The Scott Adams School - 06/03/26 Erica and Marcela & Joel Pollak pops by. Election News

We need to note the attention for me. Good morning, it is June 3rd, 2026. How is everybody? We want to welcome— oops, let me do this— we want to welcome everyone to the Scott Adams School, um, YouTube, Spotify, Rumble, Locals, and X. Um, oh, on X, you know what, did you know it's like Periscope on X? If you tap the screen, it brings the little hearts. I love that, just throws me back. So Owen bailed on us today, you guys. Can you imagine? How silly. But we do believe in a little bit, Joel Pollack's gonna join us to talk about what's going on in LA. So that'll be fun. In the meantime, you're stuck with the two of us, the two of us, Erica and Marcella. And before we do anything, it is time for your dopamine hit of the day.

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Okay, somebody please go find Dr. Funk Juice because look, I'm deleting that clip now. Okay, so you Didn't have enough hearing the words Dr. Funk Juice yesterday that we had to do it again today. So for everybody who cringes at that name, I saw your comments. Just one more time for you. Marcela, how are you today?

Good. You know, I'm very hopeful for California. CNN was speechless yesterday when they saw the red. You know, maybe there'll be a red wave. But as always, you can never underestimate the finding votes crowd, because they said it's going to be about 7 days for the whole election to be counted, to all the votes to be counted.

Let's wait for Joel for all that too. He's going to come in. You two Californians can enlighten all of us. So you guys, while we wait for Joel, you know my favorite new favorite reporter from Lindell TV, Kara Castronuova. So I just find this interesting. So she, so Dr., I'm like, I can see my glasses are crooked, sorry guys. So I am really enjoying Caroline Levitt's, what is it called? When you're on maternity leave, maternity leave, okay. And because I'm really loving these guys coming in and taking the questions. So yesterday our favorite chick, Cara, asked him a question and I wanna just talk about it really quick on the other side. Do you have any medical advice for the Americans out there that are suffering from a very serious ailment called Trump Derangement Syndrome? I am concerned about folks who have focused their entire life energy on dislike of the president. It's disheartening to see people lost in that way. But, you know, it's— it's—

it's—

any medical advice? It's— treating stupid is really hard, and that becomes a real problem. And these folks are off So love her, and I love how forward she is. Like, she really gets in there. So the reason why I wanted to play that particular clip— one, because of her, um, but two, I've— you guys might realize and, and recognize that I ask almost everybody that comes on here— like, I've asked Dr. Drew, I've asked, um, oh my God, I think I even asked Stéphane Molyneux, I asked, uh, Gad Saad— you know, how do we cure people of this. And it's so funny because last night, uh, I was watching— was it the Gutfeld Show? And he played Paul Krugman, who's like just a washed-up idiot, uh, journalist, excuse me. And he was like, we need to demagify the country, almost like, I realize it sounds like denazify and I'm saying that intentionally, and da da da. And it's like so interesting how The Democrats are always talking about how do we, you know, like, we got to get rid of MAGA and we need to, you know, rid them. And they've used really aggressive words, like, to where Scott Adams was like, okay, we're hunted, you know, like, so hunted. Um, and I noticed when Republicans ask the question, or, or people that don't have TDS, I should say, or whatever, or they live in reality, you know, they're like, when I ask the question, how do you cure TDS, like, I am so sincere because I want our our citizens back. Like, they're so whacked out that I'm like, no, come back. Like, I want you cured. I want you to be able to have discussions again. And it was just interesting to me when I was like looking at the Paul Krugman thing and what a lot of people say about MAGA and Trumpsters, you know, they should be gone. Like, you know, confront them in the street. They know they shouldn't have a say. Don't let them eat here. The whole thing. So it's just interesting. I always am now noticing that Republicans want us to come back together as a country, and Democrats are like, we need to get rid of those people altogether. I don't know, Marcela, do you, do you notice that?

Well, I mean, Paul Krugman, as everybody's saying, is an economist. He's always been a communist. He's always been a leftist. A lot of the TDS people are always, uh, had this disease, uh, we just never had a name for it. However, there is the Silicon Valley people, and there's other people that are reasonable that we can get, um, de-TDS-like. Uh, for example, Bill Maher, you brought him up a few times this week. And what was helpful is having, um, people show them the hoaxes for what they are, because it's hard to see it yourself when you're explaining to somebody. But if they see it you know, on their own, um, it would be— I think it would help, you know. I think that's what Scott Adams' show was, is trying to, um, not judge people like this but try to show them, um— and I, by, by people like this, I mean people that are reasonable but still have the TDS. And so I think that this is important to show them the hoax. And I think Joel Pollack was part of that, and Steve Cortez. So I think that needs to still keep going. Is show them the, the lies that they've spread.

I just want nothing more than for the country to like at least start to come back together a little bit. And it's not fun to live with that kind of anger and angst all the time. And, you know, politics has just become like a sport and a hobby. It's— it really is. And it really shouldn't be, because once the people are in, they're in. But you have to do your due diligence and vote for the right people. Don't vote for a party. It Like, elections matter so, so much. But, um, well, can I rephrase that? I mean, they matter so, so much, but then I get very disjointed when the people get in there and they're just focused on, you know, what their special interests are and who's paying them. Not all of them, some of them. So I don't know, I think, uh, I think as citizens we need to be more outspoken. Maybe we need to reach out more to the people with TDS as people that don't have TDS. Um, and just be like, listen, it's okay. Like, you know, we're friends. I'm not a bad person. You're not a bad person. Like, we have to stop fighting about this stuff. I don't know, get everybody a Coca-Cola.

