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So, you beautiful bastards.

Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show.

You daily dive into the news.

I'm trying to make sure today's show is out in time because it's Taylor Swift night.

I know where people's eyes and ears are headed tonight when the biggest artist in the world's making her podcast debut the internet in general

is a buzz and oh my god her army of dancing friendship bracelets swapping conspiracy theorists very

excited it's really just a question of how big of a podcast is going to be with many debating

and some even betting that her podcast is going to do as much, if not more, than Donald Trump on Joe Rogan in at least the first 24 hours. But as far as what it's actually going to pull, I have no idea, and I guess we'll see. The way, we'll say just this moment from the teaser has me interested in what this podcast is going to be. I think we all know that if there's one thing that male sports fans want to see in their spaces and on their screens. It's more of me. With Taylor, making light of last year, with the NFL constantly just featuring her on camera during random points in Chiefs games. With it even getting to a point where people were getting angry at her, like she was the one making the decision. You know, with all that said, what are your thoughts, reactions, and even predictions? And while you leave or don't leave that comment, I will warn you that the rest of the show is not this light. But with all that said, we have a lot to talk about today, starting with this. Right now, we're seeing Donald Trump using his power to transform American culture in his own image. And there's a few ways that he's done that just this week, starting with the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Because every year, the Center honors five individuals or groups for their lifelong contributions to the arts. It's a huge multi-day event, tons of people watch it on CBS, and it normally features dozens of fellow artists who commemorate the honorees with speeches and performances. Right, in a committee of previous honorees and prominent members of the arts community traditionally pick the honorees.

But this year, the center appears to have broken with that tradition and gone with another process, which is just letting Donald Trump decide.

Right, because today you had a reporter asking him how involved he was in selecting the honorees, and he answered,

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