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In a fiery discussion, we navigate the political undercurrents shaping Florida and Texas, where internal strife within Republican ranks threatens conservative strongholds. As political operatives work both sides of the aisle, the impact on local governance becomes increasingly pronounced. With personal anecdotes and historical parallels, our host brings to light the tactics and maneuvers transforming red state politics. Prepare for an enlightening exploration of intra-party dynamics and power plays.
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I can’t believe that we’ve got lawmakers that are actually… I’m just trying to wrap my head around this. They’re actually going to El Salvador. I don’t know what they think they’re going to accomplish. Because they’re so sad. They’re still… I mean, they’re dedicated to the story. They’re so sad because this illegal alien who was a verified gang member. It’s not something that’s… up for question or up for debate. I mean, you’ve had two separate judges now in two different court hearings that have made this determination. This guy was considered, and we read all of this yesterday to you from the actual bond documentation for the bond for this guy. And he Is he’s he couldn’t be they couldn’t assure the public that he wasn’t a danger to anybody, you know, because that’s kind of what happens when you’re a gang member. You’re an MS-13. And this guy, you know, I he didn’t get what he got because they’re like, oh, he’s this Maryland dad. And he’s, you know, I mean, my gosh, we’re so far beyond this. It’s ridiculous at this point. But I’ve never seen people go to bat. They have been far more interested in this guy than Jocelyn Hungry. They have been far more interested in this guy than they’ve been interested in Rachel Morin or any member, anybody who’s been negatively affected. The families of those who have been killed by illegal immigrants. These people, it’s just unbelievable. They are so absolutely in this guy’s corner. For what? Out of all the people to make your… to make your claim on, it’s stunning that this is it. That this is the hill that they’re going to plant their flag. That this is the guy that they want to say is, you know, he is the innocent guy. We’re going to go down to El Salvador and do what? What are they going to do down there? They’ve already said, by the way, they’ve already said that And by they, I mean Bucalay, who is the El Salvadoran president. He has already said that he’s not letting this guy go because he’s an El Salvadoran national. And he’s wanted for crimes in their country, apparently. So why then is Chris Van Hollen going down and pulling this stunt when you’ve already had the head… Of El Salvador, the president of El Salvador say, no, we’re not going to let the guy go because he’s a dangerous criminal. Million dollar question. Welcome to the show. Dana Lash with you. We’re at the top of this first hour. And I’m just… I mean, it’s kind of amazing. It’s really amazing to watch Democrats expend so much energy to save this dude. I’ve read three editorials this morning, well, earlier this morning, where the left has been defending this guy and saying that he’s just this innocent person and Trump is so mean. I mean, for real, if this is the hill they want to go on, that’s fine. That’s fine. But Democrats, this is not they’re not paying attention to the public. They’re not paying it. Clearly, they’re ignoring everything that happened last November. I mean, immigration was a top issue that drove people to the polls. And they’re also assuming that this racial tactic and it is a racial tactic of acting like, oh, well, this guy’s look, this guy’s an illegal immigrant. Look, he’s brown. He’s a. We got to go. Look how much we care about Hispanic Americans. And that’s what they’re pulling this stunt. They think it’s a way that they can try to ingratiate themselves back with the Hispanic community. That’s what they’re doing. Except the Hispanic community is like, we don’t want him here because he’s a gang member. Democrats think that all subgroups think alike, that all demographic subgroups think alike. They think that all lesbians think the exact same, that all gay dudes think the exact same. They think that all men think the exact same, that women think the exact same, that every black man and woman thinks the exact same, that every Hispanic man and woman thinks the exact same, every Latino. I mean, it is… One of the most racist things I’ve ever seen, this presumption that, oh, well, they’re Hispanic, thus they are immediately going to default to the side of this gangbanger in El Salvador. This is how they’ve always operated. And Chris Van Hollen, I mean, that’s a white Dutch name if ever I heard one. I know that the left really likes to… Yeah, that’s Dutch. I know that the left really loves to center on this kind of stuff. Chris Van Hollen leading the – is it officially a delegation? Is it an actual delegation or is it just like a vanity trip? Because there’s – I mean to classify something as like, well, this is an official Senate or congressional delegation, et cetera. Yeah. The fact that they’re spending this time – so this is taxpayer money that they’re spending going down there. That’s why I’m asking because depending on how they have this set up, this is taxpayer dollars that they’re using to go down there to do this, this stunt. That’s all this is. So this is one of the things we’re going to be talking about today. We’ve got a lot of stuff to hit today. So all of the latest as it pertains to the – pull this up – immigration. We also have the SAVE Act. We’ve got school choice. We’ve got a whole bunch of stuff. And we’re going to talk about – I’m going to start today and I’m just going to continue this on in perpetuity because it’s pissed me off enough where now you’ve got my attention and that’s the last thing that you want to do. is get my attention on stuff. I have been in broadcasting. I’ve been in activism for a long time. I’ve been in activism since I was in my early 20s. And I have been in the streets. I have helped get people elected. I have helped yank people out of office. I have broken numerous stories for those who are familiar. I know a lot of people think that just because they started in politics a year ago that that’s when history began. But it actually predates that by quite a bit. I broke the Anthony Weiner story with Andrew Breitbart working over at Breitbart. There’s like a ton of stuff. I’ve seen everything. I’ve. I have seen absolutely everything. And the stuff that I’m seeing in Florida actually doesn’t surprise me. We’re seeing it in Texas as well. I’ve been hearing from a lot of people around the country after talking about this at some length where people are seeing lawmakers that probably would have run as Democrats, but they can’t get elected as Democrats. So they run as Republicans and then they end up. You know, they play the game. They play the Game of Thrones. And then they end up getting some pretty swanky positions within the state legislature. And then they start a takeover. That’s how Colorado it’s sort of like the Colorado blueprint. But from within, if any of these red states, particularly Texas or Florida fall, it’s not going to be because of Democrats. It’s going to be because of Republicans and Democrats. These cosplaying Republicans in Colorado, the blueprint was they just came in full force and they were able to persuade independents and libertarians that they were going to legalize all the pot. And everyone voted away their gun rights as a result of that. I was up there on the ground. I was very involved in all of that in Colorado. I was involved in all the Wisconsin recall stuff. So laying out the ground for this. I’m seeing this happen in Florida and Texas, but it’s the same ends, but it’s a different means. So it’s a different formula. So you have some Republicans who are really Democrats that couldn’t get elected as Republicans. They’re working together with moderate, weak Republicans who are absolutely livid Republicans. Like in Florida, for instance, they are livid that an actual constitutionally conservative governor who has been able to unite a coalition in that state, unlike anything that’s ever been seen electorally before, register Republicans over Democrats three to one, flip Miami-Dade and Palm Beach County, save taxpayers tons of money while also reducing the size and scope of government. They are livid because their kickbacks or pay them to stand against everything that he’s promoting. It’s very similar to like Texas. You have a number of conservative lawmakers. We have Brian Harrison on quite a bit to talk about this. In Texas, you have a lot of these conservative lawmakers in the state legislature, and they’re going up against Republicans who would have been Democrats but could not get elected as Democrats and weak Republicans who live in kind of purpley sort of districts. They work together hand in hand to try to undermine Republicans That’s the reason we have so many gun control bills we’ve had to fight off in committee and Republican legislature. It is wild. So this is the kind of stuff that everybody needs to pay a little bit more attention to. And I get it because everything at the federal level is super attractive. It’s super sexy. But I’m telling you what. There is stuff brewing underfoot in your own state capital. And so a lot of these these people, like, for instance, in Florida that are pushing it. I know at one point I’m going to write a tell all book. Oh, I’m going to and I will name names and I’m going to drag everybody’s dirty laundry out there. I promise you one day that’s going to happen. No one is going to be untouched. Everyone will be violated. Promise. So it’s coming at some point. I didn’t say when because I’ve seen too much. I’ve heard too much. And not everyone was smart enough to get me to sign an NDA. So and then some people I have more money than you. So I can litigate that. So anyway, long story short. In Florida, there are a lot of these washed up operatives that ended up finding themselves in the state of Florida, right? And so these washed up operatives, they’re still trying to grind out a living at their advanced ages or their midlife ages. And so they’ve been working with a lot of these rhinos and these cosplaying Republican, these fake Democrats in order to do a lot of this stuff. And I’ve been really cool and I’ve remarked on it and I’ve reported because we have a lot of listeners in Florida. But when you start making it personal, I swear to you, I will rip your throat out, rhetorically speaking. I have a long history of, politically speaking, bodies in my wake, and I don’t care who you are or who you are associated with. I if you come at me, I will rip your throat out and I will make your family weep. So do not. OK, I talk about these issues because my audience is interested in it. I’m the type of person that you do not want to get involved. And I’ve been playing this really cool and talking about these issues because it’s stuff we all care about. Nobody wants to see red states turn blue. No one wants to see states that have been held up as a blueprint of conservatism be undermined by people who who seek your vote and then turn around and betray you. And I and I’ve seen all of them. There’s a lot of lawfare going on in Florida. There are a lot of entities trying to shut a lot of people up in Florida. If you guys knew some of the stuff that I knew that’s been happening back channel, you would be rioting. And I’m telling you this without telling all of the details because some things are still being resolved and some things, there’s a certain strategy. So there’s a lot of stuff underfoot and there are a lot of people that do not have your best interest at heart that are seeking to plunge a political knife in your back the first chance that they get. Voters have all of the power and they need to realize it. So you’ve got to start paying attention to what is it’s not enough to have an R after your name when you go to the state capitol. You’ve got to be like an actual solid, you know, constitutionalist with a record to match. And that’s going to take all of us. So I’m going to start a series on this. We’re going to start talking about this today in the second hour. And I’m going to focus on it every single day until midterm elections. Every single day I’m going to have something about it because these people have made it to where I need to do this now. I feel like it’s necessary in order to make sure that our radio audience is incredibly informed. No rock will be unturned. Preborn is a great organization. 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Democrats now insist they have a huge momentum shift after those special elections turned out pretty much like we thought they would. President Trump has the audacity to claim he should be able to decide who works for him. And Trump makes the media look like Wile E. Coyote again over comments about a third term. I’m Greg Karambas, inviting you to join Jim Garrity of National Review and me each weekday for the Three Martini Lunch podcast. We’ll give you the good, bad, and crazy news of the day and hopefully a lot of laughs too. Follow the Three Martini Lunch on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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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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Steve sent this under the title of, did a cat write this? The headline is, bad news for man’s best friend. Dogs are environmental villains. I object. I object to that. Dogs are not only our best friend, but the people who write these sorts of articles are the real villains. They take up space on our precious rock. They breathe our air, our air. They pollute our water because they exist. I mean, but the story is that they just hate dogs. Clearly, a cat did write this. They say dogs have extensive and multifarious environmental impacts, says the disgusting human that wrote this story. So, yeah, why the hate on dogs? Why? I agree. I think the cat did write this. I’m saying. Open AI is building a social network and lefties are desperate, still trying to look for their ex because blue sky is a joke. Why do they want to silo themselves off? I cannot imagine anything more horrific. I mean, I am completely confident in my views that I don’t need to sanction or shut myself off from the general public. I have zero problem in defending my viewpoints. I feel like it’s the people that don’t have the self-confidence… in themselves and they’re not smart enough to really state why it is they believe what they believe. Those are the ones that always want to silo themselves off and not engage. And the left is famous for that. So they’re hoping they’re hoping that open AI makes its own little X like network per the verge so that they can they can have their own little safe space to talk about all their stupidity. I don’t know what what would you talk? What would an all lefty platform? I can’t even imagine. What that would look like. That sounds like hell.
