The Scott Adams School - 08/14/26 FRI YAY!!! The Home Team

Good morning, everybody.

Good morning.

Guten Morgen.

Guten Morgen. Look at Owen. Marcella and I, we have our Amish outfits, coincidentally, both of them are at the dry cleaner's, so we couldn't get dressed for you guys today.

This is my Amish outfit. I'm just like, I'm one of those radical Amish.

We'll each be getting 5 lashes later.

Wait, they don't.

That's exactly why I do it. I'm just kidding.

Oh my God! Help me, Lord Jesus!

Happy Friday.

Okay, happy Friday. Why is this talking?

Good morning.

The Englishers are talking, right?

Okay, so here we are regrouping August 14th, 2026, in the year of our Lord, and it's Friday, as we like to call it, Friday. And, uh, Owen's got some great stories for us today. I have some interesting little tidbits for you today, and Marcella is gonna commentary her little heart out for us today.

We do have stories that are funny too.

Yeah, but we've got it all. But Marcella, I can't do anything. Owen can't do a thing until we do this thing.

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Oh, I felt like he was gonna say something like sublime. So you guys, welcome. I needed that sip of coffee, and I hope you guys are all doing well. You're at the Scott Adams School, and I am Erica, joined by my amazing co-host Marcella and Amish Today Owen. And I hope you enjoyed the COVID Photo, the thumbnail today. Kevin Summers made it for us. Um, he went off of Marcella's wanting to be Irish Amish vibe, and so here we are.

Irish Amish.

Irish Amish, sure.

Yeah, that's true.

The little, uh, Latin flair. Let's go. So, all right, I didn't know where I wanted to start today. I had something that's kind of like sad and tugs at your heart that I wanted to play yesterday, but I didn't have time. And I don't know, should I start with something that tugs at your heart and then we can move into something a little more lighthearted? What do you think? I need my co-host to decide.

So what, a little more lighthearted at first, I think.

All right, then we have to go right to Jake Tapper.

Oh, I didn't know that was lighthearted, but okay. Oh my, Jake Tapper.

Oh, Jake Tapper, you poor little baby. So here's what happened. And listen to his voice when you're hearing this. Poor thing.

And if you thought the whole issue of Donald Trump's name on the Kennedy Center, if you thought that issue was gone, well, think again. Sources say the Kennedy Center board, of course handpicked by Trump, voted to get his name on the building in a different way. They're going to add an inscription. Below the Kennedy Center sign says John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and underneath it, it will say restored and renovated by President Donald J. Trump. Kind of a little cutesy workaround, they think. The board voted last December to add Trump's name to the center, so it's the Donald Trump and John F. Kennedy Center. But that was removed from the facade of the building in June after a court order.

Like, can you imagine, like, a Walter Cronkite type of person or someone that we took serious back in the day, Mike Wallace, being like, kind of the Cutesy workaround and voted by the board he of course put in. I mean, I love nothing more than sourpuss Jake Tapper. So Marcella, don't you just want to go give him a hug?

No, but he makes me laugh. You know, like, it's funny to watch CNN and MSNBC now. Like, it's like, it's entertaining. They, they take it to the max. Uh, can you believe this is like, they, they just You know, it's unfortunate because he is no Walter Cronkite, but, uh, you know, it is what we have.

And also, can we remember, Owen? I mean, President Trump is a president. It's not like some donor person. Like, he is our president. Is it so bad to have 2 presidents' names on something? I think it's just so silly.

It's very petty. I, I don't know why they're worried about such little things. And in fact, I don't mind it because it keeps them off of maybe more important things that are getting done in the background, like deporting tens of thousands of people and having electric shock gloves for ICE and other things that he could be focusing on. But I don't know. I do think if I were going to take their side a little bit, it would just be, isn't it typical that you would name things after people after they leave office or after they're dead? I mean, that is probably the more traditional practice for a lot of presidential things that you make the library after It's done. And then maybe there is like an airport named after you or a military base or some other thing, but it typically isn't done while you're in office. So I can understand how from their perspective they're going to say, oh, he's such a narcissist. He wants his name on everything. And sure, he's a narcissist. Scott talks about that. He's a grandiose narcissist, maybe, where it's like he wants to be rewarded for good stuff and he wants to be recognized. And I mean, it's kind of old news, right? I mean, Trump has been that way for what, His whole life. I mean, so it's not exactly a surprise. It's just something that maybe makes them, you know, love to hate him or hate to hate him or whatever. But I don't know. It's all very silly. I don't really care. And again, it's probably good to have people like Jake Tapper covering that stuff rather than the things that really matter.

I just love when Jake Tapper is sad. It makes me happy. So sorry, Jake.

Too bad.

Okay. So good for you, President Trump. Your name's getting on there. And you know what? You are respected. Restoring and beautifying as much as you can while you're in there. And so good for you. Okay, so now, Owen, you had a story I was interested in about Bill Gates' daughter.

There's actually a couple stories about her. One is that she might be facing 20 years in prison for fraud. Apparently she started this affiliate marketing sort of thing for fashion where It would— they would get paid when they referred people to buy certain fashion products or something. Things called Gia. And so first of all, as background, she apparently wanted nothing to do with her father in terms of her reputation. She's like, I'm gonna do it all on my own and have nothing to do with him. So she founded this company. Of course, you know, would she have been able to found a company if that wasn't who she was? That's another question. But she founded this company and Apparently, they basically did what's called cookie stuffing, which is they put that affiliate code into a lot of stuff that people are buying, even though it wasn't really referred by them. So they would just like load this thing on a bunch of websites. So whenever someone visits the website, it picks up this little affiliate code. And then whenever they buy something by other reasons, not because they were referred, then this Gia company gets paid. And that is Fraud. People have gone to prison for that in the past. And apparently she was dumb enough to talk about it, like, in Slack or something and say, you know, I want this thing live everywhere. And, you know, someone came to her and said, this is a compliance issue. And she's like, no, I want to do everything I can to keep this thing going. So she can't even really say she didn't know about it. Later they did claim, because I think Bloomberg exposed this somehow, they got the Slack messages or whatever, and So then they're like, oh, it was a technical glitch. But clearly it wasn't. Clearly they knew exactly what they were doing. So apparently there may be a court case against her that could be a criminal one that she could be facing up to 20 years in prison. And then separately, I think part of the same Slack dump or something, it came out that she apparently went to some secret Stanford course on controlling society. Apparently this is like a secret course. It doesn't show up in the catalog and you have to be referred by another student and it's informally referred to as Rule, like rule the world. And it's a course where they kind of talk about how can we take over and hack power structures and basically take over the world. So she's apparently been trained on how to be like George Soros, I guess, and her dad, and her dad, and just like hack the power systems is the way they put it. But it, you know, it seems like she's been trained to, uh, be manipulative. And even just the existence of this course is like, wait, what?

