Looksmaxxing Influencer Clavicular Charged With Rape & The Real Reason Trump Has a Mamdani Problem

You've got looks-maxing influencer-clipicular now being charged with rape and drugging someone. We dive into what's really going on with Trump and Mamdani as the UN General Assembly is going down. The Internet's divided on how Lindsay Clancy's lawyers now going after the whole-doubt jur. This new bombshell investigation into Susan Collins, the FBI, and corruption just exposed a lot. We're talking about all of that and even more. On today's brand new Philip DeFranco show, you daily dive into the news starting with this. Lindsay Clancy's lawyer now wants the whole-doubt jur in the case to be investigated. Right, and specifically, Kevin Reddington, writer Lawyer, asked the judge to examine the jurors' cell phone metadata because he was accused of using it during deliberations. And he also wants the juror to be asked about his truthfulness on a questionnaire that he had to fill out during jury selection. The Reddington insisted that this "inquiry will not touch the substance of deliberations." And this is actually kind of an unusual move, especially because the filing is not seeking an outcome. Right, you've got places like the New York Times noting that it's not clear if there are any grounds to reverse the jury's decision. Though also, another one at Clancy's lawyers separately asked the judge to dismiss the case. Reclaiming that this mish trial could have been avoided if the judge had replaced this juror with an alternate during deliberations. Right, all of this, as there's been just so much backlash, conversation, praise, and everything in between for this one juror. Because if you somehow missed it, Lindsay Clancy was charged with killing her three young kids before attempting to kill herself, but she pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, claiming that she was "bealing with severe postpartum psychosis" and that voices in her head told her to do it. And so the trial was really about her mental health and mental state at the time of the murders. And even if she was found not guilty, it looked like she would be sent to a mental hospital and not allowed to just walk free. In that case, of course, ended in a mish trial earlier this month when 11 people on the jury voted that she could not be found guilty, but one juror wanted to convict. And with all that said, as far as Reddington wanting this juror investigated, Reddington, who's now been identified as Michael Deseronville, you've seen some pushback, some backlash. Your Michael's lawyer is saying that this quote "looney tunes motion" is quote "not just an attack on Michael for being the courageous loan holdout juror." Saying, "Reddington's motion is actually a full frontal attack on the U.S. Constitution." And adding, because if the new normal is that jurors are going to face brutal reprisals for disagreeing with a defense attorney, you can kiss the Sixth Amendment, which ensures the right to a fair trial. Goodbye. And you, at a law professor, are also telling the New York Times that the motion leaves a bad taste in your mouth, because a request like this usually only happens after a conviction when the defense believes fraud, bribery, or discrimination occurred among jurors. And saying a motion like Reddington's could tell other jurors, "The privacy doesn't matter if you come up with the wrong views in a case, views that the rest of the jury did not support." But then also at the same time, you have a lot of people saying, "Hey, it's not like there was just one thing with this juror." Are with people pointing to moments like the jury four-person previously saying that he refused to acquit even though he had doubts? He had reasonable doubt. He admitted he had reasonable doubt. After we watched that video of the interview, I think that's what it was. And I started filling out the forms. I was so excited. And then he said, "But I'm still not going to say that she's not guilty by reason of incident." Also, other jurors just saying that he was hard to work with, that he would not engage in discussions with them, and instead just scrolled on his phone. But then he would also apparently still say things like, "You know, I don't know if the prosecution or the defense proved their case." And after the trial, the juror also apparently told people he believed Clancy was guilty from day one. And then as we were learning about all this, there's also been a ton of reporting on his past. And that includes the fact that he had been previously accused of domestic violence, and he had a pending eviction case and a restraining order against him. And because Massachusetts jury questionnaire asks about prior arrests and charges, some think that it's at least strange that the legal team's decided to see him in the case. So this is likely why Clancy's lawyer wants the questionnaire to be investigated to verify that he actually disclosed his arrests. And for his part a few days ago, you had just Ronville releasing a statement through his lawyer claiming, "I didn't have any doubts." As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence presented, saying, "Based on all the physical evidence key witnesses and what the prosecution presented, I thought it was enough proof that