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Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill passes the House overnight. Two Israeli Embassy staff members, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgram, were fatally shot near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC. Dana breaks down what made it into the final passage of the Big, Beautiful Bill. Dana applauds the inclusion of the Hearing Protection Act in the bill but shares her reservations with the amount of spending that was added. St. Louis’ DEI non-binary Emergency director is put on leave after failing to activate the tornado siren as a tornado with 152 mph winds arrived, killing 5 and injuring 38. The White House Press Briefing got HEATED after NBC News’ Yamiche Alcindor questions the veracity of the White House’s video on the political persecution and murder of white farmers in South Africa. The Biden Administration hid the risk of myocarditis of the COVID vaccine as the FDA is now telling Pfizer and Moderna to expand the warning labels about the risk of a possible heart injury side effect. Standing airplane seats, which can increase passenger capacity by 20%, may be unveiled in 2026. Overweight people publicly weighed and ordered to slim down in Turkey. A Democrat city is giving low income residents a $150 monthly travel stipend to spend on trips to Disneyland.
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Hamas releases its last American hostage just hours before Trump's trip to the Middle East. Lefties in the media now insist they didn't hide Joe Biden's decline, it was their sources who lied. And Homeland Security is investigating whether Los Angeles County gave our Social Security benefits to illegals. I'm Greg Karumbas, inviting you to join Jim Garrity of National Review and me each weekday for the 3 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 3 Martini Lunch on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
SPEAKER 02 :
She was a guest in the United States on a student visa. No one's entitled to a student visa.
SPEAKER 08 :
So you revoked her student visa based on an op-ed which trumps the supreme law of the land, which is the constitution.
SPEAKER 02 :
Someone's coming up here to stir up problems on our campus. We're going to revoke their visa.
SPEAKER 08 :
She didn't do any of that. She wrote an op-ed.
SPEAKER 02 :
She wrote an op-ed.
SPEAKER 08 :
And I'm talking to you about her particular case. You reclaim, reclaiming my time, you revoked her student visa because she wrote an op-ed.
SPEAKER 02 :
We're going to do more. We will revoke the visa of anyone who's in this country as a guest who's here to stir up trouble.
SPEAKER 08 :
Are you going to revoke the visa of somebody who made that statement? I'm looking to get crazy people out of our country. Actually, it's not just about revoking. You actually, Secretary Rubio, excuse me, reclaiming my time. If these are legitimate law enforcement agents carrying out proper arrests, why are they hiding their identities?
SPEAKER 02 :
Because then radical crazies will try to hurt them.
SPEAKER 11 :
Because cartels have been doxing them. Where the hell have you been? FFS. Because cartels have been doxing them. I'm not the only one that's paying attention to this, right? I mean, I don't think I am. I had the headline. We talked about this on air. How you had cartel members doxing ICE agents. And how a lot of these protesters, some of them were wondering, well, are these protesters also getting these guys' information and sharing it with the cartel, etc., etc.? That was a real thing. That's why they hid their identities. Because jackboot thugs like Prima Jayapal, these people, they have no consideration for the people that are enforcing the laws that they're actually supposed to be upholding. So, yeah, that's why they have to hide their identities. That's why they have to wear masks. It's because of that nonsense that people like her continually help to facilitate. And it is just it's outrageous. Welcome to the show. Dana Lash with you. We are at the top of this first hour and we've got to talk about the next steps for the land being beautiful bill, which I'm only. marginally i'm still not okay with it because it's still trash we still have green new deal stuff in it green new scam stuff in it they reduce the amount of green new scam but there's still green new scam in it we're going to discuss all of that and what's next as well the next steps for this because you know this has to go just because it passed the house it doesn't mean it's over So usually what this means, because of the process through which they are passing this bill or shepherding this bill through the reconciliation process. So they only have to have 51 in the Senate as opposed to the 60. So what they're going to try to do, they have to take it. The Senate has to take it. They have to take it into another markup session. It's going to get shredded probably. I think it's going to get shredded by the Senate. And then after that, you have to have a couple of procedural votes before you can before we even get to the point where the Senate is going to vote on it. So that's and I'll go over that a little bit more in depth. But I had a lot of people going, what's next? What's next? Well, what that's what's next. So we're not there yet with it, and there's still a lot of back and forth to do, particularly, as I said, as it heads towards the Senate. And then, of course, we had the situation with this shooting that took place, just absolutely horrific, this shooting that took place. Yesterday, yesterday evening, it was just so sad. This story of this couple, and I was reading too, the other sad thing is I was reading that he was going to propose, that that was all very real. People were trying to say that it was like an orchestrated thing for marriage. what am I thinking, tears or trying like an emotional thing. And it wasn't like they legitimately, he was going to propose. He had like a ring in his pocket. This is a horrible story of these, this couple that was, they were shot and killed because they were Jewish. And then we got to get into the COVID stuff. So we got to, oh gosh, and I have some stuff on St. Louis. Can't have so many things. All right. So first let's, let's talk about this story. This incredibly heartbreaking story that came out. This is in D.C. This is just I mean, two people killed. They there was this targeting of this Israeli embassy staffers. And it was outside of this the Capitol Jewish Museum. And the guy I don't even want to say his name. He's a 30 year old. He screamed free Palestine after he shot and killed them. And then when he was in police custody, he kept screaming it. He was screaming free Palestine. He kept saying it over and over again. And the staffers, Yaron Lachinsky and Sarah Milgram, were publicly named as the victims. And obviously it's been the president made a statement about it. I mean, it's it's they were going to get engaged next week. Like he was going to propose. Like he apparently, and the report that came out on this first was the New York Post. The New York Post was the first one to report that he had a ring in his pocket. He literally bought it this week. And he was going to be proposing. The guy entered the building. The killer entered the building. And get this. So after he opened fire and after it was, you know, you had all of the chaos, he went into the building and the people who were attending this event said, At the museum, they thought that he was a victim and they gave him water and they were comforting him because they thought he was that he had been injured by himself. They didn't know he was the killer. He was inside for like 15 minutes and he was apparently I don't think he was in a state of shock. I think he just adrenaline high and he realized what he just did. And then he asked somebody to call police and then he confessed and they took him into custody after that point. I it's it's just absolutely heartbreaking. But what do people can I just I'm going to say what do they think was going to happen? You had the all of the Hamas propaganda about, oh, there's 14000 dead babies. That was a made up number. Most of what you read is entirely made up. And I'll remind everybody, most of what you have seen happen is a direct result of what happened on October 7th. This wasn't an issue October 6th. It was October 7th. And the longer this and I think the reason this is dragged out so long is because you have all of these other cooks in the kitchen that are trying to tell a sovereign entity what they can and can't do to defend themselves. I guarantee you that if I were to go to my neighbor's house and bust down their door and kill their children, that they would probably want to fight back. But see, if you put this in the context of how the world treats Israel after Hamas decides to do terrorist things again because they're a terrorist organization, the media would be like, oh my gosh. They would tell my neighbor, how dare you fight back against her? How dare you escalate? That's how it's always been. That's how it's always been prosecuted in the press. And I think that's why this has dragged out for so long, as long as it has. And there is a real instance of Jewish hatred that's becoming normalized. And there is a real increase of it. And I mean, I think in younger generations, there's more and more of it. And it's kind of wild to see the stuff that I'm seeing. And when people say phrases like globalize the infantata, and by the way, that's a protest slogan that has been said at these college campuses. They say things like that. They say globalize the infantata and they say things from the river to the sea. What do you think those phrases mean? When you say those things, what do those phrases mean? You're talking about the obliteration of an entire people. That's what it means. And this became so normalized with the press sanctioning it, politicians sanctioning it, colleges sanctioning it, acting like targeting people on college campuses is a substitute for free speech. I mean, the whole thing, I'm just, I mean, what was it? Was it last year the guy set himself on fire that, I don't want to say his name either, outside of the Israeli embassy. He set himself on fire and everyone, like they celebrated him like he was some sort of hero. And then you, you want to know one of the reasons why I don't like the Qatari jet? Because who the hell do you think is promoting and financing the whole globalize the infantata movement on college campuses? Qatar. It's Qatar. Qatar. They're they're Qatari funded astroturfed protest and they they they're organized all across the United States. This has been reported on endlessly. We just took a jet from them. I don't know. So, yeah, this is this has been mainstreamed. This kind of hatred has been mainstreamed. It's so sad. I mean, you after this event, they took the guy into custody. They said he was yelling free Palestine. How long have you heard that? This and then he went in and he was receiving comfort and care from the people inside the museum. He said he needed water in a safe space. And then later he whipped out his little picnic blanket and then was yelling free Palestine. And then he was escorted out by police. It's just it's amazing. Amazing. There's video of him being taken into custody and he was still yelling as he was being taken into custody. He was still yelling it. He was still screaming free Palestine and all of this. I mean, just for what? For what? 33 years old and he's from Chicago. They were raiding his apartment this morning, apparently. And there's all kinds of stuff. I mean, he's a huge supporter of Hamas. He's a huge supporter of Hezbollah. He's, you know, he's I don't know. And then, of course. Lorraine noted that Hassan Piker was just in Chicago to give a talk. They're trying to make him like the left's Joe Rogan. In fact, you know that there's like a whole platform, a whole outreach to try to find the left's Joe Rogan. The left doesn't realize that Joe Rogan was the left's Joe Rogan. But this guy and that and Hassan Piker was in Chicago to give a talk. And apparently, didn't he have a Houthi terrorist on his stream? You know, this is this is what people do for clicks because they want your eyeballs. And so they debase themselves like this. It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. So this is just it's insane. Absolutely insane. And then, of course, you know, you have the ongoing story of this, you know, these protests at college campuses and people who are violating the terms of their stay. That's apparently he was also part of the this. I saw this last night, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which is just basically more glitter on the turd that is socialism. And they're also super big, giant anti-Semites, major lefty. He had made a political donation. The only donation he ever made that was on the records was to Joe Biden in 2020. And I know that's really important to the left. And the the the said I was reading on Instagram, it says this. Lorraine noted this to the guy. He was he was protecting his girlfriend when it all went down. He was trying to shield her and protect her. Oh, my gosh. Just absolutely heartbreaking. So I don't know, like if you start saying this stuff enough and you're like globalize the infantada and you say these things, I'm just curious, like, you know, at some point somebody like this guy hears this. And of course, you know, you crazies are going to do crazy things. But this isn't just like crazy sentiment and crazy platitudes that are shouted. It's a call to action. 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and now all of the news you would probably miss it's time for Dana's quick five so apparently a daughter was charged with an assault in a fork attack it's a fork attack everybody she attacked her mother and it was in Canyon County three felony counts related to domestic violence where's the wooden spoon because I feel like wooden spoon beats fork all day long wielded properly wooden spoon may be the most dangerous weapon in a human's arsenal And if you disagree, then you were never disciplined as a child, ever disciplined as a child. So anyway, this person's getting there. They're going to court and they've been arraigned. So 35 years, 35 years old. You're trying to stab your mom with a fork. What's the matter with you? What's the matter? You didn't get the wooden spoon enough. An activist sat 80 feet up in a tree near Port Angeles for two weeks. For what? We don't know. Well, I mean, we do, but no. It's something to do with the trees. It's the Olympic Forest Defender Network of Conservationists, and this dude lived two-thirds up a fir tree. What an address. Yes, can you send that to two-thirds up the fir tree in Port Angeles? protesting the sale of a swath of forest by the Washington Department of Natural Resources. They call it apparently a legacy forest, blah, blah, blah. They're protecting the trees. They said it doesn't make financial sense. I don't know, but I'm just, I wouldn't camp in a tree. No, I toss and turn.
SPEAKER 04 :
Did he bring two weeks of food and diapers? Like, what did he do?
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, I mean, I guess you could just hang over the side and, you know. Oh. Pray and spray. I don't know. I'm just assuming.
SPEAKER 04 :
No, I'm sorry. I didn't even ask.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, you did ask a question, Cain, and I did, in all of my knowledge, answer your question to the best of my ability. I'm sorry that it made you uncomfortable over there.
SPEAKER 04 :
I'm both thankful and sorry.
SPEAKER 11 :
A bearded dragon saved its owner from a house fire. I've heard of some things before. I kind of want to call shenanigans. So a bearded dragon, apparently his name's Spike, he woke up his owner Donald from a nap because he jumped on his face, insisting that he wake up. Now, I would just think that this is shenanigans from a lizard. Donald opened his eyes and saw his bathroom was on fire. He extinguished the flames before they spread to the rest of the home. He apparently slept through the smoke alarms, but not through his bearded dragon jumping on his face. Do you think that that's what the lizard was doing, or was the lizard like, I hate you, and I'm going to try to suffocate you to the best of my ability?
SPEAKER 04 :
I'd like to believe it's true.
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I mean, now he's got salmonella all over his face. That's my first thought. But he's alive! I'd be like, ew! Not dead! A man was attacked by a swarm of bees and it killed him. This is horrible. He was in Eastland, Texas, mowing the lawn. And apparently he made a hive quite angry. This is so sad. He was, again, mowing the lawn. Officer did finally pull up to the scene. They said that around they had reports of a collision. And it caused all kinds of stuff. The guy was being swarmed by bees because it all had to do with this guy mowing the lawn, going over a hive. His face swelled up. He could hardly see. It was just anaphylactic. It killed him. So sad. So sad. We have more in store. Summer is all about making great memories. Backyard barbecues, road trips, lake days, even just relaxing in a hammock with a good book. Spending time with friends and family, catching sunset views. But if you're living with pain... Those future memories can be stolen from you. It's kind of hard to enjoy the simple moments when you're in pain. So here's a thought. Try Relief Factor. Relief Factor is a 100% drug-free daily supplement designed to help your body fight pain. It's a doctor-developed formula made with natural ingredients. And unlike pain meds that just mask it, Relief Factor works to reduce, even eliminate, your pain for good. So whether you're spending time at the lake or chasing your kids or grandkids or just enjoying a summer stroll, Relief Factor can help you feel better, move better, and do more of what you love. Reclaim your summer. Visit relieffactor.com or call 1-800-4-RELIEF to get the three-week quick start for just $19.95. That's 1-800-4-RELIEF. Fight pain naturally with Relief Factor.
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Under the taxing and spending levels in this bill, we're going to rack up, the authors say, $20 trillion of new debt over the next 10 years. I'm telling you, it's closer to $30 trillion of new debt in the next 10 years. Mr. Speaker, we're not rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic tonight. We're putting coal in the boiler and setting a course for the iceberg. If something is... If something is beautiful... If something is beautiful, you don't do it after midnight. I oppose this bill.
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Well, he's right, because they did do it after midnight. Nothing good happens after midnight like that. That's what my grandfather always said. He's like, after midnight ain't nothing good that ever happens. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. Channel 347 is the stream, and you can also find the chat over at Rumble. And you can find us across the country. So, The big beautiful bill passed the house. It's going through. has still a way to go before we maybe potentially see it head to the president's desk. And with this, I mean, I don't know. They were able to get it through. You have what they call the SALT caucus. You have the House Freedom Caucus, which was the caucus that was created during the Tea Party days. And there are the fiscal hawks. They were able to get some of the House caucus the House Freedom Caucus members on board by reducing a little more of the Green News scam from this bill, which there's still Green News scam in this bill. It's only you're talking about a reduction of hundreds of billions and still paying hundreds of billions. But there it is. 215 to 214 vote. And it's going to get trashed in the Senate. And we'll see how it goes. Thomas Massey and Warren Davidson were the two Republican votes. They and for the people, I got to tell you, first off, I feel like this is a reverse Tea Party thing because I wrote about this. I wrote about this over at Substack. I sent it out last night and I called it accurately the resurrection of the big spending pre Tea Party. Republicanism has begun and it absolutely has. I am watching people. that are in the Republican Party, try to gaslight me and say that that too big to fail kind of spending is conservative and you're a squish if you don't support it. Remind me, actually, I don't need to be reminded because I was on the first phone call that launched the second Tea Party and helped organize it in numerous cities across the country on my own time and my own dime, I might add. And we were all up in arms over it. We didn't start being angry at Barack Obama. We started being angry at Republicans. People were in the streets long before that election happened. And that has been so whitewashed by the press. It's crazy. Even the conservative press or right-leaning press, I should say. And all of the initial criticisms were all directed towards big Republican spending. We redefined what Bush League was. the too big to fail, right? Another runaway GOP insanity. And then it later turned into a criticism also of that continuation that was personified in Barack Obama's administration. They wanted to excuse these Republicans at the time overextended government because they thought that was a good use. That was a justification of growing government so long as you're advancing Republican Party platform issues. But they didn't have the foresight to realize that Democrats could do the same damn thing. Really, really stunning. And it ended up not even mattering if those issues were moored in any type of fiscal conservatism or even the enumerated powers in Article 1, Section 8. It didn't matter. As long as it moved the ball down their part of the field, then they were okay. And they could justify expanding government, like with the Patriot Act, expanding government region surveillance. Too big to fail. All of this stuff. And so... It's really stunning. And I mentioned this yesterday with Marjorie Taylor Greene. It was really stunning to see some Republicans get mad at lawmakers like Thomas Massey, because how dare he and these other politicians take those campaign promises seriously? Damn them. We told them we weren't going to tax Social Security and we did it anyway. Damn them for asking us to not. Shake's fist. And I I talked about this, like I said, on X and yesterday. The goal, they wanted to get it done by Memorial Day. I don't know whether or not it's going to happen with the Senate. We'll see. But I was told yesterday by members of the House that there was not a clean bill with just the Doge cuts or anything else because they were told, members were told by the White House explicitly that they were not ready to incorporate those yet. And I talked with more lawmakers than I can count on one hand about that. Just going to say it. So a lot of the big spending members that were in the House had no issue with any of this. No issue. They had no issue with including special interest or wealth redistribution demands. So I want to talk for a minute because what is in there still is the taxes on Social Security. And we had Chip Roy on yesterday and he was talking about some of this and he was getting eaten up on social media about it. Now, I'm mad and I'm not. I'm going to explain to you what this bird rule is. Now, sidebar, I think and, you know, again, I'm not a parliamentarian by any sort, but I just think that, you know, if Congress creates a rule. They can uncreate it. even if it's in something that they want to make statutory. Right. I mean, just undo it then. I know it's my thought anyway. So the bird rule was created back in 1974. Yes, probably by that guy. It was in the 1974 Congressional Budget Act. And what the Byrd Rule does is it prohibits provisions in reconciliation bills that are defined as extraneous, like not germane in total to budgetary reform. And that includes changes to Social Security. And so this is why this affects the big, beautiful bill, because the big, beautiful bill is being advanced through budget reconciliation. And when you're using the record reconciliation process and they're doing this, by the way, so they can bypass what you know is going to be a Senate filibuster, they're going to pass it with a simple majority. And that's 51 votes. And so if you have any provision in it that alters Social Security, And even like looks at taxes on benefits. I know, I know. Apparently that is interpreted as a violation of that rule and the Senate can remove it. So that's the bird rule. So that was that was what Chip Roy was referencing yesterday when he said the mechanics make it difficult. He's not giving you excuses. He's telling you what idiots in Congress have done before him and how this rule. I don't know why that rule. I don't know. I don't know what it would take to get them to change it. All I know is that that's the rule that's in existence now. And that is why it's from what I understand from another lawmaker, it's more than just a congressional rule because it was passed the way it was. It's actually law. Now, I don't know if there's been previous violations of it to the extent that we're here at this arbitrary deadline for this. But that is why he said, yeah, that's what the mechanics make it difficult. The mechanics that he's talking about is the codified bird rule, which means that if the Senate finds something in here that is related to Social Security or anything that can be misconstrued as not germane to the purpose of budgetary reform, the whole point of that reconciliation bill, they can strip it out. So they wanted to avoid that altogether. So what they did is they decided to give a piddly little deduction to Now, I had people saying, well, that's something. And I've been told that for forever. It's something. It's something. How long have we been told that by Republicans? It's something. Oh, you're getting something out of it. I'll be damned. This has been a long time that some of us have been. I've been an activist since my 20s. I have been told this the entire time. I mean, it's this is crazy. So, yeah, we're tired of hearing it now. The thing that makes me mad about it is even knowing this. And the Republicans, when they campaigned on all of this, when they campaigned on reconciliation and they were talking about getting this, getting no taxes on Social Security, et cetera, they were telling you this knowing full well they would not be able to do it in the manner that they were also campaigning on doing it. They were saying all throughout the campaign they were going to do it with budget reconciliation and they knew the entire time that they couldn't do it. They lied to you. And some of them are politicians that are beloved to you that lied to your face. I'm just telling you what's up. So yes, you were lied to. Absolutely. Are they going to come back with it? No, they're not. Oh my gosh. I love the whole... Oh my gosh. Bless baby hearts. I love the innocence of people who are like, well, they're just going to go back and redo it. God love you. I want to be able to look... at the world with those rosy glasses, right? I want to be able to look at those glasses and see like peppermint roads and sparkles in the air and, you know, the money does grow on trees. That must be the type of world that people live in to think that our Congress is going to go back and do this all over again as they embark on a midterm cycle. Not going to happen. That's sweet, but it's not going to happen. From what I understand, taxes on retired military pay, I think also they're still in. Now, they did change, and I will update this. I haven't had a second to update this post at Substack. They are including the Hearing Protection Act in there. That was a step in the right direction. That did make it in the bill. So the Hearing Protection Act, now I'm going to tell you, literally at like 645 last night, it was not in there. It was not in there last night when I'm writing everything and I'm preparing for the show because I was talking to lawmakers in Congress like I would like to know. I want to know what to tell your voters because we have X amount affiliates in your state. Or I want to know because we we know who's watching digitally. You know, there's millions of people that tune in every single day and we want to make sure whether it's terrestrially and then digitally. I want to make sure that you're telling your voters, you know, what's up. And there was some that was shaved off of the Green News scam. But the Green News scam, you can't say that it's not funded in this because it still is. The other thing is the – and we'll dive more into this – the SALT deductions. I get so aggravated at the SALT deductions, and I feel like people don't understand how this works because it absolutely is a wealth redistribution scheme. I've had people tell me all last night, and they're the people who I think are Mike Lawler fans. No offense. He's trying to deliver for his state, but it's wrong. In Texas, for instance, let's just look at, because we don't have an income tax rate, so let's look at property tax rate. Do you know that California, their property tax rate is actually lower than ours is in Texas? What? By a full point.
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Seriously?
SPEAKER 11 :
Oh, your girl spent a lot of time in the weeds last night. So California's overall property tax rate is .75. Texas's is 1.74. And the fact that we lack an income tax is the only thing that actually kind of slightly insulates us. California is their tax levels are actually only a smidge higher because of that. And that's it. Now, my congressperson is not all over the media demanding that Texas be relieved by everyone else across the nation of the burden that Austin, Texas has created. You see how that works? I am not demanding to pay less and you pay more. That's the wealth redistribution right there if you need it explained so simply. Furthermore, this BS narrative that blue states have been bailing out red states, why the hell do you people need salt deductions if that's true? And seen. Now, the cap of this, this was I think it was a 2017 cap. That the cap that was instituted in 2017, and that was the same bill that also had the tax deductions with it or the sorry, the tax decreases with it, the tax cuts from Trump. That was the first step in forcing these states to account for their own fiscal mismanagement by capping X amount. And then the states had to deal with the rest. This is what they wanted to introduce to change all of that. So this is that's a that's a and the assault made it in. But my issue is that a lot of these Republicans, instead of saying, oh, we know this sucks. This is horrible. And I think we oversold you. They're attacking the people that are like, wait a minute, you promised. And where's the return on that promise? They're attacking the people that are trying to keep them honest. This is like the Tea Party all over again. I'm seeing the Republicans do the same thing. They're trying to put themselves up on a pedestal and act like they're being like some kind of principled to what? I mean, if you're at all continuing Biden's spending levels, whiskey tango foxtrot. You can't get mad at people for wanting to hold you honest. Come on. And I'm not doing this thing where I'm going to ask us a bunch of Republicans or anyone in any elected position and act like this is, oh, my gosh, it's so great. This is not the biggest tax cut in history. I don't even know where that that came from. That's the dumbest talking point I've ever heard. 2017 was great. It just wasn't made permanent by Congress. That has enraged me since then. Now, all of this other stuff, we're going to talk about it more. There's a four-year limit on it. So any benefit that you do get from any kind of tax deductions has a four-year limit. They did that so they could try to lower the cost when they sent it to the CBO. We're going to talk about that here coming up. I know. Our partners at Home Title Lock, you need to protect your title. I mean, if you haven't yet, good heavens, I don't know. I don't know why. With our... AI cyber era you definitely want to make sure that you have your most valuable asset like the most expensive thing that you own protected because it is actually super easy I'm not saying I tried it But it is easy to swap someone's title to swipe it. All it takes is a signature and people can criminals can form for they can forge your name. They can add a fake notary stamp and for a little tiny little bitty filing fee with the county. They can take your home's title and you're not even going to know what happened. That's until you start getting collection calls and foreclosure notices. And then you have to hire a lawyer and spend thousands of dollars to prove that your home is, in fact, yes, yours. And it's easier with the cyber driven world. It's happening more and more. You need to get. Home Title Lock. In fact, you can get a title history report and a 14-day trial of their million-dollar triple lock protection using promo code Dana at HomeTitleLock.com. And what that means is that's 24-7 monitoring of your title, urgent alerts to any changes. And should fraud happen, they'll spend up to a million dollars to fix it. Visit HomeTitleLock.com today and use promo code Dana.
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Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of the United States.
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The dramatic scene in the Oval Office today, the tense confrontation, President Trump ambushing the president of South Africa.
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Next, another Oval Office meltdown, President Trump ambushing the president of South Africa.
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President Trump is being accused of conducting something of a diplomatic ambush of South Africa's president in the Oval Office. To be with you, I'm Katie Turr. President Trump orchestrated another Oval Office ambush today.
SPEAKER 11 :
Today, Donald Trump meeting with the president of South Africa and attempting to ambush and humiliate that leader. Zelensky territory, where essentially he was a bit ambushed inside the Oval Office. why was he ambushed inside the oval office?
SPEAKER 04 :
What, what, I mean, new script went out.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah. Everybody was like, Oh my gosh, we just got, they love genocide now. Yay.
SPEAKER 04 :
Talking points are a thing.
SPEAKER 11 :
I cannot stand the talking points of this press. It's just so asinine. Uh, so coming up, we're going to, I'm going to tell you a little, we're going to go a little bit more, tell you about the latest with that big, beautiful bill, particularly about the, the, uh, sunset of a lot of some of the cuts, uh, that are in there, especially, uh, Like, for instance, no tax on tips, overtime, car loans, the child tax credit, the standard deductions. There is going to be a four year. It's only for four years. The reason they did that was to artificially lower the cost when they send it to the Congressional Budgetary Office. Now, think about when that sun sets. Where does that put us on the calendar? Oh, my gosh. Yeah. Now it's hitting you. So we're going to talk about that coming up. We've got a lot still to hit. Second hour on the way. Stay with us. Hey, folks. So I want to share something important that every American should be aware of. We're seeing a lot of economic uncertainty right now. You have the national debt rising. Global trade tensions impacting markets and tariffs with higher prices on the stuff that everybody uses every day. It's not about panic. It's about preparation. So this is why I partnered with Gold Co., the top rated precious metals company, to help you take a step towards protecting your financial future. Smart investors look to hard assets like gold and silver to help weather the storm. It's a strategy that's been used for generations. And right now you can get a free 2025 gold and silver kit that breaks it all down for you. And if you qualify, you could receive unlimited bonus silver, real silver matched to your account with no taxes or penalties. It's a smart move that could help you feel more secure with what lies ahead. Visit danalikesgold.com to get started. That's danalikesgold.com and move forward with confidence.
SPEAKER 16 :
This was a critically important negotiation. I was very clear for over two years that I would never support a tax bill that did not adequately lift the cap on SALT. We put pen to paper yesterday, met with leadership, worked throughout the course of the day to come to an agreement that would lift the cap on SALT and provide real and immediate and lasting tax relief for hardworking middle class families. The agreement would lift the cap. That sounds like a New York problem.
SPEAKER 11 :
So he's part of the SALT caucus, and they did get their little SALT deductions in. But that's Mike Lawler who was saying, yes, because we can't cut our taxes in Albany. That means all of you guys everywhere, you guys have to, you can't deduct as much as we can. We don't want to pay that much because we can't do anything in Albany. That's like me complaining that everyone else, no, you guys should pay more and me a little less because our property taxes are so high in Texas. That's an Austin problem. That's not an everybody else outside of Austin, Texas, or outside of Texas problem. If you're out there bitching because you're... Look, you live in New York. I can't even believe that they pay like 40% of their income in taxes. How do you live there? I think 1% is too much. 1% is too much. The government's demanding money that it didn't earn. That's welfare. That creates a lot of resentment. Man, there's a lot of places to go with us. Welcome back. Dana Lash with you. We are at the top of the second hour. Let me tell you about the big beautiful bill. Let me give you the latest. We got some other stuff to hit too. So a lot of the Green New Deal got scrapped out of it. I don't know how... There's not a... There's still a lot there, but a lot got scrapped out, but a lot's still there. The Hearing Protection Act was included. That's the suppressors not being considered a National Firearms Act item. Here's what... So here's the really bad thing. So... All the no taxes on tips. Everyone's like, yay, we got no tax on tips, which I still think is ridiculous. Like, why are you just identifying one part of the working public? Everybody should get, you know, no taxes on anything. Abolish the IRS. But here we are. The standard deduction, the car loans, the child tax credit, which I also think is another I don't like the wealth. I don't like these insane Rube Goldberg wealth redistribution schemes that we come up instead of just cutting taxes for everybody, right? All of that stuff, that is only in effect for four years. Why is that? Well, because they needed a certain score from the CBO, the Congressional Budgetary Office, which is going to tell you what the score of this bill is, how much it's really going to cost. And remember how I've said over and over again that the CBO, it's like prompting AI. It'll only tell you what you give it based on the parameters that you give it. So they only limited that to four years. And they kept all of the spending for DOD, Customs and Border Patrol, ICE. And they have the tax handouts. And it's all for four years so that they could artificially lower that score. Now that's all going to expire in four years. This is like the 2017 tax cuts all over again. This is going to expire in four years. All in 2028. Well, damn, Cain, what happens? What happens in 2028? What's that? What's significant? What's significant about that year?
SPEAKER 04 :
It rhymes with presidential selection. Oh. Oh.
SPEAKER 11 :
It's the election year. You're telling me that that's a general election year. Yep. We're going to be in a presidential election cycle and all of this is going to bust apart. Well, they have no foresight at all in Congress, do they? None. Let's just only do it for four years. Instead of cutting any actual spending, let's just put a time limit on how much tax cuts, how much tax cut time people have. That's what they did. You have a time limit on tax cut time. So they could get an artificially lower score from the Congressional Budgetary Office. That's literally how that works. So, by the way, This bill would not have even gotten this far with any meaningful anything if it had not been for like a handful of lawmakers in the House raising hell. The Tea Party ones. The ones that the Tea Party put in there. You're welcome. And yeah, we're still adding a butt ton to the deficit. Gosh, can you imagine? Think about this. In 2028, we're going to be rolling toward... I don't know what's going to happen after... midterms if democrats take the house my gosh imagine if you have democrats who control the house and you have trump in the white house you're going towards a presidential election and they have concessions are going to have to be made they're going to they're going to give up everything i'm just telling you now you know the it would make a difference to me if this was One of many small cuts in spending, you know, death by a thousand paper cuts, if they were using that sort of approach, but they're not. They're so scared to cut spending that there's... I mean, they couldn't even pass what the rescissions package was $9 billion. They couldn't even pass that. They couldn't even do that. They... did not want to use the debt ceiling as a negotiating tool to cut spending. And so now we're going to have about $4 trillion in new debt in this bill. They won't use it. I would be holding everything hostage. I'd be like, you like this debt ceiling? It'd be a shame if anything happened to it. I mean, I would be threatening. I would be. See, this is why I can't be in elected office. I wouldn't be whipping votes. I would literally be whipping lawmakers. I would be like caning them like Sumner in the in the in the damn chamber. So we can't, you know. So, yeah, they're not going to use anything else for leverage because these people do not know how to negotiate. They don't know how to play ball. They don't know how to play the Game of Thrones. They go in there. Well, I don't know. I guess maybe let's put a limit on tax cut time so we can fudge the numbers to the CBO and pretend that it's a great get. And then everyone's like, yeah, because you know what? You guys are overburdened already. All out there busting your asses. You don't have time to sit here and watch every little Machiavellian machination that these stooges do. Fortunately, it's my job. But that's and they think that you're not going to pick up on this stuff. And they're counting on people like me not telling you either. And then there are people who have turned into such cheerleaders for the Republican Party that they don't want to lose any clout by being critical. So they try to wash everything up as being awesome. Gosh, this is awesome and historic. I'm not going to lie to you. Now, I like that the Hearing Protection Act was put in there. That's a great thing. But if people are expecting me to... exaggerate, praise for the purpose of clicks, go die in an AIDS fire because it's not happening. Not at all. I mean, there's other fires, Cain, you know. That's the worst. It's the worst one. I just, I, there was an amendment. Do you know that Trip Roy out of Texas, he had an amendment to have the courts out of the deportation cases and really beef up state enforcement laws, and no one in the administration ever pushed for it, and nobody else in Congress ever wanted it, so that the whole agenda of deportation is pretty much DOA. So it's like you can you can spend all the money on ice that you want to. But if you don't have any reform in the judiciary, what's the point? You know what I mean? If you're going to spend all this money on enforcement, but you're not changing the judiciary to actually like stop this, then what is the point? So I don't know. It's this bill is reminds me of too big to fail. This is the type of bill that the Tea Party would have been organized and fighting against back in 08. And 09. Absolutely. But we're told, no, no, it's great. It's not, though. Is it? But it's better. Better than what? The original turd sandwich that it was with slightly less turd. I mean, is that what you're telling me? I just, that just doesn't, that doesn't suffice anymore. What I don't like is being oversold and lied to. Like, don't come out and tell me like, oh, we're going to do all this amazing stuff and all the, but not really. And then if we do a couple of things, it's only going to last for four years. Man, I gotta tell you, I feel, uh, Really bad for any Republican in 20. Well, no, not really. No, I don't. I don't feel bad for you. If you're in Congress right now. Yeah, I don't feel bad for you at all. You deserve it. But it's going to be a really rough life for them in 2028 when they got to fight with all this, when they got to deal with all this. Imagine the fight that this sets up with Democrats in the House and the Senate. Oh, they got to come back hat in hand. We need more tax cuts, sir. We were stupid and we only put a four year limit on it. We got to extend them again because we can't make anything permanent because we're losers. What do you think Democrats are going to do? OK, sure. We're going to help you in a presidential election when we're trying to win the White House and everything else. We'll go ahead and make some compromises with you for that. No, that's not going to happen. Come on. So I I mean, if they weren't going to look, I have a friend who was like, why didn't they go out on all on an immigration? If you're not cutting spending, which I agree, why not go out all out in immigration than if you're not going to cut spending? Because now, I mean, the wall? Any money for that? Any other money? I mean, come on. There's a lot of stuff here. But Dana, there's some good things. Why can't you focus on the positive? Wow, this basket that we're all writing to Helen is woven really nicely. Does that suffice? There you go. Look, I said something positive. Silver lining. Love the way this is woven. Really nice raffia for this basket cane. Have you noticed? I probably couldn't chew through it if I tried.
SPEAKER 04 :
Wait, where's this basket going?
SPEAKER 11 :
To hell. Oh. So nice. This ride to hell is super cushy in this linen-lined basket. There you go. Oh, I did it. I was positive.
SPEAKER 04 :
Big, beautiful basket.
SPEAKER 11 :
Oh, my gosh. So I don't want to be I don't like to tell you bad news. You know, I don't like to tell you this stuff, but, you know, we need to. I got to be honest with you about it. But with all of this that they had in here, I do like the full suppressor, full repeal of suppressors from the NFA. That was in the manager's amendment to the bill. Now, we still got to get through some more rules committee stuff in that. But we'll see if that of all that survives. But I don't know this. The numbers don't lie. and regardless the deficit's going to get worse and all of the tax relief is is a four-year limit so guess what we're gonna and make sure my computer's turned up too please because when we start rolling into 20 when we start rolling into 2028 we have all of this fight on our hands we're going to have a presidential election cycle we're going to be fighting for control of the house fighting to keep the senate And we're going to be coming and asking, can you extend this? Not going to happen. As we move, our partners over at Preborn. You want to talk about another charitable organization that steps in and eliminates the need for government to expand itself? Well, look no further because Preborn is it. Preborn meets women where they are that are facing unplanned pregnancies and they rise over the noise of society to tell women, oh, you can't have this baby and raise it. Go ahead and have an abortion. So preborns whole ministry. They love the women. They empower them with the choice of life. And they facilitate them hearing their baby's heartbeat for the first time. And when a woman hears her baby's heartbeat, she's facing an unplanned pregnancy, that baby's chance at life doubles. They've studied it numerous times. And they want to provide 1,000 ultrasounds for the month of May. You can visit preborn.com slash Dana to donate or dial pound 250 and say the keyword baby. One ultrasound can double a baby's chance at life. One ultrasound costs $28. Five, $140. Every penny goes right to this. And Preborn has a four-star charity rating you can give with confidence. All gifts are tax deductible. And they don't just stop at ultrasounds. They partner with women for the first two years of their lives to make sure these babies and moms get off on the best foot and are empowered and never – they stop the cycle. It's amazing. Dial pound 250, say the keyword baby, or visit preborn.com slash Dana. They want to sponsor 1,000 ultrasounds for the month of May, and everyone can help save a life.
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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
SPEAKER 11 :
Gosh, Kane, I was too busy being a rat here on break. Okay, here we go. Oh, we're going to talk about that lady who couldn't press the tornado button in St. Louis. We're going to, yeah, lady. We're going to talk about her in a moment. All right, let's see here. We've got Memorial Day weekend travels expected to break records. I just can't wait for the plane fighting videos. Everybody was plane fighting. I can't wait because, you know, there's going to be some stuff that pops up. Somebody's going to yell world star and somebody's going to be screaming that they got to move a seat. You know, it's going to happen. They said that the travel this year is going to break the record. Forty five million people are going to hit the road between Thursday and Monday next week. They're projecting about forty one point forty five point one million people are going to travel at least 50 miles from home. And that 44 million people, the last time this was so crazy was 2005. So they said that most people are going to pack up and fly hundreds of miles away. Others are going to take a road trip to visit friends. I don't do road trips like that to visit friends. If I'm doing a road trip, I want to visit nobody. Just yeet me off into the stratosphere somewhere. Anyway, I just am only here for the whole video where that person is not real. I'm only for that. Airlines are bracing for the summer of hell. The summer of hell. So it's usually a boom for the airlines this year. Could change that, they said. They began projecting strong growth, but one issue after another, like making tiny seats. Oh my gosh. I saw a headline where there were some airlines are experimenting with what they call stand up seats where you stand the whole flight. And so like for every one regular seat, you could basically squeeze two people standing in a seat. It looks like you're on a jockey, like a little like you're on a bicycle seat. Not even kidding. They're actually experimenting with that hands to sky. I'm going to get the link. But they're talking about cancellations. So it's the summer of hell. And they're just anticipating. Oh, Juan's got it. Juan's got it. This is what I'm talking about. Look at what they're trying to experiment with now. It's called the Skyrider. Look at it. They're crammed in. That man can't even get a bag in. What if you have to work on your flight? Why would you do that to people? Beat these people. We've got a lot more on the way. Stick with us. is uh it's the new product that you can actually now get at sam's club and you have the super beats hard shoes there as well but the super brewing product at sam's club unique berberine that's been used a lot of people are talking about metabolic health and the support benefits of berberine but you can't just like buy any like street berberine you're not going to be like always sunny in philadelphia let's get some of that good old bridge berberine you need like actual quality ingredients and that's what this delivers super brewing the one that What they use with Superberine is clinically studied to deliver nearly 10 times higher absorption than standard Berberine. So this means that you have highly concentrated, easy to swallow capsules, and you just take one daily because of the concentration. If you are concerned about berberine and GI distress, do not worry, do not fret, because the unique berberine in the Superberine they use includes grapeseed extract for greater tolerability. So it's now at Sam's Club. So you can go and get your all-big fountain drink and walk around and get your Superberine to support the healthy metabolism and blood sugar. It's my favorite thing to do is get a big fountain drink and walk around with my cart. And it's less for less than a dollar a day. Plus, you can get five dollars off the Super Beats Heart Juice through June 1st. One quick stop to support your heart health and take control of your overall metabolism health from the friends and human.
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SPEAKER 11 :
So welcome back to the program. Dana Lash with you. We're at the bottom of this very weird second hour. So as you know, Cain and I both come from the illustrious city known Cain as St. Louis.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes, ma'am.
SPEAKER 11 :
Not St. Louis. That's just in a song. St. Louis. St. Louis gets a lot of tornadoes or as my grandmother would say, tornadoes. Sounds really similar to tomatoes now that I'm thinking about it. But anyway, also delicious. But they had a lot of storms and a lot of people are cleaning up. And I mean, some towns have been really just ransacked. I think what there's a town in Iron County, Missouri, does Arc, Missouri, which was obliterated by not this last tornado, but the one before that. And I think they got some follow up from this last one, too. So a lot of storm damage, a lot of recovery, a lot of destruction. Well, then there was this story that came out because there was a lot of questions as to preparedness and response, right? Very important. You know, there's a reason why you got tornado sirens and alerts and things like that. Like, for instance, the town that I live in, they send you out text messages with inclement weather. A lot of them. Sometimes you don't need to send out that many, but I digress. Well, something bad happened in St. Louis. And it had to do with this very DEI-ish commissioner. Five people were killed in these tornadoes that happened last week. And the DEI commissioner of the City Emergency Management Agency and her staff, they were at a workshop and they just totally forgot to activate the tornado sirens. Oh, sorry. The commissioner uses they, them pronouns. Yeah, they just got thrown out on their they thems because they didn't press the button alerting everyone that there was a tornado, which you have to be near a button to press to tell everybody, hey, there's a tornado. We don't have the technology to do it like remotely. But anyway, so I wanted to this is that's what happened. The after the devastating storm, the emergency management director, they them Sarah, they them Russell, they them. Failed to activate the tornado sirens. And residents had no idea Whiskey Tango Foxtrot was happening. Now, they placed they, them, they, them, Sarah, they, them on paid administrative leave. I know that sounds like vacation. More time for her to go to Texas Outback or Outback Steakhouse or Texas Roadhouse or whatever. Here's the audio. She, they, them. Seema, they, them. Audio of somebody at 27. Here's some audio on this. Listen.
SPEAKER 07 :
The SEMA office is very small, and the majority of the time we work closer to business hours, unless the need arises, such as what we're doing now, or special events. A lot of that work takes us out into the community, so we aren't necessarily in our office space at all times. We do have a very small staff. I have received reports of people that did hear it. I've heard from a lot of people that said they haven't heard it.
SPEAKER 11 :
Excuse me, it's ma'am. It is ma'am. SEMA director was placed on paid administrative leave. And in a statement, the mayor, Kara Spencer, said that SEMA, quote, failed to alert the public to dangers. Let me see. Your agency is called, checks notes, City Emergency Management Agency. So you manage emergencies as an agency for the city. It's pretty self-explanatory. You have one job. Uno jobs. One, Kane. Uno jobs. Unjobs. That's all you have. And she couldn't do that. She couldn't hit the button. Because they were at a workshop. I mean, in St. Louis, it's a little bit different from Texas. Texas, you'll be outside. It's a sunny day. And all of a sudden, the fates conspire to kill you out of nowhere. Big clouds roll in before you can run screaming to your car. And raindrops as big as animals just pelt you to death. And in St. Louis, you can see it coming from a mile away. It is a buildup. It doesn't really come out of nowhere. Born and raised there. It doesn't really come out of nowhere. I mean, you see it coming. And you have time to at least think at least, maybe we should activate that good old emergency management system as a part of the checks notes. City Emergency Management Agency. And they then Sarah, they then didn't do that. So people were not alerted to the public danger. Now, that's your one job that you have. So they're placed on leave. And they said that it comes they're launching an internal investigation into the actions of Sarah. They then Sarah her on the day of the tornado. Because the sirens, they did not sound. As a tornado busted up major parts of St. Louis. There was no siren. None. You have one job. She was at a workshop. So Russell contacted the fire department to activate the sirens later. But apparently the unclear communication, nobody really... We have to do all of that. There's not like you. I mean, hell, you have a life alert button. You can fall down somewhere and laugh alert and people will come get you. You don't have not like that for a tornado in places like St. Louis in the spring. You basically have to wear one to just up. There's a tornado. I mean, it's like that. There's so many. Sidebar, when I was a little kid, I was in a tornado. I've been near a tornado once and in a tornado once. And it hit our daycare. And I watched. So we had giant concrete tubes that as a kid I could stand up and an adult would have to crouch down. But the tornado rolled those things. I've never seen anything like it. It didn't bother the chain link fence for the playground, but it rolled the concrete tubes that we would literally roll. I've never seen anything like that happen in my life. Crazy. Crazy. And then another time when I had just had my second son, there was a tornado that came through and we lived in rural near outside of Festus. And I saw a tornado from my backyard. I saw the final cloud from my backyard and we all had to go get in the basement. And I had to break open my collectible Mace Windu figurine to keep my oldest son from crying his head off. I never got over that loss, but remind him of it frequently. But it worked. The Why was there any kind of ambiguity? That's one of the things that they cited. There was ambiguity in the directive to act. Kane, let's play a game. All right. Okay, you're fire department.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 11 :
I'm the they, them, city, whatever management emergency person.
SPEAKER 04 :
That authorizes these warnings. Yes. Okay, go ahead.
SPEAKER 11 :
Bring, bring, bring.
SPEAKER 04 :
Fire department.
SPEAKER 11 :
I think there's a tornado. Can you press the button?
SPEAKER 04 :
Will do. Thanks. Ta-da! And scene.
SPEAKER 11 :
And scene. That's how it works. You know this person.
SPEAKER 04 :
I do, actually.
SPEAKER 11 :
You got a photo with they, them, they, her.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, years of doing radio. Did 28 years of radio in St. Louis. You do these emergency preparedness segments on occasion. And we brought her in every year for the St. Louis Emergency Management preparedness messaging that they're to do annually.
SPEAKER 11 :
Did you find her competent?
SPEAKER 04 :
I didn't find her incompetent.
SPEAKER 11 :
It looks like you have a picture with a small boy.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, she's short. I mean, I'm tall, but she's short.
SPEAKER 11 :
Like a small boy short.
SPEAKER 04 :
I see what you're doing.
SPEAKER 11 :
I'm just saying.
SPEAKER 04 :
But, yeah, I didn't particularly find anything incompetent about her at that point. I mean, these are some major mistakes. This is kind of a job that... There's five people dead. No, for sure. And this is something that she's going to definitely have to answer for. Like, I don't know how you get on paid administrative leave after this, but... Especially when you're a DEI hire.
SPEAKER 11 :
Right. Like, they put... Kane is with this small child. Juan's throwing the photo up.
SPEAKER 04 :
Look at that. Yeah.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yes, there's five people dead and you can't do it. But they send out all of this other pride stuff all the time.
SPEAKER 04 :
That's 2015 right there.
SPEAKER 11 :
So they send out all this pride stuff all the time. So I sent you, you guys have, it says prepare with pride and they're talking about, I guess when you go out for 4th of July or something like that. And it says prepare with pride, hydrate during the festival. We're like, wait, like, what does that have to do with, why does it have to be like a pride thing with the trans stuff on there? Why does that have to, I don't know. Like, it just seems like there's a lot more emphasis placed on like, This is how we have sex and we have to make sure it's incorporated even in how we hydrate. Hydrate with how we have sex. Make sure you stay hydrated.
SPEAKER 04 :
A lot of that was just an effort to make, you know, the agency itself seem... I mean, why is it... Why do you have to have this DEI stuff?
SPEAKER 11 :
Like, does the tornado button get pressed less if it's a straight person as opposed to someone who is they-them?
SPEAKER 04 :
Apparently not.
SPEAKER 11 :
I just... Like, what is it? Does it... I don't care what your intersectionality BS whatever is, unless it means you can press that button faster. If somehow being a they-them gives you like a speed buff, then fine. Whatever. This isn't damn dark tide. This is not like, oh, let's see, I got a blessing now on my weapon. I get to have this endurance buff, and I have stamina buff. Ooh, I got a boost in armor. This is not like that. It's not how this works. They act like they're add ons that like improve somehow function. And instead it doesn't. It doesn't at all. It ignores so many times we have seen well qualified people get ignored because they didn't check an intersectionality box. Well, yes, sir. We see that you're you literally lasso tornado single handedly and submit them. But again, you're applying for this emergency management position, but how do you have sex, though? I'm sorry, you don't have sex the right way, so you're disqualified. We're going to go with this young they-them over here instead, who can't press a damn button to warn people that there's a tornado barreling down the highway towards them to kill them all.
SPEAKER 04 :
And mind you, it's not just about pressing a button. Let's say she's out and about like she was. You can call the fire department and they'll activate the sirens.
SPEAKER 11 :
I feel like they're trying to blame the fire department. I mean, it's not like, wow, the weather's sunny today. We're going to go out to a workshop. That's not how St. Louis weather has ever worked on God's green earth ever. In the history of humankind. In the history of dino kind. It's never worked that way. Ever. Ever. You know it's bad weather. It's going to be a bad day when you wake up. You know it because the weather's going to just blow. It's going to be horrible. Let's go to a workshop. Also, can we talk about why do you have to be physically near a button?
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, St. Louis did put a statement out. They said moving forward that they'll explicitly... Now that these five people are dead. The city policy now will explicitly be the fire department issue the warnings.
SPEAKER 11 :
Five people had to die so they could remember who could issue what warnings. Bang up job, guys.
SPEAKER 04 :
Man, that's rough.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, yeah.
SPEAKER 04 :
Man.
SPEAKER 11 :
Not as rough as finding five dead bodies in the rubble of a tornado that they weren't worried about.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes, that's what I'm talking about. That's...
SPEAKER 11 :
I'm just trying to wrap my mind around this. This is insane. This is insane. Somebody in the chat goes, the new pronouns now are has been. That's right. They got thrown out on their they thems. Now it's a has been. Good heavens. So they suspended this. And I mean, the devastation is just crazy. I don't know. They were like, oh, there's a breakdown in communication. How the hell was there a breakdown in communication on this? Wow, what's that big funnel in the sky? Okay. It's a tornado. Sound the alarm. How do you get that wrong? It's not like there's a lot of steps. It's not like the Hadron Collider. You're not running anything crazy.