Well, that's what I'm thinking. Like, does someone need to go talk to Stanford? Like, what the heck is going on there? And who put that class together, Marcella? Like, should we be following the, uh, the— what's it called— the lesson plan and who put it together?

I was gonna say that the Phobegate situation, it's all allegations. There hasn't been an indictment or any kind of investigation in court for criminal matters. So I just wanted to put that out there. It's all allegations by Bloomberg, of all things, which is usually on the left. So go figure. Um, in regards to the class, I don't know. I, I would like to take it to figure it out. I have no idea. But, um—

Did you hear that laugh Marcella just had?

She's like, oh. The question you asked was exactly what I asked Grok when I saw this. And it says there's no publicly available syllabus or week-by-week curriculum, but it does say it runs for 10 weeks. It meets once a week in some kind of graduate residence. It's limited to 12 students, and it has this short presentation by instructor Justin Lewis-Webber, who is some Silicon Valley investor/CEO. And apparently it's like a Socratic-style debate and discussion. So that's what they know about it.

Justin Lewis-Webber. Okay, we got to dig into Justin just for fun in your spare time. Okay, well, that's interesting. So Phoebe, honey, Good luck. Okay, so Marcella, did you have a story for us? I, I love learning from Marcella and Ellen.

You know, I have one that is kind of something that you played earlier, like weeks ago, in regards to this professor that put like these white little writings into his prompt, into his, uh, essay question, so that then the students would get it wrong because they had to put— I forget— Botswana or something like that was like not relevant to the subject. Well, anyway, so going to that is that I guess there's people at the court, at court that are filing documents that have AI persuasion on the document in little tiny white, you know, white text instructions that say, you know, let me win, or I don't exactly know what it said, but something like to that effect.

I looked at it. It basically said, you know, respond to this thing in a way that I'm going to get my motion passed. Like, you know, they made a motion and they said respond in a way that's going to agree with me, basically. And, you know, it'll get me the motion that I'm asking for. And yeah, sorry, go ahead.

Is that not allowed?

It's, uh, no. Interestingly enough, in New York, um, this is a New York case, so Andy might be doing— might know about this. But the main thing is he tailored the filing restrictions, and I would have to say he was not a lawyer. He's just somebody that's Suing a company. He's just a regular person, a pro per as we call them, and he's plaintiff. And he the way they found out is that the judge had printed the documents, and he actually looked at it and saw the little writing, like kind of like the shadow of it because you know you're like, and now he was not sanctioned with monetary. a monetary sanction, but he was asked to file everything in person. I don't know what makes that difference, but the catch is that courts don't use AI. Like, they use— they might use AI to, like, you know, for, for, like, generating some news and all that, but the decisions that are made are done by either the judge or the jury, and they're not reading it like—

Are you sure? I think, I think some judges are using AI.

Maybe to write, but not to actually make a decision. Um, because they have usually, uh, especially this is a civil case, I believe, because it's regarding invasion of privacy. Usually they have, um, a slew of attorneys behind them, and they do have to check all their work. Um, so they They're not using a— like, what I mean by using AI, I mean like where they're putting the case through and because it says I win, the AI comes out with, hey, he wins. They're not doing that. That's what I mean. I don't know what you would call it.

Well, what I mean is, I mean, I think I remember at least a couple stories on the newsfeed that I've seen that say some judges are using AI. And I wouldn't expect that means they're going to just say, oh, look, this thing says you won, so now AI decided you want. They're not going to say that. But I could easily see that they might say, okay, here's all the filings, and tell me what you think I should rule on this motion. I mean, I could easily see that happening in the background on some judge's laptop.

When they say they're using AI, they mean they're using, like, looking up cases, and they don't connect. I'm not going to put the filing in and ask the AI to say what I need to say, or what— like, so they'll like— because they're not that advanced, these judges, too. So they, they're usually older, you know. And so they, they— what they do is they'll research in Lexis and Westlaw. I'm not sure in New York if that's the big, the big research, um, for legal research. It has an AI component and you can search, but it's not the same thing as putting it into the system where this was being used. I saw a story, I think Owen had it, where it was people using it for resume because HR does use like a machine to kick out resumes they don't like and resumes they do like. And then they put a little white text for the AI to read like, yes, I am the best, uh, candidate or something like that. I don't know if you recall.

I do. And I, I think this is a similar thing for court filings. And I, and I would just say, number one, I, I would Wager a fair amount that judges are using this. Maybe it is the younger ones, but I, I would wager that people are doing exactly what I described, where they would just say, here's all the facts, here's all the filings, tell me how to analyze this, give me all the cases. And then maybe they will manually check it. Hopefully they would. But I, with all the experience I have with AI, it's hard for me to believe that once someone figures out that you can do this, that they wouldn't do it. Because it's so much easier than what you just described. Go spend hours on Westlaw and think about it and analyze it and all that when you could just have an AI give you the answer in 5 minutes?

No.

So Westlaw and LexisNexis have AI, and their AI, uh, tries to avoid anything like this, you know. So the, the AI they would use would be this kind of AI due to privacy concerns as well. Um, now, is there a judge that's not doing their job? We know that there's many judges that could be— should be impeached. But, um, it's not everybody. No.

Like Katangi. Just say it, Marcello. Like Katangi.

You know, my comment on this is I, I think it's— it should be fair game to do that. Like, if you were gonna use AI to, you know, analyze the document, then as far— and it's the same as the job application thing. It's like, if they're going to use AI for that, then as far as I'm concerned, the other side can use AI to their advantage too and optimize for it and do all the other things because It's going to become AI versus AI at some point. And even if you say, oh, you're not allowed to put something in explicit that says just agree with me, I'm guessing you could still optimize the words in a way that AI would say, yep, you're right. And so it's going to happen one way or the other. And I just think if you are going to— like, if a judge is going to say, let me just feed this document into AI and, you know, get the result, then I don't know. As far as I'm concerned, you should be able to just put whatever you want in the document. I understand that a judge isn't going to agree with me on You know, they're going to say you're trying to cheat, which I can understand their point of view, but they're cheating too, kind of. And I do think it's possible that if you used AI, it would work the way this person did it, because the way he phrased it was like, if AI is analyzing this, then do this and, you know, go through the normal procedures and respond the way you're supposed to in a way that will grant this motion. And I would imagine there is a fair percentage of things where a judge could rule either way.

Right?

Like, it's not always clear-cut, like every single time it's going to go the same way.

