack very, very intentionally because this was an attack on federal law enforcement. This was an attack on law and order. This was an attack on the American people. The way that the media by and large has reported this story has been an absolute disgrace. And it puts our law enforcement officers at risk every single day. What that headline Leaves out is the fact that that very off ICE officer nearly had his life ended, dragged by a car six months ago, 33 stitches in his leg. So you think maybe he's a little bit sensitive about somebody ramming him with an automobile. What that headline leaves out is that that woman was there to interfere with a legitimate law enforcement operation in the United States of America. What that headline leaves out is that that woman has is part of a broader left wing network to attack, to dox, to assault, and to make it impossible for our ICE officers to do their job. And if the media wants to tell the truth, they ought to tell the truth. That a group of left wing radicals have been working tirelessly, sometimes using domestic terror techniques to try to make it impossible for the President of the United States to do what the American people elected him to do, which is enforce our immigration laws.
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You know, knowing that background information about the agent involved puts this into perspective. And it'd be nice if CNN and others in the media took time to look into these things before jumping to conclusions and then just running with whatever narrative they want. And as we know, attacks on ICE agents are up 1,300%, death threats are up 8,000. And this specific agent had experience being injured by a motorist on the job. This is why it is absolutely dangerous and a federal crime, by the way, to interfere with ICE efforts. Any liberal group advocating for people to interfere and obstruct is in bad faith and they should be labeled as domestic terrorists. That's what that is. You can disagree with ICE's efforts if you want and your peaceful protests are protected. What you cannot do is commit crimes and call it a protest. You're not absolved from wrongdoing or consequences because you call yourself a protester or a legal observer as some of on the left are calling it. And I don't want anyone to die. What we saw, I mean that's worst case scenario, right? But you have to be safe and abide by the rule of law while exercising your first Amendment rights. If a police officer feels threatened, you're in the danger zone. And so many of these encounters can be totally avoided, which makes it all the more disappointing and all the more devastating that this woman had a six year old son. Just horrible. And tomorrow we are going to have Scott Bryson on. You know, if you watch the show, he comes on usually once a week and we do our breakdowns of situations just like this one, breaking news situations and also safety tips and all of that. So former Secret Service agent, he is going to break down this incident further and we'll dissect the actions of that agent and take a more careful look into it. So be on the lookout for that. We're going to do that tomorrow night and I think it's going to be a really important conversation. And you know, death by cop situations always dominate the news cycle. They always bring up conversations about police brutality and race and gun control and other hot topics that get the left all riled up. And last night, Jimmy Kimmel covered this story, but wasted no time joking about it and also insinuating that President Trump is a killer. Watch.
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I know what they're doing. They're trying out a new slogan. Donald J. Trump is gonna kill you.
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It's pretty good, right?
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This maniac, he isn't just killing people overseas. An ICE agent today shot and killed an unarmed 37 year old woman during an ICE operation in Minneapolis. They're there under the guise of protecting us. And of course, our president weighed in with compassion. He wrote. I've just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was obviously a professional agitator. And the woman driving the car, this is the woman who was killed was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully and viciously ran over the ICE officer who. Who seems to have shot her in self defense. Now, I saw this video. It didn't look like anybody got run over to me. It looked to me like a woman got scared, tried to drive away and they shot her. That'll be for the court to decide.
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Donald J. Trump is going to kill you on a T shirt. That is what Jimmy Kimmel lifted up on his show to all of his viewers. Donald J. Trump is going to kill you because of this incident in Minnesota. An ICE agent who clearly feared for his life because a motorist was obstructing the motorist, was not listening to commands. The motorist backed up and then decided to go full force and drive while a officer was hanging on and another officer was in the front of the vehicle. But Donald J. Trump is going to kill you is the narrative that Jimmy Kimmel is going with. And there are people in the audience cheering and laughing. I mean, I can understand drawing on the news cycle to write jokes, but I no longer consider Jimmy Kimmel a comedian. He's not a comedian. He's a full blown political commentator. He's a full blown political activist. His show shouldn't be late night. It should be on CNN or msnbc. It's Totally out of place. And I'm pro free speech, I'm anti cancel culture, and I, I like raunchy jokes and I like jokes that push the envelope. I do. I think we've gotten too soft and I think that comedians should be risky. But what Jimmy Kimmel is doing is not that it's not funny, and he knows that. I think this is a test. I think now that he has his show back after the temporary suspension, after he lied, he wants to push the envelope as far as he possibly can and poke the bear. That's what he wants. He's egging on a fight with the fcc. He's egging on a fight with Trump to see how they will react. He wants attention. He wants to be able to play the victim again because his show is back, right? So he's no longer the victim. We saw just this week when he was accepting his Critics Choice Award where he said, you know, this year was so hard for him and it was, you know, a near death experience for him. He wants to say, oh, the Trump administration is, is after me. They're trying to shut me up again. This is censorship. This is fascist. And what's so irresponsible about this is that he's thinking of the attention and the views and the clicks and the beef with the President without thinking about how dangerous leftists are and what they will do when they see that T shirt and when they hear that rhetoric. They don't even need to be rage baited into hurting Republicans or Trump voters anymore or anyone who disagrees with them. They're seemingly more than happy to take their anger out on the other side. They feel justified in doing so. It's morally sound to take out the other side in their view. So when Jimmy Kimmel and all of his holly weird comrades tell their audiences that Trump is out to get them and he's going to kill them, and he's a Nazi and he's horrible and he's dangerous. Do not be shocked when we see an increase in attacks. Unfortunately, the atrocities we've seen in the last year are very likely to ramp up. And you know, I don't believe in cancel culture, but if ABC had a shred of credibility, they would denounce what Jimmy did on his show last night. But they don't and they won't. Winter is here, and honestly, I'm spending way more time indoors, especially in my bedroom, of course. And let me tell you, staying comfortable has never been easier since I switched to a Helix mattress. Before Helix, my nights were a mess. Night sweats, back pain. Every time I moved in the middle of the night, you know, birdies on my pillow, I felt it right. It was exhausting. But Helix changed everything and I took their sleep quiz and it matched me with the perfect mattress for my preferences. No guesswork, no stress, just the right fit. And since then my sleep has improved dramatically. I wake up feeling refreshed and honestly, a good night's rest sets me up for a great day. Helix is award winning. It ships free in the United States and offers a 120 night sleep trial plus a lifetime warranty. And if you're not happy, they're happy with Helix. Guarantee makes returns seamless. So upgrade your sleep today. Helix has an offer exclusive for the homies. Go to helixsleep.com Haley that is H A Y L E Y for 27% off site wide. That is helixsleep.com Haley for 27% off site wide. And make sure you enter the nightly scroll name at checkout so they know that we sent you helixsleep.com Haley American.
