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White House Press War, ICE “Tradwife” Traps, Brain-Boosting Music & Bolivia’s Tiny Wildcat | TMI Ep 463 · The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan

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Welcome to the TMI show on Manila Chan. That'd
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be Ted Rall. It is Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026.
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And today we are talking about several hot topics,
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some hot, some here forever. The hot topic being
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all the news channels not following Trump around
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for the UNGA. That's a big topic. So we'll talk
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about a little bit about press freedoms. We'll
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also talk about how rocking out. Well into old
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age actually wards off dementia So that's a that's
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a that's good. That's good news for all you music
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lovers out there, especially our buddy Ray in
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the rumble room And then how about this Ted?
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This one's my favorite the FBI issued a warning
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to the guys at ice What's it about? You wonder
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it's about dating apps Dating just got a little
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bit harder for those ice dudes. So sad So sad
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and then Ted's favorite topic in the fur in a
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hundred years Ted the first new cat species has
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been discovered in Where was it in the Andes?
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Yeah in Bolivia. Yeah in in Bolivia and They're
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pretty I want one. Yeah. No, I want one, too
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I bet they're spicy. It's the tilkayo. I bet
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he's spicy though. Because he's he's Latino?
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Well, because he's when you see like those spotted
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ones like that, they're spicy. Or depending on
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on how you flavor the way they're made, Ted depends.
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Yeah, that's right. When you're sampling the
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cuisine of southwest Ohio. That's right. All
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the Haitians. So that's all on the docket today
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I don't know if there's any housekeeping to do
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but again, let me remind you we are on rumble
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still and YouTube but we are Forgoing the whole
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creator program thing with rumble because they're
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basically stiffing all the creators and trying
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to bilk us for money instead of paying The creators,
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you know weird imagine It's so bizarre. So we
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are trying to shift focus to YouTube and trying
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to hit those algorithms, hence our new production
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schedule Tuesdays and Thursdays for the foreseeable
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future as we come up on our two -year anniversary.
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So we're trying to shift now as much as we have
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complained about YouTube. And speaking of press
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freedoms, Ted, there's no place else to go to
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earn a buck. doing this so that's where we be
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so please join us on Tuesdays and Thursdays at
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to see you're here and you guys want to talk
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about it they will be up individually following
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and make it easy for you to share on your social
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show help us grow is actually showing the sharing
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the content. I think I think that's pretty fair,
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right, Robbie? Yeah, sharing the content probably.
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That's sort of impactful thing. So what YouTube
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looks at on the back end of their algorithm is
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watch time. So how long someone watches? That's
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that's one signal. But then though, they have
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another thing that they call impressions. Impressions
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is how many people YouTube is going to show the
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thumbnail to, to give them the opportunity to
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click on the thumbnail. The only way that you
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can really impact that, that we know of, and
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YouTube is not clear, but what we can directly
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control ourselves, is if someone clicks the like
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button and if they share the video. Those are
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the two big signals that YouTube looks at. So
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if you like what you're seeing, or if you like
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the creator, click the like button, cost you
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nothing, and then share it. cost you nothing
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even if you share it to yourself but preferably
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though you share it to other people but uh but
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that's really what uh that's what youtube looks
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at the best way to help us so there you go share
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the content doesn't cost you anything uh but
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of course if you'd like to donate and become
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a subscriber of course that helps us financially
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um try to stay afloat since we all be getting
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laid off uh so there you go all right let's get
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let's get into the news All right. So first up
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here, this is something that hits close to home
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for me and Ted. So to our surprise, Fox News
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joined the network boycott after the White House
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bans CNN and others, right? So Fox News has joined
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ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN in suspending the television
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pool coverage of President Trump. after the White
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House refused to allow CNN to serve as the designated.
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I don't want to see Donald Trump swimming in
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his pool anyway, so I don't care. That's right.
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So the television networks they normally rotate
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responsibility for cover covering presidential
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events in this case the UNGA They share that
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footage with all the other news organizations
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around the world So it helps reduce costs while
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ensuring broad public access access CNN was scheduled
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to cover Trump's trip over to the UN General
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Assembly Which is kicking off today for this
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week, but the White House blocked the network
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CNN that is from participating they prompted
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the entire so that prompted the entire television
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pool including the reliably Trump friendly Fox
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News to suspend coverage in solidarity Ted this
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is this is their solidarity well yeah quote quote
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the public has a vital interest in receiving
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accurate independent information about its government,
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the network said in a joint statement. No administration
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should restrict a news organization because it
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objects to its reporting. The confrontation follows
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Trump's decision to ban CNN, MSNOW, which was
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formerly the artist known as MSNBC, and Politico
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from the White House. Journalists from those
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outlets were denied entry on Saturday. On Monday,
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the organizations filed a lawsuit accusing the
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administration of violating the First Amendment
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by revoking their credentials without notice
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or due process. Which if history serves as a
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guide, those lawsuits will probably be successful.
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Journalists tend to win those. a la Jim Acosta,
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formerly of CNN. Trump insists he's defending
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press freedom while attacking what he calls the
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fake news, which he described as corrupt, coordinated,
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and a threat to national security. Vice President
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JD Vance backed that ban, arguing that outlets
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engaged in propaganda should not receive special
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White House access. Other networks clearly see
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a larger threat if one administration can remove
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reporters because it dislikes their coverage
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any future administration could do the same to
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Fox Newsmax or any outlet and When Fox News is
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standing shoulder to shoulder with CNN in a press
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freedom fight The White House has managed something
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few believed possible, which is bipartisan cable
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news solidarity. So While I agree with this move
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and I you know, like I I applaud it A part of
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me is also very angry Ted personally It's the
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hypocrisy When they pulled RT America's press
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credentials mines my purse mine with my little
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fat head on it They pulled my press credentials
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from Capitol Hill not one outlet came to our
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defense, not mainstream here. Well, quite to
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the contrary. Several of them sided with the
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administration. That's right. Not the outlets
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from abroad like Al Jazeera. Not one company
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came to mine or our RT America's defense. In
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fact, like Ted said, they jumped onto the bandwagon.
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They danced on our graves when we shuttered in
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2022. They totally Nelson'd us. They went, That's
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right. And the reason being, if you guys are
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wondering what the difference here is, is because
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I believe they wanted to keep the status quo
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of the, you know, the four big networks or whatever,
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however many there are, right? The big wigs,
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right? They wanted to keep the big networks.
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RT was kind of earth shattering for them with
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our reporting and saying things that they were
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unwilling to say. Telling the untold to coin
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a phrase. That's right We were forcing too much
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accountability That flew in the face of their
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shoddy reporting right their corporate reporting.
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So when I had my badge taken away Not one person
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came to my defense not one person in the media
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Did anyone cowardly like message you privately
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and say like oh sorry that happened to you sucks
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to be you No, not even like a fake like techs
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like oh so sorry that and all that's too bad
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Like let's go if there's anything like can I
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buy you a coffee not even any nothing nothing
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Crickets so but when the big companies big companies
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Suddenly, there's all this solidarity, right?
