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It is Monday, April 26, 2021.
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First up today in big entertainment
slash entertainer slash business news,
I mean, this is kind of several stories
that are all interconnected.
Okay, so first up, over the weekend you had UFC 261
which was standout for a number of reasons.
One, we actually got to see mixed martial arts
in front of a crowd, which just has a very special energy.
Two, Joe, I no longer shoot my podcast
inside of an alien spaceship Rogan going viral
mainly because his reactions were so animated
though honestly justified.
I saw Weidman's leg turn into dust in front of me.
I probably would have reacted the same way.
If you've seen that video, you know what I'm talking about.
Three, we learned that if Capitol police are worried
about another insurrection,
they should just go and hire Kamaru Usman,
'cause this man has recently made a career
out of knocking out Trump supporters
which actually kind of takes us to four.
You had Jake Paul making news,
this because Jake went to UFC 261
a week after he knocked out Ben Askren,
with the crowd they're greeting him.
(beep) (crowd cheering)
Those are the likes of Conor McGregor
getting into the mix here
saying UFC high level fighting is greater
than Blogger jackass boxing.
He also got into a verbal confrontation with Daniel Cormier
before they ended up having to be separated.
We all saw what seems to be this kind of continuing war
of words between UFC president, Dana white and Jake Paul.
Dana, when asked if he would ever do business with Jake,
he responded;
- Listen, do you know what the fuck would happen
to this guy?
He ain't fighting in the UFC.
He was getting handpicked opponents
and God knows what else is going on
with that whole (beep) thing.
There is a market for that.
That's not what I do.
- With White also slamming Triller,
and these numbers that Jake's been talking about
as far as pay-per-view sales;
- The numbers that you're hearing that they did,
are full of (beep)
They're full of (beep). Okay?
They didn't pull those kinds of numbers at all.
Not even (beep) close.
- Jake hitting back though,
seemingly making it mostly about money
saying, "In my third fight, I made more in total pay
than any fighter in UFC history.
Maybe it's time to pay your fighters their fair share?"
With them also sharing a clip of Joe Rogan
who of course is a UFC commentator,
praising both Jake Paul and his brother, Logan.
- Paul brothers, Logan, and Jake.
They're making some big money moves.
They're making a lot of money
and they got everybody talking about it, including us.
You can hate on him all you want
but you better recognize that guy can (beep) people up
for real.
And he's doing it under intense pressure--
- But connected though, different news,
you had Jake Paul and that he was going into the weekend,
because well, you know, one of the last times
we talked about Jake Paul
is because there was a sexual assault allegation
against him, he responded back
saying he was getting his lawyers involved.
But in addition to that, there's also this new wave
coming from a New York Times report late last week.
And in that piece you had another girl accusing Jake Paul
of sexual misconduct saying that he groped her
and called her things like 'jailbait'.
(mumbles) also had interviews with former people
from the Teen 10 House who just painted this image
that he created this very toxic culture,
saying that in addition to all the other stuff,
that he pushed the contents,
you've already pushed people to follow.
But that is where a lot of these stories end
for now and in particular that last one,
because really, unless something legal happens to Jake Paul,
I mean this isn't really going to affect him
but I think it's part of the reason
why these allegations against Jake Paul
I think would hit many other creators harder,
and not so much with Jake Paul
because a lot of people just think that he is a scumbag.
It is not shocking news.
I don't know what truly happened with this growing number
of situations, the accusations, the denial.
And one of the common things I've seen
is kind of the lack of surprise
that the accusations were being made against him.
And seemingly even before these accusations,
this is kind of Jake Paul's marketing
and kind of branding at this point.
I know people dislike me.
I know people want to watch me get knocked out.
They're going to buy something,
and that's how I'm gonna make money.
Yeah. For now I'm pretty much all fronts.
We're gonna have to wait to see what happens next.
Then let's talk about this absolutely massive Josh news.
If your name is not Josh, please skip ahead.
Great, now that everyone that's not named Josh is not here,
I mean, Josh's, let's be honest.
This is the biggest Josh news we've had in years.
And so if you don't know, which would be shocking
because you're all on the group text,
last year, a 22 year old Arizona college student
by the name of Josh Swain was experiencing pandemic boredom.
And so he's thinking to himself,
why can I never get social media accounts with my name?
Like, they're always taken.