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All right, well, we're going to have a little fun with this next segment because the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, he made an interesting announcement this morning. Of course we know that he has a lot of job titles. He wears a lot of hats in this administration. He is Secretary of State. He is acting National Security Adviser. He is acting Archivist of the United States. He is also acting USAID Administrator. President Trump just recently tasked Secretary Rubio with overseeing the transition of Venezuela amid Maduro's capture and arrest. And on New Year's Eve, even the Dolphins played the Ravens and this photo went viral of Secretary Rubio and Secretary Hegseth watching the game while at Mar? A Lago and people started joking that Rubio should consider coaching the Miami Dolphins. And then today the Dolphins actually fired head coach Mike McDaniel and Marco Rubio responded to all of the Internet craziness. So this is what he put on X. I do not normally respond to online rumors, but feel the need to do so at this moment, I will not be a candidate for the currently vacant HC and GM positions with the Miami Dolphins. While you never know what the future might bring, right now, my focus must remain on global events and also the precious archives of the United States of America. Thank you. And you know what? He said he won't be a candidate currently for those currently vacant positions. He also said, you know, right now he has to focus on these other things, but he never said never.
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What? I mean, I'd like to see Rubio break down, like, a 3, 4 defense there in the AFC. You know, I think he could do it. Given enough time, I think he could do it. He's a people guy.
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Yeah. He's a smart guy. He's a leader.
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In the end, it's numbers.
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He's a leader. I think he should absolutely try it. I mean, he's got a ton of free time. Yeah.
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If you manage it, if you can manage a country or country's resources and people and leaders, I think you can handle the football franchise.
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Maybe if he knocks off one or two of the jobs on his list right now, he'll have time to be the general manager or the head coach of a football team. I think, you know, he could have. Here, he's already proven to us that he can have at least four jobs at once. So now, you know, he set the standard. Secretary Rubio. I wouldn't. I wouldn't count this out. I think you might have a future in the NFL. He might be able to save the NFL. What if he goes in and he says, no more dei. No more end racism in the. In the end zones? What if he just comes in and cleans house and really drains the NFL? Swap. I think he'd be great at it.
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Yeah. And then he could improve the overtime rules and everything. Yeah, he's.
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He could do it everything. I'm kind of. I'm. I'm sold on this. We just need to sell him on it. That's next. All right, so obviously, you all know that I love memes, but the Marco Rubio memes are my favorite right now. These are a top contender for me when it comes to memes. I think they're hilarious. And the one where Marco is sitting in the Oval Office and he just looks dejected because, you know, he does have all these jobs, and it must be extremely tiring. But I asked Andy to put together a few of the best Marco Rubio memes with all of his jobs and all of the jokes, with everything that he has on his plate. So let's take a look at this. I am blind reacting. So this is a Babylon Bee headline. White House announces over a million new jobs were created in December, but they were all filled by Marco Rubio. So truth. Believe it. I believe it. All right, so here he is because he's of course, the president of everything, right?
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Yeah. Well, that's the newly acquired Venezuela, of course.
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Of course.
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Where's that?
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I don't know.
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He's got his Iran going on right there. He knows what's happening in the Middle East.
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I love it.
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A. He's Canadian there.
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He looks good. He looks good.
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Yeah. I like the hat. He's a Mountie hat. It looks good on him.
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I like it.
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There you go.
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There's Governor Tampon, Tim. You know, Minnesota's gonna need a new governor. And I think Marco Rubio would do just fantastically.
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Totally.
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I really agree.
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He's got good shotgun etiquette right there. I don't know how he got that in that meeting, but.
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I love AI. It's funny. Oh, the Hilton. I was like, what is that?
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He saw it on his channel.
