The Scott Adams School - 05/01/26 BJ Dichter Joins the News Crew. Trump, Area 51. VDH. NJ Governor

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Real Coffee with Scott Adams

Episode: The Scott Adams School - 05/01/26 BJ Dichter Joins the News Crew. Trump, Area 51. VDH. NJ Governor
Date: May 1, 2026
Host: Scott Adams and News Crew (Erica, Owen, Marcella, BJ Dichter), guest appearances
Theme: Examining the week's news and cultural moments through a persuasion and "persuasion filter" lens, with a dose of Friday fun, speculation, and lively panel discussion.

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Episode Overview

This lively Friday episode of "Real Coffee with Scott Adams" brings together Erica, Owen, Marcella, and special guest BJ Dichter for a wide-ranging conversation. The panel applies a persuasion filter to trending political news, social phenomena, new government initiatives (like Trump’s IRA plan), courtroom chaos with AI, and even UFO disclosures. Listeners are treated to playful banter, memorable animal videos, debate over policy effectiveness, analysis of political personality, and speculation about Area 51 quakes and the nature of alien disclosure.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Animal Moments, Good Vibes, & Friday Looseness

Starts ~00:00–06:00

• The show kicks off with the usual "Simultaneous Sip" and Friday silliness, setting a relaxed, playful tone.
• Erica shares animal clips (alpacas crossing obstacles, a child hearing for the first time with a cochlear implant) to bring positivity.
  • “See, there’s so many ways to get the job done. I love that.” — Erica [04:42]
  • “That’s kind of what we take for granted, that we can just hear... I just love that kid, and I’m not really a kid person.” — Erica [07:27]
• Discussion over alpaca vs. llama differences, with the chat weighing in, adds to the lighthearted community vibe.

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2. New Jersey News: Governor, DOJ Lawsuit, and Immigration Policy

Starts ~08:12–16:00

• The panel reviews a viral video of NJ Governor Mikie Sherrill focusing excessively on Trump, mocking the circular references to Trump and the federal government.
  • Comedic fast cuts of "Trump," "federal government" etc. [09:32–10:10]
• Analysis: Is the "first 100 days" review a Trump invention? (Consensus: FDR, but Trump popularized media focus)
• DOJ lawsuit against New Jersey for granting in-state tuition and benefits to illegal aliens, considered discrimination against citizens.
  • Owen: “These benefits have always supposed to be a safety net for citizens, but it’s been abused... I mean, I think I've said many times that one of the big reasons people come here is for all the free stuff…” [12:11–13:36]
• Debate over mask-wearing for ICE and state vs. federal law, with agreement that states make redundant/performative laws costing taxpayer money.
  • Marcella: “A lot of times these states, I feel like they're like anarchists or something running amok... It costs taxpayer money to go and have to sue for the mask, for the illegal alien money...” [14:12]
  • Owen provides a personal perspective on the inequity between out-of-state tuition and benefits for non-citizens: “If I was in state, it would have been closer to 10 grand a year... If he was an illegal alien, apparently he might have gotten that...” [15:24–15:34]
• BJ Dichter (on US courts): “We’re at the point in the United States where the legislation doesn’t matter because it’s either enforced or interpreted depending where you are on the political spectrum, and everything is being kicked to the courts... It’s just total chaos...” [16:02–16:52]

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3. AI in Courts and Content Creation

Starts ~16:54–19:40

• Growing trend of people using AI (ChatGPT) to file court motions, clogging and overburdening the legal system.
  • Erica quips: “When you're in front of the judge, have fun with that.” [18:24]
  • Marcella: “Judges have been caught doing the same thing as pro pers... Their legal research or whatever writes it out, and they've used ChatGPT...” [18:35]
• The group discusses AI’s ongoing disruption in journalism and legal professions, predicting job displacement.

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4. Taylor Swift vs. AI and Digital Likeness

Starts ~19:40

• Taylor Swift is reportedly working on a contract to protect her image and music from AI misuse. The panel agrees protecting artists' intellectual property is the next legal frontier.

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5. Trump's Federal IRA Plan – Panel Debate

Starts ~20:02–31:56 (key segment)

[Key Clip: Trump launching the Federal Savers Match/IRA, 21:17–23:00]

• Trump introduces a new government-facilitated IRA account – "TrumpIRA.gov" – offering up to $1,000 annually in federal matching funds for low-income workers.
  • Trump: “...Eligible to receive up to $1,000 per year in matching funds... This will be really revolutionary...” [21:17]
• Panel's reaction is mixed:
  • Owen: Sees it as "redistribution of wealth... taxpayer-funded," with the stock market as an intended beneficiary. Suggests simply raising IRA caps or phasing out Social Security would be superior. [23:21–24:31]
  • Marcella: “I'm with Owen. I think it's wealth distribution... Instead of giving them a thousand dollars, I would... allow the IRA limit to be expanded...” [25:56]
  • BJ Dichter: Explains the idea originated in crypto circles, initially proposing that young people receive $1,000 in bitcoin as a hedge against inflation but it was shifted to US dollars due to political caution. [27:00]
  • Erica clarifies: “Individuals with a modified AGI of $20,500 or less will be eligible for [the] match...” [28:13]
  • The group questions how impactful this will be for those earning so little, while agreeing that encouraging saving is positive.
  • Owen: “If we could get people to actually save it... than Social Security... but I'm kind of against... just giving matching funds to poor people and not allow anybody who's actually making their own living to have the same benefit.” [31:04–31:56]

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6. Area 51 Earthquakes & UFO Disclosures – Conspiracies, Entertainment, and Skepticism

Starts ~31:56–47:20

[Key Segment: Trump on UFO files, 32:56; Dr. Stephen Greer on security devices at Area 51, 33:27]

• Breaking news: 17 earthquakes in 24 hours near Area 51 after Trump promised to release more UFO-related files.
• Dr. Greer speculates on underground security detonations but admits “it could just be a cluster of earthquakes.”
• BJ: Sees Trump as showman, leveraging mass interest in UFOs for entertainment and engagement. “Correlation does not imply causation... I think that's all it is.” [35:33]
• Marcella: Wonders about weapons testing but hopes “the big one’s not coming.”
• Owen jokes: “Clearly they’re just moving all the flying saucers out because disclosure is coming...”
• Collective skepticism: Panel doubts major alien disclosure will happen (“probably just a few more videos... but it’s not going to be proof...” — Owen [37:43]), suspecting distraction/strategic ambiguity is often used for political manipulation.
• Discussion of UFOs, "recreational belief," ancient civilizations, scientific possibilities (like wormholes), AI deciphering ancient sites, and the power of collective imagination.
  • BJ: “Our imagination gets the best of us... I am a sci fi nerd... but I think we just have to dial it back.” [45:45]
  • Owen: “If there was some other species of intelligent life, to me, it would probably be much more likely just probability wise, that it was an ancient civilization...” [44:32]

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7. Political News Snapshot: Comey Indicted, Dilbert Filter, and VDH on Leadership

Starts ~48:08–56:05

• James Comey indicted again for classified document leaks, panel predicts the process (not conviction) will be the punishment; unlikely Comey will see jail time.

