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welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show,
and I have to start today off with some good news, bad news,
and I'll start with the bad news first.
Well, I feel a lot better than how I was feeling
about a week and a half ago when I went to the ER,
something is definitely still wrong with me.
I'm not gonna speculate here,
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I gotta go to the doctor, a bunch.
Starting with, I mean literally during filming today.
I just wanted to let you know, like 98% of you been saying,
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So that is a negative, and then on the positive,
today is my seven year anniversary
with my lovely wife, Lindsay,
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Living my life
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Y'all, the first thing that we're gonna talk
about today is this bizarre story that actually starts back
on Wednesday of last week.
Right? So Wednesday morning, Santa Fe police respond
to a carjacking in a kidnapping case.
The driver was 44 year old Janine Jaramillo, a woman
who had stolen a white Chevrolet Malibu two days earlier
after its her left it running to heat it up,
with Janine reportedly telling a contact
she had been kidnapped at knife point,
with that person then calling 911,
according to the authorities.
Though, it's unclear when that call took place,
right before, after, the cops were pursuing the vehicle.
Janine then leads the police on an insanely reckless chase
supposedly being held captive by this guy in the car,
going the wrong way down interstate 25
and eventually ending in a five car crash
that killed two people, including an officer
and a retired firefighter.
As well as injuring Janine herself and one other person.
And then according to Janine,
she briefly blacked out while the kidnapper fled
and later recalling.
- So I crawled out the driver's side window,
I fell to the ground and I seen the police,
I looked up and there was the police,
and I just ran for my life and I was screaming,
"Help me" like, you know, I'm crying,
I'm hysterical, and I'm in shock.
- [Philip DeFranco] And with all this saying,
the entire ordeal started when she
and a man she briefly dated were at an apartment,
and he refused to take her home,
so she screamed for help, a neighbor then called 911,
and the man took her away in the car.
This absolutely horrifying, scary story,
and of the men she dates, Janine said,
- My life has been a pretty rough lately.
I mean, I, I haven't had the best choices.
I haven't made the best choices in relationships
at all lately,
and it seems like,
I'm just gonna be, stay single because this is too much.
- [Philip DeFranco] Then,
almost immediately with people suspicious,
because as it turns out she did nearly identical shit
back in September and October.
According to the police and those court records, lying
about boyfriends being involved in crimes that she committed
and get this, one of those incidents was her claiming
that she was held at knife point during a police chase.
With that, investigators never found boyfriends back then,
and the one that they actually did track down
was quickly determined to be innocent.
There were also other red flags had popped up,
such as the key to the car that Janine left
and the police cruiser that she was held in,
or the DNA all over the airbag.
An officer witnessing only one female driver at the scene,
and the fact that the car's event
data recorder only showed one occupant.
So now Janine has been arrested
and faces charges of first degree murder
by vehicle, receiving a stolen vehicle,
fleeing law enforcement, and tampering with evidence,
with Janine facing 30 years to life
just from the murder charge alone.
And all of that is why Janine is our douchebag of the day.
And then, in entertainment news
we had The Batman making headlines
for a number of different reasons.
The first being while the movies gotten very good reviews,
audiences are liking it so far,
one audience in Austin got an objectively more
exciting theater experience than anyone else,
with that audience reportedly getting a true 4D experience
because someone released a bat into the crowd.
With a theater representative telling a local outlet,
the bat was brought in by someone as a prank
with one viewer saying the management had to pause the movie
and make multiple attempts to get the bat out.
That didn't work and so animal control had to be contacted,
while everyone was offered to refund.
Most people ended up just staying to watch the film,
bat and all, then one of the other headlines is
this has been a massive box office success.
The Batman raking in 134 million dollars
at the box office domestically this opening weekend
making it the biggest movie during pandemic times,
behind Spider-man, No Way Home,
with it globally making 250 million dollars
over the weekend.
So a very big weekend for the Batman, but,
despite the critical and commercial success of the movie,
there has been this other final thing that we'll talk about,
that is this whole conversation about the bat man going woke
that that people have been tweeting about.
Also to preface all of this,
I have not gotten a chance to see the movie yet
so I can't speak to anything.
But apparently people have been taking aim at things like a
a line where Zoe Kravitz's cat woman apparently
calls the Riddler's victims, white privilege assholes,
and one of the more viral takes on this subject came
from a likes of RK Outpost Live, and that
because he put out this eight and a half minute review
where, in general he's praising the movie completely,
but there is this section that I'm gonna show you
that has been clipped and it's gone massively viral.
- There were only a couple good people in this,
in this movie.
You had Bruce Wayne, Batman, and you had Alfred.
Those are the only two good white people.
The rest of the, really the three other major players
that I would consider like overall, like moral
good people were, you know, you had Jim Gordon,
who's black in this, you had cat woman,
who's not white in this, and then you had the mayor,
who's a black woman.
Again, very much on the noses for current day Hollywood,
did not like that, took a couple,
it took a little bit off the score for me, to be honest.
Overall, my experience with it is an 8 out 10,
- [Philip DeFranco] A take that if you discover through
the internet, some people do agree with,
but has also been widely mocked by a lot of people.
