WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:03.520 Well, hey, everybody, welcome to Sidebar Live with Katiefang. It 2 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:08.119 is Tuesday, August eighteenth, twenty twenty six, five thirty Eastern. 3 00:00:09.199 --> 00:00:12.160 For those of you that are tuning in live, thank you. 4 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:14.640 It's best part of my week is being able to 5 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:17.199 hang out with all of you live. Make sure you 6 00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:22.079 are liking, subscribing, sharing this. We are on a push 7 00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:26.800 to hit one million subscribers for the Katiefang News channel 8 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:30.280 in the next few months. For those of you that 9 00:00:30.320 --> 00:00:33.359 think that's not possible, let me tell you something. You 10 00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:36.000 don't know me well enough. Thrilled that you're joining me 11 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:39.359 right now. It's always a privilege. What do I always say? 12 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:41.280 Thank you? Thank you for the privilege of your time. 13 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:43.679 I know you're incredibly busy, but what we love to 14 00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:46.079 do here at Sidebar is hang out, be in community, 15 00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:48.759 and also go a little bit deeper beyond just the 16 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:54.880 headlines so you have more information than just what's out there. Hi, everybody, No, 17 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:58.960 I am already married, but you know if I wasn't there, 18 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:03.000 you go, I'd say yes, alrighty, So let's start immediately 19 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:07.599 with this huge news out of Florida. Yes, folks, I 20 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:09.959 always like to say Florida is the epicenter of all 21 00:01:09.959 --> 00:01:14.000 things fucked up. I am not wrong. It is some 22 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:19.159 outrageous allegations that have been raised against the Palm Beach 23 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:23.319 County Clerk of the Courts. His name is Michael Allen Caruso. 24 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:27.439 He has now been arrested today, August eighteenth, twenty twenty six, 25 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:32.159 on multiple felony counts five to be specific, Sydney. Let's 26 00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:34.959 pull up his arrest warrant. Folks, you were looking at 27 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:38.560 the warrant for the arrest of Michael Allen Caruso. Not 28 00:01:39.359 --> 00:01:44.400 a drag queen, not a Democrat. He is a diehard Republican. 29 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:49.200 He has been arrested for five major felonies, Folks. You 30 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:53.200 can see them listed one through five on that arrest warrant. 31 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:58.799 Count one kidnapping that is a life felony in Florida. 32 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:03.480 Count two d or lascivious molestation. This is all involving 33 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:06.280 a child under the age of twelve people. That is 34 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:10.879 also a life felony. Count three leude or lascivious exhibition. 35 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:14.360 That's a secondary felony based upon the age of the victim. 36 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:19.199 Count four luring or enticing a child also a felony 37 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:23.240 third degree felony and the count five child abuse causing 38 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:28.120 mental injury that is also a third degree felony. Now, 39 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:31.800 this guy, Michael Alan Caruso, he is no stranger to 40 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:36.919 politics in Florida. He previously served. He's sixty seven years old. 41 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:40.960 By the way. He previously served as a state representative 42 00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:45.560 back in twenty eighteen and established and cemented a reputation 43 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:49.560 as being one of Ron DeSantis' strongest allies while in 44 00:02:49.599 --> 00:02:54.319 the Florida State legislature as the Palm Beach County Clerk 45 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:58.479 of the Circuit Court and comptroller. He's currently earning two 46 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:02.879 hundred and twelve thousand, three hundred and eighty five dollars 47 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:07.120 a year as the clerk. This was a reward given 48 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:11.800 to him by Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida for rewarding 49 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:17.840 him for his loyalty. Caruso was currently in the process 50 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:21.759 of running for re election as an unopposed Republican. He 51 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:25.479 was gonna be up against a Democrat named Yavette Drucker, 52 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:29.439 former Boca Ratone deputy mayor in the upcoming general on 53 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:33.199 November third, twenty twenty six. Timing is interesting, right because 54 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:37.520 today is Florida primaries by the way today August eighteenth, 55 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:41.159 twenty twenty six, major races, including the gubernatorial race for 56 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:44.080 my good friend David Jolly is vying to be