- Sup' you beautiful bastards.
Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show.
I got a great Wednesday show for you today,
Though how good could it really be,
when every day feels like the one before,
and I don't really know what the point
of anything is anymore.
So buckle up, hit that like button,
and let's just jump into it.
You know, the first thing that we're gonna talk about today
I don't care
if someone tries to cancel me for this, I don't care.
If YouTube tries to ban me or suppress me
or whatever bullshit, we have a problem in America.
People are scared to talk about it.
We have too few Garys in 2021 in America
only 252 babies were named Gary
which is a far cry from when America was America.
Back in 1950, where this was the 14th, most popular name.
So Elon Musk and others in general are saying,
please have more babies.
This is gonna be a problem in this country.
I don't say that.
But if you do have a baby, maybe they pick Gary.
Even though it's a stupid fuckin' name.
And I feel confident in saying
that because there's not a lot of you.
And if there's anything that America
and social media have taught me in the last 10 years
is it's okay to villainize a group of people.
If there's not enough people to defend themselves
which is why I wanna go a step further and say,
Gary shouldn't be able to vote.
Gary's if I'm gonna be honest with you have been coasting
in this country for a pretty long time.
And I know the number one thing Gary's are gonna say,
Hey we got a city in Indiana named after us.
Yeah? Point it out on fuckin' a map.
I bet you can't even point out Indiana.
That's less of a dig at Gary's
and more dig at the us educational system.
Anyway, this concludes the news segment I just made.
Phil gets angry about random things
rather than going to more therapy.
And then, you know, another day, another story
with body cam footage, which by the way, yesterday
sometimes people ask me things like if you talk
about something on Instagram, you do a poll there.
Why are you asking us here?
Yesterday's story about the Arizona cops
I think was a fantastic example on Instagram.
People were like, oh, the cops were in the wrong.
If you went through the comment section yesterday
people were like, oh no
I understand why the cops did what they did.
And of course I'm speaking just generally, as far as what
like the majority opinions seem to be.
But today we have a dramatic nail biting,
stomach clenching, butthole puckering car chase
and it begins with 48 year old, Ronald Williams
allegedly entering someone's backyard
while they're not home sneaking over to their dock
trying to steal their jet ski.
But this masterminds plan goes sideways when he realize, oh
I can't get this thing started.
So does our Ronald give up
find something more simple to steal?
No, Ronald ain't no quitter Ronny boy lives a life
about perseverance, about grit.
So he decides I'm just gonna drift aimlessly
in the water on a jet ski genius.
So that's when the cops arrive
they responded to a neighbor's 9-1-1 call.
They see him floating out there
but how are they ever going to get to Ronald?
His master plan is working until they see a father
and a son preparing to set off
in a boat and they advise their own plan.
But the dad then just being like, you what fuck know, it.
You guys take it.
The police then engaging in a high speed
It wasn't high speed
pursuit, It wasn't really even a pursuit
but then finally getting close to Ronnie.
And that's that's when we learned
there is another fault in Ronald's plan.
And if you thought it couldn't get dumber well:
- Oh, Ronnie.
When, what
what age were you when you realized, oh, I'm Florida man.
People like this exist, but ultimately in the end
our hero Ronald fell from grace and is now being charged
with grand theft of a motor vehicle and trespassing.
And so of course the main point
of this story is whether you're Ronald
or anyone else, don't be stupid, stupid.
And then Mr. Beast and scamming.
Those are two things that you normally
wouldn't put together.
But it's what a lot of people are talking about right now.
And that's because Elon Musk posted a meme
that he probably made himself.
And it rightly makes fun
of how seriously YouTube takes things
like cracking down on swearing.
But when it comes to scams on the platform, seemingly eh
not so much, or at least not successfully to which Mr.Beast
replied, I've gotten fake ads of me giving away money
at least a thousand times and feel bad for the hundreds
of thousands of people that have been scammed.
I've been screaming at them for forever to figure this out.
With him, sharing an image of those alleged ads
where it says that he's giving away $750 along with a part
that a user could potentially click that says claim 750
it's labeled as ad in that gold box.
It says, Mr. Beast, next to the ad symbol.
And it's potentially way more dangerous with a Mr. Beast
being in the thumbnail because he's known for giveaways.