And they stopped talking to me. Oh yeah, yeah, it's hard. It's hard because once you start doing that, um, either they'll stop calling you or they'll stop talking to you, or they like will ignore, you know, your comments.

So yeah, well, I, I see someone commented about the honey badger. Like, we do need to stand up. I mean, I, I'll try to extend a hand to whoever I can. I, I did get in a really big argument the other day with my oldest childhood friend, um, and it was so bad because she's so like out there. Like, she's like every single thing that you could categorize and more. I don't want to like give it all away, but I was so— I think because we were so close, I was so triggered by her, and then I just couldn't like keep my, my shit together. And I found myself like raising my voice, and I was like, God, I almost just wish she would hang up on me and then we would like never talk again. Then I'm like, no, I don't. I know. I'm like, no, I don't. I'm like, I don't, you know. So this is like what's going through my head in the conversation. And then I was just like, listen, you know, like we took the temperature down. But it was funny because she told me I had TDS. No, she told me— I think she told me— oh no, she told me I was a Karen. I'm like, oh no. And I was just like, what are we doing, you know? And I was like, listen, who cares about this stuff, you know? Like, it, it has nothing to do with us. But what, Marcela, did you— were you gonna say something?

The, the new thing that's happening to me, maybe it's not happening to any of you guys out there, um, at the dog park I do tend to talk to some of the people there, and quite a lot of them are liberal. And the first thing they bring up is Epstein. Oh, what about Trump? Is Trump— is, you know, I don't want to say that, right? R-P-I-S-T or whatever. And he's done it. There's so much proof and all of this. I was like, they end up getting all this other information. I have to like block it or something because it's just crazy. Crazy stuff. But that, that is a new hoax that needs to be—

I'm gonna try. All right, so you guys, I'm gonna try harder to like to extend a hand to people and try to, you know, extend an olive branch or just be like, hey, listen, politics don't matter, people do, relationships do. So I can't wait. Let's, let's pivot. So everybody let us know how you do if you're going to try to do that, but we have to talk about last night. And look who's here, another Californian. Hi, Joel Pollack.

Hi.

Hi. So you guys had a big day in California.

We did, but it's going to be interesting to you before we get into the California primary results to tell you where I am right now.

Yeah. Where are you? You look like you're, I don't know, on a farm somewhere.

So I was in California until about 9:30 last night, and I took a red-eye flight. And as I'm speaking to you, I am in upstate New York, and I am visiting Scott Adams' hometown today as part of my work on his biography. So I am actually in beautiful, sunny upstate New York, which is beautiful in the winter with all the snow and beautiful in the summer with all the beautiful green forests and flowers and wildlife. And, um, yeah, it's just fantastic to be here. So, ah, working, working all the time and from one thing to another. But yes, we'll talk about the California primary results. So right now it seems that in the two big races everybody was watching, the race for governor and the race for LA mayor, Republican Steve Hilton is leading right now among all candidates, and Democrat Javier Becerra is second. So there will be a Republican-Democrat runoff in the general. Almost certainly that means that Javier Becerra will be the next governor unless something big happens. And something big could happen because Javier Becerra is a little too close to a corruption scandal for anyone to be comfortable about where things sit at the moment. I've read the indictment of his former aide who is accused of stealing from his campaign account. And there's almost no way Javier Becerra didn't know what was going on. So I think that anything is possible. He could be indicted, as Steve Hilton said on the debate stage. When Hilton said that, I have to say, in the last debate, it sounded a little over the top. And then I read the indictment and I realized that Javier Becerra is probably in some legal trouble, even though he says he isn't. So anything could happen in the governor's race. In the mayor's race, Spencer Pratt looks like he's finishing a strong second to incumbent Mayor Karen Bass. Now, it's not nice to finish second, but Bass didn't even manage to get 40% and she's the incumbent. So it does mean that she is weaker than a typical LA incumbent, remembering that Eric Garcetti won reelection several years ago with something like 80% of the vote. She's at 40 or less. And he is going to have some disadvantages because she has the support of the unions. But again, anything is possible. Yeah. And he's run an incredible campaign. You think about where he started. Losing his home in the fire, dismissed as a reality TV celebrity, and he built the campaign that has grabbed the attention of the nation. So now we're going to have a real runoff in LA, we're going to have a real runoff in California, and even though the incumbent Democrats have all the advantages, the issues are on the table. They're going to have to respond to the issues that Steve Hilton is raising, to the objections that Spencer Pratt is raising, and they're real, especially for people like me and Spencer, because we both are from Pacific Palisades. We watched our neighborhoods burn. He lost his house. I was just at my house yesterday. I have half a house right now because it's in the process of being repaired after all the fire damage. But at the same time as it's daunting to see everything that's happened and the neighborhood basically being leveled, it's also very exciting to see the house coming back.

So good.

Lots of room for hope in our two big races. And I'll pause for a moment of catching my breath and letting you guys ask any questions before I move on to the other things.

Yeah, good. I actually want to play two clips. I want to show everybody the reaction clips from last night. So first, let's listen to Steve Hilton. Here we go.

