Former “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/reality-tv">Jackass</a>” star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Steve-O</a> claims he turned down an appearance on Bill Maher’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/podcast">podcast</a> because the host refused to refrain from smoking <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marijuana">marijuana</a> in front of him.
The 49-year-old reality star, whose real name is Stephen Glover, went through a very public battle with addiction and says he’s been sober for 16 years. Glover told guest Patrick Bet-David on a recent episode of his podcast, “Wild Ride,” that drugs were the reason he didn’t appear on Maher’s “Club Random.”
“For me, I’m a clean and sober guy. It’s very important that I maintain my sobriety,” Steve-O said, per <a href="https://ew.com/steve-o-bill-maher-refusing-not-smoke-pot-podcast-8623659">Entertainment Weekly</a>. “It’s approaching 16 years. I am about to be sweet 16. Really, there’s nothing that I value more than my sobriety. There’s nothing more that I protect than my recovery. And I found it kind of upsetting when the Bill Maher podcast, which I saw you on, reached out.”
“His thing is, he smokes pot the whole time while he interviews people. I said I’d happily go on there, but while I’m on, out of respect for my sobriety, could he refrain from smoking pot. He said no. That’s a deal breaker,” the reality star added.
Glover said he’s never encountered this issue before as a podcast guest.
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“Mike Tyson’s podcast is called ‘Hotboxin,’” Steve-O added. “Be real! All of these prolific potheads, I’ve been on their shows and it wasn’t so important to them to blow marijuana smoke in my face. But for Bill Maher, it was a deal breaker.”
The outlet reported that Maher usually smokes marijuana during “Club Random” interviews but did not during a recent discussion with Sheryl Crow that aired on March 24. 
While discussing the Israel-Hamas war, Maher said, &#8220;That&#8217;s when I need a joint, but I will never light one up,” he said. “But can I hold one?”
Crow replied, “If I weren’t singing tomorrow, I’d say light that bad boy up right now.&#8221;
“I’ve never not,&#8221; Maher said. &#8220;But for you? First of all, I would do this standing on my head, but it is a little like running a marathon for the first time.&#8221;

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‘Deal Breaker’: ‘Jackass’ Star Steve-O Claims Bill Maher Refused His Request To ‘Refrain From Smoking Pot’ During Intv

'Jackass' Star Steve-O Claims Bill Maher Refused His Request To 'Refrain From Smoking Pot' During Intv

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Marijuana

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Reality TV

sobriety

U.S.

Comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-maher" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Maher</a> is launching his own podcast network and has reportedly hired conservative Sage Steele, a former ESPN anchor, to be his first host.
Maher, who is known for hosting HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Real Time,&#8221; <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/bill-maher-podcast-sage-steele-host-1235860156/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Hollywood Reporter that he is building his network on the foundation of &#8220;freedom of expression.&#8221;
&#8220;I am looking for people who are not talking-point people,&#8221; Maher said. &#8220;I’m looking for people who don’t, before they speak, say, ‘What’s the right answer here?'&#8221;
Steele parted ways with ESPN last year after settling a lawsuit with the company in which she alleged that the network — whose hosts have routinely engaged in promoting left-wing politics — retaliated against her for remarks that she made about vaccine mandates and that her free speech had been violated.
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Maher told THR that Steele was &#8220;the perfect choice to be our first new host because, like me, she pissed off Disney.&#8221;
“These are not rookies, these are grown-ass adult, mature, fun, unafraid people,” Maher says. “So I don’t worry about them, and I certainly wouldn’t dream of micromanagement. I mean, they are their own people. And that’s what we want.”
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The publication said that Steele is focused on having “conversations, not interviews” with notable figures ranging from athletes, executives, actors, comedians, to politicians.
“What I’ve always tried to dig out during my career is the ‘why’ behind people and get that human interest story,” Steele told the publication. “You realize that by sharing your story, others can benefit as well. I’ve gotten thousands of emails over the last couple of years since I kind of became controversial and started getting canceled, from people saying, ‘Oh my gosh, thank you for sharing,’ ‘Oh my gosh, I’m afraid too,’ and ‘Oh my gosh, please don’t be quiet, you’re speaking for me.’ So that’s where this came from. I’ve always had that curiosity, but now I know firsthand what it’s like when you open up and are vulnerable and share.”
“It’s not even about me or Bill, this is about the big picture, and what I believe and Bill believes is missing in this country, which is true conversation and listening. I mean, since my controversies began — and long before that, actually — people who know me knew my biggest priority is diversity of thought, and if we don’t have that we have nothing,&#8221; she continued. “Bill, by saying, ‘You’re gonna be my first hire for my new podcast network,’ he is living that, he’s practicing what he preaches because you look at just the basic issues, right? He thinks marriage is a joke, and kids are annoying. And he’s an atheist. I was married for 20 years. I have three kids and I am a strong Christian Catholic.&#8221;
&#8220;We could not be more different in many, many, many important ways. But we also think the same on some of the core issues that are dividing this country right now, like the craziness at the border with immigration laws, with what happened with the vaccine mandates — not the vaccine, the vaccine mandates — with the transgender sports issue. We’re on the same page with that, and we were able to find that out through that conversation on his podcast last fall,&#8221; she added.

