The Moist Critical FoidElf Situation is Crazy

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And now he is in the band streamers' crosshairs. You've got a woman's friend being caught on video confronting an alleged frat and house attacker as he shouted she wanted it. We dive into what's really going on with Katie Zachariah. What's behind Trump cancelling his deranged live stream of the Ford hood execution? We're talking about all of that and even more. On today's brand new Philip DeFranco show, you daily dive into the news, subbuckle up. This is a new show. (upbeat music) So you've got a streamer, dog abuse allegation story that's blown up today. I know there's another one, but this time, it's a kick streamer by the name of Lavloon aka Foydo. And a lot of this situation focuses on this moment in clip. You were like, no, I'm gonna go play Warhammer and I was like, okay, this is ridiculous. Jesus, I just killed a dog. - Nice. - So that's what's a Foydo is now banned from kick, which is not a thing that I thought actually even happens. But I guess this was just getting too much attention with the clip going viral on, right? And then you have a lot of people just basically saying, what the fuck? Or with people writing, why? The dog was cuddling up to her by the looks a bit and she just did that with contempt for no reason, fucking vile psychopath. And another way in, that's just sadistic. There's no reason to grab a dog like that. And then actually with this, someone claimed, right before Ford Elf got banned, that she was trauma dumping to distract from the dog controversy and mentioned something about her husband choking her. With a person saying that lady seems unstable as hell. And then also with that, you've got people noting that there's a video of her husband telling a very different version of the alleged choking incident. - She kicks it, starts attacking me. - I didn't start attacking him. - At the bottom of Primer, I have the Bible Brewer. - You pull the paint can out, you pop the top off and you try to spray me in the face. - You were choking me. - You tried it, no I wasn't. But at another point in that video, he threatens to kill them both. And so you had a lot of angry, confused, and concerned reactions here. You had people saying she needs to get out, people calling her the abuser. But right now, most of the traction here is focused around her dog. And then in a response to the backlash, you had Ford Elf denying the animal abuse allegations and essentially blaming the incident on her dog. Saying this dog will literally do whatever he can to put his tongue in your mouth. The clip looks awful, but his feet were on the ground the entire time. But I mean that she was actually trying to make sure that he didn't get stuck or hurt, but he entorted himself in that position. And you add her adding that, although this was an unfortunate misapp, the dog is happy as a clam. But a lot of people, they're not buying that. And among her loudest critics, you have popular streamer and YouTuber, Moist Critical. And so what you had is that after this blew up, he dropped a nearly 10 minute video title, completely unacceptable, where he just went off on Ford Elf, saying exactly what he thinks about how she handled her dog. - But the, who does that? There's no justification for it. This could have very easily hurt the animal there. She's just being so hostile. Like this is just entirely unacceptable. And no normal pet owner that actually loves their animals would do that. - And then in addition to that, you add in ripping apart her response, saying that she totally misrepresented what happened. - You know that this was filmed, right? Like it's on camera. And people have eyes. They can see that you weren't grabbing it by its extra neck skin. If you were grabbing it by its neck skin, you'd be over top of it grabbing the neck skin, not around the side of it and going this way. And then in addition to addressing the dog incident, you had him diving into a documented history of animal abuse. Because apparently, this is far from the first time that the streamer has been horrible to a pet on camera. And so you had voice critical, including an alarming clip of Ford Elf throwing a cat. - The way that I have also said the sunken place, that you don't rewrite every-- - That one I think is significantly worse. She picks up the cat and then just fucking torpedoes it. She just throws it hard off to the side there. And you can hear again, a loud like crash impact when the cat hits the ground. - You then also had him showing clips of her talking about the cats in a certain way. - This one's pretty young. I got this one pretty recently, but you gotta just like really smash it so that it knows that you're the boss. And then you can kind of do anything you want with it. - Got to the point where we were in physical altercations. Like I would have, I would fist fight my cat. The last fight I think I threw him against a wall. And he never fought back again. - So as disturbing as the dog incident was to a lot of people, you had many saying, hey, this is actually fairly unbrand for her. - Like this is not someone that should be owning pets. Like this is animal abuse that she's describing here. This is disgusting shit that she's describing. This is lunatic behavior. - But then from all that, what you saw as I foiled off was very pissed about all the backlash from the dog video and people digging to her past controversies. And part of the reason we bring up Moise Critical is that she was especially angry about his video calling her