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Blake & Ryan Date Night, Alan Jackson Fights for Nick Reiner! Summer House Tea & Skid Row for Raman?
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What's going on? Alan Jackson is getting back in the fight for Nick Reiner even though he's currently on trial or well soon to be on trial facing charges for murdering his parents. But Ellen Jackson said, I'm coming back. I'm back in your court. We have a summer house timeline Bombshell West Wilson has just revealed some tea about his relationship with Amanda and Skid Row for Ramen. Is that is that where we're at? Jimmy Kimmel's out here fighting with Spencer Pratt and Skid Row is out here endorsing Nithya Ramen. So much to get into. I hope you're ready for it. Let's dive in. This is no Filter with Zach Peter your go to source for all the latest pop culture and reality TVT Serve fresh all week long. Now let's dive in. What's up everybody? Welcome on in. Welcome on in. Welcome on in everybody in the Clearb. Happy Wednesday. It is Wednesday my bros. Hi guys. I hope you are having a great week. Thus 4 hahaha hahaha. I hope you guys are having a great great week thus far. I did want to give a couple of shout outs. Oh my God you guys. We have some shout outs because you know obviously when you are like me and you have a big mouth and you start speaking out, people get mad and then they leave you really sweet podcast reviews. So I just wanted to give a shout out first. A shout out to Van Life can life. Who said pro choice, New Jersey, one star. You need to talk to a gynecologist before you spread misinformation. You cannot live without lungs. I think Van Life can't Life is referring to the five month abortion that we referred to the other day where a couple terminated their child for what they believe may have been a future down syndrome diagnosis based off of some genetic testing that they had done. I'm sorry that I had a very real raw human emotional reaction to reading the state of development of the fetus at five months. Yeah, sorry, I had a human reaction. Sometimes we don't need to live our lives by, you know, political parties. We can just be humans and we can have that, you know, that crazy thing that people love to preach about, about empathy. I'm not anti choice. I'm not. I've never come out as anti or pro choice at all. I've always been for your body, your choice. Whether that was, you know, any number of topics of what you choose to put in your body or do with your body. I don't believe anybody should tell you what to do. But that doesn't mean that I don't also still have real raw human reactions. When you find out that there is a life that was expected to be born into this world and then suddenly you determine that their life is no longer valuable because you believe that they may have down syndrome. Yes, I believe in a woman's right to choose, but I also believe in a person with down syndrome's right to exist. And if you wanted a child and you wanted a baby, but it just, it wasn't what the perfect enough baby for you, so you decided to have a five month abortion. That to me is. I'm sorry that there was a raw emotional reaction to that. So much so that you needed to type your chubby Cheeto dusted fingers to leave a mean review on Apple podcasts. I like to think I have empathy, but what do I know? I'm just a dumb podcaster with no soul, right? Okay, next one podcast healing journey says so scary, scary, immature. One star. Still have not been able to quit thinking about your disgusting comments about how nobody wears condoms anymore in 2026. That was a joke. And are pills now to take care of those things. It's called prep. And I'm also not saying that those are practices that I follow. I'm saying that it's just become very common that now there are, there's prep and then there's what's called doxy. Doxy pep. I think doxy something. And there's also like antibiotics. Again, I'm not saying that. I'm just saying that that's. Those are things that happen in the gay community. Absolutely immature and irresponsible for anyone with the platform to talk about what modern medicine I get you're young and may not have to worry about that because you've grown up in a time where there's a lot of STDs seemed STDs seem to not be life threatening, but you really have no idea what you're spreading. The dumb logic, the ego has gotten out of control and petty fighting with listeners is so disgusting. Do I fight with listeners? Act professional, grow up and go and just go to TikTok where attention hungry young people like yourself can just marinate together with no substance or reality. And where you really believe your one voice is the most important. Am I not supposed to believe that my one voice is the most important on a show called no Filter with Zach Peter? Sorry everybody, had somebody pissed in the Cheerios this week. Well, thank you guys for leaving those reviews on Apple Podcasts. If you are enjoying the show and you want to continue enjoying the show and supporting the show, you can leave me a review on Apple Podcasts. You can comment on Spotify. I love to respond to comments on Spotify. You can leave a comment on YouTube, hit the like button, hit the subscribe button and be well. Get some probiotics, do a little yoga, maybe a little meditation, go for a 10 minute walk, clear your thoughts, try to do something nice, maybe put on a smile. Goes a long way. All right, that said, shall we dive into the Tate everybody in the club. So much to get into Nick Reiner. I know we talked about this yesterday and I kind of have a hot take when it comes to Nick Reiner. Hot take, hot take, hot take. All right, hot take when it comes to Nick Reiner. So he is fighting for his trust fund. Oh actually this problem get people pissed off at me again. I'm torn when it comes to Nick Reiner because Alex. Sorry, not Ellen Alan Jackson. Not Alex Alan Jackson, who famously most recently represented Karen Reed and helped her get off. And now he originally came out in support of Nick Reiner who was the son of famous Hollywood director Rob Reiner wife Michelle Reiner tragically lost their lives at the hands of their own son Nick back in December right around the holidays and they I guess left him a trust fund and he's now asking for access to that trust fund 1.5 million, I