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[00:00:10] Bruce Anthony: Welcome. First of all, welcome. This is Unsolicited Perspectives. I'm your host, Bruce Anthony. Here to lead the conversation in important events and topics that are shaping today's society. Join the conversation or follow us wherever you get your audio podcast. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for our video podcast and YouTube exclusive content.

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[00:00:35] Sibling Happy Hour: Spicy Takes & Drinks 🍹🌶️

[00:00:35] Bruce Anthony: On today's episode, it's a sibling happy hour. I'm here with my sis Jay, Andrea. We're gonna be dillying a little bit, and then we're gonna be talking about that orange man and some of the things he's got going on.

[00:00:46] Bruce Anthony: And then we're gonna be asking the question, what does it mean when men ask? What do you bring to the table? Hmm. But that's enough of the intro. Let's get to the show.  [00:01:00]

[00:01:02] Bruce Anthony: What up sis?

[00:01:03] J. Aundrea: up, brother?

[00:01:04] Bruce Anthony: I can't call it. I can't call it, uh, but I can call it.

[00:01:09] J. Aundrea: Of course you can. Every week you can. I don't know why you even start with, I can't call it when you can call it every week.

[00:01:15] Bruce Anthony: Well, because,

[00:01:16] J. Aundrea: of dilly Dalia.

[00:01:18] Bruce Anthony: okay, because I can't call it in the macro, in the big scheme of things, but I can call it in little things. This, this is what I mean. I phone [00:01:30] notifications there. Notifications, they're a great thing, right? Like they can notify you when you have reminders, alarms, you know, somebody dms, you, what, what have you.

[00:01:39] Bruce Anthony: Mostly I use it for reminders. More importantly, reminders for

[00:01:45] Financial Tightropes: Laughing Through the Struggles 💸😂

[00:01:45] Bruce Anthony: when I need to pay things, because, you know, my, the internet and my cell phone, I guess the cell phone is a fixed payment, but you never know certain things that aren't a, a utility bill. Certain things that aren't like a automatic fixed [00:02:00] payment.

[00:02:00] J. Aundrea: Right, right.

[00:02:01] Bruce Anthony: I'm like,

[00:02:02] J. Aundrea: bill, that's

[00:02:02] Bruce Anthony: yeah.

[00:02:04] J. Aundrea: the same amount.

[00:02:05] Bruce Anthony: Sometimes, but you know, certain organizations could just throw something on you. 'cause they gave you a triple play deal and it lasted for six months and then that seventh month hit and you are like, why do I owe 15,000?

[00:02:18] J. Aundrea: Well, you should have paid attention to that during triple play deal and canceled before the payment starts. See that? Y'all got to know when to cancel.

[00:02:27] Bruce Anthony: Yeah, well that's, this is what I'm talking [00:02:30] about, right? So this is the reason why I have a lot of reminders and we know yesterday was the first of the month, so for the first of the month,

[00:02:36] J. Aundrea: Wake up. Wake up. Wake up.

[00:02:37] Bruce Anthony: right? I, you know, rent is due.

[00:02:40] J. Aundrea: Yes.

[00:02:40] Bruce Anthony: is due in the first of the month. And I have a reminder because these days for me, I'm getting older, all of 'em run together.

[00:02:45] Bruce Anthony: I don't be knowing what the day's date is. Here's the problem with my iPhone and the reminders. I kind of set it up where I kind of take care of all my bills at the first of the month so I'm not tripping for the rest of the [00:03:00] month.

[00:03:00] J. Aundrea: right.

[00:03:00] Bruce Anthony: The problem is all of my bills are due on the first of the month, and it's a notification.

[00:03:06] Bruce Anthony: Yesterday it was notification, notification, notification, notification. I'm like, you know what? All this money coming outta my account sucks. I hate it here.

[00:03:14] J. Aundrea: yeah,

[00:03:14] Bruce Anthony: I almost threw my iPhone when I, the iPhone was just doing what I told it to do.

[00:03:19] J. Aundrea: yeah.

[00:03:20] Subscription Sneak Attacks: The Budget's Silent Killer 📦💀

[00:03:20] J. Aundrea: It's the thing of, we used to really, we used to not believe our parents when on payday they would say they didn't have no money. [00:03:30] We used to not believe them. But the truth of the matter is on payday you, you can look at that money in your account for a smooth 30 minutes. And then it's going ping, ping, ping, ping. Okay. And that's when that stuff coming out of the account and it, it is Affirm you got the them payments come. Don. Affirm payments come at the wrong time at the really wrong time. You got $20 left and next thing you know 1299 come [00:04:00] out and you be like, come on.

[00:04:03] Bruce Anthony: Not, not $20 left for 1299 coming out. My thing is not necessarily a firm or any of those. Buy now, pay later.

[00:04:12] J. Aundrea: Yeah,

[00:04:12] Bruce Anthony: It's Apple Pay

[00:04:13] J. Aundrea: yeah,

[00:04:14] Bruce Anthony: it's, it's anything that I got signed up for with my Apple because I'd just be like, oh yeah, I got money and well, my Apple account. So ladies and gentlemen just, you know, 'cause I be moving money around.

[00:04:25] Bruce Anthony: I got several checking accounts to savings account ain't like I, you know, got a lot of money. It's just, they're for [00:04:30] different things.

[00:04:30] J. Aundrea: yeah,

[00:04:31] Bruce Anthony: me. My bills are all in one account. They all come out of one account. My play things all come outta one account.

[00:04:38] J. Aundrea: Yeah,

[00:04:39] Bruce Anthony: things that are kind of scattered. Payments come out of another account and I have 'em dispersed

[00:04:44] J. Aundrea: yeah,

[00:04:45] Bruce Anthony: at the, you know, several times during the month I move money around and make sure everything gets covered.

[00:04:49] J. Aundrea: yeah.

[00:04:50] Bruce Anthony: And I love my bank 'cause my banking app be like, hey. Just let you know the money that you got in your account ain't gonna cover some of these payments that you got scheduled. Oh, [00:05:00] need to move, you need to move some money over.

[00:05:01] J. Aundrea: Shout

[00:05:01] Bruce Anthony: But

[00:05:02] J. Aundrea: bank.

[00:05:02] Bruce Anthony: thank,

[00:05:03] J. Aundrea: it.

[00:05:03] Bruce Anthony: you Bank. I'm not gonna say the bank 'cause they ain't giving me no sponsorship, but, uh, thank you bank.

[00:05:07] J. Aundrea: Yeah,

[00:05:08] Bruce Anthony: but them apple payments man. I'm like, okay, I'm all good. And then the Apple payments come out at different times.

[00:05:14] J. Aundrea: yeah,

[00:05:15] Bruce Anthony: are like, okay, I covered all this. I'm not going, you know, be in a negative balance in my account. All the, all the stuff is covered. And then the Apple Pay payment will come out at 10:59 PM and you scrambling.

[00:05:25] Bruce Anthony: They just transfer money over so that you don't go at a negative balance. And [00:05:30] I'm just like, apple has some consistency here. And also I'm not keeping track. I don't really know if Apple is double booking, double charging me or nothing. There's doesn't seem like there's any rhyme or reason for their payments.

[00:05:44] J. Aundrea: just wish they would send some sort of alert because

[00:05:47] Bruce Anthony: Right.

[00:05:48] J. Aundrea: I, I usually have my subscription services coming outta my Apple account, so, you know, I'm just chilling

[00:05:54] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:05:55] J. Aundrea: I got a little money. Bam. The, my crunchy roll account hits,[00:06:00]

[00:06:00] Bruce Anthony: Crunchy Roll. What is that?

[00:06:02] J. Aundrea: it's a, a streaming service for anime.

[00:06:06] Bruce Anthony: Oh, Lord Jesus. Okay.

[00:06:07] J. Aundrea: my crunchy roll account hit and I'll be like, there go my money, you know, net Netflix hits, boom, there go my money. It's gone. And I just wish Apple would be like, Hey, just a heads up

[00:06:19] Bruce Anthony: Right,

[00:06:19] J. Aundrea: at 11:43 PM we gonna take 1299 from you.

[00:06:26] Bruce Anthony: right. It'd be 1299, and then at [00:06:30] 1157 it'd be 9 99, and then at 1205 it'd be 1799. I'm like, just do it all. Do it all at once. Gimme an update.

[00:06:39] J. Aundrea: Thank you. Y'all can send me notifications for everything else. Send me notifications when you about to take my money. That's all I'm asking for.

[00:06:47] Bruce Anthony: look and that and the ping ping pings on the iPhone for notifications when money's being taken outta account. That's the reason why I have my phone on silent,

[00:06:55] J. Aundrea: Yeah,

[00:06:55] Bruce Anthony: I, yesterday it was ping, ping, ping, ping, ping. I'm like, what? What? [00:07:00] What bills do I have where it's this many payments coming out on one day?

