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Diddy's Dark Allegations, Celebrity Intrigue, and Kamala Harris's Debate Showdown
What if the world of celebrity gossip was much darker and more complex than you ever imagined?
On the latest episode of the Transparency Podcast Show, join Shane Ivan Nash and Blossom C. Brown as we dive deep into the murky waters of the Hollywood scandal. We tackle the jaw-dropping allegations against Sean "P Diddy" Combs, exploring the serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering that have rocked the industry. With the controversial theories of Jaguar Wright adding fuel to the fire, we unravel a web of intrigue that promises to keep you captivated.
Shifting gears to political discourse, we explore the pressing issues of personal boundaries and mental health, especially in the context of public figures like Justin Bieber. We break down the recent presidential debate, where Kamala Harris's performance stood out amidst Trump's controversial remarks. Our discussion also touches on trans rights, political representation, and the broader challenges faced by marginalized communities.
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Speaker 2:Welcome to the Transparency Podcast Show. It's your girl, blossom C Brown, here, and I'm here with my wonderful co-co-host here, shane Ivan Nash. Shane, what's going?
Speaker 3:on. Oh, you know what? There is so much going on because we have taken a break, a good little summer break and there is so much to talk about that. I actually had to get notes.
Speaker 2:Yes, and, by the way, where's our buttons? Okay, there we go. Oh, there we go. There we go. We are the show with the sound effects, and ps today is my birthday, happy birthday thank you, it's my 38th birthday, y'all just saying everybody in the comments honey. We got a lot to talk about because this summer has been insane. P Diddy A lot has happened since we last talked about P Diddy. Yes, it has. What happened? Talk to us.
Speaker 3:Well, where do you want to start? I mean, it's from Jaguar Wright to Justin Bieber, to Orlando Brown, to Ray J to Ali Carter, to Liam Payne, to JoJo Siwa and Beyonce. We've got so much to go through.
Speaker 2:So a lot of things happening. So September 16th, many people know, sean P Diddy Combs was arrested in New York City and, child he was charged with sex trafficking, racketeering, conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution. Now, now for those of y'all that don't know since 2008, he has been a part of a criminal organization that engaged in sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, obstruction of justice and other offenses. Hashtag trigger warning. I should have probably said that before. Now he's also been charged with RICO charges.
Speaker 3:And so, wait, what Do you know what RICO is, just for the folks out there, I do. Okay, good, I wrote it in my notes. I even had to look it up exactly what a RICO is, because we have the idea of what a RICO is. But this seems a little bit more serious than what folks are making it on the media, right, yeah?
Speaker 2:So RICO charges stands for Racketeering, Influenceluence and Corrupt Organizations Act, so it's basically targeted organized crimes. So usually people who are in the mafia get charged with this, from what I'm understanding. But in P Diddy's case this is huge and this is a mess. Honey, what are your thoughts on this?
Speaker 3:Well, you know. Let's first of all start with the fact that the Jaguar Wright situation Now a lot of her videos talks about conspiracy theory, right? So I want to be very clear on that. It's conspiracy, but it seems like a lot of the things that she has said seems to be coming true, and the thing is that she's been saying this for years and I know she's had mental health issues associated with that and a lot of people want to discredit her because of that. But at the same time, it's like where there's smoke, there's fire. There's gotta be a little truth in some of that and the way that she connects things. So what have you seen on Jaguar?
Speaker 2:Right, cause it's been a lot from her yeah, she's pretty consistent, like I've listened to her videos over the years and it does sound like a lot of conspiracy theories to me, but I also think there's a lot of truth in this as well too, because recently jaguar right went on pierce morgan and she talked a lot about what she needed to talk about and it ended up with Beyonce and Jay-Z sending a cis and deceased order to Piers Morgan and so Piers Morgan had to go on television and apologize for that.
Speaker 2:But I'm also understanding, I think, that Beyonce and her lawyers or someone, actually send it to Jaguar afterwards, because a lot of people were wondering why are they coming after Jaguar and not, I'm sorry, why are they coming after Piers and not coming after Jaguar afterwards? Because a lot of people were wondering why are they coming after Jaguar and not, I'm sorry, why are they coming after Pierce and not coming after Jaguar or whatnot? And for me, you know, I've always looked at Jaguar Wright kind of as like a groupie or something, just somebody that kind of just follows along. But obviously I think that she's been in these spaces and she knows a lot and she's just been saying a lot, and so I just find it really interesting that during the time of what's happening with pddy, because you know, kat williams predicted it.
Speaker 3:Let's just be clear kat said what he said on that shannon sharp interview and here we are the beginning of the year too, and it's like the almost the end of the year and it's it's definitely happening, so yeah do we have new?
Speaker 2:we have new button.
Speaker 3:Oh, I think we're hitting video buttons too. I don't know what that was. Oh my gosh, we got all kinds of programming here just uh hit the arrows there you go, there we go see, this is a live show.
Speaker 2:We, this is really. This is how live we are. We don't edit these parts out.