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Just call it segregation. They’re the segregation party.
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Welcome back to the program. Little cracker. That’s such a great group from the late 90s, early aughts. Such a great group. Welcome back. Dana Lash with you talking about our bumper music for those listening terrestrially all around the country. Of course, Channel 347, DirecTV as well. You can also find us on X, on Rumble, where the chat is, and Substack, chapter and verse. Lots of good stuff coming out there on the reg. So, bottom of this first hour, and I don’t know if you guys saw this, so Joe Biden is still around. I forgot about him. Did you guys forget about him, too? Because I did. Who? Joe Biden. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He’s out there looking paler and crispier than ever. He… I… I what what one was it? It was one of the poltergeist movies that one of the poltergeist movies. I think it was two where that old like like the poltergeist like turned into the form of that old dead preacher with a giant Quaker hat on. OK, that’s what Biden looks like now. I actually think he’s aged more since he left office. Is that – it’s wild, right? You think he would be relieved. Anyway, I also think that his ego, no matter how addled he may be, his ego just is not going to allow him to walk – go on into that good night it’s not going to happen so he went to speak last night and usually when you go up let me set this up when you go up to the stage to speak you know they have your intro music sometimes they play music sometimes they’ll they’ll play music and they’ll have like something going on the screen behind you so that when you know to distract the audience basically and set up you getting out on stage while you do the mic and all that stuff So he gets out there, and they played intro music, and he just started talking. He wasn’t even going to wait for any stage cues. Listen, Audio Summit 1.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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No one can hear him.
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We deserve help and pay for most of it.
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Was anybody waving their arms at him going, stop talking, stop for a second, stop talking for a second? It makes me kind of wonder. But wait, there’s more. He went into this banger. I think you’ve heard this one before. Audio soundbite two.
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I remember pulling in. Pulling into the parking lot. And I had never seen hardly any black people in Scranton at the time. And I was only going in fourth grade. And I remember seeing the kids going by at the time, colored kids on a bus going by. They never turned right to go to Claymont High School. I wondered why. Asked my mom. Why? So in Delaware, they’re not allowed to go to school, in public school.
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Okay, so why is it that every single time he starts telling stories, he immediately gets into… It talks about black students, black kids. Remember the pool? They animated that when he talked about being a lifeguard in Scranton. And he said, yeah, the kids would come and pet his leg hair. I’m still trying to understand what that even was, but okay. But there’s, wait, there was more. He sounded confused. Audio sound by four. There was yelling, you know.
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It’s about dignity. Simple dignity. Everyone, everyone deserves to be treated with dignity, regardless of their standing, regardless of their economic position, regardless of who they are. Making sure that more than 60 million Americans who are living with disabilities are treated with dignity is who we are as Americans.
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What does this mean? What does any of that mean? He’s just up there screaming about dignity. What does any of that mean? What are you talking about? Dignity. Dignity of your office? I mean, you had cocaine in the White House cubby, for crying out loud. I mean, your son Hunter was probably doing blow off of the Lincoln bedroom dresser. What are you talking about? Dignity. Dignity. Remember when you had the White House picnic thing near Easter? No, it was the gay pride thing or whatever. And they had a bunch of trainees on the lawn. And one of them who had breast implants decided to go topless on the White House lawn. Yeah, dignity. Spare me. Oh, and then he tried to figure out what a Ponzi scheme was. Audio soundbite three. Heaven help us.
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So they should desperately need you. Folks, it’s not just the Secretary of Commerce. We heard how others, empowered and emboldened by this administration, talk about Social Security. What I’m calling a Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme? What the hell are they talking about? People earn these benefits. And you stole them.
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That’s why it’s insolvent. So here’s a question for you. Let’s just pretend that Social Security isn’t a big… Giant scheme. Anyway, let’s just pretend that Social Security isn’t just a big it’s a joke that Democrats pulled on everyone and completely, you know, let’s pretend it’s not unconstitutional. First and foremost, why did Social Security even five years ago say they were actually before then they were going to be insolvent? What, by 2030? They’re insolvent now, let’s be honest. There’s not money now. The government stole money from people, and then they told everyone, we’re going to keep it in a bank account that you’re going to earn less interest on than if it was like you invested it yourself or you saved it yourself. We’re going to take it from you. And then when you reach a certain age that we determine is acceptable… then we’re going to give you little payments of the money that we stole from you because we, the government, that can’t find billions of dollars and we’re just a mess, we’re going to control your finances into your old age. That’s what they’re talking about. And people like me have been saying we need to privatize this for forever and allow people – if they want to give their money to the government, that’s fine. But if they don’t want to, then they should be allowed to take their money and use it elsewhere. Social Security was set up for widows after World War II. This was not supposed to be something that was a forever thing. It was established by government in the wake of World War. So – It’s it’s it’s a slush fund now. They’ve been taking from it for forever. Go back to what was it, the 2000 election with Al Gore and George Bush and this the lockbox thing that he said, I’m going to have a lockbox and I’m going to put your Social Security in a lockbox. There’s nothing to put in there. It’s been it’s been a mess and been running deficits since even that long ago, since even the early aughts. So Democrats, it’s all about fear mongering. It’s another slush fund that they want to be able to keep control of. And it is a Ponzi scheme. I said this on CNN a decade ago and people lost their minds. It’s a Ponzi scheme. You have younger generations subsidizing the older generations because politicians took all the money that was stolen from the older generations and frittered it away on everything. So that’s now the younger generations have to pay for it. And the older generations, it is their money. And they shouldn’t have their money taken from them in the first place. So it’s a nice little trick that they’re trying to pull on the American people. I remember talking to a Republican at one point. This was back in… In 2010. So it was like right at the height of the Tea Party. And I remember talking to it was a Republican hopeful. He was running for an office in the state of Missouri. That’s all I’ll say. He wasn’t successful. And I asked him, I said, and this was also at the time that Social Security was another hot topic again. I said, why don’t you come out in favor of privatizing Social Security? Other Republicans have done so, although they were very few at the time, said, why don’t you come out in favor of social privatizing Social Security? And he told me that he was not interested in battling the headlines that the media would create about him pushed by Democrats and that, oh, he’s going to steal everybody’s, you know, the elderly’s money and all this stuff. And I said, well, you know, obviously, simple fact just dictate just requires a simple response to that. It’s very easy to refute. I mean, in under 10 seconds. He’s like, I just don’t even want to mess with it because then you have to deal with that. He did not want the inconvenience of having to deal with media attack, the media’s attack on this. He did not want the inconvenience and thus would not commit himself to supporting either publicly or privately an issue like that. And it was one of the reasons why I just decided against him because he had been looking for my support. And I said, I can’t support you just because of that, because you’re a female copulatory organ. And I just I can’t support that. Such a pansy running for office, Republican or not, you’re a pansy. So that was that. They’ve been Republicans about a problem with this for a long time. Now they’re in they they’re they’re doing a little bit better, but too many of them are not speaking enough. What younger generations need to hear in that, you know, they’ve taken our money for forever. Where is it? Where’s it gone? There should be no issues with with Social Security. And the left lying to people, like at the Tesla thing that was on Saturday. Was it one of those other stupid Tesla protests that they had? All of the communist boomers that were out, they were saying, hands off our Social Security, Elon. Like Elon Musk is going in there with Doge. If Elon Musk were to go in there and open up the lockbox that everybody’s Social Security is supposed to be in anyway, guess what? There wouldn’t be anything in there. So Joe Biden, he’s backing out. Look at that. Isn’t that something? He’s backing out because they don’t really have a leader of the party. It’s aimless. I know everyone says that Pelosi is the leader of the party. If that were true, she might be de facto, but her influence has waned. because they know she’s on her way out. The moment that you think that a lawmaker might be on their way out, that clock starts ticking and they start losing influence. And so what you’re seeing is a lot of jockeying to take that spot. Also on deck today, and like I said, later on, we’re going to be talking about some of these red state rhinos, also on deck. I wanted to put this up here. So We have Democrats that are sending a delegation. It is a delegation, I found out, to El Salvador. I guess they’re going to try to spring out these gang members themselves. Robert Garcia out of California, Maxwell Frost out of Florida, in-house oversight chair, James Comer. They sent a letter authorizing this CODEL to El Salvador. And I don’t think that Comer was in… They asked Comer… To authorize it. And if Comer authorizes it, I don’t know. I don’t I’m not going to pretend that I know what the rules are for authorizing, you know, a delegation like this to go there. But because it’s a CODEL, that does mean it’s taxpayer. This said taxpayers would be sending these lawmakers to El Salvador for this. MS-13 member. Van Hollen left this morning. He said that he hopes to meet with him, I guess, in the prison and check on his well-being. They care more about an illegal alien MS-13 member than they did Jocelyn Nongre, Rachel Morin, and all of the people that have been murdered by criminal illegal aliens. Wow. Just wow. So all of this, this is such theater. The and I none of them are meeting with Bukele. None of them are meeting with the president of El Salvador. Cory Booker is looking to lead a trip also into the country. They’re all going to knock each other over, trying to lead trips, trying to lead delegations into El Salvador. Nobody knows who’s going to join him yet. But so far, the first one with Van Hollen leaving today, they’ve already they’ve started that. They’ve started it just wild. The majority of Americans in the last polling… I’m going to put this up. The last polls that came out… I’m looking at all of my bookmarks. I mean… Americans view Trump’s actions on immigration positively. Even Gallup noted that over 60 percent of people are in support of harsher immigration policies, more strict, more restricted immigration policies like from this administration. I’ve got polls even from NPR. They had they buried those. They had to begrudgingly admit that. that immigration was a top-tier issue and played a major role in the election. Because remember, they were trying to act like immigration was a huge issue because Trump was so mean and there wasn’t enough kindness or consideration for these illegal aliens. And then it turns out they were sideways with the American public on this. Now they’re trying to downplay it and act like immigration wasn’t really that big of a huge issue going into the election, which it was. And that’s because… more americans want what the administration is doing than want what democrats are doing that’s pretty amazing they are so unbelievably sideways with the american public on this issue this is going to blow up in their faces i can’t wait to wait until i’m sure the photos that are going to come out of this meeting are going to be stunning kane our partners that help bring you the program it’s our friends over at super beats you guys are very familiar with super beats and You’re familiar with the chews, but there’s also the Super Boreen product, which they came out with late last year. Well, last year. And the Super Boreen, again, same people who make the Super Beets heart chews and the Super Beets powder. The Super Boreen helps to support healthy metabolism and blood sugar. And you can use Superberine. In fact, they have a coupon now, $5 off at Sam’s Club through April 29th. So it’s just $24.98. It’s plant-based. It’s doctor-formulated. 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SPEAKER 17 :
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of the United States.
