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And let's just jump into it.
Hurricane Ian is officially attacking America,
right as I was recording.
Right now, the eye made landfall with mainland Florida.
And the footage coming outta the area is terrifying,
with Fort Myers in particular
getting battered by this storm.
We've seen intense winds as well as a multi foot storm surge
that's flooding coastal areas
with the city only getting a small break
as the eye of the storm is moving over the city.
But now, category five hurricane is expected
to make its way up to Orlando tonight
with the National Weather Service in Tampa
continuing to issue warnings for the people there.
'Cause like we've talked about,
while a lot of southern and central Florida
is used to hurricanes,
Tampa hasn't really been hit by a major one in a long time.
Also, for people sending wild wishes,
'cause I was talking about my parents out there, thank you.
One set are hunkering down,
one I was able to get out of there.
Now, hopefully, everyone there can be safe.
The damage will be minimal.
But like with all hurricanes, damage is expected,
especially with the heavy rainfall
and gusts of up to 190 mile per hour winds.
And to get an idea of how bad hurricanes
can mess up an area, I mean we only need to look
at what recently happened to Puerto Ricans.
Hurricane Fiona tore through the Island,
leaving it in pretty bad shape, which unfortunately,
has been a trend with hurricanes in Puerto Rico.
It's so bad, that many regions just don't have running water
or electricity,
and major parts of the Island have been relying
on diesel to power necessities.
And that's all well and good in the short term,
but that is a finite resource.
And it's looking like even that's going to run out.
With Governor Pedro Pierluisi warning
that the fuel shortage would affect public health,
security, and even government functions.
So, it's not surprising that he is requesting
the Federal Government waive the Jones Act.
Which if you don't know, kind of a wild thing.
The Jones Act heavily limits the goods
that can go to Puerto Rico.
It requires that all goods transported to the Island,
have to be sent on a U.S built ship
that is crude and owned by U.S citizens, flying a U.S flag.
While waving the Jones Act,
isn't uncommon after major storms,
and hopefully, this will change.
President Joe Biden so far has yet to respond
to the governor's request.
But hopefully, he does because literally,
instant relief is sitting off the coast.
As I record this for you, there is a British petroleum ship
with 300,000 barrels of diesel awaiting entry.
But even with waving it,
there's a question of why does it still exist.
The Jones Act is very controversial.
It's one of the most egregious remnants
of America's most blatant imperialist past.
I mean, it forces a territory to only get goods
from the mother country,
which is something that colonies around the world
have complained about throughout history.
I mean, ironically, or you could say hypocritically,
it it was one of the driving factors
in the American Revolution.
But apparently, we were like,
"Death to the king. Long live the king."
But for everyday Puerto Ricans,
the Jones Act causes more down to earth issues.
Not only does it make things like getting fuel
to the Island more expensive,
but it also causes basic building materials
to rebuild the Island after storms like Fiona,
very expensive leading to figures
like the Archbishop of San Juan and Senator Marco Rubio
to also call for the Jones Act to be waved.
And the thinking around this, shouldn't just be short term?
How can we solve the long term issues that the Island faces?
And the desires there,
local officials on both sides of the aisle
have long wanted it repealed,
claiming that it permanently stifles the economy,
an economy that more and more mainland Americans
are taking advantage of.
Because while it's always there,
this hurricane has also refueled anger
over wealthy mainland Americans going to the Island
and building multimillion dollar homes
while saying very little about the disaster.
Notable among these being Logan Paul,
who has reportedly been a resident for nearly a year now
after building $13 million home there.
Which is why we've seen so many locals criticizing him
other critics saying, "Hey, Logan Paul,
don't you live in Puerto Rico?
Sucks how you call at 'home' and the natives,
your neighbors are suffering."
As well as, "Logan Paul and all you millionaires.
Where the fuck are you at now?
What are you doing for Puerto Rico to help?
Wanna keep buying property?
All of yous are full of shit."
Well, this is something that we've talked about in the past.
The person that has blown this up
the most recently, is Bad Bunny.
If you didn't see, recently turned
his "El Apagon" music video
into a documentary about the struggles Puerto Rico faces,
and heavily focused on millionaires like Logan Paul
who come to avoid many taxes.
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- I'm moving the Puerto Rico.
- It also touches on a lot of the other issues
that the Island faces
like Gringos buying cheaper properties,
a locals wood use for housing,
and making them rentals for tourists.
And after today, I'll link to it down below.
I cannot recommend you check it out enough.
And also, to that end,
I'm gonna link to some charities and food banks down below
where you can send donations to try and help
which is something,
but I mean even all the money in the world
it's not gonna fix the issues that the Jones Act causes.
And then, internet weirdos are thirst
and over Jeffrey Dahmer right now.
And I feel like we should talk about it
because we've been talking
about true crime the last two weeks.
And now, with a new "Dahmer" monster
the Jeffrey Dahmer story series on Netflix,
the conversation has really taken center stage.
It's a show by Ryan Murphy, it's stars Evan Peters,
and it just broke Netflix's record
to become the most watch first week for a new series ever.
But despite this massive success,
it's also facing tons of criticism
with many critics calling it exploitative.
