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Hope you've had a fantastic Tuesday.
Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show.
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The first thing we're gonna talk about today
is the story, and situation
around Billie Eilish,
who, if you don't know, one of the biggest musical artists
out there right now.
She's a young artist known for a lot of things,
including really never showing off her body,
and like taking baggy clothes to a whole different level.
So, in the past 24 hours,
a story has blown up.
because Billie Eilish has shown more of her body.
But also, this isn't my show from 10 years ago
where I'm like, "Hey, look at this body."
There's also this message and debate about the reveal,
and just the relationship in general people have
with women's bodies.
So last night was the first night of her world tour,
and during this, there was an interlude
where you see her take off her hoodie.
But more notably, Billie Eilish shares a message
over this video.
A message that I'll read because the audio
is pretty unusable from most angles,
cause people are just
screaming like they're being happily stabbed.
But the message, in part, includes,
"Some people hate what I wear. Some people praise it,
"Some people use it to shame others.
"Some people use it to shame me.
"But I feel you watching, always,
"and nothing I do goes unseen.
"So while I feel your stares,
"Your disapproval, or your sigh of relief,
"If I lived by them, I'd never be able to move.
"Would you like me to be smaller?
"Weaker? Softer? Taller?
"Would you like me to be quiet?
"Do my shoulders provoke you?
"Does my chest?
"Am I my stomach?
"My hips?
"The body I was born with,
"Is it not what you wanted?
"If I wear what is comfortable,
"I am not a woman.
"If I shed the layers, I am a slut.
"Though you've never seen my body,
"You still judge it and judge me for it.
"Why?
"Why make assumptions about people based on their size?
"We decide what they're worth.
"If I wear more, who decides what that makes me?
"What that means?
"Is my value based only on your perception?
"Or is your opinion of me not my responsibility?
You know, seeing this moment, hearing the message,
also looking back to past interviews
where she talked about her body,
I really respect his moment and message,
because ultimately right?
If you boil it all down,
it's a message of, this is my body, this is your body,
we should be able to whatever the hell we want
with our bodies.
Think about what makes us happy.
Because there'll always be outside sources telling us
what we are and what we're not.
And because no matter what, there're gonna be people
that take the moments where she's wearing
the really baggy stuff and go,
"Oh, that's not what a woman's supposed to look like,"
or use pictures and videos of her wearing the baggy stuff
to shame women who didn't.
Right on the other side,
you're gonna have people taking moments
where Billie Eilish is now showing off more of her body,
and you're gonna have other examples of people
shaming her or using her to shame others,
and at the core, the main message we need to repeat
to ourselves over and over,
because it's very easy to lose it.
Is as long as I'm not hurting anybody else,
the choices I make in my life about me are perfectly fine,
as long as they make me happy.
But, yeah, that's the situation,
and those are my thoughts on it.
Then, let's talk about Russian President, Vladimir Putin.
Now Putin, if you didn't know, has been the on and off again
President of Russia since the year 2000,
and the reason for the on again off again
is that Russia's constitution currently limits
the President to two consecutive terms.
So Putin was President from 2000 to 2008.
He was then termed out, stepping down,
and taking over the role of Prime Minister.
Then, in 2012, he was elected to serve his second first term
which is a fun sentence,
very democratic.
And the guy who was serving for President during that time,
then essentially switched places with Putin,
taking over the role as Prime Minister.
But before reverting back to that role of Prime Minister,
there was a very helpful change for Putin,
where presidential terms were now six years.
Right, so Putin became President in 2012,
then winning re-election in 2018.
And so, we're at the situation where his fourth term,
or his second, second term,
is ending in 2024.
So of course, you have people going,
"Well, what's gonna "happen there?"
Is Putin gonna sit out that next round,
and then just run again in 2030? Right?
That's a downside of the new six year term.
Plus, the downside to that is in 2030,
he would be 77 years old.
Although,
I mean that's Biden, Bernie territory right now.
Right but for Putin,
if not that,
then what?
It's Vladimir Putin.
You know in some way he's gonna try and consolidate
and hold on to power.
And so actually the belief for a little while,
is that Vladimir Putin was gonna set it up
while he was President to make himself more powerful
when he had to leave office.
And this is something that appeared validated
after Putin proposed a series of
constitutional amendments back in January.
Some of those amendments involving,
limiting the power of his successor to the Presidency,
and expanding the power of other bodies
outside of the Presidency.
Right in places that presumably he would take over.
But now, as of today,
we're seeing a series of new developments
that appear there's a different plan in motion.
Now this is a plan that was not proposed by Putin,
not in any way.
Not choreographed, nothing, very organic.
All right, so there's this idea, this proposal
from a member of parliament who is very popular
and famous for being the first woman to go to space.
All right, so this MP.
She says, that Russia should either
scrap term limits altogether.
Or,
pass an amendment that would basically reset
Putin's term limit clock,
so that he could run for a third consecutive time.
Arguing, "Given his enormous authority,
this would be a stabilizing factor for our society."
That was reportedly met with applause,
and followed by a call to Putin,
who then made a rare appearance in Parliament.
To express his support for resetting his term limit.
