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If you've got Polymark, you're getting slammed for, letting people bet on great charges with celebs also now getting dragged into the fold. It's really going on with Trump and Ukraine right now. This million-dollar PSA hikes is people freaking out. We're talking about all of that and even more. On today's brand new, Philip DeFranco show, your daily dive into the news starting with this. This Amy Acton Vavec-Roma Swammy situation is genuinely insane. Or because you have these two in a race to become the next governor of Ohio. And it is a surprisingly tight race in a state that Donald Trump won by 11 points in 2024. Right now, two weeks before the election, you have this viral video coming out of Acton's mom calling her a liar and telling people not to vote for her. And all of that's actually even crazier than it sounds. But a little background first. Acton is a doctor who's become widely known for running Ohio's code response as the director of the state's Department of Health. And over the years, both she and her brother Phil Sterns have repeatedly detailed the hunger, neglect, and abuse that they said they faced under their mother's custody after she and their father got divorced. And specifically, during an interview with the Vindicator back in 2019, you had Acton claiming that her mother, Donna Arthur, regularly uprooted them, moving the family to around 18 different places in her first 12 years, including one that was literally just a bare bones basement. And you had Acton claiming that at one point, the family was even homeless. They're living in a sense on a campground inside a youngstown Ohio during the winter. But that eventually Donna Arthur, a married man who Acton said had been previously accused of molestation and started abusing her between the ages of 9 and 12. And while she didn't provide any more details in that particular article, the National Review obtained documents showing that Acton's stepfather, Cleeteth Arthur was charged with having sexual contact with her in 1978 when she was 12 years old, but he skipped town after being indicted by a grand jury. With also the Columbus Dispatch finding an archive copy of the youngstown Vindicator from that time, where the outlet reported that Cleeteth Arthur had been arrested for the rape of a 12-year-old girl following an investigation initiated by the girl's father. And so after that, Acton Zedagee moved in with her biological father. His family and claim that the last time she saw her mom was in the courthouse after they were charged. She added that her mom actually stuck with a husband whom her daughter had accused of rape and both of which skipped town on bomb. But then what you had is that about a year later, Arthur did an interview with the anti-choice group Operation Rescue where she fused Acton of exaggerating and outright lying about the details of her childhood hardships. Reclaiming that they were never homeless and always had food to eat, she also disputed the number of times they moved, saying that they were only in about a half a dozen different homes. Definitely most significant, Donna Arthur accused Acton of lying about the rape, saying that her husband had a daughter from a previous marriage who had earlier made similar unfounded claims. You had her implying that Acton, with the help of her biological father, used those allegations to fabricate her own. But with Donna Arthur claiming that she personally was never charged with any crimes, but she sided with her husband in court and then left town with him after their attorney recommended that they move away until things could calm down and charges could be drunk. And while it's unclear right now, what ultimately happened with those charges, you had the Columbus Dispatch indicating that Cleeteth Arthur was never convicted because he fled Ohio. Well, it's not connected to that case. It's worth noting at the National Review also reported that Donna Arthur has a criminal history of her own, including Cleeteth guilty to theft by deception in the 1990s and being accused of animal abuse as recently as 2021. But regardless, you've had Acton and her brother Stern sticking to their story, including in this video where campaign posted earlier this month. - Amy's my big sister. It was a tough childhood. We had all sorts of forms of abuse. I received a lot of abuse, but Amy always got the worst of it. She continued to receive that abuse because she knew she had to protect me from that. - But the reason that we're talking about all this today is that mom, Donna Arthur has now gone absolutely viral. - Amy's daughter, not Arthur, and I made me Acton's mother. I worked at Children and Family Service Association, building one of the first two sexual abuse programs in America. I love my daughter, but when I saw her lying about her opponent, it's not easy for her mother to say this, but Amy has a serious problem. She is a liar. She lies about her past. She says she grew up living in a tent, not a battle's true. She's lied her entire life. My