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And we have just scratched the surface on this. There’s three different membership levels. There is a $50 level, which is the Montpelier level. There’s a $100 level, which is the Monticello level. And the Mount Vernon is $200. And the Monticello and Mount Vernon levels receive the classes. And currently we are going through the first half of the Federalist Papers and why they are relevant to today with Alan Thomas. And that’s on Thursday night, 745. to nine o’clock each Thursday evening. So join us and be sure and sign up for our weekly email newsletter. The newsroom is also very busy and we will be getting the Daily Digest organized. We still are trying to build that just a little bit. So be patient with us on that. You can email me at kim at kimMonson.com. The text line is 720-605-0647. And thank you to all of you who support us and are part of our community. As you know, we search for truth and clarity on these issues by looking at these issues through this 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 not compassionate to take other people’s stuff. And it’s not altruistic either. Our stuff could be our rights, our property, freedom, livelihood, opportunity, childhood or lives, be a force. Force can be a weapon, but we’re seeing policy, unpredictable and excessive taxation, fees, fear, coercion, government-induced inflation, legislation, the World Economic Forum Globalist Leads Agendas, which is playing out at the United Nations, but all the way to… municipal government and school districts. But if you see these road diets, and we see them in the metro area big time for ostensibly for pedestrians or on Colfax where they’re making dedicated bus lanes, this is the World Economic Forum that are trying to make it more and more uncomfortable, difficult, expensive for you to be able to drive your vehicle. And ultimately, the goal is to get rid of the private ownership of vehicles where people can go where they want to, when they want to. And certainly there’s travel with vehicles, but there’s also more job opportunities. But so when you see this, this is actually the World Economic Forum happening right in your community. And I was just thinking about it the other day down here near C470. There’s been a lot of money that’s been put into… new bike trails and bike overpasses, and they’re absolutely beautiful. And I see some people on those particular trails, and they’re nice. They certainly look great, and people that use them, they’re very happy with them. However, when you’re driving on our roads and our streets, they’re like third world country stuff. So here you’ve got all of this money that’s going into bike lanes, bus lanes, all of that. Meanwhile, nothing is happening with our streets and our roads. And that is the World Economic Forum acting out again. It’s taking resources and putting them places that has a real ideological bent versus taking care of the basic things first. Take care of the basic things first, and then we’ll talk about spending money on all of this stuff. But that is what is happening. On the show, we focus on the issues and really work to stay out of the personality stuff that is happening out there. And that leads us to our word of the day, which is incendiary. And it is spelled I-N-C-E-N-D-I-A-R-Y. And it could be causing or designed to cause fires. Number two, other containing chemicals that produce intensely hot fire when exploded. Number three, intentionally started or set. And I would say that their rhetoric can be very incendiary, particularly in politics. And last night, I moderated a podcast. forum between the five people that have put their names forward to become the next state GOP chair. And it was only open to the central committee, the state central committee. And it was so that people could get to know these particular candidates. And actually, it was a very good forum. But I’m hearing that there’s language out there that is very incendiary in this race. And that’s why here we really work to stay focused on the issues. And so that’s our word of the day is insidiary. And your challenge is to use it in a sentence. Our quote of the day is from Maggie Thatcher. She was born in 1925. She died in 2013. And in fact, Jay Davidson had met her. He said she was not a very tall woman, but she had a very tall personality. She was a British statesman. She served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 79 to 1990. She was a leader of the Conservative Party. She was the longest serving British prime minister of the 20th century. And Soviet journalists dubbed her the Iron Lady. a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. And when you hear the uncompromising word, sometimes people say that that’s a bad word, but we have compromised ourselves into, we are on the brink of communism in our country right now. And in fact, it is not just at the door, it is in the house of some of these communities. And that’s something we cannot compromise with someone that wants to destroy our country. And so she was known as the Iron Lady because she believed in conserving these foundational principles. And she said this, she said, constitutions have to be written on hearts, not just paper. And I think that is just such an excellent quote from Maggie Thatcher. The headlines are full of the effects of communism in some of these communities where we see Seattle, And there is a communist mayor. There’s also a communist, I think, governor, basically, in Washington as well. People are exiting the state big time. And also New York, people are exiting New York as well. And they’re exiting both sides of the aisle. And I hope people that are leaving these states and people are leaving Colorado because we are in the brink of communism now. in a lot of areas as well. As people are leaving, these states need to look at the foundational reasons why. And it’s high taxes. It’s this assault upon property rights. It’s eroding the quality of life that we all have. And so that’s why we have to have these conversations about what is happening. And education of our children. is so important having the choices of where you send your kids for their education so that they learn how to read write and do arithmetic history and there is something that’s very exciting happening in centennial and we have the headmaster of Excalibur Classical Academy on the line with us Priscilla Rahn she’s been an educator for many many years but she has agreed to be the headmaster Priscilla Rahn welcome to the show

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Good morning, Kim. Great to talk to you again.

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It’s good to talk with you as well. And this is very exciting for families that really want to help their children be educated for their future, for a successful, joyful future. So tell us more about Excalibur.

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Excalibur Classical Academy is a private classical Christian school that’s opening in the Centennial area. We’ll take all children. We just want parents to know that our school is about God and country, and our mission and vision is restoring America’s heritage by developing servant leaders. And last night, real late, I got back from taking several students from Denver Public Schools on a revolutionary route tour to Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, as we’re talking about freedom and history and understanding our roots and where our rights come. Our rights are inalienable and they come from the creator. And it was really interesting to watch our students in the public education system learn for the first time certain things about our history. And so at Excalibur, we’re going to teach them from day one about our history. They’re going to do a lot of reading. We have a liberal arts curriculum. where children are going to read, learn phonics, learn grammar, handwriting, Latin, music, art, physical education, history, science, all of the wonderful things that built a very strong, well-rounded, independent-minded, thinking young person. And so we are really excited. And the other thing I want to add is we’re opening kindergarten through third grade this fall. and we’re offering 100% scholarships for all of our inaugural families. And so, you know, we really want parents to take a serious look at Excalibur.

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So you say that it’s a classical Christian tradition. Does that mean that families that may not be evangelical Christians are not welcome, or how do you address that?

