Join Dana Lash as she navigates through the political landscape marked by President Biden’s memorable sound bites and media meltdowns. Amidst the Thanksgiving season, we examine the impact of Bidenomics on household expenses and gun ownership shifts across demographics. This episode also features an in-depth segment on Preborn, a charitable initiative offering hope to mothers, sparking a powerful debate on life-affirming choices.
SPEAKER 02 :
Welcome to the White House. I didn’t know any of these guys behind me, but they just showed up. I don’t know where the hell they came from. 2024 NBA champions, the Boston Celtics.
SPEAKER 12 :
He was on the struggle bus with that one. He gave his code name, too. Is he supposed to do that? Yeah, he gave his Secret Service codename also. He was like, yeah, they call me Celtic because I’m Irish. That’s what he said. I was like, what? He said that. That was what he said. So it is. Yeah, it’s just the Biden. We don’t have much more of this, guys. So just drink it up now. You know, if this is… I don’t know what we’re going to do without absence of all of these sound bites, Cain. I’m like really, I’m a little concerned about what that means for our program because we don’t have, you know, after come January, we’re not going to have all this good stuff. You know, we’re not going to have all the Biden, all the crazy Biden audio. What are we to do? I don’t know. So drink it up right now, guys.
SPEAKER 07 :
Drink it up. We’ll still have Democrats giving us horrible sound bites.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, but it’s not going to be like, you know, how many of them get lost in the woods, you know, like during a press avail, right? You know, you just don’t get gems like that every day. I’m telling you. So welcome to the program. It is Friday. It’s Friday before. Well, it’s like Turkey Eve. It’s like Friday before Thanksgiving. We’ve got a number of things to jump into. We got the latest with the, we got media meltdown. The media is having a time right now. MSNBC is having a time right now. So we’ve got all of that for you. We’re also gonna get into a bunch of these other, cause we’ve got some more cabinet stuff. Some of it I’m not too stoked about and some of it you’re not gonna be too stoked about either, but you know, it is the way of things. It’s also cold as all get out in Texas today. I’m like, I could not find enough layers to wear. I might throw another one on during commercial break. I’m going to turn into Glenn Beck and just come in with scarf after scarf and sweater after sweater. And then eventually I’m wearing everything in my wardrobe. That’s what’s happening. So welcome to the show. Good to be with you. Dana Lash here. We’re at the top of this. very first hour here on Friday. So, all right. One of the picks, and I said… Actually, I should probably remind everybody on X because we’re on X as well as Channel 347 Direct TV. One of the things that… I did last night and I was doing this morning as I was reading about the latest pick that came in for AG. Because yesterday, actually the day before, it was like, what, 12 hours from Matt Gaetz saying that he was no longer going to pursue the nomination for attorney general. Then you had Trump go around and then he nominated Pam Bondi. And I… Looking at it, you know, from just the top rope, first you might think, well, okay, because I know some Republicans were just very excited that it wasn’t Gaetz because they view Gaetz as, you know, an unknown entity, loose cannon. And we’ll talk about, you know, some of that report and all of that coming up. But he… and I have a piece that’s coming out about that too, just in a little bit. But this idea of Pambandi as AG, I think has, I got some concerns. I have some concerns and we’re going to talk about that throughout the program. And one of the things I tell you, don’t get super excited about, I mean, we always complain about bureaucrats. So I don’t get excited about bureaucratic appointments, right? Even if it’s something like the president’s cabinet, these people are still heading up these bureaucracies, these agencies. So I just don’t get super stoked about it. But this, I feel like everybody’s been paying more attention to it than not. And I think that’s just because everything, every department has been so radicalized under the left that now replacing all of these people is of great interest. And I get it. It is of great interest to us on, you know, on the side of the constitution. I completely understand that. The issue with Pam Bondi, and as you know, she was AG of Florida, and she was under Governor Rick Scott when she was AG. So she was there with Parkland and all of that stuff. And she’s very much, I mean, she seems like she’s the candidate, like, okay, this is a good AG pick, except for some very unfortunate things that she has said before. Yeah. She is not what I would say someone who is a strong Second Amendment politician. And that is because when she is actively promoted age limitations in Florida, she actively promoted the waiting day, the purchase of firearms. You’re subject to a waiting period. Rather, she promoted a waiting period in Florida. So when you purchase a gun in Florida, I was shocked by this. You actually have to wait for it. That’s crazy. And I know they’ve been wanting to compete. Florida’s been wanting to compete with Texas on everything, like a friendly competition. Who has the best tax environment? Who has this? Who has that? But on this, Texas actually has Florida beaten. And we know that they have a lot of rhinos in their legislature that won’t consider some of these other rollbacks of gun rights that they’ve had. They have a lot of gun control. So I’m looking, I’ve just, there’s a lot here. I saw this originally. I’m like, uh, it seems like, I mean, it seems like a, not a totally controversial pick, but I am in my position. It is. I think I, I do. I mean, I can’t maintain that this is a decent pick at all after seeing some of this stuff. In fact, we have this audio. This is a audio soundbite. I don’t even remember. 11,050 million. We got a lot. 21 million. Yes. 21, 11 million. Cause we always, they always give us a lot of soundbites. So, you know, we’ve got to pick through the millions. 21, please. This is a flashback from 2018.
SPEAKER 09 :
In Florida, it’s called the Baker Act, but it’s our Civil Commitment Act, and it’s weak. And it’s about 1,000 pages long, and I’ve had my Solicitor General on it for three days now working on it. We’re rewriting it, along with Governor Scott, who you’re going to meet with him. He’s going to give you a ton of good information. We’ve been rewriting it, and we are going to bring in something called the Gun Violence Restraining Order. So if someone is civilly committed, and typically you can hold them for up to 72 hours, but people are getting out within 24 hours, the majority of them. So what we want to do is let law enforcement come in and take the guns. They’re a danger to themselves or others.
SPEAKER 13 :
Which you can’t do right now.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, because… Without being adjudicated. So because they’re a danger to themselves.
SPEAKER 13 :
You want them to take the guns and not go through six months of legal trials and everything.
SPEAKER 09 :
Exactly. But we also have to give the mentally ill the due process in which they deserve, President. So what we’re doing is they’re going to be able to take the guns when they’re taken into custody. or into the hospital, and then when they’re released, within 24 hours or 72 hours later, typically it’s 24 hours, but law enforcement will have 72 hours to determine whether they should give those guns back or they can go to a judge and say, Your Honor, please keep these guns. We feel this person is still a danger.
SPEAKER 12 :
So what they’re talking about are red flag laws. And you have to realize that a lot of times these have been erroneously applied. And so many of them are actually overturned when they’re fought. And I’ve written about this so many times before. I feel like I’m boring you by repeating it because I have literally written thousands of words on this. I’ve written two books that cover it. I’ve I’ve talked about it. I’ve given speeches. I’ve been on radio. I’ve been in grassroots talking about all of this. So it’s it is a complete obliteration of due process when you are assumed guilty until you prove your innocence. If something is serious. It’s serious enough to abridge or remove someone’s natural rights. It is serious enough for them to go through the proper protocol that is provided by our Constitution, our Second Amendment, our Fourth Amendment, our Fifth Amendment, and be given that because it’s a serious thing to take away someone’s Natural rights. That’s a very serious thing. So there is a process in place for it. And what’s more, I mean, when she’s talking about red flag law and for the people who think that red flag laws aren’t important. And again, I’ve talked about this before ad nauseum. Because it should be a disqualifying position. Because this isn’t about firearms. This is about the cornerstone of the republic due process. Just look at it like it’s a math equation. Firearms are one of the variables in this equation. So this is the protection of the presumption of innocence until you are proven guilty. And when you try to justify abridging this by… echoing gun control, gun grabber language and freaking people out over stuff. I mean, that’s that is an abridgment of of your constitutional rights. It’s destroying due process and it’s using gun control. Again, one variable to do it. Anything can be used once this is done. By the way, once you pick apart due process, there’s no putting it back together. I mean, if you like the thought of if you’re wrongly accused, do you want to be punished before you go to court? I mean, if someone accuses you of a crime, do you want law enforcement to, without any knowledge of you, showing up at your house, maybe performing a no-knock raid and going in, seizing your property? Everyone knows something’s up. Do you like the idea of not being able to enjoy the presumption of innocence until guilt is proven by the state? Or do you like the system in place now which protects that? And the state has to prove their case against you. Do you want to wait anywhere from 14 days to a month to get your day in court in front of a judge in order to plead your case and prove yourself innocent and get your property back? I mean, if you want to do that, then you’re going to love red flag law. If you’ve got money to burn and you can hire an attorney to cover all of that for you, you’re going to love red flag law. But if you’re broke as hell and you’re tired of a government that has already been weaponized against you, being further weaponized against you by having someone in the damn DOJ that is celebrating a removal of due process right after we’ve had Merrick Garland, then you’re going to hate red flag law. Why in the hell are we even entertaining anybody that has zero respect for due process for Attorney General? Were people not bent over a barrel and told to grab their angles for Merrick Garland enough? Were we all not abused enough by the DOJ? Parents who spoke up at town halls. Did you like the fact that you were labeled a domestic terrorist because you showed interest in protecting your sons and daughters in front of the school board? Did you like the fact that you were presumed to be a threat or to be guilty of something before being able to plead your case and have the FBI clear you of that tag? Because that’s red flag law in practice. If you hated that, you’re going to hate what she promoted. I don’t get this. I don’t get people who are like, oh my gosh, we have deep state, deep state. And then they’re like, gosh, can we fluff a member of deep state? Who can we go after and slob all over next? I don’t get it. It boggles the mind. That’s exactly what this is, though. There’s no excuse to it. But what’s more, it gets worse. In some of these states… You have these these cases where they come and confiscate it. It’s not a criminal issue. It is a civil matter, meaning that you’re someone in a civil case and you are facing the prospect of having your constitutional, your natural rights removed from you. And you have to go up. You have to stand toe to toe with the district attorney yourself. If you cannot afford to hire someone with as much pizzazz as the DA that’s out to get you, you’re screwed. And in a lot of these states, that’s how these cases are treated. Why are we entertaining any kind of disqualifying position for this? And then pretending that we’re celebrating the upholding of the rule of law. I’m not going to get into that Alice in Wonderland, you know, Lewis Carroll type B.S., Not doing it. Either you hate deep state and you felt as though you and the former president and everybody else were treated unfairly or you like it and you’re willing to tolerate it for a little bit for the appearance of a win. But it’s going to come back to screw you. I guarantee you. We got a lot more on the way as we go into headlines. We’re not even done with this issue. We got other cabinet picks that we got to get into and we got more on this. Our partners, as we go into headlines, it’s our friends at Preborn. It’s a great organization that helps meet women where they are and they help save lives. They save the lives of babies every day and they go into areas that have high abortion rates and they meet and talk with these women. 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SPEAKER 07 :
