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And the first thing that we're going to talk about today
is that longtime YouTuber Boogie2988, AKA Steven Williams,
a lot of people also maybe know him
as his Francis character, he was arrested today.
And this because Boogie fired
what he said was a warning shot with a gun
when a man showed up to his home in Arkansas last September.
The man in question, there is Frank Hassell,
a former YouTuber
who was banned from the platform last summer
and whose content
often focused on harassing people in public.
And so Frank was reportedly feuding with Boogie,
blaming him for YouTube banning his channel.
Boogie had previously said that Frank harassed
and threatened him online before stalking him
and driving up from another state to show up at his home.
As far as the incident,
you had Boogie releasing footage after the incident.
It shows Frank taunting him to come out with his weapon
as Boogie previously warned that he would do
if he actually came to his home.
- Come on, you (bleep), what's the deal?
(dog barking)
Where's the gun at, you fat (bleep)?
- And then you have of footage that Frank filmed
showing a Boogie warning that he was going to fire the gun,
then actually doing it.
- Is this what I have to do?
(Frank laughing)
- [Frank] You fat (bleep)!
Oh my god, is this real?
Is this gonna kill me?
- Yes, he's here to look at the air conditioner, Sam.
Is this what I have to do?
(bleep)
- [Frank] Are you gonna shoot me in your doorway?
- Yes.
- [Frank] You're (bleep) deranged.
- I'm asking you to leave.
This is my home, you are not welcome here.
You have threatened my life, I'm asking you to leave.
In about 30 seconds I'm gonna fire a warning shot.
- [Frank] Fire it now!
Fire the warning shot now.
- And actually, I'm not gonna be able to show
the rest of the video here
'cause I think YouTube is gonna use it as a reason
to suppress or crack down on this video.
But, what we end up seeing in the video
is Boogie actually firing where he refers to
as a warning shot into the air.
And again, saying, is this what we have to do,
I'm asking you to leave.
But then last Friday we learned
that a warrant for aggravated assault
was ultimately issued against Boogie.
We also started seeing rumors
that he might be arrested soon.
Around that time he tweeted,
thank you and anyone for support in this situation though.
I'm going to do the right thing
and do it by the book, glad to cooperate with authorities,
heading home today to do so.
Now in court documents obtained by local news outlets
you have prosecutors saying, Boogie knowingly
and under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference
to the value of human life
purposely displays a firearm in such a manner
that creates a substantial danger of death
or serious physical injury.
And adding, that when he fired it
he was in a residential neighborhood
thereby manifesting an extreme indifference
to the value of human life
and creating a substantial danger
of death of physical injury
against the peace and dignity of the state of Arkansas.
And so for now we kind of just have to wait and see
how this plays out.
Boogie has been released on $5,000 bail.
Also, if he ends up getting convicted,
he faces up to six years in prison.
And with everything going on here
I'd love to know your thoughts on this.
Now that Steven Williams has been charged
what do you think should happen?
Do you see this as justice being served, accountability,
this should happen and he should face some sort of penalty?
Or are you on the other side, that he did nothing wrong.
He was someone that was being harassed and stalked,
he made maybe a poor decision
and he was just defending himself
to make sure he wasn't continually harassed in the future.
And I'd really love to know your thoughts there,
one, because it's an interesting story in its own right
but also too, it feels like a story like this
has been a long time coming.
I mean, how many times just on this show
have we had to cover YouTubers saying,
don't come to my home.
- Stop coming here, please.
I don't want to have to move.
- Don't show up to my house, please, don't.
- I don't know who you are,
but I know that you found my address online
and thought, Hey, I'm going to invite myself over.
From my perspective that's just insane.
- Please Don't come to my house.
- When it comes to my own house
that's when that's a breach of privacy.
- I don't understand
because if I was a fan of (bleep) somebody
I would not, I really would not show up at their house.
- Please don't come to our house, just please don't do it.
There are so many other ways that you can connect with us
that are appropriate and not, I don't know, wrong.
- Also, for those who have been watching me for a while,
I mean, just with the stuff I've shared,
you know that I've had to deal with stuff
where I've had to boost security in the past.
Hell, I mean, there's even a story,
I don't want to mention them by name because I get worried
that they're going to have to deal with more harassment,
but I mean, someone was actually stalked
and the person ended up being killed by police.
Well, there's numerous and different reasons
that these people are showing up to these homes,
all the way from, you know, socially unaware fan to,
I'm stalking and or harassing you
or I'm going to do something bad to you.
Keeps happening and based off of the history that we've seen
with mainstream celebrities
having to deal with their own sort of stuff,
I really don't see an end in sight.
But yeah, that's the story,
some of my thoughts on it and of course
I pass the question off to you here.
