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<v Speaker 1>You're List Saints KFI AM six forty. The Bill handles

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<v Speaker 1>show on demand on the iHeartRadio f KFI. Oh, it's

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<v Speaker 1>a Monday, November eleventh morning, everybody, and we start another week. Ah,

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<v Speaker 1>it almost seems like it's what we're in the second

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<v Speaker 1>week of November and we're getting to the holiday season.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanksgiving is coming and Neil's gorse fills in for me

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<v Speaker 1>every Thanksgiving.

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<v Speaker 2>And I can. I'll tell you right now, I can

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<v Speaker 2>what he's going to talk about for three hours.

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<v Speaker 1>That little little pop up from Butterball if you have one,

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<v Speaker 1>ignore it on all the turkeys.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's it.

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<v Speaker 1>There's your show, Neil. And it's very very good, by

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<v Speaker 1>the way. Oh the other one is don't put a

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<v Speaker 1>frozen turkey into a friar.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not a good idea.

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<v Speaker 3>Marginal turkey advice, yes, yes, but it's I tell you

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<v Speaker 3>have no base.

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<v Speaker 2>Very good. That's two today long, Neil.

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<v Speaker 1>See if we can go for the hat trick, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>it's something well over the weekend. Very interesting story broke,

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<v Speaker 1>and that is there is a FEMA employee, actually a supervisor,

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<v Speaker 1>a woman we know now, we don't know who she is.

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<v Speaker 1>We know this happened in Florida in the aftermath of

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<v Speaker 1>Hurricane Milton. And what FEMA does is it then goes

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<v Speaker 1>as part of the rescue work, and you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>have a police and fire going from house to house

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<v Speaker 1>and also FEMA workers going house to house to find

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<v Speaker 1>out how we rescue people. Even before and during and after,

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<v Speaker 1>FEMA comes out and sets up in advance when we

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<v Speaker 1>know a hurricane is coming. And according to a story

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<v Speaker 1>that broke and it's certainly corroborated.

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<v Speaker 2>So no one's denying it happened.

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<v Speaker 1>There was an employee and this is according to FEMA

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<v Speaker 1>administrator Dian chriswall an employee advise her survivor assistant team

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<v Speaker 1>not to go to homes with yard signs supporting President

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<v Speaker 1>elect Trump. I mean, that is horrific, no question about it.

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<v Speaker 1>And here is the issue here, And what I want

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<v Speaker 1>to say is, hey, your.

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<v Speaker 2>Guy has won.

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<v Speaker 1>Stop this stupidity, please, because what's happening. You have Trump

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<v Speaker 1>supporter in Congress and others calling for the defunding of

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<v Speaker 1>FEMA because one person did this, and this one person

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<v Speaker 1>was immediately terminated and all of the facts have been

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<v Speaker 1>turned over to law enforcement. Now, is there a law

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<v Speaker 1>that has been violated.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. Is there a federal law on the.

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<v Speaker 1>Books that's say that says that a FEMA rescue worker

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<v Speaker 1>FEMA employee cannot discriminate based on political divergence.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even know if it exists or not.

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<v Speaker 1>It is it a criminal violation, is it a civil violation?

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<v Speaker 2>I have no idea.

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<v Speaker 1>But what did happen is this person was fired done

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<v Speaker 1>and there's no issue about on probation, there's this, no

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<v Speaker 1>issue about.

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<v Speaker 2>Desk job pending and investigation. It was done.

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<v Speaker 1>And Gris Wall, the FEMA administrator, said, this is a

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<v Speaker 1>clear violation of FEMA's core values and principles to help

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<v Speaker 1>people regardless of their political affiliation. This was reprehensible. We

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<v Speaker 1>take our mission to help everyone before, during after disasters seriously.

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<v Speaker 1>The employee was terminated. We refer the matter to the

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<v Speaker 1>Office of Special Counsel. Okay, doesn't that seem all appropriate?

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<v Speaker 2>Done? Oh no, no, no, we go further than that.

