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The Precap | Michael Kosta on Trump Accounts, Social Media's ICE Freeze, and a Hot Winter Olympics

40 min
Feb 2, 20263 months ago
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Summary

Michael Kosta and Cat Radley discuss Trump's newborn investment accounts, Meta's alleged suppression of anti-ICE content, ICE agent masking and training concerns, a Canadian snowboarder's cartel ties, and upcoming Winter Olympics and Super Bowl coverage. The episode emphasizes the importance of constituent calls to senators regarding DHS funding and immigration enforcement.

Insights
  • Trump's $1,000 newborn investment accounts function as authoritarian populism—distributing government funds to create political goodwill while obscuring the source and long-term implications of the program
  • Tech companies are actively suppressing content critical of law enforcement agencies to curry favor with the incoming administration, raising questions about platform neutrality
  • ICE agents receive only 7 weeks of training compared to 6 months for police officers, yet operate with fewer accountability measures and masked identities
  • Constituent pressure through phone calls and voicemails to elected officials demonstrably influences legislative outcomes, particularly on DHS funding negotiations
  • The Winter Olympics and Super Bowl provide cultural flashpoints where political tensions around immigration, diversity, and free speech become visible through athlete participation and halftime show selections
Trends
Tech platforms suppressing anti-law-enforcement content to align with administration prioritiesAuthoritarian-style populism using direct cash transfers to citizens to build political supportIncreased international law enforcement operations without formal diplomatic coordinationGrassroots constituent organizing via phone campaigns influencing federal appropriations debatesCultural backlash against diverse entertainment at major sporting events from conservative groupsLaw enforcement agencies operating with reduced transparency and accountability measuresAthlete activism and political positioning around immigration and diversity issuesDemocratic legislative strategy of decoupling DHS funding from broader appropriations bills
Topics
Trump's Newborn Investment AccountsMeta Content Suppression and ICE PostsICE Agent Masking and AccountabilityICE Training Standards vs. Police TrainingCanadian Snowboarder Cartel ArrestFBI Leadership Under Cash PatelWinter Olympics 2026 PreparationsSki Jumper Penis Injection ScandalSuper Bowl Halftime Show PoliticsBad Bunny Performance and Conservative BacklashGovernment Shutdown and DHS FundingDemocratic Senate Strategy on AppropriationsConstituent Advocacy and Phone CampaignsImmigration Enforcement OperationsHeated Rivalry TV Series
Companies
Meta
Accused of suppressing links and posts critical of ICE agents on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads to align with Trump...
Gap
Referenced as comparison point for employee training duration (6 months) versus ICE agents (7 weeks)
People
Donald Trump
Launched newborn investment accounts program with $1,000 government seed funding; tech executives and celebrities att...
Nicki Minaj
Celebrity endorser of Trump's newborn investment accounts program; recently became vocal Trump supporter
Kristi Noem
DHS Secretary facing calls to resign over ICE operations and alleged false statements about video evidence
Stephen Miller
Involved in blame game with Noem over ICE operational failures and agent misconduct
Cash Patel
FBI Director conducting international operations in Mexico and raiding Georgia election offices without formal coordi...
Ryan Wedding
Canadian Olympic snowboarder arrested in Mexico for alleged cartel involvement and drug trafficking
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta CEO attempting to curry favor with Trump administration through content moderation decisions
Bad Bunny
Latin artist performing Super Bowl halftime show; target of conservative backlash over gender fluidity and Spanish la...
Billy Joe Armstrong
Green Day frontman performing Super Bowl pre-show; known for anti-Trump political statements at concerts
Quotes
"I do believe though, that we all need connection and how we find that connection varies from person to person."
Michael KostaEarly in episode
"I would never open this account for my children. I don't need your dirty, dirty money."
Michael KostaTrump investment accounts discussion
"I'm not supporting Nicki Minaj and supporting Trump, but she's being her true authentic self."
Michael KostaNicki Minaj discussion
"The fact that the internet sleuths are doing incredible work. It should not. It should not have to come to that."
Michael KostaICE masking discussion
"They don't want America to evolve the way that it is. They want make America great again, back there in the 40s and 50s when everyone was white and looked the same."
