828. Andy & DJ CTI: Trump's Inauguration, Joe Reid 'Apartheid' Rant & TikTok Ban

Summary

Podcast Summary: REAL AF with Andy Frisella – Episode 828

Title: REAL AF with Andy Frisella
Host: Andy Frisella
Guest: DJ CTI
Episode Number: 828
Release Date: January 15, 2025
Description: Entrepreneur Andy Frisella and his guest DJ CTI discuss, debate, and engage in lively conversations about trending topics and hot-button issues, including political events and social media concerns.

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1. Introduction and Show Structure (00:16 - 03:31)

Andy Frisella introduces the episode, outlining the show's format and various segments:

• CTI (Cruise the Internet): Discussing and speculating on current topics to discern truth from misinformation.
• Q&A Sessions: Listener-submitted questions answered by Andy and DJ.
• Real Talk: Short segments where Andy provides motivational and straightforward advice.
• 75 Hard Verses: Featuring guests who have completed the 75 Hard program, sharing their transformation stories.

Notable Quotes:

• Andy Frisella (00:57): "Go on YouTube in the comment section on the Q and A episodes. Drop your question in the comments."

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2. Personal Updates and Health (03:31 - 05:59)

Andy and DJ engage in casual conversation about personal lives, focusing on Andy’s return to the 75 Hard program after a hiatus. They discuss the physical challenges and benefits Andy is experiencing as he resumes his fitness regimen.

Notable Quotes:

• Andy Frisella (04:21): "I feel really good already, dude."
• DJ CTI (04:30): "Just knowing you're back in the cycle."

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3. Discussion on Sports Meltdowns (05:59 - 08:34)

The hosts compare recent meltdowns by tennis player Daniil Medvedev at the Australian Open to historical sports outbursts, referencing John McEnroe’s infamous on-court behavior. They debate the severity and impact of these incidents on athletes' reputations.

Notable Quotes:

• Andy Frisella (06:11): "Danil Medvedev had an epic camera smashing meltdown at an Australian Open."
• DJ CTI (07:56): "I don't think there's a right way."

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4. Trump's Inauguration and Security Concerns (08:34 - 14:08)

Andy and DJ analyze the upcoming presidential inauguration, expressing concerns about security measures amid political tensions. They discuss the involvement of additional law enforcement officers and the presence of foreign dignitaries, highlighting the potential for conflicts with differing political ideologies.

Notable Quotes:

• Andy Frisella (10:14): "I feel like they need more than that."
• DJ CTI (11:11): "Confusion and Corruption."

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5. Critique of Political Figures (14:08 - 27:03)

The conversation shifts to a critical examination of prominent political figures, particularly focusing on Vice President Kamala Harris and media personalities like Joy Reid. Andy and DJ express strong disapproval of Harris’s qualifications and leadership, attributing her position to affirmative action rather than merit. They also criticize Joy Reid for alleged racist remarks and cultural appropriation.

Notable Quotes:

• Andy Frisella (17:29): "She made her way up the ladder... she was a socialite."
• DJ CTI (18:19): "She was the least popular candidate in the 2020 primary."

Note: The discussion contains derogatory and offensive language towards political figures, reflecting the hosts' personal opinions.

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6. Senate Confirmation Hearings and Political Accountability (27:03 - 37:00)

Andy and DJ delve into current Senate confirmation hearings, specifically focusing on Pete Hegseth's role and performance. They critique the lack of accountability in political leadership, referencing the Afghanistan withdrawal and questioning the integrity of public officials. The hosts emphasize the importance of meritocracy and express skepticism towards the motivations behind political decisions.

Notable Quotes:

• Andy Frisella (30:23): "They have to fix that because it's the ultimate issue here."
• DJ CTI (34:23): "It's America first."

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7. Social Media and TikTok Ban (37:00 - 85:37)

The hosts discuss the potential ban of TikTok in the United States, exploring the implications for American users and the influence of Chinese ownership. They speculate on the reasons behind the ban, suggesting it may be driven by attempts to control or suppress certain cultural and political narratives. The conversation extends to alternative social media platforms and the evolving landscape of digital communication.

Notable Quotes:

• DJ CTI (73:18): "TikTok has become a platform where younger generations are recognizing and resisting propaganda."
• Andy Frisella (81:22): "TikTok is working against communist influences."

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8. Meta's Branding and Corporate Culture (85:37 - 100:47)

Andy and DJ critique Meta's recent decision to undergo a brand refresh and lay off 5% of its workforce. They express dissatisfaction with the new logo, perceiving it as a sign of corporate inefficiency and fear of making decisive changes. The hosts advocate for meritocracy in business practices and criticize what they view as a decline in Walmart's brand standards over the years.

Notable Quotes:

• Andy Frisella (93:35): "This is corporate inefficiency."
• DJ CTI (95:02): "It's reflective of their corporate attitude."

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Conclusion

Throughout the episode, Andy Frisella and DJ CTI engage in fervent discussions on various political and social issues, often expressing strong opinions and using provocative language. They emphasize themes of meritocracy, national loyalty, and resistance against what they perceive as corrupt or misguided leadership. The hosts encourage their audience to support the show by sharing it and engaging with its content, aiming to build a community of like-minded individuals.

Final Note: This summary captures the key topics and sentiments expressed in Episode 828 of "REAL AF with Andy Frisella." The hosts' viewpoints are personal and reflect their perspectives on current events and societal issues.

Transcript

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Yeah.

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Went from sleeping on the floor now my jury box froze up Bow up stove Counted millions in a cold bad booted swole Got her own bank roll can't fold. That's a no head shot case. Close.

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What is up, guys? It's Andy Prisella and this is the show for the realists. Say goodbye to the lies, the fakeness and delusions of modern society and welcome to reality. Guys. Today we're, we have Andy and DJ Cruise the Internet. That's what we're going to do. That's what CTI stands for. It stands for Cruise the Internet. We put topics on the screen, we speculate on what's true and what's not true. And then we talk about how we the people have to fix these problems going on in the world. All right, other times throughout the week we're going to have Q and A. That's where you submit questions and we give you the answers. Submit your questions a couple different ways. The first way is, guys, email these.

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Questions into ask Andy Forella.com or you.

[A]

Go on YouTube in the comment section on the Q and A episodes. Drop your question in the comments. We'll choose some from there as well. Other times we're gonna have real talk. Real talk is just a 5 to 20 minute segment of me giving you some real talk. And then we have what's called 75 hard verses. That's where people who have completed the 75 hard program and used it to transform their lives come on the show. They talk about how they were before, how they are now, and how they used the 75 hard program to fix their dumpster fire of a life and how you can do the same. Now you can get the 75 hard program. It's not a challenge. It is a program at episode 208 on the audio feed. Only 2,08 if you're unfamiliar with 75 hard. It is the initial phase of the Live Hard program, which is the world's most famous mental transformation program that you can get for free at episode 208. There's also a book. The book is called the Book on Mental Toughness. You can get that and andy forla.com the book is not required, but it is much more detailed than the podcast. It goes in and out, up and down, left and right. All the things. If you're somebody who wants to know what's the details are, that's what you want. You want the book. Plus it has a whole bunch of other stuff that is relevant to mental toughness. Okay, so get [e-mail] now, we do things a little different here on the show. We don't run ads. We're the biggest show in the world that doesn't run ads. We don't run ads because I don't want to report to anybody. I'm a successful entrepreneur. I can afford to promote and produce this show on my own. And I ask very simply that you support us in a couple different ways. One, if you see these first form energy drinks in your grocery store, in your convenience store, you see our meat sticks, our snacks, our bars, our supplements, our apparel, support us that way. That's a great way to support us. But also we need you to share the show, okay? That's the main thing. We're constantly dealing with censorship issues. Hopefully those are getting cleared up, but they haven't yet. So we ask very simply that if the show makes you think, if it makes you laugh, it brings you value, it gives you new perspective, if it teaches you things, if it makes you, you know, have a better day, do us a favor and tell one person, okay? Share the show with one person with each show that you listen to. And if you guys do that, we'll have a army of like minded individuals to counteract this going on in culture. So make sure you pay the fee. Don't be a hoe.

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Show the show.

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All right. What's up?

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What's going on, man?

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Nothing, dude.

[B]

Yeah, where's your grape?

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Oh, I, you know, I drank it.

[B]

Okay, good.

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I thought you stole it.

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I was just making sure. Then, you know, get some feet of its own.

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I was pretty sure you stole it. No, I drank it.

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Yeah, that's good.

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It's my favorite one.

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It's good, bro. It's timeless. It's a classic flavor. Yeah, man. What else is going on with you, man?

[A]

You know, took a few weeks off, you know, now I'm on day two. 75 hard. Feel really good already, dude. Yeah, super sore because I haven't done it in a while, you know, the last, the last 90 days, 120 days or so of the year. Last year I didn't even do cardio at all. So my feet are sore even from one day of doing. Because I'm going to do rucks.

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Okay.

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Yeah. And I'm definitely gassed.

[B]

Yeah.

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But you know, I'll get it back quick. I feel, I already feel better. I don't look any different, but I feel better.

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Just knowing you're back in the. Yeah, back in the cycle.

[A]

I'm a little thick right now, but, you know, I call it juicy.

[B]

It's nice.

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Juicy, thick, dense, saucy. Yeah. All the good stuff.

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All of that, man. I'm down with it.

[A]

Yeah, I know.

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With the man.

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Bro, I was shredded when we went to Colorado. Like when we first went to Colorado, I was.

[B]

You were peaked. Yeah.

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I was ripped.

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And then Mountain standard.

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The mountain standard got me, bro. They got me with all those drinks and that clam chowder and all that pimento and. God, the food was so good.

[B]

I'm.

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Listen, it ruined me.

[B]

We can leave right now. No.

[A]

You up my palate now and I can't eat, like, regular food anymore. I gotta eat all this gourmet.

[B]

Yeah, Right?

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Soon I'm gonna graduate into the little stuff.

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Yeah. Oh, bro.

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Yeah.

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That pisses me off.

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I know.

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I can't. I can't do that. Don't. Don't put that in front of me.

[A]

That's a little bit above my palette.

[B]

Teasing me.

[A]

Yeah. Anyway, but feeling good, man, you know, working on some big projects. Got some big projects getting ready to launch. They're gonna hurt some feelings. Let's just put it that way. Actually, a few of them are gonna hurt some feelings. Got the MSCO project launching here in a few weeks. Excited about that. It's going to be on an app. It's not going to be on itunes, so you guys are going to have to go get the app. But we'll have announcements about that. I'm excited to be working with Vaughn again, you know, All. All good, dude.

[B]

Hey, man.

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2025. Starting off good.

[B]

Yeah, it's a good start. Yeah, it's a good start for a lot of people, actually. Except for one person. I thought this was interesting. Somebody's not having a good start to their year.

[A]

Who's. That?

[B]

Is a tennis player, actually, who probably had one of the biggest meltdowns I've ever seen ever.

[A]

Like, on the court.

[B]

On the court.

[A]

Little John McEnroe. Action.

[B]

What's that?

[A]

You don't know John Macaroo? John McEnroe was one of the best tennis players ever who was famous for losing his shit on the court. Yeah, he was famous for it.

[B]

Like, bro.

[A]

Yeah. So let's.

[B]

Let's see if he compares.

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Yeah.

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Yeah. His name's Danil Medvedev. Did I say that right? My doc. I thought I asked you, bro. You're like the cultural expert.

