In this episode, we dive deep into the rising favorability ratings of Donald Trump, dissecting recent polls that indicate major policy support among Americans. Our hosts engage in a spirited debate over where the country’s economic policies are heading and the steps needed to recover from past administrations. The discussion is rife with insights about what the American public might expect as political landscapes shift and evolve.
SPEAKER 10 :
What to watch, what to watch. Romantic comedy. Horror. Sci-fi. It might be time to give that scroll button a break. Put down the remote and play Keynote or buy tickets for your favorite draw games online. Big wins? Now that’s something that deserves popcorn. iLottery from the Connecticut Lottery. Where will you play? Odds vary by game. Kino odds vary by wager style. Must be 18 or older. Help is available for problem gambling. Call 888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org.
SPEAKER 08 :
Donald Trump’s favorability rating is actually higher than it ever was the first time around. Let me ask you, a recent poll by Marquette looked at several of the things that he has done or says that he is going to do. And 63% favor federal government’s recognition of only two sexes. 60% favor deporting immigrants who entered the United States illegally. 60% favor expanding oil and gas protections. production, 59% favor declaring an emergency at the southern border. Is there anything you are seeing that Trump is doing that you are in favor of, that you think is the right thing?
SPEAKER 25 :
Let me say, as it relates to all of those issues, we’re just at the beginning.
SPEAKER 23 :
Donald Trump’s favorite bill. My other favorite part of this was Hakeem Jeffries trying to argue, as like all the other Democrats do, Well, Donald Trump took office and he like didn’t immediately bring down the prices. So I guess it was all a lie. That’s. What I’ve heard all weekend to the point where I kind of wanted to bury my head in my couch cushions. It was done already. I was already… I’m like, this is where you got started. You guys are already in with this stuff. This is so dumb. Welcome to the show. Dana Lash with you. Top of this first hour. A lot to get into. The chat’s at Rumble. And then you also have… Well, you know, you’re watching this from somewhere. Channel 347 Direct TV. The… The whole argument over when the money saving should start and when the inflation should go away, you know, you kind of have to undo some of the stuff that Biden did in order to get to have the economy restored. Right, Kane? I mean, it’s not like. The economy isn’t this separate from the rest of the system entity that moves completely unanchored from everything else.
SPEAKER 19 :
You’re absolutely right. And we also only get reporting on the previous quarter, not the quarter that we’re in. So all the data that they’re going by as far as prices and everything is based on Biden’s last quarter.
SPEAKER 23 :
So why is Hakeem Jeffries out there? Him. Who else was it over the weekend? There were a couple of other students. Amy Klobuchar. The lady who eats her salad with a comb. They’ve been livid over this. Why didn’t it immediately cut? Inflation is supposed to go away the second Donald Trump is in office. Oh, my gosh. And then when it doesn’t, then they’re saying it’s a lie. It’s a how did someone put it? It is a mega lie. I don’t know what that means. Again, this is, as Cain noted, it’s it’s all and that’s just that’s not just conveniently right now. That’s how the economy is always measured. You always go by the most recently tabulated quarter and that’s what this is. And so here in a couple of months, we’ll have some new information. But as it stands right now, this is the reality of the situation. You have inflation because of the economic policies of the previous administration. Trump’s not even been in office for a month. And I think they’re already doing quite a lot, honestly. And that’s the left has to find some kind of way to blunt all of the activity that everybody sees on television, because you think this this makes the left really angry. Because Joe Biden, where’s my story on this? Joe Biden officially has more vacation days. He took more vacation days than any other president in the history of this nation. If you had to guess how many days Joe Biden had been on vacation, how many would you guess?
SPEAKER 19 :
I would say it’s close to 50% of the total of four years.
SPEAKER 23 :
Well, I mean, think about it. For a singular year, how many days of vacation do normal people get for a singular year? Two to four weeks, depending on your… Okay, Joe Biden, over four years, had 577 days off. Good Lord. He took more time off. It was over 39%, right almost at 40% of his presidency, on vacation.
SPEAKER 19 :
That’s a year and a half plus of vacation in four years.
SPEAKER 23 :
The average American gets 11 paid vacation days a year, would have to work 52 years to rack up as much time as Joe Biden took off. Bill Clinton, in comparison, had 345 days off. 12% of his presidency. Joe Biden, 39% of his presidency. Barack Obama had 320 days off, 11% of his presidency. Ronald Reagan was the same thing, give or take by a couple of days, like 330-something days off, 11%. George W. Bush had over 1,000 days off, 35% of his presidency. He had a lot. These are eight years of presidents. I will say this about W and the reason I’m bringing this up is I’m going to bring this back to the larger topic with Akeem Jeffries. But can I just make a side note about W? Because I have my criticisms with him. But can I just say to put it in perspective, a lot of the time that that. It was said that he was on vacation. He was actually at his ranch in Texas that he treated as kind of like, you know, how Mar-a-Lago sort of, you know, the second White House. That’s like the Western White House, like Reagan had Rancho Del Cielo. So he did a lot of work there. I mean, Colin Powell talked about how. He and Condoleezza Rice were there and they were having cabinet meetings and they did everything possible. He went back and he actually did land work and stuff. So but that is not noted in that tabulation. So I think if you did, it would be a lot fewer days than that. And each of the president’s perspective.
SPEAKER 19 :
Each of the presidents you mentioned in comparison to Joe Biden were two term presidents. Joe Biden was one term.
SPEAKER 23 :
Did you almost call him Joe Biden?
SPEAKER 19 :
Because that should have stayed. It’s a verbal typo. It stays.
SPEAKER 23 :
Yeah, it really should have. It stays.
SPEAKER 19 :
But he’s four years. The others that you mentioned are eight years. Those are the amount of days they took in eight years. Biden took 500 and something days in four years.
SPEAKER 23 :
Yeah. True. So he’s been out of office this whole time. His ratio, I mean, George H.W. Bush was 37%. He had the most until Joe Biden. And it kind of makes you wonder, well, who is sort of running stuff? Who is running things? Who is actually the president of the United States if the president of the United States was on vacation? That’s like the million dollar question, right? And all of the screaming by Democrats as to, you know, oh, well, I can’t believe you’re auditing this or I can’t believe you’re cutting this. And why has an inflation gone? I mean, I honestly the POTUS has done a really good job when it comes to. getting started and getting things done. By the way, he only took 380 days off. So that was like barely almost 26% of his presidency. So he was one of the, he’s, he’s right after, uh, Clinton, uh, So of all the Republican presidents, he had the least time off. And that was his first term. So just put that all in perspective. Here is a headline that I have been looking into. And I kind of want to wait and see a little bit of what’s discovered. I was unaware of this. Now, well, I wasn’t unaware of Texas having gold, right? Because Texas has its own gold reserves. Did you know… that Fort Knox, apparently also has gold in its reserves stored at Fort Knox. The last time it was fully audited was in 1953. I will say, someone said, oh no, it was audited in 73 too. That’s erroneous. It was only a less than 6% examination of what they had. And they were black and white photos. It was really weird. So I don’t know. So they had… And I think that they had… Didn’t they have like Steve Mnuchin and McConnell go down there at one point? Again, black and white photos. I don’t know why it had to be black and white photos. It’s really weird to me. But… So now Senator Rand Paul is demanding that the reserves at Fort Knox be audited. And I think Doge is, I think that they’re going to do it when they finish going through the IRS. Because Musk had asked online, surely it’s reviewed at least every year, but it actually isn’t. So Fort Knox in Kentucky, this was… So 36, they last fully audited it in 53. A full audit. Full audit. The last time anyone went there, less than 6% is what they saw. They had… There was a conspiracy that has been going around for some time that the gold reserves at Fort Knox are empty. Makes me now wonder about the gold reserves in Texas. Do they got gold in there? I’m just kind of wondering. U.S. Mint Police. Did you know that we have a Mint Police? I totally did not know that either. The U.S. Mint Police. They’re responsible for protecting the reserve and its actual gold bricks or gold bars. So, yeah, they said that it was in 2017 when it was McConnell and Mnuchin. They went to the vault at Fort Knox and they had some grainy black and white images of Mnuchin and that was it. And it’s in front of what the public is told online. Our golden bars. Now, he was the first. Here’s what’s crazy. Steve Mnuchin was the first head of the Treasury to visit Fort Knox and look at the depository there since 1948. Again, the first head of the Treasury since 1948. That was back in 2017. They saw less than 6%. of everything that was there. They didn’t like really get a walkthrough. They didn’t get to actually see everything. The last full audit was in 53. And then I don’t know if you’ve seen the photos that are so grainy and you can’t hardly, I mean, honestly, by today’s standards, you can’t even tell what you’re looking at. And this is in 2017. So there’s no reason for them to be like this, but it’s just really weird to me that they were released like that. I mean, that’s, You know, if you’re trying to hide, I guess, what it is then. But they released these back. I think CNN had them. And the image is so grainy. I mean, you could easily fake somebody out. I mean, Cain, you’ve seen this image, and I think Juan’s going to show it to you. He saw the he didn’t see the largest stockpile of gold. And that’s what was incorrectly said. He just saw like a little bit of it. And they made him put on white gloves and he supposedly held a gold bar. But it’s a photo that looks like it was done back in the 60s. And this was in 2017. I just don’t trust it. I don’t trust it. I mean, it’s weird to me. This is literally the last. That’s Steve Mnuchin. If you’re watching the simulcast on Channel 347, DirecTV or on Rumble or YouTuber X, that’s Steve Mnuchin at the gold depository in Fort Knox. And again, that was the first time the head of Treasury has ever visited it since 1948. There hasn’t been a full accounting, a full audit since 1953. Why was that picture taken in 2017? And it looks like it’s from the 60s. Why did it have to be a grainy black and white photo? Is there like some unspecified rule that you can’t use like modern cameras to actually capture what’s in there? Or are they afraid that if you do that, then you’re going to see that the gold’s fake? I don’t know. I mean, this doesn’t help the conspiracy theory stuff. Is that not weird? It’s weird. So I think we need a full audit of this. We need a full audit of a lot of things. I’ve got more very depressing things, of course, as to where your money has gone. Not just through USAID, but all of these other agencies now. We’re going to dive into that. And some of the media malpractice over the weekend was stunning, you guys. Stunning. We’re going to dive into this thing with 60 Minutes. And also how apparently… You know, after JD Vance went over and was lecturing Europeans, Germany decided to have a phallus measuring contest. And it’s a little nuts. And they were actually trying to blame free speech for the rise of Nazism. It’s one of the weirdest things ever. We’re going to dive into all of this and more. All Family Pharmacy, I’ve been recommending them to everybody because I think what they do makes it so easy and it’s so important. And they cut out the middleman. They have a doctor that reviews their prescriptions and does all this stuff. And so basically with All Family Pharmacy, What this is, is it’s a one-stop shop where you can go and you can get the medications you need. You can also get things like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. And it’s insane that there are still doctors who don’t recognize the medicinal benefits of these medications. It’s just, it’s like living in the dark ages, for crying out loud. All Family Pharmacy specializes in being a reliable option for a variety of health needs. You can always be prepared. You can bulk order. Be prepared for emergencies. You don’t have to wait until you’re sick. You can plan ahead and you can stay ready. It’s simple, it’s fast, and it’s affordable. If you don’t have insurance, that’s not an issue. They have very straightforward pricing, online ordering, shipping in just two to four days. Or if you’re in a pinch, you can have things overnighted. Your health is always within reach. And I think this is actually the most important. All of their stuff is made in the USA. So you can rest easy knowing that the medications that you receive and are taking from All Family Pharmacy are made right here in America. Manufactured, all the inputs, everything right here in the US of A. Ensuring high standards of quality and safety. So visit allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana. That’s where you can get 10% off with promo code Dana10. That’s allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana. Dana10 is the code for 10% off.
