Trump Pisses Off Japan with Pearl Harbor Joke & Afroman Cucks the Police in Court | Rebecca Traister
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We got so much to talk about tonight. Afro Man is winning hip-hop's weirdest beef, Michael Kosta wants to steal your kids' Pokemon cards, and the war with Iran is more busted than your March Madness bracket. So, let's get into headlines. We are now almost three weeks into the war in Iran, and it's not going great. Oil prices are surging, our planes are getting shot out of the sky, and now Pete Hegseth is asking for an extra $200 billion to fight this war. And they say women be shopping, huh? And on top of all of this, our allies are angry that Trump started this war without consulting them. But of course, President Trump is smoothing things over with his trademark charm.
Because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan?
Okay?
What controversial joke did Trump make about Pearl Harbor?
Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor? Okay? Wow. The Japanese prime minister did not like that joke. I haven't seen an American bomb in front of Japan that badly since. You get the idea. Although I will give Trump credit, though. He didn't do a Japanese accent, so let's call that progress. But taking all of this into account, it feels like America could really use a win right now.
Rapper Afro Man wins a defamation lawsuit filed by seven Ohio sheriff's deputies. He's calling it a victory for freedom of speech.
Yeah! We did it, America! Yeah! We did it! Freedom of speech! Right on! Yeah! Whoa! Whoa! Now that, that looks like American victory to me. I mean, just look at what he's wearing. If aliens landed here in America, they'd be like, take me to your... Oh, it must be this guy right here, right? His glasses. Love the glasses. Now, you might remember Afro Man from his hit song, Because I Got High. Or you might not remember it, Because You Got High. But... Basically, back in 2022, local police in Ohio busted down Afro Man's door, rummaged through his clothes, took money from his house, scared his kids, all to look for evidence of crimes that they never ended up charging him with. Now, after a raid like this, a lot of people might try to lay low for a while, not piss off the cops.
But Afro Man happened to notice this particular moment where one of the deputies was searching his kitchen and looked longingly at a lemon pound cake. And Afro Man did what Afro Man does. He released multiple satirical music videos using his own security camera footage of the incident that included images, you're seeing some of that here, of these officers.
Mama's women pound cake. It tastes so nice. It made the sheriff want to put down his gun and cut him a slice.
Oh, man. Oh, I... Oh. I'll tell you. I'll tell you. Rap songs have really evolved. They used to say, f*** the police. Now they body shame them over carbs. And that was just the beginning. Afro Man put out a whole series of videos about the cops, addressing specific grievances in songs like, will you help me repair my door? And why are you disconnecting my video camera? As well as songs with more general observations. Randy Walters.
Whoa.
Whoa.
I'll tell you. And that is why A.I. will never replace real musicians. Now, a lot of people found these Cuck the Police music videos funny, but the police officers who starred in them did not. So, last year, they sued Afro Man for defamation. And right away, the officers had a problem, which is that when you sue someone for making fun of you, you have to get up on the witness stand and talk about how badly you suffered from it. Which led to moments like this.
Sean, you were, uh, called Officer Pound Cake. Right, Mr. Payne? Multiple times.
You saved hundreds of pound cakes at work.
And with the people. Oh, bro! Oh, my God! My God! The horror! The horror! I can't imagine the pain of being sent free desserts! I just hope Afro Man doesn't find out that I love banana pudding from Magnolia Bakery. It would be devastating if my haters sent me hundreds of them with the Nilla wafers, specifically. I mean, oh, God, I would never recover.
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