Megan Kelly's Independent Media Journey and Controversial Views

Megan Kelly thrives as an independent broadcaster, embracing free speech and challenging cancel culture's impact on media.

### Megan Kelly: From NBC Cancellation to Independent Success and Controversial Views
* 📺 Megan Kelly is parting ways with NBC as her show has been cancelled, but she has secured a new position as an independent broadcaster, highlighting the **need for independent voices in media**.
* 🎤 She expresses her happiness in her new role, stating that the previous environment at NBC was **toxic and misaligned with her values**, leading her to embrace the concept of **cancel culture** as a means of separating individuals from incompatible companies.
* 📈 Kelly's independent show has become the **largest news broadcaster on YouTube**, surpassing networks like CNN and Fox, despite operating with only **six producers** compared to CNN's **100 staffers**.
* 🗣 She critiques the current media landscape, emphasizing the need for **authenticity and truth in reporting**, particularly regarding issues like **police treatment and cancel culture**.
* ⚖ Kelly addresses the contentious topic of trans rights, asserting her belief that "**men cannot become women**" and advocating for the protection of women's spaces from what she perceives as **exploitation by "bad actors."**
* 📊 In discussing the political climate, Kelly predicts that Donald Trump is **well-positioned to win the upcoming election**, referencing polling data that indicates a **tight race against Joe Biden**.
* 🤔 She expresses skepticism about the current political landscape, lamenting the **lack of genuine leaders** and the **increasing influence of social media on politics**, suggesting that the future of leadership may need to come from **grassroots movements** rather than established political figures.
* 🌍 Kelly concludes by advocating for a return to community values, emphasizing the **importance of personal connections and civic responsibility** in rebuilding societal trust and integrity.

Well, Megan Kelly looks to be parting ways with NBC. Her show is now cancelled. Megan Kelly just landed a new gig. Why would she be given a platform in the first place? We're doing this program because we believe there's an urgent need for independent voices in the media landscape. I know the audience you have. I can reasonably guess it. It's enormous. Podcast, Rumble, YouTube, Twitter with Elon. That's the problem. A lot of people in cable news, Megan, are fighting yesterday's war. They're not the problem now. You're the problem. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Megan Kelly. Kid, great to see you. Thank you for coming. Hi, thanks for being here. All right. Hi, Megan. How are? Nice to see you. Hey, Megan. Did you get to hear Peter Thiel? Megan, I did just the tail end, just a bit. What do you think of Peter? He's brilliant. Yeah, yeah. I mean, thank God for him, right? It's like there's a few guys in tech with a lot of money keeping Republican candidates alive, and we need

every single one of them go he starting early um I think all of them were here today um [Applause] um you seem incredibly uh happy as an independent broadcaster and running your own show maybe uh number one am I right that you're just just absolutely engaged and excited again about broadcasting because it seemed like the tail end of your working for the machine was particularly challenging. oh yeah tell us that's a polite way of saying it I'm trying to be polite no it's fine yeah you are well the last time you kind of blew remember when you called him a prick on on TV. I do I do it was it was good natured it was good um yeah no I'm so I'm so much happier and it's really changed my whole view on on cancel culture you know I really I'm a Believer in cancel culture now. I think it separates individuals from companies where they do not belong where the values are not aligned and I really can't imagine being right now at NBC or

frankly, at Fox News in this environment, and having to comport with their rules on how we talk about these very dicey issues that are all over the news today, I could not do it. It was just a matter of time before I was cancelled. Yeah, talk about producing a show now that is the largest. You're now the largest broadcaster in the news category on YouTube, crushing everybody else, CNN, Fox, their YouTube channels now bow down before you, and you are an independent company with, I understand, six people. Yeah, six producers, six producers. So, that is how many people at the peak NBC Fox did you have working in your group. Well, I probably had about 15 producers, but Fox is always lean. CNN, Anderson Cooper's show, which was across from us for a while, minus one hour, had something like 100 staffers. So, think about it. So, we did not in July, we did not beat CNN, but we had two-thirds of CNN's YouTube audience, two-thirds. Every single dollar in the multi-billion dollar CNN audience went into, obviously,

