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Is it freedom or is it force? Let’s have a conversation.
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Indeed, let’s have a conversation, and welcome to the Kim Munson Show. Thank you so much for joining us. You’re each treasured, you’re valued, you have purpose. Today, strive for excellence, take care of your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body. My friends, we were made for this moment in history. Thank you to the team. That’s Producer Joe, Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie, Mike, Teresa, Amanda, and all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting. It is Friday, Producer Joe. Thank goodness it’s Friday. I think I’ve heard that before. We’ve got a lot going on over here and appreciate all you’re doing to make all this happen, Joe. So thank you. Check out our Web site. That is Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. While you’re there, sign up for our weekly email newsletter and you’ll get a first look at all of our upcoming guests. Our most recent essays that goes out on Sundays. And over on the website, we’ve got recaps of the show and information about our sponsors and just all kinds of great stuff there, all of our essays. So be sure and check that out. You can email me at Kim at Kim Munson dot com. And the text line is 720-605-0647. And thank you to all of you who support us. We’re an independent voice organization. on an independent station searching for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something’s a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. And it’s never compassionate to take other people’s stuff, and it’s not altruistic either. to take their rights, their property, freedom, livelihood, opportunity, childhood, or their lives via force. And force obviously can be a weapon, but it can be policy and unpredictable and excessive taxation, fear, coercion, government-induced inflation. The World Economic Forum agenda played out through the globalist elites in the United Nations. This Colorado state legislature is being run by extremists, and the Colorado governor is right in there with them. But it could be land use codes, zoning regulations, forced fees, conservation easements, national monument designations, transmission lines, easements. CO2 pipeline easements, the list goes on and on. Imminent domain, I need to make sure that we talk about that as well. If something’s a good idea, you should not have to use force to implement it. And on the show, we focus on the issues. We’ll talk about the people pushing those issues, but we’re working diligently to stay out of the whole personality fighting. Our word of the day. Thank you, Richard. Appreciate it is panoply. And it could be. Let me get over here to this. This is from Merriam Webster Dictionary. It could be a full suit of armor or ceremonial attire. It could be something forming a protective covering. It could be a magnificent or impressive array. And it could be a display, it says, of appropriate. This is going to have to be another word that I’m going to have to probably use for word of the day is appurtenances. And so that example is no need for the panoply of power. I think that I’m grateful that I think that there is a panoply of from the good Lord protecting Donald Trump because Eric sent this over this morning. And I don’t know if you saw this headline, but James Comey, who was the former FBI director, apparently put a post up, I think yesterday, which could be seen as a potential threat to Trump’s life. This is from NBC News. And it says that several Trump allies are accused Comey of calling for the president’s assassination in a now-deleted Instagram post. He denied it was meant as a threat. And it goes on to say the Department of Homeland Security and Secret Service are investigating this post. And what it was, it’s now deleted, it was on Instagram, but Comey shared a photo of what he described as a shell formation on a beach that formed the numbers 8647. And I think 86 is a term for taking somebody out. And this NBC piece says the piece, the post was swiftly condemned by administration officials, Republican lawmakers and Trump allies who said it blatantly targeted Trump, the 47th president of the United States. It goes on to say, according to Merriam Webster Dictionary, 86 can informally mean to get rid of. Disgraced former FBI Director James Coney just called for the assassination of a POTUS, Noam wrote on X. DHS and Secret Service are investigating this threat and will respond appropriately. And then Eric, who is super informed on all kinds of things, sent this text over this morning. and said that Governor of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer was on Meet the Press interview. This would have been a while back. And on her right side of her, I think she had a knickknack on a little desk with a potted plant on it, and the knickknack said 8645. This is rather curious. And so it does appear calling for violence. And you wonder how that might affect some of these unstable people out there. And so let’s stay tuned on that. This is Friday. And so on Fridays, we go to the Medal of Honor quote book that has been put together by the Center for American Values, which is located in Pueblo. And I really would recommend that you put it on your bucket list with the kids this summer to make sure that you get to the Center for American Values. It is located on the beautiful Riverwalk there in Pueblo. It’s very, very special. And they do several things. They honor our Medal of Honor recipients. and then they focus on these foundational principles of honor, integrity, and patriotism through their educational materials as well as their on values presentations. So I’ve taken this, this is from J.R. Vargas, United States Marine Corps, Medal of Honor recipient, born in 1938, actions taken April 30 to May 2 in 1968, and this is the citation. he says this for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as commanding officer company g in action against enemy forces from thirty april to two may nineteen sixty eight on may one nineteen sixty eight though suffering from wounds he had incurred while relocating his unit under heavy enemy fire the preceding day major vargas combined company g with two other companies and led his men in an attack on the fortified village of de do Exercising expert leadership, he maneuvered his Marines across 700 meters of open rice paddy while under intense enemy mortar, rocket, and artillery fire and obtained a foothold and two hedgerows on the enemy perimeter, only to have elements of his company become pinned down by the intense enemy fire. Leading his reserve platoon to the aid of his beleaguered men, Major Vargas inspired his men to renew their relentless advance while destroying a number of enemy bunkers, again wounded by grenade fragments. He refused aid as he moved about the hazardous area, reorganizing his unit into a strong defensive perimeter at the edge of the village. Shortly after the objective was secured and the enemy commenced a series of counterattacks and probes, which lasted throughout the night but were unsuccessful as the gallant defenders of Company G stood firm in their hard-won enclave. Reinforced the following morning, the Marines launched a renewed assault through Daidou on the village of Dentou, to which the enemy retaliated with a massive counterattack resulting in hand-to-hand combat. Major Vargas remained in the open, encouraging and rendering assistance to his Marines when he was hit for a third time in the three-day battle. Observing his battalion commander sustain a serious wound, he disregarded his excruciating pain, crossed the fire-swept area, and carried his commander to a covered position, then resumed supervising and encouraging his men while simultaneously assisting in organizing the battalion’s perimeter defense. His gallant actions uphold the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the U.S. Naval Service. And this is what he said. He said, believe in yourself, set reasonable goals, and love God and your parents. If you fall or fail, get up and never give up. Again, that’s J.R. Vargas. This is the quote from the Medal of Honor quote book from the Center for American Values. And be sure and check out their website, which is AmericanValueCenter.org. That’s AmericanValueCenter.org. And I did want to say thank you to the Harris family for their goal sponsorship of the show. They’ve been longtime sponsors of the show. We are an independent voice. on an independent station, and we search for truth and clarity. The show does come to you 6 to 8 a.m. Monday through Friday. First hour is rebroadcast 1 to 2 in the afternoon. Second hour, 10 to 11 at night, and that is on all KLZ 560 platforms, which is KLZ 560 AM, KLZ 100.7 FM, the KLZ website, the KLZ app, and you can say, Alexa, play KLZ, and apparently we come in loud and clear there. Also, once we get through the shows, you can find them at Spotify and iTunes as well. Another headline that I wanted to, and we’re going to have to, there’s so many things to unpack, but this is from CBS Colorado. It says, And the public entity, the Stanley Partnership for Art, Culture and Education, LLC, purchased the hotel through a public-private partnership. Now, those are words that make me very, very concerned because many times, What happens in public-private partnerships is the public takes the risk. That means having to be on the hook for the debt. And many times the private may get the perks. And so I’ve not really unpacked this deal. But this goes on to say that partnership is among the Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority, private bond investors, former owner John W. Cullen IV, and new manager Sage Hospitality Group. Cullen, who is the former owner, is at the helm of, and this is called SPACE, as chair and CEO. So you wonder if he will be getting a healthy salary in order to manage that. He said, I’ve owned the Stanley for almost 30 years and can’t imagine a better way to both preserve and grow it for generations to come, said Colin in a statement. So I think that that’s super interesting. And then. Let’s see. The next headline is this is from CBS Colorado. It says a new analysis shows how Medicaid work requirements would impact Coloradans. And as I’m driving around Denver, I went down to the Independence Institute. last night for a great event and they gave an update on the I think they called it wine wine wine like w-h-i-n-e and wine and great great event and honoring Brandon Wark for his work at Free State Colorado and as I drove down into Denver I used to just love to go to Denver and And I just love the city. And I was driving down these streets and I’m thinking this city feels like it’s in decline. And people that are receiving benefits, perhaps what we do is we start to have these people do some work. to clean up our city. It is just totally trashed. And so just begin with picking up trash. So anyway, this says approximately 100,000 Coloradans would lose their health care under a bill that cleared its first hurdle in Congress. That’s according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which says Medicaid spending would continue to grow under the bill, but it would grow by about 700 billion less over the next decade than it’s projected to grow now. Well, and this article goes on to say the House Committee on Energy and Commerce passed that bill, which is a key part of the Republican budget. After a tense 26 and a half hour hearing, says protesters in wheelchairs gathered outside the committee room and beg lawmakers to spare Medicaid. And it honestly breaks my heart. The fear mongering that’s occurring in this place, said Colorado Congressman Gabe Evans, who sits on the committee and voted for the bill. He says studies show Medicaid spending is unsustainable, and the bill will protect the safety net program for those who need it most by purging the roles for those who aren’t eligible. And I think it’s important to realize that all of this government spending at the local, the county, the special departments, public-private partnerships, all of this federal spending is unsustainable. And so if we don’t do something about it, nobody’s going to have Medicaid. Nobody’s going to have the positive things that we’ve had as our blessings. So it is important that these representatives roll up their sleeves and do the right thing. So congratulations to Gabe Evans for his vote on that particular issue. Bill. I also wanted to mention Hooters restaurants. They have five locations, Loveland, Aurora, Lone Tree, Westminster and Colorado Springs. And a great place to get together with friends to watch sporting events. And they have these great specials for lunch and happy hour Monday through Friday. How I got to know them is a very important story about proper role of government. 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It is Friday. Welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is kimmunson.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter that goes out on Sundays. You can do that at the website. And thank you to all of you who are joining us. I’m really excited to have this next guest. on the show. His name is Jason Bailey, and I’ve met him at a couple of different really great events. I saw him last night at the Independence Institute. Jason Bailey, welcome to the show.