And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
SPEAKER 12 :
Tell me that you have never, ever, like, shopped for Thanksgiving food or prepared a Thanksgiving meal or did any of that without telling me that you’ve never done any of that. Corrie Jean-Pierre is saying, oh, no, your Thanksgiving meal this year is going to be so much tougher. Thanks to Biden. No one believes this. But that’s what she says. She went out and said, yes, she’s bragging about lower prices. Grocery prices are still up almost 25 percent. Gas prices are still up like 30 percent under Biden and Harris. Don’t be sitting here and selling us this this pig feces because we ain’t buying lady. It’s turkey season. We ain’t buying this. This is so stupid. We know how much stuff is this gun ownership rates have spiked amongst Republican women today. And I’ve been telling people this for the better part of two years. So I’m glad that Gallup finally caught along. And even though it’s, you know, a little bit. Too little, too late. But this has been increasing for quite some time. The rates fallen amongst Democrat men. It’s down five points amongst independent Republican men are still most likely. And now women are seeing a spike as well. Well, yeah, that makes anybody who wants to keep themselves safe, wants to go out and own a firearm. But man, you’re going to have a tougher time, I think, under somebody like Pam Bondi. Also, let’s see here. Andrew Bailey announced a lawsuit against Jackson County, Missouri. This is crazy. Jackson County, Missouri. It’s down there by Table Rock. Well, not totally by Table Rock Lake, but you know, it’s between Table Rock Lake and Mississippi. Apparently, he notified Jackson County of anticipated litigation. They passed an ordinance that prohibits anyone under the age of 21 from possessing firearms or ammunition. And this is also applicable to you if you’re in the military, even though, you know, under 21 can still have rifles and shotguns and all of that, and they’re trying to criminalize all of it. So he’s fighting them, and he’s announcing a lawsuit against them because they’ve absolutely violated Jackson County residents’ Second Amendment rights. Giraffes are about to join the endangered species list, too. I’ll tell you that next headline segment. We got a lot more on the way. Stick with us. I’m always going to tell people to carry, and I’m always going to tell you That it’s good to train and I have zero hesitancy at all whatsoever to use lethal force on anyone who’s posing a threat to me or my family. There are also instances where I can’t carry because I’m barred, whether it’s a gun-free zone sign or a gun-free zone area. And I always, because of the nature of my work, don’t have the luxury of just saying, I’m not going to go here. I’m just going to skip out on this for today because I would actually get in trouble with my job if I did that on a regular basis. So there are options. And I took inspiration from some of my friends who have done it. They’ve gotten the Burna SD. So that’s the most popular selling model of the Burna gun. It’s a non-firearm firearm. And you basically can take it anywhere. Anywhere doesn’t care about gun-free zone signs. But what it does is that you can fire off chemical irritant projectiles that can deter threats from up to 50 feet away. And when you compare it to an ordinary stun gun… You got like maybe one to two rounds with that. You have five rounds with the Berna SD and there’s no waiting period. There’s no background checks. Like I said, it’s legal in all 50 states. Doesn’t care about the gun-free zone signs. And it allows for you to diversify your defensive options without just going without defense entirely. And I think that’s incredibly, incredibly important. I mean, there’s, you know, if you’re there’s not really a recoil situation with us, but it’s a it’s a good option for people who are barred from actually carrying anywhere else. I’ve got friends who use this in New York and D.C. So to learn more about it, and I highly suggest that you do, you can go and see everything that they offer. They have different models. Like I said, the SD is the most popular. Check out all your options at Burna dot com slash Dana for 10 percent off. It’s B-Y-R-N-A dot com slash Dana for 10 percent off.
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SPEAKER 12 :
Welcome back to the program. We’re at the bottom of this first hour. Dana Lash here with you. And you can listen coast to coast, Channel 347, DirecTV. You can find us at X and YouTube. And I would direct you to Rumble, but Rumble’s given us problems. Like, they don’t like us, I don’t think. Like, we’re… They don’t list our show as being live. They interrupt it constantly. Like our audio doesn’t match with our video. None of our whole crew was like, this doesn’t seem to be accidental. It’s real weird. So I don’t know. I’m so used to getting kicked around to YouTube. I’m just not going to promote Rumble doing the same to me. So until they get their stuff together, just pretend that we’re not there. And just find us on 347 Direct TV or X. Those are the only legitimate places that you can actually find where they don’t suppress you. Because Rumble does suppress. That’s a lie that they don’t. They absolutely do. I mean, you’ve got to kiss major fat ass or give them a lot of money in order to play the game. And I’m like, we’re not doing that. By the way, I’m not in a mood today. I don’t know if you can tell or not. So this Pam Bondi issue, I have zero patience whatsoever. with some of this stuff. Because yesterday I’m like, oh, maybe it doesn’t seem like it’s such an offensive pick. And then I went in and I was looking at… And I didn’t champion her, by the way. And I didn’t say, yes, let’s go and get her confirmed. I’m like, oh, this seems like an inoffensive pick. Then I was reading yesterday about all of her history. Because I’m familiar with Moody. Bondi was there under Scott. And so I was reading about all of her… positions. And I just it freaks me out, guys. I’m not going to lie. I think this is a huge issue. We’re not talking I’m not talking about this like it’s oh, it’s Secretary of the Interior. It’s this or that. This is somebody who literally could ruin your life in a position of power with what they have. And so if we’re not on the same page with something as basic as like the Fourth and Fifth Amendment, that’s disqualifying, guys. And you need to demand better. I got a bunch of these beta males out here out here that are yelling at me and whining and crying and having their periods like, oh, why are you red flags so important to you? I mean, I’m sorry that you’re not man enough to carry or concern yourself with, you know, self-defense. But, you know, some of us are and some of us want to and we don’t want to ever have our property seized from us due to false accusations. or being told that we have to prove our innocence in a court of law. I just have no patience. I was joking with Kane earlier. I was like, I think I want to have free crotch kicks for the beta males who think that this isn’t a big issue, right? I mean, it’s free of charge. Get your free crotch kick. It’s not how I said it, maybe, but that’s the most pleasant way of putting it. I just, I don’t have any patience for this. Why are we flirting around with something like this? I mean, I don’t know. It’s troubling. Now, just here’s some of the hits. Let me just tell you some of the hits. So there’s a lot. So and we got other stuff to hit, but this is important. So she first off, she we played the video where she was promoting red flag law. In her own words, she was promoting red flag law. She has really fought a lot against a lot of gun rights. She was I mean, she fought against open carry. She’s not a big open carry supporter. She was very, very anti Second Amendment. She. defended the Stand Your Ground law in Florida, but then she also was saying that Stand Your Ground, she had opposed the semi-automatic weapon ban in Connecticut. She went after and defended the Stand Your Ground law in Florida, but that’s kind of to the extent of it. So in 2013, she defended the bar on open carry. She was against open carry. And she also… I mean, she… I don’t know. I don’t know why you would prohibit that, why you would encourage and advocate for the prohibition of that. She also was defending a lot of the gun control measures passed after Parkland, and that includes age restrictions. She was vociferously in favor of age restrictions. And she… was very, she’s tried to seem very two way when she was out there and you know, when she, when she’s out like on a campaign trail for folks, but not really. And when she was out campaigning for herself, but not really so much with record. Uh, I, I’m not going to hold it against her that she was a registered Democrat in the nineties because there are a lot of people who’ve changed and switched over since then. But on two way stuff, that’s a big deal. And, um, I mean, what gets me is that some of the you know, I’m just going to put it like that. You get some really big Second Amendment organizations that are that have people in Florida. And I see them. They get a lot of money and they don’t do a damn thing for you. And I’m just curious because I didn’t see any of them on stage with me when I was at Parkland. I sure as hell didn’t see any of them, you know, afterwards in the neighborhoods trying to protect Second Amendment rights anymore. and advocate for that and educate on that when all of this stuff was passing under Rick Scott as governor with Pam Bondi as AG. But they’re always quick to run and say like and try to reassure their membership in the press and say things like, oh, Bondi is a friend of our organizations. That’s what one gun control lobbyist said or gun Second Amendment lobbyist said. I mean, when you have two people like that as lobbying for gun rights groups, why do you need gun control? Someone who is restricting your rights is not a friend of your organization. So I just, I have a major problem with some of this stuff. By the way, that was Marion Hammer is who I’m talking about in case you wanted me to put a name to it. I got problems with this. Major problems with it. I mean, all of this. I mean, when you have, when you’re pushing for age restrictions, when you’re pushing for waiting periods, when you’re pushing, and this is the biggest thing. the complete flip of due process, that really, think about it. Trump has four years, okay? We got midterms in two years. If you get a second, a questionable on the Second Amendment AG in this position, and she does some damage, and she allows and establishes legal precedence against 2, 4, and 5A, Where does that leave you if you get a Gavin Newsom administration after? Do you see what I’m talking about? There are legal processes in place. If someone is dangerous, if they’re a danger to themselves or others, you can adjudicate them mentally unfit. There’s a number of ways to do it where you’re still respecting the process of natural rights. And I’m not just talking about for that individual. You’re not allowing a legal precedent to be established that affects everyone else negatively and can be weaponized against everyone else. I have so many examples of this where… This has been where they’ve been improperly used, where they have been erroneously used in Colorado. There was a very famous case of a woman who just made up a red flag accusation and it was allowed to take it was allowed to be implemented. And they had to go to court and fight it and all that. I mean, red flag laws assume that you’re guilty. You have to pay to prove yourself innocent. And in some states, it’s treated as a civil case, not a criminal case. So you have to you have to pay for all of it yourself. That’s the problem. The standard of the evidentiary standard is a lot lower. And in some states, any Tom, Dick or Harry can make a file against you. And that’s the argument that they’re going to try to use to make this national, by the way, because every state states laws are so different where the states that have incorporated red flag, there’s no There’s there’s no common standard of measure where it concerns the evidentiary standard or anything else. And they’re all kind of all over the place. And so that’s one of the ways that gun control activists are trying to argue. We need to establish a national one because we got all these and they’re not equal in every state. They’re not consistent in every state. So we need to have a national standard. That’s what they’re pushing for. Someone like Pam Bondi with her history, she’ll give it to him. I’m not, that’s not hyperbole. I’m just stating her record. If people are upset with me stating her record, then I suggest you get pissed at her for having the record instead of me pointing out the record that she has. It is not my problem that someone else decided that they were going to derelict their duty as an officeholder and ignore natural rights. That’s their issue, not mine. But I don’t want to see people make the same