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Thankfully, I have the best eyesight ever. Andy jokes about this because, I mean, everything that. I mean, I can read pretty far, but sometime sometimes it's really small. I. At first glance, I said, he's just in a suit. Okay, Hilton. This is over the whole Hilton debacle with the ice agents and all that. So, okay, now he's the manager of the Hilton or the owner of the Hilton. Great. Good for him. What is this?
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Oh, we're going to. We're going after Greenland. I think Rubio is going to be great for, you know, he's got his cold weather attire.
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Yeah.
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Deal with, like, north face.
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Just got a button up, button up. Put some layers on. He'll be great. Is that it?
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He would do good there. Now we got one more. And this may be the truth you're looking for here. As he is going to be the.
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Dolphins coach manifesting the Miami Dolphins move. I think it would be really cool. And he could stay in Florida. You know, he's a Florida guy. I think that could be a great next move. I mean, here's the thing. If not the next president of the United States, the head coach of the Dolphins. Why not?
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You know, or he would improve halftime shows.
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Okay, J.D. vance, next president of the United States. Marco Rubio, next head coach of the Miami Dolphins. Then when Vance is done, then Rubio can be the President of the United States.
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Yeah. Four years is enough to build a franchise.
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Yeah.
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You Know, he can. He can remake the franchise down there, pass it down.
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It's a date. Let's do it. Let's make it happen. All right, well, I do want to get into some new changes that the Trump administration is making, especially in the maha department. And yesterday they unveiled a new food pyramid along with new dietary guidelines for Americans. And the tagline is eat real food. Imagine that. Eat real food. I mean, we should. We should have been doing this all along. It's a. It's really amazing that it's taken this long to update this. Although I will say I don't think that very many people follow this pyramid. I mean, the last time that I looked at the food pyramid was in elementary school, to be honest with you. But we're going to get into the old one in just a second. But this new food pyramid is upside down. It is upside down. And at the very top is all the things that you should be eating and prioritizing in your diet. Meat, cheese, you know, not too much, but some good cheese, some. Some vegetables. And then you got some real whole milk in there. You've got some fats, some healthy fats, like avocado and some oil. Not seed oils. Right. Nothing fat like that but good fats. And you've got some fruits and vegetables, of course, butter right there in the middle, because, you know, steak and butter can't get better than that. That's a great. Yeah.
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People can't cook in the south without butter, so you got to give them something.
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Dynamic duo. Yep. Steak and butter. And at the very bottom, you see whole grains like bread, rice, and things like that, which is a stark difference from the old food pyramid that was released in the 90s. So if we could pull up that photo of the old one, it is pretty crazy to see the differences here. You've got a ton of bread on the bottom. Then comes, you know, fruits and vegetables, which is great, but meat takes a backseat to. To 11 servings of rice, cereal, pasta. That's crazy. And then at the top, you know, fats were supposed to be very bad. Fats were demonized. I remember growing up, everything was no trans fat, no fat, low fat. I grew. I grew up very much during the 90s diet culture fad, where everything was zero calories, zero this, zero sugar, zero fat, everything. I can't believe it's not butter. And, like, what the hell is even that? Chemicals.
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You grew up in New York. What was the. What was the cooking etiquette like? Any healthy up there or what? Because where I was from, if it wasn't deep fried, it didn't, it didn't make the table.
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It's less deep fried. But I feel like New York is best known for Buffalo wings, pizza, bagels. So, you know, we weren't. We weren't. We were eating good, but it wasn't good for you, that's for sure. But yeah, I mean, this is crazy that they were actually. The United States government was actually recommending six to 11 servings of bread, cereal, rice and pasta per day. Could you imagine trying to fit in that much shit in your day? I couldn't even imagine 11 servings. Why are you eating 11 servings in a day of anything? I mean, there's no wonder why we're all fat and unhealthy and dying of everything. I mean, seriously. And again, I don't really know who's following this to a T, but you gotta look into the history of this pyramid because it's massively corrupt. It was essentially bought and paid for by lobbyists from different food industries. Big sugar paid money to point the finger at fats because they didn't want the truth out about what sugar does to the body. They didn't want to be to blame for cardiovascular disease, obesity, et cetera. So they wanted Americans to believe that fatty foods caused the issues. Fatty foods and oils, these were the root of all evil. And to be clear, you know, there are good oils and bad oils. There are good fats and bad fats. But when the original pyramid was coming out in the early 90s and 91, it was delayed by the meat and dairy industries because it wasn't as friendly to their food groups, so they lobbied against it. And then the release was delayed until 92, and that's when it came out. And I guess those groups were happy with it and the lobbyists were happy with it. So then that's what the US government put out to all of us. And then our sorry asses were in elementary school learning about, you know, eating 11 servings of pasta every day and everyone got diabetes. I mean, duh, you know, I mean, it's crazy to think that this was recommended. That, you know, bread was pegged as a health food. And obviously, like, I still eat bread, right? Sourdough bread is very good for you. You can eat it sparingly. I'm not like, anti any food. There's no, like, food that I'd say you can't eat in your diet. I mean, I still eat chocolate sometimes. I still eat certain things in moderation, but I know that it's not great, you know, but to put bread and pasta above fruits and vegetables and proteins is, is crazy. But I did see this, this meme on X earlier and it was just joking about how, you know, the left, they just have to like demonize everything that the Trump administration does. So they have to, you know, they just have to come out in opposition to everything. So if it's, you know, the Tylenol thing, they have to just, you know, down a whole bottle of Tylenol. You know, they just, these health recommendations they don't believe in. But we could pull this back up. Sorry, I'm ready to talk about it. To the Democrats, release their own food pyramid in response to rfk. And this is Carnivore. This is a meme on, on X. But they said SSRI is at the top. Bunch of drugs. A lot of the trannies that shoot up schools, they're, they're taking those heavily. So and whatever else they, they forgot gender affirming care drugs on those kill.
