In this engaging episode of Rush to Reason, host John Rush is joined by Richard Battle for a deep dive into the fascinating history surrounding the Alamo. As they commemorate the Alamo’s anniversary, Richard discusses the indomitable Texas attitude and its bigger significance in American history. Listeners will learn about the bravery of the individuals who fought to the death and the important strategic moves that shaped the build-up to the Texas revolution. Whether you’re a history buff or a curious listener, this episode sheds light on the courage and determination that have paved the way for modern American
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All right. Hour number two, Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Richard Battle joining us now. Hello, Richard. How are you?
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Good afternoon, John. Great to be with you. And again, sorry for your family loss.
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Well, thank you for that. I appreciate you saying that. And weather in Texas, is it warming up yet or is it still chilly?
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Well, what time is it? It could be warming up one minute and cold the next.
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A little bit like Colorado that way. Yes. All right, the Alamo. Speaking of Texas, the Alamo goes beyond Texas history and is U.S. history, and why the Texas attitude and its history benefit all Americans today?
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Well, tomorrow is the anniversary of the fall of the Alamo, and of course people always notice the Texas attitude. And to me, it’s the same attitude that I write about in Americans who made America 18th century birth of the Republic. It’s that Americandu spirit. We heard that last night. And so I think we all can learn from what our forefathers at the Alamo in Texas, our founders, et cetera, did so that we can embrace that attitude and have our best lives.
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Richard, why, you know, for those that aren’t historians and aren’t Texans, why is the Alamo and, you know, that particular story so important?
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Well, I think it’s because of the selfless service that those guys did because they were surrounded and they fought to the death. And, of course, the Mexican General Santa Ana, every fight before that that they had won, they executed every prisoner alive. So there was no willingness to be taken prisoner because you knew what would happen. And so they fought trying to take as many of the enemy’s lives as possible to buy time for the other Texans to build the army up. win the revolution.
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Wow. What a story. And those of you that haven’t been to Alamo, Richard, it’s definitely worth going. I’ve been there a couple of different times, and it’s always interesting to say the least. And I don’t know, I guess at least for me, Richard, when I’m there anyways, I just sit and I look and I realize everything’s way different now than what it would have been back then. But you try to imagine, okay, take all these other buildings and things that are around here away and imagine what it would look like then.
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Well, I’m glad you mentioned that, because if you go, it can be a little underwhelming that the chapels there and the long barracks have been rebuilt. But the fortifications are not set up like they were at that time, and they’re working to restore that now. But you only see a part of it. You have to use your imagination to get a feel for how big it was comparatively. almost 200 years ago.
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Yeah, it really is. And again, I love history and those sorts of things. And every time I’ve gone, it’s just, you know, again, it’s just a sobering thing, I guess. Maybe Richard is the way to say that. And I appreciate the fact that they’re going to do a better job. Maybe that’s a better, I don’t know if that’s the right way to say that or not, but a better job of trying to give people the correct picture of what things were like back then.
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Well, yes, because we need to remember our history, that as well as many other events. And it’s so easy for us to have that entitled feeling for our freedom and liberty. And as we’ve been told through our lives, it’s paid for and bought one generation at a time. And that generation bought freedom for an independence, but then eventually coming into the United States, which some people planned from the beginning and The leader’s letter that he wrote on February 24th, where he said, if this call is neglected, I’m determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country, victory or death, which is what Washington said crossing the Delaware. And so. Their bravery, and only 32 people showed up to help them.
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And yeah, really quick, against how many, Richard?
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Well, they were 189, roughly. There’s a dispute about that. And they were up against somewhere close to 5,000.
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A little outnumbered.
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They were definitely outnumbered, to say the least. But they took a lot of them with them. And that helped set up the victory six weeks later to win the independence. That’s the main thing.
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Amazing, amazing. And again, great story. You go back and read or even some of the old movies that depict some of that. And as kids, we remember the old saying, remember the Alamo? And I don’t know about the rest of you guys, but you old guys like me remember doing that as a kid, Richard. I know we did. And it was just one of those things back in the day that you kind of grew up with.