mistake of getting someone who has the right letter after their name but doesn’t have the record to match. And we’ve got to be really strict on this stuff. I’m going to tell you, some of this process is not advantageous to everyone. It is more advantageous for me to sit here and blow smoke up everybody’s backside and go, rah, rah, yes, team. This is great. I have no objections. It is a hell of a lot harder. For me to say what I say and then get calls from people when I’m off air, which I guarantee are going to happen the moment I’m off air of people going to try to read me the riot act because I dare disagree publicly. It is a hell of a lot easier for me to go out and be like, no, this is great. Let’s just do it. That’s how you make money in this environment is you just agree with everything. You’re agreeable. You entertain and you’re just agreeable and you don’t put out any hard truths. That’s great. If you want to do weak ass beta radio or beta commentary or beta podcasting, but that’s not what we do. That’s not what we’ve ever done. And I, you know, quite frankly, don’t want to help build a government that has any vestige of anything that Merrick Garland represented or that puts into practice even a ghost of what he had in his previous tenure as AG and then sanction it because it’s a Republican. Oh, it’s OK now because it’s a Republican doing it. I think you guys have seen, too, that not all Republicans are the same. I mean, I right off the bat, I can come up with someone whose name rhymes with Smich McConnell. Not all Republicans are the same. You got to say. Now, I don’t want to sound mean and cranky. You know, we got a lot of other fun stuff, too. But I can’t tell you how important this is. This is very important. And because she’s so moderate on this stuff and don’t don’t take the bait and just and then just enact like any objection or take the take the bait of anyone trying to misconstrue any objection to her as being strictly about, oh, it’s just a gun thing. It is way more than that. Again, it is about due process. This isn’t just Second Amendment. It’s your fourth and fifth to. Major, major concerns here. I welcome any clarifications. You know, she comes out tomorrow and says, I was wrong to do all this. I was wrong to do it. I’m never going to do this again. I’m always going to be strict by the book of the Constitution, etc. You know, that’s great. We can we can talk about going forward. But that’s the issue. Nobody wants to clarify anything. I mean, I’m even telling you right now, yesterday when I saw it, we were on air and it was very quick when all this stuff was happening. And I’m like, eh, it doesn’t seem so inoffensive. After radio, I’m reading it and I’m like, oh, no, no, no, it’s offensive. Yeah, I don’t like using that word. It’s concerning. There’s some concerns. So this is something that we really, we got to consider. Now, Ken Paxton, I don’t know. He’s… I like for him to stay in Texas, but if I have to give him up, because he’s strong on all of these issues, I think I could probably be prevailed upon to part with him. I don’t know. Really? Would I? We’ll talk about that more, but we’ll see where this goes. But Bondi would get confirmed because she’s moderate on these issues. She would absolutely get confirmed. I have no doubt that’s an issue because there’s been no clarification of this. And she’s got a very long record of advocating for all of this bad stuff. I’m not even getting into the Qatari payments. Being a lobbyist for Qatar, that’s like a whole other thing. I’m not going to lie. I just care more about the due process stuff. I do. 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Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of the United States.
SPEAKER 11 :
That’s why people like our show, because they know that we are checked by ABC News. We’re checked by everybody. Yeah, I mean, if we’re wrong, we have, you know, the legal note here. Sure. We went from Walter Cronkite basically to this guy Joe Rogan who believes in dragons.
SPEAKER 12 :
And he put dragon believer. I mean, you believe half the stuff that comes out of your mouth, Joy Reid. Joy Reid, Joy Behar. I don’t know. All these bees are the same. I’m so done. They’re all the same. They really are. Come on. Nobody cares. Oh, my gosh. And he makes more money than you. He’s going to go cry into his piles of Scrooge McDuck money as he picks up hundreds. people I can’t I don’t even know it’s just so I’m just I don’t know I’m cranky today I don’t want to be cranky today it’s Friday but I am I’m cranky today because there’s so much we had Cain was telling us or Steve was telling us so do you know what the thing that we talked about the other day about that art piece called the comedian it was yesterday yesterday thank you where it was a banana literally duct taped to a wall and they sold it for six and a half million dollars YouTube flagged it
SPEAKER 03 :
It was not suitable for advertisers, which I don’t get. Yeah. Just the clip worked, but the short didn’t. The 60 second little clip didn’t work. Yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
What the hell did you say? I just said. That it was dumb. It was a 60 second short. So the clip of us talking about it was okay. But YouTube got mad at us. I think the baristas, they try to flag as much stuff as possible. Every day it’s something. Dana, you breathed wrong. Dana, we don’t like the way your face looks. Dana, we hate you. We hate your ideas. Like some of the YouTube glorified baristas get mad over something and they flag it. And it’s like they make it to where you… Can I complain just a moment? It is a digital hellscape. And I’m so glad that the people out there watching don’t actually know all of the garbage that we have to put up with to be on YouTube and to get like the stuff out because they make it impossible. They make it impossible. Heaven forbid I talk about any un-gay things, G-U-N, but in Pig Latin. I just realized how bad that sounds. You know what I mean? You can’t talk about any pew pew sticks because the moment I do, that’s one that will immediately get suppressed. And if I go too much into it, then they try to pull it off. It’s just it’s crazy. But yeah, they flagged it. They were very upset over it.
SPEAKER 03 :
I do have an update, though. I have an update.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER 03 :
It’s all AI that flags this stuff. It’s never a human.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, no. It’s some dork. I know it is.
SPEAKER 03 :
But I requested a review so a human can look at it, and we got it through. So we are getting monetized. So you got to ask humans to do it for you.
SPEAKER 12 :
But what about, like, who trained AI to not like me? Baristas. The baristas did. That’s right. You know what would make all this better? I should get another puppy. Or another dog. Don’t. I just pray he’s not. Because I feel very, like, falling down. Like that movie, which was a brilliant movie. I mean, the guy was a bad. He was a bad dude. But, you know, everybody at some point in the film, there was some part of it that somebody, people, it resonated with them. But I’m telling you, it’s… I get it. I think it’s post-election cycle and the media is not letting it go. So they want to fight over literally everything. They’re going to continue the election litigation all the way up for everything. They’re going to make you pay for winning. You’re going to pay for winning. And they’re going to make it hell. Can I volunteer to help make it hell back? Okay. See, that brings joy to my black little heart. We’ve got a lot more. We’ve got a whole other hour on the way. 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And we’re at the top of our second hour this Friday, getting you all set up. We’ve been talking about concerns I got with the AG pick. I’d love to have her on and we can talk about it, you know, and if she wants to clarify stuff, there’d be, you know, I’m totally about that. I just, I want to impress on people the seriousness of a pick like this. This is one of the serious ones. So, you know, it has to be taken, obviously, as such. So we’ll see. We’ll see if we can get her on. Usually when it comes to 2A stuff, it’s very difficult if it’s an elected official that maybe has been on the wrong side of the Second Amendment to come onto the program because they don’t want to. Kane, isn’t that correct? Yeah. They go from sending us everything that they do and asking for airtime all the time to, oh, no, suddenly they just, oh, no, on that issue, what? No, what? No, I can’t. They hide. It’s wild. And then I have to run them down and raise a fit on social media. And then you guys pressure them, and then they come on. That’s how you guys got Cornyn to come back. Cornyn had been on the show before, but then with the red flag bill, oh, I was livid. And he didn’t want to come on. And I said something about it on social media. And you all are like relentless. You guys were like, no, you’re going to go on or something. Because you guys wanted to hear what he had to say. He wasn’t talking to anybody about this stuff. And it came on and we had a big old debate about it. But it’s important, I think. You need to have these clarifications. And I’m all about hearing people explain to me their processes. But until they do so, I have to, you know, I go by what I see and what the record is. So speaking of record, we got a record of an election yesterday. Two weeks ago. And have you seen the fundraiser? I asked yesterday, where’s Kamala Harris? I asked yesterday, where is she? She’s trying to raise money. Now, what they’re saying is that she’s raising money for a recount. But you guys know it’s not. She’s $20 million in the hole. She’s $20 million in debt. They raised a billion dollars to how did she spend 1.2? I don’t know. I don’t know. Yeah. How much did Beyonce get to show up? And yeah, and Oprah got some. Yeah, they get they get paid. So now they’re pushing for a recount. And they’re sending out these emails and they’re pushing for a recount. And that’s, it’s just the last gasp. They have the Harris Victory Fund that is a joint fundraising committee that she’s authorized with the DNC and other state parties. And apparently they’re kind of, the deadline to request a recount in Wisconsin’s already, that’s the closest state. Trump won that by less than 1%. That’s already done. And that was Tuesday of this week, I think. And then Nevada, it’s like 14 days after. And Pennsylvania, that has to be 20 days after the election. The fact that they haven’t even, they’re not going to do this. This is her trying to raise money to pay off the $20 million. That’s what this is. She’s trying to raise money to pay this off. Because she broke. She’s broke. And here’s the thing. The FEC, they will allow candidates to go out there and raise money to for a recount even if they have no intention of actually filing for a recount oh kane tis true tis true yep that’s a bs of course it is it’s total bs yeah that’s what they And so they’re trying to raise funds for future political battles rather than recounts in other areas. That’s so shady. That is so shady. So, yeah, that’s a problem. But that’s a Democrat problem. They can go out and they can fleece their voters. I’m completely fine with that. Completely fine with it. They can go. They can fleece their people. And Democrats will be fine with that. They don’t mind it. I don’t know. Did you guys… Now, we’re going to be talking about some of the media stuff because we have Brendan Carr who’s going to be on later in this program. And he’s going to be joining us to talk about… He’s actually… We got A.G. Ken Paxson coming up and then we’ve got Brendan Carr who’s going to be joining us in our third hour for this… You know, because he’s going to be the new commissioner of the FCC, as he should be. But it is interesting because remember, Comcast is doing a spinoff. They’re altering their business model and they’re separating their cable programming so they can offer up something else and make some deals. So New York Post has this piece. MSNBC staffers are in a panic because NBC parent Comcast is doing a spinoff channel and it may change its name. They also cut Rachel Maddow’s pay. Not a lot. I mean, it sounds like a lot to us. It’s a lot of money to me. From $30 million to $25 million. Oh, she’s only getting $25 million. So sad, Kay. How’s that even happen? So sad. And… Yeah. They have staff that are fearing layoffs. So they look like they’re it looks like they’re going to be and they’re going to do a spinoff, like a spinoff show or spinoff network because they’ve got all kinds of, you know, they’re there. It’s just wild that this is how they’re doing it. And some are wondering, is it a coincidence after watching the election that they’ve decided to do this? Because you have a free market cable regulator, as New York Post had noted, who’s nominated as chair of the FCC. It’s Brennan Carr. And then you have MSNBC changing its business model. I mean, Comcast said they’re breaking up into two different things. So you’re going to have MSNBC, CNBC, and then I guess they’re doing a more deal-friendly spinoff. Very interesting. I don’t know. But it does seem like it’s not just a coincidence, right? I don’t believe in coincidences in D.C., do you, Cain? No.
