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The LA County Sheriff’s area, overnight we had several other arrests. It brings it up to a total of 34 in our geographic area. We have 30 in the Eaton Fire area and we have four in the Palisades area. Last night specifically, again for LA County Sheriff’s jurisdiction, we arrested four, two were for curfew violations. Two were arrested for one drone incident. To my knowledge, we have now had two specific drone incidents that have resulted in three arrests. So as I talk to our community again, If you do not have business in the evacuation areas, do not go there. Please, you’re infringing upon the work that our first responders need to attend to. And I do want to say when I talk about these arrests, I want to clarify not all of them are for burglary or looting or for curfew violations. But it is very important when I say stay out, we are arresting people who are not supposed to be there, who do not live there, who are in possession of narcotics. We’ve arrested several with guns. And yeah, I’m going to tell you something. If we’re if our deputies being very proactive in these areas, stopping people in a constitutional manner is always making sure that they’re supposed to be there. And you have narcotics on you and you have a gun on you and police work. We call that a clue. Something’s wrong there. So that’s why we’re arresting people.
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So don’t do. Don’t be a brat, man. Don’t be a thug rat. Just, you know, mind your own business and don’t make a fool of oneself. I mean, hell, it’s not hard, you know. I mean, it’s not difficult. It’s not difficult to not go to areas where you’re not supposed to be. You know what you need? You need like a grandma type security situation. You know what I mean? Yeah, like a flip-flop or a willow branch or a rolling pin. Dude, the wooden spoon. I’m terrified to cook with those damn things to this day. Like, whenever I reach for a wooden spoon, I wince. I’m like, oh. Oh. Like, is it going to sting if I touch it? Like, what? Welcome to the show. Not welcome back. It’s Monday, top of the first hour. If you would like some encouragement to check out the live stream, I have no idea what is happening with my hair today. And we’re just rolling with it. It’s crazy. Juan’s doing everything he can to keep it in frame. I mean, it’s just, it is what it is. So it’s what happens when your girl don’t straighten it. So if you need encouragement to come in, that’s literally like all I did. Woke up. I woke up like this. So it’s big 80s hair edition, even though 90s was my coming of age. But still. So welcome to the show. We apparently have more fire. There’s more fire to come. And I’m I am a little worried because there’s a lot that has burned. A lot that has burned. In fact, I was looking at some of the latest headlines with us and they were getting into… There’s like this interactive map now where you can see, you know, all of the… Everything that’s burned down and where all the houses are. Like, where’s the worst? It’s… Man, I mean, a lot of average everyday people who are not celebrities had their houses burned down to the ground. I mean, I know a number of them. And it’s expected to continue for the next 72 hours. They said that the wind’s picking up. That’s a huge issue because now you’re going to see anywhere from 60 to 70 mile per hour winds. Again, the Santa Anas are kicking up. And so they said the wind is expected. It started picking up overnight. And in fact, all this morning when they were checking in with the meteorologist and they had their reporters on the ground, everyone was saying that they could measure and feel that the winds were starting to pick up as the morning went on. And so it’s going to be in full swing. for the next 72 hours in fact elected officials are saying that the next 72 hours are going to be hell that’s going to be the hell that they have to fight through and they because you have a number of these different areas so you have you know the eaton fire you have the palisades fire just different independent that that started by their own like something happened and they started on their own so it wasn’t just a spread that’s how many different fires there are And I think the Palisades fire, which is considered to be the biggest, I think that is only 13% contained. As of yesterday morning, it was only 9% contained. This morning, when they gave their press conference a little bit ago, they said it was about 13% contained. I mean, you had the hills behind the Hollywood sign. Burning is crazy. I mean, you just never have seen anything like this before. So… It’s the worst, I think, in their history that they’ve ever had. And in addition to the spreading fires now, you’ve got firebugs out there. So that’s the other thing. There are a number of people who have already been at least three, I think, by the last count that were arrested. and they’ve, I don’t know if they’re calling it, I guess their names are climate change too. Firefighters caught a second arsonist in the process of starting a new fire. This was in Los Angeles. This 29-year-old was arrested in Irwindale, 16 miles away from Altadena, and that’s where the Eaton fire continues to go. They said that they responded to a brush fire when they literally watched him start two separate fires as they arrived. I guess he didn’t realize they were there or realize that they could see him. And they watched him start two separate fires. So he was detained and arrested. They have limited details, but so far you have 24 fatalities, over 40,000 acres burned. And they’re, again, They said that they’re expecting, quote, explosive fire growth. You have had over 150,000 people have to have to evacuate. All the hotels are packed there. And I mean, it’s pretty. It is. They had another in Calabasas. They had the guy, a Mexican national who was arrested. Those are the that’s that’s the individual that five witnesses came forward and said they they watched him with her own eyes like stuff on fire. with his little blowtorch. So you have the Hearst fire as well. That’s up near Santa Clarita. So it’s, I mean, the crazy thing is not to focus too much on it in terms of, you know, I feel like people in North Carolina and Hawaii sort of are scratching their heads like, why is that? This one’s staying in the news so much. But in Hawaii, it was like one day and then people stopped talking about it and there are still people who are displaced there. In North Carolina, it’s like people stopped talking about it and you know, now you’ve got, you know, people obviously still displaced there. And I do think that there’s something to it because whenever something happens in New York or D.C. or L.A., because there’s such major cities and because there’s so much media centralized there, it gets a lot of attention, obviously. But, I mean, this fire, it’s just wild. And, you know, I hope people realize that Yes, these people voted for Democrat for forever. Not everybody there’s voted for Democrat voted for Democrats. And like, for instance, certain enclaves like Beverly Hills, they’ve had Republican mayors. they’ve had a number of Republican elected officials for that area. So there’s different pockets within that whole Southern Californian area where, I mean, you have a lot of, it shouldn’t matter, but I just want people to kind of keep perspective about stuff. You know, you wouldn’t want, you know, people in North Carolina. In North Carolina, they had Democrat administration too, don’t forget. They also had, you know, singularly Democrats that were representing them at all levels of government. So it’s just important, I think, to kind of keep that stuff in context and you know just there’s just a lot of hurting people out there a lot of people have lost everything fires are no joke man no joke so they’re still working to contain all of this in the meantime karen bass the pressure on her is just continuing to swell because more and more receipts are emerging of the mismanagement at her level as well i mean keep in mind as the mayor of los angeles she is the ultimate authority on the ground She is the ultimate authority. And she’s also the ultimate authority for this entire time when they’ve been dealing with warnings from these fires or potential fires before they even started. So now even the New York Times is saying that, you know, when she was campaigning, she was promising that she would never take trips abroad, especially in disasters. I mean, she actually was campaigning on that. After the ice storm and Ted Cruz, she she used it as a leverage to get herself an elected office. And then here she was in Ghana left after they were warned about fires and didn’t come back until, you know, a significant portion of the area was burned. So the press is starting to write some negative things on her. which is very interesting because they’ve always been very protective of her. I think that they will throw her under the bus. They will. They’re going to throw a number of people under the bus to save Gavin Newsom. And that’s not to say that, you know, citizens have been doing the most work more than the media at asking him the tough questions. And then you have this audio sound by five. He’s calling for an investigation. He’s saying he wants answers as to why there wasn’t enough water. Remember, the reservoir in the Palisades had been drained and was entirely dry for over a year before this happened. Listen to Audio Sunbite 5.
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They put out a letter to DWP asking, how is it that there was no water to fight this fire in certain places? We were here, and basically, these places just burned and there was nothing that could be done. Yeah. Does the state have any responsibility in that? Is there more the state can do to make sure it doesn’t happen again?
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That’s what I did. That’s what the letter’s about. Let’s get to the bottom of it. Let’s be transparent. Let’s move this forward quickly. DWP and the city and the oversight as it relates to the Met. And we want to make sure that all that information is made real time and in public. I’m not interested in the finger point. I want to know what the hell happened. And would it have mattered? I mean, let’s be honest about it here. I’ve talked to all my experts, all the firefighters I’ve been with. They said we could add an engine on every house in 90 mile an hour winds with all the pressure in the world. So there’s you got to be realistic about that.
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I mean, you’re the governor of this state, though. That’s part of your responsibility. I mean, you control the budget as to whether or not you’re going to have more reservoirs or desalination plants or a number of other things. I mean, he’s completely blown it. This is for audio somebody 14. This is the media actually calling out Karen Bass because I feel like Newsom and Bass are going to be playing a game of who can throw whom under the bus fastest. Listen to this audio somebody 14.
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The mayor told the Times that if she was elected mayor, not only would I, of course, live here, but I would also not travel internationally. The only places I would go would be D.C., Sacramento, San Francisco and New York in relation to L.A., And the Times writes that pledge has been spectacularly broken. And then they move they move over on a 14 second here. They move over and they they talk about how she left.
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Even MSNBC is upset with her. They’re even upset with her and they have every right. I mean, everybody has every right to be. But at the same time, this is what, you know, people like Joe Scarborough championed. So now you have this fight, which we’re going to get into back and forth between the mayor and the fire chief. It’s as much of a disaster as you thought. Plus, that ginger and his suitcase girlfriend, Harry and Megan, they went out to tour the damage. They’re from Montecito, California, which is over two hours away from the area that they were touring. And I’m actually kind of curious because weren’t most of the big thoroughfares closed? I mean, so it probably took longer than two hours for them to get there. I’ve made the drive from L.A. up to Santa Barbara, which is right near Montecito. It’s like two hours. Because nobody ever travels quickly in L.A. Missing Persons, the group, was correct. Nobody walks in L.A. And why are they there? It’s like two hours south. They went there to tour. Justin Bateman said it was disaster tourism. Plus… GOP infighting. We got to talk about some of this. There’s a split right now between the vice president and president and former aides that have been scuttled to the periphery are upset that someone else has replaced them in POTUS’s affections. We’re going to talk about all of that. What does living better mean to you? Is it more money, a bigger house? Now think about this. What about how you feel physically? every day life is so much better when you feel good when you wake up feeling great you can do more of the things that you love and you’re ready to take on the day if pain is affecting your life see how relief factor can help change that relief factor is a 100 drug-free daily supplement that helps your body fight pain naturally developed by doctors relief factor supports your body’s response to inflammation and it doesn’t just mask pain for a short time it helps to reduce or even eliminate it and it’s safe to take daily. In fact, the longer you take Relief Factor, the more effective it is. Over 1 million people have turned to Relief Factor. Feel better every day, and you’ll live better every day. Trying Relief Factor is easy. Get their three-week quick start for only $19.95. That’s less than a dollar a day. Call 1-800-4-RELIEF. That’s 1-800-4-RELIEF, or visit relieffactor.com.
