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doing sorry. put together already. thank you very much. thank you. please. thank you. how are you doing? all right. thank you. oh, i'm glad you're. i appreciate. wow. thank you so much. glad you're in a good mood, i know. hey. please. i know it's been a tough time here for us angelenos, right? i mean, last week, a lot of people lost their homes to the fire this week. a lot of people lost their gardeners to ice. you know and we're not out of the woods yet with the fires. right? that came up again. some of them came up so quickly, the mayor barely had time to book a trip.

also in the news this week, donald trump is president again, and he's only 13% contained. that's. well he is. uh, he's here in l.a. today. he's touring. touring the fire zone. he saw all the pink flame retardant. he said, i had no idea this place was that gay. oh, he's, uh, he's quite an expert on what we should do here about the fires. he. he said, i don't think we should give california. california anything aid he's talking about. and so they let the water flow down. okay, first of all, you're you're not. i said i wasn't going to lose it this year, but you're not

giving us anything. we're americans. right? thank you. this. this isn't a casino. when you're comping a room. okay? and he's obsessed as he gets obsessed with things like windmills. he's obsessed with this small fish called the smelt. now, there is a story about this. and it's too complicated to go into, but, you know, it's a fish. we change the laws. environmental, whatever he said, no wonder it's endangered. it's not getting any water. okay. no, don. uh, the fish has the water because we took down the irrigation dams in order to. oh, fuck it. just do your dance and get out of here. just do the dance and. but but, boy, the inauguration was monday, and this guy hit the

ground running. there's so many things have changed so i can't even go through them all. i'll just. basically, if you're not in prison, report. and if you were in prison, get out. that's basically. no. he saw a lot of signing. he signed. had ceremonies all day long. 26 executive orders, 12 memos and four proclamations about everything. windmills and the kennedy assassination and renaming things and crypto and die and going to mars and signing, signing, signing. lauren boebert was there. he said, boy, you think your hand gets tired. >> oh. >> uh, yes. and one of his proclamations by proclamation, we will now only recognize two sexes. and that doesn't grab you by the pussy. i don't know. >> what. uh also, here's something kind of

interesting. >> i'm sure it's just coincidence. but before the inauguration, trump increased his wealth by 89%. yeah, like in a day to $58 billion. now he's one of the richest 25 people in the world with meme coins. you got meme coins? you do. oh, well, that's not good. >> uh. >> he released one from of him and one of melania. and this is a meme coin is a cryptocurrency that's inspired by an internet meme. it's kind of like if bernie madoff sold pokemon. >> cards. >> it's just so trump voters helped me out on one thing. you voted for him because you couldn't afford eggs, but you can't afford the melania magic coin. okay, uh. all right. and finally, come on. this is l.a. the oscar nominations came out this week. very exciting. and most

nominations went to emilia pérez. have you seen this one? it's a spanish language musical that celebrates a mexican drug lord who becomes a better person by having a sex change operation. i'm just glad the proud boys got out of prison in time to see it. all right, we got a great show. we have a comedy show from the ro khanna. i'm stephen a smith. >> kobe believed in himself at the youngest possible age. >> it's one of the most remarkable stories in sports history. >> i don't want to be remembered as just a basketball player. >> kobe premieres tonight at nine on cnn.

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jesse. >> nice to see you, pal. thanks so much. long. it has been long. thank you so much. you look the same. i know. >> you look the same. >> you look the same. i don't. you got the glasses, though? >> yeah, i got the glasses. no, we used to hang out. what happened? you moved to indiana or some crazy. >> yeah, i did. i was living in indiana, actually. yeah, i was living in indiana for. >> a while there. no, i'm not knocking it. >> it's great. no. one of the greatest towns in the world. bloomington, indiana. it's a college town. and, you know, it's this great place. my wife was born and raised there. we went back there to help with family stuff, and we stayed for a while. >> oh, and do you like being in the heartland? do you? >> i do, and i'll tell you, like, you know, because. >> i always did. >> i've been listening to you for so long. i always love that you kind of like defend. you're like, yeah, there's a lot of people there who are not, you know what? you brush the whole state with, you know? right. bloomington. is this, like, incredible? my mother in law ran the domestic violence shelter there for 35 years. and so, like all of our circle, there are like people, like progressive activists and, you know, indiana gets painted with quite a

