Valuetainment - February 17, 2026


“It’s An ATROCITY” - Obama SLAMS Newsom For LA’s Homelessness EPIDEMIC

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Obama Gavin Newsom Lindy Lee Brian Tyler Cohen Anthony Edwards J.B. Pritzker Adam Sosting Rubio Andrew Wilson Charlie Kirk JD Vance Alex Jones Jeb Bush Homelessness Giannis Hillary Austin Joker Biden Cuomo and 1 more
“You Really Don’t Like Trump” - Czech Politician DESTROYS Hillary Clinton At Munich Conference “Get The HELL Out Of California” - Wealth Tax Fears TRIGGER Mass Exodus To Nevada

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On today's show, Adam and Rob are joined by Tom Brolley to discuss the latest in the Democratic primary field, including the latest on Gavin Newsom and his chances of beating Hillary Clinton in the primary. Plus, the guys discuss why they think Obama and the DNC are more aligned on the left than they are on the right.

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00:00:00.000 Tom, here's a question for you.
00:00:01.840 Would Newsom be somebody you would consider on Obama's camp?
00:00:05.700 On the Democratic side, would you say Newsom is somebody that Obama would support?
00:00:12.300 You want to say something? Go ahead.
00:00:13.900 No, I'm going to let you finish.
00:00:14.820 Okay.
00:00:15.240 Because can you play this clip, Rob, of Obama on a podcast that he's doing,
00:00:21.760 asked about Newsom and homelessness.
00:00:23.580 Adam, I know you got thoughts on this as well.
00:00:25.600 If you want to play this up, here's Obama.
00:00:28.060 Let's give proper credit to this podcaster because I think he does a very good job for the left.
00:00:32.420 What is his name?
00:00:33.600 Something, something.
00:00:34.040 Brian Tyler Cohen.
00:00:35.440 I'm not trying to be sarcastic.
00:00:36.760 I think this guy's a player on the left.
00:00:38.060 He does actually a good job.
00:00:39.620 Brian Tyler Cohen?
00:00:40.900 Yes, sir.
00:00:41.200 Can you pull up his thing so people can't see who he is?
00:00:43.780 Hardcore Democrat, but with substance.
00:00:45.120 Brian Tyler Cohen.
00:00:48.120 Brian Tyler Cohen, that guy right there.
00:00:49.940 Yes.
00:00:50.180 So he interviewed President Obama.
00:00:52.700 By the way, young guy, 37 years old.
00:00:54.620 You got to watch these guys.
00:00:55.580 They're going to be around for a minute.
00:00:56.580 Go up, Rob, and play the clip with him.
00:00:59.380 Yeah, go ahead.
00:01:00.180 Watch this here.
00:01:00.820 Go for it.
00:01:01.660 The other side does the mean, angry, demagoguery, you know, exclusive, us-them, you know, divisive politics.
00:01:15.220 Remove the mouse, Rob.
00:01:16.180 That's their home court.
00:01:20.040 Yeah.
00:01:20.980 Our court is-
00:01:21.920 You have the homelessness, Rob, with Newsom?
00:01:23.940 I don't know if this is where he's going to get to because with Obama, his pacing is so slow, he can take him 70 minutes to get to it.
00:01:30.720 So-
00:01:30.920 That's not the old Obama, is it?
00:01:32.240 Obviously, Obama on homelessness, Newsom.
00:01:35.040 Go for it.
00:01:35.620 It's true, let's say, here in Los Angeles around the homeless issue.
00:01:39.680 I think morally, ethically speaking, it is an atrocity that in a country that's wealthy, we have people just on the streets.
00:01:50.740 And we should have a- we should insist on policies that recognize their full humanity, people who are houseless, and be able to provide them the help and resources that they need.
00:02:06.140 But we should also recognize that the average person, you know, doesn't want to have to navigate around a tent city in the middle of downtown. 1.00
00:02:17.860 And that we're not going to be able to build a working majority and support for the resources that we need to help folks like that, whether it's drug treatment or, you know, temporary housing or what have you.
00:02:35.280 We're not going to be able to generate support for it if we simply say, you know what, it's not their fault, and so they should be able to do whatever they want, because that's a losing political strategy.
