Is This How Armageddon Begins?

The Iranian President dies in a helicopter crash, Marco Rubio endorses mass deportation, and a woman wrestles a peeping tom in a gender-neutral changing room.
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0:00 Iranian President Dies in Helicopter Crash
2:46 Coming Up
4:22 Trump to Hold Rallies at Madison Square Garden and in South Bronx
7:32 Romney: Biden Should Have Pardoned Trump
10:23 Rubio Endorses Mass Deportation
14:15 Michael & Google's Worst Nightmare
15:50 JD Vance Sits Down with Don Jr.
21:43 Minnesota in Play for Trump?
24:28 Assassin's Creed: Yasuke
27:00 Alito Flag Controversy
33:13 Female Butker Jerseys Sell Out
37:24 Daily Wire Backstage
38:02 My Favorite Comment
38:33 Woman Wrestles Peeping Tom in Gender-Neutral Changing Room
41:54 Diddy Video
45:39 Maher: Biden Wouldn't Debate If He Were Winning (Tease)
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[@jessicadelrosario2185]

Harrison Butker was almost in tears talking about his amazing wife taking care of his family. It was not hateful or chauvinist. It was beautiful.

[@Bc232klm]

Bigoted clown

[@JoshuaDGeis]

Trump at Madison Square Garden will be bigger than the ball drop. Hopefully he prioritizes good security.

[@mjg1544]

He survived The Bronx. I’m sure he’ll be fine at MSG.

[@kraziecatclady]

I dunno about bigger than the ball drop numbers wise, maybe more coverage, but I've been to Times Square NYE. There were millions of people because people travel from all over the world to see it. I'm not so sure too many people will travel internationally to see it, maybe some, but mostly international media personnel. I'm sure it will still be a huge turn out though.

[@jesusisallineed598]

Vengeance is mine says the Lord.

[@truthonly7699]

we are waiting

[@colinchesbrough5772]

​@truthonly7699 that's what the president of Iran said less than 24 hours ago. 🤣🤣🙈

[@ArielIsaac8111]

Amen !

[@Sicilianus]

the jews killed God

[@deutscheblitzkrieg]

It's funny how evangelicals and protestants like you always quote, but conveniently forget the "s*nagogue of s@tan" verse. Ashkenazis aren't even semitic. Ring any bells?

[@GFox...]

The Iranian civilian population is reported to be jubilant!!!

[@mbourne3538]

All good people are.

[@mysterioushawk2171]

جدی واقعا همینه. ( really we are) just incase you'd want to know

[@PleaseNThankYou]

Allegedly.

[@PleaseNThankYou]

​@mysterioushawk2171 we always like to know-- Please&ThankYou!

[@MaryBaker-qv3vv]

It’s not going to change anything, unfortunately…

[@petitemaam]

he wasn't a samurai. That's why they're angry. He was enlisted, but they never made him a samurai.

[@tacsmith]

Yea was going to comment this. I think people forget Samurai were considered military nobility. Just being a good swords/spear/bowman didn't make you a samurai. (And we don't even know if Yasuke was great at those things)

[@IsraTheBlack]

He was also only there for 3 years.

[@charbar311226]

Interesting.

[@andrewthomas5801]

Also, let’s say even if he was a samurai. There are thousands of other far more prominent samurai’s and warriors who were 99% Japanese. So instead of choosing 99% of the other Japanese options they chose the 1 % obscure black guy

[@Vulpas]

You mean Yasuke? He was included as the main character solely due to ESG.

[@tracysmith3102]

Even the Iranians are saying that it was bad weather that caused the helicopter to go down. Yet they're still blaming Americans

[@Meyer-gp7nq]

But who caused the bad weather 🤔🇮🇱 (I’m being sarcastic if you can’t tell)

[@livefree316]

God! Zechariah 12 ​@@Meyer-gp7nq

[@mjg1544]

I called it this morning when I said they’ll just blame America and Israel even if bad weather or mechanical failure.

[@vs71597]

Your comment would have been much better without the sarcasm 😊

[@sarahkareem1251]

There were three helicopters in the convoy of the Iranian President. The other two made it safely to their destination but the one carrying the President and the Foreign Minister crashed. So I don't think it was the weather or else it would have also impacted the other two. The weather hampered the rescue operation but didn't cause the crash.

[@kevinbratcher2221]

I don’t believe Israel had anything to do with it.

[@JesusOrDestruction]

Free Persia

[@jono2313]

One overlordship at a time people.

[@lirikazazi2624]

Big Amen to that!