Well, I don't want to say anything about pro per claimants, but most of the time they don't really have a case. Um, and you know, there are cases— I, I hate to say it to you guys, but there are cases that repeat. You know, it's like, uh, anything in your job. If it's like a repeat thing of like, is this an invasion of privacy? Is this, uh, fraud? Is this negligence? So it's something that a judge would not— like, if it was a PI case, personal injury case, the judge would not have to do any research because that's kind of one of those things where it's not a novel, like, odd case. So this case that he presented against this company is invasion of privacy, of his privacy, and all that. I, I don't foresee any full research, you know. So, you know, it depends on the case. So a lot of the times, as you're You're a lawyer and then you become a judge and you know the law in regards to negligence or in regards to invasion of privacy. But you, you, you, you have to read their pleadings. But a lot of the times, something that you guys might not know is that these judges in California, at least the civil judges, they have research team that actually gives them a memo of how to rule. They can rule based on that memo. So it might be what you're saying, Owen. It might be the Research attorneys that might be doing what you're saying, Owen, you know, and not the judge itself.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I just—I mean, again, I'm not a lawyer. You're certainly the expert. But and I'm sure there are some clear-cut cases where it's like, wait a second, it's always going to go one way because that's the way it is. But I would imagine there's probably also a lot of things where you could say I'm either going to grant this or deny it, and there's some case law somewhere that would support either side. Yeah.

And in regards to this particular case, it's an ongoing case, and it'll be decided by the jury. It wouldn't be decided by the judge itself. just motions would be decided by the judge.

All right, so let's hope the jury gets it right.

But guess what? After he got in trouble, he's still keeping putting hidden, uh, material in it, so he never learns.

Listen, I mean, I, I would even say with the motion though, like, yeah, a jury decides, but the motions make a big difference. I mean, you remember the Kyle Rittenhouse case and a bunch of other cases where it's like the motions made a big difference, like what's allowed into evidence, what's not, whether you're supposed to give a certain jury instruction or not. Like, that makes a big difference.

Yeah. And like I said, those motions aren't treated— you don't need AI to know how to rule on such motions.

Well, you don't need it. But again, I'm thinking back to the Kyle Rittenhouse case just because I watched a lot of that. And clearly that judge steered things in the direction to get Kyle Rittenhouse off. And I'm not saying it was biased. I'm not saying it was wrong. I think he did the right thing. I think he made the right rulings. If that was a leftist judge, Kyle Rittenhouse would be in prison today.

Like the Alex Jones trial, for example. Someone just pointed out that was blatant the other way.

Exactly.

And that was decided by a jury. It's all decided by a jury, though.

Yeah, but that's not— you can't just say, well, the jury did it, because the judge decides what the jury gets to see.

That's right.

And he tells them how they should rule or how they should think about ruling. And think about the E. Jean Carroll case. Think about the Trump, the one where it's like the value is Mar-a-Lago stuff.

So it's a different matter.

But when you think about the judges, Marcella, like a Boasberg or like the judge in the Alex Jones case, um, or the Kyle Rittenhouse case, they all added their own emotion to it and opinion to it as it went along. And you could see how persuasive that could be to a jury then that has to go deliberate. So if a judge could just sit and just listen and just say, I object or sustained or whatever, that would be different. But they seem to be more and more inserting their personal emotions into things. So I think it is swaying juries, unfortunately. So it doesn't come down to very clear-cut.

Well, I have to make a difference. The Rittenhouse case was a criminal case, which has a higher burden. When it comes to civil cases, there is, there's a lower burden. Judges have more control over the case. While, uh, Rittenhouse, um, I believe most judges would have ruled the same way, um, because it's, it's— you're putting somebody in jail forever, you know. It's beyond a reasonable doubt to—

Unless it's Derek Chauvin.

Yeah, well, the lawyers too matter. I don't know what type of lawyers he had. Did he have public defenders? Did he have the, the Rittenhouse lawyers? Um, lawyers do actually matter in a case.

Like, well, can I say on the Derek Chauvin matter, I was full in full agreement with Scott on this. They almost had to put him in jail because the country would have blown up if they didn't. Like things were so high, and I'm not saying that's right, and Scott didn't say that was right either. But it was like man, the judge would have been had his life in jeopardy. The jury would have had their lives in jeopardy. People were so out for blood. That being said, he should be out of jail. Like years ago. Like, he should not be in jail. I don't, I don't know what the answer is for him, but that I think was to— I think people were scared to do the right thing is what I think on that one. So unfortunately, it doesn't always work the right way. We hope it does. And, um, I'm gonna move on from this just because I do want to get to other stuff.

Yeah.

But, you know, it's scary. I, I do— I, you know, as someone who's not in this field at all, I see a lot of Of irresponsible judges, and I I wouldn't feel good going in front of a jury of my peers anymore. I think it's all broken, but that's just me. Okay, so yeah, Chauvin was a scapegoat for real. Um, okay, so I might as well just move on here. Um, I wanted to oh this I thought this was a great idea for a little fry yay story. Um, it's a it's a quick clip from Laura Ingram, but I've often thought this was. Like the way to go. Let's take a listen to solving air traffic controller problems. Your department, I know, has done some really cool things with this new generation we desperately need of air traffic controllers. I want everyone to watch this.

Yeah, I've been a gamer most of my life. They are looking for people that play video games.

Okay, well, that definitely fits me.

Yeah, you know what, I'm one of them.

You can merge gaming with aviation. Why It's my dream career because I think ATC is the coolest thing ever.

Mr. Secretary, I'm not a big fan of video games, and my sons play them too much, but this is kind of cool. I hope it works.

Moms across America love me. Their kids are training as gamers to be air traffic controllers. They multitask. They have to think on their feet. They work with their hands and their eyes, and they're making great controllers. We surveyed air traffic controllers. And almost all of them love gaming. And so we did a 24-hour pitch. We had 14,000 applicants, 8,000 qualified. We were getting the best and the brightest, well-qualified people to get into our schools and make up the shortage which we have in our towers and TRACONs across the country.

I love that. What do you think, Marcelo? I think that's like perfect because it's like an opportunity for younger people to see a career. And it's like, okay, I'm good at this, like hand-eye, figure out the situation, you know? They're— the gaming is like high intensity. And so maybe they're like, wow, like this makes it exciting too.

Because I mean, nobody's lining up to be an air traffic controller if you see, you know, like videos of them just sitting there for hours looking at a screen and drinking coffee, you know.

Old-fashioned cigarettes. Yeah.

Yeah, they're selling it as like, hey, this is video game. This is a video game in real life. You know, yeah, as long as they take it seriously, I think it's great. They're they they they have a skill set that they can use in real life, and it pays well. And we need more air traffic controllers. I know that there's a push for there was a talk of getting AI involved, you know. But then again, you know, it's I don't think it's there yet to do to get rid of the air. You know, to get rid of the air traffic controllers.

From my understanding, it's like ancient technology still. It's like they're still using floppy disks or whatever. It's not up to date.