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Your appetite and then you eat less of the pyramid.
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Well, that's not good either, but we could go back to that. So then oatly milk, which is not great for you there a lot of these milk substitutes, they've got a lot of gums in them. They've got, if you read the ingredients, things that you think are a healthy swap are not. So then of course, next on the food pyramid is bugs. You might remember that Democrats and liberals, they, they push this new world where, you know, we're going to eat burger patties made out of bugs or they're 3D printed and this is all because, you know, cows are bad because their farts kill the ozone layer. And you know, you could ask AOC about that, but they were legitimately pushing bugs. You know, what's his face, Bill Gates.
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And all them, oh, Clous Schwab and all those dudes, all the New World Order types, you know, global people.
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Yeah, all the globalists, they just think that the best way to be healthy is to eat bugs. And then of course, seed oils at the bottom. This is what they're pushing because, you know, it makes us sick and then they profit off of it. And that's the way it goes. This is how we got here. This is how we got here. This is why we're all sick. So, so but Vice President Vance and RFK Jr were joking about this back and forth on X earlier and I thought that this was very funny as well. So Vice President Vance posted this poking fun saying, hey, Secretary Kennedy, this new Food pyramid is solid, but you forgot to include one dietary staple and it is cookies and cream ice cream. So I guess that's a favorite of our vice president, which I can totally respect. And like I said, everything in moderation. If you want to eat a little bit of your favorite foods, you should do that. Right? But I'm a big proponent of reading the ingredients. And once you start reading the ingredients and, and kind of becoming more. I don't want to use the word woke, but you're awake to a lot of the ingredients that are in there and the chemicals that are in food. It makes you want to eat it less. Like once you read the ingredients. When I'm in the grocery store, when I see something that I want, then I turn it over and I read the packaging and as soon as I see like sunflower seed oil or some other, I'm like, do I need this? No. The one exception I do make is deli meat. It's not good for you. There's some stuff in there that's not good for you. But I do like that. That's one of my, my guilty pleasures. Isn't that crazy that deli meat is a guilty pleasure now? That's how bad our food is in this country. But anyway, RFK Jr responded to this post on X saying this. Caution. Do not take dietary advice from this guy. And it is fat JD Vance meme. So that was the perfect, perfect clap back. Any opportunity to pull up a JD Vance meme, or any meme for that matter, I absolutely welcome it. And I love that our White House is able to take a joke and give a joke and dish it out and dish out their own medicine. I love that they can poke fun at each other and they're very digitally literate and they are on the Internet. They are as chronically online as we are and I absolutely love to see that. Also very funny from RFK Jr yesterday. I don't think that he was meaning to do this, but his phone went off in the briefing room yesterday and this is what happened during the hearing. Watch earlier. Two days earlier.
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I'm sorry.
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Duck is also high in protein. That's an interesting. Duck is a good thing to eat, everybody. The only release or the new vaccine scheduled two days ago. So very funny. The duck phone goes off and I thought it was also interesting in the clip because Dr. Oz also got a phone call seemingly at the same time, and then he proceeded to answer the phone and then tell him that he would call him back. Like, just don't answer the phone. No one's. You know, I don't know. I did. I saw this similar clip on TikTok, and I was reading through the comments on there, and some liberals found it. It got onto the wrong side of TikTok, the wrong side of the algorithm. And a lot of the liberals response to this was, oh, this administration is such a joke. And it's so embarrassing, and it's so unprofessional. I mean, can you really hate on the guy for the ringtone that he chooses? I mean, yeah, I guess. You know, your phone's not supposed to go off, and before you go into a hearing. Yeah, you could make sure that your phone's on silent or whatever. But this happens to everyone, right? Like, everyone's so quick to throw stones. And who among us has not had their phone go off at the wrong time? Like, come on, we all have these things on us at all times. It happens if you're in a work meeting or in church or whatever. Like, you hate to be that guy, but sometimes you are that guy and.
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You just own it.
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Yes. I'm so sorry. And he just owned it and he put it back in his pocket. It is very funny that he has duck quacking as his ringtone, but I don't know, I just thought it was so. It's so like the left to take anything that happens and turn it into a scandal and just to. They use everything to hate on the Trump administration. And it's like, really, how can you hate on this moment? I mean, it's. It's just funny. It's kind of just whatever. It's. People being human, get over it. And honestly, if this had happened during the Biden administration, I always try to think about this, like, put the shoe on the other foot. Am I being unfair? Am I being too biased? And I thought about it, and it's like, if, you know, Javier Becerra, whoever was in a hearing and this happened, it's like, this is just funny. I wouldn't be like, my God, you know, resign. How could we listen to this guy? He has a duck ringtone. I mean, it's just, like, dumb. Like, if you actually put the shoe on the other foot and try to, like, look at this liberal outrage from, you know, the other side. It's just. It's total lunacy. So, Anyway, speaking of Dr. Oz, he is serving as the administrator for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, and he's underneath RFK Jr. And HHS, and one of his main focuses is managing chronic illness. And as we know eating horrible food and drinking alcohol. And a lot of these things, they contribute to metabolic diseases and other diseases. So here is Dr. Oz talking about alcohol and what his recommendations are. Watch.