So I've been traveling this state for the last year. We started off a scrappy little startup, just a handful of rebels believing that this state could be better than it is today. We're already the best place in the world, no question about that. There's nowhere better than California. But we all know, we all know that this state has gone off track and we need to get it back on track. And I've seen the struggle that Californians are facing today. That is the word, and it's a very sad thing to say about our beautiful state. And I've been on the road and doing hundreds of events and the town halls and all the people that come, and I see it in your eyes, the struggle, the struggle of running a small business, the struggle for working people in California, young people who don't see their future in California anymore. They think that they have to move to another state to have that dream of owning their own home that we used to offer better than anywhere else in the world. That's what we need to get back for California. The belief that we can offer that. And so to every young person watching in California, whether you voted for me or not tonight, I just want you to know that I see you. I believe in you. I know that you can do it. I know that we can do it. We can make California a place where when you work hard, it's not just a struggle. That's why my plan is so simple and practical, not ideological. We've had enough ideology in California, haven't we? It's time. It's time for positive, practical things. I'm fighting for working people in California so that you can keep more of what you earn. The best way to put money in people's pockets is to take less out of it in the first place. And that's what I'll do as your governor— your first $100 grand tax-free.

So I, I like that, your first $100 grand tax-free. I just, I, you know, I want to remind people, and maybe, uh, Joel, you can explain too, like, I, I try to explain to people that California— not that you guys don't know, but if you don't know— but California is responsible for a lot of the foolishness that spreads across this country as far as regulations and, and the things that you're just like, what are we, what are we doing? It's always California, like, messing up your, your washer and your dryer and your shower head and the way your car is going to be and this and that. So it is kind of important for everybody. And Joel, is that accurate? I mean, could you expound on that?

Well, I don't think it's likely to change anytime soon because even if Steve Hilton wins for governor, he's going to face a Democratic supermajority in the state legislature. So a lot of these rules that California puts into place are not going to change much, at least the ones that affect other industries. But it's true, everything California regulates ends up changing laws in the other states. There have even been Supreme Court cases about it. Some of them went one way, some of them went the other way. But for example, if California has tough emission standards on vehicles, then suddenly everybody has to have the same tough emission standards on vehicles. It's one-ninth of the American population, so it's a lot of people. Uh, other rules— if California has minimum requirements for chickens to have space in their cages when they lay eggs, then suddenly eggs have to be different in the rest of the country. It's, it's just a massive amount of power over interstate commerce, which creates some constitutional problems. Not likely to change anytime soon, but I do think that if Hilton wins, you're going to see fewer of the crazy gas regulations that keep our prices so high. And my hosts are generously offering me coffee right now, which is just amazing. So I couldn't do the simultaneous sip, but look at this. Thanks so much. Here we go.

Here's my morning coffee. Beautiful. I love that. See, look at the hospitality in New York. Love that.

We wanted to see, like, maybe when you finish, but we wanted to see the landscape. If you were able to show us.

Well, I'll do it. Why don't I do it when I finish? Because yeah, I don't know, um, it'll be visually— we don't want to lose you. Let's, let's get through the fun stuff first.

Yeah, let me just do one more reaction from Spencer. Um, okay, okay, here we go.

Spencer, guys, did you see an uphill battle in the next 5 minutes?

Absolutely not. I think the next 5 months is— I'm gonna have time to build out this team to show everybody the level of Democratic Democratic supporters that I have behind me, the heavy hitters that are in this room that are all behind me. And I think this idea that I don't represent Democrats and Republicans and independents, anyone that's just a Los Angeles citizen that wants basic quality of life, I'll be able to show that in 5 months. Right now, the media likes to say, oh, he's this, I'm not that. I'm an Angeleno who said enough is enough and I had to step up. I didn't know I'd be here tonight, but it's obviously This is obviously God's plan, and I'm gonna go all the way, and I'm gonna show everybody that I'm their mayor.

Yeah, I love him. Okay, sorry, I got excited. Okay, Joel, give me your reaction.

Well, let's do it the Scott Adams way. Okay, so why did Spencer Pratt succeed when it wasn't apparent that he would do that at first? So let me just get into that a little bit. I mean, the Palisades fire burned a small, tiny corner of LA. If Spencer Pratt had just been a protest vote, he would have won maybe 15% of the vote, maybe, maybe up to 20%, but he's up near 30% and he beat Nithya Raman, the socialist. You might think the socialist had more momentum. I mean, Mamdani won in New York and the Democratic Socialists of America, they're They're winning Democratic Party primary races and everyone's running to adopt their agenda, you know, in the Democratic Party. They're dictating terms to the rest of the party. You'd think that Nithya Raman, the socialist candidate, would have done better. So what did Spencer Pratt do? First of all, as Scott Adams would say, he had a talent stack, right? So he wasn't just a reality TV guy. What did Scott Adams always say? That not just about Trump, but about himself, you know, people would say, oh, you know, Mr. Cartoonist, stay in your lane. Well, no, I mean, you, you have to build a talent stack and, and You don't have to stay in your lane. You can combine your different skills and talents. And that's what Spencer did. So he is very good at debating politics. He's very good at social media. He has those skills. He had other people come in to help him make videos. He didn't make all those AI videos himself, but they helped get the word out. And it turns out he can learn quickly about public policy issues because he seems to know a lot about homelessness and the other issues. So he combined all those things to make something greater than the sum of its parts. And I think he's going to be a very interesting candidate. He's going to force a debate on the issues facing Los Angeles. And so everyone— I think everyone's going to benefit, even if you don't vote for him, don't like him or whatever. You're going to benefit from the fact that he's in the race because he's raising the issues that affect everybody.

I also think it's interesting, too, that a lot of— oh, God, I hate this word— but celebrities have come out and endorsed him. So even if he lost, you know what? I don't think he'll lose. But even if he did, Now those people have put themselves out there, and it's kind of like, I feel like it's going to allow people to now be able to say negative things about Democrats, um, and maybe just breathe a little bit and be like, okay, I can have my own opinion and have common sense. What do you think, Marcella?

