Join Dana Lash as she unpacks the absurdities of today’s news cycle, beginning with a bizarre altercation in a Florida church parking lot that ends in violence. The discussion moves to Elon Musk’s unexpected visit to the White House, where his choice of headwear sparks a debate about the Hatch Act and illustrates the ongoing cultural and political divides. As always, Dana’s sharp wit and unapologetic honesty shine through as she navigates these topics with her unique flair.
00:25:02 Discussion on Sovereignty and Immigration
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It’s his life mission to make bad decisions. It’s time for Florida Man.
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So this is a headline that involves… Handicapped spots, churches, and punching. It’s the hot new club. Parking lot beatdown. John Phillips, 65. Florida man who was arrested in Orange County. He beat a woman over a handicapped spot in a church parking lot, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. It happened at St. John Vianney Catholic Church. They said that the victim, Jenna DelZegaro, went to go pick up her five-year-old niece with her mother at the church, parked in a handicapped spot near the entrance. While DelZegaro was putting her niece in her car seat, a man in a black truck parked in front of their spot, blocking them from being able to leave or pull out. The man waved his handicap sticker from inside his truck. Del Zagara showed him their placard in response. So I guess she’s handicapped too? Then he gets out of the truck, starts walking towards them, and he began yelling at her when she got out of her car, saying the placard did not belong to them, and he saw her get out of the car next to them, the victim told deputies. She tried to explain to them that they were not associated with the car next to them, and they were trying to leave when they got into an argument. And then Phillips told Del Zagara that… Del Zingaro that her mother would not let them and her mother they couldn’t let him leave so they called security he then pushed the car door hit her and she was trying to get away from him and she shoved him back to get because he was all up in her space then he punched her in the face knocked her to the ground when she got up he overpowered her grabbed her by the neck shoved her to the ground again Her mother completely corroborated it. The granddaughter in the car began to cry, the niece. She was screaming for help until staff and other parents intervened, and they got her and the mother and the granddaughter in the church. The mother was disabled, and so she’s able to use the—she’s actually physically handicapped. The woman that the man punched had bruises all over her face. So I don’t know if anybody in the jail wants to, you know, you guys want to deal with John Phillips, 65, a woman beater, happy to donate to the commissary in your honor. I mean, I’m not encouraging any kind of shenanigans in prison, but a lot of things happen naturally. You know what I mean? And I know a lot of the you know, these these men and women and they’re doing their time. They’re doing their time. And they don’t like these women beaters. So, man, this is why you carry. That’s why you carry a gun, I got to say. Don’t touch the macaques, the monkeys. The rhesus macaques in Silver Springs State Park. Florida Fish and Wildlife are like, nope, nope. They got, they’re a little nasty. They got some, they got some diseases. In fact, they can give you the herp. Ew. Oh, gosh. So just, Lena. We’ll be right back. Gold and silver have historically outperformed in volatile markets, making them a crucial part of any strategy for preserving and growing wealth. And that’s why I trust the partners at GoldCo. Secure your financial future today and don’t wait until the next economic crisis happens. GoldCo is a trusted leader in precious metals. And with over $3 billion in gold and silver secured for hardworking Americans, they’ve been a top-rated company from the start. Take action and partner with a company that puts your security first. Visit danalikesgold.com right now and get a free copy of their 2025 gold and silver kit. On top of that, you could also qualify for up to $15,000 in bonus silver, possibly even more. That’s danalikesgold.com. Did you guys see the presser that they had in the office? Oh, my gosh. I didn’t put this on the rundown. Hold up. So where’s this at? They were in the White House, the Oval Office yesterday. You know, Trump was sitting at his desk and Musk was there. He had his black goth hat on. And then their son, Lil X, his son Lil X was there. That kid was all of us, by the way, because he’s hysterical. He’s. He’s like this. If you guys don’t watch anime over lockdown, I told you how my kids introduced me to the all of I got into anime because of lockdown. Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures. So only like maybe one of you out there is going to understand this. I’m sorry. But little X is like Elon Musk’s Stan. like the supernatural figure that actually is an avatar for powers that you have that manifests outside of yourself and can beat up your enemies? Or is Elon Musk Lil X’s stan? I don’t know. But it was hysterical. And this kid, his little coat, his little coat, it was hysterical. And he sat on his dad’s shoulders for a while and almost took a nap on his head. He’s just so funny. He’s everywhere. But they were in the office. Somebody What lawmaker was this? Because this was rich. Got really mad. Oh, here it is. I got it. This is a byline. I want to make sure I get this. Hold up. It’s the Hill. Quote, Republican source tells me that special government employee Elon Musk wearing a MAGA hat in the Oval Office appears to violate the Hatch Act. what now i don’t even it’s not the hat didn’t say like trump 2024 or whatever like the hatch act they say you’re not supposed to wear or display partisan political buttons or stuff like that uh political you’re engaging in political activity like if you’re you know working for the government and while you’re on duty in any federal room or building etc okay so the hat that he’s wearing was a black make america great again hat explain to me how that’s partisan anybody How’s that partisan?