out. And so she put out, we are seeing many calling a completely unhinged response. Like as in it, she seemingly tries to imply that Moise Critical is being sexist. But then also at the same time, she throws a slew of insanely homophobic and ableist comments at it. - What should I apologize for that my dogs jumped off? The wrong side of the thing as I was trying to get him to stop putting his tongue down my throat? A woman being hostile? You're accusing me of abusing my dog. Anyone in that situation is going to be hostile. Moise Critical is like the first case of terminal autism. If you are so, that's the problem with a lot of these like liberal internet users. Is there so fucking anti-social cuffed Reddit brain that they don't understand like tonality or social skills? - Look at this smarmy little (bleep) too, like failed, transsexual. Holy (bleep) - Municipal is that you are greasy. You look like you smell like (bleep) and foreskin cheese. - Holy (bleep) - What's unacceptable is that you are like a (bleep) beta male cocked woman. It's so over for the male population, bro. These are our men. - And so all of that made for, we'll call it an interesting attempt to prove to the public that you are not a bad person. - But hey, while we'll have to wait to see what happens with their band and we'll also have to wait to see if voice critical responds. I gotta pass the question off to you. What are your reactions to this whole situation? 'Cause there's a few different things that I think a number of y'all are gonna sound off on and I always love reading the comments. - But then jumping from that to other news, we've gotta talk about yet another disturbing college sexual assault case that is making national headlines. 'Cause you have a 21 year old woman claiming that she was assaulted at a frat house outside of the University of Chicago. And it's been reported that there was a group of men who cheered on during everything that was happening. Now as far as what we know, this alleged assault took place early Sunday morning at the Alpha Epsilon Pie Frat House Off campus. And as far as a woman, she's not a student at the University of Chicago and she went to the hospital and reported the assault to police soon after it allegedly took place. And according to a police report obtained by the Chicago Sun time, she began feeling unwell before the assault. And you've had her friends backing up her story, claiming that they had to intervene by barging into a bathroom during the attack. And saying that a group of men tried to block them from entering and were seen shearing and appearing to encourage the activity inside. And you know what, one of the friends doing an interview with the New York Times claiming these men quote, "We're saying things like, 'When's it my turn?' And I wanna go in there." Someone also apparently grabbed one of the friends' hair as they were trying to get inside the bathroom, but they eventually entered and found their friend not fully conscious, partially undressed, and with a man. And the alleged victim is said to have begun saying, "Make it stop, get me out of here." Also, there's no viral video showing one of the victim's friend chasing down the alleged perpetrator, which has caused the story to get even more attention as you have the suspect claiming that the girl quote, "Wanted it." And if note here, you've had major news outlets blurring the suspect's face since no charges have been filed. - He's (bleep) assault to my friend in the bathroom. Look, I'm walking in there! You (bleep) Put her close off! - Actually, why didn't you? - Right in an extended version's going around online, the woman tries swatting him away while the person recording says. - Okay, assault, nice. - Then, as the chase continues, it sounds like the person recording is laughing while he runs after. So this video, you had it just adding to the outrage, or with people thinking of both the suspect and the person recording, aren't taking the situation seriously and even think that it's funny, but it especially paired to reports and allegations of the men cheered everything on, and they were joking about the assault while it was happening. Now, as far as responses, you've had the fraternity hosting the party, saying that to the best of their knowledge, and when affiliated with the frat was involved, they're complicit with the incident and adding, we condemn this violence unequivocally, saying we are committed to cooperating with the investigation and supporting the victim in any way possible. Also, the frat's now been told they not hold any events as this investigation unfolds. They're also looking into it. It is worth noting that frat's at the University of Chicago are not formally affiliated with the school, but they are still subject to its policies. Right, and as far as who this suspect is, you've had the school identifying a person of interest, they've banned them from campus, though he is reportedly not a student or even affiliated with the school, but they didn't publicly share the name, and so far police have said that no arrest has been made. So while the situation, of course, stands on its own with the Cornell fraternity gang rape allegations still dominating in the news cycle, this news is really struck a nerve. And among the many reactions you're seeing, a lot of people arguing that schools need to do something about the rampant cases of sexual violence and fraternities. And actually regarding Cornell, the school just announced that it's banning all fraternities from hosting any parties or social events for the rest