WEBVTT 1 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:18.519 Coming to you from the dining room table at East 2 00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:23.000 Barbary Lane. Welcome to a special minisode version of Full Circle, 3 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:26.559 the podcast, a weekly visit to our home where we 4 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:29.879 squeeze a few headlines through our decidedly queer lens and 5 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:33.640 see what happens. I am your host, Charles Tyson Jr. 6 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:37.439 This minisode is brought to you by freshly minted White 7 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:43.280 Tears and the Eternal Search for consistent sanity and intelligence 8 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:49.159 on the Internet. Welcome to the Full Circle Table. Hey y'all, 9 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:54.640 it's the first minisode of twenty twenty five that didn't 10 00:00:54.679 --> 00:01:02.079 take long. Martha Madrigal is being fabulous and a motherfucking 11 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:04.560 rock star out there in the world as per usual. 12 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:09.159 So today you get me. Yeah, life be life, and 13 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:14.959 and Martha and I were all ready to settle in 14 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:19.280 and record a regular episode and then things happened. And 15 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:21.920 but you know, I know you love it. I know 16 00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:24.319 you miss it. It has been a while since I've 17 00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:28.560 had ya all to myself. Let's just enjoy it, shall 18 00:01:28.599 --> 00:01:34.079 weait A lot of things. A lot of things are 19 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:40.120 going on at the moment, starting with Los Angeles. Man 20 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:45.680 Lo La is on fire. Every day. We're getting updates 21 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:50.159 on the devastation to not just the immediate environment, but 22 00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:53.879 you know, to the lives of residents that have been upended, 23 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:59.840 the wildlife that have been uprooted, the ongoing ecological impact, 24 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:04.640 the resources that are being strained to their limit. It's crazy, 25 00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:08.599 Martha and I. Our hearts go out to everyone that 26 00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:15.840 has been impacted by this tragedy man, whether directly or indirectly. 27 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:18.919 Like if you have family on the West Coast, we 28 00:02:19.039 --> 00:02:22.879 know that you're you're going through it too. There is 29 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:30.319 currently a gofund me that is dedicated to a relief 30 00:02:30.919 --> 00:02:37.000 for folks suffering from the wildfire. Currently there is over 31 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:41.000 three point five million dollars raised. We are going to 32 00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:44.479 include the link to the GoFundMe in the notes to 33 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:48.439 this minisode, so that if you are so inclined, you 34 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:53.000 can offer some help as well. I'm sure it will 35 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:57.479 be greatly appreciated. No amount is too small, no amount 36 00:02:57.599 --> 00:03:03.680 is too big. Keeping everyone in our thoughts, minds, and 37 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:08.560 hearts as we get through this time. What else is 38 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:12.840 going on with me? I mean, the last time we talked, 39 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:18.360 I was still getting used to my non existent sleep 40 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:25.520 schedule because of my job. That's sort of changed the 41 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:29.000 fact that I am now on adderall for my ADHD 42 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:33.719 does help. My work output has definitely gotten better. So 43 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:37.240 there's that I'm sitting here looking at the Christmas tree 44 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:43.400 that is still up even though it is Wednesday, January fifteenth. 45 00:03:43.400 --> 00:03:45.800 But you know what, we didn't put the Bad Boy 46 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:49.800 up until Christmas Eve this year because, you know, the 47 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:52.400 week that we would have been decorating for the for 48 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:55.919 the holidays, we were hosting Nico Lang, friend of the pod, 49 00:03:56.479 --> 00:03:59.400 for their book tour. So we're gonna we're taking the 50 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:03.520 extra time. Had we put the decorations up at the 51 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:06.719 time we normally would have, then they would have been 52 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:10.199 put away by Now we're using the same timetable. Damn, 53 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:12.879 it is just being pushed back. But we're going to 54 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:16.839 make sure that we get back to normal because not 55 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:19.879 trying to have a Valentine's Day tree in our house. 