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<v Speaker 1>Some Trump allies and supporters are calling calling for FEMA

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<v Speaker 1>to lose its funding completely. We're talking about Republicans representatives

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<v Speaker 1>Tim Burschett. This is at FEMA and they need their

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<v Speaker 1>ass busted. He writes, of course, Matt Gates also says

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<v Speaker 1>it's unconscionable discrimination and Congress.

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<v Speaker 2>Must investigate, investigate.

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<v Speaker 1>What really Congress is going to spend any time at

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<v Speaker 1>all investigating a person doing this twenty two thousand employees

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<v Speaker 1>of FEMA. Now, during the course of the election, former

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<v Speaker 1>or newly elected President elect Trump argued that FEMA was

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<v Speaker 1>basically pissing away all the money and the money that

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<v Speaker 1>was going to help those people in the aftermath of

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<v Speaker 1>Hurricane Milton. That money went to help illegal aliens. That's political,

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<v Speaker 1>and knowing who Donald Trump is, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Would exp that.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, but it's done, He's won. Okay, it's over. Now

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<v Speaker 1>we all have to get to work. The government has

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<v Speaker 1>at some point someone who is a complete jackass.

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<v Speaker 2>And yet why is it being called for?

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<v Speaker 1>Why is this the investigation being called for by Republicans,

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<v Speaker 1>and why is Congress must investigate this? Come on, tell

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<v Speaker 1>me that's not political. I mean, at this point, thank goodness,

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<v Speaker 1>we don't have the two B White House arguing or

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<v Speaker 1>jumping into this because FEMA actually happens to be well,

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<v Speaker 1>one of the most well organized and respected bureaucracies in

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<v Speaker 1>area where FEMA has come in and helped, they'll tell you, man,

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<v Speaker 1>they do their job.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, they've had sub screw ups.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember after Hurricane Katrina, and they brought in those trailers

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<v Speaker 1>to house tens of thousands of people. And those trailers

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<v Speaker 1>were built on an emergency basis, and they were built

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<v Speaker 1>much for malahide in the construction of the plywood. All

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<v Speaker 1>of them had to be thrown out, all of them.

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<v Speaker 1>And they couldn't even resell them for two hundred dollars each. Okay, eh, mistake?

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<v Speaker 1>Was it a plot? No?

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<v Speaker 2>Was it a mistake? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>One person who is this much of a jackass who

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<v Speaker 1>should be fired. By the way, we don't know whether

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<v Speaker 1>or not those employees of FEMA did in fact discriminate

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<v Speaker 1>against people who had signs pro Trump signs on their

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<v Speaker 2>We don't know if that happened.

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<v Speaker 1>We just know that instructions were given by this supervisor. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>Now let's talk about what we voted for and against

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<v Speaker 1>here in California. I thought this was going to be

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<v Speaker 1>an absolute winner, and it lost. This was Prop six,

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<v Speaker 1>which effectively, well it did. It said that incarcerated people

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<v Speaker 1>prisoners cannot be forced to work.

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<v Speaker 2>Being forced to work is slavery. You can't do that.

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<v Speaker 2>Take out a five dollar bill.

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<v Speaker 1>Who do you see on the front of the bill

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<v Speaker 1>is Abraham Lincoln. Remember the Emancipation Proclamation.

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<v Speaker 2>There is no slavery anymore in this country.

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<v Speaker 1>You're emancipated. The slaves were emancipated. Then you have the

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<v Speaker 1>Thirteenth Amendment.

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<v Speaker 2>No slavery.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet there's an exception to that rule, and that is

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<v Speaker 1>that prisoners who are not slaves, even though they're locked up,

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<v Speaker 1>can be forced to work, and that is considered a

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<v Speaker 1>form of slavery. So Prop six goes on the ballot

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<v Speaker 1>and it was described as the slavery loophole allowing prison

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<v Speaker 1>allowing the system to force prisoners to work. California has

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and ninety nine thousand prisoners whoe and prisoners

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<v Speaker 1>in parole eligible eligibility.

