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When Trump took office in 2020, one of his promises to the American people was that he was going to “drain the swamp.” However, the swamp was never drained — and the former president confided his feelings about his failure to none other than RFK Jr. “I think you need a president who’s willing to go in there and who is not part of that system,” RFK told Bradley Martyn of the Nelk Boys on “The Full Send Podcast.” “I think that’s president Trump. And president Trump I think tried to do that the last time, to drain the swamp, and he was well intentioned, but he didn’t know how to do it. And he said that to me. He said, ‘You know, I didn’t know anything about governing,’ and he said ‘we won this election and then all of a sudden you got to fill 60,000 jobs’ or something like that,” he continued. “He said, ‘I was surrounded by people, by lobbyists, and business interests,’” RFK went on, explaining that Trump was being pressured to appoint certain individuals. “He told me, ‘I don’t want to do that again.’ He said, ‘Those are bad guys, and this time, we’re going to do something different.’” “He wants to do something that’s good for this country. I know how to do that, and he’s asked me to help him do that. So, if we do that, if he does what he says, I’m very optimistic that we can actually remedy a lot of this corruption,” he concluded. Rubin likes what he’s hearing. “Hearing him speak about this stuff, it’s real and it’s true, and I believe him when he says that’s what he discussed with Trump, that Trump doesn’t want to make those mistakes again,” he says, adding, “so a little humility by Trump will be good.” Want more from Dave Rubin?To enjoy more honest conversations, free speech, and big ideas with Dave Rubin, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Taylor Swift is officially in her Kamala era. Shortly after the close of Tuesday's presidential debate, the pop star officially backed the veep for the top job, blowing the minds of all seven people who thought that AI-generated Swift "endorsement" Trump posted last month was real. 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' lost its band. 'The Late Late Show' lost, well, everything. Now this.Maybe Variety's recent passive-aggressive attempt to guilt-trip Swift into getting off the sidelines has hit home. And maybe Swift will inspire even more entertainers to stop with the singing and the dancing and the acting and give us what we really want: their half-baked political opinons.Thanks, guys!Fallon's show not a grower“The Tonight Show” got a sudden case of shrinkage.The NBC institution will now tell 20% less Trump jokes per week. Jimmy Fallon’s show will no longer air original episodes each Friday. The other late-night shows already run on that schedule, but the “Tonight Show’s” reduction reflects the format’s continued decline.“Late Night with Seth Meyers” lost its band. “The Late Late Show” lost, well, everything. Now this.Jimmy Kimmel recently suggested the late-night format might be extinct in 10 years. At this pace, he might be off by more than 20%.'Curb' rashLarry David is doing pretty ... pretty good in his post-“Curb Your Enthusiasm” life. The professional misanthrope just announced a 10-city fall tour expected to start in Denver, Colorado, September 20.Will he get political? The comic actor is an avowed liberal who even raged against Alan Dershowitz for daring to take Donald Trump’s side in a legal matter. We’ll have to wait and see, but either way it won’t be cheap.The least expensive tickets at the Mile-High City's Paramount Theatre will set you back nearly $300. His Bernie Sanders impression has a lot of explaining to do.A lesson for UCLA radicals?This seems like a recipe for disaster, but it’s also what colleges need these days.Phelim McAleer’s play “October 7,” which portrays Hamas terrorist attacks through verbatim testimony of survivors, will be performed on the massacre’s anniversary at UCLA Fowler Museum, Lenart Auditorium.Yes, that’s one of many U.S. colleges where virulent anti-Israel protests raged in the months following the attacks.McAleer is no stranger to controversy, and he knows the play’s provocative themes will draw attention. Now, will any of the pro-Palestinian protesters dare to take in the show and learn what started the current war? The bigger question: How long will corporate media platforms ignore the production?'I'm ... Beetlejuice'A two-word sentence convinced audiences Michael Keaton was the right choice to play the Dark Knight back in 1989.“I’m Batman,” Keaton growled to a thug, a clip that proved Mr. Mom could handle a superhero gig.Now, at the tender age of 73, the actor would like audiences to know him by a different name.Michael Keaton Douglas.Turns out the actor’s real name is Michael Douglas, but when he entered show business, another star sported that name. Kirk Douglas’ kid, to be precise. So he opted for Michael Keaton instead.He's in good company. David Bowie is only Bowie because his real name, David Jones, was already taken by a certain Monkee. At this point, few will call the actor by either his birth name or new, longer moniker. If his latest film’s boffo box office continues, we'll all be calling him "Beetlejuice" from now on. Lorne's new ladies“Saturday Night Live” will add three new faces to the show this fall, which marks its 50th season.Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim, and Jane Wickline will suit up for the Sept. 28 season premiere. I would hate to assume their voting preferences based solely upon their new employer, but word is they're already hard at work pitching softball jokes about coconut trees and brat autumn.

Tyreek Hill found himself face-down on the pavement in handcuffs after he was detained by Miami police for reckless driving near Hard Rock Stadium before the Dolphins game. “People are looking for the next George Floyd, and that’s why I think people are making a big deal out of what happened to Tyreek Hill,” Jason Whitlock of “Fearless” comments, noting that a similar thing happened to golfer Scottie Scheffler. However, because Scheffler is white, no one cared. “This is incredible. Tyreek Hill gets briefly detained, put on the ground, and gets to go on and play the football game,” Whitlock says. “Jemele Hill somehow connects this to Steven Ross, the owner, and so she tweets out ‘A reminder that Steve Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins, is a huge Donald Trump supporter — the same Trump who supports giving ALL police immunity from prosecution. Do with that what you will.'” “They’re trying to immediately turn this into a political issue. There’s no authenticity here, there’s no fairness here. It’s like ‘Oh, we’ve got our George Floyd, we can use this. America’s all racist because Tyreek Hill got cuffed briefly,’” Whitlock mocks. Stephen A. Smith is really pushing the political race-bait, calling what happened to Hill “totally unnecessary.” In a post to X, Smith wrote, “I know the Scottie Scheffler incident was in Georgia — not Florida — and he was arrested, detained, booked. I also know we don’t know all the details, blah … blah … blah! But he wasn’t faced down on the ground in cuffs, then forcibly sat down again by officers a second time. Nah! This story isn’t going away — and it doesn’t need to.” Whitlock notes that Hill has been accused of domestic violence and has several “baby mamas” — so he’s not a totally innocent man anyway. “People act like there’s no through line, that there’s no connection, that ‘Hey, if I’m irresponsible here, that doesn’t mean I’m irresponsible over here,’” he says, adding, “Yes, it actually does. Irresponsible people do irresponsible things.” Want more from Jason Whitlock?To enjoy more fearless conversations at the crossroads of culture, faith, sports, and comedy with Jason Whitlock, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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