In a politically charged segment, we scrutinize Joe Biden’s recent action of awarding a medal to a controversial figure, raising questions about political motivation and legacy restoration. Furthermore, we delve into the Mexican government’s new app designed to aid illegal immigrants amidst Trump’s expected policies. As we wrap up, we pay homage to the enduring influence of AM radio, a medium that has brought communities together through shared experiences and historic moments.
Welcome to the Mike Gallagher Show Week in Review podcast. It’s Friday, January 3rd, 2025. I’m Eric Hansen. This week, we ring in the new year with a fight in Congress, the passing of a president and a ridiculous reward. But we begin with a terrible terror attack in New Orleans.
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Here we go, back to work, rolling up our sleeves, because we’ve got a lot ahead of us. 2025 is going to be a big, big year. There’s an expression they use on social media a lot that I see. You don’t hate the media, the mainstream media, enough. You don’t despise the mainstream media enough. And when I see the cover of today’s Washington Post, this is the Bible for the left, You know, the New York Times, the Washington Post, they have their bellwethers. They have their go-to publications. And the Washington Post is one of them. Now, you want to know what it says on the cover, but the big headline is about the New Orleans terror attack that killed at least 15, dozens more injured. If you’ve seen the surveillance video of the vehicle… plowing down Bourbon Street. It’s horrifying. Bodies being scattered like, you know, bowling pins. The monster was evidently a veteran. Clearly radicalized. The guy that blew himself up outside Trump Tower in Las Vegas was also an Army vet. This guy was described as a A Master Sergeant Green Beret. So I guess he was radicalized too. Here’s the cover of the Washington Post. I kid you not. Truck rams New Orleans crowd. That’s the headline. Truck rams New Orleans crowd. The truck did it. It wasn’t the terrorist. It was the truck. It’s what leftists do with guns. They like to use the phrase gun violence. What the heck is gun violence? Well, the guns do it. It’s a gun’s fault. So it stands to reason that if a terrorist gets behind the wheel of a car and plows into a crowd of people killing at least 15, the truck did it. It’s not the guy driving the car. That is the honest-to-goodness headline statement. Above the fold, Washington Post, truck rams New Orleans crowd. Now, I promise you that’s not an accident. I guarantee you that is not a mistake. That’s not something that they accident. You know that they’re sitting there saying, well, we’re going to get some pushback for this. Because, you know, it looks kind of stupid to say the truck rams the crowd. But this is the way the left sees the world. They blame inanimate objects for evil acts. It’s not the fault of the person pulling the trigger.
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It’s the gun. President Jimmy Carter passed away over the weekend at 100 years old. Guest host Joey Hudson remembers the man from Plains, Georgia.
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, passed away at his home in Plains, Georgia yesterday. At the age of 100, Carter was the longest living U.S. president in history. The thing to remember about Jimmy Carter, and I’ve got to be honest… I don’t think of him necessarily as a great president, but I think of him as a great man, as a Christian man, as a man of faith, as a man who loved to serve others. He probably accomplished more when he left the Oval Office than while serving as president, as he was a very active person. with various charities. Of course, he started the Carter Center upon leaving the White House and was able to accomplish a lot. Jimmy Carter was not one of those presidents who just shied away from doing service, from helping others after he left the presidency. He didn’t sit back and just write books and build his library. He actually did things to help people, and I really believe that will be his legacy. He’ll be remembered as just a good, decent person who maybe got in over his head a little as president. If you lived during those times, you remember a lot of similarities of what we have been going through. High inflation, interest rates were in the double digits. People today, I tell younger people that interest rates reached 16%, 17%, 18%. Imagine paying that on a mortgage today. People just don’t believe me unless you were there. People don’t believe the fuel shortages where you sat in line for literally hours for gasoline that was at record highs for that time. Jimmy Carter. loved people, though. He loved serving. He taught his Bible study in his Sunday school at his Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains up until his 90s. And again, he loved Habitat for Humanity. Don’t know how many homes he helped build, but a lot. And he wasn’t there just greeting people. He was there with his tool belt on, his hammer in hand, and actually doing some of the work. So I think that’s And, of course, he was a Nobel Peace winner in 2002. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work between Egypt and Israel, bringing peace. There’s a lot of good things that you can say about Jimmy Carter in addition to the fact that he was just a good, decent person. Joe Biden and many others yesterday were responding to Carter’s death. Carter, of course, has not been in good health for some time now. Joe Biden talked about Carter. He said, with his compassion and moral clarity, he worked to eradicate disease, forge peace, advance civil rights, human rights, promote free and fair elections, house the homeless, and always advocate for the least among us. He said he saved, lifted, and changed the lives of people all across the globe. Of course, Biden couldn’t resist. Like always, he had to get a dig in on Donald Trump as he’s praising Jimmy Carter. Now, I don’t know what Donald Trump has to do with Jimmy Carter, but I noticed this in several different Democrats’ assessments of Jimmy Carter’s life. Yesterday, when praising Jimmy Carter, he also, Joe Biden, lobbed one at Donald Trump in cut number seven when asked about what Carter or what Trump could learn from Carter.