SPEAKER 04 :
This particular agency didn't have a lot to do at all. And the thing was, the bar was so low for what you had to do. Nothing was required of you until it was. And then you failed.
SPEAKER 11 :
Right. You have one job. One job. That's it. That's it. I'm so done with this stuff. I mean, clearly this broad, they, them, they, them, them, they. is I don't care about your stupid pronouns. Just do your job. Do your damn job. Unless, again, any of your cosplaying gives you a buff of speed or anything else. No, nobody cares. Nobody cares. Stop it. And an aside to this, how weird is it that we actually think about that when you're hiring for diversity? Well, wait a minute. How do you have sex and the manner in which you get it on? How does that help you do your job of pushing buttons during emergency weather systems? I'm not kidding you. That's literally it. You're like, Dana, that sounds absurd. Yes, because it is absurd. The whole damn thing is absurd. You are so correct. Just do it. I just can't. I can't. I just I'm done. All right. We have more on the way. So we roll the words for maybe Florida man will say, you know what? Florida man would have pressed the button probably with a gator, but he would have pressed the button. Maybe he would have left a meth fingerprint behind. He'd have pressed a button. Burn a gun. Look, it makes sense to diversify your weapons array. I'm not going to tell you not to carry. I think you should carry a gun. And I think that you should not be afraid to use it in defense of yourself or a loved one. I try to avoid gun-free zone areas because they're dumb and it's unconstitutional. And these people don't do anything to protect you. They just want the virtue signaling of saying gun-free. But I also don't want to like make a political statement not carrying and then get turned into a statistic. So Berna is it's a self-defense weapon. It's shaped like a gun. Like you got the Berna rifle. You got all these other kinds. But I think for the purpose of this, the Berna SD and their new compact launcher, the Berna CL, that's what you need to focus on. And they shoot chemical irritant projectiles that can deter threats from up to 50 feet away. It doesn't care about stupid gun-free zone signs. It doesn't care about any of that. There's no background checks. There's no waiting periods. You don't have to pay a tax stamp. There's none of it sent right to your front door. And you are able to still have a means of protection when a private property wants to disarm you or a local or municipal restriction. And for college kids too that are too young to carry, but also live alone, this is a great idea for them as well. And it's super affordable. You can check it out. They have like different accessories and colors and all that. The Burna CL, it's like maybe just under seven inches long, really thin. And it's, there's no, I mean, there's no recoil, easy target acquisition. And the SD, that's one of its best selling self-defense options. You can look at all of them at burna.com slash Dana, B-Y-R-N-A.com.
SPEAKER 03 :
Could Luigi Mangione's killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO lead to anarchy in America? Pastor Alan Jackson says yes.
SPEAKER 05 :
But he shot this insurance executive. And I mean, there's this whole host of people trying to justify it because their insurance got canceled. Therefore, it's okay to go assassinate some insurance worker. That is teetering on anarchy.
SPEAKER 03 :
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SPEAKER 04 :
It's his life mission to make bad decisions. It's time for Florida Man.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, I mean, it's not a bad place to fall asleep. If you're going to fall asleep drunk in your car somewhere, why not a Popeye's? I mean, that's what this one dude thought. It was in Port St. Lucie. A man's late-night food run ended up with jail time instead of some Popeye's chicken. Man, they do have some good chicken. Officers say his name is Love Floreal. No, it's not. Passed out behind the wheel in the Popeyes drive-thru while the restaurant was closed. Now, the car was still running and in drive. Opened liquor containers and drugs all in plain view. Apparently, Mr. Floreal, not to be confused with L'Oreal, Mr. Love Floreal, was coming from a night out. He's wearing a club wristband. He was arrested and taken to St. Lucie Jail where he's charged with a DUI and possession. So, I mean, maybe he's just waiting for them to open. You know, I'm just going to pull up and have a little nap, wait for them to open, you know, get me chicken and a biscuit. I don't know. Maybe. Just saying. Apparently Rockstar changed one of their GTA 6 characters after a Florida man wanted money. Gosh, this is like so perfect. Grand Theft Auto fans are convinced that one of the characters in GTA 6 was changed after Rockstar Games got called out for money over likeness. I don't even know because I don't play this game at all. I've never allowed my kids to play it. I'm like, no, we're not. If you're going to shoot baddies in the face, that's one thing. But you're not going to get to play as a gangbanger with a prostitute. Not going to happen. But fans have been really obsessing over trailers and screenshots. And they think that there's one character that's based on this TikToker. And the guy said that Rockstar used his likeness and wanted to get paid. And so it looks like they took him out of it. So interesting. We have a lot more on the way. Third hour next. Stick with us. Hey, folks. So I want to share something important that every American should be aware of. We're seeing a lot of economic uncertainty right now. You have the national debt rising, global trade tensions impacting markets and tariffs with higher prices on the stuff that everybody uses every day. It's not about panic. It's about preparation. So this is why I partnered with GoldCo, the top-rated precious metals company, to help you take a step towards protecting your financial future. Smart investors look to hard assets like gold and silver to help weather the storm. It's a strategy that's been used for generations. And right now, you can get a free 2025 gold and silver kit that breaks it all down for you. And if you qualify, you could receive unlimited bonus silver. Real silver matched to your account with no taxes or penalties. It's a smart move that could help you feel more secure with what lies ahead. Visit danalikesgold.com to get started. That's danalikesgold.com and move forward with confidence.
SPEAKER 17 :
The president showed a video that he said showed more than a thousand burial sites of white South Africans that he said were murdered. We know that that was not true and that the video wasn't showing that. So I wonder, why did the president choose to show that it's not true that the video was showing a burial site? It is unsubstantiated that that's the case.
SPEAKER 13 :
No, it is true that that video showed the crosses that represent...
SPEAKER 17 :
President claimed.
SPEAKER 13 :
The video showed images of crosses in South Africa about white farmers who have been killed and politically persecuted because of the color of their skin. And those crosses are representing their lives. Those crosses are representing their lives and the fact that they are now dead and their government did nothing about it. Are you disputing that there is no...
SPEAKER 17 :
the fact that the video showed what the president claimed it showed, because it did not show that. But even more, what I'm asking you is, who at the White House- No, it did show that.
SPEAKER 13 :
It showed white crosses representing people who have perished because of racial persecution.
SPEAKER 17 :
The White House verifies the videos that the president shows, and what protocols are in place when there's unsubstantiated information being put out
SPEAKER 13 :
the world and world leaders what's unsubstantiated about the video the video shows crosses that represent the dead bodies of people who were racially persecuted by their government in fact the associated press of all places has a picture of that very monument and the caption from the associated press is each cross marks a white farmer who has been killed in a farm murder So it is substantiated, not just by that video and the physical evidence that everybody saw on display in the Oval Office, but also by another outlet in this room, the Associated Press. So you should take it up with them if you believe the claim is unsubstantiated. And that's a ridiculous line of questioning.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, because it's not unsubstantiated. I mean, what they're talking about is this video that is online that the president showed in this... press avail with the South African president yesterday. And it was a video that showed the aerial footage of a display that featured white crosses for the people that have been murdered, white farmers that have been murdered over their land. This is absolutely true. And it supported, I went through with you, I think it was last week, the statistics of including the murder rate of South Africa, particularly as it pertains to farmers. And it absolutely is a thousand percent true. And it's substantiated. The media doesn't want to acknowledge it. And the fact that they're saying that, what was she trying to do? Say that POTUS claimed that that was a cemetery?
SPEAKER 04 :
That it was a burial site.
SPEAKER 11 :
He never said that. Yeah. He said that represents the farmers that have been killed is what he said. We played this audio. Hell, we watched it live and then we played the audio. So we heard it repeatedly. He never said that it was a cemetery or some sort of like burial, whatever. He said that every one of those crosses represents a white farmer that was killed. What she's trying to do is... Saying that she's trying to act like it was that he's saying it was a cemetery. He was he was a an exercise, a memorial exercise. But regardless, they're trying to get all hung up on rhetoric when that doesn't change the fact that it happened. And they that absolutely represents racism. Lives lost in this. Welcome back. Dana Lash with you at the top of the third hour. Chats at Rumble, Channel 347, the stream of the radio program. I don't know if you've seen, they have been working overtime. First off, the legacy press, Twitchy had a write-up of all the legacy press that said this was an ambush. We played that audio for you. Ambush, ambush, ambush, ambush. not just in the video but also in terms of the excuse me printed press oh it's all ambush ambush ambush trump ambushed the south african president he ambushed him ambushes these i mean that's that headline over and over again i'm curious how is it an ambush how is it an ambush showing him this stuff I mean, he knows that it exists because he's on camera having spoken to it. He's on camera, Ramaphosa, defending the land expropriation bill that he signed into law at the start of this year, this very year. He signed it into law. So I'm curious as to how it is an ambush now. to show people video of politicians in South Africa saying publicly on camera what we all know that they said. How is that an ambush? That is so stupid. What do they think was going to happen? I do think it's interesting how they all started saying the exact same thing. Right? It almost sounds like it was coordinated. Look at that. Ambush. Ambush. Are you telling me that they all organically made this determination? Do you believe that? All independent of each other. They just thought, you know what? Ambush. You really think that they did that? Do you really believe that? Nope. Because if you do, just hold up. I have a bridge. It's amazing. It's for sale. It's It's an iconic bridge. In fact, you perhaps have seen it. I'm not joking. I'm totally serious. It's in San Francisco, right? Beautiful span bridge. It's gorgeous. I'll let you have it for 20 million. It's mine to give. Go ahead. So don't run a home title lock on it, though. So this other thing that they were going on and on about was Elon Musk being in the Oval Office. And I was thinking about his expression because he was staring down Ramaphosa. This is a guy who, with the ANC, has really meted out quite a lot of hell on that area and on Elon Musk. I mean, he grew up in this area. It's one of the reasons why he left. He's been pulling back from investing in politics. And some people are asking, they're trying to act like that's a sign of defeat. He always said, when did he say he was going to be leaving and stepping back? in may or yeah can you remind everybody what month it's what month it is it's it's may oh so musk said that he would be stepping back he said this before the election that he would step back in may and it's may now And he stepped back in May, the month that he said that he was going to step back before the election. And even after the election, he said he was going to step back in May. And that Doge was going to wrap up everything by June. So they're going to freak out when Doge does what it says. And they wrap up in June. Hmm. Interesting. They're trying to act like they've been wanting to have a divide. And they definitely want to act like they have a scalp from him. And... He had said he had even noted that Musk was saying that he doesn't see a reason to do more political spending. And he hasn't really said so much that when he was at the Qatari Economic Forum, he had said, quote, I think I've done enough. And I think he has. I mean, he's done more than in terms of spending than almost anybody. I just don't know how you're the Republican Party and you're looking at this and you're like, why aren't we going to? I mean, he came in to do this and why aren't we going to do more? I'm just curious about that. Just curious about that. But this idea of the press going in and trying to act like, oh, the premise is that it was staged and these people were never murdered. They have not covered the genocidal issue in South Africa for years. I don't expect them to start now. But it was nice to have it thrown in their face because these are people who always claim that they care for the underdog and they want to fight for the underdog. But that never happens. Never happens. which reminded me also of this story. I wanted to pull this up because we didn't have a chance to get into this. Let me go to this. I actually made mention of this on my personal Facebook page. Have you guys seen the stories of the, from all of the stuff that's coming up from the COVID stuff? Like for instance, how the, I'm going to pull this story up. Forgive me. How the administration, the last administration, knew the risks of myocarditis and others and other risks. They knew about these potential risks from these shots and they took steps to downplay them, according to a new Senate report that is out from Senator Ron Johnson's office. Federal health agencies since February of 2021 were alerted to large reports of myocarditis in young people. And there's a separate, let me pull this up. There is a separate study. This is from CBS. FDA expands COVID vaccine warning about heart side effect risk for young males, particularly. So there's always a risk. Always a risk. Our family had it naturally and we did not get the shot. Because we have natural immunity. We didn't just decide to chuck science to go along and virtue signal with a bunch of people who are happy to yeet themselves into oblivion. I feel bad for the people who were forced to take it. And I understand the reasons that some wanted to take it. You know, that's the difference between, I think, us and them. I never judged anybody for taking it. But I got to tell you, I mean, the hell that we caught, and I know you, I think everyone that's in the same boat has the same experience. We caught, my family caught so much hell because we did not get the injection. We literally had longtime friends drop us for being friends, like scream at us on the phone. saying that we were going to endanger the entirety of the public because we didn't get the shot. Now, our so-called friends pretended to be so concerned about us, but they were never concerned enough to ask if we ever actually had it ourselves, thus natural immunity, or they weren't also not concerned enough to ask if there were any kind of health complications, which for two people in my family, there absolutely were. There were health complications, and we were doctor-advised patients. absolutely not for this injection by our doctor, one of whom is a cardiologist, said absolutely not. And our so-called friends never actually cared enough about our health to actually ask if there were any complications. We just got yelled at and dragged publicly, or they tried to, because we wouldn't get the injection. And now we knew all this stuff, but now it's coming out because people have the they don't have to worry about losing political capital to tell the truth on it now. And I got to tell you, I really badly I so badly want to say I told you so. I so badly want to do it. But how crazy is it? And I've talked to people all around the country since then. And I can't tell you how many people told me something similar. And in some cases, you know, with ours, we had longtime friends that they couldn't be friends with us anymore because we didn't get the vaccine. I'm not even kidding. Vaccine and air quotes. But I talked to a woman when I was in Virginia, when I was visiting out in Virginia, KORV, and I spoke to someone who had said that her sister died. had actually stopped talking to her because of this. And she hasn't talked to her sister since like 2021. Her sister, who was like two years older, she got the injection. The younger one didn't. And the younger one, the woman I was talking to, she was like, I've had COVID twice. She said, in fact, she goes, I am positive that I had had it because her husband travels for work. She was like, I'm positive that I had it before it became a big thing. Like right when people started talking about it, I'm positive I had it. She ended up getting it again anyway. And she was like, you know, I guess we don't believe in natural immunity anymore. And her sister and her sister's family said, Just raked her through the coals. And she said they basically disowned us. So they haven't spoken since 2021. Her sister still will not have anything to do with her. Has her mask on. Still has a Facebook profile photo, she said, that has her mask on in it. I don't get that. But it's like we never judged anybody who got it. But we were judged plenty for not getting it. And I like I said, I think people need to be have a little bit more grace and discernment for those of us who for reasons of our own. And look, you don't have to justify someone's disrespect and callous lack of concern by by providing them with your entire health history. It should be enough. They should be satisfied with you're my friend and I agree with your decision. And what I realized is that these people were never my friends anyway. And anybody who treated you like that because you had the same position, they were never friends to you anyway. They never cared about you anyway. We have all these stories. They're expanding the vaccine warning now. Oh, now the FDA is all about saying it's not safe. Now they don't want to mandate it. They don't want to suggest it for younger people now. They don't want to suggest it for older people either. They don't want to suggest it for anyone. They have all of these. Cleveland Clinic USC study looked at the vaccines. There's also a separate study that said the infection is linked to a sharp increase in long-term risk of heart attack and stroke. Separate from, and I think it's on the severity of which you had it, separate from the issue of getting the shot. So I'm just saying, you know, some people did not want to jump into the unknown. And shame on those who judged them for that. 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SPEAKER 04 :
And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
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A drug smuggling cat, which kind of sounds like a British band name, was caught trying to sneak into prison with heroin strapped to its back. It was trying to climb over the barbed wire fence in Costa Rica with a backpack full of heroin and they had to cut it off the cat. I don't know how they thought that that was going to work, but it was trying to get entry to the penitentiary there. And they caught them. It had 68 grams of heroin, a bunch of pot. And they said they believed that this cat was trying to smuggle drugs to inmates. Now, I don't know what makes them think that, Cain. It was just a cat with a backpack of drugs, you know? I mean, can't a cat walk around with a backpack of drugs? And space bugs, unknown bacteria found on China's space station, never seen on Earth with a unique ability after astronauts swabbed the cabin. That'll be the next thing that they come get us with. There you go, space bugs. Stick with us. More in store.
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SPEAKER 06 :
Larry has been debate over that song, that anti-apartheid chant, right? And for people who don't have a historical context, it does potentially appear more literal. Talk to us about the debate that has happened inside of South Africa with the recognition of how it appears to people when they hear those words.
SPEAKER 01 :
It is an inflammatory song, without a doubt. And many in South Africa, even black South Africans, don't think it should be sung in a post-apartheid world, 30 years plus after apartheid. But there are many who grew up under those years of white minority rule who understand the historical context of this song, Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer, that Julius Malema has made popular again. It sort of fell into disuse. It's not been that commonly sung after the end of apartheid in 1994, but it's brought it back again to reanimate the issue of the majority of land in South Africa still being owned by white farmers.
SPEAKER 11 :
OK, what I love that. Well, you know, it's the historical context. You know, and that it would, you know, it's, of course, you might think you stupid people that they're talking about it literally because you lack the context. So, yes, what is the context of kill the boar, kill the farmer? I mean, it's not like a Yo Gabba Gabba tune. What do you think it means? Hmm, we may never know. It's just a mostly peaceful genocide. You know, that's all it is. That's just all. So wait, so you're not supposed to take it literally? Like from the river to the sea, too? You don't take that literally? What? That's so stupid. No, no, no. It's, you know, it's a lack of history. If you're upset about kill the boer and then mimicking the sound of gunfire, and then upon which you follow that with kill the farmer, And more gunfire noises. You just, you know, you're lacking the historical context. That's all. So what context, what is that, how does that make it more acceptable? And then you heard what the guy said towards the end. Well, as you know, the land is still, they've been there for over 400 years. Over 400 years. And the... brutality being perpetrated upon them is horrific. I, you, however much you love the media, it is never enough. It is never enough. So I, I, I don't understand what their context would, what they think makes it better. I don't know, but that's, that's how they're going with it. Yeah. Kill the boat. No, no, no. It's just a, just a chain. I mean, just a little song. Yeah. Just a song. You wouldn't be able to get you wouldn't be able to use an excuse with anything else. Not at all. They're going to try to deny it. Imagine, though, you came out. What did you say? There was an image like you came to the Oval Office for money and instead you got.
SPEAKER 04 :
You came to the White House for money. Instead, you got 4K video of genocide in your country.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, they want to deny it. That's what it's all about. Can I show you? Can we go back to this one thing that we had in headlines real quick? This is audio some by 20. Juan showed you some of this. I need to have a conversation about the standing airplane seats. Are they trying to get people to go all falling down with Michael Douglas in the sky?
SPEAKER 16 :
This will do it.
SPEAKER 11 :
So budget airlines are considering launching these controversial, I'm looking at the name of it, Skyrider 2.0 standing seats. Yeah. Yeah. And I don't know what the ticket price would be. They are being introduced by a manufacturer. They want to increase passenger capacity by 20%. And they unveiled it at the Aircraft Interiors Expo several years ago. And they said it's an innovative seat. It allows an ultra-high density in the aircraft cabin. And it opens up the traveling experience to a wider passenger market. Okay, Kane. And I know Juan has the video of how I watched this guy struggle with a bag in there. Okay, so if I'm flying, I do work typically unless it's on vacation. And I don't know this guy. If you're watching the simulcast, how in the world do you even open your laptop or anything to work in that?
SPEAKER 04 :
You don't. How do you uncompress your spine? You don't.
SPEAKER 11 :
Next, they're going to be, we're strapping passengers to the wings. To increase our capacity and open up a whole new market of passenger class. Yes, you're going to get buckled in. You've got to hold onto your suitcase tight. We're going to strap you to the wing.
SPEAKER 04 :
Wing straps are only $10 with budget airlines.
SPEAKER 11 :
With budget airlines. And you get extra leg room if you're strapped onto the wings. Fresh air. No drinks or bathroom. But you won't notice because you'll probably defecate your britches before we even leave the ground.
SPEAKER 04 :
i it looks like hell i think i i don't like being enclosed in small spaces and i think i would riot i think i would immediately i barely want to be on a plane when i'm seated comfortably it's like you're sitting on the banana uh-huh it even if i'm seated comfortably i hate being on the plane like this isn't what do i want now two additional people closer to me
SPEAKER 11 :
And people are weird on planes. I mean, this fellow can't even get in. He's trying to squeeze himself in. I love it. You knew that, you know, you know that when they unveiled us at the expo, they were like, OK, Bob, why don't you just slide in there and let's see if you can get all situated. And he's you know, they were trying to show how easy and nice these seats were. That guy was on the struggle bus, like instantly trying to wedge himself in there. Now the first chick, there's nobody in front of her, so she can sit in it fine. Her legs are even extended out further than this guy. Look at this guy. He can't even get in the seat. He's struggling to even get in the seat. He can't even get in it.
SPEAKER 04 :
I thought we were moving in the direction where we need bigger seats. Because remember those people with the large bottoms? They're just huge butts. And they have to buy two seats. You know what I mean? That's the direction we were moving.
SPEAKER 11 :
What is this? So what happens if you're one of those individuals?
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, you need that damn whole row.
SPEAKER 11 :
And the one in front of you. Yeah, and you're trying to get... And then what happens then? Because are they going to have to come? I'm going to pull up this. What happens then if that's you? If that's you, then what happens? Or you're sitting next to someone that they can't, in a normal seat, they would take a couple of the seats. I can't even believe that this is a thing that we're all considering. So, I mean, I don't know. But in Turkey, it might not be a problem. Did you hear what they're doing in Turkey?
SPEAKER 04 :
Uh-oh, what?
SPEAKER 11 :
So overweight people are publicly weighed in order to slim down under new rules in Turkey. And they have inspectors patrolling public spaces.
SPEAKER 04 :
Wait a minute. Is that what this is without actually weighing people? Without actually weighing people, they sell these seats.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, this isn't in Turkey. This is a separate story.
SPEAKER 04 :
No, I know. But think about that. This is what they're doing. Instead of weighing you, they're making these tiny seats that make it impossible. So you look at them, you're like, well, I can't go in there. I'm too big for that. Yeah. Boom. Now fat people aren't flying.
SPEAKER 11 :
They rolled out a nationwide plan to stop and weigh people in public with inspectors telling them to slim down if they're found to be overweight. Health workers in Turkey have been deployed across each of the country's 81 regions with weighing scales and tape measures as the drive to assess 10 million people by July 10 is underway. Passersby are stopped by medical examiners for spot body mass index checks. What if you don't want to do it, though? I don't think that's probably going to be an option for you to not do it. But they said, yeah, they, everybody, everybody that, and then they're asked, they're told to go to a dietician or whatever. And then they have to lose weight. But yeah, they've, they're in shopping malls. They're out in the streets. There are people who've been posting pictures all around Turkey showing that they're being guided onto weighing scales, having their height measured, and then their weight calculated. And they're told to slim up. And they go, well, like drivers are one of speeding traps. You know, they're warning people about being overweight. Can you imagine? It's an anti-obesity campaign that officials describe as a national fight, and they're running it under the tagline, know your weight and live healthy. It started on May 10th, and they're going to serve a one in eight Turks. Anybody with a BMI over 25 are referred to a state run family health center and a healthy life center where they get nutritional counseling and follow up services. Now, the Turks are mad. They're saying that this is the government being out of touch with the daily realities of Soaring food prices and wage stagnation and the impact this has on healthy eating, etc., etc. And the Erdogan government has been criticized because they're like, it's super public. They're weighing everybody in public. They're like fat shaming you in public. Now, I'm all about being healthy and I don't like the whole body positivity campaign that celebrates morbid obesity. But I also think I don't like the government walking around at all, like saying, hey, get up here, Sally, on this scale and we're going to weigh you. Tammy, Karen, Yamiche, get up here on this scale and we're going to weigh you. And and then everybody sees it. Now, the World Health Organization, if whatever you want, however you want to take this, they estimated that 30 percent of people in Turkey are obese. And so they said that. Yeah, that's how they're they're going. They think that this is they think this is going to work. How would that work in the United States? I would imagine somebody's scale would get broken. Somebody tried doing that. I think I would knock the scale out of their hands and. Like, get away from me. No, you can't because of HIPAA. I mean, there's no way you could do something like that.
SPEAKER 04 :
But I'm totally less bothered by weighing people before they get on the plane than those damn seats you first were showing.
SPEAKER 11 :
Oh, Cain's not over the seats.
SPEAKER 04 :
No, I'm not.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, they don't weigh you before you get on the plane. This is a whole other planet.
SPEAKER 04 :
No, I know that. I know that. But there's no possible way that I could ever, ever think of flying on a plane like that. There's no... Like, think about it. Now you're fitting how many more people in the plane?
SPEAKER 1 :
20, 30, 40?
SPEAKER 08 :
Cain's very upset by those.
SPEAKER 04 :
So now we have an issue of a weight problem. We have now more people in the plane.
SPEAKER 11 :
Now I'm concerned about... How many times have you heard, too, where they have to adjust the weight of the plane? Yeah. And they ask people to get off. And I'm like, wait a minute, you're only asking like four or five people to get off, so you're telling me whether or not this thing sinks or flies? falls out of the sky or not is dependent upon four people being on this plane. Makes me worried.
SPEAKER 04 :
Physics is still a thing.
SPEAKER 11 :
Oh, a little bit. Just a little bit. Yeah, physics is a thing that bothers me. So, I don't know. But they said that One of the things that the Turkish people were hitting back at is they were saying that a lot of the professional athletes they have technically qualify as overweight based solely on their BMI because they have much more muscle mass, which weighs proportionally more than fat, which is true. Is that so? Yeah, they wouldn't be taking that into consideration, would they? So you see how stupid these government like a government run program like this is. It's so dumb.
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SPEAKER 11 :
Little B-52s. This is such a great song. I remember when I was a kid, this was on my Walkman. I made my own little tape through great effort. And whenever we would do little family road trips and that with my mom, I'd have, I always had B-52s on it. And I always had this song. It was such a great song. Welcome back. Dana Lash with you. Did you hear about this story of a Democrat city that's giving low-income residents $150 a month to spend on trips to Disneyland? It's in Los Angeles. They get a $150 monthly travel stipend to spend on Disneyland. Woo! Best use of money, right?
SPEAKER 04 :
We just did a story like last week where this guy, one day at Disneyland, he spent $1,400 because it's so expensive there. What's $150 going to do?
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, I don't know, but it's nice. That they're doing it, isn't it? It's a part of the Democrats' mobility wallet pilot program. And they offered 1,000 qualified people a prepaid debit card. And they could use it for the Metro, Uber, Greyhound, Disney. Yeah.
SPEAKER 04 :
I see now.
SPEAKER 11 :
And then UCLA did some research on it, though. And the first round of the project is over. And now all this financial stress is once again burdened the community. It didn't work. I, for one, am completely shocked. I mean, I thought that all of these, all of the income inequality would be solved by this. And that all the drugs and all of that would stop. And I just thought all the everything would be fixed, Cain. And they didn't fix it.
SPEAKER 04 :
It's weird. It's like every time government throws money at a problem, it seems like there's a pretty common outcome every time. And it's usually failure.
SPEAKER 11 :
It's like it doesn't work. It's really wild how that happens, right? So they said some participants said that he was real happy because he got to go to Disneyland. Did it also make sure that you had food now permanently? Do you have to worry about food and all that kind of stuff? I'm just curious. You know, I'm just like, I'm going to get some questions. I'm going to get some questions about it. You know, I'm just, I don't know. I don't know, Cain. I don't think that that's how that's all supposed to work. I'm just saying. That's not the best way to spend money, especially when you're Los Angeles and you're broke and you're running a deficit and you're in the red and you have no money and you can't even afford water desalination and you blew, like, I don't know how many billion on a railroad that's not finished that doesn't go anywhere, high-speed rail. I mean, you know, what else is there? Yay. So I'll follow along whether it's on Substack. There's an update on Substack, the post that I had last night about the big, beautiful bill. And if it passes the Senate, probably the best place to catch it. I think I'm going to put something up at Facebook, the official Facebook page. I will not be behind the mic tomorrow, but I will be back Tuesday. for this Memorial Day weekend in which those who gave all, we honor those individuals. God bless them. In the meantime, we have today in stupidity came.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes, ma'am. And it could have been a couple of different cuts from the view because those heartbeats are. couple fries short of a happy meal this though is the south african president uh this is him caught on tape and wouldn't it be weird and this is the stupidity that i'm pointing towards our media this is so easy to see and get but yet they don't want to report on it as a matter of fact they want to push a narrative that's opposite of it listen to what south african president says here the question of land the land of our forefathers and our foremothers must return
SPEAKER 12 :
to our people without any fail and without any payment of compensation. And it must happen now.
SPEAKER 04 :
So take land without any payment, without any compensation?
SPEAKER 11 :
That's the act that he signed. That's the expropriation, the Land Expropriation Act that he signed at the first part of this year.
SPEAKER 04 :
And we had thousands of white farmers dead after. Yeah, exactly. Oh.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, it was real. Sounds like genocide. And the media's trying to act like that didn't happen. Folks, that does it for us until Tuesday. It's Memorial Day weekend. Some gave all, all gave some, some gave all. And God love you for those who gave the grandest gift in service. We love you. We love your families. God bless. Back with you Tuesday.
Join Tony Perkins as he discusses critical issues from the heart of Washington, D.C. This week, groundbreaking legislation was passed, setting the stage for future debates in the Senate. We also hear from Maine State Representative Laurel Libby about her recent legal victory securing her voting rights after a controversial censure. The show highlights the need for collective action and steadfast resolve in promoting values such as faith, family, and freedom.
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from the heart of our nation's capital in Washington, D.C., bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and soundbites into conversations with our nation's leaders and newsmakers, all from a biblical worldview. Washington Watch with Tony Perkins starts now.
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The media and the Democrats have consistently dismissed any possibility that House Republicans could get this done. They did not believe that we could succeed in our mission to enact President Trump's America First agenda. But this is a big one. And once again, they have been proven wrong. Today, the House has passed generational, truly nation shaping legislation.
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That was House Speaker Mike Johnson early this morning, just moments after the House passed the one big beautiful bill, appropriately by one vote, 215 to 214. Welcome to Washington Watch. I'm your host, Tony Perkins. Thanks for joining us. Family Research Council action was actively engaged in some of the 11th hour negotiations that helped to get the bill across the finish line. We'll talk about a few of those key changes with Missouri Congressman Eric Burleson, a member of the House Freedom Caucus. And just five blocks from FRC headquarters and just steps from the Capitol, evil struck last night. Two young members of the Israeli embassy staff were shot and killed by Elias Rodriguez, an active member of the far left Marxist pro-Palestinian group PSL.
SPEAKER 01 :
Yaron and Sarah weren't the victims of a random crime. The terrorists who cruelly gunned them down did so for one reason and one reason alone. He wanted to kill Jews. And as he was taken away, he chanted, free Palestine. This is exactly the same chant we heard on October 7th.
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And sadly, it took place on the streets of the United States. That was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. We'll talk with Ilan Carr, former U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism, about the rising tide of anti-Jewish violence here in the United States. There was also a significant win at the Supreme Court this week for free speech. The court sided with Maine State Representative Laurel Libby, restoring her ability to speak and vote after she was censured for a Facebook post criticizing transgender participation in high school sports. Representative Libby will join us later in the program. And with Congress heading out of town for the Memorial Day recess, we'll get a wrap-up on the week from The Washington Stand's Jared Bridges and FRC's Director of Government Affairs, Kena Gonzalez. But first, as we look ahead to summer, I want to invite you and your family to join FRC's 21-day Family Bible Challenge beginning June the 11th. We'll be walking through the Gospel of Matthew, just 10 to 15 minutes of reading each day. Now, over the years, I've seen the impact when families read Scripture together. And I continue to hear stories from children to grandparents, how this daily time in God's Word has transformed lives and it has strengthened faith. why not start with just one book? And pastors, you can encourage your church to join as well. We have all the resources available for you, and you can set the tone for the summer by starting in the book of Matthew with the 21-day Matthew Challenge. So to join us, text MATTHEW to 67742. That's MATTHEW to 67742 to take the challenge. Well, working through the night, House Republicans were able to defy the odds and pass the one big, beautiful bill. And after weeks of negotiations, some 11th hour changes skillfully succeeded in unifying most of the Republicans to gain this historic legislative victory. And we're going to be joined here shortly by Congressman Eric Burleson. But before we do, I'm going to go to Kena Gonzalez, Family Research Council Senior Director of Government Affairs. Kena, welcome back to Washington Watch. I know we're going to talk a little bit more about this later, but what are some of the highlights that got this bill across the line early this morning?
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, Tony, as you said, this bill really had to satisfy different parts of the Republican Party. Republicans representing high tax states wanted to see tax breaks, federal tax breaks for folks in their states that are related to the state and local income tax that those states charge. Other states didn't want that so much. Some states really rely on Medicare. And so efforts to reform Medicare and Medicaid and make those more sustainable for the future ran into some opposition and really had to be negotiated. And finally, there were a number of fiscal conservatives who just really wanted to put the nation on a firm financial footing. And so Mike Johnson, for the last several weeks, has increasingly in public been negotiating between these sort of three wings of the Republican Party. As you said, to just get this bill through the House of Representatives last night and this morning.
SPEAKER 08 :
And, Kena, there were some elements that we were working on. In fact, we had asked our listeners and viewers to weigh in on. And later in the program, we'll talk about the outcome of that. But I want to go to Congressman Burleson now. So we'll catch up later with the details of, folks, how you made a difference in this bill by using your voice. As I often say, our republic was not made for spectators, but it was made for participants. Congressman Eric Burleson is a member of the House Freedom Caucus. He represents the 7th Congressional District of Missouri, and he joins us now. Congressman, welcome back to Washington Watch. Good to be back. I know it's been a long night. You attended the White House meeting yesterday with the House Freedom Caucus members to kind of discuss through some of the concerns that you all had. Walk us through the final hours of this in reaching a point, because you weren't really on board until kind of later in the process where some significant changes were made.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, I would say that the bill moved from being a bill that I was absolutely not going to accept back in January. Those numbers back then were $300 billion in savings to pay for $5 trillion. in new tax cuts. I ran on balancing the budget and not growing the deficit. And so that was something that just was too much for me to swallow. I think that Freedom Caucus and myself were successful and able to, over the course of the last few months, get us in a position that was stronger and stronger and stronger at each step of the way. And yes, we certainly, while we weren't able to get everything that we wanted, I think that we were able to make progress this week on Sunday and on Monday night and even into Tuesday, able to make incremental progress on the language of the bill throughout that. And look, it's not perfect, but you have to take a step back. And I took a step back and said, look, there's a lot of wins. We banked a lot of wins in this bill. We were able to defund Planned Parenthood. That is massive. That's huge. Something that I never thought this town would be able to accomplish. We were able to eliminate the funding through Medicaid for transgender surgeries. We were able to, you know, reinvigorate our industry sector and our energy sector through a lot of deregulation, obviously extend the Trump tax cuts, which are huge to our economy and making sure that middle-class Americans, working Americans are able to keep more of their money. There's an expansion of education savings accounts in this. And I believe there's an expansion of health savings accounts as well. All very free market ideas. And so at the end of the day, we can bank this as a win. It doesn't mean that we have solved the debt problem. And it's just something that we'll just have to continue to fight for in the future.
SPEAKER 08 :
Now, the debt, as you rightfully mentioned, was a significant part of the conversation. A lot of the concern was the the savings that this 10 year and the way that these things are projected, they're done over a 10 year window. All of the savings were pretty much back on the back end. But as a result of the negotiations, with the House Freedom Caucus and the Republican leadership in the White House, those were moved up. That was moved up in the manager's amendment and the 11th hour so that those savings will be realized starting in 2026.
SPEAKER 11 :
That's right. That's very much right. In fact, this chart was one that we used often. And this was what the CBO had scored. And as you can see, at the beginning years, we were actually increasing the deficits. Only by the latter years were we reducing the deficits. And so this was of grave concern while the complete 10-year window did meet expectations. the framework of what we were requesting by backloading. And as you know, Tony, this town is known for extending a lot of the things that the industry wants extended. And so there was another chart that we demonstrated that since 1992, the green energy tax credits have been extended 11 times during that period. And so we just know as elected officials, we've been there, we've done that. We tried to, and I think successfully, we're able to move a large portion of the savings into the more immediate years.
SPEAKER 08 :
which is going to realize those savings because also when you look at the turnover in Congress, the Congress that voted for this is not gonna be here in 10 years, just a small portion of them. So it's a little deceptive, it's budget geometry that we often see with this. So again, I commend the conservatives for fighting for this to get these savings up in the front part so that we'll actually see them. But the process is not over. It now goes to the Senate. So what's the sense of how the Senate will handle this?
SPEAKER 11 :
You know, if history tells us anything, it'll probably get worse. This apple might start to rot. Maybe there may be a worm or a few worms appear. But I do have high hopes. The senators, many of them are talking very positively about taking the cuts that we had made and going further. And I think of the fact that in the course of these last days of negotiations, we had Moody's downgraded the U.S. bond rating. That's the third credit agency to downgrade our bond rating. And as you know, having a downgraded rating means that every dime that we take out in new debt is going to be at a higher cost to the taxpayer and to our budget. So I think that this is a wake-up call, and I think that the Senate now has the opportunity to reflect on that downgrading and hopefully be able to find more opportunities for savings.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, I would think that the White House will be leaning pretty heavily on the Senate to get this moving. The speaker this morning says that he hopes to see this on the president's desk and signed into law by July the 4th, which means that the Senate's going to have to move at an unusual pace because they usually don't get things done very quickly.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, this town, everything moves at a very slow pace. And so, but yeah, I think that they have the time if they really commit to it to be able to accomplish this.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, Congressman, the Congress is out next week, Memorial Day, the recess. Congress will be coming back the following week. So what's on tap now? What's Congress going to, it's been consumed with the reconciliation. So what's next on the agenda?
SPEAKER 11 :
Next, we'll be working on the appropriations or the budget for next year. So as you know, our funding deadline ends September 30th. We need to pass a new appropriations bills, the 12 appropriation bills by September 30th. And so that's what we're gonna be immediately working on.
SPEAKER 08 :
It seems like, as the House has been very focused in getting things done, that you're kind of in a mode that it hadn't happened in a long time, but we could see Congress actually do appropriations through the normal process. So it's a real possibility.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, we went through this last year. And a lot of the rust came off. And so we now have lawmakers that have experienced this process. And I think the muscle memory is good. So I think we hopefully are able to pass all 12 appropriation bills. Last year, we passed, I believe, seven of the 12. But the more that we can pass, the more that we can ensure that we get towards a more fiscal solvency.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right, right. Those continuing resolutions cost us a bunch. Congressman Burleson, thanks so much for joining us. Have a great weekend. Thank you, Tony. You too. All right, folks. Still a lot of Washington. Watch straight ahead. So don't go anywhere. We'll be right back after this.
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Welcome back to Washington Watch. Let me again invite you to join the Matthew Challenge, the 21-Day Matthew Bible Reading Challenge. Text MATTHEW to 67742. It's a great time. It would be a great time for families to read the Bible together. Again, you can find out more. Text MATTHEW to 67742. We have lots of resources to help you on this 21-Day Challenge. Well, on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a win to Maine State Representative Laurel Libby, who was censured by the Democratic-controlled Maine House for insisting in a private social media post that it's wrong to let boys rob girls of championship titles in sports. Now, her petition for an injunction was approved by the court, a triumph, she called, a victory not just for my constituents, but for the Constitution itself. Here to explain the significance of the court's decision is Maine State Representative Laurel Libby. Representative Libby, welcome back to Washington Watch and congratulations.
SPEAKER 24 :
Thank you so much for having me.
SPEAKER 08 :
I do want to commend you for your courage in standing up. And I'm going to let you tell, kind of explain what has transpired here. But as you stood up to the Democratic-controlled legislature, they said, well, if you apologize for stating the truth, then we'll let you speak. And you refused to fold. And I just, again, I want to commend you for your courage. So the court, you appealed to the First Circuit Court of Appeals. They kind of pushed it aside. You went to the Supreme Court. So what does this decision the court handed down on Tuesday mean?
SPEAKER 24 :
We filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court specifically to get my vote back while the lower courts are considering what to do with my case. So the entire case, voice and vote, is still pending before the First Circuit Court of Appeals. But thankfully, the Supreme Court did see fit to take up the emergency application. And as of today, I am able to now vote on behalf of my constituents. So today I voted for the first time in almost three months. representing my constituents fully.
SPEAKER 08 :
Did the speaker apologize for keeping you from voting?
SPEAKER 24 :
No, and I still am not able to speak, but I can vote. I don't expect an apology. I wouldn't expect an apology because I don't think it would be truthful.
SPEAKER 08 :
So your ability to speak has not been restored?
SPEAKER 24 :
Correct. That's part of the case that's still pending before the First Circuit Court of Appeals will be heard on June 5th regarding the full case.
SPEAKER 08 :
So the Supreme Court just forced the legislature to allow you to vote to represent your constituents but not speak on their behalf?
SPEAKER 24 :
Correct. They are required to count my vote now.
SPEAKER 08 :
You know, it was interesting in one of the justices who, writing in opposition to the ruling, said there's no reason, no big hurry. You know, there's nothing, no votes pending that her vote would make a difference. I mean, so that's how we decide whether or not someone has a right to represent their constituents if we think it's going to matter.
SPEAKER 24 :
You know, there's so many things about this case that matter so much. But, you know, the Constitution, my constituents constitutional right to representation, my right to free speech. These are our core to our democracy. And it is I'm glad that seven of the justices saw fit to ensure that my constituents do have representation. I think it's an incredibly slippery slope and a terrible precedent to set, not just in Maine, but across the country, if this were allowed to stand.
SPEAKER 08 :
Now, I am certain that when you posted on Facebook comparing a guy who pole vaulted the year before and placed fifth to this year, you know, pretending to be a female winning first in women's pole vaulting. I imagine you never thought you would be going down this path.
SPEAKER 24 :
Never in a million years. Never in a million years. But, you know, a lot of folks have asked me if I would do anything differently, and I really can't say that I would. I think so much has come to light here in Maine with how Maine women and girls are being discriminated against and really the tyranny going on in Augusta, pushing an agenda that Maine people do not agree with. And so I'm thankful that so much has come to light as a result, and I think it's worth anything that has happened in between.
SPEAKER 08 :
So Representative Libby, let me ask you this question, and I'm going to get personal for just a moment. How has this affected you in the process? What have you learned? How has this impacted you and your family?
SPEAKER 24 :
Well, certainly we've had some conversations I never anticipated, given that my kids are still growing up. They're still relatively young. But I think that we've all learned a lot in the last three months. And I certainly do not take it for granted to have the right to free speech, to have the right to represent the good people of Auburn and mine it. I'm grateful for a lot these days.
SPEAKER 08 :
Has it strengthened you in your faith and in your commitment to standing for these principles no matter what, knowing that, you know, ultimately the truth does come out, but we have to be willing to stand for it?
SPEAKER 24 :
I certainly have seen an outpouring of God's grace over the last few months and faithfulness. At times it has not been easy, but he has been faithful, and we've seen that every day. And so it's been a hard but blessed three months.
SPEAKER 08 :
You know, I would like to say that you're the outlier, that no one else is ever going to have to face this again. But the reality is, in the world in which we're living, this is becoming more of the norm of simply standing up for truth and being challenged and being rejected in an effort to silence and cancel. What would you say to others out there that may run into a similar situation?
SPEAKER 24 :
No, there were multiple reasons that I did not back down and apologize, but that's certainly one of them. Because if you're speaking the truth and can be bullied into backing down or apologizing for speaking the truth, I think that's a really terrible example. To the next generation, these women and girls who are watching and seeing our example, I think that we need to set the standard, and that is to speak up for truth and not back down.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I think you have set a sterling example of doing it in a gracious way, but in a firm, unyielding way. Truth is truth, and we need to stand upon it. So, again, I want to commend you, and thank you, Laurel, for joining us today.
SPEAKER 24 :
Thank you so much.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, folks, State Representative Laurel Libby from Maine. You know, Maine's a beautiful state. It just happens to be kind of left-leaning in the big cities. But no matter where you're at, ultimately, I think each and every one of us, you're going to have that opportunity to stand for truth. And you don't want to wait until that day is upon you to consider what you're going to do. Now's the time to consider and make the decision. You're gonna stand for truth no matter what. All right, don't go away. We still have a lot more Washington Watch straight ahead.
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Last night, a soon-to-be-engaged Jewish couple, Yaron Laskinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgram, working for the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., were fatally shot after leaving the Capitol Jewish Museum. The man arrested for shooting the couple, Elias Rodriguez, was heard shouting, free Palestine, as he was being detained. The attack has left the Jewish community reeling, and it highlights the very real threat that anti-Semitism poses here in our own country and across the world. Here to discuss this, Ilan Carr. He's the CEO of the Israeli American Council and former U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor in Combat Anti-Semitism. Ilan, welcome to Washington Watch.
SPEAKER 10 :
Tony, good to be with you. I wish it were under better circumstances.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, last time we were together, I think it was actually at the Capitol for Benjamin Netanyahu and his speech to a joint session of a Congress, a much better occasion. But this is something you and I, in fact, our first meeting, I was chairing the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a hearing on global antisemitism. And you were with the previous Trump administration. You testified This is not something I expected here on the streets of America. I'll be very frank.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, you mentioned the prime minister's speech on Capitol Hill. And Tony, you remember well what that was like, right? They had to turn Capitol Hill into a military encampment, basically, and close the entire hill. And then there was tremendous violence. There was vandalism and violence and burning of American and Israeli flags in the street. And so we see, even in our nation's capital, the capital really of the free world, anti-American and anti-Semitic forces running amok. And I think that's really the story here. And this is more than just another incident. This is a major watershed moment. In this fight, we have to fight against Jew hatred. We have to understand how dangerous it is. We have to understand how prevalent it is. And we have to understand where this comes from. And when you look at Mr. Rodriguez's background and you look at the ideological indoctrination from which he fed to get to this point, It's very clear that we've got a real fight on our hands, and we need to stop the indoctrination of Americans in anti-American, anti-Western, and yes, anti-Semitic values that contradict the very spiritual DNA of our civilization.
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And as we are going back, making reference to that commission hearing that I chaired, Christians, people of other faiths, other than the Jewish faith, need to realize that that's the canary in the coal mine, which was part of the testimony of that commission, was that when the Jewish people are being attacked, that's just a first wave. And the Christians will be next. And, you know, I know the violence and we've seen what happened on college campuses. But to come to a point where someone in cold kills someone in cold blood and then, you know, shouts free Palestine. I mean, it's we've reached a new level. As you've pointed out, this is a watershed moment of a calloused culture. that this has to be not just more speeches. I will tell you, I was a little disappointed with what I'm seeing out of Israel. The Israeli politicians need to be fighting, blaming each other. This is a time we've got to come together and denounce this one and all.
SPEAKER 10 :
I couldn't agree with you more, Tony. I think our only answer is to unify around our shared values. The good guys, those with a spiritual commitment to a better world for our children have to unite. And by the way, this is a moment to unite. I mean, look, let's think about this. Yes, this was an anti-Semitic attack on a Jewish event in a Jewish institution, the Capital Jewish Museum. But you know, one of the two victims here is a Christian Zionist who paid the ultimate price for his love of Israel and the Jewish people. And so this has to be a unifying moment. We have to understand that all of us are in the crosshairs. And we are facing a despicable, violent, evil enemy that is bloodthirsty. We saw that on October 7th. We saw that on October 8th, and the global reaction of glee and joy at the murder of 1,200 Jews with medieval barbarity. And we see it today. We see it today in the United States. And that has to be the message here. And another thing, Tony, I want to talk about this free Palestine. You know, the New York Times Once again, getting it wrong, reported that he was arrested uttering a pro-Palestinian statement. He wasn't uttering a pro-Palestinian statement. Free Palestine, let's be clear, free Palestine is not a pro-Palestinian statement. It is an anti-Semitic call for genocide against the Jewish people. That's what that is. And we have to understand that when Americans are indoctrinated in anti-Semitic genocidal hate, They are being ruined. A generation of American kids are going to be ruined and raised in a culture of violence and aspiration to jihad, which is what we saw. And so we've got to fight this indoctrination of America's young people.
SPEAKER 08 :
Elon, we need to have a longer conversation about this because I think what I see anti-Semitism is, at its core, is a hatred of God. And it's been fostered and fomented in this country by pushing God out of our culture and out of our country. And the Jewish people are most closely identified with the J.O. Christian God. And that's what it is at its core. And we have to come together and stand with God. And we do. At the Family Research Council, we stand with our friends in the Jewish community and the nation of Israel. Elon, we're out of time, but I do want to get you to come back on. We need to talk more about this and talk about how we address these underlying issues because we cannot sustain this as a country.
SPEAKER 10 :
Correct. Thank you, Tony. Thank you for your moral leadership. And together we will win. That's the Israeli motto. Together we'll win. I believe that. Together we'll win. This is the time to unite and to win.
SPEAKER 08 :
Amen. Ilan, great to see you. Folks, stick with us because we're going to talk more about this and other items taking place this week on Capitol Hill. So don't go away.
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All right, welcome back. I'm Tony Perkins, your host. This is Washington Watch, the website, TonyPerkins.com. And better yet, get the StandFirm app. Download the StandFirm app and the App Store, and you'll have access not only to the... Washington Watch, but you'll have access to the Washington Stand, our news and commentary coming to you from a biblical perspective. And you'll have my daily commentary, Stand on the Word. And by the way, the word for today comes from Zechariah chapter 14. Behold, the day of the Lord is coming and your spoil will be divided in your midst. So what is the day of the Lord? Well, it's a term the Bible uses to describe the end times, the return of Jesus Christ. For those who reject God, it will be a day of reckoning. But for those in Christ, it will be a day of joy and justice. Listen to what the prophet Zechariah says. I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem. Half of the city will go into captivity, but the remnant will not be cut off. Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as he fights in the day of battle. So here's a news flash. Jerusalem will be at the center of global attention. Sound familiar? I mean, just look at the headlines. But let me be clear. There will be no permanent peace deal in the Middle East. Yes, we might see periods of managed peace, and we should work for those. but only if we recognize the spiritual dynamics behind the political ones. True peace, lasting, genuine peace will only come when the Prince of Peace returns and reigns. To find out more about our journey through the Bible, text the word Bible to 67742. That's Bible to 67742. All right, as we've been discussing today, this has been another big and busy week here in our nation's capital. From the all-nighters on Capitol Hill that led to the one big beautiful bill passing the House by one big vote, well... The week has been, well, quite busy. Joining me now to bring their insights to a number of issues is our panel of FRC experts, Kena Gonzalez, FRC Senior Director of Government Affairs, and Jared Bridges, the Editor-in-Chief of The Washington Stand. Jared, Kena, thanks for joining me today.