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Bill Maher Launches New Podcast Network, Hires Conservative As His First Host

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Former working royal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/meghan-markle">Meghan Markle</a>, wife of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/prince-harry">Prince Harry</a>, has signed a new podcast deal after separating from Spotify last year.
The Duchess of Sussex formerly hosted the “Archetypes” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/podcast">podcast</a> on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/spotify">Spotify</a> after inking a $20 million deal with the music streaming service in 2020. Her podcast was canceled after just one season.
Now Markle is giving it another try by launching a new podcast with Lemonada Media, per a press release shared on Tuesday. Lemonada will also start streaming existing episodes of “Archetypes” this spring and will handle ad sales and distribution, per <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/13/entertainment/meghan-duchess-of-sussex-podcast/index.html">CNN</a>. 
“I’m proud to now be able to share that I am joining the brilliant team at Lemonada to continue my love of podcasting,” Markle said in the statement. 
“Being able to support a female founded company with a roster of thought provoking and highly entertaining podcasts is a fantastic way to kick off 2024. Our plan to re-release ‘Archetypes’ so that more people can now have access to it, as well as launching a dynamic new podcast are well in the works. I’m so eager to be able to share it soon, and am overjoyed to be joining the Lemonada family.”
Lemonada CEO and co-founder Jessica Cordova Kramer added, “Meghan’s talent as host, creator and conversationalist is unparalleled and we are thrilled to co-create a new series with her that fosters her approach to creating art that matters.” 
“As we’ve started development with The Duchess of Sussex, we are blown away by her collaborative spirit and clear vision, along with her deep desire to build compassion and community through this work,” the company’s chief creative officer and co-founder Stephanie Wittels Wachs said.
“Archetypes” received mostly <a href="https://cafemom.com/entertainment/meghan-markle-new-podcast-scathing-reviews/maybe-her-next-episode-will-leave-more-of-an-impact">negative reviews</a> from critics and listeners. Some <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/19/meghan-markle-faked-podcast-interviews-her-voice-added-later-sources/">reports</a> alleged that the Duchess of Sussex did not really interview her guests, but rather had members of her team interview them and dubbed her voice in later. 
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Markle and Prince Harry have been working to rehabilitate their image after making headlines for quitting their jobs as senior working royals and moving to California. They’ve done multiple high-profile interviews in an attempt to tell their side of the story.
The couple is also in a partnership with <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/01/entertainment/netflix-teases-great-meghan-markle-prince-harry-upcoming-projects-as-part-of-100m-deal/">Netflix</a> and are allegedly working on several projects with the streaming platform.

Meghan Markle

Meghan Markle Lands New Podcast Deal After Split From Spotify

Prince Harry

Spotify

Joe Rogan, the host of the number-one podcast on Spotify, has agreed to a deal estimated to be worth up to $250 million with the audio streaming giant.
Under the deal, “The Joe Rogan Experience” (JRE) will also be distributed across multiple platforms, including YouTube, instead of streaming exclusively on Spotify, The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/media/joe-rogan-podcast-spotify-deal-28eb5f74" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The new deal comes after Spotify’s first agreement with Rogan in 2020 when the host signed a $100 million that gave the company exclusive rights to his show.
“The Joe Rogan Experience debuted in 2009, has been a Spotify exclusive since 2020, and we’re just getting started,” Spotify said in a statement announcing the deal. “Today we announced our new multiyear partnership deal with JRE. There’s so much more ahead, including that the show will soon be available on additional platforms. JRE remains podcasting’s king, consistently ranking as the most-listened-to podcast globally and our users have ranked the show as Spotify’s Wrapped top podcast each year since 2020.”
Rogan has recorded over 2,200 episodes of “JRE” since launching it 15 years ago. On the podcast, the host interviews guests who have expertise on nearly any topic, from military and intelligence experts to comedians and survivalists. Rogan has also interviewed Daily Wire hosts Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, and Candace Owens on his show.
“There’s no script of what we’re going to talk about, and it all just sort of happens in real time,” Rogan <a href="https://newsroom.spotify.com/2024-02-02/the-art-of-podcasting-with-joe-rogan-and-his-new-multiyear-spotify-partnership/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a Spotify blog post. “It’s just an actual organic conversation with people enjoying themselves, which is something we all can relate to, and something we all love to do. These conversations have changed the way I think about life immeasurably and continue to do so. I feel extremely fortunate to be able to do it.”
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The show’s open discussion format has thrown Rogan into the middle of controversy in the past, especially during the COVID pandemic when the host discussed treating COVID with ivermectin and criticized mask and vaccine mandates. In 2022, multiple artists pulled their content from Spotify over Rogan’s comments on COVID and the vaccines. Responding to the backlash, Spotify <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/spotifys-ceo-makes-new-statement-about-joe-rogan-companys-decision-to-change-policies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">created</a> a new coronavirus information hub, which appeared under content that addressed COVID.

