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And let's just jump into it.
You know, the first thing that we gotta talk about today
is in the wake of the Supreme Court League,
it's been very interesting to see online arguments
and reactions.
But as far as the majority of Republican politicians
and conservative mouthpiece,
they're trying to make this
only about the fact that this was leaked.
Which makes sense, because it's easier to talk about that
than the hugely unpopular overturning a Roe v. Wade,
which I mean, don't forget it
they are the reason it's happening.
It's been the plan, it's been the goal,
we're just seeing it executed.
We've also now seen a number of celebrities
joining the conversation.
With the likes of Olivia Rodrigo
performing at a concert in Washington DC
and taking time to talk about the Scottish Draft.
- I couldn't pass up the opportunity
to talk about how heartbroken I am.
Over the Supreme Court's potential decision.
(audience applauding)
What a woman does with her body should never be
in the hands of politicians.
And I hope we can raise our voices,
(crowd cheering)
to protect our right to have a safe abortion,
which is a right that so many people before us
have worked so hard to get.
- As well as the likes of Mia Khalifa
pulling no punches, writing,
"Conservatives don't deserve to hit it raw anyways."
And adding, "If you've never been finished in
without your consent, you shouldn't be making laws
about women's bodies."
Also comparing the penalties for rape
versus performing an abortion for a rape victim,
claiming they want us dead.
And changing her Twitter bio
to over-educated, under-loved millennial
because of that Matt Gaetz tweet,
I don't know if you saw it.
He wrote, "how many of the women rallying
against overturning Roe or over-educated,
under-loved millennials who sadly returned from protests
to a lonely microwave dinner with their cats
and no bumble matches?"
And be honest that's 1000% something you would imagine
Matt Gaetz to say.
Because one, he's got a face that says
if you got a degree, not from me.
And two, he's the 39-year-old Congressman being investigated
by the Justice Department over whether he paid for sex
engaged in sex trafficking
and had a sexual relationship with an underage girl.
But then finally regarding reactions that brings us
to Joe Rogan, who a lot of people are talking
about his reaction.
Because on a recent podcast, he noted a number of things
like how some people in some states
are in a worse position than others.
Calling Texas's six week band, terrible and adding.
- Who the (beep) knows they're pregnant at six weeks?
You just missed your period.
- And then regarding the potential overturning
of Roe v. Wade, he added.
- The thing that I'm thinking of is,
people that have, like if something happens to you,
like what if you get raped?
What if, you know anything like that?
Or what if, you know like a family member molests someone?
I don't like people telling other people
what they can and can't do.
- To which you know, a number of conservatives say,
"You know why do you always have to argue the rape
or the incest thing?
That isn't the majority of people getting abortions."
To which I would say, "But that doesn't mean you
shouldn't protect those people."
And it's been really (beep) weird to see a number of states,
not have exceptions for that.
Lastly, on the note of having policy based off
of like what's happening in the majority of situations,
I think this is an important thing to know.
Where Rogan noting that sometimes a woman needs one
to save her life, but that he struggles
on the line with late term abortion saying.
- I am 100% for a woman's right to choose.
But as a human being,
just a person observing things,
there's a big difference between a little clump of cells
and a fetus with an eyeball and a beating heart.
And for anybody to pretend there's not
you're not doing any-
- But where do you draw the line?
- [Joe] Right, where do you draw the line?
Yeah, that's the question.
- But that, if you just take a second
to look at any numbers is an incredibly weak argument,
when you talk about banning all abortion.
Like, let me ask you this question.
How many abortions do you think happened
before 13 weeks versus after 13 weeks?
What do you think it is?
Obviously, with my argument, you know that under 13 weeks
it's gonna be more than 50%.
Is it right on the line?
Is it 51%, 60, 70, 80.
In 2019, it was 92.7%.
Right, 92.7% of abortions that happened in this country,
happened in the first trimester,
despite so much of the argumentation against abortion
being about late term.
Within 6.2% taking place between 14 and 20 weeks
and less than 1% after 20 weeks.
Despite what seems to be the majority of the argument
against abortion being about the less than 1%.
I just think it's important to note,
you know, the stats and the facts or the situation.