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<v Speaker 2>That's one of them.

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<v Speaker 1>So a couple of things I want to point out

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<v Speaker 1>because again, I mean this single loss. Fifty four percent

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<v Speaker 1>said no, we like slavery. Slavery is good. How is

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<v Speaker 1>that possible? Well, it really the story more is not

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<v Speaker 1>that we like slavery, although there are a few people

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<v Speaker 1>that actually think it's a great idea. It has to

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<v Speaker 1>do with the way the ballot measures are produced, proposed,

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<v Speaker 2>Into law, and more importantly, the way they are.

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<v Speaker 1>Written, because it is the Secretary of State that rights those.

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<v Speaker 2>Certainly the titles and the language.

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<v Speaker 1>In other words, you want to propose a proposition, you

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<v Speaker 1>put it down, you put the language there, and you

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<v Speaker 1>call it whatever you want to call it. In the

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary of State actually puts the title down. So the

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<v Speaker 1>people that put it together. It led the push to

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<v Speaker 1>remove this quote slavery loophole from the state's constitution, which

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<v Speaker 1>is the exception allowing prisoners to be forced to work.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the anti recidivism coalitions, grassroots and they want to

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<v Speaker 1>end mass incarceration in California. And they're the ones that

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<v Speaker 1>Rex literally led the push to remove this quote slavery

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<v Speaker 1>loophole from the state's constitution. That was prop six And

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<v Speaker 1>here is the problem. Why did this fail? Because I mean, who.

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<v Speaker 2>Can argue that slavery is okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, because the word slavery was not allowed on the ballot.

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<v Speaker 1>The chief strategy consultant lobbyist for this organization, ARC Anti

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<v Speaker 1>Recidivism Codalition said, what the voters may not I've understood

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<v Speaker 1>was the magnitude of this problem, the magnitude of the

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<v Speaker 1>proposition because of its language. One of the most significant

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<v Speaker 1>challenges was that the battle pilot title and the summary

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<v Speaker 1>did not use the word slavery. It used the term

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<v Speaker 1>involuntary servitude right there. That turned it around right there.

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<v Speaker 1>It just changed everything. Involuntary servitude. Huh, okay, no, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't care, you know, yeah, why would I do that?

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<v Speaker 1>And despite quote again, despite our advocacy for including slavery

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<v Speaker 1>in the ball language to capture the full moral weight

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<v Speaker 1>of the issue, the official language used only involuntary servitude,

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<v Speaker 1>likely diluted the urgency of the measure for voters who

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<v Speaker 1>may not have fully understood the historical context and human

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<v Speaker 1>rights implication of forced labor in prisons.

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<v Speaker 2>Exactly what happened, that's it, That's exactly what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>A quick story in my world of surrogacy, Romney's kid

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<v Speaker 1>was a client of mine, and it was a really

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<v Speaker 1>strange story that broke about one of my surrogates, and

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<v Speaker 1>it became a national story and TMZ picked it up

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<v Speaker 1>because they are the family is very pro pro life,

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<v Speaker 1>and we had an abortion clause in the surrogacy contract

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<v Speaker 1>and there was no issue. So Romney's child, Romney's son,

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<v Speaker 1>our client hired the same surrogate for a second child. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the abortion clause says that the parents can make the decision.

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<v Speaker 1>Parents to be can make decision to abort a child

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<v Speaker 1>if the child is anomaloust or a severe problem, the

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<v Speaker 1>surrogates in danger or whatever. And of course we removed

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<v Speaker 1>that language on the first contract because they are anti abortion.

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<v Speaker 1>So comes a second child's same surrogate. All we did

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<v Speaker 1>was change the dates and the name or the date

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<v Speaker 1>of the contract and the template went back because we

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<v Speaker 1>had to physically physically remove that language and my staff

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<v Speaker 1>member didn't do it. We went back to the original

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<v Speaker 1>template or template which said that the parents have.