00:02:48.940 So what do you think he's saying?
00:02:50.960 What do you think he's saying?
00:02:51.680 I'll tell you what I believe is going on down there.
00:02:54.040 It's very simple.
00:02:55.120 First of all, this is not the sharp, precise Obama of 15 years ago.
00:03:01.020 He's older.
00:03:02.240 He still carries gravitas within the party.
00:03:04.940 But let me tell you where Obama is connected.
00:03:07.220 Obama and the DNC are still connected at the hip.
00:03:12.080 And people have criticized me and said, oh, you're wrong, but I'm going to double down on it again.
00:03:16.620 They do not see Gavin Newsom as their candidate.
00:03:21.260 Some Dems do. 0.57
00:03:22.160 But the core establishment sees a collection of hit pieces that Gavin Newsom will not be able to avoid when the game turns into the Super Bowl on the national stage.
00:03:35.000 Homelessness, the billionaires that left California, California, you know, exodus.
00:03:42.640 By the way, you know what the number one city search in number one non-Vegas city search when people are looking for houses in Vegas on Zillow or Redfin or wherever?
00:03:53.280 It's from Los Angeles.
00:03:54.340 25% of the searches on Zillow or Redfin for homes in Las Vegas are from California.
00:04:01.920 So, by the way, that's regular people with that million-dollar average home looking for $435,000 average homes when you compare the two areas.
00:04:08.840 So, the core DNC, and I've researched this, they see that hit piece.
00:04:15.340 They see the tax hit piece.
00:04:16.780 They see the billionaires leaving, going down to Florida.
00:04:19.640 They see all that.
00:04:20.880 This is not the guy they want.
00:04:22.760 It may be the guy they end up with, but it's not the guy they want.
00:04:25.700 They themselves don't believe he'll do good in Iowa or New Hampshire.
00:04:29.960 And whenever you stumble out of the gate in the primary, you look weak.
00:04:33.380 Ask Jeb Bush.
00:04:34.480 I don't think that Obama is being sly here.
00:04:40.240 I think he's being very front-loaded, and I think the DNC is behind him.
00:04:44.500 I still believe they look at someone like J.B. Pritzker, rightly or wrongly.
00:04:49.240 I think he's their establishment guy, J.B. Pritzker.
00:04:52.920 I know he just happens to be a close political ally and friend of Obama.
00:04:57.940 That's what I think.
00:04:58.880 People can say I'm wrong.
00:05:00.220 I don't doubt Gavin Newsom's capability in front of the camera.
00:05:03.360 I do not doubt his slickness.
00:05:05.600 I do not doubt how he may look likable, but that's what I think the game is below the surface.
00:05:11.320 Tom, let me ask you a question.
00:05:12.020 How much of a student do you think he is?
00:05:13.640 Meaning, to me, if you gave three guys topics to study and say, guys, I want you to propose.
00:05:23.120 Let's just say you're a guy that's prepping somebody to be a candidate, okay?
00:05:26.500 And I give you three topics to study.
00:05:29.400 We're going to hold a debate, and I'm going to ask you guys these questions, okay?
00:05:33.980 And there's going to be a panel of people asking you questions.
00:05:36.040 You've got one week to prepare for this topic.
00:05:38.180 Who do you think actually will put the legwork in to study those topics?
00:05:42.440 Newsom, Rubio, or J.D. Vance?
00:05:44.860 Who will be a student, obsessive student, between the three?
00:05:48.640 Rubio.
00:05:49.400 I think so, too.
00:05:50.720 I think it would be Rubio.
00:05:52.020 Rubio.
00:05:52.440 I think, believe it or not, in student, I put J.D. first.
00:05:54.680 I put J.D. as well.
00:05:55.480 I put J.D. first, then I put Rubio, then I put Newsom.
00:05:58.140 Are you talking about, okay, I'll take debate, policy, I agree with you, J.D.
00:06:04.640 I agree with you on that.
00:06:05.100 No, no, I just think, I look at J.D. as a student.
00:06:07.400 Like, I think J.D. is going to go be the one.
00:06:10.460 But between the three, who will present the argument better between the three?
