- 'Sup you beautiful bastards.
Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco Show.
A quick thing here, right at the top,
I just wanna say a quick thank you to you
because you made it possible today for us to donate $25,000
to the Texas Elementary School shooting victims fund.
Also major props to everyone
that's been able to donate
whether it be individuals
or large organizations like Creator Clash.
I believed that's $50,000.
Teddy Fresh did a $119,000
by selling a shirt and donating all the profits.
And obviously the only real win here would be
if we didn't have to raise money
because there were no victims
because a shooting didn't happen
but it is good to see people coming together
to try and help those that have been impacted.
But on that solemn note,
we still have a show today.
So, let's just jump into it.
You know, the first thing today is of course,
we talked about the Johnny Depp - Amber Heard
defamation trial and verdict yesterday.
Going through some of the reactions from the public
as well as the two at the center of the case,
and with all that,
y'all were sounding off in the comments.
With people like Evan Edinger writing,
"I am honestly surprised people exist
who are upset with the verdict.
Really makes me wonder what world they're living in
or what trial they watched."
And Koohler saying,
"I saw someone give a great response
to a Depp v Heard article claiming
that this case told women to be quiet about abuse.
They said something to the effect of:
no, one should never have to be quiet about abuse.
What this case has shown is that
one does not lie about abuse.
One does not manipulate,
gaslight, bully,
and intimidate their way through something like this.
No matter the gender of the abuser
or the victim of the abuse."
With many of you pointing to this video from the trial.
- [Amber Heard] I, you can please tell people
that it was a fair fight,
and see what the ju-
see what the jury and judge thinks.
Tell the world, Johnny,
tell them Johnny Depp,
"I, Johnny Depp, man,
I'm, I'm a victim too of domestic violence.
And I know it's a fair fight." - [Depp] Yes.
- [Amber Heard] And see how many people believe
or side with you.
- And well right now,
the majority of the opinion online
is very much and has been in Johnny Depp's corner.
There are also people who have expressed concern
or discussed with the verdict,
as well as a public reaction
including the likes of Michael Hobbes,
who put out an article titled,
"The bleak spectacle
of the Amber Heard - Johnny Depp trial.
How a washed-up celebrity,
men's rights activist,
and true crime stans convinced millions of Americans
to buy into a conspiracy theory."
And while the whole piece is a very long read,
I'll link to it down below
so you can see kind of the full context,
a number of people who supported
have been pointing to specific parts.
Like near the end where Michael wrote,
"so how did Heard lose such a winnable case?
Two words: Jury trial.
In hindsight, the verdict came down
the minute the judge allowed the case to be televised.
Jurors weren't sequestered or sheltered
from the internet in any way,
meaning they were likely exposed
to the same bad-faith memes
and out-of-context clips as everyone else.
Plus, this case has been swirling around
the internet for years,
making an impartial jury an impossibility
in the first place."
And writing, "one man was allowed to stay in the jury pool
after revealing a text from his wife that read,
'Amber is psychotic.'"
Though we've already seen a number of people
pushing back against this narrative saying,
"no, I didn't just see clips.
I was live streaming the whole thing,"
and saying, "how could the jury be misled by clips
when they were actually there the whole time in person?"
Or because whether people were watching the direct feed
or they're watching some of their favorite commenters
live stream this thing,
a lot of people were watching the whole bit,
which regarding people watching this,
it may not be over because Amber Heard
wants to appeal yesterday's decision.
Re-following yesterday's decision, we saw...
- Is she able to pay a $10.4 million judgment?
- Oh, no.
Absolutely not.
- With Heard's team wanting to appeal the verdict
and even arguing that the crazy social media blitz
surrounding this trial impacted the jury.
With Heard's attorney, Elaine Bredehoft,
saying that Heard had excellent grounds for an appeal,
arguing that Depp's team was able to suppress evidence
including medical records and adding...
- She was demonized here.
A number of things were allowed in this court
that should not have been allowed.
And it caused the jury to be confused.
- As well as saying they weren't allowed to tell the jury
about the previous UK judgment
that came down against Depp and in favor of Heard.
And when asked if she thought social media swayed the jury
or if the jury saw the online conversations about the trial,
she added...
- How can you not?
They went home every night.
They have families.
The families are on social media.
We had a 10 day break in the middle
because of the judicial conference.
There's no way they couldn't have been influenced by it.
And it was horrible.
It really, really was lopsided.
- With those comments, of course,
drawing the big, big reactions you would expect.
And so regarding those reactions
and the updates that we're seeing today,
I'd love to know your thoughts
and where you stand on this.