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Mmm, and that's one it's it's for one purpose
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Ted. They all share the same big pharma commercials
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and the big money that's backing them. MSNBC
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was obviously a Bill Gates endeavor. Bill Gates
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also tied to Big Pharma. Although Bill Gates
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went his separate way a long, long time ago.
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A long time ago, but it doesn't stop the Big
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Pharma companies from advertising on all of these
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networks. They all report pretty much the same
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thing from a different perspective of the same
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thing. The left side or the right side and and
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the consumer gets force fed no matter what channel
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you change it to You get forced like the same
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thing like a foie gras That's right. You are
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turned into foie gras Um, and and that's that
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was where rt was different. It was it was groundbreaking
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for like We were I would say we were the first
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to cover like ferguson when the ferguson riots
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broke everybody who watched it like scott he
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was like I don't know, Russia. And then he started
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watching it and he was like, it's really good.
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I'm like, I know. That's why I think they didn't
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come to our defense. That's totally why. 100
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% why. It's because we forced them to be better
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and they didn't want it. You're 100 % right.
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This is corporate media hanging out with itself.
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It's a little bit forward -looking in that it's
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certainly true. Fox knows the next president
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could easily be a Democrat. We already know from
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Joe Biden that Democrats are just as censorious
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as... as uh as republicans so that you know they
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could easily find themselves on the receiving
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end of a fake news accusation so you know better
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to hang together or we shall surely hang separately
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but also aside from the hypocrisy about the fact
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that they didn't stand up for rt or for that
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matter for aljazeera back in the day when they
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were censored and kicked off american air waves
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um because i used to be on that um they also
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um i think what's probably worth noting is, quite
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frankly, the whole idea of White— Well, you did
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this. You tell me. I personally think that White
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House media correspondency is bullshit. It shouldn't
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even exist at all. Like, I don't see what purpose
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is served, except it's super exciting for the
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journalists who get to go to the White House.
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Sorry, Mandela, I know you enjoyed it, but it's
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like, you know, you get to go do, you know, it's
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fun for them and it's prestigious and stuff.
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But I mean, as a consumer, I don't remember a
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single time I ever heard a story which was like,
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you know, as a result of me hanging out in the
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White House press room. I learned blah, blah,
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blah. I scooped whatever. Because in fact, if
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you're a White House official and you want to
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leak something to the media, you're not going
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to do it there. You're going to do it like at
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the titty bar. That's right. It's just like that's
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just not going to happen. So it seemed to me
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like it was all just stenographers or prostitutes.
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It's all theater, right? Like, Mr. President,
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Mr. President. God, I hated when I was like posted
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to the White House because like they treat you
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like crap. Like you're, you're running around,
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you're, you're all like in this press gaggle
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all day, right? In some shoddy, shitty little
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room. There's nothing to eat. Like if you're
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at the White House, this is different at Congress,
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but at the White House, it's like the shitty
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little cafeteria area. All there is to eat is
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like whatever's in the vending machines and like,
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and basically the staff, the staffers all walk
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by and kind of like sneer and snicker at you.
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Um, so I hate it when I was, why did you guys
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do it? I mean, seriously, what was the purpose
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of it from the point of view of the media organizations
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involved? I think because it gives the look,
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the veneer of like, officiality, right? Like,
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you've made it. You're at the White House. It's
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the imprimatur of officialdom. So I get it for
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the purpose of like, why like, say, you know,
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OAN would want to be there, right? But like,
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but why would, why does CNN care? They're already
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see fucking an end, right? Why do they care?
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They're like the first 24 hour news networks.
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They don't they don't they don't need the props.
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They don't care at all. They're fucking CNN.
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I think they just for them, I think it's a sense
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of entitlement. You know what I mean? But like
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entitled to something that it's like it's like
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entitlement to something you don't need or want.
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Correct. But it's still you know, you only want
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it because you felt like it's yours to begin
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with. That's all. Just because you've always
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been there, so you should always be there, and
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you'll forever be there. I mean, I can't remember
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it. And the press secretaries are so much more
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adversarial than they ever were in the past.
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There's no world in which a smart reporter riles
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up a PR flak and gets them to confess something
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they didn't intend to say. That's right. So,
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I don't know. I feel like it's a whole thing
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is a giant waste of time. These are reporters
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who should be sent somewhere else to report on
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anything else, you know, anything. Go hang out
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at the Board of Ed. Do something useful. You
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know, go. You're better off hanging out like
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at the airport or something. Investigative. Well,
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that's true. Investigative reporting. You know,
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conflict reporting. Go to Gaza. Do something.
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I agree. There was a commenter on YouTube saying,
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like, the press pool, that it's very different
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than, you know, what I'm talking about with RT.
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No, no, no, we're talking about the same thing.
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It's press censorship by the government officials,
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right? It's the same thing. It doesn't matter
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where your badge is. My badge was for Capitol
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Hill. I wasn't a regular pool person at the White
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House, but I was a a hard badge Capitol Hill
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reporter for Ed Schultz. And I was there every
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day. I had a spot marked on the ground. Like
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that's my, that's my two box spot. That's a little
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more useful than the, a little more useful than
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the White House. I mean, I've actually seen notable
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statements come from there. Yeah. Right. You
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can actually chase down congressmen and you know,
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like that stuff happens at the White House. Like
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I said, that's a sucky post. It's a, yeah, it's
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like, you're just, yeah, you're like in, you're
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like in propaganda central there. Yeah, no one's
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going to spill the beans to you're not going
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to be en route to the bathroom. Like let me tell
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you in the West Wing where the corridors are
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actually really very small, you're going to literally
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brush up against people going to the bathroom.
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And when it's not like you're going to hang out,
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like stand on the toilet seat with the door shut
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and hope that you hear some staffers gossiping,
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right? It just doesn't happen. They have a separate
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bathroom. They have your stuff going to the to
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the visitors bathroom. You know, when people
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come toward the White House, you're stuck going
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to that bathroom when you're press. Yeah, it's
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a it's a fucking waste of time. So, you know,
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I get why The media wants to stick together because
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it behooves them to stay in the mainstream to
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stay all together It's wise for sure. It's of
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course, but I just want to point out The hypocrisy
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is that they don't care about freedom of the
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press. They don't care about free speech. You
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think Fox and MSNBC, do you know how many stories
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they quash before that get pitched? Because I
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know reporters at these places. So many stories
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that they pitch that are real fucking stories
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get killed before they even see the light of
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day to open an investigation for them. These
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are stories that you'll never ever hear because
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they'll never ever get published They'll never
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get an ounce of airtime on any of these major
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networks because it's too earth -shattering For
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this person or that person or that company and
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you know somebody's stock over here That's how
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news works, and that's why RT America was different
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And that's why I chose to work there was because
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I did not have those constraints I could actually
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go be a reporter and ask these questions and
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Be a thorn in the side of public officials. That's
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what I enjoy Ted. I love pissing off officials
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And but you were and you were very good at it
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Thank you. And and those Fox and MSNBC people
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and whatever they don't do that. They seem look
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you guys have seen the White House Correspondence
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dinner. They're all fucking convivial and wonderful
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to each other outside of this I've been to the
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the the congressional Correspondence dinner.