[00:07:05] Bruce Anthony: And it's a lot of bills. And it's a lot of bills,

[00:07:07] J. Aundrea: don't know until you're like, you know what, I'm gonna do a budget, which you never stick to, of course, but

[00:07:12] Bruce Anthony: right?

[00:07:12] J. Aundrea: I'm gonna do a budget. And you list all your bills out on an Excel sheet and you be like, I'm really paying more than I'm bringing in.

[00:07:21] Bruce Anthony: No, well, I don't have that problem, but that, that's a, that's a different, uh, we, we'll tell a story about one time when [00:07:30] I helped you with your budget on the after hours. That's a

[00:07:32] J. Aundrea: Okay.

[00:07:33] Bruce Anthony: story, but, but ladies and gentlemen, if y'all don't know about the after hours, I sit on our Paton page, $5 a month after hours uncensored, different show that me and my sister do, where we are absolutely uncensored.

[00:07:44] Bruce Anthony: And we're gonna tell that story at a time. I sat down with my sister and helped her with her budget and just was like, it just shrug my shoulders. Like, I don't know. But we'll find out that story. Our after hours. We gotta remember to, to, to put that out there. But, um,

[00:07:58] J. Aundrea: write it

[00:07:59] Bruce Anthony: write that down. 'cause [00:08:00] I'll forget because we're gonna fill it in about an hour and a half and I will absolutely forget that.

[00:08:04] J. Aundrea: Yes.

[00:08:05] Bruce Anthony: like. Yeah. All this stuff is coming out and I'm just like, where's my money going? And there are different apps that you can use to, to go through that and to go to your budget question, yes, you could bring out that Excel, but it, and we never stick to it. We have a problem and, and our bloodline of not sticking to budgets.

[00:08:27] Bruce Anthony: Okay. That's the reason why I have several checking [00:08:30] accounts. That is my budget.

[00:08:31] J. Aundrea: yeah,

[00:08:32] Bruce Anthony: it is like, okay, for my play money, I put money in that account at the beginning of the month and I say, this is all I could play with. Now, do I typically spend it up in the first weekend?

[00:08:43] J. Aundrea: yeah,

[00:08:44] Bruce Anthony: Sometimes.

[00:08:45] J. Aundrea: you go on Amazon and, and all the things you've been thinking about for the past month that you wanted to buy that you couldn't buy 'cause you had to pay bills last month and you pay it on the first and you ain't got no money. So now you like, I gotta [00:09:00] go and get everything that's in that cart. And then you look up, you got the, you got the damn money left.

[00:09:06] Bruce Anthony: Somebody asked me the other day that's saved for later. That's saved for later on Amazon is dangerous. And they were like, why don't you have a list? I was like, I do. I have a list and a saved for later. And they said, well, how much is your saved for later? And me and you share an account.

[00:09:19] J. Aundrea: yes.

[00:09:20] Bruce Anthony: went through the items, you know, it could tell you how many items you have saved for later.

[00:09:23] Bruce Anthony: And it's 250 items. I said it

[00:09:27] J. Aundrea: that list.

[00:09:28] Bruce Anthony: million in this save for [00:09:30] later.

[00:09:30] J. Aundrea: Yeah. And I go through that and I delete some of the old stuff. Now I'm like, he's had this in a safe later forever. He's not going to buy it. Or you've already bought some version of it never deleted this out the safe because that thing, I swear it's gotten up to like a thousand items before

[00:09:46] Bruce Anthony: it has not. It has you exaggerate. You put a hundred.

[00:09:49] J. Aundrea: You be with stuff that later I and I, it already bought something like this. He don't need this. He don't need that.

[00:09:58] Bruce Anthony: Don't tell me what I need. [00:10:00] I've saved it for later. Look, look, I got that laptop, laptop saved in there. 'cause I'm going to get it

[00:10:06] J. Aundrea: yeah.

[00:10:07] Bruce Anthony: I get it is the question. I don't know. But it's going to happen before the end of the second quarter. For ladies, gentlemen, y'all don't know what the quarters is. You know, there are quarters and there's economic quarters

[00:10:18] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:10:18] Bruce Anthony: in a, in a year.

[00:10:19] Bruce Anthony: The second quarter ends, uh, believe at the end of June. Yes.

[00:10:25] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:10:26] Bruce Anthony: before my birthday, I'm gonna get that laptop because I gotta [00:10:30] get it for work. And what I mean by work is this,

[00:10:32] J. Aundrea: This, yeah.

[00:10:33] Bruce Anthony: this, this is what I'm gonna do Now

[00:10:36] Apple vs. Android: The Never-Ending Tech Debate 🍎🤖

[00:10:36] J. Aundrea: that you're switching, switching, uh, to a Mac.

[00:10:41] Bruce Anthony: I ain't got no choice.

[00:10:42] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:10:43] Bruce Anthony: I don't have a choice.

[00:10:44] J. Aundrea: just better than pc and I don't, I don't care. I will fight anybody about it. I'll fight anybody about it.

[00:10:50] Bruce Anthony: I.

[00:10:50] J. Aundrea: better than a pc.

[00:10:51] Bruce Anthony: Yes it is, and I, it Look, when I had two phones, I had an Android and iPhone for the longest, and I used the iPhone for work and the [00:11:00] Android for my personal phone. It got to a point where I just, I was like, this iPhone is just a lot easier and a lot, the functionality is a lot better. Now you can side load and do a lot of stuff with an Android phone that you can't do with an iPhone.

[00:11:14] Bruce Anthony: But as far as functionality is concerned, like I'm just gonna stick with the iPhone.

[00:11:18] J. Aundrea: I'm not gonna lie, I've seen some androids that are cool. I

[00:11:22] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:11:22] J. Aundrea: want phone again, and they've got the new flip. Uh, it's something about hanging up on somebody by snapping that clamshell [00:11:30] shut. That's just great. I wish iPhone would change up the style of their phone. Like they just give you the, the rectangle, like they just give you the little block.

[00:11:39] J. Aundrea: And I'm like, I wish they would change the style up a little bit and give us some options the way like, you know, Samsung does or something like that. But other than that, as far as like usability and thi, I, I'm just, I'm just not gonna switch. I, I, I don't care. I know there's a lot of Android lovers out there and PC lovers and the, and I get it.

[00:11:59] J. Aundrea: I get it, [00:12:00] ain't switching and I'm sorry and I'll fight you.

[00:12:03] Bruce Anthony: Right. And also Android's achiever, like these iPhones, you got to sell crack cocaine. I almost turned into King Tut

[00:12:09] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:12:09] Bruce Anthony: doing a callback from my last show to sell crack cocaine. But before we end this Dilly Dialling, one of your good friends is in town, and you came in, uh, you started the show saying, Hey, look, I'm tired.

[00:12:20] J. Aundrea: Yes,

[00:12:20] Bruce Anthony: I'm tired. What have y'all been getting into?

[00:12:22] Auntie Adventures: Korean BBQ, Soju, and Netflix Binges 🎬💕

[00:12:22] J. Aundrea: Literally just auntie things. So, so she, not, not anything crazy, but it's [00:12:30] just, we're over 40 and it takes a lot out of us. So we went, we got some, uh, we got, uh, early dinner at one of my favorite Korean barbecue spots 'cause it's all you can eat, even though

[00:12:42] Bruce Anthony: Can't eat.

[00:12:43] J. Aundrea: all I can eat,

[00:12:44] Bruce Anthony: Right. Right.

[00:12:44] J. Aundrea: enjoy the experience anyway. And I had a delicious drink called a Shamrock Show Soju, and it was delicious. And it was in a little Capri sun bagg and it was very dangerous. And I, I drank that. And then [00:13:00] honestly, we came back and we watched, there's a very funny. Show executive produced by Mindy Kaling on Netflix called running Point. it's, it is like this faux NBA league. It's supposed to be the NBA in that universe. And it's a very funny show starring Kate Hudson. And we were watching that. I suggest people check it out. It's very funny. She runs basically an NBA team. She runs the, like the LA NBA team

[00:13:26] Bruce Anthony: So she's like, Jeannie Bus. Jeannie Bus is the, [00:13:30] the, the one who runs the Los Angeles Lakers.

[00:13:32] J. Aundrea: Right. But it's like her family runs the team, so it's her and her three brothers.

[00:13:37] Bruce Anthony: it's definitely like the Lakers then. She's, she's Jeannie Bus. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:13:41] J. Aundrea: And her brothers are ridiculous. And it is very funny. It reminds me a lot of us, honestly,

[00:13:47] Bruce Anthony: Why, why does it remind you of us?

[00:13:49] J. Aundrea: because it's like she's trying to get stuff done and her brothers are ridiculous.

[00:13:54] Bruce Anthony: Wait a minute, hold on. I feel like me and our brother has been just taking a shot. [00:14:00] How are we Ridiculous. How, what are the parallels? You gotta give me an analogy. What is the parallels?