Yeah, no, it's gonna definitely help, um, liberate lots of, um, celebrities by speaking out, you know, being able to say something's wrong, because they're, they're very much, um, you know, you're, you're blacklisted, you're not going to be seen, or whatever it is. It's gonna— they're gonna notice that there is other people that want to support them. So you, you've made a great point, Erica. And so the Joel, you know, I am still waiting for the cheat to come in. That's all I can say, because they're still waiting, you know, to count the votes and all sorts of things.

So yes, they are. Yeah. Yeah.

What about that journey in me?

I mean, I think that you'll see more of that in the general election because I think some of the unions were trying to push Pratt into the general election. There was a little trick that happened in the middle of the mayor's race where there were these weird ads that were in favor of Karen Bass, and they looked really ridiculous, so ridiculous that they were likely to make Republicans vote against Bass. Things like Karen Bass is great at dealing with homelessness, and you look at the ad and you're like, no, she's not. Ah, you know, but, but those were paid for by the unions. They wanted more of the Pratt vote because they calculated that would be better for them to have a Pratt-Bass general election than for Democrats to spend millions of dollars on an internal fight if two Democrats made the final election. So, so there was a bit of that trickery, but We haven't seen any kind of like ballot fraud or anything like that just yet. Um, the only fun other ballot shenanigan that happened was Eric Swalwell was still on the ballot, so thousands of people voted for Eric Swalwell because he couldn't get his name off the ballot in time. He resigned too late. So that's just sort of a side story. Um, but another side story that's very interesting— Tom Steyer, billionaire, ran for governor, $200 million All gone to waste. All gone. The good news is at least Tom Steyer got to pay the billionaire tax. Yeah, so that's, uh, that's good. Um, I want to just point out a couple of other things, and I only have a limited time because I've got to jump on this editorial meeting we have every day. But a couple other things that are really interesting in LA and San Francisco and San Diego, the three major big cities Voters rejected new sales taxes and new real estate taxes, which is really encouraging because these were sold as these bleeding heart things. You know, we have to pay for healthcare, we have to pay for housing, we got to pay for this and that. Voters said no, you have to deal with the budget you have. And it's especially interesting to me in San Diego because what they were doing there was what Mamdani is doing in New York, trying to put a tax on second homes. There are a lot of vacation homes in San Diego. It's a nice place to have a vacation. They wanted to make you pay an extra tax if you bought a vacation home in San Diego that you weren't living in all the time. They wanted to force you to rent it out or whatever. And voters in San Diego said, what is this crap? You know, this is just not how we function. Not American, basically. So, so that is— that was defeated. So there's a little bit of a tax revolt happening in California. It means maybe that billionaire tax won't pass after all in November when that— when that's on the ballot. And then a couple other things. Kevin Kiley is a Republican who became an independent. He had to become an independent because Gavin Newsom redrew his district with Proposition 50. Remember all those gerrymandered districts? So Kevin Kiley became an independent to try to hold on to his seat. Well, not only did he lead in the primary results, but it looks like the second place finisher might be a Republican as of right now. We'll see what happens when the ballots are counted, but as of right now, The second place finisher in that district is a Republican, not because it's a Republican district, but because there were 5 Democrats running. And so they split the vote. This is what we thought might happen in the governor's race. But as of right now, if the election ended today and the ballots stopped being counted right now, Kevin Kiley would be in a runoff against a Republican. And Kiley being an independent and an incumbent would probably win. So it would be a major victory over Gavin Newsom.

Wow.

If one of the members of Congress Newsom hates the most and tried to get rid of by redrawing his district came back. Even if he's an independent, not a Republican, Kevin Covey will be able to say, I'm still here, Gavin Newsom, you failed to get me. And I think that is a victory for common sense as well. So nice to see Gavin Newsom's plans backfiring, not just nationwide, but also on the local level. You can't even rig your own election, Gavin Newsom.

What's going on with him?

If you can't rig an election, so.

Right? I mean, you can destroy your country. I always call California a country. I swear. I don't even feel like it's part of America. Anyway, so what's going on with Gavin Newsom? Do you see movement toward running for president? Is that like for sure?

Absolutely for sure. But here's something else. He didn't even have the guts to endorse a candidate in the California governor's primary. Like nothing, right? He didn't. Now he'll endorse Becerra when it's obvious, you know, it's the only Democrat left in the race, but zero political courage. Zero.

Yep. Yep. Okay. So I wanted to ask you, I don't know how much time you have, but I wanted to ask you because I, I did have a clip I wanted to play, but I won't waste time if I can just have your interpretation instead. But, um, so 60 Minutes fired Scott Adams, um, and I just wanted to get your take. So I feel like this is an important story for everybody because we have a Scott lesson, you guys, that we're going to play after Joel leaves, and it's going to mention the media a lot and the media being a, you know, a big problem of what's going on. Um, so, you know, it's like Barry Weiss, uh, was put in charge over there at CBS, which is 60 Minutes, uh, home base. And so what's, what's the beef? So Scott Pelley was asked to be in a private meeting to discuss something and instead publicly, um, just talked about his new boss. Is that kind of the gist?

