- Sup you beautiful bastards?
Welcome back to The Philip DeFranco Show.
I hope you're havin' a fantastic Tuesday.
If you missed it 'cause it was Labor Day,
I did a Monday show for ya.
Definitely check it out.
But I have to start today's show with some sad news.
I had a conversation with my wife over the weekend,
and she informed me that she is not comfortable
with me actually launching an OnlyFans.
So for the three of you that were hoping
the joke would turn into reality, I'm sorry.
But as it turns out, there may be another solution.
What if I found someone that actually looked like me?
I put them up on OnlyFans.
People are like, hey, it's close enough to the real deal.
Boom, money.
And as it turns out, this isn't just some hypothetical.
Let me introduce you to Paige Niemann.
And over the last few years
she has built an absolutely massive online following
by just impersonating Ariana Grande.
And she doesn't just kinda look like Ariana Grande.
These are photos of two different people.
And even if you don't follow her,
you might be familiar with Paige,
because we actually talked about her back in 2020,
which is when the real Ariana Grande
called a TikTok trend at the time
of people impersonating her
or characters that she's played degrading,
which led to Paige, who was 15 at the time, saying...
- I'm used to Ariana shading me, so.
- [Speaker] Yeah, I mean, whatever.
- I'm just here to entertain people.
It's not how (indistinct) am in real life.
Kinda why I'm not a fan of her anymore, honestly.
- But fan or not, that didn't stop Paige
from continuing to impersonate Grande,
and now that she's 18, she has launched an OnlyFans.
It's one that she labeled 18 plus
for not safe for work adult content,
though in her bio she says she's not cosplaying
or impersonating,
but still that hasn't stopped a ton of people going,
okay, you're saying that,
but really we know what's going on here,
with people noting,
"It's obvious she's doing her makeup exactly like Ariana
"and in a recently leaked photo from her OnlyFans
"it's clear her face is edited to look more like Ariana.
"I wish her the best, truly, but this is gone way too far."
Some having also referred to this
as cosplay porn and saying,
"Impersonating Ariana is one thing,
"but creating an OnlyFans, that's disgusting.
"She's using Ariana's persona to sell adult content.
"That can be viewed as sexual exploitation."
And I will say, at the very least, it is a little bit weird.
It feels a little bit like someone monetizing
a non-tech version of a deep fake,
but also there appears to be nothing illegal
about what she's doing.
Just maybe morally questionable.
And honestly, I think when it comes to guys,
morally questionable is not something
that usually stops a decent percentage
from whipping out a credit card.
I'm aware that even talking about this story,
there are gonna be a number of guys out there that are like
this is ridiculous, disgusting, so wrong.
Can you send me the link
so I can verify my feelings on this?
And ultimately, like a lotta the things
in the social media age,
the anger or disgust or whatever you wanna call it,
it just results in people making more money.
And so with this the two questions I'll leave you with
is one, what are your thoughts on this story in general?
And two, if you look like me,
but are slightly more attractive and or fit,
please email me for a possible business venture.
(Philip laughing)
- [Announcer] This is a news show.
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(monkey hooting)
- Then I wanna talk to you about TikTok,
because there was some news recently that broke,
and it made me wonder,
is there something that could happen with TikTok
that would actually make me delete the app?
Because it brings me a questionable amount of joy,
which I'll touch on in a second,
so it makes me go like, what would I be comfortable with,
since the more you enjoy something
the more bullshit you'll deal with?
And the reason that was on my mind
is because as Bloomberg reported,
"On Monday several cybersecurity analysts
"tweeted about the discovery of what was purportedly
"a breach of an insecure server
"that allowed access to TikTok storage,
"which they believed contained personal user data."
And noting, "Only days earlier,
"Microsoft said it had found a high severity vulnerability
"in TikTok's Android application,
"which would've allowed attackers
"to compromise user's accounts with a single click."
So concerning, but then on the other side of this
you have TikTok saying,
"No, the reporting here is inaccurate,"
and saying, quote,
"Our security team investigated the statement
"and determined that the code in question
"is completely unrelated to talk's backend source code."
So with that, we saw Troy Hunt,
an Australian web security consultant,
who we actually had on the podcast
back when I had a podcast,
reportedly going through some of the data samples
and saying that he found matches
between user profiles and videos posted under those IDs.
But also noting that some of the details
included in the leak were publicly accessible data
that could have been constructed without breach,
and saying, "This is so far pretty inconclusive.