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Okay, so first up here, I’ve got a lot for you. A once-in-a-lifetime comet, guys. It’s a comet. A once-in-a-lifetime comet is going to be flying past. Flying past. Why do I care? No, I’m just so disappointed. You know, I mean, first, all you conspiracy theorists, you know, you tease me with the prospect of aliens, and then I don’t see no aliens. And then now I’m told by the NASA people that a comet visible for the first time in 160,000 years, you’re going to be able to see it today. But only, it’s super exclusive, only if you live in certain parts of the world or if you’re in certain parts of the United States. So they said it’s a… I guess you’re going to be able to see it depending where you are. They said they gave coordinates for where you can see. I don’t know how to read that. The coordinates, it’s going to be in the northern hemisphere. So the northern part, they said actually that if you’re in the UK, the northern part of the UK, it’s going to be difficult to see it. The uppermost northern part of the United States and Canada. So I guess like if you’re further south, you’ll have an easier time to see it. But I love how they say use caution when you’re viewing these things. Like don’t stare at the sun and blind yourself. That’s exactly, you know what? That was my plan. Now it’s been thwarted. A key economic indicator is at the highest level since 2008’s financial crisis. What was that about? No, it’s not. Stop it. You know what? I already had a crown fallout today. I don’t need anything else. Nothing else. So they said that 686 companies filed for bankruptcy last year. Oh. It’s up 8% from 23, and it’s the most since 2010. That’s according to the S&P. I just don’t need any more of that bad news. By the way, beer hounds, congestion pricing is causing those prices to increase too. We got a lot more to come. Stay with us. With everything going on in the world right now, the economy, conflicts, the open border, spiraling national debt, the devastating inflation, it’s critical that you have a plan for diversifying and protecting your savings. And that’s why so many, including myself, have turned to precious metals like gold and silver to help protect our savings. And I’ve partnered with the top-rated precious metals company Goldco to make that happen. It’s a great company with a great reputation, and they could not have made the process any easier. And right now, Gold Co. is offering a free gold and silver kit that will show you how precious metals can help protect and diversify your savings. And for my audience, they’re offering up to a 10% instant match in bonus silver on qualified orders. All you have to do is visit danalikesgold.com to get started today. Goldco has helped thousands of Americans place over $3 billion in gold and silver, and they can help you as well. Join thousands who trust Goldco. Visit danalikesgold.com.
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Angelinos, we’re still going through it. And to any of you and all of you that have experienced a loss, the grief, the anger, the just utter shock. I’ve seen the devastation. It is unbelievable.
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Why is she smiling? This is not like a dance recital where you got to wear a smile. Maybe have your face match the tone. I’m just saying it’s weird. Like the way she’s talking about this disaster is kind of like how Blake Lively was doing PR for her movie about domestic abuse. It’s just doesn’t jive. You know what I’m saying? Like it just doesn’t… It just doesn’t work. That’s a whole thing. That’s a… I only know that because I read a horrible British website and I don’t even like talking about them. I hate them so bad. It’s mainly shmail. Anyway, welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. It’s weird that she, am I being too picky about that chat? Is it weird? Because the chat’s over a rumble.
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Is it weird? I think the average person, I think the average human being would look at that and say, wait a minute. That doesn’t match. I’m questioning her sincerity.
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Because I saw the headline about this this morning, and I’m like, I mean, she does kind of look like Jim Carrey in the mask there. Sorry that your homes are burning. It’s just weird.
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I would question her sincerity, yeah.
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Well, I was looking at it and I’m like, wait a minute. Am I being too negative? Which is hysterical that I asked myself this because it’s blind leading the blind. I’m like, am I negative? I don’t know. Maybe I’m just being real mean. Maybe. I don’t know. But no, I feel like I’m not being negative. She’s looking in the camera and she’s like got this, again, dance recital smile plastered on her face. Smiling like, I know your homes are burning down and everything’s horrible and your pets are dead and 24 fatalities. It’s just weird, right? I don’t like overly smiley people anyway. And I don’t like it when they’re delivering bad news, right? Just get a poker face and just talk. I just, because usually the people that are too effusive like that, they’re trying to hide the fact that they’re evil. And I just, it’s just weird. I just, I don’t know. So you don’t think I’m being too mean? Okay, good. Because I was like, why are you smiling?
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She hasn’t even apologized either for the obvious mismanagement.
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Yeah, sorry I drained your reservoirs. Made y’all lose your… I’m sorry I didn’t actually maintain any kind of water reserves and drained everything. I mean, sorry that we had two record years of rainfall. Eh, let’s just let that water go in the ocean. Sorry about that. Whoops. I mean, not even one of those. Not even on my bed. Nothing. And then you’ve got… Gavin Newsom, who I think doesn’t move his face. Now, you all get upset over you all talk about Nancy Pelosi not being able to move her face. Have you watched? Just watch him. Watch the man. Men should never get Botox. Never. We expect to see that. We expect you to age like Sean Connery. Men age and they grow up and turn into wine. It’s different for women. But I don’t like that. I don’t like a smooth visage on a 50-something-year-old man. It’s weird. Makes me not trust you. Don’t like it. It’s just weird. I don’t like it. So I’m trying not to be super highly critical, but I was watching that lady, and I’m like, how in the hell did she get anybody to trust her enough to vote for her? She comes off as so disingenuous. 100,000 people plus. have petitioned, signed a petition to force her resignation. She’s just going to dig in. You all know this. Then they tried doing this with Newsom and they barely, they just fell short. Now, meanwhile, he’s announced an executive order on rebuilding. Gavin Newsom, he’s announced an order because now, I mean, you have 24 fatalities. The winds are picking up this week. They said the next 72 hours are going to be total hell. It’ll be some of the hardest work that the firefighters are doing. And, you know, Newsom and Bass have been getting tons of, you know, deserved criticism. So now he’s calling for an executive order, he says, to extend key price gouging protections, to make rebuilding more affordable, and… because California’s red tape is absolutely asinine. I mean, to build anything, to even remodel or upgrade existing structures in certain parts of LA is insane. And I mean, I know my husband did a historic rehab and I know how insane those regulations can be. We know friends who’ve who’ve remodeled like houses that were built like in the fifties or sixties. And it’s, it seemed like it was more ridiculous to go through the regulations, just to some friends of ours that lived out in LA, just for them to upgrade and remodel some of their house, like little, not even major stuff like new countertops and cabinets. And they moved a sink and all this stuff. And I honestly felt like it was kind of the same, the same amount of red tape. So they’re infamous for this. I don’t know if Newsom’s actually going to make that easier. I mean, I guess you’ll have to wait and see. But he’s saying that they’re going to extend certain – you know what they should do is for rebuilding – first off, they need to suspend property tax and have only everything be a reduced graduated consumption tax to help people easily rebuild. If he was smart, they would do that. because it’s a state that has the highest taxation in the United States of America, and yet they’re running a deficit. I don’t even understand how you do that unless you’re an irresponsible government entity that’s just, you know, blasting people’s money out into the ether, and you have nothing to show for it. So that… I mean, he can sit and say this, but you’re still you still got tax upon tax upon tax on all of it. So is it really at the end of it? It’s going to be a mild improvement, but it’s not going to be this big, you know, huge extending hand to help that he’s pretending that it is. And he’s he’s getting deservedly slammed for this. Now, in the meantime, I told you this. The Harry and Meghan people, they went out there to tour, just like they did after Uvalde, where she chartered a plane, flew to Uvalde for a photo op for an afternoon. I mean, you could just do the work that you signed a contract to do over at Spotify or Netflix, where they called you blanking grifters because you couldn’t turn out any content after securing a $100 million deal and all you had to show for it. is a incorrectly named podcast, and a bunch of people that, the only people they interview are the same damn people that they interview all the time, because they have no friends. Nobody likes them. They’re absolute fake grifters. She can’t act, and he’s a little bitch. That’s who you got. I mean, I don’t want him. Send him back to the UK. I don’t, and her, wherever, she’s here. But this, they went and toured where they… A fire, a disaster area. And they apparently, according to reports on the ground, they were there for like 17 to 20 minutes. And they got photos and then they left. So you’re telling, of course, if you’re that much of a fame whore, you’re going to drive two plus hours in notorious traffic. into a disaster area around which numerous roads are closed. So you can pretend to deliver meals and get a photo op so you can try to swindle more people into donating to your stupid Archwell Foundation. I mean, that’s just peak left. Peak left. They’re not the only grifters out there. You have this, I’m not even going to say their name, the Democrat podcast. They were wanting people to donate to fire relief through their Act Blue Democrat campaign fundraiser apparatus. So a portion of that is somehow going to find its way to Democrats. Be super careful who you donate to with all of this stuff, because there are so many grifters that are out there. That’s what that one podcast is doing. They were trying. I mean, that’s that’s it’s you’re you’re donating through the app. Lewis can’t say what you said, because that’s a great point.
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Overseas scammers have more integrity than this. They’re they’re literally grifting off of people’s suffering and death.