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The left has never liked America, Dana. So that’s probably why.
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So I’m really so wanting America to be great is considered partisan and you shouldn’t like that. Isn’t that the whole point of government? Well, I mean, you know what I mean? Come on. Isn’t that like their whole professed point? Are they admitting that that’s not what their goal is? So the hat that Juan’s showing you on the simulcast, if you’re watching online or maybe direct TV, Channel 347, the chats and rumble, that’s the hat. That’s not partisan. It’s a statement. I mean, if anything, it’s a patriotic statement. But they’re trying to say that that’s a Hatch Act violation. Shut the front door. No, it’s not.
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You got to be scared there for a second.
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Oh, my gosh. Juan and Kane were both dying. Shut up.
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You know how crazy it’ll get, though? And you’re seeing that on the screen right now. Those watching on Channel 347, DirecTV. Soon, that American flag will be considered a violation of a hatch act one day. How is this? Because that’s how crazy the left has become.
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I mean, I don’t even think that under the most egregiously liberal regime, interpretation of that regulation that this could be considered. That’s not really, you’re not supposed to engage in political activity while on duty. Or you can’t wear your government uniform badge or insignia and do federal work, right? It’s about making sure federal – this is what I – you know what the Hatch Act also purports to do is to make sure that you’re enacting federal programs without bias. So that’s a violation of the Hatch Act. All the U.S. aid funding for all of this propaganda is literally a violation of the Hatch Act. Him wearing a hat that just merely says make America great, that’s a patriotic statement. You absolute communist cucks. I’m done. That’s a political statement. So when they get angry over all of our taxpayer dollars being used to run hit pieces on us, to pay outlets like NPR to say that the laptop is a local story, it’s not interesting. That’s a violation of the Hatch Act. It’s just interesting to me how it’s not considered a violation of the Hatch Act for all this other stuff. It’s just this hat. You’ve got to be kidding me. Everything is now a constitutional crisis with these people, which I think the constitutional crisis are low-level judges without the authority trying to kneecap the executive. That’s ultimately really the – that’s the real problem. So I – that’s not – I like that hat. I like that hat. It’s not going – they’re just mad. They’re mad and they’re trying to do anything that they can to To target Musk and they want to stop this and they feel like they have to destroy him and destroy Doge in order to make that happen. That’s why they keep saying, oh, we’re going to impeach him. We’re going to impeach him, etc. That’s stupid because he didn’t go through the confirmation process. So everything’s been going towards Musk. None of the stuff that has been thrown at the nerd army is sticking because I think people kind of like it. There is a real underdog aesthetic to the nerd army. In fact, there’s a real underdog aesthetic to all of this. Do you realize that if the shoe was on the other foot, the narratives that Democrats would be making? So Democrats are attacking an African-American right now. They are. They’re attacking an actual African-American who is a great story of coming to America and becoming an American and joining the American family and all of that stuff. And, you know, these people are livid over it. They’re not like us. So… Nobody’s really been they can’t really target the nerd army anymore because people like the nerd army. That’s like such a fist in the air, rebellious, very American thing that they’re doing. So now they’re like, well, we’re going to try to, you know, Jimmy Raskin, yesterday we played some of that audio where he said that they were talking about impeaching him, impeaching Musk on the theory that he’s usurped the powers of the presidency. That would only make sense if he was bypassing Congress and actually cutting things himself. He’s auditing and then presenting the findings to Congress and then Congress makes the decision if and what they want to cut and when. So that doesn’t hold true. They’re omitting that part to you. It’s incredibly frustrating to see this. And I just, you know, I look at these people who are defending the waste and fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars. How do these people sleep at night? It’s the most anti-American thing I’ve ever seen. How do these people sleep? It’s disgusting. One of the reasons why people on the left, why the left lost, is because of stuff like this. We see the rampant abuse in front of our faces and the left wants to pretend that it doesn’t exist. Because to acknowledge it and to stop it doesn’t suit their interests. They make money off of this. It’s an audit. They don’t want to stop making money. It’s an audit. I mean, you had five treasury secretaries who wrote an editorial, who all co-authored an editorial in the New York Times to argue that people who take our tax dollars and waste our tax dollars should not be held accountable to the voter, the taxpaying voting public. In what world is that? It’s just insane. We should be able to spend all your money without an audit. They’re arguing literally against oversight. And the fact that the media is treating with such animosity this whole story and ignoring all of the waste that Doge has been finding that tells you everything. Everything. I don’t know. I… I read this thing where it said if somebody were to, heaven forbid, if somebody were to take a shot at Musk, Democrats would maybe kind of convince them the violence and then they would turn whoever did it into like a progressive folk hero like they’re doing with that Luigi Mangione guy. That Luigi Mangione guy who killed that insurance executive. 