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Well, yes, and one of the great things afterwards was the strategic withdrawal as Sam Houston built the Army up to fight the Mexican Army. And they called it the runaway scrape because it was the Army, but it was all the men, women, and children that lived in that area because they were being chased across South Texas toward what is today And they were chomping at the bit to fight because they had lost their friends, neighbors, husbands, sons already to the Mexican army. And Sam Houston’s leadership being able to control them because he knew he only had one chance to win. And so he knew he had to get the Mexican army in the proper place in the proper setting to have that chance. And that leadership role is one of the most underappreciated that I can think of.
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Which leads me to, and again, you may or may not have an answer for this, but what would the United States of America look like today had that not turned out that way?
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Well, Texas would still be part of Mexico. I would submit that most likely New Mexico, Arizona, and California would be also because they were all part of Mexico at that time. And there was a dispute after Texas independence about where the border was. and about Texas, and of course the Mexican-American War, 1846 and 1847, was fought and ended that dispute. And that’s what brought those other states into our orbit, if you will, to become future states.
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Yeah, I would say that our entire country, not only would the, you know, of course, the border and the line and all of that look way different, but I just think, Richard, the entire makeup of the country, I think, would be extremely different. And then the question I always have to ask at times is, and it’s nothing against Mexico, but I’ve always wondered, why didn’t we go farther south?
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Well, in the Mexican-American War, 1846 and 1847, they went further south. And so the only question was why they didn’t go ahead and take some of that land and incorporate more of that land into the United States. That’s one of my big questions.
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Yeah, I mean, again, I look at the map at times and I just wonder, okay, I understand, you know, kind of, how it’s drawn, but on the same token, you look at, for example, the Baja Strip, you know, all the way down to Cabo, and you think, okay, wait a minute, why was that not just extended on down from, you know, California? I mean, that one of all, I’m just baffled by.
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Well, and who knows these days what map changes there might be, and we had in the Revolutionary War, we had an army attack Canada, and came very close to winning Canada as part of the American Revolution as well, and they fell just short also. So who knows in the future what changes there may be.
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You are spot on. Great point. Richard, if folks are looking for some gifts as we get into this, spring break’s just around the corner, meaning graduation’s not far off. If folks are looking at things like that for gifts and so on, where do they go?
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Well, at RichardBattle.com, we’ve got all 11 books, including the latest, Americans Who Made America, 18th Century Birth of the Republic. And this June, we’ll be releasing the 19th century version. All books are signed. If you’d like them inscribed, email me, Richard, at RichardBattle.com. We’re happy to do that. And we get a lot of letters and emails back from people who give them as gifts, and they’re much more appreciated when they’re signed and inscribed.
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That’s awesome. Richard, as always, we appreciate it, sir. Have a great rest of your day.
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Always my pleasure. God bless America.