daughter needs help, and she can't help you if she needs help herself. People can change, but first they have to tell the truth, and my daughter still isn't doing that. Don't vote for people who lie. Don't let her become your governor. If you think she'll make your life better, you're fully yourself. It will only get worse. - Okay, so first of all, as of right now, we do not know where that video came from or who made it. It appears that it was first shared by Ohio political blogger DJ Burns, who runs a sub-stack called The Rooster. You also have him claiming on Facebook that the video is an attack ad that Rama Swamy's campaign was currently polling, but it also doesn't appear that he's provided any details about how he obtained the video or those specific details. And it certainly feels like a campaign ad. You may have noticed that it doesn't have any of the usual legal disclaimers at the end saying who paid for the video, or which would generally be required if it came from Rama Swamy's campaign or an outside group backing. Although if this is just an ad that they were testing, it is possible that those disclaimers wouldn't be attached yet. Their team hasn't seen anything to indicate that it's actually been aired officially anywhere. Despite that, you would act in claiming that Rama Swamy's campaign is behind the video or their campaign issuing a statement from her brother saying, "It's not surprising that Vivek Rama Swamy is stooped to such a despicable low as to attempt to turn the sexual abuse Amy endured at 12 years old from our birth mother's husband into a political talking point." And adding, "After he was arrested and Amy and I were removed from their custody, our birth mother stayed married to Amy's rapist until he died," saying this desperate disgusting attack reveals exactly who Vivek Rama Swamy is at his core, pathetic excuse for a man who is willing to hurt anyone as long as it gets him what he wants. And he also had acting herself at coming that in an interview. - I won't normalize somebody who has said that my childhood is something I'm just complaining about who today just released an ad using my birth mother who I was removed from at the age of 12 for severe abuse and neglect and sexual abuse. My brother and I were removed. Words are leaders use matter. And I think it's going to take courage right now from all of us to stop normalizing the sort of rhetoric. - And it is true that Rama Swamy did say that acting was complaining about her alleged rape and abuse. - We have a chance to elect a governor who, I hope I'll lay it out for you. A positive vision for our state versus a governor who has none and all other than to complain about what someone else did to her. - Well, as of recording, multiple outlets have not been able to independently establish who is behind the video. You did have a spokesperson for Rama Swamy's campaign saying, we don't know what happened between Amy and her mother who first spoke out about Amy in 2020. But we know that Amy Acton is a serial fabulous who has some serious problems with the truth that the public needs to be aware of before deciding who to entrust his governor. Notting Vivek wants his election to focus on solutions, but Amy Acton has repeatedly lied about Vivek and his family, misrepresented her own record and hidden from debates and voters. But then some, taking that as an implicit admission that the campaign was behind this and noting that the statement doesn't actually deny involvement. And with all this, the response online has been massive. On one side, you had Republicans and Rama Swamy supporters trying to paint this video as this massive bomb show that's gonna totally upset the governor's race or which multiple polls show actinarily leading. There's a lot of neck and neck. You also had a ton of people hitting back, noting that the video leaves out the fact that this woman literally abandoned her children for a man who was charged with raping her daughter. I think the video, it drives a painter as a credible witness while leaving out the accompanying abuse allegations that both her children have made against her. So overall, some even arguing that this video might actually just blow up in Rama Swamy's face to my backfire. As far as how this is going to impact the election, we're gonna have to wait to see, 'cause all the reactions, all the polling, none of it really matters unless you go out and vote. So let this be your daily reminder to get the fuck out there and vote. Early voting started in a lot of places, go to vote.org, make a plan, know where you're going to vote. And also, really, never been a better time to hit up your normie friends. You do not keep up with politics normally and go, hey, it's an election happening right now. Let's do this thing. But then to jump from that to other news that's popping off right now, it's kind of very unserious political news, so very interesting news. The rising star of the Democratic Party, Indiana's Jamie West is standing 10 toes down on our viral Fire All Republicans comment from last