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Good to be back.
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So, Jared, I want to start with you first. I just finished a conversation with Elon Carr, former envoy for anti-Semitism in the previous Trump administration. You know, just blocks from FRC last night, two staff members from the Israeli embassy were shot and killed. What can you tell us about the victims of this senseless crime?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, Tony, the more you look into this, the more heartbreaking this is. The two victims were Yaron Lashinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgram. Yaron was 30 and Sarah Lynn was 26. They were engaged or planning to be engaged. Iran had bought a wedding ring and planned to propose very soon in Jerusalem. So this is very poignant in how it brings forth the victims of terror. These are people who have lives ahead of them, and it just underscores the fact that the humanity that this has taken away. As Elon mentioned earlier, Yaron Lachinsky was a Christian, a Jewish Christian. Our friends over at CBN just did an interview with a member of his congregation who talked about how just wonderful he was. And Sarah Lynn Milgram was a U.S. citizen as well. So these are, it just drives home the fact these are real people with real lives ahead of them.
SPEAKER 08 :
Was there any evidence yet to suggest that they specifically were targeted or were they just shot because they were coming out of this Jewish museum?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, I think that's that's going to be determined there right now. The charges on Elias Rodriguez. He was charged just this afternoon about an hour ago. He was charged with murder or foreign officials causing the death of a person through the use of a firearm. The discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence and two counts of first degree murder. So those are the initial charges, and I think as. As more comes to light, they'll put on, but the fact remains is, one, it was at a, the Capital Jewish Museum, and they were Israeli embassy officials and the attacker yelled free Palestine after he murdered them.
SPEAKER 08 :
I would have to think that this is ultimately going to be a case of terrorism, domestic terrorism.
SPEAKER 09 :
I wouldn't be surprised.
SPEAKER 08 :
And, of course, we know a little bit about that. We had one at our own building over a dozen years ago. All right, Kena, I want to go to you because you're kind of, been in the the spotlight of what's been happening in our nation's capital this week you've spent a lot of time in congressional offices in recent weeks leading up uh to the vote that took place early this morning now we talked about this top of the program but i want to dive a little bit deeper into this because there were some things that we were working on that we have been calling on people to weigh in on number one is total defunding of planned parenthood or abortion providing organizations. That happened. We also wanted to see the defunding of any type of government dollars, taxpayer money going to transgender procedures. That was not in there until the final hours of the bill last night. So what can you tell us about the final posture of the bill?
SPEAKER 15 :
Oh, Tony, it's always great to nerd out and tell people what's been going on in Washington for months. FRC has been advocating, as you said, to defund gender transition procedures and defund large abortion providers. And really, when we say defund, it's not about taking money away from them. It's about removing taxpayer liability to pay them. Abortion providers like Planned Parenthood receive hundreds of millions of dollars a year from the taxpayers. And this is abhorrent for those of us who are pro-life because their main business is abortion. And so it's been vitally important that this Republican Congress, that this Republican and pro-life administration and Congress working together remove taxpayer funding from abortion providers and remove taxpayer funding from gender transition procedures, which we know and a study just out from... Let me put a number on that.
SPEAKER 08 :
Let me put a number on that just so people know what we're talking about here. Last year, $800 million is what Planned Parenthood, just Planned Parenthood, that's not other organizations, that's just Planned Parenthood. So that's a lot of dollars.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yes, and last year, by the way, Planned Parenthood's political arm spent almost $80 million against President Trump. So it's a very politicized and very abortion-focused organization. It really does not deserve taxpayer funding.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, but Planned Parenthood also getting into the transgender space. Programs getting money there as well. But that now is removed from Medicare and Medicaid or Medicaid and other forms of government funding. So taxpayers are not going to be facilitating these experimental drugs and these irreversible surgeries on youth or anyone else.
SPEAKER 15 :
That's right. Until yesterday, it looked like that would come out of the House, but only meaning that the taxpayer would not be paying for these experiments on children, on young people under the age of 18. And last night, the House of Representatives amended that. Taxpayers need not pay for gender transition procedures, which are really experimental, as you say, for anyone.
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And again, I just want to commend our listeners and viewers. Tens of thousands of you took action, and your voice was heard. I had conversations with the speaker about this, and this, as Kena was talking about, was added in. and what's called the manager's amendment very late in the process. So some good things coming out. I mean, it's not perfect. We were talking with Congressman Burleson earlier, and even in our messaging, you know, there's more that can be done. Hopefully what we have will be preserved and added to in the Senate. So talk, Kena, just a little bit about that, the next steps.
SPEAKER 15 :
That's right. Now this bill goes over to the Senate, which has been sort of eagerly awaiting whatever would pass the House. And then it will head to the president's desk if the Senate and the House can agree. So it's got several more steps in it. Now is not to lay off, not the time to take our foot off the gas. And as you say, I and my team have been on the Hill nearly constantly for the last several weeks and frequently in the last several months. But we have supporters who are listeners and viewers of this show who have sent over 100,000 messages so far to Congress to get these provisions into the bill and to get them strengthened in the bill. And they can still do that, Tony. We have a tool online for them to do that.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right. Jared, other news this week. We were talking just earlier with Maine State Representative Laura Libby, regarding her case where she has been censored by the Democratic-controlled legislature there because she has brought up the issue of women's sports, transgenderism. This issue of transgenderism and It's really pivoted. I mean, we're actually getting ready to go into June, which has historically kind of been Pride Month. But we're seeing a lot of corporations pull back. There is a cultural shift that's taking place.
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Yeah, there certainly is. Momentum has been going the way of—or seemingly going the way of sanity. The question remains, though, are—I think if it's left to corporations to decide how that goes— They're probably gonna find their way going back the other way Because I think this issue is not dead I think you know some of the loudest voices have silenced their voices a little bit and kind of gone underneath so I think Christians need to be very vigilant on this issue. People like Laurel Libby, you saw what happened to her. They basically told her to shut up. And the margin on that censure vote for her is 75 to 70. Now, that's bigger than the margin that's in the US House right now. is 7%, if I did my math right. It's not huge. And we can't allow the left to have a totalitarian or act like totalitarians when there are plenty of people standing up for what's right, like Laurel Libby.
SPEAKER 08 :
Let me throw that out to both of you, though. When we look at this, and I agree with you, I don't think we could say that we have turned the corner here and that the entire culture has regained common sense. But I do think there's a shift that's taking place. My take is, and I want to hear from both of you, is that it has been because of people like Laurel Libby. It's been because of moms and dads at school board meetings. refused to allow the cancel culture to have its way, and they continued to stand and speak truth. And eventually, eventually, it got traction.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, I think being silent does not work. I think we saw that for years and years, and people standing up, people taking action, getting out of their seats, going to the school board meetings, and experiencing losses along the way, but still continuing the fight. I think that's what... needs to be done.
SPEAKER 08 :
And, Kena, we saw that really kind of with the House Freedom Caucus pushing back on the one big beautiful bill. It wasn't strong enough. And they had legitimate concerns. And they kept bringing them up. And they refused to support the bill until it got into a posture that it was acceptable. This process of making legislation, I remember back when I was in the legislature, they always called it kind of making sausage. It's not a pretty process. It's kind of ugly. But it's working. I mean, when you see what House Speaker Mike Johnson has been able to do by working through the process, giving everybody a voice, listening, instead of ramming things through, at the end of the day, it is working.
SPEAKER 15 :
That's right, Tony. This is in some ways what people are witnessing in Washington. Trump celebrated a new morning in America. But what we're really witnessing on Capitol Hill is a new morning of transparency. This is the difference between legislating where deals are made and contending factions push and pull and see where they can reach an equilibrium and where they can move a common goal forward as they are here. versus political theater which is what really I think a lot of Americans are used to and quite frankly sick of. So in some ways even though the process is at times slower, more frustrating, this kind of transparency is really good for the American people to see, There are other people in other parts of the country who have a different viewpoint, and their representatives in Washington are putting forward a different agenda. How is my representative going to be voting? How is my representative going to be negotiating for the things that I sent him or her to Washington to do?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, I know every time that there is a, you know, like a rule vote that that goes down or the leadership has to pull back a bill, you know, those in the press and others go crazy because that stuff doesn't normally happen unless you have an open, transparent process that allows everyone to bring their voice to the process, have a seat at the table and work to arrive at consensus. Now, you and I talked about this bill is not 100 percent of what we would put forward. Maybe 90 were close. It's a lot better than it started out. But that's the process. And I just think we need to be prayerful going into this process, but also realize that gains are being made along the way.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, real gains, solid gains, Tony, and gains that are honest and not political theater. It's really important. And folks that are listening and watching can still weigh in by going to frcaction.org slash defund and help us continue to hammer that message to the House has now passed it. Now it's going to the Senate. Your senators need to hear from you. And by the way, while you're there, you can see how your House member voted.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, Kenny, you get the last word. And Jared, thanks for joining us. Folks, I want to thank you for joining us as well. And I'm going to leave you with the word from the Apostle Paul, where he says, when you've done everything you can do, when you've prayed, when you've prepared, and when you have taken your stand, by all means, just keep standing.
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Join us as we engage with guest speaker Jeff Balaban, head of ACLJ Jerusalem, to discuss the impact of this tragedy on a personal and national level. This episode paints a detailed picture of the incident and explores the broader narratives of anti-Semitic rhetoric gaining traction in America. We reflect on how such horrifying events bring together communities while also scrutinizing the narratives propagated by those who seek to justify such acts. Through candid dialogues, we address the urgent requirement for vigilance and unity against all forms of hate.
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We've got breaking news. President Trump and other elected officials have responded officially to the killing of the Israeli diplomats at the Capitol Jewish Museum.
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And now your host, Logan Sekula. Welcome to Sekula. Will Haynes joining me in studio. We're going to go next segment to Jeff Balaban, ACLJ Jerusalem Head, who is in the States right now. Of course, we are covering the breaking news that came out overnight. It's going to be a somber show. This is not going to be our normal, joyous, fun, exciting. Hopefully, we'll bring some levity to your day. But obviously, we are covering news. The breaking news, this tragedy struck last night in Washington, D.C. on Capitol Hill as two Israeli diplomats were murdered in cold blood outside of an event at the Capitol Jewish Museum. Again, these are people who are Americans by birth. The man in the situation is a Christian. believer, and they had planned to get married. These are young people in their 20s and 30s, and it's an unfortunate situation to happen, but of course it's happening because of the rise of not only anti-Israel, but anti-Semitic rhetoric that is happening throughout this country right now. I wouldn't have been surprised to wake up and hear this happen on the streets of Tel Aviv, and I guess that's sad, or hear it happen on the streets of Jerusalem, or even in some other countries. But now it is on our doorstep. Our office is blocks from there in Washington, D.C. This was a targeted murdering of two people just because of not only the government they work for, but because of their beliefs and their background. because of their cultural ethnicity. And you can come up with a lot of different reasons. I heard some really horrible versions of this will go, well, you know, it's not about the fact that they're Jewish. It has to do with, you know, they're working for a government. I was like, why are we justifying murder ever? I don't believe you should be able to walk the streets of America with any religion, with any background, with any creed, with anything, and not have to be worried about being murdered Because of maybe who your boss is or because of where your family came from. But this is what's happening. So if we start justifying any of this, then we got to we got to stop. Now, President Trump has responded. So has Pam Bondi. President Trump's was in text. He put these horrible D.C. killings based obviously on anti-Semitism must end now. Hatred and radicalism have no place in the U.S., condolences to the families of the victims. So sad that such things can happen. God bless you all. So a very simple, poignant statement from President Trump. A bit more of a audio statement and also a bit more extensive from Attorney General Bondi. I think we should play that as well before we get to the break. Here is Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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I spoke to the President of the United States multiple times tonight on behalf of the President. His prayers are with All of us, all of the Jewish community, everyone in Washington, D.C., state, local, and federal agencies, and our great U.S. Attorney, Jeanine Pirro, who will be prosecuting this case, will be doing everything in our power to keep all citizens safe, especially tonight, our Jewish community. Our prayers go out. We have the FBI. All of our federal agencies will work hand-in-hand with you, Chief, as we have done and you, Mayor, to do everything we can to keep our citizens safe. We will follow the facts, we will follow the law, and this defendant, if charged, will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
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Yes, of course, I failed to mention that the shooter was captured. This wasn't in a situation where he's escaped or is dead, so you're gonna get some answers, and we have some answers already, including some manifesto-type documents have started to show up, and of course, they're everything that you think they are. I don't even think we have to go through them because you know what they are. You know the reasonings behind this. I did want to do a quick clarification, quick correction. The man who was murdered was an Israeli but born originally in Germany. His what was soon to be fiance was born in Kansas and now is an Israeli citizen as well. I hate this is happening in America. And, you know, we've been talking about it here at the ACLJ for a long time, our support of Israel. There's a reason why. We got to call it out. You got to call it out. You got to be a part of stopping what's going on. If you really believe in sort of an anti-violent message, it can never be justified. It can never be claimed just because of someone's background in the streets of America. We'll be right back. Welcome back to Seculo. Jeff Balaban is joining us, head of ACLJ Jerusalem, currently in the States right now. But we obviously wanted to hear from Jeff. Jeff, I was at an event last night, 50,000 people, very joyous event. I was excited to get home. It was me and my son talk about it on social media. We had a great time. And of course, I open up my phone and this is the breaking news that comes out and everyone starts posting and everyone starts posting. And unfortunately, due to how we live, You click on what the comments are. And the comments are exactly as you'd expect. That this is somehow deserving. That somehow, or maybe this is not real. This is a false flag because it's coming from Israel. Or maybe this is, the comments were just outlandish and absurd. And then I took to one of my friends who is definitely more on the other side of this issue. And the conversation quickly took a weird turn. It turned to, well, you know, they're not doing this because they're Jewish. They're doing this because they don't agree with what's happening in Israel. And there is a difference here. And of course, we have to have that discussion, that real open discussion with a lot of people, even in private and say, no, no, no, you need to understand really what this all means. And it's a somber day that this is now. I said in the first segment, if this had happened on the streets of Tel Aviv, on the streets of Jerusalem, I would be, you know, upset, but sadly that's become a fairly regular commonplace thing over the years. But now it is on the streets of our nation's capital. Now it is, the blood is on the streets of Washington, DC. Um, obviously we all have our own reactions to it, but I'll just let you speak here, Jeff.
SPEAKER 07 :
Sure. Thanks. Well, actually one of the reasons I'm here now is I just came back from DC, uh, last night and, uh, I was asked if I wanted to show up at that event, but there are a lot of events now because it's Jewish Heritage Month, so a lot of events in D.C., but I really needed to get back to New York, so I left last night, and then, like you, I saw it in the news. My reaction globally about this is the contextualization of this, whether it's the murderer himself, and apparently there's a manifesto, or it's the media that have been doing this from the beginning, or it's the terrorists who perpetrated October 7th, the atrocities against the Jews, and then try to cast themselves as victims. That's what always happens. You know, there is for 2000 years, there were many corners of the world in which Jews were being killed and Jewish life was cheap. And the argument that, well, Jews killed Jesus. So it's not only okay, but it's somehow morally good that every Jew who ever exists, who lives anywhere in the world is appropriately held accountable and appropriately targeted as a victim. And that's what in this generation happens. is the entire notion of the Palestinian. You know, they say Jesus was a Palestinian. Obviously it's observed. Jesus existed well before the constant Palestinian was ever created. But it is true in the reverse, which is, you know, it seems to be that Palestinians are all Jesus and somehow every Jew in the world everywhere Their lives are cheap. Their lives are acceptable and understandable when they're killed. And this idea is, it's not only that it's sick and disturbing, it's the same idea that destroyed civilization after civilization around the world. This idea that we want to find someone to hate and blame. Let's pick on the Jews. Let's find some way to make them the eternal outsider, some way to blame them for everything. And so every Jew becomes a victim, but it does damage not to the Jews as well, but it does damage to the society that does it. And the fact that this is now here in America and that this has become normalized by politicians, by the press and media, and it's taken up on college campuses, et cetera, this is the result. Murder.
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that just came in from dan bongino who said the fbi is aware of certain writings allegedly authored by the suspect and we hope to have updates as the authenticity very soon and that their office to the fbi believes there's no ongoing threat to the public at this time of course he continues on it's the same time we obviously have to have caution and and that's what's happening right now because uh there is still the news sort of trickling out as everyone tries to condemn and tries to talk about this but jeff this has not been strictly the left This has not been strictly the college campuses. We've seen the rise of this on the right as well. This sort of vitriolic anti-Israel, which becomes very quickly anti-Semitic behavior, anti-Semitic comments. You know, this is totally off the wall here, but you have this just came out. Kanye West, yee. just put out a big statement saying, please God, forgive him. He's no longer anti-Semitic and that maybe this has changed his mind or whatever. I don't know what's going on with him, but I will say, I hope. if anything positive could come out of this horrible, horrible tragedy, is for those who are maybe in the conservative side, and those who are on the liberal side, can now finally open their eyes and see that the violence is happening here on the streets, and the violence has to stop by the way, and it doesn't matter if you're a Christian, if you're a Jew, if you're a Muslim, it doesn't matter your ethnic background, you should be able to walk the streets of America and feel safe. One of our founding principles, maybe the first founding principle of the country,
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and there is no justification for murder sure by the way the a meeting i had on tuesday in washington one of the reasons i was there was with the senator who's on the homeland security com you know committee and was asking me about what we thought at aclj what i thought going back and forth into israel in terms of america's homeland security and this is what we talked about there is there is not enough of an awareness here israel there's an awareness because of the nature of where Israel exists and its own history. But in the United States of America, there's not enough awareness of what the threat is to our citizens here on our homeland. And the next day, this happens, not just in our homeland, but in Washington, D.C., you know, very nearby where I had that meeting with that senator talking about exactly this problem. We, in this country, need to be vigilant. We need to not only understand what the threat and the problem is in terms of narrative, but that we have to, our law enforcement, we must understand that this threat is real and viable. And as you say, Logan, it is not just coming from one part of the political spectrum. It is growing more and more across the spectrum and it endangers all of us as individuals and our society as a whole.
SPEAKER 11 :
And Jeff, I think what people on both sides of the political spectrum need to hear is what we talked about earlier this week when you had stepped out of a meeting in Washington, D.C. to join us by phone. And we talked about that clip that memory found from a Hamas leader, senior Hamas official on Libyan TV. talking about the American universities that are speaking from the river to the sea, which is even better than what the Arab leaders say. And it's a dream come true. And then he says that we will rebuild houses and we will produce dozens more babies for each martyr. They are the price we need to pay. And this violence that was perpetrated is something we have been warning of. that that is the natural extension of what was happening on university campuses and the vitriol that's coming from influencers and media personalities on both sides of the political spectrum, that that is the natural progression. And it is Hamas, the terrorist organization, not the people of the Palestinian territory in Gaza. It is Hamas who is celebrating today that their dreams are coming true, that in the nation's capital, Jews are being killed.
SPEAKER 07 :
I'm with you until the last part, William. It is the people in Gaza and Judea and Samaria, the Arabs there who are celebrating. They always celebrate the murder of Jews. We have not seen that they disagree with October 7th. There's a small, tiny percentage that may disagree about the timing of it because of the cost that's been imposed on them. But philosophically, politically, they have been in support of the notion of genocide forever. The entire Palestinian enterprise has been river to the sea. There's never been a Palestinian leader. There's never been a Palestinian movement. There's never been any evidence of a Palestinian base at all anywhere that has agreed that they can coexist with any Jewish state at all. So, no, the entirety of that enterprise is the genocide of the Jews. And River to the Sea is one aspect of that. And their charters, and the Hamas charter, you mentioned them by name, and basically every other major group in the Palestinian territories calls for the genocide of the Jews. And those who support them, that's what they support.
SPEAKER 09 :
Jeff, I think that you're right in the sense of we have these conversations and everyone's like, well, yeah, but you're a Christian or you're a religious Jew. Shouldn't you be praying for peace? Shouldn't you want peace? And of course, the idea is, yes, of course, we all of us would want end of all war in the whole world. You want that? But that's not the world we live in. And I think we also have to have our eyes open. We can't just go into something like this blindly. We only got about a minute here, Jeff. So I want to say I appreciate you coming on. I know this wasn't planned, but we wanted to hear your point of view as we head on to the rest of this show. By the way, if you have a question or comment related to this, I'd love to hear from you at 1-800-684-3110. But I'll give you 20 seconds here, Jeff, to wrap up before we got to go to break.
SPEAKER 07 :
Sure. I want to pick up what you said. Absolutely. I think the people who truly want peace, the only people in the region want peace are the Israelis. And they recognize that there's a population that's been raised now for three generations by UNRWA, by money pouring, calling for them to be genocidal maniacs. And the only way out of that is to change the way they're being raised. The Jews want peace there. The Israelis want peace there desperately. And they just can't get it.
SPEAKER 09 :
Jeff, thank you so much for joining us. I appreciate it. We're going to continue this coverage. And look, as people saw, I see the comments that people say, hey, the change of tone is a bit stark today, but what do you want us to do? I mean, when this kind of news comes across the line, you realize this is happening blocks away from our offices. This is happening on the streets of America. Time for everyone to wake up. I could be on here and yelling and screaming and giving you that. But instead, I think we need to be in mourning. I think we need prayers. for this family, for the Jewish community at large, for those who are having Jewish celebrations, Jewish weddings, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, holidays coming up, to walk without fear, to be able to have these without worrying about, do I need armed security at all of my events? You may have to. It may be the world we're living in now. We'll be right back. Welcome back to Secular. We are going to take some of your phone calls as well. And we're going to try to talk about some other topics that are related. We have some ACLJ work that's happening that's related to Israel. We will get to that other content as well. But of course, we are talking. Some of you have asked about what are those statements that have been made. Maybe you saw the title if you're watching on YouTube or Rumble saying President Trump responds. President Trump did respond. I'll read it to you. It's on Truth Social. It said these horrible D.C. killings based obviously on anti-Semitism must end now. Hatred and radicalism have no place in the USA. Condolences to the families of the victims. So sad that such things as this can happen. God bless you all. And there was also a response from Pam Bondi. There's been a response from Dan Bongino, from many others. I mean, obviously a lot of people are calling out saying how horrible this is. But again, also remember what kind of media you're taking in. I'm not going to call anyone out by name, but you know that there have been people on the right who have decided to take a pretty strong anti-Israel stance. And no, they're like, well, we could be anti-Semitic. You don't have to be anti-Semitic to be anti-Israel. But then they turn to anti-Semitism. They turn to the old blood libel, the old ways of throwing in essentially the controlling of the world, the controlling of the media. And you know who I'm talking about. Start getting your mind clear. I'm not saying you don't need to listen to certain people, because look, it's okay to hear other's point of view, but remember what this ends up pushing. Ends up pushing for two people about to get married on the streets of Washington, D.C., getting murdered in the name of this chaos. Let's go ahead and take a phone call. I want to go first to Adam, who is actually calling in Washington, D.C. Adam, you're on the air.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, thank you for taking my call. Can you hear me okay?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yep, it's great, Adam.
SPEAKER 1 :
Thank you.
SPEAKER 12 :
Great. I was listening to Fox News or looking at Fox News last night when they gave the news about this awful event. I was so hurt. I was just so hurt, especially when they told me that it was a young couple getting ready to get married. I tell you, I am so angry about this. I don't know what to do. Yeah, Adam. I just pray that President Trump and Congress, this thing is a cancer. Cancer is very, very dangerous. And it's spreading throughout this country and throughout the world. I think that the people on college campuses, the professors, and all these other people who are spreading hatred, we have to do something. If the Constitution has to be changed, let's change it. Because this cancer is killing us.
SPEAKER 09 :
Hey, Adam, I'm only cutting you off because there was some beeping going on for our radio audience. I apologize. I agree with you in terms of this cancer that has spread, it feels like, throughout this country. And this is where it ends up. It ends up with people getting murdered on the streets. Now, I think you need also here, and I think we have this bite, which is a clip from one of the leaders of Hamas. One of the leaders of Hamas went on a podcast and talked about, you know what he loved? He loves seeing what's happening on those college campuses in America. Do we have that? Yeah, that's bite four. We're going to go and roll that.
SPEAKER 03 :
Who could have imagined that students in America at universities from which the politicians graduate would protest against their leaders and against Zionist occupation and say that Palestine must be liberated from the river to the sea?
SPEAKER 13 :
Not just the 1967 borders, like most of our Arab leaders say.
SPEAKER 08 :
They oppose the Zionist enterprise in its entirety.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right, this is a dream come true. Today, the number of Muslims is multiplying because of what is happening in Gaza. Today, Gaza is giving a new interpretation to the Holy Quran. People used to read the verses, but perhaps did not understand what they meant. Now, when they see what is happening in Gaza, they understand the meaning of many of these verses.
SPEAKER 13 :
because of many details that are evident every day in Gaza.
SPEAKER 03 :
So what is happening in Gaza is not about 100 destroyed houses or 1,000 martyrs.
SPEAKER 13 :
The story is much bigger.
SPEAKER 03 :
Gaza today has taught a lesson not just to the occupation, but to the Islamic nation and the world. The implications, fruits and outcome are extensive. We will rebuild the houses and will produce dozens more babies for each martyr.
SPEAKER 13 :
They are the price we need to pay.
SPEAKER 09 :
One of the leaders of Hamas doing a podcast interview, again, not only talking about what I was discussing, which was, could you imagine the students in the universities as they graduate would be protesting there on the university campuses? This is, again, Hamas celebrating what's going on in America. And then talking about, you know, they talk a lot about life and whether life has any real meaning to the people in Hamas. And they say, no, I mean, they're at least admitting it. Saying, look, we don't care if it's 10,000 babies. We'll replace those babies four times. That's the price to pay. That's where we're at. So remember, when this person claims to have been instigated by what was happening in Gaza and the lack of humanitarian aid, the alleged lack of humanitarian aid, which, by the way, the BBC had to retract a good portion of that statement. They said 14,000 children are going to die within 48 hours. And they had to come back and go, oh, we meant 48 months. Maybe it was a correction. And allegedly, that's one of the things that motivated this shooter was seeing that in the news. So when you create lies, this is what happens. When you push a rhetoric that goes beyond just disagreeing with the government, but starts calling for people, calling for global conspiracy from a certain group of people, then you know where it's going to hit. And then you hear there, of course, in those comments, and a lot of people have asked about what some of the responses are from maybe the other side. We've heard now from Dan Bongino. We've heard from President Trump. We've heard from A.G. Bondi. But what about someone like Congresswoman Omar, Ilhan Omar? Let's hear what she had to say today.
SPEAKER 11 :
Congresswoman Omar, can I get your reaction to the shooting that happened in D.C. last night? I'm going to go for now.
SPEAKER 09 :
I'm going to go for now. So, you know, couldn't even have anticipated that. Congresswoman Omar, we know you have no love for the Jewish people. We know you have no love for Israel. But how about you come up with a half sentence answer that could at least maybe calm people down. But instead, you knew you were going to get asked this. You knew it. First thing you knew you'd be asked this. But of course, you just say, I'm going to go for now.
SPEAKER 11 :
And what we have seen also, though, there are people on the Democrat side that have issued stronger statements, obviously, than Ilhan Omar. Hopefully. There's not really a weaker statement you can make. The governor of Pennsylvania, who himself was targeted on Passover... Because he is Jewish and supports Israel. Josh Shapiro, he issued a statement and tied his own experience with he and his wife also got engaged in Jerusalem. very similar to what was about to happen in just the following weeks. And he said, Yaron and Sarah should have had the same opportunity and a life together far beyond what their murderer cut short. May the memories be a blessing and a call to action for each of us. And I agree with the governor here. One, he has been a victim as well of this hatred and this targeting because he is Jewish and supports Israel.
SPEAKER 09 :
And it should be a call to action. Between him and Fetterman, I think you're going to have a large group of Democrats that are no longer Democrats very soon. I think you're going to see them shift. Now, do I think they're going to become Republicans? Maybe not. But you have a wake-up call both sides of the aisle here. You either can condemn this and actually condemn what's happening and actually wake up to murder happening on your own streets. Or you're going to stay silent still. Or you're going to condemn Israel still only. You're not going to have the important conversations. You're going to say, I'm going to go for now. But it's time we call it out where it needs to be called out. And look, we have a second half hour coming up. If you don't get us on your local station, we're going to continue this conversation as well as take your calls at 1-800-684-3110. We're also going to talk about some of the news coming out of the International Criminal Court that the ACLJ is involved in and how that affects Israel as well. So find us right now broadcasting live on YouTube, Rumble, wherever else you get your podcasts. keeping you informed and engaged now more than ever this is seculo and now your host logan secular welcome back to secular we do a second half hour of the broadcast right now of course we are talking about the brutal murder that happened on the streets of washington dc of two israeli diplomats one of them originally born in america born in kansas uh the Man in this situation, this was a couple that were about to be engaged in Israel. The man in this situation, Christian, Messianic, believer. Not that that makes it any better or any worse, but I think you should know the facts of what you're dealing with here. Some of them felt called to be a part of Israel, to work with them. Of course, both of them with citizenship, dual citizenship. But this was on the streets of Washington, D.C. As a gunman approached them... killed both of them, and then went inside the museum, pretended to be the victim or to be someone who had seen the crime, was offered water, was offered any kind of comfort, and then had to eventually fess up that, oh yeah, I was the one who did the murder, and then went on a rant for a free Palestine. Again, changing the narrative a little bit as well. When someone walks in and what do the Jewish people do in the Israeli event? Took care of them. Treated him with respect. Gave him water. Gave him food. Comforted him. And then, of course, had to admit that he was, in fact, the murderer. That's what we're dealing with right now. And, look, this show is very upbeat, typically. We try to keep it not necessarily light, but keep it moving and keep it energetic. Because we know you're listening on your lunch break or you're listening later on. But you can't do that today. We have to be honest. And this has been such a big part of the ACLJ's work, Will. We could talk about that because the ACLJ has been involved not only in our support of Israel, the ACLJ Jerusalem, but also our support of Israel at the International Criminal Court. And there's some updates there.
SPEAKER 11 :
That's right. And this entire lie that you see in this alleged manifesto that Dan Bongino said they're trying to verify is a dehumanizing of Jews. It is saying that you can go after them, you can kill them because it dehumanizes them. And that's not a... new evil that is an ancient evil that has been around and that has been fought for a long time but also part of that that same lie is what's happening at the ICC where they're trying to issue arrest warrants and go after Benjamin Netanyahu the defense minister for war crimes and And so they are furthering that lie at the ICC. Originally, the pretrial committee there moved it ahead. But it was pushed back by the appeal that they had jurisdiction to issue these arrest warrants by the appellate level at the ICC. We filed originally in that pretrial chamber and pushing back that they don't have jurisdiction over Israel. But we now have another opportunity to engage again. We filed leave to be able to file another brief as the appellate level kicked it back down, saying, no, you actually need to listen to Israel's side. What happened the first time? It was all based off of people that hate Israel and calling them war criminals. So it's been pushed back down. We are going to engage again. We've already filed that leave to file another brief, something we have done prior, and we will continue to fight back against that lie at the ICC. Because if the global bodies are able to say they're war criminals, what they're doing is inhumane, it feeds in to this evil that you see on college campuses from this murderer, assassin, terrorist, whatever descriptor you want to call the man that carried out this attack last night. It's that same mindset and ideology that Israel is evil and it dehumanizes Jews. And then it justifies for these evil people, their actions against them.
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All right. Phone lines are open for you right now at 1-800-684-3110. Of course, we've been supporting Israel the entire time. You can be a part of it as well. Help defend Israel against these global attacks and not only global attacks, attacks that are now happening. on the streets of America as two Israeli diplomats were just assassinated on the streets of Washington, D.C. Again, these are young people by a Hamas supporter. If you want to stand up against this, we've got the team to do it. Go to ACLJ.org. See how you can support. See if you can become a champion. We would appreciate it. But no, right now, we really could just use your prayers and your support. Be right back. Welcome back to Sekulow. Of course, a more somber day as we are talking about the assassination of Israeli diplomats on the streets of Washington, D.C. Not something I was hoping to say. Of course, we're not talking about just high-level people or whoever this may be. We're talking about two young people who were planning on getting engaged in the next few days in Israel. Will just read me a quote from the mother who said they're worried about her traveling to Israel. They weren't worried about her in Washington, D.C. Of course, I feel like that's how a lot of us should feel. Understand there's a war in Israel right now. Of course, going there is risky. I'm not saying you shouldn't go. A lot of people do go. A lot of our team's gone. But you understand the inherent risk of it. Going to an event in Washington, D.C. should not be that case. I do want to hear from Mike Huckabee, who we should listen to. He obviously is now the ambassador to Israel from the United States, something he felt very called to do. And someone who has been just probably one of the biggest supporters of Israel in our lifetime. someone who's been so strong and passionate about this that this felt like his ultimate calling from God to do this. Mike Huckabee, former Southern Baptist pastor, I believe. We're not talking about, again, a lot of these people are Jesus-believing Christians, including the man who was murdered. And again, nothing that makes it any better or any worse, but it's just the facts. Because they're going to paint it when you talk to your friends. Well, these were diplomats. They're not going to paint it as this was a 29-year-old, 30-year-old Christian. So let's hear from Mike Huckabee.
SPEAKER 02 :
People here in Israel are devastated, Brian. It is a disheartening act that happens in the U.S. nation's capital. I think everybody is just in shock. I got a call early this morning, Jerusalem time, from Pam Bondi, the attorney general. She was at the scene. She gave me a brief on what was going on. I've spoken with the foreign minister. I've spoken with the minister, the ambassador of Israel to the U.S. and to the father of the young man who lives here in Israel. The tragedy is that they were expecting to be engaged to be married next week here in Israel. They had already bought the ring. They were coming to Israel to seal their engagement. And it's just a horrific tragedy, an act of terror, and another way in which we have to recognize Jewish people all over the world are being singled out for these kind of horrible attacks.
SPEAKER 11 :
And I think it's interesting also you brought up, you know, obviously that our ambassador to Israel was a former Southern Baptist pastor. And you also talk about the victim here, who one of his professor at the Argaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem, who he had taken a year-long program under this professor, described him as a devout Christian, but he had tied his fate to the people of Israel. And I do think that there needs to be called out to some degree a rot that's happening in many churches in this country and probably globally at this point where they're buying the lies of jihadis and they are parroting the cause of terrorists. The one democracy in the Middle East where Christians can live and worship and visit are who they are turning on and believing ancient blood libels and tropes that the Jews killed Jesus, which is such a lie from the pit of hell when you think about how limiting they are of God, misunderstanding the redemption story of Jesus that... Christ died for everyone because of the world's sin, not because he was murdered by an ethnic group. in the story of the Bible. This is not something that can be allowed to fester because it's anti-Christian. It doesn't understand the redemption story, but it is festering and rotting in many circles here in America that are buying the lies of jihadis and terrorists in their Christian churches.
SPEAKER 09 :
Let's take a call about that. I want to go to Bill who's calling in Texas, who's an ACLJ champion. Bill, we always appreciate you calling in. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 08 :
Hey, I don't think freedom of speech means that you can go around and say that you want to kill people and annihilate people from the river to the sea and all these other things that are said about the Jews. Well, what if these people were saying that about white people or black people or gay people? It wouldn't be tolerated. It's not free speech. It's something else. And that's what's causing all these hate-filled texts and videos that people post, Jews and other people. That's what causes this.
SPEAKER 09 :
You're right. It doesn't matter. There's a book called Jews Don't Matter, and it kind of goes into this situation, which is it's the only ethnic group, the only religious group and ethnic group that can honestly be freely targeted and doesn't get any of the response. And now you're seeing that response not just from the left, but you're seeing it from the right as well. You're seeing it from the American people. You're seeing murder on the streets. And look, do I think you should have freedom of speech if you don't agree with what the Israeli government is doing? Of course. There are a lot of people in Israel that don't like what the Israeli government is doing. It's not unlike America in that sense. There are multiple parties. There are multiple people, different feelings. Not everyone is a conservative. Not everyone is a liberal. They certainly don't fit into the same molds that we do here in America. Maybe the closest thing to America, but still not. Do I think you should have the right to do all that? To say these things? To take to the streets if you disagree with what's going on? Sure. But get yourself educated. Like you said, they say from the river to the sea, which an explicit call to genocide. Yeah, you know what? Probably though, if you asked them, they probably don't know what the river is. They probably don't know what the sea is. And they certainly don't even know what they're saying. And I've learned that so abundantly clear when I talk to some of my friends. They see images online and all they do is form their opinions on that. They get no news sources. They do no facts. They see a headline. They share it. They move on with their day. They don't actually know the details of what's happening. And of course, then there's the people that create those facts. And those people that create the facts, they are the ones that want the murder to be happening in the streets. They do want the ones, they are the ones who want to radicalize people throughout our country and around the world. And they do a pretty good job with it. So that's why we've had to stand up. That's why we've had to say stuff. That's why we ask you to share our content. Because if not, we're going to get lost. You have to embrace what's going on in society. Or you have to make sure you put your content, like I said, not behind a paywall. Do you think you're gonna reach anybody that way? Okay, we know what the radical right, if you will, and the radical left that are anti-Semitic and are anti-Jewish and anti-Israel, what they're doing, they're putting out content freely. Why? Because they want you to share it. They want you to post on X about it. They want you to share it on your Facebook. They want you to comment and say something snarky. They want you to play into old tropes and racism. And if we're gonna call out, as he said, call out racism for every other race, If we're going to call out sexism, if we're going to call out anyone who has these issues, in America, we should be able to live as free as we'd like. Sure, there are standards that we have, what's legal, what's not, on the streets. But if it's within those boundaries, you shouldn't have to worry about walking down the street. You shouldn't. I want to go ahead and take one more call before we head to break. Let's go to John, who is calling in Maryland. John, go ahead.
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Yeah, I just wanted to say, I think a lot of, I'm a Christian, I have Christian friends, and I have Jewish friends, and a lot of them, they need to get their head out of the sand. You know, they're like that big bird, and they just stick their head down in the sand. And they think that what happened in Germany in the 30s can't happen here. And when they say, from the river to the sea, what's going to be next? After they take care of the Jews, then they're going to come after the Christians, which is going to be, what, from the East Coast to the West Coast? That's the only way America's going to be free.
SPEAKER 09 :
Look, John, I'm looking at the comments right now on our YouTube channel. We are getting slammed right now with trolls that are coming in with anti-Semitic posts. I know our team has been hard at work at trying to shut down those that are in there doing this. I've seen it continually being posted today. They're riled up. And maybe they're real people, maybe they're bots. Because honestly, they've been able to do that, as you said, and they've been able to get Jewish people to feel bad about their Judaism, to feel bad about their background, to disassociate themselves from the state of Israel. That's not exclusive. That's certainly not happening on all fronts, but it certainly is working. It's why when I walk down the street, maybe occasionally I'll take my Star of David and I'll put it in my shirt. It's not that I want to. It's not that I don't feel ashamed to do it. I do. but I'm worried about the safety of my family as I walk down the street. And now there's a reason to. Now we've had the fear happen, which is not just someone in an argument, in a protest, getting hit over the head with a megaphone, which is horrible, but you're in the middle of a protest. It's heated. Stuff like that could happen. It's terrible. Don't condone it. But for someone to just walk out of a party, walk out of an event, and get assassinated because of their background, Because of their job? Because of their ethnicity? Again, not the country we live in. Fortunately, it is the country we live in, but it shouldn't be. All right. Hey, when we get back, we're going to take as many calls as we can. I'd like to hear from you. We got two lines open still. Maybe three, actually, when John's gone. John, I appreciate your call. 1-800-684-3110. Support Israel. Support our work. We really would appreciate it and share this kind of content. People need to see it. I mean, again, the content that's coming in right now, that I'm seeing on our YouTube channel and guys are we not can we get some better moderation here I mean I'll be honest I don't want to call out my own team here but it's pretty brutal right now 1-800-684-3110 1-800-684-3110 to be on the air or you can give us a call and like I said go to ACLJ.org become an ACLJ champion if you can we'll be right back Welcome back to Secula. We're going to spend this segment taking your calls and comments. Again, I appreciate those who have been respectful to our phone screeners. I always appreciate that. I know that certainly helps you get on the air quicker. But some of you have been on hold for a long time. Let's go to Scott in Nevada who is listening on the radio. You've been on hold for 35 minutes. I appreciate it, Scott. Go ahead with your comment.
SPEAKER 05 :
Hi, thanks for taking my call. I just wanted to say, going back to the second segment, we were talking about the residents of Gaza. I believe that they fully support the assassinations that they did yesterday and that the majority of them would care for more assassinations. And I believe a small minority in America believes that it was okay to do that. I think that until there's a regime change or an ethical change, or some kind of change, it's going to continue that way.
SPEAKER 11 :
Thank you for taking my call. Well, and Scott, you have to remember that Hamas was elected in Gaza. The Israelis left occupying, as they like to say, the Gaza Strip. They left the security arrangement that was there to stop the festering of terrorism. And they, during the Bush administration, left Gaza, And the people of Gaza held an election. The Palestinian Authority, which is no less terroristic, just not as overtly anymore, but they still support it. They still pay terrorists with their pay to slay program. But the people of Gaza didn't elect ISIS. The more moderate terrorists, they elected Hamas. Now, Hamas hasn't had more elections. They've maintained their grip on power. But you have an elected terrorist organization that rules over Gaza and takes the supplies from the UN to build tunnels to commit more terrorism. And they keep these people suppressed. And also, then the UN comes in with their UN schools. What are they teaching in the UN schools through UNRWA? Hatred of Jews. Their curriculum. All of these things. It works together. And oh, by the way, many UNRWA people, teachers and other aid workers, what did they help out with? October 7th. So this isn't something that you can just separate the people of the Palestinian territories and the government they elected decades ago, because at the end of the day, This entire issue is continuing because of an ancient hatred of the Jewish people.
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Absolutely. We do know there were, honestly, more Palestinian Christians than there are now in these areas in Gaza and in the West Bank. We helped many of those families, many of those Christian families who a lot of their relatives were murdered, including a husband of a Christian bookstore. That's an old case we did back in 2009 that we made a documentary on. I mean, this is how long, that's a short term. Of how long this has been happening. So we don't call out every person. We know there has been small uprisings within Gaza against Hamas. However, I hope that eyes are opened. And look, I understand you're in wartime. It's hard not to side with your own country in some sense. But we know that, as Will said, it's deeply rooted in even their education system. So to change all of that is going to need radical change. And I pray for it and I hope it comes. I would love for the middle East to be in peace. Um, and hopefully in my lifetime, let's go to Kathy. Who's calling California. You're on the air.
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Hi, thank you so much for taking my call. I listen to you guys every day and I love your stuff. And this is just really heartbreaking what happened to this young couple. And basically I just, I've been hearing conservative people that I've respected for years and even revered because they were intelligent and everything, saying crazy things that, you know, ascribing to things lately because of this whole conflict in Gaza that I never would have thought. And I just want to say that as a Christian, that we were grafted into the root of Jesse without the root, without the stump, without the life that comes from that, which is the Jewish nation. There is no Christ. There is no Christianity. So anyone who says they're a Christian, I just can't understand.
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I agree with you. I agree with you. It's been shocking, to say the least, to hear some of the rhetoric coming out of some of these people, like you said, that you revered, that you thought of as intelligent people. A lot of energy was spent on Kanye West. We talked about this on Ye. Here's my difference in opinion on that. is that I see him as someone who has a lot of issues, ups and downs, a lot of mental problems, talked about it very openly. He also is someone who has just struggled in general with his beliefs and all of this, and he's surrounded a celebrity. But he's surrounded by people who somehow are propping that up. Now, today he comes out, apologizes. You know what? I don't look at Kanye West. I'm not really scared of Kanye West in that sense. I actually think he's an artist who is a really disturbed individual. We should pray for him. I believe he believes what he says. However, I think we should pray for him. What does really bother me is these people who I know are either doing one of two things. They're either just riling up a base on the right that still has their racist intuitions, who still has whatever part of the Klan that still exists. They still can rile people up and they either believe it themselves, which is terrifying, Or they're doing it just for clicks. And I'm not so sure which one is which, but they know they'll find an audience. And sadly, they'll find an audience on the right. And it's happening with some of those leading prominent names. We've seen some of these big organizations take really big hits because they have stood up against it. It's really a shame. And it is shocking. And I agree with you. We got to pray for all these people as well. Let's continue on. We got two and a half minutes. We'll take a couple more calls. Michael's calling in Florida. Watch it on YouTube. You're on the air, Michael.
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Gentlemen, just to piggyback on what you just said, it almost seems like when it comes to racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, anti-Christian, whatever, it's one that we all know what that is on the face. But what's terrible is when you take that and pervert the truth of what's happening just to support your own view or ideology, whatever.
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they're israeli so of course they maybe deserved it or they you know why people are mad hamas is a death cult that dehumanizes all human life so that they can further their power agenda we know that because of the clip we played earlier earlier where he talked about thousands of death in gaza are the price we need to pay and then you also see that that ideology from this attacker does not have any pro-life view because it is morally justified because he dehumanizes Jews. So it's the same death cult ideology.
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We got two more calls. I'm gonna see if we can get through them really quick. Pamela, we're running out of time, but go ahead with your comment real quick.
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I'm just, frankly, very, very disappointed and probably offended at the Christian community, not only in the United States, but around the world. You know, number one, Jesus, our Savior, is a Jew. And they keep silent. They don't say anything about anti-Semitism when they know, or should know at least, that their Bible, our Bible, which we're all supposed to believe in.
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We share a big portion of it. Hey, I'm only cutting you off, Pamela. I hate it. But we are running out of time. But no, I feel the same way. They're scared. Or they're not sure what side to go with. But the ones who aren't speaking that are pro-Israel, they're scared. And look, look what's happening on the streets of this country. I can't blame them. I can't say that I haven't woken up in fear of these kind of things happening. Dee, I'm sorry we're not going to be able to get to you today. Please call back, though, because I think you have a very important question. But we can't get to you today. Support the work of the ACLJ. If you can, go to ACLJ.org. I appreciate all of you who watch this show, listen each and every day. We've got some amazing work that our team is doing. And thanks for getting through the show with us today. See you tomorrow.
Welcome to the Kim Monson Show podcast. Kim Monson is your host. Taxes and regulation are immutable facts about living in this time. CEO of First American State Bank Jay Davidson notes it is difficult to understand just how much time, money, and effort are wasted in complying with regulations. Davidson also notes that we private citizens pay for every dollar our government spends. Dr. Jill Vecchio continues our discussion regarding healthcare in America. And we’ll talk with new show sponsor Karen Gordey, owner of Radiant Painting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Kim Monson Show airs on KLZ 560 AM every Monday thru Friday, 6-8 AM MST. You can listen to the live stream by going to www.klzradio.com
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It's the Kim Munson Show, analyzing the most important stories.
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The latest in politics and world affairs.
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With what is happening down at the Statehouse, I used to think that it was above my pay grade to read the legislation, and it's not.
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Is it freedom or is it force? Let's have a conversation.
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Indeed. Let's have a conversation. And welcome to The Kim Munson Show. Thank you so much for joining us. You're each treasured. You're valued. You have purpose today. Strive for excellence. Take care of your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body, my friends. We were made for this moment in history. Thank you to the team. That's Producer Joe, Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie, Mike, Teresa, Amanda, and all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting. It is Thursday, Producer Joe. Happy Thursday, Kim. Happy Thursday. And Memorial Day is right around the corner. It's hard to believe.
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It is. I'm so excited, honestly, to go outside and enjoy the day.
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I know. It's such beautiful days these days. Hey, check out the website. That is Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. We have all of our past shows there and our essays. And you can just click on the images and all that stuff comes up. And sign up for our weekly email newsletter while you're there. You'll get first look at our upcoming guests for the next week as well as our most recent essays. You can email me at kim at kimmunson.com. Thank you to all of you who support us. We're an independent voice on an independent station searching for truth and clarity. by looking at these issues through this lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something's a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. And it's never compassionate nor altruistic to take other people's stuff, whether or not it's their rights, their property, freedom, livelihoods, opportunities, childhoods, or lives via force. And force can obviously be a weapon, but also policy and unpredictable and excessive taxation, fear, coercion, government-induced inflation, and The agenda of the World Economic Forum and globalist elites played out through the United Nations, this Colorado State Legislature, the Colorado Governor, land use codes, zoning regulations, forest fees, conservation easements, national monument designations, transmission lines easements, CO2 pipeline easements, and the list goes on and on. We need to contract that. and get government back into its proper role. Remember, if something's a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. And on the show, we focus on the issues, and we'll mention the people regarding those issues, but we're trying to stay out of all this personality fighting. And I'm really excited to have in studio with me Karen Gorday. Karen is the owner of Radiant Painting and Lighting, a new sponsor of the show. We are thrilled to have you.
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I'm excited to be here, Kim. Thank you.
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It's great to have you. And also our partnership liaison, and that is Teresa Irby. Teresa, it's always great to have you here.
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Good morning, everyone. It's wonderful to be here, Kim.
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And you voiced the spot for radiant painting and lighting, and I just love it when I hear it.
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Correct. You just get to have a little bit of me every day.
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I love it. I love it. So our word of the day, Karen, is immutable. And I chose that because Jay Davidson, who is our featured guest in the first hour, is talking about an essay that was at American Thinker. And he said that taxes and regulation are immutable. And so the definition on this and how to spell it, it's I-M-M-U-T-A-B-L-E. And it could be not subject or susceptible to change, not capable or unchangeable. So your challenge is to use immutable in a sentence today. And I would say the founding of, you know what, the vision of America, our Constitution, the original Constitution should not be immutable. How's that Karen? Do you like that?
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I do like that. Yes.
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Okay. Did you practice anything using immutable at all? I did. Okay. What do you have?
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So this is what I came up with. Paint colors may change more often than the Colorado weather, but our commitment to quality, that's immutable.
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Oh, well done. Well done. Teresa, did you try anything?
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In our lovely state of Colorado, they are trying to take away our immutable right to freedom of speech with House Bill 1312.
