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And let's just jump into it.
The first thing we got to talk about today,
and it really feels like it's a story
that fit with a theme of a lot of other news this week,
really focused on the policing of female bodies.
Of course, a lot of that news stemming from Texas.
We also had that airline news,
but this story involves a Colorado man
by the name of Logan Dorn, and this is because
Logan went viral this week after going to the beach
and becoming upset over the fact that women
were wearing bathing suits, I know.
Those harlots, those succubi!
Rather than just talking about it,
let's watch the video.
Let's walk through this.
And so the video starts, we see Logan confronting
this group of young women about what they're wearing
and there, this happened.
- [Lady] I'm at the beach in my bathing suit.
- Yeah, that's a thong and that's a bra.
- [Lady] That is a (beep)
bathing suit, sir. - Take young eyes
into consideration.
They don't need to see pornography,
right in front of their eyes.
- [Lady] We're not coming up to you, bothering you.
Please go away.
- You're flaunting your stuff.
- [Lady] I'm not flaunting anything.
Don't look at me.
- But here's the thing, there's free will in America.
There's freedom of speech. - [Lady] Yo, bro
you don't (indistinct).
Get the (beep) away!
- And if men of God don't stand up,
- [Lady 2] Oh, my god.
- then our society is gonna go down the drain
because there's no morality.
- Great, and Logan just keeps going on and on,
and at one point he also starts evangelically
mansplaining to the women
that the reason they're showing off their bodies
is because they aren't sure if they're pretty enough.
The girls also ask him, "Why are you focusing on us?
Look at this person, look at this person.
You're being a hypocrite."
They say, "What would you think is appropriate?"
He initially says a one piece.
They laugh at him.
He then starts stuttering and says, you know,
a two piece also something more modest.
And following this video going viral,
we saw a lot of reactions on social media
being in the defense of the women.
Then after help from internet salutes,
two of the women posted a followup video identifying Logan.
And then that video also showing that they were wearing
rather standard bikinis, not thong style ones,
like he claimed.
Though the girls also noting that it shouldn't matter
either way and pointed out that plenty of other people
at the beach were dressed that way as well.
They're basically saying that they felt like
they were targeted because they were the only group
of all women.
Also since being publicly named,
Logan's posted several TikToks of his own
telling his side of the story and refusing to apologize,
saying that he was in this area with his relatives
when one asked if they could move spots
because some college age women were showing too much
and adding...
- And so right then and there, I just had a,
just a righteous anger come over me
and also just a boldness by the Holy Spirit
to go in to confront these ladies
and to speak truth that, "Hey, what you're wearing
is not okay for a nine year old boy
or a six year old boy.
And reason being is 'cause coming from
being introduced to pornography at a young age,
it destroyed me.
And I, in that moment, just a righteous anger
to defend and protect young eyes came over me.
- Right, I think as a lot of you would expect,
that response had earned him even more criticism,
especially because he went on
to make some trans phobic remarks as well,
though you won't see those reactions on his TikToks
because he's blocked all comments.
His responses also seeming to just fuel the outrage
rather than it just dying down.
In fact, we saw many on social media reaching out
to his alleged employer, a Christian construction company
called Mighty Hand Construction.
That company going on to make a statement yesterday
saying they were now aware of the incident and adding,
"We began an investigation this morning,
which has resulted in the immediate termination of Mr. Dorn.
Mighty Hand Construction does not condone
Logan's behavior in the videos,
nor do his actions reflect our values as a company."
You know, personally, my reaction
to this story is, "Yeah, good."
I know they're gonna be some people that are like,
"Ah, what about freedom of speech?"
To which once again, I would say, of course, yeah,
there is freedom of speech in this country,
but also not freedom from consequences.
Like if one of my employees was out there,
and harassing women in public because
he wasn't okay with the way they were dressed,
I would let that person go, absolutely.
And based over the words that are just kind of
falling out of Logan's mouth, both in the initial videos
and the videos after,
I really, Logan, I think that you need to see
a therapist about your relationship with women.
You're really out here seeming like a toxic fuck-head,
who's excusing his fuck-head behavior
with religious righteousness,
and you're overcompensating and projecting,
and it's just, it ain't a good look, Logan.
