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In the aftermath of the 2024 election, America is even more divided than before. Half the country fears the end of democracy and the other half welcomes it. As America inches toward the brink of authoritarian rule. Now more than ever, we must force ourselves to have the necessary conversation. Welcome to the necessary conversation. I'm Chad Culture. With me is my sister Haley Pope Pop, however she pronounces it today. And my mom, Mary Lou. My mom is MAGA, although only by a little at this point. My sister and I are definitely not. We have made progress, I think, with you, Mom. Over the course of
this podcast, over the course of really the past couple of months, I feel like you have uh been changing by leaps and bounds. Hello.
Leaps and bounds. We'll see. Okay. Um, do you have any diddies to begin this program? I was going to let Haley talk about what she wanted to talk about.
Okay. Haley, you have the diddy this week. The fore. So, um, last week, I'm not sure what day this happened because I I don't know if you guys drive a car every day, but when I go to work, I get out of my driver's side, I go into work, I come back to my car, I get in my driver's side, I drive home, I park it in the garage. I don't ever look at my passenger side until Sunday when someone else is driving my car and we like go get groceries or go on an errand or whatever. So anyway, um I was up at Parker Square, which is the
place where Hive Bakery is Monday through Thursday of last week. Um working like basically 15 hour shifts cuz we've been really busy. So up there really early, going home really late. I noticed on Sunday or no, I noticed on Thursday night because we're getting ready to go to the airport to go out of town, um somebody scratched the word [ __ ] and [ __ ] into the side of my passenger side. Um, very alarming. I've never had this happen before and it's like hot off the heels of all of our viral fame and like MAGA down my throat and [ __ ] So, my initial reaction is
like, okay, so it was some piece of [ __ ] that was like waiting for me, potentially stalking me in the parking lot, wrote this on my car door. Um, you know, so it was alarming. I immediately online filed a police report. I have yet to hear back from them. I'm assuming because it was over a weekend. Um, so that I have yet to deal with.
Hopefully they call me on Monday. And then I sent an email to management and ownership and said, "I need you to look through the video footage." Like these were the days that I was in the parking lot.
When you say management and ownership, you're talking of the strip mall that Hive is in of Parker Square. Yeah. Okay. So, first I emailed management and said basically, um, I kind of here for my safety. Somebody keyed my car. Can you please look through the video footage? and and here are the days that I think it could have happened. Um, and she said, "Yeah, sure. Oh my god, I'm so sorry." So, that was management.
Two days pass, I hear nothing. Um, then we get an email from the owner and she says, you know, like, "Can I have your personal information so I can text you like what exactly? Where were you parked, your car, all this shit?" So, we tell her, we even like circle it on an aerial map and show her um I think it's like the next day she said they don't have the manpower uh or the time to look through all of the footage and that nothing stood out to them.
So, at this point, um three cars have been keyed in this parking lot. All similar kind of stuff. And is it all your employees?
No. So, I spoke to well I didn't speak to anybody, but I got a message from someone that's in um like an adjacent parking lot in a different area of this square
and she didn't want to like go public with it, but she said somebody scratched the words [ __ ] into her car multiple times on Monday.
So, I know that happened. And then she also said that a police officer that she met with about the incident told her that a Tesla was also keyed in the parking lot on Monday.
So I guess we have some serial keyer going around Parker Square. But like you don't know the intent. And also if they're carving the word [ __ ] and [ __ ] that insinuates that you're doing something
toward women which is a [ __ ] hate crime. Yeah. So, we have all this going on and I have a landlord that basically said, "We don't have the manpower to look through the video footage."
Well, then to Yeah, you need to ask to look through it and then get the police involved. If you still don't get any
already filed a police report. I'm waiting for them to get back to me. But just the idea that this has happened now to multiple people at Parker Square. Literally nothing has been done so far. And this happened all the way back on Monday. her the woman who told me like I filed it on Monday so we're sitting on this it's now Sunday and nothing has transpired
Haley if the police can't figure it out or won't help you then you hire someone a private eye and it and someone to go through all those clips
okay what's wrong with that hire someone that does this as a living literally like the police job to do this. I know. This is what your tax money goes for.
Yeah. Yeah. I'm sorry, Haley. Yeah. So, yeah, I'm a little discouraged that, you know, um there's hundreds of people in Parker Square. We all park there. Lots of us are women. Um
so, it's a little alarming that nothing's being done. Ownership kind of was like, well, we just don't have enough people to look through the footage. Like, that's wildly crazy in my opinion.
I agree. So that's that's what's going on with me. Well, I'm sorry that that is happening. I'm sorry that the police are failing you. I'm sorry that the people who own your strip mall are failing you. Hopefully there will be some kind of resolution.
Yes. But if it's happening to other people, the way that you first made this story sound, it sounded almost like it was some kind of retribution for your political views. But if it's just randomly happening to multiple people, it doesn't seem like that to me.
Right. Well, you well, so some other things coincided with this that, you know, involve you guys getting phone calls the same day that I saw it on my car. So, I now think that was probably coincidental.
Yeah, because I this he could have he or she could have keeped my car anywhere from Monday to Thursday. I don't know what day, but um you know, it could have been all the way back on Monday. Regardless, the fact that it is these words, the fact that
yeah, it I the two of us that I know uh were women. I don't know about the third person, but that is alarming. So, I do have a taser. I do have pepper spray. And I'm going to get my license to carry.
Good. Oh, [ __ ] Good. Do you I don't think you need one in Texas, do you? Yes, but you can get it very easily.
Oh, good. I thought you could just I thought didn't K can Paxton pass some bill where you can just walk around with a gun now in Texas.
You can't in Oklahoma. I think you can walk around with a sword. I know that you got to get a sword. All right. Um, thank you for your diddy again. Sorry you're going through that.
Now we must move on with the show with a listener question. If you have a question you want to send us, just record it in a one minute or shorter video format. Send it to the necessary conversationpodgmail.com. Are you ready for today's question?
Yes. Hope it's for Haley or Chad. It's for you, Mom. Hi, everybody. I was wondering what is your dad's response to your mom's recent change in some of her politics and what she thinks.
That's it. That's the whole question. But I thought it was a good one. I too am curious about this. Does he know that you have said abolish ICE?
Yes. And he said, 'Are you crazy? I [laughter] said, 'N no, I'm not.' I said, 'You've seen on TV what's happening. You've seen what's happening. Um, so he thinks I'm a little crazy on that one. And in regards to the war, he just wants to keep bombing and bomb them all and get them all out of there.