SPEAKER 07 :
There’s a specific reason why some of these politicians hate Elon Musk. Elizabeth Warren claims she doesn’t accept donations from Big Pharma. Not only does she collect money, she collects more than anyone else does. And the person next in line? Bernie Sanders. Check out the Watchdog on Wall Street podcast on Apple, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts.
SPEAKER 22 :
Whether it’s stennis or hormones or anything, at Nutrafol, we’ve learned that real change starts below the surface. Our hair growth supplements take a whole body approach and target the key root causes of hair thinning. So you can see visibly thicker, stronger hair in three to six months.
SPEAKER 21 :
Hair growth starts from the inside at Nutrafol.com. That’s N-U-T-R-A-F-O-L dot com.
SPEAKER 19 :
And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
SPEAKER 23 :
So apparently, a five-point magnitude earthquake sent tremors across western Texas. Ooh, I don’t want none of that here. Okay, we got tornadoes. We don’t get both of them. That’s not fair. So they said it had a depth of roughly four miles. The epicenter was northwest of Toya, Texas, about 160 miles east of El Paso. They were detecting aftershocks within five minutes near the same location. And they said that they also felt tremors all the way out far west, just like Roswell and Carlsbad and out in New Mexico. Crazy. So… I don’t know. Cannabis cocktails are on the rise. I don’t understand this concept. Now, I’m not a weed person, but my first I feel like this is like a whole side topic. My first introduction to weed was sitting behind old people at a Willie Nelson concert, hands to sky. It was the greatest generation, y’all. They were the greatest bad influence at a Willie Nelson concert. And they had it smelled like somebody cracked open a kegger of Heineken. It smelled like a dirty raccoon fart. It was horrible. And I’m like, why would you want that in a cocktail? Right. Because when your cocktail smell like that. I just don’t want a stinky drink. That’s nasty.
SPEAKER 19 :
It’s like the gummies. Don’t they smell like that?
SPEAKER 23 :
Well, my dog’s CBD treats don’t really.
SPEAKER 19 :
Do the gummies smell like that? I don’t think so.
SPEAKER 23 :
I didn’t really smell his CBD gummies, but I don’t think that they have the TCH or TH.
SPEAKER 18 :
THC, yeah.
SPEAKER 23 :
TLC in there. I don’t know. Whatever the hell. Thank you. THC. Is that what you said? Is that right?
SPEAKER 18 :
No, it’s THC.
SPEAKER 23 :
That’s the band, isn’t it? So they said cannabis cocktails. So they’re using cannabidiol? Okay. And then Tetris. Those things in there. And that apparently they’re on the rise because people are getting away from alcohol. I just think that people don’t like hangovers. That’s like, honestly, that’s what it seems like to me. Is that? Yeah. Apparently. I’m not reading this headline. Candles, according to one Danish study, they say burning candles is the main indoor source of pollution particles. Your mom is the main source of indoor air pollution particles. Thank you. I’m going to burn my candles. My kids say that it’s like a cult in our house. I don’t care. I don’t care because when we had the great ice storm of whenever that was, we had light. Thank you. But now they’re saying that, okay, don’t burn too many scented candles. Can I also just say stop buying the scented oil trash from Bath and Body Works? That stuff is, I think, toxic. The little stuff that you put in the walls there, one of my friends, it totally discolored her whole fireplace. And it totally changed the color of her fireplace. So I’m just saying some of the stuff, I think some of it’s better than others. But, you know, don’t like burn your house down. We’ve got a whole bunch of other stuff on the way, including auditing the gold at Fort Knox. Media malpractice and some weekend drama. Don’t miss. 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.
SPEAKER 12 :
Keep your finger on the pulse with the Dana Show podcast, delivering timely news with insightful analysis. Whenever you want, straight to you on YouTube, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.
SPEAKER 16 :
Do you believe you have a sense of what Doge is doing?
SPEAKER 06 :
No. I think Doge is an unelected, unofficial, small group of young tech bros who are charging into different federal agencies, getting into their core computer systems, doing things with them that at least I don’t know the full details of, copying and downloading reams of data. That’s a lie.
SPEAKER 16 :
What does it matter that Doge has access to U.S. government computer systems?
SPEAKER 06 :
What matters is that the U.S. government has information about you, about me, our Social Security information, our Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans Benefit payments, things that matter to us. Obviously, our tax file.
SPEAKER 23 :
So wait a minute. So this is Chris Coons talking to whoever this turd is, 60 Minutes, whatever. It’s Monday. Cain and everybody out there listening, everybody out there in the chat, maybe y’all can answer this question for me. Who – Who are the elected group of people all in those departments that take our information? Are they elected?
SPEAKER 19 :
No, they’re not at all.
SPEAKER 23 :
So wait a minute. There’s a group of people in there right now that take our information that are not elected? Yes. Oh. Well, what’s the difference between those unelected people and the Doge people?
SPEAKER 19 :
Scientifically and logically, nothing.
SPEAKER 23 :
Oh. Oh. So they just don’t like this group of people? Unelected people.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, it’s just political bias.
SPEAKER 23 :
Oh, so he’s just being a turd. Yep. That’s what it is. That’s Chris Coons. Welcome back. Dana Lash with you. I mean, technically, though, I voted for this. Nothing makes me happier than when you’re like, Dana, guess what? So with the purchase of one Trump administration, you get a doge. And I’m like, what? And they’re like, yeah, a doge. And what’s going to happen is doge is going to rip war through all of these departments. And they’re going to slice and dice and cut, waste, fraud, and abuse. They’re going to save you the taxpayer money. Now, see, that’s my love language. When you talk about saving me my money, that’s my love language. I’m like, wait, what? That sounds amazing. I totally voted for that. I, you know, I couldn’t vote for it enough because it probably would have been illegal. But at this point, I’m like, I feel like because of the taxes I paid, I should be able to vote as much as I want to. For however, if I wanted to vote for Trump five times, I should be able to vote for Trump five times because I pay that much in tax. I think after a certain percentage, you should get extra votes. Oh, yeah. I’m going to roll with that until that’s in fact, Republicans, you want to know the quickest way to end withholding and like maybe have more of an accountable taxation system is you start saying stuff like that and proposing it a serious policy. The left will lose their minds. And the next thing you know, you’ve moved them to the center. But I’m very serious. I feel like I should get more votes. I’m special. Because I stress out more and I get robbed by the IRS. You all do too. I think if you are over, I think most of you would at least get two votes, right? Yeah. I would make that an executive order. This is why you can’t have me as president. You can’t do that, Dana. I just did. Look, EO. Hold it up like Trump does. Show everybody. Make a meme template. There you go. So the media. Can we talk about the media here? I didn’t watch these things live because I have some self-respect and I don’t like to just, you know, defecate all over my weekend. I’m just kidding. I did like pay attention to some of those. This was a 60 minutes thing. So 60 minutes. Can we this is the I want to make sure I’m getting this. This is audio soundbite 10. Now, I want you to just spare a tear for the poor big government people that were getting paid off of your tax dollars. As you listen to this, it’s cut 10.
SPEAKER 27 :
People are really scared. I think that, you know, 12 days ago, people knew where their next paycheck was coming from. They knew how they were going to pay for their kids’ daycare, their medical bills, and then all gone overnight.
SPEAKER 16 :
all gone overnight for Christina Dry and Adam Dubard, fired this month in the chaotic shutdown of foreign aid distributed by the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID. More than 8,000 USAID employees were sent home by the administration.
SPEAKER 03 :
They’re not looking for competency. They’re not looking for if you’re good at your job. They’re looking for pure loyalty tests. And if you don’t give it, you will be punished.
SPEAKER 27 :
And they had to leave the building. And these are folks who had decades and decades of public service serving USAID across administrations from, you know, George Bush to Obama to the first Trump administration. And they were never able to walk back in the building again.