[00:14:06] J. Aundrea: I give you a great example

[00:14:08] Bruce Anthony: please.

[00:14:08] J. Aundrea: when I say we should have a sibling portrait. We haven't had one in forever

[00:14:14] Bruce Anthony: Okay.

[00:14:15] J. Aundrea: to our parents

[00:14:16] Bruce Anthony: Yeah. Uhhuh,

[00:14:17] J. Aundrea: I'm taking a self portrait and y'all acting up the whole time.

[00:14:22] Bruce Anthony: how we acting up?

[00:14:24] J. Aundrea: I just need y'all to be serious and give a nice smile. It took a pleasant photo and that took way [00:14:30] longer

[00:14:30] Bruce Anthony: What?

[00:14:31] J. Aundrea: to take.

[00:14:32] Bruce Anthony: Hold on, hold on. I don't know how to smile. Okay, so that's the problem. What did our brother do? Our brother wasn't doing anything. Also, you wanted to take this portrait and I was all the way in the back 'cause I had been drinking all day. The portrait looks great.

[00:14:46] J. Aundrea: does look

[00:14:47] Bruce Anthony: I

[00:14:47] J. Aundrea: I actually have a copy hanging up in my home, so it does look great. We, uh, of, because we look great, but, uh, you know, just quick plug. But, but yeah, it just, just hanging out and chilling. I, I tried to warn her [00:15:00] about how my couch is dangerous. it's,

[00:15:03] Bruce Anthony: you mean?

[00:15:04] J. Aundrea: my couch is very dangerous in that it's extremely comfortable and

[00:15:07] Bruce Anthony: It's that

[00:15:08] J. Aundrea: fall asleep on it, like

[00:15:09] Bruce Anthony: I have never fallen asleep on it.

[00:15:11] J. Aundrea: is, but it's extremely comfortable.

[00:15:13] J. Aundrea: It's hard to get up off of. So we really didn't get up until about four 30 this morning. and, and then went to, we went to bed about four 30 this morning. And, and so I'm a little tired. I, [00:15:30] I tried to put a little, uh, uh, hy what is it? A little, uh, acid on my face to, to try to plump it up a little bit so I don't look so bad.

[00:15:41] J. Aundrea: So I just apologize to anybody watching the YouTube. My bad. I, wanna look hungover. It's 'cause I am.

[00:15:47] Bruce Anthony: Well, I mean, look, typically you holding it down and I'm the one looking haggard. I'm probably looking haggard again 'cause I don't sleep at all, so, so we both want here because we schedule on, we use a schedule on Thursday [00:16:00] nights. We used to record on Thursday nights, so we would have, you know, life in US now.

[00:16:04] Bruce Anthony: We're recording on Sunday morning slash afternoon where there is no life in us.

[00:16:11] J. Aundrea: None. None. Because this is like, uh, this is, the week has caught up to me on Sundays. Like all of the and everything of the week catches up to me on Sunday so that I wake up on Sunday, beat down, and then you're like, Hey, come shoot a show for [00:16:30] a long time and be, and be engaging and funny. And I'm just like, okay, let's do this.

[00:16:38] Bruce Anthony: You ain't the only one you know, you ain't the We both on here, but people still like the show, so we doing all right?

[00:16:44] J. Aundrea: as long as people still like it, I would still do it.

[00:16:47] Bruce Anthony: Yeah. You know.

[00:16:48] J. Aundrea: and all.

[00:16:49] Bruce Anthony: All right, well, speaking of things that people like and don't like,

[00:16:53] J. Aundrea: Mm.

[00:16:53] Bruce Anthony: we going get into what the Orange Man and the Oval Office has been doing this week. Look, my [00:17:00] man has been on one and we going to get into that Next.  

[00:17:11] Bruce Anthony: All right, Jay.

[00:17:12] Trump vs. Zelensky: The Oval Office Showdown 🥊🎭

[00:17:12] Bruce Anthony: There was a really contentious meeting in the Oval Office the other day between the President of Ukraine, Zelensky, and the President of the United States and the Vice President of the United States. So Trump and Vance criticized Zelensky in the Oval Office for [00:17:30] Ukraine's war strategy, perceived disrespect and reluctance to pursue peace.

[00:17:35] Bruce Anthony: Trump issued an ultimatum, basically a make it or were out type deal, and accused zelensky of risk in World War iii. Now, I'll get into more details about the meeting and, and the more. And then the response from the meeting, not only here in America, but also globally, but when you saw clips or if you watched it live, [00:18:00] what was going through your head when you were seeing this?

[00:18:03] J. Aundrea: I'm gonna be real honest, and it's that Zelensky can fight and I feel like it was real bold because not only that, but Zelensky always looks like, like he's always dressed like. He could fight you at any moment. Like he dressed like fighters dress when they go to the press conferences or they do the [00:18:30] weigh in and they do the press conference before the fight.

[00:18:32] J. Aundrea: Like he, and I'm just like, that's real bold.

[00:18:35] Bruce Anthony: Well, you know, the reason why he wears that, that's in unity for the soldiers

[00:18:41] J. Aundrea: No, I get

[00:18:41] Bruce Anthony: the people that's fighting. So, and be, and you know, Margie Taylor's, Green's boyfriend, little, a little, not a journalist. But he works for a news organization and was like, why don't you ever wear a suit? And I'm like, you know what?

[00:18:53] Bruce Anthony: Why is he being allowed to ask questions when the associated Pro Press have been kicked outta the Oval Office? But, but let me let you keep [00:19:00] going.

[00:19:02] J. Aundrea: I just, you know, it, it, it sent a clear signal to all of our allies that we ain't worth a damn, honestly. I mean, it did, and it's just. I was like, okay, y'all, he zelensky is leaning forward on that seat. Okay. Don't that man could fight. Don't play v me like that. [00:19:30] Okay. Y'all are really, and and also I didn't know why the hell Vance was in there.

[00:19:34] J. Aundrea: I don't know why he's ever anywhere. And, and I just, I just feel like it, it made us look horrible. It made us look horrible and, it, it's gonna be par for the course. Like if y'all think this is not, I, I I mean, think about Trump's first term [00:20:00] and the feathers. He ruffled with our allies abroad, then it's, it's just, just gonna get worse until we don't have any allies left.

[00:20:10] J. Aundrea: Or the allies that we do have are not the ones that we want, it's the ones that he wants. Like we switching, we're switching teams from the team we had at World War ii. It's not great. That team lost,

[00:20:27] Bruce Anthony: Okay. I'm gonna correct you. [00:20:30] Russia was on our side in World War ii. The Cold War started afterwards when it was a fight against superpowers. It's just the, the historian got, we gotta get that correct. They were our ally in World War ii.

[00:20:41] J. Aundrea: you know, I don't know nothing about no damn history.

[00:20:43] Bruce Anthony: the reason I'm here to correct

[00:20:44] J. Aundrea: that's the best I had. I knew there was access powers if you asked me who,

[00:20:49] Bruce Anthony: all, all Latin access. Yes.

[00:20:51] J. Aundrea: Okay. If you, if you were, if you didn't say that just now, I would've said we were the access power. I, I just knew there [00:21:00] were actors powers. I didn't know what the other side was, and I didn't know which one was which.

[00:21:04] J. Aundrea: Okay.

[00:21:05] Bruce Anthony: Okay. So just to be clear. Russia at first during World War II, was not a direct enemy of ours because we hadn't entered the world, the world yet, but was an ally of Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler invaded Russia. And Russia switched sides. So, you know, Russia, great Britain and us were the main people that were going after [00:21:30] basically the Nazis and Italy.

[00:21:31] Bruce Anthony: Italy was on the Nazi side. And so they, they were an ally. They were an ally of ours. And then after that, two countries emerged as a superpower, us. The old USSR. Right. The Soviet Union. And then that's when the Cold War started. And we had, I'm giving everybody a brief history lesson. That's when we had issues that's going on in Korea right now.

[00:21:55] Bruce Anthony: That's the reason why there's a North to South Korea.

[00:21:57] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:21:57] Bruce Anthony: a reason why central [00:22:00] and South America, so many countries have been destabilized because there was so much influence from both Russia who had strong ties in a lot of countries and us uh, uh, funding gorillas. That's where you got the, the Iran Contra affair.

[00:22:16] Bruce Anthony: So I. Yes. At first they were an ally, then they weren't an ally. Then there were agreements, and then we were allies again. Bill Clinton, well, Ronald Reagan, Herbert Walker and Bill [00:22:30] Clinton ended the Cold War and we became partners again. And then, you know, Putin gets in the office. It probably happened before Putin, but Putin gets in the office and then they become an adversary again.

[00:22:42] Bruce Anthony: But, but you're right.