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Everybody is coming up with everybody after that.
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They go fucking golfing together We just saw
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Jake Tapper your boy Ted Jake Tapper golfing
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or no, sorry fly fishing with Governor Gavin
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Newsom That's what the real world is. So anybody
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that believes the mainstream media is actually
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giving you true news. And only this much should
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come to credit. I'll repeat my point that is
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you should not be allowed as a journalist or
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you shouldn't allow yourself. You shouldn't be
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friends with and you should not be hanging out
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with and you should not have sex with any politicians
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or public officials or corporate officers. You
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should not be homies with your subject. You should
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hate them and be trying to hunt them and kill
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them. Correct. You should be like Clovis on the
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Loose looking for birds and voles. It should
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be just like my experience with Sebastian Gorka
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at CPAC one year during Trump 1. You know when
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when I was still younger and and you know unwed
20:04
and unmothered. I was not mothered. I was not
20:06
a mother yet Um, you know, I could I think unmothered
20:10
means you did not have a mother. You didn't have
20:11
them out. Yeah the other way I was un I was not
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a mother unmothering I was still pre -mothering
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pre -motherhood pre -motherhood. There we go.
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There you go. Um, I was still a young single
20:22
reporter and I knew I was working with, right?
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So I go to CPAC looking a little bimbo -esque
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because I know what these Republican officials
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be like. They see a little Asian lady with a
20:34
microphone, and I'm like, hello, Sebastian Gorka,
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Mr. Gorka, can I talk to you, please? And so
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he's like, hello. Hello. Hello. Well, hello,
20:47
what is your name? And I'm like, I'm like, oh
20:49
man, can I just get a steal five minutes of your
20:52
time before you go on stage, please? And so he's
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like, okay, so I'm miking him up and my hands
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up his jacket, you know, miking him up. And he's
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like, oh, oh, do you come here often? You know,
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like shit like that. And I'm like, I'm like,
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and he's like, so who are you with? And I'm like,
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I'm Manila Chan. I'm with RT America. And he's
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like, and then it registered. And then he was
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like, what? Oh. No, no, no, no, no, I can't.
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Nope. Nope. Sorry. D Mike's and runs away. Runs
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like as fast as he could. He literally like here's
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little tiny me and big, giant, lurky Sebastian
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Gorka running away from me as if I had the plague.
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And that's the relationship that you're supposed
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to have. When these people realize that you're
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from an outlet that gives no fucks and will ask
21:44
whatever. True. They should run from you. They
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they they should be forced to talk to you because
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there is this this symbiotic relationship. It
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should be an ugly one, but symbiotic nonetheless
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between the press and the subjects. That's the
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relationship you're supposed to have. You're
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not supposed to be fucking fly fishing with Governor
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Newsom at his family's private ranch in Montana.
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You are not wrong. Well, the thing is When you
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were on In Question, I would tune in. Every time
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you were there, I'd watch your show. And if Farron
22:18
was on, I would just peace out. This woman's
22:20
nuts. But I would just 100 % I would just watch
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you. And the reason I'd watch you is because
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you're honest. And you could see that you're
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honest. And you could see that it wasn't being
22:29
controlled. Thank you. And that's the whole reason
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I reached out to you over on Twitter when RT
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America got shut down by Joe Biden, is because...
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Enjoyed bringing you into my home because I knew
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that unlike Sean Hannity and these other people
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You weren't trying to sell me a load of crap.
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You're being honest and I'm so glad that you
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replied to me on Twitter that day and then we've
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been friends ever since and Yeah, this is this
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is what this is why I say when people are outraged
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like the public that is Outraged over what's
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happening and we'll move on my last comment on
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this Save your outrage Because if you're still
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watching the mainstream media, then you be part
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of the sheeple You are being fed the same information
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Either it's got a little too much salt or it's
23:19
got a little too much pepper. Those are your
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only flavorings that are allowed True, but they're
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shoveling horse shit all of it. You guys have
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no idea The whole reason I I cannot get a job
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for the life of me. I mean believe it or not
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Even though I'm pushing 50, I still clean up
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pretty nicely, Ted, even after two kids. I still
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clean up really nicely. I have a great reel.
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I have, I mean, I have shit tons of experience.
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Why, not that I'd want to work for them, but
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why I've applied just to see, why wouldn't they
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hire me, Ted? Because they all knew who I am.
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Yeah, yeah. Well, I mean, come on. It's politics.
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In your case, it's the affiliation of the politics.
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In my case, it's my politics. And also, having
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worked for Sputnik right but mostly it's the
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politics um yeah it's we don't want that it's
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controlled opposition on either whichever way
24:14
you look at i mean it's kind of like objectively
24:16
seriously like i'm a fucking amazing writer and
24:19
like yeah you are why am i not at the atlantic
24:22
well you know why right no at the atlantic Yeah,
24:27
because I'm not a neocon. I'm not a corporate
24:32
centrist. They want corporate stooges at any
24:36
of these mainstream outlets. You have to play
24:38
ball. You have to play ball. And so when you're
24:42
not into that, that's why I say, oh my god. I
24:46
get why these companies are outraged at Trump
24:48
because they feel like their privilege is being
24:52
infringed upon. But this ain't no freedom of
24:55
the press thing. Freedom of the press died eons
24:58
ago, probably before I even started. I mean,
25:02
we can go way back. I don't know. Operation Mockingbird
25:06
comes to mind, Ted. The CIA has been planting
25:09
fake information in our media. I mean, going
25:13
back 60 years at this point. So. There is no
25:17
real freedom of the press. I don't know why Americans
25:20
don't get this yet. There is no real news It
25:23
depends on how fake you want it like like we
25:26
always say like you can't go to Hollywood and
25:27
find like any Chick that's like a hundred percent
25:30
natural, right? They're all gonna have you know
25:33
varying degrees of levels of plastic and Botox
25:35
in them, right? How plasticky it like you want
25:38
to look like Angeline? Or do you want it right?
25:41
Or do you? Angelique wait is angeline or angeline
25:47
angelique right in la on the billboards famous
25:50
for being famous angelique Yeah, so you want
25:53
to either you go from her or all the way down
25:55
to even the ones like that Look as natural as
25:57
natalie portin portman, but everybody has a little
26:01
bit of something ted That is that is the the
26:07
american level of free press none of that is
26:11
really free because The media is all controlled.
26:16
It's all corporate funded. It's all controlled.
26:18
So unless you're looking outside of the mainstream,
26:22
you're never going to find like true and accurate,
26:25
wholly true and accurate information. You're
26:27
going to have to piecemeal it together. So, you
26:30
know, I just find it funny right now that Fox
26:33
is like, I'm standing with my brethren at CNN.