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Joe Rogan Agrees To Massive Deal With Spotify Allowing Podcast To Be Distributed On Other Platforms

The Left and Hollywood don’t want any part of films that criticize radical gender theory because transgenderism has become the pinnacle of their religion, Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing said Tuesday. 
Boreing joined Patrick Bet-David on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMmovSQghig" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PBD Podcast</a> Tuesday morning, where they discussed The Daily Wire’s venture into entertainment after the trailer for its first-ever feature-length comedy “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/lady-ballers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lady Ballers</a>” came out on Monday. “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-can-i-see-this-excitement-builds-after-dailywire-drops-trailer-for-new-comedy-mocking-men-in-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lady Ballers</a>” mocks the recent and controversial phenomenon of men competing in women’s sports and is being described as the “most triggering comedy of the year.” Bet-David said the movie looks “very good,” and Boreing was asked about the possibility of “Lady Ballers” screening in theaters if it has a successful debut on DailyWire+. 
Boreing, the film&#8217;s director, said “it won’t” go to theaters because Hollywood doesn&#8217;t want to touch a film that criticizes radical gender theory. 
“This is the religious issue of our time for the Left,” The Daily Wire co-founder said. “This represents the culmination of their religious beliefs, so when we went to theatrical distributors, [they] were not even going to engage in the conversation.” 
“I think the film would do very well in theaters; in fact, I think that it would outkick its coverage in theaters because right now, theaters are in trouble,” Boreing continued. “Disney bombed at the box office this weekend. Almost every film since the pandemic has done poorly at the box office with precious few exceptions.” 
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/patrickbetdavid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@patrickbetdavid</a> asks <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyDBoreing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JeremyDBoreing</a> if <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LadyBallers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LadyBallers</a> would ever be in theaters
Jeremy: &quot;That movie ain&#39;t going to no theaters&#8230;One of the top agents at UTA came to us years ago&#8230;and said, &#39;Hey, we&#39;d love to work with you guys&#8230;The only thing is, you&#39;ve got to back off this… <a href="https://t.co/zgoD4Z8NEB">pic.twitter.com/zgoD4Z8NEB</a>
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After The Daily Wire delved into filmmaking, Boreing said that a top agent at the United Talent Agency (UTA), which represents actors and artists in the entertainment industry, said it was interested in working with The Daily Wire. 
Boreing said the agent told him there was a good opportunity to work together, but he had one stipulation, telling Boreing, “You gotta back off this trans issue.” The UTA agent added that he doesn’t care where the company stands of political issues such as abortion, taxes, and who to vote for, but asked The Daily Wire to stop addressing transgenderism, according to Boreing. 
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“Lady Ballers” tells the story of one down-on-his-luck former high school basketball coach, Rob, who will do anything to win — which in this case means teaching his team of men radical modern gender theory and leading them to identify as women in order to brutally dominate multiple women’s sports. The movie will be available to DailyWire+ members beginning this Friday, December 1, at 8:00 p.m. EST.
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Hollywood won&#39;t make a movie about how laughably absurd it is that we now allow grown men to call themselves women and then dominate women&#39;s sports. 
So we did.
Introducing our first feature-length comedy, &#39;LADY BALLERS.&#39;
Available December 1st, only on <a href="https://t.co/p0JKWmMBKq">https://t.co/p0JKWmMBKq</a> <a href="https://t.co/zkukluQfT2">pic.twitter.com/zkukluQfT2</a>
&mdash; Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyDBoreing/status/1729186212085420387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Jeremy Boreing Says Theaters Won’t Touch ‘Lady Ballers’ Because Hollywood Has Made Transgenderism Its Religion