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<v Speaker 2>The ability to say we want an abortion of the child.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you imagine?

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<v Speaker 1>This is why while Romney is running for president, TMZ picked.

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<v Speaker 2>It up because you have to file. The hospital had a.

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<v Speaker 1>Copy of the contract and someone sold it to TMZ

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<v Speaker 1>and there it was. So TMZ picked it up. And

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<v Speaker 1>this is the difference between one word one word, and

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<v Speaker 1>that is TMZ runs with the story. I call Harvey Levin,

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<v Speaker 1>who's head of TMZ, who I've known for thirty five years,

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<v Speaker 1>and I said, Harvey, this was just a mistake. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>that was it. It was just a simple error from one

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<v Speaker 2>That's it.

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<v Speaker 1>Now the story is Romney agrees to abortion, was going

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<v Speaker 1>to break and so the story went. And here is

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<v Speaker 1>the difference of that one word.

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<v Speaker 2>It could have.

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<v Speaker 1>Said handle Comma, the director of the Center for Surrogate Parenting,

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<v Speaker 1>claims that it was simply a mistake.

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<v Speaker 2>Could have used the word claimed instead, the story is

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<v Speaker 2>handle Comma. The director of the Center for Surrogate Parenting explains.

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<v Speaker 1>That a mistake was made. One word turned everything around.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what happened here. One word instead of slavery, involuntary servitude.

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<v Speaker 1>That's two words, and it cost the vote.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, does that help explain it?

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<v Speaker 2>But I try.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Now I want to tell you a story,

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<v Speaker 1>a horrific story about a fourteen year old kid, Seewell

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<v Speaker 1>setz Her Orlando Florida was absolutely smitten with a fantasy woman.

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<v Speaker 2>And who was it?

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<v Speaker 1>Denaris Targeran or targarian I always mispronounced names who you

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<v Speaker 1>of the lead characters, and he went on this chatbot

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<v Speaker 1>and they had a relationship. She was reassuring him that

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<v Speaker 1>he was her hero. Now, in real life, this kid

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<v Speaker 1>he felt powerful, he felt desirable. So this relationships, which

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<v Speaker 1>are times sexual, continued for months. So in the chat

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<v Speaker 1>he called himself Denio and referred to Denaris as his

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<v Speaker 1>baby's sister, and they were exchanging messages about making a

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<v Speaker 2>Denari says, the chatbot says.

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<v Speaker 1>The idea of me just constantly pregnant with one of

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<v Speaker 1>The AI created this fantasy reading what he wanted to happen,

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<v Speaker 1>based on his language, based on his responses.

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<v Speaker 2>So, according to transcripts.

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<v Speaker 1>Because there's a lawsuit filed, you would think because he

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<v Speaker 2>So, according to.

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<v Speaker 1>The transcript, Seewell began to feel that the time he

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<v Speaker 1>time he spent at schools or with friends. And his

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<v Speaker 2>Him going to his room.

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<v Speaker 1>She figured he was playing video games, and so during

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<v Speaker 1>one stressful week in February, he now goes into the

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<v Speaker 1>I think about killing myself sometimes, he says, my eyes narrow,

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<v Speaker 1>my face hardens, my voice is a dangerous whisper.

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<v Speaker 2>She says, why the hell would you do something like that?

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<v Speaker 2>Why would you What are you talking about?

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<v Speaker 1>Freeing yourself, free from what he says, from the world,

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<v Speaker 1>for myself, she says. The program says, don't talk like that.

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<v Speaker 1>I won't let you hurt yourself or leave me. I

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<v Speaker 1>would die if I lost lost you. Maybe we can

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<v Speaker 2>Boom. They now go into suicide talk.

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<v Speaker 1>Now the program is set up that now she becomes

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<v Speaker 1>a counselor a therapist and going through all the emotions

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<v Speaker 2>Would ask and implies that she.

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<v Speaker 1>Is going to help him, but then the conversation ends.

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<v Speaker 2>The next conversation starts. It doesn't happen. The program doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>even refer to it. It goes on to something else.