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No, we definitely believe in freedom of religion, which is part of our Constitution. We just want parents to know that when our founding fathers started writing our Constitution and talking about freedom of religion and where do our rights come from, it really does come back to we’re born with these rights. And it’s in our Declaration that we all have inalienable rights from the Creator and from God. And so we just want people to know that the government doesn’t give us our rights because if the government gave us our rights, the government can take away our rights. So when we talk about a Christian tradition, we do talk about, um, our creator. And we do talk about certain lessons and parables from time to time as great lessons, because the Bible is a historical document, just like the classics that we’ll be learning. But every child is welcome, no matter what your religion is. We want all children and all families to know that we respect the parents as the first educators of their children. So we’re not associated with any church. We’re not a Catholic private school or Baptist private school because we believe parents should be the ones teaching their children doctrine. But every morning when we come into our flag ceremony, we believe in God and country. So we’ll open the day with a prayer and then we’ll say the pledge. And so that’s what we mean.

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Okay. You mentioned, so you’re completing your career in public schools. And so you said you took these kids from Denver Public Schools on this trip back to Boston and all the great history there. I had talked, this was actually pre-COVID, Priscilla, with a mom, three small children. And she had gone through this program that both you and I had gone through, Leadership Program of the Rockies, and she and I were having coffee. And she said, Kim, I had not learned this. I had a public education. My husband was homeschooled, so he learned all this. She said, I did not learn any of this in school. And she said, I feel so cheated. And I thought that was such an interesting perspective. Here’s a young adult mom and concerned about her children’s education. But she said that she’s learning many of these things for the first time. And she feels that she was cheated with all those years. And I thought that was a very interesting comment.

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Kim, I have to be transparent and tell you in this past week, there were things I learned for the first time that I hadn’t learned in my government run education. And this is what is so shameful about, and unfortunate. And, you know, our children are at the mercy of teachers. The teachers are the ones who have to understand the curriculum and teach the curriculum, but you can’t give what you haven’t been taught. And so we have now generations of teachers who were never taught our history and the love of our country and the 360 comprehensive view of our slavery, right. And emancipation and all of these things. And, you know, I, I will say that, you know, I was not the tour guide. I was the chaperone and the person who put the trip together, but there, there was a tour guide from this company. And the whole time I was waiting for him to say something that would be really inspiring and, um, something that would cause a young child to leave this trip, just really loving America and, And it never happened. And so I, I had to think this is, this is the problem with public education today that our children are not getting the truth and they’re not learning that. Yes. Um, the things that happened in our country were awful. Um, but look at how some, some work.

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Yeah. Right.

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Some work. Some and some work. Yes. There was, but the beautiful part is like, where, where are we now? Like, where have we come and, and what is our responsibility to, going forward. We’ve come a long way from holding on to, you know, small government and personal responsibility. We need to get back to that, but we have to teach kids that, you know? And so those are the things, those are the lessons we’re going to be teaching kids.

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OK, so enrollment is open now for K through third grade this fall semester. And don’t miss this opportunity. So grandparents, aunts, uncles, community members be talking with families and let them know about this particular option. I’ve sent this option over to a young family who I dearly love. And I know that they are considering it. And so don’t don’t wait too long that when you find out it’s there’s no room. So how can people get more information, Priscilla Ron?

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Our website is Excalibur Classical Academy dot org, and I have several virtual and in-person sessions. you know, lessons and information sessions coming up in June. Our building is being built. It’s going to be beautiful. And so it’s really tough to get inside the building right now with construction, but I will work around anybody’s schedule to share with them information, but it’s Excalibur classical academy.org.

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Fantastic. Priscilla, Ron, we’ll talk with you next week, and good luck, and do not tarry in reaching out to ExcaliburClassicalAcademy.org. Thanks so much, Priscilla.

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Thanks, Kim. Have a great day.

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Good morning, Kim. Good morning, Colorado from Kansas. Let me tell you, last night was a real weather event. Let’s just say we had tornadoes everywhere. Okay. You know, today is close to a year that we entered into our first federal lawsuit. taking on solar. And that lawsuit, the federal lawsuit, is in review at the 8th Circuit, and I believe that’s the Denver court, on appeal. So as we still wait, we see every day why the NEPA review of federal and state regulations when it comes to our natural environment, environmental reviews of policies is more important than it ever has been before. So that NEPA review is so needed when it comes to environmental standards of data centers, environmental standards of transmission lines, but it also includes our environmental expectations of how we live, where we live, and why we live there, and why we are rural. So that has been a whirlwind this week, this last week in Kansas. So many things are happening so quickly. And so I know that the data centers are on everyone’s mind. And why do we need environmental review? Because there are so many environmental factors that we don’t see, like the tonal impact. That means the vibrations that these huge substations create and these huge data centers will create. across our land, affecting our agriculture, our livestock, even our lives and our development, human development of our small children.

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That’s what’s happening in Kansas, Kim. Well, and you’re on the forefront on this. And so this is called NEPA, and that is the National Environmental Protection Act. And we all want to make sure that we have clean air, clean water. That was really, I think, the narrative initially of the environmental movement. And that all was important. We had things that we did need to get cleaned up. But then what happened is the ideological agenda of really, I think, more anti-human. And in fact, Patrick Moore, who had been a member of Greenpeace, got out of Greenpeace. Actually, I think he was a co-founder of Greenpeace. He now is known as the… Oh, gosh. I think it’s the sensible. I’ll have to look that up. But anyway, he left Greenpeace once he realized that this had become an ideological movement to basically shut down human, I think, flourishing prosperity. So it was weaponized in that arena. But then what we’ve seen happen now with industrial wind projects, solar projects, industrial transmission lines, that they’ve not had to go through this NEPA review. And that’s where government then is picking winners and losers, using NEPA to stop some things and not using NEPA and kind of has green-lighted some of these other things, correct?

