The Scott Adams School - 05/28/26 The CHICKS Today!

Summary

Real Coffee with Scott Adams Podcast Summary

Episode: "The Scott Adams School – 05/28/26 The CHICKS Today!"

Date: May 28, 2026
Host: Scott Adams
Guests/Co-hosts: Shelley, Marcella
Main Theme:
Exploring current events and cultural moments through Scott Adams' "persuasion filter," featuring lively co-host banter, humorous takes on the news, and a deep dive into Adams’ personal Dilbert legacy.

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Episode Overview

This episode blends the lighthearted, humorous tone of The Chicks co-hosts Shelley and Marcella with segments highlighting cultural happenings, political intrigue, and a special "Dilbert Museum" presentation from Scott Adams himself. Key topics include viral RFK Jr. moments, reporter confrontations, insight into the making of Dilbert, current political scandals, government fraud, and reflections on the increasingly surreal state of US politics.

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Key Segments & Discussion Highlights

1. Opening Banter & Simultaneous Sip

Time: 00:00 – 01:46

• Playful introductions by Shelley and Marcella, teasing about "tying up" co-host Owen.
• Lighthearted shoutouts to viewers and community in-jokes ("Somebody said kinky" [00:30]).
• Scott Adams introduces his trademark "Simultaneous Sip":
  • "It's called the simultaneous sip...the dopamine hit of the day." — Scott Adams [01:14]
  • Quick optimism: stock market up, COVID under control, “Turkey seems to be getting rid of bad people.” [01:48]

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2. Viral Clips & Animal Antics: RFK Jr. With Snakes

Time: 02:51 – 06:31

• Shelley recaps RFK Jr.'s viral weekend, wrangling snakes at Dr. Oz's house while his wife, Cheryl Hines, yells at him ("Bobby, stop").
• The group speculates if the snakes are mating or fighting—generates laughter and audience engagement.
• Marcella and Shelley swap stories about insect and snake encounters:
  • Shelley elaborates on her elaborate bug-killing ritual: "I have to save Stella and George's lives...then I start to scream, right?" [05:15]
  • Marcella professes, "I'm a believer in not killing insects if I don't have to, so I'll just take them outside..." [06:31]

Memorable Quote:

“If I'm upstairs, I take a paper towel, I saturate it with hairspray, and that way I know when I grab the bug, he's like [dead].” — Shelley [06:18]

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3. Celebrity Sightings & Pop Culture

Time: 07:38 – 08:11

• Dr. Drew spotted at Adam Carolla's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony, flanked by Jimmy Kimmel.
• Marcella commends Carolla’s ability to maintain good relations across political divides.

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4. January 6th & Confronting Officer Fanon

Time: 08:45 – 11:16

• Shelley presents a fiery clip: Boxer/reporter Cara Castra Nuova confronts Capitol Officer Fanon about his conduct on January 6th.
  • “You turned off your body cam. You were playing dead. I saw your body cam footage.” — Cara Castra Nuova [09:44]
  • Officer Fanon retorts: "What am I, right-wing conspiracy theorist?" [09:50]
• Both co-hosts praise Cara’s boldness and athletic resume, noting the need for more tough, in-your-face journalism.

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5. The Dilbert Museum: Inside Scott Adams’ Legacy

Time: 13:22 – 24:53

Scott Adams’ Personal Tour (Direct Address) [13:22-24:21]:

• Adams walks listeners through his “Dilbert Museum”—his early drawing desk, memorabilia, and family influences.
• Discusses the "genetic" aspect of cartooning: his mother's painting, his father’s sense of humor, and siblings in the arts.
• Origin story:
  • His first Dilbert comics, how he submitted 50 strips to syndicates.
  • The challenge with the Dilbert name; referencing its origins with military flyers.
  • Tools and techniques: from tracing via a light table to hand-lettering with guides, to digital workflow.
• Personal anecdotes:
  • Swapping original comics with Jim Davis (Garfield creator): “The proprietor without a touch of humor just said, third one today.” [Story about frame shop customers — 22:12]
• Reflection: Dilbert's rise in the age where newspapers and comic strips dominated cultural consciousness.
• Promotion: 2025 Dilbert calendar available for pre-order, made in the USA, exclusively at dilbert.com.

Panel Reflection [24:53 - 35:09]:

• Shelley and Marcella reminisce about their own museum tour; recall Scott’s humility, authenticity, and admiration for his mother.
• Shelley observes: “Comic strips were a huge thing...to be like the top guy, to be a Dilbert, a Garfield, a Snoopy—that is like an achievement.”
• Marcella recalls family stories, including Adams’ mother’s underwhelmed reaction to his first magazine cover:

  “Well, that’s not a People magazine.” [31:41]

• Shelley reflects on the unique fan access Adams provided, symbolizing the special community built around his work.

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6. Political News & Satire

Time: 35:09 – 44:43

Texas Primaries & Trump’s Endorsements

• Recap of Ken Paxton's Republican primary win and subsequent matchup.
• Trump’s characteristic jabs at political opponents (“Jasmine Crockett, a very low IQ individual...” “Al Green, one of the most mentally deficient cognitive men in the history of our country...”) [36:48+, 37:53]

DOJ Investigates E. Jean Carroll [38:21]

[CNN Clip at 38:41]

• DOJ now criminally investigating Carroll for potential perjury in lawsuits against Trump, notably about outside legal funding from LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman.
• Panel notes pattern of coordinated legal actions against Trump, suspects conspiratorial intent akin to "RICO" actions.

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7. White House and Political Theater

Time: 44:43 – 51:18

Jill Biden & The Elder Abuse Allegation

• Clip analyzing Jill Biden’s claim of fearing President Biden had a stroke during a debate, yet continuing to parade him around:

  “…everything’s a big effing joke to these people. We’re talking about running our country and the world.” — Shelley [46:24]

• Marcella reflects, as a conservatorship litigator, on how the situation borders on elder abuse: "It could be discerned as elder abuse for not having...someone step in..." [48:01]

Commentary:

• Panel sharply critical of Jill Biden, liberal establishment, and what they see as willful deceit about Biden’s health and capacity.

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8. Mar-a-Lago Raid Scandal & Government Conspiracy

Time: 52:36 – 55:24

• News segment [52:36]: John Solomon reports that DOJ and FBI both expressed concerns internally about probable cause and the legitimacy of the Mar-a-Lago raid post-raid.
• Shelley and Marcella interpret this as further proof of a "corrupt government," referencing Scott Adams' ongoing themes about systemic corruption and design.

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9. Government Fraud: PPP Loans & Systemic Waste

Time: 56:29 – 59:20

• Kelly Loeffler [56:44] announces $200 billion in fraudulent COVID PPP loans uncovered at SBA, with prosecutions underway and 140,000 people banned from future SBA loans.

  “It's as if government is designed to promote the fraud.” — Marcella [58:26]

  • Hosts argue that rooting out fraud could alone balance the US budget and save Social Security.

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10. Closing Reflections & Community

Time: 59:20 – End

• Hosts thank their audience, reflect on the pace and direction of the show, and tease more Scott Adams insights for future episodes.
• Lighthearted banter, inside jokes ("lips not in sync with the words"), and fond memories of early platform technical glitches—emphasizing the show's tight-knit community and intimacy.

