Daily Dose of Stupid

David Chipman, President Joe Biden's nominee for director of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms administration, asserts that he wants to ban all "assault weapons,' but when Sen. Kennedy and Sen. Cotton ask him to define "assault weapon," he says that it would be up to congress to define it.

Caleb, John, and Laura count down their picks for the top 10 stupidest stories of the year and Caleb reveals the winner of the Stupidest Person of the Year Award! Sources: https://news.yahoo.com/lauren-boebert-caught-security-footage-180000531.html https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-plea-deal-taxes-gun-drugs-690d38f1ffae4dfce2c171d21e7d3594 https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/1190327638/white-house-uses-the-term-bidenomics-to-help-sell-the-presidents-economic-agenda https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/28/bidenomics-is-working-the-presidents-plan-grows-the-economy-from-the-middle-out-and-bottom-up-not-the-top-down/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bud-light-dylan-mulvaney-kid-rock-tiktok-backlash-travis-tritt/ https://nypost.com/2023/09/09/bud-light-still-down-30-six-months-after-dylan-mulvaney-partnership/ https://www.foxnews.com/media/fox-news-media-tucker-carlson-part-ways https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-rep-bowman-faces-investigation-after-pulling-fire-alarm-capitol-2023-10-01/ https://www.npr.org/2023/04/11/1169191865/biden-ends-covid-national-emergency https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-gavin-newsom-debate-fox-news-sean-hannity-november-30-rcna117228 https://apnews.com/article/trump-desantis-abortion-ban-republican-primary-5bdbba55f9c2f328d49b5fbe9727677e https://www.aei.org/op-eds/trump-blames-extreme-pro-lifers-for-republican-midterm-defeats/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKdVNa6aTY8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CWLjdQRxDg B-roll By: Videezy.com

Caleb, Laura, and John discuss the top 5 stupidest stories of the year (as voted on by them) to be included in the Daily Dose of Stupid this year. They also announce the Stupidest Person of the Year, the person who has been featured in the DDoS the most this year. B-roll By: Videezy.com

President Biden's Press Secretary Jen Psaki says the administration believes it is "unfair and absurd" that companies would raise prices as a result of tax hikes. Caleb explains some basic economics in response. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiH2ipjtVxw https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/the-public-thinks-the-average-company-makes-a-36-profit-margin-which-is-about-5x-too-high-part-ii/ https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/business/how-much-is-walmart-worth/ B-roll By: Videezy.com

When the Supreme Court takes up a case that has the potential to overthrow Roe v. Wade, CNN's Chris Cuomo says that being against abortion is catering to the "far-right, white-fright vote." Sources: https://www.theblaze.com/news/chris-cuomo-supreme-court-abortion-case https://www.congress.gov/115/meeting/house/106562/witnesses/HHRG-115-JU10-Wstate-ParkerS-20171101-SD001.pdf https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045219 https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/318932/black-americans-abortion.aspx http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/usa_abortion_by_race.html https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/ss/ss5713.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/ss/pdfs/ss6713a1-H.PDF https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7436774/ https://www.guttmacher.org/gpr/2008/08/abortion-and-women-color-bigger-picture https://thebridgehead.ca/2017/03/21/this-is-the-alt-right-richard-spencers-horrifying-abortion-rant/ https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/08/alt-right-abortion-richard-spencer-upholds-margaret-sanger-eugenicist-legacy/

Caleb reveals what was the stupidest moment in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial (and there were a lot to choose from). Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2zwdAPnZM0 https://www.dailywire.com/news/clown-in-a-suit-rittenhouse-prosecutor-mocked-over-closing-claim-against-self-defense?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dwbrand https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1460305269737635842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1460305269737635842%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fclown-in-a-suit-rittenhouse-prosecutor-mocked-over-closing-claim-against-self-defense%3Futm_source%3Dfacebookutm_medium%3Dsocialutm_campaign%3Ddwbrand https://www.nap.edu/read/18319/chapter/3 https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/10/12/parents_slam_loudoun_county_school_board_for_covering_up_transgender_rape_of_9th_grade_girl.html B-roll By: Videezy.com

When asked about why he just stopped mask inside now even though he's been vaccinated for weeks, Dr. Anthony Fauci says it was because he wanted to "set a good example" and to have other people see the mask. In other words, it was all a show.