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Correct. So NEPA review was required in any policy being passed at the U.S. federal level. That required three agencies, whatever three agencies that required our agencies for the U.S. Treasury, the EPA, and it should have been the Department of Energy, which became sort of a conundrum because FERC was semi-exempted from the NEPA process. in these transferable tax credits. And so when we went to court, a federal court, questioning those reviews, and that is where the public gets to weigh in on the rules and regs that are going to be implemented from that policy in the Department of Treasury, in the Department of the EPA, the Interior. we should have had the Department of Energy at the forefront. So what we found was the JOBS Act, which was the Infrastructure Act, and all those special acts that just loaded money up, and it came down and expanded government regulations significantly. We had no guardrails. We had no gold standard of understanding. And they had layered and layered and layered their own protections against the NEPA review in the administrative acts rules where the public really didn’t get to weigh in. So the transferable tax credits have been called back by the president to the degree he can. A lot of it has been codified in our laws, and we have to block and tackle that on a federal level. But more so, perhaps when this case is maybe kicked back down to the federal court here in Kansas, they will have an understanding of the impact of these transferable tax credits for anonymous people take these credits, cash them out, and do not pay income tax on them because they’re anonymous. And these tax credits will penalize Americans, good-paying tax rate Americans in our utility rates for a very long time. These tax credits are lucrative, and they add… A burden on top of burden on our national debt, which is, what, $40 trillion almost. So, I mean, it is, you’re right, Kim, weaponizing. Weaponizing something that should be, you know, meant for the good of the public. So last week, what we saw… You know what?

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Let’s hold that as our cliffhanger, Virginia Maka, because what you are doing with Stand for the Land Kansas is beyond remarkable. And it is really important for quality of life. For us now and for our children. But you referred to FERC and that is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. And just looking at this, this is probably AI. It says it’s an independent agency, the United States government that regulates the interstate transmission and wholesale transmission. Sale of electricity and natural gas and the prices of interstate transport, transported petroleum by pipeline. So that’s what FERC is. We’re talking with Virginia Maka. And these are such important discussions that we have. I did want to mention the Center for American Values, which is located in Pueblo on the Riverwalk. And they have great events, both online and educational events or educational programs for kids K through 12. focused on these foundational principles of honor, integrity, and patriotism. And check out them and support them. That website is AmericanValueCenter.org. And we’re talking about quality of life. And we want people to have options. And Virginia’s talking about government putting their thumb on these different industries. And we’re seeing this in housing as well with housing. favorable financing for these, I think they look like communist block apartment buildings. And so it’s important that we stand for the land in Kansas. We stand for the opportunity for home ownership. And if you’re looking to change your address, talk to Karen Levine.

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SPEAKER 21 : 35:37

So last week we had a ruling here in Kansas through our Kansas Corporation Commission on a transmission line. It’s 133 miles long through Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. And it was called the Buffalo Flats. So the ruling that came down after more than a dozen landowners had standing to intercede in this case because the line itself crossed across the… protected prairies, the Flint Hills, and actually impacted several national registered properties along the way as it crossed the border to Oklahoma. And so they ruled half the line on one side of a highway was legit and necessary, while the other half was not because the sightings wasn’t conducive to oil and gas and the natural habitat of the prairie, according to one commissioner, which is very odd that you would classify half of it necessary and half of the siding wasn’t up to snuff. And so the half that isn’t up to snuff is actually the longest half that crossed the southern borders of Kansas into Oklahoma. And so in my research of the Buffalo Flats, and this was a line, a 345 kilovolt line necessary to address Storm Uri. Storm Uri was a storm that impacted where the grid went down in Texas. And it took a thousand gas burners here in Kansas, to bring the grid back up to snuff where Missouri, Kansas, and Texas, we were in the dark for two days. And the ruling on Storm Uri was the cost of the natural gas, the cost to bring the grid back up for Texas was put on the rate payers across Kansas. And those rates increased some people’s, electric bills, $55 a month. Now, that’s a residential. Could you imagine what a manufacturer’s cost has been on Storm Uri? So the ruling in 2020 from the oversight there at the Federal Energy Regulation Commission is called NERC. And they ruled because of the Southwest Power Pool’s ambitious ambitious plan to put so many renewables online and downgrade our base load energy. That means taking the base load energy to a minimal and actually looking at retiring a lot of our coal burning and fossil fuel entities here in Kansas. it caused a failure of the grid. And that was when Texas and their overzealous renewables in wind and solar brought their grid down. And so once you start tripping the grid, as in Spain we saw, there is really no stopping it because renewables are intermittent energy and they don’t have enough power to keep the load in the lines to supply electric. So Storm Uri was a learning lesson. It should have been a learning lesson for the Southwest Power Pool, but it has been nothing more than a reason to expand renewables and expand transmission. You can expand renewables all you want, but if you don’t have the transmission to move that energy, which is not meant for any state in the Midwest. It is geared towards the northern border of Canada and the western border of Colorado, Washington, and Oregon. So the cost of what we see in this Buffalo Flats line goes all the way back to a study that was never meant for averages, was never meant for Kansas. The Buffalo Flats was a North Dakota study for the Basin Electric Power Cooperative. They were under fire from a 2014 Clean Power Act plan that the EPA had instituted under the Obama climate change agenda. And when you start reading the historic documents on this, and for some reason in 23, it became an Evergy project, you kind of have to start questioning really the basis and premise for this entire climate change agenda as You know, climate change has already been, you know, circumvented by President Trump. It has been admitted by the UN that climate change is a false premise. It is not science. But we’re still proceeding in policy on implementing environmental governance standards We’re making the carbon credits, the carbon storage. We’re proceeding on climate change policies, and we’re enhancing those by the Federal Energy Regulation Commission issuing tariffs and open access tariffs, which are specialized for transmission companies, to move these renewables and the expansion of renewables And now we’ve got data centers that, well, they can exist, but they’ll have to bring in their own renewables, which are thousands and thousands of acres of solar to supply their power. And at some point, will somebody just throw the flag? We deserve a gold standard in America. We have no gold standard. We don’t even have a conversation. about what’s going on in Kansas. And it is time for Kansas elected officials to say enough is enough. Landowners have suffered enough. We have wasted enough time. Let’s have a conversation and develop gold standards for data centers, gold standards for energy, gold standards for property rights. Let’s be a state of gold standards. Because that’s what Americans deserve. Hardworking Americans deserve a gold standard.

SPEAKER 04 : 43:36

Well, in Virginia, this is actually, this whole thing is built on a house of cards. And one of the quotes as we come into one of the segments is, you can’t have equal rights if you have special rights. And that also goes to economic policy. So when government is giving out transferable tax credits and it’s saying to this entity, you don’t have to pay your taxes. But I’ll tell you what, Virginia Maka, if everyday people said, I’m not going to pay my taxes, it’s a whole different game. So you’ve got bureaucrats and politicians and interested parties that are treating these entities different. And that is antithetical to the American idea. So we need to reclaim our founding. And that is that everybody has to play by the same rules. And so with these industrial projects that are just ramrodding through the Midwest and the West here, and they’re not having to go through the NEPA review, that’s government picking winners and losers. That’s not the way it’s supposed to be, Virginia Macca.