their live broadcasts, which we crush, we crush their numbers, you know, dollar to dollar in terms of like the podcast and so on. But let's just look at YouTube. So, all those resources go into their YouTube feed as well, and it's got every show on CNN, every single talent, and our one show with my six producers crushed the, well, came close to crushing them all, and did crush CBS and NBC, which was particularly nice when you left. My understanding of these deals when Tucker left, Don Lemon, um, and you leave those broadcast ones, it's kind of like they're paying you to not compete. You can't go work for another network. So, were you, was that the case with you, if you can say it? And then you were kind of forced to become an independent broadcaster. I wasn't forced. I was only forced to have my show end at NBC, and beyond that, I don't think I'm at liberty to speak of the specifics, but um, I was free to get another job. I just wasn't sure I would. There was a couple of years

there that were dark and depressing, and my industry is incredibly disgusting, toxic, and awful. Perhaps you've watched the news and you know, um, and I just sat on the couch thinking, Why would I go back into that? That was terrible, and it makes you a bad person and unhappy, and all they do is stimulate outrage all the time and then get rich off of it, and you have to push somebody else's agenda, and I don't want to do any of that. And it wasn't until the first, the pandemic hit, and then, you know, we started to lose our minds on all the mandates, and then George Floyd, and then we really lost our minds, and seeing those people in the streets trying to make people put down their burgers and say Black Lives Matter is when I got up off my couch and said, Now it's on. Like, I can't stand when people make me do things. I really, I can't stand bullies, and it's in my DNA to stand up against them, and so I had to get back on the air, and I said to my

therapist who is really underpaid. Um, what if nobody watches? You know, what if nobody listens? It was just a podcast at the time, no visual. And uh, he's from South Africa, and he said, Well, I'll listen. I said, Okay, great. He said, And Doug will listen, my husband. I'm like, Well, I got two. And that was four years ago, and now it's going great. How has your approach changed, if at all, in terms of what you want to produce and what conversations you want to have? Because you no longer have to think, Well, what does Roger Ailes think? or This NBC person? or Everybody in between? You actually, the buck stops at your desk, at your microphone. You're the decider now. So how, what is your framework for deciding what to put on there? Because you do also now um, suffer from, Hey, you're in YouTube. If it bleeds, it leads. If it has rage associated with it, it's going to get more clicks. So how do you mitigate that? You know, well, I love my producers, and a few of them

have been with me for over 10 years, 15 years plus from Fox News, from the earliest show I ever did in 2007 to now, so they know me very well, and they know what lights my fire. And if I feel that fire in the belly, it's usually not outraged; it's just fire in the belly over the news, then it's a good story for me. And that differs host to host, you know, what drives you nuts, what do you need to have your say on. And so for me, speaking of therapists, it's like therapy to go out there on the set and say what I know is true, right? Just say what's true about the news, and then we can argue about the meaning and our opinions on what's true, but what's true should not be so up for debate. Um, but yeah, I have a few through lines that my team always knows will get me excited, and since the beginning, free speech has been one of them. And the thing about the cops, it's not coincidental that that's

what got me up because I've been at Fox, you know, 14 years. I was there, and I have a brother who's a police officer. He's a retired lieutenant and one of the most honorable men you'll ever meet in your life. And I am just so sick and have been so sick of the lies that have been told about cops. It's brutal. We have law enforcement in my family as well, and it's really hard to watch this. Yeah, yes, it's so egregious. This is not to excuse the few bad apples that you see on the news, but they are so not representative of your average police officer. Absolutely not. And it's these guys make no money, you know. They don't get a lot of glory. They risk their lives. They risk their lives every day for us, right? And now, on top of all that, they're treated like absolute [__] by everyone, the news media. Absolutely no qualms about ruining these guys' lives before any due process, and that's what

the media has been doing with everyone in the past five years. No due process. You are you're accused of anything. You're guilty, and there's really no Jones to figure out whether it's fair. And so, you know, given my legal background, because I practiced law for a decade, that's another piece of it that always gets me fired up. Somebody being unfairly railroaded. I think the topic you've been most on fire, and I think it's very brave, is the issues around trans issues, trans rights, and maybe young children. You're not a bigot, but you're being framed as that when this discussion comes up. Maybe you could explain just what is your position on biological men in locker rooms, you know, and maybe kids receiving hormones or having their bodies mutilated because they maybe feel like they're the opposite gender. I don't want to lead the witness here, but I think we're more in sync on this issue than maybe most. Yeah, I don't care what they call me. They can call me a bigot, a