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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Okay, recapping last night’s speech. Sonny Kutcher will be joining us here at 4.30, and we’ll talk a little bit more about this. But before she joins us, I have several thoughts and literally could talk probably the rest of the show on his speech last night and a lot of the things that were said. And this is where some of us may differ. For example, I saw Andy posting on Facebook that he thought that Trump’s speech was not as good as it could have been, that he was a little harsh and things along those lines. And Andy is probably listening, but you’re entitled to your opinion. I don’t look at it the same way. I don’t see it as being an issue. I see no harm in what he said, even heading into the midterms. I think the polling today, in fact, if you look at… The average American, they actually thought the speech was very good. They were very positive about it. They felt very good about what went on. Now, I will also say that, yes, the left does its very best to get underneath Donald Trump’s skin. And did they get under it last night? Was it just him, you know, berating them, which needs to be done at times? I don’t know. I don’t think they got under his skin. I think they tried to early on. And, you know, Al Green, of course, had to get escorted out because he’s just a thug, just a Marxist thug. I have no other way to say it. What a putz. Side note, how does anybody vote for people like that? Are people just that stupid? I guess so. Voters are just that dumb. Uneducated, ignorant voters that would vote somebody like that in. What an absolute moron. And he got ushered out. I feel like the speaker and even J.D. did a really good job of handling that whole situation, getting things back into order and so on. I think they did a great job as far as all that’s concerned. But outside of that, I think the speech went well. It was long. Part of that’s because Trump has a tendency to go off teleprompter at times and he just ad libs, which he which he did. Most presidents wouldn’t do, but he did. I also felt like there was some really good touching moments that really shows you the true nature of Democrats and of the Marxist left. And I mean that sincerely, when you’ve got a young man who has battled brain cancer, And I’ll say young black man even with brain cancer. And Trump, he’s an honorary policeman already. And Trump makes him an honorary Secret Service man. And to watch that whole scene to where the head of Secret Service comes up and presents him with his own ID and literally looks like Secret Service and all of that. And the little boy who at that point is being held by his dad. The little boy literally reaches out, which I don’t think the Secret Service man, I don’t know his name, I’m sorry, but I don’t think he expected this to happen. But the little boy reaches out, puts his arms around him, gives him a big old huge hug. And it was a very touching moment where you saw this. I’m just going to say it because the left wants to label things. I didn’t look at it this way, but this is what the left would do. A middle-aged white man. who then is hugging a young black boy. Now, what I will tell you is it was touching in and of itself, no matter what color they were and what age they were. I just thought the whole thing and what Trump did was just fabulous and made this little boy’s day, night, year, life. You saw the eyes on this little boy just light up, and it was just special in and of itself. And yet, yet, not one Democrat could applaud that. Scum of the earth. And I’m sorry, if you’re somebody from the left and you can sit back and watch that and be okay with it, you’re part of the problem as well. You literally are part of the problem. You’re just as scummy as they are, and I mean that sincerely. If you can sit there and approve of that, you’re the problem. And I read social media. I look at some of the different things that are out there, some of what some folks say and post and so on. And you’re just another scumbag. Sorry, I have another words for you. If you’re on the left and you’re supporting any of that and you’re mad at Trump because of where things are and the fact that you lost, sorry, suck it up. We lost last time around. We sucked it up. You need to do the same. And all of your representatives that were there in Congress last night need to do the exact same thing. They need to suck it up also. What a bunch of Marxist crybabies, literally. And those of you on the left that are supporting that, you’re in the same boat. What a bunch of Marxist crybabies. If you can’t do any better than that, you know what? They should have just stayed home. That’s my opinion. Just stay home. Don’t show up. If you’re that insecure, if you’re that mad at the world, if you’re that upset with Donald Trump and those of us that are conservatives, just stay home. Because you really showed your true colors last night. Not only did Al Green, but the rest of you did as well. Your stupid little signs and your little whiteboards and even your response at the end that, you know, came from somebody I’ve never seen before. Oh, and then wearing pink, by the way, after just voting against men and women’s sports a couple of days earlier. What a bunch of hypocrites. Literally, what a bunch of hypocrites. Which, you know, those of you on the left, that’s all you are. I’m sorry, I’m going to start calling you out. You’re just a bunch of hypocrites. You will stand on human rights and gay rights and the rights of this and the rights of that. You don’t even know what a right is. You don’t know which way is up half the time. You guys, honestly, I said this on the podcast and I’ll say it again, have to have some of the lowest IQs that are out there. Because you wouldn’t believe in the things that you believe in if you weren’t either low IQ, brainwashed, or mentally ill. I’m saying it for what it is. If you’re on that side of the aisle, you’re either mentally ill, you’re brainwashed, or you have an absolute low IQ and you’ll just follow anything blindly. You’re just that dumb and ignorant. There’s no way you could have watched what went on last night and not come up with anything outside of what I just said. You’re just that ignorant. So those of you that are on the left, I hope you’re proud. I hope you enjoyed what you watched last night out of your party. I can tell you right now, if the roles had been reversed, which, by the way, they were, we sat through plenty of just stupid Biden, him yelling at everybody speeches. We sat through all of those. And I’m confident of this. I will tell you this. 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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Thank you for all the text messages, by the way. All of you agreeing with what I just said, and some of you are going to steal some of my wording when it comes to the Democrats. And, yeah, you can always steal what I’ve got and reuse it. It is not copyrighted or patented or anything along those lines. Trademarked. You just take it and use it and feel free to do so. Sonny Kutcher joining us now. Sonny, welcome.