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Well, thank you very much. It was good to see you yesterday. Thank you for having me. Jason Bailey here, Denver, Colorado. So we have an organization called Citizens for No New Debt, We are pushing back on government debt. We’re focused on the state and local level right now. Kim, thank you for having us here today.
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Well, it’s great to have you. Maybe you’re the doge for Colorado.
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Well, thank you very much. I do see that as a compliment. Thank you.
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Okay. So, Jason, tell me just a little bit about yourself and why you’re in this fight.
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Well, you know, I’ve had my own business for 40 years, and I love to work. I work six, seven days a week. I love to work. And, you know, especially over the past 10, 15 years, I see the city of Denver just taking on more debt. The mayor of the city and the Denver City Council will generally vote unanimously to put more debt onto the ballot. And so, you know, when I’m working and they’re taking our money and they’re giving it to the banking system, And they’re spending twice as much money as they need to spend to buy anything because debt always costs twice as much money to get it repaid. You know, they’re always talking about no new taxes, but it’s impossible to repay debt without, on average, twice as much taxpayer money. And I’m working hard and I’m seeing they’re taking all this money and I’m taking money out of paychecks and occupational privilege tax and sales tax and property tax and this fee and that fee. And they’re giving it to the banks. Well, that’s just that’s not fair. You know, once they use debt, they’re spending twice as much money. And so, you know, we had a restaurant and we lost our building. We were just leasing, which was a good deal for 14 years. But the owner sold the building. It was in that Golden Triangle neighborhood. And so we had to be out by the end of 2022. And it was a blessing for me. I was, you know, I was really working too much with the restaurant and had the city of Denver on my back for 14 years. We were just a few blocks from the city and county buildings. And so I decided, you know, to focus on government debt. And I was at a fundraiser for Danielle Jurinsky. And she said, you know, I didn’t choose politics. Politics chose me. And that resonated with me 100%.
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Well, and you, 14 years in the restaurant business, and the restaurant business is not a 40-hour-a-week owning a restaurant. It is work. And so then you get into COVID, and, of course, Denver was not friendly to small business during COVID.
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You know, I had so much in common with Danielle Jurinsky. She has several restaurants, and she was talking the same thing I went through. You know, so many of these restaurants had to be closed, and then you’d go to Home Depot, and it was shoulder to shoulder. And, you know, the marijuana businesses are open. They’re an essential business. and uh you know the reason for that is in february of 2020 a restaurant i think it was in california maybe washington state was one of the first big national cases about seven people got the virus so the restaurants became kind of an escape go from the very beginning but it was just unfair and uh you know um we made it through covid no problem and uh you know uh we we we we we uh You know, we lost the building in 2022. But, yeah, you know, we saw the health department in the city of Denver and, you know, all the rules, and they had everything figured out. And one thing, if you remember, all the health departments, they were all worried about things being touched and everybody was sanitizing their Amazon packages. Well, I read a report that they have not found one single case. of somebody getting the virus from touch because it doesn’t live on the surface. So the health department’s had that completely wrong. I mean, I could go on, but that was a big chapter, that COVID chapter.
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So I’m changing the subject just a little bit, Jason Bailey, is that, yeah, COVID and the health department had people, like you say, spraying their packages when they came to the door. But now we have this Colorado legislature that there’s been this, you know, attack on plastic grocery bags. And you have to pay for a bag. And so I would really, I’d like to, I’ve got to think about this. I’d like to put this out to have some kids do a competition on just what kind of germs people are bringing back into our food stores, our grocery stores, with these reusable bags. Because I’ve seen some people pull some of these bags out of their cars that I’m thinking, hmm. I bet it’s not very clean, but I digress on that. Let’s get over here. You and I also agree on no new debt. And I ended up in a debate. This was kind of funny, actually. I’m the president of the Colorado Union of Taxpayers. And ended up, there was a group that was going to have a forum on the tax issues for Denver last September, I think. and they’d reached out to II and Independence Institute, and they were having their big fundraiser, and they said, well, why don’t you call Kim Munson over at CUT? And I said, sure. So they called, and they wanted to talk about one issue, and I don’t know which one it was. It might have been Johnston’s housing issue, that sales taxing. It was a property tax. It wasn’t a property tax. It was property tax, wasn’t it?
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Well, in November, yeah, Mayor Mike Johnson wanted more sales tax for more government housing. They call it affordable housing. I call it government housing. We’ve tried government housing for 60 years. It never works very well. But, yeah, he wanted another half point on sales tax, and he lost that bid last November. And some people say that we can’t win this in November. He has another issue on the ballot. He’s looking for another $800 million in debt this November. And some people say we can’t win, but I say we can. He lost that in November. And I call it the cult of Denver, the people who will generally just say yes to anything Denver City Council wants or the mayor wants. They voted him down. So I think that if we get our message out there, we can convince the cult of Denver that this debt is counterproductive.
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Well, I totally agree. And and so I ended up debating him face to face on this event. And it was the League of Women Voters and I think in North Cherry Creek neighborhood. And anyway, they called and they said, do you want to would you would you do you know, and I didn’t realize it was going to be a debate. I thought it was just a forum. I didn’t think there would be that many people there. There was a lot of people there. And so I said yes. And they said, well, do you know anybody on these other two issues as well? And there was the school bond issue and there was the Denver Health issue. And I said, you know, I could probably do that, not realizing that I was then going to be debating Donna Lynn, who I know, head of Denver Health, and then Albus Brooks regarding the school bond. And so anyway, it was an interesting experience. And I’m I’m all in this with you, Jason Bailey, to fight this 800 million dollars in this this question that’s going to be on the ballot. So tell us tell us a little bit more. And I think that what we’ll do is we’ll have you on regularly for updates on this.
