Join us for a riveting exploration into the concealed truths of early COVID-19 infections among American military personnel. This episode uncovers government actions that kept the public in the dark, challenging official narratives and accountability. We shift focus to domestic economic strategies, with an emphasis on tax cuts and political maneuvers designed to fortify national prosperity. Tune in for insightful commentary that connects these intricate topics, delivering a blend of economic insights and political foresight.
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104% tariffs on China are not enough. I’m advocating 400%. I do business in China. They don’t play by the rules. They’ve been in the WTO for decades. They have never abided by any of the rules they agreed to when they came in for decades. They cheat, they steal, they steal IP. I can’t litigate in their courts. They take product, technology, they steal it, they manufacture it, sell it back here.
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Never has an administration… Can Americans withstand 400% tariffs?
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What would that look like? I want Xi on an airplane to Washington to level the playing field. This is not about tariffs anymore.
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Well, it is still about tariffs. It’s still about tariffs. And that’s Kevin O’Leary, who was… Now we’ve got all of this breaking into the open, and we’re going to get into all of the latest. And… We’re broadcasting from Virginia today. WRVA, our affiliate out here. We’re out here for an event later this evening. And this everything with the what is it? We’ve got 104 percent tariff on China. We’re got some other countries coming to the table to talk. and we’ll have all of the latest with that. Welcome to the show. Dana Lash with you. We’re at the top of this first hour. No video today because we’re in a different studio, but make sure you go support over at Substack. Chapter and verse, I do have a couple of pieces out there that you’re going to want to read if you’re not a subscriber already. So starting with, we got some countries that are coming to us today. and wanting to make some deals because the tariffs are kicking into gear. And China, of course, one of the big stories. I got actually a couple of big stories as it pertains to China. One is also related to the Panama Canal, which we’re going to get into. China’s livid. They promised revenge tariffs. And then they launched this weird campaign. I don’t know. It’s this weird campaign that they it was an AI simulation that And it was, they think, created by some kind of Chinese TikToker. And it’s supposed to depict a depressing America under Donald Trump’s tariffs. And it showed. These like morbidly obese AI generated American factory workers who are using antiquated sewing machines. And I guess that’s all they have in China are antiquated sewing machines. They don’t have any of the like latest machinery, but they are sewing clothing and making shoes and they look generally miserable. And they’re they’re all like they’re all all of them are greatly obese. And that’s what they put out, and they’ve been circulating it. Some of the Chinese officials have been circulating it as well. They’ve been promoting this idea that, oh, well, America’s going to be the poorest country in the world under Trump’s rule. And, oh, their workers are going to be so unhappy. You know, it was making me think of this story. I don’t know if you’re familiar with this story. The Foxcom story and the… the way that the iPhones are manufactured in China. And this was one of the other things. Apple’s now redirecting as much as possible to India. And they had like three huge jets where they loaded them up with iPhones to try to beat the tariffs. But China, Foxconn is this huge, huge company that’s considered its own, it’s like its own city. And it is the largest employer in mainland China. And I think that they have well over almost a million and a half people on their payroll. And they live there. They work there. They can never get away from Foxconn. And they have a high turnover rate because it’s miserable to work there. And I think back in 2009, it was the U.S. Bureau of Labor said there were about 99 million factory workers in China. And Foxconn is the biggest employer there in mainland China. And so they have a bunch of different factories where they make these iPhones, to use it as an example. And they are largely assembled at the Foxconn 1.4 square mile flagship plant. It’s in Shenzhen. And they think at this particular factory, they have a half a million workers. The biggest operation of its kind in the world. And in 2010, some very interesting things began happening. They had people killing themselves. Workers started killing themselves. And they had, I think, not even in one year, they had 18 suicide attempts and 14 successful suicides, 18 attempts killed. They had 20 other additional employees that were talked down from killing themselves by Foxconn. And it created this just media explosion. Everybody started looking at the sweatshop conditions for Foxconn and iPhone. And at the time, Steve Jobs, who is still alive, said, yeah, well, he kind of downplayed it and said, oh, we’re all over that. And he was asked about the rate of suicides and if they were at Foxconn and are they in the national average and all this stuff. So they had people that were killing themselves. They put nets outside of the buildings. They had nets outside of the buildings where they would catch bodies. That’s how bad it was. It was so bad. And they, I mean, their suicide rate for that workplace was astronomical. This is how China operates. If they want to talk about American manufacturing, let’s have a conversation about American manufacturing. And compared to Chinese manufacturing, I mean, they basically had people, you know, indentured servitude where they had to install nets on the side of their buildings because people were jumping to their deaths. They were killing themselves. The conditions were so bad. They had former workers at Foxconn that talked about logging 12-hour shifts and how management was dishonest and aggressive, which was just awful. And they said that with these iPhones, making so many of them, They had massive turnover, massive turnover. Their dorms, they slept eight to maybe 12 people to a room. This is the biggest, again, biggest employer, mainly in China. Biggest employer, mainly in China. And it is… I mean, this is, if you want to have a comparison between the styles of management, there it is. So we’re going to get into this. And like I said, we’re broadcasting from Virginia today. So it sounds a little different. Sounds definitely different in the ears. We still got a lot of distracting bleed over. But this, we’re going to break all this stuff down. We also have the fight between Elon Musk and Peter Navarro. And we’re going to we’re going to dive into all of this as well, because there’s I think it’s just you have different approaches. I think if you have to pick between Elon Musk or Peter Navarro, I’m obviously I think I’m going to side with Musk because he’s built stuff. And Navarro has a very interesting history, which we’re going to break down. Also, I feel like this should be a way bigger deal than it is. Have you guys heard? about the report that was concealed by the Biden administration. You had seven service members who contracted COVID-19 back in Wuhan, back in October of 2019. And this was a report that was covered up by the Biden administration. Washington Free Beacon has this story where seven Americans contracted it. And it was at the very early, early, very, very start of it. The very, very start of this pandemic. It was a December 2022 report that the Biden administration, the Beacon reports, they were required by law to release it. And they didn’t. And why didn’t they release this? They sat on this the entire time. The whole story, this whole report contradicted the administration’s very public claims in 21 that there was zero evidence at all whatsoever, zero, that any Americans could. that they had contracted the virus at these World Military Games in Wuhan in October of 2019. That’s where you had these seven American service members who experienced, who had these symptoms, and they had contracted this during their participation into this. Well, this report was hidden. The Biden administration, they were legally obligated to make this public, and they refused. And now it’s just now, just now, It’s all coming out. And the games, when they held these games, they were within very close proximity of this Wuhan Institute of Virology, where you have these the scientists that were in all of this, again, backed by taxpayer dollars. They were doing that gain of function research. So you had these service members who reported having these symptoms. They were discovered to have contracted covid. And the previous administration hid it. Even having John Kirby tell the Washington Post in June of 2021 that the military had zero knowledge. In fact, direct quote, no knowledge of any coronavirus infections amongst any military that participated in these games. Well, that was a lie. That was a lie. And now the Pentagon even told one left-leaning entity back in 2020 that they didn’t test any of the troops that participated in the games. They were held prior to the reported outbreak. There was no way that they could have gotten them. I mean, the information that they were sharing with the press and the public was just completely in contradiction of the actual facts. No, they did. They did get them. They had these military athletes traveling to and from and all over Wuhan. And remember how Washington State was one of the earliest hotspots in the country? 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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
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All right, so first up, this is, we were kind of laughing about this on break. Hooters is ditching Bikini Nights in favor of charity family-friendly dining after a bankruptcy filing. This coming in from the New York Post. They filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but they said they’re still… They’re still serving their customers. They’re saying their CEO says they’re not going to go away anytime soon. They announced in a March 31st press release that they’re restructuring. So they’re going to, you know, focus on higher quality ingredients. They’re not going to have their bikini nights anymore. They’re going to have a universal standard waitress service, prioritize charity work and community events. Just, you know, just it it almost sounds almost like an SNL skit. But, you know, they’re they’re staying in business. There’s there’s there’s there’s I guess still people want to I don’t know if I’d call it a family friendly place, but OK. This doge in a subcommittee hearing discovered how the federal government has been trading our tax dollars even more. Do you know that we paid for solar powered picnic tables like an ungodly amount for solar powered picnic tables? And they discovered that the federal agencies, the buildings, now we all know that no one was actually filling them and going into work, but they’re actually way less occupied than they were previously. They’re trying to get people to come back. Still, they’re fighting with people to come back and actually work in person, which is, you don’t have that luxury in your private sector job. Why the hell should people be able to call their own shots like that for the federal government in the public sector? It doesn’t make any sense. This is an amazing story. The Guardian, not my favorite publication, but they reported that there was the first UK womb transplant recipient who gave birth, successfully gave birth. A woman received her sister’s womb in 2023. Scientists and medical experts are saying that this is going to open the way for people who’ve struggled with fertility, other issues to be able to have children. A Philadelphia family experienced true horror as the entire family fell into a grave during a funeral with a dead man’s son. And some of them got trapped under the coffin. Pallbearers were sent tumbling headfirst into a grave along with a coffin they were carrying because the platform that they were standing on to lower the casket in collapsed. Mourners relaying this Benjamin Alves to rest. And this was March 21st in Philadelphia. And it was the Greenmount Cemetery. And it’s all on video and it’s all just absolutely horrifying because they just collapsed and the whole family fell in and the pallbearers fell in. And the family said there should be some reimbursement. I mean, nothing was done properly. They said the whole thing was trembling. The wood that it was on was all wet and soaked. And it is an absolute catastrophe. Like the whole coffin fell through, fell in weird, and people were trapped underneath it. And it was just an absolute disaster. So, yeah, there’s going to be a lot of answers to give to those questions. A university in Britain found that, yes, pets actually are dangerous. uh, you people’s best friends and that they could be, they try to put a financial value on how, uh, you know, basically how, like how valuable a pet is to a person. They said $89,000 towards your happiness. That’s what they discovered owning our cat or dog. It could, we have more on the way. Uh, we’re coming up towards the bottom of this first hour broadcasting out of WRVA in Virginia. Stay with us because we’ve got a lot more coming up. Caltech, the Caltech, uh, PR 57. Now, I did go get mine. I haven’t been able to really fire it yet because it’s been busy preparing for some stuff that we got coming up. But very excited to put a few hundred rounds through this. And it’s one of the latest from Caltex. I think it’s actually genius. It’s a really smart And if you like 5.7s, you always wanted to carry one. I think for men, obviously, it’s a heck of a lot easier. For us ladies, we’re just built differently. This is the lightest 5.7 that’s on the market. It’s actually 40% lighter than the next lightest 5.7. And from Kel-Tec, it’s the PR57 rotary barrel pistol chambered in 5.7 low recoil. It’s actually great for everyday carry because it’s super thin and super light. They achieve it two ways. The rotary barrel, which makes it super light, and the unique top-loading design that gets this, replaces traditional magazines with stripper clips. You have a slimmer carry profile, 20 plus 1 capacity. MSRP is only $399. Super, super affordable. It’s the first of its kind. Kel-Tec PR57 Rotary Barrel Pistol Chambered N57. Visit Kel-TecWeapons.com to learn more. Innovation Performance. Kel-Tec. K-E-L-T-E-C. Weapons.com. Tell them Dana sent you.