But and he knows that you want it over. So, do you guys argue about these things? Um, I I listen to him. He listens to me. We don't argue. I just say that's not right. And he tells me that I'm not right right now. We're kind of at a spot where
But is he calling you like for me and Haley, if he was still on the show, he would be calling us all kinds of names in service of making sure that we understand he believes we're wrong about whatever our attitudes might be. Does he call you names and [ __ ] or are you just like agree to disagree, pass the tea and crumpets?
Yeah. No, he doesn't call me names, but he says that's silly that I would say abolish ICE. Yeah. But does he understand that these uh new views you have on these issues are indicative of a larger thing that is happening with you, which is leaving MAGA?
I Well, I'm I'm not leaving MAGA, but there are a lot of points right now that I don't like. Yeah, you're leaving. I think there's some that he doesn't like, too. But
yeah, what one doesn't he like? Well, he likes the war going on. He wants to blow everybody up still. Um, he thinks ICE is doing a great job, which that's ridiculous. Um, trying to think of another one he said the other day he he's ready to come back on for maybe one topic. He's getting a little stronger. We'll see.
You know the deal. I know. Yeah, he's got to be able to not be in a hospital bed in the living room. That's the That's [laughter] the key. And he has to be like coherent enough to actually do this, have enough energy, etc., etc.
I know. All right. I know. Well, there you have it. Thank you for your question. There's the answer. Again, if you have a question, just send it to uh the necessary conversation [email protected] in a one minute or shorter video format. Now, let's begin with our first topic. If you support Trump, you support the war in Iran. Today is the 149th day of Trump's personal war with Iran. This week, Trump launched a 13th uh consecutive night of strikes aimed at Iran's ability to attack shipping in the street of Hormuz. Iran's army said it carried out drone strikes against US bases in Bahrain and Jordan and claimed
to have destroyed a radar and patriot uh system at a US base in Jordan. 18 US troops have died since February, four since July 17th, with nearly 500 injuries, 100 of those in the past two weeks. Instead of any attempt at diplomacy to end the war, Trump instead threatened to quote bomb and destroy one bridge or power plant for any attack against a ship in the straight.
And he said Iran hadn't received enough pain yet. Iran counter threatened to hit US- linked infrastructure regionwide. The war is also now out of control financially. Hegsth said the 37.5 billion we've already spent on the war isn't enough. And he requested 67.1 billion more to continue bombing Iranian civilians. At no point in the entirety of the war did Trump seek or acquire congress congressional authorization, making the war illegal. This week, the House passed a resolution 214 to 208 urging Trump to end the war, while the Senate then rejected a binding version of that uh for 47 to 49.
Mom, do you support the war in Iran? Okay. When you did that topic, this is what I'm going to say back to the topic that you started.
Okay. I can support Trump, but I can say I don't like the direction that the war is going. The direction? Yes. The direction is gone. This thing is so far out of his control or anyone's control in our government. He doesn't know what he's doing. He will one day be like, "Iranians are fine people. We're going to have a a deal made by tomorrow." And then literally that day tweet, "I'm gonna bomb a bridge for every second that you're in the street of."
As of about six hours ago, the air strikes did pause like right before we went on to air. Fantastic. Um, overnight there were no strikes. This was the first time in two weeks that that happened. Okay.
Okay. And then you talked about that Senate vote. I think both parties are starting to question what the heck are we doing here? starting to mom. He never got congressional approval to start a war. That is not legal.
Chad, there has been 125 other occasions when the US when a US president employed military forces without congressional support or an act of 125 other times.
I don't care. You can't keep saying that. Yes, I can. Every one of those 125 times was also probably illegal. I don't know the details of every 125 moments you're talking about, but that is how it works in America. To wage a war, the president must have congressional approval.
There were wars in the past that were never declared. They were just started like Korean War, the Spanish war, a long time ago, World War II.
One of one of the soldiers was a young woman from Carolton, Texas. And I don't think she was more than 25 years old.
I saw her picture. I cried. It's terrible. Isn't that enough to just say Donald Trump is a corrupt piece of [ __ ] and that you do not support this and you do not support him? Like, isn't that enough?
There's going to be some Republicans that turn against him and they're going to vote again and then I think it's going to be over because this cannot keep going on.
It's already an illegal war. It's never over. Vietnam was never a war either, but it went on forever. I'm not saying this one will be. I think it has to be done. Do you do you support the Vietnam War?
Do you think that was a good thing? No. You're you're using other bad examples to try and justify this. You're saying, "Well, other presidents did horrible [ __ ] that [ __ ] up everybody's lives and the entire geopolitical system. So why can't Trump?
Bad things don't make this a good thing." No, it's not a good thing. I want the war over as much as everybody else does. But mom, you're using that number that you threw out, the 125 times people have started wars without congressional approval. You're throwing it out to justify a bad thing Trump is doing.
I'm not justifying it. I'm just trying to show you there were other times in history where this did occur. But yet you zero in on Trump because you hate him that bad. That's what's going on.
We're zeroing in on Trump because it's happening now. If Trump drops a nuclear bomb, would you say, "Well, we used nuclear bombs before."
Yeah. No, I wouldn't. No. Okay. So, you're using that kind of logic, which makes no sense at all. Let me ask you this.
Do you think Heg Seth and Trump should get 67 billion more taxpayer dollars to continue this war? Absolutely not. Okay. So, you're against Trump in principle on that?
Yes. I'm o I'm against this war. It needs to stop. All right. Do you think I know you just said the 125 other wars or whatever
occasionally and I can't verify this or at this moment sorry I I will not uh go deep into this but I I GBTED it. It's true.
Okay. Do you think Trump should have gotten congressional approval before he started this war? Probably. He just went into it. Yeah. He just I remember and he said because of nuclear because all those people were in one spot at one time he wanted to take him out. Yes. He probably should have. Yes.
Okay. So you're fully against Trump on every element of this war right now. Yes. Because I thought it would be over by now.
Okay. And now we're losing young, beautiful lives that are women and men and it's ridiculous. If this was Joe Biden, you would have denounced him as your president by now. 100%. But also, you have to remember this isn't just about Trump being completely inept. Like, as a president, one of your key goals or one of the the key requirements is that if you're going to start a war, you actually have some plan to execute that war, an exit strategy from the war, etc., etc. Clearly, he has none of that. Beyond all of that, he [ __ ] lied to you.