SPEAKER 23 :
The lady who’s here, the lady that you’re listening to, they were actually never employees of USAID, although they were presented as such by 60 Minutes. They were longtime employees, though. Christina Dry and Adam Dubard, they weren’t with USAID, but they got the money spigot turned off from USAID. He is… Worked with Bureau of Legislative and Public Affairs. She was a speechwriter and a communications analyst. She worked through this group called Jefferson Partners to partner with USAID. But the way that they had it presented was that these poor, sweet, big government people were with USAID. And this is who it is. I don’t feel bad for these people at all. Do you? I don’t feel bad for them at all. I don’t feel bad for them at all because they’re, if you chose to have a career in government, if you chose to have a career sponging off the taxpayer, I don’t feel bad at all for your sob story. That is karma coming back, slapping you in the face for sponging off of the taxpayer. Make better decisions. Just like if you become a webcam girl and you go work for the Taint Bros, don’t be surprised if your videos are sold and then these slack-jawed, bald, you know, Sharia-loving Muslims over in Britain decide that they’re going to pretend to be gatekeepers of cultural values. No. Make better choices in life. Make better choices in life than working for the government. Make better choices in life. I mean, I don’t… I get that they’re trying to put out these as like sob stories, but I don’t feel bad for it. I feel bad for the families that can’t afford to take a vacation or can’t even afford to get a second car or can’t afford to get their water heater fixed or can’t afford to buy everything on their grocery list because they’re being taxed to death. And then on top of it, property taxes. All so that the government can go and spend their money for these two people to sit there in nice suits and bitch on camera. They didn’t know how they were… I mean, have you seen some of these government workers? I just… This is not playing the way that they think it’s going to play with the general public. If you look at, and I think we had this conversation, what came last year, we were looking at the benefits and the salaries of government workers and comparing those to private sector and there’s no competition. I mean, government workers, they love voting themselves, big pay increases, all these benefits, et cetera, et cetera. If you really want to have sympathy for someone, have sympathy for the common man and common woman that are having to work two and three jobs to make ends meet for their families, that see eggs quadruple in price. That’s those are the people that you should really feel bad about. The people who who did their civic duty and they voted a certain way and they voted to save themselves money and they voted to not be involved in all these international entanglements. And they you know, they voted for in their municipal and their local elections. And maybe they even canvassed and did everything that they were supposed to do. And they still end up getting screwed up by their government. Those are the people that I feel bad for. So Cain also has a theory, and we’re going to talk more about the 60-minute stuff, including the Margaret Brennan, the whole free speech thing with Holocaust next hour. Share it with me because we were talking about the audit of Fort Knox. I get the sense, and I think Cain speaks for probably a good number of people who listen out there. I get the sense. that you think there’s no gold in Fort Knox. Or just enough for Steven Mnuchin to take a picture with in 2017.
SPEAKER 19 :
Right. And the fact that it was black and white, were they foil-covered bricks of chocolate? Like, we don’t know. Why wasn’t it in color, that photo from 2017 with the gold, number one? But number two, I’ve been seeing stories of gold being flown in, thousands, like 8,000 bricks of gold.
SPEAKER 20 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 19 :
And from London into New York. And so if this reporting is true, why is it happening all of a sudden? They’re trying to say that it’s, you know, they think the incoming tariffs, their businesses and others want to be prepared for that. When what if they know this audit is coming and they want to get as many gold bricks as they can so it doesn’t look like Fort Knox is empty?
SPEAKER 23 :
So so that we had some come in from the Bank of England. There was one guy who says he was theorizing that every commercial flight from London had like two to four tons of gold on it. And then that we’re trying to have our gold holdings valued at a certain monetary at a certain value. And it may not be the case because we don’t let anyone. It is really actually odd.
SPEAKER 19 :
So everything, by the way, just saying is speculation. It’s only because there isn’t enough clear information. That’s what we’re left with is speculation.
SPEAKER 23 :
Well, yeah, when you have a government that’s not transparent, people are going to speculate in absence of information. We saw this with coronavirus. I mean, it’s, you know, it is… I mean, that’s a very real thing. We saw we saw this happen. I don’t I just I want to see Musk had proposed having like a walkthrough and live streaming a walkthrough. Although I probably wouldn’t be able to see it because X doesn’t work half the time. If I click on something, it just goes to who knows where. Just so just things just need to work and we need to not deal. It’s so like drama over the weekend. Did you guys see this quote? Let me pull this up. So Trump had quote, he quoted Napoleon saying, And he posted it on his Truth Social network. Sidebar, isn’t it kind of weird that Trump has Truth Social and Musk has X and they’re in the White House together? Like, I can’t believe the media in all of their attempts to pit them against each other have not tried to do more through Truth Social and X. And pit the companies against each other more. Isn’t that weird? Like they missed that opportunity. They haven’t done that. I mean, I’m not saying I want them to do it, but that seems like the most effective way. If they were going to do it, why don’t, you know, because they’re not the smartest. So he posted, he who saves his country does not violate any law. And that’s attributed to Napoleon, right? And there were a lot of conservatives. Schiff said, spoken like a true dictator, Adam Schiff. They had Tim Kaine, who, why is he still talking? He says he has authority, but he has to follow the law. Oh my gosh, that’s rich coming from the guy who was the VP pick for Hillary Clinton. And They keep saying that it’s a sign that he’s a tyrant or it’s a sign that he’s an authoritarian. I think he just posted a quote from Napoleon because he was over there in France looking at Napoleon’s tomb. I guess people missed that part when he was over there visiting the tomb and there were photos of that. Did they not put two and two together? This is so stupid. And all of the people who ran the… Last administration, like a committee, you guys don’t really have any authority to lecture any of us about any of this. A lot of drama over that this weekend. Now, Trump and Musk, I think they sat down with my friend Sean and they did a joint interview and they were asked about, you know, the media’s attempts to try to pit them one against the other. And like I said, they’ve been trying to do that for quite some time. And Trump had said, you know, it’s so obvious that they’re bad. They’re just so bad. He goes, I used to actually think they were good at it. They’re actually really bad about it, is what he had said. He said that they’re not very good at doing this. And I do think it is weird that they haven’t tried the truth social versus X thing. But I think that Trump likes the truth social thing. Like what if Musk sells X someday? Then he’s got, I don’t know. I think that’s like an insurance plan. But that was a big downfall for the media. That was a losing moment for them. The fact that those two did an interview together over the weekend and they were unsuccessful in trying to get them to argue with each other. That’s what it’s about. People have to stay focused. We need to talk about conservative focus here coming up as well as we move our partners that help bring you the program. It’s our friends over at Kel-Tec. This is a great Florida-based company, and they make awesome firearms. And their brand new one is the PR-57 Rotary Barrel Pistol Chambered in 5.7. They are just continuing to redefine the game, cutting-edge design and performance. You guys know that they have been making innovation and performance affordable. They’ve pioneered the compact pistol category. They’ve done a lot. So this 5.7, the PR-57, MSRP of only $399. Super affordable. This is why you need it. It’s 40% lighter than the next lightest 5.7. Legitimately, I’ve handled it. I haven’t shot it, but I’ve handled it. It’s like the lightest 5.7 I’ve ever handled in my life. And it’s because of the innovative rotary barrel that makes it super light as well as the unique top loading design that replaced the traditional magazine with a stripper clip. So you have two stripper clips, 20 plus one capacity. So the left when they always say clips instead of mags, they’re actually correct with this one. It’s a great you can actually this is a realistic everyday carry for literally everybody. And again, $399 MSRP, you can afford to get it. It’s from Kel-Tec, the first of its kind. It’s the PR-57 rotary barrel pistol chambered in 5.7. Visit Kel-TecWeapons.com to learn more. Innovation Performance, Kel-Tec, K-E-L-T-E-C, Weapons.com.
SPEAKER 12 :
Get the lowdown on the latest news with a side of laughs whenever you want. Subscribe to the Dana Show podcast on YouTube, Apple, or wherever you get your podcast.
SPEAKER 18 :
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of the United States.
SPEAKER 13 :
Reminded us all through their excellence that nothing is possible when we work together as a team.
SPEAKER 23 :
Nothing is possible when we work together. Now, is that the chick who spelled Eagles wrong? Yes. I think Kamala Harris just met her match, everybody. Steve, remind everybody how she spelled Eagles. E-L-G-L-E-S. Elgles. Elgles. Go Elgles. Go Elgles. Yay. That’s that lady. So nothing is possible when we work together. Inspiring. Much inspiration. Okay. That needs to be a poster, like the kitten on the tree branch, but like her. Just like, you know, just her there and all her green, misspelling Elgles and Elgles. Nothing is possible. Good heavens. I can’t. I can’t with this. Oh, all right. So that some of the stuff that we got coming up for you in the second hour, we have to discuss. This insane soundbite. Margaret Brennan blaming free speech. Blaming the Holocaust on free speech. This is what statists do as a way to try to argue against any dissent. So we’re going to dive into that. We’re also going to look at… Well, we’ve got the left freaking out. But also after J.D. Vance went off on European leaders, Germany tried to clap back. And now all of these videos showing them raiding people’s homes because they shared memes that the German authorities didn’t like. Wait until you see this. We got that coming up as well. Second hour next. Achieving vibrant, youthful skin doesn’t have to be complicated. With the power of Native Path Collagen, you can nourish your body from within and enhance not just your skin, but also your hair, your nails. By incorporating Native Path Collagen into your daily routine, you can promote a plump, radiant complexion, reduce signs of aging, and boost your overall vitality, all without any unnecessary fillers or additives. Native Path Collagen has only type 1 and 3 collagen, the most important types, making up 90% of your body’s collagen, no artificial sweeteners, just pure third party tested goodness. It’s completely flavorless. So you can just add it to about anything, your coffee or smoothies, oatmeal or whatever you want. And the best part is that Native Path’s peptides formula makes it more bioavailable. So it means your body will absorb it easily. Start your journey to healthier skin today. Get native path.com slash Dana and stock up on native path collagen and save up to an incredible 45% off plus free shipping. Every order includes a 365 day money back guarantee. Don’t miss out. Head to get native path.com slash Dana.
SPEAKER 24 :
Well, he was standing in a country where free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide. And he met with the head of a political party that has far-right views and some historic ties to extreme groups. The context of that was changing the tone of it. And you know that, that the censorship was specifically about the right.
SPEAKER 04 :
No, I have to disagree with you. Free speech was not used to conduct a genocide. The genocide was conducted by an authoritarian Nazi regime that happened to also be genocidal because they hated Jews and they hated minorities and they hated those that they had a list of people they hated, but primarily the Jews. There was no free speech in Nazi Germany. There was none. There was also no opposition in Nazi Germany. They were a sole and only party that governed that country. So that’s not an accurate reflection of history.
