Episode 3101 - The Scott Adams School 02/24/26

Summary

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Real Coffee with Scott Adams

Episode 3101 – The Scott Adams School 02/24/26

Date: February 24, 2026
Theme: Examining current events through Scott Adams’ "persuasion filter," with particular focus on political strategy, major legal news, and the intersection of messaging, law, and public sentiment.

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Episode Overview

This episode revolves around the morning’s biggest news and political narratives, viewed through the lens of persuasion and the structure of storytelling that Scott Adams is known for. The panel, featuring Erica, Owen, Marcela, and Sergio, discuss the Supreme Court’s recent tariff decision, ongoing cartel violence in Mexico, developments in the Epstein files, Gavin Newsom’s gaffe, and national sentiment around recent sports victories. Throughout, there's a recurring analysis of how public figures reframe events and use both media and persuasion tactics to influence public perception and maintain momentum.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Simultaneous Sip & Building a "Sipper" Network

[02:11–04:45]

• Scott Adams leads listeners through his signature "simultaneous sip," framing it as more than just a ritual but as a network akin to an Ivy League alumni association.
• Key Quote:

  "If you find another simultaneous sipper anywhere in the world, be sure you’re ready to treat them right. ... Introduce them to your sister, because I’m sure you’d want your sister to marry a simultaneous sipper. I mean, duh." – Scott Adams [03:56]

• The group jokes about forming networks and even matchmaking among "sippers," comparing it to exploiting networking connections in elite circles.

2. Supreme Court Tariff Ruling & Trump’s Reframing

[07:12–14:00]

• Marcela explains the Supreme Court’s recent ruling: only tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) were found unconstitutional, but others remain in play.
• Owen highlights Trump’s rapid reframing: Instead of a defeat, Trump pivots to claim the decision gives clarity and actually enhances his authority on tariffs.
  • Notable: Trump increases planned global tariffs from 10% to 15%. [10:20–10:55]
• Persuasion angle:

  "He took that defeat into victory. He indicated that the Supreme Court’s decision actually gave him more power than he thought..." – Marcela [08:14]

• Sergio: frames Trump as a master at bending legal setbacks into narrative victories and using villainous pageantry (“dark MAGA”) to project authority. [12:25–13:10]
• The group predicts ongoing legal battles (FedEx suits, challenges to new tariffs), but consensus is Trump uses every twist to strengthen his position.

3. Cartel Violence in Mexico & U.S. Policy

[14:30–26:00]

• Owen: Reports fugitives and tourists are stranded and violence has erupted after a major cartel leader (“El Mencion”) was killed in a Mexican Army (U.S.-backed) operation.
• The role of women in cartel takedowns is discussed—romantic interests leading to captures, echoing historic tales of downfall through love. [16:34–18:13]
• Erica:

  "People underestimate how many cartel members are in our country right now... I’m pretty sure there’s a lot of politicians that are on the take working with the cartel..." [18:13]

• Consensus: The violence highlights the border/security crisis, with China’s fentanyl supply to Mexican cartels seen as an act of undeclared war.
• Erica frames the fentanyl epidemic visually:

  "Picture like a football stadium with 70,000 people in it, and then China and Mexico drop a bomb on it..." [23:30]

• Recommendations for U.S. travelers: Avoid Mexico indefinitely; it's not safe.

4. Epstein Files, UK Arrests & U.S. Accountability

[26:59–33:11]

• Owen: UK authorities have arrested Peter Mandelson following previous Prince Andrew actions. UK was "taking it more seriously than the U.S."
• New: Sensitive Epstein evidence and electronics discovered in U.S. storage units unused by the FBI.
• Skepticism over further arrests in the U.S.; panelists believe legal moves were compartmentalized to protect U.S. elites.
• Erica:

  "It’s so amazing to me... all [Democrats] do is care about hurting Trump. They don’t care about women, children, drugs... they’re never complaining about the kids—it’s just, 'Oh, Trump was in there!'" [31:11]

• The shared view is that public outrage is muted and pre-selected targets are protected unless linked to Trump.

5. Gavin Newsom’s SAT/Dyslexia Gaffe & 2026 Dem Field

[33:12–44:25]

• Marcela: Newsom joked about his "960 SAT" and being "like" the (Black) Atlanta mayor, leading to widespread accusations of stereotyping. Trump posted that this moment “ended” Newsom’s presidential prospects. [36:48]
• The group splits:
  • Marcela and Sergio think the gaffe may galvanize Newsom’s base and boost his outsider image, likening his “own your flaws” approach to Trump’s successful reframing.
  • Owen and Erica argue the errors compound existing negatives: "He just looks like a slick car salesman." [43:07]
• Debate on likely 2026 Democratic candidates: Newsom, Pritzker, Shapiro, Buttigieg.
  • Erica sarcastically:

    "Congrats to Pete Buttigieg...he's gone from 0% to 1% [with Black voters]." [45:54]

6. U.S. Hockey Team’s Victory & National Sentiment

[46:08–53:05]

• Recent U.S. men’s hockey championship over Canada sparks nostalgia for 1980’s "Miracle on Ice" and serves as a patriotic morale boost.
• Political angle: FBI Director and President Trump engage the teams; controversy over the women’s team declining a White House invite.
• Sergio:

  "It felt like the ’80s the last two days... The spirit’s rising... I choose USA!" [53:23]

• The win is seen as symbolic of an ascendant, renewed American spirit heading into the State of the Union.

7. State of the Union Preview & Panel Predictions

[53:46–end]

• The panel speculates Trump will tout economic statistics, Gaza “peace,” border control, and the capture of Major adversaries (e.g., Maduro, Iranian proxies).
• Expectation: Democrats may boycott or disrupt, continuing the polarization of such events.
• Erica: Is bracing herself for "theatrics" and predicts she’ll need “a shot of vodka.” [55:45]
• Marcela:

  "...Most likely he'll mention the golden age, because that's already been part of their—the White House has already posted about the State of the Union being the golden age State of the Union speech." [56:19]

• Panel muses on the possibility of military moves—possibly during the address.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Scott Adams on networking:

  "Let’s turn this into something where if you get a request from a simultaneous sipper, you take it seriously, because that’s somebody who’s got it going on." [04:30]

• On Trump’s reframing of legal setbacks:

  "He took that defeat into victory... [The Supreme Court] outlined that the President... does have the ability to do tariffs, just not under that particular act." – Marcela [08:14]

• Sergio on persuasion theatrics:

  "[Trump] went dark MAGA... set the mood for success... he went super villain." [13:07]

• Erica’s fentanyl stadium analogy:

  "Picture a football stadium with 70,000 people in it, and then China and Mexico drop a bomb on it... Could you imagine if you saw it that way visually?" [23:30]

• Newsom’s gaffe:

  "I can’t read—I’m like you." – Newsom, as recounted by panel [34:30]
  "That's the problem; this is a business for you, being a politician...he just looks like a car salesman." – Erica [43:07]

• On U.S. Hockey win:

  "It felt like the 80s... The spirit's rising... I choose USA!" – Sergio [53:23]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [02:11] – Simultaneous Sip and Ivy League analogy
• [07:12] – Supreme Court Tariff Decision & Trump's Response
• [14:30] – Cartel Violence in Mexico; U.S. Response, Fentanyl analogy
• [26:59] – Epstein News: Mandelson Arrest & New Files
• [33:12] – Gavin Newsom Gaffe & 2026 Dem Primary Talk
• [46:08] – U.S. Hockey Team Victory & its Symbolism
• [53:46] – State of the Union Preview and Expectations

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Tone & Language

The hosts employ a blend of playful banter and pointed, often sarcastic, political analysis. The language is direct, sometimes irreverent, and leans heavily into cultural references (e.g., wrestling, pop culture, memes). They critique media narratives and political figures by using both humor and rhetorical questions, keeping the conversation energetic and accessible for listeners skimming key takeaways.