He ran on a campaign saying he would never start another war. Certainly not with Iran. And here we are now stuck in this war on what whatever what did I say it was the 149th day. No end in sight.
There's compilations of uh JD Vance and Trump literally saying Harris is going to send your kids to an unnecessary war. We would never do that. literally saying, "We're never going to do the very things that they're doing right now. They lied to you on purpose, and this is all for profit. Donald Trump and his kids are just raking it in over this war, and that's why he doesn't care to get out."
I don't think that's it, but Well, we have some other topics later in the show that will prove that that is it. Um, let's move on to topic number two. Trump is booed on the world stage. This week saw the dramatic conclusion of the World Cup with Spain defeating Argentina 1 to zero in the final at Metife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, securing the second World Cup title in the country's history. Unable to let the team have their moment of celebration, Trump marched onto the victory stage, presented Spain with their trophy, then refused to leave the stage. As the team celebrated, sparking widespread outrage.
Even as Spain gathered for their traditional celebratory team photo, Trump remained among them. Even as the president of FIFA jogged up to him, tapped him on the arm, and pointed to the side of the field to encourage him to leave the stage, he [ __ ] remained. Trump was greeted by a deafening chorus of in-person booing as he walked onto the field to present the medals and the trophy, and the booze kept ringing throughout the stadium as he refused to leave the stage. Global coverage of Trump's egoomaniacal spectacle was largely mocking or critical. Outlets described it as a humiliating episode, noting uh he had to hand the trophy to a
team representing a country he had publicly criticized days earlier. On the heels of his embarrassing show at the World Cup, the American Research Group released a poll this week showing Trump's net approval at minus 37%. Which is described as his lowest rating yet with 31% approval and 67% disapproving among registered voters. Mom, why do you think Trump refused to leave the stage at the World Cup?
He probably was hearing some of the clapping going on. There were mixed Yes, there was. Mom, the the president of FIFA walked up to him and was like, "Get off the stage." And he did not. He refused.
Yeah. I don't know why he didn't get off. He probably should have, but I I've watched a couple of the clips. There was booing. There was some clapping. There was some cheers. There were mixed reactions, but you could hear the booze.
But you're you're missing the question. What is Why do you think he wouldn't leave that stage? He wanted to be up there with people that were winning it. I guess
he's a narcissist. The same reason he wants his name on money. He wants his name on the Smithsonian. He wants his name everywhere and buildings and statues and his likeness. He's a piece of [ __ ]
I think he probably heard a little bit of applause and thought he should stay a little bit longer because there was some clapping. There was booing. It was kind of a mixed thing.
Everyone hates him. Negative 37% rating. Everyone hates him. He's a sack of [ __ ] How do you think based on what I just read to you, the world coverage of this event, um the mocking coverage of him, how do you think the world perceives Donald Trump? You know, I've heard what you guys tell me. Right now, I'm not for sure.
Every sporting event that he's been to booze. Yes. I know. And I can't say what I want to say. You'll just say other presidents have been booed and clapped and cheered before too at other events.
Not like this. Well, yeah. He's a piece of [ __ ] and everyone knows it. I think you even know it. People are not liking him right now.
And so then my next question off of that is, do you think it's important or how important do you think it is? I should say that the American president is respected in the world.
It's he needs to be respected. Yes. And he's not. No one respects him. People are openly mocking him. Um, I did I did see that clip. I forget where he was speaking. Did you see the kid behind him mocking him?
Yes. And that kid went viral. People love him. What is that about? What do you mean? People hate Trump. Nobody wants him to be our president anymore.
Well, then we [clears throat] know if those people don't want him to be what they have to do. if we still have free and fair elections,
right? Because he also put on a hat that said 2028. We're going to get to that. We're going to get to that. How come you didn't talk?
We're going to get to that. Hang on. Hang on. Wait. You didn't you didn't put in the notes for discussion the the diarrhea parasite.
Oh, bring it up. What do you want to know about it? So, I read that Taylor Farms is a contributor to Donald Trump and then they came out, the FDA came out and said, "Yeah, it's connected to Taylor Farms." And then a day went by and they said, "No, we're just kidding."
They revoked. Yes. There. It's kind of like I don't think it's as cut and dried as just like Taylor Farms gave money to Trump, so they said no, it's not Taylor Farms. But that is in the the mix for sure. It looks like the FDA came out and said like the origin of this parasite was from lettuce that Taylor Farms had produced. Taylor the I believe it's the CEO of Taylor Farms gave to one of Trump's super PACs
and then uh had a meeting at the White House or something. I don't know if I'm 100% accurate in this, but I believe this is what I read. After that meeting, then the FDA downgraded their culpability in the diarrhea parasite case. So Donald Trump is giving us all diarrhea parasite. Not to mention the fact that like they defunded CDC, FDA. Like shit's just running a muck. We're getting screworms and diarrhea parasites and kids measles are at an all-time high. Like we're all going to [ __ ] die. The world is on fire and it's Donald Trump's fault. That's why he gets booed at every sporting event and kids
make fun of him in the background. Yeah. Um [snorts] Mom, are you with us? I was Yes, I was looking that I didn't hear any of that. And it says the tycoon uh Bruce Taylor founded America's largest salad producer uh Taylor Farms. That's his name that y'all are talking about. That you think that is a friend of Trump's and that's why this is happening?
Yeah. Yes. I mean it is happening because of all of the sanctions that were in place to keep our food safe are gone.
They're [ __ ] hosing everything down with Roundup. They're causing cancer left and right. Now we all have [ __ ] diarrhea parasites and it's 100% RFK and Donald Trump and the entire [ __ ] regime stealing money from different pockets of the government so they can [ __ ] put it in their bank accounts and now we all have diarrhea.
Yeah, the food sources thing does scare me and I heard it's completely out of control and very scary. I haven't eaten a [ __ ] lettuce in two weeks and it's not easy because I'm a vegan. I went into Subway the other day to get me and dad and uh another friend of ours at Subway and there was two people in front of me and they got no lettuce on their sub at all. Nobody's eat lettuce.
