Jon on MAGA's Anti-Bad Bunny Crusade & Klepper on Bondi's Congressional Crash Out | The Daily Show

What this episode is about

The discussion centers around a humorous critique of the Super Bowl's slow-paced game and the unconventional snack choices at the viewing party, particularly focusing on one guest's bizarre meat and ferments diet. It also touches on the halftime show featuring Bad Bunny, whose energetic performance stood out despite the overall lackluster game, eliciting mixed reactions from the audience.

Key takeaways

• Super Bowl snacks matter more than the game—especially when witnessing a slow-motion train wreck of a Patriots loss.
• Yogurt at a Super Bowl party? Bold move. Prepare for judgment or a lifetime of isolation.
• Bad Bunny's halftime show: a fiesta for some, a linguistic faux pas for others—as relatable as a meat-only diet.
• Alternative halftime shows reveal the fault lines of America—where patriotism and entertainment clash like rival sports teams.
• Being country isn't rocket science, but apparently, it takes courage to voice simple truths in today's music landscape.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Jon (Host) · 36 min speaking
• Pam Bondi (Guest) · 8 min speaking
• Tim Scott (Guest) · 3 min speaking
• Donald Trump (Guest) · 3 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 5:00: Antonio Martinez, Bad Bunny, Cindy Baron, Ricky Martin
2. 5:00 – 10:00: Bad Bunny, TPUSA, Miam and Webster
3. 10:00 – 15:00: Bad Bunny, Donald Trump
4. 15:00 – 20:00: Tim Scott
5. 20:00 – 25:00: Donald Trump, Alex Epstein
6. 25:00 – 30:00: Alex Epstein, Donald Trump, Jamie Raskin, Howard Lutnick
7. 30:00 – 35:00: Alex Epstein, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Jack Her, Howard Lutnick
8. 35:00 – 40:00: Winter Olympics, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Julia Simone
9. 40:00 – 45:00: Donald Trump, Alex Epstein, Ambassador Bridge, Attorney General Pam Bondi
10. 45:00 – 50:00: Donald Trump

Notable quotes from "Jon on MAGA's Anti-Bad Bunny Crusade & Klepper on Bondi's Congressional Crash Out | The Daily Show"

• Mr. Bunny killed it despite being trapped in anescapable sugarce hedge maze. HE HAD LADY GAGA. HE HAD RICKY MARTIN. He had the Mandalorian. HE THREW A WEDDING. HE HELD A MODEL UN.

  about Bad Bunny · at 4:16

• It's why the good people at TPUSA went through the trouble of putting ON AN ALTERNATIVE ALL-AMERICAN HALFTIME SHOW THAT CELEBRATED THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY in the King's English we all share.

  about TPUSA · at 7:15

• But Tim Scott's criticism forced the president to delete the video, which puts the president in an uncomfortable position. A Sophie's choice. He deleted the video. Does he admit that he's.

  about Tim Scott · at 19:11

• Axios reports that after Congressman Jamie Raskin reviewed the unredacted Epstein files, he said Donald Trump's name appears quote more than a million times.

  about Jamie Raskin · at 27:20

• But Donald Trump isn't the only member of the administration in the hot seat.

  about Donald Trump · at 28:15

• Holland, I see you have a question perhaps about a fiber optic cable. Why did the Epstein files show you coordinating a meeting and planning a visit with Jeffrey Epstein on his private island in December 2012?

  about Alex Epstein · at 29:34

• Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Epstein and his co-conspirator, Galain Maxwell, on a trip to North Dakota with a paleontologist on the search for.

  about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · at 33:47

• Today, Congress heard testimony from Pam Bondi, attorney general and woman who stresses everyone out at book club, but it's not worth uninviting her because that'll become a whole thing.