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Takeaway for Non-Listeners

This episode gives a rapid-fire, filtered look at the day's biggest stories, emphasizing how public figures use persuasion, framing, and theatricality to win or maintain power. From Trump’s legal and political maneuvering to Newsom’s verbal blunders, from geopolitical struggles to sports victories with patriotic overtones, the panel evaluates not only what’s happening but how it’s being spun—and cautions listeners to read beyond surface narratives.

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Transcript

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[Owen Gregorian]

Stephen. Hey, Bookish.

[Erica]

How does Lang do it?

[Owen Gregorian]

I don't know.

[Erica]

Everyone, you guys in the chat today, tell us what you're most excited about for today in your life. I want to see. I want to see, like, what are you doing that you're excited about? And good morning.

[Marcela]

Good morning, Everybody.

[Erica]

Good morning, YouTube and X. I hope you're right on board with us.

[Marcela]

Rumbles on board.

[Erica]

How's Owen feeling?

[Owen Gregorian]

I'm all right. I'm still working through my sickness, but it's okay. I feel. Yeah.

[Erica]

Good morning. Good morning. Oh, look at all you cutie pies.

[Marcela]

Ah.

[Erica]

Okay, so listen, I think. I think we can get going. I think we have a little bit of an extended sip clip for you. I haven't seen it yet. So we're gonna roll that beautiful bean footage with Scott right now.

[Scott Adams]

Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the highlight of civilization in Scotland. Coffee with Scott Adams. There's never been a finer thing in the whole universe and you're lucky enough to be experiencing it if you were prepared. You've got your beverage. Why? Why do you need a beverage? Well, you need more than that. What do you need? You need a cup or a mug or a glass, a tank or jealous or stein. A canteen jug or flask, a vessel of any kind. Fill it with your favorite liquid. I like coffee. And join me now for the unparalleled pleasure. It's the dopamine of the day, the thing that makes everything better. It's called the simultaneous sip. And it happens.

[Marcela]

Now.

[Scott Adams]

Go. Oh, yeah, yeah. Now you feel a little bit more dehydrated. Or hydrated. I mean, you're a little bit more hydrated, a little more caffeine. You can feel it already. Your day is improving. You are now one with all the sippers around the globe who simultaneously sipped with you. And I would like to offer this following offer to all simultaneous sippers. Have you ever heard of people who went to an Ivy League school and they're so lucky because they can always network with other Ivy League school people? And you'd be like, oh, you went to Harvard. Well, I went to Harvard, too. I'd be happy to hire you because we both went to Harvard. You'd like a connection. You'd like me to connect you or introduce you to somebody. I'd be happy to, because we both went to Harvard, and you went to Harvard. So we'll introduce you, and then you can make a fortune. Well, I propose to you simultaneous sippers. If you find another simultaneous sipper anywhere in the world, be sure you're ready to treat them right. Introduce them to people who can help them, give them jobs, treat them nice, Introduce them to your sister, because I'm sure you'd want your sister to marry a simultaneous hipper. I mean, duh.

[Sergio]

Who wouldn't?

[Scott Adams]

So let's turn this into something, okay? Let's turn it into something where if you get a request from a simultaneous sipper, you take it seriously, because that's somebody who's got it going on.

[Erica]

I love that.

[Marcela]

It was a good one.

[Owen Gregorian]

Did you guys. Have you guys used your alumni network? Has it worked out for you?

[Erica]

I think people are using it in the Scott Adams meetups, right?

[Sergio]

Absolutely. Absolutely. I met more people that are sippers in the last two months than in the last, you know, seven years. It's been amazing.

[Erica]

I want to see the first simultaneous sip wedding. We need, like, a matchmaker like, thing and then a wedding. Imagine how well those people would get along.

[Sergio]

I'll take the photos. I'll take the photos.

[Erica]

Sergio will take the photos. Well, good morning, everybody. Welcome to the Scott Adams School. It's State of the Union Day day. My name is Erica, and I'm here with. Look at Sergio with another hat today. Another hat, another background, looking dapper. New lighting. I love it. Look at our gorgeous Marcella. She's feeling the patriotic pride today, wearing red with the flag behind her. And we are so lucky because Owen Gregorian is still not feeling well. So we get this voice for another day. Good morning, Owen.

[Owen Gregorian]

Good morning, everyone. How are you?

[Marcela]

So sexy. He's.

[Erica]

He's gonna be on what's that thing called where you can like call and get a message with the celebrities. I forget. He'll be on that. Okay, we'll get him going. Him and. And Judge Janine. So, you guys, it's the news crew in the house.

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[Erica]

And Marcela and Owen have picked some great stories for us. I hope everybody enjoyed Robbie Starbuck. Y it seems like you really did. And I. I hope so. He's a great guy, very useful. And thank you for showing up. You guys with us every day at the Scott Adams school. And don't forget coffee with Scott Adams. There's thousands of hours for you. And there's more at his locals, which is Scott adams.locals.com come be a subscriber. I was live last night talking to the beloved sippers. We had a great time and we encourage you all to come on over and join us there. So let's kick it off with some news on this Tuesday morning. And Owen or Marcela, who's going first?

[Owen Gregorian]

Marcel is going first.

[Marcela]

I'm going first. So for my first news is regarding the Supreme Court. We talked about the ruling for the tariffs on Friday. You know, it came out during the time we were. We were on. Ever since then, it's been noted that the tariffs ruling from the Supreme Court only was only in regards to a certain act, any tariffs that were under the International Emergency Economics Power Act, I, E P A and so those are the only tariffs that were based on that are the only ones that were basically unconstitutional. Trump came out fighting, he had a press conference and he basically reframed the defeat that we thought that perhaps he would be defeated. You know, obviously he will never be defeated. He's unstoppable. So he took that defeat into victory. He indicated that the Supreme Court's decision was. Was basically actually gave him more power than he thought because it gave him clarity. For so many years he was waiting. It felt like years, but, you know, for so many months he was waiting for a decision by the Supreme Court. And the Supreme Court outlined that the president of the United States does have the ability to do tariffs, just not under that particular act. So I'll give it to Owen and Erica and everybody and Sergio to tell me what your thoughts are.