  • BJ: “They're going to do what they did to General Flynn... but I don't think he's going to see any jail time... It's very rare for someone in that inner circle.” [49:50–51:12]

• "Dilbert filter": The importance of factoring in incompetence/stupidity over malice in politics and institutions.

• Victor Davis Hanson Moment: Critique of Hakeem Jeffries’ leadership style ("crazy eyes," mimicking Obama).

  • VDH: “There’s something wrong with that guy... He’s not connected. He’s like Swalwell...” [52:25]
  • Panel sees Jeffries as uncharismatic and embarrassing, but possibly dangerous: “I think he's dangerous... If we lose the majority, he does not give a crap about anything... keeping this country civilized.” — Erica [56:05]
  • Marcella: “He looked possessed... he has that evil possessed...” [55:24]

• Insightful Quote:

  • BJ Dichter: “The strategy is reciprocal extremism or reciprocal radicalization... And they are trying to foster reciprocal response to grow... My suggestion is don't take the bait.” [56:05]

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8. Nostalgia and Contrast: Presidential Humor and Poise

Starts ~57:18–58:56

• Erica shares a Johnny Carson clip after the Reagan assassination attempt, contrasting dignified, healing humor of the past to today’s divisive late-night hosts.
  • Carson recounts Reagan’s humorous note post-surgery: “All things considered, I’d rather be in Philadelphia.”[57:55]
  • Erica: “I love that. All right, you guys, listen, the show goes on tomorrow... Please be useful, be kind, and let's have a closing sip to Scott.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Friday Vibes:
  • "Happy sex slave Friday." — C [00:13]
• On Animal Wisdom:
  • “See, there’s so many ways to get the job done. I love that.” — Erica [04:42]
• On NJ/Illegal Aliens Debate:
  • “These benefits have always supposed to be a safety net for citizens, but it’s been abused...” — Owen [13:36]
  • “I had to pay out of state tuition for my son... If he was an illegal alien, apparently he might have gotten that..." — Owen [15:24]
• On AI in Law:
  • “Why am I paying you this much? Marcela, I could totally do everything that you do. Like, okay, go ahead.” — Erica [18:12]
• On TrumpIRA Plan:
  • “This is a way of kind of keeping the stock market up, because it's essentially getting more people to invest in the stock market...” — Owen [23:21]
  • “If it was $1,000 a year... that's quite a lot at one time, and it could cause further inflation.” — Marcella [25:56]
• On UFO Speculation:
  • “This is the George Norrie coast to coast stuff... having a recreational belief that yeah, it's fun to play with, it keeps people entertained. Is it serious? No.” — BJ [35:33]
  • “If we are in a simulation, that still would open the possibility that there could be aliens in the simulation. You never know.” — Owen [39:26]
  • “Our imagination gets the best of us... I am a sci fi nerd... but I think we just have to dial it back.” — BJ [45:45]
• On Political Reciprocation:
  • “The strategy is reciprocal extremism or reciprocal radicalization... My suggestion is don't take the bait.” — BJ [56:05]
• On Old School Humor:
  • “After all, you must remember, this is a man who yesterday, while he was in the hospital, unable to speak, wrote on a sheet of paper, All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia.” — Johnny Carson about Reagan [57:55]

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• 00:00–06:00: Friday banter, animal clips, good vibes
• 08:12–16:00: New Jersey politics, DOJ lawsuit, state tuition debate
• 16:54–19:40: AI and the courts
• 20:02–31:56: Trump’s federal retirement matching plan – deep panel discussion
• 31:56–47:20: Area 51 earthquakes, UFO disclosures, panel speculation and skepticism
• 48:08–51:12: Comey indicted – what it means
• 51:12–56:05: Dilbert filter, Victor Davis Hanson on Hakeem Jeffries
• 57:18–58:56: Johnny Carson, Reagan, then vs. now

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Final Thoughts

This episode blends sharp political analysis, current events, playful skepticism toward conspiracies, and a longing for more civil, lighthearted times. The hosts are candid about their biases and often disagree, especially on wealth redistribution and politics, but do so respectfully and with humor. The show ends with a toast to Scott Adams and a reminder to “be useful, be kind.”

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For listeners:
Whether you’re seeking laughter, political insights, or a friendly debate over aliens and AI, this episode delivers a rich cross-section of modern American media commentary — all through the unique persuasion lens Scott Adams fans appreciate.

Transcript

[A]

Good morning, you guys. Sorry for the. The minute delay. We were. We were in the green room talking about sex slaves. More on that.

[B]

Yes, we were.

[A]

It's Friday.

[C]

Happy sex slave Friday.

[B]

Happy sex day. I mean sex.

[D]

We're starting off great today. This is going to be an exciting one.

[A]

Honestly.

[B]

Interesting.

[A]

This is the show today. This is the. The flavor we're happening right now. All right?

[C]

So vibes.

[A]

Catch the vibes. Can I just have a moment to catch my breath?

[B]

I'm 12.

[A]

While the stream uploads the whole thing. Okay,

[B]

get ready.

[A]

I'm ready. I don't think lip sync matches with the song, so it looks really weird. There's our guest. Is that your first time hearing this, bj?

[D]

Yes, it is.

[A]

Do you love it?

[D]

Very cute. Very clever. Is that AI generated or what?

[A]

Bob Lawler, one of our OG friends, created that for us.

[D]

Very cool.

[A]

Yep. So I think he's actually playing his. Bob, you're in the chat. I think I saw you. I think he is playing the bass on that. And did we get Scott's drums in there? I forget. I forget how it all happened, but it's so good. Hi, Jared. Welcome, you guys. All right, are you ready for the official sip? I am. Let's go.

[E]

But most importantly, we will be enjoying the simultaneous sip. It doesn't take much to participate. It does not really merely have a cup or a mug or a glass, a tank or chalice 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, the dopamine hit of the day, the thing that makes everything better. Simultaneous sip goes. Now, you might note that I am sipping from the deplorable university cup.

[A]

Yep. And we had to fix that and get our own mug going, didn't we? So. Good morning, Owen, Marcella and bj. My name is Erica. You are at the Scott Adams school. Today is May 1st. Let's go May. Let's hit May hard. Okay. And it's a Friday. What better way to start? May. So. Oh, and tonight we want to remind you that Walter Kern is on the Greg Gutfeld show. So we'll make sure to look for Walter. Good luck, Walter. You don't need it. All right, you guys. So, you know, Friday, we're like a little looser, a little sillier, but we still have some good news for you. But I did want to start. You know me, I wanted to start with a little animal clip, because it's me and Animals. So look at this. Okay, so these are. Are these alpacas? Look at. They're going over that string. All right, this one's like. I'll walk around. This one's like, oh, okay.

[D]

Oh,

[B]

looks like it's a match of each one.

[A]

Yeah. Oh, I'll go under. Oh, I'm a sticking. Oh, I'll go under, too. I refus. Go under. I refuse to go over. I refuse to go around. What will I do? What will I do? Oh. Oh. Hard. Okay. Come on, big daddy. There you go. So smart.

[B]

He's so smart.

[A]

See, there's so many ways to get the job done. I love that. So that was my animal.

[C]

Understood the difference between a llama and an alpaca.