00:06:15.360 I think Newsom will look better on TV, but he'll stick it to two or three points.
00:06:20.860 He won't go deep.
00:06:22.300 Who is the most qualified person to give the answer on the topic?
00:06:25.140 Rubio.
00:06:25.540 Rubio.
00:06:25.740 I think that's what happens.
00:06:26.620 Yeah.
00:06:26.860 That's where I'm at.
00:06:27.860 So, to me, that's kind of where I go with this.
00:06:30.580 You know, you look at someone, you're like, is this guy going to go do, like, if I ask Tom
00:06:34.720 to do something, I won't hear from Tom for three or four days.
00:06:38.620 And then he'll come back to me and he'll go, okay, here's this, here's this, here's
00:06:45.120 this, here's this, right?
00:06:47.480 I had a guy the other day, won't even give a hint to see who this guy is.
00:06:51.040 I gave him a challenge to just see what he was going to do.
00:06:53.920 And he had two weeks.
00:06:55.000 So, I wanted him to lead a project for me.
00:06:57.460 And he doesn't work for us.
00:06:59.440 So, came back, we had a meeting, I gave him some time.
00:07:03.600 Within the first 15 minutes, I knew he put no time into it.
00:07:06.120 All he did was chat GBT.
00:07:08.680 Nothing.
00:07:09.240 And I said, yeah, this guy, you didn't even go deeper to see stories and all this other
00:07:12.460 stuff, right?
00:07:13.420 To me, I think Newsom is the number one in a wink job because he's so talented.
00:07:19.940 Sometimes guys that are so talented, they wink more than somebody who is not talented.
00:07:24.520 That's kind of where I put him on where that's at.
00:07:26.180 Let's get to the next story here.
00:07:27.160 Next one I'm going to get into.
00:07:28.400 Go ahead.
00:07:29.000 Go ahead.
00:07:29.520 No, ultimately, I think what we're doing, if I could just filter this down, is who's going
00:07:34.300 to be the next guy?
00:07:35.080 Anyway, we're seeing the previous guy, Obama, weigh in on things.
00:07:38.520 We're seeing the current guy, Trump, weigh in on things.
00:07:41.120 And we're basically saying, it's kind of like, I know you were a big fan of the NBA, you didn't
00:07:44.680 watch it this weekend.
00:07:46.060 Every year, there's like, who's the best player in the league?
00:07:48.180 Who is it?
00:07:49.040 Oh, what's going on?
00:07:50.080 Is it Anthony Edwards?
00:07:51.420 I don't know.
00:07:51.600 Is it Wemba Yama? 0.84
00:07:52.680 I don't know.
00:07:53.540 Is it Luka?
00:07:54.360 And then year after year after year, it's either Giannis or the Joker that's the best player
00:07:59.220 in the league.
00:08:00.060 So right now, all we're doing is saying, all right, we got a little of this.
00:08:03.060 We got a little of this, we got a little of that.
00:08:03.980 Well, are you going to make a point?
00:08:04.960 Forget about what we're doing.
00:08:06.160 Are you going to make, are you going to say something?
00:08:07.660 Go ahead.
00:08:08.280 That's what I'm doing.
00:08:08.880 But what's your point, though?
00:08:09.780 What are you going to?
00:08:10.460 So Obama, number one.
00:08:12.700 Of course we know what we're doing.
00:08:13.740 I want to know what you're thinking, your opinion on this.
00:08:15.800 Obama might get canceled because he called the homeless, he called them homeless.
00:08:19.780 We all know that it's unhoused.
00:08:21.700 Let's have a little respect for what Gavin Newsom is doing in California.
00:08:25.060 I think he spent how much, $25 billion to not solve the homeless crisis.
00:08:31.120 So what you're saying is that Gavin Newsom is so talented that he doesn't even need to
00:08:35.940 do the homework.
00:08:36.440 He doesn't have to have a resume.
00:08:38.020 He's basically Anthony Edwards is kind of what I was getting at.
00:08:40.580 He doesn't have the complete package.
00:08:42.420 There is a problem.
00:08:43.020 And all these guys ultimately what we're looking for is who's the complete package.
00:08:46.860 And I think what you're saying is the closest to that is Rubio.
