When the President takes over a city’s police force, feuds with California’s governor over tacos, and still won’t release the Epstein files, you know it’s going to be a weird week. Plus, Harvard scientists officially ruin french fries.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Callaroga Shark media from Washington, d C, which was just
invaded by Washington d C. This is valid, that's right.
The White House says this federal takeover is subject to change.
That's the same thing my X said about our relationship.
Let's hit this, hi, I'm Patrick Gutfield, and Donald Trump
(00:26):
decided to take over Washington DC's police department and deploy
the National Guard to the nation's capital. You know, most
presidents worry about foreign enemies at the gates. Trump is
worried about the gate itself. Asking for his id, Trump
released a presidential memorandum titled Restoring Law and Order in
the District of Columbia because nothing restores law and order
(00:47):
quite like a man who's been indicted more times than
a mob boss at a Rico trial. The memo claims
DC has lost control of public order and safety, which
is rich coming from someone whose own rallies require metal
detectors and liability waivers. Trump wrote that Washington, d C.
Has a violent crime rate higher than some of the
most dangerous places in the world. One wonders if it's
(01:09):
even more dangerous than Epstein Island, but we may never
know because some coward won't release the files. Meanwhile, California
Governor Gavin Newsom is having the time of his life
on social media. He's tweeting at Trump like a divorce
at dad. Subtweeting his ex wife's new boyfriend. Newsom posted,
he will gaslight his way into militarizing any city he
(01:31):
wants in America. This is what dictators do. And then
Newsom's social media team really went off the rails. They
posted a taco meme about Trump's tariffs. Trump always chickens out.
They even questioned whether Attorney General Pam Bondi, who couldn't
find the Epstein files, should head the DC police Department.
(01:51):
That's not fair. Maybe she found them. Maybe she just
filed them under e for extremely buried. The best part,
Newsom's team fire off a Trump style all caps message
threatening to redistrict California. All caps tweets the official language
of mature political discourse. So now we have the National
Guard patrolling DC while the President of the United States
(02:12):
and the governor of California are having a Twitter fight.
This is like watching your parents argue through passive aggressive
Facebook posts, except your parents have nuclear weapons and the
ability to declare martial law. A federal judge denied the
government's request to unseal Jeffrey Epstein grand jury transcripts. The
judge said doing so casually or promiscuously would damage future testimony.
(02:35):
Casually or promiscuously, judge clearly doesn't know Epstein's business model.
Trump's been pushing for these transcripts to quiet conspiracy theories
from his own supporters. The president has to prove to
his base he's not covering up evidence about a dead
pedophile that's not in the job description. Epstein died six
years ago, officially a suicide. Trump supporters think Democrats murder him, right,
(03:01):
because Democrats can't organize a bake sale, but somehow they're
running prison assassinations. These people think Hillary runs a pizza
basement but can't figure out emails. So here we are,
no lists, no evidence, no smoking guns. I guess nobody
did nothing. Scientists have discovered what the rest of us
(03:23):
figured out in kindergarten. French fries aren't health food. This
comes from Harvard researchers who studied over two hundred thousand
people for nearly four decades and their groundbreaking conclusion eating
French fries three times a week increases your diabetes risk
by twenty percent compared to eating them less than once
a week. Now, I love how they had to clarify
(03:45):
this wasn't about all potatoes, just the fried ones. Regular potatoes, baked, boiled, mashed,
those are fine. Even potato chips didn't increase diabetes risk
in this study. So apparently the problem isn't the potato,
it's what we do to it, which is very relatable.
I'm perfectly fine until you put me in a hot
(04:05):
oil bath too. The researchers say potatoes have gotten unfair
bad press over the years. One nutrition professor called them
basically healthy foods that have been long associated with poor health.
Poor potatoes. They're out there trying to provide vitamin C
and fiber, and we're dunking them in oil and calling
(04:26):
them vegetables. Here's what makes French fries particularly dangerous. First,
most aren't even fresh potatoes anymore. They are potato products,
which sounds like something you'd find in a chemistry set.
These frozen fries contain flour, oils, additives, and color. One
expert noted that rarely do you see someone slicing potatoes
(04:48):
into wedges and putting them into a fryer. Most of
the time, your fries have been through more processing than
a tax return. Then there's the cooking method. High heat
plus lots of oil cre creates unhealthy compounds in the food.
The study notes that during their research period, restaurants switched
from beef tallow in the nineteen eighties to trans fat
(05:09):
oils in the early nineties, which were eventually banned in
twenty eighteen. So for decades we were eating fries cooked
and stuff that was literally illegal food. But the real
problem might be portion control. Ast As one dietician put it,
when you're eating a baked potato, you're usually eating a
baked potato, But with French fries, it's hard to quantify
(05:29):
what you take. In translation, nobody orders six fries, they
order the bucket. The experts say, you don't have to
eliminate potatoes entirely, just eat them wisely, cook them at home,
where you control the oil and salt, keep the skin on,
that's where the nutrition lives. And remember that potatoes should
be about one quarter of your plate, not the entire landscape.
(05:53):
One researcher even suggested letting your potatoes cool down before
eating them, which creates something called resistant starf arch that's
better for your blood sugar. So now we're supposed to
wait for our food to get cold before we eat it.