[00:22:43] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:22:44] Bruce Anthony: this meeting, it became clear that Trump is kind of almost, well, no, he's pro Putin. Whether he wants to come out and say it, he's pro Putin and anti Ukraine.

[00:22:55] J. Aundrea: Yes.

[00:22:56] Bruce Anthony: And Vance shouldn't have been there. I'm surprised Elon [00:23:00] Musk wasn't there. Elon Musk was in the cabinet meeting Trump's first cabinet meeting this week.

[00:23:04] Bruce Anthony: But Vance was there to just kinda like back up the president and he's the one who really escalated the conversation. Look

[00:23:11] J. Aundrea: Because he doesn't know what he's talking about.

[00:23:13] Bruce Anthony: doesn't know what he's talking about or he's, he thinks he knows what he's talking about and he doesn't. And he said that, you know, basically, why haven't you thanked us?

[00:23:23] Bruce Anthony: And Zelensky was like, what are you talking about? It's been numerous times where every time I come here and speak, I thank you. He was like, I [00:23:30] spoke before Congress and thanked everybody, but what are you talking about? And then Trump doubled down. Yeah. You really haven't shown you appreciative. Y'all just got an office a month ago, right?

[00:23:39] Bruce Anthony: Like, I'm supposed to call y'all and tell y'all thank you when you are actively trying to cut aid and cut out my legs out for my, I have thanked America. They had thanked America, but this was all a big shit show.

[00:23:51] J. Aundrea: Yeah,

[00:23:51] Bruce Anthony: was.

[00:23:52] J. Aundrea: really

[00:23:52] Bruce Anthony: And the response that Republicans are having backing Trump and saying, that was strength, [00:24:00] ladies and gentlemen out there, let me tell you one thing.

[00:24:04] Bruce Anthony: You may not know, and this is something that you can learn if you are ever in the street or just on the playground in elementary school, right? This is something that you need to learn in life. The loudest are always the weakest, the bullies. Sometimes the bullies can fight, but the bullies are typically the weakest, mentally and emotionally.

[00:24:25] J. Aundrea: Yes.

[00:24:26] Bruce Anthony: The loudest are always the weakest, mentally and emotionally. [00:24:30] That's not strength. That's not strength. So what y'all think y'all saw from Trump was not strength. It was a punk ass dude, once again, showing that he lacks any type of character.

[00:24:45] J. Aundrea: Yeah. And not only that, Trump and Vance clearly showed that they don't know the history of Russia and Ukraine's relationship. [00:25:00] they clearly don't understand the current context or, uh, the war that's going on. you know, they, there was one comment where Trump told Zelensky, you don't have the cards.

[00:25:16] J. Aundrea: And Zelensky replied, I'm not playing cards. Like this is like it. He's approaching this like it's a simp. is approaching this like as some sort of just business deal. Zelensky is like, I am a [00:25:30] country at war. This is not just some business deal. US allyship is essential and y'all don't know what got.

[00:25:40] J. Aundrea: I mean, it was clearly not an ambush, but. I don't think, I don't think, I mean, it kind of wasn't ambush, but I don't think it was a meeting that should have happened. I don't think it, I definitely don't think it was a meeting that should have happened in front of cameras.

[00:25:54] Bruce Anthony: They typically don't. This was all a setup.

[00:25:57] J. Aundrea: it was definitely a setup and, and [00:26:00] I, don't know if I have this a hundred percent right, but I believe Trump has already talked to Putin several times.

[00:26:07] J. Aundrea: So like this, it was, it was a setup. I feel like it was a setup to try to make zelensky look weak. It didn't, it made us look weak and it made us, look bad, for our allies. And I think Zelensky then went to the UK and got a much different reception. [00:26:30] and so. Yeah, I think, there was also, like earlier this month, I'm reading an Axios, Trump had denounced Zelensky as an unpopular dictator

[00:26:43] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:26:44] J. Aundrea: blamed him for starting the war.

[00:26:46] J. Aundrea: But he, you know, he softened his tone ahead of the meeting. But you still set, like the meeting was a, it was a stunt. I don't think it, it went the way he was hoping that it would go. I don't know why [00:27:00] Vance is, Vance should just never be in the room. That man doesn't know anything.

[00:27:03] Bruce Anthony: He is vice president.

[00:27:05] J. Aundrea: he shouldn't be in the room,

[00:27:07] Bruce Anthony: He's vice president. Typically, vice presidents are in the room.

[00:27:10] J. Aundrea: are they?

[00:27:11] Bruce Anthony: Yes. Yes.

[00:27:12] J. Aundrea: I dunno. I feel like I didn't never really see.

[00:27:15] Bruce Anthony: Well, you don't normally see these meetings because they're not done in front of cameras.

[00:27:20] J. Aundrea: the whole thing is a stunt, the whole thing, everything, the entire administration, all of it. And, and I was having a conversation with someone and I just [00:27:30] really want to get out there and I really need people to understand that these are, are, standard destabilization tactics. This is what's going on in our government right

[00:27:42] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:27:43] J. Aundrea: I just really need people to understand that if you don't understand that a good movie to watch is Black Panther One and you, because, because Killmonger goes over this, this is what America does, like this is what we do. we know how to [00:28:00] destabilize a government and that's what's going on right now.

[00:28:02] J. Aundrea: And this is really, really dangerous. And I really like, I'm smiling because I'm insane right now because I don't understand how people don't get this. But it was in, in, in your words it was a shit show and, the, the whole reason that they were there was to sign that minerals deal, which didn't happen.

[00:28:24] J. Aundrea: And whether it's gonna happen, we don't know. And, [00:28:30] it's, it, I think Trump, Trump honestly thinks a little more highly of the US than he really should. I,

[00:28:42] Bruce Anthony: I, we are a sup. We are the superpower.

[00:28:45] J. Aundrea: I get that. But we, you don't, this is bad business if you are run.

[00:28:50] Bruce Anthony: It is.

[00:28:51] J. Aundrea: If America is a business, which it is, right? And you're running it like a business, this is bad business. You can't make deals as [00:29:00] an isolationist. You can't. Sorry for, I know our language has been, we've said the S word twice, but I'm gonna say it. I'm, say it again. You know, you can't shit on your allies and think you can make deals. Like you can't, you especially make deals with people who are not our allies. And why would you think that you could trust them? And like, it's just bad business. But we already know he's a bad business man. And so the fact that [00:29:30] y'all voted for him again you hate women and black people and black women so much is just astounding to me. And I, I, I will never not be shocked. I know I shouldn't be shocked, I'll never not be shocked by what's going on.

[00:29:47] Bruce Anthony: Yeah, well there's more to this meeting. There was Trump attacked Zelensky saying that he's not for peace. Negotiations Trump asserted the Zelensky, saw the US involvement as [00:30:00] leverage to avoid concessions. Calling him unprepared for peace. He demanded Ukraine either negotiated deal implying concessions to Russa or lose us.

[00:30:08] Bruce Anthony: Support citing Zelensky, hatred of Putin as a barrier. And I would understand why Zelensky would hate Putin. Putin invaded Ukraine. I think that I, Trump doesn't real either he doesn't realize or doesn't care, or he's in the pocket that Putin invaded this country.

[00:30:27] J. Aundrea: I think it's all, all of the above.[00:30:30]

[00:30:30] Bruce Anthony: Uh, okay. It maybe, and you know the whole gambling with World War iii.

[00:30:35] Bruce Anthony: No. We are gambling with World War iii, by the way that we're acting and siding with dictators and fascist regimes that we are, our actions are dictating it. And you're right, Zelensky, ime, the, the meeting was canceled for them to sign immediate, um, the minerals deal.

[00:30:53] J. Aundrea: Mm-hmm.

[00:30:54] Bruce Anthony: House, basically the administration basically kicked him outta the White House, said, we're not gonna do this meeting now because [00:31:00] you disrespected the Oval Office, which by the way, it was Vance and Trump who disrespected the Oval Office.

[00:31:05] J. Aundrea: disrespected by being there.

[00:31:07] Bruce Anthony: Well, there's that, but it's the, the question of, Hey, you don't have, you're not your cards and you know, you're not, you're not trying to make deals. And Zelensky has said Putin has made deals before and broken them. Why would we think that he wouldn't break a deal now? Well, I have a good relationship with, with Putin.

[00:31:28] Bruce Anthony: No, what you have is, is Putin [00:31:30] is actually highly intelligent,

[00:31:31] J. Aundrea: Yes.

[00:31:32] Bruce Anthony: strategic, and he's going to outsmart you.

[00:31:35] J. Aundrea: Yeah. You don't stay in power as long as he has without knowing what you're doing.

[00:31:41] Bruce Anthony: Right. I mean, he, I despicable man, but he knows what he's doing, so, yeah. No, what was the fallout? Basically Republicans saying it was a good thing. All Democrats saying it was a bad thing, and then you've gotta take a global view and other countries are just like us. What are you doing?

