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This Week's Top Stories | The Royals Take On America

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The GOP criticize Trump for his dinner with Kanye and Nick Fuentes, Elon beefs with Apple, Herschel Walker makes an incoherent speech on walls, and the Royals take on America. Here's what you missed this week. 

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You're listening to Comedy Central monkey pocks. This morning, the World Health Organization announced that, because of concerns that the word monkey pocks is racist and stigmatizing the disease, will officially be renamed M pocks. And I don't know who this is for. You know, all this sounds like they were trying so hard not to be racist that they ended up being racist. You know. Some guy was like,

we can't use monkey. That immediately makes me think of you know, all right, come on, we're all thinking it, right. I might there only on because here's the thing. If you're really trying to get rid of the stigma, just give it a completely different name, all right, because you realize just abbreviating the word that you don't want people to think about, which works until someone says what the

M stand for. Ah. In international news, a French court has officially ruled that companies cannot require employees to have fun at work, after one man was fired for refusing to participate in office parties. Yeah, and I'll tell you now, I am with this guy. Yeah, if you ask me, companies require way too much of their employees or making them go to office parties, team buildings, You're forcing them to wash their hands after going into the bathroom. Is

too much? You gotta pick one. Oh. In some news out of the Pentagon, the U. S Defense Department just failed a government audit, with officials saying that they are unable to account for more than sixty of the military's three point five trillion dollars in assets. Yeah, they just don't know where it is. And I don't I don't even know how it's possible to lose track of that much money. Like, what are they water boarding people with Christal?

What are they doing there? Huh? And honestly, the Pentagon deserves to be punt for this. Unfortunately, they happened to have all the missiles, So we'll let it slide. This time bent'ter gone, but next time. All right, let's move on to some of the bigges stories of the day, starting with China America's loan shock that since the coronavirus originated in one of China's major cities, Jijing Ping's government has been doing everything it can to clamp down on

COVID nineteen. But after three hours of some of the strictest lockdowns in the world, it looks like the Chinese people have officially had enough. Protests are spreading across that country. Thousands are taking to the streets, some even calling for China's president to step down. All of this amid rising frustration over the government's zero COVID strategy. Crowd swelled and defiance spilling over to the heart of Beijing right out chanting for freedom from the grip of the COVID policy

that protesters say has worn on too long. They're calling for the end of lockdown, is the end of testing all of the zero COVID measures that have ruled daily life here. Yeah, that's right. People in China are taking to the streets to protest the government's draconian COVID policies, which is a big deal because remember, China is not one of those chill countries, because like talk trash about the government, or storm the capitol, or plot to kidnap

a governor. No, no, no, no. Protesting in China is a big deal. It's like growing up in an African family and trying to tell your parents that you don't think Noah's ark is real, you know, because like I'm just saying, Mom, think about it. How can they fit all those animals on one ball to be like the same way I'm going to fit all this foots on your back side? Are you saying that it is not real?

You send that faflore? Just just something now. Now, there are many reasons why China has been so hard core with its lockdowns. Right, less than half of the elderly population is vaccinated, The Chinese vaccine isn't particularly effective, and the Communist government has refew used to bring in outside vaccines obviously because they think it will make them look bad. You know, what's the same reason I was reluctant to

bring a dudo into my relationship. Yeah, I don't mind that you use it, but the fact that you cuddle with it off towards that's what hurts me, Candice, That's what hurts me. And almost three years into this pandemic, it is still crazy to see the range of responses from different countries around the world. Right, China shuts down an entire city if one person coughs. Meanwhile Americans are like, hey, guys, I tested positive for COVID, So I'm just gonna play

the first few rounds of spend the bottle tonight. Okay, let's be responsible, but let's move on from a dictatorship to someone who wishes they could stop their own Donald, You making me crazy Trump. Ever since Donald Trump announced that he would be running for election, many have been wondering,

will this finally be the moment when he becomes presidential? Well, judging by his recent dinner party with Kanye West, the computer says no. Former President Donald Trump is facing fierce criticism tonight, even from his own allies, for having dinner at his Moral Lago estate with controversial musician Kanye West

and white supremacist Nick Flentes. If you're not familiar, Fluentes is this high profile figure on the far right holocaust denier, but he's best known for running the America First Organization, which, according to the A d L Quote, seeks to forge a white nationalist alternative to the mainstream GOP. Even for