In a attempt to defend the nation's biggest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims she is a "Planned Parenthood Baby." Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps_fEn6H3j0 https://www.heritage.org/life/commentary/planned-parenthood-sets-new-record-abortions-single-year https://www.sba-list.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/01.06.20-Fact-Sheet-PP-2018-19-Annual-Report.pdf

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talks about how the capitol riots were so traumatic for her that she has been attending therapy and that she and other member of congress have "effectively served in war" having gone through that experience. Sources: https://news.yahoo.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-reveals-shes-115132223.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlxsZ-kQ5Ks

Ibram X. Kendi, author of "How to Be an Anti-Racist" and "Anti-Racist Baby," tweets a story about white college students lying about their race on their college applications. When several people point out that this shows that being white is actually a disadvantage when applying to college, he promptly deletes the tweet. Sources: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ibram-kendi-tweets-on-white-college-applicants-lying-about-being-black/ar-AAQantV https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/577722-more-than-a-third-of-white-students-lie-about-their https://twitter.com/TheLaurenChen/status/1458663283716759554 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUi1w3q3voU B-roll By: Videezy.com

The World Series Champion Atlanta Braves asked Travis Tritt to sing the National Anthem during Game 6 of the NLCS. Rob Tannenbaum of the NY Times tweets that this was only about politics since Tritt came out against vaccine mandates. Sources: https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/sports-world-reacts-to-braves-national-anthem-controversy https://twitter.com/tannenbaumr/status/1452055459393900546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1452055459393900546%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthespun.com%2Fmore%2Ftop-stories%2Fsports-world-reacts-to-braves-national-anthem-controversy B-roll By: Videezy.com

Roy Johnson writes panic porn saying all parents that would send their kids to school without masks don't really love their children and equates it to throwing their child into traffic. Caleb shows the actual statistical risk to Alabama school children. Sources: https://www.al.com/opinion/2021/08/roy-s-johnson-parents-fighting-mask-mandates-put-own-children-in-harms-way.html?utm_campaign=aldotcom_sf&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social https://data.cdc.gov/widgets/9bhg-hcku https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/AL https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/historical-fatality-trends/deaths-by-age-group/ B-roll By: Videezy.com

The Atlanta Braves Are the 2021 World Series Champions! But as sweet as it was to see this the year they pulled the All-Star game out of Atlanta, it did lead to a story about the tomahawk chop and questions about whether or not it's racist. Sources: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/astros-braves-world-series-chop-racist?cmpid=fb_fnc https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2021/11/01/most-americans-find-no-issue-with-trump-approved-braves-chop-poll-says/?sh=12abc8fd314e https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/08/10/poll-of-native-americans-view-of-redskins-name-finds-proud-most-common-answer/ B-roll By: Videezy.com

Alabama Political Reporter's Josh Moon pens an opinion piece about Rep. Mo Brooks (AL Dist. 5), who is currently running for the Senate, accusing him of contradicting himself and changing his account of the events of the Capitol Riots. The only problem is, this accusation is built on two easily disprovable lies. Sources: https://www.alreporter.com/2021/07/07/mo-brooks-ever-changing-jan-6-story/ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/12/us/capitol-mob-timeline.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKHwV6sdrMk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPS3-uR4OPY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEkBMHjrj6I https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ashli-babbitt-shooting-video-jayden-x-maga-riot-interview-1112949/ https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/self-identified-proud-boy-arrested-violent-entry-and-obstruction-justice-during-jan-6 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/12/us/capitol-mob-timeline.html B-roll By: Videezy.com

When CNN's Chris Cuomo discusses what it would take to get the police reforms and gun control laws he wants, he asserts the only way he can get the change he wants is if "white people's kids start getting killed," by police officers. Sources: https://abc13.com/ois-police-lawsuit-investigation-officer-involved-shooting/5640956/ https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-white-teen-shot-cops-familiar-black-people-article-1.2691023 https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/27/white-teen-gilbert-collar-killed-by-black-cop-trev/ https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-03-30/family-of-unarmed-white-teen-zachary-hammond-settles-for-215m https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/ https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/tables/table-43 https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/table-43 https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/table-43

President Joe Biden introduces new gun control policies by saying he will not curtail anyone's 2nd Amendment rights, but even if he did, that would be fine because "no amendment to the constitution is absolute." Then goes on to get all his facts wrong on both firearms and constitutional law.