[Owen Gregorian]

I Definitely give Trump 10 out of 10 in reframing this in his favor and in, you know, keeping his policy alive. I think. I'm not sure it really is as clear as he wants it to be because another story I saw was that FedEx is suing the government now to get their tariff money. Back. And so that's going to be in the courts, and that I'm guessing that will just be the first of many, and there'll be lots of court cases coming up trying to clarify all this. And then even the new tariffs that he does, I'm sure, will probably be challenged in court under these other statutes. And I think Trump's clarity that he talked about was probably mostly from Kavanaugh's dissent, but that was the dissent that wasn't the majority opinion. So I don't know how much was in the majority opinion that he could count on. I think Kavanaugh was the one that kind of wrote the dissent that said, well, you can't do it that way, but you can do it this other way or this other way or this other way. And I don't know if the other justices will agree. Right. I mean, they obviously disagree because they had a different opinion, but I don't know that they ever really addressed each other's differences. So we'll have to see how this plays out. I'm guessing it'll be tied up in the court until Trump is out of office, but in the meantime, I'm guessing he'll continue to collect tariffs.

[Marcela]

So, you know, we'll see how he actually doubled down. Right.

[Owen Gregorian]

He.

[Marcela]

On the press conference on Friday, he said, oh, no, more tariffs, more tariffs. 10% global tariffs based on Section 122, a different act, the 1970 rule. But recently, I think Sunday or Saturday, he added 15% instead of 10. Right.

[Erica]

Oh, so it was an additional 10% on top of what it already was across the board for Everybody. Now it's 15.

[Marcela]

Yeah.

[Erica]

All right.

[Marcela]

And by tonight, 25.

[Erica]

10 more feet on the wall.

[Sergio]

Sergio, I think this is one of the best examples of how Trump follows the law.

[Owen Gregorian]

Always.

[Sergio]

He always follows the law. If you read all his books, you always see how he uses the law for good. Really? Because this is a way that the court is saying, okay, you cannot do it this way. He tried, but now all these other ways have been already discovered, and he already knew about it already. It wasn't like they got surprised. I mean, for some of us, I think that it looks like that, but most likely they already gave it out. Trump is not like, oh, I wonder what I'm going to do if that happens. There's not like that. He's going to, like, 100% decide what's going to happen. Right. So the move was beautiful. You know, he. He did that conference press, you know, with the lights dimmed out, dim down, laying down the law saying a blue

[Marcela]

light behind him, right there was. They were adding, because this was at the White House press room, but they added, like, all these lights, like. And Lut. I think Lutenik was next to him. You can go ahead and tell us the persuasion angle, Sergio.

[Sergio]

I mean, the Undertaker, Remember in wwe walking down.

[Marcela]

Do you remember you guys, the Undertaker? Everybody's like, what?

[Sergio]

Well, maybe some of them do. But the point is that you set the mood for success. You said the music, you said everything, all the elements for that, to create that. That image that you want to make, you know, like right now, I mean, Erica said, like, Sergio, your background's too dark. You know, like, make it a little more lively, right? And it wasn't something that I'm trying to do. And. And Trump went the opposite, right? Like, you know what? Let me go super, you know, villain here and show you that I mean business.

[Marcela]

And he went dark maga.

[Sergio]

Dark maga. So Erica is like, when you see that, I. I just get shivers, right? So that's part of the persuasion to get people in that. In that mood and then saying, okay, you know what? And everything is still lawful and there's going to be lawsuits. Like Owen said for a long time, everybody loves money, right? Nobody's going to stop loving money today, but the money now is more towards us now. It's going to be coming through and cleanly. 5% more. The power of the president to destroy a country economically has been 100% declared lawful. And that's what's amazing. It's almost like saying, you have permission to destroy any country or destroy any narco boat that comes through. Right? Just like that. You know, it's amazing. So that's it, pretty much. What do you think?

[Owen Gregorian]

And there are more, More narco boats every day. I saw another story yesterday or today that there's another narco boat blown up,

[Sergio]

and there's going to be narco trucks, narco buses. There's going to be all kinds of narco trains, too. Maybe,

[Erica]

you know, ride the narco train. I can see it coming. Okay, next story. And Owen, just FYI, if you could, I don't know, talk into the mic. Something's a little bit off.

[Owen Gregorian]

Thank you. Okay, I'll do what I can.

[Erica]

Thank you.

[Owen Gregorian]

Well, there is the, of course, the story about Elementio being captured or killed, I guess, and causing a lot of chaos in Mexico. I think people are really wondering what direction this is going to take. There are tourists that were obviously caught off guard by this that are stuck in Puerto Vallarta can't get out of the country, so they're very scared about what is going on and whether they're going to be safe. I think so far most people are safe, but there have been a lot of deaths. I think there's been at least like dozens of deaths, but I haven't heard. I mean, I did, I think I did see one reference that maybe there was an American killed, but I think it was mostly Mexicans that were killed, but they were burning the city and, you know, essentially having violence erupt in the wake of this. So it seems like the cartels are. This was a US Backed operation. I'm not really sure exactly what that means. I'm guessing it might have been intelligence or even just that we told them, you need to do this, but it looks like it was the Mexican army that took them out. And so as far as I know, publicly at least, we don't have boots on the ground going after the cartels. But it does seem like they're going after the cartels and I would kind of expect this will probably continue. I think they're going to try and take out a lot of the leadership and start dismantling it. And it seems like it was at least at the request of the US So it seems like maybe there is some negotiation happening between the Mexican government and the United States. It could be that Trump or someone in the administration said, look, if you guys don't do it, we're going to do it. So make up your mind, you can do it or we can do it, but somebody's going to do it. And maybe the Mexican government said it's better if we do it. But a lot of people speculate that Shine Bomb is controlled by the cartels and a lot of the government is controlled by the cartels. And even Trump has said something like that. So it'll be interesting to see how that plays out because, you know, anytime.

[Marcela]

How did he get caught? Owen, can you explain for me?

[Owen Gregorian]

I can. Apparently they, they verified where he was by finding his girlfriend, who some romantic interest that he was dating. And the girlfriend went to where he was and went outside. And then I think the army caught the girlfriend and she pointed to where he was. So I think what you're looking for is what I told you privately, which is men are taken down by their women. That's how these things happen. That you had Adam and Eve, you had Samson and Delilah, and even, you know, Abraham Lincoln probably didn't want to go to the theater. Yep.

[Erica]

You know, Owen feels like Old Abe didn't want to go to the theater, but his wife was nagging him like, I want to see it play. This is my interpretation that led him to the theater, and the rest is history.

[Marcela]

Beautiful.

[Erica]

You got to take the women out sometimes, you know?

[Marcela]

Thank you.