believe 750 was said to be given to him on his 30th birthday. And then the remaining 750 was said to be given to him by his 35th birthday. Ellen Jackson is now fighting for his right to get that money because he says he needs that money for a proper defense. He needs that money for commissary, he needs that money for a number of different things and he was entitled to that money prior to committing these murders. It's the only, there's no delicate way to put that. So I, this is where I'm a little torn. Right, because if we take a motion out of it and we just look at it logically, technically he is entitled to that money and should have gotten that money sooner. Unless, as Susan in our live chat yesterday shared with us, there's also the possibility that there may have been some contingencies. According to Alan Jackson and according to reps for Nick Reiner, there weren't any contingencies and there's no reason for the trustee to be holding onto those funds. Again, I don't know what, what those contingencies may or may not have been or what the reasoning is, why the trustee has not released those funds. But Alan Jackson is coming in hard and saying that Nick Reiner is entitled to at least that first 750 lump sum, that that was money that he was always entitled to. We obviously have, what is it, the Slayer act that says that if you do commit a murder, you're not allowed to benefit from those murders. If there's a trust, if there's an inheritance, all of those things. In this case, Alan Jackson is making the argument that, that those funds should not have been an issue. Again, because he was entitled to those funds when he turned 30 and he's now 32. Those are two years late in funds that he should have already received. But then that's a two year holding period of, or I guess maybe a year and a half. I'm not sure when he turned 32 exactly, but it's a little over a year at minimum that whatever reason, Michelle and Rob were not allowing Nick to have those funds. I don't know if it was mental health, I don't know if it was addiction. I don't know, you know, what their reasoning was, but there was a very clear reason as to why they didn't believe he was entitled to those funds at the time, that he should have received them. I don't know. Ms. Cushy says. I don't know If I've heard of another high profile case where the defense is, they put me on new medication and that made me act crazy when I mix up meth and jungle juice. I mean, yeah, listen, I don't know. That's kind of the. We haven't heard his formal argument yet, but that is the understanding that we have is that their argument is that the treatment facility that he was going to switched his meds, which completely, you know, changed his entire behavior of nowhere. And he became a threat to himself and to others. That's why Rob and Michelle were trying to keep him with them. He was living with them at the time. There was the Conan o' Brien holiday party that they took him to. He got into some sort of altercation with another comedian at the party and ultimately got into some sort of heated altercation with his father and then ultimately ended up leaving. And then later that night, both Rob and Michelle were tragically killed. So I don't, I really don't know what, where, what, why, how. But that seems to be his argument, is that it was the treatment facility. They changed his meds. That's what made him go cuckoo crazy. So that's why they're saying he's not guilty. And we're assuming their, their argument is not guilty or they're going to fight for a not guilty by reason of insanity. Again, they haven't fully made that argument. We haven't really seen where he stands in all of this because at first, remember that he needs to do a medical evaluation and there was a lot of del in his hearings and so now he has a public defender. But he seems to be fighting for this trust money. And it seems like Alan Jackson maybe taking this case on pro bono with the contingency that he may soon have access to those funds. I imagine Alan Jackson is very expensive, especially when you're dealing with a, a case this big and this much attention. I would imagine that that is not cheap. But then again, outside of legal fees, I don't know what other bills Nick re even has at this point, aside from, you know, making sure he gets some ramen noodles from commissary. I don't know, could he claim insanity? That kind of seems to be the trajectory that they're taking this in. I don't know. True Housewife says my son is on the same psych meds called antipsychotics. And when people stop them, usually due to weight gain, then the patient has boomerang effects, going nuts. Yes. And that is something that we heard was that they had Put him on new medication. And he was unhappy with the new medication because it had caused him to gain a lot of weight. And so that's where things became a little. It's tricky, tricky, tricky, tricky. It's tricky. It's tricky, tricky, tricky, tricky. So I don't know. We shall see. Oh, do we just get a. Oh. Blake and Ryan update. Blake and Ryan Reynolds had a playful date in New York City, pausing for photos with fans. And Ryan even gave Blake a piggyback ride when those Louboutins had enough. Oh, God, these two. Look, he's giving her piggyback rides. Wow. You can tell he's been working out because he was able to lift the unliftable Blake Lively. He was able to lift big back Blake. Look at. Oh, so cute. They're walking. Oh, he's smiling. Wow. Those Louboutins, oh, are sexy. I gotta say, like, Blake does have an impeccable shoe game. Sometimes they're a little flashy and in your face. The outfit's ugly. She's wearing like a. Is it ugly? I mean, I guess from the back it's not the most flattering, but it's not terrible. She's wearing like a. What is that? Like a maroon leather jacket, a white top that's tucked into these big black poke white polka dotted, like, flowy hammer pants. Hammer time. She's wearing like, big, oversized flowy. They look like hammer pants. They're tight around her waist and then they're big and flowy. Then she's got some cute Louboutins on that. I don't hate the outfit. He looks very. They look. They look cute. Not gonna shave that. Oh, my gosh. She's touching his butt, you guys. She's literally patting him on the booty. On the tutti patootie. You've got to be kidding me. Look