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Glenn and Stu discuss the tragic death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein and the impact on the country. They also discuss Taylor Swift's recent mental breakdown and the NFL s reaction to the news. They also talk about the upcoming Super Bowl and whether or not tickets will be sold out this weekend.
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Welcome to the podcast. Today, we have actually started the show with some sad news as Dianne Feinstein has passed away.
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It was shocking. It was shocking. It wasn't shocking, I know.
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Cut down the prime of her life. Just after a very important vote. It was.
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It wasn't before one, right? It's always got to be after one.
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Yeah, just after. And we kind of talk about that a little bit in today's podcast.
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We'll get into the ramifications also politically. What could happen next? Is this something where, you know, Gavin Newsom makes a run at something else?
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There's a lot going on there. We'll talk about it. We also talk to Miss Kay from DuckDuckDuck.
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Mary Kay? No, not Mary Kay. The one from, like, you know, the Blaze TV show.
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I was excited. Makeup talk. Men's makeup. It's big.
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That's Mary Kay, but that's a different person.
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Yeah. They're the ones that made the new movie.
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They did make a brand new movie. In fact, I've seen it.
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I did. Yeah, I will say, we've seen how many of these movies come down the pipe before, and you're like,
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oh, it's an attempt at a Christian message in the movie, and it's, hey, thanks for doing that.
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This one, on the other hand, actually looks really good.
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It does. It is good. It is good. I've seen it. It's really good. And you're right.
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I don't, I'm not that awkward, I don't think, but I usually, when I have somebody on whose
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movie sucks, I will say, it is great. And I, you know, I haven't had a chance to watch
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it, um, yet, but, uh, it's great. You're just keep it up. Keep it up.
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You do you. Um, we also, uh, have an unfortunate, uh, Taylor Swift mental breakdown by, by me
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on the program. And because he will not admit that this football player, whoever he is, is
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going to be famous because he's dating Taylor Swift. And they're going to, I'm telling you
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prices at the stadium this weekend, cause I don't know if you heard this too, but she's
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going to be, I did hear it. Yeah. Maybe at the football game, hopefully they'll cover
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her that on TV and spend a lot of time on that. Um, but anyway, they're, they're going to
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you, I can guarantee you the stadium will be sold out. If not almost sold out at least
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$300 a ticket for the seats because of her, your breakdowns of this are very interesting.
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And, uh, if you thought it might be awkward to hear Glenn talk about Taylor Swift and football
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at the same time, wait till you hear him talk to a rapper that also happens on today's
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program. Yeah. It's a, it's an odd combination on today's podcast. Here it comes. Oh, by
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the way, don't forget tomorrow, Liz Wheeler, she's fantastic. Don't miss podcast tomorrow
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All right. So here's what we have to do this weekend beginning tonight at midnight. If we don't
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sign the CR and continuing resolution, which will just give a, just a buttload of money,
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just keep spending exactly like you were spending last year and no real accountability for any of
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it. And we got to add some more for a war. If we don't sign that by tonight, we got to shut the
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government down. Ooh, Pat Gray is joining us. What will you do as of 1201 tonight? Well,
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Stu gave me a suggestion because I was confused when I came in. What am I going to,
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what am I going to do? And what was your suggestion that I should do? If the government,
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now this is in the eventuality of a government shutdown. Okay. Are you, are you well read
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enough to give a recommendation? I mean, I wouldn't, I would be concerned if I was going to be held to
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some legal standard. Right. Okay. So you're not, cause you're not an expert. I'm not an expert.
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You're not an expert, but I was thinking you could continue living your life exactly the same way.
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Okay. Okay. Oh, all right. Well, that's weird. Yeah. But what would you, what about the
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catastrophe? Right. Yeah. What about that? Yeah. You just, yeah, you would, in this particular
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scenario, again, it's a fictional scenario. It's hypothetical. Okay. You're not a doctor. I think
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this is, I think this is dangerous. What were the things you were going to do? Yeah. Do those things.
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Okay. And the things you weren't going to do, don't do those. Okay. All right. Okay. Hang on just a
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second. It's crazy talk. Here's what's going to happen. Here's what, this is what's really going
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to happen. Okay. This is from the OMB, the office of management and budget, and they have now released
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the contingency plans. So here's what's going to happen. Now, please don't panic, but economic
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indicators like the Bureau of labor statistics, the jobs report could, could be delayed this month.