SPEAKER 07 :
I think some of this has to do with them transitioning to digital. I think a lot of this is they realize that they cannot afford all the stuff that they’re doing because the return on that investment is nothing now compared to digital.
SPEAKER 12 :
I don’t know how they’re paying people $25 and $30 million when that’s not supported by their ads, their business model. I don’t get it. It’s real weird. It doesn’t make any sense. Right. I don’t know. I’m just saying, you know, it doesn’t make any sense. So that’s something I want to bring up with Brendan Carr. Like, I wonder, like, what do you think of this? Very interesting. So we’ll see. This is one regulatory agency where they needed Carr. They needed Carr running this. So they said that they’re going to be charging fewer people at Comcast, charging fewer people to use their traditional cable lines for connectivity. And that’s getting into it’s getting into all of that. So I don’t know. It’s also 5G, too. So it’s not just there. The thought is that it’s not just Comcast cable that’s going to see a reduced profit margin because, I mean, obviously, you know, cut cords. But it’s also a 5G issue that’s contributing to that, which is interesting. So we shall see. But I do find that, you know, they’re having to make these these big changes. They’re having to make these big changes. It’s necessary to do so. Also, a couple of other things, a couple of things, because we’ve got Kim Paxton is going to be coming up. And then, of course, we’re going to talk to Brendan Carr later on in the program about all of this. Speaking of MSNBC, I got to share with you this ridiculous headline that they have. I read the, and I’ve seen all the debate over it. MSNBC had a headline where they were writing about the Jose Ibarra, the murderer, the murderer, the guy who killed Lake and Riley. And the headline was, he never stood a chance. The murderer, they said the guilt of Lake and Riley’s, excuse me, the guilt of talking about Lake and Riley’s killer, they changed their headline. But Twitter never forgets or X never forgets. Social media never forgets. And it said that Jose Ibarra never stood a chance. Wow. So I understand the… I think the rage is completely justified. This is a stupid headline. It’s a dumb headline. Lake and Riley’s killer never stood a chance. The outcome of this trial was never in doubt. I mean, yeah, that’s bad. And some people were trying to defend the writer, saying, well, they didn’t choose the headline. That’s irrelevant, right? And in some instances, first off, that presupposes that you’re begging the question by saying that it’s less offensive because the writer doesn’t. You don’t even know whether or not the writer chooses the headline. You’re assuming that it is less offensive because you’re saying that it’s less offensive because you’re assuming that the writer didn’t write the headline. You have no idea what the writer did or didn’t do. Number one, not every digital entity works like that. Number two. This is just a bad… You know what? MSNBC could have said that the way that the procedural analysis and when you look at the bench trial versus jury trials and all of this stuff and evidence and that, you know… It could be a boring story on policy and procedure with regards to, you know, the comparison of bench versus jury. But that doesn’t get attention and it renders the article really boring and no one wants to click on it. So part of me wonders if they didn’t if they put up this headline just for the outrage of it, not because they agree with it, but because of the outrage of it. I don’t know. It’s still regardless. I don’t care what reason what the reason is. It’s stupid. It is absolutely stupid. You have every right to be outraged over this. Because I saw some people actually it’s shameful. You don’t have to defend this. It’s bad. I mean, is it a clickbait headline? Yes. Is it heinous? Yes. It’s all bad. So I don’t know what they’re saying. Oh, well, he entered the country illegally. And they, you know, for the outcome of the trial was never in doubt. The verdict was going to be guilty. And for defense, it was a hopeless case. I mean, they really try to make this guy sound almost sympathetic. But you know what? That’s what happens when you’re a murderer who. has an overabundance of evidence against him in an open and shut case, has already confessed, already said he did it. It’s kind of, yeah, the verdict is pretty obvious. You don’t need a clickbait headline, MSNBC. No wonder they’re freaking out. No wonder they’re having to cut salaries because this is garbage. Since you don’t, however much you hate the media, it’s not enough. It really isn’t. We have headlines on the way. Life can take a toll on our bodies. There’s no way around it. And whether it’s just sitting for hours on end at your computer or if you’re working a physical job, over time, your body pays the price. There is, however, an effective way to turn back the clock on pain. Relief Factor. 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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
SPEAKER 12 :
So this was like a crazy case. This is the Conor McGregor case. So apparently they found him guilty. of a woman who said that she was brutally raped and battered in her Dublin hotel penthouse. She got $250,000. She was awarded by a civil court in Ireland today. She said it was a December 9th, 2018 assault. It left her heavily bruised. He shook his head. It was a jury of eight women and four men. They returned the verdict after deliberating for six hours. And he testified that he never forced her to do anything. I mean, basically, he was saying that he just cheated on his wife, you know, which is just horrible uh but uh he and she was with him d was with him in court but yeah they found him guilty and um he’s in the civil case and so which is all right so he’s they’re demanding that he pays up that’s according to the associative press uh elon musk’s neural link has been greenlit for its first brain chip trial outside of the united states and um It’s this brain computer interface startup. It’s already received approval from Health Canada to begin recruitment for its first clinical trial in the country. And we’ll see. But it’s a big, they said it’s a significant milestone in the quest to develop technology that enables individuals with paralysis to control external devices using only their thoughts. which is wild. That’s crazy. Also, Christmas tree shortage. 80,000 are apparently destroyed by floods and the industry is not going to recover for about 15 years, they’re assuming. That’s, I mean, goodness, it’s Hurricane Helene. It tore through a North Carolina farm in September, uprooted 80,000 trees, ruined a family’s legacy, and apparently other farms are suffering similar catastrophes. And they said they’re going to have to strip everything back, take it down to the dirt, and start all over. They said it’s millions of dollars and many years. It’s just awful. And again, that’s just one of many, many of these tree farms. around the Appalachian region where that was really hardest hit by the hurricane and all the fallout from it. But gosh, they said that some of the trees are rotted at their cores now because of the flooding and all of that. Trees are going to be expensive. A mysterious orb zooming past New York City was accidentally caught on film by a local news chopper. I’m just going to say it looks like aliens. Right? What do you think it is? Could it be a glare in the glass? Probably not. I think it’s going to be the most ridiculous explanations, usually a truthful one. I’m just saying it might be. Ellen DeGeneres has moved to Great Britain, says she’s never coming back to the United States. Nobody cares. And Brazil’s. This is wild. Brazil’s former president, Bolsonaro, and his aides have been indicted for an alleged 2022 coup attempt. Now, he was banned last year from running for office for eight years. So lots of stuff happening. Coming up, Ken Paxton joins us. We’re going to ask him about some of the picks for AG and also going after the CCP in Texas. Stick with us. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash here with you. Listen coast to coast. You can stream us. Find us on Substack, Chapter and Verse, the newsletter that everybody subscribes to. So you should get it as well. We’ve been talking about AG picks and we’re going to get into some of the stuff in Texas too. Because see, this is why when people were saying we need Ken Paxton as AG. And I’m like, that’s a great pick, but also come and take him because he’s our AG and we kind of need him here in Texas because Texas has got some stuff to deal with. I was reading just an article today that’s talking about the DPS now going after CCP operators. And he joins us. Texas Attorney General 51st AG of Texas joins us now on the phone. He’s a very busy man. General, it’s a pleasure to have you. I got to say, did it did the thought cross your mind? Maybe I mean, if you were offered the attorney general spot, is that something that you would have, you know, maybe perhaps would you have left us in Texas? Would you have taken it?