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Notable Quotes

| Speaker | Quote | Timestamp | |-----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------| | Scott Adams | "It's called the simultaneous sip...the dopamine hit of the day." | 01:14 | | Shelley | "If I'm upstairs, I take a paper towel, I saturate it with hairspray, and that way I know when I grab the bug, he's like—[dead]." | 06:18 | | Cara Castra Nuova| "You turned off your body cam. You were playing dead. I saw your body cam footage." | 09:44 | | Marcella | "It's as if government is designed to promote the fraud." | 58:26 | | Shelley | “Comic strips were a huge thing...to be like the top guy, to be a Dilbert, a Garfield, a Snoopy—that is like an achievement.” | 29:31 | | Marcella (on Scott’s mom) | "Well, that's not a People magazine." | 31:41 | | Shelley | “…everything’s a big effing joke to these people. We’re talking about running our country and the world.” | 46:24 |

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Simultaneous Sip & Intro: 01:14
• RFK Jr. Snake Video: 02:51 – 06:31
• January 6th & Cara Castra Nuova confrontation: 09:15 – 10:03
• Dilbert Museum Tour (Scott Adams): 13:22 – 24:21
• Panel Reflection on Museum: 24:53 – 35:09
• Ken Paxton/Trump Endorsements: 35:09 – 38:21
• DOJ Investigates E. Jean Carroll: 38:21 – 44:43
• Jill Biden/Elder Abuse Allegation: 44:58 – 51:18
• Mar-a-Lago Raid/FBI-DOJ Doubts: 52:36 – 55:24
• SBA/PPP Government Fraud: 56:29 – 59:20
• Closing Reflections: 59:20 – End

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Tone & Style

• Language/Tone: Playful, irreverent, occasionally exasperated; loyal and warm toward Scott Adams; conspiratorial regarding establishment politics.
• Style: Free-flowing panel banter interspersed with news clips and direct-listener engagement.

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Conclusion

This episode stands out for its spirited co-host chemistry, a rare behind-the-scenes tour of Scott Adams’ creative legacy, and a detailed, opinionated breakdown of current political events seen through a skeptical, “persuasion-first” lens. The show appeals to both long-time Adams fans and listeners seeking lively, “insider” discussion of news, pop culture, and the enduring cultural impact of Dilbert.

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Transcript

[Marcella]

Good morning, everybody.

[Shelley]

We tied up Owen. He's in the trunk of our car. We have a car, a joint car

[Marcella]

tied to a chair.

[Shelley]

Oh, wait, Marcella. We're joined. I have to unjoin us. Hang on. There we go. Good morning. Good morning. It's May 28th. Let me turn on my locals so I can see you guys. Are you so excited to see Marcela and I? This could be trouble.

[Marcella]

Somebody said kinky.

[Shelley]

Of course, of course. Already. Beverly, good morning. We're just waiting for a couple of people to come in and we. I think we have a really good show for you guys today. I mean, that's the goal every day. Nikki.

[Marcella]

I take like three hours, but yes, I've.

[Shelley]

I always want to do your content. I know. Marcel's like, how many hours will this show be? It's gonna be jam packed. So tied to a chair. Yes, Owen is tied to a chair. Good call back. So. All right, you guys, I'm holding my cup and I'm waiting to have a sip. And I'm sure you are too. Oh, cute pictures. All right, you guys, let's do it.

[Scott Adams]

Shall we begin on a good note, a positive note? The best note there ever was. Yes. It's called the simultaneous zip. And all you need. All you need is a cupboard mugger, A glass of 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 absolutely everything better. It's called the simultaneous sip. Go.

[News Reporter]

Ah.

[Scott Adams]

Prospects are rising. Stock market is getting stronger. Coronavirus is getting handled. Yes. That was a good sip. Turkey seems to be getting rid of bad people. Yeah, pretty good sip. Let's talk about the news.

[Shelley]

All right. I like the little references to the current events at the time. So we. We get an idea of when that was. So happy siptastic day to you guys. We have some fun things in store for you. You're going to see more of Scott in a little bit. And first, I just. I don't. I can't remember if somebody sent this to me or if I stumbled upon it. I think someone sent this to me. And I'm so sorry. I don't know who it was, but for anyone who knows me, knows me. Oh, where is it? Where is it, you guys?

[Marcella]

The FBI took it away.

[Shelley]

Where is it? Oh, I'm bummed. Okay, I'm going to come back to it because I'm going To try to load it during a different segment. So hold that thought. It's going to be great. But did you guys see rfkj? Bobby Kennedy Jr. With the snakes over the weekend? This man and animals is like next level. It's like wherever he goes, there's something happening. So this is him. And by the way, shout out Dr. Oz. Amazing view at your house. So you're going to see rfkj. You're going to hear Cheryl Hines, the wife in the background going, bobby, stop. And you're going to see RFKJ wrangling some snakes. Here we go.

[Officer Fanon]

What are they?

[Shelley]

They're biting him.

[Marcella]

He's like, what are they?

[Officer Fanon]

They're having sex. So what were they?

[Shelley]

No. Oh, he would die. Okay, they're not.

[Marcella]

What are they doing there?

[Shelley]

Like, someone said they were mating.

[Officer Fanon]

Are they fighting?

[Marcella]

Oh, maybe.

[Shelley]

All right, check out Dr. Oz's view. Ready?

[Officer Fanon]

The mouths are huge.

[Shelley]

Listen to Cheryl. It's crazy.

[Marcella]

Well, check out the view.

[Shelley]

I don't think he would care what kind of snake it was, cuz Watch this. Do you hear that sound? That's a rattler. It's a rattler.

[Officer Fanon]

Oh,

[Shelley]

Okay, Daniel, son, you catch the snake. I mean, what the heck with this guy? He's a maniac.

[Marcella]

I find myself grabbing snakes because I've done that before while running, because they.

[Shelley]

Why don't you just run by?

[Marcella]

No, sometimes I like grabbing them. I like insects and snakes and tarantulas. Of course.

[Shelley]

Yeah, it makes total sense.

[Marcella]

It makes sense.

[Shelley]

You should hear me scream if there's like a spider or a bug. I'm sure you guys are finding this shocking, but the only way I can kill a bug is I think that I have to save Stella and George's lives. My two cats. So I'm like, what if this spider bit one of them? And so I get myself all psyched up. I have to get like five paper towels and I kind of pre clump them so it's not like flat because I don't want to feel anything. And then I start to scream, right? So I pre scream. I go. I start to scream and then I grab it and while I'm screaming and then I hold it so tight. I'm pressing so hard, so hard, so hard. And then I like, either if it's not a paper towel and it's toilet paper, I flush it. If it's a paper towel, it goes into the garbage and the garbage goes outside and I'm sorry, no, I can't save it and then let it go. Some things I Can. But when there's a scream involved, it is. I can't get the vacuum cleaner out. Bear. Then they're going to go in the vacuum and lay eggs, and I'm going to have, like, a spoon spider infestation. Oh. Oh, yes. Yes, Beverly. Amazing 100. Especially if I'm upstairs. I take a paper towel, I saturate it with hairspray, and that way I know when I grab the bug, he's like. And he just dies.

