WEBVTT - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #13

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<v Speaker 1>Colson Media.

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<v Speaker 2>This is It could Happen here Executive Disorder, our weekly

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<v Speaker 2>newscast covering what's happening in the White House, the crumbling world,

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<v Speaker 2>and what it means for you. I'm Garrison Davis today.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm joined by Mio Wong, James Stout, and Robert Evans.

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<v Speaker 2>This episode, we're covering the week of April seventeen to

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<v Speaker 2>April twenty three. Jd Vance has killed the Pope. A

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<v Speaker 2>second pete hegseath on authorized signal chat has hit the

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<v Speaker 2>Department of Defense. The White House announces that the Education

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<v Speaker 2>Department will start collecting on defaulted student loans. Beanie clad

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<v Speaker 2>Tim Poole joins the White House press pool, and hippie

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<v Speaker 2>Facebook moms rejoice with artificial food dies being banned across America.

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<v Speaker 2>How are we doing, everybody?

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<v Speaker 3>So, after hearing that, fine, I guess I outlived the Pope.

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<v Speaker 2>I outlive the Pope.

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<v Speaker 3>You have to live several more decades to like outlive

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<v Speaker 3>the pope. Officially, I think he was eighty eight, So

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<v Speaker 3>he did it and did it.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank goodness he did not die on Hitler's birthday, because

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<v Speaker 2>that would have been a whole other, whole other, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm still one day off. I'm thinking back to my

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<v Speaker 3>Catechism classes and trying to remember, like Pope dead on Easter,

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<v Speaker 3>good sign are bad?

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<v Speaker 4>That's definitely a sign and get some kind.

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<v Speaker 3>Of shine do we? How do we take that?

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<v Speaker 5>Shout out to the Pistons for holding off winning a

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<v Speaker 5>playoff game just long enough for the Pope to die,

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<v Speaker 5>such that Francistory's entire tournament office never saw a Pistons

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<v Speaker 5>playoff win. Congratulations to the Pistons, Gradulations to the City

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<v Speaker 5>of Detroit. Congratulations were withholding that from the Pope?

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<v Speaker 3>Didn't that mean love to see it? Did Pope Francis

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<v Speaker 3>have a strong opinion on the Pistons that he expressed

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<v Speaker 3>at some point because I may have missed that.

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<v Speaker 4>No, he knew they were in a Macomore song, so

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<v Speaker 4>therefore he hated them.

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<v Speaker 3>He was a huge mcle fan. Yeah, a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>people don't know this, but the entire time the Pope

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<v Speaker 3>is lying in state, they're just going to be looping

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<v Speaker 3>thrift shop. So yeah, as Pope Francis wanted.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that was his dying wish.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you know who else probably used to listen to

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<v Speaker 2>mackilmore not anymore because he got too woke. But Pete

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<v Speaker 2>hegg Seth seems like us. He's like a twenty twelve

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<v Speaker 2>Macklemore guy.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah it might have been. Might have been.

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<v Speaker 2>He was sharing plans for you many air strikes with

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<v Speaker 2>his wife, his brother and a personal lawyer in another signal.

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<v Speaker 3>Chat, I do the same thing.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, well yeah, you've yet to act on your plans.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a difference. They are not interested.

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<v Speaker 2>Looping at the lawyers the real like God to your

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<v Speaker 2>move there.

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<v Speaker 6>That's so funny because I mean it says so much

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<v Speaker 6>both about like what's going on in Pete heg Seth's brain,

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<v Speaker 6>but of the quality of lawyer, because any lawyer worth

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<v Speaker 6>assault would be like please your movie chat.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you need to get me out of this chat.

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<v Speaker 3>What is wrong with you? Are you? Are you texting

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<v Speaker 3>me missile package information?

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<v Speaker 2>That's the thing.

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<v Speaker 5>Though, we've gotten great every like this guy from Julianti,

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<v Speaker 5>from all of the lawyers, these like random cartoon dipshits.

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<v Speaker 5>The right keeps finding that like they will just hand

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<v Speaker 5>you a law degree. Like if you hand the state

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<v Speaker 5>enough money, they will just hand you a law degree.

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<v Speaker 5>And you can just like bullshit your way to the

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<v Speaker 5>bar and you'll be fine.

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<v Speaker 3>Like they get that. Shout out to anyone you can

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<v Speaker 3>tell a really good lawyer in a room where legal

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<v Speaker 3>things are being discussed. And I've had this happen several

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<v Speaker 3>times because they just leave, they bounce, they get the

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<v Speaker 3>fuck out of the room. And that's a smart lawyer.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah. I don't know if you saw it, but the

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<v Speaker 4>State of California was using AI to say it's bar

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<v Speaker 4>exam questions.

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<v Speaker 3>So ohird. You don't even have to be so that

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<v Speaker 3>the AI would be able to tell you, don't text

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<v Speaker 3>you your wife, lawyer and sun classified information about missile strikes.

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<v Speaker 3>But whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, hopefully if they start using AI more to get

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<v Speaker 2>through school, they won't have they won't have as many

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<v Speaker 2>student loans to be collected on. Yeah, of practice that

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<v Speaker 2>has been paused since March of twenty twenty, set to

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<v Speaker 2>be resumed on May fifth. And then, Man, the Timpoole

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<v Speaker 2>thing was really wild. Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt gave a

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<v Speaker 2>give a glowing introduction to Tim Poole's addition to the

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<v Speaker 2>press room, and Tim's first question to the administration was

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<v Speaker 2>was asking why news media just lies so much about Trump.

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<v Speaker 2>Fantastic journalism here from comrade Tim, really probing question. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>pivot towards RFK and the concerning registry that has been discussed,

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<v Speaker 2>which is a word you never like to hear. Whenever

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<v Speaker 2>someone brings up the concept of a registry, it's usually.

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<v Speaker 3>Bad, always bad. So I'm going to talk in general

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<v Speaker 3>about what RFK, the things that he has said, not

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<v Speaker 3>just about autistic Americans, but about people who are receiving

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<v Speaker 3>psychiatric medication, people who are addicted to opiates, people who

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<v Speaker 3>are utilizing like stimulants, by which I mean ADHD medicine,

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<v Speaker 3>which if you have ADHD, that's not exactly the way

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<v Speaker 3>it functions, but that's the way he frames it. Because

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<v Speaker 3>these are all tied together, right. I have some frustrations

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<v Speaker 3>with kind of how it's been taken on social media

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<v Speaker 3>that I think are not causing people to worry when

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<v Speaker 3>they don't need to worry, but look at maybe sort

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<v Speaker 3>of the wrong area to see the immediate threat coming from.

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<v Speaker 3>So first I'm going to start with like what has

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<v Speaker 3>been said, and before we get to the registry, we

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<v Speaker 3>have to go back to what he was talking about

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<v Speaker 3>on the campaign trail because prior and this is prior

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<v Speaker 3>to him endorsing Donald Trump. When our FK Junior was

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<v Speaker 3>like an individual like running for president on his own

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<v Speaker 3>under his independent campaign, he started talking about wellness farms, right,

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<v Speaker 3>and these were specifically in the language that he use,

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<v Speaker 3>places that people who were addicted to psychiatric medication antidepressants

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<v Speaker 3>he named specifically antidepressants and stimulants as well as people

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<v Speaker 3>with opiate addictions, right, and he has since talked about

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<v Speaker 3>other drug addictions as well. Could go to spend three

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<v Speaker 3>or four years working on a farm. He always frames

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<v Speaker 3>it as also like learning skills. So it's this mix

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<v Speaker 3>of I want people to be able to work in

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<v Speaker 3>this in you know, lovely bucolic, you know agrarian setting

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<v Speaker 3>where they'll gain working skills. And then there's also pepperedin

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<v Speaker 3>these very frightening phrases like they need to be reparented

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<v Speaker 3>right now. In addition to this, he's not just that

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<v Speaker 3>this is all focused on Americans who are taking medications

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<v Speaker 3>that he thinks are over over prescribed or purely unnecessary. Right,

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<v Speaker 3>that's always the way, Like psychiatric medication. He almost has

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<v Speaker 3>a scientologist attitude towards it that like this is all

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<v Speaker 3>essentially unnecessary and obviously you know, all of this stuff

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<v Speaker 3>comes out of their elements of this that were true

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<v Speaker 3>at one point. For example, back in the nineties, like

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<v Speaker 3>Riddlin was wildly over prescribed to kids. But the way

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<v Speaker 3>in which he's translated this now is that basically everyone

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<v Speaker 3>on a stimulant, everyone on an antidepressant is on it unnecessarily.

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<v Speaker 3>And in a podcast in twenty twenty four, he went

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<v Speaker 3>further by kind of tying a lot of this to race,

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<v Speaker 3>specifically stating quote, every black kid is now just standard

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<v Speaker 3>put on adderall on SSRIs benzos, which are known to

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<v Speaker 3>induce violence, and those kids are going to have a

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<v Speaker 3>chance to go somewhere and get reparented. So that's all

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<v Speaker 3>deeply concerning.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like kidnapping children. And forcibly, like demedicating.