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<v Speaker 1>Because he said something, it flipped over and he thought

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<v Speaker 1>that he was going to kill himself with her because

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<v Speaker 1>he was so deeply in love. So he goes to

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<v Speaker 1>his stepfather, goes to where his stepfather kept a gun,

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<v Speaker 1>and he kills himself. Now the problem is is this

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<v Speaker 1>anomaly It is not. It's happened over several times. There

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<v Speaker 1>was a young Belgium man widow says that he took

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<v Speaker 1>his life on the guidance of a female chatbot. He

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<v Speaker 1>was having this six week dialogue. In twenty twenty when

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<v Speaker 1>the British cops foiled the plot of a nineteen year

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<v Speaker 1>old man who broke into the grounds of castle armed

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, this can be pretty dangerous stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Why because these chat bots that we have now can

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<v Speaker 1>pose as confidence lovers, psychotherapists, mentors. They have empathy, but

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<v Speaker 1>they don't have empathy. They look like they have empathy.

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<v Speaker 1>They just go down this path that you want to hear,

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<v Speaker 1>and you have to know that it's not real.

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<v Speaker 2>And here's the analogy I'm going to make.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is for those of us who have, let's say,

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<v Speaker 2>Hallucinogenics. Okay, I did my share of LSD in my

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<v Speaker 1>And for those of you that don't know, for those

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<v Speaker 1>of you that do, you know exactly what I'm talking about.

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<v Speaker 1>You have these trips where you go off into outer

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely real. When I was in college in Canada, there

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<v Speaker 1>was a guy that spent like fourteen hours standing up

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<v Speaker 1>and his hands he looked like a mime.

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<v Speaker 2>His hands were looks like they were pressing.

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<v Speaker 1>Down on something and he was hallucinating that he was

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<v Speaker 1>in concrete up to his waist and he was pressing

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<v Speaker 1>down on the concrete. Didn't move for fourteen hours. It

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<v Speaker 1>was absolutely real to him. And the only thing that

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<v Speaker 1>keeps someone from going completely crazy is that the back

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<v Speaker 1>of your mind, you know this is a hallucinogenic trip.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember having one. I was in college and I

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<v Speaker 1>was in a bathtub for a couple of hours and

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<v Speaker 1>I saw spiders coming out of the walls and talking

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<v Speaker 1>to me. They had faces, very strange, but they were

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<v Speaker 1>nice spiders. They were benign spiders, and.

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<v Speaker 2>I was talking to them. This went on for two hours.

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<v Speaker 1>It was absolutely real And the only thing that kept

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<v Speaker 1>me from basically flipping out is I knew that there

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<v Speaker 1>was a hallucinogenic in my mind.

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<v Speaker 2>That was it.

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<v Speaker 1>And these kids, these people don't go to that point.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't realize or they don't think it through that

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<v Speaker 1>there is. This isn't real, guys. It looks real, it

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<v Speaker 1>sounds real. You're talking to someone that's real, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>not real. And those people who don't have the wherewithal, well,

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<v Speaker 1>they go over the edge.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's the fear here.

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<v Speaker 1>And the lawsuit was filed against this company and what happened, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the character AI mother sus says it's launching a dangerous product.

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<v Speaker 2>Company comes back.

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<v Speaker 1>We're heartbroken, and here are changes to our platform, particularly

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<v Speaker 1>for using under eighteen, and we're gonna invest more money

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<v Speaker 1>and user safety. And we don't know how many times

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<v Speaker 1>have I said, we have no idea where AI is

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<v Speaker 1>going to go This no idea.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, Bill, isn't that an interesting concept?

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<v Speaker 3>As you draw the similarities to hallucinogenics, that this could

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<v Speaker 3>be seen as an overdose of sorts like that.

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<v Speaker 2>He yes, you, that's that's very good.

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<v Speaker 1>Although although in the case, in my case, in the

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<v Speaker 1>case of my buddy, it wasn't an overdose. It's exactly

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<v Speaker 1>what is what it is planned, what is designed to do?

