The Pentagon is Hiring SECRET Conservative Influencers to Promote Trump’s Agenda
Erin and guest host Julissa Arce dive into the Trump administration’s laissez-faire response to the devastating natural disasters in Nepal and Venezuela, the looming Social Security cliff, and the shady trend of political campaigns paying influencers for endorsements. Then they break down the bizarre saga of a man impersonating a 49ers player to scam women. They wrap up with a petty conversation about the Laura Owens trial and Chris Brown apologists.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
1:47 Sean Duffy comments on Sydney Sweeney’s breasts
4:56 Nepal floods and American Involvement
14:32 Social Security trust fund is expected to run out by 2032
21:11 Ad block
23:58 Congressional insider betting
27:24 Political influencers
41:43 Ad block
44:39 Ken Paxton’s Questionable Fashion Choices
46:34 Daejon Love, the 49ers scammer
56:29 Milo Yiannopoulos deported
1:01:32 John Galliano MET exhibit cancelled
1:07:32 Ad block
1:11:08 SaniPetty
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@wildeyewallflower
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
I looove Julissa. She is fabulous.
@ertymexx
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
I am surprised that this is news… isn't this just normal for fascist regimes?
@o.stroud5570
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
I'm 67 and I never thought that social security would exists when I hit it. I only just got it. I worry more about my adult children who are the same age that you ladies are.
@khabenkhaben4685
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
buckle up for retirement age rise. orange man doing putin impersonation to a tee. no one deserves some freak to steal their stability, hope y'all will do it better than we once did. cheers from russia.
@thoughtfuloutsider
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
If you love a maga person aren't you loving a sheep?
@jimihat211
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
When fake influencers praised the trump administration for free it wasn't illegal. They are getting paid now because it is illegal. This administration cannot operate without breaking the law. They are too stupid.
@HeatherLipinski
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
Thank you for shouting out the Chris Brown stuff.
@JoeMomma-s2s
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
The phrase "natural disaster" is an oxymoron.. nature has been and will always be in charge. I call it cause and effect, the way we have disrespected the earth will come back around. Good luck with the wealthy nations causing climate change coming to account and rebuilding a damn thing! Greed is the cause of this entire cycle 🤑
@lynnesenzek562
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
If this was a democrat talking about, “boobs” an actress’s boobs, the GOP would have a true hissy fit. Could you imagine the outrage??? Sean Duffy, grow TFU!!!!
@cabledepot4697
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
I just marvel when people like Galiano and Kanye come out with “I love H*tler” statements – Adolf would absolutely have put them in the oven. He made homosexuals wear pink stars and sent lots of them to camps. He was of course as racist as you can get. Hate + ignorance gets you both fired and laughed at.
@cabledepot4697
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
I just wonder when people like Galiano and Kanye come out with “I love H*tler” statements – Adolf would absolutely have put them in the oven. He made homosexuals wear pink stars and sent lots of them to camps. He was of course as racist as you can get. Hate + ignorance gets you both fired and laughed at.
@themarquis336
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
I particularly appreciate that guest hosts at Hysteria don’t just go and sit there and chat, they’re actually supposed to do their own research and present it live for the bosslady and the cameras.
@WilliamSmith-ko6cw
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
Any atrocity to cover up the TRUMPSTIEN FILES !
… and make any crime forgivable as long as you boe to the 🍊🤡 !
@oscarsterling75
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
The lady in blue is an eye-catcher, and I'm not a stalker- just a real dude named Oscar Javier Sterling Samuels from Limón, Costa Rica grew up in Brooklyn, NY, from VA to NJ to even F, so I am real
@oscarsterling75
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
CNN needs a spot for you real talk in blue
@oscarsterling75
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
I know the lady in blue is an expert; real talk, she is an expert
@jonathanpicket124
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
There is no such thing as a "progressive billionaire". Steyer is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
@dunkelmonkey
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
What the actual fuck is that advertisement?
And search for "George Carlin golf" for a diatribe on why golf sucks ass and should be eliminated.
@vickywitton1008
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
All of the big governments of the world need to come together and try and woek out how to combat climate change instead of petty mud slinging and devastating wars!
@AntiKaren_Karen
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
1:12:55 I share in the hate for golf.
@picopanda2458
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
That Sean Duffy guy is creepy and rude AF.
@susyhammond5196
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
I am not a fan of golf… and watching it on TV, jeez.
