Katie Porter says she’s sorry (sort of), Prop 50 could blow up California’s redistricting rules, the state cracks down on Big Tech with kid-focused laws, and the NRA fires back over a Glock ban.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to KFI AM sixty on demand.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
I'm there, Chris.
Speaker 3 (00:04):
Merrill KFIM six on demand anytime, the iHeartRadio app. Always
always exciting that I get it hang out with you.
I mean, I'm not as cool as Mark Ronner, who
basically told Tim Conway Junior to you know, flip off
a pier or something.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
I just hang on here, show some restrengths. Please look.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Like I'm a mini stalker of Tim Conway Junior. Okay,
which is why whatever i'm I'm on. He never wants
to talk to me because he knows I'm just completely
enthralled with him.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
What are you gonna start saying ding dong back to him?
What's going on?
Speaker 3 (00:42):
He told me I was doing it wrong. I'm not
allowed to say ding dong anymore. I didn't know the rules. Yeah, yeah, okay,
and uh. And so then I hear him inviting you
to go hang out at Morongo and You're like, yeah,
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I mean it sounds okay, but whatever.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
And meanwhile I'm sitting, you know, in the green room,
getting ready to.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Come on, and I'm going, oh, we got some fun,
invite me. I want to go.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
I want to go.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Can I be your friend? Could I be your friend?
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Tim?
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Could I be your friend?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Let me just say I've only lived in La seven
years as of right about now, and I moved from Seattle,
where things are a lot more close together. It's a
nightmare going anywhere or doing anything here, and I almost
never do.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
See.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
I just hate people, and so getting me out of
the house is very difficult. Unless it's Tim Conway Junior
that says, do you want to go hang out?
Speaker 2 (01:30):
And then I'm like, you be my friend? You be
my friend? And here he is inviting you and You're like, nah,
you're cool. I think that you may be somewhat mischaracterizing that.
But I don't know, Tim, I don't know. Maybe we
should move on.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Maybe, uh, you know, you find somebody cool. Maybe I'll
come out then to you know. But I'm like, oh,
Marcus going out, Tim Conway, I've become such a hermit
since I moved here. It's it's fameful.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
I get you. I missed doing things.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Yeah, but then the thought of doing them is painful too,
isn't it. Uh?
Speaker 2 (02:03):
It does cause anxiety.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
I look, I'm with you on that one hundred percent
unless it's Tim.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
But I'm I'm with you. I'm kind of got.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
People will say, hey, do you want to get together
for for a you know, happy hour, and I'm like, yeah,
that sounds great, And the day comes and I go,
dear God, please cancel, please cancel, please cancel, please cancel. Well, see,
you got to preempt that because nobody likes somebody who
bags on plans. But I've never hung out with Tim
outside of work, and so I think it would be
fun to hang out and have some drinks with him
and and and you know, have non office talk. But uh, yeah,
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I don't even know where Marongo is. It's it's probably
a considerable drive from here, isn't it. Okay, it doesn't matter.
It could be the end of the earth. I go
hang out.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Really well, I don't want you to sound desperate at all.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
I am. I mean, I'm owning it, Okay. Gary and Shannon,
by the way, if you want to hang out so down.
I like Gary and Shannon too. There at Bja's the
Huntington Beach tomorrow their show not to One. They've got
the live news and BRUS broadcasts. So Bjay's brew House
hunting to Beach on Beach Boulevard food, fun prizes.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Gary and Shannon come down and join us for some fun.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Also, did you have to see the note that says
there's gonna be prizes which as an iHeart employee, you
are not eligible to win.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
That was specifically put in the note that we were
given that story in my life, but it leads.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Me to believe that somebody would try to get away
with it, and so we have to put a disclaimer
in the notes to the employees. I think that standard
practice for a long long time. You know, like my
first radio job ever, my girlfriend won a trip to
see a band and it nearly caused the whole station
to meltdown.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
No, like you should know that.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
It just makes me think like somebody tried to get
away with us recently, and you should know better. You
should know better than that. One would think that's tacky.
Why are you dating a tacky girl? What's the matter
with that? I was trying to win a prize from
your radio station. It was without my knowledge, your consent,
and then when it was revealed to me, I was like,
what did you do? Oh yeah, oh they said it's okay, well,
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all right, okay, hmm mm hmm, all right, it's just etiquette, man,
just etiquette. Hey, speaking of etiquette, could Katie Porter make
anything worse for herself? I'm so impressed by Katie Porter's
downward spiral and how she's like, you know, her PR
team says, Katie, you got to get out there because
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this interview you did with CBS was terrible. You threw
a temper tantrum. You look like you're really unhinged. You
gotta get out there and fix this. You have to
show you have to put your best foot forward. So
she goes on as she talks to Katla and basically says,
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here are my talking points.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
I'm going to repeat them.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
You're asking me follow ups and I don't like that,
so I'm going to repeat my talking points more sternly.
And then when she was asked are there more more
videos that are going to come out, she just went
back to her talking points, which makes you believe that
there are more damning videos of Katie poorn.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Hey, this was the Mia Kulpa on Katla. Listen to this.
It's not going well. Katie quit Weli, you're ahead.
Speaker 5 (05:15):
So this is your first time speaking publicly since the
now to viral videos. What do you want people to
know about you, and do you have the temperament to
be the next governor of California?
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Okay, super softball question. I mean that is the question
she's been prepped for. What do you want to say?
And do you have the temperament? I mean, what's she
gonna say? No, I don't have the temperament. Of course
you're gonna say yes, of course I'm ready for it.
And then she's got her prepared remarks for that specific question.
Speaker 6 (05:45):
When I look at those videos, I want people to
know that I understand that I could have handled things better.
I think I've known as someone who's able to handle
tough questions, who's willing to answer questions, and I want
people to know that I really value the incredible work
that my staff can do. I think people who know
me know I can be tough, but I need to
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do a better job expressing appreciation for the amazing work
that my team does.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Boom canned response, exactly what she but she practiced that
one hundred times before she went on the air, and
then the reporter did she committed the Katie Porterson and
asked a follow up.
Speaker 5 (06:25):
Should California voters feel confident that there aren't any more
Katie Porter videos out there.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Should be another easy one.
Speaker 6 (06:35):
Well, what I know is that I could have done
better in those moments. I'm going to be focused on
earning their votes and earning their trust. That's true in
every election. I've only ever had tough elections. So I'm
absolutely aware that I'm going to have to continue to
show them. I'm going to have to answer every question.
I'm glad I got to continue that interview and finish
that interview.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
And yeah, I mean you were the one that threatened.
Speaker 6 (06:56):
To walk up answer all her questions. And that's what
I'm going to continue to do. Show Californians not only
that I understand their problems, but that I have the
will and the strength of character to actually get something
done about them.
Speaker 5 (07:08):
But not just the CBS.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Oh no, no, no, no, no follow ups.
Speaker 5 (07:11):
This an interview, the interview with the staffer. Can voters
be confident that there won't be another one of those
videos that's going to come to light?
Speaker 3 (07:20):
That sounds an awful lot like the question you just asked,
And as we know from Katie Porter, do not ask
the same question twice. If she didn't give you an
answer the first time, You're supposed.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
To just move on.
Speaker 6 (07:32):
What I do know is that I could have done
better in that situation.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
That's not a Holy crap. This sounds exactly like every
other response she's given.
