 This episode sponsored by aura the smart simple way to stay safe online Hello, and welcome back as we near the end of 2023 I thought it might be fun to take a look back and remember some of the best most well-deserved media smackdown There's been many but there are three in particular that come to mind, and they are sure to entertain right after this Your chances of falling victim to online crime are one in four if you're watching this chances are you're nodding your head right now Because you've been a victim I'll post a link to this study in the description But basically researchers first identified hundreds of us-based data brokers websites legally advertising the sale of quote Military and veterans personal info. Yes, really the findings were Disturbing these at us-based data brokers sold the researchers everything about these veterans including medical information and Geo location data. Yes, really. So what's my point? 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That's the ball game If the guy doesn't concede elections, did Hillary concede elections? Yeah, of course. Hillary gets what do you mean? Of course, of course Hillary gets he said he's an illegitimate president. When did she say that she said that in 2016? She said he knows he is an illegitimate president. I believe he knows he's an illegitimate president He knows he knows that there were a bunch of different reasons why the election turned out the way it did Oh, that was different after the election. Yeah Russia collusion. What was that if not denying the election? They made up a story, which was a hoax Well, it wasn't a hoax. Yeah, it was what the actual did you just say to me right now? Well, just What wasn't sure what part of the russia collusion the idea that there was collusion with russia The idea that there was absolute collusion with russia. Is that why he won the election? Do you think partly he's in boys? He did it. He said it It was a very close election. Oh, that was different. It was a very close election Yeah, you don't think russia could sway like what he 77 000 votes in three states. Of course they could No, and they did partly through social media Partly for their propaganda there and what they were trying to do there, which was very successful You sure about that? You sure about that? You sure about that's not why? You sure about that? That's why partly for their propaganda there and what they were trying to do there, which was very successful There was but the democrats also denied the election in 2016 they did Okay, I mean maybe one time hillary said something like that you can run the best campaign You can even become the nominee And you can have the election stolen from you trump knows he's an illegitimate president who got illegitimate foreign Why do you think the president is going to such great lengths to essentially prove that he beat you because he knows he didn't He knows he's an illegitimate president. There was a widespread Understanding that this election was not on the level bush versus gore a court took away A presidency as we look at our election system. I think it's fair to say that there are many legitimate questions About its accuracy about its integrity the one thing that trump is fearful of When it comes to his being president is that finally we will see how illegitimate his victory actually was I mean maybe one time hillary said something like that She didn't you asked her today This is not an issue for the democrats. You're making a ridiculously false Ah Right wing extremists already have a plan to literally steal the next presidential election I do have to give bill marsham credit here though You don't see things like this often because left wingers in the media don't like to have their views challenged The undeniable fact here is that democrats began the trend of election denial and escalated it up to the point that Republicans and donald trump finally joined in and admittedly escalated things All right next up is my favorite pick for 2024 next to trump and his absolute smashing of a cnn host Over questions of government involvement in january 6th If you had told me it's close to three years ago that january 6 2021 happened If you had told me three years ago back when I was a biotech CEO not steeped in this world I was just consuming passive media but was focused on my world of developing medicines If you had told me that january 6 was in any way an inside job the subject of government entrapment I would have told you that was crazy talk fringe conspiracy theory nonsense I could tell you now having gone somewhat deep in this It's not I mean the reality is this we do have a government first of all We have to acknowledge that has lied to us systematically over the last several years about the origin of covid 19 About the hunter biden laptop that we were told was false By 51 cia experts and otherwise before we now know that it was true You can go straight down the list the trump rusher disinformation collusion hoax all of it now we come to january 6th The reality is we know that there were federal law enforcement agents in that field. We don't know how many I think it's shame if I may finish just answer I'm gonna I'm gonna go ahead and interrupt you here because because I know this establishment doesn't approve of this message I know this but we should be able to talk about this. You're saying that there were federal this is important to talk about This you are saying there were federal agents in the crowd on on january 6th There is no evidence that there were federal agents in the crowd on january 6th So why before congress when pressed on what the number was they didn't say they were none They just couldn't say how many you're saying that there's no that you have not seen any evidence that there were and so you've seen multiple Informants suggesting that there were we know people we know people were fbi informants. So we're asking is there any evidence May I just finish listening you can come back to question Well, let me clarify. I know it's very uncomfortable. I'm gonna clarify my question