- So Trey, this is very important.
What do you want to say to the people?
- I just wanna play my game, okay?
I want my,
there.
(giggles) bye-bye.
(Philip laughs)
(door slams)
- [Trey] What's the code to your iPad again?
(Philip laughs evilly)
- 'Sup, you beautiful bastards.
Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show.
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First up today, let's talk about some entertainment
slash content creator news.
First here, we had Twitch and gambling in the news.
Right, we talked about in the past,
Ethan Klein's been calling out creators
for streaming gambling content on their platform.
With Ethan from the H3 podcasts,
like others think that it's dangerous to promote gambling
to potentially young audiences.
With people like Pokimane also saying that it's sketchy.
But also a lot of people have been very successful
with their gambling content,
including the likes of Adin Ross and Trainwrecks
as well, as xQc who previously did gambling streams
who no longer does.
With some of them being very vocal,
spoken out in defense of those kinds of streams as well.
While that essentially played out
in the court of public opinion,
It also looks like Twitch is now drawing a line.
Now posting an update saying to prevent harm and scams
created by questionable gambling services
that sponsor content on Twitch,
We will prohibit sharing links and or referral codes
to sites that offer slots, roulette, or dice games.
But also adding they're going to continue to monitor
the gambling related content,
and update their approach as needed.
And adding that this ban will be effective August 17th,
giving creators a week to remove that kind of content.
And here's the thing,
there are reactions, people happy, people angry,
but, there still is an issue for those
that are even happy to see this.
Right, because this ban does lessen the incentive
to do gambling streams,
by no means does it mean that it's the end of them
on the platform.
With people like Asmongold tweeted,
Twitch's new rules for gambling don't do anything
other than pay lip service to concern while still profiting.
No age gate,
can link to Twitter slash Linktree,
just like Onlyfans girls do for affiliate codes,
can still do sponsored streams and stream gambling content.
Right, if you're someone that's been sponsored
by these platforms,
you've had the incentive of like,
"Okay, this is how much we make when people sign up."
from a pure business standpoint,
all these content creators have to do,
is now renegotiate a better flat rate deal
Right, to use made up numbers,
'cause I've heard that the actual numbers are much bigger.
So you normally get paid a hundred thousand dollars
to do a stream, and then based off of your referral code,
you get an additional 50,000, another hundred thousand.
Right, depending on how you've recently been performing,
that could easily be negotiated into a flat rate.
But, also in other news,
then it's probably going to take his focus away from this.
We have Ethan Klein in the news,
and that is because the H3 podcast
is actually at risk of getting banned off of YouTube.
With the H3 podcast tweeting yesterday,
"We're very sad to announce we can't post on YouTube
for seven days."
With it being said that his channel's
been hit with two strikes,
which, yes, then now it limits what he can do
with the channel, but also,
that puts him one away
from everything going kablooey.
Also, I think that's the first time I've ever said
the word "Kablooey."
Now. with that, there's also a big drama aspect
to this story between he and another creator
by the name of Keemstar,
not going to really dive into that aspect of the story.
It involves a lot of finger pointing,
people, calling each other snitches,
but, you know, at the end of the day,
in general, I think it's gonna be an interesting thing
to watch, especially as YouTube cracks down
on different places,
and there's constantly the criticism
that they don't do it equally.
But also, I think it's just yet another story,
whether you're a small or a big creator,
it's so incredibly important to diversify.
I mean, it's part of the reason why we've started spreading
parts of the show on Snapchat.
We're getting crazy numbers over there.
TikTok as well, exclusive content.
Facebook stuff's coming back relatively soon.
Hell, we've got the newsletter going strong
for our apparel company,
we've got like 200,000 people on a mailing list.
Do not marry or ever rely on any one platform
because they do not care about you.
Like I'm sure, yeah, they "Appreciate" us,
but the moment that you can negatively impact the company
or even inconvenience them,
obviously they would throw you to the side.
Then, in big and fantastic news.
If you're a supporter and you love "Legalize Marijuana",
because if it is legal where you live,
it is now easier to get.
Right, so in case you're not aware.
Apple previously banned apps that encourage, quote,
"the consumption of tobacco and vape products,
illegal drugs, or excessive amounts of alcohol,
as well as those that facilitated the sale
of controlled substances, marijuana or tobacco."
But, it actually changed its policy on June 7th
to make exceptions for licensed pharmacies,
as well as licensed or otherwise
legal cannabis dispensaries.