But here's what I'll say at the very least.
I understand a lot of different people
having a lot of different viewpoints,
but the one thing
that definitively makes me feel like disgusted with this
are the people that are excited
to treat this as entertainment.
Well, I think there were a lot of people that were watching
because of one or multiple reasons,
including they were conflicted.
They wanted to be informed.
They wanted to see what truth was gonna come out.
They wanted to see justice serve.
But when people were sending me tweets
like this one that read,
"I'm actually sad this trial is coming to an end, sad face."
Well, that kind of thinking is confusing to me.
I even reached out to that creator and be like,
"Hey, can you expand on your thoughts?
Because people are, you know,
gonna draw their own conclusions."
Haven't heard back.
But yeah, I'd love to know your thoughts
on any and all aspects of this story.
And then you've got Harry Styles, right?
It's been known that he is a fan of older women
but also he is a fan of older musical formats.
And it absolutely makes sense.
His new album, Harry's House,
just made over $7 million
in the US in its first week.
$4.49 million of that was from vinyl sales.
182,000 vinyl records.
That is the most vinyl sold over that same time period
since they started keeping track of it 31 years ago.
Really highlighting quality over quantity
from just over 253 million streams
has estimated that he only made 1.3 million.
And so I guess it really is like my wife said
while looking at a photo of Harry Styles,
"some people just understand older is better."
And then do you remember Michael Avenatti?
Right, he reps Stormy Daniels.
He was on TV every day railing against then President Trump.
There were even murmurings
that he may well run for the presidency.
And well, the only thing Mike's gonna be the president of
anytime soon is his prison's book club.
Because Mike just got sentenced
to another two and a half years in prison
on top of the two and a half years
he's already serving right now.
And as far as why,
as the AP explained,
Stormy Daniel signed a book deal
that provided an $800,000 payout.
With prosecutors saying that he illegally pocketed
about $300,000 of her advance.
And unfortunately for Avenatti,
this rodeo ain't over
because while he is now serving time
for what he did to Stormy Daniels
and for trying to extort Nike,
he also faces a retrial in California
on charges that he cheated clients
and others of millions and millions of dollars.
And then, you know,
this morning I posted a photo,
a lot of people going,
"Phil, what are you doing?
You look great!"
"Daddy DeFranco, yass!"
Happy pride month.
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And then in what-the-fuck news,
let's talk about France
because across the country,
at least 300 people have reported being jabbed by needles
in recent months at nightclubs and concerts
and nobody knows what's going on.
Reportedly, you have people either experiencing symptoms
like grogginess or, you know,
noticing a bruise
and then going to the hospital
where they confirm that there is evidence
of a needle print.
Now luckily, when they get tested for HIV or hepatitis,
it's coming back negative.
But right now it's unclear why this is happening.
And a further deep in the mystery,
people have reported this in several different cities,
hundreds of miles apart
with no obvious links to one another.
With most of the victims being women
though none have reported sexual assault
so that doesn't appear to be the goal as well.
And so right now,
police haven't discovered any needles,
suspects, or possible motives,
but the governments of Britain, Belgium,
and the Netherlands investigating cases
of needles spiking there, too.
So yeah, that's a random anxiety inducing thing
that's happening with seemingly no motive
or end in sight?
Fun times!
And then remember when Joe Biden said
he's gonna cancel student debt?
Well, he still has not done that except he has for some.
And actually it is the single largest one time discharge
ever made by the Department of Education,
amounting to $5.8 billion for 560,000 people.
And as far as if you are a part of that
over half a million people,
the answer is no,
unless you went to the for-profit school
known as Corinthian Colleges.
And this isn't the first time
the Corinthian Colleges has been targeted
with many people already eligible for debt relief schemes
by the Department of Education.
Now, thanks to this new plan,
it just make sure that anyone
that ever attended Corinthian Colleges covered.
But the school, which has since gone out of business,
having been accused by the Department of Education
of misleading students,
promising that his credits would be transferable
which was largely untrue,
it also lying about
their post-graduation job placement rate.
Now, despite being very helpful
to the hundreds of thousands of people,
many are also unhappy with this decision.
And this is ranging
from the classic anti-debt forgiveness group people
saying things like,
"what the hell is next,
how much more burden can the law abiding,
tax paying,
hard working middle class handle.
These loan takers need to pay back their debt
and not spread it to us who have paid our school loans.
But then with even people on the other side
who want debt relief,
they feel like this isn't enough.
Pointing out, rightly,
that he has failed to deliver on his campaign promises
to cancel student debts.