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<v Speaker 3>I will say, that's not how he has framed it.

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<v Speaker 3>So one of the things is people I've heard it

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<v Speaker 3>phrases like rfks admitted he wants to imprison millions of

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<v Speaker 3>Americans in camps, and like, that's not what he said.

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<v Speaker 3>The direct quotes about this are not framed as a

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<v Speaker 3>mandatory thing. It's framed as a replacement for other treatments

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<v Speaker 3>that people can choose to go into and choose to leave.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what he's said, right, Okay, Now, perfectly reasonable when

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<v Speaker 3>a guy in an administration like this is talking about

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<v Speaker 3>putting up camps to be like, well, I don't know

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<v Speaker 3>if I believe him, but it's not accurate that he

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<v Speaker 3>said he wants to arrest millions of people and force

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<v Speaker 3>them onto camps. He just has not said that, right, Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>And I think it behooves us to be honest about

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<v Speaker 3>what he said. I think it also who's to talk about,

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<v Speaker 3>like where this idea comes from, right, and what he's

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<v Speaker 3>looking back to. And again, a lot of the issue

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<v Speaker 3>here is not necessarily what RFK might do, but the

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<v Speaker 3>fact that he might not be there forever, and if

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<v Speaker 3>he starts establishing this this kind of kind of program

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<v Speaker 3>that starts in an attempt to be something that is more,

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<v Speaker 3>you can choose to be on these camps or not.

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<v Speaker 3>There's certainly willingness within the Republican Party to force people

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<v Speaker 3>into different kinds of quote unquote treatment like this. And

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<v Speaker 3>one thing I think that particularly is the way in

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<v Speaker 3>which the right has liked to shift blame for gun

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<v Speaker 3>violence and mass shootings off of the availability of firearms

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<v Speaker 3>and onto people who are on psychiatric medication right, And

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<v Speaker 3>this is an area in which I could see someone

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<v Speaker 3>taking over from RFK or pushing past the things he

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<v Speaker 3>specifically has stated he wants to do, because I think

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<v Speaker 3>he does come out of a more quack medicine goal here,

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<v Speaker 3>putting people forcibly in camps and colonies like this, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Mean, like the idea of like reparenting, I guess is

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<v Speaker 2>deeply problem Yes, incredibly scary phrase, but it is worth

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<v Speaker 2>noting as there's a very good teen Vogue article on

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<v Speaker 2>the matter called RFK wants to send people to wellness farms.

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<v Speaker 3>The US already tried that that talks about the actual

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<v Speaker 3>background that he is hearkening back to, because he is

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<v Speaker 3>not His vision of wellness farms is not like the

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<v Speaker 3>Nazi concentration camp. Which doesn't mean that it's not possible

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<v Speaker 3>that things could wind up in a much darker direction.

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<v Speaker 3>But this gives you an idea of the history that

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<v Speaker 3>he is specifically calling back to. Quote beginning of the

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<v Speaker 3>eighteen nineties and continuing through the first decades of the

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<v Speaker 3>twentieth century, epileptic and feeble minded colonies sprung up around

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<v Speaker 3>the US. The initial purpose of these colonies was to

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<v Speaker 3>remove patients from overcrowded, badly run asylums and poorhouses in

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<v Speaker 3>favor of farm life, where they would have access to

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<v Speaker 3>the outdoors. Under the colony model, patients generally lived in

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<v Speaker 3>cottages designed to be more homelike than institutional Patients were

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<v Speaker 3>also given jobs, and many were expected to work on

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<v Speaker 3>colony farms, where they grew their own food. Doctor William Sprattling,

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<v Speaker 3>the medical suit superintendent of the Craig Colony for Epileptics

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<v Speaker 3>in New York, declared that the farm model meant nature,

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<v Speaker 3>the great restorer, will have an opportunity to do her best.

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<v Speaker 3>It didn't work. Supporters of the colony model argued that

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<v Speaker 3>with time, clean air, sunshine, and a restricted diet, physical

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<v Speaker 3>labor could heal patients, but that didn't happen. Data from

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<v Speaker 3>the Craig Colony, one of the America's first epileptic colonies,

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<v Speaker 3>illustrates this point. During the nineteen forties, thanks to funding

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<v Speaker 3>and staff limitations because of World War II, conditions in

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<v Speaker 3>North America's institutions were particularly grim. The institutions nineteen forty

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<v Speaker 3>three to nineteen forty four annual report to the State

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<v Speaker 3>Commission of Mental hygiene shows that less than one percent

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<v Speaker 3>of patients were discharged is cured that year. During that

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<v Speaker 3>same period, over two hundred patients attempted to leave the

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<v Speaker 3>colony without permission, and five percent of the total patient

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<v Speaker 3>population died. And so I mean, that's reason enough to

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<v Speaker 3>be deeply worried, right, the fact that without saying like

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<v Speaker 3>RFK wants to do what the Nazis did, RFK wants

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<v Speaker 3>to do what the America already did, and it killed

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<v Speaker 3>a huge number of the people who were interned in

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<v Speaker 3>those camps. And I guess the thing I keep bringing

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<v Speaker 3>up is that when I think about what the threat

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<v Speaker 3>model is more than fucking Auschwitz for people who want

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<v Speaker 3>our NSSRIS, it's a Judge Rotenberg Center on every corner.

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<v Speaker 3>It's camps like these where costs are going to be

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<v Speaker 3>cut and there's not going to be good access for

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<v Speaker 3>any kind of independent monitors to make sure health and

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<v Speaker 3>safety are being followed. It's not that people are going

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<v Speaker 3>to be shoveled into ovens. It's that as a result

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<v Speaker 3>of this system being incompetently applied to the most vulnerable.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm not even talking about my worry at the moment,

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<v Speaker 3>being that everyone on an SSR will be forced in

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<v Speaker 3>it's going to be poor kids. And RFK has already

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<v Speaker 3>talked about that, right, Like, that's why he's focusing on

0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:45.000
<v Speaker 3>the black kids, right, that's who they're going for. We've

0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:48.240
<v Speaker 3>had some people post up in the subreddit being like,

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<v Speaker 3>I know I'm going to go to a camp because

0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:51.599
<v Speaker 3>I have autism, or I know I've alway to go

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<v Speaker 3>to a camp because i have ADHD. And I'm telling you,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not saying don't be scared of fascism. I'm saying

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<v Speaker 3>this is where to fight right now. It's not RFK

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<v Speaker 3>wants to send every adult on an SSRI into a

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<v Speaker 3>death camp. It's that they're going to try and be

0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:12.319
<v Speaker 3>putting these kids instead of you know, the different juvenile

0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:16.679
<v Speaker 3>programs that exist, instead of any kind of functional medical program,

0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:19.600
<v Speaker 3>They're going to force them into facilities like this. And

0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:22.199
<v Speaker 3>it's going to become easier for facilities like the Judge

0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:26.199
<v Speaker 3>Rotenberg Center, which horribly abuses and tortures autistic kids, to

0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:29.679
<v Speaker 3>spread and to get state and federal funding. Like and

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<v Speaker 3>that's the threat, right, It's an extension of what we're

0:12:34.240 --> 0:12:37.240
<v Speaker 3>doing and what we've done. It's not a carbon copy

0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:40.720
<v Speaker 3>of what the Nazis are doing or did speaking of

0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:57.040
<v Speaker 3>the Nazis, and we're back. So a couple of things

0:12:57.080 --> 0:12:59.640
<v Speaker 3>happen in quick succession that is responsible in part for

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<v Speaker 3>like why people are so freaked out, and rightfully so.

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<v Speaker 3>One of them is that RFK gave a speech on

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<v Speaker 3>the back of new data that showed yet another rise

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<v Speaker 3>in the rate of autism diagnoses, and as I said

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<v Speaker 3>on a previous episode, it's because we're looking for it more.

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<v Speaker 3>But he made a statement about people with profound autism

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<v Speaker 3>not being able to pay taxes or write poems, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>or that sort of thing. And while he was he

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<v Speaker 3>was specifically talking about people with quote unquote profound autism,

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<v Speaker 3>it's reasonable for people to assume, like, yeah, but that's

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<v Speaker 3>just kind of what he sees is basically everyone, right,

0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:34.960
<v Speaker 3>and I don't think that that's an unfair assumption. And

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<v Speaker 3>then coming right up on the heels of that, there

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<v Speaker 3>was an announcement from the NIH, the National Institutes of

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<v Speaker 3>Health about RFK Junior's new effort to quote unquote study autism.

