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UHOH! Joe Rogan Silenced! Big Ad Ban, Bitcoin Crash, Biden's Weak Words on Israel & Question Dodging - YouTube
Channel: Philip DeFranco
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- [Reporter] Mr. President,
can I ask you a quick question
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on Israel before you drive away-
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- [Biden] No, you can't.
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Not unless you get in front of the car
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as I step on it.
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- [Philip] What did he say?
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Okay.
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- I'm only teasing.
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- 'Sup, you beautiful bastards?
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I hope you're having
a fantastic Wednesday.
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And I just want to say
something to you really quick.
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Yesterday, Tuesday, there was
not a "Philip DeFranco Show."
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It wasn't because we got
suppressed or anything like that.
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This may be a little bit
TMI, but I've always kind of
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just been very straightforward with you.
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I'm currently making changes
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with the medication that I'm on.
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And yesterday I just, I had zero energy.
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It was like it was sucked out of me
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'cause yeah, I'm just a regular guy
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and life happens to me too.
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But that said welcome back to
"The Philip DeFranco Show."
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I missed your face yesterday.
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Welcome back to the Wednesday show.
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Hit that like button,
subscribe, all the good stuff.
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And let's just jump into it.
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First thing up today let's talk
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about entertainment/entertainer news.
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Starting with the weird, weird
world of influencer boxing.
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You've definitely seen the rise of it
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over the last few years, which makes sense
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because also with the
attention comes so much money.
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Well, of course there are a lot of eyes
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and focus on the Floyd
Mayweather Logan Paul fight,
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there's also another YouTubers
versus TikTokers fight card
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that's happening.
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It's set for June 12th.
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It's been dubbed, or really the gimmick is
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that it's the battle of the platforms.
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And at the top of the
card, you have Bryce Hall
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and Austin McBroom who really
couldn't be more different.
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The only things they
really have in common,
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one, they're massive
creators with tons of fans
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and two, everyone who is
not a fan of them would love
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to see both of them get
punched in the face.
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And the reason they're in the news day is,
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well, it's kinda like that movie.
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(record scratch)
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- [Man] Yup, that's me.
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You're probably wondering how
I ended up in this situation.
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- And so the two ended
up getting into a fight
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while they were promoting the match,
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but it's hard to even call it a fight.
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Bryce Hall charges Austin McBroom,
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kind of pushes him, but then
gets pushed to the side.
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Then everyone jumps on top.
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He then gets taken to the ground
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where we see just that amazing screenshot.
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And according to TMZ,
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a bottle ended up being
smashed over someone's head
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at some point.
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Yeah, in general, it was a sloppy mess.
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And it made me think of
that Bo Burnham song.
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"Art Is Dead."
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I think the song is like 10 years old,
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but I listen to it once a week.
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It really hits on how we reward
people for never growing,
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maturing, understanding, learning.
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And I mean, yeah, if you're
hoping that it's gonna stop,
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it's not gonna 'cause the,
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I guess we could call it the
asshole economy is strong.
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Also on that note, we
had Jake Paul in the news
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because boxing promoters have
offered him a chance to fight
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for a world championship title
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if he agrees to retire
from boxing if he loses.
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But I mean, I doubt that
Jake Paul takes the fight.
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He doesn't want to fight an
actual championship level boxer.
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He wants to fight a manager at Arby's.
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Which I mean, I don't really
mean to disrespect Ben Askren,
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but there are probably
some Arby's managers
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that throw a better right hook than him.
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Then in big news around Twitch,
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and it might be the company
kind of turning a corner here,
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you know how there's been a rise
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of female creators streaming from hot tubs
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in their swimsuits.
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Well, while Twitch had been
kind of keeping distance
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on this saying, you know,
"We're monitoring the situation,
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"they weren't really doing anything."
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But it appears as of
yesterday that has changed
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with one of the largest
streamers taking advantage
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of this trend Amouranth tweeting,
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"Yesterday, I was informed
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"that Twitch has indefinitely
suspended advertising
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"on my channel.
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"Twitch didn't reach out
in any way whatsoever.