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If we slash taxes on American workers and producers, our economy will soar. Jobs will surge, manufacturing will boom, and our country will prosper like never, ever before. We got to get this big, beautiful deal done. We got to get it done.
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And get it done now. Don’t wait two weeks. Don’t wait two weeks. Bad things happen. Crazy things happen in politics. Just get the damn thing done and stop showboating.
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I mean, I’m glad that he said that. I’m super glad that POTUS said this because it needed to be said. And that was him talking about how, you know, we got to get these tax cuts. We got to get this stuff finalized. And that… He made remarks last night. We got some other audio that we’re going to play that. But I’m so glad because he needs to put the pressure on these Republican lawmakers. And he’s the only one who’s going to be able to do that. Welcome back. Dana Lash with you broadcasting out of WRVA, our affiliate in Virginia today. We’re in town for an event later on the politics and pints event. But so that’s why there’s no simulcast today. But there will be a simulcast. Everything’s back. back to normal on Friday. So POTUS saying, yeah, they got to get these tax cuts done. They need to. If they don’t, goodbye midterms. If they don’t, goodbye House majority. If they don’t, goodbye any Republican chance in 2028. And then you may miss eight years if you lose on that in 2028. And only he can put the type of pressure that is needed On these lawmakers, only he is able to do that. And it doesn’t help that I think some of them aren’t on the same page. There’s been this huge Elon Musk, Peter Navarro fight. And Navarro’s been on our show before. I was trying to think when he was on. It’s been a while. But he’s been on the show before. And… Musk, who has built stuff. I mean, Musk, I think he understands what it takes to build a business, to create jobs. He understands all of this. He understands trade. Whereas Navarro, not as much. If I had to pick who I would listen to on this issue, I think I would. I really do think I would would pick. Over Peter Navarro, because Navarro, it doesn’t help when he says stuff like this is a little bit of a flashback audio soundbite eight where he was talking about tariffs and he was saying that they’re actually tax cuts. And I my soul briefly left my body. Listen to this.
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The message is that tariffs are tax cuts. Tariffs are jobs. Tariffs are national security. Tariffs are great for America. Tariffs will make America great again.
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OK, well, they’re not tax cuts. They’re not tax cuts. It’s additionally another tax. And I feel like he doesn’t quite understand that process. I know that Musk was saying that he was as dumb as a… Well, what did he say? He was like as dumb as a bag of bricks, I think. And they’ve not been getting along. And I don’t really… When I hear Navarro say stuff like that, I don’t want to take him seriously. I mean, it just sounds like economic illiteracy. I don’t want to take him seriously when I hear stuff like that. And I think that’s one of the reasons why, too, POTUS has been kind of sidelining Navarro, going with Scott Besant, and then listening to Musk on this stuff. And, of course, you know, you’ve got the people that are trying to be influence adjacent in the president’s inner circle and in the admin. And that’s not helping at all because everybody just, you know, picks a side and they get in and they dig in. I think that Musk, you know, I think he obviously understands trade and taxation. I think he gets all of this. But. The you know, and I and you could say, well, you know, yes, he’s he’s he’s doing it because it’s selfish. Well, he’s he’s a business person. He’s wanting to be successful and he understands what it takes to run a successful business. And he also understands that it’s just you’re not going to be able to do it in the way that, you know, Navarro is talking about. There was a really interesting piece several years ago. I think it was over at Reason that talked about Peter Navarro’s long career. You know, well, not really as history and in business, but in politics, like he tried to run in 1996 for Congress. He’s you know, and I don’t dislike him. I just don’t think that the administration needs to be listening to him about about. foreign or trade policy i just don’t i really don’t think so he he doesn’t he’s always worked in the system but he never helped build within the system and i think that that’s a major difference that sets up musk as someone who you know has a little bit more weight influence wise than navarro i mean especially going out and saying that you know well these tariffs are tax cuts it’s just it’s just not this is asinine it’s just not that doesn’t make any sense And the people who businesses that are that are losing contracts and, you know, people who might end up losing their jobs as a result of all of this, that’s not helping them either. When you tell them that something that they are enduring isn’t happening. I mean, that’s like similar to what Biden was telling everybody that the recession wasn’t. It just doesn’t make any sense. So, yeah, I tend to kind of I obviously I would throw my lot in with Musk over Navarro. No, don’t disrespect Navarro. I shouldn’t have to say that you should be able to agree in politics without people turning into a giant female copulatory organ as a result. But, you know, it’s 2025. So here we are. But. This I mean, he was even saying at one point that Vietnam’s zero tariff offer because Vietnam came in and they said, we we want to take it down to zero. They had said we they wanted zero percent tariffs on U.S. imports. He said that that meant nothing. Isn’t that the entire point? Of these countries coming into the negotiating table and saying, yeah, we want to have zero. Isn’t that what was the point if not to get everybody to that to zero percent if you wanted free and fair? This is where the messaging gets weird. And I hear from a lot of folks and everybody. People are optimistic and they want this. They want to give this a chance to work. But I also think simultaneously you can’t tell people that this is a short term tactic for a or short term strategy. or tactic within your strategy for long term effect. And then also simultaneously say, well, yeah, we can replace and I would love this, we could replace the income tax with just tariffs and have that support federal revenue in the manner that it did before FDR. Those two things contradict. And there’s not a lot of explanation from the admin as to which way is the way forward. Now, maybe this is POTUS not wanting to show his cards. Maybe. I don’t know. But I think when it has to do with business, this is that all feeds into the uncertainty of it all, which drives all of the hysteria and the chaos. That’s what the market is reacting to. So there has to be at some point a little more a little more articulation of a strategy going forward. I’m curious as to what people are going to say at our event tonight. It’s a big event where we discuss all these issues. My friend Brian Kilmeade is coming in. And I because I hear half and half from everybody, to be honest. So it’ll be very interesting because, you know, in Virginia, you know, Virginia’s, you know, very it’s it. You know, these are these are blue collar folks. And I’m very curious as to where they fall down on this, where where the folks in this are that are coming out to the event tonight. I that is that’s going to be very interesting to see. You don’t want Republicans making the same mistakes that Democrats did when Democrats were saying the recession doesn’t exist. It’s all in your head. Look, you saved 15 cents on hot dogs this Fourth of July. We all remember that. We don’t want Republicans falling into the same thing, saying, oh, no, this is actually a tax cut per Navarro. This is a tax cut. It’s actually great. It doesn’t feel great when people are losing their 401ks and when things become more expensive on top of not having… So POTUS is right. They got to get on the same page with us. They definitely do. Now, a couple of other things with this. Now, we were talking about China a little earlier. I also wanted to touch on this story. This is over at The Federalist. 55% of self-identified leftists, check this out, they say that actually murking POTUS, killing POTUS is justifiable. If you ever wonder why it is that this Luigi Mangione is getting so much attention and support in jail, I feel like this is a psychological profile of the modern American leftist anymore. This is there’s Trump derangement syndrome. And then there’s just whatever this is. I think that this far extends beyond basic Trump derangement syndrome. I mean, just the name of that by itself that, you know, just signals that there’s just supreme extreme opposition to Trump. This is way beyond this. There was this report that was done by the Network of Contagion Research Institute in partnership with Rutgers, their social perception lab. What they discovered is that there is this assassination culture that appears, as they said, quote, to be emerging within segments of the U.S. public on the extreme left. Now, remember, this is not even a year since someone tried to assassinate POTUS the first time. And we’ve seen weekend after weekend violent targeting of either Tesla dealerships or Tesla cars or Tesla owners themselves. And it’s just, you know, going in tandem right with summer going into midterms. This is what the left does every single time there is an election that they deem important enough to win. They have to bring out some sort of agitator, some some kind of agitation. But what this report found is that previously. You know, if you look at Occupy Wall Street, which was, you know, there was a lot of violent episodes with Occupy Wall Street. If you go back to the Chaz Chop, I’m not even touching BLM. That’s self-explanatory. What they’re saying is that previously it seemed that all of these. behaviors or sanctioning this, you know, extreme like this belief that such violence or death is justified, that it was something that only existed on the most fringe of the left. Right. But now what this report has discovered is that it’s actually it it. It’s becoming increasingly normalized, particularly in digital discourse. So there it’s becoming far more mainstream. That’s something. And that’s what this report has found. It’s becoming more and more mainstream. So these are viewpoints that aren’t just strictly limited to just the fringiest of the left. It’s it’s becoming kind of like an everyday thing with the left overall. I mean, not saying that people are going out and committing violence, but they are sanctioning it and defending it. And they think that it’s justifiable. Like, for instance, 40 percent of respondents, they said that it was somewhat acceptable to destroy property if you don’t like someone’s viewpoints, i.e. Tesla. 38 percent said that it would be somewhat justified to assassinate Musk or Trump, respectively, 31 and 38 percent. And these were people who identified as being left of center. And they said that of those who identified as being left of center, 48 to 55 percent, they were the ones who were justifying the, you know, the physical violence. That’s amazing and incredibly dangerous. But there is it is a contagion. You start mainstreaming and justifying violence as protected speech. You’re going to get more violence. Of course, these are the same people that also rant and rave about January 6th, where the only person there that was killed was a veteran by a Capitol Police officer. And the left finally found a police shooting that they love. It’s there’s the difference, a huge difference. We have more on the way. 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So what makes Trump a fascist? What makes Trump a fascist? He does things without… Yeah, talk loud. I don’t have my mic on.