  about Attorney General Pam Bondi · at 39:48

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Donald Trump — Person · Referenced political figure / target of critique · 12 mentions · first at 13:05
  Same individual as 'President Trump' in the transcript; referenced regarding Epstein-file mentions, rhetoric about America, and awards/policy actions.
• Alex Epstein — Person · Referenced criminal figure / investigative nexus · 17 mentions · first at 22:21
  Anchor for the 'Epstein files' segment connecting multiple public figures (Trump, Lutnick, Jack Horner, RFK Jr.) and driving the episode’s accountability theme.
• Bad Bunny — Person · Referenced performer / culture-war flashpoint · 6 mentions · first at 4:01
  Used as the centerpiece of a satire about language, nationalism, and 'unifying' expectations placed on entertainers; also the target of Trump's criticism in the episode.
• Howard Lutnick — Person · Referenced administration official under scrutiny · 2 mentions · first at 28:18
  Discussed for alleged inconsistencies about contact with Epstein, including a claimed visit/lunch on Epstein’s island; framed as part of broader Epstein accountability.
  Jeffrey Epstein, went to his house once in 2005, got the ick, and never saw him again. My wife and I decided that I will never be in the room with that disgusting person ever again. A one and absolutely done.
• Attorney General Pam Bondi — Person · Referenced administration official in congressional hearing · 2 mentions · first at 39:48
  Discussed for combative testimony as attorney general, including defending Trump and being questioned about ICE/Epstein; portrayed as emblematic of administration posture.
• Tim Scott — Person · Referenced critic (Republican senator) · 2 mentions · first at 18:31
  Cited as a notable Republican voice condemning the alleged racist content shared by Trump, used to underscore intra-party criticism.
• Jamie Raskin — Person · Referenced lawmaker / source for Epstein-file claim · 2 mentions · first at 27:22
  Cited as having reviewed unredacted Epstein files and claiming Trump's name appears extremely frequently; used to escalate the Trump–Epstein narrative.
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — Person · Referenced administration official / controversial figure · 2 mentions · first at 33:47
  Appears in the Epstein segment (trip with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell) and earlier as a punchline reference ('RFK') tied to vaccines/health satire.
• Jack Her — Person · Referenced scientist (likely mis-transcribed name) · 2 mentions · first at 32:26
  Mentioned as a former Montana State professor/paleontologist tied via emails thanking Epstein for hosting him; likely refers to Jack Horner (Jurassic Park inspiration).
  New questions tonight about former Montana State professor and paleontologist Jack her, the scientist who helped inspire Jurassic Park. OH, JACK, NOT YOU. LITTLE JACK HER, TELL ME YOU JUST SAT IN THAT CORNER.
• Matthew Maroon — Person · Referenced business figure / alleged influence on policy · 1 mention · first at 44:09
  Identified as owner of the Ambassador Bridge who lobbied Trump; used to suggest donor influence/corruption regarding the Gordie Howe bridge dispute.
  Billionaire owner of the Ambassador Bridge. Why would the president oppose that? The owner of the older Ambassador Bridge, Matthew Maroon, lobbyed the Trump administration on…
• Cindy Baron — Person · Co-host / interlocutor (in-show character/participant) · 1 mention · first at 0:04
  Addressed directly at the start ('Super Bowl Cindy'), part of the banter framing the episode’s opening Super Bowl/snacks segment.
  Super Bowl Cindy. AND WHAT A GAME. WHAT A GAME IT WAS. MAN, if you like highscoring contests where the outcome is in doubt till the final suspenseful, climactic seconds, this was not the game.
• Ricky Martin — Person · Referenced performer (cameo/feature in halftime bit) · 1 mention · first at 4:21
  Mentioned as part of the (satirical) list of guests/characters in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, reinforcing the Puerto Rico/Spanish-language theme.
  Mr. Bunny killed it despite being trapped in anescapable sugarce hedge maze. HE HAD LADY GAGA. HE HAD RICKY MARTIN. He had the Mandalorian. HE THREW A WEDDING. HE HELD A MODEL UN.
• Antonio Martinez — Person · Referenced performer/participant (unclear identity in transcript) · 2 mentions · first at 4:01
  Named in the comedic intro to the halftime show segment; likely part of a bit or mis-heard name rather than a clearly identifiable public figure in this context.
  This year's SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW START BONITO Antonio Martinez, BAD BUNNY OKASIO and he was out there and delivered a performance that was, as they say in Puerto Rico, quite good.
• Young Carol (Yan Carol) — Person · Co-host / interlocutor (in-show character/participant) · 1 mention · first at 2:00
  Addressed during the Super Bowl snack/diet banter; helps establish the comedic dynamic early in the transcript.
  JUST AS A NORMAL non-alien species to another, it is a Super Bowl party. I don't care if your diet is meat and fermentss.
• Miam and Webster — Person · Referenced authority (actually a dictionary brand; mis-typed as person) · 1 mention · first at 7:48
  Used as a joke invoking dictionary authority; appears to refer to Merriam-Webster, not a person.
  Thank you. Miam and Webster COULDN'T HAVE PUT IT BETTER THEMSELVES REGARDING THE UP JUMPING UPSET BOOGIE in so far as the diggy being a dbanga.
• Julia Simone — Person · Referenced athlete (Olympics segment; unclear identity) · 1 mention · first at 38:59
  Named as a French biathlon gold medalist in a comedic segment about chaotic post-victory narratives; may be a misnaming or fictionalized for satire.
  In the women's 15k individual bialon, the gold goes to Julia Simone of France.

Companies & orgs

• TPUSA — Company · Business focus · 2 mentions · first at 7:15
  Mentioned in the context of organizing an alternative halftime show during the Super Bowl, reflecting political and cultural commentary.

Places & events

• Winter Olympics — Event · Setting · 2 mentions · first at 35:14
  Discussed in the context of athletes' performances and controversies, highlighting cultural and political tensions.
  That was Norway's Sterling Home Lagard who won bronze in the bialon, but he got a bronze. I know it's not gold, but it's still bronze. So, why is he so upset?
• Gordy How Bridge — Place · Setting · 1 mention · first at 42:38
  Discussed in the context of US-Canada relations and infrastructure development, highlighting political and economic implications.
  Ambassador Bridge. But in Trump's first term, Canada started construction on the Gordy How Bridge. And Trump was so excited about it that he even got a little poetic. America is deeply fortunate to have a neighbor like Canada.
• Ambassador Bridge — Place · Setting · 3 mentions · first at 42:33
  Mentioned as the existing bridge between Canada and Detroit, contrasting with the new Gordy How Bridge and highlighting political influences.
  Billionaire owner of the Ambassador Bridge. Why would the president oppose that? The owner of the older Ambassador Bridge, Matthew Maroon, lobbyed the Trump administration on…
• Dinocon — Event · Setting · 1 mention · first at 34:37
  Mentioned as a paleontology convention that banned individuals with ties to Jeffrey Epstein, indicating a stance on accountability.
  The paleontology convention Dinocon has announced they are banning anyone with ties to Jeffrey Epstein from attending their events.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:04 Super Bowl Cindy. AND WHAT A GAME. WHAT A GAME IT WAS. MAN, if you like highscoring contests where the outcome is in doubt till the final suspenseful, climactic seconds, this was not the game for you. Slow, grinding. It nearly took all the fun out of watching the Patriots lose.