@amberdippy2555
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
1:01:04 Milo Yiannopoulos got deported to the UK n went straight onto Piers Morgan Uncensored, because of course 🙄. With respect to the US n what u r going through, but couldn't u have kept him? The UK already has enough problems with the US administration n certain citizens promoting/supporting the right/far-right… Lowe, and Farage in particular, are using the MAGA playbook- criticising asylum seekers and immigrants, trying to sow doubt in, and even ban, postal voting, want to cut benefits for people with disabilities, denying the Climate Crisis, pushing fossil fuels, and even wanting to privatise the NHS, moving us to a US healthcare model.
@amberdippy2555
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
51:20 if your teeth are like pegs underneath, u do NOT have vaneers, n have been to a really dodgy dentist; actual veneers are just that, a vaneer, where just a small amount of enamel is shaved off in order to make room for the vaneers.
@amberdippy2555
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
46:26 there's a guy in the background that's wearing the exact same thing as Paxton, so is it perhaps related to a cause or event?
Also, is this why Trump went on a rant about what Paxton wears?
@waterfall1100
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
Vote for progressive socialism folks!!!
@barrocourbano
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
But see, Ken Paxton probably thinks his $41,000 Hublot watch makes up for his slovenliness. Doesn't work so well, because even that watch is fugly.
@ryansimonetti36
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
💙 mini golf💙
@ryansimonetti36
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
💙💙💙
@Olive_O_Sudden
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
The word is bestiality, not 'beastiality'. There's no 'beast' in the word. The U.S. has spent $400M to deport 300 people to countries they have no ties with, among whom were asylum-seekers who had court orders protecting them from being returned to their home country. These other countries put these people in house-arrest situations and pressure them to voluntarily return to their home country that the U.S. was supposed to protect them from having to return to. Milo is a UK citizen, so he was simply sent back to the UK after spending 24 hours in ICE custody.
@JV-rx3ov
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
I remember when Erin went to Nepal/Tibet years ago and took us via Instagram. It inspired me to go there and the people there were just so amazing, generous and warm that the thought of them being hurt by Trump, Elon & DOGE (killing their glacier and flood monitoring through USAID) makes me physically sick. Fuckers!
@JV-rx3ov
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
Hoe DARE you, Erin!! Intimating that Rachel Campos-Duffy is cool enough to huff nitrous is a travesty. Nitrous Huffers UNITE, and reject that horrible Fox 'News' harpy.
@teddy3-xh2qb
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
Used that crap 👎
@marklloyd4497
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
Question Ms. Arce – when did the rank of Colonel become the highest obtainable in the U.S. Army ? Last I knew General was the highest non-wartime rank in the U.S. Army.
@oonameade-fx3jl
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
PATRIARCHY IS A K💯LLING, WAR, R💯PING CULT… THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN INDOCTRINATED, ACROSS THE PLANET 🌎
@mmmmmmmmno-h2c
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
Golf is an affront to nature indeed! I think Erin's plan for all golf courses is the best take I've ever heard… anywhere
@marklloyd4497
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
The U.S. Defense Department is grossly understating the cost of the Iranian War. The numbers about ongoing operations are being underreported by several times over. Beyond that, current reporting is that the U.S. has lied about the degree of damage to their bases in Jordan and UAE. Many of them are not usable. This destruction was part of the reason the Lincoln stayed at sea so long. While you are discussing disaster relief you could have mentioned the evisceration of FEMA on the domestic front.
@augustuscrocker9328
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
I'll bet the HQEs and Special Government Employees get two paychecks — one funded by taxpayers, the other paid by friendly PACs. The gift is limitless.
@discord37
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
I hate golf too. I even played a tiny bit to spend time with my awful then boyfriend (he's dead now, good for him). Playing it to be outside ok maybe, being obsessed & wanting to watch other people do it on tv.. I don't have the words for how boring that is. We have top golf here in NJ too.
@MookieZerang
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
Milo being deported is nothing but justice. A gay man who sold hate for the Republicans gets snatched up and deported? GOLD!
@geekgothinc
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
Thank you both and welcome back Julisssa!
@ewlchen
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
40:03 don’t insult scabies, they’re worse than scabies
@juliantaylor1819
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
Nepal should be a bigger story, I understand that they have brown skin so racist people dont care, but do they not understand we are next? How it's not front page news world wide and waking people up to climate change is mind blowing. We are so doomed
@thecorby3415
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
Clod AI… Brought to you by the usual gang of idiots!
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@katyathepure
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
I am 💯 percent behind Erin when it comes to golf. Nothing good comes from golf. MAKE GOLF ILLEGAL!
@andrewtarantoful
September 9, 2026 at 6:04 am
"It's below him."
You sure about that?