You have people going, like I could understand
if YouTube maybe missed things with smaller creators, right?
Maybe there was a, a Philip DeFranco giveaway
or someone with like a hundred thousand subscribers
but it's literally fucking Mr. Beast.
He is quite literally the biggest individual creator
and most well known creator in the world.
And actually to the point of this opening the door
for conversations about spam ads on YouTube
YouTube has said that Google has policies
in place to combat bad actors
and actually removed 175 million ads that violated
their misrepresentation and trademark policies in 2021.
But you still had a study finding that YouTube ads
promoting a crypto scam using Elon Musk likeness resulted
in a theft of $9 million.
And that is just one of many, many scam examples.
And actually regarding this, especially
because you're using the platform right now
have you noticed that scam ads are a problem here?
And secondly, there is the question
of will there ever be something put
in place that can actually stop this?
Because it seems like the problem isn't okay.
We can't suck it's that we can't suck at scale, right?
When so many people use your platform
there are so many bad actors trying multiple
multiple times to get
through your system and you stop 175 million.
Others are still gonna get through.
And each one of those can be incredibly damaging.
And personally, I don't think I'm smart enough
to know the actual solution
especially one that wouldn't just be immediately worked
around by people that are scammers as their main job.
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And then fuck the iPhone.
That's essentially what the European union just said, right?
If you're in the EU and you have an iPhone you're charging
with that lightning cable soon
that'll be a thing of the past.
And that's because the EU just passed new rules
that by fall of 2024, all phones sold within the EU
need to have a USBC charging port
and understand this is isn't iPhone specific.
This extends to devices in general
including phones, tablets, e-readers earbuds
digital cameras, headphones, headsets, et cetera
with the EU claiming not only does it reduce the hassle
for users, but it also cuts down on EWAS
by allowing consumers to use chargers
they already own for new devices.
And actually on that note,
they may go forward with even more restrictions.
As later this year, they'll be looking into whether or not
to block companies from including chargers with each device.
Which I'm also considering how to regulate wireless charges.
And of course, with all this,
the company most affected by all of this
will likely be Apple.
Which is reportedly only just now beginning to
test phones with USBC ports.
Now some have argued that USBC loses its grip
over time compared to lightning ports.
Although that claim is subjective
and you need to understand apple offers them
for iPads and MacBooks but the company has made a better
argument of pointing out that Hey,
such regulations could stifle innovation.
But the counterpoint to that is the EU has a history
of adapting it's laws as new standards arise, right?
This isn't about stifling innovation
or stopping like the next big product.
This is about you sucking less.
And to be clear, I'm talking to Apple here.
Not you have some self-respect.
Though, I will say,
I understand why the most controversial provision
in all of this is the inclusion of laptops.
Generally speaking, they require much more power
than a phone or a similar device
and higher end laptops may soon.
Now pace the amount of power USBC can deliver.
And so with this story, if we're in the EU, of course
I'd love to know your thoughts about these changes
but if you're in the us, Canada
wherever the hell you are right now, would you
wanna see your country adopt similar standards?
Though I have to think that for Apple,
the EU is a big enough market that they would just
kind of change all their phones, but maybe not.
And then you very likely remember
when former Olympic gymnast, Simone Biles
and hundreds of other athletes came forward
during the height of me too, to accuse the Olympics
team doctor Larry Nasser of sexually abusing them
With some of the survivors as young as six.
And you might remember Simone BIS giving heart
wrenching testimony to Congress.
And well, now years later
there is still justice being dulled out.
And that's because in a huge update to this story
you have Biles and 90 other gymnasts
including former Olympians, McKayla Maroney and Aly Paisman,
suing the FBI for a collective $1 billion
claiming that the agency mishandled its investigation
of Nassar, allowing him to keep abusing them,
even after they reported him to the FBI in 2015.
With former athlete, Maggie Nichols saying for 421 days
they worked with USA gymnastics and USOPC
to hide this information from the public
and allowed Nassar to continue
molesting young women and girls.
It is time for the FBI to be held accountable.
And as far as how or why this is happening right now
it partly has to do with the report last July
by the justice department's inspector general, finding
that the FBI failed to properly investigate Nassar
and even gave false or misleading statements.