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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
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So apparently there are more whistleblowers set to come forward exposing how they worked on top secret projects that involved retrieving and reverse engineering spacecraft. Yes, apparently it’s all information about UFOs. This is really good news because yesterday we got the story that there’s a two-person chance that an asteroid could hit the planet. That’s great. Sweet meteor of death. It’s, you know, yay. Yes, I long for it. Go out in one big giant flash of glory. and illuminate the universe for one brief second. The UFO thing is another thing, because I want there to be aliens. I’m just really bored with just human drama. I want some alien drama. I bet it’s just as otherworldly as they are. You know what I mean? I really… I you have like real house cucks of D.C. and that’s like all of the rhino lawmakers and all that stuff there. It’s my word today. And I really want to I want some alien drama, Kane. I want to have the fight as to whether aliens should play on sports teams. I want that fight. Think about it. Like, how does that work? You know what I’m saying? Like, give me some new drama. Anyway, there’s apparently a ton more of these. Do you I think they’re I of course, I think they’re out there. They’re probably already here on the planet. That would explain some… That actually would explain a lot of things. So, you know, kind of like how Men in Black. Wrap that up real nice and neat. Also, let’s see. This… A United Airlines flight diverts to Denver because a dude was hunting Mormons. What? Like, on the plane. What? He was going through saying, where are the Mormons at? It was a red eye bound for Chicago, diverted to Denver after a burly man sprang up from his seat repeatedly, walked to the front of the aircraft, argued with crew members and demanded that Mormon passengers be identified. Okay, well, he actually kind of looked drunk. He wouldn’t say whether or not he was Mormon himself. That’s kind of a very interesting story there. Thousands of Danes signed a petition to go buy California from the United States. I’m actually okay with it. And you can take your wine that has all the sulfites and the chemicals in it with you.
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I’d even say a straight trade for Greenland would be cool.
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I would totally. Can we build a wall around California? Let’s let all the conservatives leave. If they want to do that and California does it, you know, why not? Just go ahead. Although, but then that would make us a little bit vulnerable there with the West Coast and we’ve got some forts and all that there. So I don’t know about that. You know, I don’t know. Also, the skinny jean is making a comeback. God bless America. Because nobody wants to see your stupid bell bottoms. I love skinny jeans. So the Gen Zers and Alpha people say that skinny jeans makes everybody look like Gru from the Minions. And I think that they’re brats. First off, I cannot stand the high-waisted bell-bottom thing. It makes you look fat and stumpy. I don’t care how thin you are or how long your waist is. You’re not supposed to have a tufted area there. You know, right there at your pubic bone. It’s not supposed to be there. But skinny jeans are coming back. It is not controversial. Only communists don’t like skinny jeans. If you love America, you’re going to be fine with skinny jeans. That’s the way that you root out the communists. A microchip company ceases operations. Pet owners are urged to re-register. So check your pet’s microchips. It is all of this. It’s a big industry. But they said that microchips registered with a company called Save This Life. Documents from Texas show the company ceased operations. So that’s something you might want to take a look at.
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I’ve got harsh words for the Pope. The Pope wants to fix the Catholic Church. I’m saying this as a lifelong Catholic, a baptized Catholic, a First Communion Catholic, a confirmation Catholic. He wants to fix the Catholic Church and concentrate on his work and leave border enforcement to us. He wants to attack us for securing our border? He’s got a wall around the Vatican, does he not? So he’s got a wall around the Texas people and himself, but we can’t have a wall around the United States. So I wish he’d stick to the Catholic Church and fix that and leave border enforcement to us.