What's next? Are they going to tell us ice cream
is healthier if we let it melt. First portions of
today's show were made with the help of fries with
(06:14):
extra salt, fries with gravy, fries with AI, and of course,
the Epstein Files release them. You cowered,
Callaroga Shark media from Washington, d C, which was just
invaded by Washington d C. This is valid, that's right.
The White House says this federal takeover is subject to change.
That's the same thing my X said about our relationship.
Let's hit this, hi, I'm Patrick Gutfield, and Donald Trump
(00:26):
decided to take over Washington DC's police department and deploy
the National Guard to the nation's capital. You know, most
presidents worry about foreign enemies at the gates. Trump is
worried about the gate itself. Asking for his id, Trump
released a presidential memorandum titled Restoring Law and Order in
the District of Columbia because nothing restores law and order
(00:47):
quite like a man who's been indicted more times than
a mob boss at a Rico trial. The memo claims
DC has lost control of public order and safety, which
is rich coming from someone whose own rallies require metal
detectors and liability waivers. Trump wrote that Washington, d C.
Has a violent crime rate higher than some of the
most dangerous places in the world. One wonders if it's
(01:09):
even more dangerous than Epstein Island, but we may never
know because some coward won't release the files. Meanwhile, California
Governor Gavin Newsom is having the time of his life
on social media. He's tweeting at Trump like a divorce
at dad. Subtweeting his ex wife's new boyfriend. Newsom posted,
he will gaslight his way into militarizing any city he
(01:31):
wants in America. This is what dictators do. And then
Newsom's social media team really went off the rails. They
posted a taco meme about Trump's tariffs. Trump always chickens out.
They even questioned whether Attorney General Pam Bondi, who couldn't
find the Epstein files, should head the DC police Department.
(01:51):
That's not fair. Maybe she found them. Maybe she just
filed them under e for extremely buried. The best part,
Newsom's team fire off a Trump style all caps message
threatening to redistrict California. All caps tweets the official language
of mature political discourse. So now we have the National
Guard patrolling DC while the President of the United States
(02:12):
and the governor of California are having a Twitter fight.
This is like watching your parents argue through passive aggressive
Facebook posts, except your parents have nuclear weapons and the
ability to declare martial law. A federal judge denied the
government's request to unseal Jeffrey Epstein grand jury transcripts. The
judge said doing so casually or promiscuously would damage future testimony.
(02:35):
Casually or promiscuously, judge clearly doesn't know Epstein's business model.
Trump's been pushing for these transcripts to quiet conspiracy theories
from his own supporters. The president has to prove to
his base he's not covering up evidence about a dead
pedophile that's not in the job description. Epstein died six
years ago, officially a suicide. Trump supporters think Democrats murder him, right,
(03:01):
because Democrats can't organize a bake sale, but somehow they're
running prison assassinations. These people think Hillary runs a pizza
basement but can't figure out emails. So here we are,
no lists, no evidence, no smoking guns. I guess nobody
did nothing. Scientists have discovered what the rest of us
(03:23):
figured out in kindergarten. French fries aren't health food. This
comes from Harvard researchers who studied over two hundred thousand
people for nearly four decades and their groundbreaking conclusion eating
French fries three times a week increases your diabetes risk
by twenty percent compared to eating them less than once
a week. Now, I love how they had to clarify
(03:45):
this wasn't about all potatoes, just the fried ones. Regular potatoes, baked, boiled, mashed,
those are fine. Even potato chips didn't increase diabetes risk
in this study. So apparently the problem isn't the potato,
it's what we do to it, which is very relatable.
I'm perfectly fine until you put me in a hot
(04:05):
oil bath too. The researchers say potatoes have gotten unfair
bad press over the years. One nutrition professor called them
basically healthy foods that have been long associated with poor health.
Poor potatoes. They're out there trying to provide vitamin C
and fiber, and we're dunking them in oil and calling
(04:26):
them vegetables. Here's what makes French fries particularly dangerous. First,
most aren't even fresh potatoes anymore. They are potato products,
which sounds like something you'd find in a chemistry set.
These frozen fries contain flour, oils, additives, and color. One
expert noted that rarely do you see someone slicing potatoes
(04:48):
into wedges and putting them into a fryer. Most of
the time, your fries have been through more processing than
a tax return. Then there's the cooking method. High heat
plus lots of oil cre creates unhealthy compounds in the food.
The study notes that during their research period, restaurants switched
from beef tallow in the nineteen eighties to trans fat
(05:09):
oils in the early nineties, which were eventually banned in
twenty eighteen. So for decades we were eating fries cooked
and stuff that was literally illegal food. But the real
problem might be portion control. Ast As one dietician put it,
when you're eating a baked potato, you're usually eating a
baked potato, But with French fries, it's hard to quantify
(05:29):
what you take. In translation, nobody orders six fries, they
order the bucket. The experts say, you don't have to
eliminate potatoes entirely, just eat them wisely, cook them at home,
where you control the oil and salt, keep the skin on,
that's where the nutrition lives. And remember that potatoes should
be about one quarter of your plate, not the entire landscape.
(05:53):
One researcher even suggested letting your potatoes cool down before
eating them, which creates something called resistant starf arch that's
better for your blood sugar. So now we're supposed to
wait for our food to get cold before we eat it.
What's next? Are they going to tell us ice cream
is healthier if we let it melt. First portions of
today's show were made with the help of fries with
(06:14):
extra salt, fries with gravy, fries with AI, and of course,
the Epstein Files release them. You cowered,
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