SPEAKER 08 :
You know what? It would have been a hard call because I love my job. I love being in Texas. I don’t want to be in Washington every day, all day long, every week. However, I think significant things need to be done at the Department of Justice and the FBI because there’s so much corruption. And so, yeah, I think I would have done it if I was asked, but I would have been reluctant to leave Texas and leave what I’m doing because I love what I’m doing. I love serving the people of Texas. So it would have been more out of just we need to fix this huge problem Get it done and come back to Texas.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. Yeah. And and I mean, there’s a lot that needs to be done, not just federally, but, you know, also here, because you’ve been I mean, I think you wake up every day and you just decide what fight you’re going to you’re going to get into what I had. How I think your day starts. We’re talking to Ken Paxton, attorney general of the great Republican Texas. I wanted to ask you, too, about something because I know I would have loved to see you as AG. I think you’re you’ve been a great AG for Texas and we’re going to get into some of that stuff. And I kind of wanted to just real quick, because I know that the president has has nominated Pam Bondi and some of us, you know, who who really like our second, fourth and fifth amendment are a little bit nervous about. some of the stuff that she supported in the past as AG, whether it’s the red flag law and, you know, the age restriction stuff that, you know, doesn’t fly in Texas. I just I didn’t know if you had a thought about any of that.
SPEAKER 08 :
Look, I know her really well. She served as a 40 AG. There were a lot of things that we worked together on that we agreed on. We sued the Biden administration over and over. Certainly some of the things you’re talking about. I honestly disagreed with her. So she and I probably agree, you know, 80 percent of the time. 90% of the time, but some of those issues are obviously pretty important. So I’m hoping that, you know, she will go in and do what needs to be done at the Department of Justice, the FBI, and just dismantle the corruption and bring in the right people to get back to doing justice instead of political injustice, which is what we’ve got going now.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, and especially with some of the red flag and age restriction. Last quick question on that before we move on. Do you think that that’s something that would benefit her to clarify and speak about at greater length?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, I do. I think she should explain her positions on those. Those matter. Obviously, Second Amendment issues are huge to our country, to the Constitution, to the fundamental rights that we were granted when this country was starting. And anything related to free speech, obviously, is right up there on the First Amendment.
SPEAKER 12 :
And due process, because you know better than anyone, General, about witch hunts and smears against your character and, you know, just completely fabricated accusations. And when people try to go at you in a court of law, I mean, you lived it.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes, I absolutely did. And, you know, we have the Texas House, supposedly, you know, Republicans leading the way to offer up a process. It wasn’t a process where there was no due process, unlike, I think, any impeachment in the history of the country. So, yes, I have experienced it. I understand how important it is for that to apply to the due process, to apply to everyone, no matter what their position.
SPEAKER 12 :
Absolutely. I wanted to ask you about this order that came out, Texas Department of Public Safety going after CCP-influenced operations like Operation Fox Hunt to forcibly return people to China. That is happening, General, in Texas. Tell us about this.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, so I’m just kind of learning about it myself. I knew from the immigration problems that the Biden administration was proliferated and created that we had all kinds of foreign nationals here that were not invited. And there’s no reason when the borders wide open that our enemies wouldn’t send people over here to spy on us, to potentially be here if they wanted to commit some type of act of violence or aggression. And so I’m not surprised. And I do think it is something that both states like Texas and, uh, you know, the new administration, need to address rather quickly because we could ultimately have some serious problems related to it.
SPEAKER 12 :
And this is on the heels of the other big story about China and the CCP. They had all these substations, like these quasi-police substations all throughout the United States targeting dissenters, which is, that’s just wild for us in the United States to think about. Like if you go to a different country, you would have like a U.S. substation watching your activity. But that’s what the CCP has been doing here. This, it said Texas is not going to tolerate the harassment or coercion of the 250,000 individuals of Chinese descent who call Texas home. Yeah, that’s that’s a that’s I mean, we already have the cartels to worry about, General. We don’t need the communist Chinese on top of it.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, you know, absolutely. And there’s no way that obviously China would tolerate us having police over in their country. And they’re most no I know of no other country that would tolerate that. So it’s definitely something needs to be addressed rather quickly. And I’m certainly hopeful that both the leadership in Texas and And this administration will address it like on day one.
SPEAKER 12 :
Speaking of cartels and injustice, this insanity that’s been happening at the southern border, what can you tell me about the idea of, because Tom Holman’s been named border czar, what is that going to look like on the border? What’s going to change in your eyes, your experience as attorney general, litigating these cases, fighting the federal government so that you can enforce Texas sovereignty? What does a Tom Holman border czar look like day one on the border for you?
SPEAKER 08 :
It is the reverse of what we’ve had with Kamala Harris. It is actually someone I’ve worked with Tom when he was in the administration before. He’s a great man. He cares about the right things. And he will start enforcing the laws that are in place that our elected representative put in place, as opposed to the Biden administration that completely not only just ignored those laws, they didn’t just ignore them. They violated them by encouraging the cartels to bring people in here. There was like a tacit partnership there. between the cartels and the Biden administration to get illegals here. So I’m optimistic. They’ve got a huge job ahead of them because they’ve got so many illegal aliens here. Plus, they’ve got to go back and secure the border, which obviously has not happened for four years.
SPEAKER 12 :
And you’re also fighting, and you announced this just yesterday, an investigation into possible conspiracy by advertising companies to boycott certain social media platforms. You say that you’re looking to because the Biden administration failed to enforce antitrust laws against perceived political allies and that companies cannot collude. to block revenue from entities that they wish to undermine. This is like the digital landscape. We were just talking about this on break. I mean, it really is a fight of free expression, free speech, the free distribution of information. Tell us about this investigation and what you hope comes of it. What’s going to be the final conclusion?
SPEAKER 08 :
So we’re investigating the World Federation of Advertisers. It’s a global marketing group that supposedly represents 150 of the largest world brands, 60 different types of associations, and 90% of all global marketing communications. So this is a big entity that has a lot of sway. And just from what we know, it appears that they colluded, and we’ll find out more as we ask them questions that they’re required to answer under state law, they colluded to stop certain advertising to what they view as conservative outlets that don’t censor speech in the right way. That’s illegal. Now, individual companies can make their own decisions about how they want to advertise, but you can’t have an association like that collude to restrain trade and eliminate free market competition. That’s what we’re investigating. And the Biden administration obviously agreed with that and did not do their job with their federal antitrust laws investigating. They should have at least done an investigation to find out what was going on. So we’re going to do it.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, it feels like under the Biden administration, they felt so empowered and so untouchable that they were really open about this. I mean, that’s, you know, I saw some people on social media on X trying to argue with you about it. But it’s like we know that this has been happening because they have felt emboldened enough to brag about it publicly.
SPEAKER 08 :
That’s exactly right. And look, these social media companies have immense power. They make it, you know, multi billions of dollars, and they have a lot of influence, and they have a lot of influence in Congress. They have a lot of influence over the administration, and they definitely have censored. I’ve experienced on site on searches where they discriminate against conservatives, and that’s a real problem. They’re supposed to be a free open market platform, and that’s not actually what’s happening these days.
SPEAKER 12 :
No, it’s not at all. Not at all happening. And that’s what’s incredibly unfortunate. Well, I know we’re all looking forward to the new administration coming in in January. Hopefully, you know, we can get some answers from the nominee for AG. But I’m just saying, Attorney General, if the administration came and said that we need Ken Paxton, as much as we like you here in Texas, we understand that you would be serving a great, great purpose by doing it for the nation. So I think maybe because, you know, we were ready to fight over you. But I think maybe we could allow that.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, look, I’m a huge fan of Donald Trump. I love what he accomplished in the first four years. I think he’s going to provide the leadership to turn the disaster around the Biden administration. So, I mean, if he asked for my help, you know, I would give it to him.
SPEAKER 12 :
There we go. Attorney General Ken Paxton, we appreciate your fight, sir, and your time today. Thanks so much.
SPEAKER 08 :
Thank you.
SPEAKER 07 :
It’s his life mission to make bad decisions. It’s time for Florida Man.
SPEAKER 12 :
What is the word Elon Musk impersonator? What does that phrase say to you? Because this Florida Man, I don’t even know how this happens. This guy, he pretended that he was Elon Musk so he could scam a 74-year-old woman out of more than $250,000. A Florida official said they arrested this guy. He was pretending to be, and this was just a couple days ago, he was pretending to be Elon Musk. His name is Jeffrey Arthur Moynihan. He scammed a Texas woman out of a quarter of a million dollars, although officials think it was probably more. He was impersonating Musk on Facebook when this woman befriended him. They exchanged messages for several months, and he told the woman to invest in his businesses, promising her a $55 million return. So all the financial records show that she transferred all this money over to his account. And him and his business called Jeff’s painting and pressure washing. And then the woman’s husband said that beyond that, the woman’s husband said she transferred $600,000 to this pretend Elon Musk. And he was finally arrested at his home. He’s going to be investigated further. No, never, ever do anything like that. Never give your money to anybody like this. That’s crazy. A guy pretending to be Elon Musk. I just can’t. I don’t even know. Oh, my gosh. Oh, Kane. This one is crazy. The bee thing. A Florida man survived a killer bee attack while trimming trees. He said the pain was excruciating. He’s a Brevard County guy. He was trimming trees and when apparently thousands of these bees came in, he owns a land service, traveled across the state for his job. He was stung over 120 times. He’s also allergic to it. And he was on a crane. So he got stung over 120 times. He’s allergic to bees. He was on a crane and he fell 30 feet to the ground when they started stinging. And he had to be hospitalized. He still has swollen welds. He was pulling out stingers from all over his body. He said the pain was excruciating. And apparently he was trimming trees and it hit the hive. And that’s what happened. So, wow. That’s just wild. They had to pick him up, carry him in the car. It was pretty bad. But he said the swelling’s gone. He just has little red marks everywhere. And, yeah, you don’t want to make the bees mad. That’s a bad thing. Also, this story, this, let me pull this up. Former St. Pete council member was accused of hiding cameras in an air vent to watch a woman shower. Oh. 64-year-old Jeffrey Danner, not Dahmer, Danner, very close, was taken into custody for one count of digital voyeurism. The woman said she was, okay, she was in the shower at his house. They’d known each other beforehand and she was temporarily staying with him. And she said that she noticed something when she was in the shower at his at his residence. And there were these cameras in an air vent. One of them pointed directly towards the shower. And she took pictures of them, show police’s evidence. She showed a text conversation in which she confronted him over the cameras and. He responded to her with a text message claiming that he never connected them after realizing how stupid and perverted it was. And so he used to be on the city council and so he was booked in jail without bond. So wait a minute. I’m not excusing anything, but it was in his house, right? In his bathroom. And she was staying there. Okay. I’m just wondering. I’m not saying that. He should have. But where does one draw the line? What if you have guests over and say that you have safety cameras like, you know, you have cameras like ring cameras, cameras on your door, you have cameras like in your kitchen or cameras on your entrances and exits? Does that qualify? I don’t know. I’m just I don’t know, which is why I’m literally posing the question.