Turf a trans misogynist, which is not a thing. Um, I will speak truth: men cannot become women, period. Women can't become men either, and men and boys do not belong in women's spaces, whether it's a bathroom, a locker room, or a sports event. They don't, and good men do not wish to access those places. And by the way, even if you have some empathy for someone who's genuinely struggling, the problem is the camel's nose, because as soon as you allow one person who may be genuinely struggling with this issue into your 17-year-old girl's locker room, that opportunity will be exploited by openly bad actors. And when girls start getting hurt in these private spaces, as they already have been, listen to Riley Gain's testimonial about what happened to her with Leah Thomas, about how he was in there, he was looking at her, she was naked, she had no idea an intact male was entering her locker room. The humiliation she felt, that counts as injury. But we could go well beyond that because it's crossed over to actual

physical. So, I am willing to fight to my dying day against that without judging trans people themselves. What you do in the privacy of your own home or your own life is your business, not mine, unless you make it my business, and then you will hear from me. And if you make it my child's business, times 10, and in your answer is empathy for somebody who is suffering from gender dysmorphia and who's struggling with that issue, and you don't have a problem with those individuals, as you said two or three times in that one answer, yet you could give that disclaimer. You could say you have empathy or sympathy for them, and the only thing they're going to hear is something they project into it. So, it got a lot easier for me on the name-calling in response to this issue once I realized the vast majority of people who want to call me a bigot or a Turf are men. They are men posing as women. So, these are men trying to shame me out of standing up for my daughter.

and myself and my fellow women on our safe spaces. It's that's the end of it. They can take a seat because these men don't know the first thing they're showing up for at for mammograms. You ladies know what it's like, the older ones like me, sitting in the mammogram office where you're out there waiting to go in and you're in your little robe and you're worried, you're nervous. You got to do it when you hit a certain age, but you know what you're there for. You guys have it on the other end. You're like, I hope I don't have cancer. They say I need to go here. I got to find it early. You're sitting looking at other women, and now we're having men sneak in there, not because they're actually worried, because a very, very small percentage can get it, but because they want to feel like women. Same thing at the OBGYN. Get out, get out of our spaces. I'm sick of this [ __ ] what I have.

empathy for us women and girls. Somebody else can worry about the feelings of the men who want to access. Have can I um do you think that there are individuals who have been historically repressed and have now felt the freedom to come out and say that they are a different gender or do you think that there's something else socially going on. What's what's what's going on and and you know why do you think that this has become such a prominent issue of late in the last couple of years. Yes 100%. It has exploded as a social contagion and that's been documented by many people from very smart woman at Brown to Abigail shrier and her mustre book irreversible damage and Beyond uh but this is a social contag. This is not populating in the way that it is just because we're more accepting now and if that were true you would see it everywhere um but what you're seeing it is more concentrated in more leftist States cities regions and that's because

the more of it kids are exposed to, the more they gravitate toward it, and in that way, it is like anorexia. I just had Kelly J Kee in a pre-tape show today; she's airing tomorrow. She's an activist on this issue, and she was saying if you go on YouTube and you Google anorexia or bulimia, they won't show you the videos. But if you Google top surgery, which is the super sweet way of saying a double myectomy, usually for 15 or 14-year-old girls, you can see all you want all day long. And what's happening more and more is autistic children or children someplace on the Spectrum stumble onto this, and in many cases, have obsessive thinking to begin with, and go down a rabbit hole that takes them hours on end down Reddit or one of these other websites, and it does become an obsessive thought, and then obsessive behavior. And then you have a medical community that has submitted to affirm the standard is affirm, not are your parents going through a divorce, did you have really

bad grades. Was there a sexual assault in your past, which is so often the case for a lot of the young girls in particular? No, you're not even allowed to go there, or you're considered engaging in conversion therapy. It's crossover, that's it. Puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones. Those two things alone, in that order, high, high likelihood you are sterile. You are sterilizing yourself, and your parents are allowing it. Just puberty blockers into cross-sex hormones, that's it. Never mind chopping off body parts. And then they'll go to school, and they'll say, I'm no longer a girl, and the school will hide it from the people who love that child most, their parents. If the parents aren't on the affirm board in New York City, where I fled with my children because they were trying to do this to our schools and our classes, that's the policy, private and public. You do not tell the parents, it's a secret. What kind of country are we getting to be where we allow secrets between grown teachers and minors?

