In this episode, we address controversial topics ranging from offensive language and cultural sensitivities to systemic fraud and international conflicts. The conversation tackles the resurgence of certain derogatory terms in public discourse and debates around sports team names that have drawn national attention. We also explore the alarming Medicaid fraud in Minnesota, examining the implications for public trust in governance. As we wrap up, we shift focus to the ethical considerations surrounding military actions and ask critical questions about accountability and media narratives.
Let’s go back to this horrific killing of this young National Guard woman, 20 years old. My gosh, I mean, this young girl, so excited to be, she wanted a career in law enforcement, heartbreaking. Think about that poor family, what kind of Thanksgiving they had. The other National Guardsman is fighting for his life. This monster just executed them at close range, pumping them full of bullets. Here’s what’s problematic for me, and I hesitate to say this, but I’ve got to just get it off my chest. We all go to this blame game routine every time. OK, we got to blame the Biden administration because of the mass migration program from Afghanistan. And that’s right. That criticism is correct. So the initial thing was, oh, he came over during the Biden program. But then the counter argument was, yeah, but he was vetted this year in the Trump administration. The guy worked with the CIA. Yeah. So, of course, they were, to quote President Trump, he went cuckoo. You know, this is a lunatic, a guy that was apparently radicalized, according to Kristi Noem. But can we stop with the blaming a political party or blaming a president or blaming an administration? Two things can be true at the same time. This program is out of control. We’re letting millions of people in here, unvetted. Trump is right. The planes are packed full of people. They didn’t vet anybody. But on the other hand, you know, yes, it is technically correct that he was officially approved and vetted during the Trump administration. So all of that is true, but I just think, whether it’s the baseball field shooter, you know, the Bernie Sanders supporter, we didn’t blame Bernie Sanders for that. You know, we don’t say Democrats are to blame when somebody goes rogue. And I just think we just do that too often. And we did it on this one. And I don’t think it fits, Mark. I don’t think that narrative applies to this case.
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Or that both of them do. Because I sense your holiday cheer-driven desire.
SPEAKER 01 :
No, it’s not that.
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I’m half kidding. Yeah, because you often come with a voice that says, look, let’s be tough. Let’s be sharp. Let’s let’s fight. Be smart. Exactly. But let’s be smart. Let’s be precise in our language and let’s be focused in the blame game and place blame where it truly lies. Does the Biden administration deserve blame, deserve some scapegoating for just wanting to let everybody. Of course they do. However, are you also technically correct that the final stages of scrutiny toward this guy totally happened under Trump? Were there red flags that were ignored? I would need to know more. And as we try to figure out what happened with this guy’s… Did you catch me in the first half hour? Wouldn’t it be a kick in the head if this guy grows up in Afghanistan… and is sort of prone and is prodded toward an instinct that says, let’s help America. Then he gets to America, and it’s in America that he’s radicalized and says, I’m going to go kill some National Guard guys.
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Which, according to Kristi Noem, I think is the emerging narrative. Here’s what I do know. The mass migration crisis, we’ve got one chance to fix it, and that’s the guy in the Oval Office right now. There is a way to fix it, and of course he immediately put a… A pause on all of these programs that are bringing over migrants who are seeking because it’s the biggest scam of all. It’s the biggest ruse. Oh, I seek asylum. You don’t seek asylum. You seek entry to the United States. And Trump knows it. Now, can we take 30 seconds on the use of retarded?
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Well, there we are. The R word. And before we hit the R word. The R word. Well, that’s what they’re calling it now.
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They’re afraid to say the word.
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I know. Has this taken a status alongside the N word? It has. Something you simply dare not say. Let’s go ahead and go on that.
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Well, President Trump called Tim Walz retarded. And that, of course, let Tim Walz.
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I think it was a modifier, though. I think it was seriously retarded, wasn’t it?
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Yeah, seriously. It wasn’t just mildly. He was seriously retarded.
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And it was about immigration. That’s what kind of got him torqued off. It’s like, you know, Minnesota used to be great. Now it’s just crawling with all kinds of people from Somalia, many of whom are outright dangerous and don’t appreciate America and aren’t assimilating. And a part of that is bad leadership in Minnesota and their governor, Tim Walz, who is seriously retarded.
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Okay, go.
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You go.
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Well, I saw a number of social media posts from parents of kids with special needs who of kids who have Down syndrome, of kids who have different various disabilities, and they’re like, can he not go there? Can we retire that word? But now then you’ve got the sharp-elbowed people on our side who say, oh, it’s back. Retard is back.
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I think Jack Posobiec said, Trump gave us back retard.
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Retard or retarded.
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I don’t want it back. I don’t love the word. I don’t like the word. It’s… It’s funny. It was welcome to progress and stuff. Wasn’t this like a normal playground taunt when you were nine? Oh, Billy’s retarded. And we didn’t mean anything by it. But that’s the definition of enlightenment is stuff you didn’t mean anything by. And maybe that was just not the way to go. So I don’t want it back. Although it is weird. The advocacy group, the ARC, the A-R-C, the Association for… Citizens? What’s the R stand for in that, guys?
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Is it retarded?
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No, they just call it the ARC.
SPEAKER 01 :
Is it really? Does that stand for retarded citizens? Sure. Oh, I never heard of that, or I didn’t know that. Association of Retarded Citizens? Well, I mean, retarded means slowed, right? Or slowed down, or slowed?
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, right. To retard something is to slow. And the whole, I mean, the etymology of that is it was people who were slow to develop, had a certain slowness to their… cognition and progress so it was technically true but then it became condescending it became and yes i am right about that the original name of it was the the arc association we do we do and we also have we have the national association of colored people i mean there are phrases that are we don’t want to drop that one you know mark i think the issue in detroit is all those colored people wait a minute what what exactly the language is uh is what it is
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Look, as long as we bring back the Washington Redskins someday, I’ll be happy.
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That’s the only thing I want. That’s right. Please. And the Cleveland Indians, too, for you.
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And what a win, incidentally. I stayed up way too late. I stayed until the very closing seconds. That Denver-Washington game last night. I know. They went for two and failed. The poor skins.
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That’s the curse. That is the curse of actual Redskins, actual people who believe in the dignity and honor of that name, who said it’s a curse. It’s a deserved curse.
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Let’s go back to Minnesota for a minute here because I’m telling you, this story is one – it should be the biggest story in America. Minneapolis and St. Paul are the Medicaid fraud capital of the world. And it’s under Tim Walz’s watch. And did you see the post that the public employees of the state of Minnesota called Walz out? I mean, gigantic. I mean – And prosecutors – and the New York Times did a scathing piece. When the New York Times does it, there’s one of two things happening here. They’re either – it’s so big they can’t avoid it, or they’re doing some other Democrat’s bidding. You know, they’re trying to hurt waltz to benefit some other Democrat. There’s some other agenda there with the New York Times, but it’s a huge story. And then finally, before we get out of here, because I need your guidance on this, I want you to talk to me about Pete Hegseth and the Venezuelan boat strikes. like I’m a fifth grader, okay? Because is there any expectation, because the accusation is that Pete Hegseth had an order, kill them all. If there’s any of them on the drug boats that survived, then you hit them again, right? You kill them. Again, talk to me like I’m a fifth grader. When we’re dropping these bombs on these drug boats, is there any expectation that there are any survivors in the first place?
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Look at you, fifth grader. Smartest fifth grader in the room. Precisely.
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It’s like the capital punishment debate. Do we really care how you execute somebody? You’re executing them. You’re going to kill them. Whether it’s a needle or a firing squad or you hang them. For full shows live and on demand, it’s the Seattle News Channel.