Speaker 3:No, that's the beautiful thing about this podcast is we actually are like, truly live. This is a true conversation with very little editing at all, if any, in most of these episodes. So, uh, you know, give us a little grace. We're doing the best we can, but we also want to give you the real chat of what it's like to be in a living room and have a conversation with us. There's just cameras here, but yeah, back to the jaguar right situation. So, looking at a lot of the stuff she said on pierce morgan, I mean she was saying she was a sex dominatrix. From my understanding, that's how she allegedly got this information. Yeah, I watched the whole pierce morgan thing. We actually have the uh apology video.
Speaker 1:Um, if we could play that solomon real quick pierce morgan has had to apologize to beyonce and jay-z after a guest on his youtube show made allegations that the couple said were totally false. Singer Jaguar Wright was invited on Uncensored to talk about Diddy's arrest and said she'd been screaming that Diddy and Jay-Z are monsters for four years. Piers Morgan said Beyonce and Jay-Z's lawyers contacted the show and asked for Jaguar's comments to be taken down, saying the claims have no basis. In fact, parts of the interview with her allegations have been edited out. Piers Morgan said editing interviews is not something we do lightly. We apologize to Jay-Z and Beyonce.
Speaker 2:Now, let's also be clear too.
Speaker 3:I want to apologize to Jay-Z and Beyonce too, just in case to keep it safe. Make sure you know, make sure we get our apologies.
Speaker 2:But here's the thing, though, and people have been saying Piers Morgan don't just have anybody on his show. If he didn't think there was some truth to that, he would not have had her on the show, and so when I'm hearing people say that, it makes me think there really may be some truth to all of this, and for so long she's been silenced and people just didn't believe her. But now that this whole thing with Diddy has come out, it's like we need to be listening. But I also follow a lot of bloggers who also engage in conspiracy theories about what's happening too, so it's really hard to catch up with it.
Speaker 2:But I was just reading that last week nine new accusers came forward and the child was 13 year old. Right, I think it was. Either there were 16 or 14, but here's the thing it was only one female and all males. And what? The only female plaintiff out of the nine says that combs wanted to speak to her privately at a biggie smalls promotional party back in 1995 before he actually slammed her head in the wall. And s8 her um, and also a New Jersey man when he worked for security for Diddy says that he claimed that when he was given alcohol drinks that were actually spiked before he was pushed into a van where Combs SA'd him. Sorry, I should have put a trigger warning on that as well too, but the thing is apparently, for decades this has been the behavior that he has been exuberating behind the scenes. And again, like I said one time before, it wasn't until Cassie's lawsuit that all of this opened up Pandora's box. Yeah, and so.
Speaker 3:Well, I mean, speaking of Pandora's box, it's something that I actually found out I I think, last night is that Jamie Foxx is actually the one that opened Pandora's box. Oh, OK, Initially, allegedly, Allegedly yes, I'm still trying to get clarification on this, but according to what I've just learned last night is that Jamie Foxx remember when he had that stroke last year. Yeah, so remember when that whole series.
Speaker 2:Yeah, he was in the hospital for a while.
Speaker 3:What happened with Jamie Foxx and it was very murky and nobody really got any information on what was actually happening with Jamie Foxx. Apparently, and allegedly, that's connected to the Diddy situation as well. Apparently, allegedly, jamie Foxx was drugged by allegedly Diddy and then reported Diddy to the FBI, which started a lot of this, apparently again that I'm not fully clear on that one, but that's another rabbit hole that I've been kind of digging through right now just to see where that's going. Because I mean, I remember when that happened to Jamie Foxx, everybody, like we, really got no explanation on why or what. It was very like what happened, like where, where did he go? And it was really serious to the point where he had tubes in him. So whatever level of drugs that he received probably could have killed him and might even caused him permanent damage, because if you have a stroke, I mean that can harm you for the rest of your life.
Speaker 3:But I mean, what do you even think about that with Jamie Foxx? And now there's also, like, of course, orlando Brown, which we have to talk about if we're going to talk about jaguar right, which orlando brown to me is really interesting. I feel like for the longest time orlando was just like doing things to go viral, right, but with everything now coming to light with diddy, is it feel like it's like some coded language, where it's like I don't know? This is just as my own personal opinion on this one, just from what I've seen through the content, that it's almost like he can't tell his story, so he tells it in these cryptic ways and ways where it's like you got to read extra between the lines and then can't really say exactly what happened. What do you feel about orlando brown and all of this?
Speaker 2:well, you know he was dealing with drug abuse. From what I understand, I think it was crystal meth, if I'm not mistaking, and you know, sometimes when you're on these types of drugs you go through like a psychosis or something. Yeah, um, but I I go back and forth between wondering if it's true or not with him, cause he said a lot of interesting stuff over the years even when he was like under the influence Cause I don't know if you saw the Dr Phil episode that he was on at times, but it was a mess.
Speaker 2:Just saying yeah.
Speaker 3:Um, but he's experienced a lot of abuse. I mean, there's photos of him. I forget what show it's on, but he's, he's got, like you know the panda eyes thing that they talk about.
Speaker 3:Yeah, which only happens from, like you know, trigger warning, severe essay, which you can basically really yeah, I again I've gone down a lot of rabbit holes as, as a tiktok kind of thing has done, and the panda eyes is basically when you've been assaulted so badly that it can actually like cause your eyes to actually fracture in a way where you get these dark circles yeah, and it's it.