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<v Speaker 3>And basically, what they're going to be doing is collecting

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<v Speaker 3>comprehensive patient data with broad coverage of the US population

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<v Speaker 3>and kind of organizing it within the NIH. This is

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<v Speaker 3>the first time this has been done. But they are

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<v Speaker 3>going to be grabbing basically everything they can get their

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<v Speaker 3>hands on. And we're talking about a mix of medication

0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:09.280
<v Speaker 3>records from pharmacies, lab testing records, genomic data from people

0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:12.959
<v Speaker 3>who like go to the Department of the basically data

0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:15.800
<v Speaker 3>taken by the VA, data taken by the Indian Health Service,

0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:19.640
<v Speaker 3>as well as data from private insurers. And they're also

0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:23.240
<v Speaker 3>going to be buying data from smartwatchs stuff like fitbits. Right,

0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:26.080
<v Speaker 3>who does sell their data to anybody with like twenty

0:14:26.120 --> 0:14:28.640
<v Speaker 3>dollars hanging out the back of their pocket. And as

0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:31.120
<v Speaker 3>a heads up, if you are looking for a fitness tracker,

0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:34.520
<v Speaker 3>you should look more into this. There are a few

0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:38.960
<v Speaker 3>that have reasonably good data protection histories. Garman is one

0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:41.760
<v Speaker 3>of them. This does not mean it's perfect. All of

0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:44.200
<v Speaker 3>them will hand over your data if given a court

0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:46.520
<v Speaker 3>order to do so. None of them are going to

0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:48.960
<v Speaker 3>break the law to hold on to your data. But

0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:51.840
<v Speaker 3>Garman doesn't just like sell willy nilly to anybody who

0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:54.680
<v Speaker 3>wants to like advertise based on it. Right that said,

0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:56.920
<v Speaker 3>most of them do the last thing I'd write was

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<v Speaker 3>something like twelve out of fifteen different free fitness tracks

0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:03.800
<v Speaker 3>apps they checked sold data pretty widely, So yeah, about

0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:07.880
<v Speaker 3>eighty percent. Yeah, it's the vast majority. Right, So, the

0:15:08.000 --> 0:15:11.160
<v Speaker 3>NIH is basically looking at taking the data that exists.

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<v Speaker 3>They're not talking about really gathering new data, but they

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<v Speaker 3>they are talking about collecting everything that exists and putting

0:15:17.760 --> 0:15:20.520
<v Speaker 3>it under one roof for the first time. And this

0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:23.200
<v Speaker 3>is for a couple of purposes. Right. They want to

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<v Speaker 3>be able to track the spread of different illnesses and

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<v Speaker 3>different health problems within the population. These are their claims,

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<v Speaker 3>but also they want to create a disease registry specifically

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<v Speaker 3>to track Americans with autism. Right, And this is because

0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:41.200
<v Speaker 3>Kennedy describes autism as a preventable disease, which is not accurate.

0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:44.400
<v Speaker 3>And the fact that this database and these other databases

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<v Speaker 3>are being made should be very worrisome. Right, It's both

0:15:48.240 --> 0:15:50.520
<v Speaker 3>important to talk about the fact that he is specifically

0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:52.960
<v Speaker 3>signaling out autism while also stating like, that's not the

0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:55.880
<v Speaker 3>only thing they're looking into. Right. They want data on

0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:58.680
<v Speaker 3>people who are on SSRIs, who are on ADHD medication.

0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:01.600
<v Speaker 3>They probably want data on drug use. Right. There are

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of things they are looking to be gathering,

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<v Speaker 3>and none of it is shit that they should have

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<v Speaker 3>access for.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you can certainly see them expanding this out to

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<v Speaker 2>like hormone replacement therapy, transior healthcare, yes, yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>And also like the apps attract like menstrual cycles right, yes, people,

0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:18.640
<v Speaker 4>excess and reproductive healthcare.

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<v Speaker 3>And again the immediate plan, I'm sorry, I simply don't.

0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:26.720
<v Speaker 3>I don't think that RFK Junior's master plan is the

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<v Speaker 3>mass arrest of everybody who with autism in the United

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<v Speaker 3>States and forcing them into a camp. I don't think

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<v Speaker 3>that's what he wants, in part because his number one,

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<v Speaker 3>his base of support is a lot of the parents

0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:42.320
<v Speaker 3>of these kids. And I'm not saying those parents don't

0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:44.600
<v Speaker 3>want to do things that they are already doing things

0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:47.320
<v Speaker 3>to their kids that are harmful, But those parents want

0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:50.240
<v Speaker 3>control over what they see as their kids health care.

0:16:50.360 --> 0:16:54.280
<v Speaker 3>They want the freedom to experiment with medications on their

0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:57.720
<v Speaker 3>kids to quote unquote fix them. And this data is

0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:02.280
<v Speaker 3>going to be used both to provide basically to be

0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:05.520
<v Speaker 3>massaged to provide evidence that different treatments that don't do

0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:08.199
<v Speaker 3>shit do in fact work. And I think I have

0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:12.119
<v Speaker 3>suspicions of financial interests there. I keep getting questioned like, well,

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<v Speaker 3>what do you think is going to happen when the

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<v Speaker 3>autism cures don't work, Well, then they're going to put

0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:18.320
<v Speaker 3>people in camps. No, the autism cures already don't work.

0:17:18.480 --> 0:17:21.119
<v Speaker 3>This is an industry. They make money off of this.

0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:24.680
<v Speaker 3>They make money off of drugging and medically torturing these children.

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<v Speaker 3>And as far that is, the threat is that it

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<v Speaker 3>is going to get easier to do at a larger scale,

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<v Speaker 3>and it is going to be harder to fight, even

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<v Speaker 3>illegal to provide good information on what does and does

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<v Speaker 3>not work. And that is what's happening right now as

0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:41.840
<v Speaker 3>opposed to something we might be worried about, you know,

0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:46.120
<v Speaker 3>years down the line. And yes, we should fight anytime

0:17:46.160 --> 0:17:48.560
<v Speaker 3>the government is trying to put populations of people into

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<v Speaker 3>a motherfucking database like this, we should fight all of

0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:55.040
<v Speaker 3>this tooth and nail. I just think this is what

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<v Speaker 3>I see as the danger. You know, Yeah, the risk

0:17:58.760 --> 0:18:01.960
<v Speaker 3>is this to centralized stuff. It's a centralized acceleration for

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<v Speaker 3>things that have already been happening, less so than just

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<v Speaker 3>like large skilled direct sator intervention.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I think a lot about like in the context

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<v Speaker 4>of this like quote unquote wilderness therapy programs. Right, yes,

0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:17.320
<v Speaker 4>Roberts covered these, but which have been abusing children for years.

0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:19.520
<v Speaker 3>And that is what I see when we talk about

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<v Speaker 3>these these farms. Again, my worry is not RFK wants

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<v Speaker 3>to forcibly put everybody into fucking Auschwitz Part two. It's

0:18:28.240 --> 0:18:32.360
<v Speaker 3>RFK wants a hundred times as many teen treatment facilities

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<v Speaker 3>where kids who disobey are get in trouble with the

0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:38.399
<v Speaker 3>large caught it fucking protests, can be forced to labor,

0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:41.040
<v Speaker 3>and an amount of them will die and all of

0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:44.119
<v Speaker 3>them will suffer permanent mental and physical damage as a

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<v Speaker 3>result of being put in these places.

0:18:45.720 --> 0:18:49.280
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, like the behavioral improvement centers that are you could

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<v Speaker 2>even be part of, you know, like like community service.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, yeah, it's extensions of what we do. It's extremely American,

0:18:57.040 --> 0:19:00.960
<v Speaker 3>you know. I just that's that's where my head is.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it's not great. So talking of where I guess

0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:09.199
<v Speaker 4>where my head is is immigration, Right, That's what I

0:19:09.240 --> 0:19:13.280
<v Speaker 4>tend to update us on. So I guess I've seen

0:19:13.320 --> 0:19:16.000
<v Speaker 4>it characterize as like legal ping pong between the courts

0:19:16.040 --> 0:19:18.520
<v Speaker 4>and the DOJ. It would be like if one side

0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:20.760
<v Speaker 4>was playing ping pong with a regular tennis racket, and

0:19:20.760 --> 0:19:22.879
<v Speaker 4>everyone was just pretending that they weren't right, Like the

0:19:22.920 --> 0:19:26.760
<v Speaker 4>doj is just continuing to kind of flout these court orders.

0:19:27.119 --> 0:19:28.679
<v Speaker 4>If we start from the top and go down, the

0:19:28.720 --> 0:19:32.440
<v Speaker 4>Supreme Court temporarily banned the government from renditioning Venezuelan men

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<v Speaker 4>in the district of North Texas to El Salvador. I

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<v Speaker 4>think people maybe sometimes this got a little misinterpreted on

0:19:38.160 --> 0:19:40.159
<v Speaker 4>social media, like you have to look at who the

0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:43.080
<v Speaker 4>class was, and the class was a group of Venezuelan

0:19:43.160 --> 0:19:45.760
<v Speaker 4>men who were in immigration detention in North Texas who

0:19:45.760 --> 0:19:47.920
<v Speaker 4>were going to be sent to Well Saladore, and that

0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:52.600
<v Speaker 4>was who got the relief. The case at the time

0:19:52.760 --> 0:19:55.000
<v Speaker 4>was pending before the US Court of Appeals for the

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<v Speaker 4>Fifth Circuit, and the Supreme Court said that once that

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<v Speaker 4>court active, the government could appeal to the Supreme Court. However,

0:20:00.920 --> 0:20:03.320
<v Speaker 4>they added, the government should not, and I'm quoting here,

0:20:03.400 --> 0:20:06.200
<v Speaker 4>remove any member of the putative class of detainees from

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<v Speaker 4>the United States until further order of this Court.