Yeah, not a good idea. Look, he's been a problem for a while, and he has been very biased in his reporting. And yeah, I think, I think he was looking for a dramatic exit. The problem is, you know, someone asked me last week, do I think Barry Weiss will survive at CBS? And I said yes, because— and this is another Scott Adams point, you know, Scott Adams pointed out that one of the reasons Trump survived in 2016 Scott Adams, when he had all these attacks against him, was if you face 1,000 arrows at once, they all hurt you a little bit, but none of them really takes you out. If you have one big arrow coming at you, then it's hard to survive that. So what's happening with Barry Weiss is he's just getting hit by all these little arrows, and they're all disjointed, and they're one after another, and you just stop caring anymore. Like, just one. But if all the— if the entire newsroom had resigned at once and said, we're not dealing with this, then probably she wouldn't have lasted. But, you know, it's just like one after another. And it's not sort of a drip, drip, drip leading to something, which is what happens with scandals, you know, like Eric Swalwell, one woman, then another woman, then, you know, it didn't, it wasn't building in intensity. Who cares about Scott Pelley? Nobody. I mean, I almost responded to his statement by putting it out on X and just saying, who, like, who is this guy? I mean, I don't even watch 60 Minutes anymore. Yeah. Um, you know, I watched the clips the next day, but I, you know, These people are not as important as they think they are.

That's right.

And so just do your job, report well, and don't try to make a drama queen out of yourself. And if you do, like, you know, take a number. There's so many people doing that nowadays. You know, you can start your own Instagram or whatever.

I don't know.

But these journalists take themselves so seriously and it's like, okay, you know what? Yeah. When I was a kid and growing up, all right, 60 Minutes was a thing because there was really only one thing you had, like, 5 channels, and 60 Minutes was like, oh, okay, Sunday night, uh, let's gather around. And you know, it just— as time went on and there was more options and they were competing for viewers, they just turned into more of the same lying— oh, where's my sign— lying, uh, you know, fraudsters who were working with politicians and everyone else to push an agenda. And it was so obvious. And like, you think of Scott Pelley with like the Russia hoax, talking to I forget the name of the guy who had the affair, and Trump would be like, oh, those two lovebirds. Anyway, you know, just knowingly lying and pushing hoaxes. And it just— you know what makes me so mad is when they like take off their glasses and they're holding them, they're all dramatic, and they're like, so tell me. And it's like, you're such a liar. You're like another theater kid. So Joel puts his on. All right, Joel.

I've got to go. Journalistic meeting right now.

All right, you go. We'll talk about it. Oh, do you want to— can you flash us if you can?

Take pictures? Yeah, can you flash us?

Pretty. I, I go— I went skiing up in that area.

All right, so I'll have more updates from here, maybe if you have me on again tomorrow, because I'm going to Scott Adams' childhood home later today.

Take pictures, post them.

Okay, thank you. Bye, Joel. Um, so anyway, so that's like when 60 Minutes was just, um, you know, too— like, there was like a couple of channels and whatever. So everybody's jabbing at Barry Weiss. I don't really know enough about her, but it's interesting. So anyway, um, yeah, you know, everything woke turns to shit, and now they don't—

they don't like they don't like anybody controlling them, whatever they do, you know. Yeah, I was like, I'm in detention, you guys.

We were gonna do it like this one day, a little. We were playing before we went live. We're like, hey, how about this? Oh my gosh. All right, so I love Joel. Um, so that's enough about the 60 Minutes. I'm not going to play the clip, but it was, it was definitely interesting. But the, the point is, is that I do think people are waking up enough that they're pushing these corporations to just knock it off. Like, we're sick of the whole fake news. So there's a clip that, um, I found from Scott Adams, and you guys, you want to just sit back for a few minutes, okay? And, um, let's just remind ourselves of what's going on in this world. Here we go.

All right, um, Let me give you a whiteboard of whiteboards, the presentation that you've all been waiting for. I'd like to explain how we got here. And by the way, you could call this an opinion, but it's also just true. I'll make sure you can both see this, don't worry. All right, so I've got two cameras, so You're not all going to see it as easily, but I'll put the photo online. It's already on my Twitter feed. So here's the idea. How fake news destroyed the planet. At the moment, we're telling ourselves, oh, these people are bad, or these people are bad, and, you know, their forces and the government's not doing enough. And, you know, why is Black Lives Matter supporting the bad guys and all this stuff? I think that's all diversion. There is one source of the problem that is destroying the planet. There's just one. It's fake news. Just fake news. Now remember, the fake news people are also the people who built the worst— we're looking for disinformation. So the fake news and the fact-checkers are the same people. That's a real dangerous situation. It's the ultimate dangerous situation. And outside of the 1% of people who pay attention, 99% of the public doesn't know that the news is fake. They actually don't know. Now, when I say that, most people think, I know what you're saying, Scott Adams. You're saying that MSNBC is fake, but you know, the, the ones on the right are all real. No, I'm not saying that. I'm not saying that. The news is fake, right? It's different kinds of fakes in different places, but it's not real news. All right, so the fake news told us of President Trump that he was colluding with Russia, which would make him a traitor, that he said that neo-Nazis were fine people, which he never said. He said the opposite. That would make him a racist. And he said you should drink bleach to get rid of your COVID. He never said that. That was also a hoax. But if he had, it would've been stupid. So the fake news told the public every fucking day that there was Russian collusion, fine people hoax, drink bleach. You got a traitor, a racist super guy. And if you ever elected him, it would be the end of the world. So instead they gave us Biden. And then Biden gave us the Ukraine war, the Israel war, and open borders, which is the end of the United States. This is actually the end of the world. If we kept going in this direction, it is not survivable. I just want to say that as clearly as possible. We have a system at the moment that is not survivable. This is an existential threat. The fake news has reached not just annoying levels, not just influential. It is now our biggest existential risk. It will determine where we put our limited money. It will determine if we spend ourselves into debt forever. It will keep the worst people in office. It will keep the best people out of office. It will make countries fight each other for the wrong reasons. It will make the nation itself turn against each other for reasons that didn't have to happen at all. They will give you CRT, ESG, and DEI, and these guys will tell you those are good ideas, and they will absolutely destroy the planet. So Every time somebody tells you the problem is something else, that's not fake news, they're wrong. Everything flowed from that. You can't think of anything that you would identify as a problem that did not flow directly, directly, not indirectly, but directly from fake news. That, ladies and gentlemen, is the filter that you need to understand more than any other.

