We break down the interview with Ian Carroll

Clips used under fair use from JRE show #2284

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Outro Credit - Soulful Jam Tracks: https://www.youtube.com/@soulfuljamtracks

Links

Errol Musk on the Names he Chose for His Children

The Debate Over Whether Dissociative Identity Disorder Is "Real"

With Pizzagate, Is Cybersteria The New Normal?

'Pizzagate' gunman fatally shot by police during traffic stop

A Music Related Event with David Shrigley + Iain Shaw

Wiki - Vince Foster: Depression and death

Vincent Foster: Autopsy Report

Are 300,000 migrant children missing in the US?

Did Trump find 75,000 to 80,000 missing children? Here’s why experts say that claim is misleading.

Misleading Rumor Claims Trump Admin Found 75K-80K 'Missing' Migrant Children | Snopes.com

Melania Trump’s dress did not feature drawings by child sex trafficking victims | AP News

The Trump Administration Is Committed to Combating Human Trafficking and Protecting The Innocent

Melania Trump tells UN to "step up" to protect children - CBS News

Deaths of Witnesses Connected to the assassination of John F. Kennedy

Nation: The Mythmakers - TIME

Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past

Things to Know about George H.W. Bush

We break down the interview with Elon Musk

Clips used under fair use from JRE show #2281

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Photo by Gage Skidmore.

References:

• Guide to USAID’s Assistance Application Process and to Submitting Unsolicited Assistance Applications

• USAID cuts are already hitting countries around the world. Here are 20 projects that have closed

• Musk says work to stop Ebola was accidentally cut but restored. Experts raise doubts

• Musk misreads Social Security data, millions of dead people not getting benefits, experts say

• Musk's claims of Social Security payouts to dead people lack evidence

• Tens of millions of dead people aren't getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claims | AP News

• DOGE.GOV | Savings

• Elon Musk’s conflicts of interest ‘should scare every American’, experts say

• A look at the misleading and incorrect claims on DOGE’s ‘wall of receipts’ | PBS News

• DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn’t add up : NPR

• Dozens of DOGE ‘receipts’ saved no money and killed contracts meant to boost efficiency

• One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands.

• Musk’s Starlink gets FAA contract, raising new conflict of interest concerns

• Air traffic controllers union hits back at Trump DEI comments

• Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) “Didn’t Evade Tax” says Elon Musk

• FACT FOCUS: FEMA funding to New York City to assist migrants is misrepresented | AP News

• What was Trump convicted of? Details on the 34 counts and his guilty verdict

• After conviction, Trump questioned the New York statute of limitations. Here are the facts

• LinkedIn Co-Founder Helps Fund E. Jean Carroll’s Suit Accusing Trump of Rape - The New York Times

• Elon Musk tweeted something even he can't defend

• “Tim Walz - Nazi Salute Heil”

• Lawsuit Over Firing of Sports Show Host for Tweeting "ALL LIVES MATTER...EVERY SINGLE ONE" Can Go Forward

• Real estate agent fired after 'all lives matter' post; sues former employer

• NBA voice Grant Napear was fired for stating 'All Lives Matter' truth

• US sues SpaceX, alleges hiring discrimination against asylum recipients, refugees | Reuters

• Biden’s DOJ Suing Elon Musk’s Space X for Discrimination Against Asylees, Refugees

• COVID-19 deaths | WHO COVID-19 dashboard

• Grok called out for mistaking sensitive medical data

• Wired - What You Need to Know About Grok AI and Your Privacy

• Experts Alarmed by People Uploading Their Medical Scans to Elon Musk's Grok AI

• Hitler-loving white nationalist Nick Fuentes on Elon Musk's salute: "That was a straight up like 'Sieg Heil',' like loving Hitler en

We break down the interview with Ky Dickens

Clips used under fair use from JRE show #2279

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• The Telepathy Tapes is wrong – autistic children don’t have supernatural powers

• The Telepathy Tapes Prove We All Want to Believe

• Why communication from a ‘locked-in’ child is a miracle we must question

• Can Animals Detect When Their Owners  Are Returning Home?  An Experimental Test Of The ‘psychic Pet’ Phenomenon

• Empirical Evidence for Reincarnation? Examining Stevenson's Most Impressive Case | Skeptical Inquirer

• Wikipedia – Bernard Rimland

• Fewer blind Americans learning to use Braille

We break down the interview with Mike Benz

Clips used under fair use from JRE show #2272

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Notes:

• Report on OCCRP Distorts Facts

• Letter to mediapart editors

• OCCRP - Year in Review 2023

• Strengthening Transparency and Accountability through

• Investigative Reporting (STAIR) Program

• Peru’s Congress Accepts Corruption Charges against

• President Pedro Castillo

• Congo Opens Trial Against Former Presidential Adviser

• Tshimanga

• Ex-FIFA Executive Jack Warner Financed “Election

• Engineering” Campaign in Trinidad

• Romanian court orders recount of the 1st round of the

• presidential vote, won by a far-right outsider

• EU parliament strips Polish ruling party MEPs of immunity

• to face hate crime indictment

• How to Dismantle an Illiberal Democracy

• European populists back Putin as they roll out their

• anti-Ukraine positions

• What the Taliban Poppy Ban Means for Afghan Poverty and Migration

• How the Taliban Suppressed Opium in Afghanistan—and Why There’s Little to Celebrate

• A vision for 2021 and beyond

We break down the interview with Tucker Carlson

Clips used under fair use from JRE show #2138

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Outro Credit - Soulful Jam Tracks: https://www.youtube.com/@soulfuljamtracks

• No, Amish kids aren’t immune to cancer, diabetes and autism — and they aren’t vaccine-free, either

• What the data says about abortion in the U.S.

• Hawaii Rep. Gabbard met with Syria's Assad during trip | AP News

• Gabbard's sympathetic views toward Russia cause alarm as Trump's pick to lead intelligence services

• Tulsi Gabbard’s history with Russia is even more concerning than you think | The Independent

• Black rights activists convicted over Russian links

• US charges 4 Americans, 3 Russians in election discord case

• Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute – “Defraud”

• World Socialist Web Site: FBI agents raid black nationalist group’s homes, offices over bogus allegations of conspiracy with Russia

• World Socialist Web Site – Wikipedia

• SENS. BERNIE SANDERS AND JOSH HAWLEY: Cap credit card interest rates at 10% | Fox News

• Senate Democrats take aim at credit card fees amid inflation - Roll Call

• Ukraine applied to join NATO in 2008, application not withdrawn, final decision on country's entry should now be made by NATO members – Stefanishyna

• Bucharest Summit Declaration

• Remarks by the Vice President in an Exchange with Reporters in Munich, Germany

• How effective are California’s homelessness programs? Audit finds state hasn’t kept track well

• California spent billions on homelessness without tracking if it worked

• Tucker Carlson claims Sandy Hook denier Alex Jones is a supernatural prophet who predicted 9/11

• How ‘Deep Throat’ Took Down Nixon From Inside the FBI

• Tucker Carlson, Glenn Greenwald, the JFK Assassination, Watergate, and the MAGA Perversion of History

• Fact Check: Did the CIA Want Julian Assange Killed? - Newsweek

• ‘They spied on my campaign’: How Trump transformed a conspiracy theory into a political rallying cry

• UFO is "moving at hundreds of miles an hour underwater," Republican congressman says - CBS News

• I’m still looking for these court cases where the families of U.S: service members are suing for health/death benefits stemming from said service member being killed by a UFO.

We break down the interview with Bret Weinstein

Photo by Gage Skidmore

Clips used under fair use from JRE show #2269

Links in the show:

• What USAID does, and why Trump and Musk want to get rid of it | AP News

• Here's a look at Musk's contact with Putin and why it matters | AP News

• Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years, says report

• From fighting disease to protecting the Amazon rainforest, USAID has big impact across the globe

• 'People will die': Chaos and mounting fear in Uganda as USAID cuts lead to 'total panic' and HIV clinic closures

• About Us - FactCheck.org

• Trump Misleads on the Cost of Electric Vehicle Chargers - FactCheck.org

• No, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren aren’t top recipients of pharmaceutical industry donations

• https://x.com/kanekoathegreat/status/1886951727913689355?s=46&t=3aiwa8npFGvAk9B39cYciQ

• Fact checking Joe Rogan's latest podcast : r/JoeRogan

• Claims about Politico, ‘DEI musical’ and USAID spending distort the facts

• THE VIEW FROM FEZ: A Bizarre Project Aimed to Teach Moroccans How to Make Pottery

• Central America: USAID Assists Migrants Returning to their Home Countries, but Effectiveness of Reintegration Efforts Remains to Be Determined | U.S. GAO

• https://www.usaid.gov/

• Fact Check: The Ties Between Alvin Bragg and George Soros - The New York Times

• Elon Musk spent more than $290 million on the 2024 election, year-end FEC filings show | CNN Politics

• US House passes $600 million border security bill | Reuters

• https://x.com/amuse/status/1886883818889416863

• Federal money for migrant services on hold

• '60 Minutes' publicly releases transcripts of interview at heart of its dispute with Trump