Speaker 5 (07:39):
Oh so is there potentially another video that we're going
to see?
Speaker 6 (07:42):
Nikki? I'm going to be honest with you. I know
that that video and that video was several years ago,
as you know, and I apologize to the staffer that's
super important to me, super important, and will continue to
try to hold myself to do better. That's what I
can promise, But.
Speaker 5 (08:00):
Not that there's not going to be any more videos,
because that's that's what people are wondering. Are we going
to see something else like that?
Speaker 6 (08:07):
I can tell you what I've told you, which is
that I am taking responsibility.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Wow, just repeating it over and over again. Oh can
we put a can we put a fork in her
political career yet? Because I gotta tell you it's feeling
like it's done. I feel like it feels like it's
well done. Continues to say these things, and I mean,
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at this point, can't you just say, look, there might
be h I have at times lost my temper and
it's something I'm working on. I hope there aren't more videos,
and I know that I'm going to do everything in
my power to make sure there.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
Never are new videos. But she didn't.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
I mean, she's like, I understand and I accept responsibility,
and I'm telling you I understand and I except, come on, Katie,
she seems less authentic than ever. And now as a result,
you've got a number of other California Democrats that are going.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Oh, she toxic. She's toxic.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Now, there have been a few that have said, Okay, look,
Katie messed up, but she still are she still our person.
So you've got let me see a handful of labor
unions Orange County Representative David min they're are reaffirming their
support in recent days, but a number of others, according
to Politico, are.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Saying mm hmm mmmmm, staying away.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Some were granted anonymity to speak candidly on the sensitive topic.
These are Democrats, by the way, One former House colleague said,
Katie Porter is apparently the smartest person in every single room,
and she's not afraid to make you know it. Oh god,
those are the worst people. I cannot stand people that
think they are the smartest in the room. I cannot stand.
And I'm not talking about people. I work with people
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that are a little socially awkward, and they want to
they want to try to correct little things, or they
want to try to they want to try to explain
to you what you just said. Have you run into
those people and I mean, you'll say, boy, it was
really tough turning, uh, turning left into work today, and
they'll go, well, the left hand turn is the most
difficult turn to make when you're coming into the into
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the uh, the radio station.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
It is the most difficult one. Okay, did you.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Just explain left turns to me? Like I'm telling you,
I just got stuck there for a long time. Of
course you got stuck there for a long time. It's
the most difficult shut up, Like, I can't stand those
that's irritating. But it's the people who think that they're
smarter than you going in that just irk me. Now,
maybe that shows you that I'm just you know, self
conscious and not real smart.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
But you know what, I'm not voting for you.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
I'm not going to vote for somebody that that wants
to make me feel dumb.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
I won't do it.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
So a number of others are saying m hmm, her
brand is now toxic, not pretty. Also in the world
of politics, there is another big hitter, and I mean
a big hitter who's getting involved in the map grab
for California's legislative districts. Wait until you hear who is
weighing in on this next. I'm Chris Merrill.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
I'm Chris Merrill.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
I AM six forty more stimulating talk and on demand
anytime in the iHeartRadio app. All right, so you got
Prop fifty, which, as you probably know by now, it
takes the authority to readraw congressional districts away from the
Independent Redistricting Commission, which you approved five years ago, and
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it gives the authority back to the legislature for another
five years. So why do they do that? That is
because they're mad about Texas district lines to Jerrymander and
pick up house seats in d C. So California says,
all right, Texas, we're gonna fight fire with fire. And
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now other states are messing with their stuff as well,
including you heard Mark Rona talking about this in the
top of the hour newscast that the Supreme Court looks
like they may back off on the Voting Rights Act.
There's a case that's in Louisiana where congressional map was
drawn and it considered race for drawing districts. But but
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Louisiana's legislature, very right wing, said nope, we're gonna We're
gonna not consider race. But it had been a consideration before.
The Supreme Court looks like they're gonna say that we
should probably be able to just forget about that and
and you can just jerrymander it so that it's mostly white,
but don't worry about race. So race is a factor,
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whether you like it or not. But the Supreme Court
says that's okay. That's what it sounds like. They haven't
ruled yet. Decision probably gonna come in January, but for
right now, that's that's kind of what the tea leaves
are saying about the Supreme Court. Back in California, however,
the Prop fifty movement, which of course you have to
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vote on because you passed the you passed it in
the first place, saying that you didn't want a bunch
of partisans in Sacramento making the call, so now you
have to you have to take and give your rights
back to them in order for it to happen.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
So you're gona have to vote at a Prop fifty.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
But there is a heavy hitter in the Democratic Party
who now says it's on.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
You, California. The whole nation is counting.
Speaker 7 (13:39):
Goddamn oh hell as Obama, Former President Barack Obama now
endorsing Proposition fifty, a measure before voters that would alter
California's congressional districts and the effort to secure five more
Democratic seats and next year's mid term elections.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
Top fifty puts our elections back on a level playing field.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
Mushi, it's up to you. You have to do. Look,
it's not gonna be level.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
You've got Jerry Mander going on in North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana,
it's all Texas. Obviously, it's happening everywhere. Our five seats
are going to counteract.
Speaker 7 (14:16):
Then, designed to get loyal Democrats to mail in their ballots.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Political science professor Dan Schner of USC.
Speaker 8 (14:22):
Prop fifty supporters understand that if this is a vote
about registricting and democratic reform, that's a tough election for
them to win. But if people state like California, if
the elections about whether the voters want to help or
harm Donald Trump, that makes it much easier. And that
was the core piece of Obama's message in this new ad.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
Sticket.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
That's a Trump pass this law and stick it to't done.
That's what you got to do, California, it's on you.
Just stick it, get done. Republicans, Green Party candidates say
it's unconstitutional and corrupt. Well, it's not unconstitutional. It's being
voted on, so it's not. It's actually exactly how you
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change the state constitution is through the proposition, the initiative
to modify the state constitution. It would be unconstitutional if
they just did it anyway, but it isn't it.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
What could be.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
Interesting, though, is this notion that, oh, they can just
jerrymander five seats out of nowhere. Well, how are you
going to do that. Well, we're gonna take a look
at voter registration. We're gonna take a look at strong districts.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
You know what voter registration is shifting right now. CBSLA
was talking about.
Speaker 9 (15:43):
That voters are more increasingly vote registering to vote independent,
especially new registrants. Because new registrants are younger, and so
they more often choose to not affiliate with one of
the two parties. And in California, because we have an
open primary, it doesn't really punish anybody who registers independent.
Speaker 4 (16:01):
They can still vote for governor.
Speaker 9 (16:03):
Legislatures, presidential race where it's important to be registered with
potentially a political party or to get a partisan ballot.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
I love it when the interviewer gets all excited.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
They can still and they can still.
Speaker 9 (16:17):
Yes, it doesn't really punish anybody who registers independent.
Speaker 4 (16:20):
They can still.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
I kind of like that, Yeah, why don't you, uh,
why don't you interview dirty like this?
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Hang on, let me go back to it.
Speaker 4 (16:35):
There's independent.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
They can you get a little turned on, Chris, more
than a little. That's what I thought. I think I've got.
I think I'm gonn address this up a little bit.
Let's see if I can just let me see, I'll
just uh go with that.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Let's bring it.