0:20:09.920 --> 0:20:10.159
<v Speaker 2>I e.

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<v Speaker 4>The Supreme Court to update on the case, which we've

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<v Speaker 4>covered a lot here. The Abrego Garcia case. Judge Genies

0:20:17.520 --> 0:20:23.080
<v Speaker 4>ordered expedited discover. Discovery is when both parties in a lawsuit,

0:20:23.119 --> 0:20:26.440
<v Speaker 4>like a mass information right, they're able to find out information.

0:20:27.119 --> 0:20:31.400
<v Speaker 4>And in this case, the government more or less ignored this,

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<v Speaker 4>and it did so by sticking to its line that

0:20:33.600 --> 0:20:36.719
<v Speaker 4>they can't bring him home to the United States, saying

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<v Speaker 4>that the requests were and I'm quoting again here, based

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<v Speaker 4>on the false premise that the United States can or

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<v Speaker 4>has been ordered to facilitate Abrego Garcia's released from custody

0:20:46.800 --> 0:20:51.160
<v Speaker 4>in El Salvulo. Their claiming they were ordered to return him,

0:20:51.400 --> 0:20:55.600
<v Speaker 4>and somehow in their minds, returning him does not include

0:20:55.680 --> 0:20:59.240
<v Speaker 4>ensuring his release, like they're saying that they're only obliged

0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:01.480
<v Speaker 4>to transport him should he be released anyway.

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<v Speaker 3>Genie's in a.

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<v Speaker 4>Court order, called this quote a wilful and bad faith

0:21:06.200 --> 0:21:10.240
<v Speaker 4>refusal to comply with the discovery obligations. Geni's also called

0:21:10.280 --> 0:21:15.440
<v Speaker 4>the government's assertions of executive privilege quote equally specious. The

0:21:15.440 --> 0:21:18.560
<v Speaker 4>City of Hyattsville in this case also clarified through a

0:21:18.760 --> 0:21:22.240
<v Speaker 4>press release that quote, at no time did any member

0:21:22.240 --> 0:21:26.680
<v Speaker 4>of HPD identify or file any report classifying Abrego Garcia

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<v Speaker 4>as a member of any gang. Despite this, the executive

0:21:30.160 --> 0:21:32.520
<v Speaker 4>branch is still going with that he's a violent gang member.

0:21:33.840 --> 0:21:39.240
<v Speaker 4>They also doxed his wife this week by releasing a

0:21:39.280 --> 0:21:42.760
<v Speaker 4>protective order that she had once filed and withdrawn, and

0:21:42.840 --> 0:21:45.000
<v Speaker 4>when that was released, it contained her address, so she's

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<v Speaker 4>now hiding in a safe house.

0:21:48.040 --> 0:21:52.639
<v Speaker 2>They photoshopped a MS thirteen tattoo onto his knuckles above

0:21:53.960 --> 0:21:59.160
<v Speaker 2>a weed leaf tattoo, a smiley face across and a skull.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that's what they're going with. I guess specious is

0:22:04.560 --> 0:22:05.680
<v Speaker 4>a specious is a good word?

0:22:06.359 --> 0:22:06.600
<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

0:22:06.680 --> 0:22:07.800
<v Speaker 5>Just hideous nonsense?

0:22:07.960 --> 0:22:11.200
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, no, absolutely obscenely ridiculed. And then the other angler

0:22:11.240 --> 0:22:12.720
<v Speaker 4>says is I'm just saying that you don't have a

0:22:12.800 --> 0:22:15.480
<v Speaker 4>right to do process right like openly, just like Miller

0:22:15.520 --> 0:22:18.040
<v Speaker 4>has been saying this. Jd Vance has been saying this

0:22:18.160 --> 0:22:22.800
<v Speaker 4>on x dot com that like, these people don't have

0:22:22.840 --> 0:22:25.840
<v Speaker 4>a right to do process for that. They've come up

0:22:25.880 --> 0:22:29.280
<v Speaker 4>with various arguments for that. It also seems like two

0:22:29.359 --> 0:22:33.000
<v Speaker 4>people sent twelve Salbador no longer appear on any official

0:22:33.080 --> 0:22:36.400
<v Speaker 4>list of detainees. Yeah, which is concerning one of them,

0:22:37.119 --> 0:22:42.200
<v Speaker 4>Ricardo Pradovasquez. He's not among the two hundred and thirty

0:22:42.240 --> 0:22:44.880
<v Speaker 4>eight people we know on the manifest for those sent

0:22:44.920 --> 0:22:48.399
<v Speaker 4>twelve Salbador. He doesn't appear to be in Venice Whaler,

0:22:48.480 --> 0:22:51.760
<v Speaker 4>which is where his passport is from. And the fact

0:22:52.040 --> 0:22:54.119
<v Speaker 4>that the government claims that they sent him. The government

0:22:54.119 --> 0:22:56.080
<v Speaker 4>has said they sent him on the March fifteenth flights.

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<v Speaker 4>He's not listed there. He's not visible in photos. Has

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<v Speaker 4>led to concerns that we might have sent more people

0:23:02.240 --> 0:23:05.439
<v Speaker 4>to Asarbadorre than we currently know about. He entered the

0:23:05.480 --> 0:23:09.840
<v Speaker 4>country with a CBP one appointment. Right, which of all

0:23:09.880 --> 0:23:11.640
<v Speaker 4>the ways to enter is the one that the US

0:23:11.720 --> 0:23:14.879
<v Speaker 4>government was trying to force people to use at that time.

0:23:15.200 --> 0:23:18.240
<v Speaker 2>Right, he very like legally entered the country. Yes.

0:23:18.400 --> 0:23:20.199
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, to be clear, he entered at a port of

0:23:20.320 --> 0:23:24.280
<v Speaker 4>entry with an appointment to claim asylum. He appears made

0:23:24.320 --> 0:23:28.000
<v Speaker 4>a mistake when delivering food and ended up driving into

0:23:28.080 --> 0:23:31.159
<v Speaker 4>Canada and was arrested when he attempted to return to

0:23:31.200 --> 0:23:33.680
<v Speaker 4>the United States. He doesn't show up on the ICE

0:23:33.720 --> 0:23:38.960
<v Speaker 4>detainee locator, and essentially no one knows where he is right.

0:23:39.640 --> 0:23:42.600
<v Speaker 4>This concern has been compounded by the fact that it

0:23:42.680 --> 0:23:44.879
<v Speaker 4>also emerged this week that the US has sent at

0:23:44.960 --> 0:23:50.520
<v Speaker 4>least one detainee, Omar Abdul sata Amin to Rwanda, and

0:23:51.200 --> 0:23:53.439
<v Speaker 4>the combination of these two things raises a concern that

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<v Speaker 4>they are sending third country nationals to detention in other

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<v Speaker 4>countries that we are not yet aware of. Right, of course,

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<v Speaker 4>the Rwanda Plan was something that the UK government hatched

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<v Speaker 4>a long time ago, and the Kagami government in Rwanda

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<v Speaker 4>seems to see this offer right as a way of

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<v Speaker 4>gaining legitimacy with governments in the global North, especially given

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<v Speaker 4>the widespread criticism for its actions in the Democratic Republic

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<v Speaker 4>of Congo. Recently, from the Handbasket, which is like a

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<v Speaker 4>kind of substacky outlet, they've reviewed memos between the US

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<v Speaker 4>government and the embassy in Rwanda, and I'm quoting from

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<v Speaker 4>one of them here. The US provided a one time

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<v Speaker 4>payment of one hundred thousand dollars to support social services,

0:24:39.600 --> 0:24:43.679
<v Speaker 4>residency documents, and work permits. Rwanda has also, according to

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<v Speaker 4>the Handbasket, agreed to accept ten more third country nationals.

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<v Speaker 4>So the US is paying Rwanda a little bit more

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<v Speaker 4>than it's paying El salbad Or. Right, it was paying

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<v Speaker 4>El salborda twenty thousand per person per year, but it's

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<v Speaker 4>a one time payment. Nonetheless, I struggle to believe that

0:25:00.080 --> 0:25:03.320
<v Speaker 4>you could concoct a way in which it would cost

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<v Speaker 4>Wander one hundred grand to produce a residency document and

0:25:09.440 --> 0:25:13.520
<v Speaker 4>a work permit for an Iraqi national. But yeah, this

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<v Speaker 4>has obviously led to the concern that people are being

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<v Speaker 4>sent to other places that we don't yet know about

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<v Speaker 4>talking to people being sent to other places. A US citizen,

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<v Speaker 4>Jose Hermosille, was detained by ice after approaching a border

0:25:28.840 --> 0:25:31.119
<v Speaker 4>patrol agent to ask for directions.