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Well done. Well done. Our quote of the day is from Ludwig von Mises. Of course, he was either the founder or the Austrian economics. And, of course, Jay Davidson is a real student of that. So I thought I would go to Ludwig von Mises. He was born in 1881. He died in 1973. And he was an Austrian-American political economist. and philosopher of the Austrian school. He wrote and lectured extensively on the social contributions of classical liberalism and the central role of consumers in a market economy. He's best known for his work in praxeology, particularly for his studies comparing communism and capitalism, as well as being a defender of classical liberalism. And he said this, the criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it. And so that's why we search for truth and clarity, because that's our North Star. That's where we are headed on that. I wanted to just mention this. Yesterday we talked about this, what's been going on in South Africa for a long time. And Yvonne had called in yesterday and she had actual proof. Somebody that she knew from South Africa rolled up his sleeves and showed the burn marks where he had been tortured. And so then she texted me later in the day. She said, hey, Trump is talking about this. And Trump had the let's see here. It says that this is from Reuters. It said U.S. President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday with explosive. But get this now. I saw this in two of the mainstream media stories with explosive false claims of white genocide and land seizures during a tense White House meeting that was reminiscent of his February ambush of Ukrainian leader Zelenskyy. And, again, just in that sentence, they say that he ambushed Zelensky. Zelensky had met with Democrats before that and was belligerent. And then this says that this is explosive false claims. And, Karen, one of our listeners had sent me a video in South Africa of crosses lined up alongside a road of all the people, the white people that had been murdered. Wow. So can you believe this? And so that was Reuters. And then this is from AP. The headline, Teresa, says Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the systematic killing of farmers. Can you believe it?
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I can, unfortunately.
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And then get this one from The New York Times, this headline. It says, when Trump was the one taking land from farmers. So I clicked on that. And it says, the president has railed against South Africa's seizures of land of white farmers. I guess right there, they're admitting truth. But it says in the Oval Office yesterday, falsely accusing his government of seizing land from white farmers as part of a systemic persecution of Afrikaners, the white ethnic minority that led the apartheid regime. And it says, you can take away land for no payment, Trump claimed, making an accusation that skipped over the facts and amplified false claims of mass killings of white South Africans that have long circulated on the right. Says then President Cyril Ramaphosa pushed back. And then it went on to say that the claims that they are going after Trump for is the eminent domain of taking land at the border, for the border wall. And in eminent domain, in America, there is compensation when eminent domain is used. So this narrative is pretty wild. I can't believe it. Karen, any comments on that?
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That is wild. It's amazing how they're one-sided in the reporting.
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It really is. But Karen, I want to get over to you. We are so excited to have Radiant Painting and Lighting as a new sponsor. And I went to your website, and the photos of both your work on painting and also on lighting, which that's probably more around Christmastime, yes?
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It is, but we can decorate for any holiday.
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Okay. Well, tell us a little bit more about Radiant.
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So I had a franchise for about six years. I got out of the franchise and then started my own company a couple days later. And so we're relatively new, but not new from an experience perspective. And I kept my painters from the first business, and we were off to the races. And we're not the cheapest, but we're not the most expensive. We like to stay right in the middle, and we're all about quality.
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Okay, and so do you do both exterior and interior? Yes. Okay.
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Yes, and we can paint cabinets, and then, of course, we have the lighting component as well.
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Okay, and lighting, is that indoor and outdoor as well?
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It's outdoor holiday lighting, so it's full service. Come out. We talk with you, find out what you want as far as, like, colors, yard decorations to go along with the lighting or not. And then we put them up, and then after the holidays, we come take them down, store them, and they're ready for next year.
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You store them? Yes. Okay. Well, one thing, these inflatable, and I know this is not in your bailiwick, but I have found, speaking of storing, I have a neighbor that has the inflatable or whatever it is for every season. And I was thinking if it wasn't inflatable, they would have a real storage problem.
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Absolutely. Even though they... you've got to fold them and you've got to have big box crates to store them. So they still have significant storage. Exactly. Yes.
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Okay. And what is maybe something that really makes you different than most painters out there?
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So a lot of painters out there have lots of layers, and you deal with someone for sales, and you deal with someone for project management, and you deal with someone else for the final walkthrough. And we really have that streamlined, and we really focus on the quality. We show up when we say we're going to show up, and then we do what we say we're going to do with the products that we said we're going to use.
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What a novel approach, Teresa.
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Is it okay? I would like to say one of the things that I loved when I talked with Karen about her business is that when she described a job and a client that she's out, she said, I want to treat their home like it's my own. That's pretty important to me.
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Yeah, I love that. I love that. What's the trick? I've heard of people getting their windows painted shut. What's the trick on that?
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So that should not happen. There's some coordination with the customer. So when we're painting, we typically don't care if the customer is around or not. But if we are painting windows, we want the customer there when we're painting the windows after a week. paint those, then, you know, 10, 15 minutes later, have them open the windows. And that way, we're not having to go back and unstick them down the road. Because that's a that's a big issue, especially on the older homes, where all the windows, you have the window trim, and you have the windows themselves painted, really need to make sure those are opened, you know, within minutes of painting.
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Okay. And how can people reach you Karen Gorday?
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So you can call us at 720-940-3887 or go out to our website at www.paintwithradiant.com and there's a form you can fill out and that'll be sent to us via email.
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Okay, one more time. What's that website?
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www.paintwithradiant.com and the phone number is 720-940-3887.
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Well, Teresa and I are just thrilled to have you as a new sponsor of the show, so welcome.
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Thank you. I'm super excited to be here.
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Well, it is just great. Teresa, any other comments?
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I just am so excited to have her on board. You will love that in all of her contracts, everything is spelled out absolutely and completely, so there's no questions about what you're getting and receiving.
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And welcome back to the Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at KimMunson.com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We're an independent voice. We search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something's a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. I want to say thank you to the Harris family for their goal sponsorship of the show. And it's because of all of these great sponsors that our independent voice is is on the air and pleased to have in studio with me Karen Gorday with Radiant Painting and Lighting, our new sponsor. Great to have you. Is this what you thought it'd be like?
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It's a little different. I've never been on the radio before. This is a really cool setup.
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Well, you're doing very, very well. Thank you. And again, what's your website?
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Okay. And our partnership liaison, Teresa Irby, is in studio as well.
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Good morning, everyone. If you would love to be a part of the Kim Munson Show, please make sure you reach out to me at 520-631-9243. One more time. 520-631-9243.
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And on the line is former state senator Kevin Lundberg, author of the Lundberg Report, regular guest on the show. He and I are going to be presenting tonight. You are the surprise guest at Perspectives 101 tonight. Kevin Lundberg, welcome.
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Oh, well, now there's no surprise left. That's true.
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I let the cat out of the bag.
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I don't want to take much of your time right here, but I did want to respond to that report you gave on how the major media is calling Trump's claims of what's happening in South Africa as false reports. I happen to be watching a live feed of that presentation that the president did make with the president of South Africa sitting beside him And so the supposedly false claims that the president made was to simply roll the tape. And first he showed pictures, actually a video, of a political leader in South Africa who was getting the crowd to chant, kill the farmer, kill the farmer. And they showed two different clips where apparently there's this one guy who, is an active political leader in South Africa. And it seems to be his main theme is to get all of the people chanting, kill the farmer. And then they cut to the video of those crosses with hundreds of cars parked beside it just in a silent memorial. And then the president took out a sheaf of papers, dozens and dozens of them, each individual sheep talking about an individual farmer who was actually murdered by those who are trying to take over their land. It's just unbelievable that the press can be so brazen in their fake news, their lying, where somehow they conflate that to be false claims. Oh, and I'll add this one final thing. With the president of South Africa sitting beside him, he didn't acknowledge it, but he also didn't offer anything saying, well, you're wrong. So, you know, just unbelievable. But maybe we can pick this up tonight.
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Okay, well, sounds great. Kevin, we'll see you tonight. That's former State Senator Kevin Lundberg. Check out his website. That is KevinLundberg, L-U-N-D-B-E-R-G.com. We'll see you tonight, Kevin.
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Thanks. Bye.
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And if you would like to join us, you can reach out to Yvonne and get all the information, and that is at perspectives.info, hold on here, at gmail.com. I want to make sure I've got that right. Sorry about that. Hold on here. It is Perspectives 101. Here we go. Perspectives101.info at gmail.com. That's Perspectives101.info at gmail.com. And that will be up in Loveland this evening. And we would love to have you join us. Yvonne said, boy, that was such a great spirited discussion that you and Kevin had on the air the other day. Why don't we do something like that? And so we're really excited to make that happen. And so, again, if you want to join us, doors open at 530, and the event begins at 6, and that is perspectives101.info at gmail.com to get more information. And all of this happens because of our great sponsors. Another great sponsor is Karen Levine, and you want her on your side of the table if you are looking at something to either buy a home, sell a home, or you're looking for a new build. And we are just really blessed to have great sponsors.
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And welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Be sure to check out our website. That is KimMunson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. That way you'll get first look at our upcoming guests as well as our most recent essays. And you can email me at Kim at KimMunson.com as well. Very pleased to have on the line with me Jay Davidson. He is the founder and CEO of First American State Bank, which is a community bank located right here in the metro area in the Denver Tech Center. and a great sponsor of the show as well. Jay Davidson, welcome.
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Well, thank you, Kim. It's a pleasure to be with you.
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It's always great to have you as well, Jay. And before we jump into talking about this piece that you have published at American Thinker, let's just talk a little bit about First American State Bank and just how important relationships are with your clients.
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Well, relationships make the whole difference. That's We have all the products that the big guys have, but we have something that they can't do, and that's the personal relationships between our lenders or our tellers or our new accounts people, wire people. That difference is the whole issue. And as a community-based bank, we're here for small independent businesses, sole proprietorships, people that need a higher level of personal interaction with their banker. And the advice that I've been given is that you need a doctor, you need a lawyer, you need an accountant, and you need a banker to be on your team. So while you're building your business, consider community banks and hopefully First American State Bank. Get to know us or get to know the banker in your area and see if you can get a relationship going because We've seen it all. I mean, my lenders have seen just about every possible deal out there, and they can certainly help you understand your need for debt and your payment schedule and so forth. We have payment systems on the deposit side and mobile banking apps that are second to none, so we can facilitate your banking needs without you ever having to step into the bank if that's what you want.
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That was my question. Since you only have one location and don't have a bunch of branches, how can that work for people? They don't have to come into the bank every time they need to do something, right?
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That's correct. With these new mobile apps that are available and that we have, for instance, if you want to deposit a check, you take a picture of it in the app, and it's deposited. Wow. If you want cash, you go to any ATM, plug your card in and take the cash out of the ATM. There's other features in what's called treasury management that businesses would use, like positive pay and wiring instructions based on the internet. You don't have to fill out any paperwork. Now, to be very frank, that has to be set up ahead of time because of the danger of fraud. We have to be very careful about how we handle people's money. Once we get it set up, it's relatively automated.
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Okay. Jay, I was thinking about you yesterday. There's a new little business in my area, and I remember driving by on their opening, and there was all kinds of people in the business. And I thought, uh-huh, I hope they're really successful. But the location is, I think, a challenging location. And yesterday I drove by, and there wasn't as many cars out front, and I thought, huh, okay. I wonder if they were working with Jay Davidson and getting a loan for a new business, is that something that you would interface with them to just talk about location? If they're putting themselves at risk, would that be something that one of your bankers would talk with them about?
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We would talk more in the realm of debt and debt service, things that the bank can't affect. We certainly will evaluate a loan request. And we base it on real estate valuation, so location is somewhat important, but not primary importance. We have to be careful about our consultancy. We're not consultants, but we do have an obligation to our customers to tell them what we think is a good idea and maybe not so good an idea. So I don't want to portray us as a consultant to a startup business, but I think with our experience, we can impart some ideas that the new business person can decide to use or decide not to use, because ultimately it's their decision.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay, great. Thanks for clarifying that. And how can people reach you? What's the best way?
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Probably the Internet for the young people at FASBank.com or 303-694-6464. or come in and meet and greet. I'll give you my mobile number if you want to call me. On the weekend. I mean, we're very accessible.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay. I love that, Jay Davidson. So let's jump over here. You write regularly and published at American Thinker. And this is at AmericanThinker.com. It was published on May 9th of this year, 2025. Immutable facts about taxes and regulation. And, yeah, it seems that we've got a lot of both of those in Colorado right now, Jay Davidson. So where should we start?
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I think we should start with our own party. I know that sounds weird, but our own party... I mean, when you're sensitive to these issues and you're looking at it in a microscopic level, our own party doesn't do that well with these issues. Now, we say the words and all that good stuff, but then we get dissuaded and diverted and so on and so forth, and... I mean, every time I hear a politician say, well, yeah, I think I'll pass a law to help you get through that, I'm cringing. I don't need another law. I need less laws. I need fewer regulations. I need less taxation. And I need the government to stop spending my money because they're putting my grandchildren in debt with the borrowings that they're doing just to spend money today. This is unconscionable. I would not allow a customer to do this. I would stop the deal with them right away if they tried to do this kind of stuff. And yet the government gets by with it all the time, both Republican and Democrat. And until we call our party out and demand that our own politicians adhere to a limited government model, a constitutional model, I think we're missing the boat. That may be harsh to some people, I'm sorry, but we've got to fix our own... system here at home.
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Well, we really do. And one of the things, I have this volunteer gig as president of the Colorado Union of Taxpayers. And it's an all-volunteer group, amazing board that we review bills every week that's presented, well, for hearing at the state legislature. And so as president, that means that I go through all those bills that are scheduled for hearing and basically have my eyeball on all of them. Now, there was over 700 bills. pieces of legislation and resolutions that were presented or proposed this last legislative session, which, Jay, that is unconscionable. But what you are describing, we know that the Democrats really are in lockstep to take more and more control and more and more of our money. And we would really like Republicans and unaffiliateds to stand in the gap to prevent that. But as I look at some of these different bills i see politicians on the republican side of the aisle that have said they want to protect tabor and the next thing i know i look at the fiscal note on a bill that they have their name on and it is affecting tabor and i don't quite know what to do about that exactly excuse me bless you my allergies are killing me oh it's terrible um
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Yeah, I hear you. It's so frustrating. And I think we need an actual grassroots effort of every person, Republican, independent and moderate Democrat. a non-lefty type Democrat. There's a lot of them out there. They contact me and they say, I know that you're a Republican, but I kind of agree with what you're saying. That's a great honor. And I'm really happy to hear that because that's what I'd like to attain. Our battle is not with each other. It's with those in the Republican Party who are into big government and certainly those in the Democrat Party who are definitely into big government and the rest of us. And it doesn't matter if we're Republican, independent, or Democrat. It doesn't matter. The issue is big government or limited government. And so my advice, and I'm so pleased at what you do with your show and why I write, is to try and get ground to all the people to understand this concept and start thinking down the terms of much more limited government.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, and I like what you've said. It's not Republican or Democrat, and it's really not right or left. It's big government versus limited government. And that's really kind of the foundational question of what America was founded on, because the founders wanted a very limited government. And when government is limited, the opportunity for the individual to take risk and thrive and prosper and create wealth is significant. And that whole idea is unique within the history of mankind. And it certainly is under attack. And as you mentioned, it's big government politicians on both sides of the aisle. But I think that people, everyday hardworking people, are starting to understand this. And so I think we're at a really unique, exciting time in our country, Jay Davidson.
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Well, we certainly are. And you remember that Chinese curse, may you live in interesting times? I mean, these are certainly interesting times, and President Trump is certainly an interesting individual. And so my Republican friends get down on my case because I'll criticize them. I said, well, if we're not honest about the guy that we elected, then we don't have any integrity. And, you know, a... A principle that's subject to change based on your moods is not a principle, it's an opinion. Principle requires that we adhere to the meaning. And when we talk about limited government versus big government, then we have to hold our own politicians' feet to the fire. But you touched on the foundational, and you said the word foundational, issue of the Constitution and the formation of our nation. If you look back 250 years ago, Prior to the advent of our Constitution and the Revolutionary War and the great thinkers at that time, the whole idea was that there was a monarch that God had instilled some spiritual powers in. And so people adhered to and did what the monarch said. Well, the Americans said something totally different. Thomas Jefferson wrote it in the Declaration of Independence. And he basically said with the Enamble Rights Clause that the Godhead, the creation, the very relationship between us and the Almighty, the Creator, whoever you want to call it, Brahman, you know, they're all the same, is in the individual. Not in an individual, but in every individual. So these inalienable rights that accrue to all mankind is a great departure from the centuries and millennia of thinking that there is a pharaoh, a king, a monarch, the pope, whatever you want to call it, that is divine. No, the divine spark exists in every individual. And that's how and why the Constitution was written. Read the Constitution. It's short. It's to the point. It's precise. And basically, everything in the Constitution limits the federal government, not you and not me as individuals. It limits the government to protect the rights of the individual, the inalienable rights, the God-given rights of the individual.
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And that's what is so beautiful about this country. And that is what really is under attack. And like you say, from politicians on both sides of the aisle, I'm talking with Jay Davidson. He is the founder and CEO of First American State Bank. But wanted to mention the USMC Memorial Foundation. We're coming in on Memorial Day. And Memorial Day is a day to stop and remember and think about and reflect upon those that gave their lives for our liberty. And liberty is the responsible exercise of freedom. And a great way to honor Memorial Day is the USMC Memorial Foundation will have an event at 2 o'clock. And you can get more information about that by going to usmcmemorialfoundation.org. That's usmcmemorialfoundation.org. And for everything mortgages, reach out to mortgage specialist Lorne Levy.
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And welcome back to the Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. That will go out on Sunday. You can do that at the website. And you can text us, 720-605-0647. Did want to mention the Center for American Values located in Pueblo on the beautiful Riverwalk. And they're nonpartisan, nonpolitical, focusing on these foundational principles of honor, integrity, and patriotism. And they will have an event in honor of Memorial Day on Sunday. The 28th, which is a Wednesday, and it will be one of their On Values presentations at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. And you can get more information on that by going to AmericanValueCenter.org. That's AmericanValueCenter.org. I'm talking with Jay Davidson. And he is the founder and CEO of First American State Bank. And we're talking about taxes and regulations. And last week, Jay, it was announced that Denver is filing suit against the federal government because the Trump administration said that they were going to withhold funds to come to Denver because of Denver's Sanctuary City Policies. And I find it very interesting that the city of Denver, the city of Chicago, and Pima County, Arizona are the three plaintiffs in this suit. So KMGH Channel 7, or Denver 7, reached out and wanted a statement from... Cut the Colorado Union of taxpayers. And so I thought I thought I'd let you know what we said and then let you comment on it. And this is what we said. We said Mayor Mike Johnston, his administration and prior city administration's agendas regarding welcoming people to Denver who have come to America illegally is significantly hurting Denverites. Mayor Johnston has looked and is looking to the federal government. which is money collected from citizens across the country and federal debt to bail him out. I should have said and our children. I should have used that. But anyway, to bail him out and fund his ideological agenda. It is time for Mayor Johnston to grow up and learn that there are consequences to his poor decisions. Instead of using Denverites hard-earned money to sue the federal government, Johnston should cut spending, lower taxes and fees, reverse course on his sanctuary city policies for illegal immigrants, and begin to find real solutions for the issues facing the people of Denver.
SPEAKER 14 :
What do you think? Perfect comment. I can't add to it.
SPEAKER 05 :
I was channeling Jay Davidson then. How's that?
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, that's nice of you to say, but we know that's not true. Yeah, beautiful. And we need more of that. I really appreciate your work on CUT, and that's most impressive.
SPEAKER 05 :
That's a good work. It's a really great group of people, but I think we have to continue – to explain that, and I think I probably got the cut spending from all of our conversations with you and I together, because we have those regarding the environment that say they want to have a sustainable environment. This is not a sustainable economic policy, and I think it's important that people understand that, Jay.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, that's exactly right, and to that point, you and I were at a Common Sense Institute function last week on energy and met with the mayor of the governor of Wyoming, who is obviously very conversant in the issue. And the point that these leaders in in the energy world were making is This whole green energy concept, maybe it sounds really good, and it does sound really good, because I kind of conflate, maybe incorrectly, green energy with a clean atmosphere and clean water. Well, we're all in favor of a clean environment, but what they're doing and the way they're doing it by killing off fossil fuels is terrible. we're, we're walking according to these energy guys, we're walking down a path of absolute destruction and everything I read about it and hear about it is here's another example of a, I will forgive me if I anger someone here, but this is a harebrained idea. You're taking a concept that, uh, anthropomorphic, uh, global warming concept, which means mankind is affecting, uh, the climate in some significant manner. Um, I mean, you can't prove it or disprove it. There's all sorts of theories here and all sorts of scientists on both sides of the equation. But the fact is that the solution that the left has come up with is, number one, destroy fossil fuels, which is gas and natural gas and gasoline and oil and so on and so forth. And then let's go to renewable energy sources. Well, the renewables are not capable of handling the level of energy necessary to keep people out of the dark ages. The left is playing with fire here, and their activities will lead to a dark age unless we start getting our hands up around it. This is what I mean by the regulation is overcoming common sense and thoughtful response.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, and another way, Jay, that there's regulation or in a way picking winners and losers. So there is the regulation, but then there's also the subsidizing of a complete industry. And many times that might be with tax incentives. And I really think we need to – the vision of the declaration is that we're all created equal. So I think that we should all be taxed the same way as well. And so when you start to pull out industries – and give tax incentives for that that's trying to guide money into that particular industry. That industry should have to stand on its own two feet from an economic standpoint. And if you take away the tax incentives and all the regulations pushing green energy, and I have that in air quotes, then you're... The economy will determine where people really want to go. And one of the things, as we've done the whole podcast series with A Climate Conversation and the documentary A Climate Conversation, which people can watch for free at AClimateConversation.com, is I've come to the conclusion that the green in the Green New Deal is the green that is going in PBIs, politicians, bureaucrats, and interested parties' pockets.
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That's a good one. And that's true. We look at what Doge has been doing, and I'm just blown away by what Musk and his team are doing. And that's just they're starting the amount of graft and what's called cronyism. It's not capitalism. It's the opposite. It's called cronyism, where the government feeds a particular individual or a particular business. Our tax dollars is rampant. And they do it with these NGOs, non-government agencies, NGAs or whatever they're called. And like USAID, the money that they were spending was mind-boggling on what? A transgender fundamentalist Muslim in Syria? I mean, what's going on here? Well, we know that somebody was lining their own pockets. And when a $250,000 a year... Congressman goes into Congress and five years later, he's a multimillionaire. There is something totally wrong with that whole picture.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes, that's a connect the dots. There is something wrong with that whole picture. And that is why we have to with the vision of the Constitution and this vision, the declaration, all men are created equal. with these rights from God of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. So that's why we have to make sure that our tax policy is impartial. And I think that one of the big problems was when we put in place those progressive amendments to the Constitution back under Woodrow Wilson, and one of those was the income tax. Well, when you tax income, you're taxing people's creativity and innovation. And we need to figure out a way, I think, to walk that back.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, I mean, the whole tax is a disincentive and freedom is an incentive. And that capitalism is defined by fair trade, fair value. And that's a willing buyer, willing seller without outside coercion. That's a fair trade. As opposed to the government getting involved and diverting our tax dollars to something that they like or into their own pockets. So the... The whole system is wrong, and we all know, Democrat, Republican, Independent, know that something's wrong, and we're looking for the answer. How do we fix this? Well, folks, the founding fathers figured this one out 250 years ago, or however long it is now, more than that, and they wrote the Constitution. And they laid out the framework for what needs to be done, and it's time to get it done again. And that is to elect and monitor politicians and stay on top of them so they don't pass more laws, they don't spend more money, they don't create more government agencies. In fact, they do just the opposite. And the point of my argument, of my article, was that we can all agree that, you know, taken individually, that a welfare or entitlement is... necessary for, let's say, a mother of two or three kids that needs help. We can all agree that that's, yeah, she does, and our hearts break for her, and we want to help. I get that. But what we're forgetting is that this is used throughout the nation, and it's used to the tune of trillions of dollars to move money away from the individual, from you and me, the people that are making the money by doing work, into the government, which makes money by taking money. They don't make money like we do in the private industry. They take, and taxes are taking. And, you know, you talk about progressivism. The progressive tax code that exists today has set up where the top 5% of wage earners generate something like 85% of all tax revenue. And the bottom 50% of, uh, taxpayers pay nothing are of earners pay nothing. Now the code is way too progressive right now. And I'm kind of, I don't know if you're going to a flat tax concept, but I agree with that. Uh, charges 20% across the board, uh, regardless of what it does to the accounting and tax profession. Um, and you know, government re re revenue actually increases. when federal tax rates go down. That's because business responds positively to tax rate reductions.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, I think in the tax preparation and accounting field, what would then happen is as the economy, as more money is in the private economy, certainly they'll have to pivot over to helping businesses as they're navigating business building their businesses, but instead of all the regulations that they're trying to adhere to with the tax code, which is – I think it's almost impossible. It's so complicated. I agree with you. I think a flat tax across the board – because if everybody has skin in the game, they are going to vote accordingly. But if you can vote – and say the other guy has to pay the taxes, and I think I'm going to get the benefit. Human nature says, okay, I kind of like that idea. That's why we have to have the discipline to make sure everybody has skin in the game, Jay Davidson. So a great article at American Thinker, and would really recommend that you check that out. It is Immutable Facts About Taxes and Regulations by Jay Davidson. What's your final thoughts you'd like to leave with our listeners today?
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We are a representative constitutional republic. In other words, a republic is a rule of and by the people. Constitutional means that the government is controlled by a constitution, not that the government controls us. And yet if you look at everything that's happening right now, rules, regulations, laws, spending all control us. We don't have to put up with that. We have the perfect nonviolent system to address that, and that's called the vote. That's actually the one place where we are a democracy, and our Constitution is not a democracy. We're based on a Republican form of governance where the people rule, not an elite few rule as in a democracy. So we can make a difference. Just start thinking down terms of limited government versus big government when you look at a politician.
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And you would think for the quote at the end of the show that you and I talked to each other, but we didn't. But it's from Von Mises. And he said this, those who are asking for more government are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom. So, my friends, today be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you. God bless America. Stay tuned for hour number two.
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Well, and again, we are really excited about that. What's the phone number if somebody would like to talk with you? We have a finite amount of spots that you are working to bring partners on. So what's that phone number?
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Bringing sponsors on because, remember, we are an independent radio station. And so we need our sponsors just like they need us to be great partners and forward this wonderful cause forward. of having freedom conversations and information. My number is 520-631-9243.
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And again, Teresa Irby, it's so great to have you as a member of the team. And we are an independent station, but I'm an independent... a broadcaster, because I buy my airtime from the station. So we are totally independent.
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Independent show, not station. I said that wrong. It's both.
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It's really both. And so this evening, in my effort to burn the candle on both ends, I am going to be up in Loveland at Perspectives 101, and we'll be there with Kevin Lundberg, just talking about this legislative session, what's going on in Colorado, And the way to get information on this is to reach out to Yvonne Paez, and she's the co-founder. She'll get you the information on that, and that is perspectives101.info at gmail.com, perspectives101.info at gmail.com. And I think Kevin indicated we're going to talk about this whole thing going on in South Africa. Teresa, it is absolutely amazing. Unbelievable. And to unpack what this mainstream media is doing. We talked about an article from Reuters, one from AP. When there is visual proof of what's going on is pretty. And that is that whites are being targeted, taking their land and killing them. It's pretty, it's unbelievable.
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The fact that the media is flipping that story to a complete false narrative of what is actually happening is, it's really hard to stomach.
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It's unbelievable. And I wanted to, let's see here. Jenny said, okay, so this was another thing that we talked about yesterday, is that it used to be, Teresa, years ago, after World War II, If people had been persecuted, they were coming to America, they had to have a sponsor. Many times it might be a relative. They might get a couple of months of rent, and the expectation was, you're on your own. You need to make it. And so many people did. So then what happened was churches got into the business of being a sponsor, which that made sense. So your community of your church might bring somebody over and help them get a job. And again, there was no government money in this. Parishioners might come together and put some money together, help them get rent, food. Then it goes into things. that they started these agencies like Lutheran Family Services, Catholic Charities, Episcopalians had their refugee resettlement and so then what starts to happen is and the government started to work with these agencies and once that started to happen that these agencies were getting money for the refugees that they were bringing in of course they're going to want to bring in More refugees. And that was where then we're getting into the World Economic Forum to undercut America, to flood America with people from third world countries that didn't have skills. But there was big money involved. It was the immigration industrial complex. But always under the guise of compassion, right? Under the guise of compassion. And so the Episcopal Church here, Trump had asked them to help with these just, I think, 56 refugees, white refugees from South Africa. And the Episcopal refugee resettlement said no. Can you believe it?
SPEAKER 04 :
No, I am surprised because I feel just like you were saying, it was all about the money that I think we started seeing the government. The government is seeing the churches getting involved, which. was freedom of choice for people to donate, which is the way it should be, for people to be able to donate to these organizations, not government-led. But when government saw the money, that's when government wanted to get involved. But the Episcopal Church said no.
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And so I had been on this journey because I think it was in the 90s. I was on the board of Lutheran Family Services, had watched a – they had done adoption. And I had someone that I knew that had an unplanned pregnancy. She gave the baby up for adoption. I thought this was a beautiful thing. I loved that work on that. And refugee resettlement, that seemed like that made a lot of sense to me as well. But two things on my experience again, and again, it was six years. So I had those six years there. I had the four years on city council. All these things gave me perspective. Two things. When I was going through the budget and I saw that this charity was had a line item where they were paying a lobbyist. I thought, what on earth is a charity lobbying for? Well, if you're getting government money.
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More money.
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And then the other thing is, I did a white paper, my first white paper ever. I made a presentation to the board because regarding adoption, it was so difficult for American couples to adopt children from third world countries. And what I unpacked is the United Nations did not want white families adopting black babies. And I thought, would you not want to get a child out of a situation, an orphanage in a third world country? Maybe poverty life, right. And give them a better life. And this was all regarding kind of an international thing. The Hague, which we now realize the World Economic Forum, What they wanted to do was then be able to come in and monitor adoptions here in America. And I did a white paper saying this is like giving up our sovereignty. So that was a long time ago. I made the presentation. The board voted the other way with staff. Somebody said, Kim, it's pretty difficult. for board members or council members or whatever to do something against staff. But that was quite the experience. Quite eye-opening. It was very, very eye-opening. And we have all these discussions because of our sponsors. One of those is Hooters Restaurants. And it's an interesting story about the proper role of government And PBIs, Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Interested Parties. But Hooters has five locations, Loveland, Aurora, Lone Tree, Westminster, and Colorado Springs. And they have been wonderful sponsors of both the Kim Munson Show and America's Veterans Stories for a long time. And then also... I wanted to mention the Roger Mangan State Farm Insurance Team, and Roger knows that life can be challenging, and it's the Mangan's team's mission to maximize your financial security as you manage the risks of everyday life. So call Roger Mangan at 303-795-8855 for more information. Like a good neighbor, Roger Mangan's team is there.
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And that's 303-285-3080. And on the line with me is Dr. Jill Vecchio. You know her. She is retired now, radiologist, but she is one of the few people that actually read the Obamacare legislation. And she was making all kinds of presentations about the dangers of socialized medicine. And Dr. Jill, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me, Kim. Good to hear from you. It's good to talk with you. And health care, in a way, it doesn't seem like it's been the focus of these elections the way it was with Obama. But yet health care is so important. And we've talked about kind of this racket, I think, if you will, of the billing a certain amount. And then if you have insurance, that goes down and what that's all about. But I think this health insurance affects health care affects everybody. So where do you want to start today, Dr. Jill?
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, yeah, you know, that's the thing. I mean, it may not be a very sexy topic and people aren't thinking about it very much, but it does affect every single person. So you may not have used it for a while, but chances are you're going to be using it at some point. We talked at another show, too, a follow-up show, about the influence, how much control government really does have over the health care industry just through Medicare and Medicaid, because so many, all the billing and charges and all that stuff goes, funnels down from Medicare. or trickles down from government decisions and congressional decisions about Medicare. All reimbursement is tied to Medicare. All the billing and coding comes from Medicare. Medicare determines whether some procedure or new medical device will be reimbursed by Medicare, and everybody follows that lead. So actually, we have a highly centrally controlled healthcare industry through our federal government. And the minute that happens, The minute there's central control with only a few people making the decisions, that just is asking for extensive corruption, right? Absolutely. And that's what we've got. The thing is, we've got between McCain-Feingold and the Citizens United case and the PACs, you know, political action committees and the super PACs, money in campaign finance has tripled or quadrupled since 2008. So there's money flying all over the place. And a lot of these donations, the big donors are big hospital and corporate health care groups, pharmaceutical companies, trial lawyers association, hospital associations, and obviously the insurance companies. So you think about the minute it all becomes these huge entities funneling money to campaigns, those huge donors are going to have a whole lot more influence over our elected officials, number one, who gets elected, and number two, what influence they have, what decisions they make are going to be influenced by these big donors rather than their own constituents. or even the physicians or health care providers on a low level, right?
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay, so a couple of things. First of all, Citizens United, that is something that you would speak favorably of that particular case, correct?
SPEAKER 07 :
Right, but it came out of McCain-Feingold, and the weird thing is it got – You know, I haven't read the entire thing. I read part of the evaluation of it just on Wikipedia to see, you know, what exactly what – because I couldn't remember. But, you know, it's mostly about initially when could you – and how much free speech could corporations and could you do a documentary and release a documentary on Hillary Clinton right before the election.
SPEAKER 05 :
So they – yeah, they – so it's corporations –
SPEAKER 07 :
Right. That corporations can have, you know, they have just as much right to free speech. Well, the McCain-Feingold is more about the money, the flow of money, the ability for these huge PACs, the ability for NGOs to donate to super PACs, non-government organizations, nonprofit things. And so the money spent on campaigns just exploded
SPEAKER 05 :
And what they were saying, though, is that they were trying to get money out of politics, right? Isn't that kind of what they – Exactly. Yeah. Right. But don't you find it interesting – and the thing about it is there are those that say you can't say anything negative about John McCain because he was a POW during the Vietnam War. And I certainly honor his service there. But I think this is an interesting – so we're going to put that aside. Thank you. But over here, I think he did some things that really were detrimental to the country. So I find it interesting what you're saying, that you have McCain-Feingold, and it was billed as we're going to get money out of campaigns. Campaign Reform Act. As you mentioned, big money now in these PACs. And then you mentioned pharmaceuticals, hospital associations. Who was the deciding vote on Obamacare, and wasn't it right around Christmastime?
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, you told me this one time. It was McCain. Remember? Oh, it was McCain. Okay. It was McCain. And, you know, and that whole thing with John McCain, you can't say anything bad about him. And, you know, he had so many injuries and was tortured and all this stuff. It's kind of like, okay, he's got that side of him. It doesn't mean everything he does, he gets a pass on. Exactly. Where does that come from? You know, it's kind of, it's nuts. And he did, you know, he did some really questionable things. And I, you know, I'm okay calling him out on it. It seems it's weirder not to be able to call somebody out on something they actually did. do that you disagree with or that may be wrong.
SPEAKER 05 :
So, Jill, I want to make one other point here. And this is in Colorado. And there's always some kind of a campaign or voting law or something that's been passed. But in Colorado, and I've got to look this up and maybe somebody can text me on this, and that's 720-605-0647, is we have campaign finance laws that That is very low amount that can be given to a candidate. And so it's really difficult for a candidate, a Republican candidate, to get enough money to really be able to. run their campaigns and but what is interesting is is that unions here in Colorado don't have limits on what they can give because I guess this is my understanding is they they count all of the members of the Union that that in essence can could be different people so that's why they you know they're exempt from that and then the other thing is is if you self finance So polis can put in or some wealthy person can put in as much money for their campaign as they want. And again, this makes a very unfair advantage, makes it very difficult for just regular people to win office here in Colorado.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, and then let's go to, you know, Doge, what the Doge team is finding all of this. bizarre waste and fraud, crazy numbers of people in their 300s or people who haven't even been born yet getting Social Security checks, right? So it's all this weird stuff. And you kind of go, McCain-Feingold set up the ability for huge organizations receiving massive amounts of money. And you couldn't – it was really hard to track where it was all coming from.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, we know where it was coming from. It was either coming from us or debt that our children and grandchildren will have to pay off. So that's where that's coming from.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right. Well, and how do we know – how can you keep track of foreign entities that donate to an NGO 10% or 20% of the money from the NGO according to – depending on which kind of nonprofit you're running – 10% to 20% of the money that you bring in can be spent on political action. And if you're getting money from foreign entities, how do you trace all that money? Right. How can you say that a foreign entity through an NGO isn't influencing our elections through campaign finance? These NGOs are kind of the link to so much corruption in because they can launder the money through, they can donate to another NGO, and that NGO can donate to the campaign, right? It's all this funny money everywhere. Then it just, it's hard to, it's hard to get a feeling for how much influence the individual voter even has anymore. Everybody says, call your congressman, call your senator. I can tell you, they don't answer your call. They're not going to look at your email. They don't. They're going to pay attention to whoever's writing them the biggest check.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, and that's why we have got to elect people that are representatives of the people. And I'm talking with Dr. Jill Vecchio, and we're talking about money and how that's affecting health care. And, of course, you saw all kinds of force during the reaction to COVID-19. So we'll continue the discussion. In studio with me is Teresa Irby, and she is our partnership liaison with the Kim Munson team. And really fascinating stuff, huh?
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, it's very fascinating stuff. And just like we were talking earlier, it is all about the money, unfortunately.
SPEAKER 05 :
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And the real criteria is that you strive for excellence in your business. And before we get back to Dr. Jill, two things. Memorial Day is coming up. It's this Monday. And it is important to stop and remember. Another great event will be on Wednesday the 28th down at the Center for American Values, which is located on the beautiful Riverwalk in Pueblo. And you can get more information by going to AmericanValueCenter.org. It starts at 4 p.m., and that will be on Wednesday the 28th. And the center is a very special place. And a clarification, Eric, thank you. I said that it was 56 South African refugees that had come to America. He says it was 59. And we'd like to get it right. So, Eric, thank you so much. And Dr. Jill... You and I went through a leadership program in the Rockies together, and one of the things that we had to read was Atlas Shrugged. And Producer Joe was, we were talking about this in the break, that it's not the love of money that is the root of all evil, No, wait, wait. It's not money. It's not money that is the root of all evil. It's the love of money that is the root of all evil. And so you're talking about the hospital industrial complex, the pharmaceutical industrial complex, and the influence that they have on our PBIs, politicians, bureaucrats, and interested parties. And oh my gosh, did that ever play out. during COVID where we were using tax dollars to pay for the vaccine and then also using force or coercion to have people, I shouldn't call it the vaccine, to take the jab. Your thoughts on that?
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, 100%. And if it hadn't been for Obamacare having so many regulations and being so complex, and so expensive to follow on an individual basis, 90% of physicians ended up selling their practices because of Obamacare to these big hospital corporations. That's the only way that they could be controlled. To have all the doctors in the hospital agree to get the vaccine themselves and pushing it on their patients and punishing patients that didn't get it, I don't think that would have happened at all the way that it did if it hadn't been for uh... those positions having uh... now being employees of these hospital corporations so i think you know i think obama care because of that centralization did to all of health care and one of the one of the only way to can really fix health care considering all of this you think about the congress have to pass blah blah blah well what's going to be their incentives if if everything is centralized and they have all this power and they're getting all this money to be constantly reelected, because let's face it, that is their number one goal is to get reelected, stay in office. So as long as that gravy train is going on, we're never going to fix health care unless you decentralize health care so that it is not controlled by the federal government. And right now, because of Medicare and how much is tied to Medicare, it is a centralized decision-making entity in Congress. And with all the big corporations, everything has conglomerated into just a few big entities. So we need to decentralize this, give people more options, change this. We've talked several times about the ideas for health care reform, and I encourage people to kind of listen back to some of those. or if you have a group, I would love to come and give a talk to you and talk about real ideas for health care reform, but the idea has to be decentralized. When you really go back to the Constitution, the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, especially the Tenth Amendment, says any right or authorization, any power given to the federal government that is enumerated in the Constitution, that's all they get. everything else if it's not specifically a power given to the federal government through the constitution then that power belongs to the states and the people and that includes health care medicare and medicaid are violent one that maybe not medicaid because the states administer that but they still get federal money and but medicare is a complete violation of the constitution it was never challenged in the supreme court i would love to see it challenged in the supreme court What's the validity of Medicare from a constitutional basis? I don't care how long it's been there. Get rid of it. And send it back to the states.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, and again, it's not the proper role of government. And I think you're going to love this. Jenny had texted me this yesterday. And listeners reach out all the time. And remember, don't call it federal money. Call it what it is. It's taxpayers' money. But she came up with this new one, OPM, other people's money. So opium. I love that. Yes, that's it. Right, right. I'm going to try to use that. So the founders, Jill, realized centralized anything is danger, danger. And so there's been this long march, particularly since Woodrow Wilson was in office for the last 100 years, to centralize more and more decision-making into the federal government and And I think that the reaction to COVID was a big wake up to a lot of people saying, wait a minute. For example, Teresa Karen Gorday, our new sponsor, she said during COVID, she's got this small business. And you've got government saying, hey, small businesses, you can't be open. But yet you've got people at Home Depot, you know, the big box stores were open. And it was that was where that was a big eye opener for me. It's like when they said that there were some people that were essential and some that weren't. I'm like, wait a minute. This sounds this sounds like stuff that got us into World War Two.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right. Right. Yeah, 100%. And like you said, whenever you have these decisions being made centrally, and they don't have to affect that many people because all of these corporations are so conglomerated now. You only have like six media outlets that own all the media, all media that we ever listen to. I think there's maybe even down to four or five at this point. They just keep buying each other up, right? How many big phone companies are there, really? You remember when they broke up Ma Bell?
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Yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
You remember Southwestern Bell? That was a huge thing when they broke that up. And now we have better prices on all this stuff. We're not paying long-distance calls and all that. That was a big deal. When they decentralized telephone companies and some of the utilities that people have talked about decentralizing, the minute you decentralize, you allow more people to have more ideas. more solutions that will work for individual groups of people better and better and better, and they're going to keep making it better and better. It's like if the government made a car, we'd still have an Edsel, right? Everybody would be driving an Edsel if the government was in charge of making cars. So the more decentralized it is, the better, but they've created this system where they can have enormous influence, like during COVID, just because they didn't have to contact that many. They didn't have to have a collusion with that many people just a few incredibly influential and powerful people that were part of the pharmaceutical industry and and uh you know the CDC itself and um the hospital associations and all that and all that could just trickle right down to the rest of us and we had no say in it so we need to do that with health care across the board Send it back to the states.
SPEAKER 05 :
It used to be that way. Well, and we've got to – we've really got to work towards – this came in from Jenny on the text line. She said, Jared Polis was in Congress and helped pass Obamacare. She calls it centralized sick care. He voted for all of us to deal with this mess at the same time. He was investing in health care tourism. And another example of his hypocrisy, which I think is a really important point. We've got to continue to connect these dots. You've always been really good at that, Dr. Jill. And there was another thing that you had said that has stuck with me all these years. You said, whenever government gets in control... The price goes up, the quality goes down, and the supply becomes limited. And that's pretty true across the board.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right, right. Government creates a limited resource, and that's the thing with Medicare and Social Security. All these people are paying a bunch of money out of their paychecks, right? The most heinous thing ever is the payroll deduction, right? Payroll deduction tax. So because you never even now, it's just a direct deposit. You have no money, no idea how much money you've actually earned anymore. All you see is what's deposited in your account. So you have no idea where it goes. If you had to write a check to, you know, all of these Medicare and Social Security, if you had to write individual checks as you went along, then you'd be changing your mind about things, right? People would pay a lot more attention. So it's been a beautiful blinding of the American worker through payroll deductions. But Yeah, I mean, the idea that we're paying in all to all of this, it goes into one single pot. And with Medicare, everybody's grabbing to get their little dollar bills out of that pot. I need more dollar bills out of that pot than everybody else. The doctors, the hospitals, the surgery centers, the patients, the laboratories, all of this. Everybody's grabbing at those dollars. So it's created a limited resource, and in order to even stay afloat, you have to then start limiting services, limiting reimbursement, limiting availability of certain procedures and services. pharmaceuticals and things like that that they'll cover. And it's just, it's a stupid system. It's just stupid.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, and I think that if there was ever a time to make a change in all of this that's right now. So, Dr. Jill, we're going to continue the discussion. In studio with me is Teresa Irby, who is our partnership liaison. And all of this happens because of our sponsors. If you've been injured, reach out to John Bozen with Bozen Law.
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And we've got Dr. Jill Vecchio on the line, and she's going to hold on for just a moment because we also have the president of the USMC Memorial Foundation, Paula Sarles. She's a busy woman. They just finished up their very successful second annual golf tournament and then turn right around and we get into Memorial Day. Paula Sarles, I don't think you sleep. Not too much, but more than President Trump. Well, yeah, they say he's a short sleeper, and he sure gets a lot done. But Memorial Day, it is a day that we need to stop and reflect about those that have given their lives for our liberty, and liberty is the responsible exercise of freedom. And so you've got a great event on Memorial Day out at the USMC Memorial.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. Every Memorial Day, we celebrate and remember and honor those who serve. So this year, we're very excited to have our friend Bob Chica, who was on the USS Pueblo when it was captured. And I'm sure he's going to be a very compelling speaker, and it would be great for everybody to come out and meet him. They're hoping for a big crowd. And we also are celebrating the 250th birthday of the Marine Corps and our two Iwo Jima friends that are 99 and 100, Al Jennings and Jim Blaine, are planning to be there.
SPEAKER 05 :
And they were out at the memorial.
SPEAKER 03 :
We're hoping everyone will come out.
SPEAKER 05 :
They were out at the Memorial Golf Tournament as well. Teresa, you met them.
SPEAKER 04 :
I was just going to say, I'm kind of swelling over here just thinking about the moment that I had with them and just my gratitude for them and for everyone who served.
SPEAKER 05 :
So how can people get more information, Paula Sarles?
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, they can go to our website, usmcmemorialfoundation.org, and there's a red banner at the top. Just click on that, and it has all the details. And there's photos from previous events also on the website.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay. Well, great. And thanks for all that you do for our veterans and our military. And Paula Sarles, I need to mention, she's not only the president of the USNC Memorial Foundation, she is also a Gold Star wife, and she's a Marine veteran. So thank you for my liberty, Paula Sarles. Thank you, Paula.
SPEAKER 03 :
You are welcome.
SPEAKER 05 :
Thank you. Thank you. And Dr. Jill, it's just really been this journey that you and I have been on regarding America. And you have been such a great voice in this health care industry. We've got about five minutes left. What else, Dr. Jill, do you want people to know about, you know, this money and corruption that's that's influenced our health care industry?
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, understand that so much of legislation this past is written by these lobbyists, these influencers. They're the ones that write the legislation. This stuff isn't written. I mean, McCain-Feingold wasn't written by McCain and Feingold. They sponsored it, but it was written under, you know, probably with a gazillion lobbyists and through some law firms, and the lobbyists will submit sections of it. So I just thought it would be interesting if we had a requirement that we had to see who wrote each section, who authored each section of a piece of legislation. You know, where did this come from? And I think in Obamacare, you can tell exactly who wrote these various sections, including the insurance companies. And, you know, that's going to be an eye-opener. We need to have a lot more, obviously, transparency in things. But until – as long as we keep health care – under the control of the federal government, and therefore congressmen that can easily and are easily and are being corrupted through huge money in order to keep them in power and in office, you know, we're never going to be able to change health care until that system can change. And I think the easiest way to change it is to try to decentralize healthcare as much as possible, put it back to the states. Then the incentives for the lobbyists, they can't go to just one or two offices or just a few offices in a couple of days around Capitol Hill, like you and Molly and I did. But, you know, we weren't offering any money. So it was more difficult to get in to see people. They're going to have to work a lot harder. Yeah. They're going to have to work a lot harder if they have to go to the states to try and influence people. You see what I mean? It's so... To decentralize it is the only way we're going to make it get it done. Otherwise, if it stays centralized with Congress in charge of making decisions that affect all of health care all the way down. It doesn't look good for reforming health care.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay. And, hey, I'm looking up – you read the whole Obamacare piece of legislation, and there should really be a requirement. There is this expectation that our representatives would read everything before they passed it, and there's no way down here at the Colorado Statehouse with over 700 – pieces of legislation and resolutions that have been presented. There's no way that our representatives can read it. But I'm reading a piece from Forbes from March of, I think, 2014, because it was a little fuzzy for me. And I'm like, did I get this right? But it said, with the supermajority vote safely intact, once again, the Senate moved rather quickly to to pass the ACA, or Obamacare, on Christmas Eve 2009 in a 60-39 vote. And it says Republican Senator Jim Bunning chose not to vote since he was not running for re-election. And I remember that. I thought, Christmas Eve, that was just crazy. But how many pages? Because you read it.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, it all depends on how it was printed out. But the official copy that I've got from one of the congressmen is 2,700 pages. It's like four volumes. And they just put so much gamish stuff in there that's silly. And usually for every page of legislation, there are like 100 pages of regulation that result that have to be right because you have the legislation, but it doesn't give you all these detailed things. So then you have all these hundreds of thousands of pages of regulations. And some congressman took a picture, and it was not even maybe two years after Obamacare was passed, he took a picture of all the printed out regulations, and it went up to the ceiling. And it's like this monster pile of regulations, just as a joke. He took a picture of it and said, here's, this is what this looks like. So you can imagine how many people, how many physicians completely said, I'm not dealing with this. I can't deal with it. And I'm going to go to jail if I don't know that something even passed, a regulation even exists. But if I don't follow it, they can show up at my door and charge me $10,000 per incident, $10,000 per incident. And they were even threatening to put people in jail if they had too many violations.
SPEAKER 05 :
This sure sounds like it's force to me. Dr. Jill, we're going to be having a conversation once a month with you regarding health care. Get that back to the forefront and talk about real solutions. We've got about a minute left today. What's the final thought you'd like to leave with our listeners?
SPEAKER 07 :
You know what? It is possible to fix health care. And I think this moment in time, I think we have the best opportunity to actually accomplish something because of the... COVID woke a lot of people up, pissed a lot of people off.
SPEAKER 1 :
Indeed.
SPEAKER 07 :
And people are starting to look around going, we were lied to here, we were lied to here. They're starting to find out their own truth, right? They're starting to find out what really happens with this. What was COVID really? And they find out, oh, yeah, it was just that Joe Biden really was demented. And it's like all of the things that are coming out now, thanks to the level of social media, thanks to brave, hard-working, hard-researching people that are willing to spend their time going on social media and making videos and showing people truths and raising questions. And more and more people, I even have my family members, are actually doing research. And they're going, wait a second, I saw this and I went and did my own research and that was a big lie. It's like, Hallelujah. Welcome to the group, right?
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay. Well, Jill, you're doing amazing work and we really do appreciate it. So thank you. Thank you very much. Have a great day, ladies. You too. Have a great day, Jill. And our quote for the end of the show is from Ludwig von Mises. He said, those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom. So today, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you, and God bless America.