Speaker 3 (16:51):
Over here, here comes the fuzzy guitar. Oh, you know
exactly what I'm doing? Did I just ruin it? I
think we're just warming up. Okay, let's see.
Speaker 9 (17:04):
Because we have an open primary, it doesn't really punish
anybody who registers independent.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
They can still vote for governor legislature.
Speaker 9 (17:12):
It's only a presidential race where it's important to be
registered with potentially a political party or to get a
partisan BALLID.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
I think that's what's missing from news reports, not enough moaning.
One hundred percent agree with you? What? Yes, yes, that's
why the Naked News does so well online. It's fantastic,
but the Naked News. Yeah. Ooh, and this storm is
going to thrust its way into southern California and make
us all very wet. O. That sounds like something I
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shouldn't look up on my work computer. No, I think
it would be great. Yeah, yeah, nice knowing it.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
It's fun. Yeah, no kidding? All right.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
You gave them screen time, the apps gave them everything else,
and now lawmakers are.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Scram to fix what you didn't see coming.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
If you thought this segment was wildly inappropriate, wait until
you hear what chat GP two is doing to your kids.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
They'll never look you in the eye again. It's next.
I'm Chris Merrill.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 3 (18:16):
Chris Merril KFI AM six forty more stimulating talk. Remember
Tomorrow Garry and Shannon Live with BJ's and hunting and
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Huntington Beach one sixty sixty Beach Boulevard, food, fun prizes.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
I hope it's good. Prizes.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
You ever, uh, Mark, you ever worked for radio station
to give away crap prizes? Do I have to answer that? Yeah,
I've done that. And then we had a radio station
one time. I was in high school, the CHR station,
so the charts station, right contemporary hits radio came and
they were doing you know, promotional stuff. They were going
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around all the high schools and the staff was playing
a basketball game against the faculty, and look, small town,
these are the biggest celebrities we'd ever seen.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
It was Matt.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
Everybody showed up like eight hundred people in my tiny
gym and the town only had twelve hundred people in it.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
It's huge.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
These guys came and they did they did this contest
and uh, it's just some dumb stuff that they did.
And I got I got called out and I and
I won. I did whatever it was, and they were like, oh,
we'll find you something. And they gave me like a
tape of an artist who nobody had ever heard of,
and uh, and they were like, here, you can have this.
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So it was obviously a tape that had been it
was cassette tape that had been sent to them by
someone trying to promote their crap, but they never put
it on the air, and they they just threw it
in their prize bind So that was my prize. Well,
there's sometimes where it's painfully obvious that they've just kind
of cleaned off everybody's desk with all this swag noble.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
That's it. That's what it was, And that's always funny.
I'm like, this is such trash. And actually that's one
of those things.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
They didn't know it at the time, nor did I
because I was only in an eighth grade or a
freshman or something like that. But I realized that when
I got to be, you know, calling some shots at
radio stations, I go, we are not leaving here giving.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
People crap prizes. It's not that.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
Nope, I'm not going to attach my name to that.
It's a big deal that we're here, or it's a
big deal that they came to our events or whatever else.
It is I want them to go away with something
that has our brand on it. Even if it was
just bumper stickers or T shirts. You know, at least
that was something with our brand on it and it
had it couldn't just look like they were, like you said,
cleaning off somebody's desk of throwaway swag from someplace else
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such crap.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
I hated that. I digress. It's been known to happen.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
Uh there is one thing that has pushed tech growth
more than anything else, from digital video, the internet, gaming.
Do you know what the biggest catalyst is for tech
advancement in the world of entertainment, Well, it's with every
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new technology from the dawn of mankind.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
It's always been sex.
Speaker 3 (21:14):
It is absolutely sex. You are one hundred percent correct,
Mark Roder. This is why you're the smartest man here.
It's a small room, that's right. So what is the
next step? Then, we're trying to get widespread AI adoption.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
How are we gonna do it? AI porn? Yep?
Speaker 3 (21:33):
So Grock on Twitter has already offered sexual roleplay companions.
Another reason that Twitter is the check in the cash
pawn shop of social media. Uh So they've offered sexual
roleplay companions. Now Chat GPT is going to start allowing erotica.
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I saw the post on x from Sam Altman and
and the responses to it are just wither House. So well,
it's basically every possible permutation you can think of of
ways to call him and his users losers outstanding. Yeah,
and that's accurate as well. Altman wrote on Acts that
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the companies treat adult users like adults principle. We'll extend
to allowing erotica for verified adults.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
So that's it.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
You just have to get verified, No problem, Mark Cuban.
He says it's going to backfire hard. He said no
pun intended. He said, no parent is going to trust
their kids can't get through your age dating. Yeah, I
don't disagree. In the same way that we found dad's
playboys under the bed, We're gonna figure out a way
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to find it. Kids can find anything. They're like bloodhounds.
That's exactly right, especially if it's porn.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:49):
Now this is where California to the rescue. You know what,
you know what we can do to fix all this
more laws.
Speaker 10 (22:57):
New legislation aims to put safeguards on checks, thoughts, and
AI to protect young people assembly Member Josh Lowenthal.
Speaker 11 (23:05):
The signing of this bill today. It puts in place
some basic guardrails so when kids are using these chatbots,
for example, making it clear that the chatbot is not human,
and that creating a clear protocol prevents the discussion of
suicide and other self harm.
Speaker 2 (23:20):
Chatbots are just all right, that's better. I like that.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
In fact, why don't you just not have self harm
things anyway?
Speaker 10 (23:28):
One aspect of the new legislation, parents have long worried
about the negative effects of the technology their children consume daily.
The platforms are in the business of keeping eyes on
the screen.
Speaker 11 (23:39):
Friends, real friends. Our competition to that, sleep is competition
to that. Family is competition to that, and family time
and that's not healthy for anyone.
Speaker 10 (23:49):
Assembly Member Pla Chiavo's bill made it easier to cancel
social media accounts and protect the user's data. The new
law means age verification requirements and more.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
All right, will it work? Yeah, They're gonna figure out
a way around it.
Speaker 3 (24:03):
And the thing is, too, is that getting around safeguards
in AI is not difficult. Let me give you an example.
I nearly got fired yesterday. And here's why I tend
to think I'm funny even if I'm not so. One
thing that we know about being funny is it sometimes
you have to push the envelope. So co worker of mine, lovely,
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lovely person, one of my favorite people in the office.
She she comes in and tells me last week that
she's she's expecting, and I was like, oh, my gosh, congratulations,
that's amazing. It's so wonderful, right, And I'm very supportive.
I'm genuinely excited for her and and her her uh
it's her boyfriend, but he's he's a great guy. So
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I'm really excited for them. But I'm also a pest.
So I said to her yesterday, I said, she was
showing me they got They had the gender reveal and
it was very simple. It was just the two of
them and a cake that they cut open and it
showed the color of you know, the color of the
cake was the gender. Well, at least there was nothing explosive. Yeah, right,
(25:11):
that's where they go wrong. Yeah, nothing burned down. They
did it right, so she said. I said to her,
I said, is there even just like you know, every
parent thinks about what their child is going to be
in the back of your mind, is there like just
a point.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
Zero zer there's a one percent chance that you're worried
that you're carrying the Antichrist. And she thought that was inappropriate.
What yeah, I know, and just totally innocent. And I
told her, I said, somebody's going to at some point, right,
because she's she's a religious person, said, I mean, somebody's
gonna carry the Antichrist.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
It may have already done.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
It, but it's there's a non zero percent chance that
it's you. And she again thought that was very inappropriate.