I understand, I know Logan or people
that are gonna try and defend Logan, they're gonna try
and make it about religious versus non-religious.
I know tons of religious people that have opinions
and feelings, but they're not out there
harassing people in public.
It's your actions, Logan.
And Logan, those actions have made you
our douche bag of the day.
Congratulations, buddy.
Then moving on to the entertainment section of today's show,
we have two entertainment stories that could kind of
be summed up with the line, "Your opinion doesn't matter."
Which is kind of a dickish way to say it,
but it hits the right notes.
So we've kind of talked about it before,
unless you're a part of a person's core audience,
you can't really impact their career for the most part.
Starting with TikTok sensation, Addison Rae, in the news,
fresh off of the release of her new film,
"He's All That", which is the remake
of the nineties classic "She's All That".
Critically speaking, it got its fair share of bad reviews.
A lot of people taking jabs at Addison's performance,
but that doesn't matter because her core audience
was there for her.
According to Netflix, over 55 million households
are expected to watch that movie in its first four weeks.
It also reached number one in 78 different countries,
which are huge, huge, successful numbers,
and appears to be part of the reason we're seeing
the news today that Addison Ray has now signed
a multi picture deal with Netflix,
and not only for her to star in the movies,
but executive produce as well.
And then in similar news, but obviously,
a much different situation, we had David Dobrik.
David of course had come back to YouTube successfully after
what had felt like a certain period of time where it felt
like there was just scandal after scandal.
Ultimately, that hitting its peak,
when you had a woman accusing Durte Dom of raping her
while she was with the group to film a video.
As well as that instance where David Dobrik almost killed
Jeff Wittek in a crane accident.
So with that, even after a successful YouTube return,
there were a number of people going,
"Okay, well, can he get that mainstream success?"
With the news we're seeing this week,
wonder no more because he signed a deal with Discovery Plus.
Recently, he was a part of "Shark Week".
He also has this new Discovery Plus show
where it's a 10 episode travel series called
"Discovering David Dobrik",
which actually surprised a number of people.
Not because he got the deal,
but because it was a travel show.
For those that don't know, David is a dreamer.
He's a DACA recipient with actually Discovery's plug
for the show on Twitter saying,
"As a DACA dreamer, David Dobrik was unable
to travel outside of the US until now.
Join the vlog squad on their journey
to secure his green card."
Then, in business and tech news, I got a story
that you're either going to react to in one
of two ways, you're going to either be like,
"Yes, I thought that maybe another big company
should take a swing at this."
Or, "No, stop trying to make this a thing."
And that is because it turns out the rumors are true.
Facebook and Ray-Ban have debuted a pair of smart glasses
and these glasses, which went on sale today
at the same time with the announcement for $299,
can do several things, including play open air sound.
You can take calls, but by far, the most notable feature
is that they can take pictures and record short videos.
And depending on who you are, one of the highlights
of these models or one of the biggest points
of controversies is you may not even have realized
that there was a camera in this model.
Or with some arguing that these glasses
can easily be used in large group settings,
take photos of people without their knowledge.
Though, here, Facebook itself has pushed back saying
that they don't do anything your phone can't already do.
Also noting that when you take a picture or a video,
a white led light will turn on.
And with that, Facebook even arguing to some degree,
it's more overt than what people are doing with phones.
But still, as the National Consumers League
and advocacy group that Facebook actually consulted with
in the development of these glasses said,
"You put these out in the wild and people are gonna use them
the way they are going to use them."
And so with these glasses, I want to know your thoughts.
Do you see this as a big privacy concern?
Are they different than a phone to you?
Or are you somewhere in the middle?
Why, why not?
Personally, I'll say I'm very excited to try these out.
If you've watched me for a long time,
you know that's not a surprise.
I was one of the first people with the Google Glass.
I really wish that had actually worked out.
I also tried Snap Spectacles.
I was very let down by that.
As a dad who loves to take pictures and videos,
but also at the same time, you know,
I want to be in the moment,
I hate having to whip out a phone.
This seems like a great thing.