Donald Trump, this was outrageous, okay. First of all, First of all, this whole story sounds like the set up to one of those jokes that your uncle tells you at dinner, you know, Like, Okay, So a racist billion nian, anti Semitic rapper and a white supremacist walking to a bar and then what happened to hold on the black weight is coming. Hold a diet? Could please? Thank you? Thank you. Secondly, why do journalists still act surprised when

Donald Trump does Donald Trump stuff? Uh? Even for Donald Trump? This is what do you mean? Even for Donald Trump? Is Donald Trump doing Donald Trump? Trump having dinner with Nazis is not outrageous. He had dinner with vegetables. That would be outrageous. That would be crazy. What yeah and he was spelling words what. But because of this dinner, Trump has taken a lot of flak from all sides, and so, in classic Trump style, he sent out a few posts about why. As for usual, he isn't to

blame for anything that he did. But Mr Trump tried distancing himself, posting on social media that West called me to have dinner, expressed no anti Semitism, and claimed I didn't know Nick Fuentes Yeah yeah yeah. And Trump's defense, I mean, how would he know that the guy Kanye rolls with could be a white supremacist? I mean I get what he's saying. He's like, I just wanted to have dinner with this, and I sent out I didn't

know he was going to bring a friend. Because I love how Trump tries to immunize himself by saying, Kanye expressed no anti Semitism at the dinner, and then what, I'm also sure he didn't wrap up the dinner, but you still know that he's a wrapper. Now you might be wondering, if Kanye didn't want to talk anti semitism at the dinner table, what did he want to talk about. Well, apparently he was trying to convince Trump to not run for president, but not in the way you think. The

dinner was not completely amiable. Trump became angry when West asked the presidential candidate to serve as running mate for West's own newly announced presidential bid, posting this video to Twitter titled mar Lago Debrief, explaining he asked if Trump would be his vice presidential running mate at the dinner. I think the thing that Trump was most perturbed about me asking him to be my vice president. But then he goes on to say that Kim is that you

can tell her. I said that, and I was thinking, like, that's the mother of my children. Trump started basically screaming at me at the table, telling me I was gonna lose. I mean, has that ever worked for anyone in history? I'm like hold on, hold on, Trump, you're talking to ya. Okay. First of all, Kanye, whoever made his video, they bleeped him when he said the thing that Trump said, And I'm going you have people that bleep you, why don't you use them more? He should be like, here's what

I think about the bood. And also the fact that Trump got so mad at Kanye just shows you, like where his priorities are. Right, Here's no problem hosting a guy who wants to go death con three on the Jews or the Holocaust deny that he brought to dinner with him who he got along with. But if you ever suggest he should be number two on someone's take at Trump would be like, you discuss me, sir, talk like that. There's no place in America. We don't talk like that in this gut jam. Can I get where

Trump is coming from? Kanye is asking Trump to be his Mike Pence, and Trump is probably like you, I could never be Mike Bench. I have sex with my eyes open. The World Cup with the United States has moved on to the round of sixteen after defeating your own one zero. Guess that's such an amazing win for them. It means that they go to the next round and

they now get to say Iran instead of Iran. In Hawaii, the world's largest active volcano has just begun erupting for the first time in thirty eight years, which is a shame. Another brother fallen during no not November. It was so close, man, it was so close. In now the Science News, researchers have now reanimated a so called zombie virus that has lain dormant under the Arctic ice for nearly fifty thousand years. Yeah. Now, the good news is that Joe Biden is immune. He

already had it as a kid. And I know, I know a lot of people are worried. They're like, why are we doing this? It is dangerous to mess with viruses this way, But think about the people. It's actually pretty smart because these viruses are eventually going to emerge anyway when the ice caps melt. So the quicker we can learn about them, the quicker we can make a

vaccine that no one will take. Oh and in some legal news, a Florida woman is suing Craft Foods over it's microwave mac and cheese, arguing that while the box says it's ready in three and a half minutes. That doesn't include the amount of time it takes to add the water and then wait for the sauce to thicken. And you can laugh, but she's rights. I mean, the box doesn't even include the time it takes for me to cry over the fact that I have to eat

craftmac and cheese for dinner. That's another forty five minutes. And you know, stories like this make you think about it. He must be so hard for the lawyer who works in a case like this to discuss their work with their peers. You know, they like they're just sitting in the rooms, like I'm working on a case to protect the right to abortion in the South. It's like, yeah, I'm working on it. A case to shut down a