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OK, I would I would love that. And if anybody listening, if if. If you know anybody who wants to debate this issue, I’ll debate at any time. You know, the math is on our side. The more we talk about this issue, the more our message gets out there, the more their message will fall apart because their message doesn’t make sense. If you have $10 of budget money and you get $5 to the bank, you only have $5 left. That’s the math. The math is on our side. The problem with a lot of government debt, probably most government debt, is all the gaslighting from the politicians for so long that there’s this dogma of debt. And real smart people will say things like, well, we need to cut back rather than bring on more debt. The thing is it’s very counterintuitive because all the nonsense that we’ve been hearing for so many years, debt costs more money. We’ll have to cut back more if we have more debts. If you give half your revenue to the bank, you have less money. You know, the Denver Public Schools took $975 million last November, and they got that. I did an amortization schedule on the payback. It’s $2.2 billion on the payback. You know, debt always costs more money. And, you know, so we’re pushing that.
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And they closed schools. And they closed schools then. They announced two days after that was approved by the voters closures of schools, which I think is a little disingenuous.
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The schools are the purpose and the teacher and the students, that’s the purpose. And then they have hundreds of administrators, which is overhead at the local level. And then they have thousands of administrators at the state level. And so I’m glad. that the federal government’s trying to get out of some of that overhead. I just don’t think we need three layers of overhead for the teacher and the student in the classroom, which is the purpose of the entire organization, right?
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Right, right. Okay. Hey, Jason Bailey, we’re going to continue this discussion on a regular basis. And just one quick question. The $800 million that’s going to be on the ballot this November, have you done the amortization on the payback on that yet?
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You know, I haven’t. They’re talking a shorter time frame. But by the time they get all their fees and costs done, I’m quoting $500 million. We’ll say the taxpayers, if we can win this in November on $800 million, they’re going to quote artificially low interest rates. They pay a lot of fees and other costs to the bankers and all the financial sharks of the system to buy that rate down so they can quote an artificial rate. But we’ll say the tax rate is about $500 million today. And citizens for no new debt, if you get a minute, please take a look at our website and sign up for our newsletter. And I look forward to being very involved with you, Kim, on this process for the next five months.
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Most definitely. Again, that’s citizensfornonewdebt.org. This is Jason Bailey. We’ll get you scheduled here after the show for the next appearance. And thank you for stepping forward and caring about the people of Denver. So, again, that’s Jason Bailey. And these this is really important. There’s so much going on in Colorado’s at the tip of the spear. And I’m so pleased to have the Second Amendment, excuse me, the second syndicate who protects the Second Amendment as a new sponsor.
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It is Friday. Welcome back to the Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at Kim Munson dot com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We’re an independent voice on an independent station searching for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something’s a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. I am so pleased to have Lauren Fix, Car Coach Reports, with us. You can find her at carcoachreports.substack.com. Lauren Fix, welcome to the show.
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Well, thanks for having me back. Lots going on in the automotive world, surprisingly.
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Well, there is. Do you want to give a quick overview? I want to talk with you about Congress fighting this California, those regulations. And then also I saw this headline regarding Tesla. Maybe a quick overview on what’s going on.
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I just want to hit that article that you found. It was kind of skewed in its writing because basically what it said was that Tesla gets a credit from the tariffs and other brands don’t. There’s a lot of Tesla haters out there right now, and I wouldn’t personally not buy the car. It’s up to you. I mean, if you want the car and it meets your needs, I’m not an electric car person, but if it meets your needs and you want one, Tesla is one of the great choices out there. People that have them love them. However, the ones that used to be the fans that are auto writers are now the enemies. So there’s a lot of hit pieces going out there. And one of the ones that you sent me was interesting because it said that only Tesla gets this tariff break, when in reality, it’s any vehicle that is 85% of the product. In other words, the assembly has to be done in the U.S., And 85% of the components have to be what they call USMCA, either US, Canada, or Mexico. There’s no tariffs. And there’s only one brand that meets that standard, and that’s Tesla. That doesn’t mean other brands aren’t going to make it. Ford and GM are working on it. Stellantis is a whole other conversation. But you have to remember, where are the cars built? So the number one U.S.-made vehicle, and we go through this every year. I get a report from either IC Cars or a couple of the other outlets saying the number one U.S.-made car for the last 10 years has been Tesla. The Model 3, the Model Y, the Model X are all made in North America. They’re made in California. They’re made in Texas. So whether you like Elon Musk or you hate Elon Musk, it is what it is. Where other brands, such as Ford, has been building a lot of their cars in Mexico. I do love Little Maverick and the Bronco Sport. They’re both made in Mexico, so they lose points on their percentages. And a lot of the components, because under the Obama administration, there was incentives to offshore wiring harnesses and engines and transmissions and all the components, a lot of those manufacturers took advantage of it. And then you’ve got brands like Mercedes-Benz. Yes, they’re building in Alabama. Yes, they’re doing an expansion. But the drivelines come from Germany, and the driveline is the big part because we’re only using about 19% of our driveline capacity. That’s it. Less than 20% of the engines and transmissions that used to all be built here. You used to call one of the engines from Florida, Cleveland engine, because it was actually built in Cleveland, isn’t being built here anymore anymore. It’s now being built in Korea, Vietnam, China, and other places. And although I love the Lincoln Nautilus, it is 100% assembled in China. So brands had offshored under the Biden administration, under Obama, but now President Trump is bringing it back. So in the meantime, Tesla may be the only one that qualifies, but I think Honda won’t be too far behind. They’re bringing some components and production back from Mexico, which is good because they They’ve been building cars there, and they said they’re going to build them in Indiana. It’s a great concept considering it’s a huge facility in Marysville, Ohio. So you’re going to start seeing more production coming back here. It doesn’t happen overnight. Small components will come back first. Final assemblies, we’re only using about 60% of the total capacity that can be used here in North America. So you’re going to see that coming back. That’s a huge story. Make sure to read beyond the first paragraph on the headline on any article, whether it’s cars or politics or anything, because sometimes as you read further down, the facts start to come out. So I just want to give you that. One of the things you want to discuss.
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Yeah, and I wanted to just connect a dot for everybody on this, Lauren Fix. And that is, so this was from The Cooldown, and this is the article I sent over to her as I was going through things in preparation for the show. It says, As Tesla becomes sole beneficiary of massive exemption, here’s what’s happening. This is – and you said in your text it’s a bit of a political hit piece. And so what they’re trying to say is that Tesla’s getting a break because of cronyism, I would say, implying that – And that’s one of the things that we really need to, as we’re looking at these headlines, as you said, we need to drill down on them. We also need to realize that this is something that people that are out there that are not focused on things like we focus here on the show to really try to drill down, they see that and these headlines are trying to force foment distrust of the Trump administration. We have to hold the Trump administration certainly to the standard of our Constitution, all those things. But we also have to realize that these are little ways that they’re trying to come in and undercut the administration, Lauren.