[D]

Isn't it size? Isn't the llama larger than the alpaca or vice versa?

[C]

Again, you know better than me. I never, never knew. I just knew they were similar but different.

[A]

One of them only has teeth on the top or the bottom. I think it's alpaca. So if they actually, like, bite you, it won't hurt. Marcel is like, this is amazing news.

[C]

How does that make any sense? What do they do, just bite into their own gums?

[A]

Yeah, they're like someone in the Someone Ask Rock and let us know. You guys keep your eye in the chat for the official information. Oh, my gosh. Okay, so that was. That was one video.

[B]

Which one spits at you?

[A]

Oh, the alpaca. I have a video of one spitting at me.

[D]

I thought that's the dragon in Jurassic Park.

[B]

That too.

[A]

I haven't been there yet, but yes. So sometimes they spit. I think it's, like, a love thing, personally, but. Okay, the other story. I wanted to play this at some point this week, so let's just do it today. I feel like I just want to, like, scoop up all the videos that I wanted to show you. Okay. Because we want to start off with, like, a nice little positive vibe here. I love this. Okay. So without explanation.

[F]

Oh, give me here. Hey, can you hear? I heard. Hey, can you hear? No, just hear a beep. Beep, beep. It's going up.

[D]

That's normal.

[F]

Oh. Oh, yeah.

[D]

So you're here.

[F]

So I'm technically hearing. Yeah. So wait. Everybody be quiet. I do need. But when I'm talking, I can hear you can hear. Hey, your hearing aid is off. This is just your cochlear implant. Wait, I can hear you. Yeah. No way. Can you hear. No way. No way. Can you hear me? Can you hear me?

[A]

Oh, my goodness.

[F]

Hey, is it Too loud? Does it hurt? Or is it okay? Is it okay? It's okay. Is it too loud? It's good.

[B]

It's good.

[F]

Are these happy tears? What? Are they happy tears? Are they good tears? You're doing so good. It's good.

[D]

Oh, you know what that is? That is like, every time I've been in a podcast studio, that's what happens for, you know, 10 minutes before live to air. Every time.

[A]

Can you hear me? Can you hear that? Can you hear me? I mean, is that the sweetest? So, like, you know, that. That's kind of that what we take for granted, that we can just hear, you know, or see or speak. So I just love that. I don't know. I love that kid, and I'm not really a kid person, so that was a shocking soft side of Erica over here.

[C]

Shocking.

[B]

It reminds me of Rush Limbo, maybe,

[C]

like the other viral one where the person hears for the first time, and it's a man in a doctor's office, and he's next to his wife, and he's like, do you hear her? She's so loud. It's so annoying.

[A]

Right out of the gate. Oh, my gosh. All right, so you guys, isn't that sweet? Did anyone tell us in the chat yet the difference between the alpaca and the llama?

[D]

Llamas are larger, somebody said.

[A]

That's not it, though, is it?

[D]

All right, maybe the hair is different, right? Because they use llamas for. To make. To make clothing for people in, like, La Paz and Bolivia and stuff like that.

[A]

All right, Giada De Laurentiis, with your accent. I have. I have alpaca clothing, too, so I don't know. I. Do you guys get that Giada reference? You know how she'll just be talking like this, and she's like. And then today we're gonna have spaghetti and mozzarella. And you're like, whoa. Okay, that was my Giana reference. Okay, so. All right, let's move on to a story in New Jersey news. So we have a governor Andy Wang. Where are you? Where are you? Marge? Her name is. Is it Mickey or Mikey? I won't know the difference when you write it, but Mickey. Cheryl, let's call her. So she's a hoot. I just want to play this clip of her. This is just so typical of. I hate to just call out the Democrats, but just let's. Let's just listen to. This is her talking about, like, her first hundred days in office and how's it going?

[C]

I know you like to Talk about President Trump.

[A]

I don't like talking about President Trump. Trump administration. Trump. Trump. The president. Federal government. Federal government. Trump. Federal. Washington. Trump.

[F]

Federal.

[A]

Federal government. Federal government. The president. White House. Federal government.

[C]

Trump administration.

[A]

Trump. Federal government. Federal government. Washington. Federal. Federal government. White House. The president. Federal government. Federal government. Federal government.

[C]

Federal government.

[A]

Washington. Washington. Federal government. Trump administration. His administration. I live for the day when we never talk about him. I would love.

[G]

So good.

[A]

Isn't that the best?

[D]

You know, you know what's funny about that? The whole, I mean, maybe I'm wrong, but the hundred days after office, didn't Trump start that? I don't ever remember hearing a president going over their first hundred days or making commitments for the first hundred days. I think it started with Trump. So that whole premise comes from Trump.

[A]

Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump.

[B]

I don't know.

[D]

I thought, I thought that was.

[B]

I thought Obama had 100 days.

[A]

Yeah, I feel like it's a thing.

[D]

I don't know.

[B]

Okay, could be, but she's destruction with Obama. But

[C]

I think the, you know, it is a little bit of what Scott used to call, like the new CEO effect, where it's like, let's, you know, get a whole bunch of stuff rolling in the right direction to set the tone and get everything moving. And so it's kind of like your initial accomplishments. But I know Trump did the same thing after the first year to talk.

[A]

The chat said FDR started that.

[D]

All right.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And they're smart. So honestly, though, New Jersey's in the news a lot. And I, I can tell you that I have made friends with an assembly person from New Jersey, and she's going to be on this show with us. I'm obsessed with her, and she'll be the perfect person to give us, like, you know, what's going on and, like, how things are really working. And I can't wait to have her on. I'll talk more about her later. But, Owen, we were talking in the green room that the DOJ is suing New Jersey. And here's a. Just a little graphic. Sandy, thank you for sharing this with me. So, basically. Oh, and I'll let you take this from here.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

So the Department of Justice is suing New Jersey over some laws that are giving illegal aliens in state tuition and essentially treating actual citizens as like, second class. So lawsuit recently challenging their state laws that say illegal aliens would get in state tuition and financial aid, saying it discriminates against US Citizens. And I think similar lawsuits have been filed in many other states, including red states. There Was one in apparently Texas and Kentucky and Oklahoma that have already blocked these kinds of laws. And now they're pending as well in Illinois and Minnesota and California. So they're kind of going both ways with this. Apparently it's been happening all over the place. But New Jersey is the newest one to add to the list where they're essentially giving better treatment for college tuition to illegal aliens over US citizens. So they're screwing, suing for discrimination and, you know, hopefully getting rid of these extra benefits that illegal aliens get, which I'm all for. I mean, I think I've said many times that one of the big reasons people come here is for all the free stuff, all the extra benefits, all the stuff that we give away to them, everything from education to medical care to welfare to everything that they get. And it doesn't make any sense to give all these free benefits to people. And I think other people in the past have pointed out it's like you can't have open borders and all this free financial aid and all this. It's overwhelming our medical system, our education system or welfare systems, everything. So these benefits have always supposed to be a safety net for citizens, but it's been abused over and over again to give all these extra things to illegal aliens going after it.

[A]

Oh, really? Someone said, I believe Trump is also suing New Jersey for a law saying ICE can't wear masks. I don't know about that. I don't know if you guys do, but that's a bunch of B.S. also, can you imagine?