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I love Tom Holman. I want Tom Holman to be my uncle. I want Tom Holman. I want to be able to say Uncle Tom Holman. How badly do you want to be related to him? Real bad.
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I’m just going to say it and act like I am.
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He’s the fun guy that you sit next to like at all the holiday gatherings because he doesn’t take any BS. And if somebody is acting a fool, you want to hear him say something as that person. He’s that dude. He’s that uncle. You all got an uncle like that.
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Uncle Tom is the best at family gatherings.
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Dude, he’s like for real, right? Like he keeps it 100, man. Welcome back. Dana Lash with you. Bottom of this first hour. So he’s upset because the Pope – Look, this is not a denomination battle. I don’t need any religious leader telling lecturing us about immigration, particularly when I mean, and there is a wall there, although you can walk, you know, part through it. But you have to go through security and there’s a lot of security. There’s like two different security checkpoints. And I mean, that’s their thing. You know, fine. I’m going to visit your place. That’s what you got. I’ll go through it. I liked to look at all the antiquities and the architecture and all of that there. But I mean it’s true. Then take everything down around the Vatican, right? I mean they keep the square there in front of the – in front of St. Peter’s. They keep all of that cleared of any vagrants and panhandlers and all of that and there’s like a clear – denotation of where that city state ends and then Italy begins. So it’s very difficult for him to have any kind of authority on this. Furthermore, you know, Jesus didn’t come to earth and say, just disregard whatever law you feel like. He didn’t. And I’ll remind everyone that when he fled to Egypt, that literally was not – he’s not a refugee. People who say that and religious leaders who say that should step down from the dais at their church because it’s embarrassing. I will walk out of a service if I hear a church leader say that because I know that I am listening to a dumb shepherd who is not educated and hasn’t read his Bible. And I won’t deal with it. I already have enough problem with women like Paula White and the prosperity gospel and people that screw anything with a pulse. And then as soon as they see a camera, it’s praise Jesus. But then, you know, after the camera’s off, it’s I’m going to dry hump anything that isn’t my husband. Oh, it needs to be said. And it’s accurate. Where’s the lie? So, no, I’m not a fan. I don’t like prosperity gospel grifters. I don’t like those people because it’s demonic and it’s anti-biblical. That said… The argument that, and he’s even intimated this before, that he was, just to correct it, I’m going to do it every chance I get, that Jesus was a refugee. These people are absolutely ignorant of world history. Egypt was part of the Roman Empire. It was literally a province. Now, Augustus had… All of these different toadies, like Herod and everybody else, handling different parts of the Roman Empire. Herod’s sons inherited and his daughter inherited, you know, different sections upon his death. But Egypt was different in that Augustus didn’t have a toadie administering it he ran it personally himself so they weren’t fleeing the roman empire and remember why did they go back anyway why did they go to bethlehem anyway why was it when mary was like late stages of her pregnancy that they were making this trek back to it’s because they had for the census which is actually antithetical to the argument that illegal immigration puts forward. Oh, and then they went back home when they were done. Again, antithetical to the argument that illegal immigration puts forward. So maybe some of these people that are talking about this could go and sign up at Dana4, F-O-R Hillsdale.com, and they could actually take the lesson on the rise and fall of the Roman Republic, which actually touches upon this. So maybe these people could take advantage of the free online course that Hillsdale offers them, you know, as a nice, just a nice gesture, a gesture of goodwill before preaching to the flock. Now, Tom Homan is exactly correct there. Every other, we’ve talked about this before, every other country has its own sovereignty. They’re able to do this. The United States is somehow denied. I just don’t think you’d want to pick a fight with… And the Pope had said, when he came out, he’s talked about this before, and he said, oh, you’re supposed to welcome the stranger. Stranger and criminal are different. Go back and also read, whether it’s New or Old Testament, the importance of following the law. Or are we not paying attention to those parts of the Bible, especially the red letters? That’s a real important part when it’s red. I guess, I don’t know. But he had said, too, that back in 2016, remember, he had said that anybody who builds a wall, like what they’ve got at the Vatican, to keep out migrants as opposed to illegal entrants rather than bridges was not a Christian. I don’t think that we want to have that debate right now. That’s a different debate, isn’t it?
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