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Hello, how’s everybody doing?
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We are great. It was a good speech last night. I mean, I enjoyed it. I know there’s some folks on the left that probably did not. In fact, they had to sit through an hour and 40 minutes of it, and I guarantee you they were absolutely miserable. But frankly, Sonny, I don’t care.
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It’s about time that they had to listen to some truths being spoken.
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Agree. Agree. And there were… Oh, let’s just say this, Sonny. There were a lot in attendance that were absolutely, I mean, to me, it’s just sickening to watch them sit on top of their hands, literally. And then, you know, throw up signs along the lines of, you know, Elon Musk steals and stupid things along those lines. I’m thinking to myself, OK, number one, he’s not stealing anything. In fact, he’s giving back what you stole in the first place. I mean, what a bunch of hypocrites.
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I mean, it’s absurd. And I think their entire plan and the way that they go about pushing their insane policies is based on the fact that they know that their audience does not most likely watch these full episodes. events and these full speeches from Trump or essentially else for that matter. I mean, why else would they put out a video or send a script to 22 different people and not even slightly change the wording or say, hey, here’s the same script, but, you know, do it in different.
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Right.
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Good point. Somebody go outside, you know, I mean, it’s like they simply don’t have any other strategy because they know that it’s their audience. It’s like Trump said, used the phrase last night, taking candy from a baby. They believe everything they read at face value. They don’t even know that half of these things are flat-out fallacies, just complete and utter lies and manipulations. Like you said, for them to sit there and not even have a shred of decency for bipartisan issues like a child surviving terminal cancer. Right. And just being honored for his bravery and courage is absolutely sickening.
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I agree. I said earlier, too, and I think I might have misspoke and said it backwards, but the same people wearing pink were the same ones that voted against Trump. not having men in women’s sports. In other words, they’re okay with men playing in women’s sports, and even Trump had an example of what happens to women that play against men. There was one of those individuals there last night at the speech as well. And again, you look at that, you look at the audience, and you think to yourself, are you people just this… demented, and really, Sonny, they are. We talked a little bit, Bauducco and I did, on the podcast that we record on Wednesday mornings, and we spoke about this a little bit, and those of you listening, you can hear that at 6 o’clock tonight, but you have to wonder, Sonny, how much of this is demonic involvement. In other words, you just, I don’t know what else you could blame this sickening behavior on other than they have literally sold their souls.
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Undoubtedly. I could not agree more. How else can you explain that, staring at these people in the face while they just lie through their teeth with every breath, with every word, for them to say that Elon Musk is stealing money when it’s being exposed that it’s their entire racket? Correct. And there are Republicans in there, too. I’m sure they were standing up to their feet. you know, to clap for President Trump because they want to they want the optics to look good for them. But, you know, as we know, like Dan Bongino says, you know, you’ve always got to watch out. It’s the uniparty. And I think that’s that’s something, you know, we try to stay bipartisan because, listen, we call out truth and corruption for what it is. So that’s where, you know, we stand on that as an organization. Of course, we’re And this isn’t about party lines whatsoever, but I think what spoke from the chambers is that there are very sick and twisted, corrupt people that are representing the American people. And we may have gained some strides in the freedom movement, but… there are dark forces preventing the freedom agenda, preventing this mandate.