of the academic year, while the school reviewer, whether or how fraternity life can safely continue. Right, you had Cornell's president, Michael Kotlikoff, writing in a memo to students saying, "It is clear that women on our campus "continue to question whether they are safe. "And, adding, we must meet this moment by acknowledging "where we have fallen short and taking meaningful action." And then with that, you had him giving his first interview since Jane Doe's loss you made national headlines with him telling The New York Times, "The fact that Jane Doe experienced "which she experienced at Cornell is something "that I am personally sorry for." Saying, "I think this entire campus is sorry that it occurred." And, adding, "I've heard enough from the community "that there is a loss of trust. "People are angry. "I understand that anger." With all this, well, there has been bouncing backlash against him. He also indicated that he doesn't plan to resign. Right, in the backlash, you do have a lot of people thinking that it's just going to grow more and more as there are reports alleging that Cornell has not done enough to address sexual violence on its campus. And so you've got things like CNN, reviewing records from the school and finding it nearly half of students found responsible for sexual assault were punished with extra study programs and written reprimands, largely avoiding suspensions and expulsions. And you've got that review looking at data from mid-2020 through mid-2024. So that likely cuts off right before Jane Doe's allegation found that only two Cornell students were expelled, even though there were 51 formal complaints and 16 cases where students were found responsible. And with this, you had one student saying that she felt so betrayed by the school after punished her assault or with a reflection paper that she wishes she would never even went through the investigation process and attic to know that I went through it all for the illusion of accountability felt even worse. And then there's even more we got to dive into in just a minute, but really quick, a small break with our sponsor. 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But then when you spit out the bite, I'm so sorry to do this to you, but when you spit out the bite, you see the thing that caused the crunch. And it has ears and a nose and it is a dead baby mouse sitting amid your lunch. Right 'cause that is a real life thing that happened to Kevin Conjray, an inmate at the incredibly run down and controversial DC central detention facility. When you would Kevin trying to tell a guard on duty about this rodent in his food, he was reportedly told to just flush the mouse down the toilet. And apparently this was far from a one off incident. Six current reformer inmates at this facility have found a class action lawsuit saying that the jail, knowingly and repeatedly serve them food with mice and insects in it. And like in Kevin's case, the guards apparently knew about it and they did nothing with a complaint, accusing staff of repeatedly dismissing, denying or undermining inmates' concerns about food quality and sanitation. Because according to this lawsuit, there was another point in 2025 where an inmate complained about finding a cockroach in his oatmeal and a guard accused him of lying and threatened him with solitary confinement. And then reportedly, a member of medical staff told him, quote, in other countries, they eat roaches. Then in another case, a member of the medical staff reportedly made a joke about protein when an inmate complained about bits of spiders in a piece of cake. And then another hiring official is accused the inmate of deliberately planting the mice on his tray. Despite a doctor afterwards saying at the mouse, looked like it had been boiled. And in case it's not clear, a literal vermin in your food, it poses a serious risk. You're looking at salmonella, hauntavirus, antibiotic-resistant rat bite fever, which I did not know was a thing until looking at this story. But are even bacterial infections that can cause kidney damage and liver failure? So you've got several inmates on the inside telling the Washington Post that they are just chronically hungry because even when there isn't something nasty in their food, the meals, they're tiny and they generally lack adequate nutrition. Which is then also something that the inmates say seriously impacted both their physical and mental health with, for example, one former DC inmate named Robert Williams saying, "I know I'm here for committing a crime, but now you treat me like I'm a slave or less of a person." Saying, "You don't even care what you feed me." At the end of the day, someone made a mistake, but there's still a human being. And apparently this has been going on for years and it 2023 survey published by the nonprofit DC Greens. 