Speaker 3:You see photos of him like. I think he's maybe like six, seven, eight, nine, I'm not sure the exact age. He's really young, young child actor, and this is when orlando brown was first on the scene, because he started really, really, really young right.
Speaker 2:I saw him on family matters. He was in like I think it might have been. Family matters is when yeah when the, the uh.
Speaker 3:I mean you can look it up on tiktok right now. If you type in orlando brown and panda eyes, you'll see those clips and you'll be like, oh my god, like that's tragic. Now again, these are all allegedly and I want to make sure that that's clear because we want to say that we're going down the rabbit holes, but we're going down the rabbit holes together just like Wendy. Williams used to do. Why can't we have some fun going down these rabbit holes? I mean, it is Diddy and that was her biggest nemesis, remember?
Speaker 2:And by the way, make sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel, because I forgot to say that at the top of the show. So that show. So that way you'll know when we post new videos. By the way, so hit the subscribe button for us. Thanks, okay, I just thought about that when we were doing it. I was like I forgot to say that earlier. Let me make sure I say that right and just for more clarity.
Speaker 3:Uh, I want to, you know, make sure that we apologize to beyonce at jay-z I don't know why he wants to apologize. So much did you not see the clip of jojo siwa, and that she disappeared for a couple days.
Speaker 2:Well, I saw yeah, I didn't see a little bit of that, but that's just uh. We're gonna be following this p diddy story quite a bit, um, as more accusers come out um well, there's the liam payne connection too. So allegedly, uh, you know liam payne, just unfortunately had you know an od incident right, yeah, so he was like one of the band members for one direction, right, yeah, I think he jumped off a little no, I think it's.
Speaker 3:It's not clear yet. I think they haven't actually fully released anything, but he was 31 years old. He's a young guy and apparently he had, you know, the 2C, the pink cocaine that they were talking about.
Speaker 2:It was drug rage from what I understand.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Allegedly he jumped off the balcony. I think in Argentina.
Speaker 3:I'm not sure exactly. It was South America, I think yeah, they were in.
Speaker 2:South America. I think I read Argentina.
Speaker 3:Something about where they were holding his passport, too, due to drug use. There's a lot of murky things going on. There's stuff with the hotel that's kind of weird where they were keeping him in his room. There's all kinds of like information coming out about liam payne, but allegedly. Another rabbit hole that I found is that liam payne might have been one of the star witnesses prosecutor to the diddy case. What, yeah? So that's weird see where's our.
Speaker 3:We gotta get back no, it gets even worse, right. So did you hear about Amber Crombie and Fitch, the former CEO?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I was reading a little bit about that yesterday, but I didn't know what was going on. I'm like what is?
Speaker 3:up Okay.
Speaker 2:The reckoning is happening.
Speaker 3:y'all the reckoning is happening. But here's another rabbit hole. Here's another allegedly right. So it's the District of New York that announced the whole situation with the CEO. Right? So it's the district of New York that is actually that announced the whole situation with the CEO. Right Now people are alleging on TikTok that maybe Diddy is singing as well to the other people that were committing these crimes. Mcromby is going down for sex trafficking etc. For drugging of men, bringing them to their house and making the casting couch uh, like the models casting couch was with. You know, promises, uh, it's. What do you think about? Because it just seems like after this diddy situation, it just keeps like unfolding more and more and more and that that's what's going to happen More people going to come out.
Speaker 2:People are going to be exposed. As Cat Williams says lies, oh my God, oh my God, yes, yes, lies will be exposed this year. Lies will be exposed this year, and we're going to hear more celebrities being thrown into the mix. I've heard Mary J Blige already. Young Miami J Lo Now that I remember in 1999, because I was like about to be I was actually 13. I remember when Nat folded out live and just thinking about some of the witnesses to P Diddy's crimes or whatever, I kind of think she was kind of a victim as well too.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:And probably was. There's a nuance there, you know. Allegedly this is just my opinion, allegedly, but there's a. I was thinking about this yesterday. I was like I wonder if JLo was doing a lot of things against her will. The same way Cassie was, because Cassie talked a lot in her lawsuit about having to have sex with male prostitutes, having to be forced to take drugs. Y'all heard about the thousand lubes that they found that was actually laced with GHB from what has been told baby oil situation. There's a lot of funnies about it.
Speaker 2:But, you know, here at the Transparency Podcast Show we don't find it funny, but here, but it's so much happening right now, it's just kind of like ridiculous. It's ridiculous. I had no idea that Liam could possibly be connected to that. I just thought they were just two different stories and I was just like, oh my God, this is so tragic Because the way I understood it was he was having a drug fit rage.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:And he just wanted to end it. But Hollywood, honestly, is about to be shaken up. You know, I've heard conversations about how the culture has changed, especially in hip hop and music or whatnot, because a lot more people are going down. Suge Knight had a lot to say about it. Suge Knight told him you better squat. He told him you better squat. Where's our favorite button? We haven't had our favorite button in a minute. Where's?