And so among the things we've seen,
a month later, we saw Apple approve the Eaze app,
the first cannabis delivery app on the App store.
Since then, several other delivery services have joined,
and finally on Wednesday, we saw Weedmaps,
which is essentially like the Grubhub for weed,
updating its app to allow customers to purchase directly
from local dispensaries through its platform.
Right, so this is big, big news,
Weedmaps CTO praising this, calling is a game changer.
But also, of note, this is not a universal change
like Google on the other hand, still bans apps
that facilitate weed sales.
But, now that we've seen this shift from Apple,
you have to wonder, is it more of like a domino effect?
Will we see others soon follow?
Also, when we're talking about app stores,
we should definitely talk about now,
a bipartisan group of senators introducing a bill
that would essentially ban App stores like Apple's
and Google's from requiring in-app commission fees on sale.
And this is potentially huge.
For the past year, both companies have been embroiled
in a series of lawsuits by Fortnite developer,
Epic Games for charging a 30% commission fee
on all in-app sales.
Or you have Epic saying these fees are essentially
highway robberies, since Apple and Google dominate
the App store marketplace.
But, Apple and Google have argued that the fees
are necessary to make sure that consumers
are downloading secure apps.
And well, yes, this seems to have stirred up a change,
eventually seeing Google and apple reducing
their app store fees somewhat,
it was still not enough to stop 36 days from filing
an antitrust lawsuit against Google last month.
But now, with this, we're seeing the federal government
also getting involved.
And that's because if passed into law,
a bill unveiled by democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal
yesterday would bar companies from requiring
that in-app purchases go through their app stores
ensuring that those stores couldn't punish apps
that offer different prices or conditions
through a different app store or payment system.
Notably, both democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar,
as well as Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn
have signed onto this bill.
So, potentially big changes to keep an eye on.
Then, we had Republican representative Dan Crenshaw
in the news and trending because he had the audacity,
to acknowledge that Donald Trump lost the election
in front of Republicans, and uh,
who could have ever predicted that the leopard
you let out at the zoo would eventually eat your face.
- Don't kid yourself into believing that's why we lost.
It's not. It's not.
- [Crowd Member] You're wrong.
- I'll tell you openly.
- [Crowd Member] You're wrong.
- And I'm not wrong.
- Yes you are. - Five states,
I have plenty of proof.
I have proof in Arizona,
Pennsylvania, and Georgia, - Yeah I know, you told me
you did markup of,
- Yeah. - How did that turned out?
- [Crowd Member] And guess what?
It's going to turn out and it's going to flip.
- Okay. - You watch,
you're gonna see
- It won't. It won't. - where it stands.
And you got to flip all five states to make it work.
- [Crowd Member] You know how they're stealing
the elections?
- Alright, I'm not gonna hear this.
I'm not gonna have have to hear this.
(Dan Crenshaw speaks indistinctly)
- He was right, I guess.
- [Dan] But that Trump won? No, absolutely not.
- You'll see. - Absolutely not.
- Five different states? - Yeah.
- [Dan] Hundreds of thousands of votes?
- Yeah. - You're kidding yourself.
- What I'll say to Dan here, is like,
I do and I don't feel bad for him.
Like it's literally the lowest bar you could have
for someone, but I commend him
for not promoting election lies,
but when you don't actively call out the insanity
that exists in your party,
because you want to remain elected, you allow it to grow.
And then later after you've let it grow and fester
and become a bigger part of your party,
you decide, "Oh, I'm gonna, I'm gonna dip my toe
back into the real world and into sanity."
Of course, they're going to bite your face off.
Also quickly on this topic,
A quick shout out to MyPillow CEO, Mike Lindell,
you fucking hilarious, sad, dangerous joke.
It was this so-called "Cyber symposium"
was going to prove the election was rigged and stolen.
And genuinely, almost all of the reporting coming out of it
is like, "This is just a weird fucking mess
that accomplished nothing and showed nothing."
Also ultimately resulting in a headline reading,
"Mike Lindell fled the stage at his cyber symposium
at the same time news broke that
Dominion's billion-dollar defamation lawsuit
against him would proceed."
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And in big names popping up in the news because
of something they said around COVID-19, masks, vaccinations.
Yes, around 48 hours ago, you had a lot of people
talking about Chet Hanks.
Right, that man-child whose notoriety is pretty much
based around the question, "Wow, isn't it weird that
Tom Hanks raised both Colin Hanks and Chet Hanks?"
That's strange, maybe you can't raise
the stupid out of someone.