SPEAKER 23 :
I’m just rarely… I’m left as speechless as I am by such a demonstration of ignorance as seen with Margaret Brennan in that soundbite, that exchange that she had with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. And this all has to do with J.D. Vance going over to Munich and speaking to European leaders telling them that they’re not doing enough in the name of liberty and then also criticizing them for their very real actual free speech infringements. And Margaret Brennan trying to rewrite history. First off, does she not know that they literally banned free speech? That the Nazis, when the Nazis ascended to power in the early 30s, one of the first things they did, in addition to going out and banning guns, was they wanted to ban free speech. That actually happened. They had a number of different laws and edicts that did precisely this. They it it was the first an attack on civil rights. And then you want to talk about a war on democracy. Well, there you go. I mean, there’s reams of material that talk about the suppression of free speech under the Nazis and the explosion of propaganda. It is one of the most amazing L’s I’ve ever seen anyone take in a broadcast forum. That is an embarrassing indictment of American education that a grown person who hosts a television show sits there and through that perspective begs the question and asking Rubio about free speech. Like, do you realize also the other offense that was woven into that is that she’s essentially equating J.D. Vance with Nazis? Because J.D. Vance was criticizing Europe for not having free speech. And she’s acting like, oh, well, if you’re a free speech warden, I guess that makes you a Nazi. Oh, my gosh. That’s. I don’t know. I mean, maybe Kane, the reason that they burn books was so that people could breathe in the smoke. And it was like the next best thing to reading them. Yeah. Says Margaret Brennan. Wink. People are all up in arms over JD Vance speaking at that security conference. But you know what? Where was the lie? There was not a damn thing that he said. Was it harsh? Yes. And it was harsh, just perfectly harsh. And it was about 50 years to 50 years after when it first needed to be told. I mean, he wasn’t subtle about all of this. One of the things he noted was that the threat, you know, talking about Europe and Russia is not really China or anything else. It’s from within. And he’s right. I mean, and they just had difficulty in processing that because no one has looked them in the face in recent time and said, knock it off. You’re acting like a statist. I mean, they need to be blunt about this stuff. I’m like, why are we, you know, good. Why are we, why are we babying these people? So I don’t know. The, I mean, to try to act as though those infringements weren’t happening is Have you guys seen some of the stuff that’s been taking place over in Germany, for instance? Where is this? So this is audio soundbite 14. German prosecutors say that you’re committing a criminal act if you insult someone. Listen, 14.
SPEAKER 15 :
Is it a crime to insult somebody in public?
SPEAKER 01 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 15 :
And it’s a crime to insult them online as well? Yes.
SPEAKER 01 :
The fine could be even higher if you insult someone in the internet.
SPEAKER 15 :
Why?
SPEAKER 01 :
Because in internet, it stays there. If we are talking here face to face, you insult me, I insult you, okay, finish. But if you’re in the internet, if I insult you or a politician… That sticks around forever. Yeah.
SPEAKER 15 :
The prosecutors explain German law also prohibits the spread of malicious gossip, violent threats and fake quotes. If somebody posts something that’s not true and then somebody else reposts it or likes it, are they committing a crime?
SPEAKER 20 :
In the case of reposting, it is a crime as well because the reader can’t distinguish whether you just invented this or just reposted it. That’s the same for us.
SPEAKER 15 :
The punishment for breaking hate speech laws can include jail time for repeat offenders.
SPEAKER 23 :
This is one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen. This is what they do in Germany. She’s salivating over all of this. Do you see her? Oh, so you can. Yes, because we don’t know if the quote is not real or not. What? Do you see the absolute lack of respect they have for the individual? People are too stupid to make determinations about whether something they’re looking at online is real or not. And as a result, you need the government to come in and make that distinction for you. You know, I think it’s going to be a lot easier for the robot overlords to take over now since we’ve had status that conditioned us to just taking over daily aspects of our lives for the past 50 years. I mean, quite frankly, is it going to be that much of a difference? Maybe without the political zeal? Who knows? But that I thought that was so telling. Did you see the German lady’s face? She’s like, oh, yes, you know, because then they don’t know of what they’re reading. They don’t know. Oh, the people are too stupid to make that distinction. And you can see what Brennan’s doing here. She’s trying to set up this argument that, well, this couldn’t happen over here now because the government controls all of it. Do you see the government? That only makes sense if there is an agreed upon definition as to what is true and what is false. Because here in the United States, the powers that be, we’re trying to tell you that, yes, you know, your immune system, if you get something and then you’re inoculated because you’ve had it already, that yes, that’s how science works. And you’ve developed an immunity because you’ve had, then that changed, right? And they changed it to be whatever they needed it to be to justify mandates for injections and everything else. Oh, well, all of a sudden, you don’t get natural immunity anymore. That doesn’t exist, or at least with Rona, it doesn’t exist anymore. This is what these people did. It amazes me that they think that this is the answer to prevent… the sorts of mass hysteria that we saw during the rise of the Nazis in the 30s. But that was the government property. I mean, they controlled every aspect of it. They act like they’re fighting some grand cause of we’re fighting against hate. But think of it. These are the people that have codified hate. You get in trouble if you don’t allow someone to hijack your language for cosplay. Oh, but there’s more. Did you see that they raided a home? Someone posted a meme. So you guys share images right on Facebook. So imagine you share a meme. And remember, someone could say, oh, that was a racist image or that was the sexist image or the left’s definition. They’ve obliterated the meme. The realities of what is or isn’t with all the isms because they’ve abused the word ad nauseum. So keep in mind that all of this is on a sliding scale of someone else’s standards that changes conveniently when they need it to be advantageous to them. So imagine you share an image on Facebook, like a meme that you find, and then the authorities determine that it’s offensive. Maybe you joked about a fat chick. Maybe you joked about, I don’t know, like, you know, somebody being a DEI hire. I don’t know. And then the police raid your home and arrest you. This is what’s happening in Germany. Audio Sunbite 15. Listen.
SPEAKER 15 :
It’s 6.01 on a Tuesday morning, and we were with state police as they raided this apartment in northwest Germany. Inside, six armed officers searched a suspect’s home, then seized his laptop and cell phone. Prosecutors say those electronics may have been used to commit a crime. The crime? Posting a racist cartoon online. At the exact same time across Germany, more than 50 similar raids played out. Part of what prosecutors say is a coordinated effort to curb online hate speech in Germany.
SPEAKER 23 :
Now, what’s interesting, they don’t show you actually what they’re jailing people for. They just want you to take their word for it. Oh, they posted a racist cartoon. What? Do you know that even… So in Europe, people who are coming from Sharia dominated countries like Islamic jurisprudence countries, they’re referred to as Asians. And there are there. I mean, there’s like stories, whether it’s like on Daily Mail or Guardian or wherever. where someone can literally post criticism about people coming from Islamic countries illegally or trying to establish Sharia outside of Islamic jurisprudence in England or in France or wherever. And there they get cited for posting hate or if they even note hate. The fact that these people are coming from Islamic countries that practice Sharia, which is literally the legal system and that it’s incompatible with Western values on which like the French judicial judicial system or English, et cetera, is founded upon. If they talk about the conflict with that’s considered racist. So it’s weird that they’re not showing you what they’re arresting people for, because I think if they did, you would probably object and be like, wait a minute, explain the explain this. But that’s I mean, for crying out loud, some of the offenses, I don’t know if you’ve seen like some of the stuff that I remember even before the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices, they were called racist and all kinds of stuff. And they were posting, you know, parody of that. The Islamic jurisprudence that guided these countries and then also the extremism of some of the people who immigrated into these countries and the extremism that they brought with them. These are all very real things. Fundamentalism. And it’s called racism to criticize. You can’t even criticize it. You can’t say anything over there. There’s no free speech. This is exactly what J.D. Vance is talking about. You are killing yourself for your opponent. You are priming yourself for takeover. That’s what this is. You’re not allowing free speech. You’re actually, so her whole piece is discussing how you need to give the government entire control over discourse in your nation in order to keep things, what, peaceful? In order to buy this veneer of peace? I mean, they’re actively advocating against free speech. I mean, Germany’s crazy. And we got more on this, because I have another audio soundbite to play, because this is what they’re trying to push here as it relates to speech. I think that this last election killed it in the crib, so to speak. As we move, our partners that help bring you the program, it’s the non-firearm, firearm, the burner gun. I always tell people, and I will always carry, I have zero problem carrying, I have zero problem pumping a bad guy full of lead. to save my life or the life of a loved one. That’s not my fault. That’s a consequence of you trying to do something criminal to an innocent person is that that innocent person may carry and you may catch the lead end of that stick. So, burn a gun is a great way to diversify your weapons collection, for the lack of a better way to put it. Now, I have friends who live in D.C. and New York and they’re not always allowed to carry anywhere despite whatever licenses they have or whatever. And one of my friends is a female. And she has to work long hours. This is just be big kids is where she works and she’s got to live there. And she doesn’t want to go out to her car and become a statistic. So she got a Berna SD. That’s their most popular model. When you compare it to regular stun guns, those have one or two rounds, one or two shots. The Berna SD has five rounds. It shoots chemical irritant projectiles. that can stop threats from up to 50 feet away. So this is what a lot of my friends who live in these unfortunate areas have used to make sure they’re still protected because Burna Gun doesn’t care about gun-free zone signs, no waiting period, no background check, and it’s legal in all 50 states. Visit Burna.com slash Dana, and that’s where you can get 10% off your purchase. B-Y-R-N-A. It’s the Burna Gun. Burna.com slash Dana for 10% off.