the 57 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:50.080 Democratic nominee. Michael Allen Caruso is the father of seven, 58 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:54.039 currently married to a woman by the name of Tracy Caruso, 59 00:03:54.680 --> 00:04:00.439 the editor for conservative media outlet Florida Jolt Again. Not 60 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:04.120 a Democrat, folks and not a drag queen. And Tracy 61 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:08.000 Caruso president of Delray Beach Executive Suites, an office space 62 00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:13.319 company she co owns with Michael Caruso. Both Tracy Caruso 63 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:20.000 and Michael Caruso have been repeat appointees by Ron DeSantis 64 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:25.160 to different positions They have again served time and time 65 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:30.839 again courtesy of Ron DeSantis when he was a representative. 66 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:36.160 In April of twenty twenty five, Caruso voted for legislation 67 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:39.600 to allow the death penalty in cases of human trafficking 68 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:44.800 of children under twelve for sexual exploitation. Not that I 69 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:47.079 have a problem with stiff punishment. Let me be clear 70 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:51.120 here that measure became law last July, two years earlier. 71 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:55.040 In twenty twenty three, Caruso voted for a law authorizing 72 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:57.920 the execution of child rapists if two thirds of a 73 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:01.399 jury deem it to be appropriate. He served as the 74 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:04.439 chair of the House Economic Infrastructure Committee and the vice 75 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:07.480 chair of the Higher Education Budget Said Committee when he 76 00:05:07.519 --> 00:05:13.399 was serving in the Florida Legislature. Now the allegations against 77 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:19.160 him are particularly disturbing. I'm going to warn everybody I 78 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:23.759 am not I'm going to intentionally avoid at all possible 79 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:28.720 ways any ways of identifying who the alleged victim is 80 00:05:28.839 --> 00:05:32.040 in this case. I will say though, that it has 81 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:36.759 been reported widely that the victim in this case is 82 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:44.199 his grandsn This man's grandson is who this is? Okay, 83 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:46.319 but I am going to try to avoid as much 84 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:50.199 as possible any more identifiers than I can. Victim less 85 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:52.519 than twelve years of age is where we get the 86 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:56.959 specific charges. As in the specific kinds of felonies, it 87 00:05:57.040 --> 00:06:00.199 is also charges it are based upon the condoct that 88 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:05.720 was perpetrated by Michael Caruso against this young child. Against 89 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:13.319 this child, it includes allegations of sexual abuse, lude and 90 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:18.680 lastivious lascivious molestation of this child on a family cruise 91 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:26.519 on Thanksgiving Day twenty twenty four, occasions where the allegations 92 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:29.600 are according to the arrest affidavit that has been released 93 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:32.639 by Ron DeSantis's office when he issued an executive order 94 00:06:32.680 --> 00:06:36.079 today removing Caruso from his job as the Clerk of 95 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:44.120 the Circuit Court and comptroller. Allegations include Caruso intentionally separating 96 00:06:44.199 --> 00:06:46.439 the child from the rest of the family in order 97 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:50.000 to perpetrate and commit this abuse. Now, this is what 98 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:54.959 I want to focus on. Caruso was confronted by a 99 00:06:55.079 --> 00:07:00.360 family member in December of twenty twenty five regarding the 100 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:03.800 the disclosures that were made by the victim. The victim 101 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:09.199 disclosed to family members what had happened to him. Caruso 102 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:14.120 admitted that he showered with all of his own children, 103 00:07:14.279 --> 00:07:21.720 but denied showering with the victim. Caruso then said and 104 00:07:21.839 --> 00:07:25.560 acknowledged that his own daughter had previously accused him of 105 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:32.560 sexually inappropriate behavior, including sexual battery. Now, Beverly Caruso, his 106 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:35.959 ex wife, his first wife, and the mother of their 107 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:39.920 seven children, had previously alleged that he had sexually assaulted 108 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:43.240 a child, one of their children in their divorce case 109 00:07:43.240 --> 00:07:45.959 that was filed in Palmage County back in twenty twelve. 