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Yeah. It’s that’s just horrifying. Either help and do it the gospel of Matthew way. Either help as was discussed in the New Testament or don’t. I can’t stand the big braggy people to like I delivered a casserole. I mean, just just do your just do the good deed and don’t seek accolades. But we live in a click me thirsty trap. Kind of society where everybody’s got to get attention for something. Did you really do it? And does it really count in the good book if people didn’t give you comments about it on social media? I mean, that’s where we’re at now. The L.A. Fire Department. Did you guys see this story where it said that they were left using women’s handbags to throw water on fires? So this was I’ve seen this all over social media. So now the L.A. department chief, Eric Scott, who’s a public information officer, he told The Wall Street Journal that they’re not handbags, but they’re bags. They’re canvas fire bags that they use regularly to put out small fires as they’re easier and faster than reconnecting and connecting a hose. So if they’re trying to get a fire put out that’s like starting, like they see something smoking, they do that because by the time apparently they’ll get the hoses either switched or hooked up or get another truck out, it’ll be a lot bigger. But not to say they don’t do that, but apparently they start and try to at least stop it or contain it immediately with the bag. So apparently what happened was some of the as they were putting out one fire, there were, I guess embers blew on like somebody’s property or something like that. And it blew over their flame retardant firewall. And so then it started kicking off. And so that’s what they were to try to get that in while they were getting everything else moved. They were using those bags, which I guess that makes sense. I know nothing about firefighting. I know nothing about fire science. If they say that works for them and it makes sense, then it makes sense. But at least it’s not a women’s handbag. I was like, are we really doing that? I mean, I guess it would work if it’s top quality leather and it has a nice interior. You know, I guess it would work. But, you know, hopefully it’s not, you know, a suede interior would ruin it anyway. But. This. I mean, it’s just it’s so sad. They had two people detained in Brentwood near the VP’s house. because they were out after curfew hours so i don’t know now you have the uh celebrities and the wealthy people out there hiring two thousand dollar an hour private firefighters to protect their homes and people are livid why would people be mad though i don’t i don’t understand why they would be upset because they can’t do it is it bad that they’re doing it i mean if you’re hiring and bringing in people to help then isn’t that you know even if it’s starting with your own property I don’t really have a problem with that, I don’t think. I’m not going to shame people for being able to afford something. I mean, I don’t know. I’m just not. And they can do that. They can bring out private firefighters. There was one guy… who had, I told you this last week, they ran him off social media because he was asking about this. And apparently other people have done the same thing. One guy said that he criticized this other individual who apparently was talking about it from LA. And he said his family’s evacuated and this guy’s hiring private firefighters to risk their lives to save a house that he certainly has insured. Well, that’s his prerogative. Shut up. Shut up. That’s his prerogative then. And? I mean, someone goes, so should potentially life-saving resources, even if private, be diverted to save your house while people evacuate? Why not? And it’s not, you’re not diverting from those resources. You’re bringing your own. You’re hiring people who have no obligation under any kind of municipal job to go in and fight fires. They’re bringing in people to do it. I don’t have a problem with it. I don’t know that you’re really seeing some of the class warfare shine in California. They’re going to be turning on each other. We have a lot more on the way, including the Republican infighting. Now more people are wanting to take on Elon Musk. It’s so ridiculous. 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I’m going to guess that Chief McDonald may talk about this, but when I was out there in the Malibu area, I saw a gentleman that looked like a firefighter, and I asked him if he was okay because he was sitting down. I didn’t realize we had him in handcuffs. We were turning him over to LAPD because he was dressed like a fireman, and he was not. He just got caught burglarizing a home. So those are issues that our frontline deputies and police officers are dealing with.
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That’s crazy. That’s so crazy. I mean, it’s sad that they have to deal with that in the first place. But a guy dressed up as a firefighter going out there to loot. Man, I hope the penalties for looters are hardcore. Oh, my gosh. They said that they were going to fine and prosecute him. They said that they were going to get him. I mean, this is the L.A. County DA. This is the guy who ended up beating the… If memory serves, I think this is the guy who ended up taking out the Soros prosecutor. I’ll do somebody 13. Listen.
SPEAKER 19 :
Sending the same unmistakably clear message to them that if they want to rip off people who have suffered these type of tragedies, we will come after you. We will throw the entire book at you. So please do not commit these crimes. Our goal is to deter them in the first place. That’s saving a whole lot of victims in the process.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah. Well, I hope they do throw the book. It’s climate change, right? So we were told it was climate change that started these fires. Mr. and Mrs. Change’s son climate, I guess. That’s, you know, there’s no other. No other question there. But I don’t know. Well, it’s going to be the next 72 hours are going to be horrible. And you’ll see. The crazy thing is, is that you’re watching the result of leftist administration playing out live on your television. When you see the footage of all this stuff, when you see the coverage of it, that’s I mean, that’s what it is. You’re watching legit. Years of Democrat administration fail these people miserably. I don’t know if it’s enough to change how they vote. I mean, I don’t know. You have pockets of the whole area that already were pretty Republican in the first place. But when people lose everything that they have, when they lose their house, even if it’s one that they didn’t have to get a mortgage on because they’re rich. You know, if they’ve lost their belongings, anything, personal items. they’re going to feel pretty mad and betrayed. And I just don’t know what is stronger, that feeling of betrayal, watching everything that you’ve worked for go up in flames, knowing that most of it’s not insured. Is that going to actually win over political tribalism? Because political tribalism is part of the reason why the disaster is so bad in the first place. You had a group of leftists running the state, and they just didn’t think that you needed to do anything like proper land management or any kind of clearing of underbrush, anything like that. Keeping the reservoirs maintained, making sure the hydrants were in proper working order and had access to water, making sure that there was enough water after two years in a row of record rainfall. And it’s pretty significant. So we’ll see what wins out over that. I’m not quite sure. In the meantime, we’ve got to talk about the GOP infighting coming up. I’ve been warning people that that’s going to be the end of the coalition. I don’t know if the right has what it takes to keep a coalition together. I mean, they barely kept it together going into this last election. I don’t know that they’re going to keep it together going into midterms. We’ve got to talk about that and more here coming up as we roll through. towards the what we’re already in the second hour already it’s already the second hour uh in the meantime make sure you find us youtube facebook and over at substack because we’ve got a lot of stuff that comes out on substack regularly uh you can catch up on anything that you missed in the meantime we have some quick messages from people who love you and bring you free programming uh we got a lot more on the way second hour next Look, as much as I hate gun-free zones, and believe me, if I’m forced to go in one, I’m really loud and annoying and insufferable about it. It’s just the way things are. But if I have to go to a gun-free zone, I don’t want to necessarily, but sometimes for my job, I have to. I have friends who live in D.C. and New York, and all of them got there very difficult to get licensed to carry. But half the places where they live and work… You know, you can’t carry in there. It’s crazy. I have a friend whose apartment in Manhattan, they live outside in Westchester, but they live and work. They work in Manhattan, them and their wife. They can’t even bring guns into their apartment building. So they can’t even have their firearm in their apartment building in Manhattan. And then they can’t drive it because of their stupid laws all the way to where they live out in Westchester. This is a problem. These people don’t want to be made. They don’t want to be made into victims by these stupid laws. And so as a result, they have decided to diversify. They keep their guns. But when they got to go to certain places, they have the Berna gun. In fact, they went out and got the Berna SD. That’s the most popular model. Five round capacity, a lot more than your average one to two round stun gun. And it shoots out chemical irritant projectiles that can stop threats from up to 50 feet away. Now, they’ve got different models. They have different projectiles, different accessories. But I think it’s wise to have diverse options for self-defense in those instances where the state or property owner wants to disarm you. And there’s no waiting period, no background check, none of that. Berna SD does not care about stupid gun-free zone signs. And they’ll send it right to your door. The only place where you can get this, a 10% discount, is where I’m about to tell you. Byrna.com slash Dana. That’s the only place to get 10% off your whole purchase. B-Y-R-N-A. Byrna.com slash Dana to get 10% off.
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When she proudly walked into your office yesterday, were you planning to fire her? Were you angry with her over her media appearance? Oh my goodness. And do you agree with her that the fire department is very underfunded?