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No, I’m not really… Sorry? He just does everything he wants and, you know, not following laws or, you know… He’s a convicted felon. Wow. They’re like, I don’t know. Well, technically, no.
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I mean, you’re like, is he convicted? Not really, actually. That’s actually kind of false. Welcome back to the program. Whenever they ask people, well, why is? Okay, you don’t like Trump, so they’re holding signs saying that he’s a fascist. Okay, well, why is he a fascist? I just don’t know. I just don’t know why he’s a fascist.
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We need to put dictionaries back in schools.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, like people need, they need to realize that words have meanings. You can’t just throw stuff around. Well, this person’s a fascist. This person’s a Nazi. Everyone I don’t like is Hitler. That’s how it works, right? It’s not how it works. These things have meanings. And when you dilute the meanings, what happens when the real thing comes along? You’re not going to be able to recognize it because you’ve conned everyone into just thinking something, pure hyperbole, simply because you couldn’t articulate a clear meaning. defense of why it is that you disagree with POTUS. I gotta say, this is all just, it’s just all wild. So coming up. SecDef Hegseth, which is one of my favorite things to say, has… Well, he was down at the Panama Canal. Yeah, the Miraflores locks. He was down on that side of the canal and had a message for China. And it was not just China, but anybody… Not just him. It was him. And then Scott Besant also had a message for anyone who wanted to align themselves with China. I have to say, I have not seen… and administration be as aggressive against the CCP as this one. Now, It’s like they’re coming real close to saying that Taiwan is a sovereign entity. Remember, we had the policy, the vague policy, the diplomacy of vagueness. I forget, I think, how Stephen Yates had always said it. So we’re going to dive into that coming up. And also, some of the other stuff, DHS, immigration. Oh, boy, there was a photo or video that was shared yesterday, and it went everywhere. We’re going to talk about that. We’re also going to get into… How a pro-Trump vote made everybody at the cherry blossom race in D.C. mad because there was a vote with Trump stuff on it. I mean, people for the love. Can you just like live your life and let someone else live their life? I mean, they’re not demanding that you pretend that they’re a dude or a chick. Come on. So we’re going to get into all of that and more coming up. Stick with a second hour. Broadcasting out of Virginia starts in moments. It’s our friends at All Family Pharmacy. All Family Pharmacy has all of the medications that you need without anything being manufactured at all or sourced from China or even India. It’s all right here made in the USA, which I think is incredibly important, especially if we’re talking about becoming more self-sufficient with things like antibiotics, et cetera, because that’s what All Family Pharmacy does. You don’t have to play by big pharma’s rules. Remember when they tried to shut down actual therapeutics and access to those therapeutics. Remember when they tried to bar you from getting ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine and that you were being told that you were crazy if you had those? But hey, take this injection. We don’t know what it does. Go ahead and take it. They didn’t just dismiss the alternatives. They crushed your ability to get them. All family pharmacy is about access and affordability. It’s simple, fast and affordable. No insurance, no problem. Straightforward pricing, online ordering. You can get your muds in just two to four days or if you need them in a pinch overnight. Your health is always within reach. I’ve used them many times before. You can also get your everyday maintenance medications too. They make it super simple, fast shipping, no gatekeepers. And again, made right here in the US of A. Visit allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana and get 10% off using promo code Dana10. Protect yourself and your family today at allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana. Coupon code Dana10 to save 10%.
SPEAKER 23 :
And, you know, I can tell you it’s all President Trump’s decision. And he had a view on after Liberation Day that we should go into quiet mode and let our partners think about the kind of the shock and awe that he presented. And over those The following few days from April 2nd, we had, I think we’re up to 70 countries contact the White House for how to come and negotiate. So I would say that the negotiations are the result of the massive inflow of inbound calls to come and negotiate. It had nothing to do with the market.
SPEAKER 19 :
Well, that’s I mean, that’s encouraging. That’s from Scott Besant, who was talking about how the how this is all actually the negotiations are not. I mean, the markets is it’s that’s, you know, uncertainty, which is driving the ebb and flow of this. I like the way Besant just put it here. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. We’re at the top of the second hour broadcasting out of Virginia, WRVA. We’ve opened the process negotiations country by country. Some have come in immediately, like Vietnam and others have come in and said that, you know, yeah, zero percent. That’s what we want to go to. And this is the way that Trump was talking about an audio somebody to. where he and Scott Besant have very different ways of discussing this, and it’s funny. Listen.
SPEAKER 08 :
I’m telling you, these countries are calling us up, kissing my ass. They are dying to make a deal. Please, please, sir, make a deal. I’ll do anything. I’ll do anything, sir. And then I’ll see some rebel Republican, you know, some guy that wants to grandstand, say, I think the Congress should take over negotiations. Let me tell you, you don’t negotiate like I negotiate. Congress takes over negotiating. Sell America fast because you’re going to go busted.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah. In the meantime, the media, I don’t know who came up with this talking point. They were saying that tariffs are going to cost the typical American household like almost $4,000 a year. And I don’t know how they got that. I was looking at the Budget Lab, which is an entity of Yale, and they actually disputed that. They said that the April 2nd tariffs in tandem with China, Canada, Mexico, automobiles, steel and aluminum already in effect, that it implies an increase in the average effective tariff rate, etc., etc. They’re saying that the What the only way that you can get to 4000 is if you assume no policy change or reaction from the Federal Reserve and no action either by Congress. So Democrats are running out. Now, this is where Republicans need to be very careful because Democrats are saying, look. No reaction, no action by the Federal Reserve, no movement in Congress to help alleviate anything. This is going to be three thousand eight hundred extra on people annually. And that that should be a huge flag to Republicans to get. This should be their first priority. Their first and only priority is tax cuts. That’s what they should be focusing on. Honestly, they should abolish the whole damn IRS. But we live in an imperfect world with a bunch of sissies that represent us. Sadly, we don’t send DC our best. And, you know, now it’s, you know, it’s it’s a tough situation. We have a majority. It’s small majority. But if people were better leaders and better persuaders, then I think that there would. I don’t know. I feel like that would be different. But that’s beside the point. So their whole argument is that without any of these things in a completely static environment, without any kind of change, then this is what this is what we have to look forward. This, you know, an extra three thousand eight hundred. So. Republicans need to make this a top priority, a top priority to to get finished. And if they don’t, well, guess what? You’re going to make honest instead of being propagandist. You’re going to make, you know, honest people out of these Democrats running out with these talking points like this. You know, it it it doesn’t help. When you have Peter Navarro saying something like this, Audio Soundbite 6, this was just a week or I believe a week ago after Vietnam had already suggested 0%. Listen to what he said here. This is why I’m just sad. I don’t like Peter Navarro in this. I don’t want him in the admin. Listen.
SPEAKER 04 :
But my point here is they’re coming now and saying, we want to talk, we’ll lower our tariffs to zero if you’ll lower your tariffs. That’s not the problem. Vietnam is a great example, Lord. They sell us $15 for every one we sell them. Zero tariffs would get us no reduction in the $123 billion deficit we have. And five of that $15 they sell us, you know what? It’s China. It’s that clip you showed about Cambodia, how China just comes over. It’s the same thing, right? It’s the same kind of, we call it transshipping.
