Valuetainment - July 13, 2026


“No More CVS Pictures＂ - Marco Rubio Changes Passport Photo Rules


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7 minutes

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207.4

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1,587

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123

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2

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Toxicity

4

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2

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00:00:00.000 Marco Rubio comes out and it's announcement was made I want to say yesterday that moving forward
00:00:06.620 passport pictures you can do online you no longer need to go to CVS Walgreens or UPS to get your
00:00:13.220 pictures you can simply upload the pictures from the computer on your passport right there Rubio
00:00:18.540 plans to allow users to upload passport photos using their phones or computers okay uh here very
00:00:24.000 soon how do you feel about that Vinny what do you think about that I mean if there's anything there
00:00:27.880 that's concerning or do you like it i mean two things pat if the technology is up to par where
00:00:33.840 it's like you i'm just curious how are they going to prove that it's you especially when it comes 1.00
00:00:37.940 to international travel we're not we have enough problems with this country uh with people ids to
00:00:43.000 vote and all this stuff this is passport this is international travel i don't know i'm very curious 0.98
00:00:48.160 to see what the technology is going to be and how they're going to absolutely prove this is me on my
00:00:53.200 phone sending this to you and what system they're going to use because other than that i i don't
00:00:57.340 know it sounds kind of weird because we have to go right now you have to yeah i went last week with
00:01:01.460 with uh humberto pat you still have to go in there a guy has to come around put you in front of a
00:01:06.000 screen take a photo you can't wear a freaking white shirt and have to take it and print it and
00:01:10.200 you'd give it to you and you have to send it in it's all the system needs updating but i'm very
00:01:14.160 curious to see what this one's gonna well i think there's gonna be a high correlation i'll tell you
00:01:17.340 why your your face and likeness are tied to your id on multiple multiple multiple photographs
00:01:26.080 every time you go through TSA at an airport.
00:01:28.880 Because about half of the TSA have a photo screen right there
00:01:32.780 where you look and you don't even have to scan your boarding pass.
00:01:36.580 You go, like you say, you have clear.
00:01:39.040 You look into the window and they say, yep, this is Tom.
00:01:42.800 You then look at your boarding pass once.
00:01:44.560 Now you're all the way through.
00:01:46.020 And when you walk to TSA, you look there and they say identity confirmed.
00:01:51.060 So you people that travel, even if you only travel twice a year,
00:01:54.560 you went and saw your friend at spring break, and you went and saw your mom at Thanksgiving,
00:01:57.920 you are probably already in federal databases with your ID that was used to travel commercially.
00:02:04.940 And so a lot of that can be correlated. The devil's in the details, but I think that this
00:02:10.020 is great because it limits the federal bureaucracy a little bit, makes it quicker to update a
00:02:16.100 passport. I know this is a short story, but I won't go into it. But we went through 48 hours
00:02:22.180 No, no, 27 hours of sheer hell when Pat's passport was 179 days from expiring and he was going to Greece and Italy on a sales recognition trip from a previous company.
00:02:36.560 And they're like, I'm sorry, you're at 180 days or something.
00:02:39.440 We're like, what?
00:02:40.120 You're like, one day.
00:02:41.100 He had to go to L.A.
00:02:42.200 He had to go to this one office.
00:02:43.720 He had to get there at 7 in the morning.
00:02:45.420 The bureaucracy was incredible.
00:02:47.240 But you held a valid passport.
00:02:49.060 So you like this idea.
00:02:50.640 I like this idea because I think the devil's in the details that there is going to be already correlation with the TSA travel.
00:02:58.440 What's a passport for?
00:02:59.660 Travel, mostly.
00:03:00.620 Yes.
00:03:01.040 But now I think the database is going to be used to correlate to ensure who's who.
00:03:06.060 The people that are voting, it's 50-50 saying yay, nay.
00:03:09.200 Yeah, so it's right in the middle.
00:03:10.160 It's right in the middle, which, by the way, anytime it's 50-50, it's okay.
00:03:14.100 It's not something that, Adam, where are you at with this?