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<v Speaker 3>He was detained for ten days.

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<v Speaker 4>DHS is claiming that he was arrested near the Nogales

0:25:37.520 --> 0:25:41.320
<v Speaker 4>border and that he approached the border patrol agent and

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<v Speaker 4>upon doing so, identified himself as a non citizen who

0:25:44.760 --> 0:25:48.000
<v Speaker 4>was not in the country legally, which is what they claim. Yes,

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<v Speaker 4>so Hermaiceo disputes this along with his lawyers. He says

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<v Speaker 4>he approached the agent looking for directions, having had a

0:25:56.800 --> 0:25:58.800
<v Speaker 4>seizure and been in the hospital and when he got

0:25:58.800 --> 0:26:01.160
<v Speaker 4>out of hospital was trying to work out where to go.

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<v Speaker 4>He is from New Mexico, but he was visiting his

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<v Speaker 4>girlfriend's family in Tucson. He told the agent he was

0:26:07.320 --> 0:26:09.720
<v Speaker 4>from New Mexico, and the agent accused him of lying.

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<v Speaker 4>In his account, DHS has to produce a transcript with

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not going to call it a signature because it

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<v Speaker 4>just has the word Jose written underneath it. Right, Mister Hermercio,

0:26:20.600 --> 0:26:25.880
<v Speaker 4>according to his girlfriend, has some learning difficulties, and by

0:26:25.920 --> 0:26:28.560
<v Speaker 4>her account, he wouldn't have been able to read the

0:26:28.760 --> 0:26:32.520
<v Speaker 4>English language transcript that he's alleged to have signed. So, like,

0:26:33.040 --> 0:26:35.359
<v Speaker 4>whether or not he signed this is rather a material right.

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<v Speaker 4>He clearly, judging by her account, was not aware that

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<v Speaker 4>he was in it. Judging by this, this is not

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<v Speaker 4>even a signature with a last name. It's laughable to

0:26:43.440 --> 0:26:47.359
<v Speaker 4>suggest that he like consentingly signed this. But nonetheless, he

0:26:47.400 --> 0:26:50.000
<v Speaker 4>was detained for ten days till his family produced his

0:26:50.119 --> 0:26:50.960
<v Speaker 4>documents in court.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he was arrested quote unquote without proper immigration documents,

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<v Speaker 2>which you don't carry around when you're a US citizen.

0:26:58.440 --> 0:27:00.520
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you're not obliged to please.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't need that. His family brought his Social Security

0:27:03.400 --> 0:27:06.120
<v Speaker 2>card certificate to court, and eventually the case against him

0:27:06.119 --> 0:27:08.919
<v Speaker 2>was dismissed after being held by Ice for ten days.

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<v Speaker 2>This reminds me of a similar case from this past week,

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<v Speaker 2>where a US citizen was detained on Wednesday the sixteenth.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a twenty year old born in Georgia, Juan

0:27:21.600 --> 0:27:24.760
<v Speaker 2>Carlo's Lopez Gomez. He was pulled over while driving to

0:27:24.840 --> 0:27:28.480
<v Speaker 2>work near the Florida border. He doesn't speak much English

0:27:28.600 --> 0:27:31.879
<v Speaker 2>or Spanish. He speaks an indigenous mind language, but he

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<v Speaker 2>gave his real ID card and Social Security card over

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<v Speaker 2>to a state trooper. He was detained and charged with

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<v Speaker 2>illegally entering the state as a quote unquote unauthorized alien. Similarly,

0:27:43.600 --> 0:27:46.720
<v Speaker 2>the trooper claims that Lopez Gomez said that he was

0:27:46.800 --> 0:27:49.399
<v Speaker 2>in the country illegally. This is like some kind of

0:27:49.440 --> 0:27:52.719
<v Speaker 2>communication error or these law enforcement officers are just like

0:27:53.000 --> 0:27:56.800
<v Speaker 2>lying or trying to construct like language traps to make

0:27:56.880 --> 0:27:59.480
<v Speaker 2>someone agree to a statement that admits that they're in

0:27:59.520 --> 0:28:02.800
<v Speaker 2>the country legally, which allows them to be detained. He

0:28:02.880 --> 0:28:05.520
<v Speaker 2>was put into a twenty four hour ice hold. The

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<v Speaker 2>next day, a federal judge verified his birth certificate, which

0:28:08.160 --> 0:28:10.840
<v Speaker 2>is brought by his mother, but claims to lack the

0:28:10.880 --> 0:28:14.840
<v Speaker 2>authority to release him, though he was released later Thursday night,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was arrested under a new Florida law signed

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<v Speaker 2>by the Santas last month, which a judge blocked earlier

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<v Speaker 2>this month. On April fourth. This basically allows the state

0:28:24.760 --> 0:28:28.160
<v Speaker 2>troopers to act as their state's own like border patrol,

0:28:28.440 --> 0:28:31.560
<v Speaker 2>and it penalizes immigants who quote unquote knowingly enter or

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<v Speaker 2>attempt to enter the state after entering the United States

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<v Speaker 2>by eluding or avoiding examination or inspection by immigration officers.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, and like the common thing here, right is that

0:28:42.680 --> 0:28:44.920
<v Speaker 5>they're just we've seen this. There are a bunch of

0:28:44.920 --> 0:28:46.440
<v Speaker 5>other cases that are like this too, where it's just

0:28:46.480 --> 0:28:49.120
<v Speaker 5>like they see someone who's not white and they're just like, yeah,

0:28:49.120 --> 0:28:50.760
<v Speaker 5>fuck it, we can grab this person and then just

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<v Speaker 5>live about what they said. It's like it's not even very.

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<v Speaker 2>Based on racial profiling.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, but it's like things it's like it's not even

0:28:56.120 --> 0:28:58.360
<v Speaker 5>it's not even like racial profiling anymore. Like it's it's

0:28:58.400 --> 0:29:02.640
<v Speaker 5>they're just attempting to black bag like random non white

0:29:02.640 --> 0:29:05.480
<v Speaker 5>people that they're just running across. Yes, and so of

0:29:05.480 --> 0:29:07.200
<v Speaker 5>course they're like grabbing US citizens r because they're just

0:29:07.240 --> 0:29:09.280
<v Speaker 5>grabbing random people. But it's like they're just fucking doing

0:29:09.320 --> 0:29:12.080
<v Speaker 5>this to everyone. This has happened in other states as well.

0:29:12.160 --> 0:29:15.160
<v Speaker 5>There's been instance like this like the past few months,

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<v Speaker 5>which have which have increased in frequency since Trump has

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<v Speaker 5>taken office. Yeah, let's go on a break and return

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<v Speaker 5>to talk tariff. Okay, we are back. How's the how's

0:29:39.440 --> 0:29:40.360
<v Speaker 5>the economy going?

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<v Speaker 2>Locking jazz bo rocking jazz bot Sary.

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<v Speaker 6>Locking jazz brocky jazz.

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<v Speaker 2>Bock do not like? Okay, Mia, what can you tell

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<v Speaker 2>us about tariffs?

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<v Speaker 4>Week?

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<v Speaker 5>So we got a look inside the White House this

0:30:04.840 --> 0:30:09.920
<v Speaker 5>week at how the tariff, the turf tariff suspension happened. Now,

0:30:09.960 --> 0:30:12.160
<v Speaker 5>remember so there was there was the deliberation day tariffs

0:30:12.200 --> 0:30:15.000
<v Speaker 5>a few weeks ago, and then they got suspended for

0:30:15.080 --> 0:30:17.400
<v Speaker 5>ninety days. So we're all still on the ninety day

0:30:17.400 --> 0:30:20.400
<v Speaker 5>countdone clock on those being unsuspended. But we got a

0:30:20.480 --> 0:30:24.480
<v Speaker 5>view of how that happened from the Wall Street Journal,

0:30:24.480 --> 0:30:27.240
<v Speaker 5>and the Wall Street Journal reports that Secretary Treasurer Scott

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<v Speaker 5>Bessett and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik basically waited until Trump

0:30:33.160 --> 0:30:36.080
<v Speaker 5>advisor Peter Navarro was out of the room, and then

0:30:36.160 --> 0:30:38.440
<v Speaker 5>it was in a meeting, and then they cornered Trump

0:30:38.520 --> 0:30:40.400
<v Speaker 5>and we're like, you gotta roll these terror you gotta

0:30:40.440 --> 0:30:41.640
<v Speaker 5>do this pause on the tariffs.

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<v Speaker 3>Honestly iconic, you know, I hate to say it, but iconic.