Cat RadleySuper Bowl halftime show discussion
Full Transcript
This episode is brought to you by Ninja Lux Cafe, the three-in-one machine that makes a espresso, drip coffee, and cold brew. No barista skills required. You're listening to Comedy Central! Hello and welcome to the Pre-CAP, a daily show podcast where we sit down with this week's host and we preview what's coming up, recap some of the news we missed on the latest news. I am Cat Radley, I am a writer here at the show, and I'm joined today by our host for the week Michael Costa. I'm Michael Costa, I'm the host for this week, let's pre-cap it. Let's get pre-capped. You've been at the show a long time and we've worked together on so many different things. So many things. And I love working with you. You're very fun to work with and really fun to write for. I think writing for you is very fun because we can get a lot of, get away with a lot of jokes we can't for others that are just a little more goofy, a little more dark, which is how it comics, you know, we love being able to write some dark stuff, but still very funny. And I'd say your acting chops are really good and they really sell the shit out of the jokes when we bring you down like dark spirals. Well those are very fun to do. I could just want to think I thought tears in your eyes for one of them. It's possible, but I was just, I don't have them told anybody this, but I was actually fired before that. I don't usually access tears when I'm hosting the daily show, but it doesn't mean I'm not feeling emotions. This is my dog Walter everybody. You want to come up here, buddy? You want to come? Come on. Get up here, big shithead. Get up here right now. This is how he talks to the staff. No, but it's great to be here on the pre-cap with Cat Bradley. We ever done a pre-cap before? No, but we've done, when we used to do kind of like deep dives into pieces, I feel like we did a few of those. I think we probably talked about water or whatever the shit it is usually like talk about. I love water. Yeah. And I use it every day. I've started dabbling in it. Yes. What was the last field piece that we maybe have worked on together? Oh man, I feel like... You get called in a lot of some of my pieces. I feel like it's been... Did you do haunted dolls? Yes. I did some haunted dolls. I did, I mean, one of the prepper pieces you did. Yeah. Psychic pets. Yep. That one just got, that one just aired. It just aired right? Where he had his mind read. That was a fun one because I posted a clip of that thinking everyone would be like, Hey, you're being mean to this pet psychic. But just like the internet always surprises me. Half the people were like, good job, Costa. You got her. And the other half was like, she's a wonderful psychic. She read that dog's mind. It's like, okay, yeah, everyone just sees what they want to see. Do you think that she got water, right? I don't believe in psychics, but I believe... I do believe though, that we all need connection and how we find that connection varies from person to person. Yeah. Well, we are here to talk about psychics today. So we're going to talk about things that we missed to the past week. The new cycle is just moving faster and faster. So there's a lot of stories that we might want to get to cover, but they'll be out of the new cycle by next week. A lot of stuff happened this week. We launched accounts for kids. He's going to invest $1,000 for newborns. And that's going to be like an investment account that can grow, but the government's going to give you the starting funds for it. And Nicki Minaj, Kevin O'Leary, Cheryl Hines, a lot of celebrities were there. That's not exactly the trifecta of trust. Yeah. When it comes to finances. Yeah, I know exactly. Where does Cheryl Hines put her money? I need to know. I don't know this story perfectly well, but I just always feel like somehow Trump is getting a cut of this. Is this an investment into retirement fund? Or is it like a Trump index fund? I feel like it's he created index fund that he somehow probably gets fees on. I don't know. Yeah, they can access it when they're 18. I don't know what you call that. They're not exactly the financial gurus at the show, but it has this kind of has like rumpel still skin vibes to me. Like I will give you baby money. I mean, this is just classic authoritarian dictator. They always are giving money to the people. There's a great book. This could be my show in Tell Island. There's a great book that was written by Sinclair Lewis called It Can't Happen Here about when a dictator takes over the United States. I think it's written before World War II, I think I believe so. Anyways, the whole time that the president is like everyone gets $5,000. Everyone gets $5. It's this. Yeah, yeah. It's this. So that the people are like, oh, but he's so good. He's giving us money. Yeah. I mean, I personally, I would never open this account for my children. Yeah. I don't need your dirty, dirty money. It is. Yeah, it does make you wonder like what's in it for him? Yeah, and also whose money is this? Where's the