she, Clancy, knew exactly what she was doing in planned." And with this, there are also plenty of people that are on his side. Or depending on where you go online, there have been very different reactions, one, to the case in general, and two, about this juror. The case was already incredibly divisive, it then got politicized, and for a lot of people this juror is either a hero or a villain. And actually, those on the hero's side, they're part of the reason why it gives Sen Go fundraisers raised over $380,000 for them. Or with the description, saying that it's meant to cover security, legal fees, and lost work that he may experience amid the fallout. But then also, generally, this led to a massive debate about how both the very public scrutiny and praise that he's facing could impact our jury and justice system. Because juries, they're supposed to operate without bias, without concerns for their safety, and also in total privacy. And the goal is that the public's not going to met a jury proceedings. And so when it comes to this idea of everything we've seen and the jury's receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in crowdfunding, you have some arguing. Turning jury service and specifically a particular vote into something financially rewarding is abhorrent to me, and frankly goes against everything the judiciary is supposed to stand for. And then you also have some that are just concerned about the fact that the juror has been publicly outed. And as we've talked about, there's a ton of reporting on him, his decision, and his life in general. And there you've got people like an NBC News legal analyst saying, "I think it could absolutely have a chilling effect on jurors potentially serving." But as far as what happens next, the next hearing is set for September 29th. And that will likely answer questions of whether or not there's going to be a retrial regarding Lindsey Clancy. As far as the court of public opinion, that is constantly playing out. But then, jumping from that to a story that was one of the most requested things on our text line, 813-213-4423, if you haven't joined yet, definitely do, to shoot us a text. We should talk about the Donald Trump and Donnie situation. Because whenever these two meet, you've got fireworks going off, I guess, IRL, and in the reactions online. Right in the two, they've met twice before, once last November, once last February, but both times were at the White House. But this time, you're the two at the mayor's official residence at Gracie Mansion, and as always, it seems like they were warm and cordial. Or because after about an hour, you have them strolling down the stairs together, chatting, and you had Trump joining Donnie for a news conference that he wasn't even scheduled to be a part of him. And there, you have Donnie kicking things off, doing what he kind of always does, talking about affordability for New Yorkers. You know, all of this, at first glance, I can seem a little bit counterintuitive, or because not only is New York a deep blue city in a blue state, but Trump has called affordability a hoax. But of course, Trump is also from New York. He's got a history. We'll call it there. And perhaps more importantly, Mum Donnie used a little trick to make him suddenly care about affordability, but he focused the issue on housing. And if there is anything that Donald Trump loves more, that, you know, being a center of attention and trying to govern a country, it is ordering people to build stuff. I know a lot about affordability because I did that housing. I did many, many low income and moderate income buildings over the years. Now, if this is a different video, there's a lot to unpack there, specifically his history of who he would give those units to or rent those units to. But for today, as far as the specific housing project that Mum Donnie is trying to get the president on board with, it's called Sunny Side Yard. And so 190 acre rail yard and queens that Mum Donnie wants to turn into a mega complex with 12,000 new homes. And you've got estimates saying that the cost will be over $20 billion. It's obviously some money, some help from Washington that would go a long way, which is actually why Mum Donnie brought this up way back at their second meeting in February. And this time, you know what I'm saying, that Trump agreed to move forward with the next step in the process. I appreciate the president, his interest in this. And we also know the president not just as the leader of the country, but also as someone who has built quite a lot of housing here in our city. I don't know, Mr. President, you want to add anything? Well, I can tell you that Sunny Side's a big job. I've been watching that for 35 years. Everybody's wanted to do something with Sunny Side Yard. I would say that was a very federal oriented job. You're going to need a lot of federal approvals and probably some federal money to do it. Now, with all that, you have many local officials skeptical, especially because funding would need congressional approval. And Trump usually is not that interested in projects that'll be done after he's out of office. But that's only one aspect of the situation because there was then the interaction between those two and the reporters. Right now, as the reporters moved on to other