Tune in to an episode that not only scrutinizes Pentagon financial practices but also engages with thought-provoking insights on contemporary conservative approaches to higher education. Explore the broader ramifications of defense spending, audit failures, and political maneuvers designed to foster accountability and reform.
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I’d like it more if you said, you know what we’re going to do? I’ve got to adjust my audio because Fox always has the queerest settings. They do. The first thing that I would do if I were him, I’d be like, look, this is how this is going to work. We’re not going to take a single dollar out of this budget until we can pass an audit. I don’t know if you guys know that. The Pentagon hasn’t passed an audit, seven audits. This was something that was passed like back, when was this passed? Like 09. Actually, no, further. I sound like Charlie from Always Sunny. They have not, they have yet to pass an audit. So let, I am full of fire today. So God help everybody. We’re going to talk about this. We’re going to talk about a few things. I’m going to set, look, this is what you’re going to know after this first hour. You’re going to know everything about this budget. You’re going to know what a rescission is, what a pocket rescission is, what reconciliation is, what the process is, what the history is, where your senators stand. Is it in the weeds? Meh, I don’t care. If you want to watch Dora the Explorer and swipe or no swiping and you want clickbait regurgitated bottle, you know, bottle blonde talking points, then by all means, go and find some other lowly rated piece of crap that calls itself a podcast. Go ahead. But if you want like the real deal stuff, which we’ve been doing consistently for years, you can stay with us. I told him full of fire today. Our health care system sucks. The budget sucks. It’s all trash. Hi, Dana Lash with you at the top of this first hour. So let’s get right into it. So this what he’s talking about, that’s all great. That’s all you know, he’s he’s like making an announcement about the findings. Is anybody surprised by any of this? No. No one’s surprised that there’s all this waste, fraud and abuse. No, Dana, not a single one of us. I mean, that’s great because, you know, I hate to say it, but this has been it’s been a major problem for some time. And all I just feel like there’s no especially with some of the things that have been earmarked out of the big, beautiful. I want to say a different B, Bill. The money that’s going to be going towards the DOD, was there any accountability with this? Because this is kind of an issue. So I told you, look, we’re spending under this new bill that’s coming forward. We’re spending literally billions more at the Pentagon. I get it. Dina, we got it. We got drone warfare. Then why are we spending like a hundred some odd? You know, I mean, we’re spending a couple billion dollars actually on manned aircraft when everything’s going to unmanned. But that’s I told you I could we could get in the weeds with us. That’s something different. But here’s the here’s the issue. Department of Defense spending is totally fine. I mean, I get it. I get it. Right. It’s totally fine. I understand the need for defense. It’s actually one of the enumerated powers. Right. It’s one of the enumerated powers. Article one, Section eight. I understand it. However, that being said, it is not a sacred cow. When you’re viewing it through the correct perspective of the enumerated powers, the other thing you also have to consider is responsible spending, right? You have to look at this through Article 1, Section 8, and you’ve got to look at it through the lens of correct spending. And it’s like I said, it’s fine through this correct perspective, but it’s bad when you accept that wild defense spending is the only real job of the federal government. It’s not a sacred cow. Guys, the Pentagon has failed seven consecutive audits. 20 years after Congress passed a law demanding that agencies audit themselves, they announced their first ever audit of the Department of Defense in 2017. Let me just say this again. 20 years after it was a law that was passed by Congress demanding that these agencies audit themselves, the Pentagon only announced its first ever audit of the DOD in 2017. The first ever. The National Defense Authorization Act, that was a requirement in 2010 that Congress gave an extra seven years to clean up the books and get ready. That was from Chuck Grassley back in 2017. In late 2016, there were reports that the powers that be buried an internal study that exposed almost $130 billion in administrative waste. And they were worried about it. They hid it because they didn’t want Congress slashing their budget. And so back in January of 2017, the Government Accountability Office said there is, quote, serious financial management problems at the DOD. To my knowledge, this has not been rectified. They hired 2,400 auditors to go over records and examine bases. You know, basically what Doge did with fewer people in a shorter amount of time. So the idea that there’s never, this is my thing with Doge. I love Doge and I love what they did. And I think it was great to bring attention to it. But you’ve had Tom Coburn do the waste report for years. There have been audits of these agencies for years. It doesn’t matter. They don’t give a rat’s ass, folks. They don’t care. Your government knows that it is entirely unaccountable to you. They don’t care. Give them your money and shut up. So they had 2,400 auditors go through everything. Now, Congress kept giving them billions. $700 billion in 2016. That was $100 billion more than the budget prior to that. And billions more that was actually initially requested by POTUS back in 2017. Now, the first one of the first initial. Well, one of the campaign promises of Trump’s first term was these audits. Right. And it took him a long time. And I mean, there were it took him a long time and they failed everyone. They failed every audit. Forbes, DOD fails to obtain a clean audit yet again. After failing to comply with that act that I just told you about every year for 33 years, pressure was on, but apparently not enough for the military to show you where the money went. I mean, it’s our money. I mean, God forbid I paid half a million dollars in tax. I’m not even joking with you. I get audited every time a Democrat’s in the White House. I don’t know. I know the IRS thoroughly. Oh, yeah. What if I failed? Oh, no. Then I go to jail. But if it’s the DOD, this is why I don’t have enough middle fingers on any of my appendages to give any of this stuff. If you said, Dana, we’re taking arms to the streets, I’m like, okay, I’m not joking. I’m there. Mentally, I’m there. Physically, I’m there too. I’m there. This is the issue. If you fail it, oh my gosh, you’re going to jail. Straight to jail. Go to jail. You go to jail. That’s it. Now, for the last 33 years, they didn’t pass a financial audit. They literally did not even know where the money went. They didn’t know. I mean… The assets that they have were, this was back, what year was this? I think this was 24. So in 2024, it was estimated. Well, not estimated. It was approximated that they had a, in terms of their assets, $3.8 trillion. Now, the only entity that has more assets than the DOD, than our military, than the DOD is JP Morgan and Chase. They have $4.2 trillion ranked by assets. Do you think JP Morgan and Chase Kane, they got to go through audits and stuff too, right? Sure. Yeah. They probably passed them, huh?
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I mean, I do have the stories on that where they did. I mean, in case anybody was wondering.
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But not the DOD. Not DOD. Now, before you say I’m a capital L libertarian, I will slap you for that. Slap the chiclet teeth right out your face for the drive-bys. Because I’m not. That defense spending, like the one job of our government, is actually the one thing I want him to do. I pay taxes for them to kill people and to protect us. That’s exact. I’m very proud of that. Yes. I mean, it’s I’m not proud of the fact that I have money stolen from me. And we kind of butcher Jefferson’s original tent of a standing military and income taxes that support it. But I digress. So this whole my whole point of this is. is that we were promised accountability, accountability. Why in the ever-loving, every capital expletive and caps lock bold italics, why in the world are we giving an entity that has not passed audits for over 30 years more money that we’re not going to be able to find later? And what are we giving it for? A lot of legacy contracts like the stuff that I was mentioning. We’re putting millions of dollars in like old contracts. But that’s essentially you’re going to get equipment that’s outmoded by the time it’s deliverable. Now, we are spending more money on unmanned, for instance, you know, aerial offense. And I get that. But this is insane. This is part of the problem. Part of the problem. So I love all the waste, fraud, and abuse. If these rat bastards in D.C. don’t get it together, I don’t know, maybe we should get it together for them. Now coming up, this is what we’re going to get into. There’s a little bit of strategery going on in the shadows in D.C. right now as it relates to the budget. You guys know what a pocket veto is, right? If you don’t, I’m going to explain it. Because coming up… We’re going to tell you exactly where this budget bill is. It’s going to add three trillion to the deficit. I’ll explain how that number came to be. You will know everything to argue with people on Facebook after this hour. If you want to put someone in their place on Facebook, you just play this back. So we’re going to explain that because there is a tactic that they are preparing right now. in order to try to force some of these cuts. And I’m gonna explain this rescission package that’s been proposed by POTUS as well. Think about the last movie that you saw that inspired you and kept you thinking long after the credits rolled. Movies have the power to change individuals, communities, and culture. And that’s why I’m telling you about Angel Studios. This is the studio that had the courage to bring the world the sound of freedom. So how can you be part of it? Well, you can join the Angel Guild. King of Kings, an animated story about the life of Jesus, is now streaming on the Angel app. And when you watch King of Kings, it’s going to move you. It’s beautiful, it’s powerful, and it’s unlike anything else that’s out there. It opened first on April 11th and broke records and earned an A-plus cinema score. So as a premium Guild member, you can watch King of Kings and access fan-curated films and receive two free tickets to every theatrical release. And the best part is that you are part of deciding what stories get told next. Experience the power of King of Kings, a film that’s moving hearts and inspiring faith. Visit angel.com slash Dana to watch now and be part of this life-changing movement by becoming a Guild member. That’s angel.com slash Dana.
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All right, so apparently, here’s a new study. Night owls? face a dementia risk that early birds don’t. I want to arrest whoever did this report. But there’s a twist according to this stupid study. They say that the problem stems from rigid work schedules that force night owls into chronic social jet lag. I just like staying up late because fewer people bother me. And it creates constant conflict with their night… But they said that, yeah, basically try to be an early bird. I really don’t care. What? So you can live longer, more miserably? What? Is that it? Is that it? This study’s trash.
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They didn’t say that in the study, did they?
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What’s your take on if this is happening in a vacuum or if this is in fact connected to the broader strategy in some conservative circles, putting universities and higher education institutions in the crosshairs?
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Well, I think that’s exactly right. And I almost hesitate to call it conservative in that classical conservatism is committed to limited government, government constrained by constitutional restraints. This is more authoritarianism. This is what dictatorships the world over do.