Yeah. Although explosive diarrhea for a couple of days can be good if you want to lose some weight. Let's move on to something else that should scare you. Mom Trump is about to give Saudi Arabia a nuclear program. I read. Keep going. I know what I'm
This week, Trump oayed an agreement with the country responsible for 911 and the murder of journalist Jamal Kosigible, Saudi Arabia. That gives them a pathway to enriching nuclear fuel, provided they use United States firms loyal to Trump to supply its reactors. The agreement will last 30 years and involve American companies providing technology and expertise to develop the Saudi program. The deal must be reviewed by Congress still, which has 90 days to consider it, and Congress would need twothirds majority to block it over a likely presidential veto. Saudi Arabia claims it would only use the enriched uranium to build a nuclear weapon if Iran
pursues one first, which of course they have been doing for many years. The agreement would allow Westinghouse, Becttel, BWXT, Centric, and other companies to sell sensitive nuclear equipment to Saudi Arabia. Westinghouse is owned by a company called Brookfield. Brookfield bailed Jared Kushner's family out of a bad real estate deal for 666 Fth Avenue uh property in Manhattan. So, it's already tied to Trump in that way. On top of that, Kushner's private equity firm, Affinity Partners, got $2 billion from Saudi Arabia's public investment fund in 2021. Separately, the Trump Organization has struck new residential and golf deals in Saudi Arabia, and Saudibacked Live Golf has funneled money to Trump's
golf course. Kushner is currently acting as Trump's Middle East envoy. You can see how this is all very corrupt. So, Mom, you were very scared of Iran having a nuclear weapon. Do you think the United States should be helping the country that did 9/11 to get a nuclear weapon?
Of course not. Now I'm holding up my notes because you say I'm always looking down and not paying attention. I have my notes up here. I would like to say what I would like to say. So don't say are you there on Okay. He did not give them a nuclear weapons program.
Correct. The purpose is to help them use nuclear energy for peaceful uses. Okay. like generating electricity for their country, finding and preparing good water sources to get the salt out of the water.
Okay, it's not to produce, I do not believe, nuclear weapons. They themselves said they would make a nuclear weapon if Iran pursues a nuclear weapon of their own, which again, we know they are. That's the whole pretext for the [ __ ] war in Iran is that we're trying to shut down their nuclear program because they're trying to build a nuclear weapon. So what Saudi Arabia has already said means they will definitely pursue a nuclear weapon.
I didn't read it like that when I researched it. And Trump says that they need to join the what is it? Abrams Accord too. Y
so these this is the country behind 9/11. You think them signing a deal or saying anything means anything? I don't know. This is the country that did the most horrific terrorist attack on United States soil in the history of our country.
Right? You think them signing a piece of paper saying we won't make a nuclear weapon holds any water? They [ __ ] murdered a guy. They cut a guy into pieces and loaded him in a [ __ ] duffel bag.
I know. Probably not. So my next question is why do you think Trump is trying to give them a nuclear weapon? Like I said, I don't think he's doing that. He's trying to give them like better electricity, better water,
right? I told you why that they are literally giving Donald Trump and his family money. Can you see that? Hello. Yes. Jared Kushner has like he's not in politics. He's just his [ __ ] son-in-law and he's now going over to this country making deals and trades for the United States. His [ __ ] son-in-law.
He's not doing it for government, is he? Oh, yes. Yeah. Well, he's he's No, he's not. He's not. The deals he's making are to get money for himself, the Trump family, and all of these companies that are donating to Trump. Like I told you, that one company owns one of the major companies that will be supplying nuclear reactors. It's like a big investment company. That company bailed Kushner out of a bad real estate deal. So, he owes them,
right? So, he's now over there making sure that all the tees are crossed and the eyes are dotted on these contracts that say you will have to buy the nuclear reactor from this company. Billions of dollars. This is all business deals and they're doing it on our time.
I see. Not to mention giving a nuclear weapon to Saudi Arabia, but I when I Googled and read it said actually that's not what it is.
Of course, the deal doesn't say you get a nuclear weapon. It says we're going to help you start your nuclear infrastructure plan basically. So, you're going to buy nuclear reactors from all the companies that donated to my campaign. You're going to have now the ability to enrich uranium, which certainly can be used for nuclear power plants. Certainly can be. Can also be used to build nuclear warheads for nuclear missiles,
but can also help with electricity. Sure. Water. It It's wild though. You think like Saudi Arabia needs any help. They have more oil than anybody in the world. I hear
they're fine for money. You know what I mean? Huh? I hear what you're saying. Okay. That Donald Trump is corrupt. That's what you need to hear.
But even beyond corrupt. Corrupt at the expense of like global stability. He's giving Saudi Arabia the ability to make a nuclear weapon. Whether it says in the contract they're going to do that or not, doesn't matter. Like I said, they themselves are like, "Uh, we the only way we'd ever build a nuclear weapon is if Iran started pursuing one." It's like, "Well, that's Aren't we at war because of that right now?"
Yeah, we are. Yeah, we are. Everybody wants one. So, the condition that they're claiming would need to exist for them to pursue their own nuclear weapon already exists,
right? Everybody wants one. It's not good. Of course, it's not good. I'm not we're not disputing whether it's good to have nuclear weapons or not. What I'm trying to get you to see is Donald Trump does not give a [ __ ] about America or anything in the world other than putting his name on [ __ ] and getting more money. And in this case, it's going to be at the expense of global safety where now he's he's potentially giving another country the key to the [ __ ] executive washroom where we all have nuclear weapons now. And this specific country launched the biggest terrorist attack on
United States soil in the history of our country. That's meaningless to you. No, it's not meaningless. But if more people feel that way, like what you and Haley feel like, then they know what they have to do.
Don't you feel that way? What? Take him out? What are you talking about? I would like to know where is Vance? I haven't seen him lately. What's Vance doing? He's sending his kid to [ __ ] golf lessons using taxpayer money in like military helicopters. That's what JD Vance is doing. Taking trips around the world.
They did have a baby. Congratulations. They did. Yeah, I forgot about that. [laughter] All right. Uh let's move on to our simmer down. We've gotten a little heated up here. My question is, if you could bring one of your pets back from the dead,
who would it be? Mom. And why? [snorts] I could I couldn't say one. I'd bring them all. All right. I'd bring them all.
You got to pick one. Yeah. Max, Kitty, Rudy. That's three. Rudy. Rudy. Max. Max. Rudy. Max and Kitty were like so much nicer than Rudy.