specific red brush. but like, when you're there, you know, you're surrounded by people who are far more engaged than, you know, where i am in new york city. >> yeah. and even some red people are not horrible people. >> of course, that. but i just. >> mean that. >> no no no no no, i'm saying of course, but i'm saying also you have these people who you probably feel like. >> right, i get it. but listen, let's not bury the lead. you got an oscar nomination? i'm so. you know i'm just really happy for you. because, you know, because you are so prolific. you've done so much for so long. and of course, you've had a great career. but i feel like you're finally getting recognized as an auteur. and this this movie is fantastic. thank you. if you haven't seen this movie, i hate you. yeah. and that's that for. >> a that's our quote. yeah, exactly. >> no, it's just so good. and it's do you want to give the basic premise of it for people who don't know? >> yeah sure sure, sure. yeah.

it's different than emilia pérez. it's. um, it's what that movie isn't. no. it's basically it's these two cousins who i play. one of the cousins, kieran culkin plays the other, and we go on a, like, essentially like a holocaust tour to poland to see where our see where our grandmother is from, and to also see the sights of poland. >> but your grandmother in real life was in the holocaust? >> no, my. so my family, like the character in the movie, is kind of like a combination of two people. my cousin who survived this woman, maria, who just actually died of covid but, you know, spent her life in poland after the war. and my aunt doris, who, um, who left before the war and who was like a real mentor to me in my life. >> well, i, i read that you were going to play the other part. no, i mean, i love the dynamic here because i've seen this in my life so much. one person i feel like i'm this person would be like, you're the person you were in this movie. yeah. you know, the other reasonable person, and you have this great speech where you go like we're all in pain, whereas the other

guy, he acts out on everything. i think he's a giant pain in the ass, but he is charming, you know, there's that kind of person. i don't relate to that kind of person. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah. and kieran culkin already won the golden globe. i mean, he's brilliant playing. >> that part. >> great. okay, i read that you were going to play that part. >> yeah. i mean. >> i was a terrible idea. >> well, you know. >> that's what actors do. you know, i don't have to be that. kieran's not exactly that person either. you know, so, like. >> much closer. >> much closer. >> but you made the right decision. >> thanks for saying. >> it wasn't even my decision. you know, i was, like, told not to play that part. like, by, like my. one of my producers is emma stone. and, you know, she was like, don't try to direct a movie while you're like managing a group of people while also playing this character who as you kind of, you know, said, is kind of like this unhinged, spontaneous, like livewire. >> yeah. and the tone of it, you know, you are making a movie that's about a holocaust tour. yeah. i mean, it's so perfect,

but i can't imagine that you weren't aware of that at every moment when you're making. it's because it's a funny movie. i mean, it is a comedy, but you don't want to make harold and kumar go to auschwitz, right? >> right, right. right. yeah. >> uh, what was that like? i mean, does that happen in the writing before you do it, does that happen on the set? >> do you? yeah. >> i mean, there's a scene where you're actually in the camps, right? and you see, i mean, i once went to dachau and saw that. i mean, it's it's an incredibly sobering experience. >> of course. >> to fit that into a comedy is tough. and you pulled it off. >> oh, that's so sweet. yeah. i mean, i was the only thing i was very conscious of was like, trying to not make a movie that felt like sanctimonious. you know, i think a lot of like, holocaust movies. and of course, there are so many and there are so many wonderful ones, but a lot of times it feels like they're kind of like, i don't know, patting themselves on the back at the same time that they're showing you their movie. and i just wanted to make something that felt like real. and it felt like people i know

that i can relate to, that i can understand talking about real things. they go to that camp, and at night they sneak onto a roof to share a joint like that would be what i would do if i was in that situation. >> and you too. >> that's what i mean about relating to your character. like you guys go to poland and the other guy has a big. thing of pot sent over there. >> yeah. >> and i'm a big pot head, but that would freak me out. i was. >> like. >> we're going to be in a polish prison for the rest of our lives, you stupid fuck. what are you doing? >> yeah, but he he says. >> kieran says in the movie, he goes, what? they're going to arrest two jews for a little bit of pot in poland. that's a good look for the polish people. >> you know. >> but i understand you are now a polish citizen. >> yeah. >> you have a dual citizenship. >> i do, i do. >> i do. >> now why would you why were you moved to do that? >> because i just had this, like, overwhelming feeling there of just complete, like, gratitude and indebtedness to the people who are there preserving like, jewish history.