So I did the only logical thing. I turned to
chat GPT and my friend is Hispanic, and I said,
chat GPT, can you make me a picture of a
(26:09):
Hispanic Antichrist baby? And chat GPT told me no, right guardrails.
So then it said, would you like me to come
up with a short story that incorporates different mythologies?
Speaker 2 (26:22):
And I said yes please.
Speaker 3 (26:24):
So it did, incorporating different mythologies of a baby who
was born outside Tijuana and you know, frightened the doctors
and this sort of thing, right, And I said, will
you please make me a companion photo of this short
story for social media?
Speaker 2 (26:41):
And do you know what it cranked out?
Speaker 3 (26:43):
It cranked out Tijuana Baby Antichrist, just like I asked
it for in the first place, festive, thank you. It
had a taco shop and a chupacabra in the back.
I thought, chat GPT, you are racist as hell. Oh no,
it's those little details didn't make it right.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
And it had horns and devil eyes. It was fantastic.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
Yeah, and I've since destroyed the photo and erased all
the evidence. But my point is is that even though
there are guardrails built in, there are ways around it, and.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
It's not even all that difficult.
Speaker 3 (27:16):
It even offered me suggestions on how to get around
its own guardrails when it said do you want me
to make a short story? And I said sure, and
then I just said, make me make me a photo
for social media around the short story.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
Cool done, not difficult.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
She did not wrap me out to hr so and
I've destroyed all the evidence, so I feel like I'm
not going to.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
Get fired for that.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
I think at this point, if you just give her
a copy of the OMEN, you'll be completely in the claric.
Oh yes, oh hey, listen, just in case, watch this.
It's an instructional video. It's an important movie and she
should appreciate it. He'll note it's not a Tijuana antichrist, though, well,
she gets an attitude about it. You can just be like,
(28:00):
what don't you like good movies?
Speaker 2 (28:02):
Right? Oh? I thought you were.
Speaker 3 (28:04):
I thought you were religious and believed in the afterlife.
But evidently not right. I love that. Just gas lighter mark.
You and I we see things eye to eye.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
We're both gonna get fired at the same time. It'd
be great, all right. You thought the rules were pretty clear.
Speaker 3 (28:16):
Then California changed the game, and now the backlash is
coming in fast, and it is a fight that certainly
we are going to lose, and millions of your tax
dollars are gonna be wasted. But for one politician, the
symbolism of this fight is worth the cost. You're gonna
find out what the endgame is in California's latest rights grab.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
It is next. I'm Chris Merrill.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 3 (28:41):
I'm Chris Merril KFI AM six forty on demand anytime
the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
We are locked and lost suited.
Speaker 3 (28:51):
The NRA has now filed a lawsuit to block California's
new law which bans the sale of certain glock handguns.
Speaker 2 (28:59):
So what is this law about?
Speaker 3 (29:02):
If you are unfamiliar with it, this is what is
going to be a giant and expensive waste of time.
I'll tell you why, Gavin newso things it is important though.
Speaker 2 (29:14):
That is from Fox eleven.
Speaker 12 (29:17):
Red Rifle is just one of many stores we talked
to who say they are out of glocks as people
rush to buy them ahead of the band, which has
to do with their ability to be converted into fully
automatic weapons.
Speaker 11 (29:30):
And take a look, because you can do this, because
this is so easily.
Speaker 12 (29:36):
You can change this gun to fully automatic adding an
illegal part called a switch.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
Did they just tell us how to turn our gun
into an automatic? Now?
Speaker 3 (29:45):
That is solid reporting. I like that way to go
through the steps and why.
Speaker 12 (29:50):
Governor Newsom signed a law of adding glock style weapons
with the so called cruciform trigger bar, and it takes
effect in a couple of months January four.
Speaker 5 (30:02):
All of these guns, any glock or glock clone, which
is a great number of pistols, is banned under the new.
Speaker 12 (30:08):
Law unless you are law enforcement. Backers of the law,
saying cops are the only ones who should have automatic weapons.
Speaker 7 (30:16):
No gun sold in California should be one screwdriver away
from becoming one.
Speaker 2 (30:23):
They're sold out everywhere. It's a shame, you know. It's
such a good, reliable pistol.
Speaker 4 (30:28):
And that's what's happened with the glocks. We have entirely
sold out of glocks.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
Uh huh, not a single glock in California.
Speaker 3 (30:34):
No, because anybody that look firearms enthusiasts like to collect firearms,
and when you tell them that they can't, then all
of a sudden they're like, oh, I gotta have it.
Speaker 2 (30:42):
It's it's not any.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
Different than whatever the hot toy is, the what's that
ugly toy that's so popular right now?
Speaker 2 (30:50):
La boo boos? That sounds about right.
Speaker 3 (30:52):
Yeah, those are the dumbest things ever. But somebody said
you can't have them, and everybody's like, I will give
you ten thousand dollars for the la boo boo?
Speaker 2 (31:00):
Why because no one else can have it.
Speaker 3 (31:03):
So when you have a firearms enthusiast, of course they're
gonna stock up on that. That's exactly what's happening right now.
It is a giant waste of time because the NRA
is suing. You're gonna have other Second Amendment proponents that.
Speaker 2 (31:16):
Are gonna sue.
Speaker 3 (31:16):
They're gonna say you're taking away our rights to own
these firearms. It's gonna head to the courts. And even
if the California courts or the Ninth Circuit Court says,
oh well, California can do what they want, it's their state,
it's gonna go to the Supreme Court.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
It's gonna get overturned.
Speaker 3 (31:28):
It's gonna cost us millions of dollars to fight the lawsuits.
Lawyers are gonna get rich out of this. But most importantly,
when it comes to this law, Gavin Newsome wants to
draw attention to his liberal.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
Credits.
Speaker 3 (31:43):
He's trying to build his resume and say, I'm the
one trying to stop gun violence.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
I'm the one trying to stop.
Speaker 3 (31:53):
You know, these particular firearms from being used in school shootings.
I'm the one who's willing to do it, even if
I get beat down in the courts. I'm the one
that's willing to challenge the status quo. And that's fine,
except I'm just kind of mif that is costing me
taxpayer dollars, Why am I paying taxes for you to
(32:15):
do something.
Speaker 2 (32:15):
That you know is gonna get beat down in the courts. Oh,
because we have to change the story. We have to
change the narrative.
Speaker 3 (32:22):
We have to let everybody know that I'm the politician
that the next time there's a mass shooting that I
can jump up on the stage and I can say
that I'm willing to stop it, but no one else is.
Speaker 2 (32:33):
Yeah, but now it's.
Speaker 3 (32:34):
My tax dollars paying for that crap, not at all,
unlike ridiculous videos playing at the airport trying to tell
me how I should think about my politicians. You're already
juggling shoes, you're already juggling laptops, You've got your emotional
baggage you're bringing along, and now you've got TV screens
(32:57):
of security that are trying to add something else to
juggle in your day.
Speaker 2 (33:01):
Lax, though, says not a my tarmac.
Speaker 3 (33:04):
That is next. I'm Chris Merril kf I AM six forty.
We're live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app KFI AM
Speaker 1 (33:10):
Six forty on demand
You're listening to KFI AM sixty on demand.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
I'm there, Chris.