SPEAKER 19 :
So, I don’t know. He says that’s, you know, it’s the non-tariff cheating that matters. Yes, but you also, that also matters. this, this, I think this is a difference in perception and difference in philosophy, this divide in the admin. But I think between Musk and Navarro, because they’ve been fighting with each other. I mean, I could just like sit here and go down the list of the quips that they’ve had to barb each other back and forth. Uh, but I feel like Musk has kind of won this one because now Scott Besant is being, he’s more of the mouthpiece for this on the, uh, for the administration on this more so than Navarro is. But, uh, and he’s already said, well, I guarantee no recession, et cetera. I would love to be that confident, but it all comes down to what Republicans are going to do in the house. Uh, in the meantime, science has been focusing on bringing back dire wolves. It’s not a real dire wolf. One of my favorite things about social media anymore. In fact, the only thing really to like are all of the well, actually people in the community notes. So Time magazine, they all had this all perfectly orchestrated. It is a dire. It’s not a dire wolf. It’s it’s a wolf with some DNA modifications on. To give it this, to make it more dire wolfy. And they actually had George R.R. Martin, who wrote, oh my gosh, Game of Thrones, because they had, they had. Those in Game of Thrones. They had direwolves in Game of Thrones. They actually had him, this Biosciences, this company that did this, pose with this direwolf pup. And we’re just going to, for all intents and purposes, we’re going to call it a direwolf pup. But they had him posing with it. And… I guess he’s doing that. I mean, they actually came out with a dire wolf before he finished Winds of Winter. I just want to point that out. Before he finished writing another book, they came out with a dire wolf. But anyway, I digress. I get it all the well actually people. It’s not technically dire. I’ve had so many people. I don’t know what I think about this idea. It’s probably a bad idea. I still want it as a pet though. I still would take it as a pet, a dire wolf. Have you seen it? They’re huge. Apparently… So the company that did it, Colossal Biosciences… They said they’re looking at woolly mammoths, too. Dire wolves went extinct about 12,000 years ago towards the end of the last ice age. But Colossal Biosciences, they brought… Well, they said they had three dire wolf pups using genetic editing and cloning. They sequenced the genomes of dire wolves from a 13,000-year-old tooth discovered in Ohio in… and a 72,000 year old skull from Idaho. And they made what they said were 15 key edits. So it’s a gray wolf with some genetic modification to introduce dire wolf statistics. They use the nuclei of the edited cells that they put in the enucleated dog eggs that were installed in the wombs of surrogate mother dogs. And so they had, uh, four pups total, but one didn’t make it, so they only had three. The two of them, the two males are Romulus and Remus. And then the female is Khaleesi, named after Game of Thrones. I know. And they have the thick white coat. They’re bigger than gray wolves. They have larger teeth and jaws, more muscular legs. They’re living on a 2,000-acre facility somewhere in the United States. They have not disclosed that. But they said they also want to bring back dodos and woolly mammoths and Tasmanian wolves. Again, I just think it’s probably a really bad idea. But I still want one as a pet. The people that donated or that, not donated, but invested in this include Tom Brady and Tiger Woods. They actually… Well, not only did they talk about it on social media, apparently they’re investors in Colossal Biosciences. And Brady is on the cultural advisory board as well of the company, and he’s an investor. So, and he was celebrating this announcement yesterday. They had it, Time Magazine announced, They put the wolf on the cover of the magazine. It said, this is Remus. He’s a dire wolf, the first to exist in over 10,000 years. Endangered species could be changed forever. I just feel like the ecosystem has changed. I mean, I’ve seen movies about this already. I don’t know if anything good comes from it. But I don’t know. There are going to be a lot. I just feel like, you know, maybe it should have stayed extinct. It was around animals in a different everything at that 10,000 years ago. Everything has changed in 10,000 years. You know, the context in which they’re dropped in now is so vastly different. How does I don’t know. I’m just I’ve got questions. But we’re far away from owning an actual dire. It’s probably illegal, even if they had enough population to release into the wild. Also, this story, which I’ve been watching, and I had a headline last, it was last hour, that talked about this. And move on the left where it’s not just the fringiest people that can justify assassination as like a protected political expression. It’s crazy. But it’s, you know, all of the it’s like more and more mainstream left. Right. And I was thinking about that in context with the story. You guys remember the story of the Texas track meet. This just happened last week where you had one student from one school, Carmelo Anthony, who had shot and killed or sorry, stabbed and killed this other student who was who was one of he was a twin, Austin Metcalfe. And he had brought a knife and apparently he got in trouble for bringing knives to his own school prior. So there was some kind of history there. And he was in the competing school’s tent and apparently was told to leave. And that’s when he reportedly grabbed a bag and said, you know, touch me and see what happens. And then he had a knife and he stabbed Austin Metcalf. The crowdfunding for him. has surpassed $100,000, not for Austin Metcalf, the victim or his family, but for the killer. The killer who said it wasn’t alleged, I did it. And there’s more money for Carmelo Anthony than there is been raised for Austin Metcalf and any of their funeral expenses. I am just amazed at this. It’s like with the Luigi Mangione stuff. Women sending him money, trying to go and visit him, like sending him letters. He’s got like a fan club. They’ve raised so much money for the, for what? I mean, he shot and killed this guy in broad daylight in the morning. It’s just wild. And now you’ve got this story with this amount of money being raised for Carmelo Anthony. One of the things to touch on, and we’re going to talk about this, is Austin Metcalf’s dad. He’s getting a lot of heat, which is asinine to me. He’s the father of the victim, and he professes his faith. He says he is a devoted Christian. And I don’t know why the certain tenets of the faith are so foreign to people who claim to follow it. He has publicly stated that he forgave Carmelo Anthony and he’s been accused of rationalizing his kid’s murder. and apologizing for the killer, which I don’t get that at all. We’re going to talk about this, because maybe grace is well and truly dead. I don’t know. And I mean, that’s a tenet of his faith, is forgiveness. I don’t know why people are reacting the way that they’re reacting to it. Do they not know what Christianity is anymore? I mean, I’m not saying that I would be able to do it, but there’s a difference in being able to do it, and then whether or not you’re passing judgment as to if it’s the right thing to do. It’s just… We live in such a stupid society. We got more on the way as we roll towards headlines. Our partners that will bring you the program. I’ve seen the amazing changes Relief Factor has made for so many people. 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SPEAKER 06 :
And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
SPEAKER 19 :
All right, so looking, because we got a little bit of some technical fun here right now. So bear with me, because I’m trying to pull this up. But my stuff is not wanting to be entirely responsive. So first up… If you’ll bear with me, I’m trying to try to get it up and try to get it up. It’s a little difficult. All right. So I’ve got, for instance, there is I want it. I don’t want Jasmine Crockett. Oh, I want this four point six billion dollars. Now, if I told you that the government spent four point six billion dollars on furniture since 2021, despite. Despite the fact that most employees have been working from home, what would your response be? That’s insane. But that’s what’s been happening. So if they’re working from home, were they paying for employees to set up home offices? But even then, the money doesn’t pan out. with the number of people who would be working from home and then setting up homes. The math doesn’t work out. Again, this is the kind of stuff that Doge is finding out that the left is freaking out about. We’re bleeding money. We can’t do this. Michigan, their city has been threatening their own residents with defamation lawsuits over statements that have caused harm in Bangor, Maine. They said, yeah, they better keep their mouth shut. You can’t criticize their city council. We’re going to have more on this here coming up. We’re at the bottom of this hour. A lot more on the way. Stick with us. Burn a gun, the non-firearm firearm. I always tell people to carry. I myself have no problem carrying. I have no issue using lethal force against any baddies that threaten me or my loved ones. I also think it’s important to have a diversified weapons array. You have blades, you have different calibers. Why would you not have something like a burner gun? 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And it’s only a burner where you can get 10% off of your purchase. Byrna.com, that’s where you can visit and use. Make sure to get 10% off by going through that URL because it doesn’t happen if you’re like on Amazon or something. Byrna.com slash Dana for 10% off your purchase. on the go and need a quick news fix with a fun twist follow dana’s absurd truth podcast for bite-sized informative episodes perfect for your busy schedule on apple or wherever you get your podcast so welcome back to the program dana lash here broadcasting out of our philly wrva so there’s we were joking steve can’t leave the studio no one can leave the studio anytime one of us leaves something happens And so I don’t know if you’ve seen what the stock, what the markets are doing. The Dow’s going insane right now. And it came out maybe 10 minutes ago. Let me pull this up. So POTUS has put in a 90 day pause on all tariffs except for China. Which he is now hitting with a 125% effective immediately tariff. This is the statement literally just minutes ago, 10 minutes ago on Truth Social. He said, quote, Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the world’s markets, I’m hereby raising the tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125% effective immediately. At some point, hopefully in the near future, China will realize that the days of ripping off the USA and other countries is no longer sustainable or acceptable. Conversely, and based on the fact that more than 75 countries have called representatives of the United States, including the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and USTR, to negotiate a solution on the subjects being discussed relative to trade, trade barriers, tariffs, currency manipulations and non-monetary tariffs that these countries have not, at my strong suggestion, retaliated in any way, shape or form against the U.S. I have authorized a 90-day pause and a substantially lowered reciprocal tariff during this period. of 10% also effective immediately. And then he adds, thank you for your attention to this matter. Like you can go back to shopping now. That’s hysterical. That is a very, very big move. That is a very big move. And so, I mean, it’s the markets are through the roof. It’s like a straight line all the way up. I mean, they’re going crazy right now. Now, This, this, what China does, I don’t know. I don’t know how they’re going to respond to that. It does isolate them. And we have the means to do it. I mean, at this, it is very much, you know, kind of at this stage of the game, it’s kind of a boardroom brawl. But this, you know, none of these countries have retaliated as a result. We’re going to have a 90-day pause, and then we’re going to have effective immediately, et cetera. I mean, the NASDAQ is up over 8% from what I just looked at, and getting better deals. So now it’s China. They filed another complaint with the World Trade Organization. They’re upset. They’re very upset over this. They filed another complaint. But I don’t feel bad at all for China. China has ripped off the United States, so many other countries, our IP. I’m not even going to get into everything else. I’m not even going to talk about it. I mean, it should go without saying, COVID. But I think that it is worth waiting to see how it pans out. And because this it has to be a long term strategy. Don’t get you can’t get pulled into hysteria thinking the world’s going to end and you can’t get pulled into hysteria thinking that everything’s been solved. All the problems have been solved. It is going to go back and forth. Now, I say that because I think that. You bought this what people voted for. And I also think that it has to play out. You got to wait and see what ends up happening. It has to play out. But this has been I mean, the markets are are going crazy. Dow’s going wild. And we’ll see what China says, although I’m sure they’re going to end up, you know, filing another complaint. So this is, yeah, this is where, so the 90 day pause effective immediately and all this is just happening now. And any other, we’re going to just scrap like what, maybe like a half of the rest of the half of the show. We’re going to have to retool it now, retool it. So we’ll see. But very much isolating China, 125% effective immediately. Effective immediately.
SPEAKER 10 :
I think the Dow, the Dow’s up 2000 points in the last 30.