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Thank you.
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Decency. Decency. Decency. Everybody deserves a shot. Everybody. Can you imagine Jimmy Carter walking by someone who needs something and just keep walking? Can you imagine Jimmy Carter referring to someone by the way they look or the way they talk? I can’t.
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I can’t. As if Donald Trump would do those things. I have some words for you, Joe Biden. What about honesty? Honesty. Honesty. Honesty.
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As President Biden prepares to leave office this month, he’s decided to bestow a medal on one American that is, well, hard to fathom.
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Look, I’m going to say two things about, or two things can be true at the same time. Number one, the Republicans ought to be unified right now. We are up against a formidable opponent. Democrats who seem to think it’s okay to let millions of people stream across our border and destroy our country. We’re up against a Democrat president who’s about to finally be replaced, thank the Lord, who’s giving an award to Liz Cheney. That’s right. Joe Biden, a world-class jerk, wants to stick it to Trump on the way out by giving Liz Cheney one of the highest civilian awards you can get. What, for what? For her January 6th debacle? For getting walloped by her constituents and fired overwhelmingly because people were so disgusted with her? You give her an award for what? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. The witch hunt against Donald Trump. That’s why Joe Biden is doing what he’s doing. What a disgrace to give that woman an award. The Presidential Citizens Medal. What an absolute creep. And the other one, Betty Thompson. He’s going to get an award. You know, Betty Thompson, the co-chair of that select witch hunt committee. That’s the guy that wanted to strip Trump of his Secret Service protection in order to get Trump harmed. And you give him an award for that? Is that what you’re doing, Grandpa Joe? So this is our political opponent. These are our political adversaries. This is what has to change. And it’s why Trump won. It’s why Trump won. So two things can be true at the same time. Number one, this is not a time for us to have these inter-intra-party battles. We don’t need to have another coup of the House Speaker. I don’t agree with everything that Mike Johnson’s been doing. But I strongly believe that this is not the time to overturn the House leadership. We have to be unified. And there’s been all this battling about Elon and Vivek and how they talked about the American work ethic isn’t as strong as people from India and all. That’s fine. But here’s the second part that I think is true. And I feel very strongly about this. I felt the same way about Matt Gaetz leading the uprising against Kevin McCarthy. You know, I wasn’t a big fan of that. But those voices need to be heard, too. The Marjorie Taylor Greene’s and the Thomas Massey’s and the Andy Biggs, these sharp elbowed red meat conservatives represent a voice in this country that has been ignored for far too long. Portions of our show are brought to you by MyPillow. And for a lot of people, it was a MyPillow Christmas. Now that we’re in the first of the year, if things are calming down a little bit and you’re ready for whatever lies ahead, go to the MyPillow site. If you haven’t been there for a while, you’re going to save a ton of money on the pillow that started the whole Mike Lindell empire, the MyPillow empire. And look, Mike’s been through the ringer. You know what he’s been up against. So support a great American company. Support a patriot like Mike Lindell. Support MyPillow. Get the pillow for as low as $14.98. The pillow that never goes flat, stays nice and cool through the night. You can throw it in the washer and the dryer as often as you want. $14.98 a pillow. Limit of $10, please. The flannel sheets are the best flannel sheets you’ll ever sleep in. Up to 50% off. And it’s winter and it’s cold in lots of parts of the country. So go to MyPillow.com. Look for the Mike Gallagher specials. Click on that box. And then when you place your order for anything… Anything, make sure you enter the promo code MikeG so you’ll save big. MyPillow.com, promo code MikeG. MyPillow.com, promo code MikeG or call 800-928-6034 if you just want a phone in your order. And thanks for continuing to support MyPillow. And I can happily report that our show outperforms just about everybody in America because you are engaged, you’re informed. You’re active, and you want the best night’s sleep of your life. And you’re going to get it from MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG, guaranteed. Promo code MikeG, MyPillow.com.