[@classic.cameras]

Imagine Trump winning New York because they forced him to stay. This would be the funniest election day surprise ever.

[@The_Novu]

Michael the black Samurai is one of the main characters not the final boss. That's the problem people have with it. Yasuke was a slave that became one of Nobunaga's retainers because he was strong and he liked him. What people refuse to understand is that he "favored him" in the same way people favor a cow or a dog they really like, not as a human. They did this exclusively for DEI reasons and the whole industry has been plagued with this and feminist censorship for years now. It's nothing new. It goes all the way back to 2009 nearly when game developers started being treated as war criminals for daring make female characters not fat and ugly like the typical feminist that hates you. Also it's "Yah-skay."

[@ellamery1102]

I'm persian and Instagram is currently filled with memes about how the brown bears and Iranian panthers are having a blast eating the corpses of the president and his peers. Also it's rumored that the captain crashed the helicopter on purpose and sacrificed himself because he saw it as an opportunity to give good news to Iranians. Not sure if it's true though

[@marywiniarski8070]

I am SO proud of that young man, Harrison Butker!!!

[@scoot5342]

THAT OPENER WAS THE BEST YOU HAVE DONE!!! Very strong. The bit on Justice Alito's family was strong as well. We need "What is a Abortion?" Pls help sway public opinion AGAIN. Vivek for VP Thanks, Michael. Keep it up

[@ryanlopez205]

He was a retainer michael, he was never a samurai, he held umbrellas and supplies for someone else

[@samuelanders7597]

He was a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and was made Samurai and even fought with him in some battles before Nobunaga was forced to commit seppuku. To be clear, a retainer wasn't a servant in the sense of just being a baggage handler. Ieyasu Tokugawa was also a retainer of Nobunaga and he was the samurai lord who became Shogun and ended the Sengoku period.

[@ryanlopez205]

@samuelanders7597 where did you get he was made a samurai? Or was even in battles? In any records concerning him I haven't found that.

[@ryanlopez205]

@samuelanders7597 just going over "the chronicle of lord nobunaga", there is no mention what you said, I understand the romanticization of him but nothing of what you said is credible, I would need a source cause you're contradicting what's been recorded. Actual written sources, ill be happy to read them

[@Jacques.Smith_]

Armageddon is the 2nd last war. There are still a few to come before we get to Armageddon.

[@The_Lord_has_it]

Yes, we're still at "wars and rumors of wars"

[@mrbennett]

Which one is the last?

[@sorrowinchrist3387]

We all be dead Armageddon is not coming in our life time move on. Rumor of war correct!

[@Ramoreira86]

​@@mrbennettKrasilec. The typhoon struggle and the battle at the edge of time.

[@mrbennett]

@@Ramoreira86 I thought you were talking about the Bible.

[@derbear3403]

Some correction on the AC Shadows thing. Yasuke isn't the final boss. he would be the main character. One of the titular assassins of the game. Which is very ironic because, especially for the time period in Japan, they decided to make the assassin of the game an individual that would be one of the most easily recognizable people in the country simply because of his skin color. They are also changing a lot of what little we know about his story. For example, instead of coming to the country with Italians that we know. they are making it so he was on a slave ship that sunk and he washed ashore.

[@Meyer-gp7nq]

Ah yes because historically black people were only slaves and never had agency. Do these people understand the implications of the things they think?

[@tsorigr495]

The flight mechanic deserves a Nobel peace prize

[@hippiebits2071]

Given the weather this may have been an act of God.

[@dphillips8199]

“The ultimate author is God”. Yes sir.

[@Thalasaur]

From the Gulf of Oman to the Caspian Sea, Persia will be free!

[@TheShuckmeister]

Calling “Ya-sue-kay” “Ya-sue-key” is like calling “Michael” “Mikie”

[@kylemylo3776]

Also he was never a samurai. Yasuke was a servant.

[@Bittzen]

But by the same logic, wouldn't calling "מיכאל (mikha-el)" "Michael (Muhy-kuhl)" in English a similar injustice?

[@YautjaTNT]

Yusuke isn't the boss, he's the protagonist and he wasn't a samurai. Wrong on all the important parts.

[@AdamSappenfield]

Fog 2024

[@captainmerca341]

No no no Michael 🤦‍♂️ he was not a samurai and he only served his master for 15 months as a retainer 🙄

[@kirstenpapp5030]

Byron Donalds would be a good VP pick. I'd like to say "I'm voting for the Donalds!"