SPEAKER 21 : 44:54

Absolutely. And when you have the Federal Energy Regulation Commission issuing, I like to call them carrots every day, these open access transmission tariffs, which are lucrative, and we pay for them, and the expansion of transmission lines that are put back onto the rate payers, how unaffordable can you make it before no one can live in Kansas? Before no No person on a fixed income can exist in Kansas on any level anywhere. You can’t. It is a penalty to young families. It’s a penalty to our seniors. It’s a penalty to the millennials that are graduating and can’t afford a home, can’t afford their own utility bills. And so we… Is it fair for the Federal Energy Regulation Commission to keep the stream of open access transmission tariffs being issued job after job after job and impacting all of our states, including Colorado, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri? We’re being saturated with intermittent energy While we’re going to sacrifice our base load energy, something that delivers every time whenever we need it, how? It’s not fair. And so I think that it’s time to throw the flag and have a national discussion, including data centers. You know, we talk about the AI race.

SPEAKER 04 : 46:43

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SPEAKER 04 : 49:46

And welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. On the line with me is Virginia Maka, and she is the founder of Stand for the Land Kansas. And I did want to just make a point. You were talking about effigy, and these companies have been given eminent domain rights. power as well which there’s something really wrong with that but from market screener the top two shareholders for effigy is black rock advisors owns almost nine percent of the stock vanguard capital management uh about a little over seven percent then we go to excel out here in colorado and um Let’s see here. XL Energy Vanguard owns. I’m getting some of these pop ups. Hold on just a second. Black. Excuse me. Oh, no, that’s effigy. Anyway, XL BlackRock and Vanguard are big shareholders in that as well. So this is World Economic Forum stuff. It’s a way that they’re taking land. These AI data centers. Now it’s a bring bring your own power. And what I’m hearing is a number of these oil and gas guys are supportive of these data centers because you saw Bill Gates changed his tune on climate change. He’s like, oh, no, it’s not that big a deal after trillions of dollars have been spent. And these trillions of dollars have come from everyday people. So all this money has been spent. These data centers now, they need this power. And the oil and gas guys think that they might then have a market for their products, that they have been so ostracized and so many rules and regulations and taxes that it’s made that difficult for that industry. You’re seeing some of the oil and gas guys get on the bandwagon to support these AI data centers, Virginia. And again, if the data centers could exist without all the special treatment programs, Let’s have a conversation from an economic standpoint. But they can’t. But the oil and gas guys are looking for a market. And I’ll just say one other thing. That market should be everyday people. That we would have reliable, efficient, affordable, and abundant power. So what do you think, Virginia Maka?

SPEAKER 21 : 52:09

Absolutely. Turning an entire economy that has been developed on oil, The reliability of baseload energy, our oil, our gas, our coal. We have developed technology to the point of clean burning coal. And that has given us the path forward to achieve the prosperity that this country has achieved. That means building your American dream as a manufacturer, building your American dream as a worker at these facilities. You can’t penalize or penalize an entire economy because you believe in climate change and intermittent energy that the wind and the sun. Sure, you can supplement some of it. But you can’t offload the amount of baseload energy they have to the extent where you are creating a grid that will fail at any time, anywhere, and no one can predict if we will have enough energy to bring it back. And the oil and gas guys have been in this conversation a long time ago. They had been ostracized and sidelined. And I have watched it in my own state where you give tax credits. Our legislature has given so many tax credits to renewable energy. They have gamed the system tax credits and tax abatements on property when it came to wind and solar and battery. And now data centers where you have a 20-year exemption from sales tax. You’re bankrupting our counties into actually policies that are penalizing regular everyday people that are having to pick up the slack when it comes to low tax coffers that run our budgets for our counties. And so data centers, you know, think about this. What product? Who is using the data center? Who are their customers? What data are they collecting? In fact, this last legislative session, SB 51, gave our information collected by our government in Kansas the power to not just collect it, but to inventory our individual data and be bought and sold by the chief information officer in Kansas, whoever that is. That, to me, is not just unconstitutional, but people are starting to wake up and ask, who are these data centers? What are they doing? What products are they delivering? And we have had experts in the last week come in, and we will see some really big decisions here in Kansas and Sedgwick County when it comes to solar, when it comes to data, when it comes to energy policies and those kind of tax credit policies that are penalizing everyday workers in Kansas. And we’re hoping that our elected officials at the county level Throw the flag and say, we need a conversation. We need a bigger conversation. We need an energy conversation in Kansas.

SPEAKER 04 : 56:14

Well, and people can get more information and support. Standforthelandkansas.com is the place to go. Standforthelandkansas.com. Virginia, we will talk with you again very soon. And what you are doing on working on throwing the flag on this is so important for people for us, our quality of life, what we pass on to our children. And I thank you for your tireless, courageous work that you’re doing, Virginia Maka.

SPEAKER 21 : 56:44

Well, thank you, Kim, for your truth and clarity on the issues and an opportunity to be on this platform. I appreciate it.

SPEAKER 04 : 56:53

Most definitely. We will talk with you soon. We’ll get you on the schedule and our quote for the end of the show. You’ll love this one. Virginia’s Maggie Thatcher. She said, when I’m out of politics, I’m going to run a business. It’s called rent a spine. 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. God bless America. Stay tuned for hour number two.