56 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:25.920 As Martha mentioned at the end of our last episode, 57 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:31.600 we have finally hit our ten thousand download marker, which 58 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:36.800 is where the magic supposedly really happens again. I want 59 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:40.600 to thank everyone that has been listening to us since 60 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:43.759 the beginning. I want to thank you and welcome all 61 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:48.120 of our new listeners and you know the sometimey ones 62 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:51.319 a y'all out there, We're glad you're here too. There's 63 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:56.120 always something to enjoy. We've got some really wonderful things 64 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:58.920 coming up in the very near future for the show. 65 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:05.319 We've got authors, we've got artists, we've got you name it, 66 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:09.120 we got it. Because as long as they are queer folks, 67 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:11.800 there are going to be fabulous things to talk about, 68 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:14.680 because that is what we do. We're here, We're queer, 69 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:19.160 We're fabulous. Don't fuck with us. God damn it real quick. 70 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:24.319 I just want to acknowledge we lost a fabulous performer 71 00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:31.439 in the past weeken some change. Drag performer The Vivian 72 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:36.759 passed away suddenly on January fifth at the age of 73 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:44.199 thirty two, and no official cause of death has been released, 74 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:56.399 but it's definitely a big loss. She was a brilliant performer, comedian, actor. 75 00:05:57.199 --> 00:06:01.360 She of course was the first winner of Drag Race UK. 76 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:05.800 But in her own right, she was the definition of 77 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:09.680 a rising star and I was looking forward to seeing 78 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:14.040 how high she was going to soar. I was looking 79 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:20.279 forward to that Jinx Monsoon Vivian team up that just 80 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:25.360 seemed completely inevitable, that was going to be insanity at 81 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:31.800 its best, and you know it's celebrity Deaths don't normally 82 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:36.759 hit me but so hard, with a few notable exceptions. 83 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:40.519 But yeah, this was a tough one because for one thing, 84 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:44.600 it came out of nowhere, and it was so sudden, 85 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:50.279 and she was so young. So rest in peace. Rest 86 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:58.639 in peace. Also, singer Sam Moore passed away at the 87 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:04.000 age of eighty nine. This was last week. Sam was 88 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:07.720 one half of the Sam and Dave duo, famous for 89 00:07:08.199 --> 00:07:14.480 the evergreen hit soul Man and hold On I'm Coming. 90 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:20.439 He passed away due to complications while recovering from surgery. 91 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:27.040 Talk about a major presence in R and B and 92 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:31.519 soul music the Sam and Dave Duo. They transformed the 93 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:36.120 call and response of gospel music into an amazing stage 94 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:41.040 show that just made their star rocket and soul Man 95 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:43.920 is one of those songs that you can escape. You know, 96 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:51.920 if you go to a wedding, a bar mitzvah, a 97 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:56.600 birthday party of anyone older than forty five, you were 98 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:59.720 going to hear that jam and as well as you should, 99 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:03.839 So rest in power. Sam Moore. Might have to listen 100 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:08.199 to a couple of your amazing hits before day's end, 101 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:11.920 Anita Bryant also died, but I'm not going to get 102 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:14.560 into that now because I want to save that up 103 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:18.360 for when Martha is here, because she's going to want 104 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:22.160 to send her teeth into that bitch and I want 105 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:28.279 to watch. So just suffice it to say she did 106 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:36.159 and to paraphrase the hilarious moms maybly you're only supposed 107 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:42.200 to say good things about the dead. She did good. Anyway, 108 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:48.360 there's some good news. First off, there was an ongoing 109 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:57.279 battle for control of basically the heart of Philadelphia. The 110 00:08:57.320 --> 00:09:02.399 Sixers had this hair brain plan to put a new 111 00:09:02.399 --> 00:09:07.360 arena smack in the middle of what is the Fashion 112 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:13.000 District and a good chunk of Chinatown. And you know, 113 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:17.039 nobody wanted this except the people that would stand to 114 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:21.840 make money for it, and protesters were very vocal about it. 115 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:29.039 And luckily, as of January twelfth, the Sixers decided to 116 00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:34.360 pivot and the plan is no longer going into effect. 