SPEAKER 07 :
I think it’s, I mean, it’s fair. It’s a little weird. It’s in his house. It’s fair.
SPEAKER 12 :
I could have taken one look at this guy and told you he’s a pervert. Don’t shower in his bathroom. I could have saved you the problem.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, that’s a horrible perverted thing to do. Yeah. Whether it’s in your house or whatever it is.
SPEAKER 12 :
It’s horrible. But at the same time, I’m like, should the government tell you what you can put in your own bathroom vent? See how awkward this is? I don’t know. It’s a tough thing. All right. Also, a Florida man with a suspended license stole an SUV because he needed to go talk to Donald Trump. It was a very important conversation. Sarasota man. He was totally arrested. Bail set at $20,000. Yeah, he stole the car. It’s almost the price of the car that he stole, actually. Stick with us. We’ve got more in store. Third hour on the way. Welcome. There’s my voice goes already. It’s allergies. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. We’re at the top of this third hour coming up. We got FCC, the new chairman. of the FCC Commission, Brendan Carr, is going to be joining us. We’re so glad that he’s going to be back into that role. And we just spoke with A.G. Kempax, and you can see highlights of that, and then also the full discussion up on YouTube. So lots of good things this Friday. We’re getting ready to go into Thanksgiving weekend. Now, it came out, we’ve been talking about some of the cabinet picks, so it looks like Gates is out. Yeah. And the reason I said this is because, and I was talking to some friends of mine, there’s a little bit of a catch. He had resigned 118th Congress seat, but see, he won election for the 119th Congress. So technically… You could there’s that there’s a caveat there. It’s a little fuzzy. I actually went and I was looking back at the law and it actually is. They’re saying that it becomes they said the resignation of a member from the House, whether presented to the executive authority of the state concern or to the speaker of the House, becomes effective on its stated terms and ordinarily may not be withdrawn. So his resignation pertained to 118th, not 119th. But that’s all moot at this point because he had said he told the press that he’s not going to take the seat in the 119th Congress. I find that interesting, which makes me wonder. About the that ethics report, and I really don’t care to dive into it anymore, but I just think that it had to do with keeping the ethics report from being made public that I don’t know. I keep hearing from people that there’s a lot more in there than, you know, and it the scope of it’s pretty crazy and all that. I don’t know what I do know is that. It does kind of look like he doesn’t want to come out if he’s not even going to resume or take his seat that he won fair and square in an election for the 119th. So, I don’t know. Because then you know why. That puts him back under the purview of the House Ethics Committee. And then that report becomes germane again. And then, you know, it can be released. And they would have to discuss it. So I don’t know if they would open him up for censure, depending on what’s in it or what’s… Who knows? But his wife had said yesterday that it was the end of an era. And then he apparently made mention to the press today that he’s not going to take his seat in the 119th. So… It kind of seems like it’s about avoiding that ethics committee report. I mean, just looking at it on its face. What because being in the House, even if he were and I was talking to somebody about this the other day or yesterday, even if he were to take, you know, which is never going to happen if he was appointed to the Senate, then the Senate that gives Thune and Schumer who want that ethics report that gives them justification to get it. And then it would. So either way, it would come out. So he can’t he would have to stay out of Congress for it to not be made public. And maybe that’s maybe that’s the issue. I don’t know. I’m just saying. I mean, it’s, you know, not like I do find it interesting. The accusations against Pete Hegseth, which seem very new and Kavanaugh-esque. I don’t think that there’s any shred of truth in those. I really don’t. Just because of the timing. And it just follows that same old formula. The Gates thing predates this by years. So it’s not as easily explained away, the Gates thing. But that said, I saw that the left was saying, can you believe that these people have sexual accusations against them and that Trump is actually considering them for these cabinet positions and all this stuff? Really? Democrats are saying that? where is the place that name a place that teddy kennedy parked his car uh near a lake near a lake all right in a lake in a lake was there a woman in it there was leaving a woman to drown to death in a car yeah seems kind of serious no no it’s yeah yeah that’s serious as it gets Yeah. What about that time a guy who was president of the United States was grabbing women and had to settle out of court with them before it came out that he had enjoyed some inappropriate romantical times under the desk?
SPEAKER 07 :
It depends on what is, is, though.
SPEAKER 12 :
That’s right. It depends on what your definition of is, is. Right. Yeah, that’s a very good point, Bill Clinton. Yeah, very good point. I’m just saying. Or what about Al Gore? Y’all remember this? This is so gross. Remember the story about Al Gore? He was going up getting himself a massage. Al Gore was getting a massage. And he asked the masseuse if they would release his inner chakra. Woo. That’s what that was. Yeah. Oh, so gross. He’s so nasty. So I’m just saying, I don’t want to hear any of these sexual deviants speak up or make a peep. I’m not even going to get into John Edwards. I mean, that guy fleeced an elderly heiress to pay for his baby mama and then try to make his staff member take responsibility and claim that the baby was his. You know what that did to his wife? His own marriage? That’s horrible. It was really hard on the guy’s marriage. It’s one of the reasons why the guy actually blew the whistle on John Edwards. That was their golden boy. So I ain’t going to hear it from these sexual deviants. No. I mean, Democrats literally screwed in the Senate chamber. They made a porn video in the Senate chamber. Gay porn. I’m not going to hear from you people. You did. You had a topless tranny on the White House lawn for Easter. Not going to hear it from you people. No.
SPEAKER 07 :
Two separate cocaine discoveries.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, my gosh. I’m not even going to get into the cocaine in the White House. I mean, let’s be real here, folks. I’m not going to hear from these sexual deviants. So the party that drowned a lady in a lake, the party that got some romantical times from under the executive desk after having settled with women that he was accused of sexually harassing, the party, yeah, the party that did the secretary sandwich, the party that wanted a masseuse to release their inner chakra, The party that filmed gay porn in the Senate chamber, the party that had the topless tranny on the up for Easter on the White House lawn. Y’all don’t get to talk smack, especially when it’s made up accusations about like nominees like Pete Hugseth. You guys sit down, sit down. I mean, at some point I would like settle for a regular old cat call compared to what these freaks have done. I mean, what about the dude who was stealing all the ladies luggage and he dressed up in pleather? When he wasn’t rolling around in a furry pile. What about that? I mean, it makes you want some good old-fashioned cat calling after that, right? Like, golly. Yeah, take us back to when, you know, you had that instead of, you know, the bald guy stealing everyone’s luggage as he’s, like, fetishizing himself in pleather and furries. I just can’t. Blech.
SPEAKER 1 :
Blech.
SPEAKER 12 :
No, thank you. So, yeah, they don’t get to pass judgment on any of that stuff. You had this. The guy who… I can’t believe Adam Kinzinger has taken… I just want to make fun of him. I’m not going to lie. Let’s just make fun of Adam Kinzinger. It’s Audio Sunbite 9.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, I mean, I think it’s going to be like way more intense because if you think about it again, yes, Hegseth was not charged with that. He also wasn’t exonerated, as you mentioned. But the military’s had an issue with sexual assault that they’ve been trying to address for a number of years. And now you’re putting the guy that’s potentially guilty of that in charge of the Pentagon. And so I think the hearings are going to be pretty brutal for him.
SPEAKER 12 :
Are they going to be as brutal as shooting a reporter at your stupid campaign range day for the loser Senate candidate that you were pushing? Remember that guy you guys shot? How’s he doing? Hey, that range that’s operated by a prohibited possessor. What about that one? Yeah. I don’t know. He’s where does Adam Kinzinger go when Trump’s out of office? What happens to those people? They got to find somebody new to hate. What is he going to do? Think about it. Guys, his job security runs out when Trump leaves office in four years. What is he going to do? What is he going to do? He’s got to hurry up and recruit someone else to hate to bits. I mean, they’re not going to like him if he if he likes somebody. They only want him there because he’s a troll and he’s a real bad one, too. Like when you accidentally troll yourself. That’s not how that works. That’s supposed to work that way. I’m just saying. Oh, man. So, speaking of, I’m going to just get some of this audio because we got some good stuff. We have Audio Soundbite 8, General Mark Milley, talking about the ladies in the combat. This is Audio Soundbite 8. Please.