company that's been poisoning the water of poor communities. How about you, Ellen, It's like, well, you know, you know how sometimes back and cheese takes longer to make than you expect. All right, well, let's move on to some of the biggest stories of the day. Slot with the ongoing firestorm facing Donald Trump, former presidents and host of the most disturbing dinner since the one Jeffrey Dahma had last week. Trump Ate dinner at Marlonga with Kanye West

and a prominent white supremacist named Nick Fuentez. And we don't know exactly what happened at that dinner except that nobody at Luckys. But apparently a lot of Republicans don't think it's a great look for the leader of their party to be splitting apps with neo Nazis. Donald Trump facing growing backlash to his dinner last week with prominent white nationalist Nick fuent Is. Republican politicians now among those

calling out the former president. I think there's has been clear that there's no bottom to the degree to which President Trump will degrade himself and the nation. Well, thank you, make better choices. Obviously that was a bad decision. There's no place for that in the Republican Party. President Trump was wrong to give a white nationalist, an anti semid and Holocaust denier a seat at the table, and I think he should apologize for it. Uh, and he should

denounce those individuals and their hateful rhetoric without qualification. Let me just say that there is no room and repel looking party any semitism or white supremacy. That's rob there's no rule at all. But cross we're already fault. I mean, we don't have room for someone who hates doth rockets. That would be a new one. You know, It's so funny watching Republicans try to chastise Trump for hanging out with someone who has the exact same views as him

without chastising Trump for having those views right. Because here's the thing, I'm willing to believe. I'm willing to believe that Trump didn't know who Nick Fluences was when he came to his dinner, As Trump says, I'm willing to believe that, But you've gotta admit it says a lot about him that he enjoyed this man's company and everything that he had to say. Al Right, Like, if your friend brings doth vade to your house for dinner, that's

not your faults. But fifteen minutes in, any decent person would be like, I'm not comfortable with how much this guy talks about blowing up planets. Also, why is he wearing a mask? We've all been tested and it is nice. It is nice to see Republican officials speak out against Trump for a change, but we all know how this is gonna end. Republicans get mad at Trump for a little while, and then they always get back together with

him in the end. Trump scandals are basically like Hallmark movies, you know, except Trump never actually changes and becomes a better person. It's just like Donald, either you choose your career or you choose me. Like, well, I choose my career. Okay, you can't have me too, Donald. But let's move on to some news about trains, or as I call them, choo choo trains. You may think about trains is just a form of transport or a place where people gather

to solve murders, but they're not just that. It turns out that trains are responsible for carrying billions of dollars in goods across America every year. But over the past few months, railroad workers have been trying to negotiate better working conditions with the railroads, and the dispute has gotten so bad that now President Biden Amtrak Joe himself is stepping in. President biding his client Congress to a vertal looming rail strike and impose a settlement that some union

members are rejected. The President's involvement signals a major for him he that could potentially pit him against his union allies. But right now, George, he says that that he was reluctant to get involved in this one, but the potential that cripple, that this could cripple the economy was just too much. A strike could threaten everything from farming and food to crucial chemicals for clean water, causing major supply change disruptions. Yeah, that's right. A railroad strike wouldn't just

inconvenience passengers. It would devastate the entire economy, which you've got to admit sounds weird in two right, No, it does because railroads feel so old timing and it was like all the railroad and the like. It will devastate the economy. And now is like finding out you're losing your job because the whale hunters union went on strike. But I welcome computers. Yeah, well, actually the internet runs

on whale oil. What are you gonna do now? The situation is complex, but basically, some railroad unions are threatening to strike because despite railroad companies making billions in profits, workers schedules are so unpredictable that they can't plan their lives and they definitely don't get nearly enough sick days, which they deserve, especially because every few train rides they have to climb on the roof because they hear a sound and as James Bonden is coming to punch them

and take over the train. That's at least a mental health day. So it's kind of messed up for Joe Biden to step in and forbid the workers from striking. You know, that's the only points of leverage that workers have. If they can't strike, what are they supposed to do and be like, all right, we'll run the trains, but when we blow the whistle, it's gonna be real sad to too. At the same time, though, I can see why Joe Biden is willing to stop the unions from