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"I had to initiate the
conversation after noticing
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"without any prior warning,
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"all the ads revenue had disappeared
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'from my channel analytics."
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And adding, "This is an alarming precedent
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"and serves as a stark warning
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"that although content may not
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"ostensibly break community
guidelines or terms of service,
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"Twitch has complete discretion
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"to target individual channels
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"and partially or wholly
demonetize them for content
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"that is deemed not advertiser friendly,
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"something that there is no
communicated guideline for."
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And there've been a lot of
responses from the community.
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Some thinking that this was the
right move, others outraged.
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You also have the likes
of Devin Nash tweeting,
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"People who are cheering
about Twitch removing
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"Amouranth's revenue will be real mad soon
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"when their favorite streamer gets nuked
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"for being a brand risk.
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"If you think this stops at
sexual content, think again."
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You even had creators like XQC
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who has previously been critical
of hot tub stream saying
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that people should chill out
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until there's more communication
from Twitch about this.
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Also implying he thinks
that this could be an issue
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for other creators.
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Then also adding, "This
might've saved everybody
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"from losing their ads.
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"This might be a scapegoat for all of us."
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Though he didn't really elaborate there.
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Then you had Joe Rogan in the news
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for the same reason Joe
Rogan's always in the news,
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he said something on his podcast.
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That clip then later
went viral on Twitter.
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- You can never be woke enough.
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That's the problem.
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It keeps going.
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It keeps going further and further
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and further down the line.
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And if you get to the
point where you capitulate,
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where you agree to all these demands,
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it will eventually get
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to straight white men
are not allowed to talk.
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Because it's your privilege
to express yourself
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when other people of
color have been silenced
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throughout history.
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It will be you're not
allowed to go outside
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because so many people were
imprisoned for so many years.
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I mean, I'm not joking.
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- [Man] I know, I know.
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- It really will get there.
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It's that crazy.
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- Joe!
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Here's the thing I
disagree with the extreme
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that Joe Rogan went to.
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Like, white men are gonna be in cages
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and their mouths are
gonna be clamped shut.
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I think that is stupid, ridiculous.
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I think it feeds into white fragility,
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fear for white people
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that they're essentially being replaced.
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And that goes to a scary place.
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And while Joe Rogan has said...
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- Don't listen to me.
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I'm a fuckin' idiot.
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Why are you listening to me?
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- That said, you know,
when you have someone
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with such a large platform
feeding into that fear,
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fear turns into anger,
anger turns into violence.
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Then you know, I debate in my head.
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I'm like, if you look at the core
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of what he's talking about,
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we've all seen woke-ism go
into a ridiculous place.
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People trying to shut down classes
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'cause yoga is stealing
from another culture,
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stuff like that.
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But in general, the vast majority of us
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when we see stuff like that, we're like,
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"Shut the fuck up.
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"That's silly."
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So to me what it ends
up feeling like is a guy
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in a rather privileged situation saying
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that I want to be able
to say what I want to say
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without consequence, which is
just not how the world works.
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Like, Joe Rogan, you are
not going to be jailed
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for the smart or stupid shit
that you say on your podcast.
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But when people mock
you and make fun of you
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because they feel like your view
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on things is so disconnected
from how they view the world,
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like that's just, that's gonna happen.
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Also I mean, since you are saying...
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- "I'm not joking."
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- I really hope that what
you're referencing are, like,
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edgy jokes and comedians pushing the line
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and not you on previous
podcasts promoting something
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that I think led to even
more vaccine hesitancy
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and anti-vax bullshit.
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And understand, I say this as someone
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that is generally a fan of Joe Rogan
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and his comedy and all that stuff.
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Like, same thing I said last time,
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I'm not trying to cancel Joe Rogan,
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get him de-platformed.
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But as a white guy with a platform
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that is not being locked in doors
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and there's no risk of
that to another guy,
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another white guy with a massive platform,
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chill out, bro.
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Hey, I know that my opinion
here is gonna get me some shit.
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I'm just so tired of seeing
straight white dudes acting
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like the most persecuted
fuckin' group in the world.
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Bro, the world was built for us.
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Allowing historically
silenced voices to speak out
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and have platforms and be a
bigger part of the conversation
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than they have been is not oppression.