26:37
Oh, shut up. Cry me a river. I know they're there's
26:42
well, they're being really gay, right? I mean
26:44
But bros over there man, but bros Yeah, shut
26:48
up. All of them can shut up. So cry me a river.
26:52
Jim Acosta is not even at cnn anymore. I don't
26:54
know I think he's got his own podcast too. Yeah,
26:56
he was the one I heard him this morning on npr.
27:00
Yeah He was the first one to get 86 the first
27:03
time. Yeah, i'm like whatever I mean, I guess
27:08
in the end, the Trumpies got their way. They
27:10
got rid of him. Yeah, they got rid of him. But
27:13
you know what? There's always a comeback because,
27:15
look, gross Brian Stelter is back. They gave
27:18
him a job back. Gross. And somebody married him
27:25
and had multiple kids with him. Yeah, well, I
27:31
mean, he used to be kind of good. You remember
27:34
that like 20 years ago? Well 20 years ago, but
27:37
I'm you know, then he's a corporate stooge and
27:39
and he looks like a potato Yeah, he didn't he
27:43
used to be better looking. I mean so did so did
27:46
I too I guess but you know, whatever You're being
27:51
very generous Ted almost gay almost gay Your
28:04
favorite playlist may be doing more than drowning
28:06
out your coworkers and reminding you that music
28:09
was better before everything required an app.
28:12
By the way, I'd just like to point out the reminder,
28:14
a callback to a previous story about music, that
28:18
CDs are back. and kicking ass, so you don't have
28:22
to have an app. A Monash University -led study
28:25
involving more than 10 ,800 Australians over
28:29
age 70 found that people who listen to music
28:31
most days have a 39 % lower risk of developing
28:35
dementia than those who listen sometimes, rarely,
28:38
or never. Well, that would be me. I listen to
28:39
music every day. Frequent listeners also had
28:42
a 17 % lower risk of cognitive impairment and
28:46
performed better on tests of general cognition
28:49
and episodic memory, the system that helps you
28:52
remember particular events and experiences. Playing
28:54
an instrument frequently was associated with
28:56
a 35 % reduction in dementia risk. Now, I wonder
29:00
how much overlap there is there. Like, could
29:02
you get to... 39 % less from listening to music
29:06
plus 35 % for playing an instrument, or is there,
29:10
I bet it's not like that. Anyway, researchers
29:12
believe that music may help because listening
29:15
engages several parts of your brain all at the
29:17
same time, including regions involved in memory,
29:21
emotion, language, and movement. Playing an instrument
29:24
also adds coordination and concentration. Singing
29:28
and enjoying music with other people in other
29:31
words, going to a concert, can provide valuable
29:33
social interaction. Before anyone prescribes
29:36
three hours of Led Zeppelin and throws away the
29:38
crossword puzzle, there is an important caveat.
29:41
This was an observational study. It found strong
29:44
association, but didn't prove that music prevents
29:47
dementia. People who listen to music regularly
29:50
might also differ in health, lifestyle, or social
29:53
engagement in ways that affect their risk. I
29:55
call bullshit on that. It's not like listening
29:58
to music. you know, makes you more likely to
30:01
run or, you know, exercise or whatever. Although
30:03
I guess maybe some people do need music to exercise.
30:07
I'm one of them. Still, the findings are encouraging
30:10
because music is inexpensive, accessible and
30:14
considerably more enjoyable than most things
30:15
that are quote unquote good for you. There's
30:18
no particular superior genre, although I think
30:21
death metal probably causes you to die within
30:23
a week. No, then you can't feel pain. We did
30:27
a story about that. Good point. So classical
30:29
music apparently holds no medical advantage over
30:31
Motown or punk rock or New Wave or whatever.
30:36
Experts still recommend Exercising, maintaining
30:39
your social connections, protecting your hearing.
30:42
Hearing is very important. Control your blood
30:44
pressure. Get lots of sleep and don't smoke.
30:48
But music can't hurt is what they're saying.
30:51
Well, look, we've done so many stories, Ted,
30:54
because I think I think Ted and I both are afraid
30:56
of dementia because of totally our family history.
30:59
Yep. We have lots of lots of loony ladies in
31:03
our families. That's true. It was ladies, too,
31:07
on my side. All ladies. All ladies on my side,
31:11
too. So maybe if I don't transition, I don't
31:14
risk, you know, I don't risk dementia. Well,
31:18
no, because that still doesn't transitioning
31:20
doesn't change your DNA. No, I know. I'm just
31:22
joking. Remember. No, no, I'm just saying remember
31:25
to them out there. Remember that it just doesn't
31:28
transition your DNA. However, however, Ted, we've
31:31
done so many stories on like dementia prevention.
31:36
I'm noticing a theme now is that it seems like
31:40
all of the arts all of them Whatever they may
31:42
be like you could finger paint you can go to
31:46
a museum and go admire our Renoir or right or
31:49
like whatever all of these These like lovely
31:54
extracurricular calming Activities and maybe
31:58
not calming if you're into like punk rock like
32:00
Ted and I like a lot of that similar punk rock
32:02
music But the point is Go out and enjoy yourself.
32:07
I know Ray, this one, this story is for our buddy
32:09
Ray in the Rumble Room. Ray probably goes to
32:12
more concerts than anybody I've ever known. Really?
32:16
Anybody. Yeah, Ray in the Rumble Room has like
32:19
concerts to go to. Apparently, apparently a lot
32:22
of bands go through Iowa. Oh, that makes sense.
32:26
Denver is also another big. But you know, the
32:29
reason is if you think about it, you're on tour.
32:32
And like, okay, so obviously there's lots of
32:34
places all along the coast. It's right. But when
32:37
you go through the middle of the country and
32:39
usually, you know, often on a bus, on a tour
32:41
bus, um, you're going to be like, let's you're
32:45
going across the middle of the country and you're
32:47
going to go through what is a population center.
32:50
And there kind of aren't a lot of, of, of major
32:53
population centers in the Plains. Right. I mean,
32:56
you know, what are you in Iowa? Lincoln, Lincoln?
32:59
I mean, Des Moines is a major city in the Plains
33:03
states. And in the Rockies, it's Denver, and
33:07
that's it, right? So that does make sense to
33:12
me. Well, that's apparently why our buddy Ray
33:16
there, who always is our rumble Santa and gives
33:20
subscriptions away, he goes to a ton of shows.