One, because it's important to point out bad arguments,
but also two,
because we're still seeing more and more legislation.
Right, you've got news, like just a day after the leak.
Oklahoma's governor assigned a Texas
like abortion ban into law,
prohibiting the procedure after six weeks
before most people even know they're pregnant.
Also, the law will force people who are raped
or victims of incest to carry their pregnancies to term.
Also like Texas, Oklahoma is going to allow private citizens
to sue abortion providers
or anyone who helps someone get a procedure
after six weeks for upwards of $10,000.
And while yes, you could see this
as just another copycat Bill.
It's important because Oklahoma is right next to Texas.
And Oklahoma is where a number of women went
to get the procedure done after Texas banned it.
And speaking of neighboring states,
I mean, just yesterday we saw Republicans
in the Louisiana House advancing a Bill
through the committee
that would literally classify abortion as a homicide.
But unlike many of the other abortion laws,
we've seen recently which focus more on penalizing those
who provide abortion services
or help someone get them.
This one would go a step further and make it
so the person who ended the pregnancy
would also be charged with homicide.
Also, the next thing in Republicans crosshair
is likely gonna be medication, abortion pills
which really isn't surprising.
I mean, according to a recent Pew Report
from January to mid-March legislators
in over 20 states introduced legislation that either ban
or limit abortion pills.
With their efforts prompted in part
by the fact that back in December,
the FDA made permanent changes that it had implemented
during the pandemic that would allow pills to be obtained
through telehealth appointments or mail order pharmacies.
With a relaxation of those rules giving patients
in some states with more restrictions easier access
to the pill and also helped fuel the massive boom
in medication abortion.
With data showing that abortion pills officially made up
54% of abortions in the US in 2020.
And so cutting access to these pills
would massively undermine abortion access.
Pills that notably are only authorized to end pregnancies
in the first 10 weeks.
But of course, the big things being,
you could take it at home or anywhere,
and it's much less expensive
and invasive than surgical abortions.
But you do have legal experts saying,
they think it's gonna be hard
to enforce rules against the pills
because people have, and it's easy to go around restrictions
by getting their pills online from other countries.
Beyond that abortion pill purchases
are also exceptionally hard to regulate
because the packages are discreet and nondescript.
And there are rules about searching other people's mail
as well as protections
for those who send FDA approved drugs, despite state laws.
Which is also why there's been speculation
that the Biden administration could take steps
to open up access to the pills even more,
but again, states can just try to get around that.
Yeah, hopefully that makes this messy ridiculous chaos
a little bit more understandable.
And then let's talk about this news
about a special relationship in Alabama.
A tale as old as time.
No, not that stereotypes aren't cool.
I apologize, Alabama.
We're all tired.
Rather, what I'm talking about
is this absolutely batshit story coming out of Alabama
about an inmate and a corrections officer.
Right, so this story centers around murder suspect,
Casey Cole White and assistant director of corrections
for Lauderdale County, Vicky White.
And I said, "Stop it."
Officials say, "They are not related."
So back in 2020, Casey was charged with two counts
of capital murder in connection to a fatal stabbing
that he confessed to and was awaiting his trial
in Lauderdale County.
Though, notably he was already serving time
for what officials described as a crime spree in 2015
which included home invasion, carjacking and a police chase.
Okay, so on Friday, Vicky leaves the jail
just after 9:30 in the morning after telling employees
that she was taking Casey to a mental health evaluation
at a courthouse just down the road.
And that should be going to a medical appointment after
because she wasn't feeling well.
Now immediately, that should have been a red flag
because Vicky driving Casey alone was in violation
of a policy that required two deputies to transport people
with a level of charges that he had against him.
Usually, wanna have your bases covered
with a suspected murderer.
Especially, one who officials said
had literally tried to escape before.
Her coworkers don't stop her,
and at around 11:30, nearly two hours after the two left,
a police officer spotted Vicky's abandoned patrol car
among cars for sale at a shopping center, two miles away.
And then four hours go by before a jail employee reports
to the higher ups.
"Hey, I can't reach Vicky on her phone,
Casey isn't back in his jail cell."
And as it turns out
there wasn't even a scheduled mental health evaluation.