the parents aren't allowed to know. That's what we used to call grooming, right? It opens up a very dangerous door. And why has this become politicized, and how has it become politicized? That I don't understand. I don't understand how, frankly, anyone can vote Democrat right now. I just don't get it. I know that there's a priority of issues, right? And for some people, it's, Oh, David's here. He just woke up. For some people, it's abortion, or it's, uh, you know, I can't think of the issues that would make you vote Democrat, even though I used to vote Democrat. I'm a registered independent. I voted in eight presidential elections. I voted Democrat four times and Republican four. I'm about as independent as you can get. Well, let me, can we, let's shift gears to the election then. So, um, yeah, you piqued his interest. I didn't think that was going to be funny, but so, Megan, I mean, in addition to being a great broadcaster, you actually are a great, uh, political

pundit, I would say, and prognosticator. I remember being on your show at the beginning of the Republican primary when DeSantis was riding high, making the case for DeSantis. Obviously, that was totally wrong, and you're like, No, you know, it's going to be Trump. You know, the Republican Party is not done with Trump. And you were exactly right. Do you... What's your take on where things are at right now? And do you have a take on who's going to win? I mean, of course, we all want to know that, right? That's why we follow these polls religiously, because we want to peek into what's going to happen. I mean, I think Trump right now is better positioned to win than he's ever been in any election before. If you look at where he is, let's take the New York Times Siena poll that just dropped. That's the gold standard. That's the best poll, if you ask most pollsters. Huge sample and likely voters, and it's got Trump up one, which is

basically a tie-up one. This time four years ago, Biden was up nine over Trump, and that election was this tight, and it had Biden up nine. It said the statistical probability of an electoral college for Trump was 99.7%. Yeah, if you look at the swing states, Nate Sil's interpretation of that poll that came out, yeah, and Nate, now the left is turning on Nate inexplicably, really. I mean, other than his data, but they loved Nate, and they created Nate, but now that Nate's numbers aren't going their way, they're like, Who's Nate connected to? Who's he working for? Nate, like most prognosticators, wants to be right, but look, I'll say this, and by the way, in '16, it showed Hillary up too at this point, so, and Trump won that election. You know, the general wisdom is that the Democrat has to be up some four points or better in the national polling, given the fact that they usually win the popular vote, just given how blue the urban centers are, in order to win, in order to cross over in those swing

States and right now she's not. I mean, that New York Times shows her down. You were in the middle of the 2016 election. I find this comparison very interesting, so I'm curious your take. Contrast and compare Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton. What day is it today? September 9th of that election and Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. September 9th now. Trump had some advantages back then that he doesn't have now, including his genuine outsider status. It was very attractive to a lot of voters who had never voted before. Speaking of getting up off your couch, um, that really worked for him. And Trump was incredibly vibrant, feisty, fiery, fun, you know, provocative, obviously controversial and new. You know, we all knew Trump, but we knew him as this crazy businessman with a lot of color. And suddenly he morphed under the political field like unlike anything we'd ever seen. I mean, there was a reference to penis size in a presidential debate. Yeah, I was there. Um, so that happened this time around. People are a little bit more used

to Trump's bits right his routine. He's obviously a little older but still vibrant. I mean, could any of you have stood on that presidential stage and given a nearly 2-hour address a week after someone shot you in the ear? Like, I was falling asleep and I was seated and fine, you know? I'm like, I didn't need. So, he's got a lot of energy, but he's not an outsider exactly anymore. He's still one. He's not taking like all the money these fat cats and ready to kiss their bottoms necessarily, but he's lost that. What he's gained is a record, you know? Now, Trump can go on this debate stage tomorrow night with some real ammo, you know, if you were you better off four years than you are today and really point to his policies. One of the great tragedies of the Trump era has been his policies have been incredibly good for America. Yeah, it's just his rhetoric is so divisive, toxic, depends on who you ask, right? Depends on who you ask that he