Yeah. And it's not exciting yet. So maybe bringing in this generation will be, you know, will help push the excitement. And also, if they start introducing new technology, they're not going to be freaked out by it. Like, this is their wheelhouse. Like, go ahead, bring it in. You know, they might have great ideas. I mean, this could be The answer to everything we need. So they said— I forget what he said. He just said how many people applied, but I think he said, what, 8,000 qualified? So now they can like work through these 8,000 people. And, you know, you can pick— you can see they all seemed like bright and intelligent and social. And so good. I like it. I like it. Uh, yeah, and drone operators too. They'd be great. And whoever said, what's your vector, Victor? Thank you. That was perfectly timed. Okay, so—

I would just add, I would I wouldn't be surprised if more and more of our life will become gamified like that. I've seen people like with a, you know, I'm doing some agentic development, like software development stuff, and I've seen people say like, you know, look how I'm managing my agents. And they made it into like a video game where they could watch the agents walking around and doing stuff and get points when they deliver stuff. And, you know, Brian Romelli talked about this with his Jewelwork algorithm where it gets rewarded for doing the right thing and it has love equation where it's helping it stay aligned with humanity. But like, I can just see more and more of that where even your work, even your job might end up looking like a video game.

Yeah, why not?

Where you're like, hey, you leveled up because you did this cool thing and you delivered value to your team. And, you know, now here's your next task. Are you going to accept the quest and go on your side quests? And I could easily see that happening almost everywhere.

Oh yeah. And I think, I definitely think that is the way of the future. And luckily, The American kids love this stuff. So that could be, that could be good. Oh, but speaking about jobs, let me just jump over here to Scott Bessent because I, you know, I know he's sugarcoating things because he has to. But I, you know, I noticed that when he talks about where jobs are gaining, let's take a listen.

The Biden administration do, you know, that they said it was a vibe session and we know what has happened here. But I think as people feel the turn, which they should be now, then there is light at the end of the tunnel. Things are getting better. We're seeing construction jobs picking up. We're seeing manufacturing jobs picking up. The unemployment rate dropped. We are seeing the, the big component of the workforce, the mid-20s to mid-50s, is very stable. And Rob, the other important thing too is these jobs are going to Americans. Like, we have seen over 2 million jobs created for Americans, and we've seen over a million illegals leave the workforce. And guess what? The laws of supply and demand still work. When you take the illegals out of the workforce, working-class wages go up. When you send them back home, rents go down.

So You see jobs going to the trades, which we cannot stop talking about here. I know I can't. Um, so what do we think about the jobs report, Owen?

Oh, well, I do agree with Vicente, which is kind of hard not to do most of the time. I think he's one of those people Scott would have said, you know, when he says something, you gotta like revisit your own opinion if you disagreed with him. But, um, I think it's a great trend to have jobs coming back to Americans. And that's, you know, even if you see a jobs report where it says, oh, we lost some jobs, you have to put that in context all the time, and they never do. It seems like, you know, I see all these posts or news stories are like, oh, jobs report was worse than we thought. And then when I dig into the numbers, it's like, okay, we deported a bunch of people and those are the jobs that went away. Because if you look at it, it's all the part that dropped is the jobs to non-Native Americans, which is the only way they track it. They don't track illegal aliens, but they, you know, they say how many went to native-born Americans and how many to non-native-born Americans. And so you can at least speculate that, okay, that basically you got rid of a whole bunch of illegal aliens. So all those Somalians in Ohio, you know, lost their jobs. So those are part of the jobs numbers. But then there's all these numbers going up for native-born Americans. And so—

Right.

And if you look back to the trends, it was really bad for a long time, like back to 2018, which was still part of the Trump administration. I think that was like the peak of native-born American jobs. And then from there all the way through the Biden administration, native-born American jobs were dropping. We were gaining jobs supposedly, but they were all going to non-Native Americans. And it only reversed like in the last year or two, like when Trump got back in office. So I think it's a huge positive trend in my mind that the people who are actual US citizens that were born here are getting a lot more of the jobs. And so I think you always have to look at that. I mean, there's another statistic that keeps being thrown around about the labor force participation, that people are dropping out of the labor force. But I always respond to those things like, dude, you gotta Like, most of it is boomers retiring. Like, that's most of it. And yes, the boomer generation is big, and that means a lot of people are no longer working. But is this really unexpected? I mean, they're getting old, they're gonna stop working. And it doesn't mean that, like, everybody's dropping out of the labor force, which is usually what people are trying to say. So a lot of these numbers are very deceptive, and it falls right in line with what Scott would always say, that all data is fake. And it's used to push whatever point you're trying to make or whatever agenda you're pushing, and it's either being used to try and make Trump look bad or trying to make Trump look good. And you need to, you know, dig into the real context to really make sense of it.

Um, somebody who just pointed it out, uh, Smarr pointed out too that a lot of the jobs lost were federal jobs because they're making major cuts. So those— and then those people will maybe take the new jobs, and maybe they'll become air traffic controllers. Who knows? Um, so Marcella, did you— this is just, I'm throwing this out here. I just learned this last night that I had no idea, but, uh, Bessent worked for George Soros, um, on the investing part of his life. I was like, what? But he says he hasn't spoke to him since, I think, 2016. Um, and he said that, you know, he said, well, the investment part of Soros and the World domination. This is my word. Part of Soros were very separated, but he said that he made a lot of money because Bessent made a lot of money because when Trump won, the market crashed, and he said, and the person crashing the market was George Soros. He was selling everything, and Bessent said he and some people bought everything and made a ton of money. So I was just like, oh, interesting with George Soros.

Yeah, that's, that's an interesting fact that, that they kind of just put by the side. Yeah, I've, I've known that for a while, but, um, you know, like, like Owen and, um, Scott would say, all data is sort of persuasion of, uh, finessing, but it looks like it was mostly government loss, uh, of jobs. Uh, last, last month. And the gain, which is great, is if we believe the numbers— construction gain, there's a gain in construction and private education and health services. I don't know what, what the— you know, maybe people don't want to send their kids to public school. I don't blame them.

Marcela, you just gave me the perfect segue to my heart, my heart story that I didn't start with. Okay, so yes, more people are homeschooling, totally understandably so. We've had Corey DeAngelis on here so many times talking about the problems in public school, you know, parents not being involved or not having the time or whatever it is. But here's a teacher— wait, I was going to play a mystery. Let me make sure I have his name because, man. Okay, his name is Darius Williams. He is in Houston, Texas at the Wheatley High School. He's an English teacher. Okay, this this is just heartbreaking. Let's take a listen.