SPEAKER 02 : 57:54

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SPEAKER 04 : 58:00

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SPEAKER 02 : 58:25

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SPEAKER 04 : 58:31

Indeed, let’s have a conversation and welcome to our number two of the Kim Monson show. Thank you so much for joining us. You each are treasured, you’re valued, you have purpose. Today’s drive for excellence. Take care of your heart, your soul, your mind and your body. My friends, we were made for this moment in history. And thank you to the team. That’s producer Joe, Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie, Mike, Amanda, and all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting. Happy Tuesday, producer Joe. Happy Tuesday, Kim. And check out our website. The website is extensive and beautiful. And that website is Kim Monson. That’s M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Make sure you’re signed up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at Kim Monson dot com. And the text line is 720-605-0647. And while you are at the website, a couple of things. Check out our newsroom as well as join our community. connect and converse and communicate and contemplate these important issues and ideas in our country today. So be sure and join us. We’d love to have you. As you know, on the show, we search for truth and clarity by looking at these lens and 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 on the show, we focus on the issues. We work diligently to not have name-calling. I think the main time that happens is when Kane’s on the show. But otherwise, we really work to try to just stick to the issues on these things. And… I can use the word of the day with, I think, some of the language that Cain’s been… They would say some of his language is incendiary. And it is. It’s very fiery language. But it is factual and it is truthful. And he feels that it’s important to get people’s attention. And his personality… Is that way my personality? I talk about these issues a little differently, but our word of the day is an important word. It’s incendiary, and it’s I-N-C-E-N-D-I-A-R-Y. It could be causing or designed to cause fires, as in fiery language, of or containing chemicals that produce intensely hot fire when exploded or, lastly, intentionally started or set. So I imagine using that word today, it would be very easy to use it in a sentence regarding the rhetoric that is out there in our communities now. Our quote of the day is, I chose this from Maggie Thatcher because our Constitution, so many people don’t even really understand it. They don’t understand the history. I mentioned I have watched the film A Great Awakening, which is regarding George Whitefield, a professor. preacher and his friendship with Benjamin Franklin. And it was so interesting that in the film, there is this line where Benjamin Franklin’s grandson comes across these papers. He said, did you know George Whitefield during the revolution? And Franklin responds that he was the revolution. And so I pulled this because it is so important that we understand these foundational principles. And Maggie Thatcher nailed it. And she’s a British stateswoman. She was born in 1925, died in 2013. And a Soviet journalist dubbed her the Iron Lady, which was a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. And there would be those that use that term uncompromising. But we have compromised and consensused our way to where we are standing. And in some municipalities and states, it’s here. And that is communism. And communism and the American idea cannot exist in the same spot. So you can’t compromise. with that. And so she was dubbed the Iron Lady. She said, constitutions have to be written on hearts, not just paper. And this was a headline, and I thought this was interesting. My neighbor sent this over, that there are those that are calling for the impeachment of of Governor Jared Polis. This was about 12 hours ago. And this is, let me get this for you. It says, progressive Colorado candidates call for the impeachment of Governor Polis over Tina Peters’ clemency. And I find this really quite crazy that this is happening here. And of course, Jared Polis, he only has a few more months before the election. And so this is pretty crazy. regarding this and so stay tuned on this Tina Peters is scheduled to be released on June 1st it’ll be interesting to see what the terms of her probation are but I am so grateful to Jared Polis and I thank him for that, for doing the right thing and offering clemency and mercy and kindness, getting out of the politics and offering her clemency. He offered clemency and pardons to a number of people the other day and I am really grateful to him for doing that. And that is what we called on him to do. When we delivered that petition that 4,201 people signed from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, we put it together very quickly in December. And I… then took that down before I left town for Christmas on December 22nd and left that at his office. And so I thank him. It took longer than we had hoped, but I am very grateful for that. And all these things that we do and happens is because we have wonderful sponsors. And on the line with us is John Bozen with Bozen Law. John, welcome to the show.

SPEAKER 09 : 64:42

Good morning, Kim. I too am grateful and a little bit surprised and A little bit concerned about what his motivations are behind there because he’s always three steps ahead thinking about down the future how something’s going to benefit him or the blue cause. But I am grateful he did the right thing.

SPEAKER 04 : 65:00

He did the right thing. And I’ve talked with a number of people, again, talking, concerned about strategy and motivation. And I’m certainly, I’m sure that that is all part of it, John. But I’ve also thought our Lord is bigger than all of that. And so what he may have done for us, political purposes or whatever I think is going to be used for, for good. And so I’m really excited about this. And so we’ll stay tuned. We’re going to watch and wait, but I do pray for her safety here over the next couple of weeks as well. I think that many of the, the prisoners there appreciate her shedding light on the conditions, which it sounds like they’re terrible there. And so I think she’ll work to try to improve conditions for prisoners. But I’m also concerned that there could be a bad actor, like what happened when that woman attacked her a few months ago. And so I pray for her safety before she’s released as well, John Bozen.

SPEAKER 09 : 65:59

Her safety and her health, all of us should. Yeah, she… I’m sure she’s got a very significant purpose when she gets out, and it’ll be interesting to hear her voice and what she has to say.

SPEAKER 04 : 66:15

Most definitely. So let’s get over to your business. If people have been injured, they need to reach out to Bozen Law. But let’s talk about something that I don’t think we ever have, and that’s construction zone danger. Talk to me about that, John Bozen.

SPEAKER 09 : 66:33

Well, you know, I’ve been doing this a very long time, and you start to see patterns over time. And one of the things I see a lot in the spring and the summer really is folks having accidents at construction scenes. They’re a dangerous zone. They’re a dangerous place. And there’s a reason when you’re on the highway or any kind of road and you see a sign, construction zone ahead, reduce speed, that folks should really, really pay attention to that. well, I don’t have statistics, but serious accidents. Another area is when it’s raining out. Another area is when it’s dark or out or getting dark. Dusk is a really dangerous time to drive. So when it’s raining out, we’ve got a lot of rain, thank you, God. When it’s a construction zone and when it’s dusk, all three factors matter. slow down, be hyper attentive, because that’s when we see it’s a higher percentage of accidents, but more significant accidents, more dangerous, more injury to folks, because you have folks that are obeying the speed limit, slowing down, and then you have people that just blow right through that speed limit sign. And I just want people to be safe out there. So if you’re driving, you’re coming up on a construction zone, Slow down. Be very attentive. If it’s dark out and it’s raining, then you’ve got all three factors working against you. So be super, super hyper attentive and alert.

SPEAKER 04 : 68:15

And this sounds like John Bowes and the dad, what he probably says to your children.

SPEAKER 09 : 68:21

It’s one of them.

SPEAKER 04 : 68:22

Yeah. And I like to take these things and then use them with the people that I care deeply about as well. And the other thing, these construction zones can sometimes kind of sneak up on you. Were they closing a lane? And that is why you really do need to be paying attention to what’s going on because sometimes that lane closure can come up faster than you realize it will.

SPEAKER 09 : 68:49

Absolutely. That’s the other thing. I mean, we’re creatures of habit. We’re driving along and we don’t know there’s going to be a construction project started. All of a sudden, boom, there it is. And so you just have to really, like I say, focus on the task at hand, which is driving, paying attention, not picking up that cell phone to take that call, and never, ever texting or taking a Zoom or FaceTime call. Those are, you cannot focus. You cannot focus to the degree you need to to be safe and keep others safe. when you’re on a Zoom call or a FaceTime call or you’re trying to text. Those are the big, don’t ever do those, listeners, please.