[Marcella]

I'm a believer in not killing insects if I don't have to, so I'll just take them outside in my office. They always be like, marcella, there's a bug in my office. Like, they already know. I just go hold them with my

[Shelley]

hand, and I literally run through the house screaming. Like, screaming. I've gotten my neighbor over before. I'm like, oh, my God. Yeah. I don't know why. Yeah. Windex, hairspray, whatever it is. I can't spray Raid chunks because I've got the kitties. I don't want to. Oh. Oh. Beverly's making a torch. My bad. She is using an aerosol can and a Bic lighter and creating a flamethrower. I do not recommend that. That's just Beverly. She's wild. Like. Okay, I'm glad we got that out of the way. One other thing I did want to show the other day. I'm just catching up on a couple little clips. Oh, by the way, you guys, Dr. Drew, yesterday, were you so happy with that? I mean, we love him. He's such a genuine guy. And then later in the day, he was spotted in LA, right, Marcella, the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

[Marcella]

Congratulations to Adam Carolla for getting a star at the Walk of Fame. Fame, and having a great relationship with Jimmy Kimmel. Regardless of their differences, they're both. Dr. Drew was there as well as Jimmy Kimmel. And they spoke very wonderful things of Adam, and it was wonderful to see. At the same day, I was like, oh, no, you guys just saw him.

[Shelley]

Yeah. It was nice to see Adam flanked by Jimmy Kimmel and Dr. Drew. Very sweet. Okay, so this was another clip, you guys. This chick is a badass. And I don't even mean to be like this chick, but so I've never seen her before. And, you know, I am like a dog with a bone with this January 6th stuff. You guys will remember this. This is the Capitol Police guy. Oh, I wish I had my notes from that day. But he's like. He thinks he's, like, a total freaking stud, and he's a complete lying sellout traitor. Marcel is going to shrink under the chair. I think he's. Oh, I don't like this short little box I have.

[Marcella]

Okay, so everybody on the podcast, she's, she has her signs.

[Shelley]

So this woman. Oh, you guys, where are my notes? She works for Lindell tv. Lindell tv. So Mike Lindell has a news show and he's, I heard, doing really well in Minnesota. He's running in, in Minnesota for office there. So anyway, just watch this woman. This is a, a fearless reporter. I love her and. O God. I'll give you the notes at the end.

[Cara Castra Nuova]

Officer Fanon, how are you today?

[Officer Fanon]

I'm great.

[Cara Castra Nuova]

What happened in there?

[Officer Fanon]

What are you talking about?

[Cara Castra Nuova]

That confrontation.

[Officer Fanon]

Jack Smith testified about how he had proof beyond reasonable doubt that Donald Trump incited, orchestrated and funded the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

[Cara Castra Nuova]

It seemed like there was a fight in there.

[Officer Fanon]

No, there was no fight.

[Shelley]

Fight.

[Cara Castra Nuova]

Is it true, Officer Fone, that you turned off your own body camera on January 6th?

[Officer Fanon]

No.

[Cara Castra Nuova]

I saw your body cam. You turned it off yourself. You were playing dead. I saw your body cam footage.

[Officer Fanon]

You're a, what am I, right wing conspiracy theorist?

[Cara Castra Nuova]

I saw you turn off your body cam footage, sir. But thank you for disrespecting me. Psychopath.

[Shelley]

Is she from New Jersey? Her name? Yes, her name is Cara Castra Nuova and she's from Lindell tv. You guys, she's a two time Golden Glove boxing champ and she was ranked number two nationally in boxing. So I, I, I saw the clip and I was like, who is this woman? I like. Yes, go get them. You know, don't back off. And I love that she's wearing pink and she's just like, hey, buddy, I saw it. Wasn't she great? You guys, we need more of that. Like that's, that's what we want. So shout out to her. I don't know if she's from New Jersey, but I'm obsessed, so I was dying to show you guys that. And that guy is such a prick. Marcel, you know this guy, right? You've seen him? Yeah, I've seen him.

[Marcella]

Yeah, he's, he's on someone's payroll.

[Shelley]

Yeah, we should follow her name.

[Marcella]

Allegedly.

[Shelley]

If anyone wants to look her up and drop it in the chat on, on all the plat on you.

[Marcella]

I can even tell she was the boxer. You didn't have to tell because of the gloves and the, her manner of standing and talking. I don't know, she was like, I

[Shelley]

don't care Very confident. She was unafraid to make a good

[Marcella]

lawyer if she wanted to be nice.

[Shelley]

So you guys, can you guys on YouTube, Rumble, Spotify X, look her up. Her name is Cara Castro Nuova and she works for Lindell tv. And Cara is C A R A. Okay. Love her. And she's hot. Yes, she is hot. Okay, so you guys, we have a Scott treat for you today. Where are our Dilbert fans? We need you in here immediately. So it's so funny how many things aren't loading on my thing. I'm going to try to find them later. Oh, tell me this isn't there now. Yes, it is. Okay. All right, you guys, something wacky is happening. Of course. So listen, we are going to do so remember when Scott was putting together his Dilbert museum and you know, it didn't it feel a lot like someone who was like preparing to, you know, get his affairs in orders, which, which you do when, you know, you're in your life and you're getting up in years. I mean, I think, I think about it now where I'm like, oh, I want to like clear out things and get things in order. So, you know, it was very important for Scott to get that museum together and to talk about it and show it to us. And a lot of people only found Scott like after that and they may never have seen it. And for the rest of us, we can't get enough Scott. So let's take a 10 minute tour through the Dilbert museum. Marcel and I were lucky enough to tour the museum and it's very impressive just to see how, how long and his span of reach with like all the, all the different achievements and Dilbert was like massive. I mean, Dilbert still is massive, but it's just incredible. We're not going to answer, answer personal questions, alien. It, it doesn't matter. It's all perfect. Everything is perfect, I promise you, in Scott's estate. Okay, so let's sit back, kick back. We've got 10 minutes of looking at Scott and his career. Okay, guys, enjoy it.