SPEAKER 12 :
This is what bothers me, because I’ve certainly read some of the things online coming from people that I know, that I like, that I consider friends. And this is what I would say to that. Space is not an either or. It’s a both and. And because you do something in space doesn’t mean you’re taking anything away from Earth. And what you’re doing in space is trying to make things better here on Earth. What Blue Origin wants to do.
SPEAKER 11 :
What in the hell am I listening to? I love the big old rooster behind her. That’s my favorite, the big giant rooster that’s right behind her. So what is she talking about here? What is the whole… I’m trying to understand. Diagram that sentence for me.
SPEAKER 03 :
She said she went to space, right?
SPEAKER 11 :
No, she went to the stratosphere. She’s in the stratosphere. It was a suborbital trip.
SPEAKER 03 :
She sounds like she’s talking about space, though.
SPEAKER 11 :
Look, it was a stupid vanity yeet. That’s all it was. I’m not going to spend another damn day talking about this, but… Vanity yeet? Yeah, it was a… Like to jettison oneself into the air. And you were in the air. I’ve gone into space before then. I’ve been on the Highland Fling, Cain. Hell, I’ve ridden roller coaster. I’ve been in jets. Might as well be in… I’m a pilot. I rode in a jet. You know that, right? I’m an astronaut. I went up on a giant space dog right into the stratosphere.
SPEAKER 03 :
You know, right after that, she’s talking about putting trash in space.
SPEAKER 11 :
No.
SPEAKER 03 :
She said that that’s the big ideas that Blue Origin has. I don’t know if Juan wants to continue the video.
SPEAKER 11 :
Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa. Cleaning it up or putting it out there?
SPEAKER 03 :
No, cleaning up by putting it out there in space. That’s like landfill, but space fill. What? Listen.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay. Better here on Earth. What Blue Origin wants to do is take the waste here and figure out a way to put it in space to make our planet cleaner. I mean, Jeff Bezos has so many ideas and the people that are working there.
SPEAKER 11 :
So, guys, you see how we clean things up came. We take the trash here and we put it there.
SPEAKER 03 :
My God, it’s clean now.
SPEAKER 11 :
So clean over here. Not so much there. This is all clean.
SPEAKER 03 :
What are we going to do about the stuff over there?
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, it doesn’t exist because I feel like they’re like babies. They don’t have object permanence. If it’s not in front of you, it doesn’t exist. Right? This is the same belief that if the United States just has to get greener, then China will stop their pollution.
SPEAKER 03 :
Wait, when I cover my eyes, I’m not invisible?
SPEAKER 11 :
No. I know, right? That’s probably why you’re so bad at hide-and-seek. I know it’s a tough thing. But, yeah, that’s not really that’s not how objects and permanency work. Doesn’t really work that way. All right. Coming up. Second hour. We got a lot to hit because we’ve got voting. We’ve got the congressman going down to El Salvador. It’s going to be funny. And the red state rhinos and really bad washed up anti. conservative operatives. We’re going to get into all of that and more. Such fun. Stick with us. If you work long hours and struggle to wind down at night, you’re not alone. Tossing and turning and waking up exhausted doesn’t have to be the norm. Beam Dream Powder helps you fall asleep faster, sleep soundly through the night, and wake up feeling refreshed. Beam Dream Powder is a clean, healthy nighttime blend made with ingredients backed by science. Reishi, magnesium, L-theanine, apigenin, and melatonin. Apigenin helps calm your body and your mind for rest. L-theanine supports a smooth transition into deep sleep. And Reishi and melatonin work to improve REM sleep quality. Beam is proudly American-made and run by people who value hard work, integrity, and results. Supporting companies like this matters because they’re doing things the right way. You’ll love how Dream tastes, and it’s easy to make and actually effective. Over 17.5 million nights of sleep have been improved with Beam, and yours could be next. Try it for yourself. Visit shopbeam.com slash danashow and use code danashow for 40% off of your first order. That’s shopbeam.com slash danashow. Code danashow for better sleep.
SPEAKER 01 :
What we have to always do, regardless of who you voted for, you still got to pay your rent. You still got to take care of your kids. You still got to take care of your business. And maybe some of what’s happening, like, you know, they’re trying to take apart the Department of Education. Yes. Maybe that is a good thing because maybe it will force us to make sure that our kids actually get what they need. Maybe it’ll force us to go to our state and say, listen, I want to make sure since you’re taking all this money from my taxes, I want to make sure that my kids get exactly what they need. I don’t have to wait for the government to do it. We can do it. This is now in our hands. This is in our hands and it’s going to be tough and nobody wants to do it because it’s a bitch. But you know what? If it comes down to your survival, this is what you got to do. You got to take care of what you got to take care of. And they’re telling me that we’re going to be right back.
SPEAKER 11 :
Wow. They cut her off like she’s in the middle of a rant and they just come in and they immediately cut her off just like that because she I can’t believe I’m saying this. I’m trying really hard here. She was not wrong in her remarks there.
SPEAKER 03 :
That seems a little painful.
SPEAKER 11 :
It’s very difficult to make my mouth form the words. So I’m trying really hard. Her remarks there, they were the opposite of wrong. That’s as close as I’m going to get. Give me that much. Okay. Welcome back. Dana Lash with you. Top of the second hour now on this Wednesday here and on the program. Listen, coast to coast, Channel 347, DirecTV. The chat’s at Rumble. Yes, Steve’s like, Whoopi’s got red. She just got red-pilled real time. You know, and that’s because is that, yeah, they made her shut up and they went away and then they didn’t go back to it either, from what I understand. I don’t watch The View because I have a pulse, but they didn’t go back to it, from what I understand. Isn’t that like that was like the end of the whole discussion with that person?
SPEAKER 03 :
Because she was making way too much sense. You can’t have the truth like that.
SPEAKER 11 :
No! You can’t have Whoopi Goldberg on The View. Did you see those other broads sitting there at that table? They were like, what is happening? This isn’t on the script. It’s not. That show is very tightly controlled. I’ve guest hosted it before. I’ve been on it several times. And I remember when I guest hosted the production. And the production staff were very nice. But it was really… Just very different because I’m used to, I do all my own research and I read everything. And if I don’t know it well enough, I either bring on an expert or I wait until I do and then I bring it up to you. And I just, it was weird because they, when I, we had to do an interview and I don’t remember who it was with and they hand you a stack of index cards and they have questions on them and then a number in the corner of it. So if you’re going to ask a question during the interview, you know that you go second or third, depending on the number that was written on the card, and then you have to read the question. You get like three questions on it, and you have to read them in order. And that’s how they do it. And maybe it’s so they can do elements and all that. I don’t know. But it was really wild to me that it was so… that was so over choreographed. You were even told these are the questions that you needed to ask. And you were told to not, not stray from asking questions like that. So whenever you have, you know, we’ll be kind of went rogue there a little bit. And I can imagine they’re like, okay, wrap it up, wrap it up, shut up now. It’s very odd, but she’s right. And that’s a huge issue. I mean, in Texas, they passed, we did, we passed some school choice out of, out of the house. And we’re going to see whether or not our state legislature, they’re voting on school vouchers and all of that. And they’re they’re expected to they’re expected to vote on this. They got it out of committee. It’s the bill that creates education savings accounts. And people are mad. They’re saying you’re using public money to pay for private school funding. You’re using these people’s own tax dollars. Instead of giving it to the government to waste, these people are going to be able to keep their money and send their children where they want to send them. And the only people that I see raging against this are teachers unions like Rainey Weingarten kind and people who want to disempower parents. That’s the only people that I see. They have all of that in common. And I mean, we’re going to watch this. It goes to the it’s returns to the House floor and it would be the largest like school choice program. in the country if they pass it. I think this would be, it’s not the first, but this would be the biggest. We’re going to talk more about this here coming up because they’re thinking, I mean, this is kind of like the blueprint going forward. The left calls it, according to my notes, here’s one thing, the school voucher racket is how they’re referring to it. What? Yeah. That makes no sense. Yeah. The school voucher racket.
SPEAKER 03 :
School vouchers were put in place because of the racket that exists. What are they talking about?