Speaker 3:our favorite button? Oh, I'm not sure. Not that one, that's where we drop bombs Bruh. And then have you heard about the whole Ali Carter situation? Not that one that's where we drop bombs Bruh. There it is. And then have you heard about the whole Allie Carter situation too? Now, Allie Carter is one of the alleged victims. Now she's made a lot of accounts on TikTok and they get taken down Again. It's another rabbit hole, it's another alleged leak.
Speaker 3:But she talks about how children are being trafficked into the Diditty parties and that there's tunnels and all of these things. Now, again, these are what are on tiktok. So we're just kind of going down the rabbit hole together, because I wanted to do my research to see how the web connects and all but another thing.
Speaker 2:You're very research, you know me investigative where in the world is shane ivan nash listen.
Speaker 3:Facts, not feelings. Right, facts not feelings. But one thing I do want to mention is, uh, two things. Well, there's justin bieber in this too. Right now, remember, remember, leave britney alone. I want to start a new trend leave justin bieber alone.
Speaker 3:Yeah, for real, because cara shout out to cara I love cara to death right, but let's start leave justin bieber alone, because, truly, if justin bieber has not come out as a survivor and they're not ready to come out, or maybe it didn't happen like we can speculate on the yummy video, which we can dissect that video all day, which is super creepy, to be honest, and it could have been subliminal messages. But I think until justin bie Bieber actually initially comes out, we should respect that space for him. I agree Because, as someone who's definitely felt what it's like to be a survivor of male essay, there's a different layer that comes with it.
Speaker 3:There's a different layer of shame that comes with being a male survivor of essay and if you're not ready to come out which even in my situation I was kind of forced out Like I didn't even really want to talk about- my situation, but it ended up kind of happening in the way that it did and I'm glad in the long run that it did, cause we got some laws change, but still I wasn't fully ready for that to come out and I wish I had a little bit more time and I think that we should give justin some grace in that space and not make these speculative videos until he's ready to come out, if it did happen to him.
Speaker 3:So you know, leave justin bieber alone for real, like leave him alone. Uh, you don't know what happened. We can speculate all darn day, but I think if he has been through what he's been through and he survived it and he's still got a beautiful voice and still like he protects Billie Eilish, like there's a whole layer to him. But I just think that it's important for us to send that message because you could be destroying his mental health further and we don't want to push him down a road that he doesn't need to be on yeah, I agree.
Speaker 2:That's a wonderful message and that's a good segue into what's next. I'm excited about this. Let's talk about the presidential debate for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Speaker 3:Oh my God, Can we, solomon, can you get that balloon popping ad up when you get a chance? And let me know, o'shea came really prepared. Oh, I came very prepared because it's the Kamala Harris balloon popping ad that just came out. Now we have to acknowledge Kamala's HQ, who has taken over the social media. Listen, I am actually proud of the Democrats.
Speaker 3:I am so proud of them actually understanding that we can't create this like softball pitches anymore because, we're actually truly losing our rights and, yes, we can't sit here and debate nazis and somehow, like make the situation that somehow it equates to each other, to equal rights, and making this casual conversations out of very serious, serious things. So what do you think about all this?
Speaker 2:I have a lot to say. First of all, kamala harris is my birthday twin. We we have the same birthday, by the way. I just want to make that very clear my dad has the same birthday as President Obama.
Speaker 3:Oh, royalty in the family, okay.
Speaker 2:And my mom has the same birthday as Marsha P Johnson. Damn, yeah, I don't think.
Speaker 1:I ever told you that? No, I didn't know that.
Speaker 2:Here's the thing I have a lot to say about this. You know I want to talk about. I'm going to talk about what happened, what we saw on television, and then I'm going to talk about the trans experience around it, because I have a lot to say about that too. Now, I watched that debate. I sat there and watched it twice. Actually, I think Kamala Harris did a wonderful job. I think Donald Trump could not take her, could not handle her. I thought the funniest thing that he said was could not take her, could not handle her. I thought the funniest thing that he said was they're eating the pets. They're coming into this country. Biden and Kamala are letting them come in. They're eating the dogs. They're eating the pets, did you?
Speaker 3:hear the TikTok sound when somebody remixed it and be like they're eating the pets. I saw that I listened to it.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh, it was so funny. But the thing is he was referring to Haitians.
Speaker 3:Yes, legal Haitians Citizens, americans, let's actually be right American citizens. Yes, that's who he's referring to.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, and I think Kamala brought up a lot of things. She talked about the things that Donald Trump did not get passed. She talked about his criminal record. Let's be clear he has 34 felony convictions.
Speaker 3:With assaults attached to that.
Speaker 2:Exactly and this is no disrespect to anybody who is a convicted felon who has been rehabilitated. I want to make that very clear, because I think sometimes, you know, when we talk about Donald Trump's convictions or whatnot, it's almost like we're throwing a jab at people who have been convicted felons. You know what I mean. They've done their crime, they've done their time and they're out being better people. I think sometimes for them, it feels like a jab at them when we talk about that, and so that's why I always want to be a little bit more distinguished when I say we're not talking about rehabilitated people who have experienced that.
Speaker 3:We're not talking about that, 're not talking about remorse and have done the work.