[Officer Fanon]

Hey everybody. My name is Scott Adams. I'm the creator of the Dilbert comic strip. You might recognize Dilbert and if you want to see what a comic strip looks like, here's what they used to look like. This is when we did it on paper. I'll show you more about that in a moment. But what I have here behind me are all the items that remind me of how it all started. And I thought I'd give you a little tour of the early days of cartooning, how it's done, how I got started, and a little bit about me. So the first thing you need to know is that cartooning might be a little bit genetic. And what I mean by that is, my mother was a landscape artist. You can see some of her work on the wall here. These are the paintings that she didn't sell. Everything else she sold at galleries, but the ones she thought were not quite good enough, they became family heirlooms. So I have the ones that are her least favorite works, but it's still quite good. She sold everything she put in a. In a gallery. Father did a little bit of art, too. He wasn't really skilled, but he liked to work with wood. And here he made a little Dilbert and Dogbert and lots of other little things. They used to draw little cartoons and write funny letters to me. So I got the rye sense of humor mostly from my dad and from my town. Got my art skills mostly from my mom. My siblings got some, too. I've got a sister who's majored in art and did a lot of art, a brother who liked photography. And so some of it's genetic. But how did I get started? I've got most of my history conveniently in this corner. This is the very first desk and chair in which Dilbert was created. The desk, if you can call it that, was left in an apartment that I rented in San Francisco in the Haight district. And it was not this color. It was just left over by the prior resident who didn't want it because it was basically garbage. But I said to myself, I could refinish this. I'm really bad at refinishing, it turns out. But I did use it as my original Gilbert drawing table. On it is something called a light table. And what this does is it helps an artist who wants to recreate a scene similar to the scene before. If you've got one scene that you like, let's say this one, but you want to draw it on another comic, you can put one over the other, put it on top of the light, and the one on the bottom shines through. Then you can effectively just trace it on the version that you want. So this is something we don't use anymore. It's all done on computer with a stylus and a tablet you can draw on. But for the first, I don't know, 20, 25 years, it was done the old way on paper, and eventually it became a hybrid situation where some of it was drawn by hand. And then I would scan this in and Put the boxes there and add some other dialogue, et cetera. Because I'd created a font on the computer of my own handwriting so I could just type in the words after a while. The chair was actually made by my mother and me. It was a project when I was about 12, and it was made from two separate chairs. The bottom and the top were different chairs. Refinished it, and my mother did the backing, et cetera. So this has a lot of meaning to me. It's one of the few things I took with me from my home to California when I moved. Now, your question might be, Scott, how'd you get started? And it turns out that the story is right here. It started this way. I saw a TV show about how to become a cartoonist, and I wrote to the host of the TV show, and he sent me back a whole bunch of good tips, which I used. His name is Jack Cassidy. He was a cartoonist himself, professional cartoonist. And he wrote back. And among his advice, he told me what kind of paper to buy, A special kind of paper that you can erase, often without ruining the paper. You do a lot of erasing when you're a cartoonist, when you're using pencil and paper. He told me what pens to buy, what, where to send things, and he told me to get this book. Now, it comes out in different years. This was an 86 version. I think by the time I talked to him, I may have already known about this. But he said, look in the 1988 version, because that's when it happened. And here you could find, depending on what kind of artist you wanted to be, including a cartoonist, you could find out how to send your samples and where to send them to. And this is all I needed. I made some cartoons. I sent out my samples to the addresses in this book. Most of them came back with rejections, but United Media said, yes, here is the actual original submission of Dilber. So what I did was I took 50 of my best comics that I was just drawing at home at my little desk. And you see that they're very crude. You can see that the panels around it were just squares. In this case, I didn't know how to do that yet. And I was just writing the. The lettering with uppercase and lowercase, which, as it turns out, is not the style of cartoons. I found out later that they're usually all uppercase just by tradition. So once I had submitted that and it got accepted, I found out, it turns out the name Dilbert had already been taken. And there was a comic named Dilbert. It was something that Navy Flyers, people in the military were using. It was a comic strip involving a guy named Dilbert who was always doing all the wrong stuff. And it turns out that I got the name from somebody who had seen this but forgotten he'd seen it in some documents from his father who had been in the military. And he just thought the name Dilbert was a perfect name for the little character I was drawing on my whiteboard at work in my cubicle. And so I adopted the name and I got published before I found out that there was already a Dilbert comic. And I worried for decades that they would come after me until I realized it's made by the military, which means probably it belongs to the public. But I never heard from the original Dilber cartoonist. I assume he heard of me. Now, in the early days, I developed some techniques of my own. So when I wanted to put the little panels around the cartoons, this would be a Sunday sized comic. I went to tap plastics and said, make me a frame like this. And then I could just use my pencil to draw on the squares on a piece of paper and I'd be ready to go. When I did the lettering by hand, I would use this little guide. I believe I was using the this one. And you just do your lettering so it goes to the bottom and top of one of these holes and it will be straight lines and all the same height. You saw on the comic that I showed you that there was something that looks like a dot pattern of shading, like the chair and Dilbert's bathrobe here. So this is actually a decal that you place on here. And then you use an xacto knife to cut around it so that you leave the parts that you want and the rest just peels off. Obviously, shading and everything is done on the computer these days, so none of that is necessary. Now, at one point when I was still working, I would be writing down all my ideas for the day in voluminous little notes. You can see I've got a whole bunch of these. These were very lightly drawn pencil ideas that later turned into real art. It's very light. This is the way it originally was. So it hasn't faded. It's just that I kept it light because it was easier to erase the light pencil lines. Now, originally you would put it in a pencil, but if you do a light pencil, it doesn't show up on photocopies. It's too light. So then you can use an ink pen to ink over the pencil and only the ink Parts will reproduce because they're darker. This is the original Garfield comic. You can see it's signed by Jim Davis. And early in my career, after I'd been published, I made a comic that referenced Garfield. And so there's a tradition in the industry in which the cartoonist you reference will often say, hey, do you want to trade comics? So I traded comics with Jim Davis. I got one that's valuable. He got my crappy one because it was worth nothing then. And I took it to a. Took it to a frame shop. I couldn't wait to show it to the frame shop in my local town because I thought he would be so impressed that I had an original Garfield cartoon. Except there were only two of us customers in the frame shop, and the man in front of me that I was waiting behind was getting a framed Garfield. There were two of us at the same time in the same shop in my little town who were framing an original Garfield. He got his because he had just met the creator himself. Total coincidence. The frame shop guy had the best joke of all when we told him, my goodness, we're both here to get a framed Garfield original. And the proprietor without a touch of humor just said, third one today. Which is always a great line. All right, this is how it all started. And if you're wondering how it went pretty well. You can see over here a sampling, some of the licensed deliver products. There's another wall behind you. It has much more, but the 2025 deliver calendar is going to be available this Christmas. You can already buy it pre sale. If you go to dilber.com you'll see the link. Go to buy this. You can only get it through that link. It's not on Amazon, it's not in bookstores. In order to make it in America, I had to do a special process that isn't the normal process. And it's completely made in America. Available only at the link you can see at dilbert. Com.

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[Shelley]

Oh, I love that. We were lucky enough to be in there. And he's right. Those. Those shelves go all the way around the room, and they are packed. Packed. We even saw the dill burrito. Did you see it, Marcella?

[Marcella]

Yeah, I did.

[Shelley]

I was like, are they in there? Wait, first of all, I forgot that part about the Garfield comic. And he goes into this store, and the guy in front of him is also getting one frame. That is so bizarro. So how many people saw that for the first time? I'm just curious to know, because, you know, it's like we take for Grant, like, we've seen everything probably twice, right? So, you know, we're just like, wait, there's things people haven't seen. And by the way, it's like Seinfeld. I could watch Scott's anything over and over and over again. Let me see. So HOLY is asking, where will the museum end up? That's a great question. So the answer is, I don't know, but they definitely want a destination for it. So it's just unknown right now. There's just so much going on right now, as you can imagine. But. Oh, Idol. You have a frame Dilbert cartoon. I love that. Yeah, some of us saw it live. Oh, first time. First time for. Oh, I love that. I'm so glad we. We played that today for you guys, so it's very impressive. And when we were in there, you know, Scott also has his photo album from his younger days that we were flipping through, and they're just like everybody else's photo albums from years ago. And you're just like, look at Scott, like, with his long hair, and he's all, like, lanky looking. And we. We got a kick out of that. The only picture I pulled that came through, and you guys hears Marcella, and I was Shelly, and with Savannah. And that was in the museum over here by Savannah is where he just pulled that calendar off the shelf, so all the way around the back wall and then to the side, and then there was even a closet full of things that weren't even on display. So quite the arc. Marcella, what were you thinking watching and remembering?