at that. Wild. Taking photos with fans. This is from the de Moi. I want to make sure I'm giving full credit because these are backgrid photos. But since backward has tried to sue me in the past, I'm gonna make sure I'm very mindful about how I share these photos and utilize them. Yeah, look at that. They're just strolling in New York. Paparazzi catching them. Paparazzi. Good for them. Look at them. Living their life like they're golden. Living the life like the golden. Living the life like the golden. Yeah. PR Stunt. It kind of seems like these are staged paparazzi pictures. I feel like any of these photos, I mean, come on stage. Paparazzi pictures is what these feel like, in my personal, humble opinion. But thank you. Credit to Dumois for sharing them for us. Did he give her approval to do that? Oh, I don't know. Did. Did she give written consent for him to lift her? Did they check with the trainer first? Well, I guess there is proof that Blake Lively is indeed liftable. Please stop giving these two attention. Okay, let's move on along. Let's get it, get it, get it. Let's talk about. Oh, should we talk? We have Summer House. Oh, and then we have Ramen. We'll end with with stale ramen noodles. But first, a message for being sponsor. We've all been there. Hunger strikes and you're exhausted. There's something healthy in the fridge, maybe the pantry that you should be making, but you just don't have it in you. For me, eating healthy isn't a willpower problem. It's a setup problem. Until I found Factor. I love me some Factor because it's super easy and convenient. They send it right to my door and I don't have to think of the question that plagues us all and that's what's for dinner or what's for lunch? I know I'm stocked with factor. Factor has meals built around your goals, whether that's weight loss, overall nutrition, more protein, or GLP1 support for strength and recovery workouts. You can check out Factor's Muscle Pro Collection Protein. 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And on Wednesdays at 5pm Pacific, 8pm Eastern, we do go live on Zoom together. They do not get recorded. So whatever you get is what you get. You get the Tate. Okay? You get the Tate. So just know tonight we have our Zoom call. You can become a member of no Filter All Access when you join right now@allaccess.super cast.com that is no filter all access. You get ad free episodes, bonus episodes. You also get the weekly Zoom calls. So every Wednesday, we do hop on Zoom. We chat, we chill, we drink, we shoot the shit. And it's a good time. It's always a good time. Yeah. So there you go. There you go. Summer House. I will make sure that I watch it. But I did see the clip because I guess we have the part three of the reunion that was last night. And then next week we have this like, bonus episode of Summer House where we sit down and we see Kyle and West sit down face to face. Lindsay and Amanda sit down face to face. And then Sierra and Mia sit down face to face. I don't. I mean, I would have loved a Sierra versus Amanda sit down. Could you imagine Sierra versus Amanda? I mean, I guess we got that at the reunion and that's why they were saving, because that was, like, the first time that they were ever supposed to, like, sit down together and, like, duke it out was on the reunion stage. I would have loved a sit. But like this, these are the good, like, TV moments where you just see raw reaction, raw emotion, like, in real time. Like shooketh, you know? But the craziest thing that west revealed is that he's in love with Amanda and has been in love with Amanda. And he says this to Amanda's husband's face. Kyle Cook to his face. Says it to his face. Marianne Stout says, don't waste your time. Oh, is it not. Is the reunion not good? I saw a clip where Lindsay was, like, trying to hammer them in. Yeah. I don't know. Is it a coincidence that you and Brian Enten both advertise factor? I saw that. I was watching a show yesterday morning and he was promoting Factor, and I was like, oh, my God, we can eat factor together. Brian. Brian's not interested. Sorry, guys. I think I'm a little too loud and crazy for him probably. I'm a little too loud and crazy for a lot of people, and I'm okay with that. I've learned to accept and embrace who I am and also know that there are just guys that can't handle that. And that's okay. That is a. Okay. Although I would give him the thrill of his life, he wouldn't even know what hit him. Tanya says they didn't give us anything. It was another hour of nothing. That's kind of what I thought. That was my per. What I expected when we saw the trailer for part three, because I was just like, it didn't. They didn't show us any, like, real moments. And then when we see the moment of Lindsay kind of like trying to grill Amanda and then Andy cuts her off and he's like, okay, I just want to put a, you know, put a pin in this because we do have a hard out at 7:30. Usually when there's a hard out at 7:30, it's because he wants to get to a dinner reservation, and it's because there's nothing more that they're expecting to get. So I wish. Yeah. We got nothing from Amanda. Well, hopefully we get more in next week's episode. But, I mean, here's the other thing. Even with whatever we get from next week's episode, which is I. We need to know the exact time of when Wes fell in love with Amanda. But it seems like he's been in love with Amanda for quite some time. I don't know. These two are just cuckoo. Crazy, crazy, crazy. Hi, Sky. But I don't know. Give him those thrills, Zach. I would. He wouldn't even know what hit him. You need someone more extroverted. I'm so introverted, to be honest with you. It's funny. I went to my run club last night with my friend Carlo, and we go. Usually we do run clubs on. On Tuesdays, and we went for a run, and he was telling. How did it come up? I don't remember how it came up, but he was telling me. He's like, you're very introverted. And I was like, yeah, people. He's like, but online, you're so diff. Like, you're so. You have a personality and you, like, pop off. You do all this. I was like, yes. And those are equally parts of who I am. But, like, when I'm not on camera, when I don't have to be on, I'm, like, so low key. I like to just, like, sit in the corner, sit my martini, enjoy some good company, and, like, not be