Amen. And you know what, Scott Adams, go on Don Lemon's podcast. That's where you should be. Um, it's so true. When the fake news fact-checkers— like, the news is fact-checking themselves. What are we doing? Um, love that. Uh, Marcela, what's your first takeaway on that?

I mean, I wish he was still here. Um, he explained it so well. Um, I wish that I could play this video every time I get into an argument with someone on the street. I, I should have it on standby. But, um, he's right. Um, but the interesting part is we always have to be cautious of, uh, the left and the right because I believe most news is fake in general because it causes hits. It causes, you know, have you ever been where you're looking at X and you're like, this, uh, this this article says something like coffee can make you twice as beautiful, or, you know, like whatever it is. And then you click on it and it's nothing to do with that, you know, it's just clickbait, you know. So we're in this, um, world of social media that is affecting everybody, and one of them is like likes and fast news. Like the, uh, we can't take time to really analyze anything, it is just going on to the next thing politics thing. I think, um, there were some certain things, um, like, you know, like the assassination attempts on President Trump. Like, back in Kennedy's day, that would have been full news for months and months and on end. But now it's like, okay, what— which one's next?

That's a great analogy. Yeah. And I mean, and to think of the multiple times this has happened, and then it's like, oh yeah, oh right, the Correspondents' Dinner got interrupted because somebody came running through with a gun. Like, what? You know, uh, it's so true. And, and that's why I'm just like, we've got to come back to some kind of civility with each other because this would have been and should be huge freaking news. But we're just like, okay, well, we have like a, you know, a 12-hour news cycle now. And yeah, so when, when things were like, okay, you went to work and at the end of the day you came home and you saw the evening news and we were all watching the same thing and whatever, but now it's all these channels, like people like us, podcasters, like we're not trying to create news, we're just reporting on what we hear. But everybody wants to get the scoop, the story, the clicks, the likes, the shares, the sensationalism. And you know, like how many of you in the— in listening to this right now in the chat freaked out after Biden— when Jake Tapper comes out with that book and I'm like, you are such a vile, disgusting human being. Like, and I mean that with all sincerity. Jake Tapper is so vile. And it's not my opinion, this is my fact, that he would just, just trounce on anyone who voted for Trump for Trump's first term, then lie like a little puppet, little whiny puppet, still putting down anyone that liked Trump or any Republican. And, you know, Lara Trump, like the way he talked to Lara Trump, like yelling at her when she's like, I didn't know he had a stutter, like he just can't finish a sentence. And he's like, oh, and he just totally like reprimands her and was so disrespectful to her. And then he's like, 'Oh, here's my book, I'm going on tour.' Uh, the man was totally demented, and everybody hit it, and everybody knew it. And you're just like, and now you're gonna profit off that, so you're gonna profit on both ends. And he should not be allowed to do that. He should not be allowed to do that. So yes, you cannot loathe these lying people enough, you know. So, um, Marcella I am wound up over these people.

I was trying to do the, uh, what's the tapper tilt or whatever.

Oh no, and like he does that, you're just like, stop. And he's like, this is my sincere face and my concerned face. Like, it's all the same face, just like with a different tilt. I still have some Botox, so I can't really.

And you should do the Scott Pelley glasses, like, oh, he's like, really take them off.

Like, he's very serious. And he's talking. Oh, it's like this.

It's like they're acting newscasters. They're, they're, they're not real journalists. It's just like they're pretending.

Oh my God, you guys, so you can't hate them enough. Yes, sir. I, I believe there are really great journalists and people that give information. I don't, I don't see them on the TV or in like, you know, corporate media. Really ever, but you can seek them out and they have biases too. Um, you know, there's a couple of people that I really liked and then they're showing such a bias on certain things that I'm just like, oh, okay, he's like, I, I can't listen to you right now, but like when this issue passes by, like I'll come back because this thing, you are tunnel vision. Um, so I do want to get to a clip. Uh, Miranda Devine did a sit-down interview with President Trump and just a couple of little takeaways. So this one, let me see which one I wanted to play you first. Okay, so this one— oh, this was when she asked him, is there any truth, you know, to that, uh, Truth Social post that we heard about him yelling at Bebe, the Axios report? I just, I just, I find that this is more important than people are understanding. Um, so let's just take a listen to him.

Which you were angry with him. You said, are you effing crazy? What are you effing doing? I helped you stay out of jail. Is that true? Did you speak to him in those terms?

I did. I wouldn't say angry. I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon. You know, at some point I said, maybe we got to stop this. We got to stop it. But I have a very good relationship. We've done well, done well together. He always says we could never have done it, but everybody knows that we could have never done it without the United States. But we've, we've, I've worked very well together. I like Bibi a lot and I've worked very well with him. We had a, you know, where he, I'm a wartime president. He's a wartime prime minister, very important part of the world. And I think we've done, you know, very well. We've We've gotten along very well together.