SPEAKER 19 :
I just I actually I was just pulling that up right now. That’s crazy. Yeah. Over 2000. That’s crazy. So we’ll I mean, we’ll see. Look, China is. I don’t know what it’s going to take. To make everyone’s like, who’s going to blink first? Who’s going to I don’t think it’s about that’s not the way to the best way to put this to see who blinks first. I mean, when you’re talking about I don’t want to say breaking up with but on entangling our market and dependency on cheap foreign made goods from China. That’s going to take more than just like a split second. It’s going to take more than like a blink. And that’s if we’re serious, that’s what we’re going to have to do and make it to where we can be. And, you know, that starts in order to be more self-sufficient as a nation. That starts with deregulation. It starts with cutting costs. None of this stuff is going to matter or stick unless Congress does its damn job. And I’m going to tell you what, I’m never going to vote for another damn Republican again if Congress doesn’t do its job. If Congress fritters around and wastes all this time, doesn’t make tax cuts permanent, doesn’t offer the consumers the shot in the arm that we deserve and need, no. Then they’re not worth they’re not worth the ballot in which their names printed on. So we’re going to see how this works out. But that’s just he announced a night. I mean, just now, just a 90 day pause on higher tariffs for dozens of countries. But he’s hiked it to one hundred and twenty five percent. On China, pausing them for everybody else for 90 days. So another and then, of course, the markets are going crazy. So we’re going to work. We’ll follow all of that and bring you the latest with it. So that’s I mean, people are seeing the stock, the market rally. And Wall Street has been freaking out because China, you know, was trying to hit China was the only one that was retaliating. They wanted to hit hit us with a huge revenge tariff. They wanted they had slapped an 85 percent tariff on U.S. goods on us. And this was now it’s this was hours after Trump increased it to 104 percent now because they did that. He’s jacked it up to 125 percent. And we’re going to watch and see that. I mean, he’s isolating them. And there there’s also went into effect pretty much immediately. And that means our our supply chains. I don’t even know how I don’t know how. It is theoretically to reorient yourself that quickly to all of these changes like this. That’s but the export controls on all. I mean, I’m just looking. There’s they there were a lot of what I think 12 American companies. that were falling under some of these export controls and part of the White House edicts. They added six additional firms to that, a list of unreliable entities because they do business with Chinese companies and they’ve tried to thwart some of this stuff before. I mean, I’m looking at the Dow right now. This is crazy. This is just crazy. Now it’s 125%. So what’s China going to do? Come back? Are they going to try to go above? I mean, because I feel like Maybe Xi Jinping for the first time has met someone who’s like, yeah, you know what? Let’s go all the way. Let’s do it. Gee, let’s do it. I mean, it’s kind of interesting to watch. So the countries that they they’re going to have a lowered rate and the pause for except for China. And that’s 125%. These are some big moves. So this is going to be, wow. This is going to be another, it’s going to be a crazy day now, Steve. I’m like watching all of the, oh my gosh, this is all. Let’s just throw it all in the trash. We planned a great show for you. Now it’s all dead.
SPEAKER 10 :
Me and Dana, we have a whole rundown we do on our show and we kind of have to trash it with the news. This is a rare occurrence where me and Dana are in the same studio. We’re doing a market visit in Richmond, WREA. So we’re looking at each other for the first time. What do we do?
SPEAKER 19 :
I know. I’m like, well, there goes this whole other. This is trash. This is trash. Just throw all of this out. This is all garbage now. But now. So are they are they going to. I’m really curious to see what how China responds to this. Because they’re not this isn’t they can’t sustain that. That’s I mean, you know, 104. It went from 104 to now 125 because China decided to act like a fool. And they’re like, yeah, we’re going to raise it to 84%. So and Trump, no, we’re just going to take it to 125. Maybe I don’t know. Is China looking at this like here’s a here’s a way to break from us? I don’t know. I mean, because this is what day, let’s see, day three of going back and forth and raising it with them. I don’t know. But there are a lot of people. Remember, Treasury Secretary Besant was telling all of these other countries, you cannot retaliate immediately. Look at this as an opening move in a negotiation. He was cautioning them. Do not be retaliatory. Do not do it. And of the countries that were hit by this, 70 of them, they said, were very eager to sit down and have a conversation at the table. And I mean, they had even said that, you know, we’re going to make these deals if they benefit the American worker. Great. We’re going to make these deals. Let’s do it. And then China decided, no, that’s not good enough for us. In fact, I have some of this. I’m going to look at. So this was just I have somebody 12. This was literally just like last night. That’s how much this stuff is changing and how fast it is. This is Caroline Leavitt. This was just before when it was still at 104 percent rate against China. Now it’s 125. Listen.
SPEAKER 01 :
You mentioned the 70 countries or so. I’m curious, though, under what conditions at this point would President Trump talk to President Xi about tariffs?
SPEAKER 02 :
Look, I just spoke to the president about this, and he believes that China wants to make a deal with the United States. He believes China has to make a deal. with the United States. It was a mistake for China to retaliate. The president, when America is punched, he punches back harder. That’s why there will be 104% tariffs going into effect on China tonight at midnight. But the president believes that Xi and China want to make a deal. They just don’t know how to get that started. And the president also wanted me to tell all of you that if China reaches out to make a deal, he’ll be incredibly gracious, but he’s going to do what’s best for the American people.
SPEAKER 19 :
Well, there you go. And now we’re at 125% because China decided to be retaliatory against Scott Besson’s advice. And he told them. But I don’t, I, China’s not going to want to appear weak. And, you know, when they started this morning by adding 50 percent, taking it to 84 percent, this escalation, this back and forth escalation, I think what we exported almost $144 billion worth of goods to China, but we imported, I mean, pretty much half a trillion. And Bessent says that, you know, China being retaliatory was a bad move. For China, that it was actually really stupid. He said, it’s unfortunate. No, they don’t want to come and negotiate. He’s like, they’re the worst offenders in the international trading system, which is true. They are. So negotiations, I think. What this looks like, the pause on all of the other tariffs, because what was the question that I started the show with? Well, one of the things that I threw out, you know, to consider with all of this at the start of the show, I said, there’s things that people are looking at, because this is for a lot of folks. unchartered territory so there’s two ways to look at it and we need clear articulation is it just a negotiating tactic uh a short-term move for a high for a long-term you know effect or is it something that’s permanent that they’re looking as a way to replace you know federal reserve stuff you know to replace our income tax i’m like because both of these things i’ve heard both of them from the admin at different points and they were competing i say that trump’s Pause is indicative of of negotiations, that it is the first, that it is a tactic, a short term move for a long term strategy, except maybe with China, because China is a little different. But I think that, you know, the point of all of this, seeing this move is negotiation is just is to have the negotiations. That’s what that’s what it is. It looks like to me not a permanent thing because I see some people on the right say, well, you know, the 10 percent, whatever tariffs are still a permanent thing. I still think that’s also part of the negotiations to get to a zero percent. We’ll see. But I also don’t like the characterization, even by some that I’m seeing on the right of, well, it was POTUS that chose to escalate this on China. Reminder, China started all of this in the beginning. If they started it, aren’t you escalating? If you’re the aggressor, you’re escalating the situation. So responding is not escalation. You’re merely responding and responding in kind, matching their energy. One of my favorite things to tell haters is, look, I will match your energy. You decide how we feel today and how you’re getting traded. So that’s like the strategy going into this. We’ve got a lot more to come. I’m sure it’s going to change again in another hour. And if it does, we’ll bring it to you as we move gold coat precious metals and the economy. Very slowly getting back on track. It’s a mess. It’s like untangling Christmas lights and like the old school Christmas lights too, you know. With GoldCo, Goldman Sachs Research, they’ve raised their gold price forecast to $3,100 by the end of this year. And that’s underpinned by higher than expected demand from central banks. So now is the time to buy. And it’s easy and transparent to do so. I’ve partnered with GoldCo to make buying metals simple and hassle-free. And they’re a very strong supporter of this program. and they know metals inside and out. Secure your future with GoldCo. Investing in metals, it’s straightforward and reliable. They’ve got over $3 billion in gold and silver secured for hardworking people all over the country. Top-rated company from the start. So act now and request their free 2025 gold and silver kit, and you can learn how to diversify and safeguard your savings today. Diversify your money with time-tested safe haven assets. It’s physical gold and silver. Visit danalikesgold.com. Join everybody, thousands who’ve called GoldCo the number one rated gold company. And right now, get that free copy of their 2025 gold and silver kit. And you could also qualify for up to 10% in bonus silver only at danalikesgold.com.
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So a University of Florida Gators fan that was celebrating. Got to be careful with this. The NCAA National Championships fell off the top of a traffic light pole. The avenue was full of crowds. Everybody was celebrating the Florida Gators. And somebody climbed up on the top of the light pole. and fell all the way down as the crowd watched. Apparently, he seemed to be okay. He did sustain injuries. Fire rescue had to respond, but they said his injuries were not life-threatening, just stupid. They didn’t say stupid. I added that part. A Florida man was captured after cutting off his ankle monitor during trial for a bar shooting. This is in Spring Hill, Florida. A man that investigators say he cut off his ankle monitor and has been caught, Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said. I mean, it seems like it’s really easy to cut those off. Are they really that effective? I just, I don’t know. Dre Kressel was charged with aggravated battery and a felon in illegal possession of a handgun. He had opened fire outside of Mermaid’s Lounge, classy place. The victim that he intended to kill survived. And he went home after his break in trial prior to the jury reaching a verdict, cut off his ankle monitor and disappeared. He was out on bond at the time of trial. The trial went on without him and then he was found guilty. And then they later on found it. The Intel unit found him and arrested him in the woods. So now he’s he’s going to face prison time in addition to. tampering with an electronic device and failure to appear those new charges now on top of it. So yeah, he’s got he’s a handful now. Also, let’s see. Oh, we’re running out of time. I’ll have to save this one. The Florida woman who whispered help me to an Amazon driver when he was delivering packages and a man was arrested. I’ll share that one with you later. Third hour on the way. It’s our friends at All Family Pharmacy. All family pharmacy is all of the medications that you need without anything being manufactured at all or sourced from China or even India. It’s all right here made in the USA, which I think is incredibly important, especially if we’re talking about becoming more self-sufficient with things like antibiotics, et cetera, because that’s what all family pharmacy does. You don’t have to play by big pharma’s rules. Remember when they tried to shut down actual therapeutics and access to those therapeutics. Remember when they tried to bar you from getting ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine and that you were being told that you were crazy if you had those? Yeah. But hey, take this injection. We don’t know what it does, but go ahead and take it. They didn’t just dismiss the alternatives. They crushed your ability to get them. All Family Pharmacy is about access and affordability. It’s simple, fast, and affordable. No insurance, no problem. Straightforward pricing, online ordering. You can get your MUDs in just two to four days, or if you need them in a pinch, overnight. Your health is always within reach. I’ve used them many times before. You can also get your everyday maintenance medications, too. They make it super simple. Fast shipping. no gatekeepers. And again, made right here in the U S of a visit all family pharmacy.com slash Dana and get 10% off using promo code Dana 10, protect yourself and your family today at all family pharmacy.com slash Dana coupon code Dana 10 to save 10%.