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In this episode, Angie Austin brings together insightful discussions on water safety and the importance of living in the present. Lindsay Mondick, a water safety expert from the YMCA, shares essential tips for ensuring children's safety around water, emphasizing the significance of being fully present. Discover a wealth of practical advice from Ty Pennington, who shares how simple home upgrades can drastically improve your living experience. Tune in for a journey from past to present happiness while ensuring future safety for your loved ones.
SPEAKER 01 :
Welcome to The Good News with Angie Austin. Now, with The Good News, here's Angie.
SPEAKER 06 :
Hey there, friend. Angie Austin and Dr. Cheryl Lentz, the academic entrepreneur, my radio friend. All right, reintroduce this book we're going to talk about.
SPEAKER 03 :
It's called The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton. It's from the 1930s, reprinted again in the 1960s. I think it was 64, 83, and again in 93. And it is just an amazing cultural affirmation, if you will, of the contributions the Greek and the Egyptians made. And one of them a very positive and the other one very negative. And I thought it was fascinating to look at our past, which seems to be very indicative of the future. And here's what I've learned so far, I'm about halfway through the book, is how much the Greeks were the positive, the uplifting, the everything's coming up, roses and optimism in their And how long – their lives lived better. They had more joyables. Everything was about how – almost like the millennial, if I'm not enjoying it, why am I doing it kind of philosophy. Where the Egyptians were always about everything in the afterlife, nothing in this life. And so they didn't care about the suffering here. That's why all the Egyptians and the pyramids was all about let's make sure that our next life is going to be fantastic. So we're going to have all the gold and all our kids and all our stuff. But they didn't know how to enjoy the present moment. And so I think it's interesting that the Egyptians were stuck in the past and the future, meaning they weren't living in the present. And the Greek were all about living in the present and having and how much different that just orientation is. I find it fascinating.
SPEAKER 06 :
All right, so I was just talking to our buddy Jim Stovall, and it was about rearview mirrors and windshields and how the windshield's big because you're supposed to look forward, and the rearview mirror in life, too, is small because you're not supposed to spend your time looking backwards. You're supposed to glance here and there. Right.
SPEAKER 03 :
That's really good. I like that.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. And that, that glancing back is to learn a lesson or maybe to enjoy a memory, but it's not to dwell on failures or to dwell on negativity or how you were wronged, et cetera. That, you know, that a lot of us don't spend a lot of time in the present. Is that kind of the gist of it? Like explain what you learned.
SPEAKER 03 :
And I've never, I mean, all the history I've taught and all the history I've taken is I never heard that orientation being the focus of the lessons of thinking of a, well, the Greeks lived in the present and it was all about joy and happiness. And isn't that amazing? Because that which you are seeking is seeking you versus the Egyptians who were so in poverty. And so everything was bad and it wasn't a good time then. And everything was about death and dying and preparing for the next life as if this life was intended to be punishment. And they both lived in, at different times with different philosophies with very different ends. I'm like, wow.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, what did you personally, how was it making you personally look at your life?
SPEAKER 03 :
I knew a lot. I had spent a lot of time looking back because one of my favorite times was in college. And, you know, particularly when you've been divorced and you've looked at it, I think a lot of us, the older we get, we look at what we perceive to be, hint, hint, hint, some of the best times in our life. And I wouldn't doubt that my junior and senior year in college at the University of Illinois was the best. Oh, my gosh, would do it again in a heartbeat. Some of the other stuff, life happens. But it's all about perspective. And it's all about how I viewed it. So I could tell you all the good things that happened. I could tell you all the really awesome things happened. Or I could tell you about all the bad stuff that happened. But it's amazing how I choose to remember it is all the parties and the fun tarts and the trips and the sorority girl and all of that stuff. And all the other stuff happened too. So it's not that I'm not remembering it, but I choose to focus on all the good stuff. So isn't it amazing? You and I have talked about this before. How many people live in their life? Nine out of 10 things go right, but we focus on the one out of 10. And it's all a matter of same stuff happens, same history happened, but how we choose to focus and retell it Isn't that amazing? So do you glass half empty, glass half full, or do you fill the glass? Interesting.
SPEAKER 06 :
You know, I'm getting to that point where, you know, you and I have talked about, you know, like pets, how important they are to us. I've got my kids. You've had your – I really enjoyed having – foreign exchange students, that's been a highlight for you. The divorce, of course, puts a shadow over a certain part of your life. And then college, like you said, the really fun part. College for me, I worked full-time and went to school full-time, so it's kind of a blur to me because I was so overly busy. And so focused and driven in my 20s to everybody I run into from my teens and 20s is like, you were the hardest worker I've ever met. And I don't feel that way at all anymore. But apparently I was. And I do see where they're coming from because so many people have just been like, I never met anybody that worked as hard as you did. And it was amazing. And they'll tell my kids that. And my kids are like, wow, she only works part time now. But I mean, it was until probably 35, maybe even 40, like that. over the top seven days a week. I do two jobs at a time. I go to school and work full time, go to school, college full time, got great grades. I mean, I just work my tail off. But I would say that the time that I know that I'm probably going to miss is like with my kids, because I don't even want to go on a vacation without them. And now I'm planning fall break for next year. And my son's fall break won't coincide with ours because he's in college now. And so just looking at like that, cruise we took a while back, that was the one where I kind of knew that that might be our last big family like hurrah for spring break where we were all together. And yes, I know we'll have more and maybe even with grandkids and kids and all that, but it was the last one where they were all at home and together. And so as I'm going through memories now, like I just popped up the records that my kids set at the pool because my daughter is in the championships this summer. One of them, all three of them used to swim. and their records are still up on the board from 2016 and she sent me screenshots you know at the pool where she is with the records listed and it's just so cool but i don't know just the memories of all of that how things have changed and the other three boys on that um record-breaking um relay team they were going to college on swim scholarships and my son was the best of them at the time and he decided to stop swimming and you know just bittersweet memories where you're like oh he could be going to you know school and he was phenomenal But the weirdest thing happened, Cheryl, is like they kept growing and he hit that little like, now he's 6'3", so he's taller than all of them. But they grew and he was super tiny. Well, when you're tall and swimming, like some of his friends started beating him. And he said he started getting bored by swimming and that might have been part of it because it is kind of boring just swimming back and forth for two hours. But I think part of it was he'd always been the winner. And then he was coming in second and third. And that was a hard pill to swallow for him. But if he would have stuck it out, he would have reclaimed his one of the top spots, you know, because that height helps so much. And one of the boys is only 5'8". Now Riley's 6'3". Well, that gives him a tremendous advantage. But you have to kind of like swim through those awkward years or the stunted growth years or whatever. But anyway, what's my point? My point is, You and I have both have different highlights and I can see as I'm looking through memories because they pop up every day on my phone, which I super enjoy. Right. But there are, you know, things like when my Mr. Mr. Brains, my cat pops up or there's a sad moment. And I know you feel the same way about Gracie, where those members are going to pop up and it's going to take that scab off for a moment. But overall. Ninety nine percent of these memories are super pleasant for me where I really enjoy them. But I'm coming to the realization that I am going to be going through that empty, nasty thing soon. And it is that whole thing. People tell you that in a blink of an eye, these kids are grown, that the days are long, the years are short, that it goes by so quickly and fast. I don't want to be one of these people that just focuses on those years. I want to be able to really enjoy the next phase and what that will be. Am I going to be a volunteer? Am I going to work with animals? Am I going to work with people who are developmentally disabled? Like what brings me joy, you know?
SPEAKER 03 :
Exactly. And I'm doing some volunteer work and things in there. It's just the only thing constant in life is change. And you've got to either roll with it or you can Sit home. It's all a matter of life going to happen to you. Are you going to be a participant? And a lot of folks, that's the whole point of this book is two different cultures and very different philosophies and very different interpretations of joy and happiness and love. And it's all a matter of perspective as opposed to what happened. So I like that you choose to have a bit of more of a filter and intentional and purposeful of what you choose to remember and how you want to celebrate it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, and I know I've told you before that, and I'm sure everybody's sick of hearing about this, but my example of not doing it, the way that I don't want to do it is my mom, and I have to say she's gotten better because last time she lived with us, she's been with us about seven months now. And over my 20-year marriage, she's been with us a lot of that time. My husband teases her constantly. He'll be like, you mean you can't remember that, but you remember when you were three, when the blah, blah, blah happened? Because she has all these stories where she's mad about something from her childhood. And he's like, how can you not remember such and such from two years ago, but you remember this thing so vividly? But anyway, he's constantly teasing her. She'll start talking. He's like, oh, is this another story, Cheryl? Are we in for another treat, another long story?
SPEAKER 03 :
but that's what's imprinted and important to her and that perspective is often shaped by your parents look at how much you have shaped the children of being able to all right we're going to have a lesson we're going to learn from it we're not going to dwell on it we're going to learn to live and learn to be social and learn to be grateful and learn to be good sportsman i mean there's all kinds of lessons you choose to be able to focus their attention on in the present where a lot of parents just don't even notice some of those things you know so i think that's amazing
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, I told you when Riley was learning, and I've said this at least 10 times when he was learning vocabulary, he said, oh, I know what a pessimist is. Grandma's a pessimist and mom's an optimist. And, of course, that made me happy that he saw me as an optimist. But I'm like, oh, my gosh, they totally get it that my mom focuses on the negative. But that's just one little aside that I definitely know the kids notice that.
SPEAKER 03 :
But it's a skill, right? It's a choice, but people don't see it as a choice. They just see that they've always been that way, they've always been wired that way, and they choose to stay that way.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, I think we get in patterns, right? Yeah, we get in patterns where it's really hard to break out of those patterns per se. So yeah, it's definitely interesting. All right, so in terms of what you're going to take forward from the book or how this has impacted you or what you want other people to learn from it, let's go there.
SPEAKER 03 :
I think it really is how you choose to focus your lens. As you're talking about is how you choose to recall which memories and What perspective of those memories, you know, we can look at the bad things or we can look at the quote unquote bad things that weren't. Maybe there were bad things at the time because we didn't see how they shaped us and they turned out to be good things. Right. It's all a matter of perspective is I have students all the time that may or may not be their favorite prof until about six months to 12 months later when they see the method of my wisdom that that impacts them. And now I become their favorite. But I wasn't their favorite at the time. It's all my teaching didn't change. They've already been graduated for six months to a year. And yet they're how they choose to remember we changed because of how their impact that I had going. Wow, I really learned the most from her. So it's all a matter of how you choose to things because I guarantee you while they were in my class, some of them not their favorite.
SPEAKER 06 :
So, oh, that's interesting. That's interesting. I love it that you realize that that you're pretty tough. So you might not be the favorite, but that they might learn to love you in the future when they see how you positively impacted them.
SPEAKER 03 :
I just had a call yesterday from a student's been gone quite some time. And he's like, Doc, see, I just got to tell you one of the best props I've ever had. I'm like, yeah, I didn't think so at the time. He goes, no, I didn't. And I think I owe you an apology.
SPEAKER 05 :
Wow.
SPEAKER 03 :
But I get that along and it's all a matter of they're seeing the you know, eight week course that we're doing, they're seeing the finite outcome, the grades, the impact. When they graduate, they see the bigger picture. They see particularly when I'm a doctoral mentor. So part of the class is dovetails into how they earn their doctorate, whether with me or anyone else. And then they see going, oh, so that's what you, oh, isn't that the, oh, isn't that, but they didn't see it at the time. So you can't see the forest for the trees. So that's the hard part is how do you, and now I even tell my students like, listen, I mean, you may not be my biggest fan right now. And I understand you're overwhelmed. You're really caught up on all the minutiae and all the details and all the things you don't yet understand. I promise you in six months, your perspective is going to change because you will understand them. You will see the connection and you will see the wisdom of why I'm doing things the way I am. I just need you to hang with me long term. They're like, all right, that works. And by changing that perspective a little bit, I'm helping to manage their expectations and shift their orientation. I don't want them to just focus on, oh, my gosh, she's just the worst ever. And we got to do this. And, you know, the whininess in there. I'm like, All right, that's true. But in the event you look at why am I doing this? Because you need this for your doctoral work. You need this for your publishing. You need this. And when they see that connection, they can say, oh, so it's not just you being a hard-ass, so to speak. It's you being purposeful and intentional and knowing the skills we need because you know where we need to be. I'm like, I've graduated over 110 grads. Not my first rodeo. I know what you need. The problem is you can't know what you need, much like a child. You're teaching them life lessons that they might not understand until they're 30, but you're teaching them when they're 70. And they're going to be like, oh, mom. Right. And then all of a sudden they're 35. Like, mom, that was pretty good stuff. I remember when I was a kid. Thank you. And it's gratitude in the rear view mirror.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yes, I love that. We're out of time. Gratitude in the rear view mirror. Dr. Cheryl Lentz dot com. Thank you, friend.
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Hey there, friend. Angie Austin here with the good news if you are just joining us. And joining us today, due to the fact that May is National Water Safety Month, is water safety expert Lindsay Mondick. She's here to discuss the YMCA's new Phones Down, Eyes Up campaign and its annual Safety Around Water program. Drowning is the number one cause of death for children ages 1 to 4. And the YMCA is committed to safety, providing numerous programs that teach children to swim. Welcome to you, Lindsay.
SPEAKER 08 :
Thanks for having me.
SPEAKER 06 :
All right, so I'm very ensconced in this water safety world because two of my kids, Hope and Faith, are lifeguards. And this is Hope's third year, and she has saved, I think it was an eight-year-old last summer. And then I've got my youngest is 16, and she is a lifeguard as well. This is her second summer. So they've got five seasons. This will be under their belt this year. So I know how important this is. And I made sure these kids knew how to swim because – In the news business, I covered so many of these stories with these little kids drowning.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, well, thank you to your girls for being advocates in this work, too. But it is crazy, right? And I think very underreported. That children can drown in as little as 30 seconds and it's often silent. And I thank you for having me on because it's a tragedy. You know, what people don't know is 88% of those drownings happen with at least one adult present.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, wow.
SPEAKER 08 :
And that's why we're kicking off this new campaign called Phones Down, Eyes Up with a goal to make sure that adults around kids know that they're swimming and fully present and ready to act.
SPEAKER 06 :
So tell us about this new campaign involving Phones Down, Eyes Up.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, so it's our new national public service campaign, really designed to cut distractions, keep families focused, and encourage them to designate a water watcher. And if you don't know water watcher, what that definition is, it's really somebody who's distraction-free, responsible for supervising kids, and that is really what we're focused on doing this year. There's a pledge you can take at phonesdowneyesup.org. We have, in addition to taking the pledge, you can download free digital tools and
SPEAKER 06 :
uh safety lanyards to designate yourself as a water watcher uh to keep water safety top of mind all summer you know it's astounding to me too the different places that we've gone to and i'm like floating around different lazy rivers it's like one of my favorites and i'll see there's been a couple of places where they actually let the lifeguards have phones which is mind-boggling to me because you give a teenager a phone you might as well not have them as a lifeguard like they're no longer a lifeguard they're just a teenager with a phone And so but then there are other places where they're constantly on their feet. They're walking back and forth. They never take their eyes off the water. So there's different protocol for these lifeguards. What are some of the risks that increase the chance of drowning?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I would say one, we want to make sure our lifeguards are fully dedicated to the water because that's their job. So I would say if you're if you're seeing that, you want to make sure that you're letting the establishment know of that risk. But as parents, our biggest risk is distraction. We have cell phones, like you mentioned. It's checking a text. It's scrolling social media. It's having a really long conversation and not paying attention to the water. And drownings happen within 10 feet of safety with that adult present. And we want to make sure that families know the importance of that. And I would say the second risk is lack of swimming skills. You know, getting kids engaged in swimming at an early age is really important so that we can teach them those essential survival skills from a young age.
SPEAKER 06 :
And even if they only learn that flip onto the back floating thing, that would help. I'll never forget. And I'm feeling sick just talking to you, thinking about it. We were at a big party at my sister-in-law's house in California. Everybody was by the pool. There were probably like 75 of us. And my kids at the time were three, five, and seven. And my three-year-old, my mom said, oh my gosh, Faith is in the pool. And I found her on the step. And I thought to myself, oh my gosh, if she was dark, if she would have fallen in not near the step, my child would have been dead. So we immediately moved to a different home where we were staying that did not have a pool because I realized that had she not fallen in by the step, my daughter would have died because we never would have seen or heard her drown in that pool in the dark. And so it just makes me sick just thinking about it. But I was very diligent. Even though she was young, she'd already taken some swimming lessons. I think it's so important we get them into the Y or other locations. I'm a big Y advocate. I grew up swimming at the Y. So, yeah, it's just it's so important to get them those basic skills, even if it's the only the flip over on your back and float deal.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right. And you bring up a really good point. I think, you know, I talk to lots of families, both. I've had a very similar experience as a mom, right, that my child wandered and was found near the water. Obviously, we had a positive outcome, but unfortunately, you know, there are lots of families who don't. And vigilance and constant supervision, as hard as it is sometimes for families, really saves lives. And so that's why, again, we're really about making sure this summer that families Not only are kids confident because they have swimming lessons and water safety skills, but that phones down, eyes up is really shared across our country because it's a simple and powerful message. Put your phone down, stay alert. Never assume you'll hear somebody if they're in trouble because drowning is fast and it is silent.
SPEAKER 06 :
So fast. So fast. What else should we know, Lindsay?
SPEAKER 08 :
I think the other thing you alluded to is having a water watcher, right? Anytime you're near water, to ensure that somebody has been designated to be fully present around water with no phones, no distractions. At a pool party, a beach trip, a neighbor's backyard, we should... You know, we can take turns as parents to make sure kids are safe and are being watched. And then additionally, again, I said it before, but have swimming lessons. Programs like Safety Around Water and basic swimming lessons are a great place to start to make sure that kids have those basic self-rescue skills.
SPEAKER 06 :
All right, where do we go to get more info?
SPEAKER 08 :
So listeners can check out resources at phonesandeyesup.org. They can download free water watcher tools, and they can also check out and learn about YMCA swim lessons for all ages, as well as other activities from the YMCA to keep kids and families active this summer.
SPEAKER 06 :
Excellent. Love having you on the show. Love the YMCA. So many great programs. It was such a great part of my childhood. So many good memories. Thank you so much, Lindsay. Thank you for having me. You bet. All right. Changing gears there. If you're just joining us, this is Angie Austin with the good news. And the good news is one of our favorites, Ty Pennington. So I'm going to speak for myself. One of my favorites this year because it's the season to look for cool upgrades to beat the summer heat. Here to help is Emmy award-winning TV host and designer Ty Pennington, who is teaming up with American Standard to help homeowners stay cool and save some money this summer. Ty has hosted shows like Extreme Makeover Home Edition and Trading Spaces and is currently hosting two shows on HGTV, Battle on the Beach and Rock the Block. Welcome, Ty. Hi. Hey, thanks for having me, Andrew. You are welcome. All right, so overall, what have you learned from all your work on TV doing all this celebrity carpenter work? Because you've been on a lot of different shows.
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Wow, where do I start? Well, I would say this. I think experience has taught me. how to make a big difference without tearing down walls, right? So simple, manageable upgrades like updating insulation or adding a thermostat can really provide much-needed relief during these brutal summer months. And that's why I'm teaming up with American Standard to share solutions that can lower energy bills with smart, practical fixes that don't break the bank but really boost that quality of life.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay. So let's talk about some of the upgrades that we should consider.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, well, look, it's all about – Look, saving some serious cash on your energy bill with a smart upgrade. And HVAC equipment, like the ones from American Standard, are the most efficient for your home. And that's what you want. You want units that are efficient. And these are built to keep your home cool without working overtime. So keeping that heat out means the system doesn't have to work as hard. So trust me, small changes equal big savings. And I'm a big fan of American Standard. It's a trusted name in the HVAC industry for over 100 years. The company has earned a great reputation for its reliability and performance across all its product lines.
SPEAKER 06 :
OK, in addition to American Standard, what about, you know, the smart technology? Can that make a big difference as well? A lot of people don't have that in their homes at this point in time.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, I think smart tech is one of those things is once you have it, you never go back because it just here's what it is like. Smart tech is seriously up the game for homeowners. because you literally can control your environment from what it's going to feel like when you walk in the door, or even not wasting the energy if you're not home. You can make sure you're not heating or cooling your place if you're not there, because you can control it all from your phone. So one of my favorites. is the smart programmable thermostat like the American Standard Link UX360. An American Standard smart thermostat lets you control your home's temperature and humidity from your phone, right? So seamlessly integrating with the American Standard Home app and built-in diagnostic features, that means it's more convenient, it's more comfort, and it alerts you when something needs attention. So it's like having your own home climate assistant in your pocket.
SPEAKER 06 :
I like the idea, too, that if you're traveling. I mean, my brother lives in Phoenix, and he travels. And, of course, he doesn't want to heat a home in Phoenix when it gets to 115, but he wants to keep it at a temperature that is good for the home as well and whatever else he has in there so he can adjust it when he's traveling. Right, right, right. All right. How about the easiest way to start a cool project?
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Well, look, I mean, when it comes to HVAC, I would definitely say don't do this alone, right? You want to ask a trusted expert. And the easiest way to start your home upgrade is by contacting, like, a local HVAC pro or an American Standard customer care specialist because they're going to help you determine the best options for your space and budget. And you don't need to, you know, have it all figured out. They can help guide you step-by-step based on the size of your home and the specific needs. And another suggestion is to start small, right, like a smart thermostat, some fresh insulation, or even just – sealing gaps and cracks throughout your house can make a huge impact. So don't do everything at once. I think, you know, think about comfort and savings, and when you combine those two, that's where the magic happens.
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All right. Anything else you want us to know?
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Well, no, I just think it's really important that you reach out to an APA specialist because you're talking about BTUs. They need to determine the size unit you have for your home, and that depends on all the square feet and things like that. And that's why you really kind of need that specialist. But to do that, you can reach out to American Standard Customer Care Specialist, or don't forget to go to AmericanStandardAir.com.
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Excellent. And what's next for you? Which show are you working on right now?
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Well, we've got the big finale of Rock the Block that's coming up, which is going to be just awesome. And I think we've been nominated from some, like, Critics' Choice Award, which is fantastic. I've got three different projects I'm working on, one in Savannah, one in Florida, one in New York. So I'm sort of all over the place. But I love it. I've always got, like, you know, a hand in one bucket, a foot in another bucket. And it just, you know, it's what I do. So I love it that I'm still doing it. So, yeah. whether it's like a small little garden shed down in Florida or a big reno in New York, or making over this little carriage house in Savannah. So I just love the project because they're all different, and I think I'm one of those people who just is happiest when he's busiest.
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Yeah, I like that. And I like the idea. I know that a lot of the people aren't excited about getting new HVAC, but we just put a bid in on a home yesterday for our son who is in a college town not far from us. And you would not believe how much you would have to put into a home if they haven't properly taken care of it, if they don't have maybe two cooling systems for a house with like 4,000 square feet or something, or like the windows and making sure that the heat stays in. Those things, if they haven't done it already, it's going to add tens of thousands of dollars onto what you have to pay for a home. So we look at that stuff very closely before we put an offer in. And if they don't have good stuff, we make them replace it. So they didn't get to enjoy it. We'll get to enjoy it.
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Right. Well, that's smart. And that's what you've got to do. You've got to have it looked by a specialist, whether it's an inspector or definitely an HVAC person to come and take a look at it and say, how many years is left on this unit? Like, you know, has it ever been registered to be fixed before? And you've got to, you know, because you can find out, like, what parts have been replaced and et cetera, but that's really smart. But you've also got to check the windows for, like, exactly what you're doing is really smart because that's going to determine how well that system is going to work in that home. Exactly. All right, Ty, thanks so much.
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Join Rick Hughes on The Flatline as he unearths the critical role of wisdom in the life of a believer. Drawing from biblical examples and personal insights, Rick emphasizes the importance of nurturing spiritual acumen from a young age. This episode offers parents guidance on instilling divine standards in their children's lives and highlights the peril of human viewpoint. With every turn in its conversation, the episode highlights prayer's vital role in spiritual growth and the eternal implications of embracing true biblical wisdom.
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Welcome to the Flatline with your host, Rick Hughes. For the next 30 minutes, you'll be inspired, motivated, educated, but never manipulated. Now, your host, Rick Hughes.
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Good morning and welcome to the Flatline. I'm your host, Rick Hughes, and for the next few minutes, I always do this. I'm extending to you a cordial invitation. Stick around. Listen a little bit. This show is simply about 28 minutes, and it's designed for some inspiration, motivation, education, all about the plan of God for your life. That's my job. And if I can do a good job, maybe you will orient and adjust to the plan. That's up to you. But God did give you two ends, one that you sit with and one that you think with, and success in your life will depend on which one you use. So I always say heads you'll win and tails you'll lose. Heads means you put something in your brain, put something up there to think with because that's where you actually live your spiritual life if in fact you are a Christian. You live your spiritual life in your soul, in the mentality of your soul. You have an invisible soul, you have an invisible spirit and these are the two things that go to heaven and get the new body, the new resurrection body. but your soul has a consciousness and that consciousness has norms and standards. Things that you live by, things that you learned as a child, you learn certain norms like brush your teeth, make up your bed, comb your hair, you know, et cetera, et cetera. And you learn standards if you were taken to church and you learn God's standards and God's maybe the 10 commandments or you learn different parables from the Bible, you learn standards to live by. These are called wisdom in the Bible. It's God's way of giving you wisdom by learning his word so that it can enable you to have a wonderful, fantastic, fulfilled life. Solomon, the king of Israel, wrote about some of this wisdom in his Proverbs under the inspiration of God, and we started talking about this last week. I'd like to wrap it up today if I can, but we approach the subject of being spiritually brain dead, spiritually brain dead. And that's people that have no wisdom, no wisdom from the word of God inside the mentality of their soul and the standards of their soul. And, uh, Solomon's objective, I remind you, I want to review some stuff here with you. First of all, I said his objective was to stress the importance of the wisdom of God, which he made available for you and me through his written words. And I read to you Proverbs 1, 1 through 7. I will reread it. It said the Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel, for gaining wisdom and instruction, for understanding words of insight, for receiving instruction and prudent behavior, doing what is right and just and fair, for giving prudence to those who are simple. That's the spiritually brain dead. Knowledge and discretion to the young. That's young people. And then it goes in verse 5, says, let the wise listen and add to their learning. Let the discerning get their guidance for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and the riddles of the wise. And then it goes on to say, the fear of the Lord is where the beginning of knowledge starts. But fools despise wisdom and instruction. So this proverb, verse four, Proverbs 4, 1-4 says, for giving prudence to those who are simple. Simple, and that was the word prudence was the word ormah, the Hebrew word ormah, which meant discretion or wisdom or subtlety, which was the state of having some mental acumen, the state of being shrewd. And that's why Solomon wrote these things. And we talked about what it means to be a subtle believer, not being bold or brash or obnoxious. And we showed you how an overbearing person is always an obnoxious person. And when you speak, you must have clear thinking and accurate content if you're going to communicate the plan of God. And I challenged you to think about why the Bible keeps repeating the need for the believer to have discernment. Why does it keep repeating the need for us to have understanding derived from the wisdom in our soul? And I told you the answer was simple. It's the spiritual life is lived in the soul, and it's expressed in your body. Thus, your soul has mentality, your soul has volition, and Satan will use every advantage he can in this world to distort the way you think, distorting your thinking into what's called human viewpoint, not divine viewpoint. Human viewpoint is the exact opposite of divine viewpoint. We'll talk more about that later. But one of the ways that he distorts these things is through his own ministers and pulpits who preach human viewpoint, 2 Corinthians 11, 13 through 15. Therefore, it is not surprising that if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their own deeds. I told you, according to John 8, 44, he's the greatest deceiver in all of history. The Lord Jesus Christ called him the father of all lies, the greatest liar ever in the history of the world. And I told you that those servants who he uses will teach false information. In 2 Timothy 4.1, some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and from the doctrines of demons. People that abandon the word of God and go for the false, go for the lie. So hopefully I wanted you to see that the enemy can control what you think. If he can do that, if he can control what you think, if he can control what you believe, then he can control what you do. And how we were exhorted over and over again throughout the New Testament to learn God's plan so we could execute it, so we could fulfill God's desires for us that we might glorify him and have a full, wonderful, meaningful life. Ephesians 3.20 says all glory belongs to God whose power is at work in us for this very reason. Thus the demand that we become spiritually mature and accrue wisdom in our soul so we can fulfill the plan of God. The importance of learning the wisdom of God is educating the simple or the spiritually brain-dead individual. And in Proverbs chapter 1, they are called the youth who need knowledge and need discretion. And I told you the principle was this, destroy the thinking of the youth and you can destroy the client nation. And I showed you where Satan's attack on client nation USA is to capture the thoughts of and the imagination of the young people who are ultimately the future decision makers in this country. He does this through the abundance of social media, which is an appeal to the emotions. It's not a challenge to the intellect. And the whole concept of humanism, human viewpoint, humanism, is rampant on social media. So the emotions are wonderful. I have great emotions. I sometimes cry at movies. I get excited when I catch a great big giant bass. I go and yell and stomp my feet and say, that a boy, big boy, you caught him, you know. If my football team wins, I get excited. But emotions are not an initiator. They're not designed to dictate policy. They're just an appreciator, not an initiator. They give us the ability to appreciate, but not to discern. If you're going to discern right and wrong, if you're going to discern what your life must be about, it's not about emotionalism. It's about thinking, thinking, thinking. And this is where the devil is really good in humanism promoting all sorts of emotionalism in the life of so many young people today. Just the thought that so many young people are committing suicide tells you they're living by their emotions. So accurate thought requires accurate information at the beginning, at the beginning of youth, at the beginning of a young age. And the first thing you have to learn is children obey your parents, honor your father and your mother. That's authority, orientation, and respect for your parents. And then in Proverbs 3, David wrote to Solomon, My son, do not forget my teaching, lest your heart fail. failed to obey my instructions. And so failing to teach authority orientation in the home resulted in a sound out of soul, out of control and making decisions that's detrimental to self. So I looked at the word simple, the Hebrew word pathay. And that means those who had no divine standards, the youth who are the simple, the simple ones, uh, And they relied on their emotion, not content, when they make a decision. Simple means naive or silly or seductible or easily persuaded and enticed. And here's the principle. We'll try to dig in with this and hopefully move on from this. With no divine operating standards, an individual is easily persuaded to step into sin. He's a credulous person, which means he's ready to believe a lie. And the simple-minded person, the one Proverbs talks about in Revelation, chapter 1 verse 3 the simple-minded person is the person who has no biblical frame of reference if he has no biblical frame of reference then he must operate on artificial intelligence and as a friend of mine who's a pastor once said artificial intelligence is made up of arrogance and ignorance AI arrogance and ignorance put these two together and you have artificial intelligence Arrogance always starts with self-justification, self-deception, self-absorption, and eventually self-destruction. And ignorance is just simply thinking human viewpoint and disregarding any divine viewpoint. Where do you get the word divine viewpoint? The Bible says let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus. The Bible says stop thinking of yourself in terms of arrogance beyond what you should. but think in terms of humility as God has assigned to each one of us a standard of thinking from his word. So there is the concept of learning God's word, living God's word, learning the mind of Christ, and guess what the mind of Christ is? First Corinthians says it's the Bible. The New Testament is the mind of Christ. The writers of the New Testament wrote what he thought, what he did, how he lived his life, and it's an encouragement to us as well. So if someone doesn't have a basis to determine what's right and what's wrong, then they'll be easily persuaded to step into an arena that they should not enter. James 1.14 says, Every man is tempted when he's drawn away by his own lusts. and entice, that's the temptation, then when the lust is conceived, that's the sin, it brings forth sin, and sin when it's finished brings forth death, temporal death. So being tempted is not a sin, that's the temptation. But when you let the temptation come to fruition and conception, then it becomes a sin. And the sin, if you're a Christian, brings forth death, temporal death, spiritual death for temporary out of fellowship, the filling of the Holy Spirit, quenched and grieved. And it could even be eventually the sin unto death, but it's not spiritual death. you were made spiritually alive in christ jesus and god doesn't make you spiritually dead when you sin that's not the way it goes when christ who knew no sin was made sin for us we were made the righteousness of god through by means of him and so if i sin i get out of fellowship with god and i'm in a state of temporal spiritual death but I'm not spiritually dead to where I'm not gonna be saved. So if you take young people and give them early exposure to sinful, flawed behavior, what it does is scars up their soul, scars up their heart. And Paul wrote about this in Ephesians 4, 18, where he said, being darkened in their understanding, They get excluded from the life of God because of their ignorance and because of the hardness of their heart. They become callous and allow themselves to be betrayed to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greed. This is what happens when there is no soul rapport with God, when a person is spiritually impure. brain dead he's darkened in his understanding and he has nothing to do with the plan of god because of ignorance he doesn't know anything he hasn't been taught anything he doesn't see the difference and his heart gets hard and becomes callous and he betrays his own soul so proverbs 1 4 if we go back to that it says to the youth give knowledge and discretion Youth is a young person, a damsel or a boy, usually under the age of 20, doesn't make any difference, but they need knowledge, da'ath, the Hebrew word, da'ath, D-A-A-T-H. It means a perceptive skill, which is built on wisdom and understanding. Proverbs 2.19 says this about knowledge. When wisdom enters your heart and knowledge becomes pleasant to your soul, discretion will preserve you and understanding will keep you. We call that the Fantastic Four. Wisdom in your heart. Knowledge is pleasant to your soul. That means you like it. It tastes good. You want more of it. So when you get knowledge, you gain wisdom. And through wisdom, you get discretion and understanding. And it protects you from self-destruction. protects you from arrogantly destroying your own life by bad decisions. So Psalm 119 verse 9, how can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to your word, the psalmist wrote. in proverbs 23 19 listen my son and be wise and direct your heart in the way in proverbs 22 6 a word to parents train up a child in the way he should go and when he's old he will not depart from it that's not a promise that he will eventually come back to fellowship with god But it is a promise that he will never forget what you put in his soul by information you taught him and by the illustrations that you presented to him as he watched you live your life. He may never come back. He may walk away from the plan of God. He may never come back. But he will always have that in his soul, what you fed him, what he saw, what he heard. But through his own volition, he rejected it. And that happens every day. so here's some principles without perception skills no young person can tell when they're being manipulated without perception skills no young person can tell when they're being manipulated in Genesis 3 1 now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made and he the serpent said in the woman yeah God said you should not eat of the tree of the garden He manipulated Satan. Satan manipulated Eve. He manipulated her arrogance. He fed her arrogance. And she sinned, took a bite of the fruit, and eventually gave it to Adam. So we know he's a master manipulator. And the Bible says in 1 Peter 5, 8, be alert, have a sober mind, because your enemy, the devil, is prowling around like a lion looking for someone to devour. And if he can identify you as a person who's not prepared, if he can identify a simple-minded youth, then he can destroy him with social media, humanism, progressivism, and destroy any chance he ever has of living a normal life. So point two, the tragedy of many of America's youth is that they have no ability to recognize the lie of socialism or or the lie of humanism, since social media starts dominating the thinking of so many of them at a very young age. And the problem is this, you cannot tell what's fake and what's true by looking at your cell phone. That's the problem. So where do you get your truth from? Oh, I get it from the cell phone. That's where I get my truth from. Well, how about trying to get it from the Bible? I would say that's much more dependable than the cell phone. Three, one of the reasons for this flaw in the mind of a young person who's spiritually brain dead is the parent did not teach him nor demonstrate the wisdom of God to him at an early age. Had that been done, then the innocent person would have an opportunity to spot the lie of Satan and recognize when they're being manipulated. Thus Proverbs 3.1, David's words to Solomon, "'My son, forget not my laws, "'but let your heart keep my commandments.'" point four if you do not capture the thoughts of a young person in other words if you don't establish a beachhead of divine viewpoint in their thinking at an early age then eventually the enemy will seduce them lure them take them into human viewpoint into humanism at a later time by appealing to their emotions. How does he do that? Through sex, through movies, through social media. The cosmic system is always recruiting the thinking of your children and your grandchildren. And the only thing you have to go against it is the word of God is alive and powerful, sharper than a two-edged sword. Piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul and the spirit and the joints and the marrow is a critic of the thoughts and the intents of the heart. Put the word of God in the soul of your children and the soul of your grandchildren, and they have a chance. They still have to make their own decisions, but they have a chance because the cosmic system is not going to quit recruiting them Now, our most effective weapon, point five, our most effective weapon against the lure of the cosmic system is prayer. If our children have bought into the devil's lie, at least we can cover them with prayer. Cover them with prayer. Ephesians 6.18 Pray in the Spirit in every situation. Use every kind of prayer and request there is. For the same reason, be alert and use every kind of effort and make every kind of request for all of God's people. Praying for your children is a magnificent opportunity. Praying for your grandchildren, magnificent opportunity. You can approach the throne room of God through the name of Jesus Christ and the filling of the Holy Spirit and have an effective prayer life for your family and your children and grandchildren. But if you're out of fellowship with unconfessed sin in your life, remember the Bible says, if I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. So if we have sin in our life, there will be no answer to the prayer. Remember that. So if you're going to have an effective prayer life, you must be able to pray under the filling of the Holy Spirit. But it's a flaw for the parents not to teach, not to demonstrate God's Word. So using prayer is a wonderful way to protect your children. Now, guilt in a parent is not good. Your job, my job, is to expose our children to God's plan and encourage them to follow it beginning with believing in the Lord Jesus Christ. A broken heart in a parent is not guilt. A lot of parents are broken hearted, but that doesn't mean they're guilty. It means their children have used their own negative volition to go against what their parents taught them. It happens every day. Your parents teach you divine viewpoint. Your parents teach you the love and the kindness and the generosity of God, and you reject it, and it breaks your parents' heart. But that's not guilt. Guilt in a parent is a parent who didn't teach divine operating assets or who didn't help his simple-minded child understand the delusion and the deception of the devil. And then he watches his child self-destruct because he didn't teach it to him. You know, Adam and Eve had a son named Cain and he murdered his own brother Abel. I don't know how the mom and dad handled that. Do you? The Bible doesn't really talk about what Adam and Eve thought about one son killing another son. I would not say that that's a successful upbringing, but both sons had the same information. Both sons had the same parents, but they had different volitions. One adhered to the plan of God. had enough humility to obey the plan of God and the other one did not. So that could happen in your children too. You can have three great children and one lousy child, you know, two great children and two lousy kids, same parent, same information. but it's up to their volition. Children have their own volition, point seven. And we cannot coerce them, nor can we manipulate them into responding to God's invitation. If you read the prodigal son illustration in Luke 15, you'll remember this, how he approached his father and he wanted his share of the inheritance now, and the dad didn't try to talk him out of it. He didn't try to convince him not to go. He knew it was a waste of time. The kid was so stupid. He had to learn the hard way. And here is a maxim or an aphorism you might should remember. Stupid decisions get people hurt. Bad decisions limit future options is one way of thinking about it. The other way is stupid decisions get people hurt. And it was a stupid decision of this younger son to take his share of the inheritance and blow it all and almost wind up dead until he came home and saw the error of his ways and confessed his sin to his father. This is the believer out of fellowship going down the my way highway and almost dying the son unto death until you rebound and reboot your life and get back in fellowship with God. So children have their own volition. You can't coerce them, you can't manipulate them. You just have to give them the facts. If knowledge is pleasant to their soul, then the individual will enjoy the taste of feeding on the word of God. It's that simple. In Matthew 5, 6, happiness belongs to those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. This is a person who has knowledge being pleasant to the soul. He hungers and thirsts for knowledge. Righteousness is knowledge there. So what you think is the secret to what you live. If you're going to avoid being spiritually brain dead, then you have to have some information upstairs. Let the mind of Christ be in you. Learn the word of God. Proverbs 23, 7, as a man thinketh in his heart, so he is. and that you are the sum total of your thoughts, not your emotions, your thoughts. If God wants to check you out, he's going to look at what you're thinking, what's your motivations, what's your intentions, what's your desires. He's not looking at your image and your style. He's looking at your mind, what you're thinking. So if knowledge is pleasant to your soul, this means you enjoy the taste of feeding on God's word. What do you think is the secret to your life? Do you know? What do you think is the secret to what you live in your life? Well, the Bible clearly states, as you think in your heart, so you are. And the secret is what you're thinking. You can think in terms of arrogance, or you can think in terms of humility. And I quoted the verse in Romans 12, three, stop thinking in terms of arrogance beyond what you should think, but think in terms of humility as God has assigned to each of us a standard of thinking from his word. the concept of humanism is arrogance god does not want you to be trapped in arrogant humanism it's important you understand that because arrogance uses human viewpoint and academic theory as criteria for life rather than the word of god see the human viewpoint completely disregards god's plan and god's mandates that are found in the scripture Thus, someone trapped in human viewpoint is living a direct opposite of what the Bible says is divine viewpoint. Human good is simply the devil's lie by distortion of the laws of establishment. For example, the whole idea of the government trying to abolish sickness, mental illness, economic problems, frustrations, human problems by some sort of legislation, some sort of human solution. It's evil. The world's problems can never be solved apart from the word of God and the laws of divine establishment. So the greatest distortion of all for anyone is the organized religion where human good is touted over faith alone in Christ alone. Thus, the free gift of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ is the only way to have eternal security and to enjoy living the plan of God in time. And that's not what humanism tells you. Be good. Live a nice life. Be nice to people. And God will cut you a slack deal when you get to heaven. That's not the case. Not the case. Well, I hope you're listening. I hope you're learning. I hope you're learning. And please come back and be with me next week. Until then, I'm your host, Rick Hughes, saying thank you for listening to The Flatline.
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Thank you for listening to The Floodline with your host, Rick Hughes. If you'd like to contact Rick, please write to him at P.O. Box 100, Cropwell, Alabama, 35054, or online at www.rickhughesministries.org.
Explore the optimistic projections for 2026 under Trump's economic policies with insights from various thought leaders. Delve into the intricate details of Trump's big, beautiful bill, contrasting various perspectives from supporters and skeptics who voice concerns over deficit spending. Moreover, revisit the scandal surrounding Joe Biden’s cognitive health and its political implications. Mike Gallagher challenges listeners to place trust in Trump's vision while also addressing the intricate balance of truth and politics.
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The Mike Gallagher Show on Salem News Channel and the Salem Radio Network.
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This is one of the really deranged things that I think illegal immigration does to our society is it gets us in a mindset of saying we can only build houses with illegal immigrants. We have seven million just men, not even women, just men who have completely dropped out of the labor force. We cannot have an entire American business community that is giving up on American workers and then importing millions of illegal laborers.
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In the ReliefFactor.com studios, here's Mike.
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He's great. That's J.D. Vance. Marco Rubio is great. What a bench we've got. Who am I missing? I know I'm already missing people. Donald Trump Jr. is great. Maybe Don Jr. carries the torch. Who do you think... is best suited to lead this country. Now we've got tons of breaking news, and here's some news out of Virginia. Congressman Jerry Connolly, Democrat from Virginia, has passed away following a fairly brief cancer battle. He announced his initial diagnosis with esophageal cancer about six months ago. He was 75 years old. So that's a big story because, of course, the Republicans have a slim majority in the House of Representatives, and now the Democrats have lost one of their own, and a veteran, Congressman Jerry Connolly, dead at the age of 75. Speaking of passings, George Wendt, the actor who played Norm, on Cheers, died peacefully in his sleep yesterday. He was 76 years old. Quite the life and the legacy and, of course, one of my favorite shows, Cheers, starring the great Kelsey Grammer. Here's Bob in Philadelphia. Bob, what do you think about Marco Rubio as the 2028 nominee for president?
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He's awesome. I love Rubio. He is sharp as a tack. I've been following his career for the last 12 years, and I definitely think he should be our next president of the United States.
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I mean, maybe it's a Marco Rubio. I don't think J.D. Vance goes for VP again, but even Vance and Rubio on the ticket, or maybe J.D. sort of, you know, I don't know. I don't think he fades into obscurity, but Marco Rubio. Did you hear that three and a half minutes with Van Hollen that we just played?
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Yes, that was amazing. Like I said, he is so smart. He's excellent in foreign policy, and he nailed it. That was a great video, and I've been following your show every day now forever. Oh, thank you. Thanks for all your great work.
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Thank you, Bob. You're very kind. Thank you, Bob. You're a good man. One open line, 800-655-MIKE. You know, Floridians are sort of surprised at this. I talked to a friend of mine earlier today who's a lifelong Floridian. And she said, Marco Rubio wasn't like this as senator. Something has changed with him. There's something different about Marco Rubio today from Marco Rubio as senator from the state of Florida. Now, this particular friend of mine happens to be a Trump fan. fanatic, so of course she gives Trump the credit. Oh, Trump did it! Trump can't make somebody into something that they're not. I don't think it's Trump. Her theory is Trump just sort of set him loose. This has to come from within. Marco Rubio has to come up with Marco Rubio of 2025. But I do think she's right. The Marco Rubio we're seeing now is not the same Marco Rubio. I've always liked him. Now I'm, like, ready to sign up to work for his campaign. Now, you know, maybe it's overstated to say, well, one day, a hearing, but it's more than one day. It's been the last few months. He is as impressive as can be. He left that Chris Van Hollen... sputtering and stammering and spitting and heaving. That was a crime scene. That was a crime scene. That was an absolute crime scene. Officer, I want to report a crime. Chris Van Hollen was mugged. And I think he's the real deal. Here's Bill from Warren, Michigan on the MyPillow text line. If Don Jr. runs, at least we're not wasting the money on all those Trump 2028 hats. True. We could save a lot of money on merch. Brandon in Washington, D.C. Vance Rubio, 2028. And here's South Carolina. I'm only about 20 minutes into the show on X today trying to catch up, but yes, I think a Rubio-Vance ticket would be awesome in 2028. Vance just isn't quite ready yet, but that would get him ready. Well, yeah, but isn't that strange to be the vice president for one term and then be somebody else's vice president? I don't know that J.D. would want to do that. Maybe so, I don't know. 800-655-MIKE, 21 before the hour. We'll give you the latest on the all-night negotiations over the big, beautiful bill. For me, not even a close call. Be unified, Republicans. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. We cannot let the Trump tax cuts expire. The Trump tax cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, it cannot expire forever. Trump knows what he's doing. Trust him. Trust what he's doing. And this is not a time to strut around and try to get clicks and attention. And, of course, you know who we're talking to, Thomas Massey, president. I don't know why any Republican congressman, regardless of your ideology, wants to be the guy to take on Donald Trump right now. Trump has got enormous popularity. Have you seen the approval ratings? Have you seen the polls? You know, goofy Jessica Tarloff loves polls. She's not talking much about Trump's approval ratings right now because they're all going up. There's like nine polls. He's ascending in all of them. Americans accept and appreciate and are rooting for him to succeed. And you know something? Thomas Massey, these guys are wrong. I appreciate that they are people of principle. I don't want to say they're grandstanding. Because I truly believe that they feel in their heart that torpedoing the Trump agenda is good for the country. Now, they're wrong. They're completely wrong. Here's what Donald Trump said yesterday himself. Here's the president sort of taking Thomas Massey, the Kentucky bad boy, the Kentucky rebel, the Kentucky rogue. Here's President Trump taking Congressman Massey out to the woodshed yesterday.
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He thinks he's going to get publicity. And you have that. You have that. They've got some, too.
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I don't think you want to be the guy in President Trump's crosshairs these days. Be unified, Republicans. Do the right thing. Here's a text message from California. My favorite for 2028 is Mike Johnson for president. He's very centric. Republicans and Democrats would both like him. Now, I've never done this for a texter. Normally, I hit the song for a caller. But this time, I think the texter deserves it.
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I'm a clumpy old troll who lives under the bridge. Hey, I'm a clumpy old troll who lives under the bridge.
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Yeah, I think that's a troll text. I don't think anybody's sitting around fantasizing about Speaker Mike Johnson for president in 2028 because of his centric nature. Nice try, California. You're a troll. I'm loving this box. This little sound machine that Tom Trout gave me. I'm going to carry this around with me. When Tracy gets me aggravated, I'm just going to have to... That's not the right thing to play. I was going to play the shotgun sound effect, but that could be an HR violation because I definitely don't want to shotgun Tracy. Imagine that. Hey, Eric Hansen, you want me to do what? I got to cut 19 spots today? That'll be the end of that. Loving this thing. The sound machine. Tom Trout up a gift. It's the coolest little box. I'm going to start giving them out as Christmas presents. Hey, a portion of our show is sponsored by Fellowship Home Loans. If you know me, you know I only put my name behind people I trust. When it comes to mortgages, I trust Mike and Brian, the team at Fellowship Home Loans. This could be your year. Hey, fingers crossed. I got a showing today. Maybe they'll love the condo. Maybe this is your year to buy a condo, a home, a property. And the personal touch means everything. Fellowship Home Loans treats every client like members of their own family. And members of my family have been Fellowship Home Loans customers, as have I. You see, they're a full-service direct lender. They're not a broker. So maybe you're thinking about a cash-out refi or a HELOC to finish some home projects, consolidate debt, or just get ahead financially, put some money in your pocket. They cut out the middleman at Fellowship Home Loans. Faster decisions, fewer fees, less stress. Get started today. Go to fellowshiphomeloans.com slash Mike G. Fellowshiphomeloans.com slash Mike G. Or give them a call. We've set up a special toll-free number for you. 800-510-MIKE. You'll talk to one of the great representatives at Fellowship Home Loans. They'll take terrific care of you. Call 800-510-MIKE. 800-510-6453. The book. Missionwide Mortgage Bankers.
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It's just hard to believe how many things are going so right, so well, so splendidly. We'll see what happens with President Trump's big, beautiful bill. I'm hoping and praying. I know Ralph Norman from South Carolina went from no to a yes. There are a few others who seem to be coming around. The Freedom Caucus is getting the message. Look, we appreciate your principled stand against the deficit and spending. Don't give the Democrats the win that they so desperately want. Good things are coming. You've got to trust this guy. You've got to trust this president. There's a podcaster named Patrick Bet-David. He's got the PBD podcast, a very popular podcast. And he had a really optimistic, sunny disposition about things to come under Trump's leadership in the United States.
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What do you have on your cap there, PBD? It says future looks bright because I believe 2026 is going to be the greatest year we've had in the history of our lives in America. 250 year anniversary. The president's going to turn 80. World Cup's coming here. It's going to be a big IPO year. I think the market's going to go to places we've never seen before. I'm very excited about the future.
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All right. Well, you'll have to send me a hat because I already got the humidor and that thing stocked.