going on strike. He can't have the economy take a hit on his watch. His administration has enough problems, high interest rates, war in Europe. They can't find a center for Pete Boudhage. Times are hard, But if anyone can solve a train crisis, it's Joe Biden. This man has spent his whole life obsessed with trains. This is his moment. Can you imagine he's made for him? This is like if Trump had to solve the crisis involving the mac

rib You know, he's just buy everyone out of the room. Millennia, give me the Hamburglar and I secure and we're gonna solve this. But this isn't yet another reminder of all the things happening in the supply chain that we all just take for granted. Right, we take it all for granted, because a banana doesn't just show up in a grocery store. Somebody grows a tree in Costa Rica, and then it's picked and it's loaded onto a truck and then a ship, all right, and then another truck and then a train

and then another truck. And that's when you buy it at the store. You put it on your counter and you let it slowly rot before throwing it in the garbage. And that garbage is picked up by another truck and then it shipped back to Costa Rica. It's actually beautiful when you think about it. It's a circle of life. I fill out my ti Hi. Finally, history is full of famous feuds, you know, Godzilla versus Mathra, swift Ease versus ticket Master, herschel Walker versus Condoms. And now there's

a new one. Elon Musk. The Wold's richest man is picking a fight with the world's richest company. Elon Musk has a beef with Apple. He claims the tech giant has threatened to pull Twitter from its app store, a move like that would, of course, crush Musk's new company. Musk tweeting a series of claims against Tim Cooking Company, calling out the iphonemaker for pulling back on advertising on the social platform, also complaining about the fifteen fee that

is placed on app developers. Musk also said that Apple had threatened to remove Twitter from its app store as part of its review moderation process. He likened this move to a suppression of free speech. This is a battle for the future of civilization, he writes. A free speech is lost even in America. Tyranny is all that lies ahead by Elon, Tyranny. You can't you can't give the

brave of speech about everything everything. This dude is walking around Twitter headquarters like this threatens the very existence of democracy and and kind and the gender is like, okay, jeez, I'll refill the paper towels. Stop shouting now. We should unpack this a bit because Elon went full on ludicrous mode yesterday with a bunch of different claims about Apple. The first thing he complained about was that Apple stopped advertising on Twitter, which he thinks is an attack on

free speech. And maybe it's just me, but like, g also find it funny how free speech and giving Elon Musk money always seemed to be perfectly aligned, right, Elon's like, oh, so the world's most perfectly perfectly protected brand doesn't want ads showing up next to Nazi memes. I guess you

believe in censorship. Secondly, Elon is bitching that Apple has threatened to drop Twitter from the app store, And if that's true, it's probably because Apple requires all of its apps to be safe, and Musk has essentially fired all the people who are responsible for content moderation and replaced them with a sign that just says, hey, don't post that. And the third point, the third point that Elon's crying about,

is that Apple has too much power over iPhone apps. Yeah, because if he charges eight dollars a month for Twitter verification, Apple automatically gets to take up to of any money people spend in the app. Ellen doesn't want that. I mean, you can't afford to give Twitter's money away just because some idiot made him spend forty four billion dollars on an app that we all used for free. He can't

afford that ship. And so that's where we are right now, the richest company versus the richest man in the world. And the stakes could not be higher because remember, the outcome of this war couldn't determine how we spend our time while we poop. Today is Spotify Wrapped Day. Yeah, well, the day that Spotify looks at our music and reminds us that we're all a basic bitch. You know. I was thinking, thank god Tender doesn't do a year and wrap up just to remind you of all the terrible

decisions you made on desperate nights. It's like, wow, I did a lot of people with pet snakes this year. In international news, the United Nations has officially added the French baguettes to the UNESCO World Heritage List, which it's cool, but it's another reminder that the United Nations really needs to eat lunch before making big decisions. It's like, should we give Chinese food a seats on the Security Council? I'm so hungry and you would think that this is great.

Here's some of you clapping. Oh yeah, I love bagetts, which remember, now it's protected by the U. N. Yeah, so now every time you're trying to take a bite out of the baguette, a peacekeepers gonna jump out and kick your adds, Like stop that ship. Meanwhile, in presidential news, Joe Biden's Secret Service detail had a bit of a scare recently when five cars they had rented suddenly burst

into flames after they were returned to her rent a car. Yeah. Now, the good news is Biden has got full coverage insurance. The bad news is Senator Republicans blocked it. So he's gonna need to borrow some money from Kamala now. But my question is why is the why is the Secret Service even renting? Cause from hurts I the person who was thrown by that with like, like what happens if the suv they want isn't there? What now the president is rocking up to a state dinner in a hunt day?