SPEAKER 19 :
And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
SPEAKER 23 :
So a match between the U.S. and Canada. Chaos. Total chaos. Three fights in nine seconds. That sounds like my family reunion. Players exchange punches at Montreal’s Bell Centre. But you know what? You know what happens when you boo our anthem? You get your A-double sneaks beat 3-1. That’s what happens. That’s what happens. Sorry, Canada. No, we’re still friends with Canada. Canada, you’re our friend. Y’all don’t need to be salty. There’s all the other flavors out there to choose. You don’t have to be all settling on salty, so let’s not do that. Let’s see here. Ooh, there’s now a pitch to lower housing costs. And that pitch is to sell federal land, which the government owns way too much of it in the first place. Thank you. So this is something that they’re looking at in a number of different Western states, like, for instance, Nevada. They have housing needs. So they’re looking at different developments there. and different approaches to go about boosting the market by allowing for more. Why does the federal government have this much land? Like, have you seen the size of Nevada that’s actually privately owned? There’s no comparison. So that’s an interesting approach. It’s something to keep an eye on. I’m going to pull this other stuff up here. So in addition to this, hang on, hang on, hang on. Okay, finally. apparently there’s no relief ahead for high used car prices. This is another thing that has been, I didn’t realize it was as bad as it is because I like to keep my car so the wheels fall off. But they said factory disruptions three years ago are coming back and that used vehicle shoppers are finding really stubbornly high prices. And so they’re trying to kind of get a hand. I mean, that’s been happening for like quite some time. high vehicle prices. Australia is banning foreigners, like people who are not Australians. They’re banning them from buying property and buying homes. This is kind of similar I think into how Hawaii does some of the how they do some of the land acquisition and things like that. For whatever reason, this is taking forever to pull out. Finally, here we go. It’s taken a long time to pull up. But this is something that they’ve been trying to get trying to protect, I guess, like what land that they have. Kindergarten is supposed to be the readiness camp for elementary school. I thought, wait. Isn’t it? Oh, there’s kindergarten. It’s like pre-K. A school in Pensbury introduces pre-K. Why is that a headline? That’s stupid. We got a lot more on the way. Stick with us. It’s our friends over at Super Beats. The Super Boreen product. It’s a new product from the folks over at Super Beats. And you can now just like straight up, you know, walk into a Sam’s Club and get it right there with the heart shoes. The Super Boreen. is a plant-based supplement. It’s formulated with an ingredient that helps to support your metabolism and your blood sugar levels. It’s three times more effective than diet and exercise alone. Real results, super convenient. It’s one easy-to-swallow capsule a day that helps you to do more to help support the metabolic health and blood sugar levels used by doctors from the makers of Super Beets Heart Chews. So head to your New York Sam’s Club, save on the Super Beets Heart Chews and the new Super Boreen from Human. You’ll love the way it makes you feel.
SPEAKER 12 :
Make some common sense of the crazy headlines with the Dana Show podcast. Your on-the-go guide for getting up to speed on today’s most important stories. Subscribe on YouTube, Apple or your favorite podcast platform.
SPEAKER 02 :
Free speech needs boundaries. And in the case of Germany, these boundaries are part of our constitution. Without boundaries, a very small group of people can rely on endless freedom to say anything that they want, while everyone else is scared and intimidated.
SPEAKER 15 :
And your fear is that if people are freely attacked online, that they’ll withdraw from the discussion.
SPEAKER 02 :
This is not only a fear, it’s already taking place. Already half of the Internet users in Germany are afraid to express their political opinion, and they rarely participate in public debates online anymore.
SPEAKER 23 :
So this is the… I mean, it’s literally called hate aid. And it’s the CEO… What’s her name? Is this the CEO, Josephine Ballon? I, um… This is this is all fallout from Vance’s speech in Munich where he went off on all these European leaders and they all recoiled in horror because they couldn’t believe someone was calling them out on their double standards. Welcome back. Dana Lash with you. Bottom of this second hour. My only disagreement with J.D. Vance on this. is kind of a structural one because I agree with him, except I don’t think that Europeans and it’s not that I don’t think I know when you look at the history of speech laws in Europe, they don’t view free speech the way that Americans view free speech. We are so uniquely wild. And we are. We really are. God love us. I love us. I love America and I love Americans. We are so uniquely wild. When we say free speech, we really mean it. Over there, it’s not the same. They don’t have those laws. They don’t have a culture of those laws. And so now we’re going back to this like Weimar fallacy. Of speech and Nazism for the purpose of defending the Germans after they got scolded by J.D. Vance. And it’s just asinine. I mean, you have to think you have to go back in order to actually see how anti free speech laws and restrictions contributed to the rise of Nazism. You have to go back a decade earlier. like to 1920, 1921, where there were a number of laws that were passed at that time that they wanted a total censorship of any kind of criticism of the press or any kind of government leaders. And there were tons of, there were a lot of publications, including Nazi publications, that were shut down. And When the Nazis assumed power, they immediately shut down speech. They were shutting down publications. They were shutting down, I mean, literally everything that wasn’t in line with Nazi ideology. And before them, the Weimar Republic, they were shutting down all kinds of stuff as well. They did even ban Hitler from speaking in a number of German states. But the problem is that it was used as a… Like a public relations tool by the Nazis. And they had, I think, like some of the stuff that they created. There’s like an image of the fire.org has a collection of some of the propaganda that was created during this time. And so what the Nazis were doing was saying, oh, the Weimar Republic is silencing Hitler because they’re afraid of what he’s saying, etc. They’re afraid to be challenged. And they used this. It was not an impediment. They used it as a PR tool for themselves. And then when they seized power, they just expanded on all of the anti-speech moves that had been made prior and really shut everything down even more. But This, it never had the effect. Censorship never has the effect that a government thinks it’s going to. That is one thing that is not unique to any other nation, but free speech is unique to the United States. And This was this idea that free speech contributed to their rise is actually it’s antithetical to history. It helped this censorship is what actually helped fuel it because they use it as a whole PR tool. I mean, for crying out loud, they had a thing where he’s supposed to have tape over his mouth. And they’re like, oh, the the you know, the republic is silencing him because they’re afraid of his truth. And they made it they they did a number on people making it think that he was sharing some information that they really deserve to hear. But the government was preventing and it worked. It was a side that worked. There are a lot of people who I think are really ignorant of history. And I don’t know why we always have to go back to Nazis with literally everything. But one of the things, like I said, the only thing I don’t entirely agree with Vance on is the presumption that Europeans both support and understand free speech the way that we do here in the United States. It is, again, a very uniquely American thing. They clearly don’t, and they have not had it As part of their governing doctrine, it has not been ensconced at the level that it is in the United States in any governing doctrine or document in European nations. It just it has. And I mean, there’s the semblance of. free speech, but it’s not like free speech, free speech here. Free speech is protected speech, speech that you can say without threat or fear of litigation. They don’t have that. That is not an attribute that they have over in Europe. Everything can be litigated. Absolutely everything is litigated. It’s wild, in fact. The way that they go and it’s obviously most often used as a tool against more conservative either members of culture or lawmakers over there. But This it was it was a speech and a message that needed to be stated. And I think one of the reasons that the other reason that it seems so shocking to some of them is that the moment Trump got into office, he just immediately started started in on him. I guess that they thought there was going to be a honeymoon period or something. I don’t know. But we don’t have time for that. We do not have time for that. I mean, you’ve the it’s not free speech. to state that, yes, you can say whatever you want to say so long as the governing authority approves. Well, that’s not free speech. We don’t need to be managed as a people informationally. But the people who want to control speech believe that you do because they don’t believe that you are up to the task to manage your information yourself. And that’s ultimately what a lot of this comes down to. Never before was it so much more apparent than during COVID and COVID lockdowns. If you want to have a measure of whose speech was the freest and in the United States under the Biden administration, it wasn’t great, clearly. But you ought to see what some of the penalties were for people in Europe if they were questioning, you know, vaccines or if they were asking about adverse effects. or natural immunity or anything like that. I mean, they were way more harshly treated, even though I thought our treatment here was pretty damn harsh. Over there, it was even crazier. So when Vance is saying that the threat really isn’t going to be Russia or China, it’s going to come within, I mean, you already have these European nations that have adopted a kind of quasi-Chinese democratic model on speech particularly. And that’s not wrong, it’s true, it’s absolutely accurate. And so he’s warning them, look, you are rotting from within and that is the biggest threat and it’s not wrong. But I also think that you can’t establish a metric of freedom. For to determine whether a nation can match us in terms of freeness, especially when these nations that’s not part of their culture and hasn’t been part of their culture since their inception, since the beginning. So that’s that is something to kind of keep in mind. They’re very it is a very different thing. Even the more conservative, some of the most conservative Europeans I’ve ever met are still conservative. Different on speech and I’ve talked to a number of you know conservative MPs and the European Union and elsewhere and they’re very It’s very different the Levels of freedom that one considers to be acceptable freedom in speech It’s very different. So I don’t know maybe we’ll see but this informational management. No, that’s that’s got to stop a couple of other Bits of audio to get into. Where do we want to go from here? Because we’ve got 30,000 cuts. Ooh, you know what? Let’s do, do, do, do. Let’s go into some of the, I know we’re going to talk about this with Stephen Yates, but audio soundbite 19. So Zelensky reportedly is a little miffed. He has kind of been sidelined by some of this. He apparently was not happy that POTUS spoke with Putin. I didn’t realize that we had to go ask this comedian for permission. And that’s not to say, and this is one of the things that I can see the left winding up already, is that it’s an either or. That, oh, well, if you’re sidelining Zelensky, you’re doing that because your preference is Putin. No, I think that… POTUS just believes that there is a quicker and more efficient way to get everything tied up. And this is the most direct route to do it. Audio Soundbite 19. This is Zelensky talking about priorities. Listen.
SPEAKER 05 :
Let me ask you about your phone call with President Trump earlier this week. It came on the heels of his call with President Putin. Does Mr. Trump’s direct communication with Vladimir Putin before speaking to you unnerve you?
SPEAKER 17 :
No, no, we spoke about it, by the way, with President Trump. And I said that I know that we had already phone calls, yes, both of us. It’s okay that he phoned him. Of course, I wanted very much that Ukraine is in priority for Trump.
SPEAKER 23 :
Wants to be a priority. I think we’ve had they’ve been kind of our priority. They’ve taken billions and billions of dollars and we haven’t gotten a return on the investment for that, which, by the way, that’s something we’re going to discuss is the taxation issue coming up. What’s the what did you get out of all your support of Ukraine? You know, we’ve got to get this tied up. The quickest way to do it, I think, is the way that they’re approaching it right now. We’ll talk more about this with Stephen Yates coming up. Also, I didn’t watch the SNL 50 thing because I just… I’m not into old fart humor. I’m just not into it. I’m really not. I’m just like, hmm. If you just put Bill Murray on for an hour, I’d watch it. But otherwise, I just don’t. I don’t care. Or Bill Hader because he’s hysterical. We’re going to talk about some of the other stuff that happened over the weekend, cultural aspect stuff. And then we’re going to get into some of the latest with Doge. and the weeping and gnashing of progressive teeth. They’re going to fight like hell every little bit to save money. They’re going to fight us on every little bit of it. History shows gold and silver thrive under strong leadership. During President Trump’s first term, gold surged 53% and silver soared 51%. With him back, could precious metals break new records in 2025 and beyond? In times of economic uncertainty, smart investors turn to assets that have proven their worth. Thank you so much for having me. Visit danalikesgold.com right now and get a free copy of their 2025 gold and silver kit. On top of that, you could also qualify for up to $15,000 in bonus silver, possibly even more. That’s danalikesgold.com.