00:03:16.960 I'm with Rubio on this.
00:03:18.240 I would love to see the ability to do things from your phone with your two-factor authentication on your phone,
00:03:24.720 whether it's passport, whether it's voting, whatever it may be.
00:03:28.140 At the end of the day, listen, what Rubio has that I don't think a lot of other politicians have is
00:03:32.840 he has trust, he has credibility, and he has the authority.
00:03:36.460 So when he says, hey, I think we're going to do this, I think my gut instinct,
00:03:39.500 and I think a lot of people's gut instinct is like, yeah, I'm with Rubio on this. 0.96
00:03:43.100 Because I'm not saying he's perfect, but damn, is this guy good. 0.96
00:03:46.120 So salute to you, Rubio. 0.96
00:03:47.500 Ken Griffin just came out, and he said, if you have to choose between Rubio and Vance,
00:03:52.000 Ken Griffin is choosing Rubio, is what he just said yesterday.
00:03:55.580 Ken Griffin.
00:03:56.400 And he's worth how many billion?
00:03:57.360 He's worth $30, $40 billion.
00:03:58.940 He's got some money.
00:03:59.940 He's got some money.
00:04:00.540 He's the Chicago to New York to Miami Citadel CEO.
00:04:04.700 So we'll see.
00:04:05.360 We'll see what happened there.
00:04:06.280 We'll see what happened there.
00:04:07.040 Let me tell you this story.
00:04:08.000 It's one of the best stories.
00:04:08.780 Parents, this is very important for you and I to think about.
00:04:12.120 There's a reason why I keep talking about the future looks bright.
00:04:14.980 In 2013, they did a study at Emory University.
00:04:18.580 A guy named Brian Diaz and Kerry Ressler did a study identifying to see if we pass our fears down to our kids without us even knowing about it.
00:04:28.640 So they took a group of male mice and they gave it acetophenone.
00:04:34.400 And every time, this is cherry blossom, you know, smell.
00:04:37.320 Every time they released this smell, they would zap them with this pain.
00:04:42.560 Like, whoa, what was that?
00:04:44.220 Five minutes later, they released that smell again.
00:04:46.680 Zapped them again.
00:04:47.560 The pain.
00:04:48.400 Whoa.
00:04:49.440 Five minutes.
00:04:50.100 And they kept doing this with only male mice they were experimenting on.
00:04:54.700 Eventually, they did this for a few days, maybe a week, week and a half.
00:04:58.600 Then they took those same mice that now have tied fear to acetophenol and the smell, cherry blossom.
00:05:06.740 Then they put it in a room for them to mate with female mice.
00:05:11.360 So then they mate. 1.00
00:05:12.620 Okay.
00:05:12.820 So these guys now have kids.
00:05:14.420 Then they take the mice, the male mice, the father, away from the baby.
00:05:18.820 Okay.
00:05:19.380 Then they take the babies, and they put other female mice, and they mate. 0.97
00:05:23.500 Okay.
00:05:23.840 Then they put the grandkids in a complete different thing.
00:05:26.700 So you're with me so far.
00:05:27.380 I got you.
00:05:27.800 The grandfather fears the smell of acetophenone.
00:05:31.140 And he got zapped.
00:05:32.500 He got zapped every time.
00:05:34.580 Then his kids, and then his grandkids.
00:05:37.180 The grandkids have never met grandfather before.
00:05:39.520 Got you.
00:05:39.840 They put him in a place, and all of a sudden, they sprayed the cherry blossom.
00:05:45.340 These grandkids were frightened, frightened,
00:05:50.140 because that fear from the grandfather had passed down to the grandkids.
00:05:54.080 Genetically, it goes.
00:05:54.680 And they've never been zapped.
00:05:55.780 And they've never been zapped.
00:05:57.440 Holy cow.
00:05:58.000 So what does this mean?
00:05:59.020 Yesterday, we're at the beach, and I'm watching how happy Brooklyn is.
00:06:04.100 And in my mind, you're running all these issues in your mind.
00:06:07.720 You're trying to solve all these problems.
00:06:08.720 You're kind of overwhelmed with all the stuff that's going on.
00:06:10.540 And I'm looking at her, and she's just happy.
00:06:13.700 She's happy playing in the sand.
00:06:15.680 She's happy running around.
00:06:16.920 Daddy, take me, take me, take me in the water.
00:06:18.520 It's cold.
00:06:18.900 No, no, don't put me in the water.
00:06:19.940 Daddy, daddy, take me, take me.
00:06:21.820 And then you start realizing we are all born with believing the future looks bright.
00:06:27.640 But if we're not too careful, we can pass down that fear to our own kids that can pass it down to their grandkids.
00:06:33.860 When people say, why do you believe the future looks bright?
00:06:35.920 I just do.
00:06:37.340 I just do.
00:06:37.980 I believe the future looks bright at the highest level.
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