[C]

I hadn't heard that for New Jersey, but I know they did that in California.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, you can wear a mask to riot, but, you know, but like, I think it should be, you can't wear a mask to protest is personally how I feel.

[C]

But I thought that was already settled in California where they just said they are allowed to wear masks. And the state law doesn't take effect because the federal law preempts it.

[A]

Marcela would know.

[B]

Yeah, that's what they decided. I mean, that's the law. I don't know. Like a lot of times these states, I feel like they're like anarchists or something running amok because all these laws already exist. It's just Trump enforcing them. But it costs taxpayer money to go and have to sue for the mask, for the illegal alien money, you know, so it's, it's. And Joe Biden, you know, President Biden allowed all of this to happen because that's how it is. It wasn't enforced just like the border.

[C]

Anyways, it doesn't make any sense, like illegal and should get institution or, you know, financial aid that US Citizens can't get. I mean, I had to pay out of state tuition for my son because my in state school didn't accept him and the out of state school did. So, you know, and it cost me a lot of money. I mean, you know, the difference is huge. It's like somewhere around 50 grand a year tuition that I've been paying. And if I was in state, it would have been closer to 10 grand a year. So it's like, you know, over $100,000. Yeah.

[A]

That's crazy.

[C]

Just because they wouldn't give me insight tuition. And if he was an illegal alien, apparently he might have gotten that in state tuition.

[B]

Darn it.

[A]

Darn it. All right, well, listen, we're going to keep our eye on New Jersey because it's so fun and fascinating right now on an infuriating level because, you know, California is the. Has set the. The gold standard. What?

[B]

I thought you guys were winning the New Jersey.

[A]

Well, we're winning things, Marcella. You're winning the overall, but we're catching up. And thanks for emptying Hollywood to my town.

[D]

You know, what's, you know, what's strange? I was. I spoke at a conference maybe three years ago in Florida, and one of the people the person spoke just ahead of me, was involved with the DeSantis administration and their crypto regulations. And what he was trying to explain to people, I mean, we kind of knew, we talked about this behind the scenes, but what he was trying to explain to the crowd is we're at the point where in the United States, where the legislation doesn't matter because it's either enforced or interpreted, depending where you are on the political spectrum, and everything is being kicked to the courts. So he said all our legislation now is before a judge, and the judges don't want to deal with either. So it's. It's just total chaos there with what's going on that we're at the point where legislation and law doesn't really make a difference. It's really frustrating to watch.

[A]

Yeah.

[H]

Yeah.

[C]

Well, and the other interesting thing I read about recently, I don't think I posted about this, but it was that a lot of people are doing like, AI filings in courts, and they're kind of flooding the courts with it. Like, they're. A lot of times they're just frivolous motions and things. Like they don't really have an argument, but they're using ChatGPT. And they're not hiring a lawyer, and they're just going motion after motion after motion after motion. And then the judge has to, you know, look at it. And maybe if the other side, like, if it's a divorce thing, the other lawyer has to look at it. And so you're just draining money from your person. You're divorcing, and you're wasting time of the courts, and you're getting to the point where it's just clogging up the courts to the point where they can't function.

[D]

And, Owen, there's also another side of it, and maybe Marcelli can weigh in on this. You know, one of the podcasts I produce is a legal podcast, guys that are, you know, victims of false accusations. And the two things are happening. One is that there's another thing that's happening. Clients are now coming in to law firms and saying, it's okay, I've done all the work. Can we do this for, like, 500 bucks?

[B]

I have all the time, every day.

[D]

And they're all fake. And the client. Client's like, no, no, no. Yeah, I've got it handled. I just need you to sign here and say, hysterical.

[B]

Yeah, I could do. Marcela, Marcela, I could do your job. Why am I paying you this much? Marcela, I could totally do everything that you do. Like, okay, go ahead.

[A]

Yeah, good luck. And when you're in front of the judge, have fun with that.

[D]

The judges don't like that, do they, Marcela? The whole chat gbt, judges don't like this chat GBT phenomenon.

[B]

Well, judges have been caught doing the same thing as propers. They've been. Propers are people that are not represented. There's been, you know, judges give opinions, just like we have the Supreme Court opinion or whatever, and it's been either their legal research or whatever writes it out, and they've used. Chat GPT or wherever they use. And they have, you know, wrong citations as well. So it goes. You know, it's. And I think. Who was it they. A friend of mine is in the news business, and the news people had, like a conference. These are people that are hated by Trump or whatever, but they are worried about all the articles because they're writers, some of them. They're worried about all articles being written by AI and them being replaced. So, yeah, which is most likely going to happen.

[A]

I mean, all right, there's another good use for AI. So. All right, so let's move on. And also, what, you know, AI. AI is going to definitely force Some problems. I mean this is a, we could do five weeks on AI and what potentially could go wrong. But you know, even like Taylor Swift now I heard that she's Taylor Swift. Yeah. You know Taylor, she said she's going

[B]

to be replaced by AI no, ma'.

[A]

Am. She is working on a contract that protects her from A.I. oh yes. Yep. Those pictures, pictures, music, all of it, her lyrics, you know, so it, it can be a problem when people just want to steal your likeness and use it for their own gain. All right, so let's move on to something else. This is exciting. I really like, I really like these things that Trump is doing. I know he did the one with Michael Dell for the. I don't remember the name of it, but it was like to put a thousand dollars in like a savings account for kids under a certain age and let it grow with interest. Does anyone remember what that was called?

[B]

American something.

[A]

I forget. I'll look it up in a second. But let's. So anyway, this is another opportunity now for people that maybe don't have jobs where you can deposit money into an IRA for savings. They're creating something here that we'll talk about on the other side for people to have the same opportun for savings and getting matching. So let's, let's look at this and I think we should probably all take advantage of it. If you qualify, beginning at the start

[G]

of next year, every American will be able to go to Trump ira.gov and open a new low cost IRA account. You'll then be able to access the same type of retirement accounts that federal employees enjoy through the Thrift Savings plans, which are incredible. As part of the federal Savers Match program, low income Americans will be eligible to receive up to $1,000 per year in matching funds deposited directly into their accounts. It's a great thing. For millions of Americans who lack employer sponsored plans, this will be really revolutionary because they'll be covered. Nobody thought that was possible. For example, if a 25 year old who is eligible for a Savers Match program invests just $165 a month under the matching federal contributions, they will have an estimated $465,000 in their account by the time they're 65 years old, in other words, they'll be rich. And there's something awfully nice about that. But this is only the first step. I was talking to Kevin Hassett a little while ago and the people standing right behind me, we're going to take it to the next level and the next level. Kevin, you're going to mention something, but the next level will be necessary to have congressional approval. What you just heard, we don't need congressional approval. And it'll never be terminated. Because to terminate it, if somebody else is in office, to terminate it, you'd have to take that money away. You'd have to. You'd have to really take away something that's so positive. I don't think any politician would do it.

[A]

I like this. I think the difference is, I saw some people asking, is that there's going to be matching. So if you work for a company, you know, they'll. They'll match a portion of the money you put into the account. They're like, okay, you put that in and we'll match it. So I believe Owen, he's saying here will match $1,000 a year.