So on Monday it's announced that there's an arrest warrant
that's been issued for Vicky on a charge of permitting
or facilitating an escape in the first degree.
But Sheriff Rick Singleton left the door open
for her saying, "Whether she did that willingly
or was coerced or threatened, we're not really sure,
but we know for sure she did participate."
And adding that the move shocked, everyone she worked with
saying that it was so out of character
for the jail's second highest ranking officer.
But also noting that some recent actions by Vicky
kind of made it seem that it maybe was premeditated.
This including facts like she had recently sold her house,
she talked frequently about retiring
and moving to the beach, and she was literally set
to retire the same day she went missing.
And by Tuesday, the idea that maybe she was coerced
into doing this that was done.
With the sheriff saying in a statement,
"Investigators received information from inmates
at the Lauderdale County Detention Center over the weekend
that there was a special relationship
between director White and inmate Casey White.
And by special relationship,
we learned that they had a two year relationship.
With Singleton telling reporters at various points
over the last few days
that Vicky and Casey had been in contact via phone.
And while the relationship was not physical contact
it was still a relationship of a different nature.
And adding, "We were told Casey White got special privileges
and was treated differently while
in the facility than the other inmates."
With the Marshalls there was also confirming
that authorities believe she helped Casey escape
and now saying she's a wanted fugitive,
offering a $5,000 reward for any intel on her whereabouts.
That in addition to the $10,000 award for any information
that could lead to Casey's capture
that they had previously set.
So yeah, if you see any of these two (beep)
you can get paid by reporting them to police.
And I really, I have to imagine
that Casey White is going to be captured
because I don't know how you can be on the run
and be six foot nine.
Like if you see a guy that is six foot nine
that (beep) either in the NBA or Casey Whites.
Yeah, just keep your eyes open and up.
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And then we need to talk about TikTok officially coming
after YouTube's lunch,
in between meal snacks, dinner, everything.
Right, because TikTok has already been beating YouTube
with certain view and watch time numbers.
One of the biggest issues for TikTok
is that the creators get paid garbage there,
because we've actually kind of blown up on TikTok
starting back in February
we have some kind of insight there.
Right, in February,
I think we got somewhere between 100 and 150 million views.
The money we got from the creator fund
I think was under $5,000.
Whereas obviously the content type is different,
if you did those numbers on YouTube,
depending on like what kind of content you put out,
like that could bring in 300,000 to over a million dollars.
But of course the big asterisk with those numbers
is that it's just a different kind of content.
If you've got those views with a YouTube short, right?
The YouTube format meant to compete with TikTok,
like you're gonna bring in almost no money as well.
Which brings us to the potentially game changing news,
TikTok announcing TikTok Pulse,
which the company describes
as a way that lets advertisers place their brand
next to the top content in the For You Feed.
And saying, "It's designed to give brands the tools
and controls to be a part of these everyday moments
and trends that engage the community."
With TikTok saying they'll pair these Ads
with the top 4% of videos.
With I'm offering 12 categories, right?
Whether it be content next to beauty, cooking and more.
Now, as far as on the creator side,
who is this going to affect?
Creators need to have at least 100,000 followers,
and the absolute biggest thing is the company
says they will have a 50, 50 split with their creators.
With the way it's described,
it sounds like this is gonna help kind of the tippity top
of creators on the platform who can already make money
from sponsors, brand deals, and other ventures like TV
and music, right?
The Charli D'Amelios to the Bella Poarches of the world.
With Bella, according to Forbes
only bringing in $5 million last year,
and I know it sounds ridiculous to say only.
But when you consider the views
and the attention that she garners compared
to the more mainstream people that would kill
for her numbers, it is relatively low.
When she puts a video out on the platform
she's getting between 10 to 50 million views.
It's a lot of eyeballs in any content
that keeps people on the app,
so the app can serve Ads, valuable.
And so as a content creator on that platform as well,
you know, I get hopeful
that maybe this will also help what we do for a business,
but where it gets really exciting
is if this can open up more.
Because to me I think it would be really great
if this could help small and medium size creators
or the people that can get hundreds
of thousands of million views a month
they're currently kind of being paid pennies,
but even if they could get 50 to $60,000 a year
that's game changing.