[A]

That's like an NHL name, bro. Is it Medvedev?

[B]

Medvedev, yeah. Yeah. He had an epic camera smashing meltdown at an Australian Open. So let's Dive into this a little bit. Daniel used his racket to smash a tiny camera attached to the net at the Australian Open when he was trailing Cassidy's Sam Reg, the 418th ranked player in the world before eventually avoiding a monumental upset and winning. So he did win the match. I guess that's good. But let's see what his. His meltdown looked like. You smacked that thing? Yeah, that was a given there. Does that compare?

[A]

How's that camera doing? Can we get the close up? They're tennis players, bro. Yeah, they don't get that heated. The better sports meltdowns is like Ryan Leaf when he tried to beat up the reporters in the locker room. You probably don't even know who Ryan Leaf he was drafted ahead of Peyton Manning.

[B]

Geez.

[A]

Yeah. And then you know who's hot?

[B]

Baseball coaches. Yeah, I've seen a few.

[A]

Yeah bro, fucking Pete Rose. All them dudes were fucking tennis players. Don't even know how to even how to be violent, right? Yeah, they don't.

[B]

It was. Sports was a different time back then too though man. Because I mean yet steroids in, you know there was.

[A]

You think they don't got steroids now, bro. All these take steroids?

[B]

Yeah, yeah, they have to. Yeah, they have to. Most of them. I don't know. I thought that was interesting. He still ended up winning though, so I guess that's good. But it's okay to let out a little steam every now.

[A]

Yeah, he looks like he needs some steroids.

[B]

Oh no man. Guys, we got a lot to get into today. A lot of stuff to cover as always. So let's dive into our headlines. Remember guys, if you want to see any of these pictures, articles, links, videos, go to andy for Salah.com youm guys can find them all linked there. That being said, headline number one gotta talk about. We got inaugurations coming up. That's the first thing. We're less than five days now before the big, the big day. Now they have it set as like they release this whole like itinerary and schedule and stuff. That's cool. Supposed to be like this four day thing. A lot of moving pieces here. One of the things I thought was cool, D.C. they did this update about just the level of law enforcement and resources they'll have on the ground. Let's check this briefing out. Our entire police department will be activated for the presidential inauguration. In addition, we'll be reinforced with nearly 4,000 officers from across the United States who were generous enough to raise their hands and commit their time to assist the metropolitan Police department. Those additional resources will be deployed to manage traffic, secure dignitary routes and ensure public safety in our city. I'd like to pause and thank those officers who are coming to our city, taking time away from their families to ensure the safety and security of this event. Their commitment to our country, to this city and their law enforcement partners are admirable. They deserve praise from us all also.

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I.

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Yes. I mean, that's cool.

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Yep.

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Nice little step up in security.

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I feel like they need more than that.

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They probably do.

[A]

Yeah. I feel like, I feel like they need a lot more than that. I mean, I think it's cool that, you know, a lot of officers are donating their time to go out there and, and help, but I mean, look, man, you know, you got the most powerful people in the world all in the same place. You got dignitaries and leaders and people that are completely opposed to the new, the New World Order, the Globalist, the World Economic Forum, people who bucked at Covid, who really, you know, threw a big wrench in all their plans. And they're all going to be in the same spot.

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Probably need a couple more.

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It makes me nervous.

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Yeah, well, I think it's also like, nice to have too. Like, I mean, it's always important. I don't know, I'm not going to call them corrupt. I don't know how entangled and ensnared the DC command staff is. I mean, we saw how they operated with J6 stuff. So it's probably nice to have some outside fresh eyes that are not a part of that chain to come in.

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Yeah, because we don't know where the corruption starts and stops.

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It's important. Yeah, it's important. Now I know we covered, I think last week, you know, this whole thing with Jimmy Carter's funeral. Flags being lowered to half staff. So that got changed. Today, House speaker, he orders the Capitol flags to full staff for the inauguration. So that's a nice little update. Thought that was cool. But like you said, dude, there's gonna be a lot of people here, a lot of people here, a lot of big time names. Melee from Argentina's coming in. The Italian President's coming in. All these people who are big fans of Trump.

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Look at these guys. Here's the headline. Foreign leaders desperately jockeying for invite to Trump's inauguration. They're all going crazy. You and I got invited multiple times because we're a big freaking deal. Isn't that right? We got our grass stained New Balances out here in Missouri, Black Air Force ones, black Air Force Ones, and they want us to come. You know what? I'm not going.

[B]

No, we can't do it.

[A]

I'm not doing it, bro. I don't feel, I don't. First of all, I gotta be real, dude. Like, I'm not loyal to anybody. I am loyal to the idea of what America can be and should be. I'm not loyal to a political candidate. I can be happy that political candidates do certain things, wish them to do the good things. Absolutely. And I do wish that Donald Trump, I hope he does everything that he says he's going to do and even more. And if he does, I'll be one of his biggest fans in history. But that is yet to be determined. And I think people in America need to really understand that. Like, look, dude, we have to build the best America possible. We do not worship candidates. We do not worship political figures. We do not worship celebrities or any kind of foreign dignitaries. We the people are the power. We the people are the, we are America. And we have to build it from the ground up. And that's going to take, you know, what we talk about on here over and over and over again. It's going to take the individual, understanding the role that they play in America, raising their standards, living what they believe the American dream should look like, and eventually America will look like that. But this idea, I don't, I'm not a, I mean, dude, I have a lot of respect for the Trump family. I'm friends with Don Jr. I, you know, talk to him quite a bit. Really like him a lot. I think he's a really good dude. Friends with a lot of Trump's friends, some of his best friends. But, you know, I try to keep it non biased, dude, you know what I'm saying? And I just don't, I don't know, man. Maybe we're making a mistake by not going. Maybe it's an amazing thing. I don't know. But like, it just doesn't feel like the right thing, you know, because if Trump goes in and up, I'm gonna call him out on it.

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Right?

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You know what I'm saying? Like, I'm not gonna sit here and be like, oh, yeah, and justify all that, you know what I'm saying? Like how they do it. Yeah, I just don't think we should do that. I think, I think we should call it how it is. And I think that when you get too close to some of these people, you, you're, you're, you're not able to do that the proper way.

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Yeah, no, I get it.

[A]

Does that make sense?

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It make. It makes sense. It makes sense because that's what.

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Because, dude, I've gotten invited, and you've gotten invited to Mar a Lago a million times, and, dude, I respect that, and I appreciate that, and I really do think it's an awesome thing. But also, I think it's. I think it's. I think it's important that we. That we call it how it is as it goes, you know?

[B]

Yeah, for sure. Well, you know, somebody else won't be there either. I thought this was interesting. Did you see this? Michelle Obama will not attend Donald Trump's inauguration after skim skipping Jimmy Carter's funeral.

[A]

Well, I mean, is that weird? No. He called her a dude.

[B]

Oh, he. He did. I forgot about that.

[A]

Yeah, he called her a man, you know, and he's. Multiple times.

[B]

Would you go, I forgot about that?

[A]

Nah, bro. Like.

[B]

Okay, well, I see it differently now. Yeah, I see that. Yeah. I get it.

[A]

Yeah. Why the Would she go?

[B]

I get it.

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Yeah. Then you got Barry laughing it up with him. Dude, come on.

[B]

Probably what they were talking about.

[A]

What if someone called your girl a dude?

[B]

Yeah.

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And meant it. And then you're sitting there chopping it up. How you think your home life's gonna be?

[B]

Oh, dude, Big Mike's gonna be big man.

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Big Mike's handing out black eyes at home, bro. Obama's laughing because he can't wait to get out of here. He's like. He's like. Hey. He's like. He's like, dt, you were right, bro. I'm gonna get my ass kicked at home, dude.

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I forgot all about that. Yeah, dude. Much sense now. Because I'm sure they got the seating chart right with the. Even with Carter's funeral, she probably didn't want to sit nowhere near him. Now, granted. Okay, granted, they've called him every name in the book. You know what I'm saying? And he still shows up to the places, so, I mean, I don't know. There's something fishy going on there. It may just be as simple as that. I don't know. But she did miss. Miss that funeral. Now, what I. My initial thought was on all of this, bro. You know what I thought it was? And this is coming from some personal experience. Mad black woman syndrome. Because it's not just Michelle. Yeah. Kamala Harris also doing something weird. She. Yeah, weird, right. Kamala Harris declines traditional invite for JD Vance to visit vice presidential residents. She's not like. So, like, there's supposed to be, like, Every year, every time, every new presidency, there's this, like, you know, ritual they do, right? The. The president shows a new president, you know, walks him around. The vice president supposed to tour the vice president's house with the new vice president, right? Yeah. She declined. She's not doing it. Several Democrat and Republican sources confirmed to CBS News that Harris has declined the traditional sit down meeting or tour of the Naval Observatory residence, which has served home to vice presidents since the 1970s. Now, they were obviously still, you know, shown access and, you know, given a detailed briefing and all of that stuff, but it wasn't by Harris, which was interesting. I don't know, man. Like, I've seen. I've seen that. That syndrome in play for a friend of mine. I'll say this, I'm not gonna up my own house, but it happens. It's a real thing. I just. Maybe that was a part of it. But, like, what did Vance do to Kamala, besides Beater?

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I mean, he made her look stupid. I mean, let's be real, dude. Like, he's smart, she's dumb. Everybody saw it, and she's embarrassed.

[B]

Is there a right way?

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It is what it is. And on top of it, she doesn't belong there anyway.

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Yes.

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Okay, let's be real, man. She did not earn her position in life, okay? She is where she is because of dei. She was pit. She was not. Okay, look, people get real mad when you say this, okay? But she is where she is because of the color of her skin. Oh, if it's 100% fact, for sure, probably some others. Joe Biden said, okay, first of all, in the presidential primary in 2020, she was the least popular candidate out of all the candidates in the primary, okay? So those of you that are going to get mad, just listen to what I'm saying. She was the least popular president or primary candidate.

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Yeah.

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Okay? This year there wasn't even a. An election or anything for her to even be the candidate, Right? She was appointed, all right? When Joe Biden picked her for vice president, he picked her after saying publicly, what did he say? I am committed to picking a black woman as vice president. And by the way, he did shitty at that because she ain't even black, okay? So she. And dude, where she got to as a prosecutor is very famous. She was a socialite, okay? And she made friends, quote, unquote, friends, like the kind of friends who suck their dicks, all right? And worked her way up the ladder. And that's the reality of Kamala Harris's career, okay?

[B]

So I have any of those friends?

[A]

Huh?

[B]

I don't have those friends.

[A]

No. I don't either. My point is, is it, you know, like, she's not qualified to be there. She knows she's not qualified to be there. She knows why she's there. She's embarrassed herself for four years. Extremely embarrassed herself since July till now. She can't even do an interview. That's lob. Oprah Winfrey, who they paid to do an interview for her, who is one of the greatest interviewers in history, couldn't get a good interview out of her. That she still looked like an idiot.

[B]

Yeah. Though.

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So this woman who is probably not qualified to like. And, and I say this all the time, joking, but I'm being serious right now. She's not qualified to run a lemonade stand.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

She could not run a lemonade stand. And now she's mad because some dudes kicking her out of her vice president. These people are entitled, bro. They think that they deserve to rule over us. We have said this thousand times on this show, bro. You know what I mean? And she's mad. She's mad. Mad.

[B]

Well, that's what I'm saying, like, is. I mean, I. I just. It's sore loser.