The Guardian writing that it is "Unwatchably Queasy."
and saying, the first episodes, I quote,
"A demonstration of every worst tendency
that the true crime drama genre has to offer."
We've also seen the families of the victims speaking out
especially the family of Arrol Lindsey.
His cousin Eric Tweeting,
"I'm not telling anyone what to watch.
I know true crime media is huge right now,
but if you're actually curious about the victims,
my family is pissed about the show.
It's retraumatizing over and over again, and for what?
How many movies, shows, documentaries do we need?"
Eric also bring up the intended narrative this show,
and a lot of others, you saying, that the story is for
and about the victims, and their families.
But saying just because they say this,
doesn't mean that's how it's received explaining.
"So, when they say they're doing this
with respect to the victims,
or honoring the dignity of the families,
no one contacts them.
My cousins wake up every few months at this point
with a bunch of calls and messages,
and they know there's another "Dahmer" show, it's cruel."
Errol's sister Rita also writing an essay in "Insider,"
where she echoed the claim
the Netflix gave her no heads up,
didn't ask her any questions
about this or her brother,
and saying, that watching it,
felt like reliving it all over again.
It brought back all the emotions I was feeling back then.
"It's sad that they're just making money
off this tragedy, that's just greed."
And that's just one aspect.
There's also been a ton of controversy
and really general discussed
about how people have received this show.
Because right now, you have people making fan edits
that seemingly romanticized Dahmer,
even though they show Evan Peters
as Dahmer it's still a murderer and his actions
that are ultimately being portrayed.
You've got people minimizing what he did,
trying to say that there was like
this big romantic relationship,
it was a love story, that Dahmer's hot,
they're thirsting over his mugshot.
Which is why you also have people on social media
trying to counter all of this, tweeting things like,
"Jeffrey Dahmer molested and murdered people,
mostly black men and boys.
So, to see people making edits and thirst traps of him
is a little off putting."
There was even a report yesterday
that there were discussions in Milwaukee
about finding a way to honor the victims,
but you had the mayor and others concerned
that if they actually made a physical memorial,
it might just end up being this weird mecca
for creepy Dahmer fans.
And so, with no shortage of controversies here,
and this being a continuing discussion,
I'd love to know your thoughts.
And then, they're threatening people with felonies
for talking about abortion, or even providing condoms.
Yes, really, it's insane.
So, we have to go to the potato state, Idaho
where the University of Idaho
released a statement to its faculty last week
informing them of new university policies
that restrict the discussion of abortion,
and even counsel's faculty
against providing contraception like condoms.
And saying, "Any violations could lead faculty to be fired,
barred from working for the state,
and even charged with a misdemeanor, or felony."
With these new mandates even limiting access
to emergency contraception like Plan B on campus,
making it only available in cases of rape.
And regarding the discussion of abortion,
the university warned them,
"Academic freedom is not a defense to violation of law."
Right. So, why?
Why is the university doing this?
Well, all these rules stem from the state legislation
passed last year titled "No Public Funds for Abortion Act."
Without saying that absolutely no funds
provided by the state shall be used in any way to perform,
promote, or counsel in favor of abortions.
And in another Idaho code, it's a felony for anyone
without a medical license to advertise,
or provide notice of quote, "Any medicine or means
for producing or facilitating a miscarriage, or abortion,
or for the prevention of conception."
And according to the university's statement to faculty,
the laws are unclear and untested in court.
So, the school has decided to take a conservative approach
and not provide standard birth control.
Now, to remove any confusion for those involved,
it's important to note that the university
can still provide condoms for STD prevention,
just not for contraception.
So, you just gotta say, I want the condom,
so I don't get gonorrhea
not because I don't want baby Gina.
But also, for all of us that live outside of Idaho,
this is still an important story to look at.
Because if there's one thing you take away from this,
is that this movement against abortion,
isn't just producing laws
that limit rights to the procedure,
but also it's making safe and responsible birth control
less accessible for young people
giving more weight to the fear
that anti-abortion laws will turn to antibirth control laws.
And now, you literally have educational institutions
worried that they're going
to criminally punish college faculty
just for providing basic reproductive resources
and information to their students.
To the point that they're having to jump through hoops
in their curriculum to avoid getting a felony charge.
The sanctity of your relationship with God,
or justice for abuse survivors?
And specifically, what I mean here,
is should religious clergy be legally required
to report confessions of sexual abuse?
Because other professions like therapists,
teachers and physicians legally have to pass any information
about alleged child sexual abuse to the authorities
in some states breaking,
an otherwise confidential relationship.
But fun fact, not fun fact,
in 33 states clergy are exempt from any such requirement
if they find that info to be privileged.
With the argument there being,
that confession is supposed to be just between you,
your clergy member, and God.
And letting the state intervene in that relationship
would disrupted secret privacy.
But opponents of the exemption disagree,
pointing out how many cases of abuse
have gone under the radar because authorities
were kept out of the loop.
With one of those opponents being Angela Romero,
Democratic state senator from Utah
who introduced a bill two years ago called "HP 90,"
which sought to close the clergy loophole.
But obviously, it wasn't passed, so what happened?
