New Cornell University 7 Case Details Expose A Lot & Candace Owens' Lawsuits Are Looking Bad

The Cornell University 7 case just exposed a widespread problem in New York, as you also have people arguing over what the newest text, details, and updates really mean. You've got Candace Owens now being sued by a man she allegedly accused of being Charlie Kirk's real killer. A plane headed to Israel suddenly plunged 18,000 feet after one pilot stabbed another and with some recalling a 9/11 style attack, and you've got a 17-month-old ending up on a ventilator and dialysis after drinking raw milk, highlighting a growing blind spot. 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. It's about the "Horific Cornell University gang rape allegations." And with that, depending on where you go online, you are seeing very different reactions right with the latest updates working heated debates about accountability and the legal process. Right, and this is all connected to earlier this week when I talked about how a woman identified as Jane Doe is suing Cornell in seven current and former members of the CHI-5 fraternity over the alleged hours-long assault that she first reported to Cornell police two years ago. And while at the time no arrests were made, two of the accused fraternity members got expelled and the others got off with suspensions and essays, this week you were prosecutors announcing that they're re-opening the investigation. And today, where we're going to start is with the new details from Doe's 2024 police interview transcript, because it includes the quote from Doe saying, "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped." But they're then also saying at the time that she was physically hit very, very hard. And a big thing is that this comes as Tomkins County DA, Matthew Van Halton's been claiming that what Doe said to the police was totally different from what she said in the lawsuit. They're saying that she didn't initially say she was raped and so he had a lot of people asking, "Okay, well, was he just straight up lying?" And we would have been Halton responding in an interview this morning claiming that this is actually the first time he's hearing that quote. That wasn't information that I had, first of all, second of all, that is a legal conclusion. If she had said those words, we certainly would want to have explored that more. So for many, it was very odd that that statement wasn't investigated and allegedly never made its way to the DA. Right then on top of the transcript, there are also new excerpts of alleged texts between Doe and one of the defendants from two days after the alleged assault. Right in those, you have the man apologizing for quote, "how things went down and for being too intoxicated to quote, "shut it down and kick people out before it got way out of hand." And while with this, Doe allegedly writing back that none of the sexual stuff was illegal, her lawyer noted that she had been intoxicated to the point of incapacity and was still in denial and trying to figure out what would happen. It's also noted that Doe reportedly said that her memory was super clouded, and according to the text, she also said that next time they hang out, quote, "leave out the extra five billion men in ketamine." Seemingly, in a getting of there was a group of men and drugs that she wasn't on board with. And so then with all this, you have a lot of people saying, "This girl was failed at pretty much every turn." Right in saying that includes everyone down the line by the 57 men in the Snapchat group chat that included the message free pussy upstairs by Cornell and also actually by New York State Law. Right because one of the things that you have this case doing is shining a light on a New York State Law that's some called the voluntary intoxication loophole. And that's because this law actually makes it very difficult to bring charges against someone who's had sex with a person who was quote, "voluntarily intoxicated," whereas someone who consumed alcohol or drugs on their own before the attack happened. So you've got a lot of people saying that's essentially victim blaming, saying that it's their fault for drinking or doing drugs and not the attackers fault. And it's also a loophole that the DA van Halton's been referencing as he tries to defend himself or not investigating this or charging anyone two years ago. Right looking into it, this is actually a law that New York State lawmakers have been trying to change for years, but the proposal is just haven't gone anywhere. And so with this, you've got one state assembly member who supports changing the law saying that the Cornell case is exactly the type of situation this legislation would address. And adding it's just outrageous and it makes me angry that we haven't passed this yet. It would at least ensure that the survivor would get justice. And while New York Governor Kathy Hocal hasn't commented on the loophole, she is calling for outside counsel to review Cornell University's response. Reporting out in a statement, there are serious questions about Cornell's campus culture and its systems for prevention, reporting and response. We also now have the