The interface and the review videos that I've seen thus far,
it seems a lot more intuitive and clean than Snaps.
No offense, Snap.
You know, regarding the privacy aspect,
yes, I totally understand that,
but I am also more in the camp of,
I think there's already stuff out there,
whether it be a phone or actually like more spy gear,
people could use now and probably do so more effectively,
but that's a story, my opinion.
And of course, now I pass the question off to you.
Are you interested by this?
Do you think this is a nightmare?
Why, why not?
Let me know.
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Then, an absolutely massive news here in California
with potentially massive implications nationwide,
depending on which way the vote goes.
We should talk about California's recall election.
It's just around the corner.
The official date is September 14th,
but actually, mail-in ballots were sent out a while back.
And so you should be voting now if you can vote.
Right, because notably as we've talked about,
this recall election has two important questions.
We're asking Californians, "Do you want to recall
Governor Gavin Newsom?
Yes or no?"
And second, "Who would you want to replace Newsom
if he is voted out of office?"
And if 50.000001% vote 'yes', the new governor,
regardless of how much of the vote they get,
as long as they have the most out of everyone else listed,
they become the governor.
Right now, if Newsom was recalled, it looks like
Republican Larry Elder would become
the next governor of California.
According to, 5:38, right now,
it looks like he would get 25.6% of the vote,
compared to his next biggest competitor, Kevin Paffrath
listed at around 7%, which is why both locally
and nationwide, you have a lot of Democrats
ringing the alarm.
With some, among other things, calling this a bold phase,
Republican power grab, hoping the Democrats don't turn out,
don't treat this as a real threat.
Then using the recall rules to put in a Republican
who may only get 20 to 30% of the vote,
especially because there does appear to be a genuine worry
that Dianne Feinstein, of course,
the democratic Senator in California,
that she is old and could potentially die
or have to leave office for health reasons.
Larry Elder would then have the ability to put in
a Republican Senator
and break the 50/50 split in the Senate.
But of course that's in the very specific situation
where that happens and not,
the just stuff that he stands for.
Yeah, that's why we've even seen the likes of AOC
as well as Bernie Sanders speaking up
for Democrats to vote no.
- There is probably a ballot in your mailbox,
on a recall election.
Please find that thing, vote no.
Stick that sucker right back in your mailbox.
- That's also why I've seen leftists
who I know hate Gavin Newsom's guts,
even telling their people that watch them to vote no.
Yeah, ultimately you have to wait and see.
If you're a Californian, definitely make sure
you get out and vote.
I already have, one of the things that makes
our country this country.
Be heard.
Then we had China in the news, not only continuing,
but ramping up their crusade against video games.
Right, last time we talked about this,
they heavily restricted how long miners can play online,
but now they're reportedly also slowing down approvals
for future online games.
With the South China Morning Post saying,
"This is an attempt to curb gaming addiction
among young people."
Also, in a public statement yesterday,
China's Propaganda Department said that
it and other authorities would seriously deal with
any violation of their rules.
With regulators reportedly summoning
Tencent Holding and NetEase,
the country's two biggest online gaming companies.
And there, they reportedly reminded both companies
to limit how long and when miners can play games online.
Also, telling the companies to change their game design
to be less addictive, though, no specifics have been listed.
Both companies later confirming that they'll comply
with the government's demands.
I imagined because they don't want to get disappeared.
With that, we saw shares for each plummeting.
Tencent falling as much as 8.5% in Hong Kong,
and NetEase 11%.
And really with China, we should expect
more and more to come from this.
Then, let's talk about vaccines and mandates.
On the business side, yesterday,
United Airlines announced that any of its unvaxxed employees
who've been granted religious exemptions from taking
the COVID vaccine, will be placed on temporary,
unpaid leave starting October 2nd.
But United's Vice President of Human Resources
is telling workers, "Given the dire statistics,
we can no longer allow unvaccinated people back
in the workplace until we better understand
how they might interact with our customers
and their vaccinated coworkers."
Also, on top of that, United said that if
an employee's request for religious exemption is denied,
they'll need to get vaccinated within five weeks
or they'll be terminated.