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Gosh, if you were to know what cocaine looked like if it grew a head and was able to speak, it’s this guy. Steven Pinker, the tweaker. Jiminy Christmas. Keep him up there. He looks like a damn deranged Jack Frost. What in the world is happening here?
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What’s he sitting on?
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I don’t know what he’s sitting on, but he looks like one of them ice zombies at a Game of Thrones. Dana, you’re being so mean. Like you tune in for anything else. Come on.
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It’s like he can’t talk without his eyebrows being 50 degrees.
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Is he shooting lasers at us? Like, I don’t even understand why you talk. I don’t get it. So this guy, he’s mad at Trump because Trump’s threatening Harvard’s funding. He’s like, that’s what a dictator would do. Use your endowment, lunchbox. Why don’t you get in there and use some of that multi-billion dollar endowment? I love these freaks who come out of the woodwork and they’re like, if we don’t get to have taxpayer dollars, then you’re a fascist. If we can’t have taxpayer dollars, then you’re a dictator. I feel like… What we have to pay in taxes, we don’t get enough in back for that. So I feel like when we’re accused of those things, that we should have the opportunity to at least make them honest one time. I mean, I totally volunteer to show these people what a dictator would do, you know, really. I mean, if he thinks that we live in a dictatorship, Tweaky McTweakface over here, Mr. Deranged Jack Frost, iZombie Game of Thrones, I mean, if he wants to see what a dictator would be like, we can do that. You know, we can show him what a dictator would do. Because getting taxpayer dollars… And being able to use it on the stuff that they’re wasting it on? Sorry, but you shouldn’t. I mean, they’re a for-profit entity. Multi-billion dollars for their endowment. Why are we paying this, you know, miles wide, inches deep, shabby little formerly prestigious institution all of this when the money could be spent better elsewhere? Like, good night. Welcome back to the show. That’s a big thing here. Let me explain to you something about this bill. I got a lot of people asking about it. So if you are if you’re if you’re a subscriber to the newsletter, you already know all of this. You got everything out there. You’re already shutting people down right and left on Instagram, Facebook, because that’s what it really is all about. Let’s be real. So I started. I mean, no, it’s not the most optimistic piece because I don’t believe that Republicans are going to cut anything. I would love to be proven wrong. But I’m not a gambler, and I don’t believe that they ever will. We are back in the exact same spot that we were during the pre-Tea Party days. And I used to get so mad at the media, and I blasted people when I was on ABC and CNN and all of this. The Tea Party was not a response to Barack Obama. It first got started when George W. Bush was in office with too big to fail and all this other stuff. We were already out in the streets protesting this and criticizing it and writing op eds. My gosh, I was you can Google and go to way back. I mean, I was cited by the Associated Press. I was in my early 20s, like back in 2004, criticizing some of this stuff. So it. predated but the media wanted to have a narrative so they falsely accused the tea party of being like some sort of racial response strictly to barack obama which was one of the stupidest narratives i’ve ever seen yes he basically put all of those bad big spending programs that came from the bush era republicans on steroids and so yeah we increased our protests as a result of that that being said we beat them into a hole in the ground in the midterms in 2010 And they kind of learned a lesson. But now it’s like we’re all back at that exact same point. It feels exactly like it was like now, like it like it did back then. And we have this resurgence of this big spending Republican mentality. I’ve talked about it before on the show, like, for instance, welfare. Let’s just pay people to have babies that work well in Hungary. Actually, it didn’t. But let’s ignore that because we like talking points. Click, click. I didn’t. It’s welfare. How well has that worked in this country? Not at all. That’s one example how they wanted us to register our vehicles. That was actually an early draft to this. This bill that’s actually in the Senate now. They were actually wanting us to register every vehicle, pay an additional fee. Everyone. It’s insane. And with this, they’ve been trying to obfuscate. They’re trying to make you they’re trying to conflate certain issues to confuse you so that you just believe them and go along with whatever they want. Like, for instance, the bird rule, which was passed, you know, eons ago. And you’re you’re not supposed to tack on anything that’s not germane to the budget, et cetera, et cetera. They’ve been hiding behind this, pretending that we don’t notice the inaction. in the committees to bring anything else to the floor. Like, you’ve got the Green News scam that’s still partly funded. Planned Parenthood is still funded, although a mere $20 million has been frozen out of the half billion they receive annually. There’s a rescissions package, and this started being reported last night, Trump is expected to send actually yesterday a nine point four billion dollar rescissions package. It’s point one percent of what we spend federally. In fact, this is exactly what we spend in federal federal spending in a day and a half. Nine point four billion. It’s one and a half days of spending. So, you know. Oh, but Dana, all cuts are we got to start somewhere. OK, we’ve been we’ve been saying that we got to start somewhere for 20 years. And where are we? My point. So this was this is actually the first one of technically they could have done it with the big, beautiful bill. There’s certain things that they could have done with the big, beautiful bill. But this rescissions package that he is that he’s going to propose is. It’s supposed to include $1.1 billion in cuts to Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS and NPR. And that’s some of the Doge stuff. Because the Big Beautiful Bill, while Republicans could have incorporated certain discretionary items in it, they didn’t because they’re a bunch of chicken redacted. But this, this rescissions package, is going to be some of the first inclusions of some of the more serious Doge cuts. And again, 1% of federal spending. And when you look at, I mean, when Doge was estimating what they could save just this year alone, they were estimating they could net people $170 billion in savings. They were going to trim immediately out of the gate $170 billion. So this rescissions request only targets a reported $9.4 billion. And by the way, you know, the BBB raises the debt ceiling by almost $4 trillion. So there we go. Here’s the issue. If you don’t do we all let me explain what a rescissions package is, because you guys know reconciliation like reconciliation. Rescissions also can get around a filibuster. Right. It’s what they call it’s like a version of an impoundment. It’s this refusal by the executive to spend money that Congress has appropriated. and they call it an impoundment. And it’s, and when you put in a request to essentially cancel funding, it’s called a rescissions, right? And so Congress, it’s weird because it’s been kind of litigated before Trump tried something similar to this back in 2019 with Ukraine funding. And that was with a pocket rescission, which is like a pocket veto. Um, So if the executive branch wants to cancel the spending in a certain thing, they have to make that request, that rescission. Right. And they can propose it and then Congress can consider it and they can use certain procedures to expedite the process or not. But that’s kind of how it does. The president cannot on his own put something on hold legally while Congress considers the rescission proposal. Now, the hold can last no longer than 45 days. And that’s and that’s in a continuous session in Congress. So when Congress is at work, you know, they can’t have, you know, their breaks of no more than three days. And then after that, the law requires the release of the funding. So one of the things that’s been floated is the possibility of doing what they call a pocket rescission. So you know that POTUS can put a 45-day hold on spending that they want to cancel spending that’s been appropriated, right? And they can do that with a rescission. So here’s the question. But what if POTUS were to submit this proposal fewer than 45 days before spending expires? It’s a strategy. Can they essentially run out the clock on the budgetary authorization? And then if they do that, That money can go unspent or must they do they have to release it in time for it to be actually implemented before the fiscal year runs out? And so that’s this. It’s not an official phrase. They just kind of call it a pocket rescission because it’s very it’s similar in that regard to a pocket veto. And Congress actually did. Basically, that occurs when when POTUS decides that they want to stop Congress from overwriting a veto by by not taking any action on any kind of legislation that’s presented late in a congressional session. And so the reason I bring this up and why I think that this is kind of risky is with a rescission, you know, the procedure, right? You know, the process with a pocket rescission by trying to run out the clock. You don’t know the outcome. So you’re comparing a known process to an uncertain outcome. And it’s a gamble. You got to figure out which way you’re going to go. The fact that this is even being and it’s being discussed by some serious heavy hitters in the Senate right now. And that’s one of the reasons that I was told one of the reasons why this rescission proposal is being slow walked is because they’re planning pocket rescissions. Now, there’s some questions regarding the legality. And coming up later on, you know, in the days to come, you know, maybe like later, like beginning of next week, depending on what the Senate does, we may have to have a legal expert on. Because even the lawyers disagree with whether or not – it becomes an argument between the statutory – the statute, the language, and then, you know, practicality, like whether or not – you can act it’s feasible that you can actually do it in real time like is this something that is being interpreted correctly and the reason is is because there have been disagreements with legal eagles in everything from omb to gao i mean they’ve been fighting with each other i will say back in um 2019. You guys remember all the hubbub with Ukraine and Trump-Ukraine funding? And they were like, oh my gosh, Trump is withholding Ukraine’s funding. It’s such a fascist. Well, he was actually, he was implementing a pocket rescission to run that out. And he ended up getting, they defeated him on that maneuver. That was back in 2019. And it was, I think it was GAO. I was looking at my, because I have this in our piece that we have up at Substack. So that’s, what the latest tactic is, that’s what they’re going for is maybe trying to do that. It it’s, they’re trying to see whether they’re arguing over statutory authority is, is what it is and whether or not that actually can be implemented because he tried it before in 2019 didn’t exactly work out. And so what bearing is that going to have on him if he tries it again with this stuff? And I mean, you know, they could, I mean, I, It could work. I feel like there is enough anger with voters right now where maybe they could pressure their senators to do something like this or the House to do something like this. Maybe they could. But we’re going to see. But that’s essentially what it is. Like maybe if you run out the clock, I mean, is this something that’s going to happen? Is it something they could do? I mean, maybe we’ll see. But like I said, you’re you’re comparing a certain known process with a very uncertain outcome. And I don’t know. It’s a gamble. How insane is it that we got to do this just to get to stop some of this stuff, right? To stop some of this. So it’s basically they want to run out that budget authority in the 11th hour with a pocket rescission. That’s what they’re trying to do. But again, I mean, let me point this out to you. And this was a this is back in 2019. August of 2019. And this was like when he tried to do this specifically with Ukraine and a couple of other things. And he ended up getting, he had Steve Mnuchin out there that was really going to bat for it and defending it. But they had to scrap it. He was going to freeze $4 billion in foreign aid. And it’s described as being an in-run around Congress’s power of the person running out that budget authority. And he lost on that. And so it’s like basically that same formula being applied to this. 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If you’re looking for, like, an outward position, that’s not going to happen. But if you are interested in doing work that is covert, there are opportunities. So, like… Yeah, what does that look like? Think about this way. We’re thinking of student success, student retention.