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That's Jesse Waters hosting Patrick Bet-David last night. The future is bright. 2026 is going to be an epic year. And that's kind of the way I see it. It's going to take some time here. Rome wasn't built overnight. It's going to take a few months. Maybe a year. 2026... is going to be an extraordinary year. The future is bright. I don't know what to make of the Jake Tapper, Joe Biden scandal, and it is a scandal. You've got to see Megyn Kelly. My gosh, Jake Tapper is doing a book tour, and we had an opportunity to interview him, and I don't want to talk to him. I don't want to contribute to book sales. But I'm torn because I know that's probably a ridiculous position on my part because everybody's talking about the book. Original sin. The tell-all about Joe Biden's cognitive decline and how it was covered up. Everybody around him covered it up. And the media covered it up. And Jake Tapper is one of the biggest culprits. I mean, we've all got the receipts. We've seen clip after clip of Jake Tapper mocking anybody and attacking any conservative who dared to question Joe Biden's mental acuity. And now he's profiting on a book about the decline of Joe Biden. And He wanted to get grilled by Megyn Kelly. He had to know that Megyn Kelly was going to give it to him with both barrels on her podcast. And boy, did she ever.
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Over here in my ecosphere, we were covering all of these. It wasn't just falling down. It was getting lost. It was some of the stuff you report in your book. We knew and we were reporting on, like, the multi-jump cuts in the videos of him. Or it was obvious he couldn't get through a one-minute take. It was clear to us that he was using teleprompter. And there was some reporting on that at the time, all of which the White House was denying. Now, the current White House, I have some connections. With the Joe Biden White House, I had none. But you did. There was an attempted cover up. It could only ever work if you allowed it, if the press allowed it. Some of us tried not to and some of us were complicit.
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The Biden White House did not like me. OK, this is I do not have great connections with the Biden White House.
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Well, clearly, you have a lot of sources. You say you talked to over 200 sources for this book. You have some you could have called and worked.
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No, that's the point, is that they were not being honest.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, how did the Wall Street Journal get it in June of 2024? And Jake Tapper and CNN couldn't find sources for this story then before he dropped out?
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Annie Linsky and Siobhan Hughes did an amazing job in their reporting. And they should be heralded. And I heralded them. I had them on my show right after the debate to talk about their great reporting.
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But you did not put them on when they published that story, which was before the debate. Correct.
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I don't know what the booking situation was, but it wasn't because I didn't want them. I'm sure I said that day, let's book. I'm sure I said that day, let's book. Did they?
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Yeah, you put on a Democrat and you allowed the Democrat to rip on the report as a Rupert Murdoch sponsored hit piece.
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No, no, no.
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It's just, that's what happened.
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If we're going to do this, let's just stick to the facts here, okay? When there is a damaging report.
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That's what I've been doing all along. One of us didn't miss the biggest story of the century when it comes to presidential politics. And one of us did.
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Wow. And it got worse. I mean, that went on and on. It's brutal. I mean, Megyn Kelly's interview with Jake Tapper was brutal. And he has to say, well, it's worth it. I'm going to make a lot of money on a book. I wrote a book with Alex Thompson from Axios, and we're going to get a lot of attention for the book, and we're going to get a lot of buzz, and we're going to sell a lot of books, we're going to make millions. So getting beat up by Megyn Kelly is a small price to pay. I don't really know how to handle this book. Again, on the one hand, I want nothing to do with it. On the other hand... this could very well be one of the biggest scandals of presidential politics in American history. And it sounds like this book is the tell-all, is the be-all, is the definitive narrative of the dastardly, diabolical, maybe criminal act of hiding Biden's condition from the American public. Kurt Schlichter over at Town Hall writes, we are under no obligation to forgive or forget the lies about Joe Biden. Kurt writes, what a remarkable coincidence that Biden's wranglers discovered he had cancer right in the middle of revelations about how he was totally senile and everyone around him, including his very real doctor wife, covered it up. Yeah, right, Kurt says. His puppet masters knew. Stage 4 prostate cancer doesn't sneak up on you. It's easy to detect. Kurt said, I know my PSA. Got it tested a couple weeks ago. And incidentally, I had a doctor yesterday who called, and I saw this at Axios this morning. They discourage PSA testing for older men? It's discouraged? Why would it be discouraged? Don't you want to know if you've got prostate cancer, even if you're 80? That doesn't even make any sense. And maybe somebody with some medical knowledge can inform me, because that's goofy. How about you give the President of the United States every test under the sun? How about you examine him regularly? How about you make sure he's in good shape and he's not dying of cancer? Oh, he hasn't had a PSA test since 2014. What the world are you talking about? So I don't know how to handle this. Put yourself in my shoes. Call me and tell me what you think we should do about the book. You want to talk? Look, I'm not going to buy it, that's for sure. I'm not going to contribute one dime of my hard-earned money to Jake Tapper's wallet. But what's the right way to handle this? What's the right thing to do here? 800-655-MIKE. 800-655-6453. I hope you join us. On this Wednesday, we've got tons of breaking news in the Relief Factor studios. And we do come into the Relief Factor studios for a reason. Every single day, I get to celebrate this 100% drug-free product called Relief Factor. What good news this is every single day. I want you to try it out. Take it out for a test drive because the low-cost way for you to – they call it the quick start at Relief Factor. Three weeks, $19.95. It's less than a dollar a day. You know, Relief Factor was developed by a team of physicians and scientists. These are people who know what they're doing. If you're living with aches and pains, why don't we see if we can get you out of pain with Relief Factor? Call today at 800-4-RELIEF. I don't want you to let everyday pain keep you from living life to the full. Bill used to be suffering from pain. Pain made simple tasks like pulling on socks, turning doorknobs, even taking milk from the fridge. Agonizing challenges. Two years of suffering. And then he learned about Relief Factor. What happened shocked him. Within days, he felt a change. Two weeks, 50% better. Two months later, he felt better than he had in 20 years. Let's see if we can get you out of pain. Visit ReliefFactor.com. ReliefFactor.com or call 800-4-RELIEF. 800-4-RELIEF. 800, the number 4 relief for the one and only Relief Factor.
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The Mike Gallagher Show on Salem News Channel and the Salem Radio Network.
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The left has lied to us about everything. They lied to us about Benghazi. They lied to us about Russian collusion. They lied to us about parents and school board meetings. They lied to us about pro-life Catholics. They lied to us about COVID. They lied to us about the Hunter Biden laptop. We shouldn't be surprised that they were lying to us about the mental state of the commander-in-chief.
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In the ReliefFactor.com studios, here's Mike.
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You know what frustrates me about Trump's big, beautiful bill? And this is something we just have to deal with. There's a lot of smart people who say a lot of smart things about something as burdensome as our deficit. And I get that not everything, this is not a perfect bill. And you can go down the list. A lot of smart people are sitting on the sidelines, talk show hosts, complaining about will some illegals get Medicaid? Will the Green Deal agenda be benefited? I get it. It's not perfect. If we lose, we lose everything. You don't seem to understand. This is not just an exercise for a smart talk show host who likes to sit around and chip away at the Trump agenda. And that's what they're doing. They may not intend to do that, but that's what they're doing. You're chipping away and you're trying to damage what President Trump is trying to get done. And his message is stop it. Stop futzing around. We're not going to mess with Medicaid. We're not going to touch Medicaid. We've got to keep the tax cuts permanent. And we cannot hand the Democrats a giant victory on a giant silver platter with a big fat red bow tied around it. You can't do it. Got to do the right thing here. And it's all red meat people. You know, South Carolina is my home. And I can guarantee you that the people in South Carolina who are weighing in on this are smart and passionate and engaged. Tara in the morning, she's critical of this bill, and I love her. I think she's one of the smartest hosts I know. But this is not a time to win a debate contest. and say, look, I'm smarter than Trump. I know better than he does. I want to beat Trump because I'm just trying to lower the deficit. I want to curb spending. You know, I get it. Your heart's in the right place. You're going to lose this battle. You're going to lose this battle. Excuse me, let me clarify. You're going to lose the war. You're not going to lose a battle. You're going to lose the war. In a way, the Chip Roy's and the Ralph Norman's of the world and the Tara's of the world, I believe, have to take the loss on the battle in order to win the war and keep fighting to lower the deficit and keep battling to get spending under control. But Ralph Norman is quoted now, and I love the guy, we're going to get there when we get there. Okay, but just make sure you get there, Ralph. You've got to get there. Because if you trip up, President Trump, if you cause this thing to fail and hand the Democrats this massive win, well, we may not get our country back. You want a tax increase for 68% of Americans? And you can say, well, look what we did. We held strong. We didn't let any of those illegals get Medicaid. Meanwhile, your taxes are skyrocketing. Businesses are crashing. The economy is wrecked. And you've given the Trump-hating universe... An absolute clear path to say we beat Donald Trump. Just listen to what Chuck Schumer and AOC and Bernie and all of them are saying about the big beautiful bill. You want to be on their side? You with them? Knock it off. You got to knock it off. You really do. I'm looking right now at our screen right now. for our big Angel Tree campaign for prison fellowship. 61 kids sponsored, and I've got great news that my employer, Salem, is donating $10,000 as a way to offset this whole parking fund mess that I've had. And my boss, Dave Centrella, stepped up and said, look, we'll donate $10,000 to your campaign, Mike. So really, we have, what is that, 111 kids? Amazing. Kristen, this prison fellowship is a Christian ministry that is changing kids' lives one child at a time. Through no fault of their own, these children are at risk because their mom or dad is in prison. Prisoners' children are some of the most vulnerable kids in America. And you can help me send deserving kids to the fresh air, the fun, and gospel-centered activities at an Angel Tree summer camp near them. Please go to MikeOnline.com and make a difference in these kids' lives. I'm praying that you'll help send as many kids as possible. Our goal is 455 kids. We've got a long way to go. You go to MikeOnline.com. Let's have a big, big pop today. Let's have a big, big boost. It takes $200, but whatever you can afford. Maybe you want to just $25, $50. If I can get a bunch of people to step up today, maybe we'll soar past 70 kids on the counter. And remember, we've got 50 more coming in. MikeOnline.com. Click on that Prison Fellowship banner at the top of the page, and you will be blessed because you're going to be doing God's work. Sending a child to a summer camp The child of a prisoner is a game changer. MikeOnline.com, banners at the top of the page, MikeOnline.com. Speaking of the upstate of South Carolina, home of the great Tara Morning Show, here's Terry in Spartanburg. Terry, how are you?
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Hey, Mike, good. I have become like a one-issue voter these last election cycles, and that is the deficit. And I voted for Trump to manage the money better than any Democrat. At least that's what I thought. So he has to either force these guys to cut the spending... Or to raise taxes, because those are the only two things that are going to affect the deficit. So, let me go back to... Go ahead. You know, you're going to either have to cut the defense spending, cut Social Security, or cut Medicare. If you're not going to... If you're not going to tax more.
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So let me ask you a question, and I respect your opinion, and you have an opinion like I do, and we've all got opinions. You think Trump knows what he's doing? I don't know. See, there's the problem. I don't know. See, there's the problem. And I'm not trying to pick on you, but I wonder the same thing of Chip Roy or Ralph Norman. I wonder if they're losing confidence in President Trump. And, Terry, that's a mistake. You've got to trust this guy. You've got to believe in him. And you're wavering, and you're letting... Does it bother you that your lack of support for the big, beautiful bill is exactly what the Democrats... That's where they want you to be. They want you to push back.
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I don't care about the politics of it. I don't care about the Democrats. I don't care what any Democrat says.
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You've got to care about the politics of it.
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If, in fact, this is huge deficit spending... Then I don't want it.
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And then if you don't get it, if you don't get this bill, you better be ready for what you are going to get, Terry, because what you're going to get is a thousand times worse than what you're complaining about. See, don't you get it? I don't think so. I mean, you're letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. We get the deficit is out of control. I don't disagree with you, Terry. You're so right. But you've got to trust this guy. You've got to have your faith in a president that you voted for. And the fact that you're losing faith in him tells me all I need to know. You are. Terry, you are. You're losing faith. And all of a sudden now, and this is what I'm encouraging you to avoid, the skepticism that is creeping in and is being planted by the Democrats. They desperately need Trump's big, beautiful bill to fail. That's the win that they are craving. And you say you don't care about the politics of it. You better care about the politics of it, because we'll never win another election. And if we don't win another election, this country is gone. And we've got the midterms around the corner. We've got the general election. You want a Democrat-controlled Washington, D.C., then you keep doubting Donald Trump. Sorry, I love you. I've heard from you for years. You're a great guy. You've got to stop wavering in your confidence in Donald Trump, or we're going to pay a heavy price. Thanks, Terry.
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I'm doing well. Hey, just a little bit of commentary and context around this tax bill. Sure. You know, we've got tariffs. Those are raising revenues. And it's really hard to model what kind of economic benefit America is going to get from that because it's hard to model. How quickly do we onshore manufacturing? How much business comes back here? How much doesn't leave because we've got those tariffs in place? that's really hard to model, so it's hard to determine what's in the bill, and you don't get credit for it when they do the modeling on it.
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Correct.
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Also, there's a bill that produced the tax 5% of all money flowing out of America, where somebody comes here to work and they send it off to their family in another country. So there's billions of dollars that get transferred there, and there's a 5% tax on that. So there's other revenue streams outside of just this bill. So I'm a deficit hog just like everybody else is. But you've got to look at everything in context. That's right. And if you're going to fire up GDP, and that's what Trump's doing. His whole agenda is about firing up GDP. And, again, that's hard to model. You don't get credit for it in the estimates. But, yeah, we're all deficit hawks. We all are. We all want more debt. We all know every dollar the government spends is sucking it out of the private sector. But you've got to look at everything in context. And these guys that are not looking at that and are scrambling, they're just grandstandings. They're intentionally being ignorant of the whole picture to get in front of a camera.
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And grandstandings suggest that they're not coming from a genuine place. And I think many of them really share the same concerns that you and I have about deficit spending. I get that. But, look, Trump is not only probably one of the most brilliant businessmen we've ever experienced on a national level, but, Dean... He's surrounded by some of the smartest financial minds in the world. This Scott Besson and the team that Trump has surrounded himself with. Look, if you stop trusting Trump now, we're in big, big trouble. You know, this is not a time. And if you heard the last caller, he's like, yeah, I voted for him, but I don't know if I trust him. No, no, no. This is – because we're going to hand over – I mean, let's talk a little bit. And you do this every day, and you've done it for me. And look, I love telling everybody about your services with tax and financial planning. Frankly, I wish I'd have met you years ago. You've got instincts that are second to none. Like you said, you've got to take it in context. You've got to take it in the big picture. But we've got to take the win now and let them continually work on lowering spending. But now is not the – like Charles Payne said, Dean, don't pick this hill to die on.
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Right. And one of the things people don't get is Trump is a visionary, pure, simple visionary. And visionaries are typically misunderstood, especially by the left. who they think they know everything and the most ignorant people in the room. But he's a visionary, and you've got to sit back and think and take into context what he's doing and take it to the whole picture. And we've got to remember, he's thinking six or seven times faster than everyone else is. So you've got to lean in with positive curiosity and go, okay, this guy hasn't done us wrong. Everything he's done has worked. He's put his heart and soul on the line, and his life in order to do what this country needs, back the man up, you know?
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Good, good. What's up? Unless this bill is cutting compromise and we'll get the spending cuts next time. We paid a trillion dollars in interest last year. You can't survive that.
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So what do you think is going to happen if this bill collapses because of people who are sick and tired of spending? And we watch this economy tank. We watch tax increases go across the board to about 68% of the American people. We watch inflation soar. We watch this entire economy get shredded. I mean, will you be then coming back and saying, well, kind of wish we'd have gotten Trump's bill done. I mean, Kevin, you guys got to stop it. You got to knock it off. You're letting the perfect be the enemy of the good, Kevin. And good got us $36 trillion in debt. You're right. Deficit spending is terrible. Now what are you going to do about it? What's your alternative, Kevin?
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If you're not cutting the budget, then you're just going down the same road. Right, and what's the same? We're going down the same road for a trillion a year. You can't keep doing it.
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We're going to end up like Rome. So what do you think is going to happen when the budget bill collapses? You think it's just more of the same? Do you know how much worse it's going to get for this country, for you and me, for the United? Do you realize how bad it's going to get? And it's going to get exactly as bad when nobody wants the dollar. Right. Did you vote for Donald Trump? Yes. Enthusiastically? Yes. Why are you challenging him then? He needs to do what we sent him to do. He's trying to do what we sent him to do. I don't care about flying. Get it done. They're going to get it done, all right. And thankfully, you guys are going to lose. Because the naysayers aren't going to win this one. You can't win this, Kevin. First of all, Trump's got to negotiate. You talk about herding cats. You understand what he's up against in Washington. You know what he's got to do to get this done. Why have you stopped trusting him now like the other caller did? Why don't you believe in him anymore, Kevin? I'll trust him when he cuts the budget. You're saying the same thing over and over again like a broken record. You almost sound like you've got Tourette's Syndrome. Why did you stop trusting him? Trust has got nothing to do with it. Show me the actions. Well, he's trying to show you the actions, and you're not letting him. Why did you stop believing in him, Kevin? Cut the budget. I don't care about the consequences. Because not cutting the budget means we're going to have 700% inflation. We'll be like Venezuela. Like I said, I'm going to try a fourth time. Why did you stop trusting President Trump? I don't care about my trust in him. Show me results. There you go. Well, again, he's trying to deliver you results. You're repeating yourself over and over again. You stop believing in him, and that's a mistake. And that's a big mistake, and you'll pay for it if we lose. I don't want you to pay for it, Kevin. I want you to win. I want this economy. Do you remember the Trump economy of 2016? You weren't bitching then. You weren't complaining then when unemployment was at historic lows. and people had the biggest massive tax decrease in America's history, but now you want to turn on him. My gosh, you're as bad as the Democrats, and it makes me a little bit crazy. Sorry, we'll have to agree to disagree. Wow. Unbelievable. We just got to pray. We just got to pray that folks like that don't get their wish. Because I always suspect there's something else going on, too. Maybe a deeper agenda. But look, it's difficult. It's complicated. We'll keep battling. We got to keep fighting the good fight. Thanks for joining us. Have a great day. Be safe. I'm Mike Gallagher. God bless America. And God bless President Trump and the big, beautiful bill. I'm consistent over appreciating a mortgage company like Fellowship Home Loans. Mike, Brian, and the team are not just colleagues. They're friends of mine. They've done loans for me, my family. And with this roaring economy, I'm confident that the real estate market is about to start booming as well. You're thinking about a purchase? Thinking about a cash-out refi or a HELOC to finish some home projects, put some money in your pocket? Fellowship Home Loans is a full-service direct lender, not a broker. They cut out the middleman. That means faster decisions, fewer fees, less stress. Whether you're buying your very first home, downsizing or refinancing to get some breathing room, They'll tailor-fit the loan to your life. Get started today. Go to fellowshiphomeloans.com slash mikeg for an extra personalized experience. Fellowshiphomeloans.com slash mikeg or call 800-510-MIKE. 800-510-MIKE. You're going to love these guys. I sure do. Fellowship Home Loans. Mortgage lending by the book.
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In this insightful episode, health enthusiasts are treated to a wealth of knowledge shared by Dr. Scott Faulkner and special guest Jeremy Sova. Jeremy, who found his calling in the world of intelligent aging, shares his remarkable transition from the bustling corporate world to becoming a health advocate. The discussion unfolds around the importance of understanding biomarkers and tailoring health strategies to individual needs, offering listeners new perspectives on maintaining vitality and wellness throughout the aging process.
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This is Rush to Reason.
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You are going to shut your damn yapper and listen for a change because I got you pegged, sweetheart. You want to take the easy way out because you're scared. And you're scared because if you try and fail, there's only you to blame. Let me break this down for you. Life is scary. Get used to it. There are no magical fixes.
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With your host, John Rush.
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Welcome to Health and Wellness Wednesdays on Rush to Reason. Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, sir.
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I have what doctors call a little bit of a weight problem. I used to grab bear claws as a kid, two at a time, and I'd get them lodged right in this region here.
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I'm sorry that I'm fat. Welcome, listeners. You're listening to Dr. Scott Faulkner filling in for John Rush. He had a thing with grandkids, asked me to fill in sort of last minute, and I said, absolutely. What are we going to talk about today? So first and foremost, May 21st, the year of our Lord, 2025. I want to thank all of you Gold Star parents out there, anybody who has given the ultimate sacrifice for our country on this memorial weekend coming up. As many of you remember, I served in the Air Force. Fortunately, the only live fire I ever saw was when I went to an Army post out in San Antonio, Texas, and they were shooting at us. I can't imagine the horrors of combat, but for those of you who have Served, thank you. But for those who've paid the ultimate sacrifice, really, we owe everything to you at this point in time, as well as our Lord Jesus Christ. If you want to be part of the program, 303-477-5600. Give us a call. I have a very special guest here in the studio with me, Jeremy Sova. And Jeremy is a patient slash client. Jeremy's in his mid-50s. And your journey is absolutely fascinating. So there's thousands of probably 47. Okay, he just corrected me. He said 47. Sorry about that. I made you older than you were. But I wanted Jeremy on because Jeremy is the epitome of most of you folks who are driving and listening at work or at home on one, why I do what I do. Two, why I've left basically traditional medicine. So if there's a way that you can listen for the three hours or go back and listen to this, you're going to hear it from somebody who has started this journey of better health, got sick and tired of the medical establishment, looking at a few biomarkers. In my day we called them labs, but biomarkers now I guess is the new term. And patting you on the head and saying, oh, you're fine. Well, you're not fine. So we're going to dive in. I've got 18 bullet points here. And we've got three hours to cover a lot of ground. And then later I'm going to have John Flouting. Many of you remember last time I was on a couple of weeks ago, he and his brother run Revitalize there in Littleton. And they do a lot of similar things that I do. So we're going to jump in both feet and we're going to talk about your journey, Jeremy. And I think pretty much everybody in the audience will be able to relate. So the first thing that you had said was you got to know what your lab work is, right? You guys call them biomarkers.
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Yep, absolutely. First off, thank you so much for having me. It's an honor to be here.
SPEAKER 04 :
My pleasure.
SPEAKER 16 :
Thank you for your service heading into Memorial Day weekend. And one big shout out to my baby girl, 19 years old today is her 19th birthday. So happy birthday, Maddie. Happy birthday, Maddie. Um, but yeah, so I have a lot of folks that have kind of been in my circle and even outside watching my journey over the last three or four years is I've entered into what I call the intelligent aging space. Everyone uses the term anti-aging. Well, you're going to age, but you can do it in a way where you're focused more on your health span and not stressing about your lifespan. So you can be as healthy as you can be as long as you do live. And luckily those both go hand in hand, you know, better the health span, better the lifespan. So when somebody comes to me and says, hey, I hear you're taking this or I hear you're taking that, should I be taking it? And the first thing I do is kind of stop them right there and say, well, a lot of people are taking this vitamin or that supplement or they're trying this diet. And my first response is, if you can't measure it, you can't manage it, which is something I learned in business. So the first thing I do is recommend that they get their blood work done. And then sometimes we'll come back.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, let's back up. Tell your background first before we jump in full up to your eyeballs. Sure. Give people a sense of who is Jeremy Sova.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yep. Great question. So going all the way back, I was the number three golfer in the state of Michigan for my age group back as a senior in high school. So I was on the path, at least I thought, to potentially play D1 college golf, play professional golf. And unfortunately, as a recruited walk-on at Michigan State University, I had broken my right femur in half in a wakeboarding accident the summer before my first season. So surgery, metal in, screws in, long rehab, was told on the table that I was going to have back issues in my 40s. medal out two years later, and then moved to South Florida to pursue my golf career again. Having missed the four years of college golf, I was close, played in a tournament, played my best golf that I ever played in my life, lost by five shots, retired the next day, basically told the wife we're going to move up north and join the family business. So fast forward to 2004, I was brought in to the family business at the time, Battery Solutions, which was one of the top three largest recycling companies in North America. Onboarded pretty quickly in the first year. We grew it very quickly. The founder, my father, moved out to Arizona to run the small West Coast branch. And I had basically run the Michigan operation up to a point that we were very successful and exited the business at the end of 2012. And now it's since been merged again and it's the largest in the world. So learning about business, you know, after the professional golf career was very important and kind of who I am today. Then I moved out to Colorado after we sold it and got involved in the cannabis industry. One of the early founders, early adopters, grew the biggest grow in the state and had the most plants and the best awards and the best grower and all those things. But what I learned in the battery business was you really got to be intimate in knowing the marketplace and being able to accurately predict, I call it a crystal ball, of what's coming next. And what I learned in the metals industry was, helped me at an accelerated rate in the cannabis industry. So luckily, got in, got out, and then got into the transportation sector, got in, got out, merged that. A couple of years ago, I exited the industry in 2022, and it's since basically imploded on itself, at least in the state of Colorado and Oregon and some of the other high volume licensed states. So once I kind of got out, I'm like, well, what's next? And I started to focus on my health and I kind of got some bad news along the way.
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Right.
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I started to look organically at certain what we call now biomarkers and blood pressure, pressure and cholesterol and, you know, heart health and. I realized that all those years in the cockpit did some damage, mostly stress, lack of sleep, lack of exercise, drinking too much, stuff that most, I think, humans tend to take for granted and do a lot. As I started to look at certain things, I'm like, well, I think we can improve some of these things. And I didn't really have an anti-aging doctor. You know, I had the typical primary care physician that the insurance covers, and they take your blood, you know, once a year, and they look at a very small fraction of what I consider to be important stuff. And I really took it upon myself to look inward and do a lot of research, even before AI. And I learned so much that I decided I wanted to continue to ramp it up. And, you know, folks like Brian Johnson and Gary Brekka and Some of the early adopters, you see what happened with Dana White and him reversing his health. He had 10.4 years to live, and now he's as healthy as he was in his late 20s, early 30s. So there's a lot to it. I find out it's ever-evolving. At one point, I was eating 91 different supplements a day, whether liquid, powder. Or oral. And now I've got it down to about 42 because I'm focused on the right ones. And I thought my 20 was bad. So I studied the blood work, right? And then I studied the results over time. And really now I'm tracking it. It's a life decision. So some stuff I look at 90 days. Some stuff I look at six months. Some stuff I look at annually. Some imaging I get done every four to five years depending on what I found. So, yeah, it's all about knowing what's going on. And then you can appropriately attack it because every human body is different.
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Yeah. So that's the problem that I have is a lot of folks who are driving home right now in this beautiful Colorado afternoon is they're in your shoes where you were several years ago. You kind of beat up your life, your body, thinking, oh, I'll be young forever. You take it for granted because we have resilience. We're able to suck it up for a while. And you don't really go to the doctor, but if you go to the doctor because your health insurance plan says, oh, if you go once a year, we'll give you bonus points or whatever. And your doctor draws a CBC and a basic metabolic panel, which gives you a few biomarkers, your sodium, potassium, kidney function. They look at you. They pat you on the head and say, oh, you're fine. Yeah, see you next year. But you're not fine. The clock is ticking, and things are starting to wear down. I had the epiphany. Most of the listeners know my journey of getting out of internal medicine critical care, the hospital base, because I got sick and tired of putting people back together because their doctors neglected them for 10, 15, 20 years, and then they expected me to be a medical worker. It's like, yeah, I can save your life, but – You did a lot of damage here. And in the ICU, I didn't have time to talk to people about what we're going to spend the next two hours and 45 minutes talking about. So we're going to take a quick break because I want to give you ample time to continue talking about this journey that you started down that path. Great. Looking forward to it. Okay. So you're listening to Dr. Scott Faulkner, 560 KLZ, Health and Wellness Wednesday. We'll be right back.
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Welcome back, listeners. You're listening to Dr. Scott Faulkner with special guest Jeremy Sova here on 560 KLZ Health and Wellness Wednesdays. I need to throw out my little disclaimer that I normally do in case we start to talk about stem cells sometime in the next two hours and 45 minutes, that when I do talk about umbilical cord-derived stem cells, these are an off-label use. The FDA indications are for the blood cancers, leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma. What I do on the regenerative side is considered an off-label use, but we use things off-label all the time. So again, if somebody from the FDA is listening, there's my disclaimer. And oh yeah, by the way, I just helped get legislation passed in the state of Florida where stem cells doctors can actually use them now. And DeSantis will be signing that any day, and it will become into effect July 1st. So that's the first domino to fall, and I'm working on the U.S. Congress to get it passed nationwide. So hopefully, pray for me, please, and this bill, that we can get stem cells approved to be used for regenerative purposes across the United States, and doctors don't have to be in the shadows like myself anymore. Great news. Yep. So, Jeremy, we're talking about your journey. We've established the fact that you're 47, not in your 50s. Sorry about that. And what you did for background, very successful in business. You have that vision. You can see trends coming. You and I talked in my office that you see that regenerative, I call it regenerative medicine. It goes by several names, functional medicine. It can be integrative medicine. We kind of are all doing very similar stuff. We're trying to turn back the hands of time and slow the clock. But you were talking about biomarkers, and then you wanted to continue on your journey. So go ahead.
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Yeah, definitely. And I encompass all those into one big layman's bucket called intelligent aging because they all work together hand in hand with the regenerative stuff being, you know, the next huge thing that's going to change the game. So a little bit of plug for Mark Hyman. He put out function health, which is a very easy way for I think it's $4.99 a year to get 100 plus of your biomarkers done. You go to a quest lab nearby your house. They draw, you know, three vials of blood over a week period of time. They ship it in, and then over time they populate your report with all your results. So that's probably the easiest thing to do. I used to do it the hard way. Doc, check me for these things. Go to a different doc, check me for those things. So you can pretty much look at the entire body and the blood work very easily. You can also do add-ons, and you can do cancer tests and different types of imaging. But I would say for a beginner, that's a good way to start. It's very easy. It's app-based. You give the blood, and then they'll give you clinicians' notes that kind of give you recommendations. And I would say at that point, that's where you really want to find somebody that you can talk to like yourself to say, okay, well, I kind of know what this means, but, you know, can you help me? And you find out, you know, you're digging deeper into the mitochondrial health and, you know, maybe some deficiencies in your Krebs cycle, which is kind of the driving engine behind, you know, the mitochondrial cell.
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So I have to ask the question, did you, one, get your labs from Mark Hyman? And by the way, he has a huge waiting list. My daughter and son-in-law are doing this. Nice. And they said that he has something like a 250,000-person waiting list right now.
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So luckily I'm already in, but I haven't given my blood yet. It's a few weeks out because I had to adjust my ferritin levels upwards before I could give that much blood to not compromise my ferritin, which we can get into when we talk about hormones later. So I did it all organically, right? Like I've gone to several doctors, different labs.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, so that was the question. Did you take these labs to various, I call them dock-in-the-boxes. Did you take these results to these dock-in-the-boxes?
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Again, this is over a three-and-a-half-year period. So I would learn something. Like, for instance, I learned that my vitamin D3 hydroxy levels were compromised.
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Mm-hmm.
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That's all I knew, so I started taking 1,000 IUs a day. It didn't do much. The primary care physician's like, don't go over 2,000. The other doc says, you should be on 5,000. Well, it turns out everybody's a little different. My sweet spot is 6,000 a day to stay right in that 55 to 70 nanograms per milliliter of blood.
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Yeah, 65. Our nephrologists have taught us 65 to really 100. You don't want to go over that because then you start having problems with your calcium, but you're exactly right.
SPEAKER 16 :
Right. So I'm like, oh, I fixed my vitamin D. You know, what's next?
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But your journey, I know I got you off track talking about the biomarkers and getting your blood drawn and all that. But you wanted to talk about Peter at T, I believe.
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Yeah, so when I finally realized that I was doing good for myself and getting these biomarkers in check and lowering my biological age and supplementing for the right things, my physical trainer, who's a great guy, he focuses in his lane specifically on correctional training, stability, grip strength, mostly for middle-aged to older folks because when you lose your muscle, things get really bad as you get older. So he sent me a link to Spotify, which was Peter Atiyah's book. I think it came out in October of 23 called Outlive, the longevity of health, I believe. And he's co-written by somebody else. So I listened to it once on some plane trips to my kids' hockey tournaments across the world. And it was a little thick the first time I listened to it. There's certain things I picked up on as a layman, certain things I had to dig deeper on. But on the second pass, like light bulbs were going off everywhere. I'm like, well, for instance, you know, we'll talk about heart disease since it's the number one killer in the world. And I've never, ever had my apolipoprotein B or my lipoprotein little A checked. I've had all these lipid panels over the years. You know, they're looking at HDL, LDL, triglycerides, and total cholesterol. And those are important markers, but 75% of all heart attacks happen with people in normal ranges. So all of a sudden I'm like, well, I need to get my APOB checked. So I take it to the doc, and he's like, oh, well, you know, you have to pay more for that. Well, sure, fine. And I get it back, and I find out it's high, like I suspected. So I started with a Zetabibe, which is a block in the cholesterol in the stomach. Over time, got it down a little bit, and then paired it with a low-dose statin, got it down even further. Then started to look at inflammatory markers and realized I had some inflammation going on. Mom's got rheumatoid arthritis. Grandparents have it. I'm probably destined to have it at some point around my age. So we're thinking maybe it's that. So we check our eye factor. That seems to be normal. And long story short, we find out that there's some heart stuff going on. So I look, and I get a calcium score and find out that it's 44.1.
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So you're talking CT calcium score for those who don't understand what that is.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, an MRI that basically checks all the hard calcium in your arteries.
SPEAKER 04 :
Usually it's a CAT scan, actually. Most of the time, a CT calcium score is a CT. That's why it says CT.
SPEAKER 16 :
Okay, gotcha. It's a CT scan. And I'm hoping it comes back as zero.
SPEAKER 04 :
Right? It's mine, yay.
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And Peter Ortiz came back at like 30 or 40, you know, at age 50. And just like him, I was like, well, wait a minute, you know, I have heart disease? Like, what's going on? I'm only, you know, in my mid-40s. Um, you know, so then I really take a deep, deep dive and all things, you know, heart health and I'm eating, you know, all kinds of different supplements and, you know, that are, that are good for it. Um, so, you know, in a nutshell, I'm like, all right, well now I need to get my, my APOB down below 40 and my LP little a down below like 45 or 50. Uh, so I increased the stat into 20 milligrams paired with these out of vibe. And now I got the lipid panel of a healthy 25 year old. You know, my blood pressure is normalized. It's, it's perfect. You know, my resting heart rate is perfect. Uh, my VO two max has been increasing. So that was just, I started there cause the heart's really important, you know, but you know, a T really talks about the four horsemen, right? You know, the heart, uh, cancer, metabolic syndrome, and brain health. And you start to look at all these different areas and you can drill down in each and every one of them, starting with blood work and if it turns into imaging, you know, so on and so forth. But you can, you know, really stave off disease early on. The earlier you start, the better. But I kind of think for most people in their lives and their careers, age 40 is probably a good starting point. You know, if you can afford it, you know, maybe in your 20s since, you know, atherosclerosis starts, you know, in your teens.
SPEAKER 09 :
Mm-hmm.
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But it's all the foods we're eating, right? It's the ultra-processed foods, and it's the cigarettes, and it's the alcohol, and it's the refined sugars. And it's what we grew up on, right? Like I was a product of the fast food generation. So I didn't know that these dangerous SFAs were breaking down my arteries.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, you've got to define what an SFA is then.
SPEAKER 16 :
So it's basically bad saturated fats. Correct. Like you've got polyunsaturated, monounsaturated, which I consider to be good saturated fats. Mm-hmm. But it's all the stuff that's in the donuts and the cookies and all the ultra-processed foods or UPFs, if you will. So you really find out, well, I can change my diet. And then you think back to the book, and I'm like, well, nutritional biochemistry is only one of the things. And arguably, it's towards the bottom of the list, right? Like exercise and sleep are probably more important. And then, of course, stress management. So those four things together kind of lead to staving off the horsemen.
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I would throw weight loss in there. We have a new person at our front desk. We just hired him yesterday. Reagan is his name. And he looked at me and he says, what would you say is the one thing that somebody could do And I had to stop and think, what? If I can only tell people to do one thing, I said, well, it depends on their age, where they're at. I said, you, you're 19 years old. So get away from ultra-processed foods. Eat as clean as you can. That's probably number one. But somebody who's in their 30s, 40s, 50s, if they're overweight by 30, 40, 50 pounds, get on a GLP-1. The GLPs are the glucagon-like peptide medicines, right? The semaglutides, the terazeptides, the retatrutides of the world. and drop that 20 30 40 pounds and you're going to do so much for your body if i had to choose one that would be my one that i told him yeah absolutely and for for several reasons one like obviously caloric restriction is good but if you're losing the weight that's going to help with a lot of other things
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but all of a sudden you're fixing potential hyperglycemia, right? Like I started GLP-1s about three years ago and nobody knew what they were. You know, to me it was semaglutide and I was paying an arm and a leg for it and I was getting sick, right, from all the side effects. But what I found out is it drove my hemoglobin A1C from pre-diabetic to normal. And now they're finding out that these GLP-1s, due to the way they talk to the metabolic side of things, is they're really good for brain health. So you have people saying, oh, well, I'm not going to take that skinny shot. I'm going to do it the right way and just diet and exercise. Well, they don't realize that they're missing out on some of the other aspects of the GLP-1 too. And for instance, alcohol cessation. People that tend to drink too much alcohol or they're trying to wean themselves down And it's probably an off-label conversation, but I've found with several people, myself included, that after a second drink on a GLP-1 shot week, I have no desire for a third. I don't know if it's the brain or the stomach or what, but it absolutely shuts down the craving. I don't want any alcohol.
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Yeah, it's the brain. And, yes, we're using that in addiction medicine, and it's not just alcohol. And so they're doing ongoing studies, and that's exactly what we're seeing. But we have to go to a break. We're at 3.30. So we're going to break right now, and then we'll come right back and pick this up. So you're listening to Dr. Scott Faulkner for John Rush Health and Wellness Wednesdays. We'll be right back.
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Welcome back, listeners. Dr. Scott filling in for John Rush on this Health and Wellness Wednesdays coming into Memorial Weekend. Again, thank you for all who have served. We were talking about intelligent aging with one of my patients, Jeremy Sova. And I thought Jeremy would be a perfect person because he has lived this journey that many of you are on currently. And so we were talking about the GLP-1s. And for the lay people or if you came from Mars and you don't know what the GLP-1s are, that stands for glucagon-like peptide. And to the layperson, it doesn't mean a whole lot. To we physicians, it means something. But you'll recognize those as the semaglutide, ozempic wegovi, terzepetide, which is manjarozep bound, and then the latest and greatest is called retatrutide. That's the GLP-3. Now, because Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk won their lawsuits last month, The entire industry has gone away from using the names Semiglutide, Turzepatide, Ozempic, Wegovy, Monjaro, Zepbound, because you will get a cease and desist letter. I know I got one of those from the lawyers. And these are billion-dollar companies, so I can't fight a billion-dollar company and their lawyers. So what do we do? We sort of bent the knee in that we scrubbed our website from saying semaglutide, turazeptide, all those names. We now call them GLP-1, which is semaglutide. GLP-2 is turazeptide. GLP-3 is the retatrutide. And, yes, we have ample supply, even though most of your med spas can no longer get it. I have a secret source, and I know I'm not going to say it on the radio to get myself in trouble. Any of you who want to know more about it, if you were doing well and your doctor can't give it to you anymore, please give the office a call, 303-663-6990, Castle Rock Regenerative Health Care. You can find us online. But give us a call. Or later, after the show, this will be posted on RushToReason.com, and you can go and listen to it. And then John has a link to my office, and you can either give us a call or reach out by email. So, Jeremy, we were talking about the GLP-1s, or all the GLPs, and you had a good point during the break about the muscle wasting issue.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, definitely. So I started it, again, about two and a half years ago, and I had no data. Nobody knew what to tell me what to do or what not to do. And I lost about 40 pounds prior to my wedding. Looked great, felt great. And I do do resistance training and stuff over at Lifetime Fitness. So I got on one of those in-body machines and realized that my muscle mass – had gone down, my body fat percentage had gone up, even though I'd lost the weight as far as the ratio goes. So long story short, I've learned that you want to definitely eat about one gram of protein for every pound of body weight. For instance, I weigh 172 pounds. I try to get at least 170 grams of protein a day. And I'm doing resistance training at least three days a week, sometimes four days a week. So now what I've found is I use the GLP-1s for maintenance. I do it about once a month. Unless I'm on vacation and I'm kind of binge eating, I'll go to twice a month. back to once a month, and then I will measure every month. And now I'm back up 12% body fat, a lot of muscle, right? So I found the sweet spot. But I do have a lot of friends, colleagues, family members that just lost all the weight on the GLP-1s but weren't mindful about their muscle loss. And it's so much harder to gain that muscle once you've lost it. The fat part's easy.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, and that's what I try to preach to people. Protein is your friend, and you must do some weight training. You can't just sit back and expect this shot to do everything because you will lose it. So pump a little iron, get your protein in, especially first thing in the morning because it does curb your appetite. That's how this medicine works is it's an incretin mimetic. What is incretin? Incretin is that molecule that gets released, usually leptin, From the stomach, after you eat a meal, it gets stretched out, goes through the bloodstream, hits the receptor on your brain and your hypothalamus, says, hey, stop eating, you're full. Well, normal leptin has a half-life of about an hour, hour and a half in the human body. Well, what they've done is they've added an amino acid to this to last seven days. That's why for a whole week you look at food and go, I'm not hungry. So you have to force yourself, especially first thing in the morning when you're not hungry, is to, and after your intermittent fast, because you can still intermittent fast with this, but get a protein shake. And if it takes you an hour, hour and a half to suck on that thing, okay, that's fine.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yep. You can even take it further. There's certain amino acid combinations and flavors that you can add. For instance, I take a spoonful of, um, of an amino acid powder in my coffee, vanilla flavored. I like vanilla coffee. So those are the building blocks for protein, you know, so I'm actually building it. And then in the afternoon I'll have a protein shake. And I also recommend getting different sources of protein, right? Some animal based proteins, some plant based proteins, um, Some people are sensitive to whey because they have some skin issues. I'm one of those people, so I limit the whey intake. And you'll find out what your right protein mix is, and eventually it just becomes like breathing.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, and one of the best is casein protein, which is in cottage cheese. It's a slow-burning fuel. So in the evening time, you want to stop eating around 6, 7 o'clock. That'll give you that intermittent fast if you're getting your shake around 8, 30, 9 o'clock in the morning. But a bowl of cottage cheese with maybe some blueberries before 7 o'clock or so as a snack, and that fuel will burn through the night, and you'll feel well the next day. You're not hungry and wanting to eat toast or a Pop-Tart or something crazy like that.
SPEAKER 16 :
That's great. So I'm going to pick up some cottage cheese on the way home.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes. Okay. So we were talking about avoiding the four horsemen, the heart, metabolic disorders, cancers, brain diseases. And then we started talking about exercise and sleep is a huge one. So dive in on sleep.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah. So I've never been a horrible sleeper, but in the grind of business over the last 28 years, I found that I wasn't getting enough. Right. You know, the American dream. Most people are getting four to six hours of sleep. There's so much to do. I look at, you know, look at President Trump. The guy sleeps, you know, three, three and a half hours a night. Um, but it's not healthy, right? So sleep is extremely important and to reach a good amount of REM sleep, rapid eye movement where you're actually, you know, dreaming is even more important. And I've tried everything, right? Like I went, you know, I did the melatonin and I did the, um, the CBN, which is a cannabinoid derived from, you know, the hemp plant. I tried magnesium. And what I've really found has helped tremendously, and it seems like a new fad, and even my wife can attest now that we got them on the bed, are grounding sheets. So they're like 10% silver. It's woven through. It's a good thread count. You plug it into the grounding outlet, which is the one hole below the two prongs. And it takes the body into a grounding state for the duration that you're sleeping. And now we've found that we're getting a good solid eight hours a night with a good three to four hours of REM sleep. Wake up energized, refreshed. We remember our dreams like through half the day. We kind of lose them in the shower previously. So I found that that's a great solution. And then, of course, we've been about grounding in general for a long time. You know, get out in the sand and the ocean, put your feet in the grass, connect to the Earth's magnetic field. Well, now I'm sleeping in that condition, and I think it's phenomenal.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, you're singing my sister's song. She's in Florida listening to us right now, and she takes her shoes off and runs around in the grass. She's like, I'm telling you, it'll change your life. You need to do grounding.
SPEAKER 16 :
The only other thing, you've got to get used to sleeping with your clothes off because you have to have contact with the sheets, which my wife had to adapt to. But it works.
SPEAKER 04 :
Is that what you told her? Is that what you convinced her, that this is how we have to sleep? We're going to cut this part out. Okay, fair enough. Yeah, this is PG, folks, radio. So this is fabulous. And you were talking, really, you called this, I like this, intelligent aging. Because we call it something different. Like I just got back from the A4M. So those who are driving, please don't write this down. But A as in apple, 4, the number 4, and M as in Mary. That stands for American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. And it's probably one of the newest societies, even though it's been around for 33 years. And down in West Palm Beach, there was 2,000 of us in this big conference center. And I was really excited. 2,000 of us. But then you look at how vast America is and how many doctors are across the fruited plains, and you're like, oh, there's only 2,000 of us. So we're a needle in a haystack, but our numbers are growing. A lot of physicians are starting to become disgruntled. A lot of the younger generation, they – haven't drank the Kool-Aid because, let's face it, Big Pharma came into being because of Obamacare and George W. Bush passing the Part D, right, for pharmaceuticals. And we got away from a fee-for-service model. Now, you're a little younger than I am. I'm about 10 years older than you, 12 years older than you. I remember as a kid, you got sick, and you'd go to the family practitioner, and we had a grumpy one, Dr. Heights. My sister was deathly afraid of him because of horse injuries. Your parents would have to take a half a day off because they hated it. If it was a kid, you got sick, but they would take time off from work, drag you to the family practitioner. They would do whatever. I mean, you're a kid. You don't care, right? And then your parents would juggle finances, or at least my parents would. How am I going to pay this bill? Because it's another bill that we weren't expecting. So they juggle finances, find a way to pay the doctor. That was the fee-for-service model. And then suddenly you've got Kaiser Permanente out in California saying, hey, we have an efficiency model. And that's when you started seeing HMOs and PPOs cropping up. And the efficiency model is what we're living under today. That's where they'll take one—now they're not even physicians, they're providers— And they'll say, okay, here's four exam rooms, and you have five minutes to bounce between each one. Good luck. And if you fall behind, we're going to ding you. So your doctor no longer has the ability to sit and listen to you as a human being. They're just trying to get through you as quickly as possible and on to the next person. They're not interested in your 100 biomarkers. Not that they're bad people. It's just the system is grinding us down as providers. There's a few of us that have said, screw this. I'm not doing this anymore. There's a better way. And so, like I said, where's hen's teeth? But you found the one hen with a tooth down in Castle Rock. Right.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yep. For instance, a couple of years ago, as I learned more and more, I would bring debate to my annual with my primary care physician.
SPEAKER 09 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 16 :
And I could tell by the body language that I was onto something. All right. And they couldn't necessarily tip their hand, but I'm paying $2,500 a year for this MD VIP service.
SPEAKER 04 :
Right.
SPEAKER 16 :
It wasn't VIP at all, right? Just because they send, you know, six biomarkers to the Cleveland Clinic, I needed 104 others. Right. Most of which were actually more important. So God rest his soul, my primary care doc died of a heart attack last year. Really smart guy too. But like he was the old school model, right? So as I pushed and pushed, you know, about a year into it, he was kind of on my side. He's like, yeah, you should keep doing that. You know, someone that said I shouldn't be on hormone replacement therapy, you know, three years ago was applauding it, you know, but it took education from me sitting down with an hour and talking to them because I paid that VIP fee.
SPEAKER 04 :
Right.
SPEAKER 16 :
And that's just, I don't know how other people can break through that barrier other than, you know, the way we're doing it here.
SPEAKER 04 :
It's a, it's a choice and everything in life is a choice, right? I choose to drive the car I drive. I choose to eat the foods I eat and shop where I shop. Um, and again, Is your health important to you? Especially you start getting 40, 50 and things are under the surface. Do you want to fix it now while it's a small thing or find it when it is fixable? Or are you going to see me in the ICU because you crashed and burned and you had a major heart attack and now your ejection fraction is 20%? And oh, by the way, you're screwed. Yeah, it's too late.
SPEAKER 16 :
I won't say his name, but we were talking the other day, my trainer, great guy, amazing guy. I mean, he's the poster child for fit, right? You look at a picture and he looks amazing, right? Well, he did the function health, right? And he's found a couple of biomarkers that are of concern, but he caught them so early that he can fix them very easily. That's right. But if he went on what he looked like in the mirror for the next 10 years or so, based on what's going on inside, inside the blood, he'd most likely regret it. So it's, it's really obviously back to square one, like get your blood work done.
SPEAKER 04 :
That's right. So we're going to go to a break. And then we have the last segment before the top of the hour. So we'll keep this up. You're listening to Dr. Scott Faulkner with special guest, Jeremy Sova filling in for John Rush, 560 KLZ. We'll be right back.
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SPEAKER 04 :
Welcome back listeners. Dr. Scott Faulkner for John Rush on this beautiful Wednesday afternoon here in Denver, Colorado. Special guest, Jeremy Sova, who's one of my patients slash customer, I guess is what we call you as a doctor or your patient. Fair enough. And we are talking about your journey into this intelligent aging. And so many people are frustrated. They're in the same boat. They don't know where to turn. We've covered a lot of ground so far. We've talked about biomarkers, which is labs in my day. We've talked about avoiding the four horsemen, that Peter Attia book, right? Heart, metabolic disorder, cancer, brain diseases. We talked about the importance of exercise, especially weight-bearing exercise, getting enough protein, sleep. And I want to talk about pharmaceuticals right now. And especially the big one is rapamycin. So I try to bring new things to the listeners. And I can promise you 95% of the listening audience doesn't know what rapamycin is. Sure. So let's do a dive on rapamycin and other pharmaceuticals.