Meanwhile, employees who can't get vaccinated
for medical reasons,
they'll be put on temporary medical leave,
but whether they get paid is based on
their union's collective bargaining agreement with United.
As far as when the impact of employees can return,
United did not give a specific date,
instead saying the pilots, flight attendants,
gate agents, and airport customer service agents
with exemptions can return once the pandemic
meaningfully recedes.
With mechanics and dispatchers able to return
after the company implements new testing measures
and other policies.
With all of this, of course, United is not alone here.
We've seen similar news with Delta, American Airlines.
Though of course, each a little bit different.
Also, regarding United, reportedly, estimates say
that employee vaccination rates are extremely high.
With United saying that most of its workers
who were unvaccinated when the mandate was announced
have since gotten vaccinated.
And as far as the reaction to this specific story,
one of the main things that I saw
were related to the religious exemptions.
We saw many people cheering this move.
People saying things like this as essentially calling
the religious exemption bluff.
United is simply testing their faith
with whatever religion they are claiming,
as well as people saying stop using religion
and freedom as an excuse to put others at risk.
However, you also have people saying things like,
"This is cruel."
As well as, making a choice to remain unvaccinated
is becoming very expensive.
While these decisions are in the interest of public health,
they lead to a very slippery slope.
I do hope people don't lose their trust in vaccines
or the concept of a free society.
Though, we have seen pushback there with people saying,
"Making a choice to remain unvaccinated
should be very expensive.
Those doing it should bear the burdens of their choice,
not the rest of us."
With people also comparing the price of a vaccine
compared to all the other treatments,
some like radio hosts, Howard Stern, going even further
saying, "Given the current situation that anti-vaxxers
should be denied hospital care once infected."
Well, you know, hospitals around the country have had
to have very tough conversations on how to prioritize
treatment for unvaxxed people
in case systems get overwhelmed.
To be clear, it would be illegal, in many cases,
and also in others, it would just be highly unethical.
Also, we've got the government side of this story,
with President Biden expecting to sign
an executive order later today that will mandate
the vast majority of federal workers and contractors
get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Reportedly, the requirement will apply to employees
of the Executive Branch, including the White House
and all federal agencies,
as well as members of the armed services.
Though Congress and the federal court system
reportedly not included in this order.
But, that is still incredibly significant.
You're talking about a workforce of over 4 million people.
And beyond that, Biden's order will also reportedly direct
the Department of Labor to draft a rule requiring
all businesses with 100 or more workers to ensure
that all their employees either get vaccinated
or face weekly testing.
As well as mandated that the more than
17 million healthcare workers at hospitals
that accept Medicare and Medicaid funding
also get vaccinated.
Well, probably like a lot of you,
I'd like to just not even think about COVID anymore.
All these changes, the mandates that we're seeing,
it's happening as the spread of Delta has pushed
America's daily average caseload over 150,000
for the first time, since late January.
But more importantly, daily hospitalizations
are also averaging more than a hundred thousand
for the first time since early February,
and roughly 1,500 people a day are dying,
a figure that mirrors numbers not seen since March
before vaccines were readily available.
And that is essentially where the situation ends.
And, you know, I was just thinking about this today
and it's not a fully formed thought yet.
You know, it's weird.
Like you're probably as emotionally exhausted as I am
or probably even more emotionally exhausted
from the last two years,
but I just told you something killed 1,500 Americans
yesterday, and you probably didn't blink an eye.
But if I said that of almost anything else,
I feel like the majority of people will be like,
"Holy shit, this cannot stand.
We have to do something."
Like, think about it, obviously, it's a different situation.
We're talking about an attack on our country
and there are other aspects at play,
but every two days right now, on average,
we're losing as many people as we lost on 9/11.
It's an insane thing to think, but I feel like we're just
so numb from the last two years.
I don't know, I guess that's where I'm gonna end this one.
But, you know, ultimately, with this story
or really anything else stood out to you today,
I'd love to know your thoughts
and those comments down below.
And as always, I just want to make sure I say thank you
for watching, liking the video,
subscribing to all the good stuff.
My name's Philip DeFranco, you've just been filled in.
I love your faces and I'll see you
next time unless I go away forever.
I won't, my ego couldn't take that.