[Marcella]

You know, I was just remembering how he felt about his mother and how he, you know, took after her art. You know, she was an artist as well. And seeing him talk about the chair and how the mom. His mom Virginia, helped them build the chair and all that, it just seems like he, like an homage to her. And at the same time, doing cartooning back in the 80s and 90s was really difficult compared to now. Yeah, yeah. Like, he had to have stucco Knife and all of that. He. It's definitely different now with AI as well and so. But I mean, he, he was the real deal.

[Shelley]

Oh yeah.

[Marcella]

The thing about, about Scott is that when we went there, there were so many magazine covers, so many T shirts, so many different memorabilia that he had for Dilbert. But he was always very authentic.

[Kelly Loeffler]

He.

[Marcella]

He never. He knew who he was, that's for sure. But he was, He. He was also open to talking to me, to talking to people, everyday people. Like, he wasn't something, somebody that's like, oh, you. You must come through the other door, you know?

[Shelley]

No. So down to earth.

[Marcella]

It was down to earth.

[Shelley]

I, I love. And we got to see his mom's pictures. They're beautiful. She was very talented. I do love. Said that he got his sense of humor, you know, from his mom and, you know, this and that. And he goes, my tap. My dry sense of humor from my town. And I'm just like, oh, my God, I love that he credits his town for part of his dry sense of humor, which is so funny. Yeah. And. And then there was just like frame after frame after frame on the wall, like Marcella said, of magazine covers with, you know, interviews with Scott and Dilbert and all of this stuff. And I mean, comic strips were. I mean, they still are for some people, but they were like. They were like the. Back then, because you didn't have all this other nonsense noise. You had like six channels of tv and when the newspaper came, you look for the comics for some, like, light entertainment and to see if you got the joke and was it funny. And then you, you know, people would actually talk about it and kids. So we had Silly Putty. Does everyone remember Silly Putty? And it was like this little, like, shiny clay thing and then we used to press it over the colorful comic strips in the paper and when you'd lift up the Silly Putty, the comic would transfer onto your Silly Putty and you could like, stretch out Dilbert's face and all that stuff. So comic strips were a huge thing. So to be like the top guy, to be a Dilbert, a Garfield, a Snoopy, that is like an achievement that you really just can't comprehend. Because I really feel like if you think about, like, just think about the 80s and 90s, you can probably really, an average person can probably only name like three or four famous comic strips. Far side, I think that's the only ones I know are the ones I just said. So, you know, kudos to Scott, man. He just. And how tedious it Was. And he never gives up. He'll give up something, he'll give up, you know, he would give up businesses and ideas if. If he kind of ran its course with it. But he never gave up on inventing and, you know, creating a bigger talent stack and talents and learning and then adding his skills into his everyday life. And just, he was never like, oh, that didn't work. I gave up. And that now it's over. He was always just like, no, like, let's keep going. And even when he had Dilbert, you know, how many businesses was he, you know, attempting to do? And actually everything he did was to be useful. So, you know, he. He was living the mantra.

[Marcella]

I remember. I know we have to talk about news, but I remember him talking about his mom, Virginia, and how she showed. He showed her magazine cover and she was like, not impressed as much. And he was like, oh, my gosh. Because she said, well, that's not a People magazine.

[Shelley]

Yes.

[Marcella]

And he was like, oh, boy. I don't know what he told her, but that was just like, oh, man, that was crushing, you know, to a man's soul. So eventually he did make it down to People magazine, but I believe he had an issue with the People magazine cover because it was just Dilbert and not him on the COVID And so he did finally make it onto People magazine and he showed his mom, but it wasn't just. It was not him himself, you know, so.

[Shelley]

Right.

[Marcella]

So it was always funny. That's what made me laugh about, you know, he would always tell us these things, but he would always make fun of himself and.

[Shelley]

Oh, yeah.

[Marcella]

And what was happening.

[Shelley]

And never, like, took himself too seriously, but was very serious about always moving forward and challenging himself. Like, I mean, right till the very last second, you guys working, doing, thinking, creating. I mean, he hated sleeping. He felt like it was a waste of time. He's just like, oh, like, it's just something I have to do. But, like, I need to get up because time's ticking, you know, and I'm just like, oh, my God. It's like insane. But, you know, that's that kind of mind. Like, maybe it's a Gemini thing too, you know, him and Trump. Trump doesn't really care to sleep either, you know, so it's just. It's just. He's special. Special man. We all are so lucky, you know, Think about the people in this world that people. I don't want to say the word idolized. Like, it's not like an, like, you know, you just. You have such a A love and appreciation for Scott. Right? So imagine how unlucky a lot of other people are that have a love and appreciation for someone and they never had access like this where you could go behind the scenes and he would tell you about Dilbert and he'd answer your questions in the chat and you were like in his home while he's in his pajamas sipping coffee and taking. If you were a locals, you know, you saw him in the kitchen making the coffee before the show and his little putting green in the house. And you know, you'd walk through the house and he had a little elevator and he'd go up the elevator sometimes, sometimes he'd take the stairs. But, you know, it's like that's an incredible level of access to somebody that this is why this community is so amazing. Because he talked to all of us. We all bonded with each other. Of course we were bonded to him. And that's why this can go on just like Scott wanted it to. Because it's just a, you know, it, it's a. Our commonality was Scott. It is Scott. It will always be Scott. And I just think that it. This is a very special group of people. I know I don't want to talk about news either, you guys, but we do a little bit of everything. It's a variety, if you will, and we do have to catch up on some stuff. But listen, there'll be way more about Scott coming up, so I promise you that. So I'm glad you guys ENJ enjoyed this. So I'm going to toss the first story over to Marcella and oh, and you guys, listen, if you are enjoying the show, it will help us to keep it going. If you could share the show. Hit the like button, the bell, the little heart. It just, it really helps keep our show alive and going so more people might find it and, you know, that's the goal. Okay, so Marcela, I'm going to toss over to you for the first news item.

[Marcella]

So a lot of you might be tired of winning. I'm not tired of winning at all. I know yesterday you may have talked about Ken Paxton winning the primary for Republican primary. Now he's going against Telefrico. Oh, Talarico. Yes. And there's a good chance that he will win. Of course, it's Texas, but there is, it's very competitive. But the other thing was, the funny part was that Trump had posted untruth about it and I will pick out only the funny stuff because it's a long post and he Congratulates Ken Paxton and talks about Cornyn and having a strong race. This is a senator that's been there 24 years, I believe, and, you know, it's a big deal. One of the main reasons he did not back Cornyn was because he was not pro the Save America Act. And one of the things that he says in there, and I'll go quickly into it because I want to go to the next story, is Jasmine Crockett, a very low IQ individual who has no relations to the legendary frontiersman. David Crockett would have been a far better choice for the Democrats in regards to. In regards to the opposing party, Talarico. He calls Talarico Alfred E. Newman. If you know that, you'd have to see a picture of Newman.