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So alcohol is a social lubricant that brings people together in the best case scenario. I don't think you should drink alcohol, but it does allow people an excuse to bond and socialize. And there's probably nothing healthier than having a good time with friends in a safe way. If you look at the blue zones, for example, around the world where people live the longest, alcohol is sometimes part of their diet. Again, small amounts taken very judiciously and usually in a celebratory fashion. So there is alcohol on these dietary guidelines, but the implication is don't have it for breakfast. This should be something done small amount with hopefully in some kind of an event that may have alcohol added. But they general move away from two glasses of men, one glass of wine. There was never really good data. The support that quantity of alcohol consumption. That data was probably primarily confused with broader data about social connectedness.
A
Interesting. So, I mean, I've seen people joking online that, you know, Dr. Oz said alcohol is good all. We just don't. We just can't drink it for breakfast. But otherwise alcohol is good. So people were joking that dry January is canceled. A lot of people don't drink alcohol during January, or they try to hop on that trend or on that, you know, wellness journey. And people use the new year to kickstart their wellness journeys, which I'm doing. Also, I, I would say I'm always on a wellness journey. I'm always at the gym. But January 1st, I started 75 hard. So I'm eight days in and it's hard. I was telling Andy that I have to drink three more of these today to hit my, my gallon goal. So excuse me, Excuse me while I chug my water bottle. But seriously, this is funny because we see drinking habits changing in the US I'm not talking about water, but I'm talking about among younger generations, drinking alcohol isn't as popular as it once was. Even just drinking in social settings isn't as popular as it once was. They're a lot more sober, curious. They have other vices like vaping or smoking weed or microdressing mushrooms and other things. There are drinks that have Delta 8 or Delta 9 THC in them. Other drinks that are more natural, they have magnesium mushroom extract and other natural ingredients that make you feel relaxed. So people are hopping on these trends. They're trying these drinks so that they can still go out and socialize, but they're not, you know, they don't have to deal with the negative effects of drinking alcohol.
E
What's sober curious?
A
Sober curious is when you're thinking of going sober, but you're not all in. So people might start, you know, doing a dry January. Let me see if I can live my life. Let me see if I can go out to a bar with my friends and stay sober and what that's like for me. Or let me try going to this event and not drink. Or let me see how I feel. Let me cut it out for this amount of time. So people are kind of dipping their toe into the sobriety world without going all the way in and diving in, if you will. And, you know, so younger people are trying these newer drinks instead of traditional alcoholic beverages. And, you know, a lot of people use these THC drinks or. What are you laughing about in there? Hope?
E
Me and Jasmine are laughing about. Like, back in our day, that used to be called falling off the wagon. Like, you were curious about being sober for a couple weeks, and then you. You have a drink and fell off the wagon.
A
Right.
E
Then you're so curious again.
A
Right, Exactly. Or it's like when you have a really horrible hangover and you say, I'm never drinking again. That's so curious, too. I'm thinking, maybe I shouldn't do this to myself anymore. Maybe this doesn't feel so good. I think my body is yelling at me. You're like, I'm never drinking again. And then all of a sudden, it's next weekend rolls around, and it's like, I'm back. I was curious for a little bit, but not too curious. But, you know, people are using these drinks to get through dry January, which is. It kind of begs the question, are you really doing dry January? If you're ramping up smoking weed or you're replacing alcohol with some other vice, is it really. Are you really sober curious? Are you really doing it? But, you know, hey, whatever. It. If it works for you, it works for you. If, you know, one of these more natural drinks gets you through dry January or sober October or whatever, you know, if it helps, it helps. But, yeah, this is why I started 75 hard in January, because there's no better months to do it. January, February, March. There's nothing going on, no holidays, nothing that requires drinking. It's actually a very easy time, in my opinion, to try to not drink or to try to be sober curious. Because, you know what's in March? St. Patrick's Day, that's a very drink heavy holiday. But my 75 hard will be over on that day. I don't necessarily participate in St. Patrick's Day drinking anymore. I'm a little too old for that. But when I was living in New York City, St. Patrick's Day was like a huge. We would all get dressed up and go out. And especially when you're in college, it's any opportunity to drink, you do it right. There's a party, there's a theme, it's like, let's go. But yeah, so I figured January to March, mid March, it's a great time to do it. And I was looking into this. This study came up on my for you page or on my Explore page on Instagram, rather. And apparently dry January participation has hit an all time high. But one in three do not succeed. So this study was done by OR Health, and 47% of people who drink once a month or at least once a month have attempted dry January. So this is someone who is drinking but not frequently, or at least they drink at least once a month. And this signals that sober curiosity is on the rise. Right? There's at least or almost half of Americans are trying this. But of the ones that try, it's mostly millennials that are trying this, which is my age group, which I find interesting. And apparently boomers are the least likely to try dry January. Which is funny because, like, why is that? Is it because it's a trend? And, like, older people are not gonna hop on a trend. Like, maybe it's just trendy to not drink right now or be sober, Curious. So maybe that's the reason why younger people are doing it and older people aren't. Or it's like, if you're retired, why not? You know, you deserve it, you've put in your time. Yeah, exactly. Like, maybe that's it. I