Speaker 2:the community service behind it, of course not, not exactly exactly, and there were just there were a lot of cool points there. It was pretty funny to me to be quite honest with you, um, I think for me, the part about abortion, um, is something that's really big for me. You know, in the debate that I just participated in, some of y'all I'm sure a lot of y'all saw the importance of including non-binary people as well as trans men in a conversation around reproductive rights, because that's a very nuanced conversation. That's a very nuanced conversation and just because you include non-binary people and trans masculine people or anyone who is able to give birth in a conversation, it doesn't mean we're erasing cis women out of that conversation.
Speaker 3:We're just adding more people to the conversation. I never understood.
Speaker 2:We're not taking anything away, we're just adding more conversation, more words more descriptors, pulling more seats to the table so we can have the discussion. But of course, in mainstream politics, cis women are going to always be named first, and I just want to encourage liberals especially to just be more inclusive, because there are more groups of people that this affects, and I just think that Donald Trump was just saying that you know they're supporting abortion in the ninth month, which is ridiculous.
Speaker 3:I think that is so harmful Because he's able to radicalize his base behind that, exactly Behind false allegations of how abortion when what's really happening is like what happened in Texas, where the woman she needed healthcare, she needed to get that removed properly because she did take the medication. I believe it was plan B and it didn't go out, didn't turn out right.
Speaker 1:She basically had a complication.
Speaker 3:Parts were still in her and because she didn't have access to healthcare, she went septic and died which is a procedure that could have been an hour, maybe two hours. The doctors go in and clean up her situation so that she could actually function, live, and now she's no longer with us just because of these draconian trump laws. Yes, we're placed in by our supreme court.
Speaker 2:It is these laws that are being put in place that is harming a lot of these women. It's like you have to go hundreds and hundreds of miles away to go to a place where doctors won't be arrested for giving that kind of care. You know what I mean, and women's lives are at stake and I love that that's been common as talking form, because there was a town hall she did with Oprah Winfrey and I think the family of that girl actually was there and that was the first time I heard that story. And I also heard a story I can't think of her name cute white woman talked about being a survivor I think she's a survivor of of R-A-P-E. I think it was her father, the father or stepfather. She was 12 and pregnant.
Speaker 2:Yes, her story was so, so powerful. I encourage y'all to go look at that town hall, because it brought tears to my eyes and it just really got me thinking. Now there's another part of this I want to talk about and that's with the trans community, because a lot of my trans siblings are not going to like what I have to say. Uh-oh, and you know it's shocking.
Speaker 3:Uh-oh, let's turn the mic up. Which button is that? Let's make sure you give them a good clip viral so they can find it. Jeez.
Speaker 2:Y'all we have not. Okay, that's our button. There it is.
Speaker 3:It's three at the top, all right Three at the top.
Speaker 2:We got you. So here's the thing. When it comes to trans people, it's a very nuanced conversation, because our rights are on the line regardless and it is important for we, as trans and non-binary folks, to show up at the polls Now. I understand Kamala has a painful history with the trans community especially here in California.
Speaker 3:I'm not going to dismiss that at all. She even kind of avoided a conversation just a few days ago when she was asked. So she was very indirect when they asked.
Speaker 2:Was it the interview with the woman?
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:See, I disagree with that. I'm the one I disagree with that, because the thing is number one, kamala does not live the trans experience number one.
Speaker 3:I think she's trying to play it smart politically and I agree, get it, yeah, get it, but it hurt to see it that way.
Speaker 3:Yeah, you know, to see it framed that way to pull back support.
Speaker 3:It felt like a little bit, but she also didn't actually pull back support.
Speaker 3:It's almost like she used her law degree to speak in law speak, yeah, like she wasn't speaking in the common man in that moment, and I think that's probably why a lot of people might feel slighted by that too, because it wasn't like a direct like yes, I support trans people.
Speaker 3:It was like well, I agree with what the law says, and I think that she's now playing the angle that is actually trying to speak to the other side more instead of our side, and that's kind of where she's at and it feels to me that it's successful in how she's positioning herself. But at the same time, I can see how a lot of trans people would like a more direct message and what I'm hoping is that when she does get into office, she's going to be able to do that, because we have to be real with it the patriarchy still exists. She still has to play certain games and certain things that no male counterpart has ever had to play when they were running for a presidential election. In the history of presidents, there's been 50 men that have run this country and she is basically about to inherit practically a glass cliff, while she's breaking a glass ceiling simultaneously because there's a lot of issues with this country yeah but at the same time, I feel like for a woman to take that role.
Speaker 3:You know what women run households. Women are like some of the most powerful people that I have ever come in contact. If you're looking at a lot of the success and the empowerment, like mother karina, my wife, many powerful women were there for me and supported me and and in spaces that even I was abandoned by a lot of male cis counterparts. Um, so I think she is the most qualified president. Now, is she perfect?
Speaker 3:There's no such thing as a perfect presidential candidate. If you've got one, show it to me, because I'm sure that person is fictional and as an AI model, because I've never seen a candidate that has every single thing. But that's not what we're here to vote for. We're here to vote for the most qualified for the role, and right now, somebody that's got rape allegations in court documents, that's got, you know, an economic plan to create tariffs at 2,000%, which would literally crash our economy. Yes, I'm a trans person who actually understands the statistics. I'm not just here because I want to get trans rights. I'm tired of my community 1% being used as a distraction when we should actually be focusing more on the economy and the infrastructure as a whole.