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Well, and again, I explained some of this on the podcast, but I’ll do it again here. And my feeling, Sonny, is, yeah, this is definitely good versus evil. You guys talk about this a lot in Young Americans Against Socialism, and the reality is this is a Marxist movement. Marxism is literally the replacement of our Judeo-Christian values. In other words, we believe in a higher power, God Almighty. That’s how we view life, those of us that are on that side. And by the way, there’s a majority, I think, of Americans that still believe that whether they call themselves Christians or not, they still believe in what I – just said, and yet you’ve got this Marxist movement coming along, Sonny, that literally they want to become God. They want to become like the Most High, which, by the way, is what Satan himself said when he was thrown from heaven back in that day, however long ago that was, and the reality is you now have the Marxist movement saying the exact same thing. How is that not part of Satan?
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Oh, it is. It is. I mean… A lot of these, you know, Marxist and communist groups, there is also an overlap with Satanism and truly worshipping Satan. I mean, there’s no beating around the bush. This is a reality. And these people, really, the communists, that is, really, truly have infiltrated our American society. There’s truly no doubt about it. There are elected representatives who are a part of terrorist organizations who are affiliated with these organizations. I mean, they support the mutilation of children. They support deceiving a child to believe that their body was made incorrectly. And how does that make a child with a disability, let’s say, feel? You know, it’s like, why can’t I change my body to be a normal body, right? Why did I end up with a disabled body? I mean, that is, I think, this fight between good and evil is what it boils down to. They do not want to see this country prosper. They have been forging ahead towards America’s demise for decades, and I truly believe it’s all being spiritually sifted to the top. Now, I did see that the Supreme Court, another factor, the Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to stop payments of the USAID, which we’ve discussed, obviously, on this show. And it does specify, I think it says, you know, I’m paraphrasing here, but contracts that have already or payments that have already been cleared to go out or approved to go out must go out. So perhaps there is a gray area in terms of what, you know, what is blocked and what is not. But I think that in and of itself is I mean, how can you uphold a precedent like that to say that the executive chair, the president of the United States doesn’t have the authority to tell… to stop taxpayer money, to go to fraudulent… Right.
SPEAKER 16 :
Right. By the way, thank you. I appreciate you saying it in that way, because really what we’re, you know, what President Trump and Doge is doing is it’s not that we’re stopping legitimate things that the country needs to pay for. We’re stopping the waste and fraud and abuse that’s going on. And yeah, I struggle with that when it comes from the Supreme Court. And again, I’m not an attorney. I’m not, you know, I’m not… an expert when it comes to contractual law and things along those lines, and maybe I need to brush up on that one way or another. But at the end of the day, I would think that my rebuttal for that, Sonny, would be, okay, I get this for legitimate things that should be contracted out according to a legitimate purpose, but when it’s waste, fraud, and abuse, and this money in a lot of cases is being laundered, to me, that negates the contract. That’s how I would see it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Absolutely. It’s a fraudulent contract. I mean, that is quite literally, I mean, again, I’m not an attorney either, but that is, to me, quite literally the basis of a contract.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, and really quick, not to get completely off track here, Sunny, but if you yourself, you entered into a contract to, let’s say, buy a car. And as it turns out, you learn that, well, wait a minute, the car that I had contracted to buy, that I’ve got a contract for, is not the same color of car that I actually contracted. In fact, not only is it not the same color, it’s not the right VIN number. It’s not the right mileage. And by the way, it’s a different make and model than what I originally contracted for. I mean, and by the way, we could even go one step further and say, well, wait a minute. the car that I’m actually buying doesn’t even exist. I mean, we could even go that far when it comes to this explanation. At the end of the day, that contract becomes null and void.
SPEAKER 06 :
Absolutely. I mean, the basis of a contract is that it’s being written in good faith.
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s right.
SPEAKER 06 :
You don’t have law and order without that. Because how can you determine what is legal and what is illegal or what is real and what is fraudulent?
SPEAKER 16 :
Correct. Yeah, that one, again, I’m not a Supreme Court justice. I get that. And I don’t know how this was actually couched and what went before them. But the reality is I think you could easily come back and say, time out, guys. Time out. Now, Justice Roberts, if the contract is fraudulent in the first place, how does this even apply? It doesn’t.