SPEAKER 19 :
It’s his life mission to make bad decisions. It’s time for Florida Man.
SPEAKER 23 :
A drunk Florida man hit a pole and then sat outside of a 7-Eleven with no pants. Jeez. This is probably the time to reevaluate where you are in life and why you got to where you are outside of a 7-Eleven pantsless. So he crashed into a pole outside of a 7-Eleven. Didn’t remember doing it because drunk. He’s got too many names. 24-year-old Bonifacio Manuel left a party, went to a gas station to get more alcohol, woke up in jail. Police officers responded to a scene. He ran right into the concrete pole right in front of a 7-Eleven. And then as they got, as police arrived on the scene and they approached his car, blue Ford sedan they noticed that he was sitting in the driver’s seat literally with no pants on and then they noticed his wet pants so he did have some pants but they were wet and they were in the passenger seat beside two empty beer cans they asked for his license he gave them a Mexican ID he had never been given a driver’s license That wasn’t even his license, his Mexican license. It was somebody else’s Mexican driver’s license, and apparently he’s not here legally. He couldn’t stand. He admitted to drinking, but he couldn’t remember how much. Didn’t know what happened to his car. Like, I didn’t remember wrecking that. He refused to perform field sobriety. His breast samples were .260.
SPEAKER 19 :
That’s more than three times.
SPEAKER 23 :
My favorite is to read off the blood alcohol content and then look at Kane for like a real measure of how bad it is. So, yeah, he’s in trouble. He was taken into the pokey, driven to Lake County Jail. He posted $1,500 bond. I just, yeah, I don’t know about that one. Let’s see. This, ooh, a Florida man. He has a boxer, a dog. His boxer helped scare off two coyotes during a walk. This was in Altamonte Springs in Florida. They encountered two wild coyotes while he was out walking his dog. Credits his dog for helping to scare them away. And he said that my dog bulldozed them back into the woods here. And thankfully he had his dog on a lead, but his, his dog like pulled him so hard. He like scraped his face on the ground. Florida fish and wildlife said they were aware of the reported incident. And there are coyotes there. I just, yeah. So just be safe and be aware. And that was a good dog. But yeah, that dude totally, that dog dragged his dude. He dragged his owner. He’s like, yeah, I’m going to go get these. This, um, Oh, no, no. Well, there was a shirtless man that stole a police cruiser and then carjacked another SUV, all shirtless in a very wild chase, some of which was caught on video, dash cam footage and then body cam, which you can’t play because apparently the guy only knows… Four words, and it’s all the S word, the F word, and another word I can’t say. But the suspect, 52 years old, Armando Lopez, the officer’s body came. He was chasing this shirtless Lopez guy and tried to use a taser on him. The dude was unfazed. After he got tased, he jumped into the patrol car. took it, sped away. After he was tased, shirtless and tased, he fell on the concrete and got up and then got tased and still got in the cop car. Dang, he’s going to scratch his man nipples right off on the pavement. And the dash cam recorded the guy’s actions inside the vehicle. And yeah, he, man, he was… So, yeah, he got taken into custody, as you can imagine. That’s kind of wild. And then a man was detained because he tossed an explosive device outside of a Florida restaurant. Don’t know why. Well, there’s reasons. He’s mad at somebody. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. No one was hurt. There was no damage to the building or significant damage anyway. The authorities have not released the suspect’s name or motive, but he has been detained. We have more on the way. Third hour coming up. Stevie Nates will join us to stick with us. Achieving vibrant youthful skin doesn’t have to be complicated. With the power of Native Path Collagen, you can nourish your body from within and enhance not just your skin, but also your hair, your nails. By incorporating Native Path Collagen into your daily routine, you can promote a plump, radiant complexion, reduce signs of aging, and boost your overall vitality. all without any unnecessary fillers or additives. Native Path Collagen has only type 1 and 3 collagen, the most important types, making up 90% of your body’s collagen. No artificial sweeteners, just pure third-party tested goodness. It’s completely flavorless, so you can just add it to about anything, your coffee, your smoothies, oatmeal, or whatever you want. And the best part is that Native Path’s peptides formula makes it more bioavailable so it means your body will absorb it easily start your journey to healthier skin today get native path.com slash dana and stock up on native path collagen and save up to an incredible 45 off plus free shipping every order includes a 365 day money back guarantee don’t miss out head to get native path.com slash dana
SPEAKER 11 :
What I’m thinking about and talking to my friends at Democracy Defenders and other lawyers about is, could there be a nationwide class action lawsuit to follow up on last week’s victory against Musk, against the Trump administration for this breach in computer security and the data? of all American taxpayers. It could be a class action suit on behalf of all Americans. If the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers want to opt out and they don’t want their part of the money for the contamination of their data, fine, they can opt out. But really, it’s a suit on behalf of everybody because that’s our information.
SPEAKER 23 :
So where was this concern when it was our information, you know, prior to all of this, when Social Security numbers were leaking out and when the IRS was weaponizing their authority to repeatedly target conservatives every single year there was a Democrat in office because that’s happened. And some of us can literally attest to that personally. Where was the concern then, you rat bastard traitor? And that’s exactly what Jamie Raskin is. I have zero empathy. I have zero courtesy. I have zero kindness. I have zero civility for these big government idiots that sit here and defend this stuff. Now he wants a class action suit because everything that Doge is doing up until this point is about limiting the slush fund of our dollars that they have access to. Jamie Raskin wasn’t concerned when the IRS was going after your Venmo or anything else. They weren’t concerned. The IRS, you know, historically weaponizes under Democrats. They love going after conservatives and they love using the full authority of the IRS to persecute and harass conservatives. conservatives here in the united states they’ve done this repeatedly jamie raskin was never interested in any of that then just fascinating to me so yeah i don’t uh i don’t have any i don’t i i don’t have any empathy sympathy and i think that this is asinine and i hope it gets laughed out of court This is they’re so upset over all of this. I love it. And this is Doge is supposed to end in July of 26. I mean, they’re just supposed to go there, look at what needs to be cut, present their findings. These are our recommendations. And that’s it. I mean, this isn’t even we’re not even discussing keeping them around in perpetuity, which is exactly what Democrats would do if it was something that they came up with. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash here with you. We’re at the top of this third hour. And I can we play this audio? Somebody seven from Al Sharpton real quick, because this is this. Geez, I was actually surprised that even knew these two founders names. I got to be honest. Yeah. Yeah.
SPEAKER 26 :
Go ahead. One day our children’s children will read American history. And can you imagine our reading that James Madison or Thomas Jefferson tried to overthrow the government so they can stay in power? That’s what we’re looking at. We’re looking at American history.
SPEAKER 23 :
How is Trump overthrowing the government to stay in power? What part of we’re going to audit waste, fraud and abuse with the government? is equal to the hysteria of, he’s overthrowing the government. Where’s that at? Where’s… But that’s how sharp them. You know, my favorite is Chipotle. Signore Weaver. I almost didn’t recognize him, you know, not fat and not in a juicy couture tracksuit. I almost didn’t recognize him. Took me a second. But that’s… People who think that, I think they were dropped on their heads as infants. I have no, I don’t know. I don’t know what this says. I don’t know. I don’t know why. It’s just total hysteria. This is not going to make anybody, you’re not convincing people that that’s what’s happening. People love the idea that government can be held accountable because they’ve been held accountable and sometimes by an unaccountable government. This is you’re never going to convince people that this is bad. This is the thing that independents and moderates and even people on the left are loving. The only concern that I’ve seen expressed are people act like these nerds that are going through this information that they like the one guy who’s who was it? We played this in our first hour. The guy who said that they’re printing things out. That’s an absolute flat out lie. They can’t print anything out. They only have read-only access and they’re under NDAs. So that’s already been made public by both sides, in fact. So I don’t know where they’re getting this lie that, oh, well, they’re printing out information. They have only read-only access in secure areas. So what are they even talking about? They’re lying to you to try to make, just so that you rise up and stop the audit and that you won’t hold government accountable. It’s all just trying, they’re trying to emotionally manipulate you. People who don’t care about your savings because they’ve spent it already. I just get enraged over this stuff. This is this is it. It’s insane. Audio soundbite. Two other soundbites. Well, let’s did we do we play for already the Hakeem Jeffries? OK, let’s play for and then we’re going to play Trump’s kind of response to this. So he came. Jeffries is repeating the stupid talking point that I guess all Democrats have been trained to say like parrots over the weekend. Listen to him. Deliver it here.
SPEAKER 25 :
Let me say, as it relates to all of those issues, we’re just at the beginning. And the core promise that Donald Trump made is that he’s going to lower costs for everyday Americans. In fact, we were told that grocery prices would go down on day one on January 20th. Costs aren’t lower. In fact, costs are increasing.
SPEAKER 23 :
When did January, February come out? That’s going to be in like a month or so, right?
SPEAKER 19 :
In April.
SPEAKER 23 :
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you’ll be able to see the moment that he enacted different economic policies and the effect that that has on inflation. Right now, the only information that we have to go through, as Kay noted, are its last quarter’s report. And that’s based on Biden’s administration. So Hakeem Jeffries is complaining going off of Biden’s the report during the Biden administration. That’s how that works. And he knows better, but he’s just, he knows better. He’s just trying to, I guess, trying to appeal to people who don’t, that he thinks don’t know, doesn’t know how this works. It doesn’t make any sense. No, I think that the Trump administration has been making really, really good moves. The only thing that I don’t like right now, and I saw this earlier today, and I’m going to just dive right into it, Is this story that came? I think this is from Financial Times. I don’t know how real it is, but it says the Trump administration pressures Romania to lift restrictions on the Tate brothers. I call them the Tate brothers. I don’t care. I have never minced my words. I don’t I don’t have to. I think that these two cucks have set humankind back by several generations. I don’t think it’s manly to be middle-aged, balding, drooping shoulders, single, no children. There are these Muslim guys that have bragged about selling women for sex online. I mean, they have sex camps. That’s what they do. That’s where they made all their money. And I don’t know how some, you know, hard up fetishized people on the right decided to make these guys like some sort of icon of right-leaning freedom. I don’t know. I don’t know much about these dudes except I think they’re gross. And the videos that I’ve seen of them talking about themselves are so cringe. I have no idea how they get laid unless they just pay for it. I mean, we have an example I think that we can play. This is what I’m talking about.