SPEAKER 11 :
I’m saying, but parents should be able to have this choice. I homeschooled when my kids were really young. I homeschooled my kids. And back even, I think homeschooling only now in the past 10 years has gone more mainstream. And I think in part, that’s due to COVID. So much of that is because of COVID. It’s really gone mainstream. And I remember I just, you know, with homeschooling, we had a co-op, we, you know, the private schools, I lived in St. Louis City at the time, private schools were either one denomination or they were, all of them were super expensive. And I wanted my kids to get a certain type of hands-on practical education. And, you know, they did great. They went to college. They all got scholarships. And I just, I, what we, when they transitioned to high school, they started going to a Christian private school after we moved to Texas because we left our co-op, moved to Texas for work, left our co-op and that. And I was stunned when I saw that the tuition for private school is less than what most states pay per student for public schools. I’m not even kidding. I think in Pennsylvania, it was something like 18,000 per student. And in other states, it’s even higher. Can you believe that was insane to me? That’s like well over the average cost for like a Christian private school, well over that cost. But are you getting the same type of education when you go and you measure test scores and competency? Do you get the same results? I mean, I think that’s kind of, you know, rhetorical question. It’s an obvious answer. So, I mean, we’ll see this. The Texas Monthly said that it was a campaign to sabotage Texas public schools. I don’t know. That’s what they’re very, very, very, very, very against this. Very against this. But really, parents are for it. And that’s a threat to this, you know, this control over the minds of the youth. When you have Whoopi Goldberg on the view talking about this, you’ve already lost. You’ve lost when Whoopi Goldberg is who is, I would say, a yardstick for Democrat sentiment when she is. talking about how, yes, we need to have all of this relegated back to the states. It’s not having everything concentrated in D.C. is unconstitutional in the first place. It’s just that doesn’t it. There’s nothing in Article one, Section eight that this arrangement fulfills. If it’s not stated specifically, it goes back to it reverts back to the states. That’s the way it works. And I states I it’s so much easier for parents have to have an impact on their child’s education in the states than it is federally. But I don’t know what it is that they just they don’t want competition. Kids are taxpayers are consumers. right? They should be able to send their kids wherever the hell they want to. It is a racket to tie everything to property taxes and all this stuff. People should be able to educate their kids however they want to and send their kids to wherever they want to. You should not be stuck in a zip code for education. The way that we have things structured is so stupid. So good for this. I’m excited for this. This is a great thing. But hopefully, we’ll see I would love to see this go through in Texas. I would love to see every state pass a similar measure. And that’s going to be the sad thing because more states that I think are a little bit more dedicated to academics over activism, states that are more conservative, I mean, you’re going to see those students really cater to and families really cater to with school choice and bills like this. And then in states like California and Illinois and New York and all that, You’re not. And then I get concerned about those kids because it’s going to be such a discrepancy when it comes to comprehension, competency, test scores, etc. So something we moving on. We got a lot to touch on. And the. Democrats are sending a little delegation down to El Salvador. We got some audio on that. I think he’s probably already there. Is Chris Van Hollen already there? He boarded his flight on somebody 13. He left this morning and others are going to be going with him. But this is what he had to say as he got on his plane. Listen.
SPEAKER 07 :
I’m here at the airport. I’m about to board my flight for San Salvador. The goal of this mission is to let the Trump administration, to let the government of El Salvador know that we are going to keep fighting to bring Albrego Garcia home until he returns to his family. I hope to meet with representatives of the government. I hope to have the chance to actually see Kilmar and see what his condition is. But we are going to keep fighting because this is a miscarriage of justice.
SPEAKER 11 :
It’s not a miscarriage of justice. As we’ve talked about on the show, I think it’s pretty much like it’s, you know, everybody kind of well knows this by now. He’s not a Marylander. He was born and raised in El Salvador. came to the United States illegally in 2012. He had so many citations, traffic citations. He never showed up to court for anything. Finally, when he was detained, he was… trying to get a reprieve from being deported, and he had these appeals, and it wasn’t until after, what, his second appeal that he tried claiming that he was being terrorized in his home country by a gang, and he wanted to seek asylum, and the asylum request was denied. Two separate judges said, yeah, dude is certifiably with MS-13. We cannot guarantee the public’s safety if we let this guy loose. Not one, but two different judges in two different court proceedings said this, and It was never an issue of whether or not he was going to ever be deported. It was a guarantee that he was always going to be deported. The question being debated was when. And Joe Biden gave him a reprieve. And if Joe Biden can, with his pen, create a program where we’re giving people reprieves for entering the country illegally, then by God, with a stroke of his pen, our current president can do the exact same thing and undo it. But these are where these activist judges are trying to get involved and say, no, no, no. No, you do have the authority to create this, but you don’t have the authority to uncreate it. They’re they’re trying to diminish the authority of the executive. That’s what this is. If you want to talk about an unconstitutional grab, these these judges, these activist judges and every single one of them. Lorraine’s got a great series that are substack all about this chapter and verse. She looks at every single one of these judges that are all involved, every single one of them. They’re all activist judges, really, without exception, without exception. So the idea that judges apparently can tell the executive what they can and can’t do is asinine. So, yeah, POTUS is well within his right. And then a judge trying to order POTUS to allow an illegal alien to come back and enter illegally again because of a paperwork error. There wasn’t a paperwork error. I don’t really care what it said on the paperwork. Send his happy ass back to El Salvador. That’s kind of the consequence of entering a country illegally. But it’s just such a logical disruption. The left arguing for weaker border control. But then I’m just mesmerized at whose side are they on? I mean, clearly they’re not on ours. We have a lot more on the way. We’ve got headlines coming up as well. And then we’re going to get into some of these red state rhinos as we move our partners, bringing you the program. It is the burner gun. Now I always carry, I have zero, zero problem, make my day and using lethal force to neutralize a threat presenting itself to me or my loved ones. But I also realize due to some of my friends living in very weird areas like DC and New York, they’re big kids. They got to live there for work. they have the very difficult to obtain license to carry in those states, but they’re not able to actually carry everywhere. And you know that these cities have got some high crime rates in New York and D.C. So what they did, because, you know, municipal restrictions and private property restrictions, they didn’t want to be left defenseless. So they went out and got a Burna gun. Specifically, they got the Burna SD, B-Y-R-N-A. The Burna gun, the Burna SD, it’s like, you know, if you have tariffs, or sorry, tariffs, if you have tasers, Tasers have, what, maybe one or two rounds. The Burna SD is five, five-round capacity. It shoots chemical irritant projectiles that can deter threats from up to 50 feet away, giving you a chance. There’s no recoil. It’s super easy to deploy. It doesn’t care about gun-free zone signs. It doesn’t care about your municipal restrictions or your private property restrictions. It’s legal in all 50 states. No background checks. And you can have it sent right to your front porch. It’s a great way to diversify your weapons array. I mean, you have blades, right? You have rifles and pistols. You have different calibers. There’s no reason why you shouldn’t incorporate something like this and have a diversified array for self-defense, right? You never know what situation you’re going to find yourself in. It’s a great time to reevaluate your options, and you can do that over at Burna.com slash Dana. B-Y-R-N-A. It’s the Burna SD, the most popular model. Burna.com slash Dana. That is where you can get 10% off your purchase.
SPEAKER 03 :
And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five. Oh, my gosh.
SPEAKER 11 :
This is actually so hysterical. So this is from the smoking gun. A driver blamed. Why is it the gas station named this?
SPEAKER 03 :
They’re all over the country.
SPEAKER 11 :
No, hold up. Why is it spelled this way and named this way? All right, we’re ignoring that. It was a gas station. A driver blamed the crash. He ran his car into this gas station. He blamed his Crocs. Like his shoes. He’s a Missouri man. You knew it was Missouri. I was like, wait a minute. This sounds crocs. I feel like Florida Floridians would be in flip flops. A Missouri man fled the scene. He crashed his truck into a gas station’s front window and claimed, quote, his crocs got caught in the pedal. causing him to accelerate into the business. They have security footage. They recorded 60-year-old Dale Hammett slamming his Dodge Ram into the convenience store. He immediately backed up and left the scene. $3,700 of damage. It’s a half mile from his residence. So he said he, in the immediate aftermath, he returned twice, driving the same truck, entered the business, talked to an employee, never claimed to be the driver. And they said that, you know, the authorities arrived immediately. It’s a class E felony if he’s convicted. They charged him for leaving the scene of an accident where property damage exceeds $1,000, which is a felony and a class E felony. He could actually go to jail, but he blamed his crocs. I can’t drive in flip-flops or anything like that. I’m real weird. I’ve got to have a more secure shoe. And I don’t own a Croc. I don’t own them. I don’t hate them.
SPEAKER 03 :
Is there an age limit on Crocs? He’s 60.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, you’re 60. I just feel like if you’re a nurse, they’re great. If you’re gardening, they’re great. If you’re a toddler, they’re okay. But otherwise, there’s no excuse. You can hate me all you want. And, oh wait, no, no, no, no, no. We got SecDef Hegseth. He had an aide escorted from the Pentagon as the leak probe widens. Coming up. Red state rhinos. Let’s go. If you work long hours and struggle to wind down at night, you’re not alone. Tossing and turning and waking up exhausted doesn’t have to be the norm. Beam Dream Powder helps you fall asleep faster, sleep soundly through the night, and wake up feeling refreshed. Beam Dream Powder is a clean, healthy nighttime blend made with ingredients backed by science. Reishi, magnesium, L-theanine, apigenin, and melatonin. Apigenin helps calm your body and your mind for rest. L-theanine supports a smooth transition into deep sleep. And reishi and melatonin work to improve REM sleep quality. Beam is proudly American-made and run by people who value hard work, integrity, and results. Supporting companies like this matters because they’re doing things the right way. You’ll love how Dream tastes, and it’s easy to make and actually effective. Over 17.5 million nights of sleep have been improved with Beam, and yours could be next. Try it for yourself. Visit shopbeam.com slash danashow and use code danashow for 40% off of your first order. That’s shopbeam.com slash danashow. Code danashow for better sleep.