SPEAKER 14 :
Don’t lecture me about women in combat. Women have been in combat, and it doesn’t matter if that 7.62 hits you in the chest. No one gives a **** if it’s a woman or a guy who pulled that trigger. You’re still dead. So if you meet the standards, our military must be and always should be a standards-based merit.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, don’t sit here and lecture me with your gaslighting BS. because we’re not talking about merit or standard base. We’re literally talking about the ingratiation of women at all levels, including on-the-ground strike teams, like hand-to-hand combat style. That’s what the issue is. He was very careful with his word choices. So I do take exception to someone who decorates themselves with all these medals and gets up there and tries to do this appeal to authority by acting like you have no right to question any of this, but they do, because this is what I did, and you don’t get to lecture me, but like hell we don’t get to lecture you. The fact that I pay… crap ton in taxes. I get to lecture you all day long, sweet cheeks, all day long. And if you don’t like it, then I suggest you go find another line of work. That’s how this works here. You know, you don’t just get to like to make these edicts and then we all got to live with it. And furthermore, he was quite careful with his speech. It is really hard to expect the American people to take seriously any form of authority when that form of authority constantly lies to them, constantly misrepresents things, tries to obfuscate, completely just omits facts so that they can better suit their narrative. Hegseth was very careful in what he said I don’t care if you like him or not that’s irrelevant if you’re not open minded enough to realize that he was talking about yeah I’m fine with women and women pilots fine with this but he’s talking about what we’re all talking about the basic sense combat as we know it. Right. Like the bare basic combat of what we know. That’s exactly what he’s talking about. And there are a lot of female veterans, many of whom are my friends. Some of them are very good friends. Some of them are in my family that feel the same way. And they totally get what Hegseth was talking about. But of course, you know, you got the DEI guy up there on the stage saying, no, that’s not what I was talking about. I was talking. No, you don’t lecture me. I’ll lecture you, Lunchbox, especially when you’re misrepresenting it. This is misrepresentation. And then you wonder why the American people don’t trust positions of authority, why we don’t trust government agencies, because you’ve got these people in the upper echelon telling you that what you heard you didn’t hear. And here’s, in fact, what he said. Well, what he said. And if you don’t know, guess what? We have this amazing thing called the Internet. You can go and listen to him talk about it. He’s talked about it six ways to Sunday. I don’t know why he’s got to keep repeating it. Well, he does, because these people keep lying about it. They keep lying about it. So they’re trying to claim that he was, no, he was talking about all women, not just in combat. They’re trying to make it out like all women serving. And he’s very specific. Words have meaning. He was very specific and they’re pretending that he wasn’t.
SPEAKER 07 :
And now all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
SPEAKER 12 :
So, let’s see. I’ve got to wait for this. It’s Friday. Wouldn’t be a week unless we had an issue. So, starting with… Let me pull this up. Bear with me. This is gross. Let’s do this one. Passengers duct taped a man who tried to open a door during a flight. Like, I’m immediately thinking, do they duct tape them to the wall of the cabin like you see some people with their toddlers? I don’t know. A group of passengers sprung into action. This was a trip to Dallas Tuesday morning. They stopped a guy who was trying to open the cabin door mid-flight during a trip to Dallas. It was an American Airlines flight from Milwaukee. And it was a Canadian national. He allegedly approached a flight attendant, asked to open the cabin door while they were in flight. He grew more agitated when he was denied. He got arrested at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. And they rushed to assist the flight attendant. And they taped it. I’m going to just tell you, if this were to happen on a flight where I am, I will go right up to the line of killing you. Not kidding. Like, I feel like, oh my gosh, I feel like that Key and Peele segment. Where the guys on the flight just trying to enjoy his flight and Key and Peele are like, if any Terry’s want to get froggy up in here, we’re ready to drack that ounce. It was so great. So that’s, that’s, I saw that and I actually understood them and I was like, I feel you. All right, moving on. Let’s see. Oh, there’s a state of the art vacuum powered trash system in Harlem. How many people are going to get up into that? Yeah. It’s a public housing building in the country that’s using pneumatic technology. And you put the trash in a high powered system and it shoots it. Use the suction to shoot trash from 115 shoots. It actually sounds kind of neat. And they have entry points to deliver bags to their proper dumpsters. That’s actually really kind of cool. I’m not going to lie. It looks like a hamster house, but it looks kind of cool.
SPEAKER 07 :
Hope it works. It is harmless. Yes.
SPEAKER 12 :
People are totally going to get, oh, man, they’re going to find bodies in that. Come on. Let’s be real. It’s going to happen. And scientists teach rats to drive tiny cars. Somebody paid for this. And then they discovered that the rodents enjoy revving the engines. What? This literally was probably paid for by taxpayers. This is one of the things that, you know, I don’t know why they feel like, well, let’s study it. They put the rats in these little Popemobile cars and they the rats really like driving their vehicles and they have intense motivation to drive. They said they like to lever the engine and and they rev it up. And yeah, they they love driving their cars. Really? Really? Coming up, FCC chairman, new chairman, incoming. Brendan Carr joins us. Stick with us. I have to say, and first, welcome back to everybody out there watching. Whether you’re listening to the radio program terrestrially, watching the simulcast, Channel 347, DirecTV, X, Facebook, YouTube, everywhere else. I was very excited when I saw, which you knew was coming after the election, Brendan Carr now… He’s back in charge of the FCC very and I really like running car because he is a no nonsense straight no chaser kind of guy. He gets it he gets digital because a lot of the people that talk about digital and broadcast and there’s like there’s you can tell that there’s certain things that they don’t understand. He gets it. And he really, really appreciates free speech, which we appreciate him appreciating. He joins us now via Skype. And Brendan Carr, always a pleasure. And congratulations again. It is well deserved. And we are so glad to have you back as the head commissioner, the commissioner of the FCC.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, thanks so much, Dana. Great to be with you. I mean, look, the last couple of years, we’ve done a lot of hits together. It’s been a lot of bad news, usually, and it is really, really heartening to join you on the back end of some really great news, I think, for the country. We’re going to get this thing turned around. There’s so much going on we can get into on media bias, on tech censorship. There’s so much we can do on unleashing economic opportunity. And the truth is, President Trump and his administration did this once before, and we’re going to do it again. And it’s a very, very exciting time.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. And there’s, as you mentioned, there’s a lot of stuff to deal with and a lot of things that that’s that’s going to have to be immediately remedied right when, you know, the new administration takes office in January. What is your first priority when you go into this new year, into this new administration? What are you going to first tackle?
SPEAKER 17 :
well step one for me is to get together with the president’s team and he’s got a great team in place now they’re adding to it already and i want to make sure at the outset that i understand 100 what the president’s agenda is he what he wants to get done you know right now he’s putting cabinet secretaries in place and the president is the one that was elected his administration should be delivering on his policies For my part, the ideas that I’ll bring to the table for those discussions is first and foremost is tech censorship. We’ve been living through an unprecedented surge in censorship the last couple of years. I’ve described it as a censorship cartel. There’s many, many actors that are involved there, and there’s a role for the FCC to play. The second is media. Jeff Bezos himself just did an op-ed where he said, trust in journalists and in the media business in general is at an all-time low he said that something has to change there i think he’s right i think the fcc can be supportive as the legacy media tries to make a shift and regain regain some trust and then third it’s just unleashing economic opportunity we need to get going on permitting reform we need to free up more spectrum and critically we have to unleash america’s space economy rather than chapping at elon musk and starlink and hopefully soon amazon’s project hyper let’s let those guys go it’s great for the country we’ve got a chance to build again and some really good things are going to happen
SPEAKER 12 :
And that’s exciting. I know you were there at Starbase and you got to watch that historic moment, the rocket, which was crazy. I mean, just to watch how the ease that this thing lands and you got a front row view of it, that was pretty amazing. And that’s, you know, we have that capability with our technology. The crazy thing is, is the thing that’s hampering us as it relates to You know, communications, you know, information distribution, as you and I’ve talked about many times, is the overwhelming bias and the suppression of diverse viewpoints. I know that you’ve been you were addressing the 60 Minutes editing of the Kamala Harris interview, which was really interesting. I that was so incredibly irresponsible. I went to J school. You know, I know what you’re supposed to do and what you’re not supposed to do. There’s a difference between being in commentary and op ed and this. And this could this affect and you kind of talked about this, the the Paramount Skydance merger. How does what they did with 60 Minutes factor into when you’re looking at this merger and you’re making a decision? How do you take that into consideration?
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, it can affect it. So, as you indicated, there is already a news distortion complaint that’s been filed at the FCC on this precise issue of the editing of this transcript. My sense is that it’s very likely that that issue and that that complaint will be part of the FCC’s review. As you indicated, in order for this transaction to take place, CBS needs FCC approval to make this transaction. We have to find that it’s in the public interest. And I think that will be likely part of the discussion a lot of people have focused on the fact that you know broadcasters have these licenses and up to now everyone has treated them like they’re some sort of sacred cows the reality is a broadcast license is not a sacred cow you have an obligation to operate in the public interest the FCC hasn’t really taken any action on that front in a very long time but I think we need to reinvigorate that I think that’d be a good thing
SPEAKER 12 :
Now, it’s wild that they go after Elon Musk and they try to act as though his him trying to peel back the layers, the algorithmic censorship is is somehow bad. But this is good and this is acceptable. And that’s the other thing that you’ve been looking at was the collusion with these tech agencies with the federal government. Is there any accountability to be had there or are we just going to focus on, you know, going forward and making sure it doesn’t happen again? Because, you know, there are some people who want a reckoning with all of that.
SPEAKER 17 :
I hope there is some accountability here. For my part, when I think about what I call the censorship cartel, it’s got a number of components. First of all, it’s just social media companies acting on their own, deciding to censor Americans. That’s not good in my view. Second, you had the Biden-Harris administration pressuring them to censor. Third, you had this whole industry of so-called fact checkers that are really just in the main left-wing narrative checkers. You’ve got four of these ad agencies and marketing agencies that are coordinating boycotts. You’ve got governments like Europe. So I did an initial letter just about a week ago to one component of this, this entity called NewsGuard that holds itself out as this. arbiter of internet truth and you know they have on their board of advisors one of the people that signed the hunter biden is russia disinformation uh letter that itself spawned a lot of misinformation down the road and so uh companies only get these special we call section 230 protections if they engage as relevant here in good faith conduct and is relying on something like NewsGuard really good faith? I don’t know. So I think people that are continuing to do that are putting their Section 230 liability pretty seriously at risk. There’s a lot the FCC can do on these issues.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, that’s a really good point. We’re talking to Brenton Carr with the FCC. You know, we were just talking just a minute ago about the 60 Minutes thing and Paramount Skydance. I noticed that MSNBC or Comcast, rather, they’re restructuring everything that they’re doing. And it almost seems like it was in response to the election and to you now being the head of the commission. And then, of course, everything that they watched happen with 60 Minutes and and this whole thing with Paramount and their merger. Does that I’m just curious as to your thoughts on that, because it looks like they’re trying to do like a spinoff and they’re separating their cable programming from everything else that they’re doing so that they can, I guess, get in a better position for some deal making. What are your thoughts?