No, Rudy was beautiful. I'll never forget driving home. I had just sold a TV show in a pitch meeting and I was driving back home and dad called me on my cell phone and I was like, "What the fuck?" He never calls. Obviously, you have been the conduit of communication for the entirety of our family.
And uh I was just like, "Hello." And he says nothing. He just goes, "Rudy dad." [screaming] [laughter] It's not funny. Uh it was to me at that moment. I mean, I loved Rudy, too. I I was very sad that he uh
Yeah, he went to the the big dog heaven, but um Interesting. All right, so you can't select one. Is that what we're learning here?
That's right. They're all my favorites. Okay, Haley, [snorts] this is really hard. By the way, we should mention that Rudy was a little fat Chihuahua.
He used to bite people. Yeah, he was mean. He was a vicious [ __ ] [laughter] I loved him. I loved him. I loved Rudy so much. This is really hard because we've had, you know, all of my animals live to be like they all have longevity.
Yeah. I we had Duff for We had a Sheba Enu for I think almost 16 years. We had a [snorts] like a Chow Chow mix named Roxy for equally as long. Um, and then
like we had an O an OG quad. We had Duff and Roxy, the two dogs, and then Stinky and Boomer were our two cats. And Boomer lived to be 18, and Stinky lived to be 21.
Wow. Um, so I It's hard to say, but if I only get to choose one, I choose Stinky. He was like He's like the cat that everybody wants. He was very cuddly and if I would go stand next to him, he'd lift his hands up like this and get on his back feet and like want to be picked up and hugged. Like he was always he there was something like really special about him.
Um he was the good Yeah. Even to like his dying day, he was still trying to give hugs with his old man body. So
I I miss him immensely. Yeah. And we know what Chad's gonna say. Well, I don't know. One of two. Yeah, that's how it is. It breaks down in my mind that way, too. It's kind of a 50/50 split.
Or putty. Those are the two. Putty was a cat that we had when I was in junior high in high school. She would sleep in my bed under the covers like in my legs. She would like crawl in there and go to sleep.
Had multiple litters of kittens. Um, killed our rabbit when we were children. That was not that cool. Killed our rabbit. Yeah. She used to groom us as well.
Yeah, she would lick our hair. We were her babies. And then yeah, Squirrelius was a pet that um I mean, I don't even know if I consider a pet. She was a wild squirrel, but she became so familiar with me um that she would come into my house every day, sit on the couch with me, I could pet her like a little cat. She would she had multiple litters of babies right outside my bedroom window that she would let me watch over as she would go run around in the trees and stuff. Um, like I said, I don't know if I consider her a pet
exactly, but we had a very close relationship, a daily relationship where I would feed her and hang out with her and stuff. She was really cool.
So, I met Squirrelas. She came in and sat on your sat on your um knee while Dad and I were there once. Yeah. Um, I don't know. I don't know what which of these two I would um bring back from the dead.
I don't know. It's hard to say. probably. Yeah, putty. All right, let's move on. Our next topic, one world military. This week, the US House passed a National Defense Authorization Act, which would create a permanent initiative to merge US and Israeli defense technology. The bill would merge US and Israeli defense research, development, testing, evaluation, and industrial cooperation, including counter drone systems, missile and air defense, quantum computing, AI and autonomous systems, cyber and electronic warfare, directed energy, and defense industrial co-production. It also authorizes 750 million for USIsrael cooperative programs as political pressure builds to reduce US military assistance to Israel. But the bill entrenches Israeli technology within the
US defense supply chain in a way that would shield it from the annual appropriations process. This comes at a time when much of the world considers Netanyahu a war criminal responsible for the ongoing genocide of the people of Gaza. Mom, do you think we should merge militaries with Israel?
No, I do not. But this bill that you're talking about, um, it's still going through Congress and so is the Saudi Arabia thing. What's that?
Yeah, it could change. It could change in the end. Of course. That's fine. Mom, hang on a minute. Hang on. You use this as a weird excuse. You did it a bunch last week, too. Well, that's not going to happen. The point we're making here is he's trying to get these things to happen. Whether they do or don't, this is what Trump wants. And so when you say he's still my president even and you're like well he says that but it's not going to happen or he that he's just joking. It's like whatever. He's saying these things. He's trying to do these things. And so if you
disagree with the things even he's trying to do using as an excuse the idea that well it won't happen doesn't really mean much because he's trying to do something that you don't agree with.
Correct. But they do this every year to try to pass this to do like military raises to do weapons equipment and all that. Yeah. I don't think we should merge with Israel. There you go.
Okay. That's my notes. Do you think Netanyahu belongs behind bars? Probably. He's killed a lot of people. What? Hang on. Are you saying you think Netanyahu is a war criminal?
I kind of do. So now you have sympathy for the people of Gaza. I'm tired of people being killed. I'm tired of being depressed.
Would you go so far as to say Netanyahu is committing a genocide? No. I just think too many people are being killed. It is a genocide because
too many people of a certain kind of people. That's a genocide. He's trying to annihilate Gaza like all Palestinians. I know. That's that's why he's a war criminal. He's like shooting children in the streets with snipers.
And there was a reporter that asked Trump, "Are you a a war criminal, too?" You know, for killing people. And he Yeah. The answer is yes. He wants to take out bridges and power plants. Like that's crimes against humanity.
Yeah. She asked him that. He wouldn't answer it. And he goes, "Who do you work for?" New York Times fake news. Yeah, fake news.
Do you remember in the very beginning of the Iran war, the United States blew up a school full of children? Children, a girl school.
Remember that? Would you consider that? Did we still get the answer that that was Yes, that was the United States. Yes. And when they ask him in press conferences, he avoids all of it. Well, we're still there's it's under investigation. For how [ __ ] long is it going to be investigated?
They did it on purpose. So you can hopefully you can kind of see a bigger picture forming here, which is Netanyahu, a war criminal who is committing a genocide. Trump, a war criminal who is now threatening to bomb civilian infrastructure, has killed a school full of children, merging their militaries into one. You can see how he's positioning us as like one of the most evil countries in the world.
That would be a no vote for me for sure. That's a no for me too, dog. But did you call me dog? I did.
It's Randy Jackson from American Idol. It's going to be a no for me dog. It's pitchy. Pitchy dog. Yeah, doggy. Defense of Donald Trump's genocide is a little pitchy.