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And the other thing is, when you look at the cooldown, which I have never heard of, and I’ve been doing this over 40 years, and you go and you look who they are, they’re America’s first mainstream climate brand, empowering people from all walks of life to help themselves while helping the planet. So this is a green agenda. So everything, every article that they have, and I’ve never heard of them, by the way, they only have a few articles that… most of them are about like green energy and they did a couple car reviews. They’re very biased. So just be careful who the source is because a lot of times, especially if you go to MSN start page, somebody started a start page for me and I didn’t start it. So they’re, they’re accumulating information from literally every resource, whether they’re small or gigantic, like it could be AP, it could be, some little teeny guy who just has a Facebook page. I don’t know who this guy is. Just because he has a YouTube channel doesn’t mean anything. So I just want you to be aware there’s a lot of content out there, and you should truly think about the resource as well as what you just said, the headline.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, and interesting that you would bring that up because this is from MSN.com. And so when I open up my computer, I have all these headlines that go through. And so I clicked on that. But see, that’s what’s important is it’s maybe a small group or, you know, very small entity. But if that headline is out there. They are working diligently to undercut the administration. And in anticipation of, I think, the 2026 election, if in fact the extremists can take either the House or the Senate, then all of this good work to try to reclaim America is is uh is they’re going to just put you know they’re going to try to prevent everything that trump is trying to do so important point so lots more going on though and this was at your sub stack car coach reports is titled gas cars saved house fights california ban senate decides this is huge isn’t it it’s gargantuan and i know when this passes and better pasts
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I’m going to be a really busy person because I’ve been calling this out since day one. You cannot have one state tell the other 49 states what to do. It would be like California saying you can only have green juice. You can’t have orange juice. Well, you’d be like, but I don’t want green juice. I want orange juice, but that’s exactly what California is doing through the California air resources board. And I go through some of the history and that as well. And some of my sub stacks that you can go to car coach reports on YouTube, on rumble, on, Of course, I’m MSN Start, but I’m literally everywhere. They’re interestingly loading up my content on MSN. I don’t know why. But in the interim, you can always go to my website, which is Car Coach Reports. I’ll have car reviews live on Car Smarts. So here’s what’s going on. The House got from Lee Vilden like literally a week after he got into office. They put in a bill to remove the mandate by 2035 for electric vehicles, of which 17 states did follow. Just the other day, Vermont and Delaware said we’re out. We can’t ask – and this is really smart from a governor – we cannot tell our people, you have to buy these vehicles when we have snow, we don’t have charging infrastructure, consumers aren’t buying it, and there’s only about 8% of total sales are electric vehicles. So that’s a huge problem. So through all this, bipartisan – I want to note, bipartisan – They passed a vote in the House to remove the mandate, take away the $7,500 tax credit, take away all the limitations on large trucks going to ports to get things out of there so that you can get things to you cheaper and quicker. They want to use all electric trucks. That doesn’t work. The only time it could potentially work is with hydrogen, but there’s so few hydrogen tractor trailers. But then they go to a warehouse and either go by rail, which is powered by diesel, or they go by truck, which is powered by diesel. I mean, you can’t – if you use electric, the cost of everything is going to get excessively expensive. So when you look at the bipartisan bill, they immediately, the day they got it, They passed it. So it’s called a CRA, a Congressional Review Act. And this is one of the things that we’ve discussed this before. But what it really means, a Congressional Review Act, and this is the most important part, is once it’s passed, it would take an act of Congress, such as a big law, in order to revert back. They can’t even put something up on the floor that’s close. So that’s done. So the House has already pulled it. It’s done. But then it went over to the House, and it went over to the Senate on May 5th. And I’ve been monitoring it literally daily. I will go over and hit reload now because I’m waiting for a date. They’re supposed to vote on it next week. Right now it’s listed as held on desk. So the moment that that joint resolution came across, the parliamentarian, who’s the person who reads all the laws and makes things even more complicated because we’re still working on – original rules and laws, which is great. That’s why we have a constitution. And they made it difficult intentionally so that people can’t keep passing a million different things. They said, you can’t pass it as a CRA, a congressional review. It has to be done as a rule. So literally the day it hit the Senate floor, they voted on it becoming a rule. Done. I’m like, let’s vote on this. And so what they did is they parceled it. They let a few of the land – there was a couple of land areas. One happened to be in Colorado where you couldn’t use off-road vehicles no matter what the propulsion, whether it be electric or gas or whatever. That got approved and cleared, boom, done, super quick. But what has not been passed – and I think they’re going to try and slide it into this big, beautiful bill – is the removal of the Clean Air Act, California’s power. And I know there’s a lot of pressure coming from Doug Burgum, who continues to stand with the administration, saying that, you know, you can’t be telling people what to do. This is a huge issue. Lee Zeldin, Sean Duffy, I mean, all the players that we know are trying to get this across the Senate line. Just so you know, I do have the numbers. The House vote was 246 Republicans to 164 Democrats, and not one Republican voted with the negative. So that’s good. That means a lot of Democratic House representatives realize this affects my ability to get reelected. Oh, I bet it does. You’re going to tell your constituents, by the way, this is all you can drive. That is, I don’t care where you live. That does not fly, even in California. So right now, as of May 5th. We’re waiting for it to vote. Lee Zeldin did state they’re going to vote it next week, so I’ll be watching it like a hawk. And they’ve already put this together. It’s already got CBO estimates and savings for consumers, all that stuff’s all done. So it just needs a vote, and I monitor it. So if you wish to monitor it, it is Senate Vote SJ Resolution 31. That’s the joint resolution to nullify the EPA rule and remove the electric vehicle mandate and the $7,500 tax credit, which is going away anyhow. So they’re not going to just cut it and say, they’re going to say we’re going to taper it off to the end of the year. Wow, this is awesome. We’ve got a few states that are not going to give up. I’m just going to tell you, although it’s good. California says, we don’t care. We’re going to mandate it anyhow. Well, that’s a problem because consumers there aren’t happy. New York State, where I live, same thing. Colorado, where you are, is another state. So Connecticut, Massachusetts, you know, the usual suspects. There’s still like five or six. They’re still going to try and push this mandate through. Here in New York, we have a crazy governor like you do. And she wants to make that electric vehicle mandate go through. Even though the tax credit goes away, she’s trying to offer a $2,000 incentive. Listen, you’re talking about a $66,000 car. $2,000 doesn’t do anything.
SPEAKER 15 :
Right. Okay, Lauren Fix, we need to go to break and come back. There’s so much more information. I’m talking with Lauren Fix. You can find her at Car Coach Reports and everything cars. There’s so much going on because freedom of mobility, to be able to go where you want to, when you want to, has been something that’s inherently American. And so we’ll continue this discussion. And all of this happens because of our sponsors. For anything regarding mortgages, reach out to Lauren Levy.
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And welcome back to the Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at KimMunson.com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We’re an independent voice on an independent station searching for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through this lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. i did want to say congratulations to paula sarles president of the usmc memorial foundation and the board for their very successful golf tournament yesterday teresa and i were out there for lunch and it was just a beautiful day and i want to say thank you to their hard work as they’re raising money to for the remodel of the marine memorial and you can get more information by going to usmcmemorialfoundation.org that is usmcmemorialfoundation.org Lauren Fix, you mentioned this is going to be huge, gargantuan.
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Welcome back to the Kim Munson Show. We had a little technical difficulty. We’ve got Lauren Fix on the line. Lauren Fix, Car Coach Reports, and that’s carcoachreports.com, isn’t it?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes. Carcoachreports.com. Okay.
SPEAKER 15 :
Great. Okay. A little technical difficulties. Apologize on that. Lauren, this vote, this is going to be a vote on a rule. If this rule is put in place, is it as difficult to change as what you mentioned, the Review Act. So explain that to us just a little bit. And this is regarding the California standards for vehicles.
SPEAKER 18 :
Right. So now that it’s passed the House, it has to pass the Senate. Once that vote is done, to undo it, to put it back into play, let’s say President Trump is out of office, some crazy leftist comes in and they want to put it back into place, it would be extremely difficult. It would require three quarters of the Senate and the House in order to get it passed again. So that makes it really, really difficult. So remember, local elections do matter. Representatives and Senate votes do matter.
SPEAKER 15 :
So it’ll be interesting to see how the Colorado two senators, Hickenlooper and Bennett, vote on this. This is something that I think we’re going to want to watch very closely. And Hickenlooper is going to be up for reelection in 2026. So this is going to be huge. So Colorado, though – so what’s happened is California has these – had this carve-out, if you will, that they could make some different rules, and then other states could choose the California standards versus the other standards. And so it will be interesting to see what happens in Colorado.