activating that the majority of Americans dislike him. And then what about Hillary versus K? Oh god, well Hillary was smart [Applause]. That they didn't hide Hillary. Hillary did interviews, right? I had this conversation just this morning. You can say what you want about Hillary Clinton, but she is incredibly competent. Yeah, incredibly competent. She's competent, and she could have done the job. How she did it and with what level of honesty and corruption would be a different story. But I really think the problem for KLA Harris is she's not smart. She's not a deep thinker. She's very surface level. Yeah, she's giggling just like that all the time. Spicy Megan, tell us how you feel. Really be honest, and it's a cover. It's an obvious cover, right? It's like she gets to the point where she doesn't know what she's saying. Even she doesn't know what she's saying, and it's like, and so you feel uncomfortable watching her. And then she gave her first

interview to CNN and suddenly if that's drunk. Comm suddenly we're dealing with hungover. Comma like my values haven't changed like clearly somebody had told her you cackle we're out of here. Yeah what did you think about her bringing her emotional support white guy exactly her emotional support Governor. He was her big white blankie like I it made no sense like it seemed like a terrible strategic decision like who's making the decision to do that. I agree I objected to the whole thing. I think he was there for two two purposes. One was yes in case she got in real trouble he could step in. Yeah and the other was to suck up some of the air times so she had a couple of fewer questions to answer. What did you think of the job just broadcaster or broadcaster Dana Bash did. Um because she she did ask some tough questions. She did probe a little bit no not enough she did terribly. Okay I mean I don't I don't think it was particularly hard but but that was not a

good job. Okay, explain why. What would you have done differently? So many things. Go back and listen to my podcast the day after, 'cause I took it apart forensically bit by bit. Give us the top three here. There were the follow-up questions. Where were the hard-hitting follow-ups when she said her nonsense? Like specifically, How? What exactly caused you to change your mind? Walk me through the process. And hit her with all of them, not just a couple. And Tim Walls' grammar, the grammar excuse. That's why he said he carried a weapon into war. It was his grammar. What kind of BS was that? And no follow-up? Yeah, yes. And honestly, all taken was, Do you really want our audience to believe you said you took weapons into war as a soldier? Okay, because every actual service personnel knows you don't exaggerate something like that. That's hallowed ground. You don't say you went into war when you didn't. And he's already on the hot seat for having said, you know, he was a command sergeant major.

and he didn't retire, such and so on. Anyway, all it would have taken was, You really want this audience to believe that was a grammatical error? Is that your story? No, that she, none of that was done, and it was just irritating because there's so much for Kamala Harris to be cross-examined on. She just, she went to sleep. I mean, the follow-up question is just such an easy thing to do. You don't even have to say it as aggressively as you did. You just say, Okay, so to be clear, let me repeat back to you. Grammar is the reason you said. But let me tell you something, let me tell you something, some aggression was warranted. This is the problem. Her timidity is part of the problem because I challenge anybody, go back and look. I did an interview with Trump in September. We've been through a, he and I, well, yeah, that's an interesting relationship. It's a very interesting relationship. And I saw him at a Turning Point event the previous August.

and I said I'd love to sit down with you. He said great, I'll do it. So we sat down September of last year. It was a great interview. It was challenging. He was not in love with it. Good. Which part? Where I hammered him on the legal stuff? Yeah, it had a crescendo and a decrescendo like every good interview should. You know, we started off with some stuff that he would like Joe Biden's old. How about that? And then you built, you warmed him up. A classic strategy, right? So on the legal, on the lawfare. So Judge Meron just moved the sentencing date from, I guess it was supposed to be a few days ago to November 18th. It occurs to me that's two weeks after the election. So if Meron wants to send Trump to prison but is afraid to do it now because it'd be a huge backlash right before the election, seems to me that's kind of what you do. You set the date two weeks after. Do you