the center of attention. I like to be the center of attention sometimes, but I'm the center of attention so often with what I do for work, because this is my actual job. So, yeah, I'm actually, believe it or not, very, very, like, shy, quiet, kind of keep to myself. People are shocked when they actually, like, see me at events because, like, I'm very, like. I remember one time I went to. It was two T's in a pod. Tamara and Teddy were hosting their. What was it? Twat's Con. I think it was called Twat Con. And I went and Marisol Patton was there, and she. I've interviewed her in the past, and I remember she walked up to me and she's like, why are you so serious? She's like, you just need to see smile, like, have fun. And I was like, I am having fun. I just, you know, I'm a little more stoic. I'm a little more reserved. I'm a little more quiet. I'm a little more to myself. But it has been funny. Like, sometimes I've gone to, like, Whole Foods and stuff. And, like, the. I've noticed, like, the cashiers who, like, they, I guess, follow me or listen to the podcast, which shout out Whole Foods. Cashiers shout out ladies and gentlemen. They'll even be. I remember one time they were like, oh, so did you hear what happened on Vanderpump Rules last night? Oh, my gosh. I did hear what happened, and I could tell, like, they were trying to bait me into, like, having a conversation about Vanderpump Rules, but I was like, I don't want to talk about Vanderpump Rules when I'm checking out of Whole Foods and just trying to get home with my groceries. So, you know, I'm not as, like, extroverted. An introverted extrovert. Sounds like me, but I'm a sober alcoholic. Oh, you're a sober alcohol. Well, I'm a drunk alcoholic. Donna says hi from the air. Donna. Is Donna doing the Mile High Club? Is the Mile High Club where you get high in the airplanes or where you, like, do boom, boom in the bathroom? In the laboratory? Hi, Donna. Zach, show us your guns before leaving. We're not leaving anytime soon. The better to choke you with Brian Enten. Hi, Donna. Hi, Donna. Hi, Donna. Where was that? Okay, so that's Summer House. I'll watch the reunion. I'll give more commentary and feedback on tonight's Zoom calls. Be sure to sign up for that. But it's just crazy and diabolical. I'm hoping we get some answers next week, because we certainly did not get any answers at the reunion. I feel like part one was the strongest because that was the real, like, boom, boom, boom. I don't know. Donna says I'm currently getting my Mile High Club certificate. Her and Lance are doing it in the bathroom. Oh, my God. Tell Reddit you're on your way to Chicago. Yes, Donna's on her way to Chicago. And by the way, guys, it's Donna's birthday tomorrow, so happy early bird. Everyone wish Donna a happy early birthday. To Donna. Bowling. Okay, skid Row for Nithya. Let's go. Skid row for ramen. Skid row for ramen. Skid row for Ron. Tommy says I want Zach to date Stu. Honestly, could you imagine me and stuff dating? I would be like, stale ramen noodles. And he'd be like, yeah, I love those stale ramen noodles. Spencer Pratt. Like, we would kill each other. We would murder each other. We're so opposite. Yeah. No, that. That's never gonna happen. But Amy says no. Yeah, Amy, could you imagine dating Sue? I mean, not. Not Listen, Stu is a very lovely person, but no, I would. We would literally kill. I. I don't know if I would not be able to not kill Stu. The fights that we would have solely over Spencer Pratt would just be enough to start World War iii. That said, skid row for Ramen. Okay, so there are two things. One, Jimmy Kimmel is actually quite, quite crazy. Oh, my God. Is Stu that bad? No, Stu's lovely. He's just. He's is very. You know, he's got very strong opinions about things that. I also have very strong opinions about that. I just. That that would never happen. But, you know, I can tell that you guys are a little thirsty. So maybe you're a little parched, maybe you're a little dehydrated. And if that is the case, then I got something for you. Listen, there's a lot I should be doing for my health, but hydration is one of the few things that makes an instant differ. That's why Drip Drop is a daily thing for me. 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Okay, I'm gonna say an unpopular thing right now, especially if you're, like, anti Nithya Pro Pratt. Some of these videos of these homeless people, I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little skeptical of. Because you also have to remember the same way you get them to vote is the same way you get them to lie on camera. You know, they're not very trustworthy because at the end of the day, they're focused on a means to an end. Right. They want the. They want the. The money, the drugs, whatever it is that they're trying to get, they want that money. Gray says they were paid to vote. Now, there are. Yes, there are examples of homeless people being paid to vote. I believe they were being paid, like, $2. Or they were. They were being given incentives to go out and vote for who or to at least give their ballots. Right. There was a woman. Here. Let me pull up this story, because this is actually quite crazy about this woman that has been arrested, and she's currently facing charges because she was. There was this whole skid row, like, fraud that was happening here. I'll pull it up for you. Okay. It says, los Angeles county woman pleads guilty to paying people in skid row to vote. Okay. A woman who worked as a longtime signature collector for ballot initiatives pleaded guilty on June 8 to paying homeless people in Los Angeles, skid row, and elsewhere $2 or $3 to register to vote. Now, what would be the incentive? Okay, I hear the arguments of, like, well, the homeless people have rights. They can vote. And, like, yeah, sure. Especially if they're voting for, like, better, you know, opportunities to get off the streets. I hear that side of the argument where it's like, of course we want homeless people to feel like they have a say, but if they're not proactively caring about voting, then what is your incentive for going down there and paying them to guarantee that they're getting to vote? Especially when some of the policies and the people that you want them to vote for are providing them with new needles and drug kits so that they