117 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:39.440 Everything was greenlit, the legislation was passed allowing the plan 118 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:44.559 to move forward, but seemingly out of nowhere, the Sixers 119 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:48.039 pulled out and reversed their idea. They're not going to 120 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:50.240 put the arena smack in the middle of the city, 121 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:54.960 which is just the smart thing to do. They're always 122 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:59.440 trying to come for Chinatown, They're always trying to devastate Chinatown, 123 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:06.759 and it never doesn't feel like racism, you know, And 124 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:11.399 I'm just glad that, at least for the moment, this 125 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:15.440 has been thwarted. Sources say that although the deal is 126 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:20.360 quote off the table, the sixers in the Comcast partnership 127 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:24.600 are still planning real estate developments and investments in market 128 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:30.000 of Center City Philadelphia. So, you know, this particular fockery 129 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:32.639 might have been thwarted, but lord knows what else they 130 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:36.679 got coming. But can we at least think about things 131 00:10:36.759 --> 00:10:40.840 that would benefit the city, benefit the people that live, 132 00:10:40.960 --> 00:10:44.840 their work there, travel to and from, you know, instead 133 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:48.320 of making it what would have been a hell scape 134 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:52.039 like had that stadium gone up smack in the middle 135 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:55.440 of the city, god forbid, you needed to enter or 136 00:10:55.559 --> 00:11:03.320 leave Philadelphia via public transportation or driving hell as a pedestrian, 137 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:08.159 it would be insane. If people are going to a game, 138 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:12.639 if people are leaving a game, it would just be insanity. 139 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:16.879 Nobody wanted it. It wouldn't have had the positive impact 140 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:20.039 on surrounding businesses, that they tried to say that it would, 141 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:24.320 because I know personally, if I knew that there was 142 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:28.840 a game and I wanted to do anything else in town, 143 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:30.919 I would be like fuck that I'm not going in town, 144 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:34.519 and that I feel like would have been the prevailing mindset. 145 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:37.120 It's like, up, stay out of the city. There's a game. 146 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:40.120 You know it's going to do the exact opposite of 147 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:43.480 what they say it's going to do. And I don't 148 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:46.080 know that it would be as successful as they thought 149 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:48.720 it would be, even for the people that you know 150 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:51.519 are paying to come to the games. But don't get 151 00:11:51.559 --> 00:11:55.480 me to line. All I know is folks are so happy. 152 00:11:56.440 --> 00:12:01.799 Business owners and residents in Chinatown are thrilled. The no 153 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:06.679 Arena coalition is ecstatic. Quote. We're relieved to hear that 154 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:09.360 the nightmare of a Center City six ers arena will 155 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:13.279 not haunt our city anymore. To every Philadelphian who called 156 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:16.399 marched testified in Warren City Hall that this was a 157 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:20.200 raw deal. This wind belongs to you, and the lesson 158 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:23.279 for politicians is to trust the people. Come on now, 159 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:26.039 to the five council members who stood on the right 160 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:29.879 side of this fight, we will not forget and there's 161 00:12:29.919 --> 00:12:33.879 also a list of the council people who were ready 162 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:38.480 to decimate their city and wherever they go, whatever they do, 163 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:43.279 we know what you did, motherfucker. Moving on. So in 164 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:46.600 a piece of good news coming out of California, out 165 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:50.399 California State Senator Scott Wiener has introduced a bill to 166 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:55.000 protect trans people's privacy in preparation for the incoming Trump administration. 167 00:12:55.960 --> 00:13:00.399 As we all know, Orange Voldemort and his co horts 168 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:05.679 are just obsessed with trans people for whatever reason and 169 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:09.840 are trying to do everything they can to make trans 170 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:14.159 people not exist or something, which we know is impossible, 171 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:17.879 but lord knows, it doesn't stop him from trying. Scott 172 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:21.200 Wiener said, Trump's ire towards trans people and his planned 173 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:26.120 assault on their rights will only embolden abusive right wing extremists. 