33:26
But apparently Ray is going to be of all of us
33:29
going to be the guy that's warding off dementia
33:31
the most because of how many shows this guy goes
33:33
to. But I think the theme here from from having
33:36
covered, I don't know, we've we've covered dozens
33:38
upon dozens of like of of how to ward off dementia
33:42
on this show, because again, Ted and I have a
33:44
vested interest. So, you know, our family members,
33:48
immediate family members have suffered from dementia
33:51
that I think we we. Take an interest in when
33:54
we see the news about it. We got to share it
33:56
with you guys I Think the common theme is like
34:01
doing these enjoyable hobbies right like in the
34:05
arts like whether you're making the art yourself
34:07
whether it's music or painting or going to enjoy
34:11
the arts like going to a concert or Going to
34:14
a museum or whatever like an art museum go check
34:18
out an art installation. It seems like It fires
34:22
up different part it exercises different parts
34:24
of your brain that then wards off the dementia
34:29
because I think it's like your brain gets lazy
34:32
and I could see how that can happen right where
34:35
that's how you become demented like how lazy
34:39
was Joe Biden's brain? I wonder how that works
34:41
with gaming because I mean there's a lot of critical
34:44
thinking and stuff that's involved and there's
34:46
music in it too yeah And there's music. Yeah.
34:48
Yeah. I wonder how gaming will interact. We got
34:52
to look into that one. I haven't I haven't thought
34:53
of that. But yeah, gaming does does help your
34:57
hand to eye coordination. Their studies have
34:59
shown that. Well, I already tell Kizzy because
35:01
it's like, no, listen, yes, I stream video games.
35:03
It's one of the ways I get paid. But also to
35:05
help me help me not become the next Brian Stelter
35:08
and not become a potato. And that's an added
35:11
benefit. Or a potash from Belarus. Yeah. Did
35:17
you, I don't know if you heard about this Manila,
35:19
but Trump claimed that he had made a big deal
35:22
with Lvovishenko of Belarus to get potash, which
35:26
is not a topic that we in the media talk about
35:29
very often, in order to replace Canadian fertilizer.
35:33
Oh. Okay. And then Lvovishenko said, yeah, that
35:38
didn't happen. Luka. Lukashenko. Lukashenko said,
35:41
yeah, like Trump is high. That didn't happen.
35:45
That didn't happen? Well, maybe he's got dementia.
35:48
He's like, I don't have any extra potash to send
35:51
to potash. Maybe he's got dementia, Ted. Maybe
35:54
he doesn't listen to enough music. Literally,
35:57
I've only seen the word potash written. There
36:04
should be a word. There must be a word for words
36:07
that you read. but that you don't, that you personally
36:11
have never spoken or heard spoken. You know what
36:15
I mean? Yeah, there's got to be one word that
36:17
describes us, but like, yeah, there are words
36:20
that I know what you mean. You see it, but you've
36:23
never heard anyone say it or vice versa. You
36:25
have no idea how to pronounce it because of that.
36:27
Or vice versa. You only hear it and then you
36:30
see it for the first time and you're like, why
36:32
is there a spelling? Oh yeah, where the spelling
36:34
is weird. There's a silent K and a soft D Well,
36:39
then there's things that there's you would then
36:40
there's another third category words that you
36:43
would hear and you would have no idea you couldn't
36:46
save your loved ones lives to try by spelling
36:49
it like Ophthalmologist the first time you heard
36:52
it like you're like I have no idea I had to report
36:59
on Rand Paul because he is, Dr. Rand Paul is
37:02
an ophthalmologist. Oh, I didn't know he was
37:05
an ophthalmologist. Yeah. I thought he was a
37:09
GP. I didn't know that. No, no, no. He's an ophthalmologist.
37:13
So when his neighbor punched him, did his neighbor
37:16
punch him in the eye? I don't know. I think it
37:19
was like in the nose or something. Like it gave
37:21
him a bloody nose. I think if you get punched,
37:25
that's kind of where he might have the most famously
37:27
stupid neighbor in the United States. I know
37:29
what it was. No, Ray Paul got a bunch of broken
37:32
ribs and stuff from that beating like had internal
37:35
injuries. So the guy really beat it. It was a
37:38
real it was it was not a shiner. I mean, his
37:40
neighbor nearly beat him to death. He was in
37:43
the hospital. It was fucking psycho. Why is that
37:46
guy still walking around? I think he went to
37:49
jail. I don't I think the guy went to prison.
37:52
I don't know about how long, but he went to jail.
37:55
He went to jail. I know he, well, I thought it
37:57
was just a little bit of a shiner and gave him
37:59
a little bit of a lickin'. Now the other thing
38:00
is I seriously doubt that Rand Paul deserved
38:04
it. You know what I mean? He seems like a nice
38:06
man. No, I've met - Although lately his politics
38:09
have been a little stupider than usual, but that
38:11
still doesn't make him not a nice man. I've met
38:15
him a couple times and he's - A lot like his
38:18
dad his dad who I love I've interviewed dozens
38:20
of times hung out with him a couple of times
38:22
He's wonder just I love dr. Paul 92 years old.
38:27
God bless him still around. Oh, yeah Yeah, I'm
38:31
just hanging out with him two years ago at his
38:33
at his event that comes comes to DC every year
38:37
and I mean still sharp as a tack his Physical
38:41
body is definitely some that in his 90s But his
38:45
brain that's to be expected his brain sharp as
38:49
a tack and he is such a sweetheart and his son
38:51
Same thing. They they got that same Nice doctorly
38:55
vibe like old like small town doctor vibe. You
38:58
know what I mean? Not big city. Sheisty doctor
39:01
i'm talking about small town doctor vibes. That's
39:04
that's uh paul senior and paul jr So they're
39:07
really nice people so I can't say enough about
39:10
them. But anyway, he's an awesome ophthalmologist
39:14
ophthalmologist ophthalmologist okay then all
39:23
right here's one i love this story i love about
39:27
date ted you and i both love talking about dating
39:30
true no i mean we could do a podcast just on
39:33
dating oh my god and dating advice like i would
39:37
love i mean this was like i would love to do
39:39
a dating advice I've been wanting to write like
39:43
a coffee table dating book, but I don't know,
39:45
I wouldn't know where to begin. You've authored,
39:47
Ted has seriously authored, like I said, all
39:48
those books behind him, like a thousand books,
39:50
Ted wrote them all. Only a little bit over 20,
39:54
and I'm working on a new one now. I can't believe
39:56
you've authored, anyway, we should talk about
39:58
this, and we can have a subsection for this,
40:03
Ted. Yeah, we should. So the FBI is warning ICE
40:06
agents that trad wife may be a trap, boys. it's
40:12
a trap listen up ice because we know homeland
40:15
security listens and watches every every time
40:17
we're on the fbi has issued perhaps the least
40:21
flattering dating advice ever delivered to federal
40:24
law enforcement officers well if a woman appears
40:27
unusually interested in you assume something's
40:31
wrong that's that's good advice for everyone
40:33
really if she seems way too into you Just assume
40:39
something's wrong. That's It's obviously it's
40:43
not you it's her So here don't give it away According
40:50
to an FBI memo issued back in February and it's
40:53
now leaking out a small group of women allegedly
40:57
Created fake not a group of small women. That's
41:00
different Well that yeah, we don't we don't know
41:02
but a small group of women allegedly created
41:05
fake dating profiles to attract specifically
41:08
attract ice agents Identified them and then exposed
41:13
their personal information online. They doxxed
41:16
them the profiles reportedly featured a Traditional
41:20
wife also known as trad wife trad wife aesthetics,
41:24
and interests carefully selected to appeal to
41:27
conservative law enforcement officers. In other
41:30
words, if she loves homemaking, border enforcement,
41:34
and every photograph you've ever taken in uniform,
41:38
perhaps slow down before sending your home address,
41:40
the FBI said the alleged scheme was intended
41:44
to embarrass officers and discourage immigration
41:47
enforcement. But the memo offered no specific
41:50
examples of such Successful operations and admitted
41:54
that its contents amounted to quote not fine
41:57
finely evaluated intelligence in other words
42:01
making making shit up But this be I making it
42:06
up to ice so So the warning may have originated
42:10
with a thinly sourced New York Post report based
42:14
largely on social media posts. Two women there
42:18
claimed that they were using dating apps to identify
42:21
ICE agents while another encouraged gay men to
42:24
do the same through Grindr. FBI said its information
42:33
came from quote, a collaborative source, which
42:37
sounds official, but clears up almost nothing.