can continue to get high, but get high safely? Come on. Like, when you really put those pieces together, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. You know what? It makes nonsense. That's what it makes. It makes nonsense. Let's actually. Let's read the full story. Wait, how might get access. Oh, Uno memento. Hold on. It's making me. Do I have to sign up for this crap? I just want to read the damn story. Can I just read the damn story? Oh, my goodness. It's making me go through all these leaps and bounds and hoops and troops. Okay, login. Login successful. Here we go. Okay. Oh, my goodness. I just did this. Submit login without password. Okay, I just did this. Can I please read the article? I want to talk about the homeless. Well, I mainly wanted to read the article with you. Three, two, one. Perfect. Okay, here we go. Now we have the article. Apologies, everybody. Okay. It says Lassie. From California Insider. A woman who worked as a longtime signature collector for ballot initiatives pleaded guilty on June 8 to paying homeless people in Los Angeles skid row, on Los Angeles skid row and elsewhere two to three dollars to register to vote. Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, 64, of Marina del Rey, also known as Annika, like the cream that Amber heard was using when Johnny Depp was allegedly beating her, known as Annika, entered a plea to one count of paying another person to register to vote, a federal charge that carries a penalty of up to five years behind bars. Sentencing is scheduled for August 31, according to her plea agreement. For nearly 20 years, Armstrong periodically worked as a petition circulator. In that role, she was paid by coordinators to collect voter registration voter signatures on official petitions that qualify initiatives referendum qualify initiatives, referendums and recalls for California state ballots. Prosecutors said that Armstrong drove around the Los Angeles area to find registered voters to sign the petitions. After gathering enough signatures, Armstrong returned the petitions to her coordinators, who then paid her a set amount for each registered voters signature. The amount was paid. The amount she was paid varied depending on the specific ballot initiative. Okay, this sounds like voter fraud. Because her coordinators only paid for signatures attributable to registered voters, Armstrong Armstrong endeavored to ensure the people who signed her petitions were registered voters. Court papers show Armstrong admitted soliciting signatures in skid row, a convenient place for the defendant to collect signatures because of its high concentration of people in a relatively small area who were willing to sign petitions in exchange for cash. Armstrong regularly paid amounts between $2 and $3 to induce people to sign her petitions, officials said. Prosecutors said some homeless people did not have an address to put the to put the forms. So on occasion, Armstrong provided her own former address in Los Angeles to wr on the registration form. Such registration form simultaneously registered an individual to vote in California elections and in federal elections. This is not an allegation, this is not a theory. This is an example of admitted voter fraud. First Assistant U.S. attorney Bill Asali said when Armstrong was charged. We're going to aggressively prosecute voter fraud. A video shot by conservative media figure James o' Keefe and posted by account by an account called Real America's Voices showed a woman handing cash to a homeless person. In a post on social media, o' Keeffe said his video led to Armstrong being charged. Yes, this is showing her actually paying them to register to vote. And here's the other. So this is the thing that's crazy with this too, right? Is not only is she paying them to register to vote, but then their ballots are going to her address, so she then has access. So if everybody's getting mail in ballots, guess who has access. Do you really think she's taking those ballots for mail ins and taking the back onto the street to find Joe Smith and say, hey, Joe Smith, I know I paid you two bucks eight months ago. I came back to your street corner to see if I could find you again to show you that your ballot is here. Do you want to vote? Come on. You really think she was going and finding these people and you're going to tell me that it's not. It wouldn't be without the realm of reason that if she's collecting all of these ballots that she herself is not capable of then returning those ballots with votes that she prefers, especially when she's taking incentives to get them to push forward initiatives and when she herself is paying them money to keep them incentivized. Elizabeth says. And she can have a teeth platform. Yeah, that's right. Karen Bass give meth heads teeth. New teeth. Okay. A video shot. Okay. So this led to her Armstrong being charged. A Salee said on June 5 that his office has multiple probes underway into alleged voting fraud. While declining to provide any specifics, he pointed to the Armstrong case as an example of the sort of thing he's investigating. Yes, there is evidence of election fraud in in California, he said. The comments came one day after President Donald Trump publicly accused Democrats of engaging in election fraud in California, pointing to the legally established mail in voting process. Asale also said his office is working with Assistant Attorney General Harmony Dylan in an effort to audit the state's voter roll. Aseli said that Armstrong's arrest coincided with arguments in the Department of justice. The DOJ's appeal of the dismissal of a lawsuit over voter registration records, remember which Gavin Newsom has been blocking the do. If there's nothing to hide, why are we blocking a federal audit? The. Because. Oh, because he's saying it's for our privacy. The DOJ sued California Secretary of State Shirley Weber last year, demanding the state hand over the unredacted voter file, which includes registered voters, full names, residential addresses, driver's license numbers, and the four digit and the last four digits of their Social Security number. Because, again, you have to verify that these are actual citizens, that these are actual people that are voting for the policies that we all then have to live with. Right? The DOJ claimed that