topics, you could tell that they kept trying to get Mum Donnie to criticize the president directly while he was there. And so, for example, they asked the mayor to react to Trump banning CNN MSNOW and political from the White House the other day with Mum Donnie saying, "I told the president that we're going to have all of the members of the press here on the lawn. And that is something that I believe in as everyone no matter the opinion or the critique that we engage." I don't know, it's president. It's interesting because they said they were going to boycott me, but they never boycott me. So, I wasn't very worried about that. Look at all that press. If you look at CNN's fake news, if you look at MSNOW, I don't even know what MSNOW is, I guess it's the MSNBC. What it used to be, or MSNBC is some people call it. That's Democrat National Committee. Right, and then, interestingly, you had a spokesperson being like, "Okay, that's all the time we have. Let's go, Mr. President." Instead of actually going, Trump just stood there, smiling next to Mum Donnie for a… Oh, look, I think it was a full 40 seconds until the reporter was like, "Is he going?" The president is still here. The president is still here. I want to follow up on what he said about the mayor, the mayor. You said Mr. President of the mayor. Before you go, the president is saying he can dance or a couple more questions. But then after about a minute and a half, Trump finally leaves. And with that, I'm trying to figure out how to describe how the mood changed when he left. Because it kind of felt like when you're hanging out with a group of friends and the one person that kind of feels off leaves, then he leaves, and all of a sudden it's a whole different vibe. And actually, after Trump exited, that's more or less how the reporter opened his first question from Mum Donnie after that. Can you tell us, just, you know, now he's not here? So, but Mum Donnie for his part, he stayed locked in. We continue to talk about what he stands for, how he's trying to help the people that he's representing, and at the same time, not taking huge shots at Trump. So, like, when a reporter asked him for his reaction to Trump's comments about TPS, he was just like, "Hey, I made my case to him about the Haitians that they're critical to New York City." And when another asked him, you know, whether it's a bad look to be meeting with Trump at all, he was like, "Well, these meetings are productive." Right there, you know, pointing to their second meeting in February, when Mum Donnie apparently persuaded Trump to release a Columbia University student who had been detained by ICE. But we've seen since January that ICE arrests have increased since you became mayor. So, I'm wondering, do you still think that this tactic is worth it to sort of take a softer touch with the president in exchange for maybe sparing New York City more enforcement? And is there a point where this no longer makes sense for you? You know, the president, I have both been very frank about the many disagreements that we have, and immigration is one of those places. I will continue to have conversations with the president and frankly with anyone who can deliver relief to the people of the city. - Now whether you agree with him or not, that's obviously up to you. Personally, just my opinion, I think that Mamdani is doing what he thinks is best for the people that he's representing. And once again, my opinion, I think this is very different. Some people have been making comparisons to this being like a Keem Jeffries meeting with Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, which by the way, that was like a secret meeting with someone that is not the president of the United States or a key member, at least officially of the administration. I think it's wild to compare the two. Also, looking at this, it looks like Mamdani is playing Trump perfectly. So I think it's pretty clear why he's using this tactic with Trump, and it looks effective thus far. But it is way less obvious what Trump's goal with all this is, right? What the strategy here is. So actually, to try to get some insight here to understand Trump's game plan, regarding all things Mamdani, I thought we could use a little help. Which is why we're gonna kick it to our new musical correspondence, Zach, Shay, and Caitlin. - Hey Phil, it's actually pretty simple when you dive into the recent data. - You mean data? - Not to the president. ♪ Someone's got a little crush on Mamdani ♪ ♪ We see a Mr. President heart sick, Donnie ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ We feelin' it too ♪ ♪ Took a little chewy ride on Air Force One ♪ ♪ To see his favorite mayor in a crazy mansion ♪ ♪ He's ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ To see his boo ♪ ♪ Donnie hates a socialist ♪ ♪ Except one on his socialist ♪ ♪ The secret service swept the law ♪ ♪ With friends and Mr. One day making Donnie sweat ♪ ♪ Donnie's got a touch on Donnie ♪ ♪ Donnie's got a touch on Donnie ♪ ♪ Can't hide at the face ♪ ♪ There's a party ♪ ♪ Donnie wants Donnie and Donnie wants a fool of housing ♪ ♪ The bruising world and Donnie's hands ♪ ♪ Comes from bringing them when he stands ♪ ♪ In 60 ♪ ♪ Mom, Donnie, you fool ♪ ♪ He's always talkin' 'bout 'em big, strong man ♪ ♪ But he wants