I mean, what's your take on that? Do you think if Trump loses the election, do you think he's going to Rikers? No, I don't. You don't think so? I think there's a possibility Maran will sentence him because this whole case, which was about him writing down something in a book, no one ever saw it. It was in a book that stayed on the shelf at Trump Tower. Didn't have the right thing. It didn't say hush money to Stormy Daniels. It said legal services. No one ever saw that. Just someone came knocking because they wanted to mess with Trump, found it, and said, This isn't recorded accurately. It's a fraud. And he got prosecuted. And I think Judge Maran has allowed Alvin Bragg to turn it into, You tried to steal the election. Because now, guys, I'm sorry to tell you, but if you ever want to run for office, you have an ethical obligation to let any woman accusing you of any bad stuff come forward and say it to everyone. And if she says, I won't hurt

you publicly whether it's true or not. If you just give me $130,000, you may not pay her or you're going to go to jail. So, you must let yourself be blackmailed. Let someone say this stuff about you, true or not, or you're going to prison. That's how that case was tried. That is now the position that every politician is in, theoretically. I mean, the case made sense as a misdemeanor but not as a felony. I think you would age no sense it as a misdemeanor. The statute of limitations had expired, sure, but I mean, it clearly was escalated to a point. But I wonder how you think as with family members, you know, in the um uh, you know, that are cops um, how you look at the other cases um, and if you think there's any validity to them because there are five cases. We're talking about he's guilty of the first three so far out of three. Some of them feel trumped up um, but what about the last two, you know, the documents and the January 6th one. Do

you think there's any validity to them. No, no validity. The only thing that Trump was potentially in trouble on, and the thing I hit him on when we interviewed, was not turning over the documents once he had a subpoena, which would have been so easy to do. Yes, which was dumb, but he's Trump. He should have. He always does self-destructive stuff. Gone away now too because of Jack Smith not being properly appointed down there. But in answer to your question on Judge Michon, I think he almost is in a position where he might have to sentence him to jail, given how big they've tried to make it. You stole an election, you stole. But it'll be at a suspended sentence. It would be immediately appealed, and I think Trump on appeal will win. There are so many holes in that case, so I don't think Trump will ever do one single day in jail. So, Megan, if we look at the five cases, you know, six months from there, a year from now, let's assume all five of

them go to trial. Um, he's guilty of three so far. Wait, what do you mean he's guilty of three so far? He's been convicted of three. Sorry, what do you mean? No, he hasn't. Um, the L. Uh, no. EEG. EEG. Carol was guilty. That was not a conviction. That was a civil case. Well, yes, so that's what I'm talking about. So that. Okay, but there's a big difference. It's still. He was convicted. He was guilty of that. You got a settle. Um, in the. Yeah, in the Trump organization. They're guilty. They're liable. Liable, yes, of course. But these are the cases we're talking about. And in the third one, you know she's a lawyer, right? Yeah, of course. And in the third one, I'm just talking about the five cases. Yes, some are civil, obviously, and some are not. Some are criminal. But if we look at all, you said three convictions. Now you're walking it back. I'm not walking it back. There's three in which he was. You should walk it back. So

glad Megan is here. The five three of them. He's either guilty or he got a bad result. Yeah, got a bad result. There are two more. If he is found guilty of those two more. Mag um and five of five. He had a bad result. Um, way to frame it. Um, will will you chalk all five up in your mind to five different jurisdictions, five different prosecutors, five different juries and or judges, all conspiring to get him 100% okay. Yes, that's all I wanted to hear your answer to five of five, five different jurisdictions. You think it's Carol. They changed the law so that she could bring a civil lawsuit against him, and she did. New York Jury. New York went 87% for Joe Biden. That fix was in right from the start. The fraud trial that Leticia James brought against him has never been brought. There's no victims. The banks who were involved said we didn't lose a penny. What are we doing here? We weren't damaged. Nobody was complaining except

Tish James, who ran for office saying, I will get him, then you have Alvin Bragg, who's a George Soros-funded prosecutor who doesn't like to prosecute any crime in New York City where I live for 17 years, except if your name is Donald Trump. Let's go down to Georgia where Fanny Willis and Nathan Wade couldn't keep their libidos in check long enough to actually bring this case against Donald Trump. It's a repeat of what was happening in January 6th up in the case with Judge Chutkan, who loathes Trump and has sentenced almost every J6 defendant to way more jail time than their counterparts would get. Those are falling apart because of presidential immunity, which was handed down by the Supreme Court, who said you cannot bring a criminal case against a sitting president for any official act. Those cases have been gutted. Also, a Supreme Court ruling saying the same on January 6 defendants in general. And that leaves us with Florida and the documents, and Trump has torn that apart because