SPEAKER 01 :
Let me just say that, as you see here, the chief and I are lockstep in our number one mission. And that mission is to get us past this emergency right now.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, well, part of getting past the emergency is getting rid of the people who helped to cause it. And it goes to you, too. So what a… Fecal storm. This is right. Good night. That’s the mayor of L.A., Karen Bass. And she said she was asked that she would fire the chief over the appearances where the chief criticized the budget. Karen Bass should just be like, no, I’m not. She’s right. Why would I? And she’s correct. I messed up. I shouldn’t have done. That’s what she should say. She would save a lot of face. But see, that’s the thing with the left. They will fall on that sword. They will not apologize for nothing. They would rather go down in flames than even save themselves by just acknowledging the wrongdoing because people aren’t looking for just destruction. They’re just looking for you to recognize that you screwed up really bad. And they’re not even willing to do that. The left doesn’t even want to do that. Welcome to the show. Dana Lash with you. We are at the top of this second hour. I don’t. I would imagine that people in and around L.A. are too busy, filled with rage to really focus on the political of it right now. Some of them just got the go ahead to go back to their destroyed properties. And, you know, it’s sad. And you got a lot of people who are now going to be out of work because think of it again, too. It’s not just celebrities that live out there and it’s not just the wealthy that live out there. There are a lot of I mean, there are legitimately, you know, random average regular people that are out there, too. But then you also have a lot of people who work in these areas that now they don’t have jobs. They were one of the discussions that I heard were cleaning crews, people who like cleaning companies. They send teams in and they clean people’s houses once a week or whatever. And a lot of them now have no jobs. And some of the people out there are trying to keep that into consideration. A lot of them have no jobs now. I mean, this goes so far. I mean, all of the retail and then the people who worked at retail and just a lot of these restaurants. I mean, good heavens, there’s so much. It’s sad to see. It could have been really kind of, I think the more that we learn about it, the more I wonder, I think all of this maybe could have been avoided. Lorraine found a piece from a reporter who had been talking about how long, and also is on the neighborhood, on the city council at Venice Beach. She was talking about dry fire hydrants. So apparently the issue of dry fire hydrants in Los Angeles has been known to city officials going all the way back to 2021. She was saying that there was a commercial building that was on Venice Boardwalk that ended up catching fire. It was a cooking accident and it was right next to a homeless encampment. And then when the Los Angeles Fire Department arrived and they got the hydrant open and they hooked up their hoses, they discovered that the hydrant was dry and non-functional. In fact, in a memo, they said, according to this reporter, quote, the individual hydrant status did not exacerbate fire damage or hinder the control of flames, which I mean, they did. I don’t know how it was. The reports say it was a 7000 square foot building and nothing was spared. The whole damn thing burnt to the ground. And they said that they reported that it was a nonfunctional hydrant already. That’s just what they know for Venice Beach. And that’s what she’s been able to find out. She’s a city council member there. And they’ve known about this for years. And I guess what? Nobody talked about it in the media. There were no articles about it. How many other… Think of how many other dry hydrants could there be in the area? How many other times before even these wildfires were there any instances of fire department pulling up and not being able to get water out of the hydrant? I mean, there’s a lot of questions here. This is literally part of your emergency infrastructure. It’s like emergency infrastructure. This is… And they couldn’t even get this right. And they know that these fires are part of living out there. They know that it’s part of living out there. They’re very well aware. We’re going to talk more about this coming up. My friend Kurt Schlichter, who lives in. lives out there in la and also he knows a little bit about emergency response and the emergency infrastructure because he uh what headed up the guard out there national guard he’s uh uh what for a long time i think back in the 90s uh when he was a young soldier he uh was out there so he’s going to talk to us about all of that i need to touch on some of the um In fighting within the GOP, why are knives out for Elon Musk? And why are they out even for people that you would think are allies? I’m not going to say the guy’s name because I’ve known him for over a decade. I used to work with him, so I actually know him, unlike a lot of people that talk about it. Not a fan. His name rhymes with Shmeve Manon. Totally not a fan. And I’ve got a million reasons why. But what I don’t understand, he’s now he’s like representative of some people on the right side that are wanting to take down Musk. Why? Because of the H-1B stuff? Because I don’t think Musk understands. Can I be real? I don’t think he fully understands that program. I would be shocked if he came over here on that visa. He didn’t come on an H-1B, did he? I don’t think he did. Because the super 1% of the 1% do not come on H-1Bs. So the… And apparently, you know, some of them are talking to the Italian press and they’re going off on Elon Musk and I guess it’s all over the H-1B stuff. I think there’s a difference between saying, I disagree with you and then let’s have the discussion as to why and then I’m going to totally destroy you. We are not going to have a coalition. This is why I say I will be shocked… if we still have a coalition by the time midterms happen. So you have, again, I’ve talked about this a lot. It’s super important to understanding the Game of Thrones. And regardless, you got to play it. You have your party and you have your coalition. The coalition is not your party. Your party is not your coalition. The party is the hardcore stuff. That’s your principles, your platforms, your non-compromising things. The coalition are things that you, with other people that don’t necessarily all the time support the same issues that you support. Maybe they have even some different principles, but you guys come together on like 80% of the stuff, right? You come together on immigration. You come together on taxation. You come together on DEI. And that’s where a lot of moderate Democrats find themselves as a part of the coalition, but yet not necessarily part of the Republican Party. And I say that because Musk is not part of the Republican Party. Musk is not a conservative. He is part of the coalition, however. And it does the coalition no favors to say that you’re going to go and try to destroy someone, which everybody knows you have not the power to do it at all whatsoever. I just honestly think that some people in Trump’s inner circle are jealous that Elon Musk is that close to Trump. And I feel like they believe that he is replacing them in Trump’s affections. And that ultimately is what a lot of this is about. And I know enough of the characters that are involved in this to know that that’s probably Occam’s razor. That’s probably the simplest explanation, and it’s true. So, I don’t know. I disagree with him on H-1Bs. I disagree with Musk on semi-automatic firearms, too. I agree with him on some of the speech. There’s certain things I agree with him on, like the injections, all that stuff. I mean, I agree with him on it, but… I think, why would you say that you’re going to destroy someone and go after somebody that’s an ally for the most part? That doesn’t do anybody any favors. It doesn’t help our side. There’s also this story where Vance and Trump have split On a big issue. And I think that this might come into play here at some point. And this had to do with the J6 stuff. The media noticed this right away. What did I tell you? They’re going to try to inflame and exploit any kind of cracks. So apparently he Trump has promised sweeping pardons for people. in an interview that Vance gave over the weekend, he was saying that the question is very simple and how people who committed violence should obviously not be pardoned. Peaceful protesters might deserve clemency. He said there was a gray area in some of the instances. Trump was more broad. He was like, everybody’s going to get pardoned. So the media is trying to say, okay, uh, Well, as a result of that, here’s some daylight between them. And there may be. I don’t think that’s enough, though, to cause significant problems within the ticket. But the media knows Trump’s currency. Trump’s currency is he likes people to like him. He wants to be celebrated. That’s a true thing. There are some people that are like that. It’s not a negative declaration on someone, but that’s his currency. And he also wants to be in charge. That’s why, in certain respects, press secretaries or spokespeople are kind of redundant for him. And the media knows this, and this is what they’re going to try to use as a way to encourage any kind of cracks or any areas where they don’t agree. That’s what the media is going to focus on. I told you, and they’re doing it. They’re going to really turn this up. You’re going to see these headlines nonstop, and you’re only going to see them increase with intensity. That’s to come. That is to come. But again, with the coalition, you’re going to have to have that coalition for midterms. you got to have it for midterms. You have six months where Trump can hit the ground, all gas, no brakes. I know he’s got a flurry of executive orders that he’s going to put out. Here’s my problem with the executive orders. My problem, like I had a problem with it when he did it with taxes. And the reason I had a problem with it when he did it with taxes was because they were not permanent. They were set to expire, which is why our taxes went up under Joe Biden. You It cannot be a substitute for leadership and pushing things through legislatively. I think if you are issuing an executive order with the one-two punch of it’s going to be followed up with legislative force, that’s totally fine. But otherwise, anything that’s done with an EEO can be just as easily undone. And if you lose your majority in Congress, then you’re going to lose your chance to push it forward legislatively also. So it’s incredibly important that we keep that in mind. You can promise a ton of different executive orders, but you have to have the legislative – they’re meaningless legislatively. if they’re not actually made law by Congress. Anything that’s done with an EO can be undone with an EO. You watched it happen with immigration when Biden was assuming office first weekend. That’s the first thing that he did was undo a lot of those executive orders that Trump had implemented as it pertained to immigration. We have more to come. We got headlines on the way. Our friend Kurt Schlichter is going to be joining us. What’s going to happen with TikTok? Also, Pete Hegseth, his hearing is this week. Senators have received his FBI report. There’s a lot happening. So we’re going to cover it all as we move. 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SPEAKER 08 :
And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
SPEAKER 14 :
Suspects cut the fence at a California Army Reserve Center before they stole Humvees and other equipment. They were able to make a success. They made an unsuccessful attempt to cut a lock that also secured uniform storage. So super, super sketchy. I’m looking at this story and it’s not wanting to load because everything’s horrible. This, I’ll come back to it because I’m tired of waiting on their story. The media entity that has it like locks up the of all these pop up ads that come up, even if you have the page open, it’ll lock up. Also, let’s see here. I got a lot of freezing. It always happens with quick five always happens this and we’re covering, like I said, the latest ongoing stuff with the fire. And if we have any more responses from the president or the vice president, we’ll have those for you as well. Or even Biden, if he’s still aware that there’s a fire that’s happening. Also, let’s see. We got FEMA kicking hurricane survivors out of temporary housing into a snowstorm and in freezing temperatures. We talked about this last week. So it’s not a news story, but they were giving them a deadline. They extended it like one day, but then they were telling everyone you have to get out. And I don’t I mean, there are people who still don’t have homes or entire communities. It’s a it’s horrible. So no, I guess no more attention to the folks that were in the path of Helene’s destruction. Houston police, their evidence room is infested with drug addicted rats. that require, they got to clear them out now. They said that they’re invested with drug addicted rats. And it’s like all types of stuff that they have collected at various crime scenes. And it sounds like a hoarder’s paradise, if I’m being honest. But they said the property room and the evidence there has not been given the attention that it needs. Wait, you’re storing evidence? And you have drug addicted rats running around where you store crucial evidence?
SPEAKER 08 :
It’s almost a band name.
SPEAKER 14 :
Is this in California? No. I mean, it’s Harris County, so it’s Texas. It’s in Houston. It sounds like something would happen in California. Harris County, it makes sense. But they said that they have 400,000 pounds of marijuana in storage that the rats, that only the rats are enjoying. That’s so gross. But I’m just curious. Is there a possibility that they could contaminate other evidence?
SPEAKER 08 :
Or are they just making this up and someone else is smoking the marijuana and they’re blaming it on rats?
