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Nobody said that. And you were in charge over there. Nobody was like, oh, it might wane or there might be a variant. Nobody said that, like, that woman should never be anywhere near any public institution again. And everyone who worked under her, you're telling me, as you people were locking down the country and forcing us to be injected with shit that actually didn't work and caused all kinds of side effects and everything else. Nobody said to you, lady, do you know that we're seeing a bit of a problem here? This thing ain't working the way we thought it was. Nobody was. Was. And yet, for some reason, a simple, humble YouTuber like Dave Rubin was A little skeptical of it. What you. You should be. Again, we just need a. A cave. A cave for these, you know, frying pan for her too. It's the best I could do, but it doesn't have to be this way. And it's not this way in all of these places. Let's come home right here to Florida and listen to our governor, who of course was the all star when it came to governors doing the right thing during COVID This is from Ron DeSantis. Yesterday. Florida has become the national model for medical freedom. Today we established the Florida Make America Healthy Again Commission to recommend state level integrations of MAHA principles and expanded protections for parental choice regarding childhood vaccines. Chaired by First Lady Casey DeSantis and Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins, the MAHA Commission also includes the Florida Surgeon General, state agency heads in health and human services, and experts in the field of nutrition, vaccine safety and family practice. We have worked to empower Floridians to make the best decisions for their families health. And the Florida MAHA Commission will continue advancing this mission. Guys, this is probably the best example of what the Trump effect did. When Trump widened the tent when he brought in Bobby, when it became Make America Healthy Again, when that joined, when that joined with maga. And I remember a year and a half ago going to D.C. and I spoke at that MAHA rally with Jordan Peterson and with Brett Weinstein and with Bobby Kennedy, obviously, and all of these people. And it was the first time that I saw MAHA things, you know, MAHA signs next to MAGA signs. And I was like, wow, this thing. Oh, and Tulsi spoke there, of course, and this thing was really happening. And so, so Trump did the big thing, right? He widened the tent for the country. And then that then empowered the states, where there's competent governance like Florida, to now integrate those ideas. So we will have more trusted people that will guide you on health, not force you to do anything, right? And that is what we should be asking of our government. And guys, I don't know if you know this, but we all live in Florida, so pretty good for us. 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I mean, truly, like, I guess the easy thing to say, but truly, like, this year was the most meaningful and probably the year before that was the most meaningful before that, you know, my life has changed, obviously, having kids now, so we don't just disappear all together, but getting to spend time with the kids, you know, like more than just here where I'm busy, so busy during the day. I'm always checking in with them and whatever, where we just spent like hours and hours together. And it can be. It's like crazy and exhausting and nutty and funny and like all of the things at once. But I would say as all of the things that I do here as the show has continued to grown, as we've built out some other businesses around this, this as we've. As we're doing with, with Copal and some other things that we'll announce soon, I get busier and busier. And so it just becomes more meaningful to me or more impactful for me to be able to step away. So each year does become more meaningful. And, and that's why this, even this week, I was like, I was like a little, I never get nervous to do this. So it's not, it's not nervous exactly. But when I stepped back into the studio, I was like, man, right back into the circus. Did I, did I fill my cup up enough with all of the good stuff to go back into the craziness and not want to hit people with frying pans? I guess, I guess I was off by a little bit. Rich says, with Ron DeSantis term expiring soon, who would you like to see as the next governor of Florida? So that's a great question. Look, we right now, I know Byron Donalds, who I do like Byron Donald's, pat him on the show many times. We've hung out a couple times. Times. He's congressman from southwest Florida. He's running for sure. He's Trump backed. It sounds like Jay Collins, who we just mentioned in the previous segment. He might get involved. I think this guy Renner is jumping in. A few other people. I, I don't know yet. Casey DeSantis might get involved. I would say, I would put it this way, without picking a person just yet. Let's see who the, you know, the who, who the full roster turns out to be. I would say anyone that I truly believe will continue the DeSantis legacy. Like when DeSantis steps away and whatever he does