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Don't say that. Yes. No. The federal mediation and conciliation service, which is charged with
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promoting labor management cooperation. They'll still have that, right? Well, yes. Yes. However,
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good. They would have to cut back in its work. They won't close, but they'll have to cut back in some
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of the things they do. And this all amid the strike with the United Auto Workers. What
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is, what are the unions and the, uh, and the, you know, the plants going to do without federal
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officials? They'll never be able to do anything. They won't. And the thing is, we're so used
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to high efficiency from the government. And when, when we lose that, I don't, we're not,
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okay. Now society could all go sideways. I'm going to throw everybody a bone here. So you don't
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panic. Okay. The federal reserve activity will be unaffected. Oh, so they could still raise the
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interest rates on November 1st, no matter what happens. Great. Good. Uh, the federal trade
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commission, however, uh, would stop the vast bulk of its competition and consumer protection
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investigation. You can't be serious. I am serious. They would have to, the vast bulk of them would
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just stop. So some of them would continue. Yes. Yes. But the vast, vast bulk of them would stop.
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What percentage does that translate? Don't know. Vast bulk. It's gotta be over 50. This is from
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the OMB. Okay. Uh, the security and exchange commission will not review or approve registrations
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funds from investment advisors, broker dealers, transfer agents, rating organizations, investment
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companies, and municipal advisors. They're not going to be able to, if you try to register
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at the FCC, you won't, you won't be able to do it. And what's that for, for a new fund or
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something or new rating agency? What's that a two week process? Probably. I mean, what about
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the FDIC now? Do you have information on the FDIC? No, they've still do not have all of it
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because they're scrambling for this information now. They didn't see this coming, even though
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everyone saw it coming. Again, to give you some good news, the IRS has not released their plans
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for this potential shutdown. Uh, however, previous plans have said that the IRS would use funds from
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Joe Biden's inflation reduction act to keep employees paid and working. And a union representing
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the IRS workers has said new plans are being discussed that would involve some furloughs.
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However, businesses and individuals who requested that six month extension for your tax return in
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April, you will still be required to file by April 16th. Well, of course you will. Of course you will.
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By what date? Because, uh, August, October 16th. I was going to say, I thought I had more time.
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Yeah. Um, emergency relief is going to be a problem. A shutdown would create an increased risk
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that, uh, FEMA, their relief funds could be depleted. So there's a risk that their funds
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could be depleted if large additional catastrophic disasters occur during the shutdown. Now, of course,
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they would very easily pass funding for that almost immediately, but still, but we should deny
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that that would happen. Um, energy and we'll deny that not any of these people are going to get their
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money afterward where we all know they're going to retroactively pass something to pay all of this
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stuff. Anyway, it will just basically be an unpaid vacation for many for the most part. They've
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already done that. Yeah. Um, so, okay. So this is for those of you concerned about, Hey, what about my
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energy? What about the environment? This is what this draconian shutdown is going to do.
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Thank you. Republicans, the interior department, which does all of the designing for the Capitol
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building and the interiors and pick out the drain is, Oh no, it's a, okay. Apparently it doesn't do
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that. Uh, the department of interior will retain limited discretion to use permits for energy projects
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on federal lands and waters when user fees are attached. So they they'll, they'll retain just
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limited discretion to issue those permits, you know, for drilling and things like that. Um,
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they don't have full discretion. No, not, not during during a shutdown. No. Oh no. A funding
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lapse would paralyze other work to develop required environmental analysis for all energy projects,
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highways and other in, in, in infrastructure. The EPA may be able to continue some IRA funded
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activities as well as other attempted work, such as settlement funded cleanup at some super fund
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sites. Let's hope that's the case. Now the white house is warning most EPA led inspections at hazardous
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waste sites, as well as drinking water and chemical facilities is going to stop. Oh wow. So you're
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drinking water could go completely. It'll stop. It'll turn to mud. It'll turn by. Yeah. Well,
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by Sunday, maybe Monday, the energy information administration, which publishes snapshots of
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the U S oil inventory, uh, it will continue to collect and publish data on schedule, but they say at least
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initially, at least initially, um, our nuke sites are going to be, you know, maintained nuclear regulatory
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commission. However, we'll stop all licensing of, you know, new nuclear facilities. Oh,
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there's so many of those going up too. Yeah. Cause I mean, we did the last one in 1978 and then
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this is going to bang, this is going to stop. Well, okay. There's no new ones, but, but it's
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going to stop. It's going to stop now. The thought of this was the week, this was the week. It was
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going to happen. This was the week. And now thanks to you MAGA Republicans. Right now transportation
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and travel. Unbelievable. Travelers could face delays as air traffic controllers and transportation
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security administration officers. That all continues. We'll be working without pay, but
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without pay. Yeah. So people will not, I mean, they're really not cause they will be paid. Yeah.
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Just maybe not on time. Right. Which is a hassle. That is a hassle. It is a hassle for them. I won't deny
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that. However, Amtrak, they're going to keep transporting those 12 passengers. It's just going
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to keep going. Is Ang going to continue to tell stories about how many miles Joe Biden has traveled
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on the train? I don't know. Will he be there? I don't know. Even in death as he was when he told
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the story to Joe Biden? Now passports and visas will still be issued. Oh, I thought those were going
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to be delayed, but they're not going to. Efforts to defend the nation and conduct ongoing
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military operations. Mm-hmm. Will continue. Oh, right. Okay. All right. Burials and tours
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at Arlington National Cemetery will continue. Did anyone doubt they were going to stop burying
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the bodies? Yeah. They're just going to pile up until we open up the government again. COVID-19
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response research, including vaccine and therapeutic development by the U.S. government will continue.