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SPEAKER 11 :
Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash here with you at the bottom of the second hour. And you can listen coast to coast. Starting next week, you’re also going to be able to listen to KTTH in Seattle. We’re going to start there coming up as well. So very excited to add them to our affiliate family. And you can also sign up over at Substack, chapter and verse. I send out stuff there regularly. And I’m going to have something about what we’re going to talk about as well here coming up. So… I talk about this because it’s really how I got my start in politics. I got my start in oppo research. I mean, I literally dumpster dived looking for stuff on people. So I’m really good at finding stuff out. And I always enjoy putting together the pieces together. of a puzzle and getting information that normally people wouldn’t be able to get. So I don’t we don’t just like aggregate stuff on the show. I know there are a lot of people out there that claim that they break news. They aggregate news that other people that they see on social media and then they act like they break, you know, news. It’s very loony. So that being said, there is a big issue here in a number of states. And this is like going back to what I said, how I got started in politics. There’s a big issue with rhinos in red states. I think in some respects, they’re even more dangerous to conservatives, to constitutional independence than the left. When I got started in politics, I was in Missouri and, as you know, co-founded the whole national modern Tea Party movement. And went round and round with establishment types. Oh, my gosh. I’ve been screamed at by establishment types. I’ve told you the story of how Newt Gingrich and I were at each other’s throats at one point over. It was the first race I ever got involved in, New York’s 23rd Congressional District, where you had a Democrat named Didi Skozafava who changed her registration. Literally, like the almost – it was not quite, but practically the night before she filed to run. It was this open Republican seat. And this one – He was a real nice – but he was a dweeb. I don’t say that to be mean. He was a very nice, legitimately consistent conservative and constitutionalist named Doug Hoffman, kind of a dweeb. He did not have a big personality. Neither did she. She was sort of a Hail Mary. Republicans were desperately trying to figure out – that’s when the establishment didn’t want to let control – didn’t want to lose control of it. They were fighting us tooth and nail all over the country. And I was going to different states on my own time in my own dime, trying to help other grassroots activists and raise money for their initiatives and help with like paperwork when they wanted to become, you know, 503s or fours, etc. So that being said, that was my first big battle. And I remember at one point at CPAC, we had a confrontation and all this, and we ended up actually becoming friends. And I gave a ton of credit to Newt, who saw the former speaker. He was there with the conservative revolution in the 90s, and he was there again with it in the aughts with the Tea Party. And at first he fought us and then he realized, you know what, I think there’s something to this. And he really extended a hand and met with people and said, what what can I do with my contacts to help grassroots achieve the objectives that they want? You know, you want you you know, you don’t want to be bailing out every big company you want, you know, less federal control, et cetera, et cetera. And he became, you know, a real ally in that. And he’s probably the only politician I can say that about. He’s a real one. That being said, not everybody is. So in Texas, I went from Missouri, moved to Texas in 2013 and was really excited about living in what I thought was a very red state. And oh my gosh, you have Republicans that were trying to fight Second Amendment issues. They were trying to pass gun control bills out of committee. And I was mystified as to how the new state I live in here Moved here in 2013. It was a Republican state. Why do they administrate like Democrats? Well, got a lot of Democrats running as ours. And in Missouri, we didn’t really have that problem, Cain, did we? I mean, it was pretty much, oh, you’re a Democrat, you’re a Republican. You didn’t really have that problem. In Texas, it was a whole new bag. And… Trying to figure out which of these Republicans they, you know, getting their voting records. So they voted Democrat their whole life. Why are they Republican now? They’re getting money from Democrat groups. I mean, people DCCC is like giving them what is happening. Well, you know, now that explains a lot about how the state of Texas works. Texas isn’t alone. It’s happening in states like Indiana. I’m hearing from a lot of my friends happening in states in Indiana. It happened in Colorado after 63 years of straight Republican rule. They got flipped over, but in a different way. This new insidious thing where it’s Democrats cosplaying as Republicans, it’s really infected Texas and Florida. So let me turn my attention to Florida. I’m going to do an ongoing series about this where I talk about this every single day because it’s too much to talk about in one segment or even in one hour of a day. Because I want to give you as much information as possible. And it’s also… It’s a conversation filled with landmines because you have a lot of operatives. You also have a lot of big companies that love to engage in lawfare and try to stifle free speech on public policy. And their ass is going to get chapped at some point. Maybe not now, but it will in the future. That’s a promise. So you have a lot of these. You have a lot of lawfare angles out there. There are there’s a lot of special interests at play in Florida. There are a lot of people with deep pockets in Florida that are eager to silence people, pay them off, shut them down. Like I said, that tell all book will come one day. Now, in Florida, very similar to Texas, but a little different. Florida was pretty purple for a while. I remember 2012 covering the election. I was the token conservative on CNN, and my heart went into my stomach when I saw the early results coming in from Florida because I knew certain districts what that meant, what that was forecasting. And I thought, my gosh, Florida’s lost. That’s when Barack Obama and yes, it was a weak Republican. Barack Obama just destroyed Mitt Romney in Florida. You need to know all of this, you know, the current lay of land there. So it’s been a little purple. And then you you when you do get Republicans that are elected in some of these districts, they’re really soft. These purple districts, they’re kind of soft in some in some districts, you know, where it’s solid red. You can get fire brains in there and they’re there. They are districts that are very easy to keep unless you’re Randy Fine and you’re in the sixth congressional district in which in which case you barely eke out a victory after your predecessor took it by plus 30. But whatever. So in Florida, you have Democrats who want to run can’t run as Democrats in certain districts or they got they’re told they got to wait their turn. They want to hopscotch ahead. So they change their affiliation and they run as Republicans. Then you have some moderate Republicans who are only out for self-interest and they are no they are none too happy to. They’re eager to partner with these with these cosplaying Democrats and form a little alliance, form a coalition. And then you’ve got all the political factions on the right. This is creating a perfect storm of failure in the state of Florida. Florida has accomplished so much. Scores of people have moved to that state. because of how it’s been administrated in the past six years. Right. Rick Scott didn’t see this. Charlie Chris didn’t see this. They were weak, soft rhinos. You know, you had a massive gun control under under Rick Scott. He’s the one who signed in all the red flag laws. I kind of know because I was down there for Parkland. Maybe you might remember the town hall where people were wanting to burn me alive. They passed all of this legislation and they’ve been trying to eke back. We’re going to talk about this coming up, eke back some of those rights. But you have a lot of Republicans that, you know, again, special interest. They don’t want to do that. They tried to get a weird pot thing passed in the state of Florida that didn’t serve the interests of the voters. You’ve got all kinds of different lobbyist organizations and you’ve got some morally compromised lawmakers. A handful of them morally compromised lawmakers. And what these lawmakers are trying to do is they want you to think that they’ve been targeting Ron DeSantis and the first lady and everybody who is aligned with them. And what they want you to believe is that their beef with them goes all the way back to the primary. I’m going to tell you guys something right now. If you’re still fetishizing the primary, you are a problem and you are what’s wrong, not just with this country, but with this party. And you’re the type of person who would rather rule over the ashes than work with real patriots for a successful outcome. especially when you target people with a hell of a lot more skin in the game than you. So these cosplayers are trying to make it look like, oh, our beef is because of the primary with DeSantis. But don’t be fooled by that. There are some stupid operatives out there who are. They want you to think that because in reality, and their record supports this, they’re really Democrats. They’re trans GOP. They’re trying to appropriate the identity of a Republican, but yet they’re all Democrat inside, right? They’re a bag of male copulatory organs. They’re all Democrat inside. But they want this as a deflection. And they know that if they play that route, they’re going to get the stupid operatives on. You know who those are? The loony ones. They’re going to get the dumb operatives on, you know, the people who cash and carry. And they’re also going to, you know, hopefully they want to trick people who don’t pay attention to the petty infighting that you see in Tallahassee. So they want to make it out to be like Trump versus DeSantis when it’s really these are Democrats that are infiltrating the legislature, pretending to be Republicans and destroying it from within. It’s actually very clever. And there are some people, some operatives who are desperate for paying jobs in the administration. They are desperate to kiss Trump’s ass. They want power adjacency. They’re willing to go along with this because it serves their purpose in the immediate right now in the interim. It helps them advance. And they don’t have to do any real work except attack people who do more than they do for the movement. So that’s what’s that. Those are some of the dynamics here. Now, they’ve been talking about Hope, Florida. Are you guys familiar with Hope, Florida? We’ve talked about it before. I’ve had on the first lady of Florida to talk about it. They tried going after the governor. They haven’t been super successful. Now they’re trying to go after Attorney General James Uthmeyer because DeSantis appointed him. And now they’re trying to go after Hope Florida. Hope Florida is one of the most genius organizations I have ever seen. We as I hear Republicans and I’m not a Republican because they’re too left for me. I’m a constitutionalist. I vote for the most conservative. I see so many positive stories about Hope Florida. It’s an organization. Republicans talk a lot about getting big government out of the lives of individuals, not having a welfare state, not having a constant entitlements. Hope Florida is a partnership between the private sector. They’re not asking anything of the public sector except to really facilitate these relationships. You have charities, different private charitable organizations that see needs and they meet and fill needs, whether it has to do with homelessness or drug addiction, things that normally you would be spending a lot of taxpayer dollars on in order to cover for, you know, forever into the future. Hope Florida is a great private public partnership that reduces the tax burden on the taxpayer while also allowing these charitable organizations, most of which are faith-based, to witness and steward their fellow man. Isn’t that, well, correct me if I’m wrong, which I’m not, that’s rhetorical advice, but isn’t that the type of partnership that you want to have, that you would want to have with this kind of stuff? Yeah. Well, there are people that are angry about it, particularly the moderate rhinos, who are very upset about this because it reduces the need for them to use taxpayer dollars and claim that they’re dealing with this issue when really they’re using it on other stuff. It’s waste and abuse, fraud, waste and abuse. They don’t like this because it makes big government irrelevant. The whole point of being a moderate Republican or Rhino or a Democrat is big government. It makes them irrelevant. It makes what they’re doing irrelevant. It is an existential threat to their bank account. That is why they’re targeting this organization twofold. They’re also targeting it because they’re all pissing their pants because they think Casey DeSantis is going to run for governor. I don’t know if Casey DeSantis is going to run for governor. I have no clue. All I know is it doesn’t seem like a ton of choices are stepping up. I think one Byron Donalds has stepped up so far really early in the primary process. He stepped up so far. I think they’re waiting to see what else happens. I haven’t seen any inclination that they’re that she’s going to run. But. They’re just they want to target her anyway, just in case the people who said that Casey DeSantis faked her breast cancer are the same people who are saying that she is somehow sideways with Florida voters with Hope Florida. So be very careful who you put your stock in. OK, so. What I want to do with this series beginning today is we’re going to focus on this and we’re going to name names and we’re going to go through all of it and turn over all of the stones because this is ridiculous. For the first time, I don’t know of any other state that’s done this. You have a private public partnership where private charitable entities are alleviating the burden on the taxpayer. Now, one quick thing before we get going. The only thing that they can say about Hope Florida is because they’ve been above board with everything, is that they’re trying to act like you filed your 990 form too late. You guys know what your 990 form is, right? That’s like your tax form, etc. Depending on how you’re structured, if you have a 990, that has to be something accessible to the public. And there isn’t, I mean, it’s not a crime if you don’t file it. I mean, obviously you would like to file it as soon as possible. They, from what I understand, are a couple of months late in filing their 990. Okay, well then fix it. Apparently, from what I’ve been reading on X, you know, I don’t have to do any backroom deals here. They’re apparently, and I’m looking at one of the tweets from one of the people talking about the meeting that they’re having. Their board is apparently getting together and they’re resolving it tomorrow. Okay, so problem solved. What do these rhinos… have against private charities relieving the burden on taxpayers that’s the question that actually should be asked and we’re going to talk about this every single day from now on they you know what they asked and i’m answering every single day from now on until midterms So I wanted to lay it out for you. That’s the state of things in Florida. And you have some bad, bad characters that are involved that would rather rule over the ashes than actually help real patriots take their country back. Do you want to know who those are? 