SPEAKER 18 :
Right. So what’s happened since, since we already know it’s passed the House and it looks like it’s likely, according to literally every outlet, that it’s going to pass the Senate, which I hope it does, that’s good for consumers. You buy what you want. You want an electric car? You should be able to buy one. You want a Tesla? Go get it. You want a Ford, GM, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Kia, Genesis? Go get it. And many of them are already well aware. As a matter of fact, Subaru said yesterday that they’re re-evaluating their electric vehicles and if they’re going to produce them. Stellantis said, you know, we’re going to postpone the electric pickup truck. Yeah, because they’re not selling. whether it be a Cybertruck or the F-series Lightning truck, which is a Ford. And you start looking at the sales. Yes, they’re off. And they never were going to make 100 percent, which is what Obama and Biden were trying to do. But what happened since this is 17 states, which is now focusing more on five states, are planning to sue their district attorneys for their states, which includes Colorado, California, Colorado, Washington State, and New York, are planning on suing the federal government and the Trump administration, saying that you cannot remove this. We want to stop the states from They took away the funding already. The funding’s gone. They just need to pass it as a law. And so the funding is what they want back. They want the funding because they claim they’re putting in infrastructure for charging. Okay, you had $8 billion under the Obama administration since 2021 in an infrastructure act, and they produced three charging stations, and none of them are in Colorado. None of them. So how does that help Colorado when they take $8 billion of your tax dollars and do nothing with it? And they want the money. We still want the money. Sounds like a movie.
SPEAKER 15 :
Show me the money. Yeah, that’s what the green is in the Green New Deal, Lauren Fix. It’s the money that’s going into these PBI’s pockets. You’ve got that right.
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SPEAKER 15 :
We’ve got a minute left, Lauren Fix. Quickly, any update on the kill switch in vehicles? Yes.
SPEAKER 18 :
No, and I’m still waiting on that. I’m trying to get a hold of Lee Zeldin. I have a friend who’s actually his neighbor, so we’re trying to get a sit-down with him, but he’s busy with bigger picture stuff. But I will tell you, Lee Zeldin did something wonderful this week. Major kudos to him. If you see him online, post this. The EPA is dumping this annoying start-stop technology. and if any brand has a brain, they’ll do those automatic software updates, and you can take it off permanently because everybody hates it. I don’t know one person who goes, that’s wonderful. I saved a tablespoon of fuel. I’ll be covering that in my Car Coach Reports video that will be going out at 6.15 Eastern, so it will be a little earlier for you, but it will also be posting all weekend long. So EPA is dumping the start-stop technology on all new cars, Believe me, it’s saving the manufacturers money, and it’s making consumers very happy.
SPEAKER 15 :
Oh, Lauren Fix, I love it when you have this kind of news. We have been on a journey as you are a regular guest on the show. Thank you so much. Again, that’s carcoachreports.com. We’ll talk with you next month.
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Thank you.
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And it’s not fair just because you’re a big business that you get a break on this and the little guy doesn’t.
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And wanted to say thank you to the Harris family for their goal sponsorship of the show. I really appreciate that because, yes, we are an independent voice and we are searching for truth and clarity. We’re focusing on the issues. We’ll mention the people pushing those issues, but trying to stay out of the personality fighting that can happen just because we’re human beings. Our word of the day, thank you, Richard, is panoply. And it could be a full suit of armor or a ceremonial attire. It could be something forming a protective covering. And I continue to pray the good Lord will have a panoply over Trump and all of these people that are trying to reclaim our constitutional America. Number three, it could be a magnificent or impressive array. And number four, and this is going to be a word we’re going to have to add in, is a display of all appropriate appurtenance. I can’t even say it. So I’m going to learn that, Richard. I know you probably just about ran off the road on that one. But it says, so I’ll work on that. That’s going to be a word of the day sometime next week. I’m going to have to do some homework on that. But your challenge is to use panoply in a sentence today. And our quote of the day, since it’s Friday, I go to the Center for American Values Medal of Honor quote book. And it’s a wonderful gift. And you can actually order it by going to their website. That’s AmericanValueCenter.org, AmericanValueCenter.org. But this is a quote from J.R. Vargas. United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient, born 1938, actions taken April 30 to May 2, 1968. I did read his complete citation for his Medal of Honor in the first hour. You can catch that in the one to two hour. And he said this. He said, believe in yourself, set reasonable goals, and love God and your parents. If you fall or fail, get up and never give up. And he certainly did that as he was taking action to help save lives. And that’s what the Medal of Honor is really about is taking action to save lives for those around you. And now we’re in a battle of ideas now. And so we can take heart from these Medal of Honor recipients and their quotes and realize that we need to equip ourselves. We need to train. That’s one of the things that I’ve learned in all of these different interviews for America’s Veterans Stories is it’s the training that really puts people in a situation for success. And so in this battle of ideas, you’ve got to do the training. You’ve got to know what’s going on out there. And there’s all kinds of assaults coming at this. One of this is just the massive amount of information that is out there and how to dissect what is true, what isn’t. And that’s why we do the show is to help you with that, to try to get through all that chaos and confusion together. in this battle of ideas so that then you can engage with your friends and your family and your colleagues about what’s going on in our country so that we can reclaim this constitutional republic, which what happens with that is, well, America happens where everyday people have the liberty, the responsible exercise of freedom to go after their hopes and dreams. The founding fathers knew that, well, the Constitution was passed. We have the Declaration, the vision. Again, all men are created equal with these rights from God of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. And then the Articles of Confederation, because the founders were very concerned about too much federal power. But yet it wasn’t. We needed to have some something for the country. And so they came up with the Constitution in 1787. And I find this amazing that some of the states said, we’re not going to ratify this until we have a Bill of Rights. And James Madison said, if you ratify, we will get a Bill of Rights. under the Constitution. And they did. He kept his word. And the Second Amendment is, as Teddy Collins and Alicia Garcia say, the Second Amendment is there to protect the first. I’m pleased to have the Second Syndicate as a sponsor of the show. And I have Teddy Collins on the line. Teddy, welcome.
SPEAKER 06 :
Thank you for having me.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, and I love the fact at the Second Syndicate, you’re trying to bring all these voices together so that we can protect the Second Amendment, because it seems like there’s been different voices that have been not working together. I guess we would say that, Teddy. So what you’re doing at the Second Syndicate is so important. And I love the fact that you’re looking into the future. With all of these bills that have been passed over the years to really to take is little, little ways to take away our right to protect ourselves and our family against bad actors. So looking at the future, we’ve got a lot of work to do, right?
SPEAKER 06 :
We do. I mean, 2026 is around the corner. We have one more legislative session that we have to make it through here in Colorado before our next election, before we have the chance to make some change in the legislator or to put some safeguards on the legislator. So we have a lot of work to do, and we have to be prepared for the legislative session now that’s coming up next year.
SPEAKER 15 :
Absolutely. And the Second Amendment is so important. We need to make sure that we have candidates that understand our Constitution and the proper rule of government and to protect our constitutional rights, such as the Second Amendment. Do you know of any process out there right now to be working on getting good candidates running for office?
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Well, we do have our primaries coming up here very soon. At the end of this year, that’s going to determine who will be running not only for governor, but for the legislative seats that are coming up for renewal in 2026. It’s very important that if we can, that we either retake a chamber of the legislator, whether it be the Senate or the House, more likely to potentially retake the Senate. and or the governorship. The governorship would at least give us the power of veto to kind of put some checks and balances on these radical ideas that they’re passing out at the statehouse every single year, like we saw this year with SB 003 and the other slew of anti-gun laws that they passed.
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Well, and I was at the Independence Institute last night for their great event. And again, congratulations to Brandon Wark for his award, which is their Vern Bickel Award for Grassroots Leadership. And I have not sent this over to you yet, Teddy, but one of our board members on the Colorado Union of Taxpayers, Corey Onizorg, had worked with others. And I need to get all the names to give them credit. on a poster regarding a long history of Colorado gun bills beginning in 2000, House Bill 1242, no private sales at gun shows. And then they go through all of these different bills, which I know you’re going to want to have this. But it’s been a slow, and now it’s a really fast, I would say, assault upon our Second Amendment here in Colorado.