week. - Right, that may be unpopular with some voters. - I'm talking with some voters. - But it's in the best interest of the county. - Mm. - Fire all Republicans. I wouldn't let them, I mean, I don't even talk to them. I don't like them. - They didn't know she's magas. - Who are just racist and aren't very intelligent at all, your opportunity to say just a few last words to the voters. We have guns too. - So no, not an SNL skit, but rather the actual Democratic candidate for Fayette County Council District four. And after you had that clip, making the rounds, going viral, you know, a lot of people having a lot of questions. Mostly A, how many drinks did she have before this event? And B, will there be some kind of attempt [BLANK_AUDIO] control or will she lean into it? And well, yesterday we got some answers because she appeared on Pierce Morgan's show for an interview about that viral moment. And you had Morgan grilling her about her alcohol intake or opinions about Republicans and her personal relationships. And I have to say, this is one of those cases where the sequel is just as good as the original. I had of course lied. I had a beer. What, one beer? Jamie, he's your chance to be completely honest and transparent. How many beers did you have? All right. Three. Is there anything you said while stunned the influence of your beers that you know with the benefit of hindsight, maybe wish you hadn't said? No. I say it all the time. I'm not friends with them. I don't like them. Okay. They voted for all of this that's happening into our country. Are we have a constitutional crisis? I've been fighting this fight for 10 years, man. I've been going to the state house to beg my Republican politicians are being controlled of Indiana for 20 years not to take away our public funding, our public schools, our emergency services that we need. So there you have it. Even the West admitted that she was three beers in during that TD forum. She stands by just fucking eight and Republicans. But as it turns out, there is one Republican that she is okay with. And that is her partner who as it turns out, she calls her husband, but apparently they are not legally married. Actually, my husband is the Republican. Wow. He's conservative. He's a libertarian. Have you fired him yet? No. We don't talk about politics. But I've got his vote. I mean, you sleep with the Republican. No, we're not technically married. We've been together about 14 years. I hate to be personal. Do you have sex with your house government law? Well, do you have sex? Every now and then. This is actually one of the other reasons I love local politics. A lot of the people are not even the slightest bit media trend. Like it genuinely feels like old school YouTube, except these are people who control things. And so with all this, you're seeing all kinds of reactions to both their bold stances and the slur delivery. There, I'll know that West claim that she had not had a single drink before the Pierce Morgan interview, but still you had some people questioning that saying she still sounded drunk. Well, you know, you have a lot of people out there that are just kind of laughing at this and enjoying the memes there. There also are a decent chunk of people who seem to find West genuinely refreshing. For example, one person commenting on that interview saying this bitch is drunk as fuck and she's still making more sense than Trump or mega at least she's honest and you had others echoing that sentiment and comments on the original TV for him and you had another person also comparing her to Trump saying they are going to hate this woman. She talks like Trump, but on the complete opposite end of the argument and the tazie saw some out there saying, hey, they loved her brutal honesty, ranting about the Republican leadership out there. You know, calling it a contrast to dem leadership saying shit like we need a strong Republican party. And well, Jamie is definitely a specific unique person. This whole situation does kind of touch on people increasingly valuing authenticity from their political candidates or someone who's not afraid to push boundaries and take on the establishment. But of course, at the same time, there are very valid concerns about the alcohol situation here. And not everyone, you know, is buying what West is selling. Early voting, it's already started in Fayette County and local reporters there visited a polling location last week to ask voters what they thought about West's initial viral comments. There, people were reportedly saying things like it's pitiful that we have candidates like that, saying she just rambles. She don't say anything worth listening to. She just rambles. And another local saying she did seem a little off. I don't think she knows what's up and down. But that's also has yet West claiming that she's heard from a lot of people who are excited to vote for her. But it will say it's entertaining as the situation's been for a lot of different people all over the place. As far as Jamie in this election cycle, she's very likely not going to be voted in. And not even because of this whole situation, the county she is running it in 2024, they voted for Trump 77.5%. Well, anything, you know, seems possible. This election's like, oh, you know, there are still limits to that. Then, there's even more we're going to dive into in just a minute, but really quick, a small break with a sponsor. 