money coming from? Like they're going to 19 year to go to access it. They're like, oh, so actually here. Yeah. There was like this crypto thing that he, the cash for, yeah. Did they cut the funding for kids' aides in Africa? So we are new born, you can get $1,000. Yeah. Now, like many leaders, he does a lot of things wrong and occasionally gets something right, luckily. This would be awesome if it started a conversation about affordability and having children in this country in the cost of healthcare and childcare, but that's not what this is. No, this isn't like we're going to help cover your hospital bill. For giving birth to a baby. We're going to get something the baby can have when they're 18. Yeah, so we'll see how those play out. If Nicki Minaj is in, I'm in. Yeah. Yeah. America loves a good, a good celeb. Yeah, and it's, I mean, she's had a, a mega turn recently. Yeah, she has, right? Like, cause I mean, she came out on stage with him. Right. And was just like, I love this guy. Yeah. And I would imagine many of her fans. We're not a fan of that. Yeah. I don't be listening to her music anymore. Well, I'll tell you this. I get annoyed when celebrities and comics kind of play it safe and just say like, I don't talk about that. So I certainly disagree with Nicki Minaj. I am not a supporter of Donald Trump, but I do appreciate that she's just like doing it. Yeah. I kind of hate like comics right now that aren't at least addressing the elephant in the room that is where this country is headed. Kind of annoy me. Oh, totally. It's like, look, you don't have to go there all day long, but we have to just, you have to talk about this a little bit. Yeah. So I don't, I'm not supporting Nicki Minaj and supporting Trump, but she's being her true authentic self. She's being her true authentic self. And that's for you, that's for you to decide. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I do money lies in your current account picking crumbs out of its belly button wondering, should I eat them? When you start investing with Monzo, your money's always busy. It turns on regular investments, invests your spare change and tops up your stocks and shares, I say. It even helps you make sense. But risk and return. Monzo, the bank that gets your money moving. You could get back less than you invest. Monzo current account required UK residents 18 plus decenties supply. Another big story that came out this week is meta, pretend maybe like blocking links that are about ice agents on Facebook, Instagram and threads. People are feeling like they're posts, the anti ice posts are maybe getting. Yeah. Not as much viewing. And I mean, I would believe that Zuckerberg would be doing that. Seeing as how he's trying to cozy up to Trump. Yeah, they're all trying to cozy up to Trump. It doesn't help. It doesn't help me read these stories with skepticism when I see all the tech bros at the inauguration holding Trump's hand, paying this, giving money. You know, it's like, and you know what else would help if they didn't mask themselves, we wouldn't need to like dig into who they are. Yeah. Yeah. I think it's, I don't understand how that's allowed. I mean, it shouldn't be. Shouldn't be. I mean, that's, it's not, especially if you're a law enforcement agency, everyone has the right to know your identity, see your badge number. Clearly, they are not doing any of the typical law enforcement protocols because they're not acting as law enforcement. So yeah, it's really, it, I mean, it's just very clearly taking their side if they're claiming like, oh, well, it's dangerous for them. It's doxing them. Yeah. Well, we wouldn't need to dox them if they weren't breaking the law and doing crazy should every day in the streets. I mean, I believe in this, you know, again, I'm going to fuck up some stuff here, but I believe the First Amendment of the United States of the Constitution has five rights for the citizens, freedom of press, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to protest. Yep. And I believe the last one that everyone forgets is the right to petition your government. Yeah. And to me, knowing A plus right there, A plus for Costa, knowing what agent is confiscating your family or child, you would, you know, you still have to prove your case, fight in court, but you at least should have the right to petition the government as to who the fuck is this person? I know. The fact that, I mean, the internet sleuths are doing incredible work. It's not. Should not. It should not. Should not. It should not. But it, it shouldn't have to come to that. Yeah. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Yeah. Kind of with our next story, there's one guy involved with ICE who doesn't wear a mask, Bavino, and they just fired him. Yeah. They're literally like, Hey, man, we all know who you are. Yeah. And we hate you. So peace out. And you're like having to get punished for what everyone's doing. Yeah. Which, I mean, he showed his head. But, um, yeah, it is pretty wild that they don't want to show their faces. And especially when they go after, because Republicans, especially, we're trying to make anti-mask laws for protesters that were covering their face. So the hypocrisy, it's just insane. I think John even said it in the Monday meeting. He was like, these are the guys who refused to wear a mask during COVID. Mm-hmm. Now they're wearing a mask. Um, let's also be clear on this. Many Americans voted for Trump on immigration reform. But he, if he would have campaigned on this, if he would have described this, what's happening, I don't think he would have gotten the votes. So there is, there's, there's a big jump from immigration reform, which many people on both sides agree with and want. And having six guys sit on top of another guy and then shoot him ten times. Yeah. And that's unfortunately a lot of people who didn't vote for Trump. Maybe some people were saying that this is what he's going to do. Yeah. But people were too naive and ignorant or checked out. It is kind of crazy that like the, um, it's kind of crazy that the, um, the, um, the, the accusations of the radical left really appeared to be presenting themselves quite accurately. Yeah. You know, like crazy left. They're saying he's going to do this. It's like, oh, yeah. Well, the radical left just nailed it. All of us crazies are so justified right now. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, it feels good. No, it doesn't. Yeah. It's, well, that is a good point. It isn't about being right. It's about wanting this to be a country we all want to live it. Yeah. And being, being the safe place for our children and everyone citizens and non-citizens to be able to walk down the street. And when I cash in my child's $1,000 tirement Trump account and get to be a thousand and one by the time you cash it out. Alan, is this funny enough for you? Yeah. Though I out, I do like that. So Chrissy Nome and Stephen Miller are, you know, playing the blame game of, you know, who's fault is it for all of the fuck ups and ice and, you know, whether it should be Bovino and everyone's calling for a known to resign, especially the senators who voted for her. How about a preacher? Yeah. And a preacher. And then they have to like remove her. So I do think that's something that might be happening like next week while you're hosting. Yeah. If the pressure against Nome keeps mounting, we might actually see something change for her next week if she gets fired or not. That would be great. I mean, just, you know, where she so blatantly lied to us about the video with her perfect hair. I was like, you spend 45 minutes on your hair and you know about spending time on your hair. You spent 45 minutes on your hair. No, I don't. No, and no time analyzing this video. You know, I called a gap this week. Gap clothing. Oh, okay. Because I asked, I'm glad you was so excited. No idea what you were talking about. I called a gap in New Jersey and I said, how long do you train your employees? You know, because I was curious. And they said in general, it's around six months. And I was like, that's interesting because it's seven weeks to work at ice. Yeah. So just keep that in mind, everybody, that these ice agents are trained for seven weeks. By the way, police officers are trained six months, which seems low to me. That does not seem like enough. But also, if you're a police officer right now, you're like, thanks, I see you're really making us look good. Yeah, but the heat's definitely off them now. Yeah. Yeah. So I would just love to see, you know, something happen with Christina next week. That'd be a lot of fun. She's the very, in the Daily Show universe as evil and terrible as she is. She's a fun character to play with. Yeah. Because I mean, she was giant cowboy hats. She kills her dog. I mean, what's not funny about that? She's optics. She's image. What would most likely will be covering next week will be how the Democrats have not figured out how to impeach her. So you don't have the votes. Yeah. Speaking of a very well-qualified and competent, capable law enforcement leaders, Cash Patel, leader of the FBI, he is, he's doing a lot of stuff right now. So he has set off international news by invading Mexico to arrest a snowboarder who they believe is in charge or involved with the cartel. And then he's also just yesterday rated a Georgia election office. Let's talk about the snowboarder. That's a little more fun. Yeah. This snowboarder involved with drug, like maybe even ordered some hits. By the way, of all the sports, that's the one it's going to be. They do love snow. They do love snow. They do love snow. But also, yeah, Ryan Wedding alleged drug lord. Ryan Wedding. If I recall correctly, when snowboarding was added to the Olympics, the very first Olympics, immediately one of their gold medal favorites tested positive for marijuana. And they were, I mean, it was like, these are the bad boys. Yeah. My point is, these are the bad boys. I think some snowboarders kind of have to smoke marijuana. Yeah. Like, it's hard to find one that does it. Yeah. I mean, what are you doing in the chairlift the whole time? I think what's