[Sergio]

Have you seen her? Have you guys seen her?

[Marcela]

Have I seen the girlfriend?

[Sergio]

Yeah. The girl that took down the el mention. Right.

[Owen Gregorian]

I have.

[Sergio]

Well, I know that she's only fans. I don't have only fans, but I know she has it. And. And it was like the guy. It used to. Amazing how somebody so powerful. Right. Again, is taken down like this by. By the lost and only fans model. Yeah, exactly. And it happened to all of them. Right. It happened to the guy. The Colombian guy, too.

[Scott Adams]

Right.

[Sergio]

And also Chapo.

[Erica]

Oh, yeah.

[Sergio]

By women, too. So no use age.

[Owen Gregorian]

Certainly if I were in a position like that, I would not be trusting my life to an only fans girl. I don't think that's a good idea.

[Erica]

Yeah. No. Not when every aspect of their life is like a selfie or a video stream. That can't be good. But I would like to thank this whole cartel situation for making the midterms better for us, showing that we do need a closed border and we do need to get these people the hell out of our country, because this is what we're talking about. And, you know, people underestimate how many cartel members are in our country right now. And I say this with any certainty, or allegedly, as Marcelo would like me to say, but I am pretty sure that there's a lot of politicians that are on the take working with the cartel, because for some reason, power and money are just the thing that these people love and the reason why they never leave office until they're, like, dead on the floor and have to get wheeled out, because who the heck else wants to work until they're in their 80s? But anyway.

[Owen Gregorian]

Yeah. And it certainly would be, you know, raise your threat level, whatever you were at before, put it up a notch, especially if you're any. In any area where, you know, there's a lot of cartel activity. But that's probably pretty much every major city at this point. And you don't know when there's going to be some violence here that they think will be retaliation. So be careful, and we'll have to see how this evolves, I think. I'm guessing this isn't the end of it. I think they may have even said some statement about that, like, this is just the beginning. And I kind of, you know, I think of Scott. Like, he wanted. He wanted this, right? He wanted to take down the cartels in China and the fentanyl. And I think this is also meant to do that. I think that's really why they're doing it, is because they're killing our people. They're. They're putting fentanyl on the streets, they're killing our kids. And, you know, over 100,000 a year. And it's really war. It's. It's a war. It's a war act to do that. And so I think it's very justified, in my opinion, to defend ourselves against that and to take them down. And I think it, you know, Trump is again taking the strong position saying, I'm not going to let this continue. And he did a lot of stuff with China, but obviously that wasn't enough. Now he's going after the cartels. So, yeah, you know, I think Scott may get his final victory, that we're going to crush fentanyl and not have that coming in and killing our kids anymore.

[Sergio]

Erica, just one last thing on that, because some people were asking about what to do. They have family in Mexico. Should they tell them to get the heck out right now or wait a little longer? I saw a little bit of that on YouTube and here, too. So right now, the doctor is not barking. If it was a real attack right now, like a counterattack, there will be so many deaths. There will be like hundreds of deaths. Right now, the deaths that have been. Have been more side effects because they've been doing this. What they're doing is they're protesting just like the same thing that the Democratic, the Dems and the antifa does. You know, when they get angry and they want to get attention. So they were doing that because their leader got captured. So they're burning a lot of gas stations, but shooting at government buildings, taking airports. But they haven't been killing people yet.

[Erica]

Like random.

[Sergio]

Exactly. And the last ones they're gonna kill are gonna be American passport people. You know, any American citizen. They don't want to mess with that. They're the last ones. But you never know. It can happen. And it's going to happen because this war is going to get just. There are two ways that it's going to go. It's either going to be bloody and horrible for the last. For the next years, or it's going to be beautiful like Venezuela. You know, Venezuela now is peaceful. We are working together. Everything is fine. So one of those two. So take a guess which one is going to be. And that's it. Yeah, yeah.

[Owen Gregorian]

I mean, I. I would just say if. If you have family or friends or people that happen to be in Mexico at this point, just check the State Department, see what guidance they have. They. I, you know, they. I think initially they were saying just shelter in place, and they had shut down all the flights. I don't know if they've been reopened yet. I'm guessing it won't be too long if they haven't already reopened the flights. But certainly if I were there, I'd want to get my family out as quickly as possible. If I were from the United States and I just happened to be vacationing in Mexico or something. But I would. I would only want to do it with, you know, essentially guidance from the government saying, yes, it's safe. Yes, here's how to do it.

[Sergio]

Well, if you see helicopters playing around, you resort. That's when you start back in.

[Erica]

I think he can't get out. You can't get out, though. Just. Yeah, I mean, you have information on your social media from officials telling you what to do, and the hotels are going to try to guide you and still keep you safe. But you do need to leave. Like, these people are in a war with the cartels. They need to go. But.

[Owen Gregorian]

Or if you're suicidal, you might have. If you're working a lifetime for a

[Erica]

vacation, you know, if you're suicidal and you want to go out in paradise, per se, have at it. And the other thing I wanted to just say, because I just want to put one more point on this for Scott also, is that I just want you guys to picture. So, you know, we know China. Do I have to say, allegedly Marcela is making the fentanyl and they're giving it to the Mexican cartel, and then

[Owen Gregorian]

they're making the precursor chemicals for it, at least. Yeah.

[Erica]

Yes. Right. So. So when people are like, I. I talk to people about this a lot. I have. I have actually many friends whose kids died from fentanyl. Like, it's just so weird. Like, many. And I want you guys to understand, when I explain this to people, I'm like, we're literally at war with, like, China's at war with us. Okay, so if you want to look at it this way, what do they say? Like, a. Approximately 70,000 people od on fentanyl. Right. In this country a year. So look at it this way. Picture like a football stadium with 70,000 people in it, and then China and Mexico drop a bomb on it and they wipe out 70,000Americans. Look at it that Way instead of like hearing a drip here and a drip here and the drips you never hear because they are literally dropping a bomb on a floor football stadium full of people every year. Could you imagine if you saw it that way visually? So.

[Owen Gregorian]

And a huge number of them were kids.

[Sergio]

Narcos. Narcos have killed more Americans than any enemy we've ever had in history. Right. If you put all the enemies together, no enemy has killed more Americans than the narcos have. Yeah, I know that. There's like a lot of reasons why they do it, whatever. In China backing them up now.

[Owen Gregorian]

Yeah.

[Sergio]

So they. You are 100, right, Erica? I agree with you. 100. They have few more Americans.

[Erica]

Picture, you know, just picture, picture. If we saw a stadium every year blow up full of people, you'd be like, oh, my God. Right? So that's what's happening. And somebody asked, you know, do you think Cancun is safe? No, just cancel travel plans to Mexico. Just forget Mexico. Just take it off your list for the next five years. We'll see what happens. And I love Mexico and I love the Mexican people. Believe I've been there probably five times. Love it, love it, love it. I don't see myself being able to go back there. So sorry. All right, we'll move on. But it's an important story because it does affect us here too. So thank you.

