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Joe Rogan twists the knife on Trump as he urges liberal lawmaker to run for president
Joe Rogan took another shot at former buddy Donald Trump as he urged a liberal Texas lawmaker to run for president because, 'we need someone who is actually a good person.' The podcaster fawned over Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico on his show on Friday, telling the 36-year-old to bring in a new generation of leadership. Talarico is a former teacher who joined the Texas state legislature in 2018 at just 28. He often receives millions of views on Instagram clips where he shares his speeches and previously argued there are 'six genders'. He is known as a devoutly religious lawmaker who rails against the rise of 'Christian Nationalism' on the right, a topic that earned Rogan's seal of approval this week. After being told by Rogan to seek the White House, Talarico brushed off the remark. 'Can I actually push back on that?' he responded. 'We were talking about how politics has become a religion. This is one of the ways it does. People put all their faith in a politician.' Talarico name checked Trump and former Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders as examples, saying that while he 'likes Bernie... some people treat him as if he's a messianic figure.' Rogan, who endorsed Trump for president last year, appeared to insult Trump as he told Talarico to run for the White House telling Talarico (pictured) 'we need someone who is actually a good person' Rogan's shot at Trump is the latest in a string of breaks from the president following his endorsement of him last year. This week, he slammed Trump's bungled handling of the 'Epstein files', saying it appeared the White House was lying to the American people because 'they've got videotape and all of a sudden they don't.' He has also used his massive podcast platform to criticize Trump for some ICE raids on illegal immigrants without criminal records and has described his feud with Canada as 'stupid' in recent episodes. Talarico - an aspiring preacher who is in seminary school - said on Rogan's show this week that the 'problem' with modern politics comes from voters seeing politicians as deities, and argued that those in office are far from perfect. After the state rep. cited Bernie Sanders as an example, Rogan countered that he 'is one of the only ones that has been remarkably consistent his entire career.' 'I know, but he's still a flawed human being, right? Just like we all are,' Talarico responded. 'The change is going to come from your listeners, not from me. I can be a part of that.' The high-profile interview comes as Talarico is seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party, and is said to be mulling an underdog bid for the US Senate. The high-profile interview comes as Talarico (pictured recently with his niece) is seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party, and is said to be mulling an underdog bid for the US Senate Rogan, a former liberal who endorsed Trump in the presidential campaign, asked Talarico why he is a Democrat on the show. 'My mother saw Texas Democrats who fought for the little guy, for working people, people who were forgotten and left behind,' Talarico responded, saying that the party has lost its way in recent times. 'That was the classic Democratic Party.' After slamming Trump with an apparent insult at how America needs a president who is 'actually a good person ', Rogan also hit out at the Republican Party. He singled out Republicans who have introduced strict abortion policies in recent years, which he described as 'very creepy.' Talarico has raised eyebrows with some past remarks, including in 2021 when he argued in the Texas statehouse that there are 'six genders.' 'The point is that biologically speaking, scientifically speaking, sex is a spectrum, and oftentimes can be very ambiguous,' he said at the time, per the New York Post. Immediately following his interview with Rogan, Talarico told Politico that he went on the show of the influential podcaster to turn him back to the liberal side, despite his endorsement of Trump last year. 'He speaks for a lot of people who don't feel like they belong in either political party, and are rightly suspicious of a corrupt political system,' Talarico said. He said he was surprised to be invited by Rogan onto the show, which came after the podcaster saw one of his viral social media videos where he explained his opposition to posting the Ten Commandments in public schools. 'When we got the email invitation, I originally thought it was a phishing scam,' he said. 'But we called them and realized it was legit, and it was a surprise — just given that I'm a state rep. — to get invited on such a big national platform. He said he had seen some of my videos and wanted to talk. So we jumped at the opportunity.' Asked about Rogan's turn towards conservatism, he added: 'After sitting with him for two and a half hours, I have a clearer understanding of where he's coming from on a lot of this stuff. 'I just got the overwhelming impression that Joe Rogan is not loyal to either political party, and is deeply skeptical of our political system as a whole. I think that skepticism also applies to Donald Trump, just like it did to Joe Biden last year.'