Is that how it's gonna work? Oh and while we're talking about things exploding, experts say the United States is now facing a shortage of bomb sniffing dogs. Yeah, which probably explains how Morbius made it into theaters. And it makes sense, you know, when you think about it. Of course, this is always gonna happen. If you had the choice of being a bomb sniffing dog or a drug sniffing dog, what would you choose? What would you choose? So simple?

Option A you might explode, Option be frea cocaine. I mean it is. It is hard for us humans though, you know, because now you know what this means. We're gonna have to resort to bomb sniffing cats. And then those are good. They can figure out where the bombs are, but they just won't tell us about it. The cat will be there like I have nine lives, bitch, not my problem. All right, let's move on to some of the biggest stories of the day, starting with the twenty

two mid terms. And I know what you're saying right now, you like, for Trevor, the mid terms are over. I killed them. I watched them die. Well you thought you did, but you never took a headshot. And after you left, the mid terms busted out of the dirt. And now they're back because down in Georgia they're just a few days away from a runoff between incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock and the reason you're putting yourself out of football her show Walker, and we're gonna tell you all about the

latest updates and other installments of Vote Demick. There is now less than one week to go until the Georgia runoff election, and once again Herschel Walker is battling controversies. First of all, he might not even live in the state that he's trying to represent. Yeah. According to new reports, the Georgia home that he's claimed as his residents has

actually been rented out for years. Yeah. And apparently Walker even admitted in a speech earlier this year that he lives in Texas, which I was shocked about because I did not think Herschel Walker knew the names of two different states. This was really impressive. And I know, I know this might piss some people off, but when you think about it, this just proves that Herschel Walker views

Georgians as family because he's never around them. And of course, of course there's the other problem for Herschel Walker, which is that every time he speaks, things go wrong. For instance, Walker was recently at a campaign stop giving his views on the border and any speech he's trying to explain why he will build Donald Trump's border war but in a way that only herschel Walker can. He goes on to debunk his own argument about a wall and then takes us on a wild ride that somehow involves his

dog the border. How you're gonna do that, I said, way I can do it. Then you had to put up a wall in the wall new world wall working around your house. Where you gotta wall around your house. People don't yah, they can get in, but you know what they get in to be hard to get out because I got a dog, my dog ride when he put vad anyway, But anyway, I'm sorry, what did this man just win an argument with himself because he's like, I think his plan is to what build a border

wall so that he can trap immigrants inside America? Is that what he's doing? You see? He once they get in, they can't get up. Then they got a good job and read the family settles down and that's how we get them. Yeah, it's it's almost like it so like it's almost like Walker started out talking about border security and then ended up telling everyone how to break into

his house. And personally, I don't think he needs a wall, you know, because the hardest part about breaking into hertual Walker's house is figuring out which state it's in jokes, You've actually live in Kansas, Hawaii. Yeah, but let's move on to some news from social media. Ever since Elon Musk pranked himself into buying Twitter forty four billion dollars, he has been trying to reshape the entire website according

to what he likes. He's brought back thousands of suspended accounts, He's made it easier to get a blue check mark, and now any number you tweets automatically changed to sixty nine. Yeah, you post that your dad only has three days left, Now he has sixty nine. Nice. Rest in peace, but nice. But Elon's biggest promise is that under his leadership, Twitter is completely open for free speech, no matter how wrong

that speech might be potentially dangerous. New change on Twitter, the social media side, is no longer enforcing its policy against COVID misinformation. Twitter suspended more than eleven thousand accounts for breaking the policy and removed almost one hundred thousand pieces of content between January in September, and Musk is promising to restore many previously Bay and Twitter accounts as

soon as this week. Health experts are concerned that it could diminish efforts to stop the spread of the virus and could discourage vaccinations. Okay, look, maybe this is my vaccine microchip talking, But I don't think it's responsible for Twitter to bring back the people who are spreading COVID misinformation. But but on the other hand, on the other hand, it is like, how can you still be misinformed about COVID? You know, we're just running around, Like I heard the

vaccine church. It's been three years. Do you see any lists? You see any limits here? It probably had it. I forget COVID for a second. It's crazy that anyone would go to Twitter for any medical information. You know, people should be going to the doctor for this stuff. But because no one can afford a doctor in America, people are out here searching hashtag bump on my dick and hoping to find the cure. So like cocaine on my penis, That's not what I was looking for. Anyway. Let's move