42:40
A Homeland Security spokesperson previously claimed
42:43
that identifying federal officers through dating
42:45
profiles is a felony. Gizmodo, the website. notes
42:49
that simply publishing an officer's name or information
42:53
about official contact is generally protected,
42:56
although releasing genuinely private information,
42:59
promoting harassment or stalking, can cross legal
43:03
lines. But simply saying, this is this douche
43:06
that replied to my... dating profile he's an
43:09
ice guy like fuck that dude i'm gonna surprise
43:11
you manila i personally think it should be illegal
43:14
for anybody to have that information revealed
43:17
i think it's a form of doxing let's finish it
43:20
is i hate ice work i hate ice i think everyone
43:24
who works for ice should be in prison or at guantanamo
43:27
being waterboarded but nobody Should be doxed.
43:31
Yeah, I think and that's a form of doxing and
43:34
it's like it's sort of like you remember remember
43:36
there was Where women would date would would
43:40
rate their dates and they'd be like Oh, you know,
43:43
I dated I dated Robbie West and he couldn't stop
43:47
talking about Christian dispensationalism. And
43:50
and also he said to deport that heifer. And so,
43:53
you know, don't don't date him. That's like that's
43:57
ridiculous. Like that shouldn't exist. But then
43:59
I made a song called Deport That Heifer. You
44:01
did. You did. You didn't make that song. I did.
44:05
But here's the irony. I can't make it play, Robbie.
44:08
Hold on, hold on. Okay, we'll have to share it
44:12
on the channel. Okay, hold on So there's this
44:15
irony here as well for the ice guys because ice
44:18
has access to facial recognition software social
44:22
media surveillance tools and commercial location
44:26
data one surveillance company that serves ice
44:29
Not like ice cubes. We're talking about ice immigration
44:33
These guys ice one one third -party company that
44:38
works with them reportedly advertises using Tinder
44:42
as one of their data sources to find illegal.
44:46
So fucking funny. So federal agents may use dating
44:50
app and data to locate people, but apparently
44:54
they become shocked when people use the dating
44:56
apps to locate federal agents. So the FBI's romantic
45:00
guidance is now clear. Swipe carefully, gentlemen.
45:03
Protect your personal information. And remember
45:06
that she may admire your uniform. but she may
45:09
also be building a spreadsheet. So, and that's
45:13
the only thing she'd be spreading. And she may
45:14
not just be spreading herself across your sheets.
45:18
Well, not those sheets, Ted, spreadsheets. No.
45:20
So I find this hilarious because look, let's
45:25
be real. There are plenty of women out there
45:27
that will date these ice douches because they
45:31
love men in uniform. Even if your uniform looks
45:33
like a terrorist with a face mask. Yeah, cuz
45:36
remember there is no ice uniform. They stop doing
45:39
that. They just wear whatever Right covering.
45:43
That's all that like but even still the fact
45:47
that somebody carries a gun and some sort of
45:50
a badge There are there are chicks that will
45:53
fling panties at that. We're great. Just right
45:55
like genuinely so for those ice ice d bags We'll
46:01
call them not tea bags d bags the ice d bags
46:05
If they're looking for dates there there are
46:08
women genuinely that are interested just because
46:11
you're some dude that carries a badge and a gun
46:15
So, I don't know if the FBI is like yanking their
46:20
chains or I don't know but I do find it kind
46:26
of funny because yeah, I mean that's advice I
46:28
would give anybody if if male or female if they
46:32
seem way off the bat way too interested in you
46:35
Especially after they find out that you work
46:37
for ice I would be I would be I would be concerned.
46:42
Yes Yeah, like maybe be careful. I would that's
46:45
advice I would give any any of my friends though
46:47
if they're dating like anyone that's that's a
46:49
little too Coming on a little too strong too
46:53
early Yeah How about how about you don't post
46:56
yourself in uniform? Right wise How about you
47:00
don't do that and and you don't open up you just
47:03
just say you're in law enforcement just Just
47:06
be vague right like and until you find out more
47:10
about this person, maybe maybe do the big reveal
47:13
in person Right, right Like that, you know then
47:17
see how they feel about you know, because then
47:19
you've exchanged phone numbers and whatever just
47:22
Would you wear your mask on your first date or
47:24
not? That's the question. Listen, it's no secret.
47:29
Would you kidnap her as a kink? Well, it's not
47:32
kidnapping somebody to arrest someone who's not
47:34
here legally. So that's not fair. I mean, there's
47:38
enough to slam ice on without making stuff up.
47:40
As a kink, I said. As a kink. She might like
47:44
it, Robbie. There are chicks that like that sort
47:47
of thing. Right, Ted? There are chicks that...
47:50
Unfortunately, that's true. You're lying to me.
47:55
You're serious? Robbie. Yes. What? You're you've
48:01
never heard of this, like people, men and women
48:03
both. What do you think, like, Sado Maticus are?
48:08
They like to be hurt. I've never heard of a kink
48:11
where someone wants to be kidnapped. Yeah. Role
48:14
playing. Oh, for sure. Tied up and whatever like
48:19
yeah handcuff me, baby. Like this is Wait, are
48:23
you calling me off to the border and throwing
48:25
me into Mexico? I've heard of bondage, of course,
48:29
but never just like someone who just fantasizes
48:33
being snatched up off the side of the road and
48:35
then just take it off someplace and That's definitely
48:38
a kink. Oh, yeah I am thankful that I am NOT
48:44
from where y 'all grew up at That's terrified
48:47
the hell out of me. Well, yeah, people are people
48:52
are strange. You know, that's it's true. When
48:54
they're a stranger. Yeah, people are strange.
48:56
So these these ice dudes. Look, I hate to give
48:59
advice to ice dudes, but this goes to ice and
49:02
everybody out there. You meet in public, you
49:06
don't give away your personal details over the
49:09
app. Wait until the first frickin date. Don't
49:13
be a dummy. True, that's just for anybody dating
49:16
like doing the dating apps. That's for anybody
49:18
But I think it's funny that it's probably happening
49:22
that there are Probably, you know groups of of
49:27
women that are actually doxing these guys. It's
49:29
probably happening So maybe not in huge scale,
49:32
but yeah, I don't think it's in a huge scale.