Speaker 2:Well, this is the thing I appreciate your talking point earlier or whatnot, because I don't think I thought that talking point I had out thoroughly. So I appreciate that. But let's also be clear of this system that is put into place. Let's be clear this system has never been made for black, brown, indigenous women, lgbtq plus people, black, brown, indigenous women, lgbtq plus people. This system has been broken for so long because this country was ran by white cis men, and so the thing is, kamala could only do so much as vice president.
Speaker 2:A lot of these things happen under Joe Biden's administration and she has made it very clear that there are some things she's not going to carry over into her administration. I think it's really important that she has trans representation in her administration because they could be there to coach her, to educate her, and I also think it's important that trans people who are running for office now. We need to be out supporting them. We need to be voting these people in office here in California. There is no trans representation at the state legislation level here, but there have been trans candidates that have run. Lisa Middleton is a person who I love so much and is running now. We need to be supporting our trans candidates. For me, this whole election around trans people, trans people have. I'm actually tired of trans people being used as a political pawn in this game.
Speaker 2:And I think Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have done that, but at the same time, gender affirming care is a political issue in the trans community that affects a lot of us. There are people in states where all of that is being taken away from them, which means suicide rates amongst the trans community will probably start skyrocketing now because they are outlawing medical care and then you're trying to arrest the doctors who are trying to provide this care.
Speaker 2:Like I said before in the debate, trans kids are not out here having surgery. There is a process when it comes to a trans child wanting to transition. There is a mental process, there is an to transition. There is a mental process, there is an emotional process, there's a physical process and, ironically, conservatives tend to forget that talking point when they're trying to make their stuff yeah.
Speaker 3:Did you know that more people actually regret knee surgery than transition?
Speaker 2:Isn't that something?
Speaker 3:Like there are back surgeries, there is multiple risks that you take in life in general. That's just part of being alive. And the the way that they've equated this, and on top of it, with the attack on the education system. I mean trump literally has said two things he wants to get rid of the education system, yes, and he wants to enact the what is it? 17, 1778 enemies within.
Speaker 2:Yeah, before we go to that, go back to the trans thing, because the thing is, I look on social media and I don't have a problem with other trans people criticizing Kamala, because let me tell you something Back in 2019, I went on live national television and I protested the presidential debate and Kamala was there, and for me it was not about fame. It was because I had something passionate in my soul that needed to be said. You know, the erasure of black trans women was important to talk about, and so when other trans people want to talk about what's happening with Palestine, what's happening in other issues, I understand that, because those are issues that they're passionate about. What I can't understand is we need to stop attacking each other and attack this political system that is put into place. It puts us in a political chokehold each and every time because, truth be told, both of these candidates would have to evolve around trans issues.
Speaker 2:Number one, number two y'all are wanting to withhold your vote because of what's happening in Palestine, and the thing is, we're going to end up with Donald Trump. If you don't go show up and vote and I'm talking to all trans people you can have your differences and your criticism of Kamala Harris, you can have that and still show up to the polls and go vote, because if you end up with a Donald Trump presidency, it's going to be 10,000 times more worse for you. And I think there are some trans influencers out there with such powerful, large platforms and, shane, sometimes I wish I had that platform because I would use it responsibly. I think there's an entitlement in the trans community that we need to start talking about Now.
Speaker 3:Some of these trans influencers can say what they want to say.
Speaker 2:They can go, not show up at the polls and vote, and it doesn't affect them because they have money.
Speaker 1:They have access to health care.
Speaker 3:They have access to all of these things and for me, the typical trans person who doesn't have the large platform or whatever, they're going to be suffering Lives, you know, with no health care, lives with a minimum wage job and is working the best that they can. I mean, I'm really happy you brought up this conversation too, because, like with what happened with Chaperone, you're like I don't know if you saw. Who was that Chaperone? H-o-t-t-o. Come on, you don't know. Blossom Blossom C Brown. You're about to get it in the comments, girl, they're going to read you for real, but you know they do that anyway.
Speaker 3:Listen First of all. Big fan of Chaperone, please, please, wrong. Please, please, please, please. If you want to come in our podcast, just email us, find a way to contact us and we will have you on a hundred percent I would love to meet you.
Speaker 2:I'm just saying uh.
Speaker 3:First of all, her music is amazing, and it's crazy because I didn't think I would relate to her music, but the way that she writes as you know, a queer woman and she has the she just played in austin largest crowd, right, and you look at it and you're just like, oh my god, I I haven't seen this since, like michael jackson, that many people show up for really it is so, so amazing to see something.
Speaker 3:oh, you look it up, trust, and I'm sure other people in the comments are going to remind you and be like blossom you don't know who that is. Anyways, back to her political point. So she took a huge hit recently because she was like I don't like my choices, I don't like the situation, I don't like what's going on in Gaza, I don't like what's going on on Trump's side. But she still said I am still going to vote for Kamala Harris.