SPEAKER 16 :
Absolutely. So I learned about it in the Outleft book by Atiyah, and him and a group of doctors flew out to Easter Island, which is a remote island pretty far into the ocean southwest of Peru, Chile area. And they found out that there was a large number per person. per population of centenarians on that island and what was causing them to live over 100. And yada, yada, yada, they found out that there was a rapamycin in the volcanic water that the people were drinking. And they'd used rapamycin for, I don't know, for decades for organ transplant, you know, making sure a healthy organ takes if, say, you get a liver from somebody. And what they found out is it's really now known as the number one pharmaceutical option For healthspan and anti-aging. And I'm a layman, right? I'm not a doctor. I'm not a scientist. But based on what I've learned is it sounds like mTOR, mammalization of rapamycin. is something that happens when your cells are regenerating and growing.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah. NAMTOR spelled little M capital T-O-R.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 16 :
And I'm going to say I've been on it for 19 months now. And I'm going to come back to that in a second. So it is a well-known now, at least in this sector, that everyone's kind of focusing on. But what people don't know is there's a difference between mTOR C1 and mTOR C2. And you can take an AI dive on what those mean, but in layman's terms. mTOR C1 is the thing that you want to focus on, but you don't want to go into mTOR C2. So it's really important. Rapamycin is a very powerful drug is that you start very small, right? Like, so I did one milligram per week. I took a one milligram pill once a week for a month. I took a month off. Then I went to two milligrams, same thing, took a month off, three, so on and so forth. I'm finally up to what science shows is the right dose, which is 6.6 milligrams. I take it once a week, then I take a month break, rinse and repeat. So you allow the body to kind of catch up. But Brian Johnson, if everybody knows him as the don't die guy on Netflix, spends two million bucks a year on anti-aging. He's very successful. He's up to like, I think... eight months per 12 he ages. So he's, he's really the poster child for, for living forever. And he spends a lot of money and time and doctors doing it. And he did get on rapamycin early on a couple of years ago, but maybe they didn't know it back then, but they started them at six milligrams out the gate and they drove them up to 13. They tried all kinds of different combinations and he started to get real bad side effects and mouth sores and skin issues. And when they did his biomarkers, he was actually accelerating his aging and What I've learned is that he was attacking mTOR C2. So I've had zero side effects. I'm finally at the right dose. We can check back in over time. But I think the key is to titrate up very slowly with this powerful drug and don't exceed the amount that's going to move the effects from mTOR C1 to mTOR C2. But so far, so good. I feel great.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, and it's been studied in pretty much any animal under the sun. And the crazy thing was the dogs. It actually showed that if you have a middle-aged dog and give your dog rapamycin, you can actually reverse the dog's aging because large dogs, they age fast, right? Your dog will die when they're like 10 years old. If you have a dog who's six, you can actually feed them rapamycin and actually turn back the clock.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, they're saying all living cells, you know, whether it's a fruit fly or, you know. A mouse or a human, there's no, you know, it's all living cells can have a benefit from the right amounts of rapamycin.
SPEAKER 04 :
And it's not just rapamycin. So there's other things like epithelon, right? The peptides. So let's talk a little about peptides. We have a few minutes left. Do you know much about epithelon or zep?
SPEAKER 16 :
I don't. My peptides are limited to CJC95, seromoralins, and the BPC157s and TB500s.
SPEAKER 04 :
So epithelon is a peptide that actually increases the length of your telomeres on the ends of your DNA. So the best analogy I can give people is a shoelace, right? So you have your shoelace in the middle, and then the little plasticky ends on the tips are what protect it from unraveling. Well, that's what a telomere does on either side of your DNA strand. The shorter the telomeres, the more likely you are to damage your DNA. You get damaged DNA, you get cancers, things like that. So if you can lengthen your telomeres, you're protecting your DNA. So epithelon is a peptide. It's given as an injection. You'll have to do it twice a year, and it will actually increase the length of your telomeres. That's outstanding. Yeah. I knew I was going to learn something new today. There you go. So all these things in conjunction, it's not just rapamycin, epithelium, but there's so many other things. And unfortunately, we've only got a couple of minutes, but I wanted to talk about maybe some curcumin, the resveratrols. These are all things that we've proven for mitochondria health. These are things that we offer in the clinic. As a suggestion, I don't have stock in any one of these companies. We do have an IV drip now that we offer for metabolic health and mitochondria repair because you're right. It's mitochondria, mitochondria, mitochondria.
SPEAKER 16 :
Amen.
SPEAKER 04 :
So if you want to take a couple, two minutes and talk about curcumin, resveratrol, NAD+,
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, definitely. So I did what was called a spectra cell test, which looks intercellular, which you don't typically get in blood work. So I really got to drive down into some micronutrient deficiencies and efficiencies. And on that journey, I found out that some of this mitochondrial supplementation helped with my particular Krebs cycle in certain areas. Like, for instance, CoQ10, zinc, calcium, magnesium were important. But I'm doing the curcumin for inflammation. Same with the resveratrol. Glutathione I take daily, which seems to be a very good antioxidant.
SPEAKER 09 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 16 :
And I drink four tablespoons of really pure extra virgin olive oil, which is the fat I use for fat-soluble vitamins. But, yeah, every single day I take four tablespoons of olive oil.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, and do you do the – I don't think you said NAD+.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, so actually I take a precursor called N as in Nancy, M as in Michael, N as in Nancy, and also an NAD plus together in a liquid form.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah. Well, we like the injectable because your liver metabolizes a lot of that. So if you want NAD, in my estimation, just take the shot of the NAD. Gotcha.
SPEAKER 16 :
Next time I'm in for some vitamins and an IV, I'll definitely take you on.
SPEAKER 04 :
That's right. So we have a hard break right now. We're going to go to that. And then we'll be back with Jeremy Sova talking about his journey on anti-aging, intelligent aging. And I think you're going to learn something. So you're listening to Dr. Scott Faulkner filling in for John Rush. We'll be right back.
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SPEAKER 04 :
It's when you dump things on the ground and it's not like a dumpster or a landfill.
SPEAKER 08 :
But does it act as a landfill and it just doesn't.
SPEAKER 04 :
Apparently there's rules that he violated as to where this junk should be put.
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This is in Tampa. So it's a facility, apparently. It's near the wetlands, which is apparently an environmentally sensitive area. And they said it could negatively impact water supply. And the guy promised to clean it up, and then he never did. And now he's facing civil lawsuits, fines, and criminal charges. And they said they have like a three-story high mound of construction and debris. And the pile, it started on a vacant lot. And the vacant lot is on protected wetlands. And there's all kinds of trucks dumping debris at the site nonstop. And the guy... Apparently, he didn't have the required permit, and they said that it could seep into the water system because of how the land is, is what they're saying. So, yeah, it's a big deal. I mean, when you see the photos of it, I mean, it's a giant dump site.
SPEAKER 04 :
And he just decided to do it with... I got to be honest, when I first saw the headline yesterday, I didn't think it was going to be about junk.
SPEAKER 08 :
Oh, what did you think it was going to be?
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, you're... I mean, it's Florida Man. I thought he was actually doing dumps.
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SPEAKER 08 :
Why, hello. Welcome back. We're stopping our second hour. I don't even know. I feel like I need to apologize to you guys for the segment that we about have to do here. But it must be discussed because it is important news of the nation, Cain. And we are all about news and important and business and numbers. Very important things. So welcome back. Top of the second hour, Dana Lash. The chat's at Rumble. Channel 347 is the live stream of the radio show. So yesterday, you know, everybody's been for the past several days. Everybody's been talking about the big, beautiful bill, the big, beautiful bill. It's all we've heard about. And everybody's been really fighting and trying to get the best thing. Some of us for the taxpayer, some of us. Well, not us, but some of them, like Mike Lawler, want you to bail out blue states with salt deductions, etc., etc. And while they've been having all of these issues, while they've been having all of these debates, while Congress was talking about all of this stuff, Nancy Mace decides she needed to interject. Now... So... She had a issue that she needed to be discussed. And the issue she needed to be discussed was that of her ex-fiancé that I think Cain asked, is this the prayer breakfast fiancé? Yes. where she was at a Christian prayer breakfast, and she, well, go ahead and roll this. This is flashback.
SPEAKER 12 :
Go ahead. And when I woke up this morning at 7, I was getting picked up at 7.45. Patrick, my fiancé, tried to pull me by my waist over this morning in bed, and I was like, no, baby, we don't got time for that this morning. I got to get to the prayer breakfast.
SPEAKER 08 :
That was Patrick Bryant that she was talking about. So she's in front of the group of, you know, a big Christian group. She's like, nah, baby, I ain't got time to fornicate with you right now. I got to go and pray for Jesus. Pray with Jesus right now. That's what I got. It was funny. We were joking about it at the time. Well, then it decided to get a little bit spicier. So how did it get spicier? Well, they went from fornicating before prayer breakfast to, well, audio soundbite for Juan, if you will.
SPEAKER 12 :
Today in my hearing, I'm going to dissect what that guy did to dozens of women hidden on a hidden camera and other devices as he recorded them with impunity, without their knowledge, without their permission, and without their consent. Patrick Bryant, I hope you're ready. I'm also going to be sharing some of... the imagery that Patrick Bryant, that guy right there, took of myself and other women without our knowledge, without our permission, without our consent. Naked bodies, women's legs spread apart, different genital areas. And he had a catalog of these different fetishes of what types of videos and photos he liked to capture of women without their knowledge.
SPEAKER 08 :
I mean, you can just say he took some videos. You don't have to be like, and all the genital areas of the genitals. Did I say genitals?
SPEAKER 09 :
Genitals. Other genital areas.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah. Now, you might think, well, Dana, this is an important issue. It's already weird for me because this is her ex. So it seems a little bit like you're trying to settle a score. So anyway, Nancy Mace went into D.C., And she had her presentation ready. And she's out of South Carolina. And this was, well, I mean, she has her, this was basically her the other day. Her with this, I mean, live look. The presentation. Just saying.
SPEAKER 03 :
That is not a live look. What was that? That's not live look.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, maybe. I don't know if there was any AI used. I mean, soon we might be barred from even having any kind of local jurisdiction over it anyway.
SPEAKER 03 :
Looks a little photoshopped.
SPEAKER 08 :
Might be. We don't know. Audio Soundbite 5, though. So she shared all of this, like, all about her ex. I don't know how else to say this. We're in the middle of a budget battle, and she's Audio Soundbite 5. I don't know.
SPEAKER 12 :
Exhibit one, behind me is a screenshot from one of the videos I found of myself, the yellow circle. This naked silhouette is my naked body. I didn't know that I had been filmed. I didn't give my consent. I didn't give my permission. And this particular video that Patrick Bryant recorded of me on his secret camera, he saved for over three years without my knowledge. I didn't pick this fight. I don't even want to be here today and discuss this. But because he's still roaming around South Carolina free, filming whatever genital parts he wants. Genital parts? Because no one has held him accountable.
SPEAKER 08 :
Can I just interject here? I mean, I don't know what their issue is. This was the same guy, apparently, that at the prayer breakfast. Again, she was like, well, my honey was trying to, my fiance was trying to pull me over. And I was like, no. I just... It seems entirely performative. And it seems, I feel like Nancy Mace needs to do a little bit more lawmaking and a little less seeking attention. Because every damn day it's something. She's either wearing the big, you know, the tight t-shirt. With an A on it and all this stuff. She literally wrote like more crimson A going into, I don't know. And then we have this. That she's just in Congress showing, that looked like a security camera footage. Is this this guy's house? Because if it's this guy's house, first off, how did she get the footage? Number one. And number two, it looks like a security camera. I have security cameras all through my house. I don't, granted, I don't, you know, walk in my birthday suit just down. I'm just going to go get some chips. Walk right out there. It's not. I just don't. I don't. It looks like it. Kane, it looks like security footage. It doesn't seem like he was trying to get booby shots.
SPEAKER 04 :
Right. And was that posted? Like online?
SPEAKER 08 :
No, no, it was not that I know of.
SPEAKER 04 :
I don't get it.
SPEAKER 08 :
So here's the thing. So she says this. She says this on the floor of the house. And when lawmakers are on the floor of the house like this and they say these things... They have immunity. But then once they get off the House floor and they start posting this stuff on social media, they do not. Well, she started posting this stuff on social media. So now Patrick Bryant has reacted and he sent out a statement. She actually went at him on X. She goes, if you weren't a rapist, why would you film a rape and why would you be filmed raping? And I mean, oh, my gosh. And he's like, this is he's denying everything. They and I noticed that in none of these pieces, like even the Newsweek piece, I don't think it identifies him as being her ex, her ex fiance that she was at the prayer breakfast with. Well, well, finally, like way down they do. But I mean, I think that's incredibly important in this context. Right. So it seemed, is she mad at him? Like, did he cheat on her? And now she's, you know, now she's, I mean, I'm just curious. What is happening here? What's happening? So can you tell my fare goes up again? Yeah. So they, they've done, he's denied wrongdoing. He issued a statement. She called him her stalker. And he's mad that she keeps talking about him on the floor. So he issued this huge statement. saying, I categorically deny the false and outrageous claims. I've never raped anyone. I've never hidden cameras. I've never harmed any women. The accusations are not just false. They're malicious and deeply personal. My mistake was loving and trusting someone who later weaponized our relationship. He talks about how she made the claims while on the congressional floor so she had immunity. And then he said, what's worse, multiple witnesses have testified under oath directly contradicting her claims. And her story. And he said, what's worse than doing this? She's interfering with an ongoing investigation, which I fully cooperated. He goes, this is an advocacy. And so he put out this this whole statement. And I don't know. I like I said, that one video that she shared looked like security camera footage. Can I tell you what it sounds like just on the face of it? It sounds like she's scorned and she's trying to settle a score. That's what it sounds like. Because she kept bringing up other women. So it sounds like he screwed around on her and she's trying to settle the score. I mean, that's what I'm just saying it sounds like. I'm not saying that it happened. I have no skin in this game. I just think that she's way, way dramatic to the point of distraction for Congress. I do. I, I, I, I'm just shocked. Like we're having a budget battle and she's all out here. Is there a better time and place to, you know, be like, you see, I mean, you can't even see anything. She had to circle it. Like, see right here.
SPEAKER 09 :
Those are my boobies. You see that right there. I'm going to zoom in, like on CSI.
SPEAKER 05 :
The erection.
SPEAKER 08 :
Kane, that's kind of the vibe I get from this whole thing.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, it is. And it's a shame. Because... I'd like to have the thoughts of your representatives, you know, that they're actually integrous in their duties to their constituents. Instead, she's using it for this vengeful relationship thing. It's sad.
SPEAKER 08 :
It's sad. Yeah, we all didn't. We didn't need to have that. You know, I'm just saying. But it does. It sounds like. There it is. Oh, my gosh. It would be one thing if this was the only time that this seemed to be contrived. But she's pulled a lot of stunts. Like, I've never seen anybody talk about bathrooms so many times. Yes, we don't want a dude, you know, with an actual weenus in the bathroom. Get it. Yeah, I am all right there. But you've like made like two months of spin out of it. And the where she wore this like tight T-shirt with the letter A on it. I'm just really... I don't like chicks that try too hard. You know what I'm saying? Like, just be a chick and just be you and do what you're supposed to do and you'll get attention. I just don't like the reach. I've never met her. I'm not saying she's a bad person, but I just think this is the wrong strategy to have with stuff like this. And also... If you're a member of Congress and you're going to be accusing a dude of rape, you better be damn sure that he was like raping people before you start imperiling yourself by making said accusation. That's a serious thing. And I just, you know, that looked like security camera footage. I thought we were going to get like some Chuck Berry in the bathroom kind of business. And if we did not. So just saying. You can't fix her, Cain. Stop it. Hey, folks. So I want to share something important that every American should be aware of. We're seeing a lot of economic uncertainty right now. You have the national debt rising, global trade tensions impacting markets and tariffs with higher prices on the stuff that everybody uses every day. It's not about panic. It's about preparation. So this is why I partnered with Gold Co., the top rated precious metals company, to help you take a step towards protecting your financial future. Smart investors look to hard assets like gold and silver to help weather the storm. It's a strategy that's been used for generations. And right now you can get a free 2025 gold and silver kit that breaks it all down for you. And if you qualify, you could receive unlimited bonus silver, real silver matched to your account with no taxes or penalties. It's a smart move that could help you feel more secure with what lies ahead. Visit danalikesgold.com to get started. That's danalikesgold.com and move forward with confidence.
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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
SPEAKER 08 :
Man, coming up, wait until you see the video that we got. Trump is in the Oval Office with the South African president, and he just showed him a huge video montage of all of the people calling for kill the Boer, kill the white farmer, and just right in the riot act in front of all of the press. We're going to have that video coming up for you. You do not want to miss it. Also, let's see. We got a bunch of stuff here. Getting down into it. This... Moody's cuts deposit ratings at major banks because they downgraded the U.S. Moody's ratings cut its ratings for deposit at Bank of America, J.P. Morgan, Chase & Company, Wells Fargo, etc. It was citing Friday's downgrade of our weakened ability to support the firms. They said long-term deposit ratings at these banks are This is Moody. They were lowered by one step to a two Moody's third highest level. And they downgraded the senior unsecured debt ratings for some units of Bank of America and others, cutting them from a two to one. So mortgage rates have jumped seven percent also after that downgrade of U.S. credit. That's new. And home buying season, the U.S. market is wobbling. This is, I mean, the kickoff of the major home buying season when kids are out of school. People are, you know, it's spring going into summer. That's the time everybody relocates. And apparently sales of existing homes have now dropped to their lowest level in six months, even as inventory jumped to a five-year high. And a lot of it growing concerns over tariffs. the future of the u.s economy there's still some concerns about uh construction materials things like that uh that are not specifically related to what we're getting in from china or what we're getting in from the uk so that's where a lot of those worries are centered on and that makes some sense so that affects new home sales it also affects uh remodeling costs uh there's a a drop in people that are remodeling their homes right now because i didn't realize again lumber and candida and all this other stuff that's a big deal And so they're they're seeing that price reflected already in the stores. And so they're they're a little cautious about all of that. So that's just some of the latest with the housing market. The Chicago Sun-Times printed an AI generated summer reading list with books that literally do not exist. None of these books exist. They made a fake list of books. Our media. Summer reading lists for 2025. Literally books that are not in at all existence. And they ran with it. They ran with it. And then they realized, oh, wait a minute. The authors don't exist and neither do the books. So that's, oops, our bad. Kevin Spacey slammed Hollywood's blacklist. He's returning to the spotlight. He received this big award at the Cannes Film Festival. He's 65 years old. He was cleared of sexual assault on four men two years ago. And he was slamming blacklisting. He's going to try to make a comeback. We got a lot more in store. Stick with us. How big a factor was the Hunter stuff?
SPEAKER 02 :
I think it was considerable. I think Hunter was driving the decision-making for the family in a way that people... He was almost like a chief of staff of the family.
SPEAKER 11 :
Does that strike you as pretty bizarre?
SPEAKER 02 :
It's bizarre because I think he is provably, demonstrably unethical, sleazy, and prone to horrible decisions.
SPEAKER 11 :
Tell me how you really feel.
SPEAKER 02 :
Well, I mean, I just look at the record. I mean, after his brother died, he cheated on his wife with his brother's widow and then got her addicted to crack. That's just one thing I could say.
SPEAKER 08 :
Where was that causticness back when all of this stuff was coming out? Where was this caustic criticism? Let me pull this story up. When was this story? Back when Hunter Biden was joining cabinet meetings and running cabinet meetings. This was an NBC story. Let me get the date. This is July last year. I mean, he was... Hunter Biden was joining those cabinet meetings. Some were saying that he was even running the White House after the debate. No joke. So like I said, the cubby coke makes sense now because it was Hunter's because we thought, well, he's not really there like all that much as he. Oh, dude, if he's running the White House, you know, in essence, then yeah. That was his cubby coke. I'm absolutely convinced. Welcome back. Dana Lash with you. Channel 347 is the stream. Of course, you can listen to us all around the country. The chat's at Rumble. That's terrifying to think that Hunter Biden essentially was making some very, probably making some very important decisions related to the function and operation of this nation. I mean, think about it. That's terrifying. Good night. But where was all of this interest, you know, this journalistic interest? Oh, there wasn't a big fatty fat book deal that was related to it, right? Oh, goodness. Kane asked a very good question. Ask your question.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, can we point to any one decision Hunter's made? Anything that we can hang our hat on that this guy should have been making decisions? I'm at a loss, too. Nothing's coming to mind.
SPEAKER 08 :
Nothing's coming to mind at all. The press and everyone acts like they want to know. Like Wall Street Journal had a piece out yesterday. Well, how really ill was he? You had, this is Washington Post. That was yesterday evening. If Biden was too frail for his job, voters should have been informed. Wow. We should have been told that Biden was too frail. Who didn't tell us, said the media looking around, confused. We just... Who didn't tell us? You? You? You guys didn't? You guys were too busy trying to get in and have power. That's what it was.
SPEAKER 04 :
If only there was an entity paid to pay attention closely to those things and then report it to the people.
SPEAKER 08 :
The media literally just ran under the velvet rope to join us, the poor, on the other side going, yeah, someone should have told us. It's like that scene from Mean Girls. She doesn't even go here. That's what's happening right now. Where were you guys at this whole time? You guys knew this. You knew what was happening. Listen to what they wrote here. I can't believe that this is a paragraph in the Washington Post. Guys, they're about journalism now. Stop it. Here's what they wrote, Cain. This is so stupid. Sorry, it's so hard to read this because it's so absurd.
SPEAKER 09 :
Quote, it now seems that for a considerable time, Biden may have lacked the stamina and cognitive capacity that the job demands. And his family and his closest aides conceal this from the public.
SPEAKER 08 :
Their apparent decision to put personal loyalties ahead of their duty must be reckoned with. Wait. when he fell up the stairs, like for the fifth time, and we're like, might be an issue here. You guys got mad and said we were conspiracy theorists and that the videos that we were all watching were cheap fakes. I mean, he forgot the name literally of one of his closest advisors. He forgot the opening to the Declaration of Independence and Well, that makes sense. He's a Democrat. That one I'm like, meh, he's on the left, so that makes sense. So now they're very, oh my goodness, they're very confused. Tapper wrote in his book that it was since at least 2022. He had moments where he couldn't recall things. But they're all trying to cover it up right now. They all want to pretend that They just were not aware. They weren't aware of these things. They were trusting Biden's handlers. They were trusting the people that were helping and assisting the president, which was Hunter Biden, apparently. Oh, my gosh. With his coke cubby. Why would you have a guy who... screwed his sister-in-law after he lost his brother. Got her on drugs. His wife, who knows? He's a mess. He won't stop filming himself and putting it online. I mean, P. Diddy and her Puff whatever, Puff Purvy and Hunter Biden are like one and the same. The P. Diddler? I don't know. It's so gross. It's so gross. But they never asked. Like, who's the journalist? They never asked the questions. They were too busy calling everybody else conspiracy theorists with all of this.
SPEAKER 06 :
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SPEAKER 13 :
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Make a historic announcement about the Golden Dome Missile Defense Shield. That's something we want. And Ronald Reagan wanted it many years ago, but they didn't have the technology. But it's something we're going to have. We're going to have it at the highest level. I want to thank Secretary Hegseth, who has been fantastic, and Secretary Rubio and Space Force Vice Chief of Space Operations, General Mike Gutlein. I also want to recognize Senators Dan Sullivan, Kevin Cramer, and Jim Banks, fantastic senators, great talents, great political talents and people that love our country. In the campaign, I promised the American people that I would build a cutting-edge missile defense shield to protect our homeland from the threat of foreign missile attack.
SPEAKER 23 :
Well, I mean, committing to what Reagan had started and saying that you're going to finish it is, you know, that's good. But I don't want to spend another damn dime until I know what's getting cut. I mean, we're getting the cart ahead of the horse here, and I'm getting so incredibly infuriated by all of this because they may force a House vote today on that bill. I mean, I'm not denying that all of these things are good, right? Yeah, we should have defense, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I'm not going to sit here and wax poetic for clicks on this stuff. But the issue remains that, you know, we have a significant... spending problem and i don't think that defense spending is a sacred cow uh i think that a lot of other things need to be cut in this before we start talking about these other issues we we need to make sure that we have the most streamlined financial capability as it pertains to our fighting force and you know we just haven't been getting a whole heck of a lot of that welcome to the program, Dana Lash with you. We're going to go over just some of the other, some of the changes. Everything is about, just so you know, everything is about the big, beautiful bill today. That's all anybody's talking about. Nobody's talking about anything else. We'll have some cultural issues, you know, some of that stuff. The racist WNBA, all of those good things we're going to have for you. And all of the latest with this bill. I wanted to point something out because yesterday I had, we had on Chip Roy. Congressman Chip Roy. And he had a soundbite that was interesting because he had said that he was explaining Social Security and he was explaining the problems that house republicans are having where it concerns trying to remedy this and not tax social security and the issue also has to do something with the bird law or the bird rule all of that stuff uh there is a little bit of a i don't know i i know what i know and i know what i don't and there were house members i gotta tell you i was having a conversation with over the weekend with some House members, and there were House members that were actually disagreeing with themselves on how to approach protecting Social Security from being essentially doubly taxed. And they were even disagreeing with each other, a whole group, that they couldn't even come to agreement on the best way to do it to avoid any kind of Democrat objection because you're trying to skirt past some kind of weirdo technical parliamentarian rules. And honestly, I think a lot of it is just some technicalities. If it proves a hurdle in getting things to the president's desk, then it's significant. So he's referring to that when he's talking about, you know, the expense of it and getting it moved and et cetera, et cetera. And I think a lot of people didn't give him a fair shot, honestly, when they were listening to that audio soundbite, if I'm being honest. Because some of the comments that I saw, it just seemed that they were not – they were – it seemed to me like they were trying to – A lot of people were mad at Chip Roy. And I don't think that Chip Roy deserves the heat for that, quite honestly. I don't think he does. I think a lot of other members of Congress do before he would. And I also think people are attacking him because he's not in line with voting for the bill the way it is now because of all of that stuff that, you know, the aforementioned things that we just mentioned. You know, that's what that means. So it's just all confusing. Because when I have members of Congress that I'm talking to that don't understand, that are disagreeing with each other about the rule, that makes it incredibly confusing. Like, oh, well, can we we can do this, but then we're going to get hung up here. And it part of the I think the anger is the American people not realizing or not knowing because government's too damn big. I mean, for crying out loud, when you have people in Congress that are arguing with each other over whether or not they can do it, it's the bird rule is what it is. And by the way, that's the CBO thing. And this specifically relates to reconciliation. And so if you have a provision that isn't directly related to reconciliation. the specific purpose of reconciliation and changing revenue they're arguing that it falls outside of the bird rule and then there's another additional law that was passed some years ago where social security can't be touched in that manner so there's two things that are coming into play here and that's i i still don't agree with any of it i think you you made the rule then you unmake the rule right you make this stuff then you unmake it I'm not going to pretend to be happy about any of this. I'm not going to be browbeaten into agreeing with it either. Just the way it is. I mean, we're either conservatives or we're not. We either don't like, you know, Bush-Obama type spending or we do. And that's exactly what's in this bill. I don't want to hear another damn Republican, if they support this bill, ever again complain about Bush spending or Obama spending because you're voting for it right now. You're voting for it. You're voting for the Green News scheme. You're voting for all those subsidies, all your taxpayer dollars going to this stuff. That's all it is. So there you go. There's a few things that changed. We'll talk about that here coming up. Also, the campus protests that have been happening. So who is it, Columbia graduating today? I don't know if you've seen some of the video that have come about from some of this. I was watching some of this this morning. Columbia, I think it was Columbia, they have their graduation ceremony. And that's the exact time that the pro-Hamas folks are, Out protesting like they booed the president at the graduation in Columbia. They've been dealing with this down at UT Dallas. Can I don't know if you knew that they've they've had they had banned some people because they had interrupt. They were going to be interrupting commencement. And the president of Columbia was booed. They made a big, I mean, Claire Shipman, they had a lot of distractions and disruptions at their commencement ceremonies. Think about this, because Columbia is expensive. It's not a cheap university. I don't even want to look at the price tag for it. I'm scared to. Can you imagine? You know, you... You are graduating or your kids graduating or your grandkids graduating and they spend all of this time and all of this money and they go through all of this effort. And then. It's at your graduation and people are booing and being so disruptive that maybe you can't even walk or maybe you don't even hear your name called to go and get your diploma, your degree. That is insane. I would be whooping some A-double snakes over that. Oh, I would be on Worldstar. I would be flying over some bleachers and I would be slinging some people around by the hairs on their head. Oh, hail, H-A-I-L, no. God, put a hand over my mouth if anything were to like that, were to like that were to happen at any of my kids' graduations. Oh my gosh. What would you do, Cain? You're at your... Dare we ask? You're at your kid's... Let me set the stage. You're at your kid's graduation. Your child's getting ready to go get their diploma or their degree, whatever they're doing, high school or college.
SPEAKER 18 :
Joyous occasion.
SPEAKER 23 :
Okay. Joyous occasion. That's right. Yeah. And some Hamas lover starts protesting about Hamas and free that one guy who was basically aiding and abetting a terrorist. Oh, yeah, blah, blah, blah. And you can't even hear your kid's name be called because... of their protests. How would you feel as a parent if you were robbed of that moment, if your child was robbed of that moment?
SPEAKER 18 :
First of all, it would make me angry at a time where it's very joyous. Right. And I wouldn't really want it. I don't like it. So I'd probably reject that negative energy. But I would also find... By how? Just by ignoring it. But I don't know. There has to be a way. And, you know, everyone's empathetic to a degree.
SPEAKER 15 :
No, I'm not.
SPEAKER 18 :
There... There has to be a way, though, to where somehow sense gets into their brain. The protesters. Like at some point, right? You would think that you have enough faith in humanity that these protesters at some point would be like, you know what? I was misguided.
SPEAKER 23 :
Can you guys tell that Cain has still yet to be fully corrupted by this world? Do you hear that?
SPEAKER 16 :
It's a fight.
SPEAKER 23 :
Do you hear that little shred of hope? He was like, I still hope that some sense would get into their brains.
SPEAKER 15 :
I'm trying.
SPEAKER 23 :
I wouldn't even wait for the second syllable to come out of their mouths of interruption because I have no faith in humanity. I am a cynic of the highest degree. There's no way. No way. Oh my gosh. I think I would send them a bill. I would figure out the cost of that moment ruined. And I think I would send them a bill.
SPEAKER 18 :
I'm sure there's precedent for that somewhere.
SPEAKER 23 :
I mean, we sue for everything. No, I know. I don't like lawfare until I do. But think about it. We sue for everything. You can go to McDonald's and get a hot cup of coffee. And if I'm going to spill it on myself because I'm stupid. And then you sue McDonald's because the coffee was hot and it burned you. Do you see what I'm saying? So why couldn't we sue over something like this? Think about it. I don't know what the calculus would be on this. But... You know, what would just saying like, what would that cost? Like, I'm trying to think.
SPEAKER 18 :
If you took a day off of work to attend, it's clearly a day's work. I mean, we can start right there. But yeah, it is. It's disheartening. And I think that's part of their goal is just the disruption. It's almost like you don't want to give them that satisfaction that they know they're disrupting. Don't validate that for them. That's kind of where I'm at with it.
SPEAKER 23 :
Yeah, well, I don't know. It's impossible to do most of the time. It's hard to ignore. It would be impossible for me to ignore. I'd have to throw flip-flops or something. I think I'd probably bring flip-flops in a bag, just be ready for it, you know what I mean? Just to start beating people.
SPEAKER 18 :
That's a business idea.
SPEAKER 23 :
You know what? That's right. Like your bag of flip flops, your warfare flops. That's exactly what that is. That's actually a very good idea on that right now. We're going to go ahead and get the, you know, I'm just saying, but yeah, if you can, if you think about that, like you paid all that and it's just such a joyous moment. And what's it hijacked for? It's hijacked for a guy who violated the terms of his stay, like very clearly violated the terms of his stay through his own willful choices and ended up getting himself in trouble for because of his own willful choices. And now you have to suffer for it? No, no, no. We're not doing that. So coming up, we're also going to get into the media. I think the media is going to go... with the argument that, oh, I guess they just didn't catch this with Joe Biden. And also the media is going to start apologizing. We should have done better. And related, do you want to know the terrifying degree to which Hunter Biden apparently was basically running the White House for a period? Oh, I didn't stutter. No. Don't you make fun of my stutter. I didn't. I'm not being Joe Biden. I said what I said. It was him. Oh, now the Coke and the cubby, the cubby Coke makes all the sense in the world. I mean, you know, it's Hunter Biden who doesn't have a little cubby Coke in the White House. I'm just saying. So we're going to get into all of that. That terrifies me. I mean, that absolutely scares me to death. We're going to discuss this and a lot more here coming up as we move our partners. It's a terrifying story. Hey, folks. So I want to share something important that every American should be aware of. We're seeing a lot of economic uncertainty right now. You have the national debt rising, global trade tensions impacting markets and tariffs with higher prices on the stuff that everybody uses every day. It's not about panic. It's about preparation. So this is why I partnered with Gold Co., the top rated precious metals company, to help you take a step towards protecting your financial future. Smart investors look to hard assets like gold and silver to help weather the storm. It's a strategy that's been used for generations. And right now you can get a free 2025 gold and silver kit that breaks it all down for you. And if you qualify, you could receive unlimited bonus silver, real silver matched to your account with no taxes or penalties. It's a smart move that could help you feel more secure with what lies ahead. Visit danalikesgold.com to get started. That's danalikesgold.com and move forward with confidence.
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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
SPEAKER 23 :
So here is a headline for the ages. Are you guys ready for this one? French pizza chef has confessed to killing a reclusive man and then chopping up and cooking his body in a pot of vegetables. Philippe Schneider. I'm actually, what the hell is a French pizza chef? Okay, sorry, the real story. Philippe Schneider and his partner, Nathalie Kabubasi, are on trial for their involvement in the murder of 60-year-old Georges Mechler, who disappeared in 2023. Apparently, he was killed. The chef and the lady, they killed him during a botched break-in at this recluse's home deep in the woods in this friendship village. They denied involvement, but, yeah, Schneider said, yeah, we did. We tied him up, and, you know, we gagged him and all this stuff, and it came out that, yeah, we chopped him up and cooked it until... Told to cook the meat until it falls off the bone. And if anyone asks questions, oh, it's just food for the dog. Yeah, they did cook them in a bunch of vegetables. This is like a rural area in France. Oh, my gosh. Cue banjos. What in the world? That's crazy. Man, that is diabolical.
SPEAKER 18 :
Note to self, avoid French pizza chefs.
SPEAKER 23 :
I'm telling you. I know, I'm like, that's like the French pizza, that's like the other worst part of it. Prepare for me audio somebody too, if you would, if we have time. Cheers star George Wendt, 76 years old, has passed away, played the iconic, yeah, sorry, 22, Norm Peterson. and they said he passed away peacefully in his sleep while at home, a much-loved actor. And listen to this. This is a flashback, and it's so fitting right now.
SPEAKER 17 :
I didn't want to say this in front of the others, but you know what I think the most important thing in life is? It's love. You want to know what I love? Beer, Norm?
SPEAKER 1 :
Yeah, okay.
SPEAKER 23 :
Do you know Jason Sudeikis is his nephew? What? Yeah, Jason Sudeikis is George Wendt's nephew. That's true. Yep. So he's passed away. Rest in peace, George Wendt, 76 years old. And the Supreme Court, we'll talk about this more coming up, has sided with the main Republican that was censured simply for speaking out against men participating in female sports. We've got more on that and some weird stuff going on in Florida. Again, stick with us. More in store after this. Our partners at Hope bring you the program. It's our friends at Preborn Sports. When a mother is facing an unplanned pregnancy, she wants to make the right choice. But it's not easy when you have society telling her that she can't or shouldn't. This is where Preborn steps in. Their whole ministry is about loving these women and empowering them to make the choice of life, to do the right thing, choose life. And when they hear their baby's heartbeat, that baby's chance at life doubles. These are studies that confirm this. And this is what Preborn starts with. They offer ultrasounds. And they're sponsoring 1,000 ultrasounds in the month of May. And you can visit preborn.com slash Dana to donate or dial pound 250 and say the keyword baby. And one ultrasound doubles a baby's chance at life. And it costs $28. Five is $140. Every penny goes towards this. Preborn has a four-star charity rating so you can give with confidence. And all gifts are tax deductible. Simply dial pound 250 and say the keyword baby or visit preborn. preborn.com slash Dana. That's P-R-E-B-O-R-N.com slash Dana or dial pound 250. Say the keyword baby. They want 1000 ultrasounds for the month of May. Everyone can help save a life.
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SPEAKER 22 :
How big a factor was the Hunter stuff?
SPEAKER 28 :
I think it was considerable. I think Hunter was driving the decision-making for the family in a way that people... He was almost like a chief of staff of the family.
SPEAKER 30 :
Does that strike you as pretty bizarre?
SPEAKER 28 :
It's bizarre because I think he is provably, demonstrably unethical, sleazy, and prone to horrible decisions.
SPEAKER 20 :
Tell me how you really feel.
SPEAKER 28 :
Well, I mean, I just look at the record. I mean, after his brother died, he cheated on his wife with his brother's widow and then got her addicted to crack. That's just one thing I could say.
SPEAKER 23 :
Where was that causticness back when all of this stuff was coming out? Where was this caustic criticism? Let me pull this story up. When was this story? Back when Hunter Biden was joining cabinet meetings and running cabinet meetings. This was an NBC story. Let me get the date. Oh, this is July last year. I mean, he was... Hunter Biden was... joining those cabinet meetings. Some were saying that he was even running the White House after the debate. No joke. So like I said, the Cubby Coke makes sense now because it was Hunter's. Because we thought, well, he's not really there like all that much, is he? Oh, dude, if he's running the White House, you know, in essence, then yeah. That was his Cubby Coke. I'm absolutely convinced. Welcome back. Dana Lash with you. Channel 347 is the stream. Of That's terrifying to think that Hunter Biden essentially was making some very, probably making some very important decisions related to the function and operation of this nation. I mean, think about it. That's terrifying. Good night. But where was all of this interest, you know, this journalistic interest? Oh, there wasn't a big fatty fat book deal that was related to it, right? Oh, goodness. Kane asked a very good question. Ask your question.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, can we point to any one decision Hunter's made? Anything that we can hang our hat on that this guy should have been making decisions? I'm at a loss, too. Nothing's coming to mind.
SPEAKER 23 :
Nothing's coming to mind at all. The press and everyone acts like they want to know. Like Wall Street Journal had a piece out yesterday. Well, how really ill was he? You had, this is Washington Post. That was yesterday evening. If Biden was too frail for his job, voters should have been informed. Wow. We should have been told that Biden was too frail. Who didn't tell us, said the media looking around, confused. We just... Who didn't tell us? You? You guys didn't? You guys were too busy trying to get in and have power. That's what it was.
SPEAKER 18 :
If only there was an entity paid to pay attention closely to those things and then report it to the people.
SPEAKER 23 :
The media literally just ran under the velvet rope to join us, the poor, on the other side going, yeah, someone should have told us. It's like that scene from Mean Girls. She doesn't even go here. That's what's happening right now. Where were you guys at this whole time? You guys knew this. You knew what was happening. Listen to what they wrote here. I can't believe that this is a paragraph in the Washington Post. Guys, they're about journalism now. Stop it. Here's what they wrote, Cain. This is so stupid. Sorry, it's so hard to read this because it's so absurd.
SPEAKER 22 :
Quote, it now seems that for a considerable time, Biden may have lacked the stamina and cognitive capacity that the job demands. And his family and his closest aides conceal this from the public.
SPEAKER 23 :
Their apparent decision to put personal loyalties ahead of their duty must be reckoned with. Wait. when he fell up the stairs, like for the fifth time, and we're like, might be an issue here. You guys got mad and said we were conspiracy theorists and that the videos that we were all watching were cheap fakes. I mean, he forgot the name literally of one of his closest advisors. He forgot the opening to the Declaration of Independence and Well, that makes sense. He's a Democrat. That one I'm like, meh, he's on the left, so that makes sense. So now they're very, oh my goodness, they're very confused. Tapper wrote in his book that it was since at least 2022. He had moments where he couldn't recall things. But they're all trying to cover it up right now. They all want to pretend that They just were not aware. They weren't aware of these things. They were trusting Biden's handlers. They were trusting the people that were helping and assisting the president, which was Hunter Biden, apparently. Oh, my gosh. With his coke cubby. Why would you have a guy who... screwed his sister-in-law after he lost his brother. Got her on drugs. His wife, who knows? He's a mess. He won't stop filming himself and putting it online. I mean, P. Diddy and her Puff whatever, Puff Purvy and Hunter Biden are like one and the same. The P. Diddler? I don't know. It's so gross. It's so gross. But they never asked. The journalists, they never asked the questions. They were too busy calling everybody else conspiracy theorists with all of this. All of this is happening. I'm going to get to the Nancy Mace video later. I don't understand what's happening with some of the stuff in the GOP. We got the big, beautiful bill that's working its way through. And apparently I was reading a piece this morning that there's there's probably going to be included in this bill. is apparently, well, the language, no state or political subdivision thereof may enforce any law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems during a 10-year period, blah, blah, blah. It's this bill. It's section 43201 of the bill. John Fleetwood wrote a big piece on this where he discussed how it was very blandly titled, you know, artificial intelligence and information tech. But apparently it seems to suggest that no state in the country, your state or any other state, would be allowed to create its own safeguards or liability standards for how AI is developed or deployed. That seems a little concerning, I think. That's a little concerning, right? We don't want states to lose the right to be able to determine how AI is developed or what liability within the state, the effect that it has. So that's a little, hmm. And this is in Section 43-201 of this bill. It looks like a federal ban on local AI regulation. So the people that are embedding AI into government and military systems, everything from law enforcement to health care, you're giving them the total control entirely of this. Why is that in this bill?
SPEAKER 18 :
Is there anything beautiful about this? Because I can see things that are big about it.
SPEAKER 23 :
I don't know. The House Budget Committee passed all of this out yesterday. They still have to. Now, that just means it's not passed out of the House. They pass it on a committee and it has to go for a vote floor or has to go for a vote with rules. And then it goes to the floor. So it has a couple of stops before it makes it to the floor. So they haven't even started, you know, that the big public back and forth on it. They wanted to get this done by Memorial Day. They had literally a meeting last night at 1 a.m. And there was a lot of fireworks that that kicked off there. Now, some of the senators saying that they will stay if need be to make this happen. But I don't know if it's going to I don't know if it's going to happen. I don't know if it's going to make it by Memorial Day. So I just why is this in here? It looks like a this is an overreach. This is a usurpation of states rights. And this is in this bill. That's very problematic.
SPEAKER 18 :
Are they arguing they don't want to essentially hinder the development of AI? Is that kind of their argument with it?
SPEAKER 23 :
Well, all the language says is, it says, again, it's sections, it's page, I think this is 292, 43201. No state or political subdivision thereof may enforce any law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this act, of this... this budget reconciliation. And they, they talk a little bit about it, but that is very concerning with us.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah. Cause on one hand I'm okay with deregulation, but on another hand, I don't understand why states can't do what they feel like they need to do for their own citizens. To that point, it makes no sense to me.
SPEAKER 23 :
No, it doesn't. And I, I, it's kind of wild to me. I mean, it's this buried in here. So it's a federal ban on any kind of... I mean, you're handing all control of this over to bureaucrats. All the people who develop it, all the people who are trying to get it in our government systems. I mean, you're... Not theoretically, you are handing control over to all of them on this. Now, the budget committee members, they... Like I said, they were kicking this out yesterday. They were voting on this. There's five more Republicans than there are Democrats. Ranking members is Jody Arrington out of Texas for the Budget Committee. You have Ralph Norman. You have a bunch of other folks, Chip Roy, that are on this. And we'll see where it goes. But I don't know if this is... going to make it in the final bill or not remember because if the if if the federal government isn't regulating it then really you're i mean there's no no one's regulating it and what accountability would states have at that level at a state level if you if you have the federal government rolling out automated, you know, or AI powered or whatever systems nationwide, you're limiting, you're limiting those attorney generals of those states too. And we've seen how AGs in different states have really been leading the charge against a lot of, you know, some bad decisions over the past four years federally. So that this kneecaps them, I would think. I'm going to find out more about this for you. I'm going to make some inquiries with some folks who are in Congress who can who specifically focus on this, because that means if states can't. Can you sue for like what if you're what if you actually have a legal issue and you wanted to find you just you wanted to find relief in court? Would you be able to do that under this? I mean, this is. I mean, I think it's a fair question to ask. So this is incredibly troubling. We have more to come as we roll towards the conclusion of this first hour. Our partners that bring you the program, it's our friends at All Family Pharmacy. All Family Pharmacy is a great, great business. I love them because they make it so easy to get medications that you need. It takes two to four days. Or overnight in a pinch. I mean, it's super fast, super affordable, no insurance, no problem. Straightforward pricing, online ordering, the shipping is fast. You can get your everyday maintenance medications. You can get your antibiotics, ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine. Convenience is everything. And they assist you in taking control of your health. you can order a one-year supply of essential medicines for like diabetes treatments cholesterol blood pressure so you can skip last minute pharmacy runs and everything is made in the usa they don't mess with stuff that include precursors from china or anywhere else you can rest easy knowing that your stuff is made right here in the us of a high quality of standards and safety visit all family pharmacy.com slash dana i use this personally and get 10 off with promo code dana 10 Don't wait. 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 17 :
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of the United States.
SPEAKER 21 :
Some carry hate. We carry the largest trans pride flag to ever be flown in a national park and unfurled it on the side of El Cap to prove a point that trans is natural. The Trump administration and transphobes would love to have you believe that being trans is unnatural, but species that can transition sexes can be found on every continent and in every ocean on planet Earth. So call it a protest, call it a celebration. We are bringing elevation to liberation. They try to erase us from government websites and education systems.
SPEAKER 22 :
So we put a flag on the side of a rock. We won. What? We put a flag on the side of a rock to prove a point. What point did you prove? We don't know. But it was a stunt that we did.
SPEAKER 23 :
Okay, that doesn't make any sense. What that guy looks like, you remember how if you don't prompt AI properly and it gives you like this. mashed up montage of what it thinks the person... If you ask, I want an Abraham Lincoln wrestler or something like that. And it's like a weird AI kind of image. He looks like a weird AI image. I mean, I'm made of jokes right now. First off, I don't think he needs to worry about being attacked by a bear because a bear would just be... No. That's what is up with that one. Number one. Number two... Are you there to like do park stuff or are you there to put on makeup and prance around in booty shorts? This isn't Reno 911. I mean, it's a park FFS. Come on. What are you doing? Does anyone like, oh, you flew a flag on a made up flag that's like brand new from just a few years ago that you flew on the side of a rock. And for what purpose? Did anybody see it? No, they didn't. Oh, you had to make a video about it to prove what? Oh, that trends is natural. So you decided to prove that a made up cosplaying gender swap is natural by using a synthetic material flag and by using all of, you know, like climbing up on the side of a rock to what? That doesn't even make any sense. That's it's just so dumb and performative. It's so cringe.
SPEAKER 18 :
She did have one hell of a cookie duster, though. You see that thing?
SPEAKER 23 :
I mean, you know, what woman doesn't have a push broom stash? I'm just saying, you know, what woman doesn't? I can't.
SPEAKER 18 :
Juan's going to have to show it again.
SPEAKER 23 :
Yes, do please show it again, Juan.
SPEAKER 18 :
Because that is one. It took me a year to grow a mustache like that.
SPEAKER 23 :
It takes some balls to climb up an old cap and put a flag like that up there.
SPEAKER 18 :
Hold on, let's see if we get to that point.
SPEAKER 23 :
It's like tiny. It's like being on the moon.
SPEAKER 18 :
I had a shower curtain like that in college.
SPEAKER 23 :
Oh, they wrote little words on it.
SPEAKER 18 :
There it is. There it is.
SPEAKER 23 :
Okay, how are you a park person?
SPEAKER 18 :
Holy smokes.
SPEAKER 23 :
And you're going out there with that much makeup on. I mean, the amount of makeup that he is wearing on his face. I don't know women that wear that much makeup on their face. And I also don't know why they have the clownfish at the little bottom. Isn't that a clownfish? What the hell fish is that? Is this like a Finding Nemo thing? Why do they put the weirdest stuff up?
SPEAKER 18 :
It is pretty clowny. What's going on?
SPEAKER 23 :
I don't know. So... I mean, I think I would be more unnerved by having this guy come up to me telling me about the flag on the rock than like a bear.
SPEAKER 18 :
You mean woman?
SPEAKER 23 :
I mean, no.
SPEAKER 18 :
No, I don't mean woman.
SPEAKER 23 :
I look just like a lady. Look at me. I'm a lady. It's just not how any of this works. Oh, my gosh.
SPEAKER 17 :
You've got some baseball-sized lady nuts on you coming in all kamikaze like that.
SPEAKER 23 :
Yeah. Why are you gay? Yeah, if you don't have me turned up.
SPEAKER 15 :
Excuse me, it's ma'am. It is ma'am. Right?
SPEAKER 23 :
See? Why are you gay? I'm sane. Golly.
SPEAKER 22 :
We're just normal men. What do you mean, normal men? We're just innocent men.
SPEAKER 23 :
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SPEAKER 22 :
Well, hello. Welcome back.
SPEAKER 23 :
We're at the top of our second hour. I don't even know. I feel like I need to apologize to you guys for the segment that we about have to do here. But it must be discussed because it is important news of the nation, Cain. And we are all about news and important and business and numbers. Yes, we are. Very important things. So welcome back. Top of the second hour, Dana Lash. The chat's at Rumble. Channel 347 is the live stream of the radio show. So yesterday, you know, everybody's been for the past several days, everybody's been talking about the big, beautiful bill, the big, beautiful bill. It's all we've heard about. And everybody's, you know, been really fighting and trying to get the best thing. Some of us for the taxpayer, some of us. Well, not us, but some of them, like Mike Lawler, want you to bail out blue states with salt deductions, etc., etc. And while they've been having all of these issues, while they've been having all of these debates, while Congress was talking about all of this stuff, Nancy Mace decides she needed to interject. Now... So... She had a issue that she needed to be discussed. And the issue she needed to be discussed was that of her ex-fiancé that I think Cain asked, is this the prayer breakfast fiancé? Yes. where she was at a Christian prayer breakfast, and she, well, go ahead and roll this. This is flashback.
SPEAKER 29 :
Go ahead. And when I woke up this morning at 7, I was getting picked up at 7.45. Patrick, my fiancé, tried to pull me by my waist over this morning in bed, and I was like, no, baby, we don't got time for that this morning. I got to get to the prayer breakfast.
SPEAKER 23 :
That was Patrick Bryant that she was talking about. So she's in front of the group of, you know, a big Christian group. She's like, nah, baby, I ain't got time to fornicate with you right now. I got to go and pray for Jesus. Pray with Jesus right now. That's what I got. It was funny. We were joking about it at the time. Well, then it decided to get a little bit spicier. So how did it get spicier? Well, they went from fornicating before prayer breakfast to, well, audio soundbite for Juan, if you will.