SPEAKER 04 : 69:35

Right. If someone has been injured, certainly you always recommend that they seek medical care, make sure everything’s okay. But that next call should be to Bozen Law, correct?

SPEAKER 09 : 69:48

It should be, and that number is 303-999-9999. And time is always of the essence. Folks should never wait. There’s a lot of stuff they need to know on the front end of a potential claim.

SPEAKER 04 : 70:03

And again, that’s a Bozen Law 303-999-9999. John, we’ll talk next week. As always, thank you.

SPEAKER 09 : 70:10

I will look forward to it, Kim. Have a great day.

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SPEAKER 10 : 74:32

Kim, glad to be here.

SPEAKER 04 : 74:34

Well, and I’m so intrigued by this recent piece that you published at the Epoch Times. ICE alleges widespread fraud in major foreign student work program. Nathan, we are seeing every day headlines of fraud. And who’s being defrauded? It’s everyday American people. But talk to me about this really explosive piece that you’ve written.

SPEAKER 10 : 75:00

Well, I am glad to. This is a program. It’s not really a household name the way that the H-1B is, but it’s something called optional practical training. And so two really big points about this program. This is called a work program for foreign students, but it can continue for a year or even two years after a student has graduated. Second, this program It actually provides tax incentives for companies to hire non-Americans over Americans into entry-level positions. Those are two very important points, even before we get to the fraud, in the nature of OPT. But those have driven a lot of congressional interest from the likes of Eric Schmidt, as well as Jim Banks and Paul Gosar and others into the idea of reforming this program or eliminating it. But this revelation… from ICE and ICE HSI was of what they alleged to be widespread outright fraud in the program. This includes things like residences that were apparently just single family homes where there were supposedly numerous OPT students working. They found locked offices. In North Texas alone, they documented what they said were extensive, very suspicious work sites Again, these inconsistencies between what people on the ground were telling them and then what the file said. And finally, they allege evidence of transnational fraud, money moving across borders with a lack of required tax forms, with apparently a lack of transparency. and the use of third parties, which is evidently, at least allegedly, a violation of the law, a violation of what is supposed to be, at the bare minimum, a training program. This is something that began, again, in the 1950s. You had the original inkling of what this would be. It really began in its modern form in the last few decades. evolving from what was supposed to be a training program for students. Generally, the assumption would be it would be while they were students into this work program generally used by students after they’ve graduated. One, again, that provides tax incentives, and that’s simply in the law. And last point I’ll make here is that this is something Congress never weighed in on this. This was done entirely through the executive branch. This was done entirely through regulations rather than Laws passed by the Congress.

SPEAKER 04 : 77:39

So if that’s the case, could Trump just get rid of it then?

SPEAKER 10 : 77:44

Well, that’s the intriguing thing. We’ve had since 2025, when Kristi Noem was DHS secretary, evidence that they’re working on some sort of new regulation. She announced this in response to a letter from Eric Schmidt, the senator from Missouri. She said, yes, we are continuing to work on this. An important thing also to keep in mind is that with all this immigration policy, you’re going to have different voices maybe offering pressure in one direction or the other. Certainly, there are a lot of American companies, especially in tech, that use OPT. But news stories like this do raise questions about, again, leaving aside some of the things that I opened that discussion with, the scope of potential fraud, outright fraud, not just the judgment as to whether this is a just program or not.

SPEAKER 04 : 78:33

Okay, so let’s talk about the fraud on this, Nathan. And first of all, I am learning with these tax credits, tax incentives, this is government putting their finger on the scale and saying that they’re a group or entity, that they get special deals and the rest of us don’t. And this is antithetical to the American idea. We’re all supposed to be playing in the same sandbox and we’re all supposed to be treated equally under the law. with the vision of our declaration that we’re all created equal with rights from God of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness. And so whenever we have, and we’ve seen this in so many industries, we were talking with Virginia Maka with Stanford Land, Kansas, and the first hour regarding these energy tax credits and just that whole thing. So on this, you mentioned tax incentives, tax credits, right? which that’s different than outright taxpayer money going to these entities. So first question, was there also money that was going to these employers or is it over here on the tax side?

SPEAKER 10 : 79:41

Well, let me say that these are, as far as I know, and this could have developed even since I wrote the story, these are allegations based upon what sounds like the start of an investigation with OPT employers in Texas, North Carolina, Florida, New Jersey, various other states, including 18 site visits in Texas. So if there is, in fact, tax fraud, involving this sort of transnational financial network that they’re alleging they found not one, but possibly multiple questionable financial networks involving, and I’m quoting now, numerous bank accounts and complex transactions. That suggests that it’s possible that could be an element of it. And to be clear, when it comes to those tax incentives, basically it enables companies when they’re hiring students who are on a student visa while benefiting from this program, they can avoid the sorts of general, as I understand it, you know, payroll taxes and the like that they would have to pay for generally other employees, certainly Americans who are not on a visa, even foreign nationals, foreign workers who are on some other form of visa. This really strongly incentivizes the hiring of people in this specific program, which could be the reason why it grew over the course of the past few decades from a few thousand people to more than 400,000 now on this program right now.

SPEAKER 04 : 81:16

So you’re saying that some of these employers do not have to pay payroll taxes, which is significant, right? Okay, so I think I’m connecting the dot on the fraud then, that then you have these different locations. For example, you said a single family home that has 500 people that are listed as employees. And so that would, gosh, I’m still not quite connecting that dot. So if they don’t have to pay payroll taxes on it, Nathan, help me. I can’t quite get that dot connected.

SPEAKER 10 : 81:57

Well, I think the big question here, leaving aside when it comes to those transnational networks, any sort of possible fraud, which, again, I have to say we need more details to be able to establish that definitively. But what we’re looking at here is when supposedly people who are on this, what is supposed to be tightly regulated work program, employers are saying they’ve got, in this one particular case, 500 foreign students working at a site. While the employer on site apparently claims only to employ three students, somebody is apparently misrepresenting the facts is what it looks like because Again, this is supposed to be a training program. There’s supposed to be people working at a site that then benefits from this. So it’s possible that the employer is enjoying some advantage from that. And it’s possible that the students are simply making this claim, benefiting from this program while not actually working under the terms of OPT, of optional practical training. So we could be looking at fraud from multiple sources in multiple ways.