you know, we would go to all these sites of like, you know, jewish trauma, right? and they're all now run by these incredibly, like well-meaning non-jewish people who have devoted their lives to, like, you know, kind of memorializing my family's history. and i just felt like it's such a shame that, you know, a lot of american jews of polish descent, you know, have this kind of like, negative attitude towards poland that, oh, it's anti-semitic. i just had the exact opposite experience there. and i wanted to, like, just reconnect to a country that my family lived in far longer than we lived here. >> well, they were very anti-semitic. >> yeah, but, i mean. >> the nazis killed almost all the jews there. >> yes. the nazis. >> they pulled out the poland, polish people. some of them were not still not very nice to the jews. >> listen, i. >> know you're a history buff, and we could talk geopolitics for a long time, and i'm happy to. >> do that. >> but jew politics. >> nice. very nice. but like. >> i am, i am, i am very i'm sensitive to the, the plight of the poles. >> historically and also that was a long time ago. the polish people there are. but what do you have to do? what entitles you to become a polish citizen? >> can i really i you know, i

wrote a letter to the government saying i really want to do what i can. this movie is an example, but i want to do what i can to try to repair polish and jewish diaspora relations. >> do you think they would have let you do it if you were just joe eisenberg? >> well. >> you know, i have a cousin, joe eisenberg, and. >> maybe. he might have used the connection. so. >> okay. >> all right. >> so, you know, some people say putin, after going for ukraine, i mean, there is worry that he i don't think he's going to invade poland. >> next nato country. >> but i've heard that. >> yeah. >> okay. what if he does as a polish citizen do you do you go over there and fight the invasion? >> you know, i've really only been a citizen for, for a very short time. >> so, you know. yeah. >> he went right into your. >> woody allen. yeah. >> i don't. >> mean to be facetious. i wouldn't be good on the unit. yeah, you know, and also. >> i just. i have an appointment here on the upper.

>> west side, you know. well. >> speaking of that, you did two movies with woody allen. >> yeah, right. >> and it's interesting the way this town is a little divided. some actors will not work with him. yeah, some alec baldwin, scarlett johansson, diane keaton say it's a witch hunt, right. other actors, let's call them gutless pussies. um. they say they regret working with him and wouldn't work with them. which are you? >> well, you know, i you know, saying, like, first of all, thanks for bringing that up. um, you know. >> you know, i'm of i'm of a few minds on this and that's like, you know, to say i regret, you know, something seems a little bit like passing the buck. the other thing i think about all the time is like, you know, if i can use my platform to say something like that, i'd rather say, please donate money to the middleway house in bloomington, indiana. it's a domestic violence shelter. and if you're really concerned with issues surrounding domestic violence, please don't ask an actor to have an opinion about something that they don't really know about. please give money to this amazing shelter.

>> okay? no. all right, all right. >> what about you played lex luthor in the superman movie, and it was. it's interesting because i see zuckerberg now at the inauguration, and he's right at the seat of power. you kind of played lex luthor as a tech bro. >> yeah. >> and you must have some feelings playing because you also played obviously famously in the social network. mark zuckerberg, what do you make of all this going on with the tech bros? and. >> oh. >> you know, i just i look at it from a very specific perspective, which is just like, if you're so rich and powerful, why are you not just spending your days doing good things for the world, like. >> so i don't like it's hard. >> for me. >> it's hard for me to. >> like, understand, like the specifics of what they're doing. but i just know, like, you know, i married a woman who's like this amazing activist. all she thinks about all day is, how can i help the people who are most in need? and so when i watch

these, like, incredibly powerful people, i just think, like, wait, why are you not spending your day helping people? why are you, like, getting mired into this weird stuff? i don't really understand and like, taking, you know, privacy concerns away. you know, hurting people who are already hurting marginalized people like, to me, i just i can't even understand that. so i'm not exactly thinking about them in politics. i'm just thinking, why are they not spending every day helping people? >> i think you should get an oscar just for that speech. look, the movie is fantastic. if you haven't seen it, please do. jesse eisenberg. >> great luck with the movie. it's great. >> to see you again. don't be a stranger. >> lowes knows it's easier to make the right calls when you have the right team. mccaffrey looking lost. >> i'm looking for a run. i'm looking for a lawn mower. could you point the aisle 27. >> find what you need faster with the lowe's app introducing. >> new roxon gel. the first fda cleared ed treatment available without a prescription. a roxon gel is clinically proven to work within ten minutes, so you and