"It's a bit of a mixed bag so far."
So you have all of that happening
as well as Joe Biden potentially signing
an executive order soon that could impact TikTok.
But I don't know if there is anything
that would actually make me delete the app,
and it's not because we post TikToks
and crush on that platform.
In fact, I lose money by putting content out on TikTok,
but just the sheer amount of messiness
that people knowingly and publicly put out on that platform,
it is irreplaceable.
Don't get me wrong, most of my TikTok feed,
it's just like comedian TikToks,
both kind of mainstream,
as well as my favorite person on the app,
I don't know how to pronounce his last name,
it's like Tony Statovski.
But in addition to that, I have a group chat
that is just dedicated to messy, messy TikToks.
I gotta show you the newest one.
People just postin' this shit for free blows my mind.
Here we go.
- You conveniently missed a few things here.
So let me help you out with this timeline.
He cheated on me first.
I forgave him.
We went on to have a couple of children,
and later on in our marriage we decided to start swinging
with the couple next door.
Partaking in that swinging blurred
any boundary of monogamy that we had previously had.
While we were swinging,
we became heavily involved in drinking.
While we were drinking,
I eventually had an affair and got pregnant.
I told him that I had the affair.
I told him I got pregnant.
I told him I wanted to keep the baby.
He said, "Hey, I'll raise the baby as my own
"since the biological father wanted nothing to do with her."
Little did I know that behind the scenes
he was having an affair with my mother,
and they were mustering up this whole plan
on how they were gonna take my children from me
and go live happily ever after.
We both cheated on one another,
but I never deserved for my mother to betray me
in the manner that she did.
I could quite literally care less
if the entire world **** hates me,
my entire family has hated me my entire life.
I've hated myself my entire life.
I think I'm a terrible **** person, quite honestly.
So go ahead.
Hate me, tell me that I deserved all of this.
Tell me that I made my bed.
Tell me that if it wasn't for me
this all wouldn't have happened, right?
But what you're not gonna do
is point me out to be the only bad guy in this situation,
because I wasn't the only bad guy.
(Philip laughing)
- That's amazing.
I wanna go to their Thanksgiving dinner this year.
All of a sudden my problems don't feel that big.
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Then, easily one of my favorite stories today
starts with the headline more than 100 students
baptized without parents' permission
at North Carolina school.
Which of course, if you're not a religious person,
is a headline that makes you go what the fuck?
You're gonna indoctrinate my child without permission?
And I saw a number of people having that reaction,
but if you read past the headline what actually happened
is that there's a Christian school
and a number of people were scheduled to get baptized,
but also they opened it up, said,
"Hey even if you're not scheduled,
"let us know if you wanna get baptized."
And according to this private Christian school,
around 100 middle school and high school students said,
"Yeah, I wanna do that."
And so it generated most of the anger
where parents just wanted to be there to witness it.
With the school actually later issuing an apology saying,
"I do understand that parents would desire
"to be a part of something so wonderful happening
"in the lives of their children.
"And so I apologize that we did not
"take that into consideration in that moment."
With Renee McLamb saying that,
"Most of the parents that were contacted were glad."
But noting that some were unhappy with the move,
which brings us to the best line of this fucking story.
"Some of the children had already been baptized,
"and at least one family was concerned
"that a second baptism could undo the first."
Which one, that's just fuckin' hilarious.
And two, it might even be funnier
if it turned out that God existed
and your child didn't get into heaven
because of a clerical error?
Like imagine everything with the religion's real,
that that child grows up, invents the cure to cancer,
gives all their money away,
and they die peacefully in their sleep.
They go to heaven, and then Peter's at the gate's like,
"Ah, gah, see, here's the thing."
- You double dipped the chip.
- Or two, if you get baptized a second time,
I imagine it's like if you got buffs
that were stacking in a video game.
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How does a minimum wage fast food worker
making $22 per hour sound to you?
And I ask you that, not because I like random hypotheticals,
but rather because of this news
we're seeing out of California.
So to celebrate Labor Day yesterday,
California governor Gavin Newsom signed a landmark bill
that will massively increase protections
and wages for fast food workers in the state.
And under the legislation,
California will now officially create
the first ever state council given the authority
to set up standards on minimum wage,
safety, hours, and other working conditions.
It'll be composed of four workers' delegates,
four employers' representatives, and two state officials.