mayor of Ithaca, where Cornell is located, calling for a ban on student events and special event permits. And in general, this week, you're seeing all kinds of passionate responses to the situation, including a very unsettling one that a Cornell professor Kate Man wrote for the cut. Or with her assuming to expose just how bad rate culture is at Cornell and how nothing's really done about it, writing. As a professor at Cornell, I have had many, many victims in my office confiding in me with their experiences of sexual assault and harassment, saying many didn't even try to report them to the police or the university, and for those who did, the experiences and outcomes have rarely been positive. Again, this is someone who is employed by Cornell and she added. Students who commit infractions like plagiarism are often punished more harshly than the male students directly responsible for making the campus dangerous for female ones. Her claims, they appear to be backed up by a report revealing that more than 1200 incidents of sexual assault, dating and domestic violence and stalking were reported to Cornell's title nine office from 2018 to 2024. And with that quote, "most of those found responsible receive minor sanctions that allowed them to remain on campus, such as probation or training." But then also with this, it's not just one universal reaction out there. Right on the other side of this situation, you're seeing responses from people like the Views sunny Austin, for example. And under New York law, voluntary intoxication or drug use that merely impairs judgment does not legally constitute an inability to consent to sexual activity. The pictures of these young men who have not been charged, not been adjudicated, are being plastered all over the internet. I think people are reporting this story inaccurately. I think they're reporting it unfairly. And while this is something that we have to take very seriously, there is no way, according to her statement in 2024, that any prosecutor would have brought. She was in touch. And in addition, those kind of arguments, you have other people arguing that while a lot of the complaint details bad behavior, it should necessarily be characterized as gang rate because of details like, quote, "she liked male one" and agreed to a threesome. There are things known to like when he then allegedly proposed to force him. She said no. And it didn't happen. Right. And so depending on where you go on the internet, you're seeing a lot of different people having a lot of different arguments than other people replying, arguing back and forth. But in general right now, you're seeing people noting things like, you know, Jane Doe appears to be the only one that's actually had to deal with consequences thus far. But for now, it's ultimately where we are, right? Waiting to see what other information comes out, what happens with the investigation. Also, do we hear more from the defendants or see what's happening with them? Right. On that front, there's been a report of one of the defendants, Diego, Sarabia getting fired from Wells Fargo. Yeah, with all this, I really would have loved to hear your thoughts on how all of this is playing out right now. But then from that, we jump to other news where you have this other investigation into what went wrong with this insane flight to Israel. Because when you had Boeing executives here on the news that one of their 737 Max 8 jets nose-dived 18,000 feet this morning, I could only imagine they were like, oh no, not again. But then we can maybe picture a collective sigh of relief over there when they found out that it wasn't their fault for once or at least it does not seem like Boeing's fault there. Or because diving into the specifics of what we know right now, you had an Emirati flight that was headed from Dubai to Tel Aviv, carrying 174 passengers nearly all of them Israeli. And then at around two and a half hours into the trip, as they were passing over Saudi Arabia and still pretty far from Israeli Aerospace, passengers heard something. Or with one, telling Channel 12, suddenly I heard a struggle, something like a fight coming from the cockpit. The door was slightly ajar and I saw an attempt to push someone out. Then three Israelis who were sitting behind me came to see what was happening and the plane suddenly went into a very steep dive, nose down with a very intense spin. And you had flight trackers showing the aircraft plummeted from 34,000 feet to 16,000 feet in less than two minutes. And so people started screaming, panicking, one told the time of Israel. It felt like that's it. It's over. September 11th is happening again. Meanwhile, you're the plane's transponder, issuing a distress signal for a general emergency for them seven minutes later. It switched the code to unlawful interference, which is usually stuff for things like hijackings or hostage takings. And so reportedly, Israel scrambled to find her jets, but on board, the plane was still pure chaos. But with witnesses saying, flight attendants were really not helpful saying, quote, they were hysterical. They didn't really know how to handle the situation. So reportedly, a handful of men that