Saying, "The President is a guarantor
of security of our state,
its internal stability, and evolutionary development.
We have had enough revolutions."
And adding, "I'm sure that together,
we will do many more great things,
at least until 2024.
Then, we will see."
I'd like to imagine that's how he said the last line.
Who knows?
Anything's possible.
But, notably he did say,
he didn't wanna scrap term limits altogether.
And even more notably he said,
"that the constitution should keep the two term limit."
Putin reportedly saying,
he believes Russia must turn into a country that
changes Presidents regularly.
Just not now,
because it's not ready.
Which I will say as a man who believes that rules
are incredibly important,
but also, should not apply to me,
I greatly respect.
I mean, honestly Putin's kinda killing it right now!
And by it, I mean,
foreigners in other countries.
Jesus.
But really,
the word President, I feel like,
it's just changing internationally.
Like if this happens,
which it's greatly believed that it will.
Putin would join other fantastic,
and definitely valid "Presidents" like,
Erdoğan of Turkey,
President Xi of China.
But as far as, if this would happen.
We'll most likely know on April 22nd.
You know, shortly after the theatrics we saw,
and talked about the lower house of parliament,
passed the law to let Putin run again,
by a huge margin.
That law would go to Russia's constitutional court,
which would then decide if it's legal,
and right now experts believe that
they will find that it is.
And from there, he'll go to the Russian people,
who will vote on it as a referendum on April 22nd.
Along with other proposed constitutional reforms,
that will likely be approved by parliament,
in a court including,
A ban on gay marriage.
So, there's a...
Also, it's important to note the timing of the situation.
The fear of the unknown,
the fear of chaos,
is high right now.
I mean, for example,
this proposal comes just one day after
the value of Russia's ruble dropped to it's lowest level,
in four years.
And that's because, Russia's cooperative agreement
with Opec, the organization
of petroleum export in countries.
It completely fell apart,
when Russia refused to agree to
oil supply cuts.
Which the other members are arguing,
are necessary, because oil demand is super low,
due to the coronavirus.
But yeah!
Ah just, just some...
some fun stuff to know about, I guess.
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It's simple in the ways that I want,
interesting in ways that I didn't expect.
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Then, let's talk about updates around the coronavirus,
because why talk about news on YouTube,
unless we actively try to get demonetized.
Fuck you YouTube.
We've disincentivize people trying to put out factual,
non fearmongering content.
Because you cracked down so hard,
trying to stop people from making,
fearmongering, conspiracy theorist videos.
But, apparently they're reassessing the situation,
so we'll see what comes from that.
But, main point.
We're seeing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
asking nursing homes to limit visitation,
due to the high amount of deaths,
and greater risk for people over 60,
and/or with underlying health conditions.
Also, urging seniors to limit unnecessary travel
in large groups.
We're seeing some colleges like Stanford,
and Columbia University canceling
in-person classes.
All right, students will be working online instead.
We're all seeing companies encouraging certain employees
to try to work from home.
We all saw Trump announcing that The White House,
will be working with industries like
airlines, cruise ships, and hotels.
It's of course industries being hit incredibly hard,
because people are canceling travel plans.
Although, in general,
we've seen a lot of companies losing money.
I mean yesterday, we saw the stock market nosedive.
With the Dow Jones losing 2,000 points,
closing 7.8% lower.
Which if you're unfamiliar with the stock market,
those numbers are massive.
It was the worst day for the stock market,
since the 2008 financial crisis.
And we actually even saw the stock market
temporarily stop trading.
Notably, that only lasted 15 minutes,
but it was the first time since 1997.
Though, I do wanna note here,
this is actually for a number of reasons.
Saudi Arabia was slashing away at oil prices,
this largely because of a price war with Russia.
So you have that,
and then you pair it with the big fear
around the coronavirus, that it could end up
plunging the global economy into a recession.
Also, on a note of government reaction.
You know like we talk about,
Trump signed an $8.3 billion dollar aid package
focused on vaccine research and medical efforts last week.
Also, yesterday we saw Trump make another announcement,
- "We are going to be asking tomorrow we're,
seeing the senate.
We're going to be meeting with House Republicans,
Mitch McConnell, everybody.
And discussing a possible payroll tax
cut or relief.
Substantial relief, very substantial relief,
that's a big...
That's a big number.
We're also going to be talking about
hourly wage earners getting...
help.
So that they can...
be in a position where,
they're not gonna ever miss a paycheck."
- All right, so it sounds like there may be
payroll tax cuts,
but also there really aren't any details yet.
And around this, you've people like
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley saying that quote,
"everything is on the table."
But also, you have Republicans
like Senator John Cornyn who said,
"I usually love tax cuts,
but I think it's a little bit premature."
And actually, this afternoon we saw Trump
coming out of that meeting with Republicans.
In a press conference he called it, "Great."
Saying there was a tremendous unity.
In that meeting, he reportedly proposed
a temporary payroll tax that could cost the government
$40 billion dollars a month.
But, notably here, a decision was not actually reached.
That's because reportedly,
with some Republicans proposing different plans,
others worried the payroll tax cuts might not do enough
to stimulate the economy.