49:34
I don't think it could be No, no Someone asked
49:39
in Gretchen Whitmer share that kink. Well It
49:45
was a fake kidnapping that's true. It was it
49:48
was total bullshit. I mean Physically did it
49:51
happen? So it's it's real in that sense Ted.
49:53
Yes, it did physically happen But was it kind
49:56
of all a setup? Yeah with a dude that had like
50:00
an IQ below 70 I think yeah, that's true or a
50:04
guy or a guy Anyway, there you go. So word to
50:08
the wise don't care of your ice or whoever when
50:10
you're online dating But especially you ice guys,
50:14
don't do the reveal until you actually meet the
50:16
girl in person. Don't be dumb. And finally, scientists
50:25
have identified the first entirely new feline
50:28
species in more than 100 years. And naturally,
50:32
it began with someone who thought a wild animal
50:35
was actually a house pet. The The cat named either
50:39
Tigrino or Tigrino. I'm going to say Tigrino.
50:42
Tigrino. No, Tigrino. Tigrino. Weighs only about
50:48
three pounds. So cute. Oh, so they're tiny. He's
50:52
a little dude. Well, I mean, that's like the
50:56
size of a kitten. Yeah, three pounds old. Is
51:00
covered with leopard -like spots. He briefly
51:03
lived with a Bolivian family before they realized
51:05
that their adorable little pet was in fact a
51:08
wild predator with no interest in respecting
51:11
household rules. That's just like a regular cat.
51:14
Around 2017, they brought Tigrino over to the
51:18
Senda Verde Wildlife Sanctuary. Originally, they
51:21
thought he was a noncilla. I mean, obviously.
51:24
Manila. Who wouldn't look at that cat and say,
51:27
Ancilla? But one of America's, South America's,
51:31
small tiger cats. But Paola Nagola Ascarun's
51:37
biologist at the center noticed that Tigrino
51:40
was unusually tiny and had bigger spots. While
51:44
assembling a guidebook on Bolivia's wildcats
51:47
in 2019, she concluded that Tigrino was different.
51:52
DNA provided the proof. Tigrino belongs to a
51:55
previously unidentified species called the Tilkayo,
51:59
now formally named Leopardus Tilkayo. Genetic
52:05
analysis indicates that its evolutionary line
52:08
separated from its closest relatives about 1
52:11
.4 million years ago. Scientists combined his
52:15
genetic data with research on preserved museum
52:17
specimens and other tiger cats across South America.
52:21
This analysis found five separate species where
52:24
researchers had previously believed there were
52:26
only between two and four. The tilkayo, which
52:30
is found in Bolivia's Andean cloud forests, becomes
52:33
the first entirely new cat added to the feline
52:36
family tree since the pompous cat was described
52:39
back in 1923. Scientists still note very little
52:43
about the tilkayo's behavior, population, range,
52:46
or taste in music. Tigrino remains the only known
52:49
member living in captivity. I wonder, did he
52:53
go back to the family or what? Correctly IDing
52:56
these cats carries serious conservation consequences.
53:00
A species once thought to occupy a large territory
53:02
may actually be several smaller populations,
53:05
each facing a much greater risk from deforestation,
53:09
habitat fragmentation, and the illegal pet trade.
53:13
So, you know now, you know, oh Well Ted and I
53:17
want in on the illegal exotic pet trade. Yeah,
53:20
that's true. He's really cute You guys have to
53:23
look up to green. Oh, he's super cute. Put him
53:26
up on the screen Let me let me pull up I could
53:30
see why anybody would want to I mean, how did
53:33
the family find him? That's a good question.
53:37
Well, I mean Yeah, but from if he hold on I'm
53:42
gonna pull up this picture. He's really he's
53:44
really cute But I mean like how did that That
53:50
family in Bolivia like where did they find this
53:54
kitten? Hold on I got to put in his scientific
53:59
name. It's not pulling up the right picture because
54:03
Tigrino is his name We're just calling it Tigrino
54:06
because he's the only one he's the teal Kyle
54:08
the tilkayo the tilkayo but i want to know why
54:13
don't they ask the bolivian family that found
54:17
him like hey where'd y 'all find this cat oh
54:22
he's cute i'm gonna put this up oh he's so cute
54:26
what a pretty kitty hold on share screen tilkayo
54:34
all right let's put that up There he is look
54:39
how cute Look at how pretty he's little dude.
54:46
Oh He's so cute. It's it's yeah. He is he's he's
54:51
got his ears are so round Yeah, he's like he's
54:54
got like little teddy bear ears. Yeah, he does
54:57
like he looks yeah. He's yeah He can come over
54:59
any time. I think Clovis would like oh Cute I
55:03
wonder okay, so he's obviously wild as shit.
55:06
I wonder if a three pound The wildness makes
55:10
him like more fearsome. I bet it does But he's
55:14
little he's like a little three pound like what
55:16
is there's a lot of crazy animals. What is he
55:18
prey on? I'm sure little mice and stuff and shrews
55:24
and like if he's and bugs cats eat more bugs
55:28
than people think Really? Yeah, and he's from
55:32
the the cloud rainforest so that means it's like
55:34
high altitude right, right And like the treetops
55:39
are really high. They live in trees? Things don't
55:42
really grow that big. I mean, cats can climb
55:45
trees, so it's entirely possible. I mean, do
55:47
they jump around because they're so small? Like
55:50
monkeys? No, not monkeys, like squirrels. I doubt
55:54
it. I mean, I don't think cats can really jump
55:56
from no, I mean like when you think about like
55:58
a Think about like a like a puma or something
56:01
It can climb a tree and hang out on a branch,
56:03
but it's not gonna jump from one tree to the
56:06
next It's gonna like climb up the tree and good.
56:08
Yeah, it goes up one tree and yeah, it's not
56:10
a monkey. It's a cat The eyes are ridiculous
56:16
the eyes are like Yoda he's so pretty what a
56:20
pretty cat like but he's a cat so can he be domesticated
56:24
you think um he can be tamed he can't be domesticated
56:28
that's well like maybe his multi generations
56:31
down like could he so i had a so do you know
56:35
the serval is A serval? Yeah. So the serval is
56:42
an African wildcat that a lot of people keep
56:45
as like, there's some famous internet ones that
56:48
like people have as pets and they're crazy because
56:50
they don't like meow, right? And the only sound
56:53
that they can make is this fierce sounding like,
56:59
and like you're like, oh my God, it hates me.
57:01
But that's actually the only way they can talk,
57:03
right? It's like basically even if they're like
57:05
that's their meowing right and it's terrifying
57:07
because they have big fangs anyway so okay so
57:10
i have a personal story about this guys so um
57:14
i have a friend he lived in the west village
57:16
in manhattan and um one day he's hanging out
57:20
at home in a summer with the window open and
57:24
down come down the fire escape uh a serval comes
57:28
in and jumps into his apartment and so he texted
57:33
me a picture of it and he didn't know what it
57:35
was. And he's like, I don't know why he thought
57:37
I was the animal expert, but as it happened,
57:39
I did know the answer. He goes, what's this?