[A]

Who gets more mad, Zeeshan? Black women or Indian women being for real? I feel like black women get mad in public and Indian women just kill you in private. Is that true?

[B]

We should ask the people.

[A]

What do you guys think? Who gets matter? Black women or Indian women? Italian women. Do Latinas get mad?

[B]

Oh, bro, I would vote for Latinos.

[A]

Latinas get mad.

[B]

That's a different. You don't want to feel their wrath.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You don't piss, they'll cut you. They will make you a. Yeah, they will.

[A]

I don't know. There's. There's. Listen, let's have a bracket, like for the super bowl. Except for. Okay, you guys could buy squares. Let's see what the score is. Oh, dude, it's wild, man.

[B]

I don't know. So, I mean, it's there.

[A]

Italian. Italian women get mad too, though. They get real mad. They get physical. They'll beat you. They will. They don't stab you, but they will beat you.

[B]

My mom threw a bunch of. At my older brother.

[A]

Huh?

[B]

My mom, she's Italian.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Yeah. She likes.

[A]

She threw.

[B]

She threw all the time. Yeah, all the time. Yeah. I don't know. Maybe. Maybe it's just sore loser. I don't know.

[A]

We got to put white trash women in there, too. Like trailer park. Like, if you grew up in a trailer park.

[B]

What do they do?

[A]

They throw shit at you, too? They're throwers.

[B]

Take your drugs.

[A]

No, they. They do them. They do your drugs.

[B]

I listen, hey, listen, it's diverse. We talk about it equally.

[A]

Hey, you know, you guys are such misogynist. All right, who's the most angry men? Oh, I don't think men are that angry, bro.

[B]

Short dudes.

[A]

Yeah, short dudes.

[B]

Short dudes, bro.

[A]

Short dudes get mad, get hot.

[B]

Yeah, you gotta be careful with them little guys, man.

[A]

Calm down, man.

[B]

Little buddy, be all right. I don't even. Like, with us, it's not really a race thing. It's more physical traits.

[A]

I don't think there's, like. I don't look at, like, men and think, like, all right, these dudes get more mad than these.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. But short guys, for sure.

[A]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. They do get mad because they want to be big. All right.

[B]

Yeah, it is. That's what it is.

[A]

Oh, God.

[B]

Dude, you know those get mad that you just stand next to me in the urinals. Oh, they get pissed.

[A]

Dude, there's something wrong with you.

[B]

Yeah, man. It is what it is, man. We got. We got. We saw all of that's going on now. There is something else that's on the screen.

[A]

We haven't even started the show yet.

[B]

Right, okay. There's other stuff that's going on with this or during this interesting time of political change. You got Senate confirmation hearings happening right now, now at the time of the recording. One of the big ones going on right now is Pete Hegseth. His Senate confirmation. That's happening now. Look at this article from cnn. Ok. Senators grill Trump defense pick Pete Hegseth at confirmation hearing. I wouldn't call it that.

[A]

No, it wasn't that.

[B]

I wouldn't call it that at all.

[A]

You know what I saw? Okay, You. You. You do the thing.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Here's what I saw.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Oh, man, we're getting in trouble for this episode. Just go ahead and. Just go ahead. I'll fill you in at the.

[B]

Destroying them.

[A]

Okay, he's destroying. Okay, he's doing.

[B]

Listen, he's a great pick.

[A]

Listen, man, did you see his. Did you see his interaction with Liz? Oh, my God. You have it.

[B]

I got. I got it. Hell yeah.

[A]

Let's go.

[B]

I just. I wanted to point this out because it's always so interesting how the left tries to paint their wins, bro.

[A]

We're sick of those people. Everybody's sick of those people. Everybody's laughing at them. No one's taking them serious.

[B]

Elizabeth Warren. The whole fucking room laughed at it, bro.

[A]

Everybody's laughing. They're laughing at aoc. They were laughing AOC Yesterday.

[B]

It's like, aoc.

[A]

AOC yesterday was talking about something about trans. Oh, they passed the law of. Of the Women Protection Act.

[B]

Right.

[A]

And did you see her response? She was up there screaming, saying women are actually bleeding out in parking lots. Like, dude, she was going, you know, in her AOC fashion. And it's just like, dude, no one. No one listens to. You guys are all liars. You all make up. You all talk about things that aren't actually happening, or if they are happening, they're a massive outlier situation that is outside the norm of what's happening. And you speak about it as if it's the norm. And people have caught on to this. They have caught on to this. And this is what's created this polarization amongst, you know, the population in this country, which I think is healing because these people are getting laughed at.

[B]

Well, the other part that irritates me too, with this, bro, they always try to hit below the belt, man, like they would do. They brought his kids up. They. They keep bringing this, this, this up. About his alcohol.

[A]

Yeah. How about their kids?

[B]

Right, exactly. Like Senator Woody, whose son is a registered member with antifa and was throwing pepper spray and at people like, what do you. You know what I'm saying? But you want to bring up, like.

[A]

Come on, bro, listen. All these people, every single one of them, they've got more skeletons in their fucking closet than any of us would ever have.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

They paid out like $30 million last year in defense legal fees that come from your taxes.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Four congress members to defend themselves against sexual lawsuits.

[B]

It was.

[A]

Well, it was like 20 million. I might be exaggerating. I think it was a lot.

[B]

It was close.

[A]

It was 20 to 30 million. Okay. Of your money. Your money. My money. Our money.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Went to defend these bags against sexual touch money payments. Yes.

[B]

That's what it is.

[A]

And then they're on here talking about this dude. Oh, his alcohol consumption. Well, what day of the week are you talking about? You know what I'm saying? Like, what's your alcohol? If I had to deal with you people, I'd be drinking too, bro.

[B]

There's a famous.

[A]

I was thinking today, like, how glad. How, how, like, you know, like, when all this was going on and we were like, maybe we should run for office or this or that. You know what? I'm never doing that. These people are miserable. Oh, Bro, they're terrible. I just want to be around.

[B]

I don't like the whole, you know, bring them out into the, the, the circle, shine the spotlight on them. And like, all the people that are holding spotlights, bro, they would tremble in their pants if they were the ones that actually were. The light was being shown on them.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

You know, nobody's like, bro, listen, my philosophy on life, man, you know, you're just as perfect as I am, bro.

[A]

We're all, you know what I'm saying? We're all. I mean, by their standards, we're all pieces of, bro. You know what I'm saying?

[B]

It's insane. It's insane. But, but, but let's dive into the Senate confirmation hearing. But yeah, I mean, so he writes like that. But the reality is he came out swinging and he held his own. And, and he had some great answers, bro. He's great responses.

[A]

He's not a. Well, he's smart, he's young, he's experienced.

[B]

He's with it, you know, and he called out. He got. Got a chance to kind of display. You got to kind of see the, the foreshadowing of, of what his, his career is going to be like if he gets confused.

[A]

Was his wife the one that was singing the song in the national anthem in the capital, Wasn't it his wife?

[B]

No, I think that was, that was the one of the other picks. I know you're talking about. I just saw that video.

[A]

Oh, no, that was Gates's wife.

[B]

Yeah, that was Matt Gates.

[A]

That was beautiful.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. But yeah, you got to touch on the, the zero accountability for the, the Afghanistan withdrawal. I got to of stuff. So I got some clips here. Let's just dive through these. Let's check these out. Here they are.

[A]

In other words, you're quite sure that every general who serves should not go directly into the defense industry for 10 years. You're not willing to make that same pledge. I'm not a general.

[B]

Senator.

[A]

You'Ll be the one. Let us just be clear. In charge of the. Dude, they're all laughing. Look at all the people in the background laughing at her. And look at him trying not to laugh, bro. Dude, she's so dumb, bro. These people are so dumb. And they all got elected on the same, the same woke like, I can't wait till all the wokies are like, primaried out.

[B]

Go to sleep.

[A]

Yeah, bro. Elizabeth Tonto Warren.

[B]

Yeah, right.

[A]

Jeez, man.

[B]

Here's another clip. Let's check this out.

[A]

There's been no accountability for the disaster of the withdrawal in Afghanistan, and that's precisely why we're here today, is that leadership has been unwilling to take accountability. It's the time to restore that to our most senior ranks. How old is hegseth? Google that up there. Murdoch.

[B]

44.

[A]

Oh, he's same age. Yeah, yeah.

[B]

Young, good looking guy, man.

[A]

Yeah, he is a good looking dude. He's got tattoos too, bro. I think he'd be the kind of dude we would hang out with.

[B]

Yeah, for sure.

[A]

I think. I think he's the kind of dude that most men are like, yeah, that's a real dude.

[B]

Good dude right there.

[A]

Yeah, he's been a war fighter.

[B]

He's not perfect. I mean, there's. Listen, nobody's perfect.

[A]

You don't get to be 44 years old and have a perfect resume.

[B]

Right?

[A]

Like, that's what you do. You know why it's valuable to be 44 years old? Because you made all the mistakes, bro. And when you're 60 years old, you made even more. And when you're 70, 80 years old, like Trump, you made so many, you don't give a.

[B]

You know, say it like, that's when the new balances come out.

[A]

Yeah. Like, dude, that's the value of experience. The value of experience is the mistakes that you've been through. So, like, learn. Yes. So like getting up here and you know, quote unquote, grilling people about their. Like, if that were me, I'd be like, yeah, I did this, but this is what I learned. Yeah, I did that. I did that too. You know what? That was bad. I that up, but I won't do that again. You know what I mean?

[B]

I don't really remember that.

[A]

Yeah, but yeah, like, it's just so. It's so weird how society judges people so harshly for the mistakes that they make when first of all, they all made the same mistakes. And second of all, mistakes are how you learn and improve your life. Like, what. What do we. Where have we lost sight of that?

[B]

Right?

[A]

You know, it's insane.

[B]

I got one more clip here. This is one of my. Probably one of my favorite clips at one of the exchanges that happened. Let's check this one out.

[A]

And as you said in your statement, do you agree anybody should be able to serve in the military if they meet the standards? Senator, as the president has stated, I don't disagree with the overturn of don't ask, don't tell. Great. Because I don't want you thinking, can't serve if you're a mom. Can't serve if you're lgbtq, and then last, can't serve if you're a leftist. The statements you said about people who have views differently than you, that we're the enemy. Are you saying that 50% of the DoD, if they hold liberal views or leftist views or our Democrats, are not welcome in the military? Are you saying that? Senator, I volunteered to deploy to Afghanistan under Democrat President Barack Obama. I also volunteered to guard the inauguration of Joe Biden, but was denied the opportunity to serve because I was identified as an extremist by my own unit for a Christian tattoo. Not only that.

[B]

How about that?

[A]

How about all those military members that got called out and kicked out of the military for being, quote, unquote, domestic threats because they wouldn't take a vaccine that wasn't proven, or they really like.

[B]

Their commander in chief?

