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Brittany Broski (0:00)
Foreign. Direct from the Broski Nation headquarters in Los Angeles, California, this is the Broski.
Count Orlok (0:11)
Report with your host, Brittany Broski.
Brittany Broski (0:15)
Welcome back to the Broski Report. I am your host, Brittany Broski. I am your host, Count Orlok. You will address me by the honor of my family name.
Brittany Broski (0:37)
If you guys have seen Nosferatu, you know, that's really good. If you guys have seen Nosferatu the way that I saw Nosferatu, you would say it's pretty good.
Brittany Broski (0:46)
Welcome back. Today we are talking about the ticket three nights. On the third night, Donald Trump will bring back TikTok. The ban will be buried in an aid bill extension of 60 days and 60 nights.
Brittany Broski (1:22)
It's good. Oh, y'all, if there was any doubt or question that we were living in a hellscape, let me go ahead and just confirm it for you. LA is on fire. Texas is frozen. New York's under 45 inches of snow. Trump's gonna be president again. And they banned TikTok. They brought it back. Okay. And I cut my own bangs. Whatever. There. It's just getting. It's not even. Like, I don't have jokes, you know what I mean? I used to make such intense fun of the millennials who used to do the everything is fine. That dog. This is fine. Everything's okay. And now I'm, like, approaching my 30s, and I'm like, doggo you. Yes, Pupper, Yes. Okay, Wednesday be like, yes. Mustache moment. Where did this mustache tattoo come from? Like, I'm. You know what I mean? I'm like. I get. I get why they act like that. I get why y'all do that. Because it's a lot. Oh, my God. I saw this video the other day talking about how we're like, the last competent generation who, like, cares about history and, like, I don't know, the rise of fascism in the United States of America. For a country that will fall on its sword at the fucking mention of freedom, of the concept of freedom, right? We fight wars for freedom. The best of us have died in the name of freedom. My own dad was in the military fighting for our freedom. Like, in a world where we've been bred, it's almost this fetishized concept. We jerk off to freedom, freedom, freedom. And while I am very, very lucky and grateful to have been born in the United States and live in the United States. Okay, do not take this as me being anti American. I like my country. That's why I have such intense problems with it. That's why there is so much to change about it. A Country founded on equality. What a fucking joke. What a laughable joke. That's why it's like, you know this. And there's people in my family who do it to me, like, well, if you don't like it, then leave. I don't want to. You know what I mean? Like, that was never. That was never on the table. I want to fix it, and I want to fix it for not only me and my immediate circle, but every fucking person and the United States who feels like the government does not give a fuck if they live or die, which, if you're not a straight white man, they don't give a fuck if you live or die. It's just like, getting to a point where it's always felt dystopian, always. And y'all have heard me rant. Now I'm mad. Y'all have heard me rant for literally months on this podcast at this point of, like, reading Orwellian literature, reading Ray Bradbury, reading all of these. The greats that were. Were so cognizant and observant in their time of the way that things were trending. These people lived through World War II. They saw the rise of fascism and what it looks like and how scary the future looks. Book burning, book banning. Things are outlawed, stripped of your rights, women are not. It's just like, we've seen this before. And this is not to Fear Monger, but it's to say the cycle can only repeat itself if you let it. I have never felt represented by my representatives ever since I've been a voting age. Damn near 10 years. 10 years at this point since I turned 18, I have never felt represented in whatever state I've lived in, whatever fucking city, county. Never. It's just. It's to a point where it's hard to have hope. But. But we do. But I do. I do have hope. And you know what part of that hope is? Is that my hope is the pendulum will swing so far back to the left after this Trump bullshit's over, after he can no longer run, after we're done with this whole era. I'm sick of it. I want it behind us. My hope is that the pendulum will swing from alt right all the way back to, let's get some freedoms going. Let's get some actual freedoms going. If you look up what freedom actually means, it's infuriating and it's embarrassing. Every time I leave this country and I go somewhere else, I'm embarrassed to be American, and I don't want to feel that way. It's just a lot, y'all. And the TikTok ban is just, you know, it's icing on the cake. I don't believe for a second that the real reason for all this is national security. While there may be some legitimacy to some of those claims for a country that jerks off at the idea of freedom, to strip something like this away from 170 million Americans. Are you out of your mind? And then to bring it back the next day with a Trump propaganda and the fucking pop up. It's just a lot. It's a lot all the time. There is never rest. There is never recuse. Isn't that a word? To excuse oneself, Excuse oneself from a case because of a potential conflict or of interest or lack of impartiality. Impartiality? Recuse. Recused. Recusing. Challenge as unqualified to perform legal duties because of a potential conflict of. Yeah, sure, it applies. It applies in a metaphorical sense. I need to be honest with you guys, okay? Came in hot off the press with that Count Orlok impression. I had a red bull about 45 minutes ago, and I had an edible about 35 minutes ago. And now with my body, okay, edibles take about, give or take, 55 to 75 