Even seemingly parodied by some creators like Chris Reagan.
- I just don't understand why there are so many black people
in this movie, like I don't get that.
Cat woman's all black, commissioner Gordon's all black,
there's a black woman mayor, which is literally impossible.
Don't know why they would do that.
It takes me right outta the film.
- [Philip DeFranco] And this also isn't the only way
that race is being brought up when discussing
The Batman right now, because on the other side of things,
you have Zoe Kravitz recently doing an interview
with the guardian where she said
that she actually wanted to audition
for the dark night rises,
but was told she was too urban for the role.
And with that saying, she doesn't know
if it came from director Christopher Nolan, suggesting
that it probably came from someone working in casting,
but adding, being a woman of color and being an actor
and being told at that time that I wasn't able to read
because of the color of my skin
and the word urban being thrown around like the, that
that was what was really hard about that moment.
You have some people complaining about a diverse cast.
You also have the story of this actress in this movie,
previously unable to break into this universe
because of her race.
But with all of this, I would like to pass the question
off to you, for those of you that have seen the movie,
What were your thoughts?
One, on the movie in general and two, on this kind of
micro argument that's happening regarding the
the movie being woke or not?
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And then, you know, recently there's been a lot
of discussion about what would happen
to abortion access of the Supreme court overturn
Roe V. Wade when it rules on Mississippi's 15 week
abortion ban later this summer,
and now two new studies into Texas even more restrictive
six week ban may shine a light on the issue.
Right in the months after the Texas ban took effect,
abortions in the state fell by 50%.
But now these new studies from two groups
of researchers at the university of Texas at Austin found
that abortions actually fell at a much lower rate about 10%.
This when accounting for people who went to a clinic out
of state or ordered abortion pills online, according to one
of the studies for each month, between September, 2021,
when the law took effect in the end of the year,
an average of 1400 Texans sought abortions
in one to the seven nearby states.
That is 12 times the number of people who got
out of state abortions before the law.
And during that same time period, an average
of 1100 women each month ordered abortion pills online
from the overseas service Aid Access, which sends the pills
by mail and skirts abortion restrictions
by connecting people, seeking abortions
with European doctors and Indian pharmacies.
And notably here, the figures are actually probably higher,
because the studies only account for those who visited 34
or 44 clinics in the seven neighboring states,
and exclude people who may have gone to additional states
beyond those seven or crossed the border to Mexico.
As well as those who used other methods to get abortions,
like ordering pills from online pharmacies
that haven't yet published their sales numbers.
But regardless experts say
that this data is very significant
because it shows the limitation abortion bans have
at actually restricting the procedure.
As Carrie white, the lead researcher
on the new out of state abortion study, said the law has
not done anything to change people's need for abortion care.
It has shifted where people are getting their abortion care
and going on to say that she was surprised
by how few abortions were actually prevented
by such a broad set of restrictions
in adding the numbers are way bigger than we expected.
It's pretty astounding
but still this is not impacting everyone the same.
A wide range of research has continuously found
that abortion restrictions, disproportionately
impact lower income people and minority groups.
It affects people who can't afford to travel
to another state, take time off of work or pay
for the necessary childcare, lodging and transportation.
In addition to the procedure and beyond that
if row is overturned, the same patterns these studies found
in Texas may not hold true nationally
because abortion access will be even harder to
get once more states impose restrictions.
Or because remember, according to reports between 21
and 26 states are expected to ban,
or at least massively restrict abortion access
if the Supreme court allows it.
And with many of those states concentrated
on the same region like the south,
it would be much more difficult
for people seeking abortions to travel
to neighboring states.
But for now that's what we know.
We'll have to wait to see how the school is ruling plays
out.
And then of course today we need to end with
Russia and Ukraine.
So looking at the big picture, it seems
that Russia has shifted some of its priorities
and is looking to secure major cities along the coast.
That said, though, it doesn't mean
that other major cities like hake and Keve
haven't received their share of shelling.
As far as numbers, the death toll
on both sides continues to rise
with the UN confirming at least 406 civilian deaths
and estimating that as more information becomes available
that number will rise.
Russia also seemingly can't stop the losing war material
with reports every day of Ukraine destroying entire columns
of trucks and tanks, or that an ever increasing number
of helicopters and planes are shot down.
Then, one of the most outrageous pieces of news from
over the weekend has been Russia's failure to
follow its own set of cease fires.
In various combat zones, Russian commanders
agreed to cease fires to allow humanitarian corridors
to be set up in order for civilians to escape the fighting.
But in many places, those corridors were quickly closed
and led to Russian attacks against those trying to flee.
And this song and dance happened multiple times,
likely leading to many feeling like they were
in a lose lose situation.
To stay in a city like Maripul and get shelled,
or try to leave after being promised safe passage,
and then getting shelled.
With that, another cease fire was offered this morning
but it looks like Ukraine's ignoring the offer
because of this weekend's attacks
as well as anger that the corridors apparently would only
allow people to flee to Belarus or Russia.