Okay, Sean Corey, I told you, you're, you're most likely in that, uh, yearbook. I'm sorry, just talking to a locals. You're most likely in the yearbook for the, the gossip. Remember we were talking about? So funny. Okay, so I just think that's really important. I think it's interesting the way he's using the word we, um, in this context, like we need to stop doing this, we need to stop doing that. Um, but he's right, like BB has This is just me talking, but Bibi's got to stop going off half-cocked and trying to get every freaking thing that he wants done, done based on us in this war with Iran. So I don't know, I think it's a big— I— and also I like how she's like, you know, you said, you know, effing this and effing that and you'd be in jail. And he's like, well, I wouldn't say I was angry, I was perturbed. I'm like, oh, that's perturbed. I'd hate to hear angry. So Marcella, what do you— what are your thoughts on this whole debacle?

I think, I think he's being the dad in the phone call. He is letting Netanyahu know, um, the boundaries of, um, how things work. And I, and you know, a lot of people are always saying, you know, oh, Trump is just a puppet of Netanyahu. And it's— and to be honest, it's a working relationship. Um, but Trump's not going to— Trump's not the type of person that assist anybody. He's just gonna tell you how it is. And telling Netanyahu how it is, um, I don't even think he was angry. He's just being himself, you know. Um, and he is pointing out that a lot of people are, are against Israel because of what he— what Netanyahu keeps doing. So somebody has to tell him, and better President Trump telling him And I think, uh, he should be thankful, uh, for the support that President Trump has given him and helping him keep him out of prison, I guess, you know, and lobbying for him to get pardoned.

So yes, so that is all interesting. That's right.

But it does— you are right, Erica, this phone call does really matter. Yeah, it's a big deal.

It's a big deal. Yeah, I didn't really want to brush it under the rug, but it's a big deal. Um, one other clip from that interview, uh, I like this because I feel like I do the same thing. Uh, let's listen.

It's a good idea. And I was interested when you talked about how you studied Marco Rubio and J.D. Vance as they interact. What is their interaction? And it's good. How do they—

I study to see if they like each other. I just find it interesting, you know. It's life. It's big time stuff.

Do you do that with everyone in the cabinet?

I do it with everybody outside of the cabinet too. I study everything. Yeah, I'm a studier.

Why?

Because it's interesting. Human— it's the human thing, the human equation. So I watch them together. They get along great. They have a good relationship. They're sort of similar in a lot of ways. But they're very talented, and I think the two of them running together as a team would be very unbeatable.

Oh, I think so too, 100%. Okay, so in which case, uh, JD would have to be president now because he's the VP.

Yeah, that would make the most sense. Um, and it doesn't mean that Marco can't be president afterwards, right? Like They're both several, several years, right? Um, I, you know what I see in President Trump?

I—

when he, when he— and I have to mind read this, but I think he's really proud of who— of the legacy he leaves behind with Marco Rubio and, and JD Vance. Yeah. Um, because they're young, they're vibrant, and they have the right way of acting. Like, it's not just the policies, is that they're able to withstand the pressure of the journalists and the, the, the politicians. I don't know, uh, Marco Rubio yesterday was, uh, talking to— there's so many clips we can play from that, um, but he gave it to, uh, Cory Booker, he gave it to all these people that wanted to attack him and wanted to, you know, hoax, you know, public, have him come into a hoax. And, you know, there was a time where Republicans, um, were easily misled to want to cross the other line or see the way that they're saying it or allow, um, the narrow— the narrative to be focused by the left. But now Marco is taking their narrative and throwing it back at them.

Yes.

And doing it in a style where it's not is— it's not angry, it's just too— it's just lethal. Yeah, I think that's what I see in JD Vance as well. And I think you can tell that President Trump is happy with having such a, such a legacy in them, you know.

There are a lot of great potentials, uh, on the bench for years to come, I feel like. And, uh, yeah, JD and Marco are both really good. Actually, a lot of people are. Scott Adams Um, Stephen Miller, forget it. But they're really good at just being like, no, no, no, like, you're not— you're— I didn't answer that question. Because I saw, um, what's that crazy witch lady with the purple hair, Delora or something? She was talking to Marco and— oh no, no, no, it was somebody else. It was, um, Blanche. Was it Todd Blanche? But they're all— him too. They're all really good, right? Yeah. So they're like, they're trying to get like a sound bite and they're just like like, so like he like nodded his head like he's listening to her. She goes, oh, you said yes. He goes, I didn't say anything. He's like, you're not getting like a clip out of me. And Marco was doing that yesterday too, like, okay, well, you're, you're saying something that's not true and, you know, I'll tell you what the truth is. And he's like, you're not going to get a clip, you're not going to take it out of context. So they're very good at— they're very calm, they make a lot of sense, they're not trying to be, you know, the political statesman, you know, let's talk like like nobody speaks in the world. Um, I think Trump should be really excited about what he will be leaving behind when he's done with his, uh, term. So yeah, I, and I don't know, I mean, I, I just, part of me is like, maybe Rubio should go first and then JD, and it's like, you know, like, but that wouldn't look right. But, you know, so anyway, I don't know, I, I like them both.