57:42
I said, oh, that's a serval. Where is it? And
57:43
he's like, right next to me on my couch right
57:46
now. So it turned out that the serval had, or
57:50
whatever it is, it had like come down the, that's
57:54
one of those words that you don't really say,
57:57
you know, nobody says, you just see it written
57:58
down. I've only heard serval. I think I don't
58:01
know. I don't know which is right. But anyway,
58:03
the point is maybe one of the listeners can advise
58:04
us. But anyway, this cat, it's so sad. He was
58:10
a pet of a neighbor. The neighbors moved out
58:13
and left him there. How could anyone do that?
58:17
And so they literally, he could have starved
58:18
to death. Fortunately, the window was open or
58:20
he got the window open and he made his way down
58:23
to my friend's house. So he kept it and then
58:28
like this was around the time when um I had a
58:31
kid and um and so he was like oh do you want
58:35
do you want him and I looked into it and I was
58:38
like they're not good with kids right so they're
58:42
so the thing is it's an African Wildcat. They're
58:45
like, they get to be like 20, 30 pounds. They're
58:47
big cats. Oh, that's big. And, um, and, and so
58:50
they can fuck you up, right? And they're very
58:52
high strung. But if you, you know, if you have
58:54
a very calm household and you know how to handle
58:57
them, it's fine. But you know, they're, they're
59:00
really spicy. And the thing is that in the wild,
59:04
they, their whole schtick is they jump out of
59:06
the high grass, almost like they could, like
59:09
a, like a, like, like sprung straight up. They
59:13
just. Yeah, and they catch birds and stuff in
59:17
mid flight. So they're crazy. They're crazy agile.
59:22
And so I was like, man, if I have that fucker
59:25
in my house, he's going to destroy everything.
59:28
They can jump like 10 feet high. Yeah, I think
59:30
it's like it's like tigger like you know like
59:32
tigger from Yeah, yeah, yeah, and I was like
59:35
I was just like god. It's so cool It's a beautiful
59:38
cat but that's two. It has tufted ears. I was
59:41
like that's too much cat for ted ral I'm like,
59:44
yeah, no, that's too big too. Like not to mention
59:47
with a little kid I was like, I can't have it.
59:49
I can't have that cat with a baby No, oh, no,
59:52
you want a cat that like if the baby grabs its
59:54
tail the cat just runs away You don't want him
59:57
to like right? And like yeah not turn around
1:00:00
You don't want him to give the baby what the
1:00:01
baby has coming Oh, no, and okay. So our our
1:00:06
friends on rumble, uh, terra pretta wild says,
1:00:09
uh in old growth rainforest the limbs interlace
1:00:13
So the the cats can theoretically walk from tree
1:00:16
to tree. That's true matina says my cat climbs
1:00:19
up a palm tree because Matina is in Florida and
1:00:22
jumps onto my two -story condo and then roams
1:00:25
around and then starts crying to get down. And
1:00:27
I have to coax her to jump back on the palm or
1:00:31
another one. I can't say that that surprises
1:00:35
me. Yeah. And then and Tara Prada Wilde again
1:00:38
says, in Eastern U .S. old growth forest, the
1:00:42
saying was that a squirrel could walk from tree
1:00:45
to tree from Atlantic to the Mississippi. The
1:00:48
trees were so dense were. Were but you know,
1:00:51
we've deforested everything so, you know, that's
1:00:54
not possible. But this how could um the name
1:00:58
I could never say on rumble and Amanda rake 96
1:01:04
says not cute guys. Sorry big round eyes, like
1:01:18
little tiny face. It looks like, you know what,
1:01:20
it looks like a permanent kitten. Ted, it's like
1:01:23
one of those, it's like, it's so cute. Well,
1:01:24
it's, I mean, it's definitely, you can tell it's
1:01:26
wild, right? I mean, obviously. Oh, for sure.
1:01:28
But I mean, but it's super cute. Like that's,
1:01:32
I don't generally find wild cats very cute, but
1:01:35
that, that one's cute. Well, it's because I think
1:01:37
it's the eyes and it's the size. Yeah, he's,
1:01:42
and he's three pounds. He's like smaller than
1:01:44
a loaf of bread. He's like a sourdough. He's
1:01:48
like a sourdough loaf. He is, and probably not.
1:01:52
Andy, I don't know how they would view him in
1:01:54
Springfield. Would they be like, that's like
1:01:56
a nice snack? Oh, don't, leave the Haitians alone,
1:02:02
Ted. Always. We're leaving the Haitians alone.
1:02:03
Always. So there you go. That is today's show.
1:02:07
You found out about a new, I don't care what
1:02:09
anybody says, it's a cute cat, a new cat. species
1:02:13
in a hundred years I I'm gonna I'm gonna go out
1:02:16
on a limb here wah -wah Ted and say there are
1:02:20
lots more cat and even dog like other Other animal
1:02:26
species so many more that we haven't found if
1:02:28
you start looking in the rainforest like there's
1:02:31
But I wonder like how How nearly endangered they
1:02:35
are like are they gonna go in the way of well?
1:02:37
I mean considering that they've no one's ever
1:02:39
seen or identified one before I'd say by definition
1:02:42
They're endangered unless they're just very very
1:02:45
well hidden hidden and there's millions of them.
1:02:47
I I would imagine Oh mccadeon in Australia, thank
1:02:53
you for the donation mccadeon says Servas pronounced
1:02:58
almost with a silent a Also, it's got an L at
1:03:02
the end. S E S E S E R V A L. Yeah. Serval. Serval.
1:03:11
So not a serval. Definitely not a serval. Like
1:03:14
serval. Serval. Like circle. Like circle. Maybe.
1:03:20
I think. I don't know. But there you go. I thought
1:03:22
that that was a cool story. Think there's tons
1:03:24
more animals out there. I hope this little guy's
1:03:26
not the only one wouldn't that be sad if you're
1:03:29
like the lone survivor of your this little Cat
1:03:32
species it would be very sad. They have to clone
1:03:35
him Ted They have to they should if he's like
1:03:38
the only one you really should that's true They
1:03:42
should clone this little sucker and like just
1:03:45
just to have a few spare agree We're gonna be
1:03:49
bringing back fucking wooly mammoths and gray
1:03:53
wolves and shit like the who are they in Texas
1:03:57
that Something bioscience colossal colossal by
1:04:01
Colossal bioscience just give them this little
1:04:06
dude send send send over a little DNA sample
1:04:09
to Colossal science and have them create like
1:04:12
a whole like farm full of these guys. Yep Then
1:04:16
Tigrino won't be alone Aw, poor Tigrino. He's
1:04:21
cute. I don't care what anybody says. All right,
1:04:23
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