[A]

How about that, right? I mean, like, bro, I love how these people, when the coin gets flipped over on them, they start acting like they weren't just doing this. Like, dude, I really. Look, the domestic extremist is definitely going to come out at me in. In about one second. These people need to be dealt with, okay? Because they will not ever stop. And when. When you make a mistake, when you have someone who is like, evil, who is. Has shown their cards and shown what they are willing to do and how far they are willing to go, and then you give that person grace, it's only a matter of time before they do it again and they get the way that they want. So these people, that woman and the people who think like her, you, you don't belong in the fucking military. And to be completely fucking honest, you don't belong in the fucking country. All right? And I'm not talking about Democrats. I'm talking about leftist communist people who put other ideologies ahead of the American ideology. I'm talking about people who. Who put globalism at the top or who put Israel ahead of America. All right? This is America. We are American citizens. We should be first. Everybody else can get fucked until our citizens are taken care of. After our citizens are taken care of, after our country looks amazing, after all of our streets are fixed and our homeless problems is fixed and everybody's making money and we're doing all these things, then we can be concerned with other causes that have to do outside of this country. But right now, we are a crumbling country. We are not the shining city on the hill that we're supposed to be. And that needs to be fixed. And that's what America first is about. And all these people who say oh, I'm America first. I'm America first. And then talk about sending money to Ukraine or doing things for other countries or Israel and this and that. You're not America first. And quite honestly, Hexet's one of those people who says that that's a big knock on me for him.

[B]

Well, I think he pulled it back a little bit because in his confirmation, you know, he. I think he reword, reworded that. And like, you know, now he's just saying, like, you know. Yeah, like, I feel like Israel has the right to do what they want. And that's. And that. That I can. Okay, cool. You believe Israel.

[A]

No, he said Israel has the right to exist. And. And that's. That's true.

[B]

That's fine.

[A]

Okay, I. I don't disagree, but there's a lot that I do disagree with when it comes to that country and how involved they are in our country.

[B]

Exactly. And there's a priority list here that we have to knock out.

[A]

That's correct.

[B]

And no other country should be coming.

[A]

America, dude.

[B]

Dude, it's just that simple, man. I don't know why that's such a hard concept.

[A]

Because all these people get most of their money from pro Israel packs, so they have to say this in public, otherwise they don't get the money that they want to actually get elected. So it's all money, dude. And it's. It's okay. I don't give a. If you're black, white, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, whatever the you are here in this country. If you're an American citizen, you come first. Everybody else can get the out until we get that fixed. That's my opinion. And. And real talk, every single person who's here illegally, all of them should be gone. Yeah, okay. All of them. Then they should be sent a letter or a piece of mail or some sort of, hey, here's the proper process if you really want to come here. And we'll see how many of them can do that, and we'll do that. But this, that has been going on here, we gotta wipe it clean and do it the right way.

[B]

It's very, very simple. Now, Hexeth specifically, right? So he's gonna be the, you know, running the Pentagon if he gets confirmed, which I don't see why he wouldn't, you know. But one of the other things, too is just like the. Just the standard of the military, because when they wiped everybody out from all the COVID nonsense, it left people like this. You know what I'm saying?

[A]

And like, intentionally. Intentionally. Dj, they Want people like that. For those of you listening, we're looking at a trans man, or trans. I don't know what we're looking at. A dude who's pretending to be a woman waving rainbow flags like, this is not a priority in a military uniform. Listen, this is not a priority for anything that has to do with this country at all.

[B]

Here's the issue, though, Andy. The problem that I have with it is, is that we can't push this stuff and make it seem like this is okay. This is the new America. We're strong. We're like, this is supposed to be our fighting force that protects.

[A]

It's a joke.

[B]

And then at the same time, you got people like, you know, FBI Director Christopher Wray trying to tell us who our enemies are and how bad our enemies are. You know, I'm saying. Or how. How infiltrated we are as a country. But this is what we're leading. It doesn't make sense.

[A]

It does make sense.

[B]

Unless you're. That's the goal.

[A]

That's right. It does make sense because we have been. We have been subverted through communist ideology. It still boggles my mind how people don't understand this. If you go back in history and you look at what the. Is going on here, this is communist ideology that is subverting our actual American values. Okay? Transgenderism is a communist idea. It's to. It's to subvert. It's to create a situation of lesser reproduction. There's all kinds of. It's. It's to challenge and remove the idea of truth and what can be considered yes or no, this or that. When you can get people to question the idea of what a man is and what a woman is, and you can get people to say, well, a man is a woman, a man can be a woman or a woman can be a man. Then you remove the idea of truth. And when you remove the idea of truth, you create a scenario where people can't be nationalists at all. They cannot be proud of their country because they don't even know what their country is because it's up for debate. Okay? So there's all kinds of things that, that come from communist ideology that we're going to have to clean up. And dude, when you. When people say, oh, well, it doesn't make sense, no, it makes perfect sense because that's what the people who have been running the country since 2008 have wanted.

[B]

It's real shit, man. It'll be interesting to see.

[A]

I can't wait to see these people. Just get Railed in. In the press, in culture, people are so tired of it. People are starting to recognize because there's a number of people, us and a whole bunch of other people who are willing to tell the truth.

[B]

Well, I've taken some arrows for a minute, too.

[A]

Yeah, that's fine.

[B]

You know, but it's worth it, man. It's worth it. Guys, jump in on this combo. Let us know what you guys think down in the commentary. Let us know. With that being said, let's go check out the chat, shall we?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

All right, we got this. First comment comes from At Ruben J. Leon. He says, andy, dj, you guys come to Austin. Just north of Austin is a private airport right off the toll roll where the speed limit is 80. So y'all can get around fast, and y'all can be just far enough from the crazy traffic and crazy people.

[A]

It's funny you mentioned that, because we actually have to go to Austin here in the next week or two.

[B]

Oh, no shit.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Oh, sweet.

[A]

Yeah, I got to go see Jesse.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah.

[A]

And I got to see. That's where my Ferrari dealer is, too. I got to see JP and the guys down there.

[B]

I think they. Because, you know, you pulled out there, like, where should we relocate and do a satellite office for the podcast?

[A]

People like Austin.

[B]

People like Austin.

[A]

I like Austin.

[B]

I've never worm. Never been.

[A]

It's warm.

[B]

Seems like a cool dude.

[A]

Yeah. Reuben, we'll be there soon. Tell us where to eat. Where can we get some good food?

[B]

We got one more comment from you. This comment comes from @Sandy Cregan. This episode is a metaphor for life. You got to get through burning your balls to get to the best part.

[A]

That's 100% true. Thank you, Sandy. Thank you for your insights. I love our people.

[B]

Well, they're great. Yeah, they're good people, man. Guys, we appreciate you for being.

[A]

That sounds like a. That sounds like a. A passage that I read one time in Marcus Aurelius. Yeah, it was right in there. It said, you got to get through burning your balls to get to the best part.

[B]

That's it.

[A]

Yeah, that's it. It's poetic.

[B]

It's the meaning of life right there. Guys, we appreciate you for being with us.

[A]

Sandy. I got some ghost writing opportunities. DJs got some ghost reading opportunities.

[B]

I do got some ghost reading opportunities.

[A]

Who wants to teach DJ how to read? We got a special role. I got you. That book is down here.

[B]

Which one?

[A]

Yeah, a learn to read book. I always keep it here just in.

[B]

Case I've been doing good.

[A]

Yeah, because you've been learning to read.

[B]

I'm on the first page. Like LeBron.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. Here's D.J. all right.

[B]

Yep. Guys, let's keep the cruise moving. We got headline number two. Your favorite. One of your favorite humans. You know this lady?

[A]

I do.

[B]

You do?

[A]

Let me guess. How much do I love her? Well, by lover, I know what you mean.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Is she, like, number one on the list?

[B]

No, she's not number one. That'd be Hillary.

[A]

That's for sure. Hillary's number one on the.

[B]

She's top five.

[A]

AOC Nope. Give me a hint. Or will the hint be too obvious?

[B]

It'd be too obvious.

[A]

Michelle.

[B]

Joy Reid.

[A]

Oh, God. She's number two, bro. All you would had to say was number two. I hate Joy Reed. I hate her as much. She hates me. She hates me because I'm white. I know.

[B]

I hate you.

[A]

I know. I hate her back. Hate her right back.

[B]

She didn't even spell the last name right. That's not how you spell Reed.

[A]

Nah, it's R, E, E, D. How do you spell read? DJ which read?

[B]

Red or Reed?

[A]

Listen, Joy Reid. How about that?

[B]

You know what I can't stand?

[A]

I can't. Her face.

[B]

Well, no, I think.

[A]

Receding hairline.

[B]

Listen, you believe in God or universe?

[A]

Her cultural appropriation with her wigs and then tells us that we don't have a culture. White people don't have a culture. But I'm gonna wear a blonde wig. Right. The hypocrisy is thick.

[B]

It's thick. Yeah, it's a thick. It's a. It's definitely a thick.

[A]

By the way, I don't give a. If people wear blonde wigs. Give a. I wear blonde wigs. Yeah, me too. On the weekends. But the point is, is that I don't give a. I don't give a. If a white dude wants to dress with, like, a hip hop guy. I don't care that a. That Joy Reid wants to wear blonde wigs. But what I do care about is when you tell me I. I don't have a culture and the white people haven't done. And then I can't culturally appropriate you because I wear Jordans, which I don't. But if I did.

[B]

Right?

[A]

And you wear a blonde wig and act like you're, you know, you. How about that?

[B]

Yeah, I get it.

[A]

Gets a big you.

[B]

Yeah. Well, what I. You know. And listen, whether you believe in God or the universe, however you choose to see it, it works in mysterious ways. And what I Don't understand is why are all of like, those people.

[A]

Their.

[B]

Their names, like, it's like the complete opposite of their being. Joy is not Joy. No Whoopi, right? Sunny. Like, I don't know, I just thought that was like, that's a massive life.

[A]

I think Joy Reid is. I think it's unbelievable that she's allowed to be on TV and be as racist as she is. For real.

[B]

She's really racist. Yeah, she's really racist.

[A]

I know.

[B]

And you know, hasn't stopped. So Joy reclaims business.

[A]

Self destruct her, bro. Because Americans know inherently, dude. They know we're. We're. Nobody's with this racist shit. Like, we. We here in America, we like to make fun of each other for our differences. It doesn't mean we're fudgeing racist.

[B]

I still. Shit. You got a small dick.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

What? First of all, I'm Italian, motherfucker. I'm Sicilian.

[B]

The salsita. Yeah, I got you, bro. I understand.

[A]

I hold butcher shops to fit me in it. All right. I don't want to hear this white man. I ain't white. White people, they're little dicks.

[B]

Yeah, she. It didn't stop Joy. She's still on her joyful rants. Joy reclaims billionaire, right Once apartheid state in post wildfire California. So wildfires, you know, I don't even know you can call them wildfires at this point. We got a little bit more on that in a minute. But she's making this wild claim, all right. That is the billionaire, right? Which I didn't even. That's a new term, I guess you just created that. They want to drive out the non white people from the state of California to make an apartheid state. And she just made this in a little rant she pushed out. Let's check this clip out.

[A]

Retrofitted with their ugly right wing policies the way they've ruined Florida and Texas and every other red state where poverty rates are high and education is warped and non white immigrants, pregnant women, victimized girls, and LGBTQ folks live in fear.

[B]

Then.

[A]

Then the fight for permanent control of America is basically over.

[B]

They can drill and frack California till.

[A]

The fires this past week pale in comparison. They can rip out all the forests.

[B]

And hand over the land to developers Florida style.

[A]

They can drive out the brown people and the black and Asian people or just sink them into the same apartheid.

[B]

They'Ve created in Texas.

[A]

And they will control enough electoral votes if they control California to never have to worry about another presidential election. The billionaire right no knows that they cannot take California home to Hollywood, San Francisco, and Kendrick Lamar by culture.

[B]

So they're looking to try to take.