[C]

I think so. I mean, the, the actual text of it just says $1,000. So I don't know if that means one time or annually. It doesn't really say annually. So maybe it's just one time, but I'm not sure. Yeah, but I think it is. I don't, I don't know what the official name was for the kid accounts, but Trump accounts. But this seems to be like a similar thing for adults. And, you know, I honestly, personally, I'm kind of conflicted on this one. Like, a. One thing that I think is clear to me is that this is a way of kind of keeping the stock market up, because it's essentially getting more people to invest in the stock market than otherwise would and put more money into the stock market than would otherwise go there. But the other thing is, like, it, you know, it's. It's yet another thing that's like, only for people under a certain level of income. And so it just seems like you're just giving money to lower income people, which is obviously taxpayer funds. Right. That's the only place it can come from. So I personally think it's a bit more of redistribution of wealth, which I don't really like.

[A]

Oh, I don't see.

[C]

Personally, I'm kind of. Well, but I mean, okay, so where is this money coming from? Like, I mean, if he wants to let people save money, you know, like, I would be all for it if you just said, okay, iras, the limits are too low, let's raise the limits, like, let people invest more. I do think there's a, you know, inequity there sort of to say if you work for somebody and you have a 401k, you can put in however many. You know, I think it's like 16 or 18,000 a year or whatever it is now. And, and, but then iras is much lower than that. You know, it's like one third of that or something. And so I think that should be addressed. But I think saying we're going to match your savings, like it's like, okay, you know, I get that as a benefit from my employer and I understand that and I like that. But that's part of my compensation for my job. Right. I mean if they weren't giving it to me in my 401, they might just give it to me in salary. Like it's coming from the company that I work for.

[A]

I guess I'd really have to understand is it $1,000 a year or is it a one time, $1,000 as an incentive. But I like the idea of, of people having somewhere to put their money to gain some interest and then have it later in life instead of having like bigger Medicaid or Medicare problems later in life. I don't know. Marcella, do you have an opinion on this?

[B]

Well, I'm with Owen. I think it's wealth distribution. As you guys know, I'm a capitalist, laser fair person. So. But I, what I do think is, I think this is for people that don' Employers that are self employed. I think I, at least that was the notion. So instead of giving them a thousand dollars, I would tax the like less taxes in order to put more tour savings or allow like Owen said, the, the IRA limit to be like expanded or something like that. So I think it, it would serve better for the public, the taxpayer, for all of us. It would help so much more and it would create less inflation. Even if it's one time, it's quite a lot at one time and it could cause further inflation. But I'm not an economist so I'm just Marcela. So.

[A]

Yeah, well. All right. B.J. your thoughts.

[C]

By the way, it does look like it's annual. Based on the annual.

[D]

Okay, yeah, I believe it's up to a thousand. But just some additional context. This, it upset a lot of people because this came out of the big bitcoin community. The idea was as they were trying to court Trump into understanding crypto and bitcoin, the goal was because bitcoin, whether you like bitcoin or not, the thesis of bitcoin is that it's a hedge against inflation. And the idea was you put $1,000 in the hands of young people and when they go to retire while we See what's happened with bitcoin. I've been begging people to buy bitcoin since it was fifteen hundred dollars a coin. It's now, what's it, eighty thousand today. So the idea was, over the long term, it would be a very valuable hedge against inflation. And Trump was on board. And then somebody whispered in their ear, they realized it's too early to use Bitcoin, I guess, and they just decided to switch it over to fiat. So the thesis with Bitcoin, if you put a thousand dollars in Bitcoin 50 years in the future, then, yeah, okay, that's going to end up significant upward volatility over your life. But with dollars, because of inflation doesn't really have the same effect. And I think that's why it doesn't land as well as it was initially intended.

[A]

Okay, so, Morgan, thank you so much. It says individuals with a modified adjusted gross income of 20,500 or less will be eligible for federal match of up to $1,000, which is 50% on the first 2,000 in annual contributions to a workplace retirement plan or IRA based on their 2027 tax returns.

[B]

20,500 or less per a year?

[A]

Yep.

[C]

I mean, that seems really low to the point where I don't know how many people would qualify for that if it was really that level.

[A]

Oh, you'd be surprised. No, this is what the point of it is.

[C]

If, if, if you only make less than 20,000 a year, are you going to have a thousand bucks to put in this account so it can be matched?

[A]

I don't know. You might have a roommate, you might have a boyfriend or girlfriend you live with, and you're combining your incomes, who knows? But if one person's making the 20,000. Listen, I don't like wealth redistribution either, but if it's like these people are working and they're not on the dole in some other way, and they're honestly just trying to, like, get it going. Listen, and if. And then, then if they start doing better and then they get that bracket, they're out of that bracket. But if they're in it and they're working and contributing to it. I don't know. I mean, I don't. I don't know if I like it or not, but that's just what's happening. The young end of the age limit. I don't know, Bev. I think it's. I think it's just working people and that. That's their. Yeah, it's adjusted earned income. So, you know, maybe it's just something you do at the start of your career. And, you know, nobody wants to stay at 20,000. It's not enough to incentivize you to keep a crappy job or not to want to grow, but it's something because you don't get like an IRA advantage when you're in a company like that. So maybe it's just, it's another way to start saving your money. Maybe you're working like at a, you know, like you're 19 and you are working at McDonald's as your first job. We always used it, used to use it as a reference. So I'll continue to do that. But, you know, working at McDonald's is not supposed to be a career. It's supposed to be a stepping stone. Like that's, you know, you're young, you're starting out, you work at McDonald's, you're like, still educating yourself, putting out your resume, and you keep stepping up. But in that beginning part, it would be great if you had a way to have like an IRA based situation, for lack of a better word, you're only making $19,000 at McDonald's. And so here's a way to put some of your own money in and start saving. I don't know, maybe that's good, but who knows? All right, so I didn't think it would be this controversial feeling, but it feels that way anyway.

[C]

I mean, again, I'm all for encouraging people to save, and I do see that benefit that you might get some people to put money away for retirement that otherwise would not. And so I like that. And I wish it was also coupled with some kind of phase out of Social Security because it would be a much better system than Social Security. And if we could get people to actually save it, even if we made it mandatory for them to save, they've liked Social Security is mandatory. If they could at least put it in the stock market and it wouldn't be in a fund that Congress can go spend on whatever they want, then I think it would be a much better system. But I am kind of against the whole point of like, oh, let's just give matching funds to the poor people and not allow anybody who's actually making their own living to have the same benefit. To me, that is wealth redistribution. It's just saying, let's take some money from the taxpayers and give it to the people who probably aren't paying taxes. So I don't like that part of it.

[A]

Okay, all right, so let's move it on because there is More news. Okay, this is my last clip and then I get fully involved in the chat. You guys love it. Just kidding. All right, so in today's potential conspiracy theory news, okay, so you know that Trump is saying, like, release it all about the UFOs and the aliens and blah, blah, blah. I'm saying allegedly. My opinion, my signs are here. So what happens when he says release the dogs? Look at this.