Speaker 3:I love that, and we, as queer people, have to understand that there's no such thing as a perfect candidate, as much as we wish that there was, because, like you said, the system was not built for us and we have to build within the system that we have, and if we want to tear it down and create a new system, we should be not doing that every four years we should be doing the work throughout the other three years and stop waiting for that last year for things like Jill Stein to come in and people to create that whole conversation about the third party.
Speaker 3:Like, if we're going to do a third party candidate, then where are you the other three years doing that campaign groundwork? And that's where we as a community, I think need to come together and understand because from what I see you and I go on jubilee you know we've got new episodes coming out to two separate episodes. Yeah, yes, they brought us back.
Speaker 2:Yes, they did at the time of this episode mine should be premiered, so I can say mine and part one of mine will premiere and part two will premiere the day after this episode comes out. So a lot of y'all are not going to like what I have to say and a lot of y'all are going to be shocked at what I and who I spoke with, but you know what? I can't wait to see yours. I'm excited.
Speaker 3:But even with the Jubilee space, the one thing that I really appreciate about you is that you are willing, just like me, to go talk to the other side and actually have a conversation with the other side, because sometimes what I'm afraid is that we are just speaking to our own people, people that are already going to vote for, you know, blue across the board, and we're not actually trying to have the conversation with the other side. Because, I got to be real with you, I don't think Republicans or conservatives are dumb. I really don't. I've really taken a look at what donald trump has done and to me, from my personal opinion, it looks like he conned them he found a difference between conservatives and trump and trump supporters I mean the whole package as a whole.
Speaker 3:Even just anyone that is going to get his vote is has been conned into voting for him in one shape or way or the other, because that's why he, you know, constantly is on one side of the issue. On the other side of the issue, there's no consistency there. He's talking about Arnold Palmer's genitals. It's like what's going on, and it's almost like he doesn't want to win the election this time too. Like he's been uh canceling, uh debates, he's he's dancing on stage for 30 minutes. He's doing all these things and still there's people that are willing to vote for him, and we have to really have the real conversation about how much do you actually hate women?
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 3:Because that's what it really, truly it feels like it's coming down to, because this man is completely, completely not qualified. And again, kamala has her issues, but she's also been madam vice president. She could be worked on. She's been ag and, yes, there was even the lies about, you know, the black men that she locked up when it actually was like who?
Speaker 2:sued them for different? Who sued donald trump for def, by the way?
Speaker 3:Yeah, because she actually didn't like the situation for marijuana in California.
Speaker 3:Like she was technically the AG at the time, overseeing the entire project, and there were some things that got through that she may not have been privy to or maybe not even had the full control over. These were other people that were dealing with those cases, but then she was made responsible for that. There's been so many lies about her and again there's also some truths about her too that the way that she answered that trans comment hopefully maybe, even if her team sees this, they can do a little bit better. If they want to reach out to her, let's invite kamala I think and you know what.
Speaker 2:Though and again, I'm not mad at my trans siblings who criticize her. That's not the thing. No, I'm just letting you know she could.
Speaker 2:She is better to be worked on than donald trump and let's also be clear, there's over, she's malleable to the sense yeah, and the reason why I say there's a difference between conservatives and trump supporters is over 200 republicans are supporting kamala, including liz and dick cheney, and I think, with trump supporters with trump supporters trump is able to radicalize them a lot more. And I think a lot of people are taking a different approach this time into Kamala, because Kamala was a secret weapon. They weren't expecting yeah, they were expecting Joe Biden to somehow some way finish off this whole thing, and we will vote between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Yeah, kamala was the secret weapon that nobody saw coming, and for me, I think it's important that a woman takes the lead. I think it's important that someone who is a little bit younger and much more experienced, especially as a prosecutor, be able to take the reins of that.
Speaker 2:And Shane, I just I've seen women run households, so I'm ready for it and I love your point that you said about women running the household and everything, but there's also a lot of men that are having to step up and do that as well too, and women are now having to be more in the job force yeah and having to make that money
Speaker 2:like we're in different times now and you know it's so important that we give everyone their flowers. And you know, to my trans community, I love y'all so much you're my but we have to show up and vote. I know you are unsatisfied with the issues at hand. I listen to you and I don't want to police people because, going back to my disruption of the debate that I disrupted or whatever, I know what it's like to have a passionate feeling over issues that are so important to you. I know what it feels like.
Speaker 2:But if you're not going to show up and vote, you are making unnecessary noise and you need to step out the way and move and just do what you need to do over here and let the rest of us work to get Kamala in office. Let the rest of the trans and non-binary people who don't want their rights taken away be able to put Kamala in that office so we can hold her accountable. This is the thing I have never said that she could not be held accountable. I never said she was above accountability and I'm not saying she's perfect I would love my trans siblings to hold her accountable.
Speaker 2:Yes, but you better show up and vote her in so you can so you have the opportunity in the future exactly because, Because, again, remember the things that Trump is threatening.
Speaker 3:This is the last election there will be Correct and like. Let's actually take people for what they're saying when it comes to these threats to our constitutional democracy as Americans. Yes, because, again, our community it's hard to say. I'm proud to see the American flag, even with as much white privilege as I have and access, because I've experienced so much, as you know, through the system. But there's still some weird part of me that still has hope in the alleged American dream that was imprinted on us as children that we can still like, cause we're kids of the nineties, you know, we.