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Jeremy Boreing

Lady Ballers

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Until a few weeks ago, I had never even seen <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TmejMmwPhw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Whatever podcast</a>, and my limited knowledge of this show was that the host, Brian Atlas, sits with young women to discuss dating and relationships, and he occasionally invites a conservative to join the conversation. I found out that for the particular episode I was booked for, I would be sitting in a circle with sex workers to discuss their jobs. Not only did I not understand why I had been booked on the show, but I was also dreading the whole ordeal. I didn’t really think I was a fit for a show to sit across from women who would be talking about their OnlyFans careers and various sex work they do. I thought I would feel a lot of anger sitting with them, but, as it turns out, anger is not what I felt for these proud prostitutes.
When I sat down with these ladies, they each described what they did for a living. One was a singer and leans more conservative, but this was definitely not the case for the others. Two were on OnlyFans and two were prostitutes who claimed they save marriages because of the work they do as prostitutes and sex therapists. That’s correct. They believe they sleep with women’s husbands to save marriages.
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One legal prostitute shared with the table that she has found it difficult to date and she’s “run into a lot of insecure men” because they “can’t handle” what she does for work. Brian interjected to clarify her statement, asking if the men were insecure or if they didn’t want to date her because she is currently an active prostitute. She explained she hasn’t been dating anyone while working at the brothels, the Bunny Ranch, or the Mustang Ranch; she has only dated between jobs. When she was pressed on what makes these men insecure, she said her exes would cry about her going into work at the strip club: “I’ve had guys try to control, like, what I wear and say that I can’t work at strip clubs or do OnlyFans or whatever.” Brian interjected again: “Is it because they’re insecure or is that just them having boundaries and standards?” Her argument was that these men knew what she did for a living when they met, so if they had a problem with it, they shouldn’t have gotten involved with her in the first place.
I realized in the middle of this conversation that while I had thought I was going to feel angry sitting with these women, I actually just felt a tremendous amount of sadness for them. This particular girl is 22 years old, and she sleeps with five to ten men a night, and I listened to her justify why her relationships are not working out — because, in her eyes, the men dating her are insecure — and it’s heartbreaking. She can’t see the reason these men don’t want her engaging in this type of work is that they care about her. They want to see her get out of this lifestyle. While a man probably shouldn’t have been drawn to her in the first place considering her line of work, the point is that once they try to get her out, she sees it as an indicator that he is insecure, not that he thinks she’s better than the career she has.
Unsurprisingly, money was an underlying theme in their reasoning for doing this work. Furthermore, they speak derogatively about men in general, seeming to have a fundamental lack of understanding of what a quality man even is and where to find him. Later in the interview, the same 22-year-old who thinks her exes are insecure said she plans to get out of sex work after she’s made plenty of money. She fully plans to get married and live happily ever after. I explained that when they are older and men find out they used to be prostitutes, their prospects are going to drop dramatically in number — not because men are insecure, but because they have standards. Though men are having to work harder than generations past to find a high-quality woman — a woman who wants to stay in the home, dress conservatively, raise children, and not sleep with tons of men — for the most part, they’re willing to do it.
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I was adamant that the career they have chosen is going to follow them the rest of their life. This, of course, was not a point well received at the table so this same girl created a what-if scenario regarding my own husband. She posed a scenario to me: If my husband were to come to me and ask to engage in some perverse sex act with him, what would I do? She assumes most women’s answer would end up being to go see her so she can engage in that act with him thus sparing the wife but still pleasing the husband. I explained to her that one of the beautiful parts of a marriage is that I knew who my husband was when we married, so this scenario would never happen. But she continued on, asking what I would do if “things changed and maybe he wants to start exploring.” I responded that people don’t just wake up one day and think of these things; they pick them up in some perverse world and they’re not normal. She pressed further, wanting to know what I would do and if divorce would be on the table. My answer? “I would think that that individual would probably need therapy — and not the kind that you give,” as I pointed to the woman in her 40s who says she’s a sex therapist and sleeps with other women’s husbands.
While this 22-year-old seemed to be trying to trigger me, I wasn’t triggered. Rather, I felt disturbed that she was even coming up with such a scenario. But I realized her entire reality has been warped because she works in a brothel and sees up to ten clients per day — clients who probably represent to her what all men are like. It’s never occurred to her that she is seeing the most debased, pathetic men in society. It’s not your average man who goes into a brothel. It is certainly not an average happily married man who has such perverse thoughts. Yet for her, she sees that as the norm because it has become her reality. She believes that all men are like the men she sees and want what they want.
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This is where society is today, and it’s why I devote so much time to speaking about the ills of what is happening in it. This girl’s mind is utterly polluted because of what she experiences every single day. A major part of the problem is the soft pornography we have all become accustomed to; it’s what you see as you scroll through Instagram and see models showing so much skin. It’s images that are desensitizing us all. We don’t even flinch anymore when we see an ad with a woman holding a purse who is half naked because we have become accustomed to seeing this type of image absolutely everywhere.
The culmination of such a society has brought us to women who are quite literally prostituting themselves because they know they can make a quick buck. But no matter how much they make, that money is going to come at a cost — which I do not mean paradoxically. If you want to make  half a million dollars in your early to late 20s, you are going to realize later that no one wants to marry you. No one wants to have children with you. No one will respect you for the rest of your life. There is a great possibility you will end up alone — and that is deeply saddening.
At the root of all of this is a lack of faith — atheism, which goes hand-in-hand with narcissism. The focus becomes all about me and what I can do for myself. Worst of all, these women view faith as a form of perversion. In our conversation, I noticed one of the women was wearing a cross above a shirt that read “made in hell.” This particular woman was the angriest of the group, probably because she is in her early thirties and is likely realizing she has less time to find a husband and even fewer prospects. I asked her about her necklace and shirt pairing and told her I was confused. She said the stone matched her shirt and she didn’t know why she was wearing the cross: “I don’t know. I don’t think of it as religious.” In the middle of her fumbling around for an answer, she expressed that she didn’t think the cross was religious, but simply thought it was cute.
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This whole episode just shows how the West has lost the battle faith-wise. People openly mock Christianity, just like this woman. When I got up to leave, I looked across the table to the 22-year-old in the orange and told her I was going to pray for her, and she rejected my prayer. She said she did not want me to pray for her. What kind of person rejects a prayer? You might not believe in prayers, and you might not pray yourself, but to openly reject a prayer? I would never reject a prayer, no matter the faith of the person who offers it.
When I left that podcast, I still prayed for those young women. They need it, and all of us need it.

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Sex Work Is Legal, Prostitutes Make Millions, And Faith Is Nonexistent Among Workers

Candace Owens

OnlyFans

Prostitution

Readers Pass

Women

Podcast legend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-rogan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Rogan</a> revealed this week some of the woke indoctrination that his children faced while they were going to school in California.
Rogan, who made the remarks on &#8220;The Joe Rogan Experience,&#8221; said that the schools where he lives now in Texas are good — a contrast to the &#8220;problematic&#8221; schools in California.
Rogan said that the California school that he took his children to hired someone that came in and taught them &#8220;that they have to be anti-racist and it&#8217;s not good enough not to be racist.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m like, my kids aren&#8217;t racist at all, like, what are you doing?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;Like, why are you putting that in their head? That they have to be anti-racist and call out racism? They were trying to make kids activists, and like I&#8217;m like hey, they&#8217;re five. They don&#8217;t even care, they want friends. They don&#8217;t give a f*** what their friends look like. They&#8217;re trying to have a good time. They&#8217;re five, they&#8217;re just playing.&#8221;
&#8220;Like you&#8217;re pumping in, you&#8217;re indoctrinating them into this woke, guilt-ridden ideology that you&#8217;re carrying around with you,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And you feel like you have an obligation to impose this on children. Our goals should have always been what the goals were that the liberals had in like the 60s, in the 70s, which is a colorblind society, the Martin Luther King notion that we should treat people by the content of their character, not the color of their skin.&#8221;
He said that some of the other &#8220;woke s***&#8221; that was going on in the school included teachers trying to ask kids what their pronouns were.
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Joe Rogan: California Schools Were Trying To ‘Indoctrinate’ My 5-Year-Old Into Being ‘An Activist’