SPEAKER 19 :
Wow. DEI. I’m so tired of DEI. Oh, you don’t have any qualifications? Oh, well, I guess let’s go ahead and try to find some kind of attribute you can use as a substitute. That’s exactly what this is. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. That’s exactly what it is. Get this story that Lorraine found. There’s this dude who, his name is, he’s a Dallas grad, Calvin Polachek. And he lied about being in a school shooting and surviving a school shooting. And mom’s demand in every town didn’t care. And they sent him on a speaking tour anyway to advocate for banning guns. Of course, every town, as you know, is the parent organization of Mayors Against Illegal Guns. And remember, there were mayors that were arrested for pistol whipping people that they kidnapped, child pornography. all kinds of stuff that had signed on to that. So, you know, the company you keep. So, yeah, he had lied about it, made it up. He got called out by all of his former classmates. They were like, well, apparently we were in a school shooting and we didn’t know. And he has been he’s been he’s trying to David Hogg himself. He he wants to be famous off of the backs of dead people. classmates. Although, except there wasn’t a school shooting that happened. He totally made it up. That’s like mom’s demand when they reached out to a domestic abuser to try to shut me up about Second Amendment advocacy. And then they tried to scrub their timeline. But Dana’s faster. Now that’s them. They’re just a garbage. It’s just a garbage group of bored boxed wine moms. It’s all it is. It’s all it is that they it’s crazy. But can you believe that he lied about it? They didn’t even they and when it apparently was brought up to them, they were like, and they kept they kept sending him out. Unbelievable. Coming up in our second hour. The tax cuts are only temporary. We’re going to talk about that, the latest Senate moves, and what San Francisco is doing with less inequity. Stick with us. So let’s be real. Medical freedom isn’t just a catchphrase. It’s your right. Your health decisions belong to you and not the government, not Big Pharma, and definitely not someone elected bureaucrat. So that’s why I’m all in on what All Family Pharmacy is doing. They’re putting medical power back where it belongs, and that’s in the hands of you, Americans. Through the end of June, they’re making it even easier to take back control because when you control your health, you protect your family, your future, and your freedom. Get 20% off site-wide. No insurance, no problem. No insurance needed. And licensed doctors in all 50 states. You’ll also receive fast shipping straight to your doorstep. This isn’t just about convenience. It’s also about freedom. You can get ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine. You can get methylene blue, emergency kits, antibiotics, whatever you need to be prepared, proactive, and protected. So visit allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana and use promo code Dana20 to get 20% off your order. That’s allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana, code Dana20. Don’t wait for permission. Own your health and take your freedom seriously.
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SPEAKER 13 :
A federal judge has intervened with the other two branches’ ability to make policy? I’m shocked. That hasn’t happened since yesterday. It’ll be appealed. I think it’s pretty clear that the president has tariff authority. Congress gave it to him. Now you can debate whether that was a prudent move or not. But I think it’s pretty clear that he has tariff authority. Yeah. So this again, I think it’ll be reversed on appeal.
SPEAKER 19 :
So this is what was announced. When did this hit? Like yesterday after radio is when this came out. This idea that, well, the challenge to the president’s authority for implementing tariffs is, And that’s they said that there were three deals that they had ready for the president’s decision. And, you know, it was like they look like they were done. So he’s so now they’ve got this International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977. That’s what they were looking at as far as the pathway to implement these tariffs with, you know, executively. And now they’re being challenged on all of this. The first off, they were saying that the I think what the rate at which they could implement these tariffs is actually supposed to be. It’s a lot lower than what POTUS was doing. So I don’t know. I think they have flexibility. We’re going to see. They said that they’re going to challenge it, that they have a plan B in place. that they have a plan B. So we’re going to see on that. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. We’re at the top of this second hour. And as Cain said, yeah, I was about to… Just say it. Say it where you put it.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, the goal is to outgrow GDP to debt. Right now, our debt is outgrowing our GDP. And the idea is to get our GDP to outgrow the debt. And that will help at least the Fed look at this interest rate situation and be like, OK, we’re less cautious. We can lower.
SPEAKER 19 :
Like right now, isn’t he? I think that’s hold up.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, they just announced yesterday. Stagflation is what Jerome Powell was predicting, which is with POTUS. The same as saying nothing.
SPEAKER 19 :
Like right now, I think, actually, they met just a little bit ago to discuss economic development. So we’ll see what that means. So we’ll see. It feels like Powell’s been digging in on this, though, quite a bit, right?
SPEAKER 15 :
He’s been cautious. He’s been more cautious than anything. So they did signal lowering rates this year at some point. But the latest, as far as what he released, is still in that cautionary. So he hasn’t moved the rate in any direction yet.
SPEAKER 19 :
So we’ll see how this goes. So welcome back to the program. We’ve got a lot of stuff that we’re following, not just that. But it’s another… I don’t know if this is so much as judicial activism or… Because so much of it seems to be there were a lot of questions over the whether or not his authority was actually there were limitations on his authority with regards to tariffs. And so we’re going to see some of this, you know, some of a challenge and they’ll push back on some of it. All I know is, look, we can sit here and talk about all of the little back and forth. And is this legal? Is that legal? The only reason that we’re even having this situation is because of Congress. This problem, regardless of your opinion on Trump or what he is doing about it, has predated him. This has been a problem for a long time. A major problem for a long time. We’re going to come back to this. Can I tell you about this? This is one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard in my life. I know you guys have heard about this. Grading for equity. Have you guys heard about grading for equity? So this is one of the things that they’re looking at doing in San Francisco schools. to grade equity. They got such backlash on it that they had to start reversing it. They were launching a pilot program that was going to grade, it was going to reform how they grade, right? It was a pilot program that was going to reform how they graded. And this was per Newsweek. It was a sweeping change. It was going to be implemented this fall. Now, when this first came out, let me just indicate to you or explain how hot the pushback was. Because it was, what’s today’s date? Today’s what, the 29th? This was two days ago. So they announced that they were going to implement the changes to their grading system, and it was going to be this fall. And, you know, you have your traditional methods. I think what is a grading scale typically? It’s like 90 to 100 is A, right?
SPEAKER 15 :
80 to 89 is B. It’s not how it’s always been, but roughly.
SPEAKER 19 :
I don’t understand why you would be like, well, 89 to whatever. No, no, no. The 80s were Bs, the 90s were As, the 70s were Cs, the 60s were Ds, and the 50s were Fs, right? That’s how it is.
SPEAKER 15 :
The A plus and the A minuses too, yeah.
SPEAKER 19 :
Well, that’s towards the end of the scale. So like A plus was like, I think, 95 and up. And A was 95, like in the mid-range. Well, I think it was actually 97 and up was A plus. Or 98 up was A plus. And mid-range was A. And then A minus was lower into the 90s. Same thing with B and all that. I don’t know why we had to make it stupid. So anyway, you have San Francisco public high schools. They were going to replace these methods, right? Get this, get this, get this. They were going to allow students to pass with scores as low as 41%.
SPEAKER 1 :
41%.
SPEAKER 19 :
And they called it their, quote, grading for equity push. For real. And they attempted a pilot of this. in 2023 at, this is in Bay Area, Dublin Unified School. They were going to attempt a pilot program with us. Well, they did. And they removed zeros for missing assignments. Oh my gosh, I’m gonna throw myself off my chair under the floor. They would literally just put zeros for missed, they would remove zeros for missed assignments, and then they would give a minimum Oh, my gosh. A minimum of 50 percent for any reasonably attempted work. So if it looked like they kind of attempted it reasonably, you couldn’t give them anything lower than a 50. Now, San Francisco, right? You would think of all the places where this would fly, it’d be San Francisco. But I think even nut jobs that vote for needles and feces have limits. The plan, apparently, so one of the first things that went wrong with this plan is that the superintendent, they didn’t do what they were supposed to do, which was to subject it to a public vote by the Board of Education. So that’s number one. This affected like 10,000 some odd students. It also got rid of homework, classroom participation that has nothing to do with your final grade. Homework had nothing to do with your final grade. Classroom participation had nothing to do with your final grade. And you basically got your grade on one final exam and you could take it as many times as you need to. Attendance didn’t affect your grade. Punctuality didn’t affect your grade. Not even kidding. This is what and this is what they tried to say. This was Joe Feldman. It was a local nonprofit called that was behind grading for equity. And this is what he wrote, quote, If our grading practices don’t change, the achievement and opportunity gaps will remain for the most vulnerable students. If we are truly dedicated to equity, you know, we’ve got it. I mean, I’m just I’m shocked by this. So wait a minute. It is that I think the phrase coined was the bigotry of lowered expectations. If there is a deficiency with any demo for achievement, then why do you not look at those administrating it? And why do you immediately assume that the students are stupid and thus can’t meet the higher bar. And so you have to lower the bar because you’re just assuming they’re too stupid to actually do better. That is so unbelievably offensive. And it’s bigoted. It’s bigoted. So like you, I’m just, I’m amazed at this. So anyway, long story short, the parents lost their minds as you, as a parent would, right? And they’ve already now started canceling it. It’s been two days. They canceled it. They said you’re diluting academic standards. Let me ask you guys this. You’re in a doctor’s office. Do you want to have your guts operated on by a doctor that was graded for equity or graded for merit?
SPEAKER 15 :
Absolutely merit.