So like a lot of us in the last year,
he decides I got the time,
I'm going to find every person named Josh Swain on Facebook.
And he adds them all into a group message
with him sending a date, time and coordinates
for a future battle, right?
Whoever wins gets to keep the name,
everyone else has to change their name.
You have one year to prepare, good luck.
So he tweets the message out, it goes viral.
Somebody even creates a website to count down to the fight.
The event creator, Josh even setting up
a fundraising page that was jokingly titled
'Support Legal Fees to Help Josh Swains Change Their Names',
but also explaining that was just a joke
and the money was actually gonna go
to Children's Hospital and Medical Center Foundation,
which operates facilities near the designated battleground
in Lincoln, Nebraska,
and well, the actual fight date came around this weekend
and more than a thousand people showed up;
950 spectators and 50 people named Josh.
Notably, of those other 50 Josh's that showed up,
only one was the Swain bearing,
'cause I guess Swains are cowards.
So we ended up seeing two battles play out.
One, we had the two Josh Swains
engage in the respected battle of rock paper, scissors,
winner there being Josh Swain who created the event,
and following that, all of the Josh's engaged
in the ritual battle of pool noodles
with a fight kind of being just fantastic to watch
and oh my God, the underdog winner showed up,
four year old little Josh, AKA Josh Vinson, Jr.
And if that somehow did not warm your stupid cold heart
and talking to reporters, his father,
Josh senior even shared that the boy had actually suffered
a series of seizures when he was around two years old.
He was actually treated at one of the children's hospitals
that the event was raising money for,
which on that note, as of today,
more than 260 people have donated a little more than $12,000
to the foundation,
with attendees also bringing more than 100 pounds of food
that was donated to the food bank of Lincoln.
So yeah, you know, sometimes it happens.
One in nine shows we get some nice news.
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Then the news that resulted in my accountants
sending me a frowning face emoji this morning,
Brian Deese, director of the national economic council
formerly announced this morning
that yes, president Biden and his administration are aiming
to double the capital gains tax, right?
This is expected to be an effort
to fund his $1.8 trillion American Families Plan
which will likely include provisions for childcare,
universal pre-kindergarten, paid family leave
and free community college.
And as far as what exactly that would look like
according to Axios, Biden one's a 39.6 top rate
on long-term capital gains, up from the current 20% rate
for those earning at least $1 million
of annual investment income.
Also noting that an ACA related investment tax
will bring the federal toll to 43.4% for top earners.
While this is absolutely massive news,
it's very likely not going to impact you directly,
with Deese noting that this change would only apply
to three-tenths of a percent of taxpayers,
which is not even the top 1%
though that is still around 500,000 households
in the country.
And on top of that, this proposal would be unlikely to pass
through Congress as is.
Reportedly, the democratic sweet spot for this right now
is actually closer to 30%.
Though that is still a pretty big jump,
it's just smaller than Biden's current goal.
So that is something that Joe Biden is actively trying to do
but something that Joe Biden is not trying to do
even though we've seen the bastions of truth
like Lauren Boebert tweeting about it,
"No, Joe Biden's climate plan does not include
cutting 90% of red meat from our diets by 2030."
That, shockingly despite so many Grifters tweeting about it
and promoting it, is not true.
With agriculture secretary, Tom Vilsack saying,
"There's no desire, no effort, no press release,
no policy paper, none of that,
that would support the notion
that the Biden administration is going to suggest
that people eat less meat
or that the USDA has some program
designed to reduce meat consumption.
It's simply not the case."
With all of this or at least a lot of this
seeming to stem from the Daily Mail,
Oh, what? Not the Daily Mail.
They're so trusted.(laughing)
With them putting out an article speculating
that Biden's plan could do this,
but from what?
Yes, it is widely believed
that if a lot of us stopped eating meat
and we had plant-based alternatives
that that would actually help with the environment,
with the Daily Mail citing a report
that said, "If half of all animal-based foods are replaced
with plant-based alternatives and beef consumption fell
by 90%, dietary emissions would drop by 51%"
Though one, the report notes that it is reliant
on a number of simplifying assumptions,
and two, despite the Bo birds and Grifters of the world
and this Fox News screenshot,
this does not appear to be in any way a Biden proposal
or policy suggestion.
I mean, granted it not being true
isn't gonna stop people using it as a rallying cry
or a fundraising tool, but the truth is the truth.
I don't know.