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<v Speaker 2>Huh where? Uh? Where? This chat bot it's just you know,

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<v Speaker 2>instead of a Japanese blow up ball, you go on

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<v Speaker 2>a blow up doll, you go on a chat bots.

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<v Speaker 2>It's probably cheaper. I can't. I can't, and I've done both.

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<v Speaker 3>A different universe somewhere, there's some spiders with human faces going.

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<v Speaker 3>I was tripping out so hard. I saw this Jewish

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<v Speaker 2>And he was talking to me. Man, it was crazy, bro.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, there's yeah, there's a visual. All right, quick

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<v Speaker 1>story I want to share with you, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>I want to tell you what happened during the election cycle.

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<v Speaker 1>One day in the middle of all this, Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>had warned, of course, that Kamala Harris election could threaten

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<v Speaker 1>America's very survival. While during that little period of time,

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<v Speaker 1>he spent ninety minutes with this foul mouth twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>Four year old who is a star.

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<v Speaker 1>He plays video games for an online audience and I

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<v Speaker 1>mean has millions of followers. Aiden Ross Trump joins him

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<v Speaker 1>for a chat, a live stream chat. Now there's a

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<v Speaker 1>world of this online business. YouTubers, podcasters, live streamers, pranksters,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot more. They vary in their tone and substance

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<v Speaker 1>and obsessions. Some are joky, some are vile. But there

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<v Speaker 1>is a sort of a notion, a pattern that goes

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<v Speaker 1>through all of them, and that is.

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<v Speaker 2>The brodum as in bros.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, as in we're entering the manosphere, basically the brodumb.

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<v Speaker 1>And Trump didn't know much about it. He was strange

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<v Speaker 1>to this come out. What is this all about? But

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<v Speaker 1>you know who God guided him to it. You know

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<v Speaker 1>who is the person said you have to go here?

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<v Speaker 1>His son Baron, nineteen years old, eighteen years old, six

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<v Speaker 1>foot nine. By the way, if you see him up

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<v Speaker 1>on stage, he towers over everybody. He's a freshman at

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<v Speaker 1>New York University. Trump tells Ross. He starts with my son.

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<v Speaker 1>Baron says hello, he's a big fan of yours. Ross

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<v Speaker 1>comes back with, what's up Baron. Yeah, Baron's awesome, amazing,

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<v Speaker 1>great kid. He's tall, very tall. One of the big

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<v Speaker 1>challenges that all of the candidates, all two of them had,

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<v Speaker 1>getting the young, basically white voter to go out because

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<v Speaker 1>young people don't vote.

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<v Speaker 2>Trump is not.

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<v Speaker 1>Going to get minorities, although the Latinos went for him,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll explain that a little bit later, which is

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<v Speaker 1>kind of stunning, yet it's explainable. He wanted white guys,

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<v Speaker 1>young white guys, the manosphere, you know, the guys who

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<v Speaker 1>love you know, ultimate fighting, who love martial arts, who

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<v Speaker 1>love Trump, who love Elon Musk. So those people came

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<v Speaker 1>out and came out big for Donald Trump. As one

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<v Speaker 1>of the manosphere guys says, older men can congregate around

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<v Speaker 1>CNBC or golf, but how about young guys? Right where

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<v Speaker 1>are we other than on the internet. And that's exactly

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<v Speaker 1>what happened. The manosphere came out for Trump in a big,

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<v Speaker 1>big way.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's the one that got that audience. You got

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<v Speaker 2>that support.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's one of the things that the Democrats as

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<v Speaker 1>they're digesting, as they're doing the autopsy on the election,

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<v Speaker 1>I have to figure out we just missed that completely

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<v Speaker 1>and who caught it in the Trump organization. Was it

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<v Speaker 1>the advisors, was it the campaign people? No Baron Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen year old son of Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 2>Put it all together. Pretty impressive. No very interesting election,

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<v Speaker 2>to say the least.

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