in his life, he deserves some time, probably in the private sector to make a little money or just whatever he wants to do. And he's a true public servant. He has set this state up so well. He has so been the example for what a free state looks like, for what competent governance looks like, and really what the future of America looks like. Like the guy deserves all of the cred, all of the applause I hope we, I hope we give him. Maybe I'll help lead it. Like, this guy deserves a serious farewell tour. You know, when a basketball player is retiring or a baseball player is retiring, Kobe's retiring. Like every game that they went to, every road game in that last year, there was a ceremony at halftime. That's what DeSantis deserves at the end because that's how good this state has become. So I would say, I would say almost, almost without, without any question. If DeSantis back somebody, I'll back that person because I don't Think he would back someone that would, you know, be far off from the direction he was going? Will it be his wife? We will see. Backup never says, how is Clyde? We snapped a pic of Clyde. Clyde's doing well. Clyde is good. You know, he doesn't get the attention that it used to get because of the kids, but he's good. He's happy. He's defending the home. He's still killing the lizards and the iguanas and all that stuff. And you know, it's been raining a lot lately and he goes nuts during the storm. But he is, he's doing well. Thank you for asking. We've been thinking about maybe getting him a friend. He could use a friend. But it's just, it's just a lot. It's a lot. Nancy says, what basketball game do you wish you could have seen live? This is a great question because I have a great answer for it. So you guys all. Everyone remembers Michael Jordan retiring from the NBA the first time around in 94. So he sat out the all of the 94 season after winning three championships and then he came back in the middle of the 95 season. Now somehow in the 95 season without Jordan, the Bulls were playing incredibly well. Scottie Pippen was having his best year and the, and the Bulls were going to Madison Square Garden. I lived in New York and my dad, through a business associate got two tickets courtside, basically like, like fourth or fifth row to see the Bulls play the Knicks. But Jordan was not playing and my dad asked me if I wanted to go. And I knew my brother really liked Scottie Pippen and he only had two tickets. So I was like, ah, no, you know, let, let Jonathan go, let my brother go. And then I think if I'm not mistaken, it was literally the next day that Jordan announced he was coming back. And then three or four days later. Can someone check, was it the 55 point Madison Square Garden game? How many games back was Jordan already? I think it was like his maybe second, third, fourth game back and Michael Jordan scored 55 points at Madison Square Garden. There's a shot from it and the final play of the game, you think he's about to shoot it to win and he dumps off a pass to Bill Weddington who dunks it for the win. And people think of that as Jordan, possibly his most memorable game, maybe the last game with the steal and the shot over Byron Donalds against the Jazz. But I missed like a 55 point Madison Square Garden courtside game. So that is definitely the game I Miss most. Do we know which game back it was? It was his fifth game back. So think about it. The guy takes a year and a half off, comes back 55 points in Madison Square Garden. Doc Ransom says, what is it with Soros and his desire to destroy America? Is he just part of the WEF group, wanting power that he already has, or is there some deeper goal? You know, this is. We brought this up a little bit with Nancy Pelosi the other day with Jillian, talking about, you know, the trans stuff, like, what are the motives of these people? What is the motives of someone like Bill Gates? What is the motives of someone like Soros who funds so many of these NGOs that just wreak havoc? Look, at the end of the day, I think it's the same thing that brings the intersexual coalition of the dingbats together. Why are the queers for Palestine? For people that will literally kill them. It's a complete misunderstanding. There's probably two versions of it. For the foot soldiers and the people that they just have out there with masks, you know, with tambourines, screaming to destroy America. They're just like LARPing revolutionaries who just need to find meaning in their life or whatever. Someone like Soros or Bill Gates or all of the people who are making all the money off the vaccines, or a guy like Soros. Like, you have to live in this society, too. I guess it's, well, he's going to die soon, but, like, your son will have to live on planet Earth. I mean, I guess Elon will get some of us off the planet. But, like, what is the real motivation? No, it's something like absolute power corrupts absolutely. I don't know. If you have so much influence and power, you have so much money, you are so disconnected from what the average person is going through. Could. Does that somehow, like. Does it somehow instigate some sort of, like, Machiavellian desire to control the world, basically