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And so you had no shortage of people that were furious that polymarket was allowing wagers on this. Or with gender justice organization ultraviolet paying out a statement saying, "Polymarket wants you to bet on rape and arguing that this could actually undermine Jane Doe's legal case." Saying, "What happens if people with influence over a rape case, judges, lawyers, or jurors, place bets and then try to shape the outcome?" Saying, "Even if they aren't betting themselves, what if the odds displayed on polymarket sway their opinions?" And you also had a survivor's rights organization adding, "What kind of person looks at a sexual assault case and sees an opportunity to make money?" And what kind of company decides to give them that opportunity? What message does this send to every survivor of sexual assault to the student deciding whether to report to the child afraid no one will believe them? With others online, just calling it disgusting and accusing polymarket of gamifying and profiting off of rape. But also, it's not just polymarket that's facing the backlash. But you've also had many calling out sports organizations like the MLB, who are official partners with polymarket, condemning the league for working with this company. And that's on top of people calling out the many celebrities who have now promoted polymarket and appeared in their ads. People like Eli Manning, Derek Jeter, LeBron James. LeBron James alone, he's reportedly being paid $15 million a year to rep the prediction market. And so with all this, you had a lawyer and an activist arguing, "Now, polymarket is known to be a soulless corporation with pretty much no moral boundaries, but to every celebrity that's taking tens of millions of dollars to promote this platform, is this really what you want to be associated with?" As far as polymarket, you have the defending themselves, you front-off as sports, claiming that markets bring better unbiased information about important events, and contrast to the disinformation we're all drowning in, which too often leaves the public misled and disillusioned to the point of apathy. But also, as of this morning, it appears that polymarket has taken the wager down. Though still, in its international market, it allows you to bet on other aspects of the story, like whether or not Cornell's president will resign or be ousted. The celebrity backlash here is interesting, because it comes as there has been mounting criticisms for pretty much anyone who's taking prediction market money. And in fact, just a few days ago, you, at the LA Times, publishing this big op-ed arguing that celebrities who shield for sports betting are the modern marble men. And calling out not just the people promoting polymarket, but people like Sydney Sweeney, who have, you know, these very viral promos of Novick, they apparently have equity, Timothy Chalamet, who's done ads with Caljian, athletes like Tom Brady, who have appeared in general sports betting commercials for Bet MGM. And with that piece saying, "In the mid-20th century, tobacco companies paid sports heroes and movie stars to hawk their cigarette brands in a campaign to portray smoking as part of a happy and healthy lifestyle, rather than as a gateway to addiction, disease, and premature death." Saying back in 1950, athlete salaries were fairly modest, and many players took a job in the offseason to make ends meet. But then adding with the net worth of many recent stars in the tens or hundreds of millions of dollars, it's hard to imagine them facing similar straights. So when it comes to people like LeBron, he's the first active NBA player to become a billionaire. And Sydney Sweeney, she's considered one of the highest paid actors of her generation. In Tom Brady, he's actually currently making more as a commentator than he did as a player with a $375 million dollar contract. So you're talking about people who by no means need more money, but they're still taking these checks to promote platforms that cause the general public to lose tons of money. But then also putting the celebrities aside, these Cornell seven-waters, they highlight another major issue when it comes to prediction markets. Where the concern of "can they potentially influence our legal system?" And with that, earlier this month, he with the Wall Street Journal doing this big report on how courts are trying to figure out how to handle people that are betting on jury trials. Right over the summer, people bet a lot of money on how Lindsay Clancy's trial was going to turn out, and even more has already been spent on Tyler Robinson's upcoming trial. And so you've got the