it had the right to access the data under the powers granted by the Civil Rights act of 1960, the Help America Vote act, and the National Voter Registration Act. In January, a Santa Ana federal judge dismissed the case after finding that the DOJ's request for the information violates federal privacy laws. The defense also argued that the Trump administration wants to use that data to help enforce its immigration policy. The DOJ has appealed the dismissal in the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena. We shall see what happens. I mean, and listen, you can sway the argument both ways. You can be like, well, we're trying to protect our citizens. We're trying to protect people from ice. Even though ICE technically is a federal agency, it is legal. Some of the ethics, some of the protocols recently, you know, have come under fire and come under question on the ethics of that. I know everybody has this grand level of empathy. I think that these issues are nuanced, right? I think that there's a nuance, but I think that there is something to be said about voter fraud in California and Los Angeles. I was never one of those people that was like, yeah, I'm going to buy into that, because it sounded like a crazy conspiracy theory to me. And then you start to see these things happen. Like this lead for Nithya Raman, which I've been trying to articulate, the statistical improbability of her gaining the lead that she gained when you act. Because so many people are like, well, but it's a blue state. Blue cities vote blue. There are more Democrats than Republicans. When you actually look at those numbers, Democrats, I believe, are at 45% in California, they represent 45% of the state. Independents represent 26%, and then Republicans represent 25%. Spencer Pratt was not. I mean, I don't know. I can't even continue to get. I feel like I'm exhausted trying to explain these things because the things that we can't explain. Nobody's been able to provide a legitimate argument for because they've debunked all of them. Blue cities vote blue. More Democrats than Republicans. Spencer Pratt told people not to vote. Democrats have never cheated in an election. And like, and I don't. I hate that I've even become one of those people that, like, has shifted from being like, that's a ridiculous thing, to now being like, okay, you've convinced me that it could be true. Right? I'm not fully convinced that it is true. But you're not explaining these things like the, the 65 surge in late mail in ballots for Nithya. Stale ramen noodles. It makes no sense. And then now you have all these people that are coming out and they are, you know, saying that they live on skid row and that here, I'll pull up and we'll watch a video, and they're saying that they are voting for. For Nithya, that they're being paid and that they're. They're doing it. Okay, so here's one example of a gentleman. Yeah, no, I'm not in this county. I'm in San Bernardino County. But they just said, who cares? They gave me a name, new name to sign. They gave me everything to sign.
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So.
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They gave you a name to sign?
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They gave me a whole paper of like, who what to write and who to sign and everything. So.
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Oh, wow, damn. You just signed off on it.
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Just sign off on it to make some money, you know, no question. Pass. Huh?
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Are you registered voter?
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And then there is a community note here that says that if you are not registered in the area where you can plan to vote, it's not illegal to cast a ballot, especially if you haven't voted yet. Interesting community note. Let me reread that because my, my comprehension skills were like, what if you're not registered to vote in the area where you plan to vote? It's not illegal to cast a ballot, especially if you haven't voted yet. So you can register, but if you haven't voted, then it's not an issue. Is that. Am I understanding that correctly? You'll be given a provisional ballot, which the county will review carefully before counting to ensure you didn't already vote. Every citizen, except those in state or federal prison has the right. Every citizen. That's what it's. Every citizen, except. If you want to vote, you can show them a gym membership, you can. A card. You can show them your prescription label. If you have a prescription bottle and it has your name on the label. Not that you need any verifiable photo evidence or, you know, Planet Fitness. Not like they're just gonna give you a gym membership with whatever name you tell them to give you, and then you put your cute little picture on it. Yeah, that's totally legit, right? Every citizen, except those in state or federal prison has the right to vote. Not being registered where you are currently living doesn't make voting illegal. This video is spreading false information just to get views. That is a community note on Instagram. Here's the thing that we have to. And I want to be clear about this. We do need to have a level of discernment, you know, vote yes on a ballot. Yes.
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How much they pay you?
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$5.
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They said, here, come and vote for these candidates.
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Yes, sir.
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They told you who to vote for?
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Yeah.
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So they told you to vote for Karen Bass or Cynthia Ramen bass?
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Yeah.
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For $5. Did you vote?
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Yeah.
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Oh, you did For Karen Bass?
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Yeah.
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Karen. They told you to vote for Karen?