SPEAKER 14 :
They didn’t teach you in self-defense? Here’s a little move. When I grab you by your neck and you start annoying me, trying to resist, and I just… And then I grab you by your neck again. Then what the f*** are you going to do when your face is collapsed and your f***ing cheekbone’s broken? You’re not going to do s*** but cry. I guarantee I change the way you look at sex forever. You’re going to be s*** crying. I won’t cry. I bet you cry, b***h. His head looks like a jug. I bet you f***ing cry. You’re saying I wouldn’t cry? You’re challenging me to a fight. You’re saying I can’t hurt you? You’re out of your fucking mind? I don’t even have to fuck you. Forget the sex part. That’s a distraction. My dick can stay in my pants. I’ll just start beating the shit out of you. How about that? We walk in the bedroom. I start kicking your ass. No sex. No sex involved.
SPEAKER 23 :
But you cry then. So this is one of the taint brothers that they’re talking about. And I don’t know why, because there are people on the right that have elevated this guy for some reason. I’m just going to – first off, I don’t even know where these two came from. They, I guess, were born in the United States but, like, have lived overseas for most of their lives now, I guess. So I don’t even know why any – we don’t need to use this administration to settle political grievances or any other grievances for anyone else. So I don’t know who’s – because I guarantee you Trump doesn’t know who these guys are. I don’t know who’s advising him to do this, but they need to be jettisoned out of Trump’s orbit immediately. I mean, these two dudes are a cancer on the discourse of enlightened politics. They really are. And I don’t know how anyone can hold up that thing as an alpha male, especially someone that has like a really sketchily claimed MMA record. Like you like what fought one time in a league no one’s ever heard of, please. I just I don’t know why everyone’s like sucking up to these two. No pun intended. I really don’t. And I especially dislike it when I see cucks in the United States defend them. Yes, I am using that language because that’s what I think of them. If you’re defending this stuff as a measure of alpha, you’re a cuck. At least as your wife let you watch. i have to ask that because those are the only type of males that actually defend this type of stuff this stuff sets back humankind and i’ve had some of like their defenders say oh dana be quiet you’re setting women back first off i know you’re emasculated because i make more money than you and i’m more successful than you are and your wife is not as attractive as me that’s no that’s no excuse to get nasty online number one number two don’t call yourself a man if you defend Males who sell women online in sex cam work and brag about it repeatedly in video online and sex cam work and then threaten to sue the Internet every single time someone criticizes them. That’s not manly. That’s being a female copulatory organ. And we have enough of those in this country on the left. So please, dear God, don’t start importing it from the like, not even the right from elsewhere into this country and claim that it’s on the right. End of. We have a lot more on the way. We got headlines coming up. All Family Pharmacy, I’ve been recommending them to everybody because I think what they do makes it so easy and it’s so important and they cut out the middleman. They have a doctor that reviews their prescriptions and does all this stuff. And so basically with All Family Pharmacy, What this is is it’s a one-stop shop where you can go and you can get the medications you need. You can also get things like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. And it’s insane that there are still doctors who don’t recognize the medicinal benefits of these medications. It’s like living in the dark ages, for crying out loud. All Family Pharmacy specializes in being a reliable option for a variety of health needs. You can always be prepared. You can bulk order. Be prepared for emergencies. You don’t have to wait until you’re sick. You can plan ahead and you can stay ready. It’s simple, it’s fast, and it’s affordable. If you don’t have insurance, that’s not an issue. They have very straightforward pricing, online ordering, shipping in just two to four days. Or if you’re in a pinch, you can have things overnighted. Your health is always within reach. And I think this is actually the most important. All of their stuff is made in the USA. So you can rest easy knowing that the medications that you receive and are taking from All Family Pharmacy are made right here in America. Manufactured, all the inputs, everything right here in the US of A. Ensuring high standards of quality and safety. So visit allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana. That’s where you can get 10% off with promo code Dana10. That’s allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana. Dana10 is the code for 10% off.
SPEAKER 19 :
And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
SPEAKER 23 :
Quick note, I get it that there are dudes out there that are like, we’re so tired of hearing about toxic. I agree with you because I don’t think masculinity is toxic. I think that the matriarchy can be just as toxic. But the reaction to that isn’t to hold up a jug-eared, buck-toothed, Sharia-loving, you know, cuck who literally sells webcam porn. That’s not the option. I said what I said. All right, moving on. This headline… This headline, I tell you, a snowmobiler fell through ice on a pond. I don’t. OK, I would not. That’s not never. No, never. Why would you go across that? This was in Michigan. First responders rescued two guys who fell through the ice while snowmobiles. They were on their snowmobiles and it was at night. They had to take him to the hospital to be treated for hypothermia. Thankfully, they’re both alive. But my gosh, one of the guys was an amputee who is struggling to stay up. He lost his leg in a motorcycle accident. So thankfully, they’re OK. But golly, like, be careful with this. There’s no way I would take unless I was like way up, maybe in the Arctic Circle. Maybe. Where I knew the ice would be a couple feet thick. There’s no way. Let’s see. Why is the U.S. Coast Guard delivering cocaine to San Diego? And by cocaine, I mean 17 tons of it. Yeah. December through February. They said that the Coast Guard cutter of this boat offloaded like 17 tons of cocaine to appear in San Diego. It’s about $275 million wholesale in the U.S. And that they were operating in drug trafficking zones around southern Mexico and Central America. uh what trafficking makes money i’m telling you that’s this is sick uh let’s see a uh This is a weird bucket list wish. A New York woman spent her 104th birthday in jail as a bucket list request. Yeah, she had a lifelong wish of going to jail. I don’t know. And they made it happen. They let her sit in the jail, Livingston County Jail, on Monday in New York, Western New York woman. She was even offered a private tour of the facility. She got to see the surveillance system and the booking chambers and all of that stuff. 104 years old. That was really nice that they made that happen for her. There’s the photo. Look how sweet they are. I mean, you know that they had to be like, she wants what? For her birthday? What? What is that? Apple and Google are restoring TikTok to their app stores. And a new move. This is per a couple of different, including NBC and CBS. They said that in a response to a new law that requires TikTok to divest from the CCP, they would return them both to the Apple and Google Play stores so they’re restoring the app. Now, does this mean that because people who deleted it? Couldn’t redownload it. Is that still in effect? The article doesn’t say it doesn’t actually get into that. So, you know, but interesting. Very interesting. And use of a. Oh, this is disgusting. Hey, it’s like a thing for the Taint Brothers. Use of AI leads to a jump in sex doll sales. This is so gross. Let’s just not. Let’s not say we did talk about it. All right. So coming up, we’re going to have Stephen Yates on because we have to talk about the new 10 percent tariffs taking place against China. Plus, Taiwan’s detected an increase in maritime tariffs. activity in military aircraft even. We’ll talk about that as well and get his reaction to Europe’s reaction to the not really harsh words from Vance. They were very real. We’ll touch on all of that so that he’s coming up next. Stick with us. Our partners that help bring you the program, it’s our friends over at Patriot Mobile, the only Christian conservative cell phone service in the country. Patriot Mobile has been leading the charge for many years now, it’s not just providing about providing great cell phone service. It’s, you know, about defending your rights and freedoms and not empowering companies who work against you or who spend your money against your values, you’re supporting what you believe in. And then you get exceptional nationwide coverage by operating on all three major networks. So you’re, you’re connected wherever you go here in the US internationally, I have never had an issue with my service. Seamless Switching with a 100% US-based customer service team. They’re going to make your switch easy. If you want to get a different number or keep your number, keep or upgrade your phone, it doesn’t matter. It’s so easy to switch. Visit patriotmobile.com slash Dana or call 972-PATRIOT and get a free month of service using promo code Dana. Switch today. patriotmobile.com slash Dana 972-PATRIOT.
SPEAKER 12 :
The Dana Show podcast, your fast, funny and informative news companion for those always on the move. Subscribe on YouTube, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts.
SPEAKER 23 :
Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. We’re at the bottom of this third hour. It’s a very weird news day. And of course, you can listen around the country and Channel 347 is how you can watch it on DirecTV, YouTube and Facebook as well. Kind of a lot to talk about. with our guest, Stephen Yates, because we’ve had the whole European reaction to Vance’s remarks. And then Taiwan is seeing aircraft in its skies. And we got tariffs with China, the 10% kicking in. So it’s it’s kind of a busy time as you all know Stephen Yates at Yates comes on X he’s a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation he joins us now he had served in two presidential administrations he knows everything about foreign policy and we’re going to get into all the latest with China but while we have him Stephen always good to see you I’ve got to get your reaction to the European freakout over Vance’s remarks when he was in Munich. It’s been a little long time coming, I think, for some of those leaders to hear some of the harsh truths about the state of their unions, so to speak. What was your take on this?
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, a couple of things came immediately to mind. I mean, number one, he literally made a grown man cry. So I was waiting for Tom Hanks not to do his bad SNL thing, but to just start yelling out, there’s no crying in baseball, there’s no crying in baseball. And it’s just really kind of astonishing how fragile these Fabergé eggs are that we have so covered them in love and support over the years that they basically need to be coddled. with our money our promise to protect while they go make their deals and if we ever say anything about you know what are we really what are these shared values you say we have and we speak up for them then apparently it’s fetal position and weepy eyes uh but i i thought it was delicious to watch I thought that, I mean, really, Vice President Vance is frankly historic at this point. I mean, we’re only a month in, and he’s basically been put at bat 10 times and hit 10 home runs as far as I’m concerned, getting out there and preaching the word to those who need to hear it, whether it’s CBS or the Eurotrash.
SPEAKER 23 :
Yeah, that’s a CBS thing. That was a whole… I noted this earlier when we because he had said at one point, you know, in his address that the threat wasn’t so much, you know, Russia and China right at this moment. He was saying that it wasn’t that those nations would would not ever be a threat. But he’s saying right at this moment, you know, the threats are. Right. Yeah. Yeah.
SPEAKER 09 :
The American experiment was unique. We were the first to define ourselves by geography and principles.
SPEAKER 23 :
How do you bring them to that table? Because we were showing videos of German police raiding people for posting memes and things like this. They don’t have to adopt and be like us 100%. But it almost seems like if you are not built on a structure of like real protected speech, then really, I mean, are you protected from, you know, the from extremists like what we’re seeing in Germany right now? I mean, it does kind of, you know, answer pose a good question.
