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I'm Michael Coast that We've got so much to talk about tonight. Summer vacation is coming up. Nicky Haley is giving up in the Supreme Court. Might face consequences, but don't worry, they won't face any consequences.

So let's get into the headlines.

We start tonight with the fundamental battle of the ages, not the one between good and evil. Evil won that immediately, We're talking about the fight between marijuana and alcohol. Alcohol has had the upper hand for decades, but now it appears that marijuana is pulling ahead well.

For the first time ever, daily marijuana use is now pacing daily alcohol use.

This is according to a new national study. Millions of people in the US report using marijuana daily or nearly every day. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, those people now outnumber those who say they are daily or near daily drinkers of alcohol.

That's right, daily pot smokers are beating daily alcohol drinkers in the race to see who can escape their sad lives more quickly. But in some ways it makes sense. You know, edibles are just much more efficient than booze. I mean, have you ever tried to get a trick or treater drunk? It's almost impossible. Of course, the rising popularity of weed is a good reminder to.

The beer industry that they got lazy.

They thought they could just sit back and relax while Tommy Chong bought every goddamn ad on Twitter.

You know, congrats be her companies.

You lost to that well known, super ambitious type, a hardworking go getter, Tommy Chong. Now we had an alcohol aside. The larger issue is that maybe, just maybe we shouldn't be depending on all these substances in the first place. You know, life is much better when you're sober and we can really feel everything authentically. That's an epiphany I had on my weekly ayahuasca voyage.

So let's move on to the presidential race.

You may remember that the end of the Republican primary campaign saw a bitter feud between Donald Trump and Nicki Haley. She criticized him for his record and conduct, and he mocked her Indian birth name. Promoted birth conspiracies about her and implied that her husband deployed to Africa just to get away from.

Her, so high brow stuff.

The attacks got so personal that when Nicki Haley find Me dropped out of the race in March, she made it.

A point to not endorse Donald Trump.

I have always been a conservative Republican and always supported the Republican nominee. But on this question, as she did on so many others, Margaret Thatcher provided some good advice when she said, quote, never just follow the crowd. Always make up your own mind. It is now up to Donald Trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him, and I hope he does that.

Wow, go Nicki Haley. Right, a Republican standing up to Trump. That's pretty rare these days.

It's like seeing an eclipse or a movie without Timothy Shallomey. But basically, Nicky Haley said, Trump, if you want my endorsement, you got to earn it. So let's see how Trump courted Nicky Haley's supporters.

You've talked about trying to unify the party. How do you bring these Nicky Haley voters.

Some of who's voted for you in twenty twenty, but say they don't want to now.

Or they'll look, how do you bring them back into the tet? All vote for me again? They can all vote for me again, everybody. And I'm not sure we need too many. Damn, that's cold. Trump's like, yeah, let me reach out to Haley supporters. Oh gotch.

Trump just doesn't care about winning over Haley voters. To Trump, Haley voters are like vegetables. You know, he's gotten this far without them. Why worry about him now? But that's Trump for you. He doesn't come to you. You come to him. He's not going to grovel for your support. He's not going to work to unify the party. He's not going to meet you at a coffee shop halfway

He's not dealing with that traffic.

But you know what that means, Donald, If you're going to take Nicky Haley's voters for granted like that, then good luck getting Nicky Haley to vote for you.

Breaking news, Nicky Haley declares she will vote for Donald Trump, endorsing the former rival she fiercely attacked during her GOP presidential bid.

I will be voting for Trump having said that, I stand by what I said in my suspension speech. Trump would be smart to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me and continue to support me.

What the hell, Nikki, you know what happened to that Margaret Thatcher quote about never following the crowd? Is there another Margaret Thatcher quote where she said, you know what, who gives a shit?

Just follow the crowd? Whatever?

And it's not the.

Hypocrisy that annoys me here.

Every loser ends up supporting their party's nominee.

But Haley made this whole big show.

About withholding her support, and then she gave it up for nothing. She'd be the worst kidnapper ever. I want if you want to see your child, send me one million dollars in unmarked builts.

Actually, forget it. I'll drop them off at five anyway.

I'm sure it'll be worth it, and Trump will reward her for it. Enjoy being ambassador to those islands where the nuclear bombs get tested, Nikki.