SPEAKER 19 :
Why are you such a racist? This is where DEI gets you. this is where DEI gets you. Wait, is it more important to have a doctor who’s a doctor and got their PhD and can operate on guts because of merit and the application of skills in the classroom, residency, et cetera? Or do you want someone who is qualified to operate your guts solely based upon what genitals they pretend to have? You see what I’m saying? Like, you see where this goes? Okay. They were going to roll this out literally this fall. And, uh, I just I’m just shocked. They actually slammed it in San Francisco. They stopped it in San Francisco. I guess they were just they were. That’s crazy even for them. Now, Lorraine says her county does. This is nuts. Listen to this. Lorraine says her county does the same thing. That 50 percent is the lowest grade a kid can get. Are you kidding me? You can’t get a zero. She said teachers have to give makeup worksheets that allow the kid to pass the class at the last minute. Some kids need a flunk. In our house, we were sink or swim. In our house, if you have an 85, that’s an F. I consider anything 85 below an F. Don’t care because, you know, if you’re involved, you know what your kids put into it. There’s no reason. There’s no reason for you to waste the God given intelligence you have and not be your best and apply your hardest. I told my kids life is an employer. What you put into it is what you get out of it. If you don’t want to put into it anything, then you’re not going to get nothing out of it. And you would rather grind hard for a short period of time in your youth and then reap the dividends later on in life. Set yourself up for success. You don’t have to worry about stuff when you’re 50 years old. I’m just, I can’t believe how, like she’s in Maryland, so that, why does that not shock me? But in San Francisco, they ended it. In Maryland, they didn’t. And she said that’s why so many colleges now they have to offer remedial reading and math. No, we were we were hardcore. I don’t do the I’ll just do your best. No, I don’t do that. I know what you can do. I’m your mother. I grew you in my belly. I gave birth to you. I homeschooled you. I raised you. I know exactly what you’re capable of. So we don’t do this just to your best because I know a lot of times your best ain’t your best. I know what your best is. It’s my job. That’s my job as a parent. I know what your best is. So I want to see your best. Not what you say your best is. I want to see your best. So no, we don’t do this. We’ve like dumbed everything down in terms of education. This is terrifying to think about because, you know, one day when I’m old and decrepit and I don’t want to work anymore or I’m not fit for camera or whatever, you know, I would like to just like live the good life. Can La Dolce Vita. I would like to live the good life. You know, I like to relax and, you know, do whatever it is those people do when they get to be that age and chill and have dogs and go feed the birds and whatever.
SPEAKER 15 :
I think that’s probably the most common.
SPEAKER 19 :
But we’re not going to be able to do that if we don’t have anybody who can’t operate on our guts because it’s all this equity grading and we don’t got no doctors and we don’t have nobody that can run anything. Oh, my gosh. It’s just a nightmare. This is scary. This stuff is scary. And I don’t know what they think. They’re not serving students that way. A lot of people don’t like they don’t like the adversity that that sometimes can create that the trial of having to try your hardest and go through it. So coming up, the revocation of visas for Chinese students. We’re going to get into some of that. Anxiety is rising amongst Democrats. While Republicans are now finally starting to plan to safeguard the House coming up for midterms. We’re going to get into all of that and more. Hard work, self-reliance, showing up. That’s what built this country. And it’s exactly how our president leads. No excuses, no handouts, just results. But let’s be honest, even the most dedicated Americans can’t run on empty. Real sleep isn’t a luxury. It’s essential. And that’s where Beam’s Dream Powder comes in. It’s proudly American-made, created by folks who believe in the same values that we do, discipline, integrity, and doing what it takes to succeed. Dream is a clean, science-backed blend of re-sheet, magnesium, L-theanine, apigenin, and melatonin, carefully formulated to help you fall asleep fast, stay asleep, and wake up refreshed. If you’re serious about showing up strong for your family, for work, and your country, then start with better sleep. So here’s the deal. Beam is giving my listeners the ultimate Patriot discount of up to 40% off. Try their best-selling Dream Powder and get up to 40% off for a limited time. Just visit shopbeam.com slash danashow and you can use code danashow at checkout. That’s shopbeam.com slash danashow and use code danashow for 40% off. Sleep better, wake up stronger, and show up ready for your family, your work, and your country. Because when you’re well-rested, you’re unstoppable.
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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
SPEAKER 19 :
So Waffle House Airlines, sorry, Delta, a flight erupted into chaos. Pigeons let loose flying around the main cabin. They were spotted before the flight to Madison, Wisconsin, before it took off from Minneapolis, St. Paul. And apparently all Hades was breaking loose with this. It doesn’t want to open, so we’re going to be SOL. No, we’re not going to be able to open it. Do you have this? Because I’ve got to restart everything. Yeah, yeah. Oh, wait, no, no, maybe. You guys get a beer with me. I’m going to find whoever made Safari, and I’m just going to drag them into the street and beat them to death. That’s how it’s going to work. That’s how it’s going to work. I mean, I guess they had it in cargo, and they ended up getting loose.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, there’s some video of these pigeons flying through the cabin.
SPEAKER 19 :
I don’t like that.
SPEAKER 15 :
People trying to catch them with their jackets.
SPEAKER 19 :
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the dana show podcast your fast funny and informative news companion for those always on the move subscribe on youtube apple or wherever you get your podcasts mr president wall street analysts have coined a new term called the taco trade they’re saying trump always chickens out on your tariff threats and that’s why markets are higher this week what’s your response to that i kick out
SPEAKER 01 :
Oh, and then I chicken out. I’ve never heard that. You mean because I reduced China from 145 percent that I set down to 100 and then down to another number? And I said, you have to open up your whole country. And because I I gave the European Union a 50 percent tax. tariff. And they called up and they said, please, let’s meet right now. Please, let’s meet right now. And I said, OK, I’ll give you till June 9th. I actually asked them, I said, what’s the date? Because they weren’t willing to meet. And after I did what I did, they said, we’ll meet any time you want. And we have an end date of July 9th. You call that chickening out because we have 14 trillion dollars now invested, committed to investing when Biden didn’t have practically anything. Biden, this country was dying. You know, we have the hottest country anywhere in the world. I went to Saudi Arabia. The king told me. He said, you got the hottest. We have the hottest country in the world right now. Six months ago, this country was stone cold dead. We had a dead country. We had a country. People didn’t think it was going to survive. And you ask a nasty question like that.
SPEAKER 19 :
What was it? Taco? Taco. Yeah, that’s it. I really want a taco now. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. Bottom of the second hour is POTUS talking back to one of the reporters that had asked him whether or not taco trade, Trump always chickens out on tariffs. That’s what it was an acronym for. And he answered it. I get it. It’s a negotiation. I also understand the nervousness that a lot… you know, businesses, et cetera, feel. We’ll see where it goes. I think people are given grace, but that grace is measured by how soon they can get relief with some of this stuff. The tax cuts in the, this is my big thing with this. And I feel, look, I feel bad for Elon Musk in a way. I mean, he’s the world’s richest man, but it goes to show you that when the world’s richest man tried to go up against the establishment in the swamp, he wasn’t able to do it. That’s a reality. I look back at that time when Javier Malai gave him that chainsaw. And I think everybody was hoping that we would see like this Malai type reform. And we haven’t yet. I’m being honest. Now, look, you know, I give Trump credit for hitting the ground running. But I also think he needs to show some of that border and badassery and get out there and start working over these members of Congress and right now in the Senate. So the tax cuts that were sent over, these are temporary. Now, they’re temporary because they wanted to be able to achieve a particular CBO score. The CBO score is like witchcraft in a way, a Congressional Budgetary Office. So it’s essentially whatever you feed it. It’s like how you prompt AI, right? You can determine the shade of AI’s bias, right? or you can even bias AI depending upon what you feed it, right? Depending on how you do that. So that’s a big thing. And that’s how the CBO is. That’s kind of how the CBO is as well. It depends on what you feed it. So that’s a big issue. You hear Wick in the background. I mean, we’ve got three other people running around out there for the love of all things holy. So this issue of the CBO and the scoring and all that stuff, in order to cap it at a certain cost, they had to limit the length of tax cuts. So they had to cap it at four years so they could get the CBO scoring for a cost. I agree with you. I already hear what you’re saying. I don’t think tax cuts are a cost. That’s not how it’s measured economically. Government spending is the cost. But the problem is they don’t want to reduce as much government spending. So, yeah, you get it. And you don’t have to take my word for it. If you get the newsletter over at Chapter and Verse, I gave you the link to all of it. And you can literally hit control F. And you can look, just highlight the word temporarily. Google or hit control F on temporarily. Fill that out and then watch as many times as it comes up with everything. So like for instance, the standard deduction increase, the child tax credit, the increase for that, it reverts to $2,000 from $2,500. It only goes to $2,500 through $2,800, reverts to $2,000 thereafter. The new deductions, all of that provisions for tip income, overtime pay and the auto loan interest, all that expires in 2028. It’s all set to expire. Now, the strategy that some are saying is that, well, you know, we’re going to do that separately, you know, in appropriations later. Do you really trust that? Because here we are eight years later after the 2017 tax cuts and we’re still talking about the temporariness of those tax cuts. So, no, I don’t believe them. I don’t believe them at all. And that’s my that’s my big issue. And, you know, they say, well, we really can’t cut this or this. I don’t believe you. You can in certain regards with respect to reconciliation. There’s certain things that you can do. But the fact that we’re sitting here having to do tactics like pocket rescissions is insane to me. And we talked a little bit about that earlier. last hour it’s like a pocket veto and it’s basically they want to run out the budgetary authority of of spending by requesting to cancel it within this 45 day period and i whether it gets legally murky whether or not you can actually achieve that that’s the strategy that they’re trying to implement though in order to get some of these doge cuts so that they can make some of these Doge cuts happen. And by cuts, I mean canceling the funding for NPR. So when you hear people like Russ Vaught, and he had this soundbite where he talked about this. Actually, I wasn’t going to play this. It’s kind of long, but I’m going to go ahead and play this. This is audio soundbite, sorry, seven. He’s talking about this. Listen to this. It kind of gets into it. Listen.