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The National Institute of Health might have to postpone clinical trials for diseases like
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cancer or Alzheimer's, according to the White House. So this may throw him from solving cancer.
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We were so close to him coming through with his promise of curing cancer, but it's the damn
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Republicans. We can actually check that at any point. If you just go to hasjoebidencuredcancer.com.
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Can you check it real quick? Yeah, I'm going to check real quick. Because we were very close.
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Has Joe Biden cured cancer? No. No. Shoot. Cancer still exists as of today.
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Food stamps for low-income people, the disabled, and others could be delayed. There's no excuse
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for that. There's no excuse for that. Nope. That is just to trot out the downtrodden, the
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people, and just say, look at what's happening. If the IRS can stay open, food stamps can stay
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open. Yep. Social security checks will be delivered. Applications for benefits processed.
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However, people will not be able to verify benefits or replace Medicare cards. Most national
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parks will be closed. No. The Smithsonian and the National Gallery of Art may close. Don't
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say that. Cemeteries, monuments, visitor centers worldwide, housed under the American Battle
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Monuments Commission, will close. So are they going to, and you said the national parks
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are going to close. That means that these, many of these open field areas will not be
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open? Yeah, they're going to put, they're going to build some fences around those things.
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Are they? Yeah. Okay, I don't think, we don't seem capable of building fences. I've noticed
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But they're closed. And you know, I tell you, you know that they are big on the blue. They're
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just going to be, they'll be telling the blue, you make sure you're out there and you enforce
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that law. Don't you got somebody coming into the national park? We don't have bathrooms that
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What are they going to do? Poop in the woods? What kind of animals do you think we are?
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It's a, it's a great point. By the way, we're animals. Part of this is poop. Sometimes those
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are the words, at least for many, many, many centuries. Yes. Yeah. The Capitol Police will
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not get paid under this. What? So they will, they will. They're under assault again? Yes.
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Just as they were during the insurrection? By the same people. By the same people. You're
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exactly right on that. By the same people. Now they'll get all their money later. Oh, of
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course. But, but for now they won't get paid. Except for them, unlike thousands and thousands
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and thousands of other federal workers, they actually will still have to do their job.
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Most of the federal workers that are going to get laid off are going to get all their
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money and then not have to do their job for several weeks or however long this takes, which
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is a terrible, terrible thing for them. I mean, just hearing what closes down, I'm in.
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I'm in. I mean, I think we should take a vote. Who wants to open it back up? And I
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mean, I think 15 days to slow the curve of spending 15 days. Let's just do that. Okay.
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Let's meet again in 15 days and see if we can open the government up. We'll probably need
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another 30 days at least at that point. Well, we might, we might, but let's not, let's
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just 15 days to slow the curve of spending. And then after that 30 days are up after the
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15 and then the 30, we might need another 18. Yeah. I don't know if, I don't know if those,
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I don't know if the government will survive that. Oh, you know, it may not survive that.
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Of course, the American people did it for a year. Yeah. And no one cared about them surviving.
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No, nobody really cared about them surviving. So that's good. So can I also say too, like
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we talk about these big government cut cuts that we want to do. We think there's things
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that we should, we should do to make the government smaller, more like it was supposed to be,
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you know, a limited government. Yeah. We're not talking about any of those. I want you to know,
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you know, but our, maybe we are, you know, haven't they unintentionally identified all of the cuts
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here? Haven't they just said, Hey, whatever, we're just going to stop doing the unnecessary parts of
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the government that can just shut down. You mean, why don't we just get rid of those? Yeah. The
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non-essential stuff we just stopped doing and the essential stuff we'll keep going and we'll go from
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there. We'll talk about, Hey, maybe we need to add this back in. Maybe we need to get rid of this
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other thing, but like, isn't that a good starting point? Whatever you tell me is non-essential. I
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promise you we should not be doing, I promise you we should not be doing it. I, I, I'm, I, I'm not
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sure of that. I mean, you know, we're, we're, we're talking about really, yeah, we're, we're, we're
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talking about things like, uh, the interior department just having limited discretion to
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issue permits. So they're still going to be issuing permits, but they're going to have limited
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discretion. Maybe we shouldn't be doing so much permitting. Maybe people should just be able to
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do a lot of the things that they want to do. But if there are certain needs for certain permits,
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then the limited permitting might just cover that. Yeah. Well you go ahead while we're all drinking
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poison by next Wednesday from our drinking, just from our, our taps in our home while
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sludge, nuclear waste, uh, syringes pouring out into our kitchen sink. Okay. So syringes
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might pour out of our taps. Yes. How do they get around the curves? Like if you have a curvy
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sort of faucet. Are you an expert? Are you an expert? I mean, obviously not. No. Are you
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a doctor? I am not a doctor. I am. Let's move on. Very dangerous. Keep going. Republicans keep
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going. Do not buckle. This is the best of the Glenn Beck program. And we really want to thank
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you for listening. Welcome to the Glenn Beck program. It is Friday. Uh, we want to give you
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a piece of information that will help you, um, navigate finances and your investments, uh,
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to some degree, um, to make sure you're putting your money where it's doing its best, uh, to save
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the country. Uh, Paul Fitzpatrick has been on the program several times before. He is the president
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of the 1792 exchange, uh, and they've added something new. Hello, Paul. Good morning, Glenn.