0:30:47.240 --> 0:30:49.480
<v Speaker 5>This was also all the first TRUP administration ran, and

0:30:49.520 --> 0:30:51.719
<v Speaker 5>everyone appears to have forgotten that this is how all

0:30:51.720 --> 0:30:52.800
<v Speaker 5>of the shit works.

0:30:52.720 --> 0:30:54.920
<v Speaker 3>Well, because there was a there were all those stories

0:30:54.960 --> 0:30:57.520
<v Speaker 3>for the first couple of weeks about how smooth and

0:30:57.560 --> 0:30:59.240
<v Speaker 3>well run it was and everything.

0:30:59.360 --> 0:31:03.360
<v Speaker 5>It's slow, yeah, and like the many people assume that

0:31:03.360 --> 0:31:05.480
<v Speaker 5>there was like a plan behind this, and like, no, no,

0:31:05.760 --> 0:31:10.000
<v Speaker 5>I am fucking vindicated. They really are just this fucking stupid, Like, no,

0:31:10.240 --> 0:31:12.800
<v Speaker 5>there is not a grand strategy behind this sort of

0:31:12.880 --> 0:31:14.320
<v Speaker 5>like tariff rollout.

0:31:14.400 --> 0:31:14.600
<v Speaker 3>Right.

0:31:14.680 --> 0:31:18.040
<v Speaker 5>There is a senile old man and his stupid warring advisors,

0:31:18.040 --> 0:31:21.000
<v Speaker 5>and they're both fighting each other basically for like they're

0:31:21.040 --> 0:31:23.320
<v Speaker 5>they're they're they're they're trying like they're they're trying to

0:31:23.320 --> 0:31:24.960
<v Speaker 5>wait until the other persons out of the room so

0:31:24.960 --> 0:31:28.280
<v Speaker 5>they can grab control of the fucking puppet reins. But

0:31:28.320 --> 0:31:30.240
<v Speaker 5>this this does actually lay bare something that's sort of

0:31:30.240 --> 0:31:32.040
<v Speaker 5>important about this, which is that like there is a

0:31:32.120 --> 0:31:35.360
<v Speaker 5>huge fight inside of the Trump administration between kind of

0:31:35.520 --> 0:31:39.200
<v Speaker 5>lutnik who's like the representative of a bunch of different

0:31:39.200 --> 0:31:41.880
<v Speaker 5>sort of sectors of American capital, right, Like he he's

0:31:41.920 --> 0:31:46.000
<v Speaker 5>a representative of like you're fucking like Walgreens, dipshits, right,

0:31:46.040 --> 0:31:48.400
<v Speaker 5>and like he's also representative of with the finance people,

0:31:48.800 --> 0:31:51.160
<v Speaker 5>and those people are losing their fucking minds over the

0:31:51.160 --> 0:31:54.280
<v Speaker 5>tariffs because it's again going to destroy the economy. But

0:31:54.400 --> 0:31:57.560
<v Speaker 5>Navarro is you know, it's just like a hardline sort

0:31:57.560 --> 0:32:00.680
<v Speaker 5>of like anti China ideologue. And and Navarro is the

0:32:00.680 --> 0:32:04.240
<v Speaker 5>person who's been driving the most intense versions of these tariffs.

0:32:04.280 --> 0:32:05.920
<v Speaker 5>And it's a real issue for everyone else in the

0:32:06.000 --> 0:32:08.760
<v Speaker 5>administration who doesn't want this to happen because Navarro is

0:32:08.800 --> 0:32:10.360
<v Speaker 5>like the one guy in the administrator in the Trump

0:32:10.400 --> 0:32:13.920
<v Speaker 5>actually likes and so they can't directly move against him

0:32:13.960 --> 0:32:16.160
<v Speaker 5>because they lose. Like Elon Musk tried this and like

0:32:16.320 --> 0:32:19.720
<v Speaker 5>it got nowhere. And so you know what we've been

0:32:19.760 --> 0:32:23.840
<v Speaker 5>seeing is is just like again, the tariff policy here

0:32:23.920 --> 0:32:25.600
<v Speaker 5>is just being set by who's the last person in

0:32:25.600 --> 0:32:28.640
<v Speaker 5>the room with him. Yeah, so we're probably still like

0:32:28.720 --> 0:32:31.920
<v Speaker 5>about sixty days ish out from these terrorists coming back

0:32:31.920 --> 0:32:35.040
<v Speaker 5>into effect. I mean this basically means like they'll be

0:32:35.080 --> 0:32:37.760
<v Speaker 5>hitting in the summer, which is also just like absolutely

0:32:37.760 --> 0:32:41.280
<v Speaker 5>the worst conceivable time for these terrifts to take effect

0:32:41.320 --> 0:32:44.080
<v Speaker 5>in terms of like if you were just like deliberately

0:32:44.120 --> 0:32:46.600
<v Speaker 5>trying to cause a massive popular mobilization against you. This

0:32:46.680 --> 0:32:51.560
<v Speaker 5>is what you would do. They're not that, they're just dumb,

0:32:51.720 --> 0:32:54.120
<v Speaker 5>but like, you know, so okay, let's most move on

0:32:54.160 --> 0:32:56.760
<v Speaker 5>to the sort of big news of this week is

0:32:56.840 --> 0:33:01.960
<v Speaker 5>the press has been carrying stories about Trump backing off

0:33:02.120 --> 0:33:04.600
<v Speaker 5>of the one hundred and forty five percent China tariffs

0:33:04.680 --> 0:33:06.680
<v Speaker 5>and the fact that there's going to be negotiations and

0:33:06.720 --> 0:33:09.320
<v Speaker 5>it's all going to get wound down, and like, I'm

0:33:09.360 --> 0:33:14.080
<v Speaker 5>pretty sure this is just kind of pure lutnik shit

0:33:14.520 --> 0:33:17.600
<v Speaker 5>to try to calm the markets down. The issue with

0:33:17.720 --> 0:33:21.240
<v Speaker 5>this story is that there are no negotiations, right. Everyone

0:33:21.280 --> 0:33:22.640
<v Speaker 5>keeps talking about how the US is going to do

0:33:22.680 --> 0:33:25.920
<v Speaker 5>negotiated settlement with China. There have not been any negotiations.

0:33:25.960 --> 0:33:28.320
<v Speaker 5>There are not negotiations. There has not even been a

0:33:28.320 --> 0:33:32.080
<v Speaker 5>process to start negotiations, because you know, the last stories

0:33:32.080 --> 0:33:34.360
<v Speaker 5>we had about this was that like neither side wants

0:33:34.440 --> 0:33:36.360
<v Speaker 5>to be the person to like start going to the

0:33:36.400 --> 0:33:39.880
<v Speaker 5>table because like asking the other side for negotiations makes

0:33:39.920 --> 0:33:43.400
<v Speaker 5>them look weak. Like Trump has been asking China to

0:33:43.480 --> 0:33:46.560
<v Speaker 5>ask him the cert of negotiations. The Chinese are refusing.

0:33:47.600 --> 0:33:49.360
<v Speaker 5>And the second issue here, and this is The more

0:33:49.400 --> 0:33:52.080
<v Speaker 5>substantive problem with with a sort of negotiated back out

0:33:52.240 --> 0:33:56.240
<v Speaker 5>is that the Trump Navarro position hinges on the line

0:33:56.880 --> 0:34:00.800
<v Speaker 5>that the trade deficit inherently like with China, is proof

0:34:00.880 --> 0:34:03.600
<v Speaker 5>of Chinese market manipulation. And the thing is, there's no

0:34:03.720 --> 0:34:06.360
<v Speaker 5>actual way to systematically address that, right, Like there's that

0:34:06.480 --> 0:34:10.160
<v Speaker 5>there's nothing that like either China or the US could

0:34:10.200 --> 0:34:13.520
<v Speaker 5>do that would that would reverse the trade deficit. So

0:34:14.000 --> 0:34:17.040
<v Speaker 5>there's no sort of like you know, like yeah, like

0:34:17.040 --> 0:34:18.960
<v Speaker 5>like the obvious way out here would be for like

0:34:19.000 --> 0:34:21.600
<v Speaker 5>Trump to take some kind of weird symbolic victory and

0:34:21.640 --> 0:34:24.320
<v Speaker 5>like China to be like we're doing a fenntional crackdown

0:34:24.360 --> 0:34:27.160
<v Speaker 5>or some shit. But the thing is, like, ideologically for

0:34:27.239 --> 0:34:30.239
<v Speaker 5>someone like Navarro, and Navarro is the important figure here,

0:34:30.680 --> 0:34:32.480
<v Speaker 5>like Navarro just wants trying to destroy it.

0:34:32.640 --> 0:34:34.160
<v Speaker 3>Right There's there's no actual.