[Shelley]

But that's from the Mad comic, Mad Mad magazine. Okay. Okay.

[Marcella]

So loser, Loser track. Al Green. If you guys remember Al Green, he's the protester that had signs in the State of the Union. And he's a very. Oh, he. Yeah, several times. So. So Trump posted about that and he congratulated the Democrat, Democrat Party. Al Green, one of the most mentally deficient cognitive men in the history of our country, has been lost in a landslide his seat in Congress. But I will miss that lunatic not screaming and violently waving his cane at me during my next State of the Union speech. So one of the things that happened with Texas is that it got redistricting happened there and it forced Al Green to go against another Democrat. The area where they're at is just pure Democratic power in, in Texas. But he lost against that Democrat, the 18th congressional district, he lost 69 to 30%. So Menifee, the person he lost to is most likely going to win the final race, but because I guess that that district, the 18th congressional district is known to be a Democratic stronghold, but who knows?

[Shelley]

So, and I mean, who knows that this guy has any kind of reasonable bone on his body? But we can only hope so, but I doubt it.

[Marcella]

So he' out of there. So the. The other loser. Well, that's just my opinion. Where's my sign? Is E. Jean Carroll. She's being investigated by the doj. And I don't know if you have a clip of that.

[Shelley]

Oh, this makes me just giddy. Okay, here we go.

[CNN Reporter]

Exclusive and breaking news right now. The Justice Department, CNN is learning, has launched a new criminal investigation into one of Trump's. Trump's enemies, E. Jean Carroll. Now, E. Jean Carroll was the former magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault. Ended up being that he was liable for Sexual abuse. The source is telling CNN that the investigation now is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury during her two civil lawsuits against the President. Paula, Reid is breaking the story and she's out front. And Paula, what else are you learning about this? I mean, there was obviously a verdict here.

[News Reporter]

That's right. And here, Erin, this is the latest move by the Justice Department to take action against one of President Trump's long standing foes. Our sources tell us this investigation is focused on a 2022 deposition that Carol gave where she said that she had not received any outside funding. Now her later, her lawyers later told the judge that she had in fact received funding for legal fees and expenses from billionaire Reid Hoffman. The judge overseeing this case ultimately said there were no issues with her credibility and blocked Trump lawyers from asking about this at trial. Now, Carol currently has multiple legal battles with Trump currently pending, including one before the Supreme Court. And notably, Aaron, the Supreme court has deferred 12 times on a decision whether they want to take up that case. Now over at the Justice Department, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, I am told, has recused from this case because he worked on one of the appeals related to the Carroll case. Now I'm told he has not attended any meetings or been in any discussions about this investigation. The case is currently being handled out of the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago. Now tonight, the Justice Department issued a statement saying, quote, we can confirm that no U.S. attorney's office has declined to investigate any case relating to the subject matter of CNN's inquiry. We will not comment beyond that. Now Carol's team tonight declined to comment. Aaron.

[Shelley]

All right, okay, Marcel, let's,

[Marcella]

so I mean, the, the, the main issue is that when you are deposed, even if it's a private civil matter or, or it's not a civil matter, you're under the penalty of perjury. And just as if you were in the courtroom. And basically Alina Haba, his then attorney, asked clearly, Carol, whether she was being, whether her legal fees were being covered by someone else. And she, she refused. She said no. And then basically, then her own team had indicated that there was someone else that had, you know, funded her legal costs. So you can always do the Clinton move where what is, is what is funding funding, you know, so they could always sidestep it. But basically there was somebody, and I think having the disclosure by her lawyers that billionaire Reid Hoffman was behind it. I mean, I love the whole thing because it shows the crookedness and I think there was other things that we can talk about of how President Trump was treated before becoming president. One of them was the Florida Mar A Lago issue.

[Shelley]

I have that too, which you have.

[Marcella]

But this one was another issue of having people sue him. Now, the 2nd Circuit recently delayed the $83 million that he, that, that President Trump was supposed to pay for the defamation payment for what was found in that case. And the Supreme Court, I think they talked about it in the news cast that they were deferring hearing the appeal. So we'll see how it turns out. But the structure of everything is that there was, as Scott was trying to put it, is that there could be a reco action of conspiracy between all of these players to, in order to affect the election and in order to derail Trump as they do other candidates. He's not the sole person. You know, they always come out in their October surprise with some lady saying that she was sexually abused.

[Shelley]

Well, Reid Hoffman, correct me if I'm wrong, wasn't he also behind Christine Blasey Ford with the Kavanaugh? He was behind that too. So this guy's a real piece of work.

[Marcella]

He's also alleged to be in the Epstein right aisles. But I know that there is people that are, that are innocent. So, you know, so.

[Shelley]

All right, well, that's interesting. So she's just, you know, a gem for headlines.

[Marcella]

But you know, the thing is the, the wonderful thing is, is that they're actually going forward and doing it, seen what results. Because sometimes when you start investigation, you find out more once you uncover, you know, you, you find out all the venomous snakes under the, under the, under the rock. But because there was a time where I would be talking to people about these kind of things back in, you know, 2020 or even before that or even after that. And they looked at me like I was Alex Jones, like, what are you talking about? What is this conspiracy? Who is paying who the. This is not, this is organized. These are protests that are organ, you know, all these things. And so now it comes to fruition that we weren't so crazy after all.

[Shelley]

That's right. Okay, so I want to. There's just two stories I want to make sure we get in. One is this one. This one we're going to file under no Sherlock. Okay, let's just take a listen to this butte say here.

[Unknown Commentator]

Well, she says that she's never seen him act that way before since. But in the interviews that over 200 of which that Jake and I did, other people did see him act like that in the months before and in the months after that and those moments became increasingly hard to predict, and the White House was increasingly trying to manage them to keep those moments out of the public view. And eventually, you know, during the debate, they could no longer hide those moments from the public. I'd also say that what she just said there is very much at odds with what many of Biden's top aides said at the time and have said, you know, since the 2024 election, which is they didn't think the bay was that bad. And they think. They thought the Democratic Party way overreacted. They certainly did think that he was having a stroke at the time. And they thought it was, you know, he was clearly trying to say big pharma and instead of beat Medicare and that this was a whole, you know, tempest in a teapot overreaction. But Jill Biden is now saying that at the time when she was watching, she thought her husband, the President of the United States, was having a stroke. And then also later that night spoke at a rally in which she praised his performance, then also did an event right afterward at a restaurant, and then also let him go and do a rally the next day in North Carolina. That seemed okay.