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Thanks for having me on. You bet. So tell me what you guys have added for, well, first of all,
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for anybody who doesn't know what the 1792 exchange is, explain that. Well, Glenn, we're
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a nonprofit engaging with corporations to try to help them move back towards neutral to protect
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freedom. That's freedom, religion, freedom of speech and free enterprise. And what have
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you, what have you just added? Well, on our, on our website, we have come up with a database
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and we call it our proxy voting database. It's actually three databases in one. Um, and your
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listeners have gone to our other database before this is first, it discloses how state pension
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funds, their assets are being voted by their asset managers to it describes and shows over a hundred
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asset managers of how they are voting the shares of the States. And then third, it's, it's a directory
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of the 2022, 2023 kind of most egregious ESG shareholder resolutions.
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And, uh, give me, give me some of those. Give me the, give me the worst ones were states and
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worst. Oh yeah. I mean, here, here's an example. You know, like it last year, the employee retirement
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system of Texas voted for a shareholder proposal at the bank of America to adopt quote, a fossil
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fuel lending policy consistent with the IEA net zero 2050 scenario.
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Texas did Texas is Texas did if passed, it would have restricted lending bank of America's lending
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to the oil and gas industry. So those are some of the crazy ones. Let me other examples. Some of
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them are forcing companies to incorporate climate goals into the, into the retirement plans, for
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example, at Amazon and Comcast or forcing companies to evaluate the risk of pro-life legislation on their
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employees. That was at Walmart. Over 30 resolutions would have forced companies to do racial equity
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audits. Um, this is, this is a good one. Even Citigroup faced a resolution that would force them
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to ensure the rights of indigenous people who work for the company. And it's some of them, some of them
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are just really out there crazy, but some of them are insidious from the perspective of, they
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really harm the businesses, which means that harms the shareholders. So your service, when you, when you go
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there, you can click on, um, to find out your corporate bias rating. So you want to do business with
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somebody, um, you can just look them up and you'll see, for instance, Adobe, a high risk. Um, you'll see,
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let's see something that, uh, Affleck medium risk. Um, I'm just in the A's here, 3M medium, 3D systems,
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lower risk. It, what it means is these companies are, if they're a medium risk, they do some things
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that are not, you know, so great for freedom. Um, and if they're lower risk, you're not saying that
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they're safe. What are you saying with that? Well, you're, you're right, Glenn. And that's,
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that's the first database, the corporate bias rating, that's the first one we have. And you're
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right. That one is in essence showing that how, how politicized corporations are. We say lower risk
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because we can't guarantee, but these are companies that are using their dollars and their brands to
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push ideological agendas, but they're also canceling employees. They're canceling the, the banking
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people, de-platforming. So we want folks to know who they're working with. And so when you go to
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the state pension funds, um, you see the proxy ranking, there's two States that stand out. One
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is Alabama. It's anti ESG average is 12.5. Wyoming is 22.2. Everybody else is single digits. Everybody
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else. Yes, it is amazing. Um, you know, I will say there are, there are fewer anti ESG resolutions.
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So, so, so for your folks to know in our database, we've got 500, roughly 550 ESG resolutions,
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pro ESG, anti ESG. Most of them are pro ESG and that's for 22 and 2022 and 2023. So there aren't as
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many, there are very few of the anti ESG, but you're right. We, we should be seeing those, uh,
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red States voting highly and aggressively for the anti ESG. But, but you're right. Alabama stands out
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as a, as a state, um, in part, think of how red Alabama is. And yet they are the, the fourth,
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because there's a tie at the top fourth worst worst state. They vote 49.5%. This isn't,
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2022 data. We're going to update our database in the coming months to have 23 data. But in,
00:24:56.500
in last year, half the time, Alabama, Alabama's dollars were voted for ESG resolutions. And
00:25:05.260
when I say the dollars, it is crazy. So we've, we've got, you would think, let me give you some
00:25:12.060
other States. Um, look at Florida, Florida with DeSantis, 43%.