And so with that at, it looks
like things will continue to be especially bad
in many Ukrainian cities with civilians trapped,
amid the fighting.
And that's incredibly concerning,
cuz this same playbook was played out
by Russian forces in Syria.
They'd approach a city and set up a short-lived quote
"humanitarian corridor" for people to flee.
But the timeframe for them being open was so short that
very few people would get out and Russia would just
then claim that they gave people a chance
and use that to justify calling everyone inside of city,
a combatant, with them using that excuse to then completely
level some cities, which was a catastrophic disaster
in Syria and would lead to similar atrocities in Ukraine.
War has also seen increased calls
by president's Linsky for foreign hell, in particular
he shifted to asking NATO for jet fighters so
that Ukraine can effectively control the country's airspace.
But with that Putin warn that he consider any country
hosting Ukrainian war planes that were flying missions
in Ukraine as part of the conflict
But those threats have not stopped U.S. secretary of state
Anthony Lincoln from announcing
that the U.S. was giving the green light
for allies to send Soviet airplanes to Ukraine.
Because a lot of NATO members still have dated Soviet
war planes that Ukraine could actively use,
now exactly how this will pan out remains to be seen
but it will, without a doubt, anger, Russia.
While all of that is happening,
Russia continues to face pressure,
both at home and abroad.
This weekend, we saw thousands of Russians
being arrested amid anti-war protests.
Which I mean, I cannot understate the bravery,
because these people know they will be arrested,
and who knows how they're gonna be treated.
The people still are coming out in droves to try
and stop this war.
Also beyond public pressure,
there's obviously economic pressure.
The Russian stock continue to be closed
likely to try and keep Russian companies afloat a bit longer
amid the rubs poor performance.
And on top of that, company after company,
has continued to pull their services from Russia.
Are like 2 of the big 4 accounting firms in the world
are pulling out of Russia.
And beyond affecting their clients,
this decision could also affect nearly 10,000 employees
across both brands.
However, while some of the world's biggest companies
are pulling outta the country, there are notable exceptions.
Coca-cola, for example
has continued to operate in Russian Belarus
leading to Ukraine, swear account, putting this out.
It's not about taste anymore, but about good and evil.
Coca-Cola chose the latter.
Pepsi, time for your counter attack is now.
But, notably Pepsi has also made no indication
that it would stop working in Russia.
Though, they aren't the only two brands facing
immense pressure over this issue right now.
With there now being calls to boycott McDonald's
because of its decision to continue providing
subpar burgers to Russians.
And beyond all of that,
Russia and Ukraine have held a third round of talk.
So it's unclear just how much can actually come from this,
and that because Putin says that this war will end when
Keve surrenders and promises that Don bass
and Caria will be recognized,
and that Ukraine take an oath of neutrality.
But at least right now,
that doesn't look like it's going to happen.
Those are things that are non-starters for Ukraine.
And so with all of that, even though the war seems
like a fairly localized right now, it may also lead
to major issues in far off parts of the globe.
Ukraine announced that it would stop shipping wheat
and other food stuffs, which as it turns out,
Ukraine and Russia together supply a huge chunk
of the world's wheat supply.
Like Ukraine's nickname is literally Europe's bread basket
but in reality it's most of the world's bread basket.
So for places like Lebanon, Egypt and Yemen
this sudden shore shortage is expected to lead
to possible famines, especially
among the poor who heavily on cheap grains from Ukraine.
Also, it's not just wheat that's gonna be in short supply.
The war is also helping drive gas prices
to near record highs across the globe.
Here in the U.S. the national average for a gallon
of regular gas hit just over $4 yesterday, according to AAA.
That's an increase of 45 cents over the last week alone
and gas prices are now just pennies away
from surpassing the all time high from July of 2008.
When the average price hit just over $4 11 cents a gallon.
And remember that's just the national average.
Some places already seeing higher prices such as California,
the state average is now just a little over $5.28 cents.
I mean, hell I passed a gas station
over the weekend that had over $7 prices.
And this spike in gas prices comes as the war continues
to rattle energy markets all over the world in large,
because Russia is a major oil supplier providing 10%
of the world's oil in over a third of all natural gas
consumed in the EU.
And very notably here,
while many Western leaders have imposed sanctions on Russia
those restrictions have largely created carve outs
for Russia's energy trade.
But despite that the market has been self sanctioning.
Refiners, shippers banks,
and other institutions that deal with oil have stopped
buying it from Russia because it's not worth the trouble.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian leaders are asking other
countries to just stop buying Russian oil altogether
and U.S. politicians of both sides of the isle have begun
to echo those calls.
Last week, a group
of Republican senators introduced a bill to
ban the U.S. purchase of Russian oil and house speaker,
Nancy Pelosi, voice support for the move.
On top, of that secretary of state, Anthony Lincoln,
just yesterday said that the U.S. is in very active
discussions with European allies about banning
Russian oil imports, a situation so concerning in dire,
the king of batteries,
Elon Musk himself saying we need to increase oil right now.
But for now that is where we are as we continue to wait
and see what happens with all this chaos.
But ultimately that is where that story ends, today's
show ends.
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