89% of inmate respondents reported that they were never served enough food to feel full and more than 70% said that they've been served rotten or spoiled food. And then two years after that, you would report from DCs auditors saying that the inmates and staff had reported food contaminated with bugs, rodents, and screws. With the reports saying the conditions were endangering the lives of inmates and staff and that there was an urgent need for a new jail. And that's also not an empty warning. The report also said that the death rate in the DC central detention facility is three times higher than the national average. As far as their response to this, you had a Department of Corrections spokesperson saying that the DOC takes concerns regarding food quality seriously and remains committed to ensuring that residents receive meals at USDA nutritional standards. Saying that there is a pest management program that includes weekly treatments as well as deep cleanings of the kitchen and food service areas. And they also added that the food is supposed to be inspected during storage and meal preparation and upon delivery, as well as personal overseeing meal distribution. In fact, corrections officers were for a while reminded over loudspeakers to be checking trays but those announcements stopped last year according to the lawsuit. And instead, they just started offering a foreign objects and tray reporting form to effected inmates. Moves that the lawsuit called bandaid measures and the attorney leading the lawsuit so that those changes show that the jail is aware of the problem and has knowingly allowed it to get worse. And adding, that isn't a front to their dignity as human beings. Refilling out a form, it doesn't stop things like biting into a bug in a mouthful of green beans. Which again, it's not just a thing I'm making up. It is an actual thing that happened to an inmate and a plaintiff by the name of Mustafa Wright. And that actually turns out it came a week after he bit into a cockroach in his potatoes. And so it happened, he, like many others, just stopped eating the provided food. And instead, he relies on his family to provide money to buy food from the commissar. And there he had writes, "Wife telling the post that she sends her husband $400 a month to buy things like tuna, beef jerky, and chips." And saying, "I'm taking care of the household by myself now, and I'm having to put forth more money just to make sure that he gets some type of nourishment because what they provide isn't safe." And then actually, relying on the commissary presents its own set of problems. You have the jail physician saying that they've seen inmates gaining 60 plus pounds or even becoming diabetic from exclusively eating commissary food. And then with that, there's also the tension that the limited supply of commissary food brings to the jail. And there you've got people like Charles Hopkins, who works for the DC nonprofit Voices for his second chance saying that it creates a black market of individual sellers and dadding. That causes a lot of violence. Because if I'm hungry, I'm going to the store to borrow. And if I can't pay back, it's gonna be a situation. But that as it turns out, commissary food also isn't safe from roaches and rodents. Ray Kevin Conjray, the guy who found a baby mouse in his rice and beans, he has also transitioned to relying on the commissary except he can't leave it on a shelf or on the floor. It's one of the only ways to keep it safe from the biases that he ties a strip of his bed sheet and hangs it from his bunk. So we'll have to wait to see what happens here, but also a big thing here is like this is not the only problem. And I mean that both in general for a number of facilities, but with this specific facility, for the complaints, they also include a rampant mold, substandard plumbing, inadequate healthcare, and now this. But then from that, to talk about a different kind of news with, you know, it's just weeks left until election day, the DOJ, they were poorly suing California over alleged non-citizen voters. Right, all this started earlier in the week when acting deputy attorney general Trent McCotter sent letters to two officials in California. Secretary of State Shirley Weber and L.A. County Registrar recorded Dean Logan. And in those letters, he said that the DOJ would take legal action against the state if they did not address the Trump administration's claims that the state has registered numerous non-citizen voters. Saying, accompanying this letter as a password protected thumb drive with a list of names of people to federal government believes are likely non-citizens who are sent a vote by mail ballot from California to participate in the November 2026 federal election. Right, and with that, he didn't say how many people were on the list nor play out any evidence or methodology as to how the DOJ came up with these names. But it did say that these offices had to review the list within 48 hours, and if they could not confirm the citizenship of anyone on it, they must immediately instruct the appropriate elections official to segregate not cancel those ballots until their citizenship was determined. And their time to get that done expired today at noon Eastern time in the DOJ. They warned that if they could not implement this process, given the ongoing federal election, the United States will have no choice, but to seek emergency relief. So then, just after noon Eastern time, ABC News reported that the DOJ was suing the state for failing to review those alleged non-citizen voters. But also here's the thing, that move from the DOJ is potentially illegal. Because the National Voter Registration Act prevents systematic purges of voters 90 days before the election. And so with that, you're the director of UCLA's Safeguarding Democracy Project, calling the LA Times that he is not aware of anything like this ever happening, this close to an election. And whether or not this 90-day rule applies to purges and non-citizens, it's actually an issue that the Supreme Court is set to hear in December. And so when California officials for Scott the letter from the DOJ, they questioned its legality, arguing that the Trump administration was using the threat of emergency litigation to demand that California blindly trust this