SPEAKER 06 :
Absolutely. I think that the – and I’ll just use the Democratic Party. It’s not them as a whole, but it’s the large majority of the Democrats that are for these elections. These gun control laws, we’ve seen it expedite in the last few years and then continuing to double and triple down. I mean, we’ve had three years where they tried to do a quote-on-quote, and I use quotations, air quotations, assault weapons ban, and it failed every year. So this year they tried something different with SB 25003. They did basically a semi-automatic ban, and they changed the language that they were using. They changed the process that they were doing to ram it through. And I have a feeling this upcoming legislative session, they’re going to try to make that even worse because they were going to put that into effect September 1st of this year, and they decided to amend that to go into effect September 1st of next year. And I think that’s because we have a legislative session before September 1st of next year so that they can choose to amend that and make it even more restrictive than it currently is. So we should definitely be preparing now for 2026. making sure that we’re funding our 2A organizations and or supporting them so that we can be ready for the fight ahead.
SPEAKER 15 :
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SPEAKER 06 :
Final thoughts is that we’ve got some governorship. We’ve got the governorship next year. We have Polis not running again because he’s term-limited it out. This is our chance to, again, put some safeguards on the legislator to get that power of veto back. We really need to make sure that we show up, that we vote, that we’re registered, that we register our neighbors, that we inform them, and that we turn out because the – The amount of votes it would take to flip Colorado to red, to take back this state, is very minor. If you show up and vote, there’s a damn good chance that it could happen.
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SPEAKER 15 :
It’s Friday. It is Friday. Welcome back to the Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter and you can email me at Kim at KimMunson.com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We’re an independent voice and we search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something’s a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. I am so pleased to have on the line with me General Joe Arbuckle, retired Army, and he is one of the founders of Stars.us. Welcome to the show, General Arbuckle.
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, thanks, Kim. It’s always a pleasure and honor to be with you. And once again, thanks for all your great patriotism.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, thank you for my liberty that we can do this. And you and I both have been very, very concerned about where our country was headed. And there’s been some great news with what’s happening in our military. Give us an overview of that.
SPEAKER 17 :
Sure. Well, let’s back up to President Trump on the campaign trail where he pledged to rebuild our military, refocus it back on lethality. and get rid of DEI, diversity, equity, inclusion, and also provide some remedies for those service members who are harmed by the unlawful COVID vaccination. And he’s done exactly that. On the first day in office on the 20th of January, he issued an executive order, which basically called for ending DEI throughout the federal government, not just the military, but also the federal government. And he’s issued a total, Kim, of five executive orders that directly impact our Department of Defense. And as I said, one of them affects the entire federal government, and so does another one, and that is where he declared that DEI is unlawful, and he wants to return the entire federal workforce to focus upon equal opportunity for everybody, no matter what their skin color or sex might be, and also base personnel decisions on meritocracy and not some identity characteristic, which has been going on in the past. So he’s done that. He’s backed up his pledges. And in addition, Pete Hagseth, the Secretary of Defense, has issued six memorandums, which are addressed to the senior leaders in the Department of Defense. And now Pete’s memorandums augment and support and really amplify what President Trump has said with his executive orders, all focused on getting rid of DEI, improving our wartime readiness focus, and that’s Pete’s agenda there, get back on a total focus on wartime readiness, along with meritocracy, accountability. And so we’ve got a lot of details in these. memorandums and EOs, which are being implemented right now. All that’s good news. Now, here’s a personal assessment.
SPEAKER 15 :
Just a quick question. A question on that before you get to personal assessment. This is all constitutional, what they’re doing, isn’t it?
SPEAKER 17 :
Oh, absolutely. It certainly is. It’s based upon the roles of the Secretary of Defense and the President in his role as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. So, yes, it’s all grounded constitutionally. And so is the idea of treating people equally. That’s one of the fundamental things that we find in our Constitution, and not discriminate against anyone based upon factors such as skin color or sex or any other identity factor.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay, so your personal assessment on all of this, General Arbuckle?
SPEAKER 17 :
Yes. In the military and probably in private institutions, this exists also. There is a difference between issuing orders, like President Trump has done with his executive orders, and the memorandums that Pete Hague set the dunes, which are in fact orders. There’s a difference between issuing orders and ensuring they’re complied with. Now, that’s where the rub comes in. There’s a lot of institutional resistance, as you might imagine, to any major changes within the Department of Defense, and that can be reflected in different ways. Now, my assessment is As these orders have gone out to get rid of DEI and return to meritocracy and warfighting readiness, we could divide the reaction among leaders and service members into three categories. One is those that will be very, very happy to comply. They’ll just be delighted to get rid of this DEI stuff. I would say that’s about 30% of the Department of Defense. Then there’s probably about 50% that will just salute and march off and comply and and agree with it. And then there’s the rest, maybe around 20% or so that are going to resist and are going to drag their feet because they believe in this DEI stuff and they don’t like seeing it go. And how do they do that? Well, again, basically just by slow rolling change. And there’s been something that’s popped up that we’ve been calling malicious compliance to the orders to get rid of DEI, such as, people taking down pictures, this did happen, of the Tuskegee Airmen, the Black Airmen from World War II, from being displayed prominently to basically embarrass the chain of command because that was obviously an overreaction and not intended at all by those pushing to get rid of DEI. The first female fighter pilot in the Air Force’s picture was removed. Again, that’s just malicious compliance. all designed as a kickback against the policy to get rid of DEI. So the bottom line is we’re headed definitely in the right direction. I’m very encouraged about these orders and then those that have come out. But it’s going to take some time to ensure that they’re properly implemented across the Department of Defense. And, in fact, some people are just going to have to be flushed out through retirement or whatever because there are some that are true believers in this.
SPEAKER 15 :
So that was my next question. Do we have this 20% over here that sounds like they’re more focused on this ideology than the wartime readiness? And that’s wartime readiness is we don’t want war, but one of the best deterrents for war is for the enemies to realize that if they would take us on, that it would be a real problem for them. And if they think we’re not ready, well, then that emboldens them. But it seems like this 20% that would be more focused on this ideology, how can they be moved out of the military? You mentioned retirement. Any other actions or what can be done?
SPEAKER 17 :
Yes. I think the majority is probably through attrition. They’ll either get disgusted and leave or they’ll come up on retirement and retire. But there have been some senior leaders replaced in key positions already who have supported DEI. And I’m talking about, for example, the number one four-star in the Navy was asked to retire and was replaced in a commandant of the Coast Guard, also a four-star who was the deputy chief of staff of the Air Force is another. And so there are some specifics. people that are being identified and asked to leave in very, very senior positions. And this isn’t related to DEI. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, and that’s constitutional as well, right? They can ask those, you know, at the top, they can ask them to retire. Sure.
SPEAKER 17 :
They serve at the pleasure of the president in those senior positions, absolutely.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay. Okay.
SPEAKER 17 :
Now, not related to the DEI directly, but also a new action, which has just been released, I think, about three or four days ago, is an overall reduction of very senior generals and admirals across the Department of Defense because there are too many, and the intent is to reduce the total number by about 20%. Now, again, I want to reemphasize the point. That’s not based on DEI. It’s just based upon the large number of generals and admirals that have grown over the decades, basically, that we currently have. And Secretary of Defense Hegg says, please, we can reduce that amount.
SPEAKER 15 :
So then let’s talk about the actual military force. It sounds like it’s been top-heavy. And we’ve even had stories here in Fort Carson that the food’s terrible, not taking good care of our soldiers. So what’s your thoughts on that, General Arbuckle?