0:43 I was saluting the Patriots and their oneyear rebuild. But you know what? At least we had our snacks. That's what's the important part. I I'll be honest with you. I went with the whole shebang. Six-foot hogy, wings, nachos, queso, hot and cold, running budwash. Am I missing any of the classics?

1:05 What would you have as a Super Bowl snack? I, you know, I am on a carnivore diet, so I just eat meat and ferments. Did this Did this mother just say his diet is meat and fermentss? He's He's so weird. WHY DOES HE ALWAYS HAVE to be so pluribus? Why? Carol, would you like some ferments? JUST AS A NORMAL non-alien species to another, it is a Super Bowl party. I don't care if your diet is meat and fermentss. What are you having at the Super Bowl party? So, I'm going to probably have yogurt.

2:33 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE yogurt for the Super Bowl. For the Super Bowl, you're having yogurt. You eat meat and fermentss. And for the Super Bowl, you went ferments. You know, dude, it's one thing to bring measles and polio back, but I think I speak for the entire nation when I say if you ever show up at my Super Bowl party with a tub of yogurt. You couldn't just muster up a little trunk bear jerky. like what? But even though the game was a grind and your weird friend brought you a six-pack of yogurt, at least we all have the halftime show this year.

3:45 They love it. Yeah. Yeah. Sponsored this year by Ferments. Ferments. It puts the fart in RFK. This year's SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW START BONITO Antonio Martinez, BAD BUNNY OKASIO and he was out there and delivered a performance that was, as they say in Puerto Rico, quite good. Mr. Bunny killed it despite being trapped in anescapable sugarce hedge maze. HE HAD LADY GAGA. HE HAD RICKY MARTIN. He had the Mandalorian. HE THREW A WEDDING. HE HELD A MODEL UN. And he even had the time to make a conad service stop midcon.

4:41 It's okay. He did it all. Just reboot the box and enjoy. Data. It was joyful and infectious and

4:56 the single worst halftime show in NFL history. Oh. Oh, right, right, right. I forgot. I forgot. Um, for a significant portion of Americans, everything that happens must uniformly be filtered through a particular magazentric worldview and judged on how well it conforms to that traditional vision, which doesn't include knowing where the bibloteka is.

5:25 To get up there and perform the whole the whole show in Spanish is a middle finger to the rest of America. The majority of people in the audience had no idea what was being said.

5:36 Is it too much to ask to put it in English? Not one word of English. Not one word of English. One word.

5:53 Here's here's some English for you. Who put Thanos over here in the air fryer? Did they Did they Did Fox decide they needed an actual buffalo wing to comment on the game? Dude, seriously, we all like to get sun, but I mean, I'm no dermatologist, but be there tomorrow morning as early as you can be there. It's like the guy's couch is one of those chicken rotisseries. Just he's watching the game like, "TELL ME IF I MISS ANYTHING. I've got like 10 of these. Seriously, how many gizzies do you gobble before YOU BECOME ONE?

7:01 BUT THE POINT IS, THIS IS AMERICA. This is the Super Bowl. IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR A HALFTIME SHOW THAT THIS GREAT NATION CAN ENJOY IN its mother tongue? It's why the good people at TPUSA went through the trouble of putting ON AN ALTERNATIVE ALL-AMERICAN HALFTIME SHOW THAT CELEBRATED THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY in the King's English we all share.

7:41 Thank you. WAS THAT SO HARD? THANK YOU. Thank you. Miam and Webster COULDN'T HAVE PUT IT BETTER THEMSELVES REGARDING THE UP JUMPING UPSET BOOGIE in so far as the diggy diggy diggy being a dbanga. I got that right. But surely surely surely you didn't miss Bad Bunny just to watch an old man in acidwashed jorts badly lipsync his way through a pre-taped bawa deba performance. Surely the TPUSA halftime show was a broader spectacle of Americana to rival this most malevolent of bunnies.

8:50 Looks like somebody dipped into the ferments. Oh, I've I've never seen a cello player who looks like the porn version of a cello player. Yeah. Bomb chicka bum bomb chicka bomb.

9:18 I'm sorry. Let let me let me skip forward a little bit. There's got to be something else worth missing out on. Bad bunny for this country nowadays. Wait. Um, wait. It It isn't. What exactly is is so hard about being country nowadays?

9:44 I just want to catch my fish, drive my truck, drink my beer. So far it sounds relatively easy. Am I missing a heavier lift? I just want to cut my grass, feed my dogs, wear my boots. Sir, I sir, again I must insist. All of these seem like achievable goals. I mean, you're wearing boots right now. What exactly is it about being country that is so difficult? If I tell my own daughter that little boys ain't little girls.

10:47 Here we go. I'll give up the freaking hot water. This can't see your world. You're so brave. People throw the word hero around, but this is a bold opinion to hold in your genre, sir. Really risking it all going up against country music's trans cartel. By the way, also if you did get cancelled, really more time for the fishing and the mowing and the truck beer drinking. And if I could just remind you, really just the important thing feeding the dog. Again, I can't I can't stress this enough in the song between the beer and the boots and the fishing. Really just feed your [ __ ] dog every day, SIR. I KNOW IT'S HARD, but you know what?