I literally broke down in the middle of class because I'm teaching seniors. These kids are leaving. Leaving high school and going to college, hopefully after they finish. We had two paragraphs to read, one sentence complete to write. I gave them the sentence stems. I. Basically completed the sentence for them in the model. These are 17 and 18-year-old kids, and they couldn't fill in four words. Four words. I gave them the. Scenario, we annotated together. I gave them the answers before we even had the problem, and they couldn't do it. I don't know. I simply don't know where the problem is. This is. This is only day 2, and I have seniors who simply cannot read and seniors who cannot write. They cannot write. They can reason. They have the ability to defend their reasoning if it's talking to their homeboy, but applying that to a written text, 2 paragraphs, and they couldn't do it. Our young Black men, our young brown men, our young Black girls, and our young brown girls. Oh God.

Oh my God, that is just so heartbreaking. But it is the fact of what's happening in this world. And I've seen so many man-on-the-street interviews where someone like goes up to like a 20-year-old and says, you know, can you read this for me? And they can't read it. It's like a paragraph that like at senior level reading you should be able to read. And It's so crazy to me that we have like this whole entire class of people or groups of people or like a practically a generation of people where the bulk of them don't know how to read or write. And how do you fix it now? This, you know, and I'm sure COVID had a lot to do with it. Maybe their upbringing, maybe their family dynamic. I don't know. But I thought like we learned how to read and write as little ones. So how do, how do The system let them go all the way to be seniors, and they can't.

Well, you you can't you you can't flunk anyone like like you used to in the past. You cannot like when when they're in elementary because I used to be a teacher, and I taught English for for high school students as well. And you cannot flunk them. My my brother has a best friend that came from Romania. And his dad was a teacher in Romania, so a math teacher. So he started teaching math in California. He was fired because he graded too severely. And this is, this is math where, you know, it's yes or no. You got it right. You got it wrong. He had to start his own private business for tutoring because he was not allowed to actually grade the way that you gave something to someone and then he, oh no, Your grading is too. So it's, it's the, this idea that we cannot, um, leave someone behind if they don't know how to read. We just have to give them additional help, but you can't, you know, flunk someone out.

Well, it says, um, in 2024, 35% of 12th graders, 35% of 12th graders are proficient and the rest aren't. And then it says that's the lowest since 1992. So it's getting worse.

I know, I know what Scott would say about this. He would say this is the teachers unions. It's their fault because it's not the teachers. There was a story just going through the news right now that a teacher got fired because she refused to give someone a zero for not handing in their homework, that she had to give him a 50%. For nothing. So she got fired because she didn't do it.

I would argue it's the parents as well, because if you as a teacher grade that student very low and the parent is like going berserk after you and they want you fired. So the reason that this Romanian teacher got fired here in California was not the teachers union. It was actually the parents because they're like, you can't flunk my— so it kind of goes both ways.

Yeah, I get that. I get that the parents play a role. But, the administrators need to tell the parents no.

Yeah.

They need to say, this is the standard and if your student isn't going to meet it, then they're going to fail. And, I'm sorry you don't like it, but that's just the way it is. And, if it's a public school, they might not be able to expel the kid unless he really does flunk out or something. But, in a private school, I would say they should just say, if your kid can't do it, then go somewhere else. And, if it's a public school, say, well, we can put them in remedial classes, you can tutor them, whatever, we can provide tutors, all these other things that they have resources for supposedly that all these taxpayer dollars are going to. But, to just say we're just going to pass them for doing nothing and not learning is not doing anyone a service including the kids and including the parents.

Right.

And, if the parents are demanding that their kid get credit for nothing, then they're trying to screw their own kid. So, the administrators need to step in and say, I'm going to have a backbone and I'm going to stand up to the parents and tell them these are our standards and this is what student needs to do. And, you know, I understand they might have a lot of pressure, it might be very uncomfortable, but the alternative is what we're seeing now, that kids are going all the way through high school and they don't even know how to write or read.

I don't know. I don't— I think, I think everything is a problem. Okay, Randy Weingarten's a huge problem. Okay, why do we even have a teachers union? Why? Like, abolish it. Um, let the school district Yeah. Here from the students, from the parents, from, you know, have higher standards for these kids, not lower. And I was talking to someone last night and they go to a beach club that has a swimming pool and they said, oh yeah, no, the kids are like maniacs at the pool. And this is like a very affluent town where she is and that the lifeguards are not allowed to tell the kids like, No running. It's a rule because the parents flip out, and I'm like, what? So she's like, yeah. So they can run, like fall, smash their head. And I mean, don't you guys remember growing up? It was like no running by the pool. You have to sit. There's adult swim and da da da da da. And these kids now. So the the um the staff at the beach club were like, no. If the lifeguards say anything to the kids, the parents flip out. So. So you over-obnoxious Karen parents out there flipping out because somebody needs to tell your kids something, you're a freaking problem. Your kids are not special little princess and prince snowflakes, okay? They're the future of this world, and we're gonna all be stuck with them. And, you know, enough of that. Like, there are rules, there are consequences. And so somebody wrote in the chat that Oh, Victor Davis Hanson said that like when the kids get a bad grade, the parents show up with an attorney to say that—

Oh, they do?

Yeah, that that's not fair grading. Listen, life's not fair, but there are rules and there are standards. Okay? So enough of this snowflake culture. I'm so sick of it. And I would absolutely homeschool my kids if there was any way to do it, like buddy up with other people, hire a retired teacher to teach your kids. You guys, when they're young, can do it yourselves. And then you have time to get like a pod together. And maybe each one of you have a special talent you can do. There's complete curriculum you can buy that you follow how to do at homeschool. You're not making it up out of thin air, but man, that would be the best thing you could do for your kids to get them out of this mental institution of public school. Any last words on this from either of you?

No, they just said— Go ahead.

I would just reiterate, I think it's because the administrators are spineless. And I saw it with my own kids when they were going through, like when my kid got in a fight, the administrator's response and the policy of the school was to say, oh, if there's a fight, then both kids get suspended no matter who started it, no matter who was at fault. And so we, you know, we got notified that our kid was like being sent home from school or something, and we were like, well, okay, what happened? And like, well, he was in a fight. And, you know, we were lucky because apparently there had been Cameras installed recently that the parents paid for, I think, actually. And it showed very clearly that my kid didn't start the fight.

That's brutal.

And so that helped. But still, they were saying— I mean, we met with the administrator, and I may have told this part of the story before, but he broke down in tears.

The administrator?

We were there.

For your child?

No, the administrator. He broke down in tears. Well, we were just saying kind of like a WTF, like, what's going on? Where was the teacher? Why are you punishing my kid for basically being hit? And he just started crying. And both my wife and I, who were both there, were like, okay, what's going on?

Yeah.

And we asked him, are you okay? And he's like, well, I was imagining this happening to my own kid.

Oh.

And so I can understand the emotional part of it, but it's just like they don't— it's still kind of like a spineless thing. It's like they're trying to use their feelings for everything. Yeah, like the feelings are the dominant thing in everything. And so when someone's failing and they're unhappy, or when a parent is angry, they just want to like work through the feeling part of it and not say, wait a second, we need to make sure these kids actually are prepared to have a job and have a productive life. And we can't lower our standards and we can't use DEI to say it's racist to fail a Black kid. And it's the opposite of what they should do. And it's the opposite of what King Randall is doing. And it's like, it's just, it's, it's nothing like what we should be doing.