[I]

Well, in the span of 24 hours, there have been 17 earthquakes near Area 51. It started with a 4.4 magnitude quake just 2 1/2 miles underground. The area is normally not prone to earthquakes this shallow, and it's leading to theories of nuclear testing or even UFOs, because it all happened after President Trump said this.

[F]

Do you have an update on the

[A]

UFO files and what might be what

[F]

we're going to be seeing?

[G]

Well, I think we're going to be releasing as much as we can in the near future. They want to find out about the UFOs and anything having to do with UFO or related material. And we're going to be releasing a lot of things from that we have, and I think some of it's going to be very interesting.

[I]

Joining us now to respond, Dr. Stephen Greer, UFO researcher and retired physician. Great to see you, doctor. So are these earthquakes just a version of burning the files at an embassy when people got to get out?

[J]

Well, you know, the thing that lights up in my mind is that back in the 1990s, I briefed a man who worked and designed a security apparatus at some of the facilities out there, particularly the ones up near Groom Lake and Pahoot Mesa. And he explained that on the top of those complexes underground were like bunker busting type bombs, but underneath them were thermonuclear devices. So that if anybody was getting close to those facilities, and by this, if it could even be the legal government of the United States, they could collapse those facilities. Now, I don't know that that's what happened, but I know for a fact those security systems are out there. So that's one consideration. Now, it could just be a cluster of earthquakes or they could be doing some legitimate underground testing out in that region.

[I]

Yeah, there are a lot of mountains out there, so earthquakes are not out of the question.

[F]

Mm.

[A]

All right, B.J. i don't know why, but I'm coming to you first on this. I just can feel it pouring out of you. Tell me what you think.

[D]

I was watching this thing from Whitney Cummings, who is a comedian kind of on the left side, and she was explaining she was invited to a roast of Trump in New York many years ago. And so she went up and insulted him, made fun of his hair, was really ruthless, like really cruel. But she said Trump, to his credit, was just there laughing and she was shocked. And he said, she came up to me after and she said that was amazing television. And I think that's what you're seeing. I think you're seeing the showman who understands how to get people emotionally engaged in, you know, this is the George Norrie coast to coast stuff that, you know, Scott would talk about having a recreational belief that yeah, it's fun to play with, it keeps people entertained. Is it serious? No, I don't think so. And I think it's also we, we often forget correlation does not imply causation. And guess what, when you're close to a fault line and there's lots of mountains there, then earthquakes are going to happen. But I, I think that's all it is.

[A]

Marcella.

[B]

I mean I, I think I told you just to Erica that I, I had a quake while the show was going on I think Monday. So it's unfortunately hope, I'm hoping It's the UFOs Area 51 and it's the big one's not coming because that really doesn't. But what I also thought it, it could be like whenever Iran, no, not Iran, Russia or somewhere else they have like a earthquake the size that is not really necessarily like expected. They think it might be weapon related testing. So I, I wouldn't put it past them that they're testing some kind of nuclear, some kind of weapon.

[A]

Owen?

[C]

Well, clearly they're just moving all the flying saucers out because they know the disclosure is coming. So you know, they got to get it out and it creates a bit of seismic activity as they're making all these gravity powered crafts take off.

[A]

You. People laugh but something's going on.

[C]

I think the interesting, one of the interesting parts is that it's relatively shallow. They're saying that's uncommon. I don't know if that's true but

[B]

you know, it sounds like fracking issues.

[C]

No, if it's like two and a half miles underground, I don't know if they actually go that deep with their facilities. It'd be interesting to know that. But maybe it's all too secret and it's hard to know exactly what's going on there. But you know, I, as far as the UFO disclosures, I'm still going to stick to, I don't think anything or shattering is going to come out of that, just based on how they're rolling it out. I just think if it was proof of aliens and proof of extraterrestrials, we're not alone sort of stuff, I don't think it would happen the way that it's happening. I think it would be some kind of official announcement from the White House, from Trump, and he would have a whole team, kind of like with COVID where they'd be presenting things and trying to reassure people and might even be coordinated with other countries and other leaders. And none of that's happening.

[D]

Right.

[C]

They're just saying we're going to release a bunch of stuff and, oh, it's interesting to me. That means it's probably just going to be a few more videos like the other ones we've seen, where it's not really going to prove anything. It just looks like maybe something's there might still be some grainy photo. Maybe it'll be better quality, you know, video. But, like, it's not going to be proof because I don't think they would do it this way.

[A]

All right, in the chat, do you think mostly, okay, the majority of aliens are up in the air, like we. When we look up for a ufo or in the water, like under the sea. So say air or water or sea. I just want to know both. Well, I want to know what they think the majority is. The majority. Water or air and. Oh, and do I know we know Scott's. Actually, I don't want to. I don't want to. To sway them. Air, water, sea, all water caves. Thank you for thinking past the sale with me. So we know Scott did not. Oh, inside the earth. Ooh, under the water. I start thinking about it now when I'm on my boat. I'm like, what if, like, a UFO launches is out from under the ocean now and my boat's right here and we go flying and. Or what if it, like, comes and, like, eats the boat? Anyway, these are things I. I think like this. Okay, y', all, we know Scott does not believe that there are UFOs and aliens. He didn't believe in that. Oh, and do I know what you think?

[C]

I mean, I honestly, like, I. I probably mostly agree with Scott. I don't really expect to see proof in my lifetime, at least of that, but I think I'm certainly open minded to it. You know, it would be cool. I'd like to see it a little bit like Joe Rogan where he's like, I'd like to believe. I'd like to do it but it's interesting with him that he kind of, the more that's coming out, the less he trusts it. Like, you know, for a long time he's like, oh, it's, it's out there. They're just hiding it from us. But then once the government actually starts releasing stuff and saying, oh yeah, maybe we, it is actually true. Now he's thinking, oh, this is all disinformation and they're not, you know, really telling us the truth. And so I think it's much more likely that it is just, you know, something like we've often suspected, where they just use it as a distraction or even a way to discredit people and, you know, a strategic disinformation weapon basically to control people to some extent or control the people they, you know, that are in that community that they want to discredit. But, you know, again, I can't say for sure. I know there's been lots of theories about maybe it's some interdimensional being or some spiritual thing or angels or demons or other things. And so, who knows? It's hard to know exactly what reality is. And, you know, if we are in a simulation, that still would open the possibility that there could be aliens in the simulation. You never know.

[A]

Well, I know Marcel and I both have seen something that was unidentifiable. Right. I. I have. More than once. All right. I feel like I know what you're going to say, bj, but what is your thought opinion theory? Do you believe in other life out there or alien UFO stuff?

[D]

You know, like I'm, I'm kind of an astronomy nerd. So I wish, I wish that were the case and you know, maybe in far off galaxies, the prods odds of probability is likely since we've now funded a of bunch found an abundance of H2O all over the universe now at this point. But they're never going to get here. I mean, time distillation just, just makes it impossible. I don't know how. I just don't believe any of this sort of stuff. I think. Hold on. I think what we're seeing is, you know, when Trump, before he got elected in 2016, he got Ivanka. Yes, Ivanka in his. Ivana Trump, his. I think it was Eric Trump and one of the other kids. They spent like four weeks on the news and talk radio just scanning all talk radio. What are people interested in? What do people want to hear me talk about? Because remember, he's a salesman and this is a very big part of online media is this whole astronomy, space, alien conspiracy stuff, you know, coast to coast, went on for how many decades? Right. And still on. It's still on. Yeah. And I love George Rory. It's great. I love to listen to it. I don't believe it's recreational belief. Right. And I think this is Trump understanding how to tap into just regular people and give them. Give them a little bit of entertainment. You know, let's. Let's make this part of the Trump show. I think that's what we're saying.