174 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:31.799 Lord knows. The bill SB fifty nine, also called the 175 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:35.919 Transgender Privacy Act, would establish an automatic process to seal 176 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:39.559 all court records regarding someone's gender transition in the state, 177 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:44.480 including retroactively sealing those that already exist. It would also 178 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:47.960 ensure all gender transition records that refer to the person 179 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:50.519 by their dead name or sex assigned at birth would 180 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:54.240 be sealed. A similar law applying only to youth, was 181 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:58.919 passed in twenty twenty three. Wiener's bill specifically applies to 182 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:02.639 those over eighteen. Wiener said in a statement quote, the 183 00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:07.000 incoming Trump administration and Republican congressional leadership have made clear 184 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:10.120 that targeting and erasing trans people is among their highest 185 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:14.879 policy priorities, and California must have our trans community members backs. 186 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:19.639 Making this personal identifying information public after someone transitions, including 187 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:22.639 a person's dead name as well as the basic fact 188 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:26.320 that their trans are non binary, pointlessly exposes trans and 189 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:32.240 non binary Californians to harassment and potential violence. So if passed, 190 00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:35.879 California would join Washington, Oregon, and New York and having 191 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:39.279 some form of privacy laws to protect trans people from 192 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:43.159 being forcibly outed by state records. And you know, any 193 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:48.080 protection is going to be greatly needed in the upcoming 194 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:52.519 years because it's going to be a fucking witch hunt. 195 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:57.480 It's already started and we're going to get into that 196 00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:59.480 in a little bit. When we get to the cavalcade, 197 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:03.000 you know, it's like it's an attack. It's an assault. 198 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:06.279 It's ridiculous, is what it is. But as long as 199 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:10.679 there are thinking people who have any kind of power 200 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:14.879 and influence that are willing to use their voice, there 201 00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:20.240 will be hope. So thank goodness for that. Sid Simpson, 202 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:23.799 the co chair of the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Clubs 203 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:28.519 Transgender Caucus, said to the Bay Area Reporter, as Trump 204 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:31.960 and his cronies continue their cynical incitements of violence against 205 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:35.600 transgender people, it's critical that we fight back with progressive 206 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:39.799 protections at the state level. It's really scary to know 207 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:41.639 that there are people out there who want to hurt you, 208 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:43.919 and that your personal information is just sitting there for 209 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:46.639 them to exploit. The right to privacy and the right 210 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:49.360 to be safe are precious to our community, and we've 211 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:52.879 got to fight for them here here. And you know 212 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:56.039 that's always been true, but it's going to be even 213 00:15:56.080 --> 00:16:00.600 more true as we move forward. You know, you can't 214 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:05.720 stay out of the conversation and claim to be an 215 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:09.919 empathetic person and claim to be a noble person. You 216 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:13.799 can't stay out of the fight. You have to get 217 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:19.960 a little dirt on you, you know, otherwise you have no integrity, 218 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:25.440 you have no backbone, and you'll be next moving on. 219 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:30.840 I'd like to jump ahead to one of our favorite 220 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:33.279 segments that we like to call. 221 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:39.639 Employ people taking pleasure and name. 222 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:46.360 So this story is about a certain motherfucker who actually 223 00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:51.960 is the reason why this segment exists. Little miss George 224 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:56.799 Santos is back in the goddamn news. The headline in 225 00:16:57.000 --> 00:17:02.159 LGBTQ Nation reads, Federal judge smack down George Santos's attempt 226 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:11.119 to delay sentencing until August to record podcasts. Yeah. Yes, 227 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:15.119 the podcast sphere is wide open to everyone. But bitch, 228 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:18.319 we don't need you. You got other things you need 229 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:21.519 to be doing, like taking your ass to jail. So 230 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:28.599 