And then let's talk about a story
that starts with the incredibly sad and disturbing fact
that the US Consumer Product Safety Commission
had to tweet out from their verified account this morning,
do not fill plastic bags with gasoline.
Like, wow, and here's what I'll say.
I don't know if this is actually happening
on a meaningful scale right now,
there are pictures and videos going around,
but actually a lot of those are just being missed captioned.
But like this video is from 2019,
It's not connected to this situation.
And this one is also from 2019
and it's actually from Mexico.
But, that said, I don't doubt
that people are actually doing it,
especially because people are sharing these older things
and then the other people might be like,
oh, that's a good idea.
But yeah, it appears that this is connected to,
you know how earlier this week
we talked about how the country's largest fuel pipeline
was forced to shut down last Friday
following a ransomware attack, right?
That being Colonial Pipeline
which stretches from Texas to New York
and supplies 45% of the East Coast's fuel oil.
Since we last talked the governors of Florida,
Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia
have all declared States of emergency
to try to stave off shortages and keep gas prices down.
However, with the pipeline now, well into its sixth day
of being mostly shut down,
we've started seeing panic buying
and that panic buying has cost to the national price average
to finally break $3.
Which notably is the highest national average
that we've had in seven years.
You know, if you've looked on social media,
miscaptioned photos and videos aside,
there are a ton showing how bad the situation is
on the East Coast right now.
With some people reportedly waiting
as long as five hours to get gas,
others also unintentionally making the situation worse.
Panic buying, trying to top off mostly full tanks.
We're also seeing a number of situations
where tensions are running high,
the situations are escalating.
The first one that comes to mind
is this one that was shared by a reporter this morning.
It shows a woman trying to cut line,
but when she couldn't she gets out of her car,
she hits another, then she spits on a man
who then spits back at her
leading to a fight between the two.
So with all of that, you had over 1,000 gas stations
in the South East running dry yesterday evening.
With places like North Carolina
having eight and a half percent
of their stations out of gas, Virginia 7.7%.
Also, wow, more than 20% of the stations
were out of gas in the Atlanta Metro area.
Now, as of this morning the problem has only grown.
In fact, right, North Carolina,
nearly a quarter of all stations are out of gas
and that number even hit a whopping 71%
in urban areas like Charlotte.
So when you put all of this together
that's why I have some analysts calling this
a self fulfilling prophecy.
Which I think to a certain degree is accurate.
I mean, it's part of the reason why
I even struggled this morning
figuring out if it made sense to cover this story.
It's a big national story,
it's affecting everyday people's lives,
it's an update to an incredibly important story
we covered earlier this week but there's this bigger thing
about just security in general.
But, you know, I don't think it's ridiculous
to think that letting people know
that there might be a shortage
because people are scared there's going to be a shortage
and so they're hoarding and so now others are hoarding.
I mean, hell, it's the toilet paper panic
that we had a year ago but in a more meaningful way.
But, I mean, that's part of the reason why
anytime you cover the story you have a lot of people saying,
you know, please don't go out, don't hoard gasoline.
Please only fuel up if you absolutely need to.
But then people are still gonna have
that voice in the back of their head going,
well, at least 50% of people
aren't going to listen to that instruction.
We're going to have to see how that pans out.
But as far as when we will get the pipeline back,
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told reporters yesterday
that Colonial should be able to make a decision
on restarting operations by the end of today.
Though, keep in mind, it is likely gonna take several days
for fuel supplies to returned to a normal level
after operations recover.
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And finally, the last thing
that we're gonna talk about today
is this absolutely crazy situation with Liz Cheney.
And that's because this morning the house GOP
voted to remove representative Liz Cheney,
the number three Republican from her leadership position
over her refusal to stay silent
about Trump's election lies.
And wow this is in no way surprising
to anyone that's been paying attention
to the outright liars and cowardice of members of the GOP,
just regurgitating the president's lies
or just allowing them to spread uncontested.
This is absolutely massive
because it comes just four months
after the former president of course
incited the insurrection, causing major splits,
it seemed at the time, in the GOP.
That there might be this moment
from reflection and accountability from Republicans
and anyone that enabled this man to come into power.
Even house minority leader Kevin McCarthy
seeming to blame Trump for what happened
until he later walked that back.
And now with this latest move
it is arguably the strongest signal
that Republicans have decided
that it is not democracy, it is not America,
it is about unwavering loyalty to Donald Trump.
You can call it bias
but reality is biased against bull shit.
I dislike members of both parties.
I dislike things in both parties,
but they are not equally wrong.
Some would argue that has not been the case for a long time
but let's just speak about them now,
in 2021 that is not the case.
Also, for those that don't remember,
this isn't even the first time
the Republicans have tried to oust Liz Cheney.
Earlier this year you had Trump loyalists in the chamber
holding a vote to remove her
after she voted to impeach Trump
for his role in the insurrection.