• https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pbq6fcc0iltxnx3ahukmz/Transcript-Transcribed-Unedited-Interview-Footage-8-of-14.pdf?rlkey=7xvynvcj6is6eukyclmbg7i6u&e=2&st=gzy0zb4u&dl=0

• Obama did not sign a law allowing propaganda in the U.S. | AP News

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Outro Credit - Soulful Jam Tracks: https://www.youtube.com/@soulfuljamtracks

We break down the interview with Warren Smith

Clips used under fair use from JRE show #2261

These are the links mentioned in our conversations

J.K. Rowling’s bigotry is painful and maddening (opinion) | CNN

White Supremacists Trying To Recruit On College Campuses : NPR

Hundreds protest against racism, present demands

Roland Fryer is wrong: There is racial bias in shootings by police | Justin M. Feldman, ScD

Racial disparities revealed in massive traffic stop dataset - UofSC News & Events | University of South Carolina

Racial Disparities in Law Enforcement Stops - Public Policy Institute of California

Most violent crime rates have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, new report shows

A Complete Breakdown of the J.K. Rowling Transgender-Comments Controversy | Glamour

Nirvana fallacy - Wikipedia

Fact-checking Donald Trump's claim that wind turbines kill whales

Growth of photovoltaics - Wikipedia

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Outro Credit - Soulful Jam Tracks: https://www.youtube.com/@soulfuljamtracks

Photo credit: Warren Smith Twitter Account

We break down the interview with Lex Fridman

Links referenced in the show:

• Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation - Wikipedia 

• Izium mass graves - Wikipedia 

• 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive - Wikipedia

• Putin accuses US of orchestrating 2014 ‘coup’ in Ukraine | Vladimir Putin News | Al Jazeera

• De-bunking Russian disinformation on NATO

• What It Means That Republicans Aren’t Acting on the Pete Hegseth Allegations - The New York Times

• Deus vult - Wikipedia

Clips used under fair use from JRE show #2260

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Outro Credit - Soulful Jam Tracks: https://www.youtube.com/@soulfuljamtracks

We break down the interview with Mark Zuckerberg

Clips used under fair use from JRE show #2255

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Here are the links referenced in the show:

• Mark Zuckerberg personally rejected Meta’s proposals to improve teen mental health, court documents allege | CNN Business

• AG Campbell Files Lawsuit Against Meta, Instagram For Unfair And Deceptive Practices That Harm Young People | Mass.gov

• Big Tech Needs More Regulation | Meta

• Trump claims Zuckerberg plotted against him during the 2020 election in soon-to-be released book - POLITICO

• Facebook whistleblower says company incentivizes "angry, polarizing, divisive content" - 60 Minutes - CBS News

• Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms, Inc. - Wikipedia.

• Meta Threatened With CFPB Lawsuit Over Financial Product Ads

• Federal agency investigating how Meta uses consumer financial data for advertising

• 1.2 billion euro fine for Facebook as a result of EDPB binding decision | European Data Protection Board

• Meta accused of ‘massive, illegal’ data collection operation by European consumer rights groups | CNN Business

• Commission fines Meta €797.72 million over abusive practices benefitting Facebook Marketplace

• Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them | TechCrunch

• Elon Musk's X fact-checking system delayed Israel corrections for days

• Twitter Files - Wikipedia

• Twitter’s own lawyers refute Elon Musk’s claim that the ‘Twitter Files’ exposed US government censorship | CNN Business

• Twitter's algorithm favours right-leaning politics, research finds

• Facebook’s system approved dehumanizing hate speech | PBS News

• Calling women ‘household objects’ now permitted on Facebook after Meta updated its guidelines | CNN Business

• Metadata 102 — What is communications metadata and why do we care about it?

• WhatsApp Privacy Policy

Episode Image is in the Public Domain

On this episode we cover the Joe Rogan Experience number 2254 with guest Mel Gibson. Mel Gibson is an award-winning actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. 

Show notes:

• How Hernán Cortés Conquered the Aztec Empire | HISTORY

• It’s Not an Alien Astronaut | misfitsandheroes 

• The Bible Says Jesus Was Real. What Other Proof Exists? | HISTORY

• What’s the big mystery behind the Shroud of Turin? | History News | Al Jazeera

• With Sobering Science, Doctor Debunks 12-Step Recovery

• How Much Does Stem Cell Therapy Cost? – Riordan Technologies 

• Health ministry closes Costa Rica's largest stem cell clinic | PET

• The Astronomical Price of Insulin Hurts American Families | RAND

Mel Gibson Image Credit: David Seow

Clips used under fair use from JRE show #2254

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