George Santos, who is a former US House representative, in 231 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:31.680 case y'all forgot, he was there all of five minutes 232 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:36.319 before we found out that he lied about everything, everything, everything, 233 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:39.359 Who he is, who he was, who he will be, 234 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:42.599 where he worked, where he didn't work, who his mama 235 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:46.920 and daddy is, where they're from, who they are, what 236 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:53.400 they are. He lied about everything, and you know, again, 237 00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:56.759 the jury is still out. I'm waiting for my confirmation 238 00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:59.720 that he's not even really human. He is a stack 239 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:04.599 of while raccoon's wearing a trench coat. Because lied about everything. 240 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:11.319 So he was ousted. He was indicted for fraud using 241 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:18.160 campaign funds for personal things like only fans, subscriptions, and 242 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:23.839 clothes and just messy queen, messy, messy queen. This bitch 243 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:26.480 said he needed more time to pay his criminal fines 244 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:32.359 using earnings from his recently launched podcast, Pants on Fire 245 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:37.680 with George Santos. He called it pants on Fire That's 246 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:40.880 more egregious than OJ Simpson's If I Did It book, 247 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:46.079 But anyway. His sentencing was originally scheduled to occur next month, 248 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:48.759 but he wants to have until August to give him 249 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:51.200 time to pay off the two one hundred and five 250 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:56.440 thousand dollars that he owes in forfeiture. He plugged guilty 251 00:18:56.920 --> 00:19:02.240 to wire fraud and aggravated identity. theF District Court Judge 252 00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:06.359 Joanna Sebert only allowed the sentencing to be delayed until 253 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:09.759 April twenty fifth, noting that he hasn't made any payments 254 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:13.880 toward the amount he owes despite his promises and predictions 255 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:17.119 since pleading guilty. I hope y'all didn't think that he 256 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:20.079 was going to do something he said he was going to, 257 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:26.119 especially in terms of paying his bills, because he ain't 258 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:30.599 never never, never, never, never never In recent court hearing, 259 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:34.759 Santos's lawyers argued that he deserved a delay in sentencing 260 00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:37.480 now that he has quote a viable path to pay 261 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:42.240 the fine through the quote promising revenue stream of his podcast, 262 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:46.720 which was launch just last month. I'm sorry. There are 263 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:50.559 individuals out there who are making a more than a 264 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:57.799 decent living as a podcaster. But to make plans on 265 00:19:58.160 --> 00:20:02.640 future revenue from a podcast, no matter who you are, 266 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:07.160 that's not a good plan, booboo. You may as well 267 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:09.720 just be like when my tax refund comes, or when 268 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:13.720 I hit the lottery, or when Ray Ray give me 269 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:16.160 back my fifty bucks. You know what I'm saying, Like 270 00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:22.279 chack you, but no integrity, no shame, So why am 271 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:26.920 I surprised? Prosecutors argued that Santos had sufficient time to 272 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:29.200 secure the funds to pay his two hundred and five 273 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:32.559 thousand dollars fine. I just feel like that number of bears. 274 00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:35.599 Repeating they called his claims of being able to pay 275 00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:41.200 the fines through his podcast speculative hello, and said that 276 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:46.160 delaying sentencing could set quote a perverse incentive structure that 277 00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:51.039 rewards famous defendants. Despite this, the judge said she'd delay 278 00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:54.920 his sentencing as a one time courtesy. I'll give you 279 00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:57.319 a little bit of time. She knows he ain't gonna 280 00:20:57.359 --> 00:21:01.799 come through, because why would this be any different. In August, 281 00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:05.440 Santos admitted to using another person's identity and credit cards, 282 00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:07.759 as well as campaign funds, as we said, for his 283 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:11.799 own personal benefit. He originally faced twenty three federal charges 284 00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:16.160 of campaign finance fraud, including wire fraud, identity theft, money laundering, 285 00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:18.799 theft of public funds, making materially false statements to both 286 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:21.799 the Federal Election Commission and the US House of Representatives. 