crazy about this is that all the agents caught him on their snowboards. That's not true. But yeah, I mean, this is a wild story. He was like the top guy they were looking for. A Canadian. Is he Canadian? Alan? He's a Canadian Olympic snowboarder. Somehow got tied in with the Mexican cartel, dealing and delivering and enforcing drugs. Come out. I mean, that is, that's your first clue, though. If a Canadian snowboarder is in Mexico, he's not down there with snowboard. No. Absolutely not. There's something else going on. He's snowboarden. Yeah. I mean, I guess it just goes to show that anybody can be a criminal. Yeah. Presidents, snowboarders. It is kind of crazy that the American government just goes to Mexico and apprehends a guy. I thought it does feel like we're almost, I thought the whole point of fling the country was that you can't come back. Yeah. And the fact that the cabal did it without the permission of the Mexican government. Yeah. But that's, you know, someone's one, does that guy ask permission to do anything? Just administration, you know, look, Americans, we can learn from this administration. Why don't we write an enforce more robust laws because they're pushing everything, every every pipe they're pushing and pressuring? So why don't we, we need to learn how to enforce this? Yeah, because the checks and balances are just not existent right now. a back. Yeah. And cash pretel. It's just he's so incompetent as job because even I think they came up the the lady in the pink hat who witnessed the Alex Freddie murder. Mm hmm. She in her interview on CNN revealed that she has not been contacted by the FBI in the investigation. Right. Like the number one witness to the incident they're supposed to be investigating. So yeah, I'd say they're not really doing the eye part of the FBI. They do love this administration loves anything that garners attention. And this snowboarding story gets a lot of attention. It's interesting. Yeah, it's drugs. It's a snowboard. It's a Canadian. No one's getting killed in it. It's a white guy. Yeah, you know what I mean? Yeah, come on. White 44 year old athlete, you can relate to that. I can relate to being part of the drug cartel. Wait, I'll cut that cash pretel. This episode is brought to you by La Barra Mobile, the Smarter Mobile Network. You get reliable coverage, excellent customer service rated 4.8 on trust pilot and plans starting from just five pounds a month. But here's the big one unlike the big mobile networks. La Barra won't increase the price of your plan each year. It's flexible too with 30 day rolling contracts. That's why they're which recommended mobile provider three years running. Switch today at La Barra dot code at UK. So speaking of snowboarding, what's coming up? The olympic come on. When Dr. Olympics coming up in February next week's going to be the week leading up to the opening ceremony. So there's probably going to be a lot of new stories about preparations, things, you know, athlete scandals. There's always it's always a clusterfuck getting ready for the Olympics. It's so fun to just watch how ill prepared they are like, oh, no, there's shit coming out of the sink. Right. Like, what are we going to do? Oh, our elevators don't work. Yeah. We didn't know that they were all come. Well, there was a great story this week that we covered on sports war, where these Norwegian ski jumpers, a lot of the ski jumpers when they get measured for their suit, the crotch area is very important. Okay. So they could read that camera. Yeah, right here, zoom in. They would pump their penis filled with a liquid to make it bigger. Okay. So then when they fit their suit, they get extra fabric in that area, which helps them in the aerodynamics and two of them got eliminated from the Olympics for this. How do they check that? That's a good question. I don't know. I don't know. Because especially like those guys probably shouldn't have tweeted just pumped up my penis to get more fabric for my jumping suit. One Swedish made penis. That's not mine. I was on an airplane once during the men's figure skating final. And I had to make I really wanted to watch it. And I had to make the decision of am I just the guy on the airplane watching the men's figure skating final? Well, everyone can see what I'm watching, which by the way, I did it, but I was a little bit like, is it is this weird that I'm watching the men's figures? Why is it weird? Because men shouldn't be cheering for artistic men. Does that make sense? No, men that like hit and run. Yeah, tennis is kind of the furthest I'll take it. Yeah, you know, because those grunts tennis is like in the middle. Yeah, pretty much. I mean, you can shut your eyes and listen to tennis and be like, what is this? What porn channel is this? I love the winter Olympics. I think it's easy to make fun of the winter Olympics. Even this week, we had like five jokes making fun of the winter Olympics. It's the it's the best. Yeah, it's because it's I mean, it is a lot of people in very tight clothing, like the speed skaters, the. Yeah, it's a lot of