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, yeah, I’ve read those reports also, Kim, and I actually checked into it, and the report I got back was that what was being put in the press was not totally accurate, and although there are problems with, I believe, contractors who run a lot of these food operations within the military now and all the services being properly supervised, but that’s being turned around right now because One of the things that’s being emphasized by the Secretary of Defense is accountability. And leaders are held accountable for the health, morale, and welfare of their soldiers, their troops, and their families. And so I’m confident that what you’re talking about there is being turned around and is improving for sure.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, that is really good news.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah. Yeah, it is. So the bottom line is we’re headed in the right direction on President’s actions, the Secretary of Defense’s actions, it’s going to take some time to make sure those are properly instituted within the Department of Defense. And another thing that just came out from the might of interest from Secretary Hegseth is that he’s requiring the leaders of all the services, those that run our service academies like the Air Force Academy in West Point and Annapolis, to certify in writing within 30 days that they are basing all the selections for to be selected for the academies based on merit. That’s extremely important because in the past, over a long period of time, there have been special considerations given to applicants to the academies based upon their skin color and sex.
SPEAKER 15 :
That is huge. And again, America was founded on meritocracy and that people being accountable to themselves and the liberty, again, to go after your hopes and dreams. And liberty is the responsible exercise of freedom, as my friend Ben Martin says. We’re going to continue this discussion with General Joe Arbuckle about our military. It is so, so important. And all of these discussions happen because of our sponsors. And for everything residential real estate, you want Karen Levine on your side of the table.
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SPEAKER 15 :
And welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Check out our website. That is Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter and email me at Kim at Kim Munson dot com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We’re an independent voice and we search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something’s a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. And I want to say congratulations to the USMC Memorial Foundation for their very successful second annual golf tournament yesterday to raise money for the remodel of the Marine Memorial. And actually, I met Paula Sarles and General Arbuckle both at Cooper’s Troopers. And so everybody’s kind of connected in all of this, General Arbuckle.
SPEAKER 17 :
Absolutely. And You help connect us along those lines, Kim. I really appreciate that. And Cooper’s Troopers is a great organization, as you know. Grady Birdsong and that group just do a wonderful job.
SPEAKER 15 :
And it is a group of Marines that started with combat veterans. And this is a little off subject, but in all of the interviews that I’ve done for our America’s Veterans Stories, which is broadcast on Sundays 3 to 4 p.m. here at KLZ, is I’ve realized that civilian people, we cannot understand combat. Only combat veterans can understand combat. And so Cooper’s Troopers was founded by Ed Cooper and… And it has a great history. I saw Al Jennings out at the, and Jim Blaine, both out at the golf tournament yesterday. And they’re both World War II Iwo Jima veterans. But what eventually really got my brain around is no way to understand what a combat’s like unless you’ve gone through it. And that’s why Cooper’s Troopers was founded to bring people, these guys together so that they could talk about these experiences. And so I think it’s important that we civilians understand that it’s so important for combat veterans to have each other to talk to.
SPEAKER 17 :
Absolutely true, Kim. And that’s what the Band of Brothers was all about, if you recall that great TV series called The Band of Brothers. It’s a phenomenon. It’s always existed. Combat veterans seldom talk about their experiences unless they’re among themselves and can relate. And it’s so important to be able to do that also. Even with our families, oftentimes, and I’ve experienced that too, just don’t talk about what happened. Because I guess it’s recognizing that civilians really can’t understand that. Not that it’s a criticism. They just haven’t been there, as you know.
SPEAKER 15 :
Exactly, exactly. So again, congratulations to the USMC Memorial Foundation and all the work they’re doing. And we’re coming up on Memorial Day, and Memorial Day is a time to remember and reflect. And they’re going to have something out at the Marine Memorial on Memorial Day. But also, I’d recommend support them. In honor of all of our military, make a donation to the USMC Memorial Foundation, and that’s .org. This came in on the text line, General Arbuckle, and says, ask if Lohmeyer, Overbaugh, and Zimmerman have been confirmed. And you know Matt Lohmeyer very well because he was the executive director of STARS, at least for a little bit, right?
SPEAKER 17 :
Yes. Well, in fact, he still is and will remain in that position until he’s officially voted into that position as the assistant, the correction, the undersecretary of the Air Force. And that has not yet happened. Answering that question, Matt’s confirmation was just passed out of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He was voted to be moved on into the entire Senate. And we do not know when the entire Senate is going to give their final approval on that. It could be a month or two yet, unfortunately. But Matt is moving along. He’s passed the Senate Armed Services Committee in a very, very difficult hearing.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay, and then Overbaugh and Zimmerman, I’m not as familiar with that. So they’re undersecretaries as well?
SPEAKER 17 :
Unfortunately, I’m not familiar with them either, Kim.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay. I have to do some research on that. Okay, sounds great. Now, as we were preparing for you being on the show, I found a piece that had been published online, put on the website at stars.us. And this was actually before the election. And it talks about the Marxist march through America’s military. And we’ve been fighting Marxism. We fought wars about that. And then yet it’s been able to infiltrate our military. And I guess it’s through this DEI, diversity, equity, inclusion, NCRT, critical race theory, that those are based in Marxism. But this doesn’t happen overnight. How did this happen?
SPEAKER 17 :
Yes, well, thanks for bringing that up. It’s called the Long March to the Institutions. And this is near and dear to my heart because any of us who fought in Korea or Vietnam, we were fighting communist Marxists and 37,000 were killed in Korea by communists and over 58,000 in Vietnam by communists. So that’s over 95,000 of our loyal troops have been killed by the exact same ideology that is represented by DEI. Now, that’s a real punch in the gut for a lot of us. But here’s how it happened. It was a deliberate strategy from the Marxists who came to the United States in the 1930s. And then this was accelerated by a guy named Gramsci, an Italian Marxist, who came up with this idea of a long march of the institution. And the idea was to infiltrate our education system, our legal system, our media, Hollywood, et cetera, and get control of those big institutions within the United States over a period of decades. And the military was the last to basically fall to this, in my opinion. And yes, DEI is a spinoff of critical race theory. which comes from critical theory and critical legal theory, and it’s all based upon the philosophy of dividing people into groups and pitting them against each other. You’ve got a group of oppressors versus those that are oppressed. In modern-day Marxism, cultural Marxism, the oppressors are seen as the whites, as oppressing the blacks and other minorities. And then that sets up, Kim, a victimhood mentality for the oppressors, and that then justifies special treatment under personnel actions, which is DEI. In other words, lower standards, as I’ve already talked about, for example, in admission to the academies, lower standards for promotion boards sometimes for minorities. That’s the basis of DEI, and that’s the roots in Marxism in a nutshell. I went through that really fast, but that’s really basically what it is. And so by Trump and Hegseth, saying no more DEI in the federal workforce or the Department of Defense. It’s basically saying we’re going to get rid of that Marxist mentality where somebody is oppressing another group and therefore justifying special treatment for those other groups.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, and you mentioned the Tuskegee Airmen, and I have interviewed Colonel Harvey, and he was one of the Tuskegee Airmen. And one of the things that I learned from him is that The Tuskegee Airmen, instead of looking at themselves as victims, and they were Black pilots that flew in World War II, they just decided, he just decided he was going to be the very best that he could be. And all of them decided that. And it was even to a point where our bombers in World War II, it wasn’t until they’d gotten into the war where they actually would have fighters that could give them cover. I cannot believe that we would send these bombers in to bomb different targets and they would be like sitting ducks in the air, which is amazing to me. But it got to a point once we got this all figured out and we had fighter cover and that the Tuskegee Airmen were so good that pilots would request them to be their cover. And to say that you have to lower standards because of the color of someone’s skin is just, I think it’s racist. I don’t expect you to comment on that. But… I think the idea that the people strive for excellence and just look what they did. And then you mentioned the malicious compliance that taking down their pictures somewhere. So just speak a little bit to that, General Arbuckle.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yes, I’m familiar with the Tuskegee Airmen. They were real heroes, as you pointed out. But to your point about racism, by its very nature, DEI is designed to be discriminatory. That’s the purpose. It discriminates, it’s reverse discrimination, basically, because it, again, provides opportunities for those in the victimhood class, based on race and sex primarily, to be advanced faster than others, whites in particular, and it’s not based on merit. In many ways, Well, actually, it is. It’s an insult to most blacks, I think, and females also, because, you know, when they’re advanced into promotion, for example, they’re wondering, well, did I really earn that? Or was I given a special break? And we don’t want that happening. And blacks have told us that, and we’ve heard it from females also and stars. And it’s not good for them. It’s not good for the entire institution. Everything needs to be based upon merit. Treat people equally. It doesn’t matter what their skin color is or their gender or whatever else. Treat everybody fairly and equally. And advance people in personnel actions based upon their performance. That’s the way it used to be before this DEI came along, primarily pushed by Obama, in my opinion, around 2008. And so the good news is, as I talked about earlier, we’re turning this around and getting back to where we need to be. And I’ve used the sports analogy also on your show before on this DEI stuff, Kim. You know, coaches put the best players in because they want to win games. Well, that’s the way it should be. It doesn’t matter what skin color. That model should be applied to our military. We put the best people into leadership positions that are available, the best pilots, the best docs, and so forth, based upon their merit. No other characteristics should enter into that decision process.