Pitchy. Call me a dog. What I'm trying to get you to see is like you you say Netanyahu you disagree with all the killing, etc., etc., but you do see it's a genocide or no,
I I'm starting to see. Yes. Yes. Okay. Can you just say the phrase Netanyahu is a war criminal? Don't put words in my mouth.
I'm not. I'm asking you to say them. I don't want to say that right now. But you know what a war criminal is, right?
Yes. And he is he is committing those crimes and has been. The war is not good at all. Never will be. And we need to get out of the war we're in. And we do not need to merge with Israel. There you go.
Okay. So against Trump on this then? Yes. And Netanyahu? Yes. So far everything today you've been against Trump on literally every topic. Yes. Let's move on to our next topic, the White House Correspondents Dinner, part two. This week, Trump returned to the White House Correspondents Association dinner three months after a gunman canceled the original event. Some notable moments included a rambling hour-long speech from Trump himself attacking journalists, comedians, Democrats, and even members of his own cabinet. At the dinner, CNN journalist and longtime target of Trump's temper tantrums, Caitlyn Collins won the 2026 WHCA broadcast award for her coverage of the February 2025 Oval Office confrontation
between Trump and President Zalinsky. Trump mocked the honor, saying, "I want to personally congratulate CNN's Caitlyn Collins on receiving her award. It was all about me. It's fake. She shouldn't get the award. also reprised his misogynistic comments about Collins needing to smile more as he began attacking her. There were some booze from the audience before the room fell quiet. Then, when Wall Street Journal reporters were given an award for their coverage of Trump's close personal friendship with child rapist Jeffrey Epstein, Trump smirked and shrugged his shoulders. Trump also wore a Trump 2028 hat at the event and told those in attendance, "When I'm not
around, you're going to be broke. There's not going to be anyone to report on. [clears throat] No. What's up? Have you thought about voice acting
every [ __ ] day? Set it up. You could be an anime villain for sure. When he when he That's my dream. That's my [ __ ] literal dream. If anybody out there is making anime and you need anything, a villain or anything, please email me.
Yeah. When he wore the hat, he said, "Dress like my president." [laughter] And also, oh, better time. It'll be better yet. I'm just kidding. Ah, that hurt my throat. That's what he said. He said, "Just like my presidency, second time is always better, and third time will be better yet."
No, but he said he won three times. He was like, "I won three times." Yeah. Yeah. He's [ __ ] disgusting. He's a disgrace. I'm tired of his face. I'm tired of him in the news. I want him gone.
There was one good thing at that dinner. He did give an award [snorts] to um it was the officer the officer who shot or who was shot or something that night. He was given an award for his actions that pulled down the guy or whatever.
Yeah. Let me ask you this, Mom. Why do you think Donald Trump constantly attacks journalists. Yeah, it's getting bad and he needs to stop it. It's ridiculous. It look I don't know why because he
it's a blow to his ego and he can't handle hearing it. I think it's he thinks it's all fake. Fake news. No, he doesn't.
He He knows it's not fake. Obviously. Mhm. The reason he does it is to undermine the integrity of the press in America. So that we the people or his adherence like you still the the maj. It's so that when bad press comes out about him, you dismiss it immediately.
Yeah. Because it's fake. He says CNN, New York Times, they're all fake news. So when it comes out, when they drop a big bombshell report about how corrupt he is or how he was tied to Epstein or whatever the thing may be, he dismisses it because they're fake news. And then you dismiss it cuz he tells you to. That's why he does this.
With Caroline Love it, you know, when she's giving press conferences, she immediately dismisses like all of the news sources that they don't like just so you will adhere to that same principle. But he has also won money from some of these uh resources and um
he hasn't won anything sue all of them but he didn't win anything but like CBS gave him a settlement or ABC maybe one of the big networks gave him money just to be like okay sorry but it didn't go to court it didn't go to trial
no he was threatening to take away their broadcast license with his FCC chair Brennan Carr who's a [ __ ] horrible pile of [ __ ] too
he basically is just like threatening all press who isn't completely flattering to him. And so to have him at this the White House correspondence dinner to me is like I don't get it quite frankly. I don't know why we have it because it's this weird dinner where you have all the people that are covering politicians and and whoever else
having dinner together in the same room. It like blurs the line in my opinion of journalistic integrity. Mhm. Like you shouldn't have a journalist who's covering Trump's involvement with Epstein shaking hands with Trump at this dinner while he's like cracking jokes and [ __ ]
and you see some of them like getting chummy with Stephen Miller and it's like okay I'm done. I never will trust you again.
Absolutely. It's supposed to be kind of like a roast or something to all them and it's supposed to be funny and stuff and I guess he failed miserably they said at it at all the jokes and stuff.
Yeah. It's also just kind of like [clears throat] a It's almost like the Oscars for press or something which doesn't like line up.
The the Oscars or the Emmys or whatever that's all about Artifice. It's all about like we create these fictional pieces of entertainment for you and uh fine get dressed up, show up, get your awards. Like that's fine. That kind of goes hand inand with making movies and TV shows. But journalism is like a different thing. It's like hard in my opinion. It should be like kind of gritty and like it's about the truth.
Whereas that night is not. It's literally about uh maintaining the lie that we're all just getting along. We can all sit in the same room with Donald Trump and everything's fine. And you're like, "What the [ __ ] is going on? Are you trying to take him down or not?"
The hat the hat thing. He was teasing. He's not going to run in 2028. And I've told you he won't run. That's stupid.
But why even put on the hat then? because he's that was a joke that he tried to do and he failed miserably. I guess
even when he start he ran this whole line where he was trying to do jokes about Caitlyn Collins needing to smile more. The room is [ __ ] dead silent.
I know. He's just bombing. Didn't work. I guess he also fell. Did you see the video of him just like eating [ __ ]
Getting into that limo. Yeah. You got got [ __ ] That video ain't real. Really? Yep. AI. He fell where? No, he didn't.
That was a good video. You got got. [laughter] Wow. I want to see that. I'm flabbergasted. That looks Yeah. Got got go on Snopes. I looked it up as soon as I saw the video. I'm like, "This isn't real." And indeed, it's not.
Even some uh you know, like some influencers that I follow on Instagram were sharing it as if it was real. Yeah, they got got too.
Okay, it ain't real. You got to check that [ __ ] That's the first thing I do. Anytime anything like that comes out, I'm like, Google this. Is this [ __ ] real? And it ain't. You got got.