SPEAKER 14 :
You think so? Surely people in government would never do that because they’re always honest, which is why you must back everything blindly, right? Oh, no sarcasm detected. I’m just saying. This is kind of a boring story. I don’t know if I want to get into that. There’s been a gun ban proposed in Colorado. That’s one of the things we’re going to discuss. And they’re looking at going after literally like semi-automatic firearms. They’re looking at transfers, private sales, all that kind of stuff. And they want to classify what they say is a device that increases the rate of fire. We want to reclassify that as a dangerous weapon. They’re going to have a fight with this stuff because none of these people know any of this terminology. We have a lot more on the way. Our friend Kurt Schlichter is going to be joining us at the bottom of the hour. You know, he lives in California. He’s been on the show a lot. But he also knows a little bit of something about emergency response and emergency infrastructure, being that, you know, he was in the National Guard and he headed up the response there to the L.A. riots and all that stuff. We’re going to talk to him about all of this. Now, he’s, I think, pretty far away from the fires. He’s in something like Orange County or something. However, seeing how quickly the fire is spreading, it’s almost like anybody can be in the path of it at this point. But we’re going to talk to him about his state because he’s one of those people who’s like, no, I love it here and I’m not leaving. I get it if you’ve had all your family there for generations, but still, the weather can’t be that nice, right? We got a lot more on the way. We’re going to talk to Kurt Schlichter coming up as well. More of the program, stay with us. It’s our friends over at All Family Pharmacy. This is such a great service. You need to memorize the website. They make it so easy. All Family Pharmacy helped my family out a lot over Thanksgiving because, you know, right on Thanksgiving when offices are closed and you end up getting sick, it’s just, it’s a mess and you gotta get medicine. All Family Pharmacy made it super easy. And you can visit allfamilypharma.com slash Dana. Use code Dana and you’ll get 10% off of your entire order. So this is affordable access, easy and cost effective for medicine. You don’t have to break the bank to access these medicines. There’s no red tape. There’s no hassle. Everything’s made in the USA. You’re not getting Chinese antibiotics. It’s not how that’s working. They got a proven track record. And you work with their doctors. Their doctors get you the medication that you need. Fast delivery right to your door. You can even overnight stuff if needed. And you can rely on all family pharmacy to keep your health needs on track. If you need antibiotics, if you need things like hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin. which is actually a good antiviral, you can get those at All Family Pharmacy. Visit allfamilypharma.com slash Dana. Get 10% off using code Dana. 10% off your purchase using code Dana10. It’s Dana10 for 10% off of your entire order only at allfamilypharma.com slash Dana.
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SPEAKER 14 :
Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash here with you at the bottom of the second hour. You can listen coast to coast. You can also stream the radio program, channel 347, direct TV, uh, find a separate sub stack as well. Uh, I was reading this piece this morning, in fact, because I think I was, I’m following along with everything that they’re saying the latest out in California, because there are so many lessons wrapped up in this heartbreaking story of wildfires in California. Uh, And I was listening to them talk about the next 72 hours as being 72 hours of hell. The winds are going to pick up again. And I mean, it could get a lot worse. My friend Kurt Schlichter has a piece over a town hall today. There is no bottom for blue California. He lives out there. He knows a little something about emergencies, emergency response, emergency infrastructure, infrastructure just in that area. He knows a lot about it. So who better to talk to than our very good friend Kurt Schlichter, himself a veteran. And of course, he was there leading the response in the L.A. riots. Everybody saw that. He I mean, he was out there. That was him. He was I mean, not him like he caused it, but he was out there responding to it. I just realized that sounded so bad. Kurt, hi. How are you?
SPEAKER 21 :
Hi, Dana. I’m not sure I was leading. I think I was pretty much my achievement was perfect attendance at the L.A. riots. Perfect attendance. I did command most of the military forces in northern San Diego during the fires in 2007. I had to reinforce. cavalry squadron task group of about 1,300, which is in addition to thousands of others in other sectors. I’m a little concerned about why there’s only about 1,700 Cal Guardsmen activated right now. It’s about 7% of the total. I don’t know what they’re doing. I don’t understand it. But, you know, I the problem is I don’t think the governor does either.
SPEAKER 14 :
And he’s the guy who calls them out, which is the scary thing. You guys know our friend Kurt Schlichter, by the way, from his book series as well. And I just I have to think that his his last book, The Attack. I’m just saying I don’t want to get into the weeds with with the first off before we before we go further. You’re not in the line of danger. I know you’re near the danger, but you’re not in like a direct fire line.
SPEAKER 21 :
No, I’m about 12 miles away. I live in the South Bay. It’s this nice little hidden community where we don’t allow the realities of blue California to intrude, where our cops actually do the job. And if you’re a hobo, you’re going to get turned around and sent off towards the poor sections. Remember, California is a feudal state. Because I’m, well, until last week when I stopped practicing as a full-time lawyer, I’ve still got my ticket. But I was a part of the elite being a trial lawyer. Yeah. So I was part of the favored.
SPEAKER 14 :
You’re part of LA law. Like you could have been that series. Oh, that was…
SPEAKER 21 :
Early in my career, I actually was.
SPEAKER 14 :
I knew it. I knew it. So, you know, you because you’ve you’ve grown up in this area. You have witnessed, you know, the coming and going of countless Democrat lawmakers. And you’ve heard the warnings, too. I mean, good grief. In Texas, we see the news where they’re like, oh, well, you know, it’s a wildlife land and wildlife management. They’re telling, you know, the governor of California that they need to watch for undergrowth and they need to, you know, clear this and, you know, just do basic stuff. And, you know, you had a lot of rainfall out there. I mean, on paper, it doesn’t make any sense is how it has spread this fast and is this bad.
SPEAKER 21 :
No, it really doesn’t. My favorite excuse is, well, it’s climate change. To which I say, so you were aware there was a giant crisis that was going to cause fires to be that much more dangerous. And what did you do besides ban straws and plastic grocery bags?
SPEAKER 14 :
Right. That’s a great point.
SPEAKER 21 :
And then you get that blank stare that you always get from the semi-sentient, mindless DEI hires that they put in charge of things out here because their grandfather came from the right continent. I’ve been putting up with it so long, it’s now just kind of, hey, you get what you vote for.
SPEAKER 14 :
Wow. And you get what you vote for. And you didn’t vote for any of this, but yet you and a lot of people are feeling the effects of it. Gavin Newsom, is he going to be forced out of office finally? Because I know there was a recall effort that just fell short of the requirement. What is it going to take for people in California to see what these policies deliver?
SPEAKER 21 :
I don’t know. See, normal people fill up that empty space inside them with faith, family and, you know, the flag. These communists fill it up with this kind of leftist woke ideology. And that’s literally more important to them than anything else. They would rather risk having their house burned down than somebody have an obstacle killing their baby. Wow. And that’s, I mean, that’s literally it. Now, I keep hearing how, oh, all these Californians are being red-pilled. Forgive me, but I don’t quite believe that. But, you know, there’s been plenty of red-pill opportunities in the past. And, you know, they may be upset and grumble. But at election time, you know, they’re going to vote for the communists again. Because, you know, Trump is bad.
SPEAKER 14 :
Trump is bad. And they I mean, heaven forbid that that’s a question that we were talking about. Like at some point, are you so tribal that you’re more tribal than you are in favor of your own? success and your own security. And your own life. Yeah, and your own life. There’s 24 fatalities there now.
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, you know, we’re always hearing, we’re always seeing about these, and it’s predominantly young women, probably on SSRIs, who will, like, take in an illegal alien or decide they’re going to go camping in, you know, Yemen to really connect with the, you know, the third world, who don’t understand that the world is a dangerous and ugly place. Because it’s been secured by the very people that they look down on. Us gun-toting knuckle-draggers who make the world safe for them have somehow led them to the false impression that the world is safe if you don’t have gun-toting knuckle-draggers. And this is the same thing.
SPEAKER 14 :
Karen Bass is mayor. I don’t see her going on politically anymore after this because there are a number of people demeaning that she resigned. But it also seems like it’s a battle of who can get who under the bus faster, between Newsom and Bass. I feel like they’re not going to have a lot of unity already. I’m kind of seeing some stuff. What are your thoughts on that?
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, look, Karen Bass makes Kamala Harris look like that guy in A Beautiful Mind. Wow. I mean, she’s- Wow. And a communist, too. She literally loves Astra.
SPEAKER 14 :
More than Justin Trudeau’s mom or less? Sorry, that was a bad joke. Sorry, go ahead.
SPEAKER 21 :
I was gonna send him a birthday card. But no, I mean, but there’s a similarity there. It took a communist like Castro to turn an island full of Cubans into a poor country. It has taken a communist like Karen Bass to turn a place like California into a hellhole. Man, socialism, Dana, it could do anything.
SPEAKER 14 :
It’s we’re talking with our friend Kurt Schlichter, Los Angeles out of line of fire resident. And he knows a thing or two about responding to natural and some political disasters as well. And he’s joining us via Skype. And you have to get his book out, The Attack, his latest book, The Attack, because which brings the arsonists. It’s what so they’ve. Three, I think, well, two definitely firebugs. And then one of them, he was detained, and I think they’re still investigating. Which, it seemed weird, the way that it spread. But the number of firebugs that live in the area where you live… I’m also not surprised that they feel so empowered to do this stuff because you previously had a prosecutor who was like, oh, if you’re stealing from a store, we’re just not going to prosecute you. Or when you reduce those deterrents, does this surprise you?
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Not at all. And apparently, of course, one’s an illegal alien. Of course. Because you’ve got to put that cherry on top of the cake. No, and look, in the attack, One of the things the terrorists do, because it’s so cheap and effective, is start a fire in these same mountains. That’s literally right in the middle of the book, because it’s so cheap and so easy to do. Imagine if we’re having trouble with the Chinese or something. Some of the Chinese sleeper cells, and there are Chinese sleeper cells, just go out there and start throwing matches around. Suddenly, we’ve got this problem in addition to all the others. It’s It’s really a terrible situation. It doesn’t help that a bunch of homeless junkies are living out in the woods as well. So, you know, again, we decided we closed down the lunatic asylums because we’re good, nice people. And now your house is on fire. Yeah.
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Exactly. We’re talking with our friend. That’s an important point that you made, too, because like it could be fair. And I’m not saying that that’s what this is, but we would be stupid to not, you know, heed the threat that it poses, because I think everyone thinks that these sleeper cells are terrorists, that it’s going to be a more sophisticated, you know, attack or there. And all it has to do, all you have to do is be a firebug out in California somewhere.
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Firebug loony with a rifle. I mean, California. You know, Dana, I don’t have a concealed carry permit in California. I commanded thousands of guys with machine guns. And I’m apparently not qualified to decide what weapon I carry when I decide what machine gun they carry. They would not give you a license? Oh, I haven’t applied because I don’t want to take a psychological test and I don’t want to spend $1,000 and I don’t want to do all this other stuff. It’s insane. Wow. Again, they’ve made their choices. You know, when when these bad things happen. Oh, my gosh. How could this happen? How could it not?