[Shelley]

So what happened was Jill. Jilly was interviewed and she was questioned, you know, what did you think about that debate performance? To which she said, you know, I've never seen him like that ever, and I've never seen him like that since. And I was, you know, I was scared. I thought maybe he was having a stroke. In which she then takes said maybe stroke victim out on stage and parades him around and goes to a diner and takes him to an event. It's like, stop it. And also the AIDS that saw this behavior, everybody who saw this, which was all of you, because we all saw it. I mean, I never say this phrase, but shame on you. You know, everything's a big effing joke to these people. We're talking about running our country and the world. And you're like, yeah, like, you know, we knew he couldn't talk walk. Maybe he had a stroke. There was a one brain cell left, but if we could just push him through. And it wasn't till that debate that was just so mind numbingly ridiculous that people were like, oh, we can't co sign anymore. Like, it's just. It just went too far. And I'm like, you know what, George Clooney, you're so full of it too. Don't let me go on a ramp. But you're so full of it too. Everybody knew what was up. So I hope that our DOJ follows the money all the way to all these people being put in jail. There was a great cabinet meeting the other day, and the DOJ is stepping up and doing stuff. But, Marcel, what do you want to say about this Jill Biden? Sorry.

[Marcella]

The sad part is, I see this all the time in my practice. Elder abuse is rampant. I mean, to be honest, what was happening to Joe Biden, not to make him a victim, was. It could be discerned as elder abuse for not having, you know, not having someone step in and say, hey, maybe he is lacking capacity now, or he needs more time or, you know, he has disabilities or whatever it was. It just seemed like they were just doing the Weekend at Bernie's and just dragging him along. I remember there was a funny video that we talked about of this lady in Brazil taking her deceased uncle or someone that she knew to the bank, and he was actually dead, and he. She was trying to get money out of the. People actually do this. You guys, this is what I litigate for a living. Some of these things are people doing this to their own relatives because that particular relative or that particular person is the one that's generating the golden eggs. You know, they're the ones generating the money. I'm not. I'm not saying that Jill was aware of that, but you have to, because who knows, Maybe she's also being abused herself. I don't know. You know, so the. The issue is that somebody had to come in and say something. But when you're President of the United States, it's hard to, you know, step.

[Shelley]

I don't.

[Marcella]

And say, you know, you need to stop.

[Shelley]

You know, I know, because he was the president, but let's get real. He didn't have one brain cell bouncing around in there, so it seemed like that. Yeah, yeah. So it's like, how could it even be hard? It was so disgusting to watch. And. And it was like, I. I don't think Joe Biden's a good person. I just don't. But it was sad to watch that for him, as an elderly person who obviously was handicapped, it was sad. I. I would hope nobody would ever do something like that to somebody they love. You know, obviously the greed and the power and the power were more important to the body.

[Marcella]

You know, and sometimes individuals like a wife or a daughter or anything like that, sometimes you're too close to the situation where you are not able to discern the changes that are coming to that loved one, and you need a doctor, somebody else. And there was a Doctor involved that would say, see President Joe Biden and would have been able to tell them, hey, you know, something's going on with him. There is tests that you do for dementia and so on and so forth. So you know, when you're a relative, you kind of just like, oh yeah, he's forgetful. You know, that happens. You know, I mean, he forgot, he forgot where the exit is. And, and sometimes you kind of just keep it going because you want to believe that your relative or your loved one is, is good.

[Shelley]

Marcella, you are so much nicer than me, honestly.

[Marcella]

Just happens in the cases that I deal with. I, I deal with conservatorships and I deal with that a lot. And a lot of it is like, no, there's this doctor saying that your loved one does not have capacity to do X, Y and Z.

[Shelley]

Well, we got that report from the, her report when he interviewed him and he said, I can't release the report because he, he's brain dead. Basically that's just me talking. But anyway, I want to move on. We all know that this. And you know, and by the way, people are like, oh, you know, it was nice to see Hunter Biden talking about his addiction to Candace Owens. Bullshit. That. Just listen to me, you guys. The Bidens are professional liars, okay? Hunter Biden, whatever, his addictions, that's brutal. Like, I, I understand addiction, like I get it, yes, terrible. But these people are so full of shit when they talk. Everything they say is just a calculated lie. So I don't want to hear about them. I don't. I'm not giving them the benefit of the doubt. They destroyed this country. They let people flood in here. I'm over them. Jill, you're a horrible wife. And I've said that since that before you even got into the White House. You're disgusting. Thank you. Good night. Okay, so I just want to move on. So this was, this is also interesting. We only have a few minutes. So this is about the raid at Mar A Lago and let's go because I mean, again, any normal minded person that isn't infected with TDS knew this was terrible. So let's take a listen to John Solomon.

[John Solomon]

Meanwhile, a lot of reaction to the story that we broke in the last 24 hours. President Trump himself reacted to it. So socialize the story. But we now have a second piece of evidence that the Justice Department under Joe Biden knew that its raid on Mar A Lago was bad. Remember? Bad. Excuse me. A couple months ago we told you that the FBI had memos saying that they did not believe they had probable cause to raid Mar A Lago, but they did it anyways. They went into the President's home looking for allegedly classified documents. Well, a couple days after that raid, one of Merrick Garland top adviser, someone he personally brought in to make sure that they stayed ethical in their investigations of President Trump, wrote an email saying, I don't believe we had the right to go raid Mar A Lago. In fact, I've been worrying about it ever since I found out about it. Why? As she noted, and as we reported at the time, back in 2022, she believed President Trump may have declassified the documents before he left office and therefore has had every right to possess those documents at Mar A Lago. That is a smoking gun. Those two documents together could potentially create an overt act in a conspiracy case alleging that President Trump's civil liberties were violated. That is exactly what Joe DiGenova and the team in Miami and Fort Pierce are looking at today. That team was in Washington meeting briefly with the Attorney General, Todd Blanche. We'll have a lot more on that as the next few days unfold.

[Shelley]

Joe de Genova is a badass, you guys. Like, I love that he's on this. And Todd Blanch, same thing. So, okay, Marcela, tell us what. Oh, and by the way, Star Painter made a good point that they had approved to use deadly force in that illegal raid.

[Marcella]

Yeah, the. That just was, you know, his civil liberties were violated. Hopefully a court will come up with that decision. But, I mean, it's blatant violation. As a president, you're able to declassify those documents down to whatever you want it to be. And this allegation that they couldn't speak to his own attorneys, try to see, you know, visit the property. They didn't need to raid the property, as if he was some dangerous hooligan or something like that. But to me, it's just another sign of this conspiracy that he talks about, John Solomon was talking about. And I want to put it together because Scott somewhere out there will be so happy because this is what he's always wanted, that to be shown for everybody, to see what horrible, corrupt government we have, you know, and to think like, the.

[Shelley]

What one family has been put through is like, oh, my God, I. I know I could not. I can't even imagine being able to handle it. But, like, what? Like, that is such a solid family. Like, they are so united. And for all the little different divisions of the Trump family, like, you know, different baby mamas and this and that. They are so solid. I love them as a family. Like, you couldn't have a better family. And I think that's how they get through all of this, because it's. It's just impossible to imagine handling even just one faction of what's happened to him. So I can't wait to see where that goes. And I have complete confidence in de Genova and Blanche and. And knowing what we know. So I'm in. I'm in. What time is it? Okay, let's do. All right, let's just do this quick. Marcella, this was from the cabinet meeting. Let's just. Let's just. There was so much that came out of that Cabinet meeting, but it. We are winning, like Marcella said, saving money, not even saving. Finding the fraud. Okay, here we go.