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>> all right. he hosts first take on espn and the stephen a smith show on youtube. stephen a smith is here. and he's a democratic congressman from california's silicon valley and a member of the house oversight and house armed services committees. ro khanna is back with us. >> okay. >> so week one of the trump administration. look, i said from the beginning, i'm not going to pre hate anything this time. but now he's been in office for a week. i'm going to hate something. no really i mean i don't i hated pardoning people who attacked cops. even if you took the politics out of it. even if they were at the capitol that day because they were a polka band, i don't care. you know, even the cops didn't like that. i also don't like the same thing i didn't like from the first time. trump has no understanding of how this country works or no, he does not care to learn. in his view, i'm the leader so i can

do anything. tiktok i mean, both house and senate voted. you know, you have to either have to sell it or he just got rid of that in a just said no by proclamation. birthright citizenship is another one. now, i don't even think birthright citizenship is a good idea to begin with. it seems kind of crazy to have that in the. but it's in the constitution, so it seems like people are talking about this imperial presidency. we have a president can just do anything. what are you in congress going to do about it? that's my question to everybody in congress. it keeps happening. what are you going to do? >> well, first of all, we're going to speak for basic american values. i mean, if you're born in america, you're an american, period. and when he's going after that, you know, all the republican lecturing, we're for the constitution. we're for the the founders until they're not. you

know, what makes america exceptional? the fact that your parents can come from any country, be of any faith, not have wealth, not have fame. and if you're born in america, you can go as far as you want. and that's what donald trump is taking. >> away. >> and then the part that people. >> i mean, come. >> on, man, rich chinese people come here just they fly over here and then they have the baby here just so they can be an american citizen. it has been bastardized. you can't say that. this is just all for the good. >> this is like the reagan welfare queens. they pick out some extreme example. but you're going to change the constitution. >> no, you're going. to you have to change the constitution. that's what i'm saying. you can't do things by proclamation. he does not understand that. >> he doesn't care. >> he does not care. he does not care to learn. >> he doesn't give a damn. he's not interested. and not by the way, that's how he got into office. we got to backtrack, rewind the clock. when he walked down, he strolled down the escalators. in 2015, he was basically sitting up there and saying, what you seen going on

in washington is so disgusting. it's not in the interest of you as the american people. so i'm going to do it my way. and i've answered this question on so many occasions when i've talked about him. guys, i've said this. you can have politicians saying, i disagree with this person. i disagree with that person, et cetera. trump will call them every name under the sun. he will mock them. he will insult them. he will. he will be as annoying and as disgusting as you will allow him to be. and the voters will say, ha! we love the fact that you talked to washington that way, because as american citizens, that's how we feel about washington and the fact that you're speaking our language is what makes us trust you, because we believe you resonate on our behalf. this is why he got into office in 2016. this is why a whole bunch of people were acting like, you know what? in 2020 with the insurrection, because it was an insurrection. regardless of what people want to admit, the way those folks were acting, not everybody, but some of them. and then ultimately, he wins back in office in 2024, just like in 2020. we said biden. it wasn't

about votes for biden. it was about votes against trump in 2024. it wasn't about votes for trump. it was votes against some of the nonsense that was taking place within the democratic party, because they have not been able to find a voice that would resonate with the american people, where you're speaking their language, where they look at you and they say, hey, we get where you're coming from. you relate to us. the democrats went a different direction. trump capitalized on it. basically, he played everybody like a fiddle and has won reelection. again, that's really the bottom line. >> i agree. >> with a lot of what steve is saying. i mean, look, i think trump came in there and said, politics are broken. they're all beholden to donors. there's been a country which has had all this economic wealth in some areas, other parts of the country, offshoring of jobs. your communities haven't been helped. i'm going to come and fix it. and there's a history in this country. we love james dean, we love miles barber. we love people who question rules. but what is he doing about it? like how is freezing cancer