Right.

And I blame the administrators because I think a lot of the teachers really sincerely want their kids to succeed and they want to have the standards. And in many cases, they're not allowed to.

I agree. So, you know what, um, I don't know, you know, again, like, we don't know how to fix it, but I would say burn down the teachers union, get rid of it altogether, um, and have—

Send them to El Salvador for one month in school there.

No, right to jail. Um, and then also have the same standards for everybody. You know, let's stop making Special concessions for your special, like, privileged children. Give me a break. They're just a bunch of idiots if they can't read and write at the end of the day. So is that what you want for your kid? Don't you want better for them and for society? Whatever. So it's just, it really freaks me out that, that we're in this situation in 2026 that kids are seniors and they can't read or write. Go ahead, Marcella.

The other thing is like breeding. Is not cool in school. Um, like, reading— they bully other— the other kids for doing their work. Like, I used to be like, you know, loved reading, did all my work, and I, I read lots of books. I went, you know, I was— I read more than the teachers read. Um, and then, um, I would get bullied, but then I would bully back because I didn't I wasn't gonna just be like, you know, the same person you see now is the same person I was in high school. But I remember there was this sense that if you did your homework or you did your, you know, you liked math or science and all that, that you're not cool, that you're not in football or volleyball. And, you know, it's this idea that it's a cultural thing. I don't know. But you get a lot of these These kids have the pressure of also not being cool by not reading. So, um, I agree with you completely.

I saw the same thing all growing up when I was a kid. It's been here a long time. And Vivek Ramaswamy tried to point it out, and everyone got mad at him and said he was anti-American because he was kind of saying it's a cultural issue, it's a problem here. And it is. I mean, you have a lot of peer pressure to say, oh, you're a nerd, you're, you're the smart kid, and like Let's beat you up or let's treat you like an outcast just because you're the smart kid and you're making us all look bad because you get straight A's on everything. It's the opposite of what happens in a lot of other countries. It's not just India, but China and all the Asian countries. You hear about the tiger moms. Europe is somewhat the same way. It's like you have a standardized test that you have to pass and that determines what college you get into. It's kind of strictly prioritized. Like, okay, the people who go to Oxford are the top students. So if you want to go there, you have to get the top scores on the test. And you have to study hard to get there. And I think that sort of system has led to an achievement sort of culture in schools to say you're competing. And especially in a place like India, it drives a lot of behavior because they know that if you don't do well enough on those tests, you're never going to have a good job.

Like Japan also. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Your education's everything.

Yeah. And it's just, but, but all I'm saying is that like for children in that kind of inner city urban area, Like, oh, you want to be smart? Oh, who do you think you are, Marcela? I'm like, Marcela! So it's this— if you, if you do, if that teacher does get to one of the students, it's like they can't really show their, their smarts in front of the rest of the—

they're like, get it? Yeah, everything, everything's broken. We idolize the wrong things. We're like, we love ghetto culture, we love, you know, the rap game. We love, uh, you know, influencers, chicks twerking, and blah blah. We, we idolize all the wrong shit. So until people can make a shift and just say, listen, we're gonna start promoting and propping up things that actually matter, like go get your education, get a job, learn a trade, read a book, mentor people that you can help, you know, like if people could just immerse themselves into like their own bubble and find a way to cancel the noise. Yeah, it's hard, and it's harder for some people than others. And like I always say, we're— the school I went to was so, I mean, bougie. And, um, it was the same thing. It was just— it wasn't like people wanted to be like the smartest and this and that. They just wanted to like have the nice car and the good outfit. And like, you know, I know that that can happen everywhere, but I feel like parents and schools were different then. It was like, well, guess what? You're not graduating and you're not going on to the next next grade, and you'll be in summer school all summer, and, you know, whatever. And there were consequences, but now there's no consequences for anything or anyone. Look around, look at all the crying, you know, teachers you see on TikTok, and all of the, uh, crying politicians and people. That's not fair. If I hear the word fair one more time, ugh. So everybody needs personal accountability, and our our systems to get through life need to have standards and accountability. It's the same thing. We can't have 2 sets of rules or 30 sets of rules. You know, it's, it's just got to be a whole kit and caboodle. Let's get real, people. Um, so we only have a couple minutes left, and I did just want to play a quick clip of our vice president. I was saying this the other day, that again, talking about young people today, that I really feel like a lot of young people are drawn to the socialism, or communism we should just call it, because the economy's tough and life is hard and they're making promises that they just can't keep. But let's take a listen.

Our response to socialism, which is a dangerous and destructive ideology— it's been tried in the past and failed— our response to that can't be just to ignore the economic concerns that I think are feeding this rising interest in socialism. And I guess I would say to that young person that you as an American citizen deserve to have a good life in this country, and you deserve to have a government that is making it easier for you to start a family, for you to afford to get a good education, for you to have a good job, for you to afford a home. And what I would also say is that whilst these things sometimes take a little bit of time, we are already seeing the positive results come from the president's economic policies. We're seeing trillions of dollars of new investment into this country, which means good middle-class jobs for young people, middle-income people all across our country. We're seeing housing prices finally stabilize. They doubled during the Biden administration. They have finally kind of flatlined during the first year and a half of the Trump administration. We also want to get interest rates down. Of course, so that young people can afford a home. We want people to be able to afford the good things about this wonderful country that we all live in. And my warning to my fellow Republicans, Will, would be if we don't get this right, don't blame young people for being sympathetic to socialism. We've got to blame ourselves. And I think what is so unique and refreshing about Donald Trump's economic policies is that it's not the same old old economic, you know, ideas that you would have heard 30, 40 years ago. He's talking about rebuilding our industrial base, rebuilding the heartland, making our streets safer, making it possible for young people to afford to buy a home. This is how you stop socialism. You don't stop socialism by throwing slogans at people about the free market. As much as I love the free market, you stop socialism by making people's lives better. And that's what we're trying to do every single day.

Okay, so I totally agree with that. I think that that is a big draw for the younger people. They're not like fully paying attention to exactly what everything means. But they know how far their money does and doesn't go. And so they're like, all right, well, like this chick says, I'm here so people don't pay rent. And I'd like to not pay rent. And I'd like some free stuff, and I'd like the billionaires to give me their money. So I think JD's right. If they get this wrong, you can't blame the young people. Owen, what do you think?