Jack Smith wasn't properly appointed and isn't the right Council, but there are other issues. They haven't even gotten to presidential immunity there, and so that one's going nowhere as well. And by the way, they're going to peel it up to the 11th Circuit. She just threw it out. The 11th Circuit is conservative, and thank God so is the current Supreme Court. They're not going to tolerate that nonsense. Let me ask you about, um, I think, let me, I think J Cal, I think J Cal just lost his right to ever bring up lawfare again. No, we're done with your [__]. It's over. I didn't give, we're not here to hear my opinion. I didn't give my opinion. I wanted me, let, let's um, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party 2028 post all of this, okay? Um, I suspect because of your influence. I, I so tell me if this is not even true, but up-and-coming folks are probably trying to meet you all the time because

they want to build a relationship, build a rapport, so that when it's time for them to get, you know, interviewed or whatever, there's a... so you must see a lot of people just give us a state of politicians post this current batch. What is the same? I don't feel very optimistic. Okay, is it getting worse? Yeah, it's getting worse because of Instagram and AOC, that kind of person. Yes, her specifically, but not just her. Um, I say more... they want these are congressional Kardashians. Can I tell you something? My experience in the news business dealing with politicians leads me to believe that the people in this room and on this stage over your two-day conference are the people we need to be looking to for our future leaders and ideas and to save the country. It... it's not Washington DC. All the incentives to be a good person are gone. It's not that there aren't any good ones. There definitely are, and there's some, you know, true Patriots who are still trying to serve, and even who are who are two people just on either

side that you would just tell us to look out for, or even they are already doing the job where you say these two people are like good people. You should play the little Jeopardy music right now. Um, no one's coming to mind off the top of my head, but I know that there are some. Uh, look, I like Rand Paul. I think Rand Paul is a good and honest man. Don't run a giant deficit. It's not a bad. I mean, all of them lie, so I'm not trying to excuse all of that. They all do. But if you watch people long enough, you find the ones that stand up for the right issues and seem to have some integrity. That's one that comes to mind. I, there used to be a day where they, where they would reach across the aisle, and they actually weren't just there for clicks or to make themselves famous, or, and those days are few and far between now. I just think with, look, I supported the Supreme Court's decision in Citizen United, and I think big money in politics.

was always going to happen, but it's corrupted the system in a way that, you know, most politicians only have to answer to their one group of big donors or their one small constituency and their one very red or very blue town, and there's no more incentive to compromise. There's only incentive to get reelected, which is one of the frustrations we have when we watch Washington. Nothing gets done or size of relief in this Congress where we watch Washington and nothing gets done, right, right now. I'm all about going back to the original founding version of this country where government was as small as possible, the presidency was as small as possible, and these people do as little as humanly possible while they're in. I feel, Megan, I feel like someone should do like a modern-day recap of the Federalist Papers, like an understanding of the basis of the foundation of the Republic, like what were the founding philosophies, and then understanding how far astray we've gone. But let me ask you a question, what constitutional amendments

would you pass to fix the incentive problems if you could have your brothers pass any Constitutional Amendment or two. What would they be to address the incentive issue that's causing a lot of the integrity and misalignment. I don't think it starts like that. I think it is just like KLA Harris's Choice as Biden's replacement. It's bottom up. It's bottom up. That's the LIE. Remember they told us Chuck Schumer. It's bottom up. We chose. The people chose her. Literally nobody's voted for her to be the nomin. I think this one does have to be bottom up. Like if we're going to change the way we elect politicians and the way we govern ourselves. You know we're so. It's so much more complex than just what laws are written down. And you. Tech has a lot to do with it. How divided we are. How disconnected we are. How lonely we are. I mean right now the latest strain of the argument is interesting which is all the processed foods are making us weird and unhealthy and dying.