[@PleaseNThankYou]

Butker's jersey is 130 bucks and Kelsey's 100. Lol

[@christinereich6050]

love it

[@XGamin1]

That segment on the black samurai would've been a good opportunity to mention Jetstream Sam, one of my all-time favorite video game villains.

[@Vulpas]

Yasuke was virtually the one opportunity Ubisoft could find to have an excuse to make a game set in Japan still revolve around a black person, it was a cherry picked story from history to suit a purpose, namely ESG/DEI. And Yasuke was just a novelty to the contemporary people, not an esteemed warrior, and very little is known of him.

[@JarlHrodberht]

He wasn't a samurai, he was a retainer, they are not the same, he was in Japan for less than 3 years and surrendered during his first battle, you are way off on this.

[@apeture_explorer4810]

The United States marine website says he surrendered during his last battle not first, and says he fought in multiple beforehand. I have other sources that say the same.

[@JarlHrodberht]

@@apeture_explorer4810 well forgive me but I the sources I have,(Samurai nerd my whole life) I trust way more than the official united states anything when in comes to telling the truth about history especially relating race.

[@myal7532]

@@JarlHrodberhtjust curious, why would you think the Marine's would lie about such a thing? The US military is very solid in documenting war history, including that of foreign nations. Do you have any specific Japanese sources that make this claim?

[@JarlHrodberht]

@@myal7532the US govs track record of lying is pretty solid, they lied about the Gulf of Tonkin, they lied about the need to bomb Dresden, they lied about WMD, and very recently they used altered footage of firing range at the knob creek distillery in Kentucky saying it was Syrian war footage, the only reason we didn't go to war there, was the gentleman at knob creek came forward and claimed the footage in the middle of a war drum session led by CBS. I will have to disagree, our government has an awful track record when it comes to telling the truth, about anything. And these are the obvious cases, these don't even require much deep diving.

[@Samaaa13]

"People are not always in control of events that happen in history, the ultimate author of which is GOD." Loved it ❤

[@samsecada8404]

The president is just a figurehead , the Ayatollah is the Supreme leader and actually runs things .

[@justaguy328]

"If they can get Kobe, they can get anybody" hahahaha

[@ALBUMHUNTERS]

For Iran's ATF, even the best "boating accidents" don't cut it anymore...

[@SaudadeCB]

Yasuke was not in Japan for s real long time. Michael is spreading misinformation. So sad.

[@vibetech89]

God bless Iran, I wish the innocent Iranian women will be free forever.

[@user-xf3bg5qs4x]

Yes and the girls that are being hidden in black dress so that the men don't want to feel the lust to have jiggy jiggy with them (girls 0-18 years old) and follow the false profet Muhammed's example. Eww, i know.

[@mm-zv1lb]

Thank you! God bless your country 🌹

[@derekbaker777]

Christ isn't going to bless an antisemitic nation who chants "Death to America & Israel." It's like saying: "God bless ppl who hate blk folks," which is insane and it's not how Christ operates because the Lord of glory doesn't care about race and ethnicity, but instead ponders on what's inside a person's heart and mind, and the Bible even says: "Out of the abundance of the heart speaketh the mouth," and it's why we know ppl by their fruits.

[@derekbaker777]

Christ isn't going to bless an antisemitic nation who chants "Death to America & Israel." It's like saying: "God bless ppl who hate blk folks," which is insane and it's not how Christ operates because the Lord of glory doesn't care about race and ethnicity, but instead ponders on what's inside a person's heart and mind, and the Bible even says: "Out of the abundance of the heart speaketh the mouth," and it's why we know ppl by their fruits.

[@derekbaker777]

Christ isn't going to bless an antisemitic nation who chants "Death to America & Israel." It's like saying: "God bless ppl who hate blk folks," which is insane and it's not how Christ operates because the Lord of glory doesn't care about race and ethnicity, but instead ponders on what's inside a person's heart and mind, and the Bible even says: "Out of the abundance of the heart speaketh the mouth," and it's why we know ppl by their fruits.

[@1stan2amendmentabsolutist]

Wrestling peeping Tom’s is one of americas greatest past time

[@hismajesty6272]

Vivek would be great as a cabinet member.

[@Meyer-gp7nq]

He could do tech support

[@myal7532]

"It's always the ones you most expect." Exactly, Michael. You are spot on.

[@SunbeanCat]

Nothing in this world just sort of happens for no reason. It all happens because there is a plan for it.