110 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:52.360 Caruso had denied those allegations and nothing came of that. Apparently, 111 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:57.839 the Delray Beach Police investigated allegations of physical abuse as well, 112 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:03.399 and the police did nothing with those allegations in the end. Furthermore, 113 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:06.959 in that divorce filed in twenty twelve, Caruso Beverly Crusoe 114 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:10.920 alleged that Michael Caruso had severe emotional problems which consist 115 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:13.920 of anger, rage, and a history of physical and emotional 116 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:17.920 abuse of one or more of the children. I mean, 117 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:21.439 rise Ron DeSantis appointing this guide to all of these 118 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:24.759 great cushy jobs and all of these things, with all 119 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:29.800 of these allegations about Caruso. Now here's where I call 120 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:34.679 this consciousness of guilt. People listen to the following. While 121 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:40.200 being confronted by a family member about these allegations, Caruso stated, quote, 122 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:44.799 if you tell anyone, I will get arrested. I will 123 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:48.279 just go away. You tell anyone, I'm going to jail. 124 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:53.480 He offered to leave Orange County, Florida, and said that 125 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:57.440 this person didn't have to tell anyone. Does that sound 126 00:08:57.480 --> 00:09:00.159 like the statements made by somebody who was innocent of 127 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:03.919 the allegations and the charges here? He offered to leave 128 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:07.519 Orange County to never come back if somebody promised not 129 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:11.440 to actually disclose it to law enforcement and to authorities. 130 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:17.600 Then the family members confronted his current wife, Tracy Caruso. 131 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:21.279 She says her husband could be arrested and that the 132 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:24.159 matter was, in her words, quote, a life in jail 133 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:27.600 kind of thing end quote. I guess she was read 134 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:31.320 up on the felony statutes in Florida. And then when 135 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:36.120 he was again later confronted during a controlled call, meaning 136 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:41.080 law enforcement was secretly recording the call with the family member, 137 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:47.399 Caruso said these allegations were impossible because sexual deviation can 138 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:50.360 only be directed towards one sex rather than two, and 139 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:52.200 because he's attracted to women, there's no way that he 140 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:54.679 could be a sexual offender. He then said, if you 141 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:57.159 report this to the authorities, there won't be any of 142 00:09:57.200 --> 00:10:02.159 me left. I can tell you that. Again. Does that 143 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:05.240 sound like somebody who is innocent of the charges? Now, 144 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:08.159 of course, he has denied any of the charges that 145 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:11.480 have been raised against him. But this is important, folks, 146 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:16.919 for the following reason right one, The Republican Party needs 147 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:21.840 to actually mind the shit that's happening in its own backyard. Okay, 148 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:26.360 the Republican Party wants to weaponize, wants to accuse Democrats, 149 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:29.480 wants to accuse others of being either too woke or 150 00:10:29.559 --> 00:10:32.120 having you know, some type of criminal. And listen, let 151 00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:35.240 me be very clear, okay and blunt. Do Democrats commit crimes? 152 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:38.480 Of course? Have other Democrats been accused of stuff like this? Yes, 153 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:42.519 But in my mind, if you are Ron DeSantis and 154 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:45.120 these allegations go back as far as two thousand and 155 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:49.320 one of physical abuse and other allegations involving children and 156 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:51.559 involving this man, this guy has no business serving in 157 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:55.200 the Florida legislature, let alone keep on being rewarded for 158 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:58.440 his loyalty with these types of positions. And yet, lo 159 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:00.840 and behold, here we go. This is where we find 160 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:05.399 ourselves in Florida, courtesy of Republicans that are controlling the House, 161 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:09.840 the Senate, and the gubernatorial mansion. Right, that's what happens 162 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:12.759 when we go there, That's what we find out. There's 163 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:18.080 been restraining orders filed. I mean, folks, it's definitely a 164 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:20.240 lot of stuff here. Now, you want to know something 165 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:25.480 kind of interesting too. Apparently Caruso was the lone Republican 166 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:30.639 vote in support of an incredibly draconian immigration law that 167 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:35.879 DeSantis wanted to pass in Florida, despite all the other 168 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:39.759 Republicans in Florida being against it. This guy Caruso stood 169 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:43.200 tall next to his ally and buddy, Ron DeSantis and 170 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:46.120 ended up being the loan vote in support of Ron DeSantis. 