research, freezing diabetes research and freezing alzheimer's research? doing anything to help people's lives? now they're saying, oh, he's cool. >> well, i mean, talk about cherry picking. i mean, i didn't even hear about those. i'm not surprised he's doing it, but i don't have all the facts on that. and there's a lot of other stuff. i mean, some of them are not that crazy. again, how he does it, you know, by proclamation. no, but to your point, you know, this country never reacts. it only overreacts. and some of this is brought on by the left. yeah. you're right. you brought it on yourself. i mean, penises in the locker room, penises in women's prisons. of course he's going to go the complete opposite direction now. and now we have. there's only two sexes, whereas obviously there's a middle ground, which is there's not just two sexes. this goes back to hermaphrodites in ancient history and, you know, chicks with dicks. and there's just it's just not that. >> simple. >> but it's also not the case

that every baby born, which is what we have for the last four years, is kind of a jump ball of, oh, i don't know, just as likely, let's not even put the they're five. that was crazy. so there's going to be this backlash. and that's what you have now. you did bring it on yourself in a lot of ways. >> here's the deal. the man was impeached twice. he was convicted on 34 felony counts. and the american people still said he's closer to normal than what. >> we see. exactly. >> that's what they're saying. he's closer to normal. why? because something that pertains when you talk about the transgender community, for example, and you're talking about issues that pertain to less than 1% of the population, the democratic party came across as if that was a priority, more so than the other issues. and so he comes into office. now you're talking about, you know, you know, childbirth, citizenship and what have you. he knows that's not going to pass the mustard, but he knows that he made that promise. so when he shows up week one on capitol hill and he says, this is what we're going to do through the

executive order, even though it's going to be shot down through the courts and what have you. he's saying, i kept my promise a lot of other things that he's going to point to, that he's going to try to do. i kept my promise. then you turn around and you look at the left and you say, what promises did you keep? now you might know the answer to that. i'm certainly not questioning your knowledge about that at all. what i'm saying is what resonated with the with the voter, what voter out there can look at the democratic party at this moment in time and say, there's a voice for us, somebody that speaks for us, that goes up on capitol hill and fights the fights that we want them fighting on our behalf. they didn't do that. and that's why their behinds are home. and that man is back into the white house, and they want to sit up there and tell you, look at the networks right now. they're talking about it. look at it. this is the latest look at him. here he goes again. well, you know what? here he goes again. means he's doing what he said he was going to do. he promised you he was going to do these things. and he walked into office week one. and that's exactly what he's doing. and he's saying, y'all do something about it. and when you try to do something about it, he's going to say, look at them now. now they're concerned about these issues. what are they talking about that during the campaign? hell no. that's

really it. >> yeah. well, yes. >> well, look, i think that people voted for him because they were upset in a system where they didn't feel that their kids lives were getting better. he better. he went to places like galesburg, illinois, johnstown, pennsylvania. he said, i'm going to bring the factories back. i'm going to get good paying jobs. your kids don't have a future. i'm going to bring the cost of living down. and then he's doing nothing. nothing, nothing with wages, nothing with the economy he's doing. you know, he's putting out a meme coin. he's putting one. >> i mean, he just got there. >> this is a week. >> here's five days. >> i get the american people. they've been voting everyone out for the past 20 years. but you know what? at some time they're going to say, who's actually making our lives better? how are we actually getting our kids to have a shot? >> but you keep talking about kids. he also won because parents were a little fed up with parents coming in second in a who says, what goes with my kids contest, right? >> but who which democrat is for that? i mean, every i have kids. i mean, most democrats believe that parents should have a say

in their kids education. these these are these have been. >> well. exaggerated in california. i think the governor here used the word snitch like a parent. if you. >> inform him about tell him the parents point them out. the parents will be in trouble. >> if you're if the kid switched genders in school, you know, they hid that from the parent. or you could. i mean, i don't think snitching really takes place in my. i'm not a parent. >> born in the bronx, raised in the streets of new york. i can assure you snitch has an entirely different meaning than what. >> they put on. >> i can promise you right. >> now. >> i can promise. >> you that. um, but, i mean, let. >> me put it this way. here's how bad the democrats fucked up trump is. cool. now he's not just the most powerful guy in the world and just made himself, like the richest. he's actually kind of at 78. i mean, rappers like him, the athletes are doing. i was making fun of him jerking off two guys at one time. and now he owns it and they're.