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Yeah. They had to sign the whole thing.
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And how much they pay you? There's like two books, two bucks or the sign off on a thing to vote for her?
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Yeah.
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They say, oh, do you want to vote for Karen or Nithya? Or they just really just tell you
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to vote for Karen?
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Huh?
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They get you the optionable choice, but they tell you who they want you to vote.
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They tell you who you want to vote for. It's like, yo, we'll give you two dollars, and. But you got to vote for one of these people.
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I'm a partner, so I got photos,
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and you're like, yo, give me four bucks and I'll do it?
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Yeah, why not?
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So they do this for everybody out here?
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Yeah, they come out here all the time.
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How often do they come down here?
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Probably like three times a week. Three times a week to get the ballots? Yeah. Wow.
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Absolutely. You know. You know, other people, too, that voted too.
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Anybody, dog? It's from the California Post. Again, we do have to have a level of discernment. Right. And have to understand that there is a chance that these people are not being fully forthright or honest. I'm not saying that they're liars inherently, but they are people that want that, you know, there's a means to an ends, and that end usually is, you know, to get money, to get drugs, to get whatever will fuel their addiction or to just whatever will help get them through the night. Right. So we do have to have that. Just because you have a group of homeless people that Are claiming that this is true does not necessarily make it true, because they could also be incentivized in a different way or if think that they're being incentivized in a different way. And so, you know, it kind of goes both ways. But that's what makes trying to register them to vote and then laughing them to use your address, that's what makes that also sketchy. Right? You have to have some skepticism about these people that are going onto these streets and trusting that these homeless people are being fully transparent and honest again and not just trying to get a few extra bucks or gain whatever incentive they think they're going to be gaining by saying what they think you want to hear. But that works both ways. That works with registration as well. And if there are people that are going to try and register homeless people to vote and then not actually really giving them an opportunity to think or understand the policies and to vote, that's crazy. Crazy, crazy, crazy. Scott says worst thing that happened was Karen Basuda beating Rick Caruso. I know, I know. But I'm just saying there are a lot of questions and there's no real clear answer to the Pratt loss in the primary when he was on track to win or advance past the primary and into the general election where there was a strong chance he would have lost. And so now you have all the, you know, all The. The social justice warriors out here trying to make fun of Spencer Pratt, and we have one of them being the. The. The biggest. Jimmy Kimmel. This is what Jimmy Kimmel had to say.
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So now we wait to hear from if Karen Bass or nephew Rahman were elected mayor. He's going to move out of la. He said he was done with la. And Spencer, if you're watching, we are so, so sorry to see you go. What we do know, you're gonna miss
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the hell out of here.
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You're a man of your word, and you've gotta go. You said you were gonna go. And I know things might be tight right now, especially out of state. Donation money is running out. Moving is expensive. So to help you out, we rented you a U Haul. This is it has plenty of room. It's got two beds, table, those chairs, all your crystals, whatever you want. Staff spent the whole day decorating for you, so. And everybody that will notice you and wave goodbye as you leave. And I hope that you and Heidi are happy wherever it is you go. Maybe you could be mayor there or maybe just run for mayor and finish in third place there. It could be fun for your new reality. Show season two. Either way, mazel tov and goodbye, Spencer Pratt. Let us know if you want it. Drop it off right in front of the Bel Air Hotel.
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Jimmy Kimmel is such a fucking disgusting, vile human being, okay? Such a fucking disgusting, vile human being. We've already seen how vile he and his wife are as they talked about how they have completely cut off family members because they have a difference in opinion politically. These are people that want to live in an echo chamber. Jimmy Kimmel, who cries because the president, who didn't need to, but made some un, some unkind remarks about him and he suddenly is now this, this social justice, you know, warrior for democracy. He's a shell and he's a political hack at this point. He's not funny, he's not original, he's not interesting. And the only people that clap and laugh for him just are laughing at his low hanging fruit. Because you're forgetting Spencer Pratt did respond. But what you're forgetting is that Spencer Pratt. Here, I'll show you his response video. Spencer Pratt has responded and he is reminding everybody he said Jimmy Kimmel. I guess you missed the part of the story. I don't need a U haul. I have nothing left to pack. That's again the reality. These people are so fucking disgusting. They're so. They, they claimed. Oh, wait, here we go, sorry. They claim that they have all of this empathy. They claim that they care about other human beings and other people. When I don't know how you look at a father of two young boys and a young beautiful wife who owned a home, who lost everything and has nothing. He literally has nothing left. Everything has been lost at the failure of, of Mayor Karen Bass. So it's crazy that he can even say something like, I know things may be tight right now as LA just voted to raise sales tax to 10.25%. 