very tight spandex. Yeah, bodies pressed against each other speed speed zero degree temperatures. Dude, there's a sport in the winter Olympics where you carry a gun on your back. Well, skiing. Well, skiing. I mean, the winter Olympics kicks ass. 100 years from now, we're going to talk about the winter Olympics. They'll be like, there used to be natural occurring snow. Oh, yeah, people used to put on these long shoes that had gliding surface. So I'm very much looking forward to this very much looking forward to how many Russian athletes win, but then get their goal taken away. But non Russian athlete. Yeah, like they're Russia, but not competing under Russia. I'm very excited about that. I got to go back to this penis injection. What were they injecting the penis with? Hi, a loronic acid. Hi, a loronic acid, which is something that I guess we put in our it's in our face cleaners and. Oh, okay, did it go into the scrotum or the shaft? I know the way I do it, as I go through the ainess. Yeah, just take a long route. It's all connected. But really, it also is a testament to how specific these sports get technically. Like they have figured out truly that a centimeter more of fabric. Come on, it's more than a centimeter. Give yourself a person. Equates to a certain distance advantage of time in the air. Yeah, these guys should be getting like science Nobel prizes. Yeah, yeah, it's a sky jumping rock by penis gate. Everything's gate. Oh, I was just saying, I'm so sick of putting gate on everything. It's just can we stop doing that? Please. It's like democracy's over gate. Yeah, a dictator gate. Yeah. So that ski jumper is they've been. Yeah, there's two of them have been disqualified and acid injections in the penis. Yeah, that's unfortunate. Yeah, it's too bad. Yeah. It would really suck because I as an athlete, myself former athlete, I do, I feel bad for these athletes because they did compete their whole life for this. Yeah. And at some point when they were holding their penis in their hand, pumping it with hyaluronic acid, they should have said, have I taken this to seriously? Yeah. And you probably know the pressure came from like a coach or something or like a partner who's like, honey, you get it. Get it going on down the honey. You need to win gold. Do whatever it takes. Yeah. Another fun sporting event that might be happening as we're leading into next week is the Super Bowl hype. Yeah. You know, America loves a good hype, leading up to the event. Yeah. So we'll have media day media day will be what I'm hosting. So it's usually something happens there. Yeah. Yeah. And it's all pretty cliche and boring. But usually something comes out of that. This some sort of like behind the scenes scandal, especially now the so the bad bunny halftime show is going to be exciting. Also green day is going to do the pre-show. People are they're anticipating that because they can get pretty political. That's right. I bet you they're pumping their penis is up with hyaluronic acid. Oh, they're pumping their penises. Oh, I would love it if somebody was political. Oh, I would love it. There's no way Billy, Jerome Strong will not say something about them. As someone who's whose husband is obsessed with green day and Billy, Jerome Strong, I've been to several of their concerts. And he's been doing anti-Trump. Yeah. Chancen is concerts like for the past decade. Yeah. Some very excited about it. And the bad bunny performance too, obviously people on the right are upset about it because their racist what? Yeah, because they don't like yeah, they don't like Spanish speakers. They also think he you know, he's a little gender fluid. They don't really like all that going on. And so they are going to be doing their own halftime show to counter the official halftime show. It's sponsored by Turning Point USA. And they have yet to announce a lineup. So I feel like they like announced to be like, yeah, we're going to do it. And then like I shit got so much worse. And they're just kind of like, oh, yeah, we haven't really found anybody. They don't like look, this this sums up a lot of mag up. And I how do I say all this? They don't want America to evolve the way that it is. They want make America great again, back there in the 40s and 50s when everyone was white and looked the same. And the for them to embrace bad bunny is to embrace that yes, America is changing and progressing in his multifaceted diverse culture. And it's like impossible for them to connect with that. What what they're so dumb about is like white people are still around crushing it too. Yeah, you know what I mean? Yeah, look at me. Question it. Yeah. Also, I have some knowledge. I do know what drumbeat bad bunny is going to be using during all of his songs. Are you ready? I'm ready. Doon. Doon. Doon. Doon. That stays in Alan. See them come for that. Could you point out bad bunny in a crowded restaurant? I could. Yes. I could not. Yeah, I know. I like his music when I'm like in the car. And I'm like, Oh, this is good. What is it? And it'll be like, it's bad. But I'd like to but I could not point him out. That's the thing. I don't really know his music, but I know his look in his vibe. Like I have like seen his SNL appearances and stuff. He's got a great look. He's, you know, he's usually got like glasses. Yeah. And I spent sure thing going on. He you know, he'll wear dress. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, I danced with that guy a couple of weeks ago in a party. What? It's too bad that he's not going to be performing at the Trump Kennedy Center anytime soon. No, he will not. I'm sure that really hurts. And he's also been vocal about kind of a he like, I think correct me if I'm wrong. I'm pretty sure he stopped performing in America because he was afraid his fans would get picked up by ice. That's right. Like outside the shows. Yeah. So he's been doing a lot of international shows. Yeah. And I think they did announce that ice is going to be present at the Super Bowl. Yeah, they tried to announce that as a as a scare tactic. Yeah. Which, you know, is is a scare tactic. Sure. That's like Super Bowl tickets are so expensive. Like the people, you know, they're like, oh, the daylapers and stuff. Like they're not not that they need should be picked up. They're here legally and, you know, yeah. But like, you're going to get like, do she rich white guys going to the Super Bowl? And yeah, it's just all a scare tactic. But I mean, I think they still will be there. And I just think there will be protests against them. So they're mad that a Latin guy is popular and killing it. Yeah, that's what this is all totally. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So another big thing coming up next week, okay, that I think you're going to end up covering. We might be in a partial government shutdown. That's right. So the appropriations, the tricky one. Yeah. Yeah. Properations bill has to be passed. And the Democrats actually are trying to stand their ground. They're saying they will not support a bill that has the DHS funding in it. They want it to be pulled out and negotiated separately. They want to propose legislation that will reign in ice, you know, force them not to wear masks or body cameras. And a lot of it though is kind of like laws that are 10 of already in place. Like they're already not following the laws. But they're at least trying to do something. They've been listening to calls. People have been calling their senators. So we'll see if we're in a shutdown or Democrats caved or what is going on with that next week. It's a tricky one for Democrats because they don't want to have the government shut down on their shoulders, but also many, many, many, many, many, many Americans, including the great city of Minneapolis is literally fighting to make change right now over ice. And if Democratic, um, Congress people and senators just fund DHS, it just looks, it's awful. It's completely out of touch with what people want. The majority of people want on both sides of the aisle. And I mean, a shutdown like shut it down. What's it doing now? Anyway, you guys aren't doing shit anyway. It is a particularly, uh, awful time for the federal government. Yeah. I don't even think if you supported this administration, would you say this is a good time for the federal government? No, right? Even they are having to solve crises that they've created. So that's going to be having next week. So we'll probably be covering that which, um, there should be some fun, you know, from a hosting perspective, there will be a few characters that sound off on that. And that should be fun to play with. Because there are even a few Republicans now coming out against ice and, you know, wanting no MP each no wanting funding. Yeah. Uh, is it their Republicans who are not election and nothing to lose now? Yes. But one thing though. So the reason why this fight is happening is because people have been calling their senators. Yeah. I've personally been calling every day. And it's something we should all do. Even if the funding, let's say like they don't pass the bill. And they're negotiating. They still need to hear your calls to know that like you care. Mm hmm. Don't back down. Don't cave. You know, when they check their phone messages and there's 6,000 messages, it, it, it, it means something to them. It does. They really, like, they've been inundated with calls, voicemails. Uh, once or as I've heard of people who do like happen to get a staffer and they, they are listening. Yeah. So that's their job. Remember we, that's their job. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They should, I mean, they do work for us. Yeah. Like they get paid with our money. We do forget that. So it's, it isn't it like, you really do when you think about like how rich they are and how checked out they are like, wait a minute. No, I'm your boss. Also, I just wrote, you know, I just paid taxes and it's like awful to then turn on TV and you see the federal government doing this stuff. And you're like, I paid for that. I paid for their hotel at the homewoods. Sweet. Yeah. Like I'm getting ready to like write my like tax bill check. And I'm like, wait a minute. I know. It's very frustrating. It's very frustrating. Yeah. Very frustrating. Industry leaders are transforming business with AWS AI. 