SPEAKER 23 :
Rumor has it that we got a big rescission package, an Elon Musk Doge rescission package coming up. Can you confirm it?
SPEAKER 11 :
I can. We’ll be sending that up on Monday or Tuesday whenever the House is back in session. They will get our first rescissions bill. And again, this has been proposed and we’ve talked about it. We want to make sure that Congress passes its first rescissions bill, including the Doge, and we will send more if they pass it. And so this is the first one is foreign aid. USAID cuts, many of the waste and garbage that was funding not only wasteful but hurting our foreign policy, but also the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and NPR. We’ll be sending that up and we’ll be working with Congress. And we’ve had good conversations to make sure that they knew what was coming, they had some input as to changes that could be made to make it something that could pass the House, and we’re excited for that to occur next week. Simple majority, is that what you need up there? Simple majority in both the House and the Senate and the virtue of this is that it’s a process that also evades the Senate filibuster. So again, it needs to pass and so we are being very careful.
SPEAKER 19 :
Now this is why the bigger rescission package that we’re hearing And they’re talking about this $9.4 billion rescission package, which, again, is 0.1%. But having a pocket rescission, doing that and running out the budgetary authority and by requesting cancellation of spending of NPR and all that stuff and basically running the clock out, that’s the goal. But, again, the fact that they’re considering that as opposed to just a rescissions package, a rescissions proposal, suggest to me kane that there’s not the spine in the congress to do hardly anything definitely not beyond 0.1 that’s exactly right the the margins are so thin the simple majority is even a threat yeah at this point 51 it’s crazy so uh i’m i’m nervous about it now they’re trying to say to go into these tax cuts because lawmakers have used these they’ve used temporary tax cuts before to manage cbo scores obamacare was one of them they used and it wasn’t really a temporary tax cut they were like trying to slow the rate of growth all this stuff uh the 2001 bush tax cuts they did uh that was gonna that was supposed to expire 10 years because of uh um to fit within the budget parameters. They extended some of them later, but they also increased the deficit way beyond the initial projections that they used to even obtain that score because they had no offset in terms of reducing federal spending. And that’s where the cost comes in. So what they’re saying is that, okay, This is how this is. This is what some of these Republicans, not all, but some, they’re trying to bright side this whole thing like, OK, well, yes, the one big, beautiful bills, tax cuts are temporary. But the purpose of that is we want to reduce the score, the cost up front so we can get it through Congress and make everybody feel OK and not have them worry about the national debt. And then we’ll have future extensions. We’ll have room for future extensions. And we can do this in appropriations later. But that goes back to what I said earlier. That’s literally the argument that they use for 2017. The pocket rescission, how you’re looking at it is a definite, you know what the outcome or you know what the process of a rescissions proposal is. But using pocket rescission, you don’t know what that outcome is going to be. So that’s a big gamble. And of course, if they’re rushing something through, the argument is if they rush rescissions through now, they can’t do pocket rescission later. I don’t know why they wouldn’t be able to. I don’t understand that. So I don’t know. I mean, the problem is, is Musk said he did what he said he was going to do at great risk to himself. Yes, he’s the world’s richest man, but that’s not easy. I mean, heavy is the head that wears the crown. Doge did what it said it would do. Republicans ran entire campaigns on immediately reducing spending. I’m mad at the GOP because they lied to you about taxes on Social Security. They told you that that was going to get done, and then they lied to you. They didn’t inform you about… the rules pertaining to specifically reconciliation and dealing with Social Security, and they couldn’t articulately defend it within 30 seconds. And so clearly, your rage is completely justifiable and understandable. So You know, we we said that Congress had to hit the ground running and they had to quickly work with Trump to codify all of this as he was issuing these orders. And they they didn’t do it. Now you have Musk who’s left. He’s but he said he was going to be leaving in May anyway. The problem is that the narrative that the media fomented of this divide that did never actually existed between Musk and Trump. I think some in Trump’s inner circle that believe that there’s a scarcity of opportunity and they constantly compete with other factions within Trump’s inner circle. It’s like it’s insane. I think they fed some of it to the I think they fed some of it. But I also think Republicans fed it the most with their inaction ultimately. And this is going to affect Trump’s legacy. I mean, I just I’m looking ahead at midterms. I don’t want to lose the House because then we’re going to lose two years after that to impeachment witch hunt. And then that’ll set up for a Democrat presidency in 2028. I want the administration to be successful. I want taxes cut. I want fiscal sanity. But not everybody in D.C. agrees with us. You know, I’ve said it before. Not everybody, even in D.C., agrees with liberty. They are compatible with it. They want to be taken care of. They want a guarantee of happiness. And that’s what their definition of liberty promises. And you can say the exact same thing about reducing government spending. A lot of people on the right talk a really good game about it. But when the going gets tough, they cower and capitulate. 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It’s his life mission to make bad decisions. It’s time for Florida Man.
SPEAKER 19 :
All right, so first up, Florida man. I mean, we got some good Florida man stories with the animal welfare thing that got signed in. A booze cruise boat captain rescued a drowning Florida man before then belting out karaoke. Kane, did you see the image on this? It’s my dream. It’s a floating tiki thing.
SPEAKER 15 :
I know. That’s the future of the show, by the way.
SPEAKER 19 :
shenanigans if it’s not called shenanigans i don’t want to be part of it so what happened uh the boat operates uh off uh the coast of uh punta gorda florida and uh they were they had a booze cruise and a guy was fighting to stay afloat in the water and uh it wasn’t a drunk guy who fell but he he he spilled over a railing hit a rock trying to reach the water he was bleeding pretty badly he was like drowning actively drowning And so the crew and the passengers came together. They got him out of the water, tended him with their booze cruise first aid kit, and were able to get him into get him to first responders. But they karaoke all the way back to shore, which that’s the most Florida thing I think I’ve ever heard in my life. God love it. So good job, Florida dudes. Let’s see. I’m going to do the ambulance one. Sorry. The Florida man in an SUV gets sandwiched between two ambulances. So one ambulance was carrying a person to the hospital and a Florida driver, he was in his SUV and it got smashed between two ambulances as one of them was carrying somebody up to the emergency room. It wasn’t caused by the Florida man, though. It was actually caused by the ambulance driver. One of the ambulance drivers hit the back of a Nissan and then sent it into the back of another ambulance and police responded. It was driven by a 23-year-old man. The person in the… And the ambulance was, I think, a 51-year-old. So anyway, long story short, the force of the crash sent the SUV into the back of the first ambulance. Glass debris everywhere. I mean, it wrecked both vehicles, totaled both vehicles. Thankfully, nobody was, like, seriously injured. The Nissan driver was taken to the local hospital for evaluation. Even the people in the ambulance didn’t get hurt. So that’s pretty…
SPEAKER 15 :
So they didn’t send an ambulance for the two ambulances?
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, you would have to send an ambulance for the two ambulances. Yeah, you’re right. You’re right there. That’s correct. That is correct. Let’s see. I’ve got to talk about this one. A Florida man says that he wants to smash you to pieces to a Coral Springs man in a fight over puppies. I mean, who wouldn’t fight over puppies? That’s the bigger question. But anyway, what ended up happening is Coral Springs, Florida, this story, stop with your stupid pop-ups. A dispute over family puppies escalated into a violent outburst that led to the arrest of a Coral Springs man, Andre Barone. He pushed his wife into a banister, spat in her face, and threatened to hit her with a chair. It was like his WWE. The fight, police said, began after the couple’s daughter became upset and said she no longer wanted to be part of the family anymore. And I guess it was all over puppies. Somebody injured their thumb, chairs at doors, blah, blah, blah, fear, blah, blah, blah. So he she hit back, but both were treated. He was detained, released on bond with no contact order issued over puppies. Like, I’m sorry. Get get your life together. If your daughter says that, tell her to grow up, shut up and behave. I’m done with this. You don’t have to descend into this madness. Good heavens. So let’s see. We’ve got a man kidnapped his ex-girlfriend after placing a tracking device in her car and shoving her in the trunk. Well, if she’s in your trunk, you don’t really need the tracking device. Do you? I mean.
SPEAKER 15 :
That’s not how it went.
SPEAKER 19 :
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But you have grown adults who are using these products too. Is there a way to do this where grown adults could still have access to these products?
SPEAKER 03 :
We don’t want adults having this either. What are you, crazy? You want to go home and eat a bag of this tonight? See if you’re here tomorrow? We focus on kids. Are you kidding me? Because that’s where they built the shops. But adults are buying this stuff too. Make no mistake. We want to protect the 20 and the 30 and the 40 and the 50 year olds too. We don’t want anybody buying anything off the shelf that could kill them or ruin their mental state for the rest of their lives. What? The young man who was 22, who stepped in front of a train after he ate some of this junk, he wasn’t a kid. He was an adult. That’s crazy talk. That’s the kind of talk, the reason why we’re here. Dan Patrick is a freak.