the only one that he can't get ♪ ♪ What I'm gonna need to do ♪ ♪ He's killing the American dream ♪ ♪ But when he closes his eyes, there's only one man he sees ♪ ♪ Donnie's got a crush on Donnie ♪ ♪ Donnie's got a crush on Donnie ♪ ♪ Good governance ♪ ♪ So manly ♪ ♪ Donnie wants Donnie and Donnie wants ♪ ♪ When control can free but free from the free past ♪ ♪ The next is you know the outro ♪ ♪ Well be Donnie ♪ ♪ But you'll never have more Donnie ♪ ♪ Donnie's got a crush on Donnie ♪ ♪ Donnie's got a crush on Donnie ♪ ♪ There's some things you can't play with money ♪ ♪ Donnie's got a crush on Donnie's got a crush on Donnie's got a crush ♪ ♪ Donnie's got a crush on Donnie's got a crush on Donnie ♪ ♪ I'm on Donnie ♪ - Back to you Phil. - Yeah, honestly, they bring up good points. But also another reason you had Trump in New York and one of the things we should talk about is his speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Now if you've turned to CNN this morning, you might have missed it. And this is because they refused to air his speech amid the ongoing war between Trump and the press. So also even describing it like that doesn't do it justice. It's just Trump attacking the press. 'Cause as we talked about yesterday, you had all the major networks that comprised the White House press pool. Will he cutting the president's offense over his ban to CNN and others? And actually with that, you had Marco Rubio hopping on the today's show to defend his boss's decision. - Look, I gotta be honest with you. Maybe you're not gonna like to hear this, but I watch a lot of American news coverage. And it sounds, in some cases, for example, like they're rooting for a run. - With all their respect, should media, let's be banned because the president doesn't like their coverage. Should you be able to be banned? - Well, they're not banned. - They're banned from, they're banned from murdering us. - No, we're not closing CNN. We're not closing CNN. There aren't a bunch of police officers or soldiers kicking down the doors of MSNBC or MSNOW, whatever it's called, and arresting people, and I'm plugging it from the grid. They're just not allowed to work from the workspace at the White House. - See, don't some fun gaslighting. Hey, guys, it's not a ban unless the military is kicking down your doors. It's not an attack on free speech or the free press. - But back to Trump's U.N. speech, because you had him kicking it off with all the same superlatives that we've heard countless times before. We're saying, don't believe your line, eyes and ears and lived experiences, saying this is the most prosperous economy ever, the most secure border ever, the strongest military, the best technology, the lowest crime. Like, two years ago, we were a dead country now with the hottest country in the world. Saying, under Biden, we were in a dark age. Now, we're living through an unbelievable golden age. - The entire world is being lifted by the wealth, strength, spirit and momentum of a newly energized and a very powerful United States of America. - But then, you got around to the other elephant in the room and that, of course, is Iran. Now, according to Trump, military is completely obliterated, ours is just fine and as more munitions that it knows what to do with ships are flowing freely through the strait and oil prices, they're gonna drop soon. - Really, despite all those claims, the United States is, of course, still at war with no clear end insight and Trump told the room, I have a big decision to make. - Well, a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before. Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again? Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations? - And what he says is that he thinks that they'll make a deal, they'll only do it after the midterm. - They're waiting to see how I do in the midterm election. What they don't realize is that I'm not running. I did that already and won in a landslide. We won in a giant landslide. - And then after that, he attacked most of his other perceived enemies like Cuba, Hamas, Communism, AI skeptics, even though United Nations itself is well as what he called globalists. - It is equally unacceptable that with all the genuine atrocities in the world, the UN's top human rights officials spend their time criticizing the United States for protecting our children from transgender, mutilization and transgender insanity. - But otherwise, really not much to note, it's kind of your general disconnected from reality. Don't know how much he's lying versus how much he's being misinformed, brandly mess, where he tries to say certain words or places and has a hard time. - He's Pakistan, he's Pakistan. - As well as his tendency to talk about himself in the third person. - President Donald Trump issued a new and effective statement that really has brought great peace and space through really a breakthrough that we thought was impossible. - And actually, just to bring this segment back around, high little bow on it. Well, that Trump dumpster fire train wreck was playing out Mamdani. He announced that DoorDash is now having to pay $130 million plus dollar settlement to their workers. DoorDash even seemingly had to apologize, saying we messed up, saying our mistakes meant some New York City dashes