president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers saying, "When the public treats a courtroom like a casino, due process is susceptible to corruption." Or with some concern that jurors and court staffers following deliberations could place bets. And others also worry that these markets could influence how a jury sees a case. I say, jurors leaning towards not guilty, but the market says 98% favor guilty. Does that cause them to question themselves? And it will say, since it doesn't feel like these markets are going to be properly regulated, these are very likely going to be situations and problems that we're going to have to deal with relatively soon. And of course, I say that as we've already had numerous controversies and scandals involved in insider trading and more. But then jumping from that, other news, we've got to talk about Donald Trump and Zelensky. Because their relationship, it's been this rollercoaster. And of course, one of the big low points was last year when Trump and Vans just did this bullshit. You gambling with World War three. And what you're doing is very disrespectful. Have you said, thank you once? A lot of times. And well, since then, things between Trump and Zelensky, they seem to cool down with the meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly and Trump even imposing new sanctions on Russia is the midterm elections of approach. Trump's been looking for anyone to blame for high gas prices except himself. And so he's increasingly settled on Zelensky. Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much. Frankly, Zelensky is not helping matters much. I think he doesn't want to stop it. But I want to see people not die. I think it's time for somebody else to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine. Is it Trump? He backed out of sanctions on Russian oil and gas two days before they were set to take effect, which by the way, is arguably illegal. Because those sanctions were passed overwhelmingly by our Congress last month and signed into law by Trump himself. But then with an executive order, he just went, nah, never mind. Also, a week earlier, you had Trump announcing a deal to import millions of tons of diesel fuel from Russia. With him adding the Russia and Ukraine had agreed not to attack each other's energy infrastructure. But of course, Russia kept attacking Ukrainian energy, so Ukraine retaliated as well. But who did Trump get mad at? Definitely not Russia. Zalinsky could have settled this war many times, many, many times, and he chooses not to. And we told him, do whatever you want, but don't hit the diesel fuel, because there's a big problem. Big Jordan. And what does he do? He goes and hits the diesel fuel. And I think it's time for Ukraine to get a new president. Well, now it looks like Trump may be punishing Ukraine for not just surrendering to Russia, because there are reports that Pete Hexeth is holding back Patriot Interceptor missiles from being sent to Ukraine. With officials saying he's neither formally rejected the aid nor approved it, and so the Ukrainians are, I guess, just stuck in limbo. And also, here's one of the crazy things. These missiles aren't even coming from the US. Really, some of these are owned by other allies who want to give them to Ukraine, but because the US manufactured them originally, Hexeth has to approve any transfers to third parties. And as you might imagine, he's not the most eager to give them away willy-nilly, even if his boss wasn't crashing out on Ukraine. That's because Patriot missiles, they cost some $4 million a pop. They take up to three years to produce new ones, and the Iran War is depleted stockpiles to critical levels. If they're being withheld from Ukraine just because the gas prices as many believe, that's kind of insane. But these are defensive weapons, not something being fired into Moscow or Russian oil refineries. When these missiles don't get transferred, people die, innocent, people's civilians, children. Infrastructure gets blown up. Millions of people lose electricity, transportation stops, food supplies, they get disrupted. According to reports, Russia's plan right now is to make Ukrainian cities unlivable by the winter, which is why they've been targeting infrastructure critical for heating and water supplies. But also, putting the Patriot missiles aside for a moment, it's even worse if the Ukrainians don't know when Russian attacks are coming in the first place. And for weeks now, Zelensky's complaint that Ukraine isn't getting an early warning about Russian drone and missile strikes, which they normally get from US intelligence. Right with him writing yesterday, "Once again, there was a Russian ballistic missile attack in several waves overnight, and once again, there was no warning from our partners." With Zelensky adding, "We have welcomed literally every attempt by our partners to end this war with dignity, saying it is very important to call things by their proper names. We must call the aggressor and aggressor and help Ukraine protect lives," saying when deliveries of missiles for