10.25. That's. That's. In addition to surging for Nithya Ramen, they also voted to raise sales taxes to 2 point or, sorry, 10.25%. Yeah. And yet they're making fun of a father whose house burned down when there are families who are struggling to put food on the table here in Los Angeles and women that don't feel safe walking around in Los Angeles, which is ludicrous. Like, every woman should be able to walk down the street and not feel like they're going to be attacked. I mean, I don't even feel safe walking down the street and I have two big dogs with me. But it's because the homelessness the drug addiction has gotten so out of hand and so rampant. The streets are fucking disgusting and dirty. The homeless people are so crazed and drugged out. You just see them screaming and yelling shit and yelling at people and I mean, the broken glass all over the city. You see them breaking shit. It's insane. They're shitting all over the streets. It's crazy. It's absolutely crazy. But yet, let's make fun of Spencer Pratt, who wanted to change things, who wanted to make things better. Better. Whether he could or couldn't. At least there was passion behind it. What the fuck was I voting for Karen Bass for? To give meth addicts teeth? What the fuck am I voting for Nithya Stale Ramen Noodles for? Look at her district. Her own district didn't even vote for her. Her own district couldn't even get behind her because they know what a shithole she's turned her district into. The Valley. Yeah, good job with that. Nithya Stale Ramen Noodles. If my options were Karen Dumbass and Nithya Stale Ramen Noodles. Sorry. Yeah, I was going to go for the dude that had passion, that believed in this city, that was born and raised in the city, that's raising two young children in this city that lost everything to the failure of our current mayor. Yeah, I'm going to take that bet. I'm going to take that chance and I'm going to do it proudly. That was one of the proudest votes I have ever made. And I can accept the loss. And you know what? Everybody else that voted for Spencer Pratt can also accept the loss without marching and burning down cities and looting stores and doing all that fucking bullshit that we've seen happen time and time and time again. I'm over it, Zach. It's the homeless, not Toothless. I know, Amy. My God, when you're endorsed by the Homeless Not Toothless Foundation. What? What a time. Who would have thought we would have ever seen that come back full circle from Real Houses, Beverly Hills, to now, suddenly the mayor election. My goodness. Rachel says, didn't someone take your drink while you were out? Zag. Donna says, that was crazy. Okay, that was crazy. But I was out with a couple of my friends. Very, you know, progressive, liberal friends. Love them. We were out having a drink, and it was in downtown, and so we were on the patio having drinks and there was a homeless woman that literally walked up. Because when you're sitting out on the patio, you're sitting and there's like a. What is it? Not like a barricade, but there's, like, you know, a planter that, like, separate. Like, you're on the sidewalk technically, because you're, like, out on the patio, but there's, like, you know, a little barrier between, like, you and just people walking by on the sidewalk. So this woman literally comes up, bends over the railing, and grabs one of our cocktails. At that point, the cocktail was, like, already, like, half drunk. Grabs it, tastes it, and I'm just staring at everybody else at the table, and they're all just kind of, like, laughing. They're like, well, welcome to. You know, welcome to downtown. And I'm like, no, this shit's not normal. Like, that's a homeless person that just came up and drank your beverage. Like, I get it. You were done with the beverage. But, like, this woman just walked up and drank it because she assumed that it was alcohol and. And wanted to see if the cocktail tasted good. Why? Because she's gonna come in and order one for herself. I'm sorry, what? It was insane. And they just kind of, like, laughed about it. Like, yep, that's downtown for you. And I'm just like, guys, why are you voting for this? Like, why? Like, this is not normal. This shouldn't be normal. It's crazy. It is ludicrous. And then she just kind of, like, walked off. And I was like, am I in crazy town? Am I like, is this Looney Tunes? Like, no, everyone's just, like, not having. And it's because what. We become so desensitized to this. But just because we're becoming desensitized does not make it normal. It's crazy. Imagine not being able to say that's crazy, because it could be offensive to them. Right? Thank you, Deanna. Like, that's the craziest part is it's like, I have to just pretend that that's. That's okay. That's tolerable. That's normal. I'm sorry. I did not just fall out of a coconut tree. It's like some kind of zombie movie. Yeah, it's crazy. Holly says, yep, they're trying to normalize crazy. Susan says, yes, Zach, you are in crazy town. It's crazy. Gotta respect the game. Laura says, well, good thing you noticed and didn't drink after the homestead. I mean, it wasn't my drink. I was on the other side of the table. I trust me, I was far from them having access to my drinks. And you most. You be damn certain I ain't gonna let anybody drink my alcohol. That is all mine. Robin says, it doesn't make it normal, nor does it make it okay. I know it's crazy, but I mean, this is what the people want, right? Thank you, Jimmy Kimmel. Fighting the good fight. Appreciate ya. Thanks, bruh. Crazy. Okay, this is where I leave you. I love you. I appreciate you. I hope you have a great rest of your day. Skid Row for Ramen. Listen, we tried, we fought, we lost, we lost here. But that doesn't mean that there's not, hopefully, a chance somewhere down the line. But I love you, I appreciate you, and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day. I hope you enjoy the rest of your Wednesday. I will chat with you tonight on Zoom if you're a member of no Filter All Access. If not, join right now, but if you are, you will get an email shortly or later this afternoon. Tonight, 5:00pm Pacific, 8:00pm Eastern. We are hopping onto Zoom. I will talk to you guys tonight. Enjoy. And if you are enjoying this podcast, I highly suggest you guys check out the Pop Apologist.
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