The National Archives building has a "Race Task Force" that recommends that the rotunda, where the original Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are enshrined, should be "re-imagined" and should include trigger warnings and interpretive dance because the room is currently racist. Sources: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/ruffdrft.html Koukl, Gregory. “Tactics.” Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009. 179 Miller, Dave. “Essays on God & Government.” Montgomery, AL: Apologetics Press, 2017. Hall, Mark David. “Did America Have A Christian Founding?: Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth.” Nashville, TN: Nelson Books, 2019. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/national-archives-rotunda-structural-racism B-roll By: Videezy.com

MSNBC host Joy Reid goes on a rant on Twitter about how we should be teaching Critical Race Theory in schools because we are currently teaching "Confederate Race Theory" orchestrated by the Daughters of the Confederacy in public schools now. B-roll By: Videezy.com

Flora Gill, a British writer for GQ and Style magazine and radio talk show host tweets that someone should create "porn for children" since they are already watching hardcore porn anyway. B-roll By: Videezy.com

Gwen Berry, an Olympic hammer thrower for the American track and Field team, takes a bronze medal and protests the national anthem at the trials. This results in her hilariously claiming she was "targeted" when they played it. Later, President Biden's Press Secretary Jen Psaki defends her. Sources: https://www.npr.org/2021/06/28/1010995193/gwen-berry-changed-olympic-trials-protest-rules-last-year-and-is-still-protestin https://apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-olympics-olympic-games-sports-2e9911837edab52ac4ddd8a5d02a714e https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SzsJ_klaeU B-roll By: Videezy.com

DC Comics launch series about Superman's son who is a bisexual climate activist. They also change "Truth, Justice, and the American Way," to "Truth, Justice, and a Better World." Caleb explains this is because the people writing these comics hate everything about classic Superman and what he stands for. Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/11/entertainment/superman-comes-out-bisexual-jon-kent-cec/index.html https://screenrant.com/superman-jon-kent-climate-change-fight-dc-comics/amp/#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16347017875018&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com https://gizmodo.com/dc-comics-thinks-superman-s-best-climate-action-is-prot-1847884741 https://www.theblaze.com/news/superman-colorist-quits-dc-comics?utm_content=bufferc39d8&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=fb-glennbeck B-roll By: Videezy.com

When a the "parents" of a surrogate mom discover she has cancer, they want her to get an abortion. She refuses and puts her own life in danger in an attempt to save the child, but can't find a hospital or law enforcement that will side with her over the "parents." Sources: https://cbc-network.org/2023/06/when-surrogacy-goes-bad-there-are-never-any-winners/ B-roll By: Videezy.com

TikTokers discover Osama Bin Laden's letter to America and can't help but praise and admire it because it agrees with their worldview. Sources: https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ubl2016/english/To%20the%20American%20people.pdf https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-removing-osama-bin-laden-letter-to-america-posts-amid-apparent-viral-trend/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220324004821/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/24/theobserver https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/consider-osama-bin-ladens-full-letter-not-tiktok-videos Palestinian Polls https://www.awrad.org/files/server/polls/polls2023/Public%20Opinion%20Poll%20-%20Gaza%20War%202023%20-%20Tables%20of%20Results.pdf https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-beliefs-about-sharia/ B-roll By: Videezy.com

Democrats redefine the word "infrastructure" to mean "any policy or idea we like." On MSNBC, Sen. Bernie Sanders tries to explain "human infrastructure" and accidentally compares humans to "bricks and mortar."

In the wake of two mass shootings in Atlanta, GA and Boulder, CO, President Biden gives a speech where he admits he has no reason to wait for more details of the shootings to come out to used them to justify passing radical gun control. Sources: https://www.statista.com/statistics/476409/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-weapon-types-used/ https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/10/what-the-white-mass-shooter-myth-gets-right-and-wrong-about-killers-demographics.html https://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/california https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-gun-laws-policy-explained/ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-03-24/after-shootings-even-democrats-pose-a-barrier-to-house-gun-control-legislation https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/suficspi16.pdf