[Owen Gregorian]

I'm hoping they can really, you know, dismantle this, but it is a difficult thing and it's going to be hard to say that

[Sergio]

Buelli in Salvador, he's the only one that has been able to do that.

[Owen Gregorian]

So I. I honestly don't think. I honestly don't think Mexico can do it on their own. No, I think they would have to have our help. I think we'd have to go in and take them out there on the ground. And I don't think Mexico is ready to do that. Maybe they'll reach that point if they're getting retaliated against enough that they think, okay, this is a war, you know, civil war now. But I don't think it's reached that point yet.

[Erica]

Let's take a vote. I'm going to put a poll up later. Can't we just take the whole continent? I mean, wouldn't that just be better?

[Owen Gregorian]

Yes. Manifest destiny.

[Erica]

Yeah. Because, oh, my God, I would move to Mexico if I could move there. I just. I love the clothes, climate, everything.

[Owen Gregorian]

Anyway, do we have to take Canada just.

[Erica]

Just for a victory lap? Yes, we do.

[Owen Gregorian]

Let's at least not make it A state don't give them any voting rights.

[Sergio]

I love Canada.

[Erica]

Listen, Canada. Canada better get its together. They used to just be our nice little friendly neighbor to the north. Now they're just. We love. We love the Canadians. We're not loving what your government's doing. We do love the Canadians.

[Sergio]

China. China. Is China again. China on both sides starting to take us down.

[Erica]

Yep.

[Owen Gregorian]

Okay, we've got more news.

[Erica]

We might be bashing Canada one more time later, but it's just for fun. Okay, carry on.

[Owen Gregorian]

We've got more Epstein news. Peter Mandelson has been arrested over in the UK So follow up to Prince Andrew or Express Prince Andrew being arrested. I think they raided this Mandelson person's house a few weeks ago, so now they followed up with an arrest. So once again, the UK seems to be taking this a lot more seriously than we are here in terms of actually holding people accountable for this. Hopefully that will change. And then you heard the story, right? We've seen all the Epstein files. That's it. We got them. All right. Well, apparently not. Apparently Jeffrey Epstein had storage boxes all over the place across the country in storage lockers and boxes and boxes of records. And it looks like he had computers, photos, and gear in U.S. storage units. He rented at least six from 2003 to 2019, and it included items from Little St. James Island. And apparently the FBI never. May never have searched them. So now they're looking to try and get this. And it looks like we might have yet another round of Epstein files. Imagine that.

[Erica]

Oh, boy. I have nothing.

[Marcela]

Will there be more arrests, you think?

[Owen Gregorian]

Well, I. I do think there probably will be more in Europe. I think there are some other countries that are also going after people. I forget if it was Sweden or Norway or somewhere else that they were also going after somebody. But I don't know about the U.S. i don't know. I mean, I. I tend to think that. My perception is that they were very careful in all the criminal cases and lawsuits to only present evidence against Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and no one else. And so they don't have a lot of that evidence just to say, oh, we've got the evidence. Let's just go arrest them. Right? I mean, I think they may not have curated out the stuff around Prince Andrew and all these other things that we're seeing over in Europe, but I'm guessing they probably were careful to say, we need to make sure we hide anything about people in the US Maybe keep it in the CIA or, you know, somewhere else. And I don't really believe for a moment that we've seen everything. And I do think there are people that should be in prison from the U.S. you know, I'm surprised that we haven't gone after more people that were really close to him, like Lex Wexner and Reid Hoffman. But, you know, they do need evidence, Right? And so my, if I were. I mean, you can tell me if I'm wrong, Marcella, but what I would expect is they have to do a new investigation if they're going to do that. They can't. They can't just say, well, you were in the Epstein files 2,000 times, so we're going to arrest you. You know, they need to have some actual hard evidence of laws being broken. And, you know, I'm not sure that I've seen anything that's definitive where you can say, here's the law they broke, here's why they should be arrested in the files themselves. Again, maybe we haven't seen everything. Maybe there's stuff that was redacted. Maybe there's stuff in these storage boxes that'll change it. But, you know, I think to me, it's probably something where you might need a new investigation.

[Erica]

Although a lot of CEOs are leaving their positions because of the Epstein files before they're even brought out. Sergio.

[Owen Gregorian]

Yeah.

[Sergio]

Oh, well, there's a dog nor barking here, right? Because if you see, do you see any protests right now asking for the Epstein files to be released? Right? There's not a lot of people out there, you know, on the streets asking for the Epstein files to be released. It looks like a lot of protests. We know they get paid, right? And who pays them? Who pays all the people that are protesting out there, right? So I don't think they're very interested in this Epstein thing, you know, like, oh, when you're saying, oh, we hope we got somebody, they don't care if it's not Trump, they don't care. They're not going to push anybody. So everything is just. It was just for Trump. So if it's not Trump in the name, they're not going to get imprisoned at all. So that's what's going on. So, yeah, if you don't see anybody protesting and demanding, you know, for the Epstein files, there's something going on there.

[Erica]

It's pretty pathetic watching Democrats suddenly now want information on the Epstein files when they think maybe Trump could be in there not understanding how stupid they are that they had the opportunity to do that forever. They didn't give a Shit about what was going on over there with the. The kids and the young women or all of the, you know, money laundering and all the blackmail. But now they care. No, they don't care. They. All they care about is getting Trump. So I'm. I'm certain. You know, it's so amazing to me, this blind spot the Democrats have that all they do is care about hurting Trump. They don't care about women and children and drugs and this and that. They're so the party of just death and destruction and turn a blind eye. As long as you can get Trump, then. Then we care. It's like they're never complaining about what about the kids. It's like, oh, Trump was in there. Like, he's the most vetted man on the planet. You guys, you have to just take a breath. Like somebody said, go smoke a cigar. Go hang out with your kids. Take up a hobby. Go shopping. Take the social media off of your devices. You're so shot out. You're not fun. You're not funny. You're not cute. You look a mess. Everybody calm down. If there was anything in those files, don't you think 100 times over that that would have been trotted out? Don't you think Epstein would have put it out himself? Like, get a grip. He's vetted. He's fine. He's not molesting kids. He's a. He was a billionaire businessman in New York. And here's the news flash. They're a little handsy maybe, or maybe they can get any chick they want. This is not new, okay? This is not shocking. The locker room talk on the bus that day. Grab him by the. Whatever. That's two dudes talking in a bus. And listen, I've said worse with my friends, so don't act like you guys are all Pollyanna, make me rant today. It's too early. Okay, next story.

[Sergio]

He's in. Amazing.

[Marcela]

I wanted to do my. My story. It's Gavin, what I call Gavin960newsome, as you guys are probably well aware. He. Gavin made some. Some controversial remarks. He has a book tour in. On Sunday night. He made. He was with the mayor of Atlanta in Georgia, and he said to him. To the mayor, by the way, I need to specify, the mayor is African American. And he looked at him and he said, I'm like you. As he discussed his 960 SAT score by telling him that because of that, he was like him.