were underpaid or paid late and saying that's unacceptable and we're deeply sorry to the dashes we let down. - But then on the other side, you had Mamdani putting it very differently. Today, after years of corporate greed and impunity, we are holding DoorDash to account. City Hall will not sit idly by while a mega corporation that made nearly a billion dollars in profits last year rips off the working people who keep our city moving. For three years, DoorDash must also send DCWP detailed data every month to check compliance on minimum pay, maximum distance, trip disclosures, and pay and trip and tip transparency rather. To ensure those numbers are accurate, we are relying on the people who know this work best, the workers themselves. As you have heard, the Workers Justice Project and the Workers Algorithm Observatory are engineering software that lets delivery workers record the DoorDash app and share it directly with the city. For the first time, workers will have the power to crowdsource data and investigate the black box algorithms that dictate their schedules and pay. - And to seemingly as the debate and the discourse it plays out in all the places you'd expect, Mamdani just keeps stacking on win after win. And notably, wins for the people. And then there's even more that we gotta dive into in just a minute, but first, a quick word from a sponsor. Today's sponsor, Bellessa, they're given away free rose toys to every single one of you and not just some. Everyone who signs up at bbvibed.com/dapranco wins something. That's the deal. We've partnered with Bellessa several times over the past few months and it's clear that you guys have been loving it. So when they reached out again, St. Yes was a no-brainer. If you're new to Bellessa, they've built a comprehensive catalog of wellness products for everybody. Doesn't matter who you are or what you're into, they've got something designed with you in mind. 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And so it actually all starts with Senator Susan Collins of Maine and a bakery. Because in 2019, you had Collins really behind in fundraising and worrying about losing her seat. And so reportedly, you had Scott Reed, head of Collins's Super PAC, coming up with this sketchy-ass plan to get the campaign back on track. Trek a deal with a Hawaiian defense contractor, Navitech. 'Cause you see a year prior, Collins had helped out the company with a multi-million dollar Navy research contract. And reportedly, they wanted more government contracts in Maine, and so Reed realized that he leveraged there. And so he met up at a corner bakery with the CEO of the company Martin Cow, who reportedly casually asked that Collins guarantee tens of millions of dollars in addition to federal funding. And Reed is said to have agreed to those terms. And with all this, you know, I've got to note that government contractors, they are not allowed to make political contributions, and they certainly can't offer donations in exchange for things. That's that little thing we call bribery. And so apparently to hide all their sketchy shit, Navitat came up with a plan to transfer the donation through a shell company, and in fact right after that meeting, cow-scented initial payment of $150,000, and according to the report, two months later, good-em-telling company executives that Collins had committed $32 million in naval contracts. And so obviously, very suspicious. And the sus-ness, it doesn't end with Collins, because it turns out that Collins pals actually donated about $900,000 to a bunch of politicians. And to peers that way, Navitat was able to establish operations in several states with over $40 million a year in government funding. And then it was really crazy with all this, as I've probably found that Navitat's work for the government was quote "of no real value", right, and then when you know it with all this, the FBI comes sniffing around. And they saw right through the shell company, Roos, cow-got arrested her fraud in 2020, and a grand jury indicted him for a legal campaign contributions in 2022. And so with him looking at years and years in prison, he flips, he's hoping for a chance to shorten his sentence. And he reportedly laid out an excruciating detail for the FBI how all this worked. We're talking a 50-page document handed to agents naming dozens of lobbyists, congressional staffers, and members of Congress who he said helped him trade cash for contracts. He also told agents of the politicians, including Collins, were willing participants, saying it takes two to tangle. He also gave him a roadmap detailing all the Congress members in Navitat dealt with, email addresses, and phone numbers. The people cows said were involved and should be subpoenaed. And as interviews, they opened up a whole new phase of investigation, because yeah, this disappeared to be a fell on those trying to worm his way out of serving as much time as possible. But also, agents were actually reportedly able to corroborate much of his story by scanning through hundreds of thousands of records seized during his arrest. And while it was in the very early stages, everything he provided, everything that the agents had discovered, it reportedly gave the FBI enough to open a sweeping bribery probe. A probe that would've wrapped