11:59 There was a bigger reason why TPUSA had to do their own halftime show. Because the NFL's halftime show failed its one true mandate.

12:07 Doing a a halftime show in all Spanish is not unifying. The Super Bowl halftime show divided in a time that's supposed to be a unifying moment.

12:17 They could have found somebody more uniting. Why the [ __ ] is it the Super Bowl halftime entertainers job to unify THE COUNTRY? IN what world is that their job? Oh, isn't there another person whose job description is much more along those lines? LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.

12:54 DON'T MAKE ME GET MY YOGURTS. What did that person do to unify the country? In a social media post, President Trump mocked Bad Bunny's performance, calling it quote, "Absolutely terrible, one of the worst ever." then adding quote nobody understands a word this guy is saying

13:19 NOBODY I love that he thinks Bad Bunny is the one guy in the world that's fluent in Spanish nobody understands it's a dead language You know, the right has a lot of balls complaining that Bad Bunny didn't do enough to unify this country when you only found out a few days ago that Puerto Rico is a part of it. And before you get and before YOU GET YOUR PANTIES in unscrion, another unifying pro tip might be to tell your guy to stop tweeting out racist slop during, I don't know, Black History Month. The White House facing backlash over a racist depiction of the Obamas contained in a video post on the president's truth social account.

14:31 At the end, the video suddenly flashed to a clip of the Obama's faces superimposed on the heads of cartoon apes.

14:37 Oh, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, NO. BEFORE YOU GET UPSET, JUST KNOW the racist video in question was not in Spanish. Rest easy. We're starting to heal. I mean, if 20 minutes of Bad Bunny's halftime show destroyed the country's unity, I think even MAGA would be terribly upset that the unifier and chief would be sharing a video thising racist. Or or would I mean, this is probably crazy, but would they try and justify it?

15:13 It wasn't a video that was racist. It was a video that ended with a racist thing,

15:18 which is doesn't that's doesn't matter. If you say the n-word at the end of the sentence, it still ruins the whole sentence. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS in this world. Where there are certain things in this world where placement is less important than presence. Oh, I don't have gorrhea. The tip of MY PENIS HAS GORRHEA. YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO JUDGE MY ENTIRE penis

15:54 by the goric tip. Who's the racist now? Can we at least all agree that the last part WHERE HE COMPARED THE OBAMAS TO APES was definitely racist? At the end of the day, human beings often point to other human beings and notice that they kind of look like this animal or that animal. COME ON. BUT THERE ARE, you know, certain anthropomorphic comparisons that historically have been used to justify, oh, I don't know, slavery. But go ahead. I apologize for interrupting you.

16:34 I did know a girl that looked like a guy that looked like a monkey, but he was white. He was my friend Joey, and he was white. So, in terms of racist justifications, he's blown right past THE I HAVE A BLACK friend and moved RIGHT INTO THE I HAVE A WHITE FRIEND WHO LOOKS like a monkey. And poor Joey. Poor white friend Joey. What a way to find out you've got What a way to find out you've got resting primate face. Poor mother JOEY PROBABLY SITTING AT home watching his watching his friend on television. picking knits out of his wife's hair.

17:43 And then he's got to look up AND BE LIKE, "WHAT THAT GUY SAY? ME?" AH, JOEY MATT. JOEY THROW POOP AT TV. JOEY THROW POOP AND JERK OFF AND THROW DEMON AND POOP AND THEN DEMON AND THEN POOP. Not not even the cameramen have heard all this [ __ ]

18:16 WE'RE GOING OFF SCRIPT TONIGHT, MOTHER. I got to tell you, this video was so bad there were actual Republicans who criticized it. Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, the Senate's only black Republican, calling the president's post the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House.

18:40 Wow. By the way, uh Tim Scott's face, that is the face almost all Republicans make in private when they've been told what Trump said. But seriously though, Senator, is it the most racist thing that's come out of this White House? Well, survey says It is.

19:06 Congratulations. You've won the opportunity to probably have to say this [ __ ] again next week. But Tim Scott's criticism forced the president to delete the video, which puts the president in an uncomfortable position. A Sophie's choice. He deleted the video. Does he admit that he's racist or does he admit that he just made a simple mistake? Let's see how he threads the needle.

19:25 Mr. President, a number of Republicans are calling on you to apologize for that post. Is that something you're going to do?

19:31 No, I didn't make a mistake. So, we're going with racist. But of course, in the example of a performer you don't particularly care for, the upset is justified. But in the example of the president of the United States sharing a racist meme, well, get over yourselves. Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt said, and I quote, "Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public," which ising crazy because at this point in the MAGA movement, all they have is fake outrage. Olympic outrage. American freestyle skiers are facing backlash following controversial comments made about representing the US. what many call anti-American rhetoric. I'm disgusted by it.

20:21 It's so upsetting. It's so inappropriate. This guy hates his country. He's clearly ashamed to be wearing the flag.

20:26 Go back home to Oregon in this case and march with Antifa. What? Sir, think this THROUGH. DO YOU WANT OUR NATION'S GREATEST ATHLETES JOINING ANTIFA?

20:38 WHAT? This is not the solution. You think, Sir, you have abs of steel and powerful glutes. grab a black bandana and get in the fight. But oh my god, I just first I'm hearing. What did this Olympian say? It must be way more upsetting and outrageous than what the president of the United States racist memes are.

