Ep. 2248 - The Internet’s Cleavage Over Sydney Sweeney’s Commercial
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What is Ben Shapiro’s new book and why should listeners care?
Alrighty, folks, tons coming up on today's show. All the updates on this terrible shooting in New York City, plus massive controversy, internet cleavage over Sydney Sweeney's cleavage, among other things. And we'll bring you all the foreign policy and economics updates. But first, we are 35 days out from the release of my brand new book, Lions and Scavengers, coming September 2nd. It's been four years in the making. It lays out the defining battle of our time between those who build and those who are. Who wish to tear everything down via resentment and envy? I expose exactly how those scavengers are undermining the West and why the Lions have to fight back. If you've had enough of the scavengers, this is the book you read before the next round begins.
Go to dailywire.com/slash Ben to pre-order right now. All the buying options are there, including Amazon, Barnes and Noble, even a signed copy from the Daily Wire shop. Again, that's dailywire.com/slash Ben. So yesterday afternoon, horrific shooting in Midtown Manhattan. According to the Associated Press, a man stalked through a manhattan office tower firing a rifle, killing four people, including a New York City police officer wounding a fifth person before shooting himself. That shooting took place at a skyscraper that is home to both the headquarters of the NFL as well as Blackstone. It appears that the shooter was attempting to target the NFL headquarters, got off at the wrong floor. And just started shooting people.
The gunman was identified as a person with a documented mental health history. We don't use the names of mass shooters on the program because we don't wish to give them the sort of glory and attention that they so desperately seek. The motive was supposedly unknown, although there was apparently a note on the body that suggested that this person, who apparently had a history when he was in high school being a pretty good football player, he said. He had CTE. The short note was scribbled according to CNN over three pages and found by investigators after the shooting. It apparently expressed grievances with the NFL and suggested that he suffered from some sort of brain damage and had mental illness, and that is why he was doing all of this.
Surveillance video showed the man exiting a double park BMW just before 6:30 p.m., carrying an M4 rifle and then marching across a public plaza into the building. He started Firing. Apparently, he killed a police officer who was off duty working a corporate security detail, and then also hit a woman who tried to take cover as he sprayed the lobby with gunfire. He then went to an elevator bank, shot a guard at the security desk, and then shot another man in the lobby, then went all the way up to the 33rd floor offices of the company that owned the building. Now, again, that's probably not on purpose. Probably what happened is that someone summoned the elevator, because when you go into these big office buildings and
How did the Midtown Manhattan shooting unfold and what are the reporting challenges?
New York. You usually have to have a key card to get into the level that you are seeking to go to. Probably this person just got into the elevator, went up to wherever it was going, got off, and started shooting people. He shot and killed one person on that floor, and then he shot and killed himself. The officer killed was a man named Didarul Islam, an immigrant from Bangladesh who had served as a police officer in New York City for three and a half years. Mayor Eric Adams. Said that officials are still unraveling what took place. There is a rifle case, revolver, magazines, and ammo in the car, and as well as medication that belonged apparently to the shooter. The vehicle traveled all the way across the country.
It went through Colorado, then Nebraska and Iowa, and then went through New Jersey on Monday and drove into York City thereafter. And so, you know, what is there to to say about this? Well, I mean, obviously the media continued to get this sort of stuff wrong in early reporting, and this is why it is worthwhile to wait for a little bit before you make a judgment as to the motivations or the identity of the shooter.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Ben Shapiro’s new book and why should listeners care?
0:00–2:27
2
How did the Midtown Manhattan shooting unfold and what are the reporting challenges?
2:27–8:06
3
Why is the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle commercial sparking a cultural firestorm?
8:06–13:45
4
How are the left and right reacting differently to the Sydney Sweeney ad?
13:45–21:23
5
What is the significance of President Trump’s new trade deal with the EU?
21:23–30:15
6
Are the recent tariff hikes hurting the U.S. economy or is it a false alarm?
30:15–41:45
7
What is really happening with food aid in Gaza and how is it being misrepresented?
41:45–53:15
8
What are the key take‑aways and upcoming political battles for Republicans?
53:15–1:03:57
Speakers
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