were sitting towards the front took matters into their own hands and broken to the cockpit. There was one on looker saying that when the door is open, there was a lot of blood. And that's been seemingly confirmed by videos floating around on social media. And you had multiple people covered in blood with at least one person on the floor wearing a pilot's uniform. And that appears to be because it's been widely reported that this all started when the co-pilot stabbed the captain with a knife, hence the struggle that passengers heard in the cockpit. And then once the stabber was subdued, a woman said that a doctor and a nurse on board started sending to the wounded pilot. And then, even though it's still a little unclear who these guys were, it appears that two relief pilots entered the cockpit and took control of the plane. With them then diverting the flight to an airport in Saudi Arabia, where it landed safely. And while the airline flyed you by, then sent a couple of rescue planes to pick up all the evacuated passengers that didn't go over so smoothly. Right, and that reportedly because some of the people they just didn't feel comfortable getting back on the plane with the same airline. And actually now, there are not the only ones that are looking at fly-du-by suspiciously. Right, you're actually saying a lot of people pointing their finger at them for the security laps that led to the sense of it. And so for context, fly-du-by was the first airline to offer commercial flights from Dubai to Tel Aviv in 2020 after Israel and the UAE normalized relations. And they're actually only one of a few airlines that are still going to Tel Aviv after October 7th, 2023. So, according to an Israeli transportation ministry source who spoke to the Jerusalem post, part of that deal with Israel is that fly-du-by can only have pilots from countries with normalized relations with the country. But, according to the reports that we're seeing, the co-pilot who allegedly stabbed the captain is from Al-Maan, which is a country that is not approved. And so, you now have Israel's transportation minister calling for all fly-du-by flights entering and exiting the country to be halted. And, well, as of right now, we're still waiting for more information regarding the motives of the attacker. While you have them considering multiple possibilities in Israeli official-told harats that authorities are treating it as a terror incident. And you've got Benjamin Netanyahu claiming that evidence indicates the co-pilot apparently intended to crash the plane. But you also had his far-right cabinet members going even further with a defense minister calling it an attempted jihadist terror attack. And then you also had their national security minister adding, "We received another reminder today about the naive conception that our enemy's value life and that we should have mercy." And then with this, you have the government supporters trying to claim credit for predicting this event because of a statement that Netanyahu made yesterday with him warning that ahead of the elections, our enemies will try to attack us. So, of course, there, that's pretty vague, and you have the opposition leaders saying that during a security briefing with Netanyahu this morning, nothing resembling the plane attack was even mentioned. So, you're the leader of the Democrats' expressing contempt for the disgraceful attempts by the, quote, "hamas" is an asset government to play cheap politics at the expense of this heroism. But for now, we're going to have to wait to see what other information and details come out, whether it's from the investigation or somewhere else. And then there's even more we got to dive into in just a minute, but really quick, let me thank a sponsor. 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But then, having right back into the news, Candace Owens is now facing another lawsuit over conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk's death, where with this one being filed by Robert Hill, who's a private citizen, who was in the audience when Charlie was killed at Utah Valley University. And Candace, as allegedly told her audience that he, "contributed to Kirk's assassination, had ties to malicious foreign actors and was connected to a gothic and communist underground, which she associated with the murder." And specifically, Candace said that she believes Robert is the man in the photos released by the FBI, depicting the suspect who officials have since claimed his Tyler Robinson. And as for how her theory came to be, Robert and his friends, they were standing about 15 to 20 yards away from Charlie's stage. And after they heard the gunshot, they ran to his friend's grandmother's house near campus. And his friend's relative, who's a former member of the Utah House of Representatives, was also at the event and went to the grandmother's house as well. Then the day after, you had TMZ posting footage of the alleged shooter walking to and from the campus before and after the shooting. And in those clips, the suspect walks in front of and behind the grandmother's home. And around the same time, the FBI also released photos of the suspect on campus. And