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So a Florida man set a rental van on fire outside of a Florida motel, says the Department of Justice. The man was charged with violation of the Federal Anti-Arson Act after setting the van on fire. Bradenton, Florida. This guy’s name. Hang on. kandarius devonta stitton was charged with a violation he faces between 5 and 20 years in prison who’s just sets a van on fire i don’t know for me he’s you know i made like i’m not gonna i’ve got jokes the florida man was attacked by a shark in an area known for alligator encounters oh oh how nice the uh Area where he was bitten was a particular portion of the Everglades that’s pretty known for being infested by alligators. He got airlifted to Jackson South Medical Center. He was in good spirits. It was a surprise attack, obviously. And he had his hand covered in bandages. But the shark, there was a bull. There’s bull sharks in the freshwater as well. So they think it was maybe not so much a gator, but a bull shark. In 2023, same area, shark bit a fisherman when he was washing his hands in the water. I’m telling you, every puddle, there’s a gator or a shark now. Stick with us. Third hour next. Gold prices have surged over 40% since January 2024, consistently reaching new highs. According to Goldman Sachs research, the upward trend is expected to persist due to strong demand from central banks. It’s stuff like this that’s made me take action and why I’ve bought precious metals like gold and silver. I partnered with a great company that makes it super easy to buy. Easy, transparent, and simple. And that company is Goldco. They’re a huge supporter of this show, and they’re the best at what they do. And right now, you can get a free 2025 gold and silver kit jam-packed with critical information about buying precious metals. It was a huge help, not just for me, but to all of you if you do this. And for my audience, you could also qualify for up to a 10% instant match in bonus silver. 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You can go and sign up for the newsletter over at Substack Chapter and Verse because I’m also going to incorporate some of the stuff, a new series that we’re debuting within the show, Red State Rhino Hunting, where we’re going to go and expose all of these soft Republicans, not just in Texas, but Florida. indiana elsewhere but particularly texas and florida because they’re the biggest red states and you lose texas you lose the white house right and florida only recently went red they’ve been purple i mean i’ve covered election after election they’ve been purple and you have this great coalition there and uh there’s a lot of stuff happening so we’re going to break it down every single day on the show and i’m also going to incorporate it into the newsletter over at substack and so We’re not doing any of the loony aggregating or anything. It’s actually like work that we find myself and put up. Anybody can do it if you just have enough motivation and you’re not lazy and you don’t rely on kickbacks. So that being said, I just don’t care because I don’t have anybody to answer to. So it’s really fun for Kane. Super fun for him. All right. A couple of things. I wanted to touch on this. I had this on my list. And I know there’s other stuff to get into because we’ve got, you know, we’ve got the school choice, which we’re going to talk about the school choice battle in Texas, which is coming to a state near you. And, of course, the delegation going to El Salvador. We’ve got the ongoing fights, you know, everything else. But I… I followed this very close. I wrote about this when I worked under Andrew Breitbart when he was alive and ran big journalism. I covered this story six ways to Sunday. And Sarah Palin’s back in the news. Now, I saw Sarah Palin was getting mad at Kristi Noem over Real ID. We’re going to talk about that in a minute. I saw her getting mad at Kristi Noem over Real ID. And I think I thought it feels like she’s just kind of getting mad at Kristi Noem because I think she wants that job. But that said, she’s in the news again because she’s getting a second bite at the Big Apple at The New York Times. Let’s go back to goodness. When was this whole if the Gifford shooting? I don’t want to say the name of the killer. This came back from an editorial over at the New York Times. And this is back in 2011. You guys remember in Arizona in 2011, Gabby Giffords was shot by this guy who had been on the radar forever. I wrote extensively about this. I got, you know, previous filings, records, etc., The just for a background in 2011, Gabby Giffords was shot in a supermarket parking lot. She was having an event. And this guy, I don’t want to say his name. He opened fire on her. And everyone was blaming Sarah Palin, which I’ll get to in a minute. The attempted murderer, the guy was convicted. He was known to law enforcement. Now, the very left leaning was either sheriff or chief. I’m trying to remember at the time that the very left leaning chief, police chief, sheriff at the time, went out and gave a press conference like a couple hours after the shooting happened and blamed the Tea Party. on camera. He actually blamed the Tea Party. It’s wild to me. And was blaming them for the rhetoric. This was near Tucson. He was blaming them for the rhetoric. And it ended up actually making everything worse. And this guy, the sheriff, he was blaming the Tea Party even though there was evidence, a lot of evidence, that The college that this dude went to, he was kicked out of his college for disrupting class and threatening behavior. And it was reported to police. They never actually the very Democrat left leaning chief never followed up with the community college campus that this that this attempted murderer attended. He had numerous complaints on him from other students. They never really followed up on it. The college actually said, we can’t welcome you back to campus unless you have medical clearance because something’s wrong. And that never happened. So he was already on their radar. He had like a satanic shrine in his yard, everything. He was like a very big time. He was actually not a lefty or not a righty. He was leaning. He was left leaning. And while they were burying these facts and the DCCC, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, they were the first on the attack. There was this old map that they had. the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the DCCC, where they had surveyor’s marks, which are different from crosshairs, but whatever. They had a map, their own map, that showed weak Democrat districts that they were worried might flip red. And Gabby Giffords was one of them. They came out with this ad like two months before she was shot. And they had a surveyor’s mark over her district. Well, Palin came out Maybe like three weeks before the shooting and just took their map as a kind of like a troll and said, oh, this is where we have to target. Right. We got to go to these areas to flip these districts. Obviously, they accused her of putting crosshairs on Gabby Gifford’s district and essentially inciting an attempted assassination of a lawmaker. She took the DCC’s map. I mean, I had in my pieces side-by-side comparisons. It’s the same map. She just took it and was like, okay, so yeah, thanks for this map. You gave us areas that we have to target now to flip these seats, right? That makes sense. Oh, but then they’re like, oh my gosh, Sarah Palin made a map. She had crosshairs over. It was the DCCC map that she just stole. They buried all of the details of this case. The guy was known. There were multiple reports about him. He was super suspicious. What was happening? I mean, it was a time bomb waiting to go off. And instead, they tried to smear the Tea Party and her. Well, they had an editorial that ran. Oh, boy. And that was pretty much it. And this editorial in 2017 and Brad Essex over at Red State recaps it. It was called America’s Lethal Politics, and it linked her to the shooting. They suggested that her materials, that graphic that I just described, inspired this dude’s attack. Now, they had no evidence that he even looked at the Palin’s map or really it was the DCC’s map when they first put it out. And they left that up for like a whole day. before they issued a correction. And then when they issued a correction, they omitted her name and they didn’t even apologize. So she sued them ostensibly for defamation. And it went into court and they said, oh, well, they they acted by correcting the error promptly. So it’s a First Amendment issue rather than an attack, et cetera. Well, long story short, there were some problems with the case and problems with the process. Apparently, you know, they weren’t it wasn’t the fairest of processes. So she’s getting another bite at the apple. So it looks like it’s going back to court. That’s pretty interesting. Because they did. They absolutely smeared her. And it was a very dangerous editorial. Very dangerous. And everybody else piled onto it when they first reported it. And… It’s this is going to be interesting. So now it’s going to be a second. There’s going to be a second defamation suit now that’s happening as a result of this. They had the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that granted her request for a new trial in a defamation. That’s what defamation actually is. Citing things that are publicly available and everyone knows are true. That’s not defamation. But saying that a woman tried to get Gabby Gifford shot. Because she had a map talking about flipping seats and it was basically stolen from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. That’s pretty much that’s that’s dangerous. That’s not protected speech. So there’s free speech and then speech that’s not free from litigation. And so it was a three-judge panel. The circuit judge, Walker, agreed with Palin that the judge made a bunch of errors that tainted that trial. It didn’t go to trial. This all happened like in the wake of 2011. It didn’t go to trial until February 2022. The appeals court said correctly that this judge excluded evidence. that showed actual malice and that the judge wrongly instructed the jurors on how much proof was needed in order to find the times liable. And as a result, the jury was tainted. And they were able to have their phones, apparently. And they got alerts on their phones and all this other stuff. And then they dismissed her case because they said, oh, you didn’t offer any evidence of malice. Well, no, not when you’re running your courtroom like that. So this is going to be very interesting. This was one of the first. This predates the Nick Sandman case. It predates the CNN defamation case that just that was just won recently in January. It predates all of this. This was one of the first big ones. And they said, wow, this could be, you know, there was a 1964 landmark case that set a really high bar. To prove defamation and people think that this case could it was New York, New York Times v. Sullivan. That was in 1964. And many think that this case, you know, possibly potentially could up in that case. And you have to show actual malice, meaning that you’re publishing information. With knowing disregard for truth, right? Like you have no interest in the truth. You just want to post this information. And it’s wild to me because I had even had my article about this before the New York Times wrote their editorial explaining the maps. And I’m like, here’s the DCCC map that came out before Palin’s map, like, while before Palin’s map. They just reappropriated this map and said, thanks for identifying these districts that are vulnerable to flip. And the New York Times, even after that, and then my story that I wrote went viral, even after all of that, the New York Times still insisted that she originated that map. So I’m not quite sure how they can dodge… That measure of malice. You have to be purposefully, purposefully, wantingly, maliciously unaware in order to continue down that debunked path. I hope she cleans their clocks because it was I remember when that editorial came out. We thought, oh, my gosh, that was so dangerous. And, you know, in the wake of all of that, I knew a lot because we were in Tucson with stuff. I knew a lot of the Tea Party founders and leaders there. In fact, the leader there, Trent Humphreys, he and his wife had just had twins. They had newborns. They were coming back from getting laundry detergent and I think some grocery items. They had no idea what had happened. She had been shot when they were out getting food for their family. They came back to their house and they had the press already in their yard and they had no idea what was going on. And it was Sheriff Dupnik, D-U-P-N-I-K. He was the A-S-S bag that decided to say what he said and intimate that they were responsible for all of this. They had no idea all of this stuff was being said while they were attending to their newborns and getting detergent and some food. And they came back and the press was on their lawn. They had death threats. They were terrified. And then after CNN had a town hall where Trent Humphreys attended and somebody threatened to kill him live on national television. That’s the stuff that the left incites. You see how they’re still doing it with Tesla, right? They have never changed, ever. They are still the same violent people they always have been. And the press has been their accomplices. So as a result, I hope that she cleans their clocks a second time. 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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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Hmm. So genetically engineered super horses with alter DNA are being created in a lab. because this because man super horse your horse is regular this is a super horse it’s a bioengineering lab in Argentina if they can do that can we like artificially manipulate people or manipulate people somehow in a lab And make them have, like, better taste in, like, music or fashion. You know, can we get rid of high-waist pants? Like, can we modify genetically people to be predisposed against high-waist pants?