minutes to kick in. I'm a ticking time bomb right now. I am a ticking, living time bomb when it comes to, you know, hybrid, sour, chewable, gummy. So just prepare for that. You've been warned, you've been briefed, and let's kind of launch into what we need to talk about. And actually, let me say something really quick, too. I live in Los Angeles. There was a reason. There was not an episode last week. It was on fire. Okay? The whole city is on fire. Still is. They're still fighting the Palisades fire. This is a direct, you know, consequence of climate change. And that goes without saying. And it needs to be acknowledged. And it's going to keep happening. It's going to keep getting worse until it's your city that's, you know, on fire or underwater. And it's horrifying to watch. But let me tell you something, that is a very bright light through all of this, this city. I moved to Los Angeles five years ago, and it took me a minute to acclimate to the lifestyle here, to the type of people here, but I did. And I have. And I am. I have wonderful wonder. Some of my best friends are out here. This is my home. I feel so at home here. I love California. And there's something to be said about being a transplant to a state that you didn't grow up in, you know, you really had no ties to. To feel such a part of the community that when something like this happens, to watch everyone band together, you know, LA gets a lot of shit and LA is culpable for a lot of shit, but at the core of it, you have to believe that people are good and they care about each other. And these fires have proven that 100%. It's gonna make me cry, actually, the way people came together donating clothes, pet supplies, baby food, diapers to these people who have lost everything they've ever had. Those firefighters are the bravest among us. The bravest, most selfless, honorable people among us. I mean, just modern superheroes. It is insane. Some of these videos, some of this footage, these drops from helicopters with the water and the red fire retardant, it's just all of these, these things are just. It's unimaginable in the best way. It's unimaginable that, that many people would band together and help each other. You don't see that when the government will not help you, your, your neighbor will. And it was like, you know, I'm so used to being in this state of the way that this state treats homeless people, the way that they treat people under the poverty line, it's just, it was such a breath of fresh air. And I, me and all my friends, you know, donated to a lot of the relief funds, the mutual aid, the young women's shelters. I mean, all these different people. This. The thing about natural disaster is it does not discriminate. And they were saying that, you know, there could be arsonists involved in this, which let me just say, hell is hot. Hell is hot. To exacerbate a problem like this or to start it is unthinkable, that type of fucking evil. Anyway, I, I evacuated because my area was in the middle of three of the huge fires because they just started popping up just every day, every few hours. It felt like the winds were getting up to 30, 40 miles an hour in my neighborhood. You never think that's going to happen to you. You never think it's going to happen to your house. You're never going to have to pack a go bag and potable water, potable water and non perishable foods. You never think that's going to be you until it is. We got up to an evacuation warning where I am, and I took that as fuck you, I am out of here. I'm not going to be one of those Rednecks that stays. Like, this storm will pass. It's a fire. Fires on the top of mountains with winds at 50 to 70 miles an hour. Blowing, burning embers. It catches one palm tree, and it'll burn down your neighborhood. It's just unthinkable. I evacuated. And it's amazing how little. I mean, I sound like a broken clock at this point because I've been talking about it so much. But it is amazing how little matters when something like that happens. You know what I grabbed when I was packing up quickly? I packed up in 30 minutes and I was out of here. Underwear, my hard drives, some photos, and my laptop. Like, nothing, Ma. My Kindle. You know what I mean? Like, it was all my tech and my memories, and that was honestly it. This camera equipment. I don't give a fuck. The Royal Court Studio. I don't care. It's just like, I want to make sure everyone I love is out of here, and I want to. Nothing matters as much as your life and, like, the memories you've made. And it's something like that. It's unfortunate that a situation like that will remind you, you know, and it's very humbling, and it's very human, and it is so panicky. It was so scary, and I can't imagine. I have a few friends who lost their homes. It is so scary. And multiple things can be true at once. Of, like, you can lose everything and be. And be just grateful that you and everyone you love got out. You can rebuild. You know, it'll take time, and it'll be hard, and it'll. Be. It'll be devastating, but you will be okay again, especially with the outpouring of support from a community like this. I mean, it's. You will be fine. You will be cared for and taken. Taken care of. Oh, but my God, it was just unimaginable. And it's still going on, and I'm back. And then it's another thing of, like, the air quality here. Who's to say there's fucking asbestos and microplastics in the air? What are you gonna do? Life goes on. It's just been heavy. Heavy hit after heavy hit after heavy hit, and it's. It's so. Just wanted to take a second and say if any of y'all have donated to any of those aid funds, I would keep it local. I would not go for one of those big, nasty nonprofits which are really for profits. You know, I would have faith in your fellow man before that. So I. It's. It's just been a lot. Okay, let's move on to something a bit more positive. Okay?