[Kelly Loeffler]

Particularly hurt by the fraud because they're some of our biggest tax.

[Shelley]

I should just quick tell you this. This is Kelly Loeffler, and she's in charge of, like, sbi, like, Small Business Association. So this is the fraud they found within the loans. Okay.

[Kelly Loeffler]

Particularly hurt by the fraud because they're some of our biggest taxpayers in the country, and they show up every day. They work hard to provide for their employees, to build their businesses. They're working. They're doing it the honest way. And they see fraudsters taking from the American people. It's taxpayer money. And so you think about at the SBA, we found $200 billion in fraudulent PPP loans that the Biden administration tried to hide and forgive and sweep under the rug. We've turned the first 22 billion billion of that over to treasury for collections and to DOJ for prosecution. Our inspector general is already announcing that people are going to jail. There are jail sentences now being served. We've announced that 140,000 people have been barred from ever getting SBA loans again, defrauding the government for about $9 billion. So we are going to continue our work under the great leader leadership of Vice President Vance and appreciate the partnership because it's really accelerated our ability to get the job done. But then just back to small businesses. We have record business.

[Shelley]

Is that disgusting? 200 billion. And did you see Trump's face? Like, when she was. He was like. He kind of, like, leans back and looks over like, oh, and by the way, really quick. And Marcella, then you. You tell us more about this. But yes, J.D. vance was there. People. He was sitting right across from President Trump. People were like, oh, notice who's not there. Like, stop. Oh, he was sitting Right next to Bessent, who, by the way, will be playing Carolyn Levitt's role today. The White House press briefing will be done by Besent today. Amazing. Okay, Marcella, what do you think about this fraud?

[Marcella]

The, the problem with this fraud is that it's, it's, it's as if government is. Is design to promote the fraud. You know, there is no auditing structure. There's just lots of free money, well, taxpayer money, and no auditing, no enforcement. So this is, as Scott would say, it was designed to be this way. The design is destiny. The way that it is, the what you have is what is assigned to do, which is fraud. One of the things that came out recently, and I think it was Stephen Miller that said this, but Scott had said this a while back, is that we could probably solve the budget issue with finding all this fraud because the deficit might be all fraud.

[Shelley]

Trump said the same thing. Yeah, he said the same thing with all the fraud. He also said, you know, we could solve this Social Security issue without having to change anything with Social Security just by the fraud that's been going on. And, you know, we should be really, really mad because no, like he. Trump did say during that meeting too, nobody was going to do this. Nobody was going to look into this. It was just going to keep going on and on. And there were so many good tidbits from that cabinet meeting. Maybe we'll play more tomorrow. But we have to go, you guys, so you'll be happy. I know, right? It flew by. How did we do? How did the chicks do today? Were you guys happy with us? I hope so. Tomorrow BJ is joining us. Owen is off again tomorrow. The. The agency needed him, so he will not be here tomorrow. But it will be fun Friday with Marcella and myself and with bj so that'll be a lot of fun. And maybe I'm gonna show you a little. I told you guys to remind me about a little secret I was teasing out to you. So remind me tomorrow and I'll make sure all my clips are coming in for tomorrow. But we're so glad you guys are here. Thank you. Thank you. Look, Marcella, we did great. We did great. Good feedback.

[Marcella]

Keep saying that. Keep saying.

[Shelley]

So, Marcella, thank you so much for a great show today. It you my friend. And we thank everybody for being here today. We always thank Scott and Shelley for allowing this show to go on. And you guys, I think I'm going to stay with the locals for just a few minutes after since I got cut off with you yesterday. But listen, thank you so much. We'll be back tomorrow. And please be useful. And always a closing sip to our Dilbert, master, creator, beloved Scott Adams. You guys. To Scott.

[Marcella]

To Scott.

[Shelley]

Bye, guys.

[Marcella]

Can I stay behind too?

[Shelley]

Yeah, sister. Okay, let me see if I can do this. Hang on.

[Marcella]

Is everybody can watch us?

[Shelley]

Okay, let's see. Let's see if I have figured it out with the engineer too. And I'm sorry, Rumble. I'm sorry. It's just subscriber. But come over to. Come over to Locals.

[Marcella]

Rumble is watching Alisa.

[Shelley]

Yeah, Rumble's still on. I'm gonna see if we can get it cut out. But I'm sorry. Like, I feel so bad about that. If it happens, it happens. If not, it's okay. I'm always happy to talk to everybody.

[Marcella]

Oh, all the secrets we can give. Rumble wasn't on.

[Shelley]

Yeah, you guys, thanks for the feedback. That's so nice. I see you. Acor. I know you had to go out and come back in. It's. But you know what? Rumble changed its system, like, weekly. So it's funny. It's like, you'll like, I'll do the show today. Tomorrow, I'll load up everything and it'll be like, oh, oh, what are we doing now? So everything, like, moves. It's. It's just you guys, you OGs. Do you remember when we first came from Periscope? Over to Locals. The drama. Oh, my God. God, it was like every day. It's not. There's no sound. It's upside down. Scott would be like, shut up. I can't take it anymore.

[Marcella]

Oh, my gosh. Rick wrote what I was thinking. What magician? What.

[Shelley]

What do you write?

[Marcella]

Girls 1 BJ tomorrow.

[Shelley]

Oh, oh, oh, you naughty, naughty people.

[Marcella]

It wasn't me, you guys. I read the chat.

[Shelley]

Dr. Von Hardy. Anyone else have lips not in sync with the words? That is something Marcella and I are doing on purpose. And we practiced it and it's working. So we have learned how to talk and make our lips move at a different time. So it was intentional? Let me see. Yes. I. Sandy, I remember quite, quite a few shows where Scott was like, I'm done. And just was like, I'm out of here. He couldn't, you know, he's like, if one more person says this, it's over. Oh, so funny. Poor Scott. That.

[Marcella]

Waiting for the day for Erica to do that. She's like, I'm done with you guys. Goodbye.

[Shelley]

Would you guys hate me? It could happen. What if I did that? Would you guys be like, is she kidding? Like, who is she to do that? Or do I get a. A pass? If that ever happens, you get curious to know. I. I think. I think the beloves would be okay.

[Marcella]

They'll be like, oh, that's so Scott.

[Shelley]

YouTube, like, YouTube's been amazing, I have to say, but I think they would be like, what a. I was kidding about the lip issue.

[Marcella]

Not really.

[Shelley]

Oh, you like my rant? I keep my RAM rants low key, you guys, you know?

[Marcella]

Yeah. I have to be like that because that's how it is when I have cases. They're like, oh, oh, he can't do what? And I'm like, yeah. And they're like, but my husband used to be so. Blah, blah, blah.

[Shelley]

So I don't know, what is Marcella saying with the.

[Marcella]

With Jill Biden, you know? Oh, that and being litigated against. That's why I'm like, I'd rather not be litigated against.