Daily Mail
28 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Clay Travis thinks Stephen Colbert's anti-Donald Trump 'swill' played part in ruthless CBS axe
OutKick founder Clay Travis believes Donald Trump has sped up the decline of late night talkshows, after Stephen Colbert 's program was canceled this week. The 'Late Show' was axed this week and according to reports, was losing up to $40million a year - a figure bosses at CBS ultimately decided was unsustainable for its best-known show. Advertising revenue for Colbert's show has dropped 40% since 2018. Colbert regularly attacked Donald Trump over the airwaves - the President reacted with glee when the news broke Thursday of Colbert's demise - but Travis believes the anti-Trump agenda of multiple late night talkshows is a reason behind their widespread struggles. He wrote on X on Saturday: 'I think the late night comedy shows have been replaced by actual comedy specials — it used to be pretty hard to see comedy sets, now streaming has a billion — & podcasts, which do much better and more authentic interviews with 'famous' people than the five minute late show interviews. 'I'd argue the late night show audience got split and erased by those two alternatives. Having said that, late night shows might have had another decade if they'd stuck to making fun of both sides instead of becoming bastions of anti-Trump swill. 'They thought crushing Trump was their salvation, in reality he accelerated their obsolescence.' The 46-year-old Travis, who launched the sports and opinion website in 2011, posted several thoughtful suggestions over how and why talkshows appear to be struggling for viewers - none more so than on CBS. When 'The Late Late Show' host James Corden left in 2023, CBS opted not to hire a replacement. The network also canceled 'After Midnight' this year, after host Taylor Tomlinson chose to return to full-time stand-up comedy. Travis also scrutinized their efforts to adapt to the demands of the internet age. 'Late night comedy forgot their shows served everyone & decided to pursue Internet niche instead,' he wrote. 'I think lots of big brands have over indexed what 'Twitter' thinks. ESPN, for instance. And it has largely made their brands and product worse. 'Challenge in Internet age is bland content that appeals to everyone doesn't have the hard core fandom depth necessary to succeed there. 'Most 'TV people' don't work on Internet because authenticity is most important trait in Internet era and TV guys and gals often are pretty fake. Interesting thing to me is now TV is just taking Internet people and putting them on TV to try and save itself.' Trump made no effort in hiding his delight at the news of Colbert's show ending. He wrote on Truth Social: 'I absolutely love that Colbert' got fired. 'His talent was even less than his ratings. I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next. Has even less talent than Colbert! 'Greg Gutfeld is better than all of them combined, including the Moron on NBC who ruined the once great Tonight Show.'
Daily Mail
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- Daily Mail
Terrifying dashcam footage shows what it's like trapped inside a self-driving Tesla that crashed and KILLED woman
Terrifying dash camera footage shows the moment a self-driving Tesla rammed into a couple killing a young woman and leaving her boyfriend with life changing injuries. Naibel Benavides Leon, 22, died after the Tesla Model S slammed in to her and boyfriend Dillon Angulo, then 27, in 2019. The couple had pulled over to look at the stars at the side of a road near Key Largo, Florida, when they were struck by the vehicle after driver George McGee took his eye off the road to reach for his phone. Footage from the Tesla's front camera showed McGee blow through a red light as he speeds down the road at nearly 70mph. The car passes a stop sign and crashes through several other road signs before striking the couple's vehicle, which was parked 40 feet off Card Sound Road by County Road 905. Benavides Leon was thrown 75 feet and died at the scene, while Angulo suffered serious injuries, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Tesla by the woman's estate. The filings accuse Tesla of advertising its self-driving system Autopilot, 'in a way that greatly exaggerated its capabilities and hid its deficiencies '. 'The McGee Tesla Model S had an Autopilot system that was still in Beta, meaning it was not fully tested for safety, and, further, the system was not designed to be used on roadways with cross-traffic or intersections,' the lawsuit states. 