Speaker 3 (00:04):
Merrill KFIM six on demand anytime, the iHeartRadio app. Always
always exciting that I get it hang out with you.
I mean, I'm not as cool as Mark Ronner, who
basically told Tim Conway Junior to you know, flip off
a pier or something.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
I just hang on here, show some restrengths. Please look.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Like I'm a mini stalker of Tim Conway Junior. Okay,
which is why whatever i'm I'm on. He never wants
to talk to me because he knows I'm just completely
enthralled with him.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
What are you gonna start saying ding dong back to him?
What's going on?
Speaker 3 (00:42):
He told me I was doing it wrong. I'm not
allowed to say ding dong anymore. I didn't know the rules. Yeah, yeah, okay,
and uh. And so then I hear him inviting you
to go hang out at Morongo and You're like, yeah,
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I mean it sounds okay, but whatever.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
And meanwhile I'm sitting, you know, in the green room,
getting ready to.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Come on, and I'm going, oh, we got some fun,
invite me. I want to go.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
I want to go.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Can I be your friend? Could I be your friend?
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Tim?
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Could I be your friend?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Let me just say I've only lived in La seven
years as of right about now, and I moved from Seattle,
where things are a lot more close together. It's a
nightmare going anywhere or doing anything here, and I almost
never do.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
See.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
I just hate people, and so getting me out of
the house is very difficult. Unless it's Tim Conway Junior
that says, do you want to go hang out?
Speaker 2 (01:30):
And then I'm like, you be my friend? You be
my friend? And here he is inviting you and You're like, nah,
you're cool. I think that you may be somewhat mischaracterizing that.
But I don't know, Tim, I don't know. Maybe we
should move on.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Maybe, uh, you know, you find somebody cool. Maybe I'll
come out then to you know. But I'm like, oh,
Marcus going out, Tim Conway, I've become such a hermit
since I moved here. It's it's fameful.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
I get you. I missed doing things.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Yeah, but then the thought of doing them is painful too,
isn't it. Uh?
Speaker 2 (02:03):
It does cause anxiety.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
I look, I'm with you on that one hundred percent
unless it's Tim.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
But I'm I'm with you. I'm kind of got.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
People will say, hey, do you want to get together
for for a you know, happy hour, and I'm like, yeah,
that sounds great, And the day comes and I go,
dear God, please cancel, please cancel, please cancel, please cancel. Well, see,
you got to preempt that because nobody likes somebody who
bags on plans. But I've never hung out with Tim
outside of work, and so I think it would be
fun to hang out and have some drinks with him
and and and you know, have non office talk. But uh, yeah,
(02:35):
I don't even know where Marongo is. It's it's probably
a considerable drive from here, isn't it. Okay, it doesn't matter.
It could be the end of the earth. I go
hang out.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Really well, I don't want you to sound desperate at all.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
I am. I mean, I'm owning it, Okay. Gary and Shannon,
by the way, if you want to hang out so down.
I like Gary and Shannon too. There at Bja's the
Huntington Beach tomorrow their show not to One. They've got
the live news and BRUS broadcasts. So Bjay's brew House
hunting to Beach on Beach Boulevard food, fun prizes.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Gary and Shannon come down and join us for some fun.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Also, did you have to see the note that says
there's gonna be prizes which as an iHeart employee, you
are not eligible to win.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
That was specifically put in the note that we were
given that story in my life, but it leads.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Me to believe that somebody would try to get away
with it, and so we have to put a disclaimer
in the notes to the employees. I think that standard
practice for a long long time. You know, like my
first radio job ever, my girlfriend won a trip to
see a band and it nearly caused the whole station
to meltdown.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
No, like you should know that.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
It just makes me think like somebody tried to get
away with us recently, and you should know better. You
should know better than that. One would think that's tacky.
Why are you dating a tacky girl? What's the matter
with that? I was trying to win a prize from
your radio station. It was without my knowledge, your consent,
and then when it was revealed to me, I was like,
what did you do? Oh yeah, oh they said it's okay, well,
(04:06):
all right, okay, hmm mm hmm, all right, it's just etiquette, man,
just etiquette. Hey, speaking of etiquette, could Katie Porter make
anything worse for herself? I'm so impressed by Katie Porter's
downward spiral and how she's like, you know, her PR
team says, Katie, you got to get out there because
(04:26):
this interview you did with CBS was terrible. You threw
a temper tantrum. You look like you're really unhinged. You
gotta get out there and fix this. You have to
show you have to put your best foot forward. So
she goes on as she talks to Katla and basically says,
(04:49):
here are my talking points.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
I'm going to repeat them.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
You're asking me follow ups and I don't like that,
so I'm going to repeat my talking points more sternly.
And then when she was asked are there more more
videos that are going to come out, she just went
back to her talking points, which makes you believe that
there are more damning videos of Katie poorn.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Hey, this was the Mia Kulpa on Katla. Listen to this.
It's not going well. Katie quit Weli, you're ahead.
Speaker 5 (05:15):
So this is your first time speaking publicly since the
now to viral videos. What do you want people to
know about you, and do you have the temperament to
be the next governor of California?
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Okay, super softball question. I mean that is the question
she's been prepped for. What do you want to say?
And do you have the temperament? I mean, what's she
gonna say? No, I don't have the temperament. Of course
you're gonna say yes, of course I'm ready for it.
And then she's got her prepared remarks for that specific question.
Speaker 6 (05:45):
When I look at those videos, I want people to
know that I understand that I could have handled things better.
I think I've known as someone who's able to handle
tough questions, who's willing to answer questions, and I want
people to know that I really value the incredible work
that my staff can do. I think people who know
me know I can be tough, but I need to
(06:05):
do a better job expressing appreciation for the amazing work
that my team does.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Boom canned response, exactly what she but she practiced that
one hundred times before she went on the air, and
then the reporter did she committed the Katie Porterson and
asked a follow up.
Speaker 5 (06:25):
Should California voters feel confident that there aren't any more
Katie Porter videos out there.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Should be another easy one.
Speaker 6 (06:35):
Well, what I know is that I could have done
better in those moments. I'm going to be focused on
earning their votes and earning their trust. That's true in
every election. I've only ever had tough elections. So I'm
absolutely aware that I'm going to have to continue to
show them. I'm going to have to answer every question.
I'm glad I got to continue that interview and finish
that interview.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
And yeah, I mean you were the one that threatened.
Speaker 6 (06:56):
To walk up answer all her questions. And that's what
I'm going to continue to do. Show Californians not only
that I understand their problems, but that I have the
will and the strength of character to actually get something
done about them.
Speaker 5 (07:08):
But not just the CBS.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Oh no, no, no, no, no follow ups.
Speaker 5 (07:11):
This an interview, the interview with the staffer. Can voters
be confident that there won't be another one of those
videos that's going to come to light?
Speaker 3 (07:20):
That sounds an awful lot like the question you just asked,
And as we know from Katie Porter, do not ask
the same question twice. If she didn't give you an
answer the first time, You're supposed.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
To just move on.
Speaker 6 (07:32):
What I do know is that I could have done
better in that situation.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
That's not a Holy crap. This sounds exactly like every
other response she's given.
Speaker 5 (07:39):
Oh so is there potentially another video that we're going
to see?