00:25:17.960
And I, and again, this is the 22 data. So Florida did pass a law to improve things. So when the 23
00:25:26.560
data comes out, we believe Florida and several other States are going to hold up better. Um,
00:25:31.780
and that's important for your folks to know state legislatures have started to wake up
00:25:35.780
and what we need to put pressure on them. For example, Kentucky, Arkansas, Kansas, Montana, Florida,
00:25:41.280
all passed laws to make things better. They passed laws this year. So next year,
00:25:46.520
we're going to see a lot better, but, but you're right. Even just by putting the pressure on
00:25:51.540
pension boards, you're going to see when the data comes out for 23, they're going to be better. But
00:25:56.880
yeah, uh, listen to these States that are worse than California, Oregon, and Washington,
00:26:02.220
Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Idaho, Montana, Mississippi, Ohio. I mean, this, this shows what I
00:26:10.300
say. It's a dereliction of duty of state legislatures that are allowing the pension funds and the pension
00:26:17.260
boards and the pension staff to hand off dollars to asset managers who are then weaponizing and
00:26:23.860
politicizing those assets that under in ways that undermine the, the economies and the values of those
00:26:29.500
red States. It's unbelievable. Unbelievable. The best one in the entire country. And it's,
00:26:36.120
I don't even think it's even close. Is it is South Dakota. Yes. And, and part of the reason South
00:26:43.400
Dakota is the best is they, they, and Georgia are the only two States that in essence took everything
00:26:49.240
in house, but, but South Dakota really has taken control. And that's one of the reasons. But the
00:26:54.560
other thing is interestingly, number two state is Delaware. Delaware is a liberal state, but they
00:26:59.580
actually apparently understand their fiduciary duty better than many red States. Um, and Georgia,
00:27:05.800
I will say is also doing very well as well. They took it in house. You're going to see a lot more
00:27:10.500
States, but what, what we need Glenn for your folks to do is, you know, go to 1792 exchange.com,
00:27:16.560
go to our site, find out how your state is doing, call your state legislators, tell them to act. If they
00:27:22.320
passed the law, pass it, improve it. If they didn't get, get on them, you also need, remember what
00:27:28.740
happens on these boards. Historically, it's, you know, that maybe the governor's buddy, um, is
00:27:33.460
appointed to the board and, and many of the folks appointing whether it be governors or, or AGs or
00:27:38.340
state, um, the speaker of the house appointing their buddies and their con their campaign donors
00:27:43.600
to these boards, they're not vetting them ideologically. And so that's a huge issue.
00:27:48.580
And, uh, and, and ultimately we need to have the pensioners speak up to people who are retirement,
00:27:54.920
their retirement security depends on these assets. Um, we need them to speak up and tell
00:27:59.740
the boards to, to make decisions for only for financial reasons. So, and finally, go ahead,
00:28:04.480
go ahead. No, no, I was going to say finally taxpayers, because ALEC, American legislative
00:28:10.240
exchange council just came out with a report saying state pension funds are on underfunded.
00:28:15.560
They face unfunded liabilities of almost $7 trillion. The taxpayers are going to have to bail them out.
00:28:20.880
So let me, uh, let me go back to, um, ESG because they're now saying, oh, everybody's getting away
00:28:29.360
from ESG, but all they've done is renamed it. They're still doing exactly the same thing.
00:28:34.560
Is that what you find? Oh, absolutely. Glenn, it's, it's a bit of a president Reagan's trust,
00:28:40.940
but verify motto. Yeah. Um, for, for example, because lots of folks, AGs, treasurers,
00:28:46.940
legislatures are pushing back on BlackRock and state street and Vanguard that many have changed
00:28:52.920
their behavior. I will say Vanguard has gotten a lot better, but when, when I say behavior,
00:28:57.300
there's two different ways to look at it. Yes. They're voting far less often for ESG shareholder
00:29:05.000
resolutions. For example, in 2021, BlackRock voted 47% of the time for ESG resolutions.
00:29:11.600
Well, I should say E and S they don't report the G this year. They went down 40%. They only voted
00:29:17.680
7% of the time for E and S resolutions. You say, that's a really good thing, right? Yes,
00:29:22.680
it is. We're glad to see it. The other side of the coin though, is BlackRock is still part of
00:29:28.160
alliances, these net zero alliances that are, and they're forcing us to, in essence, decarbonize,
00:29:34.800
which will put us back in the stone age and starve people. And they're also still,
00:29:39.040
they brag about that, what they call engagements, which means Larry Fink and his team sit down with
00:29:43.840
CEOs and say, we own five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10% of your company. You're going to push
00:29:48.880
the CSG stuff. We're not going to vote for it, but you're going to do it. And these CEOs facing
00:29:55.160
these, these assets and these pension funds are part of the assets used. It's very hard for a CEO to say
00:30:01.640
no. All right. And once you go to 17, uh, 1791, uh, I'm sorry, 17, sorry, 1792 exchange, and you look
00:30:13.980
up your pension fund for your state. Um, you're exactly right. When it comes to who's going to
00:30:20.360
bail these people out, it's going to be you, it's going to be on our backs. They are not making the
00:30:25.900
kind of return that they need to make on your investments for States. So look your state up
00:30:32.340
and make sure I would call your treasurer as well, but your legislatures and your treasurers
00:30:38.100
and, uh, push them. I mean, you know, you look at some very conservative States that are supposed
00:30:43.540
to be against this stuff. Hello, Texas. You're not doing so great. You're not doing so great.