Speaker 3:There was that one little period in the nineties where everybody was melting pot and mixing together and there was like tie dye shirts and it was really cute moment, and I know that we can get to a point where we as a society can actually focus on what's important, like the crumbling infrastructure that's going on, the economic issues, the fact of you know, when I go to the grocery store now, something that used to cost me $30 is costing me $70. Those are the things that are not just impacting trans people but impacting our entire country and I think I'm really tired of trans people as being used as a distraction, when these politicians need to be focusing on what is really important. And you know? Just to end it on a light note too, solomon, do you have that balloon popping video for?
Speaker 3:Yeah, I finally found it Okay cool Because I wanted to get that in there. Because, again, I just want to give another shout out to Kamala HQ for making a shift, because I think we as Democrats kind of need to show up with a little bit more yeehaw.
Speaker 2:And support trans people, by the way.
Speaker 3:It's good to be here. Check this out.
Speaker 1:I work in finance, making six figures.
Speaker 2:How tall are you?
Speaker 1:Six.
Speaker 2:Check this out I work in finance, making six figures. How tall are you?
Speaker 3:Six-five, do you have any plans to vote in November?
Speaker 2:Nah, not my thing. Pop the Balloon and Find Love, one of my favorite shows. I love it. I wish there was a trans version of that. I cannot wait for that to happen.
Speaker 3:We could probably even make that here if we wanted to.
Speaker 2:I want to go back to something that you said as we're wrapping up. Um, you talked about the american dream, and this is why I love you, because you always talk about your white privilege and you understand your white access, and I wish a lot more of our white trans siblings in particular.
Speaker 2:Um, instead of using the whole situation in gaza, no, it's anti-black, it's real to be anti-black, finding an excuse to be anti-black and misogynistic or whatnot. I think they should be listening more to you. But let's be clear the american dream has never been that great for black, brown, indigenous people. It's just never been that way. You know, we're the people who built this country. This country was built on the back of slaves and the reality of it is. Donald trump is trying to erase that history. He's literally trying to wipe out the education system.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:And the harm and the hurt that has happened to our country for so long, but I think Kamala wants to heal it. Kamala said she would have a Republican in her administration. Kamala wants to be the healer. Kamala wants to unite us. Kamala wants to be the healer. Kamala wants to unite us. Kamala wants to care about everybody's issues. Yeah, now you have to remember she's only one person and she's only human. She's going to make mistakes and I encourage trans people to continue to voice their opinions. You know what I mean. I don't want to police any of that, but I just want you to show up and vote. Vote, vote, vote.
Speaker 3:The trans vote matters yeah and the is and the part to become a demographic on paper too.
Speaker 3:That's the thing is because there is a large. If we, as trans people, actually were able to get behind a candidate just one candidate and just organize, do you not understand the economic impact and power we would actually be able to collectively have as a community and build on that? In the same way, many other communities have been able to come together and I feel like we, as trans people, it's finally time for us to really show up and participate, and I know that there's a lot of barriers too. We got to understand there's people that may not have access to a phone, may not have access, because that's the thing about Absolutely, and I feel like why we get targeted so much is because we have so little resources to protect ourselves. It's like the easy person, it's the easy kid in class to pick on for the bullies, and I'm tired of being bullied by people that have no interest other than creating false lies to multiple communities. Because, blossom, this is also coming for interracial marriage too.
Speaker 2:This is you just saw what happened in Tennessee Marriage equality, everything, yeah.
Speaker 3:Tennessee right now, just a couple days ago, they're now talking about interfaith interracial marriage. So when we, as trans people, have been telling you, and when black and brown women have been telling you, and when many of these different communities have been telling you, and when black and brown women have been telling you, and when many of these different communities have been telling you that they are coming for you in the same way, they are coming for cis women, they are coming for even. They're coming for white men too. Project 2025 yes, they're taking away porn and video games. What? Yes, they're going for everyone. Everyone is going to be affected by this, and we need to understand the severity of it and stop playing the political games that we are and actually look up what's actually happening and the actual effects to our constitution as Americans, and that's where I feel.
Speaker 2:On that note, we're going to close out of here. You get the last word today. Make sure you hit the subscribe button down below so that way you know when we post new videos like so. This has been an insightful conversation. We need to continue this as we get ready to go into Election Day. Make sure you go out and vote, please.
Speaker 3:Vote, vote, vote and one more thing, don't forget, by the way, I debated Ben Shapiro and we're going gonna do an episode on that. So, uh, you know you probably already have seen the episode. It is gonna air tomorrow, so I haven't seen it yet. So I want to get a reaction video. Plus, blossom's got a debate as well that she's coming on because we were both invited back to jubilee. So stay tuned for more. We might even get some of the guests from both of the episodes to come on our couch so we can do a recap again, because we know you guys love that. But, blossom, this has been an amazing conversation as always, I love you down.
Speaker 2:I love you too. Love you and we love you more. So take a little time to enjoy the transparency podcast show. We'll see you next time, you.