Or because he has made multiple times,
a very, very broad claims about canceling debt,
and so far he's canceled about $25 billion
since January of 2021
for students who were largely defrauded
by the for-profit schools,
which can seem like a large number
except for the fact that student borrowers
still hold $1.75 trillion in debt,
leading campaigners to demand
that he forgive up to $50,000 per borrower,
but his administration, if anything,
is never going to do that
and instead is looking at maybe doing $10,000 per.
But here's the thing,
Philip DeFranco here to make everything worse for you,
no matter what the Biden administration does,
specifically with debt,
they do nothing.
They forgive 50,000.
Just 10,000.
None of this does anything to address the issue
that the price to attend college
has skyrocketed over the decades.
Like college tuition over the last few decades
is looking at this current rate of inflation
and they're like, "rookie numbers."
"That's cute."
Because the main point of this story is money is fake.
Nothing is real.
And somehow yet, everyone is still fucked.
Except the people that are creating the problem.
And then finally,
today we need to talk about the least surprising news,
another mass shooting in America.
This time happening at St. Francis Medical Center
in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In total, 10 people were injured,
five were killed,
including the shooter.
And currently, it is believe
that those numbers will not rise
as every injured victim
has already been treated and released.
And overall, there are still a lot of unknowns
in the situation,
but let's talk about what we do know.
According to a press conference this morning
by Tulsa chief of police, Wendell Franklin,
on May 19th, the shooter went to the hospital
for back surgery carried out by Dr. Preston Phillips
and by May 24th, he was released.
However, following the surgery,
the shooter complained to the hospital about back pain
and wanted more treatment.
On May 31st, he went for a follow up
to address the back pain
then yesterday,
the killer calling again to complain about the back pain
wanting more assistance.
And reportedly by 2:00 PM,
he had purchased an AR-15 style weapon
from a local gun store.
And at around 4:50 PM,
nearly three hours after buying the rifle,
the shooter was in the hospital complex and shooting people.
Now, unlike what happened in Uvalde,
police seemed to have reacted quickly.
At 4:52 PM, someone who was in a video chat
with a doctor in the building called 911
to report the shooting.
Following that, there were more and more calls
and by 4:56 police were at the scene
and had info about what building the shooter was in
and what floor he was on.
They then quickly entered the building and by 4:58,
just 30 seconds after entering the building
and yelling Tulsa police,
they heard one final gunshot
that they assume was the shooter ending his own life.
And within minutes, officers from agencies all around Tulsa
including the FBI,
ATF in nearby tribal lands,
were on the scene.
Also granting us insight into the killer's mindset,
reportedly, the shooter left a note
blaming his new back pain on Dr. Phillips
and wanted to kill him and anyone who got in his way.
And in the end, Dr. Preston Phillips,
Dr. Stephanie Husen,
Receptionist Amanda Glenn,
and William Love who was a patient,
were all killed.
The police claimed that the patient held a door closed
so someone else could escape
while the shooter attempted to get in.
Also, obviously there are many questions about firearms.
With a shooter, being able to purchase a gun
and use it in that same day,
just hours after,
leading many to demand that at the very least,
waiting periods be implemented.
Although, of note, he did buy a pistol on May 29th,
so it seems like he was pretty intent on making this happen
and had other means to do it already.
And so with this
and most notably the last three weeks worth of shootings,
it's not a surprise that we've seen House Democrats
pushing for gun legislation.
Although, as we've mentioned before,
they're nearly all dead-on-arrival
without Republican support.
But that hasn't stopped House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi,
from pushing for legislation saying at a rally yesterday,
"of course we want the Senate
to pass the background check legislation,
which will save more lives
than any of the initiatives we have."
With Pelosi adding that she'll be introducing
a new assault weapons ban next week.
Although once again,
very likely not going to pass.
But, for the sake of conversation,
let's say if any firearms legislation does pass,
well then, it likely have to face its final boss,
the Supreme Court.
Now, the current makeup of the Supreme Court would go,
that's an unknown.
Historically, the Supreme Court
rarely takes cases about guns,
but it's actually set to rule on its first ever case
in over a decade which revolves around
New York City's extremely restrictive concealed carry rules.
And while that specifically doesn't have to do
with any issues being debated across the country right now,
it will give valuable information about how the court leans.
But yeah, ultimately that is where that story
and today's show ends.
As always, thank you for watching.
Being a part of the conversation.
If you want more news,
I got you covered right here.
But of course, as always,
my name's Philip DeFranco,
you've just been filled in.
I love your faces and I'll see you next time.