SPEAKER 30 :
Today in my hearing, I'm going to dissect what that guy did to dozens of women hidden on a hidden camera and other devices as he recorded them with impunity, without their knowledge, without their permission, and without their consent. Patrick Bryant, I hope you're ready. I'm also going to be sharing some of... the imagery that Patrick Bryant, that guy right there, took of myself and other women without our knowledge, without our permission, without our consent. Naked bodies, women's legs spread apart, different genital areas. And he had a catalog of these different fetishes of what types of videos and photos he liked to capture of women without their knowledge.
SPEAKER 23 :
I mean, you can just say he took some videos. You don't have to be like, and all the genital areas of the genitals. Did I say genitals?
SPEAKER 15 :
Genitals. Other genital areas.
SPEAKER 23 :
Yeah. Now, you might think, well, Dana, this is an important issue. It's already weird for me because this is her ex. So it seems a little bit like you're trying to settle a score. So anyway, Nancy Mace went into D.C., And she had her presentation ready. And she's out of South Carolina. And this was, well, I mean, she has her, this was basically her the other day. Her with this, I mean, live look. The presentation. Just saying.
SPEAKER 16 :
That is not a live look. What was that? That's not live look.
SPEAKER 23 :
Well, maybe. I don't know if there was any AI used. I mean, soon we might be barred from even having any kind of local jurisdiction over it anyway. Yes, Kane?
SPEAKER 16 :
A little Photoshop.
SPEAKER 23 :
Might be. We don't know. Audio Soundbite 5, though. So she shared all of this, like, all about her ex. I don't know how else to say this. We're in the middle of a budget battle, and she's Audio Soundbite 5. I don't know.
SPEAKER 03 :
Exhibit one, behind me is a screenshot from one of the videos I found of myself, the yellow circle. This naked silhouette is my naked body. I didn't know that I had been filmed. I didn't give my consent. I didn't give my permission. And this particular video that Patrick Bryant recorded of me on his secret camera, he saved for over three years without my knowledge. I didn't pick this fight. I don't even want to be here today and discuss this. But because he's still roaming around South Carolina free, filming whatever genital parts he wants. Genital parts? Because no one has held him accountable. Can I just interject here?
SPEAKER 23 :
I mean, I don't know what their issue is. This was the same guy, apparently, that at the prayer breakfast. Again, she was like, well, my honey was trying to, my fiance was trying to pull me over. And I was like, no. I just... It seems entirely performative. And it seems, I feel like Nancy Mason needs to do a little bit more lawmaking and a little less seeking attention. Because every damn day it's something. She's either wearing the big, you know, the tight t-shirt with an A on it and all this stuff. She literally wrote, like, wore a crimson A going into, I don't know. And then we have this. That she's just in Congress showing, that looked like a security camera footage. Is this this guy's house? Because if it's this guy's house, first off, how did she get the footage? Number one. And number two, it looks like a security camera. I have security cameras all through my house. I don't, granted, I don't, you know, walk in my birthday suit just down. I'm just going to go get some chips. Walk right out there. It's not. I just don't. I don't. It looks like it. Kane, it looks like security footage. It doesn't seem like he was trying to get booby shots.
SPEAKER 18 :
Right. And was that posted like online?
SPEAKER 23 :
No, no, it was not that I know of.
SPEAKER 06 :
I don't.
SPEAKER 23 :
So here's the thing. So she says this. She says this on the floor of the house. And when lawmakers are on the floor of the house like this and they say these things. They have immunity. But then once they get off the House floor and they start posting this stuff on social media, they do not. Well, she started posting this stuff on social media. So now Patrick Bryant has reacted and he sent out a statement. She actually went at him on X. She goes, if you weren't a rapist, why would you film a rape and why would you be filmed raping? And I mean, oh, my gosh. And he's like, this is he's denying everything. They and I noticed that in none of these pieces, like even the Newsweek piece, I don't think it identifies him as being her ex, her ex fiance that she was at the prayer breakfast with. Well, well, finally, like way down they do. But I mean, I think that's incredibly important in this context. Right. So it seemed, is she mad at him? Like, did he cheat on her? And now she's, you know, now she's, I mean, I'm just curious. What is happening here? What's happening? So can you tell my fare goes up again? Yeah. So they, they've done, he's denied wrongdoing. He issued a statement. She called him her stalker. And he's mad that she keeps talking about him on the floor. So he issued this huge statement. saying, I categorically deny the false and outrageous claims. I've never raped anyone. I've never hidden cameras. I've never harmed any women. The accusations are not just false. They're malicious and deeply personal. My mistake was loving and trusting someone who later weaponized our relationship. He talks about how she made the claims while on the congressional floor so she had immunity. And then he said, what's worse, multiple witnesses have testified under oath directly contradicting her claims. And her story. And he said, what's worse than doing this? She's interfering with an ongoing investigation in which I fully cooperated. He goes, this is an advocacy. And so he put out this this whole statement. And I don't know. I like I said, that one video that she shared looked like security camera footage. Can I tell you what it sounds like on just on the face of it? It sounds like she's scorned and she's trying to settle a score. That's what it sounds like, because she kept bringing up other women. So it sounds like he screwed around on her and she's trying to settle the score. I mean, that's what I'm just saying. It sounds like I'm not saying that it happened. I have no skin in this game. I just think that she's way, way dramatic to the point of distraction for Congress. I do. I, I, I, I'm just shocked. Like we're having a budget battle and she's all out here. I know I'm, is there a better time and place to, you know, be like, you see, I mean, you can't even see anything. She had to circle it. Like, see right here. Those are my boobies. You see that right there?
SPEAKER 22 :
I circled it for you. I'm going to zoom in like on CSI.
SPEAKER 14 :
The erection.
SPEAKER 23 :
Kane, that's kind of the vibe I get from this whole thing.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, it is. And it's a shame. Because you'd like to have the thoughts of your representatives, you know, that they're actually integrous in their duties to their constituents. Instead, she's using it for this vengeful relationship thing. It's sad.
SPEAKER 23 :
It's sad. Yeah, we all didn't... We didn't need to have that. You know, I'm just saying. But it does. It sounds like... There it is. Oh my gosh. It would be one thing if this was... The only time that this seemed to be contrived, but she's pulled a lot of stunts. Like, I've never seen anybody talk about bathrooms so many times. Yes, we don't want a dude, you know, with an actual weenus in the bathroom. Get it. Yeah, I am all right there. But you've like made like two months of spin out of it. And the where she wore this like tight T-shirt with the letter A on it. I'm just really I don't like chicks that try too hard. You know what I'm saying? Like, just be a chick and just be you and do what you're supposed to do and you'll get attention. I just don't like the reach. I've never met her. I'm not saying she's a bad person, but I just think this is the wrong strategy to have with stuff like this. And also, if you're a member of Congress and you're going to be accusing a dude of rape, you better be damn sure that he was like raping people or. before you start imperiling yourself by making said accusation. That's a serious thing. And I just, you know, that looked like security camera footage. I thought we were going to get like some Chuck Berry in the bathroom kind of business. And we did not. So just saying. You can't fix her, Cain. Stop it. She's not... You can't do that.
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I thought I could.
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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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Man, coming up, wait until you see the video that we got. Trump is in the Oval Office with the South African president, and he just showed him a huge video montage of all of the people calling for kill the Boer, kill the white farmer, and just right in the riot act in front of all of the press. We're going to have that video coming up for you. You do not want to miss it. Also, let's see. We got a bunch of stuff here. Getting down into it. This... Moody's cuts deposit ratings at major banks because they downgraded the U.S. Moody's ratings cut its ratings for deposit at Bank of America, J.P. Morgan, Chase & Company, Wells Fargo, etc. It was citing Friday's downgrade of our weakened ability to support the firms. They said long-term deposit ratings at these banks declined. This is Moody. They were lowered by one step to a two Moody's third highest level. And they downgraded the senior unsecured debt ratings for some units of Bank of America and others, cutting them from a two to one. So mortgage rates have jumped seven percent also after that downgrade of U.S. credit. That's new. And home buying season, the U.S. market is wobbling. This is, I mean, the kickoff of the major home buying season when kids are out of school. People are, you know, it's a spring going into summer. That's the time everybody relocates. And apparently sales of existing homes have now dropped to their lowest level in six months, even as inventory jumped to a five year high. And a lot of it growing concerns over tariffs in the future of the US economy. There's still some concerns about construction materials, things like that, that are not specifically related to what we're getting in from China or what we're getting in from the UK. So that's where a lot of those worries are. centered on. And that makes some sense. So that affects new home sales. It also affects remodeling costs. There's a drop in people that are remodeling their homes right now because I didn't realize, again, lumber and Canada and all this other stuff, that's a big deal. And so they're seeing that price reflected already in the stores. And so they're a little cautious about all of that. So that's just some of the latest with the housing market. The Chicago Sun-Times printed An AI-generated summer reading list with books that literally do not exist. None of these books exist. They made a fake list of books. Summer reading lists for 2025, literally books that are not in at all existence. And they ran with it. They ran with it. And then they realized, oh, wait a minute. The authors don't exist and neither do the books. So that's, oops, our bad. Kevin Spacey slammed Hollywood's blacklist. He's returning to the spotlight. He received this big award at the Cannes Film Festival. He's 65 years old. He was cleared of sexual assault on four men two years ago. And he was slamming blacklisting. He's going to try to make a comeback. We got a lot more in store. Stick with us. Healthy metabolism, healthy blood sugar, all good things. So you can do that with the Super Bering product. It's at Sam's Club. And you can get it for less than a dollar a day. It supports healthy metabolism, healthy blood sugar. And it's doctor formulated, plant based, doctor formulated with a unique form of berberine and Italian olive fruit extract for additional antioxidant cardiovascular support. And there's a lot of discussion about metabolic health and the support benefits of berberine. But you don't want to buy just like any old ragtag berberine supplement. You know, you don't want to stop at a roadside stand or, you know, it's always sunny in Philadelphia. Get some bridge berberine. You need to actually get the real deal. Superbarine is clinically studied to deliver nearly 10 times higher absorption than standard berberine. So the higher concentration means fewer pills to swallow. One capsule easy to swallow daily is all you need.
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SPEAKER 23 :
So right now in the Oval Office, South African president is sitting with POTUS and some PGA golfers. And who, buddy, they had a discussion and Trump brought up the targeting of the white farmer in South Africa. And he didn't only just bring up the targeting of the white farmer in South Africa. He then pulled out a stack of news articles about them all getting killed and then played a video montage for the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa. Watch this. This just happened.
SPEAKER 07 :
Turn the lights down. Turn the lights down and just put this on. It's right behind you. There's nothing this parliament can do.
SPEAKER 11 :
With or without you, people are going to occupy land. We require no permission from you, from the president, from no one. We don't care if you can do whatever you want to do. Who are you to tell us whether we are going to occupy land or not? We are going to occupy land. We are going to occupy land. That's who we are. We are going to occupy land. You must never be scared to kill. A revolution demands that at some point there must be killing. And it's Julius Malerma, the EFF.
SPEAKER 10 :
Kill the poor, the farmer. Kill the poor, the farmer. The man of T.J. is a white man.
SPEAKER 12 :
This is in the White House.
SPEAKER 23 :
Yeah, let's go back to it. This is this is in the this is in the White House right now in the Oval Office just minutes ago. And he's playing all of this for the South African president. And he was asking them, well, what about the the fight against the white farmer and the videos that he's showing him? So this is a communist party that is in South Africa. They're they're in they're in the government. They might not be a majority player, but they've got a lot of alliances because they've got a parliamentary-style government. So, excuse me, that's Julius Malerma, who's head of the EFF. That's how many people. Look at the stadium. That was just last year. The video that he's showing him, that was last year. And there's all this video, and he's showing this to the South African president. And he also had a stack of, as this is playing, as all the, like, this is in front of him. Trump had right on his left side, he had a stack of news articles about all of the targeting of the white farmers in South Africa. And he was asking them about this, like, well, you know, Here, Ramaphosa thought he was going to be coming to the Oval Office. He didn't know what to do. Ramaphosa's just staring straight ahead. He didn't know what to do. He was hoping to improve South Africa's relationship with the administration because Trump canceled all aid to the country. He kicked out the South African ambassador and then they brought in 59 white Africaners, well, Africaners that are a minority there, Dutch descended hundreds of years ago. They've been in South Africa for over 400 years. And Musk was standing in there. Musk is in that room. Elon Musk is standing there amongst the reporters as Trump is playing this for the South African president. And go ahead and bring him back up.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right here. Burial sites. Over a thousand of white farmers and those cars are lined up. to pay love on a Sunday morning. Each one of those white things you see is a cross. And there's approximately a thousand of them. They're all white farmers, the family of white farmers. And those cars aren't driving. They're stopped there to pay respects to their family member who was killed. And it's a terrible sight. I've never seen anything like it. Both sides of the road, you have crosses.
SPEAKER 23 :
He's showing all of this. Now, what the what Ramaphosa was trying to argue with him. Is that, well, it's, you know, he's just a small minority member. And they're not, they're not, you know, they're just a small minority member. And he's really not, you know, it's really not doing anything, et cetera, et cetera. Yeah, play this real quick, because this is him trying to defend against this. This is wild. All just happened a little bit ago. If we can get this up.
SPEAKER 07 :
after viewing a thing where thousands of people are dead. I'm sorry, I don't have a plane to give you. I wish you did. If your country offered the United States Air Force a plane, I would take it.
SPEAKER 23 :
And he mentioned the land that he said, well, we wanted a different one, but we don't need it just yet. But he mentioned the land, and he was saying, well, Trump brought this up, and he said, well, you know that... they seize the land of white farmers. And Ramaphosa was saying, no, they don't. Hold up. You guys remember, we talked about this last week. Cyril Ramaphosa literally signed the order. He signed it. He signed that order into law, the bill that literally allowed land seizures without compensation. Even the BBC, you know, that bastion of conservatism over there, they even had to report this. We read you the law. It is a race-based law. Depending on the... expropriation that can be done it outlines that it replaces the 1975 expropriation act and it has now and that had an obligation that uh the state had to pay owners that it wanted to take land from under this vaguely enforced principle of willing seller willing buyer and it com now it just the new law just totally did that The new law actually only compensates people that it seizes land from with where it is. And this is the quote from the law, just and equitable in the public interest to do so. So they don't even have to they don't even have to actually do it. And that they signed that and they actually note race based in here. Here's Ramaphosa denying that this happens again. He signed the literal law.
SPEAKER 14 :
he was saying, even in the parliament. And they're a small minority party, which is allowed to exist in terms of our constitution.
SPEAKER 07 :
But you do allow them to take land. No, no, no, no. You do allow them to take land. Nobody can take land. And when they take the land, they kill the white farmer. And when they kill the white farmer, nothing happens to them. No. Nothing happens to them.
SPEAKER 14 :
There is criminality in our country. People who do get killed, unfortunately, through criminal activity are not only white people. Majority of them are black people.
SPEAKER 07 :
And we have now been utilized. The farmers are not black. I don't say that's good or bad, but the farmers are not black. And the people that are being killed in large numbers, and you saw all those grave sites, and those are people that loved ones going, I guess on a Sunday morning they told me, to pay respect to their loved ones that were killed. Their heads chopped off. They died violently. And, you know, I mean, we're here to talk about it. And I didn't know we'd get involved here. But I will say this, that if the news wasn't fake like NBC, which is fake news, totally one of the worst, ABC, NBC, CBS, horrible. But if they weren't fake news like this jerk, that we have here. If we had real reporters, they'd be covering it, but the fake news in this country doesn't talk about that. They don't want to talk about it, but now they have to talk about it. But they won't. This won't even be a subject. They'll have him talking about why did a country give a free thing of this. Why did a country give an airplane to the United States Air Force? Okay. The United States, not to me, to the United States Air Force.
SPEAKER 23 :
I mean, Trump is exactly right here. He is exactly right. The president that he's sitting next to, South African president with the ANC party, he literally signed that bill into law. He signed that bill into law. That's a real thing. It was in January of last year is when he signed that law into effect. So for and that's I've read you the law. We've just cited it again. And it actually not only does it say, yes, we can't expropriate, we can seize your land. Basically, it's eminent domain without any kind of compensation. And the compensation is predicated upon whether or not it's determined by who they don't actually specify. It's just and equitable for the public. And they also say they also prioritize where it concerns expropriation. It's dependent upon race. Now, keep in mind, the African National Congress also they also determine everything from water needs to trade based on race. That is statute. That's statutory. It's in writing. So these are not things that you can just deny or you can just shrug away. They exist. And this guy, he can sit here and try to deflect and say, well, Julius Malema, he's you know, he's the EFF is a minority party. They're they're still in power. And that is separate from the fact that you signed the law that they championed about the seizure of property with priority on seizing property that comes from people who descended from the Dutch over 400 years ago. That is a fact. It's indisputable. So I'm glad that POTUS did this so much. And I know some people say, oh, well, you know, we need to do it with formality, etc. Do you know how much corruption and brutality is shoved under the rug past the veneer of formality? Why not? I think Trump is in DGAF mode, and I'm totally fine with that. I mean, he should be. He doesn't have to run for reelection again. He can lay it all on the line. And this is a big issue. Communism and the EFF is a huge communist party. Remember, you had Ramaphosa just telling Trump right there, oh, well, it's a minority party. Did you see the video of all those people in the stadium? Hundreds of thousands of people in the stadium. Did that look like a minority party to you? Do you think... that even if it is a minority party by way of representation in South Africa's government, did that stadium full of hundreds of thousands of people indicate that it is a minority sentiment? That's the real question. Unbelievable stuff. And I'm glad that that happened. I'm glad that they showed it. I mean, the agriculture minister actually confirmed it. They had to confirm it. The South African minister of agriculture confirmed in the Oval Office while they were all standing there. Yes, they're killing white farmers. And yet you have ABC saying this, quote, President Trump and South African President Ramaphosa engaged in a back and forth at the White House over Trump's unfounded claims of genocide in the whites of white South African farmers. Not making this up. They actually tweeted that. Unbelievable. We have Florida man on the way. We have a whole bunch of stuff as well. Summer is all about making great memories, backyard barbecues, road trips, lake days, even just relaxing in a hammock with a good book, spending time with friends and family, catching sunset views. But if you're living with pain. Those future memories can be stolen from you. It's kind of hard to enjoy the simple moments when you're in pain. So here's a thought. Try Relief Factor. Relief Factor is a 100% drug-free daily supplement designed to help your body fight pain. It's a doctor-developed formula made with natural ingredients. And unlike pain meds that just mask it, Relief Factor works to reduce, even eliminate, your pain for good. So whether you're spending time at the lake or chasing your kids or grandkids or just enjoying a summer stroll, Relief Factor can help you feel better, move better, and do more of what you love. Reclaim your summer. Visit relieffactor.com or call 1-800-4-RELIEF to get the three-week quick start for just $19.95. That's 1-800-4-RELIEF. Fight pain naturally with Relief Factor.
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Could Luigi Mangione's killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO lead to anarchy in America? Pastor Alan Jackson says yes.
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But he shot this insurance executive. And I mean, there's this whole host of people trying to justify it because their insurance got canceled. Therefore, it's okay to go assassinate some insurance worker. That is teetering on anarchy.
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It's his life mission to make bad decisions.
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It's time for Florida Man.
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All right. So a Florida man's brake lights led deputies to a major fentanyl, heroin and meth bust. It was a routine traffic stop and deputies discovered a ton. Well, lots of grams of fentanyl and various illegal substances. Hernando County Sheriff, they said that this is back on April 12th, but they're not having all the legal stuff now. They conducted a routine patrol when they spotted a green sedan, and they had all these equipment violations, malfunctioning brake lights, inoperable tag light, whatever. And the guy said, oh, yeah, my brake lights, when they pulled them over, they're not working properly. And he consented to a search of the vehicle, telling deputies, there should be no drugs in here. Okay, when you say that, there's going to be drugs in the car. Like, what do you mean there should be? Like, you had some, and you dropped them off, or, like, you're going to get it? Like, what? And they found... Almost 34 grams of fentanyl, a gram of heroin, 12 grams of meth, 18 grams of marijuana, and then all kinds of drug-related paraphernalia. But the fentanyl, that's a ton of fentanyl. That's a lot of fentanyl. So they arrested him. He was accused of trafficking because he had the amounts, possession of controlled substances, all kinds of stuff. So he went to Dupoke. Yeah, when you're like, no, there shouldn't be any drugs. That's like coming up to me and, you know, like, yeah, Dana, there shouldn't be any guns. I mean, I just there shouldn't be. I mean, I don't know. Oops. I am. I'm fascinated by this story about the guy, this guy with the unpermitted dumps. So a Florida man operates unpermitted dumps and the neighbors told on him. He's facing two civil lawsuits, Maximo Sanchez and criminal. How do you. OK, how do you operate an unpermitted dump?
SPEAKER 18 :
It's when you dump things on the ground and it's not like a dumpster or a landfill.
SPEAKER 23 :
But does it act as a landfill and it just doesn't.
SPEAKER 18 :
Apparently there's rules that he violated as to where this junk should be put.
SPEAKER 23 :
This is in Tampa. So it's a facility, apparently. It's near the wetlands, which is apparently an environmentally sensitive area. And they said it could negatively impact water supply. And the guy promised to clean it up, and then he never did. And now he's facing civil lawsuits, fines, and criminal charges. And they said they have like a three-story high mound of construction and debris. And the pile, it started on a vacant lot. And the vacant lot is on protected wetlands. And there's all kinds of trucks dumping debris at the site nonstop. And the guy... Apparently, he didn't have the required permit, and they said that it's, I mean, it could seep into the water system because of how the land is, is what they're saying. So, yeah, it's a big deal. I just didn't, I mean, when you see the photos of it, I mean, it's a giant dump site. Yeah. And he just decided to do it with.
SPEAKER 18 :
I got to be honest, when I first saw the headline yesterday, I didn't think it was going to be about junk.
SPEAKER 23 :
Oh, what did you think it was going to be?
SPEAKER 18 :
Oh, you're... I mean, it's Florida Man. I thought he was actually doing dumps.
SPEAKER 23 :
You thought it was... Exactly. I mean, so that's the reason it's Florida Man. So, what do you think is going to happen? So yeah, that I just sent you a foot. Like it looks, I mean, it looks like a huge ginormous area. Yeah, it's huge. So he's got, I just am shocked that only in Florida, man, what's happening. We got a lot more on the way. Third hour, stick with us. Our partners that help bring you the program. It's our friends over at Caltech, the Gen 3 Sub 2K, the latest innovation from Caltech. Sub 2K is one of the most versatile carbines. It's so awesome. And it comes in a variety of calibers, now even more versatile with its new 10 millimeter chambering. Single twist and fold motion of the rotating forend. It folds super fast, right in half, optics and all. Deploy zeroed and ready to rock just as fast and easily. And when it folds down, it's 16 and a half inches for easy storage and transport. It takes Glock mags. You've got ample capacity for whatever your shooting needs are. You have an optional extended mag, 50-round drum, also available. That means fewer reloads and more liberty. Simple and reliable blowback design, so you've got ease of maintenance, consistent performance, internal buffer for softer recoil, lighter 5-pound trigger pull for greater accuracy. You've got rails up top for accessories, integrated M-lock. I mean, this thing is ideal for everything. Kel-Tec makes everything right here in the U.S. of A. American labor, American parts, everything. American materials, they stand behind everything that they make. We need more companies like Kel-Tec. Learn more at Kel-TecWeapons.com. Innovation, performance, Kel-Tec. K-E-L-T-E-C-Weapons.com. Tell them Dana sent you.
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So, you know, I said that this was Biden at his best. Sure. That's what I saw. I don't doubt other people. I was obviously wrong. So I'm not sure what my takeaway is here.
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Do they think that that absolves them of all of their culpability of this? Well, I mean, I thought I looked at him and I thought I thought it was OK. I mean, I obviously was wrong. Oh, well. Back to pandering. No, that's not going to absolve you of all of this. It doesn't absolve you of this at all. At all. This is... I just, he looked like he was totally fine, you know? I didn't know. These people are in the press. Like, they're supposed to be sniffing out sus stuff, you know? And they don't, I don't buy this. Welcome back to the program, Dana Lash. That's Joe Scarborough. They're all, everybody, even Tapper, all of them. Like, I just deny that we're culpable in all of this. I just don't think I'm responsible. You guys were all complicit. They were all complicit in this. Every one of them. Every one of them. Every one of them. And I don't know. I... I just don't know how they can. They're going to try to get away with it. I mean, the fact, again, that you had Joe Biden's son, Hunter, that was sitting in on cabinet meetings. And remember when we first found that out and NBC ran that last year. Do you remember when we first found that out and we thought, it's weird. Why is why is he sitting in on these cabinet meetings? Now, I think he was sitting in on the cabinet meetings because he had to be in his dad's ear because his dad had no idea where the hell he was. He had no clue what was happening. That's why he was. I think he was in the White House because they all had to babysit him. And I do think to an extent, especially as people saw that he was really struggling, I think because they had Hunter. Two of Hunter's kids, one of Hunter's kids' fiancés, remember all these people that moved into the White House? And we're like, why are all these people living there? I think that the family were all moving in so that they could even try to protect him as... You know, they could try to protect him from some of the inner circle that I think we're already kind of rubbing their hands together with all this. So welcome back to the program. Again, Dana Lash, with you, we are at the top of this third hour. And I have been made aware, so members of Congress were told, you're all not leaving or going nowhere until this bill passes. Because they were trying to get this done so they could go home and for an extended Memorial Day weekend. And now that is not happening. That is not happening. So this. I don't know. I just I think this is great. And I think and I like Marjorie Taylor Greene. But Marjorie Taylor Greene's pissing me off right now with this. So she this is what she just tweeted. She tweeted this quote. Every no vote on President Trump's big, beautiful bill is from the Freedom Caucus. Where are DeSantis supporters? And one was Nikki Haley. They can't lie and say they support the president and his agenda. The president, then, by your own count, doesn't support his own agenda because you're taxing Social Security or taxing retired military pay. You're you're you're continuing green new spending. What are you talking about? Why the hell are you making this about DeSantis? Did Susie Wiles get in your ear and tell you to do it, Marjorie? Like, what the hell? Usually you're cool, but this is a bitch move. Why would you do this? This is asinine. Stop this stuff. I get it that people are protecting power and they have a fetish for trying to relitigate the primary. Oh, my gosh. Get the F over it. Get over it. Get over the primary. Some of them can't, though, because their influence diminishes. Normally I like her, but that was a stupid move. But that's it. If anybody wants fiscal accountability, the people who actually are arguing for green news scam, they're turning around and saying, no, you're the squish. That's not how this works. That is absolutely not how this works. So this was disappointing. This was disappointing. I don't know why she brought that up out everywhere out of absolutely nowhere. I'm going to bring that. I'm going to bring this up one time, too. I am so tired of everybody bitching and moaning over DeSantis and the 2020 primary. I have a problem with people who can't get over free and fair elections. This is my line on it. Everybody had I mean, hell, by that by that count, you hate J.D. Vance. J.D. Vance called Trump a Nazi and ran against him. And then he came back and said, okay, well, you know, I changed my mind. I spoke and I was wrong. And that's fine. But some people never did that. Some people just disagreed on Second Amendment. Some people just disagreed on spending. But this idea that you have to... like you have to sit here and forever judge everything by 2020. I'm going to tell you something. In this country, we have free and fair elections. Part of our free and fair elections in this country, as a free people, moderately, are having primaries. We have primaries, right? We've always had primaries. Even sometimes when there are incumbents that come in, we have primaries. And it is, everybody gets a shot. That's the thing. Everybody gets a shot, just like Trump gets a shot. Everybody gets a shot. But people got mad over it in 2020 during or sorry, 2024 during that primary. They got mad over that and they haven't let it go. And they're like, oh, well, DeSantis and all this stuff. And they go on and on. Trump and DeSantis are over it. But apparently some of these other people are not. And it constantly comes up. I don't look at it. If you want to judge somebody by whether or not you're keeping to their agenda. First off, I don't judge the performative act of pressing your lips to someone's backside as a real measure of whether or not you're enforcing their agenda. What I look at is, are you voting accordingly? So Trump campaigned on getting rid of the Green New Deal. Why the hell is Marjorie Taylor Greene and all these lawmakers then trying to vote for a piece of legislation that literally funds 90 percent of Biden's Green News scam? That is not up for debate. It's fact. It's in the damn law. It's in the bill. Why is it then? If you want to have a measure as to who is or who is not MAGA or who is or who is not enforcing an agenda, why can't we use that as the metric? No, because they don't want you to call them out on the fact that they're Bush League spenders is why. They don't want you to call them out on the fact that they're spending money even as good as Barack Obama. So they try to deflect. Oh, but the primary, which has absolutely nothing to do with this. The hell does the primary in 2024 have to do with the fact that you all are standing for spending on Joe Biden's Green News scam? What does Ron DeSantis have to do with you, Marjorie Taylor Greene, wanting to spend our hard earned tax? I look, I know that you made twenty two million dollars when you got into Congress. But why the hell do we got to foot the bill for Biden's Green News scam so that you can cosplay as being MAGA? Why? I'm so tired of this stuff. Tell me then, why are you taxing Social Security? Was that not a campaign promise? Hell, I heard it. Did you all hear it? Because I heard it. So now you're going to get mad at the people who actually want to make these campaign promises into reality? But Ron DeSantis, what the hell does Ron DeSantis have to do with you wanting to vote to tax Social Security? Oh, you want to use it as a dodge? You want to hide behind it? Do you think it's more MAGA to actually deliver on the promise of not taxing Social Security? Or is it less MAGA on not delivering on the promise of taxing Social Security? I don't know. Maybe y'all can tell me. What about taxing retired military pay? Is that not a campaign promise? I'm so tired of this stuff. I'm so tired of it. But that's what everybody goes back to. They all go back to that. Oh, well, let's. Oh, it's something something to Santa's. What the hell does that have to do with anything? Explain to me how funding the Green News scam has anything to do with Ron DeSantis. I'm going to tell you something that's happening right now. There is a major operation underway and not just in Florida, but in every state to kneecap every real conservative fiscal hawk out there. And there is a major there's some things I can't even talk to you about that I one day will just. Know this. One day I'm going to burn everybody and I'm going to tell everybody's little secret and I'm going to rat on all these sons of bitches in a giant tell-all. That's going to happen someday. I'm not saying when. And I will say, if anything should ever happen to me, there is a draft and it'll go public immediately. So just so you know. Because I'm tired of all this stuff, there's a major operation underway where they're trying to do that in Florida. They're trying to kneecap. You got this hot headed, termed out lawmaker who's trying to audition for a job somewhere that's working with a far left Soros back prosecutor to create the sham investigation into Hope, Florida. This is one example. This is happening everywhere. One example. They had a prosecutor. They're like, oh, well, we're going to look into Hope, Florida. What happened, apparently, according to reports, and I'm going to link this in the Substack piece coming out. They had that Alex Andrade guy. You guys know him. He's the one who apparently got his butt whipped in a bar fight. And he's just a hot mess. He threatened to fight my husband. I'm like, well, I saw your first black eye. I don't know how many more you want. He actually did a sitting lawmaker. My husband and I were like, what? Is he on meth? Like, what's happening? But... Apparently, Florida got a Centene Medicaid settlement, and then from that settlement, they gave... Part of that settlement money to Hope Florida. And Hope Florida, as you know, is the portal that was created from that that facilitates the partnership between private and public. They've saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. That is not even an exaggeration. They have saved taxpayers a ton of dollars. They've saved a lot of resources because charitable organizations can step in instead of having government welfare. They have charitable organizations that step in. They have all kinds of testimonies. They publish everything. They're incredibly transparent. Nobody's getting rich off this. But the problem is, is that it negates the need to expand special interest, which means more special interest money. And that's what it all comes down to. Cha-ching. And so they keep lying about it and they're trying to do some Letitia James lawfare. And so they kept saying, oh, well, that's somehow what they did was crooked. It wasn't they weren't spending Medicaid money. It was a settlement of restitution from this private company that was accused of overbilling everybody. And the money went to the state and the state directed it to support these programs so that they can reduce taxpayer burden. And that's exactly what it is. And they're not using consultants. They're not using K Street stuff. And that's the problem. And so you have a guy who represents a faction of people that can't stand Ron DeSantis because he thinks that his very existence poses a threat to everyone else. And that's why you get this petty little lawfare. That's what's happening in Florida right now. They're fighting even property tax. They're fighting any kind of Second Amendment measures, any kind of property tax relief, anything, so long as DeSantis supports it. What does that sound like? It sounds like if Trump supports something, the media hates it. 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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It's time for Dana's Quick Five.
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So apparently the United States is the biggest scammer and spammer in the world, and it's only going to get worse. The U.S. generates 57 percent of the global scam, according to some analysis. They said that data centers make spam enforcement harder and threats worse. I bet half of it are the bots on X that are being like, you should vote for green new scam. I'm telling you, just saying. So. The U.S. has a spam problem. Los Angeles barbershop is blasting Baby Shark to ward off the homeless. Hmm. Well, I mean, if they're doing drugs and stuff, I don't want that out there. I don't want drugs and feces out there or anything. It's called Shalom Styles. Or no, Shalom Styles is the CEO of Styles Barber Lounge. They told KTLA that his ongoing efforts to protect his shop, they've got to play Baby Shark because they got cracked glass and they said that they got surveillance videos and... Some of it is crime. Some of it's, you know, they're worried about drugs. So they have been playing Baby Shark nonstop outside to keep people away. They said that he had to tell a naked woman to leave. He found her on the bench in front of his barbershop, just buck naked, screaming at the top of her lungs. Yeah. And the guy goes, well, he hopes the city's going to try harder. Really? You hope? Yeah, you're going to be playing Baby Shark for a long time, hoping that... Let's see. For $100 an hour, private MTA subway guards are holding doors open for fare beaters and people sleeping on the job. What? Yeah, private security guards that the MTA had to hire. They act as deterrents, but instead they've been helping them. They have security guards showing them holding open doors for people to let people trying to dodge fare through. I mean... I mean, you know, what did you think was going to happen? I'm actually just saying restaurant tipping rules are quietly changing and service charges could rise. Well, why is that? I mean, I thought we had they got no tax. Everybody else gets taxed six ways to Sunday, including the fry cooks. But hey, you know. Not that they said that service charges could rise and it all becomes it. All of this has to do with they're saying, oh, it's the cost of living in the UK. Particularly, they're really raising fees when you go out to eat. Now they got like like almost 13 percent service charges they've been adding on their bills. That's going to go up to 20 to 25 percent over there. Imagine you sit down to eat dinner in the UK if you're traveling and you got a 20% service charge on top. That's insane. That's absolutely insane. We have a lot more on the way, including some of the latest with not just what's in this big, beautiful bill. We got some culture and more. Stick with us. Hey, folks. So I want to share something important that every American should be aware of. We're seeing a lot of economic uncertainty right now. You have the national debt rising, global trade tensions impacting markets and tariffs with higher prices on the stuff that everybody uses every day. It's not about panic. It's about preparation. So this is why I partnered with Gold Co., the top rated precious metals company, to help you take a step towards protecting your financial future. Smart investors look to hard assets like gold and silver to help weather the storm. It's a strategy that's been used for generations. And right now you can get a free 2025 gold and silver kit that breaks it all down for you. And if you qualify, you could receive unlimited bonus silver, real silver matched to your account with no taxes or penalties. It's a smart move that could help you feel more secure with what lies ahead. Visit danalikesgold.com to get started. That's danalikesgold.com and move forward with confidence.
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But I'm going to ask you, what so a well-justified fear of persecution?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, they thought that their farms were being burned down and they would be killed. I think that's a pretty good justification for wanting to come. They're afraid for their lives. And should it be applied in an even-handed way? That's an easy question. Our foreign policy doesn't require even-handedness. It requires prioritizing the interests of the United States.
SPEAKER 09 :
But the statutory phrase says you are entitled to entrance as a refugee if you demonstrate a well-justified fear of persecution.
SPEAKER 08 :
No, no, you're not entitled, you're allowed.
SPEAKER 09 :
So could you have a different standard based upon the color of somebody's skin?
SPEAKER 08 :
Would that be acceptable? Well, I'm not the one arguing that. Apparently you are, because you don't like the fact that they're white, and that's why they're coming. No, I'm just asking you to say that that would be unacceptable. Well, no, I would say that the United States... That would seem to be a very easy thing to say. The United States has a right to pick and choose who they allow into the United States. Even based on the color of somebody's skin, you're saying? You're the one that's talking about the color of their skin, not me. These are people whose farms were being burned down and they were killed because of the color of their skin.
SPEAKER 23 :
Well, I'm... Tim Kaine sounds pretty racist. Yeah. He's like, again, from Mean Girls, so if you're from Africa, why are you white? Oh my gosh, Karen, you just don't ask somebody why they're white. That's Tim Kaine. Tim Kaine looks like a character from Mystery Science Theater.
SPEAKER 18 :
He does, actually.
SPEAKER 23 :
Doesn't he? Like the bad scientist guy? He looks like that.
SPEAKER 18 :
The disheveled bad scientist, yeah.
SPEAKER 23 :
Can you... Okay, I just realized something. He is... almost a different version, a different dimensional version of, what's his face?
SPEAKER 18 :
Tim Walls.
SPEAKER 23 :
Tim Walls, yeah.
SPEAKER 18 :
I knew where you were going with that because it's true.
SPEAKER 23 :
Think about that. My mind, oh, whoa. Hold up. Guys, I think that there's a tear somehow in the space-time continuum because you have two versions of Tim Walls that are existing in the same dimension, ours. Tim Kaine is crazy. I feel like I'm going to need the oh, oh now, too. Oh, yeah?
SPEAKER 15 :
That part?
SPEAKER 23 :
Yeah, I'm going to need that as well. Oh, my goodness. Yeah, he's a little... They're weird. He's the same guy. And also, is everybody in their damn party named Tim? Right. So it reminds me of my youngest son when he was really little. He loved sharks and bugs and he's a boy. But he had a million stuffed sharks. A million stuffed shark animals. Sometimes they were like plushy sharks. Sometimes they were like plastic. And they were all named Tim. he i'm not even exaggerating it's a total honest truth hands to sky he named all of them tim every shark was named tim he's like three or four every shark was named tim and it just kind of reminds me you know this it's just it's weird right it's it's very similar like they're all named tim it's like the bill paxton's bill pullman's
SPEAKER 18 :
Yes, that's exactly what it is.
SPEAKER 23 :
Tim Kaine is like Tim Waltz, but like slightly dehydrated. Same thing, right? Yeah, it's just I don't know. I just find him crazy. He's crazy. All right. So he was asking about those South African refugees. Like, do you have a different standard based on the color of someone's skin? Well, let's see here. I don't know. They're like burning them literally in their fields and drowning their babies in buckets. So I don't know. You tell me. The expropriation and all of the laws that they've passed since and it's all statutory now is literally goes after people based on skin color. So I don't know. Maybe you tell me. Just thinking. Just thinking. It's never going to end. We live in the stupidest time right now. And we're fighting over the big, beautiful bill. Which isn't beautiful. We're fighting over the bill. Oh, did you see what I... Pentagon announced that it accepted the jet from Qatar. How do you feel about that?
SPEAKER 18 :
I feel fine about it. Why?
SPEAKER 23 :
Well, we're reusing a Qatari jet.
SPEAKER 18 :
You think our military is not going to strip that thing down and check it out?
SPEAKER 23 :
Yeah, but still, I think for the optics of it.
SPEAKER 18 :
Do you know who manufactured that plane?
SPEAKER 23 :
Well, I know who manufactured that plane. But I just feel like the Qataris are buying too much.
SPEAKER 18 :
What do you mean?
SPEAKER 23 :
I feel like the Qataris are spending tons of money to buy stuff here in the U.S. of A. To buy influence.
SPEAKER 18 :
So if you were to guess the amount of money, say, the Qatari government, for that matter, would have money or access to, how much do you think that would be?
SPEAKER 23 :
Well, I was actually looking at my notes because I was reading about this. About $100 billion. Yeah.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, that's a 400 million dollar plane. I think that I think there's a lot of people here that see that and know because of Trump's first term that he isn't playing around. He isn't the standard American politician they've dealt with for the last decades.
SPEAKER 23 :
Well, if we're funding the Green News scam and taxing Social Security, I mean, that's almost meaningless to me.
SPEAKER 18 :
Right. But we didn't pay for this plane.
SPEAKER 23 :
So we're going to pay to strip it down.
SPEAKER 18 :
But if the complaint is about the money being spent, then there's no complaint here.
SPEAKER 23 :
What do we have to give Qatar for use of this thing?
SPEAKER 18 :
I haven't heard anything. Did they ask for something?
SPEAKER 23 :
I don't know. Did they?
SPEAKER 18 :
No one said. So that means that it didn't happen. Wait, so that means that it did happen then?
SPEAKER 23 :
I was asking the question. I know, me too. So what do they get out of it? Because is that typical for the Qataris, though?
SPEAKER 18 :
But you can't point to what they're supposed to be getting.
SPEAKER 23 :
I can't point to a conversation that says that they asked— You're telling me that the Qataris did this out of the goodness of their heart because they just love the U.S.?
SPEAKER 18 :
I didn't say anything close to that. I just said that they understand now the global dynamics with Trump in charge, and they're paying favor. And that's exactly what they're doing.
SPEAKER 23 :
And it's not a $40 million. It's a $400 million.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, that's what I said.
SPEAKER 23 :
Boeing 747-800. The $40 million one, that was the money that the Clintons gave back in the day to... The airplane deal, according to the Free Press, was signed off by Pam Bondi, and she worked at the lobbying firm that got $115,000 a month from Qatar to fight human trafficking. That's according to a 2019 contract. And then you also have some people that worked with the Qatar embassy in D.C., Worked as a consultant for Qatar. There's also, well, Wyckoff, he's special envoy to the Middle East. He's got some alliances with Qatar there with the Sovereign Wealth Fund that helped him out of an investment for New York's Park Lane for about almost half a billion. And then I just have a lot of questions. Because Qatar literally helped facilitate and finance the killings of American soldiers. They backed Hezbollah. Hamas lives there. Hamas lives in Qatar. They live in grand palaces in Qatar. They're very, very cozy. And they love Hamas. They really are into fundamentalism. From everything that's publicly available, there's a lot of questions.
SPEAKER 18 :
Didn't they just get new leadership or am I wrong?
SPEAKER 23 :
That's Saudi Arabia. Not somewhat new. Saudi Arabia. It's about over 10 years now with the new crown prince over there. So Qatar's question is a little bit different. I can understand the concern.
SPEAKER 18 :
I can understand the concern. I don't on the surface see an issue with it because it's going to our military. We're definitely going to strip it down. Everything's great. Boeing was the one who manufactured it. This was a deal that was done under Biden before Trump even got into office. So
SPEAKER 23 :
I don't see that makes it even more suspect for me. So we're like, well, Biden did it. So, well, wait a minute.
SPEAKER 18 :
No, no, I didn't say Biden did. It just started under Biden's administration.
SPEAKER 23 :
So that makes it OK.
SPEAKER 18 :
No. Also, by the way, Trump has ordered from Boeing. How many years has it been since the order of Air Force One?
SPEAKER 23 :
Oh, I completely agree with you on that.
SPEAKER 18 :
You know what I mean? Yeah, I totally agree with you on that. So I'm seeing this as Trump's like, all right, now I haven't gotten anything from Boeing.
SPEAKER 23 :
He was in Palm Beach viewing a plane from, and I can't remember the name of that manufacturer. It's an American manufacturer, though. But he was at Palm Beach International Airport. Just at the start of the year, viewing that plane. And I don't know if that worked or didn't work for whatever reason. So they're going with this one. But I'm worried about the optics of it. I'm worried about what they expect out of it because it's $400 million plus.
SPEAKER 18 :
so i you know in france we gave us the statue of liberty that was a big deal the gift from another country you know what i mean yeah but they literally also like that was to celebrate them going almost bankrupt and financing right and i think that this is kind of uh where cutters killed ourselves yeah from cutter's way of actually saying this is they were changed this is this is a new day for us this is a different this is just them expressing that as well
SPEAKER 23 :
I've got a lot of concerns over the optics because there was another alternative.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yes, absolutely. Concerns on the optics, that's great. But I want to see that issue first before I start saying, look at all this. Look at the problem. There's no problems here. I haven't seen any problems. So as soon as one comes up, I'll be like, oh, boy, we were duped on that one, wasn't it? But I don't anticipate what the problem would be. What are you suggesting the problem would be by us taking this plane?
SPEAKER 23 :
Well, it's Qatar and they finance terrorism.
SPEAKER 18 :
But what do you suspect will happen? Let's say the worst case scenario that you have in your head. What is that?
SPEAKER 23 :
Oh, I don't want to give it words. Oh, I don't want anything to happen to the leader of the free world on a Qatari jet. I just, it weirds me out.
SPEAKER 18 :
The military will be stripping this.
SPEAKER 23 :
You mean the same military that's not completely reformed yet, that Mark Milley was telling everybody to read DEI books, that one?
SPEAKER 18 :
No, it's a different one.
SPEAKER 23 :
The one that left 13 service members behind in Kabul, that one?
SPEAKER 18 :
You have a great memory, but it's a different military.
SPEAKER 23 :
Is it really different? It's not totally different yet.
SPEAKER 18 :
It's not really, though.
SPEAKER 23 :
It really isn't. I mean, no for a fact, it's not really yet. I mean, they're trying to make... I grant you that. They're trying to make changes.
SPEAKER 18 :
I would say that the bulk... But is it different yet? I don't know. I would say that the bulk of the military has always been great. It's just that we saw the surface...
SPEAKER 23 :
from i just don't like it i don't think we need to be doing this with this jet i just i've got doing what taking this jet at all taking this jet at all i don't i don't like it it weirds me out it weirds me out i don't care that's the bottom line it weirds me out and i think it's a bad optic i'm like oh that's it oh thanks bad optic appreciate it so yeah yeah you know i'm worried i guess i'm worried about it guess i'm worried about it by the way can someone tell me why biden said that prior to friday the president had never been diagnosed with prostate cancer That's what apparently... This was yesterday. Hang on. That... Yeah. So they said, oh, he underwent a common prostate cancer screening in 2014. Now, those screenings, from what I understand, they denied that it was diagnosed earlier. And they said that exactly how I guess it was published is how it happened. And we all know that that's not true. So I really... because that they said that he had not had a screening since 2014 and we know that he actually had a full checkup a year ago so that's a lie they don't even have their story straight they actually said that that was actually a statement that they made yesterday 18 hours ago and wasn't there something in 2020 as we're leading up to the election also that the democrats did or put out on joe biden's health or mental acuity or something i'll have to go back and look but i remember that leading up to the 2020 election I don't remember. They said that his last known PSA was 2014. But again, they also said that he had a full thorough checkup a year ago. And they said that the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, they said that for because the test has a has false positives. But they said, oh, well, they, you know, just maybe once a year, you know, 70 and older or whatever. I don't believe that he didn't have it. I think that they hit it because he's not an everyday person. He was president of the United States of America. And they will make and Ronnie Jackson, full disclosure, I know him. He's a friend of mine. They go through all of these tests. They and they do it regularly. I mean, at least annually. And if there's any kind of other health concern, they monitor the president's health very, very closely. And I like Ronny Jackson. A lot of people think, oh, he's such a conservative firebrand. But he calls balls and shots, you know, like literally when he was people were saying Michelle Obama had some. He was like, no, she doesn't. I was the White House doctor. Come on. And he's very straightforward and honest about it. And he's also like, yes, POTUS is, you know, Trump is in great health, et cetera, et cetera. But he also says that that's he's like, that's this is nonsense. It's nonsense that to think that the president of the United States for an ailment that affects men of that. Demographic and the prevalence of it and the increase, there's no way that he did not get regular screenings of this. And yeah, Cain has that. This is 2019. Well, he had a full thing like a year ago, but even in 2019, you know, he released his health records and he had another full markup. I mean, that's every average everyday people.
SPEAKER 18 :
He was out there like challenging people to push up contests and stuff. Remember this? Like it was a big deal.
SPEAKER 23 :
It is. I'm not president of the United States, but I'm obsessive about my health. Like I literally have like two blood draws a year. I monitor everything, every level, everything. I do full panels of everything. And I want to know the moment something is out of whack, what I got to do to be preventative, etc. You know, I eat everything. you know, super clean, all of that stuff. You got to be careful what you imbibe, even down to like moisturizers and stuff you put on your skin. But that's a whole other story. My point is, is that I'm just a regular person. I'm not president of the United States. And I know other people similarly who do the same thing. I mean, my gosh, you all take supplements and you go to your regular well visits. You're telling me that Biden, they're trying to argue Biden didn't do any of that. Oh, that's why it's a surprise we didn't know. This came after they were throwing his doctor under the bus yesterday. So I don't believe any of this. None of this. They hit it and now they're trying to hide it still. We have every right to ask these questions. And like I said at the top of the show, the fact that Hunter Biden was sitting in on cabinet meetings and that he was traveling with him everywhere, even after all that stuff happened. This was even in the last year of Biden's presidency. Guys, he was there babysitting him because they knew it was bad. There's no other way to unpack that.
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SPEAKER 23 :
So the media is going all in on saying that all of the stuff that Trump played in the Oval Office is fake. I am not even exaggerating it. I'm not exaggerating it. You had the the agriculture minister of South Africa stand right there. He was right there in the Oval Office and he confirmed it in front of every reporter there that it absolutely is happening. Furthermore, Ramaphosa signed that law about the expropriation of land. He signed that into effect just earlier this year. That's a fact. So now you have NBC and ABC that have said that it's fake. That it was fake. Yeah, he's promoting a false claim of white genocide in the country. And as you can imagine, when you click the link and read the article, it's even more insane. It's absolutely insane. So this is what the media is doing. They're now running. Oh, I can't believe I'm going. This isn't Godwin's law to say that's Nazi level propaganda. effort right there. I got to tell you.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, it doesn't end because in today's stupidity, CNN even took it further. They're so pro-white genocide that this is what they had to say. Juan, go ahead and play this.
SPEAKER 01 :
Explaining that this is not true. What the videos show is Julius Malema, the far-left opposition leader of South Africa. His part is called the Economic Freedom Fighters. And it also showed former President Jacob Zuma.
SPEAKER 18 :
The white farmer.
SPEAKER 01 :
What's Julius Malema was singing, Kill the Boar, Kill the Farmer. It was an anti-apartheid song from the struggle against white minority rule in South Africa.
SPEAKER 23 :
Yeah, because I normally say, like, kill people when I'm just singing a protest song.
SPEAKER 18 :
So it was mostly peaceful genocide. Mostly peaceful genocide. It was mostly peaceful genocide, basically.
SPEAKER 23 :
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