SPEAKER 19 :
Dan Patrick, you are a redacted moron. You are an absolute, you are an absolute dick. Completely. That is one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard. Take that R after your name. Take it off. Welcome back to the program. I hate this issue because it makes me sound like Cheech and Chong. I don’t consume it. I just hate authoritarians with the burning passion of a thousand sons. Also, this is the same formula formulate garbage argument that gun control uses. They just switch out guns and then they use THC. Welcome back to the program. Why am I mad? Because you have red state Republicans that are no different from Democrats. So that’s a lieutenant governor, Dan Patrick, who’s soft on guns, too. For the most part. He’s been on the show and we’ve talked. We’ve had some discussions about it. This is dumb. It’s like hearing Joe Biden talk about guns. So what Texas did, and I guess they’re sending it to Greg Abbott’s desk, and we’re watching you, Greg Abbott, is they want to ban something that they legalized and then they decided they don’t want to keep it legal anymore. And it’s the THC stuff. And this is where Cain’s going to have to weigh in on some of it. We’re not talking about smoking the joints. OK, that’s not what this says. The bill has nothing to do with that. It is not about smoking the joints. It’s not about that. It is not a bill that says thou can’t take thy joints in the public and smoke thy joints. That’s not what this is. It doesn’t do any of that. It doesn’t allow that. It doesn’t legalize that. It doesn’t. This has to do. What do you call it? Like the consumables came like the I don’t even know what all I only heard it talked about.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, edibles.
SPEAKER 19 :
I don’t even know what all is edible. I literally don’t even know. I just know that there are a lot of veterans that do it. We’ve got a lot of people in our family that are served. And we have a family member that didn’t and just enjoys the edible stuff. And there’s nothing wrong with them. Listening to Dan Patrick talk, they ate one of these marijuana bears and they died. They had a marijuana gummy and it made them dumb and it fried their brain and it’s covered with scar tissue now.
SPEAKER 15 :
But his example wasn’t even a direct like he ate it and died from it. He ate it and then walked in front of a train and then the train killed him. So that’s his justification.
SPEAKER 19 :
But isn’t the amount… So this is what everybody who knows way much more about this tells me. Because I’ve asked a lot of people. The amount of the THC that’s in this stuff is already super highly regulated. And even however much you consume, it’s all super highly regulated. then your dude was on something else, apparently. Because that is not enough, apparently, to do it.
SPEAKER 15 :
I’m no doctor, but I think you would get diabetes first before you got lethally high.
SPEAKER 19 :
We have a family member. I don’t want to out anybody because now they could go to jail for a year if Greg Abbott signs this. Can you imagine that? You have a gummy bear that has like the THC in it. You literally will go to jail for a year. Not even exaggerating. That’s literally… We wanted property tax relief, but the loser Republicans in Austin who I’m not voting for anymore. I’m not voting for another Texas Republican. I’m done. I don’t give a rat’s ass. I don’t care. I’m not voting for anymore. You didn’t give me my property tax relief. I don’t have enough fingers on my hands to tell you how I feel about that. So long story short, One of our we were at dinner and I saw a family member that we were having dinner with take something out of their bag. Well, her. OK, as a woman. And I was like, what is that? Because I don’t know. I just never I have wine and then I play video games and that’s what I do. Right. And I’m like, what’s that? I don’t know. God help me. I just had no idea. I’m like a Martian with this stuff. She was like, oh, it’s my gummy. And I looked at it, and I swear to you, I could see the sugar crystals on it. It was like, and I’m like that, I’m like, how do you know that you’re just not getting a sugar rush from that? And she was like, and she’s not a felon. She’s not, you know, it’s not killing her. She’s not walking in front of trains. Cause she’s probably, you know, not, not any, nothing like that. But you’re right. I’m like, and I asked her, I was like, well, how much sugar is in there? I can’t even remember. She looked at a bag of them. She was looked at the bag. And I just remember it was like an ungodly amount of sugar. It was like equal to sour patch kids. It was like having a South, like the amount of sugar was equal to that of a sour patch kid. I’m like, well, why does it have so much sugar? And she’s like, oh, because it tastes really bitter. And they, and she’s like, that’s why it has like the sugar and stuff on it. And I’m like, oh, the sugar is probably bad for you but okay you know each to their own but you have dan patrick out here lieutenant governor of texas like if you have one of the marijuana and that’s not even thc again no one’s out there smoking pot it’s it’s a a tightly high all the propaganda that you’ve been hearing about it is absolute bs i’ve been getting emails from people who are trying to argue me away from this and you have no they’re clearly they have no idea what they’re talking about And one of them copied and pasted another stupid clueless editorial and then tried to pass it off as their own email. And I’m like, I really want to out you right now, but I’m not going to. Long story short, it’s literally everything that he’s saying is such a lie. It’s like, I mean, it makes James James Comey honest. That’s how bad it is.
SPEAKER 15 :
And what I heard him say was just like, we don’t want adults to make their own decisions. We don’t want that to happen. We, the state of Texas, are going to stop adults from making their own decisions. That’s what I heard.
SPEAKER 19 :
This is what my friend David Burge goes. Texas has a projected $25 billion projected budget surplus. And this blinking third rate clown televangelist wants to spend it all on a weed gummy SWAT patrol to put Willie Nelson behind bars. Lower my property taxes, says every single Texan. The legislature, reefer madness.
SPEAKER 15 :
I can reach out to Dan Patrick’s office if you want me to.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, let’s reach out to Dan Patrick’s office. Let’s see if we can get him on, like, pronto. He’s probably not going to. I’m mad at him. I am super mad at him. Absolutely. I’m going to read him the riot act. I’m not even going to pretend that I’m not and then do it later when he’s on air. I’m just going to be very honest about it right now. This is one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen. It’s dumb. It really is dumb. And the whole reason, and this is what gets me with this whole issue. they made it legal and thousands of stores were selling it to adults and they were only selling it and they had only opened because the legislature, the state government had legalized it. And now they want to criminalize it after legalizing it. It’s like a pistol brace, you know, we’re going to legalize it, says the ATF. Yeah, you can totally do it. Oh, no, no, wait, no, no, we’re not going to anymore. You’re a felon. It’s the same thing. I mean, it is for people who say that it’s addictive. I don’t know what you’re smoking, but that’s not anything that I’ve read. We’re going to disagree on it. You’re not going to convince me. We very much disagree with it about this in my house. I just don’t like the government telling you what to do and what not to do. And I got really militaristic about this after covid. when I was told I had to take shots. And I mean, I literally, I turned down a major professional opportunity in New York City. I had to go to New York. They wanted me to go to New York for a meeting. This was like, you know, right when lockdown started lifting. And I was told that I had to show proof of vaccination to even get in the building for the meeting that these people had requested. And they were paying for it. They were flying me out there and doing all this stuff. And they wanted to have this big meeting and there was going to be like a contract offer and all of this stuff. I just had to show proof of vaccination. And I said no. I’m not doing it. I’m not doing it. I mean, hell, I probably couldn’t even get in a cab and gotten there. And I had said, I’m like, I’d already had it. I already had that, which I did. I had coronavirus. I have natural immunity. That apparently didn’t exist conveniently for that. Now, I had to show proof of this. So I get really. Really, really hardcore about authoritarian forcing of stuff like this. But this idea that people, no one’s selling it to kids. Kids are not buying this any more than they’re buying alcohol or cigarettes. And I’m going to tell you something. And I made mention of this on X. Parent, you know, maybe parent. That’s the thing. This is stupid. This is like the gun ban argument. Kids are not buying this any more than alcohol or cigarettes or anything else. And if they are, do your job as a parent and parent instead of idiotically expanding government to pick up your slack as a deadbeat parent. harsh words and i mean every syllable oh i’ve raised kids my kids are actually straight edge they don’t even have well one of them’s not even old enough yet but my my oldest is and he doesn’t even drink i have no idea how that happened he just doesn’t it’s not like we’re like big partiers or anything like that like we’ll have wine with dinner but he just doesn’t want to and that’s totally fine but you know parent it’s not the government’s responsibility to make sure that your kids out not out there doing something they’re not supposed to be doing I love all of these. Yes, I’m a conservative. I’m limited government. Oh, but only so much. I need the government to raise my kid for me. I don’t have to worry about my kids doing that because I parented. So, no. I mean, this is just, I find it asinine. And I’m mad because they could have, Cain, how many sessions have they had now to do something, anything about property taxes?
SPEAKER 15 :
Oh, my gosh. They’ve had plenty of opportunity. They’ve only put forth, like, Democrat causes for some reason and ignored all the important Republican ones.
SPEAKER 19 :
I this whole thing enrages me to hear them talk about it. It is so cringe. It is so cringe. You have alcohol that kills more people than THC. But, you know, I guess big alcohol is paying them too much to not ban that. This is like it’s like a form of prohibition. It absolutely is. You’re all they’re going to do is just empower the cartels that they claim to be so hardcore and fighting. All they’re going to do is empower the cartels and they’re going to create a whole black market. A whole black market. That’s exactly what it is. I mean, this is there are so many people when I have talked about this that say, yes, my wife has a condition. She doesn’t want to take opioids. So she will use THC or I have, you know, veterans that will say, you know, I do this. You know, I used it temporarily when I came back, et cetera. I didn’t want to go on like, what is it? Let’s let’s let’s a pro Lexapro, whatever that is. I don’t even know. It’s it’s I just I this is not limited government and it’s not conservative at all. This is tipper gore reefer madness nonsense. That’s exactly what this is. And anyone who supported this that calls himself a Republican in Texas, you should change your party affiliation. Change your party affiliation. Any one of these people, the next time any one of them requests came to come on the show, we need to make sure I’m going to see how they voted on this and where they are on property taxes. And then I’m going to publicly shame them and their comm staff on social media for daring to beg for airtime after you screwed over Texas voters like this. So done with you. Consider me an enemy. We have more on the way as we roll towards the bottom of this hour. Our partners over at All Family Pharmacy, great website. And look, I’m telling you, you ought to be in charge of your own health. These are yours, not the government’s, not Big Pharma’s, not bureaucrats. And All Family Pharmacy, they are empowering Americans. with real access to medications that they need without waiting for you to beg the government for permission. You can visit allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana and use code Dana20 for 20% off of your entire order. Now, they have your everyday medications, they have emergency kits, antibiotics, hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, everything that you need to be prepared and in control. I’ve used them to help with strep throat. I mean, literally two to four days, super fast shipping overnight if you need it in a pinch. I love this site. I cannot recommend it enough. I am a lifelong customer, will always be, so they can never go anywhere or I’ll find them. But no, allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana20, allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana20. And then use code DANA20 for 20% off with promo code DANA20. Don’t wait for permission to protect yourself and your family. Visit allfamilypharmacy.com slash DANA today.