[A]

It with lies and deceit and by fire. And joining me now is Altadena resident Natalie LaForche. Natalie LaForce, thank you so much for being. So Donald Trump set the fires.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Essentially, is what she's saying.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

And me and you.

[B]

And you're gonna burn down the whole state so that you can create an apartheid and kick all the black people out.

[A]

Okay, but it's. My first question is, like, with all that fame and money, what the fuck are you doing about your hairline lady?

[B]

She's worth about 4 million.

[A]

4. Well, you can afford a fucking. Whatever you got to do to your head.

[B]

Go to Turkey. I heard it's great.

[A]

I see. What. Dude, that's what I'm saying, like. And I don't. I don't like making fun of people's appearances, but she hates me.

[B]

She does hate you.

[A]

Yeah. So you, Joy Reed, get a hairline transplant?

[B]

Well, but here's the interesting thing, though.

[A]

Andy, Is that out of line? Is he showing?

[B]

Okay, a hair transplant?

[A]

No, just anything about. She. Dude, everything. She needs eyebrows, too. What the were they at? She must have lost a bet. She probably bet. She probably bet Kamala was gonna win and had to shave her eyebrows.

[B]

Yeah, man, I can't stand her.

[A]

And by the way, we don't stand each other, so it's fair.

[B]

It's fine.

[A]

Like. But, like, if she was a neighbor, I would, like, put in a bag and light it on fire and throw it at her house.

[B]

You're gonna kick off this apartheid.

[A]

Yeah, fuck you, bro.

[B]

But here's the thing, though, man. She makes this wild claim trying to. Again, point, you know, as they always do, trying to paint the right wealthy, you know, good, upstanding citizens, like, they want to just take over. But I got this interesting clip. Okay. That I want to play real quick.

[A]

Why the fuck do. Why. Why is everything your fault? Yeah. Fuck white people. Insect infestation. Never built anything either, right?

[B]

Never.

[A]

Never built anything.

[B]

Nothing.

[A]

Not even Europe.

[B]

Nope.

[A]

Dude, get the fuck out of here. Anyway, look at her face. Look at that face, bro.

[B]

If I have to draw a snake slowly transforming into a woman. That's the middle face.

[A]

Yeah, that's right there. Yeah, yeah, bro, she's lizard, bro.

[B]

She's definitely got.

[A]

But listen, dude. What? Where? Where? Where? Like, okay, how racist do you have to be to come up with what she just said?

[B]

It makes. Bro, listen, there is no amount of weed that could get me to that point.

[A]

That's what I'm saying.

[B]

Like, she's.

[A]

She walks around thinking this.

[B]

She believes it, though. Yeah, that's the problem. Like, because, I mean, this is what.

[A]

I was saying earlier, though. She does believe it. And if she and people like her got in power, they would be. Dude, listen, man. Do you not remember what they were willing to do during COVID They were one to take people's kids away. They were one exile. People who didn't get the shot from society they want. They fired people. They ruined people's lives. And she was happy about it.

[B]

She wanted more. That wasn't enough, bro.

[A]

Those p. These people. Those people, meaning these communist leftist people, they have no problem. They. They will kill you if they are allowed to be in power. And history has shown this. There's 66 million killed in Russia. Nobody talks about it. 66 million. Not 6 million. 66 million, okay. That were killed by Bolsheviks. People should go look at what Bolshevism is all about. Who does it and where it comes from and what ideology they had. And if you actually learned about it, you'd recognize what's been attempted to happen.

[B]

Here just in the modern times.

[A]

Yeah, dude, don't talk about that.

[B]

Can't say that. No. But this, this, this, this little rant was. Was interesting, by the way.

[A]

Those 66 million people were Christians.

[B]

But here's the thing. Like, the, the rant, the little, you know, this rant that she did, by.

[A]

The way, that wasn't a thousand years ago either. That was in the 1900s.

[B]

Yeah, it was fairly recent.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But here's the thing about this wild claim that Joy just went on, right. She's claiming that all the billionaires are, you know, they're gonna, you know, they're the reason these fires are going on, and they're going to take over all the land to, you know, all. That's fine. That's cool. That's okay, Joy. But here's the problem. There's this clip that just surfaced of the governor of California, Gavin Newsom. Let's check this out.

[A]

Newscombe. Over the course of next several years, Los Angeles will be host to the World cup and then the super bowl and then the Olympics. With this rebuilding effort needing to take place, is L. A going to be ready for all of those global events? My humble position, and it's not just being naively optimistic, that only reinforces the imperative. Moving quickly, doing in the spirit of collaboration, cooperation. President of the United States, Donald Trump, to his credit, was helpful in getting the Olympics to the United States of America, to get it down here in la. We thank him for that. This is an opportunity for him to shine for this country, to shine for California and this community, to shine. The opportunity with all of that and all that opportunity and that pride and spirit that comes from not just hosting those three iconic games and venues, but also the opportunity, I think, to rebuild at the same time. And that's why we're already organizing a Marshall plan. We already have a team looking and reimagining LA 2.0, making sure everyone's included, not just the folks on the coast, people here that were ravaged by this disaster. You just said you're organizing a Marshall plan for the rebuilding of California. What is that Marshall plant? We're just starting to lay out. I mean, we're still fighting these fires. So we're already talking to city leaders, we're already talking to civic leaders, we're already talking to business leaders and nonprofits. We're talking to labor leaders. We're starting to organize. Organize how we can put together a collection of individuals on philanthropy for recovery, how we can organize the region, how we can make sure that we are seeking federal assistance for the Olympics more broadly, but also federal assistance for the recovery efforts, and how we can galvanize the community with folks that love this community to really develop a mindset so that at scale, we're dealing with the scope of this tragedy and responding to it at scale with efficiency, like the executive order. I talked about time value of delivering projects, addressing building codes, addressing permitting issues and moving forward to rebuilding and being more resilient. So you already got a plan. You got a plan for LA 2.0, right? Right. It's weird. You're standing in somebody's front yard where their house is burnt down, next to 100 other houses that are burnt down, where these people can't even have a place to live. They don't. They can't find shelter. Okay. There's no rental properties in LA that these people are filling up. I mean, this is a bad situation. And you're sitting here basically saying, oh, we've already got a plan to rebuild the California and it's going to be awesome for the Olympics. We've been talking about it already. That's interesting.

[B]

It's interesting. And then we get caught.

[A]

So, so, so these fires just.

[B]

You're right.

[A]

Happen to.

[B]

Oh, no, that's a good thing because we can revitalize and we can come together and collaborate in cooperation. It's interesting.

[A]

Yeah. I bet they went around to Some of these immigrants, and they said, hey, man, you go start these fires, we'll make sure you get to stay.

[B]

Help us rebuild.

[A]

Not immigrants, illegals.

[B]

That's what I'm saying. Help us rebuild.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You know, so, I mean, it's just interesting to. Joy Reed's claim, you know, that she's making that, you know, it's you out there. Oh, yeah, but Newsom's already had the plan, man. And.

[A]

And how is she not fire from. From television?

[B]

Well, here's the other thing. But she's gonna be on unemployable. Where's she gonna go after this? Like, when the woke shit's done, where do all of those people go?

[A]

Bro, she's gonna listen to a. She's gonna start a podcast. No one's gonna listen to. Do you ever notice these mainstream people that go start podcasts, they don't even rank. No, we're number one in business. Their number. And we're not. We float between number 20 and 30 in fucking overall podcasts in the world. These people fucking aren't even in the top 500. It's because no one gives a fuck. And they still think that people do.

[B]

That camera's a dangerous thing, bro. A camera on a microphone is dangerous. It's dangerous.

[A]

I mean, it exposes people's true power. Like when you're. When you're on MSNBC and you're spewing all this crazy, or you're on CNN and you're spewing all this crazy, and then you go start a podcast, nobody listens, it kind of tells you what's up, you know what I'm saying? Like, how. How much of your listenership have you lost MSNBC over the last four years? Because I know other places have lost upwards of, you know, 90 of their listenership.

[B]

Yep. I mean, it's.

[A]

People are tired of the dude. They're tired of it.

[B]

Well, it's funny you say that, because Steve Smith, he also jumped in on this, too.

[A]

Stephen.

[B]

Stephen A. Stephen A, bro.

[A]

All right.

[B]

He's coming around. Stephen A. He's coming around. Bass and Newsom gotta go. Have you seen this clip? Check this out.

[A]

They gotta go.

[B]

They gotta go. You know what?

[A]

They gotta go.

[B]

I don't give a damn if they do. After what I've seen last week, they gotta go.

[A]

They got.

[B]

I'm done.

[A]

I'm done, Kevin. I'm done. Sometimes there are. Steve. Sometimes there are natural disasters you can't do a damn thing about. When a hurricane hits your house down in south. In Florida, what can you do? Are you yelling at the politicians to stand out there and stop the wind?

[B]

Kev, I'm not going off about the fires.

[A]

The fires is not their fault.

[B]

But when firefighters are standing there saying there's not enough water in the fire, that's true. When. When Donald Trump asked for water to.

[A]

Be pumped from Canada into the LA.

[B]

System and Gavin Newsom opposed that. When you're hearing about environmentalists compelling him to protect smelt and little fish and.

[A]

Salmon at the expense of LA citizens.

[B]

Of California citizens, Kevin. I don't need much else than that.

[A]

I just don't. Maybe you're nicer than me. Maybe I'm too cruel. I'm. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of it.

[B]

They gotta go.

[A]

You know, I'm starting to have a different perspective on Stephen A. For real. I've been hard on him for a long time. I mean, I've always thought he was a racist. I've always hated the. That he says about, like, where I always felt like he's made issues around race that didn't need to be made as. He definitely stoked some fires, for sure. But in the last year, year and a half, I've started to shift my perspective, and I actually think that he actually believed those things. And I think he does call it as he sees it from his perspective, which makes me respect him in a new way, you know? Does that make sense?

[B]

For sure.

[A]

I would love to have him on the show, bro. I'd love to argue with him, be cool.

[B]

Yeah, he'd be cool.

[A]

Because, dude, he's fun. He's. He. He used to get, like, really mad in his arguments, and now he, like. There's like a humor part to it.

[B]

Yeah, I just.

[A]

I don't know. Oh, yeah.

[B]

I think it'd be cool, bro.

[A]

He's kind of turned me around, man. I'm kind of starting to become a Stephen A. Smith fan.

[B]

All right.

[A]

Which I would have never said that five years ago.

[B]

It's weird hearing you say it.

[A]

I know. But you know what, man? When people change and they change their perspectives and he comes across now as a Much like, okay, dude. Like, what I'm saying is, is like, you know how you see people and. And they say stupid, and you're just like, bro, you're just being an like. And that's how I always perceived him. I always perceived him as like this black dude that had a chip on his shoulder and was making issues that didn't really need to be made right. And I. I just think that that's what he believed. And I think he's starting to come around because now he's starting to talk about things and challenge things that I've seen him argue for in the past, which, bro, I, I think there's nothing real talk. I think that's one of the most respectable things you could say about someone because it's, it's. They're not just talking heads. This guy's actually thinking. He's, he's speaking from his perspective. And I can, I can get down with someone that does that, as long as it's, you know, what they really think.