21:03 It brings up mixed emotions to represent the US right now. I think um it's a little hard. Um there's obviously a lot going on that I'm not the biggest fan of. That That's the hatemongering. That's the most laid-back mongering. That was like the hacky sack of political condemnation. It's like, bro, I feel like right now The country shouldn't be swag. It should be diggity dank. And by the way, MAGA, you want to hear the good straight up anti-American [ __ ] Talk to your boss. Our country is now a cesspool. We are a nation in decline.

22:02 We're in a failing country. We're in a country that's being laughed at. We're a dumping ground. We're like a We're like a garbage can. Our country is going to hell. We have blood, death, and suffering on a scale once unthinkable.

22:14 A third world hell hole ruled by sensors, perverts, criminals, and thugs. I I mean, after reading the Epstein files, it's hard to argue with the last part. That boy, ANYWAY, THIS MOTHER BETTER GO BACK TO OREGON AND JOIN ANTIFA. SO WAIT, so why are you bothered by the I don't know, man. Things feel pretty bad there and kind of conflicted and not bothered by the straightup anti-American vitriol from dear leader.

22:53 How about you're wearing the flag? Uh you were representing your country and you can save your other comments for when you're not wearing the flag.

23:00 That's it's a flag. Son of I didn't think it's a flag. Freedom of speech very clearly states you cannot shout fire in a crowd at theater or smack talk America while sporting any national symbols. It's right. So, if I were to show you, let's say, a video of President Donald Jesus Trump [ __ ] on America and Americans while sporting the very insignia that you deem so sacred. What if I showed you a video like that? I'M SURE YOU'D JUST SHOW THEM.

23:27 This country has gotten bloated and fat and disgusting. OH, AND LOOK WHAT HE'S WEARING, [ __ ] HE'S WEARING THE FLAG SITTING ON America and Americans. Oh, but that's a pin. It's got to be cloth and sewn on. And don't say, "Oh, yeah, but Donald Trump wasn't overseas." Cuz we have video of Donald Trump holding America while standing next to Putin in Finland. And don't say, "Well, the skier was dry humping our beautiful flag." No, that was your guy. SO, THE POINT IS THIS. When did the right become suching [ __ ] WHEN WHEN?

24:15 Remember 2017? Remember what you hated about liberals? OH, PERPETUALLY OFFENDED. SAFE SPACES, censoring free speech, culture of victimhood. Remind you of anyone? I can't go 15 minutes without listening to country music. I need a separate show. Oh, that skier triggered me. I can't sleep. Not the best imitation, but you know what I'm going for. This whole culture war this weekend has really demonstrated one thing. It's that for all of MAGA's triumphalism, it's not a movement that seems confident in its position. These people who control every branch of government are so triggered by someone singing in Spanish for 20 minutes, they need to create their own safe space alternative halftime show where Trad Bunny over here is singing songs about how he can't even enjoy sitting in a truck and drinking beer cuz he knows that somewhere out there there's a trans person.

25:26 It's actuallying pathetic. The gap between the power you all wield. I'm not done. The gap between the power you all wield and the victimhood you all claim is the real offense. If you didn't actually have the power to do so much damage in our country, I think we all dismiss it as a weak and pathetic pity party. That's what you're throwing. What kind of snacks would you have at a weak and pathetic pity party? Happy yogurt. That's right. We are now well into season five of the Epstein Files and it's not ending anytime soon.

26:11 Over in England, they've already devoted Prince Andrew down to street urchin Andrew. But the people still want more. Overseas, someone heckled King Charles today because of his brother Andrew's ties to the convicted sex offender and financeier.

26:29 Charles, how long have you KNOWN ABOUT ANDREW AND EDEN? Have you been protecting Andrew from prosecution?

26:44 Wow. Wow. The new season of Billy on the Street is dark. And buddy, look, buddy, I got to say, be careful. This is the king you're talking to here. He's got actual knights to protect him. Sir Anthony Hopkins and Sir Elton John are going to you up, man. Meanwhile, over here in America, members of Congress now have special access to the unredacted Epstein files. Although seeing how the redacted files already mentioned Donald Trump thousands of times, I doubt there's going to be anything new about him in the unredacted ones.

27:20 Axios reports that after Congressman Jamie Raskin reviewed the unredacted Epstein files, he said Donald Trump's name appears quote more than a million times.

27:30 Holy [ __ ] a million times. There's not even that many references to Hamlet in the play Hamlet. Now, maybe Raskin is just being hyperbolic, but if this is true, wouldn't it just be easier to call this the Trump Files featuring Jeffrey Epstein? Easier. Roll up the tongue. I mean, just just just think about the effort it took Trump's Justice Department to redact his name that many times. It's like trying to remove the pee from the water park. At this at this point, you just need to accept that it's in there and try not to think about it.

28:15 But Donald Trump isn't the only member of the administration in the hot seat. So is Howard Lutnik, commerce secretary and dad of a family staying at the White Lotus. Now, a while back, he went on a podcast and he explained how he lived next door to Jeffrey Epstein, went to his house once in 2005, got the ick, and never saw him again. My wife and I decided that I will never be in the room with that disgusting person ever again. A one and absolutely done.

28:49 One and absolutely done. I commend you, Howard, for your moral clarity. I mean, just to be just to be just to be crystal clear, there was no part of you that was even just a a little bit curious about Jeffrey Epstein.