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Even when, and I would argue especially
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when those voices criticize
people like you and me.
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Personally what I've learned to do
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in those moments is shut
the fuck up for a second,
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listen to why, and then
navigate from there.
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Not always gonna agree,
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and actually, Joe, I think that
where you're coming from is
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that you want more people to speak freely
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so we can learn from one another,
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but still the victimhood
feels strong there.
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Anyway.
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Then, ooh, baby
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if you are in the crypto market right now
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you very likely took a hit.
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So over the past couple of weeks,
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Bitcoin has been experiencing
a rather significant sell-off.
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Last week we talked about Elon Musk saying
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that Tesla would no longer
accept Bitcoin as a payment,
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something that sent it tumbling.
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But what we ended up seeing
this morning was Bitcoin,
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along with almost all
other cryptocurrencies,
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dropping even further.
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This notably happening after
the People's Bank of China
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directed financial institutions
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to stop accepting crypto transactions
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and providing crypto related services.
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And this because according to that bank,
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digital currencies have no real value.
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With the bank saying
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alongside the China Insurance
and Banking Commission,
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"Prices of cryptocurrency have skyrocketed
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"and plummeted recently,
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"and speculative trading has bounced back.
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"This seriously harms the
safety of people's property
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"and disturbs normal economic
and financial orders."
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And so with this,
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you have some analysts
speculating that this crackdown
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along with China's previous
crypto crackdowns may just be
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another way to bolster the
country state backed initiative
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for its own digital currency.
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Though, I mean, it is important to note
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that volatility is pretty much
tied to Bitcoin's identity.
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Hell, I mean, just in the last 24 hours,
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Bitcoin has fallen from
a high of nearly 44,000
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to a low of around 30,000.
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And that's a plunge of around 25%.
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It's the lowest the coin has been traded
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for since late January.
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Meanwhile, you had Etherium falling
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from around $3,500 to
$1,900 over 24 hours,
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roughly a 45% drop.
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Dogecoin losing 55% of its value.
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Though that said, all three
have come back somewhat
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from their lows this morning.
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With this you have a
lot of people wondering
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what's gonna happen next?
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Outlets like Barron's
running the headline,
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"The Bitcoin Bubble is Popping.
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"Why There's No Telling
Where the Selling Stops."
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But you also had others such
as an executive director
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at one crypto related hedge fund saying,
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"In terms of Bitcoin's outlook,
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"things may be looking grim right now
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"but historically this
is yet another hurdle
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"for Bitcoin to overcome
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"and a small one compared
to what it has braved
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"in the past."
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Which, I mean, it does make sense.
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Bitcoin is still actually up over 300%
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from this time exactly one year ago.
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Hey, as long as you've been treating this
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like most responsible
influencers have said
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that you only invest what you're
completely willing to lose
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and you're not listening to
the shit stain influencers
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who've just been schilling
as many shit coins
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as possible to pad their own pockets,
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not caring if you lose your livelihood,
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then you should be fine.
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We've all been responsible.
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Then actually on the note of money,
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Then in absolutely massive
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how the office of New York
Attorney General Latisha James
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announced yesterday that it has expanded
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its ongoing civil probe
of the Trump organization
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into a criminal investigation.
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Since 2019, James has
been running an inquiry
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into whether or not Trump
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and his company falsely inflated
the value of their assets
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for loan and tax purposes.
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And that probe has run parallel
to a criminal investigation
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by Manhattan District
Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.
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which launched in 2018
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after Trump's former lawyer
Michael Cohen pleaded guilty
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to campaign finance
violations in connection
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to hush money he paid to Stormy Daniels.
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And Vance's probe is also looking
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into the same matters as the AG's
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as well as an array of other
possible financial crimes
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including tax and bank related fraud.
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And until now those two
investigations were separate.
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But as of yesterday, a spokesperson
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for the Attorney General's
office issued the statement,
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"We have informed the Trump organization
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"that our investigation
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"into the company is no
longer purely civil in nature.
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"We are now actively investigating
the Trump organization
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"in a criminal capacity,
along with the Manhattan DA."