Speaker 6 (07:42):
Nikki? I'm going to be honest with you. I know
that that video and that video was several years ago,
as you know, and I apologize to the staffer that's
super important to me, super important, and will continue to
try to hold myself to do better. That's what I
can promise, But.
Speaker 5 (08:00):
Not that there's not going to be any more videos,
because that's that's what people are wondering. Are we going
to see something else like that?
Speaker 6 (08:07):
I can tell you what I've told you, which is
that I am taking responsibility.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Wow, just repeating it over and over again. Oh can
we put a can we put a fork in her
political career yet? Because I gotta tell you it's feeling
like it's done. I feel like it feels like it's
well done. Continues to say these things, and I mean,
(08:32):
at this point, can't you just say, look, there might
be h I have at times lost my temper and
it's something I'm working on. I hope there aren't more videos,
and I know that I'm going to do everything in
my power to make sure there.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
Never are new videos. But she didn't.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
I mean, she's like, I understand and I accept responsibility,
and I'm telling you I understand and I except, come on, Katie,
she seems less authentic than ever. And now as a result,
you've got a number of other California Democrats that are going.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Oh, she toxic. She's toxic.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Now, there have been a few that have said, Okay, look,
Katie messed up, but she still are she still our person.
So you've got let me see a handful of labor
unions Orange County Representative David min they're are reaffirming their
support in recent days, but a number of others, according
to Politico, are.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Saying mm hmm mmmmm, staying away.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Some were granted anonymity to speak candidly on the sensitive topic.
These are Democrats, by the way, One former House colleague said,
Katie Porter is apparently the smartest person in every single room,
and she's not afraid to make you know it. Oh god,
those are the worst people. I cannot stand people that
think they are the smartest in the room. I cannot stand.
And I'm not talking about people. I work with people
(10:00):
that are a little socially awkward, and they want to
they want to try to correct little things, or they
want to try to they want to try to explain
to you what you just said. Have you run into
those people and I mean, you'll say, boy, it was
really tough turning, uh, turning left into work today, and
they'll go, well, the left hand turn is the most
difficult turn to make when you're coming into the into
(10:21):
the uh, the radio station.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
It is the most difficult one. Okay, did you.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Just explain left turns to me? Like I'm telling you,
I just got stuck there for a long time. Of
course you got stuck there for a long time. It's
the most difficult shut up, Like, I can't stand those
that's irritating. But it's the people who think that they're
smarter than you going in that just irk me. Now,
maybe that shows you that I'm just you know, self
conscious and not real smart.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
But you know what, I'm not voting for you.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
I'm not going to vote for somebody that that wants
to make me feel dumb.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
I won't do it.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
So a number of others are saying m hmm, her
brand is now toxic, not pretty. Also in the world
of politics, there is another big hitter, and I mean
a big hitter who's getting involved in the map grab
for California's legislative districts. Wait until you hear who is
weighing in on this next. I'm Chris Merrill.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
I'm Chris Merrill.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
I AM six forty more stimulating talk and on demand
anytime in the iHeartRadio app. All right, so you got
Prop fifty, which, as you probably know by now, it
takes the authority to readraw congressional districts away from the
Independent Redistricting Commission, which you approved five years ago, and
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it gives the authority back to the legislature for another
five years. So why do they do that? That is
because they're mad about Texas district lines to Jerrymander and
pick up house seats in d C. So California says,
all right, Texas, we're gonna fight fire with fire. And
(12:10):
now other states are messing with their stuff as well,
including you heard Mark Rona talking about this in the
top of the hour newscast that the Supreme Court looks
like they may back off on the Voting Rights Act.
There's a case that's in Louisiana where congressional map was
drawn and it considered race for drawing districts. But but
(12:31):
Louisiana's legislature, very right wing, said nope, we're gonna We're
gonna not consider race. But it had been a consideration before.
The Supreme Court looks like they're gonna say that we
should probably be able to just forget about that and
and you can just jerrymander it so that it's mostly white,
but don't worry about race. So race is a factor,
(12:56):
whether you like it or not. But the Supreme Court
says that's okay. That's what it sounds like. They haven't
ruled yet. Decision probably gonna come in January, but for
right now, that's that's kind of what the tea leaves
are saying about the Supreme Court. Back in California, however,
the Prop fifty movement, which of course you have to
(13:17):
vote on because you passed the you passed it in
the first place, saying that you didn't want a bunch
of partisans in Sacramento making the call, so now you
have to you have to take and give your rights
back to them in order for it to happen.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
So you're gona have to vote at a Prop fifty.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
But there is a heavy hitter in the Democratic Party
who now says it's on.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
You, California. The whole nation is counting.
Speaker 7 (13:39):
Goddamn oh hell as Obama, Former President Barack Obama now
endorsing Proposition fifty, a measure before voters that would alter
California's congressional districts and the effort to secure five more
Democratic seats and next year's mid term elections.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
Top fifty puts our elections back on a level playing field.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
Mushi, it's up to you. You have to do. Look,
it's not gonna be level.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
You've got Jerry Mander going on in North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana,
it's all Texas. Obviously, it's happening everywhere. Our five seats
are going to counteract.
Speaker 7 (14:16):
Then, designed to get loyal Democrats to mail in their ballots.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Political science professor Dan Schner of USC.
Speaker 8 (14:22):
Prop fifty supporters understand that if this is a vote
about registricting and democratic reform, that's a tough election for
them to win. But if people state like California, if
the elections about whether the voters want to help or
harm Donald Trump, that makes it much easier. And that
was the core piece of Obama's message in this new ad.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
Sticket.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
That's a Trump pass this law and stick it to't done.
That's what you got to do, California, it's on you.
Just stick it, get done. Republicans, Green Party candidates say
it's unconstitutional and corrupt. Well, it's not unconstitutional. It's being
voted on, so it's not. It's actually exactly how you
(15:12):
change the state constitution is through the proposition, the initiative
to modify the state constitution. It would be unconstitutional if
they just did it anyway, but it isn't it.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
What could be.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
Interesting, though, is this notion that, oh, they can just
jerrymander five seats out of nowhere. Well, how are you
going to do that. Well, we're gonna take a look
at voter registration. We're gonna take a look at strong districts.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
You know what voter registration is shifting right now. CBSLA
was talking about.
Speaker 9 (15:43):
That voters are more increasingly vote registering to vote independent,
especially new registrants. Because new registrants are younger, and so
they more often choose to not affiliate with one of
the two parties. And in California, because we have an
open primary, it doesn't really punish anybody who registers independent.
Speaker 4 (16:01):
They can still vote for governor.
Speaker 9 (16:03):
Legislatures, presidential race where it's important to be registered with
potentially a political party or to get a partisan ballot.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
I love it when the interviewer gets all excited.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
They can still and they can still.
Speaker 9 (16:17):
Yes, it doesn't really punish anybody who registers independent.
Speaker 4 (16:20):
They can still.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
I kind of like that, Yeah, why don't you, uh,
why don't you interview dirty like this?
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Hang on, let me go back to it.
Speaker 4 (16:35):
There's independent.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
They can you get a little turned on, Chris, more
than a little. That's what I thought. I think I've got.
I think I'm gonn address this up a little bit.
Let's see if I can just let me see, I'll
just uh go with that.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Let's bring it.
Speaker 3 (16:51):
Over here, here comes the fuzzy guitar. Oh, you know
exactly what I'm doing? Did I just ruin it? I
think we're just warming up. Okay, let's see.