[@falconbaker8553]

The next big “study” to come out will be women like strong handsome men that want a good family, to the “shock of everyone”

[@alasarcher400]

Chauffer didn't take wrong turn in Bosnia. He wasn't notified of new route he was supposed to go and went on planned route. People were absolutely in control of this, people f...ed up.

[@beecee9681]

You had me at "nontroversy."

[@milliegg4026]

I'll vote for JD Vance, i like him

[@originalghoul3738]

Yasuke was caught milking DNA from horses to use on his ashy skin the General found out and Nobu died because of it and Yasuke was sent out of country again as a slave???

[@naftalikleinman]

It's not just sort of happened, it is G-D who makes it happen. It is G-D's revenge on Iran, for his beloved people. Watch and see G-D's continuation of revenge.

[@a7xmshadows19]

I voted for JD for senate and I’d definitely be for him to be VP

[@andrewquinn6634]

Picadiddy has dirt on every one in Hollywood and D.C.

[@Pablo.S3]

What if Armageddon is the name of the fallen earth, and the battle has been waging since the fall of creation?

[@Kaizer_Elias]

Don't know who looked up the information on AC Shadows, but they need to be replaced. For that, use zip recruiter 😆. Yasuke was a retainer for Oda Nobunaga a Daimyo in the Sengoku period. Nobunaga was a progressive and loved oddity from the barbarians that visited. Samurai were nobility, and it took decades to train them.

[@anonymoose2474]

He also wasn't black. He was dark skinned Portuguese but there's no actual evidence he was african

[@RVMaxtube]

Flags: for some countries, if you fly the national flag upside down, it merely becomes the flag of a DIFFERENT nation 😂😂

[@user-zi7gd9pn3l]

Or the same flag.

[@THE_KlNG]

I would rather vote democrat than vote Romney.

[@HistoryandHeadlines]

How do you think humanity will end?

August 12 2036 the heat death of the universe

[@vesper180]

14:35 It's always disturbing to think about how many people don't seem to realize just how much everyone is being influenced and controlled and in so many ways.

[@lisabrinton2614]

Thanks for your humor, Michael! Love it!

[@michaelhinnebusch8388]

A company will replace you in a couple weeks once you leave. Your family can never replace you and laments the days you aren’t around.

[@shanpastaflocka]

Is this not showing up on Spotify or DW app for anyone else? Only on YT?

[@oldemountainloftmichellean4395]

Cotton doesn’t need to be anywhere close to the White House. We in NC would love to see him gone. He’s toooo much of a rino.

[@Floridiansince94]

It feels as if we are in a perennial episode of House of Cards

[@74the_magpie]

Mike pence? You lost me. He hates Trump.

[@eragonwjfn]

A black Samurai. Why is that not considered massive overstepping in terms of cultural appropriation?

[@83mikap]

Yasuke isn't the final boss, he's the damn main character!

[@jackmatthews312]

As always... Excellent show.

[@thesonofdormammu5475]

I know exactly how that chopper went down. The Iranians have been working on a super soldier serum, unfortunately it doesn't work yet and turns people into zombies. One of the soldiers on board had been bitten by one of the volunteers but didn't tell anyone. He turned into a zombie while in the air and the tumult on board caused the pilot to lose control. I can only hope that all of the zombies were destroyed when it went down. You heard it here first.

[@TheSchaef47]

Sure, Romney would have pardoned Trump. It's not like he voted to convict him. Twice. But it's nice that Stephanie Ruhle finally discovered federalism.

[@bradleytarr2482]

Vote Trump, this place is a dump.

[@KevinR1138]

I thought an interesting out of left field choice for VP would be Tulsi Gabbard. It’ll never happen, but it sure would shake up the establishment along with MSM.

[@MM-mo2yc]

Armageddon started January 20th, 2021.

[@The_Lord_has_it]

Lol Agreed.

[@Meyer-gp7nq]

Bro…

[@shannonjacobsen2670]

Not to mention MN (my state) was burned in the black lives matter scandal.

[@janebee265]

I would love to see Vivek as VP!

[@rm1042]

Statute of limitations you say Micheal? E. Jean Carroll has entered the chat.

[@shaunwood2365]

Did he have info on Hillary?

[@ChuckOso4483]

The open box of Mayflower cigars open on the desk makes me nervous. I hope you keep such delacies in a humidor when they aren't on screen! Love from a normal guy (that's never had a Mayflower-but LOVES cigars) in Michigan!

[@jamesboyd5573]

Good point in your opening..

[@lloydavery7579]

10:21 speaking of bungle, i saw Mr. Bungle at House of Blues in Houston Texas on the 8th.