[00:31:56] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:31:57] Isolation Nation: The Global Fallout of U.S. Policies 🌎⚖️

[00:31:57] Bruce Anthony: Zelensky, Zelensky has been welcomed in other [00:32:00] countries by, and then, what is it, Norway?

[00:32:03] Bruce Anthony: Uh, I think Norway decided to give 3.8 billion in aid to Ukraine. Just this, this week.

[00:32:12] J. Aundrea: they cut off fueling our fleets.

[00:32:15] Bruce Anthony: Yes. So we are not only are, are the, our actions affecting Ukraine, our actions are affecting the allies of both US and Ukraine

[00:32:25] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:32:25] Bruce Anthony: the people over there. Are saying, okay, [00:32:30] us, you wanna be isolationist, we going, we gonna make you isolationist. And the reason why we decide to do that is because the only countries that we have bordering us are Canada and Mexico.

[00:32:39] Bruce Anthony: And let's be honest, even if they joined forces, they wouldn't beat us in a war. So we think that we're all powerful and we're separated by ocean between all those other countries. But just to point it out, history has said those countries will bring the fight to us. They have done it before. And just because we haven't had a a war [00:33:00] on this land since the late 18 hundreds does not mean that a war cannot be brought to this land.

[00:33:06] J. Aundrea: Right.

[00:33:06] Bruce Anthony: the last thing that we want to do is antagonize the European countries as well as antagonize Mexico and Canada. That's what this administration is doing right now.

[00:33:18] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:33:18] Bruce Anthony: So open up your eyes. This is not strength. If one group of people is saying We're winning and everybody else is saying you're losing, might wanna take a look in the mirror [00:33:30] and say, you know what, we're losing.

[00:33:32] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:33:34] Bruce Anthony: But that's not the only thing that this administration is doing.

[00:33:37] Federal Workforce Under Fire: Buyouts and Budget Cuts 💼💸⚠️

[00:33:37] Bruce Anthony: So the administration sent out to employees of the Department of Education an opportunity to take a buyout to resign or retire of two, uh, $25,000. They had to make the decision by Monday, which is tomorrow March the third by 1:59 PM and they had to retire by [00:34:00] 31st.

[00:34:00] Bruce Anthony: The, the letter, I'm paraphrasing here, the letter was like, look, we're gonna offer y'all this 25,000 to quit 'cause we about to make cuts. It's another threat that this administration has been doing and I wanna let everybody know out there. Yes, they are gutting the federal workforce. What they are doing though, when you hear all these people that are being fired, either they're cutting programs that have funding like usaid, right?

[00:34:26] Bruce Anthony: And, and a lot of people being let go who are [00:34:30] regular federal employees, but they're just cutting the programs. And then those people are, are being sent back in, or they're firing probationary federal workers. Now you might start a job and you might say you have 60 days and 90 days where your probation, that's not the case for the federal government.

[00:34:48] Bruce Anthony: It can go from one to three years. 'cause there are some people that have been working for the federal government for two, two and a half years. They're about to end their probationary period, which, okay, that's what the federal government does. But those people can [00:35:00] be terminated immediately for no cause.

[00:35:02] Bruce Anthony: And that's what they're doing. They're terminating a lot of those people. But if you are. A non probationary federal employee, it is very difficult to fire you, especially if you are signed up for wanting unions.

[00:35:15] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:35:16] Bruce Anthony: But they're, they're trying to say, they're going to, these are scare tactics. We're gonna fire you.

[00:35:20] Bruce Anthony: I have a, a friend that works for the patent office, they got the same type of letter they have. They're union. They're union. So they're like, you can't fire us. It's been negotiated. You can't fire us. [00:35:30] So these scare taxes are being brought out and the main reason that they're being brought out is 'cause of the Moms of Liberty.

[00:35:37] Bruce Anthony: I'll get into that in a minute 'cause we've talked about that before. But what do you think about these type of buyout deals to try and get people to go and even the people that are working there might not realize, Hey, unless you're a probationary federal worker, you're not gonna be fired.

[00:35:55] J. Aundrea: Yeah. I, I don't think they should take or sign or anything. [00:36:00] I don't think they, I mean, it's very tough because you're talking about people's lives, their livelihood, people have families to support and things like that. And I understand, that it might be attractive to just go ahead and. And take whatever they give you.

[00:36:17] J. Aundrea: And it's because instead of living your life in limbo, but I, I, I think this is constantly being battled out in the courts. It's going back and forth and back and forth. I know that, you know, when it, [00:36:30] when they get shot down in federal court, they just go to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court says, yeah, you can do whatever you want.

[00:36:35] J. Aundrea: I know that that's happening. But this is a constant fight that's going on back and forth. I, I just, I mean, I don't have good advice. I, I personally, but I, I don't have a family to support. Right. So I personally wouldn't sign anything, wouldn't take anything from them until, you know, this all plays out in the courts. But, I [00:37:00] understand people have to look out for themselves. I know that Marilyn's governor, is looking to, I. Hired, like displaced federal workers in state and local government positions. So, um, and contract workers and stuff like that. He's, he's trying to start an initiative to do that. So there are, you know, people that are, that have your back.

[00:37:26] J. Aundrea: But there's really no good way out of this. [00:37:30] It's, I mean, there's really no, everybody has to just take it on it on its own, own merits. You gotta do what's best for you and your family. I understand that, I think it's a bad idea to take anything, to sign anything or to take anything from this administration.

[00:37:46] Bruce Anthony: Yeah, you can't trust this administration. So why is all this happening?

[00:37:49] Education in Crisis: The Shake-Up You Need to Know About 🎓📚⚖️

[00:37:49] Bruce Anthony: Well, Linda McMahon is going to be if she's not already confirmed, the Secretary of Education. Who is Linda McMahon? Linda [00:38:00] McMahon is the wife of Vince McMahon. They used to own the World Wrestling Federation. NA or the World Wrestling Entertainment.

[00:38:07] Bruce Anthony: She was one. She was the, head of small Business administration in the last administration. So they're gonna gut the Department of Education,

[00:38:19] J. Aundrea: Yeah,

[00:38:20] Bruce Anthony: it's all coming from the Moms of Liberty or the Daughters of Confederacy. Look it up, ladies and gentlemen. I've already gone on the history. Yeah. I've already gone through the history.

[00:38:27] Bruce Anthony: There's same organization just with a new name, [00:38:30] and the, the Moms of Liberty are determined to get rid of DEI programs because they call it reverse racism. Basically saying kids shouldn't feel sorry about themselves. Uh,

[00:38:41] J. Aundrea: Uh,

[00:38:41] Bruce Anthony: nobody.

[00:38:42] J. Aundrea: again, the, the question is why can't kids align themselves with abolitionists?

[00:38:47] Bruce Anthony: yeah.

[00:38:47] J. Aundrea: there were white abolitionists, so the, why can't they be, you know, fans of, uh, of oh, what's my man? He was president. James. James Madison. I

[00:38:59] Bruce Anthony: Maybe, [00:39:00] I don't know.

[00:39:02] J. Aundrea: don't know.

[00:39:02] Bruce Anthony: I don't, my history in presence ain't ain't as vast.

[00:39:05] J. Aundrea: played by my man. He had a whole, uh,

[00:39:08] Bruce Anthony: Okay. We, we. We really, we really doing a black, we're really doing a black conversation right now. You know who that dude was that played on that show that one time he was in the other show with that lady that was on the thing with the dude, the little kid. You know what I'm talking about? We not about to do that.

[00:39:24] J. Aundrea: I cannot remember.

[00:39:25] Bruce Anthony: Yeah.

[00:39:26] J. Aundrea: I'm bad at history, so I really don't know. But again, the question [00:39:30] is why do kids have to align with slave owners? They can always just align with abolitionists. So the argument is stupid, but go

[00:39:38] Bruce Anthony: Well, no, the argument is it is not the kids. It's the parents.

[00:39:41] J. Aundrea: the parents,

[00:39:42] Bruce Anthony: the parents. Uh,

[00:39:43] J. Aundrea: know what side of that line that they're on

[00:39:46] Bruce Anthony: right, exactly. Because.

[00:39:47] J. Aundrea: want to ma be made to feel bad about it.

[00:39:49] Bruce Anthony: Right. Because they were probably, you know, either their parents or their grandparents were part of those people that were out there protesting, uh, uh, the ending, the segregation and the, uh, [00:40:00] integration of schools and, and all that stuff.

[00:40:02] Bruce Anthony: So they're like, well, that was your grandpa. Your grandpa was a good person. Okay. So there's that.

[00:40:07] Erasing History? CRT and DEI Under Fire 🖋️📜🚫

[00:40:07] Bruce Anthony: And so what the Moms of Liberty and the Department of Education has done is created this, this website where now people can report school districts, schools, what have you, for DEI violations.

[00:40:20] J. Aundrea: Mm-hmm.