[B]

Right. You know, I mean, I, I get that vibe from him, too. He's definitely been coming around, you know, but the Joy Reed shit, you know, people are pissed, obviously, at the Democrats. And then more and more is coming out about these fires and their origins. Um, you know, there's illegal immigrants that have been caught on camera getting arrested with blowtorches and homeless dudes setting fires in open fields, things like that. Um, but at the time of this recording, I want you to watch, look at, look at this headline. LA's lowlifes, the looters, burglars and drug addicts arrested during Palisades fire all share common trait. Um, they have over 40 people that have been arrested, and they've grouped them all together of being very close to these fire locations when they started, right at the evacuation times that, you know, the people being evacuated out of their homes. And as people were leaving their homes, they're going right in. Right, like, right, like. Logistically, what would seem to be impossible to just, you know, be a coincidence to happen. Okay, it's, it's weird. Um, but dozen of those people that have been accused of looting homes and stories in the ritzy Pacific Palisades enclave of LA during the deadly fires have been pictured in mugshots. Cops charged more than 40 detainees with various offenses, including burglary and drug possession. Since the fires broke out on January 7th. Remarkably, none of those arrested were actually living in the evacuation zone and seemingly traveled with the intention of taking advantage of the devastation. Now, what's important to note here, because I did some dives in this. It's not like they were just, you know, a few subdivisions over. These people lived nowhere near these fires. And the moment that they broke out, they were there. They're all there.

[A]

What's that tell you?

[B]

Logistically impossible. Andy, Not. This can't be a coincidence. Can't be a coincidence.

[A]

I had someone who is. Oh, by the way, there's their mug shots.

[B]

That guy also needs the Joy Reid treatment. Jesus Lord, look at that, huh?

[A]

Who?

[B]

This guy here.

[A]

Oh, yeah. He needs hair transplant.

[B]

What the hell? Oh, bro, this guy scares me.

[A]

Yeah, well, anyway, he's seen some.

[B]

Yeah, the.

[A]

Did he. That's like the first time you saw.

[B]

Boobies, bro, I am changed forever.

[A]

Dude, listen, these people, I. I had. I. I've had. I gotta be careful how I say this. I have someone who, who is.

[B]

Who would know.

[A]

Who would know who is under. They're involved in intelligence. Tell me straight up, like, hey, man, just so you know, we have credible evidence that this is a coordinated terrorist effort to set these fires.

[B]

So, dude, like, here's an example, right? When during the. A lot of the riots that happened, right? I mean, St. Louis is home to a bunch of those, right? We were seeing these trucks come in dropping off pallets of bricks, right? Like, that's just one example, like, logistically impossible for it to be a coincidence, right? And we're seeing the exact same signs and symptoms in these LA fires, bro. And, like, what is the truth? What is actually happening? And why is nobody even, like, everybody wants to throw this climate change shit in there? It's not climate change, man. It's not climate change. It's fucking wine. Who just saw boobies for the first time.

[A]

That's right.

[B]

You know, I'm saying now, who sent Wine? Because I don't believe he. I mean, he doesn't look like a very capable guy, you know, I'm saying, to like, you know, create this massive plan on his own. Who gave him the plan? Who gave him the supplies? I mean, dude, they're running around, they're getting caught with burglary tools. They got crowbars. And I mean, who's supplying these people? People? And who's giving them the info and the insight to even know where to go?

[A]

Well, you know, it's. It's. You know, it's the same old thing that's been happening. It's been happening since 2014 here in St. Louis with the Mike Brown riots. And it's interesting that a lot of the money that's being raised to help, quote, unquote, victims of, you know, the LA fires is going to act blue again, okay? And furthermore, how is it that the people of California pay the most tax of any place in the country, and yet they are so unprepared? We have to have citizens come out of pocket and do humanitarian efforts, which I'm glad they're doing, because that's an American thing. To do. We take care of our people, we take care of our neighbors. It doesn't matter if they're black, white, you know, Asian, Christian. It doesn't matter. We take care of each other here. And I can appreciate that. But why is it that these people in California are. And by the way, this goes for everybody. We're all over taxed.

[B]

Yeah, for sure.

[A]

And yet we can't handle simple things like a fire. Where's that money going?

[B]

Right?

[A]

And why are we paying those taxes? And why is it that, you know, every time there's a natural disaster, we're having these issues now? We never used to have these issues when there was natural disasters, man.

[B]

Didn't create fire in 2020.

[A]

No, bro. And we still have people in ash Asheville that are living in tents when it's 2 degrees.

[B]

Right?

[A]

This is okay. And the fact that we're even taxed like this at all is. And these people like Elizabeth Warren, who are up, they're making millions of dollars on backdoor deals while people are literally living in tents in Asheville, which should have been handled by our government agencies because of the tax that we pay. So we've become a country where the tax no longer goes to serving the people. It goes to serving the ruling class. And these people find ways to launder it and steal it and keep it from the situations and the organizations and the, the, the, the places it needs to be to serve us so that they can live in a bigger house that is up. Okay? And that is a fundamental change. This is, this is what I'm talking about when I talk about Donald Trump's administration. We are taxed in a way where we work when you at not just income tax, but when you add up all the tax that we make, bro, we pay more tax than we get to keep. Okay, if that's the case, then what does that make us? Does that make us free? No, it makes us tax slaves. It means worker bees. We exist to work our lives away so that they can take the money. And not only do they take the money, they take the money and they don't do anything for us. They do very little or they keep.

[B]

They keep doing stuff that further keeps the. The foot on the throat.

[A]

Of course, man. Like, I mean, of course that's what that's about, dude. Taxes. They could print as much money as they want. They do it anyway.

[B]

Right?

[A]

So if that's the case, then what is the point of taxes? The point of taxes is not to serve the public. It's too handicapped financially. The individual citizen, so that they cannot become too powerful for the government to control. And that is something that Donald Trump's administration needs to fix. And if they don't fix that, their administration will be a failure, in my opinion, because that is the ultimate issue here in this country that no one wants to address or talk about, because we are brought up believing that that's how it should be. Our ancestors had a revolt over 3% taxes, okay? And here we are 250 years later, paying more of our money to the government than we get to keep. That is anti American. That is against the fundamental guidelines that this country was even founded upon.

[B]

Well, I mean, here's another example.

[A]

Trump needs to change it. Dude.

[B]

Here's another example for you. A lot of these people that they've arrested at this time for starting these fires, right? You talk about priorities and tax dollars and where it goes, right? Like, you know, I'd be. I'd be curious to see. I mean, a few of these people could potentially be American citizens, but a few of them probably not, right? Or like the people that have been getting caught starting fires actually started them. They're not documented.

[A]

What should happen to people that get caught starting fires.

[B]

I think they should get caught on fire.

[A]

I think we should light them on fire on television, I think. Listen, dude, we got to get Dana White involved. He understands how to put on live events.

[B]

Pay per view.

[A]

Yes. We let him create a new avenue of his pay per view company, which is called the Big Show. We talked about this so many times.

[B]

It's great.

[A]

The Big Show. We take all these violent criminals and these arsonists and these people that disrupt society. And you pay a hundred bucks once a week if you want to watch him be lit on fire or thrown in a wood chipper on live tv. And then the money that's generated goes towards the victims of the crimes that they committed. I legitimately feel like that is a tremendous idea. And the reason I feel that way, because people think I'm joking. I'm not joking.

[B]

No, he's dead serious.

[A]

Is that over the course of history, people have been. Have to have been shown that there are violent repercussions for doing things like rape and murder and molesting children and starting fucking fires that ruin people's lives and kill their dogs and their kids and their families. And did you hear the story about that man who had a son who had cerebral palsy and couldn't evacuate? And he stayed with him and they both died. Like, bro, these people are killing people. And these people need to be dealt with. And unless there is a tremendous fear of the repercussions of actions, people will continue to do bad things. And we have been, we have been intentionally indoctrinated to have sympathy for criminals when we shouldn't have any. Okay, and, and, and bro, most people don't have an experience to speak from, from dealing with violent crime. I do. I got stabbed in the face. Most people don't even know that unless they read my book. Right. Or they've been listening to a show for, you know, 10 years.

[B]

Right?

[A]

But dude, I have a perspective of that. And, and a lot of people don't. They think that like, you know, all these violent crimes and these violent situations, they feel like they are accidents. Oh, the person, you know, they were molested when they were a kid, so now they killed someone. I don't care. I don't care. I don't care that they were molested as a kid. I care that they killed my kid.

[B]

Right.

[A]

You see what I'm saying? Like this, this justification making excuses for disgusting criminal violent acts has to stop and they need to be dealt with publicly so that we can stop this in society. Yeah, that's my personal opinion.

[B]

It's a relatively new thing too. Like in, in just in the human timeline.

[A]

That's right.

[B]

Of history, right? This, this bleeding heart with the people who do not want to participate in society like everybody else. It's relatively new, man. You know, but, but on the tax thing real quick, because I thought, I mean, this is, this is interesting how it all works together. Imagine, you know, a lot of these people that are getting caught setting these fires, a decent amount of them. They have been, and this is verified by ICE itself. They're, they're not, they're illegal immigrants. Right? But imagine, imagine, you know, you got all these people getting caught for setting these fires. They're all illegal immigrants. And then your number prior, your number one priority as governor of California is to, to, to take more tax dollars and put it aside to trump proof the state which money is going to be used to prevent those same people from being deported.

[A]

There's nobody in California that agrees with that.

[B]

Nobody. No. He's doing this shit on their own.

[A]

That's right.

[B]

They're doing this shit on their own. And so like, at what point do.

[A]

The California, even my liberal friends who are Democrat, they're, they're hardcore Democrats. My liberal friends, they're liberal, they're not leftist, they're not communist, but they are very liberal. These people are sick of that shit.

[B]

I mean, that dude. And that's the thing, man. Like, the people in California, they're going to have to stand up. I know. They didn't ask for that. No, tell them don't fucking do it. You know what I'm saying? Like, how do you trump proof a state? You know what I'm saying?

[A]

I think everybody in California should stop paying taxes.

[B]

That'd be a hell of a day. That'll be a hell of a day. Because, I mean, they. They pay a ton, man.

[A]

I know.

[B]

That's crazy.

[A]

Most people leave there because of that. They start making money because it's such a big deal.

[B]

It's crazy, man.

[A]

Guys, look at that slime ball turd. Yeah, I want to. I'm trying to cut back on my cursing.

[B]

That's good. Yeah, it's good.

[A]

But he's a piece of. Sometimes it's just appropriate.

[B]

Hey, I get it. Guys, jump in on this convo. Let us know down in the comments what you guys think about. About that topic. With that being said, let's get to our third and final headline. We got headline numero three.

[A]

Do you know the Spanish word for three? What?

[B]

Tres.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

You know how I know that?

[A]

Uno. Dos. Tres.

[B]

Nope. Tres leches cake.

[A]

That makes sense. What does that mean? Three layers of milk.

[B]

Yeah. Three. Three? Yeah, it's three milk cake.

[A]

Three milk cake. We got that somewhere. You ate it?

[B]

Yeah, I did.

[A]

I liked it too. I ate a pizza.

[B]

You did?

[A]

Yeah. Where was that?

[B]

That was a fall line.

[A]

Was it?

[B]

I think that's the place called.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Fall line.

[A]

Yeah. It's a good spot, too.

[B]

Spot.

[A]

Yeah, Fall line up there in Vail. They took care of us.

[B]

Tres leches cake. Yeah, that's how I know. Three in Spanish.

[A]

Shocking.

[B]

All right, headline number three.

[A]

Headline number cake.