up major figures in both parties. Except, the probe never happened. And that's because shortly after cows, interviews wrapped up, Trump became president again. And as you might remember, he purged the DOJ and stacked it with his own personal lawyers. Right, anyone who ever investigated it, they were gone, agents and prosecutors, they were quitting. And the specialized teams handling public corruption investigations, they were axed. They were reportedly decimated agent by agent at the hands of Trump's chosen FBI director, Cash Patel. And one of the agents who actually took cows' confession was pushed out in retaliation for her work investigating Trump himself. And now, like in today's version of the DOJ, Trump's DOJ, there's no meaningful working done against public corruption, and so everything with the cow seems to be dead. Right, which is actually where it should be, according to a number of people who were seemingly involved. Collins's office vigorously denying the allegations, calling cows claims outlandish, or deputy chief of staff saying Collins's office fully cooperated with the FBI's investigations and added, the fact that the FBI and Biden-led Department of Justice thoroughly examined the Navatech matter demonstrates this. Saying these issues were resolved in 2021 and concluded when the Collins campaign disgorge the illegal contributions that Martin Cowe had made without our knowledge. But for now, the reality is that all of this is going to play out in the court of public opinion. Right, we are now less than two months away from the midterm elections. Collins, she's in a very tight race against Troy Jackson. And while seemingly the DOJ is not interested here, the voters may be, especially because it appears for a number of people, they're now reviewing Collins's actions through a new lens. Right, looking at the timing, looking at the allegations, going, "Oh, is this why she voted for Pam Bondi? Is this why she made this or that decision?" Right along with other decisions that are more directly connected to the allegations. And very soon, we'll see where people land on this that a lot more. And then, actually, let's jump from a dropped investigation into an ongoing one, because we should talk about this clavicular situation. Right, because if you're unfamiliar, clavicular, aka Brayton Peters, he's this Gen Z face of the Manus fear. He's often referred to as a "looks-maxing" influencer, a kick streamer. Right, as a part of his initial blowup, you had clips of him talking about hammering your bones in your face. Like, that was a hack of his to look more attractive. But now you've got them in the news because he's been charged with rape and Massachusetts. And specifically, he's facing a count of drugging someone for sexual intercourse in one count of procuring liquor for someone under the age of 21. Right, according to the court records that are now coming to light, the charges were initially filed back in September 8th, and the alleged offenses happened in May of 2025. So, you've got this arrangement that's scheduled for October 14th, with clavicular reportedly facing up to life in prison. And with that, you had a spokesperson for clavicular, quickly responding to the report, saying Brayton Peters is not been physically served. As usual, the bullwork is exaggerated, or which is where we saw this report initially blowing up. And you have this spokesperson saying that these new criminal charges stem from a civil suit that he refused to settle. Right, to be clear, the latest court documents, they do not reveal the name of the alleged victim. But, you've had people talking about how this new information lines up with a report from last April. 18-year-old Alora Zyba, whose real name is Alexandra Bassalevna Mendoza, brought a civil suit against clavicular, accusing him of battery fraud and sexual misconduct. Accusing him of injecting her with aquelix without a permission during a live stream, which is a fact-desolving substance, which is not FDA-approved. She also accused him of non-consensual sexual encounters at his parents' home in Cape Cod, saying that she was a minor and intoxicated at the time. And, according to the lawsuit, clavicular paid her $1,000 and claimed that he wanted to make her the female face of looks maxing. But, they ended up having a very turbulent relationship. Now, clavicular has denied the allegations since in July, you had him filing a motion to dismiss certain counts of that lawsuit, and that included the one about sexual misconduct. And then, with all this, what you saw last night is that after the rape charge news, bro, clavicular jumped on Twitter and started defending himself by posting photos and videos featuring Mendoza. I'm ready to share the clip of Mendoza praising him. Not dating clav, just did a little stream together where he injected aquelix was really fun. Super nice, Sunmeen, Uber, home right after. There was also another clip of her claiming to be 18, though we don't actually know when that was filmed. And he also posted a legit message from her asking for his help setting up kick and saying, she wants him and is tired of being independent. And then, there's this photo of an alleged letter that Mendoza wrote to him. Well, the handwriting is kind of tough to make out. The note appears