SPEAKER 06 :
It doesn’t. I mean, the justice said in his dissenting opinion that, quote, does a single district court judge who likely lacks jurisdiction have the unchecked power to compel the government of the United States to pay out and probably lose forever two billion taxpayer dollars? The answer to that question should be an emphatic no, but a majority of this question. Otherwise, I am stunned. I mean, I’ve never read that in a dissenting opinion. I mean, it’s absolutely flabbergasted.
SPEAKER 16 :
Again, this goes back to the whole speech last night. And you see these knuckleheads, you know, literally holding up signs that say, you know, Elon Musk steals and so on and so forth. And the entire time, I’m literally I’m just I’m shaking my head. And honestly, I’m in somewhat disbelief. I mean. There’s not a lot of things that the Dems do that I have much disbelief in because I’ve pretty much seen it all from them. But, Sunny, that one last night, there are just things going on where it’s like, you’ve got to be kidding me. You guys are knuckleheads.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, I mean, the only time they even looked up, some of them did clap, I think, because of, like, Ukraine spending. Like, that’s some big accomplishment. Oh, so you laundered $350 billion and aided and abetted the selling of Ukraine. american weapons on the black market probably and most likely to terrorist organizations i mean we sent money directly to hamas hezbollah like you can’t get more uh traitorous and corrupt than that they i mean that’s literally treason you know i don’t understand if you are supporting the destruction of our country it doesn’t really get much more simple than that i i did find something on the uh Supreme Court topic that I found quite interesting, which was that there is this term called non-acquiescence that I’m not saying that I condone this or I think this is what should happen, but I just thought it was interesting because there is actually a section right on the IRS website, irs.gov, that says that In the United States, federal agencies might practice… I’m sorry, this particular part is from Wikipedia, but it literally directly connects to the… They have it on their website on the IRS. Federal agencies might practice non-acquiescence by refusing to accept the validity of unfavorable court decisions and finding precedent. Exceptionally, the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service openly declare… such conduct and it it it truly says that it just says we do not uh support it says non-acquiescence signifies that although the decision was not appealed or reviewed by the supreme court the service does not agree with the holding of the court and will not follow it nationwide they have that right on their website 36.3.1 actions on decision interesting i I mean, it’s fascinating. And, you know, we’re seeing, obviously, what’s being exposed with these agencies and the Federal Reserve and other institutions in our system that have been essentially the wheels of corruption for decades. And that’s truly why, you know, when I stop to think about what drives my personal mission, because at the core of who I am is about speaking the truth and always advocating for what’s right to stand on the side of good and God, even when we make mistakes, even when things are imperfect and there are flaws, standing up for the truth and advocating for yourself, advocating for God and American values, because that’s what America was founded on. The founders were breaking away from this tyranny from a system of corruption. That is specifically what they… great why they created like and perhaps it wasn’t meant to I mean I believe that it was the way that was constructed was designed to last last you know for time but when you have people who can be easily corrupted and deceived and ideologues and all this influence and technology it’s it’s nearly impossible to root out that corruption so I Thankfully, we have a chance at that. It’s not going to be perfect. It’s not going to be absolute, you know, cleaning out because it’s like a cancer. And I think, you know, in order to understand it fully, you have to go and do that research and really see that, unfortunately, the American people’s best interests have not been favored for a long time. And it’s really an honorable and humbling thing to see leaders advocating for us because that’s what really matters is getting back to America’s roots and the things that the checks and balances that truly do make this system the best system of government.
SPEAKER 16 :
Absolutely. All right. Talk to us about Young Americans Against Socialism, the curriculum, what folks can do to get that in their hands and then pass that around and share it with others.
SPEAKER 06 :
Absolutely. Well, Yas.org is our website. That’s where all of our content and guides live. We are, first and foremost, a platform to share the message of liberty, to share the message of the dangers of socialism and why Americans deserve to know the truth about these radical ideologies that have taken the lives of 100 million people in the world due to communism and regimes that specifically utilize tactics like propaganda and deceitfulness. So, you know, you can follow us on Instagram. If you just look up our name, you’ll certainly find us, Yas America, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, all of the things, and we’re constantly going to be your first source of historical analysis and commentary, all things surrounding history, civics, and socialism.