Reportedly on the other side of this,
you've Democrats working on their own plan as well.
Yesterday, we saw Speaker of the House,
Nancy Pelosi, and Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer,
kind of lay out that plan.
Which appears to include,
free coronavirus testing paid leave,
for those affected by the epidemic,
expanded food subsidies,
and expanding the federal unemployment insurance system.
All right, so at the very least,
on the note of paid leave,
it appears there might be some common ground
between Republicans and Democrats.
Though, I do wanna stress here.
Right now, we do not know the details
of either plan.
And so we might have the mutual end goal of,
better, but the, the how...
it still might be a difference of opinion.
Also, another bit of coronavirus news that we saw,
came thanks to Fox News, and Fox Business News.
One of the more viral moments
coming from Fox Business News host, Trish Regan.
- The chorus of hate,
being leveled at the President
is nearing the crescendo,
as democrats blame him,
and only him.
For a virus that originated halfway around the world.
This is yet another attempt to
impeach the President.
And sadly it seems they care very little,
for any of the destruction they are leaving
in their wake.
Losses in the stock market,
all this unfortunately,
just, part of the
political casualties,
for them.
You know, this is a time to be united.
Not to be pointing fingers,
not to be encouraging hate,
and yet, what do we see?
We see the absolute opposite,
from the left tonight.
- All right, so going after Democrats, and the left.
Saying that they're politicizing this moment.
All while coronavirus impeachment scam is on screen.
It also appeared that,
Donald Trump seemingly supported this,
retweeting the video.
A number of conservatives seemingly supporting the video.
Although, you saw a number of people criticizing it as well.
And amongst those arguments saying that,
Regan is deflecting,
and projecting for the president.
Saying, "she, is actually politicizing this moment."
And as far as my reaction,
to that Trish Regan clip.
Here's what I'll say.
I personally, and this is based off what I've seen
from President Trump himself
Do not have faith in President Trump,
when it comes to the coronavirus.
And I hope,
I hope, I hope, I hope,
I am wrong.
I want the best possible, least damaging outcome.
But criticisms of the Presidents actions,
or inactions, his proposals,
or just the...
the mixed weird things that he says,
is not some deranged reaction.
Right, we have the CDC,
and the World Health Organization
saying what a massive deal this is.
Talking about how serious it is.
And then we looked at other countries,
and we see how fast the numbers jump from
10's of cases, to 100's of cases,
to 1,000's of cases.
But still, as recently as yesterday,
we had Trump minimizing the situation,
once again comparing it to the flu.
But then, when it serves him,
he'll throw away the minimization effort,
and he'll use it as a reason
for him needing to have the border wall made.
Even though, according to reports.
The director of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, said Tuesday that he was unaware
of any indication from his agency that physical barriers
along the America's borders would help halt
the spread of coronavirus in the U.S.
I mean, back to the minimization.
Right and there's a difference between calming people,
and misleading people.
And interestingly enough,
this issue with minimizing the problem,
calling it partisan politics,
was something that was called out by,
Tucker Carlson, last night.
- Meanwhile, if we're being honest.
The other side has not been especially helpful either.
People you trust,
people you probably voted for,
have spent weeks,
minimizing what is clearly,
a very serious problem.
It's just partisan politics, they say.
Calm down.
In the end, this is just like the flu,
and people die from that every year.
Coronavirus will pass,
and when it does,
we will feel foolish for worrying about it.
That's their position.
No doubt, these people have good intentions.
As they say,
this many of them anyway.
They may not know any better.
Maybe they're just not paying attention.
Or maybe they believe they're serving some higher cause,
by shading reality.
Nobody wants to be manipulated,
by a corrupt media establishment,
and it is corrupt.
And there's an election coming up.
Best not to say anything
that might help the other side.
We get it.
But they're wrong.
The Chinese coronavirus is a major event.
It will affect your life.
And by the way,
it's definitely not just the flu.
- [Philip] Carlson, then going on to note the difference
in the vitality rate between the flu,
and the coronavirus.
Also notably, the much, much higher fatality rate.
Once you're talking about people in their
60's, their 70's, their 80's.
I guess really,
if there are final points that I can end on.
One.
How fucking dare the entire world be so insane that,
there's a situation where I'm agreeing with
Tucker Carlson.
Two.
Both minimization and encouraging a panic,
can be damaging.
Three.
Criticisms of an administration that actually,
proposed cutting CDC funding.
Seemingly making some illogical choices,
having a mixed message,
minimizing the situation.
That makes sense.
That's not automatically just,
the left with pitchforks.
I mean hell, you would think you would care about it more,
if you're a Republican president.
The fucking coronavirus has the highest fatality rates,
among the ages that vote more Republican than Democrat.
And I mention that not because,
that should be the reason
that you take it as serious as it is.
But because,
Trump is a self-serving man.
So I'm appealing to those ideals.
And then of course.
Finally four.
Remember to keep washing
those hands, you dirty, dirty bastards.
Be alert, be concerned, be informed.
But still, do not panic.
And that,
is where I'm going to end today's show.
Of course, I'd love to know your thoughts on this,
anything else I talked about today but...
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