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Like, if it’s a wedge, I’m okay. But if it’s just not, if it’s a flat platform, why? Unless you’re wearing long pants. I don’t get it. I’m like, I know it has nothing to do overall with the story, but I just feel like those issues are much more important to me than a super horse.
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Yeah, I did. But I’m, you know, it’s like, why? Unless it’s like, can it open doors? Can the horse like cook a meal? I’m all for that. I mean, I don’t dislike horses. Aren’t they like big dogs? I’ve sat on one. before and i threw a carrot at one and ran away one time i don’t know why they scare me a little bit i don’t know what it is only that’s the only only other animal it kind of scares a whole other issue wait i gotta get back to i don’t scare me i’m just they’re large uh let’s see someone says that the body of christ is in a hidden chamber under the great pyramid of egypt I don’t believe it. A man was arrested after, oh, this really should be a Florida man story. But we’re going to have it here because this guy was naked. Any KKID in Disneyland’s New Orleans Square. Well, at least it was in the New Orleans Square in Disneyland. That makes more sense there. Workers were trying to steer visitors away. He climbed on one of the buildings and exposed his hang low to everybody below. And then he was arrested for trespassing, public nudity. And apparently he was high as a kite. They deferred him to police. Sorry, it was a Florida man in Disneyland in California. They deferred him to Anaheim police. Yeah, let’s maybe not. Why would you want to go to an amusement park naked? No. A man was arrested after seven emotional support tigers were found in his house. I’m jealous. Nye County, Carl Mitchell’s home in Pahrump, west of Vegas. He did not have the proper permits to be the new Lion King. So they took his kiddies. We have a lot more on the way. We have Brian Jodas, who is National Press Secretary with School Choice. We’ll be right back. It helps reduce or even eliminate it. It’s safe to take daily, and in fact, the longer you take Relief Factor, the more effective. Whether it’s neck, back, joint, or muscle pain, Relief Factor can help. Over 1 million people have turned to Relief Factor. Give Relief Factor a try. With their pain-free trial, you can get a 3-week quick start for only $19.95, less than $1 a day. Call 1-800-4-RELIEF. That’s 1-800-4-RELIEF. With their pain-free trial, you can get a three-week quick start for only $19.95. Call 1-800-4-RELIEF or visit relieffactor.com.
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SPEAKER 11 :
Welcome back to the program. You can listen coast to coast terrestrially on a station near you or in hundreds of markets all across the nation. You can also stream it, X, Rumble, Facebook, Channel 347, DirecTV. Good to be with you. Real quick, before we get into some of the school choice stuff. So Chris Van Hollen has landed in San Salvador. He is there, as you know, to go and meet with poor kids. kill Mar Abrego Garcia and make sure that this guy who came into the country illegally and was a verified member of MS-13, according to two different judges and two different court proceedings to make sure, I guess, that he’s OK. Right. Make sure that the prison in El Salvador is more like the Ritz instead of a prison. I don’t know. But this guy, Andy Ngo and others, as Keynes pointed out to this guy, apparently has got tons of experience. He had a ton of emergency restraining orders for domestic violence against him for that wife that he only married after his asylum bid failed. Interesting, right? So we’re going to keep following this story because why Democrats want to try to incorrectly repatriate someone who is not even a citizen is beyond me. But they’re not on the right side of that issue or really any, including the issue of school choice and vouchers. And there are some big government Republicans that are not on the page. Excuse me. They’re not on the right page with us either. In Texas, this has been a huge fight. I moved to Texas in 2013. And I have got to tell you, I feel like it was easier going in Missouri with school choice than it has been in Texas. And that floors me. Yes. When I moved here in 2013, I thought, oh, my gosh, Texas, so Republican, all these Republicans that are in the state legislature. No, no. Just because they have an R after their name doesn’t mean that they’re all conservative, as you know. So they’re dealing with this right now in Texas. The House is ready to pass HB2 and SB2. They’re looking at creating the largest, largest in the nation school choice program and program. The arguments that I keep hearing from the left and some of these rhinos that are on the right is stunning to me. So we wanted to bring in actual experts on this. Brian Jodas is the national press secretary for school choice now. And you can find him on X. I’m also Twitter at AFC press. He joins us now via Skype or Zoom or whatever it is we’re using. Brian, it’s so good to see you. Thank you for joining us. This is huge. And I don’t mean to sound naive. But, you know, Texas, big red state, right? And everyone thinks, oh, there’s lots of Republicans in the state legislature. Obviously, school choice is going to be an easy thing. It hasn’t been. Why?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, Dan, it’s great to be with you. And you’re right. I mean, it’s been a fight, but the momentum continues to build. It continues to build across the country. And it’s time to get it done here in Texas. And we’ve seen leadership step up and make it happen. Look, the president has sat in the Oval Office and talked about strongly believing in school choice, wanting to send education back to the states, and singling out Texas. And then you’ve got Governor Abbott, Speaker Burroughs, Senator Creighton, it just takes the right leadership at the right time. We are one massive step closer with what’s going to happen today in Texas and getting Senate Bill 2 across the finish line. And let’s get this thing to the governor’s desk and let’s get more families and parents empowered in the great state of Texas with school choice. We’re very, very close. We can’t wait for it to
SPEAKER 11 :
I’m so excited about that. One of the big arguments that I keep seeing pushed forward by the left and some some moderate I think the moderate Republicans are like maybe teachers union adjacent. I can’t figure out what the relationship there is. But they’re saying, oh, well, this is this is going to just force taxpayers to pay for everyone else’s private school education. Talk to that, if you will, because that’s loony.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, it’s wild. But listen, I mean, the teachers union has had a stranglehold on education for far too long. And what’s happened? Test results are stagnant, if not falling, right? We’re not getting the academic outcomes that kids deserve across the country and across the state of Texas. And so what we’re seeing is families are raising up against us and they’re saying enough is enough. We want our dollars to follow our kids. And what’s happening in legislatures across the country and what’s gonna happen in Texas today is marquee. What legislatures are saying is it’s time to invest in students regardless of where they wanna go to school, homeschool, traditional public school, public charter, private school. Parents, you guys find what’s the best fit for you. I’ve got two kids, they learn very differently. We’ve got to decide what’s the best fit for them. So let’s put the dollars in those backpacks. Let’s get Texas parents empowered with that while investing in traditional public schools and investing in students depending on wherever they want to go to school. That’s the beauty of this, right? You talked about it earlier. Let the families decide. Let them be empowered. Let those dollars go with them to the school of their choice. And this whole idea of, you know, I don’t want my tax dollars going to fund these private schools. Good news, they’re not. They’re going with students. This is student-centered approach to education.
SPEAKER 11 :
But those people had no problem spending all of our tax dollars on their kids’ public school education. And then they were getting subpar results, especially if you compared it to homeschoolers and that they were coming out of private institutions. So suddenly now they’re going to act like they’re concerned stewards of tax dollars?
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, listen, when the teachers union run around the country to the tune of three billion dollars a year in their coffers, I mean, anything that is sort of an alternate to what they’re promoting is some sort of threat to their ecosystem because they stand to stand up for systems, for buildings and rarely buildings. does the focus ever shift to the kids, right? Who’s the end user in all this data, right? So individual student, right? Let’s find the best fit for them. Texas stands on the verge of introducing what will be the largest day one school choice program in the entire country, right? There are other states that have larger programs, but no one ever has passed a program this big on day one. Texas goes big. Everything’s bigger than the Lone Star State. So let’s get this thing done. Excited to see it get to the governor’s desk and make this thing a reality.