on to some news coming out of San Francisco. Like many big city, San Francisco has been struggling to get crime under control. And if you're thinking, oh, it's San Francisco, what are they doing prescribing all the criminals CBD oil No, I mean yes, but not just that. They also have more hardcore solution dude. This morning, San Francisco officials voted to allow city police to have remote controlled robots that

could use deadly force in extreme situations. Critics of the decision say it militarizes San Francisco's police, but city Supervisor Raphael Mandelman, who voted in favor of the robots, said that the killer machines would only be used if lives are at stake. ASFPD said they don't have pre armed robots and they don't plan to arm the ones they do have with guns, Assistant Chief David Lasar said they

could deploy robots equipped with explosives. Wait, wait what what They're not gonna arm the robots, They're just gonna give them explosive That is much worse. Who who came up with that pr statement? Don't worry, people, the robots aren't gonna have guns. They're just gonna be suicide bombers. Okay, calm down, everyone's going this is such a bad idea. Do you know how often robots make mistakes? Can you imagine if Siri had a bomb. It was like, hey,

Siri played one savage now killing your family? No, no, wait, which which members of my family? But still know, but let's talk about it now. To be clear, just so we're on the same page, the robots will not actually be deciding when to use deadly force, all right. They will still be trained human police officers on the remote control triggers, So don't worry. It's still gonna be mostly

black people that get killed. And it's wild. It's wild house cities can always find money for high tech gadgets for cops, but when it comes to investigating or like investing in long term solutions that might actually fix the problems, then they pockets are empty. If you even noticed that. Yeah, they're like, oh yeah, robots money, we got that. We got that. People asking you're like, wait, you're building robots

that are police with bombs. Can we do something about like the homeless people, They're like, oh yeah, yeah, the robots can blow them off too. Yeah, we canna handle that. It makes no sense. The Democratic Party easily one of the two parties in the United States. As you know, Democrats lost control of the House in last months midterm elections, and as they get ready to be in the minority. They're making some big changes at the top. Democrats in

the House have made history with their new leadership. Congressman Hakim Jeffries of Brooklyn has become the first black leader of either party in Congress. He will take over from Speaker Nancy Pelosi. It was you know it was remaining in the House after stepping down from the top job. Jefferis is fifty two, thirty years younger than the outgoing how Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a leader with the style all his own and a pension for weaving in the legacy of hip hop. That is why we are here, Mr

second Loan. And if you don't know, now, you know, I'm glad no one else in the room finished that lyric. But I don't know. As much as I enjoy it, I think it feels kind of weird to called biggie in such a serious and boring place like Congress. Like I love I love hip hop. I love hip hop, but I don't want to hear it everywhere, you know, Yeah, Like I don't want my doctor shoehorning that ship in. So, Mr Noah, what are your symptoms? Palm, sweaty and these

weak arms are heavy. Please take this very seriously. I'm very ill, but that's right off the chunter. In fifty years, I'm Erica finally has a minority minority leader, which is amazing. Although you will notice the Democrats only gave it to a black guy after they lost the House. Yeah, it's kind of like someone crushing their car and then being like, hey, Kim, I know you've always wanted a BMW. You don't need to say thank you. Also, the cops want to talk to you by but no, you still you still have

to give credit to the Democrats. Right, Republicans haven't done this yet. I mean they still think minority leader was the original title of black Panther. And this isn't just a big deal because Jeffries is black. Remember that this also marks a shift for the Democrats to a much younger generation of leaders. Although again, and we also don't really know, you know, because Kim Jefferies is black, so he could be like ninety, we don't actually know how

old he is. Because you realize, even at fifty two for a party leader in America, he's actually a young man. I mean, think about it this way. Joe Biden was in Congress when Hakim was literally in diapers, and now that her Kim is in Congress, Joe Biden is the

one in diapers. The circle of life. Now, if we had more time, we could talk about how the House Democrats are just a sideshow for the next two years, because the main events is whether Kevin McCarthy will be able to wrangle his clown cough crazy to get anything done. But we don't have the time to talk about that because while her Kim Jeffreys is plotting to take over the House, Elon Musk is plotting to take over our brains.

