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Back to episode — Episode 2721 CWSA 01/15/25

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a spy hunter. Now I assume he lost his job immediately but who knows. So that's all we know about that. So beware all the undercover people who think that they're doing what's good for the world. I think this guy actually believed he was doing the right thing which is scary. It's really scary if he thought that was the right thing. All right the inauguration is coming up and it's been announced a…

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who had less power than them to take the hit they can say look at all these good things we're doing. We're getting rid of all these white guys who say things you don't like. We're making sure that they can't be promoted. Give me an extra bonus because I've discriminated against white men.

So let me say it again. In my life I'm not aware of even one time any black American or any black person in any country ever discriminated against me. Not once. Not once have I been discriminated against by a black person. By white people yes a lot. A lot. And I hate their guts. So if you had a problem with me because you're black we have a lot more in common than you think. First of all you and I never had any problem ever. Not in person, not professionally, not in any way surprisingly. And I know this would be a surprise to you. I didn't lose any black friends. None. I only lost white friends. White people discriminating against white people is an enormous problem. And if you get it wrong and you imagine that it's the DEI hires that are the problem they don't even get those jobs. They don't even get there until there's already been massive discrimination by the white people. So is the police chief in LA you know who's a lesbian and I guess three of the top people in the fire department are lesbians, is that an indication that she's discriminating against white men? Well she probably is but you also have to open the possibility that people tend to hire people that they know. You know that's just a worldwide pattern. You know the white CEO is far more likely to hire just somebody they knew from another job. So that's probably pretty common anyway. So I'm not in favor of any of the DEI but just keep it straight. It's white people discriminated against white people is 95 percent of the problem. 95 percent. But I love black Americans. I hate powerful white Americans who discriminated against me.

Pete Hegseth nomination. I didn't watch every bit of it but I saw a lot of clips and I'm going to say my God I have to admit that when Pete Hegseth was nominated I said to myself what TV host? He's not even the top rated TV host. Like what? Why does that even make sense? Now didn't some of you have that same reaction when it was first announced? But then I found out more. I didn't know the degree of his activism on behalf of the military, the soldiers. Very impressive. I believe he signed up for twice right? He was out of the military briefly and decided to go back in right? That's impressive. He is completely dedicated to what he calls the warrior ethos instead of the DEI you know trying to be nice to everybody ethos. He has got an Ivy League education so he understands the military, the people on the ground. He's brilliant because he's got that college education pretty much certifies he's smarter than the average person by a lot. And then I heard him talk. Wow. When they say he's just a TV host that's what the critics are saying. How about he has one of the best talent

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stacks I've ever seen. Because if you include his immersion in the news you know as a news person you had his talent for speaking in public you had his Ivy League background you had his really super relevant military experience and recently. That's like one of the strongest talent stacks I've ever seen. But if you haven't seen yet the meme there's a meme I would show it to you but you'll see it a…

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