then a few days later, Robert and his friends went on a walk in the grandmother's neighborhood, and in parts of campus that were on the shooter's route and had been portrayed in footage that the FBI had publicly released. And they apparently didn't do this to investigate or even fully retrace their steps, but one friend did take selfies of the group during their walk. Brandy actually posted side by side, matching their location to the photos of the suspect. With Robert apparently not knowing the photos were going to be posted in this context, and the images ended up being something that Candace really latched on to. Or because as you possibly know, or maybe you've seen us talk about the fact that Tyler Robinson has been charged and is going to face trial for this murder, has not stopped Candace from pushing tons of other narratives. Reporting to Turning Point USA, Israel saying that Robinson is just a patsy and questioning if he's even the person in the images shared by law enforcement. And so when she saw these images of Robert and his friends in the weeks after Charlie's killing, she said things like, I like to know everybody in this photo is. It's just interesting like you guys are in the staircase and posting side by side like they put the side by side photos of them in the staircase. And I just was like, I need to just know more about you and I need to know more about these two individuals who I couldn't find on his friend's list. And in one episode, she says of Robert specifically. He kind of resembles certainly more so than Tyler Robinson does the blurred image of the individual that was coming up the stairs. I couldn't look away from that. Receiving to suggest that he is in fact the suspect in those photos. Though according to the lawsuit, at the exact time that the suspect was photographed in the stairwell, video footage shows Robert already in the crowd waiting for Charlie in different clothes. Right. So arguing it is physically impossible for him to be the individual in the stairwell photos. Where Candace still made other claims, right. Later in that episode, she appears to suggest that he came from overseas and is involved in some sort of gothic cult. To take a look at this, I'm going to show you the side by side of this individual and I am certain. Can't say 100 percent, okay, because we need to find this person's name. But this is a match, okay. The ears, the chin, just everything about this individual is a match. But he is as of yet identified as a gothic person. But with this, you have the lawsuit noting that Robert is a member of the church of Latter-day Saints. And saying he is not and never has been associated with any gothic underground community and even the website that she's looking at states that this was a themed costume and dance event. For Becandace, she still kept chasing this down repeatedly. And in later episodes, she names him and suggests that he was using a false identity and that he was part of suspicious foreign groups. Or with people apparently even placing bets on prediction markets that Robert would be named as the real shooter. And then the lawsuit also claims that Candace was given information proofing Robert's innocence, but saying she ignored it. Even alleging in later episodes of her podcast, Candace tacitly admitted that the man in the photos is in fact Tyler Robinson, but did nothing to clear Robert's name. And so because of all this, he claims he's suffered a ton of reputational harm and fears for his safety as a result of her claims with the lawsuits say. Multiple individuals have publicly called for violence against him in comments sections and in standalone social media posts, including statements advocating that he be killed. And he also claims that he had to hide out for weeks after Candace first identified him leaving the state of Utah and even applying for refugee status in another country at a fear for his life. Right in that as he and his family members apparently have been doxed his home and car were apparently vandalized and he wants to get married to his girlfriend, but he fears doing so would put her in harm's way. And so you've got him suing Candace Owens for defamation, implied defamation, and intentional inflection of emotional distress seeking damages to be determined at trial. Right now, notably with all this, Robert isn't the first person to say his life's been harmed by Candace's conspiracies. She's already been sued by Charlie's former head of security for similarly implicating him in Charlie's death. Right and actually you just had Candace being discussed in this major piece from Vanity Fair that they just published about Eric occurred. With that, including interviews with Erica, as well as with Charlie's mom. And Candace, of course, it's been well documented. She's repeatedly criticized Erica for just about everything. Right, the way she's led TP USA, the way she's grieved. And again, often linking her to Charlie's death. And so with all this, you had Vanity Fair saying the only time Catherine Kirk, Charlie's mother cries is when she starts talking about how upset her son would be over the way his wife has been treated on social media. And adding