Joe Rogan: California Schools Were Trying To 'Indoctrinate' My 5-Year-Old Into Being 'An Activist'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trans</a> activist Jonathan Van Ness broke down in tears when podcast host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dax Shepard</a> questioned the logic of pushing trans ideology on vulnerable teens who could change their minds later.
Their conversation took place on a recent <a href="https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/jonathan-van-ness" target="_blank" rel="noopener">episode</a> of Shepard’s podcast, “Armchair Expert.” They were discussing whether The New York Times was really left-leaning since the outlet had allowed a handful of articles to be published that Van Ness deemed “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">anti-trans</a>.”
Shepard argued that the articles were just asking “questions” and “challenging” more extreme stances, such as teens being permitted to take permanently damaging, irreversible puberty blockers. 
“Some people are very uncomfortable about teenagers transitioning. They’re challenging that. How do we know that the person’s not gonna change their mind?” Shepard said.
&#8220;This whole notion that to be critical… or to question even question it makes you an enemy. I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s the way forward,&#8221; Shepard added.
&#8220;I feel like I&#8217;m talking to my dad,&#8221; Van Ness, who <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/09/25/dax-shepard-brings-jonathan-van-ness-to-tears-while-grilling-them-on-trans-issues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identifies</a> as a &#8220;non-binary&#8221; trans person and demands the use of they/them pronouns, replied.
&#8220;All I&#8217;m saying is what we know about misinformation and disinformation is when you have an outsized reaction to something, there&#8217;s a good chance that you&#8217;re being exposed to misinformation and disinformation,&#8221; the activist continued. &#8220;And a lot of the rhetoric around the anti-trans backlash does have a lot of misinformation and disinformation in it.&#8221;
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Later in the conversation, Van Ness told Shepard, &#8220;I&#8217;m not calling you a transphobe. You can not be transphobic and still have thoughts that espouse trans misogyny and espouse transphobic ideologies and beliefs.&#8221;
Shepard said he “did not intend” to start a debate and insisted he supported trans rights in general. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t want that at all,&#8221; Shepard told the “Queer Eye” alum. &#8220;I adore you. I think that you&#8217;re hysterical and talented and I love that you&#8217;re an activist.&#8221;
Van Ness became emotional and began crying. “I wish that people were as passionate about little kids being able to be included or grow up as they were about fictitious women’s fairness in sports. I have to tell you I am very tired,” Van Ness said to Shepard, who apologized again.
Van Ness continued, “You can have racist beliefs and not know you’re racist, just like you can have transphobic beliefs and not realize you have transphobic beliefs. That doesn’t mean you’re a bad person.”

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Trans Activist Cries, Complains When Dax Shepard Asks About Teens Changing Their Minds Later

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Social Issues

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/candace-owens">Candace Owens</a> joined the popular “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TmejMmwPhw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whatever</a>” podcast Thursday night and weighed in on a viral TikTok video of a single woman who bragged about being childless.
In the TikTok video, the woman talked about sleeping in on a Saturday morning before taking time to make shakshuka, a North African dish that includes eggs and tomato sauce, and explained how her lifestyle was all thanks to not having children. The video went viral online after Daily Wire podcast host Matt Walsh shared it on X, formerly Twitter.
While one of the panelists on the podcast defended the woman, saying she seemed sad about being single, Owens disagreed and said she was intentionally making motherhood look less appealing and it was all on “brand” for her.
The influencer, whose name is Julia Mazur, frequently posts videos on TikTok about her life as a single and childless 29-year-old woman.
“She’s obviously a narcissist,” Owens said in reply. “Let’s not pretend this is one video she made. It’s her brand on TikTok. It’s her brand on social media.”
Owens added that Mazur could have talked about what she did during her day without mentioning that she is childless. Owens said Mazur&#8217;s inclusion of that detail proved she was pushing a certain lifestyle choice. 
“The fact that she has to correlate it to, &#8216;and this makes me better than people that have children&#8217; is the problem,” Owens added. “&#8230; If you’re a man watching this, don’t marry this woman. She’s basically telling you she’s selfish. She’s telling you she’s a narcissist. Everything she says is about me, me, me… Even if you’re single, you don’t have to make your whole day revolve around you.”
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“That particular woman that you just looked at is a selfish b**** and men should not marry her,” Owens concluded. 
At another point in the conversation, the topic turned to OnlyFans and sex work, which several of the panelists participate in. When Owens was asked her thoughts on those women’s futures, she replied that it’s true that women could make a lot of money doing sex work but it wasn’t to their long-term advantage. 
“The truth is that high-value men don’t want to date women that are sex workers… or women that are freely available on the internet for other men to see,” Owens said. She added that when everyone has access to a woman, nothing is “sacred,” giving examples of resurfaced videos of Nina Agdal saying vulgar things and Emily Ratajkowski being cheated on.
“Other men don’t want to share; they don’t want to share their wife,” Owens added.
On the same podcast appearance, Owens discussed her newly released documentary, “Convicting a Murderer,” which explored more details about the Steven Avery murder case. Owens said she set out to shatter a “deceptive media narrative” because “people believe that everything they watch is real.”
The first two episodes of “Convicting a Murderer” are exclusively available on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/convicting-a-murderer">DailyWire+</a>. 
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RealCandaceO</a> talks about tomorrow&#39;s launch of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ConvictingAMurderer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ConvictingAMurderer</a> on the <a href="https://twitter.com/whatever?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@whatever</a> podcast: <a href="https://t.co/fE7LZdTOSG">pic.twitter.com/fE7LZdTOSG</a>
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Candace Owens Joins ‘Whatever’ Podcast, Slams Viral TikTok Woman Who Bragged About Being Childless: ‘Men Should Not Marry Her’