[Owen Gregorian]

And.

[Marcela]

And basically, he dumped. He was like, yeah, I'm dumb. Basically, in those words. Not Exactly. Reframe, Rephrase. Rephrasing his words. But, I mean, people came out against it. Senator Tim Scott accused Newsom of stereotyping black, African. Black people, Black Americans, as giving them a low bar.

[Owen Gregorian]

He said, I can't read. I'm like you.

[Marcela]

Oh, he did say I can't read, unlike you. He talked about dyslexia, though. Allegedly. Yeah, allegedly. He has dyslexia. I know a lot of Americans suffer from dyslexia, so I don't want to make light of it. But still, the way that he approached the subject was iffy. And then I don't know if. If Owen or one of you, Sergio or Erica, want to read Donald Trump. President Trump made a truth post yesterday about it, and I don't know if he would like to read it. Owen, I can look for it.

[Owen Gregorian]

Give me a minute to pull it up if I can find it for it.

[Sergio]

I think that this is going to be a lot of fun for what was going to happen, because when Trump decided to go all in on Newsom on this, it's going to make Newsom stronger. Right now, his base. His base is stronger. He's being Rupa right now. Because he didn't mean black people. He meant, like, the people there. Like, the normal people. Right. So it's very interesting to see it

[Erica]

was an audience of black people.

[Sergio]

No, no, it wasn't. It was actually white people mostly. It's just that guy in the audience right then in front of him was black. Right.

[Erica]

But most of the people are the opposite.

[Sergio]

Oh, yeah. He's like. I mean, this is one of those things, like, I'm not gonna be popular for saying it. And it doesn't matter, because I love that he's getting Rupert, you know, the way that our president got Rupa. Right. So let's go for it. Let's keep Rupert him, you know, harder.

[Erica]

But Gavin's problem is not the base. Like, I mean, he needs to grab everybody else. The base is the base is the base.

[Sergio]

Exactly. Yeah.

[Marcela]

He needs to grab everybody else.

[Erica]

You know, the people that know how to read.

[Owen Gregorian]

I don't see it. I don't see a true social post about Newsom. Maybe if you can find.

[Marcela]

It's in the dms, but. Okay, so he basically. I'll. I'll be Trump today. You guys. Can you. Can you.

[Erica]

Okay.

[Owen Gregorian]

Yep.

[Marcela]

Can you be okay with that?

[Erica]

Yeah. So.

[Owen Gregorian]

Whoa.

[Marcela]

Gavin Newscom just dropped out of the presidential race. President djt. So basically, what Trump is saying, President Trump is saying is that by Gavin having this Misunderstanding, perhaps, as Sergio would say, that this ends his presidential race because what allegedly he did was a little bit racist. More than a little. But it's funny, I, you know, I didn't know you could. That's very low score for 960. That's all I can say. But I personally don't think that his presidential. He could still become president. I mean, people don't care about facts. They do not care about facts. I think, in fact, President Trump should know that, because that's what happened to him in 2015, is that people were talking about the grabbing of, you know what and everything else, and he. People still voted for him because it's how you make people feel. It's not. It's the emotion of the voter and then them making their fake because for some other reason. So I don't really think he's out of the race. In fact, it's just given him more power, more attention. Remember, part of persuasion is grabbing attention. And Gavin Newsom is having us talk about him for almost the entire day yesterday. So that in itself. And I don't know what your thoughts.

[Owen Gregorian]

I think, I think. I think Gavin Newsom is not gonna be the candidate. I think Scott predicted that a while back, probably. I predict he will be, but it seems to me like he's taking all the arrows when no one else is. Right now, where he's. There's another story about him taking a swipe at Kamala Harris, about her relationship with the mayor that got her career started in the bedroom. And so it seems like he's going against his own party, and that's going to come back to bite him, probably because a lot of people still like Kamala on that side.

[Erica]

I don't know if the ladies will like that.

[Marcela]

Yeah, I don't think a lot of Dems like Kamala, to be honest.

[Owen Gregorian]

Well, I mean, I'm sure they were disappointed in her, but I think if they see Newsom taking shots at Kamala, I don't know.

[Erica]

Remember Marcella, the white liberal women or the affluent liberal women, they are like, all about women. Go, girls. Don't talk about my Kamala. I mean.

[Owen Gregorian]

Oh, I. I just think he's, you know, he. He's out so early in this. Right. He's the only real Democrat. That's really hard campaigning, even though he hasn't officially announced, obviously he's campaigning for president. And I think that's a mistake. I think that's something where it gives everybody else time to gather ammunition against you, see what your positions are and Position yourself to be better than that and learn from his mistakes. And he's making a whole bunch of mistakes. And, you know, his record obviously isn't very good to begin with, but I think, you know, to your point, he does have a lot of charisma. He probably has better charisma than most other people that I might think about. But at the same time, I think he has so much baggage that I think it's going to sink him. And what he's saying now is just compounding that, where he's making these gaffes, he's making these stupid statements, he's acting like he's. He got really angry after someone on Fox called him out on his racism on this, and he's like, you know, getting all upset about it, and he just doesn't come across as strong at this point.

[Sergio]

Well, if you see Biden, right. Biden won by being.

[Owen Gregorian]

I know.

[Marcela]

He was, like, so weak. Okay, go ahead.

[Sergio]

Yeah, no, Biden is so weak and so pathetic and. And then really, like, incompetent, Right. And people love him, and his base loved him so much. So I think that Marcel is right. I think that Newsom is the most likely one to be the candidate. I don't see anybody else close to be at the top right there. I think that he's stronger on his base, and what he did now is similar to what Trump did with the Supreme Court, because I think he's saying, okay, you know what? I'm going to double down on being the biggest retard ever. And he went for it. And everybody's like, yes, let's go for it. My retard. You know, he's my retard, right? So people love that. People love that. You know, as long as you don't go full. And I don't think he went full. He just went, like, right there, where everybody gets. Feels connected to him, right? So I think that his basis is going to be after him stronger now. And now there's no thing that can stop him, because no baggage that comes out can be worse than this. You know, it's like, okay, I already told you, I cannot even read.

[Erica]

I mean, I don't know.

[Owen Gregorian]

I think there's worse that can come out.

[Erica]

Yeah, I disagree. I mean, first of all, when he said on that same interview, he said. When he said, you know, I can't read a teleport. Like, I can't. I might be in the wrong business. And I'm like, that's the problem. This is a business for you. Being a politician. You're saying is your business, which, like, just sickened me because he just looks like a slick car salesman. And wait, could you stand this? And then this is what we're gonna do. Give and take. It's like, what are you doing? And look at California. Like, every major moneymaking corporations leaving, billionaires are leaving, rightfully so. And, you know, more people are moving out than. More people are moving out than moving in. I mean, like, he's like, voguing when he talks.

[Marcela]

Look at all the people moving out.