though she says she's desperate to remain a private citizen, Catherine is also coming to terms with the fact that even her silence has been co-opted by conspiracy theorists who claim there's a rip between Charlie's parents and Erica. Right and Catherine insists that none of this is true. And then she adds, "Erika and I have through the trauma grown closer. We knew Charlie in a way that no one else did." And while Erica, she didn't directly comment on Candace's actions regarding the trolling and critiques that she's received, she said. What's been the most interesting is how savage women are to women. Saying people can see the sparkly suit on stage, but have no idea the fact that that was the only thing that fit. Saying everyone gets a half picture. And then also with this, you had Vanity Fair noting that Candace has driven a wedge in turning point and as a result within MAGA itself. And for her part, Candace, while she hasn't publicly responded to this lawsuit at least as I'm filming this video, she did shoot back at some of Erica's remarks in the Vanity Fair piece saying that she laughed out loud at some of them. And so without a doubt, this is going to be a place where we have to keep eyes on it. But then jumping from that, we then have another subject that's eating MAGA alive, and that is actually Trump himself. Because this could be the end of Ken Paxon's campaign. He might have just given Democrats a Senate seat in Texas. And that's because you've got the New York Times now publishing an audio recording where you can hear Paxon saying that Trump's random midterm convention, it hurt his campaign for US Senate in Texas. And according to the Times, this audio was given to the outlet by an attendee at a small private fundraiser for conservative donors and lobbyists last week. And awarding you like the bite, it's super muffled. It really sounds like that the person was recording from their pocket, but the group Democratic Wins Media was able to post a slightly clear version on Twitter. "You feel like, man, all these actions are out of the view, but you feel like you're a little bit of a drag." So to be honest with you, the numbers didn't get so we did that in the convention, so it's about our numbers, everybody's and we got. By now, yeah, that's not good. We're just doing something to turn on. I would absolutely not. Now with this, you had a senior Paxon advisor seeming to claim that the bite was fake, saying this is more manipulated nonsense from the New York Times to create a story that doesn't exist. But also, two people who attended the event said that they remember Paxon being asked this question, and one remembered that he gave a response about the negative consequences of Trump's midterm convention, or which was that highly unusual, off-ear convention that Trump had pushed forward to get Republicans fired up about the midterms, but it all ended up just being this weird, big celebration about him and his presidency. Right, and so with this clip, it's absolutely massive because Paxon is, he's this long-time Trump loyalist who centered his whole primary campaign around the idea that he was a far right mega alternative to incumbent Senator John Kornin. Trump himself even endorsed Paxon in his run-off with Kornin, and that's even after party leaders in both Washington and Texas wanted to stick with Kornin for a whole slew of reasons. For one, Kornin would have the incumbency advantage in a general election against James Tyleriko, so by running Paxon against him instead, that gives up a huge asset. Also, beyond that, Paxon's political tenure as Texas Attorney General, that's been riddled with scandals that we've even covered on the show. Right in 2015, he was indicted on felony securities fraud with a reaching an agreement nine years later to have the charges dropped and exchange were paying nearly $300,000 in restitution. He was also literally impeached by the Republican and controlled Texas House of Representatives back in 2023 after eight top aides accused him of bribery and abuse of office to help a campaign donor and upgrade a house for his mistress. Though you then add the Republican State Senate, later equiting him on all 16 articles of impeachment. But you know, since Paxon won his primary, Trump has repeatedly praised him in urge Texans, "Hey, get out there and vote for him in November." And Trump, he even recently said that he thought that his convention actually helped Paxon. "I think the fact that we had such a successful convention really helped get Paxon, he was a big part of it and left, I mean, he was a great attorney general." Right into that point, it's not like Paxon stride a distance himself from Trump. In fact, it's the exact opposite. He's always closely aligned himself with Trump. It's been the centerpiece of his campaign. He's even reportedly accepted $20 million from Trump's super PAC. And he chose to be featured prominently at Trump's convention, even when you had other Republicans deciding not to go or downplaying their involvement amid rising concerns that the event wouldn't actually be helpful because Trump's approval rating suck. And so for many, it seems absolutely wild that he's blaming