Ukraine's air defense are blocked, while Russia received sanctions relief for delays. This is unfortunately a denial of reality on the part of our partners. And you've got this coming, as reports, including from Zelensky himself, have previously claimed that US officials threatened to cut off intelligence unless Ukraine stopped attacking Russian energy. But as far as Margueruvio, he's insisted that he's reports, "There is bullshit." I saw somebody associated with the Ukrainian government say that people in Ukraine are dying because the US is denying them information. That's scandalous. That's outrageous. That's just simply not true. That's not accurate. Not just the missiles or the intelligence, satellite internet has reportedly been restricted for Ukraine as well. Or with sources saying that Star Shield, the version of SpaceX's Starlink that Ukraine's military uses, suddenly stopped working for soldiers in the field. So that means that air defense personnel couldn't intercept drones and missiles, and attack drone operators couldn't go after Russian positions. So for example, Ukraine uses internet-connected interceptor drones that normally reach speeds of over 180 miles per hour. But you had officials saying that they were suddenly limited to just 100 miles per hour. Or with one Zelensky's advisors posting, "It is obvious that this move cannot be a coincidence and is linked to the current political situation." Going to post on Twitter, you had Elon Musk shifting the blame, writing, "Star Shield systems are owned and controlled by the US government," saying any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS. But also as far as Elon, he has publicly agreed with Trump that Zelensky has gone too far in attacking Russian energy, even though Russia keeps attacking Ukrainian energy. So he's speeding just as much into the big lie that Ukraine is somehow the obstacle to peace, not Russia. And you had Trump really taken that line to absurd lengths yesterday. "You know what? We've given a lot to Ukraine. They've given nothing to us. Remember that. They've given us nothing." But as you've got people like historian Timothy Snyder explaining, that is wrong in both the narrow and the broad sense. Right narrowly, Ukraine's been providing battlefield intelligence to the United States from the beginning of the war, and it even sent hundreds of its own experts to the Middle East to help protect Americans from Iranian drones. But broadly, Ukraine has contributed to world security, and Snyder listed some examples. We're pointing out that they're defending the basic principle of international law and defending Europe from Russian aggression. And also adding that they're making both World War III and nuclear war less likely by demonstrating the difficulties and offensive operations than thereby deterring China from invading Taiwan. And then lastly, they're defending the ideals of freedom and democracy against oligarchy and autocracy. So it's Snyder concluding that Trump's statement is not only unjust. It is not only a lie. 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A nearly million dollar heist just rocked the trading card world, because he would thieves breaking into a FedEx truck left unattended for over an hour outside of PSA's Santa and a headquarters. With the card grading giant, they made off with over 2.5 pallets of freshly graded Pokemon, sports, magic gathering and UGEO cards. And while the official cost of the stolen goods is about a million dollars, police still need to figure out what's missing from half a pallet, so that number could skyrocket. And for some of the people here, the losses are substantial. Remnant creator SkyB revealed his entire 104 card submission worth over $100,000 was wiped out in a single package on that truck. Also, other victims are reported losing serialized one-of-one autographs and vintage grails. And his left collector is wondering how a fortune-and-high value cards was sitting unguarded in a parking lot. And while PSA confirmed the break and they quickly pointed out that the truck was a third-party carrier vehicle. So the items were technically no longer in their physical possession. And while your PSA promising to reimburse victims based on fair market value up to the insured limits and deactivated those certification numbers to stop resales, collectors are slamming this response's lackluster. Or many arguing that cash doesn't actually replace irreplaceable historical cards. Right in part, because in the collectible space, it's not uncommon for cards to literally be the only one out there, like irreplaceable. And so there's a belief that even if it was stolen from a FedEx truck, PSA should have had better transporter security for the facility. And some saying at this price point, it's shocking they don't have armored transports. And that making matters worse is that PSA is allegedly not honoring the value of stolen cards. For some customers claim that PSA offered to refund the fees to grade cards, which are already obscene, and insured market values. So in one