[00:40:21] Bruce Anthony: So what they are going to, they're, let me explain what they're gonna do.

[00:40:27] Bruce Anthony: They're gonna rewrite history when they talk about critical [00:40:30] race theory. Critical race theory is not being taught in any secondary education program. Definitely not in elementary schools. Right? It's too much of a complicated issue. What they're talking about is history. History of slavery, history of segregation.

[00:40:43] Bruce Anthony: They don't want anybody to know about that. They're trying to wash over it, whitewash it,

[00:40:48] J. Aundrea: Yes,

[00:40:49] Bruce Anthony: wash over, and not be recognized. That's the reason why they wanna get rid of Black History Month, DEI programs. They wanna get rid of everything. They wanna make America solely white [00:41:00] again,

[00:41:00] J. Aundrea: yes.

[00:41:00] Bruce Anthony: solely white again. And, and, and I'm not attacking white people as a, as a whole.

[00:41:05] Bruce Anthony: I'm attacking specific white people that don't combat against something like this. Okay. And what you're doing is you're taking pride in the history of the country without also recognizing the country has also been effed up.

[00:41:21] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:41:21] Bruce Anthony: like looking at your parents. You love your parent, but your parent isn't perfect.

[00:41:27] Bruce Anthony: You can look at your parent and say, look, I love my [00:41:30] parent. They're not perfect, but I still love them. You could still love your country and acknowledge the fact that the country has done some effed up stuff

[00:41:36] J. Aundrea: Yeah,

[00:41:37] Bruce Anthony: really bad, and that that's the reason why you're in the position that you're in. I was having a conversation with somebody the other day.

[00:41:42] Privilege Check: The Hard Truth About Systemic Inequality 🚪🔑🧬

[00:41:42] Bruce Anthony: I was just talking about privilege. I was talking about privilege of just genetics, right? Like some people genetically are tall, some people are short.

[00:41:51] J. Aundrea: yeah, yeah.

[00:41:51] Bruce Anthony: This person. White male, immediately their lower lip curled up and they were like, well, you know, some people with privilege, they, you know, even still, [00:42:00] somebody had to sacrifice for that privilege.

[00:42:01] Bruce Anthony: I said, what the hell are you talking about? We are talking about genetics. We are talking about the fact that I'm six foot four and that just came from my parents. I can't help the fact that I'm six foot four. There was no sacrifice there. No. What you are trying to talk to, because privilege means to you that somehow you only got to the position that you got to because of privilege.

[00:42:22] Bruce Anthony: And that is true and not true at the same time. It's true that you got the opportunities you had to work to get there. Sometimes I said, for [00:42:30] this person individually, you had to work to get there.

[00:42:32] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:42:33] Bruce Anthony: that, but also

[00:42:34] J. Aundrea: access.

[00:42:35] Bruce Anthony: exactly that doesn't mean that you didn't work hard to get there, but the fact that the door was wide open for you, where other people don't even know where the door is, is the point.

[00:42:45] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:42:45] Bruce Anthony: the point that we're trying to make here and like, well that, you know, I still worked hard. Yes, nobody's saying that you didn't work hard.

[00:42:51] J. Aundrea: that,

[00:42:52] Bruce Anthony: But why are you taking offense to it? It's like that person that that could dish it out. That's what it is. People that could dish it out but can't take it.

[00:42:59] J. Aundrea: You know, [00:43:00] I saw a really great meme and it, and it, it was about people who were wishing that they could change their vote, right?

[00:43:09] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:43:10] J. Aundrea: from, from Trump to the better candidate.

[00:43:14] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:43:16] J. Aundrea: and they said effect, they wanna change their vote because they're being treated how they're being treated the way they hoped other people [00:43:30] would be treated by the way that they voted. You were hoping that other people would be in the position that you are in right now. You were hoping other people would lose benefits and access, but what's really happening is you've lost Medicaid. You're losing Medicaid, you are losing your SNAP benefits. Like that's coming. The house is already past a measure.

[00:43:54] J. Aundrea: It's going to the like it that's coming. You're the, all of those, all of those social [00:44:00] programs and safety nets that you do use. Because what, what the, the problem is, is it is got you believing that your oppressor is actually the one that you should be supporting, but really you're voting against yourself.

[00:44:16] J. Aundrea: So everything that, all those social programs and safety nets and all the things that you rely on, including the Affordable Care Act, it's being gutted now. Now you're losing your job. Now the people you know are losing their jobs [00:44:30] and, and you thought you weren't going to be affected. You thought that these changes weren't going to be for you. But now that they're coming for you because they ultimately do not care about you. What they care about is money and and the consolidation of power. But now that they're coming for you, now you wanna change your vote. No. They told you who they were and you didn't believe them, or you let your own prejudices blind you to the fact that they are [00:45:00] coming in here to steal resources. How could anybody be against diversity, equity, and inclusion? You don't like the diversity part. You're fine with the equity. You don't like the diversity part, you don't like the inclusion part. You don't want other people included in what's your idea of what America should be and the idea that America should be for you.

[00:45:26] J. Aundrea: That's your idea. And diversity, [00:45:30] equity and inclusion, actually, yeah. You, you, you're against all parts of that. You, you're against all parts. You don't want equity for anybody either, because again, and I've said this before, you think of America as zero sum game, where there's only a, there's a limited slices of pie.

[00:45:45] J. Aundrea: And if you're, if you're giving people access to that pie, you're gonna lose out on your slice. But that's not what the data shows. That's not what the statistics show. The statistics and the data show that [00:46:00] the more that we include diverse thought, the more that we give people who wouldn't have had access, access, the more that we include them in the narrative, the more business flourishes, innovation flourishes, creativity flourishes, the more this country flourishes.

[00:46:19] J. Aundrea: Why? Because we, we open our doors to people. from other places seeking a better life, and they come here and they add to the fabric of this [00:46:30] country and they continue to build this country. You can't just erase the fact that you built this country on the bodies of black people On stolen land.

[00:46:42] Bruce Anthony: And Native Americans as well, or indigenous folks as well.

[00:46:45] J. Aundrea: on stolen land. built this country on stolen land by stolen people. And this is a, this is just a reality that you are going to have to reckon with, that this country, [00:47:00] every single institution in this country built and sustained by keeping certain people out. And, and honestly, I don't, I, I'm honestly conflicted about what's happening in the government right now because I've always been of the mind that, because I. and sexism are so ingrained in all of our institutions that the only way [00:47:30] to get true equity in this country is to dismantle them. So watching this administration dismantle these institutions, I have a conflicted feeling about it. Um, but I, I think that people, I I, I honestly, I, I know, uh, to a certain extent I'm preaching to the choir.

[00:47:52] J. Aundrea: 'cause anybody who's watching our show, probably is aligned with our, with our ideals. [00:48:00] But the, this is not about conservatism. Conservatism. This is not about being Republican. This is not about being a part of the Christian, right? This is not about any of that. It is strictly about maintaining white supremacy. And if, and if you can't recognize that this what this all boils down to, [00:48:30] and now you wanna change your vote, but if you can't recognize that, this is what it all boils down to. I, I really don't know what to tell you. And a lot of the people that support this administration are fine with the fact or want supremacy to be the law of the land. That's where we are right now. And this is not gonna get better. It's gonna get progressively worse because they don't have a plan for after they destroy everything. There's no plan. [00:49:00] They just wanna get in there and gut everything. You think project 2025 is the plan. Okay. And another thing, I know I'm going long and I really am sorry about that, but I'm very, very passionate about this.

[00:49:13] J. Aundrea: I know we got another segment. I'm going long, but I'm, I'm sorry about that. For all of the people who are talking about, just hold on to the midterms. You think there's gonna be midterm elections?

[00:49:26] Bruce Anthony: Yes, there will be midterm elections.

[00:49:28] J. Aundrea: so?

[00:49:29] Bruce Anthony: Yeah.

[00:49:29] J. Aundrea: You [00:49:30] think in two years of, of where this is going, this is the first month. We are the first month of this presidency. You think two years from now there's gonna be midterm elections. You

[00:49:44] Bruce Anthony: I.

[00:49:44] J. Aundrea: anything he's going to do, anything that he's supposed to do. When this man got on the White House, Instagram, I still can't get over this and said, long live the king.

[00:49:57] J. Aundrea: You think

[00:49:58] Bruce Anthony: Yes.

[00:49:58] J. Aundrea: the first month that [00:50:00] in two years, the the pe, remember he has the house and the Senate. If he does something, you think they're gonna willingly say, Nope, no. We should have those elections and let the people decide. You think the people that's in there are gonna say that, that

[00:50:15] Bruce Anthony: you lemme answer the question. Yes, yes.

[00:50:17] J. Aundrea: I'm, because I think, I think I need you to think deeply and

[00:50:21] Bruce Anthony: I think, I think I wanna end this segment because it is gone really long.