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As I said, we’ve given 90 days and the only certainty we can provide is that the U S is going to negotiate in good faith. And we assume that our allies will too. And you know, in terms of certainty we will see what china does but what i am certain of what i’m certain of is that what china is doing will affect their economy much more than it will ours because they have an export driven flood the world with cheap export models and the rest of the world now understands because when we put up our tariff wall
SPEAKER 19 :
those exports were already flowing to the rest of the g7 and to the global south so that is the latest i mean the markets are going wild right now and that is because the tariffs are essentially i mean except with a base 10 but it’s all still paused for 90 days uh and And POTUS added that that’s because over 70 nations wanted to negotiate deals with the U.S. So he’s authorized a 90 day pause and a substantially lowered reciprocal tariff. So we still have reciprocal tariffs of 10 percent. But he has also authorized a 90 day pause, which he says is effective immediately. And then because China decided to be retaliatory. and then hit the United States with an 84 percent tariff, we went to 104 percent. Kevin O’Leary says that it needs to be 400 percent because it’s about, I mean, really not just decoupling from China, but, you know, moving them out of the space of influence. I think you said you had that. Yeah. Listen to this. This is O’Leary.
SPEAKER 20 :
104% tariffs in China are not enough. I’m advocating 400%. I do business in China. They don’t play by the rules. They’ve been in the WTO for decades. They have never abided by any of the rules they agreed to when they came in for decades. They cheat. They steal. They steal IP. I can’t litigate in their courts.
SPEAKER 19 :
And he’s right. That’s interesting how he said, I can’t litigate in their courts. When you have your stuff ripped by China, you’re SOL. S.O.L. Now, the question comes down to was this the is that I think this was the goal. I think this was POTUS’s goal is to and, you know, he was telling people to wait and see. Actually, what he told them to be cool. I’m going to quote Pulp Fiction. He said, be cool. But it was more of a let’s wait and see kind of approach, because the thing is, is that. The fight with China here, this trade war is not going to go away. And there’s a lot more than just an economic issue with China. It’s also a NATSEC issue, more so than some of these other nations. So that makes it a little bit different. And that’s what O’Leary is calling for. He’s like, yeah, POTUS has to play hardball because they steal. They steal IP. He says they cheat. And so 400 percent. Yeah. He says it’s, quote, time to squeeze Chinese heads into the wall, end quote. So this most I think the past several I think the past couple of weeks have been what is going to be the end goal here? Is it to establish something permanent to raise, you know, to to to. donate or drop into federal revenue, or is it just a tactic for long-term gain? And I think with regards to all these other nations, I think it’s the former, but I think with China, I think it’s the latter. Because this… So tariffs as a tool of negotiation, and this is what I’ve said since all of this started, if you’re using it as a tool of negotiation to leverage this, then this is going to work and you can get these other countries to come to the table is what’s been happening. So all the people that were saying, you know, let’s just wait a beat and see what happens right now. They look very correct. They look very, very correct. The interesting thing is going to be how China responds to this. And if we ever even do get up to a 400 percent tariff with China, the Chinese commerce minister vowed to fight the U.S. tariffs, quote, to the end. And they’re the ones who keep escalating. I mean, that’s why we had the movement last night to add the 50% on top of what was already in place. And now we’re at 104%. China just wants to run their mouths. But at the same time, they don’t want to look like they’re the weak ones. They don’t want to look like they’ve blinked first. Although I would say that their immediate, you know, push to escalate this, to me, that’s blinking. But the… The I think that the point was made here and to isolate them further, to isolate them is I think that that’s what that’s what needs to be done to decouple with them. So China’s had some they’ve had a bad day because put this up first. They had this. And then you also had sect of Hegseth audio soundbite 21, who is down at the Panama Canal at the Miraflores locks. Listen to what he said here.
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President Trump has made it clear that the Panama Canal and the canal areas cannot and will not be controlled by China. We are working closely with our partners in Panama to secure the canal and advance our mutual security.
SPEAKER 19 :
Wow. That’s also a huge that’s a huge win. Because remember, you I mean, Panama was was they were going to they were buying into Belt and Road. They were buying into that. China had the with the Hutchinson holdings that are based out of Hong Kong. They were essentially taking over the two big bookends there on either side of the canal in terms of ports. So they were positioning themselves. And there it was. I mean, there’s a reason to me it was it. It said it was huge and very significant that Marco Rubio. When he was installed as Secretary of State, one of the first things that he did was to go to Panama and meet with Panamanian leadership, meet with other leaders in Latin American countries. Then the next thing we saw is Panama breaking from that Belt and Road from China because this was also a national security issue. I mean, you’ve got to think about this. Wars aren’t always with militaries and weapons. It’s with money. It’s with money and it’s with goods, too. And that’s what’s happening. This is definitely a trade war with China. And everyone else is coming to the table and saying, we don’t want to live like this. Let’s get back to like, you know, some normalcy. And POTUS has been more than open to it. That’s great. Let’s do that. 90 day pause. Let’s figure out some stuff and make some advantageous deals for Americans who are tired of being punished nonstop by all of these other countries. So this this. This is going to be interesting. This was a very, very bad day for China because not only did they lose that influence in the Panama Canal, but now, I mean, they’ve made it very, very clear when you have Panamanian leadership standing there with SECDEF and a bunch of American military. And we all, you know, we’re talking about how we’re going to be doing things together. And it’s just China’s now China’s been pushed out. And that’s huge. That is incredibly significant. So we’re going to see how this goes. I mean, right now, the markets are just going crazy, isolating China, breaking away from them, getting ourselves in a good position. That’s the way to do it. And I know people are worried about how China may react, especially like with medications and stuff, because tariffs on medications, that’s a pharmaceuticals is a. That’s a concerning thing. But I’ll tell you this, too. For instance, and not to put this awkwardly in the middle of it, one of the reasons that we work with one of our sponsors is called All Family Pharmacy. And their stuff is all U.S. produced. Inputs, everything, all U.S. made. So supporting companies like that undercuts any kind of… additional expense or stress or anything like that, where you to, you know, have to rely and get your medication from China. So this is just going to be this is going to be something but it looks, you know, this, it looks like right now a huge win for POTUS, a huge win. And we’ll see that there was also a huge win, a Maryland judge who had entered a preliminary injunction against the administration with some of these blue states because they were talking about their reduction in bureaucracy with a lot of these administrative jobs. So this has been a really good day for this administration, a very bad day, I think, especially for China. But… We’ll see what ends up happening after this because things can change relatively quickly. We have some other things I want to make sure that we’re touching on as well. As we roll here towards, goodness, the bottom of this third hour. And we’re here in Virginia, WRVA, our affiliate here. We have an event this evening that we’re going to be at. And I’m sure all of this stuff is going to come up. It’s all going to come up tonight. I’m positive. Including, can I just present to you kind of a funnier story? So you guys remember the headline that we had a few days ago? Trump was unhappy with his portrait in the Colorado Capitol. And it really was a bad portrait. It made him, trying to figure out how to best describe it. Do you know the, do you guys remember the filters? What was the, was it a filter like on an app or was it its own app where you could like regress in age and you could look like the baby you? You remember what that was? What was that called? Like Facetune?
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Yeah, it was Facetune, but there was a Snapchat one too, wasn’t there? But they do have the Facetune thing too. Oh, yeah, it was Snapchat.
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Okay, does Trump’s portrait, his Colorado portrait, it look like it was the Facetuned baby Trump?
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, yeah, when it makes you look like you’re a baby. It was the rounded jawline that made him look like a newborn baby.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, he looked like Studio Ghibli plus a Facetune creation. And it was a portrait that was hanging in the Colorado State Capitol building, right? The artist, Sarah Boardman, was hanging there for six years. And then Trump saw, apparently Trump saw it and hated it. And now the artist is like worried there. They took it down. He wanted the portrait down. He said he described it as he said it was distorted. He clearly was not happy with it. And Democrats were saying, oh, if the GOP wants to spend time or money, I mean, can I just it’s a weird photo. It kind of looks like him, but it’s also just odd. I mean, it’s I don’t think it makes him look bad, but it just can I be honest? I don’t think I don’t think they’re very good.
SPEAKER 10 :
It looks like he has a big lip of like tobacco.