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That’s the million dollar question. Last question for you. How does this I mean, they said that the next 72 hours, it’s going to be disastrous. The winds are picking up. They said I think the Palisades fire was only 13 percent contained as of this morning. 13 percent. That’s insane. And I know that, you know, a lot of people have been displaced. I know a lot of people have been displaced and some have lost their homes. And it’s you know, it’s horrifying to watch. But how? You just made a point earlier, right, when we started talking how they only have like what they’ve called out seven percent of the guard there. Why isn’t the governor called out more? What else could they be doing to respond to this? I mean, I know it’s a historically bad wildfire, but my gosh, as you just said, and then we’re finding out dry hydrants and everything else. This is a nightmare. What else can they do? Send your dog over there and go at go at Newsome. I love your dog, by the way.
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I’m sorry, Dade. I had one of the few contractors who’s not already occupied in California. He just chose this moment to come in. But look, I don’t know what the hell is going to happen in my state. I think it’s going to get worse. It’s like an alcoholic. All right, today with this thing, okay, you woke up in the next county wearing someone else’s pants. All right, maybe you’re not hitting bottom yet. Okay, maybe it has to get much, much worse. And it is going to get much, much worse. There’s no upward trajectory. It’s not like Gavin Newsom is going to make a 180 and decide to become competent. Because, of course, Democrats don’t. competent. When you want competence, you get the moderate Republican. You go get the Giuliani. You hire the Richard Reardon. If you’re in Massachusetts, you get the Mitt Romney. Not one of those horrible Republicans who actually believes in something, but one who’s a technocrat and can kind of pick things up a little so that the completely foreseeable consequences of your ideology don’t come to fruition quite yet. but of course they are and uh that’s why we’ve got donald trump there you go and uh i don’t know newson may go and newson may try in 28 if this doesn’t take him out if the high-speed rail didn’t golly i mean will this who knows kurt yeah he’s he’s i think he’s out i think he’s done uh i i think he’s uh you know he he’ll still he would still win if he could run again california but uh I think he’s finished elsewhere. Who else is on the Democrat bench? Pete Buttigieg?
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Amy Klobuchar, maybe.
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Amy Klobuchar. The only thing I like about her is she’s very, very aggressive by throwing staplers at people. Maybe she’s terrified of our enemies with office supplies.
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I mean, if politics doesn’t work out, maybe she could go into WWE. I don’t know. Nice. I could see that. Kurt Schlichter, always so good to see you, my friend. Thanks for joining us. We appreciate it. Stay safe out there, too. Thanks for having me. Of course. And you can get Kurt’s book, The Attack. Make sure you go and get it because it’s, I’m just saying it’s incredibly timely and it’s a very interesting read, especially if that’s like a genre you like. His stuff is fantastic and you can get it on Amazon. You get the e-book today even. And our partners over at Super Beats, Super Marine, they’re pretenders and they want to be, you know, they’re pretenders out there that try to say, oh, we’re, you know, a top beat brand. They’re really not though and they don’t put as much science or can I just be frank, effort into the product as Super Beats does. Unlike these other places, Super Beats actually hired four real scientists. I mean, he’s a very nice dude, but total dork. And I say that in a nice way. They’re smarter than all of us put together. And they use science to back this. I mean, they’re known for their number one cardiologist recommended heart shoes. Now they have the Superberine. Now when you consider all of the science that’s gone into this and the research before they even released this, this is a plant-based supplement that’s made with an ingredient that helps to support your metabolism and blood sugar levels. And the Berberine, all of this, it’s three times more effective than your diet and exercise alone. And so these are clinically researched ingredients, and the berberine that they use is particular. It’s shown to have 10 times higher absorption than standard berberine. It’s used by doctors from the makers of Super Beet. So head to your nearest Sam’s Club, and not only there can you find the Super Beet’s heart shoes, but you can also find the Super Berrine from Human at Sam’s Club. Find it today.
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It’s his life mission to make bad decisions. It’s time for Florida Man.
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So, a couple of… I’m not reading that first one because that’s disgusting. We’re not doing that one. Some of these are just so nasty. I’m just not. And Florida has to make their stuff public. I’m not doing bestiality stories. We’re just not doing that. I’ll just… So, no. This is… I can’t… What happened this weekend in Florida? Okay, so one South Florida lawmaker, here’s a little happy story. He filed a bill to designate the American flamingo as the official state bird for Florida. Can I be real? I thought they already had that. What is up with birds that we thought were mascots or like representatives and they weren’t? Like just last week, we made the eagle the official bird and they just now are making the flamingo the official bird? I didn’t know that. That’s kind of… A Florida man deputy crashed his patrol car into another vehicle because he was watching a naughty video that he should not have been watching. Lake County Sheriff’s Office, the Internal Affairs Investigation, found that Deputy Tristan McComber was looking at something not safe for work before the crash happened. His body-worn camera captured the steering wheel airbag deploying after he crashed right into the back of another car. He picked up his cell phone, went to check on the other driver, and apparently he told a sergeant that the brakes locked up Before he re-entered the other car that stopped for a school bus, I might add. And then they found out that he was looking at his phone right before impact. And apparently he was looking at something that was not only inappropriate, but visually inappropriate. And so he was entirely distracted. He’s in super big trouble now. Uh, and he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt and he was watching his phone while driving. He was watching prawn in case you didn’t know. Uh, and he admitted to lying like during the whole thing. So that’s not good. That’s not good. That’s that’s no, uh, this, no, I’m not doing this. I know that was in Polk County, but I’m not, I’m not talking about that. This, uh, let’s see. Oh, a Florida man was arrested in an alleged plot to bomb the New York stock exchange. Uh, It was a plot that charging documents were unsealed Wednesday. Oh. He, a South Florida resident, Heron Abdul-Malik Yenor. Yes, sounds like Florida guy. He was charged with the attempted use of an explosive to damage or destroy a building used in interstate commerce. He apparently the FBI got a tip that he was storing. Oh, they followed up on something that he was storing bomb making schematics in an unlocked storage unit in Coral Springs. And they found all I mean, he was making bombs, bombs, bomb after bomb after bomb. And he was he apparently met with undercover FBI agents. He was asking them for photos of the New York Stock Exchange and other items. And he was very serious about it. He said he wanted a reboot of the United States government. And he apparently was ISIS adjacent, like he tried to join ISIS or was trying to join ISIS. So at least they stopped that one. Imagine a young woman facing an unplanned pregnancy, feeling alone and unsure of what to do. And she’s searching for hope. And that’s where Preborn Ministries comes in. You can make a difference for just $28. Your generosity can be the key to a mother choosing life for her baby. And with your gift, you will receive the story of a mom who chose life as well as the ultrasound image of her precious baby. And like the story of Kelsey, who found pre-born and after hearing her baby’s heartbeat, she chose life. Consider making a larger, life-changing donation of $5,000, $10,000, or $15,000. Maximize your gift that can help women in unplanned pregnancies receive ultrasounds and even help place an ultrasound machine in a women’s center. Donate for the gift of life. Just dial pound 250 and say the keyword baby. That’s pound or hashtag 250baby. Or visit preborn.com slash Dana to donate online. Every contribution counts. So again, that’s pound 250, say the word baby, or donate securely at preborn.com slash Dana.
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that come here without authorization and they go out and try to loot the place. Give me a break. Those people need to be sent back immediately. So this will end up helping the overall situation even apart from immigration. Now, the accountability is significant. If those duties are clear in law, I have the authority, with respect to certain officials, to suspend them from their office if they are neglecting their duties. And that’s an authority that I have invoked when it’s been appropriate in the past. We also need to make sure that we don’t have incentives for people to come illegally. We enacted E-Verify. People said that couldn’t happen. We really did probably the strongest legislation in the country in 2023. So I think Florida has really done a great job With one lingering exception, so back in 2014, the legislature enacted and then the then governor signed legislation providing preferential tuition for illegal immigrants, in-state tuition. That is a benefit that you’re rewarding somebody for being here illegally.