00:30:49.900
No, you're absolutely right. And I would say final point, Glenn, I'm sorry to interrupt this is,
00:30:55.900
you know, lots of folks listening here have their own IRA, or maybe they're in a company's 401k plan.
00:31:01.640
Got to look at our, go to, go to view the votes. And again, look at your asset managers, find out
00:31:07.560
who is the asset manager managing your 401k or your IRA, see how they're voting and call them and say,
00:31:13.240
don't vote my shares that way. And then ask if you can, and if you can move your funds to an asset
00:31:17.980
manager, who's more neutral and only focused on financial returns.
00:31:21.620
1792 exchange.com 1792 exchange.com. They're doing really good and helpful work. Paul, thank you as
00:31:29.940
always. Thank you guys. You bet. The best of the Glenn Beck program.
00:31:55.180
Now, sure. I'm one with my boys, you know, I mean, people come to me and ask me all the time,
00:32:18.000
Glenn, tell me about rap and, uh, all the conversations we can have. Uh, uh, but I am
00:32:25.920
not somebody who is, I know this is going to come as a shock. I've never liked rap. Somebody walked
00:32:31.460
into my office a week ago, a good friend of mine. He said, you have to hear this song. And, uh, he said,
00:32:39.220
now he knows me now it is rap. And I said, get the hell out of my office. And he said, no, just,
00:32:44.360
just listen. He put this on. And I said something, and it's not just the lyrics. I said something I
00:32:52.660
thought I would never say. And I like this song. I, what happened to me? I don't know what happened
00:33:02.120
to me. The guy happened to be in the hallway. And he said, yeah, it's this guy over here.
00:33:10.840
Flawnzilla. And I'm like, Oh, Flawn and I are like one. So he came into my office and I invited him on
00:33:18.640
the show. How are you? I'm great, man. Thank you for having me. It's great to, great to have you here.
00:33:23.140
Um, what a great song. Thank you. What a great song. Thank you. You not too long ago were not
00:33:31.140
singing about this kind of stuff. Exact opposite. Yeah. You were like way, way left. Yeah. I was
00:33:39.100
like godless. Yes. Yeah. For the most part, like I knew, but like, it was like turned against,
00:33:44.280
I was completely against, even though I could, it was like calls and whispers that I felt like I was
00:33:50.400
not doing what I was supposed to be doing. Yeah. And eventually it ended up pulling me towards, but
00:33:56.580
for a long time I was fighting it and depressed and like you were addicted to fentanyl. Yeah. Yeah.
00:34:03.480
How did you, I, I, I remember I got fentanyl, you know, before fentanyl was cool. Uh, I got fentanyl
00:34:09.740
in the hospital after an operation. I had it for four days. I went into, I'm an alcoholic. Yeah. I went
00:34:16.100
into, uh, withdrawals from the after four days. Super strong. Oh my gosh. It's like a hundred times
00:34:23.740
morphine. Yeah. Or it's like, just awful. Like the street version is even more. It's not,
00:34:29.760
it's not regulated. Like what you would get from it. Sure. Yeah. It's like super potent or just
00:34:34.160
it's dangerous. How, how, how, how did you survive that and how did you get off it? Uh, so
00:34:40.440
I barely survived. I'm not going to lie. I was for years for like four, for years I was doing
00:34:47.000
Percocets for that. We were doing Perc thirties and it was like, like there was a lot of opioids just
00:34:52.520
going around where I'm from in New Hampshire. And, uh, so we were got to that point. And then
00:34:58.040
every once in a while in the street, there would be no way to get them because it comes from a lot,
00:35:02.940
like a doctor. So then you have to turn to things like fentanyl. Huh? No, go ahead. Yeah. So then
00:35:08.760
you got to turn to things like fentanyl. And it was like, from that day, my life just was horrible,
00:35:15.560
terrible life. And eventually after four years of that being homeless and having no, like having to find
00:35:21.600
money and do all these schemes and lie to people to get all this money, I ended up overdosing.