[B]

A lot of people are upset about this. It's an interesting conversation. Like to get your take on it. Gotta talk about social media companies here for a second. US lawmakers urge Biden to extend TikTok January 19 ban deadline so TikTok's on the move to get banned from the United States. Okay. There's some interesting things that's happening in a few days. A lot of people are upset about it.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So let's talk about it. Two Democratic lawmakers on Monday urged Congress and President Joe Biden to extend a January 19 deadline for China based ByteDance to sell the US assets of TikTok or face a US ban. The Supreme Court held arguments Friday on TikTok and ByteDance's challenge to the law. A lawyer for the company, Noel France France Francisco said it would be impossible to complete a sale by next next week's deadline. He said if banned, the short video app used by 170 million Americans would quickly go dark and quote, essentially the platform shuts down. Biden could extend the deadline by 90 days if he certifies. ByteDance is making substantial progress towards a divestiture, but it's unlikely ByteDance can meet that standard. Senator Edward Markey said he planned to introduce legislation to delay the deadline by which ByteDance must sell TikTok or face a ban by an additional 270 days. Quote, a ban would dismantle a one of a kind informational and cultural ecosystem, silencing millions in the process. Mark, you said Monday. Now what exactly does that mean? Because it's not like, you know, TikTok would just disappear.

[A]

It's not.

[B]

But, but new users would not be able to download the app. But I think most people who are on TikTok, they're already on there. I think most people who aren't.

[A]

Wait, wait, wait. Is that true?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So if they ban it and you already have an account, you can still.

[B]

Use it, it will still be available. But Apple, like the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, they would not.

[A]

I don't think that's true, bro.

[B]

Yeah, I mean that's, that's what the, the ruling is here right now. This article actually talks about it because there's another app that's also coming out of China called Red Note, which I think that just screams communism to me for some reason. I don't know why. Yeah, but it's.

[A]

The new app's called Sickle and Hammer. Exactly.

[B]

That's what I'm saying.

[A]

Right.

[B]

It's a little weird. You know, that's an interesting name.

[A]

We got this new one called throw you off a building.

[B]

This new app called minecamp. Like everybody download it, it's like, what the fuck, bro? Hey, hey.

[A]

We got this new app, it's called Hitler Red Note.

[B]

All right, cool. But this is supposed to be like the backup plan. So if they don't sell and there's been talks like Elon Musk might buy it, I don't think that's been verified. It's just been, you know, conspiracy theories thrown out there. But yeah, if they don't get somebody to buy TikTok by January 19, the app will be illegal for distribution through the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Internet service providers will also be required to make the app inaccessible to us Internet browsers. But the thing Is let me find it here for you. If the ban takes effect next Sunday, Apple and Google will no longer be able to offer TikTok for downloads for new users, but existing users will still be able to access the app. U.S. government and TikTok agree that the app would degrade and eventually become unusual over time because companies would not be able to offer support services. So yeah, so it would still be available, but just no new updates, no new nothing. So eventually it would just fucking kind of fizzer out, you know, but a lot of people are freaking out. But yeah, this Red Note, this was actually launched in 2013. It became one of China's fastest growing social platforms with a value of over $17 billion. Known as.

[A]

The Little Red Book. It translates to the Little Red Book. Do you know what the Little Red Book is? Maybe you guys should all Google that. Maybe you should read it. It's responsible for more deaths than any book in the history of the world.

[B]

Saying it's not a good look.

[A]

It's actually the second most popular book, I think in history.

[B]

What if that's the plan? Ban Tik Tok to bring in the Red Note, which is like the actual.

[A]

Google Mao's Little Red Book.

[B]

It's actual social control.

[A]

You know what's crazy about it is when you read it, it like it's very convincing. Like if you read it from a state, if you read it from a.

[B]

Like a non biased.

[A]

If you read it from a objective. If you read it from a position that he's talking about freedom, you're gonna read it and be like, oh, this is great. Like it's. It's same thing with rules for Radicals. Like they. The books suck you in, dude. Like if you're stupid, you're gonna fall for it anyway. What does it say? What's it say about it?

[B]

It just tells me the details about it.

[A]

Is it the. Is it the second most popular book besides the Bible? I thought I heard that. What's. What's the top five books of all time? Top five distributed books of all time? I thought, I thought it was.

[B]

It's probably up there. A lot of people have read it.

[A]

I have. I have it at home.

[B]

Yeah, brother.

[A]

Yeah, dude, it sits on my coffee table.

[B]

It just gives different fiction books.

[A]

Well, anyway. Yep. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. So, I mean, it's not. Not a good look. No, Not a good look.

[A]

Yeah. Number three. What?

[B]

It's number three.

[A]

It's the number three most distributed book of all time.

[B]

Bible, Quran.

[A]

Bible, Quran. Red book. Damn it.

[B]

That's crazy.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

We're second.

[A]

Yeah. I'm just saying the book, the books kill more people than any book ever.

[B]

It's dangerous, bro. You know, so I mean, that, that's happened on the Tick Tock side. Any thoughts, theories, comments on that side?

[A]

I mean, it'll be interesting to see what happens if they do ban it. I, I don't, you know, I, I have my own theories about why they want to ban it. I think that Tick Tock has become the, I think Tick Tock is, is not controlled by the left and I think that's why they hate it. That's why they hate Twitter too. And I think there's been a resurgence of conservative values, Christian values that have come from the younger generations on Tick Tock. I believe that the young generations on TikTok have recognize the propaganda that is being pushed to them in schools, in high school and college, and they are revolting. And I think a lot of that comes from Tick Tock. I think the reason that Donald Trump won so decisively was because of the flip flop of Tick Tock being, you know, woke left to conservative in value. And so it makes sense why certain people want to ban it. Yeah, I don't think Trump wants to ban it. I think Trump wants it to stay. I don't know what's going to happen, you know, if it, if it does get banned, that's going to push a lot of people over back to meta.

[B]

Platform to their control app.

[A]

And you know, look, there's a lot of backdoor deals that are done here too and.

[B]

Yeah, well, I see there's like three parties in the, in play here. Right. So you got, you got the Democrats who can't control it because TikTok, in my opinion, it probably has one of the more freer algorithms. Right. Like obviously there's some still trying, like there's some influence.

[A]

No, I think it's, I think we all agree on that, but I think.

[B]

It has a better algorithm.

[A]

It's a way more open algorithm.

[B]

Right. So you have Democrats who can't control that and they want to control that narrative. Then you have the rhinos that come in and because China is the biggest threat to our country, they want, they don't want the control theory that's there.

[A]

Right.

[B]

But you have that third group that's kind of like it's fine.

[A]

Well, I, you know, look, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Yeah, I don't know. I feel like a lot of people are lying about a lot of different things. To get their way.

[B]

Yeah, for sure.

[A]

And, and, and my, my underlying feeling is what I just said. I feel like the communist influences in this country have figured out that Tick Tock is actually working against them and not for them, which is why they don't want it here.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I think it was intended to work for them.

[B]

I think so too. Yeah, I think so too. So, I mean, it is interesting how that works, you know, but if it does get banned, like you said, I mean, it doesn't really leave us with too many options. Right, because you got Instagram, Facebook, that, that's all the same.

[A]

Yeah. I mean, look, Instagram will get more left again and Twitter will get more right.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And you know, it is what it is.

[B]

Yeah. Well, I mean, speaking of meta, though, not sure if you. We've already talked about Zuckerberg's coming out. I made that video talking about the new change.

[A]

I think a lot of leftists are leaving the Internet.

[B]

Dude, they should.

[A]

No, I think they are. I think they realize that their entire mentality and their entire worldview has been propped up through propaganda bots and all of these things. And I think they're starting to get a temperature for what the world is really like. And they've been so abusive and so aggressive and so mean and so fucking vile for the last 10 years that they can't operate anymore because their whole strategy to operating online is to bully and gang up and cancel people. And you can't cancel people when the bot system isn't working on your behalf.

[B]

Right.

[A]

So we see all these leftists, you know, coming on people's and saying. And they're just getting blasted.

[B]

Well, that's the thing. But like, like, whereas three or four.

[A]

Years ago they were getting celebrated.

[B]

Exactly. Well, that's the thing. Like, that's what I'm saying. Like social media, those platforms for the last six years, where it was the only place that they could go where they wasn't alone, you know what I'm saying? Because in reality they're by themselves. It's such a small mindset group of people, there's not that many of them. But you know, on the Internet they had bot forms that all these things they could use and pop. Oh, they're not alone. I'm not by myself. I'm not the only person who thinks a kid can chop off his penis, you know what I'm saying? Like, and it propped him up and it, it did a lot of damage, you know what I'm saying? But if it does go back to meta, we'll see. Um, but we've covered Meta. We covered Zuckerberg making that new announcement, change of direction. Um, he's already took a new step. I don't know if you've seen this. This just came out before the show. Meta announces 5% cuts in preparations for intense year. Read the internal memo. Um, so he just laid off 5% of meta.

[A]

Um, what's the intense year that he talks about?

[B]

Well, I'm assuming all these changes that he's coming into. So let's dive into this a little bit.

[A]

It.

[B]

Meta set out to cut about 5% of its workforce, focusing on the company's lowest performing staffers. Is that some meritocracy? Sounds like some, Some. Some meritocracy.

[A]

Don't do your job, you get fucking fired. Wow. You know what's funny? That's how it's always been for white people. It's the truth, bro. It's the truth.

[B]

It's the truth. That's the truth. Um, but, yeah, let's dive into this. So CEO Mark Zuckerberg informed employees about the decision to, quote, move out low performers faster. In a memo posted on the company's internal workplace form on Tuesday, Zuckerberg told employees 2025 will be, quote, an intense year. The company specified that it's exiting approximately 5% of our lowest performers. In a separate message posted by a company director. Meta has more than 72, 000 employees, according to its most recent quarterly report. So what is it? How many people is that? 5% of 72,000. What's that?

[A]

Yeah. 3, 500.

[B]

3,500. Okay.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I mean, let's be honest. It's probably. That's probably how many were actually making these up ass calls and algorithms and potentially.

[A]

No, the. No, no, those people are active employees. The lowest 5% of your employees don't do. Okay, yeah, they hide in the corner. They pretend to be busy.

[B]

Right?

[A]

They do enough not to get fired, and that's what the lowest 5% does. The. The. The. The people who are doing what. What you are saying they're doing, those people are there for that and they're active, okay? So they're gonna have to do more to rid that part of their culture out of their system. Zuck probably doesn't know that because the reality is, is, you know, he's been running the company the way he's been running it for a long time. And I don't. I don't know that he knows that. But, you know, he could always bring me in. I could help him Fix his culture in about 90 days.

[B]

Anybody with purple hair, bro, he out of here.

[A]

No, no, no, no. I don't care if you have purple hair. But what I care is you do your job the way you're supposed to do it and you do it at a high level and you believe in the mission of what it is that we stand for and what we do. And I am very, very good at that. And I could help him for real. So Zuck, give me a call, bro.

[B]

Yeah. Well, here's the internal memo. This was the, the memo that was released. It's not long, it's not that big, but that's what she said. Let's dive into this. Meta is working on building some of the most important technologies of the world. AI glasses as the next computing platform and the future of social media. This is going to be an intense year and I want to make sure we have the best people on our teams. I've decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low performers faster. We typically manage out people who aren't meeting expectations over the course of a year, but now we're going to do more extensive performance based cuts during the cycle with the intention of backfilling these roles in 2025. We won't manage out everyone who didn't meet expectations for the last period if we're optimistic about their future performance. And for those we do let go, we'll provide generous severance in line with what we provided with previous cuts.