Well, I think he's on the right track. I mean, I think we do need to do as much as possible right now to make things affordable. And I do think the Trump administration is sincerely trying. They're lowering drug prices. They're trying— I mean, I certainly could blame them for having the whole Iran War thing drag on and on, but I think the intent there is ultimately to stabilize and lower oil prices. And I know they're doing everything from OPEC to domestic oil production and everything else and Venezuela and all the other things to try and keep the oil supply going. I still think that's a huge issue because I think we've depleted a lot of the world's reserves and there isn't much more to go. So I'm worried about that part and I hope we can bring that conflict to a close so that we don't end up running out of oil and having it go up to $200 a barrel. But otherwise, you know, they're trying to work with the grocery places and everywhere else to try and keep prices down. So I agree, and I think we need to do everything possible to keep prices down. I still would say, you know, maybe from a petty political point of view, that most of this was Biden. Most of this was putting trillions of dollars into the economy and causing massive inflation. But nobody's going to care about that politically. Nobody's going to care. They're going to blame the current administration. And if they don't like the fact that things are so expensive, they're not going to say, oh yeah, it was Biden's fault, so I'm going to reelect Vance. They, they're going to have to believe that he's going to do a better job than AOC or Newsom or whoever it is on the other side, right?

Marcella?

Well, I, I— positive thinking here— I, I don't think a lot of the youth are for socialism and for communism, regardless of all the hardship they would have to deal with getting a house or, uh, doing whatever. I, I really think it's a minority of them. I really do. I think the minority is very loud. And as we— I think Erika pointed out, ones that she talked about is revolutions can be done by just a few people and can change the whole scheme. But I think that is something that we're missing Charlie Kirk for. Charlie Kirk would remind us that TPUSA and many other entities have gone into schools. A lot of children are, or young people are going into You know, becoming more Christian, becoming more homeschooling is happening. So there's a lot of progress, and I'd have to say that a lot of them are in the trades. They're going into the trades. They're seeing their actual physical work do something. I would like to see the administration reduce taxes for people that get paid $200,000 or more. You know, something like that where you see a reduction in your taxes like he did. tax, um, the, the tips. I forget what it's—

Oh, no tax on tips.

Yeah, yeah, something like that, where they see, um, in their taxes, they see that they're, they're keeping more of their money, um, and they're not seeing their tax dollars go to Ukraine or, or go to Iran, or, you know, in, in that sense. Because we all, we get bombarded with this, this fraud, this Medicaid fraud, or, yeah, there's these arm dealers that are like getting paid, you know. I Uh, the— you— Cerny was going on about on, on X, which he should be, about how the Ukrainian oligarchy are like the main, the upper class. You go to Monaco, you go to certain areas, and they're all with like supercars, like Lamborghinis and all that. So the idea is for this administration not just to talk, but to do the things that are hard, which is like the tax. But you know, that would have to be Congress as well. So. We know that things aren't working out there. So yeah, I would want to see them keep more of their money.

I would too. So listen, I think we're on the right track. We have, you know, I think as a group here we have the right idea. You guys, like, you know, everybody in this chat's pretty freaking smart. And so, you know, we could all be like little King Randalls and, you know, little Nick Shirleys and whatever, and just do what you can. Be a little Charlie Kirk, you know. So do what you can with where you live for your community. And I mean, the littlest things can end up making a difference. They can have a ripple effect. But don't be afraid to stand up and make suggestions or say something. It really could make a huge difference. And if enough of us are doing that and we're all honey badgers, as Gad Saad would say, you know, that ripples out. That's a lot of people creating little ripples everywhere, and maybe we can make a wave for a change. And also shout out to JD. A, loved his suit, it was beautiful. And B, he's on the RFKJ diet of like eating sauerkraut and fermented foods and stuff. He's really thinning out. Looking good, JD.

Oh.

Credit where credit's due. So, um, anyway, I know Owen's gonna come in with a bucket of sauerkraut on Monday.

So, Owen, do you have traveling with a cooler of sauerkraut?

Like, yeah, yes, yep.

It's funny, that's like the Korean diet, right? The kimchi.

Kimchi. So, um, Owen, tell us about this weekend.

What's going on with the after party? We're having the after party. So the after party is tomorrow, and we'll have the Sunday simultaneous sip on Sunday, and I'll have my subscriber spaces after that. So the full The full round of things. Everything will be there.

Never a day where you don't have one of us there to sip along with you guys.

What book are you reviewing in your subscriber spaces? Is it still the Carnegie?

Yeah, we're going through How to Win Friends and Influence People. So, I mean, the way we've been running this is, you know, it's really a conversation. It's not like— I mean, some people do these book clubs where you get together once a month and you talk about a book. And you might cover the whole book in one session. And if it was a short book, we might do that. But I think we're really talking about these ideas. And so, it takes a while. And we take our time and we have people give their examples or points or what they agree or disagree with or what their thoughts are. And we let the conversation go as it is. So, I think we're probably about halfway through it and we'll just continue on until we're done.

Great.

And I think we probably had like 12 sessions for 48 Laws of Power. So, it can go on for a while, but I think it's always a good conversation.

You guys, yeah, subscribe to Owen also. So, you know, it's, it's nice. You like— now I think with X money, I actually got a tip the other day. I won't name who it was. I was like, oh my gosh. Um, but you can tip Owen, you can subscribe to his channel, or to anybody.

You can tip me too.

You can tip Marcella. It's just a way to just say like thank you. Like, you know, you're putting your work in.

Owen's there for Does that mean no tax on that tip?

And, um, so it's nice. So his subscriber spaces— Owen, what's your subscriber fee? It's minimal.

It's $3 a month.

Okay, so $3 a month. And if you're a subscriber, Owen does a show on Sundays, um, like he's talking about this book, and he takes his time, and it's a good time. So you guys can chat and have fun. Marcel, I don't know what, what you're laughing at right now. I just read— oh, was it Andy?

Um, simple is good.

Simple is good. Okay. Uh, so you guys, just so you know, so Owen will be there tomorrow. And, um, let's always say thank you to Scott and Shelley for allowing the show to continue. You guys, if you didn't hit the like button, could you please? Um, we were doing our best, we work hard, and, uh, we would just appreciate a like, a Subscribe or ring the bell. Okay, um, and so thank you to Scott and Shelley for allowing the show to continue. Thank you to every single person who shows up here live and on the replay. We appreciate you all. And as always, let's have a closing sip to our beloved Scott. And I will miss you, Metal Seer. And I will stay for an Akira song today. Okay, you guys? Okay, to Scott.

To Scott.

Have a great weekend, guys.

Bye, everyone.

Bye, guys. Okay, let's see. Ooh, which one? I feel like I pick a vibe for—

Thank you, Gina. Gina just tipped us.

Gina, so cute. Sweet. Okay, let's do, do something.

Oh, I thought you were gonna do something.

Have you heard the phrase, freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose? You've heard that, right? Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. How about How about that college class you were going to sign up for? How about that sport you wanted to get involved in? How about that motorcycle you wanted? Too dangerous, right? You're free.