00:08:51.100 Well, yeah, no, what I'm saying is you can, you can, I have guys that I would watch who
00:08:57.100 would go winging at this level, winging at the next level, winging at the next level.
00:09:02.620 Then all of a sudden, like there's a guy that we had in the company, super capable.
00:09:07.200 His conference calls today start off on the following way.
00:09:10.020 Hey, I know you guys don't like working with me.
00:09:13.200 I don't care what you want to be transferred to.
00:09:14.980 I'm not letting you go anywhere.
00:09:16.860 So I'm not going to do nothing.
00:09:18.440 And he doesn't work, doesn't put in the numbers.
00:09:21.420 And we still have to send this guy half a million dollars every year to pay him.
00:09:25.720 So what's the point there?
00:09:27.580 You know, he would, you could get away with lip service at one level.
00:09:32.000 Oh, wow.
00:09:32.360 He's good.
00:09:33.380 Lip service at the next level.
00:09:34.920 Oh, wow.
00:09:35.440 He's good.
00:09:36.720 Lip service at maybe this level and a little bit of work.
00:09:39.800 Ooh, the right four people saw it, but the average person didn't.
00:09:43.760 Then lip service at this next level, 50%.
00:09:46.600 And then the next one, you know you can't do it, so you just go back down.
00:09:50.060 Competition is a very, very, very interesting thing.
00:09:55.280 Very.
00:09:55.920 I watch guys, and I listen to what they're doing and how far they're willing to go to tolerate the pain.
00:10:01.580 And you'll always be able to say, nope, this guy's got this limit.
00:10:05.880 He's not ready for that next level.
00:10:07.160 You have to be able to say, but Newsom to me, if I was a guy that was a Newsom's ear, if I was a guy at Newsom's ear, if I'm a guy that he hired, I would take a very different strategy with Newsom as a product right now.
00:10:20.820 Very different strategy with Newsom right now.
00:10:22.580 Why?
00:10:22.800 What would your strategy be?
00:10:23.720 My strategy would be a complete difference because he can actually be a president.
00:10:29.300 He can actually be a president, but I think he's relying on winging, which, by the way, good.
00:10:34.020 I don't want him to be a president.
00:10:35.600 My strategy with him, I would need 12 months with him.
00:10:39.280 I would need 12 months to prepare him for 2028.
00:10:41.720 By the way, not offering.
00:10:43.260 I think everybody knows.
00:10:45.360 But he is so close, and I'm so glad he's not doing it.
00:10:50.280 I'm so glad that he's not doing what I know he could do to win.
00:10:55.000 I am so glad he's –
00:10:56.000 Then don't even –
00:10:56.420 And by the way, I'm not even going to share it on today's podcast.
00:10:58.920 Please don't.
00:10:59.320 Because somebody might hear it.
00:11:00.160 I'm not.
00:11:00.500 Because last time I did, I'm not even going to share it on today's podcast.
00:11:03.080 And can I make one quick thing?
00:11:04.520 Because we kind of just brushed over that clip of Obama, Pat.
00:11:08.680 He's the biggest projector.
00:11:10.260 He's saying our side is mean, angry, us, them, politics, and pushing.
00:11:15.560 We're talking about – we already have undisputable evidence that he spearheaded the conspiracy
00:11:21.280 to subvert the will of the American people in 2016 with spying on everybody, with all –
00:11:26.540 Pat, you name it. 0.82
00:11:27.420 Russia collusion, fake impeachment, all the fighting, shooting the president in the head,
00:11:31.820 trying to kill him again, and then his side celebrating when Charlie Kirk was shot and
00:11:36.840 murdered in front of everybody.
00:11:37.700 So for him to stay there and lie and say that it's our side, that's the angry, aggressive,
00:11:44.080 violent side, is projection at – he's so full of it.
00:11:48.160 It drives me crazy.
00:11:48.880 Let me tell you what. 1.00
00:11:49.740 Liar. 1.00
00:11:50.100 You do not believe what just happened. 1.00
00:11:51.280 You're absolutely correct.
00:11:51.540 His side did a lot of that.
00:11:53.000 He didn't do a lot of that.