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Promo code MikeG. This is the Mike Gallagher Show Week in Review podcast. I’m Eric Hansen. As the incoming Trump administration gears up, the Mexican government published a new app to help illegals avoid deportation.
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This is from townhall.com. appears that they’re trying to, the Mexican government, trying to counter President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration policies before he even takes office. According to Town Hall, Mexico has launched a brand new mobile app designed to assist illegal immigrants in the U.S. The app is dubbed the Alert Button. It aims to provide immediate alerts to family members, consulates, or legal representatives when someone believes they’re about to be detained by ICE. Here’s how it’s going to work. Users will press a tab on the app. It sends an alert to a pre-selected relative and the nearest Mexican consulate. Foreign Minister Juan Ramon Lafuente described it as a panic button, saying the app is meant to ensure Mexicans in the U.S. have rapid access to assistance. The app’s just one part of Mexico’s efforts to gear up what they’re calling an imminent crackdown on illegal immigration and deportation. Now, last week, they announced that they were building like 25 shelters to help these people as they’re sent back by Trump. The Mexican foreign ministry has bolstered its consular staff, hiring 329 additional lawyers to help Mexican nationals navigate deportation cases and ensure that, quote, their rights are respected. What rights do they have if they entered our country illegally? De La Fuente also emphasized Mexico’s Know Your Rights program, which will assist individuals facing deportation scenarios. He urged Mexicans with children born in the U.S. to register them with consulates, highlighting concerns about the potential for mass deportation to separate families. I don’t think there’s going to be any families separated. Tom Holman has made it pretty clear. that he’s not going to separate children from their families. He’s going to send them all back. But this doesn’t help. And I hope that Donald Trump will let the Mexican government know up front, we’re not playing with this.
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According to the New York Post, President Biden told friends privately that he could have beaten Donald Trump if he hadn’t dropped out of the race. Yeah, sure, Joe. Keep thinking that.
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Joe Biden. Is he just delusional, do you think? Because according to the New York Post, Biden privately is telling his friends and confidants that he regrets dropping out of the race. He literally has told several people who have, of course, anonymously said to the New York Post that he could have beaten Donald Trump. Does anyone think Joe Biden could have done better than Kamala Harris? It just wasn’t in the cards. Biden and some of his friends in recent days, according to the Post and the Washington Post reported on this, too, cited multiple anonymous sources, said that instead the 82-year-old buckled up to pressure by Democrat Party elites to drop out of the race. He wishes he had stayed in the race. Of course, Vice President Kamala Harris replaced Biden. It happened very quickly. He did horribly in the one and only debate with Donald Trump, and it became very evident that he was struggling. I’d say the president has been careful not to place blame on Harris and her campaign. However, the president all but admitted during a CBS News Sunday morning interview in August that former Speaker Nancy Pelosi led the charge to remove him from the ticket. In September, he told The View that he was confident he would have defeated Trump in November. If we doubted that Joe Biden was having mental issues. This is like an old man reliving his life. This is an old man thinking of a fight he won years ago. He’s living back in 2020, if you believe he received the millions of votes that he claimed he did. Joe Biden, this in itself just shows how delusional this man is. They want to point the finger at everyone but themselves. Democrats do not want to accept the responsibility that, hey, we just govern lousy. We tried to push our woke left agenda on the American people, and they pushed back in a big way. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut told the Washington Post, Biden ran on the promise that he was going to be a transitional president and, in fact, have one term before handing it off to another generation. Blumenthal says, I think his running again broke that concept, the conceptual underpinning of the theory that he would end the Trump appeal. He would defeat Trumpism and enable a new era. He did not enable a new era, for sure.