email, they offered around $4,500, but the poster claims that the number covers the fees alone and not the value of the cards on top of it. The key thing here is that the thefts in this space, they're becoming more and more common as the value of collectibles, has been skyrocketed. With that, PSA is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into new facilities, and they're hardly the only player in that space. It's not a more local level, it's increasingly common for vendors and collectors alike to go around armed because robberies at card show parking lots, they're increasing. Getting followed home, it's becoming more and more common, and now we're getting high sun delivery trucks. And then also, in the news, you've got this massive legal and cultural war that's going on right now between Japanese audiences and the rest of the world, all because of a fan-made mod of Tekken 6. Because while the game's been unavailable on store for years, it still has a cult following in, so a fan updated it with modern online capabilities for the community. And then things blew up with one of Japan's biggest profiting game players going viral after writing. The Pirated version of Tekken 6, that thing crosses the line way too much and saying that he's horrified that no one oversees his raising negative voices about it. And in general, there's a very real sentiment that people are breaking the law, they need to be punished, and that's that. But then the other side of the argument has essentially boiled down to "let us buy the game." Like, it's just not available to buy, otherwise people say they would. So you've got some arguing, it's not really piracy if the company isn't actually losing money. But then the counterargument you saw play out was that playing old games is bad because it means you won't buy new games, and that cuts into profit, so it is still stealing from the company. In general, like looking out there, there was just an ocean of difference in world perspectives, especially when it comes to what is legal or not. Japanese fans in the debate essentially argue that this broke Japanese copyright law. And the law is the law, so too bad, stop stealing. But you've had others pushing back that something being the law doesn't make it morally right. Not to mention that copyright law in places like the US are very different from Japan and that these mods usually don't break copyright laws. So you've got the underlying debate still there. It's preserving and distributing a no longer publicly available game, really theft. And then your final bit of news today starts with a question. Did this manga influencer really get kicked out of again, Paxton Rally for being black? Because that's what you've got a lot of people saying after Thelma Louise posted this video. I was just asked to leave this event, and I did nothing wrong. I was told that Ken Paxton's campaign manager didn't want me here and I have done nothing but support everyone on the Republican side. And this is how I get treated. So Louise is over 200,000 followers and she makes content from the perspective of a conservative black woman. You know what I'm saying that she drove two hours to that rally. She started filming the content the moment she got there and she seemed genuinely excited to show her support. It looks like things have barely even gotten started before she was on her way out. And there's no one that I can talk to about that. Oh sorry no man. Oh my gosh. I cannot believe this. Someone just came up to me and said that Kim Paxedans campaign manager wanted me to leave. I am just my mouth is wide open right now. I cannot believe that I really can't believe this right now. And while you would tell me to be genuinely surprised, you were a lot of people saying why'd you expect anything different? People commenting being mega while black chapter 293 and others joking conservative whites excluding black people. I've never heard of such a thing. But you would Louise basically brushing those comments off. Was I the only black woman in the building? Absolutely I was. Have I also been a Kim Paxen supporter? Absolutely. Rain felt that she switched over to the Republican party two years ago, supporting Trump and his candidates ever since, which is also why she was so shocked by this. But then with that apparently, she was later told that Paxen's team mistook her for a paid agitator from James Tyler Eko's camp. So there she said she doesn't know what to believe. And she's also claiming that she'll be talking to Paxedan directly about all this soon. Apparently there, she's looking for a public apology. But then even with that, she is still doubling down on her support. I am in no way leaving my party and I plan on completely voting rig. But that my friends, beautiful bastards is the end of your Tuesday show. Thank you for watching. Like and being a part of these daily dives into the news. If you want more to watch, I got you covered right here. But no No matter what you do, let me just say, I love yo faces. And I'll see you right back here tomorrow.