SPEAKER 15 :
And this is important. It is exciting. Any new recruitment numbers? Because recruitment had gotten down to pretty dismal numbers. Has that changed under the Trump administration yet?
SPEAKER 17 :
Yes, it sure has. And that’s what you might call one of the Trump effects. As soon as he announced and was in the saddle and issuing these EOs to get rid of DBI, enlistment, particularly in the Army and across all services also, increased pretty radically. And I know the Army has met its enlistment goals so far for the year, and I believe the other services are also. And so That just projects the desire for people who are considering to enter the military to want it to be based upon warfighting readiness, tough standards, meritocracy, and accountability. People don’t want to join the military to have low standards. That’s not what it’s all about. We have to train in peacetime to be prepared for war, and the training has to be tough. Those standards, by the way, are being increased by Secretary Hegseth because they have been lowered in the past based upon DEI criteria. So all of that’s being turned around. Yes, enlistment is up and also retention. And that applies to people that are in the military who might consider leaving based upon some factor like DEI. Well, that is also being turned around. So we’re on a positive trend.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, and yes, we’re in a positive trend. It is a dangerous world out there. And so having military readiness is certainly really important. So be sure and check out stars.us. General Arbuckle, what’s your final thought you’d like to leave with our listeners today?
SPEAKER 17 :
What I just sort of said, Kim, positive. Everything is going in the right direction. It’s just a matter right now of implementing the orders coming from the president and secretary of defense. Also, thank you for mentioning STARS, S-T-A-R-R-S dot U-S. People can get a really good flavor for what’s happening if they check out our website. And also, Memorial Day, as you said earlier, is later this month. As you’re having your barbecues out there, please take time to remember what the purpose of Memorial Day is all about, and that is those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms and died in our military, wearing the uniform of our country and our flag.
SPEAKER 15 :
Absolutely. General Arbuckle, thank you so much. We’ll talk again very soon. And thank you for all that you do for our country and for our liberty. We take it for granted, I think, way too much. And so thank you. Really appreciate it.
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, thank you, Kim. And once again, thanks for your great patriotism and everything you do to support us and military and our citizens and Constitution.
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Yes, it is Friday, and welcome back to the Kim Munson Show and great conversations this week. I wanted to mention the Center for American Values located in Pueblo, both the USMC Memorial Foundation and the Center for American Values, two nonprofits that I just totally support on the show. And the Center for American Values will have an event, an On Values presentation on May 28th. for Memorial Day. And again, as General Arbuckle said, that Memorial Day is a time to stop and reflect about those that have given the ultimate sacrifice. And of course, not just them, but their families, those that love them, sons and husbands and fathers. And the fact that we have 95,000 people that gave their lives between Korea and Vietnam, to fight Marxism and then to have Marxism in our military, which was really pushed. And it was a long march through this Marxism of America. As he said, this march through the institutions. And in fact, the Marxists of the 60s, basically what they decided to do was cut their hair, put on a tie and start this march through our institutions. And that was our education systems, media, our churches and then ultimately our military institutions. And so we have to reclaim that. And this Marxism was underlying all of this. We saw it’s political correctness. It’s had all kinds of different names and political correctness was a way to get us to just because of good manners to not engage in the battle of ideas. And I remember this experience. Again, I was struggling as I was in my gut. I was feeling these things that were happening. But I was not good at communicating about them. And my frustration, I’ve told many of you, I went through an angry period because I couldn’t figure out what was going on. We now know what is going on. And I actually had some former friends, I would say, that… encouraged self censorship. And I realized that we’ve got to have ideas that we can debate, that we can kick the tires on these ideas. The founders did that. And I think that we’ve all assumed that at our city councils, our county commissioners, our state legislature, that they are debating these ideas. What I learned when I was on city council is that many times much of these decisions were made via these boards and commissions working through the work study sessions. And by the time they got to the city council meeting, or it could be on the floor of the state legislature, a lot of those decisions had already happened. been made, and that’s not the way it’s supposed to be. We are supposed to have representative government, and we have a responsibility, we the people, to pay attention to what’s going on, because if we don’t, we’re going to get the government that we deserve, and what we have here in Colorado right now is a state legislature that is run by extremists. I can’t believe that most reasonable, blue-dog, moderate Democrats like what’s going on in Colorado. And as I mentioned, I was down at the Independence Institute, which is at 16th and Clarkson. And yesterday and I used to just love to go to Denver just I just love the feel of Denver and I don’t like it so much anymore. It’s dirty. It’s dangerous and it’s in decline. We’ve got Wyatt on the line. Wyatt, what’s on your radar?
SPEAKER 19 :
Good morning, Kim. I just wanted to kind of foot stomp the general’s comments about removing senior leadership. If you’ll recall, during the Benghazi incident, Obama got rid of nearly a thousand senior military officers because they were spooled up and ready to go into Benghazi, and they were directed to stand down. And they voiced their displeasure at that, and Obama fired him. So just the precedent is there that the generals serve at the pleasure of the president.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay, I appreciate you making that clarification, Wyatt, because I’ve thought a lot about the discussion that I had with Trent Luce on Wednesday. And Trent is not a fan of Trump, and he brought up some good points on maybe some concerns about some of the connections of some of the – cabinet members. But I talked to somebody about the conversation afterwards, and she said, Kim, you have to remember that there’s also redemption. And I was thinking about it, Wyatt. If I was held to all the decisions that I made in the past, it would totally freeze me. I’m so grateful for redemption. So I think we have to watch the what’s going on. And General Arbuckle brought out so many successes. And then I think we have to watch. We have to be truthful. But we also have to realize that there are those that are just starting to pay attention to what’s going on. And we don’t want to so undercut the narrative when we’re talking about the Trump administration. I know that’s a lot to throw out there. And we’ve got about a minute. What’s your thoughts on that, Wyatt?
SPEAKER 19 :
Well, I think you’re seeing the similar things here with the Republican Party in Colorado. Instead of banding together and forgiving some past transgression, we stand around in a circle and shoot at each other. It’s pretty stupid. But anything – what I wanted to also say is Matthew Lohmeyer, the lieutenant colonel that was fired – for writing a book about the Marxism in the military. He wrote his personal opinions. The first page in the book says, this has no way of the Air Force or the Space Force. These are my opinions. And yet they fired him for it. He’s up for verification for, I think, undersecretary of the Air Force. So Maybe it’d be worth a call to our esteemed representatives to say that, hey, this guy needs to get in there.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay. I think that’s good advice. Wyatt, thank you so much. I always learn something when you call in. So thank you so much.
SPEAKER 19 :
Have a great weekend, Kim.
SPEAKER 15 :
And our quote for the end of the show is from Alfred North Whitehead. And he said this, he said, true courage is is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. So today, my friends, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you, and God bless America.
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And fast on a rough road riding High through the mountains climbing Twisting, turning further from my home Young like a new moon rising Fierce through the rain and lightning And I don’t want no one to cry But tell them if I don’t say
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