Trump, especially because Paxon's campaign was already struggling before Trump's convention. Paxon, a Republican, has been narrowly trailing Talarico in recent polls in Texas, though he does remain within the margin of error. And while you've had some Republican strategies drawing comparisons to the 2018 race when Beto O'Rourke aren't sweeping support, but then still lost a Ted Cruz, you've got analysts noting that there are a key number of differences. Right, there's no "incumency" in this race. Paxon has way more baggage than Cruz. Trump is now also polling way worse in Texas now, and in 2018 more Texans approved and disapproved of the job Trump was doing by a margin of 48% to 45% respectively. But just as recently as last month, 51% disagreed with the job that he was doing while just 43% approved. And you've got Democrats that's appearing to be turning out at high. rate. At 2.32 million Texans voted in the Democratic Senate primary this year, while 2.16 million voted in the Republican Senate primary. And that becomes especially notable because the numbers were reversed in 2018, with the Republicans outboding Democrats by nearly half a million in the Senate primaries. And then beyond all that, Paxton's getting a lot of heat right now, because so far he's refused a debate, Tyler Rico. But Tyler Rico, he says he's accepted at least three debates, including one on Fox News, but Paxton, he hasn't responded. And that's actually a very big deal in Texas, because every Senate race there since 2002 has featured a debate before the general election, meaning that Paxton would be breaking a nearly quarter century precedent. So all that said, one of the places that Paxton does have Tyler Rico beat is actually just in sheer cash. According to reports, Paxton is currently outspending Tyler Rico by a margin of five to one. And you've got analysts saying this race is going to demolish Texas's record for spending in a Senate election. Right, the firm ad impact, they're projecting the Paxton Tyler Rico race, it is going to hit a $440 million spend. And that number, it is not just a big number, it is more than double the previous record of 210 million in 2024. It's actually the sense of being one of the single most expensive Senate seats in US history period. But now with this audio leak, you have some experts saying that Paxton's funding, it could start to dry up, regardless of whether Trump himself even responds. With, for example, one analyst writing, whether or not this draws his direct public higher, Paxton needs Trump, Trump aligned super PAC money and die hard Trump voters to pull off the win, saying this could jeopardize all that. But hey, we're going to see if Trump responds. And also how all of this plays out in November, because oh my god, the election is just about a month away. And so again, your friendly daily reminder, none of the polls matter if you and people you know do not vote. 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And you would Facebook post, leading her to Courtney Baker's unlicensed dairy farm moonlight ridge, or with Baker advertising her goat milk is clean and tested so Mary's bought it and gave it to her little girl for nearly six months before symptoms started to show. Or, which shouldn't be shocking, unpasteurized milk can be a bacterial minefield, and Brooklyn quickly contracted a rare strain at a cololi and her kidneys fail. And actually, she wasn't alone. A six-year-old girl also drank the same goat's milk and ended up in the same pediatric intensive care unit needing blood transfusions. And when Baker was told, she admitted she didn't even know how to test for a cololi, thinking that it only came for me. Right in that, is when California agricultural investigators stepped in. And so they pretended to be a buyer on Facebook and they got the unlicensed dairy to sell the milk, which carries a $10,000 fine enough to a year in jail. And the key thing is that when investigators confronted Baker, she claim her the milk was for pets, which is a loophole in California law. But that is, despite there being tax, which make it clear that she knew that kids were drinking the milk, such as asking Mary's how her baby was handling the milk. And so they came back later for a sample and Baker handed them a gallon that she claimed was gathered the night before from 11 goats. So investigators had no way to confirm that as they weren't allowed on the property. And of course, that test negative for any pathogens. And so in the end, despite text message admissions, hospital evidence, and Facebook posts selling raw goat milk from a clean tested herd, regulators still didn't pursue charges. But it looks like they just thought the process would be too costly and lengthy and instead just issued a cease and desist. Whereas the supervising special investigator put it, the immediate goal here is to get the goat farm to stop all milk-related product manufacturing and keep the community safe. But then of course, you've got questions about whether it letting an illegal dairy that nearly killed a pair of kids to get away free and clear is really keeping the community safe. But hey, in the meantime, it's just a big