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, I saw, I’ve obviously seen that. I have some familiarity with it. I’m not sure if that’s a response to the election or not. I do know that there’s been some media outlets that have said, put me and the FCC apart, that they’ve reached the conclusion that just as a business matter, the status quo isn’t working, and they’re realizing they need to do something different. I mean, this was really the podcast election. Legacy media is sort of declining in influence, and I think they’re rightly doing a little bit of reflection right now about how do they stay relevant in the conversation. I hope they do. Because having a broadcast license is a special privilege. It comes with certain obligations. We need a robust news media industry, not just conservative, not just liberal. We need people being curious and asking questions. And I don’t think we’ve been there. So I do hope they continue to have these discussions about the best way forward, the best way to serve the public interest, which is the standard under the Communications Act.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. One of the things that Doge, the Department of they’re looking at the government efficiency with Musk and Ramaswamy, they’ve said that they’re looking at everything, cutting the budget from a number of different issues to maybe even the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which, of course, that was one of the first entities that came out and said, oh, the Hunter Biden laptop. That’s just a not that’s an irrelevant story. We don’t we’re not going to report on that. Of course, after all the information came out, they said they didn’t want to touch it. They said that that that that could be something that could come up in terms of cutting costs, because it’s a lot of money that goes to it. And it is very clearly biased.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, this is something that people have expressed a lot of concern about over the years. And in the main, the funding, for instance, of that likely is a decision for Congress. But I understand the frustration from people that feel like why they’re being compelled by the government to subsidize speech that, you know, they don’t want to align themselves with. Other ideas that I’ve seen that’s been floated recently is whether the FCC should ban advertisements on broadcast for big pharma products. There’s some precedent for that. So back in 1970, President Nixon signed a law that prohibited cigarette advertising. The FCC has been enforcing that. So on that big pharma advertising idea, my initial gut is we need a two-step like that, which is whether it’s either HHS maybe makes a decision or Congress makes a decision, but then the FCC could come behind it and take some action as well.
SPEAKER 12 :
So that is a possibility because I know that’s one thing that the incoming, well, the nominee for HHS had said and other people beyond RFK Jr. talking about those big pharma ads on TV because you bring that up and that is interesting because you don’t see any of these other ads for like cigarettes or liquor or things like that on broadcast. But you see, I mean, big pharma is almost all of it. And there’s a lot of questions about that that arose during the pandemic. So that is you think that that is at least a very high likelihood that that’s something you’re examining.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, again, I think it probably requires that two-step where Congress passes a law or maybe HHS can do it, but there is precedent where that happens and the XTC enforces it. You know, look, my own personal opinion, I think we’re just way, way too over-medicated as a country, and it’s an odd situation. We’re both sort of in a worse spot than ever before in terms of mental health, and yet somehow we’re having more pharma ads than ever before. So something’s not lining up. I mean, look, maybe if I need to figure out how to throw a tight spiral through a rope swing, or figure out a good location to put a hot tub over a cliff, then maybe those big pharma ads would would come in handy. But otherwise, I’m very open minded.
SPEAKER 12 :
There you go. Well, we’re we’re so excited about this. And like we said, I mean, congratulations. It’s so well deserved. You are such a refreshing voice of reason and consistency. And I mean, that’s like an early Christmas present. The fact that we are one of the very few government officials that we get very excited about and we actually like. So thank you so much for being consistent and for fighting for free speech and accountability. We are very grateful. Brendan Carr, FCC. Thank you.
SPEAKER 17 :
Thanks so much. Really appreciate it. Great to be with you again.
SPEAKER 12 :
Happy Thanksgiving. Thank you.
SPEAKER 15 :
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SPEAKER 05 :
We are a week out from Thanksgiving, and TSA is expecting a potentially record-breaking holiday travel season. If recent experience is any guide, these will likely be some of the busiest travel days in U.S. history.
SPEAKER 12 :
He’s such a moron. He’s like MIA for everything else, but then on something obvious, he’s like, okay, guys, it’s Thanksgiving, and people are going to be eating the turkey. And they’re going to be traveling. And it’s going to be a lot of traveling and a lot of tryptophan and turkey eating. You know, and very important to have a press conference about this to make it look like I’m doing something when I’ve been sitting on my edible snakes this entire time and not really doing anything. Think about it. Whenever, like when you needed to hear from him with the supply chain stuff, where was he? Where they at, though? Where they at? I don’t know. Where was he? Where was he? I don’t know. Nobody knows where he was. Oh, wait. He had birthed a baby. Well, he was sitting on a hospital bed holding his baby. I mean, it was the photo op that suggested, you know, I don’t know.
SPEAKER 07 :
Was he the chest feeder or the birther?
SPEAKER 12 :
I think he’s both.
SPEAKER 07 :
Is he both?
SPEAKER 12 :
I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know how. I’m just, I don’t know what women are.
SPEAKER 07 :
I can’t believe after four years of him as transpose secretary, we still don’t even know. But think about it.
SPEAKER 12 :
He was on maternity leave, remember? And all hell was breaking loose. And you’re getting ready. They had a backup at the ports and they couldn’t get a hold of him.
SPEAKER 07 :
Paternity leave. He was on maternity leave.
SPEAKER 12 :
How dare you, Cain?
SPEAKER 07 :
Paternity.
SPEAKER 12 :
How dare you? Gave birth to a baby. For crying out loud, show some respect to the former mayor, rear vice admiral of the canoe fleet at Camp Wimpy Tonka. For the love. I’m going to miss that guy when he leaves. I feel like Peter Venkman. I’m going to miss him.
SPEAKER 07 :
Quite a resume he had.
SPEAKER 12 :
I’m going to miss not knowing what the hell he does all day. Right? What does he do? I never know what he’s doing.
SPEAKER 07 :
Bridges are racist. What? Bridges are racist?
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
And I think that’s what we’ve learned.
SPEAKER 12 :
Don’t be racist. I am a bridge. I don’t know.
SPEAKER 07 :
That’s what we’ve learned. That’s what we’ve learned.
SPEAKER 12 :
That’s actually a video. It’s called Don’t Be Racist. I’m a Building. My kids played it all the time. And I’m like, what am I hearing? Yeah, he thought, remember he donned the hard hat and he goes out there and he looks over, does nothing. I don’t even think he could lift a shovel. Goes out there and he just looks at stuff, Bob the Builder. And yeah, he was saying that, what is it, construction’s racist, bridges are racist, like roads generally are racist. Yeah, you know. If it’s also racist, why is he white and heading up the Department of Transportation? He should move over. and let a person of color have his position. He didn’t do that, though. Notice he didn’t. What is he going to do after this? He can’t really seriously run for office again. He’s kind of a joke. He moved from Indiana. Didn’t he move up to, what, Michigan? He’s wherever Big Gretch is. I think he’s positioning himself because if Big Gretch runs, then Booty Juice can just run for her seat. See? They’re trying to line themselves up. I’m telling you, it’s just going to happen. Big Gretch is going to run. You know, I’m just saying.
SPEAKER 07 :
Pete, as a governor, I could never see it. Never.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, he was a mayor. He couldn’t fill a pothole, but they had 49 buses.
SPEAKER 07 :
No.
SPEAKER 12 :
That’s a fact, sir. And, you know, he did pretend to ride a bike for a block.
SPEAKER 07 :
Do we know how many canoes were in the fleet?
SPEAKER 1 :
13.
SPEAKER 07 :
Was it 13? Yeah. Wow.
SPEAKER 12 :
So it was really a flotilla. Yeah. You know, not like a naval fleet proper. It was more like a… local flotilla but you know it counts it’s a waterway that’s transportation you know i’m telling you so uh yeah i don’t know what some of these cats are gonna i’m gonna i’m gonna miss them i’m gonna miss just getting there getting their sound bites every single day uh so the da alvin braggs his assistant got robbed audio somebody 10 by a venezuelan gang member
SPEAKER 10 :
A smiling Brandon Samosa being led out of the Midtown South Precinct on West 35th Street this morning. Police say at about 2 a.m. Sunday, he robbed a 38-year-old woman in the hallway of her Hell’s Kitchen apartment building. He allegedly grabbed her purse, cell phone, and bank cards and also performed a lewd act. The victim is a Manhattan assistant DA.
SPEAKER 12 :
She was not… Wow, so that seems like that could have been prevented, Kane.
SPEAKER 07 :
That’s an example of policies that you support biting you in the rear end.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, literally in some instances. All right, today in stupidity.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay, we want to do this? I guess we’ll do this.
SPEAKER 12 :
Uh-oh, now I’m worried about what we’re doing.
SPEAKER 07 :
I guess we’ll do this. Well, I just think it’s dumb. This is cut five, by the way, Juan. You know, the ICC had put out the arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu. I mean, this world is so backwards. Trudeau says he’d arrest Netanyahu. This is cut five.
SPEAKER 01 :
Now that the ICC has issued warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Galland, Canadian law enforcement is obligated to arrest them should they come to Canada. Will you allow that to happen or will you step in to prevent an arrest?
SPEAKER 15 :
We are one of the founding members of the International Criminal Court.
SPEAKER 07 :
So there it is, Trudeau playing global politics.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, he just a little Castro right there. Folks, that does it for us tonight. I’ll be back behind the mic with you on Monday.