Um, let's move on. Our sixth and maybe final topic. I have two more, but this this one might take us to the end here.
Trump family corruption. Oh, I wanted to do do the ballroom one, but okay. We can do them both. We can squeeze in here.
Let's do it. Trump family corruption is our next topic. This week, a New York Times report revealed Donald Trump Jr.'s investment firm, 1789 Capital, has gone from managing a few hundred million two years ago to overseeing more than three billion. And its main investment fund generated returns of roughly 200% as of June 30th, compared with an average of about 21% for venture firms started the same year he started his. Many of his largest investments are tied to big decisions made by the government. Trump Jr. made an early bet on the prediction market platform Poly Market when it was valued around 300 million. The company
is now reportedly worth 15 billion after Trump loosened regulator guidelines in the US that allowed them to function as a company. Trump Jr. also made investments in AI and defense technology that tripled in value in just months as Trump senior gave the okay for many of these companies to receive government contracts. Mom, do you think it's okay for Trump Jr. to have an investment firm that bets on the decisions his dad is making.
[snorts] That's not the way I see it going down. And he's not the only one in the firm. He is a co-founder with two other people of the 1789 Capital.
Yeah. It's called um the firm invests in American companies and industries that serious that strengthen strengthen strengthen that strengthen our economy and national security so they can buy into defense, manufacturing, um energy, AI, aerospace, critical minerals. It supports American
um interest and ventures. Sure. So, but here's how this works. Like poly market is is a good example of it, right? Okay. So, poly market, do you know what poly market is?
No. Please tell me. It's a prediction market. So, you can go basically bet on anything. You can bet on who's going to win the Super Bowl, who's going to win Survivor. This is where that uh guy got in trouble of the dude that was a marine because he bet on the day that Maduro was going to get kidnapped,
right? And he knew what day that was because he was getting the [ __ ] orders. He was part of the kidnapping. Got it.
So that whole company Poly Market could not operate in America at all until these regulations were loosened. Okay. Trump is the one making that decision. So he then just goes to his little son is like, "I'm going to go ahead and let Poly Market work in the United States. You should put some money into it." And so then he does. And that's I mean, did you not hear the thing that I said?
Investment firms started in the same year that Trump Jr. started that one have made about 21%. He's made 200%. You think that's just because he's super smart and knows what to to bet on every time? Well, he has two other people in that company with him. One guy is a financial, one guy's something else. It's not just him. There's three of them.
Those guys are the nuts andbolts dudes who run the company. He's the one who goes to daddy and is like, "Okay, which defense contractor is going to get the big job for [ __ ] drones this year? I'm giving it to this one. Okay, buy that stock." It's all insider trading. That how can he make 200% when other companies are making 20? He's making 10 times the amount of money any other company in his field is making.
I'm not sure. You remember You remember how Martha Stewart went to prison for six months? Yes. For insider trading? Yes. And that was over like what it it wasn't even like a million dollars that she made from this deal.
Donald Trump is doing this every day. I'm gonna ask dad about this one. I'm going to ask if he thinks that's insider training or not.
It's not technically insider trading. I don't think I I'm not an expert in this, but my understanding is it's not they're not buying stock.
They're investing money in these companies for um United States stake in the companies basically. You know what I mean, right? That's at least that's my understanding of how this is working. So, it isn't technically insider trading. It's like a little workaround. You know what I mean? So, it's not I don't think technically, again, I could be wrong on this, but this is my understanding of it. I don't technically think it's illegal. It's just horrible.
There are corrupted billionaires and this perfectly articulates why they don't get to the top through hard work as you like to say. Okay.
They get to the top through [ __ ] cheating and scamming. Like this is all just shady [ __ ] behavior. I don't I'm going to ask your dad about that one. I'll get I'll get back on that one. What's he going to tell you? Why do you need to ask him? What do you think?
To see if he thinks it's insider trading. I don't think it is. I don't think it is either because I don't think they're trading stock. They are they are investing money into these companies,
right? But they're getting a tip off from dad. Yes, of course. Like you wouldn't invest money in Poly Market if you thought at all that they weren't going to be able to operate in the United States. Trump Jr. knew that they were cuz daddy said that I'm going to let this happen.
H okay, I understand it. All right, let's move to our final topic. The ballroom corruption. This week, some new reporting came out about a report in June uh from a watchdog group called Public Citizen. and their report found over 50 billion taxpayer dollars in new and increased government contracts was given by Trump to corporate donors of his ballroom. Of 27 known corporate donors, 14 received new or expanded contracts. Loheed Martin, Booze, Allen Hamilton, and Palunteer were among the biggest beneficiaries.
Over a longer window, 19 of 27 donors held $338 billion dollars in contracts over five and a half years, and 16 of 27 face or had suspended federal enforcement actions, which are now likely to be eliminated. The White House disclosed 21 corporate donors, but uh not how much each gave. Mom, do you still think Trump needs his ballroom?
Yes, I do. Um the ballroom is being paid by private money like what you said himself and private donors right what is not is the underground bunker now let's talk about this
okay the history of that bunker it goes back to Franklin Roosevelt days he's the first one that wanted that underground bunker for himself so it was there was an underground bunker a long time ago under that White House.
Um, on the day [clears throat] that we were bombed um on 911, did you know that they grabbed um Chen Cheney Cheney Cheney, the vice president, grabbed him and stuck him down in that bunker?
Okay, that bunker is going to be useful not only for Trump, but for presidents coming after him. It will be a security place where they can be safe. That is the money uh Congress has proposed to use some funds of our government to help secure the bunker. I don't see anything wrong with it. I really don't.
You're you're skipping over the entire thing that I just read. What? The ballroom is being funded by private donors as you're saying. Yes.
Right now these in quotes private donors are giant companies. It's Amazon. It's Loheed Martin. It's the billionaires basically and the military-industrial complex are giving him money.
In exchange, he's giving them all contracts or loosening any restrictions that federal law may have on whatever they're doing. Uh, as I said, so you've got Palunteer is one of these companies obviously who has massive government contracts. Loheed Martin makes all of our missiles and bombs and [ __ ] Uh, they're getting a huge contract. 14 of these 27 donors that we know of because we don't exactly know all the donors that are going in because it's private. He doesn't have to reveal them if he doesn't want to. So that we know that 14 of them have gotten new or expanded contracts. We know that
19 of them are going to get $338 billion in contracts over the next five and a half years. We know that 16 of them are up against some kind of federal enforcement action. either they're getting hit with fines, they're being told you can't do this, they're being told you can't merge with this other company, whatever the case may be. Those are all being lifted now. So, you donate $10 million to Trump's Ballroom and you're going to get a contract that pays you billions for the next 5 years or you're going to get out of some kind of jeopardy that your company is in because
you've got federal enforcement coming down. You understand what's happening, right? These companies are giving him money for his ballroom and then he's giving our taxpayer money to them in exchange. He gets private money given to him. He gives our public money to these companies in exchange. You can see the corruption. Yes or no?