and dividing people further because it's driving our hormones nuts, and our behavior is getting weirder and obese. Yeah, and obesity. So, I mean, there's just a lot we need to reconsider about the way we're living, and I do think one of the main things is we need to see each other again. We need to, like, look each at each other in the eye, across from the table. We need to ban our kids from playing on the devices when they get together for playdates. We must insist that they play outside without any devices and actually connect with nature. We must make sure that they do the same. We must get out of the coastal cities and go to flyover country and go to a rodeo in Montana, something like that. You know, we all, we have to start loving our country again. That's a huge piece of it, and that, again, is community. You know, speaking of rodeo and Montana, we went, we go out there, we have a little ski cabin there, which we love, and we went in the summer, brought our kids to a

rodeo. They started playing the national anthem, and my little guy at the time was like five, and he was a little slow to get up, right? Like, he knows to get up, but he was five. And there's this old cowboy sitting right behind us with the big hat and the jeans and the belt, and he goes, Boy, you better get on your feet. And my son was like, Oh, [ __ ] yes, sir. That was me, but I was like, Right on, that's great, right on, that's what we need, right? Like, more of that and more of looking out for one another, not with forced taxes and through the eyeballs and all that nonsense, but like, your neighbor's sick, go make him a casserole. Your older neighbor is housebound, go mow his lawn. That is the stuff that used to make us us, and as we just retreat into our devices and our television screens and all of it, we lose that, and we lose us. All right, well said, ladies and gentlemen, Megan Kelly. Thank you, W. Standing out, that was

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All-In Podcast

Megan Kelly's Transition to Independent Broadcasting

Megan Kelly's show has been cancelled at NBC, and she has now transitioned to independent broadcasting.

She expresses happiness and engagement in her new role, contrasting it with her challenging experience at NBC and Fox News.

Kelly's independent show has quickly gained popularity, becoming the largest broadcaster in the news category on YouTube with just six producers, and she reflects on the toxic nature of the media industry that drove her to make the change.

The Evolution of a Podcast Host's Approach

The podcast host initially doubted the show's potential but gained two listeners, leading to its success over four years.

Their approach to content has evolved, focusing on stories that ignite their passion rather than outrage.

The host is particularly driven by issues related to free speech and law enforcement, aiming to challenge the negative narratives surrounding police officers and addressing the complexities of trans rights and gender identity.

The Controversy Surrounding Gender Identity and Transitioning

The speaker expresses strong opposition to men identifying as women and accessing women's spaces, arguing it undermines the safety and privacy of women.

They believe the recent surge in individuals identifying as a different gender is a social contagion, particularly concentrated in leftist regions, and are critical of the medical community's approach to affirming gender identity.

The speaker raises concerns about the impact of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones on young individuals, emphasizing the secrecy between schools and parents regarding these transitions.

The Political Landscape and Trump's Position

The speaker expresses confusion over the politicization of certain issues and struggles to understand why anyone would vote Democrat.

They highlight Trump's current strong position in the polls, comparing it to the 2016 election.

The speaker notes Trump's shift from outsider status to having a record of policies, which he can now use as ammunition in the upcoming debate.

Kamala Harris's Struggles and Interview Critique

Kamala Harris is criticized for her lack of depth and surface-level thinking, making her appear uncomfortable and uncertain.

Her decision to bring an "emotional support" governor to her interview raised questions about her strategic choices.

The broadcaster's interview with Harris was deemed ineffective, lacking tough follow-up questions and failing to challenge her on key statements.

Trump's Legal Troubles and Potential Consequences

The speaker believes Trump may not go to jail even if convicted, as the cases against him seem exaggerated.

They argue that the prosecution's approach could set a troubling precedent for future politicians.

The speaker also questions the validity of the cases against Trump, suggesting they are politically motivated and lacking in real victimization.

Tish James and Alvin Bragg are criticized for their prosecution of Donald Trump, with claims of political bias.

The cases against Trump, including those in Georgia and Florida, are struggling due to presidential immunity and questionable legal appointments.

The speaker expresses skepticism about the current batch of politicians and emphasizes the need to look for future leaders outside of Washington DC.

Addressing Incentive Problems in Governance

The speaker believes that changing the way we elect politicians and govern ourselves requires a bottom-up approach.

They emphasize the importance of community and personal connections, advocating for less screen time for children and more outdoor activities.

The speaker also highlights the need for individuals to look out for one another and rebuild a sense of community, rather than relying on forced measures.