SPEAKER 09 :
it does and it should hammer home yeah you don’t have to be like us and you’re not like us i mean if ever there was a great demonstration of that it was that hockey exhibit where if our national anthem gets booed you get slobber knocked uh in the score and maybe some literal punches in the face That’s the real America is back moment. And you don’t have to like it. You don’t even have to like us. Right. But we are who we are. And darn it, the world is better off for it. And so you can cry all you want when you wipe away those tears. Just like Jack Nicholson said, you’re going to want me on that wall. You need me on that wall. And so you’re going to listen.
SPEAKER 23 :
That’s right. I see. I like that. Yeah. I mean, you don’t F.A. with the anthem UFO. That’s kind of like, you know, kind of the rule. What we saw nine fights and three fights in nine seconds. We saw that hockey game that we were that we were talking. I mean, it was so Steve was actually texting us over the weekend because he was he was watching the game about how different and weird it was. Going from this and kind of switching to… Because you were talking about the CBS stuff. And it seems like CBS has been, this entire weekend, trying to push back on Vance’s remarks about the threat from within and free speech by claiming… Margaret Brennan, we played this audio earlier, that the Holocaust really was allowed to occur because speech was weaponized, because it was too free in Germany. And I just… I mean, I don’t consider myself a historian, but I know enough about history to know that even, you know, back in the 20s, whether it was the Weimar Republic or even the Nazis in 1933 passing, you know, serious anti-speech laws that that were really shutting down, holding anybody accountable that they obviously were using to their advantage. I just don’t know how people in the news, Stephen, say this kind of stuff with with no check on history. They’re defending this as a way to attack the vice president for his remarks. mind blown.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah. Well, I think it really just comes down to cult-like behavior and mentality. If you are so seized by the cult way of thinking that shall not be challenged and you have just convinced yourself that you hate your opponent so much that you actually have blurred lines and blurred vision with regard to what genocide actually is, what authoritarianism actually is, what censorship really is. It’s just out of pure vitriol toward anyone who is your opponent and anyone who might support your opponent gets the same treatment. They’re just so blind that now it’s just like when they got too fever pitched about the Me Too movement and they lost sight of real abuse that people need to respect when it occurs. And if you call everything racism, then nothing is racism. And they’ve done that with Nazism and the Holocaust now to a fairly well. I don’t know when they finally touched that electrified third rail enough that they’ll recoil and maybe reboot. But frankly, I don’t know why CBS isn’t fighting for its license at this point. I mean, this was some pretty bad blatant stuff and this is not the first swing and a miss.
SPEAKER 23 :
Yeah. I wanted to switch gears and ask you about Trump, Zelensky and Putin, because it looks like there’s more groundwork being made or more ground being gained by the administration now than ever under the Biden administration previously. Zelensky seems a little miffed that it seems like he’s being sidelined. What is the approach on this? And does he actually have to be involved every step of it? I mean, it seems like Trump is going after the most direct path to
SPEAKER 09 :
We haven’t seen this active and multifaceted approach to diplomacy in a very long time. It really puts to lie the idea that President Trump and the Make America Great Again movement was isolationist. I mean, look where all these people are in the world right now. And so it’s really about putting everything on the table, put your best athletes on the field to reset relationships and try to work for peace. And so, you know, look, Keith Kellogg, a friend of mine, someone who served President Trump’s first term and is a special envoy, he’s practically been living in Ukraine for the last little bit, hearing from Ukrainians and their leadership and feeding things back into the President Trump team. And so there might be other members of the team in some of the meetings and some of the geographies, but no one in Ukraine with a straight face can say that they’ve been ignored. And yeah, you’re gonna have to have the power players at the table. I think it’s great that Saudi Arabia is hosting this one. It really reminds Iran that they are not the boss of the block, that we’re gonna be in this geography and we’re gonna deal with geopolitics here out of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They’re not a kingdom of saints, but they’re our ally. And after we deal with this European thing, I bet some maximum pressure is gonna be on the table, talked about there too, aimed at Iran and their proxies. And so I think that there’s, I don’t like the multidimensional chess. I’m not even good at one dimensional, two dimensional chess. I don’t believe that. Some of this is going on here and it’s not isolationism. And I think that some of the starting points in this are looking pretty good. Now halting the Ukraine war, hard deal. No one should like where we are, but we are where we are because of three years of Biden Harris policies. Our defense supply chain is where it is because of four years of Biden-Harris priorities. And so we are where we are. And I think we’re getting our head around to where it needs to be. And I think more of our allies are starting to say, you know what, we can work with this.
SPEAKER 23 :
Is it true that China, we’re talking with our good friend Stephen Yates at Yatescoms on X. Is it true that China legitimately actually offered to host Trump and Putin talking? Oh, they did. That is a real, because I’m like, is this fake news?
SPEAKER 09 :
They always try. They always tried. And so they basically, they forum shop and they try to act like they are the Middle Kingdom. That’s literally what the words Zhongguo that’s the name of China literally means, Middle Kingdom. And so they always try to make themselves the middle, the convener, they’re the reasonable arbiters. Everyone else is fighting, we’re just all about peace. We might have a little free speech problem, freedom of association problem, maybe a viral disease problems, little things. But otherwise we’re here for you guys to talk. So they’ve tried to do this. They did it on the cheap on the Ukraine thing before. I don’t think frankly anyone takes them serious on that anymore. That’s another reason why it’s good that this is being held in Saudi Arabia, because China doesn’t think it’s a lesser power than Saudi. And yet that’s where the world’s powers are getting together to sort out where they’re going to deal with each other.
SPEAKER 23 :
Wow. I mean, that that’s I saw that headline. I thought that was very, very interesting. Also interesting U.S. dropping Web site wording. on not supporting Taiwan’s independence. So this is from Reuters. They’re saying that the department removed a statement on its website that it does not support Taiwan independence. So they were obviously, you know, Taiwan was very happy about this. That’s a huge, that seems like that’s a bigger story than just like a B-side from Reuters. And this is not, it doesn’t seem like it’s getting enough traction here, but obviously the CCP is watching it.
SPEAKER 09 :
They are watching and they’ve already given their official reaction about America Tsk Tsk better return to 50 to 70 year old communiques and word salads. Now, I am deeply, deeply jaded with regard to departmental fact sheets and sort of the press talkers. These things come and go sort of like a seasonal allergy as far as I’m concerned. Now, if the change was motivated by maybe the simple principle of our friends and reliable partners, let’s talk about what we’re for with them as opposed to what we’re against. And with people that are adversaries, maybe those fact sheets should emphasize what we’re against, so they might wake up and do some of the things we’re for. If it was that kind of editing, then I’m cool with it. But I don’t think for a minute that US policy has dramatically changed From what was there to what is now up there. I mean, you still have President Trump engaging the world leaders. I have faith in where he’s trying to go with these deals. But can I know where all the deals are going to go? And is a 1970s communique going to hold him back from what he thinks the deal needs to be today? I don’t think so. And neither do I think a State Department fact sheet will hold him back. If that’s where people think that policy is coming through. I do think this topic needs to get digested a bit because I’ve heard all the August experts say, oh no, we don’t support independence. We don’t support independence. Well, look, I come from Irish and other descendants where we supported independence for almost everybody. And so why wouldn’t we support people being independent from the CCP? Right. That that sort of breaks my American brain. But I guess smarter people have said we have to reassure the commies. We’re not for that.
SPEAKER 23 :
Reassuring the commies. Last quick question for you on this. Is this is this the changing on the website? And this might be a stretch that I’m trying to like thread this needle because Taiwan had detected an increase in Chinese military aircraft near the island. That wouldn’t be related, right? Like, oh, well, the United States said that they changed the wording on their website. Well, as a show of our displeasure, we’re just going to have 24 extra aircraft up in Taiwan’s airspace. What’s your take on this?
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, I can promise the State Department has never acted so quickly as to change part of their fact sheets online with regard to sort of real-time stuff happening in theater. I would be just joyfully impressed if they were snapping to at this point. on that stuff. But I do think that it is caught with this notion. I mean, the Chinese have really pushed up what we call this gray zone pressure. It’s been unrelenting. That is not peaceful. That is not stabilizing. That’s not good neighborly. And we’ve already had the Prime Minister of India and the Prime Minister of Japan come through Washington. And we’ve had really strong statements about against not just the classical military stuff, but also this coercion. And so I think China’s not listening. I think it’s a good signal for the president to pick on. Maybe the State Department fact sheet on China would note that they are currently destabilizing the status quo and this non-status quo power needs to stop being non-status quo.
SPEAKER 23 :
I’m a third. I like that. Non-status quo power needs to stop being non-status quo. Our very good friend, Stephen Yates at Yates Comms on X. He has all kinds of good stuff up on his timeline regularly. And we’re grateful that you join us as often as you do because we love your expertise. There’s nobody better. Stephen, always a pleasure. Thank you. Have a great week, my friend.
SPEAKER 12 :
Thank you, Dana. Take care.
SPEAKER 23 :
Of course. You too.
SPEAKER 12 :
Subscribe to the Dana Show podcast because who says you can’t make fun of people while staying informed on your own personal time? Subscribe on YouTube, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.
SPEAKER 23 :
I saw the New York Post. They just had a headline that said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Biden’s IRS also targeted him for an audit. This is what Democrats do without fail. The IRS is always weaponized and they use it to go after conservatives sometimes. multiple years, sometimes every year that that Democrat is in office. If you knew, if people felt empowered enough to actually speak honestly about it without fear of being targeted by the IRS, you all, your jaws would hit the floor when you realize the abusive tactics that agency uses and the way that they target Americans. It is stunning, stunning. Maybe we’ll have more on that in the future. All right, today in Stupidity, Cain.
SPEAKER 19 :
Juan, this is Cut 27.
SPEAKER 20 :
it’s our uh vice president from last term oh oh no kamala harris she has word salad she’s still eating word salad listen for those rights to be maintained which means we have to be vigilant and it’s just the nature of it i mean it’s this beautiful play and everything that we know he ended that he was suppressed he had to suppress so much And it doesn’t mean we don’t see the beauty in everything.
SPEAKER 23 :
I don’t know. Wow. Wow. That does it for us today, folks. Sign up at Substack Chapter Inverse, the newsletter, YouTube, Facebook, like and subscribe. Back with you tomorrow.