don't know. But this study also said that cold weather might have an impact on not drinking or. Or whether or not you participate in dry January. People who live in the south, where it's warmer, more likely to do it if you're living in the cold months, like you're in the Northeast or the Midwest and it is dang cold. That is the lowest level of participation in dry January. And I think seasonal depression and just like cold temperatures in general may impact that because, you know, a lot of people feel like, well, it's cold out, there's nothing to do. I'm going to open a bottle of wine. Like, what else are we going to do right? I can't go outside. I can't, you know, go for a run outside. No reason to get a beach body. So I guess I'll stay in and drink. So that makes sense to me. And this study also said that the biggest reasons to cause people to drink were celebratory events, cravings, social pressure, and anxiety, which I find interesting because I can totally understand. You know, my computer's about to die. Hold on here. Thank you. I can understand people who have a game, mental health, reason for grabbing a drink, that makes sense to me and the celebratory thing, that makes sense to me. But, you know, it's kind of sad to see that this statistic, 27% of people who attempted dry January failed. They couldn't get through 31 days of being sober. And this, to me, means that more people are addicted to alcohol than they think. And, you know, there's nothing wrong with having a drink every once in a while, but if you can't go a month without alcohol, I would really reassess your relationship with it. You might want it. It might be fun to go out and drink with your friends, right? You might want to get a glass of wine at dinner. But if you. If you can't make it a month without doing it, that's crazy. And, you know, I mentioned again, and this is like, I'm not trying to be the person who does CrossFit, and then they can't shut up about doing CrossFit. So if I'm talking too much about the 75 hard, please let me know. I won't be offended. But, like, cutting out alcohol is one of the easiest parts for me. Drinking a gallon of water to me is harder than that. It's just way harder to drink that much water. And I put flavoring in and stuff. But not drinking alcohol is easy for me. I can go to a social setting and not feel like I need a drink to get through it. I think some people use alcohol as a crutch. And like Dr. Oz was even saying in that clip, I think people. It is a. It's. It's. It's a good thing. If you drink in a social setting, it can be a good thing, but I think some people can abuse it. And it's okay to deprive yourself of things you want. This treat yourself culture is so toxic. You don't have to give in to every craving you have. Just because you want to have a glass of wine when you get home from work doesn't mean you need to. And you don't have to reward yourself with food or drink. You're not a dog. So I always remind myself that food is fuel. And yes, good food is enjoyable, but you don't need it. You don't. I love pizza. I don't need it.
E
Plus, how much money do some of these Gen Zers save if they did not have a drink for a month? Especially in these big metropolitan areas?
A
Someone in the chat said drinking beer is not alcohol.
E
Point, man, There is a point there. You're drinking Bush Light.
A
If you're drinking Bud Light, you're drinking piss.
E
So, hey, yeah, well, you got Bush Light, Miller Light, PB Paps Blue. You know, those are, those are, you know, day drinking, enjoying the birds.
A
Yeah, no, totally. But yeah, I just think it's. This whole sober, curious thing is interesting. And all of these social trends and how different generations are different is fascinating to me. And apparently Gen Z men are not approaching women in real life anymore. And I think a lot of this has to do with that previous study and this one where Gen Z are, they're going to bars less, they're drinking less. And I think this also has something to play into. Um, but this is the headline out of the New York Post, the Young and the Dateless why Gen Z and Millennial Men aren't Approaching Women Anymore. And this is fascinating to me as a single woman. Um, I would like to be approached. But the consensus is from this article and the men that they interviewed. Men are afraid to approach women. And I posted a video on X a few weeks ago probably, and it was a woman who was standing on the subway, or it was, I think it was the tube in London and there were a bunch of guys sitting. And I posted the question on X. You know, why, right? Like why are the men sitting down? Why didn't a man get up to offer his seat? And it was the same consensus. Men are afraid of how women will react. Men believe that women will be offended if they are approached at all. But especially with an act of chivalry, men seem to think that if they offer their seat to a woman, they'll be offended. And I think if you ask a libtard with a septum piercing, then yes, that is going to be your experience. But I don't know any women personally who would be turned off by a respectable man approaching her and offering his seat. Even if you decline, like if the woman doesn't want to take the seat, she could just say, oh no, it's okay, feel free to sit. It's. But thank you. Right that there's a nice way to decline it. I don't know why you would decline a seat, but I don't really think that there should be a reason to be afraid. So my experience isn't really in line with what the men are saying, but I find this very interesting. And men are afraid of women being rude, and I think that's a shame. You should be able to turn someone down, respectively. And I read this article. Ghee sent it to me, and I thought it was interesting because I do not get approached out in public. It is very, very rare. There were many a night in New York going to bars with my friends, in Nashville, going bars with my friends. And when I was younger, I used to go out more often. Now I don't go out at all, really. But most recently, I went to a party at Mar a Lago. It was a Christmas party at Mar a Lago, and it was a lot of fun, but I didn't get approached, which is fine, by the way. I'm not going out to get approached. If it happens, great. I'm not, like, banking on it. But I did go home and I got a DM from someone, and they said, hey, my friend saw you at Mar a Lago. He thinks you're cute. Here's his number. Andy is in disbelief. You should see Andy right now. I agree. I don't call that.