When confronted about that failure.
Also noting that about 70 women and girls were victimized
by Nassar between the time they were first notified
and Nassar was arrested, which also led
to another smaller lawsuit by 13 women
against the FBI back in April seeking 130 million.
You know, so with these lawsuits
it's gonna be very interesting to see what happens
with them, but it's just the whole story just brings back
that ridiculous heartbreak, because it's always
horrible when something horrible happens
but it becomes so much worse when you find
out people knew and could have stopped it.
And then finally, we need to talk
about how yesterday was the biggest single day
for primary elections, this cycle so far.
Well, obviously I can't hit on everything
or discuss a lot of these races in depth.
In this video.
I did wanna talk
about some key takeaways and overall themes that we saw
especially as we head into the midterms
and arguably the most significant overarching thing
that we saw showcased yesterday were the limits
of the far ideological wings of both parties.
With Democrats this was especially clear in regards
to topics like public safety and crime
which became a major voting issue
especially in California, in San Francisco.
One of the most liberal cities in America
we saw voters outright recall a progressive
district attorney who had won his election
in 2019 by campaigning on more left leaning ideas
like sending fewer people to prison and ending cash bail.
We also saw in another liberal stronghold in Los Angeles
the mayoral race getting very interesting.
There many voters seemed to be persuaded by Rick Caruso.
Who's a billionaire former Republican who gained prominence
on LA's police commission
and spent $37 million of his own fortune.
Just plastering the city with campaign ads
promising to crack down on crime and homelessness
with Caruso who ran as a Democrat this time,
now officially headed to the runoff
with us representative Karen Bass
who tried to settle the line between criminal justice reform
and public safety though, very notably here.
Bass did push more
towards the center on some crime related issues
including calling for more police on the streets
and a move that angered some further left voters.
And in this race specifically, we saw both
of the more progressive candidates falling super
behind Caruso and Bass in the early returns.
In fact, so much so that the thing got called even
though only around 35% of precincts were reporting.
Meanwhile, on the right we also saw Republican voters
bucking the Trump-ian wing of the party
with many voting against candidates
who had aligned themselves with the former president
and embracing moderates who rejected him.
In General incumbent house Republicans held off
challenges from the right South Dakota representative
Dusty Johnson defeating a far right state representative
who had targeted him for voting to certify the 2020 election
and had spread the big lie.
In California two moderate Republican representatives.
One of whom voted to impeach Trump were
in good places to beat challenges from Trump loyalists
in New Jersey representative, Chris Smith
a moderate Republican also fended off a group of challengers
that included a Trump, back conservative talk radio host
with other Trump back candidates.
Also hitting road bumps this including
his former interior secretary Ryan Zinke
who resigned in 2019 amid scandals
over ethics violation investigations regarding misuse
of taxpayer money and conflicts of interest.
And this was definitely a standout
because he was expected to easily win
back his old house seat in Montana.
And Hey, he still may win.
But right now he's locked at an incredibly close race.
It's too close to call with 86% of the votes in.
And even if he does win the fact that a Trump official
with such major name recognition is having such
a close race is very significant on its own.
Especially because the primaries yesterday
it didn't happen in a bubble.
It comes about two weeks
after Kemp and Raffensperger won in Georgia.
And I will say, you know, the the note
of Trump-ian Republicans and more moderates
like for some reason the January 6th commission
is suddenly a new voting issue.
And I think all of this is interesting on its own
but it's also going to be very interesting to
kind of understand where people's mindsets are
as we go into the public hearings for January 6th, tomorrow
because I get the time has passed
and people have kind of tried to water
down the memory of January 6th.
They try to sometimes even gas light that it was a
it was a nothing but one.
Hopefully we learn even more from this hearing.
And two, I think it's just important to remember
that a lot of the people that are pushing this big lie
a lot of the people that try to downplay this bullshit,
they are just they're attacking democracy, but it shows us
that not everyone has drank the Kool-Aid yet
but also a scary amount of people have drank the Kool-Aid.
And if you don't think
that democracy is on the ballot, this and next
and fucking God knows
how many elections we get to have from here
By now, I don't, I don't know what to say
but ultimately that is where today's show ends.
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