171 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:48.960 I mean, it's the whole you scratch my back, I 172 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:54.279 scratch yours on steroids here. So he's now been arrested. 173 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:57.360 And if you look at the second page of his 174 00:11:57.480 --> 00:12:00.279 arrest affidavit, Sidney, who can bring it up to see 175 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:03.600 the charges at the top again one through five, and 176 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:08.320 then at the bottom it says very clearly zero bail, 177 00:12:08.759 --> 00:12:12.399 no bond on all counts. That means that Caruso has 178 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:16.600 no opportunity to post a bond to be able to 179 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:20.519 get out of jail. And I fin agree somebody like 180 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:23.519 that has no business being out of jail. But of course, 181 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:27.399 while all of this is going on with a person 182 00:12:27.440 --> 00:12:31.840 who serves in a public official capacity in Palm Beach, 183 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:36.519 what else is happening with Republicans in Florida? Check out 184 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:41.039 this headline. International underwear model who stormed the Capitol is 185 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:45.279 now running for Congress. Thank you to mother Jones a 186 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:50.639 fantastic publication. Here a guy named John Strand. He was 187 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:54.639 a January sixth insurrectionist who went to jury. Trow was 188 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:57.960 found guilty by a jury of his peers and got 189 00:12:57.960 --> 00:13:01.399 sentenced to thirty two months in federal prins. Well guess what. 190 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:05.480 He got pardoned in January of twenty twenty five, along 191 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:09.120 with another fifteen hundred freaking people convicted of the January 192 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:12.919 Sist insurrection. So now he is running. He's running for 193 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:17.960 Congress in Florida. But let's talk about who else is 194 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:22.000 running in this race. It's not just this January sixth 195 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:25.759 insurrectionist guy who happens to be a former international underwear model. 196 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:30.320 I really wouldn't want to see that. Ten candidates are 197 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:35.159 running to fill Byron Donald's remember him, the congressman who's 198 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:40.679 running to be the Republican nominee for governor in Florida. Well, 199 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:44.799 ten people are running in primary in that seat. It's 200 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:48.559 this John Strand guy. There's another guy named Chris Collins, 201 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:51.679 You guys remember him. He was a congressman from the 202 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:55.639 state of New York. Stay where you are. Don't come 203 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:59.519 to Florida. People won't, I mean, unless you're good Chris 204 00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:03.720 Collins resigned from Congress in twenty nineteen, pleading guilty to 205 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:08.080 insider trading and lying to the FBI. He was serving 206 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:11.679 a twenty month prison sentence himself when Trump pardoned him 207 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:16.720 at the end of Trump term one point zero. Sounds 208 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:18.679 like they really back the Blue and they really are 209 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:21.159 the Party of Law and order. Hunt Who else is 210 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:24.639 running in this for this seat Byron Donalds's old seat? 211 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:26.799 Do you guys remember a guy by the name of 212 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:32.360 Madison Cawthorn, Congressman, Republican congressman from North Carolina who lost 213 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:36.120 his twenty twenty two primary after all of these allegations 214 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:39.320 of sexual harassment through Remember he was carrying a gun 215 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:41.960 through Tsa twice and then he said that he saw 216 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:44.320 his house Collies doing a key bump of coke right 217 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:47.120 in front of him. That Madison Cawthorn in the wheelchair. 218 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:50.559 That guy, he's also running for that seat. There's another 219 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:54.240 woman who lost in Illinois, moved to Florida named Catalina Loff. 220 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:57.559 She's now running in Florida's nineteenth. And then Jesus goes 221 00:14:57.600 --> 00:15:00.000 on and on. But people, I'm bringing this to you 222 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:02.399 because I want you to know this is the quality 223 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:05.159 of the Republicans that are in the state of Florida. 