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This is highly significant
for two main reasons.
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First, because while James' civil probe,
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which she will still continue conducting,
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could only result in fines and lawsuits,
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a criminal investigation can end
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with actual criminal charges.
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And secondly, the two offices
cooperating together means
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they could share data and information.
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And that right there is especially notable
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because after years of legal battles,
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Vance's office recently
obtained eight years
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of Trump's personal and
business tax returns
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which reportedly has amounted
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to millions of pages of records.
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And notably here former
New York state prosecutors
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who spoke to the Washington
Post told the outlet
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that it makes possible criminal
charges way more likely
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than previously known.
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Though, as the Post notes,
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that doesn't mean those
charges will definitely come
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or implicate the former
president personally.
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Now that said as far
as how Trump responded,
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he issued a lengthy statement today
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blasting the investigation,
calling it corrupt and adding,
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"There is nothing more
corrupt than an investigation
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"that is in desperate search of a crime.
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"But make no mistake,
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"that is exactly what is happening here."
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Then as you know, we're
seeing more and more states
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and places easing mask restrictions,
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especially if you're vaccinated.
[708]
We're also seeing some states going
[709]
into an even further extreme like Texas
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where the governor there, Greg Abbott,
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signed an executive order yesterday
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that bans government
entities and public schools
[716]
from imposing mask requirements
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to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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And in fact, starting this Friday,
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any local government body
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that tries to implement a
mask mandate can be fined
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up to $1,000 according to the order.
[726]
Though notably there are some exemptions
[728]
for state supported living centers,
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government owned or run
hospitals, prisons, and jails.
[732]
And as far as schools,
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they will be allowed to
keep their protections
[735]
until June 4th,
[735]
but after that "no
student, teacher, parent,
[738]
"or other staff member or
visitor may be required
[741]
"to wear a face cover."
[742]
With Abbott defending the move saying,
[743]
"Texans not government should decide
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"their best health practices
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"which is why masks will not be mandated
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"by public school districts
or government entities."
[749]
With this being Texas,
there were a lot of people
[752]
that were happy about this move,
[753]
there were also many concerns.
[754]
Some noting that Texas ranks
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in the bottom 15 out of all 50 states
[757]
in terms of percent of
population vaccinated,
[759]
with around 30% of Texans
fully inoculated right now.
[762]
There's also been a focus on the schools
[763]
because the school year
is winding down right now,
[766]
but you also have some
massive school districts
[768]
holding classes
[769]
as well as public colleges
holding graduation events.
[771]
And those will be happening
after the ban goes into effect,
[773]
meaning that Abbott's order directly goes
[775]
against guidelines from the CDC,
[776]
which is advise that schools keep
[777]
coronavirus mitigation measures
[779]
including masks for the
rest of this academic year
[780]
which is also why we saw a
ton of the top teachers unions
[783]
in the state condemning the move.
[784]
But also here's the thing,
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Abbott is not alone in this
move, in this decision.
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Just last week, you had the
governor of South Carolina
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signing an almost
identical executive order,
[792]
banning mass mandates in
schools and government.
[794]
The week before that you had
Florida governor Ron DeSantis
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enacting a very similar policy,
[797]
blocking all local mask mandates imposed
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by local governments.
[800]
And really all I can say at this point,
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especially if you're in the United States,
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if you're worried about this,
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get vaccinated 'cause shit is opening up.
[807]
I got my second shot about a month ago.
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I don't wear a mask when I'm outside.
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I got it in my pocket if I need it.
[813]
Obviously the masks are
more for other people,
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but if half the fucking country wants
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to be the placebo group
in this vast, vast test,
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let them.
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With the general
availability of the vaccine
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in the United States right now,
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it has become now more of a conversation
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about personal responsibility.
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Then we had president
Joe Biden in the news
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seemingly revising his previous statement
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of "Benjamin Netanyahu, do what you must."
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To now Biden reportedly
having another phone call
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with prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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with aides reportedly saying on that call
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that Biden expected a
significant deescalation today
[842]
on the path to a cease-fire.
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Which could be big news,
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though it is unclear what
a significant deescalation
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actually means.