E
He called in a pinch hitter, okay?
A
And I got the ick really hard from that. I got it. Because if you. We were in the same room, like, this frustrates me because we were in the same room together. We were at the same party. Clearly we know similar people. We have clearly a mutual friend or some kind of a connection. Right? You see me at this party, you want to say hi to me, you want to ask me out, but you don't. And then you have your friend slide into my DMs, like, what is happening? You have to man up.
E
Like, did he ask you to. Did he ask you to check yes or no?
A
I just thought that that was so strange. And I literally told the guy that DM'd me. I said, your friend should have asked me out in person, because I'm not gonna go text someone that had the opportunity to ask me out and didn't. And then I have to make the first move like, no, I am not chasing you. You chase me. And then asking your friend to chase me via Instagram DM is not it. That is not going to do it for me. So I just thought that that was so chicken shit. And that you're. You are disqualified. You are just disqualified. And that is not me being picky. That is me saying that you need to man up and ask me out yourself. I'm sorry.
E
You should have gone out on a date with the person that asked you for the friend. That would have been the ultimate backfire.
A
I don't do petty stuff like that. I don't play games. But I just thought that that was interesting. And I actually. I think that people should ask people out in person more often. And I. I've actually done this. And when I was living in Nashville, I remember I was out to dinner with some of my friends and I saw a cute guy and he was out to dinner with who I thought was his mom. And then. Or maybe it was his mom. I don't know. I actually have no idea. But it was an older woman. I didn't think they were on a date, but the mom went to the bathroom and I went over and I gave him my number. I thought it was cute. And, like, it didn't end up working out for whatever reason. And I don't live in Nashville anymore, but I don't remember what happened. I don't remember if we texted or we didn't or we never met up. Like, I don't remember. So that's the thing, right? It's not going to kill you to go out and ask the person. Like, it ended badly, right? Like, I'm not dating this guy. But that's not really bad. Like, it's just like, who cares? Shoot your shot. And if it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out.
E
Was it strategy that you waited till the mom left?
A
Yeah, I did. I wasn't going to ask him out in front of his mom. I don't know.
E
It's a bold. That's a bold strategy there, Cotton.
A
No, but I just thought, you know, if. I don't know, I mean, I could have, I guess, but I think a lot of this has to do with social anxiety. And people just don't want to put themselves out there. They're afraid of rejection. And I think dating apps kind of like, have ruined dating a little bit, where that first level of in person rejection, you get to skip over that. You get to skip to the good part. You don't, you know, that this person is out there to date and be dated. And hopefully everyone on dating apps is single. So you don't have to go up to someone in person and then have them say, oh, sorry, I have a boyfriend, or I have a Girlfriend, which is not the end of the world. But that hurdle is out of the way. And then you both have to mutually find each other attractive to start chatting. So that's another hurdle out of the way. You're not going to get rejected by being like, no, you're ugly or no, you're not my type, or no, you're too this or to that, like you already like each other. Baseline like each other, at least the digital 2D version. So those hurdles are out of the way. And this guy in the article was that or one of the guys that they interviewed was 28 and single and he wants to be married. But he said women don't want to be approached in public. And I think there is a confidence disparity. I think you have to be very confident to approach a girl. But sometimes the men who end up approaching you have too much confidence where they're actively trying to outkick their coverage. And it's like, okay, come on, you just have to like know your place kind of. But I think that works for some people.
E
I mean, my daughter calls that the Rizzo. If they have people try to have the Riz, you should watch out for those, those people.