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Yeah, they’re not. These are not very good. I don’t want to be a mean. I mean, it’s way better than I could do. And I don’t want to sound like when you watch the Olympics, particularly gymnastics or figure skating. And me, who’s never ice skated, watching figure skaters and going, oh, that troubles alcohol. That was just so sloppy. I mean, it’s the same. I can’t do it, but it’s just not good. I’ve seen the other portraits of other presidents that she’s done. So he didn’t like it, apparently. So they took it down. Is he going to get a new one there? It doesn’t say. They said all the portraits are not the purview of the governor’s office, but it’s the Colorado Building Advisory Committee for some reason. But he had tweeted or posted, quote, nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves. But the one in Colorado in the state capitol put up by the governor, along with all the other presidents, was purposefully distorted to a level that even I perhaps have never seen before. He just destroyed this thing. And so they took it down. And she now the artist, she’s because the Colorado Republicans commissioned it. They raised over $10,000 to commission this thing. If you’re telling me that portrait was over $10,000 and that’s what you got. You got swindled. I’m sorry, but you got swindled. It’s just it’s just not good. Can I just say it? I just don’t think they’re good. No, it’s not mean to say that someone is not the painter that they thought they were. And I don’t want to sound mean, but it’s a bad painting. I mean, there’s like no detail in the suit. Maybe I shouldn’t be like looking at, you know, comparing it to art of Renaissance and the masters. But there’s like no detail in the suit. It’s just a color. And here’s some shading. Am I being mean? Steve, it’s not good. I can’t draw a circle, but I don’t think this is good.
SPEAKER 10 :
It looks like a combination of him with a face-tuned baby face and then what with tobacco in his lips.
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Yeah, it’s just not good. So he wanted it taken down. He said it was purposefully distorted. So they took it down. Can you imagine being the Republican group that fundraised for those $10,000 and then you get this Ronaldo-level portrait? It’s just so bad. I will say Barack Obama’s doesn’t look much better. It almost looks like Barack Obama if the chick who played Wednesday Addams gave him her eyes. I don’t know how else to describe it. There’s just something off about every single one of them. I’m not saying they got to be, you know, you don’t need to be like Raphael level, but I don’t think that I mean, he looks like a Facetune baby. It looks like baby Facetune. That’s what it looks like. I wouldn’t want that. Nobody wants that kind of portrait up. You know, George Washington, the one of his most famous portraits, the one where he’s just sort of sitting grimacing at the camera and he’s in black. He apparently hated his portrait that was done without his teeth. Yeah, that’s why I hate it. All right, we got a lot more in store. We got headlines on the way as we roll towards the bottom of this third hour. Super Beats Energy Stamina. You know the Super Beats hard shoes. Well, now they have the Super Boreen product, which is all about supporting healthy metabolism and blood sugar levels. And you can support it with Super Boreen, which is now $5 off at Sam’s Club through April 29th. It’s just $24.98. One capsule. is all it takes, and it can deliver 10 times higher absorption than standard berberine. Grape seed extract provides that greater tolerability. Visit Sam’s Club, restock your heart health support with the Super Beats Heart Shoes, and expand your routine with the Super Berrine for healthy metabolism and blood sugar support. Super Berrine is $5 off at Sam’s Club through April 29th. Snag the offer at Sam’s Club while it lasts. Start today and get on the better road to cardiovascular health support.
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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
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So, popular butter, Vermont-based Cabot Creamery, has voluntarily recalled 1,700 pounds of its Cabot Creamery Extra Creamy Sea Salted Butter Sticks, longest name ever, because they found elevated levels of coliform. Now, coliform is… It’s a group of bacteria, not harmful on its own, but it is usually a sign of hygiene issues, such as a product being contaminated with feces. That’s disgusting. So they had recalled all their sticks and had a best by date of September 9th. And we’re going to bought it. That’s just absolutely disgusting. like wash your hands what is wrong with you uh also a whale didn’t make it it strayed into the waters of long beach’s rainbow harbor and it gave up the ghost that’s so sad uh a whale got stranded it was found dead found dead after it wandered in the waters and it was a minky whale that’s not right um It was circling within Long Beach Harbor for most for much of the week. And it was it didn’t make it to morning. So they said that National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. So they’re working to try to examine it and figure out what happened. I think it got confused. That’s probably what happened. It got confused. And a man was arrested after he was walking naked on a highway. I don’t know what city this was in because it’s not wanting to open. Oh, it was in Monticello. All right. We got more to come. Bottom of this third hour. 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 that’s out there. Patriot Mobile wants to save you money and they don’t want to make your money work against you. See, if you have not switched your funding, all the stuff that you vote against every single time you go to the ballot box. With Patriot Mobile, you get exceptional nationwide coverage, access to all three major U.S. networks. You also can add two numbers on two networks on one phone. Now, the big carriers can’t do this, but Patriot Mobile can. They also have flexible, unlimited data plans designed to fit your lifestyle. All kinds of stuff, mobile hotspots, high-speed data, international roaming, device protection, Internet backup, the whole nine yards. Keep your phone, keep your number, or upgrade. It is up to you. Seamless switching with our U.S.-based customer support team. You can get activated in minutes, and you’re supporting what you believe in. Visit PatriotMobile.com slash Dana or call 972-PATRIOT and get a free month of service using promo code Dana. Make the switch today. That’s PatriotMobile.com slash Dana or call 972-PATRIOT, promo code Dana.
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Welcome back. Dana Lash here broadcasting live in Virginia. WRBA, our affiliate out here. So we’re following the new 90-day reciprocal tariff pause on 75 different countries that have made it clear that they are ready to negotiate. Then you have tariffs lowered to 10% during this period, including Mexico and Canada, except for China on 125%. That’s terrible. That’s locked in now. The stocks have been rocketing. The treasuries are calm. It is insane. Cats and dogs living together. Mass happiness. Nobody’s it’s it’s I so far I haven’t seen anybody. This is what I’ve been looking for. I haven’t seen anybody on the left. Really? They’re all going to they’re all going to act like it was a fluke. But I mean, wow, it is. I just saw another. It just wild how quickly. Because remember, just yesterday, I mean, we had you had Scott Bassett who was warning all of these these countries, don’t don’t retaliate, don’t retaliate. And they didn’t. And then China did. So China gets it with 125 percent now. And it’s man alive. There’s a we’re just in time for it now. Totally out of date. Quinnipiac poll. It said the Trump approval disapproval 41 to 53. 72 percent think tariffs will hurt, but only in the short term. 53 percent think that they will hurt the country in the long term. Well, that’s before what happened just a little bit ago happened. So that has to be trashed. That’s so that’s that’s not, you know, so going after and isolating China the way he is. This is this is a good thing. This is a good thing to do. I don’t know if it’ll it’ll go to the 400 percent that Kevin O’Leary was demanding. But I think one thing that we’ve seen is what Nick and Navarro are on are sidelined here. And Besant and others are really leading it. So very interesting indeed. In the meantime, another story not getting enough attention is the, well, we knew it, but now to watch them try to admit it or to try to massage their involvement in it. Axios founder says that the media’s failure to cover Biden’s decline was, well, listen to what he says here in 23.
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Yeah, Barry, this was all the worst parts of reporter brain coming together. And there is the groupthink, the monothink that you were talking about. You add to it another piece of what you were just talking about is cluelessness, right? And this is where the American people see something, sense something, and they’re not seeing it reflected in news outlets that they used to trust. And so specifically with the Biden health, people discounted what they saw with their own eyes, ignored it. And this is the reporter groupthink part of it, that there is an insecurity, a herd mentality. You don’t want to be separate is like the typical reporter instinct.