I kind of but kind of not. What do you mean? How do you not see it? I see that they're giving him money to make the ballroom,
right? Then he gives them a contract or what are you saying? How can he that's exactly what's happening? And that that is on paper and has been proven.
Yes, that's what this report is that I'm telling you about. 14 of the 27 companies, half of these companies that we know of
have received contracts almost immediately on the heels of giving the donation, right? New contracts or like extensions of the current contract they have or expansions of the current contract they have. 19 of them are part of this a larger thing that's like an extended kind of thing over the next five and a half years where $338 billion of our money is being given to all these companies. Then uh 16 of them are facing some kind of federal enforcement action uh which is they've they're getting fines for some kind of impropriy or they're having trouble uh doing some kind of merger or opening a power plant
or whatever the the case may be. They're having some kind of roadblock by government regulation. That shit's just disappearing now. Yeah. Is the ballroom worth all that? No. No.
Right. Isn't it incredible to think that all that money that they're stealing from us could actually pay for universal healthcare? Yes. Doesn't that infuriate you that our government is robbing us blind and giving us nothing in return?
We still don't even have uh a medical plan from Donald Trump. There is still nothing in place and nothing being implemented. I know.
That's [ __ ] insane. I'm surprised you also didn't bring up the fact that he's like uh basically invading like national parks and like different land in Utah.
I don't know about this one. You know what I'm talking about. No, I did see that to go. There's like two sacred sacred sites in Utah.
Rack and drill or something. Yeah, like native land that they took all sanctions away. Like now they're just going to [ __ ] drill all over it. And then they to like endangered species basically they said go [ __ ] kill a manatee. I don't care. Like they're rolling back all of these protections on our lands and our animals.
We brought that up before for [ __ ] corporate greed and money. That is your president. The only thing today I agreed upon is the bunker. I do think we need the bunker
to save the president's coming in the future. All right. Um, well, that was the last topic we had. I want you right now to say one way or another.
Abolish ICE. Huh? Abolish ICE. I know you've said abolish ICE and you're against the war. You're against all of these things except you want the bunker built. But I do think you disagree with how it's happening. That the money he's getting to build all this is coming from these companies that he's just giving deals to. You disagree with that, I assume. Would you rather have the bunker or universal health care?
Probably universal health care. Probably. Probably. So Trump is still your president? Yes. But you disagree with him on almost everything? Yes. Okay. So would you then say that in the future you might vote for a Democrat who you disagree with on almost everything?
No. Why not? What would be the difference between how you now feel about Trump and a Democrat who you disagree with on almost everything?
I would vote for the person that I think would do the best job for our country, whether they are a Democrat or a Republican.
What are your hot buttons? What What are the the issues that mean the most to you? What are you voting on? Healthare. Um healthcare. No more ice. Get ice out of here. Okay. So,
you're voting for a Democrat. Yeah. Those are those are two big Democrat positions that no Republican will have. I think you should actually like take time to research Mom Dami and AOC because you've been fed like all your [ __ ] that you know about them from Fox News and Newsmax. I think you should actually look them up. Look into their policies. Look at what they're trying to achieve. I think you'll be shocked.
You have some very socialist views right now. I know this. Okay. [laughter] You're a MAGA socialist. Um before we say our love you or I love yous and everything, I should let everybody know we are going to be off this Wednesday. We are going to try to do a show next Sunday and we will be off the following Wednesday as well. Then we will be back next Sunday. I am gallivanting. Who's gallivanting?
Me. I'm gonna be gallivanting. You can't you can't do it while you're gallivanting. Well, it's gonna the time difference is going to be pretty insane. Um
Wow. No, I'm not going to have time to like edit and everything. So, I'm going to try to get next Sunday once I figure out our schedule and everything. Once we're over there, I will let you know, but um the Wednesdays, I think, are not going to be possible. So, I don't need to take my camera and just go on a walk about and talk to people like I used to in the good old days.
Yeah, feel free. If you want to make a video and send it to me, I will post it or you can post it if you still have access.
Yeah, I could probably do that. I could send it to you or something. Little butterfly video or something. Yeah, maybe. Yeah, people have been asking in the live um for you to do like a vlog about your butterflies. Go in the backyard, show us what the plants are, show us your little butterfly cage, all that stuff. I could do that maybe.
So maybe one Wednesday mom does her butterfly vlog and then the next Wednesday I can do my skin care routine vlog on pod.
Yeah, just email me those videos and I'll post them for sure. Um but thank you for joining us. Mom, I love you. You're becoming a socialist. You kind of already are one and you just don't accept it yet. Haley, I love you. I'm sorry about your car. I hope they get to the bottom of that. And please tell dad that I love him.
All right. I love you, Haley. Sorry about your car. I love you, Chad. Love you both. Sorry about my car, too. Don't know what I'm going to do about it.
Um, I will be on tonight at 6 PM PDT. I had some people correcting me. We're not in PST right now. We're in PDT.
What's that? Pacific Daylight Time or something. Oh, we're in daylight savings right now, I think. Um, so I'll be on at 6 PM West Coast time, however you want to say it. Are either of you going to join me?
Boy, I just told you I had to wake up at 2 a.m. to make that 5:00 a.m. flight. [snorts] And now I got to go run all my [ __ ] errands and do my [ __ ] and worry about my car. I can't do it tonight.
Mom, what time would that be? My time. Eight for you. Oh, darn. No, I'll be in bed. It'll just be me as always holding down the fort. [laughter] join me if you dare to talk about today's show and anything else that you might want to talk about. It'll be on our YouTube. And uh once again, thanks for joining us. And once again, no Wednesday show this week. Maybe I'm 50/50 on if I'm going to be able to do Sunday next week and no Wednesday show the week after. Then we will be back two weeks from today for sure with this kind of standard format.
All right, see you then. Bye bye.