make it seem like you're playing chess with the world? I guess for some people, it does. I mean, to make this about the previous question or two questions ago, like, the Desantis thing. One of the things that I always liked about DeSantis was it didn't seem like he really wanted power that much. He seemed like a competent. He seems like a competent executive. And I think you always have to be leery of people that want that. They love the fame, they love the power, they love all of those things. Trump is probably an example of someone who obviously does love fame, but knows how to Wield power appropriately. That's very rare. That's what makes Trump such a gem. But most of these people get involved because they just want to rule the world. And that. That is pretty freaking dangerous. Taxes are also dangerous. Here's Tax Network usa. If you're stressed about back taxes, maybe you missed the April deadline or your books are a mess. Don't wait. The IRS is cracking down, and penalties add up fast. 5% per month, up to 25% just for not filing. But there's help. Tax Network USA can take the burden off your shoulders and stop the spiral before it gets worse. 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You know, I've never heard his name before. I am here in Miami. Lots of Cubans here, and I absolutely know. I love, love, love, love Cubans. Like, they love freedom. They get it. They know what they fled. They know why America's great. I love Cuba, like Cuban food and music and culture and mojitos and all the stuff. I have not heard of him. My guess is in that I haven't heard of him. He probably doesn't have much momentum. I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess he's probably a pretty good dude and does get it. Joseph, do we have any updated numbers on what's going on in New York City? You know, I really. One of the things that I thought was gonna happen in August was I thought there would just be more general news coming out of New York as it pertained to the, the Election, but not so much. I'm getting some numbers right now. As of September 2, in a survey of a thousand likely voters, Mom Domini has the lead with 42%, Cuomo with 23%. Where does that even leave Eric Adams? God, it's all so pathetic. Like, Adams has 9%. So even if you combine Cuomo and Adams, now you're at 32% and you're still down by 10 points. God, get out of New York City. If you're saying get out, don't come to Florida, though. I just read somewhere that it's closed and there's horrible crocodile deaths happening all over the place. Yeah. Anyway, I'll look into him. But in that we're what, a week away from the election? Or is it even next week? Maybe a couple days from now? Something like that? He probably doesn't have much of a chance. David says you mentioned you had crazy dreams during August. Do you remember the craziest ones? So, yes, one of the things that I really do think is important about getting off the phone, and by the way, you don't have to take a month, month to do this. One simple thing you could do with the phone is not have this thing on your nightstand when you go to sleep. I do have it sometimes. I do have it sometimes because sometimes the kids monitor is on there. And if I'm doing nights, like, so I have that right. If they cry, I don't want to leave them for a long time. But one thing you can do is just get this thing off your nightstand, because it's not good that the last thing that you do before bed is, is do the scrolling thing. Pump all this more information. Even if it's. Even if it's great, even if you're just watching stuff or whatever, it's stuff you like. Like, I just. My general sense is it's not great to inundate your brain with all of this stuff all of the time. So by not doing that in August, I found that my dreams. My dreams all felt thick. They were, like, robust. They weren't. You know, sometimes you have dreams that are just like flashbulbs of things. You just have, like a feeling about something, or you wake up and you're like, boy, that was really profound. But I can't really quite grab it. The second I remember what it was like, almost like I figured out the meaning of life, and then it just like, flits away at that moment. But I had a lot of dreams that were, like, epic. Like, I was watching movies, and one of them, I Think the coolest one that I had was I was the captain of a ship. It was in the future. This was full sci fi thing. I was a captain of this massive starship, and it was my job and the crew's job. We had to seed planets with life. I did watch the Alien movie. I watched Prometheus and the other one, like, a little bit at the end of July. So maybe something about this was in my head. Head. But basically we had to fly across the galaxy and we had to shoot this, like, it was like this bundle of stuff, like this bundle of organic stuff, and we had to keep shooting it into the galaxy, hoping that it was going to hit a planet so that if it hit a planet, it would create life on the planet. Like, and I remember I was wearing this very, like, very space. Space suit. Like this well fitting kind of blue suit, and I had all these emblems over here. And I was the captain of this.