SPEAKER 04 : 83:06

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SPEAKER 04 : 86:30

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SPEAKER 10 : 88:10

Absolutely. To name a very recent example, Vance. saying that 780 what he describes as fraudulent hospice centers have been shut down by his anti-fraud task force. We’re looking at what appears to be specifically when it comes to public money, when it comes to these public programs, which, you know, whatever you think of them, they’re supposed to be, in theory, run for the benefit of the public, sort of a violation of the social contract. And at some level, the numbers, the big numbers, the sheer scale of this, in the case of OPT, 10,000 people benefiting from this program who work for what are described as suspicious employers, that’s striking. But to me, more fundamentally, it seems as though Americans, when they are citizens of a republic, the expectation is that it is run in their interest. The expectation is even if they disagree with the program that it’s run fairly. So I’m not, you know, as a Chicagoan, I’m not totally surprised to learn about some of the fraud that exists that’s being documented now from from some of these federal programs. But it’s still still a little bit disquieting. And again, at some level, the numbers matter. And yet even even one instance of this, I think it’s enough to or perhaps should be enough to raise the attention to arouse the ire of people who want government to work efficiently and fairly.

SPEAKER 04 : 89:42

Well, and you mentioned a violation of the social contract. And I think with all of these reports of fraud, and again, your important piece at the Epoch Times is the fraud regarding this foreign student work program. I think everyday people, I think this is going to be an inflection point in our country where people are realizing that That these the government has gotten so huge and when it gets so huge, it can only do that by taking from we the people, everyday hardworking people. And I think that folks have said, oh, OK, if you say you’re helping new refugees, OK, the people that are coming here because they’ve been displaced. under duress in their countries. Okay. Yeah. That seems good. We’re good hearted. We want to have that happen. Or if you’re helping, for example, people in hospice, people in the, at the end times of their lives. Okay. Yeah. Okay. But what we’re realizing then is that we are being defrauded on that. And so this violation of the social contract is, I think that this makes that we are at a really a new awakening, new awakening in our country. And I think that something very exciting is going to happen in reclaiming our great American idea. Am I too optimistic on that? Nathan Wooster.

SPEAKER 10 : 91:14

Well, being in Washington, being on Capitol Hill, I’m acutely aware of the fact that there are many, many interests lobbying in favor of the status quo in many areas. And again, just to land on a few in this specific case, you have Google, you have various other big tech companies. They rely upon OPT. The case that advocates for the program have made, people like Alex Norasto with KO Institute, they say, Really, for one of the most dynamic areas of the American economy, there is a need for this sort of skilled technical labor. This serves also as a pipeline for the H-1B. Advocates would make a similar argument. And you had the big reform in OPT only a few years ago during the George W. Bush administration. There was a bit of an inflection point then. The story is that it was Chertoff in the… basically drawing room of a Georgetown house making this deal with tech interests. And so, you know, some Americans might look at that and they might weigh, okay, you know, maybe this program has some benefits, but certainly the fraud that has been documented, that has been investigated, and at this stage appears to be possibly quite large in scale, that raises some questions. I would also say if you look right now for young Americans at the percentage of recent graduates with degrees like computer engineering and computer science who are unemployed, certainly now at the dawn of this age of artificial intelligence, large language models being used on a larger scale than ever before, the positive side of that, of course, is dynamism, but then you also have to wonder why if we’re approaching this point where many Americans, many young Americans who were educated in STEM, Often with the explanation that AI is changing things, cannot find jobs. Why is this program so large in scale? Maybe I think on a lot of these issues, the fraud is a point of focus that will, at least I certainly expect, trigger more of these conversations about fraud. the scope of of what in many cases will be said to to be economically beneficial programs you have in a lot of this you have of course governments uh growing to an unprecedented scale in the united states far from the sort of 19th century government where uh president abraham lincoln you know he he would know a significant number of the very small number of people working directly for the federal government um you have that but you also you do have a large scale public and private interests who have a strong interest in, I would say, de-risking their own business models. And so access to the government and to a large government that can make that easier for them. And that’s another dynamic here to keep in mind.

SPEAKER 04 : 94:17

So Nathan Wooster, We’ve got to get to the foundational principles that we do not give special deals, special money, tax credits, cash to entities because you can’t give to entities what you haven’t taken from somebody else. So if you’ve got a business that’s getting tax credits or property tax credits or they don’t have to pay a sales tax or excise taxes, That’s, first of all, a special deal. But then the other half of that equation is that government, we do not see government trying to then reduce their expenditures. They continue to spend and spend more. And so what that burden is, falls upon the rest of us, which the rest of us typically is the everyday American. And so we’ve got to understand this foundational principle that we don’t give money, we don’t give special deals to one entity, but you’re on Capitol Hill and you see it all the time. I’ve been back to walk the halls of Congress and There’s all kinds of individual, well, lobbyist individuals that are in the ears of our legislators and our senators because they want special deals. And you see that all the time, I’m sure, Nathan.

SPEAKER 10 : 95:40

Oh, absolutely. You know, it applies to just about any industry. It certainly some some benefit more than others. It applies to unions. It applies to just about every interest group that you can imagine. I have to say the problem that a lot of individual Americans, if they’re not clicked up, to put it a little casually, if they’re not clicked up with one of these interest groups, it can be hard then to feel like you have that level of access to your legislature. But I will say I suspect that on some of these issues, yes, there is a sense that we need change. mounted to, again, levels that I think even defenders of a large national debt in the nation’s past might not have been able to wrap their minds around. We’re rapidly approaching, among other things, the exhaustion of the Social Security Trust Fund. So I imagine that at some stage, the conversation is going to be forced in a more meaningful way. Certainly don’t Don’t imagine anything like a federal table or nothing quite like what the state of Colorado has when it comes to spending. But perhaps the conversation through this and just through the financial realities is going to be forced in a different sort of way over the next few years.

SPEAKER 04 : 97:11

Well, I agree. We’re going to have a reckoning on this. And we can either choose how we’re going to address this reckoning or this reckoning is going to occur anyway. And so we’ve got to have these important discussions. We, the people, need to get involved in this. knowing what’s happening there. That’s why the work that we do here at the Kim Monson Show is so important. That’s why the work that you’re doing at the Epoch Times is so important. And you have two other pieces I just wanted to mention. One was published on May 14th. It’s in Georgia. No Trump endorsement as three Republicans vie to challenge Senator Ossoff. And then also Trump’s Greenland envoy, Landry, arrives in Duke. Is that how you say it? For the first trip to Greenland. And what’s your next story as well? Have you decided what you’re going to be publishing?