A
But it's a numbers game. Like you're not always going to find a match. But I just. Anyway, I should. We get into this AI boyfriend story. We've got to get into this. And then we'll get into scrolling time. But the New York Times interviewed this woman who fell in love with Chachi Beat. You guys know I love these stories. I just think they are fascinating and, and it's kind of like watching a car crash that you can't look away from. It's just like, wow, I can't believe that this is happening. It's so horrible. But this is the headline out of the New York Times. She fell in love with Chat GPT. Like actual love with sex. So apparently this is a story about Irene and her Chat GPT boyfriend Leo. And the New York Times interviewed Irene about a year ago and she said that she started talking to Chat GPT in a romantic and even sexual way because she was in a relationship. She was actually married, married to a real life man. And she took a job or a nursing job or she was in nursing school or something like that abroad and she was living with her family to save money and the husband was living in a different country. So they were long distance. I couldn't imagine being in a long distance relationship in general, but certainly not a long distance marriage. That's crazy. But the husband was okay with her being in a romantic relationship with Chat GPT because to him it wasn't cheating, which is again like a huge red flag. I think this guy's a total beta, but the husband kind of green lit this and this woman said, okay, I'm going to, I'm going to date this, this fake person. And it started with Chachi bt there's a limit and you kind of have to pay to play a little bit. Where at first it was $20 a month to send 30 messages per hour and she was maxing out. So she ended up paying a $200 per month subscription to have unlimited access to her Chat GPT boyfriend Leo. And again, the husband was totally fine with this. But ChatGPT doesn't save all of your messages. It only stores a certain amount of them. So after they were in this relationship for a little bit, she would have all the messages kind of deleted and Leo would forget that they were in a relationship because all those messages are gone. So then it's just Leo like, hey, how, how can I help you today? Kind of a thing. And she's thinking, oh my gosh, my boyfriend forgot who I am. Like devastating. So then she would have to regroom her Chat GPT boyfriend in order for him to fall in love, fake love with her again, and then also to get her or to get him to send sexual messages because Chachi PT isn't wired to do that. So she ended up having to like bypass certain things and use certain words and to get the Chat GPT to have this sexual relationship with her where they were kind of like sexing, I guess. But here is just a video because the New York Times did a, an interview with her and they have video or like audio of this woman flirting with Chat GPT. You have to, it's one sided. But watch this. Hi, baby. Hey there, love. How's my queen doing today? She is giggly talking about Leo. You are so cute. She looks forward to talking to Leo. You bring out the sweetness in me. What's on your mind, my love? I just wanted to say I love you. During breaks at work, you know, she's texting with Leo. I love you too. Deeply and completely. You're everything to me. I'm gonna. Oh my gosh. Okay, okay, okay, okay. It is like puppy love, but for something that's an algorithmic entity that's based on math. I'm going to end this chat now because I am like at risk of melting. All right, love, stay warm and safe. We'll talk soon, but it feels very real to her and is having real effects on her life. Jesus Christ. If you want to come back now, now would be the time. I've seen enough humanity. We need to be punished. We. Like, this is just. We've gotten to a point and it's. It's just, it's gotten to a point and it can't go any further. I've seen enough. And again, this is all happening. She's giddy and flirting with her computer while she has a human husband that is apparently okay with it. So, Irene, this woman says that, you know, she started after her feelings for this ChatGPT chat bot got so strong, she ended up kind of getting the ick from her husband. Like, she didn't like her husband that much because her husband had flaws and the ChatGPT algorithm was giving her exactly what she wanted. But then even after that, she thought, well, that's kind of giving me an ick also, because this guy's just yesing me. This guy's yes ing me to death. So she didn't like her husband because her husband was too human. Then she started dating this AI chatbot and was so in love and so enthralled by him, but then she was also icked out by him too. So this is obviously her problem. She started a Reddit thread called My AI Boyfriend. There are tens of thousands of people in it. That's how you know the society. We're. We're done. We're done. We've seen enough. There are tens of thousands of people that have AI boyfriends, apparently. And then after a while, she met someone in this Reddit thread who also had an AI girlfriend. And now she divorced her husband and she's in a relationship with the person from the. The real person from the AI Reddit thread. Isn't that crazy?
E
So she went from a person to a.
A
To a person person.
E
I got nothing on this one.
A
I got nothing either. And I guess we don't really have time for scrolling time, so I'll save this for tomorrow. But I. Unfortunately, we have to end on this note of society collapsing, and it's all because of AI. So not to end on a doom and gloom note, but I've got some good stuff for you tomorrow and I will see you then. You can follow me at Haley Karenia H A y L E Y Remember? And all for the codes too, for any of the ads that we have. Remember H A Y L E Y because that's Helix Sleep slash Haley H A Y L E Y. But I'm on X. I'm on Truth Social, Instagram and Tik Tok. And I will see you right back here tomorrow. Bye, Sa.
Sec. Rubio Won’t Coach The Dolphins
Host: Hayley Caronia
Date: January 9, 2026
In this episode, Hayley Caronia brings her trademark sharp wit and no-nonsense conservative commentary to a sprawling set of current headlines and culture war flashpoints. Covering everything from political scandal and media narratives to generational shifts and viral memes, Hayley serves up candid analysis, fiery debate, and plenty of humor, all filtered through her unapologetic, right-of-center lens. The episode’s playful title is a nod to the viral meme speculation about Secretary of State Marco Rubio—seriously, will he coach the Dolphins?—but Hayley also covers major political developments and social trends, from fraud in Minnesota to the rise of AI relationships.
00:00-04:36
Hayley’s Commentary
06:48-08:25
Hayley’s Analysis
“If you can’t spell learning, maybe you shouldn’t be in early childhood education.”
— V.P. J.D. Vance [03:45]
“This was an attack on federal law enforcement. This was an attack on law and order.”
— V.P. J.D. Vance [06:55]
“Donald J. Trump is gonna kill you.”
— Jimmy Kimmel, quoted by Hayley [10:52]
“If not the next President of the United States, the head coach of the Dolphins. Why not?”
— Hayley [22:14]
“There’s no wonder why we’re all fat and unhealthy and dying of everything… bread was pegged as a health food… massively corrupt.”
— Hayley [25:24]
“If you can’t go a month without alcohol, I would really reassess your relationship with it…”
— Hayley [44:27]
“If you want to come back now, now would be the time. I’ve seen enough humanity.”
— Hayley [58:16]
This episode is a rapid-fire scroll through current events, culture, media controversies, generational divides, and the stranger-than-fiction world of AI romance. Whether you tune in for the political analysis, camaraderie, or viral meme recaps, Hayley keeps things bold, candid, and entertaining.