That's where it allows you to take it from like a hobby
to something you do full time.
But for that to become a reality
you have to hope the program is successful
that TikTok is going to expand the program
and that this isn't just something to keep the top creators
on the platform from going somewhere else.
Yeah, we'll see.
And ultimately, I see this as a win, win if this works out,
because I feel like as more brands become comfortable
throwing out ads between things like TikTok
that opens up monetization opportunities
against YouTube Shorts.
If you are a small creator right now
you really need to be focusing on short form content,
it's the best and easiest way to get discovered right now.
And then very quickly,
we'll talk about this heavily requested story
about this video that's now leaked
of Republican Congressman Madison Madison Cawthorn
lying naked in bed and humping some man's face and or head.
And while some places have reported
that the guy on the receiving end was his cousin
that hasn't been verified,
and it's unclear where that claim came from.
Though, it could be because of another video
that was leaked showing a guy Cawthorn confirmed
was his cousin grabbing his crotch.
But let's just say that's a story for another day.
Well, obviously, I can't show you those videos.
This leak has made it pretty clear
that the GOP has it out for Cawthorn or so he claims,
but ever since Cawthorn said
that the house GOP had cocaine fueled orgyies,
there's just been leak after leak coming out about him.
Though, it's not just the leaks outside of those
Cawthorn had a hard time staying outta trouble.
In fact just last month,
he was cited for bringing a loaded handgun
through a TSA checkpoint again.
But as far as the video in question,
Cawthorn says that, "The video just shows him being crass
with a friend trying to be funny."
Right, kind of seeming the skirt around the idea
that this guy is his cousin.
But personally, I'll say, I don't care about this video.
I don't think this show's like Cawthorn's in the closet
or anything like that.
Me, I'm more concerned about
him being an anti-democratic insurrectionist,
like the him trying to do to democracy
what he did to this guy's face in that video,
that's the more concerning thing to me.
And then do y'all remember back in the before times
- So far, we have lost nobody to Coronavirus
in the United States.
(audience applauding)
Nobody.
- [Announcer] 24 hours later.
- Breaking news,
the first death from Coronavirus here in the United States.
- Well, while it feels like it's been 10 years since then
it's actually been two years and 65 days,
and we have finally done it.
We have now surpassed 1 million Coronavirus deaths
in the United States.
Which is an absolutely insane number
that I think a lot of us are kind of numb to at this point
because that's what happens when you're hit
with just trauma every day, over and over, again and again.
Like here's a graphic to illustrate
how many people that is, right?
Each one of those dots representing one dead Americans.
It's like someone erased the population of San Jose
the 10th largest city in the country.
But that comparison still doesn't capture it
because excess deaths stand at 200,000
which is why experts say that 1 million
is an undercount though some may not be COVID related.
And even all this time after COVID
is the third leading cause of death in the US,
right behind heart disease and cancer.
Each of those million dead from COVID
it has this huge ripple effect across society.
For example, around a quarter of a million children
have lost a caregiver including 200,000 losing one
or both parents.
With every death from the virus leaving an estimated average
of nine people grieving.
Then of course you have the economic damage,
some industries hit harder than others.
With food and agriculture, warehouse operations
and manufacturing and transportation
and construction seeing especially high death rates.
As well as nursing homes becoming a virtual war zone,
as we've all seen.
And as much as I think all of us are
like trying to go back to whatever the (beep) normal is,
I think it is important to understand
that this is left a scar.
We haven't really experienced this level of loss
since World War II, when 418,000 Americans died.
And while of course in America,
we're kind of raised to see ourselves the center
of the world.
This wasn't just a US issue.
With the World Health Organization now revising
their estimate of global deaths to now 15 million people.
With them saying of this number that most countries
are probably undercounting their figures, right?
The official total before today was just 5.4 million.
With India's numbers being standout, bad.
Their real death total,
according to the World Health Organization was 4.7 million,
10 times their official number.
Yeah, just some news I thought I'd share
as your resident bringer of sadness.
But ultimately that is where that story end,
and today show ends.
As always, thank you for watching.
Be a part of that conversation in the comments down below.
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