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That’s true. That’s Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. And I mean, I wish that people in California, like their lawmakers, had that kind of tough talk before all of this or maybe like always been nice. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. We are at the top of this third hour. And I was reading this whole thing. We’re going to talk. We got some Republican stuff to get into. But I was reading this. Pull this up. I don’t know. It’s an explainer on brush clearing. In Missouri, like our family, they have a history with farming and ranching. So land management is not a foreign concept. I don’t think it’s a foreign concept to people who own property. You own property, you own farmland, you ranch, whatever it is. That’s not a foreign concept to you. But if you live out in California and you don’t really own land or livestock or anything like that, I don’t know. I think some people just think that it just magically takes care of itself. I don’t know. But I was reading a couple of different things on this. including a thread that was discussing the shrubby vegetation that is present on, they said, most watersheds in L.A. Chaparral is what it’s called. Chaparral. It’s soft and then what they call coastal sage scrub, which honestly sounds like a body scrub from Bath and Body Works. They said in the taller, hard chaparral. And that is it’s dominated by evergreen and drought and, you know, shrubs that go maybe one to 15 feet tall. It’s real tough, like leathery. They survive. It reduces water loss and dry conditions. And they also contain volatile oils. which produce a strong odor and increase flammability. And they said that they depend on fire as a part of their life cycle, and you must hold periodic controlled burns. You absolutely must do that. And if you don’t, then when they start covering this broad area and the plants get older and tougher and drier, you’re just growing kindling. Tons and tons and tons of it. And they said that usually they just are these continuous closed canopies and they have they are the perfect fuels. They have the perfect fuel characteristics to ignite easily, burn intensely and spread rapidly. And this is something that when they had Rick Caruso, he’s the guy who ran against Karen Bass and lost. He actually came pretty close to her in the Palisades of all places, which is a super liberal enclave. But he had actually remarked on this a year or so ago, talking about the mitigation and the extensive brush mitigation and the programs that they use. And he mentioned this specific vegetation that’s just so prevalent out there. And… Their requirements, they have companies out there that you can hire because if you’re a property owner, you have a house out there. And if you’re in what they call a, and this is a sub stack piece, very high fire hazard severity zone, you’re apparently supposed to clear all native brushweeds, grass trees, hazardous vegetation within 200 feet of any structure, et cetera. But that’s private land. The problem really hasn’t been with private land. There’s a lot of public land that they’re just not doing this on. So it’s not the private. And those restrictions are really they’re very strict with that regulation. Like you can get cited and fined. But that’s, again, on private land. You have almost just almost a million acres of public lands in California. They said that the land that is the… It’s like 900-something thousand acres. I read a piece where it said it’s the size of Rhode Island. That’s a significant amount of land. There’s not a lot of structures on it. Densely packed. And you’ve got that coastal sage scrub. That vegetation that’s just kindling. And that’s the problem that they have. So they have all these restrictions and regulations if you’re a private property owner. But for the public land… Not so much. It’s just covered with that chopper. That chopper. It’s just covered with it. Probably not saying that right. The coastal sage scrub. We’ll call it the Bath and Body Works brand. The coastal sage scrub. There was a piece in ProPublica some years ago where they were where one Californian journalist was talking about the that land management and how. Again, on private land, people do it, but on public land, they don’t do it. They’re not keeping up with it on public land. And they said that in the history of California, the second and third largest fires have been this week. And they said that the wildland fuels are building up and that you could have something like a power line that goes down in the winds. on this, you know, hundreds of thousands of acres of public land. And then that it could hit that kindling and a spark could go off. And that’s the problem. You know, you’re not going to be able to prevent every fire, but you can definitely prevent the severity and how far it spreads. But when you have the state and the federal government that are not properly managing those public lands the way that they demand people manage them out there, if they’re in those high fire zone areas, that’s a huge problem. Isn’t there there’s already one celebrity who said they were filing suit against the Californian government over. All of this, the lack of water, the lack of land management. And you can actually see my all. And can you probably heard this? Like all of our friends that live out in L.A., they’ll tell you, oh, you can look at the land and you can tell, especially if it’s in one of those zones. You can tell what’s privately owned and what isn’t, because if they are so eager to like levy a fine on you, if you’re not clearing out all your underbrush. But how? On the land that the state manages or the federal government manages, no, they can do whatever they want. Maybe they’re not going to clear it. Last fall, Gavin Newsom was just like, I’m just not going to clear it. Because they were worried that, oh, that actually might be bad for the environment to take out all this, you know. Well, it’s bad for the environment worse and also for everyone else there. The restrictions, like I felt on this rabbit hole of restrictions where… Like they’re very fine happy out there and they thought the controlled burns were bad for the environment. Who made that up? An illiterate hippie had to have done that. So I don’t know. U.S. Forest Service, California state agencies, they’re apparently pointing fingers at each other about managed burns. There’s going to be a lot of stuff that comes out about this. Think about the level of incompetency demonstrated by the government. Not just with California, but go back further to North Carolina. Go back further to Hawaii. You have three states. These are Democrat policies that are ill-treating the people in each of these states. Now I want you to compare these states to Florida. How many times Florida got whacked by a hurricane in the past year? A couple. pretty damn damaging to Sanibel Island, which I’ve gone on vacation there before. It’s beautiful out there. They had like the one bridge that apparently connects like that island system to the coast and it was out and they rebuild it like a day. Something crazy like that. Like the people in Florida, they just sit and wait for a natural disaster and they prepare for it. And then they go out. You know how Charlie Brown and the little sad Christmas tree and all the kids come together and it’s like a pretty tree. And then the floor and then Floridians do that. They get it done there. We had friends in Florida who were dealing with the effects of the one or several hurricanes. And I would ask them, are you without power? Oh, I was for a couple hours. I’m like, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. You had a hurricane come through, took out your bridge, was busting up your infrastructure, and you were just without power for a few hours. And that was like one of the areas that was without it the longest. They’re like, yeah. You can see why they don’t care about hurricanes down there. You can see why so many people don’t leave. Because they’re like, no, we vote well. And we know that for the return on the investment of our vote and the tax dollars that are forcibly taken from us, that we’re going to be able to get this done. And they just run their agencies there better. They do. It’s wild when you compare it. I mean, good grief. Look at Hawaii. Look at North Carolina. Democrat administration. It matters. And when there’s natural disasters and you see the response. You see how long it takes. I mean, Florida, after they fixed all this stuff with their hurricane and they got hit pretty damn hard. They sent all the help up to North Carolina and we’re clearing roads and rebuilding bridges and all this stuff. They were offering help to California. I don’t know how you can look at these states and can compare the response to these disasters and tell me that this ideology is the better way to go about it. For your own survival, you should want to vote differently. This gets beyond petty partisan politics. You literally have an ideology that celebrates mediocrity, not meritocracy. You have an ideology that demands that the government control everything, but yet they don’t know how to manage it because it’s too damn big and it’s a disaster. There’s no comparison here. Goodness. Yeah, the U.S. Forest Service in October had directed its employees in California to, quote, stop prescribed burning for the foreseeable future. And the Forest Service, they deal with the Los Angeles National Forest that covers over 650,000 acres. It’s one quarter of L.A. County. And it’s closed for safety. They just close it. I mean… And they’ve been fighting. Well, controlled burns are not an effective. It’s not effective. It’s not going to help. I don’t know where I’ve ever seen that actually work. And then the reservoir. I mean, this is just a nightmare. But there’s obviously a difference. And this is what I hope Republicans focus on instead of all this stupid little infighting that they’re doing, which we have to touch on this. I don’t know why people are mad over Elon Musk over the H-1Bs. I get it. But this is what happens when you have a coalition. Republicans need to right now be looking at all of this and be setting the foundation for midterms. This is what voting this way gets you because it’s true. You have epic taxes here, and what are you getting out of it? Epic taxes in Hawaii, what are you getting out of it? North Carolina, what are you getting out of it? This is what the party should be doing. 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I mean, by our days and nights and The moon and the sun and the rotation around this. So if it’s not like that elsewhere, then that does suspend the idea of time. Think of it. There are galaxies where you do not have that. So, yeah, I that completely makes sense as an illusion. This is something, though, that. Physicists have kicked around for quite a long time, but the arguments are pretty compelling for it. Some D.C. grocery stores are limiting egg purchases amid amid a nationwide shortage because Biden was such a great president and made the economy so great that they now are having to limit like super expensive eggs. You know, I mean, the butter is more expensive. The milk is more. Everything’s more expensive. But apparently they said, yes, they have to they have to limit people to three dozen eggs. So they used Whole Foods in Chevy Chase. 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Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash here with you. I’m watching video of just we’re not going to play it. So no worries. Joe Biden is giving his final foreign policy address because he’s got a week left. That’s it. And he’s trying to paint a very rosy picture. And it doesn’t it’s not a rosy. There’s no rosy picture to paint. So welcome back. We’re at the bottom of this third hour. Joining us now, we were actually just talking about on break, I heard Cain talking to him about how much jet lag Stephen Yates probably has. I don’t even think he gets jet lag. I’m pretty sure he’s probably immune to it. He doesn’t sleep. He just sits there calmly in his seat and waits. And then arrives. That’s it. I’m pretty sure that’s how it works with him. Stephen Yates, as you know, is a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation. And he spent two administrations, presidential administrations, where he was advising on key issues of foreign policy. And he’s a China expert. And you can find him on X at Yates Compte. He joins us now via Skype. Stephen, always good to see you. Happy New Year. Glad that you made it made it back safe and sound after traveling the world because you were recently in Taiwan. Can I say that? That’s correct, right?
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Yeah, Taiwan and Tokyo.
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Wow. Taiwan. So I’m going to get into the Panama Canal and all of this stuff. But tell me about this quarantine that China is starting to talk about as it relates to Taiwan, because now they feel like, oh, we just need to stop certain things from entering Taiwan. So we should probably start talking about maybe quarantining them. I was reading about this this morning. They’re they’re really planning to get away with a lot in terms of how they treat that sovereign entity.
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Well, and why wouldn’t they? They have been able to push the envelope for a very long time. They haven’t faced really much price to pay. Occasionally, we’ll send some kind of naval and air vessels through the Taiwan Strait to kind of brush them back in international waters and airways. But they’ve been encroaching upon Taiwan’s sovereign territory, as well as that of Japan and the Philippines in recent times. And so this is actually one of the greatest concerns I ran into going to East Asia most recently. The people over there, their governments are trying to increase capacity. They’re trying to work together to push back and be resilient. They’re looking for what the United States might signal by way of helping out, not asking the U.S. to take the brunt of it, but they don’t want to have to stand alone. And this is one of those big things that Team Trump is going to have on the plate right from the get-go. And Team Biden is trying to claim that all is dandy on the way out the door. And just no one in Asia believed that.
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Everything’s great. Nothing to worry about. This is probably like a really elementary way of putting it. But when I was reading… about just the overtures that China’s making. Oh, it’s not a blockade. It’s just, you know, a quarantine. Like they’re very particular about their wording because they don’t want to adopt or implement anything that could signal war because they want to leave themselves some room to walk back. So they’re like, that’s like the whole strategy of I’m touching you, but I’m not touching you. Right. Like you’re like as a kid when you would aggravate your siblings, your cousins, you’re like, I’m not touching you. I’m not touching you. And you’re like right there that far away from them. This is like honestly what it feels like. I mean, a blockade is a blockade. You can call it a quarantine all you want to.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, I think the accidentally on purpose, their little political word game is telling more than they know. I mean, what do you quarantine? You quarantine a virus. What is the virus they’re trying to quarantine? We might call it freedom or democracy or something like that. They definitely don’t want that crap getting out and infecting them over there in mainland China where they like to have a super surveillance state. lock up people in work camps in the far northwest, but don’t call them Muslim, to crush freedom in Hong Kong and free speech. But it’s just all about unity. So yeah, I think they accidentally on purpose say quarantine because what they’re really trying to do is to keep those nasty viruses of freedom from getting out. And of course, it’s really dangerous too in operation because you can’t blockade Taiwan without encroaching on two U.S. treaty allies. And people can say, well, we don’t want to be involved, but we’re already signed on as a country constitutionally passing ratification of these things in the Senate to say that we’re going to stand by our treaty allies, Japan and the Philippines. And we need alliances in order to try to keep that deterrent far from our shores. And so that’s kind of the trick here. China is encroaching as much as it can. And people over there are saying, hey, we want to push back, but what can we really do? And we’re going to have to solve this. We’ve got to make sure, I think, first and foremost, stop feeding the beast. And that’s why you’ve got to reorient our trade. away from the funds that allow China’s military machine to to run ahead and stop sharing so much technology. They steal plenty. But, you know, take these two inputs out that we have given trillions of dollars away in recent decades. And let’s at least start in the basics.