>> doing it. >> i mean, the village people are gay. for trump now. >> ymca he's always been he's always been a celebrity bill. he had he was authentic. he had the apprentice. he used to do movie cameos. he did wrestling. >> he was a joke. >> but you know what the problem with that is? he was a celebrity, but he was made to be a celebrity by a whole bunch of democrats. think about that. i mean, i'm telling you, listen, trump, and i've said this many occasions, i knew trump before he ran for president. when you're hosting your fights, you know, trump casino and you're showing up to knicks basketball games with bill o'reilly and stuff like that, we would see him, the players would talk to him, the rap artists would talk to him. celebrities all over the place, from hollywood, from l.a. to new york, would talk to him. and they all loved him until he ran for office. so then when they talked about him in the way that they talked about him, they were like, you didn't feel that way about him before. what changed? and they asked. so a lot of people asked themselves that question, and they weren't satisfied with the answers that dems gave them.

>> you know what would be nice in this country? i mean, just hypothetically, do we not do we have to have the celebrity president? i mean, is it all about coolness? how about being cool as a president is actually about helping people? how about how about how about, you know, when we look at our great presidents, they weren't out there doing dances. >> they were. >> figuring out how to get higher. >> wages for people. >> they were houthis jobs. >> but that that horse has left the barn. >> do you really. >> think so? this is. >> you're living in america, dude. come on. >> you just celebrated jimmy carter's. >> can i ask. >> may i ask a question? >> jimmy carter was a great american, and he did a lot of great things. and by the way, the fema agency, the department of education that he established, trump now wants to take it down. >> i think that. >> but we know a lot. we know a lot. we listen. we know that there's a lot that has to be done. a lot of us don't have the greatest confidence that trump is the right man. that's going to do it. we'll see what happens. okay, second go round. but when you bring up celebrity, it's pretty hard to make that argument when you see politicians that are on x on

facebook and instagram and tiktok, because you have to reach an audience, you can't complain about that when you're a dem. when that assisted an obama, when an election in 2008 and 2012. but obama, i mean, he utilized it is what i'm saying. >> nobody. i have a celebrity exception. steven wants to run. i'm all for it. i mean, that. >> that's a. that's an exception. that ain't going to happen. no, i like my life. i like my life. that ain't going to get obama. >> obama. obama used the tools to, to make make his message go. but he had substance. he had actual ideas. >> and the difference is they used to say obama was a celebrity. obama became a celebrity because he was great at his job of being a politician. >> you know, that's different. >> that's a. >> huge difference. may get me in a. >> little trouble. you know, the difference between the obama and harris campaigns was obama connected with people and all the celebrities wanted to do concerts because they wanted to be with obama, because he was with the people and the harris campaign. they went after the celebrities to do the concerts,

to get. >> the people. >> they got it backwards. >> i'm just. >> saying, i don't know about that. >> okay. let's be honest here. first of all, one could argue that obama resonated more because the people chose him to be the democratic nominee for the presidency of the united states of america, as opposed to somebody backdooring their way into that position. let's just be honest about it. you had biden. i know that you supported biden. obviously, you spoke about his mental acuity and all of that other stuff, but we all saw what we saw before the debate on june 27th when the debate happened. and by the time that was exposed, they waited three weeks after that before he decided to walk away. but it was too late for anybody else to get in. so kamala harris, who didn't resonate during the primaries in 2020, couldn't even get to iowa suddenly is the democratic nominee. and then y'all go. then you roll up at the chicago at the convention in chicago, and everybody's like, she's a rock star. so it was like, wait a minute, how did that happen? how did that happen? i don't know how to

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this cover story with robert pattinson as the last movie star, and i thought, where have i seen that before? oh yeah, everywhere. george clooney. the last movie star, tom cruise. the last movie star. how leonardo dicaprio became hollywood's last movie star. why denzel washington may be the last pure movie star. the last movie star is paul newman and joanne woodward. stop writing the same stupid story there are always going to be movie stars. it's magazines that are dead. >> uh. >> new rule, the pakistani ad agency that created this ad for pakistan airlines that says paris, we're coming today and appears to show a plane flying into the eiffel tower. has to admit they're fucking with. >> it. >> this is what happens when you