00:11:54.220 But his side did.
00:11:55.200 But was he – well, he's a divisive – Tom, he was one of the most divisive presidents.
00:11:58.880 In your point.
00:11:59.560 In your point.
00:12:00.200 Obama big time.
00:12:01.020 Oh, yeah.
00:12:01.220 My point-making is – no, no.
00:12:02.360 Obama was impersonating – just what?
00:12:04.720 You know what?
00:12:05.040 For the last year of my presidency, you know what I'm going to do?
00:12:06.820 I'm going to be head of the CIA.
00:12:08.080 I'm going to do a bunch of underhanded stuff.
00:12:09.720 I wish I had an earpiece to talk in the president, yeah, with Biden.
00:12:12.520 By the way, craziest thing just happened.
00:12:14.800 I just got a manek from Gavin Newsom asking me a question about the strategies.
00:12:18.880 Did he?
00:12:19.560 No.
00:12:19.760 Did he?
00:12:20.180 Let me tell you what's going on here.
00:12:21.460 Let me recognize somebody here.
00:12:23.040 Guys.
00:12:23.540 Asking for a friend.
00:12:24.400 You have a recognition to give, okay?
00:12:27.600 This right here.
00:12:28.460 By the way, these things cost $700 for each to make.
00:12:32.180 They're all custom-made.
00:12:33.320 Listen to how heavy it is.
00:12:34.480 Ready?
00:12:35.860 Oh, man.
00:12:36.200 This is very heavy.
00:12:37.160 You can hurt somebody with this.
00:12:38.920 Someone officially crossed 5,000 menek.
00:12:41.000 It's the fastest in the history of menek. 0.98
00:12:43.520 Even faster than me.
00:12:44.620 She crushes it on menek. 0.97
00:12:46.180 She keeps winning the super heavyweight champion of menek on a monthly basis.
00:12:50.660 Shout-out to Lindy Lee. 0.57
00:12:51.980 Lindy.
00:12:52.160 She just crossed 5,000 two weeks ago, and she's already at 5,514 meneks that she's done.
00:12:59.600 Lindy, this is on its way to you.
00:13:01.700 For some of you guys that have questions, especially the conversations we have with Lindy,
00:13:05.720 ask Lindy about the room she's been in with Hillary, Kamala, all these other guys,
00:13:08.860 raising money for the Democratic Party.
00:13:10.560 She's got a lot of insight.
00:13:12.140 Congratulations, Lindy.
00:13:13.000 You officially get the first.
00:13:14.160 Now the next one is the black one, which I just crossed 10,000 meneks myself.
00:13:18.480 So this also happened.
00:13:19.960 This works.
00:13:20.460 It's funny when I'm looking at how much the amount of, you know, connections you can build
00:13:24.860 with people, but respect to Lindy.
00:13:26.940 Also, you know who quietly just passed menek yesterday at 5,000?
00:13:30.060 A guy named Adam Sosting just also passed 5,000.
00:13:31.720 Oh, there we go.
00:13:34.000 But yours will come in.
00:13:35.020 He just crossed 5,000 meneks.
00:13:36.300 I sent it to you yesterday.
00:13:37.880 Yours is being customly made.
00:13:39.360 Lindy, this will be shipped out to you here very soon.
00:13:41.860 You're amazing.
00:13:42.480 Keep at it.
00:13:42.980 And by the way, guys, just recently, Andrew Wilson is now responding on meneks.
00:13:47.660 Alex Jones is on menek.
00:13:48.740 He got a bunch of different people.
00:13:49.800 If you guys want to ask him questions, Kasperi and Emily, Austin, Cuomo, a bunch of these guys
00:13:54.100 responding to menek.
00:13:55.460 But Lindy is officially at 5,000 plus menek.
00:13:58.820 This one won't last a second, folks.
00:14:00.980 We're at the Pentagon.
00:14:03.360 I don't know where we were at.
00:14:04.160 Department of State.
00:14:05.300 Guy pulls up to us and says, you know what's the only thing I don't like about you guys?
00:14:08.220 I said, what's that?
00:14:09.320 I'm trying to see what he's going to say.
00:14:10.660 Tom was right next to me.
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