'Nevertheless, Tesla programed the system so that it could be operated in such areas.' The documents call-out Tesla boss Elon Musk and allege he ignored previous reports about issues with the Autopilot feature, listing out 56 alleged incidents. 'Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk, made the intentional decision to continue encouraging Tesla drivers to over-rely on its Autopilot system,' the filing states. 'Tesla chose to continue profiting from the sales of their defective vehicles and software systems rather than heed warnings from government agencies, experts, and other car companies.' The lawsuit provides allegations about the fatal crash on April 25, 2019. 'While McGee was reaching for his phone, the vehicle detected a stop sign, a stop bar, the road's edge, a pedestrian, and a parked Chevrolet Tahoe, but the Vehicle did not provide McGee with any audio alert or other warning of the obstacles and never engaged its emergency brakes,' court documents said. McGee told cops he was driving in 'cruise' and he took his hand off the wheel to retrieve his dropped cell phone and then hit the truck, according to the complaint. 'McGee stated to officers, "[i]t was actually because I was driving. I looked down and I've been using cruise control, and I looked down, I didn't realize (INAUDIBLE) and then I sat up. The minute I sat up, I hit the brakes and saw his truck,' the legal filings state. The lawsuit also claims that McGee told a 911 operator he was not paying attention during the drive. 'Shortly after the crash, McGee called 911, telling the operator: 'Oh my God, I wasn't looking," "I don't know what happened. I ended up missing the turn. I was looking down," and "I dropped my phone. Oh my God,"' the document said. The complaint claims that McGee relied on Tesla's autopilot feature to drive him home. Tesla Traffic Aware Cruise Control claims to help drivers maintain safe distance from the car in front, automatically break and with lane control. The Elon Musk founded company has said its features are meant for 'fully attentive' drivers, opens new tab holding the steering wheel, and the features do not make its vehicles autonomous. Proceedings in the case are scheduled to being on July 14, marking the first time a wrongful death case against Tesla is heading to trial. Daily Mail has contacted Tesla for comment on this story. In June, Tesla failed to persuade a federal judge to end the lawsuit after the judge said the plaintiffs offered sufficient evidence that Autopilot defects were a 'substantial factor' in their injuries. While McGee, who is not a defendant, conceded he was not driving safely, but that didn't automatically make him solely responsible, 'particularly given McGee's testimony that he expected Autopilot to avoid the collision,' US District Judge Beth Bloom said. Bloom said the failure to warn claim survived in part because Autopilot's risks might be hard to extract from the owner's manual on Model S touchscreens. 'Tesla deliberately blurs the distinction between whether its automation system is merely a 'driver assist' system or a fully autonomous system that does not require the driver's constant attention,' the complaint states. They go on to quote Musk in September, 2016 when he asserted that: 'The exciting thing is that even if the vision system doesn't recognize what the object is because it could be a very strange looking vehicle, it could be a multi-car pileup, it could be a truck crossing the road, it really could be anything – an alien spaceship, a pile of junk metal that fell off the back of a truck, per the lawsuit. 'It actually doesn't matter what the object is, it just knows that there's something dense that it is going to hit – and it should not hit that.' But the lawsuit claims Tesla is liable because its promises about Autopilot are what motivated McGee to purchase the vehicle. 'At all material times, George McGee purchased the vehicle in large part because of the Autopilot and other safety features advertised by Tesla,' the document states. A summary judgement denial from Judge Bloom allowing the plaintiffs to pursue punitive damages states that: 'McGee testified that his beliefs about the capabilities of Autopilot came from "looking at information on the [V]ehicle" . . . [and] Plaintiffs contend that he likely watched videos online or on Tesla's website about the [V]ehicle's features and how they work . . . [including] [o]ne video show[ing] Tesla['s] drivers operating the vehicle without their hands.' Bloom also dismissed the estate's manufacturing defect and negligent misrepresentation claims. The lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages and the trial got underway this week.