It just all depressingly stupid at this point.
Then in, absolutely massive US political news,
we have the Supreme Court this morning announcing
that it's going to hear its first major gun control case
in over decade, but this is big news.
The Supreme Court has turned down
countless second amendment appeals,
since it ruled back in 2008, had the right applied
to individuals who keep guns at home for self-defense.
And now with its new conservative majority more open
to hearing gun control cases
SCOTUS will now decide if that protection holds true
for carrying guns outside of the home.
So the case in question centers around a century old
New York law that requires people to show
that they have a special need for self-defense
in order to get a license for carrying guns
outside of their home.
There were two men who were denied permits
and the National Rifle Association's New York affiliates
sued, saying, "The law makes it virtually impossible
for the ordinary law-abiding citizen to obtain a license."
And in their SCOTUS appeal, the plaintiffs argued
that state law was unconstitutional under the 2008 ruling
and writing, "Like the threats that might precipitate a need
to act in self-defense,
that individual and fundamental right necessarily extends
beyond the four walls of one's home."
And notably here, not only has the Supreme Court turned down
gun control cases, they have turned down
New York specific gun control cases
'cause in a brief urging them to do the same again,
New York's Attorney General argued
that the New York law was consistent with the 2008 ruling,
and noting that in the 2010 decision clarifying the scope
of the initial ruling, the justices specifically said
their opinion was not meant to strike down
long-standing prohibitions on gun use.
And that is really significant here
because whatever SCOTUS ends up deciding,
it will not just apply to New York.
But according to gun rights groups,
there are similar laws in California,
Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts,
New Jersey and Rhode Island.
So with this Supreme Court
having a strong conservative majority,
this decision could lead to a loosening of gun laws
nationwide, but as far as what will happen,
we won't have the answer for a little bit.
The court is currently not set to hear this case
until their next term this October
with them also not expected to issue a decision on it
until next summer.
Then, I mean we have a whole slew of COVID-19 news.
I don't even know where to start.
We're seeing things like in Spain,
we had police arresting a 40 year old man on Saturday
and charging him with intentionally causing injury
after he allegedly infected 22 people with Corona Virus.
And following this very long investigation,
you had authorities saying that the man went to work
despite having symptoms of COVID-19,
with him also reportedly refusing to go home
when colleagues expressed concerns about his symptoms.
After work, he did, yes get tested,
but then he immediately went to the gym,
and then back to work the next day,
where colleagues again told him to go home but he stayed,
even though we had a temperature of 104 degrees,
and during the day, authorities said
that he walked around the business, would lower his mask,
and cough saying, "I'm going to infect you all
with the Corona Virus."
Next day, he learned, he actually went was positive
and because of him, three people at his gym
and five of his coworkers also tested positive,
with them then going on to infect several relatives
including three infants.
Yeah, he was arrested and released the same day.
He's awaiting trial and we'll have to wait
to see what happens there.
Then, because what would the Philip DeFranco show be
without a Florida man story
and even better, a Florida family story.
And this today, because the justice department has announced
that they have indicted a Florida family
for selling bleach as a 'miracle cure'
for COVID-19 and other illnesses.
The prosecutor saying that 62-year old Mark Grenon
pedaled these deadly chemicals with his three sons;
34-year old Jonathan, 26-year old Jordan
and 32-year old Joseph.
Reportedly, they call this their 'Miracle Mineral Solution'
saying that it could not only cure
but also prevent COVID-19,
and reportedly four years they'd even said
that this cures cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetes, autism, HIV
and tons of other medical conditions.
And apparently, a lot of people bought into this
and actually bought the product.
According to the indictment,
they earned more than $1 million in sales.
But to make matters worse,
their product is actually a chemical solution
containing sodium chloride and water
which after ingestion becomes chlorine dioxide;
a strong bleach used in industrial water treatments
and in bleaching textiles, pulp or paper.
We had the FDA warning last year,
that their products can cause dangerous side effects
including severe vomiting, diarrhea
and life-threatening low blood pressure.
In the past, the FDA received reports
of people requiring hospitalizations,
developing life-threatening conditions,
and even dying after drinking MMS.
But, despite that warning on top of court orders
requiring them to stop distribution
under a separate civil case,
the men reportedly continued to sell it under the guise
of a religious entity
called the 'Genesis II Church of Health & Healing'.