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SPEAKER 19 :
Ah, Kentucky. Well, a bear fell through the attic and was found sitting on a stove in a Kentucky home, literally just sitting on the stovetop. Wildlife officials had to help remove the black bear, found just chilling in the kitchen. It was a very clumsy break-in. Game warden responded to a call early, early morning inside of this Kentucky home. They had to get Fish and Wildlife out there. The bear, I mean, literally sitting right on top of the stove, like fell through the seat, like sitting right there on top of the stove, just chilling. Like cooking itself or something. What are you doing, bear? They were able to successfully get the bear out. Skittles removed color additives from candies. I didn’t even know that they had these in there. What was one of the… Red 40. Yeah, but they also had like titanium something or other. Titanium dioxide. Isn’t that in sunscreen? I’m positive that’s in sunscreen.
SPEAKER 15 :
It sounds like it would be.
SPEAKER 19 :
I’m pretty sure it is.
SPEAKER 15 :
The dioxide part.
SPEAKER 19 :
It brightens the colors of the candy. It’s been banned over in Europe forever. Now, of all the things to be like Europe on, I don’t know why the left never took up the healthier food option factor, but what of, you know. Let’s see. A massive glacier collapse triggered a landslide that buried a Swiss village. It’s in Blatten, Switzerland. They were evacuated earlier this month. A nearby glacier was on the brink of collapse, and they said that another one might become unstable. But it happens from time to time, sending rock, mud, and ice crashing into the village of Platen. And it’s the Birch Glacier is what it is. They had some cracks in the ice. Bears attack you in every country, apparently. A bear in Kentucky, a bear in Slovenia. A bear attacked a woman and left her in critical condition. It was on the edge of a forest. I’m not even going to pronounce. And it retreated into the forest after the attack. And they’ve advised residents to stay away from the forest and be cautious. I swear there’s like an M. Night Shyamalan or whatever movie about this. Can you imagine? Don’t go into the woods. Say it’s a bear. He eats you. Facebook, Apple, Google, Netflix, all hit by a massive login and password data leak. What is it? How many millions of passwords?
SPEAKER 08 :
200 million.
SPEAKER 19 :
Oh, my. 200 million. So probably ours. Yeah. Do you have to change everything? It’s annoying.
SPEAKER 15 :
You kind of have to do that regularly anyway.
SPEAKER 19 :
You know, like, I know, but it’s still annoying. Coming up, Florida Senator Jay Collins. You know, he’s being eyed as a prospective gubernatorial pick. Just saying. Stick with us. Burn a gun. B-Y-R-N-A. Look, I’m not going to ever tell anyone to not carry a gun. Carry a gun. Throw lead. I’m all for it because I will absolutely use the McLethal-est lethal force ever if you try to harm me or my family. That said, I also like going to places where I can carry my firearm, but we live in a free society where people can be commies with their properties if they want to be. Municipal entities can be commies with your rights if they want to be. And so it’s always good to have variety to diversify your weapons array. I mean, you carry different calibers, right? You carry blades. So why not have something like a burner gun, especially like if you’ve got college kids that are too young to be able to carry a handgun, but they’re living on their own. They need to be able to protect themselves with more than just like a bat. OK, so let’s get into some of this other stuff. You got the burn a gun. The SD is their most popular model. They have a new one called the CL. CL stands for compact launcher. So that should be very fairly easy to remember. Compact launcher and super lightweight. And it shoots the same chemical irritant projectiles that can deter threats from up to 50 feet away. Here’s the thing. It doesn’t care about stupid gun free zones. Doesn’t care about the signs either. doesn’t care about background checks. None of that stuff is applicable to the Burna gun, making it accessible for absolutely everybody. Visit Burna.com slash Dana. Get your hands on the new Burna CL. B-Y-R-N-A dot com slash Dana. Burna, ready when you are.
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SPEAKER 19 :
Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash here with you at the bottom of this third hour. You can listen coast to coast on a terrestrial station. The streams at Channel 347, DirecTV. Got the chat at Rumble. All kinds of good things. We’re at X everywhere else. I don’t know if you saw this. However much you loathe the media, it’s not enough. I think this was the Florida Sentinel that did this. And Orlando, yeah, Orlando Sentinel. So there was this press conference talking about, you know, Hope, Florida, private partnership, private, you know, public partnership with the state of Florida. I think it’s brilliant. I don’t know why Texas or some of these other red states haven’t done it. My gosh, is that not the point of conservative governance? Jiminy Christmas. And the media doesn’t like it. Special interests don’t like it because it limits their ability to influence with cash. And so they had a woman, a single mom, who was talking about how she used Hope Florida. She had a facilitator that worked with her. And the media went after her. They were smearing this lady. They were attacking her. They were accusing her of being basically like a paid stooge, all kinds of stuff. They said, oh, she they hope Florida paid this woman who posted a video. She was talking about her own experiences. Now, I happen to see this from a couple of different people, including that of our next guest. Jay Collins, who is a Florida lawmaker, a conservative, real actual conservative fighter, like a legitimate conservative fighter. He’s in the Senate there in Florida. He’s also a retired Army Green Beret. He joins us now via video. Senator, always such a pleasure to have you. Love the color combo as well. I saw this on your – you had posted about this, and this is where I first saw it was your account because, you know, it’s the media, and I’m never – Really, as sad as this is to say, I’m never surprised about how low they sink going after a single mom because she was talking about using this organization to help empower herself. What was your reaction when you saw that?
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, I was incredibly frustrated, to say the very least. And to be a bit more succinct, I was kind of pissed off. Hope Florida is an incredible tool for those who really need a hand up. You know, for so long, we’ve had this great society debate where the government’s the solution to the problem. We’re going to give you money. We’re going to give you handouts. Don’t worry. The government’s here to solve your problems. But we all know the government is never the solution to the problem. And ultimately, what hope Florida is, is a level up on what government should be doing. I love what you said in the lead up to this. This is exactly what conservative states should do. And I say that as somebody who grew up on commodity cheese. My family was in and out of welfare. This makes a difference. It provides opportunity and tools. But to see the Orlando Sentinel, you know, really do this kind of story, a hit piece saying she’s a paid influencer and all of that. How ridiculous can it get? Absolute nonsense. Hot garbage. That’s what I called it. That’s what I’m standing by. End of story.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah. And I love that, you know, your story as well and how you came to be where you are now. I think that also adds so much as to, you know, the conservative perspective, because, you know, you know, and I grew up, you know, about as poor as you get. You know, I know where this woman came from. You know, I recognize that. I saw my mom in that. As a single mom, I saw her and I to hear these stories of someone who beat the statistics and instead of celebrating it. And it’s not just the media. You know, there are these other squishes that are out there for whatever reason that just are very hostile to the idea of limiting government for the sake of empowering the individual.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, Dana, you’re hitting it on the head. It is incredibly frustrating. We live in Florida. We are the conservative proving grounds of America. You look at what’s been going on. Almost every single thing that’s moving across the nation has really started here in Florida. And I’m incredibly proud of our governor and I’m proud of what our legislature has done working beside him over the last several years. But to see this kind of nonsense right now, to your point, we should celebrate her. That is what government should be doing, is bringing good people to good opportunities and getting out of the way. That’s what conservatives should want. That’s the winning story, period. And, you know, growing up, man, it’s hard. I saw so many people trapped by the government clause of holding them down and being held down to whatever the status quo was. It’s just not good enough, man. We can’t continue to limit our people and limit our way of life and limit freedom across this nation. This is what we should be doing.
SPEAKER 19 :
Amen to that. If you’re just joining us, we’re talking to Florida Senator Jay Collins. I know you all are in a budget battle right now. Where is that at? What is up with Republicans in the budget, whether it’s federal or in the state of Florida? I would I keep taking it for granted, you know, that Florida went so red and became, you know, with so many registered Republicans, not really the case in Tallahassee. What is the budget fight like there for you right now?
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, I’ll tell you, we’re on day 87 of 60, I believe is the number right now. We are not, we don’t have a signed budget yet. We have to have that by July 1st. That’s the cutoff date, right? Or we’re going to have to face some sort of shutdown. That’s not acceptable. Let me be incredibly clear. This is not good enough. This is not what our people want. It is not what they deserve. And this sure does not meet the standard of our Florida House, our Florida Senate, nor the governor. We know what to do. We have stood for what right is. We know what right is. We’ve got to get this budget done. Now, there’s been a lot of discussion going back, whether it was immigration early on or budget specifics, whether it’s property tax versus sales tax or nuances on how we should cut. The reality is we have to get a budget done. We owe that to the people. That is the only thing we have to pass in this session, and we haven’t done it yet.
SPEAKER 19 :
Golly. And I mean, if you can’t do it in Florida, Cain, I don’t hold much. I don’t hold any hope for Texas. If they’re not able to get that buttoned up in Florida, it ain’t happening in Texas. And it’s really I mean, it comes down to what essentially limiting how much money can be spent by the state government, as I understand it.