Right, in an Instagram video, he came out as anti-vax
in, pretty much the douchiest way you could,
he acted like you should get the vaccine
'cause you care about people.
And then he was like, "ha, ha, sike!"
But the counter to that in the new news cycle,
is you have Arnold Schwarzenegger's name in the headlines
because of something he said about vaccinations, masks,
social distancing.
- That is a virus, you. It kills people.
And the only way we prevented this is, to get vaccinated,
to wear masks, to do social distancing,
washing your hands all the time and not just to think about,
"Well, my freedom is being kind of disturbed here."
No, screw your freedom.
Because with freedom comes applications
and have responsibilities.
We cannot just say, I have the right to do X, Y, and Z,
When you affect other people.
That is when it gets serious.
It's the freedom to wear no mask,
but you know, something, you're a schmuck,
for not wearing a mask.
Because you are not supposed to protect your fellow members
around you.
Right, well, you may be tired,
and I already definitely am tired of the fact
that we're still having debates over the vaccine.
And like people needing to get the vaccine.
This conversation, unfortunately not gonna be
going away for a while.
Right, there's always a concern,
we're seeing even new reports about how long
will the vaccine be effective.
Because of places like Axios have noted,
All the COVID vaccines continue to offer almost
100% protection against death,
and extremely strong protection against serious illness.
But, a growing body of research shows that the vaccines
are losing some potency against milder infection.
with Pfizer itself saying that it believes
that it's vaccines are losing around
six percentage points of efficacy every two months.
And preliminary findings from the Mayo clinic,
which, yes have not yet been peer-reviewed,
show that the Pfizer vaccine is preventing significantly
fewer infections now than before the Delta variant,
with a smaller drop in Moderna's efficacy.
Once again, to sandwich that section,
because misinformation can spread,
and there can be misunderstanding.
The numbers still show immense overwhelming protection
from death and serious illness.
Which is why you've likely seen headlines,
And we'll see more in the future about
potential booster shots.
And also this is happening at a time where parents
and doctors have voicing concerns about
the growing number of children catching the virus.
Right, children have largely been spared
from the worst of COVID
as hospitalizations and deaths among kids are very rare.
But, you have people noting that without a vaccine
that's authorized for those under 12,
they remain vulnerable.
And according to the CDC, nearly 1600 kids with COVID
were hospitalized last week,
marking a new seven-day record
and, a 27% increase from the week before.
On top of that, children also accounted for roughly 15%
of all newly reported cases across the nation last week
with data showing that nearly 94,000 child cases
were recorded, a 31% increase over the roughly
72,000 cases a week prior.
And with that, we are seeing reports
about children's hospitals reaching capacity.
For example, Tennessee's health commissioner expects
the state's children's hospitals be full by the week's end.
While, Louisiana reached that point more than a week ago.
And that is presenting challenges because like,
when infection surge among adults last year,
many hospitals delayed elective procedures to make room
and brought in temporary staff to help.
But, experts have noted that pediatric patients
require specialized staff and equipment.
And for them virtually no procedure is elective.
And on top of that, hospitals are also dealing
with more kids who have developed mental health problems
stemming from social isolation,
along with others who already deferred medical care
during the peak of the outbreak last year.
That's why with all of this going on,
we're seeing people like the president
of the American Academy of Pediatrics saying,
"It's really important to make sure that we are approaching
authorization with the COVID vaccine for our youngest
children with the same urgency that we did in adults."
Also, regarding that there are currently clinical trials
happening among younger age groups,
and the FDA has asked for six months of followup safety data
instead of the two months that had asked for with adults,
which is also why some experts believe that the Agency
is moving unnecessarily slow because it's listening
too closely to critics
when they don't have the luxury of time.
Which is why we saw the AAP send a letter to the FDA
last week, urging it to use initial trial dates, saying,
"Waiting on a six month follow up will significantly hinder
the ability to reduce the spread of the hyper infectious
COVID-19 Delta variant."
But still, the US surgeon general said on Wednesday
that the FDA will move quickly to evaluate data
from vaccine companies once it is ready,
saying, that it understands what is at stake.
And saying with that, it is possible that a COVID-19 vaccine
will be available for kids under the age of 12
before the end of 2021.
But, we are going to have to wait to see.
In the meantime, the spread among kids is expected
to get worse in the coming weeks,
especially as many areas go back to school.
And the last thing that I'll mention with this COVID news,
even though there's so much more,
Yeah, the FDA now expected to expand the emergency use
of Pfizer and Moderna to authorize third shots
for immunocompromised people.