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And finally, we are longtime believers in the power of AM radio. And CBS News had some nice words for the venerable medium as well.
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I saw a piece over the weekend on CBS by reporter Scott McFarlane. You know, there’s a lot of changes coming and good things coming for our company. You may have heard the news. There’s been some movement in terms of investors, and we’re divesting some of our radio stations. There’s going to be a big emphasis on news talk in our company for 2025 and beyond. And AM radio, of course, is the lifeblood of so many of talk shows around the country. We’ve become sort of ubiquitous, obviously. We’re trying to be everywhere. But this report on CBS from reporter Scott McFarlane, and he is… He’s terrific. He’s just a great reporter. I know he covers a lot of the January 6th stuff, and he’s part of the CBS team, naturally, but I just think he’s a great reporter, and I’ve always followed him, and I’ve talked to him a little bit over the years, but I want you to hear and see the report that he did on AM radio and what AM radio means to communities around the country. And there’s a reason for this when it comes to some legislative efforts. But here’s the report from Scott McFarlane on CBS that I wanted to share with you.
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The Friday night lights are on in Frederick, Maryland. The students jammed the front rows, but Paul Dumars and Steve Nibbs took seats in the very back.
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We’re about ready to start tonight’s contest between the Titans and the Railroaders.
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Dumars and Nibbs are broadcasting the game countywide on AM radio station WFMD.
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Roaders will start first and 10 at their own 21-yard line.
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A fall tradition that dates back decades. And the pistol fakes it, looking to throw. You were surprised. How many people still listen to this? Yeah, I truly was. In communities nationwide, AM radio remained the voice of high school sports.
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I’ve had fathers that are in the service, one was stationed in North Carolina, and he said, I don’t miss a game.
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These games still draw an audience and advertisements at a moment in which the competition for audiences has never been so fierce.
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Touchdown, and the Titans now have tied the game. The way our technology is these days and how people connect, this is starting to die away a little bit, and that concerns me, yeah.
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The Federal Communications Commission reports more than 4,000 AM radio stations remain nationwide. But in an indication the industry is under pressure, Congress considered legislation last year to mandate new cars continue to install AM radios as listeners shift to podcasts and streams.
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For several generations of Americans, everyone knew that you had to find your favorite station.
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Ron Simon is a historian at the Paley Center for Media in New York.
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A lot of kids don’t even know how to tune a radio.
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They don’t know how to identify a radio. Yes. In September, one of the largest AM radio news operations in America, WCBS 880, an Odyssey-owned station, folded its operation.
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And for the final time, this is WCBS New York.
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A shock to one of the most storied forms of mass media in U.S. history.
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This is Bob Trout speaking. Allied troops began landing on the northern coast of France this morning. Radio was launched more than 100 years ago.
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This is Edward Murrow speaking from Vienna. Cemented as a part of the fabric of America by Edward R. Murrow with CBS Radio in the first half of the 20th century.
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From the 1920s on, America participated in history through radio. In fact, the two defining crises, the Depression and World War II, were experienced by Americans through radio. The major artists, certainly of the 20th century, began on radio. The first generations of rock and roll. The last days of disco.
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The collapse of the Berlin Wall.
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We are just currently getting a look at the World Trade Center.
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Some of the first alerts about 9-11.
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We noticed flame and an awful lot of smoke from one of the towers.
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It was that local radio station in town. It brought the world to people.
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And that is so true, the ability to bring the world to people. And kudos to Scott McFarlane and CBS for doing a great job in spotlighting the need for AM radio. Sadly, the AM in Every Vehicle Act was excluded from the continuing resolution bill to fund the federal government. Let’s hope they go back to work in 2025 because it needs to pass.
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And that wraps up the Mike Gallagher Show Week in Review podcast for Friday, January 3rd, 2025. I’m Eric Hansen. Be sure to subscribe to all of the podcasts and never miss a second of the shows. We’ll see you back here next week on the Mike Gallagher Show Week in Review podcast.