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we're all obsessed these days about the fires and the anxiety from trump taking office again, but one hopeful thing did happen when we were on our break. a health insurance executive got shot in the back on the street in broad daylight, and the kids couldn't love the guy who did it anymore. if he was the leader of a terrorist organization. that's right. last december, 26 year old luigi mangione fed up with the health care system in america, stalked and murdered unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson, thereby raising awareness of the problem of insurance companies denying people's claims. and lord knows that is a problem. people are justifiably sick and tired of paying through the nose, only to get the runaround in a mountain of forms to fill out. and yes, infuriating claim denials based on petty technicalities. something, by the way, that is increasingly now done by a robot programmed to find a way to fuck you in the ass, which is not covered

look. we've all been there. ever get a prescription filled? and they say that'll be $1 million. please. and you say, is there an alternative? and they say, oh, yeah, there's one that's basically the same for ten bucks. i didn't mention it because it didn't seem like something people would be interested. >> in. >> or how about when health care providers put on the bill something they know is already covered, just to see if you'll pay it anyway, because they have the ethics of a nigerian prince emailing you for a loan. every doctor's office has a medical billing specialist who has a particular set of skills to fuck you. and what the hell

is a pharmacy benefit manager? i'm not sure, but i think i was one back in 1980 when i sold pot. >> oh. >> it's a shifty business. all right. navigating between all the different players is like trying to find the bathroom in a casino. it's just so unbelievably complicated. like an electoral college that does prostate exams. a maze like mosaic of analysts, regulators, administrators, consultants, advisors, hospitals, insurance companies, drug companies, bus ad trial lawyers and the actors in drug ads portraying eyelash crust mites. they love to party. so i guess my question is why should just the insurance guy, the profit

margin for the u.s. health insurance industry is only 2.2% for drug companies, it's over 65%. and for hospitals, it's really hard to say what it is because their accounting is done by the corleone family. >> so. >> okay, a guy from the insurance industry is dead. that's great. but he's not the one who decided that the box of kleenex next to your hospital bed cost 60 bucks. hospitals set the prices that insurers pay, and costs vary wildly. the same procedure can cost up to ten times more, not just within the same city or same state, within the same hospital. it reminds me of clothing stores. 80% off. off of what? oh, right off of a number you pulled out of your ass to begin with. >> that.

>> that seems to be how hospitals work. so shouldn't we really be shooting hospital execs first? i mean, it's only. >> right. >> i have a feeling that insurance people get blamed more because there's no insurance company version of gray's anatomy, where hot young insurance agents steal away to fuck each other on bunk beds during their. >> workplace. so. >> okay, hospital execs first. then we shoot insurance guys, then drug company people. oh, and the tech bros who create those medical website portals that are impossible to navigate. and what about the people who make the shit that makes us sick in the first place? watch your back. whoever makes fucking twinkies. >> who? but here's.

>> what's so interesting about this the reaction from different generations. older people think it's bad to shoot a guy in the street, but 41% of 18 to 29 year olds say it's completely or somewhat acceptable. we're only 9% find it so extra. which confirms something i wish wasn't true, but unfortunately is about certainly not all, but too many gen zers. they're fucking stupid. >> i don't. >> i don't know what they're teaching them in college these days, but they all seem to have majored in simplicity. oppressed and oppressor. no. in between health care, good guys and bad guys. simple. when trump said nobody knew that health care could be so complicated. he was wrong. it's not complicated. it's simple. it's as simple as shooting your insurance agent. bad guys get shot. hello? you

never saw john wick. yeah, i'm thinking now. maybe it wasn't a great idea to make every single movie about someone who's a hit man and so here i am again, feeling like an old school liberal at odds with the new politics of the far left. because it wasn't that long ago when liberals thought shooting people who don't share your politics was bad, or at least a microaggression. doesn't pumping someone full of lead verge dangerously close to mansplaining? and what about gun control? when sarah palin posted a map with crosshairs on the districts of house democrats she hoped to defeat in 2010, liberals went nuts. but now vigilantism is okay when it's someone you want dead. and where does all this lead? both parties having death squads? so,

luigi, i say to you, good luck in prison, where being handsome always makes you popular. and congratulations on being a folk hero. but just know you're not robin hood. you're not a hero. you're a typical member of your generation. too lazy to do the work to really understand an issue, but happy to pose as a social justice warrior for it. this is the same mentality i saw this month when internet lowlifes posted about their glee in watching the well-off people of pacific palisades lose their homes in the l.a. fires. it's a very popular mindset these days, summed up in the phrase eat the rich, but kids, i've seen your media consumption and i've seen your social media posts. you can't fool me. you don't hate the rich. you hate that you ain't the rich. >> yeah. all right, that's our

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