[@trevorhouck3148]

Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny!😂

[@This-isGirl]

Which ethnicity and religion is the largest illegals in the US to date?

[@missv9460]

Love the intro 👍💜

[@charbar311226]

47:07 Has Puffy been around for 30 years? Geez I’m OLD!

[@jakeblake2600]

I think you missed the Assassin's Creed frustration. Yasuke isn't a boss, he's one of the main playable characters. Fans are upset that the first AC game set in Japan will not have a male Japanese playable character but, instead, will have an African man. I'm indifferent, but if I was a Japanese fan I imagine I would be pretty upset.

[@angrypastabrewing]

Thanks for this news, man. I was thinking about getting this game but I wasn’t sure.

[@domino4843]

Michael is about as knowledgeable on video game news as Matt.

[@vashtxsx]

Yusuke wasn't a samurai. He was effectively a squire.

[@anonymoose2474]

He also was not black. He was a dark skinned Portuguese man, not african.

[@georgewdc490]

Thanks señor Michael

[@dominiquepopinski4675]

Why was chat disabled during premiere?

[@cristinaCTC]

What are you talking about? I am watching the premiere right now and chat is enabled.

[@dominiquepopinski4675]

@@cristinaCTC so I had to reload y.t to get chat back as for my issue I'm just saying what happened today it not norm for me just making note

[@b_witty7606]

@@dominiquepopinski4675 it probably just bugged out. My phone has been doing wonky things today.

[@lynncampbell5606]

Very well said.

[@nancybrooklyn]

Definitely divine intervention..,

[@chuckhoyle1211]

Trump: I'm not trapped in New York with you, you are trapped in New York with ME!

[@That-One-Georgia-Bear]

Its allegedly always the ones you allegedly most expect.

[@poke2154]

The world is a stage, everything is already planned out. We are just living out the performance… Guess who’s really in control? The Prince of the Power of the Air…

[@kirkchubey7831]

All the world's indeed a stage We are merely players Performers and portrayers Each another's audience outside the gilded cage. Written by Neil Peart, Limelight performed by RUSH Searching the internet in 2019 prior to the outbreak I stumbled upon the script to 2030. Every item I read has come true to the last detail to the present day. I don't like what is coming next, MUST STOP WHO-WEF-BIG PHARMA in it's tracks NOW.

[@kdavis623]

😂​@@kirkchubey7831

[@kdavis623]

​@@kirkchubey7831meth be like that sometimes 🤫

[@truthonly7699]

yep Mossad and the small hats

[@Meyer-gp7nq]

Not true. Jesus Christ is lord of all, satan only has power over you if you let him.

[@rtuumm]

Yasuke was never a Samurai. He was a servant/a pet for the Shoganite

[@stillbrian9448]

"India's president is dead" oh noooo... anyway to other good news:

[@rhythmsteve]

Assassin’s Creed a cool concept. The first one used Dante and Machiavelli as characters. Epigenetic memory concept, good stuff.

[@nathantowns2043]

Mondale was from Minnesota. That's why he won it.

[@theshaingofiles]

All I heard is Michael Knowles 2028. 😂😂

[@ZephaniahL]

I guess the counterpoint is -- what do we know about the crews of those other two copters? Were they beyond bribery to stay quiet about a hit, or even to actively collaborate? What arms or munitions did they have aboard?

[@bunsonhoneydew9099]

Germans listening to the naval distress radio to some Americans at sea; Americans: Mayday! Mayday! I'm sinking. I'm sinking. Germans: Vhat are you sinking about?

[@LayingInAMeadow]

Great episode

[@josueveguilla9069]

That is an excellent question. And the answer is: We're not sure.

[@Waljoy]

It could well have been sabotage.

[@dgdnite1]

I cringe every time any time Ben or Matt or Michael say anything about video games. Yasuke is going to be the avatar players we be using to interact with the game. He is not an NPC. No one would care as much if he was like most of the real historical people roped into the narrative of these games. They just don’t understand gaming. It’s fine to not comprehend the hobby. But a lot of times they put those of us in hobby down for enjoying it.

[@joshwelch5837]

“GET KOBE!! GET KOBE!!” Eh, not in the best taste; but, to be fair, “poor taste” is my middle name. All for the sake of comedy, right. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t say something similar in my head 2 seconds before I heard it here 🤷🏾‍♂️. Just commenting for the algorithm in all honesty; I hate adderall.

[@jaymichael91]

I hope it wasn't an accident.

[@downlow0075]

What about Vivek? Is he out?