00:35:28.380
And like that day I was, I chose, I made the decision. I could either continue, continued on
00:35:35.100
this path, which would be rough. Like, yes, no matter what, I'm going to end up dying is what's
00:35:40.680
going to happen. Or I can go through like the, the Phoenix from the ashes, you know? And I just,
00:35:46.900
that's when God, like I really, really just gave my life to God and was, I knew I didn't have control
00:35:53.460
over things and all I could do was just try and just have faith. And so you were, uh, I'm trying to
00:35:58.340
understand cause you came into my office and you were like, Oh man, I can't believe I'm standing here
00:36:03.120
with you. And I'm like, you know who I am. I mean, we're, you know, again, I know I'm big in the
00:36:08.620
rap. Yeah. That's how I heard. Everyone knows. Yeah. Everybody knows me. Um, but, uh, how did you
00:36:17.240
go from, from that and a leftist to here? By the way, this may be the death of your career.
00:36:24.820
Yeah. Yeah. I hope not. I think, I think it's going to be the opposite. Everyone I've spoken to
00:36:30.620
is like, they're psyched. Yeah. They're going crazy that I'm on here right now. But so my mother
00:36:37.720
was super, not political, but just automatically default liberal leftist, like, because that's
00:36:43.920
what it is in black households. Yeah. So my whole life growing up, I like kind of was like virtue
00:36:49.800
signaling, like a lot of people like swore. I cared about all these different things that
00:36:54.960
actually weren't really affecting me. I'm from New Hampshire. It's like 95% white. There's like no real
00:36:59.840
struggle. Cops aren't doing anything to me. It's like, I was like going through poverty,
00:37:03.440
but it wasn't like how to watch my back outside or nothing. So my whole life entitlement, all
00:37:09.220
that just made me believe that I was just like going through all these terrible things that
00:37:13.700
I wasn't going through. And so I got on drugs and all this and I met my girlfriend and she,
00:37:19.760
her family is on, on the right side. So that was the first time I ever saw you was I went into
00:37:25.280
the house, into their house and you're on TV. And like, I was like, this guy is like,
00:37:29.740
like, cause you're, you're so like animated and performing. I'm like, this dude is like,
00:37:33.180
it was like entertaining just to see. And it was total opposite of anything I believe,
00:37:36.780
but I didn't really believe the things that I thought I believed. So just listening,
00:37:41.060
just actually having the conversations, things like that. If it wasn't for my girlfriend and
00:37:44.420
her family, I would have never came out of it because they were like, when, when Trump got in
00:37:50.120
office and all this, I was like legitimately scared. I was like, yo, the world's about to end.
00:37:54.040
Everything's about to be terrible. Right. And then my life just like, it got worse. But then
00:37:57.800
once I started really seeing what it was, it just got better and better and better. And then I was
00:38:02.000
like, first time I ever voted, I was like, I got to vote for Trump because amazing. I've never felt
00:38:06.220
like anything. I've never felt anything like this where I feel, I feel like I'm like, I have hope
00:38:11.160
for the future. So what is your, tell me about your process with your lyrics and what are you
00:38:16.860
trying to do now? Uh, so I'm not even a rapper. I'm a rapper. I rap first, but then I, I like retired
00:38:22.680
because when I got on drugs, I just wasn't, I didn't care about music anymore. So for years I
00:38:27.120
stopped doing music. And then I started doing YouTube videos where I just talked about music
00:38:30.820
because that's all I know. And I would just critique music and be like, this is, this is where I think
00:38:35.080
they were coming from when they wrote this and why they said this the way they said this. And it grew
00:38:39.680
really quick. It grew like, I got like a hundred, 117 K subscribers in like 10 months. And I was like,
00:38:45.820
it's crazy to me. So I, uh, eventually just as I was doing this, I just like was in such a good
00:38:53.400
place in my life. And I'm like, I should just try to start recording again. And I recorded a
00:38:58.480
couple of other songs and grateful happened because I, I reacted to an Eminem song and I was
00:39:03.900
taught cause it was called rap God. And he was talking about all these God references. And I was
00:39:07.240
like, he's just referencing a bunch of pagan gods basically is what I said. And someone's like,
00:39:10.840
you think your God's not the pagan God? And I'm like, by definition, he's not.
00:39:16.440
But he's actually not by definition. Right. And that comment made me like, it was just stuck
00:39:21.620
in my head. And I usually make music on Mondays and I just played a beat. And that was the first
00:39:25.660
beat I played. And I was like, I came up with the first bar. Uh, I don't write. So I was sitting
00:39:30.220
in front of the mic, like trying to just come up with a rhyme. And I was like, thank, uh, and I get
00:39:34.920
down on my knees and thank God for giving me the day. Promise it won't be a waste. No, waste. No. And then
00:39:40.540
like from there I was like, people don't want to hear me rap about God. Right. So I'm going to, I can make
00:39:45.460
the reference and I can like, kind of go into my life. And I just got writer block immediately.