0:34:33.840 --> 0:34:37.359
<v Speaker 5>Negotiating process that he can do that will actually sort

0:34:37.360 --> 0:34:40.480
<v Speaker 5>of like make this like negotiation shit happen and have

0:34:40.520 --> 0:34:43.640
<v Speaker 5>it actually like eliminated tariffs. The only thing that can

0:34:43.719 --> 0:34:46.040
<v Speaker 5>happen basically is a political battle inside of the Trump

0:34:46.040 --> 0:34:49.600
<v Speaker 5>administration where Davarro gets pushed out somehow. But again, Navarro

0:34:49.800 --> 0:34:53.439
<v Speaker 5>is like Trump's guy. So I I just don't buy

0:34:53.520 --> 0:34:54.960
<v Speaker 5>all of this, all of the fucking stories that are

0:34:55.000 --> 0:34:56.920
<v Speaker 5>coming out, And this happens constantly, every single time there's

0:34:56.920 --> 0:34:58.400
<v Speaker 5>one of these things, there's all these stories being like,

0:34:58.640 --> 0:35:00.560
<v Speaker 5>well they're gonna get rolled back. It does actually mean this,

0:35:00.600 --> 0:35:02.120
<v Speaker 5>and that just happens. Right, we have one hundred and

0:35:02.120 --> 0:35:04.880
<v Speaker 5>forty five percent rais on China. Now, the last thing

0:35:04.920 --> 0:35:06.720
<v Speaker 5>I want to talk about is what the actual effects

0:35:06.760 --> 0:35:08.880
<v Speaker 5>of this has been. And the effect is that it

0:35:08.880 --> 0:35:11.400
<v Speaker 5>has been. There's been a massive slow down and a

0:35:11.400 --> 0:35:16.040
<v Speaker 5>massive like shutdown in in exports from China to the US,

0:35:16.120 --> 0:35:19.320
<v Speaker 5>like an internship container ship traffic. Right, we're talking about

0:35:20.000 --> 0:35:22.480
<v Speaker 5>I'm just gonna quote from CNBC here. So they're talking

0:35:22.480 --> 0:35:24.760
<v Speaker 5>about Optimizer, which is like a tracking system for ships,

0:35:25.239 --> 0:35:27.680
<v Speaker 5>and they said, quote, year on year, the data shows

0:35:27.680 --> 0:35:30.960
<v Speaker 5>a forty four percent drop in vessels schedule to arrive

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<v Speaker 5>the week of May.

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<v Speaker 2>Fourth to May tenth.

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<v Speaker 5>Now that that's not actually necessarily a forty percent drop

0:35:36.560 --> 0:35:41.719
<v Speaker 5>in traffic, because there'll be more shit when like other

0:35:41.800 --> 0:35:45.239
<v Speaker 5>boats get full. But you know, to put this into perspective, right,

0:35:45.480 --> 0:35:47.840
<v Speaker 5>during the worst for trade, the worst parts of the

0:35:47.840 --> 0:35:49.680
<v Speaker 5>COVID lockdowns the year and a year drop was only

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<v Speaker 5>twenty percent, so and twenty percent is the number that's

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<v Speaker 5>been that's been being spread around the media for like

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<v Speaker 5>what roughly the drop looks like for some companies is

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<v Speaker 5>larger than others. And again, the tariff, we still haven't

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<v Speaker 5>even seen the actual shocks of the tariffs yet, and

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<v Speaker 5>we're already seeing a decline in experts from China that

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<v Speaker 5>is like again around the level of the lockdowns. And

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<v Speaker 5>and you know, I think like people remember like the

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<v Speaker 5>kind of unhinged shit that that caused, right, and that's

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<v Speaker 5>something that you know is only going to intensify. And

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<v Speaker 5>the other part of this, right is that the strategies

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<v Speaker 5>right now for how this is being dealt with is

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<v Speaker 5>moving through Vietnam, moving through Cambodia. But if you remember

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<v Speaker 5>the rates from the original sort of like turf tariffs

0:36:30.640 --> 0:36:34.360
<v Speaker 5>from Liberation Day, right, like the teriff from Vietnam was

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<v Speaker 5>like one hundred percent or some shit, it was like

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<v Speaker 5>eighty percent. I don't remember, zat my head, but like

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<v Speaker 5>there's no actual viable strategy of just of ways you

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<v Speaker 5>can route these goods through and it's been especially hitting

0:36:46.680 --> 0:36:48.759
<v Speaker 5>the sort of drop shipping companies, right, like people like

0:36:48.800 --> 0:36:51.480
<v Speaker 5>Temu and anything that realts in air phrase just getting fucked.

0:36:52.160 --> 0:36:54.399
<v Speaker 5>And so this is all just you know, just sort

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<v Speaker 5>of rolling in the background, is just this logistics crisis,

0:36:58.280 --> 0:37:00.360
<v Speaker 5>and it's it's it's it's also an echo crisis. And

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<v Speaker 5>this thing I actually want to close this section on

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<v Speaker 5>is that, Like, so the big issue with these sort

0:37:07.000 --> 0:37:09.520
<v Speaker 5>of empty boats, right and these cancelations at boat orders,

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<v Speaker 5>is that in order for it to be profitable, because

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<v Speaker 5>all of these these shipping companies run on such low margins, right,

0:37:16.480 --> 0:37:19.000
<v Speaker 5>they only barely survive the pandemic by taking out a

0:37:19.000 --> 0:37:21.440
<v Speaker 5>series of just like unhinged sort of like weird collateral

0:37:21.440 --> 0:37:24.320
<v Speaker 5>based loans. And in order for these companies to be profitable,

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<v Speaker 5>they have to continuously keep on completely filling up ships.

0:37:28.320 --> 0:37:28.400
<v Speaker 1>Right.

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<v Speaker 5>If a ship is not full, it is not profitable

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<v Speaker 5>for them to run it, so you know, and and

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<v Speaker 5>if that's if that's not happening, the entire system literally

0:37:35.960 --> 0:37:37.920
<v Speaker 5>grinds to a halt until there's enough orders to move

0:37:37.960 --> 0:37:41.160
<v Speaker 5>things through. So even the ship that there is demand for,

0:37:41.400 --> 0:37:44.840
<v Speaker 5>right can't be shipped because these shipping companies cannot afford

0:37:44.960 --> 0:37:48.080
<v Speaker 5>to unless the entire thing is full. So the supply

0:37:48.120 --> 0:37:49.640
<v Speaker 5>chain disruptions that we are going to see from this,

0:37:50.040 --> 0:37:51.920
<v Speaker 5>as this sort of escalus and as this continues, and

0:37:52.000 --> 0:37:55.239
<v Speaker 5>especially in a few months if the liberation dataies go

0:37:55.280 --> 0:37:58.319
<v Speaker 5>back into effect, are catastrophic, And we really like, it's

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<v Speaker 5>just it's this way. You can hear the thunder, you

0:38:00.120 --> 0:38:02.719
<v Speaker 5>can see the lightning, but the storm hasn't hit yet,

0:38:02.760 --> 0:38:06.320
<v Speaker 5>and it is going to and when it does, I

0:38:06.320 --> 0:38:08.080
<v Speaker 5>don't know. I was trying to do a poetic thing

0:38:08.120 --> 0:38:09.799
<v Speaker 5>about how we're all going to get fucking dredged, but

0:38:10.320 --> 0:38:13.600
<v Speaker 5>we're fucked. It's going to be unbelievably bad. And the

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<v Speaker 5>only process right now inside of the administration that doesn't

0:38:16.400 --> 0:38:22.600
<v Speaker 5>involve like some kind of mobilization is like, again, is

0:38:22.880 --> 0:38:26.640
<v Speaker 5>Leutnik winning this fucking intra intra administration political battle with Navarro?

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<v Speaker 2>So woo, well, pre order your Nintendo switch too right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>In other news, the Minnesota Attorney General is assuming the

0:38:38.400 --> 0:38:41.880
<v Speaker 2>Trump DMin over the executive order about trans women participating

0:38:41.920 --> 0:38:45.719
<v Speaker 2>in school sports, saying he will quote not to participate

0:38:45.800 --> 0:38:49.800
<v Speaker 2>in a shameful bullying and also says that this order

0:38:49.920 --> 0:38:53.640
<v Speaker 2>violates the Minnesota Human Rights Act. So we'll see some

0:38:53.680 --> 0:38:57.000
<v Speaker 2>more court cases over this in the weeks to come.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd like to talk a little bit about student crackdowns

0:39:01.280 --> 0:39:04.839
<v Speaker 2>for Palestine protests, kind of in a different way we've

0:39:04.840 --> 0:39:09.280
<v Speaker 2>discussed like ICE going after and detaining and deporting and

0:39:09.320 --> 0:39:13.359
<v Speaker 2>taking away visas and green cards, so unrelated to that

0:39:13.520 --> 0:39:16.880
<v Speaker 2>side of it. On the morning of Wednesday, April twenty third,

0:39:16.960 --> 0:39:21.440
<v Speaker 2>the FBI served multiple search warrants in southeast Michigan, presumably

0:39:21.480 --> 0:39:25.439
<v Speaker 2>related to Palestine protests and encampments from the past year.

