In short
The episode claims Donald Trump is “in hiding” due to a health scare, pointing to a lack of public events (none scheduled again; last seen publicly May 27 for a cabinet meeting; went to Walter Reed the day before). The host alleges Trump has dementia/narcolepsy based on reported behavior like falling asleep on camera and difficulty walking, and mocks Dr. Oz’s comments that Trump “aces” cognitive tests. It also argues MAGA media is scrambling to cover up. A major segment attacks CBS/60 Minutes leadership: Barry Weiss allegedly spiked a story about kidnapping people and sending them to CICOT in El Salvador for abuse; Scott Pelley was fired after speaking out. The host cites a letter from new executive producer Nick Bilton and Pelley’s statement that management instructed him to inject bias/falsehoods. Notable examples include Dr. Oz’s briefing-room remarks and a “yassified” photo of Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers.
Guests
none mentioned by name as interviewees; the host references Scott Pelley, Dr. Oz, and Erica Kirk.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOTrump's Recent Public Absence
0:12 to 1:30
Discussion on Trump's lack of public appearances and health concerns.
“This is a guy who cannot get in front of the cameras enough.”
Dr. Oz's Defense of Trump
1:30 to 3:16
Critique of Dr. Oz's claims about Trump's health and cognitive tests.
“Now, listen, these dictators have a way of sticking around, being really pesky.”
Media Coverage and Barry Weiss
3:16 to 6:04
Examination of media's handling of stories related to Trump and Barry Weiss's involvement.
“Joe Biden looks like a spring chicken compared to this narcoleptic freak show that we've been watching for the last year.”
Scott Pelley's Stand for Journalism
6:04 to 11:34
Discussion on Scott Pelley's firing from CBS and the integrity of journalism.
“They think Donald Trump is the second coming of Jesus Christ.”
Boycotting CBS and MAGA Lies
11:43 to 13:40
Call to action to boycott CBS and discussion on lies propagated by the MAGA movement.
“And here is a statement from Pelley on being fired.”
The Yassification of Politicians
13:40 to 14:00
Critique of a Michigan Senate candidate's altered photo and broader implications.
“But these people have to lie through their teeth about everything.”
Critique of GOP and Media
14:00 to 14:59
Discussion on the GOP representative's image and media manipulation.
“So on the left, we have a GOP representative and Michigan Senate candidate, Mike Rogers, actual photo from the campaign trail.”
Defending Journalistic Integrity
15:20 to 15:45
A passionate defense of truth in journalism and solidarity with Scott Pelley.
“I want to dedicate this book to Nick Bilton because you're one of the fascists I'm talking about, to Barry Weiss and to Larry and David Ellison.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:11This is a huge news story. This is a guy who cannot get in front of the cameras enough. He even has nap time in front of the cameras. That's how badly he wants to be on television at all times. Pop this up. Aaron Ruppart is reporting Trump has no public events on his schedule again today. The last time he was seen publicly for something other than a pre-taped interview was six days ago, Wednesday, May 27th, for his cabinet meeting. He went to Walter Reed the day before. So think about this guy. I mean, he is on camera all the time. He loves to talk about himself. He loves to take naps. He loves to humiliate J.D.
1:00Vance. He loves to have all of these business icons, tycoons behind him and humiliating them in the Oval Office. He even had some guy with this huge like pot belly and Audi placed right here by the guy by Donald Trump in the Oval Office. And Trump is totally sawing logs. Here is Trump's Wednesday schedule for today. Trump on Wednesday has another day without any scheduled public events. Very unusual for him. Now, listen, these dictators have a way of sticking around, being really pesky. You know, mean people tend to live forever. But the problem with all of this is, is we have seen how he drags his leg when he walks.
1:47He can't walk in a straight line. The flight of ideas and the dementia alone tells you that this guy really needs to be in a facility, in a prison that specializes in memory care and malignant narcissism. Dr. Oz was in the briefing room yesterday and he had something interesting to say. Pop this up. Hey, I just wanted to follow up on her question behind me. If the president's in such perfect health, why does he keep going back in for checkups. I think he likes the results. He does really well. He aces the test every single day. And I do actually believe that he is curious to make sure everything is going in the right direction.