00:39:48.920
And I was like, but I could think of another bar about God. And I was like, I'm just going
00:39:53.800
to lean into it fully. And it was a quickest song I ever made. Best song I ever made. I
00:39:58.040
truly believe that. It's amazing how when the spirit moves you and then you start to go, well,
00:40:05.660
wait, I can calculate how it just falls apart on you. Yeah. It's amazing. If you try to, if you try
00:40:10.320
to, if you think you know better than God, it doesn't work. It doesn't work. Yeah. Yeah. I think
00:40:15.480
it was like, it was, it was a thing that was meant to happen because I also didn't promote this song.
00:40:19.800
Like the people that I know, Garrett from Normal World, he really liked that song and shared it
00:40:24.920
amongst a bunch of people. And then from there, people just like started sharing it and it went
00:40:29.300
crazy. And I had never even promoted the song. It's, it's fantastic. I was listening to it again
00:40:34.300
on Spotify this morning. Thank you. Uh, I just think it is really, that's like big words. So if you
00:40:44.560
don't like rap and that's, that's like, that's crazy to me. This, I mean, I don't know. I mean,
00:40:50.160
it's, it's, it's still musical. I just, I don't know. And I don't like the lyrics of
00:40:55.540
most rap songs. Me either. You know, I'm sorry. I'm, I am definitely killing your career.
00:41:02.700
Only listen to this song. I like it. You young kids nowadays. Oh my gosh. Uh, can you just
00:41:10.620
tell me the flawed Zilla thing? What is that? So it goes back to, my name was Marcus Black
00:41:17.160
before that. Cause my name is Marcus and I'm black. So I eventually, right. Isn't it? It was
00:41:24.900
creative. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I eventually was like, I need to change my name for content
00:41:29.120
because people are only going to know me for music, even though no one knew me. So just looking
00:41:34.160
at my life and everything I had been through, I was like, I'm ready to basically accept exactly
00:41:38.680
what I said, accept all the things I'm ashamed of in that song and like wear it as I can't change
00:41:44.140
it. So it's basically, it's me. So I have to either use my future where I end up in the
00:41:49.920
future as like a proof that you can come from a flawed beginning to like ultimately, cause
00:41:58.400
you don't know anyone. Like if someone gets really famous and really, and you're like,
00:42:01.220
Oh, I love this person. You have no idea what their life is, but you could idolize this person
00:42:04.960
and be like, they could be the worst person in the world. But I think that you can turn,
00:42:09.820
you can turn things around and actually influence people because everybody has things that they're,
00:42:15.180
that are flaws that they can't change, that they're ashamed of, that they're insecure about.
00:42:19.000
And I have to tell you, um, the, the whole thing about redemption is
00:42:23.980
the, the most incredible thing is the thing that you are most ashamed of that you are,
00:42:31.240
you have fought to hide for so long because it's just so bad. You think, um,
00:42:38.180
becomes like a weapon for good. Yeah. It's all of a sudden you're like, wait, I, this is doing
00:42:46.540
what? Yeah. It separates you from like the Sims, like the bots where people are all trying to be
00:42:52.340
the same thing because it's what works and what everyone likes. Right. The thing that really is
00:42:56.300
going to set you apart is a thing that you don't want to show people. I know it's crazy time. Yeah.
00:43:00.280
It's really crazy. Well, it's good to have you on the program. Thank you, man. Thank you. I
00:43:03.880
appreciate it. Uh, flawed TV, uh, is, um, is, uh, what you do? What, what is the, the YouTube
00:43:12.200
channel? Wait, go ahead. YouTube.com slash flawed TV and, uh, rumble.com slash flawed TV
00:43:22.000
and Twitter. Why, why, why, why were you even here? How did you, how'd I end up on here? Yeah.
00:43:26.720
How'd you end up on in, yeah. So building. So Garrett, again, quote, a black Garrett. He is a
00:43:34.200
part of like another show that I'm on with, uh, Adam Crigler called base staff Monday. And through
00:43:40.060
that me and Garrett linked up cause we both live in Texas. So he wanted me just randomly. He was
00:43:45.300
like, after I made grateful, he was like, come on a road trip to Vegas. I'd never really even spent
00:43:49.200
any time with him. We drove for 19 hours in a car to Vegas and like had conversations and bonded.
00:43:54.600
And he was like, you want to be the first person on normal world, the first guest on normal world
00:43:58.100
and perform. And I was like, I'd never done anything like that. Absolutely. And from there,
00:44:02.620
like that's how I ended up. And it was that last, that was last, no, no, that was the,
00:44:06.780
that was like for the opening. Yeah. That was for the first episode. But now he's just had me back
00:44:10.420
over and over. Yeah. Well, it's great to have you. Thank you very much. Appreciate it.