Let's move on for politics.

Let's move on from politics to a place that's completely above politics.

The Supreme Court.

Now, usually we expect this esteemed body to sit above partisan pettiness while it issues rulings that let corporations sell my organs for profit. But last week, an unfortunate issue sullied that image.

Justice Samuel Alito is facing calls to recuse himself. This comes after The New York Times published a photo outside Alito's home of an upside down American flag that's widely viewed as a symbol of efforts to overturn the last election.

Alito confirming the photo, telling the Times quote, I had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag. It was briefly placed by Missus Alito in response to a neighbor's use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard side.

Yeah, missus Alito's fault. Oh yeah, I feel you, Sammy. You know, my wife's always squabbling with the neighbors too. I mean, her squabbles don't usually end with her raising the flag of insurrection against the United States. But maybe your neighbors are just that bad. But hey, Sam Alito is a Supreme Court justice, the pinnacle of moral integrity. If he said he has nothing to do with it, then I believe him, and I believe it's never going to happen again.

New question surrounding Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after a second controversial flag was hanging outside one of his homes. The New York Times reports an appealed to Heaven flag carried my January sixth rioters, was photographed at his New Jersey Beach house last summer.

The flag, which features a pine tree and the phrase appeal to Heaven, dates back to the Revolutionary War, but today the flag has become quote a symbol of support for former President Donald J. Trump, for a religious strand of the Stop the Steel campaign, and for a push to remake American government in Christian terms?

What the hell?

Man?

Another flag?

Did this guy get a two for one deal at the MAGA flag store.

Look, I'm not an expert, but I.

Always thought a judge was supposed to be impartial and neutral, And I'm not naive.

I know he's not.

But can he at least respect us enough to pretend to be. You know, it's not like he's a judge on American idol. He's a Supreme Court judge, but he's stunting on us like a soccer player popping his jersey after a goal.

I killed rov Way, bitches. I killed Robbie Way, bitches. But if you.

But if you upseaid about this, the good news is Supreme Court has a code of ethics. Now the bad news is they wrote that code of ethics and they don't follow it. So I guess there is no good news, and the bad news is even worse. For more on the flag controversy with Justice Alito, we turned to Troy Iwana. Troy, Troy, you're outside Justice Alito's.

House at the Jersey Shore right now. What's the mood down there?

It's awful, Michael. It's the Jersey Shore. Stop sending me here. It's like it's like if Florida wore too much cologne.

Okay, but but what can you tell us about the flags at Alito's house.

They're very provocative.

Well, it's worse than that, Michael. These flags are very confusing. I don't know what any of these weird right wing symbols mean. One is upside down. This one was a clip arc pine tree on it.

I don't get the message.

The first time I saw that Blue Lives Matter flag, I thought the Smurfs f got citizenship, So I thought.

Well, right wing nationalists use this pine tree flag to symbolize how God gave them the divine right to violently overthrow the government, then I can.

Say that I don't right this is a reference to whatever shit Michael just said on the flag, because right now this is just an ugly flag with a Christmas cookie on it.

I think the bigger question is what justice Alito thought the flag meant.

I'm gonna stop you right there, Michael, because he just put up a new flag.

Okay.

So it's a big blue wave. I'm guessing that means Alito likes surfing. Or maybe they're fans of that Japanese wave painting that white people put in their first apartment. I'm gonna I'm gonna look it up.

Okay.

So the wave is Noah's flood washing away the sodomites and drowning them, drowning them in an ocean of tears.

Boy, that's that's terrible. That's a terrible flag.

I know I did not get any of that from the fun wave flag. If you're gonna be hateful, stop being so subtle, Okay, add like a add a tiny gay person drowning under the wave or something. You know what flag works that don't tread on me? Flag with the angry snake, I get that. I know where not to tread. Or or the punisher's skull. When someone is wearing that on their shirt, I know that they're saying I'm divorced, right, you know. Or you can have a flag like Saudi Arabia. I can't read Arabic, but I

Okay, Troy, hold up, there appears to be a new flag is up behind you.

Okay, all right, it's a Bible holding a gun.

Oh my god, I love it.

Okay, see, I get that.

Yeah, straight to the point.