reminder that raw milk, meat, really any raw animal product, carries a huge risk of some pretty serious diseases. So if you want to risk it, hey, that's your life, that's your thing, but anyone else that's telling you that it's safe for a cure-all, they are full of shit. They're risks for you and especially your kids. And then also in the news, you've got a judge who just put Mayor Mondani's new second home taxes on ice claiming that he mishandled the rollout process and has to start back at square one. That's huge, because these taxes were seen as a way for Mondani to make good on his pledge to tax the rich. They applied a high market value homes, it aren't being used as the owner's primary residence. But also, that's where a lot of the problem comes in. Because you had Judge Wayne Aussie saying that it was Mondani's responsibility to establish people's residency status with this, but instead, he claimed that Mondani, quote, "unlawfully put that burden on the homeowners themselves." And then with that, you had the lawsuit claiming that his team stirred up confusion by sending out notices to around 17,000 New Yorkers, warning that their properties could get hit with these new taxes. Apparently, they didn't check whether those people were living in those properties full time beforehand. And you also had them putting out a list of almost a million properties that could be affected by this, which included the property owner's names. And obviously, there were a lot of people that weren't happy with that either. So the judge ordered them to take that list down and replace it with a list that doesn't include the names. And they also have to avoid their previous notices, narrow the list of recipients, and send new ones that outline how they determined each property would be subject to the tax. And so with this call, you had the lawyer representing New York homeowners saying, "City Hall, botched this rollout instead of just admitted the errors and fixed its own mistake instead of wasting time and taxpayer dollars by fighting it in court." You also have Mamdani's team not backing down, saying the ultra-wealthy are fighting in court to avoid paying their fair share, saying they have filed lawsuit after lawsuit or protect their privilege and we will not back down. Authorities said to appeal this, and if the appellate court side with them, the rollout will continue as planned. But if not, you're going to have to figure out how to get this all done on a super tight timeline since the first tax bill is usually start being sent out in November. And then on top of all that, you have other people in separate cases trying to push back on the tax altogether, saying that it goes against the state and federal constitution. Then finally, you've got the news that Medi just saved nearly $4 billion on its federal tax bill by telling the IRS that it's massive, multi-billion dollar AI data centers. They're actually just a giant experiment that could fail. But also, isn't like every business decision a giant experiment that could fail? Why do I have to pay taxes? That's the real question. Yeah, according to report from the New York Times, Medi's been exploiting a 1980s federal research tax credit meant for scientific innovation. And the way they're apparently doing this is by classifying commercially available in video microchips and entire data centers as experimental pilot models rather than standard business asset. In this loophole maneuver, it made Medi the single largest beneficiary of the tax break among all publicly traded companies. Right, in this federal tax shield, it comes alongside local tax breaks. When big tech builds these facilities, they pitched local municipalities on promises of tax revenue and high paying jobs. But actually in practice, companies demand heavy tax exemptions while bringing in very few permanent staff and heavily straining local energy and water grids. Now, you had Medi defending the practice stating that they invested $57 billion in research last year alone. And they're simply utilizing tax incentives established by Congress to encourage domestic tech investment. But if all of that sounds too good to be true for Medi, even they think it might be. Right, in a securities disclosure, you had them calling using the loophole in this way an unrecognized tax benefit, or which feels very close to labeling this free money question mark. But here's the thing, give it how much of the current administration loves AI. It's entirely likely Medi's gamble is going to pay off. And that's as, they're not the only one, with Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft all reporting similar tax benefits. And all of this has led many people regardless of left versus right wondering, hey, in our communities, if we're not getting good tax revenue from AI data centers, or good jobs, and what are we actually getting? Just the environmental and electrical costs increases? Doesn't that seem like the single worst trade of all time? That my friends, you beautiful bastards, is the end of your Wednesday show. But I also have a lot more that you can watch that's just a click away. 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