administration without any evidence or legal authority to justify its request. And you also had California's Secretary of State adding, the US DOJ's relentless efforts to unlawfully gain access to states' protected voter data and purge voter rolls serve only to cause chaos and fuel public distrust in our election. Saying California has robust state law requirements that only US citizens can register to vote and that any non-eligible registrants are removed from the state's voter rolls. And you with LA's registrar backing that up, saying that maintaining accurate voting records is already a primary responsibility in his office. Also adding that even though he was reviewing information as best he could, he was not accessing the thumb drive with his voter information because it would conflict with data privacy and security protocols. And that's as you had other officials in the state slamming this Trump DOJ for starting this last minute pressure campaign with, for example, Senator Alex Bedea writing, Trump's DOJ is trying to bully California to purge names from the voter rolls based on unreliable data less than three weeks before the election. He's saying the threat, comply or face a federal lawsuit and balance from those on the list could be held from being counted, but then adding the constitution. is clear Donald Trump doesn't run California's elections. And while you've got a Trump DOJ spokesperson insisting that this should not be controversial because it's a federal crime for non-citizens to vote and the DOJ is only asking California to ensure that it is not happening, many argue there's just no basis for this request. Right over the summer Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullin claimed that there were over 190,000 non-citizen voters registered in California, but you would state officials disputing that. And that says the Trump administration has a history of providing voter fraud accusations that it cannot back up. And it's also severely exaggerated the number of non-citizen voters in other states with multiple outlets noting that non-citizen voting is a relatively rare phenomenon. But still, multiple states have been subpoenaed for voter records and many election officials believe that the Trump administration is doing this to set up legal challenges after the midterms. Or with, for example, the director of elections in Washington State telling NBC News, what we have seen is some groundwork laid out for post-election challenges, whether that's the seizure of voting, equipment, balance themselves, habulation equipment, we're preparing for any and all eventualities in that case. And as far as the specific lawsuit against California, you know, this news broke as I was making today's show for you so the details are slim. But according to Reuters, who the DOJ wanting a judge to block California from counting the balance of around 20,000 voters of the claims are potentially non-citizens. Generally, I've got people saying this is just one small aspect of a much bigger thing that the administration is trying to do right now. And as far as how it's gonna play out, we'll know soon because the election, of course, is November 3rd. It's just around the corner. Of course, early voting has started in a lot of states as you can tell by my sticker, look at me. Did I vote yesterday afternoon and then transferred the sticker that I put on yesterday to my new shirt today to, I don't know, a little flex? Yes, I did. And then actually we got a few more things we got to dive into in just a minute, but really quick, a small break with a sponsor. 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And for 50% off your first year, just go to homeserve.com/defranko. Then dive right back in the news. Let's end with a three piece, sorry, no biscuit. We're starting with Trump's new press secretary who people, they've just been dunking on her all week. And not only for just that horrible first introduction, but also after finding out that she may have been cosplaying as an attorney this whole time. And you've got some saying, she could actually be facing jail time for it. Because after Trump presented Katie Zachariah as this accomplished lawyers, reporters, they started asking questions. And the answer is that she gave, didn't seem to add up. She said she could be the attorney, where did she pass the bar exam? Which date? What did she call up? So after that clip goes viral, people, they start digging. And so what we do know is that she did go to Pepperdine Law and a professor that she assisted so that she was a star while she was there and they even shouted her out after landing the press secretary position. But then no one could actually confirm whether she had actually gone on to pass the bar. And then since she claimed that actually happened while she was living in China, people started looking into her work there. And she still hasn't given a lot of details on that. But she did say that she practiced international transaction law with all the appropriate credentials. And now we're seeing more specific reporting saying that she was an associate at a law firm in Beijing, providing legal analysis based on her law degree and international transaction experience. Those are specific in key words because she didn't need to be licensed there because apparently she was technically an international legal consultant and any official legal opinions were handled by partners. Which means contrary to what she said earlier this week, there is still no proof that she completed the bar while she was there. Also, say