29:05 It's gross. That guy's gross. Right with my wife. Like, he's gross. The guy's gross. HE'S IT'S GROSS. HE'S GROSS. You're right. And if a man who works every day next to Steven Miller thinks YOU'RE GROSS. WOW. That is truly saying something. And so with his conscience clear, Secretary Lutnik carried his innocent heart to the Senate this morning to testify on broadband deployment. Senator Van Holland, I see you have a question perhaps about a fiber optic cable. Why did the Epstein files show you coordinating a meeting and planning a visit with Jeffrey Epstein on his private island in December 2012?

29:48 Excuse me, Senator. This is Howard one and done Lutnik you're talking about here. There's no way that 7 years after saying he would never see Epstein again that he visited him ON HIS PRIVATE ISLAND. OKAY. HOWIE HOWIE, set this guy straight.

30:09 I did have lunch with him as I was on a boat going across on A FAMILY VACATION. OH HOWIE YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART. WHAT WAS IT? ALL THE ONE AND THE DONE and the gross and the gross. Was eating with a sex criminal your only option for lunch hour. You couldn't have tried making a PB&J just once. And and the fact that you went there on a boat makes it so much worse. I mean, if you ran into him at a pot belly and he said, "Sit down." I would understand. But you actively navigated a ship towards the band. You're on there shouting, "CAPTAIN, RAISE THE SAILS AND SET A COURSE FOR PEDOPHILE ISLAND."

30:56 HOWARD, LOOK, MAN. I don't think I could be more disappointed in you. My wife was with me, as were my four children and nannies.

31:09 I went to Epstein Island, but don't worry, I brought my kids. Is it the excuse you think it is? Good God. Damn. I hate to ask it. I hate it. Howard, I mean, come on. What happened on that island?

31:28 We had lunch on the island. That is true. For an hour and we left with all of my children.

31:39 Father of the year over here. So, just to be clear, Howard Lutnick went from, "I never saw that gross man again." to, "Okay, I did visit his island." to, "Hey, back off. I left with all my kids." Okay. I COUNTED THEM. I'M THE GOOD guy here. You know what? Maybe I shouldn't be too harsh on Howard. Let he who has never sworn he cut ties with a convicted sex offender, only to later dock his private yacht onto a private sex island for a quick lunch before continuing his family vacation with not one but multiple nannies. Cast the first one and done.

32:17 I just hope this is the only hero I have who has been misched by the Epstein files.

32:23 New questions tonight about former Montana State professor and paleontologist Jack her, the scientist who helped inspire Jurassic Park. OH, JACK, NOT YOU. LITTLE JACK HER, TELL ME YOU JUST SAT IN THAT CORNER.

32:40 In emails released from 2012, her thanks Epstein and the girls for hosting him at the finance year's New Mexico ranch. He describes the property's geology, even mentioning its potential for fossils. All right. All right. Okay. You know what? You know what? Let's not jump to conclusions here. Maybe Jack was just there for fossils. EPSTEIN ASKED ME TO GO TO THE BONE ZONE. I THOUGHT HE MEANT SOMETHING ELSE. MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE. You know, and I and I hope it was just fossils because it would be so sad if we can't even trust paleontologists not to be pedophiles now. You're supposed to be into really, really old stuff. That's like literally your whole thing.

33:25 So, we don't know if this guy was getting his own fossil dusted while he was there. But, but but but don't make it You're making you're making it dirty, but but let me remind you that this is not the only connection Epstein had to dinosaurs. Nor is it the weirdest.

33:47 Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Epstein and his co-conspirator, Galain Maxwell, on a trip to North Dakota with a paleontologist on the search for dinosaur fossils. That is probably the most RFK way you could be in the Epstein files. RFK is such a weird guy. I actually do believe he would have called Epstein and said, "I don't want to come to the sex party, but call me if you want to dig up dino bones." Also, don't wear condoms. They give your penis autism. Just Okay. So, okay. So, now, now the question is, how will the fossil hunting community respond to these revelations?

34:37 The paleontology convention Dinocon has announced they are banning anyone with ties to Jeffrey Epstein from attending their events.

34:47 WHOA. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT, EVERYBODY. FINALLY, SOME ACCOUNTABILITY AT DINOCON. Just like we've always demanded. Our pedophilic ruling elite may stalk the halls of power, but they will never stock the hallways of the Birmingham Hilton with a full weekend pass. Bronosaurus breakfast included. Let's kick things off with something uplifting. The Winter Olympics are underway. And if there's one thing I love, it's those post victory interviews where medal winners from around the world just radiate pure joy. I can't get enough of it.

35:27 Congratulations so much on Olympic bronze. How are you? It's been the worst week of my life.

35:40 Okay. Little less joy than I expected. Uh, that was Norway's Sterling Home Lagard who won bronze in the bialon, but he got a bronze. I mean, I know it's not gold, but it's still bronze. So, why is he so upset?

35:58 Half a year ago, I met the love of my life, the world's most beautiful, finest person. And three months ago, I made my biggest mistake, which was cheating on her. Okay. Uh, not how I would have celebrated in a postgame interview.

36:21 I would have gone with a thank you mom and dad or a thank you God. But, you know, instead you went with guess what world? I can't keep it in my pants. Got to say, buddy. Buddy, there are other ways of dealing with your guilt. How about, I don't know, flowers, an edible arrangement, or burying the shame deep inside you and letting it fester until it explodes in a public meltdown in the freezer section of Trader Joe's. You know, I NEED A PIZZA FOR ONE BECAUSE I RUINED THE BEST THING THAT EVER happened to me. And by the way, if I was listening closely, did I hear that right? That you met her 6 months ago? I mean, you guys weren't even dating long enough to fart in front of each other.