[848]
Does that just mean that the
Israeli military pinky promises
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not to destroy any other buildings
[852]
that have media inside of it?
[854]
Thus limiting the ability
[855]
for information to come
out from the ground?
[856]
Maybe just kill fewer
Palestinian children?
[859]
And while yes, that's
more irritated sarcasm.
[861]
The ambiguity there has
left a lot to be desired
[864]
from a lot of people
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because it is very unclear
how seriously Netanyahu
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actually is taking the warning.
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Because Netanyahu has reportedly
[870]
since taking that meeting also then met
[872]
with his military staff
and decided that they were
[873]
"determined to continue this operation
[875]
"until its aim is met."
[877]
With him also reportedly
saying this morning
[878]
to foreign ambassadors that
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"you can either conquer them
[881]
"and that's always an open possibility,
[882]
"or you can deter them.
[884]
"We are engaged right now
in forceful deterrent,
[886]
"but I have to say, we
don't rule out anything.
[888]
"We're not standing with a stopwatch.
[890]
"We want to achieve the
goals of the operation.
[891]
"Previous operations lasted a long time,
[893]
"so it's not possible to set a timeframe."
[895]
Which is not unexpected.
[896]
The United States says
one thing, does another.
[898]
They're like, "Hey, serious
talking to Netanyahu,
[901]
"but also here's that
$735 million arms deal.
[904]
"Enjoy the guided missiles."
[906]
Though to be clear that
arm sale was in the works
[908]
well before the current fighting began
[909]
and it was a routine sale.
[910]
But I mean, it doesn't need to be said,
[912]
even if the sale was routine,
[913]
things on the ground have changed.
[914]
And the optics of selling Israel devices
[916]
that are believed to be used
[917]
against homes in Gaza are not good.
[919]
Which is in part why it's led
to a pretty significant rift
[921]
in the democratic party.
[922]
Some like representative
Mark Pocan tweeting,
[924]
"We can not just condemn
rockets fired by Hamas
[927]
"and ignore Israel's state
sanctioned police violence
[929]
"against Palestinians,
including unlawful evictions,
[931]
"violent attacks on protesters
[933]
"and the murder of Palestinian children.
[934]
"US aid should not be
funding this violence."
[936]
And in fact, there's
now a concerted effort
[938]
to have the house's
foreign affairs committee,
[939]
not just rubber stamp every arms deal
[941]
to Israel moving forward.
[942]
But it also remains to be seen
how effective that will be.
[945]
Meanwhile, you have Egyptian
and UN mediators trying
[946]
to broker a cease fire,
[948]
and despite US efforts
to block resolutions
[949]
in the UN security council,
[951]
France has used its position
there to once again demand
[953]
for a ceasefire.
[954]
Additionally, Russia warned
Israel's ambassador today
[956]
that any further civilian casualties
[958]
in Gaza was unacceptable,
[959]
with also Germany calling for a ceasefire
[961]
and promising to provide
aid to Palestinians
[963]
once the fighting stops.
[964]
And I mean, regarding the
aid, it is sorely needed.
[967]
Since the fighting began,
[968]
over 52,000 Palestinians
have been displaced,
[970]
nearly 450 buildings have
either been destroyed
[972]
or severely damaged,
[973]
in total at least 219
Palestinians have been killed
[976]
in airstrikes, over 1,500 wounded.
[978]
For their part, Hamas has
fired over 3,700 rockets
[981]
into Israel, killing
12 and injuring dozens.
[983]
And for the time being,
[984]
we're all just kind of watching
the devastation happening
[986]
and wondering what's gonna happen next.
[988]
And ultimately with this story,
[989]
or honestly anything that
stood out to you today,
[991]
I'd love to know your thoughts
in those comments down below
[993]
because this is the end of today's show.
[995]
As always thank you for watching, liking,
[996]
subscribing, all the good stuff.
[998]
If you're looking for
more to watch right now,
[999]
I've got you covered right here
[1000]
or in the top links down below.
[1001]
But with that said, of course as always,
[1003]
my name's Philip DeFranco,
[1004]
you've just been filled in.
[1006]
I love your faces and
I'll see you tomorrow.
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