224 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:08.120 And everybody always wants to count Florida out. Everybody wants 225 00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:09.840 to say Florida is too read. You can't do it. 226 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:12.080 I'm telling you right now, this is the quality of 227 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:15.240 the people that are running in Florida. And what does 228 00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:18.879 the Trump DOJ do? Well? The Trump DOJ, then does 229 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:24.679 this Department of Justice monitoring polls in Miami Dade County? Today? 230 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:28.600 United States Department of Justice sent four Civil Rights Division 231 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:32.559 attorneys to monitor polling sites in Miami Dade County as 232 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:36.919 part of its efforts to ensure quote compliance with federal 233 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:42.519 voting rights laws. How about you actually don't put people 234 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:49.440 like alleged child rapists in positions like that. How about 235 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:53.440 we don't do that. How about we don't let crazy 236 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:56.960 town people here from Cawthorne to the Strand to this 237 00:15:57.039 --> 00:16:00.000 other guy. How about we not let them run for office. 238 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:03.679 I mean, look, Republicans do what publicn't do. But I 239 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:05.440 just think it's crazy that they want to sit there 240 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:10.320 and they want to accuse Democrats of being like the bad, evil, 241 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:12.600 criminal people when all of the shit is happening in 242 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:14.600 these people's own backyard. They need to clean up their 243 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:17.080 own mess before they think about trying to sit there 244 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:19.639 and cast dispersions on other people. I mean, there are 245 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:23.919 glass houses, are there not. So we have newly redrawn 246 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:26.759 congressional maps in Florida that are a part of these 247 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:30.759 primaries today, as is occurring in some other jurisdictions. And 248 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:33.159 so that's part of the reason why the DOJ has 249 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:35.759 said that they wanted to send lawyers down to Florida 250 00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:38.440 to monitor and make sure that nothing no hanky panky 251 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:42.120 is going on there. They didn't specify which Miami Day 252 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:44.759 polling locations the Civil Rights Division lawyers were going to 253 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:48.519 go to, And so far the DOJ has claimed, because 254 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:51.200 nobody ever knows if they're telling the truth anymore, that 255 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:56.279 more than seventy five pole monitors have been sent to 256 00:16:56.360 --> 00:17:00.720 more than five states to more than two hunderd polling 257 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:06.200 locations during this year's primary election season. Let me know, 258 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:09.960 please in the comment section, have you seen any of 259 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:13.839 these election monitors at your polling sites where you are? 260 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:16.759 I would be curious to know, because I don't even 261 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:19.279 know what they're doing there is kosher, let's be honest. 262 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:24.319 So anyway, that's the latest out of Florida not good. 263 00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:28.279 And you know what, no jokes, I'm hoping. I'm hoping 264 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:31.480 this child is okay because one of the counts here 265 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:34.559 was mental injury caused to the child. I mean, this 266 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:37.720 is some bad stuff. Okay, We're gonna quickly move on 267 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:44.720 to our next coverage. ABC suing the FCC in a 268 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:50.359 really aggressive lawsuit, folks. ABC has been is suing to 269 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:54.960 block these threats, what they call existential threats to their 270 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:59.839 TV licenses. Siddy, Let's pull up the first page of 271 00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:03.640 the lawsuit. People. This lawsuit was filed to day. It 272 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:07.000 is a forty six page lawsuit brought in the federal 273 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:11.599 district courts in the District of Columbia. And you know, Sidney, 274 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:15.279 while I'm talking, maybe we can pull up the cover page, 275 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:18.319 the very first page. Ah, look at that, folks. You 276 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:20.880 haven't metter. But Sidney is the best of the very 277 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:24.359 best here. She is incredible. So I want you guys 278 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:26.680 to focus on what I'm about to explain to you 279 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:30.960 right now. The plaintiffs here, you see them listed right, 280 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:35.000 You see ABC. You see Walt Disney because Walt