And this anticipated decision could mean that third doses
will be available to those who qualify
as soon as this weekend.
Right, and this comes as studies have found that unlike
the majority of vaccinated Americans,
the shots are not as effective for some
immunocompromised folks who have trouble
developing antibodies.
Right, and according to recent data from the CDC,
while immunocompromised people make up only around
2.7% percent of the US adult population,
they represent around 44%
of COVID breakthrough hospitalizations.
And drawing from four small studies,
The CDC found at 33% to 50% of immuno-suppressed patients
who did not have any detectable antibody response
after their first two shots developed an antibody response
after getting a third dose.
Now, notably with this, some experts have argued
that the immunocompromised population is too diverse,
create a uniform booster recommendation, right?
While some are protected by the two shots,
others won't benefit from a third shot at all.
Many falling in between,
but, still you have doctors arguing that a sweeping mandate
is still preferable to having people trying to get
third shots illegally,
which, is actually already happening.
According to an internal CDC document obtained by ABC News,
an estimated 1.1 million Pfizer and Moderna recipients alone
have received additional shots.
But yeah, consider all of that, your daily dose of poison.
So yeah.
A lot, happening.
Then we should probably talk about this morning,
The Census Bureau released long awaited data used
to redraw congressional districts that can not only
determine control of the house in the 2022 elections,
but, shape electoral advantages and state level policies
for the next decade.
Now, among other things found very notably, that data
showed the population growth in the last decade
was driven by minorities,
and that the white population has actually fallen
for the first time, since the count began in 1790.
And while that is very significant,
what I want to focus on today is specifically
what happens next in this process.
Right, so the data which shows which counties, cities,
and neighborhoods either gained or lost people
in the 2020 Census count is officially supposed
to be used to ensure that each district has around
the same number of people.
But unfortunately, many politicians in charge
of drawing the maps often use the opportunity
to gerrymander the lines,
to combine voters in a way that helps their parties
win future elections.
And very notably here, as was the case up to the 2010 census
Republicans will have way more power in this decade's
redistricting process.
According to reports, the GOP has control
over redrawing maps in 20 states that make up
187 US house seats.
This including growing states like Texas, Florida,
and North Carolina, which all gained new seats
in this latest count.
Meanwhile, Democrats only have control over the process
in just eight states.
That account for 75 seats states like New York and Illinois,
which actually both lost seats.
And rather notably part of the reason that Democrats
actually have less power is because
several democratic-led states have created
independent nonpartisan commissions
to draw the district lines.
But, regardless, not going into a deep dive
specifically on that.
The main thing is that Republicans had a strong advantage.
One that could easily help them gain the mere
five additional seats that they need to take control
of the house in 2022.
And making matters even worse for Democrats
is the fact that the accuracy of account has been hampered
by the pandemic and unprecedented interference
from the Trump Administration.
Right, in addition to heightened concerns over
how historically under-counted groups were,
with the lack of door-knockers during the pandemic,
the Trump administration also did everything they could do
to make sure that certain people weren't counted.
That including trying to cut count short
before it was fully completed,
attempting to prevent major populations from being counted.
And so as a result, experts say, yes,
we should expect tons of lawsuits, incredibly messy
legal battles playing out all across the country.
But, because the timeline is what it is right now,
the battles over redistricting,
I mean, they very well may not be resolved
before the midterms.
I mean, hell, normally redistricting totals are delivered
in April, but pandemic delays have pushed the timer,
and, left states scrambling to set new boundaries.
So as a result, some states with early primaries
are facing the possibility of changing
their entire election calendars
and, postponing long-held primary dates
and, certain states with local elections as well
like New Jersey and Virginia are reportedly
using their old maps.
So I know at least for me,
it feels like I'm starting to overuse the term "shitshow,"
but if it looks like one and it smells like one,
whew, I mean, we'll have to wait and see.
Also, I mean, here's a question.
Will there be like a one to 3% difference
in who votes for what,
with how many people have died from COVID-19
over the past year and a half?
I mean, it's kind of a random side note,
but like in Florida, more people have died in that state
than the difference in votes that allowed Ron DeSantis
to win the state's 2018 gubernatorial race.
I don't know we're going to keep our eyes on it,
but, prepare for a mess.
And ultimately with this story, or honestly,
anything else that stood out to you today,
I'd love to know your thoughts in those comments
down below, because yes, this is a news show,
but it's also a conversation.
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