287 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:26.200 He initially pleaded not guilty to all charges, calling them 288 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:28.880 a baseless witch hunt, but then later accepted a plea 289 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:32.440 deal because he didn't want to go to trial and 290 00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:38.599 possibly suffered decades of prison time because you did that shit, baby, 291 00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:44.279 we can see you now. In addition to his two 292 00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:47.440 hundred and five thousand dollars fine, he also owes an 293 00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:52.319 additional three hundred and seventy five thousand dollars in restitution 294 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:55.880 and could face up to eight years in prison for 295 00:21:55.960 --> 00:22:02.039 his criminal misdealings. Thing says, it's clear to me now 296 00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:05.920 that I allowed ambition to cloud my judgment, leading me 297 00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:10.240 to make decisions that were unethical and guilty. It's clear 298 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:13.799 to you now, Bit you knew you are messy, stunt queen. 299 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:17.160 Pleading guilty is a step I never imagined i'd take 300 00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:20.200 a bet, but it is a necessary one because it 301 00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:23.039 is the right thing to do. Yeuh huh. It's not 302 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:27.960 only a recognition of my misrepresentation to others, but more profoundly, 303 00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:30.799 it is my own recognition of the lies I told 304 00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:34.319 myself over these past years. Bitch, you wrote this for you. 305 00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:38.680 I don't believe you wrote that. I don't believe you 306 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:40.079 know how to write. I don't believe you went to 307 00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:45.599 school because raccoons can't write. So yeah, no one believes 308 00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:49.640 anything this person has to say about anything ever, and 309 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:54.279 the fact that you're even getting until April is very very, 310 00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:59.319 very very kind. And pardon me while I utter a 311 00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:04.240 healthy a fall befall as we revel in this latest 312 00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:05.240 installment of. 313 00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:12.440 Shy people taking pleasure and your maine. 314 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:17.079 That was tasty. So this is the point in the 315 00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:20.240 show where if Martha were here, she would say to me, 316 00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:24.880 do you have a fifteen minute fave, to which I 317 00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:32.400 would respond I do. So my fifteen minute fave this 318 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:35.359 week comes from doci of whom I have become more 319 00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:37.759 and more of a fan as the days go on. 320 00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:43.440 Like she is just everything. She is a phenomenal rapper. 321 00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:47.519 The first time I actually paid attention to her, it 322 00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:50.519 was a video of a live performance and my girl 323 00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:54.119 was spitting and the mic was on. I was thoroughly 324 00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:59.079 impressed at a her lyricism, be her flow, and see 325 00:23:59.079 --> 00:24:01.720 her breath control. She was not bullshitting. She is the 326 00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:06.920 real deal. She's an EMC and her fellow mcs agree 327 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:10.599 and hold her up as you know, this new hope 328 00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:15.799 for the genre. And she's an artist. She's just this 329 00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:21.839 like she is a creative force. Her performance on Stephen 330 00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:27.240 Colbert's show was beautiful. Her and her backup dancers connected 331 00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:30.920 by their braids. It was just beautiful imagery. I'm just 332 00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:35.279 a huge fan. And so my fifteen minute fave this 333 00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:40.119 week is Denial is a River, and it harkens back 334 00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:45.319 to you know, the real pure hip hop of the nineties. 335 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:49.039 You know, it's got this real hard beat, it's got 336 00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:54.279 a nice articulate flow, it's telling a story, it's personal. 337 00:24:55.359 --> 00:25:00.119 I can't stop listening to it. And there's a perform 338 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:05.640 of her doing it with the amazing Isa Ray and 339 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:10.000 I can't stop watching that either. It's just I'm obsessed. 