Disney, 281 00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:38.319 right is a part of and owns ABC. But then 282 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:40.279 do you see all the ones that are below what 283 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:44.960 you see there are eight stations. People there are from California, Texas, 284 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:48.599 New York, Illinois, and Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Those are 285 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:55.559 specific ABC stations located across the country. These eight local 286 00:18:55.599 --> 00:19:00.960 stations carry ABC's programming across the United States, and these 287 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:06.640 are major markets for ABC. Now, the reason why they're 288 00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:12.279 suing is the FCC has demanded that there be early 289 00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:19.039 renewal of the licenses by those stations. They're not even due. 290 00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:22.400 These licenses are not due for renewal until twenty twenty eight. 291 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:26.559 But as kis, Sir Brendan Carr, the FCC chair, I 292 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:30.480 call him the Trump lackey, right, he has been threatening 293 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:35.920 ABC Disney to pull these licenses. And this goes all 294 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:39.400 the way back to the Jimmy Kimmel drama that happened 295 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:44.440 when Trump got his feelings hurt and all these other 296 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:49.119 conservatives got their feelings hurt when Jimmy Kimmel expressed his opinion, 297 00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:53.119 his First Amendment protected free speech opinion about the death 298 00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:56.680 of Charlie Kirk. You remember, and what happens, Well, they 299 00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:59.480 fucked up. They pulled Jimmy Kimmel, right, remember ABC pulled 300 00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:04.079 Jimmy kiml and what happened we all were an uproar, 301 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:06.799 and so they had to reverse their decision and they 302 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:13.319 had to bring Jimmy Kimmel back. Now, page two, Sidney, 303 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:14.680 do you think we can pull up page two of 304 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:20.279 this lawsuit? Okay, well, maybe Paige the top part of 305 00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:21.720 that if we have it. If not, it's all good. 306 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:26.960 I want to tell people here they are suing several defendants. 307 00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:31.119 The first one is the FCC, makes sense. The second 308 00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:35.720 one is Brendan Carr. And then here's what's interesting. They're 309 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:40.359 suing the commissioners of the FCC. Makes sense, right, because 310 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:43.759 the commissioners of the FCC are a part of the FCC. 311 00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:46.440 And let me tell you they all Republicans except for one. 312 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:49.119 I want to say her name, people. I want you 313 00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:52.880 to remember her name because she's the only Democratic Democratic 314 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:57.160 appointee on this commission and she is amazing. Her name 315 00:20:57.200 --> 00:21:00.559 is Anna Gomez. Sidney. Let's pull up her Twitter post 316 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:04.519 and show it to our viewers right now. Anna Gomez, 317 00:21:05.160 --> 00:21:09.400 commissioner of the FCC posting this on Twitter today. Remember 318 00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:12.440 she's been sued, she's a defendant in this lawsuit. But 319 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:15.759 look what she wrote. I am glad Disney has shown 320 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:21.079 courage and stepped up. It is time this administration understands 321 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:24.759 that the Constitution does not bend to political convenience, and 322 00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:28.359 that the First Amendment protects news and commentary even when 323 00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:33.039 those in power wish it didn't. This is how it works. 324 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:36.599 She understands that she's being sued in her official capacity 325 00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:40.200 as a commissioner of the FCC, but she is rooting 326 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:43.359 on this lawsuit because she knows that it stands for 327 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:46.799 the protection of the First Amendment. And that is exactly 328 00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:51.359 what the one count that has been brought by ABC 329 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:55.480 and Disney and these ABC stations says, one count for 330 00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:59.240 the violation of the First Amendment, for retaliation by the 331 00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:05.519 FCC and CAR and those commissioners for protected expression of speech. 