because we have to do the truth I'm gonna clarify my question because I want to make sure that you understand I understand this people and I told you I was Where is the evidence? Yes, where is the evidence now? You see footage coming out of actually rolling out the red carpet for capital police allowing the swami again Right through the front The vast majority of that footage should have been released before Mr. I mean the vast majority of the footage shows and my deeper question is this And I want to talk about one more case. This is really important writers. I'm gonna give you hard I'm gonna give you some hard facts of a show. So what here's what entrapment is cherry pick. I'm not cherry picking If I may finish abby, if I may finish abby, I'm not cherry picking examples To the contrary to the contrary you know cherry pick examples and say that that is what happened The government cherry picked 12 hours of footage When there was 200 hours of footage cherry picking was the governor not me Release the whole thing and let me let me just finish one thing too because this is super important as a topic I think there's a civil libertarian issue of our time when we're talking about kidnapping I want to keep it. I want to be really clear on this because it's the same issue in the same fbi same even part of the fbi Three people who were in an alleged plot to kidnap gretchen whitmer Were acquitted at the end of trial Because it was entrapment that is government agents put them up to do something they otherwise wouldn't have done They gave them credit cards with spending limits of up to $5,000 encourage them to buy munitions Plan something they weren't otherwise willing to plan so much so and I want people at home to know this Especially CNN viewers to know this is that one of the jurors went to those defendants and apologized afterwards gave him a hug Apologize seeing what the government had put a poor guy up to who had to go to some mexican restaurant across the street to get hot water These people were exploited with credit cards up to $5,000 FBI agents putting them up to a kidnapping plot that we were told was true But was entrapment same thing with the capital police people letting them in freely many of those people Look the government cannot put you up to do something and then charge you for that's wrong Yeah, this is just like the buying thing where they keep repeating that there's no evidence Despite the fact everybody keeps giving them evidence Vivek didn't mention it But even the capital police chief himself thinks that the government let january 6th happen And then you got the whole rehabs thing, but I have a dozen other videos about that Lastly, it's not just the best smackdown of the year But possibly the best in several years with partisan pro biden hack and a legend expert of the hunter biden saga Phillip bump gets his clock clean by num dormant of the comedy seller podcast to the point that bump cries and leaves Enjoy do I think that joe biden when he was cognizant of the fact that hunter biden was in those meetings Was aware that hunter biden was probably using that as a way to bolster himself. Yes, I think he probably was aware of that Now you see now You know fucked up, you know that does that mean that probably or for sure I don't know. I can't read his mind, but I think yeah, he's probably aware of it Well, who how many times look i'm at look i work for the washington post probably means for sure and How many times have you ever called up and had conversations about the weather with strangers? Never strange. I don't understand. I'm saying he wasn't calling. He wasn't calling hunter biden's business. So it's just calling his son But wait a minute didn't bump just admit that biden probably knew that he was helping his son's business by making those calls Do I think that joe biden when he was cognizant of the fact that hunter biden was in those meetings Was aware that hunter biden was probably using that as a way to bolster himself. Yes, I think he probably was aware of that I don't understand barisma is the only thing that the republicans would be able to hang their hat on barisma is Identified as as criminal. They're they're throwing bribes all over the country, right? There are some significant questions both about barisma and the owner michaels los chesky. Absolutely. Yes, that's true He decides it's okay to meet have dinner with these people Now, how is that proceed now? That's that's The only reason he would do that obviously to help to hook his son up in some way So I don't remember the timeline of when this dinner occurred on the expert here, right? So I can't I can't speak to that Well, isn't that convenient for you? When was this dinner? I don't remember when this dinner was march 20th 2015 Is great fine. So this was before this is right at the outset Or I don't know. I made his anti-corruption speeches in 2014 at the end of 2014. Sure fine great Man, well, I appreciate your eyes. Has anybody has anybody asked her? I don't know. I don't know Don't you think somebody should ask her? Okay. Like I'm not I just said I don't know and I don't know what to make of it Right there Hunter's text says half of his income goes directly to the president Thanks. I don't know what any of that means any who ready for lunch Yeah, but what do you want me to say? Yeah, but you say there's no evidence no evidence, but then there's a text message where he says I give pop 50% of my money That's that's evidence. Okay. Well, what okay fine fine. So it's evidence. I appreciate your having me on It doesn't it that something like that Who do you think it'd be more? I I listen to that. I'm saying am I am I do you? I feel you want me to leave like just walk out in the middle of this because that way you can like you can go Is this a standard really this is the way that washington post handles people who disagree with oh, that's brilliant That never gets old show it to anybody that claims there's no evidence Okay, if you're still watching, please hit that like button and keep checking back for more. See you all in the next one