[00:50:25] J. Aundrea: sorry, but I'm very, I'm, I'm, I'm just very passionate about this [00:50:30] because

[00:50:32] Bruce Anthony: Yes. I think you're being hyperbolic, not in the stance of what's going on, but in the stance of where we're going. Look, there's one thing I will say about this country. Is that opposition will always fight. And there's ebbs and there's flows throughout the history of this country. Sometimes you win some, sometimes you lose some, but the fight is gonna always be there.

[00:50:57] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:50:57] Bruce Anthony: when one side wins, the other side[00:51:00]

[00:51:02] Bruce Anthony: gathers themselves together and fights even harder.

[00:51:05] J. Aundrea: I don't think the Democrats are strong enough.

[00:51:07] Bruce Anthony: It's not solely about the Democrats. They're alienating some of the people in their own base. So you gotta look at that. That's what happens to fake empires, right? Like you alienate the people that once revered you. So you just have to look at that and landscape.

[00:51:23] Bruce Anthony: And yes, there will be elections in two years,

[00:51:26] J. Aundrea: Okay.

[00:51:27] Bruce Anthony: there will be, look, they don't want that fight. I've [00:51:30] said it before. They don't want that fight. But this segment has lasted too long.

[00:51:33] J. Aundrea: I'm.

[00:51:34] Bruce Anthony: I know this segment has lasted too long. It's been too serious. And I want to get to some jokes. I wanna smile and stop crying.

[00:51:40] Bruce Anthony: I wanna smile and stop crying. So ladies and gentlemen, we gonna get to some jokes. And the jokes is coming up next.  

[00:51:53] Dating 101: What Do You Bring to the Table? 💔🚗💍

[00:51:53] Bruce Anthony: All right, ladies and gentlemen, it's, it's, I don't know how this segment is gonna go. 'cause the behind the scenes, me and my [00:52:00] sister was just going at it right now. Just go at it

[00:52:03] J. Aundrea: in a bad way. Not in a bad way,

[00:52:05] Bruce Anthony: now. Not in a bad way.

[00:52:06] J. Aundrea: we were. Yeah, because

[00:52:07] Bruce Anthony: I, I might clip, yeah, I might clip what we just did behind the scenes and put that on the end of the after hours uncensored because we was going at it, but, and we about to go at it again.

[00:52:18] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:52:18] Bruce Anthony: are about to go at it again because J you sent me a reel.

[00:52:24] J. Aundrea: Yes.

[00:52:25] Bruce Anthony: It was about what does it mean when a man asks, what are you bringing to the table? [00:52:30] And I was like, okay. I kind of agree with what this guy's saying, but also I don't agree completely with what this guy's saying. It's a little bit more nuanced.

[00:52:39] Bruce Anthony: So basically, can you tell the audience that you send it to me. Can you tell me the, can you tell the audience what the basic real was? The premise of the real was.

[00:52:47] J. Aundrea: So it's this guy I can't remember his name. I'm so sorry to this man. But he basically seems like a, a, a rich finance bro is what he seems like, right. [00:53:00] But anyway, he gives advice to women dating advice. And his thing was, if a man asks you what he, what you bring to the table, it's because he has a low credit score and he wants you to co-sign for that Dodge Challenger and don't do it. And I'm like, and I'm like, that is accurate. Now you said it's much more nuanced than that. I don't agree. But you, you tell me.

[00:53:24] Bruce Anthony: I, okay. So I can only go from what I say and what [00:53:30] other men that I know. Like I, I know a couple of men out there that are like, on my social economic level round, like we're in the same ballpark, so we ain't, we ain't getting money, money, but you know, we ain't, we,

[00:53:43] J. Aundrea: Y'all doing all

[00:53:45] Bruce Anthony: we doing all right. We ain't broke,

[00:53:46] J. Aundrea: Right,

[00:53:47] Bruce Anthony: we ain't rich either.

[00:53:48] Bruce Anthony: Right? And it's like when we talk about what a woman brings to the table, when we ask that question, it's like, yo, are you healed?

[00:53:55] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:53:57] Bruce Anthony: How much trauma do you have? Are you doing something [00:54:00] to fix that trauma? Like that's what I'm talking me personally and a lot of men that I know, that's what I'm talking about when I say, what do you bring to the table Also, yes, there are finances.

[00:54:10] Bruce Anthony: Like, is everything on me? Do I have to pay for everything? What, what do you think about. Splitting or what is your definition of equality in a relationship? Like I, there have been some women I've dated that have not opened, they haven't even pumped fake

[00:54:26] J. Aundrea: Mm-hmm.

[00:54:27] Bruce Anthony: when we go out and I'm like, I'm not messing with you anymore 'cause [00:54:30] you're going to expect me to pay all the time and I'm not funding your fund.

[00:54:35] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[00:54:36] Bruce Anthony: That that's not what I'm going to do.

[00:54:37] J. Aundrea: Right?

[00:54:38] Bruce Anthony: But I'm also the person that's just like, yo, the first couple of dates, the first couple that's on me because my grandmother and my mother raised me to be a gentleman. It's old school. Some men out here don't agree with it. To say, why do you do? That's just, Hey look, if I ask a woman out, I'm paying after the first couple of dates, it's like whoever asks whoever out.

[00:54:59] J. Aundrea: [00:55:00] Yeah.

[00:55:00] Bruce Anthony: we go Dutch, right? 'cause then we're dating. But no, I do know there are some men out there who are shady and just like, you know, trying to leach off women and. That is true, but this is where I said it was nuanced, because I'm not one of them dudes. So when I ask, it's like, yo, are you healed or are you attempting to heal yourself?

[00:55:22] J. Aundrea: Yeah. Uh, I hear you. Um, let me,

[00:55:27] Bruce Anthony: Are you hearing me? You listening?

[00:55:27] J. Aundrea: I hear you. And you [00:55:30] are talking about men who have done some work and are hoping to be in a relationship with a woman who's also done that emotional work.

[00:55:40] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:55:41] J. Aundrea: Okay. That's not a majority of men. majority of men is out here. I'm gonna tell you this as a woman,

[00:55:47] Bruce Anthony: Okay.

[00:55:47] J. Aundrea: tell me your perspective as a man in America, I'm telling you from the other side of the table, okay? A lot of these guys out here, when they talk about what you bring to the table, they're wondering, [00:56:00] do they need to worry about your bag or are you gonna be worried about theirs? And that's, it's, it's, it is just that simple. And I'm sorry that man is right because there's a lot of dudes out here that wanna borrow your car.

[00:56:13] J. Aundrea: Can I hold your debit card? Can you co-sign for this? I'll make the payments. Don't worry about it, baby. Ladies, please don't fall into that trap. Ladies and men, please don't fall into that trap.

[00:56:25] Bruce Anthony: Hold on. Now, isn't that your dating pool? Like everything is [00:56:30] built in from our perspective, right? So if I, if my social circle as far as men are concerned or like. And, and I guess I wouldn't, that wouldn't be my social circle with men who really ain't about there doing anything or leaching off of women because I, I don't respect leaching off of anybody.

[00:56:49] J. Aundrea: right.

[00:56:50] Bruce Anthony: like, I, I mean, I, I kind of get that, that person wouldn't be in my social circle. So I would, from my perspective, I don't see that, but from a women's perspective, and they're saying [00:57:00] that this is the men that, that they're dealing with or that they see and they're saying, no, the majority of the men, I'm like, no, that's the majority of the men that you're dealing with.

[00:57:07] Bruce Anthony: Because I have a whole segment over here that's not like that. You just not dealing with that. Maybe the women, maybe the women

[00:57:15] J. Aundrea: Mm-hmm.

[00:57:16] Bruce Anthony: is the issue. Maybe that, you know, sometimes you gotta look at,

[00:57:18] J. Aundrea: You know how you sound?

[00:57:19] Bruce Anthony: sound like I'm in the manosphere.

[00:57:21] J. Aundrea: No, I'm gonna tell you how you sound. When a black person tells a white person, I'm not going over this place because they racist over there, and the [00:57:30] white person tells 'em, I've never experienced that.

[00:57:32] Bruce Anthony: Mm mm Okay. That's a good, Hey, look. You

[00:57:38] J. Aundrea: I'm telling you, this is a woman

[00:57:40] Bruce Anthony: Hmm.

[00:57:41] J. Aundrea: female friends, straight female friends, having gay male friends. Okay? I'm telling you, this is a woman that is a, a lot of men out here is out here terrorizing women.

[00:57:53] Bruce Anthony: Oh God.

[00:57:53] J. Aundrea: women are out here terrorizing men. I'm not gonna lie, if we're talking about heterosexual relationships and stuff like that, let's, [00:58:00] I'm just gonna, I'm just gonna generalize with heterosexual relationships.