[A]

What about Tim Burchette and Anna Paulina Luna saying that they've seen crazy stuff in the skiff?

[D]

What's crazy? Crazy stuff? It's that whole ambiguity that until I hear some specificity. Because crazy stuff can be subjective. Right. Because we all have different framings of the world, and that's that persuasion tactic of the curiosity gap where they say crazy stuff, but then you don't know what it is. So what do you do? We fill it in with, oh, it must mean that there are aliens amongst us, which is not necessarily the case. Maybe her interpretation of crazy stuff is we've seen weird things in. In the atmosphere and we can't explain what they are. You know, I wish. Listen, I. I am Team Alien. If we. If we have them, great. I would love. I would love it. I am a Star Trek nerd. I don't see.

[B]

All right, all right, you're safe.

[C]

I believe that they've seen crazy stuff, and they may have seen crazy documents where it might have explicitly said, we have experiments, extraterrestrials and biologics and all the other stuff that has been rumored for such a long time. But, you know, again, how do you know if that's the truth or disinformation? How do you know if that's something that is real? Like, is. You know, you can't necessarily know just by either watching a video or reading a document, whether that's the truth or whether that's just something somebody put in a document. And so it's really hard to know. But I would say when people make that argument that you made BJ about, like, oh, there's no way they could get here. I just think that's kind of limited because you're basically saying we're basing it on the physics as we understand it.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Like. Like you're ruling out the possibility that there's a wormhole or there's other things that we don't understand, or they might be able to get here instantly. As opposed to, what about Owen, the

[A]

pyramid Coordinates and all of those things and.

[B]

Yeah, what about that, Owen?

[A]

Owen?

[C]

Well, I mean, that's a mystery. I mean, it is. I don't know. I don't think anyone really understands when those were built or how they were built or any of that, so. But I think that, you know, I think even Scott said at one point, if there was something, it's probably more likely some ancient civilization as opposed to somebody who came, you know, from Alpha Centauri or somewhere further away. And I tend to agree with that too, that I think if there was some other species of intelligent life, to me, it would probably be much more likely just probability wise, that it was an ancient civilization that was wiped out at some point and maybe there's still remnants of it or I think Scott maybe even said it could even just be drones that are left over that are kind of automated where they just, you know, there isn't actually life, but there's some kind of machine that just keeps going.

[A]

Somebody said it might have been on Rogan, I forget. But, you know, the little etchings into the walls, inside of pyramids and ancient ruins, and they were like, that could just be a menu. Like, people are like, oh, like they were trying to tell us something. And they were like, well, maybe it was like a menu for a restaurant. Like, we have a little yak today and we have this and that. Like, you know, we don't know that it was some big secret message. Bj, were you gonna say something?

[D]

Yeah, yeah. Related to that. And I think this is kind of the positive impact of AI. It talks about this on my stream that, you know, Gobekli Tepe, for example, which dates back what, 15, 12,000 years ago. We didn't know what it was. And in the Western world, we favor religion. So, you know, when. When all you have is a hammer, everything becomes a nail. Right. So they gave all the data around Gobekli Tepe to, I think it was Grok, if I'm not mistaken, spent a few weeks on it. And what it discovered is Gobekli Tepe was not an ancient ritual site as what our bias would be. It's a calendar. And it's a calendar that showed all of these different environmental effects that had occurred. You know, storms and earthquakes and all that sort of. That's what Gobekli Tepe is. It's just explaining the history of what's gone in that region. And then all the other Tepes, whatever, because there's a whole bunch of them. They're the same thing. This is what was going on in terms of weather patterns in this region. So I think we just. Our imagination gets the best of us. And I. I love it. I am a sci fi nerd, by the way. Picard over Kirk any day, but only the tng Picard. But I think it just. Our imagination gets the. Away from us. We gotta just dial it back a little bit. And when people say I saw crazy things, it's great. I think we should defer to, well, I don't know great crazy things until I know what it is. I'm just not going to have a conclusion or an opinion on this until I know further. That's. That's at least how I operate.

[A]

Well, that's smart. That's smart. It's. It's kind of like we're just playing that. If I won the lottery, what would I do? Yeah, for sure.

[D]

This is. This is Friday fun days, right?

[A]

That it is. Friday fun day. It's fun.

[C]

I do remember that Brian Romelli said it's coming, though. I know he made a reference to that on one of our prior streams here.

[B]

In July.

[A]

Oh, yeah. In July. In July. Y'.

[C]

All.

[D]

All right.

[A]

I'm a little excited, a little nervous getting those. Getting those buckets of meals ready. Okay. So Owen or Marcella, I know you guys cultivated some stories here, curated some stories, I should say. Is there anything that we really need them to know the. The sippers before the weekend gets going? Something super important that you have been

[B]

waiting for Owen to say?

[C]

I don't know. I mean, I. You know, Comey apparently has been indicted again, so he's been indicted for, you know, some kind of, like, classified document leaking, things like that. So it looks like he's in a lot of hot water. And I think he's now sort of playing the victim after this next indictment. So I think he's going to be going through the ringer here, which, frankly, I think he deserves. So. Yeah, you know, I know a lot of people have been kind of saying that this 8647 thing isn't going anywhere, but I think now it looks like he's. I think it's three states now he's been charged in, so he's got lots of stuff to deal with. And I'm sure, again, the process is the punishment even if he doesn't end up convicted. So I think he's going to be facing a lot of consequences financially if nothing else.

[A]

Marcel, does this last one seem more sticky?

[B]

Yes, it does.

[A]

Yeah. Okay. Because this was like, leaking classified information. Yeah.

[B]

I mean, it it's more leaky.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And on top of that, you know, the cost of defending all this, this is gonna. This is gonna push, but because of. Because we're having elections, like eventually, you know, we're gonna have another president. We're gonna have midterms. They might be used. Comey's situation might be used to get the Dems out, you know. Oh, do you want to state like this? You know, so I can. I can see it being detrimental to bj.

[A]

What do you think about this latest one with Comey?

[D]

I think this is political negotiation and they're going to put maximum pressure on him and they're trying to get something on their side. You know, this goes back to the. We only see 30% of what's actually going on behind the scenes, and there's often, you know, shots across the bow and there's also active negotiations. Not just Trump that does. Trump just does it very effectively because he's a good negotiator in business. But this is standard issue in politics across the board. But I do think he's going to. They're going to do what they did to General Flynn. They're going to do to Comey as well. And we'll see. We'll see what happens. He's not going to go to jail. There's not going to be any ser. This is just how the political class works. And I know it sucks. People don't like it. I don't like it either. But it's very, very, very rare that somebody in that inner circle of, or the top tier of politics will ever see any sort of jail time because it becomes an embarrassment to the entire institution, to other FBI informants. It kills morale and that sort of stuff. It's bad enough right now so that I could be completely wrong, but I think that's what we're seeing. And always also, never forget the Dilbert filter. You know, how much of things are just stupidity and incompetence, which often plays into things. But no, no, we'll see.