And what they do will likely be massive
for the more than half a million fast food workers
in California.
And that's especially true when it comes to wages,
because the new law allows the body
to raise the minimum wages high as $22 an hour
for fast food chains with more than 100 restaurants
starting next year,
with also cost of living adjustments after that as well.
So we're talking about a potential massive jump
from the current statewide minimum wage of $15 an hour
for businesses with more than 26 employees.
And so with this you had many labor groups
applauding the legislation,
saying that it's necessary to protect a group of workers
in a sector that is strongly relying
on the franchise business model
that they say is riddled with worker abuses and wage theft,
and claiming that this is a powerful step forward
in what's known as sectoral bargaining,
which allows workers and management
to negotiate industry wide wages and conditions
instead of doing so at individual companies and locations.
And arguing that it's especially important
in this specific industry,
where they say enforcement of proper working conditions
and other protections have traditionally required workers
to come forward against their corporate overlord employers.
With the president
of the Service Employees International Union
calling the bill one of the most important pieces
of labor legislation in a generation.
But on the other side of this,
we also saw many fast food restaurants
and franchise owners condemning the law,
With the International Franchise Association,
which represents the industry,
saying franchisees told them they do not know
how they'll be able to make it
once the bill goes into effect.
And arguing that the law will raise prices for businesses
that will then be passed on to consumers.
And they are citing an analysis
from the University of California at Riverside
that found that a 60% increase in worker compensation
could increase prices by as much as 20%,
with some opponents even saying they've had early talks
about launching a campaign to put the issue
before California voters in a referendum in 2024.
And so with all of that said,
I'd love to know your thoughts on this story
and this recently signed bill.
Are you for it?
Are you against it?
Why, why not?
Let me know.
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And the final thing that I wanna talk about today
as I hide inside from just
the ridiculously stupid hot weather in California right now
is all this big Trump news.
And today it is specifically
about the criminal investigation
into the records that Trump kept at Mar-a-Lago,
because a Trump appointed judge has now intervened
to allow a special master to oversee
the review of the documents
and temporarily block the DOJ from accessing them.
This, as we previously talked about,
after Trump requested the appointment
of this special master,
who would be an independent arbitrator tasked
with filtering out privileged information
in criminal cases where there is concern
certain materials shouldn't be seen by investigators.
And in her decision Monday, Trump appointee,
and U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon argued
that there was a need to ensure the appearance
of fairness and integrity
under the extraordinary circumstances presented.
But also very notably here,
Cannon went way beyond just allowing the special master
to filter the documents based on what may be protected
under attorney client privilege, as is typical.
She also granted the third party much broader powers,
by saying they can also evaluate the materials
for those that could be subject to executive privilege.
That's incredibly significant here,
because Trump has repeatedly tried to claim
he exercised broad executive privileges
over many of the thousands of documents.
And even though the Department of Justice
and White House have both actively rejected that claim,
Cannon's ruling here could mean
that a special master will further limit
potentially crucial information
that investigators need to see,
which is why you have legal experts
having repeatedly said that the request for a special master
is just another effort by Trump
to undermine the DOJ's legitimacy.
And now you have many saying that Cannon's decision
to actually grant this
is incredibly unusual and highly problematic.
This including Stephen Vladeck,
a law professor at the University of Texas,
who described the decision as
"An unprecedented intervention by a federal district judge
"into the middle of an ongoing federal criminal
"and national security investigation."
And others also specifically questioning Cannon's decision
to allow the special master to review materials
subject to executive privilege,
with the New York Times explaining,
"The justice department is itself
"part of the executive branch,
"and a court has never held that a former president
"can invoke the privilege to keep records
"from his time in office
"away from the executive branch itself."
And so as far as what happens next,
well, the DOJ will be forced
to stop reviewing the documents.
Cannon said that the intelligence community
can still continue its review.
The decision also won't shut down
the DOJ's criminal investigation,
though it will slow it down.
That said, the department could appeal this decision,
but that risks sending the matter
to a Trump-favoring appellate court,
and then even potentially
to the conservative majority Supreme Court,
a move that has a number of people worried
would raise concerns about sweeping rulings
that the high court could make on executive privilege
that would then very much help Trump.
But ultimately that is where that story
and today's show ends.
As always, thank you for watchin',
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But of course, as always my name's Philip DeFranco,
you've just been filled in.
I love yo faces, and I'll see you tomorrow.