SPEAKER 14 :
That’s a great point. Talking with our friend Stephen Yates at Yates comes on X. So if you’re Trump. You’re walking into this. It hasn’t been improved by the last four years of a Biden regime. What do you what do you do to even start trying to push back on this? I mean, it’s it’s tricky. It’s a very China’s very aggressive and they they want to call everything done to them that they’re doing to everybody else in active war.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, they do have this art of projection in all that they do. But they’re up against, I think, probably one of the great head game players of our time in Donald Trump. I mean, he seems to live rent free in a lot of people’s heads. And if he can, if he can do that to the American left, I hope he can do it to the international left too. And you don’t get much further left than communists. And so I think that, uh, you know, I, I would like to believe he’ll open up dialogue. I am happy not to be a part of that dialogue, but he’s gonna try to take the temperature of where things are, but he’ll also simultaneously put tariffs and other pressure in place. And he also wants to sell defense articles to people who want to defend themselves. And that, I hope, is what Doge gets the Pentagon-oriented right to get all of the inefficiencies and corruption to the extent possible in the swamp out of our defense manufacturing supply chain. That’ll minimize risk for America, maximize deterrent, and if he can play the head games with China and its leaders, that might buy time for what I think is his mission number one, which is American revival. We start hitting on all engines with grow, baby, grow, and drill, baby, drill, and secure our border, and get people believing in America again, leading up to our 250th 4th of July. All that goodness, that just nukes this narrative that China’s on the rise and America’s on the decline. I think it’s kind of the reverse if we get our house in order.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, they love that narrative. They love that optic, which is kind of why I talk with our friend Stephen Yates. For those listening, Trump, he’s he’s I think last his last term, he talked a little bit about the Panama Canal incident. But now there seems to be a plan of action like he’s very much interested in figuring out how to deal with the China factor on the canal, as we’ve talked about on the program. And you and I’ve talked about it before. They have hubs at either end of the canal. You know, that’s like a Belt and Road initiative country there. I mean, do they who controls the canal? I know it’s owned by the Panama government, but who really controls it?
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, there are pieces of this, you know, flowing through the canal is one thing. But if you have a lot of material you’re moving through, you’re probably going to use port facilities in addition to just vessels that flow through. And if you have, say, five major port facilities on each end of The canal and two or three of them are Hong Kong based entities that used to be a free colony of Great Britain, but decidedly as part of the People’s Republic of China. And after their national security laws passed, it’s very clear even corporate entities in Hong Kong answer to the Communist Party of China. And, you know, so I think it was appropriate. This is another one of those things that Donald Trump does more than anyone in history where he says something and people lose their Froot Loops over it. And then all of a sudden you start asking basic questions and you’re like, Well, who does run this? And didn’t America invest an awful lot and give it away for very little? Thank you, President Carter. And now, isn’t this a major national security issue for us? It’s the same thing with Greenland and this other stuff. People get all over there doing backflips, but then you start asking basic questions. Well, why should it be a colony of Denmark? And what are they going to do to protect the Arctic and critical minerals there? And if it’s bad for us to buy it, do you think the Chinese won’t be in there trying to buy stuff? So he’s forcing people to have to take a second look. And as you intimated, it’s getting us to what ought to be a better deal in these things. And there have been neglected issues from multiple administrations, Republican and Democrat.
SPEAKER 14 :
Last quick question for you on that, because he’s got just one term and he’s termed out. And he’s really of that this last term, you’ve got six months where you can don’t have to worry about some of these other lawmakers in purple districts. Oh, I’m going to start going towards the center again. It it’s like it seems like an an insurmountable task to start doing to start this. How should he I mean, how should he even approach it? If you’re telling Trump, OK, this is the first thing that you need to do. What do you even tell him? This is this is the hard part.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, I think I just begin at home and it doesn’t sound like it’s foreign policy advice, but it’s what puts America in the best possible position to achieve peace and prosperity with our partners around the world. That is, we have to respect our sovereignty and secure our border. We can’t allow the death of hundreds of thousands of American youths and let that just go unabated and expect we’re gonna get anywhere in the world. If we don’t respect our own people’s lives, then bad people will assume we’re weak and they’ll be right. Second thing, we have got to be serious about getting energy. I think that’s why the Secretary of Interior is in charge of the Energy Committee. It’s because we have so much federal land in America. Most Americans have no idea that when you get west of the Mississippi River, you can get upwards of two-thirds to three-quarters of a state that is actually owned by the federal government. And we have amazing resources there. that can be used cleaner or more efficiently to fuel america the north america the world if we just get our head out of you know where yeah and that if we do just those two things we’re on our way to the bad guys going well shoot we don’t really have that much leverage over america like we thought we did america’s not on the climb like we thought it was And so we had better start making a better deal because this mojo is going in the right direction. And a lot of America’s allies want to be on board that.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, it’s going to be a difficult six months. It could be worth it, but it’s going to be a tough six months. Steven Yates at Yatescom. So glad that you got back safe. Good to see you, my friend. Happy New Year. We’ll talk again.
SPEAKER 04 :
Happy New Year. Thank you so much, Dana. Take care.
SPEAKER 14 :
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SPEAKER 10 :
Let’s talk about some unfinished business. Between Israel and Hamas, how close is anyone to a hostage deal? Well, I can answer that question in two ways. We are very, very close. And yet being very close still means we’re far because until you actually get across the finish line, we’re not there.
SPEAKER 14 :
What? That’s Jake Sullivan. And what he said is not making sense there. So he says, Yes, it’s he also he he’s just they have the worst soundbites from this whole administration today, whether it’s Karine Jean-Pierre or whether it’s Biden or whether it’s Jake Sullivan or Antony Blinken, who spoke earlier today. In fact, Biden, there’s audio here. Just cue me when we have it. was saying that in his big foreign policy address that he just, his last that he gave, he was saying that, you know, the biggest threat that everybody’s facing is climate change. That’s the big threat.
SPEAKER 12 :
I know some incoming administration, some in the incoming administration are skeptical about the need for clean energy. They don’t even believe climate change is real. I think they come from a different century. They’re wrong. They are dead wrong. It’s the single greatest existential threat to humanity.
SPEAKER 14 :
It is, though? Wait a minute. You know, did we check the names of the guys who were starting the fires out in California? Because I thought one of them was Mr. Change. First name, Climate. Right. Climate change. Mr. and Mrs. Change’s son. You know, although I think that they’ve kind of got like a volatile family history there, the changes do. But their son, Climate, who’s been causing these fires in and around. I mean, that’s that makes sense if that’s the guy’s name. If they’re if the arsonists name or climate change, that makes sense.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah. I think he pronounces it Clemente. Oh, Clemente Change. That’s right.
SPEAKER 14 :
That’s right. Clemente Change. It’s French. It’s French. The French, typical French terrorist, you know, just out there.
SPEAKER 08 :
Paris Accords. That makes sense then.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah. Yeah. You know, I mean, yeah, I get it. Totally makes makes all the sense in the world. Are you guys you guys are going to miss Biden, aren’t you? You guys are going to miss his weird rambling speeches where he all of a sudden just decides to yell.
SPEAKER 08 :
No, I’m not going to.
SPEAKER 14 :
Not even at the right part. You’re not going to miss it?
SPEAKER 08 :
I’m not going to miss any of it.
SPEAKER 14 :
I’m going to miss Corrine Jean-Pierre mispronouncing literally everything. That’s really going to miss whether it’s Emeritus or the Nordstrom pipeline, which that was actually the first and only time I got pleasantly excited by anything that the administration said. I was like, wait a minute. Are you telling me I could have a Nordstrom pipeline? pipeline like where is that i choose the bougie stuff the nord stream i mean i would like accessories more than just gas but whatever you know Maybe that’s the one way to look at it. But I don’t know. So this they’re trying to set the stage that they’re leaving, you know, right right before any economic doom. Oh, look how great it is under us. And then they’re going to hand the mess to the Trump administration and blame him for everything that Biden’s done. Exactly what they’re going to do. Exactly what they’re going to do. And then the media is going to help romanticize Biden’s history. Although I will say, do you know that for the inauguration, designers are now offering to dress Melania Trump? That was a huge thing previously. They didn’t want to have anything to do with her. And Ralph Laurence said out of respect for the office, he absolutely was going to create her a dress. And that’s the dress she wore Inauguration Day. Now these other designers are like, oh, I guess we… Too late. Too late. Today in stupidity came.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right. L.A. County Public Works. OK, this guy is in charge. He’s the director, Mark Pestrella. Listen to what he says here. I think it was a little bit of a slip, but did they start the fires? Listen to this.
SPEAKER 06 :
Let’s take care of our mental and physical health. to rebuild these communities back and rebuild them better than they were when we started this fire.
SPEAKER 08 :
What? What? Are you admitting?
SPEAKER 14 :
Was that an admission? What? Yeah, it was confusing.
SPEAKER 08 :
Oh, boy. That’s stupid. I want to see the backlash he gets for that.
SPEAKER 14 :
But is that smelt protected, that little bait fish, though? I’m curious. Folks, that does it for us today. I will be back behind the mic with you tomorrow and we’ll start previewing some of the inauguration stuff. God bless. Have a great night.
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