SPEAKER 16 :
Sonny, as always, I sure appreciate you joining us. Hope you have a great rest of your day, and thanks for all that you do.
SPEAKER 06 :
Thanks. And I just, sorry, I forgot to kind of mention that our guides, if you go to our website, you can download those guides there and share with your family.
SPEAKER 16 :
Awesome. And by the way, folks, I’ve done that. It’s easy. They’re great. And again, Sonny, thanks for all that you guys are doing. We appreciate it very much.
SPEAKER 06 :
Thank you so much. It’s a pleasure and honor every time.
SPEAKER 16 :
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SPEAKER 17 :
Joe, go ahead, sir. Okay. John, I want to share with you the left’s reaction to the speech last night. But before I do that, just another comment about the Democrats being so filled with hate and rage that they couldn’t even applaud the young black child being made a state. And then when Trump announced to the mother that they were renaming a national park near their house after their daughter, who was 12 year old daughter, was raped and killed by three Illegal aliens. How do you not applaud the naming of a national park? Because you’re a sicko. You’re a sicko. Literally. Literally almost sat on their hands. Yep. I mean, how?
SPEAKER 16 :
You’re just a vile individual, Joe, at that point.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yep. So, John, and by the way, I don’t know if you saw the polls, but 72% of the people who watched the speech gave it a, you know, thought it was a good speech. 72% favorable. So, of course, you know, I go on the liberal Facebook sites this morning, and you expect, you know, the liberal sites are all in panic mode. They’re all, yeah, hundreds and hundreds of people come, you know, Trump is faking the data, you know, border crossings aren’t down that low, this and that. You know, nobody’s going to build those factories. I mean, they’re all in, you know, I think most of them live in the state of denial right But then you go to even the neutral sides, supposedly neutral sides, like Axios, which is theoretically politically neutral. They’ve even taken over, John. It’s a full-court press to denounce everything Trump – by the way, Trump has accomplished more in the first 43 days of his presidency than Biden did in four years.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right, right.
SPEAKER 17 :
And here’s the other thing. You know, Trump went down his laundry list of things they accomplished. And in my podcast today, I pointed out, you know, the Doge team has uncovered some striking, some astounding examples of government waste, like they were paying $27 million a month for a 600,000 square foot building that only had 350 people showing up every day. Had Biden found that, it would have been headline news on every evening news show. The press has, other than Fox, the press has buried this. So I think last night was the first time that the majority of Americans have gotten any perspective on all the things that both Trump in terms of Panama, illegal immigration, Doge, because the media has been going out of their way to hide and conceal all of those accomplishments.
SPEAKER 16 :
Absolutely. 100 percent, Joe.
SPEAKER 17 :
So I think that was a huge win for Trump. I think the Democrats – and by the way, I thought the Democratic response at the end was one of the weakest responses.
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, lame.
SPEAKER 17 :
Total lame. Lame and weak. Full of lies, by the way. Yeah. But the liberals are in absolute panic mode. If you go into any of these liberal ones, even Axios, which again is supposedly –
SPEAKER 16 :
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SPEAKER 16 :
All right. There’s an article out in the New York Post today, by the way. So as you were watching the signs last night being held up that said Musk steals, remember this. There was a $375 billion, that’s a B, billion dollar EPA slush fund that was handled by John Podesta that gave billions of dollars. In fact, Kamala Harris handed out one of the checks to charities founded online. Only months earlier. You talk about a bunch of nonsense and stealing taxpayer money. Again, Democrats are a bunch of hypocrites. You saw that full force last night. I don’t think they can hide that from the American public much longer. Yeah, I know the hardcore lefties, they’re never going to see things straight because they’re mentally ill anyways. But those that are not, we’ll see through this. We’ll be back. Hour number three is next. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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