SPEAKER 19 :
Well, because if you are, then you don’t get amplified. You don’t get included in the aggregation of certain stories. That’s kind of part of it. That’s one of the reasons that everybody covers the same stuff. Like toddlers playing soccer. But that’s Axios’ founder. He says it’s the, it was all, what does that mean, reporter brain? The worst parts of reporter brain coming together. And that people, he didn’t even touch on why were people so, in such disbelief. What also led them? What carried out or what prolonged this grift for as long? The media covering it up. I mean, if you so much as dared, if any of these individuals that he’s talking about, Mike Allen in this clip, if any of them had, you know, and they did, they would raise concerns about Biden’s mental acuity, about his physical strength. Is he even aware of where he is, et cetera, et cetera. Any, even the most, you know, benign observances. Immediately, that… to cause them to be labeled a kook or a conspiracy theorist or any number of other things. And so they’re forgetting their complicity in this. Well, they’re not forgetting. They’re hoping you forget their complicity in this. They want to retcon this. They want to rewrite history. So this is I don’t I don’t I’m not giving them any kind of accolades. I’m not giving them any backpats for this. They don’t deserve any sort of stickers of merit. They don’t deserve any kind of praise because this is what they should have been doing from the beginning. And the fact that you have this report. Now showcasing that they knew that the military members of the military had been exposed to COVID and apparently got COVID in 2019 at the military games that were bizarrely taking place in Wuhan. But all the while this was happening and then the administration was supposed to make this report public. They chose to not do so for some reason, you know, obviously. And now we’re getting all of it. It’s all coming out now. That’s that to me is a major story that not enough people are talking about. And then it makes me mad at China all over again. So I’m fine with these. I’m fine with these super ridiculous 104 percent tariff rate on them. I don’t know. Maybe take it to 400. What’s stopping? I mean, they they they rely so much on us. It would it would severely hurt them. I mean, their economy. I had another headline about Chinese economy just just the other day there for all of the propaganda from the CCP. They’re not doing so great. So this is all the latest if you’re just tuning in. So it’s what’s going to I mean, what in the world is how are they going to respond to this? One hundred and twenty five percent tariff. Now, against China, but then a 90 day pause and the markets are going crazy. 90 day pause on everything else with the other 75 nations. So it seems like using it as a tactic short term for a long term goal. It seems like that was that was the point. That was the point. And that’s what he was. That’s what he was. It’s what he was wanting to do. So this is just an amazing thing to see that it happens this quickly. Now, there are some other things that we need to also touch on, too. In addition to this, let me pull this up because I got some this. Can we talk really quick about the Kristi Noem video? So she has been getting some criticism about, And I don’t get it. If you’re doing your job, you can go to Spirit Halloween as much as you want to and get a million different outfits if you want to. I don’t care if you want to be, you know, like the sexy border agent. You know, you can go do that if you’re going to be like the naughty immigration czar, whatever. I don’t care as long as you’re deporting people. If you’re people who come here illegally, send their butts back over. Well, she’s getting criticized for some video, a video that she released where she was down in Arizona. And she was flanked by agents and they were rounding up illegal entrants in the area. And she was wearing a plate carrier, which it didn’t fit her. It was awkward. And then you can tell she was holding somebody else’s gun because she was unfamiliar with the weight of it and didn’t even really know how to properly kind of grab it and was totally pointing the barrel at this other dude’s head standing right to her stage left. But. The way that she was holding it, you don’t need to do that. You can just take a photo without taking another agent’s gun and holding it and posing for a photo with it or putting on somebody’s plate carrier that clearly is not fitted to you and it looks bad. I get it. So I don’t think you don’t need to do that because it just this is a serious issue showing up. And if you’re going to do photos and I and this is part of a populist tactic, by the way, you always have to be in front of somebody. You always have to be in front of the people that support you. You always have to be out there. You always have to be pushing the image. And I she gets that, although she’s entirely an artful at pulling it off, like completely an artful at pulling it off. So she’s holding this gun super awkwardly like she’s never held it. I mean, it’s not hers, clearly. And she’s flagging this dude’s head and she’s got this plate carrier on that’s going to choke her because it’s not situated on her. Right. It’s like sticking up all weird and crooked. Just just you don’t need to do it. Again, I don’t care how she wants to cosplay or what costume she wants to put on while doing different aspects of her job. So long as people who are entering the country illegally are deported. But maybe, just maybe, slow the roll on the damn glamour shots. And can I also… Ladies, also, you do not need more hair extensions than Aslan has mane in order to, like, have a healthy head of hair. You don’t need all that stuff. You don’t need extensions down to your edible snakes. You don’t need all that stuff. Just stop. But I would be tired if I had to dress up that I like. I hate putting makeup on every day. I don’t even like putting makeup on every day. I can’t imagine having to have like a themed outfit. You know, every single time I’m going to do an aspect in my job. Oh, we’re going down the board. I better get a plate carrier. Better got to get another some more extensions. And I don’t I would just hate doing all of that. I’m just saying you guys know it’s true. I’m not being mean. You all thought it. I’m just saying it. But I I think that when you’re doing a photo like this, too, if you’re hell bent on holding someone else’s rifle, then you need to provide you need to perform and showcase demonstrate better gun etiquette than this. You can’t be flagging somebody’s head. And clearly, I mean, it’s not hers. I mean, it’s not her. It’s not her carbine. It’s not her. Not her optic. It’s none of that stuff. I get it. Probably someone was like, here, hold this. Let’s take a photo. She should have said, I don’t need to. I’m good. I got this weird plate carrier that doesn’t exactly fit me on. It’ll be going to be great. But people have been… There were a lot of people that were marked on this one. A lot of people. Now… Like I said, I think you need to slow the roll on the glamour shots a little bit here. We don’t need all that. But in the meantime, as it pertains to immigration, I’m going to put this up too. So now people have to pay a fine per day if they don’t voluntarily leave the United States. The administration announced fines for illegal immigrants under deportation orders who declined to leave the country. $998 per day, every day. that the person overstays their final deportation order. They’re using a rarely cited 1996 law that allows fines to be imposed on those who are avoiding removal orders. And it was first enforced in 2018 during Trump’s first term. So this, Biden suspended it where they said that they, he said that it was an ineffective and unnecessary punitive measure, which it’s, I mean, if you break into a country illegally, I’m just assuming that you’re volunteering to accept the penalty for committing the crime. That’s why there’s a penalty for it. So in addition to having the CPB-1 app change to be a self-deportation facilitator, now people are going to get fined if they stay even one day past their deportation order. It’s about damn time. It’s about time, I think. And again, I don’t got a lot of sympathy for people who were brought here against their will as kids and became adults and applied for college and applied for loans and went through the process of getting an apartment or a home or what have you. You can do all of that, but when you were protected under the Flores Agreement from deportation, and you could have been filing all this paperwork and getting your legal status, and you chose to not do it, that’s on you, not on anybody else. No one else has to make up for your bad planning with crap government. So that’s the important takeaway here. We have more in store. I’m in Virginia broadcasting live from our affiliate ahead of our affiliate event tonight. And in the meantime, as we move, we got today in stupidity on the way, Kel-Tec. The Kel-Tec PR… 57. Now, I did go get mine. I haven’t been able to really fire it yet because it’s been busy preparing for some stuff that we got coming up. But very excited to put a few hundred rounds through this. And it’s one of the latest from Caltech. I think it’s actually genius. It’s a really smart device. And if you like 5.7, you always wanted to carry one. I think for men, obviously, it’s a heck of a lot easier. 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Little T-Rex to finish out this tariff. Almost said Tuesday. That would have been way better. Tariff Tuesday, tariff Wednesday. It’s not as fun. However, if Trump does not go out any time that these tariffs go up on China, if he doesn’t come out to like some T-Rex and with multiple gongs in the White House press room and just start hitting all the gongs. I may not be able to like him anymore because, you know, that just seems like the most obvious thing to do. Can we get a gong on stage for the event tonight? I mean, it feels like I can ask that. I mean, we’re in Virginia.
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Remember how John Bonham used to have that gong, that huge thing behind the booth when he was playing?
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I’ll even take one that I can just, like, walk in with. I’ll even take, like, a kick drum stick and just, you know, hit it myself. I don’t care. It just seems appropriate. So anytime they decide to… to to get an attitude i say he just you know what assemble the press send out levitt or actually besent trump himself come out just whack that gong play a little t-rex and well how else do you hit a gong just hit it it’s like a news ticker Yeah, just whack it. Whack the thing. And then, you know, announce, oh, it’s going to be, well, Kevin O’Leary gets his wish. It’s going to be 400% because we’re at 125% right now. What shade of orange is Xi Jinping out of rage? I don’t know. Like, are we at Tang level? Is it at level Tang rage? I don’t know. I love Tang. Man, what happened to Tang? Isn’t it full of chemicals? I don’t care. I love it. I love chemicals. Love all of them. I want all the chemicals in my drinks. It just keeps the aliens away. Since we’re just going, I don’t know what’s happening. It’s a weird, weird Wednesday. We’re at the Beacon Theater tonight. We’re at an event, WRVA, here at our affiliate in Richmond, Virginia. I have no idea what to expect from people tonight. Because we were going into this like, man, people are going to be mad. Because it’s like half and half. like half are mad about the tariffs half aren’t mad about the tariffs and then break it down even more half think it’s going to be a permanent thing half think it’s just going to be a tactic now i think you know with the markets exploding and s&p you know going crazy dow going crazy i think that they’re going to be in good moods and i think we all hate the communists in china so i see no i see no downsides to any of this everybody got their money back before they showed up Yeah, let me get my gong before we get all them tariffs. Well, they’re effective immediately, so it’s already. No, we need a gong on the stage. But yeah, they’re going to be in a good mood. I think they’ll be in a good mood at the event. I’ll be with my friend Brian Kilmeade, a whole bunch of other folks here from WRVA. And we hang out and we talk bad about everything we don’t like in D.C. and then we all go home. It’s a great way to spend a splendid evening. And then maybe by the time, you know, the event rolls around, maybe it’ll be 400 percent. If China gets retaliatory again, I mean, you know, 125, it seems like still we’re at the starting line here. How much further can China choose to isolate themselves? That remains to be seen. But we’ve got the 90 day pause. It’s 10 percent. Across the board, but still, but it’s a 90-day pause on the higher, more targeted punitive tariffs. And then he said over 75 nations so far have come together and have asked to negotiate. All right.
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today in stupidity steve it’s just me and dana in studio but we have a msnbc stephanie rule another one of these takes you’ve heard from everyone in the media but here we go yay who’s going to work in those factories it’s not like we don’t have enough jobs in this country we do but what we have is a lot of americans unwilling to take some of the lower skill jobs right think about who delivers foods think about who works as home health care workers it’s one of
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How many times have we heard this?
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Why doesn’t Stephanie Ruhle do it? Because clearly no one’s listening to her. I think I’ve played her twice ever in my radio career, and this is the second time. I mean, she could do it. I don’t think that they’re getting all those viewers to argue otherwise. All right, folks, make sure you sign up over at the newsletter, chapter and verse, at Substack, YouTube, Facebook, like and subscribe. And you can find all the links, podcasts, everything up there. Gold coat, precious metals. And the economy, very slowly. Getting back on track. It’s a mess. It’s like untangling Christmas lights and like the old school Christmas lights too, you know. With GoldCo, Goldman Sachs Research, they’ve raised their gold price forecast to $3,100 by the end of this year. And that’s underpinned by higher than expected demand from central banks. So now is the time to buy. And it’s easy and transparent to do so. I’ve partnered with GoldCo to make buying metals simple and hassle-free. And they’re a very strong supporter of this program. And they know metals inside and out. Secure your future with GoldCo. Investing in metals, it’s straightforward and reliable. And they’ve got over $3 billion in gold and silver secured for hardworking people all over the country. Top-rated company from the start. So act now and request their free 2025 gold and silver kit. And you can learn how to diversify and safeguard your savings today. Diversify your money with time-tested safe haven assets. It’s physical gold. and silver. Visit danalikesgold.com. Join everybody, thousands who’ve called GoldCo the number one rated gold company. And right now, get that free copy of their 2025 gold and silver kit. And you could also qualify for up to 10% in bonus silver only at danalikesgold.com.
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