I am pitching my pants in fear, but I know why. Yes, all right, thank you guys, Toledo. God, it must be nice to own a home.

Troy Awada, Troy Awada. Everyone, When we come back, I'll give you some tips for summer travel.

Don't go away.

Welcome back to day show.

It's Memorial Day weekend, which means summer is just about here. The time of year when my armpits begin to resemble that swamp planet Yoda lives and people set off for fabulous vacations. But if you've got travel plans coming up, it's important to remember a few simple tips, which I'll give you in my brand new advice segment.

Now that I think about that title, it's perfect.

So let's talk about some of the mistakes people make on vacation and how you can do better.

For instance, like these.

Guys' tonight new video of two men damaging ancient rock formations here in the West.

Two men seen damaging ancient rock formations at Nevada's Lakeney National Recreation Area outside Las Vegas. The vandals not once but twice, knocking massive redstone boulders off a cliff last week at the popular Redstone Dunes Trail. A young girl standing behind them screams out as the rocks come to down.

Amazing the first time these guys work out in their lives, and they do it by pushing over a million year old boulders.

Hey, should we get a bowflex? No, let's just up nature.

You know.

Someone should go find these vandals, and it shouldn't be too hard.

Just look for the guy whose daughter has a blurry face. There can't be too many of those. So here's just the tip. Next time you're in the desert, ask yourself, would Wiley E. Coyote do this? Then do the opposite. Now, maybe you're thinking this doesn't apply to me. I'm more of a lie on the beach kind of gal.

Well guess what.

There are plenty of ways you can mess things up too, like what happened to this lady.

First up, don't be a fool and never mess with a raging bull.

Shocking video shows a woman on a Mexican beach refusing to get away from the beast and pain a price.

Yeah the way, you're not doing any game?

Tell yeah, they tell you? Did you think let me speak to the manager? Would work on a giant bowl? They are the manager. But that's my toe bag. I have a bag of warm grapes in there, lady, those are his warm grapes.

Now just walk.

Away, you know, and then for dinner you can have carne asada for revenge. So here's just the tip. Next time you go to the beach, pack a matador. Now here's a story. It reminds you that smart traveling begins when you're packing your suitcase.

There's a flea for leniency. This morning, in the Turks and Caicos, another American tourist has been detained after security officials found live ammunition in their luggage. That's illegal in the Caribbean territory and carries a mandatory sentence of twelve years in prison. Now five Americans faced those charges. None were carrying firearms, and all claimed they didn't even know the bullets were there.

Five people, and none of them knew they had live ammunition in their suitcases. This is how gun crazy some Americans are. You know, most people going through their luggage find old hotel keys or sand from that beach trip. These guys are like, oh god, my spare bullets. But this one isn't entirely on the tourists. Okay, Turks and Caicos, I get think you're worried about rising gun violence on your island, but I don't think it's coming from Americans

Please?

No? All right, let me talk to Kikos.

But as it turns out, someone else is already on the case.

Tonight, several members of Congress pleading for leniency for the five Americans facing twelve years behind bars in Turks and Caicos. A bipartisan delegation of lawmakers going to the territory, meeting with government officials urging light sentences instead.

Wow.

Nothing motivates bipartisanship like a free trip to Turks and Keikos.

So here's just the tip.

Okay, if you're going to do something idiotic that gets you arrested, make sure it's on an island paradise. Your elected officials want to fly too. Yes, you'll still be in prison, but at least you can look through your bars at the congressman holding a surfboard waving, Hey, we're doing everything we can.

Now watch me rip this double barrel, flip side. You know when we come back, John Legend will be joining me on the show. Don't go.

Welcome back the DA Show.

My guest tonight is an e got winning multi platinum artist and activist who hosts the new original audio documentary Afghan Star.

Please welcome John Legend.

Thank you all right, here we go, E got winning multi platinum. I wasn't expecting to see your name on audio documentary Afghan Star.

Yeah, I'm a podcast host. Now my biggest aspiration come to life.

Tell me about this new project and how did you get involved.

Afghan Star is the name of a competition show, so it's like American Idol or The Voice. But the revolutionary

Music.