37:04 You were still in that honeymoon phase where you pretend you need something in the other room and go fart there. You know what? You know what? If repairing your six-month situationship is that important, I guess it's fine to hijack the news cycle to talk about it. I'm sure your your teammate who won the gold had nothing more important to draw attention to.

37:25 And it was an emotional win for Norway's Johan Olab Botton in the men's 20 km individual bialon. The Norwegian dedicated it to his late teammates who died unexpectedly in December.

37:37 Oh, right. Our dead teammate. I was between honoring him or talking about how much [ __ ] I was getting. I was just Dude, come on. You hijacked that to try to win back your fling. This is basically like if instead of interrupting Taylor Swift, Kanye had interrupted the inmemoriam segment. You know what? You know what? Love is a rocky road sometimes. And if this big display helped our boy get his girl back, it was all worth it.

38:12 Well, speaking to a Norwegian tabloid, the former girlfriend says it's hard to forgive what he did and that she did not appreciate him making their private issue so public. [ __ ] Well, you know what? Look at the bright side. You didn't get your girlfriend back, but every woman you date from now on knows you can't go 3 months without cheating. I mean, no things aren't going well for you when even Lindsy Vaughn is like, "This guy's having a bad week." I MEAN, WHAT A MESS. THIS IS WHY I'M ALWAYS SAYING we need to keep men out of men's sports.

38:53 You you don't see the women's teams having this much drama. In the women's 15k individual bialon, the gold goes to Julia Simone of France.

39:02 Last fall, she was found guilty by a French court of theft and credit card fraud and given a three-month suspended prison sentence after stealing the credit card numbers of a teammate.

39:13 What? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT IS it about this sport where you voluntarily freeze your genitals off in spandex and shoot guns that attracts so many lunatics? And you know, and to be fair to her, it's it's not right to steal, but what do you think skiing with a gun even pays these days? You know, nobody's hiring. She probably gets one or two contracts a year to kill James Bond, but that that barely covers rents, you know. Moving on to something else going downhill America. Today, Congress heard testimony from Pam Bondi, attorney general and woman who stresses everyone out at book club, but it's not worth uninviting her because that'll become a whole thing.

40:01 Congress had a lot of serious questions for her about everything from ICE to Epstein, and I'm sure she handled them with the grace and maturity we have come to expect from the Trump administration. Are you kidding? I'm going to answer the question the way I want to answer the question. You're not going to get in the gutter for her theatrics. Can I finish, please? I'm not being rude, please. She doesn't say how much money she took from Reed Hoffman, did you? You don't tell me.

40:25 Oh, I did tell you because we saw what you did in the Senate. You're a lawyer. Not even a lawyer. You're a failed politician. Hypocrite. Shame on you. You don't get to reclaim your time. Your time is up. This is so ridiculous.

40:38 Wow. When you could do something like that in Congress, but when I do it in a Chili, I get banned for life.

40:50 To be fair though, you'd be in a bad mood, too, if you'd spent the last month redacting images of old man generals from the Epstein files, allegedly. Now, keep in mind, this is not how these hearings traditionally go. The attorney general used to carry some level of seriousness and gravitas. It's only recently that they'd spend a congressional hearing acting like a bratty senior who got called into the principal's office. Suck my dick, Principal Gilbert. I already got to ASU. You can eat it. Now look, look. Her performance upset a lot of people because they were hoping for justice for Jeffrey Epstein's victims. But for Pam Bondi, there's only one victim in all of this.

41:32 Have you apologized to President Trump? Have you apologized to President Trump? All of you. I find it interesting that she keeps going after President Trump, the greatest president in American history. You sit here and you attack the president and I am not going to have it. He is the most transparent president in the nation's history. Donald Trump, the Dow, the Dow right now is over the Dow is over $50,000. I don't know why you're laughing.

42:03 Hold on. Oh, okay. Hold on. Come. You know, if you're going to embarrass yourself on national television like that, at least win a bronze medal first. HAVE YOU NO DIGNITY? NO DIGNITY. You know, there is some good news for Donald Trump, and it comes right out of my own home state of Michigan, where the state motto is, "Welcome to Michigan. We're sorry about Kid Rock." For decades now, the only bridge between Canada and Detroit has been the Ambassador Bridge. But in Trump's first term, Canada started construction on the Gordy How Bridge. And Trump was so excited about it that he even got a little poetic. America is deeply fortunate to have a neighbor like Canada.

42:50 We have before us the opportunity to build even more bridges and bridges of cooperation and bridges of commerce.

42:59 Wow. Wow. Remember when he used to pretend to try? At the time we were like, "Look at him phoning in diplomacy." Now we're like, "Dear God, please phone in some diplomacy." Anyway, the point is the bridge is almost complete, which will soon open up a public crossing that will enrich both our nations. Trump must be so excited for this new era of US Canadian friendship. This morning, President Trump threatening to block the opening of a brand new bridge between Canada and the US. I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them. Or friendship.

43:43 After all, what has friendship ever done for Trump other than associate him with the world's largest sex trafficking ring? Still, still, Mr. President, this bridge is a winwin. Canada is paying for all of it, and they're going to share ownership with Michigan. We get a a public bridge instead of having to pay tolls to the billionaire owner of the Ambassador Bridge. Why would the president oppose that? The owner of the older Ambassador Bridge, Matthew Maroon, lobbyed the Trump administration on the same day the president unleashed his tirade about the Gordy House ban.