2:32He's a very meticulous person in so many ways that are often underappreciated. Yeah, he's so meticulous that he falls asleep on camera all the time. I mean, this is just utter insanity. This is a jet stream of bullshit by a medical doctor that shows you that so many people, even highly educated people can fall prey to propaganda. Dr. Oz is standing up there debasing himself saying he aces the test every single time. So you're telling me that he compulsively keeps going in and taking these cognitive tests more than what we know about that he wants to go take them again and again and again and go, Oh, that's a giraffe.
3:12I mean, this is so stunning and so telling. And when you think about how Axios and how Jake Tapper covered Joe Biden, and that's fair, it's fair to cover a president of the United States that's aging, that doesn't seem to be all there, that doesn't, their faculties aren't firing on all cylinders. Joe Biden looks like a spring chicken compared to this narcoleptic freak show that we've been watching for the last year. He falls asleep multiple times a day on camera. So what condition is he in right now? Fluffed up in the White House residence, I'm sure binge eating Filet-O-Fish and Big Macs. What kind of condition is this man in?
3:54Let's do a little check-in with the press. Let's do a check-in with the media and see how seriously they're taking a fascist coup happening in the United States of America right now. One of the main institutions that we've all trusted our whole lives is 60 minutes, hard hitting journalism with no bias that writes wrongs, that shines a light on injustice. Well, as you all know, a very unqualified dipshit chalked up with hubris named Barry Wise took it over. And there was a story about the United States of America, kidnapping people and sending them to CICOT in El Salvador to be sexually abused and to go through egregious human rights violations.
4:42And it was fact-checked. It went through the legal team. Barry Weiss spiked the story. She spiked it because she's friends with Larry and David Ellison, and she is a MAGA sycophant to her core. Scott Pelley, who we've all known, a hard-hitting journalist. We need journalists in a democracy. We reported this. He spoke out that Barry Weiss was murdering 60 Minutes. And of course, they cannot handle any truth. They're complete snowflakes. And they fire Scott Pelley. Pop this up. Here's a letter from the new executive producer, Nick Bilton at 60 Minutes. I'm just going to read some highlights of it.
5:23I am grateful to be working alongside the people who have contributed to the most important television journalism brand this country has ever produced. All right. No, you're not grateful to be working for them. You're absolutely not because there's a million red flags surrounding Barry Weiss, Larry, and David Ellison. They spiked a story that journalists worked months and months and months on. It went through rigorous fact-checking through a legal department. So when you see these red flags and you race to them. And then you want to get sanctimonious with Scott Pelley and tell us that you care about journalism and you think we're dumb enough to believe that?
6:03Yeah, that works with MAGA. It totally works with them. They think Donald Trump is the second coming of Jesus Christ. They think that he is lowering inflation. They still think he's the pro-peace president. It doesn't work with the general American public. Nick Bilton goes on to say, yesterday's performative display of hostility and acted in front of the staff instead of in a civil private conversation demonstrated that you have no interest in contributing to the future success of the show or approaching my new tenure. Every accusation is a confession. Nick Bilton, you have no interest in contributing to the future success of democracy and journalism because you went to work for Barry Weiss and these sycophants, billionaire sycophants who are completely obsequious to all of the crimes and corruption that Donald Trump is committing.
6:57American citizens were sent off or kidnapped and Barry Weiss spiked the story because it made Donald Trump look bad. Then 60 Minutes had Donald Trump on and did a highly edited video. Barry Weiss trots out Eric Kirk as her premier interview. And you think you have credibility with the triple digit IQ people of the United States that you're somehow going to come in and run a rigorous journalistic board there at 60 minutes. Nobody believes that. Good on Scott Pelley for standing up for journalism, for standing up for democracy because this is the appetite that Americans have right now. We want fighters.
7:43We want our politicians to fight. We want our journalists to fight. We want to fight Donald Trump and his incompetence and his fascism and his war crimes and his human right violations with everything in them. And you see everyday Americans, a journalist for 60 minutes standing up and showing more balls than Nick Bilton, Barry Weiss, and two dipshit billionaires named Larry and David Ellison. And why is that? Why do all these people with all this privilege kiss the ass of Donald Trump? Are they that broken? Is Barry Weiss that broken? Is Nick Bilton ready to just go commit career suicide? Because this letter and this moment is going to live on long before you.