With them failing at that time,
largely because Cheney kept the backing
of Republican leadership.
But notably this time she did not have the support
of minority leader Kevin McCarthy,
who reportedly began mobilizing to remove her last week
after she tweeted,
the 2020 presidential election was not stolen.
Anyone who claims it was is spreading the big lie,
turning their back on the rule of law,
and poisoning our democratic system.
And while Cheney has repeated that stance
many times since January,
I think that there was this belief from the GOP,
especially after the vote that decided to keep her in
that she would kind of about face,
that she would tow the party line.
But that was something that she refused to do
which appeared to be the final straw
and so on Monday you had McCarthy officially announcing
that he was holding a vote on her
in a letter to his conference
that was full of contradictions.
With his claiming that the GOP
is a big tent party of free thought and debate
while simultaneously calling for the removal
of a leader who broke with Trump
and had the audacity to speak the truth.
And this morning when they voted, it wasn't even close.
They did a vote by voice and that tells you everything
you need to know.
That there was that much of a majority
in the Republican party, this is who they are now.
The mask is off and hey, I understand,
it's not an election you're right now
but this is important to see and remember
and hold on to for 2022 and 2024.
While I think many people rightly see 2020
as the year that people fought for democracy,
this is not a fight that that only happens election years.
This is a constant battle, unfortunately.
And that's one of the things
that Liz Cheney hit on last night.
Ahead of the anticipated vote
she gave this incredibly powerful and defiant speech,
holding firm on her beliefs, speaking truth,
continuing to condemn Trump's lies
and accusing her fellow Republicans
of being complicit and undermining democracy.
- Today we face a threat America has never seen before.
A former president who provoked a violent attack
on this capital in an effort to steal the election
has resumed his aggressive effort
to convince Americans that the election was stolen from him.
He risks inciting further violence.
Millions of Americans have been misled
by the former president.
They have heard only his words, but not the truth
as he continues to undermine our democratic process,
sowing seeds of about whether democracy really works at all.
This is not about policy.
This is not about partisanship.
This is about our duty as Americans.
Remaining silent and ignoring the lie emboldens the liar.
I will not participate in that.
I will not sit back and watch in silence
while others lead our party down a path
that abandons the rule of law
and joins the former president's crusade
to undermine our democracy.
- With that parting speech on surprisingly drawing boos
from some of our Republican colleagues,
with many Republicans cheering her ousting this morning.
This including Trump himself
who issued a series of statements,
calling Cheney a bitter horrible human being
and claiming that Republicans have a great opportunity today
to rid themselves of a poor leader,
a major Democrat talking point, a warmonger,
and a person with absolutely no personality or heart.
Also incredibly mature and political reactions
like that of Madison Cawthorn.
But I should also note that it was not completely universal,
You did have a number of house Republicans
condemning the move, like representative Adam Kinzinger,
who tweeted, I predict that the history books of the future
will not celebrate.
They will say this was the low point
of the Republican party.
As well as representative Ken Buck,
who told reporters Liz Cheney was canceled
for speaking her mind.
Which was also echoed by a lot of people
who argued that Republicans
are constantly being hypocritical, tweeting,
Republicans bitch about cancel culture
but they're canceling Liz Cheney for speaking truth.
Though it does not appear
that Cheney is taking a break anytime soon.
According to reports sources have said
that Cheney has spent the last week
planning for increased travel and media appearances
to promote her case and rally other Republicans behind her.
Actually, I mean, kind of on that note,
I mean just yesterday you had the New York Times reporting
that more than 100 current and former anti-Trump Republicans
are preparing to release a letter this week
threatening to split from the GOP and create a third party
of changes are not made.
Which, I mean, hypothetically if that were to happen,
that could be devastating
for the Republicans chances moving forward.
But I mean, right now all the evidence
is pointing to the fact that the party is firmly committed
to embracing this pro Trump stance.
I mean, hell, McCarthy has tapped
representative Elise Stefanik to replace Cheney.
And while, yes, when she was initially elected
and she took office, she was a moderate
who actually defied and condemned Trump.
She has now fully embraced Trump,
likely after seeing how heavily he carried her district.
I mean, she became Trump fan number one.
She was one of the most vocal opponents
of his first impeachment.
He had Trump promoting her,
saying a new Republican star is born.
And after that she got way more TV appearances,
campaign donations, general fame.
And so naturally she doubled down
and began spreading Trump's false election claims.
And so if she is elected to leadership,
which is very expected,
the top three house Republican leadership positions
will all be held by people who voted
not to certify Biden's win.
And that is one of the key things here,
let me hit that again.
The top three Republicans in the US House of Representatives
will all be lawmakers
who actively voted to subvert democracy
and the will of the people.
But ultimately with this story
and honestly anything else that stood out to you today
I'd love to know your thoughts
because this brings us to the end of today's show.
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