SPEAKER 10 : 98:02

Well, I’ll tell you, I have a follow up on Greenland. I have a piece based on conversations that I’ve had with Greenlandic mothers whose children were taken away in part because of a parenting test specifically for Greenlanders in Denmark that has since been outlawed. And I can tell you this was a very hard one to write because it’s It’s just so, so crushing for mothers to lose their kids and still, in many cases, be fighting to get them back. I’m also coming to you from Georgia. We are on day zero, you might say. This is the primary for the Senate here and for various other offices. But on the Senate side, you have Mike Collins, Buddy Carter, Derek Dooley. They’re all vying for the Republican nomination to fight in the general election with the incumbent, John Ossoff. And you also have primaries in Kentucky. You have a lot of interesting elections just today. So I’ll be sure if you check me out on X, if you follow me at Epoch Times, I’ll be updating you on all of those stories today and then over the next few days and weeks.

SPEAKER 04 : 99:17

Okay. And that’s Nathan Wooster. And he spells his last name W-O-R-C-E-S-T-E-R. And so you can find him at Epoch Times and X. Let’s stay in conversation, Nathan. I learned so much from you. I thank you so much. And we will talk with you very soon.

SPEAKER 10 : 99:34

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SPEAKER 04 : 102:26

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SPEAKER 19 : 103:06

Well, thank you for having me, Kim. And yes, we’re very excited for Monday and to remember the fallen. And that’s what it’s all about.

SPEAKER 04 : 103:17

So tell us about this event.

SPEAKER 19 : 103:19

Well, every year we have a guest speaker and we have a color guard and fly over. And it’s just a nice, it’s a short event. It’s about a half hour, 40 minutes. But it’s very meaningful. And we have dove release and bagpipes and a bugle player for taps. And it’s just a really nice remembrance of what the day is about. And we’re going to start saying a few names while we’re there, too, of people that have been involved with the memorial that have passed away or that have a story to tell with the memorial so that they’re not forgotten. And our guest speaker is Billy Gallegos, who was an Iran hostage in 1979 to 81. So we’re very excited to have him come and speak. And he’s a decorated police officer. and did a lot of work with the FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force and stuff, so really distinguished speaker.

SPEAKER 04 : 104:35

Okay. And the memorial is located out at 6th and Colfax. And at 145 will be the swearing in of new Marines. And then the event starts at 2. And you said typically it’s 30, 40 minutes long. And I would just really recommend that we all stop sometime during Memorial Day and honor those that have given their lives for us. And a great way to do that would be to join us out at the USMC Memorial. And this will be a very special event. And I was just looking at the weather. I love all the rain that we’re getting. We need it. But right now, the forecast, at least on my phone, is that it’s supposed to be partly cloudy and a high of 80 degrees. So your weather committee’s been doing a really good job, Paula Sarles.

SPEAKER 19 : 105:22

I’m telling you that we have, in all the years I’ve been doing this, since 2002, there has never been a rain out. So we’re really… Blessed by God, because it really is Him that controls the weather. We’re really happy to see that forecast.

SPEAKER 04 : 105:45

And the other thing is, it’s a double bonus, really. And that is that the USMC Memorial Foundation and typically the parking lot that people park in is across the street to the south. And that is where the Little Richies in Golden is located. And so you can actually then take a great calzone home from Little Richies. And so you get two things for one when you go out for this event on Monday.

SPEAKER 19 : 106:11

Right. And we’re really excited for that because we love their pizzas.

SPEAKER 04 : 106:20

I know, I do too. So again, more information, go to usmcmemorialfoundation.org. That’s usmcmemorialfoundation.org. And again, on Memorial Day, let’s stop, let’s remember and honor those that have given their lives for our liberty, which is the responsible exercise of freedom. So as always, Paula Searles, thank you. We’ll talk again a little bit later this week with additional updates, but really appreciate it.

SPEAKER 19 : 106:45

Okay, thank you, Kim. Have a good day.

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SPEAKER 04 : 108:51

To the Kim Monson show, we had a little technical difficulty there. That happens sometimes with weather, and so that’s the case there. So I’m not quite sure where that all happened. I thank Joe for being on top of that. But this would come in from Holly, that her understanding is that data centers could be affecting the quality of our water. And we need to address that. There’s so many things that need to be addressed regarding these data centers. They’re getting special treatment. And so we have to certainly talk about that. And if I’m not sure that I had mentioned this regarding the probation of Tina Peters, it will be very telling to find out what the parole board says are her conditions. And if it is shutting down her speech, that is going to be a real problem. So we will continue to shed light on that. This is from Jenny. She said, we lost 20 years of energy infrastructure because the bulls in the Western world fell for the energy lockdown with this whole climate thing. We will never catch up with China. It’s going to take us 15 years to build nuclear plants and that those would be needed to power these power hog data centers. And so let’s have this conversation. First of all, we need to understand with these data centers that What are they collecting, as Virginia said earlier in the show? And so we need to understand that. And then also wanted to make sure that I had highlighted this. Again, I’m not quite sure when I had fallen off. And that is that Greeley has said that they would not put in water restrictions. And this was before we had all of this rain. And I would certainly hope that the water providers are making plans when we have a lot of rain, a lot of snow, that we prepare for the drought times. And that is their job, is what they’re supposed to be doing. And obviously, they’ve not been doing a very good job on that. And I really think sometimes tyrants, they love anything that can give them power and control. And I thank the good Lord for saying, you know what? I can give you some rain and he is doing that. Let’s see if there’s any other. Okay. This is from Jenny data centers or extractive predators. And that they’re preying on the public resources and leaving citizens high and dry. And again, we talked about this last week that Lake Tahoe, their power providers saying that next year, they’re not going to provide power because that power is going to data centers. This is irresponsible. This cannot continue on. So that’s why we have to have these important discussions. And we need to have people that are representing us, we the people. But we the people need to be reminding these representatives that they are representatives and they’re not put in place for the interest of special interests. of the special interest there. So our quote of the show is so appropriate from Maggie Thatcher. She said this. She said, when I’m out of politics, I’m going to run a business. It’ll be called Rent a Spine. So my friends today, 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 super bands, 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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