[00:58:03] J. Aundrea: Y'all, I'm not trying to leave nobody out, but a lot of women out here terrorizing men that are not healed. So it's like, it's a, a majority of people is out here terrorizing people because nobody's healed.

[00:58:16] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm. Yeah. You right.

[00:58:18] J. Aundrea: So

[00:58:18] Bruce Anthony: right.

[00:58:19] J. Aundrea: just the reality. I understand that there are healed people out here trying to.

[00:58:25] Bruce Anthony: feeling,

[00:58:26] J. Aundrea: healing people out here, because I don't ever feel [00:58:30] like, I feel like healing is a, is a cont is a journey.

[00:58:33] J. Aundrea: It's not a destination. So there are people out here that are healing and want a partner who is also in that same space because it can be a burden to take on a partner who's not there. And you feel, and you're starting to carry now all that emotional labor and all the emotional weight of the relationship.

[00:58:51] J. Aundrea: And people don't want that. I get that. But when, um, but when you sit down, 'cause I'm telling y'all I was on hinge for 36 hours. [00:59:00] I saw y'all, and now I'm of course as a black woman, I'm gonna attract a certain type of man, right? I'm light-skinned, I have light eyes. I'm gonna attract a certain kind of, of black man in particular

[00:59:14] Bruce Anthony: Mm-hmm.

[00:59:14] J. Aundrea: who's not really all that interested in me, but really more interested in my physical attributes.

[00:59:21] Bruce Anthony: Okay. So that's, most men are attracted to physical attributes.

[00:59:25] J. Aundrea: Like specifically

[00:59:27] Bruce Anthony: Okay. Yeah.

[00:59:28] J. Aundrea: type of, so I know I'm gonna [00:59:30] have a certain, yes, I'm gonna have a certain experience, right? Specifically with black men, I'm gonna have a certain experience. So the, the man that ended up liking my posts and stuff, or like in my, I, I don't even remember how the hinge worked or whatever, whatever data site I was on, honestly, I don't even remember, but like it was okay.

[00:59:50] J. Aundrea: And I got extremely overwhelmed. I'm telling you, their pages were these very incel, manosphere [01:00:00] things and, and honestly, it's not just them. a lot of cel women out here too. I've seen their pages and it's not great. And I'm like, girlfriend, I see why you're single. You're very beautiful, but I see why you're single and these men are here.

[01:00:17] J. Aundrea: Yeah, you fine. But I see why you're on this dating app. And I don't think that this is the space for me because I'm actually healing. And so I don't think that this is really the place for me. Honestly, I wish there was a dating [01:00:30] app where you had to be healed in order to sign up for it. Like,

[01:00:34] Bruce Anthony: Or healing

[01:00:35] J. Aundrea: like you're on that journey.

[01:00:37] Bruce Anthony: like,

[01:00:37] J. Aundrea: have to have a letter from your therapist.

[01:00:40] Bruce Anthony: like better Help should do a offshoot dating site. That's actually a genius idea.

[01:00:44] J. Aundrea: date.

[01:00:47] Bruce Anthony: That's actually genius. Better help. We, hey, we put that out there first so we find something out there that's called Better Date. We want our cut. 'cause that is a genius. That's a genius idea actually.[01:01:00]

[01:01:00] J. Aundrea: like your therapist has to sign off on the fact, yes, this person is on their healing journey and won't be out here terrorizing folks. Like that's, you know what I'm saying? Like it is gotta be a better way, but I'm telling you when, when they're asking that, they're trying to determine whether or not you're a gold digger.

[01:01:19] J. Aundrea: But the thing of it is, they ain't got no gold to dig.

[01:01:22] Bruce Anthony: Okay, so I be, I believe that, 'cause I'm also trying to determine if somebody's a gold digger. I've technically, I've dated a few women that make more money than [01:01:30] me, but like more money than me is like just a little bit more money than me. There was one woman I dated that made, hmm, double, maybe even triple.

[01:01:41] Bruce Anthony: And, and I was, and I find myself, you know, I, I think I'm pretty evolved, but there were some times I was just like, uh. I don't like you paying for this, so I'm gonna pay for it. Because, because there's that patriarchy still is kind of like in me.

[01:01:54] J. Aundrea: Yeah.

[01:01:55] Bruce Anthony: And it was, and she was like, you know, I, I can pay for it. And she never threw it in my face that [01:02:00] she made more money than I did never.

[01:02:02] Bruce Anthony: But I was keenly aware, but I was keenly aware. And then I got mad when she got me a gift and I was just like, I thought it would be better than this. I thought the gift would be better than this. I mean, you make a lot of money. I, I thought the gift would be better than this.

[01:02:17] J. Aundrea: Instead of it being expensive, it was more thoughtful. Is that it?

[01:02:21] Bruce Anthony: It was extremely, it was extremely thoughtful. I wanted to be extremely thoughtful and the, the, it was a tear below what I was expecting. [01:02:30] That's, that's, that's all.

[01:02:31] J. Aundrea: Mm.

[01:02:32] Bruce Anthony: So maybe I'm one of them dudes with the behind class women, but also bring something to the table. But I, I get you right. You're right. When you use that analogy of, you know, a white person, a black person talking and a black person saying, I don't wanna go to that neighborhood, they're racist.

[01:02:48] Bruce Anthony: And then the white person saying, well, I've never experienced, you're absolutely right as a man, I don't know what it's, what it's like to date other men, because I'm not gay. I'm heterosexual, so I only date women.

[01:02:59] J. Aundrea: [01:03:00] Yeah.

[01:03:00] Bruce Anthony: it is wrong for me to have a strong opinion. I can have an opinion,

[01:03:05] J. Aundrea: yeah,

[01:03:06] Bruce Anthony: a strong opinion that I feel like I can defend when really I'm not even in that world.

[01:03:13] J. Aundrea: yeah.

[01:03:14] Bruce Anthony: yeah, you, you, you was right when you said what you said. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, this is one of them times where I admit I was wrong. I still stand by the fact it's not, we can't generalize.

[01:03:26] J. Aundrea: I think you can generalize, but also, but Al, [01:03:30] but I think you can generalize, but still also hold the belief and understand that not every man that's asking that question is asking it to see whether or not they can get into your bag. Right? Like, not every man is asking that because it's true that if you, you know, decide to be together and get married, you're merging your finances.

[01:03:54] J. Aundrea: It's a question to ask. There's a real question to ask, but it's like, are you asking it in good [01:04:00] faith, is the

[01:04:00] Bruce Anthony: Right.

[01:04:02] J. Aundrea: And what, what the guy was saying in the real is that a lot of. Men are not asking it in good faith. I feel like you can expand that and say, a lot of women aren't asking that in good faith either.

[01:04:13] J. Aundrea: She's the, a lot of women are asking, and I hate to say this because I really, really don't want some manosphere guy to chop up the soundbite and use it as evidence because that literally will tear out a piece of my soul. But, you know, you [01:04:30] have women that are out there that'll be like, what, what can this man offer me financially?

[01:04:37] Bruce Anthony: Mm.

[01:04:37] J. Aundrea: thing is, it's nothing wrong with that. If you wanna be a trad wife, okay, find a man that wants that, that's like, I'm fine handling the household, know, finances, if you take care of the household and the children, there are those relationships. Okay, that's fine. Stay in your [01:05:00] lane though.

[01:05:00] J. Aundrea: Stop being out here terrorizing other people. Stay in your lane. Like so I do think that question is important. Ask it in good faith of like trying to see am I compatible with this person as opposed to seeing what you can get out of this person. And a lot of the times people are asking that question to see what they can get out of the other person.

[01:05:23] Bruce Anthony: Yeah.

[01:05:24] Wrap-Up: Tears, Laughs, and a Few Hard Truths 🎤😂✨

[01:05:24] Bruce Anthony: Well, you know, uh, on that note, ladies and gentlemen, this show is run along 'cause my sister [01:05:30] dominated the last segment towards the end.

[01:05:32] J. Aundrea: Yeah. I'm not even gonna fake, like I said it while I was saying it, I was like, I know this is running along, I'm

[01:05:38] Bruce Anthony: yeah, you did say that.

[01:05:39] J. Aundrea: I said it while I was, yeah, I knew I knew what I was doing, but you know what? You shouldn't have got me riled up.

[01:05:46] Bruce Anthony: I, all I did was pick a topic that's, I did.

[01:05:50] J. Aundrea: And sometimes your topics rile me up.

[01:05:52] Bruce Anthony: That's what great producers do. I, Hey, look, I'm gonna tell y'all, ladies, gentlemen, I might not be that great of a host. I think I'm better than most, but what [01:06:00] I am is a good damn producer. 'cause I'm gonna come up with some stuff to talk about. That's what, that's damn short. That's what, damn sure. But on that note, ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank you for listening.

[01:06:11] Bruce Anthony: I want to thank you for watching, and until next time, as always, I'll holler.

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