And so when the Taliban was deposed and there was this new freedom that was permeating through the country, one of the producers there who had started this network called Tolo TV, he decided to start a singing competition show and he had no idea how revolutionary it would be because not only was it displaying music on television, but it was giving women opportunities that they never had before.

I mean, you talk about in the podcast how the Taliban used to stop people's cars and if there was a cassette tape in there, Yes, they would beat up the driver and then rip up the cassette've and hang it from a tree.

They would unspoil the actual tape from the cassette and hang it up so people would know you can't have this.

As an American, I listened to this stuff, it almost seems fictitious.

Yea.

I just it's never even I mean, it's how spoiled am It's never crossed my mind that people cannot have music. Yeah, Is your approach to music any differently now?

Knowing that?

Is your approach to music now any different knowing that?

Well, I always knew music was such a gift, But I think you can take it for granted because it's something that's just part of your lives, and you know, we've had it as part of our culture for and every country has pretty much had it as a part of their culture forever. But to have it taken away it is quite a thing. And to see the links people went through to get music back into their lives, the underground.

Networks that they would have to use to.

Smuggle in records that they want to listen to, the parties they would have with live music out of the reach of the government and police. All of these things just shows you how important music is to our lives and how meaningful it can be, and to see it taken away makes you really appreciate it.

It's almost like the Taliban hasn't seen footloots, I know exactly.

You know, one of these days you gotta watch footlets. There's still there's still gonna do music.

And you know what's happened since the Taliband's back in charge again, So you know, you would think maybe there is no music again in Afghanistan, But once you let the genie out of the bottle, it's really hard to suppress the people's desire to get music. And now with the Internet being more prevalent, and and and everyone kind of getting used to the fact that music was in their lives. It's kind of hard for the Talibani to stop them listening to music.

Now.

One of my favorite parts in the Pot was when he decides to have auditions and he's like, is anybody gonna show up?

Oh my god, And then he gets.

To this hotel and security is furious at him because there's hundreds of people there.

Everybody wanted to be probably wanting.

But then he starts rolling cameras and he's like, guess what, everybody's a bad singer, and which wasn't the case. There was good singers, but there's also a lot of bad singing, sure, as there is everywhere.

You have to go through the audition process exactly. You know, it showed a lot.

Of things because one of the things that Afghanistan hadn't done was vote for anything, right, and so this was like an opportunity for them to vote.

And they were like we laughing, I'm laughing at this.

But it's like, holy shit, that another thing Americans just we take for granted. You know, it's like, yeah, vote mothers, let's talk and another thing, I mean, let's talk about the role of women in Afghanistan. This was such a this was such a groundbreaking cultural change for them.

Yes, So one of the most controversial things at the beginning of the show was when a woman was performing on the show and she started dancing just a little bit, a little shimmy and they were very upset about that, and then her hijab starts to sneak back a little bit.

You see a little bit of her hair.

And these are you know, norms that had been enforced with the with the gun, with the threat of death, and so the fact that people were doing this on national television was quite daring. And then we had a judge named Ariana Said who was a pop star and she was very well known in Afghanistan and she became a judge and her life was under threat all the time because she was a symbol of women's liberation just by the fact that she was there as a judge.

And there's.

There's some unique pieces of art per episode, there's art created or something.

Yes, we have unique pieces of art. I've signed some of them and each of them represents stories from the episodes, and so they're very vivid and beautiful and people can check them out.

Cool.

It's nice to have you here in New York. I mean Trump's in the Bronx today. I was wondering, you know, is that why you're here?

You're you're politically out I.

Feel like he would be here a lot of days nowadays.

I think her, how are you feeling this election? I mean, you're politically outspoken. What can people be doing? What should people be doing? Well, of course they should vote, and I'll be voting for Joe Biden.

I think it's a clear choice. You know, it's a clear choice. And we talk about things we take for granted. But there is one candidate that isn't too keen on democracy, isn't too.

Keen on us having the right to vote.

He literally tried to steal an election and nullify the votes of the American people. And I feel like that is utterly disqualifying and he should not ever be anywhere close to the nuclear codes, the White House, the Oval Office, and.

I'm gonna do.

My best to make sure he doesn't get back there.

I appreciate you chatting with me. Thank you very much, John Legend. Everybody listen to that.

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