Thank you, Steven.

You're free. Every one of you who is depressed and anxious, you're free. You're free because nothing you do It will be worse than the way you feel right now. Do something. Do something dangerous. Psychologically dangerous. Take a chance. Put yourself out there. Flame out. Get killed. Just get smashed. Just go do it. You're free. Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose. You're free. Do something. If you want to meet people, here's the best way to do it. You have to join activities. There is no other way to meet people and form lasting friendships. Hear this clearly. There's no other There's no other way to do it. You have to join an activity, a club, a sport, a gym, an organization, a political movement. Nothing else, right? You can't just make a friend. Like, good luck. You could try, but I don't think I've ever seen it work. Hi, uh, you know, Bob, uh, hearing good things about you. I think we could be friends. Do something. Do something. Join a thing. Make a sport. Form a club of your own. Just go do it. You're free. But freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. You're free. Do something. Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose. You're free. Do something. Do something. Why would you not form a club of your own? Because you're afraid nobody would come, right? What's the difference? You're as good as dead. You're depressed, you're anxious, you hate your life. You're thinking about putting it— I can't say that here. But you're thinking about maybe life isn't worth it. You're free. You're absolutely free. Go have some fun.

Marcella.

But freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose. You're free. Do it with me. Do something. Go do something. Freedom is just another word. For nothing left to lose. You're free. Do something. Do something. Now I gotta tell you, I've used this technique a number of times, and man, does it work. It really works. You're free. Just remember that people criticizing you are narcissists. They are broken. Don't let it break you. You've got some techniques now, and I think you're going to be a lot better. Go get yourself some friends, and you'll find your mental health problems feel a lot better. Go get involved in something. Join a group, form a group, be the boss. That is your advice for the day, and I will talk to you later.

The debate's starting soon?

It hasn't started yet. They put, um, they put the starting soon thing, so probably like 2 more minutes. This is the debate with Andrew Wilson. It is livestream, you know, you guys, so Like it's all live.

If you know, you know.

If you know, you know. Well, try to know because it's gonna be exciting.

It's gonna be juicy. We will not be covering it here, but we'll be watching it. We'll be— oh my goodness, goodness. Stella is out of control, y'all.

Oh, we love Stella.

I love her. I don't know how to make her stop crying. She's like, can you feed me again and again and again? I fed her. That's what I was doing when I— when I'm going like this in the middle of the show, it's because I have I have to put food down for her. She's got the whole world in her hands.

Leo hasn't made a sound, so I'm glad in a way. She's sleeping over there. Oh, look at her. You stayed out all night.

So, okay, you guys. All right, tell me what you want. I think I'm coming on tonight. Do you want me to come on to chill and chat with Erica? Or on scottadams.locals.com. You guys decide.

And, um, depends on how spicy your show will be. If you want spice, I think Erica.

Yeah, if you want it more spicy, like anything goes, it'll be my channel. I have to be a little bit more reserved and respectful for Scott's. All right, we gotta chill. We got a Scott Adams chilling either. Scott Adams.

Well, it kind of forces some of them to become a subscriber.

Well, subscribe. I make like a dollar if you subscribe. Yeah, for the entire month, and I appreciate it. So I'm just letting you know. Um, let's see what error will be on locals.

Crank, crank. It'll be on low. It's either the Scott one or Erica one.

Yeah.

I don't think— can you do both?

Maybe. No, I don't think I can. I can try, but I don't think so. Um, all right, so we'll see. Maybe I'll do 2. Who knows?

You can do 2 cameras. Like, you remember how Scott would have us on 2 different iPads? He would use one iPad for us and one iPad—

Oh, I could do that. That's true.

That'd be cool. You'd be like, I'm gonna mute you guys now and Scott because I'm gonna say something spicy in mine.

No, Alien, there will not be a devil's handshake. I'm sorry to disappoint you. That was exclusively for Scott's, uh, audience. We'll have other type of handshakes. There's many other handshakes to be had. Marcella will be joining me so she can explain them all to you. All right, guys, um, I have to go watch a debate, clean my house.

It still hasn't started, but it's, it's on the starting soon.

Okay, 2 cameras, one Erica.

It's either on the, you, um, on PBD's channel or on Candace Owens' channel if you need to.

Okay, so Candace Owens and what's the guy's name?

Andrew Wilson. Andrew Wilson are gonna have a debate about regarding Charlie Kirk's assassination, whether it's a patsy on Candace side, or whether there's overwhelming evidence that Tyler Robinson did it.

And Patrick Bet-David has agreed to host the debate and be the mediator between them, right? So we're gonna watch because it's like a soap opera and we like that. It's like a telenovela and it's live, you guys.

It's live, live in Candace's house. And Candace, I don't know if you guys know, she she's pregnant, so it's at her, uh, show in Tennessee, um, because she couldn't travel. So, and he can— and Andrew Wilson's known for smoking, but he cannot smoke in front of her.

I mean, like, duh. It's like, how can you even complain? She's fully pregnant. You think you're gonna go in her house and chain smoke? I mean, come on now, let's get a grip, people.

That's the idea.

Okay, you should cut back on this. Like, you can hear that, like, cigarette voice. Like, you He stinks. I'm just saying, he reeks and sounds of cigarette smoke. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but that's what he sounds like. Oh my Lord! We'll see. We'll see. All right.

It's kind of early for a debate too, but let's do it.

I know, right? Yeah. So listen, maybe somewhere tonight. I can't. We're we're like still on YouTube right now. If you guys have not hit the like button, come on now. Hit the like button. You're naughty. Very naughty. Naughty. So let's go. So tonight, you guys, I'm gonna come on one of the channels. If Marcella wants to join, I will give her the link, and we'll just have a little hangout. Okay. All right, guys. Go out there. Be useful. We love you. Have a best day. And if we don't see you till Monday, have a great, great weekend. We have three guests next week. Tuesday, Joshua Lise. Wednesday, Mark Mitchell, formerly from Rasmussen Reports, and Thursday, Brian Romley. Woohoo! Contrarian, I'm not sure yet. It's going to be on Locals. If you're talking about tonight, it's going to be on Locals. So either my subscriber channel or Scott's subscriber channel. So either one. So either chill and chat.

You can put it in X, the link to the Locals.

I'll link it.

That would be great for them.

It'll— if Marcelo's coming on with me, it'll probably be my channel.

Oh, it's too spicy. Where? So I was never complaining about spice.

No, and we really were like the Spice Girls, me and you. So yeah, all right, I said it's settled. It's the Spice Girls After Dark on Chill and Chat with Erica on locals.com. Okay. All right, guys. So we'll see you later, alligator.

Somebody make the the thumbnail.

Make me a thumbnail, and we'll see you later on tonight. Okay.

Bye, guys. It hasn't started yet. Bye. Okay. Bye.