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Something that you've watched red, listened to been thinking about and talking about. You got a daily show and tell, you know, this is my first time living in Brooklyn when a lot of snow has arrived. And I also have a car you street park it. What I didn't know because I'm a Michiganter, I've always had a garage. When the snowplow comes, it buries your car. Do you know this? Yeah, I've been seeing this. So I don't know that probably a lot of people don't know this because you don't you don't street park and if a snowplow comes, I don't know. So it just buries your car. So car is just totally buried in snow. So I dig it out Sunday nights when take my kids to school. And then as I'm digging out the snowplow comes and just reberries it. And it's it is funny until you actually like need to do stuff. And I just want all listeners to know this place when it snows and then freezes is is tough. Yeah, getting to work is tough. Like walking subway or driving everything slows down everything slows down ice on this train tracks car accidents. It's just a shit show. And that's my show until you can see because we're both wearing snow boots because you literally there's like a two foot snowbank in one of the crossoffs that you have to like climb through to get to the other side of the sidewalk. And as a Michigander, you know, you're used to snow. But you shovel and then it goes away and then you just throw it on the lawn or what it's but there's no where to put the snow. Yeah. So it's just extra complications. And this is my first time really experiencing and I wanted to share that with you. Sure, the cell hole that you've been going through. I will share, you know, I'm I guess a basic bitch like everyone else out there. That's for sure. I've just finished my my second full viewing of heated rivalry. And my second view because I watched it for the first time. And I told my husband you have to see this show. And so I got him to watch it with me for the second time. Because episode five is one of the best episodes of television industry. If you're not if you're not watching it, if you haven't watched it, um, when I'm sorry, you're so homophobic. And two, I'm afraid to watch men's figure skating on an airplane. You would hate it. You don't know you would you would like it. It's a it's good storytelling. It is a lot of graphic gay sex. But the story it builds and it's just beautiful. And it has like moments you cheer for. And it's just it's lovely. And I think everybody should watch it, especially leading into the Winter Olympics. Because like I think there's you're going to see, especially with the international hockey coming up, you're going to you're going to be missing out. You're going to be lost on all the heated rivalry jokes and references and fun that everybody's having. So if you want to get in on the spirit of it and be in and all the jokes, you got to watch it. And it's it's really lovely. And it's been a bright light of joy for me. Yeah. Like guys, I'm scrolling and watching like ice abduction videos. Then I'm like, I'm just going to go back and watch the last five minutes of episode five of Hewdl rivalry again is like a palette cleanser. So it's beautiful. Get in on it. My show until was my car gets buried in snow. Cats is I rewatch a gay sex show. Yeah. This happens when your country's descending into authoritarianism. Like, what are we going to see like every every sports show now doing this genre probably maybe if they want to capitalize on it. And it's I'm going to be like, I'm going to watch the hockey in the Olympics. And I'm like, I swear to God, if one of these two of these dudes don't start making it on the ice, I'm going to lose my shit. I mean, I really would want to be a much different miracle on ice if the Americans, when they beat the Russians in the 80s, they had to have gay sex with us. Yeah. I mean, we'd be in a much different place internationally than we would right now. Maybe no war in Ukraine. Just saying international gay love stories in major sports is what is going to heal the world. Probably. Yeah. Probably. So we can just get there all as a society. I think we'll be okay. This daily show in Tell segment was brought to you by Ninja Lux Cafe, the three in one machine that makes espresso drip coffee and cold brew. No, barista skills required. Thanks, Kat. Yeah. Okay. So this has been the pre cap. I've been cat. Radley, Michael cost. I'm hosting the daily show this week on Comedy Central Paramount Plus and right here in podcast form on the daily show ears edition. Thanks guys. Stay safe out there. Explore more shows from the daily show podcast universe by searching the daily show wherever you get your podcasts. Watch the daily show week nights at 11 10 central on Comedy Central and stream full episodes anytime on Paramount Plus. This has been a Comedy Central podcast.