340 00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:12.680 I am obsessed with doche I'm obsessed with this song. 341 00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:16.960 I can't say enough good things about her or it. 342 00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:20.880 So we're gonna go out to the break with Denial 343 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:24.480 as a river by Dochi. We'll be right back. 344 00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:26.880 So if you are, why don't you just tell me 345 00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.519 what's been going on? 346 00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:28.240 Ka? 347 00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:32.359 Remember old dude from twenty nineteen, nice clean nikka demmy 348 00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:36.039 dirty hooded Entree took a scroll through his zig just 349 00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:40.079 to get a DM from his wife. I was so confused, 350 00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:42.319 what should don't she do? She didn't know about me, 351 00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:44.559 and I didn't know about so I opened up the 352 00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:46.160 messages and had to hit the zoon. 353 00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:49.680 Turns out the girl was really a dude nick. 354 00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:52.000 To pinky slipped back till I slipped back, got my 355 00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:54.799 lick back, turned the nikka to a nicknack. I'm fare 356 00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:57.000 Jawne dropped a couple of songs, and then I've been 357 00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:59.680 and got signed. That was twenty twenty one, Okay, I 358 00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:02.880 feel like this is the perfect opportunity for us to 359 00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:04.200 just take a second and kind. 360 00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:05.880 Of unpack what's happened to you? 361 00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:07.920 You know this guy cheated on you. 362 00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:11.960 And nah, fuck it, I kind of recognition bible recordect. 363 00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:14.279 I'm making so much money, I'm all ottle, but and 364 00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:17.400 then I'm moving so fast. Some time to process and no, 365 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:20.640 I'm not in that gang, but I'm always on set. Bristwatch, 366 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:24.319 drip drop label. Want the Tiktoks? Now I'm making TikTok music. 367 00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:25.240 What the fucked? 368 00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:27.880 I need a plans, need a detox. But we ain't 369 00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:31.359 got time to stop. The charts need us fast forward 370 00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:34.279 me twenty twenty three. I'm stacking lots of cheese and 371 00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:37.599 making Monty. My grass is really green, and honestly, I 372 00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:39.480 can't even have no more. This is a really dark 373 00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:41.039 time for me. I'm going through a lot. 374 00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:43.799 By a lot, you mean drugs, I wouldn't have drugs. 375 00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:46.680 No, it's no, I'm not just. 376 00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:10.079 And we're back. So I just want to jump into 377 00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:15.079 this real quick. It's time for the cavalcade of nonsense. 378 00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:23.400 So social media, as I repeatedly said, is a fucking sewer. 379 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:30.799 We've already jumped ship from Twitter, slash x slash ill 380 00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:34.960 who raised you? And by we I mean full circle, 381 00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:38.160 I mean me, I mean Martha, I mean any place 382 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:43.599 where our names were connected to that cesspool. I deactivated. 383 00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:48.839 Now Meta is losing their goddamn mind. And by they, 384 00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:54.119 I mean he. It's all Mark Zuckerberg. Meta unfortunately encompasses 385 00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:59.680 not only Facebook, which I've been over forever, but Instagram, 386 00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:04.480 which was my safe space, threads, which was, you know, 387 00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:10.680 my safe haven after we left X. Basically, Zuckerberg is 388 00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:18.119 eliminating fact checking from the apps, which you know, you'd 389 00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:20.839 hardly know that they were even there considering some of 390 00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:24.160 the nonsense people are saying on those apps, and he's 391 00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:28.359 leaving it up to the community as a whole to 392 00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:36.279 uphold the standards of truth and proper information. There's flat 393 00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:41.839 earthers on Facebook. There's the shit that gets said. It's 394 00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:46.000 like I, I often fear that it's going to infect 395 00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:49.279 me and I'm gonna start getting stupid, Like it hurts 396 00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:53.920 sometimes how stupid people are in fucking social media, like 397 00:28:54.759 --> 00:29:00.240 I just uugh, just ugh. And if that wasn't bad enough, 398 00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:08.160 he's basically eliminated the hateful conduct guidelines that were in place, 399 00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:12.920 which again I wasn't thoroughly convinced that there actually were 400 00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:16.599 in some cases because for the past four fucking years 401 00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:23.400