8:28He says, I am here to deliver first in class news programming, not to make headlines about newsroom drama. If you don't want newsroom drama, maybe you shouldn't have gone to work for the biggest drama queen on the planet. Barry Weiss, who thought, oh, I have a great idea. I'm going to interview Erica Kirk. Everybody thinks Erica Kirk is a total freak show. She had a firework display at her husband's funeral. She's never not one time spoken about gun violence. Barry Weiss in that interview didn't ask her about gun violence. Barry Weiss is a very unserious person who has a very serious job. And Nick Bilgin, you chose to go work for these fascists, and now you are a fascist collaborator.
9:12We stand with Scott Pelley 100%, and everyday Americans look to his courage and his strength and do not fall for this jet stream of bullshit letter by Nick Bilton sanctimoniously lecturing Americans about journalism when he goes to work for the network CBS that is committing suicide every single day. And here is our job, boycott every fucking thing on CBS news from the morning all the way through to the evening. These are the same people that fired Stephen Colbert because Trump got his feelings hurt by a comedian. These people are the biggest bunch of pussies that masquerade with these grandstanding letters like they're such badasses.
10:06These people don't care about the truth. They don't care about journalism. They don't care about the constitution. They don't care about a free press. It's just absolutely devastating what these oligarchs have done to our country. And then you get these people that go and join them. But Scott Pelley showed us the way by standing up and fighting these people tooth and nail. I have to share my new obsession with you guys. It truly is the little things in life that make your day so much greater. I've discovered this new laundry detergent called laundry sauce. And the reason why I like it so much, not only is it effective, the sense, the smell of it is so good, so much better than all of the other detergents.
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12:41So Nick Bilton, the guy who wrote this jet stream of bullshit letter, Barry Weiss, all of CBS, they will be nothing without subscribers and watchers. They will be nothing without advertisers. Advertisers are not going to want to pull up to a toxic newsroom and buy ads. And we control that. We all feel so helpless and hopeless right now because Donald Trump gets all of these billionaires to be obsequious to his every need. But we still have power. Boycott every fucking thing on CBS. All of it. Every single bit of it. It's a great way to resist right now. And then moving along to show you what compulsive pathological liars the entire MAGA movement is.
13:31We know we're just talking about Trump not being seen in public for a week. And his last medical report shows that he gained 14 pounds. Just an observer. I think it's way more than 14 pounds. But these people have to lie through their teeth about everything. There is a Michigan Senate candidate named Mike Rogers. and he had to yassify his photo and put it on the internet. You guys, this is how full of shit these people are. Pop this up. So on the left, we have a GOP representative and Michigan Senate candidate, Mike Rogers, actual photo from the campaign trail. And then on the right, they have like yassified this guy and tried to make him look like Hulk Hogan.
14:17And that's exactly what Nick Bilton and Barry Weiss are doing at CBS. All of these things are connected because these people are repellent to honesty and to facts. They cannot pitch fascism and egregious human rights violations to the public without lying. Their whole movement is built on lies. And my guy, Kyle Kalinsky, had the best take on Mike Rogers' yassified photo. Pop this up. Always funny when the anti-trans types look to gender affirm. And isn't that the goddamn truth? All right, listen, make sure you have pre-ordered my book. It is called Not Today Fascist. And I want you all to know that CBS this morning offered me a slot to go promote my book on their channel.
15:10The answer is not just no, it's fuck no. Fuck you, CBS News. So in the link below, you can click the link and order my book, Not Today Fascist, which today, this commercial on independent media owned by no one except for us. I want to dedicate this book to Nick Bilton because you're one of the fascists I'm talking about, to Barry Weiss and to Larry and David Ellison. We are going to fight because the American people like the truth and we like democracy and we like journalists like Scott Pelley and we stand in solidarity with him. We'll see you all later.
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Trump hasn't made a public appearance in a week and CBS keeps holding hands with fascism.
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