SPEAKER 12 :
Essentially. Right. There’s been a lot of discussion. It was sales tax versus property tax for a long time. Now, thankfully, that’s been taken off and we’re all hyper focused on, you know, on really making sure people have the American dream. They can own their home free of property tax. We’ve got to do the work to get there. That’s something that overwhelmingly our citizenry has been behind. You know, we have the Senate working with the governor. The House is kind of on an island right now. And, you know, I don’t want to degrade all the people in the House. There are incredible people. There are people who are my brothers, who do the right thing, who are my sisters and believe in conservative values. But I think if we all take a step back and focus on what matters, what the people of Florida need, we know what right looks like. It’s time to get that way.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, I’m into that. We’re talking to Florida Senator Jay Collins. Are you worried about What happens to the state when, because Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, he turns out here shortly. And there’s a lot of questions as to, well, what happens to that strong conservative leadership? Because there were some, it was kind of moderate a little, I mean, pretty moderate before. A lot of people really like what you and other lawmakers are doing. I mean, people were flocking to the state. I mean, I keep hearing, I have family that moved there. I have a ton of family that moved to Florida. And they love it. They love what y’all are doing. Some of my family are major fans of yours. They really like you. And I know they’re all watching now if they’re not watching later. Are you concerned about where the direction of the state goes after that transition? Because I know people are worrying about it.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, I think we all have concern. We all came to Florida, whether your family moved here in the 1980s or after or well before. We came here for the same thing, right? Florida is an incredible state. Under Governor DeSantis’ leadership, look what we’ve been able to accomplish. It’s been absolutely incredible. We’re number one in education, number one in economy, number one in new business development. People are coming here because they like what we’ve built. And it’s conservatives from across the country who are like, look, I’ve got to flee New Jersey, New York, California. They’re killing me. We can’t let that fall victim. Just as fast as they came here. And really, this happened since COVID. Bold, decisive leadership took us where we are from COVID on. It’s incredible to see. Am I worried? No, I’m not. Because there are plenty of leaders here in Florida. There are plenty of people who are willing to step up and fight for our people, for our way of life, and truly focus on what matters. It’s just that simple. You know, I’ll leave it with this. When the politicians fail, when the academics fail, it’s one of a couple of people that always step up. It’s the working class and the warriors who come to the rescue of our states and our nation every single time. It’s no different.
SPEAKER 19 :
Now, your state’s leading on immigration, unmatched immigration. You verify gold and silver now is currency. That’s brand new in Florida. That’s awesome.
SPEAKER 12 :
That’s incredible, right? You know, it’s amazing to see the things we’re leading on. Even through a session like this, we’re able to drop that and move forward. You know, we’ve continued to extend the ban on mRNA immunizations. You know, we’re talking about a patient’s bill of rights and pushing that forward and expanding that to protect people from forced immunizations. It’s an incredible thing to fight for. You know, there’s so much to love here. But look, man, we were in the same seat as the Democrats not that long ago. And if you want to go back even further, look at the downfall of Rome and countries like that. This can happen here.
SPEAKER 19 :
I have to ask you, and I don’t want to put you in a weird spot, but there’s a lot of talk about what’s next. And your name comes up quite a bit in terms of if there is an heir to the DeSantis legacy there, a lot of people toss your name in the mix. What do you think of that?
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, I think he’s got a lot better hair than I do. So, you know, ultimately, I got to throw that out there. But look, it’s incredible. I told you a little bit about my story, but I grew up on government welfare, eating commodity cheese. My family lost their farm. Only in a nation as great as ours can that rumor even be a thing. To be thrown out as someone who’s a potential guy who comes after DeSantis, that’s a big statement. And man, it doesn’t hit with softness. It hits with exactly what it should. It’s meaningful coming from people. But I’ll tell you the same thing that I tell everybody else. When you’re talking about jobs like this or opportunities like this, I owe our state, our people, my family, our community, the due diligence to look into it, to make sure that that’s something that’s good for My wife and kids. I’m a dad and a husband, first and foremost. That’s good for my local community, good for our state. And then I’m, you know, that’s something that is good for Governor DeSantis and the people around us. And if all those things come into alignment, then it’s something to look at. But let’s not put the cart before the horse. You know, there’s no one that’s been tapped or tagged or anything else. There’s opportunities. And more than anything, we’ve just got to make sure we make a difference. We’ve got to leave this state better than we got it.
SPEAKER 19 :
See, when Senator Collins talks like that, that just makes people want him more and put his name out there even more because that’s not a political answer. That’s the answer of a dad and a husband and somebody who knows how real life can get and came from nothing and made themselves in the… in this great country. Senator Collins, Jay Collins, always a pleasure. We’d love to have you back anytime you want to tell us what’s going on, because I really just kind of want to copy everything Florida does in Texas. And if Texas don’t get it together, man, Florida’s looking pretty nice. I got to tell you, got to tell you.
SPEAKER 12 :
I got to ask you, we have room. I will help you find a realtor. We’re good. Florida’s got space for you right now. So what’s going on with this marijuana thing? What is that all about in Texas?
SPEAKER 19 :
It’s it’s exactly. It’s crazy. And I get because it’s not even about, you know, like I not to sound like Cheech and Chong. It’s not even about like a smoky marijuana. I’ve never even consumed it. I just don’t like authoritarianism. And COVID really kind of shook me to my core with seeing how I mean, I knew government was bad and could be very controlling. But seeing everything that happened during COVID now, I have such a hard line in the sand. And this is just about like already a tightly regulated product that they’re trying to criminalize after they legalized it. And it seems kind of like a bait and switch. It reminds me what the ATF did with pistol braces. Like, it’s all good. All good. Oh, now we’re going to change it all. Now y’all are felons. Better get rid. It’s like the same argument, the same formula. But like I said, I’m just, you know, Florida looking looking pretty good. Senator Jay Collins.
SPEAKER 12 :
I’ll get you to our media team. We’ll send you all the talking points. You don’t need to hear data.
SPEAKER 19 :
Already working it. So good to see you, Senator. Thank you so much. God bless.
SPEAKER 12 :
We’ll have you back. God bless.
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Somebody told me on social media, on X, and this hits just perfect, because I said something while I posted. I go, what’s the point of supporting Republicans in Texas anymore? Barely deliver and mostly disappoint is not an accomplishment. Someone said they’re the outraged Hollywood agent that busts up into Les Grossman’s office only to leave with a G5 and lots of money, playa. A G5 player? Welcome to the goody room. That was one of the best scenes ever. Oh, welcome back. Dana Lash with you. We tried calling Dan Patrick, the lieutenant governor, on break. That number ain’t no longer in service. Probably went out of service the second we got it. Because we were going to be like, sup? What’s up?
SPEAKER 15 :
I did email first, though. I emailed his office first.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, you did.
SPEAKER 15 :
So, waiting on that response.
SPEAKER 19 :
I just, you know, I want to know why he thinks, you know, everybody’s dying from the THC. It’s not, not at all. I just, I don’t understand. We wanted lower property taxes, and they’re like, best we can get you is free for madness. All the best we can do. Dylan Mulvaney, that dude, has a perfume out. Yeah. Jean Paul Gaultier, which is, I’m not going to.
SPEAKER 15 :
Cologne or perfume?
SPEAKER 19 :
Well, I know. It’s a fragrance.
SPEAKER 15 :
Oh, okay.
SPEAKER 19 :
And I’m made of thoughts. Lots of thoughts.
SPEAKER 15 :
What’s the fragrance made of? I don’t know. Thoughts?
SPEAKER 19 :
Disappointment. Okay. You know what it is. That’s what it is.
SPEAKER 15 :
Did you cover your mouth?
SPEAKER 19 :
No, I didn’t. I forgot. But I try not to move my mouth very much, so hopefully our lib readers in the chat will just ignore that part. It’s okay. It’s all right.
SPEAKER 15 :
The name of it is…
SPEAKER 19 :
So it’s a cologne, but he pretends to be a chick. He is airbrushed in the image. He is airbrushed to an inch of sin. I mean, look at… We’re going to shave off that lump in your throat that most people would call an Adam’s apple. I mean, he still looks dude-ish to me. If you would show me this picture, I’d be like, there’s something off.
SPEAKER 15 :
Why does the fragrance need to be in a 40-ounce bottle? Did you see that one? Can you put that back on the screen? Well, it takes a lot.
SPEAKER 19 :
You know, you’ve got to cover the man hormones.
SPEAKER 15 :
It looks like a 40-ounce. Like it’s a, hey, looky here. Look what we got. 40 ounces.
SPEAKER 19 :
We do a 40, a Dylan Mulvaney’s Cologne. Of my fragrance. It smells like colon with a hint of saffron.
SPEAKER 15 :
It’s like what bourbon looks like when you buy it.
SPEAKER 19 :
I mean, are you drinking it or are you applying it? I don’t understand. I don’t know. Why do people keep pushing this? Do they not have any women? Could they not get any women for the perfume? I don’t know. All right. Today in Stupidity Camp.
SPEAKER 15 :
All right. It is Texas’s Lieutenant Governor Dan. Oh, boy. Don’t you dare eat a gummy, Patrick.
SPEAKER 19 :
Don’t you eat them gummies.
SPEAKER 10 :
Don’t you eat them.
SPEAKER 15 :
Listen to the science said here. Cut 10.
SPEAKER 10 :
I understand wanting to protect children, but you have grown adults who are using these products too. Is there a way to do this where grown adults could still have access to these products?
SPEAKER 03 :
We don’t want adults having this either. What? What are you, crazy? Adults make their own decisions. You want to go home and eat a bag of this tonight? Yeah. You’re here tomorrow? I’ll be here tomorrow. We focus on kids. Because that’s where they built the shops.
SPEAKER 19 :
Built the shops and the kids? What the hell does that even make?
SPEAKER 03 :
We don’t want anybody buying anything off the shelf that could kill them or ruin their mental state.
SPEAKER 19 :
Except for alcohol, because it pays. I mean, except for alcohol, you know, because that special interest money goes a long way. You know, I’m not saying Big Beer paid me or anything, but Big Beer may be sponsoring my sentence. Folks, that’s not a lie, actually. We’ll be back tomorrow. Substack, Chapter 1, YouTube, Facebook. God bless.
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