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Hurricane Idalia
Hurricane Idalia made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unprecedented-event-idalia-smashes-into-florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">landfall as a Category 3 strength storm</a> in Florida’s Big Bend at 7:45 a.m. this morning, smashing into the town of Keaton Beach, with 125 mph winds. Called “an unprecedented event” by the National Weather Service in Tallahassee, Idalia is the most powerful storm to hit Florida’s Big Bend in over 125 years, triggering evacuation orders affecting tens of thousands of people. FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell told CNN that the state’s response has helped restore power rapidly:
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FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell: “I gotta tell you, the amount of mutual aid the State of Florida brought in to support power restoration is significant…What we saw during Hurricane Ian is that they were able to restore the power rather quickly, and I expect the same to… <a href="https://t.co/077gQyYjR4">pic.twitter.com/077gQyYjR4</a>
&mdash; DeSantis War Room 🐊 (@DeSantisWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeSantisWarRoom/status/1696904013394960687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gave updates mid-day:
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Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) says the eye of Hurricane Idalia has moved out of Florida, but the storm’s bands are still impacting the state.
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&mdash; The Recount (@therecount) <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1696933838235259270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Rapid Reaction: It&#8217;s amazing what a difference competent, prepared leaders make in government. This isn&#8217;t DeSantis&#8217; first rodeo.
Biden Admin Focused On Everything But What&#8217;s Important
In the midst of the Biden administration’s chaotic military withdrawal from Afghanistan, top Pentagon officials were working to get the Secretary of Defense to sign a major climate change initiative – that’s according to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pentagon-frantically-worked-to-finalize-climate-plan-during-botched-afghanistan-withdrawal-emails-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">emails obtained by The Daily Wire</a>.
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The emails show that in the two weeks between the Taliban takeover of Kabul and the final U.S. military flight out of Afghanistan, Pentagon officials were scrambling on an unrelated matter: getting Biden’s Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to finalize a Climate Adaptation Plan. He signed it just two days after the withdrawal, declaring climate change a major national security threat. The Pentagon confirmed to The Daily Wire that Austin spent time during the withdrawal considering the climate initiative. His critics say his full attention should have been on getting Americans and our allies safely out of Afghanistan, where 13 service members had just been killed by a suicide bomber.
Rapid Reaction: On the other hand, having incompetent, unprepared leaders results in chaos. The Biden administration is staffed with such &#8220;leaders.&#8221;
Chicago Journalists Robbed While Reporting On Robberies
A local news <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-news-crew-robbed-at-gunpoint-while-reporting-on-robberies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crew reporting</a> in Chicago was robbed at gunpoint by three armed men in ski masks while coincidentally reporting on a string of robberies. Here with more is Daily Wire Investigative Reporter Mairead Elordi:
<blockquote>Spanish-speaking channel Univision Chicago says that a reporter/photographer team was out filming at 5:00 a.m. on Monday in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood when the incident occurred. As Luis Godinez, the Channel’s Vice President of News, Told the Chicago Tribune, “They were approached with guns and robbed.” The burglars mainly stole personal items, as well as the news photographer&#8217;s camera. Godinez says the footage they shot was in the stolen camera, and the story never made it to air.</blockquote>
Rapid Reaction: Until Chicagons stop voting Democrat, this sort of crime will continue.
CNN Names New CEO
A new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-appears-set-to-name-new-ceo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> suggests that CNN is set to name a new CEO in the coming days after the network fired its last CEO over the summer following a damning profile piece and a town hall debacle involving former President Donald Trump.
As early as Thursday, CNN is expected to name former New York Times Company CEO and BBC director general Mark Thompson to be the network’s next chairman and CEO. The report said that Thompson has a reputation for “restructuring legacy media assets and pursuing innovative growth strategies” and that he could not be more different than the network’s last CEO, Chris Licht, who departed from the company in June.
Rapid Reaction: Something tells me the new CNN will be even more liberal than it was under Zuckerberg — and snobbier, too.
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Rapid Reaction: What A Difference Competent Leaders Make In Times Of Crisis