So, so in this interview with, uh, Miranda Devine, uh, with the New York Post, he left it open, uh, about DeSantis being Attorney General. So that was interesting because he didn't say no to that, but he had met—

oh, they, they— yeah, they met. Yeah, a couple weeks ago. Oh yeah, looks like, uh, something's going on. Um, Yep, so we'll see about that. Um, let me come back over here. What do I want to tell you guys? Wait, there was one other thing about this. I don't know, but I, I do like that he's studying everybody, and I do the same thing. And I, I, I do it like everywhere I go, like how people— I even do it like with Marcella, like if we have different guests on, and I'm like, I look at how she interacts with different people in a different way. Um, you know, like who she's vibing with, who she isn't. I do that with myself, like how I feel around people, like what do they bring out in me. So I think that that's a good human nature. And, um, J— oh, Stella's awake. JD and, um, Rubio seem to get along really, really well.

But did you notice, did you notice he didn't take the bait? He didn't, he, he didn't, um, choose one or the other, right?

They're like his two children, and he's like, they'll duke it out in the Coliseum themselves. Um, hopefully he, he just continues that way and doesn't, you know, put his stamp on anyone. Let them have their own time in the spotlight. Um, and who knows who else might throw their hat in, right? Um, okay, so Marcella, did you want to— there was something you wanted to quickly talk about. I forget which story it was, but we just have a couple of minutes. And there's so much news, you guys. Oh my God, we don't know where to go.

Well, in Iran, um, the update is that the ceasefire is not seizing too much. Um, this is the, the least seizing fire there's been. Um, there was an attack on Kuwait, I believe, um, yesterday, today for us. Um, yes, I don't know, but it was pretty, pretty bad. Um, the, the thing that, that happens with Kuwait is that they don't allow anybody to take pictures or videos. It's not allowed in the UAE as well. So there was, uh, this firing there. So it still brings out the fact that there's still an ongoing war. Um, the missile still, uh, they killed the one person and, uh, in Kuwait, and they also attacked a U.S. military section, but the US also conducted their own strike on Qasem Island. So we're not taking it just sitting down. And they were able to— Kuwait was able to defend themselves, but there was, you know, it's still an ongoing thing and there's no seizing of the fire, seems.

Um, Kevin, I see your question that you're asking.

What's Kevin asking?

Kevin said, have we still not talked about the 250th celebration debacle? I did miss a couple of days, so maybe I just didn't see it. There's not like too much to say about it yet at this point until things kind of get worked out.

Um, yeah, I mean, I have that news story, but we, you know, basically the 250th, uh, Freedom 250 will be a celebration July 4th.

Oh, and when we get closer, I'm sure we'll have more to say about it.

But main thing is that Trump said, screw you guys, screw you artists, um, I'm gonna be the headliner of this, uh, show if nobody wants to come on. But there is, there is reporting. Elise Amuse on X said that Reid Hoffman was behind of course, some of the artists, and they're having their own celebration, again keeping the country divided.

So yes, you know what, you guys, it's just— it's like, it's not that it's not interesting, it's just the same stuff with a different venue. It's like, let's divide, let's do whatever we can to dump on Trump and whatever we can do to keep us separated from people who really just want to celebrate America and love it. And so It's not that it's not— it's not really an important story. It's like the same story with a different vibe, and I don't think it's necessary to give it too much attention. Reed Hoffman needs to be like thoroughly investigated. Uh, his, his fingerprints are everywhere. Epstein. Um, anyway, so we'll see how that goes. Vanilla Ice is holding strong. I'm proud of him. And listen, nobody gets mad when Ice Ice Baby comes on, um, except for the people that are going to be like, oh, that's because of the illegal immigrants. No, it's just his one-hit wonder. Thank you. Um, so anyway, you guys, we're gonna wrap up. We're gonna start to wrap up, so we're gonna start our goodbyes. But I want to remind you that tonight I will be back on with Jeff Pilkington. And Jeff Callahan, um, on Scott Adams' local subscriber-only channel. We're going to talk about AI and people that are authors and writers and creatives and the problems they're facing. Um, let's just see if we can like workshop some solutions or, you know, vent about it. Anyone that's a writer or is worrying about dealing with AI in their creative space, definitely come on. So that'll be 8 PM 5 PM Pacific. Uh, tomorrow Marcella and I, and I think Owen, will be back, and we have our special guest professor Brian Romley. I say Romley because Brian says Romley. I saw people yesterday like, why is she saying Romley? He said it that way, so I'm assuming that's the way to go. But he doesn't mind if you say Romely or however, whatever you want to say. Um, Marcella, any closing thoughts for today?

No, just tune in to Erica tonight at 5 PM. I'll try to be in there. Um, and, uh, you know, just support her in the— her night show.

Oh, it'll be on Scott's channel though. Um, it'll be on Scott's channel, scottadams.locals.com, if you want to come in. All right, so guess what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna go pick up my friend and go to the beach for an hour. Can you imagine? I live on the Jersey Shore and I'm going to the beach. Shocker. What, Marcel, you going off to work to like kick somebody?

Yes, to actually work.

Uh, I'll be back soon working though, don't fear, you guys. Um, all right, well, thanks, Marcella. Owen will be back tomorrow, allegedly, and, um, that's just my opinion. All right, so we just want to thank Scott and Shelley for allowing this show to continue, and thank you to all of you for showing up and participating in chat and just being like the most awesome group of people ever in the world. And thank you to Joel Pollack. So, um, if we can't grab Joel tomorrow, maybe he could pop on on Friday, but he'll probably be back in California by then. We'll see. Okay, so you guys, let's get out there and be useful. Let's extend a hand. Let's try to be the bigger people and see if we can personally try to unite some people or make them a little bit less angry. Would be nice. All right, so love you guys, and as always, a closing Sip to Scott. To Scott. To Scott and Stella, this cat. Thanks guys, bye!