And according to the charging documents,
Mark Grenon who was the group's co-founder
has repeatedly acknowledged that Genesis has nothing to do
with religion, with them having even said that he founded it
to legalize the use of MMS and avoid going to jail.
So they essentially use this site
to have people make donations
that were just sales of the product,
which they marketed by citing Bible verses
and using other religious messages.
Also, after a raid, police learned
the family was actually manufacturing the product in a shed
in the backyard of Jonathan Grenon's Florida home,
where police seized dozens of blue chemical drums
with nearly 10,000 pounds of sodium chloride powder
that can produce thousands of bottles of the solution,
police also seizing loaded firearms,
and prosecutors actually said
the Grenons threatened a federal judge
presiding over the civil case against them,
saying that if the government stopped their distribution,
they would "pick up guns" and instigate "a Waco".
Federal prosecutors also believe that Mark and Joseph Grenon
operate what they call a "health restoration center"
in Santa Marta, Colombia,
where they say they charge consumers about $5,000 a month
to stay at the compound, and "dose themselves
with miracle mineral solution".
And that is ultimately where we are with this story.
You have each family member charged
with one count of conspiracy to commit fraud,
and two counts of criminal contempt, and with all this,
the Grenons face up to life imprisonment if found guilty.
Then in; I don't know what it's going to do to this video
but we should definitely talk about it news,
let's talk about India and social media.
So the Indian Government yesterday said
that it ordered Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
to block about 100 social media posts that were critical
of its handling of the massive COVID-19 surges
that are happening in their country.
As we talked about on this show last week,
the situation in India is absolutely dire.
I mean, just today alone,
the country reported more than 350,000 new infections
and 2,800 deaths, breaking the world record
in daily infection rates for the 5th day in a row.
And understand, even though experts warn
that these numbers are almost definitely under-counted,
India still with the numbers we have,
makes up nearly half of all new cases in the entire world.
This situation has also put a massive strain
on the country's hospital system
with many running low on beds, oxygen and supplies.
In fact, that has gotten so bad
that the Biden administration yesterday
partially lifted its ban on exporting raw materials
for vaccines to send India therapeutics
as well as other materials
like rapid diagnostic testing kits, ventilators and PPE,
and while the spikes there are partly due to a spread
of a new variant, tons and tons of people
have also criticized the response from prime minister, Modi,
this including some whose posts
the government ordered social media platforms to remove.
So with this, according to reports,
all three platforms are currently enforcing
the legally binding order though,
notably Facebook has refused to comment on the situation,
Twitter for their ban confirmed
that they had removed some of the tweets
but said that they are just blocked in India
and will still be visible in other parts of the world.
And as far as the reasoning
what Indian officials were saying
in a statement of the media,
they said these posts were creating "panic"
by "using unrelated, old and out of context images
or visuals, communally sensitive posts
and misinformation about COVID-19 protocols".
But many, many people have accused the government
of censorship, noting that a lot of the content
was just critical of Modi,
including some posts shared by opposition leaders.
In fact, according to Lumen Database,
which tracks take down requests,
at least 52 tweets from prominent figures
including politicians and opposition parties,
journalists and even a filmmakers have been removed.
And to be fair, while some of the posts did have
potentially misleading information,
others just documented the scale in the surge
of COVID 19 cases and expressed anger at India's leaders.
So understandably, what we're seeing right now,
it's raising concerns about the relationship
between social media companies and leaders
in countries that compose major client basis.
I mean, how many times have we seen companies
that stand for things and then they just bend the knee
for some ridiculous oppressive thing in a country?
And with India, there is a big reason to bend the knee.
India is a key growth market for tech companies.
I mean, Facebook has more users in India
than anywhere else in the world
and the country is also Twitter's fastest growing market,
but that growth is also happening at a time
when experts say that Modi's government
has been increasingly censoring descent,
which creates a sticky situation for these companies.
So as the New York Times explains,
these companies have this moral business dilemma
explaining, "In India, the companies face a stark choice;
follow laws and risk suppressing political debate,
or ignore them and face harsh punishments,
including prison time for local employees,
in a potentially huge growth market."
And ultimately with this story
or honestly anything that stood out to you today,
I'd love to know your thoughts in those comments down below,
because this is the end of today's show.
As always, thank you for watching this video,
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Also remember to snag what you can while you can
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I love your faces and I'll see you tomorrow.