[A]

Speaking of the Dilbert filter, I pulled this up. I just. I love this today. So this was my mood today. So you see, Dilbert and Dogbert. And Dilbert says, maybe I should become a teacher so I can educate the leaders of tomorrow. And Dogbert says, maybe you should educate the morons of tomorrow so they'll stop believing in the leaders of tomorrow. And then Dilbert says, maybe I'll just eat this donut and go to work. And Dogbert says, do you have any more dreams? I can crush it's just. I. I don't know. Like, that was, like, my mood today. I love that. It's so perfect. But I don't know, the. The Dilbert filter. You're right. We have to remember to put that on everything. Speaking of which, I have two quick clips, if you guys don't mind if I play them. I wasn't going to, but we all could use a little Victor Davis Hansen moment, don't you think? And here he is. I just wanted to play this. He's talking about Hakeem Jeffries, although he calls him something like Hakam, which. I don't know. I don't know how he said it, but I love it in the beginning. Just kind of talking about the pattern of the left. And then I'm going to play another clip right after of what we all long for. And some of you may have already seen it, but let's go Hikem.

[H]

Jeffries just came out and said, right before this, he said, we're in a maximum war. And then, remember, during the Big Beautiful Bill, he did his little bragadocio where he said, we're going to stop this. And he got a baseball bat like he was going to club somebody. And then he came out after the attempted assassination. We got to lower the rhetoric. And then people said, yeah, you should lower the rhetoric. And then he went berserk, said, I'm not going to back down. There's something wrong with that guy. You know, when you look at him, his eyes spin when he's thinking for a thought, like he's a deer in the headlights. It's really funny. So I don't want to suggest it's autism, but there's something. He's not connected. He's like Swalwell. Both of them don't seem connected to the surroundings, you know, the people.

[D]

I got a sense he tries to mimic Obama's cadence.

[H]

He does. Does, yeah. And he's. He. I'm glad he's. He's a major. A minority leader, because he's pretty inept.

[A]

I just love that. There's just a couple things I want to point out. You guys know Scott always said it's the eyes, right? It's like they have those crazy eyes. And did you guys. Do you guys notice that with him? I noticed that he's almost, like, expressionless. Like, he's, like, just vacant. And he is so monotone. He never makes an expression, but he manages to just say the most. I don't know. Just, oh, I. I don't. I can't Think of the right word. Like, it's not, like, vile, but, like, incendiary. Just, I don't know. Like, I just find him so gross. And I totally, from day one, was like, this guy thinks he's Obama. The cadence, the whole thing. And that's why they call him Teemu Obama. But do you guys have that same vibe with him? I'm going to go to you first, Owen.

[C]

I think he's a clown. I'm kind of glad he's their minority leader, because I'd rather have him than many of the other potential alternatives that might be more effective. I don't really find him compelling in any way. I'm kind of surprised that the Democrats seem to look at him as a leader, because I don't see him getting much done. I don't see him doing much other than complaining all the time.

[A]

What do you think, Marcella?

[B]

I mean, you know, the. He's part of the Designated liars. He came out after, like, like, it was said in the clip that he came out after the assassination attempt where he went crazy because they were like, lower your rhetoric. He's like, no. And like, he looked possessed. He does look possessed because he's more. He's a little possessed. To the designated liar, he adds more than Chuck Wood and Nancy. So I think he's gonna go far in the Democratic Party because he has that possessed, that evil possessed, that.

[A]

What's the word you're saying? Possessed?

[B]

No. Yes. But that sass, that, that, like, okay, like, I don't know. It's like. Like there's this energy in his eyes,

[C]

and it's like, really?

[B]

He's, like, possessed.

[A]

He's possessed with his pizzazz. Okay, B.J. i mean, I think. I think he's dangerous. Like, I, I know that he's, you know, like, Owen feels that way about him, but I feel like I don't like him being where he is because if we lose the majority, he's. He does not give a crap about anything that has to do with keeping this country civilized. What do you think, B.J.

[D]

i. I like Victor David Hansen. I disagree with him a little bit. I think he's not stupid. I think he's very intelligent. He knows exactly what he's doing and, you know, kind of the indicator that if he's part of the designated liars, then, you know, this is a strategy. Right. And the strategy is reciprocal extremism or reciprocal radicalization. And they tried to do that to us in Ottawa. I've seen this many times in politics in Canada. They Try to say the most extreme things because they know they can get away with it.

[F]

It.

[D]

And they are trying to foster reciprocal response to grow. Oh, oh, see, look, look at all these right wing militias. Look at all these right wing extremes. That's what Trudeau tried to do, even though it wasn't true. He tried to even stay that, to state that to us. And I think that's exactly what he's trying to do. He's trying to make Republicans angry. And my suggestion is don't take the bait.

[A]

100 debate.

[D]

Just keep just cool, calm and collected. That's what they cannot argue with. That's why with us, peace and love and freedom, they didn't know how to deal with that because they're only prepared for the opposite side to get more extreme than they are.

[A]

I agree. And especially now that the jig is up. You know, the Southern Poverty Law center we know is, you know, buying this kind of hysteria. They're paying for it. So, so I just wanted to play one last clip, you guys. I know there's a minute left. This is, this is how you handled life back in the day and what I miss and long for so badly. This is after there was an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan. And this is how Johnny Carson handled the situation. Unlike our freaking losers of like the Jimmy Kimmel like. Okay, here we go.

[K]

Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. I'm sure that all of you here and most of you watching tonight understand why we delayed this program for 24 hours because of the incredible events of yesterday. That old adage, the show must go on seemed relatively unimportant. The Academy, ABC Television and all of us connected with the show felt because of the uncertain outcome as of this time yesterday, it would have been inappropriate to stage a celebration. But the news today is very good. As you know, the President is in excellent condition. At last reports, he's been conducting business. And he is, and he happens to be in very good spirits. After all, you must remember, this is a man who yesterday, while he was in the hospital, unable to speak, wrote on a sheet of paper, all things considered, I'd rather be in the Philadelphia. So tonight, the show does go on.

[A]

Oh, I love that. All right, you guys, listen, the show goes on tomorrow. Oh, and you're doing your afterspaces.

[C]

I am. After party tomorrow.

[A]

After spaces. I don't know. That's a new one. All right, so you guys, tomorrow, Owen will be on X at the after party. BJ Are you going on right now?

[D]

Yeah, I'm starting a stream right now it's going to be shorter one, but I'm going to start in about five minutes.

[A]

Okay, everybody, thank you so, so much. Have an awesome weekend. We will be back Monday and we thank Scott and Shell for keeping this show going. Please be useful, be kind, and let's have a closing sip. To Scott. Say your goodbyes, you guys. We have to run. Okay. To Scott.

[C]

To Scott.

[A]

Thanks, Owen and Marcella. Thanks, bj. We love you.

[D]

Love you all. We'll see.