332 00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:09.599 She's happy. Anagomas is happy. So people remember Anagoma's and 333 00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:13.319 say thank you. Thank you to Anagomas for always stepping 334 00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:16.279 up and speaking out against what happens. I want to 335 00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:18.680 just bring some attention to the language of the beginning 336 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:22.240 of this lawsuit, because this is really key. It says 337 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:28.160 government censorship is deeply an American, that fundamental principle predates 338 00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:31.240 the Republic with our founders recognizing that the freedom of 339 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:34.599 the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty, 340 00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:38.160 and it is no less true today. As the Supreme 341 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:42.200 Court unanimously reaffirmed only two years ago, the government may 342 00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:44.440 not use the power of the state to punish or 343 00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:50.279 suppress disfavored expression. This case concerns the Administration's sustained effort 344 00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:54.079 to do just that. The administration has waged a retaliatory 345 00:22:54.119 --> 00:23:00.119 campaign against ABC for a single reason it disapproves of 346 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:03.400 what ABC broadcasts. Now, look, guess what they put because 347 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:06.480 everything that Convicted fellon Donald Trump does comes back to 348 00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:10.319 bite them in the ass. A truth Social post from 349 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:16.000 December twenty fourth, twenty twenty five from Trump said that 350 00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:19.759 things like late night shows like Jimmy Kimmel, for example, 351 00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:24.519 in newscasts, if they're one hundred percent negative and their 352 00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:28.039 negative against MAGA and the Republican Party, shouldn't their very 353 00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:33.720 valuable broadcast lincesses be terminated? I say yes. So. Of course, 354 00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:39.799 when your dear cult leader, convicted Fella Trump makes that 355 00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:43.599 statement on truth Social, all the lackeys are hurrying and 356 00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:46.799 tripping over themselves and sharp elbowing each other to get 357 00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:48.279 the fuck out of the way so they could be 358 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:50.480 the first one to kiss his ass, right, And so 359 00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:53.960 Brenda car says, sir, I am here, Sir, I am here, 360 00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:58.279 I'm here. And what did Brendan Carr say about what 361 00:23:58.519 --> 00:24:01.839 was being said about the whole Charlie Kirk thing by 362 00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:03.920 Jimmy Kimmel. Take a listen. This is going to refresh 363 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:05.000 your recollection. 364 00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:08.160 And they have a license granted by us at the FCC, 365 00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:12.000 and that comes with it an obligation to operate in 366 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:14.039 the public interest. And we can get into some ways 367 00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:16.039 that we've been trying to reinvigorate the public interest and 368 00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:19.039 some changes that we've seen. But Frankly, when you see 369 00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:21.279 stuff like this, I mean, look, we can do this 370 00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.200 the easy way or. 371 00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:26.480 The hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct, 372 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:30.839 to take action Frankly on Kimmel or you know, there's 373 00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:33.359 gonna be additional work for the FCC ahead. 374 00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:37.720 Oh yeah, how about the FCC actually do its job 375 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:43.400 instead of threatening, Instead of threatening ABC Disney to pull 376 00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:49.640 these licenses. Why they say that there is quote diversity, 377 00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:54.519 equity and inclusion problems at Disney and that FCC has 378 00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:59.359 been running in long running investigation into these DEI practices 379 00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:02.000 and that that's the reason why they need to look 380 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:07.079 at these licenses early. And the lawsuit is telling the court, 381 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:10.599 I want you to do a speedy hearing and a 382 00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:14.880 temporary injunction to stop the FCC from threatening us and 383 00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:19.119 from demanding that we do our license renewals early and 384 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:22.200 because look, when you do that, that could impact us 385 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:25.960 from being able to broadcast. And that's why Disney calls 386 00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:30.640 this a quote existential threat to Disney and ABC. This 387 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:34.079 is on the TV programming part that you guys get 388 00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:37.279 on the regular TV side, right, and it makes sense. 389 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:43.039 You cannot you cannot threaten, you cannot retaliate because it 390 00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:46.559 violates the First Amendment. 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