Rapid Reaction: Government Can Be Competent — If Leaders Are Prepared

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1. House GOP Subpoenas FBI
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jordan-subpoenas-doj-and-fbi-leaders-in-big-tech-collusion-probe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenaed</a> both FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland in relation to the committee&#8217;s ongoing censorship investigation. The Committee is specifically seeking communication between the FBI, DOJ, and private companies. In a letter, the Committee asked both federal agencies for voluntary cooperation, while noting that historically their compliance has been “inadequate.”
Rapid Reaction: Have you ever seen the movie &#8220;Angels in the Outfield?&#8221; In a scene at the beginning of the film, the protagonist&#8217;s father tells him that they&#8217;ll be a family again when the Los Angeles Angels &#8220;win the pennant.&#8221; That sets up the premise of the film — the main character Roger praying for an LA win and actual angels helping the baseball team win the MLB World Series. It never would have happened unless the angels interceded.
Anyway, that is sort of what it&#8217;s starting to feel like with the GOP. Congress will only enact actual political pressure, begin impeachments, and wield the &#8220;power of the purse&#8221; with the help of divine power. Until then, the GOP leaders will keep sending strongly worded letters&#8230; Great.
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2. Court Ends Mail Order Abortion Pills
Mail-order <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-appeals-court-makes-decision-on-the-mailing-of-abortion-pills" target="_blank" rel="noopener">access to a drug commonly</a> used for abortion could end in the U.S. following a Wednesday Appeals Court Ruling — but it cannot take effect unless the Supreme Court weighs in on the matter. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision overturns a part of a lower court ruling which would have revoked the FDA’s two-decade approval of the drug mifepristone. The decision did leave a part of the original ruling in place, that would end the drug’s distribution by mail, limit its use to the seventh week of pregnancy, and require it be administered in the presence of a doctor. Those restrictions won’t take effect right away because the Supreme Court previously intervened to keep the drug available during the legal fight.
Rapid Reaction: Any legal ruling that helps save babies is a win. Let&#8217;s hope that SCOTUS does the right thing here — legally and morally.
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3. Woke Lunacy In Hawaii To Blame For Wildfires?
A Hawaiian water official has been “reassigned” after allegedly refusing to transfer water resources that would have helped firefighters battle the Maui Wildfires. The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources deputy director, M. Kaleo Manuel, denied requests from Maui firefighters and various entities to open up reservoirs and streams as the fires grew more out of control. Even after firefighters told the department they’d used all the on-hand water and were desperate for any help, Manuel reportedly delayed their request. Here’s Manuel:
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Here is M. Kaleo Manuel, the Hawaii water official who refused to release water resources and let landowners fight the Maui fire, explaining his &quot;philosophy&quot; about water:
&quot;Native Hawaiians treated water as one of the earthly manifestations of a god&#8230;We&#39;ve become used to looking… <a href="https://t.co/hjsWqdVtxf">pic.twitter.com/hjsWqdVtxf</a>
&mdash; Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href="https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1692044616345014589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Rapid Reaction: Writer John Nolte had the best reaction.
&#8220;Hawaiians voted for politicians who allowed this anti-science equivalent of a sun worshipper to take control of their water supply,&#8221; he tweeted. &#8220;You can’t help people who vote this way.&#8221;
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Hawaiians voted for politicians who allowed this anti-science equivalent of a sun worshipper to take control of their water supply. 
You can’t help people who vote this way. 
They are fanatics. <a href="https://t.co/H7i2TZxSnR">https://t.co/H7i2TZxSnR</a>
&mdash; John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte (@NolteNC) <a href="https://twitter.com/NolteNC/status/1692171955078582735?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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4. Chess Cracks Down On Transgenderism 
The world’s top chess federation has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chess-federation-bans-trans-identifying-men-from-womens-events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled</a> that men that identify as women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials. The decision was announced Monday by Switzerland-based International Chess Federation  FIDE and led to the federation fielding criticism from various transgender advocacy groups. The federation says that for now, transgender players are allowed to participate in the “open” section of its chess tournaments, and the assessment of gender change could take up to two years.
Rapid Reaction: Men and women are different — always have been, always will be. Perhaps it makes sense that a game based on critical thinking, rules, and tradition is fighting back on this issue.
5. Britney Spears And Husband Divorce
And, Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are getting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britney-spears-shares-cryptic-posts-following-news-of-split-from-husband" target="_blank" rel="noopener">divorced</a> after 14 months of marriage. Asghari filed a petition to end the marriage with the Los Angeles Superior Court earlier this week, citing “irreconcilable differences.” He is also requesting spousal support. The date of separation for the couple is July 28, the petition states. Spears and Asghari got married in June of last year. The pair first met in 2016 when Asghari co-starred with Spears in the music video for her single “Slumber Party.”
Rapid Reaction: First reaction: Who cares? Second reaction: The Daily Wire&#8217;s Matt Walsh was prescient on this topic (per usual).
&#8220;Remember when you guys all shouted &#8216;Free Britney!&#8217; because you saw a fake documentary and I told you she’s clearly an unstable lunatic and was in a conservatorship for a reason and you got really mad at me but literally everything that’s happened since then proves me right?&#8221; he tweeted in reaction to the latest story.
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The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Abortion protesters

Rapid Reaction: Abortion Pill Restrictions & Maui Fire Update

Britney Spears

Chess

Jim Jordan

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What&#8217;s Going On In Georgia?
Confusion<a href="https://nbcmontana.com/news/nation-world/georgia-court-appears-to-accidentally-leak-list-of-donald-trump-criminal-charges-online-2020-election-fraud-special-counsel-jack-smith-interferences-brad-raffensperger-indictment-arraignment-felony-state-crime"> sprang up on Monday</a> after the Fulton County Court in Georgia published a document on its website appearing to show that former President Donald Trump was being charged over a slew of crimes — including RICO violations — only for that document to be taken down almost immediately afterward. 