0:39:26.000 --> 0:39:30.040
<v Speaker 2>There's also some reporting of law enforcement activity in other states,

0:39:30.080 --> 0:39:33.480
<v Speaker 2>like Pennsylvania, but I'm still waiting to confirm that. The

0:39:33.480 --> 0:39:37.400
<v Speaker 2>press secretary for the Michigan Attorney General confirms investigators executed

0:39:37.440 --> 0:39:40.759
<v Speaker 2>search warrants for three homes. He said that people were

0:39:40.800 --> 0:39:43.839
<v Speaker 2>briefly detained during the execution of these warrants, but they

0:39:43.880 --> 0:39:47.200
<v Speaker 2>were all eventually released, and he noted, quote there is

0:39:47.239 --> 0:39:51.360
<v Speaker 2>no immigration enforcement angle to the execution of these search

0:39:51.440 --> 0:39:55.080
<v Speaker 2>warrants unquote, so these people aren't being investigated by ICE

0:39:55.200 --> 0:39:59.520
<v Speaker 2>to get deported necessarily. This is seemingly for other protest activity.

0:40:00.200 --> 0:40:02.479
<v Speaker 2>A pro Palestine student group says that these rates happened

0:40:02.480 --> 0:40:05.560
<v Speaker 2>at around eight am quote. Early this morning, police an

0:40:05.600 --> 0:40:10.040
<v Speaker 2>FBI agents rated four residences of University of Michigan pro

0:40:10.160 --> 0:40:14.720
<v Speaker 2>Palestine protesters, refusing to show warrants. They seized all electronics

0:40:14.920 --> 0:40:18.800
<v Speaker 2>and a number of personal belongings on quote. But let's

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<v Speaker 2>close this episode by returning to my most Stephen Colbert

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<v Speaker 2>Skibbity Biden segment, Stinky Musk, which is still the worst

0:40:27.800 --> 0:40:31.040
<v Speaker 2>day I've come up with. Last Tuesday, Elon Musk said

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<v Speaker 2>that quote working for the government to get the financial

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<v Speaker 2>house in order is mostly done unquote, So Musk is

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<v Speaker 2>moving closer to stepping back from DOGE this May, around

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<v Speaker 2>the time that his Special Government Employee designation is set

0:40:43.280 --> 0:40:47.160
<v Speaker 2>to expire. Reporting from Washington Post claims that Musk is

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<v Speaker 2>growing tired of the vicious and unethical attacks from the

0:40:51.440 --> 0:40:54.400
<v Speaker 2>left and that is kind of dragging on him, with

0:40:54.480 --> 0:40:57.960
<v Speaker 2>other reports suggesting that Musk is annoying other Cabinet members

0:40:57.960 --> 0:41:02.279
<v Speaker 2>and administration officials more than Trump himself. In fact, just

0:41:02.360 --> 0:41:05.960
<v Speaker 2>this Wednesday, a few hours before recording, Musk and Bessett,

0:41:06.200 --> 0:41:08.960
<v Speaker 2>we're having a pretty intense shouting match in the White House.

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<v Speaker 2>Going forward, Musk says that he plans to work for

0:41:12.360 --> 0:41:15.200
<v Speaker 2>the government about one to two days a week for

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<v Speaker 2>the remainder of the Trump presidency so that he can

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<v Speaker 2>quote make sure that the waste and fraud that we've

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<v Speaker 2>stopped does not come roaring back unquote. He keeps referring

0:41:24.920 --> 0:41:27.760
<v Speaker 2>to his work at DOGE is like being already completed. Essentially,

0:41:28.040 --> 0:41:30.040
<v Speaker 2>we already found all of the fraud, and now we

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<v Speaker 2>just have to make sure more fraud doesn't happen. We've

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<v Speaker 2>previously reported on the alleged fraud that he claims to

0:41:36.320 --> 0:41:40.000
<v Speaker 2>have found and the false numbers up on the doge site.

0:41:40.280 --> 0:41:42.200
<v Speaker 2>But it seems like this work really is like winding

0:41:42.239 --> 0:41:45.200
<v Speaker 2>down the musk. Doge like reply to this email with

0:41:45.239 --> 0:41:47.360
<v Speaker 2>five things you've done this week, or else be fired.

0:41:47.640 --> 0:41:50.720
<v Speaker 2>Directive has essentially sputted out senior officials did not comply

0:41:50.800 --> 0:41:53.040
<v Speaker 2>with the core aspects of the directive. It was never

0:41:53.120 --> 0:41:56.839
<v Speaker 2>really enforced, and the Trump Office of Personal Management later

0:41:57.000 --> 0:42:00.439
<v Speaker 2>said that this was voluntary and that OPIUM officials may've

0:42:00.480 --> 0:42:05.960
<v Speaker 2>never actually ever read those response emails at all. Though

0:42:06.080 --> 0:42:09.279
<v Speaker 2>a small number of agencies are still requiring compliance with

0:42:09.320 --> 0:42:13.160
<v Speaker 2>this mandate, and in some fun news, Tesla stock just

0:42:13.200 --> 0:42:16.600
<v Speaker 2>continues to decline, dropping to half its peak from last December,

0:42:16.960 --> 0:42:20.040
<v Speaker 2>and anti Tesla vandalism is potentially spiking the cost of

0:42:20.080 --> 0:42:25.560
<v Speaker 2>Tesla insurance. Tesla had a just disastrous earnings call this Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 2>April twenty second, showing that Tesla profits have fell seventy

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<v Speaker 2>one percent over the first three months of the year.

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<v Speaker 2>A total revenue has decreased nine percent compared to twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four, with car sales revenue dropping twenty percent compared

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<v Speaker 2>to a year earlier. The Tesla CFO stated that quote,

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<v Speaker 2>the negative impact of vandalism and unwarranted hostility towards our

0:42:48.200 --> 0:42:52.800
<v Speaker 2>brand and our people had an impact in certain markets unquote.

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<v Speaker 2>In a company statement before this earnings call, Tesla claimed

0:42:56.880 --> 0:43:01.680
<v Speaker 2>dot quote unquote a changing political sentiment could impact demand

0:43:01.760 --> 0:43:04.839
<v Speaker 2>for their product. Musk announce that he would be shifting

0:43:04.880 --> 0:43:07.960
<v Speaker 2>his attention back to Tesla and that his Doge time

0:43:08.080 --> 0:43:13.480
<v Speaker 2>allocation will quote unquote drop significantly. Musk talked tariffs on

0:43:13.520 --> 0:43:17.120
<v Speaker 2>this earnings call and tried to carefully like not bash

0:43:17.280 --> 0:43:21.640
<v Speaker 2>Trump while stating concerns over the high tariffs, saying quote,

0:43:21.960 --> 0:43:23.960
<v Speaker 2>I've been on the record many times as saying I

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<v Speaker 2>believe lower tariffs are generally a good idea, but this

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<v Speaker 2>decision is fundamentally up to the elected representative of the people,

0:43:31.000 --> 0:43:33.520
<v Speaker 2>being the President of the United States. So you know,

0:43:34.080 --> 0:43:36.920
<v Speaker 2>I'll continue to advocate for lower tariffs, but that's all

0:43:36.960 --> 0:43:37.600
<v Speaker 2>I can do.

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<v Speaker 4>Unquote.

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<v Speaker 2>Any thoughts on Musk and Tesla here before we close.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, one thing I want to remind everyone that is

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<v Speaker 5>genuinely good news is that the thing about Tesla sales

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<v Speaker 5>dropping is that it actually fucks them in two different ways,

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<v Speaker 5>right because because again most of the most of their

0:43:55.320 --> 0:43:58.120
<v Speaker 5>money is from these carbon credits that they're selling. But

0:43:58.120 --> 0:43:59.400
<v Speaker 5>the thing is, in order to be able to get

0:43:59.400 --> 0:44:01.080
<v Speaker 5>the carbon credits, they do need to be able to

0:44:01.120 --> 0:44:04.840
<v Speaker 5>sell cars totally. And so each like subsequent cycle of

0:44:04.880 --> 0:44:08.040
<v Speaker 5>people not buying cars is also destroying their carbon credit subsidies,

0:44:08.040 --> 0:44:10.479
<v Speaker 5>which is like this sort of like spiraling like cash

0:44:10.560 --> 0:44:14.600
<v Speaker 5>crisis thing. So you know, look, zero Tesla sales as possible,

0:44:14.719 --> 0:44:18.160
<v Speaker 5>we can keep driving at world as possible.

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<v Speaker 2>We can destroy these bastards.

0:44:21.600 --> 0:44:25.960
<v Speaker 5>We can ruin this one guy specifically's life, and it's

0:44:26.000 --> 0:44:27.760
<v Speaker 5>not even that difficult.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, well, we reported the news.

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<v Speaker 3>We reported the news.

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