Elon must said on Wednesday, a wireless device developed by his brainship company, neural Link, is expected to begin human clinical trials in six months. The company is developing brainship interfaces that it says could enable disabled patients to move

and communicate. Again, We've been working hard to be ready for our first human Essentially that it's sort of like having an Apple Watch or a FITBITU replacing a piece of goal with like a you know, a smart watch you have in your link device, like I could have in your link device, uh implant right now, and you wouldn't you wouldn't even know. I mean, yeah, yeah, Elon, if if you told us you were a part robot, all of us would be totally surprised. We we would

would be like I never saw that coming. Look, I will admit the idea of this technology sounds amazing, but in reality, the idea of an Apple Watch or a fitbit in my brain gives me a little pause because if have you ever used an Apple Watch or a fitbit? When it messes up on my roost, I'm just like, ah, when it messes up in my brain, then what all of a sudden, I'm on Alex Jones praising Hitler for inventing the microphone? Is that what's gonna happen? Just like ah?

And secondly, if I'm going to get a chip in my head, I don't know if I want Elon Musk to be in charge of it. You know, Like a year ago, I would have been like the Tesla guy. Maybe maybe, But now I'm like the Twitter guy. I'll

pay him a dollars the stairway. Now, if we had more time, we could talk about how Elon previously promised that his brainship would be ready for human trials three years ago, or how he promised that Tesla's would be self driving by, or how he built a high speed underground train by, or how he'd land on Mars by two basically just due to a guy in the strip club making it rain with io us. But we don't have time to talk about the techno king because some

real royals have just rocked up to America shows. It was a royal welcome for the Prince and Princess of Wales Wednesday, on their first US visit in eight years, here to present the earth Shot Prize, which honors environmentalists. They kicked off the trip by helping turn Boston City Hall green. Katherine and I are absolutely delighted to be with you today for our first engagement in a great

city of Boston. The couple also took in an NBA game courtside, watching the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat. Then they hold this big star centered event on Friday night where they're going to hand out five prize is worth more than a million dollars each. Two folks who are trying to tackle the climate crisis. Okay, first of all, Prince William is clearly a liar. Right, No one has ever been delighted to be in Boston in December. December, what are you excited about? Oh, I love chap lips

are getting thrown up on by Patriots fans. How peachy you've been in December? And you might be saying, no, Trevor, they're having a good time. They even have course sight seats. You think these people are impressed by court side seats. The man's regular seat is a throne. This man has never set on a folding chair in his life. He's probably like, look at this thing. This chair has a

mouth or something. Kates. Now, if we had the time, we could talk more about how great it is that Prince William and Kates are awarding money to people who are trying to solve climate change, or how shitty it is that they ignored my idea to plug in a bunch of air conditions neither glaciers would have worked. But we just don't have the time for that, because while these royals are having fun in America, the royals back home in the UK are not having a good time

at all. Overshadowing the trip controversy. Back at bucking and Palate, the Prince's godmother, Lady Susan Hussy, resigning amid accusations of racism in Gosie Flani, the founder of a women's nonprofit and a black woman born in the UK, says Tuesday at the Palace, Hussey repeatedly asked where she was really from, implying she wasn't really British, and Gosie Faloney tweeting the exchange, which reads in parts, what nationality are you? I am born here and I'm British. No, but where do you

really come from? Where do your people come from? Hussy also asking quote what parts of Africa are you from? After and goes he said she was from London tonight and I witnessed, describing her shot at the exchange, goes he was a white woman. That line of questioning wouldn't have taken place. People, How many times do we have to go through this? There is only one socially acceptable way to find out someone's heritage. You swabbed their DNA while they're asleep. Okay, it's the polite thing to do.

This is like the first thing they teach you in avoidable racism one O one. It is just never say the word from That's it. A lot of racism includes the word from, So just avoid it all together. Where are you really from? Go back to where you came from? You see this clip from Tucker Carlson from just stay away from it? And I also love how this woman was given a chance to control out delete racism right, but instead she just copy pasted and carried on where

are you from? I'm born here and I'm British. No, no, no, you don't understand I'm being racist? How black are you? Show me on this map of Africa I brought with me. Let me put it in words. You understand? GODMANA cook pottles falling from the sky before we go. Please consider donating to One Simple Wish, a charity that grants wishes to kids and young adults who are in foster care. If you want to help grunts a wish or donate towards their holiday Wish fund, then please do so at

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