[Erica]

Me, I can't. I can't take him. But I. I just think he's a slimy politician. He's related to Nancy Pelosi. This is just right. This is. They're all just freaking grifters. And California is so, so, so beautiful. The most gorgeous real estate and climate and all of it. And there's so many people that are loyal to it, and they stay there because they're like generational Californians. But it's, like, disgusting what's happening there. And, you know when you watch TV shows, like, you know, I have friends that are like, oh, my God, it looks so beautiful. I want to go there. I'm like, that's a camera angle. Like, that's just a camera angle for you. If someone's lawn and the fountain. I was like, it is such a shit show there now. It's so sad. And he's like, oh, now let me do to America what I did to California.

[Sergio]

No, we have to stop him.

[Owen Gregorian]

Just think of all the meme potential.

[Marcela]

I didn't say he would win.

[Owen Gregorian]

I need to convince you. Just think of all the memes we can make out of these things. Against Newsom.

[Erica]

Yeah, but.

[Sergio]

All right, memes don't affect, like, the way you are talking about. A lot of memes actually help people a lot. You know, even. Even if the retard memes, just the fact that he's out there so much and. And the more we hate him, the more they love him. That's the way they work.

[Erica]

But that's the base. That's not.

[Sergio]

I agree. It's not. It's only the base. We are going to hit him more now, but the base is going to learn more. And, yeah, he might not win, but he's the top.

[Owen Gregorian]

Well, I'm going to stick to my prediction. The candidate.

[Marcela]

I'm going to stick to mine. He'll be the candidate.

[Owen Gregorian]

We have a bet then. All right, but what are we bidding for?

[Marcela]

Oh, well, we'll figure it out.

[Owen Gregorian]

It can be a job. It doesn't need to be. But no, I, I think tell us

[Marcela]

in the chat what we, what we should be.

[Owen Gregorian]

I would say like Pritzker might be a more likely candidate and I hate to say that. Oh I know but he is on

[Erica]

Ozempic for he's on the zpi.

[Owen Gregorian]

He's got lots of money and he, you know, can talk pretty good. I guess not, not this Newsom, but maybe. And him a book. I think so. But I don't know.

[Erica]

He's just, he's another one though Trump derangement syndrome. He doesn't come up with any, any anything. All I hear him doing is complaining about Trump and Republicans. Like okay, we know like we complain, we complain.

[Marcela]

But what are you mentioned Shapiro?

[Owen Gregorian]

Well, I think he's a possibility too. The, the Obama impersonators are going to be coming up too. Shapiro and that other guy that was on the, the late night show that

[Marcela]

was running Rico or something.

[Owen Gregorian]

Yeah, 10 Rico. Like they're both Obama impersonators. I had a story about that.

[Marcela]

So is Pete Buttigieg white Obama impersonators?

[Erica]

Oh, congratulations to Pete Buttigieg by the way. He has, his popularity is right rising amongst black voters. He has gone from 0% to 1%. So big shout out to Buddha judge making, making waves.

[Owen Gregorian]

I would love to see them try and push. That would be.

[Marcela]

I do want to cover something else, you guys and Owen can cover it since he, he's so good at it. The hockey win for the men's US Hockey. Come on. We, we practice this flag behind me.

[Owen Gregorian]

Yay.

[Marcela]

Go man. Hockey team. U.S. hockey. They won on Sunday. I know some of you watched it, some of you watched hockey for the first time as I hear one of the main patriotic moments was when the goalie stopped the Canadian from scoring. And that would be hella back. And then the other one would be Jack Hughes, who you know as the missing teeth or half a tooth hockey player who was asked about the United States and he was so proud to play for the United States. It was amazing to see them. I think we're going to see them tonight in the State of the Union. The interesting. There's two things that came out politically from, from the win. One, I think Director FBI Director Cash Patel was actually in the locker room celebrating with them. And I think a lot of people are like, did you vote for this? Is this what you voted for? And other people are like, yes, that's what we voted for. We voted for our director, FBI director to be drunk with the US Hockey team while winning the other One was, I think Cash Patel had called President Trump and to speak to the team, and he made certain remarks in regards to the women's team. He said, oh, I think I. He invited. At the. At the time in the phone call. I think you guys can see it. It's like 13 million views of the video of the phone call while in the locker room.

[Owen Gregorian]

And.

[Marcela]

And basically what happened is he. He was inviting the men's team to the. To tonight and the State of the Union, and he told them, oh, you know, but I have to also invite the women's team, you know, because if I don't do that, I'll get impeached. And, well, let's just say that the women's team did not. Well, they didn't comment on it, but they also declined his invitation. They're not going. I personally think that they should have gone. It's an opportunity. When do you get invited to the State of the Union, and when do you get to be the special guest for the President of the United States? Not very often. So I don't know your thoughts, Erica, on the women's team.

[Erica]

I'm a. I am a hockey fan. I haven't watched hockey in a while, but I don't want to hear it in the chat. But I'm an Islander fan. Let's go, Islanders. Long island and not the Rangers. No. But you know what? I'm a weird fan because if the Islanders are out and the Rangers are still in, I will root for the Rangers because it's like a New York, New Jersey vibe. But I am an Islander fan. Anyway, I used to go to the games every Friday with my grandfather. I babysat for one of the Islanders kids. Like, I knew them because a lot of them live where my grandparents live. Shout out. Okay. So anyway, hockey fan, I want to say first, I want to say, I don't know any of these players names, but that Jack's score, the. What an amazing assist he got. The guy that, you know, shot the puck to him for. It's so tempting to want to take a shot like that and be like, I could take this shot right now and win. Or do I pass it to this guy who's got the opening and he can do it? Team work. I love that. And also the women's hockey, the scoring goal. Holy cow, what a freaking faky shot. She. Yep. And that was just amazing. So shout out to both teams. As for the women, honestly did. I did. Were they all standing for the. For the. Okay, so they did all the right proper stuff. Right.

[Marcela]

They didn't do the U.S. soccer women's team thing.

[Erica]

Okay. Yeah, that's what I thought. Okay. So you know what? They don't want to go to the State of the Union. It. They're just falling in line with, you know, whatever. I'm sure. I don't care. I don't, I don't necessarily think they should have gone. And I think that the significance of the men, women was winning was much different than the women because of the not winning since 1980. And it was just so long awaited. And it definitely just felt bigger. Not that the women's wasn't amazing, but the men's thing was like iconic. It was like a moment. It was like the most like Olympic thing that could happen for America. So I'm proud of both teams, but

[Marcela]

don't know in the chat that, that I don't know the source because they don't list the source, but they said that the women's team had declined to go before this. Comments were made by President Trump. So they had been asked because they won earlier on. And I think he probably asked them at that moment in time, but I guess they declined.

[Erica]

I'm not sure.

[Marcela]

Yeah, yeah.