here that experts fully accept that plenty of respected legal scholars they haven't conquered that exam yet. But for a lot of people, the issue isn't whether she passed it or not. It's just that it looks like she's been lying about it throughout her whole career. And then actually amazing news as I was recording this video. It's now being reported that she took the bar exam in 2011 and failed right before she went to China for that job and her husband had already been working there as well. And you know how we're talking about that period of her life in a very specific way. - I was obviously incredibly distracted and overwhelmed and excited for finally being married to someone who had been long distance from. We just said, let's take this time and I'll take the bar and see what happens. The results are somewhat inconsequential because I knew I wouldn't need the bar in China. - And so with that, you have a watchdog group called Campaign for Accountability filing a complaint with the California State Bar. Accusing her of violating the law by claiming that she is a lawyer even though she's apparently never been licensed. We're saying in California, that isn't puffery, it's a crime. And if the State Bar agrees, she can actually be looking at up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. But then with that, you had Trump's team chiming in claiming, quote, "This group is a radical leftist organization run by rabid num skull suffering from a severe case of Trump derangement syndrome." And adding that nobody takes them seriously because they are deranged low lives. So it does look like they're willing to defend or at least some extent here, but as far as where this goes, we'll see. And then we also got to talk about the news that Donald Trump has decided to officially pull the plug on Hegset's planned live-streamed military execution of Nidal Hassan to the American public. And you had a writing and a true social post that he felt that it would send a strong deterrent for how American deals with terrorism, but quote, "And he very good and well-meaning people would rather not watch him die through streaming." What not changing is that Hassan's still going to be killed by firing squad come this summer. And a key thing you have with the situation is that it's weird how he got here. This public stance on this has been, we'll call it, a bit nebulous. But he didn't say one way or another if he was for it, just that he would make the final call. At the same time, you had Vice President Van saying that he wasn't going to watch. And then you had lawmakers on both sides, generally opposing Hegset's idea, saying that it was coming off as an authoritarian display. Now to mention, it was expected to be illegal nightmare due to existing laws and regulations around federal executions that banned them from being seen by the public. And then reportedly, behind closed doors, you had Trump getting cold feet over the optics of it all. Because among other things, Hassan's been paralyzed from the ways down on a wheelchair since the 2009 shootout, so it sparked concerns at streaming it. It would make him look like a sympathetic figure and a martyr. And now that it's been called off, it does raise some questions. Is this Trump administration so disorganized that Hegset just didn't run this by his boss first? Was this a way to test the waters? And if there was backlash, Trump could just kill the plan and look reasonable, and let him use his lackeys and his goons as these sacrificial lambs so that dear leader can stay safe. Which on that note, there are also some reports that Hegset might not be around as Secretary of Defense after the midterms. And then finally today, there is a solid chance that your phone could be infected with spyware and you didn't even have to do anything to get it, just scrolling past and add as enough. And you've got cyber watchdogs at the University of Toronto Citizen Lab calling this surge in this type of attack adfection. You're normally getting this kind of malware on your device. It requires a phishing schema, click on a link that you really shouldn't have. There's more people who become familiar with those techniques, the less effective they are. So instead, you've got a situation where an Israeli digital advertising agency by the name of Discover Tech operated a platform called Control-E. Apparently, its lacs policies allowed bad actors to bid on ad space and mass profile users. So that ad, it would get pushed to you in so far, this is all normal in the online ad space. Then the second that ad loaded onto your screen or even just rendered silently in the background, it delivered a zero click exploit. No interaction needed at all, and they have access to your device. Researchers have actually linked the attacks to a spyware company called CanDoor, which is so notorious that it's blacklisted by the US government. This isn't just theoretical, this isn't hypothetical. The Aljazeera news network, for example, they had at least 45 devices compromised from. And these ads, they spanned everything from Yahoo to Duolingo. You exactly how many of the ads were a part of this attack remains unclear. Ad giants like Google, they've reacted quickly to the news, booting Discover Tech permanently from their ad exchanges. Well, you, you're probably fine because it does appear like these attacks are pretty sophisticated and targeted at national governments and high profile organizations. It is unfortunately something you need to keep in mind and be prepared for. 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