44:22 Oh, I see. You were for it. Then one of your donors called you and you immediately turned against it. I mean, say what you want about Trump. He is always transparent with his corruption. You never have to follow the money with him. You know, the money is like, I'm going to Donald Trump. I'll drop you a pin. We are in the thick of awards season, which means only a few more weeks of pretending I saw Hamnet, which I loved, obviously. all the ham and the the nets and uh when the ham went into the nets, you know, masterfully done. Anyway, yesterday another major award was presented.

45:02 The Washington Coal Club presented the president with the inaugural undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal award.

45:09 The uh trophy says the undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal. Thank you sir.

45:19 Oh, incredible. Bravo. Oh. Oh. Don't don't don't don't be jeal DON'T DISPUTE THAT. UNDISPUTABLE. You all Oh, no. Congratulations to Donald Trump on winning the inaugural award for undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal. And so soon after winning the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize. And if you're thinking, "This guy sure wins a lot of awards that were created just this year for him in particular," you're right. That's why tonight we're proud to present President Trump with the INAUGURAL AWARD FOR WINNING THE MOST INAUGURAL AWARDS.

46:08 Congratulations to our one and only nominee. But back to the Cole Award, Mr. Mr. Trump, would you like to say a few garbled words?

46:18 You've never had a better friend in the Oval Office than me, and I'm proud to officially name the undisputed just when did this come out, Mr. Speaker. Is it really undisputed? Seems like your brain is disputing it as you speak. Now, now, if this was a toddler saying their first words, I'd be actually very impressed. But for a a president of the United States who's actively having an aneurysm, I'm also pretty impressed. Which is why I'm presenting you with our inaugural best underser. Congratulations to President Trump.

47:06 Of course. Of course. Like any award recipient, Trump made sure to thank the little people who did all the actual work.

47:13 Our amazing coal miners. Thank you very much, fellas. That's great. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. You made them keep the hard hats on in the White House. You don't make NFL players wear their helmets when they visit. I mean, why do these poor guys have to? Is this like a Disney World thing where they can't take off the costume in front of Trump because it'll ruin the magic for him? You know, you know, sorry. Sorry I interrupted you, Mr. President. Go ahead and show your appreciation for those coal miners in the most condescending way possible.

47:51 And you wouldn't want to do anything else. You wouldn't switch with a guy who had a beautiful penthouse apartment on Fifth Avenue. You wouldn't switch with that me.

48:00 WHAT? WHAT THE HELL, MAN? COAL MINING IS THEIR JOB. They're not gophers who have to keep digging to file down their nails so they don't grow inward. It's not like some biological necessity here. Although, that being said, a a coal miner switching with a New York billionaire is my favorite Olsson twins movie. So, you know what? If this were just a silly little award to make the president feel like a special boy, no one would give a [ __ ] But unfortunately, unlike the FIFA Peace Prize, the president seems intent on actually earning this award.

48:38 The president just signed a new executive order for the Pentagon to buy electricity from US coal powered plants.

48:45 Oh, okay. I You know what? I don't know what's worse. The fact that Trump is directing our military to prop up the dying coal industry or that Seal Team 6 will now have to travel on coal powered helicopters, you know? OSAMA BIN LADEN. JUST PUT UP YOUR HEAD. JUST GIVE ME A MARCO POLO. MARCO, you know what? YOU KNOW WHAT, DONALD TRUMP? You may want to promote coal, but don't forget this country has something called an environmental protection agency. And I think the EPA will have something to say about that. So, the president this afternoon just stripped the EPA of its most powerful tool to regulate air pollution and greenhouse gases. God damn it.

49:30 Where's Captain Planet when you need him? Okay. Yep. I'm being told Captain Planet was deported to South Sudan. [ __ ] Okay. Right. All right. Fine. So, Trump is killing the EPA's ability to regulate all the worst sources of greenhouse gas emissions. power plants, cars and trucks, Sean Penn, all of them. It's going to have a devastating impact on human health and the environment. Personally, I'm concerned about this.

50:00 What do you tell Americans who are concerned that the $1.3 trillion in savings does come at a cost to public health and the environment based on science?

50:10 I tell them, don't worry about it. Oh. Oh, thank God. because this seems devastating, but if you can't trust the undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal, who can you trust? Although, you know what? Now that I think about it, are you saying don't worry about it like it's going to be fine, or don't worry about it like what a mobster says while he drives you to an empty field? I mean, Trump clearly doesn't understand the science behind this. Interior Secretary Doug Bergam, can you can you ease my mind about all the carbon dioxide we're going to be pumping into our already overheated atmosphere?

50:46 But CO2 was never a pollutant. Uh when we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive uh and grow. They thrive with with more CO2.

50:56 Oh, now I understand. You're aing idiot. Okay. Okay. Look, nobody is saying CO2 shouldn't exist. The amount is the issue. We need water to live, too. But the crew of the Titan submersible is not living extra hard right now.

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The discussion centers around a humorous critique of the Super Bowl's slow-paced game and the unconventional snack choices at the viewing party, particularly focusing on one guest's bizarre meat and ferments diet. It also touches on the halftime show featuring Bad Bunny, whose energetic performance stood out despite the overall lackluster game, eliciting mixed reactions from the audience.

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