[Owen Gregorian]

Political angle that, you know, 1980 was largely thought it was a political victory as much as a sports victory because we beat the Soviet Union and it was this big come from behind victory. And so it was this, you know, they call it the miracle on ice. And now we did the same thing to Canada. So we kind of demoralized Canada in the process of this. That they, they, this is their one point of pride, that they think they're better at hockey than the United States and apparently not. So Canada has anything left where they can say they're better than the United States.

[Sergio]

They could have been champions if they had been part of the United States 51st state.

[Erica]

They could have been, but no, they got Katy Perry instead.

[Sergio]

I'm GLAD you mentioned 1980 like that, Erika, because you know, Gen Xers, right? We know. Remember those times. And I wasn't a citizen here yet, but I was a visitor of America and I was a admirer of the country already. You know, growing up in Mexico and it felt like, it felt like the 80s, the last two days has been feeling like that. I've been feeling the spirit rising. That's something that Trump has been speaking about a lot of, about the recruitment, I call it. Everybody's meeting the quotas of recruitment in all the armed forces, police, everything.

[Erica]

Military.

[Sergio]

Yeah, military. Everybody is so excited. You see people singing the national anthem and bars. It's amazing what is going on. I never expected this to come from hockey. That really got me. But I should have because it's all been about ice, right? It's all about the ice, ice, you know, everywhere and, and, and, and this is the, the of the ice and the ice is saving us now, the women and the men and I see like the momentum going and I feel like we just gotta ride it. You know, I'm glad that you guys have the flags and stuff because I, I choose usa.

[Marcela]

Usa. Usa.

[Owen Gregorian]

The State of the Union. Tonight, Trump is going to have a long speech on the economy affordability. He's going to talk about the lower inflation, the rents, stocks are being high and all the tax refunds that are coming. And he's going to claim Gaza peace and has the border fixed and Maduro captured and his previous strike on Iran. So he's going to be going through a lot of different topics there. I think he is coming, trying to hope, hopefully boost his polls. Right now he has a 55% disapproval rating, so his ratings are down from where they were. So I think he's hoping he can boost this going into the midterms. So we'll have to see what happens. I, I don't know how much disruption there's going to be from the Democrats. I think Adam Schiff might have been one that said he's not going to even go to it. We'll have to see if Nancy Pelosi

[Marcela]

tears and so neck is not going.

[Owen Gregorian]

Yeah. And I don't know, you know, I don't know if there'll be too much disruption, but we'll have to see how the Democrats behave. But I think he has a lot to talk about, a lot of good things to talk about. So I'm hoping, I'm hoping it does get through to people.

[Erica]

I'll be for you guys, just FYI

[Marcela]

because I be watching with us.

[Erica]

I'll be watching it for this community so we can talk about it tomorrow because honest to God, I, I just am not a fan of the theatrics at the State of the Union and their little paddles and we're going to wear white and no, no, don't be, clap for the little boy who survives is surviving brain cancer. Don't clap for him. I'm like, what? Oh, oh, so something good happened in the country. Not happy. No, I just like, I cannot take these people like or do you just hate everything? You guys, I'm on a tear anyway. So what are your predictions? I Predict that I'm going to need a shot of vodka. Oh, oh, you mean about the State of the Union? I have none,

[Marcela]

Sergio.

[Sergio]

Well, it's going to be fun. It's going to be. There's so many chances of getting the people excited tonight that I don't know what else can compete. Is there any counter programming on the left?

[Marcela]

There will be after.

[Owen Gregorian]

No, they're going to have a whole counter programming all through it, too. And then they're in. Spanberger and probably some other radicals are going to talk afterwards.

[Erica]

Good. Go to the counter program and go watch the circus over there. Let the adults handle the country. Thank you.

[Marcela]

I don't know. I. I mean, I predict theater kids are going to come out and play. They're going to be acting like little kids, and they might not even clap for the United States men's hockey team when he mentions them or anybody else that he's mentioning. And I know that most likely he'll mention the golden age, because that's already been part of their. The White House has already posted about the State of the Union being the golden age State of the Union speech. I. He'll focus on the economy, the domestic front, but he'll also mention foreign, you know, foreign victories, like all the eight piece. Eight countries that. Or eight conflicts he has resolved, plus the ninth one.

[Erica]

I have a quick question because we only have a couple minutes left. Does anyone think he's gonna do one of those, like, weird head fakes tonight where he's doing the State of the Union, meanwhile, we're, like, bombing Iran?

[Owen Gregorian]

Oh, I doubt it. I don't think he'd do it during. Because he'd want to be there.

[Marcela]

Erica. There is a chance for that.

[Erica]

Yeah, I know. I worry about those things because he, you know, he is one of those, you know, we'll give you two weeks to think about it and, oh, we bombed you. You know, it's like, oh, so I. I hope not. I. I just don't like it.

[Sergio]

But if he's a. If he's a nice, clean, precision attack, it'll be great, right? If it's the start of the war, then. Not Because Maybe not, but if it's like a quick, precise takedown of this guy, like Maduro, I mean, we'll. We'll go for it.

[Erica]

I. I can't really speak too much on that because I don't know enough about it, really.

[Marcela]

There's been movement, actually, of troops, and there's been indication that that might, you know, it's coming soon, you know, but We'll. We'll find out, won't we?

[Erica]

Is everybody gonna watch tonight? And listen, here's. Here's the pros. We get to see J.D. vance and, like, watch his smiley face and we don't have to see Nancy Pelosi and her big sour puss denture head. Sick of her. And also if I just listen and maybe don't watch, I won't be, as, you know, unhinged. So maybe we can listen to it and not watch it so hard. But that's how I'm going to do it.

[Sergio]

Erica, one more thing I wanted to mention. We do have troops on the ground in Mexico. Navy Seal Team 2 has been there. They were approved by the Senate to go there. So we do so pray for them. Really? So they don't really get involved in anything?

[Erica]

Yes, absolutely. Always praying for the most peaceful outcome of. For all. All of the world, really. Just, it's. There's a lot going on. I will not host a State of the Union watch party because you'll have to call an ambulance for me if you see me fall on the floor. So sorry, Chat. I can't do it. I just can't do it. I. There's a lot of cursing for me when I watch that. I'm like, very tense. I don't. This is just my nature. But you guys. So we're at the top of the hour, so the four of us will be back tomorrow. We're going to go over like, you know, the State of the Union. So watch it tonight or listen to it however you want to hear it or don't spare yourselves and we'll give it a wrap up tomorrow. There's a good chance Joel Pollock will join us in the beginning of the show so we can get his take on things, which would be so great. Thanks for the hugs, Bookish. So love you guys so much. I love you guys so much. And we'll be back in the morning. You guys be useful and let's do a simultaneous closing sip to our Scott Adams, who is allowing us all to stay here and be here. And we honor him, and we honor you guys. Love you guys so much. And thanks, Bri, for hosting us. To Scott.

[Marcela]

To Scott.

[Owen Gregorian]

To Scott.

[Erica]

Have a great day.