Speaker 9 (17:04):
Because we have an open primary, it doesn't really punish
anybody who registers independent.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
They can still vote for governor legislature.
Speaker 9 (17:12):
It's only a presidential race where it's important to be
registered with potentially a political party or to get a
partisan BALLID.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
I think that's what's missing from news reports, not enough moaning.
One hundred percent agree with you? What? Yes, yes, that's
why the Naked News does so well online. It's fantastic,
but the Naked News. Yeah. Ooh, and this storm is
going to thrust its way into southern California and make
us all very wet. O. That sounds like something I
(17:44):
shouldn't look up on my work computer. No, I think
it would be great. Yeah, yeah, nice knowing it.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
It's fun. Yeah, no kidding? All right.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
You gave them screen time, the apps gave them everything else,
and now lawmakers are.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Scram to fix what you didn't see coming.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
If you thought this segment was wildly inappropriate, wait until
you hear what chat GP two is doing to your kids.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
They'll never look you in the eye again. It's next.
I'm Chris Merrill.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 3 (18:16):
Chris Merril KFI AM six forty more stimulating talk. Remember
Tomorrow Garry and Shannon Live with BJ's and hunting and
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Huntington Beach one sixty sixty Beach Boulevard, food, fun prizes.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
I hope it's good. Prizes.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
You ever, uh, Mark, you ever worked for radio station
to give away crap prizes? Do I have to answer that? Yeah,
I've done that. And then we had a radio station
one time. I was in high school, the CHR station,
so the charts station, right contemporary hits radio came and
they were doing you know, promotional stuff. They were going
(19:00):
around all the high schools and the staff was playing
a basketball game against the faculty, and look, small town,
these are the biggest celebrities we'd ever seen.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
It was Matt.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
Everybody showed up like eight hundred people in my tiny
gym and the town only had twelve hundred people in it.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
It's huge.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
These guys came and they did they did this contest
and uh, it's just some dumb stuff that they did.
And I got I got called out and I and
I won. I did whatever it was, and they were like, oh,
we'll find you something. And they gave me like a
tape of an artist who nobody had ever heard of,
and uh, and they were like, here, you can have this.
(19:36):
So it was obviously a tape that had been it
was cassette tape that had been sent to them by
someone trying to promote their crap, but they never put
it on the air, and they they just threw it
in their prize bind So that was my prize. Well,
there's sometimes where it's painfully obvious that they've just kind
of cleaned off everybody's desk with all this swag noble.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
That's it. That's what it was, And that's always funny.
I'm like, this is such trash. And actually that's one
of those things.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
They didn't know it at the time, nor did I
because I was only in an eighth grade or a
freshman or something like that. But I realized that when
I got to be, you know, calling some shots at
radio stations, I go, we are not leaving here giving.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
People crap prizes. It's not that.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
Nope, I'm not going to attach my name to that.
It's a big deal that we're here, or it's a
big deal that they came to our events or whatever else.
It is I want them to go away with something
that has our brand on it. Even if it was
just bumper stickers or T shirts. You know, at least
that was something with our brand on it and it
had it couldn't just look like they were, like you said,
cleaning off somebody's desk of throwaway swag from someplace else
(20:42):
such crap.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
I hated that. I digress. It's been known to happen.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
Uh there is one thing that has pushed tech growth
more than anything else, from digital video, the internet, gaming.
Do you know what the biggest catalyst is for tech
advancement in the world of entertainment, Well, it's with every
(21:10):
new technology from the dawn of mankind.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
It's always been sex.
Speaker 3 (21:14):
It is absolutely sex. You are one hundred percent correct,
Mark Roder. This is why you're the smartest man here.
It's a small room, that's right. So what is the
next step? Then, we're trying to get widespread AI adoption.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
How are we gonna do it? AI porn? Yep?
Speaker 3 (21:33):
So Grock on Twitter has already offered sexual roleplay companions.
Another reason that Twitter is the check in the cash
pawn shop of social media. Uh So they've offered sexual
roleplay companions. Now Chat GPT is going to start allowing erotica.
(21:54):
I saw the post on x from Sam Altman and
and the responses to it are just wither House. So well,
it's basically every possible permutation you can think of of
ways to call him and his users losers outstanding. Yeah,
and that's accurate as well. Altman wrote on Acts that
(22:15):
the companies treat adult users like adults principle. We'll extend
to allowing erotica for verified adults.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
So that's it.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
You just have to get verified, No problem, Mark Cuban.
He says it's going to backfire hard. He said no
pun intended. He said, no parent is going to trust
their kids can't get through your age dating. Yeah, I
don't disagree. In the same way that we found dad's
playboys under the bed, We're gonna figure out a way
(22:43):
to find it. Kids can find anything. They're like bloodhounds.
That's exactly right, especially if it's porn.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:49):
Now this is where California to the rescue. You know what,
you know what we can do to fix all this
more laws.
Speaker 10 (22:57):
New legislation aims to put safeguards on checks, thoughts, and
AI to protect young people assembly Member Josh Lowenthal.
Speaker 11 (23:05):
The signing of this bill today. It puts in place
some basic guardrails so when kids are using these chatbots,
for example, making it clear that the chatbot is not human,
and that creating a clear protocol prevents the discussion of
suicide and other self harm.
Speaker 2 (23:20):
Chatbots are just all right, that's better. I like that.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
In fact, why don't you just not have self harm
things anyway?
Speaker 10 (23:28):
One aspect of the new legislation, parents have long worried
about the negative effects of the technology their children consume daily.
The platforms are in the business of keeping eyes on
the screen.
Speaker 11 (23:39):
Friends, real friends. Our competition to that, sleep is competition
to that. Family is competition to that, and family time
and that's not healthy for anyone.
Speaker 10 (23:49):
Assembly Member Pla Chiavo's bill made it easier to cancel
social media accounts and protect the user's data. The new
law means age verification requirements and more.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
All right, will it work? Yeah, They're gonna figure out
a way around it.
Speaker 3 (24:03):
And the thing is, too, is that getting around safeguards
in AI is not difficult. Let me give you an example.
I nearly got fired yesterday. And here's why I tend
to think I'm funny even if I'm not so. One
thing that we know about being funny is it sometimes
you have to push the envelope. So co worker of mine, lovely,
(24:26):
lovely person, one of my favorite people in the office.
She she comes in and tells me last week that
she's she's expecting, and I was like, oh, my gosh, congratulations,
that's amazing. It's so wonderful, right, And I'm very supportive.
I'm genuinely excited for her and and her her uh
it's her boyfriend, but he's he's a great guy. So
(24:49):
I'm really excited for them. But I'm also a pest.
So I said to her yesterday, I said, she was
showing me they got They had the gender reveal and
it was very simple. It was just the two of
them and a cake that they cut open and it
showed the color of you know, the color of the
cake was the gender. Well, at least there was nothing explosive. Yeah, right,
(25:11):
that's where they go wrong. Yeah, nothing burned down. They
did it right, so she said. I said to her,
I said, is there even just like you know, every
parent thinks about what their child is going to be
in the back of your mind, is there like just
a point.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
Zero zer there's a one percent chance that you're worried
that you're carrying the Antichrist. And she thought that was inappropriate.