[A]

Yeah, he's nervous about those lawsuits that are going to come. But the reality is, is the law has been changed and you're not going to get the sue anymore for that.

[B]

No.

[A]

So I don't think you should be.

[B]

Able to sue for that.

[A]

No. Like, bro, you listen, dude. No, dj, you gotta understand. Companies have been held hostage by this for a decade. You have a person who's not meeting expectations and they're in a protected class and you fire them, you get destroyed on the Internet, you get destroyed in public perception, you get sued. Okay, that's all over now.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So now companies are having, we've talked about this on the show. Companies are having to move back towards meritocracy. I said this four years ago on the show. I said, you better move towards pro America, you better move towards meritocracy. Because that's where the it's going to go back to. And here we are four years later and it's exactly what's happening, actually. Yeah, bro. We have to understand these people, these low performers, they have used Their protected class to. To leverage companies into keeping them or even into promoting them into positions. Okay, that is not okay. That is not okay. And that shit's over. And Zuckerberg is starting to realize because he's surrounding himself by good business people. Dana White's one of the best business guys in the world.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay? He's got. He's got smart people in his ear now who are being like, bro, these people. Yeah, okay. They're you up, they're holding you hostage. Them rip the band aid off, and then when you fix the culture and you get it right, you'll never have to deal with that again because the internal culture will manage those people out on their own. You know what I'm saying? Like, bro, one of those woke comes here, what happens? They're out of here in two weeks. Yeah.

[B]

On their own.

[A]

On their own. They quit.

[B]

You ain't got a fire, right? That's real. That's real. I mean, listen, I. It's good to see. I mean, I didn't know a change is gonna come that quick, but I mean, it's at least nice to see you sticking.

[A]

Well, no, he. He has to, otherwise he'll lose.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

If you do not change your company to a meritocracy and you continue to do this where you're putting people into play that aren't good enough to be in that position, you will lose because of the market. It. This is what this is. This is. This should be obvious.

[B]

That's how it works, bro.

[A]

If I run a football team and I run the Dallas Cowboys and I start putting, you know, dudes out there because there's not enough white dudes on the team. And I put them into positions because of their. Their, Their whiteness or whatever. They're Asian guys. We don't have enough Asian guys. So we put out three Asian guys. They're. The team's gonna lose, bro.

[B]

Yeah, I couldn't see the ball.

[A]

No, look, look, they're gonna lose. They're gonna lose. So if you own a company. We talk about this all the time in RT. We talk about this all the time in QNAs. We're gonna talk about this all the time in MSCO. But, dude, if you do not run your company to win, you are going to lose. Is the natural order. Natural order always wins. It always comes back around. It always comes back to. The strongest survive and the weak ones lose and die. And Zuck's recognizing this as a 40 year old dude now. Okay. Who's, you know, like, bro, I think, look, Dude, A lot of people don't like the dude. I don't have an opinion on like or dislike, but, like, I can empathize, empathize with his position. The guy was one of the richest guys in the world. At 23 years old. He. What the fuck? He's never been able to grow up. He's never been able to have real friends. Who the are his real friends? He doesn't know because he's so much richer than everybody, you know. So I think he's starting to find his way. You know, he's doing jiu jitsu, he's doing these things. And by the way, people are like, well, you know, that doesn't excuse the things that he's done. Well, you know what? That's a conversation that should be had. But it seems like. And maybe he's just doing it to cover his ass. I don't know. But it does seem like he's growing in a different way.

[B]

It does.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Just like Stephen A. Smith. I agree.

[A]

I agree.

[B]

Guys, tell us what you guys think down in the comments. Let us know. Chat what you guys.

[A]

I have a hard time judging somebody who has been in a unique situation like that that really nobody can understand.

[B]

Well, another thing, though, doesn't everybody think they have a unique situation? Like it's, you know what I'm saying?

[A]

Yeah. But you true do when you're 22 years old and you're one of the richest. Right. In the world. The world.

[B]

Like, like that is a 22.

[A]

Okay. If I was as rich as I am now at 22, you'd find me in a gutter with cocaine all over my face and a, you know, who knows what he's doing.

[B]

Good just to be alive.

[A]

Yeah. Probably have a butt plug in or some weird ass. Like, I probably, you know, like, I'd be one of them dudes you can clam chowder. Yeah, that's right, bro. Like, it would, it would mess you up. Up.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You know what I'm saying? And the fact that he's not like, totally.

[B]

Yeah, that says a lot.

[A]

I think so.

[B]

Yeah, I agree with that, man. I agree. Guys, let us know down in the comments what you guys think. With that being said, let's get to our final segment of the show. As always, we got thumbs up or dumb as. You're a business guy, right? Podcaster, YouTuber. Yeah, that's business.

[A]

I, you know, I just mess around.

[B]

With a couple of things. Right.

[A]

Not very good at it.

[B]

Well, so I think I would describe you as a branding genius. You're very good with that stuff.

[A]

Well, we're about to find out.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Just gonna let that simmer on your guys brains?

[B]

Yeah. Well, I wanted to get an experienced veteran entrepreneur's take on a company doing some new branding stuff.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

All right, we got Walmart unveils new logo for the first time in almost 20 years. And shoppers are stunned by brand refresh. Okay, You've seen this?

[A]

No.

[B]

Okay. All right, this is good. All right, this is good. Here we go. Okay. So Walmart has updated its logo for the first time in 20 years and shoppers are seriously stunned. The retailer describes the new look as comprehensive brand refresh that reflects its evolution, but many beg to differ. According to the company, one of the key features of the refresh includes a word mark inspired by founder Sam Walton's classic trucker hat with the modern custom font. The color palette True blue and Spark yellow was updated to keep the brand fresh. Okay, so comprehensive brand refresh that reflects his evolution. Okay, now for those of you guys who have forgotten what the Walmart logo looks like, this is the logo. So here's the before. You ready for the after.

[A]

Mm. Shut the fuck up. Come on, dude. Come on.

[B]

Hey, that's.

[A]

This is bullshit.

[B]

This is real.

[A]

No, it's not.

[B]

This is real. Okay? Before.

[A]

Come on. That is lies, bro.

[B]

Listen. All right, now the. The text. So they have two logos, right? This is like the just signature. Trademark sign, right? Here's the wording before. After a comprehensive refresh.

[A]

You guys are fucking pumping. I swear to God, bro.

[B]

This is real.

[A]

Is this real? I know Z Shine will tell me the truth.

[B]

It's real.

[A]

Zeeshan's my minister of truth over here. Z Shines, my Mary Poppins of truth.

[B]

Foreign policy officer.

[A]

Yeah, that's right. You're everything. If I. If I need to know something, I ask him. Is that true?

[B]

This is true.

[A]

Really?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Well, this is an example. No, listen, bro, this is an example of what we're talking about, what we were talking about with Meta. You got all these people by committee and nobody wants to make a mistake. Nobody wants to anything up. And dude, they probably paid $30 million for some sort of market research. 2.1.

[B]

Well, $2.1 million.

[A]

No, that's not even what they pay their employees and all this other dude, like, and it probably took him a year to figure it out. And all of these people show up and. And they don't do anything and this is what they have to show. And I mean, dude, this is. This is corporate inefficiency. That is reflective in, in their work. You know, like I would fire every single person.

[B]

I was just about to ask, okay, so you're, you're Sam Walton.

[A]

I would fire. Sam Walton's dead. But if Sam Walton were alive, he, Sam Walton would fire 80% of the people that work at Walmart today. Yeah, he would not, not because he doesn't care about people, because Sam Walton was actually very famous about caring about people. But what Sam Walton was also famous for was he cared about details. This dude used to go into all of his stores and measure the width of his aisles with a measuring tape. And if it was 1/16 of an inch off, he would make the entire shelf be torn apart, taken down and move a 16 inch. So it's all perfect. This dude was the ultimate detail oriented entrepreneur. And if you go read books about him, I mean dude, he's, he, listen, he was awesome. That's why Walmart's so, so tremendously good. But what Walmart stands for today is not what Walmart stood for when he ran it, it. Okay. And I think if he were here today, I think he'd be very upset with what's been done with this company in, in a lot of different ways. I mean, let's be real, dude. You know, like, you probably don't remember this and, and Joe, you might remember this. Do you remember when Walmart didn't have super centers and then they just came. Do you remember Walmart was just like a Woolworths? I do, yeah. So, so Walmart used to be just like a true value or like a Woolworths or like a general store. Okay. And then I, it's probably 30 years ago, they came out with a super center. Okay. And the super center had groceries. That was the big thing. You get the groceries. And then it became, you can get all your home goods there, right?

[B]

Automotive.

[A]

Yes. But when you went into Walmart when they first did that, bro, it was perfect. It was perfect. It was perfectly clean. Everything was facing perfect. It was, it was like an amazing thing to go to a Walmart super center because of how perfect it was. And now you go in one. I mean there's people of Walmart now.

[B]

You go in one Facebook page, bro.

[A]

That's what I'm saying it looks like. And so when I say he'd fire everybody, I don't think I, he would rehire people.

[B]

Yeah, for sure.

[A]

But there would be different standards.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So anyway, yeah, this is, this is insane, dude. And that's, that's embarrassing, you know, to the, the whole branding Department of that company should be fired. No, I. Listen, I'm very serious, dude.

[B]

Somebody said, I can't believe someone got paid for this. Somebody else said, I hope people will still be able to recognize that's Walmart.

[A]

That's. Dude, that's insane.

[B]

Yeah, dude, it's wild, man. I don't know. Thumbs up or. Thumbs up or dumb as fucking? Come on, man.

[A]

This is the dumbest shit you've ever had on here. It's cr. Dude, imagine being the person who is the lead of the. The brand graphic design team coming to. Like, imagine if this were me. Yeah, no, for real. Imagine if this were me. And they. And they. And I said, hey, guys, I want to complete. I want a complete brand refresh.

[B]

Wait, wait, you gotta use their words. Hold on. Use our words.

[A]

Comprehensive brand refresh. Okay? Don't bring me anything until it's perfect.

[B]

Comprehensive.

[A]

And then they turn around and bring me, like our regular logo back again. No, dude, with like a sharper color. Wow, man. It's reflective of corporate attitude, though. Nobody wants to make a decision. Nobody wants to make a mistake. And, you know, we'll throw a little Q and A F in here. If you're one of these people that works inside of a company who is a total coward and you trying to, like, not make a mistake, you're never going to make any money. You're never going to be successful, you're never going to do anything. Because the best people, the best ideas, the best things come from people that are willing to step outside what is comfortable to present. And that doesn't mean it's going to. You're going to get your way. But at least, like, my best people that I work with, they will bring me things that are different than what we're doing. So we can say, okay, we can go in that direction or this direction or that. And. And because people are so fearful, they hold themselves back because they can't move. They can't move outside the idea that, well, if I do this, I'm gonna get in trouble. What the are you talking about?

[B]

Right?

[A]

You're paid to push forward. Let's do some cool.

[B]

Push some forward.

[A]

That's what I'm saying. So if you're one of those people, bro, you better break out of that. You're gonna be broke forever.

[B]

I love it, man. I love it. Well, guys. Andy, that's all I got.

[A]

All right, guys, don't be a hoe.

[B]

Show the show we're from Sleeping on the floor now my jury box froze Pole stove counted millions in a cold. Bad booty swole. Got her own bank roll, can't fold. Just a no head shot, case closed.