Well, it got stuck in the House.
And now, an investigation by the Associated Press
sheds light on why.
With it finding that the religious establishment in Utah
launched an organized campaign against the bill
with the Catholic diocese alone
collecting 9,000 signed pre-made letters from parishioners
in dozens of churches and sending those to Romero,
as well as, I mean, it's Utah.
The Mormon church whose members make up
the majority of the state legislature,
applying pressure to kill the proposed law.
But also, a key thing to know here,
this is just one example, because according to the AP,
lawmakers across the country
have introduced more than 130 bills
trying to create or amend child sex abuse reporting laws
over the past two decades,
with every single one either targeting the loophole
but failing to close it,
or amending the mandatory reporting statute
without touching the clergy loophole.
And as the AP explains, that, "The Roman Catholic Church
has used its well funded lobbying infrastructure,
and deep influence among lawmakers in some states
to protect that privilege."
and adding there, "Influential members of the Mormon church
and Jehovah's Witnesses have also worked in state houses,
and courts to preserve it in areas
where the membership is high."
With the clergy leading the opposition in some cases,
being the same people later discovered to be predators.
Like a Catholic cardinal in Maryland
who led the campaign there,
and was actually deflocked later for child sexual abuse.
And I mean, just last month another investigation
revealed that a Mormon bishop in Arizona
under the direction of church leaders,
failed to report a church member who confessed
to sexually abusing his five-year-old daughter.
With Republican state Lawmaker Merrill Nelson
reportedly advising that bishop not to report it,
effectively letting the father
abuse three of his children for years.
Yet, after that case, three proposed bills
that would've closed the clergy loophole
were snuffed out by key Mormon legislators.
So, now back in Utah where Romero is teaming up
with a Republican to reintroduce "HB 90" next year.
But if the entire history of these efforts is any indicator,
I don't have a lot of faith that it'll pass.
And if there's a final thing that I can say here
that can stand out to you,
and especially to those on the religious right who go,
"Yeah, I support this."
It's times like these and stories like this
that make me hope that you are right, that a God does exist.
Because if that is the case,
you're not gonna go where you think you're going.
Whatever excuses you make, doesn't change the fact
that you are protecting predators over their prey.
And then, have you seen this 15-year-old girl?
Well, if you live in southern California
you very likely saw her yesterday,
because her face was blasted across the area
through an Amber alert.
Her name's Savannah.
And on Monday, her Father Anthony Graziano
shot and killed his estranged wife,
then going on the run from authorities,
and he took savanna with him.
So, you see the police treat this not only
as an alleged murder case,
but also an ongoing kidnapping
that the stakes are high here,
they could still save Savannah.
And for a day, Anthony was actually able
to stay away from the cops.
But yesterday, somebody spotted
his white Nissan pickup truck and alerted them.
And so, he had deputies arriving on the scene,
and then Anthony, who was still armed at that time,
putting several rounds through a patrol car's windshield.
From there, we see a high speed pursuit,
taking both Anthony and the cops
through multiple highways and cities.
Reportedly, the entire time shots
are being fired back at the police,
the bullets at one point even disabling a cop car.
Anthony then, drives his truck off the road in Hesperia
coming to a stop and engaging with law enforcement
in a final firefight.
With one bystander's video capturing
at least 23 seconds of continuous gunfire,
though it could have been longer.
And at some point during all of this,
a person wearing what the police described as tactical gear
emerged from the passenger side door,
including a plated vest and a helmet.
They then run from the truck,
making a beeline for the cops,
but they're quickly shot down by their gunfire.
So, the dust settles, the deputies approach the truck,
they find Anthony dead inside,
then moving to administer medical aid
to the person in tactical gear,
which as the sheriff later reveals.
- We believe that both the suspect in the vehicle
and the person that's contacted with the tactical gear,
that that person is our 15-year-old juvenile, Savannah.
- That's right.
The police shot and killed the very 15-year-old girl
that they were trying to rescue.
And even though they then rushed her to the hospital,
unfortunately, it was too late.
Savannah died, with the sheriff later adding.
- Preliminarily, again, there may be some indications
that the passenger of the vehicle,
which we believe is Savannah,
may have been also involved in some of the fire exchange.
- Though on that,
also noting that as deputies
found one rifle inside the truck.
And right now, investigators are still trying to figure out
what exactly happened there,
including who specifically shot Savannah.
So, while you have some giving the police here
the benefit of the doubt,
you have a lot of people furious,
saying that this is yet another case of law enforcement
hurting precisely the people
that they're supposed to protect.
With people more than ever, seeming to wonder
the quality of person in this job,
whether it be this or the the situation
we covered the other week about that woman
that was left handcuffed on the train tracks.
Or I mean, just last week a sheriff's department
in Northern California stripped 47 deputies,
or rather 10% of their force,
of their guns and arrest powers.
And that because an internal audit ended up finding out
that they had actually failed their psych exams
going as far back as 2016, but still remained on the job.
But as far as what else we learn here,
we'll have to wait and see.
And, of course, until then I'll pass the question up to you,
What are your thoughts here?
But that is where that story and today's show ends.
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