SPEAKER 11 :
For those listening and not watching the simulcast, we’re talking with Brian Jodas, who is with School Choice now. I spoke at a School Choice event some years ago in Pennsylvania, and I was stunned, Brian, when I was told that they spend, I think it was over $18,000 per pupil in public schools. That is more than I paid because we homeschooled up until going into high school. And when that that was cheap, we sent our kids to a private Christian school after that. That was that was more expensive than what we were paying for our private school education. And the results were incomparable. I do people do parents realize I think, you know, most do, especially if they’re in this fight. But I think the public in general, I don’t think they realize that that how much is spent per student for what they’re getting in public schools versus what’s being spent, you know, either homeschool or private.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, Dan, it’s a great point, right? And it becomes so divisive. You know, the opponents of school choice will talk about these threats to public education. We’re going to tear down our traditional public schools. And everybody starts to get really worried, right? Because nobody wants their community, public schools or those schools in their neighborhood, right, to be hurt. But that’s not really the case. I mean, look, take Chicago, for example. They’re spending like $30,000 a year on kids. but they’ve got 30 plus schools in Chicago alone where 0% efficiency in math, like that’s ridiculous. In Texas, they’re spending about, I think, $16,000 per kid. This ESA program will give families on average about 11,000 to take to the private school of their choice. So it seems like a cost saver to me with better outcomes that potentially can happen. And so that’s where this thing, you got to get into the nuance of it. We’ve got to have conversations like this where we can let it breathe a little bit and talk about it and get that thing student-centered. Because if you ask parents, University of Houston poll, polling across the country, hey, do you think parents should be empowered to send their kids to the school that’s the best fit for them? Do you think they could have the tax dollars to be able to do that? Like wildly popular, right? So when you have those conversations and when you’re able to actually really talk about this with the breadth It deserves people like it. Everybody wants it. And it makes a ton of sense because it puts a student at the center of it, empowers parents. But that’s why the teachers union don’t like it so much, because it takes away right from them. The more you empower parents, any why garden, right? They start to freak out a little bit. You know what? Let’s get them to freak out a little bit more.
SPEAKER 11 :
I think after COVID, parents realized how much control they lost over their child’s education. I don’t think this would have happened as quickly as it did or as successfully as it did without COVID. I hate to say it.
SPEAKER 09 :
It was an accelerant. Dana, it was an accelerant. There’s no doubt, right? And because families had a few things happen. My family went through this. Our kids were sent home. We saw the way in which education was being delivered to them. We saw the way, maybe for the first time for many parents who haven’t been in a classroom with their student, how they consumed it and sent it back out. And then a lot of families looked around like, what? What are we getting here? What’s the return on the investment here? And oh, at the same time, could never get an answer as to when our kids were going to go back to school. And so it definitely wasn’t accelerating. We’ve seen more activity since then. We’re excited to see what’s going to happen in Texas today and in more states across the country. That’s why, look, we’ve taken a phrase that’s a golden age in American education with what the president wants to do, his priorities on getting back to the states. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, which she stand poised to do. Congress has got a great opportunity with the Educational Choice for Children Act to get even more school choice across America. So that’s why we’re really excited. The American Federation for Children to see just more of this in Texas is a bellwether this year for what’s to come.
SPEAKER 11 :
That’s that’s great. I mean, it’s if Texas can pass it the largest on day one. How quickly does this change things for parents? I mean, I mean, I would imagine this kicks into effect for the next school season.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, this is huge, right? So they’ll be able to get access to it and it’ll make all families in the state eligible. So, right, there’ll be next steps to come. But look, there’s still more work to be done today. So if you’ve got watchers and listeners across the great state of Texas, which I know you do, it’s never too late, right? Get on the horn, get on email, call your legislators in Texas and tell them, let’s get Senate Bill 2 done. Let’s get this thing to the governor as soon as possible because we got to get this thing over the finish line. There are thousands of families in Texas that are waiting for this and across the country and put the marker down. Right. Let’s make 2025 a great year in educational reform and school choice. Texas can get that done.
SPEAKER 11 :
That’s that. I hope so. I hope. And then all of these other all all these other states in the nation can follow suit. We’re going to watch this very closely. Brian Jodas at AFC Press. So appreciate what you do on behalf of students and parents. Thank you for keeping us up to date on this. We’re watching in Austin to see what these lawmakers do. We’ve got our eyes on them. Thank you so much. Appreciate your fight. Thanks, Dan. Of course. We’ll have you back. It’s good to see you. We’ve got I wanted to update you guys to really quickly before we conclude this hour. They pull the story up. So this is in the arson case in Pennsylvania. The Josh Shapiro, the arson suspect that targeted him, that tried to burn down his residence. Apparently, according to reports, he did so because he was, quote, angry at the. perceived injustices to the people of Palestine, end quote. And he was not happy about the governor’s Jewish faith. Huh? Well, Cain, I did not see that coming. I did not see that coming either. Did not see that coming. We have more to come as we wrap up this third hour of our program and our partners. It’s our friends at All Family Pharmacy. All Family Pharmacy is a great business that is going to make sure that you are topped up with whatever it is that you need. They’ve saved me. They come and clutch a number of times and they have the treatments like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, you know, therapeutics and the things that the government was trying to prevent you from actually accessing. When the government was out there crushing alternatives, All Family Pharmacy has you covered. They also have your everyday medications, your maintenance medications that you need. Fast shipping, no hassle, no gatekeepers, no insurance, no problem. It’s simple and fast and affordable to order from All Family Pharmacy. They have straightforward pricing. Shipping is just in like two to four days or overnight in a pinch if you need it. And everything that they have is made in the USA. So you don’t have to worry about outsourced stuff coming in from India or China. Visit allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana and get 10% off with promo code Dana10. Be prepared. Protect yourself and your family today. That’s allfamilypharmacy.com slash Dana. Coupon code Dana10 to save 10%.
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SPEAKER 11 :
So, you know what I did not know until recently is that if you wear a Bulls merchandise like Chicago Bulls, that’s like an MS-13 insignia. Yeah, like that’s apparently something that denotes that. you’re in that gang. I didn’t know that either. I don’t, I’m not up on my gang lore. You know, I need to know more about gangs and drugs. Can you imagine? I’m going to walk into a library. Yes. Where can you point me to learn more about gangs and drugs?
SPEAKER 03 :
And not necessarily in that order. Yeah.
SPEAKER 11 :
This went, one of the things that, uh, apparently a lot of people, and I keep seeing this being reported and I was, I was looking into it actually on break here and there. Um, The there were rumors that he had when he was arrested that he had the bulls, some of that bulls merchandise on. He definitely had other photos where he was wearing the hats, but that he also had like one of the reports said that he had cash and drugs on him and that he was with another MS-13 dude when he was apprehended. I’m just saying it might be interesting. You know what’s crazy is if we had, Cain, if there were people who investigated this type of stuff and then wrote about their findings.
SPEAKER 03 :
That would be nice if we had some system like that. Maybe a fourth branch even.
SPEAKER 11 :
I mean, if they just looked at the stuff, looked it up.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. Fact-checked.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, super easy. I wonder if we should create that. That sounds like a really good profession.
SPEAKER 03 :
Hopefully one day we’ll get it.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, we might have that one day. But yeah, it was like realizing stuff. It would be great if we had those. So yeah, I’m really happy about that. Also, ABC just reported that California is now the first state to sue the Trump administration over the tariffs. Remember when they enacted eminent domain and seized your ability, economic eminent domain and seized your ability to generate an income and live? None of the states filed suit really over that. Some of the AGs did, but California didn’t file suit over that. You know, if you want to talk about making things more expensive and things of that nature. I’m just… You know, he can do that. This is… It’s the power of the executive. So in the meantime, we’re going to watch Chris Van Hollen go down. I mean, I hope they stay safe, but I don’t really have the greatest expectations. I just hope they stay. I like that boucle, but caution. Just because they’re an ally in something doesn’t mean they’re your best friend. The guy’s pretty authoritarian. I don’t know if you’re familiar with. We’re going to talk a little bit about this tomorrow. I just think that you need to have your eyes open to new ones. It’s very important. You can be allies with somebody for certain issues, but realize that maybe necessarily the way that they crack down on stuff in their country isn’t something that would fly here constitutionally. Just saying. So I’m glad that he’s but, you know, he’s he’s doing the right thing and he’s being a good ally with us right now.
SPEAKER 03 :
So he had a specific job to do in El Salvador and he definitely did it. I mean, you can call it authoritarian.
SPEAKER 11 :
That is the that’s the reality, though, of politics, particularly geopolitics, because you you have to. Welcome or not welcome. You have to tolerate some uncomfortable truths for the purpose of securing your nation’s prosperity.
SPEAKER 03 :
And I like that line that Trump said he wanted to steal, which was, you know, people say I jailed thousands, but in reality I liberated millions. And that’s exactly what it is. When you are tough on crime and the law of the land is followed, that’s how it works.
SPEAKER 11 :
That’s true how it works. So we’re going to dive into that a little bit tomorrow and tomorrow, the daily series now that we’re going to do looking at red state rhino hunting. Texas and Florida. We’re going to look at the Hope Florida issue. I say issue because it’s actually a nothing burger. You’ve heard a lot of mudslinging about the First Lady of Florida’s charitable organization, Hope Florida, which partners these charitable organizations. with a facilitator, the federal government. So if there’s something that might be a burden to the taxpayer, the federal government can actually partner that need up with private charities and reduce the burden on the taxpayer. That’s what it’s all about. And she’s being attacked by the rhinos who see
SPEAKER 03 :
their gravy trains threatened because of what they’re doing so we’re going to dive into that more tomorrow in the meantime today in stupidity cane yes it would be gail king talking about you know let’s just throw our waste into space because now you know she’s an expert on space now when she almost got there Listen to this.
SPEAKER 12 :
What Blue Origin wants to do is take the waste here and figure out a way to put it in space to make our planet cleaner. Jeff Bezos has so many ideas.
SPEAKER 03 :
Will that really do it, though? I’m wondering if we throw waste into space, is that cleaning things up?
SPEAKER 11 :
yeah that’s so because what goes up trash from here i’m putting it there what goes up and then object permanence you know it’s not in front of me so it doesn’t exist like what do they think when they go inside the house that the world disappears i feel like it must come down at some point i don’t know folks that does it for us today go sign up for the newsletter over at substack chapter and verse otherwise have a great evening i will be back with you behind the mic tomorrow