The grand jury in Fulton County, where district attorney Fani Willis is expected to bring charges this week, is reportedly still meeting today and tomorrow to discuss any potential indictments against Trump for his actions relating to the 2020 election. The Trump team and his supporters used the incident to castigate Willis and claim it was further proof that the justice system was rigged against the potential 2024 GOP nominee.
Rapid Reaction: At this point, why would anybody give Fulton County the benefit of the doubt? The district attorney&#8217;s office has yet to explain what that document posted online was. The grand jury is still hearing evidence. Meanwhile, somebody on Willis&#8217; team is apparently leaking<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/13/politics/coffee-county-georgia-voting-system-breach-trump/index.html"> evidence to CNN</a>. You can disagree with Trump&#8217;s election theories while still admitting that the wielding of state and federal power against him is troubling — even anti-American.
Biden Has &#8216;No Comment&#8217; On Hawaii
President Joe Biden is catching heat for his remarks, or lack thereof in the wake of the tragedy unfolding in Maui. While in Rehoboth Beach on Sunday afternoon, the president was asked by the press for his reaction to the blaze that has killed more than 90 people and caused billions of dollars in property damage. He responded by saying he had “no comment.”  Here’s the clip:
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&quot;Any comment on the rising death toll in Maui?&quot;
BIDEN: &quot;No. No comment.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/oORpRuLUpz">pic.twitter.com/oORpRuLUpz</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1691089298429280256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The president did authorize federal emergency aid for the Aloha State as it recovers from the devastating wildfire.
Rapid Reaction: Paging, Mr. Empathy. Biden has been propped up by the Democratic Party and its media allies as a decent and kind politician who cares for the plight of the common man. Anybody who has paid attention to his career has known that is a bogus characterization. 

Yet, now as president, his low emotional quotient has been on full display. Hawaii is just his latest example of tone deafness. See also his treatment of the<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-ultimate-disrespect-gold-star-families-trash-biden-admin-over-afghanistan-withdrawal"> Afghanistan</a> withdrawal survivors as well as the<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dont-let-bidens-all-time-offensive-response-to-the-nashville-shooting-get-buried"> Nashville shooting victims</a>.
What did he do on Monday? Well, his communications team tweeted out some statements on Hawaii, but Biden got lunch with his veep:
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The only thing on President Biden&#39;s schedule today is lunch&#8230; <a href="https://t.co/pm0RJvl9nE">pic.twitter.com/pm0RJvl9nE</a>
&mdash; The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMaineWire/status/1691083530443345920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Oversight Transcript Alleges That Biden Team Tipped Off About Hunter Interview
The House Oversight Committee released a transcript of a former FBI agent claiming that<a href="https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/09/joe-biden-talking-points-burisma-executive-hunter-dc/"> Joe Biden</a>’s 2020 transition team and members of the Secret Service were notified of the bureau’s plans to interview Hunter Biden in December 2020 — and that that led to the interview of Hunter getting shut down, per The Daily Caller. The anonymous agent’s testimony corroborated other FBI and IRS whistleblower complaints.
Rapid Reaction: Will the Bidens ever be held accountable? Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro broke down on his podcast, &#8220;The Ben Shapiro Show&#8221; the latest in this never-ending saga. Watch and listen here:<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1787-joe-biden-s-big-hunter-coverup"> Joe Biden’s Big Hunter Coverup</a>
Things Are Super Expensive
A new report from Moody’s Analytics shows that the typical American household is paying $709 more per month for the same goods and services as it was two years ago, CNN<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/economy/inflation-rate-spending/index.html"> reported</a>. That cost increase reflects the high rate of inflation that has plagued much of the Biden presidency
Rapid Reaction:<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidenomics-gas-stove-crackdown-would-save-americans-9-cents-per-month"> That&#8217;s Bidenomics, baby!</a>
Political Upset In Argentina
Argentine voters rejected the country&#8217;s two main political forces in a primary election on Sunday, and put their support behind libertarian candidate Javier Milei.  Milei got just over 30% of the vote and now heads for the general election set for October 22nd. This shakeup comes after power was traded between two mainstream political coalitions for the last decade.
Rapid Reaction: In reaction to this upset, author and political strategist Ryan Girdusky  tweeted,  &#8220;Political earthquake in Argentina … arguably as big as Bolsonaro being elected in Brazil.&#8221;
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Nearly 90% in and an anarchic-capitalist is leading the presidential primary in Argentina <a href="https://t.co/ekqgoD9jVa">https://t.co/ekqgoD9jVa</a>
&mdash; Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) <a href="https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky/status/1690929187891052544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Milei&#8217;s candidacy has largely been a protest campaign against the Argentine elite, as<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/argentine-presidential-primary-voters-propel-far-right-outsider-to-surprise-win-ec24e5b4?mod=e2fb&amp;mod=e2tw"> described</a> by The Wall Street Journal. He was never supposed to win.
“If we don’t change today, the only destiny will be to turn into the biggest slum in the world,”  Milei told his supporters earlier this year. “I don’t want your vote so you give me the power, but to give you back your freedom so you can be the architects of your own destiny and we can end this state that makes us poor, with inflation and crime, and put the country on the path to growth.”
Perhaps, in other words, he wants to put &#8220;Argentina First.&#8221;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-trumps-next-major-announcement-be-a-line-of-pet-rocks-former-prez-needs-to-rekindle-2016-spirit-to-win-it-all" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Sound familiar</a>?
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