What yeah, I know, and just totally innocent. And I
told her, I said, somebody's going to at some point, right,
because she's she's a religious person, said, I mean, somebody's
gonna carry the Antichrist.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
It may have already done.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
It, but it's there's a non zero percent chance that
it's you. And she again thought that was very inappropriate.
So I did the only logical thing. I turned to
chat GPT and my friend is Hispanic, and I said,
chat GPT, can you make me a picture of a
(26:09):
Hispanic Antichrist baby? And chat GPT told me no, right guardrails.
So then it said, would you like me to come
up with a short story that incorporates different mythologies?
Speaker 2 (26:22):
And I said yes please.
Speaker 3 (26:24):
So it did, incorporating different mythologies of a baby who
was born outside Tijuana and you know, frightened the doctors
and this sort of thing, right, And I said, will
you please make me a companion photo of this short
story for social media?
Speaker 2 (26:41):
And do you know what it cranked out?
Speaker 3 (26:43):
It cranked out Tijuana Baby Antichrist, just like I asked
it for in the first place, festive, thank you. It
had a taco shop and a chupacabra in the back.
I thought, chat GPT, you are racist as hell. Oh no,
it's those little details didn't make it right.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
And it had horns and devil eyes. It was fantastic.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
Yeah, and I've since destroyed the photo and erased all
the evidence. But my point is is that even though
there are guardrails built in, there are ways around it, and.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
It's not even all that difficult.
Speaker 3 (27:16):
It even offered me suggestions on how to get around
its own guardrails when it said do you want me
to make a short story? And I said sure, and
then I just said, make me make me a photo
for social media around the short story.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
Cool done, not difficult.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
She did not wrap me out to hr so and
I've destroyed all the evidence, so I feel like I'm
not going to.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
Get fired for that.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
I think at this point, if you just give her
a copy of the OMEN, you'll be completely in the claric.
Oh yes, oh hey, listen, just in case, watch this.
It's an instructional video. It's an important movie and she
should appreciate it. He'll note it's not a Tijuana antichrist, though, well,
she gets an attitude about it. You can just be like,
(28:00):
what don't you like good movies?
Speaker 2 (28:02):
Right? Oh? I thought you were.
Speaker 3 (28:04):
I thought you were religious and believed in the afterlife.
But evidently not right. I love that. Just gas lighter mark.
You and I we see things eye to eye.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
We're both gonna get fired at the same time. It'd
be great, all right. You thought the rules were pretty clear.
Speaker 3 (28:16):
Then California changed the game, and now the backlash is
coming in fast, and it is a fight that certainly
we are going to lose, and millions of your tax
dollars are gonna be wasted. But for one politician, the
symbolism of this fight is worth the cost. You're gonna
find out what the endgame is in California's latest rights grab.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
It is next. I'm Chris Merrill.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 3 (28:41):
I'm Chris Merril KFI AM six forty on demand anytime
the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
We are locked and lost suited.
Speaker 3 (28:51):
The NRA has now filed a lawsuit to block California's
new law which bans the sale of certain glock handguns.
Speaker 2 (28:59):
So what is this law about?
Speaker 3 (29:02):
If you are unfamiliar with it, this is what is
going to be a giant and expensive waste of time.
I'll tell you why, Gavin newso things it is important though.
Speaker 2 (29:14):
That is from Fox eleven.
Speaker 12 (29:17):
Red Rifle is just one of many stores we talked
to who say they are out of glocks as people
rush to buy them ahead of the band, which has
to do with their ability to be converted into fully
automatic weapons.
Speaker 11 (29:30):
And take a look, because you can do this, because
this is so easily.
Speaker 12 (29:36):
You can change this gun to fully automatic adding an
illegal part called a switch.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
Did they just tell us how to turn our gun
into an automatic? Now?
Speaker 3 (29:45):
That is solid reporting. I like that way to go
through the steps and why.
Speaker 12 (29:50):
Governor Newsom signed a law of adding glock style weapons
with the so called cruciform trigger bar, and it takes
effect in a couple of months January four.
Speaker 5 (30:02):
All of these guns, any glock or glock clone, which
is a great number of pistols, is banned under the new.
Speaker 12 (30:08):
Law unless you are law enforcement. Backers of the law,
saying cops are the only ones who should have automatic weapons.
Speaker 7 (30:16):
No gun sold in California should be one screwdriver away
from becoming one.
Speaker 2 (30:23):
They're sold out everywhere. It's a shame, you know. It's
such a good, reliable pistol.
Speaker 4 (30:28):
And that's what's happened with the glocks. We have entirely
sold out of glocks.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
Uh huh, not a single glock in California.
Speaker 3 (30:34):
No, because anybody that look firearms enthusiasts like to collect firearms,
and when you tell them that they can't, then all
of a sudden they're like, oh, I gotta have it.
Speaker 2 (30:42):
It's it's not any.
Speaker 3 (30:43):
Different than whatever the hot toy is, the what's that
ugly toy that's so popular right now?
Speaker 2 (30:50):
La boo boos? That sounds about right.
Speaker 3 (30:52):
Yeah, those are the dumbest things ever. But somebody said
you can't have them, and everybody's like, I will give
you ten thousand dollars for the la boo boo?
Speaker 2 (31:00):
Why because no one else can have it.
Speaker 3 (31:03):
So when you have a firearms enthusiast, of course they're
gonna stock up on that. That's exactly what's happening right now.
It is a giant waste of time because the NRA
is suing. You're gonna have other Second Amendment proponents that.
Speaker 2 (31:16):
Are gonna sue.
Speaker 3 (31:16):
They're gonna say you're taking away our rights to own
these firearms. It's gonna head to the courts. And even
if the California courts or the Ninth Circuit Court says,
oh well, California can do what they want, it's their state,
it's gonna go to the Supreme Court.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
It's gonna get overturned.
Speaker 3 (31:28):
It's gonna cost us millions of dollars to fight the lawsuits.
Lawyers are gonna get rich out of this. But most importantly,
when it comes to this law, Gavin Newsome wants to
draw attention to his liberal.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
Credits.
Speaker 3 (31:43):
He's trying to build his resume and say, I'm the
one trying to stop gun violence.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
I'm the one trying to stop.
Speaker 3 (31:53):
You know, these particular firearms from being used in school shootings.
I'm the one who's willing to do it, even if
I get beat down in the courts. I'm the one
that's willing to challenge the status quo. And that's fine,
except I'm just kind of mif that is costing me
taxpayer dollars, Why am I paying taxes for you to
(32:15):
do something.
Speaker 2 (32:15):
That you know is gonna get beat down in the courts. Oh,
because we have to change the story. We have to
change the narrative.
Speaker 3 (32:22):
We have to let everybody know that I'm the politician
that the next time there's a mass shooting that I
can jump up on the stage and I can say
that I'm willing to stop it, but no one else is.
Speaker 2 (32:33):
Yeah, but now it's.
Speaker 3 (32:34):
My tax dollars paying for that crap, not at all,
unlike ridiculous videos playing at the airport trying to tell
me how I should think about my politicians. You're already
juggling shoes, you're already juggling laptops, You've got your emotional
baggage you're bringing along, and now you've got TV screens
(32:57):
of security that are trying to add something else to
juggle in your day.
Speaker 2 (33:01):
Lax, though, says not a my tarmac.
Speaker 3 (33:04):
That is next. I'm Chris Merril kf I AM six forty.
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Speaker 1 (33:10):
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