to read, "Just no, Braden, you have my loyalty 100%. I admire the man you are and secretly the values you had about how women should be in the kitchen, LOL. But I want to stay on this grind and grow with you. I'm also really thankful for you helping me as much as you have. And then, in a different post from last night, you got a randomly calling her out for wanting to be a bottle girl writing, "Happens to all successful young men, people try to come for your money, greed is evil." And then, as far as reactions that we've seen coming from this report and these updates, you've got a number of people out there saying that these allegations aren't actually surprising, coming from a "manosphere influencer" like him. It's some joking, it's always the people who you expected from. Others saying, "Fork, found in kitchen," saying he's never been shy about the disgust and hate he has for women, saying men with his mentality are all a danger to society. In others, saying things like, "Interesting that half of the manosphere is in jail for rape and the other half is visiting the White House." I don't know if that means anything. Or with that, appearing to be a shot at Jake Paul and Logan Paul and other types that we've seen at the White House. The Paul is most recently. But for now, on the "Clivicular Front," we're going to have to wait to see how this continues to play out and what other things we learn. 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Starting with a huge news around the Nolan Wells case, or because after months of this case taking the country by storm, conspiracies, independent investigations, YouTube interviews with witnesses, a grand jury just decided that there are going to be no criminal charges file. Right after 132 subpoenas and 43 witnesses, you had the district attorney say, "The grand jury finds no credible evidence to support the public allegations that any persons who rode to or from Horn Island on July 4th, 2026, engaged in any criminal conduct related to the death of Mr. Wells." This is huge news, right? Because from this start, a lot of people just skeptical about the story surrounding his death. Right, apparently he went there that day with a group of friends, but they went back home without him after the both of they used started taking on some water. You're them saying that Wells stayed behind and planned to catch a ride home with someone else. And then by the end of that day, he was missing, and it wasn't long before that made national news. But then, what you saw is that after his body was found on the 6th, things took off even more. With people asking if whatever happened to him could have been racially motivated. Also questioning whether the state of Mississippi would give him a fair investigation, give him their history with racism and civil rights violations. The family even got Ben Crump on the case so they could have their own independent review of what could have happened. But now, you've got the DA shooting it all down, saying there is absolutely no evidence to support the allegation that Nolan's disappearance and death were racially motivated. And along with that, the Grand jury report addressed some of the other big rumors that we've been hearing. I think it's not unusual or suspicious for people to catch rides on different boats like Wells reportedly planned to. I think there was no evidence of him getting into any fights that day, so those online rumors didn't hold up either. And then with all of this, you had the DA calling Crump out for how he handled all those suspicions. That's suggesting that a grieving mother, police, the rumors surrounding her child's death. But adding what I am suggesting is that the Crump team knew better, but did not do better. But as far as Crump, he still doesn't seem convinced. Or saying all of this, it just leaves us with more questions than answers and claiming. We still don't know how Nolan died and neither does the state of Mississippi. Right in there, technically, officials in both the state and the independent autopsy said his cause of death was undetermined, with the state specifying that drowning was a diagnosis of exclusion. So now, you've got the Grand jury also saying at the position and condition his body was found in, along with the time and location of discovery, it's all consistent with drowning. So for now, that's where things stand, unless something big happens or changes. And you would as family speaking out about all this earlier today, saying the report reinforced the fact that Nolan was not given a thorough transparent and honest investigation, and you would crumb at it and that they'll never stop trying to figure out what exactly happened that day. Also, in the news from there, we should talk about swastikas, the n-word, Confederate flags, and quote, "go back to Africa." Because apparently, that's what black Tesla employees have been seeing all over the place at work. claiming that the higher up haven't been doing anything about it. Right, and specifically what you're seeing here is that dozens of black employees from Tesla's free-month plant in California, they reported dealing with these types of racial slurs, along with unequal pay, racial segregation, and bullying from their supervisors on a daily basis. This actually goes back at it. They filed a lawsuit in 2022, seeking financial damages, and injunctive relief, which could force Tesla to change its labor practices and internal policies. And the reason we're talking about it now is the case finally made its way to court yesterday. Where they're able to show evidence of some of the absolutely foul stuff they say that they were seeing at work. And that includes them talking about some of the verbal abuse they say they experienced. One person even saying she was asked if she wanted to hang from a tree. Also, another witness they called to the stands said that he was the one who got written up after a cohort called him the N-word. And he also had people claiming that they had seen first-hand how HR would treat black employees differently from other races. And they're even bringing up a situation where white employees were caught drinking at work, but they got to keep their jobs after Elon Musk himself stepped in to override company policy. But as far as Tesla, they're denying all this and calling the lawsuit misguided. In adding that, higher ups have, quote, always disciplined and terminated employees who engage in misconduct, including those who use racial slurs or harass others in different ways. But that's also not what it appears that their track record shows. For years, they've had legal troubles being accused of ignoring racial complaints like these. They've also had similar issues when it comes to female employees who report physical assaults and other forms of harassment on the job. Still, you have the company maintaining that they've implemented policies to work against that and punish employees when they cross the line. Though with that, you had a lawyer for the California Civil Rights Department saying, "Despite what Tesla might argue, you will hear black workers were deeply offended and adding, that hundreds of complaints to Tesla and the Civil Rights Department will show that these experiences were not isolated." As far as what happens from here, you have people kind of split. Part of that appears to be connected to the fact that this is a bench trial, and it's going to be up to superior court judge Peter Borken to make the call, and he handed Tesla a win in a separate lawsuit last year. And then your final bit on news today is that we've got to talk about updates around paramount Warner Brothers. Because you now have way more people than Mark Ruffalo tearing in to Gavin Newsome and others over this settlement merger. But then also in addition to that, you have a lot of people going, "Okay, well, what now?" Because from the start, you had people like California AG, Rob Bonta, totally against the merger. You had Karen Bass saying the same thing. But now, with where we are, you have Bass saying, we must focus on holding the company's accountable to keep productions on L.A. stages and ensure paychecks for hardworking Angelinos. That's also where a lot of things get messy, because it seems like this decision was ultimately made to try to keep jobs in Hollywood. And yes, paramount, or rather, the Ellisons with them threatening to leave California, if they had left, that would have been horrible for the state. But even with them saying, you have a lot of people asking him a lot of reports coming out saying, "Well, how many jobs are actually going to be saved?" I'm ready to see cuts, how soon and that's as David Ellison apparently expects the steel to officially close within the next two weeks. So you're seeing execs out there saying, "I don't see a world where they're not laying off a bunch of people before the end of the year," saying, "I think that there are many people in the industry who don't even understand the toll it's going to take." And with this, while you have a lot of people not really blaming the AG, Rob Bonta really appears to have been forced here. Even saying the agreement was not a boat of support for this merger. One of the people most likely to take a hit from this is Gavin Newsome, where you report saying that his fingerprints are all over this, that there was a lot of pressure from him onto the AG or rather him and others. With one of the main arguments in support of this being that Gavin Newsome was in a hard place where really all options were going to be bad, so there was really just about picking the less bad version. But as far as what kind of hit Newsome takes here, it is going to depend on what things look like a few months from now, a year from now and two years from now. With that, there are a number of different factors of play. How many movies and TV shows are being made? How many people are being hired or fired? What does CNN and CBS look like? And I imagine sooner than later, we're going to see the impacts. That my friend's beautiful bastards is the end of your Tuesday show. Thank you for watching, like, and being subscribed to these daily doves into the news. Also, if you want to check out and follow our new fantastic music